AFCAT 02 2021 FULL MOCK TEST-03 ANSWER KEY & …

1. B

Sol. Statement B - If we smile, we are mad. Is not true in the context of the given passage.

2. D

Sol. The author’s main objective in writing the passage is to unfold the healing powers of a gentlesmile. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

3. A

Sol. Programmed lives means that We have set a mechanical routine. Hence, option A is thecorrect answer.

4. C

Sol. As mentioned in the passage, Smile is referred to as a pleasant weapon because It helps usovercome our problems - option C is the correct answer.

5. D

Sol. Effects of cheerful living is the most appropriate title for the passage.

6. B

Sol. “Water sustainable” is a quality of an area that an area can only “become”. Hence, option B is correct.

7. A

Sol. The phrase talks about a source and in this situation “from” is an appropriate preposition. Hence option A is correct.

8. D

Sol. The sentence has the context of a city being in a certain way. So “designed” is only appropriate word here. Henceoption D is correct.

9. D

AFCAT 02 2021 FULL MOCK TEST-03

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Sol. The sentence is about water and only “desalinated” works in this context. Hence option D is correct.

10. D

Sol. “Wastewater” needs an adjective to describe it and “treated” is the only adjective that can go with it. Hence option Dis correct.

11. D

Sol. The blank needs a word to describe water purity and only “standards” can be used in this sentence. Hence option D iscorrect.

12. B

Sol. “Consecrated” means “made or declared sacred” which is similar to the meanings

of “Sanctified”, “Sacrosanct” and “Sacred”. On the other hand, “Profane” means

“to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt” which is

opposite of “Consecrated”. Hence option B is correct.

13. A

Sol. Let's first learn the meanings of the words:

Stiff = inelastic or firm.

Sloppy = unmethodical, or careless.

Nimble = agile, quick or active.

Smoothen = give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance.

Supple = bending and moving easily and gracefully or flexible.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

14. C

Sol. Let us understand the meaning of the given words :-

Fierce = displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Aggressive = behaving or done in a determined and forceful way.



Strong = able to perform a specified action well and powerfully.

Large = huge.

Gentle = mild.

So, the word “gentle” is the correct antonym of the given word.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

15. B

Sol. Stale - no longer fresh and pleasant to eat or rancid.

Corpse - cadaver, dead body or carcass.

Contemporary - living or occurring at the same time or concurrent.

Obsolete - no longer produced or used or out of date.

Hence, ‘corpse’ is the correct synonym of the given word.

16. B

Sol. Let’s first learn the meanings of the given words:

Timorous= nervous and without much confidence

Docile = quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control

Audacious= showing a willingness to take risks or offend people

Gutsy= brave and determined

Timid= shy and nervous; without much confidence; easily frightened

Hence, option B is the correct answer.



17. A

Sol. The most appropriate synonym for the given word reluctant is - Disinclined.Reluctant means unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.


18. B

Sol. The idiom “A man of straw” means “a weak or cowardly person” which is same as option B.Hence option B is correct.

19. A

Sol. Option (a) is the correct option. Jack of all trades is an idiom which means a person who hasdabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on one.

20. C

Sol. The idiom “Harp on the same string” means To dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic,especially in a complaint.

Hence, option C conveys the correct meaning of the idiom.

21. B

Sol. The meaning of the phrase ‘on edge’ is ‘tense, nervous, or irritable’.

For example: I have been a bit on edge since I found out that they are selling our company.

22. B

Sol. ‘Appalling’ meaning ‘causing shock or dismay; horrific’ is the correct spelling. Hence, option B is the correctanswer.

23. D

Sol. The correct spelling of the word is - Boisterous.Boisterous means noisy, energetic, and cheerful.

24. D



Sol. Option (D) is the correct option.Veteran- An experienced person

25. D

Sol. ‘Consolidate’ meaning ‘combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole’ is the correctspelling. Hence, option Dis the correct answer.

26. B

Sol. "Heart skipped a beat" is generally used to say when someone is suddenly very surprised, excited, or nervous aboutsomething. Thus, option B is the most suitable response.

Hopped - (of a person) move by jumping on one foot.Leaped - jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.Jumped - push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.

For example- he hopped along beside her.

27. B

Sol. The given blank needs an article.

We use a superlative to say that a thing or person is the most of a group.

When we use a superlative adjective ('the tallest student') before the noun, we generally use it with 'the'.

E.g. :- This bowl is the biggest one. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.

The only article that fits in the blank is "the".

Thus, the correct sentence will be:"Sunita is the tallest girl in the class."


28. D

Sol. Let's first see the meanings of the given conjunctions:



Until = up to the time or the event mentioned

Unless = if... not; except if

Although = in spite of the fact that

If = used in sentences in which one thing only happens or is true when another thing happens or is true

The conjunctions "until" and "unless" are negative in meanings; thus, should not be followed by "not" asgiven in the sentence.

"Although" does not give proper meaning to the sentence.

The correct conjunction to be used in the sentence is "if" as the said person cannot qualify if he doesn'tstudy.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

29. C

Sol. The given blank needs a preposition.

The correct preposition to fill in the blank is "Since".

At expresses the time when an event takes place.

For example:The children go to bed at nine o'clock.

During refers to throughout the course or duration of (a period of time).

For example:The restaurant is open during the day.



But these two options can be ruled out as the sentence is in perfect continuous tense and we generally useSINCE and FOR in this particular tense.

'Since' is used when a specific point of time is mentioned.

For example:I have been working since morning.

'For' is used to signify the total time period.

For example:He has been suffering from fever for three days.

Thus, the correct sentence will be: I have been waiting since last year September.


30. C

Sol. Option C is the correct answer. ‘Blow up’ means ‘to destroy’. The other prepositions do not convey any meaning.

31. B

Sol. As we know, mother and widow are women, but both are necessarily not related to each other. So

32. B

Sol. ● Agra Fort was completed in the year 1573.● It was the main residence of the Mughal Dynasty Emperors until 1638.● It was built by Emperor Akbar.● It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.



● The two famous gates of the fort are the Delhi Gate and the Lahore Gate.● Some other famous historical places in Agra are the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Jama Masjid,Akbar's Tomb, Sheesh Mahal etc.

33. B

Sol. €, ¥ and $ are the symbols of currency but ‘A’ is the letter of the English alphabet.


34. D

Sol. Let the side of the triangle is 20 km In 1 hour 20km/h men will be at C and 30km/h will in between B and C In 2 hour 20km/h men will be at A and 30km/h will also be at A, So they will meet first time at A. Because in 2 hour distance covered by 20km/h person is 40km And by 30km/h person is 60 Km, so From A to A distance is 60km.

35. C

Sol. Every male and engineer are human beings. A male may be an engineer and vice-versa.

36. B

Sol. • The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones.• It is called the eye of the storm.• The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area, typically 30–65 kilometers in diameter.

37. D

Sol.



Option D is correct response.

38. C

Sol. ● The real name of Humayun was Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad● He was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire.● He was born in 1508 and died in 1556.● Humayun's tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife for Humayun in Delhi, India.● Zahir ud-Din Muhammad or Babur was father of Humayun.● He was the founder of the Mughal Empire and the First Emperor of the Mughal dynasty.● Jalal-ud-din Muhammad or Akbar was son of Humayun and He was the third Mughalemperor.

39. D

Sol. • Limba Ram was an eminent Archery Player of India.

• The important personalities of Badminton are-

• Anup Sridhar, Prakash Padukone, Saina Nehwal, Aparna Popat, Pulella Gopichand, Dipankar Bhattarcharya,Chetan Anand, PV Sindhu and Jwala Guetta.

• Games and their famous persons-

• Hockey- Dilip Tirkey, Dhanraj Pillay, Gagan Ajit Singh, Dhyan Chand, Sardar Singh.

• Chess- Dibyendu Barua, Parimarjan Negi, Koneru Humpy K Sasikiran, Sandipan Chanda and Viswanathan Anand.

• Boxing- Mary Kom, Dingko Singh, Shiva Thapa, Vijendra Singh, Hawa Singh, Akhil Kumar.

• Archery- Dola Banerjee, Limba Ram, Tarundeep Rai, Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Laxmi Manjhi, Mangal SinghChampia.

• Tennis- Sania Mirza, Vijay Amritraj, Leander Paes, Ramesh Krishnan .

40. D



Sol. 10 men construct a wall in 8 days.

1 man will construct it in 10 ×8 = 80 days

Work of one man in one day = 1/80 of the total work

Work of one man in half day = (1/80)/2 of the total work = 1/160

i.e. 1/160th of total work in half day will be done by one man

Total work in half a day will be done by= 160

men

41. B

Sol. Bharhut Stupa is located in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.* The railings of stupa and gateway are kept at Indian Museum in Kolkata.* The Bharhut stupa railings have numerous images of the yakshas and yakshini.* A pillar of the vedika has a depiction of a Greek warrior who wears boots and a tunic.* Queen Maya’s dream, preceding the birth of the Buddha, is also a major theme on therailing of the Bharhut stupa.



42. A

Sol. After carefully observing the figures given in the question, it is very clear that the question figure given is embeddedin the answer figure(A). It is shown as given below:


43. D

Sol. 41095 - READY840327 - FRAILS83145419 - FIERY RED

44. B

Sol. let the speed of faster race and slower racer is and .By assuming the slower racer to standstill the relative speed of slower racer Then he covers one round in 5 min.

So, = speed of slower racerThen, speed of faster racer =

Hence time taken by faster race to complete the race 45. A

Sol. ● The Sertoli cells are located in the seminiferous tubule of the testis.● These cells also provide nutrition to the developing sperm cells and They are regulatedby FSH.● They are tall simple columnar cells which span from the basement membrane to thelumen.



46. B

Sol. Maharastra Plateau is made up of igneous rocks called metamorphic rocks, Basalt andgnesses. The entire state of Maharashtra, apart from the Konka coast and the Sahyadris,covers Maharashtra plateau. The basaltic rocks of the Deccan Trap are found in most of thearea except on the eastern part of the Wardha - Wainganga basin and in Ratnagiri, a smallcoastal patch.

47. D

Sol. ● Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, andphilanthropist. She was born in London in 1847.● Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish andIndian self-rule.● As an educationist, her contributions included being one of the founders of the BanarasHindu University● She was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.● Some famous books of Annie Besant are Thought-Forms, An Introduction to Yoga, EsotericChristianity, Death-and After, Karma, Man and His Bodies etc.

48. A

Sol. The series will be,

3+6 = 99+8 = 1717+10 = 2727+12 = 3939+14 = 53

Hence, 39 is the correct response.

49. B

Sol. let the tax on the water is Rs. per unit and there are consumption of 100 units.



So, total tax =

Now new tax = Rs and the consumption = 80 units

Here, total tax

Here we can see reduction in the tax,

50. A

Sol. Let speed of swimmer is V. Then according to question, = (V + 3) x T = (V - 3) x 2T= V = 9 km/h

51. D

Sol.

Sharon is sister of john.Option D is correct.

52. A

Sol. Given expression

(.56)³ – (.32)³ – 3 × .56 × .32 × (.56 – .34)

⟹ a³ – b³ – 3ab (a – b) = (a – b) ³



Here, a = .56 & b = .34

(.56 – .34)³ = (.24)³ = 0.013824

Option A is the correct response.

53. C

Sol. As we find Pages inside a Book likewise, Car contains Tyre.


54. B

Sol. ● Dhamma is a set of edicts that formed a policy of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, whosucceeded to the Mauryan throne in modern-day India in around 269 B.C.● He is considered one of the greatest kings of ancient India for his policies of public welfare.● Dharma, a Pali term of Dharma, is related to generalized norms of righteous socialbehaviour and activities.● Ashoka's Dhamma was not simply a collection of high-sounding phrases. He consciouslytried to adopt it as a matter of state policy; he declared that "all men and my children" and"whatever exertion I make, I strive only to discharge debt that I owe to all living creatures”.● It also included welfare measures like the planting of trees and digging of wells.

55. C

Sol.



Hence, Option C is the correct answer.

56. D

Sol.

47.6 % is total price after discount 52.4 % is total combined discount

57. A

Sol. It follows the following logic:

(5+5) = (2+8)

(3+16) = (9+10)

Similarly,

(1+ x) = (7+8)



X = 14


58. B

Sol. In figure (B) the question figure is embedded most accurately,


59. C

Sol.

Nivedita is the grandaughter of Sangeeta.Hence, the correct option is C.

60. D

Sol.




61. A

Sol. ● The Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri (Cauvery) on the west and the Ganges(Ganga) and the Brahmaputra on the north—flow into the Bay of Bengal.● Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej are tributaries of the Indus River. It flows throughChina, India, and Pakistan and merges into the Arabian Sea near Karachi, Pakistan.

62. B

Sol. ● The Aravalli Range is the oldest range of fold mountains in India. It emerged during the Archaean era. It extendsfor approximately 800 km from Gujarat to Haryana. The highest peak the Aravalli range is Guru Shikhar at 1,722metres.

63. B

Sol. The symbols moves in the below order –



And also the element at the white circle position replaced by a new symbol in each step.

Hence, the next figure in the series will be –

Hence, option (B) is the correct response.

64. A

Sol. * The force which accelerates the freely falling object is called Gravitational force

* The force of gravity causes objects to fall toward the center of Earth.

* Objects that are said to be undergoing free fall, are not encountering a significant force of air resistance; they arefalling under the sole influence of gravity.

* The gravitational force is a force that attracts any two objects with mass. Gravitational force is called attractivebecause it always tries to pull masses together, it never pushes them apart.

65. B

Sol. If a sum of money at simple interest becomes N times of itself in t years, then it will become M

times of itself in

Here, t = 15 years and 6 months = 15 years = 31/2 years; M = 3 and N = 2

Therefore; required time =

= 7 years and 9 months. Hence Option B is correct



66. A

Sol. New generation missile Rudram-1, developed by DRDO is successfully test-fired and becamethe first indigenously developed Anti Radiation Missile. Rudram-1 is integrated with Sukhoi-30MKI and can be launched at a speed varying between 0.6 Mach to 2 Mach, hence capable ofsupersonic launching.

67. D

Sol. Venn-diagram can be drawn as given below-

From the above figure, its clear that the Gopi is the father-in-law of that woman.Hence, option D is the correct answer.

68. B

Sol. All expect Salamander : Insect, in all other pairs, second is the class of animals to which the first belongs. While Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slenderbodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae andadults.


69. C

Sol. One of the dots lies in the region common to the circle and the square only, another dot lies inthe region common to the circle, the square and the rectangle only Dot and the third dot lies in



the region common to the square, the triangle and the rectangle only. In each of the (A., (B.and (D., there is no region common to the square, the triangle and the rectangle only. Only (C.consists of all the three types of regions.

70. A

Sol.

Hence, Cistern will be full in = hours71. C

Sol.

Option C is correct

72. C

Sol.

Given that and

And



73. A

Sol.

74. A

Sol.

Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper and former captain of the Indian national team.[1] He plays in the Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Sreejesh played a vital role in the Indian national team's bronze medal win at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's field hockey tournament.

The 2020 Summer Paralympics branded as Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are an upcoming major international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Scheduled as the 16th Summer Paralympic Games, they are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021.



75. A

Sol. ● Gair Dance is the popular folk dance of Rajasthan.● It is mostly performed by the Bhil community.● It is also known as Gair Ghalna, Gair Ghumna and Gair Nachna.● It is performed by both men and women.● Tippani is form of folk dance originated from the Chorwad and veraval region of Saurashtrain Gujarat, India● Gaur dance is a popular folk dance of Madhya Pradesh.● Giddha is the main Punjabi folk dance for females.

76. D

Sol. Net effective rate = 3 × 3 = 9%9 % of sum = Rs 27001% = Rs 300100% = Rs 30000

77. A

Sol. First thing which we can see that figure (2) can be formed if all elements from the figure (1) are moved 90 °anticlockwise. Bottom element of figure (2) is mirror image of left element of figure (1) after moving 90 ° anticlockwise. Top element of figure (2) can be obtained if right element of figure (1) is moved 90 ° anticlockwise. Left element of figure (2) can be obtained if top element of figure (1) is first moved 90 ° anticlockwise and thenrotate 180 ° at its position. Right element of figure (2) is mirror image of bottom element of figure (1) after moving 90 ° anticlockwise.

78. B

Sol. ● Silver is extracted through alloy formation.

● Tin is extracted by carbon reduction.

● Nickel is obtained through extractive metallurgy.

● Copper can be extracted from non-sulfide ores.

79. C



Sol. Let Cost Price = 100 unit

When Profit = 15%

Selling Price = 100 + 15 = 115 unit …….(1)

When Loss = 10%

Selling Price = 100 – 10 = 90 unit …………….(2)

Difference between (1) and (2)

Selling Price = 115- 90 = 25 unit

According to question

⇒ 25 unit = ₹600

⇒ 1 unit = ₹24

When Loss = 13%

Selling Price = 100 – 13 = 87 unit

According to question

⇒ 87 unit =

Required Selling Price = Rs. 2088

80. D

Sol. Given series follows the pattern given below:


81. B

Sol. The motto of CRPF is ‘Sewa aur nishta’ (Service and loyalty). CRPF came into existence in



1939 as Crown’s Representative police and then became Central Reserve Police Force in1949. The mission of CRPF shall be to enable the govt. to maintain Rule of law, public orderand internal security effectively and efficiently, to preserve national integrity and promote socialharmony.

82. B

Sol. Here, only the figure in option (B) has two dots inside circle and triangle both.

Hence, option B is correct answer.

83. A

Sol.

84. B

Sol. Given that A and B together can make a chair in 3 days and A alone can make this chair in 9days.A and B can do complete work in 3 days.

⇒ Work done by A and B in 1 day = ……(1)A can do complete work in 9 days.

⇒ Work done by A in 1 day = ……(2)From (1) and (2),

⇒ Work done by B in 1 day = ……(2)

Hence, B will complete the work in .85. B

Sol. ● The term “double fault” is used in tennis.

Making of a General: A Himalayan Echo- By Lt.-Gen. Konsam Himalay Singh

"Making of a General' is the memoir of Lt Gen (Dr) Konsam Himalay Singh who has traced his journey froma small village in Manipur to becoming the first person from North East India to hold the rank of a Three

Star General of the Indian Army. The fascinating ways that the author has captured the history and beauty

of Manipur makes it an engaging read.



● In tennis, if a player serves a double fault, they make a mistake with both serves and losethe point.● Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent orbetween two teams of two players each.● The four Grand Slam tournaments are especially popular: the Australian Open played onhard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grasscourts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.

86. C

Sol.

87. D

Sol.

Option D is correct.

88. A

Sol. Parrot is a bird while Bat is a mammal.


89. D

Sol. ● Ukrainian Hryvnia is the currency of Ukraine.● 1 Ukrainian Hryvnia is equal to 2.66 Indian Rupee.



● Ukraine is the second-largest country and the eighth-most populous country in Europe.

● It has an area of 603,628 km2 and a population of about 41.5 million.● Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and Ukrainian is the official language.● Volodymyr Zelensky is the president and Denys Shmyhal is the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

90. C

Sol. ● The full form of IRDAI is Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.● It is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance.● It is authorized for regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries inIndia.● It was constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999.● Its headquarters is in Hyderabad, Telangana.● It is a 10-member body including the chairman, 5 full-time and 4 part-time members.

91. C

Sol. Except option C, all other options have 3 heart shapes, whereas option C. has 2 heart shape and 1 triangle.

Hence, option C. is correct answer.

92. D

Sol. Zoologist an expert in or student of the behavior, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals. A meteorologist is an individual with specialized education who uses scientific principles to explain, understand,observe or forecast the earth's atmospheric phenomena and/or how the atmosphere affects the earth and life on theplanet.


93. A

Sol. An environmentalist from Nagaland’s remote Longleng district, Nuklu Phom, has won WhitleyAwards 2021, also known as the Green Oscar.The award recognises Phom’s efforts at establishing a ‘Biodiversity Peace Corridor’ inNagaland.



Nuklu Phom was the only Indian to win the prestigious annual award this year after a gap ofthree years.

94. D

Sol.

95. D

Sol. Column 1: (25+32)-(13+10)=57-23=34 Column 2: (23+41)-(20+12)=64-32=32 Column 3: (21+36)-(15+19)=57-34=23 Similarly, Column 4: (38+18)-(22+16)=56-38=18


96. A

Sol. Given series follows the pattern given below:


National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11 every year to commemorate the achievements of

scientists, researchers, engineers and all others involved in the field of science and technology.

This year's theme is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future



97. A

Sol. Some water bottles are made of Plastic and similarly some water bottles are made of Steel.

Hence, option A is correct.

98. B

Sol. As in the figure, C is fully contained in B hence all writers are pianists, now B is

fully contained in A, hence all pianists are doctors Which implies C is fully

contained in A too therefore all writers are doctors.

D is ad-joint from others therefore none singer is doctor.

Therefore All Writers and pianists are doctors is correct.

99. B

Sol. ● The average daily national highway construction in 2020-2021 stands at approximately37km/day, the highest ever since independence.● A total of 13,394 km highways were constructed during the year 2020-21 by the Ministry ofRoad Transport and Highways.● The longest national highway in India is NH 44 and the shortest National Highway in India isNH 47A.● Nitin Jairam Gadkari is the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways.● National highways are the major roads constructed and maintained by the CentralGovernment.● India has the second-largest road network in the world.

100. D

Sol. Let the speed of the boat is B and the speed of the current is C. According to question,

Neither B nor C is given. We cannot calculate either of B and C.



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