PPSC Past Papers – Solved
1 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
Ans. Harare
2. In which country Al-Tehrir square is located?
Ans. Egypt
3 Canton is city of which country?
Ans. China
4 what is the origin of Lake Nile?
Ans. Lake Victoria and Lake Tana
5 Which country has the biggest Hydel Power generating plant?
Ans. China – Three Gorges 18300 MW
6 Which Country Christopher Columbus belonged to?
Ans. Italy
7 Pythagoras belonged to which country?
Ans. Rome
8 Isaac Newton belonged to which country?
Ans. England
9 When did railway service start in India?
Ans. Bombay to Thane – 1853
10 Mount Everest was named after Which Colonel?
Ans. Sir George Everest
11 what is the meaning of de-facto?
Ans. In fact
12 What is the meaning of faux pas?
Ans. False Step
13 what is the meaning of carte blanche?
Ans. Unconditional authority, Discretionary power
14 which is coldest planet?
Ans. Neptune
15 What is the name of planet with shortest day?
Ans. Jupiter
16 Which book was written by Tolstoy?
Ans. War and Peace
17 In which year Russian revolution was started?
Ans. 1917
18 Russia launched its space mission to moon in 1957. Tell the date?
Ans. 4th October Sputnik 1 and 3rd November sputnik 2
19 Secretary General of UNO belongs to which country?
Ans. Antonio Guterrers- Portugal
20 International Court of Justice sits in?
Ans. Hague-Holland
21 What is the circumference of earth?
Ans. 40075 KM
22 What is the name of deepest point of Pacific Ocean?
Ans. Mariana Trench
23 What was the name of captain of Pakistan’s cricket team which beat England in 1954?
Ans. Kardar
24 What is the name of book of Allama Iqbal which was translated in Urdu from Persian on its great demand?
Ans. Baang e Dira
25 Which is a landlocked country? a. Kenya b. Sri lank c. Uganda,
Ans. Uganda
26 To which country the father of Obama belongs to?
Ans. Kenya
27 Chile shares longest coastal border with?
Ans. Argentina
28 Who gave the theory of special relativity?
Ans. Albert Einstein
29 Who gave the law of heredity?
Ans. Medelian
30 Which theory was given by Isaac Newton?
Ans. Gravitation
31 What is the name of strait between Malaysia and Indonesia?
Ans. Strait of Malaca
32 which strait separates Spain and Morocco?
Ans. Strait of Gibralter
33 Turnips is a kind of ______?
Ans. Root
34 What is the meaning of pediatrics?
Ans. Healer of Children
35 In which continent longest river is located?
Ans. Africa
36 lowari pass joins?
Ans. Chitral with Dir in KPK
37 In which country mountain Kilimanjaro in located?
Ans. Tanzania -Africa
38 when was first international flight from Pakistan?
Ans. (PIA International flight on 1st February 1955)
39 WHO and IMF came into being in result of which agreement?
Ans. Bretton Woods System Exchange Agreement 1944
40 which is the device when pressed keys encode word on screen?
Ans.
41 which company has more cash in USA?
Ans Alphabet US$ 103 B
42 What is the GDP growth rate of Pakistan?
Ans 5.5%
43 How much part of agriculture in GDP of Pakistan?
Ans about 24%
44 How much senate increased debt limit of USA government?
Ans.
45 What is the name of parliament of Israel?
Ans. Knesset
46 When did Pakistan won first Olympic medal?
Ans 1960 in Rome
47 When did Abdus salam received noble prize?
Ans. 1979 (in physics)
48 who invented dynamite?
Ans Alfred Nobel
49 Who is the father of modern science?
Ans. Galelio Gelilei
50 in which country which country the garden of Babylon found In current
Ans. Iraq
51 What was the Old name if Myanmar?
Ans. Burma
52 How many Muslims were died in Ghazwa Badr?
Ans 14
53 Which atmosphere layer is nearest to The earth?
Ans Torosphere
54 Which is brightest planet?
Ans. Jupiter
55 What is the shape of Milky Way?
Ans Spiral galaxy
56 Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb was written by?
Ans. Ibne Sina
57 alkemia was written by?
Ans
58 Where is the head quarter of WTO located?
Ans Geneva Switzerland – Established in 1955
59 The times which computer takes to reach its data is called?
Ans Access time
60 Who wrote book Indian Muslims?
Ans Muhammad Mujeeb
61 Who was the prime minister at the time when General Ayub took over in 1958?
Ans Feroze Khan Noon
62 What id name the person not present in first cabinet of Pakistan?
Ans
63 38th parallel is a border between which countries?
Ans North Korea and South Korea
64 which river has blind dolphin?
Ans. Indus
65 who is special envoy of USA to Afghanistan in Pakistan
Ans
66 Bashar al Asad of Syria belongs to which sect?
Ans
67 What was the name of Indian atomic operation?
Ans Operation Shakti also known as Pokhran II
68 Asian drama was written by?
Ans Gunnar Myrdal 1957
69 koljik pass connects which cities?
Ans Qila Abdullah and Chaman
70 What is the cheapest source of energy?
Ans. Hydel
71 Which player twice won grand slam?
Ans
72 Which point farthest from karachi on coastal highway? Gwader,pisini,.
Ans. Gawader, Pisini
73 What is the highest rank in air force?
Ans Air Chief Marshal
74 When did railway started in India?
Ans. 1853
75 Biman airways belong to which country?
Ans. Bangladesh
76 What is the percentage of oxygen in earth’s atmosphere?
Ans 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen
77 What is the Name of process of sun heating the earth?
Ans Thermal Radiation
78 What is the time taken by sun light to reach earth?
Ans. 8 Minutes
79 Mixtures of metals is called what?
Ans Alloy
80 Which organism produces Insulin in body?
Ans Pancreas
81 Which of them was not present in management of Punjab when British took over?
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82 Benghazi is city of which country?
Ans Libya
83 What is meant by fifth pillar?
Ans. Press
84 When did Christians conquest Granada?
Ans 1492
85 Penicillin was invented by?
Ans Alexandar Fleming
86 smallest piece of silicon having electrical diagram in computer is called? (chip)
Ans Chip
87 Which part of computer saves the instruction and time?
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88 Which country Isaac Newton belongs to?
Ans UK
89 The distance between earth and sun is smallest in the month of?
Ans. September
91 when did Pakistan sent sputnik-1 in space.
Ans 4th January 1958
92 Which is a brightest planet..?
Ans Jupiter
93 Swiss canals join Which Seas?
Ans Mediterranean to Red sea
94 Which strait divide Malaysia and Indonesia?
Ans. Strait of malaca
