SOLUTION OF CSS MINI MPT TEST NO. 4
ENGLISH VOCABULARY:
1. c. Repeal
Explanation: "Abrogate" means to repeal or do away with a law or formal agreement.
2. c. Confuse
Explanation: "Obfuscate" means to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
3. b. Flatterer
Explanation: "Sycophant" is a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
4. c. Nascent
Explanation: "Inchoate" means just begun and so not fully formed or developed.
5. b. Deceit
Explanation: "Veracity" means truthfulness, so its antonym is deceit.
6. d. Enduring
Explanation: "Ephemeral" means lasting for a very short time, so its antonym is enduring.
7. a. Miserly
Explanation: "Munificent" means more generous than is usual or necessary.
8. a. Stimulating
Explanation: "Vapid" means offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR:
9. c. had known
Explanation: This conditional sentence refers to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the past.
10. b. She said, "I haven't eaten."
Explanation: Direct speech conversion of the given indirect statement.
11. c. The play is being prepared by the children.
Explanation: The active voice is in the present continuous, so the passive should be too.
12. d. Relentless
Explanation: Adjectives describe or modify nouns. "Relentless" is modifying "sun".
13. b. are
Explanation: With compound subjects joined by "or" or "nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
14. a. Foot
Explanation: Just as fingers are part of the hand, toes are part of the foot.
15. c. A
Explanation: The common expression is "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
16. a. She likes neither coffee nor tea.
Explanation: Proper use of neither...nor construction.
17. d. with
Explanation: One is "obsessed with" something, not of, to, or about.
18. b. Future Perfect
Explanation: The sentence describes an action that will be completed in the future.
19. a. I said that I was going to the market.
Explanation: Conversion to indirect speech from direct speech.
20. a. worst
Explanation: The superlative form "worst" fits best in this context.
1. c. Repeal
Explanation: "Abrogate" means to repeal or do away with a law or formal agreement.
2. c. Confuse
Explanation: "Obfuscate" means to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
3. b. Flatterer
Explanation: "Sycophant" is a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
4. c. Nascent
Explanation: "Inchoate" means just begun and so not fully formed or developed.
5. b. Deceit
Explanation: "Veracity" means truthfulness, so its antonym is deceit.
6. d. Enduring
Explanation: "Ephemeral" means lasting for a very short time, so its antonym is enduring.
7. a. Miserly
Explanation: "Munificent" means more generous than is usual or necessary.
8. a. Stimulating
Explanation: "Vapid" means offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR:
9. c. had known
Explanation: This conditional sentence refers to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the past.
10. b. She said, "I haven't eaten."
Explanation: Direct speech conversion of the given indirect statement.
11. c. The play is being prepared by the children.
Explanation: The active voice is in the present continuous, so the passive should be too.
12. d. Relentless
Explanation: Adjectives describe or modify nouns. "Relentless" is modifying "sun".
13. b. are
Explanation: With compound subjects joined by "or" or "nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
14. a. Foot
Explanation: Just as fingers are part of the hand, toes are part of the foot.
15. c. A
Explanation: The common expression is "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
16. a. She likes neither coffee nor tea.
Explanation: Proper use of neither...nor construction.
17. d. with
Explanation: One is "obsessed with" something, not of, to, or about.
18. b. Future Perfect
Explanation: The sentence describes an action that will be completed in the future.
19. a. I said that I was going to the market.
Explanation: Conversion to indirect speech from direct speech.
20. a. worst
Explanation: The superlative form "worst" fits best in this context.
21. a. 3
Explanation: \(x^2 - 6x + 9\) can be factored as \((x-3)(x-3) = 0\). Thus, x = 3.
22. b. 180°
Explanation: The interior angles of a triangle always sum up to 180°.
23. b. 9
Explanation: Median is the middle number in a sorted list.
24. c. 3
Explanation: \(2y = 6\) => y = 6/2 = 3.
25. b. 3
Explanation: Mode is the number that appears most frequently.
26. c. 154 units
Explanation: Circumference \(= 2\pi r = 2 3.14 7 = 43.96 3.5 = 153.86 (approx. 154 units)\).
27. c. \(8x + 4\)
Explanation: Combine like terms.
28. c. 68 units
Explanation: Perimeter \(= 2l + 2w = 2(10) + 2(7) = 20 + 14 = 34\).
29. a. 1/6
Explanation: A six-sided die has one 3, so the probability of rolling a 3 is 1 out of 6.
30. b. x = 2.33
Explanation: Combine like terms and solve for x.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
31. d. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah served as Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death in 1948.
32. a. Hajj
Explanation: Throwing stones at the three pillars in Mina is a ritual performed during Hajj, representing the stoning of the devil.
33. b. Plutonium
Explanation: The discovery and subsequent development of Plutonium was instrumental in the creation of atomic bombs.
34. a. World War I
Explanation: The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, marking the end of World War I.
35. d. Indus
Explanation: The Indus River is the longest river in Pakistan.
36. d. Indonesia
Explanation: BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Indonesia is not part of the BRICS association.
37. b. Sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Explanation: Hadith are the sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
38. a. 23
Explanation: Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes.
39. d. Balochistan
Explanation: Gwadar Port is located in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
40. c. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Explanation: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has the motto "For Peace, Sovereignty and Economic Development".
41. d. Jabir Ibn Hayyan
Explanation: Jabir Ibn Hayyan is often referred to as the "Father of Chemistry" for his pioneering work in the field.
42. c. Mughal Empire
Explanation: Before the British colonization, the Mughal Empire had been the dominant power in India.
43. REMOVED
Explanation: Shia Muslims believe that leadership after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) should have gone to members of his family, especially Ali.
44. c. Carbon Dioxide
Explanation: Carbon Dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and significantly contributes to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
45. c. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Explanation: The official name of Pakistan is the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan".
LOGICAL SERIES MATH AND ENGLISH:
46. d. 64
Explanation: The numbers are doubling each time.
47. b. E
Explanation: The series represents the first letter of numbers in order. O=One, T=Two, T=Three, F=Four, F=Five, so E=Six.
48. a. 55
Explanation: The numbers are increasing by 11.
49. b. RTIGE
Explanation: The series is moving the first letter to the end in each step.
50.b. 27.
6 - 3 = 3
11 - 6 = 5
18 - 11 = 7
The differences between each term are increasing by 2.
So, if we continue the pattern:
18 + 7 + 2 = 18 + 9 = 27