Quiz about Important MCQs

Question 1

Directions (Qns. 46-50) In the following questions the symbols %. $ # and * arc used with the following meaning as illustrated below *P S Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q.P * Q‘ means *P is neither smaller than por equal to Q.‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q.‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.P % Q’ means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q.Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them isarc definitely true?47. StatementsR@JM*JD * M ConclusionsI. D*J II. R# M

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Question 2

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 28. The student did not pay …… to the instructions that were given to her in class.

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Question 3

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. 31. Which of the following represents the group of females among them –

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Question 4

Indexes created from a sequential (or sorted) set of primary keys are refered to as–

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Question 5

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. 34. In which of the following cars is C travelling ?

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Question 6

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

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Question 7

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.)19. We were surprised (A) that she participated (B) at the performance (C) held at NCPA. (D) No error (E)

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Question 8

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 32.

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Question 9

A revolution in which of the following countries took place in which President Askar Akaov was thrown out. Now the interim Government does NOT wish him to come back to that country ?

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Question 10

Which of the following statement (s) is are correct about the Indo-Russia Bilateral Defence Ties ? (1) Both the countries have decided to produce a fifth generation fighter aircraft and a multi role cargo plane. (2) India has agreed to launch Russian missiles from its base at Chandipur incase some other nation attacks on Russia (3) India and Russia were able to sort out differences over the utilization of Rupee debt fund which is of Rs. 8000 crore at present.

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Question 11

The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to CPU is known as—

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Question 12

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

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Question 13

Directions (Qns. 46-50) In the following questions the symbols %. $ # and * arc used with the following meaning as illustrated below *P S Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q.P * Q‘ means *P is neither smaller than por equal to Q.‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q.‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.P % Q’ means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q.Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them isarc definitely true?50. StatementsZ%TT*NHSN ConclusionsI. H * Z II. T * H

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Question 14

Which of the following is easiest software development process model ?

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Question 15

Which of the following Satellites was launched recently by (SRO to facilitate DTH applications ?

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Question 16

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 28. Alok Verma was born o n 4th March 1976. He has ben working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past six years after completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management with 66 percent marks. He has secured 57 percent marks in the selection process and 63 percent marks in Graduation.

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Question 17

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 depicts the growing importance of innovation India ? (A) Increased investment in research (B) Initiation of Govt.-backed funds for innovation (C) Increase in number of conferences arranged and articles written on innovation.

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Question 18

Many a times we read about Globalization and its impact on business practice in India. Which of the following is NOT one of the important parameters of Globalization? (1) Reduction of trade barriers to permit free flow of goods and services amongst various nations. (2) Developing an environment in which free flow of capital can take place. (3) Promoting local industry to cater to the needs of the consumers in Tier II and Tier III cities. The production from metros should be reserved only for exports.

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Question 19

Which of the following statements isare TRUE about the Emergency in Nepal ? (A) Emergency is lifted. (B) Press Censorship is still going on. (C) Only Indian news channels are allowed to telocast news and programmes. Codes

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Question 20

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 current economic scenario (1) could possibly undo (2) the growth that followed (3) the economic liberalisation of 1991. (4) No error (5)

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Question 21

How many meaningful English words not ending with ‘D’ can be made with the third the fifth the seventh and the ninth letters of the word ‘STEADFAST’ using each letter only once in each word? (All letters are counted from left to right)

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Question 22

India recently got an opportunity to export mangoes to which of the following countries for the first time ?

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Question 23

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

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Question 24

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

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Question 25

Directions (Q. 86 - 90) Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. Life in desert is and difficult.

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Question 26

Directions (Qns. 61-65) In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.Rules (i) If an odd number is followed by a two digit even number then they arc to be added.(ii) If an odd number is followed by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number.(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the second number is to be divided by the first number.(iv) Ifan even number is followed by a two-digit even number then the first number is to be multiplied by the second number.62. What is the sum of the two resultant numbers of the set of numbers given above?

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Question 27

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). Activists opposing the rail project said (1) that the eleven new flyovers to be built (2) would practically ring (3) the death knell for the city. (4) No error (5)

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Question 28

Which the result of a computation depends on the speed of the processes involved there is said to be ?

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Question 29

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). If successful the research could (1) pave the way towards (2) the prevention of untimely deaths (3) due to fatal illnesses. (4) No error (5)

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Question 30

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.17. Usha Natarajan has completed M.A. with 50% marks after passing B.A. exam with 60% marks. She had secured 75% marks in SSC and 80% marks in HSC.

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Question 31

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

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Question 32

Which of the following statements reflects the aim(s) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)? (1) Give focused attention to integrated development of infrastructure in selected cities. (2) Provide basic services to the urban poors (3) Scale up civic amenities and provision of utilities in urban areas.

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Question 33

Air India recently decided to purchase 50 aircrafts from Boeing company. What will be the cost of the purchases ? (Approximate in US$)

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Question 34

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.3. StatementsSome trees are flowers. Some roads are flowers. All roads are vehicles.ConclusionsI. Some vehicles arc trees.II. Some vehicles are flowers. III. Some roads are trees.IV All vehicles are roads.

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Question 35

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 74

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Question 36

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. The purpose of the passage seems to give an account of

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Question 37

Which of the following is a major rubber producing state in India ?

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Question 38

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SUBSTANCE’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as in the English alphabet ?

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Question 39

Many times we read a term m newspapers Basel-I Basel-11. The term is associated with which of the following fields ?

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Question 40

In a row of40 boys Sameer was shifted lO places to the right of Raman and Kailash was shifted 10 places to the left of Vikas. If Vikas was 26th from the left end and therewere three boys between Kailash and Sameer after shifting what was the position of Kaman in the row ?

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Question 41

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. 44

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Question 42

Indias Commerce & Industry Minister was in a meeting called by the WTO in Paris. What tariff plan India has suggested for agri products ?

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Question 43

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 judge advised the government to (1) have metered autorickshaws across the state while (2) recounting his personal experience where an auto- rickshaw driver (3) made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100. (4) No error (5)

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Question 44

Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the Task Force constituted to prepare a long term plan for the social and economic development of Jammu & Kashmir ?

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Question 45

A large computer information system maintains many different computer files. Which among them is called a perpetual file ?

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Question 46

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.5. StatementsSome pens are rooms. Some rooms arc cats. Some cats arc windows.ConclusionsI. Some windows are rooms.II. Some cats are pens.III. Some pens arc windows.IV Some pens are cats.

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Question 47

Indias First centre to monitor climate change was opened recently at—

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Question 48

Directions (Qs. 11 to 15) ; Rearrange the following six sentences (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them. (A) It is no wonder that a majority of these excluded and low-achievers come from the most deprived sections of society.(B) They are precisely those who are supposed to be empowered through education.(C) With heightened political consciousness about the plight of these to-be-empowered people never in the history of India has the demand for inclusive education been as fervent as today.(D) They either never enroll or they dropout of schools at different stages during these eight years.(E) Of the nearly 200 million children in the age group between 6 and 14 years more than half do not complete eight years of elementary education.(F) Of those who do complete eight years of schooling the achievement levels of a large percentage in language and mathematics is unacceptably low Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?

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Question 49

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. 35. Passengers in which car are travelling to Chandigarh ?

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Question 50

Directions (Qns. 33-35) Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 11 given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.Read both the statements and --CAUTION Do Not mark your answer unless you consider both the statements carefully35. What is the code for ‘mangoes’ in a code language?I. In that code language Tc Lc Pa Na’ means ‘You eat many mangoes’ and ’Le Na Da’ means ‘You sell mangoes.II. In the code language ‘Ge Na Sc La Le’ means ‘They eat bananas and mangoes’ and ‘Ne Dc l-c La’ means Who others eat bananas’.

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57301.	Directions (Qns. 46-50) : In the following questions, the symbols %. $, # and * arc used with the following meaning as illustrated below: P S Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q.'P Q‘ means P is neither smaller than por equal to Q.‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q.‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.'P % Q’ means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/arc definitely true?47. Statements:R@J,MJ,D * M Conclusions:I. D*J II. R# M
A.	(1) if only Conclusion 1 is true.
B.	(2) if only Conclusion II is true.
C.	(3) if either Conclusion 1 or II is true.
D.	(4) if neither Conclusion 1 nor 11 is true.
E.	(5) if both Conclusions I and II are true.
Answer» B. (2) if only Conclusion II is true.

57302.	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 :28. The student did not pay …… to the instructions that were given to her in class.
A.	ear
B.	awareness
C.	notice
D.	attention
E.	closure
Answer» E. closure

57303.	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. : 31. Which of the following represents the group of females among them –
A.	F, C, A
B.	F, G, A
C.	D, C, A
D.	Data inadequate
E.	None of these
Answer» E. None of these

57304.	Indexes created from a sequential (or sorted) set of primary keys are refered to as–
A.	Indexed file organisation
B.	Sequential file
C.	Index sequential
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

57305.	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. : 34. In which of the following cars is C travelling ?
A.	X
B.	Y
C.	Z
D.	Either X or Y
E.	Data inadequate
Answer» C. Z

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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 :28. The student did not pay …… to the instructions that were given to her in class.

Indexes created from a sequential (or sorted) set of primary keys are refered to as–

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 32.

A revolution in which of the following countries took place in which President Askar Akaov was thrown out. Now the interim Government does NOT wish him to come back to that country ?

The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to CPU is known as—

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

Which of the following is easiest software development process model ?

Which of the following Satellites was launched recently by (SRO to facilitate DTH applications ?

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the Emergency in Nepal ? (A) Emergency is lifted. (B) Press Censorship is still going on. (C) Only Indian news channels are allowed to telocast news and programmes. Codes :

How many meaningful English words, not ending with ‘D’ can be made, with the third, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth letters of the word ‘STEADFAST’ using each letter only once in each word? (All letters are counted from left to right)

India recently got an opportunity to export mangoes to which of the following countries for the first time ?

Directions (Q. 86 - 90): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. : Life in desert is and difficult.

Which the result of a computation depends on the speed of the processes involved there is said to be ?

Air India recently decided to purchase 50 aircrafts from Boeing company. What will be the cost of the purchases ? (Approximate in US$)

Which of the following is a major rubber producing state in India ?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SUBSTANCE’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as in the English alphabet ?

Many times we read a term m newspapers Basel-I / Basel-11. The term is associated with which of the following fields ?

In a row of40 boys Sameer was shifted lO places to the right of Raman and Kailash was shifted 10 places to the left of Vikas. If Vikas was 26th from the left end and therewere three boys between Kailash and Sameer after shifting, what was the position of Kaman in the row ?

India's Commerce & Industry Minister was in a meeting called by the WTO in Paris. What tariff plan India has suggested for agri products ?

Who amongst the following is the Chairman, of the Task Force constituted to prepare a long term plan for the social and economic development of Jammu & Kashmir ?

A large computer information system maintains many different computer files. Which among them is called a perpetual file ?

India's First centre to monitor climate change was opened recently at—

57306.	Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) : Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India, innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country, the setting up of national and state innovation bodies, as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India, and a number of articles on the subject, written for newspapers and magazines, as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India, there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad, that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex, like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However, many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative, it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address, a wide-ranging, complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called 'frugal innovation', deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan, the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to 'accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable.' The document went on to say that 'India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety, efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earth's resources.' Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation, which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on India's innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is, innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone, for example: it revolutionised communication in a, previously inconceivable way, provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed, intentional innovation efforts and large investments, and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness, this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.India's many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation, and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions, government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that India's innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services, inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor, health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively, the inability of India as a nation, society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation, but rather of a failure of innovation, for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather, we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation, for them to begin to be solved. : What does the author mean by 'frugal impact on the earth's resources' as given in the passage ?
A.	The damage to the environment should be assessable.
B.	More consumption of natural resources as compared to manmade ones.
C.	Minimum impact on the environment in terms of pollution.
D.	The impact on the environment should be such that it is reversible.
E.	Minimum usage of earth's natural resources.
Answer» F.

57307.	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.)19. We were surprised (A) / that she participated (B) / at the performance (C) / held at NCPA. (D) No error (E)
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	D
E.	E
Answer» D. D

57308.	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 32.
A.	Justise
B.	Practice
C.	Menace
D.	Variance
E.	All Correct
Answer» B. Practice

57309.	A revolution in which of the following countries took place in which President Askar Akaov was thrown out. Now the interim Government does NOT wish him to come back to that country ?
A.	Kyrgyzstan
B.	Mongolia
C.	Congo
D.	Zimbabwe
E.	None of these
Answer» B. Mongolia

57310.	Which of the following statement (s) is / are correct about the Indo-Russia Bilateral Defence Ties ? (1) Both the countries have decided to produce a fifth generation fighter aircraft and a multi role cargo plane. (2) India has agreed to launch Russian missiles from its base at Chandipur incase some other nation attacks on Russia (3) India and Russia were able to sort out differences over the utilization of Rupee debt fund which is of Rs. 8000 crore at present.
A.	(A) Only 1
B.	(B) Only 2
C.	(C) Only 3
D.	(D) Both 1 & 3 only
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» B. (B) Only 2

57311.	The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to CPU is known as—
A.	(A) clock speed
B.	(B) a processing cycle
C.	(C) CPU speed
D.	(D) access time
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» E. (E) None of these

57312.	Directions (Qns. 66-70) : In each of the following questions in four out of the five figures, clement 1 is related to element II in the same particular way. Find out the figure in which the element I is not so related to element II.Q. 66
A.	(1) 1
B.	(2) 2
C.	(3) 3
D.	(4) 4
E.	(5) 5
Answer» E. (5) 5

57313.	Directions (Qns. 46-50) : In the following questions, the symbols %. $, # and * arc used with the following meaning as illustrated below: P S Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q.'P Q‘ means P is neither smaller than por equal to Q.‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q.‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.'P % Q’ means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/arc definitely true?50. Statements:Z%T,TN,HSN Conclusions:I. H * Z II. T * H
A.	(1) if only Conclusion 1 is true.
B.	(2) if only Conclusion II is true.
C.	(3) if either Conclusion 1 or II is true.
D.	(4) if neither Conclusion 1 nor 11 is true.
E.	(5) if both Conclusions I and II are true.
Answer» E. (5) if both Conclusions I and II are true.

57314.	Which of the following is easiest software development process model ?
A.	Waterfall Model
B.	Prototyping
C.	Interactive enhancement
D.	Spiral Model
Answer» B. Prototyping

57315.	Which of the following Satellites was launched recently by (SRO to facilitate DTH applications ?
A.	CARTOSAT
B.	INSAT-4C
C.	INSAT-4A
D.	EDUSAT
E.	None of these
Answer» F.

57316.	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 28. Alok Verma was born o n 4th March 1976. He has ben working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past six years after completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management with 66 percent marks. He has secured 57 percent marks in the selection process and 63 percent marks in Graduation.
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» B. if the data provided are not adequate to take a decision

57317.	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 depict/s the growing importance of innovation India ? (A) Increased investment in research (B) Initiation of Govt.-backed funds for innovation (C) Increase in number of conferences arranged and articles written on innovation.
A.	Only (B)
B.	Only (1) and (B)
C.	Only (C)
D.	Only (B) and (C)
E.	All (A), (B) and (C)
Answer» F.

57318.	Many a times we read about 'Globalization' and its impact on business practice in India. Which of the following is NOT one of the important parameters of 'Globalization'? (1) Reduction of trade barriers to permit free flow of goods and services amongst various nations. (2) Developing an environment in which free flow of capital can take place. (3) Promoting local industry to cater to the needs of the consumers in Tier II and Tier III cities. The production from metros should be reserved only for exports.
A.	(A) Only 1
B.	(B) Only 2
C.	(C) Only 3
D.	(D) All 1,2 & 3
E.	(E) Both 2 & 3
Answer» E. (E) Both 2 & 3

57319.	Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the Emergency in Nepal ? (A) Emergency is lifted. (B) Press Censorship is still going on. (C) Only Indian news channels are allowed to telocast news and programmes. Codes :
A.	Only (A)
B.	Only (B)
C.	(A). (B) & (C) all
D.	Only (B) & (C)
E.	None of these
Answer» B. Only (B)

57320.	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 current economic scenario (1) / could possibly undo (2) / the growth that followed (3) / the economic liberalisation of 1991. (4) / No error (5)
A.	1
B.	2
C.	3
D.	4
E.	5
Answer» F.

57321.	How many meaningful English words, not ending with ‘D’ can be made, with the third, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth letters of the word ‘STEADFAST’ using each letter only once in each word? (All letters are counted from left to right)
A.	None
B.	One
C.	Two
D.	Three
E.	More than three
Answer» C. Two

57322.	India recently got an opportunity to export mangoes to which of the following countries for the first time ?
A.	US
B.	China
C.	UAE
D.	UK
E.	None of these
Answer» C. UAE

57323.	Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) : Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India, innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country, the setting up of national and state innovation bodies, as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India, and a number of articles on the subject, written for newspapers and magazines, as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India, there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad, that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex, like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However, many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative, it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address, a wide-ranging, complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called 'frugal innovation', deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan, the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to 'accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable.' The document went on to say that 'India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety, efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earth's resources.' Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation, which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on India's innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is, innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone, for example: it revolutionised communication in a, previously inconceivable way, provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed, intentional innovation efforts and large investments, and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness, this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.India's many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation, and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions, government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that India's innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services, inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor, health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively, the inability of India as a nation, society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation, but rather of a failure of innovation, for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather, we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation, for them to begin to be solved. : What does the author mean by 'frugal impact on the earth's resources' as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) : Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. : INDICATIVE
A.	causative
B.	forthcoming
C.	verbal
D.	abstract
E.	suggestive
Answer» F.

57324.	Directions (Qs. 36 to 50) : Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. In India, innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourse on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. One observes steadily growing investments in R&D across the country, the setting up of national and state innovation bodies, as well as the introduction of government sponsored innovation funds. There have also been several conferences and debates on innovation and how to best promote and accomplish it in India, and a number of articles on the subject, written for newspapers and magazines, as well as more informal platforms like online forums and blogs.Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India, there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path India should take towards securing benefits through investments in innovation.Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad, that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex, like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However, many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative, it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture-more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address, a wide-ranging, complex set of problems.Another specifically Indian approach to innovation that has entered into wide currency of late is so called 'frugal innovation', deemed by many to be the most appropriate for the Indian context. In its mid-term assessment of the 11th Five- Year Plan, the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to 'accelerate its growth and to make growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable.' The document went on to say that 'India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety, efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the earth's resources.' Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation, which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people; and may even be considered a necessary first step on India's innovation path; they barely graze the surface of what innovation can accomplish. That is, innovation is capable of bringing about complete paradigm shifts and redefining the way we perceive and interact with the world.Take the cell phone, for example: it revolutionised communication in a, previously inconceivable way, provided consumers with a product of unprecedented value and created an entirely new market. The cell phone was a result of years of directed, intentional innovation efforts and large investments, and would not have ever been created if the people responsible simply set out to make the existing telephone cheaper and more accessible to all.While jugaad and frugal innovation may be indicative of the Indian potential for innovativeness, this potential is not utilised or given opportunity to flourish due to the lack of an enabling culture.India's many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation, and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions, government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.The one thing that India's innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services, inadequate systems of personal identification and absence of widely available financial services for rural poor, health and sanitation failures. This list can go on. Cumulatively, the inability of India as a nation, society and economy to adequately provide for its own population no longer reflects a failure of implementation, but rather of a failure of innovation, for there are not immediately-available of-the-shelf solutions that would make it possible for these grand challenges facing India to be redressed. Rather, we need to look at these intractable problems from the more sophisticated and empowering lens of innovation, for them to begin to be solved. : What does the author mean by 'frugal impact on the earth's resources' as given in the passage ? - - - Directions (Qs. 44 to 48) : Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. : CURRENCY
A.	notes
B.	usage
C.	money
D.	cash
E.	value
Answer» C. money

57325.	Directions (Q. 86 - 90): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. : Life in desert is and difficult.
A.	strenuous
B.	warmth
C.	sandy
D.	miraculous
E.	worthwhile
Answer» B. warmth

57326.	Directions (Qns. 61-65): In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.Rules: (i) If an odd number is followed by a two digit even number then they arc to be added.(ii) If an odd number is followed by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number.(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the second number is to be divided by the first number.(iv) Ifan even number is followed by a two-digit even number then the first number is to be multiplied by the second number.62. What is the sum of the two resultant numbers of the set of numbers given above?
A.	(1) 22
B.	(2) 25
C.	(3) 28
D.	(4) 42
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» C. (3) 28

57327.	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). : Activists opposing the rail project said (1) / that the eleven new flyovers to be built (2) / would practically ring (3) / the death knell for the city. (4) / No error (5)
A.	1
B.	2
C.	3
D.	4
E.	5
Answer» D. 4

57328.	Which the result of a computation depends on the speed of the processes involved there is said to be ?
A.	Cycle stealing
B.	Race condition
C.	A time look
D.	A dead lock
Answer» C. A time look

57329.	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). : If successful, the research could (1) / pave the way towards (2) / the prevention of untimely deaths (3) / due to fatal illnesses. (4) / No error (5)
A.	1
B.	2
C.	3
D.	4
E.	5
Answer» C. 3

57330.	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.17. Usha Natarajan has completed M.A. with 50% marks after passing B.A. exam with 60% marks. She had secured 75% marks in SSC and 80% marks in HSC.
A.	(1) Eligible under (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
B.	(2) Eligible under (i), (ii) and (iv) only
C.	(3) Eligible under (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
D.	(4) Eligible under (iii) and (iv) Only
E.	(5) None of these
Answer» F.

57331.	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 of the following is 'false' in the cot text of the passage?
A.	Skyscrapers appeared for the first time only in 20th century
B.	Ancient Middle East had a number of high rise buildings
C.	The Tower of Babel is a high rise building
D.	High rise manager does not consider it as a link between the Earth and the Heaven
E.	None of these
Answer» B. Ancient Middle East had a number of high rise buildings

57332.	Which of the following statements reflects the aim(s) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)? (1) Give focused attention to integrated development of infrastructure in selected cities. (2) Provide basic services to the urban poors (3) Scale up civic amenities and provision of utilities in urban areas.
A.	(A) Only 1
B.	(B) Only 2
C.	(C) Only 3
D.	(D) All 1, 2 & 3
E.	(E) None of these
Answer» E. (E) None of these

57333.	Air India recently decided to purchase 50 aircrafts from Boeing company. What will be the cost of the purchases ? (Approximate in US$)
A.	2 billion
B.	4 billion
C.	6 billion
D.	8 billion
E.	10 billion
Answer» D. 8 billion

57334.	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.3. Statements:Some trees are flowers. Some roads are flowers. All roads are vehicles.Conclusions:I. Some vehicles arc trees.II. Some vehicles are flowers. III. Some roads are trees.IV All vehicles are roads.
A.	(1) None follows
B.	(2) Only I and II follow
C.	(3) Only II follows
D.	(4) Only 1, III and IV follow
E.	(5) All follow
Answer» D. (4) Only 1, III and IV follow

57335.	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 74
A.	(1) 1
B.	(2) 2
C.	(3) 3
D.	(4) 4
E.	(5) 5
Answer» F.