ADRE Questions and answers

 Assam Direct Recruitment 2024

SLRC-2022

Paper : II

Time Allowed : 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (2 Hours) Maximum Marks : 135

1. Who is the first athlete from Assam to win a medal in the Summer Olympics ?

 (A) Hima Das (B) Lovlina Bargohain

 (C) Dipankar Bhattacharjee (D) Bhogeswar Baruah

2. The Rang Ghar was constructed during the reign of _______.

 (A) Swargadeo Rudra Singha (B) Swargadeo Shiva Singha

 (C) Swargadeo Rajeshwar Singha (D) Swargadeo Pramatta Singha 

3. Where is Assam Women’s University located ?

 (A) Sibsagar (B) Dibrugarh

 (C) Jorhat (D) Lakhimpur 

4. Which state does Srirampur connect with Assam ?

 (A) Meghalaya (B) Arunachal Pradesh

 (C) Manipur (D) West Bengal

5. Which of the following city has a sea port ?

 (A) Cochin (B) New Delhi

 (C) Kolkata (D) Bhopal 

6. The currency of Japan is

 (A) Yuan (B) Yen

 (C) Dollar (D) Ruble 

7. Which of the following is true about Pobitora ?

 (A) It is a town in Kokrajhar district.

 (B) It is a mountain peak in Karbi Anglong.

 (C) It is a lake near Dibrugarh.

 (D) It is a wildlife sanctuary in Morigaon district. 

8. Which of the following bridges is near Guwahati ?

 (A) Bhupen Hazarika Setu (B) Saraighat Bridge

 (C) Naranarayan Setu (D) Koliabhomora Setu 

9. Which one amongst the following mobile theatre (Bhryamyaman) groups is

the oldest ?

 (A) Kohinoor Theatre (B) Awahon Theatre

 (C) Natraj Theatre (D) Bhagyadevi Theatre 

10. Who composed the tune “O’ Mor Apunar Desh” ?

 (A) Kamala Prasad Agarwalla (B) Laxminath Bezbaruah

 (C) Bishnu Prasad Rabha (D) Parvati Prasad Baruah

11. “Orunudoi”, the first Assamese language magazine was published from

 (A) Jorhat (B) Sibsagar

 (C) Naharkatiya (D) Kokrajhar 

12. The first Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpeeth Award was

 (A) Mamoni Roisom Goswami (B) Yese Dorje Thongsi

 (C) Bhabendra Nath Saikia (D) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

13. In 1942 Quit India Movement, the British Police shot dead Kanaklata and

Mukunda Kakati at

 (A) Gohpur (B) Tezpur

 (C) Dhekiajuli (D) Ahotguri 

14. The word that would correctly fill the gap in “Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati ______

Xobha” is

 (A) Xadhini (B) Bohumukhi

 (C) Koron (D) Bistaron

15. Who wrote Saptakanda Ramayana, a translation of Valmiki Ramayana in

Assamese ?

 (A) Ram Saraswati (B) Ananta Kandali

 (C) Madhav Kandali (D) Srimanta Sankardeva 

16. Where is the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden located ?

 (A) Tezpur (B) Kaziranga

 (C) Guwahati (D) Goalpara 

17. Which of the following is not in the life-cycle of a butterfly ?

 (A) Caterpillar (B) Eggs

 (C) Pupa (D) Tadpole 

18. The first Assamese film to be awarded the Best Feature Film at the National

Film Awards was

 (A) Village Rockstars

 (B) Aranya

 (C) Halodhiya Choraye Baodhan Khai

 (D) Dr. Bezbarua 

19. The Toklai Tea Research Institute is in which city ?

 (A) Dibrugarh (B) Jorhat

 (C) Sibsagar (D) Bishwanath Chariali 

20. The only Sainik School of Assam is at

 (A) Silchar (B) Bongaigaon

 (C) Tinsukia (D) Goalpara 

21. In which district is the Numaligarh Refinery located ?

 (A) Golaghat (B) Jorhat

 (C) Karbi Anglong (D) Nagaon 

22. Which planet of the solar system lies between Earth and Jupiter ?

 (A) Mars (B) Venus

 (C) Saturn (D) Mercury 

23. Who designed the National Flag of India ?

 (A) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (B) Pingali Venkayya

 (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Rabindranath Tagore 

24. Which vitamin is prominently present in lemon and Amla ?

 (A) Vitamin C (B) Vitamin K

 (C) Vitamin B (D) Vitamin D

25. Who was the first Indian born woman to go to space ?

 (A) Kiran Shaw (B) Kiran Bedi

 (C) Kalpana Chawla (D) Kalpana Saxena 

26. Who won the Men’s Singles at French Open 2022 ?

 (A) Roger Federer (B) Stefanos Tsitsipas

 (C) Novak Djokovic (D) Rafael Nadal 

27. What is the capital of Jharkhand ?

 (A) Raipur (B) Ranchi

 (C) Dehradun (D) Gangtok 

28. The place associated with gold mine in India is

 (A) Jaduguda (B) Kolar

 (C) Ankleshwar (D) Kalahandi 

29. In which place did India test its first nuclear device ?

 (A) Balasore (B) Trombay

 (C) Sriharikota (D) Pokhran 

30. What is the distance between the two sets of wickets on a cricket pitch ?

 (A) 20 yards (B) 32 yards

 (C) 22 yards (D) 25 yards 

31. As on 1st of January, 2022, who is the President of the United States of

America ?

 (A) Bill Clinton (B) Barack Obama

 (C) Donald Trump (D) Joe Biden 

32. Greek Mathematician Pythagoras is known for

 (A) Distance between Earth and Sun

 (B) Value of Pi

 (C) Relationship between the sides of a Right angled triangle

 (D) Area of a circle

33. Which of the following festivals is related to the film industry ?

 (A) Rouketopolemos (B) Octoberfest

 (C) Woodstock festival (D) Cannes festival 

34. Goitre is caused due to the lack of which of the following in our food ?

 (A) Calcium (B) Iodine

 (C) Sodium (D) Iron 

35. Who was the father of Lata Mangeshkar ?

 (A) Dinanath Mangeshkar (B) Hridoynath Mangeshkar

 (C) Jitendra Mangeshkar (D) Mani Prasad Mangeshkar 

36. The first Assamese woman - a poet and author – to win Padma Shree award

was

 (A) Chandraprabha Saikiani (B) Nalini Bala Devi

 (C) Mamoni Roisom Goswami (D) Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi 

37. Which state of India did the Chipko Movement originate in?

 (A) Uttarakhand (B) Himachal Pradesh

 (C) Haryana (D) Sikkim 

38. Which among the following criteria need not to be fulfilled to become a

Member of Parliament in India ?

 (A) Must be a citizen of India.

 (B) Must not be less than 25 years of age.

 (C) Must be a voter in any constituency in India.

 (D) Must pass class 10 level of examination. 

39. Which Emperor built the (popularly known) Grand Trunk Road of India ?

 (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir

 (C) Qutubuddin Aibak (D) Sher Shah Suri 

40. Which among the following is NOT included in the Eighth schedule, as per

the Constitution of India ?

 (A) Santhali (B) Bodo

 (C) Maithili (D) Karbi 

41. In which year was the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was

passed ?

 (A) 1958 (B) 1952

 (C) 1960 (D) 1971 

42. Which Article of Indian Constitution grants special status to the states of

North East India ?

 (A) Article 14 (B) Article 377

 (C) Article 371 (D) Article 254 

43. Where did Jawahar Lal Nehru wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’ ?

 (A) Pune Central Jail (B) Yerwada Jail

 (C) Thane Jail (D) Ahmednagar Fort 

44. Which among the following places has received the GI tag for its Litchi ?

 (A) Tezpur (B) Jorhat

 (C) Lakhimpur (D) Shillong 

45. Who amongst the following is known for his reforms in Indian Education

System ?

 (A) Lord Clive Dalhousie (B) Lord Cornwallis

 (C) Lord Mountbatten (D) Lord Macaulay 

46. Who was the first Editor of the Assamese magazine Orunodoi ?

 (A) Dr. Nathan Brown (B) Hem Chandra Baruah

 (C) Oliver Cutter (D) Anandaram Dhekial Phukan 

47. The streamlining of Land Revenue related services scheme of the

Government of Assam is better known as _______.

 (A) Arunudoi (B) Basundhara

 (C) Sarothi (D) Arundhati 

48. What is the form of the One Act Play, made popular by Srimanta Sankardev

known as ?

 (A) Ankiya Nat (B) Yakshagana

 (C) Tamasha (D) Bhramyaman

49. Which among the following Satras is situated in West Bengal ?

 (A) Chamaria Satra (B) Baradi Satra

 (C) Madhupur Satra (D) Jakai Satra 

50. Which direction does the river Brahmaputra flow in Assam ?

 (A) East to West (B) West to East

 (C) North to South (D) South to North

51. Who was the founder of Mughal Empire in India ?

 (A) Humayun (B) Sher Shah Suri

 (C) Babur (D) Akbar 

52. Which source do the projects at Kalpakkam, Narora and Tarapore produce

electricity from ?

 (A) Hydro power (B) Nuclear energy

 (C) Thermal energy (D) Solar energy 

53. Who established Jorhat as the last capital of Ahom Kingdom ?

 (A) Swargadeo Gaurinath Singha (B) Swargadeo Rudra Singha

 (C) Swargadeo Shiva Singha (D) Swargadeo Purandar Singha 

54. What was the name of the king Naranarayana before he ascended the throne

of Koch kingdom ?

 (A) Nara Singha (B) Biswajit

 (C) Shukladhwaj (D) Malladev

55. Which of the following trees is not considered as an example of deciduous

vegetation ?

 (A) Sal (B) Mango

 (C) Pine (D) Simalu 

56. Which region is Jhum cultivation usually practised in ?

 (A) Wetlands (B) Hill sides

 (C) Char areas (D) Flat plains 

57. Which Act of British India had the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre crowd gather

to protest ?

 (A) Simon Commission (B) Rowlatt Act

 (C) Morley-Minto Reforms (D) Separate Electorate 

58. Hajo is considered as the confluence of the three religions :

 (A) Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam (B) Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam

 (C) Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism (D) Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism 

59. Who amongst the following is the ‘anti-corruption authority’ to represent the

public interest ?

 (A) Chief Information Commissioner (B) Lokpal

 (C) Chief Justice of High Court (D) Chief Election Commissioner

60. Under which schedule of the Constitution of India is the North Cachar Hills

Autonomous Council (NCHAC) formed ?

 (A) Seventh Schedule (B) Fifth Schedule

 (C) Eighth Schedule (D) Sixth Schedule 

61. A number when decreased by 12.5% becomes 119. The number is

 (A) 130 (B) 125

 (C) 148 (D) 136 

62. The area of a rectangle is 300 cm2

 and the length of its diagonal is 25 cm. The

perimeter of the rectangle is

 (A) 88 cm (B) 70 cm

 (C) 64 cm (D) 58 cm 

63. The numerator of a fraction is 2 less than its denominator. If the numerator

is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is multiplied by 3, then the fraction

becomes 2/9. The fraction is

 (A) 1/3

 (B) 3/5

 (C) 5/7

 (D) 7/9

64. In a school, the average age of both boys and girls is 16 years; the average

age of only boys is 15 years and average age of only girls is 18 years. The

ratio of the number of boys and girls in the school is :

 (A) 5 : 2 (B) 4 : 3

 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 2 

66. The LCM and HCF of 14, 21 and 28 are respectively

 (A) (84, 14) (B) (56, 7)

 (C) (84, 7) (D) (56, 14) 

67. The number of terms in the series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ………, 256, 512 is

 (A) 10 (B) 9

 (C) 7 (D) 8 

68. The map of a city is drawn on a scale of 1 : 50000. The distance between two

locations is 12 cm on the map. The actual distance between the two locations is

 (A) 6 km (B) 9 km

 (C) 12 km (D) 15 km 

69. The sum of two numbers is 12 and the difference of their squares is 60. The

difference between the two numbers is :

 (A) 4 (B) 3

 (C) 6 (D) 5 

70. 200% of 200 is

 (A) 40,000 (B) 400

 (C) 4,000 (D) 440 

71. If the largest 3-digit number is subtracted from the smallest 5-digit number,

the result is

 (A) 9001 (B) 9000

 (C) 9990 (D) 9999 

72. Find the value of 18 – [6 – {4 – (8 + 3)}]

 (A) – 2 (B) – 5

 (C) 5 (D) 2 

73. A person types at the rate of 35 words per minute. How long will it take him

to type 987 words ?

 (A) 27 minutes 12 second (B) 28 minutes 8 second

 (C) 27 minutes 7 second (D) 28 minutes 12 second 

75. The total count of natural numbers available in the series {–7, –6, –5, ….., 5, 6, 7}

is

 (A) 15 (B) 14

 (C) 7 (D) 8 

76. Fill in the blanks : 149,600,000 = ______* 10^7

 (A) 1496 (B) 149.6

 (C) 14.96 (D) 1.496

 

77. “Two times the area of a square of side x is added to three times the

perimeter of the same square.” The algebraic expression of the above

statement is 

78. If the sum of two unequal integers equals the subtraction of the smaller from

the larger of the same two integers, then which of the following statements is

correct ?

 (A) The two integers must be Natural numbers.

 (B) The sum of the two integers is always zero.

 (C) The inverse of one integer equals the other integer.

 (D) At least one of the two integers is zero. 

79. The three sides of a triangle are of length 2.3 cm, 20 mm and 23 mm. The

triangle is a/an

 (A) Scalene triangle (B) Equilateral triangle

 (C) Right angled triangle (D) Isosceles triangle 

80. The area of a Rhombus equals

 (A) 1/2*(sum of the lengths of its two diagonals)

 (B) 2 * (sum of the lengths of its two diagonals)

 (C) 1/2*(product of the lengths of its two diagonals)

 (D) 2 *(product of the lengths of its two diagonals) 

81. Division of x^2 – 5x + 6 by x – 3 results in

 (A) 1 (B) x – 2

 (C) 0 (D) x + 2 

82. The sum of the first 20 natural numbers is

 (A) 210 (B) 120

 (C) 124 (D) 310 

83. The HCF of x^2y and xy^2 is

 (A) x (B) y

 (C) x + y (D) xy 

84. If the digit at the unit place is x and the digit at the ten’s place is y, then the

number is given by

 (A) 10x + y (B) x + y

 (C) x ? y (D) 10y + x

Q. Nos. 86 – 87 : Fill in the blanks with correct articles :

86. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were _____ first to conquer Mt. Everest.

 (A) the (B) an

 (C) a (D) it

87. Mr. Bennet left his property to ______ unknown heir.

 (A) a (B) an

 (C) the (D) some

 Q. Nos. 88 – 90 : Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions :

88. Have pity _____ the poor.

 (A) with (B) of

 (C) at (D) for

89. Take precaution _____ cold.

 (A) against (B) for

 (C) with (D) within

90. The picnic table is placed ______ the tree.

 (A) under (B) underneath

 (C) beneath (D) below

Q. Nos. 91 – 93 : Choose the correctly spelled word :

91. (A) Veterinary (B) Veterinery

 (C) Veternary (D) Veterenery

92. (A) Elemantary (B) Elementary

 (C) Ellemantary (D) Elemantery

93. (A) Dissimilar (B) Disimilar

 (C) Dissimmiler (D) Dissimiler

 Q. Nos. 94 – 95 : Choose the correct pair which is similarly related.

94. (A) Good, Best

 (B) Tall, More tall

 (C) Fat, Rough

 (D) Worser, Bad

95. (A) Funny, Funnest

 (B) Order, Disorderly

 (C) Keen, Kind

 (D) Calm, Calmer

Q. Nos. 96 – 97 : Choose the correct pair of words which are OPPOSITE of

each other.

96. (A) Rough – Coarse (B) Artificial – Synthetic

 (C) Take – Accept (D) Sad – Happy

97. (A) Easy – Tender (B) Within – Outside

 (C) Right – Correct (D) Closed – Shut

 (A) Evil – Blessed

 (B) Cheat – Deceive

 (C) Above – Below

 (D) War – Peace

99. A group of Dogs is called

 (A) Pack (B) Swarm

 (C) Herd (D) Flock

100. A group of Monkeys is called

 (A) Troop (B) Cluster

 (C) Rabble (D) Herd 

101. What should come next to continue the series :

 ACRA, BDSB, CETC, DFUD, ?

 (A) EGVE (B) EVGE

 (C) EFGE (D) EGFE 

102. Which pair of numbers should replace $ in

 (2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 7), $, (10, 13) ?

 (A) (8, 11) (B) (8, 9)

 (C) (7, 8) (D) (7, 11) 

103. Which of the following numbers is not correct in the sequence (3, 7, 15, 33,

63) ?

 (A) 33 (B) 15

 (C) 7 (D) 63 

104. As per the local language of Gogaland, the words for earth, water, light, air

and sky are the light, air, earth, sky and water respectively. If one visits

Gogaland and gets thirsty there, what would he ask for ?

 (A) Light (B) Sky

 (C) Air (D) Water 

105. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched ?

 (A) Birds : Nest (B) Dogs : Kennel

 (C) Horse : Stable (D) Pigs : Den 

106. If D is division, M is multiplication, A is addition and S is subtraction, then

which of the following statements is true ?

 (A) 32 A 8 M 16 D 4 = – 3/2 (B) 6 M 18 D 26 S 13 A 7 = 173/13

 (C) 11 M 34 S 17 D 8 S 3 = 38/3 (D) 9 A 9 S 9 D 9 M 9 = 9 

107. Which of the following is NOT a branch of study ?

 (A) Apology (B) Archaeology

 (C) Psychology (D) Geology 

108. Identify the term associated with the game of Cricket.

 (A) Delivery (B) Counter

 (C) Pick up (D) Reverse 

109. Identify the pair of words related in the same way as “Shoes : Hands”.

 (A) Pants : Legs (B) Cap : Head

 (C) Gloves : Hand (D) Belt : Neck 

110. Which one of the given numbers is not a part of the same group ?

 (A) 256 (B) 884

 (C) 128 (D) 512 

111. Which word does not belong to the group with the rest ?

 (A) Sleeper (B) Lower

 (C) Stopper (D) Upper 

112. Of the four words, which one is not similar to others ?

 (A) Asia (B) Europe

 (C) Australia (D) Africa 

113. Of the following words, find the one different from others.

 (A) APQRC (B) XPQRZ

 (C) LPQRN (D) SPQRT 

114. In the smallest number that can be formed by using all the digits of 6574398,

what would be the digit exactly in the middle ?

 (A) 6 (B) 5

 (C) 7 (D) 4 

115. Identify the word which features both the second and the fifth letter of

English alphabets.

 (A) BOLT (B) TELL

 (C) BELT (D) TALE

116. The resulting geometrical shape on folding a square Handkerchief along its

diagonal, is the

 (A) Obtuse Triangle (B) Equilateral Triangle

 (C) Right Triangle (D) Acute Triangle

117. “Tapan is elder than Emmanuel.”

 “Chetan is elder than Tapan.”

 “Emmanuel is elder than Chetan.”

 If the first two statements are true, then the third statement is

 (A) True (B) False

 (C) Insufficient information (D) Unrelated 

118. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY

coded in that language ?

 (A) CPNCBZ (B) CPNCBX

 (C) CPOCBZ (D) CQOCBZ

119. Which set of letters does not follow a rule set by the meaningless word

ACEGI ?

 (A) RTVXZ (B) BEGIK

 (C) MOQSU (D) DFHJL 

120. Leena walks fifty steps towards the rising sun. Then she turns left and walks

another fifty steps. Here she turns around and walks a hundred steps. Which

direction is Leena facing now ?

 (A) East (B) North

 (C) West (D) South 

121. In the series

 A 6 N 3 M 4 N 7 H 3 N 4 N 2 K 7 A 2 D 5 F 6

 the sum of all the even digits is

 (A) 22 (B) 24

 (C) 26 (D) 20 

122. The next two numbers in the given series

 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, ……..

 are

 (A) 20, 50 (B) 25, 45

 (C) 30, 90 (D) 50, 20 

123. If L is related to MOAT, R is related to SOAP, then F is similarly related to

 (A) GOAT (B) GREEN

 (C) GOWN (D) GROAN 

124. Which one of the options best fits the relationship

 CUP : LIP :: BIRD : ?

 (A) GRASS (B) FOREST

 (C) BEAK (D) BUSH 

125. Find the relationship and identify the best option to fill up the gap :

 Airport : Runway :: Railway Station : _____

 (A) Signals (B) TTE

 (C) Tickets (D) Platform

126. Laptop : Windows :: Mobile : ?

 (A) Play Store (B) Android

 (C) Apps (D) Games