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(Download) AFCAT Question Papers - 02/2015 SET-XIV (Booklet Series A)
(Download) AFCAT Question Papers - 02/2015 SET-XIV (Booklet Series A)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES
1. Total Number of Questions-100. Each Question is of three marks.
2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3. No mark will be deducted for un-attempted questions.
Q1-3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:-
Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practise it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.
Q1. Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that an “ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains”?
(a) Wisdom can only be attained by practising patience.
(b) Patience comes first, wisdom next.
(c) Patience is essential for every achievement in life.
(d) Without patience wisdom cannot be used properly.
Q2. Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following, of the author’s metaphorical statement that “it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with”?
(a) Patience is a must for solving all our problems in life.
(b) Patience is a rare herb that cures all diseases.
(c) Patience is virtue of a highest order.
(d) It is only a small number of people that are found observing patience in life.
Q3. The writer’s remarks, “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be as heavy as lead” is very significant. It means
(a) They are always worried and dejected.
(b) They consider their own problems to be difficult to solve as compared with problems of other people.
(c) They feel that they alone face serious problems while others have a nice time.
(d) They remain very much worried about their own problem.
Q4-9 Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:-
Life is an (4) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5) the right opportunities. Planned (6) rather than a hasty decision is (7) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8) what occupational groups, (9) and type of organizations are suitable for you.
Q4. (a) enticing (b) exciting (c) encharming (d) enhancing
Q5. (a) catching (b) offsetting (c) grabbing (d) conceiving
Q6. (a) delay (b) hindrance (c) application (d) execution
Q7. (a) desirable (b) deciphered (c) inevitable (d) acceptable
Q8. (a) check (b) classify (c) divide (d) analyse
Q9. (a) specifications (b) limitations (c) qualifications (d) identification
Q10-13. Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-
Q10. Nebulous
(a) Tiny (b) Vague (c) Insignificant (d) Inadequate
Q11. Debilitate
(a) Weaken (b) Attack (c) Surmount (d) Destroy
Q12. Anathema
(a) Religious Chant (b) Pun
(c) Musical Subject (d) Curse
Q13. Penchant
(a) Liking (b) Eagerness (c) Disability (d) Keenness
Q14-17. Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Q14. Refractory
(a) Refreshing (b) Burdensome (c) Privileged (d) Manageable
Q15. Insolent
(a) Sullen (b) Affable (c) Determined (d) Rich
Q16. Acrimonious
(a) Legal (b) Severe (c) Cursive (d) Harmonious
Q17. Sceptic
(a) Cryptic (b) Believer (c) Support (d) Eminent
Q18-21. Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-
Q18. To hold something in leash
(a) To restrain (b) To disappoint
(c) To dismiss (d) To discourage
Q19. To talk through one’s hat
(a) To speak fluently (b) To talk nonsense
(c) To talk wisdom (d) To speak at random
Q20. To throw up the sponge
(a) To surrender or give up a contest (b) To offer a challenge
(c) To become utterly disappointed (d) To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end
Q21. To get into hot waters
(a) To be impatient (b) To suffer a huge financial loss
(c) To get into trouble (d) To be in a confused state of mind
Q22-26. Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Q22. (a) Dolorous (b) Dolurous (c) Doloreus (d) Delorious
Q23. (a) Condiut (b) Conduit (c) Connduit (d) Condeut
Q24. (a) Gragarious (b) Gragerious (c) Gregarious (d) Grigareous
Q25. (a) Intrensic (b) Intrinsic (c) Entrensic (d) Entrinsec
Q26. (a) Sepulchral (b) Sepalchrle (c) Sepalchral (d) Sepulchrle
Q27-30. Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms:-
Q27. To flog a dead horse
(a) To act in a foolish way (b) To waste one’s efforts
(c) To revive interest in an old subject (d) To revive old memories
Q28. A bull in a china shop
(a) A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
(b) A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocent people
(c) A person who becomes too excited where no excitement is warranted
(d) A rough and clumsy person at a place where skill and care are required
Q29. The alpha and the omega
(a) The beginning and the end (b) A nice act
(c) The stars and the moon (d) Very costly
Q30. A fool’s errand
(a) A blunder (b) An impossible task
(c) A useless undertaking (d) None of these
Q31-65. Choose the most appropriate answer:-
Q31. Serena Williams defeated__________ to win the women’s singles title of Australian Open 2015.
(a) Venus Williams (b) Sania Mirza
(c) Maria Sharapova (d) Ana Ivanovic
