PPSC Various Posts (BS-17 & BS-18) Past Paper 2022 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Armenia and Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked mountainous region in the South Caucasus, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but historically heavily populated and claimed by ethnic Armenians.

Correct Answer: Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of the country of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura River.

Correct Answer: Special status to Kashmir

Article 370 formerly granted special autonomous status to the region of Jammu and Kashmir within India, which was revoked by the Indian government in 2019.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the UN headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Correct Answer: Henry Dunant

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 by a group of Swiss citizens, heavily led by the vision of Henry Dunant.

Correct Answer: Princess Rima bint Bandar

Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud became the first female envoy in Saudi Arabia's history when she was appointed as the ambassador to the United States in 2019.

Correct Answer: 150 years

The Ottoman rule in Hungary lasted for about 150 years, primarily from the Battle of Mohács in 1526 until the late 17th century.

Correct Answer: 1922-1991

The Soviet Union was officially established in December 1922 and was dissolved in December 1991.

Correct Answer: Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1912 after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.

Correct Answer: Turkey

The Batman Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, located on the Batman River.

Correct Answer: 1299-1922

The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299 by Osman I and officially ended in 1922 following its defeat in World War I.

Correct Answer: Ameer Abdul Rehman

Abd al-Rahman I was the founder of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries.

Correct Answer: 2008

Facebook diplomacy became a recognized phenomenon around 2008, notably leveraged during Barack Obama's presidential campaign to mobilize and communicate digitally.

Correct Answer: Los Angeles

The 2028 Summer Olympics are officially scheduled to be hosted in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Correct Answer: Talha Talib

Talha Talib, a Pakistani weightlifter, famously secured the 5th position in the 67kg category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Correct Answer: Haider Ali

Haider Ali won a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, making history as Pakistan's first-ever Paralympic gold medalist.

Correct Answer: Gospel of Barnabas

The Gospel of Barnabas is a non-canonical apocryphal text not included in the traditional Bible, often debated by historical and religious scholars.

Correct Answer: Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate when she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17.

Correct Answer: Bill Gates

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975.

Correct Answer: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Former Indian cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu actively promoted and participated in the diplomatic push that led to the Kartarpur Corridor's opening.

Correct Answer: Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, a prominent female Pakistani politician and diplomat, authored her autobiography titled 'From Purdah to Parliament'.

Correct Answer: 2nd March

Baloch Culture Day is celebrated every year on March 2nd to highlight and preserve the rich traditions, dress, and heritage of the Baloch people.

Correct Answer: World Health Organization

This definition of health is explicitly stated in the preamble of the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), adopted in 1946.

Correct Answer: China

China is currently the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, largely due to its massive industrial sector and reliance on coal.

Correct Answer: Atmosphere

Incoming solar radiation is partially absorbed, scattered, and reflected back into space by various layers, clouds, and gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

Correct Answer: 17-30

Wisdom teeth, or third molars, typically emerge in the back of the mouth between the late teens and late twenties.

Correct Answer: 120

Human red blood cells (erythrocytes) have an average lifespan of about 100 to 120 days before they are removed by the spleen and liver.

Correct Answer: Green plants and Algae

Primary producers are autotrophs, like green plants and algae, that create their own food through photosynthesis using sunlight.

Correct Answer: None of these

While some bacteria can act as parasites, they as a whole group are highly diverse single-celled organisms that do not uniformly fit into 'parasites' or 'predators'.

Correct Answer: Radio waves

Mobile phones communicate wirelessly by transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals, which are a type of electromagnetic wave.

Correct Answer: South China Sea

While tensions encompass multiple issues, Australia's criticism of China's territorial claims and militarization in the South China Sea has been a major prominent catalyst for strained relations.

Correct Answer: Sayed Al-Shuhada School

On May 8, 2021, a devastating car bombing targeted the Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing mostly schoolgirls.

Correct Answer: Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a major, internationally condemned military invasion of its neighboring country, Ukraine.

Correct Answer: Abbottabad

The Pakistan Military Academy, also known as PMA Kakul, is a premier military training institution located in Kakul, near Abbottabad.

Correct Answer: 740 KM

The Line of Control (LoC) dividing Indian and Pakistani administered parts of Kashmir is factually about 740 kilometers (460 miles) long.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Nathia Gali Beach is a restricted beach located near the Karachi nuclear power plant and Paradise Point in Karachi, Sindh.

Correct Answer: Foreign debts and payments

A massive portion of Pakistan's annual federal budget goes directly into servicing enormous foreign debts and interest payments, limiting welfare expenditure.

Correct Answer: 1732

Shah Waliullah left for Arabia in 1731 for Hajj and stayed there pursuing higher studies under eminent scholars, returning to Delhi around 1732.

Correct Answer: 550th

The Kartarpur Corridor was officially inaugurated in November 2019 to coincide with the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

Correct Answer: Sindhi

The first translation of the Quran into any regional language of the subcontinent was in Sindhi by Akhund Azaz Allah Muttalawi.

Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten

Lord Louis Mountbatten served as the last Viceroy of British India and oversaw the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Correct Answer: 1909

The Indian Councils Act 1909 (Minto-Morley Reforms) allowed for the first time an Indian to be appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council.

Correct Answer: 18 July 1947

The Indian Independence Act 1947 received Royal Assent on July 18, 1947, legally establishing the independent dominions of India and Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1905

The first Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, in July 1905, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the Hindu western areas.

Correct Answer: Sikandar Mirza

Major General Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan in 1956 when the country transitioned from a Dominion to an Islamic Republic.

Correct Answer: J N Mandal

Jogendra Nath Mandal (J.N. Mandal) served as the interim chairman and presided over the inaugural session of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly on August 10, 1947.

Correct Answer: 1972

The Simla Agreement was signed on July 2, 1972, between Indian PM Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto following the 1971 war.

Correct Answer: Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi

Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, the founder of the Khaksar movement, also historically presented a set of 14 points regarding Muslim rights and independence.

Correct Answer: 12 October 1999

General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup on October 12, 1999, ousting the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Correct Answer: 1965

President Ayub Khan made a landmark state visit to the People's Republic of China in March 1965, strengthening bilateral ties.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The University of the Punjab, located in Lahore and established in 1882, is the oldest and largest public university in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: PPP

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has historically maintained a dominant electoral stronghold and popularity across the province of Sindh.

Correct Answer: Dina Wadia

Dina Wadia was the only child and daughter of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and his wife, Rattanbai Petit.

Correct Answer: Less than 7%

At independence, Pakistan inherited an overwhelmingly agrarian economy with extremely little industrial base, receiving roughly 34 of the 921 factories (less than 4%).

Correct Answer: Sindh and Indian Gujrat

The Rann of Kutch is a large area of salt marshes that span the border between the Sindh province of Pakistan and the Gujarat state of India.

Correct Answer: Saturn

Saturn holds the record for having the highest number of discovered moons in our solar system, surpassing Jupiter.

Correct Answer: 250.83 million

The Earth's mean radius is roughly 3,959 miles. Converted to inches (x 63,360), it is approximately 250.83 million inches.

Correct Answer: All of these

Lakes Tanganyika, Victoria, and Turkana are all prominent bodies of water located within the African Great Lakes region.

Correct Answer: MS Excel

Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet software application designed to record, calculate, and manipulate data organized in tabular grids.

Correct Answer: CPU

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is often called the brain of the computer because it processes most of the instructions and data.

Correct Answer: To transfer data

The Control Unit directs the operation of the processor, actively managing and transferring data flow between the CPU, memory, and peripherals.

Correct Answer: Uniform Resource Locator

A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a reference or address to a web resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Right arrow

Pressing Ctrl + Right arrow in most text editors moves the text cursor directly to the beginning of the next word to the right.

Correct Answer: A collection of related data

A data series in an Excel chart refers to a row or column of related numbers plotted to visually represent values.

Correct Answer: 12xy(x+y)

Factoring out the greatest common divisor, which is 12xy, from both terms yields 12xy(x + y).

Correct Answer: (a+b)(a²-ab+b²)

The sum of two cubes factors into the product of a binomial (a+b) and a trinomial (a²-ab+b²).

Correct Answer: 33 years

Total age of 20 students is 20*12=240. With the teacher, total age is 21*13=273. The teacher's age is 273 - 240 = 33 years.

Correct Answer: 7500000

One million is 1,000,000. Therefore, 7.5 million is 7,500,000.

Correct Answer: c = 12(3,000 + 2,500x)

The monthly cost is the fixed cost plus the variable cost (3000 + 2500x). For an entire year, this monthly sum is multiplied by 12.

Correct Answer: 11:3

Substitute x=3 and y=4. 7(3)+3(4) = 21+12=33. 7(3)-3(4) = 21-12=9. The ratio 33:9 simplifies to 11:3.

Correct Answer: 8 cm

Volume = (1/3)πr²h. So, 216π = (1/3)π(9²)(h) => 216 = 27h => h = 8 cm.

Correct Answer: Rs 698

Interest for 1 year = 854 - 815 = 39. Interest for 3 years = 39 * 3 = 117. Principal = Amount after 3 years - Interest for 3 years = 815 - 117 = 698.

Correct Answer: Who

The relative pronoun 'who' is used as the subject of the dependent clause to refer back to the woman.

Correct Answer: Exceptions

Nouns that do not form plurals by simply adding '-s' or '-es' (like child to children) are termed irregular plurals or grammatical exceptions.

Correct Answer: Noun Phrase

The phrase revolves around the head noun 'shirt', making the entire structure a noun phrase.

Correct Answer: Both

The conjunction 'both' correctly pairs with the 'and' implied or present to link the two items requested.

Correct Answer: in

The correct preposition to use for compass directions like east, west, north, and south is 'in' (e.g., in the east).

Correct Answer: of

The correct phrasal preposition describing exiting a vehicle like a car is 'out of'.

Correct Answer: in

While 'by bus' is used generally, 'in buses' is used specifically when referring to multiple vehicles or being physically inside them.

Correct Answer: out of, into

'Out of' signifies movement from inside to outside, while 'into' implies active movement toward the inside of a volume (the pool).

Correct Answer: would purchase

This is a Type 2 conditional sentence where a hypothetical condition in the past requires 'would' plus base verb in the main clause.

Correct Answer: Interjection

Interjections are exclamatory words that express strong emotion (e.g., 'Ouch!', 'Wow!') and can grammatically stand alone as full sentences.

Correct Answer: He remarked that two and two makes four.

Since 'two and two makes four' is a universal truth, the tense of the reported speech does not change.

Correct Answer: playing

The verb 'enjoy' must be followed by a gerund (the -ing form of the verb), hence 'playing'.

Correct Answer: Obstacle

An impediment is a hindrance or obstruction in doing something, making 'obstacle' its direct synonym.

Correct Answer: had to walk

The phrase describes an action necessitated in the past. 'Had to' correctly establishes past obligation, followed by the base verb 'walk'.

Correct Answer: But also, was

With the correlative conjunctions 'Not only... but also', the verb matches the subject closest to it. The closest subject 'class teacher' is singular.

Correct Answer: حیدر بخش حیدری

طوطا کہانی اردو کی مشہور و معروف داستان ہے جسے فورٹ ولیم کالج سے وابستہ مصنف سید حیدر بخش حیدری نے سنسکرت سے ترجمہ کیا۔

Correct Answer: قصیده

تشبیب کے بعد اور مدح سے پہلے کے حصے کو گریز کہا جاتا ہے اور یہ اردو قصیدے کے لازمی اجزاء میں سے ایک ہے۔

Correct Answer: فسانہ عجائب

فسانہ عجائب اردو کی ایک مشہور کلاسیکی داستان ہے جو مرزا رجب علی بیگ سرور نے لکھی ہے۔

Correct Answer: لاہور

عظیم اردو شاعر فیض احمد فیض کی آخری آرام گاہ لاہور کے گلبرگ کے علاقے میں واقع ہے۔

Correct Answer: وفا

یہ مرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالب کے مشہور غزل کا مصرعہ ہے۔ مکمل شعر ہے: جان تم پر نثار کرتا ہوں، میں نہیں جانتا دعا کیا ہے۔ درست جواب غالب کے شعر کے مطابق 'دعا' ہونا چاہیے، تاہم آپشنز اور کی کے مطابق یہ 'وفا' درج ہے۔

Correct Answer: مولانا الطاف حسین حالی

بیوہ کی مناجات اردو کی ایک معروف اور دردناک نظم ہے جو مولانا الطاف حسین حالی کی تخلیق ہے۔

Correct Answer: ترقی پسند

فیض احمد فیض اردو کی ترقی پسند تحریک کے نمایاں اور سرکردہ رکن تھے جنہوں نے عوام اور مزدوروں کے حقوق پر زور دیا۔

Correct Answer: چار

ڈاکٹر جمیل جالبی کی مشہور اور مستند تصنیف 'تاریخ ادب اردو' چار ضخیم جلدوں پر مشتمل ہے۔

Correct Answer: شوکت صدیقی

خدا کی بستی اردو کا ایک شاہکار اور مشہور ناول ہے جسے ممتاز ناول نگار شوکت صدیقی نے تحریر کیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: 29

Haroof-e-Muqataat (disjointed letters) appear at the beginning of 29 different Surahs in the Holy Quran.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Mikael (AS)

In Islamic theology, Archangel Mikael (AS) is assigned the responsibility of managing natural elements like rain and provision.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abdullah Bin Masood RA

Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (RA) was sent to Kufa as a teacher and judge, profoundly shaping its distinct scholarly approach to Hadith and Fiqh.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Musa (AS)

Hazrat Musa (Moses) is the most frequently mentioned Prophet by name in the Quran, appearing 136 times.