ADRE solved Question paper 2022

 Assam Direct Recruitment 2024
SLRC-2022
Paper : V

Time Allowed : 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (2 Hours) Maximum Marks : 150

1. Which city will host the 2024 Summer Olympics ?

 (A) Paris (B) London

 (C) Amsterdam (D) Zurich 

2. Manila is the capital city of

 (A) Malaysia (B) Philippines

 (C) Indonesia (D) Thailand

3. Lotus temple is situated in

 (A) Kolkata (B) New Delhi

 (C) Mumbai (D) Bhopal 

4. Which of the following is a output device for a computer ?

 (A) Mouse (B) Speaker

 (C) Microphone (D) Keyboard 

5. Which of the following mountain range is geologically considered the oldest ?

 (A) Pir Panjal Range (B) Vindhya Range

 (C) Aravalli Range (D) Western Ghats 

6. Which one amongst the following is the southernmost river in India ?

 (A) Cauvery (B) Godavari

 (C) Narmada (D) Mahanadi 

7. In which part do plants produce their food ?

 (A) Roots (B) Leaf

 (C) Trunk (D) Bark 

8. An adult human being has a normal body temperature in the range of

9. Which of the following geometric shapes does not have parallel sides ?

 (A) Rhombus (B) Square

 (C) Pentagon (D) Parallelogram 

10. Which of the following is not an Olympics Swimming Event ?

 (A) Butterfly (B) Backstroke

 (C) Breaststroke (D) Breakstroke 

11. Which of the following birds builds its nest in tree hollows ?

 (A) Hornbill (B) Egret

 (C) Vulture (D) Eagle

12. Which of the following is the National Animal of India ?

 (A) One Horned Rhino 

(B) Royal Bengal Tiger

 (C) Asian Elephant 

(D) Nilgai 

13. Who is considered as the Iron Man of India ?

 (A) Mahatma Gandhi 

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

 (C) B.R. Ambedkar 

(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

14. Who is known as the Missile Man of India ?

 (A) Homi Jahangir Bhabha 

(B) Kailasavadivoo Sivan

(C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

(D) J.R.D. Tata

15. Which amongst the following is the largest unit of computer storage ?

 (A) Gigabyte (B) Terabyte

 (C) Megabyte (D) Kilobyte 

16. On every Independence Day of India, the Prime Minister addresses the nation from :

 (A) Red Fort (B) Rashtrapati Bhavan

 (C) Parliament House (D) India Gate 

17. The First album by Zubeen Garg was

 (A) Anamika (B) Mayabini

 (C) Maya (D) Aasha

18. “Rajatarangini” was written by :

 (A) Shudraka (B) Jayadeva

 (C) Banabhatta (D) Kalhana 

19. Which of the following is the name of the optical telescope in space ?

 (A) XMM-Newton 

(B) Galileo probe

 (C) Hubble Space Telescope 

(D) Edison Telescope 

20. The battle of Saraighat was fought between Lachit Borphukan and

 (A) Mir Jumla (B) Turbak

 (C) Ram Singh (D) Bakhtiyar Khilji 

21. Who among the following initiated “Din-i-Ilahi” ?

 (A) Aurangzeb (B) Babur

 (C) Shah Jahan (D) Akbar 

22. Which of the following is NOT a Union Territory ?

 (A) Puducherry (B) Ladakh

 (C) Kodaikanal (D) Chandigarh 

23. The Treaty of Yandaboo was signed between :

 (A) British and Burmese 

(B) Burmese and Ahom

 (C) Ahom and British 

(D) British and Chinese 

24. ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam”, a Sanskrit play was written by :

 (A) Panini (B) Kalhan

 (C) Asvaghosa (D) Kalidasa 

25. The special characteristic of the annual Jon Beel Mela is :

 (A) It remains open round the clock

 (B) Women are not permitted to enter

 (C) Barter system

 (D) The exclusive trading of livestock 

26. The state bird of Assam is

 (A) Cuckoo 

(B) Hornbill

 (C) Peacock 

(D) White winged wood duck

27. The Umananda temple is situated on the hilltop of

 (A) Chitrachal (B) Bhasmachal

 (C) Bindhyachal (D) Sandhyachal 

28. The ancient Indian physician known as the ‘Father of Surgery’ was :

 (A) Charaka (B) Sushruta

 (C) Vagbhatta (D) Vinayaka 

29. How many schedules are in the Indian Constitution ?

 (A) 14 (B) 10

 (C) 15 (D) 12

30. The Fox-tail orchid is the state flower of

 (A) Arunachal Pradesh 

(B) Tripura

 (C) Manipur 

(D) Sikkim 

31. World War II was fought by two opposite power blocs called ______ .

 (A) Axis and Allied 

(B) Allied and Axiom

 (C) Allied and Gammon 

(D) Gammon and Axiom 

32. A major Oil-field accident took place recently at

 (A) Tingkhong (B) Sarupathar

 (C) Merapani (D) Baghjan

33. The real name of Bir Chilarai was

 (A) Janmejoy 

(B) Sukladhwaj

 (C) Kalapahar 

(D) Malladev 

34. “Tusu Puja” is an important festival of the

 (A) Bishnupriyas 

(B) Tea tribes of Assam

 (C) Dimasas 

(D) Kuki tribe 

35. In which of the following places, “Mask making” is predominantly practiced ?

 (A) Charaidew (B) Majuli

 (C) Goalpara (D) Sadiya 

36. “Poki” is the name of ancestral home of

 (A) Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla 

(B) Lakshminath Bezbaruah

 (C) Bishnu Prasad Rabha 

(D) Nabin Chandra Bardoloi 

37. Which of the following is located at Sibsagar ?

 (A) Surya Pahar (B) Malinithan

 (C) Rang Ghar (D) Dolgobinda Mandir 

38. In which state of India does the Barak river originate ?

 (A) Assam (B) Manipur

 (C) Mizoram (D) Meghalaya 

39. Which of the following communities is “Haidang Geet” associated with ?

 (A) Deuri (B) Sonowal Kachari

 (C) Tiwa (D) Karbi 

40. Asharikandi village in Assam is famous for :

 (A) Silk (B) Terracotta

 (C) Jute (D) Marble 

41. The product of three numbers which are in the ratio 3:4:5 is found to be 480.

The largest number among the three numbers is

 (A) 6 (B) 8

 (C) 10 (D) 12 

42. A number was increased by 30% and there after decreased by 30%. The net change in the number in percentage is

 (A) 9% increase 

(B) 10% decrease

 (C) 10% increase 

(D) 9% decrease 

44. How many cubes of volume 1 cm³ each, can be cut out from a single cube of volume 1 m³ ?

 (A) 10⁸

 (B) 10⁶

 (C) 10⁴

 (D) 10²

45. A 10 ft. long ladder leaning against a wall, touches the wall at a height of 8 ft. By what distance should the ladder be moved towards the wall so that its top touches the wall at 9.6 ft height ?

 (A) 3.2 ft 

(B) 2.8 ft

 (C) 3.9 ft 

(D) 4.4 ft 

46. If the average age of A, B and C is 22 years and the average age of B and C is 25 years, then the age of A after 9 years is :

 (A) 35 years 

(B) 30 years

 (C) 25 years 

(D) 20 years 

47. Kamal buys an article for 20% less than its printed price and sells it for 20% more than the printed price. The percentage of gain on selling the article is

 (A) 40% 

(B) 50%

 (C) 30% 

(D) 45%

48. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5, then C:A is :

 (A) 8:5 

(B) 5:8

 (C) 5:18 

(D) 15:8 

49. If the population of a town increases at the rate of 10% every year, the present population is 1000, then after 3 years the population of the town would be

 (A) 1300 

(B) 1351

 (C) 1310 

(D) 1331 

50. Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3:5 and their product is 135. The smaller number is

 (A) 5 

(B) 9

 (C) 11 

(D) 15 

51. The diagonals of any two squares are in the ratio of 2:3. The areas of the squares are in the ratio of

 (A) 3:5 

(B) 2:9

 (C) 4:9 

(D) 4:5 

52. 6 men can complete a task in 15 days. After 10 days, 4 more men join. The number of days required to complete the remaining work is :

 (A) 2 

(B) 3

 (C) 4 

(D) 5 

53. 50% of 25% of 20% of a number is 21. The number is

 (A) 420 

(B) 520

 (C) 840 

(D) 940

55. The area of an isosceles right angled triangle is 81 cm². The length of the hypotenus of the triangle is

 (A) 14 cm 

(B) 16 cm

 (C) 18 cm 

(D) 22 cm 

56. The angle 54? when converted to radians, is

59. If a – b = 5 and a^2+ b^2= 41, then the value of ‘ab’ is

 (A) 10 

(B) 5

 (C) 7 

(D) 8 

60. A tank can be filled by 5 pipes in 80 minutes. How long would it take to fill the same tank by 8 pipes ?

 (A) 80 minutes 

(B) 70 minutes

 (C) 60 minutes 

(D) 50 minutes

Q. 61 – Q. 64. Choose the correct ANTONYM for the given word.

61. Sympathy

 (A) Empathy (B) Antipathy

 (C) Condolence (D) Consolation

62. Economise

 (A) Enormous (B) Purchase

 (C) Waste (D) Trade

63. Hamper

 (A) Promote (B) Stop

 (C) Barrier (D) Fail

64. Incompetent

 (A) Unskilled (B) Inefficient

 (C) Dexterous (D) Useless

Q. 65 – Q. 67. Choose the correct SYNONYM for the given word.

65. Judicious

 (A) Prudent (B) Irrational

 (C) Foolish (D) Impatient

66. Monotonous

 (A) Pleasant (B) Varied

 (C) Variety (D) Tedious

67. Outrage

 (A) Praise (B) Favour

 (C) Pleased (D) Offence 

Q. 68 – Q. 70. Choose the correct option.

68. A number of people listening to a concert or a lecture is called

 (A) Audience (B) Spectators

 (C) Crowd (D) Rabble

69. The place where airplanes are housed is called a

 (A) Garage (B) Warehouse

 (C) Hanger (D) Hangar

70. A person who walks in his sleep is known as

 (A) Misanthropist (B) Somniloquist

 (C) Somnambulist (D) Ventriloquist

Q. 71 – Q. 74. Choose the correct preposition.

71. He said this ______ oath.

 (A) by (B) on

 (C) with (D) from

72. The post ______ the Government of Assam in the Department of Education

has been advertised.

 (A) in (B) with

 (C) under (D) for

73. The train starts ______ 5 O’clock ______ the morning ______ Wednesdays.

 (A) in, at, in (B) at, in, on

 (C) in, on, at (D) on, at, in

74. The plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks ____.

 (A) underneath (B) below

 (C) under (D) inside 

Q. 75 – Q. 77. The given sentence is incorrect. Choose the correct sentence from

the given options.

75. ‘The Statesman’ has the largest circulation of any English daily.

 (A) ‘The Statesman’ has the largest circulation of any English dailies.

 (B) ‘The Statesman’ have the largest circulation of all English dailies.

 (C) ‘The Statesman’ has largest circulations of all English dailies.

 (D) ‘The Statesman’ has largest circulation of all English dailies.

76. I contradicted against him.

 (A) I contradicted by him. (B) I contradicted for him.

 (C) I contradicted with him. (D) I contradicted him.

77. This is one of the best book that has been written since ten years.

 (A) This is one of the best book written in ten years.

 (B) This is one of the best books that have been written in ten years.

 (C) This is one of the best books written since ten years.

 (D) This is one of the best books that has been written since ten years.

Q. 78 – Q. 80. Fill in the blanks with the correct options.

78. Please ______ to let the children pass.

 (A) stand aside (B) stand to the side

 (C) stand in the side (D) stand on the side

79. ______ imaginative stories about the origin of the game of chess.

 (A) Many of the (B) Many

 (C) There are many (D) Of the many

80. I really have to go now. I have ______ the doctor.

 (A) an appointment to (B) an appointment with

 (C) appointment with (D) an appointment from

81. Which letter should replace # in BFEC, KONL, PT # Q ?

 (A) S (B) U

 (C) R (D) D 

82. While writing the even numbers from 1 to 100, how many time ‘2’ will be

written ?

 (A) 12 (B) 15

 (C) 10 (D) 13 

83. Cut out a Decagon through one of its vertices, in the form of triangles. Total

number of triangle cut-outs will be

 (A) 5 (B) 6

 (C) 7 (D) 8 

84. Which of the following pair of numbers has the same relationship as (18, 75),

(39, 54), (27, 66) ?

 (A) (51, 42) (B) (32, 62)

 (C) (51, 65) (D) (61, 55) 

85. Identify the term that is incorrectly placed in the series 5, 7, 11, 17, 23, 35, 47.

 (A) 23 (B) 17

 (C) 11 (D) 35 

86. In a code, BEC means ‘books are old’, EDF means ‘man is old’ and CGH

means ‘buy good books’. The code for ‘books’ is

 (A) B (B) C

 (C) E (D) D 

87. Consider the following relations :

 A = 2C

 A + 3C = 2C + G

 7C = 2A + G

 Which among the following is equal to 2G ?

 (A) 2A (B) 3A

 (C) 2A + 3C (D) 3A + 2C

88. If “Conductor” is related to “Bus”, then “Referee” is related in a similar way

to which of the following ?

 (A) Cricket (B) Hockey

 (C) Football (D) Chess 

89. Identify the incorrectly matched pair :

 (A) Newton : Science (B) Aryabhatta : Mathematics

 (C) Chanakya : Poetry (D) Mozart : Music 

90. Identify the term which refers to an area of higher studies :

 (A) Diplomacy (B) Mathematics

 (C) Apology (D) Callisthenics

91. What would replace A and B in order to establish a logical connection in

“3:A:90?3:B:1095” ?

 (A) Month, Year (B) Month, Hour

 (C) Year, Days (D) Days, Hours

92. Which of the following numbers is unlike the others ?

 (A) 729 (B) 512

 (C) 232 (D) 125

93. Pointing to the newsreader on TV screen, Uday says, “ His only brother is the

father of my son’s father.” The newsreader is Uday’s ______ .

 (A) Grandfather (B) Nephew

 (C) Father (D) Uncle 

94. Which of the following words is different from others ?

 (A) SBTCU (B) MBNCP

 (C) EBFCG (D) PBQCR 

95. If the digits of the number 3249685 are arranged in ascending order, the

position of how many digits would remain the same ?

 (A) Two (B) Four

 (C) Three (D) One 

96. If the English alphabets are written horizontally in the reverse order, then

what is the 6th letter from left ?

 (A) V (B) U

 (C) T (D) F 

97. Amongst the colleagues, Rajput is taller than Hitesh, who is shorter than

Suresh. Natasha is taller than Himashri, but shorter than Hitesh. Suresh is

shorter than Rajput. Who is the tallest ?

 (A) Hitesh (B) Rajput

 (C) Natasha (D) Suresh