PPRA Public Procurement Rules MCQs

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1. 1. Under which section of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 were the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 framed by the Federal Government?

   1. Section 31
   2. Section 16
   3. Section 21
   4. Section 26 ✓

2. 2. The Public Procurement Rules, 2004 were notified through which S.R.O.?

   1. S.R.O. 1241(I)/2006
   2. S.R.O. 442(I)/2020
   3. S.R.O. 432(I)/2004 ✓
   4. S.R.O. 834(I)/2021

3. 3. The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 bears which number?

   1. XII of 2002
   2. II of 2002
   3. XXI of 2002
   4. XXII of 2002 ✓

4. 4. Under Rule 2(1)(b), a 'bidder' means:

   1. Any person who collects bidding documents
   2. A person who submits a bid ✓
   3. A person nominated by the Authority to evaluate bids
   4. A person who is pre-qualified by the procuring agency

5. 5. The definition of 'blacklisted' was inserted in the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 vide:

   1. S.R.O. No. 1241(I)/2006 dated 13th December, 2006
   2. S.R.O. No. 442(I)/2020 dated 15th May, 2020
   3. S.R.O. No. 834(I)/2021 dated 28th June, 2021 ✓
   4. S.R.O. No. 21(I)/2025 dated 14th January, 2025

6. 6. Under Rule 2, an 'open framework agreement' means an agreement with specified terms and conditions:

   1. With an agreed price
   2. For a fixed period of six months
   3. For proprietary items only
   4. Without an agreed price ✓

7. 7. Under Rule 2(1)(e), a 'contract' means:

   1. An agreement enforceable by law ✓
   2. A framework agreement approved by the Authority
   3. Any written understanding between two parties
   4. A purchase order issued by a procuring agency

8. 8. How many kinds of practices are enumerated in the definition of 'corrupt and fraudulent practices' under Rule 2(1)(f)?

   1. Three
   2. Six
   3. Four
   4. Five ✓

9. 9. Under Rule 2(1)(f), the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence the acts of another party for wrongful gain is defined as:

   1. Collusive practices
   2. Coercive practices
   3. Corrupt practices ✓
   4. Fraudulent practices

10. 10. Under Rule 2(1)(f), harming or threatening to harm persons to influence their participation in a procurement process, or to affect the execution of a contract, is defined as:

    1. Obstructive practices ✓
    2. Coercive practices
    3. Corrupt practices
    4. Collusive practices

11. 11. Under Rule 2, the use of information and communication technologies or digital or electronic means for the procurement process is defined as:

    1. e-Procurement ✓
    2. e-Governance
    3. Digital tendering
    4. Electronic bidding

12. 12. Under Rule 2, a contractual arrangement allowing a procuring agency to procure goods, services or works needed continuously or repeatedly at agreed terms over an agreed period, through placement of a number of orders, is called a:

    1. Call off order
    2. Repeat order
    3. Turnkey contract
    4. Framework agreement ✓

13. 13. Under Rule 2, the assignment of the procurement functions of a procuring agency to any public sector entity to perform such functions on its behalf is defined as:

    1. Procurement Assignment ✓
    2. Force account
    3. Delegated procurement
    4. Procurement outsourcing

14. 14. Under Rule 2(1)(ka), a proposal containing a unique and innovative idea and approach, not submitted in response to any procurement request but aligned with the mission of the procuring agency, is called an:

    1. Unsolicited project proposal ✓
    2. Innovative bid
    3. Open framework proposal
    4. Independent technical proposal

15. 15. Under Rule 4, procuring agencies while engaging in procurements must ensure that procurements are conducted in a fair and transparent manner, bring value for money, and that the process is:

    1. Centralised and documented
    2. Speedy and confidential
    3. Competitive and international
    4. Efficient and economical ✓

16. 16. Under Rule 6(1), all communications and documentation related to procurements of the Federal Government shall be in:

    1. Urdu only
    2. Urdu or English or both ✓
    3. English only
    4. Any language chosen by the bidder

17. 17. Under Rule 7, procurements exceeding the prescribed limit shall be subject to an integrity pact between the procuring agency and the suppliers or contractors, as specified by regulation with the approval of:

    1. The Auditor General of Pakistan
    2. The Principal Accounting Officer
    3. The Federal Government ✓
    4. The Authority alone

18. 18. Rule 7A of the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 relates to:

    1. Integrity pact
    2. Procurement planning
    3. Approval mechanism
    4. e-public procurement ✓

19. 19. Under Rule 9, a procuring agency shall announce all proposed procurements for each financial year and proceed accordingly without any:

    1. Change in evaluation criteria
    2. Advertisement in the print media
    3. Splitting or regrouping of the procurements so planned ✓
    4. Pre-qualification of bidders

20. 20. Under Rule 9, the annual requirements determined by a procuring agency are to be advertised in advance on:

    1. International websites only
    2. The procuring agency's notice board only
    3. Two national dailies only
    4. The Authority's website as well as the procuring agency's own website, if it has one ✓

21. 21. Under Rule 10(3), where reference to a brand name or catalogue number is essential to complete an otherwise incomplete specification, the procuring agency shall use the words:

    1. Or approved substitute
    2. Or similar
    3. Or better quality
    4. Or equivalent ✓

22. 22. Under Rule 10(4), solicitation documents or notices for disposal of assets by tender shall specify that the asset is to be sold on:

    1. Full warranty basis
    2. Free on board basis
    3. 'As is where is' basis ✓
    4. Delivered-at-place basis

23. 23. Under Rule 12(1), procurements over five hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees and up to the limit of three million Pakistani Rupees shall be advertised on:

    1. Two national dailies
    2. The procuring agency's notice board
    3. International trade journals
    4. The Authority's website ✓

24. 24. Under Rule 12(2), all procurement opportunities over three million Pakistani Rupees shall be advertised on the Authority's website as well as in:

    1. Other print media or newspapers having wide circulation ✓
    2. The Gazette of Pakistan only
    3. Trade magazines of the relevant sector only
    4. International websites only

25. 25. Under Rule 12(2), advertisements in newspapers shall principally appear in at least:

    1. Two national dailies, one in English and the other in Urdu ✓
    2. One national daily in English
    3. Four national dailies, two in each language
    4. Three national dailies, all in Urdu

26. 26. Under Rule 12, the words 'two million rupees' were substituted with the words 'three million Pakistani Rupees' vide:

    1. S.R.O. No. 65(I)/2006 dated 27th January, 2006
    2. S.R.O. No. 442(I)/2020 dated 15th May, 2020 ✓
    3. S.R.O. No. 1241(I)/2006 dated 13th December, 2006
    4. S.R.O. No. 834(I)/2021 dated 28th June, 2021

27. 27. Under Rule 13(1), the response time for receipt of bids shall in no circumstances be less than:

    1. Twenty-one days for national competitive bidding
    2. Seven days for national competitive bidding
    3. Thirty days for national competitive bidding
    4. Fifteen days for national competitive bidding ✓

28. 28. Under Rule 13(1), the minimum response time for international competitive bidding is:

    1. Forty-five days
    2. Thirty days ✓
    3. Sixty days
    4. Fifteen days

29. 29. Under Rule 13, the words 'working days' were substituted with the word 'days' vide:

    1. S.R.O. No. 1241(I)/2006 dated 13th December, 2006 ✓
    2. S.R.O. No. 834(I)/2021 dated 28th June, 2021
    3. S.R.O. No. 1022(I)/2008 dated 23rd September, 2008
    4. S.R.O. No. 442(I)/2020 dated 15th May, 2020

30. 30. Under the proviso to Rule 13(1), the prescribed minimum response time shall not be applicable in case of:

    1. Emergency ✓
    2. Petty purchases
    3. Repeat orders
    4. Framework agreements

31. 31. Under the proviso to Rule 13(2), for all procurements up to three million Pakistani Rupees, the response time shall be considered from the date of:

    1. Publication in the Gazette of Pakistan
    2. Appearance of the advertisement on the Authority's website ✓
    3. Approval of the competent authority
    4. Issue of the bidding documents

32. 32. Under Rule 14, deviation from the mandatory requirement of advertising procurement is permissible only with the prior approval of:

    1. The Ministry of Finance
    2. The Federal Cabinet
    3. The Authority ✓
    4. The Principal Accounting Officer

33. 33. Under Rule 15(1), pre-qualification shall solely be based upon:

    1. The nationality of the interested parties
    2. The number of contracts previously awarded by the same agency
    3. The financial bid submitted by the parties
    4. The ability of the interested parties to perform that particular work satisfactorily ✓

34. 34. Under the Explanation to Rule 16(2), the 'price' charged for a set of pre-qualification documents means:

    1. The cost of printing and providing the documents only ✓
    2. Five percent of the estimated cost of procurement
    3. A non-refundable earnest money
    4. A fee prescribed by the Authority for each procurement

35. 35. Under Rule 16A(1), procurement through framework agreements of recurrent or common use items may be arranged for a maximum period of:

    1. Two years
    2. Five years
    3. One year
    4. Three years ✓

36. 36. Under Rule 16A(4), the maximum duration of a closed framework agreement shall not exceed:

    1. One year ✓
    2. Three years
    3. Six months
    4. Two years

37. 37. Under Rule 16A(6), regulations, regulatory guides, guidelines or templates for procurement through framework agreements shall be made by:

    1. The Principal Accounting Officer
    2. The Authority ✓
    3. The Federal Government
    4. The procuring agency

38. 38. Under Rule 16B(2), the factor or percentage for price adjustment in framework agreements shall be determined by the procuring agency with the approval of:

    1. The Federal Cabinet
    2. The Principal Accounting Officer (PAO) ✓
    3. The Finance Division
    4. The Authority

39. 39. Under Rule 18, the procuring agency shall disqualify a supplier or contractor if it finds at any time that the information submitted concerning his qualification was:

    1. Prepared by a consultant
    2. False and materially inaccurate or incomplete ✓
    3. Submitted in a language other than English
    4. Not supported by an integrity pact

40. 40. Under Rule 19(1)(a), where a corrupt and fraudulent practice is established against a bidder, he may be blacklisted and cross debarred for a period of not more than:

    1. Seven years
    2. Three years
    3. Five years
    4. Ten years ✓

41. 41. Under Rule 19(1)(b), where a bidder fails to perform his contractual obligations or breaches the contract due to his capacity and capability, he may be blacklisted and cross debarred for a period of not more than:

    1. Six months
    2. Three years ✓
    3. Ten years
    4. One year

42. 42. Under Rule 19(1)(c), where a bidder fails to abide by a bid securing declaration without being involved in any corrupt and fraudulent practice, he may be blacklisted and cross debarred for a period of not more than:

    1. Six months ✓
    2. Three years
    3. One year
    4. Ten years

43. 43. Under Rule 19(3), the Authority shall evaluate and decide a review petition against blacklisting within:

    1. Sixty days of filing of the review petition
    2. Ten days of filing of the review petition
    3. Thirty days of filing of the review petition
    4. Ninety days of filing of the review petition ✓

44. 44. Under Rule 20, the principal method of procurement for goods, services and works is:

    1. Direct contracting
    2. Negotiated tendering
    3. Open competitive bidding ✓
    4. Request for quotations

45. 45. Under Rule 21(A)(3), advertisements for import of commodities to meet the demand-supply gap shall be published in at least:

    1. Two widely circulated daily newspapers or journals and international websites ✓
    2. The Gazette of Pakistan only
    3. One national daily in Urdu
    4. The procuring agency's website only

46. 46. Under Rule 22(1), bids shall be submitted in a sealed package or packages in such a manner that the contents:

    1. Are visible to the evaluation committee at all times
    2. Are fully enclosed and cannot be known until duly opened ✓
    3. Are separately marked for each bidder's nationality
    4. Can be inspected by other bidders before opening

47. 47. Which of the following is NOT listed in Rule 23(2) as a component of bidding documents?

    1. The names of all bidders who collected the documents ✓
    2. Bid evaluation criteria
    3. Delivery time or completion schedule
    4. Instructions to bidders

48. 48. Under Rule 24(1), procuring agencies shall allow all prospective bidders to participate in procurement or disposal proceedings without regard to nationality, except where participation is limited or prohibited in accordance with:

    1. An order of the Auditor General
    2. The policy of the Federal Government ✓
    3. The preference of the procuring agency
    4. The recommendation of the evaluation committee

49. 49. Under Rule 24(3), the percentage of preference to be accorded to domestic suppliers or contractors shall be clearly mentioned in:

    1. The advertisement only
    2. The procuring agency's annual procurement plan
    3. The bidding documents under the bid evaluation criteria ✓
    4. The contract after its award

50. 50. Under Rule 25, the bid security that a procuring agency may require shall not exceed:

    1. Ten percent of the estimated value of procurement
    2. Fifteen percent of the estimated value of procurement
    3. Five percent of the estimated value of procurement ✓
    4. Two percent of the estimated value of procurement

51. 51. Under Rule 26(3), where an extension of the bid validity period is considered necessary, such extension shall be for a period:

    1. Determined solely by the successful bidder
    2. Not more than ninety days in any case
    3. Not more than half the original bid validity
    4. Not more than the period equal to the period of the original bid validity ✓

52. 52. Under Rule 27, where a procuring agency finds it necessary to extend the deadline for submission of bids, it shall do so only after:

    1. Obtaining prior approval of the Authority
    2. Recording its reasons in writing and in an equal opportunity manner ✓
    3. Consulting the lowest bidder
    4. Publishing a notice in the Gazette of Pakistan

53. 53. Under Rule 28(1), bids shall be opened at least how long after the deadline for submission of bids?

    1. Twenty-four hours
    2. Fifteen minutes
    3. Thirty minutes ✓
    4. One hour

54. 54. Under Rule 28(2), at the time of public opening, the procuring agency shall read aloud:

    1. The technical scores of each bidder
    2. The estimated cost of the procurement
    3. The unit price as well as the bid amount ✓
    4. The names of the evaluation committee members

55. 55. Under the proviso to Rule 28(2), live broadcast of the bid opening process is required where the volume of procurement for works exceeds:

    1. Rupees one billion ✓
    2. Rupees three hundred million
    3. Rupees five hundred million
    4. Rupees two billion

56. 56. Under the proviso to Rule 28(2), live broadcast of the bid opening process is required where the volume of procurement for goods and services exceeds:

    1. Rupees one hundred million
    2. Rupees five hundred million ✓
    3. Rupees two hundred million
    4. Rupees one billion

57. 57. Under Rule 30(2), for comparison of bids quoted in different currencies, the rate of exchange to be applied is:

    1. The rate quoted by the bidder in his financial proposal
    2. The selling rate prevailing on the date of opening of bids as notified by the State Bank of Pakistan ✓
    3. The buying rate on the date of award of contract
    4. The average rate for the preceding financial year

58. 58. Under Rule 31(1), after the bids have been opened, the procuring agency:

    1. May permit alterations if all bidders agree
    2. Must reject any bid requiring clarification
    3. May allow bidders to modify their financial proposals
    4. May seek and accept clarifications that do not change the substance of the bid ✓

59. 59. Under Rule 33(1), the procuring agency may reject all bids or proposals at any time prior to the acceptance of a bid, and upon request shall communicate the grounds of rejection, but:

    1. Must pay compensation to the affected bidders
    2. Must obtain prior approval of the Federal Government
    3. Is not required to justify those grounds ✓
    4. Must justify those grounds before the Authority

60. 60. Under Rule 34(2), before inviting re-bidding, the procuring agency shall assess the reasons for rejection and may revise:

    1. The financial limits prescribed under Rule 42
    2. Specifications, evaluation criteria or any other condition for bidders ✓
    3. The composition of the Authority
    4. The names of the bidders invited

61. 61. Under Rule 35, the procuring agency shall announce the result of bid evaluation in the form of a final evaluation report at least:

    1. Thirty days prior to the award of the procurement contract
    2. Ten days prior to the award of the procurement contract
    3. Fifteen days prior to the award of the procurement contract ✓
    4. Seven days prior to the award of the procurement contract

62. 62. Under Rule 36(b)(iv), in the single stage two envelope procedure, the envelope marked 'FINANCIAL PROPOSAL' shall be:

    1. Returned to the bidder before technical evaluation
    2. Retained in the custody of the procuring agency without being opened ✓
    3. Opened together with the technical proposal
    4. Deposited with the Authority for safe custody

63. 63. Under Rule 36(b)(viii), the financial proposals of bids found technically non-responsive shall be:

    1. Returned un-opened to the respective bidders ✓
    2. Forwarded to the Authority
    3. Retained by the procuring agency for five years
    4. Opened for record purposes only

64. 64. Under Rule 36(c)(v), bidders not willing to conform their bids to the procuring agency's technical requirements may be allowed to withdraw from the bidding:

    1. Only after paying a withdrawal fee
    2. Only with the approval of the Authority
    3. Without forfeiture of their bid security ✓
    4. With forfeiture of their bid security

65. 65. Under Rule 37(a), the single stage two envelope bidding procedure shall be used where:

    1. Only one supplier exists in the market
    2. Bids are to be evaluated on technical and financial grounds and price is taken into account after technical evaluation ✓
    3. The procurement value is below one hundred thousand rupees
    4. Only the lowest price is to be considered

66. 66. Under Rule 37(A)(1), an unsolicited proposal shall be assessed by an assessment committee consisting of at least:

    1. Five technical experts
    2. Seven technical experts
    3. Three technical experts ✓
    4. Two technical experts

67. 67. Under Rule 37(A)(1), where an unsolicited proposal is found viable, the procuring agency shall advertise the proposal for open competition:

    1. Disclosing the full details of the initiator
    2. Only among pre-qualified suppliers
    3. Only on international websites
    4. Without disclosing the name of the initiator of the unsolicited proposal ✓

68. 68. Under Rule 37(A)(1)(c), the initiator of an unsolicited proposal is:

    1. Exempted from the prequalification process ✓
    2. Automatically awarded the contract
    3. Barred from participating in the bidding
    4. Required to undergo prequalification like all other bidders

69. 69. Under Rule 38B, a single bid in goods, works and services may be considered by the procuring agency if it meets the evaluation criteria, is not in conflict with the Ordinance, conforms to technical specifications and:

    1. Is submitted by a pre-qualified firm only
    2. Has financial conformance in terms of rate reasonability ✓
    3. Is at least ten percent below the estimated cost
    4. Is supported by a performance guarantee

70. 70. Under Rule 39, the performance guarantee required from a successful bidder shall not exceed:

    1. Ten per cent of the contract amount ✓
    2. Five per cent of the contract amount
    3. Twenty per cent of the contract amount
    4. Fifteen per cent of the contract amount

71. 71. Rule 39A of the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 deals with:

    1. Letter of credit ✓
    2. Performance guarantee
    3. On account payments
    4. Bid security

72. 72. Under Rule 42(a), petty purchases through a single quotation may be made where the value of the object of procurement is up to:

    1. Five hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees
    2. One hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees ✓
    3. Fifty thousand Pakistani Rupees
    4. Forty thousand Pakistani Rupees

73. 73. Under Rule 42(b)(i), request for quotations may be used where the value of procurement is more than one hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees but does not exceed:

    1. Three million Pakistani Rupees
    2. One million Pakistani Rupees
    3. Five hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees ✓
    4. Two hundred thousand Pakistani Rupees

74. 74. Under Rule 42(b)(i), quotations under the request for quotations method are to be obtained from GST registered firms, original equipment manufacturers or:

    1. Firms nominated by the Authority
    2. Foreign suppliers only
    3. Any local trader
    4. Authorized dealers ✓

75. 75. Under Rule 42(b)(iii), the minimum number of quotations that must be obtained under the request for quotations method is:

    1. Four
    2. Two
    3. Five
    4. Three ✓

76. 76. Under Rule 42(c)(i), direct contracting may be used where the procurement concerns the acquisition of spare parts or supplementary services from the original manufacturer or supplier, provided that:

    1. The Authority has granted prior approval
    2. At least three quotations have been obtained
    3. The same are not available from alternative sources ✓
    4. The value does not exceed one hundred thousand rupees

77. 77. Under Rule 42(c)(iii), where a change of supplier would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance, direct contracting is permitted provided that the contract does not exceed:

    1. Five years in duration
    2. One year in duration
    3. Three years in duration ✓
    4. Two years in duration

78. 78. Under Rule 42(c)(iv), direct contracting may be used for repeat orders not exceeding:

    1. Twenty-five per cent of the original procurement
    2. Fifteen per cent of the original procurement ✓
    3. Ten per cent of the original procurement
    4. Twenty per cent of the original procurement

79. 79. Under Rule 42(c)(vii), direct contracting is permitted for the purchase of motor vehicles from:

    1. Government auction houses only
    2. Any registered dealer at negotiated price
    3. Foreign manufacturers only
    4. Local original manufacturers or their authorized agents at manufacturer's price ✓

80. 80. Under the proviso to Rule 42(d), a procuring agency desirous of using negotiated tendering shall:

    1. Record its reasons and justifications in writing and place the same on record ✓
    2. Advertise the procurement in two national dailies
    3. Obtain the prior written approval of the Authority
    4. Constitute a committee of at least three technical experts

81. 81. Under Rule 42(e), force account may be used if the value of procurement does not exceed:

    1. Fifty million Pakistani Rupees
    2. Five hundred million Pakistani Rupees
    3. One hundred million Pakistani Rupees
    4. Two hundred million Pakistani Rupees ✓

82. 82. Under Rule 42(f), direct contracting with state owned entities may be used for the procurement of works and services, including consultancy services, which are:

    1. Below the prescribed financial limit
    2. Of a proprietary nature only
    3. Time sensitive and in the public interest ✓
    4. Related to national security only

83. 83. Under Rule 43, all procuring agencies shall make prompt payments to suppliers and contractors against their invoices or running bills within the time given in the contract, which shall not exceed:

    1. Forty-five days
    2. Fifteen days
    3. Sixty days
    4. Thirty days ✓

84. 84. Under Rule 44(b), where the procuring agency requires signing of a written contract, the contract comes into force from the date:

    1. On which the signatures of both the procuring agency and the successful bidder are affixed ✓
    2. Of publication of the award on the Authority's website
    3. Of the announcement of the final evaluation report
    4. Of issue of the notice of acceptance

85. 85. Under Rule 45(2), the defect liability certificate shall be issued within:

    1. Seven days of the expiry of the said period
    2. Thirty days of the expiry of the defect liability or maintenance period ✓
    3. Sixty days of the expiry of the said period
    4. Ninety days of the expiry of the said period

86. 86. Under Rule 45(2), except for unsettled claims, the final bill shall be paid within the time given in the conditions of contract, which shall not exceed:

    1. Sixty days ✓
    2. Ninety days
    3. Thirty days
    4. Forty-five days

87. 87. Under Rule 45(A), a procuring agency to whom a procurement function is assigned shall carry out such procurement in accordance with:

    1. Its own internal procurement manual
    2. The Federal Public Procurement Rules, 2004 ✓
    3. The rules of the assigning agency
    4. The World Bank procurement guidelines

88. 88. Under Rule 46(1), all procuring agencies shall maintain a record of their procurement proceedings along with all associated documentation for a minimum period of:

    1. Five years ✓
    2. Ten years
    3. Seven years
    4. Three years

89. 89. Under the proviso to Rule 47, information related to the award of a contract that is of a proprietary nature or against the public interest may be withheld from public disclosure subject to:

    1. The consent of the successful bidder
    2. The prior approval of the Authority ✓
    3. The approval of the Federal Cabinet
    4. An order of the Auditor General

90. 90. Under Rule 48(3), a bidder aggrieved by any act of the procuring agency after submission of his bid may lodge a written complaint within:

    1. Five days of the technical evaluation report and seven days after the final evaluation report
    2. Thirty days of the final evaluation report
    3. Seven days of announcement of the technical evaluation report and five days after issuance of the final evaluation report ✓
    4. Fifteen days of either report

91. 91. Under Rule 48(5), where a complaint is filed after the issuance of the final evaluation report, the complainant cannot raise any objection on the technical evaluation, except where the procedure adopted was:

    1. Single stage two envelope bidding
    2. Two stage two envelope bidding
    3. Two stage bidding
    4. Single stage single envelope bidding ✓

92. 92. Under Rule 48(7), the decision of the Authority on an appeal against the decision of the grievance redressal committee shall be:

    1. Advisory in nature only
    2. Subject to appeal before the Federal Cabinet
    3. Subject to review by the Federal Government
    4. Considered as final ✓

93. 93. Under Rule 49(2), the method of arbitration provided in the procurement contract must be:

    1. Approved by the Authority in each case
    2. Conducted only in Islamabad
    3. Not inconsistent with the laws of Pakistan ✓
    4. Based exclusively on international arbitration rules

94. 94. Under Schedule-I of the Public Procurement Rules, 2004, the minimum response time from the advertisement for agricultural products namely fertilizer, grains and sugar is:

    1. 7 days ✓
    2. 15 days
    3. 24 hours
    4. 3 days

95. 95. Under Schedule-I, the minimum response time from the advertisement for petroleum products is:

    1. 15 days
    2. 3 days ✓
    3. 7 days
    4. 24 hours

96. 96. Under Schedule-I, the minimum response time from the advertisement for LNG / LPG is:

    1. 24 hours ✓
    2. 7 days
    3. 3 days
    4. 48 hours

97. 97. Under Schedule-I, the minimum bid validity period after issuance of the evaluation report for LNG / LPG is:

    1. 24 hours
    2. 3 days
    3. 8 hours ✓
    4. 1 day

98. 98. Under Schedule-I, the minimum grievance period after issuance of the evaluation report for agricultural products, petroleum products and coal is:

    1. 5 days
    2. 1 day ✓
    3. 3 days
    4. 7 days

99. 99. Under Schedule-I, the minimum bid validity period after issuance of the evaluation report for agricultural products, petroleum products and sub-bituminous coal is:

    1. 8 hours
    2. 1 day
    3. 3 days ✓
    4. 7 days

100. 100. Schedule-I was inserted in the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 through a notification published in the Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary dated:

     1. 14th January, 2025
     2. 28th June, 2021
     3. 13th February, 2024 ✓
     4. 15th May, 2020