PPSC Exam Preparation; Most Recently Asked Solved Questions

 

  1. Synonym of “abundant”?
    ANS: Plentiful
  2. Antonym of “benevolent”?
    ANS: Malevolent
  3. Correct spelling: “accommodate” or “accomodate”?
    ANS: Accommodate
  4. Plural of “analysis”?
    ANS: Analyses
  5. Passive of “They made a cake.”
    ANS: A cake was made.
  6. Indirect of: He said, “I am tired.”
    ANS: He said that he was tired.
  7. One word for “A person who writes dictionaries.”
    ANS: Lexicographer
  8. Correct article: “___ honest man.”
    ANS: An
  9. Comparative form of “good”?
    ANS: Better
  10. Past tense of “go”?
    ANS: Went
  11. Error correction: “She don’t know.”
    ANS: She doesn’t know.
  12. Fill in: “He succeeded ___ hard work.”
    ANS: By/through
  13. Idiom “Beat around the bush” means?
    ANS: Avoid the main point
  14. Preposition: “Interested ___ music.”
    ANS: In
  15. Synonym of “succinct”?
    ANS: Concise
  16. Antonym of “scarce”?
    ANS: Abundant
  1. 25% of 80 = ?
    ANS: 20
  2. Simple Interest: P=1000, r=10%, t=2 years = ?
    ANS: 200
  3. 3/4 expressed in percentage?
    ANS: 75%
  4. Average of 4, 8, 12?
    ANS: 8
  5. LCM of 6 and 8?
    ANS: 24
  6. HCF of 12 and 18?
    ANS: 6
  7. Prime number among 21, 29, 33?
    ANS: 29
  8. Square of 15?
    ANS: 225
  9. Cube of 3?
    ANS: 27
  10. Square root of 144?
    ANS: 12
  11. If x + 5 = 12, x = ?
    ANS: 7
  12. If 2x = 18, x = ?
    ANS: 9
  13. Perimeter of a square with side 5?
    ANS: 20
  14. Area of a rectangle 6 × 4?
    ANS: 24
  1. Synonym of “abundant”?
    ANS: Plentiful
  2. Antonym of “benevolent”?
    ANS: Malevolent
  3. Correct spelling: “accommodate” or “accomodate”?
    ANS: Accommodate
  4. Plural of “analysis”?
    ANS: Analyses
  5. Passive of “They made a cake.”
    ANS: A cake was made.
  6. Indirect of: He said, “I am tired.”
    ANS: He said that he was tired.
  7. One word for “A person who writes dictionaries.”
    ANS: Lexicographer
  8. Correct article: “___ honest man.”
    ANS: An
  9. Comparative form of “good”?
    ANS: Better
  10. Past tense of “go”?
    ANS: Went
  11. Error correction: “She don’t know.”
    ANS: She doesn’t know.
  12. Fill in: “He succeeded ___ hard work.”
    ANS: By/through
  13. Idiom “Beat around the bush” means?
    ANS: Avoid the main point
  14. Preposition: “Interested ___ music.”
    ANS: In
  15. Synonym of “succinct”?
    ANS: Concise
  16. Antonym of “scarce”?
    ANS: Abundant
  1. 25% of 80 = ?
    ANS: 20
  2. Simple Interest: P=1000, r=10%, t=2 years = ?
    ANS: 200
  3. 3/4 expressed in percentage?
    ANS: 75%
  4. Average of 4, 8, 12?
    ANS: 8
  5. LCM of 6 and 8?
    ANS: 24
  6. HCF of 12 and 18?
    ANS: 6
  7. Prime number among 21, 29, 33?
    ANS: 29
  8. Square of 15?
    ANS: 225
  9. Cube of 3?
    ANS: 27
  10. Square root of 144?
    ANS: 12
  11. If x + 5 = 12, x = ?
    ANS: 7
  12. If 2x = 18, x = ?
    ANS: 9
  13. Perimeter of a square with side 5?
    ANS: 20
  14. Area of a rectangle 6 × 4?
    ANS: 24

 

  1. Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which city?
    ANS: Oslo
  2. First man in space?
    ANS: Yuri Gagarin
  3. First man on the moon?
    ANS: Neil Armstrong
  4. Nearest star to Earth (after the Sun)?
    ANS: Proxima Centauri
  5. Hottest planet in the solar system?
    ANS: Venus
  6. Largest moon of Saturn?
    ANS: Titan
  7. Normal human blood pH?
    ANS: 7.35–7.45
  8. Lens of the human eye is?
    ANS: Convex
  9. Study of fungi is called?
    ANS: Mycology
  10. Chemical formula of methane?
    ANS: CH₄
  11. Noble gases belong to which group of periodic table?
    ANS: Group 18
  12. Rusting of iron is what kind of reaction?
    ANS: Oxidation
  13. A light year measures?
    ANS: Distance
  14. Ozone layer protects from which radiation?
    ANS: Ultraviolet (UV)
  15. DNA stands for?
    ANS: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  16. Highest civil award of Pakistan?
    ANS: Nishan-e-Pakistan
  17. Largest mosque in Pakistan by capacity?
    ANS: Faisal Mosque (Islamabad)
  18. Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam is in which city?
    ANS: Karachi
  19. Pakistan Day is celebrated on?
    ANS: 23 March
  20. Defence Day in Pakistan?
    ANS: 6 September
  21. Iqbal Day is observed on?
    ANS: 9 November
  22. Number of official UN languages?
    ANS: Six
  23. Pakistan’s country calling code?
    ANS: +92
  24. Largest island in the world?
    ANS: Greenland
  25. Suez Canal connects?
    ANS: Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea
  26. Panama Canal connects?
    ANS: Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
  27. Capital of Australia?
    ANS: Canberra
  28. Capital of Canada?
    ANS: Ottawa
  29. Capital of New Zealand?
    ANS: Wellington
  30. Author of “Pride and Prejudice”?
    ANS: Jane Austen
  1. Author of “Hamlet”?
    ANS: William Shakespeare
  2. Author of “The Old Man and the Sea”?
    ANS: Ernest Hemingway
  3. Author of “War and Peace”?
    ANS: Leo Tolstoy
  4. Antonym of “opaque”?
    ANS: Transparent
  5. Synonym of “rapid”?
    ANS: Swift
  6. Which is correct for countables: fewer or less?
    ANS: Fewer
  7. Collective noun for “cattle”?
    ANS: Herd
  8. Prefix meaning “between”?
    ANS: Inter-
  9. Suffix meaning “study of”?
    ANS: -logy
  1. Convert 3 hours into minutes.
    ANS: 180
  2. 12% of 250 = ?
    ANS: 30
  3. Median of {2, 4, 7, 9, 11}?
    ANS: 7
  4. Mode of {3, 3, 5, 7}?
    ANS: 3
  5. If selling price = 120, cost = 100 → profit %?
    ANS: 20%
  6. A triangle with one 90° angle is called?
    ANS: Right-angled triangle
  7. Formula for circumference of a circle?
    ANS: 2πr
  8. Binary of decimal 5?
    ANS: 101
  9. 1 GB equals how many MB (binary)?
    ANS: 1024 MB
  10. Shortcut to paste in Windows?
    ANS: Ctrl + V
  1. Pakistan’s longest motorway (when fully completed)?
    ANS: M-8
  2. Highest polo ground of Pakistan?
    ANS: Shandur
  3. Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with?
    ANS: China
  4. Strait of Hormuz is near the coast of?
    ANS: Oman & Iran (close to Pakistan’s sea routes)
  5. Father of Economics?
    ANS: Adam Smith
  6. Author of “Principia Mathematica”?
    ANS: Isaac Newton
  7. Function in MS Excel to find maximum value?
    ANS: MAX()
  8. Shortcut to find text in a document?
    ANS: Ctrl + F
  9. Main memory of a computer is called?
    ANS: RAM
  10. Device that connects multiple networks?
    ANS: Router
  11. Shortcut to select all in Windows?
    ANS: Ctrl + A

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