Customs Inspector Past Paper 2011 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: to

Her face is quite familiar to us; 'familiar to' is the correct preposition here.

Correct Answer: from

One refrains from doing something, so 'I could not refrain from shedding tears' is correct.

Correct Answer: wrong, excuse

Harassment is just plain wrong, and there is never a valid reason or a good excuse for it.

Correct Answer: curious, philosophical

Man is curious and likes to know how things work, and the search for understanding is philosophical in its own right.

Correct Answer: preoccupations, quest

Leadership is one of the world's oldest preoccupations, and understanding it has figured strongly in the quest for knowledge.

Correct Answer: attempt, complicated

Our attempts to understand learning are complicated by the fact that any given behaviour is determined jointly by many processes.

Correct Answer: surface, develops

When interpersonal problems surface but are dealt with, the organisation's productivity inevitably develops.

Correct Answer: contributes, stimulating

In participatory management everyone contributes to a decision the leader then makes, as a mechanism for stimulating employees.

Correct Answer: dogmatism, motivation

Lack of dogmatism is the basis of good teamwork, and working with others depends on our motivation.

Correct Answer: reduced, required

Complete and constant openness can be reduced to absurdity; one is not required to stop everyone on the street and comment on their appearance.

Correct Answer: encourage, decorum

When organisations encourage creativity and risk taking, the usual method of maintaining order and decorum are indeed shaken.

Correct Answer: I will be employed by the university

Under the scholarship's conditions, after finishing the degree the student will be employed by the university.

Correct Answer: were

In this unreal conditional, 'were' is correct: 'If it were more humid in the deserts, the hot temperature would be unbearable.'

Correct Answer: If a

'If a small specimen of the embryonic fluid is removed from a foetus' correctly introduces the condition, as in amniocentesis.

Correct Answer: as high as

Prices for bikes can run as high as Rs. 35,000.

Correct Answer: used to trade

Ancient civilisations such as the Phoenicians and the Mesopotamians used to trade goods rather than use money.

Correct Answer: to my calling

Most executives do not object to my calling them by their first names.

Correct Answer: flora

Flora are the plants of a place, so the flowers blooming in the park are its flora.

Correct Answer: expedition

The expedition leaders made careful plans about food and clothing the team would need to survive.

Correct Answer: conventional

The conventional modes of transportation would be by train or car, unlike the chosen hot-air balloon trip.

Correct Answer: 1916 AD

In 1916 Germany was defeated at Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front.

Correct Answer: 2002

Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in 2001, after the fall of the Taliban regime.

Correct Answer: Football

The Durand Cup is associated with football; it is one of the oldest football tournaments in the world.

Correct Answer: New York, USA

The headquarters of the United Nations Organisation are situated at New York, USA.

Correct Answer: 1843 AD

The first International Peace Conference (Congress) was held in London in 1843.

Correct Answer: the first Muslim president of India

Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Muslim president of India (1967-1969).

Correct Answer: Third World Nations

The G-15 is an economic grouping of Third World (developing) nations.

Correct Answer: None

The All-Parties Conference that produced the Nehru Report met in 1928, which is not among the offered years, so None of these is correct.

Correct Answer: 1924

The Khilafat Movement ended in 1924, when the Caliphate itself was abolished in Turkey.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world.

Correct Answer: 1958

Pakistan won its first hockey gold medal at the Asian Games in 1958, at Tokyo.

Correct Answer: 1949

The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, on 1 October 1949.

Correct Answer: Lebanon

Lebanon is traditionally called the land of milk and honey.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) are at Geneva.

Correct Answer: Singapur

SilkAir was the regional airline of Singapore.

Correct Answer: Lyons

The headquarters of Interpol are located at Lyon (Lyons), France.

Correct Answer: 1757 A.D.

Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daula at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Correct Answer: Commander-in-Chief of British Army in North America

Before becoming Governor-General of Bengal, Lord Cornwallis was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in North America.

Correct Answer: All of these

Dalhousie annexed Punjab in 1849 and Oudh in 1856, so 'All of these' is the book's best-of-options key.

Correct Answer: Orissa

The Heavy Water Project at Talcher and the fertilizer plant at Paradeep are famous industries of Orissa (Odisha).

Correct Answer: 36

Punjab had 36 administrative districts in the paper's era.

Correct Answer: M2

In the paper's era the M2 (Lahore-Islamabad) was the longest motorway in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 80%

The book's era figure for the Muslim percentage in Kashmir is 80%.

Correct Answer: periscope

A periscope is the instrument used for seeing objects at the surface of the water from a submarine under water.

Correct Answer: Ocean depth

A fathometer (echo sounder) is used to measure ocean depth.

Correct Answer: Glass

Sound travels fastest through solids, and among the options glass carries it fastest.

Correct Answer: Silicon

Silicon is the standard material used in semiconductors.

Correct Answer: For protection against the effect of external magnetic fields

Iron shields are provided around precision instruments for protection against the effect of external magnetic fields.

Correct Answer: electrical charge

The coulomb is the unit of electrical charge.

Correct Answer: Infrared

The Paschen series of hydrogen lies in the infrared region of the spectrum.

Correct Answer: high exhaust velocity and higher loss of mass during propulsion

Rocket velocity rises with high exhaust velocity and with a high proportion of mass lost during propulsion, per the rocket equation.

Correct Answer: Zirm

Eduard Zirm performed the first successful corneal transplantation, in 1905.

Correct Answer: Richard Lawter

Richard Lawler performed the first human kidney transplant, in 1950.

Correct Answer: Hppocrates

Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine.

Correct Answer: Hydroxide

The hydroxyl radical (hydroxide, OH) was the first molecule discovered in space by radio astronomy, in 1963.

Correct Answer: 12 March, 1949

The Objective Resolution was passed on 12 March 1949 by Pakistan's Constituent Assembly.

Correct Answer: 1977

General Zia announced martial law in 1977, on 5 July 1977.

Correct Answer: None

None of the listed figures matches Pakistan's literacy rate in the paper's era, which was about 57-58%.

Correct Answer: 1956

Pakistan was first formally called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan under the Constitution of 1956.

Correct Answer: 1967

Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan in 1967.

Correct Answer: 1960

The Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan was signed in 1960.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman in 1958.

Correct Answer: 15th March 1972

The Bhutto regime announced its educational policy on 15 March 1972.

Correct Answer: 2nd July 1972

India and Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement on 2 July 1972.

Correct Answer: Delhi

The post-Simla agreement releasing Pakistani prisoners of war was the Delhi Agreement, signed in Delhi.

Correct Answer: 280

The Constitution of 1973 originally comprised 280 Articles.

Correct Answer: 15 years

Under the 1973 Constitution, English was retained as an official language for 15 years.

Correct Answer: PNA

The nine opposition parties that allied against the Bhutto government in January 1977 formed the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).

Correct Answer: 7th March 1977

To meet the opposition's demands, the Bhutto regime held general elections on 7 March 1977.

Correct Answer: USA

In the paper's era the USA was the biggest market for Pakistan's exports.

Correct Answer: 18.33%

The increase is Rs. 110 on Rs. 600, which is 18.33%.

Correct Answer: Rs.68

A 15% discount on Rs. 80 is Rs. 12, so the sale price is Rs. 68.

Correct Answer: 80 days

8 men x 60 days = 480 man-days, so 6 men take 480 / 6 = 80 days.

Correct Answer: 600

If 7% of a number is 42, the number is 42 / 0.07 = 600.

Correct Answer: 20 days

15 men x 12 days = 180 man-days, so 9 men take 180 / 9 = 20 days.

Correct Answer: 40 days

40 men x 25 days = 1000 man-days, so 25 men take 1000 / 25 = 40 days.

Correct Answer: 120 days

60 men x 40 days = 2400 man-days, so 20 men take 2400 / 20 = 120 days.

Correct Answer: 60%

Winning 18 out of 30 games is 18 / 30 = 60%.

Correct Answer: 700

If 9% of a number is 63, the number is 63 / 0.09 = 700.

Correct Answer: 23 days

80 men x 20 days = 1600 man-days, so 70 men take 1600 / 70 = about 23 days.

Correct Answer: 61 days

70 men x 35 days = 2450 man-days, so 40 men take 2450 / 40 = about 61 days.

Correct Answer: 52.5 days

105 men x 45 days = 4725 man-days, so 90 men take 4725 / 90 = 52.5 days.

Correct Answer: 180 men

40 men take 12 months for 4 buildings, i.e. 120 man-months per building; 6 buildings need 720 man-months, done in 4 months by 180 men.

Correct Answer: 360 men

80 men take 12 months for 4 holes, i.e. 240 man-months per hole; 6 holes need 1440 man-months, done in 4 months by 360 men.

Correct Answer: 12

15 men x 8 days = 120 man-days, so the work takes 120 / 10 = 12 men in 10 days.

Correct Answer: 6 days

3 men equal 6 boys, so 6 men and 8 boys equal 20 boys; 6 boys take 20 days, so 20 boys take 6 days.

Correct Answer: 600

If 25% of a number is 150, the number is 150 / 0.25 = 600.

Correct Answer: 16 men

20 men x 8 days = 160 man-days, so the work takes 160 / 10 = 16 men in 10 days.

Correct Answer: 12.5m

By similar triangles, height = 17.5 x 28.75 / 40.25 = 12.5 m.

Correct Answer: 7

7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, so one spider makes one web in 7 days.

Correct Answer: Judaism

Abdullah bin Saba was newly converted from Judaism.

Correct Answer: Hakam bin Aas

Hazrat Usman allowed al-Hakam bin al-As, exiled by the Holy Prophet, to return.

Correct Answer: Two specific Surahs of the Quran

Al-Mu'awwidhatayn (Mauwazatain) are the two specific Surahs of the Quran, al-Falaq and an-Nas.

Correct Answer: A specific goddess of Quraish

Al-Uzza (Ozza) was the name of a specific goddess of the Quraish.

Correct Answer: A clause of Islamic law

Li'an (Lea'an) is a clause of Islamic law, the mutual oath procedure in cases of adultery accusation.

Correct Answer: Jews

Ashabus Sabt (People of the Sabbath) means the Jews.

Correct Answer: Four

The famous (sacred) months are four: Muharram, Rajab, Dhul-Qa'dah and Dhul-Hijjah.

Correct Answer: Ghar-e-Hira

Jabal-e-Noor is the mountain in which Ghar-e-Hira is situated, near Makkah.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)

Khalilullah (Friend of Allah) is the title of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS).

Correct Answer: Abu Jahl

At the Battle of Badr the infidel army was commanded by Abu Jahl.