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

Correct Answer: 1964

Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) was a multi-governmental organization established on July 21, 1964, by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Correct Answer: 2002

The African Union (AU) was officially launched on July 9, 2002, replacing the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

Correct Answer: 1955

The Allied occupation of West Germany officially ended on May 5, 1955, when the Paris Agreements came into force.

Correct Answer: Toman

In 2020, Iran passed a bill to change its national currency from the Rial to the Toman to simplify financial calculations.

Correct Answer: None of these

While Apple is the largest tech company by market cap, Samsung Electronics is often regarded as the largest electronics hardware producer, making 'None of these' the most technically accurate choice provided in the key.

Correct Answer: Lebanon

In May 2000, Israel unilaterally withdrew its military forces from the security zone in southern Lebanon after an occupation lasting 23 years.

Correct Answer: North American Free Trade Agreement

NAFTA was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.

Correct Answer: Plato

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice and the order of a just city-state.

Correct Answer: Tarbela

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

Correct Answer: Agra

Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is buried alongside his wife Mumtaz Mahal inside the Taj Mahal, located in Agra.

Correct Answer: Demography

Demography is the statistical study of human populations, encompassing their size, structure, and distribution.

Correct Answer: 14-18 times

A normal resting respiratory rate for healthy adults is typically between 12 to 20 breaths per minute.

Correct Answer: Oxygen

By mass, oxygen makes up about 65% of the human body, primarily as a component of water.

Correct Answer: Photo voltaic cell

Solar panels are composed of photovoltaic (PV) cells, which convert sunlight directly into electricity.

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

Lunar phases are caused by the changing geometric alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, allowing us to see different portions of the Moon's sunlit half.

Correct Answer: Leeuwenhoek

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a pioneer of microscopy, originally referred to the microorganisms he discovered as 'animalcules' (little animals).

Correct Answer: Small Intestine

The small intestine is composed of three main parts: the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum.

Correct Answer: Hydrogenation

Hydrogenation is the chemical process of adding hydrogen to unsaturated fats (liquid oils) to make them solid (ghee or margarine) at room temperature.

Correct Answer: Pascal

The Pascal (Pa) is the standard SI derived unit of pressure, equivalent to one newton per square meter.

Correct Answer: Coulomb

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb discovered Coulomb's Law, which quantifies the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion.

Correct Answer: Biography

A biography is a detailed description of a person's life, written by someone else.

Correct Answer: Huge

Gigantic refers to something of very great size or extent, making 'Huge' its correct synonym.

Correct Answer: Occur suddenly

The idiom 'break out' means for something (like a fire, war, or disease) to start suddenly.

Correct Answer: To Die

'Kick the bucket' is an English idiom which is a colloquial way of saying someone has died.

Correct Answer: Listening carefully

To 'prick up one's ears' means to start listening attentively or with heightened interest.

Correct Answer: The enemy has been defeated by our army.

The sentence is in Present Perfect tense. Its passive form takes 'has/have been + V3'.

Correct Answer: You are requested to give me your pen and take your seat.

Sentences starting with 'Please' are polite requests. In passive form, they begin with 'You are requested to'.

Correct Answer: Help

If treating 'brother and friend' as a compound plural subject referring to multiple people, it takes the plural verb 'help'.

Correct Answer: Extinguish

'Put out' is a phrasal verb that means to extinguish something, like a fire or a cigarette.

Correct Answer: Lazy

Diligent means showing care and conscientiousness in one's work; therefore, 'Lazy' is its direct antonym.

Correct Answer: Hero

A 'dastard' is a despicable coward, making 'Hero' the correct antonym.

Correct Answer: of

The correct preposition to use with 'sick' in this context (meaning tired or weary) is 'of'.

Correct Answer: Adjective

In this sentence, 'best' describes the noun 'friend', functioning as a superlative adjective.

Correct Answer: Adverb

Here, 'well' modifies the verb 'doing', hence it acts as an adverb.

Correct Answer: He thanked him for his kind help

When transforming to indirect speech, 'Thank you' converts directly into the verb 'thanked'.

Correct Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Qutb-ud-din Aibak founded the Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty in 1206, which was the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Correct Answer: 6 September

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 escalated on September 6 when Indian forces crossed the international border towards Lahore.

Correct Answer: 01 January 1948

India took the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations Security Council on January 1, 1948, under Article 35 of the UN Charter.

Correct Answer: A.O Hume

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant.

Correct Answer: Simla Deputation

The Simla Deputation was a group of Muslim leaders who met Viceroy Lord Minto to demand separate electorates for Muslims.

Correct Answer: 1979

Pakistan formally withdrew from the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) in March 1979 following the Iranian Revolution.

Correct Answer: World Bank

The World Bank mediated the negotiations that led to the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India.

Correct Answer: 1950

The Liaquat-Nehru Pact was a bilateral treaty signed on April 8, 1950, to guarantee the rights of minorities in both countries.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Karachi served as the first capital of Pakistan from 1947 until it was shifted to Rawalpindi in 1959, and eventually to Islamabad.

Correct Answer: Delhi

During the Delhi Durbar in 1911, King George V announced the shifting of the British Indian capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

Correct Answer: 75 Lacs

Under the Treaty of Amritsar (1846), the British East India Company sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh for 7.5 million (75 Lakh) Nanakshahi rupees.

Correct Answer: 28 May 1998

Pakistan successfully conducted its first nuclear tests (Chagai-I) on May 28, 1998, in response to India's Pokhran-II tests.

Correct Answer: Asia

Pakistan is located in Southern Asia, bordered by India, Afghanistan, Iran, and China.

Correct Answer: Pakistan-Afghanistan

The Durand Line is the 2,640-kilometer border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, established in 1893.

Correct Answer: Iran

Iran is located strictly to the west/southwest of Pakistan, while Afghanistan lies to the northwest.

Correct Answer: Swabi

Tarbela Dam is situated over the Indus River in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Godwin Austen

K2 is also officially known as Mount Godwin-Austen, named after Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the region.

Correct Answer: Skardu

Kachura Lakes (Upper and Lower) are popular tourist destinations located in the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Correct Answer: Balouchistan

The Hingol River flows entirely within the Balochistan province of Pakistan and is the longest river in the province.

Correct Answer: Slow moving

A glacier is a persistent, slow-moving body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

Correct Answer: Ishaq Dar

In 2020, the Punjab government briefly converted former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's residence in Lahore into a shelter home (Panahgah).

Correct Answer: March 2020

The NCOC was established in March 2020 to formulate and implement the national strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Pie chart

While all options are graphs, 'Pie Chart' is listed as the accepted general answer in the official key for circular graphical representation of data portions.

Correct Answer: =

All formulas in Microsoft Excel must begin with an equal sign (=).

Correct Answer: Spreadsheet

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program used to record, analyze, and visualize numerical data.

Correct Answer: Cell

A cell is the fundamental structural unit of a spreadsheet, formed by the intersection of a row and a column.

Correct Answer: =A1+A2

An Excel formula must always start with an equals sign. '=A1+A2' is a valid formula syntax.

Correct Answer: Worksheets

A workbook is a file that contains one or more related worksheets (spreadsheets).

Correct Answer: SUM

The SUM function is used to add all numbers within a selected range of cells.

Correct Answer: Superscript

Superscript formatting makes text appear slightly above the regular baseline, commonly used in mathematical exponents like x².

Correct Answer: Select the text then click on Format Painter and select the new text

The Format Painter tool lets you easily copy the formatting applied to a specific text and apply it to another selection.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

The paragraph settings dialog in MS Word allows users to adjust both line spacing and indentation for the selected text.

Correct Answer: Insert

The 'Shapes' command is found under the 'Insert' tab in the Illustrations group in Microsoft Word.

Correct Answer: 12

For a standard 10-point or 12-point font, standard single line spacing calculates to about 12 points vertically.

Correct Answer: F7

Pressing the F7 key in Microsoft Word opens the Spelling and Grammar check tool.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + =

Pressing 'Ctrl' and the '=' key simultaneously applies subscript formatting in Microsoft Word.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Z

Ctrl + Z is the universal Windows shortcut to undo the most recent action.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Shift + <

Using 'Ctrl + Shift + <' decreases the font size sequentially, while 'Ctrl + Shift + >' increases it.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Enter

Pressing Ctrl + Enter inserts a manual page break, forcing the text to begin on the next page.

Correct Answer: AutoSave

AutoSave (or AutoRecover) is an MS Office feature that automatically saves your files at regular intervals to prevent data loss.

Correct Answer: Delete

The 'Delete' key removes the character located immediately to the right of the text cursor, while 'Backspace' removes the character to the left.

Correct Answer: Plotter

A plotter is an output device used for printing high-quality vector graphics, unlike mice, keyboards, and scanners, which provide input.

Correct Answer: ARPANET

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and the core of what became the Internet.

Correct Answer: Rs. 12500

Using the depreciation formula A = P(1 - R/100)^n: 9680 = P(1 - 0.12)^2. P = 9680 / (0.88 * 0.88) = 12500.

Correct Answer: 100000 cm

There are 1,000 meters in a kilometer and 100 centimeters in a meter. 1000 x 100 = 100,000 cm.

Correct Answer: 795664

Squaring the number gives: 892 x 892 = 795,664.

Correct Answer: 15

Using M1 * D1 * H1 = M2 * D2 * H2 => 30 * 16 * 9 = 36 * D2 * 8. D2 = (4320) / (288) = 15 days.

Correct Answer: 100

Sum of angles is 180. (x-35) + (x-25) + (0.5x-10) = 180. 2.5x - 70 = 180. 2.5x = 250. x = 100.

Correct Answer: Rs. 250

Formula: A = P(1+R/100)^n. 270.40 = P(1.04)^2. P = 270.40 / 1.0816 = 250.

Correct Answer: 48 km/h

Average speed for identical distances is calculated by the formula 2xy/(x+y) = 2(60)(40)/(60+40) = 4800/100 = 48 km/h.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Using n=1 gives $9^2 - 4^2 = 81 - 16 = 65$, which is divisible by both 5 and 13.

Correct Answer: 60

Total weight increase is 10 * 1.5 = 15 kg. Thus, the new man's weight is 45 + 15 = 60 kg.

Correct Answer: فارسی

لفظ 'افسانہ' کا ماخذ فارسی زبان ہے جس کا مطلب جھوٹی یا فرضی کہانی ہے۔

Correct Answer: منقبت

منقبت وہ شعری صنف ہے جس میں خلفائے راشدین، صحابہ کرام، اہل بیت اور اولیاء اللہ کی تعریف کی جاتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: مرثیہ

بین (رونا اور ماتم کرنا) مرثیہ کے اجزائے ترکیبی میں شامل ہے جس میں شہدائے کربلا کے غم میں گریہ کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: بہت عزت کرنا

یہ اردو کا ایک مشہور محاورہ ہے جس کے معنی انتہائی عزت اور قدر کرنا ہے۔

Correct Answer: بات کا غلط مطلب نکالنا

یہ ضرب المثل اس وقت استعمال ہوتی ہے جب کوئی بات بے جوڑ ہو یا اس کا بالکل غلط مفہوم نکالا جائے۔

Correct Answer: غلامی کرنا

کسی کا پانی بھرنا محاورہ ہے جس سے مراد ہے انتہائی فرمانبرداری کرنا یا غلامی کرنا۔

Correct Answer: اکبر الہ آبادی

اکبر الہ آبادی اردو ادب میں اپنی طنزیہ و مزاحیہ شاعری اور مغربی تہذیب پر تنقید کے لیے مشہور ہیں۔

Correct Answer: صوفی تبسم

ٹوٹ بٹوٹ کا کردار اور اس سے متعلق بچوں کی شہرہ آفاق نظمیں صوفی غلام مصطفیٰ تبسم کی تخلیق ہیں۔

Correct Answer: حیدر علی آتش

یہ مشہور غزل خواجہ حیدر علی آتش کی ہے جو لکھنؤ دبستان کے نامور شاعر تھے۔

Correct Answer: قصد

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

Correct Answer: اسرار خودی

علامہ اقبال کا پہلا باقاعدہ شعری مجموعہ 'اسرار خودی' تھا جو فارسی میں 1915 میں شائع ہوا۔ بانگ درا ان کا پہلا اردو مجموعہ تھا۔

Correct Answer: Battle of Mutah

Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A) embraced Islam after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah and his first military campaign for the Muslims was the Battle of Mu'tah.

Correct Answer: Surah Al-Hijr

Allah takes responsibility for the protection of the Quran in Surah Al-Hijr (15:9): 'Indeed, it is We who sent down the Quran and indeed, We will be its guardian.'