Assistant Director Past Paper 2013 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Sulaiman

Sulaiman succeeded al-Walid in 715 and had Muhammad bin Qasim recalled, imprisoned and tortured to death in Iraq.

Correct Answer: Umayyads

The Abbasid revolution overthrew the Umayyads in 750 AD; the book's key says Safvids, but the Safavid dynasty began in 1501.

Correct Answer: Hisham

The book's key gives Hisham for this item; in 757 the governor of Sindh was actually Uyaynah ibn Musa (754-760), while Musa governed 752-754 and Hisham 768-774, so the item is flagged as defective in the source.

Correct Answer: Ghazni

Subuktigin became ruler of Ghazni; the printed '777 A.D.' is a misprint for 977 AD, since 367 AH corresponds to 977-978 AD.

Correct Answer: Umayyads

Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Sindh in 711-712 AD under the Umayyad Caliphate.

Correct Answer: all of them

Keshab Chandra Sen advocated female education, widow remarriage and equality in the religious sphere, so all of them is correct.

Correct Answer: The Arya Samaj

The Arya Samaj arose as a Hindu reform movement reacting to foreign influence in 19th-century India.

Correct Answer: all of them

The Arya Samaj set itself against Sikh, Christian and Muslim practices alike, so all of them is correct.

Correct Answer: Dayananda Saraswati

Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj.

Correct Answer: 1875

The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875.

Correct Answer: Athens

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.

Correct Answer: Julian Assange (Australian)

Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks.

Correct Answer: Horticulture

Horticulture is the art and science of growing flowers, fruit and vegetables.

Correct Answer: 9 August, 1974

Richard Nixon resigned on 9 August 1974, the only US president to resign from office.

Correct Answer: Elyse Palace

The Elysee Palace (printed 'Elyse Palace') is the official residence of the president of France.

Correct Answer: Sri Lankan Prime Minister's House

Temple Trees is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

Correct Answer: Prince Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck, Prince Bismarck, is known as the Man of Iron and Blood.

Correct Answer: Brazil

The 2014 FIFA World Cup was played in Brazil.

Correct Answer: Both a & b

The 2015 Cricket World Cup was hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand.

Correct Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Correct Answer: 1901

The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901.

Correct Answer: A form of shorthand

Sir Isaac Pitman invented a system of shorthand, known as Pitman shorthand.

Correct Answer: Japanese

Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning harbour waves.

Correct Answer: Ann and Tane Taylor

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was written by Jane Taylor, published with her sister Ann; option (a) prints 'Tane' for Jane, and the key gives (a).

Correct Answer: UK

The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom.

Correct Answer: Willow

Cricket bats are made from willow wood.

Correct Answer: Sher Shah Suri

Sher Shah Suri built Rohtas Fort near Jhelum.

Correct Answer: Iqbal Park

Minto Park in Lahore is today Iqbal Park, now Greater Iqbal Park.

Correct Answer: Cotton and Rice

Pakistan's major exports are cotton (textiles) and rice; the book's key says Rice and Wheat, but wheat is not a major Pakistani export.

Correct Answer: Nishan-e-Haider

The Nishan-e-Haider is Pakistan's highest military award.

Correct Answer: Kolachi

Karachi was first called Kolachi; the book's key says Kolari, but the historic fishing village was Kolachi.

Correct Answer: Perennial Canals

Perennial canals are the textbook answer for Pakistan's most widely used irrigation method.

Correct Answer: 2

The book's key gives 2, counting Pakistan's two large dams, Tarbela and Mangla, as the major dams.

Correct Answer: Punjab

Punjab is Pakistan's most populous province.

Correct Answer: Balochistan

Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province by area.

Correct Answer: Edo

Tokyo was formerly called Edo.

Correct Answer: San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge is in San Francisco.

Correct Answer: United States military base in the Indian Ocean

Diego Garcia hosts a United States military base in the Indian Ocean.

Correct Answer: Syria

Syria is not a neighbouring country of Pakistan; the item is flagged because Tajikistan also shares no land border with Pakistan (the Wakhan Corridor separates them), but Syria is the clearly distant textbook answer and the key gives it.

Correct Answer: 27.3

The Moon completes its orbit around the Earth in about 27.3 days.

Correct Answer: 8

Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth.

Correct Answer: Convex lens

A convex lens is also called a magnifying glass.

Correct Answer: 90%

About 90% of blood plasma is water.

Correct Answer: scurvy

Deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy.

Correct Answer: larger number of Red Blood Cells

People at high altitudes develop a larger number of red blood cells to carry oxygen in thin air.

Correct Answer: 23.5 degrees

The Earth's axis is tilted at about 23.5 degrees.

Correct Answer: 37 degrees C

The average internal (core) temperature of the human body is about 37 degrees Celsius.

Correct Answer: 5.5

The book's key gives 5.5 litres; an adult's blood volume is about 5 to 5.5 litres, so the keyed value is retained.

Correct Answer: Copper, Nickel, Zinc

German silver is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc; it contains no silver.

Correct Answer: gain of hydrogen

Reduction is gain of hydrogen, equivalently loss of oxygen or gain of electrons.

Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is used in fire extinguishers because it displaces oxygen and does not support combustion.

Correct Answer: neutron

Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.

Correct Answer: Francium

Francium is the most reactive metal, the most reactive of the alkali metals.

Correct Answer: Silicon

Silicon is a semiconductor, not a conductor like copper or graphite.

Correct Answer: x = 11 and y = 5

Solving x - y = 6 and x + y = 16 gives x = 11 and y = 5.

Correct Answer: 6

Together A and B do 1/10 + 1/15 = 1/6 of the work per day, so they finish in 6 days.

Correct Answer: 16

The absolute value of -4 is 4, so 4 + (-4) + 16 = 16.

Correct Answer: 8.33

New consumption is (1.10 / 1.32) x 10 kg = 8.33 kg per month.

Correct Answer: 2430

February 1994 production is 2700 pens and March 1994 is 2430 pens, a further 10% reduction; the book's key gives 2187, which is April's figure.

Correct Answer: 3

After 3 years both values are about Rs 97,030, since 133100 x 0.9^3 = 72900 x 1.1^3.

Correct Answer: 48 hours

The basic rate is Rs 50 per hour and overtime Rs 62.50 per hour; Rs 500 extra buys 8 overtime hours, so the total is 48 hours.

Correct Answer: 200

With B + C = Rs 60000 in ratio 2:3, A = Rs 12000 and C = Rs 36000, so C is 200% more than A.

Correct Answer: None of these

The chair costs Rs 200 and the table Rs 600, so the chair is 66.7% cheaper than the table, which is not among the options, so None of these is correct.

Correct Answer: 82%

1.40 x 1.30 = 1.82, so the area exceeds the square by 82%.

Correct Answer: 4%

1.20 x 0.80 = 0.96, so the area decreases by 4%.

Correct Answer: 37%

To keep the area unchanged the width must fall to 1/1.60 = 62.5% of its value, a decrease of 37.5%, given as 37%.

Correct Answer: 1800

Product B (60%) minus uncertain (20%) = 40% = 720, so the survey covered 1800 individuals.

Correct Answer: 80

Each term doubles, so after 40 comes 80.

Correct Answer: 2

0.02 as a percentage is 2%.

Correct Answer: 2/9

5 out of 2250 is 0.222...%, expressed as 2/9 per cent, as the key gives.

Correct Answer: 5

25% of 900 is 225, and 225 / 45 = 5.

Correct Answer: None of these

218% of 1674 is about 3649, divided by 1800 is about 2.03, which is not among the options, so None of these is correct.

Correct Answer: 1800

(25/3)% is 1/12, so the number is 150 x 12 = 1800.

Correct Answer: 38

35% of 30 is 10.5, so 25% of the number is 9.5, giving 38.

Correct Answer: 10

5/2 x 245.76 = 614.4, which is 10% of 6144.

Correct Answer: 100

13937.869 / 199.54 is about 69.85, plus 15% of 201 (30.15) gives 100; the operator in the scan reads as division, confirmed by the key.

Correct Answer: 2.25

63% of 25/7 = 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 that is Rs 20.

Correct Answer: proliferate : number

Expanding increases volume just as proliferating increases number.

Correct Answer: preamble : constitution

A prologue introduces a novel just as a preamble introduces a constitution.

Correct Answer: expert : proficient

The book's key gives expert : proficient; a pest is by nature irksome just as an expert is by nature proficient, a judgement analogy retained at the key.

Correct Answer: dew : condensation

Rust is the product of corrosion just as dew is the product of condensation.

Correct Answer: hypothesis : confirmed

A claim is legitimated, made legitimate, just as a hypothesis is confirmed.

Correct Answer: Granary

A granary is a store for storing grain.

Correct Answer: Pseudonym

A pseudonym is a name adopted by an author in his writings.

Correct Answer: Opaque

Light cannot pass through an opaque object.

Correct Answer: Plagiarism

Stealing from the writings of others is plagiarism.

Correct Answer: Sojourn

A sojourn is a short stay at a place.

Correct Answer: process of eroding

The book's key gives process of eroding as the opposite of deposition; sediment is deposited, while erosion removes it.

Correct Answer: keep secret

To divulge is to reveal, so its opposite is to keep secret.

Correct Answer: patronize

To boycott is to refuse to patronize, so patronize is its opposite.

Correct Answer: purification

Adulteration is contamination, so its opposite is purification.

Correct Answer: valid argument

A fallacy is an invalid argument, so its opposite is a valid argument.

Correct Answer: provincial

Poetry that appeals to an international audience is not provincial, merely regional, in theme.

Correct Answer: assimilate, adhere

Effective managers assimilate different points of view, while dogmatic students merely adhere to their own formulations.

Correct Answer: specific

The Magna Carta's significance lies not in its specific provisions but in making the king subject to the law.

Correct Answer: shaken, unscathed

Though shaken by false allegations, the senator's reputation emerged unscathed.

Correct Answer: homogeneity, differentiated

The book's key gives homogeneity, differentiated; the stem as printed is garbled, showing one blank for a pair of options, so the keyed pair is retained with that note.