Deputy Director Past Paper 2012 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the father of English poetry.

Correct Answer: Lake

Great Bear Lake in Canada is the 'Great Bear' of the options; the constellation Ursa Major is also called the Great Bear.

Correct Answer: President of Russia

Boris Yeltsin was the first President of Russia.

Correct Answer: Mauryan Empire

Chandragupta founded the Mauryan Empire, so he is associated with the Mauryan Empire.

Correct Answer: India

The Naxalite movement began in India, in Naxalbari, West Bengal.

Correct Answer: A government runs by a woman

A 'petticoat government' is a government run by a woman.

Correct Answer: World Economic Forum

Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum.

Correct Answer: Lord Dalhousie

The Doctrine of Lapse is associated with Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India.

Correct Answer: Bahlol Lodhi

Bahlol Lodhi founded the Lodhi dynasty in 1451.

Correct Answer: Chinese

Chinese (Mandarin) is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers.

Correct Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Correct Answer: Truce

A white flag is the symbol of a truce.

Correct Answer: Russia

The USSR (Russia) suffered the greatest losses in World War II, about 27 million dead — far more than Japan.

Correct Answer: 1992

Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup in 1992.

Correct Answer: Qutbuddin Aibak

Qutbuddin Aibak died after falling from his horse while playing polo.

Correct Answer: President of Vietnam

Tran Duc Luong was the President of Vietnam.

Correct Answer: All of these

Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies and histories — all of these categories.

Correct Answer: President of East Germany

Walter Ulbricht was the leader of East Germany (the GDR).

Correct Answer: Mithankot

The shrine of Khawaja Ghulam Fareed is at Mithankot in Punjab.

Correct Answer: Punjab

The Toot oil and natural gas field is in Punjab, in the Potohar region.

Correct Answer: Dec 1, 1989

The First Women Bank of Pakistan was established on 1 December 1989.

Correct Answer: Fourteen

The book gives the National Security Council's total strength as fourteen members.

Correct Answer: Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan

Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan presented the Chenab Formula for resolving the Kashmir dispute.

Correct Answer: China

China is the world's largest producer of coal.

Correct Answer: Grozny

Grozny is the capital of Chechnya.

Correct Answer: 3460 km

The book gives the Great Wall's length as 3,460 km, an old partial figure; the full measured wall system is far longer.

Correct Answer: All of them

Aberdeen is an industrial city, a seaport, and famous as the Granite City — all of them.

Correct Answer: Jerusalem

The Dome of the Rock is in Jerusalem.

Correct Answer: Land of thunderbolt

Bhutan is called the Land of the Thunderbolt (Druk Yul, Land of the Thunder Dragon).

Correct Answer: South Africa

Tugela Falls is in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Correct Answer: Congo River

The Congo River crosses the Equator twice on its course.

Correct Answer: Bab-ul-Mandab Strait

Bab-ul-Mandab is the strait at the Red Sea's southern end; no strait joins the Red Sea directly to the Persian Gulf.

Correct Answer: Norway

Norway is known as the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Correct Answer: Abawa

Abwa (Waddan) was the first Ghazwa led by the Prophet (PBUH); Badr was the first major battle.

Correct Answer: 4

The book counts four mosques named in the Qur'an: al-Haram, al-Aqsa, Quba and Dirar.

Correct Answer: USA

IBM is an American computer company, founded in the USA.

Correct Answer: Xenophobia

Fear of foreigners is called xenophobia.

Correct Answer: Archives

A place where government records are kept is called an archive.

Correct Answer: Acrophobia

Fear of heights is called acrophobia (agoraphobia is fear of open or public places).

Correct Answer: in

The correct preposition is 'involved in' his family affairs.

Correct Answer: to

The correct preposition is 'indebted to' you.

Correct Answer: in

The correct preposition is 'indulge in' idle talks.

Correct Answer: colour

'Hue' means colour, a shade or tint.

Correct Answer: subtle

'Imperceptible' means subtle, too slight to be noticed.

Correct Answer: violate

To 'infringe' means to violate a law, rule or right.

Correct Answer: scoff

To 'jeer' means to scoff or mock at someone.

Correct Answer: Funk

Casimir Funk discovered vitamins and coined the word 'vitamine'.

Correct Answer: Antipyretics

Substances that bring down body temperature are called antipyretics.

Correct Answer: bromatology

The study of food is called bromatology.

Correct Answer: brontology

The study of thunder is called brontology.

Correct Answer: 36%

Two successive 20% discounts give 1 - 0.8 x 0.8 = 36% off in total.

Correct Answer: 1% decrease

A 10% rise followed by a 10% fall leaves 1.1 x 0.9 = 0.99, a net decrease of 1%.

Correct Answer: 10.5

Marked price 130% of cost, less 15% discount, gives 1.30 x 0.85 = 110.5%, a profit of 10.5%.

Correct Answer: 49

49 + 49 squared (2401) = 2450, so the integer is 49.

Correct Answer: 37.5

Cost of 10 chairs equals sale price of 16 chairs, so the loss is (16-10)/16 = 37.5%.

Correct Answer: 240sqrcm

With side 17 cm and one diagonal 16 cm, the other diagonal is 30 cm, so the area is (16 x 30)/2 = 240 sq cm.

Correct Answer: 150sqcm

The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals: (15 x 20)/2 = 150 sq cm.

Correct Answer: Rs.15000

P and Q invest in the ratio 15000:10000 = 3:2, so P's share of Rs. 25,000 is Rs. 15,000.

Correct Answer: 25%

Gain = (500-400)/400 = 25%.

Correct Answer: 50

210 out of 420 is 50%.

Correct Answer: Kidnapping from Pakistan and lawful guardianship

Kidnapping covers both kidnapping from Pakistan and kidnapping from lawful guardianship (PPC sections 360 and 361).

Correct Answer: Who is entitled to claim Qisas

In Qisas law, the Wali is the person entitled to claim Qisas.

Correct Answer: At-least 5 persons

An unlawful assembly comprises five or more persons (PPC section 141).

Correct Answer: Imprisonment extendable to 6 months, or fine, or both

Being a member of an unlawful assembly is punishable with imprisonment up to six months, or fine, or both (PPC section 143).

Correct Answer: Disturbance of public peace by two persons by fighting

Affray is a disturbance of the public peace by two or more persons fighting in a public place (PPC section 159).

Correct Answer: None of above

The book's key for the section-11 essentials item is 'None of above'.

Correct Answer: All of the above

Specific performance may be enforced where the act is a trust performance, damage cannot be measured, or money compensation would be inadequate — all of the above (Specific Relief Act).

Correct Answer: Federal Government

Assets gained from narcotics are liable to forfeiture to the Federal Government.

Correct Answer: True

It is true that no one may organise, manage, traffic in or finance narcotics and psychotropic substances.

Correct Answer: two years, or with fine, or with both

The book gives the punishment for the narcotics offence as imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both.

Correct Answer: Will

A declaration of a person's intentions for distributing their estate is a will.

Correct Answer: plaint

Every suit is instituted by the presentation of a plaint (CPC Order 4).

Correct Answer: suit

Where a suit has been duly instituted, a summons may be issued to the defendant to appear and answer the claim.

Correct Answer: By any party to the suit including the defendant

An injunction against waste of suit property can be obtained by any party to the suit, including the defendant.

Correct Answer: Can amend any issue already framed.

The court trying a suit can amend any issue already framed (CPC Order 14 Rule 5).

Correct Answer: Can be returned earlier to the person producing on delivery of the certified copy of the original and undertaking given to produce the original gain if so requested.

A document produced in a suit can be returned earlier on delivery of a certified copy and an undertaking to produce the original again if required.

Correct Answer: Slander

Spoken words that damage a person's reputation are called slander.

Correct Answer: All of them

Lawyers, solicitors and barristers are all members of the legal profession.

Correct Answer: Suit

The book classes proceedings commenced by petition as a suit.

Correct Answer: Summons

An order to appear in court or produce evidence is called a summons.

Correct Answer: Tort

A civil wrong for which compensation may be sought in a civil court is called a tort.

Correct Answer: Trustee

A person who holds or administers property in trust for others is a trustee.

Correct Answer: Judgment-debtor

A judgment-debtor is a person against whom a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made (CPC section 2(10)).

Correct Answer: 16 years

Under the first proviso to section 497 CrPC, the court may grant bail to a person under 16 years of age.

Correct Answer: Private complaint to the Magistrate

Section 190 CrPC deals with cognizance of offences by Magistrates, including on a private complaint.

Correct Answer: The Magistrate

Section 249-A CrPC gives the Magistrate power to acquit the accused at any stage of the proceeding.

Correct Answer: All of the above

Electoral right covers standing as a candidate, not standing, and voting or not voting — all of the above.

Correct Answer: Mischief

Voluntarily burning another's valuable security to cause wrongful loss is mischief (PPC section 425).

Correct Answer: After sunset and before sunrise

House-breaking by night is house-breaking committed after sunset and before sunrise.

Correct Answer: Legal representative

A legal representative is a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person (CPC section 2(11)).

Correct Answer: Mesne profits

Mesne profits are the profits a person in wrongful possession actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received, with interest (CPC section 2(12)).

Correct Answer: Order

An order is the formal expression of a decision of a civil court which is not a decree (CPC section 2(14)).

Correct Answer: Of the commencement of proceedings before courts

The book's key for the Chapter XVII item is the commencement of proceedings; note that CrPC Chapter XVII is actually 'Of the Charge', so no offered option is strictly correct.

Correct Answer: Accused

The book's key for the summing-up item is the accused; the usual trial order has the prosecutor sum up first, so this item is flagged as doubtful.

Correct Answer: Heirs of the victim

The offence of Qatl-e-Amad can be compounded by the heirs (Wali) of the victim.

Correct Answer: None of the said Courts

No appeal lies against a Sessions Court sentence of 20 days, a petty sentence, so none of the said courts is the forum.

Correct Answer: 30 days

The book gives 30 days for an appeal against an acquittal order passed by a court other than the High Court.

Correct Answer: Unlimited but shall not be excessive

Where no sum is expressed, the fine is unlimited but must not be excessive (PPC section 63).

Correct Answer: Is punishable with imprisonment of one year or with fine or with both

Attempt to commit suicide is punishable with simple imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both (PPC section 325).

Correct Answer: Badiah

Mudihah, Munaqqilah and Ammah are kinds of Shajjah; Badiah is not.