Assistant Director (Batch 1) Past Paper 2018 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: 4

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had four daughters: Zainab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah.

Correct Answer: Palestine

Palestine is known as the land of the prophets, the homeland of many prophets including Ibrahim, Musa and Isa.

Correct Answer: 21st Ramzan 40 A.H

Hazrat Ali (R.A) was struck on 19 Ramzan 40 A.H and died of his wounds on 21 Ramzan 40 A.H.

Correct Answer: Masjid-e-Quba

Masjid-e-Quba, built on the Prophet's arrival at Quba, was the first mosque established in Islam.

Correct Answer: Wajib

In Hanafi jurisprudence the Eid prayer is wajib (obligatory), not fard or nafl.

Correct Answer: Brothers

Hazrat Ismail and Hazrat Ishaq were both sons of Hazrat Ibrahim, making them brothers.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Shoaib (A.S)

Hazrat Shoaib (A.S) is known as Khateeb-ul-Anbia, the orator among the prophets.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed

Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A) earned the title Saifullah, the sword of Allah, for his military leadership.

Correct Answer: Surah Al-Fath

Surah Al-Fath (48), verse 29, declares that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Dawood (A.S)

The Zabur (Psalms) was revealed to Hazrat Dawood (A.S).

Correct Answer: Captain Cook

Captain James Cook reached the east coast of Australia in 1770, landing at Botany Bay.

Correct Answer: 14th November

World Diabetes Day is observed every year on 14 November, the birthday of insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting.

Correct Answer: Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is Pakistan's most internationally recognised female campaigner for girls' education.

Correct Answer: Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai was the teenage Pakistani schoolgirl from Swat who stood up to the Taliban for girls' education.

Correct Answer: Russia

Russia requires male citizens aged 18 to 27 to serve one year of military service.

Correct Answer: 5500.3 miles

The book's 5,500.3-mile figure is the 2009 official survey length of the Great Wall's Ming-era wall (8,851 km); the full length including all branches measured later is 21,196 km.

Correct Answer: Malala Yousafzai

The teenage activist from Swat nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize is Malala Yousafzai, not Hira Akbar as the book prints.

Correct Answer: Both Urdu and Bengali

The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan declared both Urdu and Bengali as the national languages.

Correct Answer: Third Prime Minister of Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Bogra served as Pakistan's third prime minister, from 1953 to 1955.

Correct Answer: General Muhammad Sharif

General Muhammad Sharif was the first Chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in 1976.

Correct Answer: 26

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had 26 districts before the 2018 merger of the tribal areas, which raised the count.

Correct Answer: 12th March 1949

The Constituent Assembly passed the Objectives Resolution on 12 March 1949.

Correct Answer: 40 years

The 1956 Constitution prescribed 40 years as the minimum age for the President of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 9 years

Pakistan got its first constitution in 1956, nine years after independence in 1947.

Correct Answer: Frank Messervy

General Frank Messervy was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1947.

Correct Answer: General Tikka Khan

General Tikka Khan was Pakistan's first Chief of Army Staff, appointed in 1972.

Correct Answer: Switzerland

Switzerland is called the playground of Europe for its mountains, lakes and resorts.

Correct Answer: Karakoram

The Karakoram range forms the border between Pakistan and China.

Correct Answer: Himalayas

Nanga Parbat is part of the Himalayan range in northern Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Compressed Natural Gas

CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas.

Correct Answer: Kidney

The kidneys clean the blood by filtering waste products and forming urine.

Correct Answer: Kidneys

The kidneys produce urine by filtering waste from the blood.

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen

Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895.

Correct Answer: 1 g/cm3

The density of water is 1 gram per cubic centimetre.

Correct Answer: Glucose in blood

Glucose biosensors measure the level of glucose in the blood.

Correct Answer: Ammonia

Ammonia is used as the refrigerant gas in refrigeration systems.

Correct Answer: Mercury

Mercury moves around the Sun faster than any other planet because it has the smallest orbit.

Correct Answer: Venus

Venus is the planet nearest to Earth.

Correct Answer: Highly elliptical

Comets generally travel in highly elliptical orbits around the Sun.

Correct Answer: Sea water

Seawater freezes last because its dissolved salt lowers its freezing point below that of fresh water.

Correct Answer: Salt

Salt is spread on icy roads in winter because it lowers the freezing point of water and melts the ice.

Correct Answer: 5 litres

An average adult has about 5 litres of blood (the book prints '5/6', i.e. 5 to 6 litres).

Correct Answer: Sound cannot travel through vacuum

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum because it needs a material medium to carry its vibrations.

Correct Answer: Convex lens

Long sight (hypermetropia) is corrected with a convex lens, which converges light onto the retina.

Correct Answer: Shorter

Very high frequency waves have shorter wavelengths than lower-frequency radio waves.

Correct Answer: Increase

By Boyle's law, at constant temperature, decreasing the volume of a fixed mass of gas increases its pressure.

Correct Answer: 120 days

A red blood cell lives for about 120 days.

Correct Answer: Star

The Sun is a star, a luminous ball of hot gas at the centre of the solar system.

Correct Answer: Global Positioning System

GPS stands for Global Positioning System.

Correct Answer: 5.7%

The State Bank of Pakistan's policy rate stood around 5.7% in early 2018 (5.75% at the time).

Correct Answer: 1268

The book's figure of 1,268 police martyrs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2006 is an era figure that rests on the book alone.

Correct Answer: Japan

The Government of Japan signed an agreement with UNDP to support Pakistan's electoral process.

Correct Answer: China

Under the CPEC arrangement reported at the time, 91% of Gwadar port revenue went to the Chinese operator and 9% to the Gwadar Port Authority for 40 years.

Correct Answer: Appleby

The Paradise Papers leak of 2017 originated from the offshore law firm Appleby.

Correct Answer: Boston, United States

The 2017 iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition was held in Boston, United States.

Correct Answer: Pakistan People's Party (PPP)

The PPP was reported in 2018 as the first Pakistani party planning to use hologram technology to address supporters.

Correct Answer: Platinum wedding anniversary

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrated their platinum (70th) wedding anniversary in November 2017.

Correct Answer: Italy

Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first time in 60 years the team had missed the tournament.

Correct Answer: Dr Ruth Pfau

Pakistan issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin in honour of Dr Ruth Pfau in 2018.

Correct Answer: 147th

Pakistan ranked 147th in the World Bank's ease of doing business report in 2018.

Correct Answer: T-129

Turkey agreed to supply Pakistan with T-129 ATAK attack helicopters.

Correct Answer: Manufacture

To fabricate is to manufacture or make something, especially by assembling parts.

Correct Answer: Fearless

Audacious means bold and fearless.

Correct Answer: Lazy

Indolent means lazy and avoiding work.

Correct Answer: Persistent

Note: as printed, this recall list pairs 'inhabitants' with 'persistent', but that pairing is defective — the standard synonym of inhabitants is residents or dwellers; the pairing is retained as printed and flagged.

Correct Answer: Grieving

Mourning means grieving for someone who has died.

Correct Answer: Obstruct

Hindering means obstructing or getting in the way of something.

Correct Answer: By

The correct preposition is 'by': one is trapped by one's experience.

Correct Answer: Adjective

'Some' functions as an adjective (determiner) when it qualifies a noun.

Correct Answer: Auxiliary verb

'Is' functions as an auxiliary (helping) verb when it supports a main verb.

Correct Answer: Simple sentence

'He got up to light a cigarette' is a simple sentence because it contains a single clause.

Correct Answer: One independent and one dependent clause

A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Correct Answer: Abstract noun

'Honesty' in 'Honesty is the best policy' is an abstract noun because it names a quality, not a physical thing.

Correct Answer: Went

The past tense of 'go' is 'went', so the sentence reads 'He went to Lahore yesterday'.

Correct Answer: Have left

Note: this item is truncated as printed; 'have left' is a present-perfect verb phrase.

Correct Answer: 39.8

The primes between 30 and 50 are 31, 37, 41, 43 and 47, whose sum is 199, giving an average of 39.8.

Correct Answer: 38.5

The first 10 multiples of 7 are 7 to 70, whose average is (7 + 70) / 2 = 38.5.

Correct Answer: 9

If the average of 10 numbers is zero, at most 9 of them can be greater than zero, since one negative number must balance them.

Correct Answer: Y + Z

The six numbers total 6X = 3Y + 3Z, so 2X = Y + Z.

Correct Answer: 8:12:9

From a:b = 2:3 and b:c = 4:3, scaling gives a:b:c = 8:12:9.

Correct Answer: 16:24:30:35

Combining the ratios gives A:B:C:D = 16:24:30:35.

Correct Answer: 23:33:60

After the increments, the salaries become 2.3 : 3.3 : 6.0, i.e. 23:33:60.

Correct Answer: 520

With boys:girls = 8:5 and 200 girls, each part is 40, so the total is 13 x 40 = 520 students.

Correct Answer: 30

The ratios give first:second:third = 10:15:24, a total of 49 parts = 98, so the second number is 15 x 2 = 30.

Correct Answer: 9

The fourth proportional to 2, 3 and 6 is (3 x 6) / 2 = 9.

Correct Answer: 20

Let B's share be x; then A = x + 20 and C = x + 40, so 3x + 60 = 120 and x = 20.

Correct Answer: 4:5

The two numbers are 120% and 150% of the third, a ratio of 120:150 = 4:5.

Correct Answer: 60 litres

The mixture has 40 litres of milk and 20 of water; to reach milk:water = 1:2 the water must become 80 litres, so 60 litres must be added.

Correct Answer: 1/20

5% as a fraction is 5/100 = 1/20.

Correct Answer: 4.8 hours

The work is 10 x 6 x 18 = 1,080 man-hours, so 15 men over 15 days must work 1,080 / 225 = 4.8 hours a day (the book's 6 hours is wrong).

Correct Answer: 48 paisa

At 60 paisa per 250 grams, 200 grams cost 60 x 200 / 250 = 48 paisa.

Correct Answer: 600 rupees

At Rs 240 for 16 toys, 40 toys cost 240 x 40 / 16 = Rs 600.

Correct Answer: 195 seconds

At 0.128 metres per second, 25 metres take 25 / 0.128 = about 195 seconds.