1. Franchising is

2. The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is

3. If the President of India wants to resign, he has to address the letter of resignation to the

4. The playing time (in seconds) of the full version of Indian National Anthem is

5. The tomb ofJahangir was built at

6. What was the original name of Nur Jahan ?

7. The study of factor pricing is alternatively called the theory of

8. SEBI was set up in

9. In a free enterprise economy, resource allocation is determined by

10. Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana was introduced In

11. Buyers and Sellers will have perfect knowledge of market conditions under

12. Who acts as the channel of communication between the President and the Council Ministers

13. Largest producer of Bauxite in the world is

14. The two richest Eco-zones of India are

15. At the time of independence, predominantly India practised

16. Species which has restricted distribution is called

17. 2, 4-D is used as

18. Widal test is used for the diagnosis of

19. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade ?

20. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is related with

21. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the

22. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is

23. Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called

24. In a conductor

25. Which one of the following converts assembly language into machine language ?

26. How many bytes are equal to one kilobyte ?

27. Which one of the following elements exhibits the greatest tendency to lose electrons ?

28. Poison used for killing rats is

29. Antacid tablets consist of

30. The element absorbed both in cation and anion form is

31. What accumulates in the muscles after continuous strenuous physical exercise as a result of temporary anaerobic respiration that causes muscular fatigue ?

32. Thalassemia is an example of

33. Eutrophication of a water body enhances

34. The moment of inertia of a body does not depend upon its

35. To open a door easily. the handle should be fixed

36. Nucleons are regarded as composites sub-particles known as

37. The name of the common currency launched by members of the European Union is

38. National Science Day in India is celebrated on

39. Red Data Book contains

40. Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature ?

41. Which scientist discovered the radioactive element Radium ?

42. Golden Globe Awards are associated with

43. The name of the great maestro of Indian Music “Ustad Bismillah Khan” is related to

44. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas ?

45. Interveinal necrotic spots on leaves appear due to

46. Nuclear fallout contains

47. Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource ?

48. Who among the following is the Home-Minister in the Union Cabinet of India ?

49. Who among the following is was the 14th Prime Minister of India ?

50. Which is the world’s cultural capital in India ?

1. In his book (1)/ Churchill describes (2)/ that historical first meeting with Roosevelt. (3)/ No error (4)

2. The ant who was nearby (1)/ walked forward and bit the hunter (2)/ sharply in the ankle. (3)/ No error (4)

3. They can promise you (1)/ an experience (2) / you won’t never forget. (3)/ No error (4)

4. The dress that the (1) / girl wore was (2)/ more attractive than the other girls. (3)/ No error (4)

5. Fifty years has passed (1)/ since man first ventured (2)/ into outer space. (3)/ No error (4)

6. I can…………… him without qualifications

7. She let her horse………….. in the field.

8. It is hoped that a…………….. will be reached in the meeting.

9. We are fortunate to have extremely …………….and visionary leaders,

10. Some people regard the world as an…………..

11. Scintillating

12. Transient

13. Voracious

14. Virtue

15. Flexible

16. Obscure

32. A person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job

33. A word or practice that has gone out of use

34. Favouritism granted in politics or business to relatives

35. A person who collects coins

36. A supplement to a will

37. Estimation of a thing’s worth

38. To free completely from blame

39.

40.

41. The term ‘perennial’ means

42. How has our country suffered since olden times ?

43. Why were the people unable to solve the problem ?

44. ‘Excavated’ means

45. India’s economy is chiefly

46. The information stored in your sensory memory generally

47. To convert a sensory memory into a short-term memory we must

48. Short-term memory allows us to

49. Long-term memory helps us

50. The information that your brain stores within a fleeting moment is called

1. The radius of the base and the height of a right circular cone are doubled. The volume of the cone will be

2. The ratio of weights of two spheres of different materials is 8 : 17 and the ratio of weights per 1 cc of materials of each is 289 : 64. The ratio of radii of the two spheres is

3. A shopkeeper buys an article for 360. He wants to make a gain of 25% on it after a discount of 10%. The marked price is

4. A is to pay B, 600 in 4 years time. A offers to pay up B at present. What discount should B allow A ?

5. A shopkeeper sold an item for r1.510 after giving a discount of 24 1/2% and thereby incurred a loss of 10%. Had he sold the iterm without discount, his net profit would have been

6. 3,000 is divided between A, B and C, so that A receives 1/3 as much as B and C together receive and B receives 2/3 as much as A and C together receive. Then the share of C is

7.\( 4^{61} + 4^{62} + 4^{63} + 4^{64} \) is divisible by

8. The least number which must be added to the greatest number of 4 digits in order that the sum may be exactly divisible by 307 is

9. A cistern is provided with two pipes A and B. A can fill it in 20 minutes and B can empty it in 30 minutes. If A and B be kept open alternately for one minute each, how soon will the cistern be filled ?

10. If 40 men or 60 women or 80 children can do a piece of work in 6 months, then 10 men, 10 women and 10 children together do half of the work in

11. If a machine consumes k/5 kilowatts of power every t hours, how much power in kilowatts, will three such machines consume in 10 hours ?

12. Three cubes of sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 1 cm are melted to form a new cube. The surface area of the new cube is

13. I walk a certain distance and ride back taking a total time of 37 minutes. I could walk both ways in 55 minutes. How long would it take me to ride both ways ?

14. The compound interest on a certain sum of money at a certain rate per annum for two years is 2,050, and the simple interest on the same amount of money at the same rate for 3 years is 3, 000. Then the sum of money is

15. If ab + be + ca = 0, then the value of

16. If the equation 2x – 7x + 12 = 0 has two roots α and β, then the value of

17. Find the value of x for which the expression 2 – 3x- 4x has the greatest value.

18. The expression \( x^{4}- 2×2 + k \) will be a perfect square if the value of k is

19. If (x – 1) and (x + 3) are the factors of \( x^{2} + k x + k \) then

20. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 2 : 3. If 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is

21. The mean of 20 items is 55. If two items 45 and 30 are removed, the new mean of the remaining items is

22. The average age of a cricket team of 11 players is the same as it was 3 years back because 3 of the players whose current average age of 33 years were replaced by 3 youngsters. The average age of the newcomers is

23. If there is a profit of 20% on the cost price, the percentage of profit on the sale price is

24. 25% of 120 + 40% + 380 = ? of 637

25. A thief steals a car at 1.30 p.m. and drives it off at 40 km/hr. The theft is discovered at 2 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 50 km/hr. He will, overtake the thief at

26. In a ΔABC, AB = BC, ∠B = x° and ∠A = (2x- 20)°. Then ∠B is

27.

28. Three circles of radii 3.5 cm, 4.5 cm and 5.5 cm touch each other externally. Then the perimeter of the triangle formed by joining the centres of the circles, in cm, is

29. If secθ + tanθ = 5, then the value of the

30. If \( tan^{2}θ = 1 – e^{2} \) , then the value of secθ + tan θ cosecθ is

31. Which one of the following is true for 0° < θ< 90° ?

32. If \( x sin 60° tan 30° – tan^{2}45° = cosec 60° cot 30° – sec^{2}45°, then x = \)

33.

34.

35. If x= 6 + 1 , then the value of

36. If AD is the median of the triangle ABC and G be the centroid, then the ratio of AG : AD is

37.

38. Two supplementary angles are in the ratio 2 : 3. The angles are

39. In a triangle ABC, median is AD and centroid is 0. AO -= 10 cm. The length of OD (in cm) is

40. ΔBCD is parallelogram. P and Q are the mid-points of sides BC and CD respectively. If the area of .6, ABC is 12 cm , then the area of ΔAPQ is

41. If x = α secα cosβ, y = b secα sinβ, z = c tan α, then the value of

42.

43.

44. The ratio of two-wheelers and cars being used as modes of transport is

45. Write down the difference : (officers availing train – officers availaing car)

46. The number of officers who go to office by Metro Rail is

47. The number of officers who go to office by car is

48. What is the ratio of percentage production of rose perfume during 1995 to that during the year 1997 ?

49. What is the percentage of production of sandal perfume during the year 1995 over that during 1997 ?

50. What is the production of jasmine perfume in the year 1997? Given that during the year 1997 total perfumed production was 5000 units.

1. Amnesia : Memory :: Paralysis : ?

2. AFKP : BGLQ CHMR : ?

3. PREMONITION : MONITIONERP LINSEEDOIL : ?

4. 18 : 162 :: 36 : ?

5. 9536 : 6203 :: 5873: ?

6. Vigilant : Alert :: Viable : ?

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12. Arrange the following words in a meaningful order :
1. Brother
2. Husband
3. Father
4. Son
5. Son-in-law

13. Arrange the following words according to the English dictionary :
1. Fearsome
2. Fealty
3. Feasible
4. Feature
5. Feather

14. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
a_c_baab_cb_

15. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series increases by one. Which of the following series observes this rule ?

16. 5, 11, 21, 43, 85, ?

17. 12, 27, 85, 345, ?

18. ADGJ, YVSP, KNQT, ?

19. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to the man in the photograph ?

20. Madhavi and Shalini are good in Dramatics and Computer Science. Anjana and Madhavi are good in Computer Science and Physics. Anjana, Purnima and Nirmala are good in Physics and History. Nirmala and Anjana are good in Physics and Maths. Purnima and Shalini are good in History and Dramatics. Who is good in Physics, Dramatics and Computer Science?

21. Mrs. Lata was 3 times as old as her son 8 years ago. Their total age is 64 years now. How old (in years) is Mrs. Lata now?

22. From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. INQUISITIVENESS

23. If the letters of the English alphabet are serially numbered, one of the answers given below has a meaningful word hidden in it. Identify the answer.

24. If “SEQUENCE” is coded as “FIVJFVMX’V” then how will “CHILDREN” be coded in the same code ?

25. If “GIVE” is coded as “5137” and “BAT’ is coded as “924”, how will “GATE” be coded in the same code ?

26. Following words are written in a code language. Study them carefully and find out the word in the given code.
CAR- Φαξ
SIT- ñψΚ
WELL – σiyy
MAP – yαμβ
Given code :

27. From the given alternatives, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word. EXAMINATION

28. If ‘+’ means’-”-‘ means ‘×’;’×’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷’ means `+’, then 25 × 5 ÷ 30 + 8 – 2 = ?

29. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis. 5 × 8 = 28, 3 × 7 = 12, 8 × 6 = 35, 13 × 13 = ?

30. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace * signs and to balance the given equation : 13* 12 *5*4

31. A boat can travel with a speed of 30 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 km/hr, fmd the time taken by the boat to go 108 km downstream.

32.
4 7 9
8 6 8
3 7 9
35 49 ?

33.
7 6 8
5 4 9
3 2 1
83 56 ?

34.
15 225 30
7 70 20
3 ? 8

35. Rahul travelled from a point and straightly goes to point ‘Y at a distance of 90 metres. He turned right and walked 40 metres, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally, he turned right and walked 40 metres. HOw far he is from the starting point ?

36. I am facing East. Turning to the right I go 20 metres, then turning to the left I go 20 metres and turning to the right I go 20 metres, then after turning to the right I go 40 metres and then I go 40 metres to the right. In which direction am I from my original position ?

37. Statements : All women are cats. All cats are rats. Conclusions :
I. All women are rats.
II. All rats are women.

38. Statement : The values of an educated person will differ from that of an uneducated person. Assumptions :
I. Education influences an individual’s values.
II. An uneducated person will not have values.

39. Four positions of a dice are given below. Identify the number at the bottom when the number on the top is 2.

40. How many triangles are there in the given figure ?

41. . Among the four answer figures, which one can be formed from the cut out pieces given below in the question figure ?

42. Teacher, Writer, Musician

43. School, Women, Children

44. In the following diagram, Square represents Doctors, Circle represents Players and Rectangle represents Artists. Which number represents those Doctors who are Players as well as Artists ?

45.

46. Questions Figure :

47. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

48. From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.

49. If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the correct image of the question figure ?

50. A word is represented by only one set of number as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., K can be represented by 00, 24, 32 etc. and L can be represented by 57, 68, 89, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the given word : MUTE