SAARC was established in which year?
View answer & explanation Ans: 1985
Correct Answer: 1985
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka.
PPSC · Other · 2025
Comprehensive solved PPSC Junior Clerk BS-11 past paper from 2025. Includes 100 questions covering General Knowledge, Pakistan Studies, Science, Math, and Computer.
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Correct Answer: 1985
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka.
Correct Answer: 1944
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference.
Correct Answer: Rome
The World Food Programme (WFP), a branch of the United Nations, is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
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Correct Answer: Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital and the largest city of Bangladesh.
Correct Answer: Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
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Correct Answer: Russia
The Bolshevik Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin, took place in Russia in 1917, leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union.
Correct Answer: Ibn-e-Saud
King Abdulaziz Al Saud, often referred to as Ibn Saud, unified the regions to establish the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
Correct Answer: 1912
The Republic of China was established in 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution which overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
Correct Answer: 1939
World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland.
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Correct Answer: Military
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, serving as the center for military operations.
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Correct Answer: USA
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for improvements to auction theory.
Correct Answer: Marie Curie
Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, receiving the award in Physics in 1903.
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Correct Answer: MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held the No. 1 spot in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
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Correct Answer: George Orwell
'1984' is a famous dystopian novel written by the English author George Orwell.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: A.K. Fazlul Huq
A.K. Fazlul Huq moved the Lahore Resolution, commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution, at the All-India Muslim League session on March 23, 1940.
Correct Answer: 1913
Muhammad Ali Jinnah officially joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913.
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Correct Answer: Peshawar
The Cunningham Clock Tower, also known as Ghanta Ghar, is a historic landmark located in Peshawar.
Correct Answer: Rawalpindi
Taxila, an ancient city and archaeological site, is located near Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Correct Answer: Haripur
Khanpur Dam is a multipurpose dam located on the Haro River near the town of Khanpur in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Correct Answer: K2
K2 is known as the 'Savage Mountain' due to the extreme difficulty of its ascent and high fatality rate.
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Correct Answer: Belgium
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan obtained his Doctorate in Metallurgical Engineering (with a focus on physics applications) from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
Correct Answer: A.G. Chagla
The tune of the Pakistani national anthem was composed by Ahmed G. Chagla in 1949.
Correct Answer: Agra
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is buried alongside his wife Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India.
Correct Answer: 1930
The first Round Table Conference was held in London from November 1930 to January 1931.
Correct Answer: Rashid Minhas
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas is the only officer of the Pakistan Air Force to have been awarded the Nishan-e-Haider.
Correct Answer: Ayub Khan
President Ayub Khan introduced the Basic Democracy system in 1959.
Correct Answer: Z.A. Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1973 following the political developments after the 1970 elections.
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Correct Answer: Arshad Nadeem
Arshad Nadeem made history by winning the gold medal in Javelin Throw for Pakistan at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Sadpara
Legendary mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara went missing and later died while attempting a winter ascent of K2 in February 2021.
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Correct Answer: Provinces
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan significantly devolved powers from the federal government to the provinces.
Correct Answer: 234
The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan consisted of 234 articles, divided into 13 parts.
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Correct Answer: Punjabi
Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan by the percentage of native speakers.
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Correct Answer: Abu Ala Maududi
Syed Abul A'la Maududi founded Jamaat-e-Islami in 1941.
Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal
Allama Muhammad Iqbal's famous lectures, 'The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam', were written in English and addressed modern Islamic philosophy.
Correct Answer: Shibli Nomani
Shibli Nomani was instrumental in the organization and development of Nadwat-ul-Ulama in Lucknow.
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Correct Answer: 2013
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework was officially signed in 2013.
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Correct Answer: Al-Khalid
The Al-Khalid main battle tank, developed in collaboration with China, is recognized as Pakistan's first truly indigenous tank.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
Sir Creek is a disputed 96-km strip of water between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch marshlands.
Correct Answer: India
India is located to the east of Pakistan.
Correct Answer: Karakoram
The Baltoro Glacier is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions and is situated in the Karakoram range.
Correct Answer: Indian
Mauritius is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.
Correct Answer: K2
K2, the second highest mountain in the world, is also famously known as Mount Godwin-Austen.
Correct Answer: Torrid Zone
The Torrid Zone is the geographic region of the Earth located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
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Correct Answer: Cavendish
Henry Cavendish discovered that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen in 1781.
Correct Answer: Baking Soda
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a compound, not a solution, until it is dissolved in a solvent.
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Correct Answer: Both Animals and Plants
Biomass is renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals.
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Correct Answer: Fission
Nuclear fission is the process used in nuclear reactors to release energy by splitting atoms.
Correct Answer: Velocity
Velocity is a derived unit (meters per second), whereas meter, Kelvin, and candela are base SI units.
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Correct Answer: Gases
The sun is primarily composed of hydrogen and helium gases undergoing nuclear fusion.
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Correct Answer: Magnetic field
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to generate images of the body.
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Correct Answer: Mail Merge
Mail Merge is a feature in MS Word used to create a batch of documents that are personalized for each recipient.
Correct Answer: Auto Correct
AutoCorrect is the MS Office feature that automatically detects and corrects spelling and grammar errors.
Correct Answer: Insert
The 'Insert' tab in MS Word contains the 'Table' option used to add tables to a document.
Correct Answer: Brush
MS Word does not have a 'Brush' tool for drawing; it is a word processor, unlike paint software.
Correct Answer: Cover Page
The cover page is typically the first page of a formal document.
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Correct Answer: Intel
Intel is a manufacturer of computer processors (CPUs), not a brand of computers.
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Correct Answer: Shift+F3
In MS Word, pressing Shift+F3 toggles the selected text between uppercase, lowercase, and title case.
Correct Answer: Alt+Tab
Alt+Tab is the keyboard shortcut used in Windows to switch between open applications.
Correct Answer: Alt+F4
Alt+F4 is the keyboard shortcut used to close the currently active application window in Windows.
Correct Answer: Cntrl+[
In MS Word, Ctrl + [ decreases the font size, and Ctrl + ] increases it.
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Correct Answer: Python
Python is the most popular programming language used in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning.
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Correct Answer: Cntrl+M
Ctrl+M is the standard shortcut in MS PowerPoint to insert a new slide.
Correct Answer: PowerPoint
.ppt is the legacy file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint presentation files.
Correct Answer: All of these
In MS PowerPoint, transitions can be applied to a single slide, specific selected slides, or the entire presentation.
Correct Answer: Notes
The 'Notes' section is usually found at the bottom of the PowerPoint interface, not in the left-hand navigation pane.
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Correct Answer: J. Von Neumann
John von Neumann proposed the Von Neumann architecture, which introduced the concept of stored-program computers.
Correct Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) while working at CERN in 1989.
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Correct Answer: username@website.com
A valid email address follows the pattern of local-part@domain.
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Correct Answer: =
In Microsoft Excel, every formula must begin with an equals sign (=).
Correct Answer: Formula Bar
The Formula Bar in Excel shows the value or formula contained in the currently selected cell.
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Correct Answer: .txt
Notepad is a plain text editor, and its files are saved with the .txt extension.
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Correct Answer: Store context
Metadata is used to describe and provide context about the data, aiding in its management and retrieval.
Correct Answer: Data Manage
Firm data management involves organized processes to maintain and manage enterprise information.
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Correct Answer: 500500
The sum of the first n integers is calculated using the formula n(n+1)/2. For n=1000, it is 1000(1001)/2 = 500,500.
Correct Answer: 3/4
4x-3x=5Y-Y implies x=4Y. Substituting x=4Y into 3x/16Y gives 3(4Y)/16Y = 12Y/16Y = 3/4.
Correct Answer: 18
Dividing T²-3T+1=0 by T gives T+1/T=3. Then, (T+1/T)³ = T³+1/T³ + 3(T+1/T) => 27 = T³+1/T³ + 9 => T³+1/T³ = 18.
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Correct Answer: Real
The product of two irrational numbers can be rational or irrational, but it is always a real number.
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Correct Answer: 1235
Load = 6500 * 0.81 = 5265 kg. Truck weight = 6500 - 5265 = 1235 kg. The closest provided option is 1230 kg.
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Correct Answer: 15 cm
Using V=(1/3)πr²h, h = (3*V)/(π*r²). With V=245 and r=7, h ≈ 15 cm.
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Correct Answer: Rome
The proverb 'Rome was not built in a day' means that important things take time.
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Correct Answer: On
We say something is 'on the menu' when referring to the food offered.
Correct Answer: Straight
The word 'straight' can be used as an adjective (a straight line) or as an adverb (go straight).
Correct Answer: Deer
The plural form of the noun 'deer' is 'deer'.
Correct Answer: Father as well as children was invited by them
When using 'as well as', the verb agrees with the first subject, which is singular ('Father').
Correct Answer: According to
'According to me' is the correct phrase to express an opinion or advice based on one's perspective.
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Correct Answer: Traitor
A turncoat is a person who switches allegiance, often considered a traitor.
Correct Answer: Consistent
Capricious means unpredictable; consistent means steady and reliable.
Correct Answer: Border
Outskirts refers to the outer edges or borders of a town or city.
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Correct Answer: Vase: Flower
A jar is a type of container; similarly, a vase is a type of object used to hold flowers.
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Correct Answer: She told the doctor that her mother had been sleeping since the previous day
In indirect speech, present perfect continuous changes to past perfect continuous, and 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day'.
Correct Answer: He exclaimed that it was a terrible storm
Exclamatory sentences in indirect speech use 'exclaimed', and the tense shifts to past.
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Correct Answer: Turkish
The word 'Urdu' is derived from the Turkish word 'ordu', meaning 'army' or 'camp'.
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Correct Answer: مجازی
محاورے ہمیشہ مجازی معنی دیتے ہیں، یعنی وہ اپنے لغوی معنی کے بجائے خاص مفہوم میں استعمال ہوتے ہیں۔
Correct Answer: وہ قریب مرگ ہے
اردو زبان میں 'وہ قریب مرگ ہے' درست فقرہ ہے۔
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Correct Answer: الطاف حسین حالی
یہ مشہور نعت کے اشعار الطاف حسین حالی کی تخلیق ہیں۔
Correct Answer: حسن مطلع
غزل کے مطلع کے فوراً بعد والا شعر جس میں قافیہ اور ردیف کی رعایت ہو، حسن مطلع کہلاتا ہے۔
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Correct Answer: سوچ بچار
تذبذب کا مطلب شک میں پڑنا یا فیصلہ کرنے کے لیے سوچ بچار کی حالت ہے۔
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Correct Answer: چپ سادھنا
گونگے کا گڑ کھانا ایک محاورہ ہے جس کا مطلب ہے خاموشی اختیار کرنا یا کسی بات کو دل میں رکھ لینا۔
Correct Answer: شاگرد ہونا
زانوئے تلمذ تہہ کرنا کا مطلب ہے کسی استاد کے سامنے بیٹھ کر علم حاصل کرنا یعنی شاگرد بننا۔
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Correct Answer: حضرت یعقوب علیہ السلام
پیرِ کنعان حضرت یعقوب علیہ السلام کو کہا جاتا ہے، کیونکہ آپ کا تعلق کنعان کے علاقے سے تھا۔
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