PPSC Junior Clerk Past Papers 2023 (P-1) 80 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/80 Subscribe 1. Where is Lake Kachura situated in Pakistan? (A) Chitral (B) Skardu (C) Kashmir (D) Hunza 2. Change the voice: Please give me your pen and take your seat. (A) Let your pen given me and take your seat. (B) You are requested to give me your pen and take your seat. (C) You are warned to give me your pen and take your seat. (D) None of these 3. Intersection of columns and rows is called a? (A) Schema (B) Cell (C) Table (D) Data 4. The SI unit of “Pressure” is ______? (A) Henry (B) Pascal (C) Joule (D) None of these 5. What is the shortcut key for spelling check in a document? (A) F1 (B) F2 (C) F5 (D) F7 6. K2 is also known as _____? (A) Godwin Austin (B) Broad Peak (C) Roshan Peak (D) Sia Kingri 7. Which country is located west of Pakistan? (A) Oman (B) China (C) India (D) Iran 8. In MS Excel, formula and function start with ____? (A) + (B) – (C) = (D) [ 9. Durand Line is between _____? (A) Pak-Afghanistan (B) Pak-China (C) Pak-India (D) None of these 10. Which is the first/old capital of Pakistan? (A) Karachi (B) Hyderabad (C) Rawalpindi (D) Lahore 11. Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed (R.A) participated for the first time in which battle? (A) Battle of Trench (B) Battle of Mutah (C) Battle of Tabook (D) None of these 12. Who mediated the Indus Water Treaty in 1960? (A) Soviet Union (B) China (C) World Bank (D) UNO 13. The most abundant element found in the human body by weight is _____? (A) Hydrogen (B) Nitrogen (C) Oxygen (D) Carbon 14. Excel is a program that is used to prepare a ______? (A) Spreadsheet (B) Database (C) Workbook (D) None of these 15. Which is the shortcut key for undo/reverse the last action? (A) Ctrl + Z (B) Ctrl + C (C) Ctrl + V (D) None of these 16. All India National Congress was established by _____? (A) Lord Minto (B) Lord Curzon (C) A.O Hume (D) Salimullah 17. When was the Liaquat-Nehru Pact between Pakistan and India signed? (A) 1948 (B) 1949 (C) 1950 (D) 1951 18. Pakistan is located in which continent? (A) Africa (B) Europe (C) Asia (D) None of these 19. RCD was established on _____? (A) 21 July, 1964 (B) 21 May, 1964 (C) 21 August, 1964 (D) 21 June, 1964 20. The _______ was a gathering of 35 prominent Indian Muslim leaders led by Aga Khan III in Simla in October 1906. (A) Simla Deputation (B) Minto Conference (C) Delhi Convention (D) None of these 21. NAFTA stands for _____? (A) North American Free Trade Agencies (B) North Alliance Free Trade Agreement (C) North American Free Trade Agreement (D) None of these 22. The largest earth-filled dam in the world is _____? (A) Mangla Dam (B) Basha Dam (C) Tarbela Dam (D) None of these 23. To insert a Page Break, we press ____? (A) Ctrl + Tab (B) Ctrl + Enter (C) Ctrl + Alt (D) Ctrl + Shift 24. Pakistan conducted its nuclear explosion in Raskoh Chagai and Mekran Coast on ____? (A) 15 June 1998 (B) 28 May 1998 (C) 22 July 1998 (D) None of these 25. Gulab Singh purchased Kashmir from the British for just? (A) Rs. 50 Lakh (B) Rs. 60 Lakh (C) Rs. 75 Lakh (D) Rs. 90 Lakh 26. My friend and brother always ___ me in my studies. (A) Helps (B) Help (C) Helping (D) Helped 27. Hyder is my best friend. “Best” is which part of speech? (A) Verb (B) Adjective (C) Adverb (D) None of these 28. “Maaron ghutna phootay aankh” means? (A) To invite enmity (B) To misinterpret a matter (C) To injure the eye (D) None of these 29. Who is known for satirical poetry? (A) Akbar Allahabadi (B) Nasir Kazmi (C) Altaf Hussain Hali (D) None of these 30. Which surah of the Holy Quran contains Allah’s promise to protect the Quran? (A) Surah Al-Hijr (B) Al-Maida (C) Surah Al-Baqarah (D) None of these 31. I am sick ___ this nasty job. (A) With (B) In (C) Of (D) Over 32. In Excel, to perform addition, the function used is _____? (A) =ADD() (B) =SUM() (C) =TOTAL() (D) =PLUS() 33. The first network that initiated the internet was _____? (A) Inet (B) Vnet (C) ARPANET (D) None of these 34. Which is an example of a formula? (A) Add(A1:A2) (B) SUM(A1:A2) (C) =A1 + A2 (D) None of these 35. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to ______ in 1911. (A) Mumbai (B) Hyderabad (C) Delhi (D) None of these 36. Average weight of 10 people increased by 1.5 kg when one person of 45 kg is replaced by a new man. Then weight of the new man is? (A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 50 (D) 55 37. If n is a natural number, then 9 2 𝑛 − 38. Israel withdrew its troops in 2000 after 23 years from _____? (A) Lebanon (B) Syria (C) Egypt (D) None of these 39. The antonym of “Dastard” is? (A) Craven (B) Hero (C) Sneak (D) None of these 40. The famous book “The Republic” was written by? (A) Socrates (B) Plato (C) Aristotle (D) None of these 41. Where is Shah Jahan’s tomb located? (A) Agra (B) Delhi (C) Sikan (D) Fatehpur 42. The interdisciplinary study of human population is called? (A) Demography (B) Cartography (C) Geography (D) None of these 43. An Excel workbook is a collection of __________? (A) Worksheets and Charts (B) Charts (C) Worksheets (D) Workbooks 44. The keyboard shortcut key to decrease font size by one point is _____? (A) Ctrl+Shift+< (B) Ctrl+Shift+V (C) Ctrl+Alt+> (D) Ctrl+[ 45. What is the shortcut key to create subscript in MS Word? (A) Alt+Shift+Delete (B) Ctrl+= (C) Ctrl+S (D) Alt+= 46. Which tab of MS Word contains the Shapes option? (A) Home (B) Review (C) Insert (D) None of these 47. The angles of a triangle are (x-35), (x-25), and –(1/2x-10). Find x. (A) 100 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) None of these 48. A car travels 100 km at a speed of 60 km/h and returns with a speed of 40 km/h. Calculate speed for the whole journey. (A) 48 km/h (B) 49 km/h (C) 28 km/h (D) 38 km/h 49. Single spacing in MS-Word document causes ____ point line spacing. (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16 50. The principal, which will amount to Rs. 270.40 in 2 years at the rate of 4% per annum compound interest is? (A) Rs. 220 (B) Rs. 250 (C) Rs. 225 (D) Rs. 200 51. Which is the largest hardware company in the world? (A) Apple (B) Dell (C) Microsoft (D) None of these 52. The study of life is called? (A) Geology (B) Chemistry (C) Biology (D) Physics 53. Which is not an input device? (A) Plotter (B) Mouse (C) Keyboard (D) None of these 54. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of ____? (A) Hydrogenation (B) Oxidation (C) Distillation (D) None of these 55. By selecting a paragraph we can apply ____? (A) Indent (B) Line spacing (C) Both A & B (D) None of these 56. When was the African Union established? (A) 2002 (B) 2004 (C) 1999 (D) 2005 57. Tarbela Dam is located in which district? (A) Hafizabad (B) Jhelum (C) Mirpur (D) Swabi 58. The antonym of “Diligent” is? (A) Lazy (B) Hardworking (C) Active (D) None of these 59. Which key deletes the character to the right of the cursor in MS Word? (A) Delete (B) Backspace (C) End (D) None of these 60. What is the name of Iran’s new currency? (A) Roman (B) Sian (C) Bron (D) Toman 61. In MS Office, a feature that saves the document automatically after certain intervals is called? (A) Save (B) Save As (C) Auto save (D) None of the above 62. Change the voice: “Our army has defeated the enemy.” (A) The enemy has been defeated by our army. (B) The enemy has been defeated by our army. (C) The enemy had been defeated by the army. (D) None of these 63. The idiom “to put out” means? (A) To postpone (B) To go out (C) To extinguish (D) None of these 64. How can you apply exactly the same formatting you did to another text? (A) Select the text then click on Format Painter and select the new text (B) Copy the text and paste in new location. Then type the new text again (C) Copy the text and click on Paste Special tool on new place (D) None of these 65. If 30 men working 9 h per day can reap a field in 16 days, in how many days will 36 men reap the field working 8 h per day? (A) 15 (B) 251 (C) 10 (D) 18 66. The idiom “Prick up your ears” means? (A) Listening carefully (B) Ignoring (C) Tuning out (D) None of these 67. The chemical symbol for Gold is? (A) Au (B) Ag (C) Go (D) Gd 68. Which gas is used in electric bulbs? (A) Neon (B) Argon (C) Oxygen (D) Helium 69. The largest desert in the world is? (A) Sahara (B) Arabian (C) Gobi (D) Kalahari 70. The first Governor General of Pakistan was? (A) Liaquat Ali Khan (B) Khawaja Nazimuddin (C) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (D) Ghulam Muhammad 71. The process of plants making their own food using sunlight is called? (A) Respiration (B) Photosynthesis (C) Transpiration (D) Germination 72. Which is the smallest bone in the human body? (A) Stapes (B) Ulna (C) Femur (D) Tibia 73. The largest ocean in the world is? (A) Indian Ocean (B) Atlantic Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean 74. The capital of Canada is? (A) Toronto (B) Ottawa (C) Vancouver (D) Montreal 75. The fastest land animal is? (A) Leopard (B) Tiger (C) Cheetah (D) Lion 76. The currency of Japan is? (A) Yen (B) Yuan (C) Won (D) Ringgit 77. The Great Wall of China was mainly built to protect against? (A) Japanese (B) Mongols (C) Russians (D) Koreans 78. The first man to walk on the moon was? (A) Neil Armstrong (B) Yuri Gagarin (C) Buzz Aldrin (D) Michael Collins 79. The national bird of Pakistan is? (A) Markhor (B) Chukar Partridge (C) Shaheen Falcon (D) Peacock 80. Which vitamin is produced in the skin in the presence of sunlight? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin C (C) Vitamin D (D) Vitamin K