FPSC · Religious Affairs · 2011
Solved FPSC Assistant, Minorities & Religious Division past paper 2011 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers General Knowledge, English, Mathematics.
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This is the FPSC Assistant, Minorities & Religious Division (BPS-14) past paper from 2011 (Model Paper 108 in the book). It contains 100 MCQs — General Knowledge, English, Mathematics, Everyday Science, Computer Science, Pakistan Studies and Islamic Studies — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. One printed key answer was corrected to the standard answer (the greenhouse effect traps long-wave radiation), and five items carry retained-with-note flags where the book's taught answer differs from the strict fact.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: had better get
Travellers "had better get" their reservations in advance: "had better" takes the bare infinitive.
Correct Answer: to sell advertising
The parallel structure is "whether to increase the price or to sell advertising".
Correct Answer: mathematics teachers
"Mathematics teachers" is the correct compound noun: the subject is mathematics, plural in form.
Correct Answer: It is generally believed that
"It is generally believed that" is the only grammatical sentence opener for the Java man statement.
Correct Answer: should it be stored for later consumption
After "Only after" the sentence inverts: "should it be stored for later consumption".
Correct Answer: old enough
An eighteen-year-old is "old enough" to vote under the Constitution.
Correct Answer: so big
"So big that there are five time zones" completes the result clause for the United States.
Correct Answer: young ducks know how to swim
"Upon hatching, young ducks know how to swim" is the only option with a clear subject.
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Correct Answer: He creates everything
In Paradise Lost God is the creator of all that exists, so the book's answer is that He creates everything.
Correct Answer: A cannon
In Paradise Lost the rebel angels invent a cannon to fight God and His angels.
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Correct Answer: motif
A "motif" is a recurring decorative design, such as a pineapple pattern on wallpaper.
Correct Answer: deciduous
A "deciduous" tree sheds its leaves, which is why its leaves need raking.
Correct Answer: thesis
A "thesis" is a claim or proposition that needs supporting examples.
Correct Answer: portfolio
A "portfolio" is a case for carrying art projects without ruining them.
Correct Answer: stratification
"Stratification" is division into layers, here officers who set themselves above other club members.
Correct Answer: intention
An "intention" is a plan to finish the science project by noon on Friday.
Correct Answer: attribute
An "attribute" is a quality someone has, here the ability to inspire others.
Correct Answer: species
A "species" of lily is a distinct kind of flower for the garden.
Correct Answer: heinous
A "heinous" crime is a shockingly wicked one, matching the boss's view of taking time off.
Correct Answer: simile
Comparing a colleague to a cactus with "like" makes it a "simile".
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand
A free market is one where prices are set by the free play of supply and demand.
Correct Answer: Both (A) and (B)
A cartel is a combination of firms that control output, investment, marketing and prices, so both descriptions apply.
Correct Answer: Process in which money is created without productive resources being augment to bridge the gap between revenue and expenditure
Deficit financing creates money to bridge the gap between revenue and expenditure without matching productive resources.
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Correct Answer: Asia
East Timor (Timor-Leste) lies in Asia, in the Malay Archipelago.
Correct Answer: Madagascar
Madagascar is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.
Correct Answer: Arabia
Arabia is the largest peninsula in the world.
Correct Answer: Europe
The Iberian Peninsula, home to Spain and Portugal, lies in southwestern Europe.
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Correct Answer: force of cohesion
A liquid's free surface contracts because of the force of cohesion between its molecules.
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Correct Answer: USA
The Vietnam War was lost by the USA, which withdrew in 1973 and saw Saigon fall in 1975.
Correct Answer: 1914
Germany declared war on Russia and France in 1914, at the start of the First World War.
Correct Answer: Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 and served as its first general secretary.
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Correct Answer: increased height
Excess growth hormone from the pituitary in children causes increased height (gigantism).
Correct Answer: 206
The adult human skeleton has 206 named bones.
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Correct Answer: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO is the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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Correct Answer: 2001
Terrorists crashed two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001.
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Correct Answer: Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccination in 1796.
Correct Answer: William Harvey
William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood in the human body.
Correct Answer: Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley is credited with the discovery of oxygen.
Correct Answer: Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitation and formulated the three laws of motion.
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Correct Answer: Biro Brothers
The Biro brothers invented the ball-point pen.
Correct Answer: Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer used as a doctor's thermometer.
Correct Answer: Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio and wireless system.
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Correct Answer: General Assembly of UNO
The UN General Assembly is called the parliament of the world because all member states sit in it.
Correct Answer: IDA
The IDA's charter purpose is to raise living standards in the less-developed areas of the world.
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Correct Answer: Sweden
The Riksdag is the parliament of Sweden.
Correct Answer: Federal Parliament
Australia's parliament is known as the Federal Parliament.
Correct Answer: Jatiya Sangshad
Bangladesh's parliament is the Jatiya Sangshad (National Parliament).
Correct Answer: Peoples National Assembly
Algeria's parliament is the People's National Assembly.
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Correct Answer: Bill Gates
Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation.
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Correct Answer: Long wave radiations
The greenhouse effect traps outgoing long-wave (infrared) radiation, warming the Earth.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: 31
The series doubles and adds one: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127.
Correct Answer: 28
The series triples and subtracts two: 4, 10, 28, 82, 244, 730.
Correct Answer: 61
The differences grow by four: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, so the next term is 41 + 20 = 61.
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Correct Answer: 16
The first three total 45 and the last three 48, so the last number exceeds the first by 3; 19 - 3 = 16.
Correct Answer: 31 km
Average speed over two equal hours is (30 + 32) / 2 = 31 km per hour.
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Correct Answer: 35 days
Four men take 10 x 14 / 4 = 35 days to finish the same job.
Correct Answer: 6
Working together A and B finish 1/10 + 1/15 = 1/6 of the work per day, so 6 days.
Correct Answer: 5 days
Doubling the machines halves the time: 8 x 10 / 16 = 5 days.
Correct Answer: 5 days
Doubling the machines halves the time: 8 x 10 / 16 = 5 days, as in Q69.
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Correct Answer: 30 minutes
The distance is 6 km/hr x 50/60 hr = 5 km, covered at 10 km/hr in 30 minutes.
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Correct Answer: Rs. 15000
If 10% of income is Rs.1500, income is 1500 x 10 = Rs.15,000.
Correct Answer: 3333.33
If Rs.500 is 15% of annual income, income is 500 / 0.15 = Rs.3333.33.
Correct Answer: 5%
A discount of Rs.30,000 on Rs.600,000 is 30,000 / 600,000 = 5%.
Correct Answer: 522
Enrolment rose 16% from 450 to 450 x 1.16 = 522.
Correct Answer: 200
The number whose 7% is 14 is 14 / 0.07 = 200.
Correct Answer: 300
The number whose 7% is 21 is 21 / 0.07 = 300.
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Correct Answer: 9
[8(11-2) - 5(11-2)] / 3 = (72 - 45) / 3 = 9.
Correct Answer: 36, 48
The two numbers are 36 and 48, which sum to 84 and differ by 12.
Correct Answer: 6
Nine times minus five times a number is four times it, so 4x = 24 and x = 6.
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Correct Answer: 220
660 feet equal 220 yards, since 3 feet make a yard.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Convex lens
Long-sightedness (hypermetropia) is corrected with a convex lens.
Correct Answer: Atlas
The atlas is the first cervical vertebra, the neck bone among the options.
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Correct Answer: Spectrum
A spectrometer is used to study the spectrum of light.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: Gallium Arsenide
Gallium arsenide is the book's era answer for the latest material used in computer chips.
Correct Answer: Output device
A monitor displays output, so it is an output device.
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Correct Answer: Scientific Research
FORTRAN was designed mainly for scientific research computing.
Correct Answer: BASIC
BASIC, the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, was designed to be easy to learn.
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Correct Answer: Digital
Digital computers are known for their high accuracy.
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Correct Answer: H.H. Aiken
H. H. Aiken developed the Harvard Mark I, the book's era answer for the first digital computer.
Correct Answer: Leo
LEO, a first-generation vacuum-tube computer, is the book's answer.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: English
Shibli Nomani introduced English as a compulsory subject at Nadwatul Ulama.
Correct Answer: 1939
Islamia College for Women, Cooper Road, Lahore, was established in 1939.
Correct Answer: 1889
The Anjuman opened its first institution at Sheranwala Gate, Lahore, in 1889.
Correct Answer: 1885
Hassanally Effendi (Hasan Ali) laid the foundation of Sindh Madrassah-tul-Islam in 1885.
Correct Answer: Aligarh College
Sindh Madrassah's teaching pattern was drafted on the style of Aligarh College.
Correct Answer: 1912
Islamia College Peshawar is the book's 1912 foundation; the college opened in 1913.
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Correct Answer: 24th December, 1884
The Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam was founded on 24 September 1884; the book prints December, with the 24th retained.
Correct Answer: Qazi Khalifa Hameed-ud-Din
Qazi Khalifa Hameed-ud-Din laid the foundation of the Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam.
Correct Answer: Qazi Khalifa Hameed-ud-Din
Qazi Khalifa Hameed-ud-Din became the first president of the Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam.
Correct Answer: Muthi Bhar Ata
The "Muthi Bhar Ata" (a fistful of flour) scheme collected funds for the Anjuman.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: Treaty of Hudabia
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was the significant event of 6th Hijrah.
Correct Answer: 8th Hijrah
Makkah was conquered in 8th Hijrah.
Correct Answer: Conquest of Khyber
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was poisoned by a Jewish hostess after the conquest of Khyber.
Correct Answer: Hazrat Zaid Bin Sabit (RA)
Hazrat Zaid Bin Sabit (RA) was the first Katib-e-Wahi (scribe of revelation).
Correct Answer: Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed (RA)
Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed (RA) holds the title Saifullah (Sword of Allah).
Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (RA)
Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (RA) is called the Saviour of Islam for preserving the faith after the Prophet's death.
Correct Answer: 2 years and 3 months
Hazrat Abu Bakar's (RA) caliphate lasted 2 years and 3 months (632-634 CE).
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Correct Answer: Poll Tax on Non-Muslims
Jizya is the poll tax levied on non-Muslims under Islamic rule.
Correct Answer: Lands conquered by Muslims which became the property of Islamic state
Al-Fay is land conquered by Muslims that became the property of the Islamic state.
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Correct Answer: Against oneself
Jihad-e-Akbar, the greater jihad, is the struggle against oneself.
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Questions
The paper contains 100 MCQs, all 100 published, including a duplicated work-and-time item printed twice as Q69 and Q70.
It covers General Knowledge (30 questions), English (20), Mathematics (20), Pakistan Studies (10), Islamic Studies (10), Computer Science (7) and Everyday Science (3).
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed key, the book's own material, and the standard fact — and one printed key answer was corrected where it disagreed with the standard answer.
Its General Knowledge, English, Mathematics and Pakistan Studies questions are equally useful for PPSC, NTS, CSS MPT and all other Pakistan one-paper exams.
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