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PPSC Junior Clerk Past Papers 2018 (P-1)

1. Who is known as the father of computer?

(A) Barbara Liskov


(B) Tim Berners-Lee


(C) Charles Babbage


(D) John von Neumann




2. On which river Diamer Bhasha dam is being constructed?

(A) River Neelam


(B) River Kabul


(C) River Indus


(D) None of these




3. Where is the headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) located?

(A) Vienna, Austria


(B) Kathmandu, Nepal


(C) Islamabad, Pakistan


(D) None of these




4. Choose the correct spelling: Adolterat, Adelterete, Adulterate, Adulterat

(A) Adolterat


(B) Adelterete


(C) Adulterate


(D) Adulterat




5. Select the correct shortcut key which is used to underline a written paragraph?

(A) CTRL + T


(B) CTRL + U


(C) CTRL + Z


(D) CTRL + B




6. To insert a hyperlink which short key is used?

(A) Ctrl+S


(B) Ctrl+M


(C) Ctrl+K


(D) None of the above




7. The percentage of Oxygen in the air is _____?

(A) 20.94%


(B) 21.94%


(C) 22.94%


(D) 25.7%




8. What does ‘PDF’ stand for?

(A) Print Document Format


(B) Portable Disc Format


(C) Portable Document Format


(D) Portable Document Firewall




9. Which key is used to select the whole document?

(A) Ctrl + S


(B) Ctrl + C


(C) Ctrl + P


(D) Ctrl + A




10. Ctrl + W Shortcut is used in Microsoft Word to _____?

(A) Save and Print the Document


(B) Save and Close Word Application


(C) Save and Close document


(D) Close Document




11. Where is the headquarters of African Union (AU) located?

(A) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


(B) Nairobi, Kenya


(C) Cairo, Egypt


(D) None of these




12. Which is the smallest unit of memory/data in computer?

(A) Bit


(B) Byte


(C) Mega bite


(D) None of these




13. In MS Word 2007, which shortcut key is used to replace text or specific formatting?

(A) CTRL + T


(B) CTRL + I


(C) CTRL + H


(D) None of these




14. Which of the following pane is not available in the Task Pane of PowerPoint?

(A) Getting Started


(B) Clip Art


(C) Word Art


(D) None of these




15. In MS Excel, You can copy data or formulas _____?

(A) With buttons on the standard toolbars


(B) With commands on the shortcut menu


(C) With the copy, paste and cut commands on the edit menu


(D) All of the above




16. CAD stands for _______?

(A) Computer aided design


(B) Computer algorithm for design


(C) Computer application in dosing


(D) Computer analogue design




17. The Supreme Commander of Pakistan Armed Forces is?

(A) Army Chief


(B) Governor


(C) President


(D) Prime Minister




18. The Synonym of Conspicuous is?

(A) Concealed


(B) Unclear


(C) Discernible


(D) None of these




19. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?

(A) London Police Headquarters


(B) A palace of the British Monarch in Scotland


(C) Royal Family Graveyard in the UK


(D) None of these




20. Who was the founder of Scout Movement?

(A) Robert Baden Powell


(B) E O. Lawrence


(C) Maccollins


(D) Nicoba Tesla




21. Guantanamo Bay is located in which country?

(A) Mexico


(B) Canada


(C) Cuba


(D) Tanzania




22. Who is the founder of Wiki Leaks?

(A) Julian Assange


(B) Charles Babbage


(C) Steve Jobs


(D) Bill Gates




23. Which of the following UN agencies has received Noble Peace Prize?

(A) ILO


(B) UNICEF


(C) UN High commission for Refugees


(D) All of the above




24. The process of removing unwanted part of an image is called?

(A) Hiding


(B) Bordering


(C) Cropping


(D) Cutting




25. Which file format can be added to a PowerPoint show?

(A) .jpg


(B) .gif


(C) .wav


(D) All of these




26. Which keyboard shortcut Italic selected text?

(A) Ctrl+I


(B) Alt+I


(C) File/Format/Bold


(D) None of the above




27. In an email account, ______ contains a list of names and email addresses.

(A) Address book


(B) Outbox


(C) Trash


(D) None of these




28. What PowerPoint feature will you use to apply motion effects to different objects of a slide?

(A) Animation Objects


(B) Animation Scheme


(C) Slide Transition


(D) Slide Design




29. Rows in Microsoft Excel are labeled as _____?

(A) 1, 2, 3, etc.


(B) A1, A2, etc.


(C) A, B, C, etc.


(D) None of these




30. The default language of Microsoft Word is ______?

(A) UK English


(B) Canadian English


(C) USA English


(D) None of these




31. Slide ______ of the effects that determine how a slide moves in and out of the view in the slideshow.

(A) Transition


(B) Animation


(C) Layout


(D) None of these




32. In MS Excel, which function automatically totals a column or row of values?

(A) SUM


(B) ADD


(C) TOTAL


(D) None of these




33. The Wakhan Corridor located to the north of Pakistan belongs to _____?

(A) Afghanistan


(B) Pakistan


(C) Tajikistan


(D) None of these




34. The French revolution began on?

(A) 1779


(B) 1789


(C) 1769


(D) None of these




35. Choose the statement with the best punctuation: I can’t live in the house it is damp.

(A) I can’t live in the house, it is damp


(B) I can’t live in the house: it is damp


(C) I can’t live in the house; it is damp


(D) None of these




36. The Antonym of EXODUS is?

(A) Homecoming


(B) Influx


(C) Export


(D) None of these




37. Which PowerPoint feature allows the user to create a simple presentation quickly?

(A) AutoContent Wizard


(B) Transition Wizard


(C) Chart Wizard


(D) Animations




38. What is Internet2?

(A) A research consortium for advanced internet research and development


(B) An Asian internet protocol


(C) A unit of Internet Society that promotes technical coordination of internet operations


(D) None of these




39. In MS Word, to replace straight quotes with smart quotes as you type, which feature will you use?

(A) Auto Correct as you type


(B) Auto Format as you type


(C) Auto Change as you type


(D) None of these




40. The Synonym of Tacit is?

(A) Manifest


(B) Evident


(C) Implicit


(D) None of these




41. A small change ____ demand can lead to large price rises.

(A) Over


(B) In


(C) On


(D) None of these




42. Agatha Christie is well known as _____?

(A) Writer of mystery stories


(B) Hollywood film actress


(C) UN High Commissioner for Refugees


(D) None of these




43. The Synonym of Valiant is?

(A) Brave


(B) Boastful


(C) Sorrowful


(D) None of these




44. “Yahoo” is a _____?

(A) News Website


(B) Search engine


(C) Forum


(D) Both A and B




45. Twitter is a ______?

(A) Search engine


(B) E-mail service


(C) Social network service


(D) None of these




46. Which of the following operators take only integer operands in MS Excel?

(A) %


(B) +


(C) /


(D) None of these




47. Who received the coveted Sword of Honour in the first PMA Long Course?

(A) Major Raja Aziz Bhatti


(B) Field Marshal Ayub Khan


(C) Major Shabir Sharif


(D) None of these




48. Convert the sentence to indirect form: The beggar said to me “May you go to hell!”

(A) The beggar asked me to go to hell


(B) The beggar cursed that I might go to hell


(C) The beggar wished me that I may go to hell


(D) None of these




49. Which is the World’s biggest oil exporter?

(A) Saudi Arabia


(B) Russia


(C) Nigeria


(D) None of these




50. A programmer is a _____?

(A) Management person with organizational muscle


(B) Technology specialist who writes software to match user requirements


(C) Person who oversees the project from beginning to end


(D) None of these




51. The shortcut key Ctrl + C in MS Word is used for ____?

(A) Copy command


(B) Cut command


(C) Paste command


(D) Bold command




52. “Ctrl + Left Arrow” is used to?

(A) Moves the cursor beginning of the Line


(B) Moves the cursor one word left


(C) Moves the cursor one paragraph up


(D) Moves the cursor one paragraph down




53. The Synonym of Promptly is?

(A) At once


(B) Abrupt


(C) Easily


(D) None of these




54. ‘Shadow Cabinet’ is _____?

(A) Some ministers very close to the Prime Minister


(B) Cabinet announced by the majority party in the Parliament before forming the government


(C) A specialized group of critics formed by the opposition party in the Parliament


(D) None of these




55. Which of the following is not related to nuclear issues?

(A) ECOSOC


(B) FMCT


(C) NPT


(D) None of these




56. Which of the following style properties do you use to specify italic text in MS Word?

(A) Font-italic


(B) Font-style


(C) Text-style


(D) None of these




57. The 47th World Economic Forum’s annual meeting was held in _____?

(A) Switzerland


(B) China


(C) Brazil


(D) None of these




58. “To understand is one thing, to teach it is quite ______.”

(A) Other


(B) The other


(C) Another


(D) None of these




59. In which month did Misbah-ul-Haq become the first Pakistani to play 50 matches as Test Captain?

(A) September 2016


(B) November 2016


(C) October 2016


(D) None of these




60. Which of the following Search Engine is developed by Microsoft?

(A) Bing


(B) Yahoo


(C) Alta Vista


(D) Google




61. What is a Terabyte?

(A) Flesh memory


(B) One Trillion byte


(C) An optical storage medium


(D) None of these




62. In MS Excel, by pressing Shift and Space keys at a time from the keyboard you can select?

(A) Two adjacent columns


(B) Two adjacent rows


(C) One row of the worksheet


(D) None of these




63. “This story is replete ______ interesting incidents.”

(A) With


(B) For


(C) Of


(D) None of these




64. Airbus is an aircraft manufacturing company. Its headquarter is in _____?

(A) Spain


(B) France


(C) Germany


(D) None of these




65. “Please close the window as there is a ________”.

(A) Draft


(B) Draught


(C) Drought


(D) None of these




66. Following combination of keys is used to maximize or restore a selected window?

(A) CTRL+F10


(B) CTRL+F1


(C) CTRL+F5


(D) None of these




67. Which of the following is not used to access the web?

(A) Modem


(B) ISDN


(C) UDP


(D) None of these




68. In MS Word 2007, which shortcut key is used for “Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic or other location”?

(A) CTRL + G


(B) CTRL + H


(C) ALT + H


(D) None of these




69. Who was the first to measure the earth’s radius?

(A) Eratosthenes


(B) Copernicus


(C) Al-Beruni


(D) None of these




70. How do you delete a column in MS Excel?

(A) Right-click the column heading you want to delete and select delete from the shortcut menu


(B) Select the column heading you want to delete and select the Delete Row button on the standard toolbar


Delete from the menu” onclick=”checkAnswer(‘q70’, ‘Right-click the column heading you want to delete and select delete from the shortcut menu’)”> (C) Select the column heading you want to delete and select Insert > Delete from the menu


(D) None of these




71. Before independence, East Timor was the part of?

(A) Indonesia


(B) Malaysia


(C) India


(D) China




72. ______ of what he said was very sensible.

(A) A few


(B) Much


(C) Many


(D) Few




73. Which of the following is a binary number?

(A) 1002


(B) 1005


(C) 1001


(D) None of these




74. What is the first name of President Putin of Russia?

(A) Nikita


(B) Alexander


(C) Vladimir


(D) None of these




75. In MS Word 2007 which shortcut key is used to insert a comment?

(A) Alt+Ctrl+M


(B) Alt+Ctrl+C


(C) Shift+Ctrl+M


(D) Shift+Ctrl+C




76. Are there ____ apples in kitchen?

(A) Much


(B) Some


(C) Any


(D) None of these




77. Select the correct Passive voice speech of the sentence: “Why did he not invite me in dinner?”

(A) Why I was not invited by him to dinner


(B) Why was I not invited by him to dinner


(C) Why I was not invite by him to dinner


(D) Why was I not invite by him to dinner




78. Excel would evaluate the formula, =20 x 10 / 5 x 8, and return this answer?

(A) 6.25


(B) 5


(C) 320


(D) None of these




79. Who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

(A) Bob Dylan


(B) John Lennon


(C) Arundhati Roy


(D) None of these




80. The highest official rank of Pakistan Army is ________?

(A) General


(B) Major General


(C) Lieutenant


(D) None of these




81. Diet : Weight ::?

(A) Drug : Pain


(B) Food : Fat


(C) Dinner: Supper


(D) None of these




82. By this time next year, I ____ all my exams.

(A) Will take


(B) Will have taken


(C) Have taken


(D) None of these




83. Caucus is _____?

(A) Association of cricket captains of the world


(B) Private group of political party leaders


(C) Money changers’ union


(D) None of these




84. Choose the correct meaning of idiom: “Put/Set the cat among the pigeons”?

(A) To flatter the boss with unnecessary praise


(B) To be afraid of darkness


(C) To say or do something that makes a lot of people angry


(D) None of these




85. In MS Excel, ” ____ ” is not an example of a value.

(A) Obtained marks – 87


(B) July 16, 1982


(C) 57845


(D) None of these




86. Which of the following options is not located in the Page Setup dialog box?

(A) Page Break Preview


(B) Page Orientation


(C) Margins


(D) Headers and Footers




87. Which command will you use in PowerPoint if you need to change the color of different objects without changing content?

(A) Design template


(B) Color scheme


(C) Object color


(D) Font color




88. When two people collaborate on an online document at the same time they are collaborating?

(A) Synchronously


(B) In Cloud Edit


(C) By Tracking


(D) None of these




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