FPSC · FIA · 2012
Solved FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper 2012 - 93 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Mathematics, Everyday Science.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper from 2012 (Model Paper 31) contains 93 solved MCQs covering English vocabulary, Mathematics, Everyday Science inventions, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies and General Knowledge, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. The source is a solved recall list with no printed options, so each item is published in the standard MCQ format with authored distractors, while questions and answers remain the book's verified standard answers; five unanswerable bullets were dropped rather than inferred.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Relevant
A reply that fits the question asked is relevant to it.
Correct Answer: Oust
To oust someone is to expel or drive them out, here from the restaurant.
Correct Answer: Detracted
Something that detracts from an atmosphere takes away from its effect.
Correct Answer: Abstract
Abstract ideas are theoretical and hard to grasp, not concrete or everyday.
Correct Answer: Amorphous
Amorphous means shapeless or without a definite form, as raw clay is.
Correct Answer: Derogatory
Derogatory remarks are insulting and belittling, which is why they angered the workers.
Correct Answer: Detracted
A stained cloth detracts from an otherwise fine table setting.
Correct Answer: Testimony
Testimony is a formal statement of what someone claims to know about an event.
Correct Answer: Disclosed
To disclose information is to reveal it, as the waiter revealed the specials.
Correct Answer: Du jour
Du jour means the dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
Correct Answer: Encrypt
To encrypt information is to encode it so that only authorised parties can read it.
Correct Answer: Plateaus
Plateaus are flat-topped areas of high ground rising above the surrounding landscape.
Correct Answer: Attestation and holographic
A holographic will is handwritten by the testator, and in the book's statement it did not require attestation by witnesses.
Correct Answer: Quota
A sales quota is the target amount a salesperson is expected to sell.
Correct Answer: Affluence
Affluence means wealth and abundance, displayed here by diamonds and furs.
Correct Answer: Multifaceted
A multifaceted person has many different interests and qualities.
Correct Answer: Artifacts
Artifacts are objects made by people and found in archaeological digs.
Correct Answer: Monody
A monody is a poem or song lamenting one person's death.
Correct Answer: Escapade
An escapade is a daring or mischievous adventure.
Correct Answer: Repertoire
A musician's repertoire is the range of pieces they can perform.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace
The Tehran Conference of November-December 1943 brought Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin together to plan the post-war order and the United Nations.
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Correct Answer: 1950
The UN General Assembly adopted the Uniting for Peace resolution in 1950, during the Korean War.
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Correct Answer: 10 December
Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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Correct Answer: Australia
Germany beat Australia 2-1 in the final of the 2002 Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
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Correct Answer: 1945
India was an original member of the United Nations in 1945.
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Correct Answer: Iraq
Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, is in present-day Iraq.
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Correct Answer: Resurrection
Baath means resurrection or renaissance in Arabic.
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Correct Answer: Ghana
Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006, was from Ghana.
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Correct Answer: 1978
The Camp David Accords were agreed in September 1978, leading to the Egypt-Israel peace treaty of 1979.
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Correct Answer: All of the above
WIPO promotes the protection of intellectual property worldwide through cooperation among states.
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Correct Answer: A radical Palestinian group
Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist organisation founded in 1987.
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Correct Answer: 1974
Turkey invaded Cyprus in July 1974, following the coup against President Makarios.
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Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
Temple Trees in Colombo is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
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Correct Answer: 1984
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the Urdu poet, died in Lahore on 20 November 1984.
Correct Answer: July 2006
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi died in Lahore on 10 July 2006.
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Correct Answer: Five Thousand
The book gives five thousand Britons killed in the War of Independence, a round contemporary estimate; modern figures vary.
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Correct Answer: 1290 to 1320
The Khilji dynasty ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1290 to 1320.
Correct Answer: 1206 to 1290
The Slave (Mamluk) dynasty ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1206 to 1290.
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Correct Answer: Jaypala
Jayapala, the Hindu Shahi ruler defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni, burnt himself on a funeral pyre in 1002.
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Correct Answer: Sanskrit
Sanskrit was the official language of the Gupta period.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Small intestine
Most digestion and absorption of nutrients takes place in the small intestine.
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Correct Answer: 60 ml
A normal heart pumps about 60-70 millilitres of blood per beat, its stroke volume.
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Correct Answer: Relative humidity
A hygrometer measures the humidity, the amount of water vapour in the air.
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Correct Answer: Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796 using cowpox.
Correct Answer: Indian mathematicians (Brahmagupta)
Zero as a number originated with Indian mathematicians, Brahmagupta giving rules for it in the 7th century; Al-Khwarizmi later transmitted the Indian numeral system westward.
Correct Answer: Fahrenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer in the early 18th century.
Correct Answer: Transistor
Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Labs in 1947.
Correct Answer: Ampex
Ampex made the first practical video recorder, the VRX-1000, in 1956.
Correct Answer: Integrated circuits
Robert Noyce co-invented the integrated circuit in 1959, packing many components onto one chip.
Correct Answer: Sony and Philips
Sony and Philips developed the compact disc independently and jointly launched it in 1982.
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Correct Answer: Romer
Ole Romer first measured the finite velocity of light in 1676, from eclipses of Jupiter's moons.
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Correct Answer: Oparin
Alexander Oparin proposed in 1924 that life arose by chemical evolution from simple organic compounds.
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Correct Answer: George Lemaitre
Georges Lemaitre proposed the primeval-atom theory that became the Big Bang theory in 1927.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: There would be no change of seasons
The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to its orbit, so without the tilt there would be no change of seasons.
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Correct Answer: 805 km
The Karakoram Highway's section within Pakistan is about 805 kilometres long.
Correct Answer: Havelian
The Karakoram Highway runs from Havelian in Pakistan to Kashgar in China.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: 1956
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was established in 1956.
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Correct Answer: Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 1954 to 1961.
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Correct Answer: Meerut Cantonment
On 9 May 1857, sepoys at Meerut Cantonment refused the greased cartridges, and the Meerut regiments rebelled the next day.
Correct Answer: Rebelled
On 10 May 1857, the Meerut regiments rebelled against their officers, beginning the War of Independence.
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Correct Answer: All of these
The Pakistan Resolution of 1940 had a lasting impact on both Indian politics and the British government.
Correct Answer: Political
The Pakistan Resolution is regarded as the political foundation of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Both A and B
The August Offer of 1940 promised an expansion of the Viceroy's Council and a constituent assembly after the war.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Unlimited Duration
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is of unlimited duration.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: 6 times
The phrase Allahu Akbar occurs six times in the call to prayer, four times at the start and twice at the end.
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Correct Answer: 8 June 632
The Holy Prophet (SAW) died on 8 June 632, corresponding to 12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Usman (R.A)
Bait-e-Rizwan, the pledge under the tree at Hudaybiyah, was taken after the rumour of Hazrat Usman's murder.
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Correct Answer: Syriac
In Islamic tradition, the language of Hazrat Adam is given as Syriac (Suriani, printed 'Synani' in the book).
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Correct Answer: 90 Feet
Tradition gives the height of Hazrat Adam as 60 cubits, about 90 feet.
Correct Answer: Hazrat Shees
Hazrat Shees (Seth) is traditionally the youngest son of Hazrat Adam.
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Correct Answer: All of these
Hazrat Idrees is associated in tradition with prophethood, the revealed Sahifas and the arts of writing and astronomy.
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Correct Answer: 30
Tradition counts 30 Sahifas revealed to Hazrat Idrees, out of the 100 Sahifas in total.
Correct Answer: 10
The 100 Sahifas were distributed as 10 to Adam, 50 to Seth, 30 to Idris and 10 to Ibrahim.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Nuh (AS)
Hazrat Nuh is called Abu-al-Bashar Sani, the second father of mankind after Hazrat Adam.
Correct Answer: Hazrat Saleh (AS)
Hazrat Saleh was sent to the people of Thamud (Samood).
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Sara
Hazrat Sara, wife of Hazrat Ibrahim, is traditionally described as the daughter of the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: 8.33 kg
New consumption is 10 x 1.10 / 1.32 = 8.33 kg per month.
Correct Answer: 2187
3000 x 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 = 2187, i.e. three successive 10% reductions.
Correct Answer: 33.33%
A chair costs Rs. 4800 / 6 = Rs. 800, so a table costs Rs. 1200, and the chair is Rs. 400 / Rs. 1200 = 33.33% cheaper than the table.
Correct Answer: 1800
Uncertain respondents are 20%, so B minus uncertain is 40% of the survey; 720 / 0.40 = 1800 individuals.
Correct Answer: About 2.03
218% of 1674 is 3649.32, and 3649.32 / 1800 is about 2.03.
Correct Answer: 2.25
63% of 25/7 is 0.63 x 3.571 = 2.25.
Correct Answer: 42
12.6 / 0.30 = 42.
Correct Answer: Rs.20
25% of Rs. 1600 is Rs. 400, and 5% of Rs. 400 is Rs. 20.
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Correct Answer: 3 years
133,100 x 0.9 to the power 3 is 96,900 and 72,900 x 1.1 to the power 3 is also about 96,900, so the values meet after 3 years.
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Correct Answer: 48 hours
Basic pay is Rs. 50 per hour, overtime Rs. 62.50 per hour; the extra Rs. 500 buys 8 overtime hours, for 48 hours in total.
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Correct Answer: 200%
B and C together are 5 parts worth Rs. 60,000, so one part is Rs. 12,000; A earns Rs. 12,000 and C Rs. 36,000, which is 200% more than A.
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Correct Answer: 82%
The new area is 1.40 x 1.30 = 1.82 times the old area, an increase of 82%.
Correct Answer: 4%
The new area is 1.20 x 0.80 = 0.96 times the old area, a decrease of 4%.
Correct Answer: 37.5%
The width must fall to 1 / 1.60 = 0.625 of its value, a decrease of 37.5%.
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Correct Answer: 2400 and 1800
Solving 4x - 3y = 600 and 3x - 2y = 600 gives x = 600, so the incomes are Rs. 2400 and Rs. 1800.
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Correct Answer: 44
120 - 6 (all three) - 30 (exactly two) - 40 (guitar alone) = 44 musicians play violin alone or flute alone.
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Correct Answer: 6
For edge a, volume a cubed equals surface area 6a squared when a = 6.
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The paper contains 93 published questions, from a 98-bullet solved recall list in the book; five bullets that were unanswerable as printed were dropped rather than inferred.
It covers English vocabulary, Mathematics, Everyday Science inventions, General Knowledge, Geography, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, History and Current Affairs.
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