AFCAT Past Year Paper (Solved): II/2017 | IAF AFCAT Past Year Papers PDF Download

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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Choose the word which is nearest in
meaning to the given word:
1. Ameliorate
(a) Improve (b) Disapprove
(c) Appreciate (d) Discourage
2. Haggle
(a) Struggle (b) Bargain
(c) Advise (d) Acknowledge
3.     Morose
(a) Ill-tampered (b) Well-behaved
(c) Kind-hearted (d) Cunning
4. Taciturn
(a) Talkative (b) Uncommunicative
(c) Clever (d) Bad-tampered
5. Cajole
(a) Deceive (b) Kind
(c) Suspect (d) Humor
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10) : Choose the most appropriate option
that explains the correct meaning of the following idioms:
6. A man of straw
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
7. To catch a tartar
(a) To catch a dangerous person
(b) To meet with disaster
(c) To make a deal
(d) To hurry up
8. To have an axe to grind
(a) To have a strong personal opinion
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
(d) To work for both sides
9. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one's senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
10. To go to the wall
(a) To be ruined (b) To be idle
(c) To be in grave trouble (d) To go for a holiday
Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS.
1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) II/2017
(Based on Memory)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15) : Choose the correctly spelt word:
11. (a) V armillion (b) V ermillion
(c) V armilion (d) V ermilion
12. (a) Scraptorium (b) Scriptorium
(c) Screptorium (d) Scriptoreum
13. (a) Thisaurus (b) Thaesaurus
(c) Thesaurus (d) Thesaeurus
14. (a) Ultterior (b) Ultereor
(c) Ultarior (d) Ulterior
15. (a) Reconnaissence (b) Reconnaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconaissance
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Read the following passage and
answer the following questions:
The most important reason for this state of affairs is that India
was the only country in the world to truly recognise the
achievements of the Soviet Union-rather than merely focus on
the debilitating faults that Communism brought to its people. The
people of India realised that the achievement of one hundred per
cent literacy in a country much, much larger than its own and with
similarly complicated ethnic and religious groupings, the rapid
industrialization of a nation that was a primarily agrarian society
when the Bolshevik revolution took place in 1917, the attendant
revolutionary steps in science and technology, the accessibility
of health care (primeval according to W estern standards, perhaps,
but not according to Indian ones) to the general population, and
despite prohibition of the government of the time the vast
outpourings in literature, music, art, etc. are momentous and
remarkable feats in any country .
In contrast, all that the West focused on were the massive human
rights violations by the Soviet State on its people, the deliberate
uprooting and mass migrations of ethnic peoples from one part of
the country to another in the name of industrialization, the end of
religion. In short, all the tools of information were employed to
condemn the ideology of Communism, so much at variance with
capitalist thinking. The difference with the Indian perception, I
think here is, that while the Indians reacted as negatively to what
the Soviet governments did to its people in the name of good
governance (witness the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak and
the formation of an international committee to put pressure for his
release with Jawaharlal Nehru at its head), they took the pain not
to condemn the people of that broad country in black and white
terms; they understood that mingled in the shades of grey were
grains of uniqueness (The Russians have never failed that
characteristic in themselves; they have twice experimented with
completely different ideologies, Communism and Capitalism both
in the space of a century).
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Choose the word which is nearest in
meaning to the given word:
1. Ameliorate
(a) Improve (b) Disapprove
(c) Appreciate (d) Discourage
2. Haggle
(a) Struggle (b) Bargain
(c) Advise (d) Acknowledge
3.     Morose
(a) Ill-tampered (b) Well-behaved
(c) Kind-hearted (d) Cunning
4. Taciturn
(a) Talkative (b) Uncommunicative
(c) Clever (d) Bad-tampered
5. Cajole
(a) Deceive (b) Kind
(c) Suspect (d) Humor
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10) : Choose the most appropriate option
that explains the correct meaning of the following idioms:
6. A man of straw
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
7. To catch a tartar
(a) To catch a dangerous person
(b) To meet with disaster
(c) To make a deal
(d) To hurry up
8. To have an axe to grind
(a) To have a strong personal opinion
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
(d) To work for both sides
9. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one's senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
10. To go to the wall
(a) To be ruined (b) To be idle
(c) To be in grave trouble (d) To go for a holiday
Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS.
1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) II/2017
(Based on Memory)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15) : Choose the correctly spelt word:
11. (a) V armillion (b) V ermillion
(c) V armilion (d) V ermilion
12. (a) Scraptorium (b) Scriptorium
(c) Screptorium (d) Scriptoreum
13. (a) Thisaurus (b) Thaesaurus
(c) Thesaurus (d) Thesaeurus
14. (a) Ultterior (b) Ultereor
(c) Ultarior (d) Ulterior
15. (a) Reconnaissence (b) Reconnaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconaissance
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Read the following passage and
answer the following questions:
The most important reason for this state of affairs is that India
was the only country in the world to truly recognise the
achievements of the Soviet Union-rather than merely focus on
the debilitating faults that Communism brought to its people. The
people of India realised that the achievement of one hundred per
cent literacy in a country much, much larger than its own and with
similarly complicated ethnic and religious groupings, the rapid
industrialization of a nation that was a primarily agrarian society
when the Bolshevik revolution took place in 1917, the attendant
revolutionary steps in science and technology, the accessibility
of health care (primeval according to W estern standards, perhaps,
but not according to Indian ones) to the general population, and
despite prohibition of the government of the time the vast
outpourings in literature, music, art, etc. are momentous and
remarkable feats in any country .
In contrast, all that the West focused on were the massive human
rights violations by the Soviet State on its people, the deliberate
uprooting and mass migrations of ethnic peoples from one part of
the country to another in the name of industrialization, the end of
religion. In short, all the tools of information were employed to
condemn the ideology of Communism, so much at variance with
capitalist thinking. The difference with the Indian perception, I
think here is, that while the Indians reacted as negatively to what
the Soviet governments did to its people in the name of good
governance (witness the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak and
the formation of an international committee to put pressure for his
release with Jawaharlal Nehru at its head), they took the pain not
to condemn the people of that broad country in black and white
terms; they understood that mingled in the shades of grey were
grains of uniqueness (The Russians have never failed that
characteristic in themselves; they have twice experimented with
completely different ideologies, Communism and Capitalism both
in the space of a century).
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16. Which of the following statements is correct according to
the passage?
(a) India focused on the weak faults of Russian policies
and system.
(b) India seriously commended the achievement of Russia,
i.e., 100% per cent literacy and rapid industrialization.
(c) The process of industrialization had already started
when Russian revolution took place in 1917.
(d) The literature, art and music received a setback during
the communist regime in Russia.
17. The West did not pay heed to:
(a) Rapid growth of nuclear weapons in Russia
(b) Massive human rights violation by the Soviet state
on its people
(c) Planned uprooting and mass migration of ethnic people
in the name of industrialization.
(d) Both b and c
18. India's perception towards USSR was always
(a) Negative (b) Counter-reactionary
(c) Applauding (d) Neutral
19. The passage given above is
(a) Descriptive (b) Paradoxical
(c) Analytical (d) Thought provoking
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 20-25) : Choose the word which is nearly
opposite in meaning to the given word:
20. Relinquish
(a) Abdicate (b) Renounce
(c) Deny (d) Possess
21. Quiescent
(a) Active (b) Dormant
(c) Weak (d) Unconcerned
22. Flagitious
(a) Innocent (b) Clever
(c) Ignorant (d) Frivolous
23. Gregarious
(a) Antisocial (b) Glorious
(c) Horrendous (d) Similar
24. Hirsute
(a) Scaly (b) Bald
(c) Erudite (d) Quiet
25. Urbane
(a) Illiterate (b) Backward
(c) Discourteous (d) Orthodox
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26-50) : Choose the most appropriate option.
26. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
27. Which of the following films won Oscar in the best film
category in 2017?
(a) Moonlight (b) Captain Fantastic
(c) Loving (d) Nocturnal Animals
28. Which navy ship was decommissioned in 2017?
(a) INS T arangini (b) INSV Mhadei
(c) INS V iraat (d) INS Tir
29. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah?
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
30. Who won the Nobel Prize for the novel "Old Man and the
Sea"?
(a) Alice Munro (b) Mo Y an
(c) Bob Dylan (d) Ernest Hemingway
31. Which city is the capital of Uzbekistan?
(a) Hanoi (b) Ankara
(c) Tashkent (d) Tehran
32. Thomas cup is associated with which game?
(a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Badminton (d) Chess
33. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-
China W ar of 1962?
(a) RN Thapar (b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) VK Krishna Menon (d) Jagjivan Ram
34. The International Date Line runs through which of the
following oceans?
(a) Pacific ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean (d) none of these
35. The longest ship canal in the world is the
(a) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
(b) Suez canal, Egypt
(c) Kiel canal, Germany
(d) Panama canal, Central America
36. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in-
(a) 1928 (b) 1932
(c) 1936 (d) 1948
37. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) All of the above
38. Film and TV institute of India is located at
(a) Pune (b) Rajkot
(c) P impri (d) Perambur
39. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the -
(a) Parliament (b) Supreme Court
(c) High courts (d) Election Commission
40. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?
(a) V olleyball (b) Golf
(c) Athletics (d) Hockey
41. Michael Ferreira is related to which sports?
(a) Car racing (b) Badminton
(c) Hockey (d) Billiards
42. Where is headquarter of W orld Health Organization (WHO)
located?
(a) Hague (b) Washington
(c) Geneva (d) Beijing
43. Who was named ice cricketer of the year 2016?
(a) V iraat Kohli (b) Ravichandran Ashwin
(c) Steve Smith (d) Mitchell Johnson
44. Which of the following states won Vijay Hazare Trophy
2016-17?
(a) T amil Nadu (b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala (d) Delhi
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Choose the word which is nearest in
meaning to the given word:
1. Ameliorate
(a) Improve (b) Disapprove
(c) Appreciate (d) Discourage
2. Haggle
(a) Struggle (b) Bargain
(c) Advise (d) Acknowledge
3.     Morose
(a) Ill-tampered (b) Well-behaved
(c) Kind-hearted (d) Cunning
4. Taciturn
(a) Talkative (b) Uncommunicative
(c) Clever (d) Bad-tampered
5. Cajole
(a) Deceive (b) Kind
(c) Suspect (d) Humor
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10) : Choose the most appropriate option
that explains the correct meaning of the following idioms:
6. A man of straw
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
7. To catch a tartar
(a) To catch a dangerous person
(b) To meet with disaster
(c) To make a deal
(d) To hurry up
8. To have an axe to grind
(a) To have a strong personal opinion
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
(d) To work for both sides
9. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one's senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
10. To go to the wall
(a) To be ruined (b) To be idle
(c) To be in grave trouble (d) To go for a holiday
Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS.
1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) II/2017
(Based on Memory)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15) : Choose the correctly spelt word:
11. (a) V armillion (b) V ermillion
(c) V armilion (d) V ermilion
12. (a) Scraptorium (b) Scriptorium
(c) Screptorium (d) Scriptoreum
13. (a) Thisaurus (b) Thaesaurus
(c) Thesaurus (d) Thesaeurus
14. (a) Ultterior (b) Ultereor
(c) Ultarior (d) Ulterior
15. (a) Reconnaissence (b) Reconnaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconaissance
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Read the following passage and
answer the following questions:
The most important reason for this state of affairs is that India
was the only country in the world to truly recognise the
achievements of the Soviet Union-rather than merely focus on
the debilitating faults that Communism brought to its people. The
people of India realised that the achievement of one hundred per
cent literacy in a country much, much larger than its own and with
similarly complicated ethnic and religious groupings, the rapid
industrialization of a nation that was a primarily agrarian society
when the Bolshevik revolution took place in 1917, the attendant
revolutionary steps in science and technology, the accessibility
of health care (primeval according to W estern standards, perhaps,
but not according to Indian ones) to the general population, and
despite prohibition of the government of the time the vast
outpourings in literature, music, art, etc. are momentous and
remarkable feats in any country .
In contrast, all that the West focused on were the massive human
rights violations by the Soviet State on its people, the deliberate
uprooting and mass migrations of ethnic peoples from one part of
the country to another in the name of industrialization, the end of
religion. In short, all the tools of information were employed to
condemn the ideology of Communism, so much at variance with
capitalist thinking. The difference with the Indian perception, I
think here is, that while the Indians reacted as negatively to what
the Soviet governments did to its people in the name of good
governance (witness the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak and
the formation of an international committee to put pressure for his
release with Jawaharlal Nehru at its head), they took the pain not
to condemn the people of that broad country in black and white
terms; they understood that mingled in the shades of grey were
grains of uniqueness (The Russians have never failed that
characteristic in themselves; they have twice experimented with
completely different ideologies, Communism and Capitalism both
in the space of a century).
2017-II -2 Solved Paper 2017- II
16. Which of the following statements is correct according to
the passage?
(a) India focused on the weak faults of Russian policies
and system.
(b) India seriously commended the achievement of Russia,
i.e., 100% per cent literacy and rapid industrialization.
(c) The process of industrialization had already started
when Russian revolution took place in 1917.
(d) The literature, art and music received a setback during
the communist regime in Russia.
17. The West did not pay heed to:
(a) Rapid growth of nuclear weapons in Russia
(b) Massive human rights violation by the Soviet state
on its people
(c) Planned uprooting and mass migration of ethnic people
in the name of industrialization.
(d) Both b and c
18. India's perception towards USSR was always
(a) Negative (b) Counter-reactionary
(c) Applauding (d) Neutral
19. The passage given above is
(a) Descriptive (b) Paradoxical
(c) Analytical (d) Thought provoking
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 20-25) : Choose the word which is nearly
opposite in meaning to the given word:
20. Relinquish
(a) Abdicate (b) Renounce
(c) Deny (d) Possess
21. Quiescent
(a) Active (b) Dormant
(c) Weak (d) Unconcerned
22. Flagitious
(a) Innocent (b) Clever
(c) Ignorant (d) Frivolous
23. Gregarious
(a) Antisocial (b) Glorious
(c) Horrendous (d) Similar
24. Hirsute
(a) Scaly (b) Bald
(c) Erudite (d) Quiet
25. Urbane
(a) Illiterate (b) Backward
(c) Discourteous (d) Orthodox
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26-50) : Choose the most appropriate option.
26. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
27. Which of the following films won Oscar in the best film
category in 2017?
(a) Moonlight (b) Captain Fantastic
(c) Loving (d) Nocturnal Animals
28. Which navy ship was decommissioned in 2017?
(a) INS T arangini (b) INSV Mhadei
(c) INS V iraat (d) INS Tir
29. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah?
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
30. Who won the Nobel Prize for the novel "Old Man and the
Sea"?
(a) Alice Munro (b) Mo Y an
(c) Bob Dylan (d) Ernest Hemingway
31. Which city is the capital of Uzbekistan?
(a) Hanoi (b) Ankara
(c) Tashkent (d) Tehran
32. Thomas cup is associated with which game?
(a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Badminton (d) Chess
33. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-
China W ar of 1962?
(a) RN Thapar (b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) VK Krishna Menon (d) Jagjivan Ram
34. The International Date Line runs through which of the
following oceans?
(a) Pacific ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean (d) none of these
35. The longest ship canal in the world is the
(a) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
(b) Suez canal, Egypt
(c) Kiel canal, Germany
(d) Panama canal, Central America
36. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in-
(a) 1928 (b) 1932
(c) 1936 (d) 1948
37. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) All of the above
38. Film and TV institute of India is located at
(a) Pune (b) Rajkot
(c) P impri (d) Perambur
39. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the -
(a) Parliament (b) Supreme Court
(c) High courts (d) Election Commission
40. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?
(a) V olleyball (b) Golf
(c) Athletics (d) Hockey
41. Michael Ferreira is related to which sports?
(a) Car racing (b) Badminton
(c) Hockey (d) Billiards
42. Where is headquarter of W orld Health Organization (WHO)
located?
(a) Hague (b) Washington
(c) Geneva (d) Beijing
43. Who was named ice cricketer of the year 2016?
(a) V iraat Kohli (b) Ravichandran Ashwin
(c) Steve Smith (d) Mitchell Johnson
44. Which of the following states won Vijay Hazare Trophy
2016-17?
(a) T amil Nadu (b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala (d) Delhi
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45. Bharatanatyam is the classical dance  of which state?
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) T amil Nadu (d) Karnataka
46. Who was the Indian Air Chief in November 2016?
(a) Birender Singh Dhanoa (b) Arup Raha
(c) Anil Kumar Browne (d) Pradeep V asant Naik
47. Keoladeo National Park is located in which state?
(a) Punjab (b) T amil Nadu
(c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka
48. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016?
(a) Juan Manuel Santos
(b) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(c) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
(d) Malala Y ousafzai
49. On which river the Baglihar Dam is built?
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga
(c) Chenab (d) Godavari
50. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place?
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
51. A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a
certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a
river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the
total journey?
(a) 8 kmph (b) 4 kmph
(c) 2 kmph (d) 10 kmph
52. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2.
If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship
holders, the percentage of the students who are not
scholarship holders is:
(a) 80 (b) 72
(c) 58 (d) 76
53. A is thrice as efficient as workman as B and therefore is able
to finish a job in 40 days less than B to complete a work.
Working together, they can do it in:
(a) 15   days (b) 18    days
(c) 24   days (d) 12    days
54. A train moving at a cover a rate of 90 kmph. Crosses a tunnel
in 36 seconds. and other train which is 100 metres shorter
moving at a cover a rate of 45 kmph. How much time will it
take to go through the tunnel?
(a) 54 seconds (b) 64 seconds
(c) 50 seconds (d) 58 seconds
55. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B
and C can do it in 15 days and A and C can do it in 20 days.
A, B and C together can complete it in
(a) 12 days (b) 16 days
(c) 10 days (d) 8 days
56. If a number exceeds 40% of itself by 56, then what is the
number?
(a) 1 50 (b) 130
(c) 1 60 (d) 140
57. Average weight of 15 students increased by 1.5 kg when
one person of 40 kg is replaced by a new man. Then weight
of the new man is
(a) 62.5 kg (b) 58.5 kg
(c) 72.5 kg (d) 54.5 kg
58. Average temperature of Tuesday to Thursday was 38 degree
celsius and that Wednesday to Friday was 37 degree celsius.
If the temperature on Friday was 39 degree celsius. The
temperature on Tuesday was?
(a) 38 degree celsius (b) 36 degree celsius
(c) 42 degree celsius (d) 39 degree celsius
59. A shopkeeper sell a watch for Rs. 575 and makes a profit of
15%, he sells a different watch at a loss of 10%. Over all, he
neither gains nor loses. What is cost price of the second
watch?
(a) 550 (b) 625
(c) 650 (d) 675
60. A men spend 1/3 of his income on food,1/4 of the rest on
rent and 1/5 of the rest on clothes. He still has Rs.1760 left
with him. Find his income?
(a) 4400 (b) 4200
(c) 4800 (d) 5200
61. A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he
sells the cloth at 10% loss but he uses a false meter scale
and actually gains 15%.Find the actual length of the scale.
(a) 78.25 cm (b) 75c m
(c) 85c m (d) 72.25cm
62. Two number are in the ratio 12 : 13. If 20 is subtracted from
each, the new numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. The smaller
number is:
( a) 26 (b) 2 4
(c ) 32 (d) 2 8
63. A train passes a man standing on a platform in 10 sec. and
passes the platform in 22 sec. completely . If the platform is
150 meters long, how long is the train?
(a) 125 m (b) 115 m
(c) 135 m (d) 145 m
64. If 1/5th tank is full and if 22 litres fuel poured in it, then 3/4th
tank is full. Find the capacity of tank?
(a) 40 litres (b) 35 litres
(c) 50 litres (d) 45 litres
65. A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C
and D in the ratio 1/3 : 1 / 4 : 1/5 : 1/6. What is the minimum
number of pens that the person should have ?
(a) 57 (b) 48
(c) 62 (d) 38
66. A sum is lent at simple interest at a certain rate for 4 years.
Had it been put at 3% more rate, it would have earned ` 78
more. Find the sum?
(a) 7 50 (b) 6 50
(c) 5 75 (d) 3 50
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 67-71) : In each of the following questions,
find the odd word /number/letters from the given alternatives.
67. (a) intimacy (b) attachment,
(c) Friendship (d) Enmity
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Choose the word which is nearest in
meaning to the given word:
1. Ameliorate
(a) Improve (b) Disapprove
(c) Appreciate (d) Discourage
2. Haggle
(a) Struggle (b) Bargain
(c) Advise (d) Acknowledge
3.     Morose
(a) Ill-tampered (b) Well-behaved
(c) Kind-hearted (d) Cunning
4. Taciturn
(a) Talkative (b) Uncommunicative
(c) Clever (d) Bad-tampered
5. Cajole
(a) Deceive (b) Kind
(c) Suspect (d) Humor
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10) : Choose the most appropriate option
that explains the correct meaning of the following idioms:
6. A man of straw
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
7. To catch a tartar
(a) To catch a dangerous person
(b) To meet with disaster
(c) To make a deal
(d) To hurry up
8. To have an axe to grind
(a) To have a strong personal opinion
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
(d) To work for both sides
9. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one's senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
10. To go to the wall
(a) To be ruined (b) To be idle
(c) To be in grave trouble (d) To go for a holiday
Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS.
1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) II/2017
(Based on Memory)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15) : Choose the correctly spelt word:
11. (a) V armillion (b) V ermillion
(c) V armilion (d) V ermilion
12. (a) Scraptorium (b) Scriptorium
(c) Screptorium (d) Scriptoreum
13. (a) Thisaurus (b) Thaesaurus
(c) Thesaurus (d) Thesaeurus
14. (a) Ultterior (b) Ultereor
(c) Ultarior (d) Ulterior
15. (a) Reconnaissence (b) Reconnaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconaissance
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Read the following passage and
answer the following questions:
The most important reason for this state of affairs is that India
was the only country in the world to truly recognise the
achievements of the Soviet Union-rather than merely focus on
the debilitating faults that Communism brought to its people. The
people of India realised that the achievement of one hundred per
cent literacy in a country much, much larger than its own and with
similarly complicated ethnic and religious groupings, the rapid
industrialization of a nation that was a primarily agrarian society
when the Bolshevik revolution took place in 1917, the attendant
revolutionary steps in science and technology, the accessibility
of health care (primeval according to W estern standards, perhaps,
but not according to Indian ones) to the general population, and
despite prohibition of the government of the time the vast
outpourings in literature, music, art, etc. are momentous and
remarkable feats in any country .
In contrast, all that the West focused on were the massive human
rights violations by the Soviet State on its people, the deliberate
uprooting and mass migrations of ethnic peoples from one part of
the country to another in the name of industrialization, the end of
religion. In short, all the tools of information were employed to
condemn the ideology of Communism, so much at variance with
capitalist thinking. The difference with the Indian perception, I
think here is, that while the Indians reacted as negatively to what
the Soviet governments did to its people in the name of good
governance (witness the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak and
the formation of an international committee to put pressure for his
release with Jawaharlal Nehru at its head), they took the pain not
to condemn the people of that broad country in black and white
terms; they understood that mingled in the shades of grey were
grains of uniqueness (The Russians have never failed that
characteristic in themselves; they have twice experimented with
completely different ideologies, Communism and Capitalism both
in the space of a century).
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16. Which of the following statements is correct according to
the passage?
(a) India focused on the weak faults of Russian policies
and system.
(b) India seriously commended the achievement of Russia,
i.e., 100% per cent literacy and rapid industrialization.
(c) The process of industrialization had already started
when Russian revolution took place in 1917.
(d) The literature, art and music received a setback during
the communist regime in Russia.
17. The West did not pay heed to:
(a) Rapid growth of nuclear weapons in Russia
(b) Massive human rights violation by the Soviet state
on its people
(c) Planned uprooting and mass migration of ethnic people
in the name of industrialization.
(d) Both b and c
18. India's perception towards USSR was always
(a) Negative (b) Counter-reactionary
(c) Applauding (d) Neutral
19. The passage given above is
(a) Descriptive (b) Paradoxical
(c) Analytical (d) Thought provoking
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 20-25) : Choose the word which is nearly
opposite in meaning to the given word:
20. Relinquish
(a) Abdicate (b) Renounce
(c) Deny (d) Possess
21. Quiescent
(a) Active (b) Dormant
(c) Weak (d) Unconcerned
22. Flagitious
(a) Innocent (b) Clever
(c) Ignorant (d) Frivolous
23. Gregarious
(a) Antisocial (b) Glorious
(c) Horrendous (d) Similar
24. Hirsute
(a) Scaly (b) Bald
(c) Erudite (d) Quiet
25. Urbane
(a) Illiterate (b) Backward
(c) Discourteous (d) Orthodox
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26-50) : Choose the most appropriate option.
26. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
27. Which of the following films won Oscar in the best film
category in 2017?
(a) Moonlight (b) Captain Fantastic
(c) Loving (d) Nocturnal Animals
28. Which navy ship was decommissioned in 2017?
(a) INS T arangini (b) INSV Mhadei
(c) INS V iraat (d) INS Tir
29. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah?
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
30. Who won the Nobel Prize for the novel "Old Man and the
Sea"?
(a) Alice Munro (b) Mo Y an
(c) Bob Dylan (d) Ernest Hemingway
31. Which city is the capital of Uzbekistan?
(a) Hanoi (b) Ankara
(c) Tashkent (d) Tehran
32. Thomas cup is associated with which game?
(a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Badminton (d) Chess
33. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-
China W ar of 1962?
(a) RN Thapar (b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) VK Krishna Menon (d) Jagjivan Ram
34. The International Date Line runs through which of the
following oceans?
(a) Pacific ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean (d) none of these
35. The longest ship canal in the world is the
(a) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
(b) Suez canal, Egypt
(c) Kiel canal, Germany
(d) Panama canal, Central America
36. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in-
(a) 1928 (b) 1932
(c) 1936 (d) 1948
37. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) All of the above
38. Film and TV institute of India is located at
(a) Pune (b) Rajkot
(c) P impri (d) Perambur
39. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the -
(a) Parliament (b) Supreme Court
(c) High courts (d) Election Commission
40. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?
(a) V olleyball (b) Golf
(c) Athletics (d) Hockey
41. Michael Ferreira is related to which sports?
(a) Car racing (b) Badminton
(c) Hockey (d) Billiards
42. Where is headquarter of W orld Health Organization (WHO)
located?
(a) Hague (b) Washington
(c) Geneva (d) Beijing
43. Who was named ice cricketer of the year 2016?
(a) V iraat Kohli (b) Ravichandran Ashwin
(c) Steve Smith (d) Mitchell Johnson
44. Which of the following states won Vijay Hazare Trophy
2016-17?
(a) T amil Nadu (b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala (d) Delhi
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45. Bharatanatyam is the classical dance  of which state?
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) T amil Nadu (d) Karnataka
46. Who was the Indian Air Chief in November 2016?
(a) Birender Singh Dhanoa (b) Arup Raha
(c) Anil Kumar Browne (d) Pradeep V asant Naik
47. Keoladeo National Park is located in which state?
(a) Punjab (b) T amil Nadu
(c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka
48. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016?
(a) Juan Manuel Santos
(b) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(c) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
(d) Malala Y ousafzai
49. On which river the Baglihar Dam is built?
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga
(c) Chenab (d) Godavari
50. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place?
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
51. A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a
certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a
river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the
total journey?
(a) 8 kmph (b) 4 kmph
(c) 2 kmph (d) 10 kmph
52. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2.
If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship
holders, the percentage of the students who are not
scholarship holders is:
(a) 80 (b) 72
(c) 58 (d) 76
53. A is thrice as efficient as workman as B and therefore is able
to finish a job in 40 days less than B to complete a work.
Working together, they can do it in:
(a) 15   days (b) 18    days
(c) 24   days (d) 12    days
54. A train moving at a cover a rate of 90 kmph. Crosses a tunnel
in 36 seconds. and other train which is 100 metres shorter
moving at a cover a rate of 45 kmph. How much time will it
take to go through the tunnel?
(a) 54 seconds (b) 64 seconds
(c) 50 seconds (d) 58 seconds
55. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B
and C can do it in 15 days and A and C can do it in 20 days.
A, B and C together can complete it in
(a) 12 days (b) 16 days
(c) 10 days (d) 8 days
56. If a number exceeds 40% of itself by 56, then what is the
number?
(a) 1 50 (b) 130
(c) 1 60 (d) 140
57. Average weight of 15 students increased by 1.5 kg when
one person of 40 kg is replaced by a new man. Then weight
of the new man is
(a) 62.5 kg (b) 58.5 kg
(c) 72.5 kg (d) 54.5 kg
58. Average temperature of Tuesday to Thursday was 38 degree
celsius and that Wednesday to Friday was 37 degree celsius.
If the temperature on Friday was 39 degree celsius. The
temperature on Tuesday was?
(a) 38 degree celsius (b) 36 degree celsius
(c) 42 degree celsius (d) 39 degree celsius
59. A shopkeeper sell a watch for Rs. 575 and makes a profit of
15%, he sells a different watch at a loss of 10%. Over all, he
neither gains nor loses. What is cost price of the second
watch?
(a) 550 (b) 625
(c) 650 (d) 675
60. A men spend 1/3 of his income on food,1/4 of the rest on
rent and 1/5 of the rest on clothes. He still has Rs.1760 left
with him. Find his income?
(a) 4400 (b) 4200
(c) 4800 (d) 5200
61. A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he
sells the cloth at 10% loss but he uses a false meter scale
and actually gains 15%.Find the actual length of the scale.
(a) 78.25 cm (b) 75c m
(c) 85c m (d) 72.25cm
62. Two number are in the ratio 12 : 13. If 20 is subtracted from
each, the new numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. The smaller
number is:
( a) 26 (b) 2 4
(c ) 32 (d) 2 8
63. A train passes a man standing on a platform in 10 sec. and
passes the platform in 22 sec. completely . If the platform is
150 meters long, how long is the train?
(a) 125 m (b) 115 m
(c) 135 m (d) 145 m
64. If 1/5th tank is full and if 22 litres fuel poured in it, then 3/4th
tank is full. Find the capacity of tank?
(a) 40 litres (b) 35 litres
(c) 50 litres (d) 45 litres
65. A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C
and D in the ratio 1/3 : 1 / 4 : 1/5 : 1/6. What is the minimum
number of pens that the person should have ?
(a) 57 (b) 48
(c) 62 (d) 38
66. A sum is lent at simple interest at a certain rate for 4 years.
Had it been put at 3% more rate, it would have earned ` 78
more. Find the sum?
(a) 7 50 (b) 6 50
(c) 5 75 (d) 3 50
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 67-71) : In each of the following questions,
find the odd word /number/letters from the given alternatives.
67. (a) intimacy (b) attachment,
(c) Friendship (d) Enmity
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68. (a) Parrot (b) Bat
(c) Crow (d) Sparrow
69. (a) Grapes (b) Pomegranate
(c) Cardamom (d) Mango
70. (a) water (b) pool
(c) lake (d) pond
71. (a) Eye (b) Hand
(c) Nose (d) Ear
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 72-76): In each of the following questions,
select the related letters/word/number from the given alternative.
72. Editor : Magazine : ? : ?
(a) Novel : Writer (b) Poem : Poet
(c) Chair : Carpenter (d) Director : Film
73. Taste : Tongue : : Walk : ?
(a) Pavement (b) Crutch
(c) Legs (d) Walking sticky
74. Chimney : Smoke : : _____ : ____
(a) Gun : Bullet (b) House : Roof
(c) Clay : Ceramic (d) Tea : Kettle
75. DCGH : LKQP : : FEJI : ?
(a) MLSR (b) NMRQ
(c) ONTS (d) QPUT
76. Paw : Cat :: Hoof : ?
(a) Lamb (b) Elephant
(c) Lion (d) Horse
DIRECTIONS (Qs.77-81): Each of the following questions
consists of five figures marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the Problem
Figures followed by four other figures marked (a), (b), (c) and
(d) called the Answer Figures. Select a figure from amongst the
Answer Figures which will continue the same series as
established by the five Problem Figures.
77. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
       Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
78. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
      Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
79. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
Problem Figures:                                                       Answer Figures:
80. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
       Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
81. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
         Problem Figures:                         Answer Figures:
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 82-86) : In each of the following questions,
select a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which when
placed in the blank space of figure (X) would complete the
pattern.
82. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
83. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
84. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
85. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
86. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 87–91) : In each problem, out of the five
figures marked (a), (b), (c) and (d), three are similar in a certain
manner. However, one figure is not like the other three. Choose
the figure which is different from the rest.
87. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Choose the word which is nearest in
meaning to the given word:
1. Ameliorate
(a) Improve (b) Disapprove
(c) Appreciate (d) Discourage
2. Haggle
(a) Struggle (b) Bargain
(c) Advise (d) Acknowledge
3.     Morose
(a) Ill-tampered (b) Well-behaved
(c) Kind-hearted (d) Cunning
4. Taciturn
(a) Talkative (b) Uncommunicative
(c) Clever (d) Bad-tampered
5. Cajole
(a) Deceive (b) Kind
(c) Suspect (d) Humor
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10) : Choose the most appropriate option
that explains the correct meaning of the following idioms:
6. A man of straw
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
7. To catch a tartar
(a) To catch a dangerous person
(b) To meet with disaster
(c) To make a deal
(d) To hurry up
8. To have an axe to grind
(a) To have a strong personal opinion
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
(d) To work for both sides
9. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one's senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
10. To go to the wall
(a) To be ruined (b) To be idle
(c) To be in grave trouble (d) To go for a holiday
Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS.
1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper.
4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall.
AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) II/2017
(Based on Memory)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15) : Choose the correctly spelt word:
11. (a) V armillion (b) V ermillion
(c) V armilion (d) V ermilion
12. (a) Scraptorium (b) Scriptorium
(c) Screptorium (d) Scriptoreum
13. (a) Thisaurus (b) Thaesaurus
(c) Thesaurus (d) Thesaeurus
14. (a) Ultterior (b) Ultereor
(c) Ultarior (d) Ulterior
15. (a) Reconnaissence (b) Reconnaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconaissance
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Read the following passage and
answer the following questions:
The most important reason for this state of affairs is that India
was the only country in the world to truly recognise the
achievements of the Soviet Union-rather than merely focus on
the debilitating faults that Communism brought to its people. The
people of India realised that the achievement of one hundred per
cent literacy in a country much, much larger than its own and with
similarly complicated ethnic and religious groupings, the rapid
industrialization of a nation that was a primarily agrarian society
when the Bolshevik revolution took place in 1917, the attendant
revolutionary steps in science and technology, the accessibility
of health care (primeval according to W estern standards, perhaps,
but not according to Indian ones) to the general population, and
despite prohibition of the government of the time the vast
outpourings in literature, music, art, etc. are momentous and
remarkable feats in any country .
In contrast, all that the West focused on were the massive human
rights violations by the Soviet State on its people, the deliberate
uprooting and mass migrations of ethnic peoples from one part of
the country to another in the name of industrialization, the end of
religion. In short, all the tools of information were employed to
condemn the ideology of Communism, so much at variance with
capitalist thinking. The difference with the Indian perception, I
think here is, that while the Indians reacted as negatively to what
the Soviet governments did to its people in the name of good
governance (witness the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak and
the formation of an international committee to put pressure for his
release with Jawaharlal Nehru at its head), they took the pain not
to condemn the people of that broad country in black and white
terms; they understood that mingled in the shades of grey were
grains of uniqueness (The Russians have never failed that
characteristic in themselves; they have twice experimented with
completely different ideologies, Communism and Capitalism both
in the space of a century).
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16. Which of the following statements is correct according to
the passage?
(a) India focused on the weak faults of Russian policies
and system.
(b) India seriously commended the achievement of Russia,
i.e., 100% per cent literacy and rapid industrialization.
(c) The process of industrialization had already started
when Russian revolution took place in 1917.
(d) The literature, art and music received a setback during
the communist regime in Russia.
17. The West did not pay heed to:
(a) Rapid growth of nuclear weapons in Russia
(b) Massive human rights violation by the Soviet state
on its people
(c) Planned uprooting and mass migration of ethnic people
in the name of industrialization.
(d) Both b and c
18. India's perception towards USSR was always
(a) Negative (b) Counter-reactionary
(c) Applauding (d) Neutral
19. The passage given above is
(a) Descriptive (b) Paradoxical
(c) Analytical (d) Thought provoking
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 20-25) : Choose the word which is nearly
opposite in meaning to the given word:
20. Relinquish
(a) Abdicate (b) Renounce
(c) Deny (d) Possess
21. Quiescent
(a) Active (b) Dormant
(c) Weak (d) Unconcerned
22. Flagitious
(a) Innocent (b) Clever
(c) Ignorant (d) Frivolous
23. Gregarious
(a) Antisocial (b) Glorious
(c) Horrendous (d) Similar
24. Hirsute
(a) Scaly (b) Bald
(c) Erudite (d) Quiet
25. Urbane
(a) Illiterate (b) Backward
(c) Discourteous (d) Orthodox
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26-50) : Choose the most appropriate option.
26. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
27. Which of the following films won Oscar in the best film
category in 2017?
(a) Moonlight (b) Captain Fantastic
(c) Loving (d) Nocturnal Animals
28. Which navy ship was decommissioned in 2017?
(a) INS T arangini (b) INSV Mhadei
(c) INS V iraat (d) INS Tir
29. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah?
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
30. Who won the Nobel Prize for the novel "Old Man and the
Sea"?
(a) Alice Munro (b) Mo Y an
(c) Bob Dylan (d) Ernest Hemingway
31. Which city is the capital of Uzbekistan?
(a) Hanoi (b) Ankara
(c) Tashkent (d) Tehran
32. Thomas cup is associated with which game?
(a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Badminton (d) Chess
33. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-
China W ar of 1962?
(a) RN Thapar (b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) VK Krishna Menon (d) Jagjivan Ram
34. The International Date Line runs through which of the
following oceans?
(a) Pacific ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean (d) none of these
35. The longest ship canal in the world is the
(a) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
(b) Suez canal, Egypt
(c) Kiel canal, Germany
(d) Panama canal, Central America
36. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in-
(a) 1928 (b) 1932
(c) 1936 (d) 1948
37. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) All of the above
38. Film and TV institute of India is located at
(a) Pune (b) Rajkot
(c) P impri (d) Perambur
39. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the -
(a) Parliament (b) Supreme Court
(c) High courts (d) Election Commission
40. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?
(a) V olleyball (b) Golf
(c) Athletics (d) Hockey
41. Michael Ferreira is related to which sports?
(a) Car racing (b) Badminton
(c) Hockey (d) Billiards
42. Where is headquarter of W orld Health Organization (WHO)
located?
(a) Hague (b) Washington
(c) Geneva (d) Beijing
43. Who was named ice cricketer of the year 2016?
(a) V iraat Kohli (b) Ravichandran Ashwin
(c) Steve Smith (d) Mitchell Johnson
44. Which of the following states won Vijay Hazare Trophy
2016-17?
(a) T amil Nadu (b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala (d) Delhi
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45. Bharatanatyam is the classical dance  of which state?
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) T amil Nadu (d) Karnataka
46. Who was the Indian Air Chief in November 2016?
(a) Birender Singh Dhanoa (b) Arup Raha
(c) Anil Kumar Browne (d) Pradeep V asant Naik
47. Keoladeo National Park is located in which state?
(a) Punjab (b) T amil Nadu
(c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka
48. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016?
(a) Juan Manuel Santos
(b) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(c) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
(d) Malala Y ousafzai
49. On which river the Baglihar Dam is built?
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga
(c) Chenab (d) Godavari
50. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place?
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
51. A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a
certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a
river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the
total journey?
(a) 8 kmph (b) 4 kmph
(c) 2 kmph (d) 10 kmph
52. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2.
If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship
holders, the percentage of the students who are not
scholarship holders is:
(a) 80 (b) 72
(c) 58 (d) 76
53. A is thrice as efficient as workman as B and therefore is able
to finish a job in 40 days less than B to complete a work.
Working together, they can do it in:
(a) 15   days (b) 18    days
(c) 24   days (d) 12    days
54. A train moving at a cover a rate of 90 kmph. Crosses a tunnel
in 36 seconds. and other train which is 100 metres shorter
moving at a cover a rate of 45 kmph. How much time will it
take to go through the tunnel?
(a) 54 seconds (b) 64 seconds
(c) 50 seconds (d) 58 seconds
55. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B
and C can do it in 15 days and A and C can do it in 20 days.
A, B and C together can complete it in
(a) 12 days (b) 16 days
(c) 10 days (d) 8 days
56. If a number exceeds 40% of itself by 56, then what is the
number?
(a) 1 50 (b) 130
(c) 1 60 (d) 140
57. Average weight of 15 students increased by 1.5 kg when
one person of 40 kg is replaced by a new man. Then weight
of the new man is
(a) 62.5 kg (b) 58.5 kg
(c) 72.5 kg (d) 54.5 kg
58. Average temperature of Tuesday to Thursday was 38 degree
celsius and that Wednesday to Friday was 37 degree celsius.
If the temperature on Friday was 39 degree celsius. The
temperature on Tuesday was?
(a) 38 degree celsius (b) 36 degree celsius
(c) 42 degree celsius (d) 39 degree celsius
59. A shopkeeper sell a watch for Rs. 575 and makes a profit of
15%, he sells a different watch at a loss of 10%. Over all, he
neither gains nor loses. What is cost price of the second
watch?
(a) 550 (b) 625
(c) 650 (d) 675
60. A men spend 1/3 of his income on food,1/4 of the rest on
rent and 1/5 of the rest on clothes. He still has Rs.1760 left
with him. Find his income?
(a) 4400 (b) 4200
(c) 4800 (d) 5200
61. A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he
sells the cloth at 10% loss but he uses a false meter scale
and actually gains 15%.Find the actual length of the scale.
(a) 78.25 cm (b) 75c m
(c) 85c m (d) 72.25cm
62. Two number are in the ratio 12 : 13. If 20 is subtracted from
each, the new numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. The smaller
number is:
( a) 26 (b) 2 4
(c ) 32 (d) 2 8
63. A train passes a man standing on a platform in 10 sec. and
passes the platform in 22 sec. completely . If the platform is
150 meters long, how long is the train?
(a) 125 m (b) 115 m
(c) 135 m (d) 145 m
64. If 1/5th tank is full and if 22 litres fuel poured in it, then 3/4th
tank is full. Find the capacity of tank?
(a) 40 litres (b) 35 litres
(c) 50 litres (d) 45 litres
65. A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C
and D in the ratio 1/3 : 1 / 4 : 1/5 : 1/6. What is the minimum
number of pens that the person should have ?
(a) 57 (b) 48
(c) 62 (d) 38
66. A sum is lent at simple interest at a certain rate for 4 years.
Had it been put at 3% more rate, it would have earned ` 78
more. Find the sum?
(a) 7 50 (b) 6 50
(c) 5 75 (d) 3 50
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 67-71) : In each of the following questions,
find the odd word /number/letters from the given alternatives.
67. (a) intimacy (b) attachment,
(c) Friendship (d) Enmity
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68. (a) Parrot (b) Bat
(c) Crow (d) Sparrow
69. (a) Grapes (b) Pomegranate
(c) Cardamom (d) Mango
70. (a) water (b) pool
(c) lake (d) pond
71. (a) Eye (b) Hand
(c) Nose (d) Ear
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 72-76): In each of the following questions,
select the related letters/word/number from the given alternative.
72. Editor : Magazine : ? : ?
(a) Novel : Writer (b) Poem : Poet
(c) Chair : Carpenter (d) Director : Film
73. Taste : Tongue : : Walk : ?
(a) Pavement (b) Crutch
(c) Legs (d) Walking sticky
74. Chimney : Smoke : : _____ : ____
(a) Gun : Bullet (b) House : Roof
(c) Clay : Ceramic (d) Tea : Kettle
75. DCGH : LKQP : : FEJI : ?
(a) MLSR (b) NMRQ
(c) ONTS (d) QPUT
76. Paw : Cat :: Hoof : ?
(a) Lamb (b) Elephant
(c) Lion (d) Horse
DIRECTIONS (Qs.77-81): Each of the following questions
consists of five figures marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the Problem
Figures followed by four other figures marked (a), (b), (c) and
(d) called the Answer Figures. Select a figure from amongst the
Answer Figures which will continue the same series as
established by the five Problem Figures.
77. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
       Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
78. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
      Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
79. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
Problem Figures:                                                       Answer Figures:
80. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
       Problem Figures:                            Answer Figures:
81. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will
continue the same series as established by the five Problem
Figures.
         Problem Figures:                         Answer Figures:
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 82-86) : In each of the following questions,
select a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which when
placed in the blank space of figure (X) would complete the
pattern.
82. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
83. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
84. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
85. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
86. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 87–91) : In each problem, out of the five
figures marked (a), (b), (c) and (d), three are similar in a certain
manner. However, one figure is not like the other three. Choose
the figure which is different from the rest.
87. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
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88. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
89. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
90. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
91. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 92-96) : Each of these questions given below
contains three elements. These elements may or may not have
some inter linkage. Each group of elements may fit into one of
these diagrams at (a), (b), (c), and (d). You have to indicate the
group of elements which correctly fits into the diagrams.
92. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation
between India, Haryana and World ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
93. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation
between Pigeon, Bird and Dog?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
94. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation
between Earth, Sea and Sun ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
95. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation
between Hockey , Football and Cricket ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
96. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation
between Iron, Lead and Nitrogen?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 97-100) : Each of the following questions
consists of two sets of figures. Figures (1), (2), (3) and (4)
constitute the Problem Set while figures (a), (b), (c), and (d)
constitute the Answer Set. There is a definite relationship between
figures (1) and (2). Establish a similar relationship between
figures (3) and (4) by selecting a suitable figure from the Answer
Set that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (4).
97. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would
replace the question mark (?).
      Problem Figures:                          Answer Figures:
  
(1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)
98. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would
replace the question mark (?).
        Problem Figures:                       Answer Figures:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)
99. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would
replace the question mark (?).
      Problem Figures:                        Answer Figures:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)
100. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would
replace the question mark (?).
      Problem Figures:                       Answer Figures:
  
(1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)