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Screening Test For Combined Competitive Examination 2020

Solved Past Paper

1) Choose the correct Synonym of “indubitable”

a) Fraudulent b) Certain
c) Undeniable d) Honorable

2) An activity related to earthquake is:

a) Seismic activity b) Hormonal activity
c) Paranormal activity d) Geophysical activity

3) Diabetes could be classified into _____________ types.

a) Two b) Three
c) Four d) Five

4) Which of the following is a fat soluble vitamin:

a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B
c) Vitamin C d) Vitamin E

5) Choose the correct Synonym of “Reticent”

a) Repetitious b) Reserved
c) Restful d) Emit

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6) Who was the first Finance Minister of Pakistan?

a) I.I Chundrigar b) Malik Ghulam Muhammad
c) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar d) Mir Fazul ur Rahman

7) A kilogram is equal (nearest) to Pound:

a) 1.2 b) 2.2
c) 3.2 d) 4.2

8) Angela Merkel has been elected Chancellor of Germany for the __________ time.
a) First b) Second
c) Third d) Fourth

9) An instrument that measures air pressure is called:

a) Lactometer b) Barometer
c) Thermometer d) Hydrometer

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10) The first wind energy power plant installed in Sindh is at:
a) Jhimpir b) Jherruck
c) Gharo d) Jacobabad

11) Choose the correct Analogy of “Wood : Furniture”

a) Tree : Seedling b) Soil : Clay
c) Father : Child d) Goat : Bleat

12) IDA, the part of the World Bank Group, stands for:
a) International Development Agency b) International Development Association
c) International Donor Association d) International Donor Agency

13) “Hindu Marriage Bill 2016” was passed by:

a) Punjab Assembly b) Sindh Assembly
c) KPK Assembly d) National Assembly

14) The disease caused by Dog bite is:

a) Rabies b) Alzheimer
c) Parkinsons d) Epilepsy

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15) The largest Carbon emitting country of the world is considered to be:
a) China b) Germany
c) Japan d) The United States of America

16) Which of the following is the oldest Barrage:

a) Kotri b) Guddu
c) Taunsa d) Sukkur

17) What is Aslam’s present age, if after 20 years his age will be 10 times his age 10 years back?
a) 6.2 years b) 7.7 years
c) 10 years d) 13.3 years

18) Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by blood against:

a) Kidneys b) Artery walls
c) Brain d) Stomach

19) Most available form of solid fuel is:

a) Coal b) Wood
c) Petrol d) Lignite

20) Total number of moons in entire Solar System are:

a) More than 100 b) More than 200
c) More than 300 d) More than 400

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21) Choose the word or set of words that, best fit(s) the meaning of the sentence as whole.
.The hallmark of a great ______________ is his ability to ____________ listeners by telling a vivid
story using only his words.
a) Raconteur---Entertain b) Sage---Excoriate
c) Prodigy---Opine d) Dullard---Obfuscate

22) Which of the following European Country is not member of the European Union?
a) Switzerland b) Greece
c) Luxemburg d) Belgium

23) Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11?

a) 45054 b) 45048
c) 45050 d) 45045

24) The Shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya is located in the city of:
a) Bahawalpur b) Multan
c) Faisalabad d) Sahiwal

25) Abida Parveen sang sufi song in Karachi before travelling to the United States, then she gave
her first performance at the SANA conference in October 2018:
a) Then b) When
c) Where d) In that

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26) Which of the following is not visited by Mr. Imran Khan since he assumed the office of the
Prime Minister
a) Iran b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Turkey d) Afghanistan

27) Recently World’s oldest Artwork has been found in a cave in?
a) Malaysia b) Greece
c) Indonesia d) Egypt

28) Currently which South American country is facing hyper-inflation and scarcity of food?
a) Paraguay b) Uruguay
c) Venezuela d) Colombia

29) The Presidency of the UN Security Council rotates in alphabetical order among its members
every?
a) Month b) Three months
c) Six months d) Twelve months

30) The newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund is:
a) Kristalina Georgeiva b) Christine Lagarde
c) Gita Gopinath d) Kristina Mladenovic

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31) Choose the correct Antonyms of “Rife”
a) Rare b) Pithy
c) Covert d) Wither

32) The maternal mortality of Pakistan, per 1000 births is:

a) 82 b) 66
c) 105 d) 178

33) Tehran University of Iran has created a robot that can understand, speak and translate 100
different language. It is named:
a) Sohrab b) Alexander
c) Surena d) Robbie

34) Choose the correct Analogy of “Lecher : Lust”:

a) Glutton : Greed b) Business : Profit
c) Clown : Flat d) Pith : Herb

35) There is a total of ______________ UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

a) 15 b) 17
c) 19 d) 21

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36) Which of the following State of India does not have border with Pakistan:
a) Punjab b) Gujrat
c) Rajasthan d) Haryana

37) Commonly known as “Laughing Gas” is:

a) Nitrous Oxide b) Sodium Oxide
c) Potassium Oxide d) Helium Oxide

38) Choose the correct Analogy of “Actors : Troupe”:

a) Scientists : Equipment b) Soldiers : Phalanx
c) Demagogues : Junta d) Criminals : Coterie

39) SITE stands for

a) Sindh International Transport Enterprise b) Sindh Industrial Trading Estate
c) Sindh Information Technology Estate d) Sindh Institute of Technology and Engineering

40) Which month of a calendar year can lack a new moon?

a) December b) February
c) May d) None of these

41) Choose the correct Analogy of “Archive : Document”

a) Theater : Performances b) Library : Borrowers
c) Dainty : Taste d) Museum : Artifacts

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42) Who laid the foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation?
a) Muhammad Ayub Khan b) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
c) Ghulam Ishaq Khan d) Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan

43) Which country is banned from the World’s top sporting events for four years, including winter
Olympics and the 2022 Soccer World Cup by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?
a) South Africa b) Russia
c) China d) Iran

44) Choose the correct Antonyms of ‘Spurn”

a) Accept b) Shun
c) Evade d) Quaff

45) Central Government speculated to take control of Karachi by invoking:

a) Article 25 of the Constitution b) Article 58 of the Constitution
c) Article 149 of the Constitution d) Article 295 of the Constitution

46) Choose the correct sentence of the underlined word:

.Africa is not nearly so mountainous as in Asia:
a) so mountainous as in b) as mountainous as
c) that mountainous as d) equally mountainous to

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47) If ACCEPT is coded as 455978 and PAINT is coded 74128, then how would you encode EXCEL?
a) 93595 b) 93586
c) 93696 d) 93596

48) Choose the correct Synonym of “Prodigal”:

a) Steadfast b) Prudent
c) Skeptic d) Wasteful

49) The book “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream” is authored
by?
a) Donald Trump b) George Walker Bush
c) Barack Obama d) Ronald Wilson Reagan

50) President Donald Trump offered to buy which country?

a) Iceland b) Finland
c) Greenland d) Switzerland

51) Which country has launched the World’s biggest transport space ship for space station?
a) China b) USA
c) Russia d) Japan
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52) Choose the word or set of words that, best fit(s) the meaning of the sentence as whole.
.The ____________ climate made everyone ____________ even the most energetic who were not
normally affected by heat and humidity.
a) Ominous---Cogent b) Oppressive---Torpid
c) Temperature---Facile d) Melancholy---Dejected
53) Area wise Sindh ranks among Pakistan’s four provinces:
a) 1st b) 2nd
c) 3rd d) 4th

54) Al Shabaab is the terrorist group of:

a) Sudan b) Somalia
c) Algeria d) Egypt

55) At present, who holds the position of the leader of the House in Sindh Assembly?
a) Murad Ali Shah b) Agha Siraj Durrani
c) Syed Firdous Shamim Naqvi d) Khawaja Izharul Hasan

56) The Head Quarters of the Organization of Islamic countries (OIC) is in:
a) Jeddah b) Tehran
c) Riyadh d) Jakarta

57) Book “The Sole Spokesman” is authored by:

a) Mubarak Ali b) Stanley Wolpert
c) Anatol Lieven d) Ayesha Jalal

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58) The Head of the State of the United Kingdom is:

a) Queen Elizabeth-II b) Boris Johnson
c) Boris Yelsin d) Prince Philip

59) A watch after every 12 hours goes fast by three minutes. How many minutes will it be fast in
14 days?
a) 6 minutes b) 1 hours 24 minutes
c) 2 hour 34 minutes d) 3 hours 30 minutes

60) The most suitable thermometer for measuring the boiling point of water is:
a) Mercury Thermometer b) Alcohol Thermometer
c) Bimetallic Thermometer d) Liquid Crystal Thermometer

61) Which combination of the following South Asian countries are represented by female Head of
State/Government:
a) Bhutan and Bangladesh b) Bangladesh and India
c) Bangladesh and Nepal d) India and Nepal

62) Sanna Marin, Who became the youngest Prime Minister of, at the age of 34, belongs to:
a) New Zealand b) Finland
c) Belgium d) Denmark

63) Who bowled Super Over for England in Cricket World Cup 2019?
a) Ben Stokes b) Jofra Archer
c) Chris Noakes d) Adil Rashid

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64) Choose the correct Synonym of “Bellicose”:

a) Passive b) Aggressive
c) Pleasant d) Sleazy

65) Karachi Port Trust is under the administrative control of:

a) Sindh Government b) Karachi Cantonment Board
c) Karachi Metropolitan Corporation d) Federal Government

66) A triangle that has three equal angles is called:

a) Isosceles triangle b) Right angle triangle
c) Equilateral triangle d) Scalene triangle

67) Pick the correct number for the sequence: 1,5,11,19,29,?

a) 40 b) 41
c) 42 d) 43

68) Choose the correct Antonyms of “Paean”:

a) Emollient b) Misdemeanor
c) Tirade d) Rend

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69) The Legal Framework Order was issued by :

a) Ayub Khan b) Yahya Khan
c) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto d) Zia-ul-Haq

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74) Choose the correct Analogy of “Parry : Blow”:

a) Deflect : Criticism b) Compile : Evidence
c) Mediate : Dispute d) Delineate : Issue

75) Water loss from leaves through stomata is called as:

a) Evaporation b) Transpiration
c) Evapo-transpiration d) Respiration

76) Which of the following is transcontinental country:

a) Saudi Arabia b) Egypt
c) Syria d) Jordan

77) Who founded the Pakistan Times?

a) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali b) Mian Iftikharuddin
c) Faiz Ahmed Faiz d) Majeed Nizami

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78) Presently a globally eliminated disease is:
a) Smallpox b) Chickenpox
c) Leprosy d) Measles

79) The Nobel Laureate for Peace, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, ethnically belongs to:
a) Oromo b) Sidama
c) Tigrayan d) Ahmara

80) Boiling of an egg is a change which is:

a) Physical b) Chemical
c) Physiological d) Morphological

81) Choose the correct Antonyms of “Scurrilous”:

a) Moral b) Offending
c) Strident d) Convoluted

82) Only player in the Cricket history to score 100 runs on Test Match and One Day International
Debut is:
a) David Warner b) Steve Smith
c) Babar Azam d) Abdi Ali

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83) Bachal is three times as old as his son today. Five years ago, he was four times as old as his
son. How old is Bachal today?
a) 35 years b) 40 years
c) 45 years d) 50 years

84) ______________ is called the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

a) Mark Zuckerberg b) Alan Turing
c) John McCarthy d) Bill Gates

85) The Solar Eclipse of 26th December, 2019 in Pakistan was named:
a) Dark Hour b) Bite of Sun
c) Ring of Fire d) None of these

86) Choose the word or set of words that, best fit(s) the meaning of the sentence as whole.
. The senator has a ___________ personality: his confidence and demeanor impress at first glance.
a) Varied b) Pallid
c) Prepossessing d) Haughty

87) Approximately what percentage of children in Sindh are stunted?

a) 46% b) 27%
c) 22% c) 21%

88) Which of the following is not a G-7 country?

a) Japan b) Russia
c) Italy d) France

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89) Sayyid Ali Husseini Sistani commonly known as Ayatollah Ali Sistani is one of the most
influential political figure of:
a) Iran b) Iraq
c) Syria d) Bahrain

90) Who is the current Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia?

a) Adel-al-Jubeir b) Mohammad bin Salman
c) Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud d) None of them

91) A National Park on Sindh-Baluchistan Border is:

a) Kirthar National Park b) Hingol National Park
c) Dasht National Park d) Lal Suhanra National Park

92) The provincial economy with the biggest size in Pakistan is:
a) Sindh b) KPK
c) Punjab d) Baluchistan

93) Habib Jabib wrote and sang tens of poems, many of them are about the struggle of workers
and the poor in the United States:
a) many of them are b) many are
c) many of which are d) which are, many of them

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94) Headquarter of the Financial Action Task Force is in:

a) Geneva b) Rome
c) Paris d) Amsterdam

95) NASA scientists have recently detected water vapor on which Jupiter’s moon?
a) Callisto b) Europa
c) Lo d) None of these

96) “New Kings of the World” is written by:

a) Khaled Hosseini b) Fatima Bhutto
c) Paulo Coelho d) Arundhati Roy

97) Bandwidth is usually measured in?

a) Bits per second b) Ohm
c) Megahertz d) Watts

98) Which of the following industries has the largest production in Sindh?
a) Cotton fabric b) Cement
c) Fertilizer d) Chemical

99) The unit of home electricity energy consumption is:

a) Watt hour b) Kilowatt hour
c) Joule hour d) Kilojoule hour

100) Which is the rarest Isotope of Hydrogen?

a) Protium b) Deuterium
c) Tiritium d) None of these