PPSC Junior Clerk (BS-11) Board of Revenue Past Paper 2023 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: 1982

Spain officially became the 16th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on May 30, 1982.

Correct Answer: 19

The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the UN and consists of a preamble and 111 articles grouped into 19 chapters.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

Afghanistan was the eighth and most recent country to join SAARC, officially becoming a member state during the 14th SAARC summit in April 2007.

Correct Answer: Washington

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Correct Answer: 10

The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is an Asian political and economic intergovernmental organization that consists of 10 member states.

Correct Answer: May 24, 2000

Israel completed its withdrawal from southern Lebanon on May 24, 2000, ending a 22-year occupation in accordance with UN Resolution 425.

Correct Answer: 1979

Iran officially withdrew from the Baghdad Pact (CENTO) in 1979 following the Islamic Revolution which overthrew the Shah's government.

Correct Answer: Yalta

The Yalta Conference, held in February 1945 in Crimea, was a pivotal meeting of the 'Big Three' allied leaders to discuss the post-World War II reorganization of Germany and Europe.

Correct Answer: Tarbela

Tarbela Dam, located on the Indus River in Pakistan, is the largest earth-filled dam in the world by structural volume.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who served as the first president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967.

Correct Answer: Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha, also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.

Correct Answer: Althing of Iceland

The Althing is the national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world, founded in 930 at Thingvellir.

Correct Answer: Shanghai Stock Exchange

By market capitalization, the Shanghai Stock Exchange is currently considered the largest in China and broadly the largest in Asia.

Correct Answer: 19 October 2020

Etihad Airways made history by operating the first commercial passenger flight from the UAE to Israel on October 19, 2020, following the Abraham Accords.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Tomb of Nur Jahan, the powerful wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, is a 17th-century mausoleum in Lahore, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Unicameral

The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan provided for a unicameral legislature known as the National Assembly, giving equal representation to East and West Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1931

The Second Round Table Conference convened in London from September to December 1931 and was notably attended by Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: 5th September 1920

The Non-Cooperation Movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi, was officially endorsed by the Indian National Congress and launched on September 5, 1920.

Correct Answer: 1911

King George V proclaimed the shift of the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi during the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.

Correct Answer: A O Hume

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, was instrumental in founding the Indian National Congress in 1885.

Correct Answer: Lord Rippon

Lord Ripon introduced the Local Self Government resolution in 1882 in British India, earning him the title of 'Father of Local Self Government'.

Correct Answer: 1949

The Ceasefire Line (now known as the Line of Control) was established through the Karachi Agreement signed in July 1949 by Indian and Pakistani military representatives.

Correct Answer: Kashmir issue

The territorial dispute over the Kashmir region has been the primary cause of conflict between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947.

Correct Answer: 10 January 1966

The Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement signed on January 10, 1966, to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Correct Answer: 1950

The Liaquat-Nehru Pact (or Delhi Pact) was a bilateral treaty between India and Pakistan signed on April 8, 1950, securing minority rights.

Correct Answer: Haleji Lake

Haleji Lake in Sindh, Pakistan, is famous for being a sanctuary for migratory birds and is commonly referred to as a bird watcher's paradise.

Correct Answer: Murree

Murree receives the highest average rainfall in Pakistan due to its elevation and location intercepting monsoon winds.

Correct Answer: 1966

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced his historical Six-Point Movement in 1966, demanding greater autonomy for East Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Punjab

Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal. It was a major center of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Correct Answer: Sahiwal

The ancient Indus Valley Civilization site of Harappa is located in the Sahiwal District of Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Muhammad Iqbal is celebrated as the national poet of Pakistan for his visionary poetry advocating the creation of a separate state for Muslims.

Correct Answer: A Q Khan

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear deterrence program and the 'father of the Islamic bomb'.

Correct Answer: Haro River

Khanpur Dam is a dam located on the Haro River near Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, primarily serving irrigation and drinking water needs.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

The idea of an independent Muslim state in the northwestern regions of British India was first conceptually outlined by Allama Iqbal in his 1930 Allahabad Address.

Correct Answer: 10 years

By constitutional convention and law, the population census in Pakistan is supposed to be conducted every 10 years, though historically it has faced delays.

Correct Answer: KRL

Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) is a key government research institute in Pakistan heavily involved in the nation's nuclear weapons and energy program.

Correct Answer: 5

The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan consists of 5 members: the Chief Justice, the two next most senior judges of the Supreme Court, and the two most senior Chief Justices of High Courts.

Correct Answer: Iran

Pakistan is bordered by Iran to the west, Afghanistan to the northwest, China to the northeast, and India to the east.

Correct Answer: Strait of Messina

The Strait of Messina is a narrow section of water connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, separating the Italian Peninsula from the island of Sicily.

Correct Answer: Nitrogen

Traditional incandescent light bulbs are often filled with an inert gas like argon or nitrogen to prevent the tungsten filament from oxidizing and burning up.

Correct Answer: James Watt

While Thomas Newcomen invented the first practical steam engine, James Watt made crucial improvements that catalyzed the Industrial Revolution, and he is widely credited as its primary modern inventor.

Correct Answer: Alexandar Fleming

Alexander Fleming discovered the first true antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928 when he noticed a mold destroying his bacteria cultures.

Correct Answer: Decomposition

Electrolysis of water is a decomposition reaction where an electric current breaks water down into simpler elements: oxygen and hydrogen gas.

Correct Answer: Thorium

Thorium is a weakly radioactive metallic chemical element. While primarily known for radioactivity, it exhibits slight paramagnetic properties.

Correct Answer: 120/80

A normal blood pressure reading for a healthy adult is typically around or less than 120 systolic over 80 diastolic mm Hg.

Correct Answer: Calcium

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body, vital for bone health, muscle function, and nerve signaling.

Correct Answer: Cleaning blood

Hemodialysis is a medical procedure used to filter waste products, salts, and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys fail to function properly.

Correct Answer: Partial pressure of oxygen (PO2)

The partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) in the blood dictates how much oxygen binds to hemoglobin (the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve).

Correct Answer: Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life, deriving from the Greek words 'bios' (life) and 'logia' (study of).

Correct Answer: we can see only that part of the moon which reflects sunlight light towards us.

Moon phases are caused by the changing relative positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun, altering how much of the sunlit half we can see from Earth.

Correct Answer: 1983

Researchers at the Pasteur Institute in France, led by Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, successfully isolated the HIV virus in 1983.

Correct Answer: Al-Khwarizmi

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi's work in mathematics developed the concept of the algorithm, which is the foundational logic of modern computing.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+J

Ctrl+J is the standard Windows keyboard shortcut to justify text alignment (align text to both left and right margins) in MS Word.

Correct Answer: 5

MS Word typically provides five different views: Print Layout, Full Screen Reading, Web Layout, Outline, and Draft.

Correct Answer: Wide Area Network

WAN stands for Wide Area Network, a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area.

Correct Answer: heart

The microprocessor (CPU) is often metaphorically referred to as the 'brain' or 'heart' of the computer, processing instructions and controlling operations.

Correct Answer: ROM

Read-Only Memory (ROM) is non-volatile memory that stores the crucial startup instructions (BIOS/UEFI) required to boot up the computer.

Correct Answer: Main memory

Main memory (RAM) acts as temporary, high-speed storage for data and instructions that the CPU actively needs to process.

Correct Answer: Interpreter

An Interpreter translates and executes high-level source code line-by-line, unlike a Compiler which translates the entire code before execution.

Correct Answer: =

In Microsoft Excel, every formula or function must begin with an equals sign (=) for the software to recognize it as a calculation.

Correct Answer: Enter

Pressing 'Enter' in an Excel cell confirms your input and usually moves the active cell selection to the cell directly below it.

Correct Answer: space

To prevent Excel from auto-formatting a fraction (like 1/2) as a date (January 2), you must type a zero and a space (0 1/2) before the fraction.

Correct Answer: 0.3

The cube root of 0.027 is 0.3, because 0.3 multiplied by itself three times (0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3) equals 0.027.

Correct Answer: 30/60, 40/60, 45/60 and 48/60

The LCM of denominators 2, 3, 4, 5 is 60. Converting them to have a denominator of 60 yields 30/60, 40/60, 45/60, and 48/60.

Correct Answer: 8/77

Find a common denominator of 77. (9*7)/77 - (5*11)/77 = 63/77 - 55/77 = 8/77.

Correct Answer: Rs.14400

Room area = 10x6 = 60 sq ft. Tile area = 6x6 inches = 0.25 sq ft. Tiles needed = 60 / 0.25 = 240 tiles. Total cost = 240 x 60 = Rs. 14,400.

Correct Answer: ±2

If x = 3 + 2√2, then 1/x = 3 - 2√2. So x + 1/x = 6. (√x - 1/√x)² = x + 1/x - 2 = 6 - 2 = 4. Therefore, √x - 1/√x = ±2.

Correct Answer: (xy-2)(3xy-8)

Substitute z = xy. The polynomial is 3z² - 14z + 16. Factorizing yields (z-2)(3z-8). Substituting back xy gives (xy-2)(3xy-8).

Correct Answer: Die

'Pass away' is a common euphemism used to indicate that a person has died.

Correct Answer: Leave without any intimation

'Taking French leave' is an idiom meaning to depart from a gathering or duty abruptly without notice or permission.

Correct Answer: An important day

A 'red-letter day' refers to a particularly significant, memorable, or happy occasion, often marked in red on calendars.

Correct Answer: Album

A closet is designed to store clothes, just as an album is a book specifically designed to hold and display photos.

Correct Answer: Hen

A bull is a male bovine and a cow is the female. A cock (rooster) is a male chicken, and a hen is the female.

Correct Answer: Adjective

Despite ending in '-ly', 'friendly' is an adjective used to describe a noun (e.g., a friendly person).

Correct Answer: Pronoun

'Everyone' is an indefinite pronoun, used to refer to all the people in a group without explicitly naming them.

Correct Answer: Self-sufficient

A parasite is an organism or person who relies entirely on others for survival. The opposite is someone who is independent or 'self-sufficient'.

Correct Answer: Allow

To 'forbid' means to prohibit or refuse to allow something. The direct opposite is to 'allow' or permit it.

Correct Answer: asked

The sentence is in present perfect tense, which requires 'have' followed by the past participle form of the verb ('asked').

Correct Answer: speaks for itself

The correct idiomatic expression is 'speaks for itself', meaning something is so obvious that it requires no further explanation.

Correct Answer: about

The correct preposition to use after 'ask' when inquiring regarding a topic is 'about' (e.g., asked about health).

Correct Answer: to

The verb 'yield' when meaning 'to surrender or submit' is appropriately followed by the preposition 'to'.

Correct Answer: He says that he will go there.

When changing from direct to indirect speech, if the reporting verb ('says') is in the present tense, the tense inside the quotes does not change to past, but pronouns change according to the subject.

Correct Answer: مرثیہ

بین (رونا اور ماتم کرنا) مرثیہ کا ایک اہم جزو ہے جس میں شہدائے کربلا کے غم میں گریہ و زاری کی جاتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: قصد

لفظ 'قصیدہ' عربی زبان کے لفظ 'قصد' سے نکلا ہے، جس کے معنی ارادہ کرنے کے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: نظم

نظم کے لغوی معنی موتی پرونے یا ترتیب دینے کے ہیں، اس میں ایک ہی موضوع کو تسلسل کے ساتھ بیان کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: حزنیہ

مرثیہ حزنیہ (المیہ یا غمگین) شاعری کی وہ صنف ہے جس میں کسی مرنے والے کی خوبیاں بیان کر کے رنج و غم کا اظہار کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: آزاد نظم

ن۔ م۔ راشد (نذر محمد راشد) اردو کی جدید شاعری میں 'آزاد نظم' کے بانیوں اور ممتاز شعراء میں شمار ہوتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: میر تقی میر

یہ مشہور شعر خدائے سخن میر تقی میر کی غزل کا مطلع ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرزا سلامت علی دبیر

یہ مشہور مرثیے کا شعر میرزا سلامت علی دبیر کا ہے، جو اردو مرثیہ نگاری کے عظیم ستون ہیں۔

Correct Answer: حیدر علی آتش

یہ مشہور غزل کا مطلع لکھنؤ دبستان کے مشہور شاعر خواجہ حیدر علی آتش کا ہے۔

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

ارمغانِ حجاز (حجاز کا تحفہ) علامہ محمد اقبال کی آخری تصنیف ہے، جس میں اردو اور فارسی دونوں زبانوں کا کلام شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

طلوعِ اسلام علامہ محمد اقبال کی ایک مشہور نظم ہے جو ان کے شعری مجموعے 'بانگ درا' میں شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: Prophet Ibrahim AS

Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was thrown into a massive fire by King Nimrod, but Allah miraculously ordered the fire to be cool and safe for him.

Correct Answer: رعمسیس دوم

مورخین اور مفسرین کے مطابق حضرت موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) کی پرورش فرعون رعمسیس دوم (Ramses II) کے گھر/محل میں ہوئی تھی۔

Correct Answer: جنوں

قرآن کریم (سورۃ الکہف، آیت 50) میں صراحت کے ساتھ بیان کیا گیا ہے کہ ابلیس جنوں میں سے تھا۔

Correct Answer: مچھر

سورۃ البقرہ کی آیت نمبر 26 میں اللہ تعالیٰ نے مچھر (Mosquito) کی مثال بیان کرتے ہوئے فرمایا ہے کہ وہ حق بات بیان کرنے سے نہیں شرماتا۔

Correct Answer: اطمینان و سکون کے لئے

قرآن مجید (سورۃ الانفال) کے مطابق، اللہ نے غزوہ بدر میں مسلمانوں کے خوف کو دور کرنے اور اطمینان و سکون کے لیے ان پر غنودگی طاری کی تھی۔

Correct Answer: فرعون کی قوم

اللہ تعالیٰ نے حضرت موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) اور بنی اسرائیل کو بچانے کے بعد فرعون اور اس کی نافرمان قوم کو بحیرہ احمر (Red Sea) میں غرق کر دیا تھا۔

Correct Answer: حضرت عثمان

رسول اللہ ﷺ کے چچا حضرت عباس بن عبدالمطلب کی وفات 32 ہجری میں ہوئی اور خلیفہ وقت حضرت عثمان بن عفان (رض) نے ان کی نمازِ جنازہ پڑھائی تھی۔

Correct Answer: حضرت موسیٰ علیہ السلام

اللہ تعالیٰ کی الہامی کتاب 'توریت' حضرت موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) پر کوہِ طور پر نازل ہوئی۔