PPSC Junior Computer Operator (Transport Department) Past Paper 2024 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a famous freestanding bell tower located in the city of Pisa, Italy, known for its nearly four-degree lean.

Correct Answer: Wimbledon

The Wimbledon 2020 tennis tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time it was cancelled since World War II.

Correct Answer: 4

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football tournament contested every four years since its inception in 1930 (except during WWII).

Correct Answer: 1989

APEC was founded in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific region and create greater prosperity.

Correct Answer: Al-Khawarizmi

Al-Khawarizmi is recognized for his foundational work in mathematics, inventing algebra and algorithms, which form the core logic of modern computer programming.

Correct Answer: 1846

Through the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846, the British sold the Kashmir region to Gulab Singh of the Dogra dynasty for 75 lakh Nanakshahee rupees.

Correct Answer: China

The development of Gwadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan, was heavily funded and executed with technical assistance from China.

Correct Answer: Jamshoro

Manchar Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in Asia, is located in the Jamshoro District of Sindh.

Correct Answer: 6 liters

The total lung capacity of an average adult human male is about 6 liters of air.

Correct Answer: Amanita phalloides

Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the death cap, is a highly poisonous and deadly mushroom.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor to the beginning of Document

In most text editors and word processors, including MS Word, pressing Ctrl + Home moves the cursor directly to the very start of the document.

Correct Answer: Create a new document

In MS Word and many other applications, Ctrl + N is the standard keyboard shortcut to create a new, blank document.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+E

Ctrl + E is the universal shortcut in Microsoft Office programs to center-align the current paragraph or selected text.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor one Page Down

Pressing Ctrl + Page Down in Word moves the cursor to the top of the next page (or browse object).

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor one word right

Ctrl + Right Arrow skips the cursor forward to the beginning of the next word, allowing faster navigation through text.

Correct Answer: F5

F5 is the standard function key used across Windows environments and web browsers to refresh or reload the current active window.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor one screen up

The Page Up key moves the view and cursor up by one full screen's worth of content, not exactly one physical page.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor one word left

Pressing Ctrl + Left Arrow moves the typing cursor backward to the start of the previous word.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+ N

Ctrl + N generates a brand new document window in MS Word.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor one screen down

Pressing the Page Down key advances the view down by approximately one display screen.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+J

Ctrl + J justifies the text, aligning it evenly along both the left and right margins of the document.

Correct Answer: Enter

Pressing the 'Enter' key inserts a paragraph break in text editors. (Note: Shift+Enter is for a line break without a new paragraph).

Correct Answer: Ctrl+M

Ctrl + M is the designated shortcut for appending a new slide to a presentation, whereas Ctrl + N creates a completely new presentation file.

Correct Answer: Alt+ Enter

Alt + Enter forces a manual line break (carriage return) strictly within a single Excel cell without jumping to the next cell.

Correct Answer: Moves the cursor beginning of the line

By itself, pressing the Home key returns the text cursor to the absolute beginning of the current active line.

Correct Answer: Alt+F4

Alt + F4 is the universal Microsoft Windows command used to immediately close the currently active application window.

Correct Answer: Winword.exe

The executable file that launches Microsoft Word is named Winword.exe.

Correct Answer: Bookmarks

In MS Word, a bookmark is used to identify a specific location or selection of text that you name and identify for future reference.

Correct Answer: All of these

AutoFormat in word processors automatically handles tasks like underlining links, fixing spacing, and converting double hyphens into em dashes.

Correct Answer: 03

By default, a Drop Cap in Microsoft Word drops down 3 lines of text, though this can be manually adjusted.

Correct Answer: Enter

Pressing the Enter key in MS Word creates a hard return, thereby starting a new paragraph.

Correct Answer: Give provision for better document binding

A gutter margin adds extra space to the side, top, or inner margins of a document that you plan to bind, ensuring that text isn't obscured by the binding.

Correct Answer: Paste special

'Paste Special' allows you to strip away styles and paste purely unformatted text from the clipboard into a Word document.

Correct Answer: Format painter

The Format Painter tool allows you to copy all formatting attributes from one piece of text and quickly apply them to other text sections.

Correct Answer: Mail merge

Mail Merge is a robust word processing feature used to produce multiple, customized documents like letters by linking a master template to a data source.

Correct Answer: Comment

A Comment is a tool used by editors and reviewers to add annotations, feedback, or notes to specific text blocks without altering the main text itself.

Correct Answer: Watermark

A watermark inserts faded, semi-transparent text or images behind document text, commonly used to denote drafts or confidentiality.

Correct Answer: Track changes

The 'Track Changes' feature visually records insertions, deletions, and formatting changes, making document collaboration and editing transparent.

Correct Answer: Animation Objects

To apply motion effects specifically to individual text or objects (rather than the whole slide), you use Animation features (Custom Animation/Animation Objects).

Correct Answer: Insert+New Slide

Historically in menu-based versions of PowerPoint, new slides were added from the Insert menu. The modern shortcut is Ctrl+M.

Correct Answer: Landscape

By default, PowerPoint slides are oriented in Landscape format to best match the aspect ratio of most screens and projectors.

Correct Answer: F5

The F5 key starts the PowerPoint slide show from the very first slide.

Correct Answer: Double click the applications control menu icon

In classic Windows environments, double-clicking the application's control menu icon (top-left corner) instantly closes the software.

Correct Answer: Format Menu

In older menu-based versions of PowerPoint (like 2003), Slide Design and Layout options were found under the Format menu.

Correct Answer: Title

Whenever you open a new PowerPoint presentation, the very first default slide generated is always a Title slide layout.

Correct Answer: Normal view

Normal View is the default, primary editing interface in PowerPoint, making it the most direct and common way to insert and immediately design a new slide.

Correct Answer: Status bar

The Status bar, located at the bottom of the PowerPoint window, displays important metrics including current slide number, language, and zoom level.

Correct Answer: Slide

Unlike Word documents (pages) or Excel workbooks (sheets), individual presentation frames in PowerPoint are universally called 'slides'.

Correct Answer: sans serif fonts

Sans-serif fonts (like Arial or Calibri) lack small decorative strokes, rendering them significantly clearer and more readable at a distance for presentation headings.

Correct Answer: Application programming interface

API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface, which allows different software systems to communicate with one another.

Correct Answer: Network Operating system

NOS stands for Network Operating System, which is designed primarily to support workstations, database sharing, and application sharing over a local area network.

Correct Answer: Digital signature

A digital signature authenticates the sender's identity and ensures that the contents of the email have not been tampered with in transit.

Correct Answer: The space between the lines of text

Line spacing determines the vertical amount of white space between lines of text within a paragraph.

Correct Answer: Text effects

Visual decorations applied to text, such as shimmer or blinking (especially in older Word versions), are known as text effects.

Correct Answer: System software

An operating system (OS) is categorized as system software because it manages computer hardware and provides common services for application software.

Correct Answer: Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet applications like MS Excel organize data into a grid format using intersecting rows and columns.

Correct Answer: Application software

Application software refers to programs built directly to help end-users perform specific, real-world tasks like typing, browsing, or accounting.

Correct Answer: Firewall

A firewall is a network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on an organization's previously established security policies.

Correct Answer: Shift

Holding down the Shift key while dragging a column boundary in Excel allows you to insert the column into a new location without overwriting existing data.

Correct Answer: Data

The 'Remove Duplicates' feature is located under the 'Data' tab in the MS Excel ribbon.

Correct Answer: View >Window>Split

To divide the worksheet window into separate panes in Excel, you navigate to the View tab and select Split.

Correct Answer: Intersection of rows and columns

In spreadsheet programs like Excel, a cell is formed by the spatial intersection of a horizontal row and a vertical column.

Correct Answer: =

In MS Excel, every formula or function must begin with an equals sign '=' so the application knows to calculate the entry.

Correct Answer: 3

Excel utilizes exactly three types of cell references: Relative (A1), Absolute ($A$1), and Mixed (A$1 or $A1).

Correct Answer: Cell

A cell is the fundamental unit of a spreadsheet, identified by a column letter and row number intersection, like C4.

Correct Answer: Use no border

To remove borders previously applied to a cell or range in Excel, you select the area and choose the 'No Border' option from the Borders menu.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

In Excel's conditional formatting, formats can be applied based either on the static value inside a cell or through a dynamic formula evaluation.

Correct Answer: 7

Applying BODMAS: (7-3) = 4, (4+3) = 7. Formula is 4 * 7 / 4. 28 / 4 = 7.

Correct Answer: Thin Blinking line

In text editing contexts, a cursor is typically represented as a thin blinking vertical line indicating where text will be inserted.

Correct Answer: Name@website.com

A valid email address structure always requires exactly one '@' symbol separating the username and the domain name.

Correct Answer: Save as

The 'Save As' function allows a user to save an existing file under a new name or in a new location, preserving the original file.

Correct Answer: Office Vista

Windows Vista was an operating system, but there was never a release of Microsoft Office branded as 'Office Vista'.

Correct Answer: .ppt

The legacy file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations is .ppt, later transitioning to .pptx in newer versions.

Correct Answer: =sum(A1:A2)

The proper syntax to calculate a sum across a range of cells in Excel is to type '=SUM(' followed by the cell range, like A1:A2, and a closing bracket.

Correct Answer: AVG

While SUM, MAX, and MIN are valid Excel functions, to calculate an average, the full word 'AVERAGE' is used instead of 'AVG'.

Correct Answer: To perform a logical test and return a value based on the result

The IF function evaluates a condition to see if it is True or False, and returns a specified value based on that outcome.

Correct Answer: Page Setup

The Clipboard group typically contains Cut, Copy, Paste, and Format Painter. Page Setup is located in the Page Layout tab.

Correct Answer: Column chart

A column chart (or bar chart) is the standard and most effective visual diagram used for comparing categories or groups, like comparing performance data among employees side-by-side.

Correct Answer: Quickly accept, store, and transfer data and instructions

Registers are extremely fast, small memory locations built directly into the CPU to temporarily hold and transfer critical data during processing.

Correct Answer: Word-wrap

Word-wrap is a feature in text processing that automatically moves text to the next line when it reaches the right margin.

Correct Answer: Overtype mode

Overtype mode allows typed characters to replace (overwrite) existing characters to the right of the insertion point.

Correct Answer: SEO

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the comprehensive process used to improve visibility and ranking in organic search engine results pages.

Correct Answer: Gutter

In desktop publishing and sometimes CSS layouts, the vertical separation space between multiple columns of text is frequently referred to as a gutter.

Correct Answer: Microsoft Office Suite

These applications are all primary productivity components grouped together within the Microsoft Office Suite.

Correct Answer: A tool for managing business finances

Microsoft Office Accounting (now discontinued) was a software program explicitly designed to manage bookkeeping and finances for small businesses.

Correct Answer: To create a virtual version of a device or resource, such as a server, storage device, network or even an operating system where the framework divides the resource into one or more execution environments.

Virtualization uses software to simulate physical hardware, allowing a single server to act as multiple isolated, virtual machines.

Correct Answer: The print button

Clicking the Quick Print button directly on toolbars typically bypasses the configuration dialog, instantly dispatching the file to the default printer.

Correct Answer: Pronoun

"Everyone" is an indefinite pronoun used to refer to all the people in a group.

Correct Answer: Preposition

'Under' acts as a preposition of place here, showing the physical relationship between the shoes and the table.

Correct Answer: Reject

The phrasal verb 'to turn down' commonly means to decline or reject an offer or request.

Correct Answer: to

The correct idiomatic prepositional phrase is 'to take [something] to heart,' meaning to let it profoundly upset or affect you.

Correct Answer: To take interest in other affairs

To poke one's nose into something implies interfering or prying excessively into other people's personal matters.

Correct Answer: 15

Since interior and exterior angles sum to 180°, 2x + 13x = 180. x = 12. Exterior angle = 2(12) = 24°. Number of sides = 360 / 24 = 15.

Correct Answer: Quadrilateral

The prefix 'quad-' means four, making quadrilateral the correct geometric term for any four-sided polygon.

Correct Answer: 1/56

The X terms cancel out (X - X = 0). You subtract fractions: (1/7) - (1/8) = (8/56) - (7/56) = 1/56.

Correct Answer: بانگ درا

علامہ اقبال کی اردو شاعری کا پہلا مجموعہ 'بانگ درا' ہے جو 1924 میں شائع ہوا۔

Correct Answer: امیر خسرو

امیر خسرو کو روایتی طور پر اردو زبان کا پہلا شاعر تسلیم کیا جاتا ہے، اگرچہ قلی قطب شاہ پہلے صاحب دیوان شاعر ہیں۔