JPSC Assistant Engineer 2021: Assistant Engineer Written Exam, Advt. No. 08/2018 and 08/2019, GENERAL ABILITY TEST SUBJECT-CODE-01
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GENERAL ABILITY TEST (01)
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Select the right choice with the correct spelling Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositichs in
in each of the qhestious given below : (Q. 1-5) each of the questions given below : (Q. 6-10)
1. (A) Accreditati6n 6. The greedyman large, palatial
a3) Accredition house of S6hanpur hankered
more money.
(C) Accreditatation
(D) Acreditation (A) of
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2. (A) Acommodate (C) with
a) Accomodate a) after .
(C) Accommodate
a) Acomoddate 7. Theinjuredmandied loss of
blood even after he was admitted in the
3. (A) Vaacun multispeci ality hospital.
(8) Vaccun (A) from
(C) V.acuun a)of
(D) Vaccuun (C) since
a)) in
4. (A) Diarrhea
a3) Diarrhoea
8. The application form can be submitted
(C) Diarrheoa ten a.in. and five p.in. online
a) Diariya at the web portal of the chemical
Company.
5. (A) Macroni (A) at
a) Makroni a) from
(C) Macrormy (C) between
(D) Macaroni (D) through
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intemational laws.
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the the rudder s lit into two and
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with such a tremendous
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struck the aircraft
10. The station master of the Malegaon
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railway station reported that the train ..
was runmg time.
(A) DCBA
@) ABCD
(A) without
• (C) CDBA
(a) through
(C) to @) ACDB
a)) in
Choose the right order of the sections in each to the horizon that lowed
13
A
question below to make a meaningful
sentence : (Q. 11-15)
and serene ocean stretchin endlessl
a fortni t of the misha -8
11.
A
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iant di
C
could have re aired the motor and
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D
to resume work within
D
(A) CABD
(A) CBAD
03) CBAD
03) BCDA
(C) CADB (c) BACD
@) CBDA @) ACBD
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measure its amount in a calibrated Choose the correct sentence from the choices
14.
A given below in each ofthe sentenaps : (Q. 16-2Q)
16. (A) Theengineertoldthetralneesthat
the irmer volume of an irre
the nuclear power complex
comprised of the nuclear core, a
heat exchanger and a
ShapedBvessel/
computerized control room.
Q3) The engineertoldthetrainees that
the easiest wa to com the nuclear power complex
comprised of the nuclear core, a
heat exchanger and a
our water inside it and computerized control room.
D
(C) The engineertoldthe trainees that
the nuclear power complex
(A) A.DCB
comprised the nuclear core, a heat
@) CBDA exchanger and a computerized
control room.
(C) BCAD
(D) The engineer. said the trainees
that the nuclear power complex
(D) DCBA
comprised of the nuclear core, a
heat exchanger and a
computerized control room.
as science advances to a hi her level
1S.
17. (A) The communication masts in the
the old theo African nation were taller,
stronger and thick than those
found in the island nation.
soon b a whole new series of discoveries
(8) The communication masts in the
African nation were taller,
stronger and thicker than the
ti.avels in a strai ht line will be refuted
island nation.
(C) The communication masts in the
(A) ADBC African nation were more taller,
stronger aid thicker than those
(8) CDAB found in the island nation+
(C) BDCA a) The communication masts in the
African nation were taller,
(D) BCDA
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18!J`:I(A). The spy was committed to 20 (A) The pilgrim had been walking for
destroy the missile installation threeyearswithoutpausetoreach
located in the middle of the heavy the famous religious shrine in
guarded military facility. South Asia.
(8) The spy was committed for a) The pilgrim had been walking
destroy the missile installation from three years without pause to
located in the middle of the reach the famous religious shrine
heavily guarded military facility. in South Asia.
(C) The spy. was committed to (C) The pilgrim had been walking
destroying the missile installation since three years without pause to
located in the middle of the reach the famous religious shrine
heavily guarded military facility. in South Asia.
(D) The spy was commit to destroy a) The pilgrim had been walked for
the missile installation located in three year without pause to reach
the middle of the heavily guarded . the famous religious shrine in
military facility. South Asia.
19. (A) The small, round, red block of Choose the most suitable synonyms in the
granite was quite useful for the questions below : (Q. 21-25)
historians because it carried 21. Scared
inscriptions in three languages.
(A) Afraid
(8) The sriall, round, red block of
a) Emotional
granite was quite useful for the
historians because it carried (c) I Angry .
inscription in three languages. a) Boring
.(C) .rile small, round, red block of
granite was quite useful for the 22. Predicament
historians because it carried an
(A) Greenish
inscription `in three language.
(a) Tall
(D) The small, round, red block of
granite was quite useful among (C) Problem
the histori`:ii:s because it carried @) Saucer
aninscripti:6iinthreelangunges.
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23. Hilarious
(A) Tragic (A) Wise
a) Steep a) Pathetic
(C) Comical
(C) Foolish
(D) Dark
(D) Mute
24. soothing `
28. Common
(A) Edit,.1e
(A) General
a3) Comforting
a) Exclusive
(C) Broken
a) Studious (C) Normal
(D) Rich
25. Articulate
(A) Express
a) Destroy (A) Strong
(C) Reduce
a) Brave
a) Minimize
(C) Meek
a) Simple
Choose the most suitable antonyms in the '
questions given below : (Q. 26-30)
26. Ebony 30. Clumsy
(A) Black (A) Graceful'/
' (8) Miserly '.
a) Ruddy
(C) White (C) Sentimental
a) cream a)) Idiotic„
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Choose the most suitable pair of fillers for the . joyful and fresh
blanks in each of trie sentences given below : came in,.loaded with
(Q. 31-35) dampness.
31. The strangest about this
(A) square, pickled
strange was that it was
launched by a word. a) cool,wind
(A) thing, jouney (C) white, English
a3) ball, maker
a) glassy, boss
(C) barbecue, ran
a) short, tall
35. It questions the notions of
truth and
32. Health have become a
among the digital generation (A) aircraft, most
in today's world.
@) . dairy, modem
(A) common, wire
(C) ship.,bow
(8) bands, rage
(D) usual, knowledg?
(C) fan,blade
a) trees, capillaries
Choose the most suitable idiom to be filled in
33. The has been used to spy on each of the blanks given below : (Q. 36-40)
cross-border by almost every
36. Thismanalways_
country.
(A) is aredherring
(A) national, calculate
a) bacteria, metal5 a3) blows his owntrumpet
(C) plastic, buttons (C) is a spoke inthe wheel
a) contraption, communications
a) wasoutandout
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37. He cannot get the solution because he Choose one word for the -expressions given
below : (Q. 41-45)
(A) is barking up the wrong tree
41. Apersonwho eats human flesh
(a) isadimeadozen
(C) has best ofboththeworlds (A) Ormivorous
(D) is burning the midnight oil
@) Carcinogenic
38. Whatwas donewas done, itwasnouse (C) Carmibal
a) Eunuch
(A) costinganamandaleg
@) curiosity killing the cat
(C) crying over spilt milk 42. Apersonwho hates women
a) hittingthenail on its head
(A) Misogynist
39. If you want a good government, you (8) Apostate
must not .
(C) Chauvinist
(A) take it.with a grain of salt
a) speak of the devil @). Comoisseur
(C) beabitterpill
a) sitonthefence
43. A person who leaves his own ,country
40. To tackle difficulties in life, one should and settles in another country
not
(A) Indgrant
(A) put all his eggs in onebasket
(8) be ablessing in disguise (8) Native
(C) cross the bridge when he comes
(C) Foreigner
toit
a)) feel a bit under the weathti- a) Alien .
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44. A person This memo is being issued
languages your absence from the meeting.
(A) Linguist (A) inregardto
(8) with regardto
(8) Virtuoso
(C) inregardof
(C) Narcissist
a) withregard of
(D) Polyglot
48. You can fireyour guns
45. Apersonwho sells flowers
(A) atwar
(A) Florist @) atsea
(C) atwill
(8) Horticulturist
(D) atoddswith .
(C) Orchard
a) Bibliophile
49. The officer came into theroom
I(A) `on leave
Choose the correct prepositional phrase to be
(8) onguard
filled in each of the blanks given below :
(C) onhand
(Q. 46-50)
@) onpurpose
46. The patient expired genuine
medicines.
50. Susantriedto startthe carbut
(A) forwantof
(A) intouch
a3) inlieuof
(8) I in dark
(C) insteadof
(C) inretum
a) for instance (D) invain
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51. What is the maximum number of 55. Indian Prime Minister and Chinese
people who can share a Nobel prize ? President met for an informal summit in
(A)4 which Indian town in October 2019 ?
a)2 (A) Guwahati
(C)3 a) Delhi
a)6 (C) Mamallapunm
(D) Manglore
52. When is the `World wildlife Day 2020'
celebrated across the world ?
56. Who is the .47th and current Chief
(A) Marchl Justice of hdia ?
a) March2 (A) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
(C) March3
(8) Justice sharad Arvind Bobde
a) Match4
(C) JutceJ.S. Khehar
(D) Justice vinod Rai
53. "Akshay uria portal' is an initiative of
which Uhion Ministry ?
57. Which day is celebrated as National
(A) Ministry o.fpower
Votes Day ?
a) Ministry of Agriculture and
Famers.Welfare- (A) January 1
(C) Ministry of New & Renewable a3) Marchl .
Energy
(C) April.14
a) Ministry of Heavy Industries and (D) January 25
• Public Enterprises
58. Indian shuttlerp.V. Sindhu has become
54. Which is the world's most polluted
World Champion in 2019 in badminton
city, as per the US Air Quality Index
by defeating -
2020 ?
(A) Delhi (A) Mayu Matsunoto
@) Lahor`e @) Nazomi okuhara
(C) NewYork (C) Akane Yamaguchi
a) Beijing a)) TaiTzoying
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59. Jacinda.Arden is `iri the news who is the 63. The parliament of which country is
Prime !Ministers of called `Storting' ?
(A) Germany
(A) Dermark
(8) Hunory
(C) Newzcaland a) Japan
a) Norway
(C) Norway
60. Name the crypto currency which is a) Romania
launched by the Facebook.
(A) Ripple
a) petro 64. Who win inMen's single western and
(C) Libra Southern Open 2019 Temis
@) Monero competition ?
(A) IvanDodig .
61. By which Amendment of the
Constitution 10% reservation' for
a) RafaelNadrl
economically weaker section was
granted ? (C) RogerFederer
(A) 89th
a) DanilMedvedev
(8) 100th
(c) 103rd
a) 104th 65. According to Forbe's list 2019, the
World's highest paid actresses is -
62. `United in Diversity' is.the motto of
whichworldorganisatiQp,? (A) ' Angelina Jolie`
(A) uno
a) ` Scrallet Johausson
@) NATO
(C) SAARC (C) Jennifer Anisten
•,.y
(D) EU
@) .MilaKunis jl
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66. Satyamev Jayate is taken from 70. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his
in
knighthoodasaprotesta6ainst:
(A) Chhandogya upanishad
(A) RowlattAct
a) Aiteraya upanishad
@) Simon cclinmission
(C) Mundakopanishad
(C) Montague Mission
(D) Kathopanishad
(D) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
67. What was original ofMumtaz Mahal?
71. Which of the following commission
(A) Ruqaiya sultan Begum was not associated with education ?
(8) Dilras Bano Begum (A)' Saddler commission
(C) LalKunwar (8) Hunter Education colnmission
a) AljumandBano Begum (C) Hartog commission
(D) Strachy commission
68. Tukaram is known as great poet of
which language ? 72. Who was the Secretary of the Swaraj
Party ?
(A) Hindi
(A) Rajendra prasad
@) Punjabi
(8) SyedMumtaz Ali
(C) Marathi
(C) MotilalNehru
@) Gujarati
a) C.R.Das
69. Ih7ho was the first Muslim president of
73. The first Indian- state annexed under
the Indian National Congress ?
Dalhousie Doctrine of Lapse was -
(A) Nawab salimullah
(A) Satara
(8) Abut KalamAzad
a) Jaitpur
(C) Mazhanil Haque
(C) Nagpur
(D) Badruddin Tayyabji a)) Jhansi
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74. "Zawabit-e-Alamgiri" was a book on - 78. In which language Raja Rammohan
Roy published Mirat-ul-Akhbar ?
(A) rat:,;.ic
N!
@) painting (A) Arabic
(C) Govelnlnent rules and regulations
(8.) Urdu
a) None of the above
(C) Persian
75. `Hundi'wasa- (D) English
(A) Bill of exchange
03) Land revenue settlement
79. Tenali Ramakrishna was associated
(C) Unit of measurement with the court of :
@) pass
(A) Vijayanagara
@) Chola
76. The capital ofGaikward Dynasty was :
(C) Pallava
(A) Gwalior
(8) Nainur (D) Bahmani
(C) Bat.oda
(D) Indore
80. Which of the following haveresearched
on tribal studies ?
77. The calcuttaMadrasa was founded by :
(A) Verrier Elvin
(A) WarrenHastings .*
(8) K. Suresh singh
(8) WilliamJones li '
(C) .Ram Dayal Munda
(C) RajaRamMohanRoy
(D) T.B. Macawlay a) Allofthese
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81. Radial pattern of drainage is found in 86. Bansagar hydroelectric plant `i§' located
in
(A) . Indravati Basin
a) .Narmada Basin (A) Madhya pr,adesh ,
(C) TapiBasin @) Uttar pradesh
\ a) Ratnagiri coastalplain
(C) Maharashtr.a.
@) Jharkhand
82. Doldrums are located between
following latitudes :
87. Which one of the following is not an
(A) 5°Nto |ooN area of high rainfall ?
•(A) Ganga -Brahamputra Delta
(8) 5°Sto|5oS
(C) 20°Nto2ooS (8) Western slopes ofwestem Ghats
@) 5osto5oN. (C) Coromandel coast
a) North-Eastern hilly states
83. The Disaster Management Act was
passed by the Parliament in the year :
88. Manas Biosphere Reserve is located in
(A) 2001
• a3) 2oo3 (A) TanilNadu
(8) Assam
(C) 2005
(C)\ Uttrakhand
a) 2009
@) .WestBengal
84. In which of the following states the rain
during hot and dry summer is called as 89. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is
`Cheny Blossoms' ?
located at
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (A) Hyderabad
a) Himachal pradesh (8) Shillong
(C) Kamataka
(C) Bhopal
a) Kerala
(D) Dehradun
85. Who of the following postulated the
Evolution of Species by Process of The Tropi7cal cyclone in Philippines is
Natural Selection ? known as `
(A) C.C.Park -.I (A) Taifu
a) Charles Darwin a) Bagyo
(C) J.G.Nelson .1 (C) Willy willy
@) P.W.Richards '. "" (D) Hurricanes
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91. NaoH is. strong base because 96. The new I 20 baulc notes issued by
ReserveBank6flndiain2019.bearsthe
(A) it is Corrosive. image of which Indian heritage site ?
a) it easilyreleases H+ ious. (A) Ajantacaves
(C) it easily releases oH-ions. a) Eliphantacaves
a) it reacts with other auralies. (C) Ellora caves
a) Barabar caves
92. Gaganyan Mission is aimed at
97. Penicillin, which is used an antibiotic,
(A) ` taking Indian astronauts to space. is obtained from,
(8) development of supersonic (A) Bacteria
passenger aircraft
(a) Fungi
(C) development of indigenous GPS (C) Algae
system
(D) Lichen
a) development of aircraft for Navy
98. Whose aqueous solution is acidic?
93. Radioactivity is a (A) Nac'
(A) Chemical process (a) K2C03
a) Physical process (c) NH4C,
(C) Nuclear process a) NH40H
@) None of these
99. Produc.t offorce and velocity is called
(A) Work
94. Which of the following gates inverts or
(a) ` Power
reverses its input ?
(C) Energy
(A) oRgate
@) Momentum
(8) ANDgate
(C) NORgate 100. Mobile application "Meghdoot"
provide
(D) NOTgate
(A) location, crop and livestock
specific weather based agro
95. International Day of Rural Women is advisories to farmers in local
observed on which day ? languages.
(A) 1stMay (8) availability of water in a canal
system.
a) 1stJuly
(C) availability of groundwater in a
(C) 5th september river tiasin
(D) 15th october weather forecast
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Ouesti on Nos.
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series - A series - a Series - C Series - D
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Series - A series - 8 series - c Series - D
41 2S 4 83 A
42 21 5 84 8
52 31 15 94 C
53 32 11 95 A
60 39 18 97 C
79 S8 37 16 C
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Ouesti on Nos,
Revised Correct a Pfiun
series - A series - 8 series - c series - D
ALL OPTIONS AREINCORRECTTWOMARKSWELLBEGIVENTOALL
29 11 94 67
34 14 100 71 C
45 25 8 79 BOTH A & 8 ARE CORRECT
ALL OPTIONS ARECORRECT
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Question Nos.
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12 90 67 47 C
13 91 68 44 A
16 94 71 51 A
31 9 86 62 C
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Ouestio n Nos.
' Series - A Revised C®rmeef Oprfum
• series - 8
Series ~ C series - D
2 79 61 40 C
44 24 2 81 A
62 39 20 99 D
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