PPSC Assistant Women Development Department Past Paper 2021 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and primate city of Argentina, known for its European-style architecture and rich cultural life.

Correct Answer: Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand.

Correct Answer: South Asia

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization comprising eight member states in South Asia.

Correct Answer: 57

The OIC consists of 57 member states, making it the second-largest intergovernmental organization after the UN.

Correct Answer: 56

As of 2022, the Commonwealth of Nations has 56 member states, following the admission of Gabon and Togo.

Correct Answer: South Africa

South Africa officially joined the BRIC grouping in 2010, changing the acronym to BRICS.

Correct Answer: Muslim World

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) represents the collective voice of the Muslim world.

Correct Answer: South America

South America is often called the 'Bird Continent' because it is home to over 3,400 bird species, the highest avian diversity of any continent.

Correct Answer: Italy

Mount Vesuvius is a highly famous active volcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy.

Correct Answer: Pacific

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions, extending from the Arctic Ocean to the Southern Ocean.

Correct Answer: 200

Maulana Waheeduddin Khan, a renowned Islamic scholar and peace activist, authored over 200 books on Islam and spirituality.

Correct Answer: 1994

Swiss Port, operating container terminals at the Port of Basel, was established in 1994. (Note: Swissport aviation services was founded in 1996).

Correct Answer: Four

After WWII, Germany was divided into four occupation zones administered by the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

In 2019, Pakistan became the first country in the world to introduce the WHO-approved typhoid conjugate vaccine into its routine immunization program.

Correct Answer: Vienna treaty

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) is often called the 'Treaty of Treaties' because it establishes rules for creating and interpreting treaties.

Correct Answer: 31 January 2020

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020, following the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Correct Answer: 74th

Former PM Imran Khan delivered a widely recognized speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2019.

Correct Answer: Marko Bošnjak

As of July 2024, Marko Bošnjak serves as the President of the European Court of Human Rights, succeeding Síofra O'Leary.

Correct Answer: King Charles III

Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, King Charles III ascended to the British throne.

Correct Answer: Hamas

Ismail Haniyeh was a senior political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Correct Answer: Chad

Hissein Brahim Taha, the 12th and current Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is a diplomat from Chad.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo was a prominent Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Maritime Affairs and hailed from Baluchistan.

Correct Answer: Asad Islam Mahni

Mr. Asad Islam Mahni was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM).

Correct Answer: 18

In the 2021 Pakistan Senate elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party by securing 18 seats.

Correct Answer: 1955

After the dissolution of the first assembly in 1954, the second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was elected and formed in 1955.

Correct Answer: Basic Democracies

President Ayub Khan introduced the 'Basic Democracies' system in 1959, establishing a network of local self-government councils.

Correct Answer: 1988

President Zia-ul-Haq dismissed Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo's government on May 29, 1988.

Correct Answer: Democratic

In 1949, Pakistan operated as a parliamentary democracy under the leadership of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.

Correct Answer: Bahawalpur

Derawar Fort is a large square fortress in the Cholistan Desert, located in the Bahawalpur district of Punjab.

Correct Answer: Sindh

Sindh is historically referred to as 'Babul Islam' (The Gateway of Islam) because it was the first region in the subcontinent where Islam was introduced by Muhammad bin Qasim.

Correct Answer: KPK

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) formally merged with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province under the 25th Constitutional Amendment in 2018.

Correct Answer: Asif Ali Zardari

The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed in 2010 during the presidency of Asif Ali Zardari, granting greater provincial autonomy.

Correct Answer: Fundamental Rights

Part II, Chapter 1 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan deals extensively with Fundamental Rights.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Mamluk Dynasty, died while playing polo and is buried in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

The iconic Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was commissioned and built by the sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, in 1673.

Correct Answer: Akbar

Mughal Emperor Akbar (ruled 1556–1605) was a direct contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of England (ruled 1558–1603).

Correct Answer: Mysore

Tipu Sultan, widely known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in South India.

Correct Answer: Mamluk Dynasty

The Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty was the first ruling dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, established by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1206.

Correct Answer: 1982

Pakistan won its first Hockey World Cup in 1971, second in 1978, third in 1982, and fourth in 1994.

Correct Answer: 1930

Allama Iqbal delivered his historic Allahabad Address during the 21st annual session of the All-India Muslim League in 1930.

Correct Answer: 1906

Muhammad Ali Jinnah formally joined the Indian National Congress in 1906, beginning his active political career.

Correct Answer: Meerut

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on May 10, 1857, in the cantonment of Meerut.

Correct Answer: Nayyara Noor

The famous Pakistani national song 'Is Parcham ke saye talay hum aik hain' was gracefully sung by the legendary Nayyara Noor.

Correct Answer: Nuclear

Nuclear fission is a process in nuclear physics in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.

Correct Answer: High Frequency

Women's voices naturally have a higher pitch because their vocal cords vibrate at a higher frequency compared to men.

Correct Answer: BTU

Natural gas bills are usually calculated in British Thermal Units (BTU) or MMBTU, representing the energy content of the gas consumed.

Correct Answer: Gas

Water vapor is water in its gaseous state. It is highly transparent and invisible to the naked eye.

Correct Answer: Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest extant cat species, recognizable by its dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur.

Correct Answer: Cryptogams

Cryptogams are plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds or flowers, including algae, mosses, and ferns.

Correct Answer: Ten

4G mobile network technology is widely estimated to be around ten times faster than standard 3G technology.

Correct Answer: User friendly

In software, a system or interface that is intuitive and easy for humans to operate is described as 'user friendly'.

Correct Answer: Computer aided design

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) refers to software used by architects and engineers to create precision 2D or 3D models.

Correct Answer: Title

By default, Microsoft PowerPoint opens a new presentation with a Title Slide layout intended for the presentation's main title.

Correct Answer: 1.44 MB

The ubiquitous high-density 3.5-inch floppy disks introduced in the late 1980s had a formatted capacity of 1.44 MB.

Correct Answer: Secondary

The numeric keypad is technically a secondary cluster of keys designed for rapid number entry, while the alphanumeric block is primary.

Correct Answer: None of these

In MS Excel, no special key is required to insert text; you simply select a cell and begin typing.

Correct Answer: 0"

In MS Excel, the smallest allowable column width is 0. Setting a column to 0 width effectively hides it from view.

Correct Answer: My documents

'My Documents' is a system folder for user files, while 'Display' and 'Date and time' are configuration applets within the Control Panel.

Correct Answer: Giga Byte

1,000 million bytes equates to 1,000,000,000 bytes, which in standard decimal storage terminology is exactly one Gigabyte (GB).

Correct Answer: 45

1 field requires 300 cattle-days (15 x 20). 3 fields require 900 cattle-days. For 20 cattle, it takes 900 / 20 = 45 days.

Correct Answer: 33

Solving (3x - 9) / (5x - 9) = 12/23 yields x = 11. The smaller number is 3x, so 3 * 11 = 33.

Correct Answer: 75%

Let the third number be 100. The first is 160 and the second is 120. The percentage is (120 / 160) * 100 = 75%.

Correct Answer: 4

The sum of the six numbers is 24. Average = Total Sum / Total Items = 24 / 6 = 4.

Correct Answer: 4.55 feet

Total initial height = 14 * 5.3 = 74.2 ft. New total height = 15 * 5.25 = 78.75 ft. Height of new boy = 78.75 - 74.2 = 4.55 ft.

Correct Answer: 0.9

Solving for x: x = 0.009 / 0.01. Moving the decimal two places to the right gives x = 0.9.

Correct Answer: 47.95

Summing the numbers gives 3901.952 - x = 3854.002. Solving for x yields 3901.952 - 3854.002 = 47.95.

Correct Answer: 35.2 cm

Area = πr² = 98.56 gives r = 5.6 cm. Circumference = 2πr = 2 * (22/7) * 5.6 = 35.2 cm.

Correct Answer: Humility

Abasement means the action or fact of abasing or being abased; degradation or humiliation, making 'Humility' its closest synonym here.

Correct Answer: Weak

Fragile describes something that is easily broken or damaged, making 'weak' an appropriate synonym.

Correct Answer: Adjective

The word modifies the noun 'part,' making it an adjective in this context.

Correct Answer: Conjunction

'But' is a coordinating conjunction used to connect ideas that contrast.

Correct Answer: mutton : sheep

Pork is the culinary name for the meat of a pig, just as mutton is the culinary name for the meat of a sheep.

Correct Answer: censor : play

Filtering water removes unwanted impurities. Similarly, censoring a play removes objectionable material.

Correct Answer: Upper half of the front page of newspaper

'Above the fold' is a graphic design and journalism term for the upper half of a newspaper's front page, visible when folded.

Correct Answer: Lazy person

A 'couch potato' is a person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television.

Correct Answer: run over

The sentence is in the passive voice, requiring the past participle form of the verb. The past participle of 'run' is 'run'.

Correct Answer: Gerund

A gerund is a non-finite verb form ending in '-ing' that functions syntactically as a noun.

Correct Answer: for

The correct preposition to indicate someone acting on behalf of or selecting an item intended for someone else is 'for'.

Correct Answer: has been living

The present perfect continuous tense ('has been living') is used to describe an action that started in the past ('since 1995') and continues up to the present.

Correct Answer: He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.

When changing to indirect speech, 'said to' becomes 'told' and the present perfect tense 'have told' shifts to the past perfect tense 'had told'.

Correct Answer: Ali asked how long it would take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

In indirect speech, the interrogative sentence structure changes to an assertive form, and 'will' changes to 'would'.

Correct Answer: I asked him why he was working so hard.

The reported speech question shifts from the present continuous to the past continuous, and the word order becomes assertive (subject before verb).

Correct Answer: دستوئیفسکی

یہ مشہور روسی مصنف فیودر دستوئیفسکی کے پہلے ناول 'Poor Folk' کا اردو ترجمہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: احمد ندیم قاسمی

چوپال احمد ندیم قاسمی کے مشہور افسانوں کا اولین مجموعہ ہے، جو دیہی زندگی کی عکاسی کرتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: الطاف حسین حالی

حیات سعدی، مشہور فارسی شاعر شیخ سعدی کی سوانح عمری ہے جسے مولانا الطاف حسین حالی نے تصنیف کیا۔

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

مسجد قرطبہ علامہ محمد اقبال کی ایک انتہائی مشہور اور شاہکار نظم ہے جو مجموعہ کلام 'بال جبریل' میں شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: سرسید احمد خان

الطاف حسین حالی نے اپنی مشہور طویل نظم 'مسدس مد و جزر اسلام' (مسدس حالی) سرسید احمد خان کی فرمائش پر لکھی تھی۔

Correct Answer: ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

یہ تینوں الفاظ (اساتذہ، قمیض، حیرانی) اردو میں درست اور مستعمل سمجھے جاتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: اسم ظرف مکاں

قواعد (Grammar) کی رو سے وہ اسم جو کسی جگہ یا مقام کو ظاہر کرے، اسے اسم ظرف مکاں کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: مولوی عبدالحق

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

Correct Answer: بٹہ

'آبرو پر بٹہ لگانا' اردو کا ایک عام محاورہ ہے جس کا مطلب بدنام کرنا یا عزت خاک میں ملانا ہے۔

Correct Answer: عربی

لفظ رباعی عربی زبان سے ماخوذ ہے جس کا مطلب 'چار والا' ہے، اور یہ چار مصرعوں پر مشتمل صنف سخن ہے۔

Correct Answer: شام

قرآنِ پاک (سورۃ قریش) کے مطابق، قریش مکہ تجارت کی غرض سے گرمیوں میں شام اور سردیوں میں یمن کا سفر کرتے تھے۔

Correct Answer: ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

لعان کا واقعہ تاریخی طور پر صحابی حضرت ہلال بن امیہ اور حضرت عویمر عجلانی کے ساتھ پیش آیا، جو دیے گئے آپشنز کے جوڑوں میں درست طور پر یکجا نہیں۔

Correct Answer: عمر بن عبد العزير

حضرت عمر بن عبدالعزیزؒ کو ان کے عدل و انصاف اور حضرت عمر فاروقؓ جیسی طرزِ حکمرانی کی بدولت عمر ثانی (دوسرے عمر) کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: دو ہجری

غزوہ بدر اسلام کی پہلی بڑی جنگ تھی جو 17 رمضان 2 ہجری کو مدینہ کے مسلمانوں اور مکہ کے قریش کے درمیان لڑی گئی۔

Correct Answer: ملامت کرنے والا

نفس لوامہ وہ نفس ہے جو انسان کو گناہ یا غلطی کے بعد ملامت کرتا ہے، یعنی ضمیر کی آواز جو انسان کو توبہ پر آمادہ کرتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرفوع

علم الحدیث کی اصطلاح میں 'حدیث مرفوع' اس روایت کو کہتے ہیں جس کی سند براہ راست نبی کریم ﷺ تک پہنچتی ہو۔

Correct Answer: حضرت سلیمان

قرآنی روایات کے مطابق، اللہ تعالیٰ نے حضرت سلیمان علیہ السلام کو جنات پر قابو دیا تھا، جن کی مدد سے انہوں نے ہیکل (بیت المقدس) تعمیر کروایا۔

Correct Answer: بلقیس

حضرت سلیمان علیہ السلام کے دور کی ملکہ، جسے ملکہ سبا کہا جاتا ہے، ان کا اصلی نام بلقیس تھا۔