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

Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:

All Agog

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

The idiom 'all agog' means in high spirits or in eager expectation.

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

Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:

To the manner born

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The idiom 'to the manner born' means naturally at ease in a specified job or situation.

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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 3

Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:

Lose one's marbles

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The idiom 'lose one's marbles' means to lose one's mind.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 4

Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:

Bolt from the blue

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The idiom 'bolt from the blue' means something important or unusual that happens suddenly or unexpectedly.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 5

Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:

Be like a bear with a sore head

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The idiom 'be like a bear with a sore head' means to be in a bad mood that causes you to treat other people badly.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 6

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

Beguile

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Beguile means to attract or delight someone, often in a deceptive way. So, the antonym of beguile is honest.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 7

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

Ameliorate

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Ameliorate means to make something better. So, the antonym of ameliorate is to deteriorate.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 8

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

Feckless

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Feckless means lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible. So, the antonym of feckless is to be strong.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 9

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

Cacophonous

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Cacophonous means producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. So, the antonym of cacophonous is to be silent.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 10

About sixty percent of the human body is water. If you could (10) out a human being like a (11). you would obtain about fifty litres of water. This water which is not like (12) water because of the substance it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. About a gallon of it is in the blood vesseis and is (14) circulating by temperature.

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

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Sueeze means to take out something forcefully.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 11

About sixty percent of the human body is water. If you could (10) out a human being like a (11). you would obtain about fifty litres of water. This water which is not like (12) water because of the substance it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. About a gallon of it is in the blood vesseis and is (14) circulating by temperature.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 11

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Lemon can be squeezed to take out juice.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 12

About sixty percent of the human body is water. If you could (10) out a human being like a (11). you would obtain about fifty litres of water. This water which is not like (12) water because of the substance it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. About a gallon of it is in the blood vesseis and is (14) circulating by temperature.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 12

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Normal water means water not having anything dissolved in it.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 13

About sixty percent of the human body is water. If you could (10) out a human being like a (11). you would obtain about fifty litres of water. This water which is not like (12) water because of the substance it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. About a gallon of it is in the blood vesseis and is (14) circulating by temperature.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 13

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Water con tains essential elements r equir ed by the human body.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 14

About sixty percent of the human body is water. If you could (10) out a human being like a (11). you would obtain about fifty litres of water. This water which is not like (12) water because of the substance it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. About a gallon of it is in the blood vesseis and is (14) circulating by temperature.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options for No. 14

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Water is kept circulating by temperature.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 15

Choose the correctly spelt word:-

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Ascendan cy means occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 16

Choose the correctly spelt word:- 

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Hegemony means leadership or dominance quality of a person.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 17

Choose the correctly spelt word:- ​

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Perpetuate means to make someth in g con tin ue indefinitely

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 18

Choose the correctly spelt word:- ​

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Apocalyptic means describing or pr ophesying the complete destruction of the world.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 19

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

Preposterous

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Both preposterous and ridiculous mean contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 20

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

Dissemble

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Dissemble means conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 21

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

Raucous

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Bot h r aucous an d boister ous mean making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 22

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

Abrogate

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Abrogate means repeal or do away with.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 23

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
The great Acharyas have said that having discovered a great goal, surrender yourself to that goal and act towards it, drawing your inspiration from that goal whereby you will get a new column of energy. Do not allow this energy to be dissipated in the futile memories of past regrets of failure, not in the excitement of the present, and thus bring that entire energy focussed into activity. That is the highest creative action in the world outside. Thereby the individual who is till now considered as most inefficient finds his way to the highest achievement and success. This is said very easily in a second. But in order to train our mind to this attitude needs considerable training because we have already trained the mind wrongly to such an extent that we have become perfect in imperfections. Not knowing the art of action, we have become master artist in doing wrong things. The totality of activity will bring the country to a wrong end, indeed. The point is, intellect is very powerful and everyone is driving but nobody seems to know how to control the mental energy and direct it properly, or guide it to the proper destination.

Q. Which of the following is the source of energy?

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 23

The source of energy is the stimulation obtained from a set aim.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 24

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:

The great Acharyas have said that having discovered a great goal, surrender yourself to that goal and act towards it, drawing your inspiration from that goal whereby you will get a new column of energy. Do not allow this energy to be dissipated in the futile memories of past regrets of failure, not in the excitement of the present, and thus bring that entire energy focussed into activity. That is the highest creative action in the world outside. Thereby the individual who is till now considered as most inefficient finds his way to the highest achievement and success. This is said very easily in a second. But in order to train our mind to this attitude needs considerable training because we have already trained the mind wrongly to such an extent that we have become perfect in imperfections. Not knowing the art of action, we have become master artist in doing wrong things. The totality of activity will bring the country to a wrong end, indeed. The point is, intellect is very powerful and everyone is driving but nobody seems to know how to control the mental energy and direct it properly, or guide it to the proper destination.

Q. The author's chief concern is

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 24

The author is concerned about using energy in right direction, bringing positive result.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 25

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:

The great Acharyas have said that having discovered a great goal, surrender yourself to that goal and act towards it, drawing your inspiration from that goal whereby you will get a new column of energy. Do not allow this energy to be dissipated in the futile memories of past regrets of failure, not in the excitement of the present, and thus bring that entire energy focussed into activity. That is the highest creative action in the world outside. Thereby the individual who is till now considered as most inefficient finds his way to the highest achievement and success. This is said very easily in a second. But in order to train our mind to this attitude needs considerable training because we have already trained the mind wrongly to such an extent that we have become perfect in imperfections. Not knowing the art of action, we have become master artist in doing wrong things. The totality of activity will bring the country to a wrong end, indeed. The point is, intellect is very powerful and everyone is driving but nobody seems to know how to control the mental energy and direct it properly, or guide it to the proper destination.

Q. What is the effect of training of the wrong mind?

Detailed Solution for Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 25

Indian politician Sharad pawar is the author of the book 'On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power'. Through his five- decade-long career, during which he has never lost an election, he has served as chief minister of Maharashtra four times. He has often bucked the trend, preferring policy and pragmatism over populism.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 26

The book, 'On My Ter ms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power,' is the autobiography of

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Indian politician Sharad pawar is the author of the book 'On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power'. Through his five- decade-long career, during which he has never lost an election, he has served as chief minister of Maharashtra four times.  He has often bucked the trend, preferring policy and pragmatism over populism.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 27

21st Conference of Parties (COP21) on Climate Change was held in Nov-Dec 2015 at

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21st Conference of Parties (COP21) on Climate Change was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015. It was the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the Conference of the Parties (CMP) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Conference negotiated the Paris Agreement.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 28

Artificial rain is produced by seeding clouds with

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Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, aimed at increasing precipitation. The most common chemicals used for cloud seeding include silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide).

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 29

Which of the following parts of India receives rainfall from retreating monsoon?

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When the retreating monsoon blows from the northeast across the Bay of Bengal, it picks up a significant amount of moisture, which is subsequently released after moving back onto the peninsula. Thus, from October to December the coast of Tamil Nadu state receives at least half of its roughly 40 inches (1,000 mm) of annual precipitation.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2016 - Question 30

Who was honoured with the Order of Australia, the highest civilian award in January this year?

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Sajeev Koshy, a dentist in Melbourne, received the Order of Australia medal for the year 2016 announced on the Australia Day. Other two recipients of the award were Chennupati Jagadish, an eminent professor at Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, and Jay Chandra, an eye doctor in New South Wales.

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