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Exam / Course ssc afcat
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Organization Staff Selection Commission
Position
Exam Date 2014
City, State central government,


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Q1- 4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
And then Gandhi came. He was like a powerful current of fresh air that made us stretch ourselves and take deep breaths, like a beam of light that pierced the darkness and removed the scales from our eyes, like a whirlwind that upset many things but most of all the working of people's minds. He did not descend from the top; he seemed to emerge from the millions of India, speaking their language and incessantly drawing attention to them and their appalling condition. Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all of you who live by their exploitation; get rid of the system that produces this poverty and misery.
Q1. Gandhi came like a powerful current of fresh air and
awakened us to the plight of the masses in the grip of oppressors made us patriotic
emboldened us to attack and destroy the oppressors
praised our culture
Q2. The rise of Gandhi--
shocked people made India powerful made the condemnation of the exploiter final made women feel secure
Q3. Gandhi fought
rich oppressor apathetic masses unjust system
Q4. The conspicuous role of Gandhi is that of
father reformer teacher liberator
Q5-10. Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number
Those living in the slums are 5 and tough because they are totally 6 to the vagaries and hardships of life. The rising sun 7 the day and the setting sun closes the day for them. It is like a drama where the curtain 8 up in the morning and comes down in the evening. They don't 9 hypertension and heart attacks because there is, after all 10 to worry about.
Q5. Poor Sick Hardy Weak
Q6. Dependent Independent Exposed Tried
Q7. Heralds Herald Bring Brings
Q8. Hangs Hand Goes Shines
Q9. Know Get Think Have
Q10. Everything Something Somewhere Nothing
Q11-12. Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word
Q11. 'TRANSGRESSOR'
Passenger Law-breaker Protector Comrade
Q12. 'EGREGIOUS'
Common Social Plain Atrocious
Q13-15. Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Q13. 'PREDILECTION'
Oblivion Objectivity Aversion Defeat
Q14. 'CACOPHONOUS'
Tamed Harmonious Domestic Silent
Q15. 'CALUMNY'
Apology Eulogy Enjoyment Reservation
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Q16-20. Choose the word that best defines the given phrase:-
Q16. 'Able to use both hands alike'
Dexterous Ambidextrous Skilful Expert
Q17. written account of the life of an individual'
Autobiography Epigraph Biography Novel
Q18. 'The identification of a disease by its symptoms'
Prescription Prognosis Diagnosis Biopsy
Q19. 'Prolonged inability to sleep'
Amnesia Utopia Nausea Insomnia
Q20. style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge'
Verbose Pedantic Ornate Pompous
Q21-25. Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Q21. The school alumni gathering put us in a mood.
Remniscent Reminisent Reminiscent Reminicent
Q22. 'God is Dead' is a statement.
Blasphemus Blaphemous Blasphemous Blosphemos
Q23. The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and
Trepidation Terpidation Trepidition Trepidattion
Q24. The din caused by the children howling is enough to the dead.
Ressurect Resurrect Resurect Resurecct
Q25. Can you the car into that parking spot?
Manuer Manever Manoeuvre Manuver
Q26-47. Choose most appropriate answer
Q26. Who was the Governor-General of India during the 'Sepoy Mutiny'?
Lord Dalhousie Lord Harding Lord Canning Lord Lytton.
Q27. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Goa attained full statehood in 1987
Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
Daman Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India
Dadar Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.
Q28. On which river is Washington DC situated?
Potomac Irrawaddy Mississippi Hudson
Q29. When body is accelerated--
Its velocity never changes Its speed will always changes
Its direction always changes Its speed may or may not change
Q30. Which of the following is not an agency of UN?
World Bank International Atomic Energy Agency
Universal Postal Union None of the above
Q31. Which kind of missile is BRAHMOS?
Medium range ballistic missile Supersonic cruise missile
Short range tactical missile Ultrasonic cruise missile
Q32. Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
Calorie Joule electron volt Watt
Q33. Who among the following has been called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Ashoka Samudragupta Chandragupta Harshavardhana
Q34. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bal Gangadhar Tilak A.O. Hume

Q35. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate the right of citizenship in India?
Union Cabinet Parliament Supreme Court Law Commission
Q36. The Baglihar Hydroelectric power project in J K is built across the river.--.
Beas Chenab Jhelum Sutlej
Q37. Which Indian sportsperson was appointed as 'Messenger of Peace' in 2001 by the UN?
Prakash Padukone Vishwanathan Anand Sachin Tendulkar Vijay Amritraj
Q38. Indian Women's hockey team secured which of the following position in Asian Champions Trophy 2013?
First Second Third Fourth
Q39. Which is the longest bone in the human body?
Fibula Radius Stapes Femur
Q40. A US team of scientists has found that the mechanism responsible for the ageing process is located
Inside the face Inside the skin
Inside the brain Inside the heart
Q41. The outer most layer of the Sun is known
Corona Photosphere Chromosphere Granule
Q42. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was founded
CV Raman Jamsetji Tata
Vikram Sarabhai None of the above
Q43. Which among the following is not a gallantry medal?
Ashok Chakra Arjuna Award Param Vir Chakra Shaurya Chakra
Q44. Which one of the following pairs of water bodies are connected by the Suez Canal?
Indian Ocean- Pacific Ocean Mediterranean sea- Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea Atlantic Ocean- Pacific Ocean
Q45. Kalhana's 'Rajatarangini' is a history
Kashmir Harsha's reign
Rajasthan Chandragupta's reign
Q46. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26, 1950 because--
This day was being celebrated as the Independence Day since 1929
This was desired by the farmers of India
The British did not want to leave India earlier than this date
It was an auspicious day
Q47. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Indonesia Jakarta Maldives Male
North Korea Seoul Zimbabwe Harare
Q48 50. Directions Complete the series
Q48. P
I J K L
Q49. Z S O
N,D N,C O,C O,D
Q50. BCD RQP LMN, TS?
U V R T
Q51. Directions If C D C E and so on, code the following:-
Q51. 'STUDENT'
VWVFGPV UUWFGPV UVWFGPV UVVFGPV
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Q52. Directions If A B Y and so on code the following:-
Q52. 'EDITOR'
VWRGLI VWRGVI VWVGLI VWRLLI
Q53-55. Directions Choose the most appropriate word:-
Q53. 'RUSTLE' is to 'LEAVES' as 'PATTER' is
Snow Wind Rain Storm
Q54. 'INDISCREET' is to 'IMPRUDENT' as 'INDISPOSED' is to
Concerned Reluctant Crucial Clear
Q55. 'ACCIDENT' is to 'CAREFULNESS' as 'DISEASE' is to
Sanitation Treatment Medicine Doctor
Q56-58. Directions Each of the following questions has four statements. Three are logically correct. Some of which may look factually absurd. Ignore this absurdity and look to the logical corrections. Choose the statement which is wrong or doubtful:-
Q56. Birds fly in the air. Trees are birds. Therefore, trees fly in the air.
Some boys steal. All who steal are naughty. All naughty are honest. Therefore, some boys are honest
All girls like dance. Some girls are Indian. All Indians are artists. Therefore, some artists like dance.
All liars are not thieves. All thieves are criminals. Therefore, all liars are criminals.
Q57. Ramesh is tall. Ramesh is a boy. Therefore, boys are tall.
All who can fly are animals. Some birds can fly. Therefore, some birds are animals.
Men live in houses. Houses grow on trees. Trees float in water. Therefore, men float in water.
All living things are mobile. Some non- living things are mobile. Therefore, some mobile are living and some non-living.
Q58. All books can read. Some pencils are books. All pencils are clever. Therefore, all clever cannot read.
Some who fail are stupid. Some criminals are stupid. Therefore, all criminals fail.
Some liar are thieves. All thieves are criminals. Therefore, some liars are criminals.
All that is given is black. Trees are green. Therefore, trees are black.
Q59 to 60. Directions Consider the statement and assumptions that follow. Which of these assumptions is/are implicit in the statement:-
Q59. Statement: "You won't get sweets at any cost. I will not let you eat things that are not good for your teeth" a mother tells her child
Assumption: The mother cares for her child.
Sweets are not good for her child.
The mother has the authority to decide what her child is to eat.
are implicit are implicit
are implicit All are implicit
Q60. Statement: "Clearly, the judiciary cannot provide all answers. But it seems the public, weary of an inactive Executive, is turning to the Supreme Court as a last resort"---an article.
Assumption The Supreme Court is above the Executive.
The Supreme Court is more active than the Executive.
The Executive does not have sufficient powers.
are implicit are implicit
are implicit Only is implicit

Q61-62. Directions Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.
Q61. Tsangpo Hazaribagh Kanha Bandipur
Q62. Wheat Rice Mustard Gram
Q63- 67. Directions The following questions consist of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four alternatives. Select the best alternative that has same relationship as the original pair of words
Q63. Crèche Infants
School Pupils Deck Sailors
Cottage Guests Aircraft Crew
Q64. Pesticide Plant
Injection Disease Vaccination Body
Medicine Cure Teacher Student
Q65. Stare Glance
Gulp Sip Confide tell
Hunt Stalk Step Walk
Q66. Ecstasy Pleasure
Hatred Affection Rage Anger
Joy Grief Mumble Speak
Q67. Necromancy Ghosts
Romance Stories Magic Amulets
Alchemy Gold Sorcery Spirit
Q68-70. Directions There is certain relationship between two given words on one side of and one word is given on another side of while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the given pair has. Select the best alternatives/ relationship.
Q68. Firm Flabby Piquant
Salty Pleasant Bland Smell
Q69. Funk Vitamins Curie
Uranium Radioactivity Photography Radium
Q70. Contamination Food Infection
Diseases Body Germs Microbes
Q71-85. Choose the most appropriate answer
Q71. An article costs Rs 50 presently. The rate of inflation is 300%. What will be cost of this article after two years?
200 600 800 1000
Q72. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his groceries at his cost price, but uses a false weight of 900 grams for each kilogram. Find his gain percentage.
91/9 100/9% 100/11
Q73. A man purchased a bullock and a cart for 1800. He sold the bullock at a profit of 20% and the cart at a profit of 30%. His total profit was 155/6 Find the cost price of bullock.
650 750 900 800
Q74. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students be increased by the expenditure on food increases by 42 per day while the average expenditure of students is reduced by 1. What was the initial expenditure on food per day?
432 442 420 400
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Q75. There were 24 students in a class. One of them, who was 18 years old, left the class and his place was filled up by a new comer. If the average of the class was thereby lowered by 1 month, the age of new comer is-
14 years 15 years 16 years 17 years
Q76. Find two natural numbers whose sum is 85 and the least common multiple is 102.
30 55 17 68 35 55 51 34
Q77. In a fort there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days, 120 soldiers left the fort. For how many extra days will the rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers?
12 days 10 days 8 days 6 days
Q78. 10 is added to a certain number, the sum is multiplied by the product is divided by 5 and 5 is subtracted from the quotient. The remainder left is half of 88. What is the number?
21 20 25 30
Q79. 19 persons went to a hotel for a combined dinner party. 13 of them spent 79 each on their dinner and the rest spent 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them?
1628.4 1534 1492 None of these
Q80. Two typists of varying skills can do a typing job in 6 minutes if they work together. If the first typist typed alone for 4 minutes and then the second typist typed alone for 6 minutes, they would be left with 1/5 of the whole work. How many minutes would it take the slower typist to complete the typing job working alone?
10 minutes 15 minutes 12 minutes 20 minutes
Q81. A bag contains 25 paise, 50 paise and 1 coins. There are 220 coins in all and the total amount in the bag is 160. If there are thrice as many 1 coins as there are 25 paise coins, then what is the number of 50 paise coins?
60 40 120 80
Q82. The sum of two numbers is equal to thrice their difference. If the smaller of the numbers is 10 find the other number.
15 30 40 None of these.
Q83. If a person repaid 22500 after 10 years of borrowing a loan, at 10% per annum simple interest find out what amount did he take as a loan?
11,225 11,250 10,000 7,500
Q84. A sum of money invested at simple interest triples itself in 8 years. How many times will it become in 20 years time?
8 times 7 times 6 times 9 times.
Q 85. Simplify: 69 X 69 X 69 65 X 65 X 65
69 X 69 69 X 65 65 X 65
1 4 0.216 0.164


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