Model Paper PPSC 2020 Assistant BPS-16 PESSI

Total Questions: 99

1 - The Fastest test hundred was scored by:

A ) Brendan McCullum ✅
B ) Shane Warne
C ) Steve Waugh
D ) Sunil Gavaskar

2 - Which Country will host 2022 Winter Olympics?

A ) Japan
B ) China ✅
C ) India
D ) Australia

3 - Berbers,or Amazighs are an ethnic group of several nations mostly inhabitant of:

A ) Australia
B ) North America
C ) South Africa
D ) North Africa ✅

Explanation:

The Berbers, also known as the Amazighs, are an ethnic group mostly inhabiting North Africa. 🌍

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Berbers / Amazighs – Key Facts:

  • 📍 Main Regions (Countries):
    • Morocco 
    • Algeria 
    • Tunisia 
    • Libya 
    • Mauritania 
    • Mali 
    • Niger 
    • Egypt (Siwa Oasis) 
  • 🏞️ Traditionally live in mountains, deserts, and rural areas, especially the Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert.
  • 🗣️ Speak various Berber languages, part of the Afroasiatic language family (e.g., Tamazight, Tachelhit, Kabyle).
  • 🏛️ Known for preserving their culture, language, and identity despite centuries of Arabization.

📚 In Summary:Berbers (Amazighs) are indigenous people of North Africa, primarily found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and parts of the Sahara.

4 - Which from the following Countries is not the member of BRICS?

A ) South Africa
B ) India
C ) China
D ) Belgium ✅

5 - The approximate Circumference of the Earth at the equator is:

A ) 40075 km ✅
B ) 50075 km
C ) 60075 km
D ) 70075km

6 - Siachen Glacier is situated in:

A ) Hindu Kush Range
B ) Sulaiman Range
C ) Karakorum Range ✅
D ) Pamir Range

7 - Siachen dispute started in:

A ) 1987
B ) 1985
C ) 1986
D ) 1984 ✅

8 - K2 is also known as:

A ) Killer mountain
B ) Chogori
C ) Goodwin Austin ✅
D ) None of these

Explanation:

     ✅ K2 is also called: Mount Godwin-Austen

      Key Points for Competitive Exams:

  •     ✅ Other Names: Mount Godwin-Austen, Chogori (Balti), Savage Mountain
  •     ✅ Height: 8,611 m – 2nd highest mountain in the world
  •     ✅ Location: Karakoram Range, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (near China border)
  •     ✅ Named After: Henry Godwin-Austen, British surveyor and geographer
  •     ✅ Survey Name: K2 (given in 1856 by T.G. Montgomerie; “K” for Karakoram, “2” for second peak)
  •     ✅ First Ascent: 31 July 1954 by Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli (Italy)
  •     ✅ Fame: Known as “Savage Mountain” due to extreme climbing difficulty and high fatality rate
  •     ✅ First to climb K2: Names: Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli
               Country: Italy   ,Date: 31 July 1954.

9 - The height of Nanga Parbat is:

A ) 8126 m ✅
B ) 7521 m
C ) 6125 m
D ) 9500 m

Explanation:

Nanga Parbat is ranked as the 9th highest mountain peak in the world.

 Details:

  • Height: 8,126 meters (26,660 feet)
  • Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Mountain Range: Himalayas
  • Meaning: "Naked Mountain" (from Sanskrit)  The word "Himalaya" comes from the Sanskrit language:
  • "Hima" = Snow
    "Alaya"  = Abode or Home
  • Nickname: "Killer Mountain" due to its deadly climbing history

10 - Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah left Congress in:

A ) 1919
B ) 1920 ✅
C ) 1921
D ) 1922

Explanation:
  1. Quaid-e-Azam was born in 25 December ,1876 in Karachi .
  2. In 1900 Quaid-e-Azam became a Presidency magistrate.
  3. Quaid-e-Azam joined the All India National Congress in 1906 .
  4. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from Congress in 1920.
  5. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from the membership of Imperial Legislative Council in 1919.
  6.  Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar helped Quaid-e-Azam in the preparation of his 14 points in 1929:
  7. Quaid-e-Azam formally became the president of All India Muslim League in 1934.
  8. State Bank of Pakistan was inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam in 1st Jul 1948.
  9. After the death of Quaid-e-Azam the next President of the first constitution Assembly of Pakistan was Maulvi Tameez ud Din (December 14, 1948-October 24, 1954)
  10.  Khwaja Nazimuddin  2nd Governor-General of Pakistan (1948–1951) ,   2nd  Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951–1953), became  after the death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (September 11, 1948 Death date).

11 - The old name of Chennai is:

A ) Taranga
B ) Hyderabad
C ) Madras ✅
D ) Jaypur

12 - Capital of Bhutan is:

A ) Thimphu ✅
B ) Yerevan
C ) Buenos Aires
D ) Baku

13 - The United Kingdom EU referendum was took place on

A ) 23 May 2016
B ) 25 May 2018
C ) 23 June 2016 ✅
D ) 25 June 2016

14 - Mamnoon Hussain was president of Pakistan from:

A ) 2013-18 ✅
B ) 2014-18
C ) 2015-18
D ) 2016-19

16 - How many articles are there in 1973 constitution?

A ) 220 Articles
B ) 230 Articles
C ) 260 Articles
D ) 280 Articles ✅

17 - Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in:

A ) Bantva, Nepal
B ) Bantva, Bangladesh
C ) Bantva, Iran
D ) Bantva, India ✅

18 - According to OAG the world busiest road is:

A ) Ontario Highway ✅
B ) German Autobahns
C ) Yungas Road
D ) Katy Freeway

19 - Montreal is a city of country:

A ) Australia
B ) Canada ✅
C ) South africa
D ) Germany

20 - Tirch Mir is located in which mountain range?

A ) Hindu Kush ✅
B ) Karakorum
C ) Koh-e-Sufaid
D ) Sulaiman

21 - The old name of Japan was:

A ) Tripoli
B ) Montgomery
C ) Nippon ✅
D ) Angora

22 - Mirza Ghalib was born in:

A ) Hafizabad
B ) Delhi
C ) Gujrat
D ) Agra ✅

23 - Badshahi mosque is in Lahore built by Aurangzeb in:

A ) 1783
B ) 1773
C ) 1673 ✅
D ) 1873

24 - DPI stands for:

A ) Dot Per Inch ✅
B ) Decimal Per Inch
C ) Digital Per Inch
D ) Data Per Inch

26 - Faiz Ahmad Faiz was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in:

A ) 1962 ✅
B ) 1972
C ) 1982
D ) 1992

27 - Which of the following is a man-made substance?

A ) Plastic ✅
B ) Rubber
C ) Steel
D ) Iron

28 - Boiling point of water is:

A ) 400°c
B ) 210°c
C ) 300°C
D ) 100°C ✅

29 - Deficit Financing Means:

A ) Profiting exceeds revenue
B ) Losing exceeds revenue
C ) Spending exceeds revenue ✅
D ) None of these

30 - "Jalianwala Bagh" incident took place on:

A ) 23 April, 1919
B ) 13 May, 1919
C ) 13 June, 1919
D ) 13 April, 1919 ✅

31 - Ping Pong is a new name of which sport?

A ) Yachting
B ) Volleyball
C ) Table tennis ✅
D ) Rowing

32 - What is the length of bedminton court for single competition?

A ) 13.40m ✅
B ) 14.40 m
C ) 15.40m
D ) 16.40 m

33 - Arfa Karim was famous in:

A ) Engineering
B ) Botany
C ) IT ✅
D ) Chemistry

34 - The headquarter of Food and Agriculture Organization is located in:

A ) Brussels
B ) Berlin
C ) Rome ✅
D ) Washington

35 - Shah Abdul Latif bhittai belongs to which Sufi Silsila?

A ) Chishti
B ) Idrisiyya
C ) Sunni
D ) Naqshbandia ✅

36 - Shafqat Amanat Ali band name is:

A ) Fuzon ✅
B ) Ruzon
C ) Zuzon
D ) None of these

37 - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince is:

A ) Muhammad Bin Salman ✅
B ) Shaikh Muhammad Bin Zayed bin sultan Al Nahyan
C ) Qaboos bin said Al Said
D ) None of these

38 - Which foreign leader addressed Pakistan assembly 3rd time?

A ) Xi Jinping
B ) Mahathir Muhammad
C ) Donald Trump
D ) Recep Tayyip Erdogan ✅

39 - White blood cells are also called leukocytes fight against:

A ) Height
B ) Disease ✅
C ) Age
D ) None of these

40 - Moenjodaro means:

A ) Civilized City
B ) Beautiful Gardens
C ) Mound of the Dead ✅
D ) Civilization

41 - Who is the current Governor of Balouchistan Province?

A ) Muhammad Khan Achakzai
B ) Nawab zulfiqar Ali Magsi
C ) Owais Ahmad Ghani
D ) Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai ✅

42 - When 1956 constitution was presented in assembly?

A ) 29 February, 1956 ✅
B ) 29 February, 1957
C ) 29 February, 1958
D ) 29 February, 1959

43 - Submarine cased in 1971 war was:

A ) PNS Ghazi ✅
B ) NS Ghazi
C ) PPS Ghazi
D ) PSS Ghazi

44 - Which was introduced by Hazrat Umar:

A ) Cut Hand
B ) Imprisonment ✅
C ) Cut Fingers
D ) All of these

45 - Dasht e Soos was written by:

A ) Akhtar Raza Saleemi
B ) Umera Ahmad
C ) Jamila Hashmi ✅
D ) Idris Azad

46 - Raja Gidh was written by:

A ) Jamila Hashmi
B ) Bano Qudsia ✅
C ) Akhtar Raza saleemi
D ) Idris Azad

47 - Which provinces reforms were mentioned in Quaid-e-Azam fourteen points?

A ) NWFP and Balouchistan ✅
B ) Sindh and Punjab
C ) Sindh and NWFP
D ) Sindh and Gilgit Baltistan

48 - How to active a cell in MS Excel?

A ) Pressing the Tab key
B ) Clicking the cell
C ) Pressing an arrow key
D ) All of these

49 - Arch of Janus is located in country:

A ) Italy ✅
B ) Morocco
C ) Nepal
D ) North America

50 - The last king of Afghanistan was:

A ) Aman Ullah Khan
B ) Sardar Daud Khan
C ) Habib Ullah Khan
D ) Muhammad Zahir Shah ✅

52 - Which prophet's nation was destroyed by a rain of clay stones?

A ) Hazrat Lut ✅
B ) Hazrat Noah
C ) Hazrat Yaqoob
D ) Hazrat Adam

53 - 1999 war also called as:

A ) Afghan Civil War
B ) Kashmir Conflict
C ) Kargil War ✅
D ) War in North-West Pakistan

54 - In MS Office Portrait and Landscapes are:

A ) Page Orientation ✅
B ) Paper Size
C ) Page Layout
D ) All of these

55 - In Excel, Spacing in column is called as:

A ) Stirrups ✅
B ) Paper Size
C ) Page Layout
D ) All of these

56 - Hazrat Halima the foster mother of Prophet Muhammad SAW was belongs to tribe:

A ) Quresh
B ) Bannu Ummayah
C ) Bannu Asad
D ) Bannu Saad ✅

57 - Arms and the Man was written by:

A ) GB Shaw ✅
B ) Umera Ahmad
C ) Akhtar Raza Saleemi
D ) Idris Azad

58 - Who wrote hard times and A tale of two Cities?

A ) John Milton
B ) Charles Dickens ✅
C ) John webster
D ) Daniel Defoe

59 - Most abundant element in the atmosphere?

A ) Nitrogen ✅
B ) Oxygen
C ) Carbon dioxide
D ) Silicon

60 - Akbar born in Umar Kot in:

A ) 1546
B ) 1646
C ) 1746
D ) 1542 ✅

61 - Adult human beings have bones:

A ) 206 ✅
B ) 250
C ) 306
D ) 356

62 - Roti,kapra aur makan was slogan of political leader:

A ) Nawaz Sharif
B ) Benazir Bhutto
C ) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ✅
D ) Zia UL Haq

63 - The River Thames is located in:

A ) England ✅
B ) Scotland
C ) Ireland
D ) Finland

65 - Capital of Australia is:

A ) Canberra ✅
B ) Yerevan
C ) Buenos Aires
D ) Baku

66 - 1st census in Pakistan was started from:

A ) 1951 ✅
B ) 1952
C ) 1953
D ) 1954

67 - Wazir Khan Mosque is located in:

A ) Islamabad
B ) Karachi
C ) Lahore ✅
D ) Faisalabad

68 - Who was the writer of Asar-ul-Snadeed?

A ) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ✅
B ) Abul Kalam Azad
C ) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
D ) Allama Iqbal

69 - Imran Khan won World Cup in:

A ) 1995
B ) 1993
C ) 1994
D ) 1992 ✅

70 - Indus Water Treaty was signed in:

A ) 1960 ✅
B ) 1961
C ) 1962
D ) 1963

71 - Butterfly stroke in:

A ) Swimming ✅
B ) Metamorphosis
C ) Sleeping
D ) None of these

72 - "K" in Pakistan stands for:

A ) Kashmir ✅
B ) Kuffar
C ) Kabul
D ) Kamyab

73 - Which country is called "Land of Thousand Islands "?

A ) Malaysia
B ) Indonesia ✅
C ) Ireland
D ) Finland

74 - The novel Angan was written by:

A ) Khadija Mastoor ✅
B ) Jamila Hashmi
C ) Akhtar Raza Saleemi
D ) Idris Azad

77 - Capital of Cuba is:

A ) Baku
B ) Yerevan
C ) Buenos Aires
D ) Havana ✅

78 - Wakhan Corridor separates Pakistan from:

A ) India
B ) Afghanistan
C ) Tajikistan ✅
D ) India

79 - Abu Jhl was killed in the Battle of:

A ) Badr ✅
B ) Hunain
C ) Uhad
D ) Khandaq

80 - Which UN body deals with Population Problems?

A ) UNFPA ✅
B ) UNICEF
C ) UNESCO
D ) UNDP

81 - Alma mater means:

A ) House
B ) College ✅
C ) Hospital
D ) Parliament

82 - 1/1000=?

A ) 0.001 ✅
B ) 1.001
C ) 2.001
D ) 3.001

83 - Nili Ravi is breed of:

A ) Camel
B ) Goat
C ) Buffalo ✅
D ) Sheep

84 - A is father of B but B is not son of A.Then what is B?

A ) Daughter ✅
B ) Nephew
C ) Daughter in law
D ) Nephew in law

85 - Everyone is ignorant.... something.

A ) Of ✅
B ) At
C ) The
D ) To

86 - Profane means:

A ) Realistic
B ) Unholy ✅
C ) Pessimistic
D ) Adulterate

87 - Ecstasy antonym:

A ) Pessimistic
B ) Realistic
C ) Agony ✅
D ) Adulterate

88 - Haughty means:

A ) Disdainful ✅
B ) Realistic
C ) Affluent
D ) Adulterate

89 - In MS Word,what does Ctrl+= key effect?

A ) Superscript ✅
B ) Subscript
C ) All caps
D ) Shadow

90 - شب رفتہ کس شاعر کا مجموعہ کلام ہے؟

A ) ناصر کاظمی
B ) مجید امجد ✅
C ) شکیب جلالی
D ) کشف حسین

92 - بسلامت روی" سفرنامہ کس کی تصنیف ہے؟"

A ) ضمیر جعفری
B ) کرنل محمد خان ✅
C ) نسیم حجازی
D ) ممتاز مفتی

93 - علامہ اقبال نے ،"شاعر کشمیر" اور "مجدد کشامرہ "کے القابات کس شاعر کو دیئے تھے؟

A ) چودھری خوشی محمد ناظر
B ) مولانا ظفر علی خان
C ) محمد الدین فوق ✅
D ) آغا حشر کاشمیری

94 - بوڑھا طوطا" سے کیا مراد ہے؟"

A ) عقل مند آدمی
B ) تجربی کار آدمی
C ) ایماندار آدمی
D ) بے وقوف آدمی ✅

95 - اردو نثر میں علامہ اقبال کی پہلی باقاعدہ تصنیف کا نام؟

A ) مابعدالمطوت
B ) علم الاقتصاد ✅
C ) اقتصادیات
D ) مابعد الاقتصادیات

96 - غنی کی جمع کیا ہے؟

A ) غنون
B ) غنیات
C ) اغناء
D ) اغنیاء ✅

98 - رسالہ تہذیب الاخلاق کس نے جاری کیا؟

A ) انجمن حمایت اسلام
B ) انجمن اسلامیہ امر تسر
C ) سر سید احمد خان ✅
D ) مولانا مودودی

99 - امراؤ جان ادا" کس کی تحریر ہے؟"

A ) سر سید
B ) ہادی رسوا ✅
C ) رفیق احمد
D ) پریم چند