FPSC · Anf · 2010
Solved FPSC Inspector ANF past paper 2010 — 99 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Geography, General Knowledge.
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This is the FPSC Inspector Anti-Narcotics Force (Narcotics Division) past paper from 2010. It contains 99 solved MCQs covering English, Geography, General Knowledge, with verified answers and an explanation for every question. Printed numbering skips question 28, so the published items are renumbered sequentially, and six printed answer-key entries were corrected against standard sources.
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Correct Answer: be humiliated
To 'lose face' is to be humiliated, losing dignity in front of others.
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Correct Answer: suffer the most
To 'bear the brunt' is to suffer the most of something unpleasant.
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Correct Answer: finishing quickly
The parallel form after 'more important than' is 'finishing quickly'.
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Correct Answer: can he begin to understand
After 'Not until' the sentence inverts: 'can he begin to understand'.
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Correct Answer: filled
'To have a tooth filled' uses the past participle after have.
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Correct Answer: inevitable
An accident that cannot be avoided once the brakes fail is inevitable.
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Correct Answer: sketched
An architect explains designs by sketching them for a visitor.
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Correct Answer: perfected
Bonsai originated in China and was perfected as an art form in Japan.
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Correct Answer: comic figures
Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's great comic figures.
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Correct Answer: Blake
William Blake said Milton was 'of the Devil's party without knowing it'.
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Correct Answer: sudden unwelcome event
A 'bolt from the blue' is a sudden, unwelcome, unexpected event.
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Correct Answer: Mimic
To ape someone is to mimic or imitate them.
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Correct Answer: Coherent
Harmonious means in agreement and consistent, closest to coherent here.
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Correct Answer: Wasteful
Prodigal means wasteful, spending recklessly.
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Correct Answer: Marvelous (Prodigious)
Prodigious means large and impressive, marvellous in scale.
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Correct Answer: Commonplace
Hackneyed means overused and commonplace.
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Correct Answer: Unbiased
Jaundiced means biased or prejudiced, so its antonym is unbiased.
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Correct Answer: Obedient
The antonym of unruly, not easily controlled, is obedient.
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Correct Answer: Clerical
Secular means non-religious, so its antonym is clerical, relating to clergy.
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Correct Answer: Virtue
The antonym of turpitude, moral depravity, is virtue.
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Correct Answer: Art of writing dictionaries
Lexicography is the art of writing dictionaries.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Foreign Minister of America
Henry Kissinger was the United States Secretary of State, its foreign minister, from 1973 to 1977.
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Correct Answer: President of France
The Elysee Palace in Paris is the official residence of the President of France.
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Correct Answer: Jane Austan
Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen.
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Correct Answer: Malaysia
Singapore was part of Malaysia (1963-1965) before becoming independent.
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Correct Answer: 1492 AD
Columbus reached the Americas in 1492.
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Correct Answer: Blind
The Braille system is a tactile writing system for blind readers.
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Correct Answer: Cambodian
Cambodian (Khmer) has the largest alphabet, with 74 letters.
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Correct Answer: Vietnam
The dong is the currency of Vietnam.
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Correct Answer: OAU
The book keys the OAU as creator of the African fund in question.
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Correct Answer: Teaching
Pedagogy is the science and art of teaching.
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Correct Answer: Hashim Shah
Hashim Shah wrote the Punjabi tale Sassi Pannu.
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Correct Answer: Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen.
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Correct Answer: Abu Jafar al-Mansoor
Masha Allah worked as court astrologer under Caliph al-Mansur.
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Correct Answer: William Lee
William Lee invented the knitting (stocking-frame) machine in 1589.
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Correct Answer: Classifying and recording business transaction
The prime function of accounting is classifying and recording business transactions.
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Correct Answer: Purchase invoice
A purchase on credit is recorded with a purchase invoice.
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Correct Answer: Portrait
The Mona Lisa is a portrait, painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Correct Answer: Painter
Picasso was a famous painter.
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Correct Answer: Ayub Khan
'Friends Not Masters' was written by Ayub Khan.
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Correct Answer: G. Allana
'Our Freedom Fighters' is keyed to G. Allana.
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Correct Answer: Hunza
Hunza, taken in the 1891 campaign, was the last area on the sub-continent to fall to the British.
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Correct Answer: 1828
The Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828.
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Correct Answer: 1937
Burma was separated from India in 1937 under the Government of India Act 1935.
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Correct Answer: Denmark
The Folketing is the parliament of Denmark.
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Correct Answer: Canada
The Parliament of Canada is the legislature officially called Parliament among the options.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Greenland
Greenland is the largest island in the world.
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Correct Answer: Uzbekistan and Turkmanistan
The Karakum desert lies mainly in Turkmenistan, extending into Uzbekistan.
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Correct Answer: USA
The Mojave desert is in the southwestern United States.
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Correct Answer: Mangolia
The Gobi desert lies in Mongolia and northern China.
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Correct Answer: Desert
Rub al-Khali, the Empty Quarter, is a desert in Arabia.
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Correct Answer: China
The Taklamakan desert is in China (Xinjiang).
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Correct Answer: Thar desert
The Thar desert is the book's 'friendly desert'.
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Correct Answer: None
Khardung La is a mountain pass in Ladakh, so none of Bulgaria, Russia or Spain applies.
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Correct Answer: Hindukush
The Khyber Pass is keyed to the Hindu Kush system, the closest region offered.
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Correct Answer: Antarctica
The Lambert Glacier, the world's longest glacier, is in Antarctica.
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Correct Answer: Monsoon
Monsoons are the classic example of seasonal winds.
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Correct Answer: June-September
The Kharif crop season runs from about June to September in the book's scheme.
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Correct Answer: Chile
The Bruggen Glacier is in Chile.
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Correct Answer: Mexico
Mexico City was the book's era answer for the world's most polluted city.
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Correct Answer: Reykjavik
Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland.
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Correct Answer: Spain
Spain is called the land of rabbits, from the Phoenician name for the region.
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Correct Answer: Malaysia
Port Dickson (Dickson) is a seaport of Malaysia.
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Correct Answer: USA
Seattle is a seaport of the United States.
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Correct Answer: Khazakistan
Kazakhstan is the world's largest uranium-producing country.
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Correct Answer: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the largest Central Asian state by area.
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Correct Answer: Australia
The Great Sandy Desert is in Western Australia.
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Correct Answer: Pancreas
Insulin is secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas.
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Correct Answer: Sulphur
Sulphur is a substance used in match heads and matchstick composition.
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Correct Answer: Iodine
Goitre is caused by iodine deficiency.
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Correct Answer: Hookworm
Hookworm larvae enter the human body through the soles of the feet.
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Correct Answer: West to East
The Earth rotates on its axis from west to east.
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Correct Answer: Oxygen
Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
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Correct Answer: Lactometer
A lactometer tests the purity and density of milk.
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Correct Answer: Mercury
Mercury, the densest liquid offered, gives the greatest buoyant force.
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Correct Answer: Anemometer
An anemometer measures wind velocity.
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Correct Answer: Pitchblende
Radium is extracted from pitchblende ore.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: 3
At partition Pakistan had three radio stations: Lahore, Peshawar and Dacca.
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Correct Answer: Ilahi Bakhsh
'The Quaid-i-Azam During His Last Days' was written by Col. Ilahi Bakhsh, Jinnah's physician.
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Correct Answer: Mahmud Hussain
'A History of the Freedom Movement' is keyed to Mahmud Hussain.
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Correct Answer: Bajaur Agency
Khar is the main town of Bajaur Agency.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken built the Mark I, the keyed digital computer.
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Correct Answer: World Wide Web
WWW stands for World Wide Web.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: 100
Doctors are 5/12 of 240, which is 100.
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Correct Answer: 5280
Three miles equal 3 times 1760 yards, which is 5280 yards.
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Correct Answer: 6080 feet
One nautical mile is about 6080 feet.
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Correct Answer: 746 watts
One horsepower equals 746 watts.
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Correct Answer: Father
The old man's son is my son's uncle, so the old man is my father.
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Correct Answer: 4 Rabbits
With 20 heads and 48 feet, solving for rabbits gives 4 rabbits and 16 pigeons.
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Correct Answer: East
In the book's headstand reading, the left hand still points east.
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Correct Answer: 14
The party totals 2 plus 2 plus 2 plus 8 children, which is 14 persons.
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Correct Answer: 49
With x plus y equal to 10 and x minus y equal to 4, x is 7, so x-squared is 49.
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Correct Answer: 7 days
The book keys 7 days for the men-and-boys work item, though no conversion rate is printed.
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Correct Answer: 5 min
Net progress is 15 yards per minute, and on the fifth minute the climber reaches 80 yards before slipping.
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Correct Answer: North East
Point x is north of y and y is east of z, so x is north-east of z.
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Correct Answer: 1/9
Four of the 36 dice outcomes sum to 9, giving a probability of 1/9.
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Correct Answer: None
The least common multiple of 6 and 8 is 24 seconds, which is not offered, so the answer is None.
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Correct Answer: 80
In 180 minutes at 8 cars per 18 minutes, the washer washes 80 cars.
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Correct Answer: 40
The daughter is now 7, her mother is 5 times 7, which is 35, and Asif is 5 years older, which is 40.
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Verified from the official paper / published solved paper — every answer rechecked before publishing.
Questions
The paper prints 100 numbered items but numbering skips 28, so 99 questions are published here with verified answers and explanations.
It covers English, Geography, General Knowledge, plus Pakistan Studies, Computer Science and Everyday Science.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed answer key, the book's own material, and the standard fact — and six key entries were corrected where the key was wrong.
Its general-knowledge, English and mathematics content is shared across FPSC, PPSC, NTS and CSS MPT one-paper exams, so it is useful preparation for all of them.
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