SAMPLE PAPER

ASSISTANT
(BPS-15)

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 ENGLISH
Choose the best option, from the given choices below each
sentence.
1. It was _______ hot that day and the cables suffered the brunt of the heat.

A) treacherously
B) acceptably
C) reliably
D) unbelievably

Choose the best opposite of the following words.

2. DANGEROUS:

A) mistrust
B) safe
C) insecure
D) indifference

Choose the best same meaning of the following words.

3. FRESH:

A) stage
B) blue
C) new
D) ancient

Read the following passage to answer question (4)

Here's today's weather report. Temperatures will be in the mid sixties with
breezes of ten to fifteen miles per hour. The sun will shine all day with no
clouds expected. It's a great day to spend some time outdoors. The same
great weather conditions will continue tomorrow and till the end of the week.
Fog will roll in late Friday and heavy rainstorms are expected on Saturday.

4. What is the approximate temperature for today?

A) About 15 degrees
B) About 60 degrees
C) About 65 degrees
D) About 90 degrees

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 QUANTITATIVE
5. If 2x- y + 4z = 7 and -4x + 2y – 3z = 1, what is the value of z?

A) -3
B) 0
C) 3
D) 5

6. If a recipe for a cake calls for 2.5 cups of flour, and Rani wishes to make
three such cakes, the number of cups of flour she must use is:

A) 6
B) 6.5
C) 7
D) 7.5

7. Any of the line segments from the center of a circle to its perimeter is
called:

A) radius
B) tangent
C) chord
D) diameter

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 ANALYTIAL REASONING
School X asked all its students to fill up a questionnaire. In reply to one of the
questions, 72 percent of the students admitted having lied at one time or the
other.

8. This figure could be much higher if we assume which of the following?

A) Students who admitted having lied only once might have done
so on more occasions.
B) Some of the students did not interpret the question correctly.
C) Some people who claimed having never lied might be lying.
D) Some people might have wrongly admitted to having lied.
E) Sometimes lying becomes unavoidable.

Question 9-11
Four girls Ayesha, Aliya, Irum and Nida, like to play with different toys, such
that:

Ayesha and Aliya like Doll and Teddy.

Irum and Nida like Car and Ball.
Aliya and Irum like Ball and Doll.
Ayesha and Nida like Teddy and Car.

9. Which one likes Car, Doll and Teddy?

A) Ayesha
B) Aliya
C) Irum
D) Nida

10. The one who likes Car, Doll and Ball is:

A) Ayesha
B) Aliya
C) Irum
D) Nida

11. The one who likes Ball, Doll and Teddy is:

A) Ayesha
B) Aliya
C) Irum
D) Nida

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 COMPUTER
12. Copy command in a spreadsheet:

A) Never copies formulae

B) Copies formulae treating them like labels
C) Copies only those formula with addresses of one type
D) Copies formula giving a special treatment in order to handle
different types of addresses

13. Touch pads are particularly popular with microcomputer users who
cannot:

A) Read
B) Type
C) See
D) Hear

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 GK/CA/PA
14. Nobel Prize is awarded for:

A) Physiology or Medicine
B) Physics and Chemistry
C) Literature, Peace and Economics
D) all of the above

15. Pakistan was declared as Islamic Republic of Pakistan in:

A) 1956
B) 1958
C) 1962
D) 1973

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ANSWER KEY
Q# Correct choice
1 D
2 B
3 C
4 C
5 C
6 D
7 A
8 C
9 A
10 C
11 B
12 D
13 B
14 D
15 A