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1.In a certain code language, ‘3a, 2b, 7c’ means ‘Truth is Eternal’; ‘7c,
9a, 8b, 3a’ means ‘Enmity is not Eternal’ and 6a, 4d, 2b, 8b’ means
‘Truth does not perish’. Which of the following means ‘enmity’ in that
language?
(a) 3a
(b) 7c
(c) 8b
(d) 9a
Ans (d)
2. In a certain code language, ‘po ki top ma’ means ‘Usha is playing
cards’; ‘Kop ja ki ma’ means ‘Asha is playing tennis’; ki top sop ho’
means ‘they are playing football’; and ‘po sur kop’ means ‘cards and
tennis’. Which word in that language means ‘Asha’?
(a) ja
(b) ma
(c) kop
(d) top
Ans (a)
3. A girl was born on September 6, 1970, which happened to be a
Sunday. Her birthday has again fall on Sunday in
(a) 1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1977
(d) 1981
Ans (d)
4. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double
folded to start with how many times does it need to be cut?
(a) 9
(b) 23
(c) 11
(d) 12
Ans (c)
5. There are 19 hockey players in a club. On a particular day 14 were
wearing the hockey shirts prescribed, while 11 were wearing the
prescribed hockey pants. None of them was without either hockey
pants or hockey shirts. How many were in complete hockey uniform?
(a) 8
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 7
Ans (b)
6. In a class room three fourth of the boys are above 160 cm in height
and they are 18 in number. Also out of the total strength, the boys
form only two third and the rest are girls. The total number of girls in
the class is
(a) 18
(b) 24
(c) 12
(d) 30
Ans (c)
7. ‘A’ is east of ‘B’ and west of ‘C’. ‘H’ is South-West of ‘C’, ‘B’ is
South-East of ‘X’. which is farthest West?
(a) C
(b) A
(c) X
(d) B
Ans (c)
8. A girl earns twice as much in December as in each of the other
months. What part of her entire year’s earning does she earn in
December?
(a) 2/11
(b) 2/13
(c) 3/14
(d) 1/6
Ans (b)
9. One watch is 1 minute slow at 1 pm on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast
at 1 pm on Thursday. When did it show the correct time?
(a) 1.00 am on Wednesday
(b) 5.00 am on Wednesday
(c) 1.00 pm on Wednesday
(d) 5.00 pm on Wednesday
Ans (b)
10. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : Even with the increase in the number of sugar factories in
India. We still continue to import sugar.
Assumptions :
I. The consumption of sugar per capita has increased in India.
II. Many of the factories are not in a position to produce sugar to their
fullest capacity.
Ans (c)
11. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : I cannot contact you on phone from Karshik.
Assumption :
I. Telephone facility is not available at Karshik.
II. Nowadays it is difficult to contact on phone.
Ans (b)
12. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : The government has decided to reduce the custom duty
on computer peripherals.
Assumptions :
I. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go up in
near future.
II. the domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision.
Ans (A)
13. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in
the suburbs to reach their places of work on time.
Assumptions :
I. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the
suburbs of Bombay.
II. Only railway trains run punctually.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Ans (A)
14. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : The private bus services in the city has virtually collapsed
because of the ongoing strike of its employees.
Assumptions :
I. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee.
II. People no more require the services of private bus operators.
15. Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit
Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit
Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit
Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit
Statement : Detergents should be used. to clean clothes.
Assumptions :
I. Detergents from more lather.
II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.
Ans (d)
16. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall
complete the matrix? A D H
FIM
?NR
(a) P
(b) N
(c) K
(d) O
Ans (c)
17. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall
complete the matrix? A M B N
RCSD
EUF?
(a) T
(a) F
(c) V
(d) R
Ans (c)
18. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall
complete the matrix? 1 4 9 ?
1234
246?
(a) 16 and 8
(b) 36 and 4
(c) 25 and 5
(d) 49 and 7
Ans (a)
19. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall
complete the matrix? 6 6 8
575
43?
120 126 320
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 8
(d) 4
Ans (c)
20. In the following questions, there are given two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:
(a) If only conclusion I follows
(b) If only conclusion II follows
(c) If either I or II follows
(d) If neither I nor II follows
Statements:
I. Many scooters are trucks.
II. All trucks are trains
Conclusions:
I. Some scooters are trains. II. No truck is a scooter.
Ans (a)
21. In the following questions, there are given two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer
as:(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either I or II follows.
(d) If neither I nor II follows.
Statements:
I. All cars are cats.
II. All fans are cats.
Conclusions:
I. All cars are fans.
II. Some fans are cars.
Ans (d)
22. In the following questions, there are given two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either I or II follows.
(d) If neither I nor II follows.
Statements:
I. All pilots are experts.
II. All authors are pilots.
Conclusions:
I. All authors are experts.
II. No expert in an author.
Ans (a)
23. In the following questions, there are given two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either I or II follows.
(d) If neither I nor II follows.
Statements:
I. Some doctors are institutes.
II. Some crooks are institutes.
Conclusions:
I. All institutes are doctors.
II. Some institutes are crooks.
Ans (b)
24. The letter in the centre is to be used more than once while all
other letters are to be used only once to form a meaningful word. The
first letter of this meaningful word is the answer. If no such meaningful
word can be made, then give ‘X’ as the answer, and if more than one
such meaningful words can be made, then give ‘M’ as the answer.
(a) L
(b) E
(c) X
(d) M
Ans (c)
25. If the positions of the fifth and the twelfth letters of the word
GLORIFICATIONS are interchanged and likewise the positions of the
fourth and fourteenth letters, the third and tenth letters, the second
and eleventh letters, the first and thirteenth letters, are interchanged,
then which of the following will be the twelfth letter from the right
end?
(a) T
(b) O
(C) R
(d) 1
Ans (a)

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1. As per the reports in the newspapers what has been the average growth of GDP during
10th plan period (2002-2007) ?
(A) 9 %
(B) 9.3 %
(C) 8 %
(D) 8.7 %
(E) 7.6 %
Ans (E)
2. Which of the following is/are not part(s) of the Union Budget 2008-09 presented in the
Lok Sbha in February 2008 ?
(1) Defence allocation is increased by 10% to reach more than Rs. 1,00,000 crore.
(2) National Rural Guarantee Act is extended to all the rural districts.
(3) Debt Waiver Scheme launched to help all farmers irrespective of their land holdings.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 & 2
(D) Only 3
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
3. Which of the following States has been declared 2008 as the “Year of Education” ?
(A) Haryana
(B) Bihar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
4. Who amongst the following is selected as the “Banker of the year 2007″ by the
Business Standard ?
(A) M.V.Kamath
(B) K.C.Chakrabarty
(C) Anil Khandelwal
(D) O.P.Bhatt
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
5. Which of the following is /are not the constituent sector(s) of the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) of India ?
(1) Agriculture & allied activities
(2) Foreign Exchange Reserve
(3) Industry
(A) Only 1
(B) All 1,2 & 3
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) Only 2
Ans (E)
6.What is “H5N1″ a term , which was very much in news recently ?
(A) It is a category of Visa provided by the USA fOR STUDENTS.
(B) It is the name of the virus which cause Bird flu
(C) It is the code name of India’s space Mission 2010.
(D) It was the name of the military operation launched by Sri Lanka against LTTE.
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
7. Which of the following State Govts. launched a Rs. 40,000 crore “Ganga Expressway
Project” ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
(E) Uttar Pradesh
Ans (E)
8. Which of the following countries is going to elects its first 47 member parliament for
the first time in the history of the country ?
(A) Butan
(B) Pakistan
(C) Myanmar
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
9. “World Day for Water” was observed on which of the following days ?
(A) 22nd January
(B) 22nd February
(C) 22nd March
(D) 22nd April
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
10. sunita Williams is the recipient of which of the following awards given away
recently ?
(A) Woman of the year 2007
(B) Padma Bhushan
(C) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(D) Pravasi India Award 2007
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
11. The Fifth National Winter Games were organized in -
(A) Jaipur
(B) Gulmarg
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Chennai
(E) Delhi
Ans (B)
12. Who amongst the following won the Men’s single title of Australian Open Tennis
2008 ?
(A) Novak Djokovic
(B) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(C) Jonathan Erlich
(D) Andy Ram
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
13. Which of the following films won the best Film Award in 65th Golden Globe Awards
ceremony ?
(A) Away from her
(B) Atonement
(C) No Country for Old Men
(D) I’m Not there
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
14. Rahul Banerjee won which of the following Natioanl Senior Champioship held in
January 2008 ?
(A) Badminton
(B) Chess
(C) Archery
(D) Golf
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
15. Who amongst the following is the author of the novel “Without Dreams” ?
(A) Shahbano Bilgrami
(B) Saeed Mirza
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) Shabana Azmi
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
16. The —— of a system includes the programs or instructions.
(A) Hardware
(B) Icon
(C) Information
(D) Software
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
17.The copy command saves to-
(A) The Desktop
(B) The Clipboard
(C) Microsoft Word
(D) Paste
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
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1.Accident is related to Carefulness in the same way as Disease is
related to
(a) Sanitation

(b) Treatment

(c) Medicine

(d) Doctor

Ans (a) Lack of second results in the first

2. Aflatoxin is related to Food poisoning in the same way as Histamine

is related to

(a) Allergy

(b) Headache

(c) Anthrax

(d) Inhabited

Ans (a) First causes the second

3. Ostrich is related to Antelope in the same way as Egret is related to

(a) Cow

(b) Buffalo

(c) Camel
(d) Zebra

Ans (b) Both live together to derive benefits from each other

4. Hong Kong is related to China in the same way as Vatican is related

to..?…

(a) Canada

(b) Mexico

(c) North America

(d) Rome

Ans (d) Hong Kong is a city in china. Similarly, Vatican is a city in

Rome

5. Forfeit related to Surrender in the same way as Remit is related to

(a) Perceive

(b) Confiscate

(c) Exempt

(d) Refrain

Ans (d) The words in each pair are synonyms

Directions (questins 6 to 10): Each of the questions below consists

of a question and two statements marked 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
(a) 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.
(b) If the data in statements I alone are not sufficient to answer the
question, while the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer
the question.
(c) If the data either in statement I or in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question.
(d) If the data even in both the statements I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the question.
(e) If the data in both statements I and II together are needed to
answer the question.

6. What does ‘Ne’ stands for in the code language?

I. ‘Na Ni Nok Ne’ means ‘I will tell you’ and ‘Ni Nok Ne Nam’ means ‘he
will tell you’ in that code language.

II. ‘Ni Ne Mo Nam’ means ‘will he call you’ and ‘Ne Mok Sac Ni’ means
‘how will you go’ in that code language.

Ans (d)

7. Who amongst P, Q, R, S, T and U is the tallest?

I. P is taller that R and T but not as tall as U, who is taller than Q and
S.

II. R is the third in height in the ascending order and not as tall as U, P
and Q, Q being taller than P but not the tallest.

Ans (c)

8. Who among A, B, C, D, E & F read the book last?

I. F, who gave the book to B after reading, was third to read the same.

II. C, who read the book after A, was the third person to read the book
before it reached E.

Ans (d)

9. Who is paternal uncle of Pavan?

I. Pavan is brother of Poornima, who is daughter of Meena, who is

sister of Kumar, who is brother Smrithi.
II. Prithvi is brother of Indrajith, who is husband of Poornima, who is
mother of Ganga, who is sister of Pavan.

Ans (b)

10. What is Milan’s rank in the class of 44 students?

I. Ramesh, whose rank is 17th in the class, is ahead of Shyam by 6

ranks, Shyam being 7 ranks ahead of Milan.

II. Suketu is 26 ranks ahead of Milan and Shyamala is 6 ranks behind

Milan while Savita stands exactly in the middle of Shyamala and
Suketu in ranks, her rank being 17.

Ans (c)

Directions (questions 11 to 15): Read the following information and

answer the questions given below.

(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not

necessarily in the same order) facing north.

(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have

between them.

(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.

(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.

11. Which of the following statements may be false?

(a) A is the 3rd to the left of F

(b) D is 3rd to the left of E

(c) F is 3rd the right of A

(d) B is 3rd to the left of C

(e) None of these

Ans (d)

12. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) C and E are neighbors

(b) E is to the immediate left of F

(c) C is to the immediate left of D

(d) A is to the immediate left of D

(e) None of these

Ans (d)

13. Who is at the extreme right?

(a) Data inadequate

(b) G

(c) B

(d) E

(e) None of these

Ans (a)

14. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?

(a) A, C and D, C

(b) A, B and E, G

(c) D, C and E, F

(d) C, F and C, E

(e) None of these

Ans (c)

15. What is the position of F?

(a) Immediate to the right of E.

(b) Third to the left of G

(c) Immediate to the left of C

(d) 5th to the right of B

(e) None of these

Ans (e)

16. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way
while one is different. Find out which one is different.

(a) ISLOJ

(b) LUOQM

(c) AKDGB

(d) FPILG

(e) NXQTO

Ans (b)

17. In the sequence given below the sum of the two digits which
immediately precede the digit ‘4′ exceeds the sum of the two digits
which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum of the two digits which
immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two digits which
immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4’s and 6’s together
are there?

54462635642843766483

(a) 4

(b) 6

(c) 3

(d) 5

(e) None of these

Ans (a)

18. Below are given six three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of
numeric and letters. The letter indicates its serial order in the English
alphabet. What will be the middle digit of the 4th number when the
numbers are arranged in the descending order after interchanging
numeric in each number without altering the place of letter in the
number?

19F, 2H9, 98B, D76, 7A6, 61E

(a) 8

(b) 9

(c) 6

(d) 7

(e) None of these

Ans (e)

Directions (questions19 to 20): In a code language any letter

which is immediately after or before a vowel in the English alphabet is
substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E, I, O and U is
substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the
English alphabet.

19. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?

(a) EDVDRJSI

(b) EFUFRHSI

(c) EFUFRJSI

(d) EDUFRJSI

(e) None of these

Ans (c)

20. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code

language?

(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO
(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO

(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO

(d) CONFFDERATION

(e) None of these

Ans (b)

21. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to
its right in the alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other
in the same order followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet,
which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the
left in the new arrangement?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

(a) G

(b) H

(c) J

(d) W

(e) none of these

Ans (a)

22. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS
which have number of letters between them in the word one less than
the number of letters between them in English alphabet?

(a) five

(b) one

(c) four

(d) Two

(e) Three

Ans (a)
23. Four of the following five have similar relationship and hence form
a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT

(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ

(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT

(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP

(e) HUSBAND : JSUDNAF

Ans (d)

24.
Which pair of the letters in the word BEAUTIFUL has the same
relationship between its letters with respect to their position in the
English alphabet as the pair EA in that word has between its letters?

(a) IB

(b) LF

(c) IE

(d) FL

(e) TL

Ans (c)

25. Which of the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as

RTERBN relates to SECTOR?

(a) RWLGPF

(b) EOFKUQ

(c) EOFMXS

(d) RWLEPD
(e) RWLEND

Ans (e)

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1.Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can best replace
the question mark (?)

1 2 3 2 10 12

2 5 12 10 16 13

1 2 1 ? 10 24

(a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 8

Ans (c)

2. Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can best
replace the question mark (?)

3 8 10 2 ? 1

6 56 90 2 20 0

(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

Ans (c)

3.In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the
wrong term.

11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54

(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 26

Ans (c)

4. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the
wrong term.

8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386

(a) 14 (b) 48 (c) 98 (d) 194

Ans (b)

5. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

CHANGE

(a) 77 (b) 79 (c) 83 (d) 80

Ans (d)

6. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

FLUTE

(a) 153 (b) 157 (c) 151 (d) 149

Ans (a)

7. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

BREAD

(a) 67 (b) 62 (c) 59 (d) 65

Ans (d)

8. In a certain code language, ‘3a, 2b, 7c’ means ‘Truth is Eternal’; ‘7c, 9a, 8b, 3a’
means ‘Enmity is not Eternal’ and 6a, 4d, 2b, 8b’ means ‘Truth does not perish’.
Which of the following means ‘enmity’ in that language?

(a) 3a (b) 7c (c) 8b (d) 9a

Ans (d)

9. In a certain code language, ‘po ki top ma’ means ‘Usha is playing cards’; ‘Kop ja
ki ma’ means ‘Asha is playing tennis’; ki top sop ho’ means ‘they are playing
football’; and ‘po sur kop’ means ‘cards and tennis’. Which word in that language
means ‘Asha’?

(a) ja (b) ma (c) kop (d) top

Ans (a)

10. A girl was born on September 6, 1970, which happened to be a Sunday. Her
birthday has again fall on Sunday in

(a) 1975 (b) 1976 (c) 1977 (d) 1981

Ans (d)

11. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start
with how many times does it need to be cut?

(a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 12

Ans (c)

12. There are 19 hockey players in a club. On a particular day 14 were wearing the
hockey shirts prescribed, while 11 were wearing the prescribed hockey pants. None
of them was without either hockey pants or hockey shirts. How many were in
complete hockey uniform?
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 7

Ans (b)

13. In a class room three fourth of the boys are above 160 cm in height and they are
18 in number. Also out of the total strength, the boys form only two third and the
rest are girls. The total number of girls in the class is

(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 30

Ans (c)

14. ‘A’ is east of ‘B’ and west of ‘C’. ‘H’ is South-West of ‘C’, ‘B’ is South-East of
‘X’. which is farthest West?

(a) C (b) A (c) X (d) B

Ans (c)

15. A girl earns twice as much in December as in each of the other months. What
part of her entire year’s earning does she earn in December?

(a) 2/11 (b) 2/13 (c) 3/14 (d) 1/6

Ans (b)

16. One watch is 1 minute slow at 1 pm on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast at 1 pm on

Thursday. When did it show the correct time?

(a) 1.00 am on Wednesday (b) 5.00 am on Wednesday (c) 1.00 pm on Wednesday (d)
5.00 pm on Wednesday

Directions (Question 17 to 22) :Given a statement followed by two assumptions

numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following
assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit

Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit

Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit

Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit

17.Statement: Even with the increase in the number of sugar factories in India. We
still continue to import sugar.
Assumptions :I. The consumption of sugar per capita has increased in India.

II. Many of the factories are not in a position to produce sugar to their fullest
capacity.

Ans (c)

18.Statement :I cannot contact you on phone from Karshik.

Assumption : I. Telephone facility is not available at Karshik.

II. Nowadays it is difficult to contact on phone.

Ans (b)

19.Statement : The government has decided to reduce the custom duty on computer
peripherals.

Assumptions : I. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go up in

near future.

II. the domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision.

Ans (a)

20. Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in the
suburbs to reach their places of work on time.

Assumptions : I. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the
suburbs of Bombay.

II. Only railway trains run punctually.

Ans (a)

21. Statement :The private bus services in the city has virtually collapsed because of
the ongoing strike of its employees.

Assumptions : I. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee.

II. People no more require the services of private bus operators.

Ans (b)

22. Statement : Detergents should be used. to clean clothes.

Assumptions : I. Detergents from more lather.

II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.

Ans (d)

23. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix?

ADH

FIM

?NR

(a) P (b) N (c) K (c) O

Ans (c)

24. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix?

AM BN

RCSD

EUF?

(a) T (b) F (c) V (d) R

Ans (c)

25. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the
matrix?

149?

1234

246?

(a) 16 and 8 (b) 36 and 4 (c) 25 and 5 (d) 49 and 7

Ans (a)

26. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the
matrix?
668

575

43?

120 126 320

(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 4

Ans (c)

27. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements,
disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. Many scooters are trucks. II. All trucks are trains

Conclusions: I. Some scooters are trains. II. No truck is a scooter.

Ans (a)

28. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements,
disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. All cars are cats. II. All fans are cats.

Conclusions: I. All cars are fans. II. Some fans are cars.

Ans (d)

29. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements,
disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. All pilots are experts. II. All authors are pilots.

Conclusions: I. All authors are experts. II. No expert in an author.

Ans (a)

30.In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements,
disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. Some doctors are institutes. II. Some crooks are institutes.

Conclusions: I. All institutes are doctors. II. Some institutes are crooks.

Ans (b)

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Posted on May 8, 2008.

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1. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award
2007 ?
a) Priya Ranjan Das Munshi

b) Mani Shankar Aiyyar

c) P.Chidambaram

d) Sushama Swaraj

ANS : a

2. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of

a) Paraguay

b) Sudan

c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

ANS : a

3. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on -

A. 15th March,2008

B. 30th March,2008

C. 28th April,2008

D. 4th May,2008

ANS : c

4. The newly constituted National Knowledge Commission is headed by

a) C. Rangarajan

b)Prof. R. S. Sharma

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Ms. Girija Vyas

ANS : c
5. India enacted an important event of Indian National Movement celebrating the
seventy- fifth anniversary. Which was it?

a) Quit India Movement

b) Delhi Chalo Movement

c) Civil Disobedience Movement

d) Non – Cooperation Movement

ANS :c

6. Pope Benedict XVI belongs to which country?

a) Italy

b) Germany

c) France

d) Poland

ANS : b

7. The media campaign “ The World Is Waiting” is related to which of the following
companies?

a) Lufthansa

b) Qatar Airways

c) Indian Airlines

d) British Airways

ANS : d

8. Who among the following has been elected as President of the International Council of
Science Union?

a) E. Sreedharan

b) N. Ram

c) M. G. K. Menon
d) Goverdhan Mehta

ANS : d

9. Which of the following countries launched the smallest combat aircraft in the world?

a) Germany

b) India

c) Russia

d) USA

ANS : b

10. Who among the following British Governor- Generals shifted India’s capital from
Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?

a) Lord Louis Mountbatten

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Hardinge

d) Warren Hastings

ANS : c

11. “Golden Handshake” is the term associated with

a) Share market

b) Retirement benefits

c) Voluntary retirement benefits

d) Smuggling

ANS : c

12. Which of the following is the first surface- to- surface missile in India?

a) Prithvi

b) Trishul
c) Agni

d) Naag

ANS : a

13. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ?

a) Maldives

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) Pakistan

ANS : b

14. Mist is caused by

a) Dry ice

b) Ice at low temperature

c) Water vapours at low temperature

d) Carbon- monoxide in solid form

ANS : c

15. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year
2008 ?

a) Parvathy Omanakuttan

b) Simaran Kaur Mundi

c) Amrita Thapar

d) Tanvi Vyas

ANS : b

16. Who among the following was the author of “Rajtarangini”, commonly regarded as
the first genuine history of India written by an Indian?
a) Banbhatta

b) Ravikirti

c) Pushpadanta

d) Kalhana

ANS : d

17. Who among the following advocated Scientific Socialism?

a) Robert Owen

b) Proudhon Pierre Joseph

c) Karl Marx

d) Saint Simon Henri Claude

ANS : c

18. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deal with the Directive
Principles of State Policy?

a) 26 to 41

b) 31 to 56

c) 36 to 51

d) 41 to 66

ANS: c

19) Which one of the following travelers is not associated with the description of the
glories of Vijayanagar kingdom?

a) Abdur Razzaq

b) Paes

c) Ibn Batutah

d) Nuniz
ANS : c :
Abdur Razzaq- Deva Raya II

Paes- Krishna Deva Raya

Ibn Batutah- Harihara I

Nuziz- Achyut Deva Raya

20. The Chinese pilgrim Fa – Hien visited India during the reign of

a) Kanishka

b) Chandragupta I

c) Chandragupta II

d) Harshavardhana

ANS : c

21. Which of the following is the economic growth percentage projected in the 11th Five
Year Plan draft that was approved by the Planning Commission in November 2007?

a) 8%

b) 9%

c) 9.5%

d) 10%

ANS : b

22. The Indian Navy’s only sailing ship, which returned to Kochi after a 10- month
voyage around the globe is,

a) INS Vibhuti

b) INS Tarangini

c) INS Prabhat

d) INS Viraat

ANS : b
23) Who among the following is the Director General of International Monetary Fund
(IMF) ?

a) Thaksin Shinawatra

b) Liang Guanglie

c) Dominique Strauss Kahn

d) Paul Wolfowitz

ANS : c

24) Who is the author of the book “Super Star India : From Incredible to Unstopable”?

a) Bill Clinton

b) Hillory Clinton

c) Dalai Lama

d) Imran Khan

ANS : a

25) What does CECA stand for?

a) Community Enabled Cooperative Arrangement

b) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Agreement

c) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Arrangement

d) Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

ANS : d

26) John wheeler was associated with -

a) Physics

b) Chemistry

c) Botany

d) History
Ans : a

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Posted on May 15, 2008.

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1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how
many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?

(a) 30 minutes

(b) 25 minutes

(c) 28 minutes

(d) 34 minutes

2. Find the right number, from the given options, at the place marked by the question
mark: 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, ?

(a) 4096

(b) 8192

(c) 512

(d) 1024

3. Find the number missing at question mark:

10, 11, 23, 39, 64, ?, 149

(a) 100
(b) 103

(c) 78

(d) 128

4. A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from ‘Trivandrum’ and reaches ‘Attingal’ in 45
minutes with an average speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10 km/hr how
much time it will take to cover the same distance?

(a) 34 minutes (b) 36 minutes (c) 38 minutes (d) 40 minutes

5. The difference between 6 times and 8 times of a figure is 14. What is the figure?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6

6. If 92y = 36 what is 9y?

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18

7. One fourth percent of 180 is:

(a) 4.5 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.045 (d) 45

8. A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40% marks to pass paper I. But
he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum mark for paper
I?

(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 180 (d) 150

9. Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ……………

(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

10. If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?

(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17

11. The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is ………….

(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

12. A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how much should he sell them
to gain 20%?

(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210

13. What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?

(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50

14. A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per hour. In what time it
passes a bridge of 80 meters long?

(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds

15. If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time taken to fill the bucket
completely will be …….

(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds

16. If a quarter kilogram costs Rs. 60 then how much will cost for 150 grams?

(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. 36 (d) Rs. 40

17. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how many days with 6 men
and 8 boys take to do the same work?

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6

18. Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers

(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050

19. Two poles of height 6 meters and 11 meters stand on a plane ground. If the distance
between their feet is 12 meters then find the difference in the distance between their tops:

(a) 12m (b) 5m (c) 13m (d) 11m

20. How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere of lead of radius 8
cm?

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2

21. The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ……..

(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3

(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution

22. What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/2

23. At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%

24. Five times an unknown number is 5 less than 50. The unknown number

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 5

25. The acute angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at 4 PM

(a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1500 (d) 2400

26. Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after every
five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will be one
fourth full in

(a) 20 minute (b) 25 minutes

(c) 7 minutes 30 seconds (d) 10 minutes

27. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats

(a) 1 minutes (b) 10 minute (c) 100 minutes (d) 10000 minutes

28. If 75 % of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is:

(a) 250 (b) 750 (c) 400 (d) 300

29. A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food last if
80 more children join them?

(a) 6 days (b) 7 days (c) 10 days (d) 8 days

30. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 55, which is the largest number?

(a) 25 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 27

31. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot. What
is the percentage of his profit?

(a) 33 1/8 % (b) 66 2/3 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %

32. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 480 meters and the ratio between the length
and breadth is 5:3. The area of the field is:

(a) 7,200m2 (b) 15,000m2 (c) 54,000m2 (d) 13,500m2

33. If you add 100 to a certain number, the result will be more than, if you multiply that
number by 1000 what is that number?

(a) 1.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 2.0

34. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30 marks.
What is the maximum marks?

(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 475 (d) 450

35. The circumcentre of an obtuse triangle will always be in the

(a) Interior of the triangle

(b) Midpoint of the diameter

(c) Exterior of the triangle

(d) Midpoint of the side of the triangle

36. What is the degree measure of a semicircle?

(a) 360 (b) 90 (c) 270 (d) 180

37. Which among the following is the point of intersection of the medians of a triangle?

(a) Circumcentre (b) Centroid (c) Orthocenter (d) Incentre

38. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is ‘r’ what is
its slant height?

(a) 3r (b) 4r (c) √5r (d) √3r

39. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their surface areas?

(a) 4:9 (b) 2:3 (c) 8:27 (d) 4:6

40. What is the common ratio of the progression 3√2, 6, 6√2 ?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) √2 (d) √3

41. In class of 100 students 50 students passed in Mathematics and 70 passed in English,
5 students failed in both Mathematics and English. How many students passed in both the
subjects?

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 45

42. Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It goes 12 km down stream and comes back
to the starting point in three hours.What is the speed of water in the stream?

(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 4.5 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr

43. A student was asked to add 16 and subtract 10 from a number.He by mistake added 10
and subtracted 16. If his answer is 14 what is the correct answer?

(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 30 (d) 32

44. Find the area of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 10 cm and base 8 cm.

(a) 48 sq.cm (b) 34 sq.cm (c) 24 sq.cm (d) 42 sq.cm

45. Find the next term of the series: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, ……

(a) 81 (b) 69 (c) 63 (d) 57

46. A number consists of 20 plus 20% of its value. The number is:

(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 30

47. 20% of 5 + 5% of 20 =

(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 21

48. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock, when the time is
8.30

(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1050 (d) 750

49. Rs. 1581 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 10 : 15 : 6. What is the share of B?

(a) 306 (b) 765 (c) 700 (d) 510

50. The sum of four consecutive counting numbers is 154. Find the smallest number:
(a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 31
Answers

1 A 11 B 21 C 31 D 41 A

2 B 12 A 22 B 32 D 42 A

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 B 43 B

4 B 14 D 24 C 34 D 44 C
5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 A

6 B 16 C 26 A 36 D 46 C

7 C 17 D 27 B 37 B 47 B

8 D 18 A 28 D 38 C 48 D

9 C 19 C 29 C 39 C 49 B

10 B 20 B 30 B 40 C 50 B

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Posted on May 5, 2008.

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1.Accident is related to Carefulness in the same way as Disease is
related to
(a) Sanitation

(b) Treatment

(c) Medicine

(d) Doctor

Ans (a) Lack of second results in the first

2. Aflatoxin is related to Food poisoning in the same way as Histamine

is related to

(a) Allergy

(b) Headache

(c) Anthrax
(d) Inhabited

Ans (a) First causes the second

3. Ostrich is related to Antelope in the same way as Egret is related to

(a) Cow

(b) Buffalo

(c) Camel

(d) Zebra

Ans (b) Both live together to derive benefits from each other

4. Hong Kong is related to China in the same way as Vatican is related

to..?…

(a) Canada

(b) Mexico

(c) North America

(d) Rome

Ans (d) Hong Kong is a city in china. Similarly, Vatican is a city in

Rome

5. Forfeit related to Surrender in the same way as Remit is related to

(a) Perceive

(b) Confiscate

(c) Exempt

(d) Refrain
Ans (d) The words in each pair are synonyms

Directions (questins 6 to 10): Each of the questions below consists

of a question and two statements marked 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
(a) 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.
(b) If the data in statements I alone are not sufficient to answer the
question, while the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer
the question.
(c) If the data either in statement I or in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question.
(d) If the data even in both the statements I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the question.
(e) If the data in both statements I and II together are needed to
answer the question.

6. What does ‘Ne’ stands for in the code language?

I. ‘Na Ni Nok Ne’ means ‘I will tell you’ and ‘Ni Nok Ne Nam’ means ‘he
will tell you’ in that code language.

II. ‘Ni Ne Mo Nam’ means ‘will he call you’ and ‘Ne Mok Sac Ni’ means
‘how will you go’ in that code language.

Ans (d)

7. Who amongst P, Q, R, S, T and U is the tallest?

I. P is taller that R and T but not as tall as U, who is taller than Q and
S.

II. R is the third in height in the ascending order and not as tall as U, P
and Q, Q being taller than P but not the tallest.

Ans (c)

8. Who among A, B, C, D, E & F read the book last?

I. F, who gave the book to B after reading, was third to read the same.
II. C, who read the book after A, was the third person to read the book
before it reached E.

Ans (d)

9. Who is paternal uncle of Pavan?

I. Pavan is brother of Poornima, who is daughter of Meena, who is

sister of Kumar, who is brother Smrithi.

II. Prithvi is brother of Indrajith, who is husband of Poornima, who is

mother of Ganga, who is sister of Pavan.

Ans (b)

10. What is Milan’s rank in the class of 44 students?

I. Ramesh, whose rank is 17th in the class, is ahead of Shyam by 6

ranks, Shyam being 7 ranks ahead of Milan.

II. Suketu is 26 ranks ahead of Milan and Shyamala is 6 ranks behind

Milan while Savita stands exactly in the middle of Shyamala and
Suketu in ranks, her rank being 17.

Ans (c)

Directions (questions 11 to 15): Read the following information and

answer the questions given below.

(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not

necessarily in the same order) facing north.

(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have

between them.

(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.

(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.

11. Which of the following statements may be false?

(a) A is the 3rd to the left of F

(b) D is 3rd to the left of E

(c) F is 3rd the right of A

(d) B is 3rd to the left of C

(e) None of these

Ans (d)

12. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) C and E are neighbors

(b) E is to the immediate left of F

(c) C is to the immediate left of D

(d) A is to the immediate left of D

(e) None of these

Ans (d)

13. Who is at the extreme right?

(a) Data inadequate

(b) G

(c) B

(d) E

(e) None of these

Ans (a)

14. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?

(a) A, C and D, C

(b) A, B and E, G

(c) D, C and E, F

(d) C, F and C, E
(e) None of these

Ans (c)

15. What is the position of F?

(a) Immediate to the right of E.

(b) Third to the left of G

(c) Immediate to the left of C

(d) 5th to the right of B

(e) None of these

Ans (e)

16. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way
while one is different. Find out which one is different.

(a) ISLOJ

(b) LUOQM

(c) AKDGB

(d) FPILG

(e) NXQTO

Ans (b)

17. In the sequence given below the sum of the two digits which
immediately precede the digit ‘4′ exceeds the sum of the two digits
which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum of the two digits which
immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two digits which
immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4’s and 6’s together
are there?

54462635642843766483

(a) 4

(b) 6
(c) 3

(d) 5

(e) None of these

Ans (a)

18. Below are given six three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of
numeric and letters. The letter indicates its serial order in the English
alphabet. What will be the middle digit of the 4th number when the
numbers are arranged in the descending order after interchanging
numeric in each number without altering the place of letter in the
number?

19F, 2H9, 98B, D76, 7A6, 61E

(a) 8

(b) 9

(c) 6

(d) 7

(e) None of these

Ans (e)

Directions (questions19 to 20): In a code language any letter

which is immediately after or before a vowel in the English alphabet is
substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E, I, O and U is
substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the
English alphabet.

19. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?

(a) EDVDRJSI

(b) EFUFRHSI

(c) EFUFRJSI

(d) EDUFRJSI
(e) None of these

Ans (c)

20. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code

language?

(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO

(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO

(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO

(d) CONFFDERATION

(e) None of these

Ans (b)

21. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to
its right in the alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other
in the same order followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet,
which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the
left in the new arrangement?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

(a) G

(b) H

(c) J

(d) W

(e) none of these

Ans (a)

22. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS
which have number of letters between them in the word one less than
the number of letters between them in English alphabet?

(a) five
(b) one

(c) four

(d) Two

(e) Three

Ans (a)

23. Four of the following five have similar relationship and hence form
a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT

(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ

(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT

(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP

(e) HUSBAND : JSUDNAF

Ans (d)

24.
Which pair of the letters in the word BEAUTIFUL has the same
relationship between its letters with respect to their position in the
English alphabet as the pair EA in that word has between its letters?

(a) IB

(b) LF

(c) IE

(d) FL

(e) TL

Ans (c)

25. Which of the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as

RTERBN relates to SECTOR?
(a) RWLGPF

(b) EOFKUQ

(c) EOFMXS

(d) RWLEPD

(e) RWLEND

Ans (e)

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SBI BANK Clerk Solved Exam Paper

Posted on May 8, 2008.

MORE SBI CLERK QUESTIONS ON :

http://indiaknow.blogspot.com

1. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award
2007 ?

a) Priya Ranjan Das Munshi

b) Mani Shankar Aiyyar

c) P.Chidambaram

d) Sushama Swaraj

ANS : a

2. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of

a) Paraguay

b) Sudan
c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

ANS : a

3. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on -

A. 15th March,2008

B. 30th March,2008

C. 28th April,2008

D. 4th May,2008

ANS : c

4. The newly constituted National Knowledge Commission is headed by

a) C. Rangarajan

b)Prof. R. S. Sharma

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Ms. Girija Vyas

ANS : c

5. India enacted an important event of Indian National Movement celebrating the

seventy- fifth anniversary. Which was it?

a) Quit India Movement

b) Delhi Chalo Movement

c) Civil Disobedience Movement

d) Non – Cooperation Movement

ANS :c

6. Pope Benedict XVI belongs to which country?

a) Italy
b) Germany

c) France

d) Poland

ANS : b

7. The media campaign “ The World Is Waiting” is related to which of the following
companies?

a) Lufthansa

b) Qatar Airways

c) Indian Airlines

d) British Airways

ANS : d

8. Who among the following has been elected as President of the International Council of
Science Union?

a) E. Sreedharan

b) N. Ram

c) M. G. K. Menon

d) Goverdhan Mehta

ANS : d

9. Which of the following countries launched the smallest combat aircraft in the world?

a) Germany

b) India

c) Russia

d) USA

ANS : b
10. Who among the following British Governor- Generals shifted India’s capital from
Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?

a) Lord Louis Mountbatten

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Hardinge

d) Warren Hastings

ANS : c

11. “Golden Handshake” is the term associated with

a) Share market

b) Retirement benefits

c) Voluntary retirement benefits

d) Smuggling

ANS : c

12. Which of the following is the first surface- to- surface missile in India?

a) Prithvi

b) Trishul

c) Agni

d) Naag

ANS : a

13. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ?

a) Maldives

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) Pakistan
ANS : b

14. Mist is caused by

a) Dry ice

b) Ice at low temperature

c) Water vapours at low temperature

d) Carbon- monoxide in solid form

ANS : c

15. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year
2008 ?

a) Parvathy Omanakuttan

b) Simaran Kaur Mundi

c) Amrita Thapar

d) Tanvi Vyas

ANS : b

16. Who among the following was the author of “Rajtarangini”, commonly regarded as
the first genuine history of India written by an Indian?

a) Banbhatta

b) Ravikirti

c) Pushpadanta

d) Kalhana

ANS : d

17. Who among the following advocated Scientific Socialism?

a) Robert Owen

b) Proudhon Pierre Joseph

c) Karl Marx

d) Saint Simon Henri Claude

ANS : c

18. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deal with the Directive
Principles of State Policy?

a) 26 to 41

b) 31 to 56

c) 36 to 51

d) 41 to 66

ANS: c

19) Which one of the following travelers is not associated with the description of the
glories of Vijayanagar kingdom?

a) Abdur Razzaq

b) Paes

c) Ibn Batutah

d) Nuniz

ANS : c :
Abdur Razzaq- Deva Raya II

Paes- Krishna Deva Raya

Ibn Batutah- Harihara I

Nuziz- Achyut Deva Raya

20. The Chinese pilgrim Fa – Hien visited India during the reign of

a) Kanishka

b) Chandragupta I

c) Chandragupta II
d) Harshavardhana

ANS : c

21. Which of the following is the economic growth percentage projected in the 11th Five
Year Plan draft that was approved by the Planning Commission in November 2007?

a) 8%

b) 9%

c) 9.5%

d) 10%

ANS : b

22. The Indian Navy’s only sailing ship, which returned to Kochi after a 10- month
voyage around the globe is,

a) INS Vibhuti

b) INS Tarangini

c) INS Prabhat

d) INS Viraat

ANS : b

23) Who among the following is the Director General of International Monetary Fund
(IMF) ?

a) Thaksin Shinawatra

b) Liang Guanglie

c) Dominique Strauss Kahn

d) Paul Wolfowitz

ANS : c

24) Who is the author of the book “Super Star India : From Incredible to Unstopable”?

a) Bill Clinton
b) Hillory Clinton

c) Dalai Lama

d) Imran Khan

ANS : a

25) What does CECA stand for?

a) Community Enabled Cooperative Arrangement

b) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Agreement

c) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Arrangement

d) Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

ANS : d

26) John wheeler was associated with -

a) Physics

b) Chemistry

c) Botany

d) History

Ans : a

Free Bank Clerk General English Solved Paper

Posted by sundramkr Friday, May 23, 2008 at 10:54 PM

SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL ENGLISH

SOLVED PAPER
1. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
The dog let out (a)/ a blood chilling (b)/ howling when it was it was (c)/ given the
injection (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (c)
2. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
It being an important (a)/ letter, the draft had to be (b)/ seen by the Governor (c)/ itself for
approval. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (d)
3. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
Asha could not defeat her (a)/ opponents contrary to their (b)/ good preparation and (c)/
long practice. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (b)
4. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
Pratiksha expected good marks (a)/ in the examination (b)/ but she was very disappointed
(c)/ when the results came. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (e)
5. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
Irrespective of either (a)/ Vijay or Sanjay goes (b)/ the overdue payment (c)/ cannot be
collected. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (a)
6. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
Some people consider Kama (a)/ to be the valorous (b)/ hero of all the (c)/ characters in
the Mahabharat. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (b)
7. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'e'.
Victor, along with (a)/ a group of friends (b)/ was going on picnic (c)/ when the accident
happen. (d)/ No error. (e)
ANS (d)
8. Out of the four given responses, choose the one that can be a substitute for the sentence
expression.
A ruling body or class of rich men.
(a) plutocracy (b) meritocracy (c) aristocracy (d) oligarchy
ANS (a)
9. Out of the four given responses, choose the one that can be a substitute for the sentence
expression.
One who works for the welfare of mankind
(a) communist (b) socialist (c) philanthropist (d) egalitarian
ANS (c)
10. Out of the four given responses, choose the one that can be a substitute for the
sentence expression.
A person who attacks traditional or established beliefs, principles, ideas, institutions etc.
(a) militant (b) anarchist (c) sceptic (d) iconoclast
ANS (d)
11. Out of the four given responses, choose the one that can be a substitute for the
sentence expression.
One who always hopes for the best in life.
(a) pacifist (b) optimist (c) socialist (d) evangelist
ANS (b)
12. Out of the four given responses, choose the one that can be a substitute for the
sentence expression.
One who loves books
(a) biographer (b) bibliographer (c) bibliophile (d) orthographer
ANS (c)
13. Out of the four choices given, choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the
idiom/phrase printed in bold.
The poor boy found it difficult to make up his deficiency in English.
(a) recover (b) correct (c) remove (d) improve
ANS (d)
14. Out of the four choices given, choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the
idiom/phrase printed in bold.
A Prime Minister cannot ride roughshod over his ministerial colleagues for long.
(a) deal unkindly with (b) take for granted (c) be ham handed with (d) exploit willfully
ANS (a)
15. Out of the four choices given, choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the
idiom/phrase printed in bold.
The Opposition charged the Government with playing havoc with the banking system.
(a) disturbing (b) disorganizing (c) degrading (d) destroying
ANS (d)
16. Out of the four choices given, choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the
idiom/phrase printed in bold.
Very soon the election campaigns on the part of different political parties will be in full
swing.
(a) engaging (b) exciting (c) active (d) hectic
ANS (c)
17. Out of the four choices given, choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the
idiom/phrase printed in bold.
Pain, anguish and shame come in the wake of the scandals in high places.
(a) accompany (b) follow (c) characterise (d) signify
ANS (b)
68. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Crescendo (b) Cresendo (c) Crecendo (d) Crascendo
ANS (a)
19. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Langor (b) Langour (c) Languour (d) Languor
ANS (d)
20. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Reclammation (b) Reclaimation (c) Reclamation (d) Reclaimmation
ANS (c)
21. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Indispensible (b) Indispensable (c) Indispensale (d)Indespensabe
ANS (b)
22. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Consummation (b) Consummetion (c) Consumation (d) Consumetion
ANS (a)
23. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Unparalelled (b) Unparalleled (c) Unparallelled (d) Unparaleled
ANS (b)
24. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Consience (b) Conscience (c) Concience (d) Consciense
ANS (b)
25. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Manuvre (b) Manovre (c) Manoeuvre (d) Manouever
ANS (c)
26. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Concupiscent (b) Concupisent (c) Concupicent (d) Concupescent
ANS (a)
27. Choose the correctly spelt word in each of the sets given below:
(a) Bunglow (b) Bangalow (c) Banglow (d) Bungalow
ANS (d)
28. Out of the four responses given, choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the
word.
Timid
(a) awesome (b) eager (c) bold (d) critical
ANS (c)
29. Out of the four responses given, choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the
word.
Prosecute
(a) acquit (b) discharge (c) relieve (d) release
ANS (a)
30. Out of the four responses given, choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the
word.
Amiable
(a) careless (b) crude (c) crafty (d) cruel
ANS (d)
31. Out of the four responses given, choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the
word.
Decent
(a) conceited (b) wild (c) vulgar (d) ridiculous
ANS (c)
32. Out of the four responses given, choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the
word.
Ancient
(a) recent (b) urban (c) progressive (d) modern
ANS (d)
33. Choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the word, from the four alternatives
given.
Wholesome
(a) strong (b) healthy (c) handsome (d) valuable
ANS (b)
34. Choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the word, from the four alternatives
given.
Elucidate
(a) express (b) expand (c) clarify (d) qualify
ANS (c)
35. Choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the word, from the four alternatives
given.
Inquisitive
(a) curious (b) bold (c) adventurous (d) complex
ANS (a)
36. Choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the word, from the four alternatives
given.
Induce
(a) direct (b) control (c) instruct (d) cause
ANS (d)
37. Choose the one that is the nearest in meaning to the word, from the four alternatives
given.
Speculate
(a) reflect (b) know (c) guess (d) forecast
ANS (c)
38. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
Her ....... remark proved that she was really naive and unsophisticated
(a) unparliamentary (b) uninhibited (c) ingenuous (d) indifferent
ANS (c)
39. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
He ....... devoted himself to the task of completing his book in time
(a) ingeniously (b) assiduously (c) deliberately (d) exceptionally
ANS (b)
40. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
Because he was a ........ he shunned human society.
(a) misogynist (b) misfit (c) cynic (d) misanthrope
ANS (d)
41. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
He was ...... in his colourful dress uniform.
(a) attired (b) outfitted (c) resplendent (d) bedecked
ANS (c)
42. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
He is not the man to permit anyone to encroach ....... his rights.
(a) upon (b) in (c) into (d) against
ANS (a)
43. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
The Govt. has in principle ..... the privatisation of power generation and its distribution in
the country.
(a) asserted (b) accepted (c) affirmed (d) confirmed
ANS (d)
44. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
Candidates securing marks above seventy five percent are ..... for this scholarship.
(a) worthy (b) competent (c) eligible (d) permissible
ANS (c)
45. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
The easier the job, the ..... you do it.
(a) longer (b) later (c) faster (d) lazier
ANS (c)
46. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
We need to take urgent action to control the ..... of the dreaded AIDS.
(a) rise (b) spread (c) development (d) outbreak
ANS (b)
47. Fill in the blanks selecting one out of the four choices provided in each case:
I shall ..... from the bank tomorrow the money we need for our work.
(a) withdraw (b) recover (c) receive (d) take
ANS (a)
48. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'd'.
Many people are of the opinion (a)/ that the sudden outburst of the speaker (b)/ was
surprising and unseemly, to say the least. (c) /No error (d)
ANS (d)
49. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'd'.
Everything depends on him (a)/ putting the right amount of (b)/ hard at the right time, (c)/
No error (d)
ANS (a)
50. Mark the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark 'd'.
There is Mr. Hussain (a)/ whom they say (b)/ is the best painter in the town. (c)/ No error
(d)
ANS (b)