★ English (20%) – Vocabulary, Grammar Usage, Sentence Structuring
★ Basic Arithmetic (20%) – Algebra, Ratios, Percentages, Arithmetic Means
★ Current Affairs (20%) – National & International Issues (Last 5 Years)
★ Pakistan Affairs (10%) – Basic Level Knowledge
★ Islamic Studies (10%) – Basic Level Knowledge
★ Security Measures (20%) – Maintenance of Law & Order
Islamic Studies:
1. Name the Sahabi for whom the Prophet (PBUH) prayed for deep understanding of Tafsir/Quran:
Answer: (C) Abdullah Ibn Abbas (RA)
2. Who asked Abu Bakr (RA) to arrange the Quran?
Answer: (B) Hazrat Umar (RA)
3. Ghars-e-Hira is located in:
Answer: (B) Makkah
4. Tafsir Ibn Kaseer was written by:
Answer: (C) Hazrat Ismael Bin Umar-Ibn-ul Din (RA)
5. An amount received from war prisoners is:
Answer: (C) Faiya
6. Which city became the first centre of Islamic tradition (Hadis)?
Answer: (B) Madina
7. Who was the pioneer of Hanafili School of Thought?
Answer:Imam Abu Hanifa
8. The student of Imam Malik who compiled Al-Muwatta:
Answer: (C) Muhammad Ibn Yahya
9. Which Prophet is mentioned in the Quran more than any other Prophet?
Answer: (C) Hazrat Musa (AS)
10. False charge of adultery is called:
Answer: (C) Qazaf
Pakistan Studies:
1. Sindh was conquered by Mohammad bin Qasim during the _ period.
Answer: (B) Abbasid
2. In which province is the desert Kharan situated?
Answer: (B) Balochistan
3. Allama Iqbal spread his message through:
Answer: (B) Poetry
4. The main architect of Lucknow Pact was:
Answer: (B) Quaid-e-Azam
5. Who called Pakistan “the heart of the Muslim world” due to its geo-strategic position?
Answer: (A) Abbas Salim Jafad
6. Geographically Pakistan is located in:
Answer: (B) South Asia
7. Objective Resolution was framed by:
Answer: (A) Ghulam M.
8. In which district is “Harappa” situated?
Answer: (D) Sahiwal District
9. Who is known as the first Punjabi poet?
Answer: (A) Baba Farid-ud-Din Ganj-e-Shakar
10. Chilam Joshi is a festival celebrated by:
Answer: (B) Kalash
ASF law & Security
1. What is the primary goal of physical security measures?
Answer: (C) To protect personnel, property, and physical assets from harm or loss
2. Which of the following is an example of a physical access control system?
Answer: (A) Biometric fingerprint scanner
3. The most effective way to control unauthorized access to a sensitive facility is:
Answer: (C) Deploying guards and access cards together
4. Technical Surveillance can be in many forms including:
Answer: (D) All of these
A) Listening devices or recording devices
(B) Intercepting telephone calls
(C) Long distance microphones
5. Which of the following are the general categories of security classification?
Answer: (B) Confidential, Secret, Top Secret
6. In Official Secret Act, any reference to a place belonging to Government means:
Answer: (D) All of these
A) Place owned by a government department
(B) Place occupied by a government department
(C) Place rented by a government department
7. Cybercrime in Pakistan is dealt by:
Answer: (B) FIA
8. One of the most effective ways to gather data and information about a targeted organization is by:
Answer: (A) Infiltrating its ranks
9. Which of the following is not a security focused design feature of a site?
Answer: (D) None of these
Examples include controlled access points, surveillance systems, secure fencing, lighting, and alarm systems.
10. What is the main purpose of a security clearance process?
Answer: (B) To assess loyalty, trustworthiness, and reliability of personnel
11. Who is responsible for defusing explosive materials?
Answer: (B) Emergency squad
12. What is the crucial element necessary to secure a country?
Answer: (C) National interest
13. What is a proscribed organization in Pakistan?
Answer: (C) An organization banned by the government
14. Which device is used at Airports for detecting explosives and suspected items?
Answer: (A) Trace Detector
15. Where can an X-ray baggage scanner be located?
Answer: (D) All of these
A) Objects attached inside human body
(B) Brands of the clothes worn
(C) Odor of the fragrance used
16. What is monitored during the scanning of baggage?
Answer: (A) Objects attached to/hidden in the human body
17. What kind of information is considered “classified”?
Answer: (C) Information that requires protection in the interest of national security
18. A lawful command means:
Answer: (B) Command given by Superior officer
19. Which of the following best describes “access control”?
Answer: (B) Managing the flow of people in and out of secured areas
20. Which organ of government is responsible to maintain law and order in the society?
Answer: (A) The administrative and the executive
Current Affairs & Pakistan Affairs:
1. Which country mediated the ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in 2024?
Answer: (C) Turkey
2. In which year did Pakistan experience its most severe floods in recent history, affecting over 33 million people?
Answer: (A) 2022
3. What is the name of the mega-development initiative launched by Saudi Arabia with futuristic city planning?
Answer: (B) Saudi Green Plan
4. Pakistan was removed from the FATF grey list in:
Answer: (C) 2022
5. COP28 was held in which country?
Answer: (B) UAE
6. In 2024, Ukraine launched its most effective drone fleet named:
Answer: (A) Doniks
7. Which Pakistani city was declared the most polluted based on AQI indices (2023–24)?
Answer: (A) Lahore
8. Which international court issued an arrest warrant for Putin?
Answer: (B) International Court of Human Rights
9. Which European country approved a significant shift in military spending—the largest since WWII in response to the Ukraine war?
Answer: (A) Germany
10. In 2023, Pakistan reached a short-term $3 b…
Answer: (C) China’s Belt and Road Initiative
11. Which global event caused record-breaking inflation and food crises in many countries in 2022?
Answer: (A) Russia-Ukraine War
12. The Red Sea crisis is primarily linked to:
Answer: (C) Yemen conflict
13. What is the biggest economic issue currently faced by Pakistan?
Answer: (C) Low investment and negotiation
14. The U.S.–China trade and technology war escalated in 2024 after:
Answer: (A) The U.S. restricted advanced chip exports to China
15. The 2023 coup in Niger reflected a wider pattern of instability in:
Answer: (C) The Sahel region
16. Which South American country elected a far-right libertarian president in 2023?
Answer: (A) Argentina
17. What is a major environmental concern tied to Brazil’s Amazon region?
Answer: (C) Illegal logging and deforestation
English – Part I:
1. The scientist’s theory was met with skepticism, __.
Answer: (B) despite
2. The artist’s work, which was inspired by her travels, __ it resonates with a global audience.
Answer: (B) as
3. The author’s argument was so __ that it left no room for opposing viewpoints.
Answer: (B) irrefutable
4. What is the underlined part of the sentence?
Our baby never cries at night.
Answer: (C) Adverb
5. We were told to save electricity.
Answer: (D) None of these
6. What is the correct plural form of “crisis”?
Answer: (C) crises
7. Identify the correct form of the adjective in the sentence: This is the __ restaurant in town.
Answer: (C) best
8. Change the voice:
This political party wants to increase its membership.
Answer: (D) None of these
9. The organizers should have warned us in advance.
Answer: (A) We should have been warned by the organizers.
English Grammar & Vocabulary
10. We said to the travel agent, “Is there a lake in the valley?”
Answer: (C) We asked the travel agent if there was a lake in the valley.
11. The boys said, “Our classroom has been white-washed.”
Answer: (B) The boys said that their classroom had been white-washed.
12. I look forward to meet you.
Answer: (B) I look forward to meeting you.
13. Each mother must bring their artwork.
Answer: (D) Each mother must bring her artwork.
14. He could not help to tease that girl.
Answer: (A) He could not help teasing that girl.
15. Meaning of “Demur”:
Answer: (A) اعتراض کرنا
16. Meaning of “Tilt”:
Answer: (B) جھکاؤ دینا
17. Idiom – “To be Greek”:
Answer: (C) To be incomprehensible
18. Idiom – “To take exception to”:
Answer: (B) To take offence at
19. Antonym of “Dormant”:
Answer: (A) Active
20. Synonym of “Hysterical”:
Answer: (A) Over excited
General Intelligence / Maths
21. If the difference of two numbers is 1660 and 17.5% of one number is 125% of the other, what are the numbers?
Answer: (C) 2490, 4150
22. What part of a day is 3 hours?
Answer: (A) 1/8
Explanation:
A day has 24 hours.
So, 3 hours ÷ 24 hours = 3/24 = 1/8.
23. The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is:
Answer: (A) 50
Let the number be x.
According to the question:
x – 16% of x = 42
=> x – 0.16x = 42
=> 0.84x = 42
=> x = 42 ÷ 0.84
=> x = 50
Answer: The number is 50.
24. What percent of numbers from 1 to 70 have square numbers that end in digit 1?
Answer: (C) 20
Step 1: Find when a number’s square ends with digit 1.
Squares ending with 1 happen when the number ends with 1 or 9 (because:
1² = 1
9² = 81 (ends with 1))
Step 2: Count numbers between 1 and 70 that end with 1 or 9.
-Numbers ending with 1 between 1 and 70: 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 → 7 numbers
– Numbers ending with 9 between 1 and 70: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69 → 7 numbers
Step 3: Total numbers = 7 + 7 = 14
Step 4: Calculate percentage:
(14 / 70) × 100 = 20%
Answer:
20% of numbers from 1 to 70 have square numbers ending in digit 1.
25. Wheat price falls by 16.6%, what percent increase in consumption will keep overall budget same?
Answer: Explanation:
Let original price = 100
Price falls by 16.6%, new price = 83.4
To keep budget same:
Original budget = 100 × original quantity
New budget = 83.4 × new quantity = 100 × original quantity
=> new quantity = 100 / 83.4 ≈ 1.20 (i.e., 20% increase)
26. If A:B = 4:6, then A:B:C is:
Answer: (D)
Given A : B = 4 : 6
To find A : B : C, we need more info about C. Since it’s missing, we can’t find the exact ratio.
If you have info about C, please share
If C is not given, answer can’t be determined.
27. If x:y = 2:1, then (x² – y²) : (x² + y²) = ?
Answer: (A)
Given: x : y = 2 : 1
Let x = 2k and y = k
Calculate: (x² – y²) : (x² + y²)
= ( (2k)² – k² ) : ( (2k)² + k² )
= (4k² – k²) : (4k² + k²)
= 3k² : 5k²
= 3 : 5
Answer: 3 : 5
28. Two numbers are in ratio 12:17. If 7 is added to both, new ratio = 3:5. Greatest number is?
Answer:
Let the two numbers be 12x and 17x.
According to the question:
(12x + 7) / (17x + 7) = 3 / 5
Cross-multiply:
5(12x + 7) = 3(17x + 7)
60x + 35 = 51x + 21
60x – 51x = 21 – 35
9x = -14
x = -14 / 9 (negative, which is not practical here)
Check if question has a typo or recheck the calculation:
Try again:
5(12x + 7) = 3(17x + 7)
60x + 35 = 51x + 21
60x – 51x = 21 – 35
9x = -14
x = -14/9 (Negative)
If x negative, still greatest number = 17x which will be negative. Usually, ratio and added values are positive.
Assuming question is correct, answer for greatest number:
Greatest number = 17x = 17 * (-14/9) = -238/9 ≈ -26.44 (negative)
If the question expects positive, likely the ratio after addition or numbers are different.
Answer: -26.44 (or approx), but check question again for accuracy.
29. Mean proportional between 234 and 104 is:
Answer:
Mean proportional between two numbers a and b
is √(a × b).
Here, a = 234, b = 104
Mean proportional = √(234 × 104) = √24336
Calculate √24336:
√24336 ≈ 156 (since 156² = 24336)
Answer: 156
30. Age of 3 boys average = 25 yrs, ratio 3:5:7. Youngest’s age?
Answer: (C) 15 years
Given:
Average age of 3 boys = 25 years
Ratio of ages = 3 : 5 : 7
Step 1: Total sum of ages = Average × Number of boys = 25 × 3 = 75 years
Step 2: Sum of ratio parts = 3 + 5 + 7 = 15
Step 3: Youngest boy’s age = (3/15) × 75 = (1/5) × 75 = 15 years
Answer: 15 years
31. Arithmetic mean of 12, 18, 24, 30 is:
Step 1: Add the numbers:
12 + 18 + 24 + 30 = 84
Step 2: Divide by total numbers:
84 ÷ 4 = 21
Answer: 21
32. The arithmetic mean of 5 numbers is 10. If one number 20 is removed, what is the new mean?
Step 1: Total sum of 5 numbers = 10 × 5 = 50
Step 2: After removing 20: 50 − 20 = 30
Step 3: New mean = 30 ÷ 4 = 7.5
Answer: 7.5
33. If the arithmetic mean of 10, 12, 15, and 20 is 14. Then the value of k is:
Original mean = 10
Each number is multiplied by 3
So, new mean = 10 × 3 = 30
Answer: 30
34. The arithmetic mean of the first 5 even natural numbers is:
Answer: (A) 6
Step-by-step:
First 5 even natural numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Sum = 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 30
Mean = 30 ÷ 5 = 6
Answer: (A) 6
35. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 10. If each number is multiplied by 3, then the new arithmetic mean is:
Original mean = 10
Each number is multiplied by 3
So, new mean = 10 × 3 = 30
Answer: 30
36. When 8 is divided by 4, the remainder is 0. What is the remainder when 2n is divided by 4?
Answer: (C) 0
Answer: It depends on the value of n.
Let’s break it down:
– If n is even, then 2n is divisible by 4 → Remainder = 0
– If n is odd, then 2n is not divisible by 4 → Remainder = 2
Final Answer:
– If n is even, remainder = 0
– If n is odd, remainder = 2
37. The number of polynomials having zeroes as -2 and 5 is:
Answer: Infinite polynomials.
Explanation:
Any polynomial of the form k(x + 2)(x – 5), where k ≠ 0, will have -2 and 5 as its zeroes. Since k can be any non-zero real number, the number of such polynomials is infinite.
38. If 0.13 × p = 1.3, then p equals:
Answer: (A) 10
Explanation:
0.13 × p = 1.3
⇒ p = 1.3 ÷ 0.13 = 10
39. The least number by which 294 must be multiplied to make it a perfect square is:
Answer: (C) 6
Explanation:
Prime factorization of 294 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7
To make it a perfect square, we need one more 3 (as it appears only once).
So, 294 × 3 = 882 is not a perfect square.
Try again: 294 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7
We need one more 2 and one more 3 to make all exponents even.
So, 294 × 6 (2 × 3) = 1764, which is 42²
So the least number is 6.
40. If x = 5, then the value of x/y (y³ – y²) is:
Answer:
solve:
If x = 5, then find the value of x/y (y³ – y²)
The expression is:
x / y × (y³ – y²)
= x × (y³ – y²) / y
= x × y²(y – 1) / y
= x × y(y – 1)
Now substitute x = 5, but y is not given.
So we cannot get a numerical value without y.
Answer: (D) None of these
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