PPSC Assistant (BS-16) Labour & Human Resource Department Past Paper 2019 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, located in the east of southern Ontario.

Correct Answer: Sudan

Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan, located at the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile.

Correct Answer: Italy

Julius Caesar was a renowned Roman general and statesman who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire, centered in modern-day Italy.

Correct Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev

The 1988 Geneva Accords, leading to the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, were signed during Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The first WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health took place in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2018.

Correct Answer: 1919

The International Labour Organization (ILO) was created in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles to promote social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Correct Answer: New York

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City.

Correct Answer: 27

Following the departure of the United Kingdom (Brexit) in 2020, the European Union comprises 27 member states.

Correct Answer: Ceylon

Before changing its name to Sri Lanka in 1972, the island nation was known as Ceylon under British rule.

Correct Answer: Europe

Europe is the only continent in the world without a major natural desert due to its latitude and geographical positioning.

Correct Answer: Mali

Timbuktu is an ancient city in the West African country of Mali, situated on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.

Correct Answer: Queensland

Whitehaven Beach is a pristine stretch of beach located on Whitsunday Island in Queensland, Australia.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia officially holds the world's largest Muslim population, making up the vast majority of its citizens.

Correct Answer: H.G. Wells

"The Time Machine" is a renowned science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895.

Correct Answer: China

China built a 100-meter high air purification tower in Xi'an to combat severe smog.

Correct Answer: UNICEF

UNICEF reported in 2018 that global progress had successfully averted around 25 million child marriages over a decade.

Correct Answer: Germany

Germany introduced the Coradia iLint, the world's first hydrogen fuel cell train, paving the way for zero-emission railway transport.

Correct Answer: Eritrea

In 2018, the UN Security Council unanimously lifted arms embargoes and other sanctions on Eritrea following its peace deal with Ethiopia.

Correct Answer: Philippines

The Moro National Liberation Front is a rebel group that was active in seeking regional autonomy for the Moro people in the southern Philippines.

Correct Answer: Argentina

Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer and captains the Argentina national team.

Correct Answer: 5.50 gm

According to the official rules of the Badminton World Federation, a shuttlecock must weigh between 4.74 and 5.50 grams.

Correct Answer: Contamination of Ground water

Leaching of hazardous chemicals into aquifers heavily contaminates groundwater, posing the most serious threat to human health and agriculture.

Correct Answer: Canada

In 2018, Canada became the second country in the world, and the first G7 nation, to officially legalize the recreational use of cannabis.

Correct Answer: Secretary General UNO

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.

Correct Answer: George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an English civil and mechanical engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his pioneering work in steam locomotive engineering.

Correct Answer: European Union and European Space Agency

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme, coordinated and managed in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA).

Correct Answer: Urdu Hindi Controversy in U.P.

The 1867 Urdu-Hindi controversy in the United Provinces convinced Sir Syed Ahmad Khan that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations with diverging interests.

Correct Answer: Muslims

In the 1916 Lucknow Pact, the Indian National Congress agreed to the Muslim League's demand for separate electorates for Muslims in provincial legislatures.

Correct Answer: Sir Abdullah Haroon

Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon, a prominent politician, formally seconded the historic 1940 Lahore Resolution representing the province of Sindh.

Correct Answer: Sir Anthony Patrick Mac Donnell

Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh from 1895 to 1901.

Correct Answer: Balochistan

Sajji is a traditional and famous meat dish originating from the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Painter

Abdur Rahman Chughtai was a renowned painter and intellectual, known for creating a distinct style that fused Mughal art with modern techniques.

Correct Answer: Captain Esmond D. Cunha

Captain Esmond D. Cunha holds the distinction of being the first non-Muslim cadet to receive the prestigious Sword of Honor at PMA Kakul.

Correct Answer: Paisa Akhbar Street

Paisa Akhbar Street in Lahore is named after the historic and highly influential Urdu newspaper "Paisa Akhbar," founded by Munshi Mehboob Alam.

Correct Answer: Three

There were three historic Battles of Panipat (1526, 1556, and 1761), significantly shaping the Indian subcontinent's political landscape.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

Pakistan's first all-women police station was established in Islamabad in January 1994 by then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Lahore Dry Port was the very first dry port established in Pakistan in 1973 to facilitate up-country trade.

Correct Answer: Kalabagh

Kalabagh, located in the Mianwali District of Punjab, contains Pakistan's largest known sedimentary iron ore deposits.

Correct Answer: All five major rivers of Pakistan originate from Kashmir

Quaid-e-Azam declared Kashmir the jugular vein of Pakistan because the major river systems essential for Pakistan's agricultural survival flow through it.

Correct Answer: Indus, Jhelum and Chenab

Under the 1960 Indus Water Treaty brokered by the World Bank, Pakistan was granted exclusive rights to the western rivers: the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab.

Correct Answer: England

Pakistan defeated England by 22 runs in the final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Imran Khan.

Correct Answer: United Front

Following the 1955 elections, the Muslim League, lacking an absolute majority, entered a coalition with the United Front to form the government.

Correct Answer: October-December

The Rabi agricultural season in Pakistan starts with sowing between October and December and ends with harvesting in spring.

Correct Answer: 2005

The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad "Karavan-e-Aman" bus service was inaugurated in April 2005 to facilitate travel across the Line of Control.

Correct Answer: Habeas Corpus

A writ of Habeas Corpus is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, safeguarding against illegal detention.

Correct Answer: Xinjiang

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the only Chinese province that shares a direct border with Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Correct Answer: Karakoram

The Karakoram mountain range spans the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, and it connects Pakistan to China via the Khunjerab Pass.

Correct Answer: Türkiye

Türkiye is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.

Correct Answer: Greenland

Greenland is geographically considered the world's largest non-continental island.

Correct Answer: Ounce

Ounce is a unit of weight, whereas Meter, Yard, and Inch are units of length or distance.

Correct Answer: Aiding the blind to write

A scotograph is an apparatus designed to assist people who are blind or cannot see to write legibly in the dark.

Correct Answer: Ornithophily

Ornithophily is the term used in botany to describe the pollination of flowering plants by birds.

Correct Answer: Chloroquine

Chloroquine is an antimalarial medication used to prevent and treat malaria, especially in areas where the parasite remains susceptible.

Correct Answer: Prolactin

Prolactin is a hormone produced in the pituitary gland that is primarily responsible for milk production (lactation) in mammals.

Correct Answer: Neuron

Neurons, also known as nerve cells, are the fundamental structural and functional units of the nervous system.

Correct Answer: Spleen and liver

The malaria parasite multiplies within the human liver before entering the bloodstream and causing massive destruction to red blood cells, severely stressing the spleen.

Correct Answer: Landscape

Landscape orientation prints the document horizontally, providing more width to accommodate a larger number of columns on a single page.

Correct Answer: Resolution

Image resolution refers to the detail an image holds, effectively determining its sharpness and clarity; higher resolution means more detail.

Correct Answer: Facebook

Google+ was a social network owned and operated by Google, primarily designed as a direct competitor and alternative to Facebook.

Correct Answer: AutoCorrect

The AutoCorrect feature in MS Word automatically identifies and corrects common typos and minor spelling errors as you type.

Correct Answer: LAN

A Local Area Network (LAN) connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area, such as a home, school, or office building.

Correct Answer: F5

In Microsoft PowerPoint, pressing the F5 key immediately starts the slide show presentation from the very first slide.

Correct Answer: Slide

A slide is a single, individual page or frame inside a PowerPoint presentation.

Correct Answer: 2005

YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.

Correct Answer: 1/3

Multiplying the fractions: (5/6) * (2/5) = 10/30, which simplifies to 1/3.

Correct Answer: 128

20% of 160 is 32. Subtracting the discount: 160 - 32 = 128.

Correct Answer: 79.2 km/hr

Let train length be x. Speed = x/8 = (x+264)/20. Solving gives x = 176m. Speed = 176/8 = 22 m/s. Converted to km/h: 22 * (18/5) = 79.2 km/h.

Correct Answer: 200

Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit. 220 = CP + 0.1(CP) -> 1.1(CP) = 220 -> CP = 200.

Correct Answer: 288

Floor area in inches: (5*12) * (4*12) = 60 * 48 = 2880 sq inches. Total tiles needed = 2880 / 10 = 288.

Correct Answer: 12.5

Initial mixture is 1:1. Son takes 15L, leaving 5L (2.5L water, 2.5L milk). He then adds 5L water. Total water = 2.5L (remaining) + 5L (added) + 5L (from son's logic)? Actually the math says: 10L water + 10L milk (Total 20L). Son takes 15L of the mixture (which contains 7.5L water). Remaining water in the container is 2.5L. If he adds 5L, it's 7.5L. BUT, if the question implies the son *retains* the 15L and adds 5L to that 15L batch: the 15L has 7.5L water. 7.5 + 5 = 12.5L.

Correct Answer: -27

A negative number raised to an odd power remains negative. (-3) * (-3) * (-3) = -27.

Correct Answer: The hat was chosen by the child

The past simple active voice sentence shifts the object "the hat" to the subject position and uses "was chosen" in passive.

Correct Answer: By whom are you taught English

In interrogative sentences starting with "Who", the passive voice begins with "By whom" followed by the auxiliary verb.

Correct Answer: To talk nonsense

The idiom "to talk through one's hat" means to say foolish, nonsensical things, often about a subject one does not understand.

Correct Answer: Clean and fresh

The idiom "spick and span" is used to describe a place that is exceptionally neat, clean, and tidy.

Correct Answer: He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match

Exclamatory sentences expressing joy change the reporting verb to "exclaimed with joy", and the tense shifts to past perfect.

Correct Answer: Harmonious

"Incongruous" means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings. Its direct antonym is "harmonious".

Correct Answer: Prohibit

To "proscribe" means to forbid or ban, especially by law, making "prohibit" its exact synonym.

Correct Answer: Disaster

A catastrophe is an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering, which is synonymous with disaster.

Correct Answer: Two or more

A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words acting together as a single noun (e.g., toothpaste).

Correct Answer: has been

The preposition "since" indicates an action starting in the past and continuing to the present, requiring the present perfect continuous tense "has been".

Correct Answer: شوکت تھانوی

سودیشی ریل مشہور مزاح نگار شوکت تھانوی کا لکھا ہوا ایک معروف مزاحیہ مضمون ہے۔

Correct Answer: علی گڑھ کالج

مولانا ظفر علی خان نے اپنی اعلیٰ تعلیم محمڈن اینگلو اورینٹل کالج (علی گڑھ کالج) سے حاصل کی۔

Correct Answer: نذر محمد راشد

اردو کے مشہور جدید شاعر ن۔ م۔ راشد کا مکمل اور اصل نام نذر محمد راشد تھا۔

Correct Answer: اسم صوت

قواعد کی رو سے وہ الفاظ جو کسی جاندار یا بے جان چیز کی آواز کو ظاہر کریں، اسم صوت کہلاتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: فعل متعدی

وہ فعل جو مفعول کے بغیر نامکمل ہو اور جملے کا مطلب پورا نہ کرے، اسے فعل متعدی کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: لقب

سید الشہدا (شہیدوں کے سردار) ایک لقب ہے جو حضرت امام حسین رضی اللہ عنہ کی عظیم قربانی کی وجہ سے انہیں دیا گیا۔

Correct Answer: دیکھنے کے قابل

قابلِ دید کا لغوی مطلب ہے وہ چیز یا مقام جو اس لائق ہو کہ اسے دیکھا جائے (دیکھنے کے قابل)۔

Correct Answer: بہادر شاہ ظفر

یہ مشہور مصرعہ آخری مغل بادشاہ اور اردو کے ممتاز شاعر بہادر شاہ ظفر کی غزل سے لیا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: حضر

عربی الاصل لفظ 'سفر' کا مطلب ہے حالتِ مسافرت، اور اس کا متضاد 'حضر' ہے جس کا مطلب ہے قیام یا گھر پر ہونا۔

Correct Answer: پشتو

رحمان بابا پشتو زبان کے ایک عظیم صوفی شاعر ہیں جنہیں پشتون ادب میں بہت بلند مقام حاصل ہے۔

Correct Answer: Six

During the Hajj season in the 11th year of Prophethood, six individuals from the Khazraj tribe of Madinah met the Prophet (PBUH) and embraced Islam.

Correct Answer: 12 years

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on a trading journey to Syria when he was approximately 12 years old.

Correct Answer: Al Maeda

Surah Al-Ma'idah explicitly details the injunctions regarding permissible (Halal) and forbidden (Haraam) meats and sacrificial animals.

Correct Answer: None of these

Madni Surahs primarily emphasize social, legal, and community building frameworks (laws of society) rather than just battles or historical facts.

Correct Answer: That which is to be recited

The word "Quran" is derived from the Arabic root "qara'a," meaning "he read" or "recited," making its translation "that which is to be recited."

Correct Answer: Struggle

The Arabic word "Jihad" literally translates to "striving" or "struggle" in the way of Allah.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Meekail (A.S)

In Islamic belief, the Angel Meekail (Michael) A.S. is tasked by Allah with distributing sustenance, food, and rain.

Correct Answer: Red Sea

According to religious history, Allah parted the Red Sea for Prophet Musa (A.S) and the Israelites to escape from the Pharaoh's pursuing army.