Inspector ASF Past Paper 2004 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: reconciliation

Retaliation means revenge, so its opposite is reconciliation, making peace instead of striking back.

Correct Answer: unpractical

Pragmatic means practical, so its opposite is unpractical, meaning not practical.

Correct Answer: boldness

Diffidence means shyness and lack of self-confidence, so its opposite is boldness.

Correct Answer: blame

Absolve means to free someone from blame or guilt, so its opposite is blame.

Correct Answer: plotting

Ingenuous means innocent, frank and artless, so its opposite is plotting, meaning cunning and scheming.

Correct Answer: partial

Disinterested means impartial, so its opposite is partial, meaning biased.

Correct Answer: anger

Propitiate means to appease or win over, so its opposite is anger, to provoke displeasure.

Correct Answer: undermine

Corroborate means to confirm or support, so its opposite is undermine, to weaken.

Correct Answer: internal

Extraneous means coming from outside, so its opposite is internal, coming from inside.

Correct Answer: treason

Fidelity means loyalty and faithfulness, so its opposite is treason, disloyalty to one's cause.

Correct Answer: a person who is a thief

A light-fingered person is a thief, someone given to stealing.

Correct Answer: a policy good for nobody

A dog-in-the-manger policy is one that is good for nobody, like the dog that would neither eat the hay nor let others eat it.

Correct Answer: to do day-dreaming

To make castles in the air is to do day-dreaming, building fanciful plans with no basis.

Correct Answer: unfair influence

Backstairs influence is unfair influence, exerted secretly rather than openly.

Correct Answer: both few in number and distant

Few and far between means both few in number and distant, rare and scattered.

Correct Answer: irregularly

By fits and starts means irregularly, in bursts with stops in between.

Correct Answer: on the ground of

On the score of means on the ground of, that is, for the reason of.

Correct Answer: to

The correct preposition is 'blind to', as in being blind to the faults of one's children.

Correct Answer: from

The correct preposition is 'abstain from', as in abstaining from hard drinks.

Correct Answer: for

The correct preposition is 'atone for', as in atoning for one's misdeeds.

Correct Answer: Zimbabwe

ZIANA is the news agency of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Inter-African News Agency).

Correct Answer: Indian Ocean

Mauritius is an island state in the Indian Ocean.

Correct Answer: Madagascar

Madagascar is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.

Correct Answer: Nepal

The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is in Nepal.

Correct Answer: Brain

Parkinson's disease is a disease of the brain, affecting movement.

Correct Answer: Tokyo

The Nikkei is the stock exchange index of Tokyo, Japan.

Correct Answer: Hong Kong

Hong Kong was regarded as the world's freest economy at the paper's time, with low taxes and few trade barriers.

Correct Answer: 24

Pure gold is called 24 carat gold.

Correct Answer: 72-80

The normal pulse beat of a human body is between 72 and 80 beats per minute.

Correct Answer: National Missile Defence

The US nuclear missile defence shield programme is called National Missile Defence.

Correct Answer: Constitution of 1973

The clause defining a Muslim as one who believes in the finality of the prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was included in the Constitution of 1973.

Correct Answer: Khunjerab Pass

The Khunjerab Pass is the famous pass that connects Pakistan with China.

Correct Answer: 60-10

In the National Assembly, 60 seats are allocated to women and 10 to minorities.

Correct Answer: 100

Through the Legal Framework Order the Senate seats were increased from 87 to 100.

Correct Answer: Greek

Drama is a word of Greek origin.

Correct Answer: Chaghi

The book keys Chaghi as the range separating the Balochistan Plateau from Afghanistan.

Correct Answer: 8.6%

The book keys the ratio of industrial progress in the country as 8.6%.

Correct Answer: 164 persons per Sq.Km

The book keys Pakistan's density of population as 164 persons per square kilometre.

Correct Answer: 164 persons per sq.km

The book keys Pakistan's density of population as 164 persons per square kilometre, the same figure as Q38.

Correct Answer: 1951

The first census in Pakistan was held in 1951.

Correct Answer: 1976

The Abdul Qadeer Khan Nuclear Research Laboratories were set up in Kahuta in 1976.

Correct Answer: One can read and interpret files containing pictures, sounds etc

HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the internet protocol through which one reads and interprets files containing pictures, sounds and other hypertext content.

Correct Answer: California

California elects the largest number of Electoral College members of any US state.

Correct Answer: North Korea and South Korea

The 38th Parallel is the boundary line between North Korea and South Korea.

Correct Answer: Philippines

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front struggles for an independent state in the Philippines.

Correct Answer: Belarus

Minsk is the capital of Belarus.

Correct Answer: Iran

Among the options offered, Iran was the second largest producer of oil after Saudi Arabia at the paper's time.

Correct Answer: Falls in value

Inflation means that money falls in value, so each unit buys less.

Correct Answer: Chenab

Marala Headworks has been constructed on the River Chenab.

Correct Answer: Pak-Arab Oil Refinery

Pak-Arab Oil Refinery (PARCO) has the largest operating capacity among Pakistan's oil refineries.

Correct Answer: 300

If 17% of a number is 51, the number is 51 divided by 0.17, which is 300.

Correct Answer: Rs.15000

If 10% of income is Rs. 1500, the income is 1500 divided by 0.10, which is Rs. 15000.

Correct Answer: 300

Sixty pages is 20% more than the second day's reading, so the second day was 50 pages; 50 pages being one-sixth of the book gives 300 pages.

Correct Answer: 3333.33

If Rs. 500 is 15% of annual income, the income is 500 divided by 0.15, which is Rs. 3333.33.

Correct Answer: 80

Washing 8 cars in 18 minutes gives 80 cars in three hours (180 minutes).

Correct Answer: 16

The first three numbers sum to 45 and the last three to 48; with the last number 19, the middle two sum to 29, so the first number is 45 minus 29, which is 16.

Correct Answer: 35 days

Ten men in 14 days is 140 man-days, so 4 men take 140 divided by 4, which is 35 days.

Correct Answer: 6

Working together, A and B finish in 1 divided by (1/10 plus 1/15), which is 6 days.

Correct Answer: 20 days

Sixteen men in 10 days is 160 man-days, so 8 men take 160 divided by 8, which is 20 days.

Correct Answer: 80 days

Twenty men in 40 days is 800 man-days, so 10 men take 800 divided by 10, which is 80 days.

Correct Answer: 30 minutes

Fifty minutes at 6 km per hour covers 5 km, and 5 km at 10 km per hour takes 30 minutes.

Correct Answer: 8

Each carton holds 10 boxes of a dozen cubes, 120 cubes, so 960 cubes need 960 divided by 120, which is 8 cartons.

Correct Answer: 50%

Buying for Rs. 400 and selling for Rs. 600 gives a profit of Rs. 200 on Rs. 400, which is 50%.

Correct Answer: 60%

Buying for Rs. 500 and selling for Rs. 800 gives a profit of Rs. 300 on Rs. 500, which is 60%.

Correct Answer: Rs.1000

Buying a TV for Rs. 8000 and selling it for Rs. 7000 gives a loss of Rs. 1000.

Correct Answer: 18

The book keys 18 for the missing number in the printed series; the series as printed is garbled.

Correct Answer: 232

The book keys 232 for the missing number in the 341 (250) 466, 262 (?) 398 pattern.

Correct Answer: 19

Interleaving the series gives 7, 10, 14, whose differences 3 and 4 grow by one, so the next term is 14 plus 5, which is 19.

Correct Answer: 7

The book keys 7 for the missing number in the printed series 17, 2, 34, 40, 18.

Correct Answer: 5

The series alternates adding 2, subtracting 1, adding 3, subtracting 2, adding 4, so after 2 comes 5, then 3, then 7.

Correct Answer: The conversion of hydrogen to helium

Energy emitted from the sun is due to the conversion of hydrogen to helium, the fusion process.

Correct Answer: Fusion process

Energy emitted from the sun is due to the fusion process, the conversion of hydrogen to helium.

Correct Answer: Less than the sum of the masses of the constituent particles

The mass of a nucleus is always less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles, the difference being the mass defect.

Correct Answer: Fusion

A hydrogen bomb depends upon the process of fusion.

Correct Answer: Fission

An atom bomb depends upon the process of fission.

Correct Answer: Binding energy

The amount of energy required to break a nucleus is called its binding energy.

Correct Answer: 200 Mev

The net amount of energy produced during the fission of uranium-235 is about 200 MeV.

Correct Answer: 92U235

Fission by slow-moving neutrons needs the uranium isotope U-235.

Correct Answer: Fast neutron

Fission in uranium-238 needs fast neutrons, since slow neutrons are captured without fissioning it.

Correct Answer: Absorb excess neutrons

Boron rods in a nuclear reactor are used to absorb excess neutrons and control the reaction.

Correct Answer: 100 crore rupees

The book keys the division-of-assets amount India owed Pakistan as 100 crore rupees.

Correct Answer: 562

At the time of partition the number of princely states in India was 562.

Correct Answer: 25th July 1947

Lord Mountbatten made his announcement to the princes in a meeting convened on 25th July 1947.

Correct Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

After independence in 1947, the Pakhtoonistan stunt was raised in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

Correct Answer: Hyderabad

Hyderabad is the state annexed by India in 1948, in September of that year under Operation Polo.

Correct Answer: Nizam

At the time of its annexation by India in 1948, Hyderabad was ruled by the Nizam.

Correct Answer: Hari Singh

At partition, Jammu and Kashmir was the largest princely state in area and was ruled by Hari Singh.

Correct Answer: Gen. Sir Frank Messervy

On 14th August 1947, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army was General Sir Frank Messervy.

Correct Answer: Air Vice Marshall Perry Keane

At independence, the Chief of the Pakistan Air Force was Air Vice Marshal Perry Keane.

Correct Answer: Rear Admiral Jefford

After independence, the Chief of Pakistan's Naval Forces was Rear Admiral Jefford.

Correct Answer: None

Najeebullah is a title of Hazrat Musa (AS), who is not among the options, so the answer is None.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Shoaib (AS)

Hazrat Shoaib (AS) became blind after too much weeping over the destruction of his nation.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Musa (AS)

Hazrat Musa (AS) had to commit murder, killing an Egyptian, at the age of 30 as printed.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Dawood (AS)

Taloot was the father-in-law of Hazrat Dawood (AS), whose wife was Taloot's daughter.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Dawood (AS)

Hazrat Dawood (AS) was the good player of the flute, famed for his melodious voice in reciting the Zabur.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Sulaiman (AS)

Hazrat Sulaiman (AS) knew the language of birds.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Yahya (AS)

Hazrat Esa (AS) was the cousin of Hazrat Yahya (AS).

Correct Answer: Hazrat Essa (AS)

Hazrat Zakariya (AS) was the contemporary of Hazrat Essa (AS), being the guardian of Maryam.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Zakariya (AS)

Hazrat Zakariya (AS) was the carpenter among the prophets.

Correct Answer: Al-Aqsa

Al-Aqsa is the mosque founded by Hazrat Sulaiman (AS) in the Islamic tradition.