PPSC Zakat & Ushr Department Assistant (BS-16) Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: 6

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consists of six Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.

Correct Answer: 12

The Human Security Network (HSN) consists of 12 member countries, including Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Thailand.

Correct Answer: Capital Structure

Capital structure refers to the specific mix of debt and equity used to finance a company's overall operations and growth.

Correct Answer: Denmark

Kronborg Castle is situated in Helsingør, Denmark, and is famous worldwide as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.

Correct Answer: San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge is a famous suspension bridge connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California.

Correct Answer: Santiago

Santiago is the capital and largest city of Chile, situated in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes and the Chilean Coast Range.

Correct Answer: Germany

The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I between the Allied Powers and Germany.

Correct Answer: 1215

King John of England sealed the Magna Carta in June 1215 at Runnymede, laying the foundation for the principle that everyone is subject to the law.

Correct Answer: 116th

The 116th United States Congress met from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2021, covering the year 2020.

Correct Answer: UN Convention on Persons with disabilities

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened for signature in 2007 and had 82 signatories on its opening day, the highest in UN history.

Correct Answer: America

The United States remains the world's largest exporter of arms and military equipment, accounting for a major share of global arms transfers.

Correct Answer: Human Error

In January 2020, Iran's military admitted to unintentionally shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 due to 'human error'.

Correct Answer: Malaysia

North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia in March 2021 over the extradition of a North Korean citizen to the United States.

Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia

The gold-plated Kalashnikov and bullets were gifted to former Prime Minister Imran Khan by Saudi Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Correct Answer: UAE

The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pardoned 572 Pakistani prisoners as a gesture of goodwill during Ramadan in 2019.

Correct Answer: None of these

As of April 2024, the current Deputy Chairman of the Senate is Syedaal Khan Nasar. Earlier figures included Saleem Mandviwalla and Mirza Muhammad Afridi.

Correct Answer: Sultan Sikandar Raja

Sikandar Sultan Raja was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan in January 2020.

Correct Answer: 326 B.C

Alexander defeated King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes (Jhelum River) in 326 B.C.

Correct Answer: None of these

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of India, historically visited Minar-e-Pakistan in February 1999.

Correct Answer: 26 February 2019

On February 26, 2019, Indian warplanes crossed the Line of Control and dropped payloads in the Balakot area of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Ferozpur-Qasur

The Ganda Singh Wala border connects Kasur in Pakistan with Firozpur in India.

Correct Answer: 31 May 2018

President Mamnoon Hussain signed the 25th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law on May 31, 2018, officially merging FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: Asif Zardari

The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed in April 2010 during the presidency of Asif Ali Zardari, devolving several powers to the provinces.

Correct Answer: National Archives Islamabad

The National Archives of Pakistan in Islamabad preserves important historical documents, including the personal letters and papers of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Mamluk dynasty and the first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, died while playing polo and is buried in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore.

Correct Answer: 2010

The Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) was officially promulgated in Pakistan in 2010 to prevent money laundering and combat terrorism financing.

Correct Answer: Jinnah

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah rejected the Nehru Report of 1928 as it ignored Muslim rights, responding later with his famous 'Fourteen Points'.

Correct Answer: Three

There were three Round Table Conferences held in London between 1930 and 1932 to discuss constitutional reforms in India.

Correct Answer: 1857

The great uprising against British East India Company rule, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the War of Independence, began in 1857.

Correct Answer: Yahya Khan

General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan served as the third President of Pakistan from 1969 until the fall of Dhaka in 1971.

Correct Answer: Iran

Iran was the first sovereign nation to officially recognize Pakistan as an independent state after its creation in 1947.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased the Gwadar enclave from the Sultanate of Oman for $3 million in 1958.

Correct Answer: None of these

The Thar Desert is the largest desert in Pakistan and the largest subtropical desert in Asia.

Correct Answer: Bannu-Ghazni

The Tochi Pass connects Bannu in Pakistan with Ghazni in Afghanistan.

Correct Answer: Indus-Jhelum

The Sindh Sagar Doab is the tract of land lying between the Indus River and the Jhelum River in Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Glucose

The brain relies almost exclusively on glucose as its primary source of energy to function properly.

Correct Answer: Erythrocyte

Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, contain hemoglobin which binds to oxygen and carries it throughout the body.

Correct Answer: Nuclear

Nuclear energy, bound by the strong nuclear force within atoms, is incredibly dense and the strongest fundamental source of energy listed.

Correct Answer: Carbon

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.

Correct Answer: Graphite

The 'lead' in pencils is actually a mixture of graphite (a form of carbon) and clay.

Correct Answer: Galvanizing

Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron to prevent rusting.

Correct Answer: Sphenopsids

Sphenopsids (like horsetails) are often called arthrophytes due to their distinctly jointed stems.

Correct Answer: Diamond

Diamond is the hardest known natural substance on Earth, scoring a 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

Correct Answer: Altimeter

An altimeter is a tool used primarily in aircraft to measure altitude above a fixed level, such as sea level.

Correct Answer: None of these

HIV/AIDS, measles, and influenza are all viral diseases caused by viruses. Therefore, none of the options are non-viral.

Correct Answer: Nutrient Cycle

A nutrient cycle is a repeated pathway of a particular nutrient or element from the environment through one or more organisms and back to the environment.

Correct Answer: None of these

Actually, a space between ranges like 'B1 B2' acts as an intersection operator in Excel, making it a technically valid (though niche) expression.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+A

Ctrl+A is the universal keyboard shortcut in Windows to select all text or items in a document or window.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+E

Ctrl+E is the standard shortcut used in Microsoft Word to center align the selected text.

Correct Answer: All of these

Microsoft PowerPoint supports animations, video embedding, and audio tracks to create multimedia presentations.

Correct Answer: Page Orientation

Orientation refers to the direction in which a document is displayed or printed, with Portrait being vertical and Landscape being horizontal.

Correct Answer: None of these

A web browser (like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge) is the application software used to access and view webpages, which is not listed in the options.

Correct Answer: Keyboard

The numeric keypad, or numpad, is the palm-sized, 17-key section of a standard computer keyboard, usually on the far right.

Correct Answer: Cathode Ray Tube

CRT stands for Cathode Ray Tube, a vacuum tube containing electron guns used in older computer monitors and televisions.

Correct Answer: 1024 Bytes

In computing, one Kilobyte (KB) is traditionally equal to 1,024 bytes (2^10 bytes).

Correct Answer: Cut and Paste

Cutting removes the text from its original location, and pasting inserts it at the new location, effectively moving it.

Correct Answer: X/CS

Total cans needed per week is C * S. To find the number of weeks X cans will last, you divide total cans (X) by cans needed per week (CS), giving X/CS.

Correct Answer: 04

Using a^2 - b^2 = (a-b)(a+b), the term (2.39-1.61) cancels out, leaving 2.39 + 1.61 = 4.

Correct Answer: 14

Substitute P=8 and Q=2 into the expression: 8 + 2 + (8/2) = 10 + 4 = 14.

Correct Answer: 3.875

log_5(512) = log(512)/log(5) = log(2^9)/log(10/2) = 9log(2)/(1-log(2)). Using log(2) = 0.301 gives (9*0.301)/0.699 = 2.709/0.699 ≈ 3.875.

Correct Answer: 5%

Difference in principal = 800 - 400 = 400. Interest on 400 for 2 years = Rs 40. Formula: I = PRT/100 → 40 = (400*R*2)/100 → 40 = 8R → R = 5%.

Correct Answer: 09

Using formula M1*D1/W1 = M2*D2/W2 → (21*15)/1400 = (M2*20)/800 → M2 = (21*15*800)/(1400*20) → M2 = 9.

Correct Answer: 75

Total food = 200 * 60 = 12,000 man-days. If men reduce to 160, days = 12000 / 160 = 75 days.

Correct Answer: 168/11

12M = 15W → 4M = 5W. Work needed by 7M + 5W = 7M + 4M = 11M. 12M take 14 days, so 11M take (12*14)/11 = 168/11 days.

Correct Answer: 23/99

Let x = 0.232323. Multiplying by 100 gives 100x = 23.232323. Subtracting x yields 99x = 23, so x = 23/99.

Correct Answer: 4m

Using cosine: cos(60°) = Base / Hypotenuse → 1/2 = 2 / L → L = 4m.

Correct Answer: to

The correct preposition to use with 'admitted' when referring to an institution is 'to'.

Correct Answer: Looking into

'Looking into' is a phrasal verb meaning to investigate a situation, which is what police do with accidents.

Correct Answer: Has

When two nouns refer to the same person ('my friend and benefactor'), a singular verb ('has') is used.

Correct Answer: Another

'Another' is used with singular countable nouns to refer to one more person or thing of the same type.

Correct Answer: None of these

The idiom 'pull your socks up' means to make a greater effort to improve one's behavior or performance, which isn't exactly matched by the options.

Correct Answer: Malevolent

'Benign' means gentle, kind, or non-harmful. Its direct opposite is 'malevolent', meaning having or showing a wish to do evil.

Correct Answer: Fading

'Blooming' implies flourishing or thriving, so 'fading', which means losing freshness or strength, is its antonym.

Correct Answer: Withheld

To transmit means to send or pass along. To withhold (or 'withheld' in past tense) means to keep back or refuse to give.

Correct Answer: No more can be contained in the box.

In passive voice, the object 'no more' becomes the subject, 'can contain' changes to 'can be contained', and 'the box' becomes the object of the preposition 'in'.

Correct Answer: None of these

The grammatically correct passive transformation is 'Is what I mean understood by you?', which is absent or syntactically broken in the given options.

Correct Answer: The arm of the injured man was bandaged by the doctor.

The object 'the arm of the injured man' becomes the subject, and the past tense verb 'bandaged' becomes 'was bandaged'.

Correct Answer: Omnivore : Beetle

The relationship is Animal : Diet type (though the correct syntax should be Beetle: Omnivore). A lion is a carnivore, just as many beetles belong to omnivorous groups.

Correct Answer: Pronoun

'Himself' is a reflexive pronoun used to refer back to the subject of the clause.

Correct Answer: even if

'Even if' correctly introduces a concessive clause, indicating that the action (taking a taxi) should happen regardless of the condition (it being expensive).

Correct Answer: Compound

A compound sentence connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like 'or'.

Correct Answer: driving

The verb 'mind' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing). Therefore, 'driving' is correct.

Correct Answer: ڈاکٹر جمیل جالبی

ارسطو سے ایلیٹ تک (Aristotle to Eliot) ڈاکٹر جمیل جالبی کی مشہور تنقیدی کتاب ہے۔

Correct Answer: خدیجہ مستور

'آنگن' خدیجہ مستور کا شاہکار ناول ہے جو تقسیمِ ہند کے پس منظر میں لکھا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: عصمت اللہ خان

یہ مجموعہ عصمت اللہ خان کی تصنیف ہے۔

Correct Answer: نسیم حجازی

'خاک اور خون' نسیم حجازی کا مشہور تاریخی ناول ہے جس میں برصغیر کی تقسیم کے خونی واقعات بیان کیے گئے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: عبد الحلیم شرر

'فردوس بریں' عبدالحلیم شرر کا معروف تاریخی ناول ہے جو فرقہ باطنیہ کے گرد گھومتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: خیر

شر کا مطلب برائی ہے، اور اس کا الٹ یا متضاد 'خیر' (بھلائی) ہے۔

Correct Answer: مطلع

غزل یا قصیدے کا پہلا شعر جس کے دونوں مصرعے ہم قافیہ و ہم ردیف ہوں، مطلع کہلاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: غیر مردف

ایسی غزل یا نظم جس میں ردیف نہ ہو صرف قافیہ ہو، اسے 'غیر مردف' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: پڑھانا

'الٹی پٹی پڑھانا' ایک محاورہ ہے جس کا مطلب ہے کسی کو غلط بات سمجھانا یا بہکانا۔

Correct Answer: تلمیح

اس شعر میں حضرت اسماعیل علیہ السلام کی قربانی کے واقعے کی طرف اشارہ کیا گیا ہے، جس صنف کو تلمیح کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: سورہ الصف

نبی کریم ﷺ کا مبارک نام 'احمد' قرآن مجید کی سورہ الصف (آیت 6) میں حضرت عیسیٰ علیہ السلام کی بشارت کے ذکر میں آیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: تین

قرآنِ پاک میں نفس کی تین نمایاں اقسام بیان کی گئی ہیں: نفسِ امارہ، نفسِ لوامہ اور نفسِ مطمئنہ۔

Correct Answer: چھ

قرآن مجید کی 6 سورتیں 'الم' سے شروع ہوتی ہیں: البقرہ، آل عمران، العنکبوت، الروم، لقمان اور السجدہ۔

Correct Answer: پہلی اور آخری وحی کے درمیان کے وقت کو

فترت الوحی سے مراد وہ درمیانی وقفہ ہے جب نزولِ وحی کا سلسلہ عارضی طور پر منقطع ہو گیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: بڑھئی

روایات اور تاریخی حوالوں کے مطابق حضرت عیسیٰ علیہ السلام کا پیشہ بڑھئی (نجار) کا تھا۔

Correct Answer: مکہ کو

ام القریٰ (بستیوں کی ماں) مکہ مکرمہ کا ایک مشہور قرآنی نام ہے۔

Correct Answer: دس سال

صلح حدیبیہ کے معاہدے میں مسلمانوں اور قریشِ مکہ کے درمیان 10 سال کے لیے جنگ بندی طے پائی تھی۔

Correct Answer: کھائی کھودنے والے

قرآن کی سورہ البروج میں 'اصحاب الاخدود' (کھائیوں والے) کا ذکر ہے جنہوں نے خندقوں میں آگ جلا کر اہلِ ایمان کو زندہ جلا دیا تھا۔