PU Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (PU-AHS) Past Paper 2023 PDF

1. Verbal Reasoning

Q. coif : hair :: score : musical
Answer: score
Q. feta : Greek :: provolone : Italian
Answer: Italian
Q. moccasin : snake :: loafer : shoe
Answer: loafer
Q. nadir : zenith :: fear : composure
Answer: nadir
Q. pill : bore :: core : center
Answer: center
Q. pilfer : steal :: furnish : equip
Answer: furnish
Q. native : aboriginal :: naïve : unsophisticated
Answer: unsophisticated
Q. junket : trip :: junk : trash
Answer: trip
Q. soiree : festive :: funeral : somber
Answer: soiree
Q. fetish : fixation :: slight : insult
Answer: insult
Q. hovel : dirty :: hub : busy
Answer: busy
Q. bog : marsh :: slumber : sleep
Answer: marsh
Q. transition : segue :: throng : mass
Answer: transition
Q. ragtime : United States :: raga : India
Answer: India
Q. miserly : cheap :: homogeneous : alike
Answer: alike
Q. skew : gloomy :: slant : desperate
Answer: desperate
Q. eider : duck :: cedar : tree
Answer: duck
Q. gerrymander : divide :: filibuster : delay
Answer: delay
Q. vapid : insipid :: rapid : swift
Answer: insipid
Q. denim : cotton :: linen : flax
Answer: linen

2. Quantitative Reasoning

Q. An angle measuring less than 90 degree is called?
Answer: Acute angle
Q. The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What is the smallest of three integers?
Answer: 23
Q. Which of the following is not a solid sublime material?
Answer: Sodium Chloride
Q. What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?
Answer: 180 degrees
Q. The volume of a cylinder is V = πr²L. If r = 3 and L = 10, what is the volume?
Answer: 90π cm³
Q. If numerator is greater or equal to denominator, the fraction is?
Answer: Improper
Q. What is the 101st term of the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10…?
Answer: 301
Q. 129,000 divided among 5 sons, 4 daughters, 3 nephews. Son gets 5x, daughter 4x of nephew. Nephew gets?
Answer: 3000
Q. If 1/8th pencil is black, 1/4th white and remaining 5.25 cm is grey, what is total length?
Answer: 8.4 cm
Q. If a circle has 4m radius and covered 14m on circumference, find the displacement.
Answer: 7.86 m

3. Islamic Studies

Q. The real brother of Hazrat Yousaf A.S was
Answer: Bin Yameen
Q. Where is the grave of Hazrat Adam (علیہ)?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q. What is relation between Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Loot?
Answer: Nephew
Q. Hazrat Amna died at the way of—–?
Answer: Abwa
Q. Hazrat Isa (AS) prayed to Allah to become the Ummati of which Prophet?
Answer: Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ
Q. What is the name of lady, whose Father Husband Brother and Son all were Prophets?
Answer: Hazrat Rafiqah A.S
Q. The first Charter of Human Rights is?
Answer: Khutba-Hajjat-ul-Vida
Q. Which prophet gave the good news of arrival of Muhammad (PBUH) to his people?
Answer: Hazrat Isa
Q. The study of Religions is called:________?
Answer: Theology
Q. Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) is buried in_____?
Answer: Jerusalem
Q. Which bird flew over the Island of Sheba (Saba) and noticed the Queen Balqis:
Answer: Woodpecker
Q. How many years after the Hazrat Adam A.S the event of Toofan-e-Noah occurred?
Answer: 2242 years
Q. Where is the grave of Hazrat Ayuob (AS)?
Answer: Amman
Q. Who was the contemporary of Hazrat Ibrahim?
Answer:  Hazrat loot علیہ السلام
Q. It is said that Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) was from the city of ‘Ur’. It is located in______?
Answer: Mesopotamia
Q. For How many years did Halima Sadia look after the Prophet (PBUH)?
Answer: 6
Q. Hazrat Yousaf (AS) was put into the jail by the king of Egypt. He remained behind the bars for
Answer: 7 years
Q. Who was born on the prayer of Hazrat Zakriya?
Answer: Hazrat Yahya (AS)
Q. Who was second Prophet after Hazrat Adam a.s?
Answer: Hazrat Shees A.S

4. Pakistan Studies

Q. The Elections for Assemblies were held in Oct, 2002. When were the Elections for Senate held?
Answer: January 2003
Q. When was Makran acceded to Pakistan?
Answer: March 17, 1948
Q. When was the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor?
Answer: November 9, 2019
Q. JAMSHED MARKER distinguished himself in the field of ______?
Answer: Diplomacy
Q. The Security Council passed its first Resolution on Kashmir on ____?
Answer: January 17, 1948
Q. Allama Iqbal famous address at Allahabad was delivered to the ____ session of All India Muslim League.
Answer: 21st
Q. In which year PIA was established?
Answer: 1955
Q. All the private banks were nationalized by the Government of Pakistan in which year?
Answer: 1974
Q. The Indo-Pak war on Rann of Kutch occurred in which year?
Answer: April 1965
Q. Which country’s architect designed the Islamabad map?
Answer:  Greece
Q. Who was dismissed by the Quaid-e-Azam on 26th April, 1948 in Sindh?
Answer: M.A Khuhro
Q. In which year Gen. Yahya held General Elections in the country?
Answer: 1970
Q. NRO Act issued by former President of Pakistan on _____?
Answer: 5 October 2007
Q. First Provincial Elections after establishment of Pakistan were held in _____?
Answer: 1951
Q. Which of following Woman Lawmaker Chaired ‘Pakistan Senate’ on Women’s Day, 2019?
Answer: Krishna Kumari
Q. Who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the 2002 elections?
Answer: Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Q. Pakistan signed a frontier agreement with Iran in:
Answer: 1958
Q. When did Pakistan join World Bank?
Answer: 11 July 1950
Q. Provincial elections were held in East Pakistan in which year?
Answer: 1954

5. General Knowledge

Q. United Nations Organization (UNO) Officially came into existence on?
Answer: 24 October 1945
Q. Which is the capital of the country Bangladesh?
Answer: Dhaka
Q. Which country is called the Land of Prophets?
Answer: Palestine
Q. Which of the following is the name of the US parliament?
Answer: Congress
Q. Who is the Current President of Russia?
Answer: Vladimir Putin
Q. The Founder of Wikileaks Julian Paul Assange belongs to which country?
Answer: Australia
Q. The Muslim historian and thinker, Ibn Khuldun, was born in _______?
Answer: Tunisia
Q. Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for the subject of _____?
Answer: Physics
Q. Sudirman range is located in which country?
Answer: Indonesia
Q. UN Human Rights Committee is ______?
Answer: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Q. UN Organization works for Tourism Promotion is _____?
Answer: World Tourist Organization
Q. Which of the following is the largest river of the world?
Answer: Amazon
Q. The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was ______?
Answer: Blaise Pascal
Q. What is the traditional underground water system (Karez) in Iran called?
Answer: Qanat
Q.35 The SAARC movement was launched for?
Answer: Regional cooperation
Q. NADRA stands for ______?
Answer: National Database and Registration Authority
Q. When did Pakistan join OIC?
Answer: 1969
Q. The Blue Mosque or the “Mosque of Sultan Ahmed” is located in _____?
Answer: Istanbul
Q. A standard 400 Meters Oval track typically has ___ lanes.
Answer: Eight

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