Mathematics :

1. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the
remainder is 46, the dividend is:

(1) 4236

(2) 4306

(3) 4336

(4) 5336

2. If 1.5 x= 0.04 y, then the value of (y-x) (y+x) is:

(1) 730/77

(2) 73/77

(3) 7.3/77

(4) 703/77

3. An employee may claim Rs. 7.00 for each km when he travels by taxi and Rs. 6.00 for
each km if he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed Rs. 595 for traveling km. How
many kms did he travel by taxi?

(1) 55

(2) 65

(3) 62

(4) 70

4. The square root of 3 + √5 is :

(1) √3 /2 + 1/√2

(2) √3 /2 – 1/√2

(3) √5 /2 – 1/√2

(4) √(5/2) + √(1/2)

5. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 370C and of Tuesday to Thursday
was 340C, if the temperature on Thursday was 4/5th that of Monday, then what was the
temperature on Thursday?

(1) 36.50C
(2) 360C

(3) 35.50C

(4) 340C

6. A certain number of two digits is three times the sum of its digits. If 45 be added to it, the
digits are reversed. The number is:

(1) 72

(2) 32

(3) 27

(4) 23

7. Three years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years. While C joining them now,
the average becomes 22 years. How old (in years) is C now?

(1) 24

(2) 27

(3) 28

(4) 30

8. If 2^(2x-1) = 8^(3-x), then the value of x is:

(1) -1

(2) -2

(3) 2

(4) 3

9. A man’s basic pay for a 40 hours’ week is Rs. 200. Overtimes is paid at 25% above the
basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total was Rs. 300. He therefore,
worked for a total of (in hours):

(1) 52

(2) 56

(3) 58

(4) 62
10. On a Rs. 10, 000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of
10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better
one he can save (in Rupees):

(1) 200

(2) 255

(3) 400

(4) 433

11. Rs. 600 are divided among A, B, C so that Rs. 40 more than 2/5 th of A’s share, Rs. 20
more that 2/7 th of B’s share and Rs. 10 more than 9/17 th of C’s may all be equal. What is
A’s share (in Rupees)?

(1) 150

(2) 170

(3) 200

(4) 280

12. A, B, C started a business with their investment in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4 months, A
invested the same amount as before and B as well as C withdrew half of their investments.
The ratio of their profits at the end of the year was:

(1) 5 : 6 : 10

(2) 6 : 5 :10

(3) 10 : 5 : 6

(4) 4 : 3 : 5

13. If 9 men working 71/2 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 20 days, then how
many days will be taken by 12 men, working 6 hours a day to finish the work? It is being
given that 2 men of latter type work as much as 3 men of the former type?

(1) 91/2

(2) 11

(3) 121/2

(4) 13
14. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2
hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of
hours taken by C alone to fill the cistern is:

(1) 12

(2) 14

(3) 16

(4) 18

15. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C running in the same
direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m
respectively, what is the speed (in kmph) of the train C?

(1) 111

(2) 123

(3) 127

(4) 129

16. River is running at 2 kmph. It took a man twice as long to row up as to row down the
river. The rate (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:

(1) 8

(2) 10

(3) 4

(4) 6

17. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at
18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg.) sold at 18% profit is:

(1) 560

(2) 600

(3) 400

(4) 640

18. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13, 380 after 3 years and Rs. 20, 070 after 6 years on
compound interest. The sum (in Rupees) is:
(1) 8800

(2) 8890

(3) 8920

(4) 9040

19. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug 10 m deep. Earth taken out of it, has been
evenly spread all around it to a width of 21m to form an embankment. The height (in
metres) of the embankment is:

(1) 1/2

(2) 2/3

(3) 3/4

(4) 3/5

20. A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq metres and a perimeter of 46 metres. The
length of its diagonal (in metres) is:

(1) 11

(2) 13

(3) 15

(4) 17

ANSWERS :

1. (4), 2. (2), 3. (1), 4. (4), 5. (2)

6. (3), 7. (1), 8. (3), 9. (2), 10. (2)

11. (1), 12. (1), 13. (3), 14. (2), 15. (1)

16. (4), 17. (2), 18. (3), 19. (2), 20. (4)

Part 1 – English ( Consists of 10 Questions )

1.To arrange things in froups or in a particular order according to their type

a) depoist b) sort c) derive d) detail

Ans. b
2. To help somebody to do something
a) assist b) assess c) accomplish d) accord

Ans. a

3. Each of the metal bars that form the track that trains run on
a) coach b) railing c)rail d) bogie

Ans. c

4. A system in a organization in which people are organized into different levels of

importance from highest to lowest
a) structure b) profie c) hierarchy d) matrix

Ans. c

5. A typical example of pattern of something

a) paradox b) paradigm c) exception d) excerpt

Ans. d

6. A lively and confident person who enjoys being with other people
a) introvert b) extrovert c) geriatrician d) flatterer

Ans. b

7. Letters for conveyance by post

a) mail b) male c) maile d) melee

Ans. a

8. A long leaf of a palm

a) leaflet b) fern c) frond d) pendant

Ans. c

9. To stamp a mark on an envelope to show that the cost of posting it has been paid
a) post b) frank c)tax d) franc

Ans. b

10.A person that money or a cheque is paid to

a) payer b) paye c) remit d) payee

Ans. dWhat is the use of choke coil fitted to

fluorescent tubes’?

(a) lt steps down the line voltage

(b) lt controls the current to prevent it
from continuing to fall
(c) It steps up line voltage
(d) It control the current to prevent it from
continuing to rise

Answer.d

2. Which of the following hills is the

southernmost hill range in India’?

(a) The Nilgiri Hills

(b) The Annamalai Hills
(c) The Nallamalai Hills
(d) The Czirdamom Hills

Answer.d

3. Which one of the following groups of

rivers have their sources near Lake
Mansarovar’?

(a) Ganga, Yamuna, Indus

(b) Ganga, Indus. Brahmaputra
(c) Brahmaputra, Satluj, Indus
(d) Brahmaputra, Ganga, Yamuna

Answer.c

4. Match List I (Name of the Island) with

List II (Location) and select the correct
answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I List II
(Name of the Island) (Location)
A. Falkland l. Gulf of Mexico
B. Cyprus 2. Mediterranean
C. Socotra Sea
D. Jamaica 3. Caribbean Sea
4. South Atlantic Ocean
5Arabian Sea

Code :
(a) A B C D
53l2
(b) A B C D
4253
(c) A B C D
52I3
(d) A B C D
4352
Answer.b

S. Where was the first biosphere reserve

set up in India? ‘

(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Aravallis ‘
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(d) Nilgiris

Answer.d

6. Consider the following statements:

ln India
l. the duration of the monsoon rainy
season goes on decreasing form south
to north, and from east to west.
2. The distribution of rainfall received
from south-west monsoons is very
greatly governed by the relief or
orography.
3. Bulk of the rainfall of the Coromandel
Coast is derived from depressions and
cyclones.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?
(a) l and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer.d

7. Match List I (Island) with List II

(Country) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists :

List 1 List H
(Islam) (Country)
A. Baffin i. Canada
B. Celebes 2. Denmark
C. Greenland 3. Indonesia
D. Luzon 4. Philippines

Code :
(a) A B C D •
l234`
(b) A B C D
4231
(c) A B C D
1324
(d) A B C D
4321

Answer.c

8. Consider the following statements:

1. The Lakshadweep Islands represent
coral islands.
2. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
represent detached part of the
continental blocks.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer.a

9. Match List I (River) with List H

(Outflow) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists :
List I List II
(River) (Outflow)
A. Amu Darya 1. Aral Sea
B. Duicper 2. Bering Sea
C. Ural 3. Black Sea
D. Yukon 4. Caspian Sea

Code
(a) A B C D
1342
(b) A B C D
l423
(c) A B C D
32l4
(d) A B C D
3l42

Answer.a

10. Which of the following lakes of India

is a salt-water lake?}

(a) Rewalsar (b) Bliimtal

(c) Nakki (d) Sambhar

Answer.d
11. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched’}

(a) Baffin Bay : Canada

(b) Gulf of : USA
California
(c) Gulf of : Colombia
Panama
(d) Caribbean Sea ; Honduras

Answer.c

12. in which type of forests does Cinchona

which gives the drug quinine grow naturally?

(a) Tropical rain forests

(b) Temperate deciduous forests
(c) Coniferous forests
(d) Mangrove forests

Answer.a

13. From north towards south, which one

of the following sequences of the given hill
ranges is correct?

a) Kaimur Hills — Ramgarh Hills —Sonpar Hills

b) Kaimur Hills — Sonpar Hills —Ramgarli Hills
ic) Sonpar Hills — Kaimur Hills —Raingarh Hills
rd) Sonpar Hills — Ramgarh Hills -Kaiinur Hills

Answer.c

15. Which one of the following is the best

nutrient to prevent bleeding of gums,
loosening of teeth and poor wound healing?

(a) Ascorbic acid (b) Folic acid

(c) Iodine (d) Zinc

Answer.a

16. After drinking alcohol, a person walks

clumsily because, the alcohol affects his

(a) Cerebellum .
(b) Cerebrum
(c) Medulla oblongata
(d) Spinal cord , ‘
Answer.a

17. The deficiency of which one of the

following vitamins causes delayed clotting
of blood and hemorrhaging?

(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin C

(c) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin K

Answer.d

18. Consider the following eye disorders:

l. Cataract.
2. Colour blindness.
3. Night blindness,

Which of the above disorder is/are essentially

genetic in nature`? •
(a) l and 2 (b) 2 only
(c) l and 3 . (d) 2 and 3

Answer.b

19. Who of the following invented movie

projector’? ‘

(a) Alexander Graham Bell

(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) J. L, Baird
(d) Thomas Edison

Answer.c

20. Which of the following scales of

temperature has/have their zero set at
absolute zero temperature‘.’
1. Fahrenheit. 2. Celsius.
3. Kelvin.

Select the correct answer using the code

given below
(a) l and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only (d) 2 only

Answer.c

21. What is the chemical name of baking

soda?
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Sodium bicarbonate
(c) Potassium permanganate
(d) Sodium chloride

Answer.b

22. Consider the following statements:

Copper rods are generally preferred to iron
rods for making lightning conductors
, because
l, copper is a better conductor of
electricity than iron,
2. copper is not easily oxidized under
atmospheric conditions.
3. copper is cheaper and easily available
as compared to iron.
4. specific heat of copper is more than t
that `of iron,
Which ofthe statements given above are
correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3

(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer.a

23. Two children are at the opposite ends

_of an iron pipe. One strikes an end of the
pipe with a stone. Which of the following
statements is correct’?

(a) Time taken by the sound waves in air

and in iron to reach the other end is
same
(b) Time taken by the sound waves in iron
is more than that taken in air to reach
the other end
(c) Time taken by the sound waves in air
is more than that taken in iron to reach
the other end
(d) The ratio of these times depends on
length of the pipe

Answer.c

24. Heavy water is used in nuclear reactors

as a
(a} Solvent (b) Catalyst
(c) Fuel – (d) Moderator

Answer.d

25. When ethanol reacts with potassium

dichromate, which one of the following is
produced?

{a) Acetic acid (b) Citric acid

(c) Folic acid (d) Malic acid

Answer.a

26. Consider the following statements :

1. Red phosphorus is poisonous whereas
white phosphorus is non—poisonous.
2. Red phosphorus has low ignition
temperature as compared to white
phosphorus.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct`]
(a) l only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer.d

27. Cinnabar is an ore of

(a) Calcium (b) Copper `

(c) Lead (d) Mercury

Answer.d

28. What is the phenomenon of ejection of

electrons when the surface of metal is
irradiated, known as’!

(a) Photoelectric effect

(b) Compton effect
(c) Zeeman effect
(d) Photovoltaic effect

Answer.a

29. To which one of the following is the

average speed of molecules of a gas directly
proportional`?
(a) Temperature
(b) Square of the temperature
(c) Pressure
(d) Square root of the absolute temperature

Answer.d

30. What is the chemical name of the talc

from which the talcum powder is made? ‘

(a) Calcium sulphate

(b) Magnesium silicate
(c) Silver nitrate
(d) Sodium thiosulphate

Answer.b

31. Match List I (Person) with List II

(Area) and select the correct answer using
the code given below the Lists ; _
List I List II
(Person) , (Area)
A. Vir Sanghvi I. Dance
B. Zohra Sehga