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

1. The value of a commodity expressed in terms of money is known as

2. The Planning Commission of India was established in the year

3. Green Revolution was started in

4. The term of the Finance Commission is

5. Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in

6. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?

7. Which one of the following methods is used to ascertain the public opinion on important legislation ?

8. Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by

9. The final authority to interpret our Constitution is the

10. Compared with Society, the scope of State activity is

11. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by

12. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was

13. The GovernorGeneral who abolished the practice of Sati was

14. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was

15. After Alexander’s death the Eat;tern part of his empire came under

16. The Thar Express goes to

17. The product used for manufacturing of Industrial alcohol is

18. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river

19. Kanchenjunga is situated in

20. With which set of following countries has Arunachal Pradesh common border?

21. The green colour of the leaves is due to the presence of

22. The edible part of an onion is

23. To which group of blood an universal recipient belongs?

24. The normal body temperature of human beings is

25. Columba livia is the scientific name of

26. Bones are pneumatic in

27. Name the process of production of energy in the Sun

28. A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in mercury container will

29. The sounds having a frequency of 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz are known as

30. Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?

31. Which of the following produces highest amount of energy upon oxidation?

32. Pure water is bad conductor of electricity because it is

33. Where is National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) located?

34. The metals commonly used for electroplating are

35. Which of the following in automobile exhaust can cause cancer ?

36. Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a/an

37. Gamma rays have greatest similarity with

38. In the absence of ozone layer. which rays will enter into atmosphere?

39. Where are programs and data to be used by the computer available?

40. In HTML, and tags display the enclosed text in

41. Who invented chloroform as anaesthetic?

42. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to

43. Sebastian Vettel won the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix held at Greater Noida on October 30, 2011. This was also his ____win of the season.

44. Of which of the following States of India is Kuchipudi a dancedrama?

45. With which of the following was Satyajit Ray associated?

46. Census data released on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in

47. National Social Assistance Programme is aimed at providing

48. As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have Uranium reserve of

49. Which of the following is a famous Assamese festival ?

50. The least populated State in India is

Directions (1-5) : In the following questions, some 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.

2. Due to me being a new corner (1)/ I was unable (2)/ to get a good house (3)/. No error (4)

3. The circulation of The Statesman (1)/ is greater than (2)/ that of any newspaper. (3)/. No error (4)

4. In the garden (1)/ were the more beautiful flowers (2)/ and silver bells (3)/. No error (4)

5. The poet (1)/ describes about (2)/ the spring season (3)/. No error (4)

Directions (5-10) : 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. The news was____ good to be true.

7. How much longer _____this book ?

8. ____you hear the President’s speech ?

9. I _____to the movies with some friends last night.

10. She has only____ friends.

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

12. spirited

13. gloomy

14. grumble

15. crude

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
16. detest

17. intentional

18. commence

19. expand

20. prosperity

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.
21. to speak one’s mind.

22. to make a mountain of a molehill

23. hand in glove

24. to add fuel to the fire

25. wear and tear

Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, 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)

27. When I shall go to Agra, I shall visit the Taj Mahal.

28. You must apologise with him for this.

29. Since he worked hard he failed to secure good grades.

30. The minister agreed will answer questions on television.

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
31. A person who loves wealth and spends as little money as possible

32. State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion

33. A person who is fluent in two languages

34. One who eats human flesh

35. The quality of being politely firm and demanding

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.
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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.
“Quit India” came not from the lips but the aching hearts of millions. In this open rebellion, the Inidan 41 reached its climax. The British were not only 42 by it. but also were obliged to quit unilaterally. The importance of Quit India can be 43 from Lord Linlithgow’s statement, “I am engaged here in meeting by far the most 44 rebellion since that of 1857, the gravity and extent of which we have so far 45 from the world for reasons of military security.” Still more significant was Churchill’s gloomy disclo sure to the King Emperor that, “the idea of 46 of power had become an admitted 47 in the minds of British party leaders,” although his public statements were diametrically opposite. The 48 created by Quit India made the British 49 that they could no longer keep India in 50.
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4. The number 2.5 , when written as a fraction and reduced to lowest terms, the sum of the numerator and denominator is

5. If the square root of x is the cube root of y, then the relation between x and y is

6. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete in 20 days. If B does the work only half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work ?

7. A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient than A. The number of days taken by B to do the same work is

8. A right circular cylinder, a hemisphere and a right circular cone stand on the same base and have the same height. The ratio of their volumes is

9. A cylinder has ‘r’ as the radius of the base and ‘h’ as the height. The radius of base of another cylinder. having double the volume but the same height as that of the first cylinder must be equal to

10. Area of the base of a pyramid is 57 sq.cm. and height is 10 cm, then its volume in cm₃, is

11. If the length of the diagonal of a cube is 8,5 cm, then its surface area is

12. The area of a circle inscribed in a square of area 2 m² is

13. If the numerical value of the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is times the area of it, then the length of each side of the triangle is

14. An equilateral triangle is drawn on the diagonal of a square. The of the area of the triangle to that of the square is

15. For a certain article, if discount is 25% the profit is 25%. If the discount is 10%, then the profit is

16. The price that Akbar should mark on a pair of shoes which costs him 1,200 to gain 12% after allowing a discount of 16% (in rupees) is

17. If y : x = 4 : 15, then the value

18. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 days. The original number of carpenters was

19. One third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/ hour, onefourth at the rate of 301cm/hour and the rest at 50 km/hour. The average speed for the whole journey is

20. The average of two numbers is 62. If 2 is added to the smallest number, the ratio between the numbers becomes 1 : 2. The difference of the numbers is

21. The cost price of 25 articles is equal to the selling price of 20 of them. The gain or loss percent is given by

22. A shopkeeper makes a profit of 20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price of an article. If marked price is r 500 then the cost price of the article is

23. If 40% of (A + B) = 60% of

24. A number is first increased by 10% and then it is further increased by 20%. The original number is increased altogether by

25. If a train runs at 40 km/hour, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes. But if it runs at 50 km/hour, it is late by 5 minutes only. The correct time (in minutes) for the train to complete the journey is

26. A tree increases annually by 1/8 th of its height. By how much will it increase after 2 years, if it stands today 64 cm high?

27. If 2^x+3 = 32, then the value of 3^x+1 is equal to

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30. If a² + b² + c² + 3 = 2 (a + b + c) then the value of (a + b + c) is

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32. The ortho centre of a right angled triangle lies

33. The angles of a triangle are (x + 5)°, (2x – 3)° and (3x + 4)°. The value of x is

34. Two line segments PQ and RS intersect at X in such a way that XP = XR. If ∠PSX = ∠RQX, then one must have

35. AD is the median of a triangle ABC and 0 is the centroid such that AO = 10 cm. The length of OD in cm is

36. The external bisector of ∠B and ∠C of ΔABC (where AB and AC extended to E and F respectively) meet at point P. If ∠BAC = 100°, then the measure of ∠BPC is

37. If tan (2θ + 45°) = cot 3θ where (2θ + 45°) and 3θ are acute angles, then the value of θ is

38. One flies a kite with a thread 150 metre long. If the thread of the kite makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal line, then the height of the kite from the ground (assuming the thread to be in a straight line) is

39. If θ be acute angle and cos θ = 15/17. then the value of cot (90° – θ) is

40. Ifsec²θ + tan²θ = 7/12 , then sec⁴θ – tan⁴θ =

41. If cos x + cos y = 2, the value of sin x + sin y is

Directions (42-45) : The following Piechart shows the land distribution of a housing complex. If the total area of the complex is 5 acres, examine the pie chart and answer the questions. 42. The ratio of area allotted for residential and road purpose is

43. The percentage of the total area allotted for water body and green zone together is

44. Land allotted for green zone is greater than that for commercial purpose by

45. The total land allotted for residential and commercial purpose is

Directions (46-50) : Study the following bar graph and answer the questions. Gross Profit and Net Profit of a company in lakhs of rupees for the years 19941997: 46. The year in which the gross profit is double the net profit

47. The percentage of net profit of 1995 as compared to the gross profit in that year is

48. The difference of average gross profit and average net profit calculated for four years is

49. The ratio of gross profit to net profit in a year was greatest in the year

50. For the entire four years as shown, the ratio of total gross profit to total net profit is

Directions (1-9) : In each of the following questioins, select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
1. Student : Book :: Postman : ?

2. Illiteracy : Education : Drought : ?

3. Carpenter : Furniture ?

4. LOM : NMK PKI ?

5. JTIS : HRGQ FPEO : ?

6. BAD : CBE :: ? : IVSU

7. 5 : 30 :: 8 : ?

8. 12 : 30 :: 20 : ?

9. 3 : 28 :: 5 : ?

Directions (10-18) : In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from the other three responses.
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Directions (19-20) : In each of the following questions. which one of the given responses would be a meandingful order of the following words in ascending order ?
19. 1. Child
2. Profession
3. Marriage
4. Infant
5. Education

20. 1. Plastering
2. Painting
3. Foundation
4. Walls
5. Ceiling

21. If the following words are arranged according to English Dictionary, which word will be on third place ?

22. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
_bc c _ a abc _ ba ab _

Directions (23-26) : In each of the following questions, choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series :
23. ACE, BDF, CEG. ?

24. AZBY, CXDW, EVFU, ?

25. 33, 48, 65, 84, ? , ?

26. 2, 10, 26, 50, ?

27. Find the wrong number in the given number series :
2, 10, 30, 68, 120, 222

28. Savitha introduced a boy as the son of the only daughter of the father of her maternal uncle. How is boy related to Savitha ?

29. A father is three times as old his son. Eight years ago, the father was five times as old as his son. What is the present age of the son ?

30. From following alternatives select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:
DEPARTMEW

31. From the following alternatives select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word :
EXPERIENCE

32. If E = 5 and TEA = 26 then TEACHER = ?

33. In certain code COMPUTER is written as OCPMTURE. In that code which alternative will be written as OHKCYE ?

34. X stands for +, Z stands for ÷, Y stands for -, and P stands for ×, then what is the value of 10 P₂ X₅ Y₅ ?

35. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. Find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis.
If 3 ÷ 5=5, 4 ÷ 7 =8, 8 ÷ 7 = 6 then, what should 9 ÷ 6 be ?

36. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace • signs and to balance the given equation : 28 * 4 * 9 * 16

Directions (37-38) : In each of the following questions, find the missing number from the given responses.
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39. A man starts from his house and walked straight for 10 metres towards North and turned left and walked 25 metres. He then turned right and walked 5 metres and again turned right and walked 25 metres. Which direction is he facing now ?

40. A and B start walking from the same point. A goes north and covers 3 km, then turns right and covers 4 kms. B goes west and covers 5 kms, then turns right and covers 3 kms. How far apart are they from each other ?

41. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C and B is on the right of E. A is on the right of C and B is on the left of D. If E occupies a corner postion, then who is sitting in the centre ?

42. If Ram’s house is located to the south of Krishna’s house and Govinda’s house is to the east of Krishna’s house, in what direction is Ram’s house situated with respect to Govinda’s house ?

Directions (43-44) : In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
43. Statements:
1. All children are students.
2. All students are players.
Conclusions:
I. All cricketers are students.
II. All children are players.

44. Statements:
1. No teacher comes to the school on a bicycle.
2. Anand comes to the school on a bicycle.
Conclusions:
I. Anand is not a teacher.
II. Anand is a student.

45. Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure ?

46. Select the answer figure in which the question figure is hidden/embedded

47. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened?

48. Which of the answer figure is exactly the mirror image of the given figure, when the mirror is held on the line AB ?

49. In the following question a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of MatrixI are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of MatrixII are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., ‘F’ can be represented by 14, 21, etc. and ‘E’ can be represented by 20, 32, etc. Identify the set for the word FIRE.

50. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the relationship among people, women and mothers ?