SECTION-I (NUMERICAL ABILITY) Questions (1 to 20)

1. The cube root of .000216 is:

A..6 B. .06
C. 77 D.87
2. Mrs. Malik is twice as old as her daughter Manu. 20 years ago the age of Mrs. Malik was 12 times Manu’s age. Calculate
how old is Mrs Malik today.

A.40 B.44
C.45 D.50

3. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

A.3.6 B. 7.2
C. 8.4 D.10

4. Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be:

A.Wednesday B. Saturday
C. Tuesday D.Thursday

5. . A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and
Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days
will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?

A.11 B.10
C.9 D. 8

6. (935421 x 625) = ?

A.575648125 B. 584638125
C. 584649125 D.585628125

7. 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 + 0.02 x 0.02 x

A.0.0125 0.02 B. 0.125
The value of is:
C. 0.25 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 + 0.04 x 0.04 x D.0.5
0.04
8. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them
secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

A.39, 30 B. 41, 32
C. 42, 33 D.43, 34

9. What mathematical operation should come at the place of “?” in the equation:
2 ? 6 -12 + 4+ 2=11

A.+ B.-
C.x D./

10. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:

A.180º B. 1921º
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1
C. 195º D.197 º
2
11. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?

A. 30 B. 20 C.1 D.40

12. Some work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work alone in 40 minutes. How much time does
the second person take to do the same work ?

A. 30minutes B.70 minutes C.60minutes D.40minutes

13. Javagal, who decided to go to weekened trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. The average speed of forward
journey is 40 miles/hr.Due to traffic on sundays, the return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a
picnic spot?

A. 120 miles B. between 120 and 140 miles

C. 160 miles D. above 160 miles

14. In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls

A. y/(x + y) B. x/xy
C. x/(x + y) D. y/xy

15. One side of a rectangular field is 15 m and one of its diagonals is 17m. Find the area of this field

A.120 sq.m B.100 sq.m

C.110sq.m D.140sq.m

Direction for questions 16 to 20: Study the following graph and answer to the questions below:

The bar graph given below shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during
two consecutive years 2000 and 2001.

Sales of Books (in thousand numbers) from Six Branches - B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 of a publishing Company in 2000 and
2001.
16.  What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both years?

A.2:3 B. 3:5
C. 4:5 D.7:9

17.  Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of branches B3 for both the years?

A.68.54% B. 71.11%
C. 73.17% D.75.55%

18.  What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in
2000?

A.75% B. 77.5%
C. 82.5% D.87.5%

19.  What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000?

A.73 B. 80
C. 83 D.88

20.  Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is?

A
250 B.310
.
D
C.435 560
.
 SECTION-II (LOGICAL ABILITY) Questions (21 to 35)

Direction for questions 21 to 22: Each problem consists of three statements. Based on the first two statements, the third
statement may be true, false, or uncertain.

21. Tanya is older than Eric.

Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A.true
B.false
C.uncertain

22. All the trees in the park are flowering trees.

Some of the trees in the park are dogwoods.
All dogwoods in the park are flowering trees.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain

Direction for questions 23to24: Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read
each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.

23. Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling, hundreds of persons have been attracted towards this anti-national activity.
Some of them became millionaires overnight. India has a vast coastline both on the Eastern and Western Coast. It has been
a heaven for smugglers who have been carrying on their activities with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from time to
time certain seizures were made by the enforcement authorities, during raids and ambush but even allowing these losses the
smugglers made huge profits.
The passage best supports the statement that

A.smuggling hampers the economic development of a nation.

B. smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D.smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.

24. Though the waste of time or the expenditure on fashions is very large, yet fashions have come to stay. They will not go,
come what may. However, what is now required is that strong efforts should be made to displace the excessive craze for
fashion from the minds of these youngsters.

The passage best supports the statement that:

A. fashion is the need of the day.

B. the excessive craze for fashion is detrimental to one's personality.
C. the hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let down the constructive development.
D. work and other activities should be valued more than the outward appearance.

Direction for questions 25to26: In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the
conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts.
Give answer:

 (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 and
 (E) If both I and II follow.

25. Statements: No women teacher can play. Some women teachers are athletes.
Conclusions: I. Male athletes can play. II. Some athletes can play.
A.Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D.Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow

26.Statements: All bags are cakes. All lamps are cakes.

Conclusions: I. some lamps are bags. II. No lamp is bag.

A. Only conclusion I follows B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows D. Neither I nor II follows E. Both I and II follow

Direction for questions 27to28: Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in
the same way as the top two are related.

27.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

28.
 A.1 B. 2
C. 3 D.4

Direction for questions 29 & 30: Each question presents a situation and asks you to make a judgment regarding that particular
circumstance. Choose an answer based on given information.

29. Eileen is planning a special birthday dinner for her husband's 35th birthday. She wants the evening to be memorable,
but her husband is a simple man who would rather be in jeans at a baseball game than in a suit at a fancy restaurant.
Which restaurant below should Eileen choose?

A. Alfredo's offers fine Italian cuisine and an elegant Tuscan decor. Patrons will feel as though they've spent the
evening in a luxurious Italian villa.
B. Pancho's Mexican Buffet is an all-you-can-eat family style smorgasbord with the best tacos in town.
C. The Parisian Bistro is a four-star French restaurant where guests are treated like royalty. Chef Dilbert Olay is
famous for his beef bourguignon.
D. Marty's serves delicious, hearty meals in a charming setting reminiscent of a baseball clubhouse in honor of
the owner,Marty Lester, a former major league baseball all-star.

30. The film director wants an actress for the lead role of Lucy who perfectly fits the description that appears in the original
screenplay. He is not willing to consider actresses who do not resemble the character as she is described in the
screenplay, no matter how talented they are. The screenplay describes Lucy as an average-sized, forty something
redhead, with deep brown eyes, very fair skin, and a brilliant smile. The casting agent has four actresses in mind.

Actress #1 is a stunning red-haired beauty who is 5'9" and in her mid-twenties. Her eyes are brown and she has an olive
complexion.

Actress #2 has red hair, big brown eyes, and a fair complexion. She is in her mid-forties and is 5'5".

Actress #3 is 5'4" and of medium build. She has red hair, brown eyes, and is in her early forties.

Actress #4 is a blue-eyed redhead in her early thirties. She's of very slight build and stands at 5'.

A
1, 2
.
B. 2, 3
C. 1, 4
 D
2, 4
.

Directions: Analogy: find the most similar from the choices given below for each questions

31. Odometer is to mileage as compass is to

A.speed B. hiking
C. needle D.direction

32. Cup is to coffee as bowl is to

A.dish B. soup
C. spoon D.food

33. BINDING : BOOK

A.criminal : gang B. display : museum

C. artist : carpenter D.nail : hammer
E. frame : picture

34. FINCH : BIRD

A.frog :toad B. elephant : reptile

C. Dalmatian : dog D.collie : marsupial
E. ant : ladybug

35. PETAL : FLOWER

A.salt : pepper B. tire : bicycle

C. base : ball D.sandals : shoes
E. puppy : dog

SECTION-III (GENERAL ABILITY): Questions (36 to 50)

36. What Galileo invented?

A. Barometer B. Pendulum clock C. Microscope D. Thermometer

37. Which of the following is used in pencils?

A.Graphite B. Silicon
C. Charcoal D. Phosphorous

38. Atoms are composed of

A. electrons and protons B. electrons only

C. protons only D. electrons and nuclei
39. What is the unit for measuring the pitch or frequency of a sound?

A. Decibel B. Coulomb C. Hum D. Cycles

40. Which day is observed as World Food Day?

A. September 10 B. August 16 C. November 4 D. October 16

41. Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's

A. Microsoft B. Sun C. IBM D. Novell

42. What is a GPU?

A.Grouped Processing Unit

B. Graphics Processing Unit
C. Graphical Performance Utility
D.Graphical Portable Unit

43. What's a web browser?

A.A kind of spider

B. A computer that stores WWW files
C. A person who likes to look at websites
D.A software program that allows you to access sites on the World Wide Web

44. How many bits is a byte?

A.4 B.8 C.16 D.32

45. OS' computer abbreviation usually means?

A. Order of Significance B. Open Software

C. Operating System D. Optical Sensor

46. Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?

A. Flash B. Flange C. Fury D.FRAM

47. The speed of your net access is defined in terms of...

A.RAM B. MHz C. Kbps D. Megabytes

48. The "desktop" of a computer refers to:

A. The visible screen B. The area around the monitor

C. The top of the mouse pad D. The inside of a folder

49. The gas usually filled in the electric bulb is

A. nitrogen B. hydrogen C. carbon dioxide D. oxygen

50. Which of the gas is not known as green house gas?

A. Methane B. Nitrous oxide C. Carbon dioxide D. Hydrogen

SECTION-IV (ENGLISH COMPETENCY): Questions (50 – 75)

Choose the suitable prefixes to get the correct word

51. A living creature which is too small to be seen is ______________

a. Macrobe b. Microbe c. Bacteria d. Virus e. Fungus

52. A building with too many floors is ___________________

a. Many floors b. Apartments c. Villas d. Multi-storey e. Building

53. A person who does not have enough nourishment is ___________________

a. Undernourished b. Hungry c. Poverty d. Food Shortage e. None of these

54. A person who does not have enough work is ____________________

a. Over Employed b. Under Employed c. Unemployable d. Unemployed

e. None of these

Choose the appropriate forms of the adjectives / adverbs from the options.

55. She is ________________ than her husband.

a. More intelligent b. intelligent c. to intelligent d. intelligence

e. most intelligent

56. The sword is not so _____________ as the pen.

a. Might b. Mighty c. Mightiest d. Mightier e. Most Mighty

57. Fear of death is _____________ than the actual death.

a. bad b. bitter c. worse e. worst e. better

58. Cricket is the _______________ game in India.

a. more popular b. popular c. popularity d. better

 e. more popularity

Choose the correct tense forms of the verbs in the given sentences:

59. Cotton __________ (catch) fire easily.

a. catches b. catch c. caught d. will catch e. get caught

60. He has ____________ (never wear) glasses all his life.

a. never wear b. never worn c. never weared d. been never wearing

e. none of these

61. If I had received your letter, I _______________ (reply).

a. will have reply. b. reply c. would have replied d. will have replied

e. could have replied

62. He ________________ (prepare) for the GATE now.

a. is preparing b. will be preparing c. has been preparing d. prepared

e. would have prepared

Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B

63. Cramped a. A Person with extra-ordinary ability

64. Radiation b. Confined within narrow limits
65. Migrant c. Giving out rays
66. Genius d. A person who moves from one place to another for a limited period
e. Smart

Choose the correct preposition for the following.

Some 67 the major themes dealt 68 science fiction are space travel 69 and ____70 other
planets, solar systems and galaxies.

67. a. of b. in c. to d. from

68. a. of b. in c. to d. from

69. a. of b. in c. to d. from

70. a. of b. in c. to d. from

Choose the appropriate definition for the given words or phrases.

71. Accumulate

a. gather fast b. collect gradually c. put together d. count e. none of these

72. Set off

a. close b. rise c. push d. begin e. none of these

73. Building up

a. construct b. develop c. make d. create e. none of these

74. Act up

a. behave badly b. behave nicely c. perform well d. show up e. none of these

75. Teetering

a. fall down heavily b. stand straight c. move steadily d. move unsteadily e. none of these