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AFCAT 1 2013 QUESTION PAPER
(Based on Memory)

INSTRUCTIONS: TIME LIMIT : 2 HOURS
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.

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully 7. “ABJURE”
and answer the questions given below: (a) Renounce (b) Run off secretly
We shall go on the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on (c) Abide (d) Discuss
the seas and oceans, we shall fight with the growing confidence
and strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the 8. “ESTRANGE”
cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the (a) Endanger (b) To become puzzling
landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we (c) Miscalculate (d) Alienate
shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender, and even if this DIRECTIONS (Qs. 9 and 10) : In each of the following, choose
island or a large part of it was subjugated and starving, then our the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in
empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle, until the capitals.
New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.
1. On the basis of the passage which of the following statements 9. “DEROGATORY”
may be said to be correct? (a) Conferred (b) Immediate
(a) The speaker is encouraging his men for the conquest (c) Praising (d) Private
of France 10. “WANE”
(b) The speaker is an aggressive and maniacal war-monger
(c) The speaker is not satisfied with the conquest of the island (a) Widen (b) Poor
(d) The speaker is a patriot urging the defence of his (c) Swell (d) Tight
motherland DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11 – 15) : In each of the following questions,
2. The speaker in the passage wants to go on fighting because find out which part has an error
(a) he is a raving lunatic
(b) he is in a state of utter despair 11. The police has (a)/arrested the thief (b)/who broke into my
(c) he expects help from other quarters house (c)/last night. (d)
(d) he is the leader of a suicide squad 12. The man who (a)/they thought to be (b)/a gentleman turned
3. Which of the following pair of the phrases helps best to out (c)/to be a rogue. (d)
bring out the intension of the speaker? 13. I told him on his face (a)/that he could not hope (b)/to pass
(a) “Go on to the end”, “shall never surrender” the stringent (c)/Medical examination of the Services Selection
(b) “Growing confidence”, “subjugated and starving” Board. (d)
(c) “Subjugated and starving”, “fighting and landing around”
(d) “Fighting in the streets”, “subjugated and starving” 14. Mohan is one of those boys (a)/who has expressed (b)/
4. The passage consists of repetitive patterns in syntax and willingness for joining (c)/the education tour. (d)
vocabulary. The effect of this style is that it 15. I may spend (a)/ this summer vacations (b)/with one of my
(a) reveals the speaker’s defects in giving a speech friends (c)/ in the back waters of Kerala. (d)
(b) produces the impression of bad poetry DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20) : Pick up the most effective word from
(c) conveys the speaker’s helpless situation the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence
(d) reinforces the speaker’s basic intention meaningfully complete.
5. The tone of the speaker is
(a) pleading and urging 16. According to the weather __________ it is going to be cloudy
(b) inspiring and encouraging today.
(c) discouraging and gloomy (a) announcement (b) indication
(d) menacing and bullying (c) prediction (d) forecast
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6 – 8) : In each of the following, choose the 17. The villagers __________ the murder of their leader by
word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals. burning the police van.
6. “MEDDLE”
(a) Disregard (b) Overlook (a) protested (b) avenged
(c) Interfere (d) Free (c) mourned (d) consoled