PPSC
Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies – 2016 Paper Solved
1. Who is considered to be the father of the nation of Singapore?
(A) Lee Kuan Yew
(B) Goh Choe Tong
(C) Norodom Sihanouk
(D) Tun Abul Razzaq
2. Ahmad Sukarno remained the president of ___from 1949-1968.
(A) Malaysia
(B) Indonesia
(C) Burma
(D) Maldives
3. What is the capital of Australia?
(A) Sydney
(B) Melbourne
(C) Canberra
(D) Perth
4. One of the bloodiest battles of the First World War was fought at Ypres (lepers) where a large number of soldiers from South Asia also died. In which country is this battlefield
located?
(A) France
(B) Belgium
(C) Austria
(D) Germany
5. President Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of:
(A) Kenya
(B) Uganda
(C) Zambia
(D) Zimbabwe
6. Dag Hammarskjold remained the Secretary General of the United Nations from 1953 till 1961 when he died in a plane crash. Which country did he belong to?
(A) Swecfen
(B) Norway
(C) Peru
(D) Denmark
7. After the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who became the Prime Minister of India?
(A) Morarji Desai
(B) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(C) Rajive Gandhi
(D) Sanjay Gandhi
8. Ernesto “Che” Guevara was a famous revolutionary guerrilla fighter. To which country did he belong?
(A) Bolivia
(B) Cuba
(C) Argentina
(D) Brazil
9. Nelson Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 together with another South African Leader. What was his name?
(A) Oliver Tambo
(B) P.W Botha
(C) Frederick de Klerk
(D) Archbishop Desmond Tutu
10. When did Pakistan leave the Commonwealth for the first time before rejoining it in 1989?
(A) 1965
(B) 1969
(C) 1972
(D) 1974
11. Which is the second largest Planet in our Solar System?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Saturn
(C) Uranus
(D) Neptune
12. When did the Organization of Islamic Conference change its name to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)?
(A) 28 June 2011
(B) 27 Dec. 2010
(C) 1 Jan. 2011
(D) 28 June 2012
13. ‘Grameen Bank’ a pioneer in the field of micro finance, was the brainchild of:
(A) Dr. Riaz Rahman
(B) Fazle Hussain Abid
(C) Dr. Muhammad Salman Rahman
(D) Prof. Muhammad Younus
14. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging economies. The grouping comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and
(A) South Africa
(B) Singapore
(C) South Korea
(D) Sweden
15. The Permanent Secretariat of ASEAN is located in:
(A) Singapore
(B) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
(C) Jakarta (Indonesia)
(D) Bangkok (Thailand)
16. Who was the first Moon? man to set foot on the
(A) Neil Armstrong
(B) Buz Aldrin
(C) Yuri Gagarin
(D) Frank Borman
17. The Battle of Waterloo saw the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. In which country is this battlefield located?
(A) France
(B) Belgium
(C) Near London
(D) Netherlands
18. The tactics of “Satyagraha” as a form of passive resistance movement was developed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. While he was in South Africa. He led a few Satyagraha
agitations against the then South African Government. What was Gandhi doing in South Africa?
(A) He had gone there to visit relatives
(B) He was there to plead a legal case
(C) He was exiled by the British to South Africa
(D) He went there to attend a wedding ceremony
19. Which famous actor played the role of Dr. Zhivago in the movie by the same name?
(A) Peter OToole
(B) Marlon Brando
(C) Omar Shareef
(D) Zia Mohiuddin
20. The famous book “Gulliver’s Travels” was written by:
(A) Jonathan Swift
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Thomas Hardy
(D) Lews Caroll