Inspector, Railway Police Past Paper 2002 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Mt. McKinley

Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska is the highest point of North America.

Correct Answer: Mt. Everest

Mount Everest is the highest part of the Earth, at about 8,849 metres above sea level.

Correct Answer: Mt. Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest point of Africa.

Correct Answer: 30%

Asia covers about 30% of the Earth's land area.

Correct Answer: 510,064,472 sq km

The Earth's total surface area is about 510 million square kilometres.

Correct Answer: 70.8% and 29.2%

Oceans cover about 70.8% of the Earth's surface and land about 29.2%.

Correct Answer: May, 1992

The book keys May 1992 for the second ECO leaders' meeting after February 1992.

Correct Answer: North America

After Asia and Africa, North America is the third-largest continent.

Correct Answer: All of above

All of the listed forms — roads and rail, shipping, and airlines with telecommunications — are communication infrastructure for economic interlinkage.

Correct Answer: Both B & C

The RCD linked Pakistan with Iran and Turkey; the book's keyed option D prints 'Both B & C' (Turkey & Syria), so no fully correct pairing is offered and the item is retained at the book key with that note.

Correct Answer: Topi

The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) is at Topi, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: 37

The book counts 37 alphabets in Urdu; counts of 37-39 occur depending on how aspirated letters are treated.

Correct Answer: Taxila

Gandhara art is associated with Taxila, the ancient Gandharan centre.

Correct Answer: Hockey

Hockey is Pakistan's national game.

Correct Answer: 23-March 1956

Pakistan became an Islamic Republic on 23 March 1956, when its first constitution came into force.

Correct Answer: Sep. 30, 1947

Pakistan joined the United Nations on 30 September 1947.

Correct Answer: Ch. Rehmat Ali

Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined the word 'Pakistan'.

Correct Answer: 3438 megawatt

The book's era figure for Tarbela Dam's maximum generating capacity is 3,438 megawatts; the dam's capacity has since been expanded.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

The book names Balochistan as the major coal-producing province; today Sindh (Thar) holds the largest reserves.

Correct Answer: 1952

Natural gas was discovered at Sui in 1952.

Correct Answer: 34th

The book ranks Pakistan 34th among the world's countries by area; lists vary between 33rd and 34th.

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

The Khyber Pass connects Pakistan with Afghanistan.

Correct Answer: Dina

The book gives Dina as the eastern end of the Salt Range, which runs from Kalabagh eastward.

Correct Answer: Balochistan Plateau

The Ras Koh range lies on the Balochistan Plateau.

Correct Answer: Chille

The book keys Chile for the pass printed as 'Montekao'.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

The Khojak Pass is in Pakistan, in Balochistan on the road to Chaman.

Correct Answer: France

Marseilles (Marseille) is a seaport of France.

Correct Answer: None

None of the offered cities is the capital of the Dominican Republic — its capital is Santo Domingo, so 'None' is correct.

Correct Answer: Colombo

Colombo is the book's answer for Sri Lanka's capital; Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital.

Correct Answer: Baluchistan

The Bolan, Dasht and Rukshan rivers flow in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Ch. Muhammad Ali

Choudhry Muhammad Ali is considered the chief architect of the 1956 Constitution, promulgated during his premiership.

Correct Answer: Finance Minister

Before becoming Governor-General in 1951, Ghulam Muhammad was Pakistan's Finance Minister.

Correct Answer: Four-tier

Ayub Khan's Basic Democracies system had a four-tier hierarchical structure.

Correct Answer: Z.A. Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was Pakistan's Foreign Minister during the 1965 war.

Correct Answer: 1968

The Agartala Conspiracy Case was launched in 1968.

Correct Answer: Pakistan People's Party

The Pakistan People's Party was founded on 30 November 1967.

Correct Answer: Z.A. Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became President of Pakistan on 20 December 1971.

Correct Answer: 150 acres

Under the 1972 land reforms, ownership of irrigated land was restricted to 150 acres.

Correct Answer: Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan

Stanley Wolpert's book on Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is titled 'Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan'.

Correct Answer: Air Marshall (Reid) Asghar Khan

The book keys Air Marshal Asghar Khan as president of the Pakistan National Alliance during the 1977 movement.

Correct Answer: Munich

Allama Iqbal obtained his PhD from the University of Munich.

Correct Answer: World Bank

The Canal water dispute was settled through the good offices of the World Bank, leading to the Indus Waters Treaty.

Correct Answer: Non Alligned Movement

NAM stands for the Non-Aligned Movement.

Correct Answer: RCD

ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) is the new name of the RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development).

Correct Answer: Twice

The book keys twice for Quaid-e-Azam's visits to the NWFP in his lifetime.

Correct Answer: Bengali

'Bande Mataram' (Vande Mataram) was composed in Bengali.

Correct Answer: 1931

The book keys 1931 for the NWFP's status as a governor's province; the standard year is 1932, which is not among the options.

Correct Answer: Haji Shariat Ull'lah

The Faraizi movement was founded by Haji Shariatullah.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The book keys Lahore as the founding place of the All India Muslim Students Federation.

Correct Answer: First

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar died in London in January 1931, during the First Round Table Conference.

Correct Answer: All and sundry

'All and sundry' means everyone: he invited everyone to the feast.

Correct Answer: alpha and omega

'Alpha and omega' means the essence or gist: the gist of his speech was that Islam is a religion of peace.

Correct Answer: apple pie order

To keep a house in 'apple pie order' is to keep it in perfect order.

Correct Answer: add fuel to fire

The principal's remarks 'added fuel to fire' — they worsened the students' anger, so they decided to go on strike.

Correct Answer: as it were so to speak

The book keys 'as it were so to speak' for this loose idiom fill-in.

Correct Answer: Comedy

The antonym of tragedy is comedy.

Correct Answer: Advance

The antonym of recede is advance.

Correct Answer: Secret

The antonym of overt is secret.

Correct Answer: Extinguish

The antonym of kindle (to light) is extinguish; the book's key A (Ignite) is the synonym, so the answer is corrected to Extinguish.

Correct Answer: Abdicate

The book keys Abdicate for the item printed as 'ASSER'; the stem is truncated and no option is a clean antonym.

Correct Answer: rarely

The antonym of 'often' is 'rarely'.

Correct Answer: lose

The antonym of acquire is lose.

Correct Answer: rich

The antonym of destitute (extremely poor) is rich.

Correct Answer: pursue

The antonym of avoid is pursue.

Correct Answer: bold

The antonym of timid is bold.

Correct Answer: 1000

30% of 100 is 30, and 30 is 3% of 1,000.

Correct Answer: 4 1/4 km

17 laps of a 1/4 km track make 17 x 1/4 = 4 1/4 km; the lap count is restored from the keyed answer, the scan having cut it off in the gutter.

Correct Answer: Square

A square has four equal sides and four right angles.

Correct Answer: 1225

The square of 35 is 35 x 35 = 1,225.

Correct Answer: 24 cm

A rhombus has four equal sides, so its perimeter is 4 x 6 cm = 24 cm.

Correct Answer: 0.003

3/1000 as a decimal is 0.003.

Correct Answer: 144 square inches

One square foot equals 12 x 12 = 144 square inches.

Correct Answer: 14

The cube root of 2,744 is 14, since 14 x 14 x 14 = 2,744.

Correct Answer: 6

294 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 7, so multiplying by 2 x 3 = 6 gives 1,764 = 42 squared, a perfect square.

Correct Answer: 102

3 x 4 x 5 + 6 x 7 = 60 + 42 = 102.

Correct Answer: 639

The book's figure for the number of muscles in the human body is 639.

Correct Answer: Both a, b & c

Mercury is unusual because it is a metal but in liquid form at room temperature, and it is extremely sensitive to temperature variations — hence 'Both a, b & c'.

Correct Answer: lungs

A whale breathes through lungs, not gills.

Correct Answer: Rivers carry soluble minerals from mountains, so water becomes saline

Sea water is saline because rivers carry soluble minerals from the mountains into the sea.

Correct Answer: The weight of water displaced by the dead body is more than the weight of dead body

A dead body floats when the weight of the water it displaces exceeds its own weight, as decomposition gases add buoyancy — the book's keyed explanation.

Correct Answer: Metal expands on heating

A gap is left between railway rails because metal expands on heating.

Correct Answer: Turn it salty

Sodium chloride dissolved in water turns the water salty.

Correct Answer: The period of revolution of the moon is equal to the period of rotation

The same side of the Moon always faces the Earth because its period of revolution equals its period of rotation.

Correct Answer: RMDIR

RMDIR is a DOS internal command; DISKCOPY, FORMAT and CHKDSK are external commands.

Correct Answer: poor conductors of heat

Liquids are poor conductors of heat.

Correct Answer: iron oxide

Rust is iron oxide, formed when iron is exposed to air and dampness.

Correct Answer: dry air

Dry air carries no moisture, by definition.

Correct Answer: Clouds prevent radiation and therefore help the ground temperature remain higher

Frost does not generally form on cloudy nights because clouds prevent radiation, keeping the ground temperature higher.

Correct Answer: opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air

Lightning is caused when opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance of the intervening air.

Correct Answer: D

Liver, milk, egg yolk and fish liver oil are sources of vitamin D.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Abduliah bin Ariqat (R.A)

Abdullah bin Uraiqit (printed as Abduliah bin Ariqat) was the guide appointed for the Hijrah to Madinah.

Correct Answer: Abdur Rehman Ibni Khaldoon

Ibn Khaldun (Abdur Rehman Ibni Khaldoon) was a historian, jurist, philosopher and politician.

Correct Answer: Four Hijree

The book keys the fourth year of Hijrah for the revelation of the law of inheritance.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A)

Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A) took command at Mu'tah after the earlier commanders were martyred, and was the last commander-in-chief of that battle.

Correct Answer: Imam Malik

'Imam Dar ul Hijrat' (Imam of the City of Migration) is the title of Imam Malik.

Correct Answer: Four times

The name Muhammad (SAW) occurs four times in the Quran.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Shoaib (AS)

'Khateeb-ul-Anbia' (Orator among the Prophets) is a title of Hazrat Shoaib (AS).

Correct Answer: Abdullah bin Masud (RA)

Hazrat Umar (RA) appointed Abdullah bin Masud (RA) as custodian of the Bait-ul-Mal.

Correct Answer: Poverty

An effective Zakat system can ensure the elimination of poverty.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Zaid (RA)

Hazrat Zaid (RA) — Zayd ibn Harithah — is the only companion named in a verse of the Holy Quran (Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 37).