Quiz about Important MCQs

Question 1

Directions (Q. 81 - 85) Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (e) i.e. ‘No Error. (Ignore the error of punctuation if any) Fragmonts of ancient cultures (a) indicates that the first wheels (b) were probably developing (c) in logical steps (d). No error (e)

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Question 2

Bankers algorithm for resource allocation deals with–

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Question 3

Directions (Qs. 21 to 35) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the Sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is No error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any). The woman that had (1) kidnapped a child has now (2) been apprehended and is being (3) held in the citys jail. (4) No error (5)

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Question 4

In a database a field is a—

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Question 5

Directions (Qns. 51-55) Read the following information carefully and answer the-questions given belowP. Q. R. S T V and Z are seven employees of call centre. They work in three shifts -1 II and III. There is at least one and not more than three among them in any of these shifts. Each of them get one day off in every week from Monday to Sunday. Q Works with only T in shift II and his weekly off is immediate to the next of the off day of P. S has weekly off on Sunday and he is not in the same shift with either R or Q. P is in shift 1 with R whose off day is immediately after Q and immediately before T. V’s off day is immediately after T but not on Saturday. The employee having off day on Friday works in shift III and that on a Saturday docs not work with TZ does not work either in shift II or in shift III.52. On which day of the week does Q have ofT day ?

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Question 6

Which the maximum clock rate is quoted for a logic family it applies to a?

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Question 7

Directions (Qns. 56-60) In a certain instruction system the different computation processes are written as follows(a) x $ y % z means z is multiplied by the sum of x and y.(b) x U y • z means that when y is subtracted from x and the resultant is divided by z.(c) x @ y © z means x is added to the resultant when y is divided by z.(d) x • y λ z means x is subtracted from the product ofY and z.In each of the questions below a set of instruction sequence is given. You arc required to find out the outcome which should come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the given sets of sequence.58. (I) 15 • 12 λ 5 = p (ii) 4 $ 12 % p-?

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Question 8

Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain wordsphrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country the setting up of national and state innovation bodies as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India and a number of articles on the subject written for newspapers and magazines as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address a wide-ranging complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called frugal innovation deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable. The document went on to say that India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earths resources. Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on Indias innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone for example it revolutionised communication in a previously inconceivable way provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed intentional innovation efforts and large investments and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.Indias many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that Indias innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively the inability of India as a nation society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation but rather of a failure of innovation for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation for them to begin to be solved. What does the author mean by frugal impact on the earths resources as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) Choose the word group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. REDRESSED

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Question 9

Which of the following is not used as a data structure ?

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Question 10

Directions (Qns. 33-35) Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 11 given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.Read both the statements and --CAUTION Do Not mark your answer unless you consider both the statements carefully33. How is M related to N ?(i) P who has only two kids M & N is the mother-in-law of Q who is sister-in-law ofN. (ii) R the sister-in-law of M is the daughter-in-law of S Who has only two kids M & N.

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Question 11

Directions (Qs. 16 to 20) In each of the following sentences an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence. I let the chips fall where they may and do not worry too much about what I want to do next.

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Question 12

“CAG picks holes in selloffs was a news in some leading newspapers in India recently. What is the full form of CAG ?

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Question 13

Directions (Qns. 56-60) In a certain instruction system the different computation processes are written as follows(a) x $ y % z means z is multiplied by the sum of x and y.(b) x U y • z means that when y is subtracted from x and the resultant is divided by z.(c) x @ y © z means x is added to the resultant when y is divided by z.(d) x • y λ z means x is subtracted from the product ofY and z.In each of the questions below a set of instruction sequence is given. You arc required to find out the outcome which should come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the given sets of sequence.56. (i) 20# 10*2 = m (ii) m • 6 λ 4 = ?

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Question 14

India recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries to permit her to operate any number of flights from any point in oach others territory ?

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Question 15

The ability to easily add additional users meAns that a network is—

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Question 16

Which of the following application is suitable for FIFO Queue ?

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Question 17

The Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has a target to connect all habitations of which of the following levels with all weather roads by 2008-09?

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Question 18

Directions-(Q. 36-40) Rearrange the following six sentences (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.1. At first he got scared but then he thought “I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land.”2. One day unable to tolerate the summer heat he went to rest under a big banyan tree.3. He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.4. Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.5. The next day when he returned he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.6. Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.37. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement ?

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Question 19

Directions-(Q. 36-40) Rearrange the following six sentences (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.1. At first he got scared but then he thought “I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land.”2. One day unable to tolerate the summer heat he went to rest under a big banyan tree.3. He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.4. Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.5. The next day when he returned he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.6. Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.38. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement ?

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Question 20

Directions (Qs. 36 to 40) In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by a question. Read the statement carefully and answer the question that follows. 37. Statement Most car manufacturers have marginally reduced the price of their products despite higher input costs and increased Govt. duties and have promised to keep the prices at the present level for at least the next couple of months. Which of the following can be a best possible reason for the above step by car manufacturers ?

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Question 21

Directions (Qns. 61-65) In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.Rules (i) If an odd number is followed by a two digit even number then they arc to be added.(ii) If an odd number is followed by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number.(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the second number is to be divided by the first number.(iv) Ifan even number is followed by a two-digit even number then the first number is to be multiplied by the second number.63. What is the difference between the resultant of the first set of numbers and the second set of numbers?

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Question 22

Directions (Q. 81 - 85) Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (e) i.e. ‘No Error. (Ignore the error of punctuation if any) A temple feast is (a) usually celebrates (b) in the honour of the deity (c) to whom the temple is dedicated (d). No error (e)

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Question 23

Who amongst the following is the director of the film Veor-Zaara the award winning film?

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Question 24

A program that places programs into main memory and prepares them for execution–

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Question 25

Who amongst the following unequivocally doclared that Israel intends to honour the Palestinians right to live in independence and dignity ?

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Question 26

A 6-MHz channel is used by digital signaling system utilizing 4-level signals. What is maximum possible transmission rate ?

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Question 27

Directions (Qns. 36-40) In making decisions about important questions it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial asj>cct of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered 1 II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument’ and which of them is ‘weak argument’.36. Should the income generated out of agricultural activities be taxed?ArgumentsI. No. farmers are otherwise suffering from natural calamities and low yield coupled with low procurement price and their income should not be taxed.II. Yes majority of the population is dependent on agriculture and hence their income should be taxed to augment the Government resources.III. Yes many big farmers earn much more than majority of the service earners and they should be taxed to remove the disparity.

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Question 28

Which of the following statement(s) reflects Indias stand on new World Trade Organizations proposal on the issue of the subsidy to agro products ? (1) India would protect the interest of its poor farmers who can not bear the burden of the cost of the products if they have to sell them on cheaper rate. (2) Indian industry needs more flexibility as compared to the industry in developed countries. (3) WTO has set up a new committee under the chairmanship of Putin of Russia to look into the issue of subsidy and find out a solution to the problem acceptable to all the parties.

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Question 29

Directions (Q. 51 to 65) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain wordsexpressions are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. PASSAGE - Let imagination give us two travellers. Put 25 centuries between them. One traveller enters New York 1970; halfway around the world the other makes his way into Babylon 600 B.C. Over 80 generations of mankind separate the two travellers yet in our imaginary picture they share common reactions to their respective cities awe and fascination directed to the structures that man has raised from the ground to compete with the clouds.Skyscrapers are indeed a mark of the 20th century but todays towering buildings have worthy forebears in the ancient Middle East. Then as now architects aspired to lead the eye of the beholder upward. The traveller to Babylon for example would gaze upon the High Place the ziggurat known to history as the Tower of Babel. Perhaps a passerby would tell the visitor of King I Nebuchadnezzars inscription high in the Tower. I prepared to place the summit in position so that it might compete with Heaven... To Babylonians and other peoples of the Fèrtile Crescent the ziggurats were material links betweenthe earth and the heavens -- between the known and the unknown. At least one ziggurat. serving as the sanctuary of the local god. was built in each city. It stood apart from the temple much as the campanile stands apart from Italian churches or minarets from mosques.At the base was a rectangular hill of sunbaked brick. A spiral-shaped tower lifted itself from the base with each story a different colour. Ordinary citizens did not enter the sanctuary but priests ascended on an outside ramp formed by the spiral. Atop the lower the priests made celestial observations and with their astrology counselled the lovelorn and recommended the best days for doing business. The towers also served as meteorological stations from which weather predictions were issued.Curiously enough the Babylonians persisted in building with clay when they were well aware that Fired bricks were much more durablo. Thus it was necessary for monarchs repeatedly to repair the structure. When Nebuchadnezzar undertook the Tower of Babels most famous face lifting mentioned in the Bible the structure was almost a thousand years old and had already undergone previous refurnishings. Completed the Tower stood 297 feet high just three feet short of the Statue of Liberty. The Tower of Babel Was however a relati e latecomer to the ranks of ancient skyscrapers. Let us go back yet another 2400 years—to about 3000 B C.—to the age when the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was built in Egypt. The Egyptians too. were stargazers and with astrological calculations that were phenomenally accurate the Pharaoh caused the pyramid to rise with its sides facing exactly North South. East and West. SUMMIT ( Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly the SAME IN MEANING as the word given in capital. )

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Question 30

Directions (Qns. 66-70) In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q 69

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Question 31

Directions—(Q. 31–35) In each question below four words which are lettered (A) (B) (C) and (D) have been printed of which one word may be wrongly spelt. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt mark (E) i.e. “All Correct” as the answer. Q 34.

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Question 32

Directions (Qs. 21 to 25) Study the following information carefully and answer these given questions A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and number rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the number given in the arrangement are two digit numbers.) Input gone over 35 69 test 72 park 27 Step I 27 gone over 35 69 test 72 park Step II 27 test gone over 35 69 72 park Step III 27 test 35 gone over 69 72 park Step IV 27 test 35 park gone over 69 72 Step V 27 test 35 park 69 gone over 72 Step VI 27 test 35 park 69 over gone 72 Step VII 27 test 35 park 69 over 72 gone and Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input. Q. 21. Input 86 open shut door 31 49 always 45 How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement ?

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Question 33

Sania Mirza recently became the first Indian Woman to win which of the follovying titles?

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Question 34

Directions-(Q. 41-50) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.Once upon a time there lived a peacock and a tortoise in close proximity and they became the best of friends. The peacock lived on a tree on the …(41)… of a stream which was the home of the tortoise. It was a daily …(42)… for the peacock to dance near the stream after he had a drink of water. He would display his great plumage for the amusement of his friend. One unfortunate day a bird-catcher who was on the …(43)… caught the peacock and was about to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird begged his captor to allow him to bid his friend the tortoise good-bye as it would be the …(44)… time he would see him. The bird-catcher gave in to his request and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was in tears to see his friend held …(45)….The tortoise asked the birdcatcher to let the peacock go; but he laughed at the request saying that it was his means of livelihood. The tortoise then said “If I give you an expensive present will you let my friend go ?” “Certainly” answered the bird-catcher. Whereupon the tortoise …(46)… into the water and in a few seconds came up with a handsome pearl which he presented to the bird-catcher. This was beyond the man’s expectations and he let the peacock go immediately. A short time after the bird-catcher came back and told the tortoise that he thought he had not paid enough for the release of his friend and …(47)… that unless a match to the pearl was obtained for him he would catch the peacock again. The tortoise who had already …(48)… his friend to shift to a distant jungle on being set free was greatly …(49)… by the greed of the bird - catcher. “Well” said the tortoise “if you insist on having another pearl like the one I gave you give it back to me and I will fish you an exact match for it.” The greediness of the bird-catcher prevented his reasoning and he …(50)… gave the pearl to the clever tortoise. The tortoise swam out with it saying “I am no fool to give you another pearl you’re greediness has left you with nothing.Q. 41

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Question 35

Directions—(Q. 16–25) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)16. When we (A) reached the shops (B) we find that (C) they were all closed. (D) No error (E)

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Question 36

Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain wordsphrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country the setting up of national and state innovation bodies as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India and a number of articles on the subject written for newspapers and magazines as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address a wide-ranging complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called frugal innovation deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable. The document went on to say that India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earths resources. Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on Indias innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone for example it revolutionised communication in a previously inconceivable way provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed intentional innovation efforts and large investments and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.Indias many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that Indias innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively the inability of India as a nation society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation but rather of a failure of innovation for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation for them to begin to be solved. What does the author mean by frugal impact on the earths resources as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) Choose the word group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. COMPROMISING

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Question 37

Directions (Qs. 6 to 10) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below ( M 3 # R A T I E J $ K @ F U 5 4 V I 6 © D 8 * H N 7 δ 2 W ) Q.6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

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Question 38

Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain wordsphrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country the setting up of national and state innovation bodies as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India and a number of articles on the subject written for newspapers and magazines as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address a wide-ranging complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called frugal innovation deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable. The document went on to say that India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earths resources. Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on Indias innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone for example it revolutionised communication in a previously inconceivable way provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed intentional innovation efforts and large investments and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.Indias many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that Indias innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively the inability of India as a nation society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation but rather of a failure of innovation for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation for them to begin to be solved. Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the passage ?

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Question 39

Directions (Qns. 11-15) Study the following alphabet-symbol-digit sequence and answer the questions given below itGN = 8 L @ C R ß ↑ 2 5 H # 7 E J $ 4 + V Y 3 6 ? F9 * M12. C@RL is to 36Y? In the same way as H2↑C is to ---

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Question 40

Directions (Qns. 23-25) Given an input a machine generates pass codes for the six batches each day as followsInput These icons were taken out from the sea.Pass CodesBatch I from sea the out taken were icons theseBatch II from icons these were taken out the seaBatch III from icons out sea the taken were theseBatch IV from icons out sea these were taken the. and so on.First batch starts at 10.00 a.m. and each batch is for one hour. There is a rest period of one bour after the end of the fourth batch.24. If the pass code for the batch at 100 p.m.on a day was ‘back go here people who settle want to’ what was the pass code for batch at 3.00 p.m. on that day?

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Question 41

Directions (Qns. 36-40) In making decisions about important questions it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial asj>cct of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered 1 II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument’ and which of them is ‘weak argument’.39. Should there be complete ban on Indian professionals seeking jobs elsewhere after getting their education in India ?ArgumentsI. Yes this is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India.II. No. the Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitute a significant part of foreign exchange reserve.III. No the practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy.

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Question 42

A floating point is said to be normalized if the most significant digit of the mantissa is–

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Question 43

Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain wordsphrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country the setting up of national and state innovation bodies as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India and a number of articles on the subject written for newspapers and magazines as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address a wide-ranging complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called frugal innovation deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable. The document went on to say that India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earths resources. Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on Indias innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone for example it revolutionised communication in a previously inconceivable way provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed intentional innovation efforts and large investments and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.Indias many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that Indias innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively the inability of India as a nation society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation but rather of a failure of innovation for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation for them to begin to be solved. What does the author mean by frugal impact on the earths resources as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) Choose the word group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. INTRINSICALLY

Accepted Answer

3

Question 44

Directions (Qns. 41-45) Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. The performance of Indian agriculture is largely dependent on amount of rainfall across the country. A substantive part of the cultivable land is dependent on irrigation which is directly relited to monsoon. However agriculture and allied activities account for less than even one-fourth of the total GDP. The component of the manufacturing sector that depends on agriculture for the supply of intermediates is not very high which suggests that the structure of industrialisation has changed over the years. Several components of the tertiary sector that are crucial for the growth of the rest of the economy have grown sizeably thanks to IT and BPO. So it is less likely that aggregate economic growth will be adversely affected if rainfall is scanty. Yet a somewhat different picture emerges if we look deeper into the matter. Still a very significant chunk of the population and work force depends on agriculture for its livelihood. A decline in agriculture reduces per capita food availability which in turn pulls down the standard of living.42. The industrialisation process had undergone significant changes over the past few decades.

Accepted Answer

5

Question 45

Directions (Qns. 66-70) In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q 67

Accepted Answer

5

Question 46

Some people fool that Turkeys accession to European Union may prove as a Panacea to Tlirkey. What probloms TUrkey was is facing and what are its expectations ?(A)Uncertain economy for which it is expecting fiscal corrections(B) TUrkey does not want to continue with Islamic Banking System. EU will help her in implementing open and non-traditional Banking Operations.(C) Privatisation is not allowed in Turkey. Accession to EU will help it to lessen the burden on the Government machinery.Codes

Accepted Answer

1

Question 47

Which of the following states in India is facing an unprecedented power shortage ?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 48

Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.The Sun while going on his daily rounds saw a princess and fell in love with her. Whenever he could slip away from the heavens he would take human form and go down to the princess to spend some time with her. The princess too became quite fond of him and would wait for him to come. One day the Sun decided to send her a blood-red ruby as a token of his love for her. He put the gem in a silk bag and calling a crow that was flying past asked the bird to deliver the gem to his beloved. Crows had milky white feathers in those days and it was considered auspicious if a crow came anywhere near you. So the Sun was pleased that he had found a crow to deliver the gem. As the crow sped through the sky with the silken bag the aroma of food lured him. Looking down the crow saw that a wedding feast was in progress and immediately it was distracted from its mission. Food was one thing it could never resist !Alighting on a tree nearby it hung the bag on a twig and went off to find some food. While the crow was feasting a merchant passing by saw the bag on the tree and knocked it down with a pole. When he opened the bag and saw its contents he almost swooned in joy. Quickly pocketing the ruby he filled the bag with dry cow dung that was lying there and then deftly returned the bag to the branch. It was all done so quickly that the crow missed all the action. After having its fill it flew up to the tree and picking up the bag took it to the person it was intended for. The princess was in the garden. When the crow gave her the bag she took it eagerly knowing that it was from the Sun. But when she saw its contents she reeled back in shock and anger. Believing that it was the Sun’s way of telling her that he did not care for her she flung the bag away rushed to her palace and never came out again. When the Sun learnt of what had happened he was furious.So great was his anger that when he turned his scorching gaze on the crow its feathers were burned black. Its feathers have been black ever since. The ruby did not stay with the man who stole it. It fell out of his pocket and rolled into a deep pit. Men have been trying to dig it out ever since. Many precious stones have been found in the process making Myanmar one of the richest sources of rubies and sapphires but the ruby that the Sun sent to the princess is yet to be found.1. What did the Sun send for the princess as a token of his love ?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 49

Directions (Qns. 28-30) P Q R S T U V & W are sitting round the circle and are facing the centre. (i) P is second to the right of T who is the neighbour oT R & V. (ii) S is not the neighbour of P. (iii) V is the neighbour of U. (iv) Q is not between S & W and W is not between U & S.29. Which two of the following are not neighbours ?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 50

Directions (Q. 51 to 65) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain wordsexpressions are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. PASSAGE - Let imagination give us two travellers. Put 25 centuries between them. One traveller enters New York 1970; halfway around the world the other makes his way into Babylon 600 B.C. Over 80 generations of mankind separate the two travellers yet in our imaginary picture they share common reactions to their respective cities awe and fascination directed to the structures that man has raised from the ground to compete with the clouds.Skyscrapers are indeed a mark of the 20th century but todays towering buildings have worthy forebears in the ancient Middle East. Then as now architects aspired to lead the eye of the beholder upward. The traveller to Babylon for example would gaze upon the High Place the ziggurat known to history as the Tower of Babel. Perhaps a passerby would tell the visitor of King I Nebuchadnezzars inscription high in the Tower. I prepared to place the summit in position so that it might compete with Heaven... To Babylonians and other peoples of the Fèrtile Crescent the ziggurats were material links betweenthe earth and the heavens -- between the known and the unknown. At least one ziggurat. serving as the sanctuary of the local god. was built in each city. It stood apart from the temple much as the campanile stands apart from Italian churches or minarets from mosques.At the base was a rectangular hill of sunbaked brick. A spiral-shaped tower lifted itself from the base with each story a different colour. Ordinary citizens did not enter the sanctuary but priests ascended on an outside ramp formed by the spiral. Atop the lower the priests made celestial observations and with their astrology counselled the lovelorn and recommended the best days for doing business. The towers also served as meteorological stations from which weather predictions were issued.Curiously enough the Babylonians persisted in building with clay when they were well aware that Fired bricks were much more durablo. Thus it was necessary for monarchs repeatedly to repair the structure. When Nebuchadnezzar undertook the Tower of Babels most famous face lifting mentioned in the Bible the structure was almost a thousand years old and had already undergone previous refurnishings. Completed the Tower stood 297 feet high just three feet short of the Statue of Liberty. The Tower of Babel Was however a relati e latecomer to the ranks of ancient skyscrapers. Let us go back yet another 2400 years—to about 3000 B C.—to the age when the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was built in Egypt. The Egyptians too. were stargazers and with astrological calculations that were phenomenally accurate the Pharaoh caused the pyramid to rise with its sides facing exactly North South. East and West. Which of the following surprises the author?

Accepted Answer

3

57201.	Directions (Q. 81 - 85): Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e) i.e., ‘No Error'. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any) : Fragmonts of ancient cultures (a) / indicates that the first wheels (b) / were probably developing (c) / in logical steps (d). No error (e)
A.	a
B.	b
C.	c
D.	d
E.	e
Answer» C. c

57202.	Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with–
A.	Dead lock prevention
B.	Dead lock avoidance
C.	Dead lock recovery
D.	Mutual exclusion
Answer» C. Dead lock recovery

57203.	Directions (Qs. 21 to 35) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the Sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). : The woman that had (1) / kidnapped a child has now (2) / been apprehended and is being (3) / held in the city's jail. (4) / No error (5)
A.	1
B.	2
C.	3
D.	4
E.	5
Answer» E. 5

57204.	In a database, a field is a—
A.	(A) lable
B.	(B) table of information
C.	(C) group of related records
D.	(D) category of information
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» D. (D) category of information

57205.	Directions (Qns. 51-55): Read the following information carefully and answer the-questions given below:P. Q. R. S, T, V and Z are seven employees of call centre. They work in three shifts -1, II and III. There is at least one and not more than three among them in any of these shifts. Each of them get one day off in every week from Monday to Sunday. Q Works with only T in shift II and his weekly off is immediate to the next of the off day of P. S has weekly off on Sunday and he is not in the same shift with either R or Q. P is in shift 1 with R whose off day is immediately after Q and immediately before T. V’s off day is immediately after T but not on Saturday. The employee having off day on Friday works in shift III and that on a Saturday docs not work with TZ does not work either in shift II or in shift III.52. On which day of the week does Q have ofT day ?
A.	(1) Wednesday
B.	(2) Thursday
C.	(3) Tuesday
D.	(4) Saturday
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» D. (4) Saturday

Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Knowledge.

Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with–

In a database, a field is a—

Which the maximum clock rate is quoted for a logic family, it applies to a?

Which of the following is not used as a data structure ?

Directions (Qs. 16 to 20) : In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence. : I let the chips fall where they may and do not worry too much about what I want to do next.

“CAG picks holes in selloffs" was a news in some leading newspapers in India recently. What is the full form of CAG ?

India recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries to permit her to operate any number of flights from any point in oach other's territory ?

The ability to easily add additional users meAns : that a network is—

Which of the following application is suitable for FIFO Queue ?

The Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has a target to connect all habitations of which of the following levels with all weather roads by 2008-09?

Who amongst the following is the director of the film Veor-Zaara, the award winning film?

A program that places programs into main memory and prepares them for execution–

Who amongst the following unequivocally doclared that "Israel intends to honour the Palestinians' right to live in independence and dignity" ?

A 6-MHz channel is used by digital signaling system utilizing 4-level signals. What is maximum possible transmission rate ?

Directions (Qns. 66-70) : In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures, clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q 69

Directions—(Q. 31–35) In each question below four words which are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D) have been printed, of which, one word may be wrongly spelt. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt, mark (E) i.e. “All Correct” as the answer. : Q 34.

Sania Mirza recently became the first Indian Woman to win which of the follovying titles?

Directions (Qns. 11-15): Study the following alphabet-symbol-digit sequence and answer the questions given below it:GN = 8 L @ C R ß ↑ 2 5 H # 7 E J $ 4 + V Y 3 6 ? F9 * M12. C@RL is to 36Y? In the same way as H2↑C is to ---

A floating point is said to be normalized if the most significant digit of the mantissa is–

Directions (Qns. 66-70) : In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures, clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q 67

Which of the following states in India is facing an unprecedented power shortage ?

57206.	Which the maximum clock rate is quoted for a logic family, it applies to a?
A.	Shiftregister
B.	Flip-flop
C.	Counter
D.	Single logic gate
Answer» B. Flip-flop

57207.	Directions (Qns. 56-60): In a certain instruction system the different computation processes are written as follows:(a) x $ y % z means z is multiplied by the sum of x and y.(b) x U y • z means that when y is subtracted from x and the resultant is divided by z.(c) x @ y © z means x is added to the resultant when y is divided by z.(d) x • y λ z means x is subtracted from the product ofY and z.In each of the questions below, a set of instruction sequence is given. You arc required to find out the outcome which should come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the given sets of sequence.58. (I) 15 • 12 λ 5 = p (ii) 4 $ 12 % p-?
A.	(1) 720
B.	(2) 228
C.	(3) 108
D.	(4) 93
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» B. (2) 228

57208.	Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) : Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India, innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country, the setting up of national and state innovation bodies, as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India, and a number of articles on the subject, written for newspapers and magazines, as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India, there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad, that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex, like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However, many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative, it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address, a wide-ranging, complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called 'frugal innovation', deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan, the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to 'accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable.' The document went on to say that 'India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety, efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earth's resources.' Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation, which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on India's innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is, innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone, for example: it revolutionised communication in a, previously inconceivable way, provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed, intentional innovation efforts and large investments, and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness, this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.India's many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation, and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions, government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that India's innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services, inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor, health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively, the inability of India as a nation, society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation, but rather of a failure of innovation, for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather, we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation, for them to begin to be solved. : What does the author mean by 'frugal impact on the earth's resources' as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) : Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. : REDRESSED
A.	addressed
B.	equalised
C.	restored
D.	redone
E.	rearranged
Answer» B. equalised

57209.	Which of the following is not used as a data structure ?
A.	Arrary
B.	Linked List
C.	Graph
D.	Directory
Answer» E.

57210.	Directions (Qns. 33-35): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 11 given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.Read both the statements and --CAUTION: Do Not mark your answer unless you consider both the statements carefully33. How is M related to N ?(i) P, who has only two kids, M & N, is the mother-in-law of Q, who is sister-in-law ofN. (ii) R, the sister-in-law of M, is the daughter-in-law of S, Who has only two kids, M & N.
A.	(1) if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B.	(2) if the Statement U alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement 1 alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C.	(3) if the data either in Statement 1 alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D.	(4) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E.	(5) if the data in both the Statements 1 and 11 together are necessary to answer the question.
Answer» B. (2) if the Statement U alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement 1 alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

57211.	Directions (Qs. 16 to 20) : In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence. : I let the chips fall where they may and do not worry too much about what I want to do next.
A.	I take calculated risks.
B.	I let others do what they want and do not interfere.
C.	I am clumsy.
D.	I do not try to control my destiny.
E.	I prefer chaos to calm.
Answer» E. I prefer chaos to calm.

57212.	“CAG picks holes in selloffs" was a news in some leading newspapers in India recently. What is the full form of CAG ?
A.	Credit and Growth Commissioner
B.	Controller and Auctioner
C.	Creditor and Guarantee Holder
D.	Coordinator and Governor
E.	Comptroller and Auditor-General
Answer» F.

57213.	Directions (Qns. 56-60): In a certain instruction system the different computation processes are written as follows:(a) x $ y % z means z is multiplied by the sum of x and y.(b) x U y • z means that when y is subtracted from x and the resultant is divided by z.(c) x @ y © z means x is added to the resultant when y is divided by z.(d) x • y λ z means x is subtracted from the product ofY and z.In each of the questions below, a set of instruction sequence is given. You arc required to find out the outcome which should come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the given sets of sequence.56. (i) 20# 10*2 = m (ii) m • 6 λ 4 = ?
A.	(I) 19
B.	(2) 29
C.	(3) 4
D.	(4) Cannot be determined
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» B. (2) 29

57214.	India recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries to permit her to operate any number of flights from any point in oach other's territory ?
A.	Russia
B.	UK
C.	US
D.	Pakistan
E.	None of these
Answer» D. Pakistan

57215.	The ability to easily add additional users meAns : that a network is—
A.	(A) Scalable
B.	(B) dedicated
C.	(C) Decentralized
D.	(D) Secure
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» B. (B) dedicated

57216.	Which of the following application is suitable for FIFO Queue ?
A.	An inventory of parts is to be processed by part number
B.	A dictionary of words used by a spelling checker id to be created
C.	A program to solve a maze is to back track to an earlier position when a dead end position is reached
D.	A program to keep track of patients as the check into clinic, assigning them to doctors a first come, first served basis
Answer» D. A program to keep track of patients as the check into clinic, assigning them to doctors a first come, first served basis

57217.	The Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has a target to connect all habitations of which of the following levels with all weather roads by 2008-09?
A.	(A) 1000+
B.	(B) 2000+
C.	(C) 3000+
D.	(D) 4000+
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» B. (B) 2000+

57218.	Directions-(Q. 36-40) Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.1. At first he got scared, but then he thought, “I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land.”2. One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.3. He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.4. Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.5. The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.6. Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.37. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement ?
A.	1
B.	4
C.	6
D.	3
E.	5
Answer» C. 6

57219.	Directions-(Q. 36-40) Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.1. At first he got scared, but then he thought, “I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land.”2. One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.3. He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.4. Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.5. The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.6. Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.38. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement ?
A.	5
B.	6
C.	2
D.	1
E.	4
Answer» E. 4

57220.	Directions (Qs. 36 to 40) : In each of the questions below is given a statement, followed by a question. Read the statement carefully and answer the question that follows. 37. Statement : Most car manufacturers have marginally reduced the price of their products despite higher input costs and increased Govt. duties and have promised to keep the prices at the present level for at least the next couple of months. Which of the following can be a best possible reason for the above step by car manufacturers ?
A.	Car manufactures have not been able to meet their sales target for the current year so far.
B.	The Government is planning to review taxes on the raw materials for manufacturing cars.
C.	The car sales market is going through a jubilant phase as the volume of sales has picked up considerably in the recent past and profit per car has also gone up.
D.	Car buyers are still hesitant to make their purchases and may postpone for another few months.
E.	Oil marketing companies are contemplating reviewing the patrol and diesel prices in order to decide future market prices.
Answer» B. The Government is planning to review taxes on the raw materials for manufacturing cars.

57221.	Directions (Qns. 61-65): In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.Rules: (i) If an odd number is followed by a two digit even number then they arc to be added.(ii) If an odd number is followed by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number.(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the second number is to be divided by the first number.(iv) Ifan even number is followed by a two-digit even number then the first number is to be multiplied by the second number.63. What is the difference between the resultant of the first set of numbers and the second set of numbers?
A.	(1) 222
B.	(2) 210
C.	(3) 118
D.	(4) 106
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» E. (5) None of these

57222.	Directions (Q. 81 - 85): Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e) i.e., ‘No Error'. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any) : A temple feast is (a) / usually celebrates (b) / in the honour of the deity (c) / to whom the temple is dedicated (d). No error (e)
A.	a
B.	b
C.	c
D.	d
E.	e
Answer» C. c

57223.	Who amongst the following is the director of the film Veor-Zaara, the award winning film?
A.	Mahesh Bhatt
B.	Yash Chopra
C.	Satish Dhawan
D.	Satish Kaushik
E.	None of these
Answer» C. Satish Dhawan

57224.	A program that places programs into main memory and prepares them for execution–
A.	Linker
B.	Assembler
C.	Loader
D.	Absolute entity
Answer» D. Absolute entity

57225.	Who amongst the following unequivocally doclared that "Israel intends to honour the Palestinians' right to live in independence and dignity" ?
A.	Hosni Mubarak
B.	King Abduilah-II of Jordan
C.	Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestine leader
D.	Arial Sharon of Israel
E.	Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of UNO
Answer» E. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of UNO

57226.	A 6-MHz channel is used by digital signaling system utilizing 4-level signals. What is maximum possible transmission rate ?
A.	1.5 M band / sec
B.	6 M band / sec
C.	12 M band / sec
D.	24 M band / sec
Answer» D. 24 M band / sec

57227.	Directions (Qns. 36-40): In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial asj>cct of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered 1, II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument’ and which of them is ‘weak argument’.36. Should the income generated out of agricultural activities be taxed?Arguments:I. No. farmers are otherwise suffering from natural calamities and low yield coupled with low procurement price and their income should not be taxed.II. Yes, majority of the population is dependent on agriculture and hence their income should be taxed to augment the Government resources.III. Yes, many big farmers earn much more than majority of the service earners and they should be taxed to remove the disparity.
A.	(1) All arc strong
B.	(2) Only II and III are strong
C.	(3) Only 1 is strong
D.	(4) Only 1 and II are strong.. .
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» C. (3) Only 1 is strong

57228.	Which of the following statement(s) reflects India's stand on new World Trade Organization's proposal on the issue of the subsidy to agro products ? (1) India would protect the interest of its poor farmers who can not bear the burden of the cost of the products if they have to sell them on cheaper rate. (2) Indian industry needs more flexibility as compared to the industry in developed countries. (3) WTO has set up a new committee under the chairmanship of Putin of Russia to look into the issue of subsidy and find out a solution to the problem acceptable to all the parties.
A.	(A) Only 1
B.	(B) Only 2
C.	(C) Only 3
D.	(D) Both 1 & 2
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» B. (B) Only 2

57229.	Directions (Q. 51 to 65): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. PASSAGE - Let imagination give us two travellers. Put 25 centuries between them. One traveller enters New York, 1970; halfway around the world, the other makes his way into Babylon, 600 B.C. Over 80 generations of mankind separate the two travellers, yet in our imaginary picture they share common reactions to their respective cities: awe and fascination directed to the structures that man has raised from the ground to compete with the clouds.Skyscrapers are indeed a mark of the 20th century, but today's towering buildings have worthy forebears in the ancient Middle East. Then as now, architects aspired to lead the eye of the beholder upward. The traveller to Babylon, for example, would gaze upon the High Place, the ziggurat known to history as the Tower of Babel. Perhaps a passerby would tell the visitor of King I Nebuchadnezzar's inscription high in the Tower. "I prepared to place the summit in position so that it might compete with Heaven..." To Babylonians and other peoples of the Fèrtile Crescent, the ziggurats were material links betweenthe earth and the heavens -- between the known and the unknown. At least one ziggurat. serving as the sanctuary of the local god. was built in each city. It stood apart from the temple, much as the campanile stands apart from Italian churches or minarets from mosques.At the base was a rectangular hill of sunbaked brick. A spiral-shaped tower lifted itself from the base, with each story a different colour. Ordinary citizens did not enter the sanctuary, but priests ascended on an outside ramp formed by the spiral. Atop the lower the priests made celestial observations and with their astrology, counselled the lovelorn and recommended the best days for doing business. The towers also served as meteorological stations from which weather predictions were issued.Curiously enough, the Babylonians persisted in building with clay when they were well aware that Fired bricks were much more durablo. Thus it was necessary for monarchs repeatedly to repair the structure. When Nebuchadnezzar undertook the Tower of Babel's most famous face lifting, mentioned in the Bible, the structure was almost a thousand years old and had already undergone previous refurnishings. Completed, the Tower stood 297 feet high, just three feet short of the Statue of Liberty. The Tower of Babel Was, however, a relati e latecomer to the ranks of ancient skyscrapers. Let us go back yet another 2,400 years—to about 3000 B C.—to the age when the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was built in Egypt. The Egyptians, too. were stargazers, and with astrological calculations that were phenomenally accurate, the Pharaoh caused the pyramid to rise with its sides facing exactly North, South. East and West. : SUMMIT ( Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly the SAME IN MEANING as the word given in capital. )
A.	Closeness
B.	Committee
C.	Street
D.	Playground
E.	Peak
Answer» F.

57230.	Directions (Qns. 66-70) : In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures, clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q 69
A.	(1) 1
B.	(2) 2
C.	(3) 3
D.	(4) 4
E.	(5) 5
Answer» D. (4) 4

57231.	Directions—(Q. 31–35) In each question below four words which are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D) have been printed, of which, one word may be wrongly spelt. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt, mark (E) i.e. “All Correct” as the answer. : Q 34.
A.	Remorse
B.	Noble
C.	Upsurge
D.	Incline
E.	All Correct
Answer» F.

57232.	Directions (Qs. 21 to 25) : Study the following information carefully and answer these given questions : A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and number rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the number given in the arrangement are two digit numbers.) Input : gone over 35 69 test 72 park 27 Step I : 27 gone over 35 69 test 72 park Step II : 27 test gone over 35 69 72 park Step III : 27 test 35 gone over 69 72 park Step IV : 27 test 35 park gone over 69 72 Step V : 27 test 35 park 69 gone over 72 Step VI : 27 test 35 park 69 over gone 72 Step VII : 27 test 35 park 69 over 72 gone and Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input. : Q. 21. Input : 86 open shut door 31 49 always 45 How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement ?
A.	Five
B.	Six
C.	Seven
D.	Four
E.	None of these
Answer» C. Seven

57233.	Sania Mirza recently became the first Indian Woman to win which of the follovying titles?
A.	WTA Singles
B.	Dubai Open Singles
C.	Paris Indoor Open
D.	Davis Cup (Asia)
E.	None of these
Answer» B. Dubai Open Singles

57234.	Directions-(Q. 41-50) In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.Once upon a time there lived a peacock and a tortoise in close proximity and they became the best of friends. The peacock lived on a tree on the …(41)… of a stream which was the home of the tortoise. It was a daily …(42)… for the peacock to dance near the stream after he had a drink of water. He would display his great plumage for the amusement of his friend. One unfortunate day, a bird-catcher who was on the …(43)… caught the peacock and was about to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird begged his captor to allow him to bid his friend the tortoise good-bye, as it would be the …(44)… time he would see him. The bird-catcher gave in to his request and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was in tears to see his friend held …(45)….The tortoise asked the birdcatcher to let the peacock go; but he laughed at the request, saying that it was his means of livelihood. The tortoise then said, “If I give you an expensive present, will you let my friend go ?” “Certainly,” answered the bird-catcher. Whereupon, the tortoise …(46)… into the water and in a few seconds came up with a handsome pearl, which he presented to the bird-catcher. This was beyond the man’s expectations, and he let the peacock go immediately. A short time after, the bird-catcher came back and told the tortoise that he thought he had not paid enough for the release of his friend, and …(47)…, that unless a match to the pearl was obtained for him, he would catch the peacock again. The tortoise, who had already …(48)… his friend to shift to a distant jungle on being set free, was greatly …(49)… by the greed of the bird - catcher. “Well,” said the tortoise, “if you insist on having another pearl like the one I gave you, give it back to me and I will fish you an exact match for it.” The greediness of the bird-catcher prevented his reasoning and he …(50)… gave the pearl to the clever tortoise. The tortoise swam out with it saying, “I am no fool to give you another pearl, you’re greediness has left you with nothing.Q. 41
A.	fence
B.	brim
C.	banks
D.	base
E.	outlet
Answer» D. base

57235.	Directions—(Q. 16–25) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e., ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)16. When we (A) / reached the shops, (B) / we find that (C) / they were all closed. (D) No error (E)
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	D
E.	E
Answer» D. D