FPSC · Intelligence Bureau · 2010
Solved FPSC Assistant Director (Intelligence Bureau) past paper 2010 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers Current Affairs, English, Pakistan Studies.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (Intelligence Bureau) past paper from 2010 (Model Paper 25) contains 100 solved MCQs covering Current Affairs, English, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, Everyday Science and History, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. The paper's printed Answer Key on book page 105 was reconciled against standard facts, with 3 key errors corrected and 15 items retained at the key with a note.
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Correct Answer: None of the above
The aurora is produced when charged particles from the Sun interact with gases in the upper atmosphere, so none of the listed layers is the source of the radiation.
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Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide
Yeast ferments sugars in dough and produces carbon dioxide gas, which makes the bread rise.
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Correct Answer: Piezo-electric effect
A quartz watch keeps time from the precise vibrations of a quartz crystal under electric current, the piezo-electric effect.
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Correct Answer: Parthenocarpic fruits
Fruits that develop without fertilisation and so have no seeds, like the banana, are called parthenocarpic fruits.
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Correct Answer: Predator
A predator is an animal that captures and readily kills living animals for its food.
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Correct Answer: Accidents due to expansion in summer can be avoided
The gap lets rails expand in the summer heat without buckling the track.
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Correct Answer: Gypsum
Gypsum is a non-metallic mineral, while manganese, magnesium and bauxite are associated with metals.
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Correct Answer: Ultraviolet
The ozone layer absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation before it reaches the ground.
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Correct Answer: Desert
An oasis is a fertile spot in a desert where water is available.
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Correct Answer: Al-Qanoon
Ibn Sina's Al-Qanoon, the Canon of Medicine, is his famous work on human physiology and medicine.
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Correct Answer: Zama
The Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 BC during the Second Punic War.
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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: Augusto Sandino
Augusto Sandino led the guerrilla campaign against the United States in Nicaragua in the early 20th century.
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Correct Answer: Jonas Savimbi
Jonas Savimbi led UNITA, Angola's chief rebel group through the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Correct Answer: Naxalites
The Naxalites take their name from Naxalbari and trace back to the Majumdar-Sanyal group of the 1960s.
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Correct Answer: Southern Rhodesia
The printed key names Southern Rhodesia, retained here with a note because the stem's expulsion wording is defective.
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Correct Answer: Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan, who served from 1997 to 2006, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Correct Answer: 15
The UN Security Council has 15 members in total.
Correct Answer: China, France, Russia, UK and USA
The five permanent members of the Security Council are China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA.
Correct Answer: Two years
Non-permanent members of the Security Council are elected for two-year terms.
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Correct Answer: Haiti
Tortug Air was the airline of Haiti.
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Correct Answer: 21%
Around 2008-2010 the OIC states held about 21 percent of the world's population, the era figure keyed here.
Correct Answer: 70%
Around 2008-2010 the OIC states held about 70 percent of the world's crude oil reserves, the era figure keyed here.
Correct Answer: 3 years
The Conference of Heads of State of the OIC is convened every three years.
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Correct Answer: 13th March 2008
The Dakar Islamic Summit was held on 13-14 March 2008, so 13 March 2008 is the correct opening date; the key's 19 March is corrected here.
Correct Answer: Dakar
The key names Dakar, retained with a note: Dakar hosted the Islamic Summit in 2008, not 2006.
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Correct Answer: 1977
Amnesty International won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.
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Correct Answer: France
The International Chamber of Commerce is headquartered in Paris, France; the key's Germany is corrected here.
Correct Answer: Belgium
The International Coalition for Development Action was headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Correct Answer: Belgium
The European Services Forum is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Correct Answer: Belgium
The European Trade Union Confederation is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Correct Answer: USA
The International Council of Chemical Associations is headquartered in the USA, as the key records.
Correct Answer: USA
The International Council of Grocery Manufacturers Associations is headquartered in the USA, as the key records.
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Correct Answer: 4 years
The Commonwealth Secretary-General serves a four-year term of office.
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Correct Answer: 1957
The European Economic Community, with headquarters at Brussels, was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
Correct Answer: 27
In January 2010 the European Union had 27 members.
Correct Answer: All of these
The UK, Denmark and Sweden all kept their national currencies instead of adopting the euro, so all of these is correct.
Correct Answer: Brussels
The European Union's headquarters is in Brussels.
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Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
The 15th SAARC summit was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2008.
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Correct Answer: Cartagene
The 11th NAM Conference was held in Cartagena, Colombia, in October 1995.
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Correct Answer: Private conversation between two
Tete-a-tete means a private conversation between two people.
Correct Answer: The burden of proof
Onus probandi is the Latin phrase for the burden of proof.
Correct Answer: Acceptable person
Persona grata means an acceptable, diplomatically welcome person.
Correct Answer: Without care
Sine cura means without care, describing an office held without duties.
Correct Answer: Indefinitely
Sine die means indefinitely, without a fixed day being set.
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Correct Answer: generous
Magnanimous means generous in spirit.
Correct Answer: cool
Nonchalant means cool and unconcerned.
Correct Answer: vagabond
Outcast is similar in meaning to vagabond, a person cast out from society.
Correct Answer: demanding
Exigent means demanding or urgent.
Correct Answer: brittle
Fragile means easily broken, like brittle.
Correct Answer: voracity
Gluttony is excessive eating, that is, voracity.
Correct Answer: unfair
Invidious means unfair and likely to cause resentment.
Correct Answer: meddler
An interloper is a meddler who intrudes where not wanted.
Correct Answer: comic
Ludicrous means comic or absurd.
Correct Answer: annoy
To harass is to annoy persistently.
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Correct Answer: generous
The opposite of niggardly, meaning stingy, is generous.
Correct Answer: pleasant
The opposite of obnoxious is pleasant.
Correct Answer: serious
The opposite of frivolous is serious.
Correct Answer: graceful
The opposite of grotesque is graceful.
Correct Answer: stationary
The opposite of itinerant, meaning travelling from place to place, is stationary.
Correct Answer: amuse
The opposite of irk, to annoy, is to amuse.
Correct Answer: unjust
The opposite of just is unjust.
Correct Answer: willing
The opposite of loath, unwilling, is willing.
Correct Answer: cheerfulness
The opposite of melancholy is cheerfulness.
Correct Answer: excusable
The opposite of heinous is excusable.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Musa (AS)
Hazrat Musa (AS) struck and killed an Egyptian in his youth, an event tradition places around the age of 30.
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Correct Answer: Woodpecker
The Quranic bird is the hoopoe (Hudhud); the book renders it as Woodpecker, retained at the key.
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Correct Answer: 61 AH
The tragedy of Karbala took place on 10 Muharram 61 AH.
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Correct Answer: Politus
The Roman governor was Pontius Pilate, misspelled Politus in the book's option and retained at the key.
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Correct Answer: Christians
The Injeel, the Gospel, is the holy book of the Christians.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Aseeram Bani Abdul Ashal (RA)
Usayrim, printed as Aseeram, accepted Islam at Uhud and was martyred without having offered a prayer or kept a fast.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Abaad bin Bashar (RA)
Hazrat Abbad bin Bashar (RA) continued his prayer despite receiving three arrow wounds.
Correct Answer: Hazrat Salma bin Alakoo (RA)
The printed key names Hazrat Salma bin Alakoo, retained as a key-only item.
Correct Answer: Hazrat Asad bin Zarra (RA)
Hazrat Asad bin Zarra (RA), As'ad ibn Zurarah, was the first of the Ansar to die in Madina.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Ali (RA)
At Uhud, Hazrat Ali (RA) answered the enemy champion's challenge, as the key records.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (RA)
Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (RA) was the first to recite the Quran openly in Makkah.
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Correct Answer: Tabuk
Tabuk, in 9 AH, was the last Ghazwa in which the Holy Prophet (PBUH) participated.
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Correct Answer: 6
Six surahs are named after prophets: Yunus, Hud, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Muhammad and Nuh.
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Correct Answer: Meraj Shareef
The 27th of Rajab marks the Meraj Shareef, the Prophet's ascension.
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Correct Answer: Hazrat Umar (RA)
The police force, the Shurta, was set up during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar (RA).
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Correct Answer: Dr. Khan Sahib
Dr Khan Sahib was the first Chief Minister of NWFP, taking office after the 1937 elections.
Correct Answer: 1901
The NWFP was formed as a separate province in 1901.
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Correct Answer: Joint Select Committee of British Parliament Report
The Government of India Act 1935 followed the report of the Joint Select Committee of the British Parliament.
Correct Answer: The Center
The 1935 Act abolished dyarchy in the provinces and introduced it at the Centre.
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Correct Answer: White paper
The White Paper contained the British government's proposals for a new constitution for India.
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Correct Answer: 1905
The first partition of Bengal took effect on 16 October 1905 under Lord Curzon.
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Correct Answer: 1906
The Simla Deputation of 35 Muslim leaders called on the Viceroy on 1 October 1906.
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Correct Answer: Act of 1935
The Government of India Act 1935 provided safeguards for minorities.
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Correct Answer: Seven
After the 1936-37 elections the Congress formed ministries in seven provinces.
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Correct Answer: 1934
Quaid-e-Azam took over the leadership of the Muslim League in 1934, becoming its president.
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Correct Answer: November, 1939
The Congress ministries resigned in November 1939, after the resignations were announced in late October.
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Correct Answer: End of Congress ministries
Muslims observed the Day of Deliverance to mark the end of the Congress ministries.
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Correct Answer: Nehru Report
The Nehru Report rejected the separate electorates that Hindus had accepted in the Lucknow Pact.
Correct Answer: Three
Quaid-e-Azam proposed three amendments to the Nehru Report.
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Correct Answer: Indian Council Act 1909
The Indian Councils Act 1909 first brought elected Indian members into the legislative councils; the key's 1935 Act is corrected here.
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Correct Answer: Boundary Commission
The printed key names the Boundary Commission, retained as a key-only item.
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Correct Answer: Sardar Atta ullah Mengal
Sardar Attaullah Mengal was the first Chief Minister of Balochistan, from May 1972 to February 1973.
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Correct Answer: 1938
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was given the title of Quaid-e-Azam in 1938.
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Correct Answer: 1933
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali presented the name Pakistan in his 1933 pamphlet Now or Never.
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Correct Answer: Sir Francis Moody
Sir Francis Moody, printed as Moody, was the first Governor of Punjab, serving from August 1947 to August 1949.
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Questions
100 questions, numbered 1 to 100, with a printed Answer Key on book page 105.
Current Affairs (international organisations and summits), English (foreign phrases, synonyms and antonyms), Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, Everyday Science and History.
Yes. Every answer was checked three ways — the book's printed key, the book's own material and the standard fact. Three key errors were corrected to the standard answer (the 1909 Councils Act, the Dakar summit date and the ICC headquarters) and 15 items are retained at the key with a note.
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