FCI ASSISTANT GRADE III EXAM , 15-04-2012 ( PAPER – II ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

Directions (1-10) : In the following questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
1. He caught the boy (1)/ steal (2)/ the parcel. (3)/ No error. (4)

2. I am (1)/ taller than you (2)/ aren’t I ? (3)/ No error. (4)

3. A man of fifty (1)/ cannot be called (2)/ as young. (3)/ No error. (4)

4. One of my (1)/ brothers live (2)/ in U.S.A. (3)/ No error. (4)

5. I will (1)/ meet him (2)/ when he will come. (3) No error. (4)

6. I will not (1)/ agree to (2)/ the proposal. (3)/ No error. (4)

7. He wanted to go (1)/ to home (2)/ as he was sick. (3)/ No error. (4)

8. Either you (1)1 or he (2)/ are happy. (3)/ No error. (4)

9. In her address (1)/ she advised us to protect (2)/ our nation. (3)/ No error. (4)

10. Besides me (1)/ many other (2)/ were present. (3)/ No error. (4)

Directions (11-15) : 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.
11. He felt ____making so many mistakes.

12. The chief guest_____ the prizes.

13. This problem______a lot of thought.

14. Which is____ longest river in India ?

15. I promise to _______you in all circumstances.

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
16. Apparent

17. Discourse

18. Bombastic

19. Customary

20. Slain

Directions (21-25) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word as your answer.
21. Vague

22. Perfect

23. Deficit

24. Bane

25. Antique

Directions (26 – 30) : 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.
26. To take one to task

27. A red letter day

28. To cast away

29. To give a cold shoulder

30. To kick the bucket

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, the 1st and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
31. 1. The Centre
P. for vehicles carrying food articles
Q. on the windshield and
R. has made it mandatory
S. to display details
6. the rear screen.

32. 1. The man
P. would have given him
Q. was singularly inconspicuous
R. and no one passing him in the street
S. who was called Alfred Nobel 6. another look.

33. 1. If my father
P. gives me
Q. I shall spend
R. permission
S. a few months 6. abroad

34. 1. R.K. Narayan’s characters
P. merchants, hermits, teachers, etc.
Q. come from every
R. and represent in miniature
S. area of Indian society 6. a wealth of human experience.

35. 1. Elephants
P. in their feet
Q. to sense seismic vibrations
R. have special bones
S. that enable them 6. long before we can.

Directions (36-45) : In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
36. The whole village was ravaged by the maneater.

37. The purity ofjustice is maintained by the reports of proceedings in the law courts.

38. Newton wrote this letter yesterday.

39. An awareness is being created among the people by the Government about the importance of trees.

40. Ms on TV increase the sale of any commodity.

41. The Indian Government is encouraging the Europeans to visit India.

42. He handed her a chair.

43. Call the police at once.

44. Post the letter.

45. Who painted it ?

Directions (46-55) : In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
46. The music show began when we arrived in the hall.

47. There will be black murder when she hears this.

48. The congregation believes that it has selected a suitable preacher.

49. My group of tenthgraders are such well behaved.

50. My admonishing to him will not change his mind.

51. She gave most of her time to dance.

52. The people criticized the terrorist attack.

53. Surbhi’s father did not want her to have spent all her money at the fair.

54. Basmatt rice is more superior than most other varieties of rice.

55. Those were the days when we would all go out together.

Directions (56 – 65) : In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
56. The Principal told us, “Wait here UM return.”

57. My mother said to me, “Who is your best friend ?”

58. The teacher said to the boys, “If you do your best you will surely

59. The boy pleaded that he had not stolen the book.

60. Kavitha said, “I saw the photograph.”

61. The king said to his men, “Put the man in prison.”

62. He said, “I have made a kite.”

63. Dravid’s neighbour said, “Do you like to play golf ?

64. She announced that they had selected Pradeep as their leader.

65. He told the boy not to sit there.

Directions (66-75) : In the following two passages, 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.
PassageI
(Q. No. 66 – 75)
The happiest person is the one who enjoys what life offers. (66) age has its pleasures and its pains. Old age has always been thought of as the (67) age to be. But it is not (68) for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come (69) and the ability to guide others with (70) wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their (71) making progress in life. They can watch their grandchildren (72) up around them. If (73) life has been a useful one, they can feel the happiness of having come through the (74) of life (75).
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Passage II
(Q. No. 76 – 85)
Timely actions are always (126). When a cloth gets torn it must be mended (127), if it is to be useful. If the act of stitching is (128), the tear may become bigger and it may need more stitches and the cloth may become (129) for use. In the same manner, whenever any action is to be done it must be done at the (130) time. When (131) comes, we must utilise it or else the delay may result in (132) failure and (133). So remember (134) stitch (135) time saves nine.

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Directions (86-100) : In the following questions, you have two brief passages with 5/10 questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PassageI
(9. No. 86 90)
The art of story telling is not dead, and it will not be allowed to die. The invention of printing, literacy and the average man’s increasing enslavement to the visual media in recent decades threaten to stamp out the art altogether. It faces a threat now even in Indian homes, atleast in urban areas, where it has been kept alive for centuries by indulgent grandmothers using the tales of princes, princesses and flying horses for lullaby.
86. Which/Who of the following have kept this art alive for centuries

87. Why is it necessary to keep the art alive ?

88. ‘art’ as used in the paragraph refers to

89. ‘tales’ in this paragraph relate to

90. According to the passage, the threat to story telling is the result of

Passage II
(Q. No. 91100)
The common people have a way of laughing at their own misfortunes. They can also laugh at their oppressors. Satire became a habit with them while they groaned under the oppression of kings, priests and plutocrats. In contemporary India, the politician and the bureaucrat are the ones they take their revenge upon. There is much humour in Indian proverbs. Even the Gods are not spared. There is a special form of worship called nindastuti. praise by dispraise.
Real humour in India, as elsewhere, is contained within the different languages and it is difficult for Indians of one region to understand the humour of another. India is also by tradition a classridden and hierarchical society. Excessive reverence is shown to elders and to those in authority, though this may be changing. Sons and daughters don’t usually joke with their parents and viceversa; a boss can’t afford to be seen in a mood of levity with his employees; the landlord wouldn’t dream of sharing a joke with his peasant labourers. The path to wit and humour is strewn with pitfalls. With Indian intellectuals, solemnity is a motto. Many of them wouldn’t be seen dead with a joke. And the higher they go in the cerebral scale, the drier they become.
91. Who does not oppress the commoner ?

92. Who laughs at their own misfortunes ?

93. Whom do the commoners laugh at ?

94. ‘Cerebral scale’ means

95. Who becomes drier in the matter of wit ?

96. According to the passage, the Indian intellectuals are by nature

97. Satire became a habit for

98. A plutocrat is

99. A hinda stuff’is

100. Who often find themselves at the end of the common people’s sarcastic wit ?

1. A and B can do a job alone in 12 days and 15 days respectively. A starts the work and after 6 days B also joins to finish the work together. For how many days B actually worked on the job ?

2. Two pipes can fill a cistern separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. A waste pipe can drain off 30 litres per minute. flail the three pipes are opened, the cistern fills in one hour. The capacity (in litres) of the cistern is

3. A solid sphere of radius 1 cm is melted to convert into a wire of length 100 cm. The radius of the wire (using √3 = 1.732) is

4. A field is in the form of a rectangle of length 18m and width 15 m. A pit, 7.5 m long, 6 m broad and 0.8 m deep, is dug in a corner of the field and the earth taken out is evenly spread over the remaining area of the field. The level of the field raised is

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6. The last digit, that is, the digit in the unit’s place of the number I(57)25 – 11 is

7. The sum of five consecutive integers is a and the sum of next five consecutive integers is b.

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9. A number N is a positive threedigit number. If x is in its hundred’s place and y is in its unit’s place, then the number N 100x – y is always divisible by

10. A discount of 40% on the marked price of a trouser enables Ajit to purchase a shirt also which costs him Rs. 320. How much did Ajit pay for the trouser ?

11.The ratio of alcohol and water in 40 litres of mixture is 5 : 3. Then 8 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced with water. Now, the ratio of the alcohol and water in the resultant mixture is

12. Rama’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio 3 : 2. His income increases by 10 percent. His expenditure also increases by 12%. His savings increases by

13. Ten years ago the average age of P and Q was 20 years. Average age of P, Q and R is 30 years now. After 10 years, the age of R will be

14. The average value of the numbers 15, 21, 32, 35, 46, x, 59, 65, 72 should be greater than or equal to 43 but less than or equal to 44. Then the value of x should be

15. The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral triangle of side 4 cm. The height of the pyramid is half of its slant height. Its volume is

16. Water flows in a tank 150 m x 100 m at the base, through a pipe whose crosssection is 2 dm by 1.5 dm, at the speed of 15 km per hour. In what time will the water be 3 metres deep ?

17. A tent is of the shape of a right circular cylinder upto a height of 3 metres and then becomes a right circular cone with maximum height of 13.5 metres above the ground. If the radius of the base is 14 metres, the cost of painting the inner side of the tent at the rate of Rs. 2 per square metre is

18. The sides of a triangle are 50 cm, 78 cm and 112 cm. The smallest altitude is

19. Rahim bought a gift item for Rs. 510 after getting a discount of 15%. He then sells it 5% – above the marked price. The profit earned in this deal is

20. The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/9 th of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate percent per annum is equal to

21. If x + y+ z 1, xy + yz + zx = 1, xyz = – 1, then x³ + y³ + z³ is

22. If x² + y² + z² = xy + yz + zx, (x # 0), then the value of

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24. The area of the triangle, formed by the graph of ax + by = c (where a, b are two positive real numbers) and the coordinate axes, is

25. A shopkeeper marks his goods at 40% above their cost price. He is able to sell 3/4 th of his goods at this price, and the remaining at 40% discount. Assuming that the shopkeeper is able to sell all the goods he buys, fmd his loss or gain as % on the whole transaction.

26. A fruit seller bought 240 bananas at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. He sells half of them at the rate of Rs. 5 per banana. 1/6 th of the remaining are found to be rotten. The price per banana at which he has to sell the remaining bananas to get a profit of 25% on his entire investment is

27. Two numbers are 30% and 40% more than the third number respectively. The first number is x% of the second. Then x =

28. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil, so as not to increase the expenditure on this account, is

29. If a train runs at 40 km/hr, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes, but if it runs at 50 km/ hr, it is late by 5 minutes only. Find, the correct time for the train to complete its journey.

30. If x = r cos θ cos Φ, y = r cos θ sin Φ and z = r sin θ, then the value of x + y + z is

31. If 5 cos θ + 12 sin θ = 13, tiler tan θ=

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34. A man from the top of a 100 metre high tower sees a car moving towards the tower at an angle of depression of 30°. After some time, the angle of depression becomes 60°. The distance (in metres) travelled by the car during this time is

35. If the diameter of a sphere decreased by 25%, its curvets surface area will be decreased by

36. If x² + y² + z² + 2 = 2(y – x), then value of x³ + y³ + z³ is equal to

37. O is the circumcentre of ABC. If ∠BAC = 85°, ∠BCA 75°, then ∠OAC is equal to

38. The distance between the centres of the two circles with radii 4 cm and 9 cm is 13 cm. The length of the direct common tangent (between two points of contact) is

39. The external bisector of ∠ABC of ΔABC intersects the straight line through A and parallel to BC at the point D. If ∠ABC = 50°, then measure of ∠ADB is

40. AB is a diameter of a circle with centre at 0. DC is a chord of it such that DC || AB. If ∠BAC = 20°, then ∠ADC is equal to

41. The tangents drawn at P and Q on the circumference of a circle intersect at A. If ∠PAQ = 68°, then the measure of the ∠APQ is

Directions ( 42 – 45) : Study the following table and answer the questions. Number of students from various schools playing various games (one student plays one game only) 42. The difference between the total number of student:, saying Basketball from all the schools and the total number of students playing Cricket from all the schools is

43. The number of students playing Football from School C is x percent of the total number of students playing Football from all the schools. x equals

44. Which school has the maximum number of players ?

45. The number of students playing Badminton from School E is x% of the students playing Badminton from School B. Then x equals

Directions (46 – 50) : The following bar graph depicts the result for B.Sc. students of a college for three years. Read the graph and answer the questions based on this graph. 46. The number of students passed in 3rd division in 1984 was

47. The percentage of students failed in 1984 was

48. The aggregate pass percentage during the three years was

49. The percentage of students passed in 1st division in 1982 was

50. The percentage of students passed in 1982 was