AFCAT | Mini Mock for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

P. The old colonial notion that ancient Indians had no sense of history has now been blown

Q. And that its understanding of the past differed radically from the Western notions of history.

R. to bits by outstanding scholars like V. S. Pathak and Romila Thapar.

S. They have established that ancient India drew its sense of the past from a vast range of sources, of which religious texts were one.

Question 2

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The prospect of
(P) investors in India’s equity markets all excited
(Q) the NDA led by
(R) PM Narendra Modi returning to power has got

Question 3

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.

Havel was not against industry, (A)/ he was just for labour relations (B)/ and protection of the environmental. (C)/ No error (D)

Question 4

I will have been working here for ten years next week.

The tense of the verb in the given sentence is:

Question 5

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

If you have creative streak which you have never (1)/ pursued or interested in a new field, (2)/ gather your energy and move towards it. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 6

Direction: Given below is a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle. One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pick-pocket; and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him.

Once the law in Delhi did not permit the people to

Question 7

Direction: Given below is a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle. One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pick-pocket; and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him.

In order to evade the law, the lady

Question 8

Direction: Given below is a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle. One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pick-pocket; and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him.

The pick-pocket travelling with the lady

Question 9

Direction: Given below is a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle. One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pick-pocket; and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him.

Which one of the following correctly expresses the meaning of “wishing to evade the law” ?

Question 10

Direction: Given below is a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle. One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pick-pocket; and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him.

Why did the pick-pocket exclaim with pain?

Question 11

By selling 45 meters of cloth, one gains the selling price of 15 meters. Find the gain percent.

Question 12

A jewel which passing through three hands rises price on the whole by 65%. 20% and 25% profits are earned by the first and second seller, calculate the profit of third seller?

Question 13

Rohan, Vikas and Rishabh can complete a piece of work in 4, 20 and 60 days respectively. Working together, they can complete one-third of the same work in how many days?

Question 14

Two workers ‘A’ and ‘B’ working together completed a job in 5 days. Had ‘A’ worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and ‘B’ worked one-third as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have completed in 3 days. In how many days could ‘A’ alone complete the job?

Question 15

Consider the following statements in respect of a discrete set of numbers :

1. The arithmetic mean uses all the data and is always uniquely defined.

2. The median uses only one or two numbers from the data and may not be unique.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 16

The geometric mean of (x₁, x₂, x₃,…. X_n) is X and the geometric mean of (y₁, y₂, y₃,….Y_n) is Y. Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The geometric mean of

(x₁y₁, x₂y₂, x₃y₃, …. X_ny_n) is XY.

2. The geometric mean of

is

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Question 17

a, b, c, d are non-zero integers such that (ab) divides (cd). If a and c are coprime, then which one of the following is correct?

Question 18

The HCF of two natural numbers m and n is 24 and their product is 552. How many sets of values of m and n are possible?

Question 19

If 15 % of X’s income = 20% of Y’s income = 25% of Z’s income. If sum of their income is Rs. 70500, then Y’s income is:

Question 20

If the annual income of X is 20% more than that of Y, then the income of Y is less than that of X by p%. what is the value of p?

Question 21

Consider the following statements regarding Vitamins:

1) Vitamins A, D, C, K are the fat-soluble vitamins.

2) Fat-soluble vitamins travel through the lymphatic system and an excess amount simply pass through the body.

3) Water-soluble vitamins absorb quickly in the body as compared to Fat-soluble vitamins.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

Question 22

Fat soluble vitamins are

Question 23

Vitamins are substances

Question 24

What was the main cause behind Ramosi Peasant revolt of 1825-26?

Question 25

Which one of the following peasant struggles was an outcome of British opium policy?

Question 26

Arrange the following peasant movements in order of their chronology:

1) Pagal Panthis Movement

2) Indigo Revolt

3) Narkelberia Uprising

4) Moplah Rebellion

Question 27

In which tiger reserve Sabrimala temple is located in Kerala?

Question 28

Which one of the following tiger reserves of India has ‘Bhoorsingh the Barasingha’ as its official mascot?

Question 29

Sahyadri Tiger reserve located in which state?

Question 30

Manas Tiger Reserve is in which state?