Labour Officer Solved Past Paper 2017 Test

Mustansar KhanLast Updated: August 18, 2025

Labour Officer Solved Past Paper 2017 Test

The Labour Officer Solved Past Paper 2017 Test serves as a valuable resource for candidates preparing for the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Labour Officer examination. This solved paper includes authentic multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from the 2017 test, along with accurate answers and explanations.

Total Questions:	100
Time Allowed:	50 Minutes
Total Marks:	100
How to Attempt Test:	Please choose the right Option in MCQ-type question.
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1. Islamabad is part of which province?

Sindh

KPK

Punjab

None of these

2. Which country used to be called the "Sick Man of Europe" during the late 19th and early 20th century?

France

Portugal

Turkey

Iran

3. 1 inch is approximately equivalent to how many millilitres?

4. Which out of them is a Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Gamal Abdel Nasser

King Hussain of Jordan

Raza Shah Pahlavi

Yasser Arafat

5. Who was the second President of USA?

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Adams

6. Which is the largest (area-wise) airport of the world?

J.F. Kennedy Airport, New York

Heathrow Airport, London

Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

King Khalid Airport, Riyadh

7. "Olive Branch" is the symbol of:

Prosperity

Strength

Peace

Success

8. "KLM" is the main airline of which country?

Netherlands

France

Spain

Germany

9. Who discovered the sea route from Europe to India?

Christopher Columbus

Marco Polo

Vasco da Gama

Sir Francis Drake

10. The headquarters of UNESCO is in:

Vienna

Paris

New York

London

11. NPT is the abbreviation of:

Non-Proliferation Treaty

Neo-Proliferated Treaty

Non-Proliferation Trust

None of these

12. Who was the first Secretary General of OIC?

Hassan Al-Touhami

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada

Habib Chatty

13. Which country exercised veto power the most in Security Council of the UNO?

USSR/Russia

USA

China

14. Which is the most populous city in the world?

Moscow

Tokyo

Shanghai

None of these

15. Which country is the largest producer of wheat?

America

China

Russia

India

16. The brightest planet in our solar system is:

Venus

Jupiter

Earth

Neptune

17. Warsaw is the capital of:

Romania

Bulgaria

Hungary

Poland

18. The currency of Turkey is called:

Dirham

Lira

Peso

Riyal

19. Which is the largest desert of the world?

Gobi

Thar

Sonoran

Sahara

20. Shashi Tharoor is the latest biographer of:

Jawaharlal Nehru

M.K. Gandhi

Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman

Indira Gandhi

21. Per capita water availability in Pakistan is:

Decreasing

Constant

Increasing

Fluctuating

22. The scientists have estimated the age of universe as:

13 billion years

25 billion years

11 billion years

None of these

23. Which is the deepest ocean of the world:

Arctic

Indian

Atlantic

Pacific

24. Who presented the "Theory of Evolution"?

Dr. Paul Muller

Charles Darwin

Edward Jenner

Dr. Bernard Christian

25. Industrial Revolution started with the invention of:

Wheel

Steam engine

Spinning Jenny

Aeroplane

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26. The Greek epics "Iliad" and "Odyssey" were written by:

Homer

Euclid

Aristotle

Plato

27. "Dhyan Chand" was a legend of:

Cricket

Hockey

Football

Athletics

28. Solar eclipse occurs when:

Earth comes between sun and moon

Moon is at right angles to the earth

Moon comes between sun and earth

Sun comes between moon and earth

29. The capital of Belgium is:

Brussels

Manchester

Zurich

Bonn

30. "Interpol" is the:

UNO’s global uplift plan

International Criminal Police

Agency for environmental protection

Forum to settle inter-country water disputes

31. Which river is most often mentioned in the Bible?

Colorado

Ganges

Darling

Jordan

32. "Good consists in creating the greatest happiness for the largest number of people". This theory is termed as:

Utilitarianism

Aristotelianism

Humanism

Pragmatism

33. "Burj al Khalifa" the tallest standing structure at present is located in:

Jeddah

Cairo

Doha

Dubai

34. Who invented dynamite?

Dr Alfred B Nobel

H. W. Seeley

Lionel Lukin

Roger Bacon

35. "Fungus" is a Latin word which means:

Party

Sky

Mushrooms

Beast

36. "Dermatology" is a branch of medical science which deals with:

Digestion problems

Skin diseases

Hair plantation

Nervous tension

37. "My life a fragment" is a book written by:

Syed Ameer Ali

Abul Kalam Azad

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar

38. "Magna Carta" that was signed by King John of England in 1215 declared that:

England is the greatest country of Europe

The King is subject to law

London will be England’s capital

The English Crown will remain forever

39. "Pravda" is the most important newspaper of which country?

Iran

Canada

Germany

Russia

40. Which of the following is not an official language of the UNO?

English

French

Chinese

Japanese

41. Which is the biggest forex-earner of Pakistan out of the following?

Cotton

Expatriates

Sugar

Sports goods

42. Pakistan’s national flower is:

Rose

Jasmine

Touch me not

None of these

43. Pakistan won the cricket world cup in:

1996

1986

1992

2000

44. Who built the "Rohtas Fort" near Jhelum?

Akbar

Sher Shah Suri

Shah Jahan

Shahab-ud-din Ghori

45. From which country Pakistan purchased Gwader?

Iran

Russia

Kuwait

Oman

46. "The Sole Spokesman" was written by:

Dr Waheed-uz-Zaman

Musarrat Hussain Zubairi

Hector Bolitho

Ayesha Jalal

47. Choudhary Rehmat Ali published his pamphlet "Now or Never" in:

1922

1933

1937

1942

48. The length of Indo-Pak border is:

1600 km

2000 km

3310 km

1000 km

49. Pakistan’s capital was shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in:

1954

1959

1967

1969

50. The second Chief Minister of Punjab was:

Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot

Mian Mumtaz Daultana

Feroz Khan Noon

Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti

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51. Balochistan attained the status of a province in:

1970

1973

1977

1985

52. Which of the following served as a caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Liaquat Ali Khan

Ch Shujaat Hussain

Zafarullah Jamali

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi

53. Who was the first President (Speaker) of Pakistan’s National Assembly?

Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Abdul Wahab Khan

Abdul Jabbar Khan

54. Who was the first recipient of Nishan-i-Haider?

Captain Muhammad Sarwar

Major Tufail Muhammad

Major Muhammad Akram

None of these

55. National Defence University (NDU) of Pakistan is located at:

Karachi

Lahore

Islamabad

Quetta

56. A colonel of Pakistan Army is equal to which rank of Navy?

Captain

Lieutenant

Commander

Commodore

57. In 1905 which important event of Indian history took place:

Formation of All-India Muslim League

Partition of Bengal

Minto-Morley Reforms

None of these

58. "Jallianwala Bagh" is located in:

Lahore

Delhi

Lucknow

Amritsar

59. Pakistan Resolution of 1940 was seconded by:

Chaudhry Khaliq uz Zaman

Maulvi Fazal ul Haq

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Liaquat Ali Khan

60. "Hindu Mahasabha" was:

A committee to hold accountability of Hindu leadership

An extremist Hindu organization

A religious council to revive original form of Hinduism

None of these

61. On 16th August 1946, what was observed on the call of Muslim League?

Deliverance day

Independence day

Yum-i-Shaukat-i-Islam

Direct Action day

62. Out of the following early problems of Pakistan, which one had no connection with India?

The division of financial and military assets

Kashmir issue

Language problem

Canal water dispute

63. M-8 Motorway is from:

Ratodero to Karachi

Ratodero to Sukkur

Ratodero to Gwadar

None of these

64. Which pass out of the following connects Pakistan with China?

Kilik Pass

Khunjerab Pass

Badawai Pass

Khan Kun Pass

65. Which city has the highest mean annual rainfall?

Murree

Lasbela

Sialkot

Chitral

66. "Eye Wash" means:

Someone’s beloved

Deceit

Fondness of visiting new places

A woman with a bright face

67. Exports in Chemicals and sugar sectors have ___ a phenomenal rise this year.

Projected

Proclaimed

Registered

Declared

68. Which out of the following is not a novel by Thomas Hardy?

The Return of the Native

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

The Winner Stands Alone

Under the Greenwood Tree

69. Which one out of the following is not a synonym of "exactness"?

Faultlessness

Accuracy

Correctness

Imprecision

70. A specialist who measures your eyesight is:

Optician

Ophthalmologist

Optometrist

None of these

71. He was a fair-minded person and whenever he arbitrated, his verdict was:

Misinformed

Prejudiced

Detrimental

Disinterested

72. A person who studies rocks and soils is a:

Botanist

Geologist

Archaeologist

Geophysicist

73. Which of the following is not an antonym of "marvellous"?

Astounding

Awful

Ordinary

Believable

74. To play into another's hand is to put oneself under another's:

Possession

Game

Plot

Control

75. "Lingua Franca" means:

A beautiful girl

A difficult exam

An unknown person

A common language

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76. How many amendments have been made in the original draft of Constitution of 1973, up till now?

77. The Constitution of Pakistan is comprised of how many parts?

XII

78. The Constitution of 1973 came into force on:

14th August 1973

10th April 1973

12th April 1973

None of these

79. When National Assembly, Senate and President are referred together, they are termed as:

Majlis-e-Shoora

Parliament

Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)

None of these

80. Under which article of the Constitution, its abrogation, subversion or suspension have been declared a "high treason"?

81. Chapter-I of the Part-II of the Constitution exclusively deals with:

Election of the President

Fundamental Rights

Provincial Assemblies

Financial Matters

82. Pakistan's Constitution provides protection against retrospective punishment:

Yes

Not mentioned

Vague

83. The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees:

Equality of citizens

Preservation of language, script and culture

Protection of property rights

All of the above

84. The President of Pakistan can hold office for:

Only one term of five years

Two consecutive terms

An unlimited period

None of these

85. According to the present form of Constitution, the government can hold a referendum on any issue of national importance:

Yes

Vague

Not mentioned

86. A Prime Minister against whom a motion of no confidence has been tabled can advise the President to dissolve the National Assembly:

Yes

Not mentioned

Not clear in the Constitution

87. A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, a member of the parliament if:

He is an undischarged insolvent

He holds an office of profits in the service of Pakistan

He has been convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude

All of the above

88. Only that person can be appointed as Attorney General of Pakistan who is eligible for appointment as:

Judge of the High Court

Judge of the Supreme Court

Ombudsman

Chairman of Council of Islamic Ideology

89. A provincial government can construct power houses and grid stations and lay transmission lines for use within the province:

Yes

Not mentioned

Vaguely mentioned

90. Under Article 160 of the Constitution, the distribution of Revenues between the Federation and the Provinces is made by:

Cabinet Committee on Finance

Chief Justice of Pakistan

President as per recommendation of Finance Secretary

National Finance Commission

91. After a Supreme Court's decision in 1988, the Bonded Labour Abolition Act was passed in:

1989

1992

1994

None of these

92. Pakistani Labour Laws define a 'child' as anyone under the age of:

93. Pakistan's estimated labour force stands approximately at:

62.00 million

4.52 million

51.78 million

184.00 million

94. Which article of Pakistan's Constitution has prohibited all forms of forced labour of human beings?

None of these

95. Article 17 of the Pakistan’s Constitution:

Allows every citizen to form associations or unions

Declares that all citizens are equal before law

Guarantees wellbeing of citizens without discrimination

All of the above

96. Application for registration of a trade union is to be submitted before:

DCO of a district

Registrar of Trade Unions

IG Police

Secretary Labour

97. Which organ of the UNO deals with the affairs of labours at international level?

UNESCO

UNIDO

UNICEF

ILO

98. According to Pakistani laws, "Collective bargaining" is:

Legal

Illegal

Conditionally legal

Not clearly mentioned anywhere

99. A strike/lockout is illegal if it is:

Commenced without giving notice to other party

Continued despite prohibition orders by the Competent Authority

Continued in a period when settlement of award is in operation

All of the above

100. Labour judiciary is:

Local Labour Courts

Labour Appellate Tribunals

National Industrial Relations Commission

All of the above

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