FPSC Ministary of Defence Solved Past Paper 2009
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN MINISTARY OF DEFENCE 2009
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAKISTAN STUDIES, ISLAMIC STUDIES, ISLAMIAT
1. In last year’s economic survey, the weaknesses to availability and quality of services data ware highlighted.(A) beside
(B) nearly
(C) related ✓
(D) approximate
2 The people of Europe came to Pakistan for riches, followed quickly by the desire to rule.
(A) basically
(D) fundamentally
(C) primarily
(D) seemingly ✓
3. The orator was so that the audience became
(A) elated
(B) drowsy ✓
(C) affable
(D) riotous
4. Encounters between people from different countries can result in misunderstandings different conceptions about space.
(A) because they
(B) is because they
(C) is because their
(D) because of their ✓
5. the reactions of people with amnesia scientists are learning about the process of memory of the brain
(A) By studying
(B) To study ✓
(C) They study
(D) They are studying
6. Among manufactured exports, engineering goods, gems and jewellery, and chemicals and related products registered high growth, while textiles export growth was .
(A) moderate ✓
(B) reserved
(C) extreme
(D) excessive
Tick the Anology
7. SIEVE : SIFT:
(A) Pendent: Neck
(B) Crowbar: Pry ✓
(C) Cement: Trowel
(D) Scales: Justice
8. COLT: STALLION ::
(A) Doe: Stag
(B) Dove: Peace
(C) Aster: Botanist
(D) Calf: Cow ✓
9. INCUBATOR: INFANT:
(A) Kennel: Dog
(B) Library: Books
(C) Greenhouse: Plant ✓
(D) Cooler: Wine
10. MINER: QUARRY::
(A) Carpenter Saw
(B) Painter: Brush
(C) Poet: Sonnet
(D) Sculptor: Atelier ✓
11. GLOSSARY: WORDS :
(A) Lexicon: Words
(B) Catalogue: Dates
(C) Atlas: Maps ✓
(D) Thesaurus: Rhyme
Tick the Antonyms
12. FELICITY
(A) thankful
(B) unhappiness ✓
(C) happiness
(D) regards
13. HUMANE
(A) living being
(B) man
(C) person
(D) unkind ✓
14. THRIFTY
(A) economic
(B) miser
(C) prodigal ✓
(D) skillful
15. PRUDENT
(A) skilled
(B) foolish ✓
(C) strong
(D) correct
16. JUDICIOUS
(A) lawlessness
(B) unlawful
(C) foolish
(D) not wise ✓
Tick the Synonymous
17. Severely abusive writing in journals
(A) imaginary
(B) speculative
(C) scurrilous ✓
(D) sarcastic
18. Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection.
(A) invocation ✓
(B) involution
(C) inundation
(D) revocation
19. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space.
(A) agoraphobia
(B) claustrophobia ✓
(C) xenophobia
(D) paranoia
20. One who has become dependent on something or drugs is a
(A) adamant
(B) edict
(C) addict ✓
(D) derelict
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
21. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is struggling for an independent state in:
(A) Seirra Leone
(B) Philippines ✓
(C) Nigeria
(D) Russia
22. 'Minsk' is the capital of:
(A) Belarus ✓
(B) Latvia
(C) Ukraine
(D) Kyrgyzstan
23. Which of the following category of Nobel Prize was established in 1968?
(A) Medicine
(B) Literatrue
(C) Economics ✓
(D) None
24. After Saudi Arabia, which of the following country is the second largest producer of oil:
(A) U.A.E
(B) Qatar
(C) Iran ✓
(D) Venezuela
25. Who said that “The Government of the People’ by the people, for the people shall not vanish from the earth”?
(A) Abraham Lincoln ✓
(B) Winston Churhcill
(C) Napoleon s
(D) Hitler
26 The last Common Wealth Summit was held at
(A) Delhi ✓
(B) Dacca
(C) Columba
(D) Bangkok
27. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra was completed with the financial and technical assistance of:
(A) USA
(B) Canada
(C) France
(D) None of these ✓
28. Who is the new Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Committee?
(A) Gen. Rahool Shareof
(B) Gen. Rashid Mehmud ✓
(C) Admiral Asif Sandhila
(D) None of them.
29. The first province to hold Local Government election is:
(A) Punjab
(B) Sind
(C) KPK
(D) Baluchistan ✓
30. On September 9, 1958, Pakistan acquired Gwadar from:
(A) Oman ✓
(B) Bahrain
(C) Iran
(D) None of these
31. A plastic, personal magnetized card with the name and account number of the holder and the expiry date embossed is referred to as:
(A) Master card
(B) Visa card
(C) Credit card ✓
(D) Green card
32. What is the name given to companies legally controlled by other companies?
(A) Franchise
(B) Consortium
(C) Subsidiaries ✓
(D) Merger
33. An association of individuals or corporations formed to conduct a specific financial transaction such, as buying a business is known as:
(A) Merger
(B) Joint Venture
(C) Syndicate ✓
(D) Franchise
34. The reason of high fertility rate in Pakistan is:
(A) Early marriages
(B) Desire for larger Families
(C) Low use of contraception
(D) All the above ✓
35. Infant mortality rate in Pakistan is:
(A) 85 per 1000
(B) 95 per 1000 ✓
(C) 97 per 1000
(D) 100per1000
36. The rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Bias and Sutlej are tributaries of which river?
(A) Ganga
(B) Indus ✓
(C) Yamuna
(D) Brahmaputra
37. Alexander the great (356-323 BC) was the king of:
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal
(C) Macedonia ✓
(D) Greece
38. Who is called “Desert Fox”?
(A) Hitler
(B) Napoleon
(C) General Rommel ✓
(D) Richard Gobden
39. “Confucianism” is the religious mythology of:
(A) Japan
(B) China ✓
(C) Greece
(D) Nepal
40. Indus Valley Civilization was destroyed by:
(A) Mongols
(B) Egyptians
(C) Aryans ✓
(D) Mughals
41. Which river crosses the Equator twice?
(A) Amazon River
(B) Congo River ✓
(C) Nile River
(D) Indus River
42. Which was the first country to give women a right to vote in 1893:
(A) United States
(B) Denmark
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand ✓
43. Name the first Muslim woman who was elected as the 61st president of UN General Assemblly?
(A) Maliha Lodhi
(B) Ha/a Rashid Al Khalifa ✓
(C) Zubida Hanan
(D) None
44. Which of the following countries has largest number of dams in the world (8300 dams)
(A) USA
(B) China ✓
(C) Canada
(D) Russia
45. Which of the following countries has constructed the biggest dam of the world called “Three George" completed by 2008?
(A) USA
(B) Germany
(C) China ✓
(D) Russia
46. The number of times in a day the hours hand and the minute hand of a clock are at right angles is:
(A) 36
(B) 44 ✓
(C) 48
(D) 12
47. What is the total length of Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway M-3?
(A) 120 km
(B) 52 km ✓
(C) 140 km
(D) 80 km
48. Which fast food chain claims, it opens a new outlet every three hours somewhere in the world?
(A) Maconald's
(B) Pizza Hut ✓
(C) KFC
(D) Burger King
49. Which is the largest state of USA?
(A) New York ✓
(B) California
(C) Texas
(D) Alaska
50. 'Long Walk to Freedom' is an autobiography of an internationally known activist. Name the person:
(A) Laurent Gliagbo
(B) Idriss Daby
(C) Nelson Mandela ✓
(D) Abel Pacheca
MATH
51. (272 - 32)(124 + 176)/(17 15-15)
(A) 0
(B) 300 ✓
(C) 2.25
(D) None of these
52. How many pieces of 85 cm length can be cut out from a rod 42.5 meters long?"
(A) 30
(B) 60
(C) 50 ✓
(D) 40
53. 18 is 75% of which number?
(A) 20
(B) 24 ✓
(C) 22
(D) 28
54. If the diameter of a cycle wheel is 3 ft, then the number of complete rotations that the wheel will make in covering a distance of 30 ft is
(A) 2
(B) 3 ✓
(C) 4
(D) 5
55. Ali gives half of his cash reserves to his wife, one half of the remaining to his son and one third of the remaining to his daughter. If his daughter’s share is Rs. 12,500, then the total cash reserves with Ali were
(A) Rs.21,500
(B) Rs.75,000
(C) Rs. 1,00,000
(D) Rs. 1,50,000 ✓
56. A car covers 160 km distance in 4 nours. Find the average speed of car.
(A) 35km/h
(B) 40km/h ✓
(C) 45km/h
(D) 50km/h
57. Sum of three numbers is 93. Find the middle number,
(A) 31 ✓
(B) 32
(C) 33
(D) 34
58. A farmer has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals 140, then the number of hens will be?
(A) 22
(B) 23
(C) 24
(D) 26 ✓
59. A person starts walking towards north from a point and walks 3 km; then moves left and walks 2 km; again moves to his right and walks 1 km and finally moves to his right and walks 5 km. At what distance is he now from the starting point?
(A) 3 km
(B) 4 km
(C) 5 km ✓
(D) 6 km
60. The expenses of A and B are in the ratio of 2:3. A sum of Rs. 2800 is equally divided between them. If A saves Rs. 600, then B saves
(A) Rs. 200 ✓
(B) Rs. 300
(C) Rs. 400
(D) Rs. 500
61. A car covers a distance in 5 hours with the speed of 60 km/ h. If speed of car increased as 120 km/ h, then in how many hours car will cover the same distance?
(A) 2 hours
(B) 2.5 hours ✓
(C) 3 hours
(D) 4 hours
62. If a metal slab of size 1 m x 20 cm x 1 cm is melted to another slab of 1 mm thickness and 1 m width, then the length of the new slab thus formed will be
(A) 200 cm ✓
(B) 400 cm
(B) 600 cm
(D) 1000 cm
63. A dice has numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on its faces. Four positions of the dice are as shown below. The number on the face opposite to the face with nurrtber 2 is
(A) 6
(B) 5 ✓
(C) 4
(D) 1
64. Complete the following series:
2,5,7, 11, 14, 19, 23, 29 41,47
(A) 30
(B) 34 ✓
(C) 36
(D) 38
65. 12 labourers dug a well in 60 days. In how many days, 6 labourers will dug this well.
(A) 100 days
(B) 120 days ✓
(C) 125 days
(D) 130 days
66. Find the odd one out:
(A) Greeshma
(B) Sisira
(C) Magha ✓
(D) Sharad
67. The hybnds of which of the following plants are available for commercial production?
(1) Rice (2) Wheat
(3) Jute (4) Pulses
(A) 1,2 and 4 ✓
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2, 3 and 4
68. Acceleration due to gravity on moon is 0.166 times than that on the earth. A man weighing
60 kg on earth would weigh kg on moon.
(A) 16.6 kg
(B) 30 kg
(C) 60kg
(D) 10kg ✓
69. The total number of boys and girls in a class is 16 and 12 respectively. What is simplest ratio among them?
(A) 4:3 ✓
(B) 6:4
(C) 4:2
(D) None
70. Total number of doctors and nurses in a hospital is 240. The ratio between them is 5 and 7 respectively. Find the total number of doctors?
(A) 90
(B) 100 ✓
(C) 110
(D) 125
SCIENCE
71. T-cells arc a vital link in the body’s defence system which gland in the body produces T-cells?
(A) Pituitary gland
(B) Thymus gland
(C) Thyroid glan
(D) Liver ✓
72. Which of the following diseases is caused due to shortage red blood cells?
(A) Leukemia
(B) T B.
(C) Anemia ✓
(D) Meningitis.
73. Of the following diseases, tell which one is concerned with the eyes:
(A) Hemophilia
(B) Pleurisy
(C) Glaucoma ✓
(D) Syphilis
74. Which of the following diseases is more common in women than men?
(A) Coronary thrombosis
(B) Rheumatoid arthritis ✓
(C) Rheumatism
(D) Gastritis.
75. Which one the following diseases, occurs from sexual contact?
(A) Diphtheria
(B) Rabies
(C) Gonorrhea ✓
(D) Abscess
76 Which of the following types of food should be avoided as much as possible for maintaining healthy teeth?
(A) Salty food
(B) Bitter food
(C) Spicy food ✓
(D) Sugary food
77. Of the following diseases, which one js respiratory in nature?
(A) Hemorrhage
(B) Emphysema ✓
(C) Colitis
(D) Ulcer
78. The human body grows at different paces different periods of life, when is its growth fastest?
(A) Between ages 15 and 21
(B) Between ages 19 to 30
(C) Between ages 5 and 13
(D) Between ages 10 and 16 ✓
79. What gives the human brain its energy?
(A) Certain proteins
(B) Glucose ✓
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Phophorus.
80. Where is the thyroid gland located?
(A) In the thighs
(B) In the brain
(C) Near the liver
(D) At the back of neck ✓
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
81. The Cabinet Mission announced their plan on
(A) 8th April 1947
(B) 5th December 1947
(C) 15th January 1947
(D) 16th May 1946 ✓
82. Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in
(A) Assam
(B) Kashmir
(C) Malabar ✓
(D) North-West Frontier Proyine
83. Chaudhri Rehmat Ali issued a Pamphlet “Now or Never” in
(A) 1935
(B) 1937
(C) 1938
(D) 1933 ✓
84. Pakistan National Movement was established by Ch. Rehmat Ali
(A) 1935
(B) 1937
(C) 1938
(D) 1933 ✓
85. Who was the first President of Pakistan Muslim League?
(A) Nawab Salim Ullah Khan
(B) Sir Agha Khan ✓
(C) Nawab Waqar ul Mulk
(D) Nawab Mohsin ul Mulk
86. Gandhi started the Dandi March
(A) To demonstrate against the policies of the British
(B) To break the Salt Law ✓
(C) To boycott foreign goods
(D) None of these
87. Under whose leadership the All India Muslim League was set up?
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Sayyed Ahmed Khan
(C) Agha Khan ✓
(D) Nawab Salimuilah of Dacca
88. The Ahrar Movement was started as a
(A) Pro-British movement
(B) Pro-Muslim League movement
(C) National and militant movement ✓
(D) Anti-communal and anti-Muslim League movement
89. The first partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in
(A) 1901
(B) 1915
(C) 1905 ✓
(D) 1907
90. Partition of Bengal was undertaken with a view to
(A) Suppressing the revolt
(B) Satisfying the Hindus and Muslims
(C) Meeting the demand of Muslims ✓
(D) Dividing Hindus of West and East Bengal and increasing Hindu-Muslim tension
91. Masjid Zu Qiblatain is situated in:
(A) Madina ✓
(B) Mukkah
(C) Taif
(D) Jabal-e-Noor
92. Who was a Historian, justice, philospher as well as Politician?
(A) Shams ud din bin Khalkan
(B) Abdur Rehman bin Khaldun ✓
(C) Abu Bakar Muhammad Yahya
(D) Muhammad bin Essa
93. Which Surah of Quran has Bismillah twice:
(A) AINehal
(B) Al Namal ✓
(C) AlAhzaab
(D) Al Noor
94. Had-e-Qazaf (False Accusation) is:
(A) 50 Lashes
(B) 70 Lashes
(C) 80 Lashes ✓
(D) 90 Lashes
95. Ada Bin Hatam Thai embraced Islam in:
(A) 3 Hijri
(B) 6 Hijri
(C) 9 Hijri ✓
(D) 11 Hijri
96. Wealth obtained from a mine is liable to:
(A) Zakat
(B) Khumus ✓
(C) Sulus
(D) Rubah
97. Sadqa-e-Eid-ul-fitr has been proclaimed in the year:
(A) 2 Hijri ✓
(B) 3 Hijri
(C) 4 Hijri
(D) 5 Hijri
98. Mention the religious book(s) of Buddisrn:
(A) Weena pataka
(B) Sata pataka
(C) Abhi dhaman pataka
(D) Tripitaka ✓
99. What was the Religious of the majority of the Arabs before Islam?
(A) Buddhism
(B) Jewish
(C) Idolatrous ✓
(D) Christianity
100. Name of the son of Hazarat Yaqoob (A S) whose off-springs are the Jews.
(A) Tibrani
(B) Yahooda ✓
(C) Ishaq (A.s)
(D) Yousaf(A.s)
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