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ENGLISH

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate

option, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. _______ was on television made me angry.

A. It
B. The story
C. What
D. When

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite

in meaning to the word in capital letters.
2. ENTER:

A. come
B. go
C. exit
D. limit

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized

ones.
3. ELIGIBLE:

A. clear
B. confusing
C. fit
D. wanted

Read the passage to answer question 4-5

In the late seventeenth century, a transformation began that would make
coffee one of the most popular drinks in Europe. The coffeehouse-meeting
place of bankers, dissidents, artists, merchants, poets, wits, and rogues was
in some ways the cradle of modern Europe. Coffee would change, in less
than a century, from the drink of a few princes and a few paupers to the
chief social beverage of the rising middle class.

4. The word “transformation” is closest in meaning to:

A. trend
B. event
C. change
D. custom

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5. The word “rogues” refers to a type of:

A. beverage
B. person
C. book
D. coffee

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ANALYTICAL/ QUANTITATIVE SKILLS

& GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Most people believe that yawning is most powerfully triggered by seeing
someone else yawn. This belief about yawning is widespread not only today,
but also has been commonplace in many parts of the world in the past, if we
are to believe historians of popular culture. Thus, seeing someone else yawn
must be the most irresistible cause of yawning.
6. The argument is most vulnerable to which one of the following
criticisms?
A. It attempts to support its conclusion solely by restating that
conclusion in other words.
B. It cites the evidence of historians of popular culture in direct
support of a claim that lies outside their area of expertise.
C. It makes a sweeping generalization about yawning based on
evidence drawn from a limited number of atypical cases.
D. It supports its conclusion by appealing solely to opinion in a
matter that is largely factual.
E. It takes for granted that yawns have no cause other than the
one it cites.

Questions 07-10
Six kitchen items Chili, Milk, Pepper, Salt, Sugar and Tea are to be placed in
a cabinet of a kitchen. There are six shelves numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of the
cabinet and one item is to be put in one shelf.
However Chili can not be placed immediately before or after the Milk.
Pepper must be placed after the Salt.
Tea can not be in shelf number 6.
7. Which of the following items can not be placed in shelf no. 1?
A. Chili
B. Milk
C. Pepper
D. Salt
E. None of the above
8. If Salt is placed in shelf no. 3, Pepper must be placed in which shelf?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
9. If Chili is placed in shelf no. 5, which of the following items must be
placed in shelf no. 6?
A. Milk
B. Pepper
C. Salt
D. Sugar
E. Can not place any item

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10.If Tea is placed in shelf no. 3 immediately before Salt, which item must
be placed in shelf no. 5?

A. Chili
B. Milk
C. Pepper
D. Sugar
E. Can not say

11.Of the 20 people who won prize money, 7 have come forward to claim
their winnings. What percent of the people have not yet appeared?

A. 20%
B. 35%
C. 42%
D. 65%
E. 70%

12.What single discount is equivalent to two successive discounts of 10%

and 15%?

A. 25%
B. 24%
C. 24.5%
D. 23.5%
E. 22%

13.A Metre is to Distance as a Clock is to ______.

A. An hour
B. Time
C. Watch
D. Alarm

14.What number comes next in the series?

9 24 39 54 69 84 99 ?

A. 114
B. 106
C. 110
D. 124
E. 109

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PAKISTAN ECONOMY/CURRENT AFFAIRS

& GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
15.Devaluation of Pakistani rupee would result into:

A. Expensive exports
B. Expensive Imports
C. Expensive Labor
D. Overvalued Rupee

16.Who is the Current Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Pakistan?

A. Gen Raheel Sharif

B. Gen Ashfaq Parvaz kayani
C. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
D. Gen Zubair Hayat

17.On which of the following country’s flag we can see the Maple Leaf?

A. Canada
B. Holland
C. Cuba
D. France

18.In banking sector ________ approach towards customer care is

recommended.

A. Reactive
B. Proactive
C. Descriptive
D. Elaborative

19.In the theory of economics when the quantity of a good consumed

increased then marginal utility will:

A. Increase and total utility will increase

B. Decrease and total utility will decrease
C. Decrease and total utility will increase
D. Increase and total utility will decrease

20.The following short cut keys are used in copying & pasting.

A. Control+x … Control+y
B. Control+c … Control+v
C. Control+v … Control+z
D. Control+a … Control+s

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ANSWER KEY

Q #. Right Choice
1 C
2 C
3 C
4 C
5 B
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 D
10 C
11 D
12 D
13 B
14 A
15 B
16 C
17 A
18 B
19 C
20 B

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