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Author: Nasir Iqbal | Assistant Professor of English Literature

PPSC English Lecturer Solved Paper 2017
Updated on: October 26, 2025
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PPSC English Lecturer Paper 2017 Analysis 

This analysis categorizes all 100 questions from the 2017 paper. The paper has a clear structure with 80 subject-specific questions and a 20-question General Knowledge section. Literature remains the dominant subject area.

English Subject Section: 80 Questions

General Knowledge Section: 20 Questions

 

Part 1: English (80 Questions)

This is the main portion of the paper, covering core knowledge in literature, linguistics, and grammar.

Literature (63 Questions)

This was the largest section, covering a wide range of English, American, and classical literature.

Novel & Novelists: 19 Questions

Topics: A major focus, with questions on Dickens’ Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities; Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer, the historical setting of For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway’s biography, and the historical government type in Salem.

George Eliot’s Adam Bede, Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

Drama & Dramatists: 16 Questions

Topics: This extensive section covered Shakespeare’s plays (Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar) and classical unities.

Ancient Greek tragedies like Oedipus the King and The Oresteia, and the University Wits. the cinematic version of Pygmalion.

Poetry & Poets: 12 Questions

Topics: Questions included Robert Browning’s “Andrea Del Sarto”; the publication of Lyrical Ballads; John Keats’s influences and odes.

Alexander Pope’s famous quotes and work, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Robert Frost’s poems, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and Shelley’s Adonais.

Literary Terms, Theory & Prose: 18 Questions

Topics: Focused on definitions of key concepts like Parallelism, Hyperbole, Heroic Couplet, Octave, Elegy, and Hamartia.

It also covered critical theory, including T.S. Eliot’s essay “The Metaphysical Poets,” Matthew Arnold’s definition of poetry, and Aristotle’s concepts from Poetics.

Keats’s “Negative Capability”, Wordsworth’s theory of poetry, the “Augustan Age”, and prose writers like Ruskin.

Linguistics (11 Questions)

Topics: Questions covered definitions of Semiotics, Morphology, and Intonation; communicative competence; the effects of bilingualism;

Chomsky’s theory of language development, Saussure’s concept of Langue, and the principle of infinite generativity.

Grammar & Vocabulary (7 Questions)

Topics: Included Passive Voice conversion, sentence completion with modal verbs (had better), prepositions (at the age of), phrasal verbs, the definition of a compound sentence, and the meaning of idioms.

Part 2: General Knowledge (20 Questions)

This section tested a broad range of topics outside the core English syllabus.

Pakistan & Current Affairs (8 Questions)

Topics: Quaid-e-Azam’s resignation from Congress, the 8th Amendment, DG ISPR, Governor of the State Bank, and Federal Ministers.

World GK (4 Questions)

Topics:  the UNHCR, the largest producer of Shale Gas.

Science & IT (4 Questions)

Topics: Properties of metals (Ductile), plant biology (Nitrogen), computer security (Spam), and MS Word shortcuts.

Basic Math (2 Questions)

Topics: A percentage discount problem and a number series completion task.

Urdu (2 Questions)

Topics: The author of the classic novel ‘Umrao Jaan Ada’ and the meaning of an idiom.

PPSC English Lecturer Solved Paper 2017

1. What purpose does Milton state for writing Paradise Lost?

A. To show how God defeated the rebellious angels
B. To justify the ways of God to man
C. To prove the superiority of Protestantism over Catholicism
D. To show how Adam and Eve made their way out of

B. To justify the ways of God to man
John Milton states in the poem’s opening that his goal is to “justify the ways of God to men.”

2. Where is Elizabeth when Darcy first proposes to her?

A. At Netherfield
B. At home
C. At Charlotte’s home in Kent
D. At Pemberley

C. At Charlotte’s home in Kent
Mr. Darcy’s first arrogant proposal takes place at Hunsford Parsonage the home of Mr. Collins and Charlotte.

3. Language is most accurately defined as a system that allows for communication with others.

A. Images
B. Vocalizations
C. Symbols
D. Words

C. Symbols
Language is a system of arbitrary symbols (like words) that allow members of a culture to communicate.

4. Someone with a vocabulary of 200 words can still combine the words in different ways to say thousands of different things. This aspect of language is referred to as:

A. Syntax
B. Phonology
C. Morphology
D. Infinite generativity

D. Infinite generativity
Infinite generativity or productivity is the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules.
5. At what time do “sleepless lovers” awake in The Rape of the Lock?

A. Dawn
B. Noon
C. Tea-time
D. Midnight

B. Noon
Alexander Pope satirizes the idle aristocracy by having the heroine, Belinda, wake up at noon.

6. In Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, who promises Lucie Manette that he would, if necessary, die for her?

A. Jarvis Lorry
B. Sydney Carton
C. Charles Darnay
D. Monsieur Defarge

B. Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton makes this promise and ultimately fulfills it by taking Charles Darnay’s place at the guillotine.

7. What is the lexical relationship between freedom and liberty?

A. Synonymy
B. Antonymy
C. Hyponymy
D. Polysemy

A. Synonymy
Synonymy refers to words that have the same or very similar meanings like freedom and liberty.

8. Why doesn’t Adam go to Ireland in George Eliot’s Adam Bede?

A. The weather is too bad for travel
B. Hetty has come home
C. He secretly loves Dinah and can’t leave her
D. He finds out Hetty is in jail

D. He finds out Hetty is in jail
Adam’s plan to find Hetty in Ireland is halted when he learns she has been arrested for infanticide.

9. Where does Lavinia follow her mother to spy on her?

A. New York
B. Boston
C. Both New York and Boston
D. Neither New York nor Boston

A. New York
In Eugene O’Neill’s play *Mourning Becomes Electra* Lavinia follows her mother Christine to New York to spy on her affair.
10. During which war does the novel, ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ take place?

A. Spanish-American War
B. Spanish Civil War
C. World War I
D. World War II

B. Spanish Civil War
Ernest Hemingway’s novel is set during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.

11. Which Russian leader does Napoleon most resemble in Orwell’s Animal Farm?

A. Stalin
B. Trotsky
C. Tsar Nicholas
D. Khrushchev

A. Stalin
The tyrannical pig Napoleon is an allegorical representation of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

12. What Russian institution does the raven Moses evoke in Orwell’s Animal Farm?

A. The Secret Police
B. The Congress
C. The Russian Orthodox Church
D. The Education System

C. The Russian Orthodox Church
Moses the raven, who tells tales of Sugarcandy Mountain, represents organized religion.

13. Chomsky’s theory of language development emphasized:

A. Learned and Conditioning principles
B. Innate structures and biological mechanisms
C. The language support system provided by parents
D. Children’s cognitive abilities

B. Innate structures and biological mechanisms
Noam Chomsky argued that humans are born with an innate capacity for language acquisition.

14. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before she died Great Expectations?

A. She is thrown from a horse
B. She falls from a window
C. A table crushes her legs
D. She is burned in a fire

D. She is burned in a fire
Miss Havisham is severely burned when her old wedding dress catches fire near the fireplace.
15. How does Gulliver leave Brobdingnag?

A. He builds himself a sailboat
B. He is exiled
C. A giant eagle carries him away
D. He is taken back to England by Don Pedro

C. A giant eagle carries him away
Gulliver’s box is picked up by a giant eagle, which then drops it into the sea, where he is rescued.

16. Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia’s funeral?

A. In the nearby woods
B. Beside Ophelia’s grave
C. Inside the church
D. Inside the grave

D. Inside the grave
In a fit of passionate grief, Hamlet leaps into Ophelia’s open grave to grapple with Laertes.

17. In what country does the play Hamlet take place?

A. England
B. Germany
C. Denmark
D. Norway

C. Denmark
The play is set at Elsinore Castle, the royal court of Denmark.

18. Brutus bases his decision to assassinate Caesar in Julius Caesar on:

A. His hatred for Caesar
B. What Caesar may do if he is crowned king
C. His own desire to be king
D. The need to please Cassius

B. What Caesar may do if he is crowned king
Brutus joins the conspiracy not because of what Caesar has done but for what he fears Caesar might become.

19. In Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” where does Kurtz die?

A. At the Inner station
B. In Brussels
C. Aboard Marlow’s steamer
D. In the jungle

C. Aboard Marlow’s steamer
Kurtz dies on the steamboat during the return journey down the Congo River.
20. In Canterbury Tales, which pilgrim carries a brooch inscribed with Latin words meaning “Love Conquers All”?

A. The Prioress
B. The Wife of Bath
C. The Monk
D. The Squire

A. The Prioress
The Prioress’s brooch is inscribed with “Amor vincit omnia,” a detail that hints at her worldly rather than purely spiritual concerns.

21. In “Oedipus the King”, whose murder must be avenged to end the plague in Thebes?

A. Creon’s
B. Polybus’s
C. Laius’s
D. Polynices

C. Laius’s
The Oracle of Delphi declares that the plague will only end when the murderer of the former king Laius is exiled or killed.

22. How does Othello kill Desdemona?

A. He stabs her
B. He smothers her
C. He poisons her
D. He beats her to death

B. He smothers her
In a fit of jealous rage, Othello smothers his wife Desdemona with a pillow in their bed.

23. In “Old Man and the Sea”, on the night before he is to go “far out” to sea, of what does Santiago dream?

A. A great storm
B. A beautiful woman
C. Lions on the beach
D. A wrestling match

C. Lions on the beach
Santiago dreams of the lions he saw on the beaches of Africa in his youth a symbol of strength and vitality.

24. Adam Bede is an example of which school of writing?

A. Realism
B. Expressionism
C. Lions on the beach
D. High school

A. Realism
George Eliot’s *Adam Bede* is a classic example of 19th-century realism, focusing on the lives of ordinary rural people.
25. What is one of the reasons (in Poetics by Aristotle) that poetry emerged?

A. The rise of court music
B. The necessity for public entertainment
C. Man’s instinct for imitation
D. The instinct for dance

C. Man’s instinct for imitation
Aristotle argues that humans have an instinct for imitation (mimesis) and that poetry is one form of this instinct.

26. According to Aristotle, what is the most important element of tragedy?

A. Comedy
B. Plot
C. Character
D. Thought

B. Plot
Aristotle states that the plot or the “arrangement of the incidents” is the most important component of a tragedy.

27. What is the least important element of tragedy?

A. Diction
B. Plot
C. Spectacle
D. Song

C. Spectacle
Aristotle considered spectacle (costumes, scenery, etc.) the least important part of tragedy as it is external to the plot.

28. From which poem of Robert Frost is the following line extracted? “Earth’s the right place for love”.

A. Mowing
B. Birches
C. The Earth and other places for love
D. Desert places

B. Birches
This line comes from “Birches,” where the speaker contemplates swinging on trees but decides to remain on earth.

29. A child’s expansive vocabulary is directly correlated with:

A. Parents verbally interact with them
B. Parents’ IQ
C. Parents age
D. Parent’s own vocabulary

A. Parents verbally interact with them
Research shows a strong correlation between the amount of language a child hears from caregivers and the size of their vocabulary.
30. Keats describes human life as a mansion of many:

A. Apartments
B. Dining rooms (Chambers)
C. Windows
D. Books

B. Dining rooms (Chambers)
In a letter Keats uses the metaphor of a “Mansion of Many Apartments” to describe the stages of human life and thought.

31. Choose a proper preposition for the blank space in the following sentence: “……..  the age of 18, he was sent to prison for theft”.

A. In
B. On
C. At
D. Upon

C. At
“At” is the correct preposition to use when referring to a specific age.

32. Choose a proper word for the blank space in the following sentence: “You …….better take off your wet shoes”.

A. Had
B. Has
C. Was
D. Can

A. Had
The idiom “had better” is used to give strong advice or a warning.

33. How does Iago describe jealousy?

A. Downfall of many men
B. The scourge of the weak monster
C. The green-eyed monster
D. The monster in the thought

C. The green-eyed monster
In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago famously warns Othello to “beware my lord of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.”

34. A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses is a:

A. Simple sentence
B. Compound sentence
C. Complex sentence
D. Compound-complex / multiple sentences

B. Compound sentence
A compound sentence links two or more independent clauses often with a coordinating conjunction like ‘and’ or ‘but’.
35. What are two levels of language referred to by the term ‘identity’?

A. Phonetics and Phonology
B. Sound and meaning
C. Morphology and syntax
D. Structure and use

D. Structure and use
Linguistic identity can refer both to the structural features of a language and how individuals and groups use it.

36. What is semiotics?

A. The study of music
B. The study of buildings
C. The study of human communication
D. The study of disability

C. The study of human communication
Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

37. What does morphology study?

A. Sentence structure
B. Pronunciation
C. Word order
D. Word structure

D. Word structure
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words and how they are formed.

38. What is the linguistic term for the study of pitch movement in language?

A. Melody
B. Rhythm
C. Loudness
D. Intonation

D. Intonation
Intonation describes how the pitch of the voice rises and falls in speech.

39. In Paradise Lost, Milton describes a universe with Heaven in what position and with what primary quality?

A. Middle, purity
B. Top, light
C. Bottom, forgiveness
D. Top, profound wisdom

B. Top, light
In Milton’s cosmology, Heaven is at the top of the universe and is associated with light and goodness.
40. Who inspires Belinda’s dream in the “Rape of the Lock”?

A. The Muse
B. The Baron
C. Ariel
D. Umbriel

C. Ariel
Ariel Belinda’s guardian sylph appears in her dream to warn her of a dire event.

41. Which of these is Othello not insecure about?

A. His race
B. His position and rank
C. His “rough” manners
D. His age

B. His position and rank
Othello is a confident and respected general; his insecurities stem from his outsider status.

42. Researchers have found that bilingualism:

A. Has a negative effect on children’s cognitive development
B. Has a positive effect on children’s cognitive development
C. Confuses children in regard to language development
D. Results in children scoring lower than monolingual children on intelligence tests

B. Has a positive effect on children’s cognitive development
Modern research indicates that bilingualism can enhance cognitive flexibility and problem-solving skills.

43. Which of these pairs are not dramatic foils to each other?

A. Othello and Iago
B. Desdemona and Emilia
C. Othello and Cassio
D. Iago and Cassio

C. Othello and Cassio
While their situations are contrasted, Othello and Cassio do not serve as direct foils in the same way as the other pairs.

44. Who is Christine’s counterpart in “The Oresteia”?

A. Electra
B. Clytemnestra
C. Iphigenia
D. Nemesis

B. Clytemnestra
In O’Neill’s *Mourning Becomes Electra* Christine Mannon is the modern equivalent of Clytemnestra from Aeschylus’s *Oresteia*.
45. What kind of government does Salem have in Miller’s “The Crucible”?

A. Democracy
B. Theocracy
C. Monarchy
D. Kleptocracy

B. Theocracy
The Puritan settlement of Salem is a theocracy a state governed by religious authority.

46. Which destination do Catherine and Henry claim they have come to Switzerland to visit in A Farewell to Arms?

A. Lucerne
B. Murren
C. Locarno
D. Montreux

D. Montreux
After escaping the war in Italy Catherine and Frederic find a temporary safe haven in Montreux Switzerland.

47. In later life, what nickname did Hemingway assume to convey a sense of strength, wisdom and mastery?

A. Sensei
B. Top cat
C. Papa
D. Dope

C. Papa
The American novelist Ernest Hemingway was widely known by the nickname “Papa” later in his life.

48. What prank does Puck play on Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

A. He transforms him into a bear
B. He steals his clothes
C. He changes his voice into that of a wood thrush
D. He changes his head into that of an ass

D. He changes his head into that of an ass
Puck famously transforms Bottom’s head into that of a donkey leading Titania to fall in love with him.

49. With whose help does Clytemnestra slaughter her husband, Agamemnon?

A. Orestes
B. Aegisthus
C. Cassandra
D. Electra

B. Aegisthus
In Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, Clytemnestra conspires with her lover Aegisthus to murder her husband.
50. Which of the following do Oedipus and his father Laius have in common?

A. They both correctly answered the riddle of the sphinx
B. They both disobeyed the commands of the gods
C. They both slept with Antigone
D. They both tried to override their fate

D. They both tried to override their fate
Both Laius and Oedipus took actions to try to prevent the prophecies of the oracle from coming true.

51. How does Gulliver earn the title of Nardac in Lilliput?

A. By capturing the Blefuscudian fleet
B. By putting out the fire in the empress’s quarters
C. By helping the Lilliputians construct a new palace
D. By showing lenience towards a group of soldiers who earlier attacked him

A. By capturing the Blefuscudian fleet
Gulliver single-handedly captures the enemy fleet of Blefuscu, which earns him the highest title of honor in Lilliput.

52. For most of the novel, who does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor in Great Expectations?

A. Jaggers
B. Magwitch
C. Joe
D. Miss Havisham

D. Miss Havisham
Pip wrongly assumes that the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham is the source of his fortune.

53. Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mád?

A. He grieves too much for his father
B. He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude
C. He is in love with Ophelia
D. He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to Wittenberg

C. He is in love with Ophelia
The foolish Polonius misdiagnoses Hamlet’s mádness as the result of his frustrated love for Ophelia.

54. Which of these is not a linguistic aspect of communicative competence?

A. Phonological
B. Discourse
C. Lexical
D. Interactional

D. Interactional
Communicative competence includes grammatical, sociolinguistic, and discourse competencies, not interactional competence.
55. Negative Capability to Keats means:

A. The ability to be in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
B. To find a good thing about others
C. To empathize
D. To satirize

A. The ability to be in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
This is Keats’s famous definition of the artistic quality of being able to exist in a state of intellectual uncertainty.

56. Who believed that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings?

A. Blake
B. Keats
C. Wordsworth
D. Shelley

C. Wordsworth
This famous definition of poetry comes from William Wordsworth’s “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.”

57. Which is the famous elegy written by Shelley?

A. In Memoriam
B. Lycidas
C. Adonais
D. Thyrsis

C. Adonais
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the pastoral elegy *Adonais* to mourn the death of his fellow poet John Keats.

58. “The Pickwick Papers” was a novel by:

A. Jane Austen
B. Dickens
C. Thackeray
D. Fielding

B. Dickens
*The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club* was the first novel by Charles Dickens.

59. A poem mourning a death is called:

A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Elegy
D. Limerick

C. Elegy
An elegy is a sad poem or song, especially one for someone who has died.
60. What period in English literature is called the “Augustan Age”?

A. Early 16th Century
B. Early 17th Century
C. Early 18th Century
D. Early 19th Century

C. Early 18th Century
The early 18th century dominated by writers like Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift is often called the Augustan Age.

61. The literary figure who had the most pronounced effect on Keats was:

A. Dante
B. Shakespeare
C. Wordsworth
D. Shelley

B. Shakespeare
John Keats deeply admired Shakespeare and was heavily influenced by his work.

62. The University Wits were:

A. Poets
B. Playwrights
C. Novelists
D. Critics

B. Playwrights
The University Wits were a group of late 16th-century English playwrights who were educated at the universities.

63. Matthew Arnold said: “An ineffectual angel beating in the void the luminous wings in vain”, about:

A. Keats
B. Byron
C. Shelley
D. Blake

C. Shelley
Matthew Arnold used this famous phrase to describe Percy Bysshe Shelley in his essay “Shelley.”

64. “The Crown of Wild Olive” was written by:

A. Huxley
B. Ben Jonson
C. Ruskin
D. None of these

C. Ruskin
*The Crown of Wild Olive* is a collection of four essays on work traffic war and the future of England by John Ruskin.
65. The “Tragic Flaw” is also called:

A. Catharsis
B. Catastrophe
C. Hamartia
D. None of these

C. Hamartia
Hamartia is the Greek term Aristotle used to describe the tragic flaw that leads to a hero’s downfall.

66. Who belongs to the Theatre of the Absurd?

A. Oscar Wilde
B. Beckett
C. Ibsen
D. None of these

B. Beckett
Samuel Beckett is a leading figure of the Theatre of the Absurd which emphasizes the meaninglessness of human existence.

67. “My Fair Lady” is a Cinematic Version of:

A. Pygmalion
B. Candida
C. Getting Married
D. None of these

A. Pygmalion
The musical and film *My Fair Lady* is based on George Bernard Shaw’s play *Pygmalion*.

68. “She dwells with beauty-beauty that must die” is a line from:

A. Ode to Nightingale
B. Ode on Indolence
C. Ode to Melancholy
D. None of these

C. Ode to Melancholy
This line is from John Keats’s *Ode on Melancholy* exploring the connection between joy and sadness.

69. The first eight lines of a sonnet are called:

A. Octave
B. Sestet
C. Refrain
D. None of these

A. Octave
The first eight lines of a Petrarchan sonnet are called the octave followed by the final six lines called the sestet.
70. The only play by Shakespeare that conforms to the classical unities is:

A. Hamlet
B. Twelfth Night
C. Roman and Juliet
D. None of these

D. None of these
*The Tempest* is often cited as the play that comes closest to observing the classical unities of time place and action.

71. “Proper study of Mánkind is man” …….who has said these words:

A. Pope
B. Swift
C. Shelley
D. None of these

A. Pope
This famous line comes from Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem “An Essay on Man.”

72. “The Metaphysical Poets” is a critical essay by:

A. Arnold
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Shelley
D. None of these

B. T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot’s 1921 essay “The Metaphysical Poets” was instrumental in reviving interest in John Donne and his contemporaries.

73. Who said this: “Poetry is Criticism of life”:

A. William Wordsworth
B. Lord Byron
C. T.S. Eliot
D. Mathew Arnold

D. Mathew Arnold
Matthew Arnold defined poetry as a “criticism of life” in his essay “The Study of Poetry.”

74. “Andrea Del Sarto” is a poem written by:

A. Alfred Tennyson
B. Robert Browning
C. John Keats
D. T.S. Eliot

B. Robert Browning
Robert Browning wrote this famous dramatic monologue about the Renaissance painter.
75. Who represents Prejudice in Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice”?

A. Mr Darcy
B. Miss Elizabeth
C. Miss Jane
D. None of these

B. Miss Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bennet represents “Prejudice” in the novel, while Mr. Darcy represents “Pride.”

76. “Lyrical Ballads” were published by:

A. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Both Coleridge and Wordsworth
D. None of these

C. Both Coleridge and Wordsworth
This groundbreaking collection was a collaborative effort between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

77. “Stream of Consciousness” is the phrase first used by:

A. James Joyce
B. William James
C. Virginia Woolf
D. William Faulkner

B. William James
The psychologist and philosopher William James first used the term to describe the flow of thoughts in the mind.

78. Placing phrases or sentences of similar construction and meaning and balancing each other is called:

A. Parallelism
B. Alliteration
C. Para Rhyme
D. Rhetoric

A. Parallelism
Parallelism is a rhetorical device that uses similar grammatical structures to express related ideas.

79. A figure of speech that contains an exaggeration for emphasis is called:

A. Overtone
B. Rhetoric
C. Extended metaphor
D. Hyperbole

D. Hyperbole
Hyperbole is the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
80. Rhymed decasyllables, nearly always in Iambic Pentameters rhymed in Pairs, are called:

A. Heroic Couplet
B. Blank verse
C. Terza Rima
D. Spenserian Stanza

A. Heroic Couplet
The heroic couplet was the dominant form of English poetry in the 17th and 18th centuries.

81. All of the following constitute security risks and possible violations of privacy except:

A. Identity theft
B. Viruses
C. Hackers
D. Spam

D. Spam
Annoying spam is generally considered a nuisance rather than a direct security risk like the other options.

82. In MS Word 2007, which shortcut key is used to increase the left indent?

A. Ctrl + L
B. Ctrl + M
C. Ctrl + 1
D. F10

B. Ctrl + M
Ctrl + M increases the paragraph indent while Ctrl + Shift + M decreases it.

83. The cost of a vest after a 15 percent discount is 102. What is the cost of the vest before the discount?

A. 117
B. 120
C. 116
D. 121

B. 120
If 102 is 85% of the original price then the original price is 102 / 0.85 which equals 120.

84. Complete the number series: 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, …

A. 57
B. 70
C. 63
D. 75

A. 57
Each number in the series is the sum of the two preceding numbers (4+9=13, 9+13=22, etc.).
85. Convert to Passive Voice: “People speak English all over the World”.

A. English is spoken by people all over the world.
B. English was spoken by people all over the world.
C. English had been spoken by people all over the world.
D. English is spoken by people.

A. English is spoken by people all over the world.
The object “English” becomes the subject and the verb is changed to the passive form “is spoken.”

86. Fill in the blank: I ……… upon his privacy.

A. Intruded
B. Approached
C. Violated
D. Counted

A. Intruded
To “intrude upon” someone’s privacy is the correct idiomatic expression.

87. Fill in the blank(s): The cupboard was …big….fit through the door”.

A. too/to
B. more/than
C. so/that
D. as/to

A. too/to
The construction “too [adjective] to [verb]” is used to show that something prevents an action from being possible.

88. Complete the Idiom: “To cast ..before swine”

A. Diamonds
B. Pearls
C. Gold
D. Shadow

B. Pearls
The idiom “to cast pearls before swine” means to offer something valuable to someone who cannot appreciate it.

89. If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily, it is called:

A. Malleable
B. Ductile
C. Extractive
D. Tackle

B. Ductile
Ductility is a material’s ability to be stretched into a wire under tensile stress.
90. Plants primarily get their Nitrogen form:

A. Soil
B. Atmosphere
C. Rain
D. None of these

A. Soil
Plants absorb nitrogen from the soil through their roots usually in the form of nitrates.

91. Who is the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis in the Government? (As of 2017)

A. Hussain Shah Rashidi
B. Pir Sadruddin Rashidi
C. Birjees Tahir
D. Kamran Michael

B. Pir Sadruddin Rashidi
Pir Sayed Sadruddin Shah Rashidi served as the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis during this period.

92. Nobel prize winner in Literature, Nadine Gordimer, belonged to:

A. Australia
B. UK
C. Brazil
D. South Africa

D. South Africa
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist who won the Nobel Prize in 1991.

93. Which country is the largest producer of Shale Gas?

A. Qatar
B. Russia
C. Iran
D. USA

D. USA
The United States is by far the world’s largest producer of shale gas thanks to advancements in fracking technology.

94. Which amendment of the 1973 Constitution empowered the President substantially…?

A. 8th
B. 13th
C. 17th
D. 18th

A. 8th
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan passed in 1985 gave the President significant powers.
95. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from membership of Congress in:

A. 1913
B. 1916
C. 1920
D. 1922

C. 1920
Muhammad Ali Jinnah resigned from the Indian National Congress in 1920 in protest of Gandhi’s satyagraha campaign.

96. Name the Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). (As of 2017)

A. Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa
B. Maj. Gen. Suhail Khan
C. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor
D. None of these

C. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor
Major General Asif Ghafoor served as the Director-General of ISPR from 2016 to 2020.

97. Which of the following bodies of the United Nations deals with Refugee issues?

A. UNHCR
B. OHCHR
C. UNESCO
D. UNITAR

A. UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the UN agency mandated to protect and support refugees.

98. Who is the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan? (As of 2017)

A. Ashraf Wathra
B. Tariq Bajwa
C. Ehtesham Ashai
D. None of these

B. Tariq Bajwa
Tariq Bajwa was appointed as the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan in July 2017.

99. معروف کلاسیکی ناول (امراو جان ادا) کے مصنف کون ہیں؟

(A) محمد ہادی رسوا
(B) عصمت چغتائی
(C) عبدالحلیم شرر
(D) شاہد احمد دہلوی

(A) محمد ہادی رسوا
*Umrao Jaan Ada* is a famous Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa about the life of a courtesan.
100. زیروزبر کرنا کا محاورہ ہے، اس کا مطلب کیا ہے؟

(A) الٹ پلٹ کرنا
(B) برتری تسلیم کرنا
(C) تسلیم نہ کرنا
(D) بھاگ جانا

(A) الٹ پلٹ کرنا
The Urdu idiom “زیر و زبر کرنا” (zer-o-zabar karna) means to turn things upside down or create chaos.

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