PPSC Past Paper of English All MCQs 2025(solved)
Welcome to “PPSC Past Paper of English – All MCQs 2025”, your complete source for English multiple-choice questions from recent PPSC exams. In this post, we’ve compiled all important English MCQs with correct answers and brief explanations, taken from previous PPSC papers and mock tests updated for 2025.
These questions cover grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, direct & indirect speech, and common error corrections – essential for Lecturer English, Junior Clerk, PMS, and other competitive exams.
1. To lay ______ something for a rainy day.
- A) by
- B) from
- C) to
- 🔵 D) none of these
✔️ Correct Answer: D) none of these
🧠 Explanation: The correct phrase is “to lay aside something for a rainy day”, meaning to save money or resources for difficult times. None of the given prepositions are correct.
2. The foreign phrase “Ad libitum” means:
- A) Extension of limit
- B) At ease
- C) To a limit or extent
- 🔵 D) To any extent
✔️ Correct Answer: D) To any extent
🧠 Explanation: “Ad libitum” is a Latin phrase meaning “as much as one desires” or “to any extent,” commonly used in music and academic contexts.
3. What does “Remission system” refer to?
- A) Increase in imprisonment
- 🔵 B) Decrease in imprisonment
- C) Imprisonment for life
- D) None of these
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Decrease in imprisonment
🧠 Explanation: In legal terms, remission is the reduction of a prison sentence as a reward for good behavior or under special circumstances.
4. علامہ اقبال کی پہلی اردو نظم کون سی ہے؟
- A) طلوع اسلام
- 🔵 B) ہمالہ
- C) شکوہ
- D) ترانہ ملی
✔️ درست جواب: B) ہمالہ
🧠 وضاحت: “ہمالہ” علامہ اقبال کی ابتدائی اردو نظم ہے، جو قدرتی حسن اور قومی جذبات کی ترجمانی کرتی ہے۔
5. “چلتے ہو تو چین کو چلیے” کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
- A) اشفاق احمد
- B) احمد ندیم قاسمی
- 🔵 C) ابن انشاء
- D) ابراہیم جلیس
✔️ درست جواب: C) ابن انشاء
🧠 وضاحت: “چلتے ہو تو چین کو چلیے” ابن انشاء کا مشہور سفرنامہ ہے جس میں انہوں نے چین کے سفر کو دلچسپ اور مزاحیہ انداز میں پیش کیا ہے۔
6. The plural form of “Thesis” is:
- A) Thesises
- 🔵 B) Theses
- C) Thesis
- D) Thesians
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Theses
🧠 Explanation: “Thesis” is a Greek-origin word. Its correct plural is “Theses,” just like “crisis” becomes “crises.”
7. “Feet” is the plural of:
- 🔵 A) Foot
- B) Feet
- C) Leg
- D) Toe
✔️ Correct Answer: A) Foot
🧠 Explanation: “Foot” is singular; “feet” is its irregular plural form, used to refer to two or more.
8. The opposite of “Deep” is:
- A) Low
- B) Long
- 🔵 C) Shallow
- D) Narrow
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Shallow
🧠 Explanation: “Deep” refers to depth. Its antonym is “shallow,” which means not deep — often used for water or emotions.
9. The synonym of “Benevolent” is:
- A) Dangerous
- 🔵 B) Kind
- C) Angry
- D) Proud
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Kind
🧠 Explanation: “Benevolent” means showing kindness or goodwill. It’s commonly used for generous people or actions.
10. The correct spelling is:
- A) Exageration
- B) Exaggration
- 🔵 C) Exaggeration
- D) Exajuration
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration
🧠 Explanation: “Exaggeration” means overstating something. It comes from Latin “exagium.” All other options are misspelled.
11. Choose the correct preposition: “He is afraid ___ the dark.”
- A) of
- B) from
- 🔵 C) of
- D) for
✔️ Correct Answer: C) of
🧠 Explanation: “Afraid of” is the correct phrase. We always use “of” with “afraid” when talking about fear.
12. Which word is an adverb?
- A) Beauty
- 🔵 B) Beautifully
- C) Beautify
- D) Beautiful
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Beautifully
🧠 Explanation: “Beautifully” describes how something is done. Adverbs often end in “-ly” and modify verbs.
13. Choose the correct form of verb: “She ___ already left.”
- A) has
- 🔵 B) had
- C) is
- D) have
✔️ Correct Answer: B) had
🧠 Explanation: “Had already left” is past perfect tense. It describes an action completed before another past event.
14. Identify the correct sentence:
- A) He don’t like tea.
- 🔵 B) He doesn’t like tea.
- C) He not like tea.
- D) He didn’t liked tea.
✔️ Correct Answer: B) He doesn’t like tea.
🧠 Explanation: “Doesn’t” is the correct contraction of “does not” for third person singular in present tense.
15. Pick the correct article: “___ honest man was rewarded.”
- A) A
- 🔵 B) An
- C) The
- D) No article
✔️ Correct Answer: B) An
🧠 Explanation: “An” is used before vowel sounds. Since “honest” starts with a silent “h” and sounds like a vowel, we use “an.”
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📚 PPSC English MCQs 2025 – With Answers & Explanations
(Batch 2: Questions 16 to 30)
16. “He runs very fast” – In this sentence, the word “fast” is a:
- A) noun
- 🔵 B) adverb
- C) verb
- D) adjective
✔️ Correct Answer: B) adverb
🧠 Explanation: “Fast” in this sentence describes how he runs. It modifies the verb “runs”, so it’s an adverb.
17. Synonym of “Brave” is:
- A) Coward
- 🔵 B) Courageous
- C) Lazy
- D) Harsh
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Courageous
🧠 Explanation: “Brave” and “courageous” both describe someone who is fearless and bold.
18. The word opposite in meaning to “Include” is:
- 🔵 A) Exclude
- B) Involve
- C) Accept
- D) Cover
✔️ Correct Answer: A) Exclude
🧠 Explanation: “Include” means to add something in, while “exclude” means to leave something out — direct opposites.
19. Identify the correct sentence:
- A) She go to school daily.
- B) She going to school.
- 🔵 C) She goes to school daily.
- D) She gone to school.
✔️ Correct Answer: C) She goes to school daily.
🧠 Explanation: Third person singular present tense requires “goes” — “She goes” is correct usage.
20. The correct spelling is:
- A) Recieve
- 🔵 B) Receive
- C) Receeve
- D) Receave
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Receive
🧠 Explanation: “Receive” follows the “i before e except after c” rule. All other spellings are incorrect.
21. “He is fond ___ music.” Fill in the blank:
- 🔵 A) of
- B) in
- C) for
- D) about
✔️ Correct Answer: A) of
🧠 Explanation: The correct phrase is “fond of” — always followed by the preposition “of.”
22. “She sings sweetly.” What is “sweetly”?
- A) Adjective
- 🔵 B) Adverb
- C) Verb
- D) Pronoun
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Adverb
🧠 Explanation: “Sweetly” describes how she sings. It modifies the verb “sings,” so it’s an adverb.
23. Opposite of “Permanent” is:
- A) Real
- B) Constant
- 🔵 C) Temporary
- D) Lasting
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Temporary
🧠 Explanation: “Permanent” means lasting forever; “temporary” means lasting for a short time — they are antonyms.
24. “The sun rises in the ___.” Fill in the blank:
- A) West
- B) South
- 🔵 C) East
- D) North
✔️ Correct Answer: C) East
🧠 Explanation: It’s a universal fact that the sun always rises in the east.
**25. Select the correct passive voice:
“She is writing a letter.”**
- 🔵 A) A letter is being written by her.
- B) A letter was being written by her.
- C) A letter has been written by her.
- D) A letter is written by her.
✔️ Correct Answer: A) A letter is being written by her.
🧠 Explanation: Present continuous passive = is/are + being + past participle.
26. “He has been working here since 2010.” The tense is:
- A) Past Perfect
- 🔵 B) Present Perfect Continuous
- C) Present Continuous
- D) Future Perfect
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Continuous
🧠 Explanation: “Has been working” is present perfect continuous — action started in past and continues till now.
**27. Identify the correct indirect form:
He said, “I am tired.”**
- A) He said he was tired.
- B) He said that he had tired.
- 🔵 C) He said that he was tired.
- D) He told he was tired.
✔️ Correct Answer: C) He said that he was tired.
🧠 Explanation: Simple present (“I am”) changes to past (“he was”) in indirect speech.
28. Choose the correct sentence:
- A) Where you are going?
- B) Where are you going?
- 🔵 C) Where are you going?
- D) Where is you going?
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Where are you going?
🧠 Explanation: Correct structure for present continuous question = Where + are + subject + verb-ing.
29. “She has a sweet voice.” The word “sweet” is a:
- A) Verb
- B) Noun
- 🔵 C) Adjective
- D) Adverb
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Adjective
🧠 Explanation: “Sweet” describes the noun “voice” — so it is an adjective.
30. “A book was given ___ her.” Fill in the blank:
- 🔵 A) to
- B) for
- C) of
- D) into
✔️ Correct Answer: A) to
🧠 Explanation: The verb “given” is followed by “to” when the receiver is mentioned — “given to her” is correct usage.
31. Which word is correctly spelled?
- A) Definately
- 🔵 B) Definitely
- C) Definetely
- D) Definitly
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Definitely
🧠 Explanation: “Definitely” is the correct spelling. The other options are common spelling errors.
32. “She is taller than her sister.” The underlined word “taller” is:
- A) Noun
- 🔵 B) Comparative Adjective
- C) Superlative
- D) Verb
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Comparative Adjective
🧠 Explanation: “Taller” compares two people — it is the comparative form of the adjective “tall.”
33. Opposite of “Victory” is:
- A) Game
- 🔵 B) Defeat
- C) War
- D) Power
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Defeat
🧠 Explanation: “Victory” means success, and “defeat” is its direct opposite, meaning failure or loss.
34. Choose the correct option: “He is good ___ mathematics.”
- 🔵 A) at
- B) in
- C) for
- D) with
✔️ Correct Answer: A) at
🧠 Explanation: The correct phrase is “good at” a subject. “He is good at mathematics” is grammatically correct.
35. Choose the correct sentence:
- A) He do not know the answer.
- 🔵 B) He does not know the answer.
- C) He didn’t knew the answer.
- D) He does not knows the answer.
✔️ Correct Answer: B) He does not know the answer.
🧠 Explanation: For present simple tense, with “he/she/it” we use “does not” + base verb.
36. Select the synonym of “Start”:
- 🔵 A) Begin
- B) End
- C) Delay
- D) Stop
✔️ Correct Answer: A) Begin
🧠 Explanation: “Start” and “begin” have similar meanings — both indicate the beginning of an action or event.
37. “The patient died ___ cancer.” Fill in the blank:
- A) from
- 🔵 B) of
- C) with
- D) by
✔️ Correct Answer: B) of
🧠 Explanation: The correct phrase is “died of” a disease. So, “died of cancer” is accurate.
38. Identify the superlative adjective:
- A) Tall
- B) Taller
- 🔵 C) Tallest
- D) Tallly
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Tallest
🧠 Explanation: “Tallest” is the superlative form of “tall,” used to compare more than two things or people.
39. The plural of “Child” is:
- A) Childs
- 🔵 B) Children
- C) Childes
- D) Childerns
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Children
🧠 Explanation: “Child” has an irregular plural form — “children.” Not “childs.”
**40. Pick the correct preposition:
“She is married ___ a lawyer.”**
- A) with
- B) by
- 🔵 C) to
- D) for
✔️ Correct Answer: C) to
🧠 Explanation: The correct preposition is “married to” — always used when referring to the person one is married to.
41. “Don’t cry ___ split milk.” Complete the proverb.
- A) at
- B) on
- C) for
- 🔵 D) over
✔️ Correct Answer: D) over
🧠 Explanation: The full proverb is: “Don’t cry over split milk,” meaning don’t waste time on past mistakes.
42. “Whose book is this?” – The word “whose” is a:
- A) Adjective
- 🔵 B) Interrogative Pronoun
- C) Possessive Noun
- D) Conjunction
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Interrogative Pronoun
🧠 Explanation: “Whose” asks about possession, so it functions as an interrogative pronoun in this sentence.
43. Which is the correct past tense of “Go”?
- A) Goed
- 🔵 B) Went
- C) Gone
- D) Going
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Went
🧠 Explanation: “Go” is an irregular verb. Its past tense is “went,” and “gone” is past participle.
44. Which is a collective noun?
- A) Sheeps
- 🔵 B) Team
- C) Books
- D) Tables
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Team
🧠 Explanation: A “team” refers to a group of people — it is a collective noun.
45. The word “Kindness” is a:
- A) Verb
- 🔵 B) Abstract noun
- C) Adverb
- D) Adjective
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Abstract noun
🧠 Explanation: “Kindness” is a quality, an idea you cannot touch — so it is an abstract noun.
46. “She looks ___ her lost cat.” Choose the correct preposition:
- A) for
- B) on
- C) at
- 🔵 D) after
✔️ Correct Answer: D) after
🧠 Explanation: “Look after” means to take care of. If she is caring for her cat, “after” is correct.
47. Choose the synonym of “Famous”:
- A) Rich
- B) Unknown
- 🔵 C) Renowned
- D) Local
✔️ Correct Answer: C) Renowned
🧠 Explanation: “Renowned” means well-known and respected — just like “famous.”
48. “He is senior ___ me.” Complete the sentence:
- A) than
- B) from
- 🔵 C) to
- D) with
✔️ Correct Answer: C) to
🧠 Explanation: With “senior,” the correct preposition is “to” — not “than.” Example: “He is senior to me.”
49. Which one is a pronoun?
- A) Car
- 🔵 B) She
- C) Tall
- D) Read
✔️ Correct Answer: B) She
🧠 Explanation: “She” is a pronoun used in place of a noun — referring to a female person.
50. What is the past participle of “write”?
- A) Wrote
- B) Writed
- C) Writing
- 🔵 D) Written
✔️ Correct Answer: D) Written
🧠 Explanation: The correct forms are: write (present), wrote (past), written (past participle).
51. “He ran ___ than his friend.” Choose the correct word:
- A) more fast
- B) fastest
- 🔵 C) faster
- D) fastly
✔️ Correct Answer: C) faster
🧠 Explanation: “Faster” is the correct comparative form of “fast.”
52. Find the correctly punctuated sentence:
- A) wow! what a goal
- 🔵 B) Wow! What a goal!
- C) wow, what a goal.
- D) Wow what a goal
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Wow! What a goal!
🧠 Explanation: Capital letters and proper punctuation are needed at the start and end of a sentence.
53. Which sentence is in future tense?
- 🔵 A) He will go tomorrow.
- B) He is going now.
- C) He has gone already.
- D) He goes daily.
✔️ Correct Answer: A) He will go tomorrow.
🧠 Explanation: “Will go” indicates a future action — it’s future simple tense.
54. Choose the correct spelling:
- A) Conscience
- 🔵 B) Conscience
- C) Consience
- D) Consiance
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Conscience
🧠 Explanation: “Conscience” means moral sense of right and wrong — correct spelling is with “s-c-i-e-n-c-e.”
55. “The girl is afraid ___ dogs.” Fill the blank:
- A) for
- 🔵 B) of
- C) by
- D) from
✔️ Correct Answer: B) of
🧠 Explanation: “Afraid of” is the correct phrase to express fear of something.
56. “The weather is very ___ today.” Choose the adjective:
- A) weather
- B) very
- 🔵 C) cold
- D) is
✔️ Correct Answer: C) cold
🧠 Explanation: “Cold” describes the noun “weather,” so it is an adjective.
57. Opposite of “Success” is:
- 🔵 A) Failure
- B) Victory
- C) Winner
- D) Profit
✔️ Correct Answer: A) Failure
🧠 Explanation: “Success” means achievement; “failure” means not achieving — direct opposites.
58. “He is the ___ of all players.” Fill the blank:
- A) good
- B) better
- 🔵 C) best
- D) well
✔️ Correct Answer: C) best
🧠 Explanation: Superlative form “best” is used when comparing more than two.
59. “How ___ milk do you need?” Choose the correct quantifier:
- A) many
- 🔵 B) much
- C) few
- D) less
✔️ Correct Answer: B) much
🧠 Explanation: “Milk” is uncountable, so we use “much” — not “many.”
60. Which is a proper noun?
- A) school
- 🔵 B) Lahore
- C) river
- D) city
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Lahore
🧠 Explanation: “Lahore” is the name of a specific place, so it is a proper noun.
61. What is the antonym of “Early”?
- A) Soon
- 🔵 B) Late
- C) On time
- D) Sharp
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Late
🧠 Explanation: “Early” means before time, and its opposite is “late” — arriving after the expected time.
62. “A herd of cows” – the word “herd” is a:
- A) Proper noun
- 🔵 B) Collective noun
- C) Common noun
- D) Concrete noun
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Collective noun
🧠 Explanation: “Herd” refers to a group of animals. It’s a collective noun used for cattle, elephants, etc.
**63. Choose the correct modal verb:
“You ___ not smoke here.”**
- A) can
- 🔵 B) must
- C) could
- D) may
✔️ Correct Answer: B) must
🧠 Explanation: “Must not” shows strong prohibition or rule — more strict than “may not” or “cannot.”
64. “He ___ finished the work.” Fill in the blank:
- 🔵 A) has
- B) had
- C) will
- D) is
✔️ Correct Answer: A) has
🧠 Explanation: Present perfect tense = has/have + past participle. “He has finished” is correct.
65. What is the superlative of “good”?
- A) goodest
- B) better
- 🔵 C) best
- D) most good
✔️ Correct Answer: C) best
🧠 Explanation: “Good” is irregular. Its comparative is “better” and superlative is “best.”
66. Select the correctly spelled word:
- A) Accomodation
- 🔵 B) Accommodation
- C) Acommodation
- D) Accomadation
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Accommodation
🧠 Explanation: The correct spelling has double ‘c’ and double ‘m’. It’s often misspelled.
67. “The boy broke the window.” – Change into passive voice:
- A) The window was break by the boy.
- B) The window has broken by the boy.
- 🔵 C) The window was broken by the boy.
- D) The window is broken by the boy.
✔️ Correct Answer: C) The window was broken by the boy.
🧠 Explanation: Past simple passive = was/were + past participle. “Was broken” is correct here.
68. Which is a countable noun?
- A) Water
- 🔵 B) Apple
- C) Milk
- D) Rice
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Apple
🧠 Explanation: “Apple” is a countable noun — we can say one apple, two apples, etc.
69. “He speaks English fluently.” – The word “fluently” is:
- A) Noun
- 🔵 B) Adverb
- C) Adjective
- D) Verb
✔️ Correct Answer: B) Adverb
🧠 Explanation: “Fluently” describes how he speaks — it modifies the verb, so it is an adverb.
70. Complete the proverb: “Actions speak louder than ___.”
- A) thoughts
- B) books
- 🔵 C) words
- D) promises
✔️ Correct Answer: C) words
🧠 Explanation: The full proverb is: “Actions speak louder than words,” meaning what you do is more important than what you say.
