AFCAT 2/2015 Question Papers With Answer Keys (Official)

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AFCAT is also known as Air Force Common Admission Test which is conducted by the Indian air force twice every year to select candidates for IAF flying, technical and GDOC branch. AFCAT 2 2015 written exam was conducted by IAF on 13th Sep 2015. Candidates who are waiting for the original question papers of AFCAT 2/2015 and answer keys can download it from below. You can find AFCAT 2/2015 question papers with answer keys for all sets i.e. Set A, Set B, Set C and Set D. Though the questions in each set are the same but in different orders, answer keys for each set are given to help candidates.

AFCAT 2 2015 Syllabus

AFCAT 2 2015 Exam Syllabus for General Awareness: History, Sports, Geography, Environment, Culture, Current Affairs, Politics , Civics, Basic Sciences, Defence, Art etc.
Verbal Ability in English: Comprehension, Error Detection, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Testing of Vocabulary, Sentence Completion etc.
Numerical Ability: Decimal Fraction, Simplification, Average, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, and Simple Interest, Profit & Loss
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test section: Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability.

AFCAT 2 2015 Questions English

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:- Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practise it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.

Q. The writer’s remarks, “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be as heavy as lead” is very significant. It means

(a) They are always worried and dejected.
(b) They consider their own problems to be difficult to solve as compared with problems of other people.
(c) They feel that they alone face serious problems while others have a nice time.
(d) They remain very much worried about their own problem.

Q. Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following, of the author’s metaphorical statement that “it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with”?

(a) Patience is a must for solving all our problems in life.
(b) Patience is a rare herb that cures all diseases.
(c) Patience is virtue of a highest order.
(d) It is only a small number of people that are found observing patience in life.

Q. Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that an “ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains”?

(a) Wisdom can only be attained by practising patience.
(b) Patience comes first, wisdom next.
(c) Patience is essential for every achievement in life.
(d) Without patience wisdom cannot be used properly.

Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-

Q6. To throw up the sponge

(a) To surrender or give up a contest
(b) To offer a challenge
(c) To become utterly disappointed
(d) To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

Q. To hold something in leash

(a) To restrain
(b) To disappoint
(c) To dismiss
(d) To discourage

Q. To get into hot waters

(a) To be impatient
(b) To suffer a huge financial loss
(c) To get into trouble
(d) To be in a confused state of mind

Q. To talk through one’s hat

(a) To speak fluently
(b) To talk nonsense
(c) To talk wisdom
(d) To speak at random

AFCAT 22015 Question Papers With Answer Keys

AFCAT 2 2015 Questions Maths

Q. The price of an item is decreased by 25%. What percent increase must be done in new price to get the original price?

(a) 33 1 3 %
(b) 43 3 4 %
(c) 55 2 3 %
(d) 65 1 4 %

Q. In a mixture of 35 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. If 7 litres of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of milk and water of the new mixture will be

(a) 2:1
(b) 1:2
(c) 4:5
(d) 5:4

Q. A’s salary is 50% more than B’s. How much percent is B’s salary less than A’s?

(a) 63 1 4 %
(b) 43 1 4 %
(c) 53 1 3 %
(d) 33 1 3 %

Q. A train 150 m long is running with a speed of 68 km/h. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 8 km/ h in the same direction in which the train is going?

(a) 8 sec
(b) 8.5 sec
(c) 9 sec
(d) 9.5 sec

Q. A man lent a sum of money at the rate of simple interest of 4%. If the interest for 8 years is Rs 340 less than the principal, the principal is

(a) Rs 500
(b) Rs 520
(c) Rs 540
(d) Rs 560

Q. A does 1 2 as much work as B and C does 1 2 as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the work in

(a) 30 days
(b) 131 3 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 20 days

Q. A sum was invested for 3 years at simple interest at a certain rate. Had it been invested at 4% higher rate of interest, it would have fetched Rs 600 more. The sum is