FCI Watchman Exam Paper – 2017 (UTTARAKHAND REGION)

101. Women like men to flatter them.
(A) Women are liked to be flattered by men.
(B) Women like to be flattered by men.
(C) Women like that men should flatter them
(D) Men are liked by women to flatter them.

Select the most appropriate alternative to fill in the blanks.
102. Please give me _____ cake that is on the counter.
(A) the
(B) a
(C) an
(D) No article

103. I lived on _______ Main Street when I first came to town.
(A) the
(B) a
(C) an
(D) No article

104. Albany is the capital of _______ New York State.
(A) the
(B) a
(C) an
(D) No article

Choose the alternative that most nearly expresses the meaning of the given idiom:
105. ‘A close shave.’
(A) Stubble
(B) Hairless skin
(C) Very short hair
(D) A narrow escape from danger

106. “A close-fisted person.’
(A) A miser
(B) A close friend
(C) A cowardly person
(D) A powerful person

107. “To feather one’s nest.’
(A) To build one’s house
(B) To harbour ill feeling
(C) To get something in abundance
(D) To enrich oneself when opportunity occurs

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below by selecting the most appropriate alternative. (Q. No. 108 to 112)
The “Bus Uncle” is a video clip of a quarrel between two men aboard a bus in Hong Kong on 27th April 2006. The older man, who came to be nicknamed the Bus Uncle, scolded the man seated behind him, a nearby passenger used his camera phone to record the entire incident. The resulting six minute video was uploaded to the Google Video. The clip became the most viewed video in May 2006. The video became a cultural sensation in Hong Kong, inspiring vigorous debate and discussion on lifestyle, etiquette, civic awareness and media ethics within the city, eventually attracting the attention of the media around the world. The incident took place in a Kowloon Motor Bus route 68X bus en-route to Yuen Long. The video was shot by a 21year old accountant and part time psychology student. The “Bus Uncle” title for the video was coined by members of an Internet forum in reference to the older man.

108. In Hong Kong while travelling in a bus two men had a serious _______?
(A) Discussion
(B) Argument
(C) Quarrel
(D) Meeting

109. Of all the persons involved in the incident _________ came to be known as the Bus Uncle?
(A) The younger one
(B) The older one
(C) The photographer
(D) The journalist

110. Seeing the heated argument between the two gentlemen, a young man recorded the incident on his ________?
(A) Camera
(B) Handycam
(C) Mobile
(D) Video-recorder

111. When the video was uploaded on the website of Google, it _____because it aroused great debates and discussions on various social issues?
(A) was criticized
(B) became a sensation
(C) was appreciated
(D) was abandoned

112. A word in the passage which means the same a ‘with a lot of energy is _______?
(A) intense
(B) vigorous
(C) inspiring
(D) cultural

Pick up the word from the choices which is close to antonym to word asked:
113. PERMIT
(A) Stop
(B) Prohibit
(C) Give
(D) Order

114. CONVEX
(A) Concave
(B) Tilted
(C) Spherical
(D) Plane

In the following questions (Q.115-Q.118), read the statement given against the question carefully and choose the option that you think is wrong. If you think there is no error, then you may choose to mark that as your response. Find out which part of the sentence has an error:

115. My father goes to the office five day week.
(A) My father goes
(B) to the office
(C) five day week.
(D) No error.

116. If she will be promoted she will get a higher salary.
(A) If she will be promoted
(B) she will get
(C) a higher salary.
(D) No error.

117. If I were him I would have taught those cheats a lesson.
(A) If I were him,
(B) I would have taught
(C) those cheats a lesson.
(D) No error.

118. If you work hard, you will get good grades in examinations.
(A) If you work hard,
(B) you will get good grades
(C) in examinations
(D) No error

Fill in the blanks using suitable conjunctions:
119. …………………. I was a child, I lived in Dubai.
(A) Where
(B) Until
(C) As

(D) When

120. Make hay ………….. the sun shines.
(A) where
(B) while
(C) as
(D) when

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