Inspector ASF Past Paper 2015 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Against one's nature

To act against one's grain is to act against one's nature — reluctantly, not willingly.

Correct Answer: At one's service

To be at one's beck and call is to be at one's service, ready to obey at once.

Correct Answer: Ill feeling

Bad blood between people means ill feeling or hostility between them.

Correct Answer: An unknown genius

A dark horse is an unknown person who may unexpectedly succeed — an unknown genius in this item's wording.

Correct Answer: To solve a difficult problem in a bold manner

To cut the Gordian knot is to solve a difficult problem in a bold, direct manner.

Correct Answer: To make an unfair attack

To hit below the belt is to make an unfair attack, breaking the rules of fair fighting.

Correct Answer: To squander money

To pay ducks and drakes with money is to squander it recklessly.

Correct Answer: Without getting any time to think

On the spur of the moment means without getting any time to think — acting impulsively.

Correct Answer: To face danger

To take the bull by the horns is to face danger boldly and directly.

Correct Answer: To win an honour

To win laurels is to win an honour or distinction.

Correct Answer: Deceive

Deceive is the correct spelling (de-CEIVE, following the 'i before e except after c' pattern).

Correct Answer: Receipt

Receipt is the correct spelling, with the silent 'p' before 't'.

Correct Answer: Embarrassed

Embarrassed is the correct spelling, with double 'r' and double 's'.

Correct Answer: Vacuum

Vacuum is the correct spelling, with one 'c' and double 'u'.

Correct Answer: Satellite

Satellite is the correct spelling, with double 'l' and single 't' after it.

Correct Answer: Overpower

Daunt means to overpower with fear — to intimidate.

Correct Answer: Excessive

Exorbitant means excessive — far beyond what is reasonable.

Correct Answer: Relevant

Pertinent means relevant — directly related to the matter in hand.

Correct Answer: Greedy

Voracious means greedy — eager to consume a great deal, especially food.

Correct Answer: Repentance

Remorse means repentance — deep regret for a wrong done.

Correct Answer: Shelley

Shelley wrote in 'To a Skylark' that our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Correct Answer: Peace

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of the Norwegian parliament (the Storting).

Correct Answer: Chamonix, France

The first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix, France, in 1924.

Correct Answer: Provide environment education to the local people and create awareness

The book's answer is that local environmental problems are best tackled by environmental education and awareness among local people.

Correct Answer: William Caxton

William Caxton introduced printing to England in 1476.

Correct Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the first foreigner to receive the Bharat Ratna, received it in 1987.

Correct Answer: Meerut

The 1857 uprising began at Meerut on 10 May 1857.

Correct Answer: Abdul Rehman Bin Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun (Abdul Rehman Bin Khaldun) was a historian, philosopher, judge and politician.

Correct Answer: 14 July

Bastille Day, marking the storming of the Bastille, is celebrated in France on 14 July.

Correct Answer: Durable consumption goods

White goods are durable consumption goods such as refrigerators and washing machines.

Correct Answer: U-Thant

U Thant of Burma was the first Asian Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961-1971).

Correct Answer: President Roosevelt

The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programme to counter the Great Depression.

Correct Answer: 1967

ASEAN was formed in 1967 by the Bangkok Declaration.

Correct Answer: 1000 to 1026

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni made seventeen expeditions to India between 1000 and 1026.

Correct Answer: 1206 A.D.

Muhammad Ghuri was assassinated in 1206 AD.

Correct Answer: Ottoman Sultan

Suleiman the Magnificent was the Ottoman Sultan from 1520 to 1566.

Correct Answer: 1924

The Ottoman dynasty's rule ended with the abolition of the caliphate in 1924.

Correct Answer: 1529

Suleiman the Magnificent besieged Vienna in 1529.

Correct Answer: The Abbasids

The Mongols under Hulagu defeated the Abbasids, sacking Baghdad in 1258.

Correct Answer: Harun al-Rashid

The Bayt al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) is credited to Harun al-Rashid's Baghdad.

Correct Answer: History of the Islamic Peoples

Carl Brockelmann wrote the 'History of the Islamic Peoples'.

Correct Answer: J.J. Saunders

J.J. Saunders wrote 'A History of Medieval Islam'.

Correct Answer: 1918

The Armistice of Mudros between Turkey and the Allies was signed on 30 October 1918.

Correct Answer: Salonika

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was born in Salonika (Thessaloniki) in 1881.

Correct Answer: July 6, 1959

The book dates the first open-heart surgery in India to July 6, 1959.

Correct Answer: Nichrome

Nichrome, a nickel-chromium alloy, is used for heating elements because it resists heat and oxidation.

Correct Answer: 120/80

A healthy young adult's blood pressure is about 120/80 mmHg.

Correct Answer: J.J. Thomson

J.J. Thomson identified the electron in 1897 through his cathode-ray experiments.

Correct Answer: Black

Without an atmosphere there would be no scattering of sunlight, so the sky would appear black.

Correct Answer: Intensity of sound

The decibel measures sound intensity level.

Correct Answer: Many harmful rodents

Hawks and owls are useful because they eat many harmful rodents that damage crops.

Correct Answer: An instrument to detect sound under water

A hydrophone is an instrument for detecting sound under water.

Correct Answer: The frequencies of the two sounds differ widely

A mosquito's voice differs from a lion's because the frequencies of the two sounds differ widely.

Correct Answer: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500

The beat frequencies between 300, 400 and 500 Hz are 100 and 200 Hz, so the ear hears 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 Hz.

Correct Answer: 1 bell

A tenfold intensity ratio corresponds to 1 bel (10 decibels).

Correct Answer: Longitudinal wave motion

Sound travels in air as a longitudinal wave, with compressions and rarefactions along its direction.

Correct Answer: 332 metres/second

The speed of sound in air at 0 degrees Celsius is approximately 332 metres per second.

Correct Answer: Frequency

The book's answer is that frequency does not affect the reverberation time of a room.

Correct Answer: 1200 ft/sec

Velocity equals frequency times wavelength: 300 x 4 = 1200 feet per second.

Correct Answer: 5

Falling 400 feet under gravity takes about 5 seconds (square root of 2 x 400 / 32).

Correct Answer: Complete vacuum

Sound needs a medium, so no sound can be heard in a complete vacuum.

Correct Answer: 14

Fourteen Muslims were martyred at the Battle of Badr.

Correct Answer: Madina

Masjid al-Qiblatain (Zu Qiblatain), the mosque of the two qiblas, is in Madina.

Correct Answer: Al Namal

Surah An-Naml (Al Namal) contains the Bismillah twice — at its opening and in verse 30.

Correct Answer: False Prophet

Musailama al-Kazzab claimed prophethood falsely and is called the false prophet.

Correct Answer: Uganda

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.

Correct Answer: Cairo

Tahrir Square is in Cairo, Egypt.

Correct Answer: England

Greenwich, the home of the Prime Meridian, is in England (London).

Correct Answer: Libya

Benghazi is a city of Libya.

Correct Answer: St. Petersburg

Leningrad reverted to its earlier name, St. Petersburg, in 1991.

Correct Answer: Lake Victoria

The White Nile, and hence the Nile system, is conventionally sourced from Lake Victoria.

Correct Answer: 7,692,024 sq km

Australia's total area is 7,692,024 square kilometres.

Correct Answer: 12 years

Tripling in 4 years means multiplying by 3 three times in 12 years, giving 27 times.

Correct Answer: 4

At 20% compound interest, (1.2) to the power 4 is about 2.07, so the sum more than doubles in 4 years.

Correct Answer: Rs. 1352

Two equal yearly instalments of Rs. 1352 discharge Rs. 2550 at 4% compound interest over 2 years.

Correct Answer: Rs. 551.25

An annual payment of Rs. 551.25 discharges Rs. 1025 in 2 years at 5% compound interest.

Correct Answer: Rs. 14,320

After three years at 20% with Rs. 2000 repaid yearly, Rs. 12500 grows to Rs. 14320 still owed.

Correct Answer: 13:10

With breadth unchanged, a 30% larger area means the new area is 13/10 of the old, a ratio of 13:10.

Correct Answer: Rs. 3440

A 1-metre border around a 340-metre perimeter covers 344 square metres, costing 344 x Rs. 10 = Rs. 3440.

Correct Answer: Data inadequate

The pathway's area cannot be found from the total area alone without the plot's length and breadth, so the data are inadequate.

Correct Answer: 330 feet

A rectangle with one side of 22 feet must have a perimeter greater than 44 feet, and 330 feet is the offered value that fits.

Correct Answer: 64

The typed area is 16 cm by 24 cm = 384 sq cm out of 600 sq cm, which is 64%.

Correct Answer: 8

2% of 400 is 8.

Correct Answer: 13

The differences are -3, -5, -7, -9, so the next difference is -11 and the next term is 24 - 11 = 13.

Correct Answer: 0%

Selling for the same price as the cost price means no profit and no loss, so the loss is 0%.

Correct Answer: 14%

The loss is (50000 - 43000) / 50000 = 14%.

Correct Answer: 16

With twice as many wrong as right, 16 wrong and 8 right make 24 sums in all.

Correct Answer: 0.001

100 divided by 100000 equals 0.001.

Correct Answer: Rs. 16.5

Simple interest on Rs. 300 at 5.5% for one year is Rs. 16.50.

Correct Answer: 45

The positive square root of 2025 is 45, since 45 x 45 = 2025.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal set the goal of a separate Muslim state before Indian Muslims in his 1930 Allahabad address.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Iqbal's 1930 claim made Indian Muslims something more than a community — a nation.

Correct Answer: Died in battle

The book's answer is that Abdullah bin Hiyan died in battle.

Correct Answer: Multan

Muhammad bin Qasim established control over the Indus valley as far north as Multan.

Correct Answer: 28th October 712

The book dates the decisive battle between Raja Dahir and Muhammad bin Qasim to 28 October 712.

Correct Answer: Jay Singh

Jay Singh (Jaisiah), son of Raja Dahir, embraced Islam.

Correct Answer: 24th July

The book dates the annual Bab-ul-Islam observance in Pakistan to 24 July.

Correct Answer: Hakim Shaibani

The book names Hakim Shaibani among Muhammad bin Qasim's trusted commanders.