ICS (PU-CSS) Model Past Paper 2024 PDF

1. Verbal Reasoning

Q. shallot : onion :: scallop : mollusk
Answer: onion
Q. conjugate : pair :: partition : divide
Answer: divide
Q. passage : excerpt :: exercise : maneuver
Answer: passage
Q. alphabetical : list :: sequential : files
Answer: list
Q. tacit : implied :: shoddy : inferior
Answer: shoddy
Q. implement : rule :: render : verdict
Answer: render
Q. vaunt : boast :: skewer : criticize
Answer: criticize
Q. gambol : skip :: gamble : bet
Answer: skip
Q. rotation : earth :: spinning : top
Answer: spinning
Q. gall : vex :: hex : jinx
Answer: jinx
Q. monarch : butterfly :: king : cobra
Answer: butterfly
Q. iota : jot :: ilk : type
Answer: ilk
Q. digress : subject :: veer : path
Answer: digress
Q. pan : critic :: ban : judge
Answer: critic
Q. bed : oyster :: paddy : rice
Answer: bed
Q. cicada : insect :: collie : canine
Answer: insect
Q. huckster : advertising :: gangster : crime
Answer: advertising
Q. mica : bedrock :: cement : foundation
Answer: mica
Q. dolorous : weepy :: sonorous : loud
Answer: weepy
Q. lapidary : gems :: dramaturge : plays
Answer: gems

2. Quantitative Reasoning

Q. 20% wear glasses, 30% contact lenses, 10% both. Percentage wearing either?
Answer: 40%
Q. Pizza divided into 10 slices. 4 eaten, fraction remaining?
Answer: 6/10
Q. The range of a data set is defined as:
Answer: The difference between the maximum and minimum values
Q. Sum of two numbers is 35. One is 8 more than other. Numbers?
Answer: 13.5 and 21.5
Q. Read 300-page book in 10 days. Pages per day?
Answer: 30 pages
Q. Solve 3(x + 4) – 2 = 2(2x – 3) + 5:
Answer: x = 11
Q. Solution set for inequality 4x + 5 < 9:
Answer: x < 1
Q. Partners profit ratio 5:7:8 for 14, 8, 7 months. Investment ratio?
Answer: 5:11:15
Q. Ages: 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 20. Range of data set?
Answer: 4
Q. Seller has 35 mangoes, sells 12 and 8. Remaining?
Answer: 15

3. Statistics

Q. Regression slope is represented by:
Answer: b
Q. Median of 10, 12, 14, 15, 17:
Answer: 14
Q. Probability of impossible event:
Answer: 0
Q. Mean of binomial distribution:
Answer: np
Q. Type-I error means:
Answer: Reject true hypothesis
Q. Symmetrical distribution condition:
Answer: μ₁ = μ₃
Q. Decimal system base:
Answer: 10
Q. Point estimate is:
Answer: Single value
Q. Correlation rxy = 0.8 then ryx:
Answer: 0.8
Q. Height of tree variable:
Answer: Continuous
Q. Mean of 4, 6, 8, 10 is?
Answer: 7
Q. Mode of 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 is?
Answer: 4
Q. Mean of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 is?
Answer: 7
Q. Median of data 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 is?
Answer: 5
Q. Mean of data 2, 4, 6, 8 is?
Answer: 5
Q. The value appearing most frequently is called?
Answer: Mode
Q. Difference between maximum and minimum values is called?
Answer: Range
Q. Median of 5, 7, 12, 18, 20 is?
Answer: 12
Q. Mean proportion between 9 and 16 is?
Answer: 12
Q. In class interval (10–50), upper class limit is?
Answer: 50

3. Computer Science

Q. MS PowerPoint is an example of _____?
Answer: Application software
Q. MS Word is ________ software?
Answer: Application
Q. Which menu allows access to Text Boxes, Pictures, and Charts?
Answer: Insert
Q. Dotted areas in an empty slide for holding content are called?
Answer: Placeholders
Q. An Excel workbook is a collection of __________?
Answer: Worksheets and Charts
Q. Which shortcut key moves the cursor one page down?
Answer:  Ctrl + PageDown
Q. What is the smallest font size in the dropdown tool?
Answer: 8
Q. What is the default page orientation in MS Word?
Answer: Portrait
Q. A computer cannot do anything without _______?
Answer: Program
Q. Which of the following is a single-user system?
Answer: DOS
Q. Keyboard shortcut to increase font size by one point?
Answer: Ctrl + ]
Q. The circular device used for storage is _____?
Answer: Disk
Q. How do you move to the next cell in a row in MS Excel?
Answer: Tab
Q. Which key is used to align the text to the center?
Answer: Ctrl + E

4. Mathematics 

15% of 400 = ?
Answer: 60
Solution:
0.15 × 400 = 60
Next term in 2,4,8,16,?
Answer: 32
Solution:
Multiply by 2 → 16×2=32
 Sorrow : Death :: Happiness : ?
Answer: Birth
Solution:
Opposite emotions analogy → Sorrow:Death → Happiness:Birth
 If 1st day of month is Monday, date of 3rd Friday?
Answer: 15
Solution:
1st Friday = 5th, 2nd = 10th, 3rd = 15th → Correct 15
 If x³=27, find x
Answer: 3
Solution:
x³=27 → x = ∛27 =3
If PQ = P+Q+P/Q, then 82 = ?
Answer: 14
Solution:
8*2 = 8+2 + 8/2 = 10+4=14
Value of lim 2/x as x→∞
Answer: 0
Solution:
2/x → 0 as x→∞
1 kilometer = ? meters
Answer: 1000
Solution:
By definition, 1 km = 1000 m
1 kilometer = ?
Answer: 1000 meters
Solution:
1 km = 1000 meters
Complete series: 2,5,9,?,20,27,35
Answer: 14
Solution:
Differences: 5–2=3, 9–5=4, next difference =5 → Next number = 9+5=14
Which is different? Karachi, Kabul, Delhi, Dhaka
Answer: Karachi
Solution:
Karachi is in Pakistan, others are capitals of other countries → Different
Find missing letter: A,D,H,M,S, ?
Answer: Z
Solution:
The sequence increases the gap between letters by 1 each time:
A → D (gap +3), D → H (gap +4), H → M (gap +5), M → S (gap +6)
Next gap = +7 → S + 7 = Z
Final Answer: Z

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