Quiz about Important MCQs

Question 1

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 SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?

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Question 2

As per the recent amendment in the Factories Act women are now allowed to work

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Question 3

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. 46

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Question 4

Directions (Qs. 21 to 25) Study the following information carefully and answer these given questions A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and number rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the number given in the arrangement are two digit numbers.) Input gone over 35 69 test 72 park 27 Step I 27 gone over 35 69 test 72 park Step II 27 test gone over 35 69 72 park Step III 27 test 35 gone over 69 72 park Step IV 27 test 35 park gone over 69 72 Step V 27 test 35 park 69 gone over 72 Step VI 27 test 35 park 69 over gone 72 Step VII 27 test 35 park 69 over 72 gone and Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input. Q 25. Step II of in input 33 store 81 75 full of goods 52 Which of the following will be step VI ?

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Question 5

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 27. Ashok Prdhan was born on 8th August 1980. He has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past four years after completing his Post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management with 67 percent marks. Out of his entire experience he has been working for the past two years as Deputy Manager–HR. He has secured 62 percent marks in Graduation and 58 percent marks in the selection process.

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Question 6

Which of the following is TRUE about the political situation in Lebanon ? (A) The latest Presidential nominee. Omar Karami also failed to form a coalition Government. (B) Lebanon forced Syria to remove all its troops f«um Lebanon. (C) General Elections are due in Lebanon in May 2006. Codes

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Question 7

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. PHENOMENALLY (Choose the word or group of words which is most OPPOSITE IN MEANING of the word given in capital.)

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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). As sharing crime statistics for (1) the year 2011 the Commissioner admitted that (2) there had been an undue delay in (3) the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell. (4) No error (5)

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Question 9

Directions (Qs. 1 to 10) 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. >> ..(1)... over the world rights related to information technology that are already legally recognised are daily being violated ...(2)... in the name of economic advancement political stability or for personal greed and interests. Violations of these rights have ...(3)... new problems in human social systems such as the digital divide cybercrime digital security and privacy concerns all of which have ...(4)... peoples lives either directly or indirectly. It is important that countries come up with the guidelines for action to ...(5)... the incidences of malicious attacks on the confidentiality integrity and availability of electronic data and systems computer-related crimes content-related offences and violations of intellectual property rights ...(6)... threats to critical infrastructure and national interests arising from the use of the internet for criminal and terrorist activities are of growing ...(7)... .The harm incurred to businesses governments and individuals in those countries in which the internet is used ..(8)... is gaining in ...(9)... and importance while in other countries; cybercrime threatens the application of information and communication technology for government services health care trade and banking. As users start losing ...(10)... in online transactions and business the opportunity costs may become substantial.

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Question 10

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.5. Why did the Sun send his gift for the princess along with the crow?

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Question 11

The Women Cricket World Cup Final was played recently in Durban between India and

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Question 12

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 26. I was annoyed …… John for arriving late.

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Question 13

Directions (Q. 91 - 100) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below tho passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.PASSAGEThe world-famous scientist Albert Einstein called his brand of religion the cosmic religion’. “Our yonder thore is this huge world which exists ...(91)... of human beings and which stands . ..(92). .. us like a great eternal riddle at least partially accessible our inspection and thinking. And he went ...(93)... to make the famed statement Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.Interestingly Raja Ramanna. who towered in the field of atomic science was also ...(94)... interested in philosophy and well ...(95)... with the scriptures. In one of his lectures he made this ...(96)... on the convergence of physics and metaphysics “We know that Quantum Entanglement is a physical fact and can also be ...(97)... to larger than microscopic systems It seems that we are all tied up by this ..(98)... connection and it may become another way of communicating with another leading to a collective moksha where both chit and *achit are fully ...(99)... Such a possibility ...(100)... remote exists.

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Question 14

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 are the ancient forebears of the modem day skyscrapers? (A) The Tower of Babel (B) The Great Pyramid of Gizeh (C) The Statue of Liberty Codes

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Question 15

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 Minister will have (1) a tough task on his hands (2) where three different recommendations (3) for this years rate reach his desk. (4) No error (5)

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Question 16

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. 14–15) Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 14. Scorching

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Question 17

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. 16. Statements R # J J $ D D @ K K % T Conclusions I. T # D II. T @ D III. R # K IV. J $ T

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Question 18

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. 14–15) Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 15. Furious

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Question 19

Directions (Q. 66- 75) Which of the phrases (a) (b) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. They had come here to examine the extend of impact of the earthquake.

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Question 20

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 33.

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Question 21

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. 40. Statement It has been reported in a recent study that intake of moderate quantity of milk chocolate reduces the risk of suffering from central nervous system–related illnesses. Which of the following would weaken the findings of the study reported in the above statement ?

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Question 22

Directions (Qs. 1 to 10) 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. >> ..(1)... over the world rights related to information technology that are already legally recognised are daily being violated ...(2)... in the name of economic advancement political stability or for personal greed and interests. Violations of these rights have ...(3)... new problems in human social systems such as the digital divide cybercrime digital security and privacy concerns all of which have ...(4)... peoples lives either directly or indirectly. It is important that countries come up with the guidelines for action to ...(5)... the incidences of malicious attacks on the confidentiality integrity and availability of electronic data and systems computer-related crimes content-related offences and violations of intellectual property rights ...(6)... threats to critical infrastructure and national interests arising from the use of the internet for criminal and terrorist activities are of growing ...(7)... .The harm incurred to businesses governments and individuals in those countries in which the internet is used ..(8)... is gaining in ...(9)... and importance while in other countries; cybercrime threatens the application of information and communication technology for government services health care trade and banking. As users start losing ...(10)... in online transactions and business the opportunity costs may become substantial.

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Question 23

Yves Leterme has taken over as the prime minister of—

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Question 24

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 carefully34. How many students from the class secured First Class ? I The number of students securing First Class was equal to the number of students failed and was one-third of the number of students passed in the class of 120 Students.II 14 th of the girls i.e. 10 and 14 th of the boys secured 1st class in the class of 120 students.

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Question 25

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. 49 & 50) Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. INCONCEIVABLE

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Question 26

In the URL httpwww.prenhall.com the portion lebelled http is the—

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Question 27

A generalization of the Boyce Codd Normal Form to relation schemes which includes the multivated dependencies is called–

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Question 28

In a certain code. ‘TEAMWORK’ is written as ‘NBFUJQNV’ and ‘SOME’ is written as ‘PTDL’. How is ‘PERSON’ written in that code ?

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Question 29

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘APPREHENSION’ each of which has as many letters betw een them in the w ord as there are between them in the English alphabet ?

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Question 30

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. 17. Statements T % R R $ M M @ D D © H Conclusions I. D % R II. H # R III. T © M IV. T % D

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Question 31

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 75

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Question 32

C BASIC COBOL and Java are examples of ……… languages.

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Question 33

Indian Prime Minister during his visit the Arunachal Pradseh a few months back asserted that the State is Indias Land of Rising Sun. Which of the following countries did not like his statement and had raised some objection over his visit to Arunachal Pradseh which is very much a part of India?

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Question 34

Who amongst the following is the new Chief Election Commissioner of India ?

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Question 35

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

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Question 36

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?49. StatementsB#JJ@D F$D ConclusionsI. B# F II. F* B

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Question 37

Directions-(Q. 36-40) Rearrange the following six sentences (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.1. At first he got scared but then he thought “I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land.”2. One day unable to tolerate the summer heat he went to rest under a big banyan tree.3. He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.4. Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.5. The next day when he returned he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.6. Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.39. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement ?

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Question 38

The number of pixels displayed on a screen is known as the screen—

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Question 39

Which of the following cannot be called a major wheat producing state in India ?

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Question 40

As per provision made in Bharat Nirman Programme the pace of creation of irrigation facilities is required to be raised from present level of 1.42 million hectare per year in such a way so that it can achieve the target level fixed for the same?

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Question 41

Directions (Qns. 41-45) Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. The performance of Indian agriculture is largely dependent on amount of rainfall across the country. A substantive part of the cultivable land is dependent on irrigation which is directly relited to monsoon. However agriculture and allied activities account for less than even one-fourth of the total GDP. The component of the manufacturing sector that depends on agriculture for the supply of intermediates is not very high which suggests that the structure of industrialisation has changed over the years. Several components of the tertiary sector that are crucial for the growth of the rest of the economy have grown sizeably thanks to IT and BPO. So it is less likely that aggregate economic growth will be adversely affected if rainfall is scanty. Yet a somewhat different picture emerges if we look deeper into the matter. Still a very significant chunk of the population and work force depends on agriculture for its livelihood. A decline in agriculture reduces per capita food availability which in turn pulls down the standard of living.43. Non-industrial and non-agricultural sector activities have consider ably grown over the past few years.

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Question 42

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 Company aims (1) to nearly double (2) its revenues on the back (3) of a strongest product pipeline. (4) No error (5)

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Question 43

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

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Question 44

The UPA Governments main programme for winning the peoples goodwill has been the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) for a large majority of rural poor. However there are three common fears about the scheme which are required to be addressed to make the scheme foolproof and effective. Which of die following isare NOT amongst these common fears ? (As reported in the media & press) (A)Monoy should not go waste due to widespread corruption in society. (B) The scheme may lead to financial bankruptcy. (C) The Government may not have enough jobs for all the job seekers.

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Question 45

The C declaration in A[3][5] of containing………….elements is itself an array containing………….integers.

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Question 46

Directions (Q. 81 - 85) Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (e) i.e. ‘No Error. (Ignore the error of punctuation if any) Before he becoming (a) Chief pilot in the aviation services (b) he had undergone (c) rigorous training for eight years (d). No error (e)

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Question 47

Direction (Qs. 31 to 35) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below A B C D E F G and H are eight friends travelling in three different cars viz. X Y and Z with at least two in one car to three different places viz. Delhi Chandigarh and Agra. There is at least one female member in each car. D is travelling with G to Delhi but not in car Y. A is travelling with only H in car Z but not be Chandigarh. C is not travelling with either D or E. F and D are studying in the same only girls’ college. H B and G are studying in the same only boys’ college. 33. In which car are four of them travelling ?

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Question 48

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.)21. The principal (A) introducing me (B) to some of her (C) teaching staff. (D) No error (E)

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Question 49

Directions (Qns. 56-60) In a certain instruction system the different computation processes are written as follows(a) x $ y % z means z is multiplied by the sum of x and y.(b) x U y • z means that when y is subtracted from x and the resultant is divided by z.(c) x @ y © z means x is added to the resultant when y is divided by z.(d) x • y λ z means x is subtracted from the product ofY and z.In each of the questions below a set of instruction sequence is given. You arc required to find out the outcome which should come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the given sets of sequence.60. (i) 80 • 15 λ 8 = t (ii) t S 5 % 8 = ?

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Question 50

Directions (Q. 66- 75) Which of the phrases (a) (b) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. Whether your statement is right or not he is going to blame you.

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57401.	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 SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
A.	F
B.	E
C.	D
D.	C
E.	B
Answer» B. E

57402.	As per the recent amendment in the Factories Act, women are now allowed to work
A.	In late night shifts in certain industries
B.	Only in day shifts in all the industries
C.	In night shifts in telecom & communication industry only
D.	Only in those industries where shifts are not permitted
E.	Only in those factories where men are not employed in supervisory cadre
Answer» B. Only in day shifts in all the industries

57403.	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. 46
A.	collapsed
B.	dived
C.	sunk
D.	drowned
E.	slipped
Answer» C. sunk

57404.	Directions (Qs. 21 to 25) : Study the following information carefully and answer these given questions : A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and number rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the number given in the arrangement are two digit numbers.) Input : gone over 35 69 test 72 park 27 Step I : 27 gone over 35 69 test 72 park Step II : 27 test gone over 35 69 72 park Step III : 27 test 35 gone over 69 72 park Step IV : 27 test 35 park gone over 69 72 Step V : 27 test 35 park 69 gone over 72 Step VI : 27 test 35 park 69 over gone 72 Step VII : 27 test 35 park 69 over 72 gone and Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input. : Q 25. Step II of in input : 33 store 81 75 full of goods 52 Which of the following will be step VI ?
A.	33 store 52 of 75 81 full goods
B.	33 store 52 of 75 full 81 goods
C.	33 store 52 of 75 goods 81 full
D.	There will be no such step
E.	None of these
Answer» D. There will be no such step

57405.	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 27. Ashok Prdhan was born on 8th August 1980. He has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past four years after completing his Post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management with 67 percent marks. Out of his entire experience, he has been working for the past two years as Deputy Manager–HR. He has secured 62 percent marks in Graduation and 58 percent marks in the selection process.
A.	if the candidate is not to be selected
B.	if the data provided are not adequate to take a decision
C.	if the case is to be referred to President–HR
D.	if the case is to be referred to President GM–HR
E.	if the candidate is to be selected
Answer» D. if the case is to be referred to President GM–HR

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