Model Paper FPSC AD Ministry Of Overseas & Human Resources BPS-17 2011

Total Questions: 100

1 - The ___ of war illustrate that the Roman army contained some of the most disciplined soldiers ever

A ) impervious

B ) Affluence

C ) annals ✅

D ) ascent

2 - The ____outside awakened me. When I looked out the window, I saw that are car had hit the fire hydrant

A ) Clamor ✅

B ) epitome

C ) connoisseur

D ) decorum

3 - The ___philosophy of the charity is that everyone needs help sometimes.

A ) montage

B ) triumvirate

C ) underpinning ✅

D ) cinematography

4 - The ____plays an important role in deciding what is and isn't in fashion,

A ) diction

B ) consumer ✅

C ) detracted

D ) ambivalence

5 - The ____ process begins early; most children begin learning about acceptable behaviours in their first year.

A ) audible

B ) deviate ✅

C ) alleviate

D ) socialization

6 - The ____ thought he had discovered the secret to long life, but he was proven wrong when he died a week later

A ) diction

B ) forensics

C ) alchemist ✅

D ) metaphor

7 - The was angry at the store because half of the items that were listed in the ad were not in stock.

A ) bravura

B ) Prerogative

C ) Proponent

D ) consumer ✅

8 - The ___ was too wide to jump across so we have to climb down into it and crawl up the other side.

A ) ravine ✅

B ) simile

C ) jargon

D ) ramification

9 - The ____ weather has made it hard to plan what to wear all week.

A ) export

B ) median

C ) variable ✅

D ) nomadic

10 - The ____ barely managed to stay intact when threatened by a military coup.

A ) republic ✅

B ) hierarchy

C ) connoisseurs

D ) imagery

11 - The ____ of actions at the poker table showed the tension in high- stakes gambling.

A ) montage ✅

B ) wanes

C ) procures

D ) juxtaposition

12 - The ____ will take five days, but the effort will be worth it when are reach the top.

A ) ascent ✅

B ) dujour

C ) dolce vita

D ) Triumvirate

13 - The art ____liked the all black painting: however, everyone else in the room thought it was boring

A ) milieu

B ) genre

C ) cinematography

D ) connoisseur ✅

14 - The award was given ____. The artist died month before the ceremony.

A ) Jargon

B ) encrypted

C ) posthumously ✅

D ) ascent

15 - The bank vault was supposed to be _____ to robbery, but thieves still broke in.

A ) taboo

B ) ravine

C ) permutation

D ) impervious ✅

16 - I suffer from ____. I get on a balcony when I am second floor.

A ) Jargon

B ) elixir

C ) metrophobia

D ) acrophobia ✅

17 - I thought my sister was going to stop by while I was gone, but there wasn't a ____ of her having come by the apartment.

A ) levy

B ) relish ✅

C ) hailing

D ) venerate

18 - I took an aspirin to ____ the pain in my knee.

A ) cited

B ) deviate

C ) alleviate ✅

D ) plagiarized

19 - I tried to ____ my friend after the got a phone call unjustly accusing him to breaking the neighbor's window.

A ) manifest

B ) Placate ✅

C ) motif

D ) meticulous

20 - I tried to draw ____ lines without a. ruler, but I couldn't make them straight enough; they would have a eventually met.

A ) variables

B ) vivid

C ) parallel ✅

D ) martyrdom

21 - For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?

A ) Aluminium

B ) Copper

C ) Lead

D ) Zinc ✅

23 - For purifying drinking water alum is used

A ) For coagulation of mud particles ✅

B ) to kil bacteria

C ) to remove salt

D ) to remove gases and

24 - Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in:

A ) 1958 in Tokyo ✅

B ) 1962 in Jarkarta

C ) 1966 in Bangkok

D ) 1970 in Bangkok

27 - Himalayan Mountaineering institute is at

A ) Darjeeling ✅

B ) Dehradun

C ) Marmago

D ) Dispur

28 - Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was

A ) a German physicist

B ) developed the mercury thermometer in

C ) devised temperature scale

D ) All of the above

29 - The first crusaders reach Jerusalem and captured it in

A ) 1000 AD

B ) 1099 AD ✅

C ) 1200 AD

D ) 1515 AD

30 - Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to has won two Nobel Prizes is individually for

A ) Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962 ✅

B ) Peace in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

C ) Physics in 54, Medicine in 1962

D ) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

31 - Himalaya range is based in _____?

A ) Europe

B ) Asia ✅

C ) Africa

D ) Australia

32 - Name the mountain range found in South America?

A ) Rockies ✅

B ) Alps

C ) Andes

D ) None

34 - Chermain mountain are only present?

A ) Sri Lanka

B ) Chile

C ) India ✅

D ) None

35 - The highest plateau of the world?

A ) Balochistan plateau

B ) Pothohar Plateau

C ) Pamir plateau ✅

D ) None

37 - Which is highest mountain peak of the world?

A ) Mount Everest ✅

B ) K-2

C ) Naga Parbat

D ) None

38 - Mount Everest present in which range?

A ) Himalaya ✅

B ) Karakoram

C ) Hindu Kush

D ) None

39 - "Cathay Pacific" is airline of

A ) Hong Kong ✅

B ) Taiwan

C ) Japan

D ) China

40 - Rose is the national symbol of

A ) Jordan

B ) Syria

C ) Iraq

D ) Iran ✅

41 - Which of the following UN agencies received Nobel Peace prize?

A ) UNICEF

B ) ILO

C ) UN High Commissioner For Refugees

D ) All of the above

42 - Highest mountain peak mount Everest situated in?

A ) Pakistan

B ) China

C ) Nepal ✅

D ) India

43 - Altas Mountain are present in which country?

A ) Niger

B ) India

C ) Egypt

D ) Morocco ✅

44 - Pontus Mountain are present in which country?

A ) Russia

B ) Turkey ✅

C ) Egypt

D ) Nepal

45 - "Nippon" is the former name of

A ) Hong Kong

B ) Japan ✅

C ) Libya

D ) Italy

46 - Highest Peak of Himalaya range is?

A ) K-2

B ) Broad Peak ✅

C ) Nanga parbat

D ) None

47 - "Sky News" is news TV channel of:

A ) Canada

B ) USA

C ) UAE

D ) UK ✅

48 - Which of the following country is called "Land of thousands lakes"?

A ) Netherlands

B ) Finland ✅

C ) Scotland

D ) Ireland

49 - Antalya Airport is situated in:

A ) Syria

B ) Turkey ✅

C ) Italy

D ) Egypt

50 - The largest Cricket Stadium of the world is:

A ) Melbourne Cricket Club ✅

B ) Sharjah Cricket Ground

C ) The Oval London

D ) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

51 - If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of the number is:

A ) 22

B ) 39

C ) 47

D ) 54 ✅

52 - Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third integer is:

A ) 2

B ) 7

C ) 9

D ) 15 ✅

53 - The number, whose 5% is 10, is

A ) 100 ✅

B ) 200

C ) 300

D ) 400

54 - Aman pays 10% of lris income for his income tax. If his income tax amounts to Rs. 1500 what is the income?

A ) Rs. 13000

B ) Rs. 15000 ✅

C ) Rs. 17000

D ) Rs. 19000

55 - Man is 5 times as old as his son. 2 years ago the sum of the squares of their ages was 114. Find the percent age of son.

A ) 7 years ✅

B ) 9 years

C ) 8 years

D ) 8 Vz years

56 - The number, whose 13% is 52, is

A ) 300

B ) 400 ✅

C ) 500

D ) 900

57 - A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days. The number of days required by them to finish it, working together is

A ) 8

B ) 7

C ) 6 ✅

D ) 4

58 - A man bought a flat for Rs. 8,20,000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a bank. How much money did the borrow from the bank?

A ) Rs. 4, 51,000 ✅

B ) Rs. 4,52,000

C ) Rs. 4, 53, 000

D ) Rs. 4, 54, 000

59 - A Primary School had an enrollment of 850 pupils in January 1970. In January 1980 the enrollment was 1, 120. What was the Percentage increase for the enrollment?

A ) 31.76% ✅

B ) 33.50%

C ) 30.65%

D ) 34.76%

60 - The difference between simple and compound interest on Rs. 1625 for 3 years at 4% per annum is rupees is

A ) 7.95

B ) 7.90 ✅

C ) 7.70

D ) 7.75

61 - By selling a fan for Rs. 475, a person loses 5%. To get a again of 5%, he should sell the fan for:

A ) Rs. 500

B ) Rs. 525 ✅

C ) Rs. 535

D ) Rs. 575

62 - One side of a rectangle is 22 feet which of the following could be the parameter< if the rectangle?

A ) 28 feet

B ) 33 feet

C ) 44 feet

D ) 54 feet ✅

63 - Price of sugar is increased by 25%. The percentage of consumption to be decreased so that there would be no increase in the expenditure is

A ) 18%

B ) 20% ✅

C ) 22%

D ) 24%

64 - Which of the following numbers is divisible by 12?

A ) 4653

B ) 4818

C ) 4501

D ) 4404 ✅

65 - Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of work. After the 12 men have worked for one hours, the contractor decides to call 8 more men. How many more hours would 20 men take to complete the remaining work?

A ) 2

B ) 3 ✅

C ) 4

D ) 5

66 - If a car Rs. 50000 profit is 17 percent, what would be profit percentage if sold for Rs. 47000.

A ) 14.85%

B ) 15.98% ✅

C ) 16.20%

D ) 14.50%

67 - Three families, P,Q and R, share 480 Kg of rice, Q receives twice much rice as P and R receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice does family Q gets?

A ) 220 Kg

B ) 230 Kg

C ) 240 Kg ✅

D ) 250 Kg

68 - Six man working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 720 per week. 8 men working 6 hours a day will earn per week

A ) Rs.540

B ) Rs. 720 ✅

C ) Rs. 960

D ) Rs. 1080

69 - In the exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful. The total number of students who appeared in the exam were

A ) 1000 ✅

B ) 900

C ) 1500

D ) 800

70 - Sadiq purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Abid at the profit for 20%. Abid in turn sells that plot of Arif at the loss of 20%. The plot costs Arif.

A ) Rs. 12,000

B ) Rs. 10,000

C ) Rs.8670

D ) Rs.7680 ✅

71 - Which of the following statements about the use of radioactive isotopes is correct

A ) In medicine, they are used as tracers for diagnostic purposes

B ) Radioactive isotopes are used in treatment

C ) Radioactive isotopes are used in medicine for both diagnostic imaging and treatment ✅

D ) None

Explanation:

Radioactivity was discovered by Becquerel.
Radioactivity emerges from: Nuclear energy.
Radioactivity is measured by which device Geiger counter.
Thorium metal is not only magnetic but also radioactive Radioactive element are Plutonium, Thorium, Uranium.
Alpha rays is a positively charged particle emitted by a radioactive element.
A negatively charged particle emitted by a radioactive element during radioactive decay is called a Beta particle.
Radioactive isotopes are used in medicine for both diagnostic imaging and treatment.
A 100 g sample of a radioactive element has a half life of 5 days. 12.5grams of radioactive material will remain after 15 days.
Radioactive elements have atomic number greater than82.
Weak Nuclear Force is responsible for the radioactive decay of the nucleus.
The radioactive material must be placed in a box of Lead.
Radioactive cobalt 60 is used for curing: Cancerous cells.
Radioactive isotope present in atmosphere is: carbon -14.
Unstable nuclei are radioactive.When radioactivity rays are passed through air or any gas, they cause it to Ionize.

72 - Which of the following plays the central role in determine the chemical properties of atoms and molecules?

A ) Electrons

B ) Neutrons

C ) Protons ✅

D ) All of these

73 - Which of the following particles move around the nucleus of an atom and our negatively charged?

A ) Protons

B ) Neutrons

C ) Electrons ✅

D ) None of these

74 - With respect to which element, the valency of elements corresponds to group number?

A ) Hydrogen

B ) Oxygen

C ) Carbon ✅

D ) Helium

75 - Which is the most reactive Halogen?

A ) Fluorine

B ) lodine ✅

C ) Chlorine

D ) Bromine

76 - Ionization potential is the term used to express

A ) Electron affinity

B ) Electro negativity

C ) Ionization Energy ✅

D ) None of these

77 - An analgesic is taken to relief oneself of:

A ) Cough

B ) Indigestion

C ) Pain ✅

D ) Fever

78 - Which one of the following is the key function of the kidneys?

A ) Removal of excess carbon dioxide from blood ✅

B ) Pumping blood to the heart

C ) Removal of urea and other nitrogenous wastes from from blood

D ) Removal from excess water from blood.

79 - How many chromosomes are there in a body cell of human beings?

A ) 49 ✅

B ) 56

C ) 25

D ) 46

80 - 1857's War of Independence was fought in the administration of:

A ) Lord Canning ✅

B ) Lord Curzon

C ) Lord Comwallis

D ) None of these

81 - Lord Canning reign's most important event was:

A ) War of Independence

B ) Abolition of East India company

C ) India directly become under British

D ) All of these

82 - The Government of lndia was taken over by the British of Crown in?

A ) 1857 A.D.

B ) 1858 A.D.

C ) 1859 A.D.

D ) 1860 A.D. ✅

83 - Give the name of the country which has cooperated with Pakistan in the manufacturing of JF – 17 fighter?

A ) China ✅

B ) Turkey

C ) Indonesia

D ) Saudi Arabia

84 - Which country hosted the 10th summit in october 2003?

A ) Iran

B ) Kuwait

C ) Malaysia ✅

D ) Qatar

85 - Is it correct the Lord Canning was the:

A ) Last Governor General of the East India Company

B ) First Viceroy under the British Crown

C ) Both A and B

D ) None

Explanation: Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, KG, GCB, KCSI, PC (14 December 1812 – 17 June 1862), also known as The Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was a British statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India .