PPSC Assistant Past Paper 12/03/2023 90 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/90 Subscribe 1. Who abrogated 1956 constitution? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Iskander Mirza (D) Tikka Khan 2. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 11? (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 3. Which Province of Pakistan is called Bab-ul-Islam? (A) Punjab (B) Sindh (C) KPK (D) None of these 4. The speed of light in vacuum is about? (A) 300 Million meters per second (B) 300 Million meters per hour (C) 300,000 kilometers per second (D) 300 Million kilometers per hour 5. The first Martial Law was imposed in Pakistan in the year? (A) 1955 (B) 1956 (C) 1958 (D) 1954 6. Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for the subject of _____? (A) Biology (B) Chemistry (C) Mathematics (D) Physics 7. The light from the Sun reaches to earth in about? (A) 5 min 20 sec (B) 6 min 20 sec (C) 7 min 20 sec (D) 8 min 20 sec 8. Daughter of East was written by ______? (A) Fatima Jinnah (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Ghanwa Bhutto (D) Begum Ra’ana Liaqat Ali Khan 9. Normal blood pressure of healthy adult person is? (A) 120/80 mm Hg (B) 150/50 mm Hg (C) 140/80 mm Hg (D) 140/100 mm Hg 10. How many times did Muhammad (PBUH) perform hajj? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 9 (D) None of these 11. Under 1973 Constitution the president of Pakistan is elected by? (A) National Assembly (B) Provincial Assemblies (C) Senate (D) All above mentioned 12. Which servant of Hazrat Khadija was alongside Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) during a business trip? (A) Zonair (B) Maisra (C) Kameera (D) Sebalitah 13. How many Masarif of Zakat? (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 14. What does Taraweeh mean? (A) To Rest (B) To Stand (C) To Pray (D) None of these 15. When was Fort William College established? (A) 1875 (B) 1800 (C) 1798 (D) 1804 16. Which country accepted Pakistan first? (A) Iran (B) Iraq (C) Indonesia (D) China 17. A man walked for 1/3 hour and then got an automobile ride for 1/2 hour, what part of time consumed he ride on automobile? (A) 1.4 (B) 3 (C) 0.3 (D) 0.6 18. Keti Bandar Port is located in ______? (A) Punjab (B) Sindh (C) Baluchistan (D) KPK 19. Baba Fareed Ganj Shakar belongs to _____? (A) Chishti (B) Suharwardi (C) Naqshbandi (D) None of these 20. Which surahs are called Mauzatain? (A) Last four surahs (B) First two surahs (C) Last two surahs (D) None of these 21. What are Cyclones? (A) Sudden Heavy floods (B) No rain for a long time (C) Heavy showers (D) Winds and rains 22. What is the factor effect of boiling water? (A) Air pressure (B) Temperature (C) Pressure (D) None of these 23. Which number of verses of Surah Baqarah is the longest? (A) 282 (B) 298 (C) 286 (D) 290 24. Battle in which Holy Prophet ﷺ not participated is known as ______? (A) Jaziya (B) Sariyya (C) Sayee (D) Al-Fay 25. Which is the currency of Sri Lanka? (A) Dollar (B) Rupee (C) Dinar (D) Yen 26. Malala Yousafzai graduated from which university? (A) Cambridge (B) Oxford (C) Warwick (D) None of these 27. How many cubes can be cut of 1cm having dimensions 10 x 12 x 15 cm? (A) 900 (B) 200 (C) 2000 (D) 1800 28. According to 1973 constitution, who elects the president of Pakistan? (A) National Assembly (B) Senate (C) Provincial Assembly (D) All of the above 29. Who was the first Hijabi woman in the Israeli Parliament? (A) Haneen Zoabi (B) Iman Khatib-Yasin (C) Hussniya Jabara (D) None of these 30. Yellow river is located in which country? (A) China (B) America (C) Canada (D) France 31. A U-Turn came in the foreign policy of Pakistan after the world launched a war against terrorism in? (A) 2000 (B) 1999 (C) 2001 (D) 2004 32. What was the title of Allama Iqbal’s PhD Thesis? (A) The Development of Metaphysics in Persia (B) Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (C) Concept of Social Justice in Islam (D) None 33. Vacuum tubes have been replaced by _________? (A) Conductors (B) Diodes (C) Transistors (D) None of these 34. The main role in the drama “Waris” is acted by? (A) Abid Ali (B) Mehboob Alam (C) Shafi Muhammad (D) None 35. The All-India Muslim League observed ‘Day of Deliverance’ after the resignation of the All-India Congress Ministers. On what date was it observed? (A) 22 October 1938 (B) 22 October 1939 (C) 22 December 1939 (D) None 36. The year of death of Tahzeeb ul Ahkam writer is: (A) 460 Hijri (B) 400 Hijri (C) 489 Hijri (D) 381 Hijri 37. The study of tissues is called: (A) Geology (B) Histology (C) Radiology (D) Toxicology 38. A fraction becomes 4/5 when 1 is added to each of the numerator and denominator. However, if we subtract 5 from each then it becomes 1/2. The fraction is? (A) 5/6 (B) 5/8 (C) 6/6 (D) 7/9 39. Cyclones mean: (A) Earthquake (B) Large system of wind (C) Storm in sea (D) None 40. The Red Sea is connected to which Gulf or Sea through Bab al-Mandeb Strait? (A) Arabian Sea (B) Gulf of Aden (C) Indian Ocean (D) None of these 41. The Cybercrime Act was passed in Pakistan in? (A) August 2016 (B) August 2017 (C) May 2016 (D) None of these 42. If the price of a carpet 8 meters long and 3 meters wide is Rs. 6288, what will be the price of 12 meters long and 6 meters wide carpet? (A) 17647 (B) 82721 (C) 62731 (D) 18864 43. Which of the following sequence is wrong? 140, 340, 540, 730, 940, 1140 (A) 340 (B) 540 (C) 730 (D) 940 44. Jallianwala Massacre is known as? (A) Bagh massacre (B) Amritsar massacre (C) Jallianwala massacre (D) None 45. In the system of equations ax + 2y = 5 and 3x – 6y = 20, if the system has one solution, which of the following CANNOT be the value of a? (A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 3 (D) 4 46. Which river flows in Balochistan? (A) Zhob (B) Dasht (C) Gomal (D) All of these 47. SQL stands for ________. (A) Structured Query Language (B) Sequence Query Language (C) Structured Query Logo (D) None 48. Blue Lagoon Iceland is located in ______? (A) Norway (B) Iceland (C) Turkey (D) None of these 49. When was Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam founded? (A) September 1884 (B) October 1884 (C) September 1885 (D) November 1885 50. Which of the following cannot change fonts? (A) Toggle case (B) Upper case (C) Lower case (D) Indent case 51. When did the Muslim League join the interim government? (A) 26 October 1946 (B) 26 October 1948 (C) 2 September 1946 (D) None 52. What is soft power? (A) Getting others to agree with you without using coercive force (B) Weakening hegemonic influence (C) Collaboration among several emerging powers (D) The influence of financial institutions and markets 53. Sports such as Netball, Football, and Hockey involve which skills? (A) Open skill (B) Closed skill (C) Gross skill (D) Fine skill 54. Diarchy in Subcontinent was introduced by? (A) British Government (B) Indian Government (C) Pakistan Government (D) None 55. On which agreement did Muslim League, Congress, and Sikhs agree with Lord Mountbatten? (A) India Independence Act 1947 (B) Independence Act 1948 (C) Act 1998 (D) None 56. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front wants? (A) Liberation from both India and Pakistan (B) Liberation from Pakistan (C) Liberation from India (D) None 57. What does CENTO stand for? (A) Central Territory Organisation (B) Central Eastern National Treaty Organisation (C) Central Treaty Organisation (D) Command Territory Organisation 58. Which crop requires high temperature, light rainfall or irrigation, 210 frost-free days, and bright sunshine for its growth? (A) Rice (B) Wheat (C) Jute (D) Cotton 59. Analogy: “After : Before” (A) Present : Past (B) First : Second (C) Successor : Predecessor (D) Contemporary : Historic 60. ‘Cat is to Kitten’ as Dog is to? (A) Colt (B) Puppy (C) Calf (D) Baby 61. She is living alone so ——- to look after —–. (A) No one / her (B) Someone / her (C) Everyone / she (D) None of these 62. Who is trying to defend you there? What is “WHO”? (A) Interrogative pronoun (B) Pronoun (C) Both (D) None 63. All peripheral devices connect with ——? (A) Motherboard (B) CPU (C) Keyboard (D) None 64. When an organism is eradicated from the earth it is known as? (A) Extinct (B) Eradication (C) Vulnerable (D) None 65. Which woman made a breakthrough in Fiber Optics? (A) Shirley Ann Jackson (B) John Henry Holmes (C) Both (D) None 66. In which Surah Uswah Hasna of the Prophet is mentioned? (A) Ahzab (B) Maida (C) Baqra (D) None 67. The Gulf of Bothnia is situated between: (A) Sweden and Finland (B) Denmark and Sweden (C) Norway and Sweden (D) None of these 68. The idiom “To bury the hatchet” means what? (A) To agree to end a quarrel (B) Frequently (C) Again and Again (D) None of the above 69. “Put up with” meaning? (A) Happy (B) Tolerate (C) Upset (D) None 70. “Put into” meaning? (A) Spend time (B) Waste time (C) Both (D) None 71. Which among the following Sufi Saints is known as Shaikh-ul-Alam and Alamdar-e-Kashmir? (A) Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti (B) Shaikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (C) Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (D) Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya 72. What does the abbreviation GPS stand for? (A) General Position System (B) Global Power System (C) Global Positioning System (D) Global Path System 73. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? (A) Riyadh (B) Jeddah (C) Mecca (D) Madinah 74. Who was the first female Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan? (A) Shamshad Akhtar (B) Roshaneh Zafar (C) Shamim Akhtar (D) Hina Rabbani Khar 75. Who discovered blood circulation in the human body? (A) Louis Pasteur (B) William Harvey (C) Robert Hooke (D) Edward Jenner 76. The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in which year? (A) 1958 (B) 1960 (C) 1962 (D) 1965 77. Hazrat Umer (R.A.) was martyred by whom? (A) Abu Lulu Feroz (B) Abdullah Ibn Saba (C) Hurmuzan (D) None of these 78. Which is the largest ocean in the world? (A) Indian Ocean (B) Atlantic Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean 79. The chemical symbol of gold is? (A) Ag (B) Gd (C) Au (D) Go 80. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in which year? (A) 1874 (B) 1875 (C) 1876 (D) 1877 81. The city of Lahore is situated on the bank of which river? (A) Ravi (B) Sutlej (C) Chenab (D) Indus 82. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India? (A) Humayun (B) Babur (C) Akbar (D) Jahangir 83. The world’s largest desert is? (A) Thar Desert (B) Sahara Desert (C) Arabian Desert (D) Gobi Desert 84. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to? (A) Albert Einstein (B) Wilhelm Röntgen (C) Marie Curie (D) Niels Bohr 85. The currency of Japan is? (A) Yuan (B) Yen (C) Won (D) Ringgit 86. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan? (A) Fatima Jinnah (B) Hina Rabbani Khar (C) Benazir Bhutto (D) Asma Jahangir 87. The organ that purifies blood in the human body is? (A) Heart (B) Kidney (C) Lungs (D) Liver 88. The book “Wealth of Nations” was written by? (A) John Maynard Keynes (B) Karl Marx (C) Adam Smith (D) Plato 89. The highest peak in Pakistan is? (A) Tirich Mir (B) Broad Peak (C) Nanga Parbat (D) K2 90. The national flower of Pakistan is? (A) Jasmine (B) Rose (C) Sunflower (D) Tulip