PPSC Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Anti-Corruption Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: King Faisal

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia visited Pakistan in 1974 to attend the historic Islamic Summit Conference held in Lahore.

Correct Answer: Both B and C

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

Correct Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

Correct Answer: Kyoto Protocol

Carbon trading and related schemes were formally introduced and popularized under the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Correct Answer: Belgium

Belgium was invaded by Germany in both WWI and WWII, and historically it colonized the Congo (Belgian Congo) under King Leopold II.

Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela International Day

Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated on his birthday, July 18.

Correct Answer: 16 October

World Food Day is celebrated annually on October 16 to commemorate the founding date of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

Correct Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an intergovernmental military alliance between North American and European states.

Correct Answer: Library of Congress (USA)

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. is generally considered the largest library in the world by the number of cataloged items.

Correct Answer: Jamshoro

The Institute of Sindhology is a leading research institute established at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Quetta

The Command and Staff College in Quetta is a prestigious military institution of the Pakistan Army established in 1905.

Correct Answer: Balochi

Atta Shad and Ishaq Shamim are highly respected figures in Balochi literature, renowned for their poetry.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, known for his orthodox religious beliefs, formally banned singing and musical performances in his court.

Correct Answer: 4

In the 1971 war, four army soldiers were awarded Nishan-e-Haider: Maj Akram, Maj Shabbir Sharif, Sowar Muhammad Hussain, and Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz. (Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, making it a total of 5 across all forces, is often excluded from 'soldiers' distinction by PPSC keys).

Correct Answer: USA

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, situated on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.

Correct Answer: Argentina

Buenos Aires is the capital and primate city of Argentina, located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata.

Correct Answer: Mexico

Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people, located in the modern-day state of Yucatan, Mexico.

Correct Answer: Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak is a tall, conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka, known for a sacred footprint formation near the summit.

Correct Answer: Portugal

Nazaré is a coastal town and municipality in the Leiria District of Portugal, internationally famous for its massive surfing waves.

Correct Answer: Rome

Rome is the capital city and a special commune of Italy, as well as the capital of the Lazio region.

Correct Answer: 54

Africa consists of 54 fully recognized sovereign states (countries) that are members of the United Nations and the African Union.

Correct Answer: China

The Khunjerab Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains in a strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan and the southwest border of China.

Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea

These countries all have coastal boundaries extending into the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.

Correct Answer: Atlantic Ocean

The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Correct Answer: Baikal

Lake Baikal, located in southern Siberia, Russia, is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world.

Correct Answer: Siachen glacier

The Siachen Glacier is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non-polar areas, heavily administered by India but claimed by Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 6 months

Because of Earth's axial tilt, the North and South Poles experience continuous daylight for six months and continuous darkness for the other six months.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

Pakistan's longest legally recognized international boundary is the Durand Line with Afghanistan, stretching over 2,600 kilometers.

Correct Answer: Husni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak, who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011, died on February 25, 2020.

Correct Answer: Iran and UAE

Abu Musa is a 12-square-kilometer island in the eastern Persian Gulf, actively disputed between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

Correct Answer: Neptune Spear

Operation Neptune Spear was the codename for the CIA-led operation carried out by US Navy SEALs in May 2011.

Correct Answer: Rana Sikandar Hayat

As of the current provincial cabinet, Rana Sikandar Hayat is the serving Education Minister in Punjab.

Correct Answer: Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

As of the recent updates (2025 onwards), Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey succeeded Patricia Scotland as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

Correct Answer: Bullish

A 'bullish' market is a financial market where prices are rising or are expected to rise.

Correct Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement

The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched on September 4, 1920 (formalized broadly in late 1920) by Mahatma Gandhi, aiming for self-governance and Indian independence.

Correct Answer: 6

The Partition of Bengal took place in 1905 and was annulled by King George V in 1911, making it a span of 6 years.

Correct Answer: 3 members

The Cabinet Mission of 1946 consisted of three British cabinet ministers: Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander.

Correct Answer: 1867

The Urdu-Hindi controversy began in 1867 in Banaras (Varanasi) when some Hindu groups campaigned to replace Urdu and the Persian script with Hindi and the Devanagari script.

Correct Answer: Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan

Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah of Dhaka presented the proposal to form the All India Muslim League during the Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1906.

Correct Answer: 1934

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected as the permanent president of the All India Muslim League in 1934 after his return from London.

Correct Answer: November 1858

The war officially concluded with the Government of India Act 1858, and Queen Victoria's Proclamation reading to the Indian public took place on November 1, 1858.

Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza

Iskander Mirza served as the fourth and last Governor-General of Pakistan before becoming its first President in 1956.

Correct Answer: Z.A. Bhutto

The Federal Security Force (FSF) was a paramilitary force created by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1972.

Correct Answer: Ownership of industry controlled by the government

Under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's nationalization program in the 1970s, the state took control over the ownership of key industrial sectors.

Correct Answer: 13th August 1954

The National Anthem of Pakistan, composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla and written by Hafeez Jalandhari, was first broadcast on Radio Pakistan on 13 August 1954.

Correct Answer: Diplomacy

Jamshed Marker was a veteran Pakistani diplomat who holds the Guinness World Record for being ambassador to more countries than any other person.

Correct Answer: Son

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was the son of prominent lawyer and Indian independence activist Motilal Nehru.

Correct Answer: Mercury

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun.

Correct Answer: Glass or plastic

Optical fibers are flexible, transparent fibers made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair.

Correct Answer: Sound cannot travel through a vacuum

Sound is a mechanical wave that requires a material medium (like gas, liquid, or solid) to propagate, and thus it cannot travel through a vacuum.

Correct Answer: Deliquescence

Deliquescence is the process by which a substance absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves completely in the absorbed water.

Correct Answer: Insulin

Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and is medically administered to individuals whose bodies do not produce enough to manage blood sugar, such as diabetics.

Correct Answer: Edward Jenner

English physician Edward Jenner pioneered the concept of vaccines by creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine, in 1796.

Correct Answer: Dehydration

Dehydration happens when the body loses more fluids than it takes in, a common risk in hot weather due to excessive sweating.

Correct Answer: Layout of Handout

In PowerPoint, the Handout Master is used to edit the appearance and layout of printed presentation handouts.

Correct Answer: Press Escape

Pressing the 'Esc' (Escape) key immediately halts a running slide show in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Correct Answer: Transition > on mouse click

The 'On Mouse Click' feature to advance slides is located under the 'Transitions' tab in PowerPoint.

Correct Answer: A workbook

An Excel file is natively called a 'workbook', which can contain one or multiple worksheets to organize data.

Correct Answer: Recycle Bin

The Recycle Bin is a standard desktop shortcut and system folder, unlike Weather, Calendar, or News which are widgets/gadgets.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + D

Ctrl + D opens the Font dialog box in Microsoft Word, allowing users to deeply customize character formatting.

Correct Answer: CTRL + ALT + V

Ctrl + Alt + V is the keyboard shortcut that opens the Paste Special dialog box in MS Office applications.

Correct Answer: Both A and B

ALU stands for Arithmetic Logic Unit, encompassing both arithmetic operations (AU) and logical operations (LU).

Correct Answer: +8

The mean proportional between two numbers 'a' and 'b' is the square root of their product. Square root of (4 * 16) = √64 = 8.

Correct Answer: 62.5%

The total parts are 3 + 5 = 8. The percentage of seniors is (5 / 8) * 100 = 62.5%.

Correct Answer: 33.33%

Percentage = (Distance covered / Total distance) * 100 = (13 / 39) * 100 = 33.33%.

Correct Answer: 47

When 423 is divided by 47, the quotient is exactly 9 with no remainder.

Correct Answer: 2 is abscissa and 4 is ordinate

In an ordered pair (x, y), the x-value (2) is called the abscissa, and the y-value (4) is called the ordinate.

Correct Answer: 10

Let C = x. Then B = 2x and A = 2x + 2. Summing them: (2x + 2) + 2x + x = 27. 5x = 25, x = 5. So, B = 2(5) = 10.

Correct Answer: 18 km/hr

Speed = Distance / Time. 750 m / 150 s = 5 m/s. To convert to km/hr: 5 * (3600 / 1000) = 18 km/hr.

Correct Answer: 0.6

Six tenths translates to the fraction 6/10, which evaluates to the decimal 0.6.

Correct Answer: 100

All numbers except 100 are perfect cubes (2^3, 3^3, 4^3, 5^3, 6^3, 7^3). 100 is a perfect square (10^2), making it the odd one out.

Correct Answer: 12

The pattern alternates dividing by 2 and multiplying by 4: 6/2=3, 3*4=12, 12/2=6, 6*4=24. The next is 24/2=12.

Correct Answer: Smell

An 'odour' refers to a distinctive scent or smell.

Correct Answer: Discernible

Conspicuous means standing out so as to be clearly visible, making 'discernible' its closest synonym.

Correct Answer: Catastrophe

A cataclysm refers to a large-scale and violent event in the natural world, similar to a 'catastrophe'.

Correct Answer: Exhausted

Haggard describes someone looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

Correct Answer: The officer threatened to dismiss the peon if he did not do his duty well.

The original statement is a warning or threat. Converting it into reported speech accurately captures the intention by using 'threatened'.

Correct Answer: They said that they took exercise every day

In reported speech, the present simple 'take' changes to the past simple 'took', and 'we' changes to 'they'.

Correct Answer: Bouquet

A 'bouquet' is the collective noun specifically used for an arranged bunch of flowers.

Correct Answer: Did Mary go

For past simple questions, the auxiliary 'did' is used with the base form of the verb 'go'.

Correct Answer: Had been

This is a third conditional sentence, requiring the past perfect 'had been' in the 'if' clause to express a hypothetical situation in the past.

Correct Answer: Losses : Carelessness

Errors are often caused by inexperience. Similarly, losses are often caused by carelessness.

Correct Answer: طاہرہ اقبال

طاہرہ اقبال کا ناول 'نیلی بار' اس علاقے کی ثقافت اور زبان کی شاندار عکاسی کرتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: صوفیا کی تحریک

امیر خسرو برصغیر کے عظیم صوفی شاعر اور موسیقار تھے، جن کا تعلق صوفیا کی تحریک سے تھا۔

Correct Answer: ڈاکٹر محمد دین تاثیر

آتش کدہ ڈاکٹر محمد دین تاثیر کا مشہور شعری مجموعہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: اطالوی

ناول اطالوی زبان کے لفظ 'Novella' سے ماخوذ ہے جس کا مطلب نیا یا انوکھا ہے۔

Correct Answer: شیخ عبد القادر

مشہور ادبی رسالہ مخزن اپریل 1901 میں سر شیخ عبدالقادر نے جاری کیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: ڈپٹی نذیر احمد

مراۃ العروس کو اردو ادب کا پہلا ناول تسلیم کیا جاتا ہے، جو ڈپٹی نذیر احمد کی تصنیف ہے۔

Correct Answer: مظفر وارثی

مظفر وارثی پاکستان کے مشہور و معروف شاعر اور نعت خواں تھے، جن کی لکھی ہوئی حمد 'کوئی تو ہے جو نظامِ ہستی چلا رہا ہے' بہت مقبول ہے۔

Correct Answer: حروف عطف

ایسے الفاظ جو دو کلموں یا جملوں کو آپس میں ملاتے ہیں، انہیں حروفِ عطف کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: قرار

اضطرار کا مطلب بے چینی ہے اور اس کا متضاد سکون یا قرار ہے۔

Correct Answer: پتھر

فارسی زبان میں سنگ کے معنی پتھر کے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: 5 AH

The punishment for Qazaf (false accusation of unchastity) was revealed in Surah An-Nur around 5 AH following the event of Ifk.

Correct Answer: Lababa bint Haris

Lubaba bint al-Harith, also known as Umm Fadl, was historically recorded as the second woman to embrace Islam after Hazrat Khadijah (RA).

Correct Answer: Trade centres

In pre-Islamic Arabia, Ukkaz, Dhul Majaz, and Dumat al-Jandal were vibrant seasonal trade centers and markets that facilitated regional commerce.

Correct Answer: Al-Rehman

Surah Ar-Rahman is called the 'Bride of the Quran' (Aroos-ul-Quran) due to its profound beauty and rhythmic structure.

Correct Answer: Hadith Sahih

A Sahih (authentic) Hadith is one that possesses an unbroken chain of reliable transmitters and does not contradict the Holy Quran or reason.

Correct Answer: Bakkah

Bakkah is an ancient name for Makkah, famously referenced in the Quran (Surah Ali 'Imran 3:96) denoting the sacred valley.

Correct Answer: Black stone

In Arabic, 'Hajar' means stone and 'Aswad' means black, hence Hajar Al-Aswad translates to the Black Stone.

Correct Answer: Ya'la bin Umayyah

According to historical accounts, the silver seal ring worn by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was crafted by Ya'la bin Umayyah.