Assistant Director, Economic Division Past Paper 2003 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: up to the hilt

To be busy with one's work up to the hilt means to be completely absorbed in it.

Correct Answer: inns and outs (full details)

The inns and outs of a case are its full details.

Correct Answer: to be taken aback

To be taken aback is to be surprised or shocked by something unexpected.

Correct Answer: under the auspices

Programmes run under the auspices of the government are run with its support and patronage.

Correct Answer: vantage ground

Vantage ground is an advantageous position, here the ground gained against the Indian forces.

Correct Answer: constantly

'All the time' means constantly, without a break.

Correct Answer: getting larger

Expanding means getting larger.

Correct Answer: removed

To eradicate a disease is to remove it completely.

Correct Answer: abhorred

To detest something is to abhor it, to hate it strongly.

Correct Answer: beggars

Mendicants are beggars, people who live by begging.

Correct Answer: clearance

An acquittal is a clearance, a court's official decision that a person is not guilty of a crime.

Correct Answer: boldness

Audacity is boldness, daring confidence.

Correct Answer: increase

To augment is to increase, to add to something.

Correct Answer: adorn

To embellish is to adorn or decorate something.

Correct Answer: talkative

Garrulous means talkative, given to much talking.

Correct Answer: simple

The opposite of grandiose, meaning impressive and exaggerated, is simple.

Correct Answer: original

The opposite of hackneyed, meaning trite and overused, is original.

Correct Answer: renovated

The opposite of obsolete, meaning old and no longer used, is renovated, made new again.

Correct Answer: dislike

The opposite of a penchant, a liking for something, is dislike.

Correct Answer: developed

The opposite of rudimentary, meaning undeveloped, is developed.

Correct Answer: 3 AH

The Battle of Uhud was fought in 3 AH.

Correct Answer: Al-kahaf

Dhul-Qarnayn (Zulqarnain) is mentioned in Surah Al-Kahf.

Correct Answer: Moderation

Muslims are described as the best community on account of moderation, being a balanced middle nation.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Khuzaifa (R.A)

Sahib Us-Ser is the nickname of Hazrat Khuzaifa (R.A), as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: Minna

Masjid Khief is located in Mina (Minna).

Correct Answer: Hazrat Hanzala (R.A)

Ghaseel ul Malaika, the one washed by the angels, is the title of Hazrat Hanzala (R.A).

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abdullah bin Ariqat (R.A)

The book keys Hazrat Abdullah bin Ariqat (R.A) as the guide appointed for the Hijrat to Madinah.

Correct Answer: Abdur Rehman Ibn Khaldoon

Ibn Khaldun (Abdur Rehman Ibn Khaldoon) was a historian, jurist, philosopher and politician.

Correct Answer: Four Hijre

The book keys the fourth year of Hijrah for the revelation of the law of inheritance.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A)

Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A) took command at Mautah after the earlier commanders were martyred, becoming its last commander.

Correct Answer: Aser

Asr is the prayer offered when the shadow of a man equals his height.

Correct Answer: 10,000

The Muslim army at the conquest of Makkah numbered 10,000 soldiers.

Correct Answer: 100

The book keys 100 worshippers for the first Jumuah salat in Islamic history.

Correct Answer: Khalid, Radi-Allahu anhu

Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A) was known as Saifullah, the Sword of Allah.

Correct Answer: 5

Hazrat Fatima (R.A) had five children: Hasan, Husayn, Muhsin, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum.

Correct Answer: The ship loses its weight equal to the weight of the volume of water that it displaces

A heavily built ship floats because it displaces a volume of water whose weight equals its own weight, while a needle displaces almost nothing.

Correct Answer: Heat elongates the pendulum and hence the period of oscillation

In summer, heat elongates a clock's pendulum, lengthening its period of oscillation so the clock loses time.

Correct Answer: Ethyl alcohol

Spirit lamps burn ethyl alcohol.

Correct Answer: Abrasive

Silicon carbide is generally used as an abrasive.

Correct Answer: Hydrogen and helium

Hydrogen and helium are the most abundant elements in the universe.

Correct Answer: Air

Air is the largest raw material by weight used in producing blast-furnace iron.

Correct Answer: Iron and silicon

Ferro-silicon is an alloy of iron and silicon.

Correct Answer: Silicon and germanium

Silicon and germanium find extensive application in the transistor industry.

Correct Answer: Polymerisation

The union of two or more molecules of a substance into one large molecule is called polymerisation.

Correct Answer: Water

Among the options, water has the most corrosive effect, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: atmospheric pressure

A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.

Correct Answer: Sodium Chloride

Table salt is scientifically called sodium chloride.

Correct Answer: Third Law of Motion

'Every action has a reaction' is Newton's third law of motion.

Correct Answer: Syria

SANA is the Syrian Arab News Agency.

Correct Answer: AJK

Mangla Dam is located in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Correct Answer: China

The Yuan (printed 'Yaun') is the currency of China.

Correct Answer: General Ayub Khan

'Friends not Masters' was written by General Ayub Khan.

Correct Answer: The Indus

The Indus, about 3,180 km long, is longer than the Ganges, about 2,525 km, so it is the longest river among the options.

Correct Answer: Washington

The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is in Washington.

Correct Answer: 1958

Gwadar became part of Pakistan in 1958.

Correct Answer: 1991

Azerbaijan gained independence in 1991.

Correct Answer: 4 years

The President of the United States is elected for a term of 4 years.

Correct Answer: potato

The potato is a New World crop, so the old world did not use it before the discovery of America.

Correct Answer: Haiderabad

Hyderabad is a city in both Pakistan and India.

Correct Answer: Alexander Flaming

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

Correct Answer: Walker

The W in George W. Bush stands for Walker.

Correct Answer: Small Pox

Smallpox is the disease almost extinct from Pakistan, having been eradicated worldwide.

Correct Answer: 15

The International Court of Justice has 15 judges.

Correct Answer: Japanese

Tsunami is a word of Japanese origin.

Correct Answer: 15

A lunar day, from sunrise to sunrise, lasts about 29.5 earth days, of which the daylight half is about 15 days, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: China

China was the first country to use paper currency.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

ANTARA is the news agency of Indonesia.

Correct Answer: Niger

The book keys Niger as the poorest country, an era figure from the paper's time.

Correct Answer: Kabul

Babur (Zaheer-ud-Din Babur) is buried in Kabul.

Correct Answer: Neelum

The Kishanganga Dam is located on the Neelum (Kishanganga) River.

Correct Answer: Maldives

The Maldives is the smallest country of the Islamic world.

Correct Answer: Britain

Britain has no single written constitution.

Correct Answer: 28 years

The book keys 28 years for the lifespan of a giraffe.

Correct Answer: Whale

The whale is the biggest animal among the options.

Correct Answer: Chip

A small piece of potato is called a chip.

Correct Answer: USA

The book keys the USA as the biggest market for Pakistani exports, an era figure from the paper's time.

Correct Answer: Nairobi

The headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme is in Nairobi.

Correct Answer: Progress

The wheel is a symbol of progress.

Correct Answer: England

Stonehenge is situated in England.

Correct Answer: Iraq and Turkey

The book keys Iraq and Turkey as the countries where the majority of the Kurd population lives, the best pair offered.

Correct Answer: The 2nd of October

The book keys the 2nd of October for Senior Citizens Day; the United Nations observance for older persons is 1 October and the United States Senior Citizens Day is 21 August, neither of which is offered.

Correct Answer: Australia

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, belongs to Australia.

Correct Answer: Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz was convicted in the Rawalpindi conspiracy case.

Correct Answer: Black Sea and Sea of Marmara

The Strait of Bosporus connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.

Correct Answer: Red Sea

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.

Correct Answer: Indonesia and Malaysia

The Strait of Malacca separates Indonesia and Malaysia.

Correct Answer: None

None of the countries offered hosts the world's largest nuclear power station, which is Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Japan, so None is the correct choice offered.

Correct Answer: USA

Seattle is a seaport of the USA.

Correct Answer: Italy

Italy appears on the world map as a long shoe.

Correct Answer: Malakand

District Swat belongs to Malakand Division.

Correct Answer: 24

With the side divided into four, each face has (4-2) squared = 4 one-face-painted small cubes, and 6 faces give 24.

Correct Answer: 15

With females 27 at a 5:9 ratio, one part is 3, so males are 5 times 3 = 15.

Correct Answer: 2

As printed the division form has no offered solution; the key's answer 2 is the addition reading 2x + 2x + 2x = 12, giving 6x = 12 and x = 2.

Correct Answer: 3

If x = 2, then 2x - 1 = 4 - 1 = 3.

Correct Answer: 16

A man 5th from one end and 12th from the other means 5 + 12 - 1 = 16 men in the row.

Correct Answer: 5

If boys outnumber girls by 15 in a class of 25, girls are (25 - 15) / 2 = 5.

Correct Answer: Father

My son's uncle is my brother, and the old man's son is that brother, so the old man is my father.

Correct Answer: Saturday

Day after tomorrow is Friday, so today is Wednesday, the party was reached on Monday, two days late, so it was scheduled for Saturday.

Correct Answer: 10 km

Southward travel totals 6 + 4 = 10 km while the east-west legs cancel, so the distance from the start is 10 km.

Correct Answer: Rs. 32

At Rs. 55 a dozen, 7 eggs cost 55 / 12 times 7 = about Rs. 32.