FPSC · FIA · 2013
Solved FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper 2013 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, General Knowledge, Everyday Science.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper from 2013 (Model Paper 30) contains 100 solved MCQs covering English, General Knowledge, Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies, Geography, Mathematics, Law, Computer Science, Islamic Studies and Current Affairs, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Its first 25 questions form a shared opening block with the Assistant Director MoD 2004 paper, but from question 26 it is a distinct paper, so it is published in full with its own printed answer key reconciled against the standard answer.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: England
Courts of equity developed in England, under the Lord Chancellor and the Court of Chancery.
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Correct Answer: Four months
Under Article 89 of the Constitution, a presidential ordinance stands repealed at the expiration of four months (120 days); three months is the period for a governor's ordinance under Article 128.
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Correct Answer: Five years
A person must have been a judge of a High Court for five years to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: 14 years
Under the National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, 1999, corruption is punishable with imprisonment extending to 14 years.
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Correct Answer: Criminal Procedure Code
Cr.P.C. stands for the Criminal Procedure Code.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Aristotle
Aristotle wrote Politics, regarded as the first systematic work on the art of government.
Correct Answer: Sir Lepel H. Griffin
The Punjab Chiefs was written by Sir Lepel H. Griffin.
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Correct Answer: Badminton
The Thomas Cup is the men's world team championship in badminton.
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Correct Answer: Oslo
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm.
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Correct Answer: Robert Baden Powell
Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement in 1907-1908.
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Correct Answer: Monaco, San Marino, Western Somoa
The book's key gives Monaco, San Marino and Western Samoa, though all three have long been members of the United Nations, so no offered group is entirely made up of non-members.
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Correct Answer: 15 members
The UN Security Council consists of 15 members: 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent.
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Correct Answer: Manila
The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank is at Manila in the Philippines.
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Correct Answer: The exchange rate of currencies in the open market
In foreign currency dealings, "Kerb" means the open-market exchange rate of currencies.
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Correct Answer: Plato
"Justice is the interest of the stronger party" is the view put by Thrasymachus in Plato's Republic.
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Correct Answer: Archipelago
A group or chain of islands is called an archipelago.
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Correct Answer: Television & John Logie Baird
Television was demonstrated by John Logie Baird; the other invention-inventor pairings in the options are mismatched.
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Correct Answer: Italian navigator
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator, from Genoa.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Itar-Tass (TASS) is the news agency of Russia.
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Correct Answer: Ulster Unionists
The Ulster Unionists were the faction that wanted to retain British rule in Northern Ireland.
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Correct Answer: India
The Bofors scandal concerned India, over an arms deal in the 1980s.
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Correct Answer: Airline
Cathay Pacific is an airline, based in Hong Kong.
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Correct Answer: Mindanao
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front struggles for independence in Mindanao in the Philippines.
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Correct Answer: India
RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) is the secret agency of India.
Correct Answer: Russia
The KGB was the secret agency of the Soviet Union, given in the book as Russia.
Correct Answer: USA
The CIA is the secret agency of the USA.
Correct Answer: London
MI6, the British secret agency, has its headquarters in London.
Correct Answer: Israel
LEKEM (LAKAM) was the secret agency of Israel.
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Correct Answer: Bangladesh
Kazi Nazrul Islam is the national poet of Bangladesh.
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Correct Answer: English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabian and Spanish
The United Nations has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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Correct Answer: Arabia
Arabia, the Arabian Peninsula, is the largest peninsula in the world.
Correct Answer: Arabia
Arabia is the largest peninsula in the world; this question duplicates Q5 of the same paper.
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Correct Answer: 2400 km
The book gives the Great Wall's length as 2,400 km, the older textbook figure; modern surveys put its total length at about 21,196 km.
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Correct Answer: 180 degrees Longitude
The International Date Line follows roughly 180 degrees longitude.
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Correct Answer: Mediterranean and the Red Sea
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.
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Correct Answer: the Palk Strait
The Palk Strait separates India from Sri Lanka.
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Correct Answer: 1200
The book gives 1,200 as the number of islands in the West Indies, a textbook figure that varies by definition.
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Correct Answer: Dollar
The currency of Jamaica is the dollar.
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Correct Answer: Caribbean Sea
Cuba is an island of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Liver
The liver is the largest gland in the human body.
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Correct Answer: 46
A human has 46 chromosomes, in 23 pairs, including the X and Y chromosomes that determine sex.
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Correct Answer: Mercury and Venus
Mercury and Venus are the two planets lying between the Sun and the Earth.
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Correct Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system.
Correct Answer: Earth
Earth is known as the watery planet because about 71 percent of its surface is covered by water.
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Correct Answer: Sun-spots
Sunspots are cooler areas that move about on the Sun's surface and show up as dark spots.
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Correct Answer: Fifth
Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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Correct Answer: 29 km/sec
Earth revolves around the Sun at a mean orbital speed of about 29.8 km/sec, nearest the offered 29 km/sec.
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Correct Answer: Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory holds that the Universe began in an explosion billions of years ago.
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Correct Answer: Jupiter
The Great Red Spot is the giant storm on Jupiter.
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Correct Answer: 9.50 million, million kms
A light year is about 9.46 trillion kilometres, given in the book as 9.50 million million kilometres.
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Correct Answer: Saturn
Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system, less dense than water.
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Correct Answer: Zirconium
Zirconium is essential in nuclear reactor construction, used for fuel cladding because it absorbs few neutrons.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: Sir Zafarullah Khan
Sir Zafarullah Khan was the first Pakistani to become a judge of the International Court of Justice.
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Correct Answer: With two-third majority of both the houses of parliament
The 1973 Constitution can be amended by a two-thirds majority of both houses of parliament.
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Correct Answer: Rabi crop of 1982-83
In Pakistan, Ushr began to be collected from the Rabi crop of 1982-83.
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Correct Answer: judicial commission
Under the 19th Amendment, judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court are appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Commission.
Correct Answer: all of them
Under the 19th Amendment, the Judicial Commission comprises the Chief Justice, the law minister, the opposition leader and others, so "all of them".
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Correct Answer: Finance
When the Muslim League joined the interim government in 1946, Liaquat Ali Khan was assigned the Finance portfolio.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Binary system
A digital computer operates on the binary system, using only 0 and 1.
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Correct Answer: Collection of programmes
In computer technology, software is a collection of programmes.
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Correct Answer: To connect one computer to another
The book's key answer is that the internet connects one computer to another.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: All of these
Disarmament means the reduction or abolition of armaments; the book's key gives "All of these".
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Correct Answer: Assembly
Congregation means an assembly of people.
Correct Answer: Wrangle
Hassle means a wrangle, a quarrel or troublesome dispute.
Correct Answer: Blame
Condemn means to blame, to express strong disapproval.
Correct Answer: Changeable
Fickle means changeable, liable to change suddenly.
Correct Answer: Fat
Rotund means fat, plump and round.
Correct Answer: Insane
Delirious means insane or incoherent, as with fever.
Correct Answer: Spectacular
Extravaganza means a spectacular, lavish show.
Correct Answer: Discover
Detect means to discover something hidden or not easily seen.
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Correct Answer: Conciseness
Brevity means conciseness, using few words.
Correct Answer: stopped
Intercepted here means stopped, seized on the way.
Correct Answer: lucid
A transparent style is a lucid style, clear and easy to understand.
Correct Answer: prompt
Expeditious means prompt, done with speed.
Correct Answer: manage
To husband resources, printed "hatband" in the paper, means to manage them thriftily.
Correct Answer: relieved
Allayed means relieved, as fears are calmed.
Correct Answer: faults
Blemishes means faults or defects.
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Correct Answer: Deny
The opposite of confess is deny.
Correct Answer: Erring
The opposite of infallible, incapable of error, is erring, liable to error.
Correct Answer: Scatter
The opposite of gather is scatter.
Correct Answer: Insignificant
The opposite of conspicuous is insignificant, not noticeable.
Correct Answer: Gravity
The opposite of levity, lightness of manner, is gravity, seriousness.
Correct Answer: Dearth
The opposite of glut, an excess supply, is dearth, a scarcity.
Correct Answer: Odorous
The book's key gives odorous as the opposite of aromatic, though no true antonym of fragrant is offered.
Correct Answer: Sober
The opposite of vivacious, lively, is sober, subdued.
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Correct Answer: rejoicing
The opposite of lamenting is rejoicing.
Correct Answer: incomplete
The opposite of exhaustive, comprehensive, is incomplete.
Correct Answer: rude
The opposite of urbane, courteous and refined, is rude.
Correct Answer: ordinary
The opposite of queer, strange, is ordinary.
Correct Answer: reactionary
The opposite of progressive ideas is reactionary ideas.
Correct Answer: friendly
The opposite of a hostile attitude is a friendly attitude.
Correct Answer: Bigotry
The opposite of tolerance is bigotry, intolerance of others' views.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: Existing stockpiles of fissile material should be included in the purview of the treaty
Pakistan's standpoint on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty is that existing fissile-material stockpiles must be included in the treaty's purview.
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Correct Answer: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were the three ex-Soviet nuclear-weapon states that gave up their weapons and joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty as non-nuclear states.
Subject 9
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Correct Answer: Abu Yusuf bin Ibrahim
Kitab al-Kharaj, the famous book on Ushr, was written by Abu Yusuf bin Ibrahim.
Subject 10
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Correct Answer: No one is correct
The average of 2a, -3a, 4a, 6a, 11a and 13a is 33a divided by 6, which is 5.5a, so "No one is correct" among the offered values.
Correct Answer: 0
The average of 4a, -4a, 8a and -8a is 0 divided by 4, which is 0.
Correct Answer: 19x
The book's key gives 19x, though the arithmetic average of 2x, 6x, 8x, 10x and 12x is 38x divided by 5, which is 7.6x and is not among the options.
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Correct Answer: 0.260
The average of 1/2, 1/4, 1/6 and 1/8 is 25/96, about 0.260.
Correct Answer: 6.5
The average of 3/2, 13/2 and 23/2 is 39/2 divided by 3, which is 6.5.
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Questions
100 questions are published, each with a verified answer and a factual explanation, taken from the paper's printed answer key at the foot of book page 124.
English (synonyms, antonyms and vocabulary in context), General Knowledge, Everyday Science (planets, the Sun and the Universe), Pakistan Studies, Geography, Mathematics (averages), Law, Computer Science, Islamic Studies and Current Affairs.
Yes. Every answer was checked against the book's printed key and the standard fact. Nine printed key entries were corrected to the standard answer (chromosomes 46, the four-month presidential ordinance period, Pakistan's FMCT standpoint, Earth's orbital speed, two averages, and three English antonyms) and 10 further items are retained at the printed key with a note.
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