FCI ASSISTANT GRADE – III EXAM , 05-02-2012 ( PAPER – I, EAST ZONE ( IIND SITTING ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER)

1. The iron ore which contains 72% of iron is :

2. The filament of electric bulb is made up of :

3. Cement is usually a mixture of:

4. Tsunamis are waves generated by :

5. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement ?

6. When a vibrating tuning fork is placed on a table, a loud sound is heard. This is due to :

7. The atmospheric gas that is mainly responsible for Green House effect :

8. Light houses are places with powerful lights to :

9. The Parliament can legislate on subjects given in the Union List only in consultation with the State Government for the State of :

10. Gol Gumbaz is in :

11. Which of the following is correctly matched ?

12. Who of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize ?

13. In a Capitalistic Economy, the prices are determined by :

14. Which of the following is not a cause of low productivity in Indian agriculture ?

15. The States in India are demanding greater autonomy from the centre in the field.

16. Who of the following has not been an interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir ?

17. A piece of wood is held under water. The upthrust on it will be :

18. The telephone was invented by:

19. Surat is located on the banks of the river :

20. An ecosystem consists of :

21. An insect – catching plant is :

22. Tooth paste is a product sold under :

23. What does Jahangir mean ?

24. Electric bulbs are filled with :

25. The method not used as a Biological control is :

26. Who is the Supreme CommanderinChief of armed forces of the country ?

27. The term ‘Pitcher’ is associated with :

28. Wisdom teeth is the :

29. The tusk of elephant is an enormously enlarged :

30. Ethnic group Mongoloids are found in India in :

31. The National Development Council includes :

32. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in :

33. In Mohanjadaro, the largest building is :

34. The purest form of Iron is :

35. The gas that is used in the manufacture of vanaspati ghee is :

36. Scurvy is caused due to the deflciency of :

37. Kamakhya temple is an important place of tourism in the State of :

38. Which of the following is called “brown paper” ?

39. Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen’s proclama tion?

40. Which of the following is not a Hardware ?

41. The zone of Earth’s atmosphere immediately above its surface up to a height of about 16 kms above equator and 8 kms over the poles is known as :

42. The caste system of India was created for :

43. A Secular State is one which :

44. Which is the largest State of India ?

45. Who is called as the Prophet of New India’ ?

46. Male (Anopheles) mosquito feeds on :

47. Tabal Chongli’ is a form of fold dance associated with the State of :

48. According to a study conducted by Hyderbad’s National Institute of Nutrition, the healthiest of 14 fresh fruits commonly consumed in India with maximum ‘Goodness Index’ is :

49. Which one of the following is a system software ?

50. The crop mainly grown in hills is :

Directions (1-5) : In the following questions, some part of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error. 1. He remembered (1)/that his visa (2)/ will be expired in a month. (3)/No error (4)

2. When I shall see him (1)/ I shall (2)/ tell him. (31/ No error (4)

3. I wasn’t (1)/ at the last meeting and (2)/ neither was you. (3)/ No error (4)

4. The three individuals are so different (1)/ that their tastes vary (2)/ from one another. (3)/ No error (4)

5. In any case no disciplinary action (1)/ are required (2)/ to be taken. (3)/ No eror (4)

Directions (6-10) : In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
6. An optimist thinks that all ____well with the world.

7. There aren’t ____mountains in that part of the country.

8. Only people who are afraid to sign their names, send ____ letters.

9. That hardly counts,____

10. The examination will begin _____monday.

Directions (11-15) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
11. Dishonour

12. Novice

13. Idea

14. Erudite

15. Adversary

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word as your answer.
16. Repulsive

17. Obvious

18. Misery

19. Implicit

20. Capture

Directions (21-25) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase as your answer.
21. to give currency

22. herculean task

23. to play havoc with

24. a red letter day

25. a bone of contention

Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
26. Your answer book will be answered with the help of a computer.

27. In the hot afternoon after a long walk, I rested under the shadow of a tree.

28. He throwed it out of the window.

29. Marconi assembled the radio.

30. He showed great kind to his friend.

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence as your answer.
31. An instrument for measuring wind pressure

32. Ability to go on inspite of difficulties

33. To die in water or any other liquid because one is unable to breathe

34. A number of ships, vehicles etc. travelling together under escort

35. To destroy completely

Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and as your answer.
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Directions (41-50):
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
The great advantage of early rising is the good (41) it gives us in our day’s work. The early riser can do a large amount of work (42) other men get out of bed. In the early morning the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other (43) so that work done at that time is generally (44). In many cases the early riser also finds time to (45) some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last (46) the evening. By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to do (47) or the work he can be (48) to do, and is not tempted to (49) over any part of it. All his work being finished in good time, he has a long (50) of rest in the evening, before the timely hour when he goes to bed.
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1. The lines 2x + y = 5 and x + 2y = 4 intersect at the point :

2. The distance between Howrah and New Delhi via Patna is 1440 km, and the distance between Howrah and New Delhi via Gaya is 5% less. Then the distance between the places via Gaya (in km) is :

3. The average of five numbers is 140. If one number is excluded, the average of the remaining four numbers is 130. The excluded number is :

4. Ratio of the principal and the amount after 1 year is 10:12. Then the rate of interest per annum is :

5. The value of the expression x⁴ – 17x³ + 17x² – 17x + 17 at x= 16 is

6. If toys are bought at 5 each and sold at 4.50 each, then the loss is :

7. A solid cone of height 9 cm with diameter of its base 18 cm is cut out from a wooden solid sphere of radius 9 cm. The percentage of wood wasted is :

8. Ravi travels 300 km partly by train and partly by car. He takes 4 hours to reach, if he travels 60 km by train and rest by car. He will take 10 minutes more if he were to travel 100 km by train and rest by car. The speed of the train is :

9. Selling an article at a profit of 5%, Mr. X gets Q 150 more than selling it at a loss of 5%. Mr. X purchased the article at :

10. If sin 17° = X/Y then the value of sec 17°sin 73° is :

11. In a cylindrical vessel of diameter 24 cm filled up with sufficient quantity of water, a solid spherical ball of radius 6 cm is completely immersed. Then the increase in height of water level is :

12. Two equal circles of radius 4 cm intersect each other such that each passes through the centre of the other. The length of the common chord is :

13. If A : B is 2 : 3, B : C is 6 : 11, then A: B : C is :

14. One chord of a circle is known to be 10.1 cm. The radius of this circle must be :

15. If two-third of A is fourfifth of B, then A : B = ?

16. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points A and B lying on the horizontal through the foot of the tower are respectively 15° and 30°. If A and B are on the same side of the tower and AB = 48 metre, then the height of the tower is :

17. In ΔABC, ∠BAC = 90° and AB = 1/2 BC . Then the measure 2 of ∠ACB is :

18. ABCD is a cyclic parallelogram. The angle ∠B is equal to :

19. The length of the chord of a circle is 8 cm and perpendicular distance between centre and the chord is 3 cm. Then the radius of the circle is equal to :

20. What is the greatest number which will divide 110 and 128 leaving a remainder 2 in each case ?

21. If 0 < x < π/2 and secx = cosecy, then the value of sin (x+y) is :

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23. Both the end digits of a 99 digit number N are 2. N is divisible by 11, then all the middle digits are :

24. The true discount on a sum of money due 2 years hence at 5% is 15. Find the sum.

25. The vaule of tan 1° tan2° tan3° tan89° is :

26. If (2^x)(2^y) = 8 and (9^x)(3^y) = 81, then (x, y) is :

27. The product of two numbers is 36 and their sum is 13. The positive difference between the two numbers is

28. A can do a piece of work in 12 days. B is 50% more efficient than A. In how many days B will finish the same work ?

29. Two successive discounts of 5%, 10% are given for an article costing 850. Present cost of the article is (in :

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31. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is three times its exterior angle, then the number of sides of the regular polygon is :

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33. The ratio of the radii of two circles is 1 : 2, then the ratio of their area is :

34. The average weight of five persons sitting in a boat is 38 kg. The average weight of the boat and the persons sitting in the boat is 52kg. What is the weight of the boat ?

35. A solid wooden toy is in the shape of a right circular cone mounted on a hemisphere. If the radius of the hemisphere is 4.2 cm and the total height of the toy is 10.2 cm, find the volume of the wooden toy (nearly).

36. If A, B and C be the angles of a triangle, then of the following the incorrect relation is :

37. The allowances of an empolyee constitute 165% of his basic pay. If he receives 11925 as gross salary, then his basic pay is :

38. If a = 23 and b = -29 then the value of 25a² + 40ab + 16b² is :

39. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes another 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in :

40. From four corners of a square sheet of side 4 cm, four pieces, each in the shape of arc of a circle with radius 2 cm, are cut out. The area of the remaining portion is :