FPSC · Fbr · 2015
Solved FPSC Inspector Customs & Preventive Officer (Batch 3) past paper 2015 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers English, Mathematics, General Knowledge.
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The FPSC paper for Inspector Customs & Preventive Officer in the Federal Board of Revenue (Batch 3, Grade 16) from 2015 (Model Paper 54) contains 100 MCQs — 25 on English, 24 on Mathematics, 18 on General Knowledge, 15 on Pakistan Studies, 10 on Computer Science, 7 on Current Affairs and 1 on Everyday Science — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Two printed key errors were corrected to the standard answer (Q37 one-fifth of 6000 is 1200, Q97 Oslo is in Norway not Mongolia), the blank Q90 key was resolved to Home page, and 22 further items carry retained-with-note flags.
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Correct Answer: Adjective
In 'less attention', less modifies the noun attention, so it functions as an adjective.
Correct Answer: Adjective
In 'less attention', less modifies the noun attention, so it functions as an adjective.
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Correct Answer: Abstract Noun
A noun naming an idea, quality or concept, such as courage or freedom, is an abstract noun.
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Correct Answer: pariah
A pariah is a person treated as an outcast and cast out from the community.
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Correct Answer: recalcitrant
A recalcitrant person refuses to comply with authority or rules.
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Correct Answer: Article
A, an and the are articles, the determiners that precede a noun.
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Correct Answer: Secretariat
The correct spelling is Secretariat.
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Correct Answer: Electricity
The correct spelling is Electricity.
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Correct Answer: lure
To cajole is to persuade someone by flattery, closest to lure among the options.
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Correct Answer: self-assertive
Bumptious means self-assertive and conceited.
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Correct Answer: adroitness
Dexterity is skill in using the hands, i.e. adroitness.
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Correct Answer: reject
To discard is to reject or throw something away.
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Correct Answer: divert
Divert, turning attention away, is the closest opposite of obsess.
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Correct Answer: over
The idiom is to ponder over a case, to think it through.
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Correct Answer: of
The idiom is to lose the confidence of one's boss.
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Correct Answer: Happy-fulfile
Happy with the responsibility, she felt fulfilled.
Correct Answer: sly-isolated
The sly philosopher easily isolated the central question.
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Correct Answer: mysterious
Diseases whose origins were formerly mysterious have now been identified by modern science.
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Correct Answer: until
Until five is the time before which you must not leave the room.
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Correct Answer: above
The people in the flat above are the neighbours overhead.
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Correct Answer: ignorant
Elated is the opposite of despondent, as enlightened is the opposite of ignorant.
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Correct Answer: gloomy
An optimist is cheerful, as a pessimist is gloomy.
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Correct Answer: daisy
A lizard is a kind of reptile, as a daisy is a kind of flower.
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Correct Answer: musician
An actor performs in a play, as a musician performs in a concert.
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Correct Answer: elastic
A sponge is porous, as rubber is elastic.
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Correct Answer: 50%
A rise from 10 to 15 cents is a 5-cent rise on 10, i.e. a 50% increase.
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Correct Answer: 75m
The relative speed is 18 km/h, which is 5 m/s, so in 15 seconds the faster train covers 75 m.
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Correct Answer: 210
The first train is 30 km ahead at 9:00 and is caught at 10 km/h in 3 hours, 210 km from Rawalpindi.
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Correct Answer: 10
Filling 1/10 of the tank per hour takes 10 hours for the whole tank.
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Correct Answer: 20
The net rate is 1/10 minus 1/20, i.e. 1/20 per hour, so the tank fills in 20 hours.
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Correct Answer: 1.6
24 pages in 15 minutes is 24 divided by 15, i.e. 1.6 pages per minute.
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Correct Answer: 1500
At 25 words per minute, one hour gives 25 times 60, i.e. 1500 words.
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Correct Answer: 120
With equal invitations and 15 extra girls, a 4:5 ratio gives 60 boys and 75 girls attending, from 120 invited in total.
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Correct Answer: 240
A number whose 80% is 320 is 400, and 60% of 400 is 240.
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Correct Answer: 34.08
Scaling 213 by 16 down by 100 gives 1.6 times 21.3 equal to 34.08.
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Correct Answer: 54
One-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, so the number is 180, and 3/10 of 180 is 54.
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Correct Answer: 4000
The printed key gives 4000 for the monthly income of P; the stem as printed states only the average.
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Correct Answer: 700 apples
Selling 40% leaves 60%, so 420 apples are 60% of the original 700 apples.
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Correct Answer: 23
The square of the sum is 289 plus twice 120, i.e. 529, so the sum is 23.
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Correct Answer: 3.60%
0.036 as a percentage is 0.036 times 100, i.e. 3.60%.
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Correct Answer: 270
45% of 600 is 270.
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Correct Answer: 1200
One-fifth of 6000 is 1200; the printed '%' is a misprint and the printed key's 121 matches no computation from the stem.
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Correct Answer: 253
Digits summing to 10 with the middle digit equal to the sum of the others and a reversal gain of 99 give 253.
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Correct Answer: 40
At uniform density, 12 kg corresponds to 30 feet, so 16 kg corresponds to 40 feet.
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Correct Answer: 42,33
Marks of 33 and 42 differ by 9, and 42 is 56% of their sum, 75.
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Correct Answer: 14
The series 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13 continues with 14.
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Correct Answer: 47
The printed key gives 47; no series is printed for this item.
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Correct Answer: South-West
Walking south, then west, then south again leaves him south-west of the start.
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Correct Answer: West
With the clock rotated so the 6 o'clock hour hand points north, the minute hand at 9:15 points west.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: All of the above
Mohenjo-Daro, Takht-i-Bhai and the Lahore Fort are all on Pakistan's World Heritage list.
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Correct Answer: Mian Mazher-ud-din
Maulana Mazharuddin first proposed the title Quaid-e-Azam for Jinnah in December 1938, the month of the Patna session.
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Correct Answer: Waris Shah
Heer Ranjha was written by Waris Shah.
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Correct Answer: Kasur
The shrine of Bulleh Shah is at Kasur.
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Correct Answer: KPK
The Gandhara civilisation's heartland sites lie in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan & Afghanistan
The Durand Line is the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Correct Answer: 1 July 1970
One Unit was dissolved on 1 July 1970.
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Correct Answer: Multan
The tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam is in Multan.
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Correct Answer: Peshawar
The Mahabat Khan Mosque is in Peshawar.
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Correct Answer: July 1, 1948
The State Bank of Pakistan commenced operations on 1 July 1948.
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Correct Answer: Syed Khursheed Shah
Syed Khursheed Shah was Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly in 2015.
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Correct Answer: 186
The PML-N's total National Assembly tally after the 2013 elections is keyed as 186 seats.
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Correct Answer: Khursheed Shah
Syed Khursheed Shah was Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly in 2015.
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Correct Answer: None of the above
The keyed answer is None of the above: Imran Khan is PTI Chairman, not President.
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Correct Answer: Muhammad Khan Achakzai
Muhammad Khan Achakzai was Governor of Balochistan in 2015.
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Correct Answer: 1000 g
One kilogram contains 1000 grams.
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Correct Answer: diet
The parliament of Japan is the Diet.
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Correct Answer: 193
The United Nations has 193 member states.
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Correct Answer: pages
Pages are the essential part of a book.
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Correct Answer: words
Words are the essential part of a language.
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Correct Answer: learning
Learning is the essential part of education.
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Correct Answer: Sometimes
The keyed word in the frequency sequence is Sometimes.
Correct Answer: Well-being
The keyed word in the life-outcome sequence is Well-being.
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Correct Answer: Chapters
The keyed word in the book-order sequence is Chapters.
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Correct Answer: wood
The keyed word in the seed-to-table sequence is wood.
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Correct Answer: slice
Core, seeds and pulp are parts of a fruit, while a slice is a cut piece, so slice does not belong.
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Correct Answer: bay
Peninsula, island and cape are landforms, while a bay is a body of water, so bay does not belong.
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Correct Answer: favorable
Fair, just and equitable all mean impartial, while favorable does not, so favorable does not belong.
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Correct Answer: beautiful
Unique, rare and exceptional all mean uncommon, while beautiful does not, so beautiful does not belong.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Russia won the most medals at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Correct Answer: Senegal
Dakar is the capital of Senegal.
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Correct Answer: Moscow
Moscow is the capital of Russia, whose currency is the ruble.
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Correct Answer: Qatar, Portugal and Philippines
Doha, Lisbon and Manila are the capitals of Qatar, Portugal and the Philippines respectively.
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Correct Answer: Oman, Norway and Niger
Muscat, Oslo and Niamey are the capitals of Oman, Norway and Niger respectively.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: Salaman Butt
Salman Aslam Butt was Pakistan's Attorney General in 2015.
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Correct Answer: Syed Abbas Jilani
Jalil Abbas Jilani was Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States in 2015.
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Correct Answer: India
India hosted the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup at Bhubaneswar.
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Correct Answer: Egypt
The Arab League Secretary-General in 2015, Nabil Elaraby, was Egyptian.
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Correct Answer: September 2015
The UN General Assembly's annual session opens in September, in 2015 in September.
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Correct Answer: Australia
The 21st Commonwealth Games were held at Gold Coast, Australia.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania became the 19th country to adopt the euro on 1 January 2015.
Subject 7
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Correct Answer: Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage is known as the father of the computer.
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Correct Answer: E-mail
In the era of this paper, email was the internet's most common use.
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Correct Answer: Storage
CDs and DVDs are storage devices.
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Correct Answer: Binary i/p and o/p system
BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System; the printed option (a) is the closest offered.
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Correct Answer: keyboard
A keyboard is an input device, not an output device.
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Correct Answer: Input
A digital camera is an input device, capturing images into a computer.
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Correct Answer: 8
The printed key gives 8 bits for this item.
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Correct Answer: FORTRAN
FORTRAN is the earliest of the listed computer languages.
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Correct Answer: 1976
The first Apple computer was launched in 1976.
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Correct Answer: Home page
The starting point of a website is its home page.
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Questions
100 questions, all published: English, Mathematics, General Knowledge, Pakistan Studies, Computer Science, Current Affairs and Everyday Science.
Mostly English grammar and vocabulary plus Mathematics (percentages, trains, pipes, ratios), with Pakistan Studies, current affairs of 2015, computer basics and general knowledge.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways — the book's printed key, the book's own material and the standard fact — and two printed key errors were corrected, with the corrections flagged.
The English, mathematics and general knowledge content is common to FPSC, PPSC, NTS and CSS MPT one-paper exams, so it is useful practice for all of them.
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