Inspector Customs / Intelligence Officer (Batch 1) Past Paper 2015 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: False and incorrect step

Faux pas means a false or incorrect step, a social blunder.

Correct Answer: Treachery

A fifth column refers to treachery: sympathisers within a country who secretly aid its enemies.

Correct Answer: Unique

Sui generis means unique, of its own kind.

Correct Answer: Care of children

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the care of children.

Correct Answer: Thermal Radiation

Solar heat reaches the earth as thermal radiation, and the standard term for this incoming solar radiation is insolation.

Correct Answer: Hydel

Hydel (hydroelectric) power is the cheapest source of electricity generation among those offered.

Correct Answer: None of these

The decibel measures sound intensity, or loudness, so none of current, velocity or frequency is correct and the answer is None of these.

Correct Answer: 5 stars

The Southern Cross is a constellation of five stars.

Correct Answer: All of above

Alpha Crucis (Acrux), Beta Crucis and Gamma Crucis are all stars of the Southern Cross, so All of above is correct.

Correct Answer: 48 ounce

The average male brain weighs 48 ounces.

Correct Answer: 45 ounce

The average female brain weighs 45 ounces.

Correct Answer: Day and night are equal

Equinox means the time when day and night are equal.

Correct Answer: Silicon

Silicon is the element required for solar energy conversion in photovoltaic cells.

Correct Answer: Fish

The seahorse is a fish.

Correct Answer: Plant

Widow's tears, printed here as 'Windows tears', is the name of a plant.

Correct Answer: Greece

Pythagoras, the mathematician of the famous theorem, belonged to Greece.

Correct Answer: Gunnar Myrdal

Asian Drama was written by Gunnar Myrdal.

Correct Answer: War and Peace

War and Peace is Tolstoy's famous novel.

Correct Answer: Air Commander

Air Commodore, printed here as 'Air Commander', is the highest air-force rank among those offered, above Group Captain, Wing Commander and Squadron Leader.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in Geneva.

Correct Answer: Hague

The International Court of Justice sits at The Hague.

Correct Answer: Four Times

Pakistan has won the hockey World Cup four times.

Correct Answer: Dr. Saleem Sadiquie

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, the scientist who died in 1994, is the correct answer; Abdus Salam died in 1996.

Correct Answer: 14 July

France celebrates Bastille Day every year on 14 July.

Correct Answer: War of American Independence

The War of American Independence (1775) happened first, before the French Revolution (1789) and the Revolution of China (1911).

Correct Answer: Treaty of Sevres

The Treaty of Sevres (1920) dealt with the fragmentation of the Ottoman Empire.

Correct Answer: 8th August 1967

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967.

Correct Answer: Cairo

The Arab League was established on 22 March 1945 with its founding meeting in Cairo.

Correct Answer: John Steinbec

East of Eden was written by John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Correct Answer: Geneva

The headquarters of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is located in Geneva.

Correct Answer: Pablo Picasso

Guernica was painted by Pablo Picasso.

Correct Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

Correct Answer: King Irdis

King Idris I was the Libyan king deposed by Colonel Qaddafi.

Correct Answer: Vicent Van Gogh

The Sunflowers was painted by Vincent van Gogh.

Correct Answer: Berlin, Germany

Tegel is the international airport of Berlin, Germany.

Correct Answer: Yachting

The America's Cup is associated with yachting.

Correct Answer: Table Tennis

The Swaythling Cup is associated with table tennis.

Correct Answer: Vienna

The headquarters of OPEC is located in Vienna.

Correct Answer: Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Last Judgment was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Correct Answer: Socrates

Socrates (469-399 BC) comes first chronologically, before Plato and Aristotle.

Correct Answer: Administrative Requirements

The British Indian government justified the 1905 partition of Bengal on administrative grounds.

Correct Answer: Education

Lord Macaulay was famous for education, through his 1835 Minute on Indian education.

Correct Answer: Unitary State

Britain is a unitary state.

Correct Answer: Warsaw Pact

To counter NATO, the Soviet bloc signed the defence pact named the Warsaw Pact.

Correct Answer: Mathematics

The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded for outstanding lifetime achievement in mathematics.

Correct Answer: William Lambton

William Lambton was associated with the Great Arc, one of the biggest survey exercises in the world.

Correct Answer: Britain

Trinidad and Tobago got independence from Britain in 1962.

Correct Answer: South Waziristan

South Waziristan is the largest political agency of the former tribal areas in terms of area.

Correct Answer: 1893

The Durand Line was demarcated in 1893.

Correct Answer: Postal Stamp

On 9 July 1948 the Government of Pakistan issued its first postal stamp.

Correct Answer: France

The Aeronautical Complex at Kamra was built with the financial and technical assistance of France.

Correct Answer: 80sec

The total duration of Pakistan's National Anthem is 80 seconds.

Correct Answer: Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur was the first princely state to accede to Pakistan, on 5 October 1947.

Correct Answer: 31 Year

Quaid-e-Azam remained president of the Muslim League for 31 years, the span keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: Markhor

The Markhor is the national animal of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Seven

The former Federally Administered Tribal Areas comprised seven agencies.

Correct Answer: Habib ullah Khan

Habibullah Khan was the first chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Imroze

Imroze was the first newspaper of Pakistan after its creation.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

Afghanistan was the country that voted against Pakistan's membership in the United Nations.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman in 1958.

Correct Answer: Lahore

Pakistan's first SOS village was established in Lahore.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

The headquarters of the Pakistan Navy is situated in Islamabad.

Correct Answer: Karachi

After 1947, the first radio station was established in Karachi.

Correct Answer: Molana Muhammad Ali Johar

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar convinced Quaid-e-Azam to join the Muslim League.

Correct Answer: Calcutta

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar started his English newspaper, the Comrade, from Calcutta.

Correct Answer: Molana Muhammad Ali Johar

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar assisted Quaid-e-Azam in framing the 14 Points, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: 45%

Pashtuns make up 45% of Balochistan's population, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto is the Pakistani personality whose wax figure stands in Madame Tussauds Museum, London.

Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan

Sir Agha Khan was the first president of the All India Muslim League.

Correct Answer: Chaudhry Rehmat Ali

The Pakistan National Movement was launched from England in 1933 by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal highly appreciated the dissolution of the caliphate and the establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: Gen Ayub Khan

The Basic Democracy System in Pakistan was given by General Ayub Khan.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

Islamabad is Pakistan's city with the highest literacy rate, as keyed in the book.

Correct Answer: Dir with Chitral

The Lowari Pass connects Dir with Chitral.

Correct Answer: Gwadar

Gwadar, the terminus of the Makran Coastal Highway from Karachi, is the farthest point on that highway.

Correct Answer: 40000 km

The circumference of the earth is around 40,000 kilometres.

Correct Answer: Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer: Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro is situated in Tanzania.

Correct Answer: Red Sea with Mediterranean Sea

The Suez Canal links the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.

Correct Answer: Rock Salt

Rock salt deposits are found in the Pothohar Plateau.

Correct Answer: 5.2%

About 5.2% of Pakistan's land area is covered by forests, the standard modern figure.

Correct Answer: Sukkur

The Sukkur Barrage, completed in 1932, is the oldest barrage on the Indus River.

Correct Answer: Havelian

The Karakoram road starts from Havelian.

Correct Answer: Gwadar port

Motorway M-8 starts at Ratodero and ends at Gwadar port.

Correct Answer: None of these

The imaginary line of zero longitude crossing Greenwich is the Prime Meridian, so none of the offered names is correct and the answer is None of these.

Correct Answer: Bangladesh

Bangladesh lies in the world's largest delta, the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.

Correct Answer: Sweden Norway and Denmark

Sweden, Norway and Denmark are the Scandinavian countries.

Correct Answer: Egypt

Tahrir Square is situated in Egypt, in Cairo.

Correct Answer: Sindh

The Qadirpur gas field is in Sindh.

Correct Answer: Syria

Aleppo is in Syria.

Correct Answer: 11%

About 11% of the world's land is cultivable land.

Correct Answer: Punjab

Sugarcane grows most in Punjab.

Correct Answer: KPK

Tobacco is grown most in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).

Correct Answer: 37

The Urdu alphabet has 37 basic letters, as counted in the book.

Correct Answer: Mehmood Qasim Nanutvi

Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi was the founder of the Deoband institute.

Correct Answer: Sheikh Ahmed Shaheed

Sheikh Ahmed Shaheed was the founder of the Jihad Movement.

Correct Answer: 9 hours per day

Under the Factories Act 1934, the working hours for an adult worker are 9 hours per day.

Correct Answer: 109

CIX is the Roman numeral for 109.

Correct Answer: Analytical Engine

The computer conceived by Babbage was the Analytical Engine.