PPSC Food Grains Inspector (BS-12) Past Paper 2023 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: North Africa

The Berber tribes are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa, particularly concentrated in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.

Correct Answer: Iran

The Islamic Consultative Assembly, commonly called the Majlis, is the national legislative body of Iran.

Correct Answer: Montenegro

Montenegro was admitted as the 192nd member state of the United Nations on June 28, 2006, after gaining independence.

Correct Answer: Ramallah

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operates primarily from its headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank.

Correct Answer: New York

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is headquartered in New York City.

Correct Answer: Belgium

The Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated in 1815, took place in present-day Belgium.

Correct Answer: Baghdad

Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, is historically built along the banks of the Tigris River.

Correct Answer: 50

The United States of America comprises 50 states, along with a federal district and several territories.

Correct Answer: 5.7 million

Historical estimates suggest around 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, with 5.7 million being the closest widely cited figure among the choices.

Correct Answer: Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued in August 1941 by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British PM Winston Churchill.

Correct Answer: Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman was the founding father and the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, leading the country to independence in 1957.

Correct Answer: Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Renowned Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union in 1962.

Correct Answer: 1st April 2020

India introduced a new domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir on April 1, 2020, altering residency qualifications.

Correct Answer: Syed Ali Shah Gillani

Syed Ali Shah Gillani, a prominent Kashmiri separatist leader, passed away on September 1, 2021.

Correct Answer: Arish Fatima

Arish Fatima, a 4-year-old girl from Karachi, Pakistan, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2021.

Correct Answer: Arooba Faridi

Arooba Faridi holds the distinction of being the youngest female aerospace engineer in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Zaheer Ahmad Babar

Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar took over as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force in March 2021.

Correct Answer: 1984

The Siachen conflict erupted in 1984 when India launched Operation Meghdoot to capture the Siachen Glacier.

Correct Answer: 1526-1857

The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur in 1526 and formally ended when the British deposed Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857.

Correct Answer: Babar

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur founded the Mughal Empire in 1526 after defeating Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat.

Correct Answer: 10

According to the Constitution of Pakistan, there are 10 seats reserved for religious minorities in the National Assembly.

Correct Answer: Knowledge

In the national flag of Pakistan, the crescent represents progress, and the five-pointed star represents light and knowledge.

Correct Answer: Urdu

Article 251 of the Constitution of Pakistan designates Urdu as the sole national language of the country.

Correct Answer: Chakur

The Chukar partridge (often spelled Chakur) is a Eurasian gamebird recognized as the national bird of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Wazir Khan Mosque, renowned for its intricate tile work, was built in the 17th century and is located in Lahore, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Punjab

The proposed Kalabagh Dam is situated on the Indus River in the Mianwali District of the Punjab province.

Correct Answer: 17 times

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni led 17 plundering expeditions into the Indian subcontinent between 1000 and 1027 AD.

Correct Answer: 11th Century

Mahmud of Ghazni's primary invasions of India took place between 1000 AD and 1027 AD, which falls into the 11th century.

Correct Answer: Saindak

The Saindak Copper-Gold Project is located in the Chagai District of Balochistan, known for its extensive mineral deposits.

Correct Answer: 65

Under the Constitution of Pakistan, a Judge of the Supreme Court retires upon attaining the age of 65 years.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

The Elective Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO) and Public Offices Disqualification Order (PODO) were promulgated in 1959 by General Ayub Khan.

Correct Answer: 1600

The British East India Company was established by a royal charter issued by Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600.

Correct Answer: Lord Canning

Lord Canning served as the Governor-General of India during the 1857 rebellion and became the first Viceroy when authority transferred to the Crown in 1858.

Correct Answer: 1846

Under the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846, the British East India Company sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh Dogra for 7.5 million Nanakshahi rupees.

Correct Answer: Taxila

Taxila was a major learning center and capital of the ancient Gandhara civilization, earning the title 'Pearl of Gandhara'.

Correct Answer: Pass

The Khyber Pass is a historic mountain pass in the northwest of Pakistan, connecting the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar.

Correct Answer: Fold mountains

These mountain ranges were formed by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust, classifying them as fold mountains.

Correct Answer: Kirthar

The Kirthar Mountains form a range in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces, situated in the southern part of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Demography is the statistical study of populations, primarily involving the analysis of birth rates, death rates, and migration.

Correct Answer: Valley glacier

Alpine glaciers, which originate in high mountains and flow down through valleys, are also commonly referred to as valley glaciers.

Correct Answer: Weather

Weather refers to the short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, unlike climate, which is a long-term average.

Correct Answer: Mars

Mars features polar ice caps and high elevation features with seasonal frost, including carbon-dioxide snow on mountains.

Correct Answer: Pluto

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified Pluto as a "dwarf planet," removing it from the list of major planets.

Correct Answer: Capillaries

Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body, with walls merely one endothelial cell thick, allowing gas and nutrient exchange.

Correct Answer: E. coli

Arthur Kornberg discovered DNA polymerase I in 1956 using extracts from the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli).

Correct Answer: Sugar

Sugar (sucrose) has a very high solubility in water (about 200g per 100ml) compared to table salt (around 36g per 100ml).

Correct Answer: Solid

Except for mercury (which is a liquid), all standard elemental metals exist in a solid state at normal room temperature.

Correct Answer: 6 liters

The total lung capacity (TLC) of an average adult human male is approximately 6 liters of air.

Correct Answer: Bunsen Burner

Robert Bunsen, a German chemist, is credited with inventing the Bunsen burner in 1855, which produces a single open gas flame.

Correct Answer: 6 digits

A 32-bit (two 16-bit words) floating-point format, representing single precision, offers an accuracy of approximately 6 to 7 decimal digits.

Correct Answer: 8 bits

In computing architecture, a single byte historically and standardly consists of exactly 8 contiguous bits.

Correct Answer: All of these

A computer operator is responsible for configuring equipment, scheduling tasks, maintaining data flow, and executing defined computational processes.

Correct Answer: Edit

In most standard word processors, the spelling dialog box features options like Ignore, Ignore All, and Change, but not a direct 'Edit' button.

Correct Answer: Landscape

Landscape is a page orientation, while A3 and A4 are page sizes. In word processing terms, views refer to Print Layout, Web Layout, etc.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+S

Ctrl + S is the universal keyboard shortcut used to save the current document or file.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+C

Ctrl + C is used to copy selected text or items to the clipboard.

Correct Answer: Optical Input Device

A light pen is a light-sensitive computer input device, essentially an optical reader, used in conjunction with a computer's CRT display.

Correct Answer: Glitch

In computing, a 'glitch' is frequently used as alternative slang for a minor or temporary 'bug' or malfunction in a system.

Correct Answer: 36

The sequence multiplies each term by 1.5. So, 16 * 1.5 = 24. Then, 24 * 1.5 = 36. Finally, 36 * 1.5 = 54.

Correct Answer: 9cm, 5cm, 7cm

According to the Pythagorean theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2), 5^2 + 7^2 = 25 + 49 = 74, which does not equal 9^2 (81). Therefore, it is not a right triangle.

Correct Answer: 1/2

Expanding the square: (√2)^2 - 2(√2)(1/√2) + (1/√2)^2 = 2 - 2 + 1/2 = 1/2.

Correct Answer: 7

The cube root of 64 is 4 (since 4 * 4 * 4 = 64). Adding 3 yields 4 + 3 = 7.

Correct Answer: 3 11/40

3.275 as a fraction is 3275/1000. Simplifying it by dividing the numerator and denominator by 25 gives 131/40, which is exactly 3 11/40.

Correct Answer: 37 years

Let son's age 10 years ago be x, father's was 9x. Present ages: x+10 and 9x+10. Sum = 10x+20 = 50. x = 3. Father's present age = 9(3)+10 = 37.

Correct Answer: 460

6th term: 3(6)+2 = 20. 7th term: 3(7)+2 = 23. Since 20 and 23 are co-prime, their LCM is 20 * 23 = 460.

Correct Answer: A = P(1+r/n)^n

The formula for calculating the amount after compound interest is A = P(1 + r/n)^(nt), simplified here to standard yearly compounding as A = P(1+r/n)^n.

Correct Answer: Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam, the Persian mathematician, made early major contributions to the binomial theorem for positive integers.

Correct Answer: Adverb

In this sentence, 'before' acts as an adverb of time, modifying the verb 'met'.

Correct Answer: Preposition

In this sentence, 'till' establishes a time relationship between the verb and '8pm', acting as a preposition.

Correct Answer: Traitor

A 'turncoat' is a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another, effectively acting as a traitor.

Correct Answer: Make things worse

The idiom 'add fuel to the fire' means to worsen an already bad or volatile situation.

Correct Answer: Bottom

Climax refers to the highest or most intense point, while its antonym 'bottom' or 'base' represents the lowest point.

Correct Answer: Large

Meagre means lacking in quantity or quality, so 'large' or 'abundant' serves as an appropriate antonym.

Correct Answer: Clarity

Ambiguous means open to more than one interpretation. Its conceptual opposite is clarity or clear.

Correct Answer: None of these

The correct passive voice of 'Whom did the rich help?' is 'Who was helped by the rich?'. None of the given options are correct.

Correct Answer: A book is being written by him.

For present continuous tense, the passive construction uses 'is being + past participle'. Thus, 'is being written'.

Correct Answer: He said that he had a new car.

When changing to indirect speech, the present tense 'have' changes to the past tense 'had' to align with the reporting verb 'said'.

Correct Answer: He said, "May you achieve your goals".

The optative sentence starting with 'May' changes to 'might' in indirect speech, making option A the correct direct narration.

Correct Answer: He swore by God that he was not guilty.

The phrase 'By God' denotes swearing an oath. Therefore, 'swore by God' correctly captures the reporting verb in indirect speech.

Correct Answer: had finished

When two actions occur in the past, the earlier action is expressed in the past perfect tense ('had finished').

Correct Answer: For and Against

'Pros and cons' refers to the advantages (for) and disadvantages (against) of a particular situation or argument.

Correct Answer: wins

In the proverb, 'Slow and steady' is treated as a single compound subject acting as a single unit, hence taking the singular verb 'wins'.

Correct Answer: Tannery

A tannery is the facility or factory where animal skins and hides are processed and treated to produce leather.

Correct Answer: اطالوی

لفظ 'ناول' اطالوی زبان کے لفظ 'novella' سے ماخوذ ہے، جس کا مطلب کوئی نئی چیز یا نیا واقعہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرزا غالب

مرزا غالب کو ان کی بے تکلف، جدید اور شاندار مکتوب نگاری کی وجہ سے خطوط نگاری کا امام کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: ڈپٹی نذیر احمد

مرزا ظاہر دار بیگ کا مشہور کردار ڈپٹی نذیر احمد کے لکھے گئے مقبول ناول 'توبتہ النصوح' سے لیا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا

'ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا' ایک مشہور ضرب المثل ہے جس کا مطلب اپنا قصور دوسروں پر ڈالنا ہے۔ باقی دونوں محاورے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

یہ مشہور شعر 'دیار عشق میں اپنا مقام پیدا کر / نیا زمانہ نئے صبح و شام پیدا کر' شاعر مشرق علامہ محمد اقبال کا ہے۔

Correct Answer: غالب

مرزا اسد اللہ خان کا مشہور تخلص اور لقب 'غالب' اور 'اسد' تھا، اور ان کا خطاب نجم الدولہ دبیر الملک تھا۔

Correct Answer: نظیر اکبر آبادی

مشہور طویل نظم 'آدمی نامہ' عوامی شاعر نظیر اکبر آبادی کی تخلیق ہے۔

Correct Answer: مولانا ظفر علی خان

اخبار 'زمیندار' مولانا سراج الدین احمد نے شروع کیا تھا اور بعد میں ان کے بیٹے مولانا ظفر علی خان نے اسے عروج بخشا۔

Correct Answer: اسم ظرف مکان

مسجد، مدرسہ، اور عیدگاہ جیسی جگہیں گرامر کی رو سے 'اسم ظرف مکان' کہلاتی ہیں کیونکہ یہ جگہ کو ظاہر کرتی ہیں۔

Correct Answer: Iraq

Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was born in the city of Ur, which is located in present-day ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq).

Correct Answer: Hazrat Musa AS

Firawn (Pharaoh) was the tyrant ruler of Egypt during the era of Prophet Musa (Moses) AS.

Correct Answer: تمام مخلوقات پر

اللہ تعالیٰ نے تمام ملائکہ (فرشتوں) اور جنات کو حکم دیا کہ وہ حضرت آدم علیہ السلام کو سجدہ کریں، جو انسان کی کائنات میں تمام مخلوقات پر فضیلت کو ثابت کرتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: غزوہ بدر

غزوہ بدر کے موقع پر اللہ تعالیٰ نے صحابہ کرام پر اطمینان کی نیند طاری کی اور بارش برسائی تاکہ ریت جم جائے اور کافروں کے قدم اکھڑ جائیں۔

Correct Answer: یہودیت

تورات (Torah) حضرت موسیٰ علیہ السلام پر نازل ہوئی اور یہ یہودیت (Judaism) کی سب سے مقدس کتاب مانی جاتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: ہاروت و ماروت

قرآن کے مطابق بابل کے شہر میں ہاروت اور ماروت نامی فرشتے لوگوں کو جادو سکھانے اور اس کی حقیقت سے آگاہ کرنے کی آزمائش کے لئے بھیجے گئے تھے۔

Correct Answer: ایمان کی

احادیث مبارکہ کی روشنی میں، پڑوسیوں کے ساتھ حسن سلوک اور اچھے تعلقات کو کامل ایمان کی نشانی قرار دیا گیا ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرتد

وہ شخص جو اسلام لانے کے بعد دینِ اسلام سے انکار کر دے یا پھر جائے، اسلامی اصطلاح میں اسے 'مرتد' کہا جاتا ہے۔