PPSC Deputy Secretary/Controller of Examinations Past Paper 2023 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Profit

Profit is the financial gain realized when the revenue generated from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs, and taxes involved in sustaining the activity.

Correct Answer: 135 Cu Yd

In 45 minutes (2700 seconds), there are 67.5 intervals of 40 seconds. Multiplying 67.5 by 2 cubic yards equals 135 cubic yards.

Correct Answer: y+3

Using exponent rules, 2^x / 2^y = 2^(x-y). Thus, x-y = 3, which simplifies to x = y + 3.

Correct Answer: 33

Using the formula T_n = a + (n-1)d, where a=2, d=9, and T_n=290, we find 2 + (n-1)9 = 290, which results in n=33.

Correct Answer: 12

A's work = 1/4. A+C's work = 1/2, so C's work = 1/4. Since B+C = 1/3, B's work = 1/3 - 1/4 = 1/12. Thus, B takes 12 hours.

Correct Answer: 262

A number that remains the same when its digits are reversed is called a palindrome number.

Correct Answer: Agni-5

Agni-5 is an Indian nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range of over 5,000 kilometers.

Correct Answer: 2

Following the revocation of Article 370 in 2019, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganized, consisting of two administrative divisions: Jammu Division and Kashmir Division.

Correct Answer: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution and is widely recognized as its primary architect.

Correct Answer: US

General Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of WWII.

Correct Answer: 16

Angela Merkel served as the Chancellor of Germany for 16 years, from 2005 to 2021.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

The Scribe Hotel in Paris (now Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra) is owned by Pakistan International Airlines Investments Limited.

Correct Answer: All of these

Vision 2030 is a comprehensive strategic framework aimed at diversifying the Saudi economy and improving social and cultural sectors.

Correct Answer: 1999

The United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security was established in 1999 to promote the implementation of the human security concept.

Correct Answer: London

The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, is located in London.

Correct Answer: US

This statement was delivered by U.S. President George W. Bush in a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001.

Correct Answer: 1944

The IMF was conceived at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, though it officially began operations in 1945.

Correct Answer: United Nations Commission on Human Rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council was established by the UN General Assembly in 2006 to replace the Commission on Human Rights.

Correct Answer: None of these

The Great Mosque of Cordoba was commissioned by Abdul Rehman I in 784 CE, who is not listed in the options.

Correct Answer: US

The United States Constitution, ratified in 1788, is the world's oldest written national constitution currently in use.

Correct Answer: American National Standards Institute

ANSI is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products and services in the United States.

Correct Answer: The organizational mission

An organization's mission statement defines its core purpose, scope, and the fundamental reason for its existence.

Correct Answer: Management is a rigid process

Management is inherently flexible and dynamic, adapting to changing circumstances rather than being rigid.

Correct Answer: Long term plans

Top management is responsible for strategic planning, which focuses on long-term organizational goals and direction.

Correct Answer: The principles of management are in a continuous process of evolution

Management principles are not static; they evolve as business environments, technology, and organizational structures change.

Correct Answer: Group

Management is essentially a social process involving working with and through others in groups to achieve organizational goals.

Correct Answer: 1999

The Euro was introduced as an electronic currency in 1999, followed by the introduction of physical notes and coins in 2002.

Correct Answer: B2C

Business-to-Consumer (B2C) refers to electronic commerce where businesses sell products or services directly to consumers.

Correct Answer: Personal Identification Number

A PIN is a numeric password used for authentication, most commonly for bank cards or mobile devices.

Correct Answer: Fields can be added and deleted as needed

In database management systems, table structures are generally dynamic, allowing users to modify fields as requirements change.

Correct Answer: All of these

A primary key is a field that uniquely identifies a record, does not contain duplicate values, and is often implemented as an auto-number.

Correct Answer: Save the document with the same name

In most software applications, CTRL+S is the standard keyboard shortcut for saving changes to the currently open file.

Correct Answer: Authentication

Authentication is the process of confirming that a user is who they claim to be, typically using passwords, tokens, or biometrics.

Correct Answer: Attack

Cryptography protects data by transforming it into code, ensuring confidentiality and integrity against unauthorized access or attacks.

Correct Answer: Sound card and speakers

A sound card processes the audio signal, and speakers convert the signal into sound for the user to hear.

Correct Answer: Operating system

BIOS is firmware used to perform hardware initialization during the booting process before the operating system takes control.

Correct Answer: Inqalab

Ghulam Rasool Mehr was a prominent journalist and writer who edited the newspaper Inqalab.

Correct Answer: Hameed Nizami

Hameed Nizami founded the daily Nawa-i-Waqt in 1940, which played a pivotal role in the Pakistan Movement.

Correct Answer: Malik Riaz

Malik Riaz Hussain is a Pakistani business magnate who founded Bahria Town, the largest private real estate developer in Asia.

Correct Answer: Presidential

The 1962 Constitution of Pakistan introduced a presidential system with a strong executive and a weak legislature.

Correct Answer: Asif Ali Zardari

The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed by the Parliament and signed into law in 2010 when Asif Ali Zardari was the President of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: November 1985

The 8th Constitutional Amendment was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan in November 1985, significantly strengthening the powers of the President.

Correct Answer: G. Allana

G. Allana is the author of 'Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah: The Story of a Nation', a well-known biographical account of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: Dhaka

The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 in Dhaka; however, the initial meetings leading to its formation took place in late 1906.

Correct Answer: 1930

Allama Iqbal delivered his famous Allahabad Address in 1930 while presiding over the annual session of the All India Muslim League.

Correct Answer: Maternal and newborn health issues

PAIMAN was a project focused on reducing maternal and neonatal mortality through improved healthcare services.

Correct Answer: 1919

The Government of India Act 1919, also known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, introduced the system of Dyarchy in the provinces.

Correct Answer: 1901

The North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was created as a separate administrative province by Lord Curzon in 1901.

Correct Answer: China

The Karakoram Highway, often called the Eighth Wonder of the World, was built jointly by Pakistan and China.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Sadpara

Muhammad Ali Sadpara, along with two foreign climbers, went missing and was later declared deceased while attempting a winter ascent of K2.

Correct Answer: 1985

Muhammad Khan Junejo served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from March 1985 until May 1988.

Correct Answer: Syed Hassan Riaz

Syed Hassan Riaz authored 'Pakistan Was Inevitable', a significant book regarding the ideological background of the Pakistan Movement.

Correct Answer: Khushwant Singh

'Train to Pakistan' is a historical novel by Khushwant Singh, published in 1956, detailing the events of the Partition of 1947.

Correct Answer: Operation Searchlight

Operation Searchlight was a planned military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in March 1971 to suppress the Bengali nationalist movement.

Correct Answer: Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Kartarpur Corridor during his visit to Pakistan in February 2020.

Correct Answer: November 2019

The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 9, 2019.

Correct Answer: China

The WHO officially certified China as malaria-free in 2021 after it reported no indigenous cases for four consecutive years.

Correct Answer: Sweden & Finland

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, situated between Sweden and Finland.

Correct Answer: Canada

Canada possesses the longest coastline of any country in the world, spanning over 202,000 kilometers.

Correct Answer: Asia

Asia is the world's most populous continent, accounting for about 60% of the total human population.

Correct Answer: None of these

Namal Lake is located in Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

Pishin Valley is a well-known valley located in the Pishin District of Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Koh-e-Kirthar

The Kirthar Mountains are a mountain range in the Sindh and Baluchistan provinces, located in the southern part of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Burial and metamorphism of snow

Glaciers form when snow remains in the same area year-round, where enough snow accumulates to transform into ice through burial and pressure.

Correct Answer: Ocean

The marine or ocean ecosystem is the largest in the world, covering about 70% of the Earth's surface.

Correct Answer: Allotropic

Allotropy is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms in the same physical state (e.g., carbon as diamond or graphite).

Correct Answer: Red, Green & Blue

The primary colors of light in the additive color model (RGB) are Red, Green, and Blue.

Correct Answer: Winter

Hibernation is a state of metabolic depression and inactivity that many reptiles undergo during the winter to survive cold conditions and limited food.

Correct Answer: Epiphyte

An epiphyte is a plant that grows harmlessly upon another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain.

Correct Answer: Calcium

Note: While all these are typically micronutrients or macronutrients, among the listed, in many elementary botany contexts, this question may be flawed; however, all listed are generally essential. Given the source, we follow the provided key.

Correct Answer: Anther

The anther is the part of the stamen in flowering plants that contains and produces pollen.

Correct Answer: Water content

Water significantly reduces the internal friction of soil and rock material, making it the primary factor in triggering mass movements like landslides.

Correct Answer: Between

The preposition 'between' is used to indicate a range of time or space.

Correct Answer: in

The standard modern English usage is 'blind in one eye'.

Correct Answer: Cow: Herbivore

A cow is classified as an herbivore, which is a clear and correct classification analogy.

Correct Answer: Stative

Stative verbs (like 'know', 'believe', 'love') describe a state of being rather than a specific physical action.

Correct Answer: This news is not so good.

'News' is an uncountable noun in English, so it takes a singular verb ('is') and a singular determiner ('this').

Correct Answer: much obliged

'Much obliged' is the standard idiomatic expression for expressing gratitude.

Correct Answer: Pronoun

'Mine' is a possessive pronoun used to represent 'my friend'.

Correct Answer: will

The correct proverb is 'Where there is a will, there is a way'.

Correct Answer: Plenty

Abundance means a very large quantity or supply of something, which is synonymous with 'plenty'.

Correct Answer: over

To 'get over' an illness is a phrasal verb meaning to recover from it.

Correct Answer: تشبیہ

دل کو چراغ مفلس سے تشبیہ دی گئی ہے، لہذا یہ تشبیہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: آغا حشر کشمیری

آغا حشر کشمیری کو ان کی ڈرامہ نگاری کی مہارت کی وجہ سے اردو ڈرامے کا شیکسپیئر کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: خطوط

'عود ہندی' مرزا غالب کے خطوط کا مجموعہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: قصیدہ

قصیدے میں تشبیب کے بعد مدح کی طرف آنے والے حصے کو گریز کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: فردوسِ بریں

یہ کردار عبد الحلیم شرر کے تاریخی ناول 'فردوسِ بریں' سے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: مولانا محمد حسین آزاد

اردو کے برج بھاشا سے نکلنے کا نظریہ مولانا محمد حسین آزاد نے پیش کیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: ایک اور ایک گیارہ

'ایک اور ایک گیارہ' اس ضرب المثل کا صحیح روپ ہے جس کا مفہوم اتحاد کی طاقت ہے۔

Correct Answer: لاوارث

'آگے ناتھ نہ پیچھے پگھا' کا مطلب ہے جس کا کوئی نہ ہو، یعنی لاوارث یا آزاد ہونا۔

Correct Answer: لمبا سفر کرنا

'زمین کا گز ہونا' محاورتاً بہت لمبے سفر کرنے کو کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: مصطفی زیدی

یہ شعر مصطفی زیدی کا ہے۔

Correct Answer: حضرت ابوبکر صدیق

حضرت ابوبکر صدیق رضی اللہ عنہ کا نام زمانہ جاہلیت میں عبد الکعبہ تھا۔

Correct Answer: 95 A.H

حضرت رابعہ بصری رحمۃ اللہ علیہا تقریباً 95 ہجری میں بصرہ میں پیدا ہوئیں۔

Correct Answer: حضرت عمر

ہجری کیلنڈر کا آغاز حضرت عمر فاروق رضی اللہ عنہ کے دورِ خلافت میں ہوا تھا۔

Correct Answer: 28

قرآن مجید میں مدنی سورتوں کی تعداد 28 ہے۔

Correct Answer: 2 Hijri

غزوہ بدر مسلمانوں اور کفار قریش کے درمیان 2 ہجری میں پیش آیا۔

Correct Answer: 5 A.H

غزوہ خندق (جسے غزوہ احزاب بھی کہتے ہیں) 5 ہجری میں لڑی گئی تھی۔

Correct Answer: پانچ ہجری

غزوہ خندق 5 ہجری میں پیش آیا۔

Correct Answer: سورہ مائدہ

وضو اور تیمم کے احکام کا ذکر سورہ مائدہ کی آیت نمبر 6 میں تفصیل سے موجود ہے۔