https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-0rkkcAHjod44vJKck6zWH8FzudWN9q/view? PU CPS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QedDeMi7xfah2WeSC3x1qxKUgZ9nb6BZ/view Arts PU M https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=0456bb57cf3185118a1a3a5f67fd251d PU E https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=dfd80ad78c39119d85bf91f11886d56e PU COM https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=36026771ce80dd7b407cd215c8ee67c1 PU CSS https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=6c5bf604d1022f1c4c0b8cfe16b9bda5 PU CSP https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=01cbe94777f4c238e097ec85865bc70c PU AHS https://quiz.everestwebdeals.co/?form=4b8e3b7a6a9de5bf0a96562a1a6af03d **Punjab University Admission Test** **Under Graduate Programs **PU- E Past Papers** **2023-2024** **MCQs** **Syllabus: General Knowledge, Physics, Chemistry, Math, English* ### 1. **In “Button Button,” what did Norma find after she tore open the box unit?** A. Transistors B. Tubes C. Wires ✅ D. Nothing ### 2. **Brookfield became illustrious sometimes:** ✅ A. Splendid B. Rude C. Degenerated D. Degraded ### 3. **In “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed,” what did they see on the Martian hills?** ✅ A. The old cities B. The gardens C. River D. Forests ### 4. **She shook him until her teeth rattled. (What is the synonym for "rattled"?)** A. Battered ✅ B. Clattered C. Broken D. Removed ### 5. **Which is the original language of Gulistan-e-Sa'di?** ✅ A. Persian B. Arabic C. Latin D. Urdu ### 6. **In “Visit to A Small Planet,” Kreton says that he picks up things.** A. Refutes ✅B. Realizes C. Denies D. Eats up ### 7. **In “The God be Praised,” what were the two main sources of Moulvi Abul's inspiration?** ✅ A. Almighty Allah and Ch. Fateh Dad B. Allah and Shamim Ahmad C. Allah and the Mosque D. Allah and his wife ### 8. **In “Overcoat,” how did the young man’s evening promenade end?** A. Took dinner B. Enjoying a lot C. Came back home ✅ D. In his death ### 9. **What is the most important condition life requires for its appearance?** ✅ A. Water B. Oxygen C. Food D. Temperature ### 10. **Who wrote God's attributes?** A. Allama Iqbal B. Sachal Sarmast C. Bulleh Shah ✅D. Jalaluddin Rumi --- ### 11. **What is the theme of the poem “Ozymandias”?** A. Live good B. Live life bravely C. Man lives forever ✅ D. Death levels everything ### 12. **Why has Eliot called modern man a Hollow man?** A. He has no blood B. He has no flesh ✅ C. He is feelingless D. He is a liar ### 13. **If he works hard, he \_\_\_ the examination.** A. Pass B. Has passed C. Would pass ✅ D. Will pass ### 14. **Why did Pasteur forget his own marriage ceremony?** A. He did not like his wife-to-be ✅ B. He was engrossed in his work C. He had a weak memory D. He overslept that day ### 15. **In “Mr. Chips,” what did the great exhibition show as a toddling child?** A. Weeping B. Laughing C. Collecting ✅ D. Wobbling ### 16. **In “A Man Who Was A Hospital,” what was the first disease the writer discovered he was suffering from?** A. Hay fever B. T.B. ✅ C. Liver disorder D. Zymosis ### 17. **In “Hitchhiking across the Sahara,” what is the town Ghardara famous for?** A. For birds B. For flies C. For trees ✅ D. For wells ### 18. **She was envious \_\_\_\_\_ her sister’s beauty.** A. Of ✅ B. Out C. At D. In ### 19. **How was Chips April fooled by the universe in 1898?** A. Students gave him blank pages as letters ✅B. His wife and both died C. He sprained his ankle D. He got bronchitis ### 20. **The ideas of generosity was becoming rare in a frantic world.** A. Charming ✅B. Mad C. Amusing D. Beautiful --- ### 21. **If the length of a rectangle is 8 units and the width is 3 units, what is its perimeter?** A. 11 sq. units B. 16 sq. units ✅ C. 22 sq. units D. 24 sq. units ### 22. **What is the sum of the prime numbers between 20 and 30?** ✅ A. 52 B. 54 C. 56 D. 58 ### 23. **A man sold two chairs at Rs. 1,200 each. On one he gained 20% and on the other he lost 20%. His gain or loss in the whole transaction is:** A. 15% gain B. 2% loss ✅ C. 4% loss D. 2% gain ### 24. **What is the value of x in the equation 3x + 7 = 222?** A. 4 B. 5 C. 5.67 ✅ D. 6 ### 25. **Which of the following is a polygon with six sides?** A. Triangle B. Rectangle C. Octagon ✅ D. Hexagon ### 26. **If a number is multiplied by 7 and then divided by 4, the result is 14. What is the number?** ✅A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 28 ### 27. **What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?** A. 90 degrees ✅ B. 180 degrees C. 270 degrees D. 360 degrees ### 28. **An angle which is less than 90° is called:** ✅ A. Acute angle B. Right angle C. Obtuse angle D. Reflex angle ### 29. **In a parallelogram, one angle measures 120 degrees. What is the measure of its adjacent angles?** A. 20 degrees B. 40 degrees ✅ C. 60 degrees D. 120 degrees ### 30. **The following are the ages of students in a class: 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, and 20. What is the range of the data set?** ✅ C. 4 ### 31. **Which statement represents the solution set for the inequality 4x + 5 < 9?** ✅ A. x < 1 B. x > 1 C. x = 1 D. x ≤ 1 ### 32. **Solve the equation: 3(x + 4) - 2(2x - 5) = 7.** A. x = 5 B. x = 10 ✅ C. x = 11 D. x = 12 ### 33. **The sum of two numbers is 35. If one number is 8 more than the other, what are the numbers?** A. 10 and 25 ✅ B. 15 and 20 C. 20 and 15 D. 25 and 10 ### 34. **The range of a data set is defined as:** A. The sum of all the values in the data set ✅ B. The difference between the maximum and minimum values C. The middle value in the data set D. The average of all the values in the data set ### 35. **In a class, 20% of students wear glasses, 30% wear contact lenses, and 10% wear both glasses and contact lenses. What percentage of students in the class wear either glasses or contact lenses?** A. 20% B. 40% ✅ C. 40% D. 50% ### 36. **A confidence level of 95% corresponds to a significance level of:** A. 0.1 B. 0.01 ✅ C. 0.05 D. 0.02 ### 37. **A fruit seller has 35 mangoes. He sells 12 mangoes to one customer and 8 mangoes to another customer. How many mangoes does he have left?** ✅A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 ### 38. **Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5:7:8. They had partnered for 14 months, 8 months, and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?** A. 30:35:40 B. 35:40:45 ✅ C. 38:28:21 D. 40:45:50 ### 39. **A student needs to read a 300-page book in 10 days. If the student reads the same number of pages each day, how many pages should be read per day?** A. 10 pages B. 15 pages ✅ C. 30 pages D. 25 pages ### 40. **A pizza is divided into 10 equal slices. If 4 slices are eaten, what fraction of the pizza remains?** A. 1/2 B. 3/10 ✅ C. 3/5 D. 2/5 --- ### 41. **Which of the following devices is more accurate?** ✅ A. Vernier calipers B. Ruler C. Micrometer D. Weighing balance ### 42. **The resultant magnitude of 6N force acting at right angle to an 8N force is:** ✅ A. 10 N B. 12 N C. 14 N D. 8 N ### 43. **Linking SHM with circular motion, when the phase of vibration θ = π/2 radians, then the cycle is completed.** A. First half B. Full cycle ✅ C. Complete trip D. Half cycle ### 44. **Which one of the following has greater K.E.?** ✅ A. Proton B. Electron C. Neutron D. Photon ### 45. **Law of conservation of energy is based on:** ✅ A. Bernoulli’s theorem B. Stoke’s law C. Equation of continuity D. The work-energy theorem ### 46. **Stock’s law holds for the:** A. Ideal gases B. Non-ideal gases ✅ C. Viscous medium D. Perfect solids ### 47. **The compressions and elongations are formed in:** ✅ C. Longitudinal waves A. Transverse waves B. Surface waves D. Standing waves ### 48. **Bremstralung or braking radiation are examples of:** ✅ A. Continuous Spectra B. Line Spectra C. Absorption Spectra D. Emission Spectra ### 49. **Light glare can be reduced by the process of:** A. Reflection B. Diffraction ✅ C. Polarization D. Refraction --- ### 50. **What can be calculated from the curve under the PV graph?** C. Work done A. Heat ✅B. Energy D. Power ### 51. **A cycle tyre bursts suddenly, it represents:** ✅ B. Adiabatic expansion A. Isothermal expansion C. Isobaric expansion D. Isochoric process ### 52. **Kilowatt-hour is the unit of:** ✅ C. Power A. Energy B. Force D. Work ### 53. **Indicate high-frequency electromagnetic waves:** A. Microwaves B. Infrared rays C. Ultraviolet rays ✅ D. Gamma rays ### 54. **The brightness of wave form on the screen of CRO is controlled by:** ✅ A. Potential of anode B. Frequency C. Voltage D. Resistance ### 55. **When X1 = Xc, this condition is called:** A. Balanced ✅ B. Resonance C. Transient D. Free oscillation ### 56. **The current produced in a coil due to electromagnetic induction is called:** ✅ C. Induced current A. Electromotive force B. Conventional current D. Static current ### 57. **The ratio of stress to volumetric strain is called:** ✅ B. Bulk Modulus A. Young's Modulus C. Modulus of rigidity D. Poisson's ratio ### 58. **In what year, Sadi Carnot described an ideal engine using only isothermal and adiabatic processes?** A. 1765 AD ✅ B. 1740 AD C. 1800 AD D. 1900 AD ### 59. **A black body is an:** ✅ A. Ideal absorber B. Ideal reflector C. Ideal emitter D. Ideal transmitter ### 60. **The central region of a transistor is called:** A. Collector ✅B. Base C. Emitter D. Junction ### 61. **Which of the following substance is used to absorb carbon dioxide gas in combustion analysis?** ✅ B. 50% KOH A. NaOH C. CaO D. H₂SO₄ ### 62. **In decolorizing process, animal charcoal is boiled with:** A. Sodium hydroxide B. Sodium carbonate ✅ C. Alkaline H₂O D. Hydrochloric acid ### 63. **The temperature of natural plasma is about:** ✅ A. 20,000°C B. 1,500°C C. 50,000°C D. 10,000°C ### 64. **The arrangement of particles in a body-centered cubic (BCC) unit cell consists of:** ✅ A. One particle at the center and eight particles at the corners B. Two particles at the center C. Eight particles at the corners D. One particle at the center and six at the faces ### 65. **Which one of the following molecules has sp³ hybridization?** ✅ A. CH₄ B. CO₂ C. BF₃ D. O₂ ### 66. **Geometry of water according to VSEPR theory is:** A. Trigonal Planar B. Tetrahedral ✅ C. Bent D. Linear ### 67. **The number of moles of solute dissolved per kg of solvent is called:** ✅ A. Molality B. Molarity C. Normality D. Mol fraction ### 68. **When HCl is added to aqueous H₂S, its ionization:** A. Increases ✅ B. Decreases C. Stays the same D. Doesn’t affect ### 69. **Which of the following is an example of a colligative property of a solution?** ✅ A. Boiling point elevation B. Density C. Refractive index D. Molarity ### 70. **If a strip of Cu metal is placed in a solution of FeSO₄, Cu will be precipitated down. What happens next?** ✅ A. Cu will be precipitated down B. Fe will be precipitated down C. No reaction occurs D. Both Cu and Fe will precipitate --- ### 71. **The rate expression for a reaction is given as rate = k\[A]²\[B]³. What is the overall order of the reaction?** A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 ✅ D. 6 ### 72. **A single chloride free radical can destroy how many ozone molecules?** A. 10,000 ✅ B. 1,000,000 C. 100,000 D. 500,000 ### 73. **Following is used in making fireproof clothes:** A. Asbestos B. Carbon ✅ C. Teflon D. Polyester ### 74. **Which one of the following elements occurs free in nature?** A. Nitrogen B. Oxygen ✅ C. Gold D. Helium ### 75. **Which type of reactions are given by alkanes?** A. Addition B. Substitution ✅ C. Substitution D. Elimination ### 76. **Alkanoic acid is another name of:** A. Alcohol B. Ether ✅ C. Carboxylic acid D. Aldehyde ### 77. **Acetamide is prepared by heating ammonium acetate:** A. With sodium hydroxide B. With acetone ✅ C. With acetic acid D. With ammonia ### 78. **Which is not a nucleophile?** A. NH₃ B. OH⁻ ✅ C. BF₃ D. Cl⁻ ### 79. **Which of the following compounds is acetophenone?** ✅ A. C₆H₅COCH₃ B. C₆H₅CHO C. C₆H₅COOH D. C₆H₅CH₃ ### 80. **The hydrolysis of fats is brought about by:** ✅A. Lipase B. Amylase C. Glycerol D. Protease --- ### 81. **Every real number is a complex number with its imaginary part equal to:** ✅ C. 0 A. 1 B. -1 D. ∞ ### 82. **If order and corresponding elements of matrices are said to be same, then matrices are:** ✅ A. Scalar B. Diagonal C. Rectangular D. Equal ### 83. **The cofactor of an element a₁, denoted by A₁ is:** A. (-1)^(i+j) M₁ ✅ B. (-1)^(i+j) M₁ C. (-1)^(i+j) N₁ D. (-1)^(i+j) L₁ ### 84. **If one root of 2x² + ax + 6 = 0 is 2, then the value of a is:** A. 5 B. 6 ✅ C. 7 D. 8 ### 85. **Product of roots of equation x² - 3x + 5 = 0 is:** A. 3 ✅ B. 5 C. 7 D. 9 --- ### 86. **To determine if a given linear polynomial (x - a) is a factor of f(x), we need to check whether:** A. f(x) = 1 B. f(a) = 0 ✅ C. f(a) = 0 D. f(x) = 0 ### 87. **The middle term of (a + b)⁶ is:** A. 8 B. 9 ✅ C. 10 D. 11 ### 88. **If cosec θ > 0 and tan θ < 0, then terminal arm of the angle θ lies in the:** A. 1st quadrant B. 2nd quadrant ✅ C. 4th quadrant D. 3rd quadrant ### 89. **If sin θ = 0, cosec θ then the terminal arm of the angle lies in quadrant:** A. II ✅ B. III C. I D. IV ### 90. **cot 30° + tan 45° = ?** A. 1 ✅ B. √3 C. 0 D. 2 ### 91. **In any triangle ABC, Law of tangents is given by:** ✅ A. (a - b) / (a + b) = tan (A - B) / tan (A + B) B. (a + b) / (a - b) = tan (A - B) / tan (A + B) C. a / b = tan (A - B) / tan (A + B) D. (a + b) / (a - b) = tan (A + B) / tan (A - B) ### 92. **If y = e^(sin x), then dy/dx = ?** A. cos x \* e^(sin x) ✅ B. cos x \* e^(sin x) C. e^(sin x) D. cos x \* ln e^(sin x) ### 93. **Principal solution of tan 45° is:** A. π/4 ✅ B. 0 C. π/3 D. 1 ### 94. **y = √(x - 1) is a:** A. Polynomial function B. Rational function ✅ C. Implicit function D. Exponential function ### 95. **If ‘a’ is the first term, r is the common ratio of G.P., then sum of n terms is:** A. a(1 - r^n) / (1 - r) ✅ B. a(1 - r^n) / (1 - r) C. a(n) / (1 - r) D. a(r) / (1 - r) ### 96. **tan x dx = ?** A. ln cos x ✅ B. ln sec x C. ln sin x D. ln tan x ### 97. **The radius of circle x² + y² + 2xy + 2y + c = 0 is:** A. √(2a + b + c) B. √(- c) ✅ C. √(- c) D. r² = c ### 98. **If (a + b)² = k, then the value of (a - b)² is:** A. k B. k² C. √k ✅ D. k - 4ab ### 99. **The pair of lines of homogeneous second-degree equation ax² + 2hxy + by² = 0 are real and coincident, if:** ✅ A. h² = ab B. h² < ab C. h² > ab D. h² ≠ ab ### 100. **The circle passing through the vertices of a triangle is called a:** ✅ A. Circumcircle B. Incircle C. Exscribed circle D. Unit circle