Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs — 17 April 2025 (December 2024 cycle) — question paper

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Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs — 17 April 2025 (December 2024 cycle)

Paper #3061 · 17-04-2025 · General English, General Knowledge and Mathematics · 35 reviewed questions

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Original Series I question PDF and matching MPSC answer key, with numbered study explanations for all 150 printed source positions. Official key responses control scoring; qualifications are learning notes, not editorial exclusions. 6 source-note sections accompany the complete PDF; they are not 150 separate auto-scoring cards. Recruitment cycle: December 2024; examination: 17 April 2025.

Question-source availability reverified on 16 October 2026: the full 14-page original Series I PDF matches the official MPSC source byte-for-byte. Its 150 questions comprise 50 English, 50 General Knowledge and 50 Mathematics questions, 300 marks in 2.5 hours. This source-link/availability check preserves the existing approved answer work and does not add new scored questions or solutions.

  1. Choose the appropriate antonym of “Dawdle”.
    1. Bogus
    2. Rush
    3. Equivocate
    4. Dissemble
  2. Antonym of Abstemious :
    1. Abstinence
    2. Absurd
    3. Absolution
    4. Flamboyant
  3. Antonym of Colossal :
    1. Minute
    2. Minuet
    3. Convolute
    4. Comply
  4. Choose the appropriate antonym of “Timorous”.
    1. Timid
    2. Dauntless
    3. Irresolute
    4. Tipster
  5. Antonym of Ambivalent :
    1. Unequivocal
    2. Unmitigated
    3. Unperturbed
    4. Unprecedented
  6. Synonyms of Incontrovertible :
    1. Indictable
    2. Inconceivable
    3. Indisputable
    4. Incorrigible
  7. Synonyms of Indefatigable
    1. Inevitable
    2. Inexhaustible
    3. Inexcusable
    4. Inexorable
  8. Synonyms of Pillory :
    1. Stigmatise
    2. Stoke
    3. Stipple
    4. Stonker
  9. Synonyms of Rumpus :
    1. Rumble
    2. Sneer
    3. Brouhaha
    4. Growl
  10. Fill in the blank: ___ in an ideal is hard.
    1. Believing
    2. Believe
    3. Belief
    4. Believes
  11. We both believed we were ___ to one another.
    1. complementary
    2. complimentary
    3. complementing
    4. compatible
  12. As a poet, he _____________________________very slowly.
    1. aspired
    2. matured
    3. grew
    4. succeeded
  13. That cannot be a reason for ____________ being exposed to danger.
    1. you
    2. your
    3. yourself
    4. yourselves
  14. Beyond the _______________________ of the school, British society is rife with serious problems of prejudice and bigotry.
    1. confines
    2. premises
    3. precincts
    4. borders
  15. Source questions 1-25 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  16. As a counsellor, she was not wanted, but as ___ approver, she was truly welcome.
    1. the
    2. a
    3. an
    4. one
  17. The crowded bus ___________________________ its way through the snarl of traffic in the city.
    1. inched
    2. wriggled
    3. found
    4. drove
  18. There was nothing ______________________________ about the noisy littered street bordered by an untidy row of shops.
    1. appealing
    2. appalling
    3. to appeal
    4. appreciating
  19. The kite________________ when I gave it a strong pull.
    1. bent
    2. swooped
    3. swindled
    4. suspended
  20. The teacher narrated a story that was ___, that the kids were held spellbound.
    1. absorbing
    2. absorbent
    3. appreciative
    4. mildly interesting
  21. Source questions 26-50 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  22. Ultraviolet radiations from sunlight cause a reaction producing
    1. carbon monoxide
    2. ozone
    3. fluoride
    4. sulfur dioxide
  23. Source questions 51-75 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  24. Source questions 76-100 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  25. Source questions 101-125 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  26. The ages of five people are in the ratio 2:3:4:5:6. If the eldest is 42 years old, what is their average age?
    1. 27 years
    2. 28 years
    3. 25 years
    4. 26 years
  27. There are 1,236 students in a school, with boys and girls in the ratio 1:2. What is the difference between the numbers of girls and boys?
    1. 412
    2. 824
    3. 241
    4. 214
  28. A rectangular plot measuring 90 m by 40 m is enclosed by fence posts placed 5 m apart. How many posts are required?
    1. 50
    2. 52
    3. 48
    4. 1,440
  29. A laptop keyboard has 62 keys, of which 26 are alphabet keys. What percentage of its keys are alphabet keys?
    1. 41%
    2. 46%
    3. 43%
    4. 42%
  30. Source questions 126-150 — Account Assistant, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Series I. Read the complete original PDF for exact questions, choices, passages and figures; these are numbered study explanations.
  31. What is 90% of 900% of 9,000% of 9?
    1. 7,290
    2. 729
    3. 6,156
    4. 6,561
  32. Twenty-five men can complete a job in 20 days. How long will fifteen men take to complete the same job?
    1. 30 days
    2. 28 days
    3. 33.33 days
    4. 39 days
  33. One man walks at 33.12 km/h and another at 8.8 m/s. If they are 27 m apart and walk towards each other, how long will they take to meet?
    1. 1.2 seconds
    2. 1.5 seconds
    3. 2.3 seconds
    4. 2.5 seconds
  34. Pointing to a person, a woman said to a man, "His father is the only son of your mother." How is the man related to that person?
    1. Father
    2. Son
    3. Husband
    4. Brother
  35. A cylinder has a volume of 1,000 cubic centimetres and a height of 7 cm. What is its radius?
    1. 7.33 cm
    2. 5.93 cm
    3. 6.74 cm
    4. 5.19 cm

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