Sri Guru Raghavendra

Estd. : 1989

Lalitha Nagar
Date : 14-10-2013
Morning
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No. of Ques : 200

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Time : 120 min.
I.B.P.S. PO PATTERN

GENERAL AWARENESS

Which of the following book is written by R. K. Narayan ?

(1) A Tiger for Malgudi (2) Three Mistakes of My Life
(3) A Himalayan Love Story
(4) A Bend in The River
(5) The Mother
2. The Forward Markets Commissions is responsible for regulation of which type of trading in India ?
(1) Commodities Futures Trading
(2) Currency Futures Trading
(3) Equity Fortures Trading
(4) Derivative Futures Trading
(5) All of these
3. FIFA is an organisation associated with the field of ___
(1) Literature
(2) Social Services (3) Sports
(4) Animal Welfare (5) None of these
4. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of literature ?
(1) Kalidas Samman
(2) Jnanapith Award
(3) Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar Award
(4) Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(5) Kirti Chakra
5. The Headquartes of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in ___
(1) Manila
(2) Paris
(3) Washington DC (4) London
(5) Jakarta
6. The Central Agmark Lab is located at :
(1) Mumbai
(2) Nagpur
(3) Bangalore
(4) Kolkata
(5) None of these
7. The first Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was established in 1974 ?
(1) Nagpur
(2) Nilokheri
(3) Ludhina
(4) Pondicherry
(5) None of these
8. Which of the following rural development project was launhed before independence ?
(1) Etawah Pilot Project(2) Cooperative Movement
(3) Community Development
(4) National Extension Service
(5) None of these
9. Cooperative society is basic institution for :
(1) Political growth of the villagers
(2) Social growth of the villagers
(3) Cultural growth of the villagers
(4) Socio-economic growth of the villagers(5) None of these
10. Why are we able to hear short wae broadcasts better than long wave broadcasts ?
(1) Short waves are more energetic than long waves.
(2) Short waves are unaffected by atmospheric distrubances.
(3) Short wave broadcasts are made by neraby radio stations.
(4) By convention, short waves are meant for long distanes, whereas long waves are reserved for short distances.
(5) None of these
11. Which of the following awards/ prizes is given for science?
1) Templeton Prize
2) Jnanpith Award 3) Phalke Ratna
4) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(5) None of these
12. Which of the following programmes was launched by the govern-ment to develop rural infrastructure
in India?
1) SHGs
2) Bharat Nirman
3) JNNURM
4) IAY
(5) None of these
13. Which of the following schemes has been successful in attracting children to come to school and get
educated?
1) MGNREGA
2) Food for Work
3) Mid Day Meal 4) NRLM
(5) None of these
14. GNP stands for
1) Group Networking Process
2) Group Net Product
3) Grand National Product
4) Gross National Product
(5) None of these
15. Who is the author of autobiography Nirvasan ?
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1) Taslima Nasreen
2) Salman Rushdie 3) Vikram seth
4) Raj kuma seth
5) None of these
Who is the author of the book In the Name of the people ?
1) Salman Rushdie
2) K R Narayanan 3) Khushwant Singh 4) Digvijay Singh (5) None of these
Which of the following banks has the large the ATM network in India ?
(1) SBI
(2) Axis Bank
(3) ICICI
(4) HDFC
(5) None of these
The National Energy Conseversation Day is Observed on
(1) December 14
(2) December 12
(3) December 11 (4) December 16
(5) None of these
Namma Metro is the name given to metro rail service started in the city.
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Bengalore
(3) Chennai
(4) Pune
(5) None of these
Which day is celebrated as Vijay Diwas ?
(1) December 10
(2) December 18
(3) December 12 (4) December 16
(5) None of these
With an aim to provide better services to the debit card holders, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed
all commercial and public sector banks to introduce new Automated Teller Machines (ATM) that can deliver
lower denomination notes such as ?
a) Rs 10
b) Rs 20
c) Rs 50
d) None of these
e) All the above
Which of the following banks is limited to the needs of agriculture and rural finance ?
a) RBI
b) SBI
c) IFC
d) NABARD
e) Axis Bank
Open-market operations of Reserve Bank of India refer to ?
a) Trading in securities b) Auctioning
c) Transaction in gold d) All of these e) None of these
Which of the followig has introudced a new tool named Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System
for speedy analysisi of data and identification of violations ?
a) IRDA
b) SBI
c) RBI
d) TRAI
e) None of these
The Reserve Bank hiked the limit for foreign investment in Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) from the
earlier cap of 49 precent to ?
a) 74%
b) 47%
c) 57%
d) 72%
e) None of these
Which of the following is NOT that part of the scheduled banking structure in India ?
a) Money Lenders
b) Public Sector Banks
c) Private Sector Banks
d) Regional Rural Banks
e) State Co-operative Banks
Who is the chairman of the committee constituted by RBI to study issues and consercns in the Micro Finance
Institutions sector ?
a) Y.H. Malegam
b) Dr. K.C.Chakraborty
c) C.Rangarajan
d) M.Damodaran
e) Smt Usha Thorat
An instrument of qualitative credit control in India is ?
a) Open market operations
b) Credit rationing c) Change in reverse ratio
d) Bank rate policy
e) None of these
World Bank Headquarters is in ?
a) India
b) USA
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
e) UK
First woman Chief Information Commissioner is ?
a) Deepak Sandhu
b) Kushal Singh
c) Mamatha Sharma
d) Subba Laxmi Panse
e) Chanda Kocchar
What is the expansion of BSBDA ?
a) Basic Savings Bank Dual Account
b) Base Savings Bank Deposit Account
c) Basic Small Bank Deposit Account
d) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Application
e) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
SBI opened its 15000th branch in Sooranam in ?
a) West Bengal
b) AP
c) Kerala
d) Tamilnadu
e) Haryana
If the involvement of financial intermediary in aiding credit creation without regulatory oversinght is called ?
a) Virtual banking
b) Common banking c) Unit banking
d) Shadow banking e) Yes banking
RBI sold 48 days CMB to meet the temporary cash flow mismatches of the Government f India. CMB means
a) Cash Money Bill
b) Call Managment Bill
c) Cash Management Borrowing

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d) Core Management Bill

e) Cash Management Bill
RBI declared the ..... sale of government bonds to decrease the liquidity of funds in the market ?
a) Monthly
b) Yearly
c) Bi-monthly
d) Half Yearly
e) Weekly
As per the promise given to World Trade Organization earlier, India should allow how many branches of
foreign banks in India per year ?
a) 12
b) 24
c) 45
d) 15
e) 20
First breast milk bank inaugurated August 2013 at ..... ?
a) Kochi
b) Chennai
c) Hubli
d) Goa
e) Bhopal
Raghuram announced constitution of a panel to strengthen monetary policy framework headed by ?
a) K.C.Chakravarthy b) Anand Sinha
c) H.R.Khan
d) Subba Rao
e) Urjith Patel
Raghuram Rajan announced the setting up of an outside panel of experts to screen applications for new bank
licenses under the headship of ?
a) Subba rao
b) Kelkar
c) Bimal Jalan
d) Rangarajan
e) None of these
..... headed the committee to improve the countrys overall business climate in the country ?
a) Ashok Chawla
b) Muttuswami
c) Damodaran
d) Pydi Kone
e) None of these

TEST OF ENGLISH
Directions (41-50) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of
the questions.
Over the past few decades, many asian nations transformed from poverty into global competitors. From
2003 to 2007, Asian economies expanded at an average annual rate of 8.1%, triple that of advanced economies. Over the same period, inflation in asia averaged only about 3.5%. But Asia could be facing turbulent
economic times. In May, the average inflation rate throughout the region reached nearly 7%, led by spikes in
oil and food prices! In India, inflation jumped to an 11.6% annual rate in June, according to the latest govt.
figures, the highest in 13 years.
Policymakers and central bankers are forced to raise interest rates and limit credit to get inflation under
control. But these same measures suppress the investment and consumption that generates growth. The combination of slowing growth and soaring inflation makes economic policymaking tricky. Inflation stirs up the
middle classes because it can quickly erase years of hard won personal gains. Inflation is cruel to the poor,
because families have to spend a larger share of their meagre incomes on necessities. In the Philippines,
farmers, unable to afford fuel for tractors, use water buffaloes to plow their fields.
But to avoid unrest, leaders cannot blindly adopt tigid anti-inflation measures. Votors wont hesitate to
remove from office any politician who doesnt deliver the goods. So they cannot overreact to the inflation
threat and scale down economic growth in the process. Developing nations need to nomic growth in the
process. Developing nations need to grow quickly to create jobs and increase incomes for their large populations. With prices soaring, doing nothing is not an option. Most central banks in Asia have started raising
interest rates. The RBI increased its benchmark rate twice last month to a six year high of 8.5%.
The challenge is especially difficult because currently, inflation is not of domestic origin. Prices are being
driven higher by a global surge in oil and food prices, which individual governments can do little to control. Of
course, inflation is not just a problem in Asia. World Bank President Robert Zoellick called rising food and oil
prices a man-made catastrophe that could quickly reverse the gains made in overcoming poverty over the
past seven years. For now, though, there is more talk than action on the international front, so Asian governments are on their own.
Evven though inflation throughout the region is likely to continue to rise in coming months, no one is
expecting an economic calamity. According to the Asian Development Bank, Asian countries have large hard
currency reserves and relatively healthy banks, an so are far better prepared to absorb external shocks than
they were during the regions last recession ten years ago. Asian policymakers have learned their lessons and
are more alert.
41. Which of the following can be said about Asian economies during the priod 2003-07 ?
(A) Though inflation was rising at the time politicians did not pay much attention.
(B) Many of the poor countries were able to complete internationally.
(C) The growth rate of Asian countries was facilitated by growth in advanced countries.
(1) All, A, B and C (2) only A
(3) only B
(4) Both A and B
(5) None of these
42. Which of the following is not an anti-inflation measure being used by Asian countries ?

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(A) Increase in benchmark interest rate by a central bank

(B) Checks on lending
(C) Subsidising fuel for farmers
(1) only C
(2) both A and B
(3) both B and C
(4) only B
(5) None of these
What makes it difficult for Asian countries to control inflation ?
(1) Restrictions by organisations like the Asian Development Bank
(2) Governments are indecisive and adopt counterproductive measures.
(3) The problem is global in nature and not restricted to their individual countries.
(4) Countries have never faced a financial crisis (5) Economic growth cannot occur in the absence of inflation
Why are experts not very concerned about the impact of inflation on Asian economies ?
(A) Asian countries have not maintained substantial hard currency reserves.
(B) The condition of Asian banks is currently both stable and strong.
(C) The Asian Development Bank will bail them out of any trouble
(1) only A
(2) both A and C
(3) both A and B
(4) only B
(5) None of these
What is the authos advice to politicians regarding the handling of inflation ?
(1) They should focus on preventing agitations among their citizensnot implemention anti infaltion measures.
(2) They ought to implement anti inflation measures even at the cost of losing office.
(3) They must focus on maintaining high economic growth rate as inflation will taper off on its own.
(4) Countries should handle the problem independently and not collectively.
(5) None of these
What could the impact of stringent inflation measures be ?
(1) increased consumption as families spend a larger part of their income on essential goods.
(2) Politicians may be voted out of power (3) Economic growth rate remains constant
(4) Oil prices within the country remain stable despite high global prices
(5) None of these
Why is high economic growth necessary for developing countries ?
(1) To catch up with the growth rate of the advanced countries.
(2) To sustain their economies despite the ill-effects of inflation.
(3) To provide better educational opportunities to their citizens.
(4) To create employment opportunities for citizens.
(5) None of these
Why has inflation been referred to as a catastrophe ?
(1) Prices of essential commodities are unaffordable for all
(2) Our past efforts to reduce poverty will be nullified.
(3) Governments are unstable and do not take stringent decisions.
(4) It has divided countries rather than ensuring co-operation among them
(5) None of these
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage ?
(A) Growth rate in advanced counties was low so the effects of inflation were not felt.
(B) Closing the economy to global markets will reduce inflation.
(C) India has been the most severely affected by inflation.
(1) None
(2) only A
(3) only B
(4) both B and C
(5) All A, B & C
Which of the following factors was responsible for inflation in India ?
(1) RBI raising the interest rates very frequently
(2) High population growth
(3) Sudden rise in prices of oil worldwide (4) Reckless competition with China
(5) None of these
Directions (51-55) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), (4) given below each sentence should replace
the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct ? If the sentence is
correct as it is, mark (5), i.e. No correction required as the answer.
The main objective of the workshop has made children aware of Western classical music.
(1) will make children are aware
(2) is to make children aware
(3) is making aware children
(4) awareness of children
(5) No correction required
Afraid of missing her train and was late for the meeting, Sunita arrived an hour early at the station.
(1) but later for
(2) and been late to (3) after being late
(4) and being late for
(5) No correction required
As a famous historian he has travelled around the world giving lectures on rate subjects.

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(1) rately to subjects (2) of rare subject

(3) with rarest of subject
(4) in subjects rarely
(5) No correction required
The stadium wherever the opening ceremony will be held next month, is equipped with the latest facilities.
(1) in the opening ceremony
(2) which the ceremony will open
(3) where the opening ceremony
(4) that the opening ceremony (5) No correction required
There will be a trend of unseasonal rainfall in April, in recent years.
(1) There has been (2) It has been (3) There is being (4) It may have been (5) No correction required
Directions (56-60) : In each of the following sentences there are two blanks spaces. Below each five
pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words
can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
A committee has been _____ to ______ the transformation of the city into an international finance centre.
(1) constituted, convert
(2) appointed, oversee
(3) converged, evaluate
(4) inducted, change (5) inaugurated, determine
Keeping in mind the ____ to develop the sector the govt. has _____ solicited foreign investment.
(1) inportance, never (2) proposal, forcibly (3) objective, wanted (4) view, discretely (5) need, actively
In his speech he vowed to ____ the four billion unbanked individuals across the world into the _____ of
financial inclusion.
(1) represent, sphere (2) target, area
(3) bring, realm (4) engage, achievement (5) convince, era
Although he puts in _____ of overtime and takes few holidays, he ___ can not support his family.
(1) sufficient, however (2) lot, besides
(3) much, thus
(4) plenty, still
(5) frequency, yet
They have been _____ on incentives to _____ these practices are implemented at grassroot level.
(1) relying, ensure
(2) improving, secure
(3) advocating, confirm
(4) debating, necessitate
(5) focusing, display
Directions (61-65) : Rearrange the following six sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
A. It was a cycling race launched in 1903, by Henri Desgrange, a magazine editor in Paris.
B. The Tour de France is a test of human endurance.
C. His idea worked and the magazine boomed.
D. His aim was to boost the circulation of his magazine.
E. He wanted to achieve this by covering every stage of the three-week-long, 3500 km. long cycling race.
F. Till today the race remains more popular than he could ever have dreamed.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) F
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?
(1) B
(2) C
(3) D
(4) E
(5) F
Directions (66-70) : Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any will be
in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is
(5). (Ignore errors in punctuation, if any)
On account of the week (1) / long strike the factory (2) / was forced to close and (3) / next months shipment
will delay (4). / No error (5)
Since the US economy experiences (1) / a recession many Asian countries (2) / are likely to have (3) / reduced
grwoth rates this year (4). / No error (5)
Oil is now so expensive that (1) / India will have to cut subsidies (2) / instead face running out (3) / of funds to
import oil (4). / No error (5)

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69. It is unlikely that you will (1) / find a more qualified and experience (2) / candidate than Mr. Prasad (3) / for the
post of President (4). / No error (5)
70. On account of the rising (1) / costs many people are (2) / finding it difficult (3) / to feed their families (4). / No
error (5)
Directions (71-80) : In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of
which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
In July 2008, one of the most inspiring leaders of our times, will 71 his ninetieth birthday. Nelson
Mandela retired from politics in 1999, but he has remained 72 , continuing his work through the Nelson
Mandela Foundation. The foundation has launched an aids awareness campaign, 46664, named 73 Mandelas
prison number. He has also set up a scholarship programee whose 74 was to promote leadership among
young Africans.
During the 1990s 75 I worked with Mr. Mandela on his autobiography Long walk to Freedom,
I 76 his leadership firsthand. During his election campaign we were on board a plane discussing his book.
Twenty minutes 77 to landing the engine failed. Many began to panic. The only thing that 78 them was
looking at Mandela, who was reading his paper as if he was a passenger on a morning train to work. The plane
landed safely and when we got into the car taking us to the hotel he 79 to me, I was terrified on the plane!
As a leader he realised he was a model for other and this gave him the strength to 80 over his own fear.
71. (1) tribute
(2) remember
(3) honour
(4) celebrate
(5) rejoice
72. (1) resigned
(2) active
(3) influenced
(4) participant
(5) reserved
73. (1) by
(2) with
(3) after
(4) as
(5) thereafter
74. (1) wish
(2) pursuit
(3) result
(4) plot
(5) aim
75. (1) when
(2) that
(3) period
(4) later
(5) alongside
76. (1) felt
(2) acquainted
(3) experienced
(4) underwetn
(5) learned
77. (1) before
(2) sooner
(3) close
(4) prior
(5) advance
78. (1) clamed
(2) soothing
(3) composed
(4) restraint
(5) discipline
79. (1) speaks
(2) confided
(3) confidentially
(4) entrusted
(5) assured
80. (1) success
(2) overcome
(3) dominate
4) victory
(5) triumph

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

81. Disadvantage of distributed database is

(1) Unreliability
(2) Easy implementation (3) Insecurity (4) High communication cost (5) None
82. Which of the following transmission techniques let computer to alternatively send and receive data ?
(1) Simplex
(2) Half duplex
(3) Full duplex
(4) Multiplexing
(5) None of these
83. What is NOT a feature of networking ?
(1) Reliability
(2) Greater storage space
(3) Connectivity
(4) All are features of networking
(5) None of these
84. Taking back-up of a file against crash is a
(1) Preventive measure
(2) Curative measure (3) Decisive measure
(4) None of these
85. A memory that is referred by its contents instead of physical address is called ___
(1) Associative memory (2) Content addressable storage
(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these
86. Most dangerous risk in leaking of information is
(1) Ready access to on-line terminals
(2) on-line processing of data
(3) Ignorance about the existence of risk
(4) All
(5) None of these
87. A camera is an
(1) Input device
(2) Can be either input or output
(3) Processing machine
(4) Output device
(5) None of these
88. Using anti-virus software is
(1) Preventive measure
(2) Detective measure
(3) Corrective measure
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
89. An on-line transaction is
(1) One that is done in real time
(2) Transaction done via internet
(3) On that is done via telephone
(4) None of these
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90. A clerk in a bank has to access data n customer account. logical access control for these users would be.
(1) Use of individual passwords.
(2) Use of an Accounts Receivable Section password
(3) Use of individual passwords plus separate access passwords for customer data and product data
(4) Cant say
(5) None of these
91. To stop unauthorized access to the computer system we should
(1) Have a trustworthy system administrator (2) Have a good passwords policy
(3) Have a sound encryption policy
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
92. Which cannot assure data accuracy in an application ?
(1) Limit and reasonableness test
(2) Echo checking
(3) Control total
(4) None of these
93. Maximum storage space is available on
(1) Cds
(2) ROM
(3) Hard disks
(4) Floppies
(5) None of these
94. Jon Von Naeumann developed.
(1) First electronic chip flip flop
(2) Stored-program concept
(3) The first electronic computer
(4) None of these
95. Which of the following is single user computer with many features and good processing power ?
(1) Mini Computer (2) Work station
(3) Macintosh
(4) None of these
96. A P.C differs from a mini computers because of
(1) Size of the machne(2) Power of Processing
(3) Capability of taking peripheral devices (4) Multi Programming feature
(5) None of these
97. Which system is not used in computers
(1) Hexa decimal
(2) binary
(3) Sexa decimal
(4) Octal
(5) None of these
98. What is software .
(1) Machine parts made of soft material
(2) Covers you put on the computers parts for Protection
(3) Step by Step instructions gven to computer
(4) None of these
99. The efficiency of computers in terms of speed depends on
(1) size of the system unit
(2) type of the moniter
(3) type of the micro - processor
(4) Number of keys available in the keyboard
100. A step wise drawing we use to solve a problem is called
(1) computer
(2) flowchart
(3) programmer
(4) A and C
(5) None of these

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Directions (101-105): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below:
Number of students passed and failed in five classes of a school over the years

101. What IS the average number offal led students from class VII for the given years?
1) 29.5
2)27
3)26.5
4) 25
5)24.5
102. What is the ratio of the total number of passed students to the total, number of failed students for the year 2006
1) 2 : 1
2) 56 : 23
3) 69: 13
4) 69: 35
5) 336 : 137
103. Which of the following classes has the maximum number of passed students, as compared to the total
number of students of that class over the years?
I) VI
2) VII
3) VIII
4) IX
5) X
104. What is the number of passed students for all the classes together in the year 2003?
1) 277
2) 297
3) 315
4) 357
5) 377
105. What is the total percentage of passed students of class VI from all the years together?
1) 50
2) 82
3) 70
4) 77
5) 90
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Directions (106-110): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below:
Percentage of marks obtained by different students in different subjects

106. How many marks did E get In all the subjects together?
1) 659
2) 599
3) 624
4) 704
5) 616
107. What are the average marks obtained by all the students together in English?
1) 110.25
2) 113.75
3) 121.50
4) 119.25
5) 123.75
108. How many students have scored the highest marks in more than one subject?
1) one
2) two
3) three
4) four
5) five
109. Who has scored the highest marks in all the subjects together?
1) E
2) C
3) F
4) A
5) D
110. Marks obtained by F in S.St. are what percent of marks obtained by E, in the same subject?
1) 72
2) 84
3) 79
4) 82
5) 80
Directions (111-115): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
Preferences of people in playing different games over the years

111. In the year 2006 the people preferring to play Tennis is what per cent of the people preferring to play Cricket,
Football and Tennis together in that year?
1) 25 1/2
2) 24 3/4
3) 21 1/3
4) 22 2/5
5) 23 1/3
112. From 2001 to 2006, the total number of people who preferred to play Football was how much (in million)?
1) 1500
2) 1600
3) 1700
4) 1800
5) 1900
113. The number of people preferring to play Tennis in 2006 is how many million fewer than the number of people
preferring to play Tennis in 2005?
1)110
2)105
3)100
4) 95
5) 90
114. What is the ratio of the number of people preferring to play Cricket to the number of people preferring to play
Tennis in the year 2003?
1)14:17
2)15:13
3)15:11
4) 13:15
5) 17:14
115. How many people (in millions) have preferred to play Cricket in all the years together?
1) 2050
2) 2000
3) 1850
4) 1750
5) 1600
Directions (116-115): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?
116.

4
4 2
x2 =?
7
5 5

1) 6/7
117. (19.89)2

2) 8

3) 2/5

4) 4

5) None of these

2) 395.2161

3) 359.2161

4) 395.6161

5) None of these

2) 3327

3) -3327

4) 3416

5) None of these

676 =?

1) 369.6121
118. -56 x 61 89 = ?
1) -3237

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119. 3625 x ? = 1450
1) 1/3
2) 2/5
3) 1/5
120. (0.85% of 405) + (2.25% of 550) = ?
1) 16.7175
2) 15.7150
3) 13.8175
121. 916 x? x 3 =214344
1) 78
2) 68
3) 84
122. (54679 + 5982 + 32614) - (312 x 69) = ?
1) 71528
2) 77147
3) 71747
123.

4) 4/5

5) None of these

4) 14.7125

5) None of these

4) 66

5) None of these

4) 61757 .

5) None of these

? = (88 x 42) 16

1) 3696
2) 39660
3) 43163
4) 53361
5) None of these
124. (42% of 4240) - (39% of 3854) = ?
1) 277.20
2) 277.74
3) 3283.86
4) 3284.40
5) None of these
125. 41 + 4.11 + 0.41 + 411 + 41.11 =?
1) 456.63
2) 487.63
3) 456.52
4) 479.63
5) None of these
Directions (126-130): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series
126. 1 4 27 256 3125
46656
?
1) 117649
2) 279936
3) 705894
4) 16807
5) 823543
127. 30
46
78
126
190
270 ?
1) 356
2) 366
3) 382
4) 398
5) 414
128. 380 465 557
656
762
875
?
1) 955
2) 1015
3) 975
4) 995
5) 1025
129. 1250 500 200
80
32
12.8
?
1) 5.12
2) 6.4
3) 4.3
4) 6.02
5) 5.16
130. 23
26
24
27
25
28
?
1) 27
2) 29
3) 26
4) 24
5) 21
Directions (Q. 81-85): What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the
following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)
131. (415.63)2 = ?
1) 172850
2) 172700
3) 172750
4) 172800
5) 17225
132. 543911 x 85 = ? x 46465
1) 995
2) 975
3) 1005
4) 955
5) 1015
133.

5 2 4 6
x =?
6 9 9 7

1) 0.44
2) 0.32
134. 754.002 + 3.00024 x 88.976 =?
1) 66616
2) 1021
135.

727.9995 + 5.19612 = ?

3) 0.49

4) 0.36

5) 0.40

3) 1000

4) 66600

5) 1035

2
10.7960

1) 53
2) 44
3) 5
4) 15
5) 10
136. If 5 workers collect 60 kg wheat in 3 days, how many kilograms of wheat will 8 workers collect in 5 days?
1) 80 kg
2) 100 kg
3) 120 kg
4) 160 kg
5) None of these
137. By how much is 3/4 of 52 lesser than 2/3 of 99?
1) 27
2) 33
3) 39
4) 66
5) None of these
138. Which number should replace both the question-marks in the following equation? ?/432 = 48/?
1) 141
2) 143
3) 145
4) 147
5) None of these
139. The average age of A, Band Cis 26 years. If the average age of A and C is 29 years, what is the age of B in years
1) 26
2) 20
3) 29
4) 23
5) None of these
140. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio 3 : 5 : 8 : 9 respectively. If the share of D is Rs
1,872 more than the share of A, then what is the total amount of money of B & C together?
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1) Rs 4,156
2) Rs 4,165
3) Rs 4,056
4) Rs 4,065
5) None of these
141. Arun started a business investing Rs 38,000. After 5 months Bakul joined him with a capital of Rs 55,000. At
the end of the year the total profit was Rs 22,000. What is the approximate difference between the share of
prof- its of Arun and Bakul?
1) Rs 1,192
2) Rs 1,856
3) Rs 1,007
4) Rs 1,928
5) Rs 1,568
142. What is 40% of 50% of 3/4 of 3200?
1) 480
2) 560
3) 420
4) 600
5) None of these
143. One-fourth of a number is 17. What will 45% of that number be?
1) 51
2) 45.4
3) 37.4
4) 30.6
5) None of these
144. Ishan spent Rs 35,645 on buying a bike, Rs 24,355 on buying a television, and the remaining 20% of the total
amount he had as cash with him. What was the total amount?
1) Rs 60,000
2) Rs 72,000
3) Rs 75,000
4) Rs 80,000
5) None of these
145. In how many different ways can the letters of the word PROBE be arranged?
1) 15
2) 25
3) 60
4) 125
5) None of these
146. In how many ways can a committee of 4 people be chosen out of 8 people?
1) 110
2) 32
3)70
4) 126
5) None of these
147. In how many ways can 6 people be seated on a sofa if there are only 3 seats available?
1) 18
2) 120
3)2
4) 216
5) None of these
148. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 44 more than the average of these numbers. Which of the
following is the third (largest) of these numbers?
1) 16
2) 18
3) 24
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
149. In a class of 65 students, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students. How many
sweets were there?
1) 635
2) 845
3) 955
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
150. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator is increased by 300%, the resultant
fraction is 6/11 . What as the original fraction?
1) 8/11
2) 5/13
3) 6/17
4) 17/9
5) None of these

TEST OF REASONING

151.
152.

153.
154.
155.

Directions (151-155): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions give below.
(i) Ashok, Bablu, Chandan, Dharmendra, Ekta and Fool Babu are six children of Mrs Rajeshwar. Each of
the children was born on different days of the week except Sunday. Mrs Rajeshwar gave birth to a child
every alternate year but not necessarily in the same order as the names of the children are given. Each child
studies a different subject. The subjects are Hindi, Geology, Philosophy, English, Psychology and Biology.
(ii) Dharmendra was born on Tuesday in the late 1990s and he studies Hindi whereas Chandan studies
Psychology. The child who was born on Wednesday studies Geology. The fourth eldest child studies English
while Bablu studies Biology.
(iii) Ashok, who was born in 1989, studies Philosophy. Psychology is studied by the third eldest child who
was born on Friday.
(iv) Bablu was born on Thursday and Fool Babu on Saturday. Ashok is the eldest child while Ekta is the
youngest.
In which year was Dharmendra born?
1) 1989
2) 1991
3) 1993
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
If Ekta was the only daughter of Mrs Rajeshwar then after the birth of how many sons did Mrs Rajeshwar
give birth to a daughter?
.
1) One
2) Two
3) Four
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
On which day was Ashok born?
1) Monday
2) Wednesday
3) Friday
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
What is Chandans rank (in terms of ascending order of age) among the children?
1) Second
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
In which year was Bablu born?
1)1989
2)1993
3) 1995
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 156-159): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions

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based on it.
A family consists of six members - Pratima, Omprakash, Rajesh, Shailesh, Tina and Urmila. There are
only three females in the family - Pratima, Tina and Urmila.
The family consists of three couples, four pairs of brother and sister, one pair of brothers and one pair of
sisters. Urmila is not the sister of Pratima or Omprakash. Shailesh is not married to either Urmila or Tina.
Urmilas husband is neither Omprakash nor Shailesh. Rajesh is the brother of both Omprakash and Pratima.
156. Who is Shaileshs wife?
1) Either Pratima or Tina 2) Tina
3) Pratima
4) Urmila
5) None of these
157. Which of the following is not a pair of brother and sister?
1) Pratima and Omprakash
2) Pratima and Rajesh
3) Tina and Rajesh
4) Tina and Shailesh
5) Urmila and Shailesh
158. Which of the following is a pair of husband and wife?
1) Rajesh and Urmila
2) Shailesh and Tina
3) Rajesh and Tina
4) Omprakash and Pratima
5) None of these
159. Which of the following statements is false?
1) Rajesh is Urmilas husband.
2) Pratima is Urmilas sister-in-law.
3) Rajesh has the same relation with Tina as Shailesh has with Urmila.
4) Pratima is not Shaileshs sister.
5) None of these
160. In a class Seema is 10th from the top and Bablee is 20th from the bottom. Raju is 11 ranks below Seema and
21 ranks above Bablee. How many students are in the class if list includes all the students of the class?
1) 60
2) 61
3) 62
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 161-165): Study the following information to answer the question.
A number arrangement machine when given an input of numbers, rearranges them following a particular
rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement.
Input:
17 23 29 13 47 37 19 79
Step I:
79 23 29 13 47 37 19 17
Step II:
79 47 29 13 23 37 19 17
Step ill:
79 47 37 29 23 13 19 17
Step IV:
79 47 37 13 23 29 19 17
Step V:
79 47 37 29 23 19 13 17
Step VI:
79 47 37 29 23 19 17 13
This is the final arrangement and step VI is the last step for this input.
161. If 97 47 23 79 27 11 19 31 is the first step of an input which of the following steps will be 97 79 47 31 27
11 19 23?
1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
162. How many steps will be required to get the final output from the following input?
Input: 73 31 37 67 19 29 43 13
1) Five
2) Six
3) Seven
4) Eight
5) None of these
163. Following is the step III for an input. What will be the first step for the input?
Step III : 97 83 79 13 19 11 53 61
1) 19 11 51 13 97 83 79 61
2) 19 53 13 79 97 11 83 61
3) 11 53 61 13 19 97 83 79
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
164. Following is the step III of an input. What will be the fifth step?
Step III: 79 61 53 41 19 11 43 13
1) 79 61 53 43 41 19 11 13
2) 79 61 53 43 41 19 13 11
3) 79 61 53 43 19 11 41 13
4) 79 61 53 43 41 11 19 13
5) None of these
165. Which of the following is the last step for the following input?
Input: 05 11 1702 19 13 03 23
1) 23 19 17 13 11 05 02 03
2) 02 03 05 11 13 17 19 23
3) 23 19 17 13 11 05 03 02
4) 23 17 19 13 11 05 03 02
5) None of these
Directions (Q.166-170): In each question given below a statement is followed by three courses of
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action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for
improvement, follow up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc on the basis of the
information given in the statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true,
then decide which of the three given/suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing and
decide the answer.
166. Statement: Following the outbreak of a mysterious disease seventy-four heads of cattle have died in the
past two weeks in a village of state X.
Courses of action: I. All the animals in the affected areas should be vaccinated.
II. Sale and purchase of animals in the state X should be banned.
III. A team of veterinary doctors should be sent to the affected site.
1) All the three
2) Only II and III
3) Only I and III
4) Only III
5) None of these
167. Statement: Trees are being cut in metropolitan cities in the name of construction of underground rail services
under the cut-and-cover method and adding to ecological degradation.
Courses of action: I. Tunneling method should replace cut- and-cover method.
II. Effort should be made to transplant the removed trees if feasible.
III. Compensatory afforestation scheme should be launched.
1) Only III
2) Only II and III
3) Only I and II
4) Only II and III 5) All I, II and III
168. Statement: Land near border is being used by security forces, without acquiring it or paying root for it, and
has became cause for resentment for the land-owners of the state X.
Courses of action: I. The security forces should be ordered to vacate the land immediately.
II. Defence ministry should acquire the land.
III. Defence ministry should pay the rent for the land.
1) Only I
2) Only I and II
3) Only either II or III 4) All I, II & III 5) None of these
169. Statement: Suicides are on the rise among youths, particularly due to unemployment.
Courses of action: I. A committee should be made to find out the main cause of the rise in cases of suicide.
II. People should be discouraged from indulging in love affairs and encouraged to get self-employed.
III. Parents of wards should be instructed to nurse their wards if they observe that their wards are facing
critical circumstances.
1) All I, II and III 2) Only II and II
3) Only I and III
4) Only II and III 5) None of these
170. Statement: Cases of self-medication are on the rise. It leads to severe side-effects which may turn out to be
even deadly.
Courses of action: I. People should be made aware and persuaded not to play doctor themselves.
II. People should be advised to consult the doctor immediately in case of illness.
III. All the chemists should be instructed not to provide drugs to those who lack prescription from renowned doctor.
1) All I, II and III 2) Only I and II
3) Only II and III
4) Only III
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 171-175): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements
numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements
are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer
1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are
not sufficient to answer the question.
2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are
not sufficient to answer the question.
3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4) if the data in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
171. Between which two letters will be the position of the hour hand of a clock at 9.43 PM?
I. There are consecutive odd-positioned letters of English alphabet on the dial instead of digits.
II. The dial of the clock consists the letter A instead of 1, C instead of 2, E instead of 3, .... and W instead of 12.
172. How many marks did Kishore get in English out of 100?
I. When the digits representing Kishores marks are interchanged Kishores marks decreases by 81.
II. Marks obtained by Kishore is a two-digit number, whose sum of digits the difference of the two digits
are same.
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173. If the first day of a month was Friday, how many days were there in that month?
I. The 8th day of the next month was Saturday.
II. The last day of the month was Sunday.
174. Which code represents them in a given code language?
I. In the code language, se me ye means tell them young, and me yo na ye means wise young sharp tell.
II. In the code language, pa na se ki te means clever sharp come them no and ki ni pa be te na means
yellow come sharp run clever no.
175. How many children are standing in a row of children standing facing South?
I. Nidhi is seventh from the left end and Ranjan is fourth from the right end of the row.
II. When Nidhi is shifted two places towards right and Ranjan three places left, then there are five children
between them.
Directions (Q. 176-180): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight sportsmen-P, S, Q, R, U, B, J and C are sitting in a field in a circle at equal distances. Three
sportsmen on the circle are facing opposite side and other five are sitting facing the centre of the circle. S is
sitting to the third right of B. R is not near to C. Q is sitting to the third left of R, who is second right of P, and
among these three players one is facing opposite to the centre of the circle. Two sportsmen are sitting
between C and U and two are sitting between Band U. Q is sitting to the second left of J, who is facing the
centre of the circle. S is facing the centre of the circle. U is not opposite to B and Q.
176. Which of the following sports persons is facing to the opposite of the centre?
1) B
2) R
3) U
4) C
5) None of these
177. Who is sitting third to the left of U?
1) R
2) B
3) S
4) C
5) None of these
178. If all the people change their positions with the person sitting opposite to them then who is now sitting second
to the left of R?
1) U
2) P
3) B
4) C
5) None of these
179. Who is second right to J?
1) B
2) C
3) S or B
4) R or S
5) C or R
180. How many people are sitting between C and R?
1) Three
2) None
3) One
4) Two
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 31-35): These questions are based on the following information.
In a given code language
we try to make is written as 76 62 56 27',
make it for good is written as 52 75 6226.
we are good boys is written as 52 65 67 27 and
boys try it for is written as 75 56 26 67.
181. In the same code language how to try can be written?
1)76, 26
2) 56, 76
3) 26, 56
4)75, 76
5) 62, 56
182. How for can be written in the above code language?
1) 52
2) 62
3) 75
4) 67
5) 56
183. How boys make can be written in the same code language?
1) 62, 65
2) 75, 65
3) 26, 67
4) 62, 75
5) 62, 67
184. In the above code language how good can be written?
1) 52
2) 75
3) 62
4) 67
5) 65
185. How in the above code language me try it can be written?
1) 67, 56, 65
2) 26, 27, 67
3) 75, 21, 56
4) 27, 65, 75 5) Cant be determined
Directions (186-190): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Six lectures P, Q, R, S, T and Z are to be delivered from Monday to Sunday. One lecture will be delivered
each day.
(i) Lecture R cannot be delivered on Friday.
(ii) Lecture P is delivered immediately after lecture S.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between the lectures Q and Z.
(iv) There is one holiday except on Saturday. Lecture Z is delivered on the next day of holiday.

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186.
187.
188.
189.
190.
191.

192.

193.

194.

195.

196.

197.
198.

199.

200.

(v) Lecture T is delivered on Wednesday and it is not immediately followed by lecture Z.

Lecture S will be delivered on which of the following days?
1) Friday
2) Saturday
3) Sunday
4) Thursday
5) None of these
Which day is a holiday?
1) Sunday
2) Friday
3) Monday 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
How many lectures will be delivered between Z and S?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) None of these
Which of the following will be the last lecture?
1) P
2) R
3) Q
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
Which of the following statements is not necessary to determine the order of lectures?
1) I
2) II
3) V
4) I and II
5) None of these
How many such pairs of letter are there in the word MEDICAL each of which has as many letters between
them in the word as in the English alphabet ?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three
In a certain code MAIN is written as IMNA and GOAL is written as AGLO. How is DUSK written in that
code ?
(1) SDKU
(2) SUKD
(3) UKDS
(4) USKD
(5) None of these
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong
to that group ?
(1) Green
(2) Yellow
(3) Grey
(4) Red
(5) Blue
If it is possible to form a three-digit number which is the perfect square of a two-digit odd number with the
third, the fifth and the eighth digits of the number 532784691, which of the following will be the second digit
of that two-digit odd number? If more than one such number can be formed, give @ as the answer and if no
such number can be formed, give $ as the answer.
(1) 1
(2) 7
(3) 9
(4) @
(5) $
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong
to that group ?
(1) 12
(2) 24
(3) 42
(4) 18
(5) 32
How many such letters are there in the word CATEGORY each of which is as far away from the beginning of
the word as when they are arranged in alphabetical order ?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three
In a certain code MISTAKEN is written as SRHLOFLB. How is GROUNDED written in that code ?
(1) CDCMTNQF (2) TNQFCDCM
(3) EFEOTNQF
(4) TNQFEFEO
(5) None of these
The position of the first and the fifth digits in the number 89123647 are interchanged. Similarly, the positions
of the second and the sixth digits are interchanged, and so on. Which of the following will be the fourth digit
from the right end after the rearrangement ?
(1) 9
(2) 1
(3) 8
(4) 2
(5) None of these
If tree means mountain; mountain means water; water means jungle; jungle means bus; bus
means truck; and truck means house; then where do the fish live ?
(1) water
(2) jungle
(3) mountain
(4) bus
(5) truck
In a certain code language nik ka pa means who are you; ka na ta da means you may come here; and
ho ta sa means come and go; what does nik mean in that code language ?
(1) who
(2) are
(3) who or are
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (1-5) : In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are
correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If
a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
1. You have been doing (1)/ your homework (2) / regularly ? (3) / No error (4)
2. The same procedure (1)/ also should used (2) / for the final assessment. (3)/ No error (4)
3. I must find out (1)/ some means to balance (2) / my budget. (3)/ No error. (4)
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4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

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12.
13.
14.
15.

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17.
18.
19.
20.

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22.

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24.

Thank you, (1)/ I am fine (2)/ completely. (3)/ No error (4) .

He asked me (1)/ when could I finish (2)/ the work. (3)/ No error (4)
Directions (6-10) : In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an
appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
He slipped __ the train.
(1) off
(2) from
(3) of
(4) through
How did these things come ___ ?
(1) about
(2) into
(3) at
(4) down
The cricket was lazy _____ the ant was busy.
(1) yet
(2) and
(3) but
(4) so
Nadira __ little difficulty in finding a job after her graduation.
(1) feigned
(2) faced
(3) managed
(4) suffered
The children suddenly stopped ____ when they saw Grandpa coming in.
(1) argue
(2) argued
(2) arguing
(4) to argue.
Directions (11- 15) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which
best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Regard
(1) respect
(2) liking
(3) love
(4) suspicion
Swap
(1) snap
(2) exchange
(3) break
(4) exclude
Prudent
(1) wise
(2) cunning
(3) frank
(4) severe
Genius
(1) a generous person (2) a foreigner
(3) a person with uncommon intellect (4) an athlete
Culmination
(1) conclusion
(2) climax
(3) abyss
(4) cultivation
Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the
given word.
Evident
(1) suspected
(2) disagreed
(3) doubtful
(4) unimportant
Adamant
(1) yielding
(2) permissive
(3) liberal
(4) tolerant
Professional
(1) novice
(2) amateur
(3) dabbler
(4) apprentice
Callous
(1) persuasive
(2) caring
(3) gentle
(4) sensitive
Incredible
(1) credulous
(2) probable
(3) possible
(4) creditable
Directions (21-25) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
a little gush of gratitude
(1) gradual recovery
(2) friendly feeling
(3) excessive labour
(4) excessive enthusiasm
to lose ground
(1) to become less powerful
(2) to become less popular
(3) to lose foundation
(4) to be without a leader
to make both ends meet
(1) to buy costly articles
(2) to live a luxurious life
(3) to live within ones income
(4) to please all people
to fall back on
(1) to oppose something important
(2) to suffer an injury on the back in an accident
(3) to fail to do something important in time
(4) to seek support out of necessity

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25. to make ones blood boil
(1) to make somebody furious
(2) to develop fever
(3) to get excited
(4) to make someone nervous
Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are
given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve, the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
26. Officials were asked to examine the likelihood of providing banking facilities in the area.
(1) probability
(2) possibility
(3) profit
(4) No improvement
27. The shortage of fuel has obstacled interstate transportation.
(1) facilitated
(2) hampered
(3) burdened
(4) No improvement
28. Being a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.
(1) Having been a rainy day
(2) It being a rainy day
(3) It been a rainy day
(4) No improvement
29. Rahul gave me an old scissor.
(1) an old scissors
(2) a pair of old scissors (3) a pair of old scissor (4) No improvement
30. The teacher was angry with Paul as he had not done the homework.
(1) at
(2) on
(3) from
(4) No improvement
Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which
can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
31. The process of deciding the nature of a disease by examination
(1) test
(2) perusal
(3) diagnosis
(4) operation
32. That which cannot be easily read
(1) illegible
(2) incomprehensible
(3) unreadable
(4) unintelligible
33. One who finds nothing good in anything
(1) critic
(2) satirist
(3) cynic
(4) slanderer
34. A person who pretends to be what he is not
(1) explorer
(2) prompter
(3) imposter
(4) diviner
35. In a threatening manner
(1) ominously
(2) sprightly
(3) ghastly
(4) terribly
Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is
correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
36. (1) Correspondant
(2) Corraspondent
(3) Corraspondant
(4) Correspondent
37. (1) Deceit
(2) Deceipt
(3) Decept
(4) Deciept
38. (1) Psuedonm
(2) Pseudonym
(3) Pseudonm
(4) Psuedonym
39. (1) Jellousey
(2) Jealousy
(3) Jelousey
(4) Jealousey
40. (1) Mischevious
(2) Mischivous
(3) Mischievous
(4) Mischiviuos
Directions (41-50) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the
passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given.
Broadly speaking letters may be said to (41) into two classes, the formal and (42). Formal letters (43) of
official or business matters and are (44) to an employer, officials of a department or institutions. Letters to the
(45) of a newspaper also belong to this class. In fact, all (46) using formal pattern is of this category. The (47)
has to be precisely stated. It must be (48) in style and quite (49). No (50) element has any place in it.
41. (1) fall
(2) rise
(3) escape
(4) describe
42. (1) affectionate
(2) personal
(3) foreign
(4) official
43. (1) deal
(2) contain
(3) apprise
(4) consist
44. (1) respected
(2) addressed
(3) prayed
(4) typed
45. (1) publisher
(2) salesman
(3) editor
(4) printer
46. (1) correspondence
(2) writing
(3) columns
(4) articles
47. (1) objection
(2) criticism
(3) essay
(4) language
48. (1) lucid
(2) high
(3) florid
(4) descriptive
49. (1) critical
(2) creative
(3) subjective
(4) objective
50. (1) divisive
(2) wicked
(3) personal
(4) untidy
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