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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 1

Who was the Indian hockey team captain in the year 1928?

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Jaipal Singh Munda was the Indian hockey team captain in the year 1928. Jaipal Singh Munda born in a Munda tribal family was a politician, prolific writer and sportsman. He was the member of the Constituent Assembly which debated on the new Constitution of the Indian Union. He captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 2

Which biome has a long dry season?

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The ecosystem of a region is the biome. A biome is collections of different kinds of ecosystem. Savanna is the biome which has a long dry season.

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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 3

What is the Mike Powell’s long jump record in meters?

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At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo), Powell broke Bob Beamon's almost 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches), leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4 1⁄4 in).

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 4

Who is the first ever women Prime minister in the world?

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Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman. She became the world's first non-hereditary female head of government in modern history, when she was elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 5

Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?

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In 1966 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 6

In which year Goa was taken by India?

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The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the former Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman, and Diu, starting with the “armed action” carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 7

The Baltic cup is related to which game?

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The Baltic Cup is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Also, Finland has participated as a guest twice.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 8

The hook shot is majorly related to which game?

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In basketball, a hook shot is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of the arm farther from the basket in an upward arc with a followthrough which ends over his head.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 9

Who is the writer of the Hindu Sanskrit Book ‘Natya Shastra’?

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Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian theatrologist and musicologist who wrote the Natya Shastra, a theoretical treatise on ancient Indian dramaturgy and histrionics, especially Sanskrit theatre. Bharata Muni is considered as the father of Indian theatrical art forms.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 10

How many timeouts can a team take in volleyball?

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Maximum of 2 timeouts per game for a team is allowed. Time out lasts 30 seconds. In official international competitions, two 60 seconds technical time-out is used when the leading team reaches the 8- or 16-point mark.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 11

When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur?

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The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April, 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with Baisakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 12

What is the full form of ROV?

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Remotely Operated Vehicles are vehicles which are controlled by an operator who is not in the vehicle. These can be operated by radio control, or through a cable or line connecting the vehicle to the operator’s location.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 13

What was the term used for the measurement of land in the Delhi Sultanate period?

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During the sultanate period, there was a term that is being used to describe the measurement of land which is ‘Masahat’. Like nowadays we are using cents and hectares for measurement.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 14

Riga is the capital of which country?

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Latvia, with Riga as its capital city, thus declared its independence on 18 November 1918. Between World War I and World War II (1918–1940), Riga and Latvia shifted their focus from Russia to the countries of Western Europe.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 15

Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?

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Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta on 20 August 1828. It was more of a reformist movement of Hinduism which later got divided into Adi Brahmo Samaj and Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 16

Where is Indira Point located?

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Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. It is the location of the southernmost point of India’s territory.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 17

JAXA is an aerospace agency of which country?

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1st October 2003.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 18

What is the full form of ADB?

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India became a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a founding member in 1966. The Bank is engaged in promoting economic and social progress of its developing member countries (DMCs) in the Asia Pacific Region.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 19

Which of the following vitamins is responsible for blood clotting?

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Vitamin K affects the clotting mechanism by being essential for the production of four distinct clotting factors: prothrombin, factors VII, IX and X.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 20

Which is the oldest of the following Vedas?

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The Rigveda is the oldest work, which Witzel states are probably from the period of 1900 to 1100 BCE. Witzel, also notes that it is the Vedic period itself, where incipient lists divide the Vedic texts into three (trayī) or four branches: Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 21

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Defunct

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Defunct means no longer living, existing, or functioning.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 22

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Brawn

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Brawn means physical strength in contrast to intelligence.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 23

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Debilitate

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Debilitate means make (someone) very weak and infirm.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 24

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Daunt

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Daunt means make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

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DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Capricious

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Capricious means sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 26

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Umbrage

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Umbrage means offence or annoyance.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 27

DIRECTIONS : Select the word which gives the nearest meaning of the given word.

Controversy

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Controversy means prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 28

DIRECTIONS: Select the word which means the opposite of the given word.

Tranquility

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Commotion is the antonym of tranquility. It means a state of confused and noisy disturbance.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 29

DIRECTIONS: Select the word which means the opposite of the given word.

Brawny

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Scrawny is the antonym of brawny. It means unattractively thin and bony.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 2/2018 - Question 30

DIRECTIONS: Select the word which means the opposite of the given word.

Prevalent

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Antonym of prevalent is rare. Rare means not occurring very often.

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