FIA Past Paper 14 December 2021 – Solved MCQs

This page presents the FIA past paper held on 14 December 2021. The memory-based questions have been organized by subject and reviewed with explanations, historical context and verification notes where an answer depends on a date, dataset or incomplete wording.

Memory-Based Paper Note

This is an independently compiled educational resource, not an official FIA question paper or answer key. Exact wording and options may differ from the original examination. Candidates should use these questions for concept revision and verify disputed facts from reliable sources.

Computer Science and IT

1. What does DOS stand for?

Answer: Disk Operating System. DOS refers to command-line operating systems used to manage files, disks and programs.

2. What is the smallest unit of digital data?

Answer: Bit. A bit can represent 0 or 1.

3. What does ALU stand for?

Answer: Arithmetic Logic Unit. It performs arithmetic and logical operations within a processor.

4. What is HTML used for?

Answer: Structuring web pages. HTML defines headings, paragraphs, links and other web content.

5. Where is modern BIOS/UEFI firmware stored?

Answer: In non-volatile flash memory on the motherboard.

6. A program written in a high-level language before translation is called what?

Answer: Source code.

7. What does EDVAC stand for?

Answer: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer.

8. What does AI stand for?

Answer: Artificial Intelligence.

9. Which company owns YouTube?

Answer: Google.

10. Give an example of a non-impact printer.

Answer: Laser printer. It prints without striking an inked ribbon against paper.

11. What does Ctrl+Z do?

Answer: Undo the most recent supported action.

12. How are Excel columns labelled?

Answer: Alphabetically, beginning with A, B, C and continuing with combinations such as AA.

13. What is the purpose of a device driver?

Answer: It allows the operating system to communicate with and control a hardware device.

14. What is the common default first-slide layout in PowerPoint?

Answer: Title Slide. Users can change the layout.

15. What is a static IP address?

Answer: An IP address configured to remain fixed instead of changing through normal dynamic assignment.

General Knowledge

16. Which is the largest continent by area and population?

Answer: Asia.

17. Myanmar was formerly known internationally as what?

Answer: Burma.

18. What is commonly identified as the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall?

Answer: Angel Falls in Venezuela.

19. What is the capital of Türkiye?

Answer: Ankara.

20. What does SCO stand for?

Answer: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

21. Skardu is a district of which region?

Answer: Gilgit-Baltistan.

22. What was the former name of Sri Lanka?

Answer: Ceylon.

23. Which Norse explorer is associated with the European discovery and settlement of Greenland?

Answer: Erik the Red. The earlier one-line answer “Icelandic Vikings” was too broad.

24. Seychelles is located in which ocean?

Answer: Indian Ocean.

25. Sir Creek is part of a dispute between which countries?

Answer: Pakistan and India.

26. Which place is commonly given as Pakistan’s rainiest location in traditional GK?

Common answer: Murree. Actual rainfall rankings depend on the station, period and dataset.

27. What country was formerly called East Pakistan?

Answer: Bangladesh.

28. When was Douyin, the Chinese predecessor/parallel version of TikTok, launched?

Common MCQ answer: 2016. TikTok’s international rollout followed later.

29. TikTok originated in which country?

Answer: China.

Pakistan Affairs

30. Who was the first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?

Answer: Dr Shamshad Akhtar.

31. When was Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly dissolved?

Answer: 24 October 1954.

32. Military courts were established through which constitutional amendment?

Answer: The 21st Constitutional Amendment in the relevant 2015 context.

33. When did the Constitution of 1956 come into force?

Answer: 23 March 1956.

34. Approximately what percentage of Pakistan’s area is Balochistan?

Answer: About 44% under commonly used area figures. Older MCQs may use 42–44% depending on the territorial basis.

35. What does MNA stand for?

Answer: Member of the National Assembly.

36. During which period did Pakistan begin the formal Islamization of banking?

Common answer: Around 1980. The transition occurred through a process rather than one single event.

37. What does LDA stand for?

Answer: Lahore Development Authority.

38. When was the Objectives Resolution passed?

Answer: 12 March 1949.

39. How many member countries are in SAARC?

Answer: Eight.

40. Who performs the functions of President in the President’s absence?

Answer: The Chairman of the Senate; if unavailable, the Speaker of the National Assembly performs the functions under the constitutional arrangement.

41. Who chaired the committee that prepared the Nehru Report?

Answer: Motilal Nehru.

42. When did Pakistan join SEATO?

Answer: 1954.

43. What was Pakistan’s largest export category around the test period?

Answer: Textiles and textile products. Export rankings should be tied to a fiscal year.

44. When was the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance promulgated?

Answer: 20 June 1980.

45. Which company operated the refinery commonly cited as Pakistan’s largest around 2021?

Historical answer: Byco Petroleum Pakistan, later renamed Cnergyico. Capacity rankings can change.

46. What GDP growth rate was initially reported for FY2020–21?

Reported exam answer: 3.94%. National-account estimates may later be revised.

Islamic Studies

47. What principle applies to all human beings in Islam?

Answer: Human equality and dignity; superiority is not based on race or wealth.

48. What does Al-Furqan mean?

Answer: The Criterion—the distinction between right and wrong.

49. How many clauses were in the Charter of Madinah?

Common exam answer: 47. Historical compilations divide the document differently, so counts such as 52–53 also appear.

50. What is the commonly stated nisab of gold for Zakat?

Answer: Approximately 7.5 tolas or about 87.48 grams. Practical rulings require qualified guidance and current valuation.

51. Which commonly listed prayers are offered without Adhan?

Common exam response: Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha and Janazah. The unrestricted question is imprecise because other prayers may also be offered without Adhan.

Geography

52. Into which sea does the Indus River flow?

Answer: The Arabian Sea through the Indus Delta in Sindh.

53. Approximately what percentage of Earth’s total surface is covered by Antarctica?

Reported answer: About 2.75%. The figure depends on the area estimate used.

54. When are Kharif crops generally sown in Pakistan?

Answer: Mainly during the warmer monsoon-season cycle, broadly from spring/early summer into July depending on crop and region.

55. The Thal Desert lies mainly in which doab?

Answer: Sindh Sagar Doab.

56. What is the approximate north–south length of the Thal Desert?

Reported answer: Approximately 190 miles; measurements vary by boundary definition.

57. Which listed region is not significantly affected by the South Asian summer monsoon?

Common answer: England.

Everyday Science

58. Who is commonly called the father of modern optics?

Answer: Hasan Ibn al-Haytham.

59. What generally happens to seismic-wave velocity on entering the mantle from the crust?

Answer: It generally increases across the Mohorovičić discontinuity, though velocities vary within Earth’s layers.

60. Which is the most electronegative element?

Answer: Fluorine.

61. What is the longest cell in the human body?

Answer: A nerve cell or neuron.

62. Which gland secretes growth hormone?

Answer: The anterior pituitary gland.

Mathematics

63. Find the LCM of 70 and 80.

Answer: 560.

Explanation: 70 = 2×5×7 and 80 = 2⁴×5, so LCM = 2⁴×5×7 = 560.

64. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7, and five less than their sum is 79. Find the numbers.

Answer: 35 and 49.

Explanation: Their sum is 84. Twelve ratio parts equal 84, so one part is 7; the numbers are 5×7 and 7×7.

65. Calculate 3% sales tax on $2,000.

Answer: $60.

66. Simplify (ab/c) × (c/cd) × (d/a).

Answer: b/c, assuming all denominators are non-zero.

Current and Historical Affairs

67. Who was known as Sher-e-Bengal?

Answer: A.K. Fazlul Huq.

68. Who was the first Pakistani to climb K2?

Answer: Ashraf Aman, in 1977.

69. Where were the 16th Asian Games held?

Answer: Guangzhou, China, in 2010.

70. Approximately how long did Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz rule?

Answer: About two years and five months, often rounded to approximately 30 months.

Editorial Corrections and Verification Notes

Greenland’s discovery answer is made specific as Erik the Red rather than “Icelandic Vikings.”
TikTok’s domestic 2016 launch and later international rollout are distinguished.
Balochistan’s area share is explained instead of presenting 42–44% as interchangeable without context.
The acting-President answer includes the Speaker fallback.
GDP, refinery and export answers are tied to their historical period.
Charter of Madinah clause counts and prayers-without-Adhan wording are identified as source-dependent.
Mathematics questions include calculation steps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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No. It is a reviewed memory-based collection for educational preparation.

Why do some answers include a date note?

Statistics, exports, refinery rankings and company names can change over time.

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Yes. Technical, disputed and calculation-based questions include context or solution steps.

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