Punjab Police Constable Official Paper-I & II (Held On: 17 Aug, 2023 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)

On 15 August 1972, the Government of India gave a copper letter to ______.

Who has become the first Indian to win the prestigious Zurich Diamond League Final 2022 in Switzerland?

What is the name of India's first privately developed rocket?

Match the following.

What is the name of India's first national evaluation regulator which is being set up by NCERT?

When was World Hearing Day 2023 celebrated?

The India Plastic Pact is a new initiative that aims to create a world where plastic is valued and not just known for causing pollution. It is a joint initiative of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and a renowned global environmental organization called ______.

Which article declares that the State shall make arrangements to secure just and humane conditions of work for assisting in childbirth?

PUNBUS/Punjab Roadways has been awarded for the year ______ for their safety measures and lowest accident rates in the country.

Under which article is the appointment of the Administrator of the Union Territories made by the President?

Punjab State Warehousing Corporation has a Container Freight Station (CFS) at ______.

According to the fifth World Air Quality Report released by IQAir in March 2023, how many of the world's most polluted cities are in India?

Who among the following won the National Award for Excellence in the field of Atmospheric Science and Technology for 2022?

Who enjoyed the longest tenure of 17 years as the Prime Minister of India?

Which household chemical is used as a mild antiseptic on the skin to prevent infection of minor cuts, scrapes, and burns?

Which of the following is not true about the 2021 forest fires in Mizoram?

In September 2022, NITI Aayog celebrated the first anniversary of India's Zero Pollution E-Mobility campaign. What is the name of this campaign?

Who among the following introduced the 'Objective Concept' in the Constituent Assembly?

In February 2023, the Indian government has approved the ecological release of which of the following genetically modified crops?

According to the Indian Minerals Yearbook 2012, Government of India, Ministry of Mines, Bureau of Mines, which of the following is correct about the mineral resources in Punjab?

I. The minerals found in the state are quartz and silica sand in Hoshiarpur district

II. Quartzite is found in Hoshiarpur and Ropar (Rupnagar) districts of Punjab.

III. No mineral production other than sulphur and minor minerals has been found in Punjab in 2010-11 and 2011-12.

In which year S. Satvir Singh was honoured with the Punjab State Youth Achievers Award for his achievements in the field of Punjabi folk dances at the national and international level?

What value of the air quality index is considered satisfactory, and there is little or no exposure to air pollution?

According to the Chinese explorer Hiuen Tsang, who visited the city of Jalandhar in the 7^th century, how many Buddhist monasteries were there in the city?

According to the 2011 census, which of these religions was in the majority in Punjab?

Which of the following is/are incorrect about Princess Amrit Kaur, a freedom fighter from Punjab?

I. Princess Amrit Kaur served as Gandhi's secretary for 16 years and also took an active part in various national movements such as the Dandi March.

II. After completing her studies at Oxford, Princess Amrit Kaur returned to India in 1918 and thereafter became an integral part of India's freedom struggle.

III. Princess Amrit Kaur's prominent role during the Quit India Movement led to her imprisonment for 3 years.

IV. Princess Amrit Kaur led several protests and processions against the British authorities inside and outside Punjab.

Fit India has launched several campaigns to promote fitness and physical activity and spread awareness. Which of the following activities does not come under that campaign?

Which new schedule was added by the 73^rd Amendment Act of 1992?

In which year did Kartar Singh resign from the Congress Party?

Who has been selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council?

In 1848 AD, who among the following became the first person to use the phrase 'social medicine'?

In which of these dances of Punjab do the songs have themes ranging from women's love for their ancestral home to dissatisfaction with in-laws or the evils of society?

The fertility rate for Punjab as of 2020 is ______.

_________ was a former member of parliament and the first chairperson of the National Commission for Women, who passed away in September 2022.

Which of the following ASI protected monuments of Punjab is located in Amritsar district?

I. Sarai Khawaspur

II. Sarai Gate and Mosque, Fatehabad

III. Anglo Sikh War Memorial Mudki

IV. Naughara (Aramgah-e-Muqaddas)

What is the name of the wireless technology invented in the mid-1990s that allows many different devices to connect to each other and work together?

If \( (\frac{a}{b})^{n-1} = (\frac{b}{a})^{n-3} \), find the value of n.

The marked price of an article is Rs.9,170. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 20% and gets a profit of 4.8%. If no discount is given, his profit percentage will be:

Out of his total income, Anil spends 40% on house rent and the remaining 60% on household expenses. If he saves ₹18,000, Anil's total income is:

Solve the following expression:

\( \frac{(4 + 3 + 5 + 4) \div 4}{8 + 7 + 8 + 7 \div 7} \)

Given that \( \sqrt{4096} = 64 \) , find the value of the following:

\( \sqrt{4096} + \sqrt{40.96} + \sqrt{0.004096} \)

Nivedita travelled from place 1 to place 2 at a speed of 50 km/h and returned at a speed of 25 km/h. If the entire journey takes 6 hours 30 minutes, then find the distance between place 1 and place 2.

If \( \sqrt{729} = 27 \), then find the value of the following

\( \sqrt{729} + \sqrt{7.29} + \sqrt{0.0729} + \sqrt{0.000729} \)

A person announces to sell his goods at cost price (i.e. purchase price). But he uses the wrong weight of 960 grams instead of 1 kilogram. Find his profit percentage.

Rakesh's income is 25% more than Rohan's income. By what percentage is Rohan's income less than Rakesh's income?

Simplify: \( 4 - [6 - {14 - (10 - \overline{8 - 6})}] \)

A car travels from Delhi to Meerut at a speed of 66 km/h and returns at a constant speed of 54 km/h. The average speed of the car during the entire journey is:

In the 200 m race for children, G runs at a speed of 3.32 m/s. If G gives H a head start of 8 m and still beats him by 24 seconds, what is the speed of H?

What is the value of the following expression?

\( 272 \div 17 + [63 \div {1491 \div 3 (21 - 13 \times 8 + 4 \times 3)}] \)

Solve the given equation and choose the answer from the given options.

\( 25 + 8 \div 2 \times 3 – 6 = ? \)

Solve the following expression.

\( 3 \times 4 + 8 \div 4 - 3 \)

If the sum of two numbers is 31 and the sum of their squares is 901, then the product of the numbers is:

If \( 8\sqrt{x} = \sqrt{18} + \sqrt{50} \), find the value of x.

The profit made by Jignesh on the sale of 29 mangoes is equal to the selling price of 4 mangoes. Find Jignesh's profit percentage in this transaction.

A biker rides his bike at a speed of 60 km/h for 2 hours and decides to slow down to 40 km/h for the next 4 hours. The average speed is:

Mukesh covers a certain distance by car. If he covers 40% of the distance at a speed of 30 km/h, 50% of the distance at a speed of 40 km/h and the remaining distance at a speed of 30 km/h, then his average speed is:

Below are three statements and three conclusions. Accept the statements as true even if they are at odds with commonly known facts, and decide whether the conclusions follow from the given statements.

Statements:

I. Some CPUs are monitors.

II. Some CPUs are keyboards.

III. Some CPUs are hard disks.

Conclusions:

I. All CPUs are either monitors or keyboards or hard disks.

II. No hard disks are keyboards.

III. Some keyboards are hard disks

Some persons are sitting in a row facing north. Z sits sixth to the left of C. B sits at one end of the row. G sits seventh to the right of D. A sits fourth to the right of C. D sits fourth to the right of A. B sits nearest to G. If no other person is sitting in the row, then what is the total number of persons sitting?

Choose the letter combination from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following sequence.

XYD UVG RSJ OPM ?

The god was facing south. He turns 90° 'anti-clockwise and then turns 180° 'in the same direction. Finally, he turns 90° 'clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

Choose the letter combination from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the sequence below.

BZO DXQ FVS HTU?

Some players sit in a row, facing south. Only a few players' arrangements are known. Only one player sits between Ishan and Mayank. Laxman sits fourth to the left of Ishan. Five players sit between Laxman and Vihari. Four players sit between Vihari and Shardul. No more than six players sit to the right of Vihari. The number of players sitting between Ishan and Shardul is equal to the number of players sitting between Mayank and Tanmay. Mayank sits to the right of Tanmay. Three players sit between Tanmay and Chahal. Chahal sits next to Laxman. If Bhargava sits exactly between Vihari and Ishan, what will be Laxman's position with respect to Bhargava?

Farheen's rank in a class is 24^th from the top and 18^th from the bottom. Find the number of students in the class.

Below are three statements and three conclusions. Accept the statements as true even if they are at odds with commonly known facts, and decide whether the conclusions follow from the given statements.

Statement:

I. There is no raven.

II. Some parrots are hawks.

III. All crows are sparrows.

Conclusion:

I. Some sparrows are hawks.

II. Some parrots are crows.

III. There is no hawk or sparrow.

In a row of people all facing north, Sana is third from the right and Anu is 10^th from the right. Anu is exactly between Sana and Riya. If Riya is fourth from the left of the row, how many people are there in the row?

Aman was facing north. He turns 90° 'clockwise and then turns 180° 'clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

One morning after sunrise, Kanhaiya was standing facing a pillar. The pillar's shadow falls on his right. In which direction is Kanhaiya facing?

Anuj walks straight towards north. After walking 60 meters, he turns left and walks straight for 25 meters. Again, he turns left and walks straight for 40 meters. In which direction is he facing now?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is correct, even if it seems to differ from commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the statements.

Statement:

There are some star cities.

There is no city ground.

All the grounds are baseball.

Conclusions:

(I) Some are not baseball cities.

(II) All cities are stars.

(III) All baseballs are ground.

There are six friends, P, T, V, F, D and B, each of them has a different height. Only two friends are taller than D and only four friends are taller than F. V is taller than D but not the tallest of all. P is taller than F but is middle to B.

How many friends are taller than T?

From the given options, choose the character set that can replace the question mark (?) in the following sequence.

BGD DIF FKH HMJ ?

Some people are sitting in a row. All of them are facing north.

Rita is sitting fourth to the left of Priya, who is sitting second to the right of Lakshmi. Santosh is sitting third to the left of Vandana and fifth to the right of Manisha. Shivangi sits right between Manisha and Priya.

How many people are sitting in the row?

Sonu scored more marks than Varun and Geeta in an exam. Sujit scored the least while Karan scored the most. Deepa scored more marks than Sonu. Who was in third place from the top?

Choose the alphanumeric term from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following sequence.

D4W, A9Z, X19C, U34F, ?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is correct, even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the statements.

Statement:

All cards are gifts.

All gifts are toys.

Some gifts are expensive.

Conclusions:

I. Some toys are expensive.

II. All cards are toys.

Anu is taller than Farhan, who is only three people taller than him. Kanika is taller than Dhruv, who is the tallest. Saima is taller than Ravi. Kanika is neither shorter than Farhan nor taller than Anu. Who is the second tallest person among them?

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The government needs / to crack down on up illegal / immigration in order to / protect national security.

Select the most appropriate adjectives to fill in the blanks.

Our neighbour’s wife is ________, whereas he is very ________.

Select the appropriate synonym for the underlined word from the given options.

The court gave a fair judgement on the case.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

S1. A summary is a shortened version of a letter, a report, an article, a chapter or a book, written in our own words.

P. Summarising, a skill that is useful in academic and work-related situations, helps us condense long texts for future reference.

Q. Further, they are useful when we do not have time to read the original texts.

R. A summary that is about a third of the original is a précis.

S. Summaries also enable us to check if a book or article is of relevance to a subject we are working on.

S6. We read a précis because we are interested in the original but have no time to read it completely.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks with the adverbs in the order in which they would appear.

They ________ take a siesta _________, _________ when they are on vacation.

Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate word from the given options.

This job is ______ more difficult for me.

Identify the meaning of the word ‘contract’ in relation to the passage.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Enable

What helps us to see the nearby objects clearly?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 'ਗੌਂ' ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਨਾਰਥਕ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ?

'ਨਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਜੰਞ ______' ਅਖਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰੋ:

'ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਲਾ ਕੇ ਕਹੀ ਗੱਲ'

ਉਪਰੋਕਤ ਵਾਕ ਵਿਚਲੇ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਲਈ ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਸਹੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ:

'ਹਿਸਾਬ' ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਹੈ:-

Yoke ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਠੀਕ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਹੈ:

'ਝੋਲੀ ਚੁੱਕਣੀ' ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

'Hard disk is the data storage device of the computer.' ਵਾਕ ਦਾ ਦਰੁਸਤ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਹੈ:

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਜੋੜ ਠੀਕ ਹੈ:

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਕਵੀ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਸੀ?

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਰਚਨਾ ‘ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਹਿਮਾ’ ਵਿਚ ਕੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੈ?

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵੰਡ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਹੈ?

A ______ connects devices in one or two buildings, as well as in schools and laboratories.

Choose what is unique regarding hard copy output devices.

The ______ feature of an e-mail program allows users to store information about people to whom emails are sent for regular communication.

IMEI is a unique number to identify a mobile device. It consists of ______ digits and is assigned to every GSM phone.

In MS-Word 365, which of the following options is used to select text between two points in a document?

ਸਧਾਰਨ ਵਾਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਨ ਵਿਰਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ?

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਚਨ ਕਿੰਨੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ?

ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ ਲਿੱਪੀ ਦਾ ਸਬੰਧ ਕਿਸ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨਾਲ ਹੈ?

ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ 'Problem' ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ 'History' ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਨਰ ਦਾ ਬੋਧ ਕਰਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ?

ਦੰਦ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਬਹੁ-ਵਚਨ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰੋ;

ਹੱਥਾਂ ਦੇ ______ ਉੱਡਣਾ

ਕਲਮਦਾਨ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸ ਪਿਛੇਤਰ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ?

ਨਿਰਵੈਰ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਿਚ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਅਗੇਤਰ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ��ਬਦ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ ਹੈ?

ਰਵੀ ਚੰਗਾ ਗਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ‘Gift’ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਪੁਰਖਵਾਚਕ ਪੜਨਾਂਵ ਦੀ ਚੋਣ ਕਰੋ;

'ਆਰੀ, ਆਰੀ, ਆਰੀ, ਵਿੱਚ ਜਗਰਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਲੱਗਦੀ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਭਾਰੀ' ________ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ‘work’ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

‘ਪੁਰਾਣਾ’ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ?

"ਤੁਸੀਂ ਘਰ ਕਦੋਂ ਗਏ?" ਕਿਸ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਵਾਕ ਹੈ?

‘ਅੱਸੂ’ ਤੋਂ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇਸੀ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਨਾਮ ਹੈ?

‘ਤਵਾ’ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਇਸਤਰੀ ਲਿੰਗ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ '੩੦' ਦੇ ਅੰਕ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ?

ਕੋਟਲਾ ਛਪਾਕੀ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

ਯੋਜਕ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

‘ਇੱਜੜ’ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਨਾਂਵ ਦਾ ਉਦਾਹਰਨ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਅਖਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰੋ:

‘ਸੌ ਦਿਨ ਚੋਰ ਦਾ, _________’

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਗਲਤ ਸ਼ਬਦਜੋੜ ਵਾਲੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੀ ਚੋਣ ਕਰੋ:

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜੇ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਸ਼ਰਾਮ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਸਹੀ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਅਖਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰੋ:

‘ਇਕ ਚੁੱਪ, ________’

‘ਦਿੱਲੀ’ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਨਾਂਵ ਦਾ ਉਦਾਹਰਨ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਅਗੇਤਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ?

ਜਿਹੜੇ ਨਾਂਵ ਕਿਸੇ ਖਾਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ, ਵਸਤੂ, ਜਾਨਵਰ ਜਾਂ ਸਥਾਨ ਆਦਿ ਲਈ ਵਰਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ?

ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ?