PPSC Protocol Officer S&GAD Past Paper 2019 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world that does not have any permanent rivers, relying instead on wadis and groundwater.

Correct Answer: Tiber

The historic city of Rome was founded on the eastern banks of the Tiber River.

Correct Answer: Zero km

Afghanistan is a completely landlocked country, meaning its coastline is zero kilometers.

Correct Answer: NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance established in 1949.

Correct Answer: INGO

Amnesty International is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) focused on human rights.

Correct Answer: 1989

The Financial Action Task Force was established in 1989 by the G7 to combat money laundering.

Correct Answer: India

The SAARC Disaster Management Centre is located in India.

Correct Answer: 120

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) consists of 120 member states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.

Correct Answer: ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the UN, not one of its six principal organs.

Correct Answer: Human Rights

Asia Watch was a human rights organization that monitored human rights violations in Asia, later merging to form Human Rights Watch's Asia Division.

Correct Answer: Armed struggle

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects basic human rights like life and movement, but it does not ensure a right to armed struggle.

Correct Answer: Netherlands

The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, located in the Netherlands.

Correct Answer: Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City was previously known as Saigon until it was renamed in 1976 after the Vietnamese leader.

Correct Answer: Russia

Saint Petersburg is the second-largest city in Russia, situated on the Neva River.

Correct Answer: Golden Gate

San Francisco is world-renowned for the Golden Gate Bridge, an iconic suspension bridge connecting the city to Marin County.

Correct Answer: Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida.

Correct Answer: Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe served as the Prime Minister and later the President of Zimbabwe until his resignation in 2017.

Correct Answer: Brian Lara

Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket, scoring 400 not out against England in 2004.

Correct Answer: Fawad Khan

Fawad Khan sang the official anthem 'Khel Deewano Ka' for the 2019 season of the Pakistan Super League.

Correct Answer: West Indies

West Indies won the 2016 T20 World Cup by defeating England in the final.

Correct Answer: West Indies

The West Indies won the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975 by defeating Australia in the final.

Correct Answer: Tokyo

The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, Japan, though they were postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic.

Correct Answer: Shahbaz Senior

Shahbaz Ahmed, commonly known as Shahbaz Senior, is a former Pakistani field hockey player dubbed the 'Maradona of Hockey' for his exceptional skills.

Correct Answer: Moscow

The Grand Kremlin Palace is located within the Moscow Kremlin complex and serves as the official residence of the Russian President.

Correct Answer: Israel

Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel, responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counterterrorism.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, sparking a nearly decade-long war.

Correct Answer: Kandahar

The Taliban movement emerged in 1994 in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar under the leadership of Mullah Omar.

Correct Answer: Jinping-I Dam

The Jinping-I Dam in China is currently the tallest dam in the world, with a height of 305 meters.

Correct Answer: Zahid Hussain

Zahid Hussain served as the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, taking office in 1948.

Correct Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Correct Answer: India

The USA sold AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force as part of a defense deal.

Correct Answer: Group of critics formed by opposition

A shadow cabinet is a group of senior members of the political opposition who act as spokespeople and critics for their respective government portfolios.

Correct Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Correct Answer: India and China

The McMahon Line is a boundary line agreed upon by Britain and Tibet in 1914, representing the boundary between northeastern India and Tibet (China).

Correct Answer: 1994

Nelson Mandela's autobiography 'Long Walk to Freedom' was published in 1994, chronicling his early life, coming of age, education, and 27 years in prison.

Correct Answer: Indian National Congress

Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant and political reformer who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885.

Correct Answer: Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din

Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din served as the first president of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, founded in Lahore in 1884.

Correct Answer: Sepoy Mutiny

The 1857 uprising, primarily started by Indian soldiers (sepoys) in Meerut, is widely referred to in British history as the Sepoy Mutiny.

Correct Answer: 1951

The first elections for the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir were held in 1951.

Correct Answer: April 1993

The All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of political and religious groups in Kashmir, was formed on March 10, 1993 (often noted functionally around April).

Correct Answer: Feb 5

Kashmir Solidarity Day is observed annually on February 5th in Pakistan to show support for the people of Indian-administered Kashmir.

Correct Answer: Hingol

The Hingol River is the longest river in Balochistan, stretching approximately 350 km before emptying into the Arabian Sea.

Correct Answer: 1954

Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on October 24, 1954.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto became the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation when she became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988.

Correct Answer: 1958

Pakistan purchased the coastal town of Gwadar from the Sultanate of Oman in 1958 for 3 million dollars.

Correct Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

The Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement signed between India's PM Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan's President Ayub Khan after the 1965 war.

Correct Answer: Nara Canal

The Nara Canal in Sindh is the longest canal in Pakistan, stretching approximately 364 kilometers.

Correct Answer: Jamrud

Ali Masjid Fort is located in the Khyber Pass, close to Jamrud in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Correct Answer: KPK

Nimogram is a significant Gandhara archaeological site featuring Buddhist stupas, located in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: 1998

Pakistan successfully conducted its first nuclear tests (Chagai-I) on May 28, 1998, in the Chagai District of Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Quetta-Zahedan

The Quetta-Taftan railway line physically connects Quetta in Pakistan to Zahedan in Iran.

Correct Answer: Mysore

Tipu Sultan, famously known as the Tiger of Mysore, ruled the Kingdom of Mysore in South India.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in 1799 and made it the capital of the Sikh Empire.

Correct Answer: None of these

The British sold Kashmir (not Punjab) to Gulab Singh under the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846.

Correct Answer: Nishan-e-Pakistan

Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest civilian award and decoration of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1964

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) officially began broadcasting on November 26, 1964.

Correct Answer: 1990

Former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan in 1990.

Correct Answer: 550th

The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated in November 2019 to coincide with the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

Correct Answer: Civil Secretariat Lahore

The Tomb of Anarkali is an octagonal Mughal monument located within the grounds of the Punjab Civil Secretariat in Lahore.

Correct Answer: Riyadh

The 2017 Riyadh Summit, attended by several leaders including Nawaz Sharif and Donald Trump, took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Correct Answer: Rashid Mahmood Langrial

As of recent updates, Rashid Mahmood Langrial serves as the Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Correct Answer: Twice a year

The sun shines directly over the equator twice a year during the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.

Correct Answer: Vitamin K

Vitamin K plays a critical role in the synthesis of certain proteins needed for blood coagulation.

Correct Answer: Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner pioneered the concept of vaccines by creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

Correct Answer: Hydrogen

Hydrogen gas is used in the hydrogenation of vegetable oils to produce solid Banaspati Ghee.

Correct Answer: Appendicitis

The medical term for the inflammation of the appendix is appendicitis, usually requiring surgical removal.

Correct Answer: Insert menu

In Microsoft Office applications like Word, the Header and Footer options are found under the Insert tab.

Correct Answer: Uniform Resource Locator

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is a reference (address) to a resource on the Internet.

Correct Answer: Slide Sorter view

Slide Sorter view displays all the slides in your presentation as thumbnails, allowing easy reordering.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Page Up

Ctrl + Page Up is often used as a keyboard shortcut to navigate to the previous page or tab.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Backspace

Pressing Ctrl + Backspace deletes the entire word to the left of your cursor instead of a single character.

Correct Answer: Ctrl + Spacebar

In MS Word, Ctrl + Spacebar removes manual character formatting, reverting text to the default style.

Correct Answer: Attachment

Files that are sent along with an email message are known as attachments.

Correct Answer: Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is an application suite, whereas Windows 10 and Linux are operating systems.

Correct Answer: All of the above

Description, Apprehension, and Indescribable are all correctly spelled English words.

Correct Answer: Horse

A cat has a paw as a foot, while a horse has a hoof.

Correct Answer: Engagement-marriage

A rehearsal is preparation for a performance, just as an engagement is preparation for a marriage.

Correct Answer: All of these

Prohibit means to forbid. Permit, allow, and grant are all valid antonyms for it.

Correct Answer: to

The verb 'prefer' takes the preposition 'to' when comparing two objects.

Correct Answer: beyond

The correct preposition is 'beyond', indicating that the task exceeds his ability.

Correct Answer: lie

The proverb is 'Let sleeping dogs lie', meaning avoid interfering in a situation that is currently causing no problems.

Correct Answer: He asked why he had been so lazy that day.

In indirect speech, the interrogative changes to affirmative, past continuous changes to past perfect continuous, and 'today' changes to 'that day'.

Correct Answer: He said that mice would play when the cat was away.

General proverbs often remain unchanged, but standard backshifting rules change 'will' to 'would' and 'is' to 'was' in reported speech.

Correct Answer: Charity begins at home

This famous proverb means that one's first responsibility is towards their own family and immediate dependents.

Correct Answer: نسیم امروہی

فرہنگ اقبال کے مصنف سید نسیم امروہی ہیں۔

Correct Answer: لاہور

مشہور اردو ادیب اور شاعر محمد حسین آزاد لاہور میں دفن ہیں۔

Correct Answer: ننھا روتے روتے سو گیا۔

اردو قواعد کے لحاظ سے 'روتے روتے' درست ترکیب ہے۔

Correct Answer: بانگ درا

نظم 'خضر راہ' علامہ اقبال کے شعری مجموعے 'بانگ درا' میں شامل ہے۔

Correct Answer: بہت غصہ میں ہونا

آپے سے باہر ہونا کا مطلب غصے میں خود پر قابو نہ رکھنا ہے۔

Correct Answer: چھوٹے بڑے سبھی

اس انگریزی محاورے کا اردو مفہوم 'چھوٹے بڑے سبھی' یا 'ہر خاص و عام' ہے۔

Correct Answer: مقطع

غزل کا آخری شعر جس میں شاعر اپنا قلمی نام (تخلص) استعمال کرے اسے مقطع کہتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: مثنوی

مثنوی ایک طویل صنف سخن ہے جس کا ہر شعر الگ قافیہ رکھتا ہے مگر دونوں مصرعے ہم قافیہ ہوتے ہیں۔

Correct Answer: ڈپٹی نذیر احمد

ڈپٹی نذیر احمد کو اردو کا پہلا ناول نگار مانا جاتا ہے، ان کا پہلا ناول مراۃ العروس تھا۔

Correct Answer: Surah Yaseen

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) referred to Surah Yaseen as the heart of the Quran due to its profound themes and emphasis on core Islamic beliefs.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Mus'ab bin Umair (R.A)

In the pact of brotherhood (Muakhat) in Medina, Hazrat Mus'ab bin Umair (R.A) was made the brother of Hazrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A).

Correct Answer: Arabic

Umayyad Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan established Arabic as the official state and administrative language of the empire.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)

Khalil-Ullah translates to 'Friend of Allah,' a prestigious title granted to Prophet Ibrahim (A.S).

Correct Answer: Waquf-e-Arafat

Standing at the plain of Arafat (Waquf-e-Arafat) on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah is the most important and obligatory pillar of Hajj.

Correct Answer: Kashf-ul-Mahjoob

Kashf-ul-Mahjoob is a highly regarded Persian treatise on Sufism written by Hazrat Ali Hajveri (Data Ganj Bakhsh).

Correct Answer: Malik

According to Islamic tradition and the Quran, Malik is the angel tasked with guarding Jahannam (Hell).