ICS (PU-CSE) Model Past Paper 2025 PDF

1. Verbal Reasoning

Q. Work-life balance schemes in the workplace have been __________ by employees and increase morale and ________ at work.
Answer: applauded, motivation
Q. How can HIFU enable the early release of patients from the hospital?
Answer: No cuts are required
Q. The new CEO pledged to deal with the company’s environmental issues.
Answer: Affirmed
Q. Butterfly → caterpillar : toad → ________
Answer: Tadpole
Q. Type of error in the sentence
Answer: Grammar
Q. Sand : Glass
Answer: Tree : Paper
Q. NEUTRAL means the same as…
Answer: Noncommittal
Q. Select the word that is spelled incorrectly
Answer: Retrieve
Q. The mine’s security engineer is the only source of authority…
Answer: False
Q. IMPERIOUS is the opposite of…
Answer: Subservient
Q. iron : Fe :: silver : Ag
Answer: Ag
Q. about : bout :: amend : mend
Answer: amend
Q. warm : hot :: amusing : hilarious
Answer: amusing
Q. train : trail :: grain : grail
Answer: train
Q. particular : fussy :: meek : subservient
Answer: meek
Q. mount : horse :: board : train
Answer: board
Q. tureen : soup :: goblet : wine
Answer: soup
Q. 4 : 6 :: 14 : 16
Answer: 14
Q. son : nuclear :: cousin : extended
Answer: cousin

2. Quantitative Reasoning

Q. Average speed of two cars (300km in 3h 20m and 280km in 3h 20m)?
Answer: 87.1 km/h
Q. If sin(60° + X) = cos(30°), then the value of X is:
Answer: 0°
Q. If x + y = 6 and xy = 5, then x² + y² is?
Answer: 26
Q. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
Answer: 31, 32, 33, 34
Q. Which of the following is irrational?
Answer: √11
Q. Which of the following is not a valid type of root in a quadratic equation?
Answer: Cubic
Q. What is the value of 180 degrees in radians?
Answer: π
Q. What type of roots does the equation x² + 4 = 0 have?
Answer: Imaginary
Q. If abc = a² and ac = 2, what is the value of b?
Answer: a/2
Q. If 2ᵃ · 2ᵇ = 3ᶜ, what is the value of (a+b)/c?
Answer: Undefined

3. Economics

Q. The reward of capital is called?
Answer: Interest
Q. Direct taxes are imposed on?
Answer: Income and wealth
Q. Externalities are one cause of?
Answer: Market failure
Q. Inflation reduces purchasing power of?
Answer: Consumers
Q. National income at full employment shows?
Answer: Efficient use of resources
Q. Transfer payments include?
Answer: Pension
Q. Increasing taxes usually reduces?
Answer: Aggregate demand
Q. The demand for labour is?
Answer: Derived demand
Q. Cost-push inflation is caused by?
Answer: Increase in production costs
Q. Profit is reward for?
Answer: Entrepreneurship
Q. Sales tax is an example of?
Answer: Indirect tax
Q. Fiscal policy is controlled by?
Answer: Government
Q. An “Inflationary Gap” can be eliminated by increasing Government purchases and reducing taxes.
Answer: False
Q. A good indicator of economic growth is the relationship between gross investment and depreciation.
Answer: True
Q. The circular flow model shows how the prices of goods and services are determined.
Answer: False
Q. If goods were not scarce they would be free.
Answer: True
Q. The Soviet Union represents a good example of mixed economy since it produces both industrial and agricultural goods.
Answer: False
Q. In a consumption function C = a + bY, Y is called independent variable.
Answer: True
Q. Progressive tax rates means a larger fraction of income is taken in the form of taxes as income increases.
Answer: True
Q. A market demand curve can always be found by adding horizontally the demand curves of all buyers.
Answer: True
Q. Goods are scarce because society’s desire for them exceeds society’s ability to produce them.
Answer: True
Q. Specialization of labour means that?
Answer: Different tasks are allocated to different people

3. Computer Science

Q. What is used to identify a user who returns to a Website?
Answer: Cookies
Q. What is the largest font size available in the font size dropdown tool on the formatting toolbar?
Answer: 72
Q. Eight Bits make up a _____?
Answer: Byte
Q. What does DMA stand for?
Answer: Direct Memory Access
Q. A list of coded instructions is called?
Answer: Computer program
Q. How can you open an already existing document in Microsoft Word?
Answer: Open (Ctrl + O)
Q. Borders can be applied to _______?
Answer: All of above (Paragraph, Text, Cells)
Q. The basic unit of a worksheet in which you enter data is known as _____?
Answer: Cell
Q. Linux is an _____?
Answer: Operating System
Q. The output shown on the computer monitor is called?
Answer: Soft copy
Q. EBCDIC stands for _______?
Answer: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Q. In Excel, which function is used to perform addition?
Answer: =SUM()
Q. MS Word is a type of?
Answer: Word processor
Q. Dot matrix is a type of ____?
Answer: Printer
Q. Which shortcut key is used to insert a Page Break?
Answer: Ctrl + Enter
Q. A worksheet in Excel is divided into _____?
Answer: Columns & Rows
Q. A collection of programs that coordinates overall computer operations is called?
Answer: Operating system
Q. Which key deletes a character to the left side of the cursor?
Answer: Backspace button
Q. A user interface that is easy to use is considered _____?
Answer: User friendly
Q. Which key is used to start a new paragraph in MS Word?
Answer: Enter key

3. Mathematics 

Which number will complete the number series? 2, 5, 12, 23, 38, 57, _____?
Answer: 80
Solution:
Find the differences: 5–2=3, 12–5=7, 23–12=11, 38–23=15, 57–38=19 → Difference increases by 4 each time. Next difference = 19+4=23 → Next number = 57+23=80
 What is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius?
Answer: 2π
Solution:
Circumference = 2πr → Circumference / radius = 2πr / r = 2π
 What number will come next in the series? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, _____?
Answer: 32
Solution:
Series is multiplying by 2 each time: 1×2=2, 2×2=4, 4×2=8, 8×2=16, 16×2=32
Find the odd one out: 10, 25, 45, 54, 60, 75, 80
Answer: 54
Solution:
All numbers except 54 are multiples of 5. 54 is not divisible by 5 → Odd one out
What number comes next in the series 34, 24, 16, 10, 6 ?
Answer: 4
Solution:
Find differences: 34–24=10, 24–16=8, 16–10=6, 10–6=4 → Next difference = 2 → Next number = 6–2=4
A is father of C, D is son of B, E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B related to E?
Answer: Sister-in-law
Solution:
C is D’s sister → B must be C’s mother/father → E is brother of A → B is married to A → B is sister-in-law of E
 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point 20 m away from its base is 60°. Find the height of the tower.
Answer: 20√3 m ≈ 34.64 m
Solution:
tan θ = height / distance → tan 60° = h / 20 → √3 = h / 20 → h = 20√3 ≈ 34.64 m
 My mother is the sister of your brother. What relation am I to you?
Answer: Nephew
Solution:
Your brother’s sister is your mother → You are the child of my aunt → Your relation to me = nephew
 If 4x + 12 = 36, find x + 3.
Answer: 9
Solution:
4x + 12 = 36 → 4x = 24 → x = 6 → x + 3 = 6 + 3 = 9
Two lines that make an angle are called?
Answer: Vertex
Solution:
The point where two lines meet to form an angle is called the vertex
25 is 125% of what number?
Answer: 20
Solution:
125% of number = 25 → 1.25 × number = 25 → number = 25 / 1.25 = 20
 π (pi) = ?
Answer: 3.14
Solution:
π is the ratio of circumference to diameter → 3.14 approximately
 Zain is facing North-West. He turns 90° clockwise, then 180° anticlockwise, then 90° clockwise. Which direction is he facing?
Answer: South-East
Solution:
Start facing NW → 90° clockwise → NE → 180° anticlockwise → SW → 90° clockwise → SE (final direction)
 How many zeros are there in 1 billion?
Answer: 9
Solution:
1 billion = 1,000,000,000 → 9 zeros
The perimeter of a square with side 6 cm is?
Answer: 24 cm
Solution:
Perimeter = 4 × side = 4 × 6 = 24 cm
What number comes next in the series? 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?
Answer: 81
Solution:
Find differences: 11–6=5, 21–11=10, 36–21=15, 56–36=20 → Difference increases by 5 → Next difference =25 → Next number = 56+25=81
 What is the sum of all angles in a triangle?
Answer: 180°
Solution:
By definition, sum of interior angles of triangle = 180°
 If a>b, b>c, and d>a then?
Answer: b<d
Solution:
b is less than a, a is less than d → b < d
1 radian is equal to?
Answer: 57.3°
Solution:
1 rad ≈ 57.2958° → Approx 57.3°
Formula of area of square?
Answer: side²
Solution:
Area = side × side = a²

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