PPSC Assistant (BS-16) Board of Revenue Past Paper 2023 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: London

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, primarily located in London.

Correct Answer: France

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.

Correct Answer: 6

Originally, there were 5 Nobel Prizes; the 6th prize for Economic Sciences was added in 1968 and first awarded in 1969.

Correct Answer: Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The ILO is a UN agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Correct Answer: Both NATO and Washington treaty

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established by the signing of the Washington Treaty in 1949.

Correct Answer: Naomi Osaka

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka had the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Correct Answer: Tennis

In tennis, a double fault occurs when a server fails to execute a valid serve on two consecutive attempts, losing the point.

Correct Answer: Squash

Jahangir Khan is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, considered one of the greatest in the sport's history.

Correct Answer: Vice President

Joe Biden served as the 47th Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.

Correct Answer: Israel

Israel won the 1967 Six-Day War against a coalition of Arab states consisting of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

Correct Answer: China

Sun Yat-sen is widely revered as the 'Father of the Nation' in the Republic of China for his role in overthrowing the Qing dynasty.

Correct Answer: Both Thinking and Material exchange

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's dialectic approach primarily encompassed the development of ideas (thinking) which later heavily influenced materialist philosophies.

Correct Answer: Walking in space

Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk during the Shenzhou 13 mission.

Correct Answer: John F Kennedy & Nikita Khrushchev

The defining leaders of the US and USSR during the height of early 1960s Cold War tensions, notably the Cuban Missile Crisis, were JFK and Khrushchev.

Correct Answer: Bahrain

The United States Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

Correct Answer: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Temple Trees is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, located in Colombo.

Correct Answer: 1997

Pakistani squash legend Jansher Khan was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, a top civilian honor, by the Government of Pakistan in 1997.

Correct Answer: UAE

The United Arab Emirates launched the 'Hope' probe to Mars in 2020, becoming the first Arab nation to do so.

Correct Answer: Sayed Al-Shuhada School

A devastating terrorist bombing occurred near the Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2021.

Correct Answer: Hudood Ordinance

The Hudood Ordinances were enacted in 1979 in Pakistan by President Zia-ul-Haq as part of his Islamization policies.

Correct Answer: Provisional Constitutional Order

A Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is an emergency legal framework used during martial law regimes to bypass the Constitution.

Correct Answer: Birbal

Birbal was one of the very few courtiers of Emperor Akbar to officially accept his newly formed syncretic religion, Din-i-Ilahi.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

The grand Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was commissioned and built by the sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb.

Correct Answer: Rangoon

The last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was exiled by the British and died in Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The 2nd OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Summit was hosted in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1974.

Correct Answer: 8

At the time of independence in 1947, only 8 cities in the newly formed state of Pakistan had a population exceeding 100,000.

Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan authored this treatise to rebuild trust between Muslims and the British Government after the 1857 War of Independence.

Correct Answer: 1877

Syed Ameer Ali founded the Central National Muhammadan Association in 1877 to promote the political advancement of Muslims in India.

Correct Answer: Iskandar Mirza

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto entered the cabinet as Minister of Commerce under President Iskander Mirza before Ayub Khan's martial law.

Correct Answer: 1970

The first direct general elections on a national level in Pakistan were held on December 7, 1970.

Correct Answer: 6 years

Members of the Senate of Pakistan are elected for six-year terms, with half of them retiring every three years.

Correct Answer: Mughals

Ahmad Shah Durrani's earliest invasions into the Indian subcontinent targeted the weakened Mughal Empire in Punjab.

Correct Answer: K. M. Arif

General K. M. Arif, a close aide to President General Zia-ul-Haq, wrote the political memoir 'Working with Zia'.

Correct Answer: 1971

East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Correct Answer: Article 25

Article 25 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the fundamental right to equality for all citizens.

Correct Answer: 2750 km

The Shaheen-III is a land-based surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile of Pakistan with an operational range of 2,750 km.

Correct Answer: Sheikh Sirhindi

Mujaddid Alf Sani (Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi) actively opposed Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi to preserve orthodox Islamic teachings.

Correct Answer: Hijrat e Madina

The Islamic Hijri calendar was initiated by Caliph Umar and starts from the year of the Prophet Muhammad's migration (Hijrat) from Mecca to Medina.

Correct Answer: 2 Hijri

Fasting in the month of Ramadan was mandated for Muslims in the 2nd year of Hijra (2 A.H).

Correct Answer: روح القدس کی

قرآن پاک میں ذکر ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے حضرت عیسیٰ علیہ السلام کی مدد 'روح القدس' (حضرت جبرائیل علیہ السلام) کے ذریعے فرمائی۔

Correct Answer: حضرت اسماعیل

حضرت اسماعیل علیہ السلام کو 'ابو العرب' (عربوں کے باپ) کہا جاتا ہے کیونکہ ان کی نسل سے عرب آباد ہوئے۔

Correct Answer: حضرت ابی بن کعب انصاری

حضرت ابی بن کعب رضی اللہ عنہ جلیل القدر صحابی اور کاتبانِ وحی میں نمایاں مقام رکھتے تھے۔

Correct Answer: غزوہ موتہ

حضرت جعفر طیار رضی اللہ عنہ غزوہ موتہ میں اسلامی لشکر کے سپہ سالار تھے اور اسی جنگ میں شہید ہوئے۔

Correct Answer: غزوہ بدر

غزوہ بدر کو قرآن پاک میں 'یوم الفرقان' کہا گیا ہے کیونکہ اس دن حق اور باطل کے درمیان واضح فیصلہ ہو گیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: یہودی

تالمود (Talmud) یہودیت کی ایک مرکزی مذہبی کتاب ہے جس میں ان کی روایات اور قوانین درج ہیں۔

Correct Answer: 1972

Lal Suhanra is a biosphere reserve and national park situated in the Bahawalpur district, officially established in 1972.

Correct Answer: Kariba Lake

Lake Kariba, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is the world's largest man-made lake by volume.

Correct Answer: Ladoga lake

Lake Ladoga, situated in northwestern Russia, is the largest freshwater lake entirely in Europe.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Indus River is the longest and most important river in Pakistan, running the entire length of the country.

Correct Answer: Great Barrier reef

The Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system.

Correct Answer: Indonesia & Malaysia

The Strait of Malacca is a crucial shipping lane separating the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Correct Answer: Solid

Sound waves propagate significantly faster in solids than in liquids or gases because the molecules in a solid are packed much more tightly together.

Correct Answer: Speed

Speed is a scalar quantity as it relies only on magnitude, unlike velocity or displacement which also possess direction.

Correct Answer: Glucose

The human brain is highly dependent on continuous glucose metabolism as its primary fuel source.

Correct Answer: Microbiology

Microbiology (or specifically bacteriology) is the branch of science dealing with microorganisms, including bacteria.

Correct Answer: 200 m

The epipelagic zone (or sunlight zone) typically extends from the surface down to roughly 200 meters, enabling photosynthesis.

Correct Answer: 4

Clinical models typically describe COVID-19 in four stages: incubation/early infection, pulmonary phase, hyperinflammatory phase, and recovery/post-COVID.

Correct Answer: Plants & Fruits

Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art and science of plant cultivation, including fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

Correct Answer: Euclid

The ancient Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria is famously known as the 'Father of Geometry' for his foundational work 'Elements'.

Correct Answer: EPOC

Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC) is the higher rate of oxygen intake necessary to erase the body's 'oxygen debt' after exertion.

Correct Answer: Document view

Microsoft PowerPoint features views like Normal, Slide Sorter, Outline, and Slide Show. 'Document view' is a term typically associated with Word.

Correct Answer: 72

In Microsoft Word, the preset font size drop-down menu goes up to a maximum of 72 points (though you can manually type larger sizes).

Correct Answer: Cropping

Cropping is the standard image-editing term for trimming away the outer edges or unwanted sections of a graphic or photo.

Correct Answer: Hardware

Computer hardware represents the physical, tangible components of a computer system, such as the monitor, keyboard, and motherboard.

Correct Answer: Thin blinking line

In text editing interfaces, a cursor is typically represented as a thin blinking vertical line indicating where typed text will appear.

Correct Answer: Bill Gates

Bill Gates, alongside Paul Allen, founded the multinational technology company Microsoft in 1975.

Correct Answer: 37

The first five composite numbers are 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10. Their sum is 37.

Correct Answer: 15/2 m

In the right-angled triangle formed, if the angle with the wall is 60 degrees, Wall = Hypotenuse * cos(60) = 15 * 0.5 = 15/2 m. (Note: Many past papers mistakenly use sin(60) assuming the angle is with the ground).

Correct Answer: 6:4:3

Given 2A = 3B = 4C. Let them equal 12 (the LCM). Then A = 6, B = 4, and C = 3. Therefore, A:B:C = 6:4:3.

Correct Answer: 100/3

Let Babar's salary be 100. Gohar's is 75. The difference is 25. The percentage difference relative to Gohar is (25/75) * 100 = 100/3 % (or 33.33%).

Correct Answer: 55000

A+B = 100k, B+C = 120k, A+C = 110k. Summing them: 2(A+B+C) = 330k, so A+B+C = 165k. B = (A+B+C) - (A+C) = 165k - 110k = 55k.

Correct Answer: 42

Total height = 5 * 68 = 340. The sum of the four known heights = 70 + (76 * 3) = 298. Fifth pupil's height = 340 - 298 = 42 inches.

Correct Answer: ±1/8

The expression matches the square form (√x + a)^2 = x + 2a√x + a^2. Setting 2a = 1/4 gives a = 1/8. Hence, 'a' can be ±1/8.

Correct Answer: Rs. 698

Simple interest for 1 year = 854 - 815 = 39. Interest for 3 years = 39 * 3 = 117. Principal sum = 815 - 117 = 698.

Correct Answer: Arrest

Apprehension primarily means anxiety or fear, but in a legal or physical context, it means the action of arresting someone.

Correct Answer: from

In English grammar, you part 'from' people (e.g., parents) and part 'with' things.

Correct Answer: by

When describing transportation or means of travel, the preposition 'by' is used (e.g., by train, by bus).

Correct Answer: with

In English, the preposition 'with' is used when describing an illness, meaning suffering from it.

Correct Answer: face

The phrase 'used to' referring to a past habit is followed by the base form of the verb (face).

Correct Answer: attempts at acquainting

The phrase 'attempts at acquainting' correctly pairs the noun-like construction with the preposition to maintain parallel phrasing.

Correct Answer: Comma

A comma should follow a direct address to separate it from the rest of the sentence: 'Dear friend, I need your help.'

Correct Answer: That's anyone's guess.

Option A uses apostrophes correctly. 'Its', 'yours', and 'theirs' are possessive pronouns and should not contain apostrophes.

Correct Answer: Subject

In the sentence 'I helped him,' 'I' is the subject pronoun performing the action.

Correct Answer: The guests said to their host, 'Thank you.'

When converting direct speech ('Thank you') into indirect speech, it becomes the verb 'thanked'. Thus, 'said to their host' is grammatically accurate in the direct form.

Correct Answer: He asked me why I was late.

When changing interrogative sentences to indirect speech, 'said to' changes to 'asked', and the sentence becomes declarative.

Correct Answer: You are requested to pick it up.

Sentences starting with 'Please' in active voice are converted to passive using 'You are requested to'. (Note: 'Please let it be picked up' is also often accepted in regional exams).

Correct Answer: Subjective case

'I' is the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative or subjective case, as it is part of the subject of the sentence.

Correct Answer: Water

The proverb 'blood is thicker than water' means family relationships and bonds are stronger than other relationships.

Correct Answer: Cover

The idiom 'don't judge a book by its cover' implies that you shouldn't judge someone or something based solely on outward appearance.

Correct Answer: رموز اوقاف

اردو گرامر میں پنکچوایشن (Punctuation) کو 'رموزِ اوقاف' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: اعراب

حروف پر زیر، زبر اور پیش وغیرہ لگانے کے عمل کو 'اعراب' لگانا کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: لیے

جدید اور معیاری اردو املاء کے اصولوں کے مطابق 'لیے' درست تلفظ اور املاء ہے۔

Correct Answer: جام جہاں نما

اردو زبان کا پہلا باقاعدہ اخبار 'جامِ جہاں نما' تھا جو 1822ء میں کلکتہ سے جاری ہوا۔

Correct Answer: تزک بابری

لفظ 'اردو' (بمعنی لشکر) سب سے پہلے شہنشاہ بابر کی خودنوشت 'تزک بابری' میں استعمال ہوا۔

Correct Answer: مقدمہ دائر کرنا

اردو میں 'نالش کرنا' کے معنی عدالت میں شکایت درج کروانا یا 'مقدمہ دائر کرنا' ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: لشکر

اردو اصلاً ترکی زبان کا لفظ ہے جس کے معنی 'لشکر' یا 'خیمہ گاہ' کے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: قوسین

جملہ معترضہ (جو اصل عبارت کا حصہ نہ ہو) کو عموماً بریکٹس یا 'قوسین' () کے اندر لکھا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: سر

یہ ایک مشہور ضرب المثل ہے: 'اوکھلی میں سر دیا تو موسلوں سے کیا ڈرنا'۔

Correct Answer: محمود شیرانی

مشہور تحقیقی کتاب 'پنجاب میں اردو' کے مصنف حافظ محمود شیرانی ہیں۔