Warm up test for AFCAT -2016 - II

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         2016- AFCAT Warm up Test No 01. Compiled by www.ssbcoaching.com ( Defence Academy Coimbatore)

 1. Arithmetic:
Which of the following is not a prime number/s?
          a) 137
          b) 173
          c) 437
          d) 811

 2. Find the H.C. F of 513, 1134 and 1215
          a) 27
          b) 23
          c) 81
          d) 47

 3. The H.C.F of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M is 693. If one of the numbers is 77, find the other.
          a) 89
          b) 99
          c) 69
          d) 75

 4. Simplify: ( 0.05 x 0.05 x0.05 + 0.04 x 0.04 x 0.04) /( 0.05 x 0.05 - 0.05 x 0.04 +0.04 x 0.04)
          a) 0.9
          b) 0.09
          c) 0.009
          d) 9

 5. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?
          a) 120 metres
          b) 180 metres
          c) 324 metres
          d) 150 metres

 6. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:
          a) 45km/hr
          b) 50km/hr
          c) 54km/hr
          d) 55km/hr

 7. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :
          a) 1/4
          b) 1/10
          c) 7/15
          d) 8/15

 8. A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:
          a) 9 1/5 days
          b) 9 2/5 days
          c) 9 3/5 days
          d) 10

 9.
Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
          a) 4.571%
          b) 5.454%
          c) 10%
          d) 12%

 10.
The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
          a) 15
          b) 16
          c) 18
          d) 25

 11.
In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
          a) 6.25
          b) 6.5
          c) 6.75
          d) 7

 12.
A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?
          a) Rs.4991
          b) Rs.5991
          c) Rs.6001
          d) Rs.6991

 13. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
          a) 3.6
          b) 7.2
          c) 8.4
          d) 10

 14.
An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 Hr 40 min, it must travel at a speed of:
          a) 300Kmph
          b) 360Kmph
          c) 600Kmph
          d) 720Kmph

 15. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is:
          a) Rs.650
          b) Rs.690
          c) Rs.698
          d) Rs.700

 16. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. in 5 years. What is the sum
          a) Rs. 4462.50
          b) Rs. 6500
          c) Rs.7200
          d) Rs.7500

 17. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
          a) 625
          b) 630
          c) 640
          d) 650

 18. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
          a) Rs.2160
          b) Rs.3120
          c) Rs.3972
          d) Rs.6240

 19. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream
          a) 2Hrs
          b) 3Hrs
          c) 4Hrs
          d) 5Hrs

 20. A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's speed against the current is:
          a) 8.5 Km/hr
          b) 9 Km/hr
          c) 10 Km/hr
          d) 12.5Km/hr

 21. Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

          a) We discussed about the problem so thoroughly
          b) on the eve of the examination
          c) that I found it very easy to work it out.
          d) No error.

 22. (solve as per the direction given above)
          a) An Indian ship
          b) laden with merchandise
          c) got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
          d) No error.

 23. (solve as per the direction given above)
          a) I could not put up in a hotel
          b) because the boarding and lodging charges
          c) were exorbitant.
          d) No error.

 24. (solve as per the direction given above)
          a) The Indian radio
          b) which was previously controlled by the British rulers
          c) is free now from the narrow vested interests.
          d) No error.

 25. (solve as per the direction given above)
          a) If I had known
          b) this yesterday
          c) I will have helped him.
          d) No error.

 26. In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
CORPULENT
          a) Lean
          b) Gaunt
          c) Emaciated
          d) Obese

 27. Synonyms of BRIEF
          a) Limited
          b) Small
          c) Little
          d) Short

 28. Synonyms of EMBEZZLE
          a) Misappropriate
          b) Balance
          c) Remunerate
          d) Clear

 29. Synonyms of VENT
          a) Opening
          b) Stodge
          c) End
          d) Past tense go

 30. Synonyms of AUGUST
          a) Common
          b) Ridiculous
          c) Dignified
          d) Petty

 31. In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words
ENORMOUS
          a) Soft
          b) Average
          c) Tiny
          d) Weak

 32. Antonyms of COMMISSIONED
          a) Started
          b) Closed
          c) Finished
          d) Terminated

 33. Antonyms of ARTIFICIAL
          a) Red
          b) Natural
          c) Truthful
          d) Solid

 34. Antonyms of EXODUS
          a) Influx
          b) Home-coming
          c) Return
          d) Restoration

 35. Antonyms of RELINQUISH
          a) Abdicate
          b) Renounce
          c) Posses
          d) Deny

 36. Find the correctly spelt words.

          a) Efficient
          b) Treatement
          c) Beterment
          d) Employd

 37. Find the correctly spelt words.
          a) Foreign
          b) Foreine
          c) Fariegn
          d) Forein

 38. Find the correctly spelt words.
          a) Ommineous
          b) Omineous
          c) Ominous
          d) Omenous

 39. Find the correctly spelt words.
          a) Treachrous
          b) Trecherous
          c) Trechearous
          d) Treacherous

 40. Find the correctly spelt words.
          a) Forcast
          b) Forecaste
          c) Forcaust
          d) Forecast

 41. Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, If there is no correct meaning given, E (i.e.) 'None of these' will be the answer.

To make clean breast of
          a) To gain prominence
          b) To praise oneself
          c) To confess without of reserve
          d) To destroy before it blooms

 42. To catch a tartar
          a) To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
          b) To catch a dangerous person
          c) To meet with disaster
          d) To deal with a person who is more than one's match

 43. To keeps one's temper
          a) To become hungry
          b) To be in good mood
          c) To preserve ones energy
          d) To be aloof from

 44. To drive home
          a) To find one's roots
          b) To return to place of rest
          c) Back to original position
          d) To emphasise

 45. To have an axe to grind
          a) A private end to serve
          b) To fail to arouse interest
          c) To have no result
          d) To work for both sides

 46. Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
 
DIVA:OPERA
          a) producer:theatre
          b) director:drama
          c) conductor:bus
          d) thespian:play

 47. GRAIN:SALT
          a) shard:pottery
          b) shred:wood
          c) blades:grass
          d) chip:glass

 48. THRUST:SPEAR
          a) mangle:iron
          b) scabbard:sword
          c) bow:arrow
          d) fence:epee

 49. PAIN:SEDATIVE
          a) comfort:stimulant
          b) grief:consolation
          c) trance:narcotic
          d) ache:extraction

 50. LIGHT:BLIND
          a) speech:dumb
          b) language:deaf
          c) tongue:sound
          d) voice:vibration

 51. The first Ministerial Meeting of Arab-India Cooperation Forum was held Manama, capital city of _____


          a) Muscot
          b) Quattar
          c) Cairo
          d) Bahrain.

 52. Ace Indian Shuttler ___________ (World No.12) has won the 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton title. In the final match played at Penang she defeated Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour (World No.20) by 21-15, 21-9 score.


          a) S Nehwal
          b) Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
          c) Purnima sharma
          d) Shanti swaroop 

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