PPSC Elementary School Educator General (BS-14) Past Paper 2019 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Uganda

Idi Amin was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.

Correct Answer: Ghana

Kofi Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Correct Answer: Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew was the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, serving from 1959 to 1990.

Correct Answer: Football

Before entering politics, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was a semi-professional football player.

Correct Answer: Ngultrum

The Bhutanese Ngultrum is the official currency of Bhutan, though the Indian Rupee is also widely accepted.

Correct Answer: Yugoslavia

Josip Broz Tito was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980.

Correct Answer: 1918

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader, was born on July 18, 1918.

Correct Answer: Art of dancing

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.

Correct Answer: Australia

Qantas is the flag carrier of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations.

Correct Answer: Canada

Modern ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor hockey game was played in 1875.

Correct Answer: Swimming

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously, accompanied by the butterfly kick.

Correct Answer: Golf

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.

Correct Answer: Athletics

Subedar Abdul Khaliq was a Pakistani sprinter who won 36 international gold medals, known famously as the 'Flying Bird of Asia'.

Correct Answer: Temples Complex

Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world.

Correct Answer: 1965

The UN Charter was amended in 1965 to expand the Security Council from 11 to 15 members, adding four non-permanent seats.

Correct Answer: G8 (now G7)

The G7 (formerly G8) operates informally through annual summits without a permanent administrative structure or charter.

Correct Answer: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is known as the 'Cradle of Civilization'.

Correct Answer: John Locke

John Locke, an English philosopher, is widely regarded as the Father of Liberalism for his influential ideas on individual rights and the social contract.

Correct Answer: Republican

Donald Trump is a member of the Republican Party, under which he served as the 45th President of the United States.

Correct Answer: Wellington

Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand, located at the south-western tip of the North Island.

Correct Answer: Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Correct Answer: China

Tiananmen Square is a major city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen ('Gate of Heavenly Peace').

Correct Answer: Azad Kashmir

Neelam Valley is a spectacular 144 km long bow-shaped valley situated in the Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Kurram Valley

The Kurram Pass connects Paktia Province in Afghanistan to the Kurram Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Canada

Canada has the longest coastline globally, measuring over 202,080 kilometers in length.

Correct Answer: Shandur Pass

Shandur Pass, often called the 'Roof of the World', connects the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Correct Answer: South Asia

Pakistan is situated in the western part of the South Asian subcontinent.

Correct Answer: Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat

The Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Punjab all share international borders with Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Altitude

Altitude or elevation is defined as the vertical distance of a geographic location above sea level.

Correct Answer: Türkiye and Greece

The Cyprus dispute is an ongoing conflict involving the Greek Cypriots, supported by Greece, and the Turkish Cypriots, supported by Türkiye.

Correct Answer: Golan Heights

In May 2018, Iranian forces based in Syria launched a barrage of rockets targeting Israeli military outposts in the contested Golan Heights region.

Correct Answer: Yahya al-Baladhuri

Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri was a 9th-century Persian historian who wrote the influential historical work 'Futuh al-Buldan'.

Correct Answer: Yemen

Abraha was an Aksumite army general, then the viceroy of southern Arabia for the Kingdom of Aksum, and later declared himself King of Himyar (Yemen).

Correct Answer: 10th

Shawwal is the tenth month of the lunar-based Islamic calendar, immediately following the fasting month of Ramadan.

Correct Answer: Umayyad

Hazrat Usman ibn Affan (RA) belonged to the wealthy and powerful Umayyad (Banu Umayya) clan of the Quraish tribe.

Correct Answer: Banu Adi

Hazrat Umer ibn Al-Khattab (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, belonged to the Banu Adi clan of the Quraish tribe in Mecca.

Correct Answer: Honey bee

Surah An-Nahl is the 16th chapter of the Quran, and its title translates to 'The Bee' or 'The Honey Bee'.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Shees (AS)

Prophet Shees (Seth) was born to Hazrat Adam (AS) and Hawwa (Eve) after the tragic event of Qabeel killing Habil.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Dawood (AS)

According to Islamic belief, the divine scripture Zaboor was revealed to Prophet Dawood (David) by Allah.

Correct Answer: Imam Ghazali

Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, a prominent Islamic theologian and philosopher, authored the monumental work 'Ihya Ulum ad-Din'.

Correct Answer: Qutb ud-Din Aibak

Qutb ud-Din Aibak established the Delhi Sultanate in 1206 and became its first Muslim king, initiating the Mamluk dynasty.

Correct Answer: Havildar Lalak Jan

Havildar Lalak Jan is the last (chronologically by date of action) recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his bravery in the 1999 Kargil War.

Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan

Liaquat Ali Khan became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan upon its independence in 1947.

Correct Answer: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain served as a transitional Prime Minister for about two months in 2004 before Shaukat Aziz assumed the office.

Correct Answer: Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy

Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy took office as the 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan on 12 September 1956, succeeding Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb ruled the Mughal Empire for a period of 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707.

Correct Answer: Sindh from Bombay

The Simon Commission Report of 1930 recommended the separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency, which was eventually carried out in 1936.

Correct Answer: 1955

Pakistan's first five-year economic development plan covered the period from 1955 to 1960.

Correct Answer: 1947

The Quaid-e-Azam Relief Fund was established in 1947 to support refugees migrating to newly created Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1st April 1948

India cut off the supply of water from the Ferozepur headworks to Pakistani canals on April 1, 1948, leading to a major water dispute that culminated in the Indus Water Treaty.

Correct Answer: 1973

The 1973 Constitution established a bicameral parliament consisting of the National Assembly and the Senate for the first time in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 14 August 1973

The Constitution of 1973 was approved on April 10, 1973, and officially came into force on August 14, 1973.

Correct Answer: 7 years

Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Muslim League in 1913 while retaining his Congress membership until he left the Congress in 1920, making it a span of 7 years.

Correct Answer: Fluorine

Fluorine (in the form of fluoride) hardens tooth enamel; its deficiency makes teeth more susceptible to decay.

Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer first used the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in his 'Principles of Biology' (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'.

Correct Answer: Watson and Crick

James Watson and Francis Crick are credited with determining the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 (building on the work of Rosalind Franklin).

Correct Answer: Extremely small technology

Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale, typically between 1 and 100 nanometers.

Correct Answer: Motion

Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because of its motion.

Correct Answer: Calculator and adding machine

Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator, known as the Pascaline, in 1642 to help his father with tax computations.

Correct Answer: Pancreas

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas to regulate blood glucose levels.

Correct Answer: Mouth

Digestion begins in the mouth, where mechanical chewing and salivary enzymes start breaking down carbohydrates.

Correct Answer: Windows 95

'My Computer' was first introduced in Windows 95 to serve as a user-friendly interface for browsing files and folders.

Correct Answer: Control Panel

The Control Panel (specifically the 'Date and Time' applet) allows users to configure the system clock and timezone settings.

Correct Answer: Nibble

A byte typically consists of 8 bits. Half of a byte (4 bits) is referred to as a nibble in computing terminology.

Correct Answer: Click on the text and open a new document or web page

A hyperlink is an element in a digital document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document.

Correct Answer: Alt + Shift + Up Arrow

In MS Word, pressing Alt + Shift + Up/Down Arrow moves the selected paragraph up or down in the document.

Correct Answer: Name Box

In Microsoft Excel, the Name Box is situated to the left of the formula bar and displays the address of the currently active cell.

Correct Answer: 2.94

7% of 42 is calculated as (7/100) * 42 = 0.07 * 42 = 2.94.

Correct Answer: 0

Subtracting a fraction from itself results in zero.

Correct Answer: -1

Dividing (-1/5) by (1/5) is equivalent to (-1/5) * (5/1) = -1.

Correct Answer: -4.33

26 divided by -6 equals -13/3, which is approximately -4.333.

Correct Answer: 530

280 - 120 + 320 + 50 = 160 + 320 + 50 = 480 + 50 = 530.

Correct Answer: 80

3 hours = 180 minutes. Rate = 8 cars / 18 min. Total cars = (8/18) * 180 = 8 * 10 = 80 cars.

Correct Answer: 12%

Let original price = 100. Purchase price = 80. Selling price = 80 + (40% of 80) = 80 + 32 = 112. Profit on original = 112 - 100 = 12%.

Correct Answer: works

'My father' is a singular third-person subject, which requires the singular verb 'works' in the present simple tense.

Correct Answer: will play

The context implies a future action, making 'will play' the correct tense.

Correct Answer: departs

The present simple tense 'departs' is used to talk about scheduled future events like transportation timetables.

Correct Answer: in

The preposition 'in' is used for enclosed spaces, such as an office.

Correct Answer: at

The preposition 'at' is used to denote a specific point or location, such as a door.

Correct Answer: on

The preposition 'on' is used to indicate position atop a surface, like grass.

Correct Answer: that

The conjunction 'that' is used to introduce a noun clause, serving as the object of 'said'.

Correct Answer: I had hoped that my door would be locked by them but it was not.

To maintain passive voice structure throughout, 'but they didn't' is changed to 'but it was not'.

Correct Answer: Mangoes are liked by me

In the passive voice, the object 'mangoes' becomes the subject, taking the plural auxiliary 'are' plus the past participle 'liked'.

Correct Answer: the

The definite article 'the' specifies particular mangoes that the speaker is referring to.

Correct Answer: a

The indefinite article 'a' is used before singular, countable nouns starting with a consonant sound when referring to any one item of that class.

Correct Answer: the

The definite article 'the' is used because the speaker is referring to a specific window that both speaker and listener are aware of.

Correct Answer: which is in the

The relative clause 'which is in the' correctly links the subject 'hotel' to its location.

Correct Answer: whom

The preposition 'by' must be followed by the objective case pronoun 'whom'.

Correct Answer: Noun

'Swimmer' is a noun referring to a person who swims.

Correct Answer: Noun

'Reflection' is a noun denoting the image of something as seen in a mirror or water.

Correct Answer: نذیر سخت عاقبت نااندیش ہے۔

لفظ 'عاقبت نااندیش' درست ہے جس کا مطلب ہے ایسا شخص جو انجام کی فکر نہ کرے۔

Correct Answer: کسی کو گالی نہ دو

اردو زبان کے روزمرہ اور محاورے کے لحاظ سے 'گالی دینا' درست ہے۔

Correct Answer: اٹکل سے کام لینا

ٹامک ٹوئیاں مارنے کا مطلب ہے اندھیرے میں تیر چلانا یا اندازے اور اٹکل پچو سے کام لینا۔

Correct Answer: بھول جانا

طاق نسیاں پر رکھنے کا مطلب ہے کسی بات یا چیز کو مکمل طور پر فراموش کر دینا یا بھلا دینا۔

Correct Answer: سعادت حسن منٹو

یہ دونوں مشہور اور متنازع افسانے اردو کے مایہ ناز افسانہ نگار سعادت حسن منٹو کی تخلیق ہیں۔

Correct Answer: میر تقی میر

میر تقی میر کو اردو غزل میں ان کے عظیم اور بے مثال مقام کی وجہ سے 'خدائے سخن' کا لقب دیا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: واؤ معدولہ

واؤ معدولہ وہ واؤ ہے جو لکھی جاتی ہے لیکن پڑھی نہیں جاتی، جیسے خواب، خواہش وغیرہ میں۔

Correct Answer: گہرے تعلقات جلدی ختم نہیں ہوتے

یہ کہاوت خونی رشتوں یا گہری دوستی کی مضبوطی بیان کرنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتی ہے کہ یگانگت آسانی سے ختم نہیں ہوتی۔

Correct Answer: سینیٹ

پاکستان کے پارلیمانی نظام میں ایوان زیریں (National Assembly) کے مقابلے میں سینیٹ کو 'ایوان بالا' (Upper House) کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: نیلو

پاکستانی فلم 'زرقا' 1969 میں ریلیز ہوئی تھی جس میں مشہور اداکارہ نیلو نے زرقا کا مرکزی کردار ادا کیا تھا۔