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(AFCAT-2022)
Instruction for Candidates.
1. Total No. of Questions-100.Each Question is of the three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not mark or write on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
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DIRECTION( )Passage: Read the following passage carefully and answerthe questions that follow.
The first step for us is to realise that a city need not be a frustrater of life; it can be among other things, a mechanism for enhancing life, for producing possibilities of living which are not to be realised except through cities. But, for that to happen, deliberate and drastic planning is needed. Towns as much as animals, must have their systems of
organs-those for transport and circulation are an obvious example. What we need now are organ systems for recreation, leisure, culture and community expression. This means abundance of open space,
easy access to unspoilt nature, beauty
in parks and in fine buildings,gymnasia and swimming baths and recreation grounds in plenty, central spaces for celebrations and demonstrations, halls for citizens’ meetings, concert halls and theatres and cinemas that belong to the city. And the buildings must not be built anyhow or dumped down anywhere; both they and their groupings should mean something important to the people of the place.
1. The author talks about ‘Unspoilt Nature’. In what way can nature remain unspoilt?
Paucity:
Culpable:
To drop a long bow:
Jaundiced eye:
Precarious:
16.
To smell a rat:
To take the bull by its horns:
Butterflies : Lepidopterist
CE, GI, KM, OQ
6, 14, 31, 64, 137, 280
361, ?, 169, 121, 49, 25
1. Centimeter 2. Kilometer 3. Decimeter 4. Meter
1. Aqueous 2. Aquarium 3. Aquiline 4. Aquatic
(Few Other Important Links)
(a) If Nature is not allowed to interfere with people’s day-to-day life (b) By building cities with the system of organs like those of animals (c) By allowing free access to parks and open spaces (d) By allowing Nature to retain its primitive, undomesticated character.2. Suggest a suitable title for the passage. Choose from the options given below.
(a) Towns versus Animals (b) The Need for Planned Cities (c) Transport and Communication System in a City (d) The Need for Entertainment Centres in a City3. Choose the word most SIMILAR MEANING to the word given below. Disdain
(a) Contempt (b) Agony (c) Admiration (d) Welcome4. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. It is becoming more and more ....... that the Principal is losing the confidence of his staff.
(a) Prominent (b) Apparent (c) Conspicuous (d) Manifest5. Choose the word most nearly SIMILAR in meaning to the word given below.
Paucity:
(a) Profusion (b) Affluence (c) Too little (d) Exuberance6. Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given below. Congregation
(a) Separation (b) Dispersal (c) Procession (d) Gathering7. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. If a speech is full of pompous words, it is ……… .
(a) Verbose (b) Bombastic (c) Grandiose (d) Grandiloquent8. Identify the part of the sentence given below which contains the
(a) There is a need (b) to revisingGovernment (c) policies oncontrolling (d) unauthorisedconstructions.9. Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given below.
Culpable:
(a) Accountable (b) Not responsible for something bad that has happened (c) Responsible for something bad that has happened (d) Censurable10. Choose the option that contains the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To drop a long bow:
(a) To exaggerate in telling something (b) To not say in a direct way (c) To lie while claiming to tell the truth (d) To drop all of someone’s belongings11. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks. Children are more ...... than adults, it is ...... their quickness in learning a new language.
(a) Intelligent, disproved by (b) Conservative, seen in (c) Susceptible, demonstrated in (d) Adaptable, reflected in12. Choose the word/phrase most similar in meaning to the word given below.
(a) Construct (b) Get rid of (c) Formulate (d) Fabricate13. Identify the part of the sentence given below which contains the grammatical error. The most important feature of our products are that they are developed in our house.
(a) Are that they (b) Feature of our products (c) The most important (d) Are developed in our house14. Choose the option that contains the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Jaundiced eye:
(a) To look at someone with hatred (b) To be very sick (c) To look upon something with prejudice (d) To treat everyone equally and with respect15. Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given below.
Precarious:
(a) Treacherous (b) Perilous (c) Dangerous (d) SecuredDirections (Q. Nos. 16-20) Given below is an incomplete passage. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given below to complete the passage. For generations man has ……… (16)……… against the wilds to create a world where only he decides whether animals and plants survive or are ……… (17) ……… out. Earlier we accepted as self-evident that any changes in our environment brought about by science and technology must be improvements in the world of our ……… (18) ……… However, many people all over the world have begun to feel that we are going too far and that we should try to ……… (19) ……… some of the world’s original life before we find it gets too late. The same science which had led us away from nature is now ……… (20) ……… the miracle of creation.
16.
(a) faced (b) struggled (c) stood (d) challenged17.
(a) taken (b) wiped (c) put (d) thrown18.
(a) aborigines (b) ancients (c) successors (d) ancestors19.
(a) demolish (b) cherish (c) renovate (d) save20.
(a) unfolding (b) discussing (c) arguing (d) narrating21. 21. Identify the part of the sentence given below which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer. The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation raises.
(a) The value of the (b) Dollar declines as the (c) Rate of inflation raises (d) No error22. Choose the option that contains the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To smell a rat:
(a) To worry incessantly about one’s life (b) To think that everything is fine (c) To suspect something to be wrong (d) To find a dead body23. Choose the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Some people have the .............. for learning foreign languages but they have no.......... in being multilingual.
(a) mania, urge (b) aptitude, interest (c) stamina, fondness (d) capacity, ability24. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom.
To take the bull by its horns:
(a) to attack someone (b) to show one’s talents (c) to go mad (d) to deal with a difficulty courageously25. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the phrase given in bold.
(a) slipped away (b) had a quarrel (c) gone away (d) met26. The capital city of Russia, Moscow is situated on the bank of which one of the following rivers?
(a) Volga river (b) Oka river (c) Moskva River (d) None of the above27. What is the Indian standard Meridian longitude?
(a) 82°30' E Longitude (b) 98°27' E Longitude (c) 92°30' E Longitude (d) 90°30' E Longitude28. Which is the highest point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
(a) Mount Harriet (b) Saddle Peak (c) Mount Thullier (d) Panchavati Hill29. Which steel plant in India was set up in collaboration with Germany?
(a) Rourkela Steel Plant (b) Bokaro Steel Plant (c) Durgapur Steel Plant (d) Bhilai Steel Plant30. Svetambar and Digambar are associated with which religion?
(a) Sikhism (b) Jainism (c) Hindusim (d) Buddhism31. The third English Mysore war fought between
(a) Tipu Sultan and East India Company (b) Raghunath Rao and East India Company (c) Saadutulla Khan and East India Company (d) Maharaja Ranjit Singh and East India Company32. First Muslim to invade India
(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi (b) Mohammad Ghori (c) Mohammad Bin Qasim (d) Qutubuddin Aibak33. Satyamev Jayate had been taken from which Upnishada?
(a) Mundaka Upnishada (b) Vridarnayaka Upnishada (c) Yajurveda Upnishada (d) Sama Upnishada34. During the reign of which one of the following rulers, Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas?
(a) Babur (b) Akbar (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb35. Which article is considered as the Soul of the Constitution?
(a) Article-21 (b) Article-19 (c) Article-18 (d) Article-3236. Who was the chairman of steering committee?
(a) BR Ambedkar (b) JL Nehru (c) Sardar Patel (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad37. Which article deals with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG)?
(a) Article-76 (b) Article-148 (c) Article-270 (d) Article-15838. The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by
(a) The Prime Minister (b) The Parliament (c) The President (d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha39. Which among the following organ of the human body is affected by the disease Cirrhosis?
(a) Kidney (b) Liver (c) Intestine (d) Heart40. Constant pressure and volume related to which law?
(a) Boyle’s Law (b) Newton’s Law (c) Kepler’s Law (d) Pascal’s Law41. Which blood vessels have the smallest diameter?
(a) Capillaries (b) Arterioles (c) Venules (d) Lymphatic42. Which of the following is the property of Solid?
(a) Can be compressed (b) Have definite shape (c) Have low density (d) Intermolecular force is less43. After wound or cut in a body blood coagulates through
(a) WBC (b) RBC (c) Platelets (d) Plasma44. Which of the following method is not used in determining National income at a country?
(a) Income method (b) Output method (c) Input method (d) Investment method45. The demand in economics means
(a) aggregate demand (b) market demand (c) individual demand (d) demand backed by purchasing power.46. Which among the following is known as policy rate?
(a) Repo rate (b) Reverse repo rate (c) Bank rate (d) MSF47. Which country is to play host to the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup?
(a) Brazil (b) India (c) UAE (d) Singapore48. Which of the following sports made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(a) Karate (b) Swimming 100 m (c) Race 50 km (d) None of the above49. Which country topped the Sustainable Development Report 2021?
(a) US (b) UK (c) China (d) Finland50. Lovlina Borgohain, who won bronze medal in Tokyo Olympic 2020, is associated with
(a) table tennis (b) archery (c) boxing (d) swimming51. The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is ` 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is ` 12000 and the average salary of the rest is ` 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 2352. The average of first three numbers is double of the fourth number. If the average of all the four numbers is 12. Find the 4th number.
(a) 16 (b) 48/7 (c) 20 (d) 1853. If income of Ravi is 20% more than that of Ram, then income of Ram is how much per cent less than that of Ravi?
(a)40/3 (b)49/3 (c)43/3 (d)50/354. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mr. Bhadra to buy an extra 5 kg of it for ` 320. The original rate of sugar is
(a) Rs 12 per kg (b) Rs 15 per kg (c) Rs 16 per kg (d) Rs 20 per kg55. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If their sum is 125. Find the numbers.
(a) 20, 30 (b) 32, 78 (c) 50, 75 (d) 24, 3656. A box contain 280 coins of ` 1, 50 paise and 25 paise. The values of each kind of the coins are in the ratio 8 : 4 : 3. Then, the number of 50 paise coins is
(a) 80 (b) 90 (c) 70 (d) 6057. A, B, C enter into the partnership with shares in the ratio 7/2: 4/3:6/5, After 4 months, A increases his shares by 50%. If the total profit at the end of the year was ` 43200. Then, the B’s share in the profit is
(a) Rs 4200 (b) Rs 4800 (c) Rs 7200 (d) Rs 800058. The marked price of an item is twice the cost price. For the gain of 15%, the discount should be
(a) 7.5% (b) 20.5% (c) 32.5% (d) 42.5%59. A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Rs 56.25 more, he would have gained 10%. What is the cost price (in Rs) of the watch?
(a) 370 (b) 365 (c) 375 (d) 39060. The speed of a stream is 3 km/h and the speed of a man in still water is 5 km/h. The time taken by the man to swim 26 km downstream is
(a) 11/2 h (b) 26/3 h (c) 13/4 h (d) 13 h61. Arjun walks from his house at 5/2 km/h and reaches his school late by 6 min. Next day, he increase his speed by 1 km/h and reaches 6 min before school time. How far is the school from his house?
(a) 5/4 km (b) 7/4km (c) 9/4km (d) 11/4km62. A and B can do a job together in 12 days. A is 2 times as efficient as B. In how many days can B alone complete the work?
(a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 963. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min and 45 min respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 min, C is also opened. The tank is filled up in
(a) 39 min (b) 46 min (c) 40 min (d) 45 min64. Calculate the compound interest for the money Rs 840, if the rate is 20% compounded half yearly for 2 yr.
(a) Rs 390 (b) Rs 400 (c) Rs 490 (d) Rs 38065. On what sum of money will the difference between simple interest and compound interest for 2 yr at 5% per annum be equal to Rs 63?
(a) Rs 24600 (b) Rs 24800 (c) Rs 25200 (d) Rs 2550066. Zinc and copper are in the ratio 5 : 3 in 400 g of an alloy. How much of copper (in gm) should be added to make ratio 5 : 4?
(a) 72 (b) 200 (c) 50 (d) 6667. Acid and water are mixed in a vessel A in the ratio of 5 : 2 and in the vessel B in the ratio 8 : 5. In what proportion should quantities be taken out from the two vessels so as to form a mixture in which acid and water will be in the ratio 9 : 4?
(a) 7 : 2 (b) 2 : 7 (c) 7 : 4 (d) 2 : 368. The difference between the circumference and diameter of a circle is 150 m. The radius of that circle is
(a) 30 m (b) 40 m (c) 25 m (d) 35 m69. The ratio of areas of regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle having same perimeter is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 6 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 1 : 670. The length of the longest rod that can be put in a room of dimension 10 m ×10 m × 5 m is
(a)15 3 (b) 15 (c)10 2 (d) 5 371. If the radius of the sphere is doubled, then the percentage increase in volume is
(a) 600% (b) 800% (c) 500% (d) 700%72. The average age of P Q, and R is 5 yr more than R’s age. If the total ages of P and Q together is 39 yr. Then, R ’s age is
(a) 16 yr (b) 14 yr (c) 12 yr (d) 24 yr73. For what value of k, will the system of equations kx y + = 2 5 and 3 1 x y + = have a unique solution?
(a) k≠ 2 (b) k≠ 3 (c) k≠ 5 (d) k ≠ 674. Two numbers are respectively 25% and 40% less than third number. What per cent of the first is the second?
(a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 40 (d) 8075. If x y : : = 5 2, then ( ) :8 9 x y + ( )8 2 x y + is
(a) 22 : 29 (b) 26 : 61 (c) 29 : 22 (d) 61 : 2676. Select the word pair in which the two words are related to each other in the same way as the two words in the following word pair.
Butterflies : Lepidopterist
(a) Chromosome : Botanist (b) Post card : Deltilogist (c) Ornaments : Jeweller (d) Map : Cartographer77. Select the related letter pair from the given alternatives. ZX : AC : : VT : ?
(a) AB (b) AE (c) EG (d) DF78. Select the related word/letter/number from the given alternatives. 64 : 8 : : 289 : ?
(a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 26 (d) 1979. Find the odd word from the given alternatives.
(a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Canada80. Find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.
(a) 72-43 (b) 68-40 (c) 85-57 (d) 55-2781. Find the odd letter group from the given alternatives.
(a) QRS (b) XYZ (c) STU (d) MLN82. Find out which set of letter will complete the following letter series. ab _ _ b a a _ _ a b _
(a) a a a a a (b) a a b a a (c) a a b a b (d) b a a b b83. Choose the correct alternative which will complete the following letter series.
CE, GI, KM, OQ
(a) TW (b) TV (c) SU (d) RT84. Find the wrong number in the given series.
6, 14, 31, 64, 137, 280
(a) 31 (b) 64 (c) 137 (d) 28085. Find the missing number in the following series.
361, ?, 169, 121, 49, 25
(a) 196 (b) 324 (c) 256 (d) 28986. Arrange the following in ascending order.
1. Centimeter 2. Kilometer 3. Decimeter 4. Meter
(a) 3, 1, 2, 4 (b) 4, 2, 1, 3 (c) 1, 3, 4, 2 (d) 2 , 4, 3, 187. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
1. Aqueous 2. Aquarium 3. Aquiline 4. Aquatic
(a) 4, 3, 2, 1 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4 (c) 2, 4, 1, 3 (d) 3, 1, 4, 288. If in a certain code language ‘Stress’ is coded as ‘Rtress’. Then ‘Pulse’ will be coded as
(a) Oulse (b) Qulse (c) Rulse (d) Fulse89. If in a certain code language, ‘LAME’ is written as ‘ODPH’. How can ‘MALE’ be written in that code?
(a) PDOH (b) HOPD (c) DOPH (d) OPDH90. Ram goes 15 m North then turns right and walks 20 m, then again turns right and walks 10 m, then again turns right and walks 20 m. How far is he from his original position?
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 15 m (d) 20 m91. A cyclist ride 40 km to the East, turns North and rides 20 km, again turns left and rides 20 km. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 0 km (b) 10 km (c) 20 2 km (d) 30 km92. Which of the following answer figure indicates best relation between Aeroplanes, Train, Travel?
MISSING93. Study the diagram below and identify the region representing youth who are employed but not educated.
(a) 5, 6 (b) 1 , 4 , 7 (c) 4, 7 (d) Only 494. Find the missing character. 4 10 6 12 96 48 16 152 ?
(a) 110 (b) 104 (c) 112 (d) 12495. In the following question some statements with conclusions is given. Find out which conclusion/conclusions logically follows from the given statement and choose the correct option. Statements Some bags are plates. Some plates are chairs. All chairs are tables. Conclusions I. Some tables are plates. II. Some Chairs are bags. III. No chair is bag.
(a) Only I follows (b) Either II or III follows (c) Only I and either II or III follows (d) Only III follows96. Find the figure from the answer figures that will replace the ‘?’ from the problem figure. Problem Figures Answer Figures
MISSING97. Find the odd figure.
MSSING98. Find out which figure from the answer figures will complete the following figure series. Problem Figures Answer Figures
MISSING99. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in question figure. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened. Question Figures Answer Figures
MISSING100. Select the answer figure in which the question figure is hidden/embedded. Question Figure Answer Figures
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