Subject: General Awareness

1. Social accounting system in India classified into is

enterprise, households and government

assets, liabilities and debt position

public sector, private sector and joint sector

income, product and expenditure

2. Forced savings refer to


taxes on individual income and wealth

compulsory deposits imposed on income tax payers

provident fund contribution of private sector employees

reduction of consumption consequent to a rise in prices


3. The demand for labour is called


direct demand

derived demand

factory demand

market demand

4. Which of the following is not an investment expenditure in goods and services?


Purchase of a house

Purchase of a machinery

An increase in business inventories

Expansion of the main plant of a company


5. Which one of the following represents the savings of the private corporate sector?


Total profits of a company

Undistributed profits

Excess of income over expenditure

Dividends paid to share holders


6. Who presides over the joint session of Indian Parliament?


President of India

Chairperson of RajyaSabha

Senior most Member of Parliament

Speaker of Lok Sabha


7. Division of powers and independent Judiciary are the two important features of


unitary form of Government

democratic form of Government

federal form of Government

socialist form of Government


8. Which article of the Indian Constitution did Dr BR Ambedkar term as the 'Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution'?


Article 19

Article 356

Article 32

Article 14


9. Who was the first to use the term ‘State’?


Plato

Aristotle

Machiavelli

Hobbes


10. Under which article of the Constitution of India, can the fundamental rights of the members of the Armed Forces be specifically restricted?


Article 19

Article 21

Article 25

Article 33


11. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the


Chalukyas of Badami

Chalukyas of Kalyani

Pallavas of Kanchi

Cholas of TamilNadu


12. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the


Satavahanas

Pallavas

Cholas

Chalukyas


13. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an


regulating act

ordinance

resolution

white paper


14. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of AO Hume?


He was a member of the Indian Civil Service

He founded the Indian National Congress

He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice

He was an ornithologist


15. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence?


Tebhaga Movement

Punnapra Vayalar Movement

Telangana Movement

Noakhali Movement


16. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called


Topographic maps

Thematic maps

Atlas maps

Wall maps

17. Which river in India flows in a rift-valley?


Tapti

Narmada

Krishna

Cauvery


18. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called


peninsula

cape

isthmus

strait


19. Tiny marine animals which constitute limestone skeletons are called


foraminifera

coral reefs

diatoms

clamitomonous


20. Apatanis are the major tribal group of


Nagaland

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Jharkhand


21. Which of the following plant pigments absorbs in red and far-red region of light?


Chlorophyll

Phytochrome

Cryptochrome

Carotenoids


22. The process through which excess of light energy is dissipated in photosynthesis is known as


scavenging

photolysis

photophosphorylation

quenching


23. AIDS virus destroys


rnonocytes

neutrophils

basophils

lymphocytes


24. Teeth and Bones acquire strength and rigidity from


fluorine

chlorine

sodium

calcium


25. The type of tail found in Shark is


homocercal

heterocercal

diphycercal

protocercal


26. The Sigmoid Colon is part of


anal canal

large Intestine

ileum

small Intestine


27. A good conductor while carrying current is


negatively charged

positively charged

electrically neutral

alternately charged positive and negative


28. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is


dip

declination

latitude

azimuth


29. The device used for measuring the wavelength of X-rays is


cyclotron

bragg spectrometer

mass spectrometer

GM counter


30. Alpha particle is the nucleus of an atom of


hydrogen

helium

oxygen

lthium


31. Who is the founder of ‘Facebook’ which is currently the No.1 social networking website in India?


Martin Cooper

Orkut Buyukkokten

Mark Zuckerberg

Bill Gates


32. In programming, repeating some statements is usually called


structure

looping

control structure

compiling


33. Silicon is a polymer of


Silicon tetrachloride

Dialkyl dichloro silane

Silane

Tetraalkyl silane


34. Which is a natural colloid?


Urea

Cane-sugar

Blood

Sodium chloride


35. Which one of the following does not contain silver?


Lunar caustic

German silver

Horn silver

Ruby silver


36. The presence of cobalt in vitamin B12 was established for the first time by


spectroscopy

borax-Bead test

sodium nitroprusside test

hydrolysis test


37. Which bacterial strain developed from natural isolates by genetic manipulations can be used for treating oil spills?


Agrobacterium

Clostridum

Nitrosomonas

Pseudomonas


38. Coating of solid waste with impervious material is known as


Chemical fixation

landfill

capping

encapsulation


39. Ultraviolet rays can used in water treatment as


precipitator

hydrolyser

disinfectant

flocculator


40. Thiamidine dimer formation in DNA is caused by


X-rays

b and g -rays

UV-rays

IR-rays


41. Winner of the Australian Open Men’s Singles Title in 2013 is


Andy Murray

Rogaer Federer

Novak Djokovic

David Ferrer


42. Who among the following Presidents of MCC was a non-professional cricketer?


Colin Cowdrey

Peter May

Christopher Martin Jenkin

Ted Dexter


43. Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012?


UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

International Atomic Energy Agency

Liu Xiaobo

European Union


44. Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2011?


Sitakant Mahapatra

Sachidananda Routray

Pratibha Ray

Gopinath Mohanty


45. Who is the author of the book “No Full Stops in India”?


Ved Mehta

Nirad C Choudhuri

Mark Tully

RK Narayan


46. Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?


Red Square Moscow

Tiananmen Square – Beijing

Tahrir Square Abu Dhabi

Trafalgar Square London


47. The term of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council is


6 months

1 yr

2 yr

3 yr


48. Who is the Chairman of the 20th Law Commission?


Justice JS Verma

Justice KG Balakrishnan

Justice DK Jain

Justice Usha Mehra


49. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister of


Belgium

Canada

Australia

New Zealand


50. Which is the first state in India to pass the Food Security Law?


Kerala

Chhattisgarh

Gujarat

Punjab

Answer Key 1 to 50
1.c 6.d 11.a 16.a 21.a 26.b 31.c 36.b 41.c 46.c
2.d 7.c 12.c 17.b 22.b 27.a 32.a 37.a 42.c 47.c
3.c 8.c 13.b 18.d 23.d 28.c 33.a 38.b 43.d 48.c
4.c 9.c 14.c 19.b 24.d 29.b 34.b 39.c 44.c 49.c
5.a 10.d 15.a 20.c 25.b 30.b 35.b 40.c 45.c 50.b



Subject: Reasoning



51. Select the related letters/words/ numbers from the given alternatives.


Tanning Leather Pyrotechnics

Bombs

Fireworks

Wool

Machinery


52. Select the related letters/words/ numbers from the given alternatives.


King Throne Rider

Chair

Horse

Seat

Saddle


53. Select the related letters/words/ numbers from the given alternatives.


F 216 L

1728

1700

1600

1723

54. Select the related letters/words/ numbers from the given alternatives.


MOUSE KPSTC LIGHT

MGHFU

JGEFR

JJEIR

MJHIU

55. If 264 2 870 3 11, then what should 735 5 be?

12

16

03

05


56. Which one of the given response would be a meaningful order of the following?


Implementation
Conceptual Modelling
Requirements Analysis
Logical Modelling
Physical Model
Schema Refinement

1

4

1

5



57. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?


b_ab_b_aab_b

abbb

abba

baaa

aabb


58. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?


_bcab_cabc_abca_b

abca

aabc

bbca

abac


59. Find the odd word/number/number-pair from the given alternatives.


Head

Heed

Led

Heap


60. Find the odd word/number/number-pair from the given alternatives.


Scurvy

Rickets

Night-blindness

Influenza


61. Find the odd word/number/number-pair from the given alternatives.


Rain

Shower

Sleet

Raisin


62. Find the odd word/number/number-pair from the given alternatives.


547-563

71-55

517-523

248-231


63. Find the odd word/number/number-pair from the given alternatives.



13, 10, 13, 234, 681, 997

10

234

13

681




64. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.



AFI, JOR, MRU,

GJN

HMP

PMO

RJL


65. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.


bc, cde, de, efg, fg,

ghi

fgh

hij

ijk


66. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.


C E G I

X 24, M 21

K 11, M 13

O 15, X 24

M 18, K 14


67. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.



16, 51, 158,

1452

483

481

1454


68. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.



9 2 9 9 9 5

9 × 4

9 × 6

9 × 7

9 × 8


69. Priti scored more than Rahul. Yamuna scored as much as Divya. Lokita scored less than Manju. Rahul scored more than Yamuna. Manju scored less than Divya. Who scored the lowest?


Manju

Yamuna

Lokita

Rahul


70. A man showed a boy next to him and said "He is the son of my wife's sister-in-law but I am the only child of my parents." How is my son related to him?


Cousin

Brother

Uncle

Nephew


71. Find the correct group of signs to solve the equation.


24 16 8 32

–

–

×

–

72. Sunil is the son of Kesav. Simran, Kesav’s sister, has a son Maruti and daughter Sita. Prem is the maternal uncle of Maruti. How is Sunil related to Maruti?


Cousin

Maternal Uncle

Brother

Nephew


73. From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.


MANUSCRIPT


PRIMUS

SMART

RUSTIC

MASTER


74. From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.


SEGREGATION

NATION

GREAT

GREETINGS

SEATING


75. From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.


CONSTITUTIONAL

TUITION

TALENT

LOCATION

CONSULT


76. If each of the letters in the English alphabet is assigned an even numerical value by giving A B 4 and so on, what would be the total value of the letters for the word when similarly coded?


74

72

84

82

77. If the word 'LEADER' is coded as 20 13 9 12 13 26, how would you write



20 16 17 15 27

20 15 16 18 23

20 17 15 16 28

20 16 15 17 22


78. If the first and second letters in the word 'COMMUNICATIONS' were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the tenth letter counting from your right?


U

A

T

N


79. Which of the following interchanges of numbers would make the given equation correct?


8 × 20 3 9 – 5 38

8

9

5

9


80. Put the correct mathematical signs in the following equation from the given alternatives.


33 11 3 6 115

×

–

×




81. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace signs and to balance the given equation.



15 24 3 6 17

¸ –

× ¸

– ×

– ¸


82. Select the missing number from the given responses.


<img src='./qimages/1603-82.jpg'>


10

12

14

16

83. Select the missing number from the given responses.


<img src='./qimages/1603-83.jpg'>


126

122

128

124

84. Select the missing number from the given responses.


<img src='./qimages/1603-84.jpg'>


30

20

50

54


85. Raj is standing in the middle of a square field. He starts walking diagonally to North-East. Then, he turns right and reaches the far end of the field. Then, he turns right and starts walking. In the midway, he again turns right and starts walking. In halfway, he turns to his left and reaches new far end. In what direction is Raj now?


North

South

North-West

South-West


86. A boy starts from home in early morning and walks straight for 8 km facing the Sun. Then, he takes a right turn and walks for 3 km. Then, he turns right agian and walks for 2 km and then turns left and walks for 1 km. Then, he turns right, travels 1 km and then turns right and travels for 4 km straight. How far is he from the starting point?


5 km

6 km

2 km

4 km

87. One two statements are given, followed by two three conclusions II and III. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.



Statement
Sick people need medicine.


Conclusions

I. Healthy people do not need medicine.
II. People keep medicine in their home.


Only Conclusion I follows

Only Conclusion II follows

Both Conclusions I and II follow

Neither Conclusion I nor II follows


88. One two statements are given, followed by two three conclusions II and III. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.


Statements


I. Some years are decades.
II. All centuries are decades.

Conclusions


I. Some centuries are years.
II. Some decades are years.
III. No century is a year.


Conclusions I and II follow

Conclusions I and III follow

Only Conclusion I follows

Only Conclusion II follows


89. There is a ball and a rectangular jar. Four positions are shown below to keep then balanced. Which of the following will not be balanced easily?


<img src='./qimages/1603-89.jpg'>


90. Which one of the four boxes given below is created by folding the given key design in the question figure?

<img src='./qimages/1603-90.jpg'>


91. How many cubes are there in the group?


<img src='./qimages/1603-91.jpg'>


10

16

18

20


92. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the relationship among Earth, Sea and Sun?


<img src='./qimages/1603-92.jpg'>


93. Read the figure and find the region representing persons who are educated and employed but not confirmed.


<img src='./qimages/1603-93.jpg'>

ac

abc

bd

adc


94. In the given diagram, circle represents professionals, square represents dancers, triangle represents musicians and rectangle represents Europeans. Different regions in the diagram are numbered 1 to 11. Who among the following is neither a dancer nor a musician but is professional and not a European?


<img src='./qimages/1603-94.jpg'>


8

11

1

10

95. In the question which answer figures will complete the pattern in the question figure?


<img src='./qimages/1603-95.jpg'>


96. In the question which answer figures will complete the pattern in the question figure?


<img src='./qimages/1603-96.jpg'>



97. Which of the answer figures includes the separate components found in the question figure?


<img src='./qimages/1603-97.jpg'>


98. A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.


<img src='./qimages/1603-98.jpg'>


99. Choose the right water image of the question figure from the given answer figures.


<img src='./qimages/1603-99.jpg'>


100. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in anyone of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., can be represented by 02, 14 etc. and can be represented by 57, 76 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word


<img src='./qimages/1603-100.jpg'>


24, 22, 76, 97

24, 21, 77, 97

24, 22, 77, 97

24, 22, 77, 96


Answer Key from 51 to 100

1.b 6.c 11.d 16.b 21.d 26.c 31.a 36.a 41d 46.d
2.c 7.d 12.d 17.c 22.c 27.c 32.d 37.c 42.b 47.b
3.a 8.a 13.d 18.b 23.d 28.d 33.d 38.a 43.c 48.c
4.c 9.b 14.b 19.c 24.a 29.c 34.c 39.b 44.d 49.d
5.a 10.d 15.a 20.a 25.b 30.b 35.d 40.c 45.c 50.c



Subject: Quantitative Aptitude

101. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A can do it in 15 days. B and C together can complete it in


6 days

8 days

10 days

12 days

102. A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together but, after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after 2 more days, B alone could do the work in


4 days

6 days

8 days

10 days


103. A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in 15/2 then B can do it in


4 h

6 h

8 h

10 h

104. A rational number between 3/4 and 3/8 is


7/3

16/9

9/16

1/7

105. Product of two coprime numbers is 117. Then their LCM is

9

13

39

117


106. The diameters of two circles are the side of a square and the diagonal of the square. The ratio of the areas of the smaller circle and the larger circle is


<img src='./qimages/1603-106.jpg'>


107. The total surface area of a sphere is 8p square unit. The volume of the sphere is

<img src='./qimages/1603-107.jpg'>

108. A conical flask is full of water. The flask has base radius r and height h. This water is poured into a cylindrical flask of base radius mr. The height of water in the cylindrical flask is


<img src='./qimages/1603-108.jpg'>


109. A dozen pairs of socks quoted at Rs.180 are available at discount of 20%. How many pairs of socks can be bought for Rs.48?

4 pairs

2 pairs

5 pairs

3 pairs


110. The marked price of a table is Rs.12000. If it was sold for Rs.10500 after allowing a certain discount, then the rate of discount is


10%

12.5%

15%

17.5%

111. The marked price of a radio set is Rs.480. The shopkeeper allows discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percent would be


18%

18.5%

20%

25%


112. The prices of a school bag and a shoe are in the ratio 7:5. The price of school bag is Rs.200 more than the price of a shoe. Then, the price of a shoe is


Rs.700

Rs.500

Rs.1200

Rs.200

113. A sum of Rs.300 is divided among Q and R in such a way that Q gets Rs.30 more than P and R gets Rs.60 more than Q. The ratio of their shares is


2 3 5

3 2 5

2 5 3

5 3 2


114. The average of nine numbers is 50. The average of the first five numbers is 54 and that of the last three numbers is 52. Then, the sixth number is


34

24

44

30



115. The average of the first nine integral multiples of 3 is


12

15

18

21


116. An article is sold for Rs.300 at a profit of 20%. Had it been sold for Rs.235, the loss percentage would have been

3

5

6

16


117. A box has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls and 50 black balls. 25% of blue balls and 50% of red balls are taken away. Then, percentage of black balls at present is


25%

100/3%

40%

50%


118. Two cars are moving with speeds v1 and v2 towards a crossing along two roads. If their distance from the crossing be 40m and 50m at an instant of time, then they do not collide, if their speeds are such that

<img src='./qimages/1603-118.jpg'>

119. A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speeds is


4 1

1 4

2 1

1 2

120. The simple interest on Rs.4000 in 3 yr at the rate of per annum equals to the simple interest on Rs.5000 at the rate of 12% per annum in 2 yr. The value of x is








10%

121. If x2 – 3x 1 then value of

x2 x is


2

6

8

10

122. <img src='./qimages/1603-122.jpg'>

3

4

6

9

123. <img src='./qimages/1603-123.jpg'>


9.898

10.312

8.484

4.242


124. If a2 b2 4c2 2(a b – 2c) – 3 and c are real, then the value of (a2 b 2 c is


13/4

2

9/4

3


125. A number x when divided by 289 leaves 18 as the remainder. The same number when divided by 17 leaves y as a remainder. The value of y is

2

3

1

5

126. <img src='./qimages/1603-126.jpg'>







None of these


127. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than its denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and the denominator is increased by then the denominator becomes eight times the numerator. Find the fraction.

<img src='./qimages/1603-127.jpg'>


128. <img src='./qimages/1603-128.jpg'>


1

2

0

– 1

129. <img src='./qimages/1603-129.jpg'>


60°

45°

55°

35°

130. <img src='./qimages/1603-130.jpg'>


8 cm 2

16 cm 2

24 cm 2

32 cm 2


131. The diagonals AC and BD of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at the point P. Then, it is always true that


AP . CP BP . DP

AP . BP CP . DP

AP . CD AB . CP

BP . AB CD . CP


132. N is the foot of the perpendicular from a point P of a circle with radius 7cm, on a diameter AB of the circle. If the length of the chord PB is 12cm, the distance of the point N from the point B is


<img src='./qimages/1603-132.jpg'>


133. <img src='./qimages/1603-133.jpg'>


50°

55°

60°

65°


134. A vertical stick 12 cm long casts a shadow 8 cm long on the ground. At the same time, a tower casts a shadow 40m long on the ground. The height of the tower is


60m

65m

70m

72m

135. <img src='./qimages/1603-135.jpg'>


90°

100°

110°

120°


136. In a triangle, if three altitudes are equal, then the triangle is


equilateral

right

isosceles

obtuse

137. The tops of two poles of height 24m and 36m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal, then the length of the wire is

<img src='./qimages/1603-137.jpg'>


138. <img src='./qimages/1603-138.jpg'>


139. <img src='./qimages/1603-139.jpg'>


140. <img src='./qimages/1603-140.jpg'>


141. <img src='./qimages/1603-141.jpg'>


142. <img src='./qimages/1603-142.jpg'>


143. <img src='./qimages/1603-143.jpg'>


144. The selling price of 20 articles is equal to the cost price of 22 articles. The gain percentage is


12%



10%

11%

145. A man gains10% by selling an article for a cetain price. If he sells it at double the price, then the profit made is


120%

20%

40%

100%

146. A number increased by 275/2 and the increment is 33. The number is


27

22

24

25


147. The following pie chart shows the marks scored by a student in different subjects- viz. Physics Chemistry Mathematics Social Science and English in an examination. Assuming that total marks obtained for the examination is 810, answer the questions given below.

<img src='./qimages/1603-147.jpg'>

The marks obtained in English, Physics and Social Science exceed the marks obtained in Mathematics and Chemistry by

<img src='./qimages/1603-147-a.jpg'>


148. The following pie chart shows the marks scored by a student in different subjects- viz. Physics Chemistry Mathematics Social Science and English in an examination. Assuming that total marks obtained for the examination is 810, answer the questions given below.

<img src='./qimages/1603-147.jpg'>

The difference of marks between Physics and Chemistry is same as that between


Physics and English

Mathematics and English

English and Social Science

Chemistry and Social Science


149. The following pie chart shows the marks scored by a student in different subjects- viz. Physics Chemistry Mathematics Social Science and English in an examination. Assuming that total marks obtained for the examination is 810, answer the questions given below.

<img src='./qimages/1603-147.jpg'>

The marks obtained in Mathematics and Chemistry exceed the marks obtained in Physics and Social Science by


30

40

45

50

150. The following pie chart shows the marks scored by a student in different subjects- viz. Physics Chemistry Mathematics Social Science and English in an examination. Assuming that total marks obtained for the examination is 810, answer the questions given below.

<img src='./qimages/1603-147.jpg'>


The subject in which the student obtained 135 marks is


Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

English

Answer Key 101-150

1.c 6.d 11.c 16.c 21.d 26.b 31.b 36.a 41.b 46.c
2.b 7.d 12.b 17.b 22.b 27.a 32.c 37.a 42.a 47.d
3.b 8.c 13.a 18.d 23.a 28.a 33.c 38.a 43.a 48.d
4.c 9.a 14.b 19.b 24.c 29.c 34.a 39.c 44.c 49.c
5.d 10.b 15.b 20.d 25.c 30.b 35.c 40.b 45.a 50.d



Pre.) Previous Year Solved Paper 2013
Subject: General English

Directions (Q. Nos. In these questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is

1. We have been knowing each other since we were children. No error

2. Neither of the teams are sensible enough to do this task. No error

3. If I was he I wouldn’t accept this project. No error

4. The teacher advised to the student to borrow a book from the library within three days. No error

5. I insisted on his going there immediately. No error

Directions (Q. Nos. In these questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

6. The Information and Communication Technology has age and employes very highly paid technocrats.

come of
come upon
come out of
come through

7. They reached the railway station before the train .

had left
had been left
left
was leaving

8. He slipped his old ways and started drinking again.

into
off
by
in

9. All is not well the automobile sector.

of
down
in
to

10. Many premier educational institutions come forward to have a with flourshing industries.

tie-down
tie-up
tie-in
tie-on

Directions (Q. Nos. 11-13) In these questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

11. Stern

Lenient
Young
Stem
Strict

12. Citadel

Metropolis
Mansion
Fortress
Palace

13. Aberration

Justification
Intensification
Deviation
Rationality

Directions (Q. Nos. 14-16) In these questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it.

14. Dormant

Active
Inactive
Dorsal
Domestic

15. Tranquility

Disturbance
Quiet
Serenity
Peace

16. Dwindle

Decrease
Diminish
Shrink
Increase

Directions (Q. Nos. 17-21) In these questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

17. Acquiring a job a cakewalk for a student who has good academic performance coupled with the good attitude.

walk away with a cake
a difficult achievement
a walkway made with cakes
an easy achievement

18. Let sleeping dogs lie.

Do not bring up an old controversial issue
Dogs can raise tempers
Do not allow dogs to stand
Prevent dog mobility

19. To get admission in present day educational institutions, all children should be be born with a silver spoon in the mouth.

be born to silver spoon manufacturer
always hold a silver spoon
be born with silver spoon
be born in a rich family

20. A man of straw means

a worthy fellow
an unreasonable person
a man of no substance
a very active person

21. Children complain about their parents’ gifts. They should learn not to look gift horse in the mouth.

not to look at a horse’s mouth
not to find fault with the gifts received
not to ask for more gift
not to find goodness in the gifts

Directions (Q. Nos. 22-31) In these questions a sentence/ part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at and which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is

22. If I had the money I would have bought the house.

If I had had the money I would have bought the house
If I have the money I would have bought the house
If I have had the money I would have bought the house
No improvement

23. I wish I knew what is wrong with my car.

I wish I had known what is wrong with my car
I wish I know what is wrong with my car
I wish I knew what was wrong with my car
No improvement

24. Just before he died, Amar, who is a poet, wrote this poem.

Just before he died, Amar, who was a poet, wrote this poem
Amar, who is a poet, wrote this poem just before he died
Amar wrote this poem, who is poet, just before he died
No improvement

25. The flag will be risen on the 15th of August.

The flag will be roused on the 15th of August
The flag will be rising on the 15th August
The flag will be raised on the 15th of August
No improvement

26. Sushma has wisdom, charm and she has a good sense of humour.

Sushma had a good sense of humour
a good sense of humour
has a good sense of humour
No improvement

27. They knocked down ten houses when they built the new road.

ruptured
removed
pulled down
No improvement

28. Don’t sit in the grass. It’s wet.

by the side of
on
beside
No improvement

29. The game is more important than the winning of the prize.

The gaming is more important than the winning of the prize
The game is more important than winning of the prize
Gaming is more important than winning of the prize
No imporovement

30. The actor is out of jail, and not exactly a free man, since he will be under house arrest for an additional 90 days.

but not exactly a free man
though exactly a free man
if not exactly a free man
No improvement

31. Some players on the team suffer from chronic knee problems and will not play in the next playoff.

Some player on the team suffered
Some player on the team suffer
Some players on the team suffers
No improvement

Directions (Q. Nos. 32-38) In these questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

32. To reduce to nothing

Cull
Lull
Null
Annul

33. An obviously true or hackneyed statement

Truism
Syllogism
Iconic
Imagism

34. Words inscribed on a tomb

Epilogue
Epitaph
Epitome
Epistle

35. The act of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen

Hieroglyphics
Calligraphy
Stencilling
Graphics

36. A word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase.

Acronym
Abridgement
Almanac
Anachronism

37. A person of obscure position who has gained wealth.

Extrabagant
Promiscuous
Parvenu
Sumptuary

38. A study of sounds is known as

semantics
sylistics
linguistics
phonetics

Directions (Q. Nos. 39-40) In these questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

39.

Busyness
Bussyness
Business
Bussiness

40.

Questionnaire
Questionnair
Questionaire
Questionnare

Directions (Q. Nos. 41-50) In these questions you have a passage with 10 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four.

The postmaster first took up his duties in the village of Ulapur. Though the village was a small one, there was an indigo factory nearby and the propritor, an Englishman, had managed to get a post office established.
Our postmaster belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of water in this remove village. His office and living-room were in a dark thatched shed, not far from a green, silmy pond, surrounded on all sides by a dense growth.
The men employed in the indigo factory had no leisure, moreover they were hardly desirable companions for decent folk. Nor is a Calcutta boy an adept in the art of associating with others. Among strangers he appears either proud or ill at ease. At any rate the postmaster had but little company, nor had he much to do.
At times he tried his hand at writing a verse or two. That the movement of the leaves and clouds of the sky were enough to fill life with joy such were the sentiments to which he sought to give expression. But God knows that the poor fellow would have felt it as the gift of a new life, if some genie of the Arabian Nights had in one night swept away the trees, leaves and all, and replaced them with a macadamised road, hiding the clouds from view with rows of tall houses.

41. What does the idiom ‘fish out of water’ suggest?

In unfamiliar surroundings
can die any moment
grasping for breath
amphibious creature

42. Find a word in the passage which is the opposite of ‘near’.

Convenient
Unknown
Close
Remote

43. Find a word in the passage which means ‘the owner of a business’.

Constructor
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Proprietor

44. The adjective used to describe the postmaster’s living-room is

bright
dark
light
deep

45. What does the phrase ‘ill at ease’ in the passage mean?

Forward
Disease
Comfortable
Uneasy

46. What does the phrase ‘little company’ in the passage mean?

Bad friendship
Hardly any friends
Small business
Business-like

47. At times, the postmaster wrote

poems
novels
short stories
dramas

48. The postmaster wrote on the

beauty of nature
beauty of himself
beauty of the weather
beauty of the village

49. The word ‘genie’ means

monster
spirit
ghost
soul

50. Which factory was situated near the village Ulapur?

Chemical
Rubber
Clothes
Dyes
Answer Key
1.a 6.a 11.d 16.d 21.b 26.b 31.d 36.a 41.a 46.b
2.b 7.c 12.c 17.d 22.a 27.c 32.c 37.c 42.d 47.a
3.a 8.a 13.c 18.a 23.c 28.b 33.a 38.d 43.d 48.a
4.a 9.c 14.a 19.d 24.a 29.b 34.b 39.c 44.b 49.b
5.b 10.b 15.d 20.c 25.b 30.a 35.b 40.a 45.d 50.d