PPSC Past Paper 2024 SOLVED - Page 17 of 37

Delhi Sultan who imposed a tax on Brahmins?

A. Muhammad Tughlaq

B. Feroz Shah Tughlaq

C. Alauddin Khilji

D. Balban

Correct answer is: B. Feroz Shah Tughlaq

He imposed a special tax on Brahmins.

Water has maximum density at?

A. 0°C

B. 4°C

C. 10°C

D. 100°C

Correct answer is: B. 4°C

Water reaches maximum density at 4°C.

Type of underlined adverb: “Barking dogs seldom bite,” said teacher

A. Adverb of place

B. Interrogative adverb

C. Adverb of manner

D. Adverb of frequency

Correct answer is: D. Adverb of frequency

“Seldom” indicates frequency.

Anjuman-e-Punjab founded in which city?

A. Karachi

B. Lahore

C. Multan

D. None

Correct answer is: B. Lahore

Established in Lahore for social reforms.

Last ruler of Soviet Union?

A. Mikhail Gorbachev

B. Boris Yeltsin

C. Leonid Brezhnev

D. None

Correct answer is: A. Mikhail Gorbachev

He was the last Soviet President before dissolution in 1991.

Meaning of “Take someone’s word for it”?

A. Believe what someone says

B. Disbelieve

C. Alleged person

D. None

Correct answer is: A. Believe what someone says

To accept someone’s statement as true.

Goitre is caused due to deficiency of?

A. Potassium

B. Iodine

C. Protein

D. all

Correct answer is: B. Iodine

Lack of iodine causes goitre.

SPSS stands for?

A. Statistical Package for Social Studies

B. Statistical Package for Sampling Studies

C. Statistical Package for Social Sciences

D. Statistical Package for Social Service

Correct answer is: C. Statistical Package for Social Sciences

SPSS is used for statistical analysis.

Game with both male and female players?

A. Tennis

B. Korfball

C. Volleyball

D. Cricket

Correct answer is: B. Korfball

Korfball allows mixed-gender teams.

Antonym of Dormant?

A. Active

B. Transient

C. Permanent

D. all

Correct answer is: A. Active

Dormant means inactive; antonym is active.

Liaquat-Nehru Pact signed in?

A. 1964

B. 1965

C. 1966

D. 1950

Correct answer is: D. 1950

Liaquat-Nehru Pact signed in 1950 (clarified historically).

Short term memory of a computer?

A. RAM

B. ROM

C. Floppy

D. Hard Disk

Correct answer is: A. RAM

RAM stores temporary data for quick access.

CPU stands for?

A. Central Processing Unit

B. Computer Process

C. Computer Protection Unit

D. None

Correct answer is: A. Central Processing Unit

CPU is the brain of the computer.

Windows 10 is an example of?

A. Type of computer

B. Utility software

C. Application software

D. Operating system

Correct answer is: D. Operating system

Windows 10 is an OS.

Mount Damavand is located in which country?

A. Iran

B. Turkey

C. Tekstan

D. Pakistan

Correct answer is: A. Iran

Mount Damavand is in Iran.

Ozone depleting substances?

A. CFCs

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Carbon monoxide

D. Acetylene

Correct answer is: A. CFCs

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) deplete the ozone layer.

“Mavra” was written by?

A. Noon Meem Rashid

B. Ismat Chughtai

C. Krishan Chandar

D. Mumtaz Mufti

Correct answer is: A. Noon Meem Rashid

Urdu literary work by Noon Meem Rashid.

US-led QUAD is a group of how many countries?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. 8

Correct answer is: B. 4

QUAD consists of USA, India, Japan, Australia.

Youngest elected US President?

A. James Monroe

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Herbert Hoover

D. John F. Kennedy

Correct answer is: D. John F. Kennedy

JFK was the youngest elected US president at age 43.

Founder of Facebook?

A. Michael S. Dell

B. Bill Gates

C. Tim Berners-Lee

D. Mark Zuckerberg

Correct answer is: D. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook.

“Little Boy” bomb dropped on which Japanese city?

A. Hiroshima

B. Nagasaki

C. Tokyo

D. Osaka

Correct answer is: A. Hiroshima

“Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima.

Treaty that ended war among Spain, Germany, Dutch?

A. Treaty of Westphalia

B. Treaty of Paris

C. Treaty of Versailles

D. None

Correct answer is: A. Treaty of Westphalia

Westphalia ended Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648).

“Mein Kampf” was written by?

A. Bill Clinton

B. Adolf Hitler

C. Nelson Mandela

D. All of these

Correct answer is: B. Adolf Hitler

Hitler authored “Mein Kampf.”

Sam Nujoma belongs to which country?

A. Morocco

B. Namibia

C. South Africa

D. Algeria

Correct answer is: B. Namibia

Sam Nujoma was the first president of Namibia.

Theory of evolution given by?

A. Maulana Hasan Ahmad Madani

B. Shabir Ahmad Usmani

C. Darwin

D. Mendeleev

Correct answer is: C. Darwin

Charles Darwin formulated the theory of evolution.