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Ottawa is the capital city of:
Correct answer: B. Canada
Ottawa, in the province of Ontario, is Canada's capital. Toronto is its largest city.
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PPSC Junior Clerk (BS-11) Practice Paper 2
Practice paper100 MCQs90 minutesPublished 27 October 2026
A second full 100-MCQ practice paper for the PPSC Junior Clerk (BS-11) General Ability test, with new questions in every syllabus subject, answers and short explanations.
Written by our editorial team in the official pattern of the PPSC Junior Clerk (BS-11) written test. This is not a past paper: the questions are our own, and every answer was checked against reliable sources.
General Knowledge and Geography
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By land area, the largest country in the world is:
Correct answer: A. Russia
Russia spans about 17 million square kilometres across Europe and Asia, almost twice the size of Canada.
easy - 3
The River Thames flows through which capital city?
Correct answer: D. London
The Thames runs through London. Paris is on the Seine and Berlin on the Spree.
easy - 4
UNESCO has its headquarters in:
Correct answer: D. Paris
UNESCO, the UN agency for education, science and culture, is based in Paris.
medium - 5
The taka is the currency of:
Correct answer: A. Bangladesh
Bangladesh uses the taka. Nepal and Sri Lanka use rupees and Myanmar uses the kyat.
easy - 6
The Panama Canal links the Atlantic Ocean with the:
Correct answer: B. Pacific Ocean
The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama, so ships avoid sailing around South America.
easy - 7
Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is in:
Correct answer: D. Tanzania
Kilimanjaro (about 5,895 m) is in north-eastern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border.
medium - 8
Ankara is the capital of:
Correct answer: C. Turkey
Ankara became Turkey's capital in 1923. Istanbul is the largest city but not the capital.
easy - 9
Which continent has the largest number of countries?
Correct answer: D. Africa
Africa has 54 sovereign states recognised by the UN, more than any other continent.
medium - 10
Ships leaving the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz enter the:
Correct answer: A. Gulf of Oman
The strait lies between Iran and Oman; a large share of the world's oil exports passes through it.
medium - 11
In which city is the head office of the World Health Organization?
Correct answer: B. Geneva
The WHO was set up in 1948 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
easy - 12
The UN Security Council has how many permanent (veto-holding) members?
Correct answer: A. 5
The five permanent members are China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA. The council has 15 members in all.
easy - 13
The world's largest island (not counting Australia, a continent) is:
Correct answer: C. Greenland
Greenland covers about 2.1 million square kilometres; New Guinea is second.
medium - 14
Most of the Amazon rainforest lies in:
Correct answer: A. Brazil
About 60% of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil, with the rest shared by eight other countries and territories.
easy - 15
The Gobi Desert lies in China and:
Correct answer: B. Mongolia
The Gobi stretches across northern China and southern Mongolia.
medium
Pakistan Studies
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The Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940 was moved by:
Correct answer: A. A. K. Fazlul Haq
A. K. Fazlul Haq, then Chief Minister of Bengal, moved the resolution at the Muslim League session in Lahore.
medium - 17
The name "Pakistan" was first proposed in the pamphlet "Now or Never" (1933) by:
Correct answer: C. Chaudhry Rahmat Ali
Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, then a student at Cambridge, coined the name in 1933.
easy - 18
The Objectives Resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly in March:
Correct answer: A. 1949
Moved by Liaquat Ali Khan, it was passed on 12 March 1949 and later became the preamble of Pakistan's constitutions.
medium - 19
In which year was Pakistan admitted to the United Nations?
Correct answer: C. 1947
Pakistan joined the UN on 30 September 1947, about six weeks after independence.
medium - 20
Who drew up the master plan for Pakistan's capital, Islamabad?
Correct answer: A. Constantinos Doxiadis
Doxiadis Associates drew up the plan in 1960. Vedat Dalokay designed the Faisal Mosque.
hard - 21
Which is the longest river in Pakistan?
Correct answer: C. Indus
The Indus flows about 3,180 km from Tibet to the Arabian Sea near Karachi.
easy - 22
Khewra in the Jhelum district is famous for its:
Correct answer: B. Salt mine
The Khewra Salt Mine in the Salt Range is one of the oldest and largest rock-salt mines in the world.
easy - 23
Mangla Dam is built on the River:
Correct answer: D. Jhelum
Mangla Dam is on the Jhelum in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. Tarbela is on the Indus.
easy - 24
Pakistan's national animal is the:
Correct answer: B. Markhor
The markhor, a wild goat with spiral horns, is Pakistan's national animal.
easy - 25
In which year did Quaid-e-Azam put forward his Fourteen Points?
Correct answer: B. 1929
The Fourteen Points of March 1929 were the Muslim League's reply to the Nehru Report of 1928.
medium - 26
Pakistan carried out its nuclear tests of May 1998 in the hills of:
Correct answer: D. Chagai
The tests were held in the Ras Koh hills of Chagai district, Balochistan, on 28 and 30 May 1998.
medium - 27
Which mountain pass connects Pakistan with China?
Correct answer: D. Khunjerab Pass
The Karakoram Highway crosses the border at the Khunjerab Pass, about 4,700 m above sea level.
easy - 28
The Shandur Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan is famous for its annual:
Correct answer: D. Polo festival
Teams from Chitral and Gilgit play polo at Shandur, often called the highest polo ground in the world.
medium - 29
Dr Abdus Salam received the Nobel Prize in 1979 in the field of:
Correct answer: A. Physics
He shared the Physics prize for work on unifying the weak and electromagnetic forces.
easy - 30
Pakistan's largest city by population is:
Correct answer: A. Karachi
Karachi, the capital of Sindh, is Pakistan's largest city and main seaport.
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Islamic Studies
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Who was appointed as the first Muezzin of Islam?
Correct answer: C. Hazrat Bilal (RA)
The Holy Prophet ﷺ chose Hazrat Bilal (RA) for his beautiful voice to give the Azan in Madinah.
easy - 32
The Battle of Uhud took place in:
Correct answer: B. 3 AH
Uhud was fought in Shawwal 3 AH near Madinah, a year after the Battle of Badr.
easy - 33
Which is the shortest Surah of the Holy Quran?
Correct answer: D. Surah Al-Kawthar
Surah Al-Kawthar has only three short verses.
easy - 34
The Holy Prophet ﷺ migrated from Makkah to Madinah in the year:
Correct answer: C. 622 CE
The Hijrah took place in 622 CE and marks the start of the Islamic calendar.
easy - 35
The usual rate of Zakat on savings and trade goods is:
Correct answer: A. 2.5%
Zakat is one-fortieth (2.5%) of wealth held above the nisab for a full lunar year.
easy - 36
Bismillah is not written at the start of which Surah?
Correct answer: A. Surah At-Tawbah
Surah At-Tawbah (Bara'at) is the only Surah that does not open with Bismillah.
medium - 37
The Prophet who remained in the belly of a fish was:
Correct answer: B. Hazrat Yunus (AS)
Hazrat Yunus (AS) prayed from inside the fish and was saved; Surah Yunus is named after him.
easy - 38
The Zaboor was revealed to:
Correct answer: D. Hazrat Dawood (AS)
The Zaboor (Psalms) was given to Hazrat Dawood (AS), the Taurat to Musa (AS) and the Injeel to Isa (AS).
easy - 39
The first mosque built by the Holy Prophet ﷺ was:
Correct answer: B. Masjid Quba
Masjid Quba was built on the outskirts of Madinah during the Hijrah, before Masjid-e-Nabawi.
easy - 40
According to Surah Al-Qadr, Laylat al-Qadr is better than:
Correct answer: C. A thousand months
The Surah says the Night of Decree is better than a thousand months (Al-Qadr 97:3).
easy - 41
The first woman to accept Islam was:
Correct answer: B. Hazrat Khadija (RA)
Hazrat Khadija (RA), the Prophet's ﷺ first wife, was the first person to believe in his message.
easy - 42
The Conquest of Makkah (Fatah Makkah) took place in:
Correct answer: C. 8 AH
The Conquest of Makkah took place in Ramadan 8 AH, almost without bloodshed.
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Basic Mathematics
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What is 25% of 360?
Correct answer: C. 90
25% is one quarter, and 360 ÷ 4 = 90.
easy - 44
If x + 7 = 19, then x equals:
Correct answer: D. 12
Subtract 7 from both sides: x = 19 − 7 = 12.
easy - 45
The highest common factor (HCF) of 24 and 36 is:
Correct answer: D. 12
24 = 2³ × 3 and 36 = 2² × 3², so the HCF = 2² × 3 = 12. (72 is their LCM.)
easy - 46
The decimal 0.25 written as a fraction in lowest terms is:
Correct answer: B. 1/4
0.25 = 25/100, which simplifies to 1/4.
easy - 47
A shirt marked Rs. 1,200 is sold at a 15% discount. The sale price is:
Correct answer: A. Rs. 1,020
Discount = 15% of 1,200 = 180, so the price is 1,200 − 180 = Rs. 1,020.
easy - 48
The three angles of any triangle add up to:
Correct answer: B. 180°
The interior angles of every triangle total 180°; a quadrilateral's total 360°.
easy - 49
Convert 72 km/h into metres per second:
Correct answer: C. 20 m/s
To convert km/h to m/s multiply by 5/18: 72 × 5 ÷ 18 = 20 m/s.
medium - 50
The average of the first ten natural numbers (1 to 10) is:
Correct answer: B. 5.5
Their sum is 55, and 55 ÷ 10 = 5.5.
easy - 51
3/4 + 1/8 equals:
Correct answer: C. 7/8
3/4 = 6/8, and 6/8 + 1/8 = 7/8.
easy - 52
Rs. 1,500 is shared in the ratio 2 : 3. The larger share is:
Correct answer: D. Rs. 900
5 parts = 1,500, so one part = 300 and the larger share = 3 × 300 = Rs. 900.
easy - 53
Find the next number: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?
Correct answer: D. 37
The gaps are 3, 5, 7, 9, so the next gap is 11: 26 + 11 = 37 (each term is n² + 1).
medium - 54
A price falls from Rs. 500 to Rs. 400. The percentage decrease is:
Correct answer: A. 20%
The fall is 100 on the original 500: 100 ÷ 500 × 100 = 20%.
medium
English
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Choose the word closest in meaning to BENEVOLENT:
Correct answer: C. Kind
A benevolent person is kind and wishes to do good for others.
medium - 56
Choose the word opposite in meaning to VICTORY:
Correct answer: A. Defeat
Victory means winning; defeat means losing. Triumph and success are synonyms.
easy - 57
Choose the word closest in meaning to OBSTINATE:
Correct answer: C. Stubborn
An obstinate person refuses to change their mind, that is, stubborn.
medium - 58
Choose the word opposite in meaning to GENEROUS:
Correct answer: D. Stingy
Generous means willing to give freely; stingy means unwilling to spend or give.
easy - 59
Pick the correctly spelled word:
Correct answer: B. Necessary
Necessary has one c and a double s: n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y.
medium - 60
Fill in the blank: The man was accused ___ theft.
Correct answer: D. of
"Accuse" takes "of": accused of theft. (We say "charged with" theft.)
easy - 61
Fill in the blank: The train had left before we ___ the station.
Correct answer: D. reached
The earlier action uses the past perfect (had left) and the later action the simple past (reached).
medium - 62
The plural of "analysis" is:
Correct answer: B. Analyses
Nouns ending in -is change to -es in the plural: analysis → analyses, crisis → crises.
medium - 63
The idiom "to burn the midnight oil" means:
Correct answer: B. To work or study late into the night
Example: "Before the test she burned the midnight oil every day."
easy - 64
One word for "a speech made without any preparation" is:
Correct answer: B. Extempore
An extempore speech is given on the spot. A soliloquy is a character speaking alone on stage.
medium - 65
Choose the correct indirect form of: He said, "I am tired."
Correct answer: D. He said that he was tired.
After a past reporting verb, "am" changes to "was" and "I" changes to "he".
medium - 66
Fill in the blank: ___ Indus is the longest river in Pakistan.
Correct answer: A. The
Names of rivers, seas and oceans take "the": the Indus, the Arabian Sea.
easy - 67
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Correct answer: C. Each of the boys has a book.
"Each" is singular, so it takes a singular verb (has), and "of the" is followed by a plural noun (boys).
medium - 68
In the sentence "She ran quickly", the word "quickly" is:
Correct answer: A. An adverb
"Quickly" tells us how she ran, so it is an adverb modifying the verb "ran".
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Urdu
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پطرس بخاری کس صنف میں مشہور ہیں؟
درست جواب: ج. مزاح نگاری
پطرس بخاری اپنے مزاحیہ مضامین، خاص طور پر "پطرس کے مضامین" کی وجہ سے مشہور ہیں۔
easy - 70
ناول "آگ کا دریا" کس کا لکھا ہوا ہے؟
درست جواب: د. قرۃ العین حیدر
قرۃ العین حیدر کا یہ ناول ۱۹۵۹ء میں شائع ہوا اور اردو کے بڑے ناولوں میں شمار ہوتا ہے۔
medium - 71
لفظ "علم" کی جمع کیا ہے؟
درست جواب: الف. علوم
علم کی جمع علوم ہے، جبکہ علما عالم کی جمع ہے۔
medium - 72
لفظ "آسمان" کا ہم معنی لفظ کون سا ہے؟
درست جواب: ج. فلک
فلک اور آسمان ہم معنی ہیں۔
easy - 73
لفظ "امیر" کا متضاد کیا ہے؟
درست جواب: د. غریب
امیر یعنی مال دار، اس کا الٹ غریب ہے۔
easy - 74
محاورہ "آستین کا سانپ" کس کے لیے بولا جاتا ہے؟
درست جواب: ج. دوست نما دشمن
جو قریب رہ کر دوستی کا دعویٰ کرے مگر نقصان پہنچائے اسے آستین کا سانپ کہتے ہیں۔
easy - 75
"شاعرِ مشرق" کس کا لقب ہے؟
درست جواب: ج. علامہ اقبال
علامہ محمد اقبال کو شاعرِ مشرق کہا جاتا ہے۔
easy - 76
لفظ "بادشاہ" کا مؤنث کیا ہے؟
درست جواب: الف. ملکہ
بادشاہ کا مؤنث ملکہ ہے، جبکہ شہزادی شہزادے کا مؤنث ہے۔
easy - 77
اردو عام طور پر کس خط میں لکھی جاتی ہے؟
درست جواب: الف. نستعلیق
اردو فارسی-عربی رسم الخط میں لکھی جاتی ہے اور اس کا رائج انداز نستعلیق ہے۔
medium - 78
"یادوں کی بارات" کس کی خود نوشت ہے؟
درست جواب: د. جوش ملیح آبادی
یادوں کی بارات جوش ملیح آبادی کی آپ بیتی ہے۔ "شہاب نامہ" قدرت اللہ شہاب کی ہے۔
medium
Everyday Science
- 79
Which gas makes up the largest part of the Earth's atmosphere?
Correct answer: A. Nitrogen
Air is about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen; carbon dioxide is only a tiny fraction.
easy - 80
A shortage of iron in the diet mainly causes:
Correct answer: A. Anaemia
Iron is needed to make haemoglobin; too little leads to anaemia. Goitre is linked to iodine.
easy - 81
Under normal atmospheric pressure, pure water boils at:
Correct answer: B. 100 °C
Water boils at 100 °C (212 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure; at high altitude it boils lower.
easy - 82
Which planet is called the Red Planet because of the rusty colour of its soil?
Correct answer: B. Mars
Iron oxide (rust) in its soil gives Mars its reddish colour.
easy - 83
The hardest natural substance known is:
Correct answer: C. Diamond
Diamond, a form of carbon, is the hardest natural material and is used in cutting tools.
easy - 84
An adult human skeleton has how many bones?
Correct answer: B. 206
A baby is born with about 300 bones, and many fuse to leave 206 in an adult.
easy - 85
Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?
Correct answer: B. Barometer
A barometer measures air pressure; a hygrometer measures humidity.
easy - 86
The pH of pure water at 25 °C is:
Correct answer: C. 7
pH 7 is neutral. Acids are below 7 and bases are above 7.
easy - 87
A lack of vitamin C in the diet causes:
Correct answer: A. Scurvy
Scurvy causes bleeding gums and weakness. Rickets is linked to vitamin D and beriberi to vitamin B1.
easy - 88
Through which of these can sound NOT travel?
Correct answer: A. A vacuum
Sound needs a medium to carry its vibrations, so it cannot pass through empty space.
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Basic Computer Skills
- 89
In most programs, pressing Ctrl + S will:
Correct answer: B. Save the file
Ctrl + S saves; Ctrl + A selects all and Ctrl + N opens a new file.
easy - 90
A document printed on paper is called a:
Correct answer: C. Hard copy
A hard copy is a physical printout; a soft copy is the electronic file.
easy - 91
One byte is made up of how many bits?
Correct answer: B. 8
A byte is 8 bits, enough to store one character such as a letter or digit.
easy - 92
Which Excel function adds up all the numbers in a range of cells?
Correct answer: C. SUM
=SUM(A1:A10) adds the values; COUNT counts number cells and AVERAGE gives the mean.
easy - 93
The keyboard shortcut to select all text in a document is:
Correct answer: B. Ctrl + A
Ctrl + A selects everything. In Word, Ctrl + E and Ctrl + L align text centre and left.
easy - 94
In internet addresses, WWW stands for:
Correct answer: D. World Wide Web
The World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, is the system of linked web pages.
easy - 95
Which type of memory keeps its contents when the computer is switched off and is mainly read, not written?
Correct answer: C. ROM
ROM (Read-Only Memory) is non-volatile; it stores start-up instructions such as the BIOS.
medium - 96
Files saved in MS Excel 2007 or later have the default extension:
Correct answer: C. .xlsx
Excel 2007 introduced .xlsx; .xls was the older format and .docx belongs to Word.
easy - 97
MS PowerPoint is mainly used to create:
Correct answer: A. Slide presentations
PowerPoint builds slide shows. Excel is for spreadsheets and Access for databases.
easy - 98
Which key deletes the character to the left of the cursor?
Correct answer: A. Backspace
Backspace removes the character to the left; Delete removes the one to the right.
easy - 99
A computer virus is:
Correct answer: C. A program that harms or spreads to other files and computers
A virus is malicious software that copies itself and can damage data; antivirus programs detect it.
easy - 100
Which of these is a web browser?
Correct answer: B. Mozilla Firefox
Firefox opens web pages, like Chrome and Edge. Access, Paint and Notepad are other kinds of programs.
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