SUBJECT SPECIALIST TEST 2.

Subject Section
Please note that syllabus and test 3. Education Section
pattern of subject specialist test is same
as the lecturer test.

The 2023 FPSC lecturer tests are

commencing from 18 August
2023. NEW

FPSC Lecturer Test,

Syllabus, Pattern & Past
Papers MCQs
FPSC takes tests for lecturers BS-17
throughout the year. The recruitment
process is little bit lengthy, but very
clean and entirely on merit. Successful
candidates could be appointed/ posted
anywhere in Pakistan.

The eligibility for the job is MA/MSc (or

sixteen year education) in the relevant
subject with at least second division.

FPSC Lecturer Test Pattern

The FPSC lecturer test is divided in 3
sections:

1. English
Number of Questions: 20
2. Subject Test
Number of Questions: 50
3. Education
Number of Questions: 30

NOTE: In English & Urdu Lecturer

Tests, there are two sections: (1)
Subject Test (70 questions), and (2)
Education (30 questions). In Lecturer in
Education Test, there are two sections:
(1) English (20 questions), and (2)
Education (80 questions).

In all the Lecturer Tests:

 Test Type: Multiple Choice

Questions (MCQs)
 Total Number of Questions:
100
 Time Allowed: 100 minutes
 Negative Marking: NO

FPSC Lecturer Test:

Syllabus, Past Papers
MCQs, Sample Questions
1. English Section
 (C) some
(D) more
English Section: Sample
9. Bats have not only large brains
Questions __________ also a well-developed
communication system.
Choose the word that is most (A) and
nearly similar in meaning to the word (B) are
in capital letters. (C) and have
(D) but
1. ABSTRUSE
(A) Showy 10. If I __________ time, I would have
(B) Evident purchased it yesterday.
(C) Skillful (A) would had
(D) Concealed (B) would have
(C) had had
2. VACUOUS (D) have had
(A) Stupid
(B) Truthfulness ANSWERS: FPSC Lecturer Test
(C) Dreamer (English Section)
(D) Confused
1. (D) Concealed
3. PROBITY
2. (A) Stupid
(A) Probability
(B) Honesty 3. (B) Honesty
(C) Peaceful
4. (A) Friend
(D) Carelessness
5. (B) Careful
Choose the word that is most 6. (B) Happy
nearly opposite in meaning to the
word in capital letters. 7. (C) of
8. (B) any
4. FOE
9. (D) but
(A) Friend
(B) Enemy 10. (C) had had
(C) Foul
(D) Fraud SYLLABUS: FPSC ENGLISH
LECTURER TEST
5. FECKLESS
(A) Weak Part-I English (Master’s Level)
(B) Careful
(C) Careless  English Literature 16th to
(D) Unlucky 20th Century

6. MELANCHOLY  Vocabulary
(A) Sorrowful  Structuring of sentences
(B) Happy
(C) Confused  Linguistics
(D) Convicted  English Language Teaching

Complete the following sentences  Grammar

with suitable answer.  Syntax

7. I am afraid __________ cats.  Diction

(A) to
(B) from Part-II Education
(C) of
(D) by  Teaching Techniques and
Methodology
8. We did not have __________  Classroom Management
question for the lecturer. and Discipline
(A) none
(B) any  Testing and Evaluation
1. An assessment is said to be 9. The literacy rate in Pakistan is
__________ if it consistently achieves __________ %.
the same results with the same (or (A) 56
similar) students. (B) 58
(A) valid (C) 60
(B) invalid (D) 62
(C) reliable
(D) unreliable 10. What is the definition of being
literate in Pakistan?
2. A/An __________ assessment is one (A) One who can read and write English
which measures what it is intended to (B) One who can read and write any
measure. language
(A) valid (C) One who can read a newspaper and
(B) invalid write a simple letter in English
(C) reliable (D) One who can read a newspaper and
(D) unreliable write a simple letter in any language

3. An assessment that is generally ANSWERS: FPSC EDUCATION

carried out at the end of a course to
assign students a course grade is 1. (C) reliable
called?
(A) Diagnostic assessment 2. (A) valid
(B) Formative assessment 3. (D) Summative assessment
(C) Contemporary assessment
(D) Summative assessment 4. (B) ICT
5. (C) facilitator and delegator
4. The use of technology to enhance
learning process is called __________ 6. (A) reasoned arguments
in education. 7. (B) three
(A) IT
(B) ICT 8. (C) delegator
(C) Information technology 9. (C) 60
(D) Communication technology
10. (D) One who can read a
5. In cooperative learning method, the newspaper and write a
role of teacher is of simple letter in any language
(A) facilitator
(B) delegator
(C) facilitator and delegator
(D) delegator and formal authority

6. Dialectic or dialectical method is a

discourse between opposing parties to
establish the truth through
(A) reasoned arguments
(B) presenting proves
(C) investigation
(D) dialogues

7. Bloom’s taxonomy is a set of

__________ learning domains.
(A) two
(B) three
(C) four
(D) five

8. Which act of teacher foster a sense of

autonomy in the learning process?
(A) instructor
(B) facilitator
(C) delegator
(D) formal authority
1. Consider the following lines, (A) Faire Queene
(B) Wasteland
“through me you enter into the city of (C) Rape of the Lock
woes (D) None of these
through me you enter into eternal pain,
through me you enter the population of Answers: FPSC English Lecturer Test
loss Past Papers
…. 1. (A)
abandon all hope, you who enter here”. 2. (B)
3. (C)
Where the above mentioned verses 4. (D)
occur? 5. (B)
(A) Inferno
(B) Hamlet 6. In Linguistics, the process of moving
(C) Alchemist from one vowel sound to another is
(D) Candida called
(A) Gliding
2. Consider the following lines, (B) Stress
(C) Intonation
“As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, (D) Syntax
And evere honoured for his
worthynesse. 7. “but in a place of utter darkness,
At alisaundre he was whan it was fitliest call’d Chaos : Here Satan with his
wonne. Angels lying on the burning Lake,
Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord thunder-struck and astonisht , after a
bigonne, certain space recovers, as from
Aboven alle nacions in pruce; confusion, calls up him who next in
In lettow hadde he reysed and in ruce, Order and Dignity lay by him; they
No cristen man so ofte of his degree. confer of thir miserable fall. Satan
In gernade at the seege eek hadde he awakens all his Legions, who lay till then
be in the same manner confounded; They
…. rise, thir Numbers, array of Battel , thir
Of algezir, and riden in belmarye.” chief Leaders nam’d , according to the
Idols known afterwards in Canaan and
Who is the character mentioned in the the Countries adjoyning . To these
above verses from “A Prologue to Satan directs his Speech, comforts them
Canterbury Tales”? with hope yet of regaining Heaven, but
(A) Monk tells them lastly of a new World and new
(B) Knight kind of Creature to be created,
(C) Friar according to an ancient Prophesie or
(D) Doctor of Physic report in Heaven;”
The above mentioned lines occur in
3. A literary device in literature which Paradise Lost, Book,
refers to the use of words and phrases (A) Book-1
that indicate strong, harsh sounds within (B) Book-2
the phrase. These words have (C) Book-3
discordant and dissonant sounds that (D) Book-4
create a disturbing, objectionable
atmosphere is called 8. Which is the book that is a humorous
(A) Circumlocution indictment of the vanities and idleness
(B) Conflict of 18th century high English society?
(C) Cacophony (A) An essay on Criticism
(D) Consonance (B) An essay on Man
(C) Rape of the Lock
4. “Mr. Poyser and Bartle Massey” are (D) Heroic Couplet
characters from the novel
(A) Silas Marner 9. Consider the following lines,
(B) The Mill on the Floss
(C) Daniel Deronda “Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of
(D) Adam Bede heaven,
That time may cease, and midnight
5. “You! hypocrite lecteur!-mon never come;
semblable,-mon frere!” Fair Nature’s eye, rise, rise again, and
These verses are taken from make
 Perpetual day; or let this hour be but (C) Emily Dickinson
A year, a month, a week, a natural day,” (D) Robert Browning

Who is the character speaking the 5. W. M. Rossetti calls “Leaves of

above lines? Grass” as the poem of American
(A) Othello nationality. Who wrote this poem?
(B) Hamlet (A) Edgar Allen Poe
(C) Dr. Faustus (B) Emily Dickinson
(D) Romeo (C) Robert Frost
(D) Walt Whitman
10. Who is considered the founder of
Metaphysical Poetry? Answers: FPSC English Lecturer Test
(A) Edmund Spencer Sample Questions
(B) Jhon Donne 1. (A)
(C) John Keats 2. (C)
(D) P.B.Shelley 3. (A)
4. (C)
Answers: FPSC English Lecturer 5. (D)
Past Test Questions
6. (A) 6. Which American poet has been
7. (A) considered as “the most perfect flower
8. (C) of New England Transcendentalism?”
9. (C) (A) Edgar Allen Poe
10. (B) (B) Emily Dickinson
(C) Robert Frost
1. Consider the following lines, (D) Walt Whitman

“Helpe then, O holy Virgin chiefe of nine, 7. Consider the following lines,
Thy weaker Novice to performe thy will,
Lay forth out of thine everlasting scryne “The Frost performs its secret ministry,
The antique rolles, which there lye Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry
hidden still, Came loud-and hark, again! loud as
Of Faerie knights and fairest Tanaquill, before.
Whom that most noble Briton Prince so The inmates of my cottage, all at rest,
long Have left me to that solitude, which suits
Sought through the world, and suffered Abstruser musings: save that at my side
so much ill, My cradled infant slumbers peacefully.”

Who is the poet of the above mentioned Who is the poet of the above verses?
verses? (A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(A) Edmund Spencer (B) Jhon Keats
(B) Chaucer (C) Jhon Donne
(C) Jhon Milton (D) None of these
(D) None of these
8. “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein
2. “Heartbreak House” is a play by beholders do generally discover
(A) Ibsen everybody’s face but their own.” Who
(B) Samuel Beckett said this?
(C) George Bernard Shaw (A) George Bernard Shaw
(D) Sheriden (B) Jonathan Swift
(C) Bacon
3. “Eustacia and Wildeve” are lovers in (D) T. S. Eliot
the novel
(A) The Return of the Native 9. “Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an
(B) Jude the Obscure action that is serious, complete, and of a
(C) The Mayor of Casterbridge certain magnitude; in language
(D) None of these embellished with each kind of artistic
ornament, the several kinds being found
4. “A word is dead when it is said, some in separate parts of the play; in the form
say, I say it just begins to live that day.” of action, not of narrative; with incidents
Who is the writer of the above arousing pity and fear.”
mentioned lines? Who defined tragedy as mentioned
(A) Robert Frost above?
(B) Maya Angelou (A) Sophocles
(B) Aristotle The answer is: (A) going ☑
(C) Shakespeare
(D) Christopher Marlow Q. It’s the first time I _______ sea-food
in my life.
10. Sophocles was a renowned and (A) eat
successful Athenian writer of (B) eaten
(A) Lyrics (C) have eaten
(B) Epics (D) had eaten
(C) Comedies
(D) Tragedies The answer is: (C) have eaten ☑
Answers: FPSC English Lecturer Test Q. While UK has earned record revenue
Sample Paper this year, __________ well behind in
6. (B) exports.
7. (A) (A) it still lag
8. (B) (B) it still lags
9. (B) (C) it lag still
10. (D) (D) it lags still

Grammar Part The answer is: (B) it still lags ☑

Q. Lucy can’t walk anymore, she is now Q. Anna and Tania went shopping, but
________ tired. __________ couldn’t find anything
(A) too __________ liked.
(B) so (A) they, those
(C) such (B) they, them
(D) so such (C) those, they
(D) they, they
The answer is: (A) too ☑
The answer is: (D) they, they ☑
Q. What they are doing does not seem
________ working. Q. Nuclear energy is __________
(A) be dangerous to be used widely.
(B) being (A) so
(C) been (B) such
(D) to be (C) too
(D) that
The answer is: (D) to be ☑
The answer is: (C) too ☑
Q. She is going to quit her job ________
they give her a pay rise. Q. If I have money, I __________ it
(A) or tomorrow.
(B) until (A) will purchase
(C) unless (B) would purchase
(D) providing (C) have purchase
(D) have purchased
The answer is: (C) unless ☑
The answer is: (A) will purchase ☑
Q. Near the historic monument, there is
a bridge ________ the Thames River. Q. Cannon had __________ unique
(A) above qualities _________ it was used widely
(B) over in ancient times.
(C) off (A) such, that
(D) towards (B) such, so
(C) that, since
(D) that, that
The answer is: (B) over ☑

Q. Katherine has finished her work, now The answer is: (A) such, that ☑
she is ________ home.
(A) going 6. She succeeded by ________ hard.
(B) going to (A) work
(C) going to the (B) working
(D) going towards the
(C) continuous work 15. He is looking for accommodation
(D) continuous working ________ in flat or shared house.
(A) both
7. Katherine made her children (B) until
________ chores on Sunday. (C) neither
(A) make some (D) either
(B) take some
(C) do some ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR
(D) does some TEST
11. (C) of her
8. I enjoy ________ tennis. 12. (B) would purchase
(A) to play 13. (C) whom
(B) plays 14. (A) who
(C) playing 15. (D) either
(D) to playing
16. You can go neither by train
9. Most of the guests arrived ________ ________ by bus.
buses. (A) no
(A) with (B) nor
(B) by (C) or
(C) from (D) and
(D) in
17. Before designing a public park, the
10. The departmental store is open architect must ________ the public.
________ eight to seven. (A) consider
(A) by (B) considers
(B) from (C) recognize
(C) between (D) recognizes
(D) during
18. When she was younger, she
ANSWERS: GRAMMAR MCQS TEST ________ five kilometres a day.
6. (B) working (A) walked
7. (C) do some (B) had walked
8. (C) playing (C) has been walking
9. (D) in (D) had been walking
10. (B) from
19. The house is large ________ is
11. On leaving the shopping plaza, Kate quite old-fashioned.
was robbed ________ purse. (A) and
(A) by her (B) or
(B) by hers (C) which
(C) of her (D) but
(D) of hers
20. We need to find ________ method
12. If I had money, I ________ it now. to solve this problem.
(A) will purchase (A) other
(B) would purchase (B) the other
(C) would have purchased (C) another
(D) have purchased (D) others

13. The man ________ you met is an ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR

anchorperson. MCQS TEST
(A) who 16. (B) nor
(B) whose 17. (A) consider
(C) whom 18. (A) walked
(D) which 19. (D) but
20. (C) another
14. The woman ________ is standing
by the table works in electronic media. 21. The students in our school are
(A) who ________ in other schools.
(B) whose (A) smarter
(C) whom (B) smarter than
(D) which (C) smarter than those
(D) more smarter than
22. The number of web entrepreneurs (C) would have purchase
________ increasing every year. (D) would have purchased
(A) is
(B) are 30. Kate, accompanied by her brother,
(C) has been ________ at the party.
(D) have been (A) is
(B) are
23. Write down ________ your name (C) was
and roll number. (D) were
(A) both
(B) either ANSWERS: GRAMMAR PRACTICE
(C) neither MCQS TEST
(D) not only 26. (B) whose
27. (C) us
24. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) 28. (B) hers
burns less efficiently than gasoline 29. (D) would have purchased
________. 30. (C) was
(A) burn
(B) burns 31. White ball ________ for the first time
(C) should burn in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
(D) would burn (A) used
(B) was used
25. Oxygen can be mixed with (C) had used
________ gasses such as Hydrogen, (D) has been used
Nitrogen and Chlorine.
(A) another like 32. The new information on dengue
(B) another virus caused panic in the public and
(C) the other government ________.
(D) other (A) like
(B) likely
ANSWERS: GRAMMAR PRACTICE (C) alike
TEST (D) dislike
21. (C) smarter than those
22. (A) is 33. I cannot come to see you _______
23. (A) both tomorrow.
24. (B) burns (A) by
25. (D) other (B) till
(C) until
26. The man ________ wallet was (D) unless
stolen called the police.
(A) who 34. He has been living in Switzerland
(B) whose _______ two years.
(C) whom (A) for
(D) which (B) since
(C) from
27. The market is nearer to them than (D) until
________.
(A) we 35. She is standing ________ her
(B) our self boyfriend in this crises.
(C) us (A) with
(D) ourselves (B) by
(C) in
28. He takes his turn, and she takes (D) for
________.
(A) her ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR
(B) hers PRACTICE TEST
(C) herself 31. (B) was used
(D) himself 32. (C) alike
33. (C) until
29. If I had had money, I ________ it 34. (A) for
yesterday. 35. (B) by
(A) would purchase
(B) would purchased 36. He paid the dining bill ________ a
credit card.
(A) with (C) from
(B) by (D) towards
(C) in
(D) for 45. Nitrogen gas is in abundance
________ the Earth.
37. He did not give up ________. (A) in
(A) hope (B) on
(B) hopes (C) above
(C) to hope (D) along
(D) hoping
ANSWERS: GRAMMAR SAMPLE
38. ________ the bad weather, the TEST
outdoor party was rescheduled. 41. (B) is training
(A) Because of 42. (D) am going to
(B) In order to 43. (A) both
(C) Despite 44. (A) in
(D) In spite of 45. (B) on

39. ________ loosing the first match, 46. I was watching a TV program, when
our team has won the world cup. he ________ in.
(A) Because of (A) walk
(B) In order to (B) walks
(C) Despite (C) walked
(D) In spite (D) was walking

40. Everyone at the party ________ 47. We are planning ________ out to
amazed by his performance. dinner tonight.
(A) is (A) taking our guests
(B) are (B) guests to take
(C) were (C) guests taking
(D) was (D) to take our guests

ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR 48. She took lessons ________ how to

PRACTICE MCQS TEST swim.
36. (A) with (A) learn
37. (D) hoping (B) for learning
38. (A) Because of (C) to learn
39. (C) Despite (D) learning
40. (D) was
49. The class teacher ________ Anna
41. She ________ for the upcoming move to another chair.
tennis tournament. (A) allows
(A) trains (B) allowed
(B) is training (C) let
(C) will train (D) permitted
(D) is going to train
50. He devotes much of his time
42. I ________ New Zealand next year. ________ for the future.
(A) go (A) to planning
(B) will go (B) to plan
(C) am going (C) plan
(D) am going to (D) planning

43. There are some vacant rooms ANSWERS: GRAMMAR SAMPLE

________ in flats and shared houses. MCQS TEST
(A) both 46. (C) walked
(B) between 47. (D) to take our guests
(C) either 48. (C) to learn
(D) neither 49. (C) let
50. (A) to planning
44. The sun rises ________ the east.
(A) in 51. For good health, she ________ bed
(B) on earlier.
(A) should go
(B) should go to (C) had get up
(C) should goes (D) had got up
(D) should goes to
60. Jolie ________ a book yesterday.
52. If you have time, you ________ the (A) had read
nature museum. (B) readed
(A) should visit (C) red
(B) should visited (D) read
(C) have to visit
(D) would visit ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR
SAMPLE MCQS TEST
53. It is our problem, not ________. 56. (C) has to pass
(A) their 57. (C) had to walk
(B) theirs 58. (A) Who do
(C) there 59. (B) got up
(D) there’s 60. (D) read

54. The number of guests at the party 61. It was raining yesterday, so we
________ amazing. ________ out.
(A) was (A) did not go
(B) were (B) did not went
(C) had (C) would not go
(D) have had (D) would not gone

55. ________ 600 and 800 B.C, 62. I ________ what was happening.
Olympics were held in Athens, Greece. (A) couldn’t understood
(A) During (B) couldn’t understand
(B) Until (C) was not able to understood
(C) Unless (D) was not able to understand
(D) Between
63. If you work hard, you ________
ANSWERS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR good marks.
SAMPLE TEST (A) would get
51. (B) should go to (B) would got
52. (A) should visit (C) will get
53. (B) theirs (D) will got
54. (A) was
55. (D) Between 64. If you ________ hard, you would not
have failed in the exams.
56. She ________ the driving test to get (A) have work
a license. (B) have worked
(A) should pass (C) had work
(B) should has passed (D) had worked
(C) has to pass
(D) have to pass 65. If the camera was working, we
________ a movie.
57. As there were no buses, she (A) could made
________ home last night. (B) could make
(A) has to walk (C) would made
(B) has to walked (D) would make
(C) had to walk
(D) had to walked ANSWERS: TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST
61. (A) did not go
58. ________ these books belong to? 62. (B) couldn’t understand
(A) Who do 63. (C) will get
(B) Who does 64. (D) had worked
(C) Whom do 65. (B) could make
(D) Whom does
66. Emma is getting ________ the car.
59. If John ________ earlier, he would (A) of
always be on time. (B) off
(A) get up (C) out of
(B) got up (D) out off
67. Near the London eye, there is a
bridge ________ the Thames River.
(A) above
(B) over
(C) off
(D) towards

68. Michael is falling ________ the

horse.
(A) from
(B) of
(C) off
(D) above

69. She is looking for a job in ________

electronic or print media.
(A) both
(B) between
(C) neither
(D) either

70. They could save money if they

bought ________ furniture.
(A) economical
(B) economic
(C) economize
(D) economics

ANSWERS: TOEFL GRAMMAR

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
TEST
66. (C) out of
67. (B) over
68. (C) off
69. (D) either
70. (A) economical