Assistant Director LDA Past Paper Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Nurul Amin

Nurul Amin was Pakistan's only Vice President, serving in 1971-72.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman in 1958.

Correct Answer: 1937

Fatima Jinnah joined the All India Muslim League in 1937, attending its Lucknow session that year.

Correct Answer: Abdullah Haroon

The Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940 was seconded from Sindh by Sir Abdullah Haroon.

Correct Answer: 1941

The Congress launched the Quit India Movement against British rule in August 1942.

Correct Answer: Raj Gopal Acharia

The C. R. formula discussed in the 1944 Gandhi-Jinnah talks was prepared by C. Rajagopalachari.

Correct Answer: Lord Wavell

The Simla Conference of 1945 was presided over by Viceroy Lord Wavell.

Correct Answer: Raja Sahib of Mahmoodabad

After Sir Aga Khan, the Raja of Mahmudabad became president of the All India Muslim League.

Correct Answer: Partition of Bengal 1905

The Swadeshi movement, boycotting British-made goods, was launched in 1905 after the Partition of Bengal.

Correct Answer: Raja Muhammad Medhi

The Pirpur Report on Congress ministries' treatment of Muslims was compiled by Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur.

Correct Answer: Lord Linlithgow

The August Offer of 8 August 1940 was made by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow.

Correct Answer: 1913

The Kanpur mosque incident, over the Machhli Bazar mosque, took place in August 1913.

Correct Answer: Sir Zafarullah Khan

Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was the first Pakistani judge of the International Court of Justice, in 1954.

Correct Answer: World Bank

The World Bank supervised the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 between Pakistan and India.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan was the first head of government to give birth in office, in January 1990.

Correct Answer: UK

The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom.

Correct Answer: 14th April 1988

The Geneva Accords ending the Soviet-Afghan war were signed on 14 April 1988.

Correct Answer: Seven time

Pakistan has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council seven times, most recently for 2025-26.

Correct Answer: Japan

Japan's Imperial House is the world's oldest surviving monarchy.

Correct Answer: Teaching

Pedagogy is the science and art of teaching.

Correct Answer: Maldives

The Maldives has the highest literacy rate in South Asia, over 98%, ahead of Sri Lanka at about 93%.

Correct Answer: Sri Lanka

Among the countries offered, Sri Lanka has the highest per-capita income in SAARC.

Correct Answer: Universal Postal Union

The Universal Postal Union, founded in 1874, is the oldest of the UN agencies offered.

Correct Answer: Henry Kissinger

'On China' was written by Henry Kissinger and published in 2011.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Mian Mir

The foundation stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was laid by the Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Mir.

Correct Answer: Fez funded in 859

The University of al-Qarawiyyin at Fez, founded in 859, is the world's oldest university.

Correct Answer: UK

The United Kingdom, with its long-evolving parliamentary system, is cited as the world's oldest democracy.

Correct Answer: Iceland

Iceland's Althing, founded in 930, is the oldest continuous parliament, making Iceland the continuously oldest democracy.

Correct Answer: USA

The United States Constitution of 1789 is the oldest written national constitution still in effect.

Correct Answer: Sweden

Modern banknotes were first issued in Sweden, by Stockholms Banco in 1661.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia was the first country to leave the United Nations, withdrawing in 1965 and rejoining in 1966.

Correct Answer: Morocco

Morocco was the first country to recognise the United States as independent, in 1777.

Correct Answer: Albania

Albania declared itself the world's first atheist state in 1967.

Correct Answer: New York

Charles Drew opened a large-scale blood bank in New York in 1940, supplying blood for Britain.

Correct Answer: Richard Charles Drew

Charles Richard Drew pioneered blood banking and organised the first large-scale blood banks.

Correct Answer: India

Black pepper is native to the Malabar Coast of India, where it was first used.

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911, the first scientist to win two Nobel science prizes.

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics in 1903.

Correct Answer: USA

The first oil well was drilled in the United States, at Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859.

Correct Answer: Argentina

Among the countries offered, Argentina is the largest supplier of meat.

Correct Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, in 1963.

Correct Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world by population.

Correct Answer: Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, in 1968.

Correct Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the world's first female prime minister, in 1960.

Correct Answer: Mae Jamison

Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space, in 1992.

Correct Answer: Japan

Japan's national anthem has the oldest words: its lyrics come from a 9th-century Japanese poem.

Correct Answer: Louis Blériot

Louis Bleriot was the first man to fly across the English Channel, on 25 July 1909.

Correct Answer: 1st March

The Roman calendar year began on 1 March, before the Julian reform moved it to 1 January.

Correct Answer: Water polo

Water polo was the first team sport played at the modern Olympics, at Paris in 1900.

Correct Answer: Sri Lanka 3rd cent BC

The world's first wildlife sanctuary was set up in Sri Lanka, at Mihintale, in the 3rd century BC.

Correct Answer: Warsaw, Poland

The Zaluski Library in Warsaw, opened in 1747, was Poland's first public library.

Correct Answer: Mohammed

Muhammad is the world's most popular first name.

Correct Answer: Pandora

Pandora was the first woman in Greek mythology, created by Hephaestus on Zeus's orders.

Correct Answer: Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, founded in 1790, is America's oldest stock exchange.

Correct Answer: Paris

The first police force was established in Paris in 1667, under the lieutenant general of police.

Correct Answer: Captain Cook

Captain James Cook's voyages took him to all five continents.

Correct Answer: Daimler

Daimler was the first company formed to manufacture motor cars, as Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in 1890.

Correct Answer: North Korea

North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in July 2013, claiming victory over the United States.

Correct Answer: 2014

The United States combat mission in Afghanistan ended in December 2014, the announced withdrawal date.

Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer in the SIPRI 2015-19 period.

Correct Answer: Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation.

Correct Answer: Anemometer

An anemometer measures the speed of wind.

Correct Answer: Tornado

Tornadoes, with the highest wind speeds of any storm type, are the most severe storms.

Correct Answer: Astronomy

Astronomy, the study of the heavens practised since ancient times, is the oldest known science.

Correct Answer: Oxygen 65%

Oxygen makes up about 65 percent of the human body by mass, more than any other element.

Correct Answer: Neptune

Neptune, the farthest planet from the Sun, is the coldest planet on average, at about minus 200 degrees Celsius.

Correct Answer: Persian

The first translation of the Quran was into Persian: Salman the Persian translated Surah al-Fatiha into Persian, and the first complete Persian translation dates to the 10th century; Latin in 1143 was the first European translation.

Correct Answer: Howard Aiken

Howard Aiken built the Mark I, an early digital computer.

Correct Answer: IBM

IBM pioneered the floppy disk, introducing the 8-inch disk in 1971.

Correct Answer: Nile River

Khartoum stands at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile.

Correct Answer: Seine River

Paris stands on the River Seine.

Correct Answer: River Hudson

New York stands on the Hudson River.

Correct Answer: Thames River

London stands on the River Thames.

Correct Answer: Nile

The Nile, at about 6,650 km, is traditionally the world's longest river.

Correct Answer: Yangtze

The Yangtze, at about 6,300 km, is the longest river in Asia.

Correct Answer: Pacific Ocean

The International Date Line passes through the Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer: Hot and wet

Sugarcane needs a hot and wet tropical climate.

Correct Answer: A belt of coral along the east coasts of Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is a belt of coral along the east coast of Australia, off Queensland.

Correct Answer: All of above

Chad, Switzerland and Uganda are all landlocked countries, so the answer is all of the above.

Correct Answer: All of above

Switzerland, Belarus and Austria are all landlocked, so the answer is all of the above.

Correct Answer: Serbia

Serbia became landlocked in June 2006, when Montenegro seceded and took the Adriatic coastline with it.

Correct Answer: Switzerland

Switzerland is landlocked, while Uruguay and Pakistan both have coastlines.

Correct Answer: Dead Sea

The Dead Sea, whose shore lies about 430 metres below sea level, is the lowest water body on earth.

Correct Answer: Aral sea

The Aral Sea in Central Asia is a landlocked, endorheic sea.

Correct Answer: Africa

Africa, with 54 countries, hosts the most countries of any continent.

Correct Answer: Lambert-Fisher

The Lambert Glacier, also called Lambert-Fisher, is the world's longest glacier, in Antarctica.

Correct Answer: Sargasso sea

The Sargasso Sea has no coastline and no beaches; it is bounded by ocean currents in the Atlantic.

Correct Answer: Sikkim

Sikkim lies between Nepal to the west and Bhutan to the east.

Correct Answer: Chile

The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place on earth.

Correct Answer: Russia

Russia, at about 17 million square kilometres, is the world's largest country by area.

Correct Answer: Canada

Canada has the world's longest coastline, about 202,000 kilometres.

Correct Answer: China

China shares borders with 16 neighbours, counting 14 sovereign states plus the special territories Hong Kong and Macau.

Correct Answer: Canada and USA

Canada and the United States share the world's longest international frontier, about 8,891 kilometres.

Correct Answer: 37

The two numbers are 16 and 21: they differ by 5, their product is 336, and their sum is 37.

Correct Answer: 540

The least common multiple of 12, 15, 20 and 54 is 540.

Correct Answer: 150 sq cm

The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals: half of 15 times 20 is 150 square centimetres.

Correct Answer: Rs. 15000

P put in 15,000 of the 25,000 total capital, three-fifths, so P's share of 25,000 profit is 15,000 rupees.

Correct Answer: 20

An amount that doubles in 5 years at simple interest earns 100 percent in 5 years, a rate of 20 percent per year.

Correct Answer: 20

Let E be x: then D is x plus 5, A is x plus 8, B is 2x plus 5 and C is 102 minus 2x; the five scores total 180, so 3x plus 120 equals 180 and E scored 20 runs.

Correct Answer: NPVSO

Each letter shifts one forward in the alphabet: M to N, O to P, U to V, R to S and N to O, giving NPVSO.