Excise & Taxation Constable Past Paper 2022 – 97 Solved Questions

This Excise and Taxation Constable past paper from 2022 contains 97 reviewed memory-based questions from Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, General Knowledge, Everyday Science, information technology, English and mathematics. Later current-office-holder updates have been removed so the historical paper is not mixed with unrelated 2026 facts.

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Paper Overview

Islamic Studies

1. Relation between Hazrat Ismail (A.S) and Hazrat Ishaq (A.S)?

Answer: Brothers

2. First month of Islamic Calendar?

Answer: Muharram

3. Second month of Islamic Calendar?

Answer: Safar

4. Shawwal is which month of Islamic Calendar?

Answer: 10th Month

5. Hazrat Ali (R.A) was martyred in?

Answer: 40 AH

6. What is Ushr?

Answer: One-tenth (1/10) agricultural produce

7. Ushr and Khums are?

Answer: Forms of obligatory financial dues in Islamic law, with different bases and rates.
Explanation: Calling both simply “taxes” is an oversimplification.

8. Largest idol in the Kaaba before Islam?

Answer: Hubal

9. Sihah-e-Sitta are books of?

Answer: Hadith

10. Qurbani during Hajj is performed at?

Answer: Mina

11. Jannat-ul-Baqi is located in?

Answer: Madinah

12. Name of the Holy Prophet’s ﷺ camel during Hijrah?

Answer: Qaswa

13. Number of daughters of the Holy Prophet ﷺ?

Answer: 4

14. Key to Paradise?

Answer: Salah (Prayer)

15. Prophet famous for patience?

Answer: Hazrat Ayub (A.S)

16. First Umayyad Caliph?

Answer: Ameer Muawiyah (R.A)

17. First Civil War in Islam?

Answer: The Battle of the Camel/Jamal is commonly associated with the First Fitna.
Explanation: The wider conflict included several events; precise wording matters.

18. Title of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)?

Answer: Khalilullah

19. Muzdalifah lies between?

Answer: Arafat and Mina

20. Unpardonable sin in Islam?

Answer: Shirk

21. Total beliefs in Iman-e-Mufassal?

Answer: 7

Pakistan Studies & Current Affairs

22. Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered Sindh in?

Answer: 712 AD

23. Tarbela Dam is built on River?

Answer: Indus

24. First General Elections in Pakistan?

Answer: 7 December 1970

25. Last Governor General of Pakistan?

Answer: Iskander Mirza

26. Number of Articles in the 1973 Constitution?

Answer: The Constitution is commonly described as containing 280 Articles in its original structure.
Explanation: Amendments, omissions and inserted article numbers make simple current counts potentially misleading.

27. Biggest Public Library in Pakistan?

Answer: Question not verified from the available wording.
Explanation: “Biggest” depends on collection, building, readership or another metric.

28. Pakistan won Hockey World Cup how many times?

Answer: 4 Times

29. Length of Siachen Glacier?

Answer: Approximately 76 km is a commonly cited figure.
Explanation: Measurements vary slightly by source.

30. Height of Nanga Parbat?

Answer: 8,126 meters

31. K2 is also known as?

Answer: Mount Godwin-Austen

32. Meaning of Mohenjo-Daro?

Answer: Mound of the Dead

33. National Language of AJK?

Answer: Urdu is the official language used by the AJK government.
Explanation: The region is multilingual; “national language” is imprecise wording.

34. Pakistan purchased Gwadar in?

Answer: 1958

35. Pakistan joined UNO on?

Answer: 30 September 1947

36. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred on?

Answer: 13 April 1919

37. MAO College was established by?

Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

38. Swadeshi Movement was launched against?

Answer: Partition of Bengal

39. Cripps Mission visited India in?

Answer: 1942

40. Radcliffe Award announced on?

Answer: 17 August 1947

41. 3rd June Plan announced on?

Answer: 3 June 1947

42. Urdu-Hindi Controversy started in?

Answer: 1867

43. Founder of Silk Letter Movement?

Answer: Maulana Mahmood-ul-Hasan

44. Sher-e-Bengal was the title of?

Answer: A.K. Fazlul Haq

45. First Sikh Senator of Pakistan?

Answer: Gurdeep Singh

46. “The Emergence of Pakistan” was written by?

Answer: Chaudhri Muhammad Ali

47. Main feature of Government of India Act 1935?

Answer: Provincial Autonomy

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

48. Indus Waters Treaty signed on?

Answer: 19 September 1960

49. Who brokered the Indus Waters Treaty?

Answer: World Bank

50. Largest ocean in the world?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

51. Which sport is called Ping Pong?

Answer: Table Tennis

52. Santiago is the capital of?

Answer: Chile

53. Male is the capital of?

Answer: Maldives

54. Siam is the old name of?

Answer: Thailand

55. Headquarters of WHO?

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

56. Headquarters of Interpol?

Answer: Lyon, France

57. 2022 Winter Olympics were held in?

Answer: Beijing, China

58. Land of Kiwis?

Answer: New Zealand

59. Continent with no desert?

Answer: Europe is the conventional school-level answer.
Explanation: Definitions of deserts and continental territories can affect this claim.

60. Who discovered America in 1492?

Answer: Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean in 1492.
Explanation: Indigenous peoples already inhabited the Americas, and Norse voyages predated Columbus; “discovered America” is Eurocentric shorthand.

61. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to?

Answer: France

62. Largest democratic country in the world?

Answer: India

63. UN body dealing with population issues?

Answer: UNFPA

64. Tiger Woods is associated with?

Answer: Golf

65. Rafael Nadal is famous for?

Answer: Tennis

66. National Game of Japan?

Answer: Sumo wrestling is the conventional national-sport answer.
Explanation: Judo originated in Japan but is not the usual answer to this GK question.

67. International Peace Day is observed on?

Answer: 21 September

68. Most populated country in the world?

Answer: China, in the 2022 paper context.
Explanation: India became the most populous country later; the answer must match the paper date.

69. River Thames flows through?

Answer: London

70. JCPOA stands for?

Answer: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

71. World’s first written constitution?

Answer: The Charter/Constitution of Medina is a common Islamic Studies and GK answer.
Explanation: Claims of “world’s first” depend on the definition of constitution and surviving document.

72. African Union established in?

Answer: 2002

73. SCO stands for?

Answer: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

74. Scout Movement was founded by?

Answer: Robert Baden-Powell

Everyday Science & IT

75. Rainfall is measured by?

Answer: Rain Gauge

76. Average lifespan of White Blood Cells?

Answer: Varies widely by white-cell type.
Explanation: Some live hours or days, while memory cells may persist for years; 13–20 days is not a universal average.

77. Stethoscope was invented by?

Answer: René Laennec

78. ATM stands for?

Answer: Automated Teller Machine

79. SI Unit of Capacitance?

Answer: Farad

80. Iron deficiency causes?

Answer: Anaemia

81. Average capacity of human lungs?

Answer: Total lung capacity is often around 6 litres in an average adult male, but varies by body size, sex, age and health.
Explanation: This is an approximate physiological value.

82. Scotograph is used for?

Answer: Helping blind persons write

83. Speed of light in vacuum?

Answer: 186,282 miles per second

84. Science of weather is called?

Answer: Meteorology

English Grammar & Vocabulary

85. Amicus Curiae means?

Answer: Friend of the Court

86. Inter Alia means?

Answer: Among Other Things

87. Change Voice: People speak English all over the world.

Answer: English is spoken all over the world.

88. Once in a blue moon means?

Answer: Rarely

89. Fair-weather friend means?

Answer: A person who remains friendly only in favourable circumstances.
Explanation: “False friend” is too broad.

90. Synonym of Acrimony?

Answer: Bitterness

91. Antonym of Profusion?

Answer: Scarcity

92. Antonym of Meager?

Answer: Plentiful

93. Collective noun for actors?

Answer: Troupe

94. He is knocking ______ the door.

Answer: At

95. I did not _____ to university.

Answer: Go

Mathematics

96. Round 12,742 to three significant figures.

Answer: 12,700.
Explanation: The first three significant digits are 1, 2 and 7; the next digit is 4, so the third digit remains unchanged.

97. Round 12,742 to four significant figures.

Answer: 12,740.
Explanation: The first four significant digits are 1, 2, 7 and 4; the next digit is 2.

Editorial Corrections and Historical Context

• Fourteen later “current office-holder/current year” questions were removed because they were not valid permanent answers for a 2022 paper.
• China is retained as the most-populous-country answer for the 2022 context; India became the leader later.
• Sumo, not judo, is the conventional national-sport answer for Japan.
• Quran compilation under Abu Bakr and standardization under Uthman are distinguished.
• White-blood-cell lifespan and lung capacity are explained as variable rather than absolute.
• The “first written constitution” and “discovery of America” questions receive necessary historical context.

How to Use This Paper

1. Attempt all 97 questions before checking answers.
2. Study context notes instead of memorizing oversimplified one-liners.
3. Update current affairs separately for your own test date.
4. Use multiple papers to identify recurring subjects, not guaranteed questions.
5. Follow the latest official recruitment syllabus.

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