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(AFCAT-2018)
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1. Total No. of Questions-100.Each Question is of the three marks.
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1. When was Indian National Congress founded?
76. What can you say about the early life of Dr. Carver?
80.PROFANE
(a) 18 December, 1885 (b) 28, December, 1885 (c) 11, September, 1901 (d) 11, September, 19032. Pugilist is a term used for player of a game. Identify the game.
(a) Hockey (b) Badminton (c) Boxing (d) Billiards3. Theyyam is a tradition of which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala4. How many hurdles are there in 400m race?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 125. In which two years were Asian games held in India?
(a) 1951, 1982 (b) 1982, 2011 (c) 1951, 1983 (d) 1954, 19816. Who won 4 back to back titles in badminton?
(a) Pankaj Adwani (b) Prannoy Kumar k (c) K. Srikanth (d) Mahesh Bhupti7. When was modern Olympic started?
(a) 6th April, 1986 (b) Oh April, 1896 (c) 11h July, 1807 (d) 4th June, 19078. How many countries are there in Asia?
(a) 26 (b) 39 (c) 42 (d) 489. What is the name of first artificial satellite of USA?
(a) Explorer 1 (b) Discovery (c) Titan (d) Atlantis10. How many states does tropic of cancer pass through?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 911. Who is the author of 'India divided'?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Shashi Tharoor (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Kapil Sibbal12. Speed of wind measured by ?
(a) Speedometer (b) Spectrometer (c) Hydrometer (d) Anemometer13: Which Indian made the national record in long jump?
(a) Ankit Sharma (b) Devendra Jhajharia (c) Anju Bobby George (d) Nayana James14. Where is NATO headquarter located?
(a) Ottawa, Canada (b) Maxico city, Mexico (c) Brussels, Belgium (d) New York, USA15. Tashkent agreement was signed by ?
(a) Sardar Patel and John Mathai . (b) Lal Bahadur Shahstri and Ayub Khan (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rajendra Prasad (d) Rajendra Prasad and Jawahar Lal Nehru16. Who has written Panchtantra?
(a) Vaishnu Sharma (b) Munshi Prem Chand (c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (d) Maithali Saran Gupt17. Ruder cup is associated with which sport?
(a) Men's golf (b) Soccer (c) Badminton (d) Basketball18. Salal project is on the river ?
(a) Godavri (b) Ganga (c) Chenab (d) Mahanadi19. In which city was the first British factory established in India.
(a) Kedarpurarn (b) Machhilipatnam (c) Agra (d) Panji20. In which year was the first FIFA world cup held?
(a) 1931 (b) 1930 (c) 1940 (d) 193521. Guwahati is on the bank of which river?
(a) Ganga (b) Barak (c) Brahmaputra (d) Teesta22. Who was the Governor General of India during formation of Indian National Congress?
(a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Mountbattern (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord William Bentinck23. Who is the author of 'Sleeping of Jupiter'?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri (b) Anuradha Roy (c) Shushma Swaraj (d) Vikram Seth24. Find the odd one out:
(a) Plassey (b) Sarnath (c) Haldighati (d) Panipat25. In 1954 which French settlements joined to India?
(a) Pondicherry (b) Dutch (c) Goa (d) Chennai26. The sum of two numbers is 36 and their H.C.F and L.C.M. are 3 and 105 respectively. The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is
(a) 2/35 (b) 3/25 (c) 4/35 (d) 2/2527. A teacher wants to arrange his students in an equal number of rows and columns. If th ere are 1369 students, the number of students in the last row are
(a) 37 (b) 33 (c) 63 (d) 4728. A farmer divides his herd of n cows among his four sons, so that the first son gets one—half the herd, the second one-1 fourth, the third son — and the fourth son 7 cows. Then the 5 value of n is
(a) 240 (b) 100 (c) 180 (d) 14029. If 2x - 1/2x=6 , then the value of x^2 +1/16x2 is
(a) 19/2 (b) 17/2 (c) 18/3 (d) 15/230. On a journey across Kolkata, a taxi averages 50 km per hour for 50% of the distance. 40 km per hour for 40% of it and 20 kilometer per hour for the remaining. The average speed in km/ hour, for the whole journey is :
(a) 42 (b) 40 (c) 35 (d) 4531.The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is rs 8,000. The average salary of 7 technicians is rs 12,000 and the average salary of the rest is rs 6,000. The total number of workers in the workshop is
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 2332. The monthly salaries ofA and B together amount to rs 40,000. A spends 85% of his salary and B, 95% of his salary. If now their savings are the same then the salary (Rs) ofA is ?
(a) 10,000 (b) 12,000 (c) 16,000 (d) 1800033. The price of table depreciates every ye; value of the table after 2 years will be the present price (in Z) of the table?
(a) 48000 (b) 44000 (c) 50000 (d) 5100034. Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs 10 for each and the same number for Rs14 each. He mixed them together and sold them for Rs13 each. Then his gain or Loss % is ?
(a) loss 25/3 (b) gain 26/3 (c) Loss 26/3 (d) Gain 25/3.35. The price of an article is first decreased by 20% and then increased by 30%. if the resulting price is Rs 416, the original price of the article is .
(a) 350 (b) 405 (c) 400 (d) 45036. A sum of Rs 12,000, deposited at compound interest becomes double after 5 years. How much will it be after 20 years
(a) Rs 144,000 (b) Rs,1,20,000 (c) 1,50,000 (d) Rs 1,92,00037.A sum becomes Rs 2,916 in 2 years at 8% per annum compound interest. The simple interest at 9% per annum for 3 year onthe same amount will be
(a) 625 (b) 600 (c) 675 (d) 65038.38. Rs 700 is divided among A, B, C in such a way that the ratio of the amount of A and B is 2 : 3 and that of B:C is 4:5 . Find the amounts in Rs each received, in the ofA,B,C
(a) 150,250,300 (b) 160,240,300 (c) 150,250,290 (d) 150,240,31039. A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 days, B and C can do it in 12 19 days, C and A can do it in 8 days. A, B and C together can complete it in •
(a) 4 days (b) 5 days (c) 6 days (d) 7days40. Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipe B alone can fill it in 6 hours. If both the pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in 1
(a) 6 hours (b) 7/2 hours (c) 4 hours (d) 5/2 hours41. P is four times as efficient as Q.P can complete a work in 45 days less than Q. If both of them work together, then in how many days the work will he completed?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 3042. Two trains 108 m and 1 1 2 m in length are running towards each other on the parallel lines at a speed of 45 km/hr and 54 km/hr respectively. To cross each other after they meet, it will take
(a) 10 sec (b) 12 sec (c) 9 sec (d) 8 secDIRECTIONS (Qs. 76-79) : Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Dr. Carver was an American Negro slave, who by dint of his ability became a scientist and educator of world-wide fame. A national monument has now been erected to honour him. This monument has been built at his birth place in the United States of America. Carver's life and achievements prove the American saying: "You can't keep a great man down." From childhood he showed qualities which gave promise of his genius. He would get up before sunrise to study the wonders of nature before the break of dawn in the east. His guardians wanted to educate him, but were too poor to do so. So he left home. He was hardly ten when he began to work at small jobs to earn a little money for his school expenses. He continued to do so even when he was at college. Thus, he passed his M.Sc. examination and became a professor. There he wrote several books on science subjects. His chief desire was to do the greatest good to the greatest number of people. He left all his life's savings to found scho1arships for research in .Agricultural Chemistry. He know this research, was bound to benefit farmers all over the world. though world famous, he never felt proud of his discoveries. "1 discovered nothing," he Once said, "I am God's agent ---the instrument through which he works."
76. What can you say about the early life of Dr. Carver?
(a) he was born with silver spoon in his mouth (b) He was brought up in an orphanage. (c) he had to struggle a lot as his parents were poor. (d) he was bought up and educated by wealthy parents.77. Which olthc following statements show that he was a great lover of mankind?
(a) He offered charitable services to the poor. (b) He desired to do the greatest good to the greatest number of people. (c) He opened several colleges and institutes. (d) He donated all his life savings.78. Find out the statement that he was humble?
(a) He never felt proud of his discoveries. (b) He always respected the women. (c) He was very polite in his attitudes. (d) He admired his own achievements.79. What was of Dr. Carver by profession?
(a) Doctor (b) Politician (c) Scientist (d) professor(Qs. 80-84) Select the word which means the opposite of the given word.
80.PROFANE
(a) Sacred (b) Artless (c) Rigid (d)aspersion81. OBLIGATORY
(a) Doubtful (b) voluntary (c) Sincerely (d) faithfully82. OBSCURE
(a) Suitable (b) Apt (c) Thalamus (d)clear83. MUTUAL
(a) reciprocal (b) agreed (c) Common (d) conjugal84. EVIDENT
(a) Prominent (b) seen (c) Observed (d) quite clear