FIA Assistant Director Paper 2020

The sentence requires a noun phrase to complete it correctly. Option A, 'Fossil fuel', fits grammatically and semantically as the subject of the sentence. Options B and C are grammatically incorrect in this context, and D is not appropriate since A is correct.

The present perfect continuous tense 'has been trying' correctly indicates an action that started in the past and continues up to the present, matching the time expression 'for the last twenty minutes.'

The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan declared Urdu as the official language of the country. Bengali was recognized as a provincial language but not as an official language. Option D is unrelated and incorrect.

The word 'pertinent' means relevant or applicable to a particular matter. Its opposite is 'irrelevant,' which means not related or applicable. Therefore, option B is the correct antonym.

The verb 'admire' is typically followed by a noun or a gerund phrase to indicate what is being admired. In the sentence, 'He admired having seen the musical show...' the gerund phrase 'having seen' correctly functions as the object of 'admired.' Using the infinitive 'to see' or the passive form 'being seen' is not grammatically appropriate here. Therefore, option A is correct.

The Pacific Ocean is the deepest ocean in the world, containing the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.

(1000)^0 equals 1 because any non-zero number raised to the power of zero is 1. 10^24 is a very large number (1 followed by 24 zeros). Adding 1 to 10^24 does not match any of the given numeric options, so the correct choice is 'None of these'.

The Diamer-Bhasha Dam is planned on the Indus River, which is a major river in Pakistan. Options A and B refer to other rivers, and option D is incorrect as the correct river is listed.

The word 'deferential' means showing respect or courteous regard. None of the options 'Volatile' (unstable), 'Fraught' (full of), or 'Quick' (fast) are synonyms of 'deferential'. Therefore, 'None of these' is the correct answer.

The total price of the land is Rs. 6 crore 75 lakhs, which is Rs. 6,75,00,000. A 2% commission on this amount is calculated as (2/100) × 6,75,00,000 = Rs. 13,50,000. Hence, option A is correct.