PPSC Assistant Director Intelligence (Special Branch) Past Paper 2023 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Billiard

Terms like cue, bolting, and break are standard terminology used in the cue sport of billiards.

Correct Answer: Dyer test

The Dyer test is a common sports evaluation method historically used to assess tennis backboard skill and agility.

Correct Answer: Waqar Younus

Former legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis was appointed as Pakistan's bowling coach in 2006.

Correct Answer: UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly's very first resolution in January 1946 called for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

Correct Answer: B.R Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the chief architect of the Constitution of India.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Neither traditional Christian fasting nor Jewish fasting involves the pre-dawn meal known in Islam as Sehri.

Correct Answer: China

China is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking authored the best-selling science book 'A Brief History of Time'.

Correct Answer: Chicago

Cloud Gate, colloquially known as 'The Bean', is a famous public sculpture located in Millennium Park, Chicago.

Correct Answer: Jasmine

Jasmine (Chambeli) is the officially designated national flower of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Hameed Nizami

Nawa-i-Waqt, a leading Urdu daily in Pakistan, was founded in 1940 by Hameed Nizami.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz is buried in Model Town, Lahore.

Correct Answer: 30

At the time this paper was held, NATO had 30 members (it has since expanded to 32 with Finland and Sweden).

Correct Answer: Munir Akram

As per the given exam key, Ambassador Munir Akram was listed. Note: ECOSOC presidency was also held by Munir Akram.

Correct Answer: Tunisia

The Arab Spring began in Tunisia in late 2010 following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi.

Correct Answer: China & US

The geopolitical and economic tensions between the United States and China in the 21st century are often termed the Second Cold War.

Correct Answer: War on terrorism

The War on Terrorism is a specific policy response, not a foundational principle of the post-Cold War 'New World Order' concept.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

In 2012, Pakistan was the top refugee-hosting country globally, primarily accommodating millions of Afghan refugees.

Correct Answer: All of these

Dr. Maleeha Lodhi has served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, the High Commissioner to the UK, and the Permanent Representative to the UN.

Correct Answer: Switzerland

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and a global hub for diplomacy.

Correct Answer: Mogadishu

Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.

Correct Answer: AJK

Banjosa Lake is an artificial lake and a popular tourist resort located near Rawalakot in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

Correct Answer: Manchar lake

Manchar Lake in Sindh is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in South Asia.

Correct Answer: Jhelum

The Azad Pattan Hydropower Project is a 700 MW hydroelectric facility being built on the Jhelum River in AJK.

Correct Answer: Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa, located in Hawaii, is considered the largest active shield volcano on Earth by mass and volume.

Correct Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Mariana Trench, the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, is situated in the western Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer: Deltas

When a river flows into a standing body of water like a lake or ocean, its velocity drops, depositing sediment to form a delta.

Correct Answer: Bias & Ravi

The Bari Doab is a tract of land lying between the Beas (Bias) and Ravi rivers in the Punjab region.

Correct Answer: Moderation

A healthful diet relies on the key principles of balance, variety, and moderation to ensure proper nutrient intake without excess.

Correct Answer: All of these

Matter commonly exists in three classical states: solid, liquid, and gas.

Correct Answer: 300

A human baby is born with around 300 bones, many of which later fuse together to form the 206 bones of an adult.

Correct Answer: Proteins

Proteins are the fundamental building blocks of the body, crucial for forming muscles, tissues, and enzymes in blood.

Correct Answer: Salt & Water

In a neutralization reaction, an acid reacts with a base to produce a salt and water.

Correct Answer: Graphite

In a standard dry cell battery, a carbon (graphite) rod is commonly used as the central positive electrode (cathode).

Correct Answer: Akbar the Great

Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (Akbar the Great) ruled the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605, making him a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

Correct Answer: Incharge of Military Affairs

In the Mughal administration, the Mir Bakhshi was the head of the military department and intelligence gathering.

Correct Answer: Sikandar Hayat

Prof. Sikandar Hayat is the author of 'The Charismatic Leader', a well-known book analyzing Jinnah's political leadership.

Correct Answer: Napoleon

Tipu Sultan sought an alliance with Napoleon Bonaparte to counter the expanding British influence in India.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Karachi was the first capital of independent Pakistan until the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi and eventually Islamabad.

Correct Answer: 13

At the time of partition, 13 out of the roughly 565 princely states formally acceded to Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri represented India and signed the Tashkent Agreement in 1966 with Pakistan's Ayub Khan.

Correct Answer: Kalash Valley

Chilam Joshi is an annual spring festival celebrated by the Kalash people in the Chitral District.

Correct Answer: Pak-Arab oil refinery

Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO), located in Mahmoodkot, operates as the largest capacity operating oil refinery in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1969

Pakistan is one of the founding members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was established in 1969.

Correct Answer: 1857

The Indian Rebellion, also known as the Indian Mutiny or the First War of Independence, erupted in 1857.

Correct Answer: Gurdaspur, Pathankot

The Radcliffe Boundary Commission unjustly awarded the Muslim-majority tehsils of Gurdaspur and Pathankot to India, providing them land access to Kashmir.

Correct Answer: Un-Conclusive

The 2001 Agra Summit between India (Vajpayee) and Pakistan (Musharraf) broke down and remained inconclusive without a treaty.

Correct Answer: April 30, 2002

A highly controversial national referendum was held on April 30, 2002, allowing Pervez Musharraf to extend his presidency for five years.

Correct Answer: Commerce

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the Minister of Commerce in President Iskander Mirza's cabinet in 1958.

Correct Answer: Dina

Dina Wadia was the only child and daughter of Pakistan's founder, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: Bahlul Khan Lodhi

Bahlul Khan Lodi was an Afghan noble who founded the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1451.

Correct Answer: Fundamental Rights

Part II, Chapter 1 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan explicitly outlines the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to its citizens.

Correct Answer: 1000 AD

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni began his extensive series of military campaigns into the Indian subcontinent around the year 1000 AD.

Correct Answer: 1920

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, was elevated to the status of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.

Correct Answer: Debugging

Debugging is the systematic process of finding and resolving bugs (defects or problems) within computer programs or hardware.

Correct Answer: Superscript

Superscript is a typographic format where the character is set slightly above the normal line of text.

Correct Answer: IBM

The first commercial hard disk drive was introduced by IBM in 1956 as part of the RAMAC 305 system.

Correct Answer: Modifier

Ctrl, Shift, and Alt are modifier keys because they modify the normal action of another key when pressed together.

Correct Answer: Pakistani

The Brain virus, considered the first computer virus for IBM PC compatibles, was created in 1986 by two Pakistani brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi.

Correct Answer: Document

In MS Excel, files are called Workbooks consisting of Worksheets/Cells, whereas 'Document' is the nomenclature for MS Word.

Correct Answer: F1

The F1 function key is universally used across most Windows applications, including MS Word, to open the Help menu.

Correct Answer: 10 years

If ages are 3x and 2x, their difference is x. Given x = 5. The younger student's age is 2x = 2(5) = 10 years.

Correct Answer: 8 cm

Using the Pythagorean theorem for the right triangle formed (hypotenuse=10, half-chord=6), distance = sqrt(10^2 - 6^2) = sqrt(64) = 8 cm.

Correct Answer: A = 2,000(1+.06t)

The formula for simple interest amount is A = P(1 + rt). Here P=2000 and r=0.06, so A = 2000(1 + 0.06t).

Correct Answer: 1/5

20% means 20 per 100, which reduces to 20/100 = 1/5.

Correct Answer: 20(10)

Binary 10100 equals (1 * 2^4) + (0 * 2^3) + (1 * 2^2) = 16 + 4 = 20 in base 10.

Correct Answer: Rs. 800

Ratio sum = (6*4) + (7*3) + (5*2) = 24 + 21 + 10 = 55. Share for 5 children = (10/55) * 4400 = 800.

Correct Answer: 72

Let total be x. x/4 + x/6 + x/8 + 33 = x. Multiplying by 24 gives 6x + 4x + 3x + 792 = 24x => 11x = 792 => x = 72.

Correct Answer: 16

Fuel consumed per lap = (22 - 18) / (7 - 4) = 4/3 units. Total laps from 22 units = 22 / (4/3) = 16.5, completing 16 full laps.

Correct Answer: Apparently

The word 'apparently' fits contextually to imply that she is reputed to be a good runner, but the speaker has not personally verified it.

Correct Answer: Bruised

Getting a hand caught in a door results in trauma that physically causes a bruise.

Correct Answer: Cynosure

The word 'cynosure' means a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.

Correct Answer: Pronoun

In this interrogative sentence, 'What' acts as an interrogative pronoun replacing the unknown object.

Correct Answer: Tag question

'Doesn't she' is a question tag added to the end of a declarative sentence to turn it into a question.

Correct Answer: Shouldn't we?

The affirmative statement uses the auxiliary 'should', requiring the negative question tag 'shouldn't we'.

Correct Answer: Child : Youth

Just as morning transitions into noon, childhood transitions into youth.

Correct Answer: Goat : Bleat

A lion's vocalization is a roar, just as a goat's vocalization is a bleat.

Correct Answer: Walk : Stagger

Stammering is a struggling variation of speaking, just as staggering is an unsteady variation of walking.

Correct Answer: Wear

'Put on' is a phrasal verb that commonly means to clothe oneself or wear something.

Correct Answer: about

'Come about' is a phrasal verb meaning to happen or take place.

Correct Answer: Cover

A veil is an article of clothing intended to conceal or cover a part of the head or face, making 'Cover' its synonym.

Correct Answer: a

Although 'European' starts with a vowel letter, it begins with a consonant sound ('Y' sound), so 'a' is the correct article.

Correct Answer: Animated

Haggard means exhausted or worn out. 'Animated', meaning full of life and energy, is its best contextual antonym here.

Correct Answer: off

'Called off' is a phrasal verb meaning to cancel an event or agreement, like a strike.

Correct Answer: The worker said that he had not done anything wrong.

In indirect speech, the present perfect tense 'have not done' changes to the past perfect 'had not done'.

Correct Answer: مثنوی

علامہ اقبال نے اپنی شاعری میں سب سے زیادہ 'مثنوی' کی صنف کا استعمال کیا ہے، جیسے اسرار خودی اور رموز بیخودی۔

Correct Answer: مقدمہ شعر و شاعری

مولانا الطاف حسین حالی کی کتاب 'مقدمہ شعر و شاعری' کو اردو ادب کی پہلی باقاعدہ تنقیدی کتاب تسلیم کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: محمد طفیل

محمد طفیل معروف ادبی رسالے 'نقوش' کے بانی اور مدیر تھے۔

Correct Answer: احمد ندیم قاسمی

'گھر سے گھر تک' مشہور ترقی پسند مصنف اور شاعر احمد ندیم قاسمی کا تحریر کردہ افسانہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: انہوں

اردو کے جدید قواعد اور املاء کے اصولوں کے تحت 'انہوں' کی بجائے 'انھوں' کو زیادہ درست مانا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: مولوی عبدالحق

مولوی عبدالحق کو اردو زبان کی ترویج و ترقی کے لیے ان کی خدمات کی بنا پر 'بابائے اردو' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: آنت

یہ ایک مشہور اردو ضرب المثل ہے: 'نہ منہ میں دانت نہ پیٹ میں آنت' جو کہ انتہائی کمزوری یا بڑھاپے کو ظاہر کرتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: Zirar

Masjid al-Dirar (Mosque of Harm) was a mosque built by hypocrites in Medina which the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ordered to be destroyed after a revelation from Allah.

Correct Answer: Surah Namal

Surah An-Naml (Chapter 27) contains Bismillah twice: once at the beginning and once in verse 30 within a letter from Prophet Solomon.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Nooh AS

Prophet Noah (Hazrat Nooh A.S.) is referred to as the Second Adam because humanity was rebuilt from his progeny after the Great Flood.

Correct Answer: داماد سسر

تاریخی روایات کے مطابق حضرت ایوب علیہ السلام کی شادی حضرت یعقوب علیہ السلام کی بیٹی سے ہوئی تھی، جس بنا پر یہ سسر اور داماد کا رشتہ تھا۔

Correct Answer: Surah Al Ahzab

Hazrat Zaid bin Haritha is the only companion whose name is explicitly mentioned in the Quran, specifically in Surah Al-Ahzab (verse 37).

Correct Answer: 50 روز بعد

سیرت کی روایات کے مطابق، حضور ﷺ کی ولادت مبارکہ واقعہ فیل کے تقریباً 50 سے 55 روز بعد ہوئی۔

Correct Answer: فتنہ و فساد

قرآن پاک کی سورۃ البقرہ میں واضح طور پر فرمایا گیا ہے کہ 'الفتنۃ اشد من القتل' یعنی فتنہ و فساد قتل سے بھی زیادہ سنگین ہے۔