PPSC Assistant Past Paper 2022 (P-4) 90 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/90 Subscribe 1. The Antonym of Gumption (Imagination) is? (A) Nerve (B) Initiative (C) Apathy (lethargy) (D) Despair 2. How many times in a day are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction? (A) 22 times (B) 12 times (C) 60 times (D) 11 times 3. What is the extension of MS PowerPoint presentation file? (A) .pp (B) .xls (C) .ppt (D) None of these 4. The International border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is known as? (A) Durand line (B) Mechmohan line (C) Line of control (D) None of these 5. Under 1973 Constitution the President of Pakistan is elected by? (A) National Assembly (B) Provincial Assemblies (C) Senate (D) All above mentioned 6. Who compiled the first work of Hadith Sahifa-e-Sadiqa? (A) Imam Muslim (B) Hazrat Abu Bakar (C) Hazrat Abu Hurairah (D) Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr 7. What does HTTP stand for in the context of WWW? (A) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (B) Hypertext Transfer Protection (C) Hyper Transfer Protocol (D) None of these 8. The area between rivers Jhelum and Chenab is called? (A) Chaj (B) Gandhara (C) Harrapa (D) None of these 9. The average adult has a blood volume of about ___ liters. (A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 5 10. Indus River originates from? (A) Ladakh (B) Tibet (C) Jammu (D) Kashmir 11. Wall Street is located in? (A) London (B) China (C) Canada (D) New York 12. When was Makran acceded to Pakistan? (A) March 17, 1948 (B) April 17, 1948 (C) August 17, 1948 (D) None of these 13. Dyarchy was introduced in the subcontinent in the year? (A) 1919 (B) 1929 (C) 1939 (D) None of the above 14. He is _____ M.A. (A) The (B) A (C) An (D) None of these 15. Big Ben clock is located in which city? (A) London (B) Paris (C) Ottawa (D) None of these 16. Which book was compiled by Ahmad Bin Shoaib? (A) Al Nisai (B) Al Bukhari (C) Ibn e Maja (D) None of these 17. According to the Holy Quran, there are ______ recipients of Zakat. (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 18. The last fight against Persian in Hazrat Umar (RA) was? (A) Bewaib (B) Yermouk (C) Nihawand (D) None of these 19. Al-Fozul Kabir is written by? (A) Qutubuddin Ahmad Siddiqui (B) Shah Wali Ullah (C) Qutubuddin Ahmad Faruqi (D) Qutubuddin Fareed 20. Which book was written by Imam Ghazali? (A) Hujjat-ul-Baligha (B) Al-Fouz-ul-Kabeer (C) Ahya Al-Uloom (D) None of these 21. In how many provinces did Hazrat Umar (RA) divide the Muslim Empire for administrative purposes? (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 8 (D) None of these 22. The word uttered before Namaz is called? (A) Tashhad (B) Takbeer-e-Tahreema (C) Azan (D) None of these 23. If log 5 =125*625/25 then x? (A) 5 (B) 125 (C) 625 (D) 75 24. Rs. 1200 is lent out at 5% per annum simple interest for 3 years. Find the amount after 3 years. (A) 1380 (B) 1290 (C) 1470 (D) 1200 25. Nonstick cooking utensils are coated with? (A) Teflon (B) PVC (C) Polystyrene (D) None of these 26. His work stands _____ to that of other. (A) Out (B) Over (C) By (D) None of these 27. A person bought a shirt for 470 and sold it for 540. Find the approximate profit percentage. (A) 12% (B) 15% (C) 13% (D) None of these 28. A school has only four classes that contain 10, 20, 30, and 40 students respectively. The pass percentage of these classes is 20%, 30%, 60%, and 100% respectively. Find the pass % of the entire school. (A) 56% (B) 44% (C) 66% (D) None of these 29. If x = 7 – 4√3, find x + (1/x). (A) 14 (B) 27 (C) 22 (D) 29 30. When 52416 is divided by 312, the quotient is 168. What will be the quotient when 52.416 is divided by 0.0168? (A) 3.12 (B) 312 (C) 3120 (D) None of these 31. If A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, then in how many days can A alone complete the work? (A) 30 days (B) 60 days (C) 20 days (D) None of these 32. A collection of interrelated files in a computer is _____? (A) File manager (B) Field (C) Database (D) None of these 33. He said to me, where will you spend this night? (A) He asked me where I would spend this night. (B) He asked me where I will spend this night. (C) He asked me where I would spend that night. (D) None of these 34. Which is used for On/Off? (A) Switch (B) Fuse (C) Breaker (D) None of these 35. Which part of computer connects the motherboard and gives power to different parts? (A) Power supply (B) CPU (C) RAM (D) None of these 36. What are hardware components in computing? (A) Software programs (B) Logical operations (C) Physical parts (D) Virtual applications 37. Which can be used for quick access to commonly used commands and tools? (A) Toolbar (B) Status bar (C) Menu bar (D) None of these 38. What is a basin? (A) Deep area of River (B) Lower area of land (C) High area of land (D) None of these 39. Five people joined the job and seven ______? (A) Resign (B) Resigned (C) Have resigned (D) None of these 40. After creating the table which of the following is correct? (A) Fields can be added and deleted as needed (B) Fields cannot be deleted (C) Fields cannot be added (D) None of these 41. The _____ we investigated the _____ apparent that he was guilty. (A) Farthest/most (B) Further/most (C) Farthest/more (D) None of these 42. If you come across my keys, bring it to me, can you? (A) Can’t you (B) Don’t you (C) Will you (D) None of these 43. Young : Old :: Morning : ____? (A) Early (B) Late (C) Time (D) Evening 44. He sat _____ the shadow of the tree. (A) Under (B) Below (C) Beneath (D) None of the above 45. He have had _____ trouble ____ he parked the car in garage. (A) Some/that (B) So much/that (C) Much/and (D) None of these 46. Which of the following gas is combustible? (A) Hydrogen (B) Nitrogen (C) Oxygen (D) None of these 47. The core of Optical Fiber is made of _______? (A) Plastic (B) Glass (C) Plastic coating (D) None of these 48. Who was the 1st Asian Secretary General of United Nations? (A) Trygve Lie (B) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (C) U-Thant (D) Kurt Waldheim 49. Iraq invaded Kuwait on ________? (A) August 2, 1990 (B) July 2, 1991 (C) June 2, 1990 (D) None of these 50. Currently, about how much world’s goods trade (by volume) is carried on ships? (A) 80% (B) 20% (C) 60% (D) None of these 51. The international organization “Human Rights Watch” is based in which country? (A) New York (B) Geneva (C) Paris (D) Rome 52. Ilham Aliyev is President of _____? (A) Azerbaijan (B) Pakistan (C) India (D) None of these 53. The Doha agreement was signed between US and Taliban in _____? (A) February 2020 (B) January 2020 (C) March 2020 (D) April 2020 54. The slogan “No taxation without representation” was first raised in which country? (A) America (B) France (C) Germany (D) None of these 55. Which country is against US embargo attempt on Iran? (A) Russia (B) France (C) China (D) India 56. When did America enter Afghanistan? (A) 2009 (B) 2000 (C) 2001 (D) 2005 57. Which of the following uses source of light? (A) Perspective (B) Conventional (C) Non-perspective (D) None of these 58. Modification of stationary barchans results in the formation of _____? (A) Sief (B) Dune (C) Parabolic (D) None of these 59. Yemen Crisis started in _______? (A) 2009 (B) 2011 (C) 2013 (D) 2015 60. Who is the current Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)? (A) Naveed Akram Cheema (B) Shahid Ashraf Tarar (C) Akhtar Nawaz Satti (D) None of these 61. Who was the 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh? (A) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (B) Tajuddin Ahmad (C) Ziaur Rahman (D) None of these 62. In which continent is the Atacama Desert located? (A) Asia (B) South America (C) Africa (D) Australia 63. What is the national flower of Pakistan? (A) Sunflower (B) Jasmine (C) Rose (D) Tulip 64. The book “Kashf-ul-Mahjub” was written by _____? (A) Shah Waliullah (B) Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (C) Imam Ghazali (D) None of these 65. The largest river in Pakistan by volume of water is ____? (A) Chenab (B) Indus (C) Jhelum (D) Ravi 66. The first female Prime Minister of Pakistan was ____? (A) Hina Rabbani Khar (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Fatima Jinnah (D) None of these 67. The currency of Turkey is ____? (A) Dinar (B) Lira (C) Rial (D) Pound 68. Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was born in the year of the Elephant, which corresponds to ____? (A) 570 AD (B) 610 AD (C) 560 AD (D) 580 AD 69. Which of the following countries does NOT share a border with Pakistan? (A) Afghanistan (B) China (C) Iran (D) Bangladesh 70. The longest serving Prime Minister of Pakistan was ____? (A) Nawaz Sharif (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Yousaf Raza Gillani (D) None of these 71. The chemical symbol for Sodium is ____? (A) S (B) So (C) Na (D) Sn 72. The Battle of Badr took place in which Hijri year? (A) 1 AH (B) 2 AH (C) 3 AH (D) 4 AH 73. Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum is located in ____? (A) Lahore (B) Karachi (C) Islamabad (D) Quetta 74. The largest planet in our solar system is ____? (A) Earth (B) Saturn (C) Jupiter (D) Neptune 75. The instrument used to measure earthquakes is called ____? (A) Barometer (B) Seismograph (C) Hydrometer (D) Anemometer 76. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India? (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (C) Babur (D) Aurangzeb 77. The second largest city of Pakistan by population is ____? (A) Karachi (B) Lahore (C) Faisalabad (D) Rawalpindi 78. The highest civil award of Pakistan is ____? (A) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (B) Tamgha-e-Shujaat (C) Sitara-e-Pakistan (D) Hilal-e-Imtiaz 79. Who is known as the “Father of the Computer”? (A) Alan Turing (B) Charles Babbage (C) John von Neumann (D) Bill Gates 80. The organ in the human body responsible for purifying blood is ____? (A) Heart (B) Lungs (C) Kidneys (D) Liver 81. The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize was ____? (A) Marie Curie (B) Dorothy Hodgkin (C) Mother Teresa (D) Rosalind Franklin 82. The world’s largest ocean is ____? (A) Atlantic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean 83. The capital of Canada is ____? (A) Toronto (B) Ottawa (C) Vancouver (D) Montreal 84. The book “Origin of Species” was written by ____? (A) Isaac Newton (B) Albert Einstein (C) Charles Darwin (D) Galileo Galilei 85. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in ____? (A) Geneva (B) Paris (C) New York (D) London 86. The largest desert in the world is ____? (A) Sahara (B) Gobi (C) Kalahari (D) Thar 87. The atomic number of Carbon is ____? (A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 14 88. The first Caliph of Islam was ____? (A) Hazrat Umar (RA) (B) Hazrat Uthman (RA) (C) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) (D) Hazrat Ali (RA) 89. Which Pakistani scientist is known as the “Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program”? (A) Dr. Abdul Salam (B) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (C) Dr. Samar Mubarakmand (D) None of these 90. The currency of Japan is ____? (A) Yen (B) Won (C) Yuan (D) Ringgit