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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY EIGHT questions from PART-II, selecting FIVE questions from
SECTION-I and THREE questions from SECTION-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (a) What were the main objectives of Clean Development Mechanism? Also (5)
explain the reasons for the criticism on Koyoto Protocol by the developed
countries.
(b) Differentiate between Sanitary and Industrial Landfills, also describe the land (5)
selection criteria for Landfills.
Q. No. 3. (a) Write a short note on artificial intelligence. (5)

(b) Write short notes on: (2½ each) (5)
(i) Fibre Optics (ii) Global Positioning System
Q. No. 4. (a) What are vaccines? Classify these and discuss DNA vaccines in detail. (5)
(b) What are causative organism and vector for dengue, enlist possible ways of (5)
prevention from dengue.
Q. No. 5. (a) Comment, ‘liver is the chief chemist in human body’. (5)
(b) What is Cholesterol? Discuss its importance, normal blood level and dangers (5)
of elevated levels with reference to the health and disease in humans.
Q. No. 6. (a) What do you know about the Remote Sensing Techniques? Explain resolution (5)
and write down the names of its various types?
(b) What is hydrological cycle? Discuss its importance. (5)
Q. No. 7. (a) What is tsunami? How the tsunamis generated and what are their (5)
characteristics?
(b) What is an earth quake? Discuss Richter Scale in this context. What was the (5)
intensity of the earth quake in Pakistan dated 26 October 2015 and where was
the locus?
Q. No. 8. (a) Explain the shape of water molecule with the help of Molecular Orbital (5)
Theory, also draw its orbital diagram.
(b) What are the gamma rays? Explain their applications. (5)
Q. No. 9. (a) Discuss importance of preservatives and antioxidants in food. (5)

(b) Comment, Green House Effect is a blessing. Also discuss Enhanced Green (5)
House Effect and its relation with global warming.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I (GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
SECTION-II
Q. No. 10. (a) Define and draw the following: (2½ each) (5)
(i) Rightangle triangles (ii) Equilateral triangles
(b) There are nine students in a group having ages 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, (5)
19. Calculate mean, medium, mode and range of their ages also define the
above mentioned terms:
Q. No. 11. (a) A distribution company provides households to departmental stores within a 50 (5)
kilometers radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is
from the godown of the distribution company.
Distance from the godown of the Number of
distribution company Stores
10 kilometers or less 03
11 to 20 kilometers 15
(i) How many stores does the distribution company serve?

(ii) What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s
godown?
(iii) How many stores are 35 Km or more from the godown?
(iv) What percentage of stores are 31 Km or more from the godown?
(b) Read the following carefully and answer the questions following:
Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz are students of a college having (5)
different heights and weights. Ahmad weighs thrice as much as Ali and Ali
weighs 5 times as much as Akbar. Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and
Nasir weighs half as much as Shehbaz.
(i) Who is the heaviest in weight?
(ii) Who is the is the lightest in weight?
(iii) Shehbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?
(iv) Shehbaz is heavier than which of the two students?
(v) Show the descending order of weights of the students?
Q. No. 12. (a) Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited (5)
antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British
population the blood group distribution among 1000 people was as follows: 300
had blood group A, 325 had blood group B, 250 had O and 125 AB. Out of this
group a person was selected at random, calculate his probability of having
blood group AB
(b) Five friends Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz went on summer vacation (5)
to five cities namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that
is by bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat from point A. Akbar went to Y by car
and Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by boat whereas Shehbaz went by
train. For X and W there is no bus service. The person who went to X did not
use boat to travel. Now answer the following questions.
(i) How did Ahmad travel and where did he go?
(ii) Which mode of transport was used by the person who travelled to X city?
Q. No. 13. (a) Differentiate between primary and secondary mental abilities. How the general (5)
mental ability scales differ from IQ test.
(b) Y = mX + C is an equation of straight line. Draw a graph showing relationship (5)
between X and Y and relate the equation to the slope and intercept on the graph.
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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2017
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I

(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
places.
be crossed.
(vii) Use of Calculator is not allowed.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A) What are the factors responsible for environmental pollution? (5)
(B) Briefly explain the main reasons of water-logging in Pakistan. (5)
(C) What do you mean by Ozone depletion and how we can prevent its depletion? (5)
(D) What is an Acid Rain and how it is produced. Briefly describe the dangers (5)
associated with it?
Q. No. 3. (A) Explain in detail the common causes of Heart Attack. (5)
(B) Differentiate between drug addiction and drug abuse. (5)
(C) Draw the structure of human ear and briefly explain its functions. (5)
(D) What is the significance of Vitamins? Describe the sources, uses and deficiency (5)
symptoms of fat soluble vitamins.
Q. No. 4. (A) What is a mirage? Describe in detail the creation of mirage. (5)
(B) Differentiate between the occurrence of Lunar and Solar Eclipse? (5)
(C) Briefly explain what effects are produced due to Rotation & Revolution of Earth? (5)
(D) Most of the household appliances utilize ‘DC’ then why we generate ‘AC’ at (5)
power stations?
Q. No. 5. (A) Differentiate between RAM and ROM. (5)

(B) Name three basic buses employed in a computer and explain what each is used for. (5)
(C) Draw a basic computer block diagram and briefly explain the function of each (5)
part.
(D) Describe various types of computers classified on the basis of size, memory, (5)
capacity and speed.
SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A) Differentiate with examples between a “Pictogram” and “Histogram”. (5)
(B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of (5)
hours they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set
of data was obtained
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2
Construct a frequency table and draw a Histogram illustrating the results.
(C) How many teachers responded to the survey? (5)
(D) What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are (5)
spent?
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Q. No.7. (A) A man buys 5kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of (5)
meat purchased, he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price.
Calculate the total amount of money that he has to pay.
(B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam only needs 25 minutes to mark (5)
a paper. If they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will
finish marking at the same time?
(C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three tickets from (5)
Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to
Islamabad and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are
the fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi?
(D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. (5)
What relationship is there between D and C?
Q. No. 8. (A) Divide Rs.500 between Arham, Mariam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of (5)
what Mariam gets and Mariam gets ¼ of what Sarim gets. Find the share of
each.
(B) A school has enough provision of food for 52 days. After 20 days a group of (5)
400 students arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many
students are there in the school actually?
(C) A man walks 2km towards North. Then he turns to East and walks 10km. After (5)
this he turns to North and walks 3km. Again he turns towards East and walks
2km. How far is he from the starting point?
(D) In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will (5)
MEDICINE be written in that code language?
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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(ii) Attempt Only FOUR questions from Part II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. All questions carry Equal marks.
places.
be crossed.
(vii) Use of Calculator is NOT allowed.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A). Describe different methods to estimate the age of the Universe. (5)
(B). Explain the formation of Lunar Eclipse. (5)
(C). Explain the terms Dark Energy and Dark Matter. (5)
(D). Define the term Black Hole. What’s expected inside it? (5) (20)
Q. No. 3. (A). Describe different causes and preventions of ‘Polio’ (5)

(B). Define the term ‘Bio-Fuel’. How is it helpful to promote clean energy? (5)
(C). Define ‘Carbohydrates’. Describe different steps to digest these in the human (5)
body.
(D). Describe the ‘Cell Structure’. Write down at least three differences between an (5) (20)
animal cell and plant cell.
Q. No. 4. (A). What is ‘Acid Rain’.Describe its causes and how it can be prevented? (5)
(B). What is ‘Water Pollution’. Discuss its causes and measurement methods. Name (5)
the countries with the highest and lowest percentage of it.
(C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Smog’. (5)
(D). Describe different causes of ‘Tsunami’. Is there any difference between a (5) (20)
Tsunami and a tidal wave? Name the worst Tsunami ever recorded.
Q. No. 5. (A). Write a note, how data is stored on a ‘Hard Disk’. (5)
(B). How an ‘Optical Fiber’ is constructed? How is it helpful in transmitting the (5)
electromagnetic radiations?
(C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Balanced Diet’. (5)
(D). What is ‘Artificial Intelligence’? How is it helpful for humanity? (5) (20)
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SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A). It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 square meters. What percentage (5)
increase in the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 square
meters?
(B). An automobile travels 3 km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards north (5)
and 2 km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position?
(C). Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. After 5 months Umar also joined (5)
him with an investment of Rs. 30,000. At the start of 9th month, Usman joined them
by investing Rs. 45,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs. 406,000.
Find the share of each one.
(D). A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs. 40,000 was due to him and Rs. (5) (20)
5,000 was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one
daughter and two sons according to the Islamic Law.
Q. No. 7. The breakdown of average monthly expenditure for a family is given in the following
Figure:
(A). Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditure is on ‘other ’? (5)
(B). Approximately what fraction of the (5)

family’s monthly expenditure do’
‘utilities’, ‘rent’ and ‘food’ represent?
(C).If the family spends Rs.11600 on (5)
utilities, how much is the family’s
total expenditure?
(D).‘Other’ expenditure comprises savings, (5) (20)
entertainment and luxury items, which
are spent in the ratio 3 : 4 : 1. Calculate
how much the family saves each month
if monthly income is Rs.24,000.
Q. No. 8. (A). Police officers are in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Officer Baker is directly behind (5)
the stolen car. Officer Lopez is behind Baker; Officer O'Malley is behind Lopez.
Officer Reinhart is ahead of the stolen car and coming from the opposite direction.
Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer
Lopez. Officer Baker pulls up on the driver's side of the stolen vehicle and Officer
Lopez pulls up on the other side. Which officer is directly behind the vehicle?
(B). Define a Histogram. How is it constructed? What information may be deduced (5)
from it?
(C). Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank? (5)
(D). In a certain code language LANDMINE is written as PYRBQGRC. How will (5) (20)
HOMEMADE be written in that code language?
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
PART – II
SECTION – I
Q. 2. (a) Deficiency of vitamins causes different human diseases some of which are given in (5)
the table below. Choose the correct type of vitamin from the box and write in front
of each disease:
Vit. A Vit. B 1 Vit. C Vit. D Vit.E Vit.K
Disease caused due to lack of Vitamin Name of the Vitamin

1. Poor night Vision
2. Bleeding Gums
3. Rickets in Children
4. Beri-Beri
5. Anaemia
(b) People suffering from cardiovascular diseases have a high level of cholesterol in (5)
their blood. This often leads to a build up of fats on the internal arterial walls.
Suggest how this might be harmful to the heart.
(c) Why the excessive use of chemical fertilizers should be avoided? (5)
(d) Why are scientists worried about the increase of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere? (5) (20)
Q. 3. (a) Differentiate between the Renewable and Non-Renewable sources of energy giving
examples of each one of them. (5)
(b) Give a brief account of Optic Fibres. What is their importance in present day (5)
telecom system?
(c) What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane and how do cyclones affect humans? (5)
(d) What's the difference between vaccines and antibiotics? How do antibiotics and (5) (20)
vaccines contribute to health?
Q. 4. (a) What is the importance of forests in the economy of a country? (5)

(b) Give a brief account of Biotechnology. (5)
(c) Do the mammals also lay eggs? If yes, where in the world do they live? Write the (5)
name of some of them.
(d) How can the Sun have such a strong gravitational field if it's made of gases? (5) (20)
Q. 5. (a) What does Ozone depletion mean and how can we protect the ozone layer? (5)
(b) What are the different types of a network? Explain each briefly. (5)
(c) Why an indiscriminate/casual use of Antibiotics may prove dangerous? (5)
(d) Why do atoms form bonds? Name three major types of chemical bonds. (5) (20)
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SECTION – II
Q. 6. (a) Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His (5)
clock ticked every 5 second: a tap was dipping every 7 second and a pet dog snored
every 12second. He noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on
the stroke of mid night. Find after how many seconds all three things happened
together again?
(b) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as a second pipe. When both pipes are (5)
opened they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if
only the slower pipe is used?
(c) The cost for hiring a car for 2 days in 2018 was Rs 264 which was 20% more than (5)
in 2013. What was the cost of hiring a car for 2 days in 2013?
(d) What do you understand by measure of central tendency? State its types. (5) (20)
Q. 7 (a) Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs 2000 in the ratio 1:4. Moiz then share his (5)
part between himself, his wife and their son in the ratio 4:5:1. How much more does
his wife get over their son.
(b) A farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day, he counted a total of 70 (5)
heads and 196 legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have?
(c) What is polygon? Describe different types of regular polygon. (5)
(d) In a certain code, computer is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be (5) (20)
written in code language?
Q. 8. (a) Seven piano students- T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z-are given a recital and their (5)
instructor is deciding the order in which they will perform.
Each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In deciding the order of
performances, the instructor must observe the following restrictions:
(i) X cannot play first or second
W cannot play until X has played.
Neither T nor Y can play seventh.
Either Y or Z must play immediately after W plays.
V must play immediately after or immediately before U plays
(ii) If V plays first, which one of the following must be true
T plays sixth
X plays third
Z plays seventh
T plays immediately after Y
W plays immediately after X
(b) U = {Whole number from 10 to 24} (5)
A = {Even number}
B = {Number divisible by 5}
Write down the number of elements of A∩B.
(c) In the following diagram A represent American, S represent scientists and P (5)
represent politicians.
(i) American those are politicians but not scientists will be?
(ii) Scientists which are politicians but not Americans will be?
(d) Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 tokens can be exchanged for (5) (20)
free packet. How many free packets will I receive if I buy 64 packets?
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020 FOR ECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION.
ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
PART – II (SECTION – A)
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Q. 2. (a) On 7 April 2012 an Avalanche hit a Pakistan military base in Gayari sector trapping 140 soldiers and (5)
civilians under deep snow. What is Avalanche; describe its four types with focus on most dangerous type?
(b) What do you understand by Global Wind and Pressure patterns? Also explain wind and pressure features at (5)
higher altitude.
(c) World largest earthquake was assigned a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States Geological Survey on 22 May (5)
1960 in southern Chile Valdivia. What do you know about earthquake? Also explain shallow-focus and deep-
focus earthquakes.
(d) Differentiate between the renewable and non renewable energy sources. Briefly explain Geothermal Energy (5)(20)
and Hydro Electricity.
Q. 3. (a) What are Pesticides? Explain their different types; why persistent pesticides are more lethal for mankind? (5)
(b) What are carbohydrates? Classify and give detail of each class along with examples. (5)
(c) Discuss different methods of Food preservation. (5)
(d) Where and how Fiber Optics are used? Also write down their advantages and disadvantages. (5)(20)
Q. 4. (a) Briefly describe the various segments of atmosphere. How these segments are maintaining the Earth (5)
Radiation Balance?
(b) How the organic particulate matter enters in the atmosphere. Also describe the sources? (5)
(c) What is natural radioactivity? How it is different from the artificial radioactivity? (5)
(d) What are the Fossils? Discuss the importance of paleontology. (5)(20)
Q. 5. (a) What do you know about Hepatitis? Describe its types and write down preventive measures. (5)
(b) Differentiate between Middle Latitude Cyclones and Tornadoes. (5)
(c) What is Open System Interconnections (OSI) and describe its layers? (5)
(d) What is GPS? How does it work? (5)(20)
(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan does it in 8 hours. Tariq and (5)
Sajid start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours and Irfan replaces him. How long would it take to
complete the work?
(b) Find the missing number to complete each sum. (5)
(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 × (-------------) (b) 3 × 9 – 14 = 24 – (-------------)
(c) 15 ÷ 3 × 12 = 41 + (-------------) (d) 24 ÷ 4 + 5 = 66 ÷ (-------------)
(e) 8 × 6 – 13 + 3 = 7 × 6 – (-------------)
(c) There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean, median, mode and (5)
range of their ages. Also define these mentioned terms.
(d) How does mental ability scales differ from IQ test? (5)(20)
Q. 7 (a) Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights and weights. Mushtaq (5)
weighs four times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs double than Ehsan, Ehsan weighs half as much as
Umair and Umair weighs half as much as Saleem.
(i) Who is the heaviest among five friends? (ii) Who is the second heaviest? (iii) Who has lowest weight?
(iv) Who are equal in weight? (v) Mention the descending order.
(b) A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of farm is 484 m2, what will be the total (5)
area of the wall if it is two meters high on three sides and three meters high on one side?
(c) Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars, car-1,car-2 and car-3. The (5)
following restrictions for seating in car are to be observed:
(i) Only three persons can sit in one car (ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car
(iii) A and D should remain together (iv) Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car
Distribute boys and girls in three cars.
(d) What are social skills? Describe four causes of weak social skills. (5)(20)
Q. 8. (a) What do you understand by systematic sampling? Discuss its types. (5)
(b) Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people possessed blood group A, (5)
650 possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and 200 have blood group O. Calculate the
probability of having blood group B. (ii) Calculate the probability of having blood group O.
(c) A group of 50 men can construct 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70 men take to complete same (5)
length of road?
(d) Zahid left a property worth Rs 1750,000/. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs 150,000/. The rest of money (5)(20)
was distributed between a son and a daughter. How much did each child receive if share of a son was double
than that of a daughter?
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(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
PART – II
(SECTION – A)
Q. 2. (a) Differentiate between a star and a planet. What is the magnitude of a star and how the color of (5)
stars is correlated with their temperatures?
(b) “Semiconductors are the Brains of Modern Electronics”. Explain in detail what this quotation (5)
means.
(c) Briefly describe the most popular and accepted theory about the origin of the Universe. (5)
(d) What are the advantages and limitations of renewable energy resources? Briefly explain the (5)(20)
prospects of non-conventional energy resources in Pakistan.
Q. 3. (a) Explain with examples the relationship between cells, tissues and organs. (5)
(b) Explain the differences in structure & function between a cell wall and a cell membrane. (5)
(c) What is meant by transpiration? Explain in detail the significance of leaf structure in the (5)
process of transpiration.
(d) What is meant by the term double circulation? Briefly describe how the heart is adapted to (5)(20)
keep blood flowing in a double circulation.
Q. 4. (a) What is the sequence of strata of atmosphere and on what factors does it depends? (5)
(b) Describe water cycle and briefly explain the major processes involved in water cycle? (5)
(c) What is the Difference between asthenosphere and lithosphere? Explain various components (5)
of lithosphere.
(d) Differentiate between food contaminants and food adulterants. (5)(20)
Q. 5. (a) Define the term “malnutrition”. Elaborate its major causes and consequences. (5)
(b) Explain how a slice of bread after few days decomposes due to the growth of fungi. (5)
(c) What is a computer memory? Describe its units and discuss various types of memories. (5)
(d) Differentiate between natural and artificial satellites. Briefly describe the working of (5)(20)
communication satellites with some applications.
(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In ten (10) years time, the sum of their ages will be (5)
76. How old was the man when his son was born?
(b) How many tiles of 20cm2 will be required to have a footpath 1m wide carried around the (5)
outside of grassy plot 24m long and 14m broad?
(c) Mr. Faheem has dinner with his family at a restaurant which offers a 10% discount on food. (5)
The marked price of the food that they order was Rs.15000/-. Given that there was a service
charges of 10% and GST is 17%, calculate the total amount of money he has to pay.
(d) Mr. Khawaja walked for 45 minutes at the rate of 3km/h and then ran for half an hour at a (5)(20)
certain speed. At the end of that time he was 6km away from the starting point. How fast did
he run?
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Q. 7 (a) A child went 90m towards East, and then he turned Right and went 20m. Subsequently he (5)
turned Right and after going 30m he reached his uncle’s house. From there he went 100m to
his North. Determine how far he is from his starting point.
(b) The average of 11 numbers is 63, that of the first 6 numbers are 60 and that of the last 6 (5)
numbers are 65. Find the 6th number.
(c) The following table shows some values of ‘x’ and the corresponding values of ‘y’ where, (5)
y = x 3 − 3x − 10.
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -28 -10 8 42
Complete the table and draw a graph between ‘x’ and ‘y’ to find the value of ‘y’ when x=1.8
and value of ‘x’ when y=10.
(d) Mr. Raheel invests Rs.60000/- in an account that earns simple interest. At the end of 5 years, (5)(20)
the investment is worth Rs.85000/-. Calculate the rate of simple interest per year.
Q. 8. (a) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings. (5)
(i) UORSEIS (ii) REGAHT (iii) TYLEAL (iv) RAMYR (v) RYUHR
(b) Find the number of triangles in the following two images. (5)
(i) (ii)
(c) Calculate the total area and perimeter of the given shape. (5)
(d) Find the missing numbers in the given series. (5)(20)

(i) 4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294 (ii) 15, 31, 63, 127, ? (iii) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?
(iv) 132, 156, ?, 210, 240, (v) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, ?
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PART – II
(SECTION – A)
Q. 2. (a) Define ceramic and nano-ceramic materials. Why the nano-ceramics show better properties (5)
than their ceramic counterparts? Write the applications of ceramic materials.
(b) What is ‘Black Hole’? How black holes are formed and discovered? (5)
(c) Write two applications of each of the following electromagnetic radiations: (5)
(i) Ultraviolet (ii) Infra-red (iii) Microwaves
(iv) Radio waves (v) X-rays.
(d) What is Wildfire? Explain its types, causes, spread and preventions. (5)(20)
Q. 3. (a) (i) Why the bat and whale are considered as mammals? (5)
(ii) Write a note on liver juice ‘Bile’.
(b) How the urine is formed? Describe the role of kidney in excretion. (5)
(c) (i) How a bacterial cell is different from a plant cell? (5)
(ii) What do you think cold-blooded animals are slowed down by low temperatures?
(d) What is hepatitis, its types, causes, prevention, and cure? (5)(20)
Q. 4. (a) What is the difference between fog and smog? What are the causes of smog and its effects (5)
on human health? Write short note on any one of the latest technologies to eliminate smog to
avoid atmospheric pollution.
(b) What is the role of oxygen-demanding wastes in water pollution? How it can be prevented? (5)
(c) What is the biosphere? Write a note on the ‘Energy Resources’ available in the biosphere. (5)
(d) What are the different layers of the atmosphere? On what basis these layers are classified? In (5)(20)
which layer ‘Auroras’ are formed and where do satellites orbit?
Q. 5. (a) What are antioxidants and why are they used in foods? Write a short note on natural and (5)
synthetic antioxidants.
(b) How the carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are digested in humans? (5)
(c) How does the Navstar GPS system work for different applications? (5)
(d) (i) Differentiate between network and internet. (5)(20)
(ii) What is the difference among application, program and software?
(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) A telephone company charges initially Rs.0.50 and then Rs. 0.11 for every minute. Write an (5)
expression that gives the cost of a call that lasts N minutes.
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(b) Find the missing number in the series below (5)

(i) 1, 8, 4, 27, 9, ? (ii) 3,6,8,16,18,? (iii) 2, 8, 512, ?
(iv) 81 ,9,64 ,8,?,12 (v) 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?
(c) The perimeter of the rectangle given below is 114 cm. Find the area of the rectangle. (5)
(3x-y) cm
(2x-3) cm
2 +
(2x+y) cm
(d) Ahmad stands at point D, 2m in front of a (5)(20)

spotlight at point A. He is 1.6m tall and is
facing the wall of a building which is
10.5m away from him. How tall (BC)
is his shadow on the wall of the building.
Q. 7 (a) Ali is standing 10 meters away from a tree. The distance of his eyes from his feet is 1.5 (5)
meter. Given that the distance from his eyes to the top of the tree is 15 meters, find the
height of the tree.
(b) Find out the correct word from the jumbled spellings given below. (5)
LNUGEF, CKANS, CIREFE, EERAANMOGTP, MNIKPPU.
(c) Draw and write the total number of lines of symmetry in a regular hexagon and octagon. (5)
How many lines of symmetry are there in a circle?
(d) The height of the Egyptian pyramid is 146.6 meters and a base length is 230.6 meters. Find (5)(20)
the volume of that pyramid.
Q. 8. (a) Ali buys an oven for Rs. 36800 and sells it at a gain of 8.5%. For how much does he sell it? (5)
(b) A card is drawn at random from a box containing 12 cards numbered 1,2,3,4,5,….,12. Find (5)
the probability of drawing (i) ‘8’, (ii) an even number, (iii) a perfect square, (iv) a negative
number and (v) a number less than 13.
(c) The scintillation nuclear radiation detector detects the alpha rays per second. When the (5)
energy of the alpha rays (E α ) in MeV increases, the number of counts (N c ) on the detector
also increases linearly as shown in the table below.
E α (MeV) 0.25 0.45 0.65 1 1.4

Nc 17500 23500 29500 40000 52000
Draw the graph of N c as a function of E α (MeV) and find the energy of unknown alpha ray
if the number of counts are 31600.
(d) The y is directly proportional to x2 and y = m for a particular value of x. Find an expression (5)(20)
for y in terms of m, when this value of x is doubled.
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PART – II
(SECTION – A)
Q. 2. (a) What do you know about Volcanoes? Discuss the causes and effects of volcanic eruptions. (5)
(b) Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. Briefly explain wind (5)
energy, solar energy and biofuels.
(c) What is a Tornado? How is it formed and what are the effects of tornadoes? Explain briefly. (5)
(d) Discuss various factors which affect the variations in the climate of a place. (5)(20)
Q. 3. (a) Discuss Vaccination, types of Vaccines, their side-effects and effectiveness. (5)
(b) What is Polio? Discuss its symptoms, causes of spreading, prevention and vaccine. (5)
(c) What do you understand by the DNA and RNA? (5)
(d) What is Solid Waste? Discuss the main issues of Solid Waste Management in our country? (5)(20)
Q. 4. (a) Define the term Water Pollution. What indicators are used to measure the quality of water? (5)
Write down the drinking water quality standards.
(b) What do you understand by the term Population Planning? Point out the different benefits of (5)
Population Planning.
(c) Discuss the possible negative effects that Pakistan my face due to Global Warming and (5)
Climate Change. What steps may be helpful to control the climatic change?
(d) What is Radioactivity? Differentiate between natural and artificial radioactivity. (5)(20)
Q. 5. (a) What do you understand by the term Remote Sensing? Write its basic principle. Give its (5)
important applications.
(b) Explain the Optical Fiber. Explain how Fiber Optic Communication works? (5)
(c) Briefly explain the working and structure of a Cell Phone. (5)
(d) Explain Artificial Intelligence. What do you understand by the term Robotics? (5)(20)
(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) For his morning walk Aslam went 110 meters towards east from his house and then turned (5)
right to keep walking for 40 meters before turning right again. After continuing to walk for 50
more meters, he turned right again and kept walking for another 120 meters, before he sat
down on a bench at the park. How far was the bench located from his house?
(b) The income of a company decreased by 10% and 15% in two successive years. What is the (5)
percentage of decrease in income after two years?
(c) What do you understand by Mental Ability Scales? Differentiate between Aptitude and (5)
Intelligence?
(d) Discuss the factors affecting Intelligence. (5)(20)
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Q. 7 (a) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 273. What are the three odd numbers? (5)
(b) Find the missing number in the given series. (5)
(i) 4, 16, 36, 64, ?, 144. (ii) 30,29,27,?, 20, 15 (iii) 1, 7, 15, 25, ?, 51
(iv) 0,2,6,12,20,30, ? (v) 48, 24, 72, 36, 108, ?
(c) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings. (5)
(i) THRSI (ii) GNDREA (iii) SCHAMOT (iv) ONLNDO (v) HIODALY
(d) Sara’s mother is 6 times older than Sara, where as her brother Ali is twice as old as Sara. In (5)(20)
three years’ time the sum of their ages will be 72. How old are Sara, Ali and their mother
now?
Q. 8. (a) What do you understand by Sampling? Discuss Non-Probability Sampling. (5)

(b) Aslam is willing to use the stylish ceramics tiles in the lounge of his under-construction house. (5)
The shape of the tile is a right triangle, having the lengths of two legs of 12 cm and 4 cm.
Each tile costs Rs. 15. How much will it cost to fill the lounge of 8 meters length and 6
meters width with these tiles?
(c) During a sale a clerk was putting new price tags on each item. On one sweater, he accidentally (5)
raised the price by 20% instead of lowering the price by 20%. As a result the price on the tag
was Rs. 80 too high. What was the original price of the sweater?
(d) If in a certain language, BROTHER is written as QDGSNQA, then in the same language, (5)(20)
SISTER would be written as --------?
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