PPSC Assistant Past Paper 27/04/2025 80 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/80 Subscribe 1. Which is the largest lake in Pakistan? (A) Karambar Lake (B) Attabad Lake (C) Manchar Lake (D) Rama Lake 2. Which symbol is used to execute formulas in MS Excel? (A) : (B) = (C) # (D) ~ 3. Microsoft Excel 2019 files have a default extension of ______? (A) .Xlsx (B) .Xls (C) .excel (D) .123 4. Which Province of Pakistan is called Bab-ul-Islam? (A) Punjab (B) Sindh (C) KPK (D) None of these 5. The Capital of Libya is _____? (A) Tripoli (B) London (C) Cairo (D) Tashkent 6. Who was the first President of Pakistan? (A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (B) Malik Ghulam Muhammad (C) Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (D) Iskander Mirza 7. The first cloned animal was ____________? (A) Goat (B) Cow (C) Rat (D) Sheep 8. Who is the current President of Iran? (A) Ebrahim Raisi (B) Masoud Pezeshkian (C) Hassan Rouhani (D) Mohammad Mokhber 9. FATA was merged in which province of Pakistan? (A) Sindh (B) Punjab (C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (D) Balochistan 10. Which is the smallest country in the world by land? (A) UK (B) Nepal (C) Vatican City (D) None of these 11. Which country is situated in the east of Pakistan? (A) India (B) China (C) Iran (D) Afghanistan 12. Which of the following operating system is based on open-source software? (A) UNIX (B) Windows 2000 (C) Windows NT (D) Linux 13. The youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai won Nobel Peace Prize for the year? (A) 2013 (B) 2014 (C) 2015 (D) 2016 14. To insert a hyperlink which short key is used? (A) Ctrl+S (B) Ctrl+M (C) Ctrl+K (D) None of the above 15. The area between rivers Jhelum and Chenab is called? (A) Chaj (B) Gandhara (C) Harrapa (D) None of these 16. In MS PowerPoint we press _____ key to start slideshow from current slide. (A) F5 (B) Ctrl + F5 (C) Shift + F5 (D) Alt + F5 17. The Antonym of Wrath is? (A) Solace (B) Peace (C) Delight (D) None of these 18. Which noun refers to an action without time relation? (A) Ism-e-Jamid (B) Ism Masdar (C) Ism Mushtaq (D) None of these 19. Hazrat Fatima bin Asad is the mother of? (A) Imam Hasan A.S (B) Mola Ali A.S (C) Imam Hussain A.S (D) Abbas A.S 20. Solve: x² + 18x + 81 = 0. What is the factor form? (A) (x + 8)² (B) (x – 9)² (C) (x + 9)² (D) (x – 8)² 21. What is the discount percentage if the original price is $1500 and the selling price is $1200? (A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 25% 22. After the March 2025 agreement, how much financial support did the IMF make available to Pakistan under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF)? (A) $7 billion (B) $1.3 billion (C) $3 billion (D) $1 billion 23. The cultural system of Pakistan is mostly? (A) Individualistic (B) Capitalistic (C) Collectivist (D) Socialist 24. Synonym of intrinsic is? (A) External (B) Inherent (C) Temporary (D) Distant 25. Cable Beach is located in which country? (A) New Zealand (B) Australia (C) Canada (D) South Africa 26. The point (0, -7) lies in which quadrant? (A) Quadrant I (B) Quadrant II (C) Quadrant III (D) Lies on Y-axis 27. If one factor of the quadratic equation x² − 3x − 10 = 0 is (x − 5), what is the other factor? (A) (x + 2) (B) (x – 2) (C) (x + 5) (D) (x – 10) 28. Who suggested Mirza Ghalib to write Gul-e-Rana? (A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (B) Molvi Sirajuddin Ahmad (C) Bahadur Shah Zafar (D) Yusuf Ali Khan 29. Who sang the famous patriotic song “Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan”? (A) Noor Jehan (B) Mehdi Hassan (C) Shahnaz Begum (D) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 30. Who wrote Farhang-e-Asfia? (A) Allama Iqbal (B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (C) Maulvi Nazeer Ahmad (D) Maulvi Syed Ahmad Dehlvi 31. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan? (A) Liaquat Ali Khan (B) Khawaja Nazimuddin (C) Muhammad Ali Bogra (D) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali 32. Who was the last Governor General of Pakistan? (A) Iskander Mirza (B) Khawaja Nazimuddin (C) Ghulam Muhammad (D) Malik Amir Muhammad Khan 33. What is the national tree of Pakistan? (A) Pine (B) Deodar (C) Banyan (D) Oak 34. How many players are there in a cricket team? (A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 15 35. Who is the founder of the Red Crescent in Pakistan? (A) Fatima Jinnah (B) Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Begum Nusrat Bhutto (D) Shaista Ikramullah 36. In which year did Pakistan become a member of the United Nations? (A) 1947 (B) 1948 (C) 1949 (D) 1950 37. Who was the first Muslim Nobel Laureate? (A) Abdul Sattar Edhi (B) Abdus Salam (C) Malala Yousafzai (D) Shirin Ebadi 38. The official residence of the Prime Minister of Pakistan is called? (A) President House (B) Parliament House (C) PM House (D) Aiwan-e-Sadr 39. In which city is Minar-e-Pakistan located? (A) Karachi (B) Islamabad (C) Lahore (D) Peshawar 40. Who wrote the national anthem of Pakistan? (A) Allama Iqbal (B) Hafeez Jalandhari (C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (D) Ahmad G. Chagla 41. What is the national flower of Pakistan? (A) Rose (B) Sunflower (C) Jasmine (D) Tulip 42. Who was the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan? (A) Fatima Jinnah (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Hina Rabbani Khar (D) Asma Jahangir 43. The Indus River originates from which region? (A) Himalayas (B) Karakoram (C) Hindu Kush (D) Kailash Range 44. Who was the first Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan? (A) General Tikka Khan (B) General Frank Messervy (C) General Ayub Khan (D) General Muhammad Musa 45. In which year did Pakistan conduct its first nuclear tests? (A) 1996 (B) 1997 (C) 1998 (D) 1999 46. The All-India Muslim League was founded in which year? (A) 1905 (B) 1906 (C) 1907 (D) 1908 47. Who was the first President of Pakistan? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Iskander Mirza (C) Ghulam Muhammad (D) Yahya Khan 48. Which gas is essential for breathing? (A) Nitrogen (B) Oxygen (C) Carbon Dioxide (D) Hydrogen 49. Who invented the telephone? (A) Thomas Edison (B) Alexander Graham Bell (C) Nikola Tesla (D) James Watt 50. In which year did Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah die? (A) 1947 (B) 1948 (C) 1949 (D) 1950 51. What is the national animal of Pakistan? (A) Lion (B) Markhor (C) Tiger (D) Leopard 52. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation” in Pakistan? (A) Allama Iqbal (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan 53. In which year did Pakistan win its first Cricket World Cup? (A) 1987 (B) 1990 (C) 1992 (D) 1996 54. The Durand Line is the border between Pakistan and which country? (A) India (B) Iran (C) Afghanistan (D) China 55. What is the currency of Pakistan? (A) Taka (B) Rupee (C) Dinar (D) Rial 56. Which is the largest desert in Pakistan? (A) Cholistan Desert (B) Thar Desert (C) Thal Desert (D) Kharan Desert 57. Who was the first female Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan? (A) Shamshad Akhtar (B) Roshaneh Zafar (C) Shaukat Aziz (D) Salma Zahid 58. Who was the first Education Minister of Pakistan? (A) Liaquat Ali Khan (B) Fazlur Rehman (C) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (D) Fazlur Rehman (J) 59. The famous book “Jinnah of Pakistan” was written by? (A) Stanley Wolpert (B) Larry Collins (C) Christina Lamb (D) Beverley Nichols 60. The Khyber Pass connects Pakistan with which country? (A) China (B) Afghanistan (C) India (D) Iran 61. What is the national game of Pakistan? (A) Cricket (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Squash 62. Which city is called the “City of Lights” in Pakistan? (A) Lahore (B) Islamabad (C) Karachi (D) Peshawar 63. Who is known as the “Poet of the East”? (A) Mirza Ghalib (B) Allama Iqbal (C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (D) Josh Malihabadi 64. In which year did Pakistan become an atomic power? (A) 1996 (B) 1997 (C) 1998 (D) 1999 65. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize from Pakistan? (A) Benazir Bhutto (B) Malala Yousafzai (C) Asma Jahangir (D) Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan 66. What is the highest civilian award of Pakistan? (A) Nishan-e-Haider (B) Sitara-e-Pakistan (C) Hilal-e-Pakistan (D) Nishan-e-Pakistan 67. The total area of Pakistan is approximately? (A) 596,000 sq km (B) 696,000 sq km (C) 796,000 sq km (D) 896,000 sq km 68. The headquarter of SAARC is located in? (A) New Delhi (B) Dhaka (C) Kathmandu (D) Islamabad 69. The largest province of Pakistan by area is? (A) Punjab (B) Sindh (C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (D) Balochistan 70. The first Constitution of Pakistan was enforced in which year? (A) 1954 (B) 1956 (C) 1958 (D) 1962 71. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan? (A) Khawaja Nazimuddin (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Muhammad Ali Bogra (D) Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy 72. The national anthem of Pakistan was written by? (A) Hafeez Jalandhari (B) Allama Iqbal (C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (D) Josh Malihabadi 73. What is the official language of Pakistan? (A) Punjabi (B) Sindhi (C) Urdu (D) Pashto 74. The Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with which country? (A) Iran (B) Afghanistan (C) China (D) India 75. Who was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan? (A) Muhammad Munir (B) Sir Abdul Rashid (C) Alvin Robert Cornelius (D) Sajjad Ali Shah 76. The second largest city of Pakistan is? (A) Lahore (B) Karachi (C) Faisalabad (D) Rawalpindi 77. The smallest province of Pakistan by area is? (A) Punjab (B) Sindh (C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (D) Islamabad Capital Territory 78. The first Nobel Prize winner from Pakistan was? (A) Malala Yousafzai (B) Dr. Abdul Salam (C) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (D) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan 79. Who was the last Governor-General of Pakistan? (A) Liaquat Ali Khan (B) Khawaja Nazimuddin (C) Ghulam Muhammad (D) Iskander Mirza 80. What is the national dress of Pakistan? (A) Shalwar Kameez (B) Kurta Pajama (C) Waistcoat and Sherwani (D) Lungi and Shirt