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Apprentice Development Officer Model Question Paper
PAPER II : TEST III : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS This test measures your awareness of the events happening in the world around. Your General Knowledge and Knowledge about current affairs would be tested through social and cultural events, current events on national and international importance, events of common public interest, sports,
scientific inventions and like.
Q.11. The Life Insurance Corporation of India came into being in the year ______
(1) 1973 (2) 1969 (3) 1966
(4) 1956 (5) None of these
The right answer to the above question is 1956
i.e. 4
Q.12. Which of the following authorities issues licences to LIC agents in India ?
(1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) LIC
(4) SEBI (5) None of these
The right answer to the above question is IRDA
i.e. 1
TEST IV : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
This is a test to see how well you know English. Your English language ability would be tested through questions on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms, antonyms, comprehension of a passage, etc. Study and answer the sample questions given below. Please remember, in the test proper there may be questions of several other types also.
Directions : Pick out the most appropriate word from amongst the words given below each sentence to complete it meaningfully.
Q.13. He quickly glanced .............................. the book to find what it said about the Indian economy.
(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over
The correct answer is through which is answer No. 2
Q.14. The counsel urged the court to ........................... down the obnoxious law.
(1) enact (2) enforce (3) cancel (4) strike (5) declare
Q.15. The local official ........................... the Minister of the situation.
(1) explained (2) warned (3) apprised (4) told (5) intimated
Directions : Read each sentence given below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part of the sentence is your answer. If
there is no error, the answer is 5. (Ignore errors of punctuations, if any)
Q.16. I am twenty / two years old / when I first / joined the bank. No error
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
The error is in (1). Therefore the answer is 1.
Q.17. To the Hindus / the Ganga is / holier than / any other river. No error
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
In this question, there is no error; Hence the right answer to this question is 5.
Now attempt the following question.
Q.18. Of all the teachers / in our school / our class teacher / were very strict. No error
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Directions : In each of the following questions select from amongst the five alternatives, the word nearest in meaning to the word given in capitals.
Q.19. CENTENARY
(1) a guard (2) a hundred years (3) a very old man (4) hundred runs (5) hundredth anniversary
Q.20. TRIUMPH
(1) conquer (2) smash (3) earn (4) brave (5) capture
Directions : In each of the following questions, select from amongst the five alternatives, the word most opposite in meaning of the word given in capitals.
Q.21. LIVELY
(1) simple (2) weak (3) dull (4) angry (5) moron
Q.22. INADVERTENT
(1) adequate (2) available (3) sluggish (4) negligent (5) intentional
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