Section 1: English
Q1. Synonym of “Incorrigible”
Answer: Unreformable / Habitual
Q2. Antonym of “Capricious”
Answer: Steadfast / Consistent
Q3. Fill in the blank: The diplomat’s ________ remarks served only to exacerbate the already volatile situation.
Answer: Invidious
Q4. Choose the correct spelling
Answer: Pharmacopoeia
Q5. Identify the Grammatical Structure: “Had I known about the forest fire, I would have alerted the authorities.”
Answer: Third Conditional
Q6. Change into Passive Voice: “Circumstances forced him to resign.”
Answer: He was forced to resign by circumstances
Q7. Idiom Meaning: “To throw down the gauntlet” means:
Answer: To issue a challenge
Q8. Direct/Indirect: He said to me, “Wait here until I return.”
Answer: He asked me to wait there until he returned
Q9. Identify the error: Each of the candidates have signed the declaration.
Answer: has (Each is singular)
Q10. One word substitution: A collection of poems or stories
Answer: Anthology
Section 2: General Knowledge & Environmental Science
Q1. Which specific protocol under the CBD deals with ‘Access and Benefit Sharing’ (ABS) of genetic resources?
Answer: Nagoya Protocol
Q2. The “Salt Range” in Punjab contains the world’s second-largest salt mine. In which geological era was this salt deposited?
Answer: Precambrian
Q3. In Forestry, the ‘Basal Area’ of a tree is calculated at what height from the ground?
Answer: Breast Height (1.3–1.4 meters)
Q4. Which city in Punjab is historically associated with the ‘Ahmad Shah Abdali’ and ‘Sikh’ battles for the throne of Lahore?
Answer: Gujranwala
Q5. What is ‘Bio-magnification’ in an aquatic ecosystem?
Answer: Increase in concentration of toxins up the food chain
Q6. Under the 18th Amendment, which ministry was devolved to the provinces, significantly impacting Forest management?
Answer: Ministry of Environment
Q7. What is ‘Eutrophication’ and its primary visual indicator?
Answer: Nutrient enrichment leading to algal bloom
Q8. The ‘Tomb of Bibi Jawindi’ is a famous landmark in which city of Punjab?
Answer: Uch Sharif
Q9. What is ‘Carbon Neutrality’?
Answer: Balancing carbon emissions with carbon absorption
Q10. Which Punjab barrage is located near the border of Mianwali and Bhakkar?
Answer: Chashma Barrage
Section 3: Mathematics (Numerical Ability)
Q1. A sum was put at simple interest for 3 years. At 2% higher rate, interest increases by 360 PKR. Find the sum.
Answer: 6,000 PKR
Q2. The diagonal of a cube is 939\sqrt{3}93 cm. Find its total surface area.
Answer: 486 cm²
Q3. If x=3+2x=\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}x=3+2, find x2+1x2x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}x2+x21.
Answer: 10
Q4. A can complete work in 10 days and B in 20 days. They work together but A leaves 2 days before completion. Total time taken?
Answer: 8 days
Q5. Ratio of ages of father and son is 7:3 and product is 756. Find ratio after 6 years.
Answer: 2:1
Q6. After 12.5% discount, profit is 15% and CP = 280. Find MP.
Answer: 368 PKR
Q7. A cyclist covers 750 m in 2 min 30 sec. Find speed in km/h.
Answer: 18 km/h
Q8. Volume of a sphere is 4851 cm³. Find its surface area.
Answer: 1,386 cm²
Q9. Find the smallest number which leaves remainders 14, 19, 29, 34 when divided by 20, 25, 35, 40 respectively.
Answer: 1,394
Q10. Solve for x: 22x−1=8x−32^{2x-1} = 8^{x-3}22x−1=8x−3
Answer: x = 2
Section 4: Computer Skills
Q1. What is ‘Throughput’ in a computer network?
Answer: Actual data transmitted over a network in a given time
Q2. Which device operates at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of OSI model?
Answer: Hub / Repeater
Q3. What is ‘Ransomware’?
Answer: Malware that encrypts files and demands payment for decryption
Q4. In MS Excel, what is the ‘Fill Handle’ used for?
Answer: To copy data or create series in adjacent cells
Q5. What are the phases of the Instruction Cycle?
Answer: Fetch, Decode, Execute, Store
Q6. What is ‘DNS Poisoning’?
Answer: Injecting false DNS data into cache to redirect users
Q7. Which MS Word feature shows document as it appears on web?
Answer: Web Layout View
Q8. What is a ‘Dual-Core’ processor?
Answer: CPU with two processing cores on one chip
Q9. What is the purpose of ‘BIOS Shadowing’?
Answer: Copy BIOS code from ROM to RAM for faster execution
Q10. What is E-commerce B2B model?
Answer: Business-to-Business online transactions
Section 5: Mental Aptitude & Reasoning
Q1. Syllogism: All roads are trees. No tree is a soap. Conclusion: No soap is a road.
Answer: True
Q2. Blood Relations: “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to the man?
Answer: Sister
Q3. Seating Arrangement: A is left of B but right of C. D is right of B but left of E. Who is in the middle?
Answer: B
Q4. Clock: When will hands be together between 9 and 10?
Answer: 9:49 and 1/11 min
Q5. Coding: If ‘PEOPLE’ → ‘PLPOEE’, then ‘TREND’ → ?
Answer: TNERD
Q6. Analytical Reasoning: A > B, B < C, C < D. Who got highest?
Answer: D
Q7. Direction: After movements (90m East, 20m South, 30m West, 100m North), distance from start?
Answer: 100 m
Q8. Series: 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ?
Answer: 127
Q9. Calendar: If 15 Aug 2023 was Tuesday, day on 15 Aug 2028?
Answer: Thursday
Q10. Number Matrix: If 4+4=20, 5+5=30, 6+6=42, then 9+9=?
Answer: 90