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(FOR SCREENING TEST OF BPS-05 TO BPS-15)
(INTERMEDIATE CATEGORY)

PART-I ENGLISH 40 QUESTIONS

PART-II MATHEMATICS 20 QUESTIONS
PART-III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 40 QUESTIONS

PART-I (ENGLISH)

Reading & comprehension – 10

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions from 01 to 02 set below it.
In olden days, people used to live in caves. They found them as safe homes. Furnished living places were
unknown to them. In stone age they made some useful tools and weapons from stone for they found them
useful, durable and strong to use. They knew that heavy stones could be best used in battles to attack enemy
forces and harass their horses, camels and elephants. They would throw heavy stones from long distances to
enemy’s sides through catapults that were used as weapons.
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1. The first four sentences are about___________________.

A. caves B. living places C. stone
2. People mentioned in the paragraph___________________.
A. were militants B. were warriors C. were good at a battle strategy

Vocabulary:

Synonyms: words having similar meanings.

3. She is a shrewd judge of character.

A. astute B. smart C. knowledgeable D. literate
4. He is a great scholar.
A. educated B. student C. learned person D. versatile

Antonyms: words having opposite meanings.

5. This is a sharp knife.
A. useless B. rusted C. blunt D. broken

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6. In early days, mechanized agriculture was unknown.
A. later B. new C. pre-historic D. post-historic
Spell checking:

7. A. disciplin B. discipline C. dicipline D. disciplene

8. A. cowardise B. cowerdice C. cowardice D. cowordice

Error Detection: finding out mistakes.

9. We discussed about the matter at large.
A B C D

10. I find the bag that I had lost Yesterday.

A B C D

Use of Prepositions:

11. He is a man_____word.
A. of B. with C. for D. to

12. The Quaid-e-Azam worked hard_____his homeland.

A. in B. with C. for D. about

Sentence structure:

13. The sun had risen before we____________.

A. had left B. set off C. had started D. arrived there

14. What cannot be cured ______be endured.

A. may B. can C. must D. might

PART-II (MATHEMATICS)

15. A boy got 50% of the questions on a test correct. If he had 10 questions correct out of the first 12, and
of the remaining questions correct, how many questions were on the test?
A. 16 B. 24 C. 26 D. 28

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 PART-III (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)

Current Affairs/ World Knowledge – (15)

16. Who is the current head of the Islamic emirates of Afghanistan?

A. Abdullah
B. Hibatullah Akhundzada
C. Hassan Akhund
D. Abdul Ghani

Everyday Science – (10)

17. The process of separation of solute and solvent from mixture is called:
A. distillation B. crystallization C. chromatography D. filtration

Islamiat/ Pakistan Studies – (05)

18. Two nation theory of India before independence of Pakistan was about
A. Muslims and British
B. Hindus and Muslims
C. Hindus and British
D. British and low caste Hindus

19. ___________ added 2nd Azan (prayer call) for Friday prayers.
A. Hazrat Usman
B. Hazrat Umar
C. Hazrat Abu Bakar
D. Hazrat Ali

Computer – (05)

20. A Shortcut key to justify the paragraph in MS Word is:

A. Alt + J B. Ctrl + Shift + J C. Ctrl + F D. Ctrl + J

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