FPSC · Railways · 2010
Solved FPSC Railway Inspector past paper 2010 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics.
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This is the FPSC Railway Inspector (BPS-16) past paper from 2010 (Model Paper 89 in the book). It contains 100 solved MCQs covering General Knowledge, English, Mathematics, Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies and Islamic Studies, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Seven printed key answers were corrected to the standard answer, including three mathematics items, and seventeen defective, loose or era-dated items are retained with notes. 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: We have no fewer than a thousand students in our college
With countable nouns the correct form is 'no fewer than a thousand students'.
Correct Answer: driving a car
Riding a bicycle is similar to driving a car — the parallel gerund form is correct.
Correct Answer: to eat quickly and cheaply
Working people want to eat quickly and cheaply, so the infinitive form is correct.
Correct Answer: how much every car costs
In an indirect question the word order is 'how much every car costs'.
Correct Answer: Mexico doesn't either
With a negative first clause, the correct addition is 'Mexico doesn't either'.
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Correct Answer: revealed
The flash of the torch revealed a cobra.
Correct Answer: poured
He poured himself a stiff drink before making his statement to the police officer.
Correct Answer: extravagance
Extravagance — reckless spending — is what led him to penury (extreme poverty).
Correct Answer: shirker
A shirker is someone who avoids work, so nobody entrusted her with important work.
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Correct Answer: hadn't had
After 'wish' for a past regret, the past perfect 'hadn't had' is correct.
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Correct Answer: a base reacts
When an acid reacts with a base, a salt and water are formed (neutralisation).
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Correct Answer: with
The correct phrasal verb is 'dispense with' — to do without something.
Correct Answer: with
The correct preposition is 'acquainted with'.
Correct Answer: with
'I have dispensed with his services' means I have done without them.
Correct Answer: to
The correct phrase is 'confined to bed' by illness.
Correct Answer: over
'Talking over a confidential matter' means discussing it.
Correct Answer: in
At the opera, spectators sit in a box, so 'in' is the preposition used.
Correct Answer: in
One sleeps in an armchair, so 'in' is correct.
Correct Answer: with
Cities are linked one with another.
Correct Answer: about
People talk about the UN, so 'about' is correct.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: China and Britain
The First China War (First Opium War, 1839-1842) was fought between China and Britain.
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Correct Answer: All of the above
Dumping is selling goods abroad below the home-market price, a practice restricted under GATT rules, so all of the above applies.
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Correct Answer: 28 m x 15 m
A standard basketball court measures 28 metres by 15 metres.
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Correct Answer: Volleyball
The Federation Cup, World Cup, Allywyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are volleyball trophies.
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Correct Answer: May 8
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May, the birthday of Henry Dunant.
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Correct Answer: Khajuraho temples
The Khajuraho temples, built about 950-1050 AD, are famous for sculptures depicting the art of love.
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Correct Answer: SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
SODAR (Sonic Detection and Ranging) was installed during the eleventh Indian Antarctic Expedition of 1991-92.
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Correct Answer: Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim
The UN Secretaries-General in chronological order are Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant and Kurt Waldheim.
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Correct Answer: Jordan
The Jordan is the river most often mentioned in the Bible.
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Correct Answer: Utilitarianism
The theory that good is the greatest happiness of the largest number is Utilitarianism.
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Correct Answer: Dubai
The Burj Khalifa, the tallest standing structure, is located in Dubai.
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Correct Answer: Dr. Alfred B. Nobel
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel.
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Correct Answer: Mushrooms
The Latin word 'fungus' means mushroom.
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Correct Answer: Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
'My Life: A Fragment' was written by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.
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Correct Answer: The king is subject to law
The Magna Carta of 1215 established that the king is subject to law.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Pravda is the famous newspaper of Russia.
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Correct Answer: Japanese
Japanese is not an official language of the UN; the six official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: suspended particulate matter
Gravity settling chambers remove suspended particulate matter from industrial emissions.
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Correct Answer: sliding to rolling
Friction is reduced by changing sliding friction into rolling friction, which is much smaller.
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Correct Answer: Skin diseases
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with skin diseases.
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Correct Answer: 150 x 106 km
The average distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 150 million km.
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Correct Answer: Force of gravity
The centripetal force keeping a satellite in orbit is provided by the force of gravity.
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Correct Answer: Rotating it around its own axis
Artificial gravity in a spacecraft is provided by rotating it around its own axis.
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Correct Answer: Tangential (or orbital) velocity
A satellite is put into orbit by giving it a suitable tangential (orbital) velocity.
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Correct Answer: To overcome the "weightlessness" experienced by the astronauts
Spinning a satellite about its own axis creates artificial gravity that overcomes the weightlessness experienced by astronauts.
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Correct Answer: 80 seconds
The book's textbook figure is that the brain takes about 80 seconds to die after blood circulation stops.
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Correct Answer: Less than the present
Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there would be no greenhouse effect, so the Earth's surface would be less warm than at present.
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Correct Answer: Warming of earth
The greenhouse effect with respect to global climate refers to the warming of the Earth.
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Correct Answer: Mumps
Mumps is the book's answer for the contagious disease occurring only during childhood or adolescence.
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Correct Answer: Giant sequia
The giant sequoia is the heaviest plant in the world.
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Correct Answer: 30-60 decibel
The intensity of sound in normal conversation is about 30-60 decibels.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Cotton
Cotton and textiles were Pakistan's leading foreign-exchange earner in this paper's era.
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Correct Answer: Jasmin
Pakistan's national flower is the jasmine.
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Correct Answer: 1992
Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup in 1992.
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Correct Answer: Sher Shah Suri
Rohtas Fort near Jhelum was built by Sher Shah Suri.
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Correct Answer: Oman
Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman in 1958.
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Correct Answer: Ayesha Jalal
'The Sole Spokesman' was written by Ayesha Jalal.
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Correct Answer: 1933
Choudhary Rahmat Ali published his pamphlet 'Now or Never' in 1933.
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Correct Answer: 2500 km
The Pakistan-India border is about 2,900 km long (3,323 km including the Line of Control), so 2500 km is the closest offered figure.
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Correct Answer: 1959
The site for the new capital at Islamabad was selected in 1959, replacing Karachi.
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Correct Answer: Mian Mumtaz Daultana
Mian Mumtaz Daultana was the second chief minister of Punjab, after Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot.
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Correct Answer: 1932
The Third Round Table Conference was held in 1932.
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Correct Answer: X-mas
The Third Round Table Conference ended on Christmas Eve 1932, amid expressions of goodwill.
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Correct Answer: 102 out of 482, 706 out of 1771
In the 1937 provincial elections the Muslim League won 102 out of 482 seats and Congress 706 out of 1771, on the book's figures.
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Correct Answer: 7
Congress formed ministries in 7 provinces after the 1937 elections.
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Correct Answer: both (A) and (B)
After assuming power, Congress disregarded the Muslim point of view on both the education scheme and the use of Urdu.
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Correct Answer: 1937-39
Congress rule in the provinces prevailed from 1937 to 1939, when the ministries resigned.
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Correct Answer: Unionist Party
The Unionist Party won the majority in Punjab in the 1937 election.
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Correct Answer: 3
The Congress flag had three colours: saffron, white and green.
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Correct Answer: National song
Vande Mataram (Bande Mataram) is India's national song, not the national anthem.
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Correct Answer: One-Nation Theory
Under Nehru's guidance, Congress floated the One-Nation Theory against the Muslim League.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: 27
Ordered triples of positive integers with product 30 = 2x3x5 give 3 cubed = 27 distributions.
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Correct Answer: 55
Six lines each way make a 5x5 grid, and squares of all sizes total 25+16+9+4+1 = 55.
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Correct Answer: 44
The HCF of 403, 465 and 496 is 31 litres, giving 13+15+16 = 44 bottles.
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Correct Answer: 8 hours 45 minutes
Walking one way takes 4 hours 22.5 minutes, so walking both ways takes 8 hours 45 minutes.
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Correct Answer: 10
Solving the two work-rate equations gives A alone taking 10 days.
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Correct Answer: 140
Digit 6 appears 100 times in the hundreds place, 20 times in the tens place and 20 times in the units place in 501-700, totalling 140.
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Correct Answer: 20 minutes per hour
With a non-stop speed of 60 and an average of 40 km/h, the train stops 20 minutes per hour on average.
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Correct Answer: 73
The arithmetic series 117 to 333 with common difference 3 has (333-117)/3 + 1 = 73 terms.
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Correct Answer: 12
Of the 24 arrangements of four books, A and B are adjacent in 12, so they are never adjacent in 12 arrangements.
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Correct Answer: 73
The three carpenters together make 73/21 chairs per day, so in 21 days they make 73 chairs.
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Correct Answer: Rs 862.50
Net cost Rs 600 plus 15% selling expenses (Rs 90) is Rs 690, and 25% profit on cost gives Rs 862.50.
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Correct Answer: 10
Groups of 3 from 6 students number 20, and a particular student appears in C(5,2) = 10 of them.
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Correct Answer: 600
Both papers were passed by 70+60-85 = 45% of students, so 270 students are 45% of 600 students.
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Correct Answer: 15
Four coins of different denominations give 2 to the power 4 minus 1 = 15 different non-empty sums.
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Correct Answer: 99
Between 300 and 500, exactly one digit 4 occurs in 81 numbers in the 400s and 18 in the 300s, totalling 99.
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Correct Answer: 11
The capital letters that look the same in a mirror are A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X and Y — 11 letters.
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Correct Answer: 84
Three-digit numbers from digits 1-9 in ascending order are choices of 3 digits, C(9,3) = 84.
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Correct Answer: 72
Working the coin transfers backwards from B and D ending equal gives A originally holding 72 coins.
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Correct Answer: 13
The sum 1 to 19 is 190, and 190 minus 13 is 177, so the missed number was 13.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Abdullah bin Irqum (R.A)
Abdullah ibn Arqam administered the Bait-ul-Mal under Hazrat Umar.
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Correct Answer: Poverty
An effective Zakat system can ensure the elimination of poverty.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Zaid (R.A)
Hazrat Zaid (Zayd ibn Harithah) is the only companion named by name in a verse of the Holy Quran.
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Correct Answer: Madina
Masjid Zu Qiblatain (the mosque of the two Qiblas) is situated in Madinah.
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Correct Answer: Abdur Rehman bin Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (Abdur Rehman bin Khaldun) was a historian, judge, philosopher and politician.
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Correct Answer: Al Namal
Surah Al-Namal (the Ant) contains the Bismillah twice — at its start and in verse 30.
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Correct Answer: 80 Lashes
The Hadd punishment for Qazf (false accusation of adultery) is 80 lashes.
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Correct Answer: 9 Hijri
Adi ibn Hatim al-Ta'i embraced Islam in 9 Hijri.
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Correct Answer: Khumus
Wealth obtained from a mine is liable to Khumus (one-fifth).
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Correct Answer: 2 Hijri
Sadaqah-e-Eid-ul-Fitr was proclaimed in 2 Hijri.
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The paper contains 100 questions with verified answers and explanations.
It covers English, Everyday Science, General Knowledge, Islamic Studies, Mathematics, Pakistan Studies.
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Its General Knowledge, English, Mathematics and Pakistan Studies content is shared with PPSC, NTS, CSS MPT and all other Pakistan one-paper exams.
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