PPSC Past Papers 2025

Explanation: NIL

Explanation: The 10th year of Prophethood is known as “Year of Sorrow” (عام الحزن) due to deaths of Hazrat Abu Talib and Bibi Khadija (R.A).

Explanation: “Abasement” means humiliation, disgrace, or degradation.

Explanation: Shortened prayer (Qasr) is allowed during travel.

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: Imperative sentences change to reported speech using verbs like “ordered, instructed, advised.”

Explanation: The famous Urdu novel Khuda Ki Basti has 21 chapters.

Explanation: The correct preposition is "for." The phrase is “do for a turban,” meaning it will serve the purpose of a turban.

Explanation: In rhetoric, comparison based on a shared attribute is called “تشبیہ” (simile).

Explanation: The term “مخطوطہ” refers to manuscripts or unpublished handwritten works.

Explanation: "Praiseworthy" means deserving approval or admiration. "Creditable" is the synonym, while the others are negative words.

Explanation: “یوسف ہے کارواں سے مراد” means someone is alone.

Explanation: The poem “ابلیس کی مجلس شوری” is in Iqbal’s collection Bal-e-Jibril.

Explanation: Option B is correct because the clause “who lives in Karachi” is non-restrictive and must be enclosed in commas.

Explanation: Such a root form from which other words are derived is called “اسم مصدر” (verbal noun).

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

Explanation: Salivary glands secrete ptyalin (salivary amylase), which helps in the digestion of starch.