PPSC Past Papers MCQs

Why: The Watergate scandal (1972–74) involved a break-in at the Democratic headquarters and the Nixon administration’s cover-up. It forced Richard Nixon to resign, the only U.S. President ever to do so.

Why? The August Offer of 1940 by the British promised Indian dominion status after WWII, but was rejected by Congress and Muslim League.

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Why: Ibn Arabi, the Andalusian Sufi mystic, authored Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah (“The Meccan Revelations”), a monumental work on spirituality and metaphysics.

Why? Fatima Bhutto, granddaughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, wrote this memoir about her family’s political struggles.

Why? The COUNTA() function counts all non-empty cells, including those with numbers, text, logical values, or formulas. It does not count only numeric cells (that is COUNT()).

Why: The UK functions under an unwritten constitution, based on statutes, conventions, judicial decisions, and traditions, unlike codified constitutions in most states.

Why? The US Navy SEALs conducted Operation Neptune Spear in May 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, eliminating Osama bin Laden.

Why? A20:A31 refers to a continuous range of cells starting from cell A20 down to A31 in column A.

Why: French thinker Auguste Comte introduced sociology as a discipline to scientifically study society and human behavior.