PPSC Lecturer History (BS-17) HED Past Paper 2022 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: 1978

General Zia-ul-Haq assumed the office of the President of Pakistan on September 16, 1978, after Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry's term ended.

Correct Answer: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto resigned as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in 1966 due to his strong disagreements with Ayub Khan over the Tashkent Declaration.

Correct Answer: None of these

In the 1993 general elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured 89 seats. Since 89 is not listed, 'None of these' is the correct choice.

Correct Answer: Pervaiz Musharraf

On October 12, 1999, General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup, overthrowing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Correct Answer: November 1996

The Lahore High Court restored Manzoor Wattoo as the Chief Minister of Punjab in November 1996 after his controversial dismissal.

Correct Answer: Arnold Lewis Raphel

Arnold Lewis Raphel was the United States Ambassador to Pakistan who died in the C-130 plane crash in Bahawalpur on August 17, 1988.

Correct Answer: Ahmad Shah Bahadur

Ahmad Shah Abdali was defeated at the Battle of Manupur in 1748 by the Mughal forces led by Prince Ahmad Shah Bahadur.

Correct Answer: Saleem

Jahangir's birth name was Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, named after the Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chisti.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and completed in 1673.

Correct Answer: Noor Jahan

Empress Noor Jahan built the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula (her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg) between 1622 and 1628 in Agra.

Correct Answer: 1556-1605

Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar ruled the Mughal Empire from 1556 until his death in 1605.

Correct Answer: Noor Jahan

Noor Jahan, the powerful wife of Jahangir, was the only Mughal empress to have coins struck in her name alongside the emperor's.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

Unlike his predecessors who built elaborate mausoleums, Aurangzeb requested a very simple, unroofed grave in Khuldabad, Maharashtra.

Correct Answer: Turkish

Babur wrote his famous memoirs, the Baburnama (Tuzuk-e-Babari), in Chagatai Turkic, which was his mother tongue.

Correct Answer: Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy

Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy served as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 until the partition of India in 1947.

Correct Answer: Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar

The Khilafat Movement was spearheaded by the Ali Brothers, Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar and Maulana Shaukat Ali, to preserve the Ottoman Caliphate.

Correct Answer: Haji Shariat Ullah

Haji Shariatullah initiated the Faraizi Movement in East Bengal in 1818 to advocate for orthodox Islamic practices among Muslims.

Correct Answer: George VI

King George VI was the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom during the partition of India in 1947.

Correct Answer: Alexandrina Victoria

Queen Victoria (born Alexandrina Victoria) was the reigning British monarch during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Correct Answer: 1869

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat.

Correct Answer: 1888

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded the United Indian Patriotic Association in 1888 to counter the political influence of the Indian National Congress.

Correct Answer: First

The Congress boycotted the First Round Table Conference (1930) due to the Civil Disobedience Movement, but attended the Second one.

Correct Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Bacha Khan, or Abdul Ghaffar Khan, was nicknamed 'Frontier Gandhi' for his non-violent opposition to British rule and close association with Mahatma Gandhi.

Correct Answer: 1955

King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud (King Saud bin Abdulaziz) visited India in 1955 to strengthen bilateral ties.

Correct Answer: Sindh

The Chachnama is an important historical chronicle of the Chach Dynasty and the subsequent Arab conquest of Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim.

Correct Answer: Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar

Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar, a prominent leader of the Khilafat Movement, actively utilized journalism and published papers to promote the cause.

Correct Answer: September 1960

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

Correct Answer: Shahi

Mahmud of Ghazni led several campaigns against the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Kabul and Punjab, eventually dismantling their empire.

Correct Answer: Treaty of Lahore

The Treaty of Lahore (1846) weakened the Sikh Empire, ultimately leading to the complete annexation of Punjab by the British in 1849.

Correct Answer: USA

Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan undertook a historic 23-day state visit to the United States in May 1950, aligning Pakistan's early foreign policy with the West.

Correct Answer: Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq

The famous Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited the Delhi Sultanate during the rule of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and served as a Qazi for several years.

Correct Answer: Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji

Amir Khusro wrote 'Miftah-ul-Futuh' (Key to the Victories) in 1291 to chronicle the military successes of Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji.

Correct Answer: 1526

The Delhi Sultanate ended in 1526 when Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat, marking the start of the Mughal Empire.

Correct Answer: Gold

The Kushan emperor Vima Kadphises is renowned for introducing widespread use of gold coinage in the Indian subcontinent.

Correct Answer: Cyrus

Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, was the first among these to conquer regions of the northwestern Indian subcontinent around 530 BCE.

Correct Answer: Ashoka

Mauryan Emperor Ashoka famously embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga War and promoted it extensively throughout his empire.

Correct Answer: Literature

Ancient Indian history is heavily reconstructed using extensive religious and secular literary sources like the Vedas, Epics, and Puranas.

Correct Answer: 7.5 million

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

Correct Answer: 2010

The 18th Amendment was passed in April 2010, removing the President's power to dissolve parliament and granting more autonomy to provinces.

Correct Answer: Sir Francis Tuker

'While Memory Serves' is an authoritative account of the Indian partition violence in 1947, authored by British Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Tuker.

Correct Answer: 21 April

Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan, passed away on April 21, 1938.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Usman Marwandi

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a prominent Sufi saint and poet whose birth name was Syed Usman Marwandi.

Correct Answer: Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan

APWA was founded in 1949 by Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, the wife of Pakistan's first Prime Minister, to empower women.

Correct Answer: Chistia

Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, was popularized in the Indian subcontinent primarily by the Chishti order, significantly evolved by Amir Khusro.

Correct Answer: Durand Line

The Durand Line is the 2,670-kilometer international land border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, established in 1893.

Correct Answer: 04

Pakistan is generally classified into 4 major physical divisions: the Northern Highlands, the Indus River Plain, the Balochistan Plateau, and the Desert Areas.

Correct Answer: Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran took place in 1514, resulting in a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavids.

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to record St. Valentine's Day as a day of romantic celebration in his 1375 poem 'Parliament of Foules'.

Correct Answer: 24 December 1979

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979, triggering the decade-long Soviet-Afghan War.

Correct Answer: King Abdul Aziz

King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud unified the regions of Nejd and Hejaz, officially founding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.

Correct Answer: Eastern Roman Empire

The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces, surviving until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Correct Answer: Lawrence of Arabia

T. E. Lawrence, popularly known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', was a British officer sent to coordinate with Arab forces during the Arab Revolt.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

The Saur Revolution was a coup d'état led by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in April 1978, resulting in a communist state.

Correct Answer: White supremacist

The 1995 domestic terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City was carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who had anti-government and white supremacist sympathies.

Correct Answer: Egypt

The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 by French soldiers near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) in the Nile Delta of Egypt.

Correct Answer: New York

New York City served as the first capital of the United States under the Constitution from 1789 to 1790 before it moved to Philadelphia and eventually Washington D.C.

Correct Answer: Republic of China

Taiwan's official name is the Republic of China (ROC), whereas mainland China is the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Correct Answer: Uzbekistan

Samarkand is a prominent historical city located in southeastern Uzbekistan, known for its pivotal role on the Silk Road.

Correct Answer: Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland, was chosen as the headquarters for the League of Nations when it was founded in 1920.

Correct Answer: 1974

The second Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit was held in Lahore, Pakistan, in February 1974.

Correct Answer: Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, a Pakistani lawyer and politician, served as the Secretary General of the OIC from 1985 to 1988.

Correct Answer: Cairo

The Arab League, a regional organization of Arab states formed in 1945, has its permanent headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Correct Answer: Anatolia

The Ottoman Empire originated as a small beylik in northwestern Anatolia, founded by Osman I around 1299.

Correct Answer: Michael Foucault

The Archaeology of Knowledge is a 1969 methodological treatise authored by the French philosopher Michel Foucault.

Correct Answer: Ayesha Jalal

Renowned Pakistani-American historian Ayesha Jalal authored this prominent comparative study of post-colonial political development in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Correct Answer: Sirmavo Bandaranaike

Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the world's first non-hereditary female head of government in 1960.

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt is widely recognized as the 'Father of Modern Psychology' for establishing the first experimental psychology lab in 1879.

Correct Answer: Ronald Reagan

Before entering politics and becoming the 40th US President, Ronald Reagan had a long career as a Hollywood actor.

Correct Answer: Queen Elizabeth

Until her death in September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the constitutional monarch and Head of State of New Zealand.

Correct Answer: 12

There are 12 sovereign monarchies in Europe, including the UK, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Andorra, and the Vatican.

Correct Answer: USA

The United States topped the medal table at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with 39 golds and a total of 113 medals.

Correct Answer: Positivity

Émile Durkheim was profoundly influenced by Auguste Comte's philosophy of Positivism, which advocates using scientific methods to study society.

Correct Answer: None of these

Magellan is famous for organizing the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, not discovering the listed options.

Correct Answer: Gregorian

The Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, is a solar calendar and the most widely used civil calendar today.

Correct Answer: Zara Naeem

Zara Naeem Dar from Lahore, Pakistan, broke a global record by scoring the highest marks worldwide in the ACCA Financial Reporting exam in 2020.

Correct Answer: Kufa

During his caliphate, Hazrat Ali (R.A) relocated the capital of the Islamic Empire from Madina to Kufa in Iraq for strategic reasons.

Correct Answer: 30

The Rashidun Caliphate (Rightly Guided Caliphs) spanned nearly 30 years, from the death of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in 632 CE until 661 CE.

Correct Answer: 661 AD

Hazrat Ali (R.A), the fourth Caliph of Islam, was struck with a poisoned sword on 19 Ramadan and died on 21 Ramadan in 661 AD (40 AH).

Correct Answer: Yazid

Yazid ibn Muawiya was the son and successor of Hazrat Muawiya (RA), becoming the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakar (R.A.)

Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (R.A) was the closest companion of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and became the first Caliph of Islam in 632 CE.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakar (R.A.)

After the Battle of Yamama, where many Huffaz were martyred, Hazrat Abu Bakar (R.A) ordered the first official compilation of the Quran into a single volume.

Correct Answer: 509 years

The Abbasid Caliphate ruled the Islamic world from 750 CE until the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 CE, spanning roughly 508-509 years.

Correct Answer: None of these

There are no contemporary historical records of Ertugrul; the only physical evidence of his existence are coins minted by his son Osman I.

Correct Answer: Ibn-e-Khuldun

This monumental work of universal history, famous for its introduction 'The Muqaddimah', was authored by the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun.

Correct Answer: European colonialism

Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was a pioneering Islamic modernist who fervently opposed European imperialism and colonialism in the Muslim world.

Correct Answer: Sociologist

Ibn Khaldun is widely considered one of the founding fathers of modern sociology, historiography, and economics due to his work 'The Muqaddimah'.

Correct Answer: Shah Wali Ullah

Hujjat Allah Al-Baligha (The Profound Evidence of Allah) is a masterwork of Islamic philosophy and theology authored by the prominent 18th-century scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.

Correct Answer: Al-Tabari

Also known as the 'History of the Prophets and Kings', this monumental Arabic chronicle was authored by the Persian scholar Al-Tabari.

Correct Answer: All of these

Matter commonly exists in three classical states on Earth: solid, liquid, and gas.

Correct Answer: Indian

The mathematical use of zero as a distinct number and placeholder was invented in ancient India by scholars like Brahmagupta in the 5th-7th century.

Correct Answer: Hardware

Computer hardware refers to the physical, tangible components of a computer, such as the motherboard, CPU, and monitor.

Correct Answer: Blaise Pascal

The Pascaline, invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1642, was the first working mechanical calculator.

Correct Answer: H=4r

Volume of sphere = (4/3)πr³, Volume of cone = (1/3)πr²h. Equating them: (4/3)πr³ = (1/3)πr²h gives 4r = h.

Correct Answer: c=80, r=2

The initial amount (c) is 80 cells. Since the cells double every hour, the growth rate (r) is 2.

Correct Answer: He ordered me to go away from there.

In indirect speech for imperatives, 'said to' changes to 'ordered', and the spatial marker 'here' changes to 'there'.

Correct Answer: A doctor advised me to take rest.

When a doctor gives a recommendation, the reporting verb becomes 'advised', combined with an infinitive phrase.

Correct Answer: Compete equally

The phrase 'neck and neck' means being perfectly tied or competing very closely in a race or contest.

Correct Answer: I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.

The simple present active sentence is converted to passive using 'am + past participle (greeted)' with the object becoming the subject.

Correct Answer: مشبہ بہ

علم بیان کی اصطلاح میں جس چیز سے تشبیہ دی جائے اسے مشبہ بہ کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: ارمغان حجاز

علامہ اقبال کا شعری مجموعہ 'ارمغان حجاز' ان کی وفات کے بعد شائع ہوا جس کا کچھ حصہ اردو اور زیادہ تر فارسی پر مشتمل ہے۔