1.

Indian hockey captain in 1928 – Jaipal Singh Munda

2. What is biome? – a large naturally occurring

community of flora and fauna occupying a major

habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

3. Mike Powell long jump record in meters? – Mike

Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4 1⁄4 in) (1991)

4. First ever women PM in the world? – Sirimavo

Bandaranaike became the first women PM in the

world. She became the PM of Sri Lanka(then Ceylon).

5. What is the Radcliffe Line? – The Radcliffe Line was

the boundary demarcation line between

the Indian and Pakistani portions of

the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India. It

was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe,

who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary

commissions for the two provinces, received the

responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 square

 miles (450,000 km2) of territory with 88 million

people.

6. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat

Ratna ? – Lal Bahadur Shastri 

7. In which year Goa is taken by India? – The

Annexation of Goa was the process in which the

Republic of India annexed the former Portuguese

Indian territories of Goa, Daman, and Diu, starting

with the “armed action” carried out by the Indian

Armed Forces in December 1961.

8. Baltic cup related to? – The Baltic Cup is an

international football competition contested by the

national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia

and Lithuania. Also Finland has participated as a

guest twice.

9. Hook pass is related to which game?- Basketball

10.Hindu Sanskrit Book Natya Shastra is written by?-

  Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian theatrologist

and musicologist who wrote the Natya Shastra, a

theoretical treatise on ancient Indian dramaturgy

and histrionics, especially Sanskrit

theatre. Bharata is considered the father of Indian

theatrical art forms.

11. How many timeouts can a team take in volleyball? –

 Maximum of 2 timeouts per game for a team is

allowed. Time out lasts 30 seconds. In official

international competitions, two 60 seconds

technical time-out are used when the leading team

reaches the 8 or 16 point mark.

12.What caused the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? –  The

Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the

Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919

when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with

Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in

 Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired

upon by troops of the British Indian Army under

the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer.

13.Daksh Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) – Daksh is

an electrically powered Remotely Operated Vehicle

(ROV) designed and developed by the Indian state-

owned Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) at the Research and

Development Establishment (Engineers), Pune,

India.

14.What was the term used for measurement of land in

the Delhi Sultanate period? – Masahat

15.Riga is the capital of which country? – Latvia, with

Riga as its capital city, thus declared its independence

on 18 November 1918. Between World War I and

World War II (1918–1940), Riga and Latvia shifted

their focus from Russia to the countries of Western

 Europe.

16.Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? – Raja

Rammohan Roy founded Brahmo Samaj in

Calcutta on 20 August 1828. It was more of a

reformist movement of Hinduism which later got

divided into adi Brahmo samaj and sadharan

Brahmo samaj.

17.Where is Indira Point located? – Indira Point is a

village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar

Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is

located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. It is the location

of the southernmost point of India’s territory.

18.JAXA is an aerospace agency of which country? –

  Japan 

19.India became a member of the Asian Development

Bank (ADB) as a founding member in 1966.

The Bank is engaged in promoting economic and

 social progress of its developing member countries

(DMCs) in the Asia Pacific Region.

20.Vitamin which is responsible for blood clotting? –

 vitamin K affects the clotting mechanism by being

essential for the production of four distinct clotting

factors: prothrombin, factors VII, IX and X.

21.Oldest Veda? – The Rigveda is the oldest work,

which Witzel states are probably from the period of

1900 to 1100 BCE. Witzel, also notes that it is

the Vedic period itself, where incipient lists divide

the Vedic texts into three (trayī) or four branches:

Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva.

22.Which act is known as the Black Act? – The

Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919,

popularly known as the Rowlatt Act and also

known as the Black Act, was a legislative act

passed by the Imperial Legislative

 Council in Delhi on March 18, 1919, indefinitely

extending the emergency measures of preventive

indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and

judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act

1915 during the First World War. It was enacted in

light of a perceived threat from revolutionary

nationalist organisations of re-engaging in

similar conspiracies as during the war which the

Government felt the lapse of the DIRA regulations

would enable.

23.Jallianwala bagh massacre happened due to which

act? – Rowlatt Act

24.Taseometer used to measure? – taseometer is an

instrument to measure strains.

25.Characteristics of coal – Coal is a black,

inhomogeneous, organic fuel, formed largely from

partially decomposed and metamorphosed plant

 materials. Formation has occurred over long time

periods, often under high pressures of overburden

and at elevated temperatures.

26.Mont Blanc is situated in? – Mont Blanc,

Italian Monte Bianco, mountain massif and highest

peak (15,771 feet [4,807 metres]) in

Europe. Located in the Alps, the massif lies along

the French-Italian border and reaches into

Switzerland.

27.Ten cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more

than once: Athens (1896 and 2004

Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024

Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012

Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948

WinterOlympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980

Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and

2028).
28.Island between Russia and Japan ? – The Kuril

Islands dispute, also known as the Northern

Territories dispute, is a disagreement between

Japan and Russia and also some individuals of the

Ainu people over sovereignty of the South Kuril

Islands.

29.“Double fault” is related to which sport? – The term

double-fault can be an adjective referring to:

double fault (computing), a fault that occurs during

processing of another. double fault (tennis), two

consecutive faults during service.

30.‘Lona’ is the term associated with which sports? –

 Kabaddi

31.Which place is the Key to the Mediterranean Sea? –

 Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean Sea. It is

3 miles (5 km) long and 3/4 mile wide and is

connected to Spain by a low, sandy isthmus which

 is 1 mile long.

32.Capital of Estonia? – Tallinn became the capital of

an independent Estonia. After World War II started,

Estonia acceded to the Soviet Union (USSR) in

1940, and later occupied by Nazi Germany from

1941 to 1944.

33.War fought between Sshershah and Humayun in the

year 1540AD? – Battle of Kannauj (1540 A.D.) –

 Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun.

34.Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the

fields? – Jude Felix was captain of the Indian

Hockey team from 1993 to 1995.

35.What are the five colors on the Olympic flag? –

 The rings are five interlocking rings, colored

blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field,

known as the “Olympic rings”. 

36.1st Asian games held at? – The Asian Games, also

 known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event

held every four years among athletes from all over

Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian

Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in

New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games.

37.Satyajit Ray received Bharat Ratna in which year? –

 Satyajit Ray received an Academy Honorary

Award in 1992 followed by the Bharat Ratna the

same year.

38.The light year is unit of ? – The light-year is a unit of

length used to express astronomical distances and

measures about 9.5 trillion kilometers or 5.9 trillion

miles. As defined by the

International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year

is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one

Julian year (365.25 days).

39.Women who won first medal in olympic in india? –

  The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic

medal was Karnam Malleswari who won a

bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in

the Women’s 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

40.Degree of tropic of cancer? – The Tropic of Cancer is

the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees north,

where the sun is directly overhead at noon on June

21, the beginning of summer in the northern

hemisphere.

41.In the Rigveda, the Maruts are known as storm gods.

42.Who is known as the Little corporal?- Little Corporal,

Napoleon Bonaparte. So called after the battle of

Lodi, in 1796, from his low stature, youthful age,

and amazing courage.

43.Member of lok sabha during first election? 

44.No. Of constituencies in india during the first indian

parliament election? – The first general elections,

 which were conducted for 489 seats in 401

constituencies, represented 25 Indian states. At

that time, there were 314 constituencies with one

seat, 86 with two seats and one with three

seats. The multi-seat constituencies were

abolished in the 1960s. There were also 2

nominated Anglo-Indian members.

45.Author of the underground railroad? – Colson

Whitehead

46.In which country Baikonur cosmodrome is located? –

The Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest

operational space launch facility. The spaceport is

located in the desert steppe of Baikonur, about 200

kilometres (124 mi) east of the Aral Sea and north

of the river Syr Darya. It is near

the Tyuratam railway station and is about 90

meters (300 ft) above sea level. Baikonur

 Cosmodrome and the city of Baikonur celebrated

the 63rd anniversary of the foundation on June 2,

2018

47.First indigenously built fighter aircraft by India? –

 The HAL HF-24 Marut (“Spirit of the Tempest”) is

an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s.

Developed by Hindustan Aircraft Limited (HAL),

with Kurt Tank as lead designer. It is the first

Indian-developed jet aircraft, and the

first Asian jet fighter to go beyond the test phase

and into successful production and active service.

On 17 June 1961, the type conducted its maiden

flight; on 1 April 1967, the first production Marut

was officially delivered to the IAF.

48. 

AFCAT 2 2018 Numerical Ability Maths Questions

 
1. The difference between compound interest and simple

interest in the 3rd year at a rate of 10% is 77.5 rupees

is??

2. Two horses sold at 1200/-each . first one on a profit of

20% and second one is in 20%loss .the overall profit/

loss in percentage is? – 4% loss

3. the intial price of a colour tv is three time of that music

system ,now if price of tv is increase by 10% and

music system by 18% ,then find the profit loss % on

buying 8 colour tv and 5 music system?

4. The average of 5/16 and 3.6% is?

5. A and B make a 221 metre in 100/ 9 day . They both

working on alternate days A starting the work make the

same wall in 89/4 days . They both work together

make a wall of double length to that wall and get 1800

rupees find the share of B in it??

6. Efficiency of A,B and C is in the ratio 4:5:6. What is the

 ratio of the time in which they complete the work?

7. Someone purchase egg in ₹100. 20% eggs break.

Now on how much he should sold the remaining egg to

get net profit of 10 %?

8. A bank give 16% interest per annum compounded

semi annually. What interest a man get on amount of

₹10000 in 2 years?

9. If a stream takes 5 hours from A to B ….. And 3 hours

from B to A …….if a wood log left at B and it start from

B at 6:00 monday then at what time it will reach A?

10.56^0.16×16^0.18=???

11. √ 0.0081+ √ .0064=?

12.If there is 25% increase in the cost of sugar by what %

consumption should be decreased in order to maintain

expenditure?

13.Average marks of a class are 70. if average marks of

fail students are 40 and pass student is 80 marks. find

 % of pass students?

14.Population of a village increase 5% annually . if in2016

population 1852200 , find population in 2014?

15.If the difference between CI and SI is 77.5 Rs in

3yrs at 10% p.a . Ffind the sum ?

16.An alloy has an element in 2:3 in how many steps will

A be more than 50% increase 20% of A and 5% of B

each time ?

17.Avg of 3.6 and 20% is?

18.A man brought 2 horse 4 1200 each if he gives 10%

discount he gets 10% profit.. wat is the % of loss or

gain if he gives 20% discount?

19.A mixture of 250 ml of milk and water is 7:2 if water is

added to the mixture the ratio becomes 7:3 …what

amount of water is added to the mixture?

20.Average age of 25 studnts is 16yrs …if a teacher is

added the average age becomes 18 yrs …if another

 teacher is replaced dat teacher wat is the age of new

born teacher?

21.(0.0081)1/2 + (0.0064)1/2 = ?

22.√6140+√6554 = ?

23.729ml of milk contains milk and water in ratio 7:2 how

much water is to be added in the mixture to make the

ratio 7:3?

AFCAT 2 2018 Odd One Out

1. Admiral, Colonel, Commodore, and Commander.

2. HENRY BEQUEERAL, OTTO HOHN, MADAM

CURIE, EINSTEIN

3. prism, cube, cone and sqaure

AFCAT 2 2018 Synonym

1. Defunct

2. Brawn

3. Debilitate

4. Daunt
 5. Capricious

6. Umbrage 

AFCAT 2 2018 Antonym

1. Tranquility

2. Brawny

AFCAT 2 2018 Idioms

1. By dint of

2. At dagger’s drown – to have enmity

3. At sixes and sevens 

Forest:zoo::sea:?

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