ENGLISH

1. The leaves ______ yellow and dry.

a. Were
b. Had
c. Being
d. Was
2. He had no interest in _____ obligatory dinners and social events.
a. Attend
b. Attending
c. Attends
d. Attends
3. (A) Fatimah is a girl of principal, and she (B) would never go against her values
(C) to get admission in that institute. Which part of the sentence has
grammatical error?
a. (B)
b. (C)
c. (A)
d. No error
4. (A) These decision provides (B) firm ground for all players in (C) the equality
rights arena. Which part of the sentence has grammatical error?
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
5. For as long as she could remember, Divya has loved to cook, to dance, and,
until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so, reading books.
Which among the following is the best alternative to the italicized part of the
sentence to improve the construction of the sentence?
a. To cook, to dance, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her
to do so
b. Cooking, to dance, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her
to do so
c. Cooking , dancing, and , until her poor vision made it impossible for
her to do so
d. Cooking , to dance, and, until she lost her vision
e. Cooking , dancing, and, until she lost her vision
6. They were going home when it was starting to rain. Which among the
following is the best alternative to the bolded part of the sentence to improve
the construction of the sentence?
a. When it was started to rain

b. When it was raining

c. When it is starting to rain
d. No change
7. A belief in superstitious people is that birth marks are the signs of influence on
the mother before child birth. Which among the following is the best alternative
to the bolded part of the sentence to improve the construction of the sentence?
a. A belief in superstitious people that
b. Superstitious people beliefs are that
c. Among Superstitious people the belief is that
d. Superstitious people belief that
8. Funds are scarce, so _____ are needed to re-build homes destroyed by the flood
a. Patience
b. Volunteers
c. Workers
d. Materials
9. (A) India is a vast country (B) that offers immeasurable experiences (C) to all
Visitors. Which part of the sentence has grammatical error?
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
10. TYPIFY - Synonym
a. Typing
b. Disembody
c. Misrepresent
d. Forewarn
e. Exemplify
11. The election Verdict was quite surprising as the ruling party was re-elected for
the first time in fifty years. Find the correct alternative for Bolded part of the
sentence.
a. Judgment
b. Decision
c. Order
d. Chaos
12. He has a propensity for getting into debt. Select the word or phrase which
expresses the meaning of the word typed in Bold
a. Natural tendency
b. Aptitude
c. Characteristic
d. Quality
13. PHOTOGRAPHIC - Synonym
a. Distant
b. Exact

c. Distinguish
d. Similar
14. ADVENT (OPPOSITE)
a. End
b. Dawn
c. Emergence
d. Flexible
e. Adamant
15. AFFABLE (OPPOSITE)
a. Rude
b. Ruddy
c. Needy
d. Useless
e. Conscious
16. DISCRETE (OPPOSITE)
a. Continuous
b. Secretive
c. Distinct
d. Cautious
e. Judicious
17. Arrange the sentences P, Q, R and S in correct order in between S1 and S6
S1: Once upon a time an ant lived on the bank of a river
S6: She was touched.
P: The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a helpless condition.
Q: All its effort to come up failed.
R: One day it suddenly slipped into the water.
S: A dove lived in a tree on the bank not far from the spot.
a. RQSP
b. QRSP
c. SRPQ
d. PQRS

7 more Questions are from Reading Comprehension

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
1. Log 10 (.001) is equal to:
a.
b.
c.
d.

2
-2
-3
3

2. Simplify (144-3/2)-1/6

a.
b.
c.
d.

23
6
32
4

3. [Log (a3/bc) + log (b3/ac) + log (c3/ab)] is equal to:

a. 3
b. abc
c. 1
d. Log abc
4. The
a.
b.
c.
d.

value of logabca3b3c3 is:

abc
a3
3
27

5. If LCM of two prime numbers p and q (where p<q) are 323, then the value of 2p
q is:
a. 11
b. 13
c. 15
d. 17
6. What is the value of the expression: 5 * (2 + 16)/ 2-4* (2 + 2) + of 16?
a. 26
b. 13
c. 34
d. 33
7. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 2970 and 30 respectively. Prime factors o
the product of two numbers are
a. 2, 3, 5, 11
b. 2, 3, 7, 11
c. 2, 4, 5, 11
d. 2, 3, 7, 13
8. If the sum of two numbers is 20 and their HCF and LCM are 1 and 91
respectively, then the square of one of the numbers is:
a. 16
b. 25
c. 36
d. 49
9. Product of two numbers is 9,152 and their HCF is 8. What is the LCM of the
numbers?
a. 9,152
b. 1,144
c. 73,216
d. 2,344

10. Atul bought a machine for Rs. 4, 50,000 and sold it to Irrfan at a profit. Irrfan
later sold the machine to Danish at a loss of 10% profit earned by Atul is:
a. 23%
b. 21%
c. 25%
d. 22.22%
11. In the equation (15)-1 * X = (1/53), find the value of X.
a. 3/25
b. 25/3
c. 20/3
d. 3/20
12. What is the value of 25 1.5?
a. 325
b. 32.5
c. 125
d. None of the above
13. Shobhit bought 300 litres of milk at Rs. 19 per litre. He added 200 litre of water
to it and sold 400 litres of this milk at Rs. 20 added 10 litres more water and then
sold it for Rs. 15perlitre. If he used mineral water that costs Rs. 10per litre, then
the total money earned by Shobhit is:
a. Rs.
b. Rs.
c. Rs.
d. Rs.

4,000
4,150
1,800
1,850

14. Five different roads join a village to the nearby city. The number of different
ways in which a person can go to the town and come back is:
a. 10
b. 20
c. 25
d. 5
15. Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
at most one five in a single throw of the two dice?
a. 35/36
b. 5/36
c. 1/36
d. 1/6
16. If the price of rice increases by 30%, then by what percent should its
consumption be decreased so that the total expenditure remains same?
a. 76.92%
b. 23.07%
c. 30%
d. 25%

e. 42.85%
17. (15 * 25* 100* 30* 10* 42* 4* 14) will end with how many zeroes?
a. 7
b. 8
c. 5
d. 4
18. A Shopkeeper offers Buy 1, Get 1 Free offer on a t- shirt marked at Rs. 2,400. If
after a sale, the shopkeeper earns a profit of 33.33%, and then what is the actual
price of the t-shirt?
a. Rs. 900
b. Rs. 800
c. Rs. 1,200
d. Rs. 1,000
e. Rs. 1,500
19. There are two boxes A and B. Box A has three red and four blue balls. Box B
has five red and two blue balls from each bag randomly. What is the probability
that both balls are red?
a. 4/7
b. 8/49
c. 7/8
d. 15/49
20. Three cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability
that one of the cards drawn is an ace, one is a jack and one is a queen.
a. 3/52
b. 34 C1/52 C3
c. 4C1/52 C3
d. (4C1)3/52 C3
21. A bag is full of 20 bananas and no other fruit. Rajeev draws a fruit from the bag.
What is the probability that he will draw a banana?
a. 1
b. 0
c.
d. None of the above
22. The length of a rectangle varies inversely with its width. If the length of the
rectangle is 60feet when its width is 24 feet, find the length of the rectangle
when its width is 40 feet?
a. 36 feet
b. 100 feet
c. 25 feet
d. 20 feet
23. What is the value of (0.027)1/3?
a. 0.3

b. 0.03
c. 0.003
d. None of the above
24. The probability that a student passes Subject A, B or C is 98%. The probability
that he or she passes A is 41%, B is 59%. The probability that he or she passes
A and C is 25% and B and C is 20%. The probability that he or she passes all the
3 subjects is 14%. What is the probability that he or she passes subject C?
a. 0.44%
b. 50%
c. 44%
d. 38%
25. 49 pumps can empty a reservoir in 6 1/2 days, working 8 hours a day. If 196
pumps are used for 5 hours a day, then the same work will be completed in how
many days?
a. 2.6 days
b. 3 days
c. 2.5 days
d. 2 days

COMPUTER PROGRAMING
1. The maximum number of nodes on level I of a binary tree is which of the
following? (Root is level 1)
a. 2I- 1
b. 3I 1
c. 2I
d. 2I 1
2. Mary is making a database of animals in a Zoo and their properties. The possible
animals are dog, lion and Zebra. Each one has as attributes is Herbivorous,
colour and is Nocturnal. She uses the object oriented programing paradigm for
this. How will she conceptualize the system?
a. Class: Animal, objects: dog, lion and Zebra; data members: is
Herbivorous, colour and is Nocturnal
b. Class: Animal, objects: is Herbivorous, colour and is Nocturnal; data
members: dog, lion and Zebra
c. Classes: dog, lion and Zebra; Animal; data members: is Herbivorous, colour
and is Nocturnal
d. None of these
3. Aparajita wants to make a function that is not bound to any identifier. Which of
the following functions should she incorporate in her program?
a. Anonymous Function
b. Friend Function

c. Null Function
d. Global Function
4.
class brush
{
private:
integer size colorcode
function getdata() {..} //Statement1
public:
integer name // Statement 2
function putdata() {..}
}
function main()
{
brush b1, b2
printb1.name // Statement3
b2.getdata() // Statement4
}
Deleting which line will correct the error in the code?
a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
c. Statement 3
d. Statement 4
5. In breadth first search, which of the following options is true?
a. Beginning from a node, first all its adjacent nodes are traversed.
b. Beginning from a node, each adjacent node is fully explored before
traversing the next adjacent node
c. Beginning from a node, nodes are traversed in cyclical order
d. None of these
6. Stack is useful for implementing
a. Radix Search
b. Breadth First Search
c. Recursion
d. None of these
7. Swetha writes the code for a function that takes as input n, and even integer
and calculates the sum of first n even natural numbers
function sum(n)
{
If (n equals 2)
return 2
else
return (n+sum(n-2))
end
}
She then calls the function by the statement, sum (30). How many times will the
function sum be called to compute this sum?

a.
b.
c.
d.

1
30
15
16

8. Consider a Binary tree implementation. The root address is stored in the

variable root. Given the address of a node in variable node, its value, right and
root child node address can be accessed using the following statements
respectively: node->value, node->right, node->left. Sameer writes the following
function to do a preorder traversal of the tree
function preordertraverse(node)
{
print node->value
if(Condition X)
{
preordertraverse(node->left)
}
if (Condition Y)
{
preordertraverse(node->right)
}
return
}
What is condition X and condition Y?
a. Condition X: node -> left isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> right isnotequal null
b. Condition X: node -> right isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> left isnotequal null
c. Condition X: node ->left isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> right isnotequal null
d. Condition X: node -> right isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> left isnotequal null
9. Sharmila writes a program using queue to add and access elements. She writes
an algorithm to check whether the queue is full. What will be the complexity of
the code of this algorithm?
a. O(n)
b. O(log n)
c. O(n log n)
d. O(1)
10. Which of the following options describes a tree?
a. An unconnected graph
b. A connected graph
c. A connected acyclic graph
d. A complete graph
11. Ramu writes the code for a function that takes as input n and calculates the
sum of first n natural numbers.

Function sum (n)

{
If (??)
return 1
else
Return (n + Sum (n - 1))
end
)
Fill in?? In the code.
a. n equals 1
b. n equals 2
c. n > =1
d. n > 1
1. 12.

calss rocket

{
private:
integer height, weight
public: // statement 1
function input(int a, int b)
{
height =a;
weight=b;
}
}
function main()
{
rocket rocket1, rocket2
}
What can we infer from this code?
a. Rocket is a class with rocket 1 and rocket2 as its objects. height and weight
are attributes of a rocket.
b. Rocket is a class with rocket 1 and rocket2 as its attributes. Height and
weight are objects of the rocket.

c. Rocket is a class with rocket 1, rocket2, height and weight as its attributes.
d. Rocket is a class with rocket 1, rocket2, height and weight as its objects.
13. function modify(y,z)
{
Y=y+1;
z=z+1;
return y-z
}
function calculate()
{
integer a=5, b=10, c
c=modify(a,b);
print a
print space
print c
}
Assume that A and B were passed by value. What will be the output on
executing function calculate ()?
a.
b.
c.
d.

11 5
10 5
65
55

14. Which of the given function prototypes can be considered to be overloaded (no
ambiguity)?
A: function my Func(integer Num, float me) // does not return anything
B: function my Func(integer Num, double me) // does not return anything
C: function my Func(character Num, float me) // does not return
anything
D: function my Func(integer Num, float me) //
returns an integer
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

A and B
A, B and C
A, C and D
B, c, and D
Both 2 and 4

15. Rajesh writes a program to print the largest number out of three given
numbers.
Int number1, number2, number3, temp;
Input number1, number2, number3;
If (number1>number2)
Temp=number1

Else
Temp=number2
End if
If(??) // Statement1
Temp=number3
End if
Print temp
Fill in the?? In Statement 1
a. number3 > number2
b. number3 > temp
c. number3 < temp
d. number3 > number 1
16. A sort, which uses the binary tree concept such that any number in the tree is
larger than all the numbers in the sub tree below it, is called
a. Selection sort
b. Insertion Sort
c. Heap Sort
d. Quick Sort
17. A data type is stored as a 6 bit signed integer. Which of the following options
cannot be represented by this data type?
a. -12
b. 0
c. 32
d. 18
18. Sharma writes a program to print the sum of first 10 multiples of 5. He Writes
the following program, where statement 5 is missing
Integer i=0, sum=0
While(i<=50)
Sum=sum+i
--Missing Statement 5
}
Print sum
Which of the following options will you use for statement 5?
a. i = 5
b. i = 5 * i
c. i = i + 1
d. i = i + 5
19. Ramu and Somu both were asked to write the code to evaluate the following
expression
a b + c / (a b) + (a b)2
Ramu writes the following code statements (Code A)

Print (a-b) + c/(a-b)+(a-b)*(a-b)

Somu writes the following code statements (Code B)
d=a-b
print d+c/d+d*d
If the time taken to load a value in a variable, for addition, multiplication or
division between two operands is same, which of the following is true?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Code
Code
Code
Code

A
A
A
A

uses
uses
uses
uses

lesser
lesser
lesser
lesser

memory
memory
memory
memory

and
and
and
and

is
is
is
is

slower than Code than Code B.

faster than Code than Code B.
faster than Code than Code B.
slower than Code than Code B.

20. Shahaana has a 10,000 line code. She is trying to debug it. She knows there is a
logical error in the first 25 lines of the code. Which of the following options will be
an efficient way of debugging?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Compile the whole code and step into it line by line

Use an interpreter on the first 25 lines.
Compile the whole code and run it
None of these

21. While calculating time completely of an algorithm, the designer concerns

himself/herself primarily with the run time and not the compile time. Why?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Run time is always more than compile time.

Compile time is always more than run time.
Compile time is a function of run time.
A Program needs to be compiled once but can be run several times.

22. Which of the following sorting techniques has the worst case functioning time
less than O (n*n)?
a. Heap Sort
b. Quick Sort
c. Insertion Sort
d. Selection Sort
23. An
a.
b.
c.
d.

integer X is saved as an unsigned 8-bit number, 00001011. What is X?

22
11
10
None of these

24. Consider an array on which bubble sort is used. The bubble sort would
compare the element A[X] to which of the following elements in a single
iteration?
a. A[X+1]
b. A[X+2]
c. A[X+2X]
d. All of these.
25. Srijan writes a sorting algorithm. The algorithm takes different amount of time
to sort two different lists of equal size. What is the possible difference between
the two lists?
a. All numbers in one list are more than 100, while in the other are less than
100.
b. The ordering of numbers with respect to magnitude in the two lists has
different properties.
c. One list has all negative numbers, while the other has all positive numbers.
d. One list contains 0 as an element, while the other does not.

LOGICAL ABILITY
1. Choose the odd man out.
a.
b.
c.
d.

TRIANGLE
SQUARE
PENTAGON
CIRCLE

2. Problem question: what is the 5th number?

Statements:
(i) 1st and 2nd numbers are 1 and 2 respectively
(ii) 3rd and 4th numbers are 3 and 4 respectively
a. Statement I alone is sufficient to solve the problem
b. Statement II alone is sufficient to solve the problem
c. Both Statement put together are sufficient to solve the problem
d. Both the Statement even put together are not sufficient to solve the
problem
e. Either of the two statements is sufficient to solve the problem
3. If RESULT is coded as SFTVMU, then EXAM is code as:
a. FWBO
b. DYZL
c. FYBN
d. DXZL
4. 2, 4, 12, 48
a. 480
b. 240
c. 960

d. 340
5. Choose the odd man out.
a. HAIR
b. LIAR
c. FAIR
d. PAIR
6. Internet: Connectivity: Cell phone:
a. Ringtone
b. Voicemail
c. SMS
d. Network
7. Radha is facing south. She turns 135 0 in the anticlockwise direction and then
450 in the clockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?
a. West
b. North
c. South
d. East
8. Aakash saw his sisters sons maternal aunts husbands mother-in-laws
granddaughter from her only son on the other side of the road. Who did Aakash
see?
a. Aunt
b. Sister
c. Daughter
d. Sister-in-law
9. I was facing north. I turned 1100 in the anticlockwise direction and then 155 0 in
the clockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?
a. East
b. North-East
c. North
d. South-West
10. _cb_ca_baca_ca_bac_d
a. bddddb
b. addbbb
c. addddb
d. bbbddd
11. From the given anagrams select the odd one out
a. OLIVE
b. APPLE
c. LITCHI
d. EGG
12. Karan starts walking towards South. After walking 15 meters he turns towards
East and walks 10 meters, he turns towards East and walks 10 meters. He then

turns towards South and walks 5 meters. How far and in which direction is he
from his original position?
a. 10 meters East
b. 10 meters South-East
c. 10 meters West
d. 10 meters North-East
13. The aspect where the film Bombay loses out is where every commercial film
congenitally goes awry it was too simplistic to address serious issues and failed
to translate teal life to reel.
a. The film was successful inspite of its shortcomings
b. The films director aimed at recreating real life on the silver screen
c. The film was too simplistic for the audiences taste
d. None of these
14. Based on the given passage find out which of the statement can be inferred
from the passage
The deep rooted problem concerning the abuse of illegal drugs such as
ganja, heroin and cocaine today, reminds us of the abuse of alcohol
during the 1990s. During that time, consumption of alcohol in the
country was rampant despite the prohibition. History repeats itself, but
this time with even worse repercussions. With the glorification of drugs
in the media, even teenagers are getting influenced and are becoming
habitual to consumption of drugs.
a. Due to the adverse effect of alcohol abuse during prohibition, people steer
clear of drug use now
b. Alcohol is considered a lesser evil as compared to drugs
c. Media has been responsible for the alcohol and drug addiction that griped
the country
d. Abuse of alcohol was restricted among adults in the 90s
15. Four working ladies A, B, C and D are sitting around a table.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

A sits opposite to the cook.

B sits on the right side of the beautician.
Teacher is on the left side of the accountant.
D sits opposite to C.
C is to the right of the accountant.

What are the occupations of A and B?

a. Accountant and Beautician
b. Accountant and cook
c. Accountant and Teacher
d. Teacher and Cook
16. Four working ladies A, B, C and D are sitting around a table.

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

A sits opposite to the cook.

B sits on the right side of the beautician.
Teacher is on the left side of an accountant.
D sits opposite to C.
C is to the right of the accountant.
What is the occupation of D?
a) Accountant
b) Beautician
c) Teacher
d) Cook

17. Four working ladies A, B, C and D are sitting around a table.

(i) A sits opposite to the cook.
(ii) B sits on the right side of the beautician.
(iii)Teacher is on the left side of an accountant.
(iv)
D sits opposite to C.
(v) C is to the right of the accountant.
Who is sitting to the left of beautician?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Cook
Accountant
Teacher
None of the above

18. Four working ladies A, B, C and D are sitting around a table.

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

A sits opposite to the cook.

B sits on the right side of the beautician.
Teacher is on the left side of an accountant.
D sits opposite to C.
C is to the right of the accountant.

What is
a.
b.
c.
d.

the occupation of C?
Beautician
Teacher
Accountant
Cook

19. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Shooting
Story
Editing
Release
Casting
Arrange the above words in most meaningful order

a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
b. 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
c. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4
d. 5, 2, 3, 1, 4
20. Problem question: P, Q, R, S are four friends. Who is the Youngest among
them?
Statements:
I.
The total age of P and Q is more than that of R
II.
The total age of p and S together is less than that of R.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Statement I alone is sufficient

Statement II alone is sufficient
Both Statement put together are sufficient
Both Statement even put together are not sufficient

21. Problem Question:

X, Y, Z are three distinct integers. Is Y the greatest of the three?
Statements:
I.
X is less than at least one of the two integers Y and Z.
II.
Z is less than at least one of the two integers X and Y.
a. Any one statement alone is sufficient in answering the problem question,
but the other statement alone cannot answer the question
b. Either of the statements taken individually are sufficient in answering the
problem question
c. Both statements put together are sufficient in answering the problem
question
d. Both the Statements even put together are not sufficient in answering the
problem question