Assistant Private Secretary Past Paper 2002 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Bombastic

Magniloquent means speaking in a pompous, inflated style, so its synonym is bombastic.

Correct Answer: Enormity

Magnitude means greatness of size or extent, so its synonym is enormity.

Correct Answer: Obscure

Manifest means clear and obvious, so its antonym is obscure.

Correct Answer: Restrained

Flamboyant means showy and unrestrained, so its antonym is restrained.

Correct Answer: Success

A fiasco is a complete failure, so its antonym is success.

Correct Answer: Inebriety

Sobriety means being sober and temperate, so its antonym is inebriety, drunkenness.

Correct Answer: Similarity

Antithesis means the direct opposite of something, so its antonym is similarity.

Correct Answer: Rude

Affable means friendly and easy to talk to, so its antonym is rude.

Correct Answer: Normal

Bizarre means very strange or unusual, so its antonym is normal.

Correct Answer: Steadfast

Capricious means changing mood suddenly and unpredictably, so its antonym is steadfast.

Correct Answer: Rs. 10.20

20% of 30% of 20% of Rs. 850 is 0.20 x 0.30 x 0.20 x 850 = Rs. 10.20.

Correct Answer: 22

Three consecutive even numbers summing to 60 are 18, 20 and 22, so the greatest is 22.

Correct Answer: 7/12

A week has 168 hours, and 98/168 simplifies to 7/12.

Correct Answer: 62.5%

With juniors to seniors in the ratio 3:5, seniors are 5 out of 8 members, which is 62.5%.

Correct Answer: 41 2/3

At 50 pages per hour, 50 minutes gives 50 x 50/60 = 41 2/3 pages.

Correct Answer: 48

200 pages read in 100 minutes plus 150 minutes is 200 pages in 250 minutes, an average rate of 48 pages per hour.

Correct Answer: 1:4

20% accepted against 80% rejected is the ratio 20:80, which simplifies to 1:4.

Correct Answer: I and II only

Angles in the ratio 1:1:2 are 45, 45 and 90 degrees, so the triangle is both isosceles and right-angled.

Correct Answer: 50.5

The average of the integers from 1 to 100 is (1 + 100)/2 = 50.5.

Correct Answer: 1.75

10a + 10b = 35 gives a + b = 3.5, so their average is 3.5/2 = 1.75.

Correct Answer: 14

With an average of 8 over four numbers, the total is 32, so w = 32 - 5 - 6 - 7 = 14.

Correct Answer: 165

x - 4 = 9 gives x = 13, so x squared minus 4 is 169 - 4 = 165.

Correct Answer: 121

3x - 4 = 11, so (3x - 4) squared is 11 squared = 121.

Correct Answer: 60

The sum minus the difference of two numbers is twice the smaller, so the smaller is 15, and with a product of 900 the greater is 60.

Correct Answer: 19

With a twice b, the average of 3a and 4b is 2.5a, which is below 50 only for a below 20, so the largest integer value is 19.

Correct Answer: Rs.100

Hamid starts with three times Rashid's money; after giving Rs. 50 the amounts reverse to a 1:3 ratio, giving Hamid Rs. 75 and Rashid Rs. 25, a total of Rs. 100.

Correct Answer: Cold War

The post-1945 politico-military tension between the USA and the USSR is called the Cold War.

Correct Answer: Non Aligned Movement

Joining neither the Western nor the Eastern bloc meant joining the Non-Aligned Movement.

Correct Answer: 1989

The USSR completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989.

Correct Answer: Shakyamuni

Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Shakyamuni, the sage of the Shakyas.

Correct Answer: Mahavira

Jainism's founder in its historical form is Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara.

Correct Answer: 1939

The Second World War began in 1939, with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September.

Correct Answer: 5 June

World Environment Day is observed every year on 5 June.

Correct Answer: 16 Oct

World Food Day is observed every year on 16 October, the founding date of the FAO.

Correct Answer: 1 Dec

World AIDS Day is observed every year on 1 December.

Correct Answer: 10 Dec

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Correct Answer: 11 Dec

International Mountain Day is observed every year on 11 December.

Correct Answer: 10 November

World Science Day for Peace and Development is observed every year on 10 November.

Correct Answer: 16 Oct

World Food Day is observed annually on 16 October.

Correct Answer: New York

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is headquartered in New York.

Correct Answer: 1957

The International Atomic Energy Agency came into existence in 1957.

Correct Answer: 1946

The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in 1945.

Correct Answer: London

Amnesty International is headquartered in London.

Correct Answer: Brussels

The European Union's headquarters are based in Brussels, Belgium.

Correct Answer: 1945

The United Nations Organisation was established in 1945, with its Charter signed at San Francisco.

Correct Answer: Indus Basin Treaty 1960

The Indus Basin Treaty of 1960 settled the sharing of the Indus river waters between Pakistan and India.

Correct Answer: July 1972

India and Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement in July 1972, after the 1971 war.

Correct Answer: Line of control

The military control line between India and Pakistan in Kashmir is called the Line of Control.

Correct Answer: 28 May 1998

Pakistan joined the nuclear club on 28 May 1998, with its Chagai tests.

Correct Answer: 14 May 1948

The State of Israel was established on 14 May 1948.

Correct Answer: K'ung Fu-Tzu

Confucius's real name was Kong Fuzi, rendered in the book as K'ung Fu-Tzu.

Correct Answer: Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccination, using cowpox inoculation in 1796.

Correct Answer: Jewel in the crown

Under British rule India was famously called the 'Jewel in the Crown' of the British Empire.

Correct Answer: Lord Curzon

Lord Curzon was Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.

Correct Answer: Ethiopia

Abyssinia is the old name of Ethiopia.

Correct Answer: Amazon

The Amazon is the largest river in the world by volume of water discharged.

Correct Answer: Computer industries

Silicon Valley in California is famous for its computer industries.

Correct Answer: Africa

Africa hosts the most countries of any continent, with 54 recognised states.

Correct Answer: Death Valley

Death Valley is the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet below sea level.

Correct Answer: Mt. Elbrus

Mount Elbrus is the highest point in Europe, at 5,642 metres.

Correct Answer: Hottest area

Death Valley in California is famous as the hottest area in North America.

Correct Answer: 12%

South America covers about 12% of the Earth's land area.

Correct Answer: Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea shore, at 28 metres below sea level, is the lowest point in Europe.

Correct Answer: Fishing

The Sea of Japan is famous for its fishing grounds.

Correct Answer: Mt. Aconcagua

Mount Aconcagua is the highest point in South America, at 6,961 metres.

Correct Answer: 10,180,000 sq. km

Europe's total area is about 10,180,000 square kilometres.

Correct Answer: Beijing

By administrative area, Beijing, at 16,410 square kilometres, is the largest of the cities offered.

Correct Answer: Campbellpur

Attock City was formerly known as Campbellpur.

Correct Answer: Malakand Pass

Malakand Pass is the keyed pass on the Peshawar-Chitral route; the direct Chitral pass, Lowari, is not offered.

Correct Answer: 1700 feet

Islamabad's elevation is about 540 metres, about 1,770 feet, closest to 1,700 feet.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

Pakistan's volcano mountains, including Koh-i-Sultan, are located in Baluchistan.

Correct Answer: National people's congress

China's parliament is the National People's Congress.

Correct Answer: IBM

IBM is the keyed second-largest software firm after Microsoft in this era's ranking.

Correct Answer: 1500km

Pakistan's Ghauri-I missile, launched in April 1998, has a range of 1,500 km.

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie is the only woman to have won two Nobel Prizes, in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).

Correct Answer: 6000

Around 6,000 languages and dialects are spoken around the world, the book's era figure.

Correct Answer: Mandarin

Mandarin Chinese is the world's most widely spoken language by native speakers.

Correct Answer: Australia

Qantas is the national airline of Australia.

Correct Answer: H.G. Wells

The Time Machine was written by H.G. Wells, published in 1895.

Correct Answer: Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were written by Mark Twain.

Correct Answer: Ghulam Rasul

Yusuf Zulekha, the Punjabi qissa of Joseph and Zulaikha, was written by Ghulam Rasul.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

Islamabad is the keyed largest radio station in Pakistan, as Radio Pakistan's headquarters station.

Correct Answer: Orient Airways

Orient Airways, founded in 1946, is Pakistan's oldest airline and the forerunner of PIA.

Correct Answer: Hajveeri Airline

Hajveeri is the keyed first private airline of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Agha Khan

The 1906 Simla Deputation to Lord Minto seeking separate electorates was headed by the Aga Khan.

Correct Answer: 502

Wasim Akram took 502 wickets in One Day International matches.