Name of the Organisation : MSPGCL Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Limited (mahagenco.in)
Type of Announcement : Sample Questions With Answers
Designation : Fire & Security Cadre

Sample Questions : http://www.mahagenco.in/SampleQ-A-Fi...adre_15may.pdf
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FIRE & SECURITY CADRE : SAMPLE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Position : Fire Cadre
Domain required : Fire Fighting / Fire Engineering

1. Carbon dioxide is an example of a fire extinguishing agent that _______________.
1. must be pressurised externally
2. cannot be pressurised
3. creates its own pressure
4. requires the addition of a pressurising agent
Ans: 3
2. Fires are classified according to their:
1. products of combustion
2. heat release
3. size
4. fuel
Ans: 4
3. Fire extinguishers shall be inspected at a minimum of ________________.
1. 7-day intervals
2. 30-day intervals
3. 6-month intervals
4. 1-year intervals
Ans: 1
4. A major difference between fire-resistive construction and non-combustible construction is:
1. In fire-resistive construction, the structural steel must be protected from the fire’s heat.
2. The overall floor plan design
3. The building dimensions
4. The type of building materials
Ans: 1
5. To be effective and safe, the extinguishers being used must match the ______________ to be extinguished.
1. size of the fire
2. product
3. class of fire
4. rate of heat release
Ans: 3

APPTITUDE
Logical Reasoning
1. Find the next word in the series: A, E, I, M, ___
1. Q
2. S
3. P
4. R
Ans: 1
2. In a certain code, if PING is written as QJOH, then how is GATE written in that code as?
1. HDXJ
2. FZSD
3. HBUF
4. FXOV
Ans: 3
3. Find the odd one among the following letters.
1. W
2. M
3. C
4. J
Ans: 4
4. In a certain code, if 56928 denotes WORTH, and 69459 denotes ORDER, then what will 1991575 denote?
1. PROCESS
2. PROGRESS
3. ARRANGE
4. PROCEED
Ans: 3

Quantitative Ability
5. Twenty years hence, Kumar will be thrice as old as he was ten years ago. How old will Kumar be ten years from now?
1. 30 years
2. 35 years
3. 25 years
4. 50 years
Ans: 2

6. The present ages of Tony and Binu are in the ratio 8:9. After four years the ratio of their ages will be 9:10. What is the present age of Binu?
1. 36 years
2. 24 years
3. 42 years
4. 28 years
Ans: 1

Verbal Ability
7. In the following question a pair of words in capitals is given followed by four pairs of words. Select from the choices the pair which exhibits the same relationship as the capitalized pair of words as your answer.
BODY : HAND
1. Poetry : Rhyme
2. Clothes : Paper
3. Chair : Table
4. Shakespeare : Drama
Ans: 1
8. Fill in the blank in the following sentence by selecting the most appropriate alternative from amongst the four alternatives given under the sentence. Nalini failed in the examination because none of her answers were ____________ to the questions asked.
1. Close-fitting
2. Relevant
3. Faultless
4. Unrelated
Ans: 2

General Knowledge
9. Who wrote the book "A Train to Pakistan"?
1. Shoba De
2. Kushwant Singh
3. Vikram Seth
4. Arundhati Roy
Ans: 2
10. Green Revolution relates to:-
1. Planting more trees
2. Creation of green-lands
3. Enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare
4. None of the above
Ans: 3