(AFCAT-2018)

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.

1. When was Indian National Congress founded?

(a) 18 December, 1885
(b) 28, December, 1885
(c) 11, September, 1901
(d) 11, September, 1903
Answer:(b)28, December, 1885

2. Pugilist is a term used for player of a game. Identify the game.

(a) Hockey
(b) Badminton
(c) Boxing
(d) Billiards
Answer:(c)Boxing

3. Theyyam is a tradition of which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerala
Answer:(d) Kerala

4. How many hurdles are there in 400m race?

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
Answer:(c) 10

5. In which two years were Asian games held in India?

(a) 1951, 1982                     
(b) 1982, 2011
(c) 1951, 1983
(d) 1954, 1981
Answer:(a) 1951, 1982

6. Who won 4 back to back titles in badminton?

(a) Pankaj Adwani
(b) Prannoy Kumar k
(c) K. Srikanth
(d) Mahesh Bhupti
Answer:(c) K. Srikanth

7. When was modern Olympic started?

(a) 6th April, 1986
(b) Oh April, 1896
(c) 11h July, 1807
(d) 4th June, 1907
Answer:(b) Oh April, 1896

8. How many countries are there in Asia?

(a) 26
(b) 39
(c) 42
(d) 48
Answer:(d) 48

9. What is the name of first artificial satellite of USA?

(a) Explorer 1
(b) Discovery
(c) Titan
(d) Atlantis
Answer:(a) Explorer 1

10. How many states does tropic of cancer pass through?

(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
Answer:(c) 8

11. Who is the author of 'India divided'?

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Kapil Sibbal
Answer:(c)Rajendra Prasad

12. Speed of wind measured by ?

(a) Speedometer
(b) Spectrometer
(c) Hydrometer
(d) Anemometer
Answer:(d) Anemometer

13: Which Indian made the national record in long jump?

(a) Ankit Sharma
(b) Devendra Jhajharia
(c) Anju Bobby George
(d) Nayana James
Answer:(a) Ankit Sharma

14. Where is NATO headquarter located?

(a) Ottawa, Canada
(b) Maxico city, Mexico
(c) Brussels, Belgium
(d) New York, USA
Answer:(c)Brussels, Belgium

15. 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 Nehru
Answer:(b)Lal Bahadur Shahstri and Ayub Khan 

16. Who has written Panchtantra?

(a) Vaishnu Sharma
(b) Munshi Prem Chand
(c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(d) Maithali Saran Gupt
Answer:(a) Vaishnu Sharma

17. Ruder cup is associated with which sport?

(a) Men's golf
(b) Soccer
(c) Badminton
(d) Basketball
Answer:(a) Men's golf

18. Salal project is on the river ?

(a) Godavri
(b) Ganga
(c) Chenab
(d) Mahanadi
Answer:(c) Chenab

19. In which city was the first British factory established in India.

(a) Kedarpurarn
(b) Machhilipatnam
(c) Agra
(d) Panji
Answer:(b)Machhilipatnam

20. In which year was the first FIFA world cup held?

(a) 1931
(b) 1930
(c) 1940
(d) 1935
Answer:(b)1930

21. Guwahati is on the bank of which river?

(a) Ganga
(b) Barak
(c) Brahmaputra
(d) Teesta
Answer:(c) Brahmaputra

22. 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 Bentinck
Answer:(a) Lord Dufferin

23. Who is the author of 'Sleeping of Jupiter'?

(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Anuradha Roy
(c) Shushma Swaraj
(d) Vikram Seth
Answer:(b) Anuradha Roy

24. Find the odd one out:

(a) Plassey
(b) Sarnath
(c) Haldighati
(d) Panipat
Answer:(b) Sarnath

25. In 1954 which French settlements joined to India?

(a) Pondicherry
(b) Dutch
(c) Goa
(d) Chennai
Answer:(a) Pondicherry

26. 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) 2/25

27. 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) 47
Answer:(a) (1369)^1/2 = 37

28. 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) 140
Answer:(d) 140

29. If 2x - 1/2x=6 , then the value of x^2 +1/16x2 is

(a) 19/2
(b) 17/2
(c) 18/3
(d) 15/2
Answer:(a) 19/2

30. 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) 45
Answer:(b) 40

31.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) 23
Answer:(b) 21

32. 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) 18000
Answer:(a) 10,000

33. 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) 51000
Answer:(c) 50000

34. 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.
Answer:(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) 450
Answer:(c) 400

36. 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 1,92,000
Answer:(d) Rs 1,92,000

37.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. 
Answer:(c) 675

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) 150,240,310
Answer:(b) 160,240,300

39. 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) 7days
Answer:(c) 6 days

40. 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 hours
Answer:(d) 5/2 hours

41. 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) 30
Answer:(b) 12

42. 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 sec
Answer:(d) 8 sec

DIRECTIONS (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.
Answer:(c) he had to struggle a lot as his parents were poor.

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.
Answer:(b) He desired to do the greatest good to the 
  greatest number of people.

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.
Answer:(a) He never felt proud of his discoveries.

79. What was of Dr. Carver by profession?

(a) Doctor
(b) Politician
(c) Scientist
(d) professor
Answer:(c) Scientist

(Qs. 80-84) Select the word which means the opposite of the given word.
80.PROFANE

(a) Sacred
(b) Artless
(c) Rigid
(d)aspersion
Answer:(a) Sacred

81. OBLIGATORY

(a) Doubtful
(b) voluntary
(c) Sincerely
(d) faithfully
Answer:(b) voluntary

82. OBSCURE

(a) Suitable
(b) Apt
(c) Thalamus
(d)clear 
Answer:(d)clear 

83. MUTUAL

(a) reciprocal
(b) agreed
(c) Common
(d) conjugal
Answer:(a) reciprocal

84. EVIDENT

(a) Prominent
(b) seen
(c) Observed 
(d) quite clear
Answer:(d) quite clear