Assistant Director Past Paper 2012 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Chile

Ricardo Lagos Escobar was President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.

Correct Answer: None of these

Laissez-faire is a policy of non-interference by the state, so none of the interference options is correct.

Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote the Essays on the Life of Muhammad.

Correct Answer: Roberta Bondar

Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman in space, in 1992.

Correct Answer: Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space, in 1984.

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice, in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911, in two different subjects.

Correct Answer: Lake

The book's 'Great Bear' answer is the Lake, that is, Great Bear Lake in Canada.

Correct Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Correct Answer: President of Bulgaria

Zhelyu Zhelev was President of Bulgaria.

Correct Answer: December 10, every year

The Nobel Prizes are awarded on 10 December each year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Correct Answer: R.N. Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian Nobel laureate, winning the Literature prize in 1913.

Correct Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity

The slogan of the French Revolution was Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

Correct Answer: Belgium

The European Services Forum is headquartered in Belgium (Brussels).

Correct Answer: Joseph Wilson

The Politics of Truth was written by Joseph Wilson.

Correct Answer: Madame Marie Curie

Madame Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in 1903.

Correct Answer: All are correct

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, the first modern European to reach the Americas, and he reached Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

Correct Answer: Economics

The Economics prize was not created by Alfred Nobel; it was established by Sveriges Riksbank in 1968.

Correct Answer: Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale is known as the Lady with the Lamp.

Correct Answer: 1982

Hezbollah was established in Lebanon in 1982.

Correct Answer: Japan

The Diet is the parliament of Japan, just as the Cortes is the parliament of Spain.

Correct Answer: Australia

Qantas Airlines belongs to Australia, just as Freedom Air belonged to New Zealand.

Correct Answer: Russia

Ural Airlines belongs to Russia, just as Ariana belongs to Afghanistan.

Correct Answer: USA

The Roe River in Montana, USA, is commonly cited as the shortest river in the world.

Correct Answer: Baikal Lake

Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake in the world.

Correct Answer: Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world by area.

Correct Answer: Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world by area.

Correct Answer: Amundsen

Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first, in December 1911.

Correct Answer: Monsoon

The monsoon is the classic example of seasonal winds.

Correct Answer: Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Pisa, Italy.

Correct Answer: Uprising

Intifada means an uprising.

Correct Answer: Of

The correct preposition is 'hopeful of' her success.

Correct Answer: At

The correct preposition is 'jeer at' others.

Correct Answer: of

The correct preposition is 'jealous of' my promotion.

Correct Answer: to

The correct preposition is 'introduced to' his boss.

Correct Answer: Solution

In the book's vocabulary use, a key is a solution to a problem.

Correct Answer: Praiseworthy

Laudable means praiseworthy.

Correct Answer: Generous

Munificent means generous.

Correct Answer: Wedding

Nuptials means a wedding.

Correct Answer: from

The correct preposition is 'differs from' a dog.

Correct Answer: In a judge's private room

In camera means in a judge's private room, away from the public.

Correct Answer: Final argument

Ultima ratio means the final argument, or last resort.

Correct Answer: Beyond one's authority

Ultra vires means beyond one's authority or powers.

Correct Answer: Contempt of court

Wilful disregard of a judicial process is contempt of court.

Correct Answer: After hearing both

Under Section 249A CrPC, a Magistrate may acquit the accused at any stage after hearing both the prosecution and the accused.

Correct Answer: 7

Under Section 241A CrPC, copies must be supplied to the accused not later than seven days before the commencement of trial.

Correct Answer: a & b

Under Section 127 CrPC, an unlawful assembly must disperse on the order of a Magistrate or a Police Officer, that is, a and b.

Correct Answer: Illegal", "Legally bound to do"

'Illegal' applies to anything that is an offence or prohibited by law, and a person is 'legally bound to do' what it is illegal in him to omit.

Correct Answer: Injury

'Injury' denotes any harm illegally caused to a person in body, mind, reputation or property.

Correct Answer: Seven years

The book's seven-year punishment is the PPC 407 (carrier or wharfinger) breach-of-trust punishment; the stem omits that qualifier.

Correct Answer: To be paid to the victim or his heirs

Arash is compensation to be paid to the victim or his heirs.

Correct Answer: Party

Any participant in a court action or proceeding is a party.

Correct Answer: Petition

A proceeding commenced by a petition, in which the order sought is expressed as a prayer, is a petition.

Correct Answer: Plea

A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court is his plea.

Correct Answer: Person to whom personal estate is given by will

A legatee is a person to whom personal estate is given by will.

Correct Answer: Prosecution

The institution or conduct of criminal proceedings against a person is a prosecution.

Correct Answer: Remand

An order keeping an accused in custody or on bail pending further appearance is a remand.

Correct Answer: 1st January 1909

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, came into force on 1 January 1909.

Correct Answer: By making an application to this same court

A consent decree cannot be appealed (CPC section 96(3)); a consent decree obtained by fraud is challenged by an application to the same court.

Correct Answer: Can stay the execution till filing of the appeal to the higher court

The court passing a decree can stay its execution until an appeal to the higher court is filed.

Correct Answer: Anytime after the suit is filed

A defendant's property can be attached at any time after the suit is filed, by attachment before judgment.

Correct Answer: Decree

An appeal may be filed against a decree; a consent decree is not appealable.

Correct Answer: District Judge

Every Civil Judge is subordinate to the District Judge.

Correct Answer: The Code of Criminal Procedure

The statute relating to criminal proceedings in Pakistan is The Code of Criminal Procedure.

Correct Answer: Police Inspector

The duties of an SHO are performed by a Police Inspector in the book's answer.

Correct Answer: Bail before arrest

A bail-before-arrest bond is accompanied by an affidavit.

Correct Answer: Receiver

A court-appointed indifferent person who receives rents and profits pending a suit is a receiver.

Correct Answer: Nuisance

A nuisance affords a civil action only if it causes special damage on the public-nuisance reading.

Correct Answer: Applies to the Revenue Courts by Notification of the provincial Government.

The Civil Procedure Code applies to Revenue Courts by notification of the provincial government.

Correct Answer: Its trial would be stayed

A subsequent suit on a matter already directly and substantially in issue in an earlier suit is stayed under res sub judice.

Correct Answer: Can Transfer the same for trial to any other Additional district Judge.

A District Judge can transfer a case for trial to any other Additional District Judge.

Correct Answer: To submit an application before the Presiding Officer

Inspection of a court file is by an application before the Presiding Officer.

Correct Answer: Two witnesses of the locality

A search of a place must be made in the presence of two witnesses of the locality.

Correct Answer: An act or omission liable to punishment

An offence is an act or omission liable to punishment.

Correct Answer: Sub-division

'Sub-division' means a sub-division of a district.

Correct Answer: Cause Shajjah-i-Khafifah

A wound that does not expose the victim's bone is Shajjah-i-Khafifah.

Correct Answer: The Reader of the Court

After a decree is announced, the decree sheet is prepared by the Reader of the Court.

Correct Answer: Interlocutory injunction

An injunction granted while a suit is pending to preserve the property in status quo is an interlocutory injunction.

Correct Answer: No action will lie

If a nuisance is legalised by statute, no action will lie against it.

Correct Answer: All of above

When no fine is fixed, a Special Court fixes the fine on the basis of all of the above: the narcotic, psychotropic and controlled substances involved.

Correct Answer: Federal Government

Assets derived from trafficking in narcotic substances stand forfeited to the Federal Government.

Correct Answer: No one

The book's answer is that no one has authority to export narcotic drugs from Pakistan.

Correct Answer: When the offender dies before the enforcement of the Qisas

Qisas for qatl-i-amd cannot be enforced if the offender dies before its enforcement.

Correct Answer: Rs.7.5 million

Ghulab Singh purchased Kashmir under the Treaty of Amritsar (1846) for Rs. 7.5 million.

Correct Answer: 895 km

Motorway-8 (Ratodero-Gwadar) is about 895 km long.

Correct Answer: 1 hectometres

10 decametres equal 100 metres, which is 1 hectometre.

Correct Answer: 7

For 5A9 minus 7B2 plus 9C6 to equal 823, A minus B plus C must equal 11, so the maximum possible value of B is 7.

Correct Answer: 7.5km/hr

The speed in still water is the average of 10 and 5 km/hr, which is 7.5 km/hr.

Correct Answer: 18 sec

A 150-metre train at 30 km/hr (8.33 m/s) passes a standing man in 150 divided by 8.33, or 18 seconds.

Correct Answer: 270 km/hr

75 metres per second multiplied by 3.6 equals 270 km/hr.

Correct Answer: 2 : 5 : 6

With b common at 5, a:b:c is 2:5:6.

Correct Answer: 12

For numbers 3x, 2x and 5x, the sum of squares is 38x squared, which equals 1368, so x is 6 and the middle number is 12.

Correct Answer: 3 : 4 : 6

Scaling b to a common value gives a:b:c as 3:4:6.

Correct Answer: 540

The least common multiple of 12, 15, 20 and 54 is 540.

Correct Answer: Vitamin C

Vitamin C is water-soluble and is generally excreted in urine.

Correct Answer: One month

A human can survive without food for at least about one month, roughly 30 to 40 days.

Correct Answer: 9.46 trillion kilometers

A light year is about 9.46 trillion kilometres.

Correct Answer: Analgesics

Substances used to bring relief from pain are called analgesics.

Correct Answer: The Battle of Jamal

The Battle of Jamal (656 CE) was the first civil war among the Muslims.

Correct Answer: Uqba bin Nafah (R.A.)

Uqba bin Nafi is called the Alexander of the Muslim World in the book's usage.

Correct Answer: 630 AD

The Battle of Hunain followed the conquest of Makkah in 630 CE.