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• question_answer1) Select the related word from the given alternatives: PHOTOGRAPHER : CAMERA : : WRITER : ?

A) PEN

B) BALL

C) FRETSAW

D) KNIFE

• question_answer2) Select the related letters from the given alternatives: AB : YX :: LM : ?

A) NM

B) OP

C) U

D) GH

• question_answer3) Select the related letters from the given alternatives: DA : FE :: HI : ?

A) KO

B) JM

C) JK

D) KJ

• question_answer4) Select the related number from the given alternatives: 2 : 16 :: 3 : ?

A) 340

B) 81

C) 243

D) 122

• question_answer5) Find out the odd word from the given alternatives:

A) Aizawl

B) Agartala

C) Shillong

D) Darjeeling

• question_answer6) Find out the odd letters from the given alternatives :

A) VT

B) FD

C) PN

D) JM

• question_answer7) Find out the odd number from the given alternatives :

A) 13981

B) 93172

C) 47542

D) 67325

• question_answer8) Find out the odd number from the given alternatives :

A) 5712

B) 6212

C) 3811

D) 7831

• question_answer9) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Simon Commission, Dandi March, ?

A) Quit-India Movement

D) Champaran Satyagraha

• question_answer10) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. ZA, XC, TG, NM, ?

A) KL

B) FU

C) LM

D) TI

• question_answer11) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. CD, ? , MN, UV, EF

A) EF

B) GH

C) KL

D) ML

• question_answer12) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 72, 56, 42, 30, 20, ?

A) 22

B) 20

C) 12

D) 62

• question_answer13) In the following question, two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 Statements: Some white is black. No black is green. Conclusions: I. Some white is green. II. Some white is not green.

A) Conclusion I follows

B) Conclusion II follows

C) Either I or II follows

D) Both I and II follow

• question_answer14) If 1st January, 2013 was Wednesday, then what day of the week was it on 2nd January 2014?

A) Wednesday

B) Thursday

C) Tuesday

D) Friday

• question_answer15) Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

 I. Victory II. Victorious III. Vaccine IV. Vacancy

A) I, II, IV, III

B) II, I, IV, III

C) II, IV, III, I

D) IV, III, II, I

• question_answer16) In a certain code language, 'TRUMPET' is written as '7591427' and 'SORROW' is written as '385586'. How is 'EMPRESS' written in that code language?

A) 2145237

B) 2145233

C) 2154323

D) 3154233

• question_answer17) In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 7 13 17 5 ? 3 35 104 51

A) 8

B) 12

C) 7

D) 9

• question_answer18) If "P" denotes "multiplied by", "R" denotes "subtracted from", "S" denotes "added to" and "Q" denotes "divided by", then 6 P 7 S 169 Q 13 R 5 = ?

A) 55

B) 50

C) 45

D) 43

• question_answer19) Which set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it? T_ST_S_U_T_S

A) UUSTT

B) TUUTS

C) TTSTU

D) UUTSU

• question_answer20) Vishal travels 8 km towards east, then turns left and travels another 5 km, and then he turns 270 degrees anti- clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

A) West

B) East

C) North

D) South

• question_answer21) A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabet as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-1 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, for example, 'E' can be represented by 11, 00 etc. and 'S' can be represented by 20, 75 etc. Similarly you have to identify the se for the word 'FLOW'.

A) 22, 23, 98, 11

B) 79, 65, 11, 77

C) 40, 87, 99, 97

D) 55, 66, 11, 57

• question_answer22) Ramesh and Suresh are brothers. Dharmendra is the father of Ramesh and Sunita is the wife of Suresh's only brother. Sapna is the daughter of Sunita. How is Sapna related to Dharmendra?

A) Daughter

B) Sister-in-law

C) Niece

D) Grand-daughter

• question_answer23) If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer24) Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

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A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer25) A piece of paper is folded are and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened. Question Figures: Answer Figures:

A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer26) The tag line "Do no Evil" is owned by

A) Yahoo

B) Bing

D) Start page

• question_answer27) Electric chair was invented by

A) Alfred P. Southwick

B) Isaac Singer

C) Murasaki Shikibu

D) Hanaoka Seish

• question_answer28) Brain fever is a disease spread through which of the following?

A) Flies

B) Mosquito

C) Virus

D) Cockroach

• question_answer29) Mangroves are plants that have

A) Modified Roots

B) Modified Stems

C) Respiratory Roots

D) Respiratory Stems

• question_answer30) Rodentia Sciurus is the scientific name of

A) Rat

B) Platypus

C) Squirrel

D) Beaver

• question_answer31) The reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously are called ________.

A) Feral reactions

B) Redox reactions

C) Demug reactions

D) Kerol reactions

B) Heisenberg

C) Hooke

D) Rutherford

• question_answer33) Odisha's World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by

B) Ashoka

C) Chandragupta

• question_answer34) Nepali is primarily spoken in which State?

A) Karnataka

B) Rajasthan

C) Sikkim

• question_answer35) A manufacturer faces price elasticity of demand of a-2 for its product. If it lowers its price by 5%, the increase in quantity sold will be

A) 3%

B) 10%

C) 2.50%

D) 7%

• question_answer36) If cash reserve ratio decreases, credit creation will ________.

A) increase

B) decrease

C) does not change

D) first decreases than increases

• question_answer37) Device used for the detection and measurement of all types of radiation (alpha, beta and gamma)

A) Geiger counter

B) Polarimeter

C) Calorimeter

• question_answer38) Haematite is an ore/mineral of

A) Zinc

B) Iron

D) Manganese

• question_answer39) Name the lead actor in the Hollywood movie "Top Gun"?

A) Harrison Ford

B) Tom Cruise

C) Mel Gibson

D) Nicolas Cage

• question_answer40) The study of universe is known as ________.

A) Cosmology

B) Astrology

C) Seismology

D) Limnology

• question_answer41) Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere is

A) 22nd November

B) 22nd December

C) 22nd March

D) 22nd June

• question_answer42) Adolf Hitler, the ______ Politician was responsible for genocide of millions of Jews.

A) German

B) French

C) Austrian

D) British

• question_answer43) Prithviraj Chauhan married _______. She was the daughter of his enemy Jaichandra Gahadwal.

A) Krishnavati

B) Purvavati

C) Somyukta

D) Saumyavati

• question_answer44) __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

A) Son of Saul

B) Embrace of the Serpent

C) Mustang

D) A War

• question_answer45) If a ball is thrown up, which of the following does not change?

A) Acceleration

B) Speed

C) Potential energy

D) Distance

• question_answer46) If a body is moving on a circular path, what is its average velocity if it completes one cycle in one second?

A) Average velocity depends upon time taken to complete one cycle

B) One

C) Average velocity is same as average speed

D) Zero

• question_answer47) What is the maximum number of Members of the Rajya Sabha?

A) 150

B) 200

C) 250

D) 300

• question_answer48) What does the wheel in the National Flag represent?

A) Speed

B) Truth

C) Growth

D) Future

• question_answer49) K Srikanth has won Arjuna Award for which sport in India?

B) Billiards

C) Boxing

D) Chess

• question_answer50) Who is the author of the book "A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir"?

A) Salman Rushdie

B) Arundhati Roy

C) Baby Halder

D) Rohinton Mistry

• question_answer51) On dividing${{24}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}$by$6{{b}^{2}}$, we will get

A) ${{46}^{2}}$

B) $~4{{a}^{2}}$

C) $4{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}$

D) 4

• question_answer52) To travel 612 km, an Express train takes 9 hours more than Rajdhani. If the speed of the Express train is doubled, it takes 3 hours less than Rajdhani. The speed (in km/hr) of Rajdhani is

A) 40.8

B) 51

C) 30.6

D) 61.2

• question_answer53) If $\frac{1}{\sqrt{(\cos e{{c}^{2}}A-1)}}=x,$ then the value of $x$is

A) cot A

B) tan A

C) sin A

D) cos A

• question_answer54) Pradeep has done $\frac{1}{4}$ th of a job in 14 days. Saquib completes the rest of the job in 56 days. In how many days can they together complete the job?

A) 64 days

B) 32 days

C) 16 days

D) 8 days

• question_answer55) What is the value of$\text{cosec}\frac{3\pi }{4}$?

A) $-\sqrt{2}$

B) $\sqrt{2}$

C) $\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$

D) $\frac{-2}{\sqrt{3}}$

• question_answer56) What is the value of two consecutive natural numbers, sum of whose squares is 145?

A) 8, 9

B) 6, 7

C) 13, 14

D) 9, 10

• question_answer57) $\left[ \frac{\sin A}{(1+cos\,A)} \right]+\left[ \frac{(1+cos\,A)}{\sin A} \right]$is

A) 2 sec A

B) 2 cosec A

C) 2 tan A

D) 2 cot A

• question_answer58) If in a two digit number, the digit at unit place is z and the digit at ten's place is 8, then the number is

A) 80 z + z

B) 80 + z

C) 8 z + 8

D) 80 z +8

• question_answer59) A shopkeeper by selling 17 Omega watches, earns a prof- it equal to the selling price of 7 Omega watches. What is his profit percent?

A) 41.1 percent

B) 82.2 percent

C) 70 percent

D) 12.2 percent

• question_answer60) The mean of marks secured by 30 students in division-A of class X is 67, that of 55 students of division-B is 63 and that of 40 students of division C is 61. What is the mean of marks of the students of three divisions of class X?

A) 63.32

B) 62.62

C) 61.92

D) 64.72

• question_answer61) ABCD is a parallelogram. Co-ordinates of A, B and C are (5, 0), (-2, 3) and (-1, 4) respectively. What will be the equation of line AD?

A) $y=2x-5$

B) $y=x+5$

C) $y=2x+5$

D) $y=x-5$

• question_answer62) At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 50000 become Rs. 73205 in 2 years?

A) 21 percent

B) 19 percent

C) 17 percent

D) 15 percent

• question_answer63) A bag has Rs. 30.8 in the form of 1 rupee, 50 paise and 10 paise coins in the ratio of 6 : 3. What is the number of 50 paise coins?

A) 8

B) 24

C) 12

D) 4

• question_answer64) Reflection of the point (-3, 6) in the $x-$axis is

A) (3, 6)

B) (6,-3)

C) (-3,-6)

D) (-6, 3)

• question_answer65) The Simplified form of$\frac{({{b}^{3}}{{x}^{2}}{{a}^{4}}{{z}^{3}})\times ({{b}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}{{a}^{3}}{{z}^{2}})}{({{a}^{2}}{{b}^{4}}{{z}^{3}})}$is

A) ${{b}^{2}}{{x}^{4}}{{a}^{6}}z$

B) ${{b}^{3}}{{x}^{2}}{{a}^{4}}{{z}^{3}}$

C) ${{b}^{3}}{{x}^{5}}{{a}^{5}}{{z}^{2}}$

D) ${{b}^{3}}{{a}^{5}}{{z}^{2}}$

• question_answer66) Two students appeared for an examination. One of them secured 13 marks more than the other and his marks were 76% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are

A) 19 and 6

B) 34 and 21

C) 102 and 89

D) 92 and 79

• question_answer67) What least number must be added to 1039, so that the sum obtained is completely divisible by 29?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 8

D) 6

• question_answer68) If a merchant offers a discount of 4% on the list price, then she makes a loss of 10%. What % profit of % loss will she make if she sells at a dis- count of 20% of the list price?

A) 25 percent loss

B) 4 percent loss

C) 50 percent profit

D) 26 percent profit

• question_answer69) An angle is smaller than it's supplementary by${{30}^{o}}$. What is the measure of the angle?

A) ${{75}^{o}}$

B) $~105{}^\circ$

C) $~60{}^\circ$

D) $30{}^\circ$

• question_answer70) A square is inscribed in a circle. If the side of the square is 14 cm, what is the area (in sq. cm) of the circle?

A) $49\pi$

B) $77\pi$

C) $121\pi$

D) $98\pi$

• question_answer71) A wooden bowl is in the shape of a hollow if hemisphere of internal radius 7 cm and thickness 1cm. What is the total surface area (in sq. cm.) of the bowl? (Take: $\pi =\frac{22}{7}$)

A) 710.29

B) 757.43

C) 355.14

D) 908.91

 Weight (kg.) Height (metre) Ananya 59 1.63 Anchal 67 1.74 Anchita 66 1.66 Anisha 72 1.68
Who has the least weight to height ratio?

A) Ananya

B) Anchal

C) Anchita

D) Anisha

 Year Company's % Profit 2011 20 2012 10 2013 15 2014 15 2015 20
What was the revenue of the company if its expenditure was Rs. 425 crore in the year when its % profit was the least? (In Rs. crore)

A) 510

B) 467.5

C) 552.5

D) 425

• question_answer74) The following table shows the number of children in each house of a society.

 Number of Children Number of Houses 0 5 1 14 2 10 3 3
What is the average number of children per house?

A) 1.34

B) 1.59

C) 1.84

D) 1.09

 Partners Present% share Anand 15 Basu 15 Chinmay 10 Dhiraj 15 Ejaz 45
If the company has issued six lakh shares among its five partners and if Chinmay offers to sell 15,000 of his shares to Ejaz, then Ejaz will have how many shares?

A) 300000 shares

B) 270000 shares

C) 285000 shares

D) 255000 shares

• question_answer76) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 Make something seem less important, significant, or trifling.

A) superintend

B) optimality

C) trivialize

D) dumb down

• question_answer77) Select the antonym of fidgety.

A) composed

B) restive

C) twitchy

D) antsy

• question_answer78) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.

 Against the clock

A) To do a job fast to finish it before a deadline

B) Time is money

C) Man is a victim of time

D) It is useless to fight destiny

• question_answer79) Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) karnages

B) halogram

C) demagogy

D) commands

• question_answer80) Select the antonym of bland.

A) blah

B) insipid

C) tame

D) lively

• question_answer81) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 The parents gave their children some (advice) before they left for the picnic.

D) No improvement

• question_answer82) Direction: In the question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.

A) She was annoyed

B) when she found that

C) /the chewing gum was stuck to her hair.

D) No error

• question_answer83) Direction: In the question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.

A) It is not easy for an actor

B) to earn respect from both, the fans

C) as well as critic.

D) No error

• question_answer84) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase

 A gesture expressing respect, such as a bow.

A) Consensual

B) Obeisance

C) Perk

D) Germinate

• question_answer85) Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) preecher

B) hygienic

C) paralel

D) blotting

• question_answer86) Select the synonym of bedevilment.

A) delight

B) beset

C) facilitate

D) contentment

• question_answer87) In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best ex- presses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 Someone gave the old man a push.

A) The old man got a push from someone.

B) Somebody had given a push to the old man.

C) The old man was being pushed by someone.

D) A push was given to the old man

• question_answer88) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. The white American underclass is in thrall

 P. and used heroin needles Q. to a vicious, selfish culture R. whose main products are misery

A) PQR

B) QRP

C) RPQ

D) RQP

• question_answer89) In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four. She deserved the accolades as she ______ for it.

A) hardly worked

C) was working hard

• question_answer90) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 But the most important thing is, P. I'll always be Q. even if we're apart R. with you

A) QPR

B) RPQ

C) PQR

D) RQP

• question_answer91) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 The passengers (were waited) for the flight at the emigration lobby, for long.

C) have been waiting

D) No improvement

• question_answer92) In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 Geetal said, "I bought a Honda City yesterday."

A)  Geetal said that I have bought a Honda City yesterday.

B)  Geetal told me that she- had bought a Honda City yesterday.

C)  Geetal said she had bought a Honda City the previous day.

D)  Geetal said that she had bought a Honda City the previous day.

• question_answer93) Select the synonym of deprive.

A) bestow

B) confer

C) dispossess

D) endow

• question_answer94) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. scapegoat

A) Animal sacrifice as an offering to God

B) The most useful animal or person

C) A lucky person who is for- given for his crimes

D) A person who is blamed for the mistakes of others

• question_answer95) In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four. Let the cat out of the ____.

A) house

B) well

C) bag

D) cart

• question_answer96) Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The (96) of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is (97) to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely (98) about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the (99) of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually (100) guide.

A) habit

B) approach

C) perception

D) concept

• question_answer97) Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The (96) of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is (97) to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely (98) about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the (99) of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually (100) guide.

A) unique

B) rare

C) different

D) particular

• question_answer98) Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The (96) of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is (97) to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely (98) about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the (99) of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually (100) guide.

A) unknowing

B) unknowledgeable

C) naive

D) blind to

• question_answer99) Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The (96) of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is (97) to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely (98) about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the (99) of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually (100) guide.

A) connotation

B) implication

C) understanding

D) significance

• question_answer100) Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The (96) of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is (97) to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely (98) about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the (99) of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually (100) guide.

A) enlarged

B) evolved

C) grown

D) enhanced