PPSC Assistant S&GAD Past Paper 2024 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and politician who led the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, establishing Soviet power.

Correct Answer: United States

The September 11 attacks in 2001 targeted the World Trade Center in New York City, United States.

Correct Answer: London

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in London, UK.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Correct Answer: Central Treaty Organization

CENTO originally stood for the Central Treaty Organization, formed in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the UK.

Correct Answer: 7

A standard basketball team roster consists of 12 players, with 5 on the court and 7 substitutes available on the bench under FIBA rules.

Correct Answer: 1914

Designed in 1913 by Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic flag was first officially presented and hoisted in Paris in 1914.

Correct Answer: Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers, making it the longest running event at the Olympics.

Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela served as the first democratically elected and first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Correct Answer: UK

Margaret Thatcher served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold that office.

Correct Answer: To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons

The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology while promoting cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Correct Answer: Linguist

Noam Chomsky is a highly influential American linguist, cognitive scientist, and social critic, often called the 'father of modern linguistics'.

Correct Answer: Acrophobia

Acrophobia is defined as an extreme or irrational fear of heights.

Correct Answer: Watch and Clocks

Switzerland is globally famous for its highly specialized precision manufacturing, particularly its luxury watch and clock industry.

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, recognized for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity in physics and chemistry.

Correct Answer: Abdus Salam

Dr. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.

Correct Answer: 17

Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17, becoming the youngest-ever Nobel laureate.

Correct Answer: US

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, located in Virginia.

Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam

Dawn was founded by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in October 1941 to serve as a mouthpiece for the Muslim League.

Correct Answer: Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman

The Six-Point Movement was a Bengali nationalist movement spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1966 for greater provincial autonomy.

Correct Answer: Abdur Rashid

Justice Mian Abdur Rashid administered the oath of office to Muhammad Ali Jinnah as Pakistan's first Governor-General on August 15, 1947.

Correct Answer: Hyderabad

Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang was an influential political figure and orator from the princely state of Hyderabad Deccan.

Correct Answer: To demand a separate Muslim state

Direct Action Day was announced by the Muslim League to show strength and assert the demand for a separate Muslim homeland, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1867

The Urdu-Hindi controversy erupted in 1867 in Banaras when prominent Hindus demanded that Hindi in the Devanagari script replace Urdu.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Muhammad Iqbal conceptualized the idea of a separate Muslim state in his famous 1930 Allahabad address, firmly supporting the Two-Nation Theory.

Correct Answer: Separate electorates

Under the Delhi Proposals, Muslim leaders led by Jinnah agreed to forgo separate electorates in favor of joint electorates with reserved seats.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

The Basic Democracies Order was promulgated by President Ayub Khan in 1959, creating a system of local government councils.

Correct Answer: Second

General Sir Douglas Gracey served as the second Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1948 to 1951.

Correct Answer: Captain Sarwar Shaheed

Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed was the first recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military gallantry award, for his valor during the 1948 war.

Correct Answer: 2010

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed in April 2010, largely restoring parliamentary democracy and provincial autonomy.

Correct Answer: Rehbar

Rehbar-I was the first sounding rocket launched by Pakistan's space agency, SUPARCO, in June 1962.

Correct Answer: 1952

Pakistan's largest natural gas field was discovered at Sui in Balochistan in 1952.

Correct Answer: 1997

The M-2 Motorway connecting Lahore and Islamabad was inaugurated in November 1997 by the then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Correct Answer: USA

Following the 9/11 attacks, Pakistan aligned with the United States in its Global War on Terror.

Correct Answer: Moti Masjid

Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) is a 17th-century religious building located inside the Lahore Fort, built by Emperor Shah Jahan.

Correct Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic suspension bridge connecting San Francisco to Marin County, California.

Correct Answer: Pisa

The famous Leaning Tower is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa.

Correct Answer: Egypt

The most famous ancient pyramids, including the Great Pyramid of Giza, are located in Egypt.

Correct Answer: Rasul

Rasul Barrage is situated on the Jhelum River in Punjab, while Jinnah, Guddu, and Chashma are built across the Indus River.

Correct Answer: Sakesar

Sakesar is the highest mountain peak of the Salt Range in the Pothohar region of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier, located in the eastern Karakoram range, is the highest and longest glacier in the region.

Correct Answer: 3

Pakistan currently operates three major commercial seaports: Karachi Port, Port Qasim, and Gwadar Port.

Correct Answer: United States

The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah.

Correct Answer: Khumbu Glacier

The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Mount Everest region of the Himalayas and is considered the highest glacier in the world.

Correct Answer: Indian

Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, located centrally in the Indian Ocean.

Correct Answer: Radioactivity

Marie Curie is renowned for her pioneering research and discovery in the field of radioactivity, a term she herself coined.

Correct Answer: Temperature

Celsius is an SI-derived unit used globally to measure and express temperature.

Correct Answer: Gravity

Gravity is the fundamental natural force by which physical bodies with mass—like the Earth—attract other objects toward their centers.

Correct Answer: Scattering

Rayleigh scattering causes shorter (blue) wavelengths of sunlight to scatter more effectively through Earth's atmosphere, making the sky appear blue.

Correct Answer: Brachial artery

The standard medical practice for measuring blood pressure is to place the cuff over the brachial artery in the upper arm.

Correct Answer: Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler published his three laws of planetary motion between 1609 and 1619, fundamentally describing the orbits of planets around the Sun.

Correct Answer: Anthracite

Anthracite is the hardest and highest-ranking coal variety, known for having the highest carbon content and lowest impurities.

Correct Answer: Marine Biology

Marine biology is the scientific study of marine life, organisms, and ecosystems found in oceans and other saltwater environments.

Correct Answer: Christopher Latham Sholes

Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who developed the first commercially successful typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard layout.

Correct Answer: Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds, a Finnish-American software engineer, created and first released the Linux kernel in 1991.

Correct Answer: Home tab

In Microsoft PowerPoint, the 'New Slide' button is primarily located on the Home tab (and also available via the Insert tab).

Correct Answer: Ctrl+Shift++

In MS Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift++ (Control, Shift, and Plus sign) turns on the superscript format.

Correct Answer: To preview and control the slide show

The Slide Show tab provides tools to set up, start, control, and preview a presentation as the audience will view it.

Correct Answer: Hardware

Computer hardware refers to all the physical, tangible components and devices that make up a computer system.

Correct Answer: Spam

Unsolicited, bulk electronic junk mail is widely referred to as spam.

Correct Answer: 0.00006

Multiplying 0.003 (3 decimal places) by 0.02 (2 decimal places) yields 0.00006, which requires 5 decimal places.

Correct Answer: 10

The total number of segments or portions is the sum of the ratio parts: 4 + 6 = 10.

Correct Answer: 2:21

Convert feet to inches: 7 feet * 12 = 84 inches. The ratio is 8:84. Dividing by 4 gives 2:21.

Correct Answer: -50

This is an arithmetic progression where a = 20 and d = -5. The 15th term is a + 14d = 20 + 14(-5) = 20 - 70 = -50.

Correct Answer: 135 m

The total distance = Initial drop + 2*(Sum of infinite bounces). Total distance = 27 + 2 * (18 / (1 - 2/3)) = 27 + 2 * (54) = 135 meters.

Correct Answer: 114

Let numbers be x and y. x + y = 25, x - y = 13. Solving gives x = 19, y = 6. Their product is 19 * 6 = 114.

Correct Answer: (2x-5)/(x-3)

The numerator simplifies as: (x^2 - 4x + 4) - (x^2 - 6x + 9) = 2x - 5. Placing it over the denominator yields (2x-5)/(x-3).

Correct Answer: 80

To maintain an 80% average across 4 subjects, the total marks needed are 320. The sum of the first three is 240. He needs 320 - 240 = 80 in the fourth subject.

Correct Answer: the door

'Keep the wolf from the door' is an English idiom meaning to have enough money to avert hunger or starvation.

Correct Answer: A sudden and unexpected event

The phrase describes an event that happens suddenly and without warning, like a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky.

Correct Answer: Interjection

Words used to express strong emotion or sudden feeling, like 'Hey!', are classified as interjections.

Correct Answer: Suitable

'Befit' means to be appropriate or suited to something; hence, 'suitable' is its exact synonym.

Correct Answer: Fashion

The word 'vogue' means the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time.

Correct Answer: Take into account

The Urdu idiom 'لحوظ خاطر رکھنا' translates to keeping something in consideration or 'taking into account'.

Correct Answer: I usually go to Emporium Mall on Wednesday.

Proper nouns, such as the names of specific places (Emporium Mall) and days of the week (Wednesday), must be capitalized.

Correct Answer: of

In standard testing English in the subcontinent, 'cheque of' is often accepted, although 'cheque for' is the most accurate British English usage. The designated answer is 'of'.

Correct Answer: One should do one's duty.

When the pronoun 'one' is used as a subject, the possessive adjective must strictly be 'one's'.

Correct Answer: the bus station is

In an embedded/indirect question, the word order changes back to standard statement order (subject + verb): 'the bus station is'.

Correct Answer: ادھار محبت کی قینچی ہے

'To owe is to woe' means debt brings misery. Its closest conceptual equivalent in Urdu implies lending/borrowing cuts love.

Correct Answer: Established

Dissolution refers to the closing down or dismissal of an assembly or partnership. Thus, an antonym representing creation is 'Established'.

Correct Answer: Waseem said that if he worked hard, he would succeed.

When changing to indirect speech, first-person pronouns change to third-person, and present tense verbs backshift to past tense.

Correct Answer: Reserved : Speak

A miser is hesitant or unwilling to spend money, just as a reserved person is hesitant or unwilling to speak freely.

Correct Answer: استاد ماننا

اردو محاورے میں 'بایاں پاؤں پوجنا' سے مراد کسی کی بہت زیادہ عزت کرنا اور اسے اپنا استاد یا مرشد تسلیم کرنا ہے۔

Correct Answer: چمک آنا

اردو میں تلوار یا آنکھوں کے حوالے سے 'آب آنا' محاورتاً چمک پیدا ہونے یا تیزی آنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: دیوان حالی

مولانا الطاف حسین حالی نے اردو تنقید کی پہلی باقاعدہ کتاب 'مقدمہ شعر و شاعری' کو اصلاً اپنے 'دیوان حالی' کے طویل دیباچے کے طور پر تحریر کیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: پانچ

مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب کا اردو دیوان ان کی حیات میں کل پانچ بار باقاعدہ شائع ہوا۔

Correct Answer: مرزا محمد احسن قتیل

اردو قواعد پر پہلی باقاعدہ کتاب 'دریائے لطافت' میر انشا اللہ خان انشا اور مرزا محمد احسن قتیل کی مشترکہ فارسی تصنیف ہے۔

Correct Answer: سترہ

محمد قلی قطب شاہ اردو کے پہلے صاحب دیوان شاعر ہیں، جنہوں نے اپنے کلام میں تقریباً 17 مختلف تخلص استعمال کیے۔

Correct Answer: سدا عیش دوراں دکھاتا نہیں ہے

درست املاء 'سدا عیش' ہے (سدا بمعنی ہمیشہ، عیش بمعنی خوشی)۔

Correct Answer: مرکب تابع مہمل

گرامر کی رو سے، ایسا مرکب جس میں ایک بامعنی لفظ کے ساتھ دوسرا بے معنی لفظ (جیسے روٹی ووٹی میں ووٹی) استعمال ہو، اسے مرکب تابع مہمل کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: دو

اسم ظرف کی دو بڑی اقسام ہیں: ظرف زماں (وقت کے لیے) اور ظرف مکاں (جگہ کے لیے)۔

Correct Answer: زہرہ

علم نجوم اور قدیم شاعری میں سیارہ 'زہرہ' (Venus) کو فلک کی رقاصہ یا مطربہ فلک کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: 10 ہجری

نبی کریم ﷺ نے اپنی زندگی کا واحد اور آخری حج، جسے حجة الوداع بھی کہا جاتا ہے، 10 ہجری میں ادا فرمایا۔

Correct Answer: امیہ بن خلف

اسلام قبول کرنے سے قبل سیدنا بلال رضی اللہ عنہ مکہ کے ظالم سردار امیہ بن خلف کے غلام تھے۔ بعد ازاں حضرت ابوبکر ؓ نے انہیں خرید کر آزاد کر دیا۔

Correct Answer: حضرت ابو ایوب انصاری رضی اللہ عنہ

مشہور صحابی رسول حضرت ابو ایوب انصاری ؓ کا مزار ترکی کے شہر استنبول میں واقع ہے، جو قسطنطنیہ کے محاصرے کے دوران شہید ہوئے تھے۔

Correct Answer: سورة النور

قرآن مجید کی سورہ النور میں زنا کی سزا (حد زنا) اور پاک دامن عورتوں پر جھوٹی تہمت لگانے (حد قذف) کے احکامات تفصیل سے بیان ہوئے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: سورة العلق

غار حرا میں نبی کریم ﷺ پر سب سے پہلی وحی سورۃ العلق کی ابتدائی پانچ آیات کی صورت میں نازل ہوئی تھی۔

Correct Answer: مکہ

جنت المعلیٰ مکہ مکرمہ کا قدیم اور تاریخی قبرستان ہے، جہاں ام المومنین حضرت خدیجہ ؓ سمیت کئی جلیل القدر ہستیاں مدفون ہیں۔

Correct Answer: 700

جنگ احد کے لیے مدینہ سے ایک ہزار کا لشکر نکلا تھا، لیکن عبداللہ بن ابی کی منافقت کے بعد صرف 700 مسلمان میدانِ جنگ میں پہنچے۔

Correct Answer: جنگ بدر

سریہ نخلہ میں عمرو بن حضرمی کا قتل کفار مکہ اور مسلمانوں کے درمیان جنگ بدر کا ایک اہم محرک اور فوری سبب بنا۔