FPSC · Asf · 2014
Solved FPSC Assistant Security Officer ASF past paper 2014 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Mathematics, Everyday Science.
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This is the FPSC Assistant Security Officer / Deputy Assistant Director (BS-16), Airport Security Force past paper from 2014. It contains 100 solved MCQs covering English, Mathematics, Everyday Science, with verified answers and an explanation for every question. Sixteen printed answer-key entries were corrected against standard sources, one blank key entry was resolved from the standard fact, and several defective and misprinted items are flagged in the notes.
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Correct Answer: Gregarious
Emily Dickinson was famously reclusive, preferring to be alone — the opposite of gregarious, meaning sociable.
Correct Answer: Clapped
Spectators clapped loudly after the acrobat's feats.
Correct Answer: None of these
The recognised phrase is 'blind obedience', which is not among the options, so the answer is None of these.
Correct Answer: Dispelled
Strong arguments dispelled, or removed, all doubts.
Correct Answer: Encouraged
The Principal encouraged the idea that students should take part in co-curricular activities.
Correct Answer: Verbiage
Verbiage means an excess of words; wading through it and finding very little said fits verbiage exactly.
Correct Answer: Crocodile
Crocodile tears are insincere tears, shown without genuine feeling.
Correct Answer: Peeping
The book keys 'Peeping' for looking into old books and manuscripts, the researcher's close inspection of sources.
Correct Answer: Baleful
Baleful means threatening or harmful, fitting predictions of terrible things to come.
Correct Answer: Cognizance
To be kept in full cognizance of a situation is to be kept fully aware of it.
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Correct Answer: For
The idiom is 'struggled for justice and rule of law'.
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Correct Answer: Should
After 'lest', the verb is 'should' — 'lest he should fare badly'.
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Correct Answer: Sincere work
A yeoman's service is faithful, sincere service.
Correct Answer: None of these
'Spick and span' means neat and clean, which is not offered, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: A noun
'Intervention' is a noun.
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Correct Answer: None of these
The correct passive, 'By whom was the snake caught?', is not offered, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: The teacher urged him never to be late for school.
The indirect form of a command is 'urged him never to be late for school'.
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Correct Answer: None of these
In 'I am a doctor', 'doctor' is a subject complement after the linking verb 'am', not a subject, object or verb, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: We reached the park in time
'Reached' takes no preposition: 'We reached the park in time'.
Correct Answer: None of these
'Resemble' takes no preposition, so 'She resembles her mother' is correct and none of the offered forms is, giving None of these.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: 4
6 divided by 4 is 1.5, and 1.5 plus 2.5 is 4.
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Correct Answer: 65324, 23456
The book keys the pair 65324 and 23456; the smallest number from the digits is 23456 (see the flag on the transposed biggest figure).
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Correct Answer: None of these
On the fleet-total reading, one bus covers 600 divided by 4 divided by 6, which is 25 km in an hour, and 25 km is not offered, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: 13
Seventh from either end means 6 people before, yourself, and 6 after — 13 people in the queue.
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Correct Answer: 25
The series is 2 squared, 3 squared, 4 squared, then x, then 6 squared, 7 squared, 8 squared, so x is 5 squared, or 25.
Correct Answer: None of these
The progression is 1 over 1 squared, 1 over 2 squared, 1 over 3 squared, so the next term is 1 over 4 squared, or 1/16, which is not offered, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: 45, 54
The numbers are (99 plus 9) divided by 2, which is 54, and (99 minus 9) divided by 2, which is 45.
Correct Answer: 44, 22
44 plus 22 is 66, and 44 minus 22 is 22, so one number (22) equals the difference between the two.
Correct Answer: 50, 30
The numbers are (80 plus 20) divided by 2, which is 50, and (80 minus 20) divided by 2, which is 30.
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Correct Answer: 1.0
1 squared is 1 and 1 cubed is 1, so 1.0 is the number whose square and cube are the same.
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Correct Answer: 15 cm
A 9-12-15 triangle is a 3-4-5 triangle scaled by 3, so the third side is 15 cm.
Correct Answer: 25 m
A 15-20-25 triangle is a 3-4-5 triangle scaled by 5, so the aerial distance is 25 metres.
Correct Answer: 3.0 km
By Pythagoras, the height is the square root of (25 minus 16), which is 3.0 km.
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Correct Answer: 54 cm2
The area of the right-angled triangle is (12 times 9) divided by 2, which is 54 square centimetres.
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Correct Answer: 108 cm3
The triangular area is 54 square centimetres, and at 2 cm thick the volume is 54 times 2, which is 108 cubic centimetres.
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Correct Answer: 2160 gram
The volume is 108 cubic centimetres, and at 20 grams per cubic centimetre the weight is 108 times 20, which is 2160 grams.
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Correct Answer: 60
If x divided by 6 plus 50 is 60, then x divided by 6 is 10, so x is 60.
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Correct Answer: 34
Every term except 34 is a multiple of 8, so 34 is the odd one out.
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Correct Answer: 60, 50, 30, 20, 10
The book keys the decimal set as the non-binary set.
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Correct Answer: 936
936 has digit sum 18, divisible by 3, and it is the highest number in the list divisible by 3.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Government forces
The book attributes the alleged Damascus gas attacks to government forces.
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Correct Answer: Myanmar
Myanmar, to the east of India, has internal strife involving Muslims (the Rohingya).
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Correct Answer: Iran
Iran is the country supplying natural gas to Pakistan through the pipeline under construction (the Iran-Pakistan pipeline).
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Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka faced internal strife from the Tamil Tigers in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Correct Answer: Malaysia
Pakistan imports palm oil and tin from Malaysia.
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Correct Answer: None of these
None of the offered options is a purpose of Most Favoured Nation status, so the answer is None of these.
Correct Answer: Boost bi-lateral trade between the two neighbours
Most Favoured Nation status is given to boost bilateral trade between the two neighbours.
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Correct Answer: Greater competition for quality products
Globalization also means greater competition for quality products for Pakistani traders.
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Correct Answer: Track Two Diplomacy
Engaging through channels other than state-to-state interaction is Track Two Diplomacy.
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Correct Answer: Permanent Five of the Security Council
Pakistan has opposed adding India to the Permanent Five of the UN Security Council.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: None of these
South Africa's administrative capital is Pretoria, which is not offered, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: Switzerland
Switzerland has a militia-based army rather than a standing professional army, which is the book's intended answer.
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Correct Answer: Scotland
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, so a product made in Scotland may say 'Made in the UK'.
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Correct Answer: Open-pit mines
Saindak mines are open-pit mines.
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Correct Answer: District Coordination Organizer
The District Coordination Officer is responsible for ensuring law and order in a district.
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Correct Answer: Airports Security Force Act, 1975
Airport security was given to the Airport Security Force under the Airports Security Force Act, 1975.
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Correct Answer: All aerodromes, airports, aircraft and civil aviation installations and for the maintenance of law and order therein
The ASF ensures the security of aerodromes, airports, aircraft and civil aviation installations, and the maintenance of law and order therein.
Correct Answer: None of these
None of birds, gliders or gladiators is what the ASF protects airports from — it protects against unlawful interference — so the answer is None of these.
Correct Answer: None of these
None of the offered manuals lays down the conduct rules for persons at airports, so the answer is None of these.
Correct Answer: The police while taking cognizance of all offences committed at the airports and aerodromes under any law
The ASF maintains law and order in conjunction with the police taking cognizance of offences committed at airports and aerodromes under any law.
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Correct Answer: For the landing, departure and movement of aircraft
An aerodrome affords facilities for the landing, departure and movement of aircraft.
Correct Answer: All buildings, sheds, vessels, piers, installations and equipment's and other structures thereon
The term 'aerodrome' includes all buildings, sheds, vessels, piers, installations, equipment and other structures thereon.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan Air Force
The term 'aerodrome' does not include any aerodrome or portion exclusively used by the Pakistan Air Force.
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Correct Answer: Endangering the safety of an aerodrome
An ASF officer may search and arrest without warrant a person suspected of endangering the safety of an aerodrome.
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Correct Answer: USA
Hawaii and Guam are associated with the USA in the Pacific (Hawaii as a state, Guam as a territory).
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Correct Answer: Afghanistan
Paktia (Paktiya in the book) is a province of Afghanistan, on Pakistan's border.
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Correct Answer: North-Westerly disturbances
Winter rain in KPK and the northern areas comes from western (north-westerly) disturbances.
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Correct Answer: Panjnad
Pakistan's five major rivers meet at Panjnad.
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Correct Answer: Laddakh in Indian Held Kashmir
The Indus originates in Ladakh, in Indian-held Kashmir in the book's wording.
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Correct Answer: Diamer-Bhasha
The Diamer-Bhasha dam is the major dam under construction on the Indus.
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Correct Answer: Produce electricity through turbines
Tarbela's water escapes through tunnels to turbines that produce electricity.
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Correct Answer: Quran, Sunnah, Consensus (Ijma) and Analogical reason (Qiyas)
The primary and secondary sources of Sharia are the Quran, Sunnah, consensus (Ijma) and analogical reason (Qiyas).
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Correct Answer: A previously accepted decision (Precedent)
Qiyas draws an analogy to a previously accepted decision, the original case.
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Correct Answer: Unanimous agreement of Muslims on a regulation or law at any given time
Ijma is the unanimous agreement of Muslims on a regulation or law at any given time.
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Correct Answer: The method of exerting oneself over the question
Where no clear ruling exists in Quran, Sunnah, Ijma or Qiyas, one relies on Ijtihad — exerting oneself over the question.
Correct Answer: The process of exerting oneself to arrive at an appropriate ruling
Ijtihad is the process of exerting oneself to arrive at an appropriate ruling.
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Correct Answer: Profit and loss sharing based on mutually agreed terms
Mudarabah is based on profit and loss sharing on mutually agreed terms.
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Correct Answer: Musharakah
A partnership on a diminishing-returns basis is a form of Musharakah (diminishing Musharakah).
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Correct Answer: Masjid al Quba
Masjid al Quba was the very first mosque built by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
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Correct Answer: One fifth
One fifth (khums) of war spoils goes to bait al mal.
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Correct Answer: The minimum living needs of a typical family
As per Abu Bakr's legacy, government servants may draw a salary equal to the minimum living needs of a typical family.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: 300,000 km per second
Light travels at approximately 300,000 kilometres per second.
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Correct Answer: Faster
Radio waves travel far faster than sound waves.
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Correct Answer: Denser medium
Sound waves travel faster in a denser medium.
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Correct Answer: Positive terminal
When connecting car batteries, the red wire goes to the positive terminal.
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Correct Answer: The car is screeching with brakes pressed hard
Friction is maximum at the point of slipping, when the car screeches with brakes pressed hard (limiting friction).
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Correct Answer: Conduction
Heat passes from the stove through the vessel to the water by conduction.
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Correct Answer: Expands
Water expands when cooled below 4 degrees Celsius, the anomalous expansion of water.
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Correct Answer: Cooler
After converting heat into mechanical energy, the used steam is cooler, having lost energy.
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Correct Answer: Chemical action
The book keys chemical action for the conversion of solar energy into electricity (the photovoltaic effect).
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Correct Answer: Escape through a tight opening
A jet engine generates thrust by allowing hot gases to escape through a tight opening, the nozzle.
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Correct Answer: 90 kg
By moments, 100 kg times 90 cm equals the wheat times 100 cm, so the wheat is 90 kg.
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Correct Answer: It displaces water that has more weight than the ship
A ship floats because it displaces water weighing more than the ship itself.
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Correct Answer: None of these
An electric train produces no smoke, so the answer is None of these.
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Correct Answer: A temporary magnet
An iron bar in a strong magnetic field becomes a temporary magnet, losing its magnetism when the field is removed.
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Correct Answer: Chain Reaction
A nuclear bomb and a nuclear reactor produce heat through a chain reaction.
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Correct Answer: Gamma Rays
A nuclear bomb radiates harmful gamma rays, the most penetrating radiation.
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Correct Answer: Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms
A water molecule contains hydrogen and oxygen atoms (H2O).
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Correct Answer: Magnetic Field
Electricity is produced when a conductor is moved in a magnetic field.
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Correct Answer: North Pole
Like poles repel, so the north pole of a magnet repels a north pole.
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The paper contains 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations.
It covers English, Mathematics, Everyday Science, plus Islamic Studies, Current Affairs, Pakistan Studies, General Knowledge, Geography and Job-Related ASF law.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed answer key, the book's own material, and the standard fact — and sixteen key entries were corrected where the key was wrong.
Its general-knowledge, English, mathematics and everyday-science content is shared across FPSC, PPSC, NTS and CSS MPT one-paper exams, so it is useful preparation for all of them.
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