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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 1

Choose the word/words that best defines the given phrases :

Beats me

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Beats me: To not know; to not understand. Ex: "It beats me how they finished before us."

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 2

Choose the word/words that best defines the given phrases :

Cloak and dagger

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Like a spy - Involving secrecy and plotting. Ex: Why all these cloak-and-dagger (= secretive) meetings? We should discuss the issuesopenly.

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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 3

Choose the word/words that best defines the given phrases :

To be at the end of one's tether

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To be so tired, worried, or annoyed by something that you feel unable to deal with it any more
Ex: After a day's hard work in the office, she was at the end of her tether.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 4

Choose the word/words that best defines the given phrases :

I Don't Buy it

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To not be convinced or disagree. Ex: I just don't buy the idea that you can swim that far.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 5

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 5

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Exciting means creating or arousing excitement. Ex: After coming back from Switzerland, she gave an exciting account of her trip.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 6

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 6

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Grab means get hold of or seize quickly and easily. Ex: She grabbed the opportunity that came her way.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 7

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 7

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Execution means the act of per forming; of doing something successfully; Ex: He executed the plan successfully.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 8

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 8

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Desirable means worth having, seeking or achieving; Ex: a desirable job.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 9

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 9

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Check means be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; Ex: Check the door if it is closed.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 10

Life is an (5) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (6) the right opportunities. Planned (7) rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (9) what occupational groups, (10) and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 10

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 11

Choose the correct spelt word:

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Ominous means giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 12

Choose the correct spelt word:

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Hindrance means something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 13

Choose the correct spelt word:

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Perjury means criminal offence of making false statements under oath.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 14

Choose the correct spelt word:

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Reminiscence means the act or process of recollecting past experiences or events.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 15

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Recently, a newspaper article mourned the total disappearance of the common house sparrow.

This was a comment on the city's perceptible move towards edging out the flora and fauna of the city. In the rapid urbanization, multistoried apartments grew and large scale felling of trees became necessary. Last week, however, seven pairs of these sparrows were spotted in a suburb. Possibly the greenery of this place has created a new habitat for these birds which like their proximity to human beings, and have made a comeback. A systematic development of trees and shrubs  all over the city could woo the absentee house sparrow to our midst.

Q. In the passage the term "urbanisation" has been used to refer to

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 15

Urbanization refers to construction of concrete structures on a large scale.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 16

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Recently, a newspaper article mourned the total disappearance of the common house sparrow.

This was a comment on the city's perceptible move towards edging out the flora and fauna of the city. In the rapid urbanization, multistoried apartments grew and large scale felling of trees became necessary. Last week, however, seven pairs of these sparrows were spotted in a suburb. Possibly the greenery of this place has created a new habitat for these birds which like their proximity to human beings, and have made a comeback. A systematic development of trees and shrubs  all over the city could woo the absentee house sparrow to our midst.

Q. The phrase "absentee house sparrow" refers to

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 16

Absentee house sparrow here refers to the sparrow that has gone away from the urban areas.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 17

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Recently, a newspaper article mourned the total disappearance of the common house sparrow.

This was a comment on the city's perceptible move towards edging out the flora and fauna of the city. In the rapid urbanization, multistoried apartments grew and large scale felling of trees became necessary. Last week, however, seven pairs of these sparrows were spotted in a suburb. Possibly the greenery of this place has created a new habitat for these birds which like their proximity to human beings, and have made a comeback. A systematic development of trees and shrubs  all over the city could woo the absentee house sparrow to our midst.

Q. According to the passage, the birds have made a comeback to the suburb because they

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 17

According to the passage, the birds have made a comeback to the suburb because they love to be amidst human beings.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 18

Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Abdicate

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Abdicate means to give up or renounce from one's position.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 19

Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Acrimony

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Acrimony means bitterness or ill feeling; spleen means bad temper.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 20

Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Embellish

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Embellish means make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 21

Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Damp Squib

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Damp squib means an event which people think will be exciting but which is disappointing when it happens.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 22

Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-

Sporadic

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Sporadic means recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances while its opposite is frequent.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 23

Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-

Exonerate

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Exonerate means pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, its opposite is accuse.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 24

Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-

Exodus

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Exodus means mass departure; it opposite is influx

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 25

Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-

Relinquish

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Relinquish means to give up; its opposite is possess.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 26

Choose the word explains the meaning of the following idioms:

All and Sundry

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All and Sundry means every body without discrimination.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 27

Choose the word explains the meaning of the following idioms:

To play second fiddle

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To play second fiddle means to have a subordinate role to someone or something.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 28

Choose the word explains the meaning of the following idioms:

A wolf in sheep's clothing

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A wolf in sheep's clothing denotes a person or thing that appears friendly or harmless but is really hostile.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 29

Choose the word explains the meaning of the following idioms:

A blue stocking

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A blue stocking denotes an intellectual or literary woman.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2016 - Question 30

Choose the word explains the meaning of the following idioms:

Yeoman's service

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Yeoman's service means efficient or useful help in need.

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