JST (BPS-14) paper held on April 12, 2026, organized by part and question number.
Part I: English
10. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation:
- a. Allama Iqbal the poet of the East, is famous for his poetry.
- b. Allama Iqbal, the poet of the East is famous for his poetry.
- c. Allama Iqbal; the poet of the East, is famous for his poetry.
- d. Allama Iqbal, the poet of the East, is famous for his poetry.
Part II: General Knowledge
11. Identify the continent referred to as the ‘Frozen Desert’:
- a. Australia
- b. Antarctica
- c. Europe
- d. Asia
12. The continent is referred to as an ‘island continent’:
- a. Asia
- b. Africa
- c. Australia
- d. Antarctica
13. The value of imported goods (e.g., machinery, oil) is significantly higher than the value of exported goods. This situation best describes a persistent problem known as:
- a. National Debt
- b. Trade Deficit
- c. Inflation
- d. Low GDP
14. The Suez Canal connects which two bodies of water:
- a. Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
- b. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
- c. Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
- d. Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
15. The term ‘scarcity’ in economics is defined as:
- a. Having too many resources
- b. Abundance of goods
- c. No need to make choices
- d. Unlimited wants and limited resources
16. The Water Apportionment Accord of 1991 deals with the distribution of water resources among:
- a. Pakistan and India
- b. Agricultural and industrial sectors
- c. Urban and rural areas
- d. The provinces of Pakistan
17. The Muhammad Ali Bogra Formula was presented as a framework for:
- a. Economic development
- b. A federal constitution
- c. Foreign policy
- d. Educational reform
20. The climatic region is characterized by severe winters, short cool summers, and vegetation like mosses and lichens is called:
- a. Equatorial Region
- b. Hot Desert Region
- c. Tundra Region
- d. Mediterranean Region
Part III: Teaching & Learning Pedagogies
21. Linking science lessons with the local ecosystem shows:
- a. Alignment
- b. Bloom’s level
- c. Real-life link
- d. Management
22. The ability of a teacher to maintain students’ attention by changing voice, gestures, and activities is called:
- a. Reinforcement
- b. Stimulus variation
- c. Closure
- d. Explanation
23. Smiles and praise show:
- a. Probing
- b. Reinforcement
- c. Questioning
- d. Closure
24. The teacher explains, but students stay confused, which refers to a lack of:
- a. Probing
- b. Variation
- c. Clarity
- d. Reinforcement
28. According to Piaget, the stage in which children begin to think logically about concrete events is called:
- a. Sensorimotor
- b. Preoperational
- c. Concrete Operational
- d. Formal Operational
36. The following statements are about formative assessment, EXCEPT:
- a. It is used to assign marks and grades at the end of a term or year
- b. It is used to revise written drafts based on the feedback
- c. It is used to assess student progress during learning
- d. It is used to provide information to improve teaching and learning
37. Effective feedback should be:
- a. Specific, timely, and actionable
- b. Given only on summative assessments
- c. Comparative ranking of students against each other
- d. Primarily positive to avoid hurting students’ feelings
Part IV: Biology
41. The organelle that acts as a ‘suicide bag’ of the cell is:
- a. Peroxisome
- b. Lysosome
- c. Dictyosome
- d. Glyoxisome
42. In case of failed kidneys, the dialysis machine performs the function of:
- a. Digestion
- b. Excretion
- c. Reproduction
- d. Circulation
43. A student prepares a slide of carrot root and observes a prominent large vacuole under the microscope. This shows that the cell is of a/an:
- a. Eukaryote
- b. Virus
- c. Animal
- d. Plant
Part VII: Mathematics
77. Junaid and Sarfaraz have singing class every 4th day and 10th day respectively. They were both together today; they will be together again after:
- a. 10 days
- b. 14 days
- c. 20 days
- d. 40 days
78. The amount of money initially deposited into an account or the amount of money borrowed from a lender is called:
- a. Markup
- b. Interest
- c. Principal
- d. Mortgage
80. The degree of the term 5x^2yz is:
- a. 2
- b. 3
- c. 4
- d. Undefined
83. The surface area of a cube-shaped carton of soaps with a length of an edge of 5 units is:
- a. 25 sq. units
- b. 125 sq. units
- c. 150 sq. units
- d. 30 sq. units
Part VIII: Computer
89. The number system used by digital computers to process quantitative information is:
- a. Decimal
- b. Binary
- c. Octal
- d. Hexadecimal
90. What do we call a computer program that can spread across computers and networks by making copies of itself?
- a. Worm
- b. Virus
- c. Adware
- d. Spyware
91. In a Database table, a single row will be called:
- a. Record
- b. Field
- c. Property
- d. Data type
