Model Paper PPSC 2020 SCO Punjab Land Records Authority

Total Questions: 100

1 - In which type of operating system time intervals to process and respond to inputs is very small:

A ) Distributed operating system
B ) Network operating system
C ) Real time operating system ✅
D ) Time sharing operating system

2 - In a computer what does OS stands for:

A ) Optical Sensibility
B ) Order of Significance
C ) Operating System ✅
D ) Organized Software

4 - From which of the following can the user account be changed?

A ) Settings
B ) Control Panel ✅
C ) System Restore
D ) Computer Name

5 - In computing,what does DOS stand for?

A ) Data Only System
B ) Disk Only System
C ) Data Operating System
D ) Disk Operating System ✅

6 - In MS Windows which of the following is program group?

A ) Accessories ✅
B ) Paint
C ) Word
D ) All of these

7 - A common name for software errors is:

A ) Bugs ✅
B ) Trojans
C ) Logic bombs
D ) Viruses

8 - In computing, PDF stands for:

A ) Peripheral Device Front
B ) Portable Document Format ✅
C ) Peripheral Document Format
D ) Portable Device Form

9 - ......are instructions that tell a computer what to do.

A ) Input device
B ) Hardware
C ) Memory cards
D ) Software ✅

10 - "Add or Remove programs" is an:

A ) Productivity software
B ) File manager
C ) Utility program ✅
D ) Device driver

11 - A computer virus is:

A ) A micro organism
B ) Electromagnetic waves entering computer through a network
C ) A useful micro components of a computer
D ) A computer programme ✅

12 - Name of the current head of IMF?

A ) Rober William
B ) Kristalina Geirgieva ✅
C ) Angela Merkel
D ) None of these

13 - Which key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS-Word?

A ) Down Cursor Key
B ) Enter Key ✅
C ) Shift+Enter
D ) Ctrl+Enter

14 - Shortcut key to switch to the next window is:

A ) Alt+Tab ✅
B ) Shift+Tab
C ) Alt+Ctrl
D ) Ctrl+Tab

15 - In a Windows PC, Ctrl+K in MS PowerPoint is the shortcut for:

A ) Shifting
B ) Highlighting
C ) Dragging
D ) Inserting a hyperlink ✅

Explanation:
  1. HIGHLIGHT Shortcut Key For PowerPoint : Ctrl + Alt + H,For Word Same as PowerPoint: Ctrl + Alt + H,For Excel Alt + H + H (Fill cell color)
  2. Ctrl+K is a keyboard shortcut used in many applications, primarily for inserting or editing hyperlinks.
  3. Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow selects the text from the current cursor position up to the beginning of the current paragraph.
  4. Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow is a keyboard shortcut that extends the text selection to the left, specifically by one word at a time
  5. Alt + Ctrl + Left Arrow typically rotates the display 90 degrees to the left.
  6. Shift key + Use mouse shortcut key to select text in MS Word   
  7. Ctrl + U Shortcut key to  underline the selected text
  8. Ctrl + Shift + D Shortcut key to double underline the selected text 
  9. Ctrl + E: This shortcut centers the 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 + V is a keyboard shortcut used to paste content that has been previously copied or cut.
  16. Ctrl + Y (or Cmd + Y on Mac) shortcut key is used to Redo the last action in a document .
  17. Ctrl+Z shortcut key is used to Undo the last action in a document .

Ctrl + Spacebar 

📝 In Microsoft Word / Office:     

Removes character formatting  

🧮 In Microsoft Excel:

Selects the entire column of the active cell

🧾 Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint:  Ctrl + H opens the Find and Replace window.

🌐 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)
Jupyter Notebook  Run cell (stay in current cell)

18 - A file which contains readymade styles that can be used for a presentation is called?

A ) Auto style
B ) Wizard
C ) Templates ✅
D ) Pre formatting

19 - MS PowerPoint is an example of:

A ) Multimedia software ✅
B ) Graphics software
C ) Spreadsheet
D ) Entertainment software

21 - What are the effects that occur when you move from one slide to the next during a PowerPoint presentation called?

A ) Custom animation
B ) Slide transition ✅
C ) Present animation
D ) Loom effect

22 - Word art option exist in:

A ) Set up
B ) Text ✅
C ) Timing
D ) Slides

23 - The contents of two or more consecutive cells could be put together using:

A ) Shrink to fit
B ) Wrap Text
C ) Merge Cells ✅
D ) Center Alignment

24 - Sorting can be done by.

A ) Alphabetically only
B ) Numerically only
C ) Date and time
D ) All of these

25 - In Ms Excel,on the insert tab includes:

A ) Chart ✅
B ) Alignment
C ) Style
D ) All of these

27 - The distinguishing feature of a spreadsheet program is that it allows you to:

A ) Enter data
B ) Perform calculation on data ✅
C ) Format data
D ) Print data

28 - This allows to enter new data at the current position of the cursor:

A ) Word Wrap
B ) Insert Text
C ) Insertion Mode ✅
D ) Overtype Mode

29 - Which of the following step is wrong to change the paper size?

A ) Click the Page Layout Tab
B ) In Page Setup group click the Size command
C ) With a left click select the desired paper size ✅
D ) To customize page size click the "Customize Size" option

31 - In MS word while assigning a shortcut key to a symbol, try to select a key combination that is:

A ) Having same font size and font style
B ) Assigned to another task
C ) Unassigned to any other task ✅
D ) Having same font family as the symbol

32 - ..... alignment is used in newspapers, magazine and novels

A ) Full justification ✅
B ) Justification
C ) Left justification
D ) Right justification

33 - ...... maintain database of webpage containing information on variety of topics.

A ) Newsgroup
B ) News server
C ) Search Engine ✅
D ) World Wide Web

34 - Which of the following is not a binary number?

A ) 001
B ) 100
C ) 102 ✅
D ) 110

35 - How can the risk of unauthorized computer system access be reduced when connected to an internet?

A ) By installing anti-spam software
B ) By using a firewall ✅
C ) By setting up a WAN
D ) By encrypting all data store in the system

36 - To search and view a web page, the software used is.

A ) Web
B ) WWW
C ) Web Browser ✅
D ) Search Engine

37 - Which is the full form of Wi-Fi?

A ) Wireless Fidelity ✅
B ) Wired Fidelity
C ) Wireless Focus
D ) Wireless Field

38 - Common methods of Internet access by users include?

A ) Broadband over coaxial cable
B ) Fiber optics or copper wires
C ) Wi-Fi
D ) All of these

39 - Data that changes continuously and cannot have discrete values is called:

A ) Continuous Data ✅
B ) Analogue Data
C ) Both a and b
D ) None of these

40 - A/an...... contains information like,text or music.

A ) Gadgets
B ) File ✅
C ) Keyboard
D ) Internet browser

41 - IBM stands for

A ) International Business Machines ✅
B ) International Buy Mechanism
C ) Internet Business Machines
D ) None of these

42 - In banks, the data on cheques is ready by the following devices:

A ) OCR
B ) OMR
C ) MICR ✅
D ) Bar-code reader

44 - Larry Page is the best known for being one of the co-founder of

A ) Apple company
B ) Google ✅
C ) Twitter
D ) None of these

45 - Who is the creator of Linux Operating System?

A ) Larry Ellison
B ) James Gosling
C ) Linux Torvalds ✅
D ) Martha Lane Fox

47 - Who was the last king of Afghanistan?

A ) Ahmad Shah Durani
B ) Zahir Shah ✅
C ) Amanullah Khan
D ) Najibullah Khan

48 - Which of the following institutions was established as a result of Breton Woods Conference 1944?

A ) Interpol
B ) International Court of Justice
C ) ADB
D ) None of these

49 - Union Jack is the name of the flag of which country?

A ) UK ✅
B ) Ireland
C ) Canada
D ) Scotland

51 - Vitamin "C" is present in:

A ) Milk
B ) Wheat
C ) Oranges ✅
D ) Rice

52 - Removal of top soil by wind or water is called?

A ) Erosion ✅
B ) Silting
C ) Water logging
D ) Creeping

53 - What are learned and shared behavior and beliefs called?

A ) Cultura ✅
B ) Food
C ) Language
D ) Ethnicity

54 - Plato was Aristotle's:

A ) Teacher ✅
B ) Friend
C ) Student
D ) Son

55 - 'Ringgit' is the currency of:

A ) Sudan
B ) Nigeria
C ) Finland
D ) Malaysia ✅

56 - What is the full form of "CTBT"?

A ) Common Trading and Business Terminal
B ) Common Test for Bank Tellers
C ) Computerized Topography and Bio Technology
D ) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ✅

57 - SAMINA BAIG distinguished herself in the field of:

A ) Mountaineering ✅
B ) Fill making
C ) Journalism
D ) Handicrafts

58 - Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani is buried at:

A ) Bait-ul-Maqdis
B ) Tehran
C ) Qom
D ) Baghdad ✅

59 - Which night's ibadat during the month of Ramadan, is considered better than "Ibadat" of thousand month

A ) Lailat-ul-Qadar ✅
B ) Shab-e-Baraat
C ) Shab-e-Miraj
D ) None of these

60 - The heads of Zakat are:

A ) 7
B ) 8 ✅
C ) 9
D ) 10

61 - Give the name of the founder of the Abbasid dynasty who is historically known as "As-Saffah".

A ) Al-Mansoor
B ) Abu Al-Abbas ✅
C ) Al-Mahdi
D ) None of these

62 - "swim"is to "fish" as "walk" is to......

A ) Man ✅
B ) Bird
C ) Chair
D ) Legs

64 - Antonym of "Spendthrift" is:

A ) Mean
B ) Bold
C ) Cautious
D ) Miser ✅

65 - "cat" is to "kitten" as "Dog" is to

A ) Puppy ✅
B ) Colt
C ) Calf
D ) Baby

66 - 'Antenna' is used in:

A ) Football
B ) Basketball
C ) Handball
D ) Volleyball ✅

68 - Which is a valid program to access the internet?

A ) Access
B ) Front Page
C ) Windows Explorer
D ) Google Chrome ✅

69 - When you link data maintained in an excel workbook to a word document:

A ) The word document can't be edited.
B ) To word document contains a reference to the original source application ✅
C ) The word document must contain a hyperlink
D ) The word document contains a copy of the actual data

70 - In PowerPoint 2016, 'Rehears Timings' option is available in:

A ) Home Tab
B ) Slide Show Tab ✅
C ) Review Tab
D ) Design Tab

71 - ....is used to draw picture, 3D images and animation.

A ) Graphics software ✅
B ) Multimedia software
C ) Word processing software
D ) Spreadsheet software

72 - Computer at home can be used to perform:

A ) Record keeping
B ) Watching movies and games
C ) Making budgets
D ) All of these

73 - In computer Communication "Verification" is process of?

A ) Access
B ) Login
C ) Logout
D ) Authentication ✅

74 - In MS word 2016, to extend a selection to adjecent cells of the table:

A ) Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly ✅
B ) Press ALT+A
C ) CTRL+ALT+H
D ) ALT+END

76 - Maximum zoom percentage in MS PowerPoint is....

A ) 200
B ) 400 ✅
C ) 600
D ) 800

81 - Bulleh Shah was famous in the field of :

A ) Medicine
B ) Poetry ✅
C ) Politics
D ) Diplomacy

84 - The world's largest coral reef The Great Barrier reef is in:

A ) Canada
B ) Sweden
C ) Australia ✅
D ) France

85 - "Warsak Dam" has been built on the river:

A ) Indus
B ) Korang
C ) Kabul ✅
D ) Sutlej

86 - Among the following which country is known as "Pearl of Antiles"?

A ) Cuba ✅
B ) South Africa
C ) Taiwan
D ) India

87 - The capital city of Germany is:

A ) Munich
B ) Berlin ✅
C ) Hamburg
D ) Cologne

89 - Baglihar dam is constructed on river.....in India.

A ) Ravi
B ) Beas
C ) Sutlej
D ) Chenab ✅

90 - Ring of Fire is attribute to:to

A ) Pacific Ocean ✅
B ) Atlantic Ocean
C ) Arctic Ocean
D ) None of these

91 - Who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the death of Liaquat Ali Khan?

A ) Mohd. Ali Bogra
B ) Ghulam Muhammad
C ) Kh Nazim-ud-Din ✅
D ) Ch Mohammad Ali

92 - Javed Iqbal is chairman of the:

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

93 - Pakistan's first ambassador in the United States was:

A ) M. A. H Isphani
B ) Patras Bukhari ✅
C ) K. K Aziz
D ) None of these

94 - Nehru Report was produced by Motilal Nehru in...

A ) 1925
B ) 1928 ✅
C ) 1930
D ) 1932

Explanation:
  1. The Nehru Report was presented by Motilal Nehru in 1928.The two Muslims who contributed to writing the Nehru Report in 1928 were Sir Ali Imam and Shoaib Qureshi were Muslim members of Nehru Report.
  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah proposed three key amendments to the Nehru Report during the All Parties Conference in 1928.  The Three Amendments Proposed by Jinnah to the Nehru Report:(1.)Separate Electorates( 2)One-Third Representation for Muslims in All Legislatures(3 )Protection of Muslim Rights in Religion, Culture, and Education:
  3. Reject Report Muhammad Ali Jinnah (  Rejected between late 1928 and early 1929 by most major political and communal groups.)The Indian National Congress officially endorsed the Nehru Report at its Lucknow Session in 1928, though not all members agreed with every clause.After the Nehru Report was published in 1928,  Jinnah presented them on 28 March 1929 at the All India Muslim League session in Delhi. The Fourteen Points later became the cornerstone of Muslim political thinking in British India.
  4. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah proposed several amendments to the Nehru Report (1928) in an attempt to make it acceptable to Indian Muslims. These were presented during the All Parties Conference and are known as his "Delhi Proposals" (1927), which later formed the basis for his Fourteen Points (1929).
  5. The Nehru Report committee was chaired by Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru's father. The committee was formed to outline a constitutional framework for India.These Fourteen Points, presented in 1929, summarized the political, cultural, and religious rights that Muslims in India demanded to be safeguarded in any future constitutional arrangement. They were a response to the Nehru Report (1928), which Jinnah and the Muslim League felt did not provide adequate protection for Muslim interests.
  6. The "Nehru Report" was prepared by: Motilal Nehru (not Jawaharlal Nehru),as the chairman of the All Parties Conference Committee in 1928.Nehru Report was prepared by Motilal Nehru (1928) Lucknow,  in British India.
  7. In the Nehru Report (1928), Hindustani was suggested as the National Language of India.
  8. Delhi Proposals were presented by Muslim League leaders, especially Muhammad Ali Jinnah (March1927 in Delhi)

96 - When did Sir Syed Ahmad khan died ?

A ) 1896 AD
B ) 1897 AD
C ) 1895 AD
D ) 1898 AD ✅

98 - روزن دیوار" سے کے نام سے کس صحافی کا کالم جنگ اخبار میں چھپتا ہے؟"

A ) عطاء الحق قاسمی ✅
B ) جاوید چوہدری
C ) حامدمیر
D ) اوریا مقبول جان

99 - اردو کلاسیکل اور جدید شاعری کا سنگم کس شاعر کو قرار دیا جاتا ہے؟

A ) مولانا محمد حسین آزاد
B ) خواجہ الطاف حسین حالی ✅
C ) مولانا حسرت موہانی
D ) علامہ اقبال