PPSC Computer Operator (BS-12) Solved Past Paper 2019
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF COMPUTER OPERATOR (BS-12) (HELD ON 24.03.2019)
1. A normal CD-ROM can usually store upto data.(A) 680 GB
(B) 680 KB
(C) 680 Bytes
(D) 680 MB ✓
2. Which of the following is not an operating system?
(A) Oracle
(B) DOS
(C) Linux ✓
(D) Windows
3. To create a table of columns and rows for mathematical calculation or statistical representation, which programme is used?
(A) Auto CAD
(B) Excel ✓
(C) Word Pad
(D) Word Perfect
4. Hard copy of document is:
(A) Save copy
(B) Scanned copy
(C) Print out ✓
(D) Display copy
5. Internet is:
(A) Display System
(B) Network of Networks ✓
(C) Scanning Technology
(D) Search Engine
6. is done to protect data and passwords.
(A) Verification
(B) Authentication
(C) Encryption ✓
(D) Authorization
7. WWW stands for
(A) Wrestling & Wildlife Web
(B) World Wrestling Web
(C) World Wildlife Web
(D) Worldwide web ✓
8. Small files that are deposited on user’s hard drive when they visit a website are best described as:
(A) Trackers
(B) Cookies ✓
(C) Profiles
(D) Codes
9. The browsers keep a list of web pages you have visited in the current session.
(A) Trail
(B) Cache ✓
(C) Favorites
(D) History
10. A certificate is a notice that guarantees a user or a website is legitimate.
(A) Digital ✓
(B) Protected
(C) Secure
(D) Assigned
11. Measuring unit of capacity of a hard disk to save data is:
(A) Watt
(B) GB ✓
(C) Newton
(D) Ghz
12. What are three most popular social networking websites today?
(A) Zorpia, Netlog, Habbo
(B) Facebook, Bebo, Blogster
(C) Facebook, Myspace, Twitter ✓
(D) Google, Yahoo, Bing
13. In MS Word, shortcut ‘Shift+Delete’ is used to:
(A) Create a shortcut to selected item
(B) Copy the selected item
(C) Rename the selected item
(D) Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in recycle bin ✓
14. From which menu, you can insert the Header and Footer?
(A) Insert Menu ✓
(B) View Menu
(C) Tools Menu
(D) Format Menu
15. Which of the following is not a
16. Which is the following is correct form of an email address?
(A) ppsc@punjab.gov.pk ✓
(B) punjab.gov.pk@ppsc
(C) ppsc@http://www.punjab.gov.pk
(D) ppsc punjab.com
17. Whithin a browser, what does a Home do?
(A) Displays the content of your designated start page ✓
(B) Enters your home address into
(C) Takes you to the previously visited
(D Adds your email address to your email message
18 Which of the following is a URL?
(A) www.yahoo.com ✓
(B) Searchainternet.net
(C) internet Explorer
(D) Netscape
19. When you friend someone on a social networking site, what does this allow him to see?
(A) Nothing, the same as everyone else
(B) He can see all of things you put on private so only friends can see
(C) He can see just your picture ✓
(D) A and C
20. Who is the founder of the social media network “Facebook”?
(A) Steve Wozniak
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) MarkZuckerberg ✓
21. The minimum number of rows and columns in MS Word document is:
(A) 2 and 2
(B) 2 and 1
(C) land 2
(D) 1 and 1 ✓
22. What is the smallest font size
(A) 78
(B) 72 ✓
(C) 75
(D) 68
23. What is the largest font size available in the font size tool on formatting toolbar?
(A) 8 ✓
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
24. Selecting text means selecting
(A) A word
(B) An entire sentence
(C) Whole document ✓
(D) None of these
25. Which key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS Word?
(A) Ctrl + Enter
(B) Enter key ✓
(C.) Shift + Enter
(D) Down cursor key
26. Which of the following is a graphic solution for processor?
(A) Clip Art ✓
(B) Word Art
(C) Drop Cap
(D) None of these
27. The most widely used internet search engine in the world is:
(A) MSN
(B) Google ✓
(C) Yahoo
(D) YouTube
28. Any crime that involves a computer and internet is:
(A) Organized Crime
(B) Cyber Crime ✓
(C) Professional Crime
(D) Social Crime
29. The use of computer is attractive because of its:
(A) Accuracy
(B) Reliability
(C) Speed
(D) All of the above ✓
30. A computer mainly consists of electronic:
(A) Parts
(B) Devices ✓
(C) Chips
(D) Circuits
31. Modern computers compared to earlier computers are:
(A) Faster and smaller ✓
(B) Larger and stronger
(C) Slower but more reliable
(D) Faster and larger
32. Find the odd man out.
(A) Coaxial cable
(B) Microwaves ✓
(C) Optical fiber
(D) Twisted pair wire
33. To have your macro available to all new documents you create, store it in:
(A) My Documents
(B) Quick Access
(C) The Normal Template ✓
(D) The Macro Gallery
34. To move to the previous cell in a table inserted in a document, press:
(A) The Tab Key
(B) Alt + Tab
(C) Shift + Tab ✓
(D) Backspace
35. To get step-by-step instructions as you go through the word mail merge process, use:
(A) A template ✓
(B) The mail merge wizard
(C) The mailing table
(D) A macro
36. A _______ is a major database object used to display information in a printable page format.
(A) Form
(B) Query
(C) Report ✓
(D) Table
37. The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20% is:
(A) 40%
(B) 42%
(C) 44% ✓
(D) 46%
38. When inserting a graphic into a worksheet, you could go to cell A1 by pressing:
(A) SHIFT + HOME
(B) CTRL + HOME ✓
(C) ENTER + HOME
(D) ALT + HOME
39. To be compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Word, a Word 2013 document should be saved with this extension:
(A) .docx
(B) .doc ✓
(C) .txt
(D) .rft
40. Which option displays fill color in alternate rows in an Excel Table?
(A) Banded Rows ✓
(B) First Row
(C) Last Row
(D) Filled Rows
41. What function displays row data in a column or column data in a row?
(A) Hyperlink
(B) Index
(C) Transpose ✓
(D) Rows
42. When typing character search criteria, Excel matches fields based on: *
(A) Alphabetical order ✓
(B) Capitalization
(C) Spelling
(D) Primary records
43. What Do-while is an _____ loop.
(A) Entry control
(B) Exit control ✓
(C) Entry enrolled
(D) None of these
44. What should follow the sheet name in a 3-D formula?
(A) Colon
(B) Parentheses
(C) Period
(D) Exclamation point ✓
45. Excel would evaluate the formula, =2010 ✓58, and return this answer.
(A) 5
(B) 6.25
(C) 320 ✓
(D) 232
46. What do you see if you hover the mouse over a chart object?
(A) Key Tip
(B) Screen Tip ✓
(C) Chart Tip
(D) Chart Key
47. There are two different ways to insert content from one application into another-embedding and:
(A) Importing
(B) Integrating
(C) Linking ✓
(D) Bookmarking
48. What term describes a feature that gives Excel enhanced capability?
(A) Trend lining
(B) Enhancement bit
(C) Thumbnail
(D) Add-in ✓
49. A cube has a volume of 8 cubic meters. If each side is doubled in length, what will its new volume be in cubic meters?
(A) 16
(B) 32
(G) 48
(D) 64 ✓
50. The best tool to use to create a hierarchical flow chart in Word is:
(A) Word Art
(B) Shapes
(C) Smart Art ✓
(D) Tables
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(A) Karachi ✓
(B) Mianwali
(C) Peshawar
(D) Islamabad
52. Gomal2 University is in:
(A) Quetta
(B) D.G. Khan
(C) Peshawar
(D) Dera Ismail Khan ✓
53. Diamer Bhasha Dam3 is being constructed in:
(A) Balochistan
(B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(C) Gilgit-Baltistan ✓
(D) Sindh
54. Earth’s axis at present is titled by:
(A) 23.5 degree ✓
(B) 25 degree
(C) 21 degree
(D) 21.5 degree
55. The 10th BRICS4 Summit-2018, meeting was held in South Africa, which countries comprise the BRICS group?
(A) Belgium, Russia, India, Canada, Spain
(B) Bangladesh, Russia, India, China, Sri Lanka
(C) Brazil, Russia, India, China, Scandinavia
(D) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa ✓
56. Who is called the ‘Father of Computers’?
(A) Charles Babbage ✓
(B) Thomas Kurtz
(C) Konrad zuse
(D) Bill Gates
57. Last Annual Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held during June 2017, at the location of
(A) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(B) Dushanbe, Tajikistan
(C) Astana, Kazakhstan ✓
(D) Beijing, China
58. The car front is slowing down.
(A) In ✓
(B) On
(C) About
(D) Of
59. ‘Nippon’ is stock exchange market of:
(A) Tokyo ✓
(B) London
(C) New York
(D) None of these
60. Which UN agency deals with matters relating to children?
(A) UNESCO
(B) UNICEF ✓
(C) UNHCR
(D) UNCTAD
61. Who had coined the phrase Survival of the fittest.
(A) Charles Darwin ✓
(B) Herbert Spencer
(C) Alfred Wallace
(D) Erasmus Darwin
62. Which of the following was constructed by Emperor Shahjahan?
(A) Shalimar Garden ✓
(B) Badshahi Mosque
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
63. Which of the following is not a main organ of the United Nations?
(A) ILO ✓
(B) Security Council
(C) General Assembly
(D) International Court of Justice
64. Presidency of the UN Security Council rotates among the member states of the council:
(A) Every 6 months
(B) Every 3 months
(C) Every year
(D) Every month ✓
65. Which of the following is not related to disarmament?
(A) SALT
(B) NPT
(C) CTBT
(D) NATO ✓
66. When a gas turns into a liquid, the process is called:
(A) Condensation ✓
(B) Evaporation
(C) Deposition
(D) Sublimation
67. Yeast used in making of bread is a:
(A) Fungus
(B) Plant
(C) Bacteria ✓
(D) Seed
68. The disease Diphtheria affects the _______ in the human body.
(A) Kidneys
(B) Intestines
(C) Throat ✓
(D) Joints
69. LED technology is energy efficient. What does LED stand for?
(A) Low Energy Data
(B) Low Energy Diode
(C) Light Emitting Diode ✓
(D) None of these
70. What was the code name given to United States Navy SEALS operation leading to elimination of Osama bin Ladin in Abbottabad?
(A) Lion Heart
(B) Neptune Spear ✓
(C) Geronimo
(D) Shockwave
71. If Asif is standing in a queue in such a way that he is sixth in the queue from either side, then how many people are there in the queue?
(A) 11 ✓
(B) 9
(C) 12
(D) 14
72. Which of the following is equal to (38 x 39)10?.
(A) 3720
(B) 3170 ✓
(C) 327
(D) 390
73. The greatest number which exactly divides 1155 and 735 is:
(A) 25
(B) 5
(C) 15
(D) 105 ✓
74. Imran made a profit of 20 percent in the first year. Next year, he had a loss of 25 percent on the capital he had at the beginning of second year. What was his overall loss?
(A) No loss
(B) 12 percent
(C) 10 percent
(D) 5 percent ✓
75. Concrete consists of cement, sand and screenings in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 4, what is the percentage of the sand mixed?
(A) 10%
(B) 40%
(C) 50% ✓
(D) 60%
Choose the Synonyms:
76. Preposterous
(A) Ceremonious
(B) Ridiculous ✓
(C) Judicious
(D) Formal
77. Grand5
(A) Aristocratic
(B) Noble
(C) Great
(D) Splendid ✓
Choose the Antonyms:
78. Flagitious
(A) vapid
(B) Innocent ✓
(C) Frivolous
(D) Ignorant
79. Ostentatious
(A) Ignorant
(B) Unpretentious ✓
(C) Awkward
(D) Bankrupt
Fill in the Blanks:
80. l am intent ______
(A) for winning
(B) of winning
(C) on winning ✓
(D) to win
81. If I _____ worked hard, I would have succeeded.
(A) have
(B) had ✓
(C) should have
(D) Would have
82. The new law came into ____ last month.
(A) itself
(B) affect
(C) action
(D) effect ✓
Choose Correct Meaning of the Idioms:
83. To call a spade a spade
(A) To speak in plain terms ✓
(B) To avoid the main topic
(C) To make a noise
(D) Try to meet expectations
84. To bury the hatchet:
(A) To burn something important
(B) To make peace ✓
(C) To make a foolish choice
(D) To start war
Choose the Correct Preposition
85. He is jealous ____________ my fame.
(A) on
(B) of ✓
(C) over
(D) from
86. She is repenting ___________ her past.
(A) with
(B) for ✓
(C) on
(D) of
87. My brother is good ____________ Mathematics.
(A) at ✓
(B) of
(C) over
(D) for
88. Sargodha is famous ____________ producing best quality oranges.
(A) with.
(B) about
(C) on
(D) for ✓
89. Do ____________Rome as the Romans do.
(A) at
(B) of
(C) Within
(D) in ✓
90. The old man is blind ____________one eye.
(A) with
(B) in
(C) of ✓
(D) from
90. Which year is called the year of sorrow (Aam-ul-Huzn)?
(A) 7th Nabvi
(B) 8th Nabvi
(C) 9th Nabvi
(D) 10th Nabvi ✓
91. What is the significance of 27th Rajab in the 10th year of prophethood?
(A) Holy Prophet’s (PJ3UH) visit of Taif
(B) Meraj Shareef ✓
(C) Hazrat Hamza (RA) and Hazrat Umar (RA) embraced Islam
(D) Migration from Makkah to Madina
92. Identify the last Ghazwa in which the Holy Prophet (PBUH) participated.
(A) Tabuk ✓
(B) Hunain
(C) Motah
(D) Ahzab
93. The police force by the name of “ash-shurta” was set up to maintain law and order in the Islamic state during the caliphate of:
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (May Allah bless him)
(B) Hazrat Umer (May Allah bless him) ✓
(C) Hazrat Usman (May Allah bless him)
(D) Hazrat Ali (May Allah bless him)
94. Under the Islamic law of inheritance, what would be the share of the wife from husbands’s property in the presence of children?
(A) Half
(B) One third
(C) One fourth
(D) One eighth ✓
95. On which of the following occasions, Muslims offer “Namaz-e-Kusuf"?
(A) For the sake of rain
(B) At the time of an eclipse of the moon
(C) At the time of an eclipse of the sun ✓
(D) In the time of drought
96. فتح کا مترادف ہے؟
(A) ظفر ✓
(B) شکست
(C) سرور
(D) اقبال
97. رئیس الاحرار کس شاعر کو کہا جاتا ہے؟
(A) حسرت موہانی
(B) مولانا محمد علی جوہر ✓
(C) اصغر گونڈوی
(D) جگر مراد آبادی
98. مشہور کتاب تزک بابری کا تعلق ادب کی کس صنف سے ہے؟
(A) سفر نامہ
(B) ناول
(C) آپ بیتی ✓
(D) ڈرامہ
99. علامہ اقبال کی اردو شاعری کا ماحصل ان کی کس نظم کو کہا جاتا ہے؟
(A) تصویر درد
(B) ساقی نامہ ✓
(C) طلوع اسلام
(D) شمع اور شاعر
100. ان میں سے کونسا لفظ ٹھیک ہے؟
(A) نراضی
(B) ناراضگی
(C) نراضگی
(D) ناراضی ✓
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