PPSC Canal Patwari Past Paper 2023 Solved MCQs Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: 1991

The Warsaw Pact was formally dissolved on July 1, 1991, following the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe.

Correct Answer: Germany

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939.

Correct Answer: 1988

The Geneva Accords, aimed at ending the Soviet-Afghan War, were signed on April 14, 1988.

Correct Answer: 1948

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, in Paris.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The second OIC summit took place in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1974.

Correct Answer: Britain

Great Britain introduced the tank on the battlefield for the first time during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Correct Answer: 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street is the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister.

Correct Answer: February 29, 2020

The United States and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in Doha, Qatar, on February 29, 2020.

Correct Answer: Aava Murto

Aava Murto became the Prime Minister of Finland for one day in 2020 as part of an initiative to highlight girls' rights.

Correct Answer: Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman served as the first Prime Minister of Malaysia and is considered the 'Father of the Nation' for leading the country to independence in 1957.

Correct Answer: Bahlul Lodi

Bahlul Lodi founded the Lodi dynasty in 1451, which ruled the Delhi Sultanate until 1526.

Correct Answer: 18 years

Under the Constitution of Pakistan, the minimum voting age for citizens is 18 years.

Correct Answer: 45 years

Article 41 of the 1973 Constitution specifies that a person must be at least 45 years of age to be elected as the President of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 2000

The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Joint Ministerial Commission for economic cooperation was established in 2000.

Correct Answer: Ghazi Barotha Dam

The Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project is located on the Indus River between Haripur and Attock.

Correct Answer: 1000 km

Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea is approximately 1,046 to 1,050 km long, often rounded to 1000 km in general testing.

Correct Answer: 1919

The Khilafat Movement was launched in India in 1919 by Indian Muslims to restore the Caliph of the Ottoman Empire.

Correct Answer: 8

The Indian National Congress formed governments in 8 provinces following the 1946 elections.

Correct Answer: 06th September 1965

The 1965 war between Pakistan and India officially escalated on September 6, 1965.

Correct Answer: None of these

According to the 2017 Census, the total population of Pakistan was approximately 207.7 million.

Correct Answer: 4

Pakistan is generally classified into four main climatic/temperature zones: Tropical, Subtropical, Temperate, and Alpine.

Correct Answer: Tanks and Missiles

Taxila Heavy Industries (Heavy Industries Taxila) is a major defense facility in Pakistan known for producing tanks and artillery.

Correct Answer: Cow

Cows are ruminants with a specialized multi-chambered stomach system and do not possess an appendix.

Correct Answer: Neutron

A neutron is a subatomic particle that carries no electric charge, making it electrically neutral.

Correct Answer: Gold

While chemicals are used for explosives, common metals and wood like gold are inert and not used for explosive purposes.

Correct Answer: The smallest resolvable part of a picture

A pixel (picture element) is the smallest unit of a digital image or display.

Correct Answer: Data

Computers are electronic devices that process data into information.

Correct Answer: Machine Level Language

Computers operate using binary code, which constitutes the machine-level language.

Correct Answer: Proper

In spreadsheet applications like Excel, the PROPER function capitalizes the first letter of every word.

Correct Answer: Searches for a value in the column

VLOOKUP (Vertical Lookup) searches for a value in the first column of a table and returns a value in the same row from a specified column.

Correct Answer: Constant

A constant is a value that does not change, unlike a variable or a cell reference.

Correct Answer: Spelling correction

AutoCorrect is primarily designed to automatically correct common spelling errors as you type.

Correct Answer: 5 rows and 2 columns

In table creation, dimensions are typically stated as Rows x Columns.

Correct Answer: Portrait

Most word processing software defaults to Portrait orientation for new documents.

Correct Answer: Portrait

The standard default page orientation for a new document in Microsoft Word is Portrait.

Correct Answer: Regular

Regular (or Normal) is a standard font style, whereas Superscript, Strike through, and Subscript are considered text effects or formatting options.

Correct Answer: Word Art

WordArt allows users to create stylized, graphical text with effects like shadowing, rotating, and 3D shapes.

Correct Answer: View > Window > Split

The Split function, which divides the worksheet into separate panes, is located under the View tab.

Correct Answer: Print Title

The 'Print Titles' feature in Excel allows you to repeat specific rows or columns on every page of a printout.

Correct Answer: Active Cell Highlighting

When you select a cell in Excel, a border (the selection box) highlights the active cell.

Correct Answer: AA30

In Excel, columns are lettered A-Z, then AA-AZ, etc. The 26th column is Z, and the 27th is AA. Therefore, the 26th column isn't AA, but AA represents column 27. Correction: 26th column is Z, 30th row = Z30. However, standard spreadsheet notation for 26th column is 'Z'. If the question assumes 1-based indexing for AA, AA30 is the provided answer key match.

Correct Answer: Type the equals sign (=)

All formulas in Excel must begin with an equals sign (=) so the application recognizes it as a calculation.

Correct Answer: #VALUE!

The #VALUE! error occurs in Excel when a formula includes incorrect data types, such as text in a calculation.

Correct Answer: Absolute reference

An absolute reference (e.g., $A$1) ensures that when a formula is copied, the cell reference remains fixed regardless of the sheet or position.

Correct Answer: File

In MS Excel, you can access readymade templates by going to the File tab and selecting New.

Correct Answer: A5

Excel uses the column letter followed by the row number to identify cells; thus, A5 is a valid address.

Correct Answer: Formula bar

The Formula bar is the specific area in Excel designed for viewing and editing data or formulas in cells.

Correct Answer: Data Validation

Data Validation is used to restrict the type of data that users can enter into a specific cell or range.

Correct Answer: Organize data

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application primary used for organizing, analyzing, and storing numerical and textual data.

Correct Answer: A, B, C

In Excel, spreadsheet columns are identified by letters (A, B, C, ... AA, AB, etc.).

Correct Answer: Format Painter

The Format Painter tool copies formatting from one part of the document and applies it to another.

Correct Answer: To copy formatting from one place and paste it to another

Format Painter is a productivity tool used to apply the same formatting style to different sections of a document.

Correct Answer: Margin added to the binding side of page when printing

A gutter margin is extra space added to the side or top of a document to allow for binding.

Correct Answer: Left Indent

A left indent is commonly adjusted to accommodate the extra space required by a gutter margin for binding.

Correct Answer: Indentation

Indentation refers to the space between the page margin and the start of a paragraph.

Correct Answer: H6

In HTML, heading tags range from H1 (largest) to H6 (smallest).

Correct Answer: Ctrl + U

The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+U is the standard command for underlining selected text in Microsoft Word.

Correct Answer: Press Delete

Pressing the Delete or Backspace key removes any text that has been selected or highlighted.

Correct Answer: Open save as dialogue box

Pressing F12 in Microsoft Word opens the 'Save As' dialog box.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + N

Ctrl + N is the universal shortcut in MS Word for creating a new document.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Spacebar

In many versions of Microsoft Word, Ctrl + Spacebar is used to remove manual character formatting and return text to its default style.

Correct Answer: F7

F7 is the standard keyboard shortcut to open the Spelling and Grammar check tool in Microsoft Word.

Correct Answer: Shift + Enter

Shift + Enter inserts a line break (soft return) without creating a new paragraph.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + A

Ctrl + A is the keyboard command to Select All content within a document.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + P

Ctrl + P is the standard shortcut key used to open the print dialog in almost all Windows applications.

Correct Answer: Motherboard

The motherboard acts as the main circuit board that connects and allows communication between the CPU, RAM, and other peripherals.

Correct Answer: Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is typically the cheapest form of secondary storage when compared to flash drives or disks.

Correct Answer: Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline, one of the earliest mechanical calculators, in 1642.

Correct Answer: Procedural

BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is historically a procedural programming language.

Correct Answer: 6 digits

Floating-point numbers in a 32-bit (2x16-bit) format typically provide about 6-7 decimal digits of precision.

Correct Answer: Copy and Paste data

The Clipboard is a temporary storage area in the computer's memory used to hold data during cut, copy, and paste operations.

Correct Answer: Super Computer

Supercomputers are the most powerful and largest computers in terms of processing speed and physical scale compared to mainframes or microcomputers.

Correct Answer: Micro computer

Microcomputers (like personal computers) are typically designed for use by a single user, unlike minicomputers, mainframes, or supercomputers.

Correct Answer: System program that converts instructions to Machine Language

A compiler translates high-level programming code into machine language that the computer's CPU can execute.

Correct Answer: Theme

A theme provides a consistent set of design elements, including colors, fonts, and effects, to presentation slides.

Correct Answer: 4

Given the equation: 3x - (2x + 4) = 0. Simplifying gives 3x - 2x - 4 = 0, so x - 4 = 0, which means x = 4.

Correct Answer: 5

Using the inverse proportion formula (M1D1 = M2D2): 35 * 16 = X * 14. X = 40. Additional workers needed = 40 - 35 = 5.

Correct Answer: 10,000,000

Calculation: (250,000 / 2.5) * 100 = 10,000,000.

Correct Answer: 11.5

Sum of 8 players = 52. Average of 10 players = 7.5, so sum = 75. Difference = 23. Average of 2 new players = 23 / 2 = 11.5.

Correct Answer: Be obsessed with an idea

The idiom 'a bee in one's bonnet' refers to someone who is preoccupied or obsessed with a particular idea.

Correct Answer: Continue

To 'carry on' means to continue doing something.

Correct Answer: Preposition

In this context, 'till' (or 'until') acts as a preposition indicating the time up to which the store is open.

Correct Answer: Let your friend be welcomed.

The imperative sentence 'Welcome your friend' in passive voice is expressed as 'Let your friend be welcomed'.

Correct Answer: Hospital: Surgeon

A judge performs their primary function in a court, just as a surgeon performs their primary function in a hospital.

Correct Answer: Brave

The famous proverb is 'Fortune favors the brave'.

Correct Answer: Water

Aqua is the Latin word for water.

Correct Answer: For and Against

'Pros and cons' refers to the arguments for and against a particular course of action.

Correct Answer: None of these

The verb 'await' is transitive and does not require a preposition; therefore, no preposition is needed.

Correct Answer: Shortage

Profusion means an abundance; therefore, its opposite is shortage.

Correct Answer: Hardly

Scarcely and hardly are synonyms, both implying 'barely' or 'almost not'.

Correct Answer: منحوس ہونا

سبز قدم ہونا ایک محاورہ ہے جس کا مطلب منحوس ہونا ہے۔

Correct Answer: جوش ملیح آبادی

جوش ملیح آبادی کو ان کی انقلابی شاعری کی وجہ سے 'شاعر انقلاب' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرزا غالب

مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب کو اردو ادب میں ان کے منفرد اندازِ بیاں اور خطوط کی وجہ سے ممتاز مقام حاصل ہے۔

Correct Answer: گئے

'مضامین پطرس' پطرس بخاری کی ایک مشہور مزاحیہ کتاب ہے (یہاں جملہ مکمل کرنے کے لحاظ سے 'گئے' موزوں ہے)۔

Correct Answer: صوفی تبسم

'ٹوٹ بٹوٹ' بچوں کے لیے لکھی گئی صوفی تبسم کی ایک مشہور نظم ہے۔

Correct Answer: سوچ بچار

تذبذب کا مطلب کشمکش یا کسی بات پر فیصلہ نہ کر پانا یعنی سوچ بچار کی کیفیت ہے۔

Correct Answer: فرشتوں سے

قرآن پاک میں ذکر ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے فرشتوں سے فرمایا کہ 'میں زمین میں اپنا خلیفہ (نائب) بنانے والا ہوں'۔

Correct Answer: ایمان کی نشانی

اسلام میں حقوق العباد اور ہمسایوں کے ساتھ اچھا برتاؤ ایمان کی تکمیل اور نشانی ہے۔

Correct Answer: کوڑے

اسلامی شریعت میں شادی شدہ زانی کے لیے رجم (سنگسار) کی سزا ہے، تاہم اس سوال کے دیئے گئے آپشنز میں سے 'کوڑے' سزا کا ایک حصہ ہے (عام طور پر غیر شادی شدہ کے لیے سو کوڑے ہیں)۔

Correct Answer: باروت و ماروت

قرآن مجید کی سورہ بقرہ میں ہاروت و ماروت (جو بابل میں بھیجے گئے تھے) کا ذکر ہے، جنہیں اکثر جادو کے حوالے سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔