History PPSC Past Paper MCQs with Answers held in 2017

 

PPSC Lecturer of History Past Paper 2017

Here is the 1st part of Lecturer History PPSC Past Paper MCQs with Answers held in 2017. These Solved MCQs have been taken from the book “Advanced PPSC Model Paper” and not sure about the originality of Questions. This Quiz is being posted in PPSC Past Papers. However, these questions are good to prepare for Lecturer History upcoming Exams by PPSC as well as other competitive exams. You Should Also visit PPSC Lecturer Past Paper 2013, which is available at this link.

 

1. Bhutto’s predecessor as Foreign Minister of Pakistan was_______.

(A) Muhammad Ali Bogra

(B) Sir Zafarullah Khan

(D) Aziz Ahmad

(C) Agha Shahi

2. The Austrian Statesman, Metternich was in favour of _______.

(A) Absolute Government

(B) Liberal Democracy

(C) Nationalism

(D) Socialism

3. In European history “sick man of Europe” was _______.

(A) Bulgaria

(B) Servia

(C) Romania

(D) Turkey

4. Rousseau believed that the sovereignty of a State depends on the ______.

(A) Divine Right of Kings

(B) Will of People

(C) Strong Monarchy

(D) Agricultural Growth

5. Who said, “Man was born free, but everywhere I find him in chains”?

(A) Louis XIV

(B) Pope

(C) Rousseau

(D) Ibn-e-Khaldun

6. Seeking truth and truth about God, is ________.

(A) Metaphysics

(B) Prescription

(C) Description

(D) Interaction

7. In the early settlements in America, Germans settled mostly in _______.

(A) Pennsylvania

(B) Georgia

(C) South Carolina

(D) North Carolina

8. During the American war of independence, Britain hired Hessian soldiers from _______.

(A) Spain

(B) Holland

(C) Germany

(D) France

9. Amount of Dir Hams Fixed as Haq Mehr when Holy Prophet (PBUH) married Hazrat Khadija (R.A) was________.

(A) 200

(B) 300

(C) 400

(D) 500

10. Which one of the pious Caliphs joined the first migration to Habsha?

(A) Hazrat Abu Bakar (R.A)

(B) Hazrat Umar (R.A)

(C) Hazrat Usman (R.A)

(D) Hazrat Ali (A.S)

11. Rani Padmavati, according to legends, was part of a romantic story linked to_________.

(A) Ala-Uddin Khilji

(B) Jalal-Uddin Khilji

(C) Qutb-Uddin Khilji

(D) Malik Kafoor

12. Most of the Abbasid Caliphs were from the family line of ___________.

(A) Abu Abbas

(B) Abu Jafar Mansoor

(C) Abu Muslim Khurasani

(D) Isa bin Musa

13. Today’s Iraqi capital city Baghdad was built by________.

(A) Al-Mansoor

(B) Haroon-ur-Rashid

(C) Mamoon-ur-Rashid

(D) Mo’tsam Billa

14. Imam Ali Raza (son in law) of Mamoon-ur-Rashid was buried in Toos now called:

(A) Merv

(B) Anbar

(C) Koofa

(D) Mash’had

15. The last Abaside Caliph was________.

(A) Nasiruddin Ullah

(B) Zahir-bin-Amrillah

(C) Mustasim Billah

(D) Mustensar Billah

16. The last ruler of Umayyad Dynasty in Spain was_________.

(A) Abdul-Rehman Al-Mustazher

(B) Al-Mustakafi

(C) Hasham-al-Mo’tmed Billah

(D) Mehdi

17. “A short History of Saracens” was written by ________.

(A) M.M Shareef

(B) Abdul Kalam Azad

(C) H.P Blavatsky

(D) Syed Ameer Ali

18. Punjab Public Service Commission was formed under Indian Act of __________.

(A) 1909

(B) 1919

(C) 1932

(D) 1935

19. In 1929 Unionist Party was founded in Punjab by____________.

(A) Inayat Ullah Mashraqi

(B) Mian Fazal e Hussain

(C) Sardar Shaukat Hayat

(D) Suleman Nadvi

 

20. Which of the Constitutional Amendment in the 1973 Constitution, abolished Presidentialpowers to dissolve Parliament?

(A) 16th

(B) 17th

(C) 18th

(D) 19th

21. Hammurabi was the great Lawgiver of:

(A) Egypt

(B) Greece

(C) Spain

(D) Mesopotamia

22. Which was the biggest religion in Arabia before Islam?

(A) Christianity

(B) Zoroastrianism

(C) Idolatry

(D) Judaism

23. Which territory was ruled by Najjashi?

(A) Yemen

(B) Habsha

(C) Iraq

(D) Syria

24. Who was called the Brain of Arabia?

(A) Hazrat Khalid Bin Walid (R.A.)

(B) Hazrat Mugeera Bin Shoba (R.A)

(C) Hazrat Amr Bin Aas (R.A)

(D) Hazrat Muawiah (R.A.)

25. To which place had Hazrat Ali Murtaza (R.A.) shifted his capital?

(A) Basra

(B) Kufa

(C) Makkah

(D) Fastat

26. Who abolished Jizya on new converts?

(A) Hazrat Abdullah Bin Zubair (R.A.)

(B) Hajjaj Bin Yousaf

(C) Hazrat Umar Bin Abdul Aziz (R.A)

(D) Hasham

27. How long did Raja Chach rule Sind?

(A) 39 years

(B) 40 years

(C) 41 years

(D) 42 years

28. Dr. Gibbon was a___________________.

(A) Christian preacher

(B) A famous poet

(C) A renowned historian

(D) Archaeologist

29. Who had authored “Tabqat-e-Nasri”?

(A) Farishta

(B) Hassan Nizami

(C) Badayuni

(D) Minhaj-us-Siraj

30. Identify Banda Bairagl:

(A) A merciless Sikh rebel

(B) A preacher

(C) A hermit

(D) A pandit

31. June 1757 Battle of Plassey was fought between the forces of East India Company and:

 

(A) Nadar Shah Durrani

(B) Siraj-ud-daulah

(C) Ahmad Shah Abdali

(D) Bahadur Shah

 

32. In October 1905 the British government Partitioned the Bengal for the sake of ____________.

(A) Administrative Convenience

(B) Hindu Muslim Unity

(C) Muslim Benefit

(D) Electoral Adjustment

 

33. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms introduced a system called:

(A) Monarchy

(B) Theocracy

(C) Aristocracy

(D) Diarchy

 

34. Nazimuddin was forced to resign as Prime Minister by Governor-General:

(A) MA Jinnah

(B) Ghulam Muhammad

(C) Iskandar Mirza

(D) None of these

35. In East Pakistan, Elections 1970 were swept by ____________.

(A) PPP

(B) NAP (Bhashani)

(C) AL

(D) JI

36. Hazrat Aamina belonged to which famous tribe:

(A) Banu Makhzoom

(B) Banu Asad

(C) Barm Zohra

(D) Banu Ummayah

37. In the 10th Nabvi year which very near Uncle of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), died?

 

(A) Hazrat Hamza

(B) Hazrat Abu Talib

(C) Hazrat Abbas

(D) Hazrat Zubair

38. Caliph Hazrat Usman (RA) allowed whose family to come back once it had been exiled by the Holy Prophet (PBUH):

(A) Ameer Muawia

(B) Hakam bin Aas

(C) Abdullah bin Amir

(D) Abdullah bin Abbas

39. Second World War began in:

(A) 1939

(B) 1940

(C) 1941

(D) 1942

40. To join hands independent of the two blocks of the Cold War Era meant to join which of the following Groups?

(A) Warsaw Pact

(B) NATO Alliance

(C) SEATO

(D) Non-Aligned Movement

41. United Nations’ Charter was signed in:

(A) 1942

(B) 1943

(C) 1944

(D) 1945

42. Iranians supported the Abbasside Movement because they were:

(A) Democrats

(B) Royalists

(C) Heirs of Holy Prophet (PBUH)

(D) Anti Jews

 

43. The first Abbasside Caliph Al-Saffah was buried in:

(A) Baghdad

(B) Hashmia

(C) Chach

(D) Mo’sal

44. The period of Pre-History means:

(A) Unknown to History

(B) Absence of Recorded History

(C) No Human Life

(D) Timelessness

45. In his Indian expeditions Mahmood of Ghazna had with him:

(A) Al-Beruni

(B) Muhammad Qasim Farishta

(C) RC Mojumdar

(D) Gen. V.A Smith

46. Quresh’s trade route to Syria passed closely by:

(A) Madina

(B) Taif

(C) Habsha

(D) Mecca

47. Battle of Khyber was fought against:

(A) Quresh

(B) Yemeni tribes

(C) Jewish tribes

(D) Muselma Kazzab

48. On the way back from the Battle of Tabook Holy Prophet (PBUH) ordered the demolition of which mosque?

(A) Quba

(B) Zarrar

(C) Shohda

(D) Namra

49. Ameer Khusro was a disciple of:

(A) Ali Hajveri

(B) Moin-Uddin Chishti

(C) Fariduddin Masud

(D) Nizamuddin Aulia

50. In his Allahabad Address Iqbal suggested to create in India a separate Muslim State in the:

(A) South-East

(B) South West

(C) North West

(D) North East

51. Nizam-e-Mustafa Movement was launched in:

(A) 1975

(B) 1976

(C) 1977

(D) 1978

52. Author of Muntakhab-utTawarrikh is:

(A) Abul Fazal

(B) Abdul Qadir Bada’uni

(C) Anayat Uliah

(D) Aqeel Khan Razi

53. In 1615, Sir Thoms Roe was sent by the English King to the court of:

 

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Akbar

54. Cripps Mission camé to India in March:

(A) 1940

(B) 1941

(C) 1942

(D) 1943

55. Hudaibia was the name of a:

(A) River

(B) Well

(C) Cave

(D) Tree

56. Vasco da Gama is considered to be the first to successfully sail from-Europe to India in 1498. He was:

(A) French

(B) German

(C) Portuguese

(D) Spanish

 

57. Within 6 months after Jinnah’s death Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly adopted:

(A) Islamic Provisions

(B) Objectives Resolution

(C) Bill of Fundamental Rights

(D) Report on basic Principals

58. Who was Bagha Kabeer:

(A) A Turk General

(B) An Iranian General

(C) An Arabian General

(D) European General

59. Voltaire’s campaign “against Church and Clergy indirectly hit:

 

(A) Montesquieu

(B) French Revolution

(C) Universal Franchise

(D) Divine Right of King

60. In 1801 Napoleon signed “Concordat” with?

(A) Pope Pius VII

(B) Louis XVIII

(C) Church of England

(D) Pope John II

61. Writing history in a story-based form is:

(A) Philosophical History

(B) Narrative History

(C) Chronological History

(D) Family History

62. Monroe Doctrine announced in 1823, stopped in America further: .

 

(A) Colonization

(B) Industrialization

(C) Privatization

(D) Actualization

63. A rival organization to North Atlantic Treaty Organization was:

(A) Group of 77

(B) Warsaw Pact

(C) Non-Aligned Movement

(D) OECD

 

64. In Saqifa Bani Sa’ada from Ansarite side candidate for the 1st Caliph was:

(A) Sa’ad bin Abada (RA)

(B) Bashir bin Sa’ad (RA |

(C) Abu Bakar (RA)

(D) Umer bin Khitab (RA) |

65. Before becoming Sultan of Delhi Altatmash had been governor of:

(A) Lahore

(B) Multan

(C) Badayun

(D) Bengal

66. In Indian, history “Blood and Iron Policy” of Kingship was first introduced Py:

(A) Qutbudin Aibak

(B) Mehrnood of Ghazna

(C) Altatmash

(D) Balaban

 

67. Abul Abbas appointed Abu Muslim Khurasani as the governor of:

(A) Syria

(B) Africa

(C) Faras

(D) Khurasan

68. Nizamul-Mulk Toosi was the most learned minister in the dynasty of:

(A) Idreesia

(B) Tahiria

(C) Saffaria

(D) Saljookia

69. A retired British bureaucrat Sir A O Hume initiated the formation of:

(A) Indian National Congress

(B) All India Muslim League

(C) Khaksar Tehreek

(D) Sunni Tehreek

70. pakistan’s first Foreign Minister was:

(A) Malik Ghulam Muhammad

(B) Fazl-ur-Rehman

(C) Sir Zafarullah Khan

(D) Khawaja Shahabuddin

71. Khatm-e-Nabuwat Movement was crushed during the Prime Ministership of:

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan

(B) Khawaja Nazimuddin

(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra

(D) Chaudhary Muhammad Ali

72. One Unit Bill was passed during the government of:

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan

(B) Nazimuddin

(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra

(D) Chaudhary Muhammad Ali

73. Yahya Khan assumed powers as Chief Martial Law Administrator in:

(A) 1967

(B) 1968

(C) 1969

(D) 1970

74. Ojhary camp incident occurred during the reign of:

(A) Benazir Bhutto

(B) Muhammad Khan Jonejo

(C) Ghulam Mustafa Jotoi

(D) Main Qureshi

75. Who was East India Company last Governor-General in India?

(A) Lord Canning

(B) James Wilson

(C) Samuel Laing

(D) John Lawrence

76. Founder of Jainism was:

(A) Shakyamuni

(B) Mahavira

(C) Parsva

(D) Rishabha

77. The first President of the USA was:

(A) John Adams

(B) Thomas Jefferson

(C) George Washington

(D) Abraham Lincoln

78. “Wales” is derived from an Anglo Saxo world “Wales”, meaning:

 

(A) Martial Race

(B) Serfs

(C) Foreigners

(D) Locals

 

79. Ireland joined the United Kingdom on January_____.

(A) 1801

(B) 1802

(C) 1803

(D) 1804

80. Pakistan’s First Five Years plan (1950-55) was presented in the Parliament by ___________.

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan

(B) Khwaja Nazimuddin

(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra

(D) Ch. Muhammad Ali

 

81. Who was the first American President to resign while in office?

(A) Theodore Roosevelt

(B) Bill Clinton

(C) Richard Nixon

(D) John Quincy Adams

 

82. The current capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, Name the former capital:

(A) Almaty

(B) Dushanbe

(C) Bishkek

(D) None of these

83. In Geography what do you understand by “Pangaea”?

(A) A Prehistoric Supercontinent

(B) Hills formed by Lava outflow

(C) Concentration of Sulpher in hot springs

(D) None of these

 

84. After the partition of Bengal, the capital of East Bengal and Assam was:

(A) Dhaka

(B) Calcutta

(C) Chittagong

(D) Sylhet

85. Which was the official language during the Muslim Rule in India?

(A) Urdu

(B) Turkish

(C) Persian

(D) Arabic

86. Which of the following is not an Olympic Sport?

(A) Squash

(B) Badminton

(C) Wrestling

(D) Fencing

 

87. The flag of which country is also known as the Union Jack?

(A) UK

(B) USA

(C) New Zealand

(D) Barbados

88. Boao Forum for Asia, which holds its annual conference at Boao Hainan Province, China, was originally proposed by former President Ramos of Philippines, former Prime Minister Monhiro Hosokawa of Japan and:

(A) Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke of Australia

(B) Former Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad of Malaysia

(C) Former President Hu Jin Tao of China

(D) Former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of Pakistan

89. Which one of the following is all example of Operating System?

(A) Microsoft Word

(B) Microsoft Excel

(C) Microsoft Access

(D) Microsoft Windows

90. By default on which page the Header or the Footer Is printed, in MS Word?

(A) On the first page

(B) On alternate page

(C) On every page

(D) None of these

91. Complete the number series: 15, 31, 63, 127, 255________.

(A) 513

(B) 511

(C) 523

(D) 517

92. Solve the equation: (1/4+5/8) + (4 12+3/4) =?

(A) 35/32

(B) 10/7

(C) 5/12

(D) 7/10

93. “To face the music” means:

(A) To be greeted rudely

(B) To be offered warm hospitality

(C) To be on the front seat in a concert

(D) To bear the consequences

94. What is the synonym of “Posthumous”?

(A) After the death

(B) Moisture

(C) Rich

(D) Rear

95. What is the antonym of “Meandering”?

(A) Sliding

(B) Straight

(C) Sloping

(D) Curved

96. Find the correctly spelt word.

(A) Dicotomy

(B) Dicotemy

(C) Dichotomy

(D) Dechotomy

97. To which fruit Is Plantain similar to?

(A) Grapefruit

(B) Apples

(C) Jackfruit

(D) Bananas

98. Exposure to sunlight results in the formation of __________ in the body.

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin C

(C) Vitamin K

(D) Vitamin D