PPSC Assistant Past Paper 28/07/2024 (Evening) 90 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/90 Subscribe 1. The F7 key is commonly used for? (A) Renaming files and folders (B) Checking spelling and grammar (C) Opening help (D) Search content in various apps 2. The Dark green field in the flag of Pakistan represents _______? (A) Muslim Majority (B) Minority (C) Both (D) None of these 3. What PowerPoint feature will you use to apply motion effects to different objects of a slide? (A) Animation Scheme (B) Slide Transition (C) Slide Design (D) None of these 4. The most important stimulus for tea leaves is _____? (A) Brucine (B) Caffeine (C) Phyenylalanine (D) Theine 5. Daughter of East was written by ______? (A) Fatima Jinnah (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Ghanwa Bhutto (D) Begum Raina Liaqat Ali Khan 6. It is dangerous to sleep under trees at night because plants give out _____? (A) Carbon monoxide (B) Less oxygen (C) More oxygen (D) Carbon dioxide 7. When Minto Morley reforms enforced? (A) 1907 (B) 1909 (C) 1911 (D) 1913 8. Who led the Simla Deputation? (A) Allama Iqbal (B) Sir Agha Khan (C) Rehmat Ali (D) Sir Syed Ahmad 9. Which of the following opposed the Pakistan membership in United Nation? (A) Iran (B) Egypt (C) Afghanistan (D) Malaysia 10. Header and Footer command are located on the _______ tab in MS Word? (A) Home (B) Insert (C) View (D) Header 11. His health is broken ____ due to hard work. (A) Up (B) Down (C) Into (D) Out 12. Which Surah contains the order about Wuzu, Ghusal and Tayammum? (A) Al-Maidah (B) Al-Baqara (C) Al-Mominoon (D) None of these 13. Which gas can be accumulated in poorly ventilated buildings? (A) Xenon (B) Nitrogen (C) Hydrogen (D) Radon 14. Who was Henry Kissinger? (A) U.S. Secretary of Defense (B) U.S. Secretary of State (C) U.S. President (D) U.S. Vice President 15. When was the 18th Amendment Bill of the Constitution passed by the National Assembly? (A) April 8, 2010 (B) April 15, 2010 (C) April 19, 2010 (D) None of these 16. Hazrat Younis (AS) remained in the abdomen of fish for how many days? (A) 30 days (B) 40 days (C) 20 days (D) 10 days 17. Which event marks the beginning of Islamic Hijri calendar? (A) At the conquest of Makkah (B) Prophet Muhammad Hijrat to Madina (C) The birth of Prophet Muhammad (D) At the time of Sulah Hudaibia 18. Choose the meaning of underlined word. I will ‘pencil you’ in for Tuesday the 18th. (A) Appointment (B) Particular (C) Respect (D) Independent 19. The power generation capacity of proposed Kalabagh dam is _____? (A) 3600 (B) 3400 (C) 2200 (D) 1100 20. The residential imperial twin tower located in which country? (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) India 21. Which of the following is the function of State Bank of Pakistan? (A) Prepare annual budget (B) Regulate Monetary Policy (C) Open account of General public (D) None of these 22. Ashgabat is the capital of _____? (A) Afghanistan (B) Tajikistan (C) Turkmenistan (D) None of these 23. Which modern country erstwhile Sassanid Empire? (A) Iran (B) Persian (C) Greece (D) Rome 24. UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) 2021 was held in _____? (A) Glasgow, UK (B) Islamabad, Pakistan (C) Mumbai, India (D) None of these 25. Which one is correct? (A) That car is not yours. (B) That car is not theirs. (C) The library lost all its books. (D) None of these 26. Which Prophet is called the Father of Muslims? (A) Hazrat Nooh (A.S) (B) Hazrat Adam (A.S) (C) Hazrat Abraheem (A.S) (D) Hazrat Muhammad (ﷺ) 27. Kobe Bryant American basketball player just died in a plane crash which state of America? (A) California (B) New York (C) Hawaii (D) Washington 28. The title “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim-Unity” was given to Mr Jinnah by ____? (A) Mustafa-Kamal (B) Allama-Iqbal (C) Sarojini-Naidu (D) None of these 29. In the equation (12x² + mx + 23)/(2x + 1) = 6x – 18 + 41/(2x + 1), m is a constant and x ≠ -1/2. What is the value of m? (A) -48 (B) -32 (C) -30 (D) 42 30. The equation of two perpendicular lines in the xy plane are shown as Y = (a/b)x + c and Y = (d/e)x + c. Which of the following must be true? (A) d/e < 1 (B) -1 < d/e < 0 (C) 0 < 1 (D) d/c < 1 31. Two friends start running in an opposite direction 2 km/h faster than the other. After one hour they are 10 km apart. What is the speed of both friends? (A) 2 km/h and 6 km/h (B) 4 km/h and 6 km/h (C) 4 km/h and 8 km/h (D) 3 km/h and 6 km/h 32. Amy buys d dollars worth of groceries each week and spends one fourth of those dollars on fruit. In terms of d, how many weeks will it take Amy to spend a total of $100 just on fruit? (A) 400/d (B) d/100 (C) 25/d (D) d/25 33. The next number in the series is 1/5, 1/9, 1/13, 1/17? (A) 1/19 (B) 1/20 (C) 1/21 (D) 1/24 34. If a certain job can be finished by 18 workers in 26 days. How many workers are needed to finish job in 12 days? (A) 33 (B) 36 (C) 39 (D) 42 35. Which term of the AP 2, 11, 20, 29, _______is 290? (A) 33 (B) 34 (C) 35 (D) 36 36. Which of the following is the most elastic material? (A) Rubber (B) Sponge (C) Glass (D) Steel 37. The sum of two numbers is 10, and their product is 20. What is the sum of their reciprocals? (A) 1/10 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2 38. Which type of malware is a program or piece of code that is loaded onto a person’s computer without his knowledge and runs against his wishes? (A) Phishing (B) Virus (C) Adware (D) Trojan Horse 39. Choose the correct punctuation: History it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies. (A) History, it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies. (B) History , it has been said, is the essence of innumerable biographies. (C) History it has been said, is the essence of innumerable biographies. (D) History, it has been said is the essence of innumerable, biographies. 40. In sports, who signs the final result after the game? (A) Both team coaches (B) Referee (C) Both team captains (D) None of these 41. Change the voice: She will have sung a song. (A) A song will have been sung by her. (B) A song have been sung by her. (C) A song will had sung by her. (D) A song has sung by her. 42. The performance of our players was rather _____. (A) bad as I had expected (B) worse than I had expected (C) worse than expectation (D) worst than was expectation 43. Demographic transition model was given by? (A) Warren Thompson (B) J. Clarke (C) J.J. Spengler (D) Trewartha 44. Antonym of Quell (A) deny (B) incite (C) entire (D) reduce 45. Organization of Islamic Cooperation is a? (A) Organization of Muslim countries (B) Organization of Gulf countries (C) Organization of South Asian countries (D) None of these 46. Who was the first captain of Pakistan Hockey Olympic Team? (A) Ali Iqtadar Shah Dara (B) Hamidullah Khan Burki (C) Manzoor Hussain Atif (D) Munir Ahmed Dar 47. At the time of partition Qalat was a? (A) State (B) Division (C) District (D) Province 48. International Atomic Energy Agency was recognized by the United Nation? (A) 1954 (B) 1955 (C) 1956 (D) 1957 49. Which dispute resolved between Pakistan and China in 1963? (A) Boundary issue (B) Water issue (C) War issue (D) None of these 50. USSR was dissolved in? (A) 1988 (B) 1989 (C) 1990 (D) 1991 51. Which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Argon 52. The world’s largest desert is? (A) Sahara (B) Thar (C) Gobi (D) Kalahari 53. Who is known as the “Father of Computer”? (A) Charles Babbage (B) Alan Turing (C) John von Neumann (D) Bill Gates 54. The currency of Japan is? (A) Yen (B) Yuan (C) Won (D) Ringgit 55. Which vitamin is produced in the human body with the help of sunlight? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B12 (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D 56. The first Governor General of Pakistan was? (A) Liaquat Ali Khan (B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (C) Khawaja Nazimuddin (D) Ghulam Muhammad 57. World War II ended in which year? (A) 1943 (B) 1944 (C) 1945 (D) 1946 58. Which is the fastest land animal? (A) Horse (B) Lion (C) Cheetah (D) Tiger 59. The chemical symbol of Gold is? (A) Ag (B) Au (C) Pt (D) Gd 60. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from? (A) Mongols (B) Japanese (C) Russians (D) Turks 61. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in? (A) Geneva (B) Paris (C) New York (D) London 62. The smallest planet in the Solar System is? (A) Mars (B) Mercury (C) Venus (D) Pluto 63. Who wrote the famous book “Origin of Species”? (A) Isaac Newton (B) Charles Darwin (C) Albert Einstein (D) Galileo Galilei 64. The river Nile flows into which sea? (A) Red Sea (B) Black Sea (C) Mediterranean Sea (D) Arabian Sea 65. The first Nobel Prize was awarded in? (A) 1900 (B) 1901 (C) 1902 (D) 1903 66. Which organ in the human body purifies blood? (A) Heart (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Lungs 67. The national flower of Pakistan is? (A) Jasmine (B) Rose (C) Sunflower (D) Lily 68. The Indus Valley Civilization was mainly located in present-day? (A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Afghanistan (D) Nepal 69. The gas used in electric bulbs is? (A) Helium (B) Argon (C) Oxygen (D) Hydrogen 70. Who invented the telephone? (A) Alexander Graham Bell (B) Thomas Edison (C) Guglielmo Marconi (D) Nikola Tesla 71. Which is the largest ocean in the world? (A) Atlantic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean 72. The official language of the United Nations is not? (A) English (B) Arabic (C) German (D) Chinese 73. Mount Everest is located in which mountain range? (A) Alps (B) Andes (C) Himalayas (D) Karakoram 74. The currency of Saudi Arabia is? (A) Dirham (B) Dinar (C) Riyal (D) Pound 75. The author of “Gulliver’s Travels” is? (A) Jonathan Swift (B) Charles Dickens (C) George Orwell (D) Mark Twain 76. The capital of Canada is? (A) Toronto (B) Ottawa (C) Vancouver (D) Montreal 77. Which is the hardest natural substance on Earth? (A) Iron (B) Diamond (C) Gold (D) Quartz 78. Who discovered the law of gravitation? (A) Albert Einstein (B) Galileo Galilei (C) Isaac Newton (D) James Watt 79. The national bird of Pakistan is? (A) Markhor (B) Chukar (C) Pigeon (D) Sparrow 80. The headquarters of NATO are in? (A) Washington D.C. (B) Paris (C) Brussels (D) London 81. Which country is called the “Land of the Rising Sun”? (A) China (B) Japan (C) Korea (D) Thailand 82. The largest continent in the world is? (A) Africa (B) Asia (C) Europe (D) North America 83. The capital of Australia is? (A) Sydney (B) Melbourne (C) Canberra (D) Perth 84. Which is the largest planet in our Solar System? (A) Earth (B) Saturn (C) Jupiter (D) Neptune 85. The author of “Hamlet” is? (A) William Wordsworth (B) William Shakespeare (C) John Milton (D) Geoffrey Chaucer 86. The longest river in the world is? (A) Nile (B) Amazon (C) Yangtze (D) Mississippi 87. Which element is essential for respiration? (A) Nitrogen (B) Oxygen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen 88. The first man to step on the moon was? (A) Yuri Gagarin (B) Neil Armstrong (C) Buzz Aldrin (D) Michael Collins 89. The country with the largest population in the world is? (A) India (B) China (C) USA (D) Indonesia 90. The national poet of Pakistan is? (A) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (B) Allama Iqbal (C) Ahmad Faraz (D) Mirza Ghalib