FCI ASSISTANT GRADEII EXAM , 22-01-2012 ( PAPER – I ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

1. The Preamble to our Constitution makes no mention of

2. Which one of the following is the popularly elected House of the Indian Parliament?

3. Which part of the Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy?

4. Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of

5. The methods of democratic socialism are

6. The number of oil refineries working in the State of Assam is

7. Per capita income is equal to National Income

8. Who appoints the Finance Commission?

9. The Annapurna Scheme was implemented in the year

10. A favourable Balance of Trade of a country implies that

11. Major iron and steel industries are located in the plateau of

12. The tallest and thickest type of grass is

13. Which of the following rivers has its source outside India?

14. Majuli, the largest river island in the world, lies in the state of

15. Desertification can be checked by

16. Worship of Mother Goddess was associated with

17. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at

18. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between

19. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by

20. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following

21. The process of preventing the birds from flying is called

22. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at

23. The time period of a seconds pendulum is

24. Lakes freeze in cold countries in winter, leaving the water underneath at

25. Which one of the following determines the sharpness of image in a camera ?

26. Stainless steel is an alloy of

27. Veins seen in the leaves, serve the function of

28. The edible part of Cabbage is

29. Which of the following processes are associated with plants during dark period?

30. In MRI machine, which one of the following is used?

31. For a person having hypermetropia, the near point is

32. Amount of water vapour in the atmosphere is measured in terms of

33. For generation of biogas, the materials commonly used are

34. The symbols used in an assembly language are

35. The ‘NOSHADE’ attribute in HTML

36. Who invented vaccination?

37. Raw materials used for the manufacture of glass are

38. Goitre is caused by the deficiency of

39. Which of the following is used in welding broken pieces of iron rails and machine parts?

40. The total number of biosphere reserves present in India are

41. The BOD values of water indicate the

42. According to the census data released in July 2011, the fall in child sex ratio in rural areas as compared to urban areas is

43. The objective of ‘Jawahar Rojgar Yojana’ is to

44. Tummalapalle, where huge reserves of uranium have been found, as announced by the Atomic Energy Commission in July, 2011, lies in the state of

45. Surat is situated on the banks of the river

46. The most densely populated State in India is

47. The Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix was held on October 30, 2011 at

48. Of which of the following States is Nautanki, a folk dance?

49. Guru Gopinath was an exponent of

50. The Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2011 has been awarded to

Directions (1-5) : 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. You have been doing (1)/ your homework (2)/ regularly ? (3)/ No error (4)

2. The same procedure (1)/ also should used (2)/ for the final assessment. (3)/ No error (4)

3. I must find out (1)/ some means to balance (2)/ my budget. (3)/ No error. (4)

4. Thank you, (1)/I am fine (2)/ completely. (3) / No error (4)

5. He asked me (1)/ when could I finish (2)/ the work. (3)/ No error (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. He slipped ____the train.

7. How did these things come____?

8. The cricket was lazy_____ the ant was busy.

9. Nadira____ little difficulty in finding a job after her graduation.

10. The children suddenly stopped _____when they saw Grandpa coming in.

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. Regard

12. Swap

13. Prudent

14. Genius

15. Culmination

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

17. Adamant

18. Professional

19. Callous

20. Incredible

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. a little gush of gratitude

22. to lose ground

23. to make both ends meet

24. to fall back on

25. to make one’s blood boil

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. Officials were asked to examine the likelihood of providing banking facilities in the area.

27. The shortage of fuel has obstacled interstate transportation.

28. Being a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.

29. Rahul gave me an old scissor.

30. The teacher was angry with Paul as he had not done the homework.

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence. 31. The process of deciding the nature of a disease by examination

32. That which cannot be easily read

33. One who finds nothing good in anything

34. A person who pretends to be what he is not

35. In a threatening manner

Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one 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.
Broadly speaking letters may be said to 41 into two classes, the formal and 42. Formal letters la of official or business matters and are 44 to an employer, officials of a department or institutions. Letters to the 45 of a newspaper also belong to this class. In fact, all 46 using formal pattern is of this category. The 47 has to be precisely stated. It must be 48 in style and quite 49. No 50 element has any place in it.
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Directions (1-9) : In each of the following questions, select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
1. ABZ : BDX : : CFV : ?

2. BCDE : VWXY : : FGHI : ?

3. tide : edit : : spit : ?

4. 72 : 40 : : ? : 30

5. 6: 12 : : 20 : ?

6. 5: 135 : : 7 : ?

7. Poet : Imagination : : Historian : ?

8. Gifted : Intelligent : : Creative : ?

9. Triangle : Hexagon : : ?

Directions (10-18) : In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from the other responses.
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Directions (19-20) : In each of the following questions, which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following words in ascending order ?
19. 1. Mother
2. Infant
3. Milk
4. Crying
5. Smiling

20. 1. Salary
2. Child
3. Employment
4. School
5. College

21. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
_srtr_srs_r_srst_

22. Which of the following words will come fourth if arranged according to the English Dictionary ?

Directions (23-26) : In each of the following questions, choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
23. 206, 221, 251, 296, 356, ?

24. 5, 17, 37, 65, ? , 145

25. KEC, LFD, MGE, NHF, ?

26. ABDC, GHJI, MNPO, ?

27. Kusuma is the wife of Ravi. Govind and Prabhu are brothers. Govind is the brother of Ravi. Prabhu is Kusuma’s.

28. 20 years ago. Antony’s age was 1/2 of what his age now is. What is his age now ?

29. Find the wrong number in the given number series.
3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 730

30. If in a certain code language INSTITUTION is coded as NOITUTITSNI, then how will PERFECTION be coded in that code language ?

31. If L denotes ×, M denotes ÷, P denotes + and Q denotes - , then find the value of 16 P 24 M 8 Q 6 M 2 L 3 = ?

32. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. Find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis.
If 8 + 8 = 72, 5 + 5 = 30 and 7 + 7 = 56, what is 6 + 6 = ?

33. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace * signs and to balance the given equation.
16 * 4 * 64 * 4

34. From the following alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. CORRESPONDENT

35. From the following alternatives, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word. CONTROVERSY

36. If B = 2, A = 1, M= 3, R = 5, E = 6, 0 = 7, the sum of the letters of which of the following words will give the highest number ?

Directions (37-38) : In each of the following questions, find the missing number from the given responses.
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39. Lalit is elder than Prakash and Kishore. Mukesh is elder than Rakesh but not as old as Lalit. Prakash is younger than Rakesh but is not the youngest. Who is the eldest?

40. John’s house is 100 metres North of his uncle’s office. His uncle’s house is located 200 metres West of his (uncle’s) office. Kabir is the friend of John and he stays 100 metres East of John’s house. The office of Kabir is located 100 metres South of his house, Then how far is his uncle’s house from Kabir’s office?

41. Kiran moved a distance of 50 metres towards the North. He then turned to the left and walked 25 metres, turned left again and walked 40 metres. Finally he turned to the right. In which direction is he moving now?

42. A house faces North. A man coming out of his house walked straight for 10 metres, turned left and walked 25 metres. He then turned right and walked 5 metres and again turned right and walked 25 metres. How far is he from his house?

Directions (43-44) : In each of the following question, one or 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 at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the given statements.
43. Statement :
A room with flowers looks beautiful.
Conclusions :
I. Flowers are grown for decoration of rooms.
II. Room without flowers looks ugly.

44. Statements:
All students are boys.
No boy is dull.
Conclusions :
1. There are no girls in the class.
II. No student is dull.

45. 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.

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

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

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

49. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the relationship among Tiger, Lions and Animals?

50. 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 shown in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II 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., ‘Fi’ can be represented by 14, 20, 42, etc. and ‘D’ can be represented by 59, 65, 86, etc. Identify the set for the word NAIL.