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Part- A General English (Objective type)
No. of questions
40
Part- B General Studies (Objective type)
Part-C General English (Descriptive type)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. The question paper is in the form of test booklet.
2. A separate OMR answer sheet is provided to all candidates for answering Part-A
and Part-B (objective type)
3. A separate answer booklet is provided to all candidates for answering Part-C
(Descriptive type). Answer to be written bypen only.
4. Each objective question is provided with a text and figures wherever appiicable
multiple answers and which includes one correct answer.
5. Refer answer sheet instructions and use HB pencil for answering all the objectl
type questions.
6. . All objective questions carry 1 mark each and descriptive type questions 10 marks
each.
7. Multiple answers for a question will be regarded as wrong answer.
8. Although the test stresses on accuracy more than speed, it is important for you to
use your time as effectively as possible.
9. Do not waste time on questions which are too difficult for you. Go on to other
questions and come back to the difficult ones
10. Question booklets have been marked with A or B or C or D or E or F on the right
hand top corner, which shall be written on the answer sheet in the box and bubble
appropriately.
11. Enter your name and roll number correctly on the OMR answer sheet.
12. Enter all information as per the instructions given in the answer sheet.
13. Space available in the Question booklet could be used for rough work, if required
and no separate sheet will be provided.
14. At the end of the test Written test Call Letter with photograph OMR Answer
Sheet,(3) Descriptive type answer sheet and Test Booklet shall be returned to
the Invigilator.
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PART-A [GENERAL ENGLISH]
"Direction: In the following three questions, out of the four alternatives, choose
the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
1. Life history of a person written by another:
autobiography biography
bibliography Memoir
2. One who forcibly takes control of a bus or an aircraft:
Pirate swindler
hijacker pilferer
3. The place where public, government or historical records are kept:
coffer pantry
scullery archives
Direction:=Jn the following three questions, out of the given aitematives, choose
the one which can best replace the italicized word in the sentence without
changing the meaning of the sentence.
4. He was drawn to the vortex of politics at a very early age.
whirlpool
arena


field
hell
5. The cyclone had blown some of the cars to funny places.
humorous cranky irre!;Jular odd
6. Her today's story was merely an exaggeration of what happened
before my eyes.


overstatement
falsehood


reproduction
understatement
Direction: In the following three questions, choose the word which best
expresses meaning of the word given in capital.
7. BROWSE
8.
9.
Heal. Deceive. Examine Strike.
RECKLESS
Courageous Rash Bold Daring
ABSURD
Foolish Simple Courageous Silly
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Direction:-In the following three questions, find out the pair of words which
makes the sentence meaningful and complete.
10. If you kindly bear me for sometime, I shall
whole issue.

and
·consensus, similarly
agreement, differently
on, solve
with, clarify
can only be alleviated by
solution, critically
disagreement, collectively


out, understand
for, know
Problems of the country

careful, unscrupulous extraordinary, uncompromising
dedicated, patriotic selfish, irresponsible
Nine members have about the decision, but the tenth one views it
11.
12.
either will do
each will do and either will do
Direction:c In the following three questions, find thecorrect/y spelt word:
13. Osttentatious Ostentetious
Ostentatious Ostenttatious
14. Rennaissance Rennaisance
Renaisance Renaissance
15. Schezophrenia Schizaphrenia
Schizophrenia Schizophrania
Direction :In the following five questions, choose the correct word to fill the
blank:
16. It is a good chance. You must avail this opportunity.
of yourself of
for from
17. Copper, Silver and Gold .
each will do
anyone will do
18. These elections will be remembered as much for its anti-incumbency
mood as for its mandate.


invincible
unprecedented


rational
deliberate
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19. We upset ourselves by responding in an
someone else's actions.
manner to
unabashed irrational
arduous arguable
20. All the people involved in that issue feel a great to his
suggestion.
contradiction adherence
indifference repugnance
Direction: In the following three questions, three words having different
meanings of a certain word are given. Select that word from the answer choic(3s,
given under each set of words:
21. practical, sensible, realistic
22.
23.
logical materialistic
reasonable creative
deliberate, planned, purposeful
approximated guessed
created calculated
produce; create, generate
gardening construct
destroy drive
Direction: In the following three questions, sentences are given with blanks to be
filled in with prepositions. Four alternative sets are given for each question.
Choose the correct preposition or set of prepositions as demanded by the
question:


25.
24. the corner of the street stood a policeman an
umbrella, shivering in the rain.
on, with near, under
by, in at, under
cover of darkness, the enemy crept the hill.
in, over in, along
under the, up through, upon
26. two weeks, he did not venture the safety
of his house, even once.


within, for
for, over


for, beyond
over, for
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Direction: In the following three questions, select the lettered pair that expresses·
relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair:
27. Cool Cold
28.
29.
Length Width Gold Bourne
Plant: Tree Pretty: Beautiful
Editor: Newspaper
Lecturer: University Teacher: School
Nurse: Hospital Architect: Design
Jeweller: Ornament
Doctor: Patients Mechanic: Repair
Artism Goldsmith Architect: Plans
Direction: In the following three questions four groups of words are given. In
e<:1ch group one word is misspelt. Find the misspelt word:
30. measurement disagreement
concerned controvarcial
31. irrelevant irreverent
. hackneyed imutable
32. lieage limber
lineament likelihood
Direction: In the following three questions,a part of the sentence is bold.. .Below
are given alternatives to the bold part at and which may improve the
sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is
neededJ your answer is
33. One study that examined the claim directly in 1995 found that a group of
people did burned much calories from fat on days when they exercised
on an empty stomach than on days when they had a small breakfast first.
burn more calories from fat on days
burn more calorie from fat on days
burnt more calories from fat on days
No improvement
34. Goa was full of non-Goa property hunters rushing about busying up the
place like tOmorfOW was an expired lease.
rushing in busying up the place
.rushed about busying up the place
rushing about to buy up the place
No improvement
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35. Still, it's under-the-upper layers themselves who are aspiring for
slivers of luxury


layers themselves which
layers themself which


layer itself who
No improvement
Direction: In the following three questions, Proverbs/Idioms are given together
with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom:
36. "To turn the tables" means
to ruin someone
to turn the situation to one's own side.
to reverse the situation
to move from one point to another
37. Day and night, he 'yearns for' his beloved, means
He weeps for his beloved
He remembers his beloved
He admires his beloved
He keenly desires to meet his beloved
38. "This medicine is a panacea" means
this medicine is not good.
this medicine has wonderful curing power
this is medicine that can cure every disease
none of these
Direction:- In the fol/owing two questions, the sentences have been given in
Active/Passive voice.· From the given .options, choose the one which best
expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.-
39. Who gave you this letter?
This letter was given to you by whom?
This letter had given to you by whom?
Was this letter given to you?
By whom was this letter given to you?
40. There is no time to waste.
There is no time to be wasted.
No time to be wasted there.
No time to be wasted by there.
No time is to be wasted.
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PART-B [GENERAL STUDIES]
Direction:ln each of the following questions, there is a set of four figures labeled
3 and 4 called the Problem Set followed by a set of four other figures
labeled c and d called the Answer Set. Fig.(3) contains a question-mark.
Select a suitable figure from the Answer set which will substitute this questionmark
so that a series is formed by the figures 3 and 4 taken in order. The
alphabet of the selected figure is the answer.
41
.0 .0 .0 .0

42.
1 2 3 4 a b c d

1 2 4 a b c d
Direction: The following question consists of five figures marked and 5
called the Problem Figures followed by the other figures marked c and d
called the Answer Figures. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures
which wi.f/ continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.
43.
....,+ 0 0 0 0 0 0
.6.0. AD. AD. O. •
0.6-
0 0 tJ • 0 0
0 .0+ • 2 3 4 5 a b c d
44. The Chief Justice of India is
Justice V. N. Khare
Justice 8. D. Ahmad
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
None of these
45. The total sum of the goods and services produced within a country
in a year minus depreciation is called the
Gross National Product
'Gross Domestic Product
Net National Product
Net Domestic Product
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46. A rise in "SENSEX" means
A rise in prices of shares of all companies registered with Bombay
Stock Exchange.
A rise in prices of shares of all companies registered with National
Stock Exchange
An overall rise in prices of shares of group of companies registered
with Bombay Stock Exchange
A rise in prices of shares of all companies belonging to a group of
companies registered with Bombay Stock Exchange
47. The largest flightless bird which can run at a great speed is


Penguin
Ostrich


Kiwi
Emu
48. Who is the present UN Secretary General?


Kofi Annan
Koichiro Matsuura


Baan Ki-Moon
Horst Koehler
Direction: In the foi/owing twoquesUons, four pairs of words are given out of
.which the words in three pairs bear a certain common relationship. Choose the
pair in which the words are differently related.
49.
50.
Death Disease Milk: Butter
Grape: Wjne Brick: House
Captain: Team Boss: Gang
Prime Minister: Cabinet Artist: Troupe
Direction: In the following questions, choose the correct answer:-
51. "Vision India 2020" is a book written by
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Narendra Modi


I.K. Gujral
Shushil Kumar Shinde
52. If ROSE is written as TQUG, how BISCUIT can be written in that
code?


CJTDVJU
DKUEWKY


DKVEWKV
DKUEWKV
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53. If the positions of the first and sixth letters of the word 'BENEFICIAL'
are interchanged, similarly the positions of the second and seventh
letters are interchanged and so on, which letter will be third from the
right after rearrangement.
C E F N
54. If white is called blue, blue is called red, red is called yellow, yellow
is called green, green is called black, black is called violet and violet
is called orange, what would be the colour of human blood?
Red Green Yellow Violet
55. If cushion is called pillow, pillow is called mat, mat is called bedsheet
and bedsheet is called cover, which will be spread on the floor?
Cover Bedsheet Mat Pillow
56. Looking at.a portrait of a man, Harsh said, "His mother is the wife of
my father's son. Brothers and sisters I have none." At whose
portrait was Harsh looking?


His son
His uncle


His cousin
His nephew
57. Pointing out to a lady, a girl said, "She is the. daughter-in-law of the
grandmother of my father's only son." How is the lady related to the
girl?


Sister-in-law
Aunt


Mother
Mother-in-law
58. Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is
sitting next to R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting'",
next to K. Who are.sitting adjacent to .
K and P Rand P
Only P P and T
59. is related to in the same way as is related to:
weight
Forest


gravity
Sea
60. Find the missing number/letters in the series.



x
w


y
U
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Direction:/n the following fifteen questions, choose the correct answer:-
61. Who was the main architect of the Russian Revolution?
Karl Marx
Stalin
Lenin
Tolstoy
62. The British Prime Minister at the time of India's Independence was:
Winston Churchill Clement Attlee
Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
63. Who was the political guru of M.K.Gandhi?
Dadabhai Naoroji Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai Lokmanya Tilak
64. For the first time the department of Public Works was established by:
lItutmish Balban
Alauddin Khilji Firoz Shah Tughlaq
65. Which of the following is not a financial institution?


UTI
lOBI
ECGC
FICCI
66. Which one of the following deals with Economic Offences?


NASA
COFEPOSA
MISA
TADA
67. Largest revenue in India is obtained from:
Direct Tax Excise Duties
Railways None of the above
68. The Chief Justice of a High Court in India is appointed by the:
Governor of the State Prime Minister of India
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court President of India
69. In Indian Republic the real executive authority rests with the:
Prime Minister President
Bureaucrats Council of Ministers
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70. The control of the preparation of electoral rolls for Parliament and
Legislatives in India, vests with:
Cabinet Prime Minister
President Election Commission
71. Who amongst the following is associated with "Microsoft"?
Andrew Grove Bill Gates
Ted Turner Rupert Murdoch
72. The concept of Five year Plans in India was introduced by:
Lord Mountbatten Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi Lal Bahadur Shastri
73. Who amongst the following is the author of the book "through the
Corridors of Power" released recently?
KiranBedi P.C Alexander
J.N Dixit T.N Sheshan
74. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India is:
Dr. P.KK. Ayyankar . Dr. R. Valiathan
Dr. Venugopal Dr. R. Kesavan Nair
75. Which of these is not included asa Fundamental Right in the Indian
Constitution? .
Right to Freedom of Speech
Right to Equality before the Law
. Right to Constitutional Remedies
Right to Equal Wages for Equal Work.
76. Which of the following District is one of the International border of
India?


Sirsa
Karimganj
Anantnag
Purulia
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77. As per Indian Constitution, in the event of any conflict between the
union laws and state laws
The matter is referred to the Supreme Court
The state laws shall prevail
The union laws shall prevail
The matter is referred to the Parliamentary Committee specifically
constituted to resolve the dispute..
78. How can the President of India utilize funds from the Contingency
Fund?




During National Emergency
After parliamentary sanction
He cannot spend it
Prior to parliamentary sanction
Direction: In the following two questions, three words in bold letters are given,
which have something in common among themselves. Out of the four given
alternatives, choose the most appropriate description about these three words.
79. Sandstone: Limestone: Coal
They are formed by metamorphic rocks.
They are chemical minerals.
They are found in river beds.
They are formed in sedimentary rocks.
80. Chlorine: Fluorine: Iodine
These are names of inert gases.
These are gases at room temperature.
These are transition elements. .
These are halogens. .
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PART-C [DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS]
1. Write an essay on anyone of the following (about 400 words)
Contribution of Space Technology to Society.
or
Empowerment of Women in the Society.
or
The Right to Information Act-2005 A right step towards better
transparency in governance? .
or
Indo-US Nuclear deal
2. Write a letter on any one of the following (about 300 words)
You are Ajith Kumar of 75/2 of Vasanth Vihar on S.M. Road of the
Ahmedabad City. Some road work was started on this road some six
months back but not completed yet. Despite plea to many local
authorities, no action was taken to complete the repair work. You
and a few residents of your Society have also witnessed a couple of
accidents on this road after the repair work commenced. Write a
strong letter to the Editor, Times of India, Ahmedabad Edition on the
plight of the ctbove road and negligence of the local authorities
concerned.
or
Write a letter to the Chairman, Water Supply Board about the poor
and irregular water supply in your area and seeking improvements in
the supply of water.

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