FPSC · Railways · 2007
Solved FPSC Railway Inspector past paper 2007 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers General Knowledge, English, Mathematics.
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This is the FPSC Railway Inspector (BPS-16) past paper from 2007 (Model Paper 90 in the book). It contains 100 solved MCQs covering General Knowledge, English, Mathematics, Everyday Science and Islamic Studies, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Two printed key answers were corrected to the standard answer (the 'it is time' subjunctive and Greenland as the largest island), and twenty-four defective, loose or era-dated items are retained with notes, including four Islamiyat items whose standard answer is not among the printed options. It is a distinct exam, not a twin of any paper already published.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: was telling
The book keys 'was telling' for this fill-in, although the conditional as printed is awkwardly worded.
Correct Answer: will have known
He will have known her for a long time before he finally marries her — the future perfect fits an action completed before a future event.
Correct Answer: would deliver
After 'promised', the reported form is 'would deliver', which is the book's keyed answer.
Correct Answer: leaves
After 'when' for a future event, the present simple 'leaves' is correct: 'when the bride leaves the church'.
Correct Answer: had written
The past perfect 'had written' is correct for the earlier of two past actions: 'I had written the letter before he arrived'.
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Correct Answer: may have to be cancelled
If more teams withdraw, the tournament may have to be cancelled.
Correct Answer: had failed
He was unable to help because he had failed to earn much money — the past perfect fits the earlier cause.
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Correct Answer: did
After 'it is time', the past subjunctive is used: 'It is time we did something useful'.
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Correct Answer: would cost
In a type-2 conditional, 'would cost' follows 'if you bought': 'If you bought a car today it would cost you a lot of money'.
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Correct Answer: to have kept
'I am sorry to have kept you waiting' is the correct perfect-infinitive form.
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Correct Answer: so frightening that
The sight was so frightening that the bystanders could not utter a single word — 'frightening' describes the sight, not 'frightened'.
Correct Answer: broke open
The police broke open the trunk and found the looted jewellery.
Correct Answer: No correction required
No correction is required: 'information relating to the activities of the terrorists' is already correct.
Correct Answer: should have travelled
He travelled by bus but should have travelled by train to save time — 'should have' expresses the better past choice.
Correct Answer: as they have been for
The rites are celebrated as they have been for centuries — the present perfect covers a practice continuing from the past.
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Correct Answer: planned
Serendipitous means happening by lucky chance, so its antonym is planned.
Correct Answer: having a pleasant odour
Fetid means foul-smelling, so its antonym is having a pleasant odour.
Correct Answer: realistic
Illusory means deceptive or unreal, so its antonym is realistic.
Correct Answer: gay
Dour means stern and gloomy, so its antonym is gay (cheerful).
Correct Answer: truthful
Mendacious means lying or untruthful, so its antonym is truthful.
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Correct Answer: Fair
A reputation for being 'just' means a reputation for being fair.
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Correct Answer: First Information Report
FIR stands for First Information Report.
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Correct Answer: Pretty
The correct spelling among the options is 'Pretty'.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: 37.5%
With boys to girls in the ratio 5:3, girls are 3 out of 8 members, which is 37.5%.
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Correct Answer: 40 years
Three years ago the three ages summed to 81; today they sum to 90. Five years ago wife and child summed to 40; today 50. The husband's age today is 90 - 50 = 40 years.
Correct Answer: 3.1 years
The weighted average is (2x67 + 2x35 + 3x6) / 7 = 222/7 = about 31.7 years; the printed option C '3.1 years' is a misprint for about 31.7.
Correct Answer: 23 years
Let the team average be x: 11x = 26 + 29 + 9(x - 1), giving 2x = 46, so the average age is 23 years.
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Correct Answer: 31 kg
A + B + C = 135 kg, A + B = 80 kg and B + C = 86 kg, so B = 80 + 86 - 135 = 31 kg.
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Correct Answer: 39.8
The primes between 30 and 50 are 31, 37, 41, 43 and 47, whose average is 199/5 = 39.8.
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Correct Answer: 54
45 men make 3 times as many baskets as 15 men, in two-thirds of an hour: 27 x 3 x 2/3 = 54 baskets.
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Correct Answer: 16.67%
20 commercials of 30 seconds total 600 seconds, which is 600/3600 = 16.67% of the hour.
Correct Answer: 75%
If 20 of 80 applicants fail to appear, 60 appear, which is 60/80 = 75%.
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Correct Answer: 24 sec
Signals blinking every 6 and 8 seconds coincide again after LCM(6, 8) = 24 seconds.
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Correct Answer: 4
With p + r = 20 heads and 2p + 4r = 48 feet, solving gives r = 4 rabbits.
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Correct Answer: 40
Five numbers averaging 34 total 170; 28 + 30 + 32 = 90, so the other two average (170 - 90)/2 = 40.
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Correct Answer: 85
Four tests averaging 60 total 240; to average 65 over five tests needs 325, so the fifth test must be 325 - 240 = 85.
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Correct Answer: 1/7
Each share rises from 1/8 to 1/7 of the cost, an increase of (1/7 - 1/8) / (1/8) = 1/7.
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Correct Answer: 4505
5005 - 5000/10 = 5005 - 500 = 4505.
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Correct Answer: 25:2
3.5 kg = 3500 g, and 3500:280 simplifies to 25:2.
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Correct Answer: 5:14
The compound ratio is (3x8x25):(4x15x28) = 600:1680 = 5:14.
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Correct Answer: 6:26
32 runs were scored in 10 overs, so 250 more runs are needed in 40 overs: 250/40 = 6.25 per over (printed as 6:26).
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Correct Answer: 54.68
The weighted average is (55x50 + 60x55 + 45x60) / 160 = 8750/160 = 54.68.
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Correct Answer: 30
50 + 40 - 20 = 70 persons take at least one drink, so 100 - 70 = 30 take neither.
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Correct Answer: 33
The differences halve each time (16, 8, 4, 2), so the next difference is 1 and the next term is 34 - 1 = 33.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: coal
Coal is the book's answer for the most common and popular industrial fuel.
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Correct Answer: Both c & d
Deaths in smog-bound industrial cities are attributed to both lung diseases and heart diseases, the book's option E.
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Correct Answer: heavier than electron
A proton is much heavier than an electron (about 1836 times its mass).
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Correct Answer: fish
Fish is the best source of protein among the options, being rich in complete protein.
Correct Answer: milk, meat, eggs, soya beans
Proteins are obtained from milk, meat, eggs and soya beans.
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Correct Answer: pancreas
Insulin is secreted by the pancreas (by its beta cells).
Correct Answer: closed
The blood system of man is a closed system — blood stays within vessels.
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Correct Answer: gases increases and liquids decrease
With rising temperature, the viscosity of gases increases while that of liquids decreases.
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Correct Answer: white blood cells
Leukaemia is a cancer with an abnormal increase in white blood cells.
Correct Answer: there is marked reduction of red cells in blood
Anaemia is the body condition when there is a marked reduction of red cells in the blood.
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Correct Answer: excretion and digestion
The book keys excretion and digestion, but strictly a virus only reproduces inside a host cell and performs none of these life functions on its own.
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Correct Answer: X-rays
X-rays carry more energy per photon than visible blue light, yellow light or infrared rays.
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Correct Answer: Bell
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
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Correct Answer: atomic energy
Atomic energy is the book's answer for man's main energy source in the distant future.
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Correct Answer: secondary colours
Colours made by mixing other colours are called secondary colours.
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Correct Answer: -18°C
Zero degrees Fahrenheit equals -17.78 degrees Celsius, rounded to -18 degrees Celsius.
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Correct Answer: ancient trees and plants
Coal is the remains of ancient trees and plants buried and compressed over millions of years.
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Correct Answer: of the disturbances in the atmosphere of different densities
Stars twinkle because of disturbances in the atmosphere of different densities bending their light.
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Correct Answer: coolness
Evaporation causes coolness, because the escaping molecules carry heat away from the surface.
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Correct Answer: Mercury
Mercury, closest to the Sun, has the shortest year (about 88 Earth days).
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: 26
The book keys 26 messengers mentioned in the Quran; the commonly cited count of prophets named in the Quran is 25.
Correct Answer: Moses (A.S.)
Moses (Musa A.S.) is the prophet most mentioned in the Quran, by name more than any other.
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Correct Answer: 30
According to the traditional count, 30 scrolls (Sahaif) were revealed to Idris (A.S.).
Correct Answer: 3
The hadith count of scrolls given to Ibrahim (A.S.) is 10, which is not among the options; the book keys 3.
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Correct Answer: Shoaib (A.S)
Shoaib (A.S.) is called Khateeb-ul-Anbiya, the orator among the prophets.
Correct Answer: Younas(A.S)
Yunus (A.S.) is called Zul-Nun, the man of the fish.
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Correct Answer: Hood (A.S)
The melodious voice compared to a flute (mizmar) belongs to Dawud (A.S.), who is not among the options; the book keys Hood (A.S.).
Correct Answer: Saleh (A.S)
The book keys Saleh (A.S.) for the soap-making item; this traditional attribution is not independently verifiable.
Correct Answer: Patience
Ayub (A.S.) was well-known for patience in the face of suffering.
Correct Answer: 70 thousand
The book keys 70 thousand prophets sent to Bani Israel, a traditional figure.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: Balkasaar
Balkassar (Balkasaar) is the book's answer for Pakistan's largest oil field.
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Correct Answer: Kan Mehtarzai
Kan Mehtarzai is the highest railway station in Pakistan.
Correct Answer: 169 Km
Pakistan's first railway track, Karachi to Kotri (1861), was 169 km long.
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Correct Answer: Skardu
Skardu is the book's answer for the coldest place in Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: 1989
Pakistan's first women bank was established in 1989 (the First Women Bank, December 1989).
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Correct Answer: July 1948
Pakistan's first postal stamps were issued in July 1948.
Correct Answer: Zafarullah Khan
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was Pakistan's first foreign minister (1947-1954).
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Correct Answer: 1951
Pakistan's first census was conducted in 1951.
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Correct Answer: Rome
The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in Rome.
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Correct Answer: Kabul
Warsak Dam is built on the Kabul River.
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Correct Answer: M8
The M8 (Ratodero-Gwadar) is Pakistan's longest motorway.
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Correct Answer: 0.3 Km
The book's era figure for Pakistan's road density is 0.3 km.
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Correct Answer: Industry
The book's era answer for Pakistan's second major profession, after agriculture, is industry.
Correct Answer: Textile
Textile is Pakistan's biggest industry.
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Correct Answer: 8%
The book's era figure for the Urdu-speaking share of Pakistan's population is 8% (about 7.6% in the 1998 census).
Correct Answer: 6th
Around 2007 Pakistan ranked 6th in the world by population, the book's era answer.
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Correct Answer: Margala Hills
The book keys the Margala Hills for china clay in Pakistan.
Correct Answer: 500 million tones
The book's era figure for Pakistan's total iron ore reserves is 500 million tonnes.
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Correct Answer: Asian development Bank
The Asian Development Bank sponsored the Pakistan-Turkmenistan gas pipeline project (the TAPI project, for which ADB acted as transaction adviser).
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Correct Answer: Malakand
The Upper Swat Canal starts from Malakand (its headworks at Amandara).
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Correct Answer: Poland
Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
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Correct Answer: Pakpattan
Baba Fareed Ganj Shakar is buried at Pakpattan.
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Correct Answer: Earth
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System with a life-supporting atmosphere, the book's keyed answer.
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Correct Answer: Green Land
Greenland is the world's largest island; Australia is a continent, not an island.
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Correct Answer: Chinese
Chinese (Mandarin) is spoken by the largest number of people in the world as a first language.
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Correct Answer: Day & Night
The rotation of the Earth around its axis causes day and night.
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It covers English, Everyday Science, General Knowledge, Islamic Studies, Mathematics.
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