PPSC Past Papers 2026 Solved

Correct answer: All of these. Gwadar supports trade, shipping, and regional development including education and training institutions.

Background: Gwadar is a deep-sea port on the Arabian Sea in Balochistan and a key project of CPEC.

• Education: Education is only one of its purposes.
• Trade: Trade is only one of its purposes.
• Shipping: Shipping is only one of its purposes.

Did you know? Pakistan acquired Gwadar from Oman in 1958.

Memory trick: Gwadar = Gateway for trade and shipping.

Correct answer: Jasmine. The jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is Pakistan’s national flower.

Background: The jasmine, locally called chambeli, is valued for its fragrance and symbolizes purity.

• Red Rose: The red rose is not the national flower.
• Sunflower: The sunflower is not the national flower.
• Tulip: The tulip is not the national flower.

Did you know? Other national symbols are the markhor (animal), chukar (bird), and deodar (tree).

Memory trick: Jasmine = chambeli; Markhor, Chukar, Deodar.

Correct answer: 19–24%. Agriculture contributes roughly one-fifth to one-quarter of Pakistan’s GDP, about 24% in the Economic Survey 2024–25.

Background: Agriculture is a mainstay of Pakistan’s economy, supplying about a quarter of GDP and food and raw materials for industry.

• 15–18%: 15–18% is lower than the actual share.
• 9–11%: 9–11% is far lower than the actual share.
• None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because 19–24% is correct.

Did you know? It employs roughly 37% of the labour force. Wheat is the main food crop and cotton the main cash crop.

Memory trick: Agriculture ≈ one-fourth (about 24%) of GDP.

Correct answer: 28 Sep 1950. The Basic Principles Committee presented its first interim report on 28 September 1950.

Background: The Basic Principles Committee was set up after the Objectives Resolution of March 1949 to recommend constitutional principles.

• 24 March 1950: 24 March 1950 is not the date.
• 25 April 1950: 25 April 1950 is not the date.
• 18 August 1950: 18 August 1950 is not the date.

Did you know? Its first report proposed a two-house federal legislature and drew objections, especially from East Bengal.

Memory trick: Objectives Resolution (1949) → BPC → first report 28 September 1950.

Correct answer: Radcliffe Commission. The Radcliffe Commission, headed by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, drew the boundary line.

Background: Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the Punjab and Bengal Boundary Commissions. His award was made public on 17 August 1947, two days after independence.

• Mountbatten Commission: Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy, not the head of the boundary commission.
• Hindu Jurists: Hindu jurists did not demarcate the boundary.
• None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because the Radcliffe Commission is correct.

Did you know? He had never visited India before and had only about five weeks to draw the line.

Memory trick: Radcliffe Line = the India–Pakistan border.

Correct answer: Ali Hajveri. Ali Hajveri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) wrote Kashf-ul-Mahjoob, a classic Persian work on Sufism.

Background: Ali Hajveri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) was an 11th-century Sufi scholar who settled in Lahore. Kashf-ul-Mahjoob is among the earliest Persian works on Sufism.

• Muhammad Bakhsh: Muhammad Bakhsh wrote the Punjabi epic Saif-ul-Malook.
• Farid ud Din: Farid ud Din (Baba Farid) is known as a Punjabi Sufi poet.
• Shah Waliullah: Shah Waliullah wrote Hujjatullah al-Balighah.

Did you know? His shrine in Lahore, Data Darbar, is one of the most visited in Pakistan.

Memory trick: Kashf = Hajveri = Data Sahib of Lahore.

Correct answer: Nishan-e-Pakistan. Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest civil award of Pakistan.

Background: Pakistan’s civil awards rank as Nishan-e-Pakistan, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, and so on.

• Nishan-e-Haider: Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military gallantry award.
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz: Nishan-e-Imtiaz ranks below Nishan-e-Pakistan.
• Hilal-e-Pakistan: Hilal-e-Pakistan ranks below Nishan-e-Imtiaz.

Did you know? The Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military gallantry award. Its first recipient was Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar in 1948.

Memory trick: Haider = Hero (military); Pakistan = highest civil.

Correct answer: All of these. The NHA plans, develops, operates, and maintains national highways, expressways, and motorways.

Background: The NHA was established in 1991 to plan, build, and maintain Pakistan’s national highways, expressways, and motorways.

• Motorways: Motorways are only one part of its work.
• Express ways: Expressways are only one part of its work.
• Highways: Highways are only one part of its work.

Did you know? The Lahore–Islamabad Motorway (M-2) opened in 1997 and was built by a Korean company.

Memory trick: NHA = H-E-M: Highways, Expressways, Motorways.

Correct answer: 2004. The US designated Pakistan a major non-NATO ally in 2004.

Background: President George W. Bush announced the designation in June 2004 in recognition of Pakistan’s role in the war on terror.

• 2005: 2005 is not the year.
• 2008: 2008 is not the year.
• 2009: 2009 is not the year.

Did you know? The status gives access to some US defence trade and cooperation benefits, though it does not provide a security guarantee as NATO membership does.

Memory trick: 2004 = Major Non-NATO Ally for Pakistan.

Correct answer: Zafar Ali Khan. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan translated the Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution into Urdu.

Background: Maulana Zafar Ali Khan was a journalist, poet, and editor of the Lahore newspaper Zamindar. He translated the Lahore Resolution into Urdu.

• Qazi Faiz: Qazi Faiz did not translate the resolution.
• Khaliq-u-Zaman: Khaliq-uz-Zaman seconded the resolution.
• Aurangzeb: Aurangzeb was a Mughal emperor and has no connection with it.

Did you know? He was an important voice of the Pakistan Movement.

Memory trick: Zafar → Zamindar newspaper → Urdu translation.

Correct answer: 3. The treaty gave Pakistan the three western rivers: Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab.

Background: The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 with the World Bank’s help. The three eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) went to India and the three western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan.

• 2: Two is fewer than the three western rivers.
• 4: Four is more than the three western rivers.
• 5: Five is more than the three western rivers.

Did you know? In April 2025, India announced that it was holding the treaty in abeyance, a move Pakistan rejected.

Memory trick: Western rivers → Pakistan: I-J-C (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab).

Correct answer: Quaid-e-Azam. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah appealed for a Day of Deliverance when the Congress ministries resigned in 1939.

Background: The Congress ministries resigned in October 1939 to protest that India was taken into the Second World War without consultation. The Muslim League marked the day as a thanksgiving.

• Liaqat Ali Khan: Liaqat Ali Khan was a close colleague but did not make the appeal.
• Maulana Zafar Ali: Maulana Zafar Ali Khan did not make the appeal.
• Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar: Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar had died in 1931.

Did you know? In Urdu it is called Yaum-e-Najat (Day of Deliverance), observed on 22 December 1939.

Memory trick: Najat = deliverance → Day of Deliverance → Jinnah.

Correct answer: Quaid-e-Azam. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah presided over the Lahore session in March 1940, where the Lahore Resolution was passed.

Background: The Lahore session of the Muslim League took place on 22–24 March 1940 at Minto Park, where the Lahore Resolution was passed.

• Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zaman: Khaliq-uz-Zaman seconded the Lahore Resolution.
• Maulana Zafar Ali Khan: Maulana Zafar Ali Khan translated the resolution into Urdu.
• Ch. Rehmat Ali: Ch. Rehmat Ali coined the name “Pakistan” in 1933.

Did you know? The resolution was moved by A. K. Fazlul Haq and seconded by Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman. The Minar-e-Pakistan now stands at the site.

Memory trick: Jinnah presided; Fazlul Haq moved; Khaliquzzaman seconded.

Correct answer: 1931. In 1931, protests in Srinagar began a public movement against Dogra rule.

Background: On 13 July 1931, 22 Kashmiri protesters were killed outside Srinagar Central Jail during the rule of Maharaja Hari Singh, which started the organized freedom struggle.

• 1930: 1930 is not the year the movement began.
• 1932: 1932 is after the movement began.
• 1934: 1934 is after the movement began.

Did you know? 13 July is observed as Kashmir Martyrs’ Day.

Memory trick: 1931 → 13 July → martyrs of Kashmir.

Correct answer: Mehbooba Mufti. Mehbooba Mufti used this phrase for the 1987 rigging of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election.

Background: The 1987 elections in Jammu and Kashmir were widely believed to be rigged against the Muslim United Front, and many analysts link this with the rise of militancy.

• Mirwaiz Umar Farooq: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq did not make this statement.
• Syed Ali Geelani: Syed Ali Geelani contested the 1987 election but did not make this statement.
• Dilbeer Singh: Dilbeer Singh did not make this statement.

Did you know? Mehbooba Mufti was Jammu and Kashmir’s first woman Chief Minister (2016–2018).

Memory trick: Mehbooba → “robbery” of the people’s vote → 1987.

Correct answer: King George V. King George V inaugurated the first Round Table Conference in London on 12 November 1930.

Background: The first Round Table Conference met in London from November 1930 to January 1931 to discuss India’s constitutional future. Congress boycotted it.

• Ramsay MacDonald: Ramsay MacDonald chaired the sessions but did not inaugurate the conference.
• Lloyd George: Lloyd George did not inaugurate it.
• Clement Attlee: Clement Attlee did not inaugurate it.

Did you know? It was inaugurated by King George V and chaired by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Three conferences were held between 1930 and 1932.

Memory trick: King opens, Prime Minister chairs.