AFCAT Past Year Based Test - 1 - AFCAT MCQ

Harry Kane won the adidas Golden Boot Award. England's Harry Kane finished as the leading goal scorer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup to win the adidas Golden Boot. France's Antoine Griezmann and Belgium's Romelu Lukaku finished second and third respectively.

Nirmala Sitharaman becomes the first full-fledged woman defence minister of India, though Indira Gandhi has held this portfolio before, in addition to her responsibilities as Prime Minister of India.

Abuja, city, capital of Nigeria. It lies in the central part of Nigeria, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT; created 1976). The city is approximately 300 miles (480 km) northeast of Lagos, the former capital (until 1991).

The founder of the Satavahana dynasty was Simuka. He and his successors established their authority from the mouth of the Krishna to the entire Deccan plateau. According to the Puranas, the Satavahana king killed the last Kanva ruler of Magadha and presumably took possession of his kingdom.

Currently, bowlers are allowed to deliver two bouncers per over in Tests and one-day internationals, and one per over in Twenty20 internationals, with similar rules applying in senior domestic cricket.

Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is a former Indian badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships.

Nagaland is the state where Hornbill Festival is celebrated. The Hornbill Festival is held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama which is about 12 km from Kohima. All the tribes of Nagaland take part in this festival. The aim of the festival is to revive and protect the rich culture of Nagaland and display its extravaganza and traditions.

Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and five-time Member of Parliament who was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for President of India in the 2017 election. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014.

Rajagopalachari was the founder of Swatantra Party. This party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by him in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly socialist and statist outlook.

Naypyitaw is the capital of Myanmar. Yangon, also called Rangoon, city, capital of independent Myanmar (Burma) from 1948 to 2006, when the government officially proclaimed the new city of Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyitaw) the capital of the country.

The Arthashastra is the title of a handbook for running an empire, written by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, c. 350-275 BCE) an Indian statesman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

Bhubaneswar is called as the 'Cathedral City' was once the capital of an ancient Kalinga kingdom. Bhubaneswar meaning 'The Lord of the Universe' is also the modern capital of Orissa.

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India.

The Gobi is a large desert region which is located in northern China and southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southwest.

The capital city of Chile is Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile. This city is located at 1,706 feet above sea level between the Chilean Coastal and the Andes mountains in the Chilean Central Valley. Pedro de Valdivia, a Spanish conquistador, officially founded Santiago on February 12, 1541.

LCA stands for Labor Condition Application. LCA is a mandatory document that the H1B Sponsor/employer needs to file with US Department of Labor before they file the H1B petition with USCIS for any non-immigrant worker.

Modern Agra was founded by Sikandar Lodhi (Lodhi dynasty; Delhi Sultanate) in the 16th century. Babar (founder of the Mughal dynasty) also stayed for some time in Agra and introduced the concept of square Persian-styled gardens here. Emperor Akbar built the Agra fort and Fatehpur Sikri near Agra.

Mike Walsh wrote the book “Death of a City”. Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the twenty-first century. He advises  leaders on how to thrive in the current era of disruptive technological change.

Geet Sethi is related to Billiards. Geet Siriram Sethi (born 17 April 1961) of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur (expro) snooker player.

The Golden Threshold” (1905) was a work of Sarojini Naidu, known by her sobriquet The Nightingale of India (Bharatiya Kokila).

The meaning of Ambiguous is vague. It is unclear or vague in meaning.

The meaning of adept is having knowledge or skill in a particular area.

The meaning of brawl is loud fight, that is, an intense, loud fight or to fight loudly and disruptively.

The meaning of Bolster is fortify or to support, strengthen.

The meaning of coarse is rough texture. It also means lacking refinement or sophistication. 

The meaning of Deference is respect. It also means regard.

The meaning of dire is hopeless. It also means dangerous or fearful.

The opposite of Courteous is rude or discourteous. The meaning of courteous is polite.

The antonym of dismal is cheerful whereas the meaning of dismal is dull.

The opposite of contradict of is to agree whereas the meaning of contradict is to disagree.