Shah Abdul Latif University
Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Pre-Entry Test Past Paper 2017
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q.1. William Shakespeare, a towering playwright of the world, wrote:
A) 50 plays
B) 40 plays
C) 38 plays
D) 30 plays
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) 38 plays
Q.2. The poem of 14 lines is known as:
A) Ballad
B) Sonnet
C) Ode
D) Lyric
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Sonnet
Q.3. Most similar word of ADEPT:
A) intelligent
B) sufficient
C) proficient
D) professional
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) proficient
Q.4. Similar word of BANISH:
A) recall
B) black list
C) digest
D) exonerate
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) black list
Q.5. Choose the Error: This is a secret between you and I.
A) this
B) between
C) I
D) no error
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) I
Q.6. Choose the Error: I met a friend of your at the university yesterday.
A) met
B) your
C) yesterday
D) no error
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) your
Q.7. Mona was writing a letter to her father. (Passive Voice)
A) A letter was written to her father by Mona.
B) A letter has been written to her father by Mona.
C) A letter was being written to her father by Mona.
D) A letter had been written to her father by Mona.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) A letter was being written to her father by Mona.
Q.8. Do you imitate others? (Passive Voice)
A) Are others imitated by you?
B) Are others being imitated by you?
C) Were others being imitated by you?
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Are others imitated by you?
Q.9. "Please don't go away." He said to me.
A) He said to please her and not go away.
B) He told me not to go away.
C) He begged that I should not go away.
D) He requested me not to go away.
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Correct Answer: D) He requested me not to go away.
Q.10. Teacher said to the students, "Don't make noise."
A) Teacher told students that don't make noise.
B) Teacher said to students that they should not make noise.
C) Teacher ordered students not to make noise.
D) Teacher asked students not to make noise.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Teacher asked students not to make noise.
Q.11. The next number in the following sequence is 27, 9, 3, ___.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1
Q.12. The multiplicative inverse of 5 is:
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 1/5
Q.13. How many grams are there in 1 kg?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1500
D) 2000
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 1000
Q.14. If the cost price of a suit is Rs. 182.30 and its selling price is Rs. 210.60, then what will be the profit?
A) 24.60
B) 25.30
C) 26.0
D) 28.30
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 28.30
Q.15. 12% of 400 is:
A) 48
B) 480
C) 4800
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 48
Q.16. Genetic material in virus is:
A) DNA
B) RNA
C) Both A & B
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Both A & B
Q.17. The group of vascular cryptogamic plants that do not produce seed and fruit is called:
A) Fungi
B) Algae
C) Bryophytes
D) Pteridophytes
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Pteridophytes
Q.18. The part of the plant involved in producing the next generation is:
A) flower
B) leaf
C) root
D) shoot
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) flower
Q.19. Thyroid hormone deficiency in a child causes:
A) Myxoedema
B) Acromegaly
C) Protruding eyes
D) Retarded mental and physical growth
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Retarded mental and physical growth
Q.20. Binomial system of nomenclature is given by:
A) Charles Darwin
B) Carolus Linnaeus
C) Gregor Mendel
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Carolus Linnaeus
Q.21. Force is a:
A) Scalar quantity
B) Base quantity
C) Derived quantity
D) None of above
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Derived quantity
Q.22. Change in momentum in one second is:
A) Impulse
B) Force
C) Work
D) Energy
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Force
Q.23. A boy sitting in a train moving at a constant velocity throws a ball straight up into the air. The ball will drop:
A) Behind him
B) In front of him
C) In his hand
D) Beside him
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) In his hand
Q.24. The pitch of sound depends on its:
A) Frequency
B) Amplitude
C) Speed
D) Period
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Frequency
Q.25. The commercial unit of electrical energy is:
A) kW
B) kWh
C) Horse power
D) Joule
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) kWh
Q.26. When water is used as solvent, the process of solution is called:
A) Hydrolysis
B) Hydrogenation
C) Hydration
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Hydration
Q.27. Isotopes differ in the:
A) No. of electrons
B) No. of protons
C) No. of neutrons
D) No. of atoms
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) No. of neutrons
Q.28. If heat is involved in the reaction, the process is said to be:
A) Endothermic
B) Exothermic
C) Adiabatic
D) Isothermic
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Endothermic
Q.29. The chemical formula of Washing soda is:
A) Na2CO3
B) Na2CO3·H2O
C) Na2CO3·10H2O
D) NaOH
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Na2CO3·10H2O
Q.30. Who first presented the atomic theory?
A) John Dalton
B) J.J. Thomson
C) Gay-Lussac
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) John Dalton
Q.31. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was blessed with prophethood at the age of:
A) 25 years
B) 30 years
C) 35 years
D) 40 years
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 40 years
Q.32. What is the number of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar?
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 1st
Q.33. Literally, the word Islam means:
A) Faith in God
B) Submission to God
C) Prayer to God
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Submission to God
Q.34. The prayers that have no Azan are:
A) Fajar, Zuhar
B) Janaza, Eid
C) Asar
D) Magrib
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Janaza, Eid
Q.35. Hajar-e-Aswad is known as:
A) White stone
B) Red stone
C) Black stone
D) Green stone
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Black stone
Q.36. "Daughter of the East", an autobiography, is written by:
A) Benazir Bhutto
B) Zoya Akhtar
C) Henry Kissinger
D) Kamala Harris
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Benazir Bhutto
Q.37. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Quaid-e-Azam
C) Allama Iqbal
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Liaquat Ali Khan
Q.38. The Gwadar port is located in the province of:
A) Balochistan
B) Punjab
C) Sindh
D) K.P.K
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Balochistan
Q.39. Two Nation Theory is the basic foundation of:
A) Pakistan
B) Bangladesh
C) India
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Pakistan
Q.40. Durand Line is the 1660 miles long border between:
A) India & Pakistan
B) Pakistan & Afghanistan
C) Iran & Pakistan
D) China & Pakistan
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Pakistan & Afghanistan
Q.41. Chief Minister of Sindh is: [2016]
A) Syed Qaim Ali Shah
B) Syed Murad Ali Shah
C) Nisar Ahmed Khuhro
D) Manzoor Ahmed Wassan
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Syed Murad Ali Shah
Q.42. The number of member states of SAARC is:
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 08
Q.43. The duration of the national anthem of Pakistan is:
A) 20 seconds
B) 40 seconds
C) 60 seconds
D) 80 seconds
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 80 seconds
Q.44. Head of state in Pakistan is:
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Both
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) President
Q.45. بطور اديب الطاف شيخ جي شهرت جو ڪهڙو سبب آهي؟
A) ڊراما
B) سفرناما
C) افسانا
D) ناول
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) سفرناما
Q.46. ڊاڪٽر عمر بن دائود پوٽو ڪهڙي شهر ۾ پيدا ٿيو؟
A) حيدرآباد
B) پٽ شاهه
C) ٽلٽي
D) دادو
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) دادو
Q.47. هينئين مان ڪهڙي صنف لوڪ گيت آهي؟
A) غزل
B) نظم
C) مورو
D) وائي
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) مورو
Q.48. مرزا غالب کا انتقال کب ہوا؟
A) 1875
B) 1869
C) 1870
D) 1890
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 1869
Q.49. اردو کے پہلے ناول نگار کا نام بتائیں؟
A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
B) مولوی ثناءاللہ
C) مائرہ عامی
D) کوئی بھی نہیں
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
Q.50. غزل کے پہلے شعر کو کیا کہتے ہیں؟
A) اصلاح
B) مطلع
C) ردیف
D) قافیہ
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) مطلع
Shah Abdul Latif University
Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Pre-Entry Test Past Paper 2017
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q.1. William Shakespeare, a towering playwright of the world, wrote:
A) 50 plays
B) 40 plays
C) 38 plays
D) 30 plays
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) 38 plays
Q.2. The poem of 14 lines is known as:
A) Ballad
B) Sonnet
C) Ode
D) Lyric
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Sonnet
Q.3. Most similar word of ADEPT:
A) intelligent
B) sufficient
C) proficient
D) professional
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) proficient
Q.4. Similar word of BANISH:
A) recall
B) black list
C) digest
D) exonerate
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) black list
Q.5. Choose the Error: This is a secret between you and I.
A) this
B) between
C) I
D) no error
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) I
Q.6. Choose the Error: I met a friend of your at the university yesterday.
A) met
B) your
C) yesterday
D) no error
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) your
Q.7. Mona was writing a letter to her father. (Passive Voice)
A) A letter was written to her father by Mona.
B) A letter has been written to her father by Mona.
C) A letter was being written to her father by Mona.
D) A letter had been written to her father by Mona.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) A letter was being written to her father by Mona.
Q.8. Do you imitate others? (Passive Voice)
A) Are others imitated by you?
B) Are others being imitated by you?
C) Were others being imitated by you?
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Are others imitated by you?
Q.9. "Please don't go away." He said to me.
A) He said to please her and not go away.
B) He told me not to go away.
C) He begged that I should not go away.
D) He requested me not to go away.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) He requested me not to go away.
Q.10. Teacher said to the students, "Don't make noise."
A) Teacher told students that don't make noise.
B) Teacher said to students that they should not make noise.
C) Teacher ordered students not to make noise.
D) Teacher asked students not to make noise.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Teacher asked students not to make noise.
Q.11. The next number in the following sequence is 27, 9, 3, ___.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1
Q.12. The multiplicative inverse of 5 is:
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 1/5
Q.13. How many grams are there in 1 kg?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1500
D) 2000
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 1000
Q.14. If the cost price of a suit is Rs. 182.30 and its selling price is Rs. 210.60, then what will be the profit?
A) 24.60
B) 25.30
C) 26.0
D) 28.30
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 28.30
Q.15. 12% of 400 is:
A) 48
B) 480
C) 4800
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 48
Q.16. Genetic material in virus is:
A) DNA
B) RNA
C) Both A & B
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Both A & B
Q.17. The group of vascular cryptogamic plants that do not produce seed and fruit is called:
A) Fungi
B) Algae
C) Bryophytes
D) Pteridophytes
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Pteridophytes
Q.18. The part of the plant involved in producing the next generation is:
A) flower
B) leaf
C) root
D) shoot
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) flower
Q.19. Thyroid hormone deficiency in a child causes:
A) Myxoedema
B) Acromegaly
C) Protruding eyes
D) Retarded mental and physical growth
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Retarded mental and physical growth
Q.20. Binomial system of nomenclature is given by:
A) Charles Darwin
B) Carolus Linnaeus
C) Gregor Mendel
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Carolus Linnaeus
Q.21. Force is a:
A) Scalar quantity
B) Base quantity
C) Derived quantity
D) None of above
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Derived quantity
Q.22. Change in momentum in one second is:
A) Impulse
B) Force
C) Work
D) Energy
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Force
Q.23. A boy sitting in a train moving at a constant velocity throws a ball straight up into the air. The ball will drop:
A) Behind him
B) In front of him
C) In his hand
D) Beside him
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) In his hand
Q.24. The pitch of sound depends on its:
A) Frequency
B) Amplitude
C) Speed
D) Period
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Frequency
Q.25. The commercial unit of electrical energy is:
A) kW
B) kWh
C) Horse power
D) Joule
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) kWh
Q.26. When water is used as solvent, the process of solution is called:
A) Hydrolysis
B) Hydrogenation
C) Hydration
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Hydration
Q.27. Isotopes differ in the:
A) No. of electrons
B) No. of protons
C) No. of neutrons
D) No. of atoms
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) No. of neutrons
Q.28. If heat is involved in the reaction, the process is said to be:
A) Endothermic
B) Exothermic
C) Adiabatic
D) Isothermic
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Endothermic
Q.29. The chemical formula of Washing soda is:
A) Na2CO3
B) Na2CO3·H2O
C) Na2CO3·10H2O
D) NaOH
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Na2CO3·10H2O
Q.30. Who first presented the atomic theory?
A) John Dalton
B) J.J. Thomson
C) Gay-Lussac
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) John Dalton
Q.31. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was blessed with prophethood at the age of:
A) 25 years
B) 30 years
C) 35 years
D) 40 years
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 40 years
Q.32. What is the number of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar?
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 1st
Q.33. Literally, the word Islam means:
A) Faith in God
B) Submission to God
C) Prayer to God
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Submission to God
Q.34. The prayers that have no Azan are:
A) Fajar, Zuhar
B) Janaza, Eid
C) Asar
D) Magrib
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Janaza, Eid
Q.35. Hajar-e-Aswad is known as:
A) White stone
B) Red stone
C) Black stone
D) Green stone
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Black stone
Q.36. "Daughter of the East", an autobiography, is written by:
A) Benazir Bhutto
B) Zoya Akhtar
C) Henry Kissinger
D) Kamala Harris
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Benazir Bhutto
Q.37. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Quaid-e-Azam
C) Allama Iqbal
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Liaquat Ali Khan
Q.38. The Gwadar port is located in the province of:
A) Balochistan
B) Punjab
C) Sindh
D) K.P.K
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Balochistan
Q.39. Two Nation Theory is the basic foundation of:
A) Pakistan
B) Bangladesh
C) India
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Pakistan
Q.40. Durand Line is the 1660 miles long border between:
A) India & Pakistan
B) Pakistan & Afghanistan
C) Iran & Pakistan
D) China & Pakistan
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Pakistan & Afghanistan
Q.41. Chief Minister of Sindh is: [2016]
A) Syed Qaim Ali Shah
B) Syed Murad Ali Shah
C) Nisar Ahmed Khuhro
D) Manzoor Ahmed Wassan
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Syed Murad Ali Shah
Q.42. The number of member states of SAARC is:
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 08
Q.43. The duration of the national anthem of Pakistan is:
A) 20 seconds
B) 40 seconds
C) 60 seconds
D) 80 seconds
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) 80 seconds
Q.44. Head of state in Pakistan is:
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Both
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) President
Q.45. بطور اديب الطاف شيخ جي شهرت جو ڪهڙو سبب آهي؟
A) ڊراما
B) سفرناما
C) افسانا
D) ناول
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) سفرناما
Q.46. ڊاڪٽر عمر بن دائود پوٽو ڪهڙي شهر ۾ پيدا ٿيو؟
A) حيدرآباد
B) پٽ شاهه
C) ٽلٽي
D) دادو
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) دادو
Q.47. هينئين مان ڪهڙي صنف لوڪ گيت آهي؟
A) غزل
B) نظم
C) مورو
D) وائي
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) مورو
Q.48. مرزا غالب کا انتقال کب ہوا؟
A) 1875
B) 1869
C) 1870
D) 1890
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 1869
Q.49. اردو کے پہلے ناول نگار کا نام بتائیں؟
A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
B) مولوی ثناءاللہ
C) مائرہ عامی
D) کوئی بھی نہیں
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
Q.50. غزل کے پہلے شعر کو کیا کہتے ہیں؟
A) اصلاح
B) مطلع
C) ردیف
D) قافیہ
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) مطلع