PPSC Assistant Board of Revenue Past Paper 2021 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: All of these

Kashmir is a disputed region administered in parts by Pakistan, India, and China.

Correct Answer: 26 February 2018

Saudi Arabia opened applications for women to join its military forces in February 2018 as part of Vision 2030 reforms.

Correct Answer: None of these

Japan has the largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

Correct Answer: Four

The 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea comprised four separate treaties, including the Convention on the Continental Shelf.

Correct Answer: US and its allies

Under the 2020 Doha Agreement, the Taliban committed to preventing terrorist groups from using Afghan soil to threaten the security of the US and its allies.

Correct Answer: End Racial and Religious Profiling Act

The End Racial and Religious Profiling Act is designed to prohibit profiling based on race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin.

Correct Answer: First Intifada

The First Intifada was a sustained series of Palestinian protests and violent riots against the Israeli occupation, lasting from 1987 to 1993.

Correct Answer: France

The Louvre is the world's most-visited museum and a historic landmark in Paris, France.

Correct Answer: Saint Petersburg

The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in Tsarskoye Selo, south of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Correct Answer: Greece

Cyprus has been a long-standing source of dispute between Turkish Cypriots (backed by Türkiye) and Greek Cypriots (backed by Greece).

Correct Answer: Smog

The Great Smog of London in 1952 was a severe air-pollution event caused by anticyclone and windless conditions, trapping coal pollution.

Correct Answer: Bulb

Thomas Edison is most famously credited with inventing the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb.

Correct Answer: Wright Brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright built and flew the first successful, fully practical airplane in 1903.

Correct Answer: None of these

Bronze is primarily an alloy of copper and tin. (Copper and zinc make brass).

Correct Answer: Natural

Gold, silver, and copper often occur in their elemental forms and are classified as native or natural elements/minerals.

Correct Answer: Paramecium

Paramecia are unique among single-celled organisms because they typically have two nuclei: a macronucleus and a micronucleus.

Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti

Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a dengue virus, most commonly Aedes aegypti.

Correct Answer: Both B & C

Transformers step up (increase) or step down (decrease) AC voltages depending on the application.

Correct Answer: Becquerel

Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 while investigating uranium salts.

Correct Answer: Armenia and Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous region historically disputed and fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Correct Answer: Abraham

The Abraham Accords were a series of joint normalization statements initially between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.

Correct Answer: To select non-permanent members of UN Security Council

The 2020 UN elections were held to determine the new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Correct Answer: 13 March 2020

Pakistan's National Security Committee declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on 13 March 2020.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Following the issuance of the new political map, the government legislated severe penalties, including both prison and large fines, for printing incorrect maps.

Correct Answer: Douglas Stuart

Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel 'Shuggie Bain'.

Correct Answer: Haibatullah Akhundzada

Hibatullah Akhundzada has been the supreme leader of the Taliban since 2016.

Correct Answer: South & East Asia

South and East Asia receive the most intense monsoon rainfall, critically affecting regions like India and Bangladesh.

Correct Answer: Not Change

The large heat capacity of oceans allows their average overall temperatures to remain relatively stable across seasons.

Correct Answer: Tirch Mir

Tirich Mir is the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush range, located in the Chitral District of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Kurang

Rawal Dam is located in Islamabad and is built across the Korang River.

Correct Answer: Amritsar

Lahore shares an international border with the Indian city of Amritsar through the Wagah-Attari border crossing.

Correct Answer: Three

The Earth is conventionally divided into three main climate zones based on latitude: Tropical, Temperate, and Polar.

Correct Answer: Doldrums

The Doldrums is a nautical term for the equatorial trough, noted for calm and weak winds near the equator.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Karst topography forms in areas with soluble rocks, primarily limestone, but also dolomite and gypsum.

Correct Answer: None of these

Nadwatul Ulama was established in 1894 (often cited as 1898 for its formal institution) in Lucknow, India.

Correct Answer: 27 March 1898

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of the Aligarh Movement, died on 27 March 1898.

Correct Answer: Canning

Lord Canning served as the first Viceroy of India following the Government of India Act 1858.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The National School of Public Policy (NSPP) is the premier institution for the training of civil servants, located in Lahore.

Correct Answer: Muslim

Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III, a Muslim ruler, led the Hindu-majority state of Junagarh at the time of partition.

Correct Answer: Punjab Women Protection Authority

The Punjab Women Protection Authority was established to combat violence against women through comprehensive protection centers.

Correct Answer: March

Operation Searchlight, the military operation in East Pakistan, was initiated by the Pakistan Army on 25 March 1971.

Correct Answer: Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the primary architect of the Lucknow Pact in 1916, earning the title 'Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity'.

Correct Answer: 1919

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar when British troops fired on unarmed civilians.

Correct Answer: 60

The officially sanctioned strength of judges for the Lahore High Court is 60, though the actual working number frequently fluctuates.

Correct Answer: Shah Wali Ullah

Shah Wali Ullah invited Ahmad Shah Abdali to India to defeat the rising power of the Marathas.

Correct Answer: Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar

Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar launched the English-language weekly 'Comrade' in 1911 from Calcutta.

Correct Answer: Manchar

Manchar Lake, situated in Sindh, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 25

Article 25 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan ensures that all citizens are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection.

Correct Answer: Sindh

The core of the Indus Valley Civilization, including the prominent site Mohenjo-Daro, is deeply rooted in the Sindh province.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Maalik

Muhammad Maalik was martyred during a Muslim Students Federation rally in Lahore in 1946, becoming the first officially recognized martyr of the movement.

Correct Answer: Muslims

At the time of partition in 1947, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir had a predominant Muslim majority.

Correct Answer: Youm Takbeer

Youm-e-Takbeer is celebrated in Pakistan on May 28 to commemorate the successful nuclear tests conducted in Chagai in 1998.

Correct Answer: Time to position the head over proper track

In a hard disk, seek time is the delay incurred as the read/write head moves to the correct track.

Correct Answer: Recycle Bin

On Windows systems, deleted files are temporarily stored in the Recycle Bin before permanent deletion.

Correct Answer: Data Sort

The 'Sort' feature in Excel allows users to arrange data alphabetically, numerically, or chronologically.

Correct Answer: Web links

Hyperlinks (or web links) are used to navigate between different pages on a website or across the internet.

Correct Answer: None of these

The output collection of records matching query parameters is technically called a 'result set'.

Correct Answer: Rs.2125

Discount = 15% of 2500 = 375. Selling price = 2500 - 375 = Rs. 2125.

Correct Answer: 5 days

Total work = 10 * 20 = 200 units. 20 persons at double efficiency act like 40 persons. Days required = 200 / 40 = 5 days.

Correct Answer: 10 days

2(A+B+C)'s one-day work = 1/12 + 1/15 + 1/20 = 12/60 = 1/5. (A+B+C)'s one-day work = 1/10. Time = 10 days.

Correct Answer: 3 days

A takes 40 hours total, B takes 60 hours total. Joint 1-hour work = 1/40 + 1/60 = 1/24. They need 24 hours. At 8 hours a day, 24/8 = 3 days.

Correct Answer: 720

Let Aslam = x. Ali = 0.8x. x - 0.8x = 80 => 0.2x = 80 => x = 400. Ali = 320. Total = 400 + 320 = 720.

Correct Answer: 2%

Simple Interest Formula: R = (I * 100) / (P * T) = (500 * 100) / (5000 * 5) = 2%.

Correct Answer: 20

In 12 minutes he irons 4 shirts. In 60 minutes (1 hour) he will iron (60/12) * 4 = 20 shirts.

Correct Answer: 1

Using base change: Log_60(3) + Log_60(4) + Log_60(5) = Log_60(3*4*5) = Log_60(60) = 1.

Correct Answer: 0.001

5 * 2 = 10. The combined decimals places are 3 + 1 = 4. Placing the decimal gives 0.0010, which is 0.001.

Correct Answer: Mathematics

The correctly spelled formal subject name is 'Mathematics'.

Correct Answer: Vixen

A mare is a female horse. A vixen is a female fox.

Correct Answer: Rest : Weary

Food is needed when one is hungry; rest is needed when one is weary.

Correct Answer: Speech : Dumb

A blind person lacks the ability to perceive light. A dumb (mute) person lacks the ability to produce speech.

Correct Answer: Scent : Whiff

A glint is a brief flash or trace of light. A whiff is a brief trace or smell of a scent.

Correct Answer: Godliness

'Cleanliness is next to godliness' is a widely recognized English proverb.

Correct Answer: Way

'Where there is a will, there is a way' is a famous English idiom meaning determination overcomes obstacles.

Correct Answer: Reject

To waive means to voluntarily surrender or relinquish a right. 'Reject' acts as a loose synonym in this MCQ context.

Correct Answer: since

'Since' is used to refer to a specific starting point in time in the past.

Correct Answer: None of these

The grammatically correct phrasing should be 'more expensive than we had expected', making 'None of these' the factual answer despite key discrepancies.

Correct Answer: Some/plenty

'Some' correctly quantifies the tablets, and 'plenty' properly denotes an abundant amount of water.

Correct Answer: Were

In 'not only... but' constructions, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it, which is the plural 'students'.

Correct Answer: None of these

The idiom means something is very common, abundant, or easily found, which isn't matched by the options.

Correct Answer: Did the mother dry the clothes in the lawn?

The active voice counterpart of the past tense passive sentence uses 'Did' followed by the base verb 'dry'.

Correct Answer: فیض احمد فیض

'Nuskha Hai Wafa' is the complete poetry collection of the renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Correct Answer: عزیز احمد

'Aisi Bulandi Aisi Pasti' is a famous Urdu novel written by Aziz Ahmad.

Correct Answer: اشفاق احمد ورک

These humorous and sketch-writing books were written by Ashfaq Ahmad Virk.

Correct Answer: نکات الشعراء

'Nikat-ush-Shuara' by Mir Taqi Mir is considered the first chronological record (Tazkira) of Urdu poets written in Persian.

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

A symbolic grave of Allama Iqbal, who considered Rumi his spiritual guide, is located near Rumi's tomb in Konya.

Correct Answer: 1935

'Bal-e-Jibril' (Wings of Gabriel), an important Urdu poetry book by Allama Iqbal, was published in 1935.

Correct Answer: بیگم اختر ریاض الدین

'Dhanak Par Qadam' is an acclaimed travelogue penned by Begum Akhtar Riazuddin.

Correct Answer: 1869

Mirza Ghalib, one of the greatest Urdu and Persian poets, passed away on February 15, 1869.

Correct Answer: حسرت موہانی

Hasrat Mohani is titled 'Raees-ul-Mutaghazzilin' (The Leader of Ghazal Writers) for his contribution to modern Urdu Ghazal.

Correct Answer: واسطہ نہ پڑے

'Pala parna' means to have to deal with something. Thus, 'Pala na paray' translates to avoiding dealing with or facing it.

Correct Answer: رات بھر جاگتے رہنا

The idiom 'Taray ginna' translates to 'counting stars', metaphorically meaning staying awake all night.

Correct Answer: طویل ہونا

The Urdu phrase 'Shaitan ki aanch/aant' implies something excessively long, tedious, or never-ending.

Correct Answer: Hypocrite

In Islamic terminology, a 'Munafiq' (Hypocrite) is one who outwardly professes Islam while inwardly concealing disbelief.

Correct Answer: Meesaq-e-Madina

The Charter of Medina (Meesaq-e-Madina) drafted by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is widely recognized as the first written constitution in history.

Correct Answer: 28 Hijri

Cyprus was conquered by Muslim naval forces led by Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan in 28 Hijri during the caliphate of Usman (RA).

Correct Answer: None of these

Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) purchased and freed Hazrat Bilal (RA) from his oppressive master Umayyah ibn Khalaf.

Correct Answer: None of these

Nafli Itekaf does not have a set time limit; it can be observed for any duration of time.

Correct Answer: Badr

The Battle of Badr is called 'Yaum-ul-Furqan' (The Day of Criterion) in the Quran because it decisively separated truth from falsehood.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu al Aswad Douli RA

Hazrat Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali introduced the system of placing dots (as diacritics) to ensure the correct pronunciation of the Quran.

Correct Answer: Farz

Tawaf-e-Ziyarat (also known as Tawaf-e-Ifadah) is an obligatory (Farz) pillar of the Hajj pilgrimage.