Inspector Past Paper 2009 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: he was very cheerful

To be 'in high spirits' means to be very cheerful.

Correct Answer: not to yield

To 'put one's foot down' means not to yield — to take a firm stand.

Correct Answer: given advance information

To be 'tipped off' means to be given advance information, usually secretly.

Correct Answer: have it both ways

'You cannot have your cake and eat it too' means you cannot have it both ways.

Correct Answer: very rich

To be 'rolling in money' means to be very rich.

Correct Answer: directly

People with little margin for a decent life rely directly on provisions from local ecosystems.

Correct Answer: usually

Land reform usually refers to the redistribution of land from the rich to the poor.

Correct Answer: addressed

He addressed the gathering in impressive English.

Correct Answer: Finally

Finally, as part of a periodic change in membership, there have also been several changes to the Editorial Board.

Correct Answer: foremost

Adaptation has become a foremost part of any climate change strategy.

Correct Answer: scarce

Mineral resources are scarce and difficult to find — 'scarce' is the word that fits the sentence.

Correct Answer: direct

Institutional and financial regimes have a direct impact on the socio-economic efficiency of infrastructure.

Correct Answer: potential

Pakistan's retail sector has huge potential for growth and development, as most of its constituents are unorganized.

Correct Answer: between

The boundary between air and lethal gas can be extremely sharp.

Correct Answer: introducing

There is a need for introducing more innovative schemes to attract large-scale investment into infrastructure.

Correct Answer: Corruption

Corruption and poor governance have been major problems in many countries.

Correct Answer: considered

Pluto is no longer considered a planet — it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.

Correct Answer: estimated

Since tourism falls under no single heading in National Accounts Statistics, its contribution has to be estimated.

Correct Answer: facilitates

The commodity futures market facilitates the price discovery process and provides a platform for price risk management.

Correct Answer: witnessed

The Pakistani telecom sector has witnessed tremendous growth over the past decade.

Correct Answer: Malik Feroz Khan Noon

Malik Feroz Khan Noon was Pakistan's last Prime Minister before the first martial law of 7 October 1958.

Correct Answer: Settlement of Pak-China Border Dispute

The settlement of the Pak-China border dispute took place in 1963, with the border agreement of 2 March 1963.

Correct Answer: 17 days

The 1965 War lasted 17 days, from 6 to 22 September 1965.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal authored Ilm al-Iqtisad (1903), his first prose work, on economics.

Correct Answer: Hafeez Jallundhri

Shahnama-i-Islam was written by Hafeez Jalandhri.

Correct Answer: Kashmir

The 'K' in 'Pakistan' stands for Kashmir.

Correct Answer: 06th April 2008

Qaim Ali Shah was elected Chief Minister of Sindh on 6 April 2008.

Correct Answer: 13th February 1997

Nawaz Sharif took oath as Prime Minister for the second time on 17 February 1997, which is not among the printed options, so the item is retained at the book's key (13 February 1997) with this note.

Correct Answer: 1st April 1997

Through the 13th Amendment, Articles 58(2)(b) and 112(2)(b) were deleted from the Constitution on 1 April 1997.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Aurangzeb Alamgir built the Shahi (Badshahi) Mosque in Lahore.

Correct Answer: 28th May 1998

Pakistan's nuclear device was exploded at Chaghi on 28 May 1998.

Correct Answer: 1707

Aurangzeb died in 1707.

Correct Answer: 1837 A.D

Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, ascended the throne of Delhi in 1837.

Correct Answer: 1857 A.D

Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared Emperor of India in 1857, during the War of Independence.

Correct Answer: Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun

Humayun's full name was Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun.

Correct Answer: Central Asia

The word 'Mughal' derives from 'Mongol', meaning from Central Asia.

Correct Answer: 1735 km

The book gives the Peshawar-Karachi length of the Grand Trunk Road (N-5) as 1,735 km.

Correct Answer: Lahasa

Lhasa is the city called the 'Forbidden City' in the book's usage, as foreigners were long barred from Tibet's capital.

Correct Answer: Mumbai

Mumbai is called the 'Gateway of India', after the Gateway of India monument in the city.

Correct Answer: Bajaur Agency

Khar is the main town of Bajaur Agency (now Bajaur district).

Correct Answer: Hormuz

Almost 40% of the world's oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Correct Answer: Belgium

The famous city of Waterloo is in Belgium, site of the 1815 battle.

Correct Answer: Moscow

Moscow is the best-of-options answer for the 'City of Cosmonauts' — properly Star City, near Moscow, where cosmonauts train.

Correct Answer: Tokyo

'Nippon' is Japan, whose stock exchange is in Tokyo.

Correct Answer: All of the above

SEATO's members included Australia, France, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, the UK and the USA — so all of the above.

Correct Answer: A Communist movement in Cambodia

The Khmer Rouge was the Communist movement in Cambodia.

Correct Answer: Washington DC

The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Washington DC.

Correct Answer: Sheikh Ahmad Yasin

Hamas was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmad Yasin.

Correct Answer: China

China holds the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, about $2 trillion at the time of the paper.

Correct Answer: Collapse of housing prices and mortgage market in the United States

The main factor behind the 2008 global financial crisis was the collapse of housing prices and the mortgage market in the United States.

Correct Answer: Press Freedom Day

3 May is observed internationally as World Press Freedom Day.

Correct Answer: Peacekeeping missions

The UN spends its largest amount, almost $8 billion annually, on peacekeeping missions.

Correct Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards at the 2009 ceremony.

Correct Answer: All of these

UNICEF, the ILO and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have all received the Nobel Peace Prize — so all of these.

Correct Answer: Indian Anti-terror squad chief killed during Mumbai attack in 2008

Hemant Karkare was the Indian Anti-Terrorism Squad chief killed during the Mumbai attacks in 2008.

Correct Answer: New York

Human Rights Watch, the human rights organization, is based in New York.

Correct Answer: UAE

The book's key gives the UAE as the Gulf state that donated the 320 MW gas-fired power plant to Pakistan.

Correct Answer: America

At the time of the paper, America (the USA) was Pakistan's largest trading partner.

Correct Answer: Central Processing Unit

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit.

Correct Answer: Ostrich

The ostrich is the biggest bird in the world.

Correct Answer: 10 times

By conservation of momentum, the boat's mass is 5 / 0.5 = 10 times the man's mass.

Correct Answer: 580 kJ

4 g of hydrogen is 2 moles, so the heat produced is 2 x 290 = 580 kJ.

Correct Answer: 1/16

20 years is 4 half-lives of 5 years, so the fraction remaining is (1/2) to the power 4 = 1/16.

Correct Answer: 1500 Cubic Centimetre

The average adult human brain has a volume of about 1,350 cubic cm, closest among the options to 1,500 cubic cm.

Correct Answer: 33 bones

The spinal column has 33 vertebrae (the textbook count at birth; several fuse in adults).

Correct Answer: Molar

Molars, the broad back teeth, are used for grinding food; canines tear food rather than grinding it.

Correct Answer: Pineal

The pineal gland is the gland present next to the brain.

Correct Answer: Skull

The skull is the bone of the head.

Correct Answer: Liver

The liver is the largest gland in the human body.

Correct Answer: Between ages 10 and 16

Among the offered periods, growth is fastest between ages 10 and 16, the adolescent growth spurt.

Correct Answer: Glucose

Glucose gives the human brain its energy.

Correct Answer: At the back of neck

The thyroid gland sits at the front of the neck below the Adam's apple; no printed option states this, so the item is retained at the book's key (at the back of neck) with this note.

Correct Answer: Calorie

The Calorie is the unit used for measuring the energy requirements of the human body.

Correct Answer: 720

Cost price is 480 / 0.80 = Rs. 600, so a 20% gain gives a selling price of Rs. 720.

Correct Answer: 10

The tip travels 2 x 3.14 x 10 = 62.8 cm in 60 minutes, so 10 cm takes about 10 minutes.

Correct Answer: 2

X + 4/X = 4 gives X squared - 4X + 4 = 0, so X = 2.

Correct Answer: 124

The series is n cubed minus 1 (0, 7, 26, 63), so the next term is 125 - 1 = 124.

Correct Answer: 500

The extra Rs. 25,000 from Rs. 50 each extra means 25,000 / 50 = 500 persons.

Correct Answer: 72

With 11 benches, 6 per bench leaves 72 students needing a 12th bench, while 7 per bench leaves 2 students on the last bench with space for 5 — so there are 72 students.

Correct Answer: 30

Cost price is 45 / 0.90 = Rs. 50, so selling at Rs. 65 gives a gain of 15/50 = 30%.

Correct Answer: 12

Boys total 18 / (3/4) = 24, and total students are 24 / (2/3) = 36, so girls number 36 - 24 = 12.

Correct Answer: 64

The order is squares (3 squared, 4 squared, 5 squared, 6 squared, 7 squared), so the next number is 8 squared = 64.

Correct Answer: 1536

The numbers are 8 and 40 (product 320, ratio 1:5), and the difference of their squares is 1600 - 64 = 1536.

Correct Answer: 3500

With 15 notes of Rs. 100 and 70 notes of Rs. 50 (85 notes, Rs. 5,000 total), the amount in Rs. 50 notes is Rs. 3,500.

Correct Answer: 157.80

5.8 x 2.5 = 14.5 and 0.6 x 6.75 = 4.05, so 14.5 + 4.05 + 139.25 = 157.80.

Correct Answer: 5/36

Five of the 36 possible dice outcomes sum to 8, so the probability is 5/36.

Correct Answer: 500

The overlap is 65.8 + 50.2 - 100 = 16% of 2000 = 320 students, which is not among the printed options, so the item is retained at the book's key (500) with this note.

Correct Answer: 48 cm

The four perpendiculars sum to length + width = 24 cm, so with length three times width, width is 6 cm and length 18 cm, giving a perimeter of 48 cm.

Correct Answer: 90

Equal numbers of Rs. 1, Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 notes total Rs. 16 per set, so Rs. 480 means 30 notes of each — 90 notes in all.

Correct Answer: 80

The mixture (500 - 420) / (520 - 420) = 80% skilled employees.

Correct Answer: Surah Noor

The Ifk event is described in the Quran in Surah Noor (Surah 24).

Correct Answer: Allah, Rasool, Muhammad

The Prophet's seal bears the words Allah, Rasool, Muhammad, as given in the book's key.

Correct Answer: Eight

There are eight heads (categories of recipients) of Zakat.

Correct Answer: Two specific Surahs of Quran

Mauwazatain means the two specific Surahs of the Quran — Al-Falaq and An-Nas, the two Surahs of refuge.

Correct Answer: a specific goddess of Quraish

Al-Uzza was a specific goddess worshipped by the Quraish.

Correct Answer: A clause of Islamic law

Li'an is a clause of Islamic law — the mutual imprecation procedure between spouses.

Correct Answer: Jews

Ashab-us-Sabt (the People of the Sabbath) means the Jews.

Correct Answer: Four

The number of famous (sacred) months is four: Dhul-Qadah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab.

Correct Answer: Jabal-e-Noor

Ghar-e-Hira, the cave of the first revelation, is on Jabal al-Noor near Makkah.

Correct Answer: Al-Toba

Surah Al-Toba (Taubah) is the Surah that starts without Bismillah.