AFCAT 2 2017 Exam English Syllabus Topics and Sample Question

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AFCAT 2 2017 Exam English Syllabus Topics and Sample Question

List of Important Topics

Comprehension, Error Detection, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Testing of Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks

TOPICS BASED SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Comprehension

Cozette could have been a pretty child, but she was thin and pale and her eyes were stained with weeping. She was dressed in her thin torn cotton dress and she shivered all the tome. Here and there on her body were blue marks from the beatings that her mistress had given her. Her naked legs were red and rough. When she spoke, her voice trembled. Everything about the child, her looks, her behaviour, her speech, her silence every small gesture she made, showed a terrible fear. She was so afraid that, even though she was wet through, she dared not go near the fire to warm herself, but sat shivering in a corner of the room.

1. Cozette could not be a pretty child because
a. She was pale and emaciated
b. She was weeping
c. She was scantily dressed
d. She was trembling with fear
Answer. a

2. Cozette’s voice trembled because
a. She was feeling cold
b. She was frightened
c. There was no fire near her
d. She was wearing a thin, cotton dress
Answer. b

3. Cozette’s terrible fear is conveyed most vividly by the description of
a. Her constant shivering
b. Her tear-stained eyes
c. Her trembling voice
d. Her inability to go near the fire
Answer. d

Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next dose. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill.

According to the author, discussions of drug addiction are generally concerned with

a. Addicts
b. Non-addicts
c. Criminals
d. Black marketers
Answer. a

Addicts take to criminal acts because
a. Drugs make them lose self-control
b. The habit of robbing and stealing is hard to break
c. They need large sums of money to buy drugs
d. Law is powerless against them
Answer. c

Error Detection

Read 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’.

Q. 

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.

Q. 

A. If I had known

B. this yesterday

C. I will have helped him.

D. No error.

Synonyms

VENT

A. Opening

B. Stodge

C. End

D. Past tense of go

ABJECT

A. Challenge

B. Miserable

C. Deny

D. Disobey

CONNOISSEUR

A. Ignorant

B. Lover of art

C. Interpreter

D. Delinquent

Antonyms

EXODUS

A. Influx

B. Home-coming

C. Return

D. Restoration

CAPACIOUS

A. Limited

B. Caring

C. Foolish

D. Changeable

PERENNIAL

A. Frequent

B. Regular

C. Lasting

D. Rare

Fill in the blanks

Catching the earlier train will give us the …… to do some shopping.

A. chance

B. luck

C. possibility

D. occasion

The parliament invested the new organisation …… judicial authority.

A. by

B. with

C. from

D. through

That rule is applicable …… every one.

A. to

B. for

C. about

D. with

One Word Substitute

The custom or practice of having more than one husband at same time

A. Polygyny

B. Polyphony

C. Polyandry

D. Polychromy

A place that provides refug

A. Asylum

B. Sanatorium

C. Shelter

D. Orphanage