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Below is a 100 Marks MCQ Test for the Inspector Customs / Intelligence
Officer (BS-16) exam based on the provided syllabus.
Part-I: Grammar Usage, Sentence Structuring (20 Marks / 20 Questions)
1. Choose the correct sentence:
A) He don't like mangoes.
B) He doesn't likes mangoes.
C) He doesn't like mangoes.
D) He don’t likes mangoes.
Answer: C
2. Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: "They spoke loudly."
A) Noun
B) Adverb
C) Verb
D) Adjective
Answer: B
3. Choose the correct form: "Each of the boys ___ given a prize."
A) were
B) are
C) is
D) be
Answer: C
4. Find the error: "He work hard every day."
A) He
B) work
C) hard
D) every
Answer: B
5. Change into passive voice: "She writes a letter."
A) A letter wrote by her.
B) A letter is written by her.
C) A letter was written by her.
D) A letter has been written by her.
Answer: B
6. Select the correctly punctuated sentence:
A) I came, I saw, I conquered.
B) I came I saw I conquered.
C) I came; I saw; I conquered
D) I came: I saw: I conquered
Answer: A
7. Choose the correct preposition: "She is fond ___ chocolates."
A) on
B) in
C) of
D) at
Answer: C
8. Choose the correct sentence:
A) Neither of the girls are ready.
B) Neither of the girls is ready.
C) Neither of the girl is ready.
D) Neither girls is ready.
Answer: B
9. Which is a complex sentence?
A) He ran fast.
B) He ran and won.
C) He ran because he was late.
D) Run!
Answer: C
10. Choose the correct synonym of “brief”:
A) Short
B) Long
C) Detailed
D) Loud
Answer: A
11. Fill in the blank: “If I ___ you, I would go.”
A) was
B) were
C) am
D) be
Answer: B
12. Identify the indirect speech:
"She said, 'I am tired.'"
A) She said she was tired.
B) She said that she is tired.
C) She says she was tired.
D) She told she was tired.
Answer: A
13. What is the antonym of "optimistic"?
A) Hopeful
B) Positive
C) Pessimistic
D) Cheerful
Answer: C
14. Identify the correct spelling:
A) Acomodation
B) Accomodation
C) Accommodation
D) Acommodation
Answer: C
15. Choose the correct article: "He is ___ honest man."
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) no article
Answer: B
16. Which word is a conjunction?
A) Fast
B) And
C) Beautiful
D) Run
Answer: B
17. Identify the type of sentence: "Wow! What a goal!"
A) Declarative
B) Interrogative
C) Exclamatory
D) Imperative
Answer: C
18. Choose the correct verb tense: “By next year, she ___ her degree.”
A) will complete
B) will have completed
C) completes
D) completed
Answer: B
19. Identify the compound sentence:
A) I ran fast because I was late.
B) I ran fast and I won.
C) I ran fast.
D) Because I ran fast.
Answer: B
20. Which is correct?
A) The informations are wrong.
B) The information is wrong.
C) Informations are wrong.
D) An information is wrong.
Answer: B
Part-II: Remaining Topics (80 Marks / 80 Questions)
Basic Arithmetic – Algebra, Ratios, Percentages, Arithmetic Mean (20
Questions)
21. What is the value of x: 2x + 5 = 13?
Answer: x = 4
22. Simplify: (x + 2)(x - 2)
Answer: x² - 4
23. What is 25% of 200?
Answer: 50
24. What is the ratio of 2:5 and 4:10?
Answer: Equal
25. Solve: 3x - 2 = 10
Answer: x = 4
26. The average of 5, 10, 15, 20 is:
Answer: 12.5
27. If x² = 81, then x = ?
Answer: ±9
28. What is 40% of 250?
Answer: 100
29. What is the mean of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50?
Answer: 30
30. A car runs 180 km in 3 hours. What is the average speed?
Answer: 60 km/h
31. x² - 9 = 0. Solve for x.
Answer: ±3
32. What is 1/4 as a percentage?
Answer: 25%
33. If 5x = 20, x = ?
Answer: 4
34. The value of (a+b)² is:
Answer: a² + 2ab + b²
35. Simplify: (3x + 4x) / 7
Answer: x
36. 15 is what percent of 60?
Answer: 25%
37. Mean of 7, 9, 13?
Answer: 9.67
38. If 10 pencils cost Rs. 50, what is the cost of 1 pencil?
Answer: Rs. 5
39. 1:2 is equivalent to:
Answer: 2:4
40. If 2x = 18, then x = ?
Answer: 9
Current Affairs (10 Questions)
41. Who is the current Secretary General of the UN (as of 2024)?
Answer: António Guterres
42. Pakistan hosted the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in which year?
Answer: 2022
43. COP28 was held in which country?
Answer: UAE
44. Who won the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Argentina
45. Russia invaded Ukraine in which year?
Answer: 2022
46. Which country launched the “India-Middle East-Europe Corridor”?
Answer: India (with the US, EU partners)
47. In 2023, Pakistan faced massive inflation primarily due to:
Answer: IMF conditions & political instability
48. Name the current Chief of Army Staff (as of 2024)?
Answer: Gen. Asim Munir
49. Pakistan signed a standby agreement with IMF in which year?
Answer: 2023
50. Which country recently joined BRICS in 2024?
Answer: Egypt
Pakistan Affairs & Islamic Studies (20 Questions)
51. Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
52. Pakistan Resolution was passed in:
Answer: 23rd March 1940
53. Name the national poet of Pakistan.
Answer: Allama Iqbal
54. Objective Resolution was passed in which year?
Answer: 1949
55. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
56. Kalabagh Dam is planned on which river?
Answer: Indus River
57. In Islam, Zakat is ___ pillar.
Answer: Third
58. Total number of Surahs in the Quran?
Answer: 114
59. Who compiled the Quran in book form?
Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
60. What is the capital of Balochistan?
Answer: Quetta
61. Ghazwa-e-Badr was fought in which year?
Answer: 624 AD
62. What is the meaning of Islam?
Answer: Peace
63. When did Pakistan become a nuclear power?
Answer: 1998
64. Constitution of 1973 was passed under which Prime Minister?
Answer: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
65. Who gave the title “Quaid-e-Azam” to Jinnah?
Answer: Maulana Mazharuddin
66. What is the name of the Angel who brings revelation?
Answer: Jibrael (AS)
67. Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on which Islamic date?
Answer: 1st Shawwal
68. Who was the second Caliph of Islam?
Answer: Hazrat Umar (RA)
69. Largest province of Pakistan by area?
**Answer: B
alochistan**
70. Number of articles in 1973 Constitution?
Answer: 280 (approx, subject to amendments)
Basic Computer Operation in MS Office (10 Questions)
71. Shortcut for copy in MS Word:
Answer: Ctrl + C
72. Which file extension is for MS Excel?
Answer: .xlsx
73. What is MS PowerPoint used for?
Answer: Presentations
74. Which key is used to save a file?
Answer: Ctrl + S
75. In MS Word, which tab contains ‘Font’ settings?
Answer: Home
76. Which of these is not an input device?
Answer: Monitor
77. Shortcut for Paste:
Answer: Ctrl + V
78. MS Excel function to find average:
Answer: =AVERAGE()
79. The storage area in a computer is called:
Answer: Hard Drive
80. MS Office is developed by:
Answer: Microsoft
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