Model Paper PPSC 2020 Assistant BPS-16 , Police Department, Punjab

Total Questions: 100

2 - Red Lake is found in:

A ) USA ✅
B ) England
C ) France
D ) None of these

3 - What is the function of Logical Unit in a computer?

A ) To produce result
B ) To perform arithmetic and logic operations ✅
C ) To control flow of information
D ) To store result data

4 - Which of the following is not a MS PowerPoint view?

A ) Slide View
B ) Slide Show View
C ) Orientation View ✅
D ) Presentation View

6 - The word "Pakistan" was firstly introduced in....in 1933.

A ) Daily Jang
B ) Daily The Mail
C ) Now or Never ✅
D ) Nawa-e-Waqt

7 - Mr. Javed Iqbal is Chairman of the:

A ) Election Commission
B ) National Accountability Bureau ✅
C ) Senate
D ) National Assembly

8 - The word Muhammad(SAW) as a name has been mentioned in the Holy Quran only...........

A ) Two times
B ) Four times ✅
C ) Six times
D ) Seven time

9 - Which Prophet of ALLAH had minimum age?

A ) Hazrat Ibrahim
B ) Hazrat Muhammad (SAW)
C ) Hazrat Musa
D ) Hazrat Eesa ✅

10 - ....are used to display data.

A ) Storage devices
B ) Communication devices
C ) Input device
D ) Output devices ✅

11 - Change the Voice of the following sentence:'Have you laughed at them?"

A ) Why have you laughed at them?
B ) Have they been laughed at by you? ✅
C ) You have been laughed at by them .
D ) They have been laughed at by you.

12 - The latest anti-militancy military operation in Pakistan is titled:

A ) Zarb-e-Momin
B ) Zarb-e-Islam
C ) Zarb-e-Azb
D ) Radd-ul-Fasad ✅

13 - Correct the sentence by choosing right option for the underlined portion: "I am tired as I am working since morning".

A ) I was working
B ) I have been working ✅
C ) I had been working
D ) I will be working

14 - Who is the Chief Executive of Islamic republic of Afghanistan?

A ) Ashraf Ghani
B ) Abdullah Abdullah
C ) Salahuddin Rabbani
D ) None of these

16 - Which one of the following is a metal?

A ) Gypsum
B ) Mercury ✅
C ) Limestone
D ) Granite

17 - How many square meters are in one square km?

A ) 1000
B ) 10,000
C ) 1,00,000
D ) 1000,000 ✅

19 - Vaccination was discovered by......

A ) Galileo
B ) Edward Jenner ✅
C ) Baird
D ) Roentgen

20 - What is the value of x in 3x-15-6=0?

A ) 6
B ) 7
C ) 9
D ) -9 ✅

21 - What was the religion of the majority of the Arabs before Islam?

A ) Buddhism
B ) Jewish
C ) Idolatrous ✅
D ) Christianity

22 - Which article of the 1973 Constitution relates to National Language of Pakistan?

A ) Article 215
B ) Article 251 ✅
C ) Article 257
D ) Article 12

23 - ....is the capital of Fiji.

A ) Lima
B ) Suva ✅
C ) Vientiane
D ) None of these

24 - Which Ghazwa is mentioned in Surah Al-Imran?

A ) Khyber
B ) Khandaq
C ) Uhad ✅
D ) None of these

25 - When was Quaid-e-Azam elected as the President of the First Constituent Assembly?

A ) August 11,1947 ✅
B ) August 14,1947
C ) August 15,1947
D ) August 18,1947

26 - River Nile flows through which of the following cities?

A ) Tripoli
B ) Damascus
C ) Cairo ✅
D ) Aden

27 - Change the narration: The old lady said to her son,"Is it not your duty to help me in my old age?"

A ) The Old lady asked her son if it was not his duty to help her in her old age
B ) The Old lady asked her son that was it not his duty to help her in her old age
C ) The old lady asked her son if it were not his duty to have helped her in her old age
D ) The Old lady has asked her son if it was not his duty to help her in her old age

28 - What does the phrase "Putting the cart before the horse" mean?

A ) To do something contrary to conventional order ✅
B ) To be ready to go
C ) To do things in correct order
D ) To be over active

29 - In MS Excel 2016, which of the following can be used to split windows into two?

A ) Format>window
B ) View>window>split ✅
C ) Window>split
D ) View>split

30 - To oldest revealed divine book is:

A ) Tawrat ✅
B ) Zaboor
C ) Injeel
D ) Quran

31 - Which component of computer is also considered as it "Heart?"

A ) Monitor
B ) Keyboard
C ) Scanner
D ) Microprocessor ✅

32 - Which was the Gulf states who recognized Israel?

A ) UAE ✅
B ) Qatar
C ) Bahrain
D ) Oman

33 - Which of the following windows do not have Start button?

A ) Windows Vista
B ) Windows 7
C ) Windows 8 ✅
D ) None of these

35 - In the context of Pakistan's political and judicial history what does PCO stand for?

A ) Pakistan's court ordinance
B ) Provisional Constitutional Order ✅
C ) Pakistan Constitutional Ordinance
D ) Provisional Court Organization

36 - Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: "To fish in troubled waters"

A ) To benefit from other people's troubles ✅
B ) To indulge in evil conspiracies
C ) To aggravate the situation
D ) To catch fish in disturbed waters

38 - Quaid-e-Azam resigned from Congress in the year

A ) 1925
B ) 1922
C ) 1920 ✅
D ) 1918

39 - Rainfall is measured using a:

A ) Salinometer
B ) Rainoscope
C ) Rain gauge ✅
D ) Rainometer

40 - Gulbadan Begum was Emperor Hamayoun's:

A ) Wife
B ) Sister ✅
C ) Concubine
D ) Part of Hamayoun's court

41 - Which of the following river flows in Canada?

A ) Mackenzie River
B ) Nelson River
C ) Fraser River
D ) All of these

42 - Which part of world is known as "Great Britain of Pacific"?

A ) Japan ✅
B ) Thailand
C ) USA
D ) Mexico

43 - Increased level of SGOT/AST in blood is an indication of:

A ) Hepatitis ✅
B ) Myocardial Infarction
C ) Anemia
D ) Tuberculosis

44 - When no tariffs are imposed on all imports and exports, it is called:

A ) Preferential Trade
B ) Free Trade ✅
C ) Balance of Trade
D ) Non-Tariff Barriers

45 - Which of the following is considered the deepest lake of the world?

A ) Lake Victoria
B ) Lake Superior
C ) Lake Baikal ✅
D ) Lake Erie

47 - ....is considered the largest Glacier in world located in Antarctica.

A ) Lambert Fisher Glacier ✅
B ) Denman Glacier
C ) Gilbert Glacier
D ) None of these

48 - The great book "Al-Itqan fi Uloom al-Ouran" was composed by:

A ) Muhammad Ali Al Sabuni
B ) Muhammad Hussain Zahid
C ) Imran Ghazali
D ) Jalal Al din suyuti ✅

49 - Manama is the capital of which Asian country?

A ) Loas
B ) Cambodia
C ) Bahrain ✅
D ) Kuwait

51 - Complete the series:3,4,7,8,11,12,....

A ) 7
B ) 10
C ) 14
D ) 15 ✅

52 - Stanley Walport alport is popular due to his biography on:

A ) Sir Winston Churchill
B ) Muhammad Ali Jinnah ✅
C ) John F Kennedy
D ) Benazir Bhutto

53 - Angela Merkel is the head of which country:

A ) France
B ) Germany ✅
C ) Britain
D ) Italy

55 - Why did the USA withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2018?

A ) USA believed there was a bias against Israel ✅
B ) USA believed it was a being blackmailed
C ) Human rights is not a priority for USA at the moment
D ) Trump wanted to show USA a 'courageous' nation

56 - Choose the correct meaning of the idiom:"Once in a blue moon"

A ) Once in a month
B ) By weekly
C ) On rare occasions ✅
D ) Every now and then

57 - Where is The Pyramids of Giza situated?

A ) Egypt ✅
B ) Sudan
C ) Congo
D ) South Africa

58 - Which one of the following is a landlocked country?

A ) UAE
B ) Cuba
C ) Kenya
D ) Nepal ✅

59 - The over-cooking of food should be avoided because it:

A ) Makes the food difficult to digest
B ) Reduces the nutrition value of food ✅
C ) Increases the nutrition value of food
D ) Makes the food toxic

61 - Who is the head of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission?

A ) Muhammad Naeem ✅
B ) Dr Samar Mubarak Mund
C ) Dr Salim Ahmad
D ) None of these

62 - Find the relationship similar to Encourage:Restric

A ) Gain Success
B ) Dearth Surplus ✅
C ) Seeing: Relieving
D ) Heart;Soul

63 - Divide 350 into two parts in the way that on exceeds the other by 4:

A ) 180,170
B ) 185,165
C ) 174,176
D ) 173,177 ✅

64 - The first Mu'adhin of Islam?

A ) Hazrat Bilal ✅
B ) Hazrat Umar
C ) Hazrat Usman
D ) Hazrat Abu Bakar

65 - What are liquids that evaporate quickly, called?

A ) Volatile ✅
B ) Viscous
C ) Evaporative
D ) None of these

66 - Panama's capital is:

A ) San Maguelito
B ) Santiago
C ) Panama City ✅
D ) Quito

67 - What a jobbery?

A ) Robbery performed by previous employee
B ) Looking for a job enthusiastically
C ) Conduct of public business for private gain ✅
D ) Flattery of superiors

68 - Akosombo Dam is constructed on Volta River i.......

A ) Niger
B ) Egypt
C ) Ghana ✅
D ) None of these

69 - Earth completes one rotation on its axis in......

A ) 23 hrs and 30 minutes
B ) 23 hrs 56 minutes and 4.9 seconds ✅
C ) 24 hrs
D ) 24 hrs 1 minute and 10 seconds

72 - In a windows PC,the shortcut key for redoing the last action in Microsoft PowerPoint is:

A ) CTRL+R
B ) CTRL+Z
C ) CTRL+Y ✅
D ) CTRL+O

Explanation:
  1. Ctrl + Y (or Ctrl + Shift + Z in some applications)
    This shortcut reverses the last undo, restoring the previously undone action. Commonly used in:
    • Microsoft Office Suite
    • Google Docs / Sheets / Slides
    • Design software like Photoshop, Illustrator.
  2. CTRL + T used 
    •   In Web Browsers  Opens a new tab
    •  in Microsoft Word  Opens the Font dialog box (for advanced text settings)
    •  in PowerPoint  Opens Font dialog box (like in Word)
  3. Ctrl + E: This shortcut centers the text. 
  4. Ctrl+K is a keyboard shortcut used in many applications, primarily for inserting or editing hyperlinks.
  5. Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow selects the text from the current cursor position up to the beginning of the current paragraph.
  6. Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow is a keyboard shortcut that extends the text selection to the left, specifically by one word at a time
  7. Alt + Ctrl + Left Arrow typically rotates the display 90 degrees to the left.
  8. Shift key + Use mouse shortcut key to select text in MS Word   
  9. Ctrl + U Shortcut key to  underline the selected text
  10. Alt+L to quickly focus on the address bar, enabling you to enter a new website or search term efficiently. 
  11. Ctrl + L: This combination aligns the selected text or paragraph to the left margin. 
  12. Ctrl + R: This shortcut aligns text to the right. 
  13. Ctrl+N :Shortcut key for blank Presentation in MS PowerPoint
  14. Ctrl + J: This shortcut justifies the text, aligning it evenly on both left and right margins. 
  15. Ctrl + Y (or Cmd + Y on Mac) shortcut key is used to Redo the last action in a document .
  16. Ctrl+Z shortcut key is used to Undo the last action in a document .
  17. 100 times undo level can be used in a worksheet
  18. Ctrl + Shift + D Shortcut key to double underline the selected text  
  19. Ctrl+5 shortcut key are used to strike through highlighted selection in excel 
  20. CTRL + I is a keyboard shortcut used to italicize the selected text in most applications like:
    • Microsoft Word
    • Google Docs
    • PowerPoint
    • Excel (for cell text)
    • Web browsers (e.g., Gmail, Outlook web).
  21. ✅ Ctrl+5 shortcut key are used to Word / WordPadSets 1.5 line spacing
  22. Ctrl + V is a keyboard shortcut used to paste content that has been previously copied or cut.
  23. HIGHLIGHT Shortcut Key For PowerPoint : Ctrl + Alt + H,For Word Same as PowerPoint: Ctrl + Alt + H,For Excel Alt + H + H (Fill cell color)

🌐 In Web Browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.):

Ctrl + TOpens a new browser tab

📝 In Microsoft Word:

Ctrl + TCreates a hanging indent

📊 In Microsoft Excel:

Ctrl + TCreates a table from selected cells

Ctrl + Enter Function Word/Docs( Insert a page break), Excel (Fill same value in selected cells (not line break)),
Gmail  (Send Email).

76 - Partition of Bengal was annulled under British Monarch:

A ) King George VI
B ) King George IV
C ) King George V ✅
D ) King George II

77 - The procedure of shattering the gallstones and kidney stones by shockwaves is called:

A ) MRI
B ) Kidney Surgery
C ) Angiography
D ) Lithiotripsy ✅

78 - Change the voice of the following sentence:Do you know my father?

A ) Is my father known to you ✅
B ) Did you know my father
C ) Does my father known to you
D ) Do you know mine father

79 - Study of Spiders is called:

A ) Arachnology ✅
B ) Serology
C ) Gerontology
D ) None of these

80 - Ching Ping Dam is located in:

A ) Japan
B ) China ✅
C ) Thailand
D ) South Korea

82 - Lala Lajpat Rai was a famous Punjabi leader associated with:

A ) Dev samaj
B ) Arya Samaj ✅
C ) Unionist party
D ) All India Muslim League

83 - Which battle led to the birth of the Khawarij?

A ) Battle of Nahrawan
B ) Battle of kharijites
C ) Battle of Siffin ✅
D ) None of these

84 - Jacob Zuma is the President of:

A ) Zimbabwe
B ) Kenya
C ) South Africa ✅
D ) Zambia

86 - Salat-e-khusoof is performed at the occasion of:

A ) Drought
B ) Flood
C ) Lunar eclipse ✅
D ) Earthquake

87 - WIPO is the abbreviation of:

A ) World International Peace Organization
B ) World International Property Organizations
C ) World Intellectual Property Organization ✅
D ) Web Intellectual Property Organization

89 - When a gas turns into a liquid the process is called:

A ) Condensation ✅
B ) Evaporation
C ) Deposition
D ) Sublimation

90 - The Edhi foundation has the world's largest:

A ) Volunteers Community
B ) Medical Facility
C ) Food Kitchens
D ) Ambulans Service ✅

91 - اردو نظم کے پہلے شاعر کون ہیں؟

A ) نظر قیوم
B ) اکبر الہ آبادی
C ) فیض احمد فیض
D ) نظیر اکبر الہ آبادی ✅

93 - چہار شنبہ" ہفتے کا کونسا دن ہے؟"

A ) اتوار
B ) پیر
C ) منگل
D ) بدھ ✅

95 - کونسا جملہ درست ہے؟

A ) براۓ مہربانی کل ضرور آئیں
B ) براۓ مہربانی کرکے کل ضرور آئیں
C ) براہ مہربانی کل ضرور آئیں ✅
D ) براہِ مہربانی کرکے کل ضرور آئیں

96 - "Charity begins at home"کے درست مطلب کا انتخاب کیجیے

A ) اول خویش بعد درویش ✅
B ) ہر کام گھر سے ہی شروع کرنا چاہیے
C ) پہلے اپنے گھر کو درست کرنا
D ) خود غرض کی کوئی حد نہیں ہوتی

97 - شاید" کس کا شعری مجموعہ ہے؟"

A ) وصی شاہ
B ) عباس تابش
C ) جون ایلیا ✅
D ) حسن عباسی

100 - باغ باغ ہونا"محاورہ ہے ۔ اس کا مفہوم کیا ہے؟"

A ) بہت خوش ہونا ✅
B ) سبزہ ہی سبزہ ہونا
C ) باغوں میں گھومنا
D ) سیر و سیاحت کرنا