FPSC · FIA · 2015
Solved FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper 2015 — 55 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers Mathematics, Everyday Science, Current Affairs.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (FIA) past paper from 2015 (Model Paper 29) contains 55 solved MCQs covering Mathematics, Everyday Science, Current Affairs, Pakistan Studies, Geography, Islamic Studies, History and FIA Act questions, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. The book prints its items as a solved recall list with no options, so the items are published as MCQs with authored distractors, and 6 printed items that carry no answer are dropped rather than guessed.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Two (China and Pakistan)
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor runs through two countries, China and Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Diamer Bhasha
The Diamer Bhasha Dam is being built on the River Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Correct Answer: 2nd largest Muslim
At the time of the paper Pakistan was the second largest Muslim-population country, after Indonesia.
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Correct Answer: Zarb-e-Azb
Operation Zarb-e-Azb was the Pakistan Army operation in FATA (North Waziristan) launched in 2014.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan offered gas to Pakistan, through the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project.
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Correct Answer: UN General Assembly
The Prime Minister addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
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Correct Answer: Myanmar
Myanmar, to the east of India, has faced prolonged civil unrest.
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Correct Answer: Strong opposition
Pakistan strongly opposed India becoming a permanent member of the SCO grouping, as the book records.
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Correct Answer: Sovereignty
Pakistan opposed drone strikes because they threatened its sovereignty.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Russia stationed its planes in Syria during the Syrian conflict.
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Correct Answer: Maiduguri
Boko Haram mostly attacked in the Maiduguri region of north-eastern Nigeria.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: South
Yemen lies to the south of Saudi Arabia, across its south-western border.
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Correct Answer: Tibet (Mansarovar region)
The Indus rises in the Mansarovar region of Tibet and then flows through Ladakh; Ladakh is on its course, not its source.
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Correct Answer: Chaghi, Balochistan
Reko Diq is located in Chaghi district, Balochistan.
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Correct Answer: China
Xinjiang (Sinkiang) province belongs to China.
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Correct Answer: Panjnad
The five rivers of Pakistan meet at Panjnad in Punjab.
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Correct Answer: Asia
The Siberian region of Russia lies in the continent of Asia.
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Correct Answer: 1.4 billion
China had a population of about 1.4 billion at the time of the paper.
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Correct Answer: Two
A bilateral agreement is signed between two countries.
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Correct Answer: Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is the largest Boeing airliner in operation; the 787 Dreamliner is a smaller, newer family.
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Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
The Tamil riots of the 1980s and 1990s took place in Sri Lanka.
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Correct Answer: Jews
Khyber was a stronghold of the Jewish tribes of Arabia.
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Correct Answer: Colder
Steam that has already given up its energy as mechanical work is cooler than the steam that entered the engine.
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Correct Answer: Uncontrolled chain reaction
A nuclear reaction releases energy through a chain reaction of nuclear fission.
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Correct Answer: Faster
Radio waves travel at the speed of light, far faster than sound waves.
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Correct Answer: Dense
Sound waves travel faster in a dense medium, fastest of all in solids.
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Correct Answer: Photovoltaic process
Photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, not by a chemical reaction.
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Correct Answer: Gamma rays
Gamma rays, being highly penetrating radiation, cause the most damage after a nuclear explosion.
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Correct Answer: Gases pass through narrow opening
Thrust is produced in a jet engine when hot gases pass through a narrow opening (nozzle) at high speed.
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Correct Answer: Water turbines
At Tarbela Dam, pressurised water drives water (hydraulic) turbines, not steam turbines.
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Correct Answer: Positive terminal
The red wire in a car battery is connected to the positive terminal.
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Correct Answer: It displaces more water than its weight
A ship floats because it displaces a large volume of water, giving buoyancy enough to support its weight, while a pin displaces almost none.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: About 15 km
A circle of 400 m diameter has a circumference of about 1,257 m, so 12 laps cover about 15,080 m, roughly 15 km.
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Correct Answer: 32
If x/4 + 40 = 48, then x/4 = 8, so x = 32.
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Correct Answer: 120,000 kg
A half-filled 20 x 2 x 6 m pool holds 120 cubic metres of water, which weighs 120,000 kg.
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Correct Answer: 25 m
By Pythagoras, the aerial length is the square root of 20 squared plus 15 squared, which is 25 m.
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Correct Answer: 25
The series 9, 16, x, 36 is 3 squared, 4 squared, 5 squared, 6 squared, so x = 25.
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Correct Answer: 25
The series 1, 4, 9, 16 is square numbers, so the next term is 25.
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Correct Answer: 10 km
Each boy covers 60 km in 6 hours, so one boy covers 10 km in one hour.
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Correct Answer: 4
12/8 is 1.5, and 1.5 + 2.5 = 4.
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Correct Answer: 90 kg
Moments balance when 100 x 90 = 90 x 100, so 90 kg on the 100 cm arm balances 100 kg on the 90 cm arm.
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Correct Answer: 9
Fifth from either end means 4 people on each side plus the person, 4 + 1 + 4 = 9 people.
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Correct Answer: 10, 20, 30
10, 20, 30 is an arithmetic series, not a binary (powers-of-two) series like 1, 2, 4, 8.
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Correct Answer: x = 54, y = 45
Adding the equations gives 2x = 108, so x = 54 and y = 45.
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Correct Answer: 1
1 squared is 1 and 1 cubed is 1, so 1 is the number whose square and cube are the same.
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Correct Answer: 26
1, 4, 9, 16 and 36 are perfect squares, but 26 is not, so 26 is the odd one out.
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Correct Answer: Independent reasoning
Ijtihad means independent reasoning by a qualified jurist; consensus is Ijma and analogy is Qiyas.
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Correct Answer: One-fifth (1/5)
One-fifth (khums) of war spoils is deposited in the Bait ul Maal.
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Correct Answer: Qiyas
Qiyas (analogical reasoning) is the fourth source of Islamic law, after the Quran, Sunnah and Ijma.
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Correct Answer: Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr (624 CE) was the first pitched battle between Muslims and the Quraysh; Abwa was the first expedition but no fighting took place there.
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Correct Answer: Any member specified by him
The DG FIA may delegate his authority to any member of the FIA specified by him.
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Correct Answer: AD Law, Legal
The Assistant Director Law and the Legal wing represent the FIA in a special court.
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Correct Answer: Service terms
The FIA Act may specify the service terms of FIA members.
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Correct Answer: Federal
The FIA is a federal agency, supervised by the Federal Government.
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Correct Answer: Whereas
Whereas is the conjunction that contrasts Shabnam's drinks with Chelsea's.
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Questions
55 questions are published, each with a verified answer and a factual explanation. The book prints 61 items, but 6 of them carry no printed answer, so they are dropped rather than guessed.
Mathematics (series, equations, mensuration), Everyday Science (waves, nuclear energy, turbines), Current Affairs, Pakistan Studies, Geography, Islamic Studies, History and FIA Act and organisation questions.
Yes. Every answer was checked against the book's printed answer and the standard fact. Seven printed answers were corrected to the standard answer (the Indus source, the circular-path distance, Ijtihad, the largest Boeing, the photovoltaic process, Tarbela turbines and the first battle of Islam) and 6 further items are retained at the printed answer with a note.
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