PPSC Deputy Accountant Past Paper 2026 Solved (Batch 3)

Correct answer: 8 min 20 sec. Light travels about 150 million km at about 300,000 km/s, so sunlight takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds.

Background: The exact time varies slightly because Earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle.

• 3 min 7 sec: 3 min 7 sec is too short.
• 8 min 50 sec: 8 min 50 sec is slightly too long.
• None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because 8 min 20 sec is correct.

Did you know? Moonlight takes only about 1.3 seconds to reach Earth.

Memory trick: 8 min 20 sec.

Correct answer: Plastic. Plastic is amorphous: its particles are not arranged in a regular repeating pattern.

Background: Crystalline solids have a regular internal arrangement and sharp melting points.

• Salt: Salt is a crystalline solid.
• Sugar: Sugar is a crystalline solid.
• Ice: Ice is a crystalline solid.

Did you know? Glass is another well-known amorphous solid.

Memory trick: Crystals: salt, sugar, ice. Amorphous: plastic, glass.

Correct answer: Stem. The part of ginger we eat is a rhizome, an underground stem.

Background: Rhizomes have nodes and buds, which roots do not.

• Plant: Ginger is a plant, but the question asks which plant part it is.
• Leaf: Ginger is not a leaf.
• Root: Ginger is not a root, even though it grows underground.

Did you know? Turmeric is also a rhizome.

Memory trick: Ginger and turmeric = underground stems.

Correct answer: EEG. An EEG (electroencephalogram) records the brain’s electrical activity.

Background: Electrodes are placed on the scalp.

• ECG: An ECG records the heart’s electrical activity.
• Lithotripsy: Lithotripsy breaks kidney stones with shock waves.
• None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because EEG is correct.

Did you know? EEG is used to diagnose conditions such as epilepsy.

Memory trick: E for Encephalon (brain); C for Cardio (heart).

Correct answer: Parasites. Viruses are obligate parasites: they can multiply only inside living host cells.

Background: Outside a host cell a virus cannot reproduce.

• Predator: A predator hunts and eats other animals.
• Epiphyte: An epiphyte is a plant that grows on another plant without harming it.
• None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because parasites is correct.

Did you know? Antibiotics do not work against viruses; vaccines and antivirals are used instead.

Memory trick: Virus = parasite.

Correct answer: Mushrooms. Mushrooms are fungi. They lack chlorophyll and absorb food from decaying matter.

Background: Organisms that cannot make their own food are called heterotrophs.

• Algae: Algae contain chlorophyll and make food by photosynthesis.
• Grass: Grass makes its own food by photosynthesis.
• Tree: Trees make their own food by photosynthesis.

Did you know? Fungi play a key role in decomposing dead matter.

Memory trick: No chlorophyll → no food making.