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AFCAT 2016 - II – SOLVED PAPER
Directions (1-5) - Which word or words explains the 11.
meaning of the following idioms:- (a) Mango (b) Lemon
1. All Agog (c) Fruit (d) Banana
(a) Almighty (b) Unmoved 12.
(c) Praise someone (d) Full of interest and (a) Usual (b) Ordinary
excitement (c) Common (d) Normal
2. To the manner born 13.
(a) One of low birth (b) Naturally at ease (a) Dissolves (b) Carries
(c) Place of one’s birth (d) Caesarean birth (c) Contains (d) Includes
3. Lose one’s marbles 14.
(a) Lose something dear (b) Suffer a setback (a) Continued (b) Made
to you (c) Got (d) Kept
(c) Become insane (d) Become drunk Directions (15-18) – Choose the correctly spelt
4. Bolt from the blue word:-
(a) Sea Swimming (b) Complete surprise 15.
(c) Reckless (d) Careless (a) Ascendancy (b) Ascendncy
5. Be like a bear with a sore head (c) Ascandency (d) Acsendancy
(a) Be in a full mood (b) Have headache 16.
(c) Powerful and (d) Restless (a) Hegamony (b) Hegemony
arrogant (c) Hegemoney (d) Hegamoney
Directions (6-9) – Choose the word which is nearly 17.
opposite in meaning to the given word:- (a) Parpetuate (b) Perpetuete
6. Beguile (c) Perpetuate (d) Perpatuate
(a) Deceive (b) Honest 18.
(c) Charm (d) Cheat (a) Apocaleptic (b) Apocalaptic
7. Ameliorate (c) Apocalyptic (d) Apacalyptic
(a) Deteriorate (b) Procrastinate Directions (19-22) – Choose the word which is
(c) Stagnate (d) Deviate nearest in meaning to the given word:-
8. Feckless 19. Preposterous
(a) Spotted (b) Fatuous (a) Formal (b) Judicious
(c) Strong (d) Fawning (c) Ridiculous (d) Ceremonious
9. Cacophonous 20. Dissemble
(a) Tamed (b) Harmonious (a) Disagree (b) Shake
(c) Silent (d) Domestic (c) Impeccable (d) Conceal
Directions (10-14) – Select the most appropriate 21. Raucous
word from the options against each number:- (a) Flavourful (b) Jarring
About sixty percent of the human body is water. If (c) Boisterous (d) Evil
you could (10) out a human being like a (11), you 22. Abrogate
would obtain about fifty liters of water. This water (a) Put an end to (b) Elope
which is not like (12) water because of the substance (c) Gatecrash (d) Send away
it (13) is necessary to the life of the human being. Directions (23-25) – Read the following passage
About a gallon of it is in the blood vessels and is (14) carefully and answer the questions given below it:-
circulating by temperature. The great Acharya’s have said that having discovered
10. a great goal, surrender yourself to that goal and act
(a) Work (b) Wrench towards it, drawing your inspiration from that goal
(c) Press (d) Squeeze whereby you will get a new column of energy. Do not