Research Officer, Senate Past Paper 2008 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: emerge

Emanate means to emerge or come out.

Correct Answer: assert

Affirm means to assert or confirm something as true.

Correct Answer: evade

Elude means to evade or escape from someone or something.

Correct Answer: pacifist

A person who opposes war or the use of military force is a pacifist.

Correct Answer: hinterland

The hinterland of Morocco is filled with miles of sand.

Correct Answer: magnitude

The magnitude of the decision to marry and move to Italy dawned on the speaker that morning.

Correct Answer: intentions

The intentions of the cooking club were to share unusual recipes and eat delicious food.

Correct Answer: cacophony

The cacophony of pots and pans told the speaker the kids were busy making a special breakfast.

Correct Answer: Zeitgeist

The Zeitgeist of the 1930s was helplessness, as the Great Depression left many Americans destitute.

Correct Answer: ascent

The ascent of the mountain went faster than expected; the trail wasn't really that steep.

Correct Answer: it is accepted that

It is accepted that the formation of the sun, the planets and other stars begins with the condensation of an interstellar cloud.

Correct Answer: juxtaposition

The juxtaposition of the new chair next to the old side table made it look even older.

Correct Answer: Leisure

The poem beginning "What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare" is "Leisure" by W. H. Davies.

Correct Answer: in

Rapid progress in medical science has amazed everyone.

Correct Answer: on

He is unreliable, so do not count on his help.

Correct Answer: at

She was waiting for you at the table this morning.

Correct Answer: to

Before going anywhere else, we must go to Lahore.

Correct Answer: clumsy

Deft means skilful, so its antonym is clumsy.

Correct Answer: decrease

Amplify means to increase, so its antonym is decrease.

Correct Answer: bright

Dismal means gloomy, so its antonym is bright.

Correct Answer: 50

60 squared is 3600, and 3600 divided by 72 is 50.

Correct Answer: 3

27/7 is 3 and 6/7 as a mixed number, so its whole-number part is 3.

Correct Answer: 400

12% of 400 is 48.

Correct Answer: None

60% of 37 is 22.2, which is none of the listed numbers, so the answer is None.

Correct Answer: 204

4% of 200 x 25.5 is 4% of 5100, which is 204.

Correct Answer: 144

12% of 1200 is 144.

Correct Answer: Rs. 15000

If 10% of income is Rs. 1500, the income is Rs. 15000.

Correct Answer: 12

12 cubed is 1728.

Correct Answer: 80

If x% of 60 is 48, x is 80, because 80% of 60 is 48.

Correct Answer: 1.8

5.76 minus 1.6 minus 2.4 is 1.76, given as 1.8 to one decimal place.

Correct Answer: 12

6 plus 6 is 12.

Correct Answer: 8 x 8

16 x 16 x 16 is 4096, and 4096 divided by 64 is 64, which is 8 x 8.

Correct Answer: 12 year

The girl is 12 now: in 6 years she will be 18 and her mother 36, a sum of 54.

Correct Answer: 200

The pass mark is 40+40 = 80, and 80 is 40% of 200, so the maximum marks are 200.

Correct Answer: 96%

24 of 25 students passed, which is 96%.

Correct Answer: 49.6%

Successive discounts of 30%, 20% and 10% leave 0.7 x 0.8 x 0.9 = 0.504 of the price, a single discount of 49.6%.

Correct Answer: 10^3 millimeter

One metre is equal to 10 to the power 3 millimetres, that is 1000 millimetres.

Correct Answer: Rs. 18000

Rs. 2160 is the remaining 12% of income, so the income is Rs. 18000.

Correct Answer: exobiology

The science dealing with life or its possibility on planets other than Earth is exobiology.

Correct Answer: blood circulation

William Harvey's researches related to the circulation of blood.

Correct Answer: brightest star in the heavens

The Dog Star, Sirius, is the brightest star in the heavens.

Correct Answer: life or its possibility on other planets

Exobiology is the study of life or its possibility on other planets.

Correct Answer: printing for the blind

Louis Braille invented printing for the blind, the Braille system.

Correct Answer: decomposition of rocks

Weathering is the decomposition of rocks.

Correct Answer: Louis Pasteur

Anti-rabies treatment was evolved by Louis Pasteur.

Correct Answer: growing plants without soil (in water mixed with chemicals)

Hydroponics is the art of growing plants without soil, in water mixed with chemicals.

Correct Answer: analgesics

Drugs used to relieve pain are analgesics.

Correct Answer: protein

Protein produces waste products in addition to carbon dioxide and water on total oxidation, because it also yields nitrogenous waste.

Correct Answer: proteins

In a green plant, nitrates are used in the production of proteins.

Correct Answer: numismatics

The study of coins is numismatics.

Correct Answer: white cells

Leukaemia is caused by the excessive growth of white cells in the blood.

Correct Answer: early January

The Earth is nearest to the Sun in early January, at perihelion.

Correct Answer: Astigmatism

A cylindrical lens is required to correct astigmatism.

Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

Correct Answer: protein

Protein is required to build new tissues for the growth of a human body.

Correct Answer: measles

Measles is a communicable disease.

Correct Answer: diesel engine

The diesel engine generally has the highest efficiency in this group.

Correct Answer: a beam of monochromatic coherent light

A laser produces a beam of monochromatic coherent light.

Correct Answer: Pancreas

Insulin is secreted by the pancreas.

Correct Answer: Phosphorous

The substance used in match sticks is phosphorus.

Correct Answer: Mongolia

Genghis Khan was from Mongolia.

Correct Answer: Mansur

Baghdad was established by Caliph al-Mansur.

Correct Answer: tree of Noor

Sidratul Muntaha means the tree of Noor, the lote tree at the utmost boundary.

Correct Answer: 231 Ansars and 82 Muhajireen

At Badr there were 313 Muslims in total: 231 Ansars and 82 Muhajireen.

Correct Answer: Liable to pay Zakat

Goods meant for trading are liable to pay Zakat.

Correct Answer: Furqan

Ghazwa-e-Badr is also known as Furqan, the Day of Distinction.

Correct Answer: Rabi-ul-Awal 4 A.H

Ghazwa Banu Nazir took place in Rabi-ul-Awal 4 A.H.

Correct Answer: Yusuf alayhi-salam

Yusuf was a prophet whose father Yaqub, grandfather Ishaq and great-grandfather Ibrahim were also prophets.

Correct Answer: Kufa

After the Battle of the Camel, Caliph Ali changed his capital from Madina to Kufa.

Correct Answer: Caliph Abu Bakr (RA)

Caliph Abu Bakr has been titled the Saviour of Islam for preserving the faith after the Prophet's death.

Correct Answer: 1985

The 8th Amendment to the 1973 Constitution was passed in 1985.

Correct Answer: Mushtaq Hussain

The real name of Waqar-ul-Mulk was Mushtaq Hussain.

Correct Answer: 1933

"Now or Never" was published in 1933 by Chaudhry Rahmat Ali.

Correct Answer: 1938

Allama Iqbal died in 1938.

Correct Answer: Amir Ahmad

The Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad's real name was Amir Ahmad Khan.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The Anglo-Sikh War was concluded at Lahore, by the Treaty of Lahore in 1846.

Correct Answer: 1876

Sir Syed retired from service in 1876.

Correct Answer: 1st

Muhammad Ali Jauhar died during the 1st Round Table Conference in 1931.

Correct Answer: 7

Quaid-e-Azam reached Pakistan on 7 August 1947.

Correct Answer: Minto

The Simla Deputation met with Viceroy Lord Minto in 1906.

Correct Answer: Jane Austan

"Pride and Prejudice" was written by Jane Austen.

Correct Answer: Malaysia

Singapore was previously part of Malaysia, from 1963 to 1965.

Correct Answer: Greenland

Greenland is the largest island in the world.

Correct Answer: 1492 AD

Columbus reached America in 1492 AD.

Correct Answer: Blind

The Braille System is meant to teach the blind.

Correct Answer: All of them

Denmark, Norway and Sweden are all situated in the Scandinavian region.

Correct Answer: tab

The Tab key moves the cursor from one cell to the next cell in a table.

Correct Answer: Go to file & send to mail & recipient

In Word, a document is emailed by going to File, then Send to Mail Recipient.

Correct Answer: Four (header, footer, left, right)

A page has four margins: header, footer, left and right in the book's option, corresponding to the four sides of the page.

Correct Answer: Save as Html

A Word document is saved as a web page by saving it as Html.

Correct Answer: 80

The default port of HTTP is 80.

Correct Answer: Communicate with peripherals

A computer port is used to communicate with peripherals.

Correct Answer: Sound card and speakers

To play music with a computer you need a sound card and speakers.

Correct Answer: BMP and GIF

BMP and GIF are file extensions that indicate graphic files.

Correct Answer: WEB SITE Address

A URL is a WEB SITE Address, the address of a resource on the web.

Correct Answer: One can read and interpret files containing pictures, sounds etc.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the internet service through which one can read and interpret files containing pictures, sounds and other web content.

Correct Answer: Two different driver will be required

If two different printers are attached to a system, two different drivers will be required.

Correct Answer: Spreadsheet

MS Excel falls in the spreadsheet category of software.