Shah Abdul Latif University
Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Pre-Entry Test Past Paper 2022
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q.1. The poem "Character of a Happy Life" is written by:
A) William Shakespeare
B) William Wordsworth
C) Sir Henry Wotton
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Correct Answer: C) Sir Henry Wotton
Q.2. "This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise or fear to fall" are lines from the poem:
A) Lucy Gray
B) Character of a Happy Life
C) Abou Ben Adhem
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Character of a Happy Life
Q.3. William Wordsworth was a:
A) Playwright
B) Comedian
C) Classical poet
D) Romantic poet
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Romantic poet
Q.4. Who is the hero of the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"?
A) Edmond Dantes
B) Albert
C) Raymond Dantes
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Edmond Dantes
Q.5. Man is answerable _____ God _____ his actions.
A) For, to
B) To, upon
C) To, for
D) With, at
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) To, for
Q.6. She has discussed the matter with her teacher. (Change into passive voice.)
A) The matter is being discussed with her teacher by her.
B) The matter has discussed with her teacher by her.
C) The matter has to be discussed with her teacher by her.
D) The matter has been discussed with her teacher by her.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) The matter has been discussed with her teacher by her.
Q.7. I have been staying in this hotel _____ three days.
A) Until
B) For
C) Since
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) For
Q.8. The poem "The Solitary Reaper" was written by:
A) William Shakespeare
B) Alfred Tennyson
C) William Wordsworth
D) John Keats
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth
Q.9. In Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man," the fourth stage of man's life is:
A) Soldier
B) Lover
C) Schoolboy
D) Justice (Judge)
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Justice (Judge)
Q.10. The hero of the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" is:
A) Rudolf Elphberg
B) Rudolf Rassendyll
C) Black Michael
D) Rupert of Hentzau
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Rudolf Rassendyll
Q.11. The poem "Abou Ben Adhem" was written by:
A) William Wordsworth
B) Thomas Gray
C) Leigh Hunt
D) Henry Wotton
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Leigh Hunt
Q.12. She is not afraid _____ death.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Of
Q.13. Where _____ the car?
A) Did you park
B) Did you parked
C) Parked you
D) You parked
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Did you park
Q.14. He said to me, "I was ill." Choose the correct indirect speech.
A) He said to me that he has been ill.
B) He told me that he had been ill.
C) He said to me that I was ill.
D) He told to me he had been ill.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) He told me that he had been ill.
Q.15. The cell wall is absent in:
A) Bacteria
B) Fungi
C) Plant cells
D) Animal cells
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Animal cells
Q.16. The study of organisms and their environment is called:
A) Ecology
B) Cytology
C) Physiology
D) Limnology
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Ecology
Q.17. The movement of substances from a lower concentration to a higher concentration using energy is called:
A) Phagocytosis
B) Pinocytosis
C) Passive transport
D) Active transport
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Active transport
Q.18. Omnivorous animals obtain food from:
A) Soil only
B) Plants only
C) Animals only
D) Both plants and animals
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Both plants and animals
Q.19. Which is the largest gland in the human body?
A) Thyroid
B) Pancreas
C) Liver
D) Pituitary gland
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Liver
Q.20. Cell division generally includes nuclear division and:
A) Karyokinesis only
B) Cytokinesis
C) Interphase only
D) Fertilization
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Cytokinesis
Q.21. Enzymes involved in protein synthesis help in the assembly of:
A) Nucleic acids only
B) Proteins
C) Carbohydrates
D) Lipids
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Proteins
Q.22. Reproduction is essential for the survival of a:
A) Species
B) Single individual only
C) Non-living object
D) Mineral
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Species
Q.23. In eukaryotic cells, chromosomes are mainly located in the:
A) Cytoplasm
B) Vacuoles
C) Nucleus
D) Ribosomes
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Nucleus
Q.24. The approximate value of Boltzmann's constant is:
A) 1.38 × 10−23 J/K
B) 1.38 × 1023 J/K
C) 1.38 × 10−23 J/mol
D) 1.38 × 1023 J/mol
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1.38 × 10−23 J/K
Q.25. Subtract 5x² − 9x − 10 from 8x² + 10x − 25:
A) 3x² + x + 15
B) −3x² − 19x + 15
C) 3x² + 19x − 15
D) 13x² + x − 35
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) 3x² + 19x − 15
Q.26. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Au
Q.27. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the proton?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Ernest Rutherford
C) Goldhaber
D) Albert Einstein
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Ernest Rutherford
Q.28. The most abundant element in the universe is:
A) Hydrogen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon
D) Silicon
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen
Q.29. A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed overall is called a:
A) Reactant
B) Catalyst
C) Product
D) Inhibitor
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Catalyst
Q.30. Which is the most reactive halogen?
A) Chlorine
B) Fluorine
C) Bromine
D) Iodine
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Fluorine
Q.31. Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
A) Positron
B) Neutron
C) Proton
D) Electron
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Electron
Q.32. Which element is essential for the formation of haemoglobin?
A) Calcium
B) Iron
C) Sodium
D) Potassium
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Iron
Q.33. Severe vitamin D deficiency in children can cause:
A) Scurvy
B) Rickets
C) Night blindness
D) Beriberi
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Rickets
Q.34. The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful _____ radiation from the Sun.
A) Microwave
B) Infrared
C) Radio
D) Ultraviolet
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Ultraviolet
Q.35. Which country lies to the northwest of Pakistan?
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) China
D) India
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Afghanistan
Q.36. The Constitution of Pakistan of 1962 introduced which form of government?
A) Parliamentary form
B) Presidential form
C) Monarchical form
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Presidential form
Q.37. In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
A) 1992
B) 1996
C) 2003
D) 1999
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1992
Q.38. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Jupiter
D) Earth
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Venus
Q.39. The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in which country?
A) America
B) United Kingdom
C) Italy
D) China
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) China
Q.40. Which is the longest Surah of the Holy Quran?
A) Surah Al-Baqarah
B) Surah An-Nasr
C) Surah An-Nas
D) Surah Al-Falaq
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Surah Al-Baqarah
Q.41. Which is the last Surah in the order of the Holy Quran?
A) Surah Al-Alaq
B) Surah An-Nasr
C) Surah An-Nas
D) Surah Al-Falaq
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Surah An-Nas
Q.42. During which event were the five daily prayers made obligatory?
A) Isra and Mi'raj
B) Battle of Badr
C) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
D) Conquest of Makkah
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Isra and Mi'raj
Q.43. Who ordered the preparation of standardized copies of the Quran and sent them to different regions?
A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.)
B) Hazrat Uthman (R.A.)
C) Hazrat Umar (R.A.)
D) Hazrat Ali (R.A.)
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Hazrat Uthman (R.A.)
Q.44. The Battle of Badr was fought on 17 Ramadan in which Hijri year?
A) 1 AH
B) 2 AH
C) 3 AH
D) 4 AH
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 2 AH
Q.45. سنڌي ٻوليءَ جو رسم الخط ڪهڙي رسم الخط تي ٻڌل آهي؟
A) عربي بنياد واري رسم الخط
B) ديوناگري
C) انگريزي
D) رومن
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) عربي بنياد واري رسم الخط
Q.46. شاهه عبداللطيف ڀٽائيءَ جي والد جو نالو ڇا هو؟
A) شاهه ڪريم
B) شاهه حبيب
C) سيد خير شاهه
D) شاهه نصير
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) شاهه حبيب
Q.47. ٽالپر دور جو اهم صوفي شاعر ڪير هو؟
A) سچل سرمست
B) عطا محمد حامي
C) قاضي قادن
D) شاهه حبيب
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) سچل سرمست
Q.48. شاعرِ مشرق جي لقب سان ڪهڙو شاعر مشهور آهي؟
A) فيض احمد فيض
B) احمد نديم قاسمي
C) حسرت موهاني
D) علامه اقبال
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) علامه اقبال
Q.49. نظم "آدمی نامہ" کس شاعر کی تخلیق ہے؟
A) نظیر اکبر آبادی
B) فیض احمد فیض
C) الطاف حسین حالی
D) مومن خان مومن
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) نظیر اکبر آبادی
Q.50. مرزا غالب بنیادی طور پر کس صنفِ شاعری کے لیے مشہور ہیں؟
A) ماہرِ تعلیم
B) غزل
C) مزاح نگاری
D) ڈراما نگاری
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) غزل
Shah Abdul Latif University
Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Pre-Entry Test Past Paper 2022
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q.1. The poem "Character of a Happy Life" is written by:
A) William Shakespeare
B) William Wordsworth
C) Sir Henry Wotton
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Sir Henry Wotton
Q.2. "This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise or fear to fall" are lines from the poem:
A) Lucy Gray
B) Character of a Happy Life
C) Abou Ben Adhem
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Character of a Happy Life
Q.3. William Wordsworth was a:
A) Playwright
B) Comedian
C) Classical poet
D) Romantic poet
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Romantic poet
Q.4. Who is the hero of the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"?
A) Edmond Dantes
B) Albert
C) Raymond Dantes
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Edmond Dantes
Q.5. Man is answerable _____ God _____ his actions.
A) For, to
B) To, upon
C) To, for
D) With, at
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) To, for
Q.6. She has discussed the matter with her teacher. (Change into passive voice.)
A) The matter is being discussed with her teacher by her.
B) The matter has discussed with her teacher by her.
C) The matter has to be discussed with her teacher by her.
D) The matter has been discussed with her teacher by her.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) The matter has been discussed with her teacher by her.
Q.7. I have been staying in this hotel _____ three days.
A) Until
B) For
C) Since
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) For
Q.8. The poem "The Solitary Reaper" was written by:
A) William Shakespeare
B) Alfred Tennyson
C) William Wordsworth
D) John Keats
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth
Q.9. In Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man," the fourth stage of man's life is:
A) Soldier
B) Lover
C) Schoolboy
D) Justice (Judge)
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Justice (Judge)
Q.10. The hero of the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" is:
A) Rudolf Elphberg
B) Rudolf Rassendyll
C) Black Michael
D) Rupert of Hentzau
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Rudolf Rassendyll
Q.11. The poem "Abou Ben Adhem" was written by:
A) William Wordsworth
B) Thomas Gray
C) Leigh Hunt
D) Henry Wotton
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Leigh Hunt
Q.12. She is not afraid _____ death.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Of
Q.13. Where _____ the car?
A) Did you park
B) Did you parked
C) Parked you
D) You parked
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Did you park
Q.14. He said to me, "I was ill." Choose the correct indirect speech.
A) He said to me that he has been ill.
B) He told me that he had been ill.
C) He said to me that I was ill.
D) He told to me he had been ill.
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) He told me that he had been ill.
Q.15. The cell wall is absent in:
A) Bacteria
B) Fungi
C) Plant cells
D) Animal cells
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Animal cells
Q.16. The study of organisms and their environment is called:
A) Ecology
B) Cytology
C) Physiology
D) Limnology
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Ecology
Q.17. The movement of substances from a lower concentration to a higher concentration using energy is called:
A) Phagocytosis
B) Pinocytosis
C) Passive transport
D) Active transport
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Active transport
Q.18. Omnivorous animals obtain food from:
A) Soil only
B) Plants only
C) Animals only
D) Both plants and animals
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Both plants and animals
Q.19. Which is the largest gland in the human body?
A) Thyroid
B) Pancreas
C) Liver
D) Pituitary gland
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Liver
Q.20. Cell division generally includes nuclear division and:
A) Karyokinesis only
B) Cytokinesis
C) Interphase only
D) Fertilization
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Cytokinesis
Q.21. Enzymes involved in protein synthesis help in the assembly of:
A) Nucleic acids only
B) Proteins
C) Carbohydrates
D) Lipids
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Proteins
Q.22. Reproduction is essential for the survival of a:
A) Species
B) Single individual only
C) Non-living object
D) Mineral
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Species
Q.23. In eukaryotic cells, chromosomes are mainly located in the:
A) Cytoplasm
B) Vacuoles
C) Nucleus
D) Ribosomes
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Nucleus
Q.24. The approximate value of Boltzmann's constant is:
A) 1.38 × 10−23 J/K
B) 1.38 × 1023 J/K
C) 1.38 × 10−23 J/mol
D) 1.38 × 1023 J/mol
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1.38 × 10−23 J/K
Q.25. Subtract 5x² − 9x − 10 from 8x² + 10x − 25:
A) 3x² + x + 15
B) −3x² − 19x + 15
C) 3x² + 19x − 15
D) 13x² + x − 35
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) 3x² + 19x − 15
Q.26. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Au
Q.27. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the proton?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Ernest Rutherford
C) Goldhaber
D) Albert Einstein
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Ernest Rutherford
Q.28. The most abundant element in the universe is:
A) Hydrogen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon
D) Silicon
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen
Q.29. A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed overall is called a:
A) Reactant
B) Catalyst
C) Product
D) Inhibitor
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Catalyst
Q.30. Which is the most reactive halogen?
A) Chlorine
B) Fluorine
C) Bromine
D) Iodine
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Fluorine
Q.31. Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
A) Positron
B) Neutron
C) Proton
D) Electron
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Electron
Q.32. Which element is essential for the formation of haemoglobin?
A) Calcium
B) Iron
C) Sodium
D) Potassium
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Iron
Q.33. Severe vitamin D deficiency in children can cause:
A) Scurvy
B) Rickets
C) Night blindness
D) Beriberi
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Rickets
Q.34. The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful _____ radiation from the Sun.
A) Microwave
B) Infrared
C) Radio
D) Ultraviolet
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) Ultraviolet
Q.35. Which country lies to the northwest of Pakistan?
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) China
D) India
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Afghanistan
Q.36. The Constitution of Pakistan of 1962 introduced which form of government?
A) Parliamentary form
B) Presidential form
C) Monarchical form
D) None of these
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Presidential form
Q.37. In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
A) 1992
B) 1996
C) 2003
D) 1999
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) 1992
Q.38. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Jupiter
D) Earth
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Venus
Q.39. The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in which country?
A) America
B) United Kingdom
C) Italy
D) China
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) China
Q.40. Which is the longest Surah of the Holy Quran?
A) Surah Al-Baqarah
B) Surah An-Nasr
C) Surah An-Nas
D) Surah Al-Falaq
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Surah Al-Baqarah
Q.41. Which is the last Surah in the order of the Holy Quran?
A) Surah Al-Alaq
B) Surah An-Nasr
C) Surah An-Nas
D) Surah Al-Falaq
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: C) Surah An-Nas
Q.42. During which event were the five daily prayers made obligatory?
A) Isra and Mi'raj
B) Battle of Badr
C) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
D) Conquest of Makkah
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) Isra and Mi'raj
Q.43. Who ordered the preparation of standardized copies of the Quran and sent them to different regions?
A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.)
B) Hazrat Uthman (R.A.)
C) Hazrat Umar (R.A.)
D) Hazrat Ali (R.A.)
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) Hazrat Uthman (R.A.)
Q.44. The Battle of Badr was fought on 17 Ramadan in which Hijri year?
A) 1 AH
B) 2 AH
C) 3 AH
D) 4 AH
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) 2 AH
Q.45. سنڌي ٻوليءَ جو رسم الخط ڪهڙي رسم الخط تي ٻڌل آهي؟
A) عربي بنياد واري رسم الخط
B) ديوناگري
C) انگريزي
D) رومن
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) عربي بنياد واري رسم الخط
Q.46. شاهه عبداللطيف ڀٽائيءَ جي والد جو نالو ڇا هو؟
A) شاهه ڪريم
B) شاهه حبيب
C) سيد خير شاهه
D) شاهه نصير
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) شاهه حبيب
Q.47. ٽالپر دور جو اهم صوفي شاعر ڪير هو؟
A) سچل سرمست
B) عطا محمد حامي
C) قاضي قادن
D) شاهه حبيب
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) سچل سرمست
Q.48. شاعرِ مشرق جي لقب سان ڪهڙو شاعر مشهور آهي؟
A) فيض احمد فيض
B) احمد نديم قاسمي
C) حسرت موهاني
D) علامه اقبال
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: D) علامه اقبال
Q.49. نظم "آدمی نامہ" کس شاعر کی تخلیق ہے؟
A) نظیر اکبر آبادی
B) فیض احمد فیض
C) الطاف حسین حالی
D) مومن خان مومن
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: A) نظیر اکبر آبادی
Q.50. مرزا غالب بنیادی طور پر کس صنفِ شاعری کے لیے مشہور ہیں؟
A) ماہرِ تعلیم
B) غزل
C) مزاح نگاری
D) ڈراما نگاری
View Answer➔
Correct Answer: B) غزل