Customs Inspector Past Paper 2008 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: The mistress asked Fanny if she had mailed the two letters she had given her the day before.

In indirect speech, 'did you mail' becomes 'had mailed' and 'yesterday' becomes 'the day before', so the mistress asked Fanny if she had mailed the two letters she had given her the day before.

Correct Answer: The teacher told the student that he was a very hopeless fellow.

The teacher told the student that he was a very hopeless fellow.

Correct Answer: My friend greeted me and asked me what I was doing there.

My friend greeted me and asked me what I was doing there.

Correct Answer: Mr. Zohaib asked his son Rani whether he had finished his lesson.

Mr. Zohaib asked his son Rani whether he had finished his lesson.

Correct Answer: Persome ordered Mary not to answer her back like that.

Persome ordered Mary not to answer her back like that.

Correct Answer: will have served

By October next, he will have served in this college for four years, which is the future perfect form.

Correct Answer: had better take

You had better take care of your health.

Correct Answer: what he wanted

I enquired of him what he wanted.

Correct Answer: do not care a fig

I do not care a fig for him.

Correct Answer: passing

You must secure at least passing marks.

Correct Answer: have missed

We have missed the bus, so now we will have to walk.

Correct Answer: contacted

We contacted some of the players after the performance was over.

Correct Answer: shall lend

I shall lend you all my books if you promise to be regular in your studies.

Correct Answer: had worked

I wish I had worked harder.

Correct Answer: rings.

Three hours will have passed when the bell rings.

Correct Answer: ought

You ought to complete your homework before you go out.

Correct Answer: might

I got up early so that I might cover most of the distance before noon.

Correct Answer: Need you buy

Need you buy so many books, when you have to read them all?

Correct Answer: Would you be

Would you be so kind as to close the window?

Correct Answer: needn't have gone.

When I reached there, I realised that I needn't have gone.

Correct Answer: 37.5%

Girls are 3 out of 8 members, which is 37.5%.

Correct Answer: 1000 millimeter

One metre is equal to 1000 millimetres.

Correct Answer: 70

If 40% equals 28 employees, the total is 28 divided by 0.40, which is 70 employees.

Correct Answer: 116

The differences are 11, 22 and 33, so the next difference is 44 and the next term is 72 plus 44, which is 116.

Correct Answer: 5 minutes

Each minute he gains 20 minus 5, or 15 yards, except that in the fifth minute he reaches 80 yards before slipping, so the climb takes 5 minutes.

Correct Answer: 40, 100

The pattern is 9 times 5 equals 45 and 9 squared equals 81, so for 10 it is 40 and 100.

Correct Answer: 54

45 men make three times as many baskets as 15 men, in two-thirds of an hour: 27 times 3 times 2/3 equals 54 baskets.

Correct Answer: 16.67%

20 commercials of 30 seconds total 600 seconds, or 10 minutes, which is 16.67% of an hour.

Correct Answer: 24 sec

The least common multiple of 6 and 8 seconds is 24 seconds, so the signals blink together again after 24 seconds.

Correct Answer: 4

With 20 heads and 48 feet, letting rabbits be r gives 2 times (20 minus r) plus 4r equals 48, so r equals 4 rabbits.

Correct Answer: 40

Five numbers averaging 34 total 170; the three given total 90, leaving 80 for the other two, an average of 40.

Correct Answer: 85

Four tests averaging 60 total 240; five tests averaging 65 must total 325, so the fifth test must be 85 marks.

Correct Answer: 24

A rhombus has four equal sides, so its perimeter is 4 times 6 cm, which is 24 cm.

Correct Answer: 64

The key gives 64 as the weekly salary; 24 is 37.5% of 64, although the percentage itself is left blank in the printed stem.

Correct Answer: 75%

If 20 of 80 applicants did not appear, 60 appeared, which is 75% of the applicants.

Correct Answer: 25:2

3.5 kg is 3500 g, and 3500 to 280 simplifies to 25 to 2.

Correct Answer: 5:14

The compound ratio is (3 times 8 times 25) to (4 times 15 times 28), which is 600 to 1680, or 5 to 14.

Correct Answer: 40%

120 play soccer and 100 play cricket among 200 students, so 20 play both and 80 play cricket only, which is 40%.

Correct Answer: 10, 10

The odd-position terms fall by 1, 2, 3, 4 to 10, and the even-position terms fall by 4, 3, 2, 1 to 10, giving 10, 10.

Correct Answer: 30

50 plus 40 minus 20 who drink both leaves 70 who drink one or the other, so 30 of 100 drink neither.

Correct Answer: adrenal gland

The adrenal gland is an endocrine gland, not an excretory organ, unlike the lungs, liver and kidney.

Correct Answer: light energy into electrical energy

A photoelectric cell converts light energy into electrical energy.

Correct Answer: real and inverted

The image formed on the retina of the eye is real and inverted.

Correct Answer: plasma

Plasma is the blood constituent that carries food materials to all the tissues of the body.

Correct Answer: animal action not backed by thinking

An instinct is an animal action not backed by thinking, an innate behaviour rather than a deliberate one.

Correct Answer: 639

The human body has 639 muscles on the book's count.

Correct Answer: to neutralize poisons that are produced during exercise or work

Rest is necessary after exercise to neutralize the poisons, such as lactic acid, produced during exercise or work.

Correct Answer: a mammal

A whale is a mammal, not a fish, although it lives in water.

Correct Answer: blue

The sky over the earth looks blue because of the scattering of sunlight.

Correct Answer: respiratory system

The lungs are a part of the respiratory system.

Correct Answer: microorganism

Bacteria are microorganisms, single-celled organisms visible only under a microscope.

Correct Answer: a lightless star which has collapsed after its Hydrogen supply has been used up

A White Dwarf is a lightless star which has collapsed after its hydrogen supply has been used up.

Correct Answer: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison is the book's father of the motion picture, as inventor of the motion-picture camera.

Correct Answer: branch of mathematics

Topology is a branch of mathematics, the study of properties preserved under continuous deformation.

Correct Answer: insulin

Insulin is the hormone secreted by the scattered cell groups (islets) of the pancreas.

Correct Answer: A

Carrots, especially when taken raw, are a good source of Vitamin A.

Correct Answer: All of above

Mercury is used in thermometers for all the listed reasons: uniform expansion, visibility, non-wetting, and staying liquid at ordinary temperatures.

Correct Answer: relative terms

Rest and motion are relative terms, defined with respect to a frame of reference.

Correct Answer: A

Vitamin A affects the ability to see in dim light; its deficiency causes night blindness.

Correct Answer: a large convex lens with short focal length

A reading glass should be a large convex lens with a short focal length, giving a magnified upright image.

Correct Answer: Rodolf Diesel

The diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel (printed 'Rodolf Diesel').

Correct Answer: Marconi

Radio telegraphy was invented by Marconi.

Correct Answer: William Congreve

The rocket was invented by William Congreve, whose Congreve rockets were used in the early 1800s.

Correct Answer: Swinston

The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton (printed 'Swinston').

Correct Answer: James Harrison

The refrigerator was invented by James Harrison.

Correct Answer: Banu Quraizah

At the time of Ghazwa-e-Khandaq, Banu Quraizah was the only Jewish tribe left in Madina.

Correct Answer: Rizwan

Rizwan is the angel appointed at heaven (Paradise).

Correct Answer: 150

Jannat is mentioned 150 times in the Holy Quran on the book's count.

Correct Answer: seven

There are seven words in the first Kalma on the book's count.

Correct Answer: 5 Hijrah

Salat-e-Kisoof, the eclipse prayer, was first offered in 5 Hijrah on the book's dating.

Correct Answer: Each of seven circuits in Tawaf

A 'shawt' (printed 'shoot') is each of the seven circuits in Tawaf.

Correct Answer: 26

The book keys 26 prophets mentioned in the Quran; the standard count by name is 25, which is not offered.

Correct Answer: Rabi al Awwal

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) died in the month of Rabi al-Awwal.

Correct Answer: A camel

A Wasq is a weight equal to a camel load.

Correct Answer: Bannu Makhzoom

Khalid Bin Waleed belonged to Banu Makhzoom.

Correct Answer: False accusation of Zina

Qazf in Islamic law is imposed on a false accusation of Zina.

Correct Answer: Unionist Party

Sikandar Hayat Khan was the leader of the Unionist Party in the Punjab.

Correct Answer: 28,250 ft

K-2 is 28,251 ft high, so 28,250 ft is the closest offered figure.

Correct Answer: Balochistan

The Dasht river flows in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Radcliffe

The India-Pakistan boundary line is the Radcliffe Line.

Correct Answer: Siraj-ud-Daula

The Black Hole episode occurred in the regime of Siraj-ud-Daula, in Calcutta in 1756.

Correct Answer: Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh united the Punjab and founded a kingdom there, the Sikh Empire.

Correct Answer: Lord Dalhousie

The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie.

Correct Answer: Pathic Lawrence

The Cabinet Mission was headed by Pethick-Lawrence (printed 'Pathic Lawrence').

Correct Answer: 35

35 Muslims were included in the Simla Deputation of 1906.

Correct Answer: July 20, 1947

The Pakistan Constituent Assembly was constituted on 20 July 1947.

Correct Answer: 24th Jan. 1983

In Pakistan, the office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsman) was established on 24 January 1983.

Correct Answer: Mianwali

Kalabagh is in Mianwali district.

Correct Answer: Chakwal

Qila Katas (Katas Raj) is near Chakwal.

Correct Answer: Bahawalpur

Qila Darawar (Derawar Fort) is near Bahawalpur.

Correct Answer: Jehlum

Khewra, famous for its salt mine, is in Jhelum district.

Correct Answer: Rawalpindi

The Soan River flows near Rawalpindi.

Correct Answer: Amsterdam

The headquarters of Greenpeace International is located at Amsterdam.

Correct Answer: Cambodia

Kampuchea is the old name of Cambodia.

Correct Answer: Sweden

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Correct Answer: None

Article 50 of the Pakistan Constitution is concerned with none of the listed rights; it provides for the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).

Correct Answer: NATO

NATO is the odd one out: the Security Council, the ICJ and the General Assembly are UN organs, while NATO is a military alliance.

Correct Answer: Switzerland

Switzerland is the book's country with a high per-capita income among the options.

Correct Answer: 2.47 acre

One hectare is approximately equal to 2.47 acres.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The UN Human Rights Commission was based in Geneva.

Correct Answer: 28 members

The European Union consists of 28 members on the book's figure, the membership it held from 2013 to 2020.