Assistant Director is an officer-grade post, and the FIA has recruited for it through written tests over a longer span than for any other grade in this bank. This page holds 556 published questions from seven papers: 2002, 2004, 2011, 2012, two batches from 2019 and a shorter 2020 paper. The older papers are close to a hundred questions each; the 2019 and 2020 papers are partial transcriptions and will be extended as the missing questions are recovered and reviewed.
Pakistan Studies is the dominant subject, with well over a hundred questions across the papers, followed by English, Islamic Studies, Mathematics and General Knowledge. Current Affairs and History have a stronger presence here than in lower-grade tests, and the 2019 papers introduced a few questions on the FIA Act itself. Reading the 2002 and 2004 papers side by side with 2019 is instructive: the subjects are the same, but the later papers ask more analytical English and fewer straight recall questions.
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Famous Personalities
Jamal Khashoggi was a:
Correct answer: A
Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist known internationally for his work and his tragic assassination in 2018. Therefore, the correct answer is Journalist.
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Optics
How many colors does a light beam split into after passing through a prism?
Correct answer: D
When white light passes through a prism, it disperses into seven distinct colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. This phenomenon is due to the different wavelengths of light bending by different amounts.
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Solar System
Which planet moves fastest around the Sun?
Correct answer: A
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and therefore has the shortest orbital path and highest orbital speed, making it the fastest planet moving around the Sun.
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Prepositions
Why did you object to -------------, he will be an asset to the company.
Correct answer: B
The phrase requires an object form followed by a gerund to function correctly as the object of 'object to.' 'Him being taken on' is grammatically correct, while the other options are incorrect or ungrammatical.
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Solutions and Concentration
The salinity of seawater is determined by the amount of common salt (sodium chloride) in ---------- of seawater.
Correct answer: A
Salinity of seawater is typically expressed as the amount of common salt (sodium chloride) per 1 kilogram of seawater, making option A correct.
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ASEAN Summit
The 33rd ASEAN Summit was held in which country?
Correct answer: A
The 33rd ASEAN Summit was held in Singapore. This is a well-documented fact from recent ASEAN meetings, confirming Singapore as the host country for this summit.
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Human Nutrition and Deficiency Diseases
Deficiency of Vitamin D causes?
Correct answer: B
Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets, a disease characterized by softening and weakening of bones in children, due to impaired calcium absorption. Measles and scurvy are caused by other factors (measles is a viral infection; scurvy is due to vitamin C deficiency).
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ASEAN headquarters
Where is the headquarters of ASEAN located?
Correct answer: A
The headquarters of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is located in Jakarta, Indonesia. This is the official and well-known location of ASEAN's main secretariat.
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Planets
Which planet is easily visible from the Earth?
Correct answer: B
Venus is the brightest planet visible from Earth and is easily seen with the naked eye, often called the 'Evening Star' or 'Morning Star'. Saturn and Jupiter are visible but not as easily or as brightly as Venus. 'None of these' is incorrect because Venus is clearly visible.
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Physical Geography
Khewra Salt Mine is in which province of Pakistan?
Correct answer: A
Khewra Salt Mine is located in the Punjab province of Pakistan, making option A the correct answer. It is one of the largest and oldest salt mines in the world, situated near the city of Jhelum in Punjab.
