Junior Administrative Assistants (Assam Secretariat) 2013 – Previous Year Question Solved
Here we analyse old question paper of Assam Secretariat Service 2013 Paper I, which has three parts (English, GK and Quants), which will be definitely of great help in understanding the requirement and standard of the question paper of Phase I (Written Test).
Paper – I: Question Paper comprises three parts
Part A: General English : 30 questions
Part B: General Knowledge : 40 questions
Part C: Quantitative Aptitude : 30 questions
Paper I
Part A: General English (30 Qs)
In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicized in the sentence. Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the italicized idiom/phrase:
1. Pt. Nehru was born with a sliver spoon in his mouth.
(a) born in a family of nationalists
(b) born in a middle class family
(c) born in a wealthy family
(d) born in a royal family
Ans.(c)
2. The thief took to his heels when he saw the policeman on the beat.
(a) had some pain in his heels
(b) ran away from the scene
(c) confronted the policeman
(d) walked away
Ans.(b)
3. The cricket match proved to be a big draw
(a) a keen contest
(b) a huge attraction
(c) a lovely spectacle
(d) a game without any result
Ans.(b)
In the following questions out to four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences:
4. A person with a long experience of any occupation.
(a) Veteran (b) Genius (c) Seasoned (d) Experienced
Ans.(a)
5. Words Written on a tomb
(a) Epithet (b) Epigraph (c) Epitaph (d) Elegy
Ans.(c)
6. Severely abusive writing in journals.
(a) Imaginary (b) Speculative (c) Scurrilous (d) Sarcastic
Ans.(c)
7. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed
(a) Agoraphobia (b) Claustrophobia (c) Xenophobia (d) Paranoia
Ans.(b)
8. Stealthily done
(a) Devious (b) Nefarious (c) Surreptitious (d) Villainous
Ans.(c)
Read the sentences below to find out whether there is any error in them. The error, if any, will be in one part of a sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
Q9. One of the reasons (a)/of my leaving earlier company(b) / was lack of(c) / facilities provided there(d)
Ans. (b)
10. Can you explain to me (a)/Why did he not (b)/ comply with the instruction(c)/ I gave him(d).
Ans. (a)
11. If you would have(a) / told me earlier (b)/ would not have (c)/submitted my papers(d).
Ans. (c)
12. Given a choice (a)/ I will prefer working (b)/ in field (c)/ to working in office (d).
Ans. (d)
13. I want to know (a)/ as to why (b)/ you did not (c)/ attend your office yesterday (d)
Ans. (b)
14. He went there (a) / with a view to (b)/ find out the truth (c)/about yesterday’s meeting (d)
Ans.(b)
15. We threw out (a)/some old furniture (b)/ so that the new TV set (c)/ has enough space (d)
Ans.(d)
Choose from the answer choices given below the word which is same in meaning as the word given in capital letter:
16. ILLICIT
(a) abnormal (b)secret (c) unlawful (d) adulterated
Ans.(c)
17. RANDOM
(a) objective (b) chance (c) subjective (d) planned
Ans.(b)
18. CANDID
(a) sweet (b) pleasing (c) frank (d) dishonest
Ans.(c)
19. PRUDENT
(a) skilled (b) experienced (b) weaken (c) cautious (d) criminal
Ans.(c)
20. SHUN
(a) destroy (b) weaken (c) avoid (d) include
Ans.(c)
In each of the following sentences there is a blank. Fill in the
blank with one of the four alternatives :
21. Please _____ the candle before you go to sleep.
(a) blow out (b) blow off (c) blow up (d) blow down
Ans.(a)
22. She is trying to ______ a settlement between her two sons.
(a) bring out (b) bring forth (c) bring about (d) bring
Ans.(c)
23. The cost of this journey has _____ our small store of money.
(a) destroyed (b) damaged (c) affected (d) depleted
Ans.(d)
24. The German force lost no time in retreat lest they ________ be cut off and then surrounded
(a) would (b) should (c) might (d) could
Ans.(d)
25. He was frightened ______
(a) to be killed (b) to being killed (c) for being killed (d) of being killed
Ans.(d)
In each of the following questions, there is a sentence, of which
some parts are jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled PQRS to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence from the alternatives given below:
26. The man looked…
P. to make sure
Q. all around him
R. as if anxious
S. that he was not being watched
(a) RPQS (b) RQSP (c) QSRP (d) QRPS
Ans.(d)
27. An explorer….
P. must study his map
Q. efficiently
R. so that he will be able to plan his trip
S. very carefully
(a) PSRQ (b) RSPQ (c) PQRS (d) RQPS
Ans. (a)
28. The girl….
P. declined to marry John
Q. who was both beautiful and intelligent
R. although he loved her truly
S. because he was poor
(a) PRSQ (b) QPSR (c) PSRQ (d) QPRS
Ans.(b)
29. Modern advertising techniques …..
P. by their daydreaming qualities
Q. just as the movies do
R. give the customers
S. certain vicarious satisfaction
(a) PRQS (b) RSPQ (c) RPQS (d) PQRS
Ans.(b)
30. Finally my mother comes downstairs …..
P. and my father being engaged in conversation with my grandfather
Q. becomes uneasy
R. all dressed up
S. not knowing whether to greet my mother or continue the conversation.
(a) RPQS (b) RQSP (c) QRPS (d) QRSP
Ans.(a)
Part B: General Knowledge (40 Qs)
Q31. Article which provide the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution
Ans. Article 368
Q32. One difference b/n Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy
Ans. FR are justiciable, while DPSP are not
Q33. ‘Zero Hour’ in Parliament used to mean
Ans. Period before Parliament session begins
(Zero Hour may be defined as the interregnum between the end of Question Hour and the beginning of the regular listed business in the House. In other words it is the time which begins at 12 o’clock after Question.)
Q34. Tides in oceans are caused by
Ans. Gravitational pull of moon and sun
Q35. Black Holes are celestial bodies which have a strong
Ans. Gravitational force
Q36. In Einstein Equation E=mc2 , c denote
Ans. Velocity of light
Q37. ‘Sustainable development’ is
Ans. Concept of meeting the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Q38. Intellectual Property Rights means
Ans. Rules that protect the owners of content through copyright patents, trade marks etc.
Q39. C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for physics in 1929 for
Ans. Invention of ‘Raman Effect’
Q40. Diff. b/n Indian standard time and Greenwich Mean Time is
Ans. 5 ½ hours
Q41. World Environment Day is observed on
Ans. 5 June
Q42. Causes of earthquakes is mainly
Ans. Tectonic forces
Q43. The rise of sun in the east and setting in the west is due to
Ans. Rotation of earth about it’s axis
Q44. Right to Information Act comes into force on
Ans. 12 October 2005
Q45. UNO was established in
Ans. 1945
Q46. ‘Yandaboo Treaty’ b/n the Burmese and the British was signed on
Ans. 24 February 1826
Q47. The first Viceroy of India after power was transferred from East India Company to the Crown was
Ans. Lord Canning
Q48. Assamese novel ‘Mayabritta’ has been authored by
Ans. Rita Choudhury
Q49. Who directed the film ‘Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara’?
Ans. Jahnu Barua
Q50. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was conferred upon Dada Saheb Phalke award in the year
Ans. 1992
Q51. Prasar Bharati came into existence with AIR and Doordarshan as its constituents in the year
Ans. 1997
Q52. As per the 2011 census, India’s total population is
Ans. 1207 million
Q53. What is 49th parallel?
Ans. Border line b/n USA and Canada
Q54. Pituitary gland is located at the base of
Ans. Brain
Q55. 1 GB is
Ans. 1024 MB
Q56. ‘Junk Mail’ refers to
Ans. unwanted or unsolicited advertising or promotional mail
(From given options – (c) Unidentified mail)
Q57. Which of the following is not an India author writing in English
Ans. Sunil Gangopadhyaya
( Other options were Arup Kr Dutta, Sanjoy Hazrika and Amitabh Ghosh)
Q58. Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India
Ans. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(Now NITI Aayog has replaced the erstwhile Planning Commission)
Q59. When did India initiated the process of economic reform in a comprehensive way?
Ans. 1991
Q60. What is Agmark?
Ans. Test of purity in agricultural products like veg oil etc.
Q61. BPO means
Ans. Business Process Outsourcing
Q62. Who was the President of first session of Assam Sahitya Sabha held at Sivasagar in 1917
Ans. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
( Sarat Chandra Goswami was the first secretary of the Sabha )
Q63. The Book ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ is authored by
Ans. Nelson Mandela
Q64. Buddhist literature was written in
Ans. Pali
( Though many literature are written in Sanskrit and Prakrit also)
Q65. NCERT stand for
Ans. National Council of Educational Research and Training
Q66. ISBN stand for
Ans. International Standard Book Number
Q67. Who is India’s first ever Individual Olympic gold medalist?
Ans. Abhinav Bindra
Q68. Where will the 17th Asian games be held in 2014?
Ans. Incheon in South Korea
Q69. The captain of the Indian Football Team in 1948 London Olympics was from Assam. Who was he?
Ans. Talimeran Ao
( He was from Changki, Hills District of erstwhile Assam. He was India’s First Football Captain)
Q70. How many players are there in a Basketball team?
Ans. 5
OBSERVATION – Most questions came from topics Polity & Constitution (4), Geography (4), Science & Tech (7), Environment (2), Business & Economy (2), History (4), Assam Art & Literature (4), India Art & Literature (1), Current Affairs (3). So mainly focus on these topics.
Part C: Quantitative Aptitude (30 Qs)
Q71. In a class of 50 students. 10 take music, 26 take art, and 2 take both art
and music. How many students in the class are not enrolled in either music or art?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24
Ans. (c)
(Sets and Union)
Q72. In a village, the ratio of male to female members is 7 to 3. If there are
210 female members in the village, what is the number of male members in the village?
(a) 90 (b) 147 (c) 280 (d) 490
Ans. (d)
(Ratio)
Q73. The ratio of the corresponding sides of two similar squares is 1 to 4. What is the ratio of the area of the smaller square to the area of the larger square?
(a) 1:2 (b) 1:4 (c) 1:8 (d) 1:16
Ans. (d)
(Ratio of area of squares)
Q74. Which of the following is a rational number?
(a) pi (b) square root of 2 (c) square root of 64 (d) none of these
Ans. (c)
(Number: Find rational number)
Q75. ‘It has two pairs of opposite sides parallel’. Which of the following make this open sentence true?
(a) parallelogram (b) trapezoid (c) rectangle (d) both (a) and (c)
Ans. (d)
(Characteristics of geometric figures)
Q76. A total of Rs. 450 is divided into equal shares. If Ridip receives four
shares, Pradip receives three shares, and Bidisha receives the remaining two shares, how much money did Pradip receive?
(a) Rs. 100 (b) Rs. 150 (c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs.250
Ans. (b)
(Simple division and share)
Q77. If you multiply an inequality by a negative number when should
you reverse the inequality symbol?
(a) Always (b) Never (c) sometimes (d) Only when the negative number is a
fraction
Ans. (a)
(Property of Inequality symbol)
Q78. Write ∛8 = 2 in its equivalent logarithmic form
(a) log2(8) = 3 (b) log8(2) =1/3 (c) log3(2) = 8 (d) log8(1/3)= 2
Ans. (a)
(cube root & logarithmic form)
Q79. At what percent rate per annum simple interest will be a sum of money three times / in 25 years?
(a) 6% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 10%
Ans.(c)
(Simple Interest)
Q80. What is the market price of an article which is purchased at Rs. 800 and sold at a profit of 20% with 20% discount?
(a) Rs. 1100 (b) Rs. 2100 (c) Rs. 1200 (d) Rs. 1900
Ans. (c)
(Profit, Loss and Discount)
Q81. If cos A = 4/5 then the value of tan A is
(a) 3/5 (b) 3/4 (c) 4/3 (d) 5/3
Ans.(b)
(Trigonometry)
Q82. If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2√3m log on the ground, then the Sun’s elevation is
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90⁰
Ans. (a)
(Trigonometry: Height and distance)
Q83. Find the two numbers whose product is 143 and sum is 24
(a) 13, 11 (b) 12, 12 (c) 8, 16 (d) (d) none of these
Ans.(a)
(Numbers)
Q84. 300 marbles are distributed among a certain number of students.
Had there been 10 more students, each would have received one marble less. Find the number of students.
(a) 40 (b) (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70
Ans.(b)
(Simple division and share)
Q85. The content of 3 cylinders each of radius 2 cm and height 1 cm is to be
poured into a cone of height 9 cm. What is the radius of the cone?
(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 1 cm
Ans. (a)
(Geometry: Volume of cylinder & cone)
Q86. What is the area of the sphere whose radius is 4 cm?
(a) 32 π cm2 (b) 16 π cm² (c) 4 π cm² (d) 65 π cm²
Ans.(b)
(Geometry: Area of a sphere)
Q87. If n is an odd integer, which of the following must be an odd Integer?
(a) n1 (b) n+2 (c) 3n+1 (d) 4n+1
Ans.(b)
(Number property)
Q88. If the arithmetic mean of 6, 8, 10, x, 7 is 8, the value of x will be
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 8
Ans.(b)
(Arithmetic mean)
Q89. [(389+99)² — (38999)²]/389×99) is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 488 (d) 290
Ans. (b)
(Calculation- power) – need to do it with shortcut formula
Q90. Which of the following is the divisibility test of 3?
(a) one’s place digit to even number
(b) one’s place digit is zero
(c) the sum of its digits is divisible by 3
(d) last two digits are even number
Ans. (c)
(Divisibility rule)
Q91. The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 6 cm more than twice the
shortest side. If the third side is 2 cm less than the hypotenuse, what are the sides of the triangle in cm?
(a) 10, 24, 26 (b) 4, 6, 8 (c) 3, 4, 5 (d) 3, 12, 13
Ans.(a)
(Geometry: right angled triangle – Hypotenuse-height-base relation)
Q92. Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290
(a) 13, 15 (b) 11, 13 (c) 17, 19 (d) 7, 9
Ans.(b)
(Numbers)
Q93. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. What is the speed of the stream?
(a) 4 km/h (b) 5 km/h (c) 6 km/h (d) 8 km/h
Ans.(d)
(Relation b/n Speed in upstream and downstream and stream speed)
Q94.
A rectangular park has perimeters 80 m and the area 375 m2. Find the length and breadth of the park in metres
(a) 40, 10 (b) 20, 30 (c) 15, 25 (d) none of these
Ans. (c)
(Geometry: rectangle – area and perimeter)
Q95. Determine k such that the quadratic equation k(x — 2)x+ 6 = 0 has equal roots
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Ans.(d)
(Quadratic equation)
Q96. The arithmetic mean of the set of observations 1, 2, 3, 4, n is
(a) (n +1)/2 (b) (n/2) + 2 (c) n/2 (d) (n 1)/ 2
Ans. (a)
(Arithmetic mean)
Q97. If each interior angle of a regular polygon is 150 degrees, then it is
(a) Octagon (b) Decagon (c) Dodecagon (d) Tetrahedron
Ans.(c)
(Geometry: angle of polygon)
Q98. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘PRIDE’ be arranged?
(a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 50 (d) 360
Ans.(b) .
(Permutation and Combination)
Q99. If 20 men can build a wall 112 meters long in 6 days, what length of a
similar wall can be built by 25 men in 3 days?
(a) 140 meters (b) 44.8 meters (c) 70 meters (d) 105 meters
Ans.(c)
(Work and man days)
Q100. A car travels 50 meters in 5 seconds. The rate in kilometre per hour is
(a) 42 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) 24
Ans.(b)
(Time and speed)
OBSERVATION – Most questions came from topics Geometry (8), Ratio & proportion (3), Numbers (4), Average &Mean (2), Time & Speed(2), Equation (2), Trigonometry(2), Interest, Profit & Loss, work & man days, Permutation & Combination, Sq root & cube root, Sets & Union and Divisibility. So mainly focus on these topics.
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