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Topic:[APFC] Structure & Reading: Structure of sentence, sentence improvements, sentence rearrangement, error detection, fill in the blanks, reading comprehension (passage-based questions).41 PYQs
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EPFO APFC - General Ability Test
3 shown2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.2
Which of the following sentences with respect 4, to the passage is/are correct ? 1. All rich western nations have been seeing an increase in emigration from Africa over the past few decades. 2. Over the past thirty-five odd years, the number of African origin people living outside Africa has gone up by a factor of three.
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2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.3
The fierce resistance to labour incursion into the West will temper emigration from Africa in the 215 century. Select the answer using the codes given below :
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2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.6
The evening looked __________ against the stretched out sky.
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EPFO APFC - General Studies
10 shown2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.1
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before the judge
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given that he was clearly innocent
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was incomprehensible
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his decision to plead guilty
Select the correct sequence to form the most appropriate sentence.
General EnglishEasy
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.2
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when your stated principles
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it is difficult
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are at odds with your ground realities
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to practise what you preach
Select the correct sequence to form the most appropriate sentence.
General EnglishEasy
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.3
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people in dire need
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it is a truth universally acknowledged that
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for assistance
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reach out to their friends and family
Select the correct sequence to form the most appropriate sentence.
General EnglishEasy
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.4
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his vengeful
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by the expression on his face
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and diabolical nature
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were clearly revealed
Select the correct sequence to form the most appropriate sentence.
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.5
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bitter fights
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between the two rival teams
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on more than one occasion
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I have witnessed
Select the correct sequence to form the most appropriate sentence.
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.11
What does "agroecological region of the
Eastern Ghats" mean in the passage?
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.12
There has been a rapid decline in minor
millet cultivation because
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.13
β. What does "a tiny share of grain was
processed into value-added products"
mean in the passage?
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.19
She was criticized for her views that were often restricted to small local issues and ignored matters of national importance.
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2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.20
When profits began dropping steeply all of a sudden he realized that he ought to wind up his business soon.
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EPFO EO/AO - General Ability Test
7 shown2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.1
S1
Geological mapping, when properly done, demands skill and judgment.
S6
Nothing is more naive than to believe that a field geologist should gather only 'facts', the interpretation of which is to be made at a later date.
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While the field work progresses he should conceive as many interpretations as are consistent with the known facts.
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As the field work progresses and the larger geological picture begins to unfold, experience and judgment are essential if the geologist is to evaluate properly the vast number of facts gathered from thousands of outcrops.
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Such mapping requires keen observation and a knowledge of what data are significant.
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Above all, the field geologist must use the method of "working multiple hypotheses" to deduce the geological structure.
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.3
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Contemporary history is necessary, but it is at best a tentative record.
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Some portentous events can be seen to be so from the moment of their occurrence, like the discovery of the New World; others of comparable momentousness are hidden in obscurity.
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The relevance of the issue of proportion is significant.
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It possesses, indeed, a massive supply of public record, but it necessarily lacks the inner knowledge of politicians' minds, of planners' proposals, of scientists' discoveries, of technicians' break-throughs.
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It also lacks perspective since it is bereft of a sense of proportion.
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It is impossible, over just a few years of observation, to estimate accurately the significance of various events.
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.4
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Income inequality in less-developed countries is worse than most estimates.
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The tax regime in these countries needs to be progressive and futuristic.
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There is a staggering level of difference between the income metrics and the actual income of the prosperous in such countries.
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The effective tax rates are not really progressive with regard to income.
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They need to be reengineered to bring into the tax net the enormous sums of 'missing' income.
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They are even less so with regard to wealth.
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.5
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The history of English literature is usually divided into different periods.
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This is the real danger of periodization, which tends to give the impression of distinct categories where there are none.
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However there are important discontinuities to be kept in mind.
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Each period has unique features that produce certain family resemblances between the writers of a particular period.
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Scholars often specialize in periods such as Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature.
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Failure to detect these discontinuities often produce a false sense of uniformity and consensus within a period.
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.6
Ramesh liked (a) / his friend's music player (b) / to his own. (c) / No error (d)
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.7
Given the complex of the problem (a) / the committee is not expected (b) / to arrive at a decision any time soon. (c) / No error (d)
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2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.8
The group of students (a) / on a visit to Srinagar (b) / circumnavigated around the Dal Lake. (c) / No error (d)
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