Commerce (PU-Com) Past Paper 2020 PDF

1. Verbal Reasoning

Q. Work-life balance schemes in the workplace have been __________ by employees and increase morale and ________ at work.
Answer: applauded, motivation
Q. How can HIFU enable the early release of patients from the hospital?
Answer: No cuts are required
Q. The new CEO pledged to deal with the company’s environmental issues.
Answer: Affirmed
Q. Butterfly → caterpillar : toad → ________
Answer: Tadpole
Q. Type of error in the sentence
Answer: Grammar
Q. Sand : Glass
Answer: Tree : Paper
Q. NEUTRAL means the same as…
Answer: Noncommittal
Q. Select the word that is spelled incorrectly
Answer: Retrieve
Q. The mine’s security engineer is the only source of authority…
Answer: False
Q. IMPERIOUS is the opposite of…
Answer: Subservient
Q. iron : Fe :: silver : Ag
Answer: Ag
Q. about : bout :: amend : mend
Answer: amend
Q. warm : hot :: amusing : hilarious
Answer: amusing
Q. train : trail :: grain : grail
Answer: train
Q. particular : fussy :: meek : subservient
Answer: meek
Q. mount : horse :: board : train
Answer: board
Q. tureen : soup :: goblet : wine
Answer: soup
Q. 4 : 6 :: 14 : 16
Answer: 14
Q. son : nuclear :: cousin : extended
Answer: cousin

2. Quantitative Reasoning

Q. Average speed of two cars (300km in 3h 20m and 280km in 3h 20m)?
Answer: 87.1 km/h
Q. If sin(60° + X) = cos(30°), then the value of X is:
Answer: 0°
Q. If x + y = 6 and xy = 5, then x² + y² is?
Answer: 26
Q. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
Answer: 31, 32, 33, 34
Q. Which of the following is irrational?
Answer: √11
Q. Which of the following is not a valid type of root in a quadratic equation?
Answer: Cubic
Q. What is the value of 180 degrees in radians?
Answer: π
Q. What type of roots does the equation x² + 4 = 0 have?
Answer: Imaginary
Q. If abc = a² and ac = 2, what is the value of b?
Answer: a/2
Q. If 2ᵃ · 2ᵇ = 3ᶜ, what is the value of (a+b)/c?
Answer: Undefined

3. Accounting

Q. The maturity date of a bond refers to ______?
Answer: Date when principal will be repaid
Q. A high debt-to-equity ratio generally indicates _______?
Answer: High reliance on borrowed funds
Q. Which of the following tools are used to check the genuineness of a CNIC?
Answer: Verisys
Q. Which of the following instrument is a hybrid of Demand Draft and Pay Order?
Answer: Banker’s Cheque
Q. When a cheque bears the name of a specific bank between two parallel lines, it is referred to as ______?
Answer: Special Crossing
Q. Which of the following types of cheques cannot be cashed at the counter but must be collected through a banker?
Answer: Crossed Cheque
Q. If a deposit remains inoperative for ten years, the bank must surrender it to _______?
Answer: State Bank of Pakistan
Q. Mr. Ahmed visits a bank daily to encash cheques drawn by others but does not maintain an account. What is his status?
Answer: Walk-in customer
Q. A sub-branch of a commercial bank can perform the following functions, EXCEPT?
Answer: Issuance of Letter of Credit (LC)
Q. Agents in branchless banking mainly perform ______?
Answer: Cash-in and cash-out services
Q. Branchless banking is especially useful for ______?
Answer: Financial inclusion of unbanked populations
Q. Which interest rate is adjusted for inflation?
Answer: Real interest rate
Q. The _______ is the rate of interest an investor receives after allowing for inflation.
Answer: Real interest rate
Q. Which of the following is NOT an example of branchless banking?
Answer: Crypto trading
Q. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a cheque?
Answer: Only thumb impression
Q. The accounting process of allocation cost of intangible assets is called?
Answer: Amortization
Q. Income and expenditure depicts the _____?
Answer: Surplus / Deficit
Q. The sale of old newspapers in a non-profit organization is considered as?
Answer: Revenue income
Q. A series of constant cash flows that occur at the end of each period is _____?
Answer: Ordinary annuity
Q. A company having a current ratio of 1 will have ____ net working capital.
Answer: Zero

4. Commerce

Q. The maximum number of partners in a banking business is?
Answer: Ten
Q. Long term finance is raised for?
Answer: Buying the machinery
Q. Advertising is the art of?
Answer: Persuasion
Q. Marketing activities begin from production and end at?
Answer: Consumption
Q. Production is the part of?
Answer: Industry
Q. The process of cutting, weaving, and dyeing takes place in this industry?
Answer: Fabricating Industry
Q. Custom warehouses are known as?
Answer: Bonded warehouses
Q. Rules and regulations of a company are described in the?
Answer: Articles of Association
Q. Facilitating functions of marketing include?
Answer: Finance
Q. Circular letters are written to give information to?
Answer: Large number of clients
Q. Bill of Lading is issued by the?
Answer: Shipping company
Q. Warehousing facilities lead to?
Answer: Price stability
Q. This middleman creates a direct link with wholesaler and final consumer?
Answer: Retailer
Q. This kind of business finance is payable within one year?
Answer: Short term
Q. This is a distribution function of marketing?
Answer: Warehousing
Q. The minimum number of members required for the formation of Public Limited Company is?
Answer: 7
Q. Certificate of origin is used for?
Answer: Export
Q. This is not an electronic mode of advertising?
Answer: Newspaper
Q. In Mudaraba Islamic mode of finance, capital is provided by the?
Answer: Rab-ul-Maal
Q. Company writes this type of sales letter on customer inquiry?
Answer: Quotation

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