PPSC Labor Officer Solved Past Papers 2015
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC)
LABOUR OFFICER (BPS-16) IN THE LABOUR AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, 2015
1. John Kerry is United States of America’s:
(A) Vice-President
(B) National Security Advisor
(C) Secretary of State ✓
(D) Commander-in-Chief
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1985 until 2013.
2. Steve Jobs earned fame during his association with:
(A) Microsoft
(B) Intel (C) Dell
(D) Apple ✓
3. ’Laissez-Faire’ means:
(A) Non-interference of state in economy ✓
(B) Extra-ordinary political activity
(C) Fast-pace industrialization of a country
(D) Rescue operation in flood-effected areas.
4. Renowned novelist Ernest Hemingway belonged to:
(A) England
(B) Syria
(C) America ✓
(D) Columbia
5. ‘Azerbaijan’ Is located In:
(A) Western Europe
(B) Latin America
(C) Central Asia ✓
(D) Middle East
6. The branch of medicine dealing with Skin Is called:
(A) Pharmacology
(B) Urology
(C) Parasitology
(D) Dermatology ✓
7. Kitab-ul-Hind' was written by:
(A) Al-Farabl
(B) Al-Razl
(C) Al-Beruni ✓
(D) Ibn-i-Sina
8. Which Urdu poet was given 'Lenin Award' by the ex-USSR Government?
(A) Munir Niazi
(B) Habib Jalib
(C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz ✓
(D) Ahmed Faraz
9. Prague is the capital of:
(A) Romania
(B) Brazil
(C) Uganda
(D) Czech Republic ✓
10. Who is the Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
(A) SartajAziz
(B) KhawajaAsif
(C) Mian M. Nawaz Sharif ✓
(D) Ishaq Dar
11. The ‘Theory of Population' was propounded by:
(A) John Calvin
(B) Dr. Henry Kissenger
(C) Thomas Robert ✓
(D) Adam Smith
12. Warren Hastings was the:
(A) English King during 1$t World War
(B) Second President of the USA
(C) Governor General of India ✓
(D) Prime Minister of the USSR
at the time of it’s break-up
13. Gugllelmo Marconi Invented:
(A) Television
(B) Camera
(C) Tape recorder
(D) Radio ✓
14. Second President of the U.S A was:
(A) Thomas Jefferson
(B) John Adams ✓
(C) James Madison
(D) James Monroe
15. ‘Communist Manifesto" was written by:
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Engels
(C) Jointly by Marx and Engels ✓
(D) None of these
16. Albert Einstein is best known for his:
(A) ^ Research on Universe
(B) Ideas about human development
(C) Theory of relativity ✓
(D) Theory of evolution
17. Aristotle was the teacher of:
(A) Alexander ✓
(B) Plato
(C) Buddha
(D) Julius Caesar
18. Printing Press was Invented by:
(A) Alexander Graham Bell
(B) Johann Gutenberg ✓
(C) Martin Luther
(D) James Watt
19. 38 Parallel is a boundary line between:
(A) North Korea and South Korea ✓
(B) India and China
(C) China and Taiwan
(D) Germany and Poland
20. Which of the following leader ,is a Nobel Peace Prize winner?
(A) Jawahartal Nehru
(B) Barak Hussain Obama ✓
(C) Tony Blair
(D) Richard Nixon
21. In which city was the 1st Islamic Conference held?
(A) Mecca
(B) Rabat ✓
(C) Damascus
(D) Cairo
22. Who was the 1 st Woman Ruler of India?
(A) Indra Gandhi
(B) Chand Bibi
(C) Nur Jahan
(D) Razia Sultana ✓
23. What comes to mind with the name of Neil Armstrong?
(A) Water
(B) America
(C) Moon ✓
(D) 19th Century
24. ‘History of the Saracens" was written by:
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(B) Shibli Naumani
(C) Abu-al-Kalam Azad
(D) Syed Ameer Ali ✓
25. Which country out of the following is not located In Asia?
(A) Thailand
(B) Indonesia
(C) Myanmar
(D) Libya ✓
26. 10-Downing Street Is the official residence of:
(A) Pope
(B) Secretary General of UNO
(C) Prime Minister of UK ✓
(D) President of France
27. The Roman Numeral “XX" means:
(A) 200
(B) 2,000
(C) 20,000
(D) 20 ✓
28. “Bona fide" means:
(A) Acting in good faith ✓
(B) Acting in bad faith
(C) Acting with intention
(D) None of these
29. Which of the following has been written by Sigmund Freud?
(A) The Interpretation of Dreams ✓
(B) Autumn of Fury
(C) Blood of Revolution
(D) Faces in the Mirror
30. Who was the Adam Smith?
(A) The Prime Minister of France during 1 st World War
(B) An Economist ✓
(C) A Scientist
(D) A Geologist
31. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan when 1st Martial Law of 1958 was declared?
(A) Muhammad All Bogra
(B) Feroz Khan Noon ✓
(C) Ch. Muhammad All
(D) Hussain Shaheed Suharwsrdi
32. The Constitutional Reforms introduced in British India in the year 1909 are generally referred to as:
(A) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(B) Morley-Minto Reforms ✓
(C) The Communal Award
(D) The Colonial Reforms
33. “Indus-Basin Water Treaty" was signed in:
(A) 1958
(B) 1960 ✓
(C) 1966
(D) 1949
34. In 1954, Pakistan joined:
(A) SEATO ✓
(B) CENTO
(G) Commonwealth
(D) OIC
35. “Daughter of the East" was written by:
(A) Fatima Jinnah
(B) Nusrat Bhutto
(C)Inda Ganhi
(D) Benazir Bhutto ✓
36. The 1st Chief Minister of Punjab was:
(A) Mian Mumtaz Daultana
(B) Feroz Khan Noon
(C) Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot ✓
(D) Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmanl
37. “India Wins Freedom" was written by:
(A) Sir Agha Khan
(B) Abu-al-Kalam Azad ✓
(C) Muhammad All Jauhar
(D) Ch. Rahmat All
38. Mr. Jinnah presented his 14-points in March 1929 in Muslim League's Session held at:
(A) Lahore
(B) Lucknow
(C) Delhi ✓
(D) Calcutta
39. Who was the only Vice-President in the history of Pakistan:
(A) Ghuiam Muhammad
(B) Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
(C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
(D) Nur-ul-Amin ✓
40. The newspaper called “Zamindar" was edited
(A) Mautarta Muhammad Ail Jauhar
(B) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan ✓
(C) Maulana Shibli Naumanl
(D) Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali
41. 'Who was the Foreign Minister in the interim Government of British India formed before the partition?
(A) Jawahar Lai Nehru ✓
(B) Raj Gopal Acharia
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) Jugandar Nath Mundal
42. “Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case” was unearthed in:
(A) 1951 ✓
(B) 1955
(C) 1958
(D) 1949
43. Who was appointed Prime Minister after the imposition of Martial Law in 1958*?
(A) Malik Feroz Khan Noon
(B) Ayub Khan ✓
(C) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
(D) Gen. Azam Khan
44. A famous book titled “Witness to Surrender" was written by:
(A) Lt. Gen. A.A. K. Niazi
(B) Zulfiqar All Bhutto
(C) Brig.Siddlq Salik ✓
(D) Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman
45. The members of RCD were:
(A) Pakistan, India and Iran
(B) China, Pakistan and India
(C) Pakistan, Iran and Turkey ✓
(D) Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan
46. Who has been nominated as Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team for World Cup 2015?
(A) Shahid Afridi
(B) Umar Gul
(C) Misbah-ul-Haq ✓
(D) Muhammad Hafiz
47. In which mountain range is Siachin Glacier located?
(A) Himalaya
(B) Korakarum ✓
(C) Hindu
(D) Sulaiman
48. Pakistan's present population approximately stands at:
(A) 116 million
(B) 156 million
(C) 169 million
(D) 186 million ✓
49. At the time of Independence in 1947, which was the biggest city of Pakistan?
(A) Dacca
(B) Karachi ✓
(C) Lahore
(D) Rawalpindi
50. In Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 2014, Pakistan secured:
(A) 1st Position
(B) 2nd Position ✓
(C) 3rd Position
(D) None of these
51. According to the Islamic Principle of inheritance, a male's share in deceased father's property viz-a-vtz female is:
(A) Three times
(B) Two times ✓
(C) Same
(D) None of them
52. Who was the 1st Ummayad Caliph?
(A) Marwan bin Hakam
(B) Hazrat Amir Muawlya ✓
(C) Yazid bin Muhlib
(D) Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair
53. "Usher” means:
(A) One tenth ✓
(B) One fifth
(C) One third
(D) None of these
54. The highest number of "Ahadith” were narrated by:
(A) Hazrat Zaid-bin-Harris
(B) Hazrat Bilal Habshi
(C) Hazrat Ayesha Siddiqa
(D) Hazrat Abu Huraira ✓
55. The 1st Muslim conquest in India took place in:
(A) 712 AD ✓
(B) 997 AD
(C) 1210 AD
(D) 1526 AD
56. How many years did the Holy Prophet (PBUH) spend in Medina:
(A) 35
(B) 13
(C) 10 ✓
(D) 21
57. ‘INFAQ’ is:
(A) Fighting with enemies of Islam
(B) Traveling from Mecca
(C) Delivering a speech against infidels
(D) Spending wealth for the cause of Allah ✓
58. “Jamila-al-Azhar" is located in:
(A) Cairo ✓
(B) Damascus
(C) Ankara
(D) Jeddah
59. Which “Surah" was the first to be revealed upon Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)?
(A) Surah “Al-lkhlas”
(B) Surah "Ai-Naas”
(C) Surah “Al-Nisa“
(D) Surah “Al-Alaq" ✓
60. Who translated the Holy Quran to Persian for the 1st time"?
(A) Syed Ahmed Shaheed
(B) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(C) Maulana Muhammad AH Jauhar
(D) Shah WaliUllah Khan ✓
61. Exports in Chemicals and sugar have a phenomenal rise this year.
(A) Projected
(B) Registered ✓
(C) Proclaimed
(D) Declared
62. lam to my friend for a large sum.
(A) Attributed
(B) Charged
(C) Loaned
(D) Indebted ✓
63. To have one's hands full is to be completely or have a difficult task.
(A) Employed
(B) Accommodated
(C) Interlocked
(D) Occupied ✓
64. A plan which fails to achieve It's purpose is
(A) Abortion
(B) Perfidious
(C) Abortive ✓
(D) imperfect
65. “Malady" means:
(A) Distinct
(B) Decease
(C) Disease ✓
(D) Divine
66. “Alma Mater” is:
(A) An Instrument to gauge rainfall
(B) A famous tower in Paris
(C) The place where someone was educated ✓
(D) investigation centre of Scotland Yard
67. As “Fresh" as":
(A) Air
(B) Flower
(C) Water
(D) None of them ✓
68. The antonym of dear is .
(A) Significant
(B) Unmistaken
(C) Explicit
(D) Murkey ✓
69. A specialist who measures your eyesight is
(A) Optician
(B) Ophthalmologist
(C) Optometrist ✓
(D) None of these
70. To make a clean breast of something is to
(A) Confide
(B) Collect
(C) Confess ✓
(D) Recollect
71. What percentage is equivalent to 5-j?
(A) 525% ✓
(B) 425%
(C) 625%
(D) None of these
72. 20% of 30% of 20% of Rs: 850 is:
(A) Rs: 9.50
(B) Rs: 10.20 ✓
(C) Rs: 10.50
(D) None of these
73. The average of three numbers is 20. If two numbers are 16 and 22,the third Is:
(A) 22 ✓
(B) 20
(C) 19
(D) 18
74. If 4x +13 = 7 - 2X, what is the value of X?
(A) -10/3
(B) -3
(C) -1 ✓
(D) 1
75. Which of the following ratios is the largest?
(A) 7:15
(B) 15:23
(C) 17:25
(D) 21:29 ✓
76. 0.7683 + 0.369 + 0.05 + 0.8 = ?
(A) 0.8065
(B) 1.9873 ✓
(C) 0.8110
(D) None of these
77. A boy saves Rs: 4.56 the first month, Rs: 3.82 second month and Rs: 5.06 the third month. How much did he save altogether?
(A) Rs. 12
(B) Rs. 12.50
(C) Rs. 13
(D) 13.44 ✓
78.
(A) 46.95
(B) 43.75
(C) 50.25
(D) 50.00 ✓
79. 5005-5000/10.00
(A) 0.5
(B) 50
(C) 5000
(D) 4505 ✓
80. How many numbers up to 200 are divisible by 2 and 3 both?
(A) 35
(B) 33 ✓
(C) 29
(D) 27
81. Article 11 of the Pakistan's Constitution prohibits all forms of:
(A) Slavery
(B) Forced Labour
(C) Child Labour
(D) All of them ✓
82. Under the Constitution, Labour is a:
(A) Federal subject
(B) Provincial subject
(C) Concurrent subject ✓
(D) None of these
83. The Total Labour Force of Pakistan is:
(A) 57.2 million ✓
(B) 15.92 million
(C) 29.30 million
(D) 41.00 million
According to data produced by the CIA World Factbook, the total number of Pakistan's labour force is 57.2 million, making it the ninth largest country by available human workforce. About 43% of this labour is involved in agriculture, 20.3% in industry and the remaining 36.6% in other services.
84. Under the Factories Act, 1934 no worker can be required to work in any establishment in excess of:
(A) 9 hours a day ✓
(B) 8 hours a day
(C) 10 hours a day
(D) 7 hours a day
85. Which Article of the Constitution provides the freedom of association and the right to form unions?
(A) 17 ✓
(B) 05
(C) 91
(D) 73
86. The industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002 emphasis participation of workers in management of an establishment through;
(A) Workers Council
(B) Management Committee
(C) Joint Management Board
(D) All of them ✓
87. In a province, a Worker's Trade Union is registered with the:
(A) Registrar Trade Unions ✓
(B) National industrial Relations Commission
(C) Workers Welfare Board
(D) Commissioner Social Security
88. A Collection Bargaining Agent (CBA) is a:
(A) A registered trade union elected by secret ballot ✓
(B) A pressure group formed by workers to get their pays enhanced.
(C) An NGO striving for workers welfare
(D) None of these
89. If a strike or lock-out is commenced without giving notice of conciliation to the other party of the dispute; it will be considered:
(A) Immoral
(B) Legal
(C) Unethical
(D) illegal ✓
90. Pakistan's Constitution provides that children and women are not employed in vocations unsuited to their age or sex:
(A) Correct ✓
(B) Incorrect
(C) Partially correct
(D) None of these
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