Exam Details
Subject | ||
Paper | paper 1 | |
Exam / Course | ssc cgl combined graduate level | |
Department | ||
Organization | Staff Selection Commission | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | 2014 | |
City, State | central government, |
Question Paper
PART A GENERAL INTELLIGENCE REASONNING
1. An insect is walking in a straight Line. It covers a distance of 15 cm per minute. it comes back 2.5cm after every 15 cm. How long will it take to cover a distance of 1metre?
6.5min
8min
10min
12min
2. A group of alphabets are given with each being assigned a number. These have to be unscrambled into a meaningful word and correct order of letters may be indicated from the given responses.
T M H R E O
5 4 3 2 1 0
025314
315402
405312
504231
3. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:
TRIVANDRUM
RAIN
DRUM
TRAIN
DRUK
4. How many meaningful Englih words can be made with the letters using each letter only once in each word?
FOUR
THREE
TWO
ONE
5. A shopkeeper quotes the rate on the price tag by replacing numbers with letters as follows:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
B R O W N S T I C K
If a customer purchases two items whose price tags read Rs IIT a Rs.NICK,what is the total amount he has to pay?
Rs. 4776
Rs. 4765
Rs. 5565
Rs. 5665
6. If CASUAL is coded as SACLAU, then what would be the code of MATRIC
CIRTAM
TMAICR
TAMCIR
ATMCIR
7. If is written as as as as as and as then how is 'MASTER' written in that code?
8. If 1 candle in box number 1 is placed in box number then box-2 has twice the number of candles that box 1 has. If 1 candle from box is placed in box-1 then box-2 and box-1 have the same number of candles.
How many candles were there in Box-1 and box-2?
Box-1 5:3
Box-2 7:5
Box-1 6:4
Box-2 5:7
9. Which of the following interchange of signs would make the equation correct?
andX,2&4
andX,4&6
andX,2&6
andX,3&4
10. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the signs and to balance the following equation:
X
X
11. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace* signs and to balance the following equation:
8 8 5 10 2 25
X
X X
X X
12. select the missing number from the given response.
7 6 6
8 6
3 4 5
168 144 120
8
10
5
4
13. select the missing number from the given response.
8 5 6
3 7 5
1 4 2
74 90 ?
65
85
52
76
14. select the missing number from the given response.
22 46 24
27 58 31
32 68 ?
46
36
32
38
15. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
Voyage:Sea sickness: :Heights:?
Ship
Travel
Giddiness
Motion
16. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
Waitress:Restaurant::?
Doctor:Nurse
Driver:Truck
Teacher: School
Actor: Role
17. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
AROUND:RAUODN::GROUND:?
RGUODN
NDOOGR
OUNDGR
DNUURG
18. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
APPROACHED: ROACHEDAPP:: BARGAINED:?
AINEDBARG
GAINEDBAR
GAINEDRAB
RABGAINED
19. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
7:343
9:243
10:500
5:75
20. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
23
82
97
113
21. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
Obsterician
Podiatrist
Pulmonologist
Prosthetist
22. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
Century
Decadent
Year
Month
23. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
FEDC
STUV
LKJI
RQPO
24. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
LPXOY
ROST
FBDLX
MPONL
25. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
14-16
56-64
77-88
80-93
26. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
13-21
19-27
15-23
16-24
27. which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?
1 apartment 2 town 3 street 4 building 5 complex
28. If the following words are arranged in reverse dictionary order, which word comes second
Explosion
Express
Exploit
Expulse
29. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
ac C cb__acbcacbca bc
abbb
bacc
babc
bbcc
30. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
IR
IV
JQ
KP
31. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
3
5
120
8
32. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
156,506, 1806
1056
856
1456
1506
33. Suket has three daughters and each daughter has a brother, How many male members are there in the family?
4
2
3
1
34. Dinesh and Ramesh start together from a certain point in the opposite direction on motorcycles. The speed of Dinesh is 60 km per thousand Ramesh 44 km per hour. What will be the distance between them after 15 minutes?
29 km.
24 km.
26 km.
30 km.
35. On one side of a street are even numbers and on the other side are odd numbers. No. 1 is exactly in front of No. 2. My house is No. 9. from my house, a man comes up from No.2 and knocks at the door, five doors beyond the house in front of me. What is the No.of that house?
18
20
22
26
36. Four players and S are standing a play field in such a way that Q is to East of P,R is to the South of P and S is to the North of P. In which direction of Q is S standing?
North
South
North-West
South-East
37. One statement is given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true, even it it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statement Indicate your answer,
Statement: The rich must live more
Simply. All poor people are simple.
Conclusions: I. Rich people waste money.
II. Poor people save money.
Only I follows.
Only II follows.
Neither I nor II follow.
Both I and II follow.
38. All roses in Sita's garden are red.
All marigold flowers in Sita's garden are orange.
All flowers in Sita's garden are either red or orange.
if 1st two statements are true, the third is
true
False
Uncertain
Vague
39. Find out which answer figure will exactly make up the question figure.
Question figure:
Answer figures:
40. How many triangles are there in the give figure
Figure
48
60
56
52
41. Choose the cube that will be formed by folding the sheet of paper shown in the problem figure.
Question figure:
Answer Figures:
42. In a group of persons, 11 persons speak Kannada, 20 persons speak Tamil and 11 persons speak Telugu. In that group, if two persons speak two languages and one person speak all the languages, then how many persons are there in the group?
40
41
42
43
43. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the relationship among Human Society Youth Club,Political Party and Youths?
44. Which one of the following diagrams represent correct relationship among pigeon, birds, dogs?
figures
1
2
3
4
Direction: In question Nos, 45 &46 which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
45. Question figure:
Answer figures:
46. Question Figure:
Answer figures
47. From the given answer figures, select the figure which is hidden embedded in the question figure.
Question Figure:
ANswer figures:
48. A piece of paper is folded and cut as show below in the question figures from the given answer figures, indicatre how it will appear when opened.
Question figures.
Answer figures
49. If a mirror is place on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
Question figure:
Answer figures:
50.A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one 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 30,23,etc. and can be represented by 97,89, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set fro the given word.
"DAKU"
Matrix - MatrixII
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 A F K P U 9 D I N S X
3 F K A U P 9 D I N S X
2 P U F K A 7 N X S I D 1 K P U A F 6 S D X N I
0 U A P F K 5 I N D X S
95,40,04,42
24,95,20,27
88,24,10,34
57,13,23,21
Part- B GENERAL AWARENESS
51.What is 'Biodiversity'?
Many types of flora fauna in one forest
Many types of flora and fauna in many forests
Many population of one secies in one forest
All the above are true.
52. Where is the headquarters of Hindustan Zink Ltd?
Udaipur
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Jaipur
53. Leaving agricultural land uncultivated for some years known as
Intensive farming
Fallowing
Shifting cultivation
Subsistences farming
54. The sky appears blue due to
rayleigh scattering
Mie scattering
Back scattering
None of the above
55. The mountain formed on the earth crust due to tension is called
Young folded mountain
Old folded mountain
Laccolith mountain
Block mountain
56. Movement of hairs in Drosera is referred to as
Heliotropism
Thigmotropism
Photonastic
Seismonastic
57. Which of the following is an example of parasitic alga?
Ulothrix
Cephaleuros
Oedogonium
Sargassum
58. Solitary cymose inflorescence is observed in
Rose
Chinarose
Tuberose
Gardenia
59. The excretory aperture in paramoecium is known as
Cytopharynx
Cytostome
Cytopyge
Cryptospere
60. IVF in Vitor Fertilization) Technique was firs devised by
Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Dr. Henry Dixon
Robertson
Dr. Martin Cooper
61. Just born baby has the respiratory rate as
32 times/minute
26 times/minute
18 times/minute
15 times/minute
62. A particle is moving in a uniform circular motion with constant speed V along a circle of radius r. The acceleration of the particle is
zero
v/r
v/r2
v2/r
63. Which of the following devices can be used to detect radiant heat?
Liquid thermometer
Six'smaximum and minimum thermometer
Constant volume air thermometer
Thermopile
64. In which one of the following the phenomenon of total internal reflection of light is light is used?
Formation of mirage
Working of binoculars
Formation of rainbow
Twinkling of stars
65. Period of oscillation of 3cm microwaves in seconds is
1X 10 10
1X 10-10
0.01
0.001
66. The most advanced form of Read Only Memory is
PROM
RAM
Cache Memory
EEPROM
67. A computer program that translates one program instruction one at a time into machine language is called a an
Interpreter
Compiler
Simulator
Commander
68. Which of the following is very reactive and kept in kerosene?
Sodium
Potassium
lodine
Bromine
69. Which of the following is a metallic ore?
Mica
Quartz
feldspar
Galena
70. In the periodic table of elements, on moving from left to right across a period, the atomic radius
Decreases
Increases
remains unchanged
does not follow a definite pattern
71. Vulcanized rubber contains sulphur
10-15%
72. Uric acid is the chief nitrogenous wastes in
Frogs
Birds
Fishes
Mankind
73. To conserve coral reefs, the Government of Inddia declared one of the following as Marine Park:
Gulf of Kutch
Lakshadweep Islands
Gulf of mannar
andaman Islands
74. The special modified epidermal cells surrounding stomatal pore are called
Epithelial cells
Guard cells
Subsidiary cells
accessory cells
75. Transpiration through leaves is called as
Cauline transpiration
Foliar transpiration
cuticular transpiration
Lenticular transpiration
76. Who is the brand ambassador of Nokia Phones in India?
Shah Rukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Abhishek Bachchan
M.S. Dhoni
77. Where is the headquarters of the international Olympic Committee located?
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
France
78. 'Canterbury' the premium Indian brand of woollen cardigans and pullovers is from the hous of
Monte-Carlo
Woodland
Digiam
OCM
79. Lionel Messi, the winner of four FIFA Ballion or and World Player of the year, belongs to
Brazil
Spain
Argentina
Germany
80. Who is brand ambassador of the Hockey India League 2013?
Pargat Singh
Dhanraj Pillai
Navjot Singh Siddhu
Virat Kohli
81. "Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair 2013"' formally called as "Photo Fair", will be organize in january 2015 at
Kolkata
Chennai
Delhi
Mumbai
82. Which Indian State is the leading cotton producer?
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
83. The 'more mega store' retail chain belongs to which Indian Industry?
Reliance Industry
BhartiEnterprises
Aditya Birla Group
None of these
84. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
Swami Dayanand
Swami Vivekanand
Guru Shankaracharya
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
85. The Nobel peace Prize is awarded in which city?
Brussels
Geneva
Oslo
Stockholm
86. The demand of a factor of production is
direct
derived
reutral
discrection of the producer
87. If the average revenue is ahorizontal straight line, marginal revenue will be
U shaped
Kinked
Identical with average revenue
L shaped
88. The hypothesis that rapid growth of per capita income will be associated with a reduction in poverty is called
trickle down hypothesis
trickle up hypothesis
U shaped hypothesis
poverty estimation hypothesis
89. According to Keynes, businesscycles are due to variation in the rate of investment caused by fluctuations in the
Marginal efficiency of capital
Marginal propensity to save
Marginal propensity to consumption
Marginal efficiency to investment
90, The main emphasis of Keynesian economics is on
Expenditure
Exchange
Foreign trade
Taxation
91. The main, feature of the Federal Stae is
Decentralisation
Centralisation
Theory of separation of powers
Sovereignty
92. Public opinion is
The opinion of the majority
The opinion of the people on political matters
Opinion of the citizens of the country
The opinion based on reasoning which is for the welfare of the whole society
93. In India the largest single item of current government expenditure is
Defence Expenditure
Interest payment of debt
Payment of subsidies
investment in social overheads
94. Which one of the following is an item included in the list of Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen in the Constitution?
To practice secularism.
To develop scientifictemper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform
To pay all taxes to government regularly and correctly.
Not to assault any public servant in the (during)performance of his duties.
95. The first woman to preside over the UN General Assembly:
Rajkumari amrit Kaur
Vijaylakshmi Pandit
Kamala Nehru
Indira Gandhi
96. Panchasiddhantham of Varahamihira deals with
Astrology
Astronomy
Medicine
Anatomy
97. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
Kakini
Nishka
Rupyaka
Dinar
98. Lothal, the dockyard site of the Indus Valley Civilization, is sistuated in
Gujarat
Punjab
Pakishtan
Haryana
99. Who among the Delhi Sultans died of a sudden fall from a horse at Lahore while playing Chaugan?
Qutbuddin Ajbak
lltutmish
Balban
Jalaluddin Khilji
100. Buddha means
Great Conqueror
Great Saint
Wise one
Enlightened one
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
101.Ram bought a T.V. with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 30% discount he would have saved Rs. 800. The value of the T.V set that he bought is
5,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
102. A vessel full of pure acid contains 10 litresof it, of which 2 litres are withdrawn. The vessel is then filled with water. Next 2.litres of the mixture are withdrawn, and again the vassel is filled up with water. The ratio of the acid left in the vessel with that of the original quantity is
1:5
4:5
4:25
16:25
103. Gold is 19times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water?
1:1
1:2
2:3
3:2
104. The average age of boys in the class is twice the number of girls in the class. The ratio of boys and girls in the class of 50 is 4:1 .The total of the ages (in years) of the boys in the class is
2000
2500
800
400
105. There are 100 students in 3 sections A,B and C of a class. The average marks of all the 3 sections was 84, The average of B and C was 87.5 and the average marks of A is 70. The number of students in A was
30
35
20
25
106. A sold an article to B at 20% profit and B sold it to C at 15% loss. If A sold it to C at the selling price of then A would make
profit
profit
2%loss
5%loss
107. The monthly salaries of A and B together amount to Rs 40,000. A spends 85% of his salary and 95% of his salary. If now-their savings are the same, then the salary (in of A is
10,000
12,000
16,000
18,000
108. It takes 8hous for a 600km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is
2:3
3:2
3:4
4:3
109. If a train runs at 70km/hour it reaches its destination late by 12 minutes. But if it runs at 80 km/hour it is late by 3 minutes. The correct time to cover the journey is
58 minutes
2 hours
1 hour
59 minutes
110. A man borrowed some money from a private organisation at simple interest per annum. He lended 50% of this money to another person at 10% compound interest per annum and thereby the man made a profit of rs 13,205 in 4 years. The man borrowed
Rs. 80,000
Rs, 1,00,000
Rs. 1,20,000
Rs. 1,50,000
111. If a2+b2+c2= then the value of 3a-2b+c is
0
3
5
2
112. If c a2+b2+c2=6 and where are all non-zero, then equal to
2/3
3/2
1/2
1/3
113. If then the value of is
24
26
28
30
114.The total area in sq. unit) of the triangles formed by the graph of 4x 5y=40, axis, y-axis and x=5 and y=4 is
10
20
30
40
115. For what value of the system of equations kx+2y=2 and 3x+y 1 will be coincident?
2
3
5
6
116. If x=2+root3, then x2+2/x2 is equal to
10
12
-12
14
117. If a 4,965,b=2.343 and c=2.622, then the value of a3=b3-c3 abc is
0
9.93
118. If then the value of x2+y2+z2 is
x2-yz
0
1
2
119. The value of sin21*+sin2 2*+sin2 +.... sin2 89* is
22
44
22 1/2
44 1/2
120.The value of cos3 0+sin3 0 cos3 0 -sin3 0
cos0 sin0 cos0 sin0
is equal to
1
2
0
121. The shadow of a tower standing on a level plane is found to be 30m longer when the Sun's altitude changes from 60*to 45*. The height of the tower is
15(3+root3)m
15(root3+1)m
15(root3-1)m
15(3-root3)m
122. If sin x/y then sec 17*-sin 73* is equal to
y/root y2-x2
y2/ root y2-x2)
root y2-x2)
x2/(yroot y2
123. If 0 is a positive acute angle and cosec 0 cot 0 root then the value of cosec 0 is
1/root 3
root 3
2/root3
1
!24. If cos a sec a root then the value of cos3 a sec3 a is
2
1
0
4
125. If sin0 cos0 root 2 cos0, then the value of cot0 is
root2 1
root2 1
root3 1
root3 1
126. IN a quadrilateral ABCD, the bisectors of and meet at O. If C and then measure of <AOB is
40*
60*
80*
100*
127. Arranging the following in ascending order
3 24, 2 51, 7 17, we get
3 34> 2 51> 7 17
7 17> 2 51? 3 34
3 24> 7 17> 2 51
2 51> 3 34> 7 17
128. If the product of first fifty positive consecutive integers be divisible by 7 where n is an integer, then the largest possible value of n is
7
8
10
5
129. A,B and C together can do a piece of work in 40 days. After working with B and C for 16 days. A leaves and then B and C complete the remaining work in 40 days more. A alone could do the work in
80 days
90 days
100 days
120 days
130. Three pipes A,B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is
10
12
14
16
131. Pratibha is thrice as efficient as Sonia and is threfore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than Sonia. Pratibha and Sonia can individually complete the work respectively in
30,60 days
60,90 days
30,90 days
40, 120 days
132. The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral triangle of side 4 cm each. Each slant edge is 5cm long. The volume of the pyramid is
4 root8/3 cm3
4 root60/3 cm3
4 root59/3 cm3
4 root61/3cm3
133. There are two cones. The curved surface area of one is twice that of the other. The slant height of the latter is twice that of the former. The ratio of their radii is
4:1
4:3
3:4
1:4
134. A wire is bent into the form of a circle, whose area is 154 cm2. If the same wire is bent into the form of an equilateral triangle, the approximate area of the equilateral triangle is
93.14cm2
90.14cm2
83.14cm2
39.14cm2
135. A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on goods when he sells without credit. Cost price of his goods is 80% of his selling price.If he sells his goods by cash, then his profit is
50%
70%
25%
40%
136. A dealer of scientific instruments allows 20% discount on the marked price of the instruments and still makes a profit of 25%. If his gain over the sale of an instrument is Rs 150, find the marked price of the instrument.
(A)Rs. 938.50
(B)Rs. 940
(C)Rs. 938
(D)Rs.937.50
137. In triangle ABC E and D are points on sides AB and AC respectively such that <ABC. If AE cm, AD=2cm and EB=2cm, then length of DC is
4 cm
4.5 cm
5.0 cm
5.5 cm
138. In a circle with centre AB is a chord,and AP is a tangent to the circle . If <AOB then the measure of PAB is
35*
55*
70*
75*
139. In triangle ABC, <B. The altitude to the base divides vertex angle C into two parts C1 an C2, with C2 adjacent to BC. Then
C1+ c2= A+B
C1 C2
C1 -C2 B-A
C1 +C2 B-A
140. If O is the in centre of triangle ABC: if <BOC then the measure of <BAC is
30*
60*
150*
75*
141. Two parallel chords of a circle of diameter 20 cm are 12cm and 16cm long. If the chords are in the same side of the centre, then the distrance between them is
28cm
2cm
4cm
8cm
142. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 140*. The number of sides of that polygon is
9
8
7
6
143. If two circles of radii 9cm and 4cm touch externally, then the length of a common tangent is
5cm
7cm
8cm
12cm
QUESTION NOS. 144 TO 146.
144. The rato of the total number of student scoring marks less than 50% to that of scoring marks exactly 50% is
50:3
25:2
25:4
35:2
145. Which school has the highest number of students scoring exactly 50% marks?
D
E
B
A
146. The total number of students scoring 50% or more marks is
12.50
875
775
675
Study the folloing graph which shows income and expenditure of a company over the years 2005-2009 and answer questions 147 to 150
147. The difference in profit (Rs. in crores of the company during 2006 and 2007 is
10
15
20
25
148. In how many years was the income of the company less than the average income of the given years?
4
3
2
1
149. The percentage increase in expenditure of the company from 2007to2008 is
20
25
30
35
150. Profit of the company was maximum in the year
2009
2008
2006
2005
Direction: IN Question Nos 151 to 155, four alternative are given for the idiom /Phrase udnerlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Pharase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
151. Im very. interested to know the outcome of the debate, kindly keep me in the loop.
out of it
informed about the fees
informed about the last date of joining
informed regularly
152. There is no cut and dried method for doing this.
simple
honest
ready made
understandable
153. Suddenly the man blacked out during the parade
and had be helped to a quiet place.
lost temper
lost control over himself
lost consciousness
lost balance
154. Hold your horses for a moment while I make a
phone call.
Be patient
Stayout
Be quiet
Wait
155. Sachin Tendulkar's batting skills make him a cut above the rest.
taller than
superior to
senior to
different from
Directions: In Question No. 156to 165 a sentenc a part of the sentence is underlined. a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at whcih may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
156. The visitors arrive at a lucky moment.
an opportunistic
an opportunity
an opportune
No improvement
157. Suraj looked at Sunil with a question.
questioningly
questionably
wistfully
No improvement
158. The government can see scarcely any valid reason
to launch and inquiry.
cannot scarcely see any valid reason.
can see any valid reason scarcely
can scarcely see any valid reason
No improvement
159. Henry is taking John for tea.
taking John on tea
takingJohn to tea
taking John at tea
No improvement
160 The medicines made miracles and healed me in two
days.
The medicines brought miracles
The medicines worked miracles
The medicine performed miracles
No improvement
161. Any of these two books is good.
Any of this
Either of these
Any other of this
No improvement
162. The report highlights a number of instance of
injustice.
highlight a number of instances of injustice
highlights a numbers of instances of injustice
highlights a number of instances of injustice
No improvement
163. He was for a time our captain.
for sometime
once
at any time
No improvement
164 He made the utmost effort to save us.
an all -out
an altered
an intentional
No improvement
165. He belongs to a rich family.
a well-to-do family
an upper class family
a well-known family
No improvement
In QUESTION NOS. 166. TO 172 OUT OF THE FOUR ALTERNATIVE, CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE GIVE, WORDS SENTENCES AND INDICAT IT BY BLACKENING THE APPROPRIATE OVAL (BALCK) IN THE ANSWER SHEET.
166. The act of speaking about one's thoughts when one is alone.
Silence
Monologue
dialogue
Soliloquy
167. To remove an objectionably part from a book.
Extenminate
Expurgate
Extirpate
destroy
168. Pertaining to sheep
Canine
Bovine
Ovine
Feline
169. Hole excavated by an animal as dwelling
Borrow
Burrow
Bore
Pierce
170. Person believing in free will
Guardian
Tyrant
Humanitarian
Liberarian
171. Small pieces of metal that fly out from an exploding bomb
Shrapnel
Splinters
Filings
Bullets
172. All the arts, beliefs and socialinstitutions etc. characteristic of a race
Culture
Civilization
Infrastructure
Ritual
In question nos. 173 and 174 foru words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Anser sheet.
173. Sychological
Psychological
Psykological
Sykological
174. (A) Corralative
Correlative
corilative
coreletive
175 to 184 you have two brief passages ith 5 questions following each passages. Read the passages carefully and chooste the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate oval in the answer sheet
175/ What is poverty according to the writer?
Ability to consider it as social phenomenon of a substantial segment of society.
Inability of a society to provide the basic necessities of life.
A political compulsion that dictates economic policies.
A form of exhibition of subsistence living.
176. Societies in the third world can be characterised as plagued by mass poverty, because
Europe and America have pockets of poverty.
Poverty is a mass social phenomenon.
There is a wide variation in the definition of poverty.
Societies live at a bare sucbsistence level.
177. What conditions the various sttempts to define poverty?
The definition of poverty in India
The difinition of poverty in the U.S.A.
The vision of minimum or good life
Political considerations
178. What do all definitions of poverty do?
Reflect coexistence of inequalities in society.
societies tolerance of inequalities.
Approach the average level of living in a society.
Minimum level of living in India.
179. Definition of poverty in India emphasizes minimum level of living because
It is impossible at theis stage to provide a reasonable quantum of living.
Political considerations enter the definitions of poverty.
There is a reasonable level of good living.
Programmes of alleviation of poverty have been initiated.
180 What improved the fit and efficiency of new garments?
Sewing machines
Economists
Mass production
(D)Paper patterns
181. What were the skills that were emphasized for young women?
Self confidence and self esteem
Self sufficiency and resourcefulness
Resource fulness and self confidence
Prudence and resourcefulness
182. Who became experts on the purchase and preservation of ready-to-wear clothing for the family?
Owners of department stores
Field-study analysts
Young women
Teachers of home economics
183. Who was the target group?
Young women
Young girls
Adolescent girls
Working women
184. How did home sewing help American women?
They became field analysts and researchers.
They went beyond economic boundaries.
They found good jobs.
They became excellent teachers.
IN QUESTION 185 TO 189 SOME PARTS OF THE SENTENCES HAVE ERRORS AND SOME ARE CORRECT. FIND OUT WHICH PART OF A SENTENCE HAS AN ERROR. AND BLACKEN THE OVAL (BALCK) CORRESPONDING TO THE APPROPRIATE LETTER IF A SENTENCE IS FREE FROM ERROR, BLACKEN THE OVAL CORRESPONDING TO IN THE ANSWER SHEET
185. The whole block of flats
including two shops were
destroyed in fire.
No error.
186. He feels his trubles
as much or
even more than they
No error
187. (A) I like reading
more than
to play
No error
188. The old lady swooned
but was soon
restored at senses
No error
189. I shall have to
withdraw from my savings
to buy a new car.
No error
190. He was about whether to do it or not.
ambiguous
ambivalent
ambidextrous
uncertain
191. HIs conduct is bad, and his honesty is
above
beyond
under
in
192. The on the pertitionbefore it was taken up for discussion.
could sign
signed
had signed
must sign
193. The follishg crows to sing
corw
jump
tried
try
194. Truculent in defending their individual rights of sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation, the newly formed states constantly.
apologized
digressed
conferred
squabbled
195. Convalesce
diminish
Admonish
Recover
Convey
196. Insipid
Adventurous
Permeable
Pungent
concrete
IN QUESTION NOS. 198.TO 200, CHOOSE THE WORD OPOSITE IN MEANING TO THE GIVEN WORD AND MARK IT IN THE ANSWER SHEET
198. Indict
Accuse
Exonerate
Incriminate
Impeach
199. Suppress
Reveal
Increase
Open
Explain
200. vocal
Voluble
Calm
Quite
Silent
1. An insect is walking in a straight Line. It covers a distance of 15 cm per minute. it comes back 2.5cm after every 15 cm. How long will it take to cover a distance of 1metre?
6.5min
8min
10min
12min
2. A group of alphabets are given with each being assigned a number. These have to be unscrambled into a meaningful word and correct order of letters may be indicated from the given responses.
T M H R E O
5 4 3 2 1 0
025314
315402
405312
504231
3. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:
TRIVANDRUM
RAIN
DRUM
TRAIN
DRUK
4. How many meaningful Englih words can be made with the letters using each letter only once in each word?
FOUR
THREE
TWO
ONE
5. A shopkeeper quotes the rate on the price tag by replacing numbers with letters as follows:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
B R O W N S T I C K
If a customer purchases two items whose price tags read Rs IIT a Rs.NICK,what is the total amount he has to pay?
Rs. 4776
Rs. 4765
Rs. 5565
Rs. 5665
6. If CASUAL is coded as SACLAU, then what would be the code of MATRIC
CIRTAM
TMAICR
TAMCIR
ATMCIR
7. If is written as as as as as and as then how is 'MASTER' written in that code?
8. If 1 candle in box number 1 is placed in box number then box-2 has twice the number of candles that box 1 has. If 1 candle from box is placed in box-1 then box-2 and box-1 have the same number of candles.
How many candles were there in Box-1 and box-2?
Box-1 5:3
Box-2 7:5
Box-1 6:4
Box-2 5:7
9. Which of the following interchange of signs would make the equation correct?
andX,2&4
andX,4&6
andX,2&6
andX,3&4
10. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the signs and to balance the following equation:
X
X
11. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace* signs and to balance the following equation:
8 8 5 10 2 25
X
X X
X X
12. select the missing number from the given response.
7 6 6
8 6
3 4 5
168 144 120
8
10
5
4
13. select the missing number from the given response.
8 5 6
3 7 5
1 4 2
74 90 ?
65
85
52
76
14. select the missing number from the given response.
22 46 24
27 58 31
32 68 ?
46
36
32
38
15. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
Voyage:Sea sickness: :Heights:?
Ship
Travel
Giddiness
Motion
16. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
Waitress:Restaurant::?
Doctor:Nurse
Driver:Truck
Teacher: School
Actor: Role
17. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
AROUND:RAUODN::GROUND:?
RGUODN
NDOOGR
OUNDGR
DNUURG
18. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
APPROACHED: ROACHEDAPP:: BARGAINED:?
AINEDBARG
GAINEDBAR
GAINEDRAB
RABGAINED
19. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
7:343
9:243
10:500
5:75
20. select the related word /letter/number from the given alternatives
23
82
97
113
21. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
Obsterician
Podiatrist
Pulmonologist
Prosthetist
22. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
Century
Decadent
Year
Month
23. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
FEDC
STUV
LKJI
RQPO
24. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
LPXOY
ROST
FBDLX
MPONL
25. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
14-16
56-64
77-88
80-93
26. find the odd word/number letter number pair from the given alternative.
13-21
19-27
15-23
16-24
27. which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?
1 apartment 2 town 3 street 4 building 5 complex
28. If the following words are arranged in reverse dictionary order, which word comes second
Explosion
Express
Exploit
Expulse
29. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
ac C cb__acbcacbca bc
abbb
bacc
babc
bbcc
30. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
IR
IV
JQ
KP
31. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
3
5
120
8
32. a series is given, with one term missing choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
156,506, 1806
1056
856
1456
1506
33. Suket has three daughters and each daughter has a brother, How many male members are there in the family?
4
2
3
1
34. Dinesh and Ramesh start together from a certain point in the opposite direction on motorcycles. The speed of Dinesh is 60 km per thousand Ramesh 44 km per hour. What will be the distance between them after 15 minutes?
29 km.
24 km.
26 km.
30 km.
35. On one side of a street are even numbers and on the other side are odd numbers. No. 1 is exactly in front of No. 2. My house is No. 9. from my house, a man comes up from No.2 and knocks at the door, five doors beyond the house in front of me. What is the No.of that house?
18
20
22
26
36. Four players and S are standing a play field in such a way that Q is to East of P,R is to the South of P and S is to the North of P. In which direction of Q is S standing?
North
South
North-West
South-East
37. One statement is given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true, even it it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statement Indicate your answer,
Statement: The rich must live more
Simply. All poor people are simple.
Conclusions: I. Rich people waste money.
II. Poor people save money.
Only I follows.
Only II follows.
Neither I nor II follow.
Both I and II follow.
38. All roses in Sita's garden are red.
All marigold flowers in Sita's garden are orange.
All flowers in Sita's garden are either red or orange.
if 1st two statements are true, the third is
true
False
Uncertain
Vague
39. Find out which answer figure will exactly make up the question figure.
Question figure:
Answer figures:
40. How many triangles are there in the give figure
Figure
48
60
56
52
41. Choose the cube that will be formed by folding the sheet of paper shown in the problem figure.
Question figure:
Answer Figures:
42. In a group of persons, 11 persons speak Kannada, 20 persons speak Tamil and 11 persons speak Telugu. In that group, if two persons speak two languages and one person speak all the languages, then how many persons are there in the group?
40
41
42
43
43. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the relationship among Human Society Youth Club,Political Party and Youths?
44. Which one of the following diagrams represent correct relationship among pigeon, birds, dogs?
figures
1
2
3
4
Direction: In question Nos, 45 &46 which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
45. Question figure:
Answer figures:
46. Question Figure:
Answer figures
47. From the given answer figures, select the figure which is hidden embedded in the question figure.
Question Figure:
ANswer figures:
48. A piece of paper is folded and cut as show below in the question figures from the given answer figures, indicatre how it will appear when opened.
Question figures.
Answer figures
49. If a mirror is place on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
Question figure:
Answer figures:
50.A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one 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 30,23,etc. and can be represented by 97,89, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set fro the given word.
"DAKU"
Matrix - MatrixII
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 A F K P U 9 D I N S X
3 F K A U P 9 D I N S X
2 P U F K A 7 N X S I D 1 K P U A F 6 S D X N I
0 U A P F K 5 I N D X S
95,40,04,42
24,95,20,27
88,24,10,34
57,13,23,21
Part- B GENERAL AWARENESS
51.What is 'Biodiversity'?
Many types of flora fauna in one forest
Many types of flora and fauna in many forests
Many population of one secies in one forest
All the above are true.
52. Where is the headquarters of Hindustan Zink Ltd?
Udaipur
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Jaipur
53. Leaving agricultural land uncultivated for some years known as
Intensive farming
Fallowing
Shifting cultivation
Subsistences farming
54. The sky appears blue due to
rayleigh scattering
Mie scattering
Back scattering
None of the above
55. The mountain formed on the earth crust due to tension is called
Young folded mountain
Old folded mountain
Laccolith mountain
Block mountain
56. Movement of hairs in Drosera is referred to as
Heliotropism
Thigmotropism
Photonastic
Seismonastic
57. Which of the following is an example of parasitic alga?
Ulothrix
Cephaleuros
Oedogonium
Sargassum
58. Solitary cymose inflorescence is observed in
Rose
Chinarose
Tuberose
Gardenia
59. The excretory aperture in paramoecium is known as
Cytopharynx
Cytostome
Cytopyge
Cryptospere
60. IVF in Vitor Fertilization) Technique was firs devised by
Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Dr. Henry Dixon
Robertson
Dr. Martin Cooper
61. Just born baby has the respiratory rate as
32 times/minute
26 times/minute
18 times/minute
15 times/minute
62. A particle is moving in a uniform circular motion with constant speed V along a circle of radius r. The acceleration of the particle is
zero
v/r
v/r2
v2/r
63. Which of the following devices can be used to detect radiant heat?
Liquid thermometer
Six'smaximum and minimum thermometer
Constant volume air thermometer
Thermopile
64. In which one of the following the phenomenon of total internal reflection of light is light is used?
Formation of mirage
Working of binoculars
Formation of rainbow
Twinkling of stars
65. Period of oscillation of 3cm microwaves in seconds is
1X 10 10
1X 10-10
0.01
0.001
66. The most advanced form of Read Only Memory is
PROM
RAM
Cache Memory
EEPROM
67. A computer program that translates one program instruction one at a time into machine language is called a an
Interpreter
Compiler
Simulator
Commander
68. Which of the following is very reactive and kept in kerosene?
Sodium
Potassium
lodine
Bromine
69. Which of the following is a metallic ore?
Mica
Quartz
feldspar
Galena
70. In the periodic table of elements, on moving from left to right across a period, the atomic radius
Decreases
Increases
remains unchanged
does not follow a definite pattern
71. Vulcanized rubber contains sulphur
10-15%
72. Uric acid is the chief nitrogenous wastes in
Frogs
Birds
Fishes
Mankind
73. To conserve coral reefs, the Government of Inddia declared one of the following as Marine Park:
Gulf of Kutch
Lakshadweep Islands
Gulf of mannar
andaman Islands
74. The special modified epidermal cells surrounding stomatal pore are called
Epithelial cells
Guard cells
Subsidiary cells
accessory cells
75. Transpiration through leaves is called as
Cauline transpiration
Foliar transpiration
cuticular transpiration
Lenticular transpiration
76. Who is the brand ambassador of Nokia Phones in India?
Shah Rukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Abhishek Bachchan
M.S. Dhoni
77. Where is the headquarters of the international Olympic Committee located?
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
France
78. 'Canterbury' the premium Indian brand of woollen cardigans and pullovers is from the hous of
Monte-Carlo
Woodland
Digiam
OCM
79. Lionel Messi, the winner of four FIFA Ballion or and World Player of the year, belongs to
Brazil
Spain
Argentina
Germany
80. Who is brand ambassador of the Hockey India League 2013?
Pargat Singh
Dhanraj Pillai
Navjot Singh Siddhu
Virat Kohli
81. "Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair 2013"' formally called as "Photo Fair", will be organize in january 2015 at
Kolkata
Chennai
Delhi
Mumbai
82. Which Indian State is the leading cotton producer?
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
83. The 'more mega store' retail chain belongs to which Indian Industry?
Reliance Industry
BhartiEnterprises
Aditya Birla Group
None of these
84. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
Swami Dayanand
Swami Vivekanand
Guru Shankaracharya
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
85. The Nobel peace Prize is awarded in which city?
Brussels
Geneva
Oslo
Stockholm
86. The demand of a factor of production is
direct
derived
reutral
discrection of the producer
87. If the average revenue is ahorizontal straight line, marginal revenue will be
U shaped
Kinked
Identical with average revenue
L shaped
88. The hypothesis that rapid growth of per capita income will be associated with a reduction in poverty is called
trickle down hypothesis
trickle up hypothesis
U shaped hypothesis
poverty estimation hypothesis
89. According to Keynes, businesscycles are due to variation in the rate of investment caused by fluctuations in the
Marginal efficiency of capital
Marginal propensity to save
Marginal propensity to consumption
Marginal efficiency to investment
90, The main emphasis of Keynesian economics is on
Expenditure
Exchange
Foreign trade
Taxation
91. The main, feature of the Federal Stae is
Decentralisation
Centralisation
Theory of separation of powers
Sovereignty
92. Public opinion is
The opinion of the majority
The opinion of the people on political matters
Opinion of the citizens of the country
The opinion based on reasoning which is for the welfare of the whole society
93. In India the largest single item of current government expenditure is
Defence Expenditure
Interest payment of debt
Payment of subsidies
investment in social overheads
94. Which one of the following is an item included in the list of Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen in the Constitution?
To practice secularism.
To develop scientifictemper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform
To pay all taxes to government regularly and correctly.
Not to assault any public servant in the (during)performance of his duties.
95. The first woman to preside over the UN General Assembly:
Rajkumari amrit Kaur
Vijaylakshmi Pandit
Kamala Nehru
Indira Gandhi
96. Panchasiddhantham of Varahamihira deals with
Astrology
Astronomy
Medicine
Anatomy
97. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
Kakini
Nishka
Rupyaka
Dinar
98. Lothal, the dockyard site of the Indus Valley Civilization, is sistuated in
Gujarat
Punjab
Pakishtan
Haryana
99. Who among the Delhi Sultans died of a sudden fall from a horse at Lahore while playing Chaugan?
Qutbuddin Ajbak
lltutmish
Balban
Jalaluddin Khilji
100. Buddha means
Great Conqueror
Great Saint
Wise one
Enlightened one
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
101.Ram bought a T.V. with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 30% discount he would have saved Rs. 800. The value of the T.V set that he bought is
5,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
102. A vessel full of pure acid contains 10 litresof it, of which 2 litres are withdrawn. The vessel is then filled with water. Next 2.litres of the mixture are withdrawn, and again the vassel is filled up with water. The ratio of the acid left in the vessel with that of the original quantity is
1:5
4:5
4:25
16:25
103. Gold is 19times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water?
1:1
1:2
2:3
3:2
104. The average age of boys in the class is twice the number of girls in the class. The ratio of boys and girls in the class of 50 is 4:1 .The total of the ages (in years) of the boys in the class is
2000
2500
800
400
105. There are 100 students in 3 sections A,B and C of a class. The average marks of all the 3 sections was 84, The average of B and C was 87.5 and the average marks of A is 70. The number of students in A was
30
35
20
25
106. A sold an article to B at 20% profit and B sold it to C at 15% loss. If A sold it to C at the selling price of then A would make
profit
profit
2%loss
5%loss
107. The monthly salaries of A and B together amount to Rs 40,000. A spends 85% of his salary and 95% of his salary. If now-their savings are the same, then the salary (in of A is
10,000
12,000
16,000
18,000
108. It takes 8hous for a 600km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is
2:3
3:2
3:4
4:3
109. If a train runs at 70km/hour it reaches its destination late by 12 minutes. But if it runs at 80 km/hour it is late by 3 minutes. The correct time to cover the journey is
58 minutes
2 hours
1 hour
59 minutes
110. A man borrowed some money from a private organisation at simple interest per annum. He lended 50% of this money to another person at 10% compound interest per annum and thereby the man made a profit of rs 13,205 in 4 years. The man borrowed
Rs. 80,000
Rs, 1,00,000
Rs. 1,20,000
Rs. 1,50,000
111. If a2+b2+c2= then the value of 3a-2b+c is
0
3
5
2
112. If c a2+b2+c2=6 and where are all non-zero, then equal to
2/3
3/2
1/2
1/3
113. If then the value of is
24
26
28
30
114.The total area in sq. unit) of the triangles formed by the graph of 4x 5y=40, axis, y-axis and x=5 and y=4 is
10
20
30
40
115. For what value of the system of equations kx+2y=2 and 3x+y 1 will be coincident?
2
3
5
6
116. If x=2+root3, then x2+2/x2 is equal to
10
12
-12
14
117. If a 4,965,b=2.343 and c=2.622, then the value of a3=b3-c3 abc is
0
9.93
118. If then the value of x2+y2+z2 is
x2-yz
0
1
2
119. The value of sin21*+sin2 2*+sin2 +.... sin2 89* is
22
44
22 1/2
44 1/2
120.The value of cos3 0+sin3 0 cos3 0 -sin3 0
cos0 sin0 cos0 sin0
is equal to
1
2
0
121. The shadow of a tower standing on a level plane is found to be 30m longer when the Sun's altitude changes from 60*to 45*. The height of the tower is
15(3+root3)m
15(root3+1)m
15(root3-1)m
15(3-root3)m
122. If sin x/y then sec 17*-sin 73* is equal to
y/root y2-x2
y2/ root y2-x2)
root y2-x2)
x2/(yroot y2
123. If 0 is a positive acute angle and cosec 0 cot 0 root then the value of cosec 0 is
1/root 3
root 3
2/root3
1
!24. If cos a sec a root then the value of cos3 a sec3 a is
2
1
0
4
125. If sin0 cos0 root 2 cos0, then the value of cot0 is
root2 1
root2 1
root3 1
root3 1
126. IN a quadrilateral ABCD, the bisectors of and meet at O. If C and then measure of <AOB is
40*
60*
80*
100*
127. Arranging the following in ascending order
3 24, 2 51, 7 17, we get
3 34> 2 51> 7 17
7 17> 2 51? 3 34
3 24> 7 17> 2 51
2 51> 3 34> 7 17
128. If the product of first fifty positive consecutive integers be divisible by 7 where n is an integer, then the largest possible value of n is
7
8
10
5
129. A,B and C together can do a piece of work in 40 days. After working with B and C for 16 days. A leaves and then B and C complete the remaining work in 40 days more. A alone could do the work in
80 days
90 days
100 days
120 days
130. Three pipes A,B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is
10
12
14
16
131. Pratibha is thrice as efficient as Sonia and is threfore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than Sonia. Pratibha and Sonia can individually complete the work respectively in
30,60 days
60,90 days
30,90 days
40, 120 days
132. The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral triangle of side 4 cm each. Each slant edge is 5cm long. The volume of the pyramid is
4 root8/3 cm3
4 root60/3 cm3
4 root59/3 cm3
4 root61/3cm3
133. There are two cones. The curved surface area of one is twice that of the other. The slant height of the latter is twice that of the former. The ratio of their radii is
4:1
4:3
3:4
1:4
134. A wire is bent into the form of a circle, whose area is 154 cm2. If the same wire is bent into the form of an equilateral triangle, the approximate area of the equilateral triangle is
93.14cm2
90.14cm2
83.14cm2
39.14cm2
135. A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on goods when he sells without credit. Cost price of his goods is 80% of his selling price.If he sells his goods by cash, then his profit is
50%
70%
25%
40%
136. A dealer of scientific instruments allows 20% discount on the marked price of the instruments and still makes a profit of 25%. If his gain over the sale of an instrument is Rs 150, find the marked price of the instrument.
(A)Rs. 938.50
(B)Rs. 940
(C)Rs. 938
(D)Rs.937.50
137. In triangle ABC E and D are points on sides AB and AC respectively such that <ABC. If AE cm, AD=2cm and EB=2cm, then length of DC is
4 cm
4.5 cm
5.0 cm
5.5 cm
138. In a circle with centre AB is a chord,and AP is a tangent to the circle . If <AOB then the measure of PAB is
35*
55*
70*
75*
139. In triangle ABC, <B. The altitude to the base divides vertex angle C into two parts C1 an C2, with C2 adjacent to BC. Then
C1+ c2= A+B
C1 C2
C1 -C2 B-A
C1 +C2 B-A
140. If O is the in centre of triangle ABC: if <BOC then the measure of <BAC is
30*
60*
150*
75*
141. Two parallel chords of a circle of diameter 20 cm are 12cm and 16cm long. If the chords are in the same side of the centre, then the distrance between them is
28cm
2cm
4cm
8cm
142. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 140*. The number of sides of that polygon is
9
8
7
6
143. If two circles of radii 9cm and 4cm touch externally, then the length of a common tangent is
5cm
7cm
8cm
12cm
QUESTION NOS. 144 TO 146.
144. The rato of the total number of student scoring marks less than 50% to that of scoring marks exactly 50% is
50:3
25:2
25:4
35:2
145. Which school has the highest number of students scoring exactly 50% marks?
D
E
B
A
146. The total number of students scoring 50% or more marks is
12.50
875
775
675
Study the folloing graph which shows income and expenditure of a company over the years 2005-2009 and answer questions 147 to 150
147. The difference in profit (Rs. in crores of the company during 2006 and 2007 is
10
15
20
25
148. In how many years was the income of the company less than the average income of the given years?
4
3
2
1
149. The percentage increase in expenditure of the company from 2007to2008 is
20
25
30
35
150. Profit of the company was maximum in the year
2009
2008
2006
2005
Direction: IN Question Nos 151 to 155, four alternative are given for the idiom /Phrase udnerlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Pharase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
151. Im very. interested to know the outcome of the debate, kindly keep me in the loop.
out of it
informed about the fees
informed about the last date of joining
informed regularly
152. There is no cut and dried method for doing this.
simple
honest
ready made
understandable
153. Suddenly the man blacked out during the parade
and had be helped to a quiet place.
lost temper
lost control over himself
lost consciousness
lost balance
154. Hold your horses for a moment while I make a
phone call.
Be patient
Stayout
Be quiet
Wait
155. Sachin Tendulkar's batting skills make him a cut above the rest.
taller than
superior to
senior to
different from
Directions: In Question No. 156to 165 a sentenc a part of the sentence is underlined. a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at whcih may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
156. The visitors arrive at a lucky moment.
an opportunistic
an opportunity
an opportune
No improvement
157. Suraj looked at Sunil with a question.
questioningly
questionably
wistfully
No improvement
158. The government can see scarcely any valid reason
to launch and inquiry.
cannot scarcely see any valid reason.
can see any valid reason scarcely
can scarcely see any valid reason
No improvement
159. Henry is taking John for tea.
taking John on tea
takingJohn to tea
taking John at tea
No improvement
160 The medicines made miracles and healed me in two
days.
The medicines brought miracles
The medicines worked miracles
The medicine performed miracles
No improvement
161. Any of these two books is good.
Any of this
Either of these
Any other of this
No improvement
162. The report highlights a number of instance of
injustice.
highlight a number of instances of injustice
highlights a numbers of instances of injustice
highlights a number of instances of injustice
No improvement
163. He was for a time our captain.
for sometime
once
at any time
No improvement
164 He made the utmost effort to save us.
an all -out
an altered
an intentional
No improvement
165. He belongs to a rich family.
a well-to-do family
an upper class family
a well-known family
No improvement
In QUESTION NOS. 166. TO 172 OUT OF THE FOUR ALTERNATIVE, CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE GIVE, WORDS SENTENCES AND INDICAT IT BY BLACKENING THE APPROPRIATE OVAL (BALCK) IN THE ANSWER SHEET.
166. The act of speaking about one's thoughts when one is alone.
Silence
Monologue
dialogue
Soliloquy
167. To remove an objectionably part from a book.
Extenminate
Expurgate
Extirpate
destroy
168. Pertaining to sheep
Canine
Bovine
Ovine
Feline
169. Hole excavated by an animal as dwelling
Borrow
Burrow
Bore
Pierce
170. Person believing in free will
Guardian
Tyrant
Humanitarian
Liberarian
171. Small pieces of metal that fly out from an exploding bomb
Shrapnel
Splinters
Filings
Bullets
172. All the arts, beliefs and socialinstitutions etc. characteristic of a race
Culture
Civilization
Infrastructure
Ritual
In question nos. 173 and 174 foru words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Anser sheet.
173. Sychological
Psychological
Psykological
Sykological
174. (A) Corralative
Correlative
corilative
coreletive
175 to 184 you have two brief passages ith 5 questions following each passages. Read the passages carefully and chooste the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate oval in the answer sheet
175/ What is poverty according to the writer?
Ability to consider it as social phenomenon of a substantial segment of society.
Inability of a society to provide the basic necessities of life.
A political compulsion that dictates economic policies.
A form of exhibition of subsistence living.
176. Societies in the third world can be characterised as plagued by mass poverty, because
Europe and America have pockets of poverty.
Poverty is a mass social phenomenon.
There is a wide variation in the definition of poverty.
Societies live at a bare sucbsistence level.
177. What conditions the various sttempts to define poverty?
The definition of poverty in India
The difinition of poverty in the U.S.A.
The vision of minimum or good life
Political considerations
178. What do all definitions of poverty do?
Reflect coexistence of inequalities in society.
societies tolerance of inequalities.
Approach the average level of living in a society.
Minimum level of living in India.
179. Definition of poverty in India emphasizes minimum level of living because
It is impossible at theis stage to provide a reasonable quantum of living.
Political considerations enter the definitions of poverty.
There is a reasonable level of good living.
Programmes of alleviation of poverty have been initiated.
180 What improved the fit and efficiency of new garments?
Sewing machines
Economists
Mass production
(D)Paper patterns
181. What were the skills that were emphasized for young women?
Self confidence and self esteem
Self sufficiency and resourcefulness
Resource fulness and self confidence
Prudence and resourcefulness
182. Who became experts on the purchase and preservation of ready-to-wear clothing for the family?
Owners of department stores
Field-study analysts
Young women
Teachers of home economics
183. Who was the target group?
Young women
Young girls
Adolescent girls
Working women
184. How did home sewing help American women?
They became field analysts and researchers.
They went beyond economic boundaries.
They found good jobs.
They became excellent teachers.
IN QUESTION 185 TO 189 SOME PARTS OF THE SENTENCES HAVE ERRORS AND SOME ARE CORRECT. FIND OUT WHICH PART OF A SENTENCE HAS AN ERROR. AND BLACKEN THE OVAL (BALCK) CORRESPONDING TO THE APPROPRIATE LETTER IF A SENTENCE IS FREE FROM ERROR, BLACKEN THE OVAL CORRESPONDING TO IN THE ANSWER SHEET
185. The whole block of flats
including two shops were
destroyed in fire.
No error.
186. He feels his trubles
as much or
even more than they
No error
187. (A) I like reading
more than
to play
No error
188. The old lady swooned
but was soon
restored at senses
No error
189. I shall have to
withdraw from my savings
to buy a new car.
No error
190. He was about whether to do it or not.
ambiguous
ambivalent
ambidextrous
uncertain
191. HIs conduct is bad, and his honesty is
above
beyond
under
in
192. The on the pertitionbefore it was taken up for discussion.
could sign
signed
had signed
must sign
193. The follishg crows to sing
corw
jump
tried
try
194. Truculent in defending their individual rights of sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation, the newly formed states constantly.
apologized
digressed
conferred
squabbled
195. Convalesce
diminish
Admonish
Recover
Convey
196. Insipid
Adventurous
Permeable
Pungent
concrete
IN QUESTION NOS. 198.TO 200, CHOOSE THE WORD OPOSITE IN MEANING TO THE GIVEN WORD AND MARK IT IN THE ANSWER SHEET
198. Indict
Accuse
Exonerate
Incriminate
Impeach
199. Suppress
Reveal
Increase
Open
Explain
200. vocal
Voluble
Calm
Quite
Silent
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