FPSC · Asf · 2010
Solved FPSC Inspector ASF past paper 2010 — 99 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies.
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About this paper
This is the FPSC Inspector, Airport Security Force past paper from 2010. It contains 99 solved MCQs covering English, Everyday Science and Pakistan Studies, with verified answers and an explanation for every question. The printed numbering skips question 40, so the paper publishes 99 questions under their printed numbers. Three printed key entries were corrected against standard sources — blood pressure falls during sleep, the 1997 Ottawa Convention bans landmines, and infrequent means rare.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics is the science of treating the muscular and skeletal system.
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Correct Answer: Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus controls body temperature.
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Correct Answer: Heart beat
The pulse rate shows the heart beat.
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Correct Answer: Neurology
Neurology is the study of the nervous system and its disorders.
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Correct Answer: Skin
The skin is the largest organ of the human body.
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Correct Answer: To combat infection
White blood corpuscles defend the body by combating infection.
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Correct Answer: 5-6 liters
A normal adult human has about 5-6 litres of blood.
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Correct Answer: O
Blood group O is the universal donor group.
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Correct Answer: To transport oxygen
Haemoglobin transports oxygen around the body.
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Correct Answer: 60% plasma, 40% corpuscles
Blood is mostly plasma with corpuscles; 60% plasma and 40% corpuscles is the closest option offered.
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Correct Answer: Decrease
Blood pressure falls during sleep, the nocturnal dip.
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Correct Answer: Iron in haeme pigment
Blood is red because of the iron in the haem pigment of haemoglobin.
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Correct Answer: Bone marrow
Red blood cells originate in the bone marrow.
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Correct Answer: Ribosome
Ribosomes are the cell parts essential for protein synthesis.
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Correct Answer: Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are the urgent source of energy for athletes.
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Correct Answer: Whooping cough
Pertussis is commonly known as whooping cough.
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Correct Answer: Immune
The AIDS virus (HIV) destroys the immune system of the human body.
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Correct Answer: Influenza
Influenza spreads through the air, not through water, unlike cholera, amoebiasis and typhoid.
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Correct Answer: Heparin
Heparin in the blood prevents it from coagulating inside the body.
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Correct Answer: H.I.V
The AIDS virus is called HIV.
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Correct Answer: Ostrich
The ostrich is the biggest bird in the world.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Muhammad Dara Shikuh
Majma-ul-Baharain (The Mingling of Two Oceans) was authored by Muhammad Dara Shikuh.
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Correct Answer: Raja Todar Mal
Rohtas Fort was built by Raja Todar Mal on the orders of Sher Shah Suri.
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Correct Answer: Chagatai
Babur wrote the Babar-nama in Chagatai Turkic.
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Correct Answer: 1860
The book keys 1860 for the Delhi educational institute in question.
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Correct Answer: Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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Correct Answer: 1747 AD
Ahmad Shah Durrani founded the first unified Afghan state in 1747.
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Correct Answer: Lord Warren Hastings
Lord Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of British India (Bengal).
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Correct Answer: 1782
The first Anglo-Maratha war ended in 1782 with the Treaty of Salbai.
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Correct Answer: Moria
The book keys the garbled option (c) for Lord Minto's successor; the options as printed name no clear successor.
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Correct Answer: 1799
Bentinck was Governor-General from 1828 to 1835, though the stem misprints the start year and no option gives 1835; the printed key is retained with that note.
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Correct Answer: Argentina
The ceibo is the national tree of Argentina.
Correct Answer: Banyan
The book keys Banyan for Bangladesh's national tree, though the mango tree is the correct national tree and is not offered.
Correct Answer: Gingko biloba
The ginkgo biloba is the national tree of China.
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Correct Answer: Handicraft
Handicraft is a cottage industry.
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Correct Answer: Dairy farms
Dairy farming is an agro-based industry.
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Correct Answer: Ayub National Park
The book keys Ayub National Park as Pakistan's biggest park by area.
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Correct Answer: Textile
Textile is the biggest industry of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Japan
Nippon is an old name of Japan.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: All of these
Shaykh Ahmad Farooqi (Sirhindi) is known as Mujaddid Alf-e-Sani and Imam-e-Rabbani, so all the titles apply.
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Correct Answer: Muhiyuddin ibn Arabi
Shaykh Sirhindi propounded Wahdat ash-shuhud against Ibn Arabi's Wahdat al-wujod.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad
The All India Muslim Students Federation was formed in 1937 by Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad.
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Correct Answer: Lord Curzon
Bengal was divided in 1905 during Lord Curzon's tenure as Viceroy.
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Correct Answer: Assam
At partition, Sylhet District was part of Assam province.
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Correct Answer: General Sir Frank Messervy
General Sir Frank Messervy was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.
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Correct Answer: Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot
Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot was the first Chief Minister of Punjab after Pakistan's creation.
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Correct Answer: Urdu
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: English
English is the official language of Pakistan under the Constitution, while Urdu is the national language.
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Correct Answer: Ahmad G. Chagla
Ahmad G. Chagla composed the tune of Pakistan's national anthem.
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Correct Answer: Nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan
28 May is Yaum-e-Takbeer because Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests on that day in 1998.
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Correct Answer: 23 parties
The book keys 23 parties for the All Parties Hurriyat Conference alliance.
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Correct Answer: Faisal Mosque Islamabad
The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the biggest mosque in Pakistan.
Subject 5
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Correct Answer: Haripur
Haripur completes the five districts of Hazara Division with Abbottabad, Battagram, Kohistan and Mansehra.
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Correct Answer: Hindko
Hindko is the predominant language spoken in the Hazara region.
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Correct Answer: India and China
The McMahon Line is the border between India and China.
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Correct Answer: Nile
The Nile is the world's longest river.
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Correct Answer: Urumqi
Urumqi is the capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Correct Answer: Khojack
The Khojack tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Balkassar
The book keys Balkassar as Pakistan's largest oil field.
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Correct Answer: China
The Three Gorges Dam project is located in China.
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Correct Answer: Banning landmines
The 1997 Ottawa Convention bans anti-personnel landmines.
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Correct Answer: Muammar el-Qaddafi
Muammar el-Qaddafi chaired the African Union in 2009.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: Bang-e-Dara
Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa appear in Iqbal's Bang-e-Dara.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage is called the father of the computer.
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Correct Answer: 4 days
Working at their combined rates, the 12 men and 11 children finish the remaining work in 4 days.
Correct Answer: 24 men
After 12 days a quarter of the work remains, and 24 more men are needed to finish it in 2 days.
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Correct Answer: 6 km
At 3 km/hr out and 2 km/hr back over 5 hours in total, the distance between house and school is 6 km.
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Correct Answer: 2 : 1
Five men and two boys doing four times the work of a man and a boy gives a man-to-boy capacity ratio of 2:1.
Correct Answer: 2 : 1
Comparing the two crews gives a man-to-boy daily work ratio of 2:1.
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Correct Answer: Rare
Infrequent means rare.
Correct Answer: Self-denial
Abnegation means self-denial.
Correct Answer: Ensue
Supervene means ensue, to follow as a result.
Correct Answer: Wear off
Abrade means to wear off by rubbing.
Correct Answer: Hopeful
Sanguine means hopeful, optimistic.
Correct Answer: Prosperous
Affluent means prosperous.
Correct Answer: Falter
Limp, as a verb of walking, means to falter.
Correct Answer: Slaughter
Massacre means slaughter.
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Correct Answer: draw out
To elicit is to draw out.
Correct Answer: Uneasy
Queasy means uneasy, slightly sick.
Correct Answer: Recently
Lately means recently.
Correct Answer: disinterest
Indifference means disinterest.
Correct Answer: Talk Wildly
To rave incoherently is to talk wildly.
Correct Answer: Interfere
To meddle is to interfere.
Correct Answer: Pretence
Affectation means pretence.
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Correct Answer: Austere
Acquisitive means eager to acquire, whose closest opposite among the options is austere.
Correct Answer: Truthfulness
Deceit is the opposite of truthfulness.
Correct Answer: Gentle
Violent is the opposite of gentle.
Correct Answer: Liking
Abhorrence is the opposite of liking.
Correct Answer: Generous
Parsimonious is the opposite of generous.
Correct Answer: Abundance
Dearth is the opposite of abundance.
Correct Answer: Opaque
Transparent is the opposite of opaque.
Correct Answer: Humility
Pride is the opposite of humility.
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Correct Answer: Moving
Stationary is the opposite of moving.
Correct Answer: agitated
Serene is the opposite of agitated.
Correct Answer: weakened
Consolidated, making a powerful nation, is the opposite of weakened.
Correct Answer: narrows
Broadens is the opposite of narrows.
Correct Answer: advanced
Elementary is the opposite of advanced.
Correct Answer: Gradual
Abrupt is the opposite of gradual.
Correct Answer: formal
Casual is the opposite of formal.
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Verified from the official paper / published solved paper — every answer rechecked before publishing.
Questions
The paper contains 99 questions with verified answers and explanations; the book's printed numbering skips number 40.
It covers English, Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies, plus History, Geography, General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Mathematics, Urdu, Islamic Studies and Computer Science.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed Answer Key, the book's own material, and the standard fact — and three printed key entries were corrected where the book was wrong.
Its general-knowledge, Pakistan Studies, English vocabulary and everyday-science 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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