Subject: ASF Assistant Director Past Papers

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 1/2 expressed as a decimal fraction is 0.5 ** 1/2= 0.5 when 1 is divided by 2 the answer will be 0.5 SH24-8-2023

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The whole nation was behind the president.  پوری قوم صدر کے پیچھے کھڑی تھی۔ *** behind preposition (BACK) at or to the back of someone or something: *** " The whole nation "at the back of the president.  so the "behind" is the best option to keep the meaning of original sentence *** ND16-12-2022

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Lahore Qalandar  is the winner of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL7) the final of PSL 7:  Sultans v Qalandars - dream HBL PSL 2022 final at Gaddafi Stadium. Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultans by 42 runs in the final match of the seventh edition Reports also claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board announced giving a Spirit of Cricket Award worth PKR 3.5 million. **

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Steel is most elastic among the rubber, steel, glass and sponge. Steel having the most steep linear stress-strain curve among all. A stiffer material will have a higher elastic modulus. RK11-12-22

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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on December 7–9, 1959 in Karachi Pakistan Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on  December 9, 1959, to Afghanistan Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on  December 9–14, 1959 India ND05-12-2022 ND_11_7-2023

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Germany Capital is Berlin . Germany Currency is Euro . Germany official language is German . Germany located is in Continent Europe . Germany Primary Religion is Christianity . Germany Head of Govt. is Chancellor – Olaf Scholz . Germany Parliament called Bundestag (Lower House) & Bundesrat (Upper House) . Tricks for Remember EURO  BIG -FAN-PI –SMS Mind Trick : BIG FAN of PI and wished through SMS **BIG** B-Belgium I-Ireland G-Germany **FAN** F-France A-Austria N-Netherland **PI** P-Portugal I-Italy **SMS** S-Spain M-Malta S-Solvaria   RK27-11-2022    

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Costa Rica Capital is San Jose . Costa Rica Currency is Colon . Costa Rica official language is Spanish . Costa Rica located is in Continent North America . Costa Rica Primary Religion is Christianity . Costa Rica Head of Govt. is President – Rodrigo Chaves Robles . Costa Rica Parliament called . Tricks for Remember RK23-11-2022

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WRATH   غصہ , ا غَضَب   Anger, غصہ  SH24-8-2023   

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Abandon , چھوڑ دینا ترک کرنا  Keep  رکھنا

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witty   مضحکہ خیز Clever  چالاک

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 1/2 expressed as a decimal fraction is 0.5 ** 1/2= 0.5 when 1 is divided by 2 the answer will be 0.5 SH24-8-2023

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The whole nation was behind the president.  پوری قوم صدر کے پیچھے کھڑی تھی۔ *** behind preposition (BACK) at or to the back of someone or something: *** " The whole nation "at the back of the president.  so the "behind" is the best option to keep the meaning of original sentence *** ND16-12-2022

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Lahore Qalandar  is the winner of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL7) the final of PSL 7:  Sultans v Qalandars - dream HBL PSL 2022 final at Gaddafi Stadium. Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultans by 42 runs in the final match of the seventh edition Reports also claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board announced giving a Spirit of Cricket Award worth PKR 3.5 million. **

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Steel is most elastic among the rubber, steel, glass and sponge. Steel having the most steep linear stress-strain curve among all. A stiffer material will have a higher elastic modulus. RK11-12-22

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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on December 7–9, 1959 in Karachi Pakistan Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on  December 9, 1959, to Afghanistan Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit on  December 9–14, 1959 India ND05-12-2022 ND_11_7-2023

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Germany Capital is Berlin . Germany Currency is Euro . Germany official language is German . Germany located is in Continent Europe . Germany Primary Religion is Christianity . Germany Head of Govt. is Chancellor – Olaf Scholz . Germany Parliament called Bundestag (Lower House) & Bundesrat (Upper House) . Tricks for Remember EURO  BIG -FAN-PI –SMS Mind Trick : BIG FAN of PI and wished through SMS **BIG** B-Belgium I-Ireland G-Germany **FAN** F-France A-Austria N-Netherland **PI** P-Portugal I-Italy **SMS** S-Spain M-Malta S-Solvaria   RK27-11-2022    

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Costa Rica Capital is San Jose . Costa Rica Currency is Colon . Costa Rica official language is Spanish . Costa Rica located is in Continent North America . Costa Rica Primary Religion is Christianity . Costa Rica Head of Govt. is President – Rodrigo Chaves Robles . Costa Rica Parliament called . Tricks for Remember RK23-11-2022

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WRATH   غصہ , ا غَضَب   Anger, غصہ  SH24-8-2023   

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Abandon , چھوڑ دینا ترک کرنا  Keep  رکھنا

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witty   مضحکہ خیز Clever  چالاک

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Veteran Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away on  06 February 2022 She passed away in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted to its intensive care unit on January 11 with Covid-19 symptoms. Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.  Born : September 28, 1929, Indore, India Sh26-8-2023

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The President of  Egypt has been elected as the chairman of the African Union (AU) ** The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year term. It rotates among the continent’s five regions. A candidate must be supported by at least two-thirds of the member states or by consensus. Term length: 1 year *** African Union (AU) members:  55 member states African Union (AU) secretariat:   Addis Ababa , Ethiopia The 35th African Union session began on 5 February 2022, in the Ethiopian capital,  Addis Ababa. African Union (AU) launched:  9 July 2002 Sh26-8-2023

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In August 2021 , China inaugurated a new trade route via ship, road, and rail through Myanmar **** On 3 1 August 2021, China successfully trialed a   cargo run from Myanmar's Yangon Port all the way to China's Yunnan Province. China is closing in on India after e stablishing ports at Gwadar in Pakistan , Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka and soon it will have access to the Indian Ocean from ports in Myanmar . SH26-8-2023

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Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to be held from   July 23, 2021 *** The Tokyo Olympics are expected to host around 10,000 athletes. *** Haider Ali won the  first-ever Gold  Medal  for Pakistan In  Paralympics 2020. Pakistani athlete Haider Ali belongs to  Gujranwala city . *** Belgium won men’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 The Netherlands won women’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 **** Summer Olympic medal count 2021 Pos. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 39 41 33 113 2 China 38 32 18 88 3 Japan 27 14 17 58 4 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 5 ROC 20 28 23 71 6 Australia 17 7 22 46 7 Netherlands 10 12 14 36 8 France 10 12 11 33 9 Germany 10 11 16 37 10 Italy 10 10 20 40 11 Canada 7 6 11 24 12 Brazil 7 6 8 21 13 New Zealand 7 6 7 20 14 Cuba 7 3 5 15 15 Hungary 6 7 7 20

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Total students = 52 No. boys = 25 No. girls = 27 Total weight of boys = 42 X 25 = 1050 Total weight of 52 students = 52 X 40 = 2080 Total weight of girls = 2080 - 1050 = 1030 Average weight of girls = 1030 / 27 = 38.15 Kgs sh25-8-2023

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In January 2021, Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first woman president of Tanzania *** Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician 19 March 2021 as the sixth president    of Tanzania Suluhu became Tanzania's first female vice-president following the 2015 general election SH26-8-2023

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James Web Space Telescope  was the name of the telescope which is sent to space on December 24, 2021 *** The James Webb Space Telescope is confirmed for the target launch date of Dec. 24, at 7:20 a.m. EST. James Webb is famous for  Web b, who ran the fledgling space agency from February 1961 to October 1968 *** NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the agency's successor to the famous Hubble telescope, launched on Dec. 25, 2021, on a mission to study the earliest stars and peer back farther into the universe's past than ever before ND-28-08-2023

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The current UN Secretary General was reelected for a second term in June 2021 , five-year-long  is term *** António Guterres (right) takes the oath of office for his second five-year term as Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appointed for a second five-year term on Friday by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly. SH26-8-2023

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In 2021, Nobel Prize  for Literature was awarded to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah of Tanzania *** The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 to Abdulrazak Gurnah, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 7 October 2021 "Abdulrazak Gurnah FRSL" the Book did Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize *** 3 Muslims won the Noble Prize in literature in 2021 Orhan Pamuk ( Turkey ), Naguib Mahfouz ( Egypt ) & Abdulrazak Gurnah became 3rd Muslim Nobel prize winners in literature. Sh26-8-2023

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Russia has vetoed a first-of-its-kind UN Security Council resolution casting the climate crisis as a threat to international   peace and stability ** T he first-ever resolution calling for stepped-up international efforts to understand and respond to the implications of climate change for peace and security was vetoed by Russia on Monday, 14 December. *** Since 1992 , Russia has been the most frequent user of the veto, f ollowed by the United States and China. France and the United Kingdom have not used the veto since 1989. As of May 2022, Russia/USSR has used its veto 121 times, the US 82 times, the UK 29 times, China 17 times, and France 16 times. SH26-8-2023

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Veteran Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away on  06 February 2022 She passed away in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted to its intensive care unit on January 11 with Covid-19 symptoms. Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.  Born : September 28, 1929, Indore, India Sh26-8-2023

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The President of  Egypt has been elected as the chairman of the African Union (AU) ** The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year term. It rotates among the continent’s five regions. A candidate must be supported by at least two-thirds of the member states or by consensus. Term length: 1 year *** African Union (AU) members:  55 member states African Union (AU) secretariat:   Addis Ababa , Ethiopia The 35th African Union session began on 5 February 2022, in the Ethiopian capital,  Addis Ababa. African Union (AU) launched:  9 July 2002 Sh26-8-2023

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In August 2021 , China inaugurated a new trade route via ship, road, and rail through Myanmar **** On 3 1 August 2021, China successfully trialed a   cargo run from Myanmar's Yangon Port all the way to China's Yunnan Province. China is closing in on India after e stablishing ports at Gwadar in Pakistan , Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka and soon it will have access to the Indian Ocean from ports in Myanmar . SH26-8-2023

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Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to be held from   July 23, 2021 *** The Tokyo Olympics are expected to host around 10,000 athletes. *** Haider Ali won the  first-ever Gold  Medal  for Pakistan In  Paralympics 2020. Pakistani athlete Haider Ali belongs to  Gujranwala city . *** Belgium won men’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 The Netherlands won women’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 **** Summer Olympic medal count 2021 Pos. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 39 41 33 113 2 China 38 32 18 88 3 Japan 27 14 17 58 4 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 5 ROC 20 28 23 71 6 Australia 17 7 22 46 7 Netherlands 10 12 14 36 8 France 10 12 11 33 9 Germany 10 11 16 37 10 Italy 10 10 20 40 11 Canada 7 6 11 24 12 Brazil 7 6 8 21 13 New Zealand 7 6 7 20 14 Cuba 7 3 5 15 15 Hungary 6 7 7 20

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Total students = 52 No. boys = 25 No. girls = 27 Total weight of boys = 42 X 25 = 1050 Total weight of 52 students = 52 X 40 = 2080 Total weight of girls = 2080 - 1050 = 1030 Average weight of girls = 1030 / 27 = 38.15 Kgs sh25-8-2023

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In January 2021, Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first woman president of Tanzania *** Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician 19 March 2021 as the sixth president    of Tanzania Suluhu became Tanzania's first female vice-president following the 2015 general election SH26-8-2023

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James Web Space Telescope  was the name of the telescope which is sent to space on December 24, 2021 *** The James Webb Space Telescope is confirmed for the target launch date of Dec. 24, at 7:20 a.m. EST. James Webb is famous for  Web b, who ran the fledgling space agency from February 1961 to October 1968 *** NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the agency's successor to the famous Hubble telescope, launched on Dec. 25, 2021, on a mission to study the earliest stars and peer back farther into the universe's past than ever before ND-28-08-2023

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The current UN Secretary General was reelected for a second term in June 2021 , five-year-long  is term *** António Guterres (right) takes the oath of office for his second five-year term as Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appointed for a second five-year term on Friday by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly. SH26-8-2023

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In 2021, Nobel Prize  for Literature was awarded to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah of Tanzania *** The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 to Abdulrazak Gurnah, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 7 October 2021 "Abdulrazak Gurnah FRSL" the Book did Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize *** 3 Muslims won the Noble Prize in literature in 2021 Orhan Pamuk ( Turkey ), Naguib Mahfouz ( Egypt ) & Abdulrazak Gurnah became 3rd Muslim Nobel prize winners in literature. Sh26-8-2023

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Russia has vetoed a first-of-its-kind UN Security Council resolution casting the climate crisis as a threat to international   peace and stability ** T he first-ever resolution calling for stepped-up international efforts to understand and respond to the implications of climate change for peace and security was vetoed by Russia on Monday, 14 December. *** Since 1992 , Russia has been the most frequent user of the veto, f ollowed by the United States and China. France and the United Kingdom have not used the veto since 1989. As of May 2022, Russia/USSR has used its veto 121 times, the US 82 times, the UK 29 times, China 17 times, and France 16 times. SH26-8-2023

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Veteran Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away on  06 February 2022 She passed away in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted to its intensive care unit on January 11 with Covid-19 symptoms. Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.  Born : September 28, 1929, Indore, India Sh26-8-2023

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The President of  Egypt has been elected as the chairman of the African Union (AU) ** The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year term. It rotates among the continent’s five regions. A candidate must be supported by at least two-thirds of the member states or by consensus. Term length: 1 year *** African Union (AU) members:  55 member states African Union (AU) secretariat:   Addis Ababa , Ethiopia The 35th African Union session began on 5 February 2022, in the Ethiopian capital,  Addis Ababa. African Union (AU) launched:  9 July 2002 Sh26-8-2023

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In August 2021 , China inaugurated a new trade route via ship, road, and rail through Myanmar **** On 3 1 August 2021, China successfully trialed a   cargo run from Myanmar's Yangon Port all the way to China's Yunnan Province. China is closing in on India after e stablishing ports at Gwadar in Pakistan , Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka and soon it will have access to the Indian Ocean from ports in Myanmar . SH26-8-2023

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Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to be held from   July 23, 2021 *** The Tokyo Olympics are expected to host around 10,000 athletes. *** Haider Ali won the  first-ever Gold  Medal  for Pakistan In  Paralympics 2020. Pakistani athlete Haider Ali belongs to  Gujranwala city . *** Belgium won men’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 The Netherlands won women’s  hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, in 2021 **** Summer Olympic medal count 2021 Pos. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 39 41 33 113 2 China 38 32 18 88 3 Japan 27 14 17 58 4 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 5 ROC 20 28 23 71 6 Australia 17 7 22 46 7 Netherlands 10 12 14 36 8 France 10 12 11 33 9 Germany 10 11 16 37 10 Italy 10 10 20 40 11 Canada 7 6 11 24 12 Brazil 7 6 8 21 13 New Zealand 7 6 7 20 14 Cuba 7 3 5 15 15 Hungary 6 7 7 20

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Total students = 52 No. boys = 25 No. girls = 27 Total weight of boys = 42 X 25 = 1050 Total weight of 52 students = 52 X 40 = 2080 Total weight of girls = 2080 - 1050 = 1030 Average weight of girls = 1030 / 27 = 38.15 Kgs sh25-8-2023

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In January 2021, Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first woman president of Tanzania *** Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician 19 March 2021 as the sixth president    of Tanzania Suluhu became Tanzania's first female vice-president following the 2015 general election SH26-8-2023