FPSC · Ministry Of Interior · 2009
Solved FPSC Assistant Director, Interior Ministry past paper 2009 — 99 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Mathematics, Pakistan Studies.
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This is the FPSC Assistant Director, Interior Ministry (BPS-17) past paper from 2009 (Model Paper 95 in the book). It contains 99 solved MCQs — printed number 14 is skipped in the book, so the questions are renumbered sequentially — covering English idioms, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Everyday Science, Pakistan Affairs and Islamic Studies, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Six printed key answers were corrected to the standard answers, including the brown-study idiom, the WTO conference city, the start of World War II, the cricket-team average, the walk displacement and the Pakistan Democratic Movement's founding year, and every disagreement is flagged, never hidden.
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Correct Answer: to have a bad result from something
To burn one's fingers is to suffer a bad result from meddling in something.
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Correct Answer: to end without providing any practical result
To end in smoke is to end without providing any practical result.
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Correct Answer: a hidden enemy
A snake in the grass is a hidden enemy, someone treacherous posing as a friend.
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Correct Answer: an anxious suspense
To be on tenter-hooks is to be in a state of anxious suspense.
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Correct Answer: secret
Hole-and-corner methods are secret, underhand methods of dealing with people.
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Correct Answer: outshine
To steal a march upon competitors is to outshine them by gaining an advantage.
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Correct Answer: absent-minded
To be in a brown study is to be absent-minded, lost in deep thought, which is why he did not catch the point.
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Correct Answer: reprimanded him
To take someone to task is to reprimand them, as the authorities did for his negligence.
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Correct Answer: with all their might
To fight tooth and nail is to fight with all one's might for one's rights.
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Correct Answer: used all available means
To leave no stone unturned is to use all available means to find the culprit.
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Correct Answer: to avoid
To be clear of group politics is to avoid them, which brings mental peace.
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Correct Answer: useless search
A wild goose chase is a useless search, like the attempt to recover the stolen necklace that way.
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Correct Answer: in prosperity and adversity
To stand by someone in weal and woe is to stand by them in prosperity and adversity.
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Correct Answer: a sudden idea
To take something into one's head is to get a sudden idea, as she did about leaving her job.
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Correct Answer: a try to achieve an impossible distinction
To set the Thames on fire is to achieve an impossible distinction, a remarkable feat.
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Correct Answer: active
To be up and doing is to be active rather than idle at home.
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Correct Answer: to provoke to quarrel
To set friends by the ear is to provoke them to quarrel.
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Correct Answer: discovered
Robert Hooke discovered the cell and named it in 1665.
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Correct Answer: output
The book keys this passage fill-in to output, the agricultural quantity the rainfall augments.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: America-Iran deal
The book keys the downward oil-price trend to the America-Iran deal; the 2014-16 fall had several drivers including OPEC policy and new supply.
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Correct Answer: 52 million
The United Nations estimate keyed here puts world refugees at approximately 52 million, an era figure.
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Correct Answer: China
The Falun Gong religious and spiritual movement emerged in China.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Geneva
WTO ministerial conferences are held in Geneva, the organisation's home city, not Brussels.
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Correct Answer: Oil and Gas
OGRA is the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Syed Ameer Ali
A Short History of the Saracens was written by Syed Ameer Ali.
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Correct Answer: 1939
The Second World War started in 1939, with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September.
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Correct Answer: Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee was Prime Minister of England at Partition in August 1947.
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Correct Answer: Progress
The wheel is a symbol of progress.
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Correct Answer: England
Stonehenge is situated in England, in Wiltshire.
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Correct Answer: Iraq and Turkey
The book keys the majority of the Kurd population to Iraq and Turkey.
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Correct Answer: Thailand
Thailand is called the Land of the Free, since Thai means free.
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Correct Answer: Brazil
Brazil are the Olympic football champions keyed here, winners in 2016 and 2020.
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Correct Answer: Security Council
Pakistan was elected to the United Nations Security Council, serving the 2012-13 term.
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Correct Answer: West Bank
Ramallah is the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, in the West Bank.
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Correct Answer: The first of October
Senior Citizens Day, the International Day of Older Persons, is observed on the first of October.
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Correct Answer: Japan
The world's largest nuclear power station keyed here is in Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Partition of Bengal
The Partition of Bengal in 1905 makes that year important in Indo-Pak history.
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Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal
Allama Iqbal died on 21 April 1938.
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Correct Answer: Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Malik Ghulam Muhammad was Pakistan's first Finance Minister.
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Correct Answer: Khawaja Nazimuddin
Khawaja Nazimuddin succeeded Quaid-i-Azam as Governor General of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: National Database and Registration Authority
NADRA stands for the National Database and Registration Authority.
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Correct Answer: 1985
The system of separate electorates was first introduced in Pakistan in 1985.
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Correct Answer: 80%
The book keys Pakistan's defence spending plus debt repayments to almost 80 percent of current expenditure, an era figure.
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Correct Answer: 90 per thousand
The book keys Pakistan's infant mortality rate to approximately 90 per thousand, an era figure.
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Correct Answer: 1966
The book keys the fourth constituent assembly brought into existence by Ayub Khan to 1966.
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Correct Answer: 10th January 1966
The Tashkent Treaty between Pakistan and India was signed on 10 January 1966.
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Correct Answer: 1967
Construction of Islamabad was completed in 1967, when it became the capital.
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Correct Answer: 1966
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman introduced his Six Points in 1966.
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Correct Answer: 1967
The Pakistan Democratic Movement was established in 1967, not 1966 as the book keys it.
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Correct Answer: 1967
The Pakistan People's Party was founded by Z.A. Bhutto in 1967.
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Correct Answer: 1967
Mangla Dam's construction was completed in 1967.
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Correct Answer: 1969
Ayub Khan stepped down under mounting public pressure in 1969.
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Correct Answer: 1969
The Second Martial Law was imposed by General Yahya Khan in 1969.
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Correct Answer: 1969
Iskandar Mirza died and was buried in Tehran in 1969.
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Correct Answer: Red Sea
Sharm-e-Sheikh is an Egyptian sea port on the Red Sea.
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Correct Answer: Black Sea and Sea of Marmara
The Strait of Bosporus connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
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Correct Answer: Red Sea
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
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Correct Answer: Indonesia and Malaysia
The Strait of Malacca separates Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Correct Answer: USA
Seattle is a seaport of the United States of America.
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Correct Answer: 38
Let correct answers be c: 4c minus (60 minus c) = 130, so 5c = 190 and c = 38.
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Correct Answer: x² ÷ y²
With x = 10 and y = 0.1, x squared divided by y squared = 100 divided by 0.01 = 10,000, the greatest of the four.
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Correct Answer: 88
If n lies between 20 and 80, n + 7 lies between 27 and 87, so 88 cannot be n + 7.
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Correct Answer: Rs. 1000
Two tables and three chairs cost Rs. 3,500 and three tables and two chairs Rs. 4,000, giving a table price of Rs. 1,000 and a chair price of Rs. 500.
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Correct Answer: √250 cm
The book keys the rectangle-figure length to root-250 cm; the figure and its dimensions are not printed in the scan.
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Correct Answer: 9
The larger wheel makes 6 times 21 divided by 14 = 9 revolutions.
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Correct Answer: 990
Numbering 366 pages uses 9 + 180 + 801 = 990 digits.
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Correct Answer: 4
Seven times 4 pineapples is Rs. 28 and 5 times 2 watermelons is Rs. 10, totalling Rs. 38, so 4 pineapples were purchased.
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Correct Answer: 12
One-third of a 36-member party is 12, the minimum number needed to split under the Anti-Defection Law as keyed here.
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Correct Answer: 3.30
A clock showing 9.30 in a mirror reads 12.00 minus 9.30 = 2.30 in reality.
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Correct Answer: 20
With an 11-player team, a fall of 2 in average age is a fall of 22 in total, so the two youngsters total 62 minus 22 = 40, or 20 each.
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Correct Answer: 1074
Pages 1-9 use 9 digits, 10-99 use 180 and 100-999 use 2,700, leaving 300 digits for 75 four-digit pages, giving 1,074 pages in all.
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Correct Answer: 100
Imran's History marks are 140 divided by 3.5 = 40, so his English marks are 2.5 times 40 = 100.
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Correct Answer: 16
To be sure of one ball of each colour, one may first draw all 8 green and all 7 white balls, so 16 draws guarantee all three colours.
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Correct Answer: None
Walking 10 km north, 20 km south, 20 km north, 20 km south and 10 km east leaves a displacement of about 14.1 km, which is not among the numeric options, so the answer is None.
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Correct Answer: 64
If A is half of B and A + B = 96, then 1.5B = 96 and B = 64.
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Correct Answer: 9 meters
With 26 trees there are 25 gaps, so the gap is 225 divided by 25 = 9 metres.
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Correct Answer: 20
If Ali is A and his father 2A, then 2A + 20 = 1.5 times (A + 20), giving A = 20.
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Correct Answer: 1 hour
Cyclist A gains a 5 km head start in 20 minutes, and B closes at 5 km per hour, so B overtakes A after 1 hour.
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Correct Answer: Less than 100 gm
A gold block immersed in water weighs less than 100 gm on a spring balance because of the buoyant upthrust.
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Correct Answer: The internal energy of gas increases and thus the kinetic energy and hence absolute temperature increases
When a gas is compressed, its internal energy and hence its absolute temperature increase.
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Correct Answer: True
By Kirchhoff's law, emissivity equals absorptivity, so a bad emitter of radiation is a bad absorber.
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Correct Answer: Calorie
The energy requirements of the human body are measured in calories.
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Correct Answer: Emissive power
Energy radiated per second per square centimetre per unit wavelength range is the emissive power.
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Correct Answer: Wien's law
The wavelength of maximum energy being inversely proportional to absolute temperature is Wien's law.
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Correct Answer: A good absorber must be a good radiator
Kirchhoff's law states that a good absorber must be a good radiator.
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Correct Answer: Reciprocal of the thermal conductivity
Thermal resistance is the reciprocal of thermal conductivity.
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Correct Answer: Radius
The radius is a bone of the arm (forearm); the femur is the thigh bone and the patella the kneecap.
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Correct Answer: Boltzmann's constant
The ratio of the Universal Gas Constant to Avogadro's number is Boltzmann's constant.
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Correct Answer: Brain
Of the organs offered, the brain is the least susceptible to harmful radiations, as keyed here.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: Torait
The Old Testament is the Torait (Torah).
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Correct Answer: 360
The total number of idols fixed around the Kaaba was 360.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Ibraheem (A.S)
The Prophet (PBUH) was born about three thousand years after Hazrat Ibraheem (A.S), as keyed here.
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Correct Answer: His mother Amna
Hazrat Amna, the Holy Prophet's mother, suggested the name Ahmed for him.
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Correct Answer: 616 A.D
Hazrat Umar (R.A) embraced Islam in 616 A.D.
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Correct Answer: Khuzaima bin Sabit (R.A)
Zou-Shadatian (Dhul-Shahadatain, whose testimony counted as two) is the title of Hazrat Khuzaima bin Sabit (R.A).
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Correct Answer: Palestine
Palestine is known as the Land of Prophets.
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Correct Answer: Recitation of 1st kalima
Tahleel is the recitation of the first kalima, La ilaha illallah.
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Correct Answer: Shaban
The eighth month of the Islamic calendar is Shaban.
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Correct Answer: Mina
The splitting of the moon is keyed here to Mina.
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Questions
The paper contains 99 questions with verified answers and explanations; printed number 14 is skipped in the book, so the questions are renumbered sequentially.
It covers English, General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Geography, Mathematics, Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies and Islamic Studies.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed key, its printed material and the standard fact — and the six key disagreements are flagged, never hidden.
It helps with FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all Pakistan one-paper exams, since its English, General Knowledge, Mathematics and Islamic Studies blocks share the common one-paper syllabus.
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