FPSC · Anf · 2009
Solved FPSC Assistant Director ANF past paper 2009 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Pakistan Studies, General Knowledge.
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This is the FPSC Assistant Director Anti-Narcotics Force past paper from 2009. It contains 100 solved MCQs covering Pakistan Studies, English vocabulary, General Knowledge, law and current affairs, with verified answers and an explanation for every question.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington presented the Clash of Civilizations theory.
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Correct Answer: All of the above
Germany, France and Japan all signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, so All of the above is correct.
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Correct Answer: Qatar
Al-Jazeera television network is based in Qatar.
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Correct Answer: Sweden
Hans Blix, the UN chief weapons inspector, is Swedish.
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Correct Answer: attack before enemy's attack
A pre-emptive attack is an attack launched before the enemy attacks.
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Correct Answer: Maldives
The Maldives has the highest per-capita income in South Asia, above Sri Lanka.
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Correct Answer: Cairo
The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
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Correct Answer: Cyprus, Serbia, Montenegro
Cyprus, Serbia and Montenegro all abolished the death penalty for all offences in 2002.
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Correct Answer: Gulf Cooperation Council
The Gulf Cooperation Council was founded on 25 May 1981.
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Correct Answer: Shalamar Garden
The Shalamar Garden in Lahore was built in 1642 AD.
Correct Answer: 1642
Shah Jahan built the Shalimar Gardens in 1642.
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Correct Answer: 1973
Martin Cooper made the first mobile-phone call in 1973.
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Correct Answer: Pervaiz Musharraf
The book keys Pervez Musharraf as Pakistan's representative at the 2002 conference.
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Correct Answer: Multinational state
A system in which three or more nations coexist under one sovereign government is a multinational state.
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Correct Answer: 1979
Dr Abdus Salam received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
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Correct Answer: Social change
Significant alteration over time in behaviour patterns, culture, norms and values is social change.
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Correct Answer: Social control
Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behaviour in a society are social control.
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Correct Answer: Social inequality
Different amounts of wealth, prestige or power among members of a society is social inequality.
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Correct Answer: Social institutions
Organised patterns of beliefs and behaviour centred on basic social needs are social institutions.
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Correct Answer: Hyper-inflation
Very rapid price growth in which money loses its value so much that barter may be preferable is hyper-inflation.
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Correct Answer: Central Bank
Monetary policy is regulated by the central bank.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Al-Jihad Trust Case 1996
The Al-Jihad Trust Case of 1996 held that a superior-court judge cannot be sent to the Federal Shariat Court without his consent.
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Correct Answer: 18 years
Under the 2002 ordinance, cigarette sales are prohibited to people below 18 years of age in Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Defamation
Publishing a statement that injures a person's reputation is defamation.
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Correct Answer: Direct evidence
Evidence that stands on its own to prove an alleged fact is direct evidence.
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Correct Answer: Being tried twice for the same offence
Double jeopardy is being tried twice for the same offence.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Netherlands
The Netherlands lies largely below sea level.
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Correct Answer: South Waziristan Agency
Wana is the main town of South Waziristan Agency.
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Correct Answer: 1681 km
The Peshawar to Karachi railway route is about 1,681 km as given in the book.
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Correct Answer: 653 km
The Makran Coastal Highway, built with China's help, is 653 km long.
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Correct Answer: Thermal
In Pakistan in the late 2000s, thermal generation supplied the largest share of electricity.
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Correct Answer: Tharparkar
Pakistan's largest coal reserves are in Tharparkar district.
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Correct Answer: All of above
The 2002 referendum was opposed by the PPP, PML-N, JI, ANP and MQM, so All of above is the book's answer.
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Correct Answer: All of above
The book keys All of above for the parties supporting Musharraf's referendum.
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Correct Answer: Anti-Terrorism Ordinance 2009
The book keys the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance 2009 for the ordinance of 17 November 2009.
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Correct Answer: Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochistan
The Balochistan Package is named Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochistan.
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Correct Answer: 104
After the 18th Amendment, the Senate of Pakistan consists of 104 members.
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Correct Answer: April 6, 2002
The book dates Musharraf's referendum campaign launch to 6 April 2002.
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Correct Answer: Aug 18, 2008
Pervez Musharraf resigned as President of Pakistan on 18 August 2008.
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Correct Answer: 86%
The National Education Policy 2009 targeted 86% literacy by 2015, with 7% of GDP for education.
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Correct Answer: 19
The book gives 19 years for the gap before the 7th NFC Award agreement of 11 December 2009.
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Correct Answer: April 8
The 18th Amendment was passed by the National Assembly on 8 April 2010.
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Correct Answer: Abdul Hameed Dogar
Asif Zardari was sworn in as President on 9 September 2008 by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar.
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Correct Answer: Nov 17, 2009
The first Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly election was held in November 2009.
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Correct Answer: Aug 29, 2009
The Federal Cabinet approved the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order on 29 August 2009.
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Correct Answer: Benazir Income Support Programme Ordinance
The book keys the Benazir Income Support Programme Ordinance for 31 August 2009.
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Correct Answer: Dec, 27
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007.
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Correct Answer: 1961
The book dates chambeli's selection as Pakistan's national floral symbol to 1961.
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Correct Answer: New York
In the Line of Fire was first published in New York by Free Press on 25 September 2006.
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Correct Answer: March 25, 2008
Yousuf Raza Gilani took oath as Prime Minister on 25 March 2008.
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Correct Answer: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The 18th Amendment renamed the North-West Frontier Province as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Correct Answer: Summer Queen
Chambeli is also known as the Summer Queen in the book's usage.
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Correct Answer: 1972
Pakistan's first nuclear power plant at Karachi (KANUPP) entered service in 1972.
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Correct Answer: 32.5%
According to the 1998 census, 32.5% of Pakistan's population was urban.
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Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is the main gas causing global warming.
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Correct Answer: 50 years
The book's projection puts a rise of at least one degree centigrade within about 50 years.
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Correct Answer: Bloodlessness
Anaemia is bloodlessness, a deficiency of red blood cells or haemoglobin.
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Correct Answer: China
In 2002 China carried out by far the largest number of executions in the world.
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Correct Answer: 40
The book gives 40 nations for the US-led coalition against terrorism in 2001.
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Correct Answer: Microsoft
Microsoft is the world's biggest computer-software company among the options.
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Correct Answer: Poverty
Indigence means poverty.
Correct Answer: Repay
Requite means to repay.
Correct Answer: Difference
Distinction means difference.
Correct Answer: Enraptured
Ecstatic means enraptured, filled with intense delight.
Correct Answer: Restore
Replenish means to restore or fill again.
Correct Answer: Luxuriate
Wallow means to luxuriate, especially in pleasure or comfort.
Correct Answer: Inborn
Innate means inborn.
Correct Answer: Stealthy
Furtive means stealthy, done secretly.
Correct Answer: Award
Accolade means an award or honour.
Correct Answer: Deadlock
Stalemate means a deadlock.
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Correct Answer: overthrow
Subvert means to overthrow.
Correct Answer: careful
Conscientious means careful and diligent in one's work.
Correct Answer: back
Rear means back, the back side of the house.
Correct Answer: bad beyond correction
Incorrigible means bad beyond correction.
Correct Answer: scholarly
Erudite means scholarly, showing great learning.
Correct Answer: greatly
Drastically means greatly or severely.
Correct Answer: discerning
Perspicacious means discerning, quick to understand.
Correct Answer: avenue
Route here means avenue, the main road taken.
Correct Answer: report
A detailed account is a report of the meeting.
Correct Answer: expelled
Ousted means expelled from office.
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Correct Answer: Native
The opposite of alien (foreign) is native.
Correct Answer: Humble
The opposite of pompous is humble.
Correct Answer: Agreement
The opposite of polemic (controversial argument) is agreement.
Correct Answer: Usual
The opposite of bizarre is usual.
Correct Answer: Fasting
The opposite of edacious (voracious eating) is fasting.
Correct Answer: Plunge
The book keys Plunge for LEAP, but Plunge is a synonym of leap, not its opposite — this item is defective as printed and is retained at the book key.
Correct Answer: Pungent
The opposite of insipid (bland) is pungent.
Correct Answer: Healthy
The opposite of morbid is healthy.
Correct Answer: Retreat
The opposite of advance is retreat.
Correct Answer: Indifferent
The opposite of considerate is indifferent.
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Correct Answer: distract
The opposite of concentrate is distract.
Correct Answer: forgiving
The opposite of vindictive is forgiving.
Correct Answer: chained
The opposite of loose, for dogs, is chained.
Correct Answer: simple
The opposite of sophisticated taste is simple taste.
Correct Answer: insolence
The opposite of servility (excessive submissiveness) is insolence.
Correct Answer: Inflation
The book keys Inflation for recession, a loose pairing since the true opposite, expansion or boom, is not offered.
Correct Answer: added
The opposite of eliminated is added.
Correct Answer: easy
The opposite of arduous (difficult and strenuous) is easy.
Correct Answer: constrict
The opposite of dilate, of blood vessels widening, is constrict.
Correct Answer: lazy
The opposite of industrious (hard-working) is lazy.
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It covers Pakistan Studies, English synonyms and antonyms, General Knowledge, Geography, History, Law, Computer Science, Everyday Science and current affairs.
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