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Below is a fresh set of 20 unique MCQs from the PPSC Assistant Past Paper 2025. Each question includes four options, and the correct answer is highlighted in green with a green check mark for easy learning.

1. OIC stands for _____?
A. Organization of Islamic Coordination
B. Organization of Islamic Cooperation ✔
C. Organization Upper Islamic Cooperation
D. None of these

2. Solve the system of equations: 3x - 6y = 15 and -2x + 4y = -10. What is the value of x and y?
A. x = 0, y = -2.5
B. x = 5, y = 0 ✔
C. x = 10, y = 1
D. x = -5, y = 0

3. A train covers 240 km at a uniform speed. If its speed is increased by 4 km/h, it takes 0.5 hour less. What is the original speed?
A. 36 km/h
B. 40 km/h ✔
C. 44 km/h
D. 48 km/h

4. If the 3rd term of AP is 8 and 6th term of AP is 17 what is the 8th term of AP?
A. 20
B. 23 ✔
C. 25
D. 29

5. “اپنی اپنی ڈفلی، اپنا اپنا راگ” کا کیا مطلب ہے؟
A. سب مل کر کام کرتے ہیں
B. ہر کوئی اپنی مرضی کرتا ہے ✔
C. سب خوش ہیں
D. سب نے ہار مان لی

6. حاکم کی جمع کیا ہے؟
A. احکام
B. حکام ✔
C. حکما
D. احکامات

7. “آنکھ کے آگے ناک، سوجھے کیا؟” کا مطلب ہے؟
A. بینائی
B. عقل ✔
C. دھوکہ
D. خاک

8. اسم معرفہ کی اقسام کونسی ہے؟
A. اسم علم، اسم ضمیر، اسم مصدر، اسم موصول
B. اسم علم، اسم ضمیر، اسم اشارہ، اسم موصول ✔
C. اسم علم، اسم صفت، اسم اشارہ، اسم موصول
D. ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

9. دو یا دو سے زیادہ لفظوں کے ایسے مجموعے کو جسے اہلِ زبان مخصوص اور غیر حقیقی معنوں میں استعمال کرتے ہوئے کہتے ہیں؟
A. مصدر
B. فعل
C. محاورہ ✔
D. روز مرہ

10. ایسے حروف جو دو یا دو سے زیادہ لفظوں یا جملوں کو ملانے کا کام دیتے ہیں۔ انھیں کیا کہتے ہیں؟
A. حروف شرط
B. حروف عطف ✔
C. حروف استفہام
D. ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

11. The Headquarters of NATO is located in the city _____?
A. New York
B. Brussels ✔
C. London
D. None of the above

12. The capital of Libya is _____?
A. Tripoli ✔

B. London
C. Cairo
D. Tashkent

13. Which planet is known as Morning or Evening Star?
A. Mercury
B. Venus ✔
C. Jupiter
D. None of these

14. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal?
A. Lord Curzon ✔
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord Algan
D. None of the above

15. Who was the first President of Pakistan?
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Malik Ghulam Muhammad
C. Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
D. Iskander Mirza ✔

16. Who is known as Adam-e-Sani?
A. Hazrat Nooh (علیہ) ✔
B. Hzarat Moosa (علیہ)
C. Hazrat Adam (علیہ)
D. Hazrat Ibbrahim (علیہ)

17. Which is the capital of Japan?
A. Jakarta
B. Tokyo ✔
C. Beijing
D. Washington

18. Who was the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
A. Liaqat Ali Khan
B. Zafrullah Khan ✔
C. Quaid-e-Azam
D. Muhammad Ali

19. Who is the current Vice President of USA?
A. Donald Trump
B. Kamala Harris ✔
C. JD Vance
D. None of these

20. FATA was merged in which province of Pakistan?
A. Sindh
B. Punjab
C. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ✔
D. Balochistan

PPSC Sub Inspector Solved Past Papers 2022
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF SUB INSPECTOR PAST PAPER PPSC (BS-14) Held 30-01-2022 in Punjab Police Department 
General Knowledge MCQs - Computer MCQs - English MCQs

1 _______________ is used for motions to slides in slide show.
(A) Master Slide
(B) Template
(C) Animation Scheme  ✓
(D) None of These

2. Which term identifies a specific Computer in web and the main page of the entire site?
(A) WWW
(B) Link
(C) SQL
(D) URL  ✓

03. A service in which user can chat with his/her friends and not with public is called_____?
(A) Instant Messaging  ✓
(B) Chatting
(C) Entertainment
(D) None of these

04 . The folder contains copies of messages hat you have started but are not yet ready to send?
A.Sent Items
(B) Draft  ✓
(C) Outbox
(D) None of these

 05. Choose the Most appropriate one word substitute of ______
That which cannot be passed through:
(A) Impassable  ✓
(B) Passable
(C) Passage
(D) Present

06 . Choose the Synonym of underlined word_______?
Several members of the party eulogized their leader at the public meeting.
(A) Thanked
(B) Praised  ✓
(C) Wished
(D) Flattered.

PPSC Lecturer Political Science 2015 Solved Past Papers 

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF LECTURER POLITICAL SCIENCE (BS-17) IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - 2015

General Knowledge MCQs

1. The term 'Polity' is originally applied to:
(A) Roman City States
(B) Greek City State ✓

(C) Feudal States
(D) Oriental Empires

2. ‘Political Science begins and ends with the state" is said by:
(A) Dr. Leacock
(B) Harold Lasswell
(C) G.W. Gamer ✓

(D) Paul Janet

3. Plato believed that an ideal state should have a population of:
(A) 50040
(B) 5400
(C) 50400
(D) 5040 ✓


4. A doctrine under which legislative statute or executive actions are subject to possible invalidation by the Judiciary is called:
(A) Judicial Activism ✓

(B) Judicial Review
(C) Judicial Lawmaking
(D) None of these

5. The consensus among scholars on points of Islamic law is called:
(A) Qiyas
(B) Ijma ✓

(C) Istislah
(D) Istehsan

6. Who said, “Law is the command of sovereign"?
(A) John Austin ✓

(B) Jean Bodin
(C) Rousseau
(D) Laski

7. “Leviathan* is a book written by:
(A) Locke
(B) Rousseau
(C) John Austin
(D) None of these ✓


8. What refers to the flow of information through the society and through various structures that make up the political system?
(A) Conversion Function
(B) Political Communication
(C) Communication Box ✓

(D) None of these

9. Principle of collective responsibility is a feature of:
(A) Unitary System
(B) Federal System
(C) Presidential System
(D) Parliamentary System ✓


10. The concept of popular sovereignty was expounded by:
(A) Jean Bodin
(8) Jean J. Rousseau
(C) Thomas Hobbes ✓

(D) James Mill

11. Who is known as Social Contractualist? >
(A) Lenin
(B) Aristotle
(C) Hobbes ✓

(D) Machiavelli

12. To give the political party in power an t advantage in electing its representatives is known as:
(A) Logrolling
(B) Floor Crossing
(C) Gerrymandering ✓

(D) Nond of these

13. American Political Scientist of 20th century who adopted the method of system analysis in Comparative Politics is:
(A) David Easton
(B) Max Weber
(C) Talcott Parsons ✓

(D) G. A. Almond

14. Who formulated the theory of 'Separation of Powers’?
(A) J. S. Mill
(B) Kant
(C) John Locke
(D) Montesquieu ✓


15. According to Locke, the natural rights of men are right to:
(A) Life, Liberty, Property ✓

(B) Life, Property, Religion
(C) Liberty, Equality, Security
(D) None of these

16. A voluntary union of sovereign and independent states is called:
(A) Confederation
(B) Unitary States
(C) Federation ✓

(D) None of these

17. Single Transferable vote system was suggested for proportional representation by:
(A) Thomas Hare ✓

(B) J. S. Mill
(C) Lord Coumey
(D) Gilchrist

18. Who ensures party members do as per party lines in assembly:
(A) Kingpin
(B) Whip ✓

(C) Parliamentary leader
(D) Junta

19. "Man when separated from Law and Justice is the worst of all animals", is the saying of:
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Aristotle ✓


20. Who was the author of Communist Manifesto?
(A) Lenin
(B) Stalin
(C) Mao Zedong
(D) Karl Marx ✓


21. Which doctrine held that the function of government should be to secure the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people?
(A) Utilitarian ✓

(B) Communist
(C) Idealist
(D) Capitalist

22. An authoritarian and nationalist political ideology that embraces strong leadership, singular collective identity and the will to commit violence or wage war to further the interests of the state is:
(A) Communism
(B) Socialism
(C) Fascism ✓

(D) None of these

23. An appeal to the prejudice of the masses usually by means of lies and half-truths is termed as:
(A) Glad-handling
(B) Demagogy ✓

(C) Propaganda
(D) None of these

24. According to Aristotle, tyranny is the perverted form of:
(A) Monarchy ✓
(B) Democracy
(C) Aristocracy
(D) Oligarchy

25. A legal action or writ by means of which prisoners can seek relief from illegal imprisonment is called:
(A) Writ of Error
(B) Writ of Certiorari
(C) Habeas Corpus ✓

(D) Writ of Mandamus

26. Which King of France said, "L'etat, c'estmoi" ("l am the state")?
(A) Louis IX
(B) Louis XIV ✓

(C) Louis XX
(D) Louis XVI

27. Beside England, United Kingdom consists of:
(A) Scotland, Sardinia and Wales
(B) Northern Ireland, Wales and Iceland
(C) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ✓

(D) Wales, Scotland and Faeroe Island

28. In Britain, the office of the Prime Minister came into existence in the time of:
(A) Hanoverians ✓
(B) Normans
(C) Stuarts
(D) None of these

29. The quorum of British House of Lords is
(A) 2
(B) 3 ✓

(C) 6
(D) 11

30. When was the Magna Carta signed by King John of England?
(A) 1213
(B) 1290
(C) 1215 ✓

(D) 1220

31. In which century “Theory of Divine Right of King” was presented by King James of England?
(A) 17th
(B) 19th
(C) 18th
(D) 16th ✓


32. In UK, “Right Honorable" is the title of:
(A) Cabinet Ministers
(B) Members of the Privy Council ✓

(C) Judges of the Court
(D) Members House of commons

33 The smallest administrative unit in British Local Seif Government is:
(A) Parish ✓
(B) County
(C) District
(D) Borough

34. The number of amendments made in the American Constitution is:
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27 ✓

(D) 28

35. The author of the American Declaration of Independence was:
(A) Thomas Paine
(B) George Washington
(C) James Madison
(D) Thomas Jefferson ✓


36. Which American state is called “The Mother of Presidents"?
(A) Ohio
(B) Virginia ✓

(C) Florida
(D) New York

37. Minimum age of candidate to contest the elections of American Senate is:
(A) 30 ✓
(B) 25
(C) 35
(D) 40

38. The most Important achievement of Abraham Lincoln was:
(A) Strengthening of democracy
(B) Abolition of slavery ✓

(C) Supremacy of constitution
(D) Women's rights

39. The Electoral College in United States comprises:
(A) 520 Electors
(B) 542 Electors
(C) 538 Electors ✓

(D) 565 Electors

40. System of “Administrative Law” is provided in the Constitution of:
(A) USA ✓
(B) France
(C) UK
(D) India

41. State of France is:
(A) Unitary ✓
(B) Federation
(C) Confederation
(D) None of these

42. The constitutional history of France begins with the French Revolution of:
(A) 1785
(B) 1779
(C) 1789 ✓

(D) 1798

43. The Lengthiest written constitution of the world is of:
(A) China
(B) France
(C) India ✓

(D) Switzerland

44. In Pakistan, Islam was declared as State religion under the Constitution of:
(A) 1956
(B) 1962
(C) 1973 ✓

(D) 1985

45. Constitution of Pakistan -1962 had how many articles?
(A) 245
(B) 250 ✓

(C) 280
(D) 297

46. Pakistan joined United Nations on:
(A) 28 August 1947
(B) 25 November 1947
(C) 30 September 1947 ✓

(D) 27 October 1947

47. Total members of Senate of Pakistan is:
(A) 87
(B) 110
(C) 100
(D) 104 ✓


48. Who wrote "The Myth of Independence"?
(A) I. H. Qureshi
(B) JawharLal Nehru
(C) Zulfiqar AB Bhutto ✓

(D) K. K. Aziz

49. Quaid-Azam joined All India Muslim League in:
(A) 1910
(B) 1913 ✓

(C) 1915
(D) 1923

50. The first movement launched against British in India was:
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Swadeshi Movement ✓

(D) Non-Cooperation Movement

51. In which year Urdu-Hindi Controversy was started?
(A) 1862
(B) 1864
(C) 1867 ✓

(D) 1868

52. In which year Minto-Morley Reforms were introduced in India?
(A) 1907
(B) 1909 ✓

(C) 1911
(D) 1919

53. Stanley Wolpert is the author of:
(A) India Wins Freedom
(B) Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan
(C) Emergence of Pakistan
(D) Jinnah of Pakistan ✓


54. Al Farabi was author of:
(A) AJ-Madinat Al-Fadilah ✓

(B) SiyasatNameh
(C) Al-Ahkam AJ-Sultaniyyah
(D) Tahafut al-falasifa

55. Allama Iqbal did his M.A. in Philosophy from Government College Lahore in the yean
(A) 1890
(B) 1899 ✓

(C) 1895
(D) 1889

56. Keemyae-Saadat was written by:
(A) Allama Iqbal
(B) Imam Ghazali ✓

(C) AbuNasar Farabi
(D) Nizam-ul-MulkToosi

57. The theory of 'Group Mind’ was enunciated by:
(A) Ibn-e-Khuldun ✓
(B) Al-Ghazali
(C) Al-Farabi
(D) Al-Mauwardi

58. "Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam* was written by:
(A) Al-Mauwardi
(B) Al-Farabi
(C) Ibn-e-Khaldun
(D) None of these ✓


59. Who brought constitutional theory of Islam In the line with political reality of his time?
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Abu NasarFarabl
(C) Ibn-e-Khaldun
(D) Al-Mauwardi ✓


60. The Greek Philosopher Plato died in:
(A) 347 B.C ✓
(B) 325 B.C
(C) 383 B.C
(D) 358 B.C

61. In which year ‘Treaty of Westphalia' ending the Thirty Years War was signed?
(A) 1684
(B) 1648 ✓

(C) 1888
(D) 1848

62. Glasnost means:
(A) Re-construction ✓

(B) . Greater accountability and openness
(C) Workers
(D) Equality of people and place

63. In which year World War II ended? «
(A) 1949
(B) 1948
(C) 1947
(D) 1945 ✓


64. In which year General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
(A) 1947
(B) 1948 ✓

(C) 1949
(D) 1946

65. Who is known as the “Iron Lady"?
(A) Benazir Bhutto
(B) Condoleezza Rice
(C) Margaret Thatcher ✓

(D) Hillary Clinton

66. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause of:
(A) World War I
(B) World War II ✓

(C) 30 Years War
(D) Eastern European Crisis

67. The strategic rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia is termed:
(A) The Great Game ✓

(B) Grand Design
(C) Clash of Giants
(D) Hone of these

68. The Soviet Union was dissolved in:
(A) 1990
(B) 1991 ✓

(C) 1992
(D) 1993

69. The slogan "No taxation without representation" was first raised during American Revolution in:
(A) Boston Tea Party ✓
(B) Philadelphia Congress
(C) Massachusetts Assembly
(D) None of these

70. Which is not an official language of United Nations?
(A) Arabic
(B) French
(C) Chinese
(D) German ✓


71. In UN, which country does not possess veto power:
(A) France
(B) Germany ✓

(C) Britain
(D) China

72. How many judges are members of the International Court of Justice?
(A) 9
(B) 12
(C) 15 ✓

(D) 20

73. How many members SAARC has?
(A) 7
(B) 11
(C) 8 ✓

(D) 12

74. The first summit of SAARC was held in:
(A) Islamabad
(B) Colombo
(C) Delhi
(D) Dhaka ✓

75. The members of NAFTA are:
(A) Mexico, Canada, US ✓

(B) US, Mexico, Brazil
(C) Canada, Mexico, Britain
(D) Mexico, US, Bolivia

76. Under which amendment in 1990, the U.S. suspended all economic aid and military assistance to Pakistan?
(A) Pressler
(B) Brown
(C) Glenn
(D) Symington ✓


77. In which year Cripps Mission came India?
(A) 1927
(B) 1928
(C) 1942 ✓

(D) 1946

78. John Locke wrote the book:
(A) Leviathan
(B) Two Treaties of Government ✓

(C) The Social Contract
(D) Prince

79. Montesquieu wrote the book:
(A) Candied
(B) Persian Letters ✓

(C) Discourse on Equality
(D) Politics

80. Grammar of Politics was written by:
(A) Laski ✓
(B) Laswell
(C) Gilchrist
(D) Gamer

81. The Social Contract' was written by:
(A) Locke
(B) Rousseau ✓

(C) Hobbes
(D) Marx

82. Indian Independence Act was passed on:
(A) 14th August 1947
(B) 18th July 1947 ✓

(C) 24th October 1948
(D) 3rd June 1948

83. What was the total number of Princely states in the sub-continent during British Rule?
(A) 535
(B) 435
(C) 635 ✓

(D) 630

84. Objectives Resolution was passed on:
(A) 23 March 1948
(B) 15 March 1949
(C) 12 March 1949 ✓

(D) 24 March 1949

85 Life of a Presidential Ordinance is:
(A) 3 Months
(B) 2 Months
(C) 4 Months ✓

(D) 6 Months

86. Retirement age of a Supreme Court judge is:
(A) 60 Years
(B) 66Years
(C) 65 Years ✓

(D) 63Years

87. Indus Basin Treaty was signed in:
(A) 1961
(B) 1960 ✓

(C) 1962
(D) 1963

88. When was Baluchistan given the provincial status?
(A) 1967
(B) 1965
(C) 1970 ✓

(D) 1971

89. Pakistan shares her eastern border with which country?
(A) India ✓
(B) China
(C) Iran
(D) Afghanistan

90. Popularity of Ibn-e- Khaldun relates to which subject?
(A) Political Science
(B) Economics
(C) Sociology ✓

(D) Philosophy

91. “Politics" was written by:
(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) Aristotle ✓

(C) Plato
(D) Karl Marx

92. Who propounded “Patriarchal Theory"?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Louis XIV ✓

(C) Sir Henry Maine
(D) T.H. Green

93. Thomas Hobbes was the exponent of:
(A) Absolute Sovereignty
(B) Universal Sovereignty
(C) Titular Sovereignty ✓

(D) Limited Sovereignty

94. World War I stared in:
(A) 1916 ✓

(B) 1915
(C) 1912
(D) 1914

95. Tashkent Declaration was signed in:
(A) 1965
(B) 1966
(C) 1968
(D) 1967 ✓


96. Who was the second Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(A) Muhammad AN Bogra
(B) Ch. Muhammad All
(C) Khawaja Nazimudin ✓

(D) I.I. Chundrigarh

97. When was ‘One Unif established in Pakistan? 
(A) 1955 ✓
(B) 1954
(C) 1956
(D) 1957

98. Length of Pak-Afghan border is:
(A) 2440 KM
(B) 1280 KM
(C) 4246 KM
(D) 2252 KM ✓


99. Pakistan joined Non Aligned Movement in:
(A) 1980
(B) 1978
(C) 1979 ✓

(D) 1977

100. In which year, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan established the MAO College?
(A) 1860
(B) 1865
(C) 1877 ✓

(D) 1875

 PPSC Lecturer Computer Science Solved Past Papers 2017

LECTURER COMPUTER SCIENCE (BS-17) (MALE & FEMALE)-2017

1. Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?
(A) Dispatcher ✓
 
(B) Interrupt
(C) Scheduler
(D) None of these

2. The processes that are residing In main memory for execution are kept on a list called:
(A) Job queue
(B) Ready queue  ✓

(C) Execution queue
(D) Process queue

3. The Interval from the time of submission of a process to the time of completion Is termedas:
(A) Waiting time
(B) Turnaround time ✓
(C) Response time
(D) Throughput

4. Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first?
(A) First-come first-served scheduling ✓

(B) Shortest job scheduling
(C) Priority scheduling
(D) None of these

5. In priority scheduling algorithm:
(A) CPU is allocated to the process with highest priority ✓

(B) CPU is allocated to the process with lowest priority
(C) Equal priority processes cannot be scheduled
(D) None of these

6. In priority scheduling algorithm, when a process arrives at the ready queue, its priority Is compared with the priority of:
(A) Ail process
(B) Currently running process ✓

(C) Parent process
(D) Init process

7. Time quantum is defined In:
(A) Shortest job scheduling algorithm
(B) Round robin scheduling algorithm ✓

(C) Priority scheduling algorithm
(D) Multilevel queue scheduling algorithm

8. In multilevel feedback scheduling algorithm;
(A) A process can move to a different classified ready queue ✓

(B) Classification of ready queue is permanent
(C) Processes are not classified into groups 
(D) None of the mentioned

9. Which one of the following cannot be scheduled by the kernel?
(A) Kernel level thread
(B) User level thread  ✓

(C) Process 
(D) None of these

10. A process refers to 5 pages, A, B, C, D, E in the order: A, B, C, D, A, B, E, A, B, C, D, E. If the page replacement algorithm is FIFO, the number of page transfers with an empty Internal store of 3 frames Is:
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 9 
(D) 7

11. A memory page containing a heavily used variable that was Initialized very early and Is in constant use Is remove and then the page replacement algorithm used is:
(A) LRU
(B) LFU
(C) FIFO ✓

(D) None of these

12. Users are_________ that their processes are running on a paged system.
(A) Aware
(B) Unaware ✓

(C) Informed 
(D) None of these

13. The aim of creating page replacement algorithms is to:
(A) Replace pages faster
(B) Increase the page fault rate 
(C) Decrease the page fault rate ✓

(D) To allocate multiple pages to processes

14. A FIFO replacement algorithm associates with each page the .
(A) Time it was brought Into memory ✓

(B) Size of the page in memory
(C) Page after and before It
(D) All of these

15. Optimal page - replacement algorithm Is:
(A) Replace the page that has not been used for a long lime
(B) Replace the page that has been used for a long time
(C) Replace the page that will not be used for a long time ✓

(D) None of these

16. Optimal page - replacement algorithm Is difficult to implement, because:
(A) It requires a lot of Information
(B) It requires future knowledge of the reference string ✓

(C) It Is too complex
(D) It Is extremely expensive

17. LRU page - replacement algorithm associates with each page the .
(A) Time it was brought into memory
(B) The time of that page s last use ✓

(C) Page after and before It
(D) All of these

18. For 3 page frames, the following Is the reference string: 701 20 30 4 2 3032120 17 0 1; How many page faults does the LRU page replacement algorithm produce?
(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 11 
(D) 12

19. CPU fetches the Instruction from memory according to the value of:
(A) Program counter ✓

(B) Status register
(C) Instruction register
(D) Program status word

20. A memory buffer used to accommodate a spood differential is called:
(A) Slack pointer
(B) Cache ✓

(C) Accumulator 
(D) Disk buffer

21. Which one of the following Is the address generated by CPU?
(A) Physical address
(B) Absolute address
(C) Logical address ✓

(D) None of these

22. Run time mapping from virtual to physical address Is done by:
(A) Memory management unit ✓

(B) CPU
(C) PCI
(D) None of these

23. Memory management technique In which system stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use In main memory Is called:
(A) Fragmentation
(B) Paging ✓

(C) Mapping 
(D) None of these

24. The Interrupt-request line Is a part of the:
(A) Data line
(B) Control line ✓

(C) Address line 
(D) None of these

25. The return address from the Interrupt-service routine Is stored on the:
(A) System heap
(B) Processor register
(C) Processor slack 
(D) Memory

26. The signal sent to the device from the processor to the device after receiving an Interrupt Is:
(A) Interrupt-acknowledge
(B) Return signal
(C) Service signal ✓

(D) Permission signal

27. A relational database consists of a collection of:
(A) Tables ✓

(B) Fields
(C) Records 
(D) Keys

28. A ______ In a table represents a relationship among a set of values.
(A) Column ✓

(B) Key
(C) Row 
(D) Entry

29. The term_____________Is used to refer to a row.
(A) Attribute
(B) Tuple
(C) Field  ✓

(D) Instance

30. The term attribute refers to a__________of a table.
(A) Record
(B) Column ✓

(C) Tuple 
(D) Key

31. For each attribute of a relation, there Is a set of permitted values, called the______________ofthat attribute.
(A) Domain ✓

(B) Relation
(C) Set 
(D) Schema

32. Which of the following Is a tuple-generating dependency?
(A) Functional dependency
(B) Equality-generating dependencies
(C) Multi-valued dependencies ✓

(D) Non-functlonal dependency

33. The main task carried out in the ________Is to remove repeating attributes to separate tables.
(A) First Normal Form ✓

(B) Second Normal Form
(C) Third Normal Form
(D) Fourth Normal Form

34. Which of the normal form Is based on multivalued dependencies?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third 
(D) Fourth ✓


35. Which forms has a relation that possesses data about an Individual entity?
(A) 2NF
(B) 3NF
(C) 4NF  ✓

(D) 5NF

36. Which of the following has each related entity set has Its own schema and there Is an additional schema for the relationship set?
(A) A many-to-many relationship set ✓

(B) A multi-valued attribute of an entity set
(C) A one-to-many relationship set
(D) Both A and B

37 in which of the following, a separate schema Is created consisting of that attribute and the primary key of the entity set?
(A) A many-to-many relationship set
(B) A multi-valued attribute of an entity set ✓

(C) A one-to-many relationship set
(D) Both A and B

38. In 2NF:
(A) No functional dependencies 
(FDs) exist
(B) No mufti-valued dependencies 
(MVDs) exist.
(C) No partial FDs exist. ✓

(D) No partial MVDs exist.

39. ______ can help us detect poor E-R design,
(A) Database Design Process
(B) E-R Design Process
(C) Relational scheme
(D) Functional dependencies ✓


40. Build & Fix Model Is suitable for programming exercises of_____________LOC 
(Line of Code).
(A) 100-200
(B) 200-400
(C) 400-1000 
(D) Above 1000

41. What Is the best way to represent the attributes In a large database?
(A) Relational-and ✓
(B) Concatenation
(C) Dot representation
(D) All of these

42. Designers use which of the following to tune performance of systems to support time-critical operations?
(A) Demoralization ✓

(B) Redundant optimization
(C) Optimization
(D) Realization

43. RAD stands for:
(A) Relative Application Development
(B) Rapid Application Development ✓

(C) Rapid Application Document
(D) Rational Application Document

44. Which one of the following models Is not suitable for accommodating any change?
(A) Build & Fix Model
(B) Prototyping Model
(C) RAD Model
(D) Waterfall Model ✓


45. Which one of the following Is not a phase of Prototyping Model?
(A) Quick Design
(B) Coding ✓

(C) Prototype Refinement
(D) Engineer Product

46. RAD Model has:
(A) 2 Phase
(B) 3 phase
(C) 5 phases  ✓

(D) 6 phases

47. What Is the major drawback of using RAD Model?
(A) Highly specialized & skilled developers / designers are required.
(B) Increases re-usablllty of components
(C) Encourages customer/cllent feedback
(D) Both A & C  ✓

48. SDLC stands for:
(A) Software Development Life Cycle ✓

(B) System Development Life cycle
(C) Software Design Life Cycle
(D) System Design Life Cycle

49. Which model can be selected If user is Involved In all the phases of SDLC?
(A) Waterfall Model
(B) Prototyping Model 
(C) RAD Model ✓

(D) Both 8 & C

50. Two devices are In network If:
(A) A process In one device Is able to exchange Information with a process in another device ✓

(B) A process Is running on both devices
(C) Plus of the processes running of different devices are same
(D) None of these

51. In computer network nodes are:
(A) The computer that originates the data
(B) The computer that routes the data
(C) The computer that terminates the data
(D) All of these ✓


52. Communication channel Is shared by all the machines on the network In:
(A) Broadcast network ✓

(B) Unl-cast network
(C) Multi-cast network
(D) None of these

53. Bluetooth Is an example of:
(A) Personal area network ✓

(B) Local area network
(C) Virtual private network
(D) None of these

54. A _______ Is a device that forwards packets between networks by processing the routing Information Included In the packet.
(A) Bridge
(B) Firewall
(C) Router  ✓

(D) All of these

55. A list of protocols used by a system, one protocol per layer, Is called;
(A) Protocol architecture
(B) Protocol stack ✓

(C) Protocol suit
(D) None of these

56. Network congestion occurs-.
(A) In case of traffic overloading' ✓

(B) When a system terminates
(C) When connection between two nodes terminates
(D) None of these

57. Which one of the following extends a private network across public networks?
(A) Local area network
(B) Virtual private network ✓
(C) Enterprise private network
(D) Storage area network

58. The network layer concerns with:
(A) Bits
(B) Frames
(C) Packets  ✓

(D) None of these

59. Which one of the following is not a function of network layer?
(A) Routing
(B) Inter-networking
(C) Congestion control
(D) None of these ✓


60. The 4 byte IP address consists of:
(A) Network address
(B) Host address
(C) Both A and B ✓

(D) None of these

61. In virtual circuit, network each packet contains:
(A) Full source and destination address ✓

(B) A short VC number
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these

62. Which one of the following routing algorithm can be used for network layer design?
(A) Shortest path algorithm
(B) Distance vector routing
(C) Link stale routing
(D) All of these ✓


63. The network layer protocol of Internet is:
(A) Ethernet
(B) Internet protocol ✓

(C) Hypertext transfer protocol
(D) None of these

64. ICMP is primarily used for
(A) Error and diagnostic functions ✓

(B) Addressing
(C) Forwarding
(D) None of these

65. The lexical analyzer takes _______as Input and produces a stream of as output
(A) Source program tokens
(B) Token, source program
(C) Both A & B  ✓
(D) None of these

66. Parsing Is also known as:
(M Lexical Analysis
(B) Syntax Analysis ✓

(C) Semantic Analysis
(D) Code Generation

67. A compiler program written In a high level language is called:
(A) Source Program ✓
(B) Object Program
(C) Machine Language Program
(D) None of these

68. The number of pixels stored In the frame buffer of a graphics system is known as:
(A) Resolution ✓
(B) Depth
(C) Mass 
(D) None of these

69. In graphical system, the array of pixels In the picture Is stored in:
(A) Memory
(B) Frame buffer ✓

(C) Processor 
(D) All of these

70. Which of the following is key characteristic of hackor?
(A) Afraid to say they don't know the answer
(B) Willing to find answers on their own
(C) Not willing to find answers on their own
(D) All of these ✓


71. Which of the following focuses on the discovery of 
(previously) unknown properties on data?
(A) Data mining ✓

(B) Big Data
(C) Data wrangling
(D) Machine Learning

72. Which process model should be used in virtually all situations of web engineering?
(A) Incremental Model ✓
(B) Waterfall Model
(C) Spiral Model
(D) None of these

73. Which analysis is a part of Analysis model of the web engineering process framework?
(A) Content Analysis
(B) Interaction Analysis
(C) Functional Analysis
(D) All of these ✓


74. Which of the following statements are Incorrect with reference to web-based systems? Web-based systems: 
(A) Should be un-scalable
(B) Must be to cope uncertain, random heavy demand on services
(C) Must be secure
(D) Are subsect to assorted legal, social and ethical scrutiny

75. What category of web-based system would you aBsign-to electronic shopping?
(A) Information
(Bi Interactive
(C) Transaction-oriented ✓

(D) Workflow-oriented

76. What category of web-based system would you assign to discussion groups?
(A) Collaborative work .
(B) Online communities ✓

(C) Web portals
(D) Workflow-oriented

77. W3C stands for.
(A) World Wide Web Consortium ✓

(B) World Wide Web Collaboration
(C) World Wide Web Community
(D) None of these

78. Which of the following Is a risk associated with using hypertext in web applications?
(A) Loss of sense of locality and direction
(B) Cognitive overload for users
(C) Both A and B ✓

(D) None of these

79. Which of the following Is not a NosQL data Hara?
(A) SQL Server ✓
(B) MongoDB
(C) Cassandra 
(D) None of these

80. Which of the following is a NoSQL Database type?
(A) SQL
(B) Document databases ✓

(C) JSON
(D) All of these

81. Which one of the following is an example of Operating System?
(A) Microsoft Word
(B) Microsoft Excel
(C) Microsoft Access
(D) Microsoft Windows ✓


82. By default on which page the Header or the Footer is printed, In MS Word?
(A) On first page
(B) On alternate page
(C) On every page ✓

(D) None of these

83. Complete the number series: 15, 31, 63, 127, 255
(A) '513
(B) 511 ✓

(C) 523 
(D) 517

84. Solve the equation: {1/4 + 5/8} + {1/2 + 3/4} = ?
(A) 35/32
(B) 10/7
(C) 5/12 
(D) 7/10

85. "To fact the music means:
(A) To be greeted rudely
(B) To be offered warm hospitality
(C) To be on the front seat in a concert
(D) To bear the consequences ✓


86. What Is the synonym of Posthumous?
(A) After death ✓

(B) Moisture
(C) Rich 
(D) Rear

87. What Is the antonym of “Meandering"?
(A) Sliding
(B) Straight ✓
(C) Sloping 
(D) Curved

88. Find the correctly spelt word.
(A) Dlcotomy
(B) Dlcotemy
(C) Dichotomy  ✓

(D) Dechotomy

89. To which fruit is Plantain similar to?
(A) Grapefruit
(B) Apples ✓

(C) Jackfruit 
(D) Bananas

90. Exposure to sunlight results in formation of  In the body.
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin K 
(D) Vitamin D ✓


91. Who was the first American President to resign while in office?
(A) Theodore Roosevelt
(B) Bill Clinton
(C) Richard Nixon ✓

(D) John Qulcy Adams

92. The current capital of Kazakhstan is Astana-Name the former capital:
(A) Almaty ✓
(B) Dushanbe
(C) Bishkek 
(D) None of these

93. In Geography what do you understand by “Pangaea“?
(A) A Super continent ✓
(B) Hills formed by Lava outflow
(C) Concentration of Sulpher in hot springs
(D) None of these

94. After partition of Bengal, the Capital of East Bengal and Assam was.'
(A) Dhaka ✓
(B) Calcutta
(C) Chittagong 
(D) Sylhett

95. Which was the official language during the Muslim Rule in India?
(A) Urdu
(B) Turkish
(C) Persian  ✓

(D) Arabic

96. Which of the following Is not an Olympic Sport?
(A) Squash
(B) Badminton
(C) Wrestling  ✓

(D) Fencing

97. The flag of which country is also known as the Union Jack?
(A) UK ✓
(B) USA
(C) New Zealand 
(D) Barbados

98. Boao Forum for Asia, which holds Its annual conference at Boao Hainan Province, China, was originally proposed by former President Ramos of Philippines, former Prime Minister Monhlro Hosokawa of Japan and:
(A) Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke of Australia ✓

(B) Former Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad of Malaysia
(C) Former President Hu Jin Tao of China
(D) Former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of Pakistan

99. ترکی تمام ہونا محاورہ ہے اس کا مفہوم کیا ہے؟
(A) غیر ملکی سفر پر روانہ ہونا
(B) بجٹ ختم کرنا
(C) کوشش ترک کر دینا
(D) بہادری ختم ہونا✓


100. امیر خسرو کس شہر میں مدفون ہیں؟ 
(A) عمرکوٹ
(B) ملتان
(C) دہلی
(D) رائے بریلی✓


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General Knowledge MCQs

1. Find the odd man out.
(A) Coaxial cable
(B) Microwaves ✓
(C) Optical fiber
(D) Twisted pair wire

2. To have your macro available to all new documents you create, store it in:
(A) My Documents
(B) Quick Access
(C) The Normal template ✓
(D) The Macro Gallery.

3. To move to the previous cell in a table inserted in a document, press
(A) The Tab key.
(B) Alt+Tab.
(C) Shift+Tab ✓
(D) Backspace

4. To get step-by-step instructions as you go through the Word mail merge process, use:
(A) A template ✓
(B) The Mail Merge Wizard
(C) The Mailing Table
(D) A macro

5. A _____ is a major database object used to display information in a printable page format.
(A) Form
(B) query
(C) report ✓
(D) table

6. The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20% is:
(A) 40%
(B) 42%
(C) 44% ✓
(D) 46%

7. When inserting a graphic into a worksheet you could go to ceil A1 by pressing
(A) SHIFT + HOME
(B) CTRL + HOME ✓
(C) ENTER + HOME
(D) ALT + HOME.

8. To be compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Word, a Word 2013 document should be saved with this  
extension.
(A) .docx
(B) .doc ✓
(C) .txt
(D) .rft

9. Which option displays fill color in alternate rows in an Excel table?
(A) Banded Rows ✓
(B) First Row
(C) Last Row
(D) Filled Rows

10. What function displays row data in a column or column data in a row?
(A) Hyperlink
(B) Index
(C) Transpose ✓
(D) Rows
11. When typing character search criteria, Excel matches fields based on
(A) Alphabetical order ✓
(B) Capitalization
(C) Spelling
(D) Primary records

12. When you insert a picture into a document, the default text wrapping option Is:
(A) Line with Text ✓
(B) None
(C) Tight
(D) Square

13. What is the sum of this series 1,2,3,4, ...99
(A) 1500
(B) 2000
(C) 2500
(D) 3000 ✓

14. The most common types of storage devices are 
(A) Magnetic ✓
(B) optical
(C) flash
(D) persistent

15: What category of functions is used in this formula? = PMT(C10/12, C8, C9,1)
(A) Logical
(B) Financial ✓
(C) Payment
(D) Statistical

16. Which is the largest fraction?
(A) 3/4
(B) 1/5
(C) 7/8 ✓
(D) 7/9

17. Each sector on a hard drive stores bytes of data.
(A) 64
(B) 512 ✓
(C) 1,024
(D) 1 Glga

18. What does an I-beam facilitate?
(A) Locating text ✓
(B) Highlighting text
(D) Dragging and selecting text
(D) Jormatting text

19. An unauthorized user is a network  issue.
(A) Performance ✓
(B) Reliability
(C) Security
(D) All of these

20. A car left Lahore at 7.12 am and arrived at certain place, 180 miles distant at 10.57 am. What was its average speed in miles per hour?
(A) 42
(B) 44
(C) 46
(D) 48 ✓

21. Which of the following, is not a major reason for an email bounce?
(A) Bad user account name
(B) bad domain name
(C) Stale file handle ✓
(D) domain server is down

22. When you insert a comment in a document, the comment appears in a:
(A) New window
(B) Sidebar
(C) balloon ✓
(D) Sticky note icon

23. Which function automatically totals a column pr row of values?
(A) TOTAL
(B) ADD
(C) SUM ✓
(D) AVG

24. The information inside your table needs to be sorted alphabetically. To do this, you go to:
(A) Table Tools Design
(B) Page Layout
(C) Home tab > Paragraph group
(D) Table Tools Layout ✓

25. What is the missing number?
1 4 9 ? 25
(A) 15
(B) 16 ✓
(C) 17
(D) 18

26. Why might you hide worksheets in a workbook?
(A) The file is smaller
(B) The file is larger '
(C) Some data is private ✓
(D) Some data is formatted

27. User developed instructions for Excel are called:
(A) Programs
(B) Macros ✓
(C) Procedures
(D) All of these

28. What term describes a picture that has been resizfed by a percentage?
(A) Cropped
(B) Flipped
(C) Stretched
(D) Scaled ✓

29. How can words be separated in a range name?
(A) With a space
(B) With a comma
(C) With a period ✓
(D) With a colon

30. A Word template stores common document:
(A) Content
(B) Structure ✓
(C) Style
(D) Theme

31. In which view does a page break appear as a black dashed line on the screen? 
(A) Normal ✓
(B) Page Break Preview 
(C) Page Layout
(D) Custom

32. The Synonym of “Commence" is:
(A) To End
(B) To Begin ✓
(C) Nearing Finish
(D) To Run

33. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is:
(A) 14 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 20 years
(D) 22 years ✓

34. Find the odd man out
(A) Carret
(B) Cucumber ✓
(C) Onion
(D) Ginger

35. If the code for JAVA is LCXC what is the code for BASIC?
(A) CBJTD
(B) DCUKE ✓
(C) EDVLF
(D) FEWMG

36. For what can you use Outlook Tasks?
(A) Manage client data
(B) Send and receive e-mail
(C) Schedule appointments and meetings
(D) Manage to-do items ✓

37. What Do-while is an loop.
(A) Entry control
(B) Exit control ✓
(C) Entry enrolled
(D) None of these

38. What should follow the sheet name in a 3-D formula?
(A) Colon
(B) Parentheses
(C) Period
(D) Exclamation point ✓

39. Excel would evaluate the formula, =2010/58, and return this answer.
(A) 5
(B) 6.25
(C) 320 ✓
(D) 232

40. What do you see if you hover the mouse over a chart object?
(A) Key Tip
(B) Screen Tip ✓
(C) Chart Tip
(D) Chart Key

41. Afzal mixed 40 % kerosene solution to 25 % kerosene solution hence obtaining 30 % kerosene solution. In what ratio were the both solutions mixed.
(A) 3.1
(B) 2:3
(C) 2:1 ✓
(D) 3:2

42. Protecting a worksheet means:
(A) No cell in a worksheet can be changed.
(B) Saving the workbook in a hidden folder
(C) No additional change:- can be made to a worksheet
(D) To lock cells in the worksheet so that a user cannot inadvertently change them. ✓

43. A driver drives 8 km South then 6 km W. and 2 km S. again. She then drives 3 km E to avoid a traffic jam before driving 6 km N. How many kilometers is she from her starting point?
(A) 4
(B) 5 ✓
(C) 6
(D) 7

44. Which of the following is reliable communication?
(A) TCP ✓
(B) IP
(C) UDP
(D) None of these

45. What term describes shaped text?
(A) Text Art
(B) Text Word
(C) Word Art ✓
(D) Word Text

46. If ADD = 9, BAD = 7, and CAD = 8 what is the value of ADA?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6 ✓

47. Which of the following will determine your choice of systems software for your computer?
(A) Is the applications software you want to use compatible with it ? ✓
(B) Is It expensive?
(C) Is it compatible with your hardware?
(D) Both A and C

48. A drive that can or removes or insenea wnne me computer is running is said to be
(A) Robust
(B) dynamic
(C) hot swappable ✓
(D) SCSI

49. Before you create labels such as name tags, specify the size by selecting:
(A) Label Options ✓
(B) Layout
(C) Format
(D) Templates

50. A man buys an item for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the item?
(A) Rs. 1090
(B) Rs. 1160
(C) Rs. 1190 ✓
(D) Rs. 1202

51. In a Rich Text content control field, the text:
(A) Can be formatted ✓
(B) Cannot be formatted.
(C) Is limited to lower case
(D) Cannot contain space

52. In the formula, = 10 + 5 + 15 + 25/5, Excel computes this first.
(A) 10+5
(B) 5+15
(C) 2.5/5 ✓
(D) 15+25

53. Where Is the address of the active cell displayed?
(A) Row heading
(B) Status bar
(C) Name Box ✓
(D) Formula bar

54. Find odd man out
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) London ✓
(D) Canada

55. You can evenly adjust spacing in columns and rows by using the Table Tool called:
(A) Equalize
(B) Distribute ✓
(C) Mirror
(D) Snap to Grid

56. This describes the size, weight, and spacing of a character in a Word document.
(A) Font ✓
(B) Typeface
(C) Points
(D) Typography

57. When you want to combine cells in any given table row, you:
(A) Merge ✓
(B) Simplify
(C) Join
(D) Link

58. There are two different waysio insert content V from one application into another-embedding and:
(A) Importing
(B) Integrating
(C) Linking ✓
(D) Bookmarking

59. What term describes a feature that gives Excel enhanced capability?
(A) Trend lining
(B) Enhancement bit
(C) Thumbnail
(D) Add-in ✓

60. A cube has a volume of 8 cubic meters. If each side is doubled in length what will its new volume be in cubic meters?
(A) 16
(B) 32
(C) 48
(D) 64 ✓

61. The best tool to use to create a hierarchical flow chart in Word is:
(A) Word Art
(B) Shapes
(C) Smart Art ✓
(D) Tables

62. Insert the missing number.
3. 7.6,5,9,3,12,1,15, (....)
(A) 18
(B) 13
(C) -1  ✓
(D) 3

63. What, is the least number by which 294 should be multiplied to make it perfect .square
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 6 ✓
(D) 12

64. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 Kg. if the average weight of A and B be 40 Kg and that of S and G be 43 Kg, then weight cf B is:
(A) 17 Kg
(B) 20 Kg
(C) 26 Kg
(D) 31 Kg ✓

65. A vessel is filled to its capacity with pure milk. Ten liters milk is withdrawn from it and replaced by water. The procedure is repeated again. The vessels now have 32 liters of milk. Find the capacity of three vessels (in liters
(A) 40
(B) 45
(C) 50 ✓
(D) 55

66. A combination of instructions and keystrokes that are stored and used in documents is called:
(A) A shortcut ✓
(B) A macro
(C) A keystroke
(D) A function

67. What is the name for a webpage address?
(A) Directory
(B) Domain
(C) URL ✓
(D) Protocol

68. To what does the term "page orientation" refer?
(A) An application that displays Web pages.
(B) Combining two versions of the same document.
(C) Code in a mail merge main document that shows where data will be inserted.
(D) Whether a page is laid out vertically or horizontally. ✓

69. A is a data communication system within a building, plant, or campus, or between nearby buildings.
(A) MAN
(B) LAN ✓
(C) WAN
(D) None of the above

70. Which is NOT a method of creating a table in MS Access?
(A) Datasheet View
(B) Design View
(C) Layout View ✓
(D) Template

71. When you are working on a document, Word automatically saves your document:
(A) Every 10 minutes ✓
(B) Every 10 seconds
(C) When you close the document
(D) When you close the application.

72. The price of certain item increased by X% per week over two successive weeks. If at the beginning, 2 kg was available for Rs. 80 and after two weeks they were available for Ra. 105.80, what is value of X.
(A) 1.5
(B) 15 ✓
(C) 115
(D) 11.5

73. Which alignment choice spreads the data across the width of the cell? i
(A) Center
(B) Distributed
(C) Justify
(D) Indent ✓

74. Where does Word insert a table of contents?
(A) On the first page of the report
(B) After the cover page
(C) At the insertion point
(D) Before the document title ✓

75. When the Reviewing pane is open, the title of that pane is:
(A) Comments
(B) Revisions ✓
(C) Edits
(D) Changes

76. If a - b = 3 and a2 + b2 = 29 find the value of ab
(A) 10 ✓
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 18

77. Connections to the Internet using a phone line and a modem are called connections.
(A) Broadband
(B) dish
(C) digital
(D) dial-up ✓

78. Your files store various versions of running programs.
(A) Cache
(B) memory
(C) temp ✓
(D) static

79. The rules that dictate how the various parts of a formula are written in a table and elsewhere are called:
(A) Structure
(B) Functions
(C) Exponents
(D) Syntax ✓

80. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is?
(A) Rs. 650
(B) Rs. 690
(C) Rs. 698 ✓
(D) Rs. 700

81. Which one of the following is not a prime number?
(A) 11
(B) 61
(C) 91 ✓
(D) 31

82. Which number will come next?
5. 7,10,12,14,24, 26 (A) 52
(B) 30
(C) 28 ✓
(D) 48

83.  is a technique that is used to send more than one call over a single line?
(A) Digitizing
(B) Duplexing
(C) Multiplexing ✓
(D) Streaming

84. What is the background for a chart called?
(A) Chart area ✓
(B) Chart grid
(C) Legend area
(D) Plot grid

85. What dialog box allows you to change a field name in a PivotTable?
(A) Field Options
(B) Field Pane
(C) Field Settings ✓
(D) Field Structure

86. What is synonym for Contradict?
(A) Predict
(B) To Support
(C) External
(D) to oppose by words ✓

87. If the hour hand of a clock is turned anticlockwise from 2 pm to 9 am, through how many degrees will it have turned?
(A) 120 degree
(B) 150 degree ✓
(C) 165 degree
(D) 180 degree

88. A man has some hens and cows, if the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals 140, then the number of hens will be:
(A) 22 ✓
(B) 23
(C) 24
(D) 26

89. The Sort command of the Data menu provides this capability.
(A) Multiple-row
(B) Multiple-column ✓
(C) Multiple-field
(D) Multiple-table

90. You want to create a built-in cover page for your report. You go to the:
(A) Page Layout tab
(B) Insert tab ✓
(C) References tab
(D) Themes menu

91. Which view shows margins and the rulers?
(A) Normal
(B) Page Layout ✓
(C) Page Setup
(D) Review

92. Data that is copied from an application is stored in the 
(A) Driver
(B) Clipboard ✓
(C) terminal
(D) prompt

93. Akram thought of a number, add 7, multiplied by 3, took away 5 and divided by 4 to give an answer of 7. What was the starting number?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4 ✓
(D) 5

94. Data communication requires
(A) Sender
(B) receiver
(C) transmission medium
(D) All of these ✓

95. From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?
(A) ROM BIOS ✓
(B) CPU
(C) boot.ini
(D) CONFIG.SYS

96. If Excel disables and notifies you about a macro, how can you enable the macro?
(A) Click the option on the View tab
(B) Click the Macros button on the Developer tab
(C) Click the option in the security message panel ✓
(D) Close and reopen the workbook exclusively.

97. What is the binary value of 200?
(A) 10010110
(B) 11010110
(C) 10110110
(D) 11001000 ✓

98. To open a template in Word, first goto File and:
(A) Click New  ✓
(B) Click Display
(C) Click Open
(D) Click Search

99. A social security number or a telephone number is considered to be this type of entry in a worksheet.
(A) Numeric.
(B) Text ✓
(C) Value
(D) Formula

100. Which of the following functions is a database function?
(A) DSUM
(B) DGLAZE
(C) DPART ✓
(D) DGROUP

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1. At the time of Independence (1947), which was the biggest city of Pakistan (Population wise)?
(A) Dacca ✓
(B) Karachi
(C) Lahore
(D) Rawalpindi

2. The 1 st head of the State who visited Pakistan after the independence was:
(A) King Saud of Saudi Arabia
(B) President Soekamo of Indonesia ✓
(C) President Truman of the U.S
(D) Reza Shah Pahlavi-the Shah of Iran

3. The founder of "Khaksar Tehrik’ was:
(M Syed Abu-ala-Maududl
(B) Allama Anayat Ullah Maahraql ✓
(C) Maulana Abu-al-Kalam Azad
(D) 8yad Atta-Ullah Shah Bukhari

4. To whom Lord Mountbatten aucoaaded as Governor General of India?
(A) Lord Wavoll ✓
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Mayo

5. The only Vice President In the history of Pakistan was:
(A) Skindar Mirza
(Bj Ghulam Muhammad
(Cj Nur-ul-Amin ✓
(D) Lord Mayo

6. Pakistan hosted the 2nd Islamic Summit in:
(A) 1969
(B) 1974 ✓
(C) 1979
(D) 1981

7. “Trillion" stands for
(A) One hundred million
(B) One thousand million
(Cj One hundred billion
(D) One thousand billion ✓

8. “India Wins Freedom" was written by:
(A) Maulana Abu-al-Kalam Azad ✓
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(Cj Rajendra Prasad
(D) Maulana Muhammad All Jauhar

9. Who was the first female Prime Minister.
(A) Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan
(B) Margret Thatcher of England
(C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka ✓
(D) Golda Meir of Israel

10. "Majlis" Is the Parliament of
(A) Saudia Arabia
(B) UAE
(C) Kuwait
(D) Iran ✓

11. Abdullah Hussain is a famous Urdu
(A) Novelist ✓
(B) Poet
(C) Short story writer
(D) Critic

12- In which year Pakistan won the T-20 Cricket World Cup?
(A) 2009
(B) 2010 ✓
(C) 2007
(D) 2012

13. “Heathrow International Airport* is in:
(A) New York
(B) London ✓
(C) Paris
(D) Rome

14. Before the 1st World War; which country used to be called the “Sick Man of Europe*?
(A) Italy
(B) Greece
(C) Turkey ✓
(D) Holland

15. Which of the following items is a source of "protains"?
(A) Sugar
(B) Butter
(C) Meat ✓
(D) All of them

16. Alexandar Invaded India in:
(A) 527 B.C.
(B) 424 B.C.
(C) 326 B.C. ✓
(D) 281 B.C.

17. The Pakistan Poet who was awarded “Lenin Prize* by the USSR; was
(A) Faiz Ahmad Faiz ✓
(B) MuneerNlazI
(C) Habib Jalib
(D) Ahmed Faraz

18. Which Is the highest forex-earner for Pakistan out of following commodities?
(A) Sugar
(B) Wheat
(C) Cotton ✓
(D) Rice

19. The Capital of Morocco is:
(Aj Khartoum
(B) Rabat ✓
(C) Alexander
(D) Ismallia

20. Which Is the National Flower of Pakistan?
(A) Tulip
(B) Rose
(C) Jasmine ✓
(D) None of them

21. During Bush Junior's presidency; Dick Cheney was America's:
(A) Chairman
(B) Vice President
(C) Secretary of Defence ✓
(D) Attorney General

22. “Davis Cup" is associated with:
(A) Lawn Tennis ✓
(B) Squash
(C) Badminton
(D) Polo

23. “Shakira" Is famous for:
(A) Singing ✓
(B) Acting
(C) Athelatics
(D) TV hosting

24. Amerdans have planned to have Afghanistan in;
(A) 1913
(B) 1914 ✓
(C) 1915
(D) 1916

25. “Myanmar* is the new name of:
(A) Chilli
(B) Burma ✓
(C) Niger
(D) Tibet

26. “Think and Grow Rich’ was written by:
(A) Dale Carnegie
(B) Stephen Covey
(C) Anthony Robbins
(D) Nepoleon Hill ✓

27. The H.Q. of the International Court of Justice is at:
(A) The Hague ✓
(B) Geneva
(C) Rome
(D) London

28. Which of the following is a Human Rights Organization?
(A) Amnesty International ✓
(B) The Arab League
(Cj The Organization of African Unity
(D) Gulf Co-operation Council

29. Pakistan purchased Gawader from:
(A) Iran
(B) UAE
(C) Qatar
(D) Oman ✓

30. Captain Cook* was a famous:
(A) Australian Navigator ✓
(B) American Military Commander
(C) Italian Pilot
(D) English Scientist

31. “People's Republic of China” was founded In:
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949 ✓
(D) None of them

32. A movie on Quald-e-Azam life titled “JINNAH* was produced by:
(A) IkramSehgal
(B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(C) Suhrab Moodl
(D) Akbar S. Ahmed ✓

33. “KGB* Is the Intelligence Agency of:
(A) Russia ✓
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England

34. The ‘Bala Hlssar" Fort is situated in which city:
(A) Quetta
(B) Peshawar ✓
(C) Multan
(D) Delhi

35. "Homer* was a great poet of ancient:
(A) Rome
(B) Persia
(C) Greece ✓
(D) Egypt

36. Who caused the Communist Revolution of Russia In 1917?
(A) Trotsky
(B) Stalin
(C) Beria
(D) Lenin ✓

37. “Param Vir Chakra" is the hihgest military award of:
(A) Nopal
(B) Thailand
(C) Burma
(D) India ✓

38. “Formusa" is the old name of:
(A) Tibet
(B) Taiwdn ✓
(C) Brazil
(D) Poland

39. The currency of Australia is:
(A) Dollar ✓
(B) Pound
(C) Schilling
(D) France

40. “Accra* is the capital of:
(A) Uganda
(B) Tanzania
(C) Zambia
(D) Ghana ✓

41. The “Law of Gravitation* was discovered by:
(A) Isaac Newton ✓
(B) Thomas Alva Edison
(C) Hugo Chavez
(D) Guglielmo Marconi

42. “Meteorology” is the Science of:
(A) Earthquakes
(B) Weather ✓
(C) Space
(D) Marine Life

43. Pakistan’s largest Industry is:
(A) Sugar
(B) Automobile
(C) Cement
(D) Textile ✓

44. “Hyde Park" London is renowned for:
(A) Being residence of England's Foreign Minister
(B) Beautiful red roses
(C) Liberty of speech ✓
(D) Unique design

45. "Union Jack" Is the flag of which country?
(A) France
(B) England ✓
(C) Netherland
(D) Germany

46. The World's tallest building Is:
(A) Empire State Building, New York
(B) Habib Banka Plaza, Karachi
(C) Burj-ul-Arab, Dubai ✓
(D) Kaualalampur Tower, Malaysia

47. In sequence of American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln stands at which number?
(A) 10th
(B) 16th ✓
(C) 20th
(D) 22nd

48. King Abdullah bin Hussain is the ruler of:
(A) Saudi Arabia ✓
(B) Morroco
(C) Jordan
(D) All of them

49. In terms of population which is the biggest continent out of the following:
(A) Asia ✓
(B) Europe
(C) South America
(D) North America

50. Last FIFA World Cup was won by:
(A) France
(B) Germany ✓
(C) Spain
(D) Italy

51. General Abdul Fateh^l-Sisi is:
(A) A hero of Algerian war of Independence
(B) The new president of Sudan
(C) The head of UNO's peace keeping force in Africa
(D) The Military Chief of Egypt who lead the recent coup ✓

52. Which country celebrated 60th anniversary of “War Victory’ against the U.S on 27th July, 2013?
(A) Vietnam
(B) South Africa
(C) Cuba
(D) North Korea ✓

53. Joe Biden is:
(A) America's Vice President  ✓
(B) Italy’s Prime Minister
(C) Germany's Chancellor
(D) World Bank's President

54. The Punjab Govt and China Power International Holding (CPIH) have signed a MOU for setting up four coal power plants at:
(A) Nur Shah; Sahiwal ✓
(B) Gadani; Baluchistan
(C) Kotli; Azad Kashmir
(D) Lyari; Karachi

55. Aung San Suu Kyi is:
(A) Mayanmar’s Political leader ✓
(B) Japan's Modia person
(C) Korea's business tycoon
(D) Singapore's Foreign Minister

56. How many articles are essential to believe in for a Muslim?
(A) 1
(B) 5 ✓
(C) 11
(D) 7

57. “Usher" means:
(A) One tenth ✓
(B) One fifth
(C) One third
(D) Noenoutofthem

58. Minimum Usherworthy production In case of well-irrigated land Is:
(A) 5maunds
(B) 10maunds ✓
(C) 15maunds
(D) 20maunds

59. “Zabur” (Psalms) was revealed upon:
(A) Hazrat Dawood ✓
(B) Hazrat Ibrahim
(C) Hazrat Ishaq
(D) Hazrat Ismael

60. Which 'Surah’ was the first to be revealed upon Holy Prophet Muhammad?
(A) Surah al-Alaq ✓
(B) Surah al-Fataha
(C) Surah al-Falak
(D) Surah al-Nisa

61. Which is the longest Surah in the Holy Quran?
(A) Surah al-Nas
(B) Surah Yasin
(C) Surah ai-ikhlas
(D) Surah al-Baqarah ✓

62 The Holy Quran was first translated in:
(A) English
(B) Latin ✓
(C) Persian
(D) Greek

63. How many years of his life, the Holy Prophet Muhammad spent in Mecca?
(A) 35
(B) 53 ✓
(C) 63
(D) 55

64. As per Islamic vocabulary, “FIQHA" means:
(A) Islamic Jurisprudence ✓
(B) Study of holy Prophet’s life
(C) Analysis of Islam's effects on Humanity
(D) Social system of Islam

65. “INFAQ’is:
(A) Fighting with enemies of Islam
(B) Spending wealth for the cause of Islam ✓
(C) Travelling from Mecca to Medina
(D) Delivering a speech against infidals

66. The highest number of "Ahadith" was narrated by:
(A) Hazrat Zaid-bin Harns
(B) Hazrat Bilal Habshi
(C) Hazrat Abu Huraira ✓
(D) Hazrat Aysha Siddiqa

67. The last month of the Islamic Calendar is:
(A) Safar
(B) Shawal
(C) Jamadi-ul-Awwal
(D) Zilhaj ✓

68 The Battle of Badr was fought in:
(A) 624A.D. ✓
(B) 625A.D.
(C) 623A.D.
(D) 627A.D.

69. Al-Razi was a great:
(A) Writter
(B) Historian
(C) Physician ✓
(D) Painter

70. The last Ummayyad Caliph was:
(A) Marwan-ll ✓
(B) Suleman
(C) Hasham
(D) Walid

71. The constitutioan reforms introduced in British India in the year 1909 are generally referred 88
(A) Minto-Morley Reforms ✓
(B) Montagu-Chemsford reforms
(C) The Communal Award
(D) None of them

72. How many Round Table Conferences were held in London to resolve the Hind-Muslim differences?
(A) 3 ✓
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 5

73. Mr. Jinnah presented his 14-Points in March 1929, In Muslim League’s session held at:
(A) Lucknow
(B) Bombay
(C) Lahore
(D) Delhi ✓

74. Since Independence, the first object of Pakistan’s foreign policy have been: . (A) Propagation of Islam
(B) Economic uplift
(C) Close relations with the U.S. ✓
(D) Integrity of the country

75. The first pact which Pakistan signed with America was:
(A) CENTO
(B) SEATO ✓
(C) Baghdad pact
(D) Defence Pact

76. The Second Five-Year Plan was implemented during:
(A) 1970-75
(B) 1955-60 ✓
(C) 1965-70
(D) 1960-65

77. In 1960, which pact/treaty was signed by Pakistan?
(A) RCD
(B) Indus Water Treaty ✓
(C) CENTO
(D) Taskant Agreement

78. The book titled ‘From Jinnah to Zia" was written by:
(A) Gen. K. M Arif
(B) Hasan Askari Rizvi
(C) Justice Muneer Ahmed ✓
(D) Rafi Raza

79. Russia withdrew from the Afghanistan under the:
(A) Moscow Agreement
(B) Kabul Agreement
(C) Islamabad Treaty
(D) Geneval Accord ✓

80. Which International dignity has recently offered mediation between Pakistan and India on Kashmir?
(A) The Prime Minister of Russia ✓
(B) The King of Bhuttan
(C) The Secretary General of UNO
(D) The Foreign Minister of the U.S

81. “Animosity" is most opposite to:
(A) Love ✓
(B) Grudge
(C) Enmity
(D) Embarrassment

82. A person who looks at the brighter side of things is an/a:
(A) Pessimist
(B) Fatalist
(C) Optimist ✓
(D) Philanthropist

83. Famous character “David Copperfield* was the creation of:
(M Charles Dickens ✓
(B) Arthur Conan Doyle
(C) Jane Austen
(D) Thomas Hardy

84. Which word Is wrongly spelt In the following:
(A) Medieval
(B) Bureaucracy
(C) Inhabitents ✓
(D) Infrastructure

85. To point the finger of scorn to someone is to treat him with:
(A) Disdain ✓
(B) Kindness
(C) Indifferentism
(D) Respect

86. Charles Dicken's novel “Tale of the two Cities" has been written in the background of:
(A) Renaissance
(B) French Revolution ✓
(C) Age of reason
(D) Communist Movement

87. “To carry the day" means:
(A) To be extremely busy
(B) To win a victory ✓
(C) To complete the assignment before the sunset
(D) To enjoy a pleasant weather

88. Who is a “proletarian"?
(A) A member of lowest class of community ✓
(B) A writer of exceptinal skills
(C) An abscure character of history
(D) An obsessed lover

89. To be green-eyed means to be:
(A) Mad
(B) Sad
(C) Jealous ✓
(D) Sick

90. The antonym of clear is:
(A) Significant
(B) Expiclt
(C) Conspicuous
(D) Indisinct ✓

91. مندرجہ ذیل میں سے ضرب المثل تلاش کریں؟
(A) ہتھیلی پر سرسوں جمانا
(B) ہاتھوں کے طوطے اڑانا
(C) ناچ نا جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا ✓
(D) پاؤں زمین پرنہ لگنا

92. اردو کا پہلا صاحب دیوان شاعر کون تھا؟
(A) قلی قطب شاہ  ✓
(B) میر تقی میر
(C) امیر خسرو
(D) ابراہیم ذوق

93. مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کون سا مجموعہ کلام احمد فراز کا نہیں ہے؟
(A) مرے خواب ریزہ ریزہ
(B) مرے دل مرے مسافر ✓
(C) نابینا شہر میں آئینہ
(D) بے آواز گلی کوچوں میں

94. مشہور جاسوسی ناول نگار ابن صفی کا اصل نام کیا تھا؟
(A) شیر محمد خان
(B) حبیب اللہ
(C) اسرار احمد ✓
(D) غلام جعفر

95. علامہ اقبال کی شہرہ آفاق نظمیں شکوہ اور جواب شکرہ ان کے کس مجموعہ کلام میں شامل ہیں؟
(A) بال جبریل
(B) ضرم کلیم
(C) بانگ درا ✓
(D) ارمغان حجاز

96. اردو کی پہلی نثری کتاب کون سی ہے؟
(A) سب رس ✓
(B) تذکرہ
(C) فسانہ عجائب
(D) مراۃ العروس

97. اردو کا مشہور افسانہ ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) اشفاق احمد اشفاق
(B) سعادت حسن منٹو ✓
(C) احمد ندیم قاسمی
(D) غلام عباس

98. اردو زبان میں قرآن پاک کے پہلے مترجم کون تھے؟
(A) شاہ ولی اللہ
(B) سید امیر علی
(C) شاہ عبدالقادر ✓
(D) سید احمد شہید

99. اردو شاعری کا کیٹس کسے کہا جاتا ہے؟
(A) احمد فراز
(B) اختر شیرانی ✓
(C) مجید امجد
(D) میرا جی

100. تہذیب الاخلاق نامی رسالے کا اجراء کس نے کیا؟
(A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
(B) علامہ شبلی نعمانی
(C) مولانا محمد حسن
(D) سر سید احمد خان ✓

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1. Which one of the following forts was built by Emperor Zahir-ud-Din Babar?
(A) Balahissar Fort ✓
(B) DerwaerFort
(C) Rohtas Fort
(D) Attack Fort

2. By education Mahatma Gandhi was a
(A) Doctor
(B) Sociologist
(C) Engineer
(D) Lawyer ✓

3. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Biscut
(B) Biscuit ✓
(C) Bescuit
(D) Bescut

4. Which one of the following is not a search engine?
(A) Google
(B) MSN
(C) Windows ✓
(D) Yahoo

5. Identify the correct sentence
(A) I am sick by your lies
(B) I am sick from your Iles
(C) I am sick of your lies ✓
(D) I am sick to your lies

6. Who invented a system of reading and writing for the blind?
(A) Hale Keller
(B) Sir Humphrey Davey
(C) Louis Braille ✓
(D) Louis Pasteur

7. Recently a British citizen of Pakistani origin won the elections for Mayor of London What is his name?
(A) Sadiq Khan ✓
(B) Nazeer Ahmad
(C) Muhammad Pervez
(D) Sadiq Qureshi

8. Who presided over the Simla Conference in 1945?
(A) Lord Minto
(B) Lord Wavell ✓
(C) Lord Irwin
(D) Lord Mountbatten

9. In April 2014 a terrorist group kidnapped nearly 280 school girls in Nigeria. Name the group
(A) Al-Shabab
(B) Al-Qaeda
(C) Boko Haram ✓
(D) Daesh (ISIS)

10. What is the synonym of ABRIDGE?
(A) To cross a bridge
(B) To build a bridge
(C) To shorten ✓
(D) To discover

11. Which one of the following is the title of Hazrat Musa (A.S)?
(A) Roohullah
(B) Safiullah
(C) Khalilullah
(D) Kalemullah ✓

12. Who was the first Muslim personality to be awarded the Nobel Prize?
(A) Yasser Araft
(B) Dr. Abdul Salam
(C) Nebib Mahfouz
(D) Anwar Sadat ✓

13. Who was the first President of Pakistan?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Liaquat All khan
(C) Ghulam Muhammad
(D) Iskandar Mirza ✓

14. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations, nas it's headquarter in
(A) Rome, Italy ✓
(B) New York, USA
(C) Geneva, Switzerland
(D) Vienna, Austria

15. Name the Minister of Education of Punjab?
(A) Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan ✓
(B) Khwaja Salman Rafiq
(C) Raja Ashfaq Sarwar
(D) Khizar Hayat Gondal

16. What is the antonym of DWARF?
(A) Small
(B) Short
(C) Giant ✓
(D) Dangerous

17. From which university did Atlama Iqbal obtain his Ph.D degree?
(A) Oxford
(B) Cambridge
(C) Munich ✓
(D) Heidelberg

18. In the field of information technology what does URL stand for?
(A) Uniform Resource Locator ✓
(B) Universal Resource Locator
(C) Uniform Resource Link
(D) United Resource Link

19. To 'clip the wind' means to
(A) Put pressure
(B) Remove limits
(C) Reduce Length
(D) Put limits ✓

20. ‘Synagogue’ Is a place of worship for the
(A) Buddists
(B) Zoroastrians
(C) Jews ✓
(D) Roman Catholics

21. Identify the correct sentence
(A) His silence tantamount to refusal
(B) His silence is tantamount to refusal ✓
(C) His silence is tantmouting to refusal
(D) His silence tantamounted to refusal

22. The famous Badshai Mosque located in Lahore was built by
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb ✓

23. Who is the current Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan?
(A) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman ✓
(B) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
(C) Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saddat
(D) Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman

24. Who became the Governor of Pakistan after Khwaja Nazimuddin?
(A) Liaquat Ali Khan
(B) Ghulam Muhammad ✓
(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(D) Ch. Muhammad Ali

25. Name the pamphlet issued by Chaudhry Rehmat All in which the name Pakistan was used for the first time
(A) Do or Die
(B) Independent Homeland
(C) Freedom or Death
(D) Now or Never ✓

26. Who was the world’s first female Prime Minister of a country?
(A) Margaret Thatcher
(B) Sriamvo Bandaranaike ✓
(C) Golda Meir
(D) Indira Gandi

27. What does LED stand for?
(A) Low Emission Diode
(B) Light Emitting Diode ✓
(C) Low Energy Device
(D) Laser Energy Display

28. Myopia can be corrected by using which kind of lens?
(A) Convex
(B) Concave ✓
(c) Diveraina
(D) None of these

29. What is the significance of 17 August 1988 in Pakistan’s history?
(A) Prime Minister Junejo's Government was dismissed
(B) Gen. Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash ✓
(C) No confidence motion against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was moved
(D) Parliament was dissolved by General Zia-ul-Haq

30. Recently Pakistani bom British boxer, Amir Khan lost a boxing bout against Saul CaneloAlverez. To which country does Canelo Alvarez belong?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Brazil
(D) Mexico ✓

31. Which sea did Hazrat Musa’(A.S) cross by miraculously parting the water?
(A) Red Sea ✓
(B) Mediterranean Sea
(C) Caspian Sea
(D) Bering Sea

32. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Beginning ✓
(B) Begnning
(C) Biginning
(D) Begginning

33. Aung San SuuKyi is a prominent political leader of which country?
(A) Philippines
(B) Myanmar ✓
(C) Laos
(D) Vietnam

34. Which punctuation mark is used afterwords?
(A) Hyphen
(B) Exclamation ✓
(C) Mark Colon
(D) Apostrophe

35. What is the antonym of FRAIL?
(A) Strong ✓
(B) Weak
(C) Secure
(D) Frivolous

36. When was Hajj declared as obligatory (Farz)?
(A) 7 Hijri
(B) 8 Hijri
(C) 9 Hijri ✓
(D) 10 Hijri

37. Which part of the human body is affected by Hepatitis C?
(A) Kidneys
(B) Spleen
(C) Pancreas ✓
(D) Liver

38. Which country would host the next (19th) SAARC Summit Conference?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan ✓
(D) Maldives

39. On the following which one is not an input device?
(A) Keyboard
(B) Mouse
(C) Joystick
(D) Monitor ✓

40. A person whose attitude is 'Eat, drink and be merry' is called a/an
(A) Cynic
(B) Stoic
(C) Epicurean ✓
(D) Capitalist

41. The sun is a
(A) Planet
(B) Meteor
(C) Star ✓
(D) Asteroid

42. What was the significance of the annual session of All India Muslim League held in December 1930?
(A) Quaid-e-Azam presented his fourteen points
(B) Allama Iqbal delivered Allahad address ✓
(C) Lahore Resolution was drafted
(D) Quaid-e-Azam elected as permanent President of Muslim League

43. Of the following plays, which play has not been written by William Shakespeare?
(A) As you like it
(B) King Lear
(C) Comedy of Errors
(d) Arms and the Man ✓

44. In June 2014, King Juan Carlos I abdicated In favour of his son Felipe VI. To which country did King Juan Carlos belong?
(A) Spain ✓
(B) Belgium
(C) The Netherlands
(D) Monaco

45. Hazrat Hamza (R.A) was martyred in the battle of
(A) Khandaq
(B) Uhad ✓
(C) Badr
(d) Tobuk

46. From the following personalities Indicate the one who represented Pakistan at the United Nations as permanent Representative
(A) Dr. Waheed Qureshi ✓
(B) Patras Bukhan
(C) Falz Ahmad Faiz

47. What is the synonym of DITTO?
(A) Fake
(B) Genuine
(C) The same ✓
(d) The opposite

48. ‘Reconstruction of Religious Though In Islam' was written by
(A) Syed Ameer Ali
(B) Allama Iqbal ✓
(C) MaulanaMaudoudl
(D) Dr. M. M. Shareef

49. Panama Canal connects
(A) Rod Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(b) Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean ✓
(D) Dead Sea and Caspian Sea

50. The terrorists attack on Army Public School, Peshawar, took place on
(A) 11 December, 2014
(b) 16 December, 2014 ✓
(C) 20 December, 2014
(D) 8 December, 2014
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51. Who was the commander of the Infidels in the Battle o Uhad?
(A) AbuLahab ✓
(B) Abu Sufyan
(C) AbuJahl
(d) Utba

52. Plutocracy Is a form of Government run by
(A) Technocrats
(B) Dictators
(C) The Wealthy ✓
(d) Elected Representatives

53. The recently concluded T-20 Cricket World Cup was won by
(A) India
(B) West Indies ✓
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand

54. The first Noble Prize to be awarded to a South Asian was awarded to
(A) Rabindranath Tagore ✓
(B) Sir C.V. Raman
(C) Dr. Abdul Salam
(d) Dr. Amartya Sen

55. identify the plural of Thief
(A) Thiefs
(B) Thieves ✓
(C) Thlefes
(D) Theeves

56. Islam was explicitly declared as the State religion of Pakistan under the constitution of
(A) 1958
(B) 1962
(C) 1973 ✓
(D) Constituent Assembly

57. To which country did the autocratic leader, Ferdinand Marcos, belong?
(A) Philippines ✓
(B) Indonesia
(C) Cambodia
(D) Fiji

58. The plural of sheep Is
(A) Sheeps
(B) Sheepes
(C) Sheeves
(D) Sheep ✓

59. The Mausoleum of Khawja Ghulam Farid is located in
(A) Pakpatttan
(B) Mlthankot ✓
(C) Bahawaipur
(D) Multan

60. -’To hit the road' means to
(A) Fiunnlsh Journey
(B) Start Journey ✓
(C) Dismantle a road
(D) Repair a road

61. Sir Richard Burton* was a famous
(A) Scientist
(B) Poet ✓
(C) Politician
(D) Actor

62. Which one of the following countries opposed Pakistan's membership of the United Nations Organization?
(A) India
(B) Israel
(C) Mauritius
(D) Afghanistan ✓

63. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Bureucracy
(B) Bureaucracy ✓
(C) Beaucracy
(D) Boreauracy

64. In a computer what does OS stand for?
(A) Optical Sensibility
(B) Order of Significance
(C) Operating System ✓
(D) Organized Software

65. What was Cleopatra?
(A) A Greek goddess
(B) A Roman Empress
(C) A Queen of ancient Iran
(D) A Queen of ancient Egypt ✓

66. Who among the Pious Caliphs (Khulfa-e-Rasheen) died a natural death?
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) ✓
(B) Hazrat Umar (R.A)
(C) Hazrat Usman (R.A)
(D) Hazrat Ali (R.A)

67. What Is the capital of Kazakhstan?
(A) Bishkek
(B) Almaty
(C) Tashkent
(D) Astana ✓

68. What is the antonym of CONFESS?
(A) Refuse
(B) Contest
(C) Contend
(D) Deny ✓

69. ‘Genoa’ is a seaport of
(A) Switzerland
(B) Sweden
(C) France
(D) Italy ✓

70. Who wrote the important scientific book “The Origin of Species"?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Charles Darwin ✓
(C) Sir Isaac Newton
(D) Bertrand Russel

71. Prince Dara Shikoh, son of Emperor Shahjahan, was a disciple of
(A) Shah Abdul Latif Bhital
(B) Shah Waliullah Muhaddith
(C) Mullah Shah ✓
(D) Khwaja Ghulam Farid

72. ‘Ornithology’ is the scientific study of
(A) Reptiles
(B) Birds ✓
(C) Amphibians
(D) Organic Fertilizers

73. Where is Hazrat Nizmuddin Aulla buried?
(A) Ajmer Sharif
(B) Dehli ✓
(C) Agra
(D) Multan

74. What Is the synonym of INDOLENT?
(A) Lazy ✓
(B) Diligent
(C) Busy
(D) Hardworking

75. Which political office does Joe Biden hold in the USA?
(A) Secretary of Defence
(B) Attorney General
(C) National Security Advisor
(D) Vice president ✓

76. To flex ones muscles’ means to
(A) Show interest
(B) Punish
(C) Show Weakness
(D) Show Strength/Authority ✓

77. The Objectives Resolution was adopted by the In 1949?
(A) National Assembly
(B) Senate
(C) Constituent Assembly ✓
(D) Federal Cabinet

78. Which Surah in the Holy Quran gives a list of category of person eligible to receive Zakat? (A) Ai Baqarah
(B) Al Maida
(C) Tauba ✓
(D) Al Nissa

79. In the marathon race athletes have to cover a distance of miles
(A) 15
(B) 19
(C) 26 ✓
(D) 28

80. When did Pakistan join NAM (Non Aligned Movement) as full member?
(A) 1961
(B) 1972
(C) 1979 ✓
(D) 1987

81. Wakhan Corridor is located to the of Pakistan
(A) West
(B) East
(C) North ✓
(D) South-West

82. What represents the shortest' pause in a sentence?
(A) Comma ✓
(B) Hyphen
(C) Semicolon
(D) Colon

83. Where is Baba Bulleh Shah buried?
(A) Uch
(B) Multan
(C) Kasur ✓
(D) Pakpattan

84. What Is the opposite of UTOPIA?
(A) Reality ✓
(B) Conceptual
(C) Nebulous
(D) Ancient

85. What does RAM in a computer stand for?
(A) Read and Memorize
(B) Random Access Memory ✓
(C) Random Access Module
(D) Random Access Modem

86. MaulanaMuahammad Ali Jauhar In 1911 started publishing newspaper “Comrade* from (A) Delhi
(B) Bombay
(C) Calcutta ✓
(D) Lahore

87. Watergate Scandal led to the downfall of which president of the United States?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Theodore Rossevelt
(C) Richard Nixon ✓
(D) Lydon Johnson

88. In which city is the famous Al Azha University located?
(A) Damascus
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Amman
(D) Jeddah

89. Ayat Al Kursi is part of which Surah in the Holy Quran?
(A) Al Imran
(B) Ai Baqarah ✓
(C) Al Anfal
(D) Al Nissa

90. Which Is the outermost planet In our solar system?
(A) Pluto ✓
(B) Uranus
(C) Mercury
(D) Saturn

91. آواز دوست کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) سردار اسلم سکھیرا
(B) مسعود مفتی
(C) مختار مسعود ✓
(D) مستنصر حسین تارڑ

92. ڈرامہ انارکلی کس نے لکھا؟
(A) امتیاز علی تاج ✓
(B) آغا حشر
(C) ضیاع الحق قاسمی
(D) امجدی نیازی

93. شیشے میں اتارنااس محاورے کا کیا مطلب ہے؟
(A) گرویدہ کر لینا ✓
(B) دشمن بنانا
(C) بے وقوف بنانا
(D) مہمان بنانا

94. اقبال کی فارسی نظم آسار خودی کا انگریزی ترجمہ کس نے کیا؟
(A) پروفیسر براؤن
(B) پروفیسر نکلسن ✓
(C) پطرس بخاری
(D) پروفیسر آرنلڈ

95. یادوں کی بارات کس کی سوانح حیات ہے؟
(A) پروین شاکر
(B) جوش ملیح آبادہ ✓
(C) احسان دانش
(D) احمد ندیم قاسمی

96. تجاہل عارفانہ سے کیا مراد ہے؟
(A) صوف بزرگ
(B) جاہل آدمی
(C) غفلت سے کام لینا
(D) جان بوجھ کر انجان بننا ✓

97. حسن کوزہ گر کس کی نظم ہے؟
(A) ناصر کاظمی
(B) ن۔م۔راشد ✓
(C) امجد اسلام امجد
(D) مجید امجد

98. اداس نسلیں کس کا ناول ہے؟
(A) اشفاق احمد
(B) ممتاز مفتی
(C) مختار مسعود
(D) عبداللہ حسین ✓

99. برگ نے کس کا شعری مجموعہ ہے؟
(A) ن۔م۔راشد
(B) فیض احمد فیض
(C) مجید امجد
(D) ناصر کاظمی ✓

100. ہارٹ اٹیک کس شاعر کی نظم ہے؟
(A) ن۔م۔راشد
(B) میرا جی
(C) ناصر کاظمی
(D) فیض احمد فیض ✓
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