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Directions (Questions 1-8): Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.1. You need not come unless you want to.
A.You don't need to come unless you want to
B.You come only when you want to
C.You come unless you don't want to
D.You needn't come until you don't want to
E.No correction required
Ans: A

2. They were all shocked at his failure in the competition

A.were shocked at all
B.had all shocked at
C.had all shocked by
D.had been all shocked on
E.No correction required
Ans: E

3. Despite of their differences on matters of principles, they all agree on the demand of hike is salary?
A.Despite their
B.Despite of the
C.Despite for their
D.Despite off their
E.No correction required
Ans: A

4. He is a singer of repute, but his yesterday's performance was quite disappointing.
A.performances of yesterday were
B.yesterday performance was
C.esterday performance were
D.performances about yesterday were
E.No correction required
Ans: E

5.The crime has growth rapidly in Russia since the disintegration of the communist system.
A.rapid crime has grown
B.crime has grown rapidly
C. crimes grow rapidly
D.crimes have been rapidly grown
E.No correction required
Ans: B

6. My hair stood off ends when I saw the horrible sight.
A.stood at ends
B.tood on ends
C.stood to ends
D.stands on ends
E.No correction requiredAns: B

7. The crops are dying; it must not had rained.
A.must had not
B.must not be
C.must not have
D.must not have been
E.No correction required
Ans: C

8. The intruder stood quietly for few moments
A.for few time
B.for the few moments
C.for moments
D.for a few moments
E.No correction required
Ans: D

Directions (Questions 9-16): In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicized part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

9.If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
A.If the room was brighter
B.If the room are brighter
C.Had the room been brighter
D.No improvement
Ans: C

10. If you are not clear about the meaning of a word, it is wise to look to a dictionary.

A.ook for
Book at
C.look up
D.No improvement
Ans: C

11. There is no more room for you in this compartment.
A.there is no more seat
B.there is no more space
C.there is no more accommodation
D.No improvement
Ans: B

12. More than one person was killed in accident.
A.were killed
B.are killed
C.have been killed
D.No improvement
Ans: A

13. Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.

A.move in a lift
B.ascend in a lift
C.take a lift
D.No improvement
Ans: C

14. My friend was in hospital for a week after an accident.

A.through
B.following
C.for
D.No improvement
Ans: B

15. If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
A.to bear upon
B.to bear with
C.to bear away
D.No improvement
Ans: B

16. In India today many of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man, not appreciating that much has happened since then.

A.much has been happening
B.much had happened
C.much might happen
D.No improvement
Ans: D

Directions (Questions17-24): Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
17. Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A.chance
B.luck
C.possibility
D.occasion
Ans: A

18. Many of the advances of civilization have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood

A.boundary
B.threshold
C.peak
D.horizon
Ans: B

19. If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late...?

A.isn't it
B.won't I
C.will I
D.s it
Ans: B

20. The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
A.straight
B.but
C.in
D.directly
Ans: B

21. Wheat ...... carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and dietary fibre in our daily diet.
A.has
B.gives
C.yields
D.provides
Ans: C

22....... all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm.
A. in
B.upon
C.with
D.to
Ans: D

23.He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.
A.insists
B.persists
C.desists
D.resists
Ans: B

24. We shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to ...... to statements.
A.corroborate
B.avouch
C.verify
D.approve
Ans: A

Directions (Questions25-30): 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.


25.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.
Ans: D

26. Industrial exhibitions play a major role in a country's economy. Such exhibitions, now regularly held in Delhi, enable us to measure the extent of our own less advanced industrial progress and the mighty industrial power and progress of countries like the U.K., U.S.A. and Russia whose pavilions are the centers of the greatest attention and attractions.

The passage best supports the statement that industrial exhibitions

-A.Greatly tax the poor economies.
B.Are more useful for the developed countries like U.S.A. whose products stand out superior to those of the developing countries.
C.Are not of much use to the countries that are industrially backward.
D.Boost up production qualitatively and quantitatively by analytical comparison of a country's products with those of the developed countries.
Ans: D

27. It is up to our government and planners to devise ways and means for the mobilization of about ten crore workers whose families total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above.

The passage best supports the statement that:
A.Employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
B.Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilization of man-power.
C.A shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
D.The industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.
Ans: B

28. The only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to act as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and feeling, and to conceive himself from the standpoint of the welfare of the group to which he belongs.

A.The passage best supports the statement that real education -A.
B.Will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
B.Will take place if the children are physically strong.
C.Is not provided in our schools today.
D.comes through the interaction with social situations
Ans: D

29. The virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with or immediately ruled by anything other than itself. It insists that it alone shall touch the work in order to bring it into being. Art requires that nothing shall attain the work except through art itself.

This passage best supports the statement that:
A.Art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B.Art is for the sake of art and life.
C.Art is for the sake of art alone.
D.Artist realizes his dreams through his artistic creation.
Ans: C

30. The attainment of individual and organizational goals is mutually interdependent and linked by a common denominator - employee work motivation. Organizational members are motivated to satisfy their personal goals, and they contribute their efforts to the attainment of organizational objectives as means of achieving these personal goals.

The passage best supports the statement that motivation -
A.Encourages an individual to give priority to personal goals over organizational goals.
B.Is crucial for the survival of an individual and organization.
C.s the product of an individual's physical and mental energy?
D.s the external force which induces an individual to contribute his efforts?
Ans: A

Directions (Questions31-40): The following section consists of two passages followed by set of questions. Read the passage thoroughly and answer the set of questions given below the passage.
(31 – 35):In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten that health is really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine and this includes many patients as well as many physicians pays very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine that they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers. The health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmers and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. The healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health: he should be using health for work. The work does the work that good health possible.

31. Modern medicine is primarily concerned with
A.promotion of good health
B.people suffering from imaginary illness
C.people suffering from real illness
D.ncreased efficiency in work
Ans: B

32. The passage suggests that
A.health is an end in itself
B.health is blessing
C.health is only means to an end
D.we should not talk about health
Ans: C

33. Talking about the health all time makes people
A.always suffer from imaginary illness
B.sometimes suffer from imaginary illness
C.rarely suffer from imaginary illness
D.often suffer from imaginary illness
Ans: D

34. The passage tells us
A.how medicine should be manufactured
B.what healthy man should or should not do
C.what television programmers should be about
D.how best to imagine illness
Ans: B

35.
A healthy man should be concerned with
A.his work which good health makes possible
B.looking after his health
C.his health which makes work possible
D.talking about health
Ans: A

(36-40): Organizations are institutions in which members complete for status and power. They compete for resource of the organization, for example finance to expand their own departments, for career advancement and for power to control the activities of others. In pursuit of these aims, grouped are formed and sectional interests emerge. As a result, policy decisions may serve the ends of political and career systems rather than those of the concern. In this way, the goals of the organization may be displaced in favor of sectional interests and individual ambition. These preoccupations sometimes prevent the emergence of organic systems. Many of the electronic firms in the study had recently created research and development departments employing highly qualified and well paid scientists and technicians. Their high pay and expert knowledge were sometimes seen as a threat to the established order of rank, power and privilege. Many senior managers had little knowledge of technicality and possibilities of new developments and electronics. Some felt that close cooperation with the experts in an organic system would reveal their ignorance and show their experience was now redundant.

36. The theme of the passage is
A.Groupism in organizations
B.Individual ambitions in organizations
C.Frustration of senior managers
D.Emergence of sectional interests in organizations
Ans: D

37. "Organic system" as related to the organization implies its
A.growth with the help of expert knowledge
B.growth with input from science and technology
C.steady all around development
D.natural and unimpeded growth
Ans: B

38. Policy decision in organization would involve
A.cooperation at all levels in the organization
B.modernization of the organization
C.attracting highly qualified personnel
D.keeping in view the larger objectives of the organizations
Ans: C

39. The author makes out a case for
A.organic system
B.Research and Development in organizations
C.an understanding between senior and middle level executives
D.a refresher course for senior managers
Ans: A

40. The author tends to the senior managers as
A.ignorant and incompetent
B.a little out of step with their work environment
C.jealous of their younger colleagues
D.robbed of their rank, power and privilege
Ans: A

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1. There are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy. Find the min. no. of times the balls have to be weighed for finding out the heavy ball.
Ans. 8

2. If I walk with 30 miles/hr i reach 1 hour before and if i walk with 20 miles/hr i reach 1 hour late. Find the distance between 2 points and the exact time of reaching destination is 11 am then find the speed with which it walks.
Ans. 120 miles and 24 miles/hr

3. When you reverse the digits of age of father u will get the age of son. One year ago the age of father was twice that of son's age. What are the current ages of father and son?
Ans: 73 & 37

4. In a class there are less than 500 students. When it is divided by 3 it gives a whole number. Similarly when it is divided by 4, 5 or 7 gives a whole number. Find the no. of students in the class

Ans: 420

5. A coffee seller has two types of coffee Brand A costing 5 bits per pound and Brand B costing 3 bits per pound. He mixes two brands to get a 40 pound mixture. He sold this at 6 bits per pound. The seller gets a profit of 33 1/2 percent. How much he has used Brand A in the mixture?
Ans: 30 pounds

6) Which figure completes the series?
Ans: A

7) Which figure completes the series?
Ans: C

8) Which figure completes the series?
Ans: C

9) Which figure completes the seriesAns: D

10) Which figure completes the series?
Ans: B

Directions 11-15: In each question below are given three Statements followed by three Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows from the given Statements disregarding commonly known facts.

11. Statements:
Some cycles are busses. All cars are buses. Some buses are trains. Conclusions:
I. All cares are cycles.
II. Some trains are buses.
III. Some trains are cars.
(1) None follows
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only land III follow
(4) Only II and III follow
(5) None of these
Ans: 4

12. Statements: All pencils are sticks. Some sticks are notes. All diaries are notes. Conclusions:
I. Some notes are diaries.
II. Some sticks are pencils.
III. Some diaries are sticks.
(1) All follow
(2) Only I follow
(3) Only I and II follow
(4) Only II follows
(5) None of these
Ans: 5

13. Statements: Some buds are leaves. No leaf is fruit. Some fruits are buds.
Conclusions:
I. Some fruits are leaves.
II. All buds are fruits.
III. Some leaves are buds.
(1) Only I or II follow
(2) Only III follows
(3) Only II follows
(4) None follows
(5) None of these
Ans: 2

14. Statements: Some birds are animals. All animals are rivers. Some rivers are lions. Conclusions:
I. Some lions are animals
II. Some rivers are birds
III. No animal is lion
(1) Only II follows
(2) Only either I or III follows
(3) I and II follows
(4) Only either II or III follow
(5) None of these
Ans: 3

15. Statements: All boxes are pans Some boxes are jugs .Some jugs are glasses.Conclusions:
I. Some glasses are boxes
II. No glass is box
III. Some jugs are pans
IV. No jug is pan

(1) Only I and II follows
(2) Either I or II and III follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) Either I or II , and either III or IV follow
(5) None of these
Ans: B

Directions 16-20 Use the following answer choices for the questions below.
A. Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
B. Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
C. Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
D. Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E. Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

16) If the average size of 3 accounts is $1 million, is the smallest account less than $500,000?
1. The largest account is $1.3 million.
2. One of the accounts is $0.7 million.
Ans: C

17) Is the product of x and y greater than 60?
1. The sum of x and y is greater than 60.
2. Each of the variables is greater than 2.
Ans: C

18) What is the value of y?
1. y - 3 = 2
2. y2 = 25
Ans: A

19) What was the percent increase of Company A's stock between June 1 and June 30, 2000?
1. The stock gained $5 in value during June 2000.
2. The stock rose 12% during the first half of the month.
Ans: E

20) Which company reported the larger dollar increase in earnings?
1. Company A reported that its earnings increased by 5%.
2. Company B reported that its earnings increased by 7%.
Ans: E

21. Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to his right he goes 15 km. then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point?
(A) 5 metres
(B) 10 metres
(C) 20 metres
(D) 15 metres
(E) Can not be determined
Ans: (B)

22. Sonalika goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards South from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point?
(A) 7 km East
(B) 5 km West
(C) 7 km West
(D) 5 km North-East
(E) None of these
Ans: (D)

23. Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes 15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point?
(A) 45 km, East
(B) 15 km, East
(C) 45 km, West
(D) 45 Km, North
(E) None of these
Ans: (B)

24. Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 km after turning to her left. Again she goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to her right. How far is she from N?
(A) 40 m
(B) At N
(C) 10 m
(D) 15 m
(E) None of these
Ans: (D)

25. Shri Prakash walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres after turning to his left. After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now from his starting point?
(A) 40 m, North
(B) 50 m, West
(C) 10 m, East
(D) 10 m, West
(E) None of these
Ans: (B)

I. Directions (Question 26 to 30): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given it.

There are six persons A B C D E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject was History while there others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her compulsory subject.

26. What is C's compulsory subject?
A) History B) Physics C) Chemistry D) English E) Mathematics
Ans: A

27. Who is a female member in the group?
A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E
Ans: D

28. Which of the following has some compulsory and optional subjects as those of F's ?
A) D B) B C) A D) C E) None of these
Ans: E

29. Disregarding which is the compulsory and which is the optional subject, who has the same two subject combination as F?
A) A B) B C) E D) D E) None of these
Ans: C

30. Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject?
A) A,C,D B) B,C,D C) C,D D) A,B,C E) A,D
Ans: D

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