English Language Ability (Solution) (Section 1 of 4)

Questions 1 7 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases marked (A), (B), (C), (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence 1 Amitabh Bachchan will get _______________ X security as before security X as early done as before security X X security as previous

Musharraf and Manmohan Singh will _____________ usually meet to do friendship. do friendship by usually meeting meet again to continue on the friendship trail. be meeting to do friendship.

Global warming is becoming a constant ______________ worriness for environmentalists in all the worlds. worrying cause for all. worrier for all environment. cause of worry for all.

Sagar Ratna is one of the _____________ principal eating place of Delhi. principle eating places of Delhi principal eating places of Delhi. principle eating place of Delhi.

Harry did not score well in the exam ______________ as he ought not to have studied. as he must have studied hard. as he did not study at all as he should have studied hard

Basically small children need ______________ to be taken care of by parents to take care of parents to take care by parents to be taken care of by its patents

John did not want to involve Mary________. in the murder that had taken place of the murder to take place about the murder to take place. at the murder to take place

In questions 8 14 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four parts are marked (A), (B), (C), (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 8 The Indians lacked on the mental toughness in the cricket match against Australia. lacked on toughness in the against

The Pakistan Supreme Court uphelded the death sentences awarded by military courts The supreme Court

uphelded sentences by

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Dutch football star Dennis Bergkamp never liking the idea of flying never liking the idea of flying

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The government in its hurry to privatize rail-based container operations, having forgotten to lay down FDI norm in its hurry to having lay down

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The container of smuggled arms and explosives had arrived at Shekhadi coast into a vessel from Pakistan of smuggled arms had into from

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Learning dance from India has been a totally different experience for Prema who hails from the US from has been for hails

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Amir Khan's Rang De Basanti will be Indias entry to the Oscars in the best foreign film category will be Indias to the in the

In questions 15-20, the given pair of words contain a specific relationship to each other. Select the best pair which expresses the same relationship as the one given. 15 CARPENTER : WOODWORK:: mechanic : machine chef : cooking jewellery : goldsmith cobbler : shoes

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WORDS : PHRASE :: sentence : paragraph paragraph : phrase chapter : paragraph pearl : necklace

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TELEVISION : PICTURE TUBE :: fan : regulator refrigerator : compressor projector : lens engine : lens

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TEMPERATURE : THERMOMETRE :: wind : anemometer mathematics : calculator

jewellery : goldsmith weighing scale : weight

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HOUSE : FLAT :: two wheeler : scooter refrigerator : compressor bungalow : house bicycle : tyre

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APIARY : BEE :: mountain : skier airport : flight schedule : event stable : horse

In questions 21-25, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word given. 21 DOCILE painful hesitant obdurate silent

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AUGMENT lessen impair deface abscond

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UPHOLD

dishonour pervert impair abscond

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RELISH appreciate suppress disapprove pervert

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BLISS sadness oust brutal invalid

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Passage Comprehension (Solution) (Section 2 of 4)

Line 1. In the heart of the city of Kolkata, a man is singing, his voice strained to be heard over the roar of the traffic that encircles the maidan. A veteran singer of kathas, he is past of a vast gathering of entertainers, mountebanks, acrobats, palmists, and sundry folk who meet at the Dharamtala Mela every Sunday Line 5. afternoon. Accompanied by his dholak, the singer punctuates his story of blood and romance with pithy references to the state of the downtrodden. Listening to him intently are the labourers and vagrants who sit around him in a circle, responding to his skilful weaving of fact and fiction, myth and history Clearly, the singer knows how to tell a story as can be judged from the way he pitches his voice, varies his rhythm, breaks the narrative, then picks it up unexpectedly, only to shift the perspective of his story with a change in voice and Line 12. Transformation of character. It is a tour de force of a performance which ends after hours of non-stop delivery, whereupon 10 and 20 paise coins are collected from the crowd who part with what they can spare. The entire collection adds up to barely four or five rupees. As the crowd disperses, I talk to the performer haltingly and express my appreciation with a small donation. I learn that he is in his 70s, he lives in Shyambazar though his muluk is in Bihar, and Line 18. That he has been singing all his life. Later, as he rushes off to catch his bus, I am left thinking about him and the possibilities of his

represention. A subaltern narrative comes immediately to my mind. Just think how our moribund theatrical discourse could be energized through an analysis of his life and voice. But I also realize that this narrative would be of no use to the performer or his community. It would only contribute to my own credentials as a writer. I think more pragmatically about the resource centres to which the Line 25. performer could be linked only to confront the reality that there could be no cultural organizations for the representation of real street performer. More cynically, I am reminded of the larger circuit of festival culture into which this man could be slotted if only he could be discovered. I am left feeling oddly moved that he has not been commodified. He is free to sing his song, but he is also desperately poor. Inspite of the state, he exists. But for how long? And at what cost? 1 The singer is a native of Kolkata West Bengal Bihar Jharkhand 2 This passage is about a singers mood Indian culture in the mid 19th century poverty condition of unrecognized artists 3 According to the author, which of the following statements is/ are true about the singer? has not been commodified has not been discovered has not been slotted all the above 4 In the passage, the author is lively contemplative melancholy condescending 5 According to the passage, the author is of the opinion that Indian theatre cannot benefit from knowing more about the singer the singer cannot benefit from knowing more about Indian theatre the writer can benefit from writing about the singer the singer benefits by knowing more about the Indian theatre and the author benefits by writing about the singer 6 tour de force in the passage means forceful performance masterly creation tour of Indian culture a sum total

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Logical Reasoning (Solution) (Section 3 of 4)

1 If Ajay buys R and T, then Bony buys P and S Q and U P and Q S and U 2 If Bony buys Q and S, then Ajay must buy P and R T and U P and T R and U 3 If C has to buy P and S, then which of the following must be true? A bought R B bought Q A bought T none of these 4 If Ajay buys P and Bony buys Q, then which of the following is true? Chetan buys S and R Chetan can buy any two of P, S and R Chetan can buy any three of P, S, R and T Chetan can buy any two of P, S, R, T and U 5 Which of the following is definitely True? Ajay buys R and Bony buys Q Chetan buys T or U means Bony bought Q and S Ajay bought R means Bony buys T if Ajay buys R and Bony buys Q, then Chetan has only one choice 6 For Question 6 9: Ten candidates appear for an interview and six of them are selected. There are two M.A.s two M.B.As, two M.C.A.s and four B.Techs among the candidates. If at least one M.B.A. candidate is selected, then exactly two B.Tech candidate Two M.C.As and two M.As are selected

only two M.B.As and only one M.C.A. are selected one M.B.A. and two M.A.s are selected none of these 7 If two M.C.A. candidates are selected, then which of the following statements can be True? one M.B.A. and one B. Tech candidate are selected Three B.Tech candidates are selected only one M.B.A and two B.Tech candidates are selected one M.A. and three B.Tech candidates are selected 8 Which of the following statements is definitely False? if four B.Tech candidates are selected, then two M.B.A candidates must be selected

one M.A., one M.B.A., two M.C.As and two B.Techs is a possible combination of selection none of these 9 Which of the following statements, if True will make the selection of six candidates impossible? two M.B.As are selected two M.C.As are selected Two B.Techs are selected no M.C. A. is selected 10 Festive eating can ruin your healthy diet. Be selective in your food and choose salads rather than sweets and starchy foods. Try and limit your drinks to water-based sherbets rather than fizzy soft drinks. Hence it can be concluded that Soft drinks increase the appetite so they make a person healthy Festive should not be avoided as festivals take place once a year Festive food is more delicious than diet food so more delicious Fizzy soft drinks and festive food ruin a healthy diet so should be avoided 11 The modern Indian youth is in a terrible rush to get all he wants. He wants money, name, status, family and the whole world at his feet. He is impatient with the establishment and angry with a system that does not deliver. His attitude to life is go get The modern young Indian believes in slow and steady wins the race and takes life as it comes The young Indian is very ambitious and impatient to get his demands fulfilled Today is a world of competition and more money is needed to satisfy ones needs The modern Indian youth wants to design his life according to his views 12 Poverty is a social and moral challenge. It is not only a state of stagnation but also a state of degeneration and regression. Poverty is a curse. It makes man take to evil ways. It eclipses mans brightest virtues, rips away all noble thoughts in their e Poverty keeps a person down to earth and helps making his life easy Man realizes that poverty is a curse and he does everything to come out of it avoiding all evils Poverty elimination will make the world a better place to live in Poverty is nothing but an eclipse in a mans life and once it vanishes, the world will be a better place to live in

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To clear any competitive exam, coaching is a must. Coaching classes take care of the syllabus to be covered as well as the examination patterns. It has been noticed that those students who do not join coaching classes are less likely to clear any competit All those appearing for any competitive exam are intelligent/ not intelligent join coaching classes There are no intelligent candidates who may not require coaching at all There hardly any good coaching institutes available There is a social stigma attached to those who join coaching institutes

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The small screen industry holds a lot of glitz and glamour for the young today. They see it as a source to earn a fast buck. Anyone with ordinarily good looks feels poised to enter the glitzy world. The argument inherently implies that all girls and boys of today are good looking the sale of TVs has gone up considerably all young people are hopeful of finding employment, whatever be their qualification looks is all what the young care for today

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Smoking is injurious to health. All who indulge in any kind of smoking are likely to be prone to cancer or lung or heart diseases, hence likely to die at an early age. Which statement would counter the argument exactly? my friend, a teetotaler and passive smoker, died at the age of 40 smoking causes cancer tobacco industry is flourishing the government earns a lot of revenue by levying taxes on tobacco

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The BPO sector has given rise to a high percentage of undergraduates being employed by creating employment opportunities. Thereby reducing the crime rate and turning them into high income consumers. The employability mentioned could be due to each of the willingness to be employed high degree of qualification not required desire to have a good life style only sector where they can be employed

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All liars tell lies. All lies are told by lawyers. Lawyers could be men or women. Women tell more lies than men. So all successful lawyers are women. This is an inference an assumption a conclusion a flaw in the statement
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Problem Solving Ability (Solution) (Section 4 of 4)

1 (5x + 33y 2z)/2 = 4x-y. The value of y expressed in terms of the other quantities is (3x + 2z)/35 (3x - 2z)/30 (5x + 4z)/25 (3x + 2z)/30 2 3x + 2y = 10 and 6y + 9y = 30. The sum of x and y 14 42 56 cannot be determined 3 Find the total percent increase in the income if there are two successive increase of percentage of 10 % each 20% 25% 19% 21% 4 Two persons chasing each other run with speeds of 10 and 20 m/s respectively. Find the time taken, if the initial gap is 600m 30 s 60 s 20 s 40 s 5 If equal distances of 300 m are covered with speeds of u and 2u, the total time taken is 45 seconds. Find u in m/s 10 20 25 15 6 x and y are two positive numbers such that x : y = 3 : 5 and . 30 40 60 Find x + y

75 7 A six-digit number is found by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 without repetition. What is the probability that the number formed is divisible by 2 or by 3? 1/3 1/2 1/4 2/5 8 Alok buys a certain number of books, pens and floppies. 2 floppies and 2 pens together can be bought for the cost of 3 books. If each book had cost Rs 8 more, then each book would have been worth either 2 floppies or 7 pens. The sum of the cost of Rs 18 Rs 24 Rs 30 Rs 36 9 Shyam walks along the sides of a rectangular park of dimensions 40 m and 30 m, to reach from one corner to another. Ram walks along the diagonal to do the same. Find the ratio of the distance covered by Shyam and Ram 7:5 4:7 3:2 8:9 10 In a class where all students play either cricket, or football or both. If the number of students who play two games is 40 which is 60 less than the people who play only one of the games. Find the strength of the class 150 140 100 200 11 Two trains of length 100 m and 200 m respectively cross each other from opposite directions in 12 seconds. If the speed of one train is 25 m/s. find the speed of the other train 10 15 25 second is at rest 12 The diagonal of one of the squares is 3 cm and that of the other is 4 cm. The diagonal of the square whose are is equal to the sum of the areas of the given square is

5 13 The number 852AA5 is divisible by (A is any number between 0 to 9): 7 9 11 none of these 14 By mistake a students marks which is 40 has been calculated as 50. What is the percent error? 20 25 40 10 15 Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 3 hours and 20 minutes. When tap A alone is open, it takes 2 hours more to fill the tank, than when B alone is open. Assuming uniform flow, bow long does it take for B alone to fill the tank? 5 hours 50 minutes 6 hours 10 minutes 6 hours 50 minutes 9 hours 10 minutes 16 A 10 % milk sample of 20 litres is mixed with a certain amount of 50 % milk solution. If the resultant solution is 34 % milk, find how many litres of the second sample has been mixed 20 30 37.5 40 17 The income of three people are in the ratio 2:3:4. if the income of the first becomes 2 timers, that of the second person becomes 3 times and that of the third becomes 4 times respectively, compared to the original incomes. Find the new ratio of incomes. 2 : 7 : 14 3:4:6 4 : 9 : 16 3:4:6 18 Father is 8 years older than the mother and the mothers age is now two and a half times the daughters age. If the daughter is 12 years old now, what was fathers age when the daughter was born? 20 years 15 years 26 years

30 years 19 The speed of a vehicle is increased by 100%. If the distance remains fixed, then by what percent does the time change? 60% 50% 70% 80% 20 The angles of a triangle are x, 2x and 3x respectively. Find the difference between the smallest and the largest angle in terms of degrees. 30 50 60 40 21 The average marks obtained by Ramesh in five tests is 35. what marks should he obtain in the sixth test so that the average marks becomes 40 65 80 90 75 22 A can do a job in 20 days. Due to the help of B from the beginning, the job is over in 5 days. In how many days can B alone do the job. 8 days 9 days 7 days ( 6 2/3) days 23 Two times a number plus a second number = 28 and three times the same number added to twice the second number = 46. find the difference of the two numbers. 5 6 4 2 24 The cost of carpeting a room of certain dimensions is Rs 5000. Another room has to be carpeted which has dimensions double the previous room. What is the cost of carpeting the second room? 25,000 40,000 35,000 20,000 25 The ages of husband and wife are in the ratio 5:4. Five years earlier, the ratio was 4:3. Find the difference of the present ages

12 years 5 years 18 years 15 years

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