PPSC Labour Officer (BS-16) Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: China

China built a 100-meter-tall smog tower in Xian, which is considered the world's largest air purifier.

Correct Answer: 27

Following the departure of the United Kingdom (Brexit) on January 31, 2020, the European Union has 27 member states.

Correct Answer: Frankfurt

The European Central Bank, which administers the monetary policy of the eurozone, is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Correct Answer: Cairo

Al-Azhar University is one of the oldest and most prestigious Islamic universities in the world, located in Cairo, Egypt.

Correct Answer: Tirana

Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania, serving as its political and economic hub.

Correct Answer: London

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London.

Correct Answer: Leo Tolstoy

Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote 'War and Peace', an epic novel detailing the French invasion of Russia.

Correct Answer: UK

Moseley Road Baths is an Edwardian bathhouse situated in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Correct Answer: BeiDou

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is China's homegrown satellite navigation system, equivalent to the US GPS.

Correct Answer: World Health Organization

WHO stands for World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public health.

Correct Answer: Ethiopia

Habsha (or Abyssinia) is the ancient name for the geographic region corresponding to modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Correct Answer: Maldives

Maldives is the smallest SAARC member country both by land area and population.

Correct Answer: Malaysia

The Malaysian Ringgit is the official currency of Malaysia.

Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia occupies the vast majority of the Arabian Peninsula, making it the largest country in the region.

Correct Answer: 150 miles

Praia do Cassino in Brazil is widely considered the longest continuous sandy beach in the world, stretching roughly 150 miles (254 km).

Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin

While Thomas Jefferson was the principal author, Benjamin Franklin was a critical member of the 'Committee of Five' who helped draft the declaration.

Correct Answer: USA

Thanks to advancements in hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the United States is the world's leading producer of shale gas.

Correct Answer: Jang

Daily Jang has international editions, including one published from London to cater to the Pakistani diaspora.

Correct Answer: Guyana

Mohamed Irfaan Ali became the 9th President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana in August 2020.

Correct Answer: Yemen

A Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni Civil War beginning in 2015 to support the internationally recognized government.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Karachi, being the most populated city and the commercial hub, consistently reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Russia and Pakistan

The 'Druzhba' (Friendship) series of joint military exercises are held between the special forces of the Russian and Pakistani armies.

Correct Answer: Daughter

If A is the father but the child is not a son, the child must logically be a daughter.

Correct Answer: 80

Total tiles on the border = 4 * 21 = 84, but since the 4 corner tiles are shared/counted twice, we subtract 4 to get 80.

Correct Answer: 1998

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar served as the 9th President of Pakistan, taking office in January 1998.

Correct Answer: Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali

Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan served as the Governor of Sindh from 1973 to 1976, making her the first female governor of any Pakistani province.

Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten

Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of British India and served as the first Governor-General of independent India.

Correct Answer: 1960

The Indus Water Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya

Amir Khusro, the iconic Sufi musician and poet, was the spiritual disciple of the revered saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi.

Correct Answer: Bentinck

Lord William Bentinck was appointed the first Governor-General of India in 1833 (Warren Hastings was only Governor-General of Bengal).

Correct Answer: Bengal

Syed Mir Nisar Ali, known as Titu Mir, led a peasant rebellion against Hindu zamindars and the British colonial authorities in Bengal.

Correct Answer: Uni cameral

The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan provided for a unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly.

Correct Answer: Aligarh University

Muhammad Ali Jauhar attended the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, which later evolved into the Aligarh Muslim University.

Correct Answer: imposing heavy taxes

The British crippled the booming indigenous textile and handicraft industries in India by imposing heavy, discriminatory taxes on local goods.

Correct Answer: Shyok

The Shyok River flows through northern Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan, far away from the Balochistan province.

Correct Answer: Ravi & Chenab

The name Rachna is a portmanteau derived from the initial letters of the Ravi and Chenab rivers.

Correct Answer: Myanmar

Myanmar has a long coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, whereas Bhutan, Nepal, and Switzerland are completely landlocked.

Correct Answer: Australia

Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, Western Australia, renowned for its striking bubblegum pink color.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Ladyfinger Peak (Bublimotin) is a distinctive rock spire situated in the Karakoram range of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Narrow strip of land connecting two land masses

An isthmus is a narrow piece of land with water on both sides connecting two larger land areas.

Correct Answer: 72.5 km

In standard Pakistani geographical assessments and official sources, the Siachen Glacier is considered to be approximately 72.5 km long.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

The Gomal Pass is a mountain pass on the Durand Line border between Afghanistan and Pakistan's South Waziristan region.

Correct Answer: Curved path of a river

A meander is a winding, looping curve or bend in the course of a river or stream.

Correct Answer: Sugar factory

Molasses is the viscous byproduct resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar.

Correct Answer: has become invasive in other places where it has been introduced

A history of invasiveness elsewhere is one of the strongest ecological predictors that a plant will become invasive in a new, similar environment.

Correct Answer: Horse

Horses are hindgut fermenters, not ruminants. They lack the multi-chambered stomach found in cows, goats, and giraffes.

Correct Answer: Lions

Unlike most other felines which are solitary, lions are highly social animals that live in family groups called prides.

Correct Answer: Eyes

Trachoma is a contagious infection of the eyes caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, often leading to blindness if untreated.

Correct Answer: Rickets

Rickets is a childhood bone disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate, leading to softening and weakening of the bones.

Correct Answer: Heat

The Joule is the SI unit for energy, work, and heat.

Correct Answer: Newton

The Newton (N) is the SI unit of force, defined as the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one meter per second squared.

Correct Answer: Interferons

Interferons are signaling proteins released by host cells in response to the presence of viruses to trigger immune system defenses.

Correct Answer: Refraction of light

Refraction is the bending of a light wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another with a different refractive index.

Correct Answer: Value

Dates and times in Excel are fundamentally stored as numeric values, allowing users to perform arithmetic operations on them.

Correct Answer: Record

In database terminology applied to spreadsheets, a row represents a single 'record' containing related fields of data.

Correct Answer: USA

The first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC, was built in the United States during WWII.

Correct Answer: 1 trillion bytes

In standard decimal base storage calculation, one terabyte (TB) equals roughly 1 trillion bytes.

Correct Answer: Hard Disk

The hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD) is the non-volatile storage hardware used to store data permanently.

Correct Answer: Receiver's email address

To route an email properly across the internet, the sender must specify the precise email address of the recipient.

Correct Answer: Subscript

The keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + =' applies the Subscript format to the selected text, lowering it slightly below the baseline.

Correct Answer: Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow

Holding Ctrl + Shift while pressing the Left Arrow key efficiently highlights the preceding whole word.

Correct Answer: With the copy and paste buttons on the standard toolbar.

Standard copy-paste only transfers static text/tables. To create a live link, features like 'Paste Special > Paste Link' must be utilized.

Correct Answer: Can't determine

Without an equation (e.g., setting it equal to a specific number), the variable 'n' remains unknown and cannot be determined.

Correct Answer: 5%

Total Cost = (26*20) + (30*36) = 1600. Total Revenue = 56 * 30 = 1680. Profit = 80. Percentage = (80/1600) * 100 = 5%.

Correct Answer: 8%

Average profit = (1/3 * 10) + (1/3 * 20) + (1/3 * -6) = 10/3 + 20/3 - 6/3 = 24/3 = 8%.

Correct Answer: 78.66

Selling Price = Cost Price * 1.5. So, 118 = CP * 1.5. CP = 118 / 1.5 = 78.66.

Correct Answer: 1/24

Total who know at least one language = 1/4. Formula: P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A n B). So 1/4 = 1/6 + 1/8 - Both. Both = 7/24 - 6/24 = 1/24.

Correct Answer: 14

By cross-multiplication: 7 * x = 2 * 49. So, 7x = 98, which gives x = 14.

Correct Answer: Rs. 698

Interest for 1 year = 854 - 815 = 39. Interest for 3 years = 39 * 3 = 117. Principal = Amount - Interest = 815 - 117 = 698.

Correct Answer: 2218

2809 is 53 squared, 2916 is 54 squared, and 3136 is 56 squared. 2218 does not have an integer square root.

Correct Answer: to oppose resolutely

To fight tooth and nail means to engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort, often against strong opposition.

Correct Answer: A donkey's year

The idiom 'donkey's years' (or a donkey's year) is a British expression meaning a very long amount of time.

Correct Answer: Prohibit

Both 'forbid' and 'prohibit' mean to officially refuse to allow something to happen or someone to do something.

Correct Answer: Consecutive

Both 'successive' and 'consecutive' refer to things following one another in an uninterrupted sequence.

Correct Answer: Following

'Subsequent' describes something coming after something else in time, making 'following' the most accurate synonym.

Correct Answer: Aggressive

'Pacific' means peaceful or characterized by peace, making 'aggressive' its direct opposite.

Correct Answer: Hasty

'Hasty climbers have sudden falls' is a famous proverbial saying cautioning against rushing tasks blindly.

Correct Answer: Grass

'While the grass grows, the steed starves' is an English idiom meaning relief or help will come too late to prevent disaster.

Correct Answer: hadn't

Because the auxiliary verb in the main clause is 'had' (past perfect affirmative), the corresponding tag question is 'hadn't'.

Correct Answer: The teacher said that the boy might be allowed to go home then.

In indirect speech, 'said' remains or changes contextually, 'now' changes to 'then', and 'let' structure translates to 'might be allowed to'.

Correct Answer: off

The phrasal verb 'veer off' means to turn away sharply or to leave the planned path.

Correct Answer: Desolate

A 'desolate' island means it is deserted, bleak, and devoid of inhabitants, which perfectly fits the context of washing ashore.

Correct Answer: بیدار

خوابیدہ کا مطلب 'سویا ہوا' ہوتا ہے، جس کا متضاد بیدار (جاگتا ہوا) ہے۔

Correct Answer: نقار خانے میں

یہ ایک مشہور اردو ضرب المثل ہے: 'نقار خانے میں طوطی کی آواز کون سنتا ہے'، یعنی بڑے لوگوں کے سامنے چھوٹے کی بات نہیں سنی جاتی۔

Correct Answer: عالیہ

خدیجہ مستور کے مشہور ترین ناول 'آنگن' کی مرکزی کردار (ہیروئین) اور کہانی سنانے والی عالیہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: بانگ درا

علامہ اقبال کی طویل اور مشہور نظم 'خضر راہ' ان کے پہلے اردو شعری مجموعے 'بانگ درا' میں شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: علامہ اقبال

یہ مشہور شعر شاعر مشرق علامہ محمد اقبال کا ہے، جس میں عقل اور عشق کے توازن کی بات کی گئی ہے۔

Correct Answer: تنقید نگاری

محمد حسن عسکری کا شمار اردو کے صفِ اول کے نقادوں (تنقید نگاروں) میں ہوتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: درمیان میں آنا

آڑے آنا کا مطلب رکاوٹ بننا، درمیان میں آنا یا بعض اوقات مصیبت میں کام آنا ہوتا ہے۔ دیے گئے آپشنز میں 'درمیان میں آنا' درست ترین ہے۔

Correct Answer: لسانیات

ڈاکٹر عطش درانی پاکستان کے مشہور ماہر لسانیات (Linguist) تھے جنہوں نے اردو زبان اور اصطلاحات پر گراں قدر کام کیا۔

Correct Answer: علاج سے مرض بڑھتا گیا

اردو گرامر کی رو سے لفظ 'مرض' مذکر ہے، اس لیے فعل بھی مذکر (بڑھتا گیا) استعمال ہوگا۔

Correct Answer: بظاہر دوستی، باطن دشمنی

'گرگ' فارسی میں بھیڑیے کو کہتے ہیں۔ 'گرگ آشنائی' کا مطلب ہے وہ دوستی جس میں اندرون خانہ دشمنی یا نقصان پہنچانے کی نیت چھپی ہو۔

Correct Answer: All of these

Hazrat Musa and Hazrat Haroon were both Prophets of Allah, they were biological brothers, and they lived during the exact same era.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A)

The Islamic conquest of Iraq and Persia culminated during the reign of the second Caliph, Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A).

Correct Answer: Tahajud

Tahajud is an optional late-night prayer that is performed after the Isha prayer (twilight) and must conclude before the dawn (Fajr time).

Correct Answer: Abwa

Hazrat Amna passed away and was buried in Al-Abwa, a village situated between Makkah and Madinah.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakar (R.A)

Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (R.A) was the closest and most trusted companion of the Holy Prophet since their youth before prophethood.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Usman (R.A)

Hazrat Usman (R.A) is titled Jami-ul-Quran (The Compiler of the Quran) for standardizing the Quranic text into a single dialect.

Correct Answer: Shoaib (A.S)

Hazrat Shoaib (A.S) is revered as Khateeb-ul-Anbiya (The Orator of the Prophets) due to his eloquent preaching style.

Correct Answer: Moses (A.S)

The Torat (Torah) was the divine scripture revealed to Hazrat Musa (Moses A.S) by Allah.