Excise & Taxation Constable Past Paper 5 January 2025 – Solved Questions

This Excise and Taxation Constable past paper from 5 January 2025 contains 42 memory-based questions from Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, current affairs, computer science, Everyday Science, English, mathematics and Urdu. The recalled answers have been reviewed with date-specific and accuracy notes.

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Paper Overview

Islamic Studies

1. Which was the first battle of Islam?

Answer: Battle of Badr is commonly called the first major battle of Islam.
Explanation: If the question asks for the first Ghazwa/expedition, many chronology sources identify Al-Abwa/Waddan. Exact wording matters.

2. Which Surah starts without Bismillah?

Answer: Surah At-Taubah

3. Ramadan is the _____ month of the Islamic calendar?

Answer: 9th Month

4. The last Surah of the Holy Quran is?

Answer: Surah An-Naas

5. Third Ashra of Ramadan is known as?

Answer: Ashra-e-Nijat (Freedom from Hellfire)

6. Who is responsible for the protection of the Holy Quran?

Answer: Allah Almighty

7. What was the age of the Holy Prophet ﷺ when his mother died?

Answer: 6 Years

8. Hazrat Musa (AS) and Hazrat Haroon (AS) are buried in?

Answer: The recalled answer is not reliable as written.
Explanation: Traditional locations differ: the burial place of Prophet Musa (A.S.) is not stated with certainty, while Prophet Harun (A.S.) is traditionally associated with Mount Hor. Do not memorize “both near Jerusalem” as established fact.

9. Which is the first month of the Islamic calendar?

Answer: Muharram

Pakistan Studies & Current Affairs

10. Current Governor of Punjab?

Answer: Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, as of 5 January 2025.
Explanation: This is a date-specific current-affairs answer.

11. Current Finance Minister of Pakistan?

Answer: Muhammad Aurangzeb, as of 5 January 2025.
Explanation: This is a date-specific current-affairs answer.

12. Old name of Faisalabad?

Answer: Lyallpur

13. Rajshahi is a city of which country?

Answer: Bangladesh

14. All-India Muslim League was founded in?

Answer: 1906

15. Who wrote the lyrics of Pakistan’s National Anthem?

Answer: Hafeez Jalandhari

16. Pakistan’s Space Agency is called?

Answer: SUPARCO

17. General Elections in Pakistan are held after every?

Answer: Normally after five years, subject to constitutional dissolution and election provisions.
Explanation: Five years is the constitutional assembly term, not a guarantee that every election occurs at exactly the same interval.

18. CPEC stands for?

Answer: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

19. Which sea lies to the south of Pakistan?

Answer: Arabian Sea

20. Which country lies to the west of Pakistan?

Answer: Iran and Afghanistan both lie along Pakistan’s western side.
Explanation: The recalled question is incomplete if only one answer was expected.

21. Pothohar Plateau includes?

Answer: It principally covers the plateau region around Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and Jhelum.
Explanation: District boundaries and geographical definitions should be distinguished.

22. Headquarters of OIC is located in?

Answer: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

23. OIC was founded in which country?

Answer: Morocco (Rabat, 1969)

24. Russia launched war against Ukraine on?

Answer: 24 February 2022

25. Turkey fought on whose side in World War I?

Answer: Germany and Central Powers

Computer & General Science

26. AI stands for?

Answer: Artificial Intelligence

27. GIS stands for?

Answer: Geographic Information System.
Explanation: The plural “Systems” may be used in a broader context, but the standard expansion is singular.

28. Which vitamins are water-soluble?

Answer: Vitamins B and C

29. Most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen (78%)

30. Blood cells are produced in?

Answer: Bone Marrow

31. Most common monomer of carbohydrates?

Answer: Glucose is a common monosaccharide unit in many carbohydrates.
Explanation: Carbohydrates are built from monosaccharides; not every carbohydrate consists only of glucose.

English

32. Identify the adjective in: “He parked the car.”

Answer: No adjective is present; “parked” is the main verb.
Explanation: This corrects the common mistake of treating every descriptive-looking word as an adjective.

33. She is good ____ cooking.

Answer: At

34. Past tense of Awake?

Answer: Awoke

35. Feminine gender of Ox/Bull?

Answer: Cow

Mathematics

36. Bilal scored 45 marks out of 60. Find the percentage.

Answer: 75%

Urdu

37. وہ فعل جس کا فاعل معلوم نہ ہو؟

Answer: فعلِ مجہول

38. مرعی سست کے معنی؟

Answer: Question wording unclear; the recalled answer was “بہت سست”.
Explanation: Verify the original Urdu word and options before memorizing it.

39. گھر کا چور کس کو کہتے ہیں؟

Answer: اپنوں میں نقصان پہنچانے والا

40. رُعبت / رَعْبت کے معنی؟

Answer: خوف یا ڈر (likely intended word: رعب).
Explanation: The recalled spelling is uncertain.

41. اسراف کا متضاد؟

Answer: کفایت شعاری

42. ضربِ کلیم کس زبان میں ہے؟

Answer: اردو

Editorial Corrections and Cautions

• Badr is described as the first major battle; the first expedition question requires different wording.
• The burial-location question about Prophets Musa and Harun is not presented as a confirmed fact.
• Governor and finance-minister answers are tied to 5 January 2025.
• Both Iran and Afghanistan are west of Pakistan, so the one-country recall is incomplete.
• The unclear Urdu spellings are flagged for verification.

How to Use This Paper

1. Attempt all 42 questions before checking answers.
2. Study the explanation under ambiguous questions.
3. Update current affairs for your own examination date.
4. Use multiple past papers to identify topics, not guaranteed repeats.

Related Preparation Resources

• Excise and Taxation Constable Past Paper 2022
• Excise and Taxation Constable Past Paper 2018
• Excise Constable Model/Past Paper 2020
• ETEA Excise Past Papers Collection
• Pakistan Studies MCQs with Explanations

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Last content review: 6 September 2026