PPSC Lecturer Pak Study Past Papers | PPSC Past Papers Lecturer Pakistan Studies Solved PDF

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PPSC Lecturer Pak Study Past Paper Solved held in 2011

Hazrat Sheikh Ali Bin Usman Hajweri (Data Ganj Bukhsh) came to India during the time of?
A) Mughals
B) Khiljis
C) Tughluq
D) Ghaznavi
 
Akbar was a great builder. He constructed and founded?
A) Agra Fort
B) Gujrat Fort
C) Tomb of Humayun
D) All of these
 
Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam was established on 24 December?
A) 1880
B) 1882
C) 1884
D) 1886

The Mohammad Educational Conference was founded in?
A) 1884
B) 1886
C) 1890
D) 1891
 
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad launched?
A) Comrade
B) Al-Hilal
C) Ideology
D) Muslim Defense
 
The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place on 13th April …….?
A) 1913
B) 1915
C) 1917
D) 1919
 
The pamphlet Now or Never” was written by?
A) Allama lqbal
B) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
C) Quaid-e-Azam
D) Sir Syed
 
Which of the following term was not agreed by the British following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931?
A) Lifting of ban over Congress
B) Complete abolition of tax on salt production in India
C) Permitting peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops
D) Restoration of the confiscated properties of the satyagrahis
 
The main purpose of the”Communal award announced by the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on 4 August 1932 was
A) To grant separate electorates to minority communities in India, including Muslims, Sikhs, and Dalits in India
B) To grant separate pay scales to different communities in government service in India
C) To grant awards to distinguished members of minority communities in India
D) All of the above
 
At the time of independence from the British Indian sub-continent comprised of Princely or Native States which numbered?
A) 596
B) 540
C) 323
D) 562
 
Provincial elections were held in East Pakistan in?
A) 1951
B) 1952
C) 1953
D) 1954
 
One unit was established in ……?
A) 1954
B) 1955
C) 1956
D) 1957
 
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was a great advocate of?
A) Islam
B) Feudalism
C) Communism
D) Colonialism
 
 
Under the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, the term of members of the senate is?
A) 5 years
B) 6 years
C) 7 years
D) 8 years
 
Which of the following is not a member of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)?
A) Pakistan
B) Afghanistan
C) Chechnya
D) Kazakhstan

The Delhi Convention held at Delhi on 8′ & 9′ April 1946 was a gathering of?
A) Prominent leaders from the All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress to chart out a joint course of action for gaining independence
B) Newly elected legislators from all religious denominations demanding independence from the British Empire
C) Apolitical Muslim and Hindu intellectuals and members of the civil society to demand an independent voice for the silent majority
D) Newly elected Muslim legislators of the Central and Provincial Assemblies for demanding the ‘Sovereign Independent State’ of Pakistan
 
Under the amended 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, legislative powers not specified in the federal legislative list belong to the?
A) Provinces
B) President through promulgation of Ordinance
C) Parliament
D) Council of Common Interests
 
The Indian budget for Financial Year 1947-48 was presented by?
A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan
C) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
D) John Mathai
 
Bolan Pass, a mountain pass in Balochistan passes through?
A) Kirthar Range
B) Sulairnan Range
C) Toba Kakar Range
D) chaghi Range
 
The Pakistan Resolution was translated in Urdu by?
A) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
B) Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan
C) Sir Zafrullah Khan
D) Maulvi A.K. FazI ul Haq
 
The only government in India headed by the All India Muslim League in 1946 was that of?
A) Sindh
B) Punjab
C) Bengal
D) North West Frontier Province
 
Gwadar Port was built with financial assistance from?
A) Singapore
B) China
C) Oman
D) Saudi Arabia
 
In 1947, the ruler of Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir was?
A) Gulab Singh
B) Zorawar Singh
C) Ranbir Singh
D) Hari Singh
 
The cease-fire line that separates Indian Occupied Kashmir from the Aksai Chin held by China is known as the?
A) McMahon Line
B) Line of Control
C) Line of Actual Control
D) Working Boundary
 
The mother tongue of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was?
A) Sindhi
B) Punjabi
C) Seraiki
D) Gujrati
 
Professional qualification of Quaid-e-Azam was?
A) M A.
B) B.A. LL.B
C) Bar-at-Law
D) Ph.d

Allama Iqbal qualified as Ph.D scholar from?
A) Punjab University, Lahore
B) Oxford University, UK
C) Cambridge University, UK
D) Munich University, Germany
 
“Jinnah of Pakistan”, a famous book was written by?
A) Ishtiaq Hussain Oureshi
B) Stanley Wolpert
C) K.B Sayeed
D) K.K.Aziz
 
Islamabad was made Capital of Pakistan In the year?
A) 1956
B) 1957
C) 1959
D) 1960
 
“Majha” is a region of Punjab comprising the modern districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran in the Indian State of Punjab and In the Pakistani province of Punjab, It includes?
A) Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur D.G Khan
B) Narowal, Lahore and Kasur
C) Khanewal, Multan and Veharl
D) Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Sargodha
 
Allama Iqbal famous address at Allahabad was delivered to the ……. session of All India Muslim League?
A) 14th
B) 32nd
C) 25th
D) 30th
 
Radcliffe was …….. by profession?
A) A doctor
B) An engineer
C) A lawyer
D) A dentist
 
”Day of deliverance” was observed on
A) 23 March1940
B) August 1947
C) 21 August 1940
D) 22 December 1939

Sir Sikander Hayat became Chief Minister of Punjab in?
A) 1937
B) 1929
C) 1946
D) 1935
 
The Governor of former NWFP at the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947 was?
A) Sir Olaf Caroe
B) Sir George Cunningham
C) Henry Grady
D) Rob Lockhart
 
Famous Punjabi writer Waris Shah wrote his famous book ‘Heer Ranjha’ living at the town of?
A) Harbanspura
B) Malka Hans
C) Takht Hazara
D) Jhang
 
The chairmen of the Council of Common Interests is the?
A) President
B) Chief Justice of Pakistan
C) Prime Minister
D) Attorney General

Pakistan Men’s Hockey Team has won the Asian Games gold medal ……. times?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Eight
 
Jinnah-Sikandar Pact was signed 1937 at?
A) Lahore
B) Ludhiana
C) Lucknow
D) Jalandhar
 
The headquarters of SAARC is located in?
A) Karachi
B) Colombo
C) Dhaka
D) Kathmandu
 
Pakistan recognized the People’s Republic of China in?
A) 1951
B) 1949
C) 1950
D) 1948
 
“Margalla Hills” are a part of which mountain range?
A) Karakorum
B) Hindu Kush
C) Himalayas
D) Western Ghats
 
Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort on the bank of river?
A) Sutluj
B) Jhelum
C) Kahan
D) Soan

“Tilla Jogian” is?
A) A peak in Sulaiman Range
B) Finds mention in the epic love story of Heer-Ranjha of Waris Shah
C) Is the place where Buddha spent 40 days In quiet seclusion
D) All of the above
 
Rachna Doaba is located between Chenab and River …….?
A) Ravi
B) Jhelum
C) Indus
D) Beas
 
The name of delta formed by the Indus river is?
A) Sapta Sindhu
B) Panjnad
C) Sunderban Delta
D) Brahma
 
The pass which connects Pakistan with China is known as?
A) Khojak Pass
B) Khunjrab Pass
C) Shandur Pass
D) Peiwas Kotal pass
 
Which Dam is constructed on river Jehlum?
A) Warsak
B) Mangla
C) Rawal
D) Simli

Kallar Kahar Lake is located in which district?
A) Jhelum
B) Mianwali
C) Chakwal
D) Bhakkar
 
Moghul Prince Prince Muhammad Shikuh who was executed for being apostate by his own brother Aurangzeb, was a disciple of?
A) Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
B) Hazrat Mian Mir
C) Shah VValiullah Muhaddith Dehlvi
D) Guru Har Rai
 
Multan is also affectionately known as?
A) City of Dust
B) City of Sohan Halwa
C) City of Mosques
D) City of Saints
 
The last ruler of Bahawalpur State was?
A) Salahuddin Abbas
B) Ameer Sadiq Muhammad-V
C) Sardar Mahmud Khan
D) Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi-V
 
The first Pakistani Prime Minister to visit China was?
A) Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan
B) Khwaja Nazimuddin
C) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
D) Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy
 
Which Bank gave a Rs. 80 million loan to the Government of Pakistan on the request Quaid-e-Azam when the Reserve Bank ,India failed to deliver Pakistan’s share?
A) World Bank
B) Habib Bank Limited
C) United Bank Limited
D) Muslim Commercial Bank
 
All private banks were nationalized by the Government of Pakistan in?
A) 1965
B) 1947
C) 1974
D)1971
 
The foundation stone of the Sikhism holiest Place Golden Temple” at Amritsar was laid by?
A) Guru Nanak Dev ji
B) Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz
B) Acharya Rakesh Prasad Pande
D) Hazrat Mian Mir
 
MAJMA’ UL BAHARAIN or The Mingling of Oceans was authored by?
A) Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
B) Mujaddid Alf-e-Sani
C) Muhammad Dara Shikuh
D) Shah Waliullah
 
Shaykh Ahmad Farooqi is also known by the title of?
A) Mujaddid Alf-e-Sani
B) Imam-e-Rubbani
B) Shaykh Sirhindi
D) All of the above
 
The doctrine of “wahdat ash-shuhud” was Pronunced by Shaykh Sirhindi to counter wahdat al-wujud” (‘unity of being’) which had advanced by?
A) Mujaddid Alf-e_sani
B) Muhiyuddin ibn Arabi
C) Al Hassan Ibn Al Haitham
D) Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk-al-Tusi
 
Rohtas Fort was built on the orders of Sher Shah Suri by?
A) Raja Todar Mal
B) Bairam Khan
C) Abul FazI
D) Raja Birbal
 
The famous Babar-nama (or Tuzk-e-Babri) authored by Emperor Babar was written in which language?
A) Persian
B) Turkish
C) Chagatai
D) Dari
 
All India Muslim Students Federation formed in 1937 by?
A) Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar
B) Raja Sahib of Mehmudabad
C) Raja Ghazanfar All Khan
D) Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang
 
Bengal was divided in 1905 during the time of?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Hardinge
C) Lord Ripon
D) Lord Wavell

Sylhet District at the time of partition was part of the province of?
A) Bengal
B) Assam
C) Bihar
D) United Province
 
The first Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army was?
A) General Sir Frank Messervy
B) Rare Admiral Jafford James Wilfred
C) General Muhammad Ayub Khan
D) General Muhammad Musa Khan
 
The first Chief Minister of Punjab after the creation of Pakistan?
A) Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
B) Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot
C) Mian Mumtaz Khan Daultana
D) Nawab Sir Khizar Hayat Tiwana
 
The National Language of Pakistan is?
A) English
B) Urdu
C) Both English and Urdu
D) Punjabi
 
The language used in government offices in Pakistan is?
A) English
B) Urdu
C) Punjabi
D) Urdu & Punjabi
 
The tune of the national anthem of Pakistan was composed by?
A) Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
B) Naushad Ali
C) Sohail Rana
D) Ahmed G. Chaghla
 
Hazara Division of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province comprises five districts including Abbottabad, Battagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and?
A) Mardan
B) Mingora
C) Haripur
D) Khanpur
 
The predominant language spoken in Hazara region is?
A) Hindko
B) Hazargi
C) Kohistani
D) Pashto
 
28th May is celebrated each year as “Yaum-e-Takbeer” because of which incident?
A) Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan commenced
B) Nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan
C) Ojhri Camp incident took place at Rawalpindi
D) Uprising erupted in Kashmir against Indian occupation
 
The first Pakistani to hoist the Pakistani flag at the North and South Pole is?
A) Nazir Sabir
B) Saima Salim
C) Namira Salim
D) Ashraf Aman
 
The first climber from Pakistan to have summited Mt. Everest on May 17, 2000 was?
A) Nazir Sabir
B) Saima Salim
C) Namira Salim
D) Ashraf Aman
 
According to the Constitution of Pakistan, levying of sales tax on services is?
A) The responsibility of the Federation
B) The responsibility of FBR
C) The responsibility of provinces
D) Joint responsibility of the Federation and the provinces
 
Pakistan’s largest gas field is ……?
A) Sui Gas field
B) Qadirpur Gas field
C) Toot gas field
D) Sawan Gas field
 
Ruins of Mohenjo-Daro are located in District?
A) Dadu
B) Larkana
C) Khairpur
D) Sahiwal
 
The Indus River falls into the Arabian sea near?
A) Karachi
B) Badin
C) Khairpur
D) Sahiwal
 
The first Chief Justice of Pakistan was?
A) M. Munir
B) S.A. Rehman
C) Mian Abdul Rasheed
D) Fazal Akbar
 
The current Governor of State Bank of Pakistan is?
A) Saleem Raza
B) Shahid Kardar
C) Dr. lshrat Hussain
D) None of these
 
Osama Bin Laden was killed by the US forces on?
A) 2nd May 2011
B) 2nd June 2011
C) 21st March 2011
D) 21st April 2011
 
The head of District Government under the Local Government Ordinance 2001 is known as?
A) District Coordination Officer
B) Zila Nazim
C) Deputy Commissioner
D) Zila Khadim
 
Who became President of Pakistan at the time of independence in 1947?
A) Quaid-e-Azam
B) Sikandar Mirza
C) Liaqat Ali Khan
D) None of these

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) comprise of?
A) 6 Tribal Agencies and 7 Frontier Regions
B) 7 Tribal Agencies and 9 Frontier Regions
C) 7 Tribal Agencies and 6 Frontier Regions
D) 6 Tribal Agencies and 4 Frontier Regions
 
Which of the following is not a correct statement about Tribal Areas?
A) No Act of Parliament is generally applicable to any Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA).
B) President of Pakistan can make a law applicable to a Tribal Area by passing a direction to that effect.
C) Before making a law applicable to a tribal area. President has to consult a tribal jirga representing that tribal area.
D) The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan or High Courts is generally not applicable to the tribal areas
 
R.C.D (Regional Cooperation for Development) was re-established with the name of?
A) OECD
B) ECO
C) OIC
D) SAARC
 
The first country to accept Pakistan’s independence was?
A) Iran
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Turkey
D) China
 
Sultanate of Oman ceded the Gwadar enclave to Pakistan in?
A) 1960
B) 1956
C) 1958
D) 1961
 
There are ……. Principal crop seasons in Pakistan?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) None of these
 
In 1947, the Tehsil of …… separated From District Gurdaspur and transferred Pakistan under the Radcliffe Award?
A) Kasur
B) Narowal
C) Pasrur
D) Shakargarh
 
The Eighth Amendment to the 1973 Constitution gave the President powers to?
A) Dissolve the National Assembly
B) Impeach the Chief Justice
C) Dissolve the Senate
D) Remove the Chairman Senate
 
Under the 1962 Constitution, the official language of Pakistan was declared as?
A) Urdu
B) Begnali
C) English
D) Both A & B
 
The most significant aspect of the Simla Agreement of 1972 signed between India and Pakistan is that both agreed?
A) To renounce the use of nuclear weapons against each other
B) To settle their differences by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations
C) To declare South Asia as a ‘nuclear-free zone’
D) To settle the Kashmir dispute by holding a plebiscite under UN auspices
 
In the Final Anglo-Mysore War of 1799, the forces of Tipu Sultan received no assistance from?
A) Marathas
B) Nizam of Hyderabad
C) Mir Sadiq
D) Napoleon
 
Which of the following was not a stated objective of the Aligarh Movement?
A) To clarify to the British that Muslims alone were not responsible for the 1857 revolt against them.
B) To persuade Muslims to learn the English language and Western sciences.
C) To prepare modern Muslim leadership for achieving a separate homeland.
D) To reinterpret the teachings of Islam and bring them in harmony with modern knowledge.
 
The Government of India was taken over by the British Crown in?
A) 1858
B) 1857
C) 1849
D) None of these
 
The main justification for introducing the Eighteenth Amendment was?
A) To introduce a transparent mechanism for appointment of judges.
B) To establish a new High Court at Islamabad.
C) To grant maximum legislative and fiscal autonomy to provinces.
D) To grant a central role to the Council of Common Interests for regulating the relations between Centre and the provinces.
 
What is not an indicator for resource distribution under the 7th National Finance Commission Award?
A) Population
B) Area
C) Backwardness
D) Revenue Collection
 
Under the 7th National Finance Commission Award, the provincial share of the divisible pool in the first year of NFC (2010-2011) has increased from?
A) 51%
B) 57.5%
C) 53%
D) 56%
 
Jamia Millia was established in 1920 at …….?
A) Karachi
B) Delhi
C) Lahore
D) Bombays