FPSC · Intelligence Bureau · 1994
Solved FPSC Assistant Director (Intelligence Bureau) past paper 1994 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Pakistan Studies, Everyday Science.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (Intelligence Bureau) past paper from 1994 (Model Paper 27) contains 100 solved MCQs covering English (synonyms and antonyms), Pakistan Studies, Everyday Science, Islamic Studies, Computer Science, Geography and History, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Eight printed key answers were corrected to the standard answer, including the Universal Postal Union founding year, typhoid and cholera as water-borne diseases, and the spleen as the largest lymphatic organ.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Dodo
The dodo, a flightless fruit-eating bird of Mauritius, died out, and the tree species that depended on it failed to reproduce.
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Correct Answer: non-clotting of blood
Haemophilia is a genetic disorder in which the blood does not clot normally.
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Correct Answer: contaminated grains
Ergotism is caused by eating grains contaminated with ergot fungus.
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Correct Answer: Calcium oxalate
Calcium oxalate is the major chemical compound found in most human kidney stones.
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Correct Answer: Earth and the Sun
One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometres.
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Correct Answer: Hydrogen
Vanaspati ghee is made by hydrogenation, so hydrogen gas is used in its manufacture.
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Correct Answer: gain of hydrogen
Reduction is a gain of hydrogen (or, equivalently, a gain of electrons).
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Correct Answer: Water-borne diseases
Typhoid and cholera are water-borne diseases, spread through contaminated water.
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Correct Answer: polyunsaturated fatty acids
Fish is valued over other flesh chiefly for its polyunsaturated fatty acids, the omega-3 fats.
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Correct Answer: spleen
The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ of the body.
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Correct Answer: arteries
Blood pressure is normally the pressure of the blood in the arteries.
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Correct Answer: thigh bone
The thigh bone, the femur, is the longest bone in the human body.
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Correct Answer: 30
The printed key gives 30 for the bones of the human skull, retained here with a note: the standard anatomical count is 22 skull bones.
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Correct Answer: AB
AB is the universal recipient blood group, because it can receive blood from all groups.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Bangladesh
The Mukti Bahini fought for the independence of Bangladesh in the 1971 war.
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Correct Answer: Port Arthur
In the Russo-Japanese War the Japanese torpedo attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet took place at Port Arthur in 1904.
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Correct Answer: 1492
The Moorish Kingdom of Granada surrendered to the Christians in 1492, ending Muslim rule in Spain.
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Correct Answer: None
The Universal Postal Union was founded in 1874, so none of 1947, 1948 or 1949 is its founding year.
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Correct Answer: Blue and white
The United Nations flag is light blue and white, with the UN emblem in white on a blue field.
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Correct Answer: Azerbaijan
The Nagorno-Karabakh war was fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Correct Answer: actual, as a fact
De facto means actual, as a fact, as opposed to de jure, by law.
Correct Answer: Orally
Viva voce means orally, a spoken examination rather than a written one.
Correct Answer: A feat of strength
A tour de force is a feat of strength or skill, an impressive achievement.
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Correct Answer: Friendly
Amicable means friendly, not merely interesting.
Correct Answer: Trifle
To fiddle is to trifle, to play idly with something.
Correct Answer: Do-gooder
A benefactor is a do-gooder, someone who gives help or money for a good cause.
Correct Answer: Excite
Enthuse means to excite, to fill with enthusiasm.
Correct Answer: Equalise
Countervail means to equalise, to offset or counterbalance.
Correct Answer: Weariness
Languor is weariness, a feeling of tiredness and lack of energy.
Correct Answer: Unwashed
Grubby means unwashed and dirty.
Correct Answer: Fragrant
Aromatic means fragrant, having a pleasant smell.
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Correct Answer: plentifully
Copiously means plentifully, in large amounts.
Correct Answer: quarrel
A feud is a quarrel, a long-standing hostility between families.
Correct Answer: pleasant excitement
Euphoria is a state of pleasant excitement and happiness.
Correct Answer: provoked
To kindle a spirit of revenge is to provoke it, to stir it up.
Correct Answer: unfeeling
Callous means unfeeling, showing no concern for others.
Correct Answer: rash
Reckless means rash, acting without care for the consequences.
Correct Answer: audacity
To have the nerve to do something is to have the audacity to do it.
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Correct Answer: Dull
Jocose means humorous, so its opposite is dull.
Correct Answer: Naive
Disingenuous means insincere, so naive, meaning innocently sincere, is the best opposite offered.
Correct Answer: Supply
Hoard means to accumulate, so supply, giving out, is the best antonym among the options offered.
Correct Answer: Strong
Effete means weak and worn out, so its opposite is strong.
Correct Answer: Depreciate
Exalt means to glorify, so its opposite is to depreciate.
Correct Answer: Pacification
Provocation means incitement, so its opposite is pacification.
Correct Answer: Resist
Succumb means to give in, so its opposite is to resist.
Correct Answer: Fiction
Fact is the opposite of fiction, something invented rather than true.
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Correct Answer: talkative
A reserved man is quiet and uncommunicative, so the opposite is talkative.
Correct Answer: quiet
Boisterous means noisy and lively, so its opposite is quiet.
Correct Answer: joining
Defection means leaving a party, so its opposite is joining it, as the key records.
Correct Answer: contradict
The printed key gives contradict for the opposite of evidence, retained with a note because no true antonym is offered.
Correct Answer: unwillingness
Disposition means inclination, so its opposite is unwillingness.
Correct Answer: indifference
Zeal and vigour mean energetic enthusiasm, so their opposite is indifference.
Correct Answer: well-known
Obscure means little known, so its opposite is well-known.
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Correct Answer: Tajikistan
The Isfara Valley is disputed between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
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Correct Answer: Junipers
Juniper forests in Pakistan, notably at Ziarat, face the danger of extinction.
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Correct Answer: Oct, 1957
Suhrawardy's government ended in October 1957; he was prime minister until 17 October 1957.
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Correct Answer: 1958
Iskander Mirza imposed the first martial law in Pakistan in 1958, on 7 October of that year.
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Correct Answer: Dehli
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi in 1817.
Correct Answer: Christianity
In Tabeen al Kalam, Sir Syed drew similarities between Islam and Christianity.
Correct Answer: Bijnaur
During the 1857 war Sir Syed was working at Bijnor (Bijnaur).
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Correct Answer: All of the above
The Mohammedan Educational Conference aimed at the promotion of Western sciences, the improvement of Muslim education and religious reform, so all of the above.
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Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Loyal Muhammadans of India was written by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
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Correct Answer: 3rd June, 1947
The plan for the division of India and Pakistan was announced on 3 June 1947.
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Correct Answer: 32 million
Pakistan's population at its birth was about 32 million, the era figure keyed here.
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Correct Answer: Ameer of Kuwait
The printed key names the Ameer of Kuwait as the first head of state to visit Pakistan in 1947, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: Indonesia
The printed key names Indonesia, whose president Sukarno was the first president to visit Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Jinnah Awami league (founded by Abdul Hameed Bhashwani in 1950)
The printed key names the Awami League tradition, printed as Jinnah Awami League, as Pakistan's first opposition party.
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Correct Answer: 796,096 sq. km
The area of Pakistan is 796,096 square kilometres.
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Correct Answer: Hafiz Jalundri in Charage Sahar in Sinf of Makhmas
Hafiz Jalandhari wrote the lyrics of Pakistan's national anthem.
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Correct Answer: Ahmed Ali Chagla
Ahmed Ali Chagla composed the music of Pakistan's national anthem.
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Correct Answer: Ameerudin Qadwani
The flag of Pakistan was designed by Amiruddin Kidwai, printed as Ameerudin Qadwani.
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Correct Answer: Ch. Kahliquzaman
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman became president of the Muslim League after the Quaid.
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Correct Answer: Ayub khan
The printed key names Ayub Khan for laying the foundation stone of the Quaid's Mausoleum, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: British Overseas Airways Corporation
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) flew the 1947 partition airlift between Pakistan and India.
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Correct Answer: August 11, 1947
The Quaid was unanimously elected president of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947.
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Correct Answer: 27th August, 1947
The printed key gives 27 August 1947 for Pakistan's admission to the Food and Agriculture Organization, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: August 15, 1947
The printed key gives 15 August 1947 for the establishment of the US embassy in Karachi, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: Academy Adbiyat-e-Pakistan
The Kamal-e-Fun Award is announced every year by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (Academy Adbiyat-e-Pakistan).
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Correct Answer: 2005
Nankana Sahib was declared the 35th district of Punjab in 2005.
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Correct Answer: Balochistan
The Sabakzai Dam, under WAPDA's Vision 2025 programme, is being constructed in Balochistan.
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Correct Answer: 2050
According to the United Nations projection cited in the paper, Pakistan is likely to become the world's fourth most populous country by 2050.
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Correct Answer: 1933
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali coined the word Pakistan in 1933.
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Correct Answer: Ahmad Nadim Qasmi
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, poet, dramatist and short-story writer, died in July 2006.
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Correct Answer: Lahore
Pakistan's first television station started at Lahore in 1964.
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Correct Answer: NEC
Pakistan's first television station was set up by NEC (Nippon Electric Company).
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Correct Answer: Keyboard
A keyboard encodes characters by the depression of its keys.
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Correct Answer: Memory
Memory is the area inside a computer where data and instructions are stored for use.
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Correct Answer: Chip
A chip is an extremely small piece of silicon on which integrated circuits are fabricated.
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Correct Answer: Ibn-e-Hisham
The printed key names Ibn-e-Hisham for the first biography of the Holy Prophet (PBUH); Ibn Ishaq wrote the original Seerah and Ibn Hisham produced its surviving recension.
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Correct Answer: None of them
Hulagu Khan captured Baghdad in 1258, so none of 1320, 1328 or 1335 is correct.
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Correct Answer: Mamoon
The printed key names Mamoon for the Abbasid caliph titled Miftah-ul-Khayr; options (b) and (c) both print Mamoon.
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Correct Answer: Warqa bin Nofal
Waraqa bin Naufal was the first to verify the Holy Prophet (SAW) as a prophet.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Bilal (RA)
Hazrat Bilal (RA) was the first Sahabi to call the Azaan.
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Correct Answer: Hasham bin Asabah
The printed key names Hasham bin Asabah as the first enemy spy arrested in Muslim history, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: Muawiyya
The first Muslim attack on Constantinople was launched in the reign of Muawiyya.
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Correct Answer: Jews and Muslims
The pact (Charter) of Medina was signed between the Jews and the Muslims of Medina.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Loot (AS)
The printed key names Hazrat Loot (AS) in connection with Hazrat Sara (RA), retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: 10
Ten Sahahif (scriptures) were revealed to Hazrat Adam (AS).
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Correct Answer: Mutasim Billah
Al-Mutasim Billah moved the Abbasid capital from Baghdad to Samarra, founded in 836.
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Correct Answer: Ziarat Residency
On 15 June 2013 militants attacked and destroyed the Ziarat Residency with rockets.
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100 questions, each with a verified answer and a factual explanation.
English (synonyms, antonyms and meaning in sentence), Pakistan Studies, Everyday Science, Islamic Studies, Computer Science, Geography, General Knowledge and History.
Yes. Every answer was checked against the book's printed Answer Key on page 113 and the standard fact. Eight printed answers were corrected to the standard answer (the Universal Postal Union year, water-borne diseases, the spleen, the Suhrawardy dismissal month, the fall of Baghdad year, and two English items) and 15 further items are retained at the printed answer with a note.
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