SET – 1

VERBAL

Q) In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized Alternatives to the italicized part are given which
may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.

Tonight I am going to check that Raju will do his homework correctly.

1.Raju must be doing homework correctly

2.Raju shall do his homework correctly

3.Raju does his homework correctly

4.Nochange

Q) In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which
may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.

As soon as I turn the ignition key, the engine caught fire.

1.I turn the ignition key

2.I turned the ignition key

3.I was turning the ignition key

4.No change

Q) Select the correct option that fills the blanks) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

He worked really hard and thus _____ to be promoted.

1.Warranted

2.Deserve

3.Deserves

4.Merit
Q) Select the correct option that fills the blanks) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

The experiment lead to the emission______ of vapor which resulted in immediate termination of the
research

1.Noxious

2.Non-toxic

3.Innocuous

4.Bland

Q) Select the correct option that fills the blanks) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Funds are scarce, so ______ are needed to re-build homes destroyed by the flood.

1.Patience

2.Volunteers

3.Workers

4.Materials

Q) Select the correct option that fills the blanks) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

When we found her _______ the romantic ruins and backpackers. she was busy chasing dogs.

1.Amidst

2.Between

3.Among

4.Beyond

Q) Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

MUSTY

1.Stale

2.Necessary

3.Indifferent

4.Non-chalant
Q) Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

MONOTONOUS

1.Assorted

2.Spirited

3.Mixed

4.Tedious

Q) Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.

PREMEDITATED (OPPOSITE)

1.Ingenous

2.Artless

3.Spontaneous

4.Natural

Q) Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.

FUTILE (OPPOSITE)

1.Useful

2.Handy

3.Functional

4.Positive

PASSAGE

Give people power and discretion, and whether they are grand viziers or border guards, some will use
their position to enrich themselves. The problem can be big enough to hold back a country’s
development. For most people in the world, though, the worry is not that corruption may slow down
their country’s GDP growth. It is that their daily lives are pervaded by endless hassles, big and small. And
for all the evidence that some cultures suffer endemic corruption while others are relatively clean,
attitudes towards corruption, and even the language describing bribery, is remarkably similar around
the world.
In a testament to most people’s basic decency, bribe-takers and bribe-payers have developed an
elaborate theatre of dissimulation. This is not just to avoid detection. Even in countries where
corruption is so common as to be unremarkable and unprosecutable—and even when the transaction
happens far from snooping eyes—a bribe is almost always dressed up as some other kind of exchange.
Though most of the world is plagued by corruption, even serial offenders try to conceal it.

One manifestation of this is linguistic. Surprisingly few people say: “You are going to have to pay me if
you want to get that done.” Instead, they use a wide variety of euphemisms. One type is quasi-official
terminology. The term widely used at border crossings is “expediting fee”. For a euphemism it is
surprisingly accurate: paying it will keep your bags, and perhaps your contraband, from being dumped
onto a floor and sifted through at a leisurely pace. (A related term, used in India, is “speed money”:
paying it can get essential business permits issued considerably faster.)

A second type of euphemism dresses up a dodgy payment as a friendly favor done by the bribe-payer.
There is plenty of creative scopes. Nigerian policemen are known to ask for “a little something for the
weekend”. Mexican traffic police will suggest that you buy them a Refresco, a soft drink, as will Angolan
and Mozambican petty officials, who call it a Gazoso in Portuguese.

Double meaning can help soothe the awkwardness of bribe-paying. Baksheesh, originally a Persian word
now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”. Swahili-speakers
can take advantage of another ambiguous term. In Kenya a machine-gun-wielding guard suggested to a
terrified Canadian aid worker: “Perhaps you would like to discuss this over tea?” The young Canadian
was relieved: the difficulty could be resolved with some chai, which means both “tea” and “bribe”.

Along with the obscurantist language, bribe-taking culture around the world often involves the
avoidance of physically handing the money from one person to another. One obvious reason is to avoid
detection, which is why bribes are known as "envelopes" in countries from China to Greece. But
avoidance of a direct handover is common even where there is no chance of detection. There will
always be some officials who will take money right from a bribe payer's hands, but most seem to prefer
to find some way to hide the money from view.

Rich Westerners may not think of their societies as plagued by corruption. But the definition of bribery
clearly differs from person to person. A New Yorker might pity the third-world businessman who must
pay bribes just to keep his shop open. But the same New Yorker would not think twice about slipping
the $50 to sneak into a nice restaurant without a reservation. Poor people the world over are most
infuriated by the casual corruption of the elites rather than by the underpaid, "tip"-seeking soldier or
functionary. Thus there is no single cultural or social factor that inclines a society towards corruption,
but economic factors play a big part. Most clearly, poverty and bribery go together.
QUESTION: What would the author most likely agree with?

1. Some cultures suffer from corruption while others do not.

2. Social factors incline a society towards corruption.

3. Bribery is not a cultural phenomenon.

4. None of the above.

QUESTION: What is a bribe generally called in China?

1.Handover

2.Refresco

3.Envelope

4.Baksheesh

QUESTION: What would the author most likely agree with?

1.People generally do not try to hide the money taken as bribe.

2.People hide the money taken as bribe primarily to avoid detection.

3.People hide the money taken as bribe from view if detection of possibility is low.

4.People hide the money taken as bribe to hide their economic background.

QUESTION: What would the author most likely agree with?

1. Some cultures suffer from corruption while others do not.

2.Social factors incline a society towards corruption.

3.Bribery is not a cultural phenomenon.

4.None of the above.

PASSAGE:

The unique Iron Age Experimental Centre at Lejre, about 40 km west of Copenhagen, serves as a
museum, a classroom, and a place to get away from it all. How did people live during the Iron Age? How
did they support themselves? What did they eat and how did they cultivate the land? These and a
myriad of other questions prodded the pioneers of the Lejre experiment.

Living in the open and working 10 hours a day, volunteers from all over Scandinavia led by 30 experts,
built the first village in the ancient encampment in a matter of months. The house walls were of clay,
the roofs of hay – all based on original designs. Then came the second stage – getting back to the basics
of living. Families were invited to stay in the ‘prehistoric village’ for a week or two at a time and rough it
Iron Age-style.

Initially, this experiment proved none too easy for modern Danes accustomed to central heating, but it
convinced the center that there was something to the Lejre project. Little by little, the modern Iron
Agers learned that their huts were, after all, habitable. The problems were numerous – smoke belching
out from the rough-and-ready fireplaces into the rooms and so on. These problems, however, have led
to some discoveries: domed smoke ovens made of clay, for example, give out more heat and consume
less fuel than an open fire, and when correctly stoked, they are practically smokeless.

By contacting other museums, the Lejre team has been able to reconstruct ancient weaving looms and
pottery kilns. Iron Age dyeing techniques, using local natural vegetation, have also been revived, as have
ancient baking and cooking methods.

QUESTION: What is the main purpose of building the Iron Age experimental center?

1.Prehistoric village where people can stay for a week or two to get away from modern living.

2.Replicate the Iron Age to get a better understanding of the time and people of that era.

3.To discover the differences between a doomed smoke oven and an open fire to identity the more
efficient of the two.

4.Revive activities of ancient women such as weaving, pottery, dyeing, cooking and baking.

QUESTION: What can be the title of the passage?

1.Modern techniques find their way into pre-historic villages.

2.Co-existence of ancient and modern times

3.Glad to be living in the 21st century

4.Turning back time

1.It initiated the project

2.It eagerly supported it

3.It felt the project was

4.It was apprehensive about it

QUESTION: What is the meaning of the sentence “Initially, this experiment proved none to easy for
modern Danes accustomed to central heating, but it convinced the centre that there was something to
the Lejre project.”?

1.Even though staying in the huts was not easy for the modern people, the centre saw merit in the
simple living within huts compared to expensive apartments

2.Staying in the huts was quite easy for the modern people and the centre also saw merit in the sample
living within huts compared to expensive apartments.

3.The way of living of the Iron Age proved difficult for the people of the modern age who are used to
living in luxury

4.The way of living of the Iron Age proved very easy for the people of the modern age since it was hot
inside the huts, and they were anyway used to heated rooms.

LOGICAL

Q) Choose the correct option.

From the given choices select the odd one out.

1.ADG

2.HKN

3.PSW

4.MPS
Q) Find the next number

1, 4, 18, 48, ......

1.120

2.64

3.100

4.96

Q) The question consists of a problem question followed by two statements I and II. Find out if the
information given in the statement(s) is sufficient in finding the solution to the problem.

Problem question: In what proportion would Mukesh, Rakesh and Rajesh distribute profit among them?

Statements:

I) Rakesh gets one-third of the profit

II) Mukesh and Rajesh have invested 80% of the total investment

1.Statement I alone is sufficient in answering the problem question

2.Statement II alone is sufficient in answering the problem question

3.Both statements put together are sufficient in answering the problem question

4Both the statements even put together are not sufficient in answering the problem question

Q) Read the passage carefully and select the statement that can be inferred from it.

There are ways to spice up one's work. And I am surely not asking you to be an office gossip-monger.
There are predominantly three kinds of people at a work-place. Firstly, the ones who work for money
alone, and wouldn't devote even an iota of their time beyond the 9-5 office timings. They are usually not
happy with what they are doing, unlike the others. Secondly, there are those, for whom, work is a
means of getting appreciation and rewards. They are happy if they feel their efforts are being
acknowledged and rewarded. They stretch themselves to finish their work on time and are an asset to
the organization. Thirdly, the ones who consider work a an end in itself. They put their heart and soul
into their work and never worry about rewards. I am just asking you to try and transform yourself into
one of the the latter two.

1.People belonging to the second and third kinds are have higher job satisfaction.

2.Rewarding the first and second kind of people at work place encourages them to do better.

3.The third kind of people at workplace are the best assets for the organization.

4.People belonging to the second kind have to stretch themselves to get appreciation and rewards.

Q) Choose the option that arranges the given set of words in the 'most' meaningful order. The words
when put in order should make logical sense according to size, quality, quantity, occurrence of events,
value, appearance, nature, process, etc.

1. Infant

2. Foetus

3. Zygote

4. Adult

5. Teenager

1.2,3,1,5,4

2.3,2,1,5,4

3.4,5,1,3,2

4.2,1,5,4,3

Q) Find the next number in the series

3, 11, 25, 45, __

2.71

3.61

475

Q)Choose the correct option.

Two friends A and B start walking from a common point. A goes 20 kms towards north-east whereas B
goes 16 kms towards east and then 12 kms towards north. How far are A and B from each other?

1.14 kms

2.They are at the same place at the finishing point

3.15 kms

4.Data is insufficient

Q) The question consists of a problem question followed by two statements I and II. Find out if the
information given in the statement(s) is sufficient in finding the solution to the problem.

Problem question: The set S of numbers has the following properties: a) If p is in S, then 1/p is in S b) If
both p and q are in S, then so is p+q Is 5 in S?

Statements:

I) 1/5 is in S

II) 1/2 is in S

1.Statement I alone is sufficient in answering the problem question

2.Statement II alone is sufficient in answering the problem question

3.Both statements put together are sufficient in answering the problem question

4.Both the statements even put together are not sufficient in answering the problem question
Q) Choose the correct option.

Five cars are parked in a row facing Eastward. E is parked to the left of A, B and C. B, C and A are parked
to the left of D. C is parked between A and B. If B is parked fourth from the left, how far is A parked from
the right?

1.Fourth

2.Third

3.Second

4.First

Q) Choose the correct option.

A man moves 2 kms towards east, then 3 kms towards South and again 2 kms towards west and then he
goes 2 kms towards the initial point from where he started. In which direction is he from his initial
position?

1.East

2.South

3.West

4.North

Q) Find the missing term in the series.

2,3,7,8,13,14,_

1.24

2.21

3.18

4.20
Q) Read the passage carefully and select the statement that can be inferred from it.

Of all the fitness and wellness activities customary in India, Artistic yoga is the new kid in town. It has
successfully earned a pat on the back from whosoever has lent an ear to the latest advancements.
Artistic yoga combines the suaveness of yoga and the frenzy of modern cardio-vascular exercises. The
technique involves performance of various aasanas and pranayams followed by walking on treadmill,
stair climbing, cycling and so on. The activities are performed in a cyclic order and the aasana or
pranayam that is done in the beginning is repeated in the end. This helps an individual at the physical
level as well as the mental and spiritual level, thus helping bring about a complete transformation of
body, mind and soul.

1.Artistic yoga helps in the overall development of those who practise it

2.Artistic yoga has been adopted by modern people since it is in fashion these days

3.All the activities performed at the beginning of artistic yoga are also repeated in the end

4.Since it combines yoga and exercises, artistic yoga will replace other fitness and wellness programmes.

Q) Choose the correct options

From the given choices select the odd one out.

1.bb c MN

2.dd e OP

3.gg r QP

4.mm n WX

Q) Given signs signify something and on that basis, assume the given statements to be true and find
which of the two conclusions I and II is/are definitely true.

"%" denotes "greater than"

">" denotes "equal to"

"=" denotes "not less than"

"@" denotes "not equal to"

"#" denotes "less than"

Statements P>S, S@T, P#R

1.Only conclusion I is true

2.Only conclusion il is true

3.Neither conclusion I nor II is true

4.Both conclusion I and II are true

QUANTITATIVE

Q) If 2^2n-1=(1/8^n-3) then the value of n is:

1.3

2.2

3.0

4.-2

Q) The number 456*85 is completely divisible by 3. Smallest whole digit number in place of* can be:

1.0

2.1

3.2

4.3

Q) Ram is five years elder to his youngest sibling Shreya. Shreya is two years younger than her brother
Ritesh. Ritesh is 13 years old and is Ram's brother. How old will Ram be in two years from now?
1.16

2.17

3.20

4.18

Q) Jagdish can build a wall in 10 days. Narender can build the same wall in 12 days while Sumit takes 15
days to do the same job. Which two of them should be employed to finish the job in 6 days?

1.Jagdish and narender

2.Jagdish and sumit

3.Submit and narender

4.None of the above

Q) Which number should be multiplied by 43 so that it will have 3 prime factors?

1.2

2.3

3.6

4.8

Q) What is the value of the expression: 5* [2+16]/ 2-4 *(2+2) + 1/4 of 167

1.26

2.13

3.34

4.33
Q) in an examination, a candidate is required to answer 5 questions in all, from 2 sections having 5
questions each. What are the total number of ways in which a candidate can select the questions,
provided that at least two questions are to be attempted from each section?

1.200

2.20

3.100

4.10

Q) What is the probability of making an even number of 4 digits using 1.2.3 and 4 without any digit being
repeated?

1.1/2

2.1/3

3.2/3

4.1/4

Q) A bag contains 4 strawberries and 8 grapes. What is the probability that both the fruits drawn from it
are strawberries?

1.1/3

2.1/11

3.3/11

4.1/6

Q) The product of two numbers is 2208. If the LCM of the numbers is 552. What is their HCF?
1.12

2.4

3.24

4.Data inconsistent

Q) From a deck of 52 cards, 4 cards are selected so as to include at least 1 spade card. In how many ways
can this be done?

1.52C4-39C4

2.52C13

3.52C4-13C4

4.13C4

Q) 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%, then what is the actual price of the t-shirt?

1.Rs.900

2.Rs.800

3.Rs.1,200

4.Rs.1000

Q) Rahul can finish one-fifth of his homework in one hour. Neha can finish three-seventh of her
homework in one hour thirty minutes and Riya can finish three fourth of her homework in three hours
thirty minutes. If all of them start their homework at 12.00 p.m. and can go to play as soon as they all
finish their homework, when can they start to play, if they take a break at 3.30 p.m. for thirty minutes?

1.5.00pm
2.5.30pm

3.4.40pm

4.6.30pm

Q) What is the highest power of 5 contained in 200!?

1.40

2.49

3.50

4.57

Q) A man rows a boat at a speed of 5 km/hr in still water. Find the speed of a river if it takes him 1 hr to
row a boat to a place 2.4 km away and return back.

1.1km/hr

2.6km/hr

3.3km/hr

4.4km/hr

Q) Shobhit bought 300 litres of milk at Rs. 19 per litre. He added 200 litres of water to it and sold 400
litres of this milk at Rs. 20 per litre. To the rest, he added 10 litres more water and then sold it for Rs. 15
per litre. If he used mineral water that costs Rs. 10 per litre, then the total money earned by Shobhit is:

1.4,000

2.4,150

3.1,800

4.1,850