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PPSC Transport Sub Inspector • Solved Past Paper
PPSC TRANSPORT SUB INSPECTOR
Solved Past Paper MCQs | 1 November 2026 | Evening Session
اردو (URDU)
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وہ لفظ جس کے مجازی معنی مراد ہوں مگر حقیقی معنی بھی مراد لیے جا سکیں، کیا کہلاتا ہے؟
- A) تشبیہ
- B) استعارہ
- C) کنایہ ✓
- D) مجازِ مرسل
- 2
"ہاتھی کے پاؤں میں سب کا پاؤں" کا مطلب کیا ہے؟
- A) بڑے کے سامنے سب چھوٹے ہیچ ہیں؛ بڑے میں سب شامل ہیں ✓
- B) ہاتھی بہت طاقتور ہوتا ہے
- C) سب کو برابر حصہ ملنا چاہیے
- D) کمزور کو کچل دینا
- 3
"پہاڑی" کا اسم مکبر کیا ہے؟
- A) پہاڑ ✓
- B) پہاڑیا
- C) پہاڑوں
- D) پہڑیا
- 4
"بدیہہ گوئی" سے کیا مراد ہے؟
- A) پہلے سے سوچے بغیر فوراً شعر کہنا ✓
- B) طویل غور و فکر کے بعد شعر کہنا
- C) دوسروں کے اشعار سنانا
- D) نثر میں مضمون لکھنا
- 5
مسدسِ حالی کا اصل نام کیا ہے؟
- A) مد و جزرِ اسلام ✓
- B) شکوہ
- C) یادگارِ غالب
- D) حیاتِ جاوید
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چھ مصرعوں کے بند والی نظم کیا کہلاتی ہے؟
- A) مخمس
- B) مسدس ✓
- C) مثنوی
- D) رباعی
ISLAMIC STUDIES
- 7
The prayer offered during a lunar eclipse is called:
- A) Salat al-Kusuf
- B) Salat al-Khusuf ✓
- C) Salat al-Istisqa
- D) Salat al-Tasbih
- 8
Ghasil-ul-Malaika (the one bathed by the angels) is the title of:
- A) Hazrat Hamza (RA)
- B) Hazrat Hanzala (RA) ✓
- C) Hazrat Mus'ab bin Umair (RA)
- D) Hazrat Ja'far Tayyar (RA)
- 9
The event of Mi'raj is mentioned in which Surah?
- A) Surah Bani Israil (Al-Isra) ✓
- B) Surah Yaseen
- C) Surah Al-Kahf
- D) Surah Maryam
- 10
Hazrat Maymunah (RA), the last wife of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), belonged to which tribe?
- A) Banu Hashim
- B) Banu Hilal ✓
- C) Banu Makhzum
- D) Banu Umayyah
- 11
Hazrat Shoaib (AS) was sent to the people of:
- A) Madyan ✓
- B) Aad
- C) Thamud
- D) Sodom
- 12
After Surah Al-Fatiha, reciting at least how many short verses is wajib in prayer?
- A) One
- B) Two
- C) Three ✓
- D) Seven
- 13
Egypt was conquered (641 CE) by:
- A) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (RA)
- B) Hazrat Amr bin al-Aas (RA) ✓
- C) Hazrat Saad bin Abi Waqqas (RA)
- D) Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (RA)
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- 14
The 1928 session (20th) of the All India Muslim League was held at:
- A) Peshawar
- B) Calcutta ✓
- C) Lahore
- D) Delhi
- 15
Pakistan's territorial waters extend up to:
- A) 12 nautical miles ✓
- B) 24 nautical miles
- C) 200 nautical miles
- D) 350 nautical miles
- 16
Pakistan recognised Bangladesh on:
- A) 22 January 1974
- B) 22 February 1974 ✓
- C) 16 December 1971
- D) 2 July 1972
- 17
The first capital of Pakistan was:
- A) Lahore
- B) Rawalpindi
- C) Karachi ✓
- D) Islamabad
- 18
Islamabad formally became the capital of Pakistan in:
- A) 1959
- B) 1961
- C) 1967 ✓
- D) 1973
- 19
Which city is known as the "Eden of Sindh"?
- A) Larkana ✓
- B) Sukkur
- C) Hyderabad
- D) Thatta
- 20
The first oil discovery in Sindh (Khaskheli, 1981) was in which district?
- A) Badin ✓
- B) Sanghar
- C) Tharparkar
- D) Dadu
- 21
How many physiographic (physical) divisions does Pakistan have?
- A) 4
- B) 5
- C) 6 ✓
- D) 8
- 22
At independence, how many provinces did Pakistan have apart from East Bengal?
- A) 3
- B) 4 ✓
- C) 5
- D) 6
- 23
Who was the US President when Pakistan became independent in 1947?
- A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- B) Harry S. Truman ✓
- C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- D) John F. Kennedy
- 24
Uchali Lake is located in which district?
- A) Khushab ✓
- B) Chakwal
- C) Mianwali
- D) Jhelum
- 25
Where are the headquarters of the ISI?
- A) Rawalpindi
- B) Islamabad ✓
- C) Lahore
- D) Karachi
- 26
Pakistan established diplomatic relations with China on:
- A) 21 May 1951 ✓
- B) 14 August 1947
- C) 1 October 1949
- D) 2 March 1963
- 27
Taiwan separated from mainland China in:
- A) 1945
- B) 1949 ✓
- C) 1955
- D) 1971
- 28
The National Bank of Pakistan was established in:
- A) 1947
- B) 1948
- C) 1949 ✓
- D) 1956
- 29
Shah Waliullah was born in:
- A) 1703 ✓
- B) 1707
- C) 1720
- D) 1762
- 30
The Quit India Movement was launched in:
- A) 1940
- B) 1942 ✓
- C) 1945
- D) 1946
- 31
The Cripps Mission came to India in:
- A) 1940
- B) 1942 ✓
- C) 1945
- D) 1946
- 32
The East India Company came to the subcontinent for:
- A) Trade ✓
- B) Preaching Christianity
- C) Conquest
- D) Education
- 33
Which country has the most dams in the world?
- A) USA
- B) India
- C) China ✓
- D) Brazil
- 34
Victoria Falls lies on the border of:
- A) Zambia and Zimbabwe ✓
- B) Kenya and Tanzania
- C) Uganda and Kenya
- D) Zimbabwe and Mozambique
- 35
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in:
- A) Kenya
- B) Tanzania ✓
- C) Uganda
- D) Ethiopia
- 36
How many member states does the OIC have?
- A) 50
- B) 54
- C) 57 ✓
- D) 60
- 37
The ratio of length to width of the Olympic flag is:
- A) 2:1
- B) 3:2 ✓
- C) 5:3
- D) 4:3
CURRENT AFFAIRS
- 38
The World Economic Forum's 2026 Annual Meeting (19–23 January) was its:
- A) 54th
- B) 55th
- C) 56th ✓
- D) 57th
- 39
The SIMORGH supercomputer was developed by which country?
- A) Turkey
- B) Iran ✓
- C) Pakistan
- D) Saudi Arabia
- 40
Which Iranian ballistic missile, named after Qassem Soleimani, was used during the 2026 war?
- A) Haj Qasem ✓
- B) Shahab-3
- C) Fateh-110
- D) Sejjil
- 41
The World Economic Outlook report is published by:
- A) World Bank
- B) IMF ✓
- C) WTO
- D) UNDP
- 42
The World Development Report is published by:
- A) IMF
- B) World Bank ✓
- C) UNDP
- D) WEF
- 43
According to WHO, cases of which disease are projected to rise sharply by 2040?
- A) Malaria
- B) Cancer ✓
- C) Polio
- D) Tuberculosis
- 44
Which country's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement took effect in January 2026?
- A) USA ✓
- B) China
- C) Russia
- D) Brazil
- 45
Which country ratified the Paris Agreement in 2023?
- A) Eritrea ✓
- B) Iran
- C) Libya
- D) Turkey
- 46
The Paris Agreement replaced which earlier climate (environment-protection) treaty?
- A) Montreal Protocol
- B) Kyoto Protocol ✓
- C) Cartagena Protocol
- D) Nagoya Protocol
- 47
The 18th BRICS Summit (2026) was hosted by:
- A) Brazil
- B) Russia
- C) India ✓
- D) South Africa
- 48
In 2019 (Operation Peace Spring) Turkey targeted which group in northern Syria?
- A) ISIS
- B) Kurdish YPG / SDF ✓
- C) Hezbollah
- D) Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
- 49
In December 2025 the US carried out strikes on ISIS targets in which state of north-west Nigeria?
- A) Sokoto ✓
- B) Lagos
- C) Borno
- D) Kano
- 50
Shavkat Mirziyoyev is the President of:
- A) Kazakhstan
- B) Uzbekistan ✓
- C) Tajikistan
- D) Kyrgyzstan
- 51
The world's largest asset management company is:
- A) BlackRock ✓
- B) Vanguard
- C) Fidelity
- D) State Street
ENGLISH
- 52
Antonym of ADORN:
- A) Decorate
- B) Mar ✓
- C) Embellish
- D) Beautify
- 53
The taxi drew ____ in front of the shop and two ladies got out.
- A) up ✓
- B) on
- C) in
- D) off
- 54
Change the voice: "The results will be announced tomorrow."
- A) They will announce the results tomorrow. ✓
- B) They announced the results tomorrow.
- C) They would announce the results tomorrow.
- D) They will be announcing the results tomorrow.
- 55
We ____ food before the load-shedding began.
- A) have ordered
- B) had ordered ✓
- C) ordered have
- D) were order
- 56
Urdu meaning of the idiom "through thick and thin":
- A) اچھے برے حالات میں ✓
- B) موٹا اور پتلا
- C) جلد بازی میں
- D) خاموشی سے
- 57
I didn't buy any oranges as the shop was sold ____.
- A) out ✓
- B) off
- C) over
- D) up
- 58
Change the narration: He said to me, "Do it now."
- A) He ordered me to do it then. ✓
- B) He ordered me to do it now.
- C) He said me to do it now.
- D) He ordered that I do it now.
- 59
Change into passive: "HBL has given Ahmad a job."
- A) Ahmad has been given a job by HBL. ✓
- B) Ahmad has given a job by HBL.
- C) Ahmad was given a job by HBL.
- D) Ahmad had been given a job by HBL.
- 60
Meaning of BIGWIG:
- A) An important, influential person ✓
- B) A large wig
- C) A foolish person
- D) A big lie
- 61
Meaning of ASTONISHED:
- A) Amazed ✓
- B) Bored
- C) Angry
- D) Tired
- 62
Antonym of BULKY:
- A) Heavy
- B) Massive
- C) Slim ✓
- D) Large
- 63
Meaning of VEHEMENTLY:
- A) Forcefully ✓
- B) Quietly
- C) Hesitantly
- D) Carelessly
EVERYDAY SCIENCE & COMPUTER
- 64
The master gland of the endocrine system is the:
- A) Thyroid
- B) Pituitary ✓
- C) Adrenal
- D) Pancreas
- 65
Why do black clothes get hot (and dry faster) in the sun?
- A) They absorb all colours (wavelengths) of light ✓
- B) They reflect all light
- C) They are thinner
- D) They contain less water
- 66
Why should we not touch electrical appliances with wet hands?
- A) Water (with salts) conducts electricity and lowers the skin's resistance ✓
- B) Water is an insulator
- C) Wet hands produce static charge
- D) Water stops current
- 67
A combination of keys pressed together to do a task quickly is called a:
- A) Shortcut key (hotkey) ✓
- B) Function
- C) Toggle
- D) Macro virus
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
- 68
If 3^x = 10, then 3^(x − 1) = ?
- A) 9
- B) 10/3 ✓
- C) 30
- D) 7
- 69
60° out of 360° (in a pie chart) represents what percentage?
- A) 6%
- B) 16.67% ✓
- C) 25%
- D) 60%
- 70
If the 5th term of a geometric progression is three times its 2nd term, the common ratio is:
- A) 3
- B) ∛3 ✓
- C) √3
- D) 1/3
- 71
An item costs Rs 120. What is its price after a 15% discount?
- A) Rs 102 ✓
- B) Rs 105
- C) Rs 108
- D) Rs 98
- 72
A frequency distribution with a long left tail (and short right tail) is:
- A) Positively skewed
- B) Negatively skewed ✓
- C) Symmetrical
- D) Bimodal
- 73
Find the mode of: 2, 3, 5, 3, 7, 3, 5
- A) 3 ✓
- B) 5
- C) 7
- D) 2