Section- I

Clean Development or Kyoto or Global Warming or Climate Change or Ozone

Q. No. 2. (a) What were the main objectives of Clean Development Mechanism? Also explain the
reasons for the criticism on Kyoto Protocol by the developed countries. (2016)

Q. No. 2. (C) What do you mean by Ozone depletion and how we can prevent its depletion? (2017)

Q. No. 9 (b) Comment, Green House Effect is a blessing. Also discuss Enhanced Green House Effect and
its relation with global warming. (2016)

Q. 4. (c ) Discuss the possible negative effects that Pakistan may face due to Global Warming and

Climate Change. What steps may be helpful to control the climate change? (2022)

2. (d) Discuss various factors which affect the variations in the climate of a place. (2022)

Q.2 (d) Why are Scientists worried about the increase of CO2 in atmosphere? (2019)

Q.5 (a) What does Ozone depletion mean and how can we protect the ozone layer? (2019)

Q. 4 (d) What are the different layers of the atmosphere? On what basis these layers are classified? In
which layer “Auroras” are formed, and where do satellites orbit? (2023)

Air, Water and Land Pollution

Q. No. 2. (B) Briefly explain the main reasons of water-logging in Pakistan. (2017)

Q. No. 2. (A) What are the factors responsible for environmental pollution? (2017)

Q. No. 4. (B). What is ‘Water Pollution’. Discuss its causes and measurement methods. Name the
countries with the highest and lowest percentage of it. (2018)

Q No. 4. (C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Smog’. (2018)

Q. 3. (d) What is Solid Waste? Discuss the main issues of Solid Waste Management in our country?

(2022)

Q. 4. (a) Define the term Water Pollution. What indicators are used to measure the quality of water?
(2022)
Q.4 (b) What is the role of oxygen-demanding wastes in water pollution? How it can be prevented?
(2023)

Q.4 (A) What is the difference between fog and smog? What are the causes of smog and its effects on
human health? Write a short note on any one of the latest technology to eliminate smog to avoid
atmospheric pollution. (2023)

Q.4 (b) What is the role of oxygen-demanding wastes in water pollution? How it can be prevented?
(2023)

Q. 4. (c) What are the standards of drinking water? How do Heavy Metals in the water affect living
organisms? (2024)

Carbohydrates
Q. 3. (b)What are carbohydrates? Classify and give detail of each class along with examples. (2020)

Q. No. 3. (C). Define ‘Carbohydrates’. Describe different steps to digest these in the human body. (2018)

Q.5 (b) How carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are digested in humans? (2023)

Q. 4. (a) What is the role of Carbohydrates and Vitamins in the body? Discuss briefly (2024)

Cell
Q. No. 3. (D). Describe the ‘Cell Structure’. Write down at least three differences between an animal cell
and plant cell. (2018)

Q. 3. (a)Explain with examples the relationship between cells, tissues and organs. (2021)

Q. 3. (b) Explain the differences in structure & function between a cell wall and a cell membrane.
(2021)

Q 3 c (1) How a bacterial cell is different from a plant cell? (2023)

Acid Rain
Q. No. 2. (D) What is an Acid Rain and how it is produced. Briefly describe the dangers associated with
it? (2017)

Q. No. 4. (A). What is ‘Acid Rain’. Describe its causes and how it can be prevented? (2018)

Water Cycle or Water Molecule

Q. No. 6 (b) What is hydrological cycle? Discuss its importance. (2016)

Q. 4. (b) Describe water cycle and briefly explain the major processes involved in water cycle? (2021)
Q. No. 8. (a) Explain the shape of water molecule with the help of Molecular Orbital Theory, also draw
its orbital diagram. (2016)

Atmosphere or Lithosphere
Q. 4. (a) What is the sequence of strata of atmosphere and on what factors does it depends? (2021)

Q. 4. (c)What is the Difference between atmosphere and lithosphere? Explain various components of
lithosphere. (2021)

Q. 4. (a)Briefly describe the various segments of atmosphere. How these segments are maintaining the
Earth Radiation Balance? (2020)

Q. 4. (b)How the organic particulate matter enters in the atmosphere. Also describe the sources? (2020)

Q.5. (d) What are longitudinal waves, electromagnetic, and Gamma radiations? Discuss them. (2024)

Food
Q. 4. (d) Differentiate between food contaminants and food adulterants. (2021)

Q. 5. (a) Define the term “malnutrition”. Elaborate its major causes and consequences. (2021)

Q. 5. (b) Explain how a slice of bread after few days decomposes due to the growth of fungi. (2021)

Q. No. 9. (a) Discuss importance of preservatives and antioxidants in food. (2016)

Q. No. 5. (C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Balanced Diet’. (2018)

Q. 3. (c) Discuss different methods of Food preservation. (2020)

Q 5 (a) What are antioxidants, and why are they used in foods? Write a short note on natural and
synthetic antioxidants. (2023)

Q.3. (d) What is the difference between preservatives and antioxidants? Discuss briefly with examples
(2024)

Cholesterol
No. 5. (b) What is Cholesterol? Discuss its importance, normal blood level and dangers of elevated levels
with reference to the health and disease in humans. (2016)

Q.2 (b) People suffering from cardiovascular disease having high level of cholesterol in their blood, this
often leads to build of fats on its internal arterial walls, suggests how this might be harmful to the heart
(2019)
Fertilizers
Q.2 (c) Why the excessive use of chemical fertilizers should be avoided? (2019)

Q. 3. (a) What are Pesticides? Explain their different types; why persistent pesticides are more lethal for
mankind? (2020)

Computer
Q. No. 5. (A) Differentiate between RAM and ROM. (2017)

Q. No. 5. (B) Name three basic buses employed in a computer and explain what each is used for. (2017)

Q. No. 5. (C) Draw a basic computer block diagram and briefly explain the function of each part. (2017)

Q. No. 5. (D) Describe various types of computers classified on the basis of size, memory, capacity and
speed. (2017)

Q. 5. (c)What is a computer memory? Describe its units and discuss various types of memories. (2021)

Vitamins
No. 3. (D) What is the significance of Vitamins? Describe the sources, uses and deficiency symptoms of
fat soluble vitamins. (2017)

Q.2 (a) Deficiency of vitamins causes different human diseases some of which are given in the table
below choose the correct type of vitamin from the box and write in front of each disease.

Diseases caused due to lack of vitamin: Vit. A Vit. B1 Vit. C Vit. D Vit. E Vit. K

Name of the vitamin: 1.Poor night vision 2. Bleeding gums 3. Rickets in children 4. Beri-Beri 5. Anaemia
(2019)

Energy or Renewable Energy or Non-Renewable Energy

No. 3. (B). Define the term ‘Bio-Fuel’. How is it helpful to promote clean energy? (2018)
Q.3 (a) Differentiate between the renewable and non- renewable sources of energy giving example of
each one of them. (2019)

Q. 2. (d)Differentiate between the renewable and non renewable energy sources. Briefly explain

Geothermal Energy and Hydro Electricity. (2020)

Q. 2. (d)What are the advantages and limitations of renewable energy resources? Briefly explain the
prospects of non-conventional energy resources in Pakistan. (2021)

Q. 2. (b) Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. Briefly explain wind
energy, solar energy and biofuels. (2022)

Q 4 (c) What is the biosphere? Write a note on the “Energy Resources” available in the biosphere. (2023)

Tsunami or Cyclones or Tornado or Tidal Waves

Q. No. 7. (a) What is tsunami? How the tsunamis generated and what are their characteristics? (2016)

Q. No. 4. (D). Describe different causes of ‘Tsunami’. Is there any difference between a Tsunami and a
tidal wave? Name the worst Tsunami ever recorded. (2018)

2. (c) What is a Tornado? How is it formed and what are the effects of tornadoes? Explain briefly.

(2022)

Q.3 (c) What is the most dangerous part of hurricane and how do cyclone affect humans? (2019)

Q. 5. (b)Differentiate between Middle Latitude Cyclones and Tornadoes. (2020)

Q.2. (c) Explain the difference between Middle Latitudes Cyclones and Tornadoes (2024)

Landfills
Q. No. 2 (b) Differentiate between Sanitary and Industrial Landfills, also describe the land selection
criteria for Landfills. (2016)

Artificial Intelligence
Q. No. 3. (a) Write a short note on artificial intelligence. (2016)

Q. No. 5. (D). What is ‘Artificial Intelligence’? How is it helpful for humanity? (2018)

Q. 5. (d) Explain Artificial Intelligence. What do you understand by the term Robotics? (2022)

Radioactivity
Q. 4. (c) What is natural radioactivity? How it is different from the artificial radioactivity? (2020)

Q. 4. (d) What is Radioactivity? Differentiate between natural and artificial radioactivity. (2022)

Q.4. (d) What is radioactivity? Discuss the laws of radioactivity. Name two radioactive elements. (2024)

GPS
Q. No. 3. (b) Write short notes on: (2½ each)

(ii) Global Positioning System (2016)

Q. 5. (d)What is GPS? How does it work? (2020)

Q.5 (c) How does Navistar GPS system work for different applications? (2023)

Fiber Optics
Q. No. 3. (b) Write short notes on: (2½ each)

(i) Fiber Optics (2016)

No. 5. (B). How an ‘Optical Fiber’ is constructed? How is it helpful in transmitting the electromagnetic
radiations? (2018)

Q.3 (b) Give a brief account of optic fibers. What is their importance in present day telecom system?

(2019)

Q. 3. (d)Where and how Fiber Optics are used? Also write down their advantages and disadvantages.

(2020)

Q. 5. (b) Explain the Optical Fiber. Explain how Fiber Optic Communication works? (2022)

Q.2 (b) Explain the mechanism of fiber Optic cable for signal. Explain its constructions (2024)

Earthquake
Q. No. 7 (b) What is an earth quake? Discuss Richter Scale in this context. What was the intensity of the
earth quake in Pakistan dated 26 October 2015 and where was the locus? (2016)

Q. 2. (c) World largest earthquake was assigned a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States Geological
Survey on 22 May 1960 in southern Chile Valdivia. What do you know about earthquake? Also explain
shallow-focus and deepfocus earthquakes. (2020)

Q.5. (c) What are the types of earthquake waves? Discuss them. (2024)
Other Natural Disasters
Q. 2. (a)On 7th April 2012 an Avalanche hit a Pakistan military base in Gayari sector trapping 140 soldiers
and civilians under deep snow. What is Avalanche; describe its four types with focus on most dangerous
type? (2020)

Q. 2. (a) What do you know about Volcanoes? Discuss the causes and effects of volcanic eruptions.
(2022)

Q.2 (D) What is Wildfire? Explain its types, causes, spread and preventions. (2023)

Remote Sensing Technique

Q. No. 6. (a) What do you know about the Remote Sensing Techniques? Explain resolution and write
down the names of its various types? (2016)

Q. 5. (a) What do you understand by the term Remote Sensing? Write its basic principle. Give its
important applications. (2022)

Diseases
Q. No. 3. (A). Describe different causes and preventions of ‘Polio’ (2018)

Q. 3. (b) What is Polio? Discuss its symptoms, causes of spreading, prevention and vaccine. (2022)

Q. No. 4 (b) What are causative organism and vector for dengue, enlist possible ways of prevention from
dengue. (2016)

Q. 5. (a) What do you know about Hepatitis? Describe its types and write down preventive measures.
(2020)

Q.3 (d) What is hepatitis, its types, causes, prevention, and cure? (2023)

Q. 2. (a) What is tuberculosis and Hepatitis? Explain briefly (2024)

Vaccines
No. 4. (a) What are vaccines? Classify these and discuss DNA vaccines in detail. (2016)

Q.3 (d) What is the difference between vaccines and Antibiotics? How do antibiotics and vaccines
contribute to health? (2019)

3. (a) Discuss Vaccination, types of Vaccines, their side-effects and effectiveness. (2022)

Antibiotics
Q.3 (d) What is the difference between vaccines and Antibiotics? How do antibiotics and vaccines
contribute to health? (2019)

Heart & Other Organs of Human Body

Q. No. 3. (A) Explain in detail the common causes of Heart Attack. (2017)

Q. 3. (d) What is meant by the term double circulation? Briefly describe how the heart is adapted to
keep blood flowing in a double circulation. (2021)

Q. No. 3. (C) Draw the structure of human ear and briefly explain its functions. (2017)

Q. No. 5. (a) Comment, ‘liver is the chief chemist in human body’. (2016)

Q.3 a (2) Write a note on liver juice ‘Bile’? (2023)

Q.3 (b) How the urine is formed? Describe the role of kidney in excretion? (2023)

Q.4. (b) Discuss the functioning of Liver and Pancreas (2024)

Atoms or Bonds
No. 8 (b) What are the gamma rays? Explain their applications. (2016)

Q.5 (d) Why do atoms form bonds? Name three major types of chemical bonds. (2019)

Q. 2 (d) What is the difference between Ionic and Covalent bonding? Explain with examples (2024)

Universe or Planet
Q. No. 2. (A). Describe different methods to estimate the age of the Universe. (2018)

Q. No. 2. (C). Explain the terms Dark Energy and Dark Matter. (2018)

Q. No. 2. (D). Define the term Black Hole. What’s expected inside it? (2018)

Q. 2. (a) Differentiate between a star and a planet. What is the magnitude of a star and how the color of
stars is correlated with their temperatures? (2021)

Q. 2. (c)Briefly describe the most popular and accepted theory about the origin of the Universe. (2021)

Q. 3. (c) What are Kepler's laws related to the motion of planets? (2024)

Q. No. 2 (B) What is ‘Black Hole’? How black holes are formed and discovered? (2023)
Earth
Q. No. 4. (B) Differentiate between the occurrence of Lunar and Solar Eclipse? (2017)

Q. No. 4. (C) Briefly explain what effects are produced due to Rotation & Revolution of Earth? (2017) Q.
No. 2. (B). Explain the formation of Lunar Eclipse. (2018)

Other IT Related Topics

Q.5 (b) What are the different types of a network? Explain each briefly. (2019)

Q.5 (c) Why an indiscriminate / causal use of antibiotic may prove dangerous? (2019)

Q. 5. (c)What is Open System Interconnections (OSI) and describe its layers? (2020)

Q. 2. (b) “Semiconductors are the Brains of Modern Electronics”. Explain in detail what this quotation
means. (2021)

Q. 5. (d) Differentiate between natural and artificial satellites. Briefly describe the working of
communication satellites with some applications. (2021)

Q. 5. (c ) Briefly explain the working and structure of a Cell Phone. (2022)

No. 5. (A). Write a note, how data is stored on a ‘Hard Disk’. (2018)

Q. 5 (d) 1) Differentiate between network and internet.

2) What is the difference among application, program, and software (2023)

Q. 3. (b) What is the role of Remote sensing and GIS in environmental Science? Discuss briefly (2024)

Q.5 (b) What is the difference between software and hardware? Give examples of each. (2024)

DNA and RNA

Q. 3. (c ) What do you understand by the DNA and RNA? (2022)

Miscellaneous
Q. No. 3. (B) Differentiate between drug addiction and drug abuse. (2017)

Q. No. 4. (A) What is a mirage? Describe in detail the creation of . (2017)

Q. No. 4. (D) Most of the household appliances utilize ‘DC’ then why we generate ‘AC’ at power stations?

(2017)

Q.4 (a) What is the importance of forests in the economy of a country? (2019)

Q.4 (b) Give a brief account of biotechnology. (2019)

Q.4 (c) Do the mammals always lay eggs? If yes, where in the world do they live? Write the name some
of them. (2019)

Q.4 (d) How can the sun have such a strong gravitational field if its made of gases? (2019)

Q. 2. (b)What do you understand by Global Wind and Pressure patterns? Also explain wind and pressure
features at higher altitude. (2020)

Q. 4. (d)What are the Fossils? Discuss the importance of paleontology. (2020)

Q. 3. (c)What is meant by transpiration? Explain in detail the significance of leaf structure in the process
of transpiration. (2021)

Q. 4. (b) What do you understand by the term Population Planning? Point out the different benefits of
Population Planning. (2022)

Q no. 2 (A) Define ceramic and nano-ceramic materials. Why the nano-ceramics show better properties
than their ceramic counterparts? Write the applications of ceramic materials? (2023)

Q 2. (C) Write two applications of each of the following electromagnetic radiations:

1) Ultraviolet
2) Infra-red
3) Microwaves
4) Radio waves
5) X-rays (2023)

Q.3 a (1) Why the bat and whale are considered as mammals? (2023)

Q. 4. (a) What is difference between Plastics and Elastics? Explain Briefly (2024)

Q.5. (a) What are the Plant nutrition elements? Enumerate them. (2024)

Q.3 C (2) What do you think cold-blooded animals are slowed down by low temperatures? (2023)
 Section II

Definitions and Difference or Theory portion

Q. No. 10. (a) Define and draw the following: (2½ each)

Rightangle triangles (2016)

Equilateral triangles (2016)

(B). Define a Histogram. How is it constructed? What information may be deduced from it? (2018)

Q. No. 10. (b) There are nine students in a group having ages 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19. Calculate
mean, medium, mode and range of their ages also define the above mentioned terms: (2016)

Q. No. 13. (a) Differentiate between primary and secondary mental abilities. How the general mental
ability scales differ from IQ test. (2016)

No. 6. (A) Differentiate with examples between a “Pictogram” and “Histogram”.

Q.7 (c) What is polygon? Describe different types of regular polygon. (2019)

Q. 6. (c) There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean, median,
mode and range of their ages. Also define these mentioned terms. (2020)

Q. 6. (d) How does mental ability scales differ from IQ test? (2020)

Q. 7 (d) What are social skills? Describe four causes of weak social skills. (2020)

Q. 8. (a) What do you understand by systematic sampling? Discuss its types. (2020)

Q. 6. (c ) What do you understand by Mental Ability Scales? Differentiate between Aptitude and
Intelligence? (2022)

Q. 6. (d) Discuss the factors affecting Intelligence. (2022)

8. (a) What do you understand by Sampling? Discuss Non-Probability Sampling. (2022)

Q.6 (d) What do you understand by measure central tendency? State its types. (2019)

Mean, Medium, Mode and Range

Q. No. 10. (b) There are nine students in a group having ages 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19. Calculate
mean, medium, mode and range of their ages also define the above mentioned terms: (2016)
Q. 6. (c) There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean, median,
mode and range of their ages. Also define these mentioned terms. (2020)

Relationship Problems
Q. No.7. (D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. What
relationship is there between D and C? (2017)

Direction Problems
Q. No. 8. (C) A man walks 2km towards North. Then he turns to East and walks 10km. After this he turns
to North and walks 3km. Again he turns towards East and walks 2km. How far is he from the starting
point? (2017)

Q. No. 6. (B). An automobile travels 3 km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards north and 2
km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position? (2018)

Q. 7 (a) A child went 90m towards East, and then he turned Right and went 20m. Subsequently he
turned Right and after going 30m he reached his uncle’s house. From there he went 100m to his North.
Determine how far he is from his starting point. (2021)

Q. 6. (a) For his morning walk Aslam went 110 meters towards east from his house and then turned right
to keep walking for 40 meters before turning right again. After continuing to walk for 50 more meters,
he turned right again and kept walking for another 120 meters before he sat down on a bench at the
park. How far was the bench located from his house? (2022)

Q.7. (a) A man travels over the path of a right-angle triangle having base and hypotenuse 4 and 5
kilometers, respectively. After a complete round, he continues in the same direction for 6 km and then
turns at 90 degrees and continues for another 8 km. How long has he traveled, and how far is he from
his starting point? (2024)

Share Problems
Q. No. 8. (A) Divide Rs.500 between Arham, Mariam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of what Mariam
gets and Mariam gets ¼ of what Sarim gets. Find the share of each. (2017)
No. 6. (C). Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. After 5 months Umar also joined him
with an investment of Rs. 30,000. At the start of 9th month, Usman joined them by investing Rs. 45,000.
At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs. 406,000. Find the share of each one. (2018)

Q.7 (a) Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs. 2000 in the ratio of 1:4. Moiz then share this part
between himself, his wife and his son.in the ratio of 4:5:1. How much more his wife gets over his son?

(2019)

Q. 8. (d) Zahid left a property worth Rs 1750,000/. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs 150,000/. The
rest of money was distributed between a son and a daughter. How much did each child receive if share
of a son was double than that of a daughter? (2020)

Q. No. 6. (D). A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs. 40,000 was due to him and Rs. 5,000
was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one daughter and two sons
according to the Islamic Law. (2018)

Q.8. (a) A man purchases a car for an amount of Rs. 2400,000 in which he pays one-fourth extra as
profit. Find the original amount of the car and the amount of profit. (2024)

Jumbled Words
Q. 7. (c ) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings.

(i) THRSI (ii) GNDREA (iii) SCHAMOT (iv) ONLNDO (v) HIODALY (2022)

Q. 8. (a) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings.

(i) UORSEIS (ii) REGAHT (iii) TYLEAL (iv) RAMYR (v) RYUHR (2021)

Q.7 (b) Find out the correct word from the jumbled spelling given below.
LNUGEF, CKANS, CIREFE, EERAANMOGTP, MNIKPPU (2023)

Q. 6. (b) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings.

(III) CHIRPROSTATAC (II) LOVONAC (v) NNTHORER (2024)

Missing Number
Q. 6. (b) Find the missing number to complete each sum.

(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 × (-------------) (b) 3 × 9 – 14 = 24 – (-------------) (c) 15 ÷ 3 × 12 = 41 + (-------------) (d) 24 ÷ 4

+ 5 = 66 ÷ (-------------) (e) 8 × 6 – 13 + 3 = 7 × 6 – (-------------)(2020) Q. 8. (d) Find the missing numbers in
the given series.

(i) 4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294 (ii) 15, 31, 63, 127, ? (iii) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ? (iv) 132, 156, ?, 210, 240, (v) 8, 24,

12, 36, 18, 54, ? (2021)

Q. 7. (b) Find the missing number in the given series.

(i) 4, 16, 36, 64, ?, 144. (ii) 30, 29, 27, ?, 20, 15 (iii) 1, 7, 15, 25, ?, 51 (iv) 0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ? (v) 48, 24,
72, 35, 108, ? (2022)

Q 6. (B) Find the missing number in the series below

a) 1, 8, 4, 27, 9, ?
b) 3, 6, 8, 16, 18, ? (c) 2, 8, 512, ?
d) 81, 9, 64, 8, ? , 12 (e) 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ? (2023)

Q.6. (c) Find the missing numbers in the series below.

(i) 100, 50, 25, ?, 6.25 (v) 44, 22, 66, 33, 132, ? (III) 4, 9, 64, 125, 1296, ? (2024)

Code Language
Q. No. 8. (D) In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be
written in that code language? (2017)

No. 8. (D). In a certain code language LANDMINE is written as PYRBQGRC. How will HOMEMADE be
written in that code language? (2018)

Q.7 (d) In a certain code computer is written as FRUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE will be written in code
language? (2019)

Q. 8. (d) If in a certain language, BROTHER is written as QDGSNQA, then in the same language, SISTER
would be written as —–? (2022)

Series
Q. No. 8. (C). Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank? (2018)
Percentage Questions
Q. No. 6. (A). It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 square meters. What percentage increase in
the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 square meters? (2018)

Q. 6. (b) The income of a company decreased by 10% and 15% in two successive years. What is the
percentage of decrease in income after two years? (2022)

Q. No.7. (A) A man buys 5kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of meat purchased,
he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price. Calculate the total amount of money that he
has to pay. (2017)

Q. 8. (c ) During a sale a clerk was putting new price tags on each item. On one sweater, he accidentally
raised the price by 20%, instead of lowering the price by 20%. As a result the price on the tag was Rs. 80
too high. What was the original price of the sweater? (2022)

Q. No. 11. (a) A distribution company provides households to departmental stores within a 50
kilometers radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is from the godown of the
distribution company. Distance from the godown of the distribution company Number of Stores 10
kilometers or less 03 11 to 20 kilometers 15 21 to 30 kilometers 26 31 to 40 kilometers 20 41 to 50
kilometers 16

How many stores does the distribution company serve?

What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s godown?

How many stores are 35 Km or more from the godown?

What percentage of stores are 31 Km or more from the godown? (2016)

Q. 6. (c) Mr. Faheem has dinner with his family at a restaurant which offers a 10% discount on food. The
marked price of the food that they order was Rs.15000/-. Given that there was a service charges of 10%
and GST is 17%, calculate the total amount of money he has to pay. (2021)

Q No. 8 (a) Ali buys an oven for Rs. 36800 and sells it at a gain of 8.5%. For how much does he sell it?
(2023)

Histogram or Sampling or Statistics

Q. No. 6. (B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours they
spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set of data was obtained 6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1
4 1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2 Construct a frequency table and draw a Histogram illustrating the
results. (2017)

Q. No. 6. (C) How many teachers responded to the survey? (2017)

Q. No. 6. (D) What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are spent? (2017)
Probability
Q. No. 12. (a) Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic
substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British population the blood group

distribution among 1000 people was as follows: 300 had blood group A, 325 had blood group B, 250 had
O and 125 AB. Out of this group a person was selected at random, calculate his probability of having
blood group AB (2016)

Q. 8. (b) Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people possessed
blood group A, 650 possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and 200 have blood group O.

Calculate the probability of having blood group B. (ii) Calculate the probability of having blood group O.
(2020)

Q.8. (b) A car is drawn at random from a box containing 12 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …., 12. Find the
probability of drawing (i) “8” , (ii) an even number, (iii) a perfect square, (iv) a negative number, and (v)
a number less than 13. (2023)

Heigth, Weight, Shorter, Longer, Heavier, Lighter

Q. No. 11. (b) Read the following carefully and answer the questions following: Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir
and Shehbaz are students of a college having different heights and weights. Ahmad weighs thrice as
much as Ali and Ali weighs 5 times as much as Akbar. Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and Nasir
weighs half as much as Shehbaz.

Who is the heaviest in weight?

Who is the is the lightest in weight?

Shehbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?

Shehbaz is heavier than which of the two students?

Show the descending order of weights of the students? (2016)

Q. 7 (a) Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights and weights.
Mushtaq weighs four times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs double than Ehsan, Ehsan weighs half
as much as Umair and Umair weighs half as much as Saleem. (i) Who is the heaviest among five friends?
(ii) Who is the second heaviest? (iii) Who has lowest weight? (iv) Who are equal in weight? (v) Mention
the descending order. (2020)
Order And Sequence
Q. No. 12. (b) Five friends Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz went on summer vacation to five cities
namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that is by bus, train, aeroplane, car and
boat from point A. Akbar went to Y by car and Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by boat whereas
Shehbaz went by train. For X and W there is no bus service. The person who went to X did not use boat
to travel. Now answer the following questions.

How did Ahmad travel and where did he go?

Which mode of transport was used by the person who travelled to X city? (2016)

Q.8 (a) Seven Piano Students T U V W X Y & Z are given a recital and their instructor is deciding the order
in which they will perform, each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In deciding the order
of performance the instructor must observer following restrictions. (i) X cannot play first or second W
cannot have played until X has played Neither T nor Y can play Seventh Either Y & Z must play
immediately after W V must play immediately after, or immediately U Played (ii) If V play first, which
one of the following must be true T plays sixth X plays third Z plays seventh T plays after immediately
after Y W Plays immediately After X (2019)

Q. 7 (c) Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars, car-1,car-2 and car-3.

The following restrictions for seating in car are to be observed: (i) Only three persons can sit in one car
(ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car (iii) A and D should remain together (iv) Z cannot sit
with B or C in the same car Distribute boys and girls in three cars. (2020)

Basic Question or Equations

Q No. 8. (A). Police officers are in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Officer Baker is directly behind the stolen
car. Officer Lopez is behind Baker; Officer O'Malley is behind Lopez. Officer Reinhart is ahead of the
stolen car and coming from the opposite direction. Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the
pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer Lopez. Officer Baker pulls up on the driver's side of the stolen vehicle
and Officer Lopez pulls up on the other side. Which officer is directly behind the vehicle? (2018)

Q.7. (b) A farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day he counted the total of 70 heads and 196
legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have? (2019)

Q.8. (d) Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 token can be exchanged for free packet,
How many free packets will I receive if I buy sixty four packets? (2019)
Q. No.7. (C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree
cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree
cost Rs.730. What are the fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi? (2017)

Q.6 (a) A telephone company charges initially Rs. 0.50 and then Rs. 0.11 for every minute. Write an
expression that gives the cost of a call that lasts N minutes. (2023)

Distance
Q 6. (d) Mr. Khawaja walked for 45 minutes at the rate of 3km/h and then ran for half an hour at a
certain speed. At the end of that time he was 6km away from the starting point. How fast did he run?
(2021)

Q. 8. (c) The shadow of a 10 m tall tree is falling on a high-rise building, and its height is 100 m. If the
tree is 20 m away from the wall, at what distance from the wall is the light source? (2024)

Q.8 (d) There are three cars that start moving in such a way that car A and B are moving opposite with
speeds of 60 and 100 km/h. Car C is moving perpendicularly to both with a speed of 80 km/h. What is
the distance after 15 minutes between (i) A and B (ii) A and C (iii) B and C? 2024

Q.6 (d) Ahmed stands at point D, 2m in front of a spotlight at point A. He is 1.6m tall and is facing the
wall of a building which is 10.5m away from him. How tall (BC) is his shadow on the wall of the building.
(2023)

Q.7 (a) Ali is standing 10m away from a tree. The distance of his eyes from his feet is 1.5 meters. Given
that the distance from his eyes to the top of the tree is 15 metres. Find the height of the tree. (2023)

Set
Q.8 (b) U = [Whole number from 10 to 24] A = [Even Number] B = [Number divisible by 5] Write down
the number elements of A∩B (2019)

Q.8 (c) in the following diagram A represent American, S represent scientist and P represents politicians
(i) American those are politicians but not scientists will be. (ii) Scientists which are politicisms but not
Americans will be (2019)

Cost and Sell Problems

Q.6 (c) The cost of hiring a car for 2 days in 2018 was Rs.264 which was 20% more than in 2013. What
was the cost of hiring a car in 2013? (2019)

Q. 8. (b) Aslam is willing to use the stylish ceramics tiles in the lounge of his under-construction house.
The shape of the tile is a right triangle, having the lengths of two legs of 12 cm and 4 cm. Each tile costs
Rs. 15. How much will it cost to fill the lounge of 8 meters length and 6 meters width with these tiles?
(2022)

Calculate Time
No.7. (B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam only needs 25 minutes to mark a paper. If they
both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will finish marking at the same time?

(2017)

Q.6 (a) Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His clock ticked
every 5 seconds; a tap was dipping every seventh seconds and a pet dog snored every 12th second. He
noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on the stroke of midnight. Find after how
may seconds are three things happened together (2019)

Age Comparison
Q. 6. (a) A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In ten (10) years time, the sum of their ages will be 76.

How old was the man when his son was born? (2021)

Q. 7. (d) Sara’s mother is 6 times older than Sara, where as her brother Ali is twice as old as Sara. In
three years’ time the sum of their ages will be 72. How old are Sara, Ali and their mother now? (2022)

Chain Rule or Direct and Indirect Proportion

No. 8. (B) A school has enough provision of food for 52 days. After 20 days a group of 400 students
arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many students are there in the school
actually? (2017)
Q.6 (b) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as second pipe. When both pipes are opened they can
fill the pool in five hours. How long it will take the fill the pool if only slower pipe is used? (2019)

Q. 8. (c) A group of 50 men can construct 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70 men take to
complete same length of road? (2020)

Q. 6. (a) Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan does it in 8
hours. Tariq and Sajid start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours and Irfan replaces him. How
long would it take to complete the work? (2020)

Average
Q. 7 (b) The average of 11 numbers is 63, that of the first 6 numbers are 60 and that of the last 6
numbers are 65. Find the 6th number. (2021)

Area and Perimeter

Q. 7 (b) A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of farm is 484 m2 , what
will be the total area of the wall if it is two meters high on three sides and three meters high on one
side? (2020)

Q. 6. (b) How many tiles of 20cm2 will be required to have a footpath 1m wide carried around the
outside of grassy plot 24m long and 14m broad? (2021)

Q. 8. (c) Calculate the total area and perimeter of the given shape. (2021)

Find Number of Triangles

Q. 8. (b) Find the number of triangles in the following two images. (2021)
Q.6 (c) The perimeter of the rectangle given below is 114 cm. Find the area of the rectangle. (2023)

Straigth Line or X and Y Relations

Q. No. 13. (b) Y = mX + C is an equation of straight line. Draw a graph showing relationship between X
and Y and relate the equation to the slope and intercept on the graph. (2016)

Q. 7 (c) The following table shows some values of ‘x’ and the corresponding values of ‘y’ where, y = x3 −
3x − 10. x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 y -28 -10 8 42 Complete the table and draw a graph between ‘x’ and ‘y’ to
find the value of ‘y’ when x=1.8 and value of ‘x’ when y=10. (2021)

Q .8 (d) The y is directly proportional to x2 and y = m for a particular value of x. Find an expression for y
in terms of m, when the value of x is doubled. (2023)

Interest
Q. 7 (d) Mr. Raheel invests Rs.60000/- in an account that earns simple interest. At the end of 5 years, the
investment is worth Rs.85000/-. Calculate the rate of simple interest per year. (2021)

Consecutive numbers
Q. 7. (a) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 273. That are the three odd numbers? (2022)
Mixture of Different types

Q.6. (a) If the sum of four numbers is 105, and when 03 is added to a number, twice of another number,
five times of the third number, and the fourth number become equal to each other. What are these
numbers in ascending order? (2024)

Q.6. (d) If the sum of a three-digit number is 15 and the sum of 100 and the unit digit is 12. The
difference of the unit digit from the 100 digits is equal to 02. What is the three-digit number? (2024)

Q. No. 7. The breakdown of average monthly expenditure for a family is given in the following Figure:
(A). Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditure is on ‘other ’? (2018)

Q. No. 7. (B). Approximately what fraction of the family’s monthly expenditure do’ ‘utilities’, ‘rent’ and
‘food’ represent? (2018)

Q. No. 7. (C).If the family spends Rs.11600 on utilities, how much is the family’s total expenditure?

(2018)

Q. No. 7. (D).‘Other’ expenditure comprises savings, entertainment and luxury items, which are spent in
the ratio 3 : 4 : 1. Calculate how much the family saves each month if monthly income is Rs.24,000.
(2018)

Q No. 7 (c) Draw and write the total number of lines of symmetry in a regular hexagon and octagon.
How many lines of symmetry are there in a circle? (2023)

Q No. 7 (d) The height of Egyptian pyramid is146.6 meters and a base length is 230.6 meters. Find the
volume of that pyramid. (2023)

Q No. 8 (c) (C) The scintillation nuclear radiation detector detects the alpha rays per second. When the
energy of the alpha rays (Ea) in MeV increases, the number of counts (Nc) on the detector also increases
linearly as shown in the table below

Ea (Mev) 0.25 0.45 0.65 1 1.4

Nc 17500 23500 29500 40000 52000

Draw the graph of Nc as a function of Ea (MeV) and find the energy of the unknown alpha ray if the
number of counts are 31600. (2023)
Q 7. (b) Hassan, Ali, Akbar, Nasir, and Shahbaz are classmates having different pocket money. Hassan’s
pocket money is one-third as much as Ali’s, and Ali has five times as much as Akbar. Akbar has thrice as
much as Nasir, and Shahbaz gets equal to Nasir and that of Ali. If they get Rs. 8000, then find the pocket
money of each. What will be the surface area and volume of a sphere if it has a radius of 7 m? (2024)

Distribute Rs. 4320 among Zain, Aslam, and Ashraf in such a way that if Zain gets 2 parts, then Aslam
gets three parts, whereas Ashraf gets seven parts. (2024)