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QUESTIONS : 35
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Complete the series.
1. 9, 4, 8, 5, 7, 6, ?, ?
a] 6, 7 b] 7, 6 c] 8, 6 d] 7, 8 e] 8, 7
2. 7670, 3631, 4039, 408, ?
a] 4357 b] 4447 c] 891 d] 3631 e] 3995
3. 4, 9, 20, 43, 90, ?
a] 180 b] 182 c] 179 d] 183 e] 185
4. 6, 12, 21, 23, ?
a] 48 b] 40 c] 45 d] 38 e] 43
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 35: Choose the correct alternative.
5. The points (0, 8/3), (1, 3) and (82, 30) are the vertices of:
a] an obtuse angled triangle. b] an acute angled triangle.
d] a right angled triangle. d] a scalene triangle.
e] none of these.
6. Al l t he poi nt s l yi ng i nsi de t he t ri angl e formed by t he poi nt s (1, 3), (5, 0) and
(1, 2) satisfy:
a] 3x + 2y > 0 b] 2x + y 13 > 0
c] 3x + 2y 9 > 2 d] 2x 3y 12 > 0
e] 2x + 4y 15 > 0
7. If f(x) = |x 1| then:
a] f(x
2
) = [f(x)]
2
b] f(|x|) = |f(x)|
c] f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) d] f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)
e] none of these
8. In the figure, chord BC = 8 and radius of the circle is AB = 5 units. Find the area of the
triangle ABC.
a] 12 units b] 24 units c] 16 units d] 20 units e] 18 units
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9. What is the shortest distance between the opposite vertices of a cube of side 1 cm each?
a] 1.73 b] 2.67 c] 2.414 d] 3 e] 2
10. A watch costs Rs. 800. At what price should the shopkeeper mark up, if after allowing a
discount of 10% on the marked up price, he makes a profit of 12.5% on the cost price?
a] 1250 b] 950 c] 1000 d] 1500 e] 900
11. I forgot the last 3 digits of a 7 digit telephone number. If I randomly dial the final 3 digits
after correctly dialing the first four, what is the chance of me dialing the correct number?
a]
1001
1
b]
990
1
c]
999
1
d]
1000
1
e]
991
1
12. A group of workers engaged in the task of plastering a wall completed
2
1
of the work in
1 day and 1/4 of the remaining work the next day. If still 45 sq. mts of the wall remained
to be plastered, what was the area of the wall?
a] 120 sq. mts b] 180 sq. mts c] 240 sq. mts d] 300 sq. mts e] 320 sq. mts
13. Find the least square number divisible by 3, 4, 5 and 8.
a] 900 b] 6400 c] 3600 d] 4900 e] 1500
14. A farmer loses 10% of his rice output to pilfrage and of the remaining, another 10% to theft.
He sells the remaining rice at Rs.4 per kg and makes Rs.32,400. If he had sold his entire
output, what would have been his revenue?
a] Rs.50,000 b] Rs.40,000 c] Rs.35,000 d] Rs.44,000 e] Rs.30000
15. What is the compound interest on Rs.4,000 for 1 year at 5% per annum, payable half yearly?
a] 200 b] 202.50 c] 205 d] 405 e] 210.25
16. Of 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If of all the
inhabitants 25% are literate, what % of females are literate with respect to the females of the
town?
a] 22.5 b] 27.5 c] 32.5 d] 37.5 e] 29.5
17. From the top of a light house 60 mts high with its base at the sea level, the angle of depression
of a boat is 30
0
. The distance of the boat from the foot of the light house is:
a] 10 3 b] 20 3 c] 15 3 d] 25 e] 15
18. If x =
1 5
1 5

+
and y =
1 5
1 5
+

then the value of

2 2
2 2
y xy x
y xy x
+
+ +
is:
a]
4
3
b]
3
4
c]
5
3
d]
3
5
e]
4
5
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19. A vendor bought oranges at 6 for a rupee. How many oranges should he sell for a rupee so
as to make a profit of 20%?
a] 5 b] 12 c] 15 d] 16 e] 8
20.
3 2
2 5
3 8
9 2

= ?
a]
6
1
b]
3
2
c]
2
3
d] 6 e]
4
5
21. Find the value of
9.17 11.67 9.17 9.17 11.67 11.67
9.17 11.67
3 3
+ +

.
a] 13.375 b] 14.235 c] 25.625 d] 2.5 e] 20.84
22. The sum of two numbers is
26
173
and the difference between them is
26
165
. Find the numbers.
a]
13
4
,
3
14
b]
11
2
,
2
11
c]
4
13
,
13
4
d]
2
17
,
17
2
e]
2
13
,
13
2
23. The ratio of a mothers age to the daughters age is 4 : 1. The product of their ages is 196.
The ratio of their ages 5 years hence will be:
a] 3 : 1 b] 10 : 3 c] 11 : 4 d] 14 : 5 e] 10 : 7
24. Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds.
After how many seconds will they toll together again?
a] 756 b] 504 c] 612 d] 318 e] 72
25. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8. If the digits are reversed the number is
decreased by 54. Determine the number.
a] 62 b] 53 c] 80 d] 71 e] None of these
26. P can run 1 km in 3 min 10 sec and Q in 3 min 20 secs. By what distance does P beat Q?
a] 36 meters b] 40 meters c] 50 meters d] 60 meters e] 70 meters
27. If the product of two numbers are known, which of the following is not sufficient to determine
the values of two numbers?
a] The sum of the number is 10.
b] One number is smaller than the other.
c] The cube of one number is 27.
d] The difference between the two numbers is 8.
e] The ratio of the two numbers is
2
3
.
28. If the diagonal of a rectangle is 5 units and one of the sides is 3 units, the area is:
a] 9 sq. units b] 18 sq. units c] 16 sq. units
d] 20 sq. units e] 12 sq. units
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29.
9
1
1
18
16
9
2
10 +
= ?
a] 10 b]
9
100
c]
9
10
d]
9
91
e] 100
30. If the area of the square ABCD = 100 and if CE = DE, what is the perimeter of the right
triangle CED?
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a] 30 b] 20 c] 10 2 + 10 d] 5 2 + 10 e] 10 2
DIRECTIONS for questions 31 to 33: Each question is followed by two statements.
Mark, [a] if statement (1) by itself is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark, [b] if statement (2) by itself is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark, [c] if statement (1) and (2) taken together are sufficient to answer the question.
Mark, [d] if either statement by itself is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark, [e] if additional data is required to answer the question.
31. At weather station X, was the highest temperature recorded for last January greater than the
lowest temperature recorded for last February?
1] At station X, all of the temperatures recorded for last January were at least 45
0
F.
2] At station X, the lowest temperature recorded for last February was 40
0
F.
32. How many pages of 6 library books has Jane read?
1] She has read 3 of the books.
2] The 6 books have a combined total of 800 pages.
33. Is the height of mountain X greater than the height of mountain Y?
1] The height of mountain Z is 4,000 feet less than the height of mountain X and is 1,000 feet
greater than the height of mountain Y.
2] The sum of the heights of mountains X and Z is 16,678 feet and the height of mountain
Y is 5,339 feet.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 34 and 35: Refer to the piechart below and answer the questions that follow.
Investment portfolio of a corporate executive
Debenture
16%
PPF
35%
NSS
12%
Shares
15%
NSC
4%
FDRs
18%
The total portfolio is of Rs.1 Lac. Interest rate on Debentures is 13%.
34. What should be the angle of the sector corresponding to NSCs?
a] 14.4
0
b] 12
0
c] 60
0
d] 30
0
e] 20
0
35. What is the total investment in PPF, NSS and NSCs taken together?
a] Rs.51000 b] Rs.35000 c] Rs.49000 d] Rs.60000 e] Rs.75000
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DIRECTIONS for questions 36 to 40: Refer to the following information below and answer the
questions that follow.
A team of four is to be chosen to represent India in a SAARC meeting. The team is to be selected
from amongst a doctor, an engineer, a teacher, a dancer, a lawyer, a nurse, a scientist and a
minister. The selection of the team is subject to the following conditions:
A. The team should have either a doctor or a nurse but, not both together.
B. The scientist and minister cant stand each other and therefore, cannot be chosen
together.
C. The teacher and the scientist have to be selected together.
D. The engineer and the dancer cannot go together.
E. The minister gets along famously with the lawyer and both of them always go together.
36. If the scientist is in the team, then who cannot be in the team?
a] Engineer b] Teacher c] Doctor d] Lawyer e] Dancer
37. If the dancer is in the team, then which of the following team is possible?
a] Doctor, Nurse, Dancer, Scientist b] Doctor, Dancer, Scientist, Minister
c] Nurse, Minister, Lawyer, Dancer d] Nurse, Scientist, Dancer, Lawyer
e] None of these
38. If the scientist and the engineer should always be selected, then in how many ways can the
team be formed?
a] 1 b] 2 c] 3 d] 0 e] 4
39. If the minister is in the team, then who cannot be selected?
a] Nurse b] Doctor c] Engineer d] Dancer e] Teacher
40. Which of the following is not possible?
a] Doctor, Scientist, Teacher, Engineer b] Nurse, Minister, Lawyer, Dancer
c] Teacher, Scientist, Nurse, Dancer d] Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Minister
e] None of these
DIRECTIONS for questions 41 to 45: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
XYZ Co. has installed a new computerised system for top management. All information is classified
under five product groups A, B, C, D and E. Depending on the combination of keys pressed,
one can get the required information. The program is such that each key supplies information on
two different product groups. If two keys are pressed simultaneously, then the common information
groups will nullify each other and not come out at all. To get the information one desires, one
just has to identify oneself, press ENTER and the information is printed out. The following data
is given:
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Key Does not give
a] 1 E
b] 2 C
c] 3 D TABLE-I
d] 4 A
e] 5 B
Key Gives
a] 1 & 3 C & D
b] 2, 4 & 5 C & D
c] 1 & 2 E & A TABLE-II
d] 3, 4 & 5 A, B, D & E
e] 1 & 4 A & B
f] 2, 3 & 5 A & B
41. On entering Key 1, information on _____ group is obtained.
a] B, A b] A, D c] C, B d] D, E e] A, C
42. Information on product group A would not be supplied by pressing Keys:
a] 1, 2 b] 2, 3 c] 3, 1 d] 4, 3 e] 1, 4
43. Information on product group B would be supplied by pressing Keys:
a] 1, 5 b] 2, 1 c] 3, 5 d] 1, 3 e] 4, 2
44. On entering Keys 2 and 3, information on which of the following groups is obtained?
a] A, B, C, E b] A, B, C, D c] A, D, E d] A, B, D, E e] A, B, D
45. On entering Keys 2 and 4, information on _____ groups is obtained.
a] B, D, E b] D, E c] A, D d] A, B, E e] A, E
DIRECTIONS for questions 46 to 49: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
At a certain restaurant, above the Kitchen door there are four small lights arranged side by side,
and numbered consecutively, left to right, from one to four. The lights are used to signal waiters
when orders are ready. On a certain shift there are exactly five waiters A, B, C, D, E.
To signal A all four lights are illuminated.
To signal B only lights one and two are illuminated.
To signal C only light one is illuminated
To signal D only two, three, four are illuminated
To signal E only lights three and four are illuminated.
46. If lights two and three both are off then the waiter signalled could be:
a] A b] B c] C d] D e] E
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47. If lights one and two are not working lights three and four are illuminated, then the signal
of which of the following waiters might be signalled?
I. A II. D III. E
a] I only b] III only c] I and II only
d] I, II and III e] Cannot be determined
48. If light three is on and light one is off then the waiter signalled is:
I. B II. D III. E
a] I only b] II only c] I and II only
d] II and III only e] Cannot be determined
49. If light three is on and light two is off, then the waiter signalled could be:
a] A b] B c] C d] D e] E
DIRECTIONS for questions 50 to 55: Read the short passages and answer the questions that follow.
50. Institutes like Stanford and MIT actively encourage professors to develop their research into
commercial propositions and raise funds. Tushar Gheewalla, a Stanford professor, developed
a new chip design. His company, Inchip, licenses this technology to semiconductor companies
worldwide. Vinod Aggarwal at McGill University in Canada developed a new testing tool for
electronic circuits. He floated a company, Logic Vision, to make money from his research.
What can be concluded from the above passage?
a] Research requires funding from universities and teaching institutions.
b] It is difficult to get funding for research in U.S.A.
c] Some universities encourage their professors to do research.
d] Some universities encourage their faculties to develop their research into commercial
propositions.
e] None of the above.
51. There are strong economic arguments for decentralization. When you eat a banana, I am indifferent
to your act of consumption. But both you and I equally enjoy the road, the water supply and
the park in our locality. The latter are public goods characterized by what economists call
nominal consumption. On allocative grounds, efficiency is highest when expenditure respon-
sibilities for each type of public good are assigned to the level of government that most closely
represents the beneficiaries of that outlay.
What would most support the last sentence of the passage?
a] The expenditure on maintenance of water supply of the village is taken care by the central
government.
b] The expenditure on maintenance of water supply of the village is taken care by the state
government.
c] The expenditure on maintenance of water supply of the village is taken care by the
local people.
d] The expenditure on maintenance of water supply is taken care by the village landlord.
e] None of these.
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52. The basic idea behind small savings schemes was to spread the message of thrift, and mop
up savings from areas outside the banking network. Small savings schemes were intended to
complement bank savings schemes. But, over time, small savings schemes may have become
attractive to central and state governments not only for promoting thrift, but also as a convenient
tool for financing their deficits. What does the government do with the funds that it mobilizes
in its role as a banker? Unlike other banks, it uses them to finance its own deficit. The receipts
routinely exceed disbursements by large sums, and these considerable net receipts are shared
between the Centre and the state governments. There has been an explosive growth in the
outstanding liabilities of the central government on account of small savings, provident fund
etc.
What is the tone of the passage towards the role of the government in small savings?
a] Encouraging b] Critical c] Sarcastic
d] Explanatory e] None of these
53. For the quarter ended September 30, 2001, Voltas has recorded a net profit of Rs 3.6 crore
and a total income of Rs 194.8 crore. The figures for the comparable quarter last fiscal are
Rs 4.4 crore and Rs 174.5 crore respectively.
This means that
a] income has risen and profit has fallen for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.
b] profit and income have risen in 2000.
c] profit as a ratio of income has risen.
d] last years income and this years profit are higher.
e] None of the above.
54. Companies are desperately seeking ways to cut costs, which mostly means cutting jobs. But
this is no panacea.
Which of the following is consistent with the passage?
a] Wages are a small part of total costs.
b] Revenues can be increased by retaining employees.
c] Job cuts lead to losses.
d] Job security improves the efficiency of workers.
e] None of the above.
55. If this is a war of globalisation against feudalism, then globalisation needs to be able to deliver
the goods it promises: more opportunities and higher living standards.
Which of the following can we infer from the passage?
a] Feudalism has delivered what it promised.
b] Whoever can fulfil a promise can start a war.
c] Globalisation is better than feudalism.
d] Globalisation promises higher living standards.
e] None of the above.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 56 to 65: Read the passages and answer the questions that follow.
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In a society in which instant food, instant education and even instant cities are an everyday phenomena,
no product is more swiftly fabricated or more ruthlessly destroyed than the instant celebrity. Nations
advancing towards super-industrialism sharply step up their output of these psycho-economic products.
Instant celebrities burst upon the consciousness of millions like an image-bomb which is exactly
what they are.
Twiggy, the Beatles, John Glenn, Billie Sol Estes, Bob Dylan, Jack Ruby, Norman Mailer, Eichmann,
Jean-Paul Sartre, Georgi Malenkov, Jacqueline Kennedy thousands of personalities parade across
the stage of contemporary history. Real people, magnified and projected by the mass media, they
are stored as images in the minds of millions of people who have never met them, never spoken
to them, never seen them in person. They take on a reality almost as (and sometimes even
more) intense than that of many people with whom we do have in-person relationships.
We form relationships with these vicarious people, just as we do with friends, neighbours and
colleagues. And just as the through-put of real, in-person people in our lives is increasing, and
the duration of our average relationship with them decreasing, the same is true of our ties with
the vicarious people who populate our minds.
These vicarious people, both live and fictional, play a significant role in our lives, providing models
for behaviour, acting out for us various roles and situations from which we draw conclusions
about our own lives. We deduce lessons from their activities, consciously or not. We learn from
their triumphs and tribulations. They make it possible for us to try on various roles or life styles
without suffering the consequences that might attend such experiments in real life. The accelerated
flow-through of vicarious people cannot but contribute to the instability of personality patterns among
many real people who have difficulty in finding a suitable lifestyle.
These vicarious people, however, are not independent of one another. They perform their roles
in a vast, complexly organised public drama which is, in the words of sociologist Orrin Klapp,
author of a fascinating book called Symbolic Leaders, largely a product of the new communications
technology. This public drama, in which celebrities upstage and replace celebrities at an accelerating
rate, has the effect, according to Klapp, of making leadership more unstable than it would be
otherwise. Contretemps, upsets, follies, contests, scandals, make a feast of entertainment or a spinning
political roulette wheel. Fads come and go at a dizzying pace. A country like the United States
has an open public drama, in which new faces appear daily, there is always a contest to steal
the show, and almost anything can happen and often does. What we are observing, says Klapp,
is a rapid turn-over of symbolic leaders. This can be extended, however, into a far more powerful
statement: what is happening is not merely a turn-over of real people or even fictional characters,
but a more rapid turn-over of the images and image-structures in our brains. Our relationships
with these images of reality, upon which we base our behaviour, are growing, on an average,
more and more transient. The entire knowledge system in society is undergoing a violent upheaval.
The very concepts and codes in terms of which we think are turning over at a furious and accelerating
pace. We are increasing the rate at which we must form and forget our images of reality.
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56. According to the passage,
a] a city is created everyday.
b] thousands of imaginary people are magnified and projected by the mass media.
c] the number of people we come in contact with is increasing.
d] we cannot have any long term relationships with people any more.
e] none of the above.
57. According to the passage,
a] people who originally had stable lifestyles now have unstable personality patterns.
b] we use the mass media as the main source for instant education.
c] people without a suitable lifestyle, now face no risk in trying on various roles and lifestyles.
d] we draw on the experiences of celebrities.
e] none of the above.
58. According to the passage, vicarious people are,
a] real people who we have never met.
b] images projected by the mass media.
c] images who become as real to us as our neighbours and friends.
d] images with whom we form relationships.
e] none of the above.
59. According to the passage, the public drama being enacted
a] results in a rapid turnover of symbolic leaders.
b] is a feast of entertainment and spinning political roulette wheels.
c] upstages celebrities and replaces them.
d] destabilises leaders and governments.
e] none of the above.
60. The author uses all the following terms to describe instant celebrities except
a] actors in a drama. b] symbolic leaders. c] image bombs.
d] fictitious characters. e] none of the above.
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A comet in the skies is a rare and spectacular event. Among orthodox astronomers, a comet hitting
the earth is normally thought far rarer. It is certainly less comfortable; the cataclysmic impact
of a comet has been suggested as the fiery coup de grace that did away with the dinosaurs. However,
Dr. Louis Frank of the University of Iowa believes that a tiny comet hits the atmosphere every
three seconds. Going further, he suggests that these comets are providing enough cosmic rainfall
to have filled the oceans. Happily, there are sacred cows left unkicked. Dr. Frank suspects that
his micro-comets may have killed the dinosaurs too.
Astronomers find all this incredible. They could probably live with micro-comets; but they balk
at the idea of 10 million of them arriving undetected each year. Dr. Frank is unshakable. He believes
that astronomers are embarrassed at having overlooked the comets for so long.
Nobody can dismiss Dr. Frank as a crackpot. He has worked with experiments on about 40 spacecrafts.
Admittedly, he is a physicist, not an astronomer. But his expertise on the radiation belts that girdle
the earth is undoubted, and his work on the subject impeccable. He has the reputation of a superb
experimentalist.
In 1981, Dr. Frank was working on pictures of the earth taken by an ultraviolet camera aboard
a satellite called Dynamics Explorer. He was surprised to see a large number of small black spots.
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Others saw them as random noise in the data. Dr. Frank eventually decided that he was seeing
50 km clouds of expanding water vapour created by 100 tonne snowballs tiny comets roughly
ten metres across. The influx of these objects seemed to vary with radar measurements of meteors,
which were presumably debris from the comets. In 1986 he and two students, Mr. John Stigwarth
and Mr. John Craven, wrote up the idea in Geophysical Research Letters.
That provoked a torrent of questions about the theory, which Dr. Frank has tried to answer. Why
did nobody see the explosions when the micro-comets hit the atmosphere? Because the wide dispersal
of the remnants spreads the light too thinly, and the pure ice does not burn. Why do the comets
not leave tell-tale clouds of vapour in space? Because they are coated with an insulating carbon
layer - which also makes them hard to see with most telescopes. If that is granted, what becomes
of the carbon? Some calculations show that burning that much carbon would have exhausted the
atmospheres oxygen within a billion years; alternatively, if some survived the descent, there should
be more carbon in the ocean sediments.
If such micro-comets permeate space, why have they not given Mars an ocean too? Mars, Dr.
Frank responds, had oceans until greenhouse effects, caused by the comets dumping too much
water into the atmosphere, raised the temperature disastrously. That led to a hydrodynamic blow-
off during which hot-water molecules escaped from Marss weak gravity. A similar effect could,
he has speculated, have triggered climatic changes on earth which then saw the dinosaurs off.
Why is there not more water between the planets? Why does the rain of comets not disturb instruments
on the moon? The objections are potentially endless. Dr. Frank answers those that get asked. To
the questioners, the answers sound farfetched.
61. Dr. Frank believes that astronomers do not agree with his theories because
a] they have not observed his micro-comets as yet.
b] it would mean admitting to a serious oversight in their experiments.
c] his theories topple most of the sacred cows of astronomy.
d] they raise more questions than he can answer.
e] none of the above.
62. According to Dr. Frank
a] hydrodynamic blow-off cannot occur in the earths strong gravity.
b] greenhouse effects inevitably raise the temperature of the atmosphere.
c] micro-comets are the debris from meteors.
d] a meteor hits the earth every three seconds.
e] none of the above.
63. All the following are Dr. Franks reasons for the undetectability of micro-comets except that
they
a] are made of ice that does not burn.
b] are insulated with carbon, reducing detectability.
c] occur as random noise on satellite pictures.
d] are dispersed widely after explosions.
e] none of the above.
64. According to Dr. Frank,
a] dinosaurs were killed by the cataclysmic impact of a comet.
b] changes in the earths climate were responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs.
c] a cosmic rainfall flooded the earths oceans thus making life untenable for dinosaurs.
d] a barrage of micro-comets killed the dinosaurs.
e] none of the above.
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65. According to Dr. Frank,
a] when micro-comets hit the earth, they explode into very small fragments making them
impossible to detect.
b] the carbon from the comets is reponsible for the ocean sediment.
c] the number of black spots observed in satellite data varies with the number of meteors
observed.
d] the earths atmosphere will be too hot to live in, within a billion years.
e] none of the above.
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QUESTIONS : 30
DIRECTIONS for questions 66 to 70: Each of the questions below contains one or more blank
spaces, each blank indicating an omitted word. Each sentence is followed by five words or sets
of words. Read and determine the general sense of each sentence. Then choose the word or set
of words which, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence.
66. The hunters _______ were lightning fast and he fell to the grass when firing ________ out.
a] actions - sprayed b] reflexes - broke c] movements - broke
d] motions - stormed e] shots - broke
67. Having once set up a committee, the government often believes that it has ________ something
________.
a] made - real b] created - concrete c] accomplished - concrete
d] created - flexible e] accomplished - flexible
68. Much of the commissions preliminary work will actually consist of ________ many members
of the actual contents of the population policy and the ________ shift effected by India at
the historic Cairo conference.
a] apprising - paradigm b] keeping in dark - main
c] informing - policy d] depriving - major
e] awaring - actual
69. States have been asked to ________ service charges to the inflation rate, which means power
and water tariffs will have to ________ at the same rate as prices of other goods.
a] tie - lower b] match - go up c] compare - come down
d] peg - rise e] contrast - rise
70. To be on the safer side, the spy followed a thumb rule - the ______ was never to be _________as
too unlikely.
a] unpleasant - approached b] secret - evaluated
c] unexpected - projected d] adversary - judged
e] incredible - envisioned
DIRECTIONS for questions 71 to 75: Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the capitalised word.
71. DEBASE
a] anoint b] strip c] cheapen d] disqualify e] harsh
72. ABDICATE
a] abolish b] plead c] censure d] renounce e] kidnap
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73. LACKEY
a] flunky b] beggar c] servant d] buffoon e] coward
74. PALPABLE
a] tangible b] spreading c] obvious d] friendly e] edible
75. SHAM
a] rubbish b] lovable c] pretence d] guilty e] unashamed
DIRECTIONS for questions 76 to 79: Choose the option that best describes the meaning of the sentence.
76. To say that war is like a game of cricket is a gross euphemism.
a] Analogizing war with a game of cricket is flagrantly outrageous.
b] A game of cricket is a poor euphemism for war.
c] War is much more horrible than a game of cricket.
d] War causes more deaths than a game of cricket.
e] To say war is like cricket is putting it mildly.
77. His dress sense was atavistic to say the least.
a] His dress sense was very poor.
b] His dress sense was at best antiquated.
c] His dress sense was ludicrous.
d] His dress sense was jazzy.
e] His dress sense was vulgar.
78. A creaking door hangs long.
a] Experience makes for lasting success.
b] Talkative people often dont know when to stop.
c] People who talk less work more.
d] Persons in weak health often live a long life.
e] Noisy talk has little sense in it.
79. He was no stranger to poverty.
a] He met a poor stranger .
b] The stranger asked him if he was poor.
c] He was well off.
d] He was used to being poor.
e] The stranger and he were poor
DIRECTIONS for questions 80 and 81: Given below are two statements A and B followed by five
statements. Choose the one which can be logically deduced from both A and B (and not A or
B individually).
80. A. All fish can swim. B. Shark is a fish.
a] Shark can swim. b] All that swims is a fish
c] No fish is a Shark. d] Shark cannot swim.
e] None of the above.
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81. A. No stars are popular. B. All comedians are popular.
a] Comedians are stars. b] All popular are comedians.
c] Comedians that are not popular are stars. d] No stars are comedians.
e] None of the above.
DIRECTIONS for questions 82 to 85: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words
or phrases is followed by five pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship
similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.
82. HEIST : FELONY
a] crime : parole
b] verdict : judgement
c] crime : punishment
d] scarcity : abundance
e] rigmarole : weathered
83. INFECTED : QUARANTINE
a] sedated : shun
b] rusted : oxidise
c] sunned : tan
d] putrid : segregate
e] pale : impregnate
84. TESTIFY : REPUDIATE
a] advise : reproach
b] contain : spread
c] churn : purify
d] spend : splurge
e] compel : convince
85. SNIPE : SOLDIER
a] purchase : worker
b] gambol : skipper
c] rake : gardener
d] vaudeville : actor
e] film : watcher
DIRECTIONS for questions 86 to 90: Mark the part of the sentence which has an error, as your
answer. Mark e if there is no error.
86. Saints
a
preached have great sermons
b
drinking of evil on the
c
Saints the of gospel but these
d
remained always has
a bad sermon in the world of sinners.
87.
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Copying
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c
art
d
by mastered a few.
88.
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number The
of
b
copies
you
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kept ready.
89. Though the Chief
a
faith had in us,
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DIRECTIONS for questions 91 to 95: Choose the word that is farthest in meaning to the capitalized word.
91. PILE
a] ailment b] cure c] antidote d] particle e] chemical
92. FETID
a] truthful b] celebrated c] moderate d] fragrant e] sociable
93. PUSSILANIMITY
a] seclusion b] incredulity c] courage d] disparagement e] spirituality
94. HOIST
a] drop b] raise c] honour d] elevate e] promote
95. FECUND
a] sterile b] immaterial c] magical d] irreverent e] irreligious
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DIRECTIONS for questions 96 to 120: Choose the correct alternative.
96. Diakyur the diabetic relief ayurvedic product is from
a] Dr. Reddys b] Dabur c] Godrej d] Ranbaxy e] Amrutanjan
97. Nepad is
a] New initiative for development of Africa.
b] Short form of Nepal Administrative services.
c] A PSU of India engaged in newsprint manufacture.
d] An IT term.
e] A medical diagnosis technique.
98. If there is an increase in export remittances, there is
a] increase in forex reserves also.
b] decrease in forex reserves.
c] no change in forex reserves.
d] either increase or decrease in forex reserve.
e] either decrease or no change in forex reserves.
99. R.B. Ramesh won laurels for India by
a] becoming the 1st Indian to win British Open Chess Championship after independence.
b] refereeing of some of the matches in FIFA World Cup 2002.
c] wining the gold in shooting in Manchester Commonwealth Games.
d] crossing the English channel in the fastest ever recorded time.
e] none of these
100. Group A has names of leading Tennis Doubles players in the world. Match their nationalities
by picking the right alternatives in group B.
Group A Group B
I. Max Mirnyi A. Belarus
II. Jiri Novak B. Bahamas
III. Jared Palmer C. Czech Republic
IV. Daniel Nestor D. USA
V Mark Knowles E. Canada
a] I-C, II-B, III-E, IV-A, V-D b] I-B, II-C, III-A, IV-D, V-E
c] I-D, II-B, III-C, IV-E, V-A d] I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-E, V-B
e] I-E, II-C, III-B, IV-D, V-A
101. CCS is
a] Central Council for Security b] Commonwealth Council for Sports
c] Cabinet Committee on Security d] Coordination Cell for Security
e] None of these
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102. The Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners are
a] M.S. Gill, J.M. Lyngdoh & B.V. Tandon
b] J.M. Lyngdoh, T.S. Krishnamurthy & B.V. Tandon
c] M.S. Gill, T.S. Krishnamurthy & J.M. Lyngdoh
d] J.M. Lyngdoh, T. Ramamurthy & B.V. Tandon
e] None of these
103. IRCTC is
a] Regional Commerce in Commodities b] Railway Consultancy on Tarrifs
c] Road Construction & Traffic d] Railway Catering & Tourism
e] None of these
104. Headquarters of the European Union is
a] Brussels b] Bonn c] Frankfurt d] Antwerp e] None of these
105. Charles Correa is
a] a renowned architect b] a former Indian Billiards Champion
c] a famous Cartoonist d] an Indi-pop singer
e] none of these
106. Indias Director General of Foreign Trade is
a] L. Mansingh b] G.N. Bajpai c] Kiran Karnik
d] B.K. Agnihotri e] None of these
107. Automobile makers Skoda Auto is based in
a] Albania b] Czech Republic c] Slovakia
d] Italy e] None of these
108. NAV is
a] Net Augmented Value b] Net Average Value c] Non-Assets Value
d] Net Asset Value e] None of these
109. In the case of inverse floater bonds,
a] there is zero-yield for 1st five years.
b] there is fixed yield always.
c] yield behaves inversely to the general direction of internet rates.
d] only government can issue them.
e] none of these.
110. _________ launched a compulsory ID system aimed to bringing the government into the electronic
age.
a] USA b] Karnataka c] Japan
d] Andhra Pradesh e] None of these
111. The June-September ________ is critical to economic health as agriculture contributes 25%
to GDP and employs some 70% of the population.
a] monsoon rains b] credit policy c] exim policy
d] support price for grains e] none of these
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112. Two FMCG giants operating in India are
a] HLL & P&G b] BHEL & IR c] LIC & Wipro
d] HLL & GIC e] HDFC & HLL
113. The National Cricket Academy of India is in
a] None of these b] Mumbai c] New Delhi d] Mohali e] Bangalore
114. The 2006 World Cup Football will be held in
a] Chile b] South Africa c] Germany d] UK e] None of these
115. At the Busan Asian games, the largest contingents were from
a] South Korea, Japan & China b] China, India & Japan
c] India, S. Korea & China d] China, India & Phillipines
e] China, India & W. Korea
116. BAGOC is
a] the name of the logo of ASIAD-2002
b] the PR agency promoting ASIAD-2002
c] the Olympic Council of Bahrain
d] the organising committee for Asian games, Busan
e] none of these
117. EEG is a term associated with
a] medical science b] finance c] insurance
d] IT e] space science
118. Suresh Kalmadi is the president of
a] Sports Authority of India b] Indian Olympic Association
c] Indian Sports Association d] Indian Hockey Association
e] None of these
119. It gives a keyhole glimpse of the high educational standard of women. It also symbolises the
high rate of educated unemployed. Passing out from the police academy were 490 women
constables, 64 have a post-graduate degree, 322 are graduates & 22 have an LLB degree of
whom 6 are practicing advocates. We are speaking about the women of
a] Kerala b] Karnataka c] Bihar d] Rajasthan e] None of these
120. Beijing considers ________ a rebel province and has threatened to attack if the democratic
island of 23 million declares independence or drags its feet on unification talks.
a] Brunei b] Hong Kong c] Macau d] Taiwan e] None of these
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