ADRE SLRC-2022 Grade-III Paper-V Question Paper: Previous Year Paper with Answer Key || ADRE 1.0



1. Which city will host the 2024 Summer Olympics? 

(A) Paris 

(B) London 

(C) Amsterdam 

(D) Zurich


2. Manila is the capital city of

(A) Malaysia

(B) Philippines

(C) Indonesia

(D) Thailand


3. Lotus temple is situated in

(A) Kolkata

(B) New Dehli

(C) Mumbai 

(D) Bhopal


4. Which of the following is a output device for a computer? 

(A) Mouse 

(B) Speaker 

(C) Microphone 

(D) Keyboard


5. Which of the following mountain range is geologically considered the oldest? 

(A) Pir Panjal Range 

(B) Vindhya Range 

(C) Aravalli Range 

(D) Western Ghats


6. Which one amongst the following is the southernmost river in India? 

(A) Cauvery 

(B) Godavari 

(C) Narmada 

(D) Mahanadi


7. In which part do plants produce their food?

(A) Roots 

(B) Leaf 

(C) Trunk 

(D) Bark


8. An adult human being has a normal body temperature in the range of 

(A) 36.1°F–37.2°F 

(B) 36.1°C–37.1°C 

(C) 97°C–99°C 

(D) 48°F–51°F


9. Which of the following geometric shapes does not have parallel sides? 

(A) Rhombus 

(B) Square 

(C) Pentagon 

(D) Parallelogram


10. Which of the following is not an Olympics Swimming Event? 

(A) Butterfly 

(B) Backstroke 

(C) Breaststroke 

(D) Breakstroke


11. Which of the following birds builds its nest in tree hollows? 

(A) Hornbill 

(B) Egret 

(C) Vulture 

(D) Eagle


12. Which of the following is the National Animal of India? 

(A) One Horned Rhino 

(B) Royal Bengal Tiger 

(C) Asian Elephant 

(D) Nilgai


13. Who is considered as the Iron Man of India?

(A) mahatma Gandhi

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) B.R. Ambedkar

(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


14. Who is known as the Missile Man of India? 

(A) Homi Jahangir Bhabha 

(B) Kailasavadivoo Sivan 

(C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

(D) J.R.D. Tata


15. Which amongst the following is the largest unit of computer storage? 

(A) Gigabyte 

(B) Terabyte 

(C) Megabyte 

(D) Kilobyte


16. On every Independence Day of India, the Prime Minister addresses the nation from: 

(A) Red Fort 

(B) Rashtrapati Bhavan 

(C) Parliament House 

(D) India Gate


17. The First album by Zubeen Garg was

(A) Anamika

(B) Mayabini

(C) Maya

(D) Aasha


18. “Rajatarangini” was written by:

(A) Shudraka

(B) Jayadeva

(C) Banabhatta

(D) Kalhana


19. Which of the following is the name of the optical telescope in space? 

(A) XMM-Newton 

(B) Galileo probe 

(C) Hubble Space Telescope 

(D) Edison Telescope


20. The battle of Saraighat was fought between Lachit Borphukan and 

(A) Mir Jumla 

(B) Turbak 

(C) Ram Singh 

(D) Bakhtiyar Khilji


21. Who among the following initiated “Din-i-Ilahi” ? 

(A) Aurangzeb 

(B) Babur 

(C) Shah Jahan 

(D) Akbar


22. Which of the following is NOT a Union Territory? 

(A) Puducherry 

(B) Ladakh 

(C) Kodaikanal 

(D) Chandigarh


23. The Treaty of Yandaboo was signed between: 

(A) British and Burmese 

(B) Burmese and Ahom 

(C) Ahom and British 

(D) British and Chinese


24. ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam”, a Sanskrit play was written by: 

(A) Panini 

(B) Kalhan 

(C) Asvaghosa 

(D) Kalidasa


25. The special characteristic of the annual Jon Beel Mela is: 

(A) It remains open round the clock 

(B) Women are not permitted to enter 

(C) Barter system 

(D) The exclusive trading of livestock


26. The State bird of Assam is:

(A) Cuckoo

(B) Hornbill

(C) Peacock

(D) White winged wood duck


27. The Umananda temple is situated on the hilltop of 

(A) Chitrachal 

(B) Bhasmachal 

(C) Bindhyachal 

(D) Sandhyachal


28. The ancient Indian physician known as the ‘Father of Surgery’ was: 

(A) Charaka 

(B) Sushruta 

(C) Vagbhatta 

(D) Vinayaka


29. How many schedules are in the Indian Constitution? 

(A) 14 

(B) 10 

(C) 15 

(D) 12


30. The Fox-tail orchid is the state flower of

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Tripura

(C) Manipur

(D) Sikkim


31. World War II was fought by two opposite power blocs called ______ . 

(A) Axis and Allied 

(B) Allied and Axiom 

(C) Allied and Gammon 

(D) Gammon and Axiom


32. A major Oil-field accident took place recently at 

(A) Tingkhong 

(B) Sarupathar 

(C) Merapani 

(D) Baghjan


33. The real name of Bir Chilarai was

(A) Janmejoy

(B) Sukladhwaj

(C) Kalapahar

(D) Malladev


34. “Tusu Puja” is an important festival of the 

(A) Bishnupriyas 

(B) Tea tribes of Assam 

(C) Dimasas 

(D) Kuki tribe


35. In which of the following places, “Mask making” is predominantly practiced? 

(A) Charaidew 

(B) Majuli 

(C) Goalpara 

(D) Sadiya


36. “Poki” is the name of ancestral home of

(A) Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla

(B) Lakshminath Bezboruah

(C) Bishnu Prasad Rabha

(D) Nabin Chandra Bordoloi


37. Which of the following is located at Sibsagar? 

(A) Surya Pahar 

(B) Malinithan 

(C) Rang Ghar 

(D) Dolgobinda Mandir


38. In which state of India does the Barak river originate? 

(A) Assam 

(B) Manipur 

(C) Mizoram 

(D) Meghalaya


39. Which of the following communities is “Haidang Geet” associated with? 

(A) Deuri 

(B) Sonowal Kachari 

(C) Tiwa 

(D) Karbi


40. Asharikandi village in Assam is famous for: 

(A) Silk

(B) Terracotta

(C) Jute

(D) Marble


41. The product of three numbers which are in the ratio 3:4:5 is found to be 480. The largest number among the three numbers is 

(A) 6 

(B) 8 

(C) 10 

(D) 12


42. A number was increased by 30% and thereafter decreased by 30%. The net change in the number in percentage is 

(A) 9% increase 

(B) 10% decrease 

(C) 10% increase 

(D) 9% decrease


43. In the equation x²- 2x + 1= 0, the value of x³- 1/x³ is: 

(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) -1

(D) 2


44. How many cubes of volume 1 cm³ each, can be cut out from a single cube of volume 1 m³? 

(A) 10⁸ 

(B) 10⁶ 

(C) 10⁴ 

(D) 10²


45. A 10 ft. long ladder leaning against a wall, touches the wall at a height of 8 ft. By what distance should the ladder be moved towards the wall so that its top touches the wall at 9.6 ft height? 

(A) 3.2 ft 

(B) 2.8 ft 

(C) 3.9 ft 

(D) 4.4 ft


46. If the average age of A, B and C is22 years and the average age of Band C is 25 years, then the age of A after 9 years is: 

(A) 35 years 

(B) 30 years 

(C) 25 years 

(D) 20 years


47. Kamal buys an article for 20% less than its printed price and sells it for 20% more than the printed price. The percentage of gain on selling the article is 

(A) 40% 

(B) 50% 

(C) 30% 

(D) 45%


48. If A:B = 2:3and B:C = 4:5, then C:A is:

(A) 8:5

(B) 5:8

(C) 5:18

(D) 15:8


49. If the population of a town increases at the rate of 10% every year, the present population is 1000, then after 3 years the population of the town would be 

(A) 1300 

(B) 1351 

(C) 1310 

(D) 1331


50. Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3:5 and their product is 135. The smaller number is 

(A) 5 

(B) 9 

(C) 11 

(D) 15


51. The diagonals of any two squares are in the ratio of 2:3. The areas of the squares are in the ratio of 

(A) 3:5 

(B) 2:9 

(C) 4:9 

(D) 4:5


52. 6 men can complete a task in 15 days. After 10 days, 4 more men join. The number of days required to complete the remaining work is: 

(A) 2 

(B) 3 

(C) 4 

(D) 5


53. 50% of 25% of 20% of a number is 21. The number is 

(A) 420 

(B) 520 

(C) 840 

(D) 940




(A) 23/99

(B) 23/990

(C) 23/999

(D) 23/90


55. The area of an isosceles right angled triangle is 81 cm². The length of the hypotenus of the triangle is 

(A) 14 cm 

(B) 16 cm 

(C) 18 cm 

(D) 22 cm


56. The angle 54° when converted to radians, is 

(A) 𝝿/10 

(B) 3𝝿/10 

(C) 7𝝿/10 

(D) 9𝝿/10


57. The decimal representation of 2.5/50 is: 

(A) 0.5

(B) 0.25

(C) 0.05

(D) 0.025


58. Find the value of x is x/√128= √162/x

(A) 12

(B) 14

(C) 196

(D) 144


59. If a – b = 5 and a² +b² =41,then the value of ‘ab’ is 

(A) 10 

(B) 5 

(C) 7 

(D) 8


60. A tank can be filled by 5 pipes in 80 minutes. How long would it take to fill the same tank by 8 pipes? 

(A) 80 minutes 

(B) 70 minutes 

(C) 60 minutes 

(D) 50 minutes


Q. 61 – Q. 64. Choose the correct ANTONYM for the given word. 


61. Sympathy 

(A) Empathy 

(B) Antipathy 

(C) Condolence 

(D) Consolation


62. Economise 

(A) Enormous 

(B) Purchase 

(C) Waste 

(D) Trade


63. Hamper 

(A) Promote 

(B) Stop 

(C) Barrier 

(D) Fail


64. Incompetent 

(A) Unskilled 

(B) Inefficient 

(C) Dexterous 

(D) Useless


Q. 65 – Q. 67. Choose the correct SYNONYM for the given word. 


65. Judicious 

(A) Prudent 

(B) Irrational 

(C) Foolish 

(D) Impatient


66. Monotonous 

(A) Pleasant 

(B) Varied 

(C) Variety 

(D) Tedious


67. Outrage 

(A) Praise 

(B) Favour 

(C) Pleased 

(D) Offence


Q. 68 – Q. 70. Choose the correct option. 


68. A number of people listening to a concert or a lecture is called 

(A) Audience 

(B) Spectators 

(C) Crowd 

(D) Rabble


69. The place where airplanes are housed is called a 

(A) Garage 

(B) Warehouse 

(C) Hanger 

(D) Hangar


70. A person who walks in his sleep is known as 

(A) Misanthropist 

(B) Somniloquist 

(C) Somnambulist 

(D) Ventriloquist


Q. 71 – Q. 74. Choose the correct preposition. 


71. He said this ______ oath. 

(A) by 

(B) on 

(C) with 

(D) from


72. The post ______ the Government of Assam in the Department of Education has been advertised. 

(A) in 

(B) with 

(C) under 

(D) for


73. The train starts ______ 5 O’clock ______ the morning ______ Wednesdays. 

(A) in, at, in 

(B) at, in, on 

(C) in, on, at 

(D) on, at, in


74. The plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks ____. 

(A) underneath 

(B) below 

(C) under 

(D) inside


Q. 75 – Q. 77. The given sentence is incorrect. Choose the correct sentence from the given options. 


75. ‘The Statesman’ has the largest circulation of any English daily. 


(A) ‘The Statesman’ has the largest circulation of any English dailies. 

(B) ‘The Statesman’ have the largest circulation of all English dailies. 

(C) ‘The Statesman’ has largest circulations of all English dailies. 

(D) ‘The Statesman’ has largest circulation of all English dailies.


76. I contradicted against him. 

(A) I contradicted by him. 

(B) I contradicted for him. 

(C) I contradicted with him. 

(D) I contradicted him.


77. This is one of the best book that has been written since ten years. 

(A) This is one of the best book written in ten years. 

(B) This is one of the best books that have been written in ten years. 

(C) This is one of the best books written since ten years. 

(D) This is one of the best books that has been written since ten years.


Q. 78 – Q. 80. Fill in the blanks with the correct options. 


78. Please ______ to let the children pass. 

(A) stand aside 

(B) stand to the side 

(C) stand in the side 

(D) stand on the side


79. ______ imaginative stories about the origin of the game of chess. 

(A) Many of the 

(B) Many 

(C) There are many 

(D) Of the many


80. I really have to go now. I have ______ the doctor. 

(A) an appointment to 

(B) an appointment with 

(C) appointment with 

(D) an appointment from


81. Which letter should replace # in BFEC, KONL, PT # Q? 

(A) S 

(B) U 

(C) R 

(D) D


82. While writing the even numbers from 1 to 100, how many time '2' will be written?

(A) 12

(B) 15

(C) 10

(D) 13


83. Cut out a Decagon through one of its vertices, in the form of triangles. Total number of triangle cut-outs will be 

(A) 5 

(B) 6 

(C) 7 

(D) 8


84. Which of the following pair of numbers has the same relationship as (18, 75), (39, 54), (27, 66)? 

(A) (51, 42) 

(C) (51, 65) 

(B) (32, 62) 

(D) (61, 55)


85. Identify the term that is incorrectly placed in the series 5, 7, 11, 17, 23, 35, 47. 

(A) 23

(B) 17

(C) 11

(D) 35


86. In a code, BEC means ‘books are old’, EDF means ‘man is old’ and CGH means ‘buy good books’. The code for ‘books’ is 

(A) B 

(B) C 

(C) E 

(D) D


87. Consider the following relations : 

A = 2C 

A + 3C = 2C + G 

7C = 2A + G 

Which among the following is equal to 2G ? 

(A) 2A 

(B) 3A 

(C) 2A+3C 

(D) 3A+2C


88. If “Conductor” is related to “Bus”, then “Referee” is related in a similar way to which of the following? 

(A) Cricket 

(B) Hockey 

(C) Football 

(D) Chess


89. Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

(A) Newton: Science

(B) Aryabhatta; Mathematics

(C) Chanakya: Poetry

(D) Mozart: Music


90. Identify the term which refers to an area of higher studies: 

(A) Diplomacy 

(B) Mathematics 

(C) Apology 

(D) Callisthenics


91. What would replace A and B in order to “3:A:90∷3:B:1095” ? establish a logical connection in 

(A) Month, Year 

(B) Month, Hour 

(C) Year, Days 

(D) Days, Hours


92. Which of the following numbers is unlike the others? 

(A) 729 

(B) 512 

(C) 232 

(D) 125


93. Pointing to the newsreader on TV screen, Uday says, “ His only brother is the father of my son’s father.” The newsreader is Uday’s ______ . 

(A) Grandfather 

(B) Nephew 

(C) Father 

(D) Uncle


94. Which of the following words is different from others? 

(A) SBTCU 

(B) MBNCP 

(C) EBFCG 

(D) PBQCR


95. If the digits of the number 3249685 are arranged in ascending order, the position of how many digits would remain the same? 

(A) Two 

(B) Four 

(C) Three 

(D) One


96. If the English alphabets are written horizontally in the reverse order, then what is the 6th letter from left? 

(A) V 

(B) U 

(C) T 

(D) F


97. Amongst the colleagues, Rajput is taller than Hitesh, who is shorter than Suresh. Natasha is taller than Himashri, but shorter than Hitesh. Suresh is shorter than Rajput. Who is the tallest? 

(A) Hitesh 

(B) Rajput 

(C) Natasha 

(D) Suresh


98. Sneha cut off a rectangle along the dotted line as shown. The cut piece was parallelly shifted to the other side and fixed it there. What shape will Sneha get now? 


(A) Pentagon 

(B) Square 

(C) Parallelogram 

(D) Trapezium


99. Which of the following diagrams can represent? 

‘Language’, ‘French’, ‘German’. 



100. In the figure, multiple views of the same cube is shown 



The letter on the face opposite to A is 

(A) F 

(B) D 

(C) C 

(D) E


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