Section 1: English
Q1. Synonym of “Mendacious”
Answer: Deceitful / Lying
Q2. Antonym of “Pusillanimous”
Answer: Brave / Courageous
Q3. Fill in the blank: The speaker’s ________ style made the audience lose interest in the technical details.
Answer: Turgid
Q4. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: Pseudonym
Q5. Identify the grammatical error: “If he would have followed the map, he wouldn’t have gotten lost.”
Answer: had — ‘If’ clause in 3rd conditional uses past perfect
Q6. Change into Passive Voice: “The judge ordered the prisoner to be released.”
Answer: The prisoner was ordered to be released by the judge
Q7. Idiom Meaning: “To play fast and loose”
Answer: To act in an irresponsible or unreliable manner
Q8. Direct/Indirect: “Call the first witness,” said the Judge.
Answer: The judge commanded them to call the first witness
Q9. Identify the figure of speech: “The waves lashed out in anger during the storm.”
Answer: Personification
Q10. One word substitution: A speaker who can use both hands with equal ease
Answer: Ambidextrous
Section 2: General Knowledge & Environmental Science
Q1. The “UNCCD” addresses which environmental issue?
Answer: Desertification
Q2. Which Punjab city is known as the “City of Textiles” and was historically called Lyallpur?
Answer: Faisalabad
Q3. In Forestry, the ‘Age of Maturity’ for a forest stand is called:
Answer: Rotation Age
Q4. The “Great Thal Canal” project is primarily designed to irrigate which area of Punjab?
Answer: Thal Desert (Bhakkar, Layyah, Khushab)
Q5. What is ‘Biological Oxygen Demand’ (BOD)?
Answer: The amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic organisms to break down organic material in water
Q6. The “Agha Khan Award for Architecture” was once awarded to which historic site in Lahore?
Answer: Shahi Hammam / Conservation of Walled City
Q7. The only ‘Wetland’ in Punjab designated as a Ramsar site near the Salt Range?
Answer: Uchhali Complex (including Soon Sakesar)
Q8. The ‘Paris Agreement’ (2015) aims to limit global temperature increase to well below ________ degrees Celsius.
Answer: 2.0 (preferably 1.5)
Q9. Which Mughal Queen is buried in a tomb located in Shahdara, Lahore, across the Ravi?
Answer: Empress Nur Jahan
Q10. What is ‘Albedo’ in the context of climate change?
Answer: The fraction of solar energy reflected from the Earth back into space
Section 3: Mathematics (Numerical Ability)
Q1. In a box, 8 red, 7 blue, 6 green balls. Probability of picking neither red nor green?
Answer: 1/3
Q2. Area of a trapezium = 480 cm², distance between parallel sides = 15 cm, one side = 20 cm. Other parallel side?
Answer: 44 cm
Q3. If x² + 1/x² = 7, find x³ + 1/x³.
Answer: 18
Q4. A and B do work in 45 and 40 days. A left after some days; B finished remaining in 23 days. After how many days did A leave?
Answer: 9 days
Q5. Average of 20 numbers is zero. At most, how many may be greater than zero?
Answer: 19
Q6. A man buys a cycle for 1400 and sells at 15% loss. Selling price?
Answer: 1190
Q7. A train 110m long passes a man running at 6 km/h opposite direction in 6 seconds. Speed of train?
Answer: 60 km/h
Q8. Radius of cylinder = 5 cm, height = 12 cm. Curved surface area?
Answer: 120π cm²
Q9. Greatest 4-digit number divisible by 15, 25, 40, and 75?
Answer: 9600
Q10. Solve 2^x × 8^(1/5) = 2^(1/5).
Answer: x = −2/5
Section 4: Computer Skills
Q1. What is ‘Cache Coherency’ in multi-processor systems?
Answer: Consistency of shared data in multiple local caches
Q2. Which OSI layer handles ‘Encryption’ and ‘Compression’?
Answer: Presentation Layer (Layer 6)
Q3. What is ‘Social Engineering’ in cybersecurity?
Answer: Psychological manipulation of people into divulging confidential info
Q4. In MS Excel, the ‘VLOOKUP’ function searches for a value in which part of the table?
Answer: The leftmost column
Q5. Which CPU register keeps track of memory addresses for reading/writing data?
Answer: MAR (Memory Address Register)
Q6. What is ‘Packet Switching’?
Answer: Grouping data into packets transmitted over a network
Q7. The ‘Gutter Margin’ in MS Word is used to:
Answer: Add space to the binding side when printing
Q8. ‘Clock Speed’ of a CPU is measured in?
Answer: Gigahertz (GHz)
Q9. What is ‘Virtualization’?
Answer: Creating a virtual version of hardware, storage, or network resources
Q10. What is ‘Deadlock’ in an OS?
Answer: Situation where processes wait on each other and cannot proceed
Section 5: Mental Aptitude & Reasoning
Q1. Syllogism: All cats are dogs. No dogs are rats. Conclusion: No rats are cats.
Answer: True
Q2. Blood Relations: A woman points to a man and says, “His father is the only son of my mother’s only daughter.” Relation?
Answer: Grandmother
Q3. Seating Arrangement: 8 people in 2 rows of 4 facing each other. (Complex logic puzzle)
Answer: Requires cross-referencing (manual solution needed)
Q4. Clock: Between 3 and 4 o’clock, hands in a straight line but not together?
Answer: 3:49 and 1/11 min
Q5. Coding: ‘STOVE’ → ‘EVOTS’. ‘CANDLE’ → ?
Answer: ELDNAC
Q6. Analytical Reasoning: Five people K, L, M, N, O, each has different profession.
Answer: Solve with grid logic (manual solution)
Q7. Direction: Person moves 5km East, then 12km North. Shortest distance from start?
Answer: 13 km
Q8. Series: 4, 12, 36, 108, ?
Answer: 324
Q9. Calendar: Day on 1st January 2001 if 1st January 2000 was Saturday?
Answer: Monday
Q10. Logical Puzzle: A is brother of B. C is father of A. D is brother of E. E is daughter of B. Who is uncle of D?
Answer: A
Part 2: Current World Affairs
Q. 1. The United Nations (UN) was established in which year?
Answer: 1945
Q. 2. The permanent secretariat of SAARC is located in:
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal
Q. 3. Who is the current President of the United States (2026)?
Answer: Donald Trump
Q. 4. The term ‘COP-30’ (2025) refers to a conference on:
Answer: Climate Change
Q. 5. The headquarters of the European Union (EU) is in:
Answer: Brussels, Belgium
Q. 6. Which country recently became a permanent member of the G21?
Answer: African Union
Q. 7. The ‘Gaza Conflict’ is primarily between Israel and:
Answer: Hamas
Q. 8. ‘G7’ consists of seven of the world’s largest:
Answer: Developed Economies
Q. 9. The currency of Russia is:
Answer: Ruble
Q. 10. Which international organization is responsible for global atomic security?
Answer: IAEA
Q. 11. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Keir Starmer
Q. 12. The ‘Balkan Peninsula’ is located in which continent?
Answer: Europe
Q. 13. Which country hosted the FIFA World Cup 2022?
Answer: Qatar
Q. 14. The ‘Red Sea’ connects the Mediterranean Sea to the:
Answer: Arabian Sea (via Gulf of Aden)
Q. 15. ‘NATO’ stands for:
Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Q. 16. The world’s largest forest, the Amazon, is primarily in:
Answer: Brazil
Q. 17. Which bank is known as the ‘World’s Central Bank’?
Answer: IMF / World Bank (context dependent)
Q. 18. The current Secretary General of OIC is:
Answer: Hissein Brahim Taha
Q. 19. Which country is called the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’?
Answer: Norway
Q. 20. The ‘Line of Control’ (LoC) is a boundary between:
Answer: Pakistan and India (in Kashmir)
Job Relates Additional Questions
Q. 1. The basic unit of life is called:
Answer: Cell
Q. 2. Which part of the plant is known as its food factory?
Answer: Leaves
Q. 3. The process by which plants lose water through stomata is:
Answer: Transpiration
Q. 4. Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:
Answer: Unidirectional
Q. 5. Which gas is released by plants during the night?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
Q. 6. The place where an organism lives and reproduces is called its:
Answer: Habitat
Q. 7. ‘Deforestation’ directly leads to an increase in which atmospheric gas?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
Q. 8. Bacteria that help in the decay of organic matter are called:
Answer: Decomposers
Q. 9. Which ecosystem is known for having the highest biodiversity?
Answer: Tropical Rainforests
Q. 10. The green pigment in plants that traps solar energy is:
Answer: Chlorophyll
Q. 1. The rate of change of displacement is called:
Answer: Velocity
Q. 2. Which law states that “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”?
Answer: Newton’s Third Law
Q. 3. The energy stored in a stretched rubber band is:
Answer: Potential Energy
Q. 4. Which color of light has the shortest wavelength?
Answer: Violet
Q. 5. A fuse wire is used in electrical circuits for:
Answer: Protection against short-circuits
Q. 6. The unit of frequency is:
Answer: Hertz
Q. 7. Which mirror is used by dentists to see large images of teeth?
Answer: Concave Mirror
Q. 8. The primary source of heat for the Earth’s surface is:
Answer: Solar Radiation
Q. 9. Light travels in a straight line, this property is called:
Answer: Rectilinear propagation
Q. 10. The boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale is:
Answer: 212°F
Q. 1. The chemical name of common salt is:
Answer: Sodium Chloride
Q. 2. Which gas is used in fire extinguishers?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
Q. 3. The process of rusting of iron is an example of:
Answer: Oxidation
Q. 4. Which is the lightest element in the periodic table?
Answer: Hydrogen
Q. 5. The pH value of pure water is:
Answer: 7
Q. 6. Which gas is known as ‘Laughing Gas’?
Answer: Nitrous Oxide
Q. 7. The main constituent of ‘Natural Gas’ (Sui Gas) is:
Answer: Methane
Q. 8. Which layer of the atmosphere protects us from UV rays?
Answer: Ozone Layer
Q. 9. The most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere is:
Answer: Nitrogen
Q. 10. Carbon Monoxide is a dangerous pollutant because it:
Answer: Reduces oxygen-carrying capacity of blood
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