Civilian Labour Officer Past Paper 2007 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Jane Austen

Jane Austen wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice.

Correct Answer: left

They left the office at 5 o'clock last evening: the simple past 'left' marks a completed past action.

Correct Answer: used to watch

He used to watch movies regularly: 'used to' expresses a past habit.

Correct Answer: has been died

The printed item is defective: 'has been died' is ungrammatical, and the correct phrasing 'has been dead' is not offered; the paper keys 'has been died'.

Correct Answer: knew

I wish I knew how to play the violin: a wish about the present takes the past simple.

Correct Answer: stopped raining

I wish it stopped raining: a wish about the present takes the past simple.

Correct Answer: I left

I cannot remember where I left my coat: an indirect question keeps statement word order.

Correct Answer: have been experiencing

I have been experiencing trouble with my bicycle these days: the present perfect continuous covers an ongoing present situation.

Correct Answer: had been waiting

When the clock struck six, I had been waiting for over an hour: the past perfect continuous covers an action ongoing before a past point.

Correct Answer: practices

He will win the race if he practices running regularly: in a first conditional, the present simple follows 'if'.

Correct Answer: call for

Rising prices call for immediate measures: 'call for' means to require.

Correct Answer: call on

I will call on you on next Sunday: 'call on' is used for visiting a person, while 'call at' is used for a place.

Correct Answer: Rana said that he was well

Rana said that he was well: in reported speech the present 'am' shifts to the past 'was'.

Correct Answer: I said that I would read

I said that I would read: in reported speech 'will' shifts to 'would'.

Correct Answer: He told me that I was dishonest

He told me that I was dishonest: 'said to me' becomes 'told me', and the present shifts to the past.

Correct Answer: She said that the earth goes round the Sun

She said that the earth goes round the Sun: a universal truth stays in the present tense in reported speech.

Correct Answer: He said that true fiends are but few

He said that true friends are but few: the general truth keeps the present tense, and 'fiends' in the print is a misprint of 'friends'.

Correct Answer: I said that she should have patience

I said that she should have patience: the should-form is an accepted indirect form of the imperative 'Have patience'.

Correct Answer: He replied that he had promised to help them

He replied that he had promised to help them: the present perfect shifts to the past perfect in reported speech.

Correct Answer: She asked me if I would accompany her

She asked me if I would accompany her: a yes-or-no question becomes 'asked ... if', with 'will' shifting to 'would'.

Correct Answer: 140

65% of the number equals 80% of it minus 21, so 15% of the number is 21 and the number is 140.

Correct Answer: 90

With n notes of each denomination, 16n = 480, so n = 30 and the total number of notes is 90.

Correct Answer: 30

The cost price is 45 divided by 0.90 = Rs. 50; sold at Rs. 65 the gain is 15 on 50 = 30%.

Correct Answer: 50%

Boundaries and sixes made 36 + 24 = 60 of the 120 runs, which is 50%.

Correct Answer: Rs. 80

With cost price Rs. 80, the original selling price is Rs. 100; the new cost price is Rs. 60 and the new selling price Rs. 75, a gain of 15 on 60 = 25%.

Correct Answer: 70

40% of the number plus 42 equals the number itself, so 60% of the number is 42 and the number is 70.

Correct Answer: 13.2

24% of 44 is 10.56 and 12% of 22 is 2.64, and their sum is 13.2.

Correct Answer: 105

If 37.5% of the number is 45, the number is 120, and 87.5% of 120 is 105.

Correct Answer: 21%

The cost per pencil is 20/22 and the selling price 11/10, giving a profit of 21%.

Correct Answer: Rs. 200

The cost is 220 divided by 1.10 = Rs. 200.

Correct Answer: Rs. 2

The cost per orange is 20/12 = Rs. 1.67; adding 20% gives a selling price of Rs. 2.

Correct Answer: 12

Legs exceed twice the heads by 24, so 2 buffaloes = 24 and there are 12 buffaloes.

Correct Answer: 0.0026

0.26 divided by 100 is 0.0026.

Correct Answer: 30 birds

B missed 27 times, half his shots, so B fired 54 shots and A fired 90; A kills one in three, so 30 birds.

Correct Answer: 22 days

Ten men for twenty days is 200 man-days, so nine men take 200 divided by 9 = 22.2 days, and 22 days is the nearest answer offered.

Correct Answer: 44

6/11 is twice 3/11, so twice 22 is 44.

Correct Answer: 2,178

The printed item is defective: none of the options is divisible by both 4 and 9, and the paper keys 2,178, which is divisible by 9 but not by 4.

Correct Answer: 37

148 equals 4 times 37, so 37 divides 148.

Correct Answer: 20

9 kg is 9000 grams, and 9000 divided by 450 gives 20 packages.

Correct Answer: 0

Every power of 515 ends in 5, and 5 + 5 = 10, so the unit digit is 0.

Correct Answer: Venus

Venus lies between Mercury and Earth in the order of the planets from the Sun.

Correct Answer: Both c, d & e

Mercury, Venus and Pluto, counted as a planet in this paper's era, have no satellites, so the keyed option is 'Both c, d & e'.

Correct Answer: Steel rod

Sound travels fastest in solids, so the steel rod gives the largest velocity among the media offered.

Correct Answer: battery

A battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy.

Correct Answer: poor conductors of heat

Liquids are poor conductors of heat.

Correct Answer: iron oxide

Rust is iron oxide, formed when iron is exposed to air and dampness.

Correct Answer: dry air

Dry air carries no moisture.

Correct Answer: Clouds prevent radiation and therefore help the ground temperature remain higher

Clouds prevent radiation and keep the ground temperature higher, so frost does not form on cloudy nights.

Correct Answer: opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air

Lightning is caused when opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance of the intervening air.

Correct Answer: star

The Sun is a star.

Correct Answer: high blood pressure

Coronary heart disease is most often found in persons suffering from high blood pressure.

Correct Answer: increases

As a person becomes older, his blood pressure generally increases.

Correct Answer: X-rays

Roentgen rays are X-rays.

Correct Answer: much faster

Sound travels much faster in water than in air.

Correct Answer: a sound repeated by reflection

An echo is a sound repeated by reflection.

Correct Answer: any movement of an object

Kinetic energy is the energy produced by the movement of an object.

Correct Answer: Galileo

Galileo first experimented with gravity; Newton's laws of gravitation came much later.

Correct Answer: Both a, b & c

Mercury is a metal in liquid form at room temperature and extremely sensitive to temperature variations, so all of a, b and c apply.

Correct Answer: blue light is scattered more than red

A clear sky is blue because blue light is scattered more than red light.

Correct Answer: lungs

A whale breathes through its lungs.

Correct Answer: Abu Yousaf

Kitab-ul-Kharaj was authored by Abu Yusuf.

Correct Answer: Muatzilla

Wasil ibn Ata was the founder of the Mu'tazila sect.

Correct Answer: 710

The printed item is defective: Imam Abu Hanifa died in 767 CE, which is not offered, and the paper keys 710.

Correct Answer: Gazali

Ihya Ulum al-Din was authored by al-Ghazali.

Correct Answer: Numan Bin Sadth

Abu Hanifa's real name was Nu'man ibn Thabit.

Correct Answer: Abu Hanifa

Abu Yusuf received his spiritual education from Abu Hanifa.

Correct Answer: Geographer

Al-Khwarizmi worked in geography, among other fields, and the paper keys Geographer.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Bin Idrees

Imam al-Shafi'i's real name was Muhammad ibn Idris.

Correct Answer: 1065

The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad was founded in 1065.

Correct Answer: Nasir-uddin Tusi

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was the wazir of Hulagu Khan.

Correct Answer: Ghaznavi

Data Ganj Bakhsh came to India during the Ghaznavid period.

Correct Answer: All of these

Akbar built the Agra Fort and other works; the paper keys 'All of these'.

Correct Answer: 1884

Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam was established on 24 December 1884.

Correct Answer: 1886

The Muhammadan Educational Conference was founded in 1886.

Correct Answer: Al-Hilal

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad launched the journal Al-Hilal.

Correct Answer: 1919

The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place on 13 April 1919.

Correct Answer: Chaudhry Rehmat Ali

The pamphlet 'Now or Never' was written by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali.

Correct Answer: Lifting of ban over Congress

The paper keys the lifting of the ban over Congress as the term not agreed by the British under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact; the salt-tax abolition point is noted in the flags.

Correct Answer: To grant separate electorates to minority communities in India, including Muslims, Sikhs, and Dalits in India

The Communal Award of 1932 granted separate electorates to minority communities in India, including Muslims, Sikhs and Dalits.

Correct Answer: 572

The paper keys 572 princely states at independence; the commonly cited figure is 562, which is not offered.

Correct Answer: Joseph Korbel

Joseph Korbel, Madeleine Albright's father, served on the UN Commission on India and Pakistan and wrote 'Danger in Kashmir'.

Correct Answer: Medical Doctor

Mahathir Mohamad was a medical doctor by education.

Correct Answer: Knowledge

Epistemology is the study of knowledge.

Correct Answer: Abdul Karim

Abdul Karim Qasim led the 1958 coup in Iraq that proclaimed Iraq a republic.

Correct Answer: Sitar-e-Jurat

Major Shabbir Sharif had already won the Sitara-e-Jurat in the 1965 war before his posthumous Nishan-e-Haider.

Correct Answer: Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Vijayalakshmi Pandit served as President of the UN General Assembly in 1953-54.

Correct Answer: General Assembly

All member states of the United Nations are represented in the General Assembly.

Correct Answer: Painter

Ustad Allah Bakhsh was a famous painter of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Harvard University

Sartaj Aziz earned his master's degree in Development Economics from Harvard University.

Correct Answer: Cotton

Cotton was Pakistan's major export.

Correct Answer: March 1994

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into force in March 1994.

Correct Answer: John Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes founded the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company.

Correct Answer: 1936

The Hoover Dam was completed in 1936.

Correct Answer: Suez Canal

The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Correct Answer: Panama canal

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer: 3

The paper keys 3 types of canals; this answer rests on the key alone.

Correct Answer: Canada

The Welland Canal, printed here as 'Wetland canal', is in Canada.

Correct Answer: Balochistan

The Hingol Dam is being constructed in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Russia

The Volga river flows in Russia.

Correct Answer: Peru

The paper keys Peru for the 'Bosheen dam'; this answer rests on the key alone.