Abate:
View answer & explanation Ans: Lessen
Correct Answer: Lessen
To abate means to lessen in intensity or amount.
FPSC · Fbr · 2015
Solved FPSC Inspector Customs & Preventive Officer (Batch 2) past paper 2015 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers Pakistan Studies, History, English.
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The FPSC paper for Inspector Customs & Preventive Officer in the Federal Board of Revenue (Batch 2, Grade 16) from 2015 (Model Paper 53) contains 100 MCQs — 56 on Pakistan Studies, 24 on History and 20 on English vocabulary — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Five printed key errors were corrected to the standard answer (Q17 acerbate as To irritate, Q27 Nur Jahan at Lahore, Q30 Buxar 1764, Q38 Second Panipat 1556, Q86 Jinnah joined the League in 1913), the blank Q25 key was resolved to 1634, and 14 further items carry retained-with-note flags.
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Correct Answer: Lessen
To abate means to lessen in intensity or amount.
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Correct Answer: Short form
An abbreviation is the short form of a word or phrase.
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Correct Answer: To resign
To abdicate means to resign from a throne or office.
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Correct Answer: Dwelling place
An abode is a dwelling place, a home.
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Correct Answer: Hate
The keyed pair Hate only coheres as the antonym of 'adore'; the stem prints 'Adorn' and the item is retained as printed.
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Correct Answer: Do away with
To abolish means to do away with something formally.
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Correct Answer: Informed
To be abreast of something means to be informed and up to date about it.
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Correct Answer: Moderate
Abstemious means moderate and self-restrained, especially in eating and drinking.
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Correct Answer: Excess
Excess is the antonym of abstemious, which means self-restraining.
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Correct Answer: Increase the speed of
To accelerate means to increase the speed of something.
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Correct Answer: Emphasize
To accentuate means to emphasize or make something more noticeable.
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Correct Answer: Means of entering
Access means a means of entering a place.
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Correct Answer: Enthusiastic
Acclamation is enthusiastic applause or approval.
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Correct Answer: Adaptation
Acclimation is adaptation to a new climate or environment.
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Correct Answer: Companion in crime
An accomplice is a companion in crime.
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Correct Answer: To pile
To accumulate means to pile up or gather over time.
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Correct Answer: To irritate
Acerbate means to vex, annoy or exasperate — to irritate.
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Correct Answer: Bitter
Acerbic means bitter or sharp in tone or taste.
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Correct Answer: Bitter
Acrimonious means bitter in manner or speech.
Correct Answer: Bitter
Acrimonious means bitter, the same answer as the duplicate item Q19.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Jahangir
Jahangir issued the firman allowing the British to open a factory at Surat.
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Correct Answer: Persian
Persian was the court language of the Mughals.
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Correct Answer: 1556
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought in 1556 between Akbar and Hemu.
Correct Answer: 1556
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought in 1556, the same item as Q23.
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Correct Answer: 1616
Sir Thomas Roe, the first English ambassador, visited Jahangir's court in 1616.
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Correct Answer: 1634
Shah Jahan's farman permitting the English to trade in Bengal is dated 1634.
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Correct Answer: 1634
The Taj Mahal's main mausoleum was completed about 1648 and the full complex about 1653; the printed key's 1634 is retained with a defective-item note.
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Correct Answer: Nur Jahan at Lahore
Nur Jahan built Jahangir's mausoleum at Shahdara, Lahore.
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Correct Answer: Shahjahan
The Peacock Throne was made for Shah Jahan.
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Correct Answer: 1739
Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739.
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Correct Answer: 1764
The Battle of Buxar was fought in 1764 between the British and Mir Qasim's alliance.
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Correct Answer: 1799
Tipu Sultan died in 1799 at Seringapatam.
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Correct Answer: Farid
Sher Shah's real name was Farid Khan.
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Correct Answer: 1600
The East India Company was established in 1600 by royal charter.
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Correct Answer: Portuguese
The Portuguese were the first European traders to come to India in the Mughal period.
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Correct Answer: 1831
Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot in 1831.
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Correct Answer: Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
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Correct Answer: Shah Wali Ullah
Shah Wali Ullah invited Ahmad Shah Abdali to attack India and defeat the Marathas at Panipat.
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Correct Answer: Abdur-Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan
Abdur-Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan (Rahim) was Akbar's most famous Hindi court poet.
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Correct Answer: Humayun
Humayun died after a sudden fall from the staircase of his library.
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Correct Answer: Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri first issued the silver rupia coin.
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Correct Answer: Lord Ripon
The first census of India in 1881 was held in Lord Ripon's viceroyalty.
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Correct Answer: Syed Ahmad Shaheed
The Mujahideen Movement was launched under the leadership of Syed Ahmad Shaheed.
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Correct Answer: Ahmad
Shah Wali Ullah's real name was Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad.
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Correct Answer: 1858
The British East India Company was abolished in 1858 after the 1857 uprising.
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Correct Answer: Lord Dalhousie
The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
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Correct Answer: 17th October 1817
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi on 17 October 1817.
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Correct Answer: Asar us-Sanadid
Sir Syed's Asar us-Sanadid was written in 1847.
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Correct Answer: Bijnor
During the 1857 war Sir Syed was working at Bijnor.
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Correct Answer: 1867
Darul Uloom Deoband was founded in 1866; that year is not offered and the printed key's 1867 is retained with a note.
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Correct Answer: 1867
The Hindi-Urdu controversy began in Banaras in 1867.
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Correct Answer: 1869
Sir Syed travelled to London with his son in 1869.
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Correct Answer: 1888
Sir Syed was given a knighthood by the British Government in 1888.
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Correct Answer: 1877
M.A.O. College was established at Aligarh in 1877.
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Correct Answer: 1875
Sir Syed set up M.A.O. High School at Aligarh in 1875.
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Correct Answer: Lord Lytton
Lord Lytton inaugurated M.A.O. College in 1877.
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Correct Answer: Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan first introduced the two-nation theory.
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Correct Answer: 27th March 1898
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan died on 27 March 1898.
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Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan
Sir Agha Khan was the first president of the All-India Muslim League.
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Correct Answer: 1905
The first partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in 1905.
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Correct Answer: Ali Brothers
The Ali Brothers pioneered the Khilafat Movement.
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Correct Answer: 25th December 1876
Quaid-i-Azam was born at Karachi on 25 December 1876.
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Correct Answer: 1877
Syed Ameer Ali founded the National Muhammadan Association in 1877.
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Correct Answer: 9th November 1877
Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9 November 1877.
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Correct Answer: 1878
Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was born in 1878.
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Correct Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
Abul Kalam Azad started the newspaper Al Hilal.
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Correct Answer: 1884
Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam was established in 1884.
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Correct Answer: 1885
The Indian National Congress was founded by A. O. Hume in 1885.
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Correct Answer: 1894
Nadwatul Ulama was established in 1894.
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Correct Answer: April 13, 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919.
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Correct Answer: Dhaka
The All-India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at Dhaka.
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Correct Answer: 1916
The Congress and the Muslim League held their first joint session at Lucknow in 1916.
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Correct Answer: Lucknow pact
The Lucknow Pact is the pact in which Muslims and Hindus agreed on separate electorates.
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Correct Answer: 1920
Jinnah left the Congress in 1920.
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Correct Answer: O'Dwyer
The firing at Jallianwala Bagh was ordered under the authority of Michael O'Dwyer, the Punjab lieutenant-governor.
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Correct Answer: 1930
The Simon Commission submitted its report in 1930.
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Correct Answer: 1929
Jinnah presented his Fourteen Points in 1929.
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Correct Answer: 1934
Jinnah came back to the subcontinent from self-exile in 1934.
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Correct Answer: seven
After the 1936-37 elections the Congress formed ministries in seven provinces.
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Correct Answer: 1938
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was given the title of Quaid-e-Azam in 1938.
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Correct Answer: 1933
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali presented the name of Pakistan in 1933 in the 'Now or Never' pamphlet.
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Correct Answer: 30th December 1906
The Muslim League was founded at Dhaka on 30 December 1906.
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Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan
Sir Agha Khan led the Simla Deputation.
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Correct Answer: 35
The Simla Deputation included 35 Muslim leaders.
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Correct Answer: 1908
Syed Ameer Ali established the London branch of the Muslim League in 1908.
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Correct Answer: 1913
Jinnah joined the Muslim League in 1913.
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Correct Answer: 1911
Muhammad Ali Johar launched Comrade in 1911 and Hamdard in 1913; the keyed year is the Comrade year.
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Correct Answer: 1919
The Khilafat Movement was launched in the subcontinent in 1919.
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Correct Answer: 1920
M.A.O. College, Aligarh, became a university in 1920 as Aligarh Muslim University.
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Correct Answer: 1930
Iqbal gave his historic presidential address at Allahabad in 1930.
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Correct Answer: 11th January 1946
Muslims celebrated Victory Day on 11 January 1946, as keyed.
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Correct Answer: Balochistan
Qazi Muhammad Isa supported the Lahore Resolution from Balochistan.
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Correct Answer: Sir Abdullah Haroon
Sir Abdullah Haroon was the Sindhi leader who supported the Pakistan Resolution from Sindh.
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Correct Answer: Punjab
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan supported the Pakistan Resolution from Punjab.
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Correct Answer: A.K Fazl-ul-haq
A. K. Fazl-ul-Haq presented the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940.
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Correct Answer: 23rd March, 1940
The Pakistan Resolution was moved on 23 March 1940.
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Correct Answer: 16th May 1946
The Cabinet Mission announced its plan on 16 May 1946.
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Correct Answer: Ramsay Macdonald
Ramsay Macdonald was the British prime minister at the time of the second Round Table Conference.
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Correct Answer: 22nd December 1939
Muslims celebrated the Day of Deliverance on 22 December 1939.
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Correct Answer: 1942
The Cripps Mission came to India in 1942.
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Questions
100 questions, all published: Pakistan Studies, History and English vocabulary.
Mostly Pakistan Studies — Sir Syed, the Muslim League, the Pakistan Movement and its leaders — plus Mughal and British-India history and an English synonyms block.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed key, the book's own material and the standard fact — and five printed key errors were corrected, with the corrections flagged.
The Pakistan Studies and history content is common to FPSC, PPSC, NTS and CSS MPT one-paper exams, so it is useful practice for all of them.
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