Quiz about Important MCQs

Question 1

Which of the following is an important component of semantic analysis ?

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Question 2

The highest South African honour for foreign nationals The order of the companies of O.R. Tambo was conferred upon whom recently?

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Question 3

When your computer stops working suddenly it is referred to as a……

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Question 4

Which of the following communication service provides messages preparation and transmission facilities ?

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Question 5

Who amongst the-following has become the British Prime Minister after recently held general elections there ?

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Question 6

Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.The Sun while going on his daily rounds saw a princess and fell in love with her. Whenever he could slip away from the heavens he would take human form and go down to the princess to spend some time with her. The princess too became quite fond of him and would wait for him to come. One day the Sun decided to send her a blood-red ruby as a token of his love for her. He put the gem in a silk bag and calling a crow that was flying past asked the bird to deliver the gem to his beloved. Crows had milky white feathers in those days and it was considered auspicious if a crow came anywhere near you. So the Sun was pleased that he had found a crow to deliver the gem. As the crow sped through the sky with the silken bag the aroma of food lured him. Looking down the crow saw that a wedding feast was in progress and immediately it was distracted from its mission. Food was one thing it could never resist !Alighting on a tree nearby it hung the bag on a twig and went off to find some food. While the crow was feasting a merchant passing by saw the bag on the tree and knocked it down with a pole. When he opened the bag and saw its contents he almost swooned in joy. Quickly pocketing the ruby he filled the bag with dry cow dung that was lying there and then deftly returned the bag to the branch. It was all done so quickly that the crow missed all the action. After having its fill it flew up to the tree and picking up the bag took it to the person it was intended for. The princess was in the garden. When the crow gave her the bag she took it eagerly knowing that it was from the Sun. But when she saw its contents she reeled back in shock and anger. Believing that it was the Sun’s way of telling her that he did not care for her she flung the bag away rushed to her palace and never came out again. When the Sun learnt of what had happened he was furious.So great was his anger that when he turned his scorching gaze on the crow its feathers were burned black. Its feathers have been black ever since. The ruby did not stay with the man who stole it. It fell out of his pocket and rolled into a deep pit. Men have been trying to dig it out ever since. Many precious stones have been found in the process making Myanmar one of the richest sources of rubies and sapphires but the ruby that the Sun sent to the princess is yet to be found.7. How did the crow get its black colour ?

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Question 7

Which of the following is are correct about various concessions given in the Union Budget for 2008-09? (1) Five years tax holidays for setting up hospitals in Tier II & Tier III regions for providing health care in rural areas. (2) Commodities tax transaction to be introduced. (3) Banking cash transaction tax withdrawn.

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Question 8

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). After a complaint was filed (1) police teams was given the photograph (2) of the accused from the CCTV footage (3) recorded at the hotel. (4) No error (5)

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Question 9

Wipro Technology is planning to open its first Software centre in which of the following countries ?

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Question 10

Which of the following systems implementation approaches should be used if you want to run the old system and the new system at the same time for a specified period ?

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Question 11

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. AWE ( Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly the SAME IN MEANING as the word given in capital. )

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Question 12

As reported in the press the Government of India is considering a proposal to reduce its holding in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to a uniform level of

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Question 13

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. In what way were the towers used during ancient time? (A) As a sanctuary for ordinary citizens. (B) For the priests to make celestial observations (C) For weather predictions. Codes

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Question 14

As per the decision taken by the Govt. of India now the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the districts of India. This means it will now be applicable to about—

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Question 15

Which of the following is are correct about sub prime crisis which was in news recently? (1) It has reduced the flow of capital coming of Indian Stock Markets. (2) The sub prime crisis is the major financial crisis whose origin is in the Russia and Brazil.It has adversely affected the economy of Europe and USA. (3) The crisis started when some people started trading with false Share certificates of major blue chip US companies in the stock markets.

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Question 16

What is the drawback of infrared and millimeter waves ?

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Question 17

The Prasar Bharati recently launched its Direct To Home (DTH) Service. How will the service help the televiewers in India ? [Pick up the correct statement(s)] (A) The service will be available at a very cheaper rate through local cable operators (B) Subscribers will bo able to see any channel of their choice without any medium like cable operators. (C) The cable dry areas (areas which are not covered by cable service) will not be covered easily through DTH services. Codes

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Question 18

Inacertaincode‘RAlL’iswrittcnas‘KCTNand ‘SPEAK’ is written as ‘CGRUM’. How will ‘AVOID’ be w ritten in that code ?

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Question 19

Directions (Q. 76- 80) Rearrange the following six sentences (A) (B). (C) (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to fcrm a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.(A) The tactics of these cheats have come down drastically.(B) Most people have by now realised that the so-called ‘miracles are effects of scientific principles.(Q Thus such awakening will certainly reduce the agony of the common folk.(D) Awareness of scientific discoveries and inventions have led the common folk to get rid of superstitions.(E) Therefore they are trying to find out other ways and means to accomplish their selfish motives.(F) They have also realised how cunning people had been cheating them. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?

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Question 20

In a certain code ‘BASKET’ is written as ‘5$3%#1’ and ‘TRIED’ is written as ‘14*#2’. How is ‘SKIRT’ written in that code?

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Question 21

As per the news published in various newspapers the Govt. of India has decided to create a Strategic Reserve of—

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Question 22

Directions (Qs. 16 to 20) In the following questions the symbol @ $ # © and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’. ‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’. ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true find which of the four conclusions I II III and IV given below them isare definitely true and give your answer accordingly. Q. 20. Statements D % A A @ B B © K K % M Conclusions I. B $ D II. K # A III. M # B IV. A © M

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Question 23

Directions (Qns. 51-55) Read the following information carefully and answer the-questions given belowP. Q. R. S T V and Z are seven employees of call centre. They work in three shifts -1 II and III. There is at least one and not more than three among them in any of these shifts. Each of them get one day off in every week from Monday to Sunday. Q Works with only T in shift II and his weekly off is immediate to the next of the off day of P. S has weekly off on Sunday and he is not in the same shift with either R or Q. P is in shift 1 with R whose off day is immediately after Q and immediately before T. V’s off day is immediately after T but not on Saturday. The employee having off day on Friday works in shift III and that on a Saturday docs not work with TZ does not work either in shift II or in shift III.53. Which of the following combinations of employee-o IT day-shift day is not correct ?

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Question 24

The Value Added Tax (VAT) will replace which of the following taxes in all the 21 states who have agreed to adopt It ?

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Question 25

Directions (Qns. 36-40) In making decisions about important questions it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial asj>cct of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered 1 II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument’ and which of them is ‘weak argument’.38. Should all the students graduating in any discipline desirous of pursuing post-graduation of the subjects of their choice be allowed to enroll in the post-graduate courses?ArgumentsI. Yes the students are the best judge of their capabilities and there should not be restrictions for joining post-graduation courses.III. No the students need to study relevant subjects in graduate courses to enroll in postgraduate courses and the students must fulfill such conditions.III. No. there arc not enough institutes offering post-graduate courses which can accommodate all the graduates desirous of seeking postgraduate education of their ow-n choice.

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Question 26

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. 43

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Question 27

Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.The Sun while going on his daily rounds saw a princess and fell in love with her. Whenever he could slip away from the heavens he would take human form and go down to the princess to spend some time with her. The princess too became quite fond of him and would wait for him to come. One day the Sun decided to send her a blood-red ruby as a token of his love for her. He put the gem in a silk bag and calling a crow that was flying past asked the bird to deliver the gem to his beloved. Crows had milky white feathers in those days and it was considered auspicious if a crow came anywhere near you. So the Sun was pleased that he had found a crow to deliver the gem. As the crow sped through the sky with the silken bag the aroma of food lured him. Looking down the crow saw that a wedding feast was in progress and immediately it was distracted from its mission. Food was one thing it could never resist !Alighting on a tree nearby it hung the bag on a twig and went off to find some food. While the crow was feasting a merchant passing by saw the bag on the tree and knocked it down with a pole. When he opened the bag and saw its contents he almost swooned in joy. Quickly pocketing the ruby he filled the bag with dry cow dung that was lying there and then deftly returned the bag to the branch. It was all done so quickly that the crow missed all the action. After having its fill it flew up to the tree and picking up the bag took it to the person it was intended for. The princess was in the garden. When the crow gave her the bag she took it eagerly knowing that it was from the Sun. But when she saw its contents she reeled back in shock and anger. Believing that it was the Sun’s way of telling her that he did not care for her she flung the bag away rushed to her palace and never came out again. When the Sun learnt of what had happened he was furious.So great was his anger that when he turned his scorching gaze on the crow its feathers were burned black. Its feathers have been black ever since. The ruby did not stay with the man who stole it. It fell out of his pocket and rolled into a deep pit. Men have been trying to dig it out ever since. Many precious stones have been found in the process making Myanmar one of the richest sources of rubies and sapphires but the ruby that the Sun sent to the princess is yet to be found.10. What message did the princess get after opening the bag ?

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Question 28

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.2. StatementsSome tigers are goats. No goat is raL All dogs are rats. ConclusionsI. No tiger is rat.IL No dog is goat.III. Some dogs are tigers.IV Some rats are tigers.

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Question 29

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

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Question 30

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?48. StatementsF $ M N @ M. N. % W ConclusionsI. F# N II. N % F

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Question 31

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

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Question 32

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

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Question 33

Directions (Q. 76- 80) Rearrange the following six sentences (A) (B). (C) (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to fcrm a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.(A) The tactics of these cheats have come down drastically.(B) Most people have by now realised that the so-called ‘miracles are effects of scientific principles.(Q Thus such awakening will certainly reduce the agony of the common folk.(D) Awareness of scientific discoveries and inventions have led the common folk to get rid of superstitions.(E) Therefore they are trying to find out other ways and means to accomplish their selfish motives.(F) They have also realised how cunning people had been cheating them. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

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Question 34

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 Ministry has directed Banks (1) to do away with their (2) separate promotion policies a move (3) strongly opposed by the officers unions. (4) No error (5)

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Question 35

Which language has recently become the defector standard for interfacing application programs with relational database system ?

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Question 36

Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.The Sun while going on his daily rounds saw a princess and fell in love with her. Whenever he could slip away from the heavens he would take human form and go down to the princess to spend some time with her. The princess too became quite fond of him and would wait for him to come. One day the Sun decided to send her a blood-red ruby as a token of his love for her. He put the gem in a silk bag and calling a crow that was flying past asked the bird to deliver the gem to his beloved. Crows had milky white feathers in those days and it was considered auspicious if a crow came anywhere near you. So the Sun was pleased that he had found a crow to deliver the gem. As the crow sped through the sky with the silken bag the aroma of food lured him. Looking down the crow saw that a wedding feast was in progress and immediately it was distracted from its mission. Food was one thing it could never resist !Alighting on a tree nearby it hung the bag on a twig and went off to find some food. While the crow was feasting a merchant passing by saw the bag on the tree and knocked it down with a pole. When he opened the bag and saw its contents he almost swooned in joy. Quickly pocketing the ruby he filled the bag with dry cow dung that was lying there and then deftly returned the bag to the branch. It was all done so quickly that the crow missed all the action. After having its fill it flew up to the tree and picking up the bag took it to the person it was intended for. The princess was in the garden. When the crow gave her the bag she took it eagerly knowing that it was from the Sun. But when she saw its contents she reeled back in shock and anger. Believing that it was the Sun’s way of telling her that he did not care for her she flung the bag away rushed to her palace and never came out again. When the Sun learnt of what had happened he was furious.So great was his anger that when he turned his scorching gaze on the crow its feathers were burned black. Its feathers have been black ever since. The ruby did not stay with the man who stole it. It fell out of his pocket and rolled into a deep pit. Men have been trying to dig it out ever since. Many precious stones have been found in the process making Myanmar one of the richest sources of rubies and sapphires but the ruby that the Sun sent to the princess is yet to be found.Directions—(Q. 11–13) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage 11. Token

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Question 37

Directions (Qs. 6 to 10) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below ( M 3 # R A T I E J $ K @ F U 5 4 V I 6 © D 8 * H N 7 δ 2 W ) Q. 7. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately proceded by a letter but not immediately followed by a letter ?

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Question 38

The Government of India is planning to introduce lot of tax reforms so that the Tax-GDP ratio may be improved. At present what is Tax-GDP ratio for the centre and states combined ?

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Question 39

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.)22. The doctors said that (A) he was making good progress (B) and would not (C) need an operation. (D) No error (E)

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Question 40

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?46. StatementsM *T TSK K#D ConclusionsI. D%M II. M * K

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Question 41

A method which transfers the entire block of data from its own buffer to main memory takes place without intervention by cup–

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Question 42

Directions (Qns. 6-10) In each question below are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of Independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.10. A. Large number of people living in the low lying areas have been evacuated during the last few days to safer places.B. The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.

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Question 43

Directions (Qs. 36 to 40) In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by a question. Read the statement carefully and answer the question that follows. 39. Statement A severe cyclonic storm hit the Eastern coastline last month resulting in huge loss of life and property on the entire east coast and the Government had to disburse a considerable amount for relief activities through the district administration machineries. Which of the following may possibly be a follow up measure to be taken up by the Government ?

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Question 44

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 FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?

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Question 45

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. He always says that are like opportunities for us to develop.

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Question 46

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.)18. The course is for (A) anyone who is interested (B) in learning (C) about computers. (D) No error (E)

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Question 47

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 73

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Question 48

As per news published in newspapers the Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) has purchased some oil assets in Latin American Countries along with one other major company of India . What is the name of that company?

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Question 49

The………folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.

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Question 50

Directions (Qs. 36 to 40) In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by a question. Read the statement carefully and answer the question that follows. 38. Statement The prices of vegetables and other food articles have decreased in the recent months raising hope among policy planners that the RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) tight grip on supply of liquid money in the market for controlling inflation may be eased. Which of the following may be a possible action of the above situation ?

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57351.	Which of the following is an important component of semantic analysis ?
A.	Symbol table
B.	Type checking
C.	Lex
D.	Yacc
Answer» C. Lex

57352.	The highest South African honour for foreign nationals, "The order of the companies of O.R. Tambo", was conferred upon whom recently?
A.	Indira Gandhi
B.	M.K. Gandhi
C.	J.L. Nehru
D.	Rajiv Gandhi
E.	None of these
Answer» D. Rajiv Gandhi

57353.	When your computer stops working suddenly, it is referred to as a……
A.	crash
B.	die
C.	death
D.	penalty
Answer» F.

57354.	Which of the following communication service provides messages preparation and transmission facilities ?
A.	Teletex
B.	Teletext
C.	X 400
D.	Fax
Answer» B. Teletext

57355.	Who amongst the-following has become the British Prime Minister after recently held general elections there ?
A.	Jack Straw
B.	Gordon Brown
C.	David Blunket
D.	Michael Howard
E.	None of these
Answer» F.

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