ADRE Questions and Answers 2022

Assam Direct Recruitment 2024

SLRC-2022

Paper : III

1. Which colour is not present in the Olympic Flag ?

 (A) Red (B) Green

 (C) Purple (D) Yellow 

2. The Capital City of Peru is

 (A) Bogota (B) Santiago

 (C) Havana (D) Lima 

3. The National Stock Exchange is located in

 (A) Mumbai (B) Kolkata

 (C) Hyderabad (D) New Delhi 

4. From the following list identify the hardware component that can be used to

transfer files from one computer to another.

 (A) BIOS (B) Hard Disk

 (C) CPU (D) USB Flash Drive

5. The range which separates Indo-Gangetic Plains of Northern India from the

Deccan Plateau of Southern India is

 (A) Karakoram Range (B) Satpura and Vindhya Range

 (C) Aravalli Range (D) Pir Panjal Range 

6. Amongst the following rivers, which one does not originate from the

Himalayas ?

 (A) Indus (B) Ganga

 (C) Yamuna (D) Narmada

7. Water has maximum density at

 (A) 100 ºC (B) –40 ºC

 (C) 0 ºC (D) 4 ºC 

8. Which social science studies the production, distribution and consumption of

wealth ?

 (A) Commerce (B) Economics

 (C) Political Science (D) Sociology 

9. Identify the normally radioactive material in the following list.

 (A) Plutonium (B) Germanium

 (C) Osmium (D) Cadmium

10. In Volleyball, how many players per team are on the court ?

 (A) Five (B) Seven

 (C) Six (D) Eight 

11. How many states of India shares border with Assam ?

 (A) Nine (B) Seven

 (C) Eight (D) Ten

12. Who is the Finance Minister of Assam as on 01st of January, 2022 ?

 (A) Ajanta Neog (B) Chandra Mohan Patowary

 (C) Himanta Biswa Sarma (D) Pijush Hazarika 

13. As on 31st of March, 2022, how many districts are there in Assam ?

 (A) Thirty Four (B) Thirty Five

 (C) Thirty Three (D) Thirty Two 

14. Which of the following countries share border with Assam ?

 (A) China (B) Nepal

 (C) Myanmar (D) Bhutan

15. Amongst the following bridges, which one is at the Easternmost place ?

 (A) Naranarayan Setu (B) Saraighat Bridge

 (C) Bhupen Hazarika Setu (D) Koliabhomora Setu 

16. Which of the following river is in the Barak Valley ?

 (A) Dikrong (B) Kushiyara

 (C) Boginadi (D) Bharalu

17. What is the State Tree of Assam ?

 (A) Hollong (B) Teak

 (C) Saal (D) Peepal

18. Poa Mecca and Hoygriv Madhab Temple is at which place of Assam ?

 (A) Sibsagar (B) Tezpur

 (C) Dumunichowki (D) Hajo 

19. Name the tea research institute at Jorhat.

 (A) Tarai (B) Tocklai

 (C) Tamoi (D) Tingrai 

20. Name the first talkie in Assamese.

 (A) Bhaiti (B) Baruar Sansaar

 (C) Joymoti (D) Indramalati

21. Swaraj Party was founded by :

 (A) Bhimrao Ambedkar and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

 (B) Aruna Asaf Ali and Subhash Chandra Bose

 (C) Bhagat Singh and Rajguru

 (D) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das

22. Which article of Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds

of religion, race, caste, sex and place of birth ?

 (A) Article 25 (B) Article 13

 (C) Article 15 (D) Article 19 

23. The Gol Gumbad (Gumbaz), the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah, is

located in :

 (A) Bijapur (B) Delhi

 (C) Hyderabad (D) Bhopal

24. What does ‘A’ stand for in ‘UDAN’, the initiative of the Ministry of Civil

Aviation of India ?

 (A) Aam (B) Air

 (C) Aakash (D) Aviation

25. Which company became the first Indian company to hit the ` 10 Lakh Crore

market valuations ?

 (A) Airtel (B) TCS

 (C) Wipro (D) Reliance 

26. Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT with reference to the dance

forms and their native states ?

 (A) Yakshagana – Tamil Nadu (B) Sattriya – Assam

 (C) Mohiniattam – Kerala (D) Odissi – Odisha

27. The only Ramsar site wetland in Assam is the :

 (A) Deepor beel (B) Bordoloni

 (C) Chandubi beel (D) Dibru-Saikhowa

28. Which of the following ministries is NOT associated with the initiative of

“Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” scheme ?

 (A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

 (B) Ministry of Rural Development

 (C) Ministry of Women and Child Development

 (D) Ministry of Human Resource Development 

29. The Assam Medical College is situated in :

 (A) Silchar (B) Jorhat

 (C) Guwahati (D) Dibrugarh 

30. The mission Indradhanush, an initiative of the Government of India, is

associated with :

 (A) Immunisation (B) Cleanliness

 (C) Digitalisation (D) Highway development 

31. Article 17 of the Constitution of India deals with the abolition of :

 (A) Slavery (B) Bonded Labour

 (C) Untouchability (D) Sati 

32. Which of the following events did NOT take place in 1919 ?

 (A) Rowlatt Act was passed

 (B) Montagu – Chelmsford Reforms were announced

 (C) Partition of Bengal

 (D) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy 

33. Which of the following schemes was launched in July 2019 to accelerate

water harvesting and conservation measures ?

 (A) Jal Shakti Abhiyan (B) Jal Vikas Abhiyan

 (C) Jal Hi Dhan Hai Abhiyan (D) Jal Bachao Abhiyan 

34. Which of the following locations is NOT associated with the petroleum sector ?

 (A) Duliajan (B) Nazira

 (C) Bongaigaon (D) Margherita

35. Which country was first to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) ?

 (A) Germany (B) France

 (C) Canada (D) USA 

36. As of January 2022, the state which has the maximum number of seats in the

Rajya Sabha, is :

 (A) Karnataka (B) Madhya Pradesh

 (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh

37. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of the King :

 (A) Harshavardhana (B) Ashoka

 (C) Vishnugupta (D) Samudragupta 

38. Who among the following publishes the Economic Survey of India ?

 (A) National Development Council (B) Institute of Finance

 (C) Indian Statistical Institute (D) Ministry of Finance 

39. In which of the following economies, all productive resources are owned and

controlled by the government ?

 (A) Socialist (B) Capitalist

 (C) Mixed (D) Dual 

40. In which of the following locations was the Quit India Movement launched by

Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1942 ?

 (A) Shivaji Park (B) Brabourne Stadium

 (C) August Kranti Maidan (D) Pragati Maidan 

41. The LCM of two numbers is 40 and their HCF is 4. If the difference between

the two numbers is 12, then the sum of the numbers is :

 (A) 20 (B) 24

 (C) 28 (D) 32 

43. The number when divided by 2, leaves remainder 1; when divided by 3,

leaves remainder 2 and when divided by 4, leaves remainder 3, is :

 (A) 25 (B) 41

 (C) 13 (D) 11 

44. When the numerator of a fraction increases by 3, the fraction increases by its

three-fourth. The numerator of the fraction is :

 (A) 3 (B) 4

 (C) 5 (D) 6 

48. The sum of the four consecutive alternate numbers is 64. The smallest

number amongst them is :

 (A) 13 (B) 11

 (C) 16 (D) 9 

49. Two numbers are in the ratio of 2 : 3 and the product of their LCM and HCF

is 96. The sum of the numbers is :

 (A) 8 (B) 12

 (C) 20 (D) 36 

50. If the salary of A is 25% more than that of B, how much percentage is the

salary of B lower than that of A ? 

51. 98 toffees were distributed to some boys in a group. Each boy in the group got

twice as many of the toffees as the number of boys. The number of boys in the

group was :

 (A) 5 (B) 7

 (C) 10 (D) 14 

53. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 6 cm. The area of the triangle is : 

55. 45% of a number is same as 30% of another number. The ratio of the first

number to the second number is :

 (A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2

 (C) 3 : 5 (D) 2 : 5 

56. Liza deposits money in her savings bank in such a way that every next day

her deposit amount is ` 12 more than her previous day deposit. If she starts

her deposit with ` 12 on the first day, the total amount deposited by Liza at

the end of 30 days will be :

 (A) ` 5,420 (B) ` 5,580

 (C) ` 5,620 (D) ` 5,780

57. Find the median of the data set.

 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 12, 7, 8, 5, 1, 16, 17, 12

 (A) 8 (B) 7

 (C) 5 (D) 4 

59. ‘A’ starts his journey at 1:00 p.m. from a location P with a speed of 1 m/sec.

‘B’ starts his journey from the same location P and along the same direction

at 1:10 p.m. with a speed of 2 m/sec. If ‘B’ meets ‘A’ at the location Q, then the

distance PQ is :

 (A) 1.5 km (B) 1.75 km

 (C) 1.2 km (D) 1.25 km 

60. The price of an article is first decreased by 40% and then increased by 20%.

The net change in the price will be :

 (A) 20% (B) 40%

 (C) 24% (D) 28% 

From Q. 61 – Q. 63 : Insert the correct options in the blank space :

61. On the moon, ________ air because the Moon’s gravitational field is too weak

to retain an atmosphere.

 (A) there is no (B) where no

 (C) no (D) is no

62. _______ in front of a camera lens changes the colour of the light that reaches

the film.

 (A) Placed a filter (B) A filter is placed

 (C) A filter placed (D) When a filter placed

63. In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, ________.

 (A) engineers were educated there (B) where engineers were educated

 (C) in which, were engineers educated (D) where were engineers educated

From Q. 64 to Q. 67 : Choose the correct pair of words which are SYNONYMS to

each other :

64. (A) Emigrant – Immigrant (B) Piece – Pierce

 (C) Frugal – Thrifty (D) Irritate – Instigate

65. (A) Rely – Resist (B) Rule – Rue

 (C) Secret – Clandestine (D) Site – Sight

66. (A) Deride – Arrive (B) Derive – Divide

 (C) Deride – Mock (D) Mock – Praise

67. (A) Citizen – Foreigner (B) Citizen – Emigrant

 (C) Citizen – Subject (D) Citizen – Immigrant

each other :

68. (A) Folly – Stupidity (B) Sweet – Salty

 (C) Visible – Unvisible (D) Scatter – Collect

69. (A) Advance – Retreat (B) Abandon – Desert

 (C) Elevate – Raise (D) Value – Success

70. (A) Acquit – Convict (B) Expect – Hope

 (C) Faithful – Loyal (D) End – Finish

From Q. 71 to Q. 76 : Choose the correct options which best explains the meaning

of the given idioms :

71. “To split hairs”

 (A) To quarrel bitterly

 (B) To complain about every small detail

 (C) To argue about trifles

 (D) To study every detail minutely

72. “Nail the lie to the counter”

 (A) To blame a person for something (B) To expose publicly

 (C) To investigate an allegation (D) To lie vehemently

73. “To see red”

 (A) To be mad with anger (B) To see danger

 (C) Sunset (D) To be drunk

74. “To hit below the belt”

 (A) To trick the opponent (B) To defeat the opponent

 (C) To take bribe (D) To act unfairly in a contest

75. “To beat about the bush”

 (A) To prune the bush

 (B) To approach a matter directly

 (C) To approach a matter in a roundabout manner

 (D) To discuss a matter endlessly

76. “Bird in hand is better than two in the bush”

 (A) Probability is better than possibility

 (B) Certainty is better than possibility

 (C) Possibility is better than probability

 (D) Probability indicates certainty

77. Choose the correct order to complete the sentence :

 I. I smelled the gas

 II. Door of my house then

 III. As soon as

 IV. I opened the front

 (A) I, II, III, IV (B) II, III, IV, I

 (C) III, IV, II, I (D) III, IV, I, II 

78. The following sentence is divided into four parts. One of the parts has an

error in it. Read the sentence and find the part containing the error : 

79. “For the little boy, a lolly was tangible, whereas a promise was not.”

 The word tangible in this sentence means

 (A) Basic (B) Untouchable

 (C) Actual (D) Edible

80. Which among the following options is correct ?

 (A) My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their loved

ones in this unfortunate accident.

 (B) My thoughts are with the families of those who has lost their loved ones

in this unfortunate incident.

 (C) My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their loved

ones in this unfortunate events.

 (D) My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their loved

ones in this unfortunate incidents. 

81. Which letter of the English Alphabet is the seventh from left of sixteenth

from right ?

 (A) D (B) W

 (C) R (D) E 

82. Five boys are sitting in a circle facing inward. Ajay is between Rohit and

Doljit. Suman is at the left of Shyamal, Rohit is at the left of Suman. Who is

sitting at the immediate right of Ajay ?

 (A) Suman (B) Shyamal

 (C) Rohit (D) Doljit 

83. A man is 3 years older than his wife and four times as old as his son. If the

son becomes 15 years old after 3 years, the present age of his wife is :

 (A) 60 years (B) 51 years

 (C) 48 years (D) 45 years 

84. Sarita and Savita were coming to each other in the garden in the morning.

Savita saw that Sarita’s shadow was at Sarita’s left side. Which direction

was Savita facing to ?

 (A) South (B) East

 (C) North (D) West 

85. If 20% of a is b, then b% of 20 is the same as :

 (A) 4% of a (B) 6% of a

 (C) 8% of a (D) 10% of a 

86. Kabita walks from her office 2 km to the east, then 8 km towards her right,

then 2 km towards the east and then 4 km towards the south. Finally she

turns left and walks 1 km to reach her apartment. The shortest aerial

distance between Kabita’s office and her apartment is :

 (A) 25 km (B) 13 km

 (C) 12 km (D) 17 km 

87. Select the number pair in which the two numbers are related in the same

way as 35 : 6.

 (A) 85 : 9 (B) 64 : 8

 (C) 26 : 5 (D) 120 : 11 

88. Arrange the following words in a logical and meaningful order :

 (1) Cloud (2) Rainbow (3) Devastation

 (4) Rain (5) Low Pressure (6) Flood

 (A) 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 3 (B) 5, 1, 4, 2, 6, 3

 (C) 5, 4, 1, 2, 3, 6 (D) 1, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3

89. If HONESTY is written as 5132468 and POVERTY is as 7192068, then in the

same code, HORSE is written as :

 (A) 50124 (B) 51042

 (C) 51024 (D) 52014

90. Two trains of 200 m and 100 m long are running parallel at the rate of

20 m/sec. and 22 m/sec. respectively. How much time will they take to cross

each other, if the trains are running along the same direction ?

 (A) 212 sec. (B) 135 sec.

 (C) 150 sec. (D) 120 sec.

91. The ratio of the sides of a triangle is 1/2: 1/3: 1/4 and its perimeter 

is 104 cm. The longest arm of the triangle is :

 (A) 52 cm (B) 48 cm

 (C) 44 cm (D) 40 cm

92. Priya booked a ticket for a movie whose trailer was released 20 days before

she booked the ticket. She watched the movie 45 days after the trailer was

released. The movie was released 16 day before the day on which Priya

watched the movie. On which day of the week was the movie released if she

booked the ticket on Sunday ?

 (A) Friday (B) Saturday

 (C) Sunday (D) Tuesday

From Q. 93 to Q. 95 : Find the missing numbers/letters/words.

93. 5 : 27 :: 9 : ________

 (A) 83 (B) 81

 (C) 36 (D) 18

94. AQRD : BRSE :: LMTJ : ________

 (A) MNRK (B) MNSK

 (C) MNUK (D) MMUK

95. Bus : Driver :: Horse : ________

 (A) Saddle (B) Rein

 (C) Horseman (D) Stirrup

From Q. 96 – Q. 98 : Three out of the following four options are alike in a

particular pattern and hence form a group. Find the one which does NOT

belong to the group.

96. (A) 2837 (B) 7651

 (C) 3925 (D) 9762

98. (A) Emission (B) Pollution

 (C) Contamination (D) Adulteration