Air force Common Admission Test AFCAT Previous year Questions in detail, AFCAT is one of the important test for the recruitment of Officer cadres in Indian Air Force. AFCAT sample papers helps to test the ability. After qualifying the test, candidates have to go through SSB interview followed by 5 days.
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Q1-3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions:-
Language is often used for one of the following three purposes, namely to inform, to convince, and to persuade. The first, requiring talent is telling what we know, is a matter of little difficultly. The second demands reasoning. The third besides reasoning demands all the aid that we can obtain from the use of figures of speech or figures of rhetoric which means the power of of persuasion.
Q1. The above passage is
a). rhetorical
b). persuasive
c). convincing
d). informative
Q2. Rhetoric is the
a). art of reasoning
b). Power of persuasion
c). Use of figure of speech
d). Means of communicating information
Q3. The set of persuasion requires the use of
a). Information and talent feels
b). Reasoning and information
c). Reasoning and figure of speech
d). Figure of speech
Q4-9. Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:-
Science has made an___(4) contribution to the relief of human suffering and humanity ___(5) a deep ____(6) of gratitude to scientists whose ____(7) and sacrifices have led to many ___(8) discoveries and inventions which have done so much to____(9) human pain and misery.
Q4. a) excessive
b). active
c). intensive
d). enormous
Q5. a). owes
b). offers
c). feels
d). acknowledges
Q6. a). amount
b). debt
c). loan
d). fund
Q7. a). Successes
b). discoveries
c). achievements
d). labours
Q8. a). Strange
b). advantageous
c). useful
d). profitable
Q9. a). decrease
b). disappear
c). belittle
d). alleviate
Q10-13. Choose the word which is nearest to the meaning:-
Q10. PRISTINE
a). Dirty
b). Old
c). Preserve
d). Fresh
Q11. PRAGMATIC
a). Theoretical
b). Realistic
c). Suitable
d). Productive
Q12. INTREPID
a). Middle
b). Fearless
c). Rude
d). Tolerant
Q13. LIBERALISE
a). Change
b). Resist
c). Function
d). Malfunction
Q14-17. Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Q14. INEQUALITY
a). Illegal
b). Law
c). Slander
d). Libel
Q15. BELLOW
a). Tout
b). Stupor
c). Whisper
d). Down
Q16. HAUGHTINESS
a). Unskilled
b). Affability
c). Adduce
d). Abject
Q17. ANGELICAL
a). Magnanimous
b). Benevolent
c). Critical
d). Diabolical
Q18-21. Choose the word that best defines the given phrase:-
Q18. Split one’s side
a). To laugh a lot
b). Intense pain
c). To be hurt
d). None
Q19. Tickled pink
a). Embarrassed
b). Coloured
c). Deeply upset
d). Greatly pleased
Q20. At the drop of a hat
a). Willingly and softly
b). Willingly and silently
c). Willingly and immediately
d). Slowly and silently
Q21. Building castles in the air
a). building skyscrapers
b). Making tall promises
c). Making impossible plans
d). Structures without strong foundation
Q22-25. Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Q22. a). Verstile
b). Versetile
c). Versatile
d). Versatele
Q23. a). Parenthses
b). Parentheses
c). Parentesis
d). Parenthsis
Q24. a). Veterinarian
b). Veternainin
c). Veterineray
d). Vetererinan
Q25. a). Hemmorrhage
b). Hemorrhage
c). Hemmorrage
d). Haemorrhage
Q26-29. Which word or words explain the meaning of the following idioms:-
Q26. Air-Fairy
a). Most important
b). Nervous
c). Confident
d). Not practical
Q27. Be given the axe
a). To move fast
b). To lose job
c). Woodcutter
d). Carpenter
Q28. To go like a bomb
a). Loud explosion
b). Terrorism
c). To move fast
d). Not practical
Q29. Bolt from the blue
a). Sudden
b). Lighting
c). Nervous
d). Unexpected
Q30-65. Choose the appropriate answer:-
30). The right to vote is the national elections in India is base on the principle of
a). Restricted franchise
b). Universal adult franchise
c). Property qualifications
d). Hereditary privileges
31). The viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide and rule policy was
a). Lord Lytton
b). Lots Ripon
c). Lord Curzon
d). Lord Mayo
32). Which of the following rulers had the little ‘Kaviraja’
a). Kumaragupta
b). Samudragupta
c). Skandagupta
d). Chandragupta
33). On which river is Berlin city is situated?
a). Potomac
b). Spree
c). Rhine
d) Irrawaddy
34). Who is the author of ‘Train to Pakistan’ :-
a). Arun Shourie
b). J.N. Dixit
c). Ismat Chugtai
d). Kushwant Singh
36). Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
a). Bachendri Pal
b). Tenzing Norgay
c). Aarti Pradhan
d). Junko Tabei
37). Who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata?
a). Sir William Jones
b). John Shore
c). Warren Hastings
d). Lord Cornwallis
38). The youngest mountain range in the world is
a). Andes
b). Alps
c). Himalayas
d). Rockies
40. When was the World Poetry Say recognized by the UNESCO observed?
a). 02 February
b). 21 March
c). 30 December
d). 14 February
41). Which theory gave birth to the French Revolution and the Revolution of America?
a). Theory of natural lights
b). Legal theory of rights
c). Social Welfare theory
d). Historical theory of rights
42). Who was the first Commander in Chief of Indian Air Force in Independent India?
a). Gen KM Kariyappa
b). Thomas Walker Elmhirst
c). Major Stringer Lawrence
d). Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
43). What is the ‘Splash the burn agriculture’ in Indonesia called as ?
a). Ladang Cultivation
b). Roke Cultivation
c). Milpa Cultivation
d). Jhoom Cultivation
44). ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is borrowed from which of the following ?
a). Arthshastra
b). Mahabharat
c). Ramayana
d). Mundaka Upanishad
45). 38th parallel is a boundary line between___
a). South and North Korea
b). Pakistan and India
c). Turkey and Cyprus
d). United states and Canada
46). ‘Disclosure’ always involves
a). Agents
b). Secrets
c). Exposition
d). Display
47). Which one of the following a ‘Drama’ mush have?
a). Actors
b). Sets
c). Story
d). Director
48). Which one of the following is always with ‘Bargain’?
a). Triviality
b). Sumptuousness
c). Exchange
d). Eloquence
49). Which of the following is always found in ‘Wonder’?
a). Astonishment
b). Lumber
c). Crowd
d). Rustic
50). A boy is sitting at the back seat of a car. When the driver suddenly starts moving the car (in forward direction), the boy experiences a backward force?
a). Often
b). Never
c). Always
d). Sometimes