FIA Assistant Director Paper 2004

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan who participated in the Tashkent Agreement negotiations in 1966. The other options did not hold this position during the Tashkent Pact.

The correct preposition to use with 'exception' in this context is 'to', as the phrase 'no exception to the rules' is the standard idiomatic expression.

Let the total number of votes polled be x. Valid votes = x - 68. The winner gets 52% of valid votes, and the loser gets 48%. The difference is 4% of valid votes, which equals 98 votes. So, 0.04(x - 68) = 98, solving gives x = 2382.

In 1956, during the Suez Crisis, the issue of Palestine was central to regional tensions. The United Kingdom and other Western governments, including the United States, maintained support for Israel's security and did not extend direct governmental support to the Palestinian Arab cause. Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan proposed plans for an independent Palestinian republic in the Gaza Strip to rally refugee support, but these were viewed skeptically by Western powers. H.S. Soharwardy, as a Pakistani leader, lost support domestically because his government did not extend support to Palestine in 1956, a critical issue for many in Pakistan at the time. This aligns with the historical context where Palestine was a key concern and lack of support for it caused political backlash.

The Soharwardy Cabinet (1956-1957) was a coalition government dominated by the All-Pakistan Awami League and the Republican Party. Feroz Khan Noon was a prominent member of the Republican Party and served as Foreign Minister. However, Mir Ghulam Talpur, Sardar Amir Azam Khan, Syed Amjad Ali, and Jaffer Shah were members of the Awami League, not the Republican Party or the other parties listed. Therefore, none of the options A (Awami Party), B (Republican Party), or C (Nizam-e-Islam Party) correctly describe the party affiliation of all the named individuals collectively. The correct answer is D (None of these).

The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne, are credited with inventing the hot air balloon in the 18th century, making option B the correct answer.

Option B is incorrect because the Royal Observatory of Greenwich is located in London, not Copenhagen. Option A is correct as the equator is at zero degrees latitude. Option C is also correct since altitude refers to height above sea level. Option D is incorrect because not all statements are wrong.

The police force (Shurta) was established during the reign of Hazrat Umar RA to maintain law and order in the Islamic state. This system was formalized under his leadership, making option D correct.

Diego Garcia is a well-known United States military base located in the Indian Ocean. It is not an airline or a missile, making option C the correct answer.

The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 during a naval exercise. This is a well-documented maritime incident involving the Kursk submarine.