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PART-A (GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE)
1. Which of the
following articles of Constitution says that the executive power of every state
shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the
executive power of Union?
(A) Article
258 (B) Article
355 (C) Article 356
(D) Article 257
Ans. D
2. The distance
between earth and sun is greatest during:
(A) Winter Solstice
(B) Aphelion (C) Perihelion (D)
Summer Solstice
Ans. B
3. Which company
has developed AKASH, the cheapest tablet computer?
(A) IBM
(B) HCL
(C) Datawind
(D) Lenovo
Ans. C
4. Bhopal Gas
tragedy is associated with leakage of:
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Methyl ISO cyanate
(C) Sulphur Dioxide
(D) Nitrogen dioxide
Ans. B
5. Who is the
General Secretary of CPI(M)?
(A) Suravaram
Sudhakar Reddy
(B) Basudev Acharia
(C) Prakash Karat
(D) None of these
Ans. C
6. The central
Government on 1stJan, 2013 launched the pilot phase of direct cash benefits
transfer scheme. Under this scheme the cash will be directly transferred to the
intended beneficiaries through.
(A) Permanent
Account Number linked Bank Account
(B) Voter I D
linked Bank Account
(C) Aadhar-Linked
Bank Accounts
(D) Ration Card
linked Bank Accounts
Ans. C
7. Identify three
leader states in wind energy among the following:
(A) Maharashtra,
Odisha, Bihar (B) Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
(C) Bihar,
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (D) TamilNadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Ans. D
8. Dr Montek Singh
Ahluwalia said recently that the term “Bimaru” states should be done away with.
Which states was/were termed as Bimaru states?
(A) Bihar,
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
(B) Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh (D) Bihar
Ans. B
9. Who was recently
elected as vice President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Kapil Sibal
(B) Manmohan Singh (C)
P.Chidambaram (D) Rahul Gandhi
Ans. D
10. Recently
consensus on GST has been arrived by centre and states. What does GST mean?
(A) Gross Sales Tax
(B) Graded Sales Tax (C) Global Sales Tax (D) Goods and
service Tax
Ans. D
11. The Reserve
Bank of India has asked banks to ensure withdrawal of Non-CTS 2010 standard
cheques with CTS standard-2010 cheques by:
(A) 30th April,
2013 (B) 31st December, 2013 (C) 31st March, 2013 (D)
None of these
Ans. D
12. How many gold
medals were won by India at Copa-Brasil-2012 Tournament of wrestling?
(A) Eight
(B) Nine
(C) Seven
(D) Six
Ans. B
13. Who was named
AIFF (All India football federation) player of the year 2012?
(
A) Gouramangi Singh
(B) Sunil Chhetri (C) Syed Rahim Nabi (D) Subrata Paul
Ans. C
14. India on Oct-4,
2012 successfully test fired nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from
a test range at Balasore. This was a:
(A) Air to Air
Missile (B)
Surface to Air Missile
(C) Surface to
Surface
Missile
(D) Air to Surface Missile
Ans. C
15. The National
Development Council has approved recently the 12th five year plan and set an
annual average growth target of:
(
A) 10%
(B) 11%
(C) 8.2%
(D) 9%
Ans. C
16. Who was world
biggest exporter of rice in 2012 as per the latest report by Food &
Agriculture organization?
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) Thailand (D) India
Ans. D
17. The government
of India has given ……………..”languages of the 8th Schedule” the status of
official language.
(A) 23
(B) 26
(C) 24
(D) 22
Ans. D
18. Who is credited
with the discovery of Electron?
(A) James Chadwick
(B) Rutherford (C) E. Goldstein (D) J.J. Thompson
Ans. D
19. During the time
of which Mughal emperor did the English East India Company establish its first
factory in India?
(A)
Shahjahan (B)
Aurangazeb (C) Akbar (D) Jahangir
Ans. D
20. The first
temporary president of Constituent Assembly was:
(A) Dr. Bhim Rao
Ambedkar
(B) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(C) Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
(D) Dr. Sachidanand Sinha
Ans. D
21. Which among the
following was the major demand of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) organized under
the leadership of Sardar Vallabhai Patel?
(A) Rollback of
newly enhanced revenue rate
(B) Supply of
Agricultural Inputs to farmers at subsidized rate
(C) Land to the
tiller (D)
Increase of rates of labour wage
Ans. A
22. Find the
incorrect statement:
(A) Full moon
occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and Sun
(B) The difference
in minutes between the Greenwhich time and the local time at a place can be
derived by multiplying the longitude of place by four
(C) Spring Tide is
caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun together in the same
direction
(D) A line on a map
that joins all places of the same height above sea level is called contour line
Ans. A
Q23. The refractive
indices of Kerosine, Turpentine and water are 1.44, 1.47 and 1.33 respectively.
Light will have maximum speed in:
(A)
Water (B) Speed remains same for all (C)
Kerosine (D) Turpentine
Ans. A
24. Which of the
following gases are given out during photosynthesis?
(A)
Nitrogen (B) Hydrogen (C)
Oxygen (D) Carbon dioxide
Ans. C
25. What is the
script of Ashoka’s inscriptions?
(A)
Gurumukhi (B) Hieroglyphics (C) Dev
Nagri (D) Brahmi
Ans. D
PART-B
(MATHEMATICS)
26. If the digits
of two digit number are interchanged, the newly formed number is more than the
original number by 18. If the sum of digits is 8, then what was the original
number?
A.
26
B.17
C.35
D. None of these
Ans: C
27. One year ago a
mother was 4 times older then her son. After 6 years, her age becomes more than
double her sons age by 5 years. The present ratio of their age will be
A.
17:2
B.25:7
C. 29:6
D. None of these
Ans: B
28. If m:n = 2:3,
what is the value of 3m+5n /6m-n
A.
5/3
B.7/3
C. 3/7
D. None of these
Ans: B
29. A triple
successive discount of 20%, 10%, 5% is equal to a single discount of
A. 31.60 %
B.
25.7%
C.40%
D. 35%
Ans: A
30. Three items are purchased at Rs 380.One of them is sold at a loss of
10%. The others are sold so as togain 25% on the whole transactions? What is
the gain % on these two items?
A. 42.5%
B.
40.5%
C. 44.5%
D. None of these
Ans: A
31. The size of a
bag that could hold 6 kg of oranges has now been increased so that it can hold
8 kg. What is the percentage increase in size?
A. 91/3
%
B. 100/3
%
c. 20%
D.25%
Ans: B
32. If w/x=6/11,
y/z=16/23 and y/x=/16 then what is the value of x/y
A.
13/16
B.
11/16
C.6/16 D.
None of these
Ans:B
33. What
approximate value comes in the place of question mark in the following question
Square root of
727.9995 + (5.1961)x (5.1961)= ? + 2/10.7960
A.
8
B.
10
C.53
D. None of these
Ans: C
34. Mid points of
the side of an equilateral triangle of side 18 cm are joined to form another
triangle whose mid points are further joined to form different triangle and
this process is repeated indefinitely. The sum of perimeters of all triangles
will be
A. 144
cm
B.
172cm
C.72Cm D. 108 cm
Ans: D
35. A sum of
Rs 8500/- is to be divided among 5 men, 6 women and 8 boys in the ratio of
10:7:1. The share of one woman will be
A. Rs
595
B. Rs 850
C. Rs 85 D. None of
these
Ans: C
36. Ram and Shyam
work in the same factory. Ram can produce 45 articles in one hour and Shyam can
produce 40 articles in one hour. During one week Shyam worked for 5 more hours
than Ram but produced the same number of articles as ram. How many hours did
Ram work that week
A.
50
B.
43
C.
45
D. 40
Ans: C
37. Square root of
441/63 X Square root of 81/3 = ?
A.
3/4
B.
21/4
C.1
D. 25/6
Ans: C
38. Which one of
the following number has got highest value?
A.
127/25
B.121/9
C.53/4 D.
25/6
Ans: B
39. The average score
of Sachin Tendulkar in IPL 15 Matches is 70 Runs and the average score in
Border Gavaskar Trophy T-20 Matches is 45 runs in 7 Matches. If he has played
10 more International T-20 matches and his overall average score in all T-20
matches was 73 runs. What was his total Score in 10 International T-20 matches
A. 990
B. 971
C. 982
D None of these
Ans: B
40. Number of
diagonals in a 30 sided convex polygon
A.818
B.378
C.405
D.955
Ans: C
41. Two cars start
from place A &B , 100 km apart, towards each other. Both cars start
simultaneously. A bird sitting on one car start at the same time towards the
other car, and as soon as it reaches the second car, it flies back to the first
car and it continues in this manner fling backwards and forwards from one car
to other, until the cars meet. Both cars travel at a speed on 50 km/h and the
bird’s flies at 100 km/h. total distance covered by the bird will be
A. 100
Km
B.200Km
C.50Km
D. None of these
Ans: C
42. Two trains leave
stations p and q 110 km apart train from p and q travels at 25 km/hr and train
from q to p at 30 km/hr if they both start at 8 AM they meet at a
A. 09.00 AM
B
09.45 AM C.10.40 AM D. None of these
Ans: D
43. A sphere of
radius x is melted and its volume is divided into two equal parts. One part is
cast into a cylinder of height 10cm and second a cone of the same height. The
ratio of the cylinder radius to the cone radius is
A.
1:3
B. Square root 3 :2 C. 1 : Square root 3 D. None
of these
Ans: C
44. A man buys milk
at a certain price per kg. and after mixing it with water sells it again
at the same price. How many grams of water he mixes in every kg of milk if he
makes of profit 25%
A. 150
grms
B. 30
grmas
C.250 grams D.200 grams
Ans: D
45. A sum of Rs
8000 generates Rs 1261 as compound interest in 3 Years interest being compound
annually. The rate of compound interest is
A .20 %
B. 2.5 %
C. 10 %
D. 5 %
Ans: D
46. By how much
is two by thirds of 96 less than three fifths of 210
A.114
B.62
C.206
D. None of these
Ans: B
47. The square root
of 6760000 is
A.
260 B.
2600
C. 1/26 D. 26
Ans: B
48. The average
temperature of three days is 24 o c .if temperature on the first two days is 20
o c and 25 o c respectively then the temperature on the third day
A 22 ½
B.
23
C. 27
D. 24
Ans: C
49. A five year
cash certificate with a maturity value of Rs 300 is purchased for Rs 200. The
annual rate of interest is
A.
10%
B.15%
C.5%
D.15/2%
Ans :A
50. You bought some
apples. On the first day you ate one and ¼ of the remainder. On the second day
you ate 2 and ¼ of the remainder. On the third day you ate the entire remaining
balance of 3. How many apples did you buy?
A.
13
B.19
C.9
D. none of theses
Ans: D
PART-C (ENGLISH)
Directions:
(51 to 57) Choose the correct option
51. The tree lost
its leaves.
A.
Their
B.
Our
c.
They
D. Its
Ans:D
52. The snake
crawled ____ the rock
A.
Under
B.
At
C. With
D.After
Ans:A
53. Can you ____a
picture?
A.
Fry
B.
Stay
C. Ride D. Draw
Ans: D
54. My mother
_____us to School in our car
A. Walks
B. Gos
C. Rides D. Drives
Ans: D
55. Tom is awake
but Jack is still _____
A.
Eating
B. Reading C. Asleep. D.
Crying
Ans: C
56. The Kangaroos ____ over
the fence.
A.
Crawled
B.
Hopped
C.Swam
D.Licked
Ans: B
57. Yesterday our team
_____ the team of Ranjus school.
A. is
defeating B. will
defeat
C. was
defeated
D.defeated
Ans:D
Directions: (58 to
60) Fill in the blanks with correct Prepositions
58. The thief entered
the room _____ the window.
A.
Through
B.
With
C. From
D.By
Ans: A
59. My car does 40 kms
___a litre.
A.
For
B.Of
C. In
D To
Ans:
D
60. _____ cooking he also
likes to write poetry in his free time.
A.
Except
B.
While
C. Beside
D. Besides
Ans:
D
Directions: (61 to
62) Give one word for the underlined phrase
61. My bed room
is warm and comfortable.
A.
Cosy
B.
Beautiful
C. Neat D.Untidy
Ans: A
62. Diana spoke
in a quiet voice to her friend
A.
Jumped
B.
Called
C. Yelled D. Whispered
Ans: D
63. Choose the
correct Passive voice of the Senetence
There is no house
to let
A. There is no
house which could be let B. There is no house for letting out
C. There is no
house to be
let
D. No house is there to let
Ans: C
Directions: (64 to
65) choose the correct articles
64. I bought ____
uniform for my daughter yesterday
A.
An
B.
of
C.
the
D A
Ans: D
65. _____ might
have the upper hand
A.
An
B.
A
C.
One
D The
Ans: D
Directions: (66 to
67) select the word or phrase that is most nearly similar in meaning
66. Ramble
A. To divide
B. To destroy everything C.
Storm D. to walk about aimlessly
Ans:D
67. Sloth
A.
Laziness
B. To hit directly C.
Heavy D. Inclined
Ans:A
Directions:
Formulate correct sentence by selecting the most appropriate option
68. If I were you, I
____ be careful with my words.
A.
Shall
B.
Should
C. Will D.
Would
Ans: D
Directions: (69 to
70) In the following questions pick the correct spelt word
69. A.
Typhyoid B. Typhiod C.
Typhoid D. Typhyiod
Ans:
C
70. A.
Stratcher B. Strecher C.
Stretchar D. Stretcher
Ans: D
Directions: (71 to
72) select the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning
71. DIFFIDENCE
A.
Boldness
B.
Converse
C. Weakness D. Cleverness
Ans: A
72. DIVISIVE
A.
Multiply B. Acceptable C.
Unifying D. Derisive
Ans: C
Directions (73-74)
Find the grammatically wrong part
73. He is man (A) /
which I know (B) / you can trust (C) / No error (D)
Ans: B
74. I shall ask him
(A) /not to come on Monday (B) /as it is working day (C) / No error (D)
Ans: A
75. Directions:
Change the following sentence into reported Speech
Shashi Said “I plan
to leave for Australia next week”
A. Sashi said that he planned to leave for Australia
the following week
B. Sashi told that he had planned to leave for
Australia the following week
C. Sashi Said that he had planned to leave for
Australia next week
D. Sashi told that he planned to leave for Australia
next week
Ans; A
PART-D (REASONING)
(Questions
are not typed fully)
Directions
(76 to 79):
This is a
group of five Persons...............
76. Who is
the wife of E
Ans: C
77. Which of the
groups include all the men?
Ans: D
78. Who is the
professor of Philosophy?
Ans: B
79. Who is the
professor of Economics?
Ans: B
Directions (80 to
82): Pick out the odd one out
80. A.
Kitchen B. bathroom C. Bedroom
D.floor
Ans: D
81. A.
Hear B. Smell C.
See D. Talk
Ans: D
82. A.
Head B. Heart C. Lung D. Kidney
Ans: A
83. Madho walks 30
meters towards East...............
Ans: D (20
meters South)
84. Six firemen are
placed.......
Ans: C
Instructions (Q 85
to 87) In the following diagram three classes of Population...
85. Married Persons
living in joint families but not working as school teachers are represented by
Ans: B
86. Persons who
lived in joint families are unmarried and who do not work as school teachers
represented by
Ans: C
87. Married
teachers living in joint families represented by
Ans: A
88. If KOLKATA is
coded as LPMLBUB then MUMBAI is coded as
Ans: D
89. In the given
dice, which number is opposite of 6
Ans: C
90. Beena is the
mother of Chirag and Mahika. If Kapil is the husband of Mahika. What is the
relation of Beena to Kapil
Ans: D
91. Ajay travels
towards east. Vikas travels towards north. Sonu and Rachit travel in opposite
directions. Rachit travels towards right of Ajay.which of the following is
definitely true
Ans: B
92. In a certain
code language LESSON is coded as NGUQML. How will PUZZLE be coded in that
language?
Ans: C
Instructions (Q93
to 94) Study the following information
93. Which of the
following persons is neither hardworking nor ambitious?
Ans: C
94. Which of the
following persons is neither honest nor hardworking but is ambitious?
Ans:A
Directions (Q95 to
96)Each of the following questions is followed by two
statements...........
95. How many
Indians can be considered to be in super rich bracket rich bracket if they
constitute 0.001% of the population?
Ans: A
96. At the garage,
the Car owner was told that........
Ans: C
97. If ROAD=152 and
MAP= 90, then RAIL=?
Ans: C
98 If BAT=69 and
BOOK=172 then PEN=?
Ans:B
Directions (Q99 to
100) In these questions a Series is given.....
99. QPO, SRQ,UTS,
WVU, ?
Ans: C
100. P3C, R5F,
T8I,V12L, ?
Ans: C
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