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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 1

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him.Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again.Pablo was just thirteen.

Q. As a boy Pablo Picasso was 

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As a boy Pablo Picasso was handsome and talented.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 2

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him.Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again.Pablo was just thirteen.

Q. He was spoilt mostly because he was

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Picasso was spoilt mostly because he was the only son in the family.

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Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 3

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him.Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again.Pablo was just thirteen.

Q. Picasso went to school only when

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Picasso went to school only when he was allowed to carry a pet with him.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 4

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Q. When his father painted in the college, Pablo

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When his father painted in the college, Pablo occasionally helped him.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 5

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Q. Pablo’s father gave up painting because he

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Pablo's father gave up painting because he was impressed by his son's talent.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 6

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, find out which part has an error.

Q. The boos were irritated (a) / by him neglecting (b) / the duties and (c) / not listening to his advice (d)

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The correct sentence should be the boss was irritated with him for neglecting the duties and not listening to his advice.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 7

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, find out which part has an error.

Q. Each of the three (a) / beggars were (b) / asking for more (c) / food to eat (d)

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The correct sentence should be 'each of the three beggars was asking for more food to eat, each is often followed by a prepositional phrase ending in a plural word (Each of the cars), thus confusing the verb choice.
Each is always singular and requires a singular verb.
Each of the students is responsible for doing his or her work in the library.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 8

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, find out which part has an error.

Q. My brother sent (a) / two pairs (b) / of shoe (c) / from America (d).

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The correct sentence is 'My brother sent two pairs of shoes from America'.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 9

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, find out which part has an error.

Q. The young boy said (a) / that he (b) / neither liked me (c) / nor my wife (d).

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The correct sentence should be 'The young boy said that he liked neither me nor my wife.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 10

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, find out which part has an error.

Q. He was (a) / congratulated for (b) / his success in (c) / the 100 m race (d)

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The preposition for should be replaced with on. Hence, the correct sentence should be he was congratulated on his success in the 100 m race.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 11

DIRECTIONS: Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q. Sanjay was______________ with divine vision to see the great battle.

(a) demure (b) authorized (c) endowed (d) uttered

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The correct option is endowed which means provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature).

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 12

DIRECTIONS: Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q. There was so much__________ material in the essay that it was difficult to get the author’s message.

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Extraneous means not pertinent to the matter under consideration.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 13

DIRECTIONS: Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q. The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also______ its pains.

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Endure means put up with something or somebody unpleasant.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 14

DIRECTIONS: Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q. Indian press did not give ____________ to the British publicity.

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Credence means the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 15

DIRECTIONS: Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q. Travellers ____________their reservations well in advance if they want to travel during the Diwali holidays.

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The correct filler is 'had better get'. Hence, the correct sentence should be the travellers had better get their reservations well in advance if they want to travel during  the Diwali holidays.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 16

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

EMANCIPATE

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Emancipate means free from slavery or servitude; hence, set free is the correct option.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 17

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

DECEIT

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The quality of being fraudulent.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 18

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

ADMONITION

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admonition means cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness).

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 19

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals.

VOCIFEROUS

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Vociferous may well be replaced with dangerous.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 20

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals.

IMPLICATE

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Implicate means involve.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 21

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Q. The person who is regarded as the greatest lawgiver of ancient India is

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 22

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Q. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon

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Ashoka converted gradually to Buddhism beginning about 263 BCE at the latest. He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia, and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 23

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Q. Gandhiji started Dandi March

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The Salt March , also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.

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Q.The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, Utar Pradesh.

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Q. The sun rises in Arunachal Pradesh two hours before it does in Dwaraka in Gujarat. This is because the former is

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Situated fur ther East (about 30o Lon gitude) than Dwaraka and the earth rotates from West to East.

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Q. Srinagar is situated on the banks of the river

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Jhelum. Srinagar is the summer capital of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in the Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts and dry fruits.

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Q. The areas in India that receive approximately an average of more than 200 cms of rainfall annually are

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Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Mawsynram, the wettest place on earth (annual rainfall of 1,141 cm approx), is a small village in Meghalaya's Khasi Hills near Shillong. Cherrapunji, now the second wettest place on earth, is located 10 km from Mawsynram and has the distinction of having just one season the year round - monsoon. It receives about 1,087 cm of rain annually.

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Q. Isotherms are imaginary lines drawn on a map which connect places of equal

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Isotherm, line drawn on a map or chart joining points with the same temperature.

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Q. Jim Corbett National Park is situated in which state?

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Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand(Earlier Uttaranchal) and was named after Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.

Test: AFCAT Past Year Papers 1/2012 - Question 30

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Q. Which one of the following statement regarding the sun is correct?

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