PPSC Past Papers 2025

Explanation: Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) spent 13 years in Makkah after revelation.

Explanation: 1962

Explanation: Satpara and Phandar lakes are located in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Explanation: Correct usage: “They attacked me” (no preposition).

Explanation: Bani Israel settled in Egypt during Prophet Yousaf’s (AS) time.

Explanation: Captain Karnal Sher Khan received Nishan-e-Haider for bravery during the 1999 Kargil War.

Explanation: K2, the world’s 2nd highest mountain, is also called Mount Godwin-Austen.

Explanation: Passive form is: “Was a letter written by Ayesha to her sister?”

Explanation: Surah Yusuf is called Ahsan-ul-Qasas.

Explanation: Pakistan never enforced the 1952 constitution; the first constitution was enacted on 23 March 1956.

Explanation: The Pakistan-China border (Khunjerab Pass area) is around 600 km long.

Explanation: Opposite of modest (humble) is conceited (proud).

Explanation: Imam Ahmad recorded from ʿAbdullah bin Mughaffal that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, rode on his she-camel and recited Surah Al-Fath.

Explanation: The first Muslim Economic Conference was held in 1949 to discuss economic planning.

Explanation: The Thal desert is located in Punjab, Pakistan.

Explanation: The proverb is “A watched pot never boils.”

Explanation: Imam Tirmizi, compiler of Sunan al-Tirmidhi, died in 279 AH.

Explanation: The 18th Amendment (2010) was signed during Zardari’s presidency.

Explanation: A seismograph measures the intensity and duration of earthquakes.

Explanation: In future time clauses, present simple is used: “when it stops raining.”

Explanation: In 1965, Pakistan launched Operation Gibraltar in Kashmir.

Explanation: Ibn al-Nafis described pulmonary circulation and the contagious spread of diseases.

Explanation: • A semicolon (;) is used to connect two closely related but independent clauses.

• Each part before and after the semicolon must be a complete sentence on its own.

• Unlike a comma, which may cause a comma splice error if used incorrectly, a semicolon properly links the clauses.

• A colon (:) introduces explanations, lists, or examples, not two standalone sentences.

• A hyphen (-) is used to join words or parts of words, not independent clauses.

✅ Therefore, the correct answer is Semicolon, as it ensures grammatical independence while showing a close relationship between the ideas.

Explanation: At independence, Pakistan inherited only 16 cotton mills out of 451 in the subcontinent.

Explanation: • A conductor is a person associated with a bus (manages passengers, collects fares).

• A thespian is a person associated with a play (acts or performs).

• Both follow the pattern “person : the thing they perform in/operate.”

• “Drama : Director” and “Producer : Theater” are related but not in the same direct sense.

• Correct analogy is Thespian : Play, as it mirrors the exact relationship.