Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CT PST Paper PDF
CT PST Paper PDF
Science (25%)
lays eggs
has rough and dry skin
A. fish.
B. birds.
C. reptiles.
D. mammals.
A. protons.
B. neutrons.
C. electrons.
D. positrons.
3. Sana places some ice cubes in a glass bottle, closes it and wraps it with tissue papers.
After a while she observes that the tissue papers have become wet.
100 N
230 N
A. 230 N
B. 130 N
C. 100 N
D. 330 N
5. Shown below are two gears, the bigger one with 40 teeth and the smaller one with 20
teeth.
If the bigger gear is used to drive the smaller gear, it will result in
A. loss in mass.
B. gain in force.
C. loss in friction.
D. gain in distance.
9. When iron (Fe) reacts with oxygen (O2), iron oxide (Fe2O3) is formed. The
properties of iron oxide are different than the individual properties of iron and
oxygen because iron oxide is
A. a mixture.
B. a solution.
C. an element.
D. a compound.
12. At one stage in water purification process, oxygen is added in water treatment
plants for bacteria to
ii
iii
iv
A. from i to ii.
B. from i to iii.
C. from ii to iii.
D. from ii to iv.
15. Given below is a food web.
What would happen to the given food web if all the rabbits are killed in hunting?
17. Ali warms his hands over burning coals while Ahmed holds an iron rod with one
end exposed to burning coals.
19. The number of electrons in the L-shell of the given element will be
A. 5
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
20. The principle by which a hydraulic lift is able to lift very heavy objects by
applying a force that by itself could not lift the object is
21. Which of the following shows the CORRECT image formation by a plane mirror?
A B
C D
22. Equal amount of water is taken in four containers shown below.
Which of the following containers will exert the highest pressure on the surface?
A B
C D
25. Light rays that pass close to a black hole are bent because black holes
A. are massive.
B. are very dark.
C. have strong magnetic fields.
D. have strong gravitational force.
Math (25%)
26. Which of the following is not a set?
A. 3 , 6 , 9
B. , , ,
C. 2 , 0 , 5 , 5
D. a , e , i , o , u
27. Sajid irons 4 shirts in 24 minutes. At the same rate he will iron 7 shirts in
A. 36 minutes
B. 42 minutes
C. 48 minutes
D. 54 minutes
A. 24 x 4 y 3
B. 24 x y
4 3
4 3
C. 10 x y
D. 10 x y
4 3
1
I.
100
II. 0.01
III. 100
A. I only
B. III only
C. I and II
D. II and III
32. Ali surveyed 1,000 cricketers and found that 550 of them preferred hardball over
tennis ball. The percentage of cricketers who preferred hardball is
A. 40
B. 45
C. 50
D. 55
33. Samiya earned Rs 64,000 at Mina Bazar last year. If Faiza earned 30% more than
Samiya’s earnings, then Faiza’s earnings were
A. Rs 83,000
B. Rs 83,200
C. Rs 84,800
D. Rs 84,000
1
34. x 2 2
is equal to
b
1 2
A. (x 2
)
b
1 2
B. (x )
b
1 1
C. (x ) (x )
b b
1 1
D. (x ) (x )
b b
A. x 10
3
x 10
3
B.
x 2x
3
C.
D. x 2 x 10
3
2
36. a a can be made a perfect square by adding
1
A.
4
1
B.
2
C. 1
D. 4
2x+3y = 22
4x+2y = 20
A. {(2, 6)}
B. {(2, 6)}
C .{( 2, 6)}
D. {( 6, 2)}
38. Sajid and Amna have 30 and y sweets respectively. If Sajid gives x sweets to
Amna, then Amna will have 5 times as many sweets as Sajid have now. Which of
the following equations represents the above situation?
A. x y 5 30 x
B. x y 5 30 x
C. x y 5 30 x
D. x y 5 30 x
39. The next term in the sequence 1, 4, 27, 16, 125 is
A. 343
B. 216
C. 64
D. 36
41. Mr Hassan owns a bakery. On Sunday he began keeping record of how many
packets of bread are left unsold at the end of each day. One week later he
constructed the following graph.
As per the given graph, how many packets of bread were left unsold on
Wednesday?
A. 260
B. 240
C. 80
D. 20
42. In the given figure the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle is
A. 2x
B. 2 x
C. 2x
2 x
2
D. 2x
x
43. In the given figure, if AD is parallel to CE , then the value of x is equal to
C
E
A. 40 x
o
60
50
B.
C. 65
65o D
D. 75 A B
44. If the height of the given cone is thrice its radius then its volume will be
A. cm 3
B. 2 cm 3
C. 4 cm 3
D. 8 cm 3
45. If the radius of a circle is 2.5 cm, then its diameter will be
2cm
A. 5 cm
B. 5 cm
C. 1.25 cm
D. 1.25 cm
47. While cooking at a restaurant, Jamal filled a container with 3.5 liters of cooking
oil. In morning he used 600 ml of oil. Before lunch he added 2 liters oil to the
container. In the afternoon he used 3,100 ml of the oil. How much oil is he left in
the container for dinner time?
A. 1,400 ml
B. 1,600 ml
C. 1,800 ml
D. 2,000 ml
1
A. 32
B. 3 –2
C. 38
D. 3 –8
49. The missing value of x in the given table for the equation 3 x 4 y 12 is
x 0 4
y 3 ?
A. 6
B. 0
C. 6
D. 4
B. 5
C. 11
D. 100
English (25%)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
1
Ali looked at the food on his tray and made a face. "Boiled rice again," he said to his
friend Hassan. "They never serve anything good for lunch."
Hassan gave his own lunch a critical look and frowned. "You think that’s bad," he said,
"I’ve got butter and jam again. It’s the third time this week!"
They pushed the food aside. "We can get something at the burger place after school," Ali
said. They concentrated on studying for their English test instead of eating. English was
next period, and Mr. Ihsan had a reputation for giving difficult tests. When the bell rang,
they dropped their uneaten lunches into the garbage. Mr. Ihsan was standing nearby. "Not
hungry, boys?" he asked. They shook their heads and hurried off to class.
When the test was over, there were still ten minutes left in the period. Mr. Ihsan stood at
the front of the class.
"Before you leave today," he said, leaning against the desk, "I’d like to share an old
African folktale with you. It’s called ‘Why the Sky Is Far Away’":
Long ago the sky was close to the Earth. Men and women did not have to plant their own
food. Instead, when they were hungry, they just reached up and broke off a piece of the
sky to eat. Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas. Other times it tasted like roasted
potatoes. The sky was always delicious.
Many people in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky wisely. When they took more
than they could eat, the sky became angry. Some people threw the extra pieces into the
garbage.
Early one morning the angry sky turned dark. Black clouds hung over the land, and a
great sky voice said to all the people, "You are wasting my gift of food. Do not take more
than you can eat. I don’t want to see pieces of me in the garbage anymore or I will take
my gift away."
People trembled with fear and decided to be careful.
But one man named Adami wasn’t careful. At festival time, he took so many delicious
pieces of sky that he couldn’t eat them all. He tried to hide the pieces at the bottom of the
garbage pile.
Suddenly, the sky became angry and the clouds turned black. "You have wasted my gift
of food again," yelled the sky. "This time I will go away so you cannot waste me
anymore."
All of the people cried, "What will we eat? We might starve!"
The sky said, "You will have to learn how to plant crops in the ground and hunt in the
forests. If you work hard, you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature."
The sky sailed away. From that time on, people worked hard to grow their food and cook
their meals. They always tried to remember not to waste the gifts of nature.
"That’s the end," Mr. Ihsan said, smiling. He looked at Ali and Hassan. "What did you
1
think of the story?" he asked. They slouched in their chairs and looked apologetic.
"We get the message," they said, smiling. "No more lunches in the garbage!"
51. According to the folktale, Adami was
A. thankful.
B. dishonest.
C. obedient.
D. greedy.
52. According to the folktale, the sky became angry with the villagers because
A. Judgmental
B. Funny
C. Hungry
D. Quick
54. According to the folktale, what happened when Adami could not finish all of the
food he had taken?
56. Based on the end of the story, what do you think Ali and Hassan would do next?
2
Read the following passage and correct the highlighted errors (if any) next to each
number from the options given below. The first item has been answered as an example
for your convenience. The correct answer is highlighted in grey.
Example:
A. have
B. is having
C. is have
D. ‘has’ is correct - Correct Answer
58.
A. their
B. here
C. they’re
D. ‘there’ is correct
59.
A. ...cooks for them she is a fabulous cook.
B. …cooks for them, she is a fabulous cook.
C. …cooks for them. She is a fabulous cook.
D. ‘...cooks for them. she is a fabulous cook’ is correct.
2
60.
A. about
B. around
C. with
D. ‘for’ is correct
61.
A. a lot
B. many
C. number
D. ‘much’ is correct
62.
A. should decide
B. are deciding
C. have decided
D. ‘decide’ is correct
63.
A. waits
B. wait
C. waiting
D. ‘weight’ is correct
64.
A. she usually cooks the meals
B. she cooks the usually meals
C. she the meals cooks usually
D. ‘she cooks usually the meals’ is correct
A. perhaps
B. since
C. after all
D. beyond
A. stunning.
B. arrogant.
C. natural.
D. hideous.
68. Complete the following sentence: “Sharks are the top predators of the sea
________________ lions and other big cats are to land animals.”
69. Complete the following sentence: “Akbar wanted to get a higher education from
abroad. ________________ he applied for multiple scholarships in the hope of
securing the necessary funds.”
A. consequently
B. beyond
C. therefore
D. likewise
A. departure.
B. entrance.
C. door.
D. gate.
3
71. Complete the following sentence:
When Omar handed in his science project on the last day it ……………………….”
A. exclamatory sentence.
B. declarative sentence.
C. imperative sentence.
D. interrogative sentence.
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, in the 7th century BC the king of
Egypt, Psamtik 1, decided to conduct a scientific experiment. Using his absolute
power over his subjects, he took two newborn babies and handed them to a shepherd,
with instructions that they were to be brought up in total isolation. Psamtik wanted to
find out what language the children would speak if left to themselves. He thought that
the language they produced would be the oldest in the world - the original language
of the human race. After two years, the shepherd heard the two children repeatedly
pronounce the word ‘becos’. This was identified as meaning ‘bread’ in the language
of the Phrygians, a people then living in central Turkey. From this experiment,
Psamtik deduced that the Phrygian language must be the first ever spoken.
74. The shepherd heard the two children repeatedly pronounce the word ‘becos’.
The tense used in the above statement is
A. past indefinite.
B. past continuous.
C. past perfect.
D. past perfect continuous.
75. The underlined word in the above passage is a
A. preposition.
B. phrasal verb.
C. modal verb.
D. countable noun.