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http://www.bankaspire.in BANKASPIRE-IBPS PO SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER IBPS PO/MT Practice Question Paper -2015 (difficulty level moderate) from http://www.bankaspire.in Instructions: 1. Practice Exam contains 5 sections. Quantitative Aptitude (Qs.1- 50),Reasoning(Qs.51-100), Computer Awareness(Qs.101-120),General Awareness(Qs.121- 160) and English Language(Qs.161-200), 2. All questions are compulsory 3. Each question has five options, of which only one is correct. 4. There is negative marking equivalent to ¼th of the mark allotted to the specific question for wrong answer. Time:2hr Max mark:200 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Directions(Qs.1-5):What should come in place of question mark(?) in the following questions 1.73% of 8523 + 32% of 6245=? a) 8042.21 b) 8136.28 c) 8625.35 d) 8220.19 e) None of these 2. √804357 3 a) 93 b) 76 c) 83 d) 73 e) None of these 3.8 1.3 ×4 0.6 × 16 0.2 =2 ? a) 2.1 b) 3.8 c) 5.9 d) 4.7 e) None of these 4.8226÷15÷5=? a) 2156 b) 109.68 c) 185.56 d) 2742 e) None of these 5.(3 ? ) ? = 19683 a) 6 b) 9 c) 4 d) 8 e) None of these Directions(Qs.5-10)What approximate value should come in place of question mark(?) in the following questions ?You are not expected to calculate the exact value. 6.√8938 × (5.96) 2 =? a) 3050 b) 3780 c) 2340 d) 3400 e) 3950 7.4734.96-3454.03-1612.86=?-1611.43 a) 1280 b) 2290 c) 1020 d) 18150 e) 1040 8. 323 55 × 971 251 × 56 61 =? a) 27 b) 9

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Instructions: 1. Practice Exam contains 5 sections. Quantitative Aptitude (Qs.1- 50),Reasoning(Qs.51-100), Computer Awareness(Qs.101-120),General Awareness(Qs.121-160) and English Language(Qs.161-200), 2. All questions are compulsory 3. Each question has five options, of which only one is correct. 4. There is negative marking equivalent to ¼th of the mark allotted to the specific question for wrong answer. Time:2hr Max mark:200

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Directions(Qs.1-5):What should come in

place of question mark(?) in the following

questions

1.73% of 8523 + 32% of 6245=?

a) 8042.21

b) 8136.28

c) 8625.35

d) 8220.19

e) None of these

2.√8043573

a) 93

b) 76

c) 83

d) 73

e) None of these

3.81.3 × 40.6 × 160.2 = 2?

a) 2.1

b) 3.8

c) 5.9

d) 4.7

e) None of these

4.8226÷15÷5=?

a) 2156

b) 109.68

c) 185.56

d) 2742

e) None of these

5.(3?)?

= 19683

a) 6

b) 9

c) 4

d) 8

e) None of these

Directions(Qs.5-10)What approximate value

should come in place of question mark(?) in

the following questions ?You are not

expected to calculate the exact value.

6.√8938 × (5.96)2 =?

a) 3050

b) 3780

c) 2340

d) 3400

e) 3950

7.4734.96-3454.03-1612.86=?-1611.43

a) 1280

b) 2290

c) 1020

d) 18150

e) 1040

8.323

55×

971

251 ×

56

61=?

a) 27

b) 9

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c) 4

d) 16

e) 21

9.133.008×2.97 – 111.87 + 74.13 = ?

a) 311

b) 234

c) 357

d) 290

e) 399

10.32.1 ×2799 ÷549 +120=?

a) 220

b) 284

c) 375

d) 505

e) 190

Directions(Qs.11-15)In the following number

series, a wrong number is given. Find out

the wrong number.

11. 29, 37, 21, 43, 13, 53, 5

a) 37

b) 53

c) 13

d) 21

e) 43

12.600, 125, 30, 13, 7.2, 6.44, 6.288

a) 6

b) 10

c) 15

d) 13

e) None of these

13. 80, 42, 24, 13.5, 8.75, 6.375, 5.1875

a) 8.75

b) 13.5

c) 24

d) 6.375

e) 42

14. 10, 8, 13, 35, 135, 671, 4007

a) 8

b) 671

c) 135

d) 13

e) 35

15.150, 290, 560, 1120, 2140, 4230, 8400

a) 2140

b) 560

c) 1120

d) 4230

e) 290

16.A shopkeeper sells a shirt at a profit of

25% on the cost price .If the shopkeeper

allows a discount of 10% on this selling

price the sales volume of the shirt will

double. What is the ratio of the new profit to

the old profit?

a) 6:5

b) 3:2

c) 5:3

d) 1:1

e) Can’t be determined

17.Namrata wants to visit four cities A,B,C

and D on an official trip.The probability that

she visits A just before B is

a) 1/2

b) 1/12

c) 1/6

d) 1/4

e) 1/3

18.Two dice are tossed. The probability that

the total score is a prime number?

a) 1/6

b) 5/12

c) 1/2

d) 7/9

e) 2/5

19.In a hockey championship there were

153 matches played. Every two teams

played with each other. The number of

teams participating in the championship

is__

a) 18

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b) 19

c) 17

d) 16

e) 20

20.Find the number of ways in which 8064

can be resolved as the product of two

factors?

a) 20

b) 21

c) 22

d) 24

e) 28

Directions(Qs.21-25):In each of the

following questions two equations I and II

are given .You have to solve both the

equations and give answer

a) If P<Q

b) If P≤Q

c) If P≥Q

d) If P=Q

e) If P>Q

21. I.9P2 -9P+2=0

II.18Q2+3Q=1

22. I.P2+13P+42=0

II.2Q2+22Q+60=0

23. I.6P+7Q=45

II.2P+3Q=17

24. I.3P2+192=-48P

II.Q2+16Q+64=0

25. I.15p2-8P+1=0

II.45Q2+21Q=6

26.The average weight of a group of 53 girls

was calculated as 58kgs. It was later

discovered that weight of one of the girl was

read as 65kgs., whereas her actual weight

was 45kgs. What is the actual average

weight of group of 53 girls?

a) 58.62kgs

b) 58.37kgs

c) 57.37kgs

d) 57.62kgs

e) None of these

27.A litre of water is evaporated from 6 litre

of sugar solution containing 4% of sugar.

Find the percentage of sugar in remaining

solution.

a) 3.33

b) 4.8

c) 4

d) 5

e) None of these

28.If an harmonium is sold for Rs.16 ,the

percentage of loss is equal to its cost price.

Find out the cost price of the harmonium.

a) Rs.80

b) Rs.20

c) Rs.25

d) Either a or b

e) None of these

29.If in 30 litre mixture of milk and water the

ratio of milk and water is 7:3, find out the

quantity of water to be mixed in order to

make this ratio 3:7?

a) 40 litre

b) 10 litre

c) 30 litre

d) 20 litre

e) None of these

30.A starts a business with capital of Rs.1400.Five months later B joins and further two months later C joins them. What amount of capital is put in by B and C, if the at the end of the year their shares of profit are as 4:3:2 ?

a) Rs.1800 and Rs.1680 b) Rs.1800 and Rs.1600 c) Rs.1680 and Rs.1800 d) Rs.1780 and Rs.1680 e) None of these

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31. If a train maintains an average speed of 40Km/hr it arrives at its destination punctually .If however the average speed is 35km/hr it arrives 15 minutes late. Find the length of the journey.

a) 40 km b) 70 km c) 30 km d) 80 km e) None of these

32.A certain sum given on simple interest double in 20 yrs. In how many years will it become 4 times.?

a) 40 years b) 20 years c) 60 years d) 80 years e) None of this

33.The compound interest on a sum for the

period of 2 years is Rs.410 and the simple

interest on the same sum for the same

period and at same rate is Rs400.Find the

rate of interest ?

a) 4 %

b) 3%

c) 5%

d) 6%

e) None of these

34.Ram, Dilip and Shekhar can complete a

work in 20 days.If Ram and Dilip together

can fininsh the work in 30 days, the how

long Shekhar will take to complete the work

alone?

a) 60

b) 62

c) 40

d) 56

e) None of these

35. 21 litre of a mixture of 95% purity is

obtained when two solutions are mixed.If

the purity of one solution be 90% and the

purity of the other be 97%, the how much

solution of purity 97% is taken.?

a) 14 litre

b) 12 litre

c) 13 litre

d) 15 litre

e) None of these

Directions(Qs.36-40):The land cultivated

under different crops in a district is given in

the following chart. Study the chart and

answer the questions that follow.

36.If the total area cultivated be 2,00,000m2

,what is the area cultivated for

vegetables?(in square metre)

a) 15,000

b) 30,000

c) 20,000

d) 35,000

e) None of these

37.In the graph , what is the central angle

for the sector that represents the area of

cultivation of groundnut ?(in degree)

a) 54

b) 18

c) 60

d) 36

e) None of these

38.How much more area in sq.metre is

cultivated of the largest cultivated crop than

to the second largest if the total cultivated

be 2,00,000 m2. (sq.metre)

25%

15%

5%20%

5%

30%

Paddy

vegetable

Groundnut

Cotton

Barley

Wheat

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a) 10,000

b) 20,000

c) 5,000

d) 25,000

e) None of these

39.If the area cultivated for paddy be 5,000

sq.metre , what is the area cultivated for

cotton ?(in sq.metre)

a) 2,000

b) 1,500

c) 3,400

d) 4,000

e) None of these

40.What is the ratio of the area cultivated for

barley and wheat together to the area

cultivated for paddy, groundnut and

vegetable together ?

a) 5/9

b) 7/9

c) 3/10

d) 4/9

e) None of these

Directions(Qs.41-45):Two pie charts are given below.One of them represents the income of a

state while the other, its expenditure.Study these charts and answer the following questions.

41.In chart of income, what is the sectorial

angle of mark tax?

a) 1500

b) 1350

c) 1190

d) 1050

e) None of these

42.What is the ratio between the total

expenditure of defence & pension and the

total expenditure on the rest?

a) 3:2

b) 2:1

c) 3:1

d) 5:4

e) None of these

43.If in a certain year the income from the

custom duty to State is Rs.25,000 then what

is the income of the State for that year?

a) Rs.3,00,000

b) Rs.3,75,000

c) Rs.4,50,000

d) Rs.6,25,000

e) None of these

33%

35%

10%

18%

4%

Income

Market tax

Income tax

Excise tax

moneyborrowed

Custom duty

11%

62%

6%

6%

15%

Expenditure

International

Defence

Pension

Interest

others

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44.If the income and the expenditure of the

State are equal, then what is the rate of

interest paid by the State?

a) 33.3% per annum

b) 25% per annum

c) 6% per annum

d) 10% per annum

e) None of these

45.The expenditure on International is how

many percent of the ‘others’ expenditure?

a) 11.00%

b) 22.37%

c) 19.81%

d) 12.36%

e) None of these

Directions(Qs.46-50)Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow.

Semester fee (in Rs. Thousand ) for five different courses in six different years.

46.What was the approximate percentage

increase in the semester fees of B.Ed.

courses in the year 2007 as compared to

the previous year.

a) 26

b) 30

c) 20

d) 16

e) 10

47.What was the average semester fee

charged for M.Sc. courses over all the years

together ?

a) Rs.12,700

b) Rs.12,600

c) Rs.12,060

d) Rs.12,070

e) Rs.13,140

48.What as the difference between the total

semester fee charged for Diploma courses

over all the years together and the fee

charged for B.tech courses in the year

2009?

a) Rs.8,500

b) Rs.8,000

c) Rs.6,500

d) Rs.7,000

e) None of these

49.The semester fee charged for M.Phil.

course in the year 2008 was approximately

what percentage of the semester fee

charged for M.Sc. course in the year 2009?

a) 67

b) 84

c) 80

d) 76

e) 72

Years

Courses

B.tech M.Sc. B.Ed. M.Phil. Diploma

2005 11.5 5.8 7.5 4.7 1.8

2006 14.5 6.4 11.6 5.8 3.2

2007 20.0 10.2 13.9 8.6 4.8

2008 22.2 14.6 15.8 12.7 5.6

2009 35.8 17.7 18.5 25.1 12.5

2010 50.7 20.9 22.6 18.9 14.9

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50.What was the total semester fee charged

for all the courses together in the year

2006?

a) Rs.42,500

b) Rs.41,500

c) Rs.41,600

d) Rs.42,200

e) None of these

REASONING:

Directions(QS.51-55):In each of the following

questions below are given four statements

followed by four conclusions .You have to

take given statement to be true even if they

seem to be at variance with commonly

known facts. Read all the conclusions and

then decide which of the given conclusions

logically follows from the given statements

disregarding commonly known facts.

51.Statements: 1.Some trains are cars.

2.All cars branches.

3.All branches are nets.

4.Some nets are dresses.

Conclusions: I. Some dresses are cars.

II.Some nets are trains

III.Some branches are trains

IV.Some dresses are trains.

a) Only I and II follow.

b) Only II and III follow.

c) Only I and IV follow.

d) Only II,III and IV follow.

e) None of these.

52.Statements: 1.Some pencils are kites

2.Some kites are desks

3.All desks are jungles.

4.All jungles are mountains.

Conclusions: I. Some mountains are pencil.

II. Some jungles are pencils.

III. Some mountains are desks.

IV. Some jungles are kites.

a) Only I and III follow.

b) Only I,II and III follow.

c) Only III and IV follow.

d) Only II,III and IV follow.

e) None of these.

53.Statements: 1.All paper are clips.

2.Some clips are boards.

3.Some boards are lanes.

4.All lanes are roads.

Conclusions: : I. Some roads are boards.

II. Some lanes are clips.

III.Some boards are papers.

IV.Some roads are clips.

a) Only I and II follow.

b) Only I and III follow.

c) Only I,II and III follow.

d) Only II,III and IV follow.

e) None of these.

54.Statements: 1.All pens are clocks

2.Some clocks are tyres.

3.Some tyres are wheels.

4.Some wheels are buses.

Conclusions: : I. Some buses are tyres.

II. Some wheels are clocks.

III. Some wheels are pens.

IV. Some buses are clocks.

a) None follows.

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b) Only I follows.

c) Only II follows.

d) Only III follows.

e) Only IV follows.

55.Statements: 1.All stones are hammers.

2.No hammer is a ring.

3.Some rings are doors.

4.All doors are windows.

Conclusions: : I. Some windows are stones.

II. Some windows are rings.

III. No window is a stone .

IV. Some rings are stones.

a) Only I follows.

b) Only II follows.

c) Only III follows.

d) Only either I or III follows

e) Only either I or III and II follows

Directions(56-60)A word and a number

arrangement machine when given an input

line of words and numbers rearranges them

following a particular rule in each step.The

following is an illustration of input and

rearrangement.

Input:Shop 17 table 20 53 oven desk 39

Step1: 17 Shop table 20 53 oven desk 39

Step2: 17 table Shop 20 53 oven desk 39

Step3: 17 table 20 Shop 53 oven desk 39

Step4: 17 table 20 Shop 39 53 oven desk

Step5: 17 table 20 Shop 39 oven 53 desk

And step5 is the last step of the

rearrangement .As per the rule followed in

the above steps, find out in each of the

following questions that appropriate step for

thr given input.

56.step 2 of an input is :15 yes 62 51 48 talk

now gone.

,Which of the following will be step6.

a) 15 yes 48 talk 51 now gone 62

b) 15 yes 48 talk 51 62 now gone

c) 15 yes 48 talk 51 now 62 gone

d) There will be no such step

e) None of these

57.Step3 of an input is:21 victory 30 joint 64

47 all gone

How many more steps will be required to

complete the rearrangement?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

e) None of these

58.Input:89 bind 32 goal house 61 12 joy

How many steps will be required to

complete the rearrangement?

a) 4

b) 5

c) 6

d) 7

e) None of these

59.Input:Save 21 43 78 them early 36 for

Which of the following will be the last but

one?

a) 6th

b) 7th

c) 8th

d) 5th

e) None of these

60.Input:win 92 task 73 59 house range 34

Which of the following will be step4 of the

above input?

a) 34 win 59 task 73 range 92 house

b) 34 win 92 59 task 73 house range

c) 34 win 92 task 73 59 house range

d) There will be no such step

e) None of these

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Directions(Qs.61-65):Study the following

information and answer the given questions.

A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seven friends

studying seven different branches of

engineering, namely Mechanical, Chemical,

Electrical, Electronics, Civil, Computers and

Aeronautical Engineering , not necessarily in

this order.Each of them studies in three

different colleges, X ,Y and Z. Not less than

two study in any college.D studies Electrical

in college X.The one who studies Chemical

does not study in college Z.F studies

Aeronautical in college Y with only B.A does

not study in college X and does not study

Civil.E studies computer and does not study

in college X. G studies Electronincs but not

in college X.None in college X studies

Mechanical or Civil.

61.Which of the following group represents

the persons studying in college Z ?

a) D,B

b) C,E,G

c) A,G

d) G,E,A

e) None of these

62.In which of the following college does C

study?

a) X

b) Y

c) Z

d) Either X or Z

e) Cannot be determined

63.Which of the following combination is

right?

a) A-Civil-Z

b) B-Chemical-Y

c) C-Chemical-Z

d) G-Electronics-Y

e) None of these

64.B studies which branch?

a) Chemical

b) Mechanical

c) Civil

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

65.Who studies Chemical engineering?

a) B

b) C

c) E

d) A

e) None of these

Directions:(Qs.66-70)In each of the

following questions, the symbols

(a),(b),(c),(d) and (e) are used with following

meanings as-

A(a)B means A is less than B

A(b)B means A is greater than or equal to B

A(c)B means A is greater than B

A(d)B means A is equal to B

A(e)B means A is less than or equal to B

Assuming the statement given in each of

the questions as true ,deduce which of the

two inference is/are true? Answer-

a) If only I is true

b) If only II is true

c) If either I or II is true

d) If neither I nor II is true

e) If both are true

66.Statement- N(a)L,L(d)P,P(e)H

Inference-

I. L(e)

II. H(C)

67.Statement-M(d)T,T(b)S,S(e)K

Inference-

I. M(e)K

II. M(b)K

68.Statement- V (a) W, W(b)L, L(c)Y

Inference-

I. L(c)V

II. V(a)Y

69. Statement- S (c) R, R(d)T, T(a)V

Inference-

I. V(a)S

II. V(a)R

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70. Statement- W(e) M, M(d)N, N(c)L

Inference-

I. M(c)L

II. N(b)W

Directions(Qs.71-76)Study the following

information carefully and answer the

questions that follow:

Ajay decorated his house by coordinating

orange and three other colour for walls,

carpet and curtains of four rooms.From the

in formation given below , determine the

colour of carpet , walls and curtains for each

room and answer the following questions.

i. Yellow was the only colour used in

all the four rooms.It was at least

once for walls, carpets and curtains.

ii. Three different colours were used in

each room but only the dining room

and the bedroom were decorated in

the same three colours

iii. The same colour was choosen for

the curtains in the bedroom, the

carpet in the living room and walls in

the dining room.That colour was not

used at all in the study room.

iv. The only room with both green and

grey in its colour scheme had carpet

of the same colour as in the dining

room.

v. Grey was the only colour used

exactly twice- both times for

curtains.

vi. The study room walls were painted

the same colour as the living room

walls.

71.Which of the following room has orange

curtains and green walls ?

a) Dining room

b) Living room

c) Bedroom

d) Study room

e) None of these

72.Which of the rooms have green carpets?

a) Dining room and bedroom

b) Study room and living room

c) Living room and dining room

d) Study room and dining room

e) None of these

73.Which room did not use grey colour at

all?

a) Dining room

b) Cannot say

c) Study room

d) Living room

e) None of these

74.The dining room has__ curtains.

a) Green

b) Yellow

c) Orange

d) Grey

e) None of these

75.Yellow-Green-orange colour combination

is used in which room?

a) Dining room

b) Bed room

c) Study room

d) Living room

e) Dining room and bed room

76.Orange is used how many times?

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) Five

e) None of these

Directions(Qs.77-81) Study the following

information carefully and answer the

questions that follow:

Twelve people Abhishek, Binit, Chand,

Dhiraj, Eshita, Fatima, Garima, Hena, Ishan,

Jatin, Kamal and Lalit are sitting aroud a

rectangular table.The table has 12 chairs

numbered from 1 to 12. 6 seat on one side

and 6 seat on opposite side.The chairs are

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arranged in such away that chair no.1 is just

opposite to chair no.12, 6 is opposite to 7

and so on.

Abhishek is sitting opposite to kamal who is

the only person sitting between Chand and

Jatin.Eshita is sitting opposite to Ishan who

is the only person sitting between Binit and

Lalit.Fatima ,sitting at chair no.1 ,is

diagonally opposite to Chand who is sitting

opposite to Dhiraj.

77.If Garima is sitting opposite to Fatima the

who is sitting opposite to Hena.?

a) Lalit

b) Binit

c) Ishan

d) Uniquely not determined

e) None of these

78.if Lalit is sitting opposite to Hena ,then

who is sitting opposite to Garima?

a) Eshita or Fatima

b) Jatin or Fatima

c) Jatin or Eshita

d) None of these

e) Cannot be determined

79.How many persons are sitting between

Binit and Dhiraj,if they are on the same side

of the table?

a) 2 or 3

b) 1 or 2

c) 1 or 3

d) None of these

e) All of the above

80.Which of the following is correct?

a) Lalit is sitting at seat number 12

b) Lalit is sitting at seat number 10

c) Kamal is sitting at seat number 8

d) Kamal is sitting at seat number 9

e) None of these

81.Which one of the following is not correct?

a) Lalit can be opposite to Jatin

b) Jatin can be opposite to Hena

c) Lalit is adjacent to Chand

d) All of the above

e) None of these

82.In a certain code ‘CHEMISTRY’ is written

as NFIDITUSZ, how is BEANSTOCK is

written in that code?

a) CFBOSLDPU

b) CFBOSUPDL

c) OBFCSUPDL

d) OBFCSLDPU

e) None of these

83.In a raw of girls, Ravina is 15th from the

left and Mohini is 18th from the right.if they

interchange their positions, Mohini becomes

15th from the left. How many girls are in the

row?

a) 33

b) 48

c) 47

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

84. A has 3 children. B is the brother of C and

C is the sister of D, E who is the wife of A is

the mother of D. There is only one daughter

of the husband of E. what is the relation

between D and B?

a) Father and son

b) Brother and sister

c) Brother

d) Sisters

e) Data in adequate

85.Anoop started to move in the direction of

East and turned to his left after moving 20

m.Then he moved 10 m before turning to

right.He moved 10 m and turned towards

south and moved 50 m.How far is he

from starting point and in which direction?

a) 40 m,South

b) 35 m,South

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c) 38 m,South-East

d) 50 m,South-East

e) None of these

86.As ‘Boat’ is related to ‘Oar’, in the sae way

, ‘Bicycle’ is related to which?

a) Tyre

b) Road

c) Peddle

d) Chain

e) Handle 87.Which of the following is different from

the rest?

a) PRT

b) QOM

c) CEG

d) UWY

e) IKM

88.How many pairs of letters are there in

the word “FORGOTTEN” which have as

many letters between them in the word as in

the alphabet ?

a) More than 3

b) None

c) One

d) Two

e) Three

Directions(Qs.89-91): In a code

I. ‘Rip Lub Ja Pit’ means ‘Kindly Let

me speak’.

II. ‘Sa Tik Lub’ means ‘Kindly go

forward’.

III. ‘Pit Sun Ki’ means ‘Speak with

Example’.

IV. ‘Ja Ha Tik’ means ‘Let others Go’.

89.What is the code for ‘Example’.?

a) Ki

b) Pit

c) Sun

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

90.In the code ‘Ha’ means?

a) Forward

b) Kindly

c) Go

d) Others

e) None of these

91.To find the code for ‘Me’ which of the

following statements are necessary?

a) Only (i) and (ii)

b) Only (i) and (iii)

c) Only (ii),(iii) and (iv)

d) Only (i),(iii) and (iv)

e) All are necessary

Directions(Qs.92-96)In each of questions

below is given a statement followed by two

conclusions numbered I and II.You have to

consider the statement and conclusions and

decide which of the conclusion/conclusions

is/are follows.

Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follows

Give answer (b) if only conclusion II follows.

Give answer (c) if either I or II follows.

Give answer (d)if Neither I nor II is follows.

Give answer (e) if both I and II follow.

92.Statement-To cultivate interest in reading

the school has made it compulsory from June

96 for each student to read 2 books per week

and submit a weekly report on the books.

Conclusions-

I. Interest in reading can be created

by force.

II. Some students eventually will

develop interest in reading

93.statement-Doctors have comprehensive

knowledge of human structure.

Conclusions-

I. Anatomy is one of their subject in

curriculum.

II. Other subject also deal with the

human structure.

94.Statement-If you are a good artist ,then

we have definitely a job for you.

Conclusions-

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I. You are a good artist.

II. We are in need of an artist.

95.Statement-It is possible that the

interview panel may select such persons

who neither posses essential level of

qualifications nor have values or concepts.

Conclusions-

I. The inclusion of experts in the panel

does not ensure that the selection

will be suitable.

II. As an instrument for selection ,

interview has some limitations.

96.Statement- The multinational fast food

chains have hardly reached India,

but the Farmer associations are

ready to accept them.

Conclusions-

I. Farmer Associations are opposing

modernization.

II. Farmers Associations are not willing

to compete with multinational

companies

Directions(Qs.97-100):In making decisions

about important questions it is desirable to

distinguish between ‘Strong’ arguments

and ‘Weak’ arguments. A ‘strong’ argument

must be both important and directly related

to the question. A ‘weak’ argument may not

be directly related the question and may be

of minor importance .Each question below is

followed by two arguments numbered I and

II. You have to decide which of the

argument is ‘strong’ and which is

‘weak’.Give answer

‘a’ if only I is strong

‘b’ if only II is strong

‘c’ if either I or II is strong

‘d’ if neither I nor II is strong

‘e’ if both are strong

97.Should the age of retirement in

Government services be increased in view

of longer life span in india.?

Arguments:

I.Yes ,other countries have already taken

such decisions.

II.Yes, it is a genuine demand of lakhs of

employees.

98.Should few more states be carved from

the existing large states in India?

Arguments:

I.Yes, it will be administratively convenient.

II.No, it is a threat to national integration.

99.Should all government owned

educational institutions be handed over to

private institutions ? Arguments:

I. Yes, standard of education of these

institutions will improve

II. No, standard of education of these

institution will fall.

100.Should organisations like U.N.O be

dissolved ?

Arguments:

I. Yes, with cold war coming to an end, such

organisations have no role to play.

II.No, in the absence of such organisations

there may be a world war .

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

101.In computer what are .doc, .xls , .exe

etc.. ?

a) File names

b) Extensions

c) Viruses

d) Binary files

e) None of these

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102.What is the shortcut key to insert new

document?

a) Ctrl+a

b) Ctrl+n

c) Ctrl+s

d) Ctrl+d

e) None of these

103.Hard copy is a term used to describe

___?

a) Printed output

b) Writing on a hard disk

c) Storing information in a CD-ROM

d) File in a pendrive

e) None of these

104.Operating system is also called the

___ between the user and the computer.

a) Intermediate

b) Interface

c) Interference

d) Interrelate

e) None of these

105.A symbol on the screen that represents

a disk, document or program that you can

select—

a) Keys

b) Caps

c) Icons

d) Monitor

e) None of these

106.The collection of communication line

and routers form the __

a) Internet

b) Bridge

c) Subnet

d) Packet

e) None of these

107.A bug means___

a) Documenting programs using an

inefficient documentation tool

b) A difficult syntax error in a program

c) A logical error in a program

d) All of the above

e) None of these

108.A function can ___

a) Perform a task

b) Return a value

c) Change value of actual parameter in

call by reference argument

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

109.A+b can be implemented by ___

a) NAND gate alone

b) NOR gate alone

c) AND gate only

d) (A) and (B)

e) None of the above

110.Most World Wide Web pages contain

commands in the language

a) NIH

b) URL

c) HTTP

d) FTP

e) HTML

111. SMTP stands for a) Simple markup transfer protocol b) Simple mail transfer protocol c) Single mail transfer protocol d) Simple mail transmission protocol

e) None of these

112.Firewalls are used to protect against ____.

a) Virus attack b) Unauthorized attack c) Fire attack d) None of these

e) All of the above

113. Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as:

a) Webcast b) Directories c) Blogs d) Podcast e) None of these

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114. Disk access time is: a) Seek time b) Latency time c) Both (a) and (b) d) Disk time

e) None of these

115. _____ transmits one bit of byte, one at a time as a single bit stream of bit.

a) Serial Port b) USB port c) Parallel port d) I/O port

e) None of these

116.Clock speed is a speed at which _____ executes instructions.

a) RAM b) ROM c) Processor d) Printer

e) None of these

117. The internet was originally a project for this government agency.

a) APRA b) ARPA c) NSA d) NSF

e) None of these

118. What type of graphical model is used to define a database?

a) Flowchart b) E-R diagram c) Organizational model d) Programming model

e) None of these

119.__________ is Microsoft’s latest entry into the programming arena.

a) Java b) .NET c) Visual Basic d) Pascal

e) C++

120.A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into

a. Cluster

b. Sectors

c. Vectors

d. Heads

e. None of these

GENERAL AWARENESS:

121. Nachiket Mor Committee is associated

with

a) small and payments bank

b) Consumer Price Index (CPI) formula

c) Tax Administration Reform

Commission

d) giving clear definitions to (FDI) and

(FII)

e) All of the above

122.What is the upper ceiling for RTGS ?

a) 2 lakh

b) 10 lakh

c) 20 lakh

d) 1 cr

e) No upper ceiling

123.Last three digit in an MICR code

represents___

a) The city

b) The bank

c) The branch

d) Either city or branch

e) Either branch or bank

124.Head office of United Bank of India is

situated at___

a) Mumbai

b) Pune

c) Kolkata

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d) Raipur

e) Allahabad

125.Bharatiya Mahila Bank established

in____

a) 2003

b) 2013

c) 2014

d) 2006

e) 2008

126.NABARD was established on the

recommendations of ____

a) Shivaraman Committee

b) Parthasarathi Shome Committee

c) Dr. Y.V. Reddy committee

d) G. Padmanabhan Committee

e) None of these

127.”Together We Can “ is the tag line of which bank

a) IDBI b) ICICI c) IOB d) Canara bank e) Dena bank

128.Shekel is the currency of__ a) Jordan b) Egypt c) Cambodia d) Israel e) None of these

129. Capital of Zimbabwe

a) Harare

b) Havana

c) Cape-town

d) Roseau e) None of these

130. GST full form

a) General Service Tax b) Goods and service Tax c) General Sales Tax d) Global Sales Tax e) None of these

131. Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary is situated in

a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttrakhand c) Odisha d) Rajasthan e) Kerala

132. Bihu is the dance form of a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) U.P d) Assam e) Tamil Nadu

133.The book named Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji is written by

a) Arundhadhi Roy b) Dr.A P J Adbul Kalam c) Kiran Desai d) Vice president Hamid Ansari e) None of these

134.A new plant to produce the paper for

high-denomination currency notes

domestically was inaugurated by the Union

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 30 May

2015. This plant is at which place?

A. Patna ,Bihar

B. Indore , M.P

C. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

D. Kochin ,Kerala

E. None of these

135.International Yoga day is celebrated on

a) 21 june

b) 21 july

c) 23 june

d) 23 may

e) 19 june

136.Who was appointed as Chairman of newly opened Bandhan Bank ?

a) Ashok K. Lahiri b) Chandra Sekhar Ghosh c) Chanda Kochar d) Arundhadhi Battacharya e) None of these

137.Rcently ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-28 has successfully put five satellites of a foreign country into

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designated orbits .Which country’s satellites were that?

a) U.K b) U.S c) Canada d) Germany e) None of these

138.Which Indian city was recently chosen as City of Music by UNESCO under the Creative Cities Network. ?

a) Tirupathi b) Varanasi c) Ahmedabad d) Pune e) None of these

139. India’s first defence industrial park will be set up at ___

a) Ottappalam ,Palakkad,Kerla b) Kochin,Ernakulam,Kerala c) Trivandrum,kerala d) Trissur,Kerala e) None of these

140.Which city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This city will became the first city in Olympic history to be awarded both summer and winter Games.

a) Shanghai, China b) Beijing, China c) Ottawa, Canada d) New York, U.S e) Seoul, S.Korea

141.Who was appointed as MD and CEO

of IDBI Bank recently?

a) Ashok K. Lahiri b) Chandra Sekhar Ghosh c) Chanda Kochar d) Kishor Piraji Kharat e) None of these

142.Who was appointed as Union Home secretary.?

a) Ajith Dovel b) Girish Sahni c) Anil Sinha d) Rajiv Mehrishi e) None of these

143. 2nd edition of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit held at ___

a) Patna b) Delhi c) Jaipur d) Indore e) Ahmedabad

144.Which bank launched locker facility named Smart Vault .The Smart Vault uses robotic technology to access the lockers from the safe vault and enables customers to conveniently access their lockers at any time of their preference.

a) ICICI b) IDBI c) HSBC d) Dena Bank e) None of these

145.Which company bagged Kerala’s ambitious Sea port Project of Vizhinjam Port ?

a) L&T b) DMRC c) Adani group d) Vedanda Ltd e) None of these

146. What is the name of the mobile app which facilitates easy learning of computers and Internet launched by Union Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad?

a) GAGAN b) IT-at school c) IT Master d) Disha e) None of these

147. According to survey conducted during 2014-15 by the Ministry of Urban Development, which city topped the Swachh Bharat Rankings of 476 cities in the country?

a) Karnataka’s Mysore b) Karnataka’s Bangalore c) Kerala’ Trivandrum d) Chennai of Tamil Nadu e) None of these

148. What is the name of the scheme for online release of new LPG connections, which was launched by Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan recently?

a) Sahaj b) Sehai c) GetLPG

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d) Saheli e) None of these

149. Which district of Kerala is on its way to be declared as the first total HIV/AIDS literate district in the country?

a) Kasaragod b) Kannur c) Palakkad d) Trivandrum e) Trissur

150. Which country created history by topping the medals tally at the 15th World Championships of Athletics that concluded on 30 August 2015 at Beijing? –

a) Kenya b) China c) U.S d) Britain e) None of these

151. The Reserve Bank of India on 31 August 2015 declared which two banks of the country as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), which literally means that these banks are so integral to the national economy that their failure would have to be prevented at any cost?

a) ICICI and IDBI b) IDBI and HSBC c) SBI and IDBI d) SBI and ICICI e) None of these

152. Who was appointed as the new Finance Secretary on 31 August 2015?

a) Ratan P. Watal b) Shaktikanta Das c) Rajiv Mehrishi d) Hasmukh Adhia e) None of these

153. Global rating agency Standard & Poor‟s (S&P) downgraded which leading Latin American country‟s credit rating to junk grade on 9 September 2015?

a) Argentina b) Chile c) Uruguay d) Paraguay e) Brazil

154. Who was elected as the new Prime

Minister of Australia on 14 September

2015?

a) David Cameron

b) Tony Abbot

c) Malcolm Turnbull

d) Renil VikramSinha

e) None of these

155. Microsoft Corp. began the worldwide

release of which new Office suite from 22

September 2015?

a) Office X

b) Office 2015

c) Office 2016

d) Office one

e) None of these

156. What is the new name for

“internet.org”, the internet access enabling

platform headed by Facebook, as

announced on 24 September 2015?

a) Free book

b) Free net

c) Free Basics

d) FaceNet

e) None of these

157.What is the current Repo rate?

a) 6.75%

b) 7.75%

c) 6.5%

d) 6.25%

e) 7.25%

158.Which of the following is not considered

as a money market instrument?

a) Treasury bill

b) Repurchase Agreement

c) Commercial Paper

d) Certificate of Deposit

e) Shares and bonds

159. Which of the following is known as cross selling by Banks? (A) Sale of a debit card to a credit card holder (B) Sale of Insurance policy to a depositor (C) Issuance of cash against cheque presented by a third party

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a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) Both (A) and (C)

e) All (A), (B) and (C)

160.Who was appointed as the first President of the $100-billion New

Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries ?

a) K V Kamath b) Chandra Sekhar Ghosh c) Chanda Kochar d) Kishor Piraji Kharat e) None of these

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Directions(Qs.161-170):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 fit the blank appropriately. Find out the approximate word in each case.

Since (161) times ,people have (162) that human activity could affect the environment.

The discovery of past ice ages shows that Earth’s climate is in constant (163) and that (164)

history ,scientist have (165) for the cause of these changes. Though scientist discovered the

greenhouse effect in the late 19th century , the theory of global warming wasn’t (166) as a

scientifically proven fact until 1992 when the U.N.O held a conference on environment and

Development. Today , global warming is a (167)accepted reality and (168)about its effects range

from the hysteria to the acceptance. Newspapers chronicle the slowly changing climate and the

actions that have(169)that change. From developing nations to industrial countries, global climate

affects (170).

161.

a) Long

b) Great

c) Urgent

d) Ancient

e) Stone-age

162.

a) Believed

b) Succeeded

c) Wished

d) Lost

e) Wanted

163.

a) Hot

b) Flux

c) Fight

d) Changes

e) Reality

164.

a) With

b) For

c) To

d) Throughout

e) As

165.

a) Contribute

b) Talked

c) Resigned

d) Visited

e) Searched

166.

a) Accepted

b) False

c) Real

d) greeted

e) Expected

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167.

a) Rarely

b) Widely

c) Wrongly

d) Leisurely

e) Faithfully

168.

a) Principles

b) Various

c) Measurement

d) Idea

e) Speculation

169.

a) Meaning

b) Worked

c) Affected

d) Cause

e) Witness

170.

a) One

b) Much

c) Everyone

d) More

e) Singular

Direction(Qs.171-175):Read the jumbled sentence given below and then arrange them in a

logical, coherent passage to answer the questions that follow the sentence.

1. Strategic change requires transformation skills; the ability to shape a vision of the future,

mobilize employees behind the vision and guide the company’s different systems

towards achievement of the vision.

2. Managers successfully at carrying out strategic change point to the significance of active

participation, coalition building and up front communication.

3. Both action and inaction by managers take on symbolic meaning and shape lower level

employees interpretations about the key events and everything depends on it.

4. A large body of evidence suggests that to fully involve employees is the surest way to

produce a more mobilized work force, one willing to abandon established fiefdoms and

hard won perks in the pursuit of their firms’ effectiveness.

5. In contrast, isolation from decision making tends to breed emotional hostility and

resistance, and sometimes active sabotage.

171.Which one of the following can be the

FIRST sentence of the passage in the

rearranged sentences?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

e) 6

172.Which one of the following can be the

FOURTH sentence of the passage in the

rearranged sentences?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 2

d) 5

e) 6

173. Which one of the following can be the

LAST sentence of the passage in the

rearranged sentences?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

e) 6

174.Which one of the following can be the

SECOND sentence of the passage in the

rearranged sentences?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

e) 5

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175.Which one of the following can be the

THIRD sentence of the passage in the

rearranged sentences?

a) 1

b) 5

c) 4

d) 3

e) 2

Directions (Qs. 176-190): Read the following passage and answer the questions below it. A few words are given in the bold form to help easy location while answering some questions. To some extent, it is the nature of the intellect to narrow our vision and give it focus. Tragedy comes in when we forget this limitation and think the intellect can comprehend things as a whole. The intellect views the world through a slit. When a cat walks by, it observes the eye, then fur, and then the tail, and then it infers that the eye is the cause of the tail, unless of course, the cat was walking backward. If this sounds absurd, some of the theories about biochemistry and behaviour use very similar reasoning. Nachiketa would object, “Man, why don’t you open the door? That’s just your black cat Frodo, pacing back and forth.” But instead we usually get caught up in clarifying slit-information, even though without a larger view our conclusions may be entirely wrong. To make matters worse, we specialize. I am not against specialization perse but what often happens is that we do not even look through whole slit; we subdivide. My field is the upper part of the tail; yours is the lower. I might even forget about the eye and the fur. My main concern will be my debate with a colleague in Tokyo over whether hair on the tail grows up or down. If anybody asks how the eye fits in, I refer him to another researcher. After all, what have eyes got to do with geotropic hair growth? Debates like this cannot be resolved on the slit level. What is required is to open the door; then argument becomes unnecessary. Once the door is opened, even a little, we will not quarrel over whose slit is correct or whether we should confine ourselves to the top of it or the bottom. As long as we see only part of the picture, logic and argumentation can never settle an issue. When the intellect becomes calm and clear, theory gives way to demonstration. It is not beyond our reach to see life whole. We have simply become so attached to this precious slit that we think there is no higher mode of knowing. After a while, we become so used to slits that we put on a special mask with just a hairline crack in front of the eyes. Try walking around wearing a mask like this and see what happens. Every little thing will fill your field of vision. The intellect that sees only a small corner of life makes a very poor guide. We follow it like the blind led by the blind. I see this illustrated every day in the newspapers. To take just one urgent example, I have read that perhaps half a million scientists and engineers around the world are engaged in weapons research. I have no doubt that the vast majority of these people have no desire for war. They feel they are only doing a job, playing a small role in an inevitable activity. Nevertheless, this is not a defence industry, this is a half a million highly skilled men and women preparing for war. Producing and selling instruments of war is one of the biggest business in the world today. Even before the First World War, George Bernard Shaw caught the spirit of the industry in the character of undershaft in Major Barbara. Undershaft is no sinister “merchant of death”. He is just a businessman, whose credo is to give arms to all who offer an honest price for them, without respect of persons or principles, to capitalist and socialist, to protestant and catholic, to burglar and policeman, to black man, white man and yellow man, to all sorts and conditions, all nationalities and faiths, all follies, all causes and all crimes. The defence-minded intellect might object, “That’s unfortunate, but defence is necessary. Everybody has to have weapons, and somebody is going to sell them. Here is a business that is thriving”. These sales”, the merchant argue, “help supply allies who cannot produce needed equipment.” Needed for what? Any school boy knows that weapons are needed by people in

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order to kill each other. From the evidence, we would have to conclude that death is a much more desirable goal than health, education, or welfare. Or, look at cancer. Many researchers today maintain that perhaps seventy to ninety per cent of all human cancers are caused by environmental agents involved in manufacturing and processing new products. Most of these substances are relatively recent additions to our environment. We made them, and we can cease to make them if we choose. Yet one way or another such substances appeal to us so much that life without them seems untenable. As a result, instead of trying to eliminate the causes of cancer, we pour millions of dollars into what one writer calls “the Vietnam of modern medicine”: The Search for a Cancer Cure. This kind of myopia is not a necessary fault of the intellect. Given a larger picture, the intellect

can rise to the occasion. Then even if the Nobel Prize is dangled before its eyes, it will refuse to

work at any project that is at the expense of life, but will give all its attention to matters of real

urgency.

176. Which of these is true in context to the

passage:

a) humans are capable of unlimited

applications of the mind

b) whether the slit is small or large,

conclusion is the same

c) all researchers view through slit-like

intellects

d) it is not possible to view life as a

whole

e) the intellect is capable of

adjustments

177. The passage is against:

1. short-sightedness of the scientists

2. the nature of the intellect

3. narrowness of the intellect

options:

a.(1) only

b.(2) only

c.(1) and (2)

d.(1) and (3)

e.all (1), (2) and (3)

178. What should be the right approach for

argumentation:

a) to specialise in a particular field

b) to study bio-chemistry

c) sub-divide topics and research on

them

d) open the doors of the intellect

e) leave attachment to our slits

179. According to the author, the intellect

which sees a small corner of life, can:

a) lead to scientific and engineering

outcomes

b) lead to follies and crimes

c) race for better defence

d) cause environmental pollution

e) lead to harmful and unwanted

results

180. What leads to cancer?

a) pre-existing environmental pollutants

b) man-made additions to environment

c) tasty and good-looking things

d) modern medicines

e) None of the above

181. The difference between narrow and

broad vision is:

a) narrow vision leads to

specialisations, while broad vision

does not

b) narrow vision leads to debates while

broad vision easily settles them

c) narrow vision leads to desire for war

while broad vision leads to desire for

defence sales

d) narrow vision leads to greedy

business while broad vision leads to

fair salesmanship

e) narrow vision leads to Nobel prizes

and broad vision refuses them

182. In context to the passage, which one of

these is false:

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a) weapons are needed by nations for

money

b) weapons are needed for security

reasons

c) a person with a broad intellect would

not sell weapons to all

d) the author is against specialisations

e) scientists all over the world are

preparing for war

183. The title to the passage can be:

a) Disasters of science

b) Nature of the intellect

c) Intellectual misconducts

d) Human debates

e) Viewing life as a whole

184. The undershaft is:

a) a very clever businessman

b) an intellectual businessman

c) an immoral character

d) the major role in Major Barbara

e) a blindly-led intellect

Directions (Qs. 185-187): In context of the

above passage choose the word which is

most similar in meaning to the given word.

185. CREDO

a) crime

b) credit

c) business

d) job

e) management

186. COMPREHEND

a) absorb

b) digest

c) guide

d) assimilate

e) understand

187. GEOTROPIC

a) falling to ground

b) attracted towards earth

c) touching the earth

d) projected toward the earth

e) None of these

Directions (Qs. 98-100): In context of the

above passage choose the word which is

most opposite in meaning to the given word.

188. INEVITABLE

a) blasting

b) accidental

c) certain

d) incidental

e) avoidable

189. MYOPIA

a) narrowmindedness

b) broadmindedness

c) shortsightedness

d) evilsightedness

e) hypermetropia

190. UNTENABLE

a) probable

b) cured

c) unworthy

d) worthsome

e) pleasant

Directions(Qs.191-195):Read each sentence carefully and find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is your answer. If there is no error, the answer is option ‘e’. 191.On account of(a) /the disturbance(b) / the meeting(c) /broke down.(d) 192.All the doctors(a) /were puzzled on(b)/ the strange symptoms (c)/ reported by the patient.(d) 193.Being a rainy day(a)/ Vijay decided to stay at (b)/home and work further(c)/ on the problem.(d) 194.The gentleman together with (a)/his wife and daughter (b)/were (c)/drowned.(d) 195.Everyone(a) /of the students(b)/ has brought his(c) /identity card.(d)

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Directions(196-200)Below are given some statements each of which is capable of being

expressed by one word only. Each statement is followed by four such words of which only one

is correct. You have to pick out the correct choice.

196.Story of old time gods or heroes is __

a) Lyric

b) Epic

c) Legend

d) Romance

e) None of these

197.A doctor who treat skin diseases.

a) Ophthalmologist

b) Dermatologist

c) Paediatrician

d) Cardiologist

e) None of these

198.A lady who remains unmarried

a) Spinster

b) Artist

c) Bachelor

d) Feminist

e) None of these

199.A speech deliverd without any previous

preparation

a) Extempore

b) Maiden

c) Empiric

d) Exorbitant

e) None of these

200. An ardent early supporter of a cause or

reform

a) Apostle

b) Apotheosis

c) Theologist

d) Renegade

e) Apothecary

Answer key

1. d

2. a

3. c

4. b

5. e (?=3)

6. d

7. a

8. e

9. c

10. b

11. e ,This series is a combination of

two series. Consider alternate

numbers. 29-8=21, 21-8=13, 13-8=5

and 37+8=45 , 45+8=53.So, replace

43 by 45 to get the correct series.

12. d ,125=600/5 +5, 30=125/5 +5 and

so on ..Replace 13 by 11

13. c , 42=80/2 + 2, 8.75=13.5/2 +2,

6.375=8.75/2 + 2 and so on..

Replace 24 by 23

14. b ,10*1-2=8, 8*2-3=13, 13*3-4 and

so on. Replace 671 by 669.

15. c 150*2 -10=290, 290*2 -20 and

so on. To get the right series replace

1120 by 1090.1090=560*2-30.

16. d ,Let 100 be C.P,Then S.P=125. If

allowed 10% discount S.P=112.5.

As selling volume doubles total

profit= 12.5*2=25. So,reqired ratio is

1:1.

17. d , Number of ways of visiting four

cities =4!=24, Number of ways of

visiting A just before , required

probability=6/24=1/4

18. b

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19. a ,total number of

matches=nC2=153, Solve for n.

20. d ,Prime factorize 8064=27 * 32 *

7; required number of

ways=(7+1)(2+1)(1)=24

21. e P=1/3 , 2/3 and Q=-1/3 , 1/6

22. b P=-7,-6 and Q=-5, -6

23. e P=4 and Q=3

24. d P=Q=-8

25. c p=1/3, 1/5 and Q=1/5, -2/3

26. d Actual average={58- [(65-

45)/53)\]}=57.62kgs

27. b Amount of sugar in solution=

(4/100) * 6=0.24 litre, percentage of

sugar after evaporating 1 litre of

water=(0.24/5)*100=4.8%

28. d S.P=16, C.P=Loss%=x,

S.P=C.P-loss% , 16=x-

(x*x/100),Solving for x, x= 80 or 20.

29. a ,Amount of water in 30

litre=30*(3/10)=9 litre ,amount of

milk=21 litre. Let x be the water

need to be added to make the ratio

3:7. 21/(9+x)=3/7.Solving for x, x=

40.

30. a ,ratio of effective capital of A , B

and C is 1400*12 : 7* X:

5*Y=4:3:2.Solve X and Y

31. b , Short cut ; [(40*35)/(40-

35)]*(15/60)

32. c ,Shortcut. Time taken by amount

to double=100/% of interest,=>% of

interest=100/20=5%. Similarly Time

taken by amount to become 4

times=300/% of interest.=>300/5=60

yrs.

33. c

34. a ,Work of (Ram+Dilip+Shekhar) in 1

day=1/20, Work of (Ram+Dilip) in

1day=1/30, Work of Shekhar in 1

day=1/20 - 1/30= 1/60.=>Shekhar

will take 60 days to complete the

work.

35. d , Ratio of solution of 90% and

97%=(97-95)/(95-90)=2/5.,Reqd

quantity of 97%

solution=(5/7)*21=15 litre.

36. b

37. b

38. a

39. d

40. b

41. c

42. b

43. d

44. a

45. d

46. c

47. b

48. d

49. e

50. b

51. b

52. c

53. e

54. a

55. e

56. c

57. e

58. c

59. e

60. e

61. d

62. a

63. e

64. c

65. b

66. e

67. c

68. d

69. d

70. e

71. c

72. d

73. a

74. b

75. e

76. b

77. d

78. b

79. c

80. c

81. c

82. c

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83. d( In order to solve this question,

we must know the position of either

Ravina or Mohini from both ends)

84. c

85. d

86. c

87. b

88. d

89. d

90. d

91. e

92. b

93. e

94. b

95. e

96. d

97. b

98. a

99. c

100. b

101. b

102. b

103. a

104. b

105. c

106. c

107. c

108. d

109. d

110. e

111. b

112. b

113. c

114. c

115. a

116. c

117. a

118. b

119. b

120. b

121. a

122. e

123. b

124. c

125. b

126. a

127. d

128. d

129. a

130. b

131. c

132. d

133.b

134.c

135.a

136.a

137.a

138.b

139.a

140.b

141.d

142.d

143.c

144.a

145.c

146.d

147.a

148.a

149.c

150.a

151.d

152.a

153.e

154.c

155.c

156.c

157.a

158.e

159.e

160.a

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161.d

162.a

163.d

164.d

165.e

166.a

167.b

168.e

169.c

170.c

171.a

172.c

173.c

174.d

175.b

176.e

177.d

178.d

179.e

180.b

181.b

182.b

183.b

184.e

185.d

186.e

187.b

188.e

189.e

190.a

191.d “broke up” is the correct usage.

192.b replace “on” by “at”.

193.a , add ‘it’ before being.

194.c Substitute ‘were’ by ‘was’ to get it agree with its singular subject ‘the gentle-man’.

195. a – Where the number is limited or is implied to be limited ‘each one’ will be a better usage than ‘every one’

196.c

197.b

198.a

199.a

200.a

Solution Qs.(61-65)

Name of student College Branch

A Z Mechanical

B Y Civil

C X Chemical

D X Electrical

E Z Computer

F Y Aeronautical

G Z Electronics