PPSC Past Papers 2025

Why: The Durand Line agreement (1893) was concluded after the Second Anglo-Afghan War, demarcating the frontier between British India and Afghanistan.

Why? Husain Haqqani, former diplomat, authored this book analyzing Pakistan’s civil–military relations and religious politics.

Why? Let the original price be x. After 20% discount, selling price = 80% of x. So, 0.8x = 596 → x = 596 ÷ 0.8 = 745.

Why: The Ottomans rose in Anatolia after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, building a vast empire that lasted until 1924.

Why? Baltit Fort, a UNESCO heritage site, is located in Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, showcasing Tibetan and Balti architecture.

Why? “Prolong” means to lengthen or extend the duration of something, so the closest synonym is “Extend.”

Why: Biography literally means the written account of a person’s life, focusing on experiences, achievements, and significance.

Why? Siberia, particularly Oymyakon, records the world’s coldest inhabited places, with temperatures dropping below –60°C.

Why: Action research is practitioner-focused, aiming to solve immediate problems and improve professional practices through iterative cycles of planning, acting, and reflecting.

Why? Equatorial regions receive convectional rainfall due to intense heating, rapid evaporation, and rising moist air.

Why: Bureaucratic dysfunction occurs when systems become rigid and inefficient, preventing adaptability and responsiveness to changing needs.

Why? Finland is famously known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes” because it actually has more than 180,000 lakes.

Why: Thomas Malthus was a British economist known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to scarcity.

Why? Bara River originates in Tirah Valley (Khyber District) and flows into the Kabul River near Peshawar.

Why? “Docile” means submissive or easy to control, so its opposite is “Unyielding,” which means not giving way or stubborn.

Why? According to George Herbert Mead, socialization shapes both “I” (the individual’s personal response) and “Me” (the social self formed through interaction).

Why? Calcium chloride lowers the freezing point of water, making it effective for de-icing roads in cold regions.

Why? “Raja Gidh” (The Vulture King) was published in 1981. It is a symbolic Urdu novel dealing with morality, forbidden love, and human psychology.

Why? Going beyond the optimum scale increases costs and reduces efficiency due to diseconomies of scale.

Why? The SI unit of speed is meters per second (m/s). km/h, mph, and cm/s are non-SI units used in daily life.

Why? The poetry collection Taj Mahal Azam is attributed to the famous Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi.

Why? The ECE is one of the UN’s five Regional Commissions, promoting economic cooperation among European states.