PPSC Manager Auqaf Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Al-Amal

Al-Amal, meaning 'Hope' in Arabic, is the United Arab Emirates' space exploration probe mission to Mars.

Correct Answer: North Korea

Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea, located on the Taedong River.

Correct Answer: Brasilia

Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, inaugurated in 1960.

Correct Answer: Moses

The Ten Commandments were given to Prophet Moses (Musa) by God on Mount Sinai according to Abrahamic religions.

Correct Answer: Mekong

The Mekong River's name is derived from the Thai and Lao 'Mae Nam Khong', which translates to 'Mother of Water' or 'Mother of Rivers'.

Correct Answer: Apple

Apple Inc. is a prominent American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Correct Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the independent U.S. government agency responsible for the civil space program.

Correct Answer: Socrates

The famous philosophical statement 'Virtue is Knowledge' is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

Correct Answer: Becoming some of the world's largest economies in the 21st century

The Next Eleven (N-11) were identified by Goldman Sachs as countries with a high potential of becoming the world's largest economies.

Correct Answer: Malaysia

The Crystal Mosque is a stunning mosque located in the Islamic Heritage Park on the island of Wan Man, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Correct Answer: Nigeria

Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in Africa.

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: January 1, 2002

Euro banknotes and coins entered physical circulation on January 1, 2002, becoming the everyday currency for many European nations.

Correct Answer: World Water Day

World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of fresh water.

Correct Answer: August, 2016

The Pakistan national cricket team achieved the number 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in August 2016.

Correct Answer: Eric Yuan

Eric S. Yuan is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman, engineer, and the CEO and founder of Zoom Video Communications.

Correct Answer: Liberal Democrat Party

The Democratic Party of Korea (often referred to as liberal/democrat aligned) secured a landslide victory in the April 2020 South Korean legislative elections.

Correct Answer: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan was granted observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council in July 2020.

Correct Answer: Volkan Bozkir

Volkan Bozkir, a Turkish diplomat and politician, served as the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Correct Answer: Jean Castex

Jean Castex was appointed as the Prime Minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron in July 2020.

Correct Answer: CD-RW

CD-RW stands for Compact Disc-ReWritable, an optical disc that can be written to, erased, and reused multiple times.

Correct Answer: Loosely

In MS Word's font advanced character spacing options, the available spacing options are 'Normal', 'Expanded', and 'Condensed'. 'Loosely' is not a valid option.

Correct Answer: Coding

Writing instructions in a programming language to create a software program is colloquially and professionally referred to as 'coding'.

Correct Answer: Multimedia software

Adobe Flash was a widely used multimedia software platform used for producing animations, web applications, and rich internet apps.

Correct Answer: Systems investigation

The first phase of the SDLC is systems investigation or planning, where the current system is evaluated to determine if a new one is feasible.

Correct Answer: Many

The Form Wizard in MS Access allows users to select fields from multiple tables or queries to create a comprehensive form.

Correct Answer: AVG

In MS Excel, the correct function for calculating an average is 'AVERAGE', not 'AVG'.

Correct Answer: Bridge

A network bridge connects two similar local area networks (LANs) or network segments and operates at the Data Link layer.

Correct Answer: POST

POST (Power-On Self-Test) is the diagnostic testing sequence run by a computer's BIOS right after being powered on.

Correct Answer: Modifier

Modifier keys temporarily modify the normal action of another key when pressed together.

Correct Answer: Rani Kot Fort

Ranikot Fort, located in the Jamshoro District of Sindh, is recognized as the largest fort in Pakistan and often called the Great Wall of Sindh.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) within the Lahore Fort was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and completed under Shah Jahan around 1635.

Correct Answer: All these factors kept them away from Congress

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan believed Congress was Hindu-dominated, its competitive examination demands marginalized Muslims, and Muslims first needed educational uplift.

Correct Answer: Nawab Salimullah Khan

Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka was deeply disheartened by the annulment of the Partition of Bengal in 1911 and retired from active politics shortly after.

Correct Answer: Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Batala

The Radcliffe Line controversially awarded the Muslim-majority tehsils of Gurdaspur, Pathankot, and Batala to India, providing India access to Kashmir.

Correct Answer: A former member of Civil Service

Allan Octavian Hume was a retired British member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885.

Correct Answer: Wheat

Wheat is the most widely cultivated crop in Pakistan, making it the country's main staple food crop.

Correct Answer: 280

The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan consists of 280 articles arranged in 12 parts.

Correct Answer: Maharaja Hari Singh

Maharaja Hari Singh, the Hindu ruler of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir, signed the disputed Instrument of Accession to India in 1947.

Correct Answer: 1950

Pakistan formally recognized the People's Republic of China on January 4, 1950, becoming one of the first countries to do so.

Correct Answer: Central Superior Services

C.S.S. stands for Central Superior Services, an elite permanent bureaucratic authority in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: None of these

Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was technically ousted via an internal judicial order by fellow Supreme Court judges in December 1997, not directly by the President or PM.

Correct Answer: Captain Mubeen

DIG Traffic Police Lahore, Captain (R) Syed Ahmad Mubeen, was martyred in a tragic suicide bombing on Mall Road, Lahore, in February 2017.

Correct Answer: Task Force 88

Pakistan Navy established Task Force 88 (TF-88) in 2016 for the maritime security of the Gwadar Port and CPEC sea lanes.

Correct Answer: Gen. Tikka Khan

The title 'Commander-in-Chief' was changed to 'Chief of Army Staff' in 1972, making General Tikka Khan the first officer to hold the COAS title.

Correct Answer: Kargil operation

Havaldar Lalak Jan fought valiantly and embraced martyrdom during the Kargil Conflict in 1999, earning Pakistan's highest military award.

Correct Answer: Dr. Qibla Ayaz

Dr. Qibla Ayaz was appointed as the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Pakistan in 2017 and was the chairman at the time of this exam in 2020.

Correct Answer: Iraq

The Euphrates River originates in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq before merging with the Tigris.

Correct Answer: All of these

The Rhine, Danube, and Elbe are all major rivers that flow through Germany.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan that separates Pakistan from Tajikistan.

Correct Answer: All of these

The Equator passes through several countries globally, including Maldives (territorial waters), Gabon, and Indonesia.

Correct Answer: South

Sub-Saharan Africa refers strictly to the vast geographic area of the African continent that lies south of the Sahara Desert.

Correct Answer: Mountain

A mountain is a large, natural elevation of the Earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level.

Correct Answer: Can cause a cell to become turgid

In hypotonic solutions, water enters the plant cell via osmosis, creating turgor pressure against the cell wall, making the cell turgid.

Correct Answer: Lipase

Lipase is an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown (hydrolysis) of lipids or fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

Correct Answer: Length

The metre (m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).

Correct Answer: Oxygen

Plants release oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis, which is essential for the respiration and survival of animals.

Correct Answer: Types of teeth

These are the four main types of teeth in human anatomy, each serving a different function in chewing food.

Correct Answer: The nitrogen and sulfur cycles

Acid rain occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides (from fossil fuels) react with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form sulfuric and nitric acids.

Correct Answer: Is brought about by vascular and cork cambia

Secondary growth, which increases the thickness of roots and stems in woody plants, is driven by lateral meristems: the vascular cambium and cork cambium.

Correct Answer: Sodium and Chlorine ions are separated

When NaCl dissolves in water, the polar water molecules pull the sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl-) ions apart, dissociating them into the solution.

Correct Answer: 21 percent

Earth's atmosphere is composed of roughly 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other trace gases.

Correct Answer: Chickens

'Don't count your chickens before they hatch' is a popular English proverb meaning you shouldn't assume success before it has been achieved.

Correct Answer: The horse is being ridden by the girl

For present continuous tense ('is riding'), the passive voice requires 'is being' + past participle ('ridden').

Correct Answer: Was my shirt being sewn by her?

For past continuous tense ('was sewing'), the passive voice requires 'was being' + past participle ('sewn').

Correct Answer: Shrewd

'Astute' means having an ability to accurately assess situations and turn them into an advantage; 'shrewd' is the closest synonym.

Correct Answer: Malevolent

'Benign' means gentle, kindly, or harmless. Its antonym is 'malevolent', which means having a wish to do evil.

Correct Answer: Awareness

'Oblivion' is the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening. 'Awareness' is its direct opposite.

Correct Answer: Flattery

'Sycophancy' refers to obsequious behavior toward someone important to gain an advantage; 'flattery' is the closest meaning.

Correct Answer: I told my son that he was sure to top the list of the successful candidates

When changing from direct to indirect speech, 'said to' changes to 'told', and the present tense 'are' changes to the past tense 'was'.

Correct Answer: Nazir said that he had done his duty with full justice

In indirect speech, the past simple tense ('did') changes to past perfect ('had done').

Correct Answer: He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match

Exclamatory sentences with words like 'Hurrah!' convert to 'exclaimed with joy/sorrow', and present perfect changes to past perfect ('had won').

Correct Answer: 4

The series interleaves two patterns: odd indices (1, 2, 3...) increase by 1, while even indices (2, 5, 8...) increase by 3. The next number follows the odd index pattern, so 3+1 = 4.

Correct Answer: 64

The series alternates between cubes and squares of numbers: 1³, 1², 2³, 2², 3³, 3². The next is 4³, which is 64.

Correct Answer: 13

30% of 40 is 12. Total cost is 40 + 12 = 52. Divided among 4 people: 52 / 4 = 13.

Correct Answer: 13

Let girls = g. Boys = g + 7. Total = g + (g + 7) = 33. 2g = 26. Therefore, g = 13.

Correct Answer: x = 11 and y = 5

Adding both equations gives 2x = 22, so x = 11. Substituting x into x + y = 16 yields y = 5.

Correct Answer: 245 m

Speed = 45 * 5/18 = 12.5 m/s. Distance in 30s = 12.5 * 30 = 375 m. Length of bridge = Total distance - Train length = 375 - 130 = 245 m.

Correct Answer: 65

The square root of 4225 is 65 (since 60x60 = 3600, 70x70=4900, and it ends in 5).

Correct Answer: 1

The highest 4-digit number is 9999. The lowest 5-digit number is 10000. Subtracting them gives 10000 - 9999 = 1.

Correct Answer: 1/8

Converting to decimals: 1/8 = 0.125, 1/7 = 0.142, 2/9 = 0.222, 5/11 = 0.454. The smallest is 1/8.

Correct Answer: 3:7

Total games played = 6 + 8 = 14. Ratio of wins to total games = 6:14, which simplifies to 3:7.

Correct Answer: الطاف حسین حالی

Hayat-e-Javed is a biography of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan written by Altaf Hussain Hali.

Correct Answer: مولانا محمد حسین آزاد

Aab-e-Hayat is a landmark book on the history of Urdu poetry authored by Muhammad Husain Azad.

Correct Answer: ناول نگاری

Jamila Hashmi was a renowned Pakistani Urdu novelist and short story writer, best known for her novel writing.

Correct Answer: ناول نگاری

Qurratulain Hyder was one of the most prominent Urdu novelists and short story writers, famous for her magnum opus 'Aag Ka Darya'.

Correct Answer: نظیر اکبر آبادی

Nazeer Akbarabadi is widely recognized as the 'Father of Nazm' and the first 'Awami Shayar' (People's Poet) of Urdu.

Correct Answer: تہذیب الاخلاق

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan published the journal 'Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq' to spread social reform and scientific awakening among Muslims.

Correct Answer: موافق و خلاف باتیں

The idiom 'Pros and Cons' refers to the advantages and disadvantages, or arguments for and against something (موافق و خلاف باتیں).

Correct Answer: امجد اسلام امجد

The classic PTV drama serial 'Waris' was written by the legendary poet and playwright Amjad Islam Amjad.

Correct Answer: لقب

In Urdu grammar, a descriptive name given by the people/nation based on a specific trait or quality is called a 'Laqab' (لقب).

Correct Answer: گنگو تیلی

The complete well-known proverb is 'Kahan Raja Bhoj, kahan Gangu Teli', which highlights a huge disparity in status.

Correct Answer: Marwan-II

Marwan II was the fourteenth and final caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 744 until he was killed in 750.

Correct Answer: 10th Hijri

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performed his first and only Hajj, known as Hajjat-ul-Wada, in the 10th year of Hijrah.

Correct Answer: 632 A.D.

The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hajjat-ul-Wada) occurred in the year 10 AH, which corresponds to the Gregorian year 632 AD.

Correct Answer: 4

Four major Sufi orders (Silsilas) played a pivotal role in the subcontinent: Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiriyya, and Naqshbandi.

Correct Answer: Kiswa

The Kiswa is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, historically changed annually during the Hajj.

Correct Answer: Shirk

In Islam, Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is explicitly described in the Quran as the one unpardonable sin if a person dies without repenting.

Correct Answer: To strive

Linguistically, 'Jihad' is an Arabic word which means 'to struggle' or 'to strive'.

Correct Answer: Abu Sufyan

Abu Sufyan led the Meccan army of Quraish against the Muslims in the Battle of Uhud in 3 AH.