PPSC Assistant (BS-16) Labour & Human Resource Department Past Paper 2020 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Charter of the United Nation

The opening words of the United Nations Charter preamble are "We the peoples of the United Nations". It establishes the foundational principles of the organization.

Correct Answer: France

The International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as INTERPOL, is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Correct Answer: Italy

The G7 members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US. China, India, and Türkiye are not members.

Correct Answer: Andhra Pardesh

In April 2018, the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh recorded an unprecedented 36,749 lightning strikes in a span of just 13 hours due to extreme weather conditions.

Correct Answer: Lawn Tennis

Rafael Nadal is a legendary Spanish professional tennis player, widely known as the "King of Clay" for his numerous French Open titles.

Correct Answer: Younas Khan

Under the captaincy of Younis Khan, the Pakistan cricket team won their first ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2009 by defeating Sri Lanka.

Correct Answer: 4 Times

Pakistan is the most successful team in Men's Hockey World Cup history, having won the tournament four times (1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994).

Correct Answer: Shaiza Khan

Shaiza Khan was a pioneer of women's cricket in Pakistan and served as the first captain of the national women's team.

Correct Answer: 3 titles

Usain Bolt holds three Olympic records in athletics, specifically the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the 4x100 meters relay.

Correct Answer: Cairo

Al-Azhar University, founded in 970 or 972, is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university and is located in Cairo.

Correct Answer: Russia & Japan

The Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands have been a long-standing source of territorial dispute between Russia and Japan since the end of World War II.

Correct Answer: Panama City

Panama City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal.

Correct Answer: Canada

Montreal is the largest city in Canada's Québec province and the second-largest city in the country, known for its French-speaking population.

Correct Answer: Cambodia

Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia, originally built as a Hindu temple in the 12th century.

Correct Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963.

Correct Answer: Raza Shah Pehlvi

In 2018, a mummified body was found near a shrine in Tehran, heavily speculated to be the remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The National Hockey Stadium, located in Lahore, is the largest field hockey stadium in the world by capacity.

Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking

The famous theoretical physics book 'A Brief History of Time', first published in 1988, was authored by the British physicist Stephen Hawking.

Correct Answer: A German Theologian

Meister Eckhart was a prominent German Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mystic active during the Middle Ages.

Correct Answer: Missile Technology Control Regime

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is an informal political understanding among states that seek to limit the proliferation of missiles and missile technology.

Correct Answer: Japan

Japan signed an agreement with the UNDP to provide financial assistance aimed at strengthening the electoral and democratic processes in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: China and Bhutan

The Doklam standoff primarily involved Chinese and Indian troops, but the core territorial dispute in that specific tri-junction area is between China and Bhutan.

Correct Answer: JCPOA

The deal is officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

Correct Answer: Tokyo

The 2020 Summer Olympics were officially hosted by Tokyo, Japan, taking place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Correct Answer: South-West

Visualizing the map: B is the origin. A is south (down) and C is east (right). From C's position, looking towards A requires looking down and left, which is South-West.

Correct Answer: Mother-in-law

Since A is the mother of C, and D is the husband of C, A is the mother of D's spouse, making her D's mother-in-law.

Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea

These Middle Eastern and Eurasian countries are located along the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea.

Correct Answer: Tarbela

Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the largest water storage capacity among Pakistan's dams.

Correct Answer: River Sutlej

Sulemanki Headworks is a barrage constructed on the Sutlej River in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Sir Creek

Sir Creek is a tidal estuary located in the Rann of Kutch marshlands, representing an ongoing border dispute between India and Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country by land area, situated across Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe.

Correct Answer: Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is technically the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake.

Correct Answer: 1942

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement in August 1942, demanding an end to British rule in India.

Correct Answer: 7 members

The Simon Commission, sent to India in 1928 to study constitutional reform, consisted of seven British Members of Parliament.

Correct Answer: Mehmood-ul-Hassan

The Silk Letter Movement was a movement organized by Deobandi leaders, spearheaded by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, to mobilize support against British rule.

Correct Answer: 1934

Mahatma Gandhi resigned from his formal membership of the Indian National Congress in 1934 to focus on constructive village work.

Correct Answer: The English and Haider Ali

The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) was fought between the British East India Company and Hyder Ali, the Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore.

Correct Answer: Ameer Kudwai

Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii (Ameer Kudwai) designed the national flag of Pakistan based on the flag of the All-India Muslim League.

Correct Answer: 80 secs

The total duration of the official recording of the National Anthem of Pakistan is 1 minute and 20 seconds, or exactly 80 seconds.

Correct Answer: 1974

The prisoners of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war were repatriated between 1973 and 1974 following the Delhi Agreement.

Correct Answer: Iran

Iran was the first country to officially recognize Pakistan following its independence in August 1947.

Correct Answer: Rangoon

Following the 1857 War of Independence, the British exiled Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), where he died in 1862.

Correct Answer: 1828

The Brahmo Samaj, a monotheistic Hindu reform movement, was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in Calcutta in 1828.

Correct Answer: 1893

The Durand Line agreement was signed in 1893 between Mortimer Durand of British India and Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.

Correct Answer: Ummayyad

Muhammad bin Qasim led the conquest of Sindh in 712 CE as a general serving the Umayyad Caliphate under Caliph Al-Walid I.

Correct Answer: 9 AH

While initially mandated in 2 AH, a comprehensive state-level system for the regular collection of Zakat was fully established and enforced around 9 AH.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Azeez (R-A)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz, an Umayyad caliph, is often revered as 'Umar-e-Sani' (the second Umar) due to his exemplary piety and strict adherence to justice, mirroring the rule of Umar ibn Al-Khattab.

Correct Answer: Sahib-e-Nisaab

In Islamic law, a 'Sahib-e-Nisab' is an individual whose wealth exceeds a certain minimum threshold, making them eligible and obligated to pay Zakat.

Correct Answer: More than 200 times

The command 'Qul' (Say) appears over 332 times in the Holy Quran, conveying direct instructions from Allah to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Correct Answer: Rebels

Hazrat Usman (R.A), the third Caliph of Islam, was assassinated in 35 AH by a mob of rebels who laid siege to his house in Medina.

Correct Answer: Mirza Abu Fazal

Mirza Abu Fazal, a Bengali scholar, was the first Muslim from the Asian subcontinent to provide a complete English translation of the Holy Quran.

Correct Answer: Surah Rehman

Surah Ar-Rahman is traditionally referred to as 'Aroos-ul-Quran' (The Bride of the Quran) due to its profound beauty and repetitive poetic cadence.

Correct Answer: Shoaib (A.S)

The people of Midian, to whom Prophet Shoaib (A.S) was sent, were notorious for being deceitful in weights and measures and embezzling trusts.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Noah (A.S.)

Hazrat Nuh (Noah) A.S. is given the title 'Shaikh-ul-Anbiya' (The Elder among Prophets) because of his extraordinarily long life and duration of preaching.

Correct Answer: 22

The hour and minute hands of a clock overlap exactly 22 times in a 24-hour day.

Correct Answer: 16

Using the formula: Profit% = ((CP of given qty - SP of given qty)/SP given qty) * 100. -> 25 = ((20 - X) / X) * 100. Solving this gives X = 16.

Correct Answer: 1/20

0.05 can be written as 5/100. Simplifying the fraction by dividing numerator and denominator by 5 yields 1/20.

Correct Answer: 400 mangoes

If he sold 30%, he retains 70%. Let total mangoes be x. 0.70x = 280. Solving for x gives 280 / 0.7 = 400 mangoes.

Correct Answer: 10 days

X does 4/20 = 1/5 of work initially. Remaining is 4/5. X and Y combined 1-day work is 1/20 + 1/12 = 8/60. Time for remaining = (4/5) / (8/60) = 6 days. Total time = 4 + 6 = 10 days.

Correct Answer: Fratricide

Fratricide is the act of a person killing their own brother. 'Frater' means brother in Latin.

Correct Answer: Terminology

Jargon refers to special words or expressions (terminology) that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

Correct Answer: Horses

"Don't change horses in midstream" is a popular English proverb meaning you shouldn't alter your leadership or plans during a critical phase.

Correct Answer: English is spoken by the people all over the world

To change into passive voice, the object 'English' becomes the subject, the verb becomes 'is spoken', and the subject 'people' becomes the agent 'by the people'.

Correct Answer: A Friend of Court

Amicus curiae literally translates from Latin as "friend of the court", denoting an impartial adviser or an individual permitted to submit information to the court.

Correct Answer: Bitterness

Acrimony implies a harshness or bitterness of nature, speech, or disposition.

Correct Answer: Why

The relative adverb 'why' naturally follows 'reason' to form 'the reason why', which correctly structures the sentence.

Correct Answer: Among other things

Inter alia is a Latin phrase widely used in legal drafting, meaning 'among other things'.

Correct Answer: A few, some

Because 'people' is a countable noun, we use 'a few' and for uncountable 'knowledge' we use 'some', creating a grammatically sound sentence.

Correct Answer: To detect something wrong

The idiom 'to smell a rat' means to begin to suspect trickery or deception; to detect that something is wrong.

Correct Answer: Transpyre

The correct spelling of the word is 'Transpire', meaning to occur or to become known.

Correct Answer: Altimeter

An altimeter is a device heavily used in aviation to measure the altitude of an aircraft relative to a fixed level, such as sea level.

Correct Answer: Eutrophication

Eutrophication occurs when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients, leading to excessive algae growth and subsequent oxygen depletion.

Correct Answer: Amnesia

Amnesia refers to the profound loss of memory, often resulting from brain trauma, illness, or severe psychological stress.

Correct Answer: Poly Vinyl Chloride

PVC stands for Polyvinyl Chloride, widely used as a synthetic plastic polymer in construction, plumbing, and manufacturing.

Correct Answer: Vitamin K

Vitamin K is an essential nutrient required by the body to produce certain proteins crucial for the coagulation (clotting) of blood.

Correct Answer: Humans

Eugenics refers to the scientifically discredited and historically harmful movement aimed at improving the human genetic pool via selective breeding.

Correct Answer: O-ve

Blood type O negative is considered the universal donor type because its red blood cells lack A, B, and Rh antigens, making it safe for transfusion to any blood group.

Correct Answer: 25-30 years

The average lifespan of a healthy domesticated horse is generally accepted to be between 25 and 30 years.

Correct Answer: Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.

Correct Answer: Electric

Electric engines are highly efficient, often converting over 85% of electrical energy into mechanical energy, vastly outperforming internal combustion engines.

Correct Answer: UV Rays reach earth

The ozone layer protects Earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. If it disappears, direct UV radiation would reach the surface.

Correct Answer: Cholesterol

High levels of LDL cholesterol can cause plaque buildup in arteries, which restricts blood flow to the heart, ultimately leading to a heart attack.

Correct Answer: Third Generation

The third generation of computers, which spanned from roughly 1964 to 1971, was defined by the replacement of individual transistors with integrated circuits.

Correct Answer: 4 bits

In computing, a nibble is a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet (half a byte).

Correct Answer: MS Photo Editor

MS Photo Editor was removed from MS Office after Office XP and replaced by Microsoft Office Picture Manager; it is not considered a core standard application.

Correct Answer: F9

In Microsoft Word, the F9 key is typically used to update a selected field, such as a table of contents or a formula.

Correct Answer: Line Thickness

In various drawing and word processing tools, the width or weight of a line is commonly adjusted under the 'Line Thickness' or 'Weight' settings.

Correct Answer: Compiler

A compiler translates code written in a high-level programming language entirely into low-level machine code before execution.

Correct Answer: AGP (Accelerator Graphics Port)

The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) was explicitly designed as a high-speed interface to connect graphics cards, rendering 3D graphics more efficiently.

Correct Answer: Buffer

A data buffer is a region of a physical memory storage used to temporarily store data while it is being moved from one place to another.

Correct Answer: تمام ضرب الامثل ہیں

یہ تینوں اردو کی مشہور و معروف ضرب الامثال ہیں۔

Correct Answer: سر سید احمد

اسباب بغاوت ہند سر سید احمد خان کی ایک مشہور تصنیف ہے جو 1857ء کی جنگ آزادی کے اسباب پر لکھی گئی تھی۔

Correct Answer: جام جم

سر سید احمد خان کی پہلی باقاعدہ کتاب 'جام جم' مانی جاتی ہے جو انہوں نے بہت کم عمری میں تصنیف کی تھی۔

Correct Answer: مختار مسعود

'لوح ایام' نامور پاکستانی ادیب اور بیوروکریٹ مختار مسعود کی مشہور تصنیف ہے۔

Correct Answer: قومیت

قومیت کے حوالے سے علامہ اقبال نے اپنے خطبات اور مضامین میں تفصیلی بحث کی ہے، خاص کر اسلامی قومیت کے نظریے پر۔

Correct Answer: شیر محمد خان

اردو کے نامور مزاح نگار اور شاعر ابن انشاء کا اصل نام شیر محمد خان تھا۔

Correct Answer: سر کاٹ دینا

اردو محاورے میں 'سر قلم کرنا' کا مطلب کسی کا سر دھڑ سے الگ کر دینا (سر کاٹ دینا) ہے۔

Correct Answer: نیند مٹانے کی کوشش کرنا

یہ محاورہ اس وقت استعمال ہوتا ہے جب کوئی شخص انتہائی نیند کے باوجود بیدار رہنے یا نیند بھگانے کی شدید کوشش کرے۔

Correct Answer: اسم اشارہ

گرامر کی رو سے لفظ 'یہ' قریب کی چیز کی طرف اشارہ کرنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے، اس لیے یہ اسم اشارہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: لقب

وہ نام جو کسی خاص وصف یا خوبی کی وجہ سے مشہور ہو جائے اسے 'لقب' کہتے ہیں، جیسے حضرت موسیٰ کو کلیم اللہ کا لقب ملا۔