Quiz about Important MCQs

Question 1

A linear list of elements in which deletion can be done from one end and insertion can take place only at other end (rear) is known as–

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Question 2

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.)25. The Indian government (A) should make sure that (B) men and women are (C) given equal opportunities. (D) No error (E)

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Question 3

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 among the following is according to the passage the most ancient construction?

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Question 4

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 23. Step II of an input 18 win 71 34 now if victory 61 How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement ?

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Question 5

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. Why according to the author is India unable to adequately provide for its people ?

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Question 6

Which of the following is TRUE about the RBIs Annual Monetary and Credit Policy announced in April 2005 ?

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Question 7

Directions (Qns. 71-75) In each of the following questions series begins with unnumbered figure on the extreme left. One and only one of the five-numbered figures in the series does not fit into the series. The two-uonumbered figures one each on the extreme left and the extreme right fit into the series. You have to take as many aspects into account as possible of the figures in the series and find out the one and only of the five-numbered figures which does not fit into the series. The number of that figure is answer.Q 71

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Question 8

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.8. What could be an appropriate title for the story ?

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Question 9

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 22. Step III of an input 25 yes 37 enemy joy defeat 52 46 Which of the following is definitely the input ?

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Question 10

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. What uie did the priests make of the place atop the tower? (A) For observation of the outer space. (B) For suggesting favourable time to do certain things. (C) For recommending entry of ordinary citizens to sanctuary Codes

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Question 11

Which of the following statement(s) is are true about the 11th five year plan of India ? (1) The highest priority is given to exports education and development of steel sector. (2) The plan aims at achieving the growth at 10 % level by the end of the plan. (3) The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is revived in such a way so that it can be achieve a growth nof 4 % for agriculture sector.

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Question 12

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. 10. Which of the following is the seventh to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement?

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Question 13

Directions (Qns. 6-10) In each question below are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of Independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.9. A. The performance of Indian sports persons in the recently held Olympics could not reach the level of expectation the country had on them.B. The performance of Indian sports persons in the last Asian games was far better than any previous games.

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Question 14

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 31.

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Question 15

Which of the following derivation does a top-down parser ? The input is assumed to be scanned in left to right order ?

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Question 16

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.40. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement ?

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Question 17

Which of the following statement is not true regarding graph ?

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Question 18

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 best describes the MLM theory of innovation ?

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Question 19

How much Education Cess is being levied on all the taxes to support elementary education for the children of age group of 6-14 years under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?

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Question 20

Directions (Qs. 26 to 30) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below Following are the conditions for selecting Manager–HR in an organisation The candidate must –(i) be at least 30 years and not more than 35 years as on 1.3.2012.(ii) have secured at least 60 percent mark in Gradation in any discipline.(iii) have secured at least 65 percent mark in the Post Graduate DegreeDiploma in Personnel Management HR(iv) have post qualification work experience of at least five years in the PersonnelHR Department of an organisation.(v) have secured at least 50 percent marks in the selection process.In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above conditions except (a) at (ii) above but has secured at least 55 percent marks in Graduation in any discipline and at least 70 percent marks in post Graduate DegreeDiploma in Personnel ManagementHR the case is to be referred to GM–HR.(b) at (iv) above but has post qualification work experience of at least four years out of which at least two years as Deputy Manager HR the case is to be referred to President–HR.In each questions below are given details of one candidate. You have to take one of the following courses of actions based on the information provided and the conditions and sub–conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question.All these cases are given to you as on 1.3.2012Mark answer -Q 30. Seema Behl has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past seven years after completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management with 70 percent marks. She was born on 5th July 1979. She has secured 65 percent marks in Graduation and 50 percent marks in the selection process.

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Question 21

As we read very frequently in the newspaper fraudulent activities in financial world is still continuing despite various efforts made by various countries to prevent them. As an estimate by IMF what is the probable amount derived from such illegal activities which is laundered through the worlds formal financial systems every year? About -

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Question 22

Directions (Qns. 16-20) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given belowFollowing are the alternative eligibility criteria for short-listing candidates for interview for entry level job in a bank (i) The candidate should have passed SSC with atlcast 80% marks.(ii) The candidate should have passed HSC with atleast 75% marks.(iii) The candidate should be ana ArtsScience Commerce graduate with atleast 60% marks.(iv) The candidate should be an engineer with atleast 55% marks.(v) The candidate should be a post-graduate in any discipline with atleast 50% marks.Any candidate can be eligible under any one or more of the above criteria depending upon their academic pursuits.In each of the following questions details of one candidate is given. You have to find out under which of the above condition(s) the candidate is eligible and mark your answer accordingly based on the alternatives provided after each question. You arc not to assume anything other than the information provided in each of the above questions.20. Aruna Basak is a post-graduate in Physics. She has secured 80% marks in SSC. She has also secured 70% marks both in HSC and graduation.

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Question 23

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. 50

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Question 24

Arrange the vowels and consonants of the word ‘ACCOMPLISHMENT’ in an alpha order separately the vowels first and then the consonants. If the first the second and the third vowels so arranged correspond to the first three the next and the next three consonants so arranged respectively E corresponds to which consonant?

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Question 25

As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ?

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Question 26

A(n) —————— is aprivate corporate networkused exclusively by company employees.

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Question 27

Directions—(Q. 26–30) Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete 29. The young boy was unhurt …… for a minor injury to his knee.

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Question 28

Directions (Q. 66- 75) Which of the phrases (a) (b) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. Despite of his best efforts he failed to accomplish his goal.

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Question 29

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. Facts spoke louder than words at the Company meeting where the Director tried to paint a rosy picture of the Companys financial health.

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Question 30

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. After trying hard to convince Narendra to change his ways Raman realised that a leopard cannot change its spots.

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Question 31

Bayana which was in news recently is a place in—

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Question 32

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 person performs (a) well if he is (b) required to do (c) a thing that interest him most (d). No error (e)

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Question 33

Who amongst the following is the author of the book My Music My Life ?

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Question 34

Directions (Qns. 6-10) In each question below are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of Independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.6. A. The committee appointed by the Government on the fee structure of the professional courses has drastically reduced the fees of various courses in comparison to those charged in the last year.B. The parents of aspiring students seeking admission to professional courses had launched a severe agitation protesting against the high fees charged by the professional institutes and the admission process was delayed considerably.

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Question 35

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.Directions—(Q. 11–13) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage 13. Auspicious

Accepted Answer

1

Question 36

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.23. The pass code for the first batch on a day was ‘he so used to sell the surplus items’. What was the input on that day ?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 37

For tree which of the following list traversing through the entire list is not necessary ? .

Accepted Answer

1

Question 38

Directions (Q. 66- 75) Which of the phrases (a) (b) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. What surprised me mostly was his articulate speech.

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3

Question 39

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.28. What is the position ofS?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 40

=SUM (B1 B8) is an example of a—

Accepted Answer

2

Question 41

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.51. In which shift do three of them work?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 42

Data are followed to be transmitted in only one direction in a–

Accepted Answer

1

Question 43

Directions (Qns. 1-5) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I. II III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.4. Statements All jungles are buses. All books are buses. All fruits arc books.Conclusions I. Some fruits are jungles.II. Some buses are books.III. Some buses are jungles.IV All fruits are buses.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 44

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.6. The joy of the merchant on finding the ruby was short lived because—

Accepted Answer

2

Question 45

Directions (Q. 66- 75) Which of the phrases (a) (b) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. Pilgrims visit the shrine throughout the year but influx has great during festival days.

Accepted Answer

4

Question 46

Binding the same name to multiple operations whose signature differ in number or types of arguments ?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 47

Direction (Qs. 31 to 35) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below A B C D E F G and H are eight friends travelling in three different cars viz. X Y and Z with at least two in one car to three different places viz. Delhi Chandigarh and Agra. There is at least one female member in each car. D is travelling with G to Delhi but not in car Y. A is travelling with only H in car Z but not be Chandigarh. C is not travelling with either D or E. F and D are studying in the same only girls’ college. H B and G are studying in the same only boys’ college. 32. Which of the following combinations is correct ?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 48

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 third season of (1) the popular television show will ends (2) on a grand note with (3) celebrities dancing and having fun. (4) No error (5)

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2

Question 49

As we all know the Govt. of India is very keen about providing banking service to the people in rural and remote areas . However banks feel that the cost of providing services in these areas for financial inclusion is quite high if services are offered through the traditional branch channel . What is are the other alternative cost effective channel(s) to fulfill this aim of the Govt. of India ? (1) Putting biometric ATMs. (2) Introduce mobile banking. (3) Issue credit or debit cards

Accepted Answer

2

Question 50

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. Before starting work on our new project our mentor told us to not count our chickens before they hatched.

Accepted Answer

3

57251.	A linear list of elements in which deletion can be done from one end and insertion can take place only at other end (rear) is known as–
A.	Queues
B.	Stacks
C.	Trees
D.	Branch
Answer» B. Stacks

57253.	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. : Which among the, following is, according to the passage, the most ancient construction?
A.	The Statue of Liberty
B.	The Tower of Babel
C.	The Great Pyramid of Gizeh
D.	The Fertile Crescent
E.	Nebuchadnezzar's Palace
Answer» D. The Fertile Crescent

57254.	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 23. Step II of an input : 18 win 71 34 now if victory 61 How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement ?
A.	Three
B.	Four
C.	Five
D.	Six
E.	More than six
Answer» C. Five

57255.	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. : Why, according to the author, is India unable to adequately provide for its people ?
A.	Failure to implement schemes and initiatives meant for the Indian populace.
B.	Absence of regulatory authorities to oversee the implementation process.
C.	Failure to innovate in order to find solutions.
D.	Lack of governmental schemes and initiatives to redress the challenges faced by India.
E.	Hesitance of the Indian people in trying out different schemes provided by the Government for upliftment.
Answer» D. Lack of governmental schemes and initiatives to redress the challenges faced by India.

57256.	Which of the following is TRUE about the RBI's Annual Monetary and Credit Policy announced in April 2005 ?
A.	Only (A)
B.	Only(B)
C.	Only (C)
D.	Only (A) & (B)
E.	Only (B) & (C)
Answer» F.

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Which of the following is TRUE about the RBI's Annual Monetary and Credit Policy announced in April 2005 ?

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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 31.

Which of the following derivation does a top-down parser ? The input is assumed to be scanned in left to right order ?

Which of the following statement is not true regarding graph ?

How much Education Cess is being levied on all the taxes to support elementary education for the children of age group of 6-14 years under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?

As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ?

A(n) —————— is aprivate corporate network,used exclusively by company employees.

Directions—(Q. 26–30) Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete :29. The young boy was unhurt …… for a minor injury to his knee.

Bayana which was in news recently is a place in—

Who amongst the following is the author of the book "My Music, My Life" ?

For tree, which of the following list traversing through the entire list is not necessary ? .

=SUM (B1 : B8) is an example of a—

Data are followed to be transmitted in only one direction in a–

Binding the same name to multiple operations whose signature differ in number or types of arguments ?

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. : Before starting work on our new project, our mentor told us to not count our chickens before they hatched.

57252.	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.)25. The Indian government (A) / should make sure that (B) / men and women are (C) / given equal opportunities. (D) No error (E)
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	D
E.	E
Answer» E. E

57257.	Directions (Qns. 71-75) : In each of the following questions series begins with unnumbered figure on the extreme left. One and only one of the five-numbered figures in the series does not fit into the series. The two-uonumbered figures one each on the extreme left and the extreme right fit into the series. You have to take as many aspects into account as possible of the figures in the series and find out the one and only of the five-numbered figures which does not fit into the series. The number of that figure is answer.Q 71
A.	(1) 1
B.	(2) 2
C.	(3) 3
D.	(4) 4
E.	(5) 5
Answer» B. (2) 2

57258.	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.8. What could be an appropriate title for the story ?
A.	The Careless Black Crow
B.	Myanmar and its Mineral Riches
C.	The Sun and the Princess
D.	The Depressed Princess
E.	The Sun and the Ruby
Answer» D. The Depressed Princess

57259.	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 22. Step III of an input : 25 yes 37 enemy joy defeat 52 46 Which of the following is definitely the input ?
A.	enemy 25 joy defeat yes 52 37 46
B.	37 enemy 25 joy yes defeat 52 46
C.	enemy joy defeat 25 52 yes 46 37
D.	Cannot be determined
E.	None of these
Answer» E. None of these

57260.	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. : What uie did the priests make of the place atop the tower? (A) For observation of the outer space. (B) For suggesting favourable time to do certain things. (C) For recommending entry of ordinary citizens to sanctuary Codes:
A.	A and B only
B.	A and C only
C.	B and C only
D.	All the three
E.	None of these
Answer» B. A and C only

57261.	Which of the following statement(s) is / are true about the 11th five year plan of India ? (1) The highest priority is given to exports ,education and development of steel sector. (2) The plan aims at achieving the growth at 10 % level by the end of the plan. (3) The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is revived in such a way so that it can be achieve a growth nof 4 % for agriculture sector.
A.	(A) Only 1
B.	(B) Only 2
C.	(C) Only 3
D.	(D) Both 1 & 2
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» E. (E) None of these

57262.	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. 10. Which of the following is the seventh to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement?
A.	V
B.	@
C.	δ
D.	©
E.	None of these
Answer» F.

57263.	Directions (Qns. 6-10): In each question below are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of Independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices "correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.9. A. The performance of Indian sports persons in the recently held Olympics could not reach the level of expectation the country had on them.B. The performance of Indian sports persons in the last Asian games was far better than any previous games.
A.	(1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
B.	(2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
C.	(3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.
D.	(4) if both the statements (A) and (B) arc effects of independent causes.
E.	(5) if both statements arc effects of some common cause.
Answer» E. (5) if both statements arc effects of some common cause.

57264.	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 31.
A.	Accept
B.	Reciept
C.	Frequent
D.	Gesture
E.	All Correct
Answer» C. Frequent

57265.	Which of the following derivation does a top-down parser ? The input is assumed to be scanned in left to right order ?
A.	Left most derivation
B.	Left most derivation traced out in reverse
C.	Right most derivation
D.	Right most derivation traced out in reverse
Answer» B. Left most derivation traced out in reverse

57283.	Who amongst the following is the author of the book "My Music, My Life" ?
A.	Zakir Hussain
B.	Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
C.	Amjad Ali Khan
D.	M S Subbalakshmi
E.	Pt. Ravi Shankar
Answer» F.

57266.	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.40. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement ?
A.	4
B.	2
C.	3
D.	5
E.	6
Answer» E. 6

57267.	Which of the following statement is not true regarding graph ?
A.	A graph consists of set of nodes and a set of arcs
B.	A graph is a tree
C.	A tree is a graph
D.	Graphs can be directed
Answer» D. Graphs can be directed

57268.	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. : Which of the following best describes the MLM theory of innovation ?
A.	Maximise output by using least number of resources and benefiting a small number of people.
B.	Maximise resource utilisation and cost thereby benefit maximum number of people.
C.	Minimise output and resource utilisation, yet benefit the maximum number of people.
D.	Benefit most number of people through least usage of resources and maximum output.
E.	Benefit most number of people through maximum usage of resources and minimising cost.
Answer» E. Benefit most number of people through maximum usage of resources and minimising cost.

57269.	How much Education Cess is being levied on all the taxes to support elementary education for the children of age group of 6-14 years under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?
A.	(A) 0.50%
B.	(B) 0.75%
C.	(C) 1.00%
D.	(D) 1.50%
E.	(E) 2.00%
Answer» F.

57270.	Directions (Qs. 26 to 30) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :Following are the conditions for selecting Manager–HR in an organisation :The candidate must –(i) be at least 30 years and not more than 35 years as on 1.3.2012.(ii) have secured at least 60 percent mark in Gradation in any discipline.(iii) have secured at least 65 percent mark in the Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Personnel Management/ HR(iv) have post qualification work experience of at least five years in the Personnel/HR Department of an organisation.(v) have secured at least 50 percent marks in the selection process.In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above conditions except :(a) at (ii) above but has secured at least 55 percent marks in Graduation in any discipline and at least 70 percent marks in post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Personnel Management/HR, the case is to be referred to GM–HR.(b) at (iv) above, but has post qualification work experience of at least four years out of which at least two years as Deputy Manager HR, the case is to be referred to President–HR.In each questions below are given details of one candidate. You have to take one of the following courses of actions based on the information provided and the conditions and sub–conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question.All these cases are given to you as on 1.3.2012Mark answer -Q 30. Seema Behl has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past seven years after completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management with 70 percent marks. She was born on 5th July 1979. She has secured 65 percent marks in Graduation and 50 percent marks in the selection process.
A.	if the candidate is not to be selected
B.	if the data provided are not adequate to take a decision
C.	if the case is to be referred to President–HR
D.	if the case is to be referred to President GM–HR
E.	if the candidate is to be selected
Answer» F.

57271.	As we read very frequently in the newspaper fraudulent activities in financial world is still continuing despite various efforts made by various countries to prevent them. As an estimate by IMF, what is the probable amount derived from such illegal activities which is laundered through the world's formal financial systems every year? About -
A.	(A) US$ 500 billion
B.	(B) US$ 800 billion
C.	(C) US$ 1000 billion
D.	(D) US$ 1250 billion
E.	(E) US$ 1500 billion
Answer» B. (B) US$ 800 billion

57272.	Directions (Qns. 16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:Following are the alternative eligibility' criteria for short-listing candidates for interview for entry level job in a bank: (i) The candidate should have passed SSC with atlcast 80% marks.(ii) The candidate should have passed HSC with atleast 75% marks.(iii) The candidate should be an/a Arts/Science/ Commerce graduate with atleast 60% marks.(iv) The candidate should be an engineer with atleast 55% marks.(v) The candidate should be a post-graduate in any discipline with atleast 50% marks.Any candidate can be eligible under any one or more of the above criteria depending upon their academic pursuits.In each of the following questions, details of one candidate is given. You have to find out under which of the above condition(s) the candidate is eligible and mark your answer accordingly based on the alternatives provided after each question. You arc not to assume anything other than the information provided in each of the above questions.20. Aruna Basak is a post-graduate in Physics. She has secured 80% marks in SSC. She has also secured 70% marks both in HSC and graduation.
A.	(1) Eligible under (i), (ii) and (iii) only
B.	(2) Eligible under (ii) and (iii) only
C.	(3) Eligible under (i) and (iii) only
D.	(4) Eligible under (iii) only
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» D. (4) Eligible under (iii) only

57273.	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. 50
A.	deftly
B.	clumsily
C.	selfishly
D.	affectionately
E.	promptly
Answer» F.

57274.	Arrange the vowels and consonants of the word ‘ACCOMPLISHMENT’ in an alpha order separately, the vowels first and then the consonants. If the first, the second and the third vowels so arranged, correspond to the first three, the next and the next three consonants so arranged respectively, E corresponds to which consonant?
A.	(1) LMM
B.	(2) HLM
C.	(3) MMN
D.	(4) MNP
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» B. (2) HLM

57275.	As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ?
A.	(A) China
B.	(B) Brazil
C.	(C) Russia
D.	(D) India
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» B. (B) Brazil

57276.	A(n) —————— is aprivate corporate network,used exclusively by company employees.
A.	(A) Internet
B.	(B) local area network
C.	(C) peer-to-peer
D.	(D) intranet
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» C. (C) peer-to-peer

57277.	Directions—(Q. 26–30) Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete :29. The young boy was unhurt …… for a minor injury to his knee.
A.	less
B.	except
C.	also
D.	just
E.	while
Answer» C. also

57278.	Directions (Q. 66- 75): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (e) as the answer. : Despite of his best efforts, he failed to accomplish his goal.
A.	In spite
B.	Despite for
C.	In spite for
D.	Despite
E.	No correction required
Answer» E. No correction required

57279.	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. : Facts spoke louder than words at the Company meeting where the Director tried to paint a rosy picture of the Company's financial health.
A.	Too many facts related to the good financial health of the Company were presented during the meeting.
B.	The Company was not doing well financially despite the Director, saying otherwise.
C.	The Director was very loud while presenting the facts about the Company's financial health during the meeting.
D.	The facts stated in the meeting supported the Director's claims of good financial health of the Company.
E.	The Company was doing exceptionally well financially; despite the Director saying otherwise.
Answer» C. The Director was very loud while presenting the facts about the Company's financial health during the meeting.

57280.	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. : After trying hard to convince Narendra to change his ways, Raman realised that a leopard cannot change its spots.
A.	Raman realised that Narendra would never change his ways.
B.	Raman realised that Narendra was helpless.
C.	Raman realised that he was not good at convincing others.
D.	Raman realised that Narendra would change his ways soon.
E.	Raman realised that someone else was forcing Narendra to act in a certain way.
Answer» B. Raman realised that Narendra was helpless.

57281.	Bayana which was in news recently is a place in—
A.	(A) Uttar Pradseh
B.	(B) Madhya Pradseh
C.	(C) Bihar
D.	(D) Haryana
E.	(E) Rajasthan
Answer» F.

57282.	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 person performs (a) / well if he is (b) / required to do (c) / a thing that interest him most (d). No error (e)
A.	a
B.	b
C.	c
D.	d
E.	e
Answer» E. e

57284.	Directions (Qns. 6-10): In each question below are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of Independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices "correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.6. A. The committee appointed by the Government on the fee structure of the professional courses has drastically reduced the fees of various courses in comparison to those charged in the last year.B. The parents of aspiring students seeking admission to professional courses had launched a severe agitation protesting against the high fees charged by the professional institutes and the admission process was delayed considerably.
A.	(1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
B.	(2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
C.	(3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.
D.	(4) if both the statements (A) and (B) arc effects of independent causes.
E.	(5) if both statements arc effects of some common cause.
Answer» C. (3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

57285.	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.Directions—(Q. 11–13) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage : 13. Auspicious
A.	Religious
B.	Lucky
C.	Fulfilling
D.	Charming
E.	Normal
Answer» B. Lucky

57286.	Directions (Qns. 23-25) : Given an input, a machine generates pass codes for the six batches each day as follows:Input: These icons were taken out from the sea.Pass Codes:Batch 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.23. The pass code for the first batch on a day was ‘he so used to sell the surplus items’. What was the input on that day ?
A.	(1) he items surplus the sell to used so he
B.	(2) so used to sell the surplus items he
C.	(3) items surplus the sell to used so he
D.	(4) cannot be determined
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» F.