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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SI unit of current
The SI unit of electric current is:
Correct answer: B
The SI unit of electric current is the ampere, which measures the flow of electric charge per second. Coulomb is the unit of electric charge, and volt is the unit of electric potential difference.
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Police station definition
A police station includes any place declared as a police station:
Correct answer: B
A police station includes any place declared as a police station, whether it is a general police station or a special police station. Therefore, both general and special police stations are included in the definition.
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Antonyms
Which word is the opposite of "offend"?
Correct answer: C
The word 'offend' means to cause displeasure or hurt feelings. The opposite would be to praise or express approval, which is best captured by 'acclaim'. The other options do not represent opposites of 'offend'.
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Afghanistan Presidency
When did Ashraf Ghani become the President of Afghanistan?
Correct answer: A
Ashraf Ghani officially took office as the President of Afghanistan on 29 September 2014, which is widely recognized as the formal start of his presidency. While some sources mention a formal inauguration ceremony, the key date marking the beginning of his presidency is 29 September 2014, not October 2014. Therefore, option A (September 2014) is the correct answer.
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Matrix properties
Let A be an n × n square matrix. If A² = 0, then the matrix A is:
Correct answer: C
If a square matrix A satisfies A² = 0 (the zero matrix), it means A is nilpotent and cannot be invertible. Therefore, A is singular because only invertible matrices are called regular (non-singular).
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Passive voice transformation
Transform the sentence 'We must write to him' into the passive voice.
Correct answer: A
Option A correctly transforms the active sentence 'We must write to him' into the passive voice as 'He must be written to.' This maintains the modal verb 'must' and the preposition 'to' at the end, which is appropriate in English passive constructions with indirect objects.
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Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
According to Islamic law, the share of a wife in her husband's property is:
Correct answer: C
According to Islamic inheritance law, the wife receives one-eighth (1/8th) share of her deceased husband's property if they have children. This is a well-established rule in Islamic jurisprudence.
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Quranic Studies
In which city did the revelation of the Holy Quran start?
Correct answer: B
The revelation of the Holy Quran began in the city of Makkah when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received the first verses from Angel Gabriel in the Cave of Hira.
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Currencies
What is the name of the Japanese currency?
Correct answer: A
The official currency of Japan is the Yen, symbolized as ¥. It is distinct from the Yuan, which is the currency of China, and the Euro, used by many European countries.
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Geometry and Mensuration
The centroid of a triangle LMN with vertices L(1,1,1), M(3,3,3), and N(5,5,5) is the point:
Correct answer: A
The centroid of a triangle with vertices at points L(1,1,1), M(3,3,3), and N(5,5,5) is calculated by averaging the x, y, and z coordinates: ((1+3+5)/3, (1+3+5)/3, (1+3+5)/3) = (3,3,3). Thus, option A is correct.
