MES LDC Past Paper 2024 – 51 Solved Questions

This page contains 51 reviewed memory-based questions attributed to the MES Lower Division Clerk paper of 2024. The available questions cover Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, General Knowledge, English and mathematics, with corrections for incomplete or misleading wording.

Important: This is a memory-based educational collection, not an official paper. Wording and options may differ from the original test. Incomplete or time-sensitive items should be verified.

Islamic Studies

1. Which surah is called Aroos-ul-Quran?
   Reported answer: Surah Ar-Rahman.
2. Which is the longest surah?
   Answer: Surah Al-Baqarah.
3. Which surah begins without Bismillah?
   Answer: Surah At-Tawbah.
4. In how many days were the heavens and earth created?
   Answer: Six days, as stated in the Quran.
5. When was the Battle of Qadisiyyah fought?
   Common answer: 15 AH; historical dating may vary by source.
6. In which surah is Ayat-ul-Kursi?
   Answer: Surah Al-Baqarah.
7. How many surahs are named after prophets?
   Common answer: Six.
8. Why did Hazrat Uthman (R.A.) not join Badr?
   Answer: He remained to care for his ill wife, Hazrat Ruqayyah (R.A.).
9. Who became Caliph in 632 CE?
   Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.).
10. What is regarded as the greatest continuing miracle of the Prophet (PBUH)?
    Answer: The Holy Quran.
11. When did Hajj become obligatory?
    Common answer: 9 AH; follow the accepted syllabus source.

Pakistan Studies

1. What was Pakistan’s population at independence?
   Common textbook answer: About 33 million in West Pakistan; clarify the territorial basis.
2. What is the approximate height of Minar-e-Pakistan?
   Answer: About 70 metres.
3. When did Quaid-e-Azam die?
   Answer: 11 September 1948.
4. Where are major iron-ore deposits found at Kalabagh?
   Answer: Kalabagh, Mianwali District.
5. When was the Allahabad Address delivered?
   Answer: 29 December 1930.
6. Which province is smallest by area?
   Answer: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
7. Where are bananas mainly cultivated in Pakistan?
   Answer: Sindh.
8. Who published Comrade and Hamdard?
   Answer: Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.
9. What financial share was allocated to Pakistan at partition?
   Common answer: Rs 750 million (75 crore).
10. When did KANUPP begin commercial operation?
    Answer: 1972.
11. When was the Karakoram Highway completed/opened?
    Common answer: Completed in 1979 and opened in 1982; wording matters.
12. What happened administratively in 1936?
    Correct wording: Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency.
13. Who founded the Zamindar newspaper?
    Answer: Maulvi Sirajuddin; Maulana Zafar Ali Khan later became its famous editor. Verify the intended syllabus answer.
14. Where is Harappa?
    Answer: Punjab.
15. When did Pakistan become a republic and replace Governor-General with President?
    Answer: 23 March 1956.
16. Who administered the oath to Quaid-e-Azam as Governor-General?
    Answer: Justice Mian Abdul Rashid.
17. Who proposed the establishment of the Muslim League at Dhaka?
    Answer: Nawab Salimullah Khan.
18. When did the Partition of Bengal take effect?
    Answer: 16 October 1905.
19. Who ruled Pakistan for the longest period among military rulers?
    Common answer: General Zia-ul-Haq.
20. Which offices did Zulfikar Ali Bhutto assume after December 1971?
    Answer: President and Chief Martial Law Administrator.

General Knowledge

1. What does MOU stand for?
   Answer: Memorandum of Understanding.
2. Where is the Gobi Desert?
   Answer: China and Mongolia.
3. What is the US legislature called?
   Answer: Congress.
4. Which sector consumes the most oil globally?
   Common answer: Transport; verify the reference year.
5. Which country ranked fourth by population in 2024?
   Answer: Indonesia.
6. What is a hinterland?
   Answer: Inland territory connected economically to a coast, port or river area.
7. What is an oasis associated with?
   Answer: Deserts.
8. Where is Dasht-e Lut?
   Answer: Iran.
9. Which is the second-largest religion by global population?
   Answer: Islam—not Christianity. Christianity is the largest.
10. Which side did the Ottoman Empire join in World War I?
    Answer: The Central Powers, including Germany.
11. What does AI stand for?
    Answer: Artificial Intelligence.

English and Mathematics

1. Antonym of dormant?
   Answer: Active.
2. Meaning of “cut a long story short”?
   Answer: To tell something briefly.
3. I am intent ___ winning.
   Answer: On.
4. Synonym of confront?
   Answer: Face.
5. I have often ___ why he went abroad.
   Answer: Wondered.
6. The news soon ___.
   Answer: Leaked out.
7. Everyone should ___ himself against illness.
   Answer: Insure.
8. Triangle analogy and other incomplete verbal items
   Status: Verify the original options; do not memorize an unsupported answer.
9. If roots of a quadratic or a numerical question are supplied, what should you do?
   Show the full calculation and verify that all original values are present.

Corrections and Verification Notes

• The original wording “Bombay was separated from Sindh” was reversed; Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency in 1936.
• Islam is the world’s second-largest religion by population; Christianity is the largest.
• The Zamindar founder/editor question requires careful wording: Maulvi Sirajuddin founded it, while Zafar Ali Khan became its prominent editor.
• Claims about Quranic counts, honey levy and ages at historical events can vary by source and should be checked against the accepted syllabus.
• Incomplete analogy and sentence questions need their original options.

How to Use This Paper

1. Attempt all 51 available questions before checking answers.
2. Read the correction notes for historical counts and incomplete wording.
3. Practise calculations from complete data only.
4. Update current affairs for your own exam date.
5. Follow the latest official MES syllabus for current recruitment.

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