PPSC Assistant Past Paper 2016 PDF

Islamic Studies

Question: In which Battle was the trench dug around the city of Madinah on the suggestion of Hazrat Salman Al-Farsi (R.A)?
Answer: Battle of Khandaq (Battle of the Trench)
Question: Dhul-Qarnayn is mentioned in which Surah of the Holy Quran?
Answer: Surah Al-Kahf
Question: Which Surah of the Holy Quran contains “Bismillah” twice?
Answer: Surah Al-Naml
Question: What is the literal meaning of the word “An-Nahl”?
Answer: The Honey Bee
Question: Where is the Qurbani (slaughtering of animals) during Hajj performed?
Answer: Mina

Urdu

Question: ٹوٹ بٹوٹ کا مشہور کردار کس ادیب نے تخلیق کیا؟
Answer: صوفی غلام مصطفیٰ تبسم
Question: “جس کو فلک نے ٹوٹ کے ویران کر دیا، ہم رہنے والے ہیں اسی اجڑے دیار کے” یہ شعر کس کا ہے؟
Answer: میر تقی میر
Question: قواعد کی رو سے “ابو ہمتام” کیا ہے؟
Answer: کنیت
Question: نظم “ہارٹ اٹیک” کس معروف شاعر کی تخلیق ہے؟
Answer: فیض احمد فیض
Question: پی ٹی وی کا تاریخی اور مشہور ڈرامہ “وارث” کس نے لکھا؟
Answer: امجد اسلام امجد
Question: محاورے “کچا چٹھا کہنا” کا کیا مطلب ہے؟
Answer: صحیح صحیح حال یا سچی بات بیان کرنا
Question: شعر “الٹی ہوگئیں سب تدبیریں کچھ نہ دوا نے کام کیا” کس کا شاہکار ہے؟
Answer: میر تقی میر
Question: مولانا محمد علی جوہر نے کون سا مشہور اردو اخبار جاری کیا تھا؟
Answer: ہمدرد

Pakistan Studies

Question: In which year was Sindh separated from the Bombay Presidency?
Answer: 1936
Question: Who was conferred the title of “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” after the Lucknow Pact?
Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Question: Who was the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?
Answer: Dr. Fehmida Mirza
Question: What was the original colonial name of the city of Zhob in Balochistan?
Answer: Fort Sandman
Question: In which year did Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah join the Indian National Congress?
Answer: 1906
Question: What portfolio was held by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto when he joined the Cabinet as the youngest minister in 1958?
Answer: Minister of Commerce
Question: Name the Pakistani submarine that performed active service in 1965 and was sunk during a mission in 1971.
Answer: PNS Ghazi
Question: Under which constitutional amendment was the status of Ahmadis declared as Non-Muslim in Pakistan?
Answer: 2nd Amendment (1974)
Question: In which year was General Ayub Khan appointed as the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army?
Answer: 1951
Question: Who was the leader associated with the establishment of the Khaksar Movement in 1931?
Answer: Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Question: What is the name of the classic 1959 Pakistani film for which Faiz Ahmad Faiz wrote the screenplay and lyrics?
Answer: Jago Hua Savera
General Knowledge
Question: Where did the War of Independence of 1857 officially break out on May 10, 1857?
Answer: Meerut
Question: “Siam” is the historic former name of which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: António Guterres served as the Prime Minister of which European country before becoming the UN Secretary-General?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Which South American country is Ecuador located in?
Answer: South America
Question: The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 is associated with which country?
Answer: Russia
Question: What does the acronym NSG stand for in international diplomacy?
Answer: Nuclear Suppliers Group
Question: Who served as the 5th Secretary-General of the OIC and remains the only Pakistani to hold this position?
Answer: Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
Question: Who was the President of Bangladesh and husband of former Prime Minister Begum Khalida Zia?
Answer: General Zia-ur Rahman
Question: Where was the final match of the 2016 Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy held?
Answer: Kuantan, Malaysia
Question: Which country won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title in the year 2016?
Answer: West Indies
Question: Which member nation of SAARC operates as a constitutional monarchy?
Answer: Bhutan

English

Question: What is an antonym for the word “Candid”?
Answer: Devious (or Secretive / Guarded)
Question: Choose the correct word: “______ of what he said was very sensible.”
Answer: Much
Question: Complete the sentence: “Are there ______ apples in the kitchen?”
Answer: Any
Question: Complete the sentence with the correct tense: “Ten years ago, I ______ in Lahore.”
Answer: Worked
Question: Identify the superlative degree: “It is ______ film that I have ever seen.”
Answer: The worst
Question: Choose the correct article: “The Amazon in Brazil is ______ longest river in South America.”
Answer: The
Question: Supply the correct preposition: “He succeeded ______ the throne after his father’s death.”
Answer: To
Question: Complete the common idiom: “He knew the conditions like the ______ of his hand.”
Answer: Back
Question: Complete the common idiom: “A penny for your ______?”
Answer: Thoughts
Question: What is a direct synonym for the word “Antipathy”?
Answer: Enmity (or Hostility)
Question: Supply the correct preposition: “Ahmed inquired ______ my health.”
Answer: After
Question: Complete the common idiom: “The passengers in the small compartment were packed like ______.”
Answer: Sardines
Question: What is a synonym for the word “Decipher”?
Answer: Interpret (or Decode)
Question: Supply the correct preposition: “Do not meddle ______ my affairs.”
Answer: In
Question: What is a synonym for the word “Abdicate”?
Answer: Abandon (or Renounce)
Question: What is an antonym for the word “Despair”?
Answer: Hope
Question: Complete the sentence: “A newborn baby lives primarily ______ milk.”
Answer: On

Mathematics

Question: If the average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050, Q and R is Rs. 6250, and P and R is Rs. 5200, what is the monthly income of P?
Answer: Rs. 4000
Question: Simplify the arithmetic expression: 4 ÷ 2 × 3 – 6 + 2 = ?
Answer: 2
Question: What is the missing term in the prime number sequence: 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, _____?
Answer: 43
Question: Find the incorrect number in the given series: 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 91.
Answer: 91 (It should be 92)
Question: Simplify the mathematical expression: 12 × (13 – 2 × 5) = ?
Answer: 36
Question: A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20/kg with 30 kg at Rs. 36/kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30/kg. What is his profit percentage?
Answer: 5%
Question: Identify the wrong number in the division series: 2880, 480, 92, 24, 8, 4, 4.
Answer: 92 (It should be 96)
Question: A 20% price reduction allows a retailer to buy 25 more oranges for Rs. 40. What is the reduced price of 200 oranges?
Answer: Rs. 64

Computer & Everyday Science

Question: In MS Word, what term is used to describe Portrait and Landscape formats?
Answer: Page Orientation
Question: Which measuring instrument is used to determine the density and purity of milk?
Answer: Lactometer
Question: Which option among Top, Center, Left, and Right is NOT a valid page margin in MS Word?
Answer: Center
Question: Which essential vitamin is synthesized by the human body upon exposure to sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
Question: How many fundamental memory bits make up 1 Nibble?
Answer: 4 bits
Question: How many chambers are present in the human heart?
Answer: 4
Question: What term describes animals that feed on both plant matter and animal flesh?
Answer: Omnivores
Question: What is the full medical expansion of the abbreviation AIDS?
Answer: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Question: Which web search engine was created and developed by Microsoft?
Answer: Bing
Question: Which organ of the human body is primarily affected by Hepatitis C?
Answer: Liver
Question: Which class of mammals possesses the physical capability for true flight?
Answer: Bat
Question: Which respiratory condition involves inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs?
Answer: Bronchitis
Question: Which animal group non-ruminant option out of cows, goats, camels, and cats does NOT chew the cud?
Answer: Cat
Question: What trade term abbreviation NTB (or NBT) stands for in international trade regulations?
Answer: Non-Tariff Barriers

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