Indian Air Force

Question Paper 2012 (SET – 6)

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.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the guestions given below:-

The development and widespread use of computer technology and the internet have transformed how we communicate, how business is conducted, how information is dispersed, and how society is organised. Prior to 1980, in-depth information about anv one subject matter was attained through laborious research involving countless visits to librar. .i and via repeated interviews with persons of known reputation and reputable expertise. Now, a great deal of information is available at the click of a mouse button, all attainable from within the confines of one's own home or from the use of a computer in an office. Previous labour-intensive support Jobs. such as loading and unpacking of trucks', luggage handling at airports, and food manufacturing, once performed by a large middle-class workforce, are now performed routinely by robots which are monitored by computer-controlled systems. Our lives have been simplified but these benefits which have been ushered in by the technology revolution have had an adverse effect on the core of our interpersonal-relationships. Mere communication is no longer via postal mail or face-to-face contact, but rather via electronic email, personal internet message boards and by virtue of hand-held personal electronic assistants. Although computer technology has brought us to within a mouse-click of any sought-after piece of information, this technology boom has sequestered us to the confines' of our computer desks and homes and has removed us away from those traditional settings where personal and communication skills are developed.

Q1. The author's attitude the advent of computer technology can be best summarised as

(a) Optimistic and thankful

(b) Appreciative but reserved

(c) Candid and reverent.

(d) Understanding and obsessive

Q2. The author would agree with which of the following statements?

(a) The advent of computer technology has decreased access to libraries

(b) Because of advancements in robotics, labour-intensive jobs are more plentiful

(c) Although heralded as a great leap forward, the widespread use of computer technology is not without its setbacks

(d) Of all the benefits ushered in by the use the internet. electronic email is the most beneficial

Q3. The author's primary purpose in writing this passage is most likely which of the following?

(a) To downplay the need for the internet

(b) To explain how robotics and the internet have had both a positive and negative influence on how we live

(c) To pave way for the next great technology revolution

(d) To showcase the wonders of recent technology advancements

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

Q4. OSMOSIS

(a) Gr,qdl !al acceotance (b) Slow recovery (c) Abrupt ending (d) Strength

Q.5 OSTRACISE,

(a) Take away

(b) Cutoff

(c) Include

(d) Expedite

Q6 . ALA.CRITY

(a) Hesitatingly

(b) Eagerness

(c) Unwillingly

(d) Laziness