GENERAL ABILITY EXAMS MODEL PAPERS FOR

FPSC/SPSC/BPSC/KPKPSC/PPSC/NTS
(MODEL PAPER.36)
One of these parts contains an error.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate
preposition. 6. He was quite amusing when he
heard what had happened.
1. Whether I pay or my wife pays Ans.
amounts __________ the same He was quite amused when he
thing. heard what had happened.

(a) to (b ) in 7. Turn left by the crossroads when

(c) Into (d) for you reach it.
2. The condemned man appealed Ans.
__________ the court for mercy. Turn left at the crossroads when you
reach it.
(a) In (b) into
(c) With (d) to 8. He has been working herefor
sometimes.
3. They had few essential supplies to Ans.
begin ________, so they had to He has been working here for some
improvise. times.

(a) With (b) to 9. He stopped to see if

(c) In (d) from he could picked up the trail.
4. I _____ and I _____ the knife. Ans.
He stopped to see if he
a) Cooked / was dropping could pick up the trail.
b) Cook / drop
c) Was cooking / dropped 10. Although
d) Cooked / dropped he jumped aside, but the stone hit
him.
5. When I _____ at the party, everyone Ans.
_____ a good time. Although he jumped aside, yet the
stone hit him.
a) Was arriving / had
b) Arrived / was having Which of these words is most nearly the
c) Arrived / had opposite of the word provided?
d) Arrived / were having
11. Withdraw
a) Reduce
b) Need
c) Advance
d) want
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 12. Secret b) Twist
a) Friendly c) Friend
b) Covert d) Relative
c) Hidden
d) Overt 21. Which of the following is necessary
13. Heartfelt for burning (combustion)?
a) Loving
b) Insincere a) Nitrogen
c) Unhealthy b) Carbon
d) Humorous c) Oxygen
14. Impartial d) Petrol
a) Hostile
b) Biased 22. What is the total number of bones in
c) Dislike the human body?
d) Worried
15. Luminous a) 32
a) Clear b) 196
b) Dim c) 206
c) Brittle d) 312
d) Clever
Note:-The human skeleton
Which of these words is closest in consists of 206 bones (babies
meaning to the word provided? have over 300). Bones
manufacture red blood cells and
16. Remote store calcium.
a) Automatic
b) Distant 23. Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
c) Savage
d) Mean a) On the Moon
17. Detest b) In the Pacific Ocean
a) Argue c) In the Atlantic Ocean
b) Hate d) Near the Bermuda Triangle
c) Discover
d) Reveal 24. Who wrote the book "The Origin of
18. Gracious Species"?
a) Pretty
b) Clever a) Louis Pasteur
c) Pleasant b) Sir Alexander Fleming
d) Present c) Stephen Hawking
19. Predict d) Charles Darwin
a) Foretell
b) Decide Another famous book by Charles
c) Prevent Darwin is "Descent of Man".
d) Discover 25. Enzymes and anti-bodies are mainly
20. Kin made of
a) Exult

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 a) Proteins 30. How many planets are there in our
b) Vitamins solar system?
c) Carbohydrates a. 8
d) Fats b. 9
c. 10
26. The three methods of science are d. 12
observation, experimentation and
_______. Note: - The eight planets in our solar
system can be divided into two
a) hypothesis groups. Mercury, Venus, Earth and
b) inference Mars form the dense rocky inner
c) deduction planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
d) measurement Neptune form the gaseous or icy
outer planets.
27. Which planet is known as the Red
Planet? 31. What is the name given to molten
rocks erupted by a volcano?
a) Mercury
b) Mars a) Crater
c) Jupiter b) Lava
d) Earth c) Geyser
d) Firestone
28. The Earth is surrounded by an
insulating blanket of gases which Note: - Volcanic activity is caused by
protects it from the light and heat of disturbances in the Earth's crust.
the Sun. This insulating layer is This can force eruptions to release
called the lava (molten rocks) from deep within
the Earth to the surface.
a) Atmosphere
b) Biosphere 32. Who discovered Penicillin?
c) Hydrosphere
d) Lithosphere a) Sir Alexander Fleming
b) Watson and Crick
Note:-The atmosphere protects c) Louis Pasteur
the Earth's surface from the Sun's d) Robert Koch
harmful ultraviolet rays. It also
regulates the temperature. 33. The science that deals with the
study of sound is known as
29. Which of the following has an acoustics.
organic origin?
a) Sand a) True
b) Coal b) False
c) Bakelite
d) Nylon Note:-Sound is created by the
vibration of objects. The vibrations
cause the air to be compressed into

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 sound waves. The loudness of sound (negatively charged particles)
is measured in decibels (db). spin in orbits around the nucleus.

34. The Sun is a 38. Which gas in the atmosphere

protects us from harmful ultraviolet
a) Huge Planet radiations?
b) Satellite
c) Comet a) Carbon Dioxide
d) Star b) Ozone
c) Oxygen
Note:-The Sun is our closest star and d) Nitrogen
is a spinning ball of gases. The
nuclear reactions taking place in its 39. Who discovered the circulation of
core create heat and light. blood?

35. What is known as the universal a) Edward Jenner

solvent? b) William Harvey
c) Hargobind Khorana
a) Aqua Regia d) Louis Pasteur
b) Water
c) Hydrochloric Acid Note: - William Harvey (Britain)
d) Sulphuric Acid discovered the circulation of
blood in 1628.
36. Which gas evolves when charcoal is
burnt? 40. The animal kingdom is formally
classified into major groups known
a) Oxygen as
b) Ozone a) Families
c) Nitrogen b) Sub Phyla
d) Carbon Dioxide c) Phyla
d) Orders
37. The atom is made of 41. Which rare element would you
associate with Marie and Pierre
a) Protons and Quarks Curie?

b) Neutrinos, Gamma Rays and a) Platinum

Positrons b) Uranium
c) Protons, Neutrons and
Electrons c) Radium
d) Positrons, Neutrons and d) Gold
Electrons
42. Nadeem's salary was decreased by
Note: - The nucleus of the atom is 50% and subsequently increased by
made up of protons (positively 50%. How much percent does he
charged particles) and neutrons loss.
(neutral particles). The electrons
a) a.75

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 b) b.65 d. none of above
c) c.45
d) d.25 Answer: Option C
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Let the original salary = Rs. 100 Explanation:
50 % Decrease in salary
=100- 50% of 100 It is, y% of z = 2(x% of y)
=100-50 =>yz/100 = 2xy/100
=50 & => z = 2x
After that it increases 50% then,
50% increase in salary 45. Total number of boys and girls in a
=50+50% of 50 school is 150. If the number of boys
=50+25 is x, then girls become x% of the
=75 total number of students. The
So New salary is 75, It means his loss is number of boys is
100-75=25% a) a.50
b) b.60
43. Zahid multiplied a number by 3/5 c) c.70
instead of 5/3. What is the d) d.80
percentage error? Answer: Option B

a) 64% Explanation:
b) 65% Clearly,
c) 66% x% of 150 = 150 - x [as x is number of
d) 67% boys]
=> x=60
Answer: Option A
46. Two numbers are less than third
Explanation: number by 30% and 37%
respectively. How much percent is
Let the number be x, the second number less than by the
Then, first
5/3 −3/5 =16/15 x
Error% = a. 8%
=(16/15 x)/(5/3) ∗100 b. 9%
=(16/15x *3/5 ) 100 c. 10%
=64 % d. 11%
e.
44. If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, Answer: Option C
then find the relation between x and
z. Explanation:

a. z=x Let the third number is x.

b. 2z = x Then first number = (100-30) % of x
c. z = 2x = 70% of x = 7x/10

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 Second number is (63x/100)
Difference = 7x/10 - 63x/100 = 7x/10
So required percentage is, difference is
What percent of first number
=> (7x/100 * 10/7x * 100) % = 10%
47. Due to an increase in 30% in the
price of eggs, 3 eggs less are
available for Rs. 7.80. Find the
present rate of eggs per dozen.
a) RS. 9.36
b) RS. 10.36
c) RS. 11.36
d) RS. 12.36
Answer =A
Explanation.
Let Original price per Egg was X.
Increased Price = X + 30% of X = 1.3X
Now,
(7.80/X ) - (7.80 /1.3X) = 3
On solving, we get,
X = 0.6
Price per egg was Rs. 0.6.
Present price = 1.3X = 1.3 * 0.6
Present price for 12 eggs = 1.3 * 0.6 *
12
= Rs. 9.36
48. In an examination, 34% of the
students failed in Chemistry and
42% failed in English. If 20% of the
students failed in both the subjects,
then find the percentage of students
who passed in both the subjects.
Explanation:
Failed in Chemistry, n(A) = 34
Failed in English, n(B) = 42
n(A∪B)=n(A)+n(B)−n(A∩B)=34+42−20=
56
Failed in either or both subjects are 56
Percentage passed = (100−56)%=44%
49. Out of 450 students of a school, 325
play football, 175 play cricket and 50
neither play football nor cricket. How
many students play both football and
cricket?
a) A.75
b) B.100
c) C.125
d) D.150
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Students who play cricket, n(A) = 325
Students who play football, n(B) = 175
Total students who play either or both
games,
= n (A∪B) =450−50=400
RequiredNumber,n(A∩B)=n(A)+n(B)−n(
A∪B)
=325+175−400
=100
50. In a hotel, 60% had vegetarian lunch
while 30% had non-vegetarian lunch
and 15% had both type of lunch. If
96 people were present, how many
did not eat either type of lunch?

a) A.40% a) A.27
b) B.42% b) B.26
c) C.44% c) C.25
d) D.46% d) D.24

Answer: Option C Answer: Option D

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 Explanation: 53. A person incurs a loss of 5% by
n(A)=(60/100∗96)=288/5, selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what
n(B)=(30/100∗96)=144/5 price should the watch be sold to
n(A∩B)=(15/100 ∗96)=72/5 earn 5% profit?
People who have either or both lunch
n(A∪B)=288/5 +144/5 −72/5 =360/5 =72 a) A.Rs.1200
So People who do not have either lunch b) B.Rs.1230
were = 96 -72 c) C.Rs.1260
= 24 d) D.Rs.1290
51. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 Answer: Option C
and sells it for Rs 28.60. Find his
gain percent Explanation:
Let the new S.P. be x, then.
a) A.1% (100 - Loss %):( 1st S.P.) = (100 + gain
b) B.2% %):( 2nd S.P.)
c) C.3% => (95/1140 =105/x) =>x=1260
d) D.4% Second Method:
Let X be the original price of watch, then
Answer: Option D 5% of X=LOSS
SO,
Explanation: X-5% X=1140
X(1-5/100)=1140
So we have C.P. = 27.50 X=1200,
S.P. = 28.60 Now 5% ofx= 60
Gain = 28.60 - 27.50 = Rs. 1.10 Now price after profit
Gain %={( Gain/Cost) ∗100)} % X+60=1260
= {(1.10/27.50) ∗100)} %=4%
54. A book was sold for Rs 27.50 with a
52. A TV is purchased at Rs. 5000 and profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs.
sold at Rs. 4000, find the lost 25.75, then would have been
percent. percentage of profit and loss?

a) A.10% a. A.2% Profit

b) B.20% b. B.3% Profit
c) C.25% c. C.2% Loss
d) D.28% d. D.3% Loss
e)
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

Explanation: Explanation:
We know, C.P. = 5000 Let X be the price, the 10% on this price
S.P. = 4000 X+10%X=27.75
Loss = 5000 - 4000 = 1000 X=25
Loss %={( Loss/Cost) ∗100)} % When S.P. = 25.75 then
= {(1000/5000) ∗100)} %=20% Profit=25.75−25
=Re.0.75

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 Profit %=( 0.75/25) ∗100=3%
55. If the cost price is 25% of selling a) 8 1/3 %
price. Then what is the profit b) 7 1/3 %
percent. c) 6 1/3/ %
d) 5 1/3 %
a) A.150%
b) B.200% Answer: Option A
c) C.300%
d) D.350% Explanation:

Answer: Option C Please note in this type of questions, get

the value of 1 kg to solve this question,
Explanation: lets solve it.
C.P. of 1 Kg = 420/70 = Rs. 6
Let the S.P = 100 Selling Price = 6.50
Then C.P. = 25 Gain = Rs. 0.50
Profit = 75 Gain%=.50/6 ∗100=8 1/3 %
Profit% = 75/25 * 100 = 300
58. 100 oranges are bought at the rate
56. The cost price of 20 articles is the of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of 48
same as the selling price of x per dozen. The percentage of profit
articles. If the profit is 25%, find out is
the value of x
a) 12 2/7 %
a) A.13 b) 13 2/7 %
b) B.14 c) 14 2/7 %
c) C.15 d) 15 2/7 %
d) D.16
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option D
Explanation: Explanation:

Let the Cost Price of one article = Rs. 1 So before solving this question we will
CP of x articles = Rs. x get the C.P. and S.P. of 1 article to get
CP of 20 articles = 20 the gain percent.
Selling price of x articles = 20
Profit = 25% [Given] C.P. of 1 orange = 350/100 = Rs 3.50
⇒(SP−CP)/CP )=25/100 =1/4 S.P. of one orange = 48/12 = Rs 4
⇒(20−x)/x =1/4 [note: divided by 12 as 1 dozen contains
⇒80−4x=x⇒5x=80⇒x=80/5 =16 12 items]
Gain = 4 - 3.50 = Rs 0.50
57. Noor Jehan purchased 70kg Gain %=(0.50/3.50) ∗100=100/7 %=14
vegetable at Rs. 420, then sold them 2/7 %
at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per kg, find
the profit percent. 59. A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5
leaps of a hare. If one leap of the

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 dog is equal to 3 leaps of the hare, c) 7 ½ Tolas
the ratio of the speed of the dog to d) 35 Tolas
that of the hare is
a) 4:5 63. Jami-i-Quran is taken for:
b) 9:5
c) 8:5 a. Hazrat Ali (R.A)
d) 9:2 b. HazratSaad (R.A)
c. HazratUsman (R.A)
Answer: Option B d. HazratMasood (R.A)
Explanation:
Dog: Hare = (3*3) leaps of hare: 5 leaps 64. Who was the first writer of "Wahi" in
of hare Quraish?
= 9: 5
(a) Harat Abdul Rahman bin Auf
60. The least whole number which when (RA)
subtracted from both the terms of (b) HazratZaid bin Sabit (RA)
the ratio 6 : 7 to give a ratio less (c) Hazrat Abdulla bin Zubair (RA)
than 16 : 21, is (d) HazratIbnMasuod (RA)
a) 3
b) 4 65. The Prophet made HazratMuaaz bin
c) 5 Jabal the Governor of:
d) 6
a. Kufa
Answer: Option A b. Makkah
Explanation: c. Medina
d. Yaman
Let x is subtracted.
Then, 66. First Mujadid was Hazrat Umar bin
(6−x)/(7−x) <16/21 Abdul Aziz. Who was the second
21(6—x) <16(7—x) one?
=>5x>14
=x>2.8 a. Ibn-e-Taimya
Least such number is 3 b. Imam Ghizali
c. Ahmad Sirhindi
61. Which Surah starts without d. Shah Waliullah
Bismillah:
67. In which Surat of Quran there is
a) Al-Baqara mention of Zulqarnain?
b) Al-Nisa
c) Al-Toba a. A’ssuff
d) Al-Ikhlas b.Alkahaf
c. Al Mujadala
62. The Nisab of Zakat in gold is:
68. When law of inheritance was
a) a.18 Tolas revealed?
b) 24 Tolas

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 a. Three Hijre
b. Four Hijree
c. Five Hijree
69. Khateeb –ul-Anbia as a title of:
(a) HazratIdress (AS)
(b) Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)
(C) HazratYaqoob (AS)
(d)HazratShoaib (AS)
(e) None of these
70. HazratUmer (RA) appointed
custodian of Bait-ul-Mal:
(a) Abdullah bnIrqum (RA)
(b) Abdullah bin Umar (RA)
(c) Abdullah bin Abbas (RA)
(d) Abudllah bin Zubair (RA)
e)None of these
(Abdullah bin Masud)
71. The effective Zakat System can
ensure the elimination of:
(a) Poverty
(b) Interest
(c) Class Distinction
(d) Ignorance
e) None of these
72. A Verse of the Holy Quran indicates
the name of:
(a) HazaratMuaaz (RA)
(b) Hazrat Bilal (RA)
(c) HazratSaad (RA)
(d)HazratZaid (RA)
(e) None of these
73. 21 amendment was made in the
1973 constitution of Pakistan for
___________. Establishment of
Military Courts.
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74. Moplah rising in Malabar took place
in 1921
75. The Moplahs of Malabar rose
against the British and
Hindu Zamindar.
76. Which movement was started by Sir
Swami Shradhnand? Shuddhi
as 77. Sangthan was started by
PanditMalavia
78. Who is Islam Karimov?
President of Uzbekistan.
79. Name the present Captain of
England Cricket team (ODI)Eoin
Morgan
80. Recently Punjab Assembly passes
Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour ,a
Brick kilns Bill 2016which bars
employment of a child, below
__________ years of age, at brick
kilns.
14 years
81. In APS(Army Public School) 141
people were martyred including
________ children.
132.
82. Operation Rah-i- Nijat was launched
in ___________?
South Waziristan Agency
83. What is the abbreviation of NSG?
Nuclear Supplier Group
84. What is the name of Attorney
General of Pakistan?
AshtarAusaf Ali.
 85. 11thG-20 Summit 2016 will be held The postage stamp is _______.
on 4-5 Septemberin the city of Rs20
________.
Hangzhou, China. 95. ―FBI‖ of America was established in
a) 1901
86. What is the name of suspended b) 1902
president of Brazil?DilmaRoussoff. c) 1903
d) (1908)
87. What is the name of UNHCR (United
Nations High Commissioner for 96. Who was the founder of Republican
Refugees)? FillippoGrandi Party of USA
a) Alexander Hamilton
b) Franklin Roosevelt
88. Advisor of Prime Minister of Pakistan c) George Washington
on Foreign affairs is d)(Thomas Jefferson)]
______________.
Sartaj Aziz. 97. What is CCHF?

89. Most expensive town of Pakistan is Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic

Abbottabad and cheapest town is Fever.
Dadu.
98. ____________Under CPEC (China
90. Who is Binali Yildirim? Pakistan Economic Corridor) three
Prime minister of Turkey. routes will be constructed and the
shortest route is ___________.
91. The Headquarter of Red Cross are Western Rout.
in:
(a) London 99. What is the name of Saudi Defense
(b) New York Minister_____________.
(c) Berlin Mohammad Bin Salman.
(d) Geneva
100. Total amendments in 1973
92. Who is the permanent constitution of Pakistan__________.
representative of Pakistan in UNO? 22.
Dr. MaleehaLodhi.

93. Name of Secretary General of

OIC(Organization of Islamic *****************************************
Cooperation) is ______________.
Eyad Amin Madani.

94. Pakistan Post has issued a

commemorative postage stamp in
memory of legendary philanthropist
Abdul SattarEdhi on occasion of
Independence Day.

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