Assistant Private Secretary

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
SAMPLE PAPER
ASSISTANT
PRIVATE
SECRETARY
SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 1

ENGLISH
Read the passage to answer question 1- 4
No actual black hole has yet been located or studied, but the concept has
provided endless imaginative fodder for science fiction writers and endless
theoretical fodder for physicists and astrophysicists.
Black holes are one of the more exotic theoretical manifestations of general
relativity. The standard model for the formation of a black hole involves the
collapse of a large star. For extremely massive stars that are four to five
times the mass of our sun, the exclusion principle—the resistance between
the molecular particles within the star as they are compressed—will not be
strong enough to offset the gravity generated by the star's own mass. The
star's increasing density will overwhelm the exclusion principle. What
follows is runaway gravitational collapse. With no internal force to stop it,
the star will simply continue to collapse in on itself, until it reaches a point
of infinite density and zero volume, a phenomenon known as a singularity.
The star now disappears from the perceivable universe, like a cartoon
character who jumps into a hole and pulls the hole in after him. What this
process leaves behind is a different kind of hole—a profound disturbance in
space time, a region where gravity is so intense that nothing, not even light,
can escape from it. Any object falling within the boundary of a black hole
will be sucked in and will disappear from our universe forever.
What would happen to an object, such as an astronaut, as it vanished into
the black hole? Physicists have been amusing themselves with this question
for years. Most believe that the astronaut would be destroyed by the intense
gravitational forces within the black hole, or would explode in a flash of
gamma rays as he or she approached the singularity at the hole's core.
Theoretically, an astronaut who managed to survive the passage would
experience some very strange things, including acute time distortion, which
would enable him or her to know, in a few brief seconds, the entire future of
the universe in all its detail.
1. The word "fodder" is closest in meaning to:
A. material
B. stories
C. support
D. problems
2. The opposing force between the molecular particles inside a star is

called:
A. general relativity
B. the exclusion principle
C. infinite density
D. a singularity

3. The word "offset" could best be replaced by:
A. carry
B. arrange
C. overflow
D. counteract
4. It can be concluded from paragraph 3 that light:
A. destroys a black hole

B. can barely reveal a black hole
C. does not exist near a black hole
D. originates in space time
Change the voice of the following. (Active & passive voice)
5. He was watching TV.
A. TV was being watched by him.

B. TV is being watched by him.
C. TV will be watched by him.
D. TV will being watched by him.
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from

the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
6. The one who ______ hard gets the reward.
A. work
B. works
C. worked
D. working
Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five

lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a
relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
7. STERILIZATION: MICROORGANISMS::
A. amnesty: deserters
B. defamation: enemies
C. inoculation: vaccine
D. deforestation: trees
E. assassination: murderers

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in

meaning to the word in capital letters.
8. INCURSION:
A. loss of respect
B. lack of resolve
C. reparation
D. relapse
E. retreat

ANALYTICAL REASONING
Questions 9-12
The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-

trip from City X to City Y. The trip takes only two hours, and the airline has
one round-trip flight in the morning and one round-trip flight in the
afternoon, each day, Monday through Friday. Pilots must be scheduled in
accordance with the following rules:
Only W, X, and Y can fly the morning flight.

Only V, X, and Z can fly the afternoon flight.
No pilot may fly twice on the same day.
No pilot may fly on two consecutive days.
X must fly the Wednesday morning flight.
Z must fly the Tuesday afternoon flight.
9. Which of the following must be true?
A. W flies the Monday morning flight

B. X flies the Monday afternoon flight
C. Y flies the Tuesday morning flight
D. W flies the Thursday morning flight
E. Z flies the Thursday afternoon flight
10.If X flies on Friday morning, which of the following must be true?
A. X does not fly on Monday afternoon

B. V flies on Friday afternoon
C. W flies Thursday morning
D. Y flies Thursday morning
E. Neither W nor Y flies Thursday morning
11.If X flies only one morning flight during the week, which of the following
must be true?
A. W flies exactly two days during the week

B. X flies exactly three days during the week
C. Y flies only one day during the week
D. Z flies Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon
E. X flies more times during the week than V
12.If W is not scheduled to fly at all during the week, all of the following
must be true except:
A. X flies on Monday morning

B. V flies on Monday afternoon
C. Y flies on Thursday morning
D. Z flies on Friday afternoon
E. X flies on Friday morning


MS OFFICE
13.What is the Font size range of text in MS Word?
A. 6.5 - 60
B. 7 - 65
C. 8 - 72
D. 8.5 - 72
E. 9 - 80
14.Ascending order in MS Excel is shown as:
A. Z-A
B. A-Z
C. 1-N
D. 0-9
15.We can insert hyperlink in MS Power Point by:
A. Shift + M
B. Ctrl + V
C. Alt + P
D. Ctrl + K

SUBJECT
16.Urgent dak includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Telegrams
B. Wireless
C. Telex messages
D. Postal letter
17.Making of entries in the notes portion of a file about the serial number
assigned to each item of correspondence refers to:
A. Posting
B. Docketing
C. Delivering
D. Recording
18.A ___________ is the basic element of data where individual field

contains a single value, such as an employees last name, a data or the
value of the sensor reading.
A. Record
B. Field
C. File
D. Folder
19.Which of the following refers to a collection of related fields and can also
be treated as a unit by some application program?
A. Folder
B. Record
C. File
D. Database

ANSWER KEYS
Q #. Right Choice
1 A
2 B
3 D
4 C
5 A
6 B
7 D
8 E
9 E
10 B
11 A
12 D
13 C
14 B
15 D
16 D
17 B
18 B
19 B

DESCRIPTIVE
60-MINUTES
30-Marks
Organize, develop and express your ideas on the following topic by

deploying elements of standard written English. (20 Marks)
In the context of Pakistan, which measure should be taken by government

to eradicate poverty?
Write a Letter on the following theme (10 Marks)
“A letter to your manager requesting / convincing him to allow you for

organizing a farewell party for your colleague who is going to be retired
next moth

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SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 1

Read the passage to answer question 1- 4

1. The word "fodder" is closest in meaning to:

2. The opposing force between the molecular particles inside a star is

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 2

3. The word "offset" could best be replaced by:

4. It can be concluded from paragraph 3 that light:

A. destroys a black hole

Change the voice of the following. (Active & passive voice)

5. He was watching TV.

A. TV was being watched by him.

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from

6. The one who ______ hard gets the reward.

Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 3

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 4

The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-

Only W, X, and Y can fly the morning flight.

9. Which of the following must be true?

A. W flies the Monday morning flight

10.If X flies on Friday morning, which of the following must be true?

A. X does not fly on Monday afternoon

A. W flies exactly two days during the week

A. X flies on Monday morning

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 5

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 6

13.What is the Font size range of text in MS Word?

14.Ascending order in MS Excel is shown as:

15.We can insert hyperlink in MS Power Point by:

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 7

16.Urgent dak includes all of the following EXCEPT:

18.A ___________ is the basic element of data where individual field

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 8

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 9

Organize, develop and express your ideas on the following topic by

In the context of Pakistan, which measure should be taken by government

Write a Letter on the following theme (10 Marks)

“A letter to your manager requesting / convincing him to allow you for

SAMPLE PAPER ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY 10

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