ppsc past paper assistant director General cader PHED / Municipal officer Local Govt 2025

Explanation: Exclamatory sentences with “what/how” convert into reported speech with “exclaimed with wonder/sorrow.”

Explanation: He introduced Islamic currency reforms with dinar and dirham.

Explanation: “Next week” changes to “the following week,” and “will” changes to “would” in reported speech.

Explanation: Hazrat Yaqoob (A.S) had 12 sons, including Hazrat Yusuf (A.S).

Explanation: “Loathe” means to strongly dislike or detest.

Explanation: Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was appointed the first Amir of Hajj.

Explanation: A gerund is the –ing form of a verb functioning as a noun (e.g., Swimming is fun).

Explanation: In the 5th year after Hijrah, Prophet ﷺ married Hazrat Zainab bint Jahsh (R.A).

Explanation: During partition in 1947, Pakistan received about 36% of military assets from British India. This included men, arms, and equipment, though the distribution was unequal and problematic.

Explanation: In biology, false coiling refers to the overlapping or abnormal twisting of DNA structures, not related to ventilation or cooling.

Explanation: The =NOW() function returns the current system date and time in Excel.

Explanation: In coordinate geometry, if x = 0 the point lies on the y-axis; if y = 0, it lies on the x-axis. Since here x = 0, (0, -7) lies exactly on the y-axis.

Explanation: Lord Linlithgow served as Viceroy from 1936 to 1943, making him the longest-serving Viceroy of India. He presided over the period of World War II.

Explanation: Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1752 as part of his experiments with electricity.

Explanation: Function keys (F1–F12) perform special tasks; F5, F6, F7 are examples.

Explanation: General Gracey, the British commander of Pakistan Army in 1947, refused Jinnah’s order to send troops into Kashmir, citing British government policy.

Explanation: Falling pressure often indicates unstable weather and can cause rainfall due to condensation.

Explanation: The Design tab lets you apply a theme or design across all slides in a presentation.

Explanation: In political science, “state” refers to the entire governing structure including federal and provincial governments, parliament, judiciary, and all institutions collectively.

Explanation: At the highest point, velocity becomes zero before the ball starts descending due to gravity.

Explanation: The Animation feature controls how objects enter, exit, or move during a slideshow.

Explanation: The Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to provide reserved seats for Depressed Classes (Dalits/Untouchables) in legislatures, instead of separate electorates.

Explanation: Generators convert mechanical energy into electrical energy through electromagnetic induction.

Explanation: In Excel, every formula must start with the equal sign (=) so that Excel recognizes it as a formula.

Explanation: Vice Admiral James Wilfred Jefford, a British officer, became the first Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy in 1947 after independence.