CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
A federal officer is dealing with a matter whose principal institutional task is to administer national and international scholarship programmes. Which option most accurately identifies the relevant mandate?
A. HEC: set performance, service and safety standards for regulated electric-power entities
B. HEC: license regulated natural-gas activities
C. HEC: develop water resources and major water infrastructure
D. HEC: administer national and international scholarship programmes
Correct Answer: D
The task matches HEC's mandate to administer national and international scholarship programmes.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which Pakistani organization is primarily responsible to evaluate, improve and promote higher education and research?
A. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
B. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
C. Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
D. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
Correct Answer: A
This responsibility belongs primarily to HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
The Pakistani institution associated with “HEC Digital Library” has its headquarters in which city?
A. Peshawar
B. Karachi
C. Islamabad
D. Rawalpindi
Correct Answer: C
HEC Digital Library is associated with HEC, whose headquarters is in Islamabad.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which organization is abbreviated as HEC?
A. Higher Education Commission
B. National Accountability Bureau
C. National Disaster Management Authority
D. Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority
Correct Answer: A
The abbreviation HEC refers to Higher Education Commission.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which of the following is correctly associated with HEC when the examination focus is “national and foreign scholarship programmes”?
A. Active Taxpayer List (ATL)
B. Fuel Research Centre Karachi
C. national and foreign scholarship programmes
D. consumer complaint and dispute mechanisms
Correct Answer: C
national and foreign scholarship programmes is directly associated with HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which area is outside HEC's primary mandate?
A. Degree recognition
B. Research funding
C. University quality assurance
D. Regulation of school boards and matriculation examinations
Correct Answer: D
HEC focuses on higher education, not routine school-board regulation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which of the following correctly states a core responsibility of HEC concerning this mandate area: formulate and coordinate higher-education policy?
A. recover assets and proceeds linked with corruption in accordance with law
B. conduct space science and upper-atmosphere research
C. formulate and coordinate higher-education policy
D. register citizens and maintain national identity records
Correct Answer: C
HEC's mandate includes the responsibility to formulate and coordinate higher-education policy.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which event is correctly associated with HEC and the year/date 2002?
A. The National Accountability Ordinance provided the legal foundation for NAB.
B. NEPRA was established under the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997.
C. HEC was established under Ordinance No. LIII of 2002, replacing the UGC framework.
D. The Central Board of Revenue was created on 1 April under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924.
Correct Answer: C
HEC was established under Ordinance No. LIII of 2002, replacing the UGC framework.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which legal framework most directly underpins HEC when it performs the responsibility “support quality assurance and accreditation frameworks”?
A. Pakistan National Space Policy and the federal framework governing SUPARCO
B. National Accountability Ordinance, 1999
C. Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 (Ordinance No. LIII of 2002)
D. National Disaster Management Act, 2010
Correct Answer: C
HEC performs this responsibility under its principal legal framework: Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 (Ordinance No. LIII of 2002).
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which event is correctly associated with HEC and the year/date 2005?
A. HEC established the Quality Assurance Agency to strengthen higher-education quality systems.
B. The Central Board of Revenue was created on 1 April under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924.
C. HEC was established under Ordinance No. LIII of 2002, replacing the UGC framework.
D. DGR and NDO were merged on 10 March to create NADRA.
Correct Answer: A
HEC established the Quality Assurance Agency to strengthen higher-education quality systems.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which activity would fall OUTSIDE HEC's core mandate in a question involving “issue national identity cards”?
A. issue national identity cards
B. support quality assurance and accreditation frameworks
C. administer national and international scholarship programmes
D. attest and verify higher-education degrees and credentials
Correct Answer: A
Issue national identity cards is primarily the responsibility of another institution, not HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which Pakistani organization is primarily responsible to administer national and international scholarship programmes?
A. National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
B. Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
C. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
D. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)
Correct Answer: C
This responsibility belongs primarily to HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
An examination question about the responsibility to “attest and verify higher-education degrees and credentials” should most directly be placed under which organization?
A. Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
B. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
C. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
D. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Correct Answer: D
The stated responsibility is part of HEC's mandate.
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Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which of the following is correctly associated with HEC when the examination focus is “HEC-recognized universities and degree-awarding institutions lists”?
A. Pakistan Origin Card (POC)
B. Track and Trace System
C. Pak Identity online services
D. HEC-recognized universities and degree-awarding institutions lists
Correct Answer: D
HEC-recognized universities and degree-awarding institutions lists is directly associated with HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Where is HEC headquartered?
A. Rawalpindi
B. Lahore
C. Peshawar
D. Islamabad
Correct Answer: D
HEC is headquartered in Islamabad.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which of the following is correctly associated with HEC when the examination focus is “faculty development programmes”?
A. National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS)
B. faculty development programmes
C. type approval of telecom terminal equipment
D. K-IV water supply project implementation
Correct Answer: B
faculty development programmes is directly associated with HEC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
The Pakistani institution associated with “HEC-recognized universities and degree-awarding institutions lists” has its headquarters in which city?
A. Islamabad
B. Multan
C. Rawalpindi
D. Quetta
Correct Answer: A
HEC-recognized universities and degree-awarding institutions lists is associated with HEC, whose headquarters is in Islamabad.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
The Pakistani institution associated with “degree attestation and verification” has its headquarters in which city?
A. Peshawar
B. Lahore
C. Islamabad
D. Multan
Correct Answer: C
degree attestation and verification is associated with HEC, whose headquarters is in Islamabad.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which body did HEC replace as Pakistan's apex higher-education institution?
A. National Disaster Management Authority
B. University Grants Commission (UGC)
C. Federal Board of Revenue
D. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Correct Answer: B
HEC replaced the UGC framework in 2002.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Which activity is directly associated with HEC?
A. Issuance of CNICs
B. Oil marketing licences
C. Electricity tariff determination
D. Attestation of higher-education degrees
Correct Answer: D
HEC provides degree attestation and verification services.