PPSC Planning Officer (BS-17) Paper 1,2025

Planning Officer Past Papers of PPSC from 2000 to 2025 have been compiled and made available with solutions for those candidates who want to pass the Planning Officer exam.
model Paper 185

Select the most appropriate synonym of ‘Calamity’:

A. Fortune
B. Disaster
C. Windfall
D. Prosperity
Correct answer is: B. Disaster
Calamity means a disastrous event, making 'disaster' the closest synonym.

Transform into indirect speech: He said to me, ‘May you be happy.’

A. He said to me that I may be happy.
B. He wished me that I might be happy.
C. He wished me that you might be happy.
D. He said to me that I might being happy.
Correct answer is: B. He wished me that I might be happy.
The verb 'wished' is appropriate for a blessing, and 'may' changes to 'might' in indirect speech.

The military tank was first developed by:

A. Britain
B. Germany
C. US
D. Russia
Correct answer is: A. Britain
The first military tank, the Mark I, was developed by Britain during World War I in 1916.

Who invented the printing press?

A. Isaac Newton
B. Johannes Gutenberg
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Thomas Edison
Correct answer is: B. Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press in the 15th century, revolutionizing publishing.

Maleeha Lodhi has been a former ambassador or representative of Pakistan to which of the following?

A. United States (US)
B. United Nations (UN)
C. United Kingdom (UK)
D. All of these
Correct answer is: D. All of these
Maleeha Lodhi served as Pakistan'sambassador to the US, UN, and UK.
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