PPSC Personal Assistant & Assistant (S&GAD) Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Swimming

The butterfly stroke is one of the four main swimming strokes used in competition, characterized by simultaneous overhead arm recovery and a dolphin kick.

Correct Answer: 2.74m

According to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), the official length of a table tennis table is 2.74 meters (9 feet).

Correct Answer: 91.9 ft

Under FIBA rules, a standard basketball court is 28 meters long, which translates to approximately 91.86 feet.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Zahir Shah

Muhammad Zahir Shah was the last reigning King of Afghanistan, ruling from 1933 until he was deposed in a coup in 1973.

Correct Answer: 1956

Habib Bourguiba was a key nationalist leader who successfully negotiated Tunisia's independence from France, which was officially recognized on March 20, 1956.

Correct Answer: Herschelle Gibbs

South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs became the first player to hit six sixes in an over in an ODI, achieving the feat against the Netherlands during the 2007 ICC World Cup.

Correct Answer: UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, working on global population and demographic trends.

Correct Answer: UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN where all 193 Member States have equal representation.

Correct Answer: Asia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was formed to promote social and economic development specifically in the Asia and Pacific regions.

Correct Answer: 2 years

The UN Security Council consists of 15 members, with 10 non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms.

Correct Answer: Mesopotamia

The ancient Mesopotamian civilization flourished in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, located in modern-day Iraq.

Correct Answer: Lebanon

Khalil Gibran was a famous writer, poet, and visual artist born in Bsharri, Lebanon, best known for his philosophical work 'The Prophet'.

Correct Answer: Sikhs

The Golden Temple, also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib, is the preeminent spiritual site of Sikhism, located in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Correct Answer: Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia, founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government.

Correct Answer: Tolerance Day

The International Day for Tolerance is an annual observance declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance.

Correct Answer: Athens

The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis in Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Correct Answer: 1969

American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.

Correct Answer: France

The name "Louis" is of French origin, derived from the Germanic 'Hludwig', and was traditionally carried by many French monarchs.

Correct Answer: Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri

The book 'Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove' is a memoir detailing diplomatic affairs, written by former Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

Correct Answer: Indian

Amir Khusrau, a revered Sufi musician, poet, and scholar, was born in Patiyali, which is in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India.

Correct Answer: Imran Khan

Imran Khan led the Pakistan national cricket team to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, securing Pakistan's first-ever ODI World Cup title.

Correct Answer: Charles Dickens

Published in 1859, "A Tale of Two Cities" is a historical novel by Charles Dickens set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Correct Answer: George Bernard Shaw

"Arms and the Man" is an anti-romantic comedy written by the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw in 1894.

Correct Answer: Calm and Peaceful

The word 'Serene' means calm, peaceful, and untroubled; hence, 'Calm and Peaceful' is its exact synonym.

Correct Answer: Hazy

The term 'Ambiguous' refers to something that is open to more than one interpretation or is unclear; 'Hazy' correctly matches this definition.

Correct Answer: Misleading

Fallacious originates from 'fallacy' and describes something that is based on a mistaken belief or is intentionally misleading.

Correct Answer: Calm

Restive means restless, uneasy, or unable to remain still. Its direct antonym is 'Calm'.

Correct Answer: Down

The phrasal verb 'run down' when referring to health means to decline, deteriorate, or become exhausted.

Correct Answer: after

The phrasal verb 'look after' means to take care of someone or to manage something, fitting perfectly contextually.

Correct Answer: At

In English grammar, 'at' is used as a preposition of place to indicate a specific point or location, such as 'at the office'.

Correct Answer: One's college

Alma Mater is a Latin phrase translating to 'nourishing mother,' commonly used to refer to a school, college, or university which one has attended.

Correct Answer: Are the thieves being chased by them?

For the present continuous interrogative sentence 'Are they chasing the thieves?', the passive transformation is 'Are the thieves being chased by them?'.

Correct Answer: to

The correct standard English idiom is 'to the bitter end', which means persisting in a course of action until its completion, no matter how difficult.

Correct Answer: Which

The relative pronoun 'which' correctly introduces the non-defining relative clause referring back to the entire preceding situation.

Correct Answer: 2019

On March 22, 2019, Italy became the first G7 country to join China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Correct Answer: Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi is a prominent political leader in Myanmar (Burma) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her non-violent struggle for democracy.

Correct Answer: 30 years

According to the Constitution of Pakistan, a person must be at least 30 years of age to be eligible for election to the Senate.

Correct Answer: 1973

Islam was officially designated as the State Religion of Pakistan under Article 2 of the 1973 Constitution.

Correct Answer: Article 251

Article 251 of the Constitution of Pakistan (1973) officially declares Urdu as the National Language of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: To officially call Muhammad Ali Jinnah "Quaid e Azam"

On August 12, 1947, the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan passed a resolution officially adopting the title 'Quaid-e-Azam' (Great Leader) for Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Correct Answer: 11 provinces

Under the Government of India Act 1935, British India was administratively reorganized into 11 Governor's Provinces.

Correct Answer: 310 miles

Junagadh is approximately 310 miles (or about 500 km) southeast of Karachi by maritime distance across the Arabian Sea.

Correct Answer: Umerkot

Mughal Emperor Akbar was born in Umerkot, Sindh (now in Pakistan) in 1542, when his father Humayun was in exile.

Correct Answer: Z. A. Bhutto

'Roti, Kapra Aur Makan' (Bread, Clothing, and Shelter) was a highly popular populist slogan coined by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto during the late 1960s.

Correct Answer: Martial Law Administrator

Following the fall of Dhaka in 1971, General Yahya Khan resigned and handed over power to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who assumed the offices of both President and the first civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator.

Correct Answer: Punjab

Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa is a Pakistani politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Punjab from 2011 to 2013.

Correct Answer: 1966

The district of Montgomery was officially renamed to its historical name, Sahiwal, in 1966 by the Government of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1930

The Simon Commission, tasked to study constitutional reform in British India, formally published its extensive report in May 1930.

Correct Answer: Kashmir

Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined the name Pakistan in 1933; 'P' stood for Punjab, 'A' for Afghania, 'K' for Kashmir, 'S' for Sindh, and 'TAN' for Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Asar-us-Sanadid (The Remnants of Former Heroes) is a monumental work by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan documenting the historical monuments of Delhi, first published in 1847.

Correct Answer: Qazi Khalifa Hameeduddin

Qazi Khalifa Hameeduddin served as the first President of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, an Islamic socio-educational organization founded in Lahore in 1884.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Wazir Khan Mosque, renowned for its extensive faience tile work, is a stunning 17th-century Mughal-era mosque located in the Walled City of Lahore.

Correct Answer: Meerut

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on May 10, 1857, in the cantonment of Meerut.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia is an archipelago comprising thousands of islands. However, structurally, Indonesia is known for its massive archipelago, while Finland is actually called the "Land of a Thousand Lakes". Indonesia is recognized as the world's largest archipelagic state.

Correct Answer: San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer: China

The Three Gorges Dam is a massive hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping in Hubei province, China.

Correct Answer: North America

Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls situated on the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States, North America.

Correct Answer: Rain forest region

Glaciers require prolonged periods of cold temperatures where snow accumulation exceeds ablation; tropical rain forests are too warm for glaciers to form.

Correct Answer: Wakhan Corridor

The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in Afghanistan that physically separates Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan from Tajikistan.

Correct Answer: Thames

The River Thames is arguably the most famous river in the United Kingdom, flowing through London and across southern England.

Correct Answer: Nitrogen

Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, constituting approximately 78% of the total volume.

Correct Answer: Celestial bodies

In astronomy, all naturally occurring physical entities, associations, or structures that exist in the observable universe (like the moon, sun, and stars) are termed celestial bodies.

Correct Answer: Interferon

Interferons are a group of signaling proteins released by host cells in response to the presence of several viruses, heightening anti-viral defenses.

Correct Answer: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Superconductivity was first discovered in 1911 by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes when he cooled mercury to temperatures near absolute zero.

Correct Answer: Goitre

A lack of dietary iodine leads to iodine deficiency, the most common visible symptom of which is a goiter—an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland.

Correct Answer: 206

While human infants are born with around 270 bones, many fuse together during growth, leaving the typical human adult skeleton with 206 bones.

Correct Answer: Cryogenics

Cryogenics is the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures on materials.

Correct Answer: Biogas

Biogas is considered an alternate or non-conventional renewable energy source, generated from the breakdown of organic matter like agricultural waste.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Shift + F

In Microsoft Word, pressing Ctrl + Shift + F opens the Font dialog box where users can adjust the font face and font size.

Correct Answer: Page Setup dialog box

In MS Word, vertical alignment of the text relative to the top and bottom margins of the page can be adjusted through the Layout tab in the Page Setup dialog box.

Correct Answer: 10 to 400%

Microsoft Excel allows users to scale the size of the worksheet view down to a minimum of 10% and up to a maximum zoom level of 400%.

Correct Answer: Abc@name.com

A standard valid email address follows the format 'local-part@domain.com', hence 'Abc@name.com' is syntactically correct.

Correct Answer: Hybrid computer

A hybrid computer combines the desirable features of both analog (continuous data processing) and digital (discrete data processing) computers.

Correct Answer: Both a and b

Both a modem (which modulates/demodulates signals) and a Network Interface Card (which physically connects the computer to the network) are essential for internet connectivity.

Correct Answer: 500 m

Speed = 78 km/h = 21.66 m/s. In 60 seconds, distance covered = 21.66 * 60 = 1300 m. Since distance = length of train + length of tunnel, Tunnel = 1300 - 800 = 500 meters.

Correct Answer: 280

For an arithmetic progression with an odd number of terms, the average is exactly the middle term, which in this sequence is 280.

Correct Answer: 4%

Profit = Selling Price - Cost Price = 28.60 - 27.50 = 1.10. Gain percentage = (1.10 / 27.50) * 100 = 4%.

Correct Answer: 5%

Total Cost Price = (26*20) + (30*36) = 520 + 1080 = 1600. Total Selling Price = 56 * 30 = 1680. Profit = 80. Profit % = (80/1600) * 100 = 5%.

Correct Answer: 12%

To find the tip percentage, divide the tip amount by the cost and multiply by 100: (10.47 / 87.25) * 100 = 12%.

Correct Answer: 1/1000

0.001 expressed as a fraction is one over one thousand, written as 1/1000.

Correct Answer: 38

When rounding to the nearest whole number, look at the tenths place. Since 2 is less than 5, the number rounds down to 38.

Correct Answer: K

The positions of the letters are 1 (A), 2 (B), 4 (D), 7 (G). The differences are +1, +2, +3. The next difference is +4, so 7 + 4 = 11, which is the letter K.

Correct Answer: افواہ اڑانا

اردو محاورہ 'بے پر کی اڑانا' کا مطلب جھوٹی افواہیں پھیلانا یا بغیر ثبوت کے باتیں بنانا ہے۔

Correct Answer: مشکل کام

محاورہ 'ٹیڑھی کھیر ہونا' کا مطلب ہوتا ہے کسی ایسے کام کا ہونا جس کا کرنا بے حد مشکل یا کٹھن ہو۔

Correct Answer: جان بوجھ کر انجان بننا

تجاہل عارفانہ سے مراد کسی بات کا علم ہونے کے باوجود ایسے ظاہر کرنا جیسے آپ کو کچھ معلوم نہیں۔

Correct Answer: Bad name is worse than bad deeds

The exact English translation of the Urdu proverb 'بد اچھا بد نام برا' aligns closely to 'A bad name is worse than bad deeds'.

Correct Answer: آفاقیت

ادب اور شاعری میں 'آفاقیت' (Universality) سے مراد وہ خصوصیت ہے جو دنیا کے ہر پہلو، زمانے اور انسانی جذبات کا احاطہ کرے۔

Correct Answer: ایہام گوئی

اردو ادب میں 'ایہام گوئی' کی تحریک کے ردعمل میں بعد ازاں زبان و بیان اور اصلاحِ زبان کی تحریک نے جنم لیا۔

Correct Answer: خدیجہ مستور

مشہور و معروف اردو ناول 'آنگن' خدیجہ مستور کا شاہکار ہے جس نے آدم جی ادبی انعام بھی حاصل کیا۔

Correct Answer: ملاوجہی

کتاب 'سب رس' دکنی اردو کی پہلی باقاعدہ نثری تمثیل ہے جس کے مصنف ملا وجہی ہیں۔

Correct Answer: فخر الدین نظامی

'کدم راؤ پدم راؤ' اردو کی قدیم ترین دریافت شدہ مثنوی ہے جسے دکن کے شاعر فخر الدین نظامی نے تحریر کیا۔

Correct Answer: قلی قطب شاہ

محمد قلی قطب شاہ کو اردو زبان کا پہلا باقاعدہ صاحبِ دیوان شاعر تسلیم کیا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: Banu Saad

Hazrat Halimah al-Sa'diyah was the foster-mother of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and belonged to the nomadic tribe of Banu Sa'd.

Correct Answer: Cave of Hira

The first revelation of the Quran to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was brought by Angel Jibreel in the Cave of Hira, located on Mount Nur near Mecca.

Correct Answer: Ibn Kathir

Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (The Beginning and The End) is a classic work of Islamic history compiled by the renowned scholar Ibn Kathir.

Correct Answer: A. J. Wensinck

It is a massive concordance of the words of the Hadith, famously edited and compiled by the Dutch orientalist A.J. Wensinck and his colleagues.

Correct Answer: Ijma

The primary sources of Islamic Jurisprudence are the Quran and Sunnah, followed by Ijma (consensus of scholars) as the third, and Qiyas (analogical reasoning) as the fourth.

Correct Answer: Asma al-rijal

'Ilm al-Rijal or Asma al-Rijal is the Islamic science of biography that evaluates the lives and credibility of the narrators of Hadith.

Correct Answer: Politics and Matters

In an Islamic framework, Deen is holistic, encompassing spiritual, social, and political affairs seamlessly, linking faith (Deen) with worldly matters and statehood.

Correct Answer: Shaiba

Historical records of the Battle of Badr indicate that during the initial duels, Hazrat Hamza killed Shaiba bin Rabiah, while Hazrat Ali killed Walid bin Utbah.