AFCAT Exam (I)- 2024 Defence Question Paper

A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.
Your brother is ____________ intelligent than your father.

Which of the following is correctly spelt?

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
The ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.

Identify the segment of the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Shall her flight get cancelled, your mother says she will send you a message.

In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Select the option that has the error. If the sentence has no error then select 'No Error'.
In the ancient world, theories of the origin of Earth and the objects see in the sky were certainly much less constrained.

Directions (Next 3 Questions): In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things _____(1)_____ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic _____(2)_____ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend _____(3)_____ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blase ears.

Which one of the following best suits the 1^st blank?

Which one of the following best suits the 2^nd blank?

Which one of the following best suits the 3^rd blank?

Directions (Next 2 Questions): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

The New Yorker article, "A Star in a Bottle" explained the ambitious project upon which, world-wide physicists and engineers are embarking on: the creation of an artificial "star", which humanity hopes to use for its energy to power our civilization. This "artificial star" is essentially a controlled fusion reaction which, when successful, releases a massive amount of energy (gamma rays, in compliance with \( E = mc^{2} \)) that they can then harness as electricity. The current machine (work in progress) is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). This is an international project, which China, the U.S., Russia, and several European countries are participating in. The collaborators at ITER hope to use the machine to solve a major problem humanity faces as a civilization - the pollution in the atmosphere created by the burning of fossil fuels. The ITER project began during the Cold War in the mid-21st century. Apart from the obvious economic and environmental assets of such a machine, the curiosity of American physicists in the 21st century also acted as a major catalyst. In the early 1980's the Argentinian president, Juan Peron, incorrectly announced that his scientists had successfully constructed a fusion machine of such sorts. Americans, despite the fact that Peron's claim was a fraud, began to ponder and wonder that a thermonuclear fusion machine would look like. At that point, the U.S. government began to pour large amounts of money into the project, and was constantly disrupted by numerous set-backs and obstacles. One of the major problems the entire international collaboration faced was the issue of cost and each country's economic devotion to the project. The author claimed that as science and its frontier continued to advance, both the cost and complexity of further exploration sky rockets as well, which the ITER project clearly portrays.

According to the passage, what is major problem which the project ITER hopes to solve?

According to which country's fraudulent claim did America become curious about a thermonuclear fusion?