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

Correct Answer: 5

A standard basketball team has 5 players on the court at any given time.

Correct Answer: Vasco da Gamma

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gamma discovered the sea route to India in 1498.

Correct Answer: Nineteenth Century

The Age of New Imperialism aggressively expanded during the late 19th century.

Correct Answer: United Kingdom

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

Correct Answer: London

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London.

Correct Answer: K-2

K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, was formerly mapped as Mount Godwin-Austen.

Correct Answer: England

The River Thames flows through southern England and is famously associated with London.

Correct Answer: America

Ernest Hemingway was an iconic American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.

Correct Answer: North Eastern Nigeria

Boko Haram is a terrorist organization based primarily in northeastern Nigeria.

Correct Answer: 1945

The United Nations was officially founded on October 24, 1945, after World War II.

Correct Answer: September 1969

The OIC was founded on September 25, 1969, in Rabat, Morocco, in response to the arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking

Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking published this landmark book in 1988.

Correct Answer: 1948

The Pakistan national field hockey team made its Olympic debut at the 1948 London Games.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Pakistan won the inaugural Hockey World Cup held in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain.

Correct Answer: Bogota

Bogotá is the high-altitude capital and largest city of Colombia.

Correct Answer: Armenia and Azerbaijan

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a territorial dispute heavily contested between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Correct Answer: Bangladeshi origin

Nusrat Jahan Choudhury is a Bangladeshi-American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge.

Correct Answer: Balouchistan

Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan in March 2016.

Correct Answer: August 2019

Mass protests occurred globally, including in the UK, after India revoked Article 370 of its constitution regarding Kashmir in August 2019.

Correct Answer: Hawaii

Hawaii is a sovereign state of the USA and is not a contested territorial flashpoint between China and the US, unlike Taiwan or the Senkaku Islands.

Correct Answer: Syria and Israel

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in southwestern Syria, captured and occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.

Correct Answer: 1927

The Delhi Muslim Proposals were formulated by prominent Muslim leaders in 1927 to address constitutional reforms.

Correct Answer: Now or Never

Chaudhry Rehmat Ali famously coined the name 'Pakistan' in his 1933 pamphlet titled 'Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'

Correct Answer: 1928

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

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

President Iskander Mirza abrogated the constitution and appointed General Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1958.

Correct Answer: Provisional Constitutional Order

A Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) suspends the constitution and establishes martial or emergency law.

Correct Answer: Frank Messervy

General Sir Frank Messervy served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army following independence.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Both Captain Karnal Sher Khan and Havaldar Lalak Jan were awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for their gallantry during the 1999 Kargil War.

Correct Answer: 1965

Major Raja Aziz Bhatti was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for his exceptional bravery during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Correct Answer: Khawaja Nazim ud din

Khawaja Nazimuddin stepped down as Governor-General to become the second Prime Minister following Liaquat Ali Khan's assassination.

Correct Answer: Mamluk Dynasty

The Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty, founded by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, was the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Correct Answer: 1875

Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati on April 10, 1875.

Correct Answer: 60

Under the current provisions of the 1973 Constitution, 60 seats are reserved for women in the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Article 41

Article 41 of the 1973 Constitution states that there shall be a President of Pakistan who shall be the Head of State.

Correct Answer: Article 41

Article 41 explicitly defines the role of the President as the ceremonial Head of the State.

Correct Answer: Jhelum

Rohtas Fort, built by Sher Shah Suri, is located near the city of Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Gilgit-Baltistan

Satpara Lake is a natural lake near Skardu, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

The Chogo Lungma Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: M3

The M-3 motorway is a 230-kilometer-long motorway connecting Lahore to Abdul Hakeem.

Correct Answer: KPK

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) is characterized by mountains, forests, and valleys, but lacks large desert formations.

Correct Answer: Salt

The Khewra Salt Mine in Pakistan is the world's second-largest and oldest salt mine.

Correct Answer: Amir udin Kidwai

The national flag of Pakistan was designed by Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii and based on the original flag of the Muslim League.

Correct Answer: 1993-1998

The 8th Five-Year Plan of Pakistan was implemented for the period 1993 to 1998.

Correct Answer: Cash

Cotton is Pakistan's major cash crop, heavily contributing to the country's export revenue and textile industry.

Correct Answer: Demography

Demography is the statistical study of human populations, particularly concerning size, density, and distribution.

Correct Answer: Archaeology

Archaeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

Correct Answer: Lignite

Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, sedimentary rock and the lowest rank of coal, used heavily in power generation.

Correct Answer: 120 torr

A normal systolic blood pressure reading for a healthy adult is typically around 120 mmHg (torr).

Correct Answer: Satellite

A satellite is any celestial body or artificial object that orbits a planet, such as the Moon orbiting Earth.

Correct Answer: Fahrenheit

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first reliable mercury-in-glass thermometer in 1714.

Correct Answer: Ultraviolet rays

The Earth's ozone layer absorbs the vast majority of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

Correct Answer: Ampere

The ampere (often shortened to 'amp') is the SI base unit of electrical current.

Correct Answer: Justify Alignment

MS Word allows Left, Center, Right, Decimal, and Bar tabs, but there is no 'Justify' tab stop.

Correct Answer: Handouts

In PowerPoint, the 'Handouts' print layout is designed specifically to print multiple slides per page.

Correct Answer: Normal view

Normal View is the default editing layout in PowerPoint, displaying thumbnails on the left pane and the active slide centrally.

Correct Answer: Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage, an English mathematician, is widely considered the 'father of the computer' for conceptualizing the Analytical Engine.

Correct Answer: Pascal

Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth in 1970.

Correct Answer: Carbon copy

In email terminology, CC stands for Carbon Copy, allowing secondary recipients to receive a copy of the message.

Correct Answer: Navigation keys

Arrow keys fall under the category of navigation keys, used to move the cursor through text or interfaces.

Correct Answer: 27

The sum of the arithmetic series is n(n+1)/2 = 378. Solving n^2 + n - 756 = 0 yields n = 27.

Correct Answer: 90

Equations: x - y = 18; 4y = 3x - 18. Solving gives x=54, y=36. Sum = 90.

Correct Answer: 67 kg

Total initial weight = 490 kg. New weight = 490 - 80 + 60 = 470 kg. New average = 470 / 7 = 67 kg.

Correct Answer: 100 yards

Rate = 4 yards / 2 min = 2 yards/min. In 50 minutes, it makes 2 * 50 = 100 yards.

Correct Answer: 5:4

Ratio of orange to apple is 20:16, which simplifies to 5:4.

Correct Answer: 2/5

Cross-canceling the 3s and 4s leaves 2/5.

Correct Answer: 125

This is an arithmetic progression with a=35 and d=10. The 10th term is 35 + 9(10) = 125.

Correct Answer: 1000

The prefix 'kilo' means 1,000, therefore 1 kilometer is exactly 1,000 meters.

Correct Answer: 48 km/h

20 minutes is 1/3 of an hour. Speed = Distance / Time = 16 / (1/3) = 48 km/h.

Correct Answer: run deep

The proverb 'Still waters run deep' implies that quiet or calm people often have deep, hidden passions or complexities.

Correct Answer: run deep

Repeated question in the original paper testing the same proverb.

Correct Answer: Adjective

The word 'thorough' modifies the noun 'enquiry', making it an adjective.

Correct Answer: in

The correct preposition for parts of the day like morning, afternoon, and evening is 'in'.

Correct Answer: before you leave home.

This logically completes the command 'Always turn your television off' using matching tense.

Correct Answer: Deliberate

Haphazard means lacking organization or planning, so 'Deliberate' (carefully thought out) is its exact antonym.

Correct Answer: Exclude

Involve means to include someone or something, making 'Exclude' its direct antonym.

Correct Answer: Washing

Ablution refers to the act of washing oneself, often used in religious contexts.

Correct Answer: Athena was the goddess of reason, wisdom and war.

Unless used as a specific proper noun or starting a sentence, 'goddess', 'reason', 'wisdom', and 'war' are common nouns and should remain lowercase.

Correct Answer: To pay through the nose

The idiom means to suffer severe consequences or pay an unreasonably high price for something.

Correct Answer: He asked the teacher if he thought his essay was good.

When converting an interrogative sentence to indirect speech, 'said to' changes to 'asked', and the present tense verb 'think' changes to the past tense 'thought'.

Correct Answer: Do not let the child drink this dirty water.

The causative verb 'let' is followed by a base verb without 'to' (bare infinitive).

Correct Answer: چور کی داڑھی میں تنکا

Both proverbs imply that a person who has done wrong often betrays their guilt through anxiety or defensive behavior.

Correct Answer: ڈرامہ

سید محمد آزاد کا تحریر کردہ 'نوابی دربار' اردو کا ایک مشہور ڈرامہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: ممتاز مفتی

علی پور کا ایلی اردو کا مشہور ضخیم ناول ہے جسے ممتاز مفتی نے تحریر کیا۔

Correct Answer: منشی سجاد حسین

اودھ پنچ اردو کا پہلا طنزیہ و مزاحیہ اخبار تھا جس کے بانی اور مدیر منشی سجاد حسین تھے۔

Correct Answer: تین

استعارے کے تین ارکان ہوتے ہیں: مستعار لہ، مستعار منہ اور وجہ جامع۔

Correct Answer: 2

اردو قواعد کو عموماً دو بڑے حصوں (صرف اور نحو) میں تقسیم کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: کلمہ

قواعد زبان میں اکیلے اور بامعنی لفظ کو 'کلمہ' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: ماضی مطلق

وہ فعل جس میں محض گزرا ہوا زمانہ پایا جائے اور قرب و بعد کا تعین نہ ہو، اسے فعل ماضی مطلق کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: خطاب

وہ اعزازی نام جو کسی نمایاں خدمت کے صلے میں حکومت یا دربار کی طرف سے دیا جائے، خطاب کہلاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: غبار ایام

فیض احمد فیض کا آخری دور کا کلام ان کے کلیات 'نسخہ ہائے وفا' میں 'غبارِ ایام' کے نام سے شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: لالچ دینا

یہ محاورہ کسی کو جھوٹی امید دلانے یا لالچ دینے کے معنوں میں استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: Speckle: Spots

To perforate means to cover with holes; similarly, to speckle means to cover with spots.

Correct Answer: Ushr

Ushr is a 10% Islamic tax levied on agricultural land yield.

Correct Answer: 9 A.H

The first Islamic Hajj was led by Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) in 9 A.H.

Correct Answer: اسلامی سفیر کا قتل

غزوہ موتہ کی بنیادی وجہ رسول اللہ ﷺ کے سفیر حضرت حارث بن عمیر ازدی رضی اللہ عنہ کا قتل تھا۔

Correct Answer: 3 ہجری

غزوہ احد 3 ہجری، بمطابق 625 عیسوی کو کوہِ احد کے دامن میں لڑی گئی۔

Correct Answer: Rain

Salat al-Istisqa is a special Islamic prayer performed seeking rain during times of drought.

Correct Answer: حضرت یعقوب

اسرائیل اللہ کے نبی حضرت یعقوب علیہ السلام کا لقب ہے جس کا مطلب ہے اللہ کا بندہ۔

Correct Answer: سورہ نور

واقعہ افک جس میں حضرت عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا پر تہمت لگائی گئی تھی، اس کی براءت کا تفصیلی ذکر سورۃ النور میں ہے۔

Correct Answer: حضرت ابی بن کعب

حضرت ابی بن کعب رضی اللہ عنہ کو رسول اللہ ﷺ نے قراءت میں سب سے افضل صحابی قرار دیا۔