PPSC solved past paper

Naib Tehisldar BPS-14 General knowledge Revenue department

2022

1. Match the following English proverb with Urdu equivalent:

A guilty conscience needs no accuser

‫چور کی داڑھی میں تنکا‬

2. Choose the meaning of Urdu word

(A) All of asudden

(B) Distressed

(C) Restlessness

(D) None of these

3. Choose the best English Translation from the given options:

‫باوثوئق ذرائع سے‬

(A) Straight from the horse’s mouth

(B) Straight from officials

(C) Straight from the

(D) Straight from the box lion's mouth

4. Match the following English proverb with Urdu equivalent:

A rolling stone gather no mass

‫دھوبی کا کتا نہ گھر کا نہ گاٹ کا‬

5. Choose the best Urdu translation of word:

Adjourn
‫ملتوی کرنا‬

6. Match the following English proverb with Urdu equivalent

: More to it than meets the eye

‫دال میں کاال‬

7. Choose the best Urdu translation from the given options:

Bread and Butter

‫روزگار‬

8. Choose the meaning of Urdu word:

‫اضطرار‬

(A) Restlessness

(B) Forbearance

(C) Anguish

(D) All of a sudde

9. Choose the best English Translation of the word:
‫اندھوں میں کارنا راجہ‬

(A) A figure among ciphers

(B) A king in the palace

(C) A prince in wilderness

(D) Great braggart, little doers

10. Choose the best given options: Reconcile

‫صلح کرنا‬

11. Choose the correct phrasal verbs to complete the following sentence:

Iam sure you will ___ your fears gradually.

(A) Come over

(B) Get over

(C) Control over

(D) None of these

12. Choose the pair of words that best express a relationship

similar to that expressed in the original pair.
Diffident: Arrogant
(A) Agony: Pain

(B) Fearful: Timid

(C) Energetic: Lucky

(D) Day: Night

13. Choose the correct phrasal verbs to complete

the following sentence.

The children were all at the table waiting for the mother to____

(A) Dish out

(B) Dish up

(C) Dish in

(D) None of these

14. Find out appropriate phrasal verb.

My information does not the report which has just been presented.

(A) Accord to

(B) Accord in

(C) Accord with

(D) Accord from

15. Choose the best meaning of Idiomatic phrase:
A burning question

(A) A confusing question

(B) A simple question

(C) A forgotten issue

(D) An important question

16. Choose the ONE from the following options which exhibits the
same analogy as established in the last two
words. Slack: : Plucky: Courageous

(A) Tight

(B) Silent

(C) Negligent

(D) Cowardly

17. Choose the best meaning of Idiomatic phrase:

A lion’s share

(A) The part of a lion

(B) The share of a lion

(C) Major part

(D) The lion's escape

18. Find out appropriate analogy:
Weightlifter:

Strength:

(A) Goalie: Skill

(B) Dancer: Speed

(C) Marathoner: Endurance

(D) Hiker: Agility

19. Choose the best meaning of Idiomatic phrase:

A square meal

(A) A good diet

(B) A full meal

(C) A timely meal

(D) A proper diet

20. To “Iron out” means to

(A) Complete small details

(B) Make problems

(C) Plan ahead

(D) None of these (Solve problems)

21. Choose the ONE from the following options which exhibits the
same analogy as established in the last two

words. Forgo:____ : Undo: Reverse

(A) Go (B) Begin (C) Renounce (D) Forget

22. Choose the ONE from the following options which exhibits, the
same analogy as established in the last two ‘
words. Spelunker:____ : Astronomer: Space 4
(A) Spaceship

(B) Light

(C) Cave

(D) Wave

23. Find the appropriate analogy:

Shepherd: Sheep

(A) Sociologist: Statistics

(B) Driver: Conveyances

(C) Gardner: Plants

(D) Artist: Murals

24. Give the meaning of Idiom:
To was one’s dirty linen in public

(A) To criticize one's nature in public

(B) To quarrel in the open

(C) To do some ugly work in public

(D) To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence’ of strangers

25. Find out appropriate phrasal verb.

Whether I pay or my wife pays the same thing.

(A) Amounts to

(B) Amounts in

(C) Amounts into

(D) Amounts for

26. Give the meaning of Idiom:

To throw down the glove

(A) To resort to wrong tactics

(B) To give a challenge

(C) To accept defeat

(D) To reject the prize

27. Select the meaning of idiom between double quotes from given
options.
He didn't bat an eye” means the same as

(A) He didn't see

(B) He wasn't happy

(C) He didn't show surprise

(D) None of these

28. Select the meaning of idiom between double quotes from given
options.
To "Jump on the bandwagon" means to

(A) Continue

(B) Rest

(C) Join in

(D) None of these

29. Choose the best meaning of Idiomatic phrase.

To cross swords

(A) To fight

(B) To defend
(C) To kill

(D) To rob

30. Choose the best meaning of Idiomatic phrase:

Hallmark

(A) A big mark

(B) A spot

(C) Genuine excellence

(D) Grand

31. Choose the word that best complete the meaning of the
sentence.

Behaving in a_____& and serious way,even in a____ situation, makes people respect
you.

(A) calm, difficult

(B) squally, astounding

(C) silly, sound

(D) flamboyant, tricky

32. Choose the sentence with correct use of punctuation marks.

(A) I never want to see you again, she screamed

(B) “I never want to see you, again”, she screamed

{C) “I never want to see you, again!”, she screamed

(D) “I. never want to see you again”, she screamed

33. Complete the sentence by picking up suitable option from the

given below:
I couldn't solve the problem so

(A) I telephoned the police

(B) I called an ambulance

(C) I asked my father to help me

{D) | answered the advertisement

34. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in.
the blank, to make the . sentence meaningfully complete.
These essays are intellectually and represent various levels of complexity

(A) Superior

(B) Revealing

(C) Modern

(D) Demanding

35. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in-
the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
A solution may not be in sight, but the important thing was to get
a____ between them started.

(A) Conflict
(B) Debate

(C) Dialogue

(D) Conversation

36. Pick out sentence, with correct use of punctuation marks.

(A) Asif and Ali, the business partners, were meeting for their new project.

(B) Asif, and Alt, the business partners were meeting for their new project,

(C) Asif and Ali the business partners, were meeting for their new project.

(D) Asif and Ali the business partners were meeting for their new project.

37. Choose one of the sentences with the correct use of capital
letters:
(A) “you are my best friend,” she said, “and | have no doubt about it”.

(B) “You are my best friend, She said, “and I] have no doubt about it”.

(C) "You are my best friend, she said, “and 1 have no doubt about it”.

(D) “You are my best friend, She said, “And | have no doubt about it”.

38. Select the correct sentence:

The teacher beat me by a stick.

(A) The teacher beats me by a stick.

(B) Ihe teacher beat me the stick.

(C) The teacher beat me with a stick.

(D) Choose the correct sentence:

39. This cloth is more superior than that.

(A) This cloth is more superior than that.

(B) This cloth is superior than that.

(C) This cloth is more superior to that.

(D) This cloth is superior to that.

40. Complete the sentence by picking up suitable option from the

given below:
Although he eats a lot,

(A) He is losing weight

(B) He is gaining weight

(C) He is getting fatter

(D) He is putting on weight

41, Pick out the correct sentence from the given options.
(A) He reads Dawn.

(B) Ile is reads Dawn.

(C) He reads the Dawn.

(D) He should reads Dawn.

42. Select the correct sentence.
(A) Do not seize my hand so tightly

(B) Do not pat my hand so tightly

(C) Do not grab my hand so tightly

(D) Do not hold my hand, so tightly

43. Select the correct sentence

(A) Did not you hear me? Yes I did not

(B) Did not you hear me? No 1 did not

(C) Did not you hears me? Yes I did not

(D) Did not you heard me? No I did not

44. Select sentence with correct use. of punctuation, marks.

(A) Mr. Hubert the old man remembered, understood and flushed with anger.

(B) Mr. Hubert, the old man, remembered, understood and flushed with anger.

(C) Mr. Hubert, the old man remembered understood and flushed with anger.

(D) Mr. Hubert, the old man remembered, understood and flushed with anger.
45. Select the correct sentence

(A) The fort is a worth seeing building.

(B) The fort is my worth seeing building.

(C) The fort is very worth seeing.

(D) The fort is a building worth seeing.

46. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in
the blank, to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

His interest in the study of human behavior in indeed very

(A) Strong

(B) Large

(C) Broad

(D) Deep

47. Choose one of the sentences with the correct use of capital
letters.
(A) The Polar Expedition the world’s first cruise Ship is all set to travel to the North Pole

(B) The polar expedition the world’s first Cruise Ship is all set to travel to the North Pole

(C) The Polar Expedition the World's first Cruise Ship is all set to travel to the north pole

(D) The Polar Expedition the. World's first Cruise Ship is all set to travel to the North Pole
48. Choose the correct sentence

You had better looked for some other options.

(A) You had better looked for some other options,

(B) You had. better looking for some other options.

(C) You had better looked to some other options.

(D) You had better look for some other options.

49. Complete the sentence: I felt as if

(A) Ile looked at me

(B) He throw my pen

(C) 1 were the center of

(D) | would have tainted the universe

50. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in
the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
He for Lahore without meeting me.

(A) Left (B) Had left (C) Have left (D) Leaves ‘

51. Select the correct sentence a My next door neighbor is dentist

and his wife is architect.
(A) will fail (B) fail (C) a, an (D) a, the

52. Choose the antonym: Barbarous

(A) Repulsive

(B) Civilized

(C) Compose

(D) None of these

53. Choose the best antonym: PEJORATIVE

(A) Defamatory

(B) Adulatory

(C) Symbolic

(D) Logical

54. Choose the ONE WORD SUBSITUTION from the options given
below:
An excessively greedy eater

(A) Gannet

(B) Garald

(C) Glutton

(D) Canniba}
55. Choose the antonym of Abolish.

(A) Repeal

(B) Eliminate

(C) Conserve

(D) Negate

56. Choose appropriate PREPOSITIONS to complete the centence

from the given options.
——_ Scandinavian countries teachers _____ are the best paid employees.

(A) In/ between

(B) Iin/among

(C) In/between

(D) From/in

57. Choose appropriate PREPOSITIONS to complete the sentence

from the given options.
He is ashamed______ his misconduct.

(A) with (B) of (C) for (D) at

58. Choose appropriate PREPOSITIONS to complete the sentence

from the given options.
We should stand_____ our friend.
(A) With (B) For (C) By (D) Around

59. Majid had a heart attack____ he was driving.

(A) When (B) Since (C) While (D) As

60. change of voice. Choose the correct option

Will you visit them?

(A) Will they be visited by you?

(B) Would they be visited by you?

(C) Will they visited by you?

(D) Will they been visited by you?

61. The sentence given below has a blank. Below the sentence are
given four options. One of which can fill in the bjank so as to match
the sentence complete arid meaningful. Spot it
He jumped____ the river.

(A) in (B) into (C) on. (D) over

62. Choose the synonym:

Dampen

(A) Dry (B) Censure. (C) Depress (D) Debonair

63. Choose correct antonym for: Pulchritudinous
(A) Pacifist

(B) Rare

(C) Smooth

(D) Unsightly

64. Change the voice of the following sentence:

The police is looking into the matter.

(A) Who is the police who is looking into the matter?

(B) Look into the matter, police

(C) The matter is being looked into by the police

(D) By which police the matter is being looked into?

65. The sentence given below has a blank. Below the sentence are
given four options. One of which can fill in the blank so as to match
the sentence complete and meaningful. Spot it
He jumped___ my offer.

(A) at (B) on (C) to (D) over

66. Choose the right option to complete the Indirect narration of

the direct speech given in quotation marks:
"What are you talking about?”The teacher asked me what.
(A) am I talking about

(B) I was talking about

(C) He is talking about

(D) was he talking about

67. Find out the word followed by appropriate preposition and fill in
the blank space.
The eagle swooped and____ a sleeping lizard.

(A) Carried up

(B) Carried down

(C) Carried off

(D) Carried in

68. Choose the synonym:

DEVOID

(A) Replete (B) Faithless (C) Hopeless (D) Bereft

69. Choose the antonym:

BARREN

(A) Radiant

(B) Fertile

(C) Besiege

(D) Reduce
70. Choose the best antonym:
VALIANT

(A) Diffident

(B) Vivacious

(C) Intellectual

(D) Adroit

71. Spot the substitute for the given sentence:

A speech delivered without preparation.

(A) Emigrate

(B) Exaggerate

(C) Extempore

(D) Excommunicate

72. Select one word that best matches the given explanation:
Not willing to tell people about things

(A) Dumb

(B) Reticent

(C) Quaint

(D) Queasy
73. Choose the correct article/subject-verb agreement from the
given options.
____opportunities you have got should not be missed.

(A) An (B) The (C)A (D) None of these

74, Choose the Synonym:

PESSIMIST

(A) Cynic

(B) Terrible

(C) Arrogant

(D) Immoral

75. Choose correct antonym:

Earnest

(A) Cheap

(B) Frivolous

(C) Release

(D) Civilized

76. Choose the best synonym:

INSOLENT.

(A) Disrespectful
(B) Doubtful

(C) Daring

(D) Deny

77. You cannot prevent____ people____ talking such serious

matter.
(A) by/over

(B) from/about

(C) from/ with

(D) None of these

78. ___Moon, has no____ light. It is bright because______ Sun shines

on it.
(A) The/-/the

(B) The/a/the

(C) -/-/the

(D) The/ the/ the

79. Choose the Antonym:

Fickle

(A) Spotless

(B) Industrious
(C) Welcome

(D) Loyal

80. Choose the option displaying correct spelling of the word.

_____experiments are being conducted in 28 Rome, Paris and London.

(A) Paralel

(B) Parallel

(C) Parallal

(D) Perralel

81. Choose the best antonym:

WRATH

(A) Delight

(B) Rage

(C) Anger

(D) Envy

82. Choose the correct article from the given options.

____organization, I told you about, helps _____elderly.

(A) An/an (B) The/an (C) An/the (D) The/the

83. The sentence given below has a blank. Below the sentence are
given four options. One of which can fill in the blank so as to match
the sentence complete and meaningful. Spot it.
It's imperative that, you study work abroad_____ strengthen your listening and
speaking skills.

(A) whereas

(B) so as to

(C) as long as

(D) unless

84. Choose correct synonym of:

Aficionado

(A) Novice

(B) Rival

(C) Devotee

(D) Agent

85. Change of speech. Choose the correct option.

“May you have a long life" he said to me.

(A) He wished me to have a long life,

(B) He wished that I might have a long life

(C) He wished to. me that [ may live long.

(D) He wished for me that I might had a long life.

86. Choose the best antonym of:
DEMUR

(A) Dissent

(B) Accept

(C) Boisterous

(D) None of these

87. Change of speech choose the correct option:

I said to him, “What is your plan"?

(A) I asked him what was his next plan

(B) | asked him that what was his next plan

(C) I asked him about his next plan

(D) I asked him what his next plan was

88. Choose the option displaying correct spelling of the word.

I managed to work for two hours without

(A) Interuption

(B) Interruption

(C) Intrupption

(D) Interupption
89. Choose the best synonym of:
TRIFLE

(A) Average

(B) Trivial

(C) Usual

(D) Timely

90. Choose the most appropriate conjunction to fill in the following

sentence:
_____he worked hard enough, he couldn't pass the exam.

(A) Even

(B) In case

(C) So

(D) Although

91. Choose the synonym of:

Accede

(A) Fail

(B) Compromise

(C) Correct

(D) Consent
92. Choose correct synonym of:
Iterate

(A) Unsettled

(B) Repeat

(C) Impoverish

(D) Announce

93. The sentence given below has a blank. Below the sentence are
given four options. One of which can fill in the blank so as to match
the sentence complete and meaningful. Spot it

The thieves broke_____ the house and broke-open the safe.

(A) in

(B) open

(C) out

(D) into

94. Choose the voice of the following sentence.

A present has been bought for our teacher.

(A) We bought a present for our teacher.

(B) They have bought our teacher a present.

(C) They bought a present for our teacher

(D) We have bought a present for our teacher

95. Choose the Antonym of:

Dank

(A) Clammy

(B) Droop

(C) Muggy

(D) Dry

96. Change of voice: Choose the correct option.

She is singing the song,

(A) The song is sung by her.

(B) The song has been sung by her.

(C) The song is being sung by her.

(D) The song was being sung by hen

97. Choose appropriate prepositions to complete the sentence

from the given options.
He depended_____ their meeting him_____ the railway station.

(A) for/at
(B) on/at

(C) at/at

(D) at/oh

98. Choose the Antonym of:

Facsimile

(A) Reproduction

(B) Sincere

(C) Original

(D) Engineered

99. Choose the Synonym of:

Abbreviation

(A) Short form

(B) Long form

(C) Medium form

(D) Para phrase

100. Choose the Antonym of:

Indolent

(A) Clumsy
(B) Obese

(C) Diligent

(D) Low