Ricardo Lagos Escobar was the President of:
View answer & explanation Ans: Chile
Correct Answer: Chile
Ricardo Lagos Escobar was President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.
NTS · Nab · 2012
Solved NTS Assistant Director (NAB) past paper 2012 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for NTS, FPSC, PPSC and all one-paper exams. Covers Law, General Knowledge, English, Mathematics, Geography.
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The NTS General Knowledge paper for Assistant Director, NAB, from 2012 (Model Paper 47) contains 100 MCQs — 43 on Law (CrPC, CPC, PPC and narcotics provisions) plus General Knowledge, English, Mathematics, Geography, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, Everyday Science and History — with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question. Two printed key errors were corrected to the standard answer (Q2 laissez-faire means non-interference, so None of these; Q76 a consent decree is not appealable, so a fraud challenge goes to the same court), and 19 further items are flagged with notes, including a defective Q67 stem that omits its PPC 407 qualifier.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: Chile
Ricardo Lagos Escobar was President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.
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Correct Answer: None of these
Laissez-faire is a policy of non-interference by the state, so none of the interference options is correct.
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Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote the Essays on the Life of Muhammad.
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Correct Answer: Roberta Bondar
Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman in space, in 1992.
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Correct Answer: Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space, in 1984.
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Correct Answer: Marie Curie
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice, in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911, in two different subjects.
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Correct Answer: Lake
The book's 'Great Bear' answer is the Lake, that is, Great Bear Lake in Canada.
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Correct Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
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Correct Answer: President of Bulgaria
Zhelyu Zhelev was President of Bulgaria.
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Correct Answer: December 10, every year
The Nobel Prizes are awarded on 10 December each year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
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Correct Answer: R.N. Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian Nobel laureate, winning the Literature prize in 1913.
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Correct Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
The slogan of the French Revolution was Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
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Correct Answer: Belgium
The European Services Forum is headquartered in Belgium (Brussels).
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Correct Answer: Joseph Wilson
The Politics of Truth was written by Joseph Wilson.
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Correct Answer: Madame Marie Curie
Madame Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in 1903.
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Correct Answer: All are correct
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, the first modern European to reach the Americas, and he reached Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
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Correct Answer: Economics
The Economics prize was not created by Alfred Nobel; it was established by Sveriges Riksbank in 1968.
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Correct Answer: Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale is known as the Lady with the Lamp.
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Correct Answer: 1982
Hezbollah was established in Lebanon in 1982.
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Correct Answer: Japan
The Diet is the parliament of Japan, just as the Cortes is the parliament of Spain.
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Correct Answer: Australia
Qantas Airlines belongs to Australia, just as Freedom Air belonged to New Zealand.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Ural Airlines belongs to Russia, just as Ariana belongs to Afghanistan.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: USA
The Roe River in Montana, USA, is commonly cited as the shortest river in the world.
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Correct Answer: Baikal Lake
Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake in the world.
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Correct Answer: Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world by area.
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Correct Answer: Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world by area.
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Correct Answer: Amundsen
Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first, in December 1911.
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Correct Answer: Monsoon
The monsoon is the classic example of seasonal winds.
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Correct Answer: Italy
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Pisa, Italy.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Uprising
Intifada means an uprising.
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Correct Answer: Of
The correct preposition is 'hopeful of' her success.
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Correct Answer: At
The correct preposition is 'jeer at' others.
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Correct Answer: of
The correct preposition is 'jealous of' my promotion.
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Correct Answer: to
The correct preposition is 'introduced to' his boss.
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Correct Answer: Solution
In the book's vocabulary use, a key is a solution to a problem.
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Correct Answer: Praiseworthy
Laudable means praiseworthy.
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Correct Answer: Generous
Munificent means generous.
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Correct Answer: Wedding
Nuptials means a wedding.
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Correct Answer: from
The correct preposition is 'differs from' a dog.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: In a judge's private room
In camera means in a judge's private room, away from the public.
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Correct Answer: Final argument
Ultima ratio means the final argument, or last resort.
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Correct Answer: Beyond one's authority
Ultra vires means beyond one's authority or powers.
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Correct Answer: Contempt of court
Wilful disregard of a judicial process is contempt of court.
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Correct Answer: After hearing both
Under Section 249A CrPC, a Magistrate may acquit the accused at any stage after hearing both the prosecution and the accused.
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Correct Answer: 7
Under Section 241A CrPC, copies must be supplied to the accused not later than seven days before the commencement of trial.
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Correct Answer: a & b
Under Section 127 CrPC, an unlawful assembly must disperse on the order of a Magistrate or a Police Officer, that is, a and b.
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Correct Answer: Illegal", "Legally bound to do"
'Illegal' applies to anything that is an offence or prohibited by law, and a person is 'legally bound to do' what it is illegal in him to omit.
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Correct Answer: Injury
'Injury' denotes any harm illegally caused to a person in body, mind, reputation or property.
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Correct Answer: Seven years
The book's seven-year punishment is the PPC 407 (carrier or wharfinger) breach-of-trust punishment; the stem omits that qualifier.
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Correct Answer: To be paid to the victim or his heirs
Arash is compensation to be paid to the victim or his heirs.
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Correct Answer: Party
Any participant in a court action or proceeding is a party.
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Correct Answer: Petition
A proceeding commenced by a petition, in which the order sought is expressed as a prayer, is a petition.
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Correct Answer: Plea
A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court is his plea.
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Correct Answer: Person to whom personal estate is given by will
A legatee is a person to whom personal estate is given by will.
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Correct Answer: Prosecution
The institution or conduct of criminal proceedings against a person is a prosecution.
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Correct Answer: Remand
An order keeping an accused in custody or on bail pending further appearance is a remand.
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Correct Answer: 1st January 1909
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, came into force on 1 January 1909.
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Correct Answer: By making an application to this same court
A consent decree cannot be appealed (CPC section 96(3)); a consent decree obtained by fraud is challenged by an application to the same court.
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Correct Answer: Can stay the execution till filing of the appeal to the higher court
The court passing a decree can stay its execution until an appeal to the higher court is filed.
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Correct Answer: Anytime after the suit is filed
A defendant's property can be attached at any time after the suit is filed, by attachment before judgment.
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Correct Answer: Decree
An appeal may be filed against a decree; a consent decree is not appealable.
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Correct Answer: District Judge
Every Civil Judge is subordinate to the District Judge.
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Correct Answer: The Code of Criminal Procedure
The statute relating to criminal proceedings in Pakistan is The Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Correct Answer: Police Inspector
The duties of an SHO are performed by a Police Inspector in the book's answer.
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Correct Answer: Bail before arrest
A bail-before-arrest bond is accompanied by an affidavit.
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Correct Answer: Receiver
A court-appointed indifferent person who receives rents and profits pending a suit is a receiver.
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Correct Answer: Nuisance
A nuisance affords a civil action only if it causes special damage on the public-nuisance reading.
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Correct Answer: Applies to the Revenue Courts by Notification of the provincial Government.
The Civil Procedure Code applies to Revenue Courts by notification of the provincial government.
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Correct Answer: Its trial would be stayed
A subsequent suit on a matter already directly and substantially in issue in an earlier suit is stayed under res sub judice.
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Correct Answer: Can Transfer the same for trial to any other Additional district Judge.
A District Judge can transfer a case for trial to any other Additional District Judge.
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Correct Answer: To submit an application before the Presiding Officer
Inspection of a court file is by an application before the Presiding Officer.
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Correct Answer: Two witnesses of the locality
A search of a place must be made in the presence of two witnesses of the locality.
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Correct Answer: An act or omission liable to punishment
An offence is an act or omission liable to punishment.
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Correct Answer: Sub-division
'Sub-division' means a sub-division of a district.
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Correct Answer: Cause Shajjah-i-Khafifah
A wound that does not expose the victim's bone is Shajjah-i-Khafifah.
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Correct Answer: The Reader of the Court
After a decree is announced, the decree sheet is prepared by the Reader of the Court.
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Correct Answer: Interlocutory injunction
An injunction granted while a suit is pending to preserve the property in status quo is an interlocutory injunction.
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Correct Answer: No action will lie
If a nuisance is legalised by statute, no action will lie against it.
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Correct Answer: All of above
When no fine is fixed, a Special Court fixes the fine on the basis of all of the above: the narcotic, psychotropic and controlled substances involved.
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Correct Answer: Federal Government
Assets derived from trafficking in narcotic substances stand forfeited to the Federal Government.
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Correct Answer: No one
The book's answer is that no one has authority to export narcotic drugs from Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: When the offender dies before the enforcement of the Qisas
Qisas for qatl-i-amd cannot be enforced if the offender dies before its enforcement.
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Correct Answer: Rs.7.5 million
Ghulab Singh purchased Kashmir under the Treaty of Amritsar (1846) for Rs. 7.5 million.
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Correct Answer: 895 km
Motorway-8 (Ratodero-Gwadar) is about 895 km long.
Subject 6
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Correct Answer: 1 hectometres
10 decametres equal 100 metres, which is 1 hectometre.
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Correct Answer: 7
For 5A9 minus 7B2 plus 9C6 to equal 823, A minus B plus C must equal 11, so the maximum possible value of B is 7.
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Correct Answer: 7.5km/hr
The speed in still water is the average of 10 and 5 km/hr, which is 7.5 km/hr.
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Correct Answer: 18 sec
A 150-metre train at 30 km/hr (8.33 m/s) passes a standing man in 150 divided by 8.33, or 18 seconds.
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Correct Answer: 270 km/hr
75 metres per second multiplied by 3.6 equals 270 km/hr.
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Correct Answer: 2 : 5 : 6
With b common at 5, a:b:c is 2:5:6.
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Correct Answer: 12
For numbers 3x, 2x and 5x, the sum of squares is 38x squared, which equals 1368, so x is 6 and the middle number is 12.
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Correct Answer: 3 : 4 : 6
Scaling b to a common value gives a:b:c as 3:4:6.
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Correct Answer: 540
The least common multiple of 12, 15, 20 and 54 is 540.
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Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C is water-soluble and is generally excreted in urine.
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Correct Answer: One month
A human can survive without food for at least about one month, roughly 30 to 40 days.
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Correct Answer: 9.46 trillion kilometers
A light year is about 9.46 trillion kilometres.
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Correct Answer: Analgesics
Substances used to bring relief from pain are called analgesics.
Subject 8
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Correct Answer: The Battle of Jamal
The Battle of Jamal (656 CE) was the first civil war among the Muslims.
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Correct Answer: Uqba bin Nafah (R.A.)
Uqba bin Nafi is called the Alexander of the Muslim World in the book's usage.
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Correct Answer: 630 AD
The Battle of Hunain followed the conquest of Makkah in 630 CE.
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Verified from the official paper / published solved paper — every answer rechecked before publishing.
Questions
100 questions, all published: Law (43), General Knowledge (21), English (10), Mathematics (9), Geography (7), Everyday Science (4), Islamic Studies (3), Pakistan Studies (2) and History (1).
Mostly Law — CrPC sections, CPC definitions and procedure, PPC offences and narcotics law — plus General Knowledge, English prepositions and vocabulary, Mathematics, Geography, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, Everyday Science and History.
Yes. Every answer was checked three ways — the book's printed Answer Key on p.206, the book's own wording, and the standard fact — with two key errors corrected (Q2 laissez-faire, Q76 consent-decree appeal) and 19 retained-with-note flags, including the defective Q67 stem.
Its Law, General Knowledge, English, Mathematics and Pakistan Studies content is shared with FPSC, PPSC, CSS MPT and other one-paper exams, so it is useful practice for all of them.
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