FPSC · FIA · 2012
Solved FPSC Inspector (FIA) past paper 2012 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, General Knowledge, Geography.
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The FPSC Inspector (FIA) past paper from 2012 (Model Paper 42) contains 100 solved MCQs covering English vocabulary, General Knowledge, Geography, Pakistan Studies, History and Everyday Science, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Every printed answer key entry was reconciled against the standard fact, with 5 key corrections and 18 retained-with-note flags on print defects, era figures and loose vocabulary items.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most one-day international centuries, with 49.
Correct Answer: Both a and b
The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
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Correct Answer: Golden Leopard
The Golden Leopard (Nkwe ya Gauta) is South Africa's decoration for bravery, keyed here as its highest military award.
Correct Answer: None of these
Pakistan's highest military award for gallantry is the Nishan-e-Haider, which is not offered here, so None of these is correct; Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest civil award.
Correct Answer: Legion d'honneur
The Legion d'honneur is France's highest order of merit.
Correct Answer: National order of Vietnam
The National Order of Vietnam is keyed here as Vietnam's highest military award.
Correct Answer: NKWE ya gauta (Gold Leopard)
Nkwe ya Gauta, the Gold Leopard, is South Africa's decoration for bravery, the same award asked about in Q5.
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Correct Answer: Whooper Swan
The Whooper Swan is the national bird of Finland.
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Correct Answer: Abadan
Abadan is an oil-refining city, not a nuclear site; Natanz and Bushehr are Iran's well-known nuclear sites.
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Correct Answer: 1556
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought in 1556 between Hemu and the forces of Akbar.
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Correct Answer: Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table Conference in 1931.
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Correct Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 suspended the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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Correct Answer: 1600
The East India Company was chartered in 1600.
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Correct Answer: 1865
Slavery in the United States was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, following the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
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Correct Answer: January 4
Myanmar's Independence Day is observed every year on 4 January, marking independence in 1948.
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Correct Answer: President of Sri Lanka
Chandrika Kumaratunga was President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005.
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Correct Answer: 8th May
World Red Cross Day is observed on 8 May, the birthday of Henry Dunant.
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Correct Answer: Nemo
Captain Nemo commands the Nautilus in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
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Correct Answer: Unicorn
The unicorn is the mythical creature with a single spiral horn growing from its forehead.
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Correct Answer: Dan
Dan denotes the black-belt grades of proficiency in judo and karate.
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Correct Answer: Bass
Bass is the lowest adult male singing voice.
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Correct Answer: Epsilon
Epsilon is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, after Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta.
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Correct Answer: Barleycorn
The barleycorn is a grain-based unit, not named after a person, unlike the curie, hertz and apgar units.
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Correct Answer: Scoville
The Scoville scale measures chilli heat, not natural disasters, unlike the Fujita, Saffir-Simpson and Richter scales.
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Correct Answer: Purple
The Olympic rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red, so purple is not one of their colours.
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Correct Answer: Pride
A group of lions is called a pride.
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Correct Answer: Germany
The BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst) is Germany's federal intelligence service.
Correct Answer: Indonesia
BIN (Badan Intelijen Negara) is Indonesia's state intelligence agency.
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Correct Answer: Turkey
Orhan Pamuk of Turkey won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
Correct Answer: Kenya
Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace laureate, was Kenyan.
Correct Answer: Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Tinbergen (Netherlands)
Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of the Netherlands shared the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969.
Correct Answer: Naguib Mahfauz (Egypt)
Naguib Mahfouz of Egypt, laureate in 1988, was the first Muslim to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Correct Answer: Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling is the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes, in Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962).
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Correct Answer: 1953
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest was made in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Egypt
Tahrir Square is in Cairo, Egypt.
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Correct Answer: Brunei Darussalam and Brunei Bay
Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of Brunei Darussalam, situated on Brunei Bay.
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Correct Answer: Cape Agulhas
Cape Agulhas, at the southern tip of Africa, divides the Atlantic Ocean from the Indian Ocean.
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Correct Answer: Chad
Chad is the third largest landlocked country in the world, after Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Correct Answer: Switzerland
Switzerland is landlocked, while Uruguay and Pakistan both have coastlines.
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Correct Answer: Franc
Martinique used the French franc before adopting the euro.
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Correct Answer: Kiev
Kyiv (printed Kiev) is the capital of Ukraine.
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Correct Answer: Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea lies between Greece and Turkey and connects the Mediterranean to the Dardanelles Strait.
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Correct Answer: Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sits where the Ohio River divides into the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
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Correct Answer: Etna
Mount Etna in Sicily is Europe's highest active volcano.
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Correct Answer: Folding
The Himalayas were formed by the folding of the Earth's crust as tectonic plates collided.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan
The Kirana Hills are in Pakistan, in the Sargodha region of Punjab.
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Correct Answer: Piedmont plateaus
Plateaus situated between plains and mountains are called piedmont plateaus.
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Correct Answer: Andes
The Andes, running down South America's west coast, are the longest mountain range in the world.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan
Rakaposhi stands in the Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin was re-elected President of Russia in May 2012, beginning his third term.
Correct Answer: Francois Hollande
Francois Hollande became President of France in May 2012.
Correct Answer: 1996
Yasir Arafat was elected head of the Palestinian Authority in 1996, having been appointed to the post in 1994.
Correct Answer: Prime Minister of France
Lionel Jospin was Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
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Correct Answer: 1996
The Taliban regime came to power in Afghanistan in September 1996.
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Correct Answer: Thailand
After her release, Aung San Suu Kyi's first foreign visit was to Thailand in 2012.
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Correct Answer: Ghaznavi
Hatf III is the other name of Pakistan's Ghaznavi missile.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Ch. Khaliquz-Zaman
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman was the Muslim League leader who supported the Pakistan Resolution from the United Provinces.
Correct Answer: A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq
A. K. Fazl-ul-Haq presented the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940.
Correct Answer: Pakistan Resolution
The Lahore Resolution is also known as the Pakistan Resolution.
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Correct Answer: Yousuf Raza Gilani
Yousuf Raza Gilani was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan convicted of contempt of court, in 2012.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: 1564
Mujaddid Alf Sani (Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi) was born in 1564.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Mantle
The mantle lies directly below the Earth's crust.
Correct Answer: 6-10km
Oceanic crust is about 5 to 10 kilometres thick.
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Correct Answer: Brontophobia
Brontophobia is the fear of thunder and lightning.
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Correct Answer: Minke Whale
The minke whale is a mammal, while the whale shark is a fish and the horseshoe crab is an arthropod.
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Correct Answer: Dog
Laika the dog was the first animal sent into orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957.
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Correct Answer: West
The evening star, Venus, appears in the west after sunset, so its rising indicates the west.
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Correct Answer: Venus
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system because of its thick, heat-trapping atmosphere.
Correct Answer: Neptune
Neptune takes the longest to revolve around the Sun, so it revolves the most slowly.
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Correct Answer: 119
CXIX in Roman numerals is 119 (100 + 10 + 9).
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: Too sensitive
Overstrung means highly strung, that is, too sensitive.
Correct Answer: Associate
To fraternise is to associate with others in a friendly way.
Correct Answer: Reference
A compendium is a concise reference collection of information on a subject.
Correct Answer: Dull
Vapid means dull and uninteresting.
Correct Answer: Restrain
In the sense keyed here, to control is to restrain.
Correct Answer: Worthless
Nugatory means worthless, of no value.
Correct Answer: Assistance
Aid means assistance or help.
Correct Answer: Mock
To deride is to mock or ridicule.
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Correct Answer: self-governed
Autonomous means self-governed.
Correct Answer: displeasure
Resentment is displeasure or indignation at a perceived wrong.
Correct Answer: pleasing
Gratifying means pleasing.
Correct Answer: move aimlessly
To drift along is to move aimlessly.
Correct Answer: unlawful
Illicit means unlawful or forbidden.
Correct Answer: weariness
Ennui is a pervading sense of weariness or boredom.
Correct Answer: unreasoning enthusiasm
Fanaticism is unreasoning enthusiasm for a belief or cause.
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Correct Answer: Uproot
The opposite of establish is uproot, to remove something from its established position.
Correct Answer: Calm
The opposite of boisterous is calm.
Correct Answer: Doubtful
The opposite of evident is doubtful.
Correct Answer: Create
The opposite of destroy is create.
Correct Answer: Healthy
Haggard means looking exhausted and gaunt, so its opposite is healthy.
Correct Answer: Valuable
The opposite of nugatory (worthless) is valuable.
Correct Answer: Drag
The opposite of accelerate is to drag, to move slowly.
Correct Answer: Fine
The opposite of coarse is fine.
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Correct Answer: relief
The opposite of anxiety is relief.
Correct Answer: sporadic
The opposite of endemic (regularly found in an area) is sporadic.
Correct Answer: ascetics
The opposite of a hedonist, a pleasure-seeker, is an ascetic.
Correct Answer: handsome
The opposite of hideous is handsome.
Correct Answer: success
The opposite of a fiasco, a complete failure, is a success.
Correct Answer: innocent
The opposite of wicked is innocent.
Correct Answer: refrain
The opposite of undertake is refrain, to hold back from doing something.
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Questions
100 questions, each with a verified answer and a factual explanation.
English vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms and usage), General Knowledge, Geography, Pakistan Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Everyday Science, Mathematics and Job-Related (intelligence agencies and military awards).
Yes. Every answer was checked three ways — the book's printed Answer Key, the book's own material, and the standard fact — with 5 printed keys corrected to the standard answer (Q40 Bass, Q57 None of these, Q59 Kenya, Q65 Pakistan, Q90 Healthy) and 18 items carrying retained-with-note flags.
Its English vocabulary, General Knowledge, Geography and Pakistan Studies questions are shared across FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS MPT and all Pakistan one-paper exams.
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