AFCAT PREVIOUS YEAR Answer key (2018-19) AFCAT Answer Key 2019 for February 16, 2019 (Shift 1) AFCAT 2019 General Awareness Question Q: In 4×100 m race, which nation holds the record? ​ Ans: Jamaica CAREERS360​ Q: Which Continent has the largest coastline? ​ Ans: Asia ​ Q: Which game is Geet Sethi associated with? ​ Ans: Billiards ​ Q: Who is the founder of Independent Awad? ​ Ans: Saadat Khan Buruhanual Mulk ​ Q: In which state of India “Than Ta Dance” is related? ​ Ans: Manipur ​ Q: Which sustains does not contain Silver? ​ Ans: German Silver / Nickel Silver ​ Q: When our Consitution was adopted? ​ Ans: 26 November 1949 ​ Q: How many bouncers are allowed in T20 cricket match? ​ Ans: One ​ Q: The Hardest substance on the Earth? ​ Ans: Diamond ​ Q: The language of Ashoka’s Inscription? ​ Ans: Prakrit, Greek, and Aramaic ​ Q: Who was awarded first Bharat Ratana? ​ Ans: C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. V. Raman were awarded the ​ Bharat Ratana Award in the year 1954, after the effect of the constitution. Q: First three lady fighter pilot of India? CAREERS360​ Ans: Bhawana Kanth, Mohana Singh, and Avani Chaturvedi ​ Q: The first Modern Olympic held where and which city? ​ Ans: In 1896, the first modern Olympic was played in Athens, Greece. ​ Q: Oldest Mountain range in India? ​ Ans: Aravali ​ Q: Numer of Players in Basket Ball? ​ Ans: 5 players in each team ​ Q: Who won the golden ball in FIFA 2018? ​ Ans: Luka Modric won the Ball for the “Best Player in Entire Competition”. ​ Q: Shuddhi Movement was run by? ​ Ans: Arya Samaj ​ Q: Capital of Nigeria? ​ Ans: Abuja ​ Q: Who was the Maldives President at the time of Emergency in 2018? ​ Ans: Abdulla Yameen ​ Q: ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Center is located at which place? ​ Ans: Shriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ​ Q: The Author of the book “The Golden Threshold”? ​ Ans: Sarojini Naidu ​ Q: The founder of Stavahana Dynasty? CAREERS360​ Ans: Simuka ​ Q: Who is the Father of the Indian Space Program? ​ Ans: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai ​ AFCAT 2019 Reasoning Question Q: A question on Venn diagram was asked – Music, Singer, Woman ​ Q: Another question on Venn diagram Uncle Man Father ​ Q: Flower, Clothes, Whites ​ AFCAT Answer Key 2019 for February 16, 2019 (Shift 2) Q: Uber cup is related to which sport? ​ Ans: Badminton ​ Q: who is the youngest grandmaster in India? CAREERS360​ Ans: Parimarjan Negi ​ Q: Term used for stamp collection ​ Ans: Philately ​ Q: From which country India bought c-17 transport aircraft? ​ Ans: US ​ Q: Which country has hosted the Asian games maximum number of times? ​ Ans: Thailand ​ Q: The golden threshold book is written by? (Also asked in Shift I in February 16, 2019) ​ Ans: Sarojini Naidu ​ Q: Who is the father of the Indian space program? ​ Ans: Vikram Sarabhai ​ Q: Who is the author of the exam warriors book? ​ Ans: Narendra Modi ​ Q: Agra city was founded by ​ Ans: Sikandar Lodi ​ Q: Arthashastra was written by ​ Ans: Chanakya ​ Q: UN celebrated 50th anniversary in which year ​ Ans: 1995 ​ Q: The visible part of the sun is called CAREERS360​ Ans: Photosphere ​ Q: who was the founder of Pallava dynasty ​ Ans: Simhavishnu ​ Q: LCA stands for ​ Ans: Life Cycle Assessment ​ Q: Who was the first CM of Madras ​ Ans: A. Subbarayalu Reddiar ​ Q: The 2016 summer Olympics venue was ​ Ans: Rio de Janeiro ​ Q: Where are Mahendra Giri hills located ​ Ans: Gajapati, Odisha, ​ Q: Ozone layer located in which layer ​ Ans: Stratosphere ​ Q: Who is the chairman of the constitution drafting committee ​ Ans: Dr B. R. Ambedkar ​ AFCAT Answer Key 2019 for February 17, 2019 (Shift 1) Q: First modern Olympic games were held at which country/city? ​ Ans: Athens, Greece in 1896 ​ Q: Who is the author of the book “death of a city”? CAREERS360​ Ans: Mike Walsh ​ Q: Who has won the most consecutive Wimbledon? ​ Ans: Roger Federer & Bjorn Borg ​ Q: Sultan Azlan Shah Cup / Tournament is related with which sports? ​ Ans: Hockey ​ Q: What is the new capital of Myanmar? ​ Ans: Naypyidaw ​ Q: UN was established on? ​ Ans:1945 ​ Q: Who is the first Indian to win All England Open badminton championships? ​ Ans: Prakash Padukone ​ Q: The derby cup is related to which game? ​ Ans: Horse race ​ Q: Which places were annexed under places annexed by the doctrine of lapse? ​ Ans: Kittur, Jaipur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi, Nagpur ​ Q: Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha? ​ Ans: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar ​ Q: Who was leading the Mughal forces in the battle of Haldighati? ​ Ans: Man Singh one of Amber ​ Q: Who was the first women defence minister? ​ Ans: Indira Gandhi CAREERS360​ Q: Match the following:- ​ a)Indian – Rupee b)Kuwait – Dinar c)Australia – Pound d)America – Dollar Ans. c)Australia – Pound ​ Q: Who is known as the female Don Bradman of international women’s cricket? ​ Ans: Betty Wilson (Elizabeth Rebecca Wilson) ​ Q: Alexander invaded during the reign of which dynasty? ​ Ans: Nanda Dynasty (344-321 B.C) ​ Q: The Kakrapar dam on which river? ​ Ans: Tapi river ​ Q: Which is the first country to impose a carbon tax? ​ Ans: Finland ​ AFCAT Answer Key 2018 Q: Where is Indira Point? A: Nicobar CAREERS360Q: Long Jump record of Mike Powel? 1 A: 8.95 meters (29 ft 4 ⁄​ 4 in) ​ ​ ​ Q: When Goa Became part of India? A: December 19, 1961 Q: Southern Part of India? A: Indira Point Q: Number of timeouts in Volleyball? A: A team can take maximum of 2 timeouts. Q: Indian hockey captain in 1928 A: Jaipal Singh Munda Q: What is a biome? A: A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra. Q: Mike Powell long jump record in meters? 1 A: Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4 ⁄​ 4 in) (1991) ​ ​ ​ Q: First-ever women PM in the world? A: Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first women PM in the world. She became the PM of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Q: What is the Radcliffe Line? A: The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions for the two provinces, received the responsibility to equitably divide 2 175,000 square miles (450,000 km )​ of territory with 88 million people. ​ CAREERS360Q: Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna? A: Lal Bahadur Shastri Q: In which year Goa is taken by India? A: The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the former Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman, and Diu, starting with the “armed action” carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961. Q: Baltic cup related to? A: The Baltic Cup is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Also Finland has participated as a guest twice. Q: Hook pass is related to which game? A: Basketball Q: Hindu Sanskrit Book Natya Shastra is written by? A: Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian theatrologist and musicologist who wrote the Natya Shastra, a theoretical treatise on ancient Indian dramaturgy and histrionics, especially Sanskrit theatre. Bharata is considered the father of Indian theatrical art forms. Q: JAXA is an aerospace agency of which country? A: Japan Q: When did India became a member of Asian Development Bank? India became a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a founding member in 1966. The Bank is engaged in promoting economic and social progress of its developing member countries (DMCs) in the Asia Pacific Region. Q: Vitamin which is responsible for blood clotting? A: Vitamin K affects the clotting mechanism by being essential for the production of four CAREERS360distinct clotting factors: prothrombin, factors VII, IX and X. Q: Oldest Veda? A: The Rigveda is the oldest work, which Witzel states are probably from the period of 1900 to 1100 BCE. Witzel, also notes that it is the Vedic period itself, where incipient lists divide the Vedic texts into three (trayī) or four branches: Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. Q: Which act is known as the Black Act A: The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act and also known as the Black Act, was a legislative act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on March 18, 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War. It was enacted in light of a perceived threat from revolutionary nationalist organisations of re-engaging in similar conspiracies as during the war which the Government felt the lapse of the DIRA regulations would enable. Q: Characteristics of coal A: Coal is a black, inhomogeneous, organic fuel, formed largely from partially decomposed and metamorphosed plant materials. Formation has occurred over long time periods, often under high pressures of overburden and at elevated temperatures. Q: Mont Blanc is situated in? A: Mont Blanc, Italian Monte Bianco, mountain massif and highest peak (15,771 feet [4,807 metres]) in Europe. Located in the Alps, the massif lies along the French-Italian border and reaches into Switzerland. Q: Ten cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once A: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 WinterOlympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028). CAREERS360 .