General Science & Ability

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General Science & Ability · all years Q. 3 · Attempt the following:Q. 4 · Attempt the following:Q. 5 · Attempt the following:Q. 6 · Attempt the following:Q. 7 · (a) Calculate the marked price…With this paperPart-I MCQs20 Official PDF3 pp ← 2024 2026 →

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Q. 3

Attempt the following:

(a)Explain how temperature and light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis in plants. [5]
(b)Describe the structure and functions of capillaries in the human blood circulatory system. [5]
(c)What is hepatitis? Give its types and briefly explain its common symptoms along with preventions. [5]
(d)Differentiate between biomass and biogas. Briefly explain various methods for obtaining energy from biomass. [5]

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Q. 4

Attempt the following:

(a)What is deforestation? State the disadvantages caused to the environment due to this. [5]
(b)Explain how water pollution is produced? Describe the part played by bacteria after a river has been polluted by sewage. [5]
(c)State some examples of pollution caused by human activity and discuss the effects of each example. [5]
(d)What does air pollution means? State ten serious effects of air pollution on the environment and briefly explain how they can be reduced? [5]

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Q. 5

Attempt the following:

(a)Differentiate between food contaminants and food adulterants. [5]
(b)Enlist major food groups based on nutrients, their functions and sources. [5]
(c)What is Artificial Intelligence and how does it differ from traditional programming? Describe the main branches of Artificial Intelligence. [5]
(d)What are the advantages of optical fibers in communication system? Draw basic structure of optical fiber and explain propagation of light through it. [5]

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Q. 6

Attempt the following:

(a)In an annual sale, Saima buys a Fridge and a Freezer. The sale offers 15% off everything and she pays a total of Rs. 57,120/-. If the price of a freezer, before the sale, is Rs. 40,000/. What was the price of the Fridge before the sale? [5]
(b)Mr. Rasheed pays a deposit of Rs. 60,000/- followed by 36 equal monthly payments. The total amount that he pays is 127% of the basic price of Rs. 3,360,000/. Calculate Rasheed's monthly payment. [5]
(c)Divide Rs. 600/= among A, B and C so that Rs. 40 more than 2/5 of A's share, Rs. 20 more than 2/7 of B's share and Rs. 10 more than 9/17 of C's share may be equal. [5]
(d)Find out the correct words from the jumbled spellings given below. TEANAIRM VAGNACEXETRA VADIELTIONC PKUNYBARTC TAESROSNC [5]

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Q. 7

(a) Calculate the marked price of the sculpture if it is sold for Rs.79950/- after a discount of 18%. On another day, if 10% discount is given on the marked price of the same sculpture before it is sold at a further discount of 8%. Would the sale price still be Rs.79950/-?

(b) Majid pays a total of Rs.51520/- for his car insurance. The total is made up of a basic charge plus 15% sales tax. Calculate the amount of sales tax that Majid pays.

(c) A camp site in the shape of a rectangle has sides $(3x+6)$ m and $(x+1)$ m and the length of the diagonal is $(4x+1)$ m. Find the area and the perimeter of the camp site.

(d) Arrange the following fractions in the descending order.

(a) $\frac{7}{12}, \frac{4}{7}, \frac{9}{14}, \frac{25}{42}$

(b) $\frac{5}{8}, \frac{7}{12}, \frac{5}{9}, \frac{13}{24}$

(d) $\frac{2}{5}, \frac{6}{11}, \frac{7}{15}, \frac{9}{20}, \frac{13}{25}$

(e) $\frac{1}{5}, \frac{2}{7}, \frac{3}{8}, \frac{4}{13}, \frac{5}{17}$

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The 2025 CSS General Science & Ability paper set by the Federal Public Service Commission. Question wording only; questions marked “Not yet checked” have not been compared with the official paper yet. Open the official paper beside the questions to check any of them.

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