FPSC · Management · 2001
Solved FPSC Assistant Manager past paper 2001 — 99 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, General Knowledge, Mathematics.
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About this paper
This is the FPSC Assistant Manager (BPS-17) past paper from 2001 (Model Paper 122 in the book). It contains 99 published MCQs — English vocabulary and idioms, General Knowledge including Pakistan Studies and geography, and Mathematics — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: peripatetic, vagabond
A vagabond lives a wandering, peripatetic life, begging as he goes — 'peripatetic, vagabond' fits both blanks.
Correct Answer: read staged
Closet dramas were written to be read rather than staged, unlike Shakespeare's plays which lit up the stage.
Correct Answer: trenchant, winced
Trenchant wit is sharp and cutting, so its victims winced at the satire.
Correct Answer: complete compliant
He demanded complete obedience and expected his subjects to be compliant.
Correct Answer: tragedy, precautions
The tragedy of the Titanic could have been avoided if more safety precautions had been taken.
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Correct Answer: pave the way for
Eighteenth-century discoveries paved the way for the industrial revolution.
Correct Answer: shoulder to shoulder
To fight shoulder to shoulder is to fight side by side as a united group.
Correct Answer: weather the storm
To weather the storm is to survive a difficult period.
Correct Answer: keep a low profile
To keep a low profile is to avoid attracting attention.
Correct Answer: take the sting out of
The book's idiom answer is 'take the sting out of', softening something painful.
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Correct Answer: naive
Ingenuous means artless and innocent, so its synonym is naive.
Correct Answer: average
Mediocre means ordinary or average in quality.
Correct Answer: hazardous
Precarious means dangerously unstable, so its synonym is hazardous.
Correct Answer: bulky
Ponderous means heavy and bulky.
Correct Answer: protest
To remonstrate is to protest or object strongly.
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Correct Answer: sincere
The antonym of hypocritical is sincere.
Correct Answer: wastefulness
Husbandry means careful, thrifty management, so its antonym is wastefulness.
Correct Answer: correctable
The antonym of irreparable (not correctable) is correctable.
Correct Answer: unbiased
Jaundiced means biased, so its antonym is unbiased.
Correct Answer: safety
The antonym of jeopardy (danger) is safety.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Sir Muhammad Zafarullah
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah attended all three Round Table Conferences and became Pakistan's first foreign minister.
Correct Answer: 1642
Shah Jahan built the Shalimar Garden in Lahore in 1642.
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Correct Answer: Kashmir
In the name Pakistan, K stands for Kashmir (Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir).
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Correct Answer: USA
The book's keyed location for the Chark glacier is the USA.
Correct Answer: New Zealand
The Hooker Glacier is in New Zealand, near Mount Cook.
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Correct Answer: 1961
The jasmine (Chambeli) was selected as Pakistan's national flower in 1961.
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Correct Answer: South Waziristan Agency
Wana is the main town of South Waziristan Agency.
Correct Answer: 653 km
The Makran Coastal Highway is 653 km long.
Correct Answer: 1681 km
The Peshawar to Karachi railway route is about 1,681 km.
Correct Answer: Sukkur Barrage
The Sukkur Barrage is the biggest barrage in Pakistan.
Correct Answer: Haro
The Khanpur Dam is on the Haro River.
Correct Answer: chromite
Muslim Bagh is famous for chromite.
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Correct Answer: United States military base in Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia is a United States military base in the Indian Ocean.
Correct Answer: United States military base in the Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia is a United States military base in the Indian Ocean.
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Correct Answer: 1979
Dr Abdus Salam received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
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Correct Answer: 1972
Karachi's first nuclear power plant, KANUPP, is dated to 1972 in the book.
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Correct Answer: Dec 1, 1989
The First Women Bank was established in Pakistan on 1 December 1989.
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Correct Answer: Ghulam Rasul
The book attributes Yusuf Zulekha to Ghulam Rasul.
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Correct Answer: Aitzaz Ahsan
The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan was written by Aitzaz Ahsan.
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Correct Answer: Bangladesh
Bangladesh has suffered the highest death tolls from disastrous typhoons and hurricanes.
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Correct Answer: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI stands for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correct Answer: Provisional Constitutional Order
PCO stands for Provisional Constitutional Order.
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Correct Answer: Jallianwala Massacre
General Dyer is known for the Jallianwala Massacre of 1919.
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Correct Answer: Chinese
Chinese is spoken by the largest number of people in the world.
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Correct Answer: sensationalism
Yellow journalism refers to sensationalism in reporting.
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Correct Answer: French
Napoleon Bonaparte was French.
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Correct Answer: Colonel in the Army
A Captain of the Pakistan Navy is equivalent to a Colonel in the Army.
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Correct Answer: Palestine
WAFA is the news agency of Palestine.
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Correct Answer: progress
A wheel is a symbol of progress.
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Correct Answer: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the world's largest uranium producer today.
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Correct Answer: Japan
The world's largest nuclear power station (Kashiwazaki-Kariwa) is in Japan.
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Correct Answer: Official residence of British Prime Minister
10 Downing Street is the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
Correct Answer: A place in California
Hollywood is a place in California.
Correct Answer: birth place of Jesus Christ
Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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Correct Answer: Brussels
The headquarters of NATO is in Brussels.
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Correct Answer: ascertain people's will
A referendum is held to ascertain the people's will.
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Correct Answer: Ghana
Kofi Annan belonged to Ghana.
Correct Answer: Indian President
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is identified as the President of India.
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Correct Answer: poet
Dante was a poet, author of the Divine Comedy.
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Correct Answer: Baghdad
Baghdad, on the Tigris, was founded in 762 AD, within 761-767 AD.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Microsoft
Microsoft was the world's biggest computer software company in this era.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Seismic lines
Places experiencing equal earthquake impact lie on seismic (isoseismal) lines.
Correct Answer: Tectonic plates' movement
The main cause of earthquakes is the movement of tectonic plates.
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Correct Answer: Cyclone
Wind spiralling around a low-pressure region is a cyclone.
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Correct Answer: Equator
At the equinox, when day and night are equal, the Sun's rays fall directly on the Equator.
Correct Answer: Earth
Earth is the book's intended answer — the only planet with a life-supporting atmosphere.
Correct Answer: full moon
A lunar eclipse occurs at full moon, when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon.
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Correct Answer: Palaeontology
The study of fossil plants and animals is palaeontology.
Correct Answer: protoplasm
Protoplasm is the physical basis of life.
Correct Answer: liver
The liver is the largest gland in the human body.
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Correct Answer: viral disease
Influenza is a viral disease.
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Correct Answer: A
Vitamin A is concerned with vision.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: Mississippi
The Mississippi is the longest river system of North America among the options.
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Correct Answer: Indonesia and Malaysia
The Strait of Malacca separates Indonesia and Malaysia.
Correct Answer: a strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey
The Dardanelles is a strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey.
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Correct Answer: Belarus
Minsk is the capital of Belarus.
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Correct Answer: Alaska
The Fairweather Glacier is situated in Alaska.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Kharaj
Kharaj is the land tax imposed on non-Muslim cultivators and landlords.
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Correct Answer: Ameer Muawiya
Ameer Muawiya was the first Umayyad Caliph.
Correct Answer: 3rd crusade
Salah-ud-Din Ayubi emerged as the hero of the Muslims in the Third Crusade.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: 12a^4
(4a squared) times (3a squared) equals 12a to the power 4.
Correct Answer: 3ab^2c^2
The book's closest option is 3ab squared c squared; the exact quotient is 3ab squared c cubed.
Correct Answer: 7
4x minus 5 equals 23 gives 4x equals 28, so x equals 7.
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Correct Answer: well defined objects
A set is a collection of well-defined objects.
Correct Answer: element
Each object of a set is known as its element.
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Correct Answer: 90 cm
An 80 cm length increased in the ratio 9:8 becomes 80 times 9 over 8, which is 90 cm.
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Correct Answer: 900
If 85 percent is 765 marks, the total is 765 divided by 0.85, which is 900 marks.
Correct Answer: 3420
75 percent of 4,560 is 3,420.
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Correct Answer: Rs. 50
Selling at a 4 percent loss for Rs 48 means the purchase price was 48 divided by 0.96, which is Rs 50.
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Correct Answer: Rs. 60,000
Rs 7,500 a month for 8 months is Rs 60,000.
Correct Answer: Rs. 8.25
Rs 165 for 20 kg gives Rs 8.25 per kg.
Correct Answer: 20, 35
With 55 animals and 15 more bullocks than cows, there are 20 cows and 35 bullocks.
Correct Answer: 16
Twice as many wrong as right in 24 sums means 16 wrong and 8 right.
Correct Answer: 20 days
20 cows eat 20 bags in 20 days, so one cow eats 1 bag in 20 days.
Correct Answer: 64
8 squared times 2 to the power 0 is 64 times 1, which is 64.
Correct Answer: 8
The square root of 4 times the square root of 16 is 2 times 4, which is 8.
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Correct Answer: 0.4875
Half of three-fifths is 0.3 and a quarter of three-fourths is 0.1875, totalling 0.4875.
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Correct Answer: daughter
If A is the father of B and B is not A's son, B is A's daughter.
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Correct Answer: 36
There are 36 inches in a yard.
Source & verification
Verified from the official paper / published solved paper — every answer rechecked before publishing.
Questions
The paper prints 100 MCQs; 99 are published with verified answers and explanations, and one truncated item is dropped rather than guessed.
English (fill-in-the-blank vocabulary, idioms, synonyms and antonyms), General Knowledge (Pakistan Studies, geography, world affairs and Everyday Science) and Mathematics (algebra, percentages, ratios and arithmetic).
Yes — every answer was reconciled three ways against the book's printed answer key, its printed material and the standard fact, and every disagreement is flagged; four key entries were overruled, including the lunar eclipse (full moon, not new moon) and the father-daughter reasoning item.
Its English, General Knowledge and Mathematics mix matches the syllabus of FPSC, PPSC, NTS and other Pakistan one-paper exams, including assistant, management and general posts.
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