PPSC Assistant (BS-16) S&GAD and Punjab Police Past Paper 2024 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Prevent its population from escaping Soviet controlled East Berlin to West Berlin

The Berlin Wall was constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961 primarily to stop the mass defection of its citizens to West Berlin.

Correct Answer: October 1984

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by her bodyguards following Operation Blue Star.

Correct Answer: 1908

Field hockey was first introduced at the 1908 Olympic Games held in London.

Correct Answer: Rome

The Colosseum is an ancient amphitheater situated in the center of the city of Rome, Italy.

Correct Answer: Yellow Card

In field hockey, a yellow card indicates a temporary suspension, with the player having to leave the pitch for a minimum of five minutes.

Correct Answer: Basket Ball

In basketball, the 24-second shot clock requires a team to attempt a field goal within 24 seconds of gaining possession.

Correct Answer: Czech Republic

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

Correct Answer: George Washington

George Washington served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

Correct Answer: Chinese

Chinese is widely considered the oldest continuously written language in the world, with records dating back over 3,000 years to the Shang Dynasty.

Correct Answer: South Africa

South Africa joined the originally four-member BRIC group in 2010, officially making it BRICS.

Correct Answer: 1985

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was formally established on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka.

Correct Answer: President

According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the President is the Supreme Commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

General Ayub Khan served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1951 until he declared martial law in 1958.

Correct Answer: Mughal

Rehman Baba (1632–1706) was a renowned Pashto Sufi poet who lived during the Mughal Empire.

Correct Answer: 5

The All-India Muslim League was represented by five ministers in the 1946 Interim Government, including Liaquat Ali Khan.

Correct Answer: 1911

The controversial 1905 Partition of Bengal was annulled by King George V in 1911 due to intense political opposition.

Correct Answer: 22nd December 1939

The Muslim League observed the 'Day of Deliverance' on December 22, 1939, to celebrate the resignation of Congress ministries.

Correct Answer: 1928

The Nehru Report, a memorandum outlining a proposed new dominion status constitution for India, was published in 1928.

Correct Answer: Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir was the largest princely state by area and had a significant Muslim majority (around 77%) at the time of partition.

Correct Answer: All of these

Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Captain Karnal Sher Khan, and Major Shabbir Sharif were all awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military gallantry award.

Correct Answer: 1st July 1948

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan, the country's central bank, on July 1, 1948.

Correct Answer: Ahmad Shah Abdali

Ahmad Shah Abdali (Durrani) defeated the Maratha Empire in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

The Air Headquarters (AHQ) of the Pakistan Air Force is situated in the capital city, Islamabad.

Correct Answer: 98%

According to historical census records (1951), approximately 98% of the population in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) spoke Bengali.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, like most major federal ministries of Pakistan, is headquartered in Islamabad.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Makli Necropolis, one of the largest funerary sites in the world, is located near Thatta in Sindh, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: China

In 2013, the operational control of Gwadar Port was transferred from a Singaporean company to the China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC).

Correct Answer: 18 years

Under the current electoral laws of Pakistan, citizens must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible to vote.

Correct Answer: World Bank

The Indus Waters Treaty, signed in 1960 to divide the river systems between India and Pakistan, was brokered by the World Bank.

Correct Answer: 1979

Pakistan officially became a member of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1979 during the Havana Summit.

Correct Answer: Kashgar

CPEC is a massive infrastructure network that aims to connect the deep-water port of Gwadar in Pakistan to Kashgar in the Xinjiang region of China.

Correct Answer: No Minister appointed

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto largely retained the portfolio of Foreign Affairs himself during his time as Prime Minister until Aziz Ahmed was appointed in 1977.

Correct Answer: Hector Bolitho

Hector Bolitho wrote 'Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan', which was an officially commissioned biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the Labour Party's victory in the 2024 general election.

Correct Answer: Lahore-Sialkot

The M-11 Motorway, officially known as the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway, connects the city of Lahore with Sialkot in Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Chandragup is a massive, active mud volcano located in the Hingol National Park in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Khairpur

The Kot Diji Fort, a massive 18th-century structure built by the Talpur dynasty, is located in the Khairpur District of Sindh.

Correct Answer: Tsunamis

Massive displacement of water caused by underwater earthquakes or violent volcanic eruptions can trigger tsunamis.

Correct Answer: Nepal

Kathmandu is the capital and most populous city of Nepal, situated in the Kathmandu Valley.

Correct Answer: Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal, located in southern Siberia, Russia, is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world.

Correct Answer: 32 °F

On the Fahrenheit scale, water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees at standard atmospheric pressure.

Correct Answer: Seven

The SI system consists of seven base units: meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.

Correct Answer: 746 W

In mechanics, one standard mechanical horsepower is equivalent to approximately 745.7 watts, which is rounded to 746 watts.

Correct Answer: Chemical Energy

Coal contains stored chemical energy, which is released as thermal energy (heat) when it is combusted.

Correct Answer: Temperature

A star's color is fundamentally tied to its surface temperature; hotter stars appear blue or white, while cooler stars appear red.

Correct Answer: Neptune

Since Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Neptune is considered the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the solar system.

Correct Answer: Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet in the solar system, containing more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined.

Correct Answer: Lightning rod

Through his experiments with electricity, Benjamin Franklin famously invented the lightning rod to protect buildings from lightning strikes.

Correct Answer: Radar

Sir Robert Watson-Watt was a Scottish pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology.

Correct Answer: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin formulated the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection, published in his 1859 book 'On the Origin of Species'.

Correct Answer: Herpetology

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles.

Correct Answer: Leukocytes

Leukocytes, or white blood cells, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

Correct Answer: @

The 'at' symbol (@) separates the local part (username) from the domain in standard email addressing formats.

Correct Answer: Insert >> Picture >> From File

In older versions of MS Office, navigating the ribbon via Insert > Picture > From File allows users to embed local image assets into a slide.

Correct Answer: To move between slides

A slide transition is the visual effect that occurs when you move from one slide to the next during a presentation.

Correct Answer: F11

Pressing the F11 key in Excel instantly creates a default column chart based on the currently selected data range on a new chart sheet.

Correct Answer: Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth, a Swiss computer scientist, designed the Pascal programming language in 1970 to encourage good programming practices.

Correct Answer: File extension

.docx is the standard file extension used for modern Microsoft Word documents based on the Office Open XML format.

Correct Answer: 45°

Let angles be 5x, 4x, 3x. Sum is 12x = 180°, so x = 15°. The smallest angle is 3x = 3(15) = 45°.

Correct Answer: 2

√50 is 5√2, and √18 is 3√2. So, (5√2 - 3√2) / √2 = 2√2 / √2 = 2.

Correct Answer: 168

Let the first number be A. A = 2B, A = 3C. (A + A/2 + A/3)/3 = 154 -> 11A/18 = 154 -> A = 252. Third number C = 252/3 = 84. Difference = 252 - 84 = 168.

Correct Answer: 50.5

The sum of the first n natural numbers is n(n+1)/2. The average is (n+1)/2. For n=100, (100+1)/2 = 50.5.

Correct Answer: 70304

Using the compound growth formula: P = 62500 * (1 + 0.04)^3 = 62500 * 1.124864 = 70304.

Correct Answer: -67

The differences are doubling: -2, -4, -8, -16. The next difference is -32. -35 + (-32) = -67.

Correct Answer: 25 mins

Work = 5 men * 60 minutes = 300 man-minutes. Time for 12 men = 300 / 12 = 25 minutes.

Correct Answer: 6.48x10^-7

(4 * 10^-2) * (1.62 * 10^-2) * (1 * 10^-3) = 6.48 * 10^-7.

Correct Answer: Occupation

A vocation refers to a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.

Correct Answer: In Reality

'De facto' is a Latin phrase meaning 'in fact' or 'in reality', as opposed to 'de jure' which means by right or legally.

Correct Answer: Altruist

An altruist is someone who shows unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

Correct Answer: Professional

A dilettante is a person who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or professional knowledge, so 'professional' is an antonym.

Correct Answer: Possessive adjective

The word 'her' acts as a possessive adjective modifying 'grandparents' to show ownership or relationship.

Correct Answer: You had better look for some other options.

The phrase 'had better' is followed by the base form of the verb without 'to', so 'look' is correct, not 'looked'.

Correct Answer: the alarm clock had gone off on time

In a Type 3 conditional sentence discussing a past unreal situation, the correct structure is 'would have + past participle' in the main clause and 'had + past participle' in the if-clause.

Correct Answer: To die

The idiom 'to give up the ghost' is an old expression that means to expire or to die.

Correct Answer: Insult

The correct English idiom is 'To add insult to injury', meaning to worsen an already bad situation.

Correct Answer: Dislike : Hatred

'Immense' is an extreme degree of 'large', just as 'hatred' is an extreme degree of 'dislike'.

Correct Answer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, directed by Chris Columbus.

All major words in a title should be capitalized, as well as proper nouns (Chris Columbus).

Correct Answer: Small wit, great boast

The Urdu proverb 'چھوٹا منہ بڑی بات' matches the English idiom 'Small wit, great boast', meaning someone of little capacity making grand claims.

Correct Answer: A figure among ciphers

The Urdu proverb translates conceptually to 'A figure among ciphers' in English, meaning someone who is considered talented only because those around them are completely ignorant.

Correct Answer: By

'By' is used to show a deadline or a point in time before which an action will be completed.

Correct Answer: I requested her to sit down.

When changing imperative sentences with 'please' into indirect speech, 'said to' changes to 'requested' and the infinitive 'to' is added before the verb.

Correct Answer: موت کے قریب ہونا

اس محاورے کا مطلب ہے زندگی کے آخری ایام میں ہونا یا موت کے قریب ہونا۔

Correct Answer: سبب

علم عروض کی اصطلاح میں دو حرفی کلمے کو 'سبب' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: شمس الرحمن فاروقی

یہ مشہور تنقیدی کتاب شمس الرحمن فاروقی نے لکھی ہے۔

Correct Answer: احمد فراز

'تنہا تنہا' مشہور پاکستانی شاعر احمد فراز کی تصنیف ہے۔

Correct Answer: ولیم کوپر

علامہ اقبال کی مشہور نظم 'ہمدردی' انگریزی شاعر ولیم کوپر (William Cowper) کی نظم سے ماخوذ ہے۔

Correct Answer: میر حسن دہلوی

'سحر البیان' اردو کی مشہور اور مقبول ترین مثنوی ہے جو میر حسن دہلوی نے تحریر کی۔

Correct Answer: سابقہ

وہ حروف جو کسی لفظ کے شروع میں لگ کر اس کے معنی میں تبدیلی پیدا کریں، سابقہ کہلاتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: اسم ضمیر

وہ لفظ جو کسی اسم کی جگہ پر استعمال ہو (جیسے وہ، یہ، تم) اسم ضمیر کہلاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: قوسین

جملہ معترضہ (وہ جملہ جو وضاحت کے لیے آئے) کو قوسین (Brackets) میں لکھا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: ابا جان! السلام علیکم

عربی قواعد اور املاء کے لحاظ سے درست لفظ 'السلام علیکم' ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: ہم دوستوں کے ساتھ جارہے ہیں

جمع کی حالت میں 'دوستوں' درست املاء ہے جبکہ 'دوستو' حرف ندا کے طور پر استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: To purify

Linguistically, Zakat means 'to purify', 'to increase', or 'to grow'. By giving Zakat, a Muslim purifies their wealth.

Correct Answer: حضرت علی بن ابی طالب رضی اللہ عنہ

غزوہ خندق کے دوران عرب کے مشہور جنگجو عمرو بن عبدود کو حضرت علی کرم اللہ وجہہ نے مقابلے میں قتل کیا۔

Correct Answer: غزوہ موتہ

غزوہ موتہ میں اسلامی لشکر کی شاندار قیادت کرنے اور بے مثال بہادری دکھانے پر رسول اللہ ﷺ نے انہیں 'سیف اللہ' (اللہ کی تلوار) کا لقب دیا۔

Correct Answer: حضرت ابو بکر صدیق رضی اللہ عنہ

حضرت ابوبکر صدیق رضی اللہ عنہ کا زمانہ جاہلیت میں نام عبدالکعبہ تھا، جسے اسلام قبول کرنے کے بعد نبی کریم ﷺ نے عبداللہ رکھ دیا۔

Correct Answer: حضرت زید بن حارثہ رضی اللہ تعالی عنہ

قرآن مجید میں سورۃ الاحزاب کی آیت 37 میں صرف ایک صحابی، حضرت زید بن حارثہ رضی اللہ عنہ کا نام صراحت کے ساتھ آیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: سورہ یوسف

سورۃ یوسف کو قرآن مجید میں 'احسن القصص' (سب سے بہترین قصہ) قرار دیا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: حضرت صالح

قوم ثمود کی طرف اللہ تعالیٰ نے حضرت صالح علیہ السلام کو نبی بنا کر بھیجا تھا۔

Correct Answer: 9 ذی الحجہ

وقوف عرفات، جو کہ حج کا سب سے اہم رکن ہے، 9 ذی الحجہ کو میدان عرفات میں ادا کیا جاتا ہے۔