PPSC Naib Tehsildar (BS-14) General Knowledge Past Paper 2022 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: M

In the Roman numeral system, the letter 'M' represents the number 1000.

Correct Answer: 1992

The Treaty on Open Skies was signed on March 24, 1992, establishing a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over member countries.

Correct Answer: Oscar

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are internationally recognized as the highest and most prestigious awards in the film industry.

Correct Answer: None of these

The Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English-speaking world, was established in 1969.

Correct Answer: Constitutional Monarchy

Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, currently headed by King Harald V.

Correct Answer: Hawaii

Hawaii became the 50th and most recent state to join the United States on August 21, 1959.

Correct Answer: Romans

Hagia Sophia was built in 537 AD by the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Emperor Justinian I as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople.

Correct Answer: California

Apple Park, the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc., is located in Cupertino, California.

Correct Answer: 100%

Islam is the state religion of the Maldives, and by law, all its citizens are required to be Muslims, making it 100% Muslim.

Correct Answer: 10 years

A national population census is conventionally conducted every 10 years to gather demographic, social, and economic data.

Correct Answer: 476 AD

The ancient period of history is generally considered to have ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.

Correct Answer: Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, is credited with conceptualizing and connecting early fortifications to form the Great Wall of China.

Correct Answer: Koonia

The tomb of the famous 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, Jalaluddin Rumi, is located in Konya (Koonia), Turkey.

Correct Answer: Aristotle

Aristotle is widely regarded as the father of political science for his systematic study of political systems and his seminal work, 'Politics'.

Correct Answer: Japan

During World War II, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Correct Answer: Trinity

A core doctrine of mainstream Christianity is the Trinity, the belief that God is one being existing as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Correct Answer: UNCTAD

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released the report 'From the Great Lockdown to the Great Meltdown' to assess COVID-19's economic impact.

Correct Answer: Qatar

Qatar held its first-ever legislative elections for two-thirds of the Shura Council in October 2021.

Correct Answer: 2013

The Afghan Taliban officially opened their political office in Doha, Qatar, in June 2013 to facilitate peace talks.

Correct Answer: None of these

Pakistan did not win any medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021), despite strong performances by Talha Talib and Arshad Nadeem.

Correct Answer: None of these

Ram Nath Kovind was the 14th President of India, serving from 2017 to 2022.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Kabul River is a major tributary of the Indus River, joining it near Attock in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Indus River is the longest and largest river in Pakistan, flowing through the entire length of the country before emptying into the Arabian Sea.

Correct Answer: 17

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 lasted for 17 days, from September 6 to September 23, before a UN-mandated ceasefire.

Correct Answer: Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan

Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah of Dhaka was a prominent Muslim leader in East Bengal who strongly supported the Partition of Bengal in 1905.

Correct Answer: 1943

The Muslim League formed its first provincial ministry in Sindh in 1943, with Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah serving as the Premier.

Correct Answer: 1867

The Hindi-Urdu controversy began in 1867 when Hindus in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh demanded that Hindi replace Urdu as the official language.

Correct Answer: 1939

The Balochistan provincial branch of the All-India Muslim League was established in 1939 by Qazi Muhammad Isa under the guidance of Quaid-e-Azam.

Correct Answer: Urdu

Article 251 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan designates Urdu as the sole national language of the country.

Correct Answer: Fehmeeda Mirza

Dr. Fehmeeda Mirza served as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Correct Answer: 1/3

Under the Lucknow Pact of 1916, the Indian National Congress agreed to the Muslim League's demand for one-third representation for Muslims in the central legislature.

Correct Answer: 1930

The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930, beginning with the famous Dandi March against the British salt monopoly.

Correct Answer: Peshawar

The Mahabat Khan Mosque is a 17th-century Mughal-era mosque located in the old city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: Oil and Gas

Thermal power, primarily fueled by oil and natural gas, constitutes the largest share of Pakistan's energy production.

Correct Answer: 1st July 1948

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan on July 1, 1948, to serve as the central bank of the newly formed state.

Correct Answer: 2001

Under the Devolution of Power Plan, General Pervez Musharraf introduced the Local Government System, completely restructuring districts in August 2001.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Jinnah Barrage is located on the Indus River near Kalabagh in the Mianwali District of Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Quli Qutab Shah

While Ameer Khusro used early Urdu, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is officially recognized as the first Sahib-e-Dewan poet in the Urdu language.

Correct Answer: مستنصر حسین تارڑ

Mustansar Hussain Tarar is a renowned Pakistani author and travel enthusiast who has written numerous extensive travelogues in Urdu.

Correct Answer: مرزا غالب

Mirza Ghalib famously referred to his Urdu poetry as 'be-rang-e-man-ast' (colorless compared to his Persian work), taking more pride in his Persian poetry.

Correct Answer: سید مبارک شاہ

Syed Mubarak Shah is the author of these uniquely titled contemporary Urdu poetic collections.

Correct Answer: خواجہ حسن نظامی

Khawaja Hasan Nizami authored 'Begumat Ke Aansoo', a poignant historical book detailing the tragic fates of Mughal royal women after the 1857 War of Independence.

Correct Answer: شارع

'شارع' (Aam Shara) means a public road or thoroughfare. The correct completion is 'یہ عام شارع نہیں ہے' (This is not a public road).

Correct Answer: کنیت

In Arabic and Urdu grammar, a name showing a relationship like father (Abu) or mother (Umm) is termed a 'Kunniyat' (patronymic).

Correct Answer: جسٹس شاہ دین ہمایوں

This famous poetic couplet 'اٹھو وگرنہ حشر نہیں ہو گا پھر کبھی' is attributed to Justice Shah Din Humayun.

Correct Answer: غلام ہمدانی مصحفی

This classic Urdu couplet was composed by the prominent classical poet Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi.

Correct Answer: پڑھے نہ لکھے نام محمد فاضل

'پڑھے نہ لکھے نام محمد فاضل' is a well-known Urdu proverb mocking someone whose name suggests great learning but who is actually illiterate.

Correct Answer: امن و آشتی

The olive branch ('شاخ زیتون') is a universally recognized symbol of peace and reconciliation.

Correct Answer: مخطوطہ

A handwritten manuscript or unpublished historical document is referred to in Urdu as 'مخطوطہ' (Makhtoota).

Correct Answer: بحر اوقیانوس کو

'Bahr-e-Zulmat' (the Sea of Darkness) was a historical Arabic and Persian term used to describe the Atlantic Ocean.

Correct Answer: Chlorofluorocarbon

Historically, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were widely used as refrigerants. Modern systems now use eco-friendly alternatives like HFCs to protect the ozone layer.

Correct Answer: Aluminium

Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, although oxygen and silicon are more abundant non-metal elements overall.

Correct Answer: Concave

Concave mirrors are used in car headlights to reflect the light from the bulb into a powerful, parallel beam that illuminates the road ahead.

Correct Answer: Infinity

According to the theory of special relativity, as an object with rest mass approaches the speed of light, its relativistic mass approaches infinity.

Correct Answer: Nuclear into thermal

In a nuclear reactor, the energy released from nuclear fission is primarily converted into thermal energy (heat), which is then used to generate electricity.

Correct Answer: Kelvin

The Kelvin (K) is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI).

Correct Answer: J.J Thomson

The electron was discovered by the British physicist J.J. Thomson in 1897 through his experiments with cathode ray tubes.

Correct Answer: Mitochondria

Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses of the cell because they generate most of the cell's supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for energy.

Correct Answer: Theodore Maiman

Theodore Maiman demonstrated the first working laser in 1960 at Hughes Research Laboratories, using a synthetic ruby crystal.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Cybercrime broadly refers to any illegal activity that involves the use of computer devices, networks, and the Internet to commit offenses.

Correct Answer: Information System

The World Wide Web is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs and interlinked by hypertext.

Correct Answer: Home page

The home page is the main, introductory webpage of a website that typically serves as a hub linking to other pages on the site.

Correct Answer: Secure

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of HTTP that uses encryption to provide secure communication over a computer network.

Correct Answer: strlen()

In C and C++ programming, the `strlen()` function is a standard library function used to determine the length of a string.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + E

In word processors like Microsoft Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + E is used to align the selected text to the center.

Correct Answer: 8 and 72

By default, the font size drop-down menu in Microsoft Word's formatting toolbar displays 8 as the smallest and 72 as the largest font size.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + S

Ctrl + S is the universal keyboard shortcut used to save a document in Microsoft Word and most other applications.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + V

The shortcut Ctrl + V is used to paste copied or cut text and items in Microsoft Word and other operating systems.

Correct Answer: End Note

An endnote is placed at the very end of a document or chapter, whereas a footnote is placed at the bottom of the specific page.

Correct Answer: 10

By default, the AutoRecover feature in Microsoft Word is set to automatically save your document every 10 minutes.

Correct Answer: Watermark

A watermark is a faded or ghosted background image or text displayed behind the main document content in Microsoft Word.

Correct Answer: Cover page

The first page of a document, often designed to display the title, author, and date, is known as the cover page.

Correct Answer: Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing

A gutter margin adds extra space to the side or top margin of a document to ensure that text isn't obscured by the binding.

Correct Answer: None of these

The correct keyboard shortcut to automatically insert the AutoSum formula for a range of cells in MS Excel is Alt + = (equals sign).

Correct Answer: Find

In MS Excel, the 'Go To' command is located under the 'Find & Select' dropdown in the Home tab.

Correct Answer: Print title

In MS Excel, the 'Print Titles' option allows you to specify rows and columns to repeat on every printed page.

Correct Answer: * and ?

Microsoft Excel recognizes the asterisk (*) to represent multiple characters and the question mark (?) to represent a single character as wildcards.

Correct Answer: A6

In Microsoft Excel, a cell reference is formatted by stating the column letter first followed by the row number, such as A6.

Correct Answer: Ctrl

Holding down the Ctrl key allows you to click and select multiple non-adjacent worksheets in an Excel workbook.

Correct Answer: Constant

A constant is a fixed value in an Excel formula that is typed directly and does not change, unlike variables or function outputs.

Correct Answer: Freezing pane

'Freeze Panes' is a feature in Excel that allows you to lock specific rows and columns in place so they remain visible while scrolling.

Correct Answer: Menu

PowerPoint includes views like Outline, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show, but there is no 'Menu view'.

Correct Answer: Outline view

Outline view in PowerPoint displays your presentation as an outline made up of the titles and main text from each slide.

Correct Answer: powerpnt.exe

Executing the command 'powerpnt.exe' in the Windows Run dialog box directly opens Microsoft PowerPoint.

Correct Answer: Theme

A theme in PowerPoint is a predefined combination of colors, fonts, and effects that can quickly change the overall look of your presentation.

Correct Answer: Tracker

Websites use trackers (and cookies) to collect data about your browsing habits and monitor user activity across the internet.

Correct Answer: Word processor

Word processors like MS Word allow you to insert and format page numbers, a feature generally not supported by simple text editors like Notepad.

Correct Answer: Selection pane

In Office applications, the Selection Pane is used to view a list of all objects (like images or shapes) on the current page or slide.

Correct Answer: Auto complete

The AutoComplete feature in web browsers stores previous form inputs and URLs to suggest them when you type similar information again.

Correct Answer: 180 degree

The Angle Sum Property dictates that the sum of the interior angles of any triangle in Euclidean geometry is always 180 degrees.

Correct Answer: 10 years

The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, signed in 628 CE between the Muslims of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca, established a 10-year period of peace.

Correct Answer: 2 Hijri

The change of Qibla from Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa) to Mecca (Kaaba) occurred during the 2nd year of the Hijrah, roughly 16-17 months after the Prophet's migration to Medina.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Jaffar Tayyar RA

Hazrat Jafar ibn Abi Talib (RA) famously recited verses from Surah Maryam in the court of Najashi (the King of Abyssinia) to explain the Islamic view of Jesus.

Correct Answer: Ghazwa Badar

Hazrat Usman (RA) could not participate in the Battle of Badr because he was ordered by the Prophet (SAW) to stay in Medina and care for his severely ill wife, Ruqayyah.

Correct Answer: Both A & B

Both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are universally regarded by Sunni Muslims as the most authentic collections of Hadith (Sahihayn).

Correct Answer: Mecca

Jannat al-Mu'alla is the prominent historical Islamic cemetery located in Mecca, where many of the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) relatives are buried.

Correct Answer: 1

The specific name 'Ahmad' referring to the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is mentioned exactly once in the Holy Quran, in Surah As-Saff (61:6).

Correct Answer: Surah Rahman

Surah Ar-Rahman is traditionally known as 'Aroos-ul-Qur'an' (the Bride of the Quran) due to its remarkable beauty and rhythmic eloquence.

Correct Answer: To stop

In Arabic, the literal meaning of 'Sawm' (fasting) is to abstain or to stop oneself from something, such as eating, drinking, or speaking.

Correct Answer: Persian

While early regional translations existed, Shah Waliullah's translation into Persian (Fath-ur-Rahman) was the first major, complete, and widely recognized translation in the subcontinent.