CSS 2022 MPT, 02 — Part 2

Section – III: ENGLISH Vocabulary, Grammar usage, Comprehension (50 Marks)

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, PROGNOSTICATE*?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, MUNIFICENT?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word CORNICE?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, PHANTASM?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, CRESTFALLEN?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, SCATHELESS?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, REPINE?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to, PALSIED?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, OBUMBRATE?

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word, HUDDLE?

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Lassitude

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Lachrymose

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Quixotic

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Vituperation

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Lapidarian

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Traduce

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Mendacious

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Verdant

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Fortuitous

Direction: Select the word OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word given.

Epicurean

Ahmed was as clever as he was autocratic, and he knew what he could not obtain by legitimate means he could always obtain through _____.

The visiting professor was so prominent in his _____ that many of our faculty members became nervous in his presence.

The orator _____ a bizarre economic program whose central tenet was the abolition of all forms of money.

The actor, pretending to be inebriated, made a _______ attempt to open his umbrella in a telephone booth.

Because Salman had been preoccupied during his dynamite juggling demonstration, the jury felt that he was not _____ for the destruction of the property. 

Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar were fired from the stage crew because their constant _____ during the play drowned out the actors and ruined the performance.

The applicant’s credentials were ______, but I didn’t like the colour of his necktie so I didn’t hire him.

Waqar’s skin took on a _______ cast after his exposure to the pool of radioactive wastes.

The police spent seven months working on the crime case but were never able to determine the identity of the ________.

The portions at the restaurant were so ______ that immediately after dessert we drove to another restaurant and ordered a second full meal.

Directions: Find the odd word from the given responses.

Directions: Find the odd word from the given responses.

Directions: Select the odd word.

Directions: Select the odd word.

Directions: Which word does NOT belong with the others?

Directions: In the following question, select the odd word from the given alternatives.

Some people interpret the phrase “survival of the fittest” as “survival of the strongest.” However, inasmuch as “strong” is interpreted as “physical size and prowess”, this is incorrect. Although strength and size provide a survival advantage within a species in such tasks as breeding, fighting for food, and running from predators, a species will survive only if its overall resource requirement for maintaining its strength does not outweigh the resources available, as is often the case during a famine or other ecological disaster.

Based on the passage above, which of the following statements must be true?

Directions: Choose the option that BEST completes the relationship indicated in the capitalized pair.

AFFECTION : EMBRACE ::

Directions: Choose the option that BEST completes the relationship indicated in the capitalized pair.

EMBRYONIC : MATURITY ::

Directions: Choose the option that BEST completes the relationship indicated in the capitalized pair.

VERIFY : DOUBTFULNESS ::

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Directions: Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?

Since the Hawaiian Islands have never been connected to other land masses, the great variety of plants in Hawaii must be a result of the long-distance dispersal of seeds, a process that requires both a method of transport and an equivalence between the ecology of the source area and that of the recipient area.

There is some dispute about the method of transport involved. Some biologists argue that ocean and air currents are responsible for the transport of plant seeds to Hawaii. Yet the results of flotation experiments and the low temperatures of air currents cast doubt on these hypotheses. More probable is bird transport, either externally, by accidental attachment of the seeds to feathers, or internally, by the swallowing of fruit and subsequent excretion of the seeds. While it is likely that fewer varieties of plant seeds have reached Hawaii externally than internally, more varieties are known to be adapted to external than to internal transport.

The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

Since the Hawaiian Islands have never been connected to other land masses, the great variety of plants in Hawaii must be a result of the long-distance dispersal of seeds, a process that requires both a method of transport and an equivalence between the ecology of the source area and that of the recipient area.

There is some dispute about the method of transport involved. Some biologists argue that ocean and air currents are responsible for the transport of plant seeds to Hawaii. Yet the results of flotation experiments and the low temperatures of air currents cast doubt on these hypotheses. More probable is bird transport, either externally, by accidental attachment of the seeds to feathers, or internally, by the swallowing of fruit and subsequent excretion of the seeds. While it is likely that fewer varieties of plant seeds have reached Hawaii externally than internally, more varieties are known to be adapted to external than to internal transport.

Author mentions the results of flotation experiments on plant seeds most probably in order to

Since the Hawaiian Islands have never been connected to other land masses, the great variety of plants in Hawaii must be a result of the long-distance dispersal of seeds, a process that requires both a method of transport and an equivalence between the ecology of the source area and that of the recipient area.

There is some dispute about the method of transport involved. Some biologists argue that ocean and air currents are responsible for the transport of plant seeds to Hawaii. Yet the results of flotation experiments and the low temperatures of air currents cast doubt on these hypotheses. More probable is bird transport, either externally, by accidental attachment of the seeds to feathers, or internally, by the swallowing of fruit and subsequent excretion of the seeds. While it is likely that fewer varieties of plant seeds have reached Hawaii externally than internally, more varieties are known to be adapted to external than to internal transport.

It can be inferred from information in the passage that the existence in alpine regions of Hawaii of a plant species that also grows in the southwestern United States would justify which of the following conclusions:

Since the Hawaiian Islands have never been connected to other land masses, the great variety of plants in Hawaii must be a result of the long-distance dispersal of seeds, a process that requires both a method of transport and an equivalence between the ecology of the source area and that of the recipient area.

There is some dispute about the method of transport involved. Some biologists argue that ocean and air currents are responsible for the transport of plant seeds to Hawaii. Yet the results of flotation experiments and the low temperatures of air currents cast doubt on these hypotheses. More probable is bird transport, either externally, by accidental attachment of the seeds to feathers, or internally, by the swallowing of fruit and subsequent excretion of the seeds. While it is likely that fewer varieties of plant seeds have reached Hawaii externally than internally, more varieties are known to be adapted to external than to internal transport.

The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions?

Section – V: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (50 Marks)

Who, in 2021, has become the most followed person on Instagram by crossing 400 million followers?

Unlike the Hubble space telescope, the NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will not orbit the Earth, it is headed to a location known as

Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated STZ Islamabad in January 2021 and Lahore Technopolis STZ on

Joe Biden met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time, since becoming the US president in?

Ljubljana is the capital of which European country?

Prime Minister Imran Khan in January 2020 inaugurated the Azakhel dry port in

Hissein Ibrahim Taha, the current Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), belongs to?

China and Pakistan signed a £1.2bn ($1.5bn) deal for the Azad Pattan hydropower project in July 2020. The project is based in?

Who’s Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan?

The sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (or the Malvinas) is disputed by

Who has been named the International Cricket Council (ICC) Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for 2021?

Which part of the Central Nervous System controls reflex actions?

Which among the following cell organelles is essential for Cellular respiration?

Hepatitis A which is the most common cause of jaundice in young people is an infection of liver by

Polycythaemia is a disease related to

Which of the following is the basic chemical building block of natural rubber obtained from trees?

Why a milkman adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk?

Which of the following turns lime water milky?

A non-combustible gas that is used as a refrigerant in air conditioning applications.

The secondary consumer from the following is?

How does the smell of the cooked food reach our nostrils even without our entering the kitchen?

Liquids which do not mix or dissolve in one another and form separate layers are called

Which one of the following is used in the preparation of antiseptic solution?

The main constituent of vinegar is

Which element has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume at 40 °C?

Cheilosis (fissuring at corners of mouth and lips) occurs due to deficiency of

Which day is the International Mother Language Day celebrated every year?

The other name of stamens is

IUDs stands for

“Athlete’s Foot” is a disease’ caused by

The city of Jaunpur, historically known as Sheeraz-e-Hind, was founded by

Historian and adviser of Akbar, Abul-Fazal Mubarak, was killed by

The origins of khayal are often associated with the famous musician

Who became the youngest Viceroy of India in 1899 at age 39, and remained in office until his resignation in 1905?

The Ojhri Camp was used as an ammunition depot to forward US-supplied arms to Afghan Mujahideen fighting against the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. The Ojhri Camp disaster happened on?

The book, The Political System of Pakistan, is authored by

Pakistan concluded a boundary agreement with China in

I. I. Chundrigar, was the ______ prime minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity on 17 October 1957 until being removed due to a vote of no confidence on 11 December 1957.

Sultan Aram Shah belonged to

The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the ______- worst passport for international travel for the third consecutive year, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 31 destinations around the world, according to the Henley Passport Index 2022.

The Hindu Raj is located in the northern region of Pakistan, between the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram ranges. Which is its highest peak?

The current Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister is 

Cancun is a famous city of which country?

Following a five-year extension in 2021, the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (New START) between Russia & the US will expire on

According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the nuclear weapon inventory of both the nuclear powers in South Asia had increased in 2021.

As per the Swedish think tank’s annual report, Pakistan had ______ warheads, while India was estimated to have 156 last year.

Which is the current Pakistan’s most urbanized province?

Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?

The average temperature for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 40°C. The average for Thursday, Friday and Saturday was 41°C. If temperature on Saturday was 42°C, what was the temperature on Wednesday?

In a certain code language, ‘FRIEND’ is written as ‘GTLISJ’. How is ‘GREAT’ written in the same code language?

The length and the breadth of a room is 22 m and 18 m, respectively. If the total area of the four walls of the room is 1200 sq. m, then what is the height of the wall?

At what price does the shopkeeper sell one table to get 20% profit, if he bought 16 tables for Rs. 7212?

An event manager has ten patterns of chairs and eight patterns of tables. In how many ways can he make a pair of table and chair?

The expression (12.86 × 12.86 + 12.86 × p + 0.14 × 0.14) will be a perfect square for p equal to

How many digits will be there to the right of the decimal point in the product of 89.635 and .02218?

If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?

One card from the pack is drawn at random from 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a king or a queen?

A man sold two houses for Rs. 7.8 lakhs each. On the one, he gained 5% and on the other, he lost 5%. What percent is the effect of the sale on the whole?

Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, … What number should come next?

A number consists of two digits. If 3/5 of 1/5 of the number is 9. Find the sum of its two digits?

How many figures are required to number the pages of a book containing 365 pages?

The numerator of a certain fraction is 8 less than the denominator. If 3 is added to the numerator and 3 is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the original fraction?

How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word, ‘LOGARITHMS’, if repetition of letters is not allowed?

How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated?

A boat takes 28 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to point C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is 6km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr, what is the distance between A and B?

A jogger running at 9 km/hr along side a railway track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 120 m long train running at 45 km/hr in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?

In a row of 25 girls, when Neha was shifted by four places towards the left, she become 10th from the left end. What was her earlier position from the right end of the row?