WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF EXCISE & TAXATION INSPECTOR (BS-14) 2010 IN THE EXCISE & TAXATION DEPARTMENT, PUNJAB

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: To Ionize a person”

• (A) Acquisition of lion-like characteristics by a person
• (B) To worship someone
• (C) To treat a person as a celebrity
• (D) A process for training circus lions

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “To gather orange blossoms”

• (A) To get oranges
• (B) To get a bride
• (C) To get a groom
• (D) To have children

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Keep one’s own counsel”

• (A) To retain one’s own lawyer
• (B) To rely on own advice
• (C) To preserve a discreet silence
• (D) To obtain the services of a lawyer belonging to one’s own family

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Fair-weather friends”

• (A) Persons who remain friends at all time
• (B) Persons who cease to be friends when one is in trouble
• (C) Persons who forget friendship when fair weather conditional exist
• (D) Persons who maintain friendship even in difficult times

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Leading Question”

• (A) Main questions
• (B) Question requiring a recise answer
• (C) Question suggesting an answer
• (D) Question which is the most difficult to answer

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$(-8)^4$

 

 

= ?

• (A) 256
• (B) -32
• (C) -256
• (D) 4096

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If x = 4,  y = 2, then (x + y)² = ?

• (A) 28
• (B) 32
• (C) 36
• (D) 12

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100/100000 = ?

• (A) .002
• (B) .001
• (C) .01
• (D) .02

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Sohail sold his old car for Rs. 45,000. He had earlier bought it for Rs. 80,000. What is his percentage loss?

• (A) 44.5%
• (B) 39.3%
• (C) 48.4%
• (D) 43.7%

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A man makes a late payment of his property tax of Rs, 30,000. He is late by 45 days  and on each day he is required to pay an additional amount of 1% as penalty but up to a maximum penalty of 15% if the principal amount of property tax is less than Rs. 25,000. What is the total amount of penalty he is required to pay?

• (A) 4,500
• (B) 34,500
• (C) 43,500
• (D) 13,500

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