FPSC · Welfare · 2015
Solved FPSC Assistant Director Welfare Department past paper 2015 — 97 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 Welfare Department past paper 2015 (Model Paper 116 in the book). It contains 100 MCQs, of which 97 are published — mainly English (31), Mathematics (24) and Pakistan Studies (16), plus Computer Science, General Knowledge, Geography, Current Affairs and Everyday Science — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: plagiarism
Copying another student's work and passing it off as one's own is plagiarism.
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Correct Answer: monotheism
Monotheism is the doctrine that there is only one God.
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Correct Answer: goose : gosling
A cygnet is a young swan, just as a gosling is a young goose.
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Correct Answer: for
The idiom is 'opens for business', so 'for' completes the sentence.
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Correct Answer: Adjective
'Little' is an adjective here because it modifies the noun 'danger'.
Correct Answer: Adjective
An adjective is a word used to describe a noun or a pronoun.
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Correct Answer: Is the thief caught by the police?
In the passive voice, 'Does the police catch the thief?' becomes 'Is the thief caught by the police?'
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Correct Answer: Coordination
The correct spelling is 'Coordination'.
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Correct Answer: Testimony
The correct spelling is 'Testimony'.
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Correct Answer: troupe : actor
A troupe is a group of actors, just as an orchestra is a group of musicians.
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Correct Answer: penguin : bird
A penguin is a bird, the only correct type pair among the options.
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Correct Answer: The potato
'Potato' is the subject noun of the sentence.
Correct Answer: Shark
'Shark' is the subject noun of the sentence.
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Correct Answer: Pronoun
'He' is a pronoun, standing in place of a noun.
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Correct Answer: Skillful
Adroit means skilful.
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Correct Answer: Having two chambers
Bicameral means having two chambers, as of a legislature.
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Correct Answer: Hush
To hush something up is to stop it circulating, the closest antonym offered.
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Correct Answer: Illicit
Illicit, meaning unlawful, is the antonym of lawful.
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Correct Answer: parallel
Parallel is not a type of angle, unlike acute, right and obtuse.
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Correct Answer: foundation
Foundation is the odd one out: windows, walls and floors are the visible parts of a room, while the foundation lies below ground.
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Correct Answer: presentation
In a meaningful sequence the words run Arrival, Discussion, Recommendation, Presentation, so Presentation comes last.
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Correct Answer: triangle
Triangle is the only straight-sided figure among the curved shapes offered.
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Correct Answer: pliers
Pliers grip rather than cut, unlike the scythe, knife and saw.
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Correct Answer: theology
Theology is not a natural science, unlike biology, chemistry and zoology.
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Correct Answer: ounce
A quart is measured in ounces, just as a yard is measured in inches.
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Correct Answer: ignorant
Ignorant is the antonym of enlightened, just as despondent is the antonym of elated.
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Correct Answer: gloomy
A pessimist is gloomy, just as an optimist is cheerful.
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Correct Answer: daisy
A daisy is a flower, just as a lizard is a reptile.
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Correct Answer: noisily
Noisily is the antonym of silently, just as openly is the antonym of secretly.
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Correct Answer: Expound
In dictionary order the words run Expose, Expound, Exposure, Expulsion, so the second word is Expound.
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Correct Answer: Court
Tennis is played on a court, just as football is played on a field.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: 127
Each term doubles and adds 1 (63 x 2 + 1 = 127), so 127 comes next.
Correct Answer: 17
The series increases by 3 each time (14 + 3 = 17), so 17 comes next.
Correct Answer: 80
The series increases by 8 each time (72 + 8 = 80), so 80 comes next.
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Correct Answer: 300m
At 48 km/h the train covers 400 metres in 30 seconds, so the bridge is 400 minus the train's 100 metres, or 300 metres.
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Correct Answer: 20
If 20 more men halve the time from 40 to 20 days, the original number is 20 men.
Correct Answer: 10 days
The three pairs together complete the work in 10 days.
Correct Answer: 32 days
A, working three times as fast as B, finishes alone in 32 days.
Correct Answer: 32
Halving the time doubles the men needed, from 16 to 32.
Correct Answer: 35
The job needs 150 man-days, so 50 men finish it in 3 days, which is 35 more than 15.
Correct Answer: 6
The job needs 21 weavers in 60 minutes, which is 6 more than 15.
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Correct Answer: 1000
40% of 2500 candidates is 1000, so 1000 students failed.
Correct Answer: 25%
10 of the 40 pairs are size 6, which is 25%.
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Correct Answer: 36
At 200 km per hour, 120 km takes 120/200 of an hour, or 36 minutes.
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Correct Answer: 15
Solving 3x = 2(x + 4) + 3 gives x = 11, so the third consecutive odd integer is 15.
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Correct Answer: 7
Thirty-five 10-rupee notes are Rs. 350, which is seven 50-rupee notes.
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Correct Answer: 5 seconds
The trains together cover 200 metres at a relative speed of 40 metres per second, taking 5 seconds.
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Correct Answer: 175
In one minute at a relative speed of 5 metres per second the trains cover 300 metres, so the second train is 300 minus 125, or 175 metres.
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Correct Answer: Rs.300
A and B work in the ratio 3:2, so A gets three-fifths of Rs. 500, or Rs. 300.
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Correct Answer: 30
The net filling rate is 1/10 minus 1/15, or 1/30 of the tank per hour, so the tank fills in 30 hours.
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Correct Answer: 20
At Rs. 28 for 35 kg, Rs. 16 buys 16/28 x 35, or 20 kg, of spinach.
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Correct Answer: 150
By proportion, a 200-metre plaza casts a shadow of 30/40 x 200, or 150 metres.
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Correct Answer: 540
The least common multiple of 12, 15, 20 and 54 is 540.
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Correct Answer: Rs.15000
P and Q invested in the ratio 3:2, so P's share of Rs. 25000 is Rs. 15000.
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Correct Answer: 3
Seven plus eight minus the twelve people who read at least one language leaves 3 who read both French and English.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Non-cooperation policy of Congress
Jinnah resigned from the Congress in 1920 over its Non-cooperation programme.
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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: National Museum Karachi
The book's key names the National Museum, Karachi, as Pakistan's largest museum.
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Correct Answer: 1 July 1948
The State Bank of Pakistan was established on 1 July 1948.
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Correct Answer: Makli Hills of Sindh
The Makli Hills of Sindh hold the Makli Necropolis, one of the world's largest graveyards.
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Correct Answer: Mehdi Ali Khan
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk's real name was Mehdi Ali Khan.
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Correct Answer: Hockey
Field hockey is Pakistan's national game.
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Correct Answer: Afghanistan
Afghanistan was the country that opposed Pakistan's admission to the United Nations in 1947.
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Correct Answer: Chakwal
Kallar Kahar Lake is situated in Chakwal district.
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Correct Answer: 22nd December 1939
Muslims celebrated the Day of Deliverance on 22 December 1939, when the Congress ministries resigned.
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Correct Answer: 1919
The Rowlatt Act was passed by the British Government in 1919.
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Correct Answer: 04 May, 1948
Pakistan signed the canal water pact with India on 4 May 1948.
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Correct Answer: 1954
Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954.
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Correct Answer: 1955
Pakistan signed the Baghdad Pact, which became CENTO, in 1955.
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Correct Answer: 23 March 1956
Pakistan's first constitution was enforced on 23 March 1956.
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Correct Answer: Islami Jamhoria Itehad
The Islami Jamhoria Ittehad won the election of 24 October 1990.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Paris
The headquarters of UNESCO is in Paris.
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Correct Answer: Karl Mark
Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital.
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Correct Answer: Germany
Germany was Pakistan's largest trading partner in Europe at the paper's date.
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Correct Answer: NPVSO
Each letter of STRAY shifts forward by one to give TUSBZ, so MOURN becomes NPVSO.
Correct Answer: SFEJTOPD
Under the book's code, CONSIDER is written as SFEJTOPD.
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Correct Answer: Maternal grandson
The man's daughter is the lady's mother-in-law, so the lady's husband is the man's maternal grandson.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: La Paz
La Paz, Bolivia's seat of government, is the world's highest national capital.
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Correct Answer: 71 percent
Oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth's surface.
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Correct Answer: 16
Sixteen nations in Europe have no seaport, on the book's count.
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Correct Answer: Muztagh pass
Muztagh Pass is the highest pass among those offered.
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Correct Answer: Port Louis
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Democratic
Barack Obama belongs to the Democratic Party.
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Correct Answer: Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon was the UN Secretary-General at the paper's date, serving from 2007 to 2016.
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Correct Answer: Venezuela
The seventeenth NAM Summit was held in Venezuela in 2016.
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Correct Answer: Both a & b
The United States and Israel both lost their UNESCO voting rights over the Palestine row.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Cancer is treated by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: effi_iqbal@hotmail.com
effi_iqbal@hotmail.com is an email address; the other options are web addresses.
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Correct Answer: Ctrl+V
Ctrl+V pastes text.
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Correct Answer: Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C copies selected text.
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Correct Answer: Ctrl+A
Ctrl+A selects the entire document.
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Correct Answer: Micro Chips
ROM is memory composed of microchips.
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Correct Answer: China
China has the world's largest number of internet users.
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Correct Answer: Ctrl+D
Ctrl+D opens the font dialog box in Word.
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Correct Answer: Ctrl+Shift+P
Ctrl+Shift+P accesses the font size tool on the formatting toolbar.
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Correct Answer: Random Access Memory
RAM stands for Random Access Memory.
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Correct Answer: Central Processing Unit
CPU stands for Central Processing Unit.
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Verified from the official paper / published solved paper — every answer rechecked before publishing.
Questions
The paper contains 100 MCQs, of which 97 are published; three items whose correct answers were not among the printed options were dropped rather than guessed.
It covers mainly English (31 questions), Mathematics (24) and Pakistan Studies (16), plus Computer Science (10), General Knowledge, Geography, Current Affairs and Everyday Science.
Yes. Every answer was checked three ways — the book's printed key, the book's own material and the standard fact — and 3 printed-key errors were corrected to the standard answer, with the corrections flagged in the working record. The key column for questions 92-100 sits in the gutter fold and could not be read, so those answers were settled from standard fact.
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