Q-1. Write an Essay in English comprising 100-120 words on any One of the following: (20)

i. National Unity
ii. Unemployement
iii. Students and Politics

Q-2. Translate the following into Urdu: (10)

No country can prosper or become a leading power in the world unless her people are patriotic. Lack of patriotic feelings gives birth to such main activities as smuggling and espionage. Consequently, the economic stability of the country is undermined and her very independence is at stake.

Q-3. Use Five of the following pair of words to bring out the difference of meaning: (10)

a. Access, Excess
b. Cast, Caste
c. Foul, Fowl
d. Hoard, Horde
e. Pail, Pale
f. Decease, Disease

Q-4. Use Five of the following idioms in sentence so as to bring out their meaning clearly; (10)

a. From pillar to post
b. Cock and bull story
c. Blow one’s top
d. To be dragger’s drawn
e. From horses mouth
f. To kick the bucket

Q-5. Answer the following questions: (20)

i. What is meaning of Makka ?
ii. Who built Badshahi Mosque Lahore?
iii. One hectare equal to how many acres?
iv. When Pakistan became an Islamic Jamhoria?
v. What makes common salt?
vi. What is carnivores?
vii. One which river is Baghlihar Dam ?
viii. What is known as liquid gold?
ix. Siachen is situated at an altitude of?
x. Who painted Mona Lisa?
xi. What is document in Computer?
xii. Name the gas that is used in soft drink?
xiii. Suez Canal is located in ?
xiv. Where is Shah Jahan Mosque located?
xv. Which Pakistani missile has range of 4000 KM?
xvi. Mirani dam irrigates how many acre of land?
xvii. Name area from Northern Areas of Pakistan ?
xviii. Who wrote Tarana “Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara” ?
xix. Temporary storage place for information in computer is called ?
xx. When the national anthem was approved by the Government of Pakistan?

Q-6. Answer the following questions: (10)

i. Who is the President of Indonesia?
ii. When Presidential Election is being held in Afghanistan?
iii. Name the Head of NATO Forces in Afghanistan?
iv. Where is Iran’s Nuclear Site located?
v. How much aid has been promised by USA to Pakistan?
vi. Name the Muslim province of People’s Republic of China?
vii. How much electricity is produced in Chashma Power Plan?
viii. Name the country which is known as Land of Midnight Sun?
ix. Name the countries of Central Asia?
xi. What is the break up of Senate Seats of Pakistan?

Q-7. Write a note (Minimum 100 words) on any One of the following: (20)

a. Swat Operation (background)
b. Should Pakistan have more provinces than the existing? (Reason)
c. Sir Creek issue with India
d. Prime Minister’s Visit to Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh)

Q-3. Use Five of the following pair of words to bring out the difference of meaning: (10)

a. Access, Excess
b. Cast, Caste
c. Foul, Fowl
d. Hoard, Horde
e. Pail, Pale
f. Decease, Disease


a) Zia had free access to the cm's office.
They both eat to excess.

b) He cast the line to the middle of the river.
I am abro by caste.

c) Zia suffers from foul breath.
Guinea Fowl are found in many varieties.

d) Zia khan has a hoard of gold coins.
A horde of taliban attacked the swat.

e) Zia took several pails of water to put out the fire.
She wore a pale blue hat.

f)The house will not be yours till after your mother's decease.
The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.


Q-4. Use Five of the following idioms in sentence so as to bring out their meaning clearly; (10)

a. From pillar to post
b. Cock and bull story
c. Blow one’s top
d. To be dragger’s drawn
e. From horses mouth
f. To kick the bucket

a)After his mother died, Billy was passed from pillar to post and ended up in a children's home.

b)She told me some cock-and-bull story about her car breaking down.

c)If she calls about this one more time I'm going to blow my top

d)the two families have been at draggers drawn since this elopement

e)I got a tip yesterday, and if it wasn't straight from the horse's mouth it was jolly well the next thing to it

f) Saleem kicked the bucket a couple of days ago

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Q-5. Answer the following questions: (20)

i. What is meaning of Makka ?
Mecca or Makkah Al-Mukkaramah (مكة المكرمة) is a city in the Hijaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It is revered as the holiest site of the Islamic religion, and a Pilgrimage to it is required of all Muslims who can afford the trip.

ii. Who built Badshahi Mosque Lahore?
The Badshahi Mosque (بادشاھی مسجد) or "Emperor's Mosque" was built in 1673 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore.

iii. One hectare equal to how many acres?
1 hectare = 2.471 acres

iv. When Pakistan became an Islamic Jamhoria?
v. What makes common salt?
Common salt salt. (sodium chloride) used to make glass sodium carbonate used to make bleach chlorine used to make soap and detergents sodium hydroxide ...

vi. What is carnivores?
carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
carnivore - any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"

vii. One which river is Baghlihar Dam ?
river Chenab

viii. What is known as liquid gold?
Liquid Gold is a brand of wood cleaning and preserving products made by Scott's Liquid Gold.

ix. Siachen is situated at an altitude of?
The Siachen Glacier is situated at an altitude of 5400 meters above sea level. Located at the southern part of the great watershed

x. Who painted Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci

xi. What is document in Computer?
xii. Name the gas that is used in soft drink?
co2 ... carbon dioxide

xiii. Suez Canal is located in ?
Egypt

xiv. Where is Shah Jahan Mosque located?
The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It is located in Thatta, Sindh province, Pakistan

xv. Which Pakistani missile has range of 4000 KM?
The Ghauri-III missile will use a liquid propellant engine. Its estimated range is 3500 km – 4000 Km.

xvi. Mirani dam irrigates how many acre of land?
Total storage capacity of the dam is 302000 Acre Feet, which includes a dead level ... dam is told as irrigating 33000 acres of land in Dasht area

xvii. Name area from Northern Areas of Pakistan ?
Gilgit is the capital city of the Northern Areas

xviii. Who wrote Tarana "Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara" ?
Arun Shanbhag

xix. Temporary storage place for information in computer is called ?
Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, ... as random-access memory (RAM)

xx. When the national anthem was approved by the Government of Pakistan?
in August 1954

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Q-6. Answer the following questions: (10)

i. Who is the President of Indonesia?
Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO

ii. When Presidential Election is being held in Afghanistan?
presidential election in Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on August 20, 2009

iii. Name the Head of NATO Forces in Afghanistan?
The head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, US General Dan McNeill

iv. Where is Iran’s Nuclear Site located?
Bushehr

v. How much aid has been promised by USA to Pakistan?
$7.5 billion

vi. Name the Muslim province of People’s Republic of China?
Xinjiang.

vii. How much electricity is produced in Chashma Power Plan?
300MW electricity

viii. Name the country which is known as Land of Midnight Sun?

ix. Name the countries of Central Asia?
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan


xi. What is the break up of Senate Seats of Pakistan?
The Senate consists of 100 members, of whom 14 members are elected by each Provincial Assembly, 8 members are elected from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATAs) by the Members of National Assembly from these areas, 2 members, 1 woman and 1Technocrat is elected from the Federal Capital by the Members of National Assembly, 4 women and 4 Technocrats are elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly. The breakup of seats allocated to each Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATAs), Federal Capital, Women and Ulema/Technocrats, is as under:

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xviii. Who wrote Tarana "Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara" ?
Arun Shanbhag is a wrong answer[/SIZE]

[SIZE="5"]Saare Jahan Se Achchha (Urdu:سارے جہاں سے اچھا) is one of the enduring patriotic poems of the Urdu language. Written originally for children in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry by poet Muhammad Iqbal, the poem was published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August 1904.[1] Recited by Iqbal the following year at Government College, Lahore, now in Pakistan, it quickly became an anthem of opposition to the British rule in India. The song, an ode to Hindustan—the land comprising present-day Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan—both celebrated and cherished the land even as it lamented its age-old anguish. Also known as Tarana-e-Hindi (Urdu: ترانۂ ہندی "Anthem of the People of Hindustan"),

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Questions and answers


The Land of the Midnight Sun is used to refer to many northern regions in the world above the Arctic Circle including:

* Norway
* Sweden
* Finland
* Russia
* Iceland
* The northern regions of Canada, including the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
* Greenland
* Lapland
* Alaska

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