PPSC Research Assistant Solved Past Papers 2019
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF RESEARCH ASSISTANT (BS-15) (HELD ON 03.03.2019)
Test of PPSC Research Assistant also includes mcqs from Computer and MS Office, Synonyms & Antonyms, Direct Indirect, Pair of Words, Idioms, Active Passive Voice from English, General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Pak Affairs, Mathematics mcqs, etc.
1. The ‘Statute of Liberty’ was gifted to United States by:
(A) Britain
(B) France ✓
(C) Germany
(D) Greece
2. Who said “Man is a Social Animal”?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle ✓
(C) Hobbes
(D) Karl Marx
3. Who is called the ‘Father of English Poetry’?
(A) Chaucer ✓
(B) John Milton
(C) Wordsworth
(D) Keats
4. The vote age in Pakistan is:
(A) 16 years
(B) 18 years ✓
(C) 20 years
(D) 21 years
5. The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
(A) 1900
(B) 1911
(C) 1916
(D) 1922 ✓
6. Taxila was a famous site of:
(A) Gandara Art ✓
(B) Gupta Art
(C) Mayan Art
(D) None of the above
7. When University first established after the creation of Pakistan?
(A) Karachi University ✓
(B) Sindh University
(C) Peshawar University
(D) Quaid-e-Azam University
8. The first Chief Justice of Pakistan was:
(A) Justice Ourab Patel
(B) Justice A.R. Kiayani
(C) Justice Abdul Rashid ✓
(D) Justice M. Afzal
5. The book ’Wealth of Nations’ was written by:
(A) Adam Smith ✓
(B) Kari Marx
(C) Max Muller
(D) John Marshal
6.‘Sales Tax’ is ultimately paid by:
(A) Shopkeepers
(B) Producers
(C) Customer ✓
(D) Wholesalers
11. Pakistan Environmental Protection Act was passed:
(A) 1995
(B) 1997 ✓
(C) 1999
(D) 2000
12. The highest literacy rate in South Asia is in:
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka ✓
13. The minimum wage of workers in Punjab is:
(A) Rs.9000
(B) Rs. 9000
(C) Rs.10000 ✓
(D) Rs. 12000
14. Human Rights Organization ‘Amnesty International’ is based in:-
(A) London
(B) Paris ✓
(C) New York
(D) Rome
15. The world largest producer of Natural gas:
(A) Iran
(B) Russia ✓
(C) Canada
(D) Qatar
16. Who presented the idea of a blood Bank?
(A) Charles Drew ✓
(B) Jonas Salk
(C) Edward James
(D) James Monroe
17. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was the slogan during:
(A) The French Revolution ✓
(B) The Russian Revolution
(C) The American War of Independence
(D) None of these
18. In the modern world, an institution of Ombudsman was first established in 1809 in:
(A) England
(B) France
(C) Norway
(D) Sweden ✓
19. Sachal Sarmast was Sufi Poet of:
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh ✓
(C) Balochistan
(D) Azad Kashmir
20. The Upper house of the parliament in Pakistan ‘Senate’ consists of:
(A) 100 members
(B) 104 members ✓
(C) 110 members
(D) 112 members
21. Inflation is:
(A) a decrease in the overall price level.
(B) an increase in the overall price level. ✓
(C) an increase in the overall level of economic activity.
(D) a decrease in the overall level of economic activity.
22. The free market involves:
(A) The free provision of products
(B) The subsidizing of products by the government
(C) Market forces of supply and demand ✓
(D) All trade via barter
23. All trade view barter
(A) A mixed economy:
(B) Has supply but not demand
(C) Has supply and demand
(D) Has market forces and government intervention ✓
24. Indicate below what is NOT a factor of production.
(A) Labour
(B) Capital
(C) A bank loan ✓
(D) Land
25. Two of the major factors contributing to growth are:
(A) resources and efficiency ✓
(B) money and efficiency
(C) money and luck
(D) resources and good climate
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26. Privatization is the transfer of:
(A) corporately owned business to individuals
(B) publicly held stock to private individuals.
(C) government businesses to the private sector. ✓
(D) privately owned businesses to the government sector
27. What is called the reduction in the rate of currency?
(A) Devolution
(B) Devaluation ✓
(C) Price
(D) Cut-rate
28. What is “Dumping”?
(A) Sales of goods in large quantities with high quality Sale of goods in large quantities with low quality
(B) Sale of goods in large quantities with low quality
(C) Sale of goods in large quantities and at a low price ✓
(D) Sale of goods in large quantities with high price
29. Gross Domestic Products (GOP) is:
(A) Value of all economic activity within a nation’s border ✓
(B) Economic output
(C) Economic activities of federal government
(D) None of these
30. What is called a country’s total financial obligations to rest of the world?
(A) Total debt
(B) Debt burden ✓
(C) National liabilities
(D) External debt
31. The average income of the people of a country during a year termed as:-
(A) National; Income
(B) Domestic Income ✓
(C) Protection Income
(D) Pre-capita Income
32. What is ’Debt retirement’?
(A) To write-off debt
(B) To reschedule debt ✓
(C) To repay debt in easy installments
(D) The complete repayment of debt
33. Hassan Rouhani new elected president of
(A) Iran ✓
(B) Iraq
(C) Lebanon
(D) Egypt
34. Which country gets contract to operate Gwadar Port?
(A) China ✓
(B) Japan
(C) USA
(D) Germany
35. The country which as largest army
in the world.
(A) USA
(B) China ✓
(C) Russia
(D) India
36. The English poet who died in his young age:
(A) Shelley
(B) John Marshal
(C) John Keats ✓
(D) William Back
37. Which disease is more common in males than females?
(A) Heart diseases
(B) Dementia
(C) Colour blindness ✓
(D) Herpes
38. Who discovered the Law of Gravitation?
(A) Sir Isaac Newton ✓
(B) Louis Pasture
(C) Galileo
(D) William Henry
39. Nightingale Florence was a:
(A) Nurse ✓
(B) Soldier
(C) Religious reformer
(D) None of these
40. The president of USA who was killed during his office?
(A) J.F Kennedy
(B) Abraham Lincoln
(C) both A & B ✓
(D) None of these
41. According to new research which is the oldest disease
(A) Influenza ✓
(B) Malaria
(C) Plague
(D) Leprosy
42. In which continent there is no glacier?
(A) Africa ✓
(B) Australia
(C) Asia
(D) North America
43. Which is the oldest organization of the world?
(A) UN
(B) African Unity
(C) League of Nations ✓
(D) Common Wealth
44. Who is called ‘father of computer ‘?
(A) Charles Babbage ✓
(B) Konard Zuse
(C) Merry John
(D) None of these
45. Where days and nights are equal all the year?,
(A) Nairobi ✓
(B) New York
(C) London
(D) Oslo
46. Lion’s share of UN’s budget is being spent on:
(A) Diseases
(B) Natural disasters
(C) Peace ✓
(D) Poverty
47. Which Muslim country has lowest per capital income?
(A) Somalia ✓
(E) Kenya
(C) Uganda
(D) Afghanistan
48. First country who issued currency notes in the world
(A) Greece
(B) China ✓
(C) Italy
(D) Russia
49. Which country’s Constitution is not in a written form?
(A) USA
(B) Denmark
(C) New Zealand
(D) United Kingdom ✓
50. What is Holocaust?
(A) Killing of Jews during World War 1
(B) Killing of Jews during World War II ✓
(C) Killing of Germans
(D) Killing period of American during war
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51. “War and Peace” Novel was written by:
(A) Leo Tolstoy ✓
(B) Tito(C)
(C) Shelly
(D) Shakespeare
52. Gandhara civilization was situated between the rivers:
(A) Chenab and Jhelum
(B) Ravi and Chenab
(C) Jhelum and Kabul
(D) Indus and Jhelum ✓
53. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea are connected by
(A) Basphorse strait
(B) Suez Canal ✓
(C) Malacca strait
(D) Palk strait
54. Silicon valley is famous for
(A) Computer ✓
(B) Film industry
(C) Cars
(D) Sugarcane
55. Which is largest (biggest) search engine of internet?
(A) MSN
(B) Google ✓
(C) Yahoo
(D) Alta Vista
56. Forakha Dam on River Ganga is disputed between
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) India and Nepal
(C) India and China
(D) India and Bangladesh ✓
57. Which is the biggest bird in the world?
(A) Ostrich ✓
(B) Kiwi
(C) Eagle
(D) None of them
58. The writter of book “Khaki Shadows”?
(A) S.M. Burke
(B) K.M. Arif ✓
(C) Aslam Baig
(D) Hassan Askari
59. What is meant by causeway?
(A) A raised path
(B) Marsh soil
(C) Salty ocean
(D) Road on hill
60. “Night Watch” painting belongs to:
(A) Michelangelo ✓
(B) Picasso
(C) Leonardo
(D) None of these
61. First Muslim who won the Nobel Prize:
(A) Anwar Sadaat ✓
(B) Yasir Arafat
(C) Sherin Ebadi
(D) Yousaf Ali
62. Which day is observed on 15th May every year?
(A) Water Day
(B) Environment Day ✓
(C) Postal Day
(D) Families Day
63. Which is the largest contributor of UNO’s budget?
(A) USA ✓
(B) Japan
(C) Russsia
(D) China
64. Who was the founder of Algebra?
(A) Al-Khawarizfni ✓
(B) Umar-Khayyam
(C) Lao-Tze
(D) Abu Yousaf
65. Where is Golden Gate situated?
(A) San Francisco (USA) ✓
(B) Toronto (Canada)
(C) London (Britain)
(D) Paris (France)
66. When the stock market is falling, it is called:
(A) Bullish
(B) Bearish ✓
(C) Falling
(D) Crashinn
67. Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice?
(A) Amazon
(B) Congo ✓
(C) Nile
(D) Ganga
68. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) is locater at:
(A) Paris
(B) New York
(C) Manila ✓
(D) Tokyo
69. Night blindness is caused by lack of which vitamin?
(A) Vitamin A ✓
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
70. Taklamakan Desert is located in:
(A) Mongolia
(B) Russia
(C) Kazakhstan
(D) China ✓
71. What is the main cause of earthquakes?
(A) Volcanic activities
(B) Tectonic plates movement
(C) Tectonic dislocation
(D) All of the above ✓
72. Which of the following inventions is the oldest?
(A) Clock ✓
(B) Microscope
(C) Barometer
(D) Cycle
73. Who is called the Father of Modem Psychology?
(A) Sigmund Freuds ✓
(B) Ibn-e-Khaldoon
(C) Adams Smith
(D) Charles Darwin
74. A number is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. The net change in the number is:
(A) No increase or decrease
(B) 2% decrease
(C) 1% increase
(D) 1% decrease ✓
75. 5 out of 2250 parts of earth is sulphur, what is the percentage of sulphur in earth?
(A) 11/50
(B) 2/9
(C) 1/45 ✓
(D) 2/45
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76. 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will take 10 men to do this work?
(A) 50 days
(B) 60 days
(C) 70 days
(D) 80 days ✓
77. A man takes 50 minutes to cover a hr. If he walks with a speed of 10km hr, he covers the same distance in:
(A) 60 minutes
(B) 30 minutes ✓
(C) 20 minutes
(D) 10 minutes
78. As lam bought a shirt, for Rs. 500/- and sold it for Rs.525/- What profit d id As lam get?
(A) Rs 35
(B) Rs 30
(C) Rs 25 ✓
(D) Rs 20
79. Find the average of 49,51,29.
(A) 90
(B) 69
(C) 41
(D) 43 ✓
80. if the cost of Idozen mangoes is Rs 20, what is the cost of 3 1/2 dozen mangoes?
(A) Rs 85
(B) Rs 49
(C) Rs 68
(D) Rs 70 ✓
81. A carton contains 10 boxes, each box containing one dozen cubes. How many cartons are needed to fill 960 cubes?
(A) 7
(B) 8 ✓
(C) 9
(D) 12
Fill in the blanks
82. There is limit ___ everything in life.
(A) to ✓
(B) on
(C) in
(D) with
83. Let us make differences.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) after
(D) up ✓
84. He is always boasting his wealth.
(A) with
(B) for
(C) upon
(D) of ✓
85. Our neighbour died ____ overwork.
(A) of ✓
(B) in
(C) for
(D) with
86. I was amazed his misbehaviour.
(A) with
(B) in
(C) for
(D) at ✓
Identity the closest meaning of the following words from Q. No. 87 to 91:
87. Obnoxious
(A) offensive ✓
(B) gratifying
(C) clear
(D) lucid
38. Dormant
(A) active
(B) vigilant
(C) slow
(D) inactive ✓
89. Foible
(A) virtue
(B) sports
(C) trivial
(D) weakness ✓
90. Reconcile
(A) popular
(B) adjust ✓
(C) praise
(D) false
91. Infringe
(A) conserve
(B) violate ✓
(C) instill
(D) divert
92. Which country is the largest trading partner of Pakistan?
(A) UK
(B) USA ✓
(C) Canada
(D) UAE
93. ‘Fleet Street’ London is famous for:
(A) Banking and financial offices
(B) Offices of the cargo companies
(C) Offices of the newspapers and press agencies ✓
(D) Offices of the royal navy establishment
94. India granted Pakistan Most Favored Nation Status (MFN) in mutual trade in:-
(A) 1992
(B) 1994
(C) 1996 ✓
(D) 2006
95. What do you understand by the disease ‘Insomnia’?
(A) Inability to sleep ✓
(B) Colourblindness
(C) Depression
(D) None of these
96. The World’s famous Madame Tussaud’s museum is situated in:
(A) Paris
(B) London ✓
(C) Rome
(D) New York
97. “Dassu Dam” is being constructed in:-
(A) Punjab
(B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ✓
(C) Northern Areas
D) Balochistan
98. Ornithology is the study of:
(A) Birds ✓
(B) Insects
(C) Sea animals
(D) Sea plants
99. 1 metric ton is equal to:
(A) 100 kg
(B) 500 kg
(C) 1000 kg ✓
(D) 1500 kg
100. Which part of human body is most affected by Hepatitis virus?
(A) Liver ✓
(B) Lungs
(C) Spleen
(D) Pancreas
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