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AFCAT – I 2016: Solved Paper



          Directions  (Qs  1-4)  choose  the  word  that   7.      (a)Delay        (b)Hindrance
          best defines the given phrase                    (c) Application      (d)Execution

          1.  Beats me                               8.     (a) Desirable      (b) Deciphered
             (a) To hit someone                            (c) Inevitable           (d)Acceptable
             (b) To quarrel with a person              9.      (a) Check                   (b) Classify
             (c) To not understand                         (c) Divide                   (d) Analyse
             (d) To be silent
                                                     10.   (a) Specifications    (b) Limitations
          2.  Cloak and dagger                             (c) Qualifications    (d) Identification
             (a) To fight to a finish
             (b) To get into unexpected trouble      Directions  (Qs  11-14).  Choose  the  correct
             (c) To end the hostility                spelt word
             (d) Like a spy                          11     (a) Omminous            (b) Omineous
                                                               (c) Ominous                (d) Omenous
          3.  To be at the end of ones tether        12.    (a) Hindrance             (b) Hinderance
             (a) To feel offended                              (c) Hindrence             (d) Hinderence
             (b) To draw moral attention             13.    (a) Prejery                   (b) Perjury
             (c) To have no resources left
             (d) To think deeply                               (c) Purjury                  (d) Perjary
                                                     14.    (a) Reminiscene        (b) Reminiscence
          4.     I don't buy it                                (c) Reminicence       (d) Remeniscence
                  (a) To refuse to purchase something
                  (b) To give up                     Directions  (Qs  15-17).  Read  the  following
                  (c)To decline an offer             passage carefully and answer the questions
                  (d) To not be convinced            given below it
                                                     Recently, a newspaper article mourned the
          Directions  (Qs  5-10).  Select  the  most   total  disappearance  of  Common  House
          appropriate word from the options against   Sparrow.
          is number                                   This  was  a  comment  on  the  city’s
           life  is  an  (5)    series  of  challenges  and   perceptible  move  towards  edging  out  the
          opportunities to be seized.  You have to line   flora  and  fauna  of  the  city.    In  the  Rapid
          for  exercising  the  right  career  choice  and   urbanisation,  multi  storied  apartments
          (6)  the  right  opportunities.    Planned  (7)   grew and large-scale felling of trees became
          rather than a hasty decision is (8) as far as   necessary.  Last week, However seven pairs
          your career is concerned.  You need to (9)   of  the  sparrow  spotted  in  a  suburb.
          what  occupational  groups,  (10)  and  types   Possibly  the  greenery  of  this  place  have
          of organisations are suitable for you.
                                                     created a new habitat for these birds which
          5.     (a) Enticing       (b)Exciting      like  their  proximity  to  human  beings  and
               (c) Encharming       (d)Enhancing     have  made  a  comeback.  A  systematic
                                                     development  of  trees  and  shurbs  all  over
          6.     (a) Catching      (b)Offsetting
               (c) Grabbing      (d)Conceiving       the  city  could  woo  the  absentee  house
                                                     Sparrow to our midst.


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