Junior Admin Officer Past Paper 2009 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: related

The weaknesses highlighted were those related to the availability and quality of services data.

Correct Answer: seemingly

The Europeans came seemingly for riches, with the desire to rule following quickly.

Correct Answer: drowsy

A dull orator makes the audience drowsy, which is the keyed answer here.

Correct Answer: because of their

Misunderstandings arise because of their different conceptions about space.

Correct Answer: By studying

By studying the reactions of people with amnesia, scientists learn how the brain's memory process works.

Correct Answer: moderate

Textiles export growth was moderate, unlike the high growth of the other manufactured exports.

Correct Answer: Crowbar: Pry

A sieve is used to sift, just as a crowbar is used to pry.

Correct Answer: Calf: Cow

A colt grows into a stallion, just as a calf grows into a cow.

Correct Answer: Greenhouse: Plant

An incubator nurtures an infant, just as a greenhouse nurtures a plant.

Correct Answer: Sculptor: Atelier

A miner works in a quarry, just as a sculptor works in an atelier.

Correct Answer: Atlas: Maps

A glossary is a collection of words, just as an atlas is a collection of maps.

Correct Answer: unhappiness

Felicity means happiness, so its antonym is unhappiness.

Correct Answer: unkind

Humane means kind and compassionate, so its antonym is unkind.

Correct Answer: prodigal

Thrifty means careful with money, so its antonym is prodigal (wasteful).

Correct Answer: foolish

Prudent means wise and careful, so its antonym is foolish.

Correct Answer: not wise

Judicious means wise, so its antonym is not wise.

Correct Answer: scurrilous

Severely abusive writing in journals is scurrilous writing.

Correct Answer: invocation

Calling upon God or another power for help or protection is an invocation.

Correct Answer: claustrophobia

Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space is claustrophobia.

Correct Answer: addict

A person dependent on something or on drugs is an addict.

Correct Answer: Philippines

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front struggles for an independent state in the Philippines.

Correct Answer: Economics

The Nobel Prize category established in 1968 was Economics (the Prize in Economic Sciences).

Correct Answer: Iran

Among the options, Iran was the second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia.

Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln said government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth (Gettysburg Address).

Correct Answer: Delhi

This paper keys Delhi as the venue of the last Commonwealth Summit.

Correct Answer: Credit card

A magnetized plastic card with the holder's name, account number and expiry date is a credit card.

Correct Answer: Subsidiaries

Companies legally controlled by other companies are subsidiaries.

Correct Answer: Syndicate

An association formed for a specific financial transaction, such as buying a business, is a syndicate.

Correct Answer: Macedonia

Alexander the Great was king of Macedonia.

Correct Answer: General Rommel

General Erwin Rommel was called the Desert Fox.

Correct Answer: China

Confucianism is the religious philosophy of China.

Correct Answer: Aryans

The traditional account keys the Aryans as the destroyers of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Correct Answer: New Zealand

New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote, in 1893.

Correct Answer: Haya Rashid Al Khalifa

Haya Rashid Al Khalifa of Bahrain was the first Muslim woman elected president of the UN General Assembly (61st session).

Correct Answer: Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is the chain this paper keys for opening a new outlet every three hours somewhere in the world.

Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom is Nelson Mandela's autobiography.

Correct Answer: Belarus

Minsk is the capital of Belarus.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej are tributaries of the Indus.

Correct Answer: Congo River

The Congo River crosses the Equator twice.

Correct Answer: China

China has the largest number of dams in the world.

Correct Answer: China

China built the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest, completed around 2008.

Correct Answer: Alaska

Alaska is the largest US state by area.

Correct Answer: None of these

None of the USA, Canada or France assisted PAC Kamra, so 'None of these' is the keyed answer.

Correct Answer: None of them

In 2009 the Chairman JCSC was General Tariq Majid, who is not among the options, so the answer is None of them.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

Balochistan was the first province to hold local government elections.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan acquired Gwadar from Oman on 9 September 1958.

Correct Answer: All the above

Early marriages, desire for larger families and low contraceptive use all contribute to Pakistan's high fertility rate.

Correct Answer: 95 per 1000

This paper keys Pakistan's infant mortality rate at 95 per 1000, the book's era figure.

Correct Answer: 52 km

The Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway M-3 is keyed at 52 km.

Correct Answer: 16th May 1946

The Cabinet Mission announced its plan on 16 May 1946.

Correct Answer: Malabar

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in Malabar.

Correct Answer: 1933

Chaudhri Rehmat Ali issued 'Now or Never' in 1933.

Correct Answer: 1933

Rehmat Ali established the Pakistan National Movement in 1933.

Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan

Sir Agha Khan (Aga Khan III) was the first president of the Pakistan Muslim League.

Correct Answer: To break the Salt Law

Gandhi started the Dandi March to break the Salt Law.

Correct Answer: Agha Khan

The All India Muslim League was set up under the Aga Khan, its first president.

Correct Answer: National and militant movement

The Ahrar Movement started as a national and militant movement.

Correct Answer: 1905

The first partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in 1905.

Correct Answer: Meeting the demand of Muslims

This paper keys the partition's purpose as meeting the demand of Muslims.

Correct Answer: 44

The hour and minute hands are at right angles 44 times in a day.

Correct Answer: 300

(272-32) is 240 and (124+176) is 300, so 240 x 300 = 72,000; divided by (17 x 15 - 15) = 240 gives 300.

Correct Answer: 50

42.5 metres is 4250 cm, and 4250 divided by 85 is 50 pieces.

Correct Answer: 24

18 is 75% of 24, since 24 x 0.75 = 18.

Correct Answer: 3

A 3 ft wheel has circumference about 9.4 ft, so it makes 3 complete rotations in 30 ft.

Correct Answer: Rs. 1,50,000

If the daughter's third of the last quarter is Rs 12,500, the total is 12,500 x 12 = Rs 150,000.

Correct Answer: 40 km/h

160 km in 4 hours is an average speed of 40 km/h.

Correct Answer: 31

Three consecutive numbers summing to 93 have middle value 93/3 = 31.

Correct Answer: 26

With 48 heads and 140 feet, solving gives 26 hens and 22 cows.

Correct Answer: 5 km

The walk ends 4 km north and 3 km east of the start, so the straight distance is 5 km (a 3-4-5 triangle).

Correct Answer: Rs. 200

Each gets Rs 1400; A spends Rs 800, so in the 2:3 ratio B spends Rs 1200 and saves Rs 200.

Correct Answer: 2.5 hours

The distance is 60 x 5 = 300 km, which at 120 km/h takes 2.5 hours.

Correct Answer: 200 cm

The slab's volume is 100 x 20 x 1 = 2000 cubic cm; at 0.1 cm thick and 100 cm wide, its length is 200 cm.

Correct Answer: 5

The key gives 5 as the face opposite 2 on this dice.

Correct Answer: 34

The series increases by 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, then 7, 6 — so the missing term is 34.

Correct Answer: 120 days

Halving the labourers doubles the time: 12 x 60 / 6 = 120 days.

Correct Answer: Magha

Greeshma, Sisira and Sharad are seasons (ritus); Magha is a month, so it is the odd one out.

Correct Answer: 4:3

16:12 simplifies to 4:3.

Correct Answer: 100

Doctors are 5/12 of 240, i.e. 100.

Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 4

Hybrids of rice, wheat and pulses are available for commercial production.

Correct Answer: 10 kg

Weight on the Moon is about 0.166 of Earth weight, so 60 kg becomes about 10 kg.

Correct Answer: Thymus gland

T-cells mature in the thymus gland.

Correct Answer: Anaemia

A shortage of red blood cells causes anaemia.

Correct Answer: Glaucoma

Glaucoma is the eye disease among the options.

Correct Answer: Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is more common in women than in men.

Correct Answer: Gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea is transmitted through sexual contact.

Correct Answer: Sugary food

Sugary food should be avoided most for healthy teeth, since sugar drives tooth decay.

Correct Answer: Emphysema

Emphysema is the respiratory disease among the options.

Correct Answer: Between ages 10 and 16

Of the offered periods, growth is fastest during puberty, ages 10 to 16.

Correct Answer: Glucose

Glucose gives the human brain its energy.

Correct Answer: At the back of neck

The thyroid gland sits at the neck (keyed as the back of the neck; anatomically at the front).

Correct Answer: Madina

Masjid Zu Qiblatain (Masjid al-Qiblatain) is in Madina.

Correct Answer: Abdur Rehman bin Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun was a historian, judge, philosopher and politician.

Correct Answer: Al Namal

Surah An-Naml (Al Namal) has Bismillah twice — at its start and in verse 30.

Correct Answer: 80 Lashes

The Hadd punishment for false accusation (Qazaf) is 80 lashes.

Correct Answer: 9 Hijri

Adi bin Hatim embraced Islam in 9 Hijri.

Correct Answer: Khumus

Wealth obtained from a mine is liable to Khumus (one-fifth).

Correct Answer: 2 Hijri

Sadqa-e-Eid-ul-fitr was proclaimed in 2 Hijri.

Correct Answer: Tripitaka

The Buddhist scriptures are collectively the Tripitaka.

Correct Answer: Idolatrous

The majority of pre-Islamic Arabs were idolaters (polytheists).

Correct Answer: Yahooda

Yahooda (Judah), son of Yaqub, is the ancestor from whom the Jews take their name.