Model Question

Bank PO
General Awareness
1. Name the massive high-voltage fire power exercise held by the Indian Air Force at Pokhran on Feb 28. 1) Anu Shakti-2010 2) Vayu Shakti 2010 2) Operation Malabar 4) Operation Milan 5) None of these 2. Name the country in which the navy has decided to allow women to serve on submarines, ending one of the last all-male bastions in its military. 1) India 2) Russia 3) China 4) US 5) None of these 3. At which place did Sachin Tendulkar score a double century in One-Day International? 1) Mumbai 2) Kanpur 3) Ahmedabad 4) Jaipur 5) None of these 4. Which of the following commissions has asked the government to ensure that all proceeds generated by selling stakes in state-owned companies should be transferred to the Consolidated Fun,d of India, meaning disinvestment would finance the fiscal deficit? 1) Finance Commission 2) Planning Commission 3) Economic Commission 4) Fiscal Commission 5) None of these 5. Which of the following Finance C o m m i s s i o n s has recommended a string of measures, including a Rs 50,000 cr compensation corpus as a "Grand Bargain" to incentivise states to migrate to a countrywide Goods and Services Tax (GST)? 1) 10th 2) 13th 3) 16th 4) 18th 5) None of these 6. Which state government has lifted its ban on the import of raw sugar? The state government has written to the Railway Board that it could now provide rakes to sugar mills for transportation of raw sugar from Kandla port in Gujarat. 1)UP 2)AP 3)Goa 4) Assam 5) None of these 7. Vijay Hazare trophy is associated with 1) Hockey 2) Football 3) Cricket 4) Badminton 5) None of these 8. A team of Silicon Valley-based technocrats led by an Indian, , launched an energy server Bloom Box which they claimed could convert air and virtually any other fuel sources into clean electricity. The servers cost about Rs 34.8 crore each. 1) K.R Sridhar 2) K Ramakrishnan 3) Syed Hasnain 4) TN lyyer 5) None of these 9. Name the Indian painter who had angered Hindu groups by painting nude images of Goddess Durga and Goddess Saraswati. He has been living in Dubai in self-imposed exile for the last five years, following threats to his life 10. and has recently accepted the citizenship of Qatar. 1) Tyeb Mehta 2) Manjit Bawa 3) Nandlal Bose 4) MF Hussain 5) None of these Which committee has recommended that public sector Bharat SancharNigam Ltd(BSNL) scrap its Rs 30,000-cr tender to procure GSM equipment for 92 million lines and switch instead to a managed services model on the I ines of its private rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar? 1) Rakesh Mohan Committee 2) Usha Thorat Committee 3) Bimal Jalan Committee 4) Sam Pitroda Committee 5) None of these Which country has announced the capture of Abdulmalik Rigi, leader of the Sunni Jundallah insurgents? Rigi was captured on a flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan. 1) Pakistan 2) Iran 3)UAE 4) Afghanistan 5) None of these Iran has threatened to ban airlines from using its airspace if they refer to that waterway between Iran and Arab states as the "Arabian G u l f instead of 1) Iranian Gulf 2) Islamic Gulf 3) Muslim Gulf 4) Persian Gulf 5) None of these Which of the following operations has been launched by the security forces in the Naxal-hit areas? 1) Operation Cobra 2) Operation Black Diamond 3) Operation Green Hunt 4) Operation Snake Hunt 5) None of these Which country is the world's's biggest carbon polluter? 1)US 2) China 3) UK 4) Germany 5) None of these What is India's rank globally in the Gender Development Index? 1)114 2)100 3)85 4)51 5) None of these Name the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of fertilizers in the cooperative sector which announced a strategic alliance with Canadian company Grow Max Agri Corp project in oil and gas exploration. l)IFFCO 2)KRIBHCO 3)NAFED 4)NABHCO 5) None of these Name the country in which a devout Hindu has won a protracted legal battle over the right to be cremated on a traditional funeral pyre consistent with his religious practices, after he agreed that the cremation site could be surrounded by walls and have a roof with an opening. 1) US 2) Germany 3) Norway 4) Britain 5) None of these Name the organisation which is at the centre of a growing row after one of its own senior officials accused it of "collaborating" with suspected pro-jehadi elements in

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the name of supporting human rights. l)WHO 2) UNESCO 3) Amnesty International 4) Human Rights Watch 5) None of these Asserting that India and the countries of the Arab region enjoyed a special relationship, Union commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said that India intended to double its bilateral trade with the Arab world from the present $114 billion by 1)2012 2)2014 3)2016 4)2018 5) None of these Commercial banks will be made to extend loans at from next fiscal year, which is expected to benefit consumers and borrowers. 1) Prime Lending Rate 2) Benchmark PLR 3) Base rate 4)Sub-PLR 5) None of these Name the country whose president has again targeted its firms having their operations in India to save taxes and called such businesses tax evaders. 1)US 2) UK 3) Russia 4) France 5) None of these Dick Francis, who died recently, was a(n) 1) Author 2) Painter 3) Filmmaker 4) Politician 5) None of these At least 12 villagers, including three women and one child, were killed in a brutal Maoist attack by nearly 150 heavily-armed rebels who stormed Phulwariya village in the Jamui district of 1)UP 2)Bihar * 3) West Bengal 4) Jharkhand 5) None of these Indira Gandhi International Airport has been ranked the best airport in the world at the Airport Council International's Annual Airport Service Quality Awards. It received the ranking among airports in the 15-25 million passenger traffic per year category. l)4th 2) 10th 3) 15th 4)20th 5) None of these Name the actor who will be best remembered for his work in films like Bandit Queen and God Mother and who died recently. I) Mike Pandey 2)Nirmal Pandey 3)SujitKumar 4) AK Hangal 5) None of these Name the golf icon who has apologised for having affairs and said he was unsure when he would return to competitive golf. 1) Tiger Woods 2) Willie Anderson 3)Tommy Armour 4)AmyAlcott 5) None of these Name the actor who has withdrawn his resignation from the Copyright Committee, set up by minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal to bridge differences between film producers and creative personnel over the proposed amendments to the copyright law. 1) Salman Khan 2) Saif Ali Khan 3) Shahrukh Khan 4) Javed Akhtar 5) None of these How many tiger reserves are there in the country? 1)18 2)28 3)38 4)48 5) None of thee India and have decided to set up a joint

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venture 1,320-megawatt power plant as a mark of cooperation. The two neighbours have also agreed to a cross-border power grid. 1) Nepal 2) Sri Lanka 3) Pakistan 4) Bangladesh 5) None of these Name the former US Secretary of State and a four-star General who served as a top adviser to three Presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, and who died recently. 1) Alexander Haig2) Chris Nelson 3) Tre Hargett 4) John Gale 5) None of these The Union government has announced that it would give per cent of its tax revenue to the States,. besides Rs 3.19 lakh crore in grant, in the next five years, as recommended by the 13th Finance Commission. 1)12 2)22 3)32 4)44 5) None of these Montblanc International GmbH gave an undertaking before a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court that its "Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition 2 4 1 " and "Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition 3000" luxury pens would not be sold in the country until further orders from the court. Montblanc belongs to 1)UK 2)US 3)Germany 4) France 5) None of these KN Raj, who died recently, was a(n) 1) Economist 2) Politician 3) Sportsman 4) Painter 5) None of these Name the country's first district-level paperless e-courts that started functioning recently. 1) Karkardooma (Delhi) 2) Ponnani (Kerala) 3) Maulaali (Hyderabad) 4) Park street (Kolkata) 5) None of these Who won the Zagreb indoor title in tennis? 1) Marin Cilic 2) Michael Berrer 3) Juan Monaco 4) Marat Safin 5) None of these Who has been elected as the President of Ukraine? 1) Yulia Tymoshenko 2) Viktor Yanukovych 3) Boris Zhronovsky 4) Viktor Yushchenko 5) None of these Who has been elected as the first woman President of Costa Rica? 1) Laura Chinchilla 2) Mary Robinson 3) Ruth Perry 4)JanetJagan 5) None of these Mike Pandey in a(n) 1) Former President of Surinam 2) Author 3) Film maker and conservationist 4) Human rights activist 5) None of these Which becomes the eighth country with which India has signed a civilian nuclear pact? 1)USA 2) France 3) Russia 4) Britain 5) None of these Name the President of Palestine who visited India recently. 1) Hosni Mubarak 2) Sheikh Mabarak 3) Mahmoud Abbas 4) Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz 5) None of these

41. Steel maker Posco belongs to which of the following countries? 1) China 2) Japan 3) South Korea 4) Russia 5) None of these 42. National League for Democracy (NLD) is the main opposition party in 1) Taiwan 2) Bangladesh 3) Sri Lanka 4) Myanmar 5) None of these 43. Ram Baran Yadav, who visited India recently, is the 1) President of Nepal 2) King of Nepal 3) Prime Minister of Nepal 4) Foreign minister of Nepal 5) None of these 44. Who has been named as the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2009? l)NVaghul 2)CMariwala 3) Shashi Kiran Shetty 4) Anand G Mahindra 5) None of these 45. Who has won the men's title at the 71 st Senior National tennis tournament held in Guwahati? 1) A. Sharath Kamal 2) Sourav Chakraborty 3) Chetan Anand 4) Mantu Ghosh 5) None of these 46. Silda, where the Maoists have killed 24 security personnel, is situated in which state? 1) Bihar 2) West Bengal 3) Jharkhand 4) Chhattisgarh 5) None of these 47. Mossad is in the news for the alleged killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. It is associated with 1) US A 2) Germany 3) Palestine 4) Israel 5) None of these 48. Shyam Saran, resigned recently as the 1) PM's special envoy to West Asia 2) Permanent representative at the UN 3) PM's special envoy to climate change 4) National Security Advisor 5) None of these 49. Name the country in which the Cabinet resigned on the issue of maintaining troops in Afghanistan. 1) Germany 2) The Netherland 3) Australia 4) Britain 5) None of these 50. What is the current Repo rate? 1)5% 2)5.5% 3)5.75% 4)6% 5) None of these

English
Directions (Q. 51-60): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Certain words/ expressions are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. We have seen some pretty gruesome violence in our war with terrorism which may have desensitised us or taught us the merit of stoic acceptance of mindless violence. Such violence has shown steady escalation with terrorists now prepared to even die in their mission. While what happened

on 11/9 was epochal, the subcontinent too has seen suicide missions in action Sriperumbudur onwards. But the attack on our Parliament was unprecedented and the violence was certainly not mindless, which is why it raised a couple of questions. One is why it could not be prevented was there no prior intelligence about it or was it sheer failure of security arrangements in parliament? The other is about its investigation by the police. A dispassionate assessment of both, after more than a fortnight past the incident, shows that intelligence did exist but even if parliament remained secure due to the sacrifice of valiant security personnel, its security arrangements, which are in the form of concentric circles radiating inwards, were breached at the outermost cordon. The principle underlying these arrangements is that even if the outermost cordon is breached, the inner cordons shall stand firm. The first cordon itself, however, is expected to turn back any attempt to breach it. The personnel on duty in this cordon regulate access into Parliament and must satisfy themselves of the bona fides of all visitors by scrutinising passes or identity cards. It is the scrutiny that failed on 13/12the duty personnel either did not conduct it with the required diligence or were fooled by fake documents. This scrutiny is not easy, as most people object to it, either because of the time taken or because they see it as an affront. Ideally, the checking time should be reduced without minimising its effectiveness. What real ly hap-, pened on December 13 is notclear except that the culprit car was allowed entry as it had a flashing red light on top, as VIP cars do, and a Home Ministry (MH A) label which had been duplicated by downloading the MH A logo from the website. Whether it could have been detected then or not, such a serious security breach must be prevented in future. The website can be made secure but how did the rather ample quantum of explosives in the car go undetected, especially since the duty personnel did have an explosive detector? Or was its use deemed unnecessary because the vehicle appeared to be a government car? Measures to prevent a recurrence of such incidents can be devised only if the correct position is known. Checking at the Parliament gates was tightened some years ago, but the gates are kept open, though with barricades to slow down. A neater arrangement would be mechanically operated gates that open after electronically checking entry cards. The gates could also be monitored by a CCTV system from a central control room. Since the terrorists involved in this case were all dead even before investigation could begin, they could hardly be questioned about things like planning details, their associates, etc. Searching the bodies of the dead terrorists could have led to some helpful information, but as this was a suicide mission, such a search was not possible until the bodies were sanitised and that takes time. However, the police were still able to unravel the mystery, and identify and arrest four of the conspirators and even organise a live telecast of one of them confessing. It is assumed that Pakistan has been forced by the US to

proceed against militant outfits on the basis of the evidence collected by the Indian police so far. They deserve appreciation. Hopefully, once the investigation is over, the trial in the special court shall not be prolonged. 51. According to the passage, Sriperumbudur is in 1) India 2) A neighbouring country 3) Either 1 or 2 4) Cannot say 5) None of these 52. Which of the following worry the author of the passage? A. Lack of prior irttelligence in 11/9 incident B. Failure of security arrangements in 11/9 incident C. Lack of prior intelligence in 13/12 incident D. Failure of security arrangements in 13/12 incident l)OnlyAandB 2) Only C and D 3) Only A, B and C 4) Only B, C and D 5) All the four 53. Which of the following was responsible for the security of the Parliament in the attack on it? 1) Our being desensitised by the frequent terrorist attacks 2) The security personnel were on a suicide mission. 3) The preparedness of our intelligence agencies 4) The bravery of the security personnel 5) None of these 54. Which of the following mechanisms does the author suggest for the entry of vehicles inter the parliament premises? A. The provision of barricades to slow down the vehicles. B. Mechanically operated gates that open after electronically checking entry cards. C. Monitoring by a CCTV system from a central control room. O O n l y A a n d C 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) Only B and C 5) Only A and C 55. Why is a thorough investigation not possible in the parliament attack case? 1) There was no prior intelligence about it. 2) The investigators are not capable of dispassionate assessment. 3) The terrorists involved in this case are all dead. 4) Website and Internet have complicated the issue. 5) The parliamentarians feel insulted on being checked thoroughly. 56. Which of the following is NOT true on the basis of the passage? 1) Suicide mission is a recent tactic employed by the terrorists. 2) The passage has been written before Dec 25. 3) Security check of the parliamentarians, if done properly, is a time-taking process. 4) The duty personnel had an explosive detector. 5) All the above are true 57. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning of the word gruesome as used in the passage?

1) beautiful 2) ghastly 3) attractive 4) frightened 5) intrepid 58. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning of the word dispassionate as used in the passage? 1) passionate 2) compassionate 3) judicious 3) unbalanced 5) biased 59. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word scrutiny as used in the passage? 1) survey 2) scan 3) inspection 4) probe 5) dissection 60. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word stoic as used in the passage 1) unemotional 2) philosophical 3) passionate 4) patient 5) substantial Directions (Q. 61 -70): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sen tence meaningfully complete. 61. Though biotechnology is about 25 years old, the country's sector came into its own internation ally for the first time as recently as four months ago. 1) embryonic 2) acquisitive 3) extensive 4) fledgling 5) established 62. Despite all the talk of real estate prices falling, the fact is that housing in the country is expensive. 1) frightfully 2) legally 3) marginally 4) pathetically 5) certainly 63. The rules of the game that the jury followed are above and I am prepared to believe them. 1) reproach 2) suspicion 3) ground 4) peak 5) board 64. Anti-globalisation protesters may take at this, but the Indian markets' links with the global bourses are stronger than ever. 1) cudgels 2) umbrage 3) touchy 4) nexus 5) languishing 65. The live pictures of airplanes into the World Trade Center just may change our world. 1) targeting 2) thrusting 3) slamming 4) smashed 5) collided 66. On Jan 1, 2002, euro notes and coins became legal in the 12 countries of the European Monetary Union. 1) tender 2) fiscal 3) instrument 4) contract 5) bill 67. The village panchayat, district administration, states and Centre are all tied up in a complex ' of budgets, grants and allocations. l)knot 2) labyrinth 3) web 4) number 5) network 68. The woes of the Indian economy and the ongoing re cession in industry segments are too well to bear repetition. 1) rehearsed 2) written 3) aware 4) informed 5) documented 69. The same kinds of individuals who in India, flour ish in the US and elsewhere.

1) suffer 2) decline 3) flounder 4) withstand 5) stutter 70. Theyear2001 will be remembered as bycorporates a c r o s s the w o r l d : their t o p l i n e s and b o t t o m l i n e s nosedived. 1) annus mirabilis 2)horsd'ouevre 3)chef-d'ouevre 4)dejavu 5) annus horribilis Directions ( Q . 71-80): I n the f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e t h e r e are blanks, each of which has been n u m b e r e d . T h e s e n u m bers are printed below the p a s s a g e a n d a g a i n s t e a c h , five words are suggested, one of which fits the b l a n k a p p r o p r i ately. Find out the a p p r o p r i a t e word in each ease. I will remember my visit to London over a wintry, rainy fortnight in December. The city still 71 a Dickensian feel, a sense of urban g l o o m and despair which winter 72. M o r n ings start in a 73 of fog and icy 74 and evenings descend by four. The traffic j a m s in central London put the ones in Delhi or Mumbai to 75. The tube. London's 76 underground train network, is overcrowded; the homeless 77 to share a collective 78. But if you look beyond the 79 Dickensian imagery, you find a 80 which only the greatest cities in the world possess. 2)exudes 71. 1) retains 3) experiences 4) asserts 5) assuages 72. 1) moderates 2) imbues 3) hardens 4) exacerbates 5) imparts 73. 1) blend 2) contrast 3) miasma 4) solution 5) suspension 74. 1) skating 2) drizzle 3) skiing 4) frost 5) sheet 75. 1) standstill 2) humiliation 3) jeopardy 4) place 5) shame 76. 1) omnipresent 2) ubiquitous 3) cable 4) commuting 5) categorical 77. 1) huddle 2) shelter 3)race 4)squeeze 5) congregate 78. 1) apathy 2) euphoria 3)joy 4) angst 5) role 79. 1) overbearing 2) overweening 3) overarching 4) subtle 5) esoteric 80 1) lassitude 2) sentimentality 3) piety 4)candour 5) vitality Directions ( Q . 8 1 - 8 5 ) : R e a r r a n g e the following seven sentences A, B, C, D, E, F a n d G in t h e p r o p e r seq uence to form a m e a n i n g f u l p a r a g r a p h ; then a n s w e r the questions given below them. A. Few could have anticipated that nine months later, the same methods secret video-taping of individualswould be deployed to expose corruption in the defence services, and that too with such devastating impact on the polity. B. Even the hiring of whores was not meant to divert attention from the exalted goal of the sting operation an exercise meant not only to unearth corruption in high places but also to bring to book those c o m -

promising the security of the nation. C. M e d i a professionals often think they are paid to be cynical. D. When Tehelka exhibited its documentary film on cricket match-fixing in M a y 2000, its impact was a trifle muted as it had acted in concert with M a n o j Prabhakar, also accused of financial irregularities. E. It signified a watershed of sorts, the coming of age of the end-always-justifies-the-means school of journalism. F. The episode not only influenced the course of Indian politics but also left an indelible mark on the country's media. G The Tehelka episode was the ultimate in cynical journalism. 81. Which of the following will be the T H I R D sentence? 1)B 2)C 3)D 4)E 5)F 82. Which of the following will be the F I F T H sentence? 1)C 2)D 3)E 4)F 5)G 83. Which of the following will be the S I X T H sentence? 1)D 2)E 3)F 4)G 5)A 84. Which of the following will be the S E C O N D sentence? 1)D 2)E 3)F 4)G 5)A 85. Which of the following will be the L A S T sentence? 1)F 2)G 3)A 4)B 5)C D i r e c t i o n s ( Q . 8 6 - 9 0 ) : I n e a c h o f the following q u e s tions an idiomatic e x p r e s s i o n a n d its f o u r possible m e a n ings a r e g i v e n . F i n d out t h e c o r r e c t m e a n i n g o f the i d i o m atic expression. If y o u do not find any correct answer, m a r k ' 5 ' , i e " N o n e o f t h e s e " , a s y o u r answer. 86. To talk shop 1) To talk about work 2) To idle away one's time 3) To talk rudely 4) To gossip 5) N o n e of these 87. To grease the palms 1) To make comfortable 2) To bribe 3) To become active 4) To break the rules 5) N o n e of these 88. To chomp at the bit I) To do one's mite 2) To become very enthusiastic 3) To complain 4) To be ungrateful 5) N o n e of these 89. At the double 1) Very widely 2) Very quickly 3) Very briefly 4) Very nice 5) N o n e of these 90. To let down 1) To pass a secret 2) To g i v e a lighter punishment 3) To disappoint 4) To decrease in intensity 5) N o n e of these Directions ( Q . 91-100): R e a d each sentence to find out whether there is any e r r o r in it. T h e error, if any, will be in one part o f t h e s e n t e n c e . T h e n u m b e r o f that part i s the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 91. 1) Trade cycles and international political developments/ 2) must have had/ 3) an obvious affect on/ 4) the recruitment practices of the corporates./ 5) No error

92. 1)1 find myself increasingly shocked/ 2) at the unthinking and automatic rubbish/ 3) of men which is now so part of our culture/ 4) that it is hardly even noticed./ 5) No error 93. 1 ) This is the long-sought/ 2) cure is debatable, / 3) since it does not make the sniffles/ 4) disappear immediately./ 5) No error 94. 1 ) Obtaining malaria vaccine from milk/ 2) could be a key step in controlling malaria/ 3) in the poorer countries where the mosquito-borne/ 4) infection hits hardest./ 5)"No error 95. 1) Not only caffeine drinkers had higher scores/ 2) on the test, which was given in the morning and afternoon,/ 3) but did not show any decline/ 4) in memory throughout the day./ 5) No error 96. 1 ) Test scores declined significantly/ 2) between morning and afternoon/ 3) in people who were regular coffee-drinkers but /4) consumed decaffeinated coffee for a day./ 5) No error 97. 1 ) The wearable defibrillator offered an option/ 2) to those patients who either were / 3) unsuitable candidates for an implanted device/ 4) or did not want it./ 5) No error 98. 1 ) Had he not preened/ 2) for the media in front of/ 3) his gleaming new dream machine,/ 4) no one would have noticed him./ 5) No error 99. 1 ) They took another two hours/ 2) for the jail authorities/ 3) to actually make him to the hospital/ 4) which is near the j a i l . / 5 ) No error 100. 1) In an environment of dwindling consuming centres,/ 2) Indian makers of steel are planning/ 3) to tie up with their consumers/ 4) to maintain their offtake./ 5) No error

Quantitative Aptitude
Directions (Q. 101-110): What value should come in place of the question mark (?).
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Directions (121-125): Following line graph shows the number of students admitted and the n u m b e r of students passed in the duration 1991-1995.

121. What is the difference between the percentage of passed students with respect to total admitted students in 1995 and that in 1993?

126. What is the average production from 1990-1995? 1)355 2)365 3)375 4)385 5)395 127. By what percentage does the production rise from 1990 to. 1991? 1)20% 2) 18.75% 3) 17.5% 4 ) 1 5 % 5)12.5% 128. What is the percentage fal 1 in production from 1993 to 1994? 1)6% 2)8% 3)10% 4)12% 5)14% 129. What is the ratio of production in 1994 to that in 1995? 1)2:3 2)3:2 3)22:21 4)21:22 5) None of these 130. The maximum percentage change in the production took place during the year 1)1990-1991 2)1991-1992 3)1992-1993 4)1993-1994 5)1994-1995 Directions (Q. 131-135): Following two graphs show the population of five different cities in percentage. Answer the following questions based on these g r a p h s . Total population of all five cities is 10000000.

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B 32% 40% 28% C 55% 20% 25% D 20% 45% 35% E 60% 22% 18% 131. What is the population of city ' E ' ? 1)2500000 2)1200000 3)1500000 4)1800000 5) None of these 132. What is the population of c i t y ' B ' whose age is below 18 years? 1)675000 2)264000 3)216000 4)640000 5) None of these 133. What is the average population of all the five cities whose age is 19 to 60 years? 1)797000 2)830000 3)997000 4) 102000 5) None of these 134. In which two cities is the population the same for the 6 1 ages group? 1)A&E 2 ) C & A 3 ) D & E 4 ) B & C 5)A&C

the first half of the distance he drives at the speed of 5 kmh" and for the second half he drives at speed of .15 kmh" . What is the total distance? l)50km 2)60km 3)75km 4)80km 5)90km 146. If a 100-m-long train crosses a platform of 50 m in 15 seconds, how much time will the train take to cross a pole? 1)5 sec 2) 10 sec 3) 15 sec 4) 12 sec 5) None of these 147. A man swims a certain distance downstream in 5 hours and returns the same distance in 10 hours. The rate of stream flow is 2 k m h ' . Then what is the speed of the man in still water? 1)3 kmh" 2) 4 k m h 3) 5 kmh" 4) 6 kmh" 5) None of these 148. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 10 years. Had it been put at 5% higher rate it would have, fetched Rs 600 more. What was the sum? l)Rs2400 ; 2)Rs2000 3)Rsl800 4)Rsl200 5) None of these 149. 'A' and ' B ' can do a work in 20 and 30 days respectively. They began the work together, but 'A left after some time and ' B ' finished the remaining work in 5 days. Then what is the number of days after which 'A' left? 1)5 days 2) 10 days 3) 12 days 4 ) 1 5 days 5) None of these 150. The wages for 27 women amount to Rs 12000 in 8 days. How many men must work for 6 days to receive Rs 8000? The daily wages of a man is double that of a woman. 1)24 2)21 3)18 4)16 5)12
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Test of Reasoning

second and twentieth elements and so on, up to the eighteenth and the last elements are interchanged, which letter/number/symbol will be seventeenth to the left of twenty-fifth element from the left? 152. How many letters are there which are immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a symbol? 1) 1 2 ) 2 3 ) 3 4 ) 4 5) None of these 153. If all the symbols are dropped from the series, which letter/number will be midway between seventh element from the left and eighth element from the right? 1)H 2)E 3)0 4)R 5) None of these Directions (Q. 154-158): Study the following information carefully to answer the questions given below. An exhibition of world's famous painter Picasso is open for public from 9 am to 3 pm and again from 4 pm to 10 pm. In a day there are 12 batches of one hour each. The entry ticket bears a passcode made up of eight words which changes every hour following a particular rule. The passcodes for 4 pm to 10 pm are the same as those for the respective hours for 9 am to 3 pm, ie the passcode for 4 pm to 5 pm is the same as that of 9 am to 10 am and so on. Following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours: Day's passcode 1st batch (9 am to 10 am) zero in on full length practice sets daily and 7th batch (4 pm to 5 pm) 2nd batch (10 am tO 1 1 am) and 8th batch (5 pm to 6 pm)
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3rd batch (1 1 am tO 12 nOOn) practice in on daily length zero sets full and 9th batch (6 pm to 7 pm) and so on. 154. If the passcode for 2 pm to 3 pm batch is 'all you are in an international trade fair', what will be the passcode for 5 pm to 6 pm? 1) in an trade international you fair are all 2) fair an trade all you in are international 3) all you are in an international trade fair 4) all you are an in international trade fair 5) None of these 155. If the passcode for 5 pm to 6 pm is 'use a laptop computer best suitable for you', what will be the code for 1 pm to 2 pm? 1) computer best for suitable a you laptop use 2) suitable a laptop you best use for computer 3) you best for use a computer laptop suitable 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these 156. If the passcode for the third batch is 'start scheme of retirement voluntarily in bank abroad', what would be the passcode for 8 pm to 9 pm? 1) in scheme of abroad voluntarily bank start retirement 2) abroad voluntarily bank start scheme retirement of in 3) retirement voluntarily bank in scheme abroad of start

4) in scheme of voluntarily abroad start bank retirement 5) None of these 157. The passcode for the first batch is 'do the object our not stray in compound'. When I went to visit the exhibition I got the passcode 'compound not in do the our object stray' but when my wife went to visit the exhibition she got the passcode 'stray the object compound not do in our'. Then which of the following statements is correct? 1) My wife visited the exhibition before me. 2) I visited the exhibition before my wife. 3) My wife visited the exhibition immediately after my visit. 4) I visited the exhibition immediately after the visit of my wife. 5) Cannot say 158. Deepak had to attend his class of journalism from 2 pm to 10 pm. So he visited the exhibition without upsetting his journalism schedule. While he was in his class, one of his classfriends, who eturned after visiting the exhibition, showed him the ticket on which the passcode was the same as that on his ticket. If his friend visited the exhibition during the first hour of the class, then Deepak visited the exhibition during which of the following periods? (Assume the exhibition was for a single day only.) I)9amtol0am 2)10amtollam 3) 5 pm to 6 pm 4) 11 am to 12 noon 5) None of these 159. In a certain code 'roof off j a i ' means 'I am doctor', 'kroll krel kel' means 'she was ill', 'oof kel j a i ' means 'I was doctor', and 'breg kroll preg' means 'who is ill'. Then how can we write 'she is doctor' in that code? 1) preg krel of 2) breg krel jai 3) kroll preg oof 4) Can't say 5) None of these 160. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series? A7H, C14H, F5K, J25Q, O50T, ?, B25I 1)V25Z2)V5Z 3 ) U 2 5 Z 4 ) U 5 Z 5)Noneofthese Directions (Q. 161-165): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II 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 give answer 1) if the data in statement 1 alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. 2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question. 3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. 4) if the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. 5) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. 161. How is Punam related to Sadanand? I. Punam's mother-in-law is the mother-in-law of Uday,

who is the husband of the only granddaughter of Sadanand's father. 1L Punam's father-in-law is the only son of the father of Sadanand. 162. What number is opposite the face bearing number 5 of the same dice when it is thrown by different persons? Note that the dice bears the numbers 1 to 6 on different faces of the dice. L When Renu throws the dice on a table, she observes that the visible surfaces bear the numbers 3, 6 and 5, while when her sister throws the dice, she observes that the visible surfaces are 1,4 and 5. II. When Tulika throws the same dice, she finds herself unable to see the three faces bearing the numbers 1. 3 and 5. While, when her brother Shivendra throws the dice he finds himself able to see the three faces bearing the numbers 6 , 4 and 5. 163. How many girls are there in the class of Suman? L Last week when the final result of Suman's class was declared all the students were declared passed. Suman had 5th position from the top but 25th position from the bottom. Two girls occupied their places before Suman while 18 occupied their places after Suman. IL S u m a n ' s grandfather, who does not have any g r a n d d a u g h t e r , was satisfied with S u m a n ' s performance as well as that of other students because no student got the same position. 164. What is the price of a cake if a man's family consumes 14 cakes in a week? L If the wages of the man were raised by 12% and the price of cake was raised by 15%, he would gain 60 paise a week, but if his wages were increased by 12% and the price of cake was raised by 16%, he would neither gain nor lose. IL If the wages of the man were raised by 4% and the price of cake was also raised by 4%, he would save 80 paise more a week, but if his wages were increased by 8% and the price of cake was also raised by 8%, he would save 160 paise more a week. 165. Which village is to the South-West of Village A? L Villages A and D are North of the villages B and C respectively, village E is North of D. IL Villages B and D are to the West and East respectively and the village C is to the South of A. Directions (Q. 166-170): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it: Amit, Avinash, Gobind, Pramod and Ashok are five students of Delhi University. They belong to five different states, ie UP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Haryana and Gujarat, but not necessarily in the same order. Fortunately, they get appointment letters and are posted in these five states. But none of them is posted in his home state. Every two person is associated with at least three states. Each person likes a different folk dance, ie Tippani, Gagor, Kavadi, Dahikala and Jhora.

L One who lives in Maharashtra does not like Gagor and one who is posted in UP likes neither Gagor nor Dahikala. IL One who is posted in Tamil Nadu likes Jhora while Gobind likes Kavadi. IILAmit's home state is Haryana while he is posted in Gujarat. IV. Avinash and Gobind are not associated with UP. V Ashok, Gobind and Pramod are posted in the home states of Pramod, Avinash and Gobind respectively. 166. One who likes Kavadi is posted in 1) Haryana 2) Maharashtra 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Gujarat 5) None of these 167. One who is posted in UP likes 1) Gagor 2) Dahikala 3) Tippani 4) Kavadi 5) Jhora 168. Avinash is posted in the home state of l)Amit 2) Gobind 3) Pramod 4) Can't say 5) None of these 169. Which of the following pairs is not associated with four states? 1) Ashok - Avinash 2) Pramod - Avinash 3) Gobind-Amit 4) Ashok - Gobind 5) Pramod - Gobind 170. Which of the following statements is correct? 1) Amit's home state is Haryana and he is posted in Tamil Nadu. 2) Gobind likes Dahikala, a folk dance of Maharashtra. 3) Pramod's home state is UP; he likes either Jhoraor Tippani; and he is posted in Gujarat 4) Ashok's home state is UP and he is posted in Gujarat. 5) None of these Directions (Q. 171-175): 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. Mark answer 1) if the inference is 'definitely true', ie it properly follows from the statement of facts given. 2) if the inference is ' p r o b a b l y t r u e ' though not 'definitely true' in the light of the facts given. 3) if the data are inadequate, ie from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false. 4) if the inference is 'probably false' though not 'definitely false' in the light of the facts given. 5) if the inference is 'definitely false', ie it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given for it contradicts the given facts. An estimated 3.86 million people in India are infected with HI V. In the six states - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, M a n i p u r and Nagaland HIV prevalence in the population is more than 1 %. Of the reported AIDS cases, an estimated 7 5 % of the infections are in the male population, 8 3 % of which are through the sexual route. T h e s e e s t i m a t i o n s are b a s e d on the annual sentinel

surveillance data collected from the surveys conducted in 320 sites nationwide. Some of the factors influencing the spread of HI V in the country are the high prevalence of STDs, commercial sex work and large-scale migration from rural to urban areas. Stigma and discrimination continue to be the greatest challenges for the prevention and control efforts in the country. 171. Prevalence of HIV-infected persons in India is generally in the border area. 172. Approximately 2.89 million males are infected with HIV in India. 173. The percentage of HIV-infected persons is the highest in Maharashtra. 174. High prevalence of STDs, commercial sex work and largescale migration from rural to urban areas are the only three factors which are influencing the spread of HIV in the country. 175. Prevention and control of spreading of HIV is a Herculean task. Directions (Q. 176-180): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer 1) if only assumption I is implicit. 2) if only assumption II is implicit. 3) ifeither 1 or II is implicit. 4) if neither I nor II is implicit. 5) if both I and II are implicit. 176. Statement: "The fundamental requirement is a government that seeks a consensus and cooperation. It is when governments behave arbitrarily and try to impose their will without discussion and when they consider dissent as anti-national and approach the house with closed mind that disruption arises." Leader of the Opposition Assumptions: I. If the Government takes a decision keeping the view of opposition in mind, there might not be any act of disruption. II. Views of opposition is a matter of great concern. 177. Statement: "It has never happened in Parliamentary history that a member has been selected by the Prime Minister, given oath by the President, and another member does not want to ask him a question." PM of country X when some members of Lok Sabha refuse to ask any question from the defence minister Assumptions: I. If a person does not give due respect to a person who has been appointed constitutionally, it is a matter of concern. II. Happening of new things in parliament are incorrect and illegal. 178. Statement: "The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has indicated that it would soon be

commissioning 15 more transmitters for 'Gyan Vani\ a radio channel on education, to include Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Lucknow, Bhopal. Mysore. Raipur, Ahemadabad, Rajkot, Guwahati and Varanasi." Director of IGNOU Assumptions: I. People of these areas need educational information. II. IGNOU's existing infrastructure is incapable of making these facilities available. 179. Statement: The PM of country X warned country Y not to interfere with the island's legislative election because the vote represents the people's will. Assumptions: I. Leaders of country Y have tried to influence the polls during the past elections. II. The election in country X is its internal affair. 180. Statement: "To defuse the hotbed of instability in country X, it is necessary to use a flexible combination of forcespolitical, legal and economic measures to target the sources of terrorist, extremist and narcotic threats." A member of Commonwealth of Independent states (CIS) Assumptions: I. The hotbed of instability is vulnerable and needs some special measures. II.Aflexible combination of political, legal and economic measures to target the sources of terrorist, extremist and narcotic threats are possible. Directions (Q. 181-185): In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between " S t r o n g " a r g u m e n t s and " W e a k " arguments insofar as they relate to the question. " S t r o n g " arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. " W e a k " a r g u m e n t s are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. Instructions: Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument. Give answer (1) if only argument I is strong. Give answer (2) if only argument II is strong. Give answer (3) if either 1 or II is strong. Give answer (4) if neither I nor II is strong. Give answer (5) if both I and 11 are strong. 181. Statements: Should the NCERTwithraw its directive for deletion of passages from History books in the CBSE curriculum? Arguments: I. Yes, it will adversely affect school children. II. No, History should not be taught to school children in a one-sided manner and any distortions would have to be rectified. 182. Statements: Should the monthly quota for liquor be raised by the Ministry of Defence? Arguments: I. Yes, troops will do anything if they are promised two things liquor and leave. II. No, consumption of too much alcohol is a medical nightmare and leads to dependency.

183. Statements: Can education be ensured as a fundamen tal right without tackling the problem of child labour in India? Arguments: I. Yes, the root cause of child labour lies in the problem of depriving the child of education. II. No, the root causes which make a child deprived of education are the compulsion of its family and the circumstances which force a child to resort to child labour. 184. Statements: Should the Government bring the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO)? Arguments: I. No, POTO endangers several constitutionally and internationally accepted human rights standards. II. Yes, terrorism has become a major threat and existing laws have proved insufficient to combat terrorism. 185. S t a t e m e n t s : Should ordnance factories be open to private sector? Arguments: I. Yes, all the superpowers in the world have done this. II. No, privatisation will lead us to the age of thraldom and slavery. Directions (Q. 186-190): In each question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of th&given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements. 186. Statements: a. All erasers are sharpeners. b. No sharpener is a pen. c. All pens are pencils. Conclusions: I. No pen is an eraser. II. No pencil is an eraser. III. No pen is a sharpener. IV. Some pencils are not erasers. 1)1, III and IV follow 2) II, III and IV follow 3) I, II and III folloll 4) All follow 5) None of these 187. Statements: a. No lock is key. b. No keys are watches. c. Some watches are diaries. Conclusions: I. No locks are watches. II. Some locks are watches. III. Some diaries are not watches. IV. All diaries are watches. 1) Either III or IV follows 2) Either I or II follows 3) Either I or II and IV follow 4) Either III or IV and I follow 5) None of these 188. Statements: a. All apples are oranges. b. Some oranges are grapes. c. All grapes are guavas. Conclusions: I. Some apples are grapes. II. Some apples are guavas. III. Some oranges are guavas. IV. All apples are grapes.

arranged in descending order after interchanging numerics in each number without altering the place of letter in the number? 7E2, E25,13F,8D3,64B,7F8 1)1 2)4 3)5 4)6 5) None of these Directions (Q. 198-199): I n a code language each of the vowels, ie A, E, I, O and U, is substituted by the letter preceding it while a consonant is substituted by the nearest vowel. 198. How can the word EVIDENCE be written in that code? l)DUHJEDOED 2)DUHEDUAD 3)DUJEDOAD 4)DUHIDOAD 5)DUHEDOADorDUHEDOED 199. How can the word JOURNALIST be written in that code? l)INTOOZOHUU 2)INTUOZIHUU 3) INTOOZIHUU 4) INTUOZOHUU 5) Can't say 200. I f A + B m e a n s A i s the mother ofB;A-^ BmeansAisthe brother of B; A * B means A is the son of B; and A - B means A is the daughter of B: which of the following means A is the erandson of D?

Directions (Q. 201-207): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it: XYZ Institute of Science and Medicine provides scholarships to meritorious students so that they are able to get postgraduate degree in US. For this the following criteria have been set: (i) The candidate must be an MBBS with minimum 60% marks. (ii) He/she must have practised for at least 2 years in a government hospital after completion of his/her MBBS courses. (iii) He/she must have passed Medical Aptitude Test (MAT) with at least 90% marks. (iv) He/she must be between 23 and 26 years of age on 31-01-2010. However, if the candidate fulfils all the criteria except at (a) (i) above, but has secured at least 54% marks in MBBS along with Diploma in some specialised branch of Medicine, his/her case be referred to Director, XYZ Institute. (b) (iii) above, but has secured at least 70% marks in MBBS and at least 8 5 % marks in MAT, his/her case be referred to President, XYZ Institute. (c) (ii) above, but has an MD degree, his/her case be referred to Vice-President, XYZ Institute. Based on the above criteria and the information given below, you have to take decision in regard to each case. You are not to assume any information. If the given information is not adequate, then your answer should be 'scholarship not to be given'. All the informations are being given to you on 31-01-2010. Give answer: 1) if the candidate is to be given scholarship.
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2) if the case is to be referred to Director. 3) if the case is to be referred to Vice-President. 4) if the case is to be referred to President. 5) If the scholarship is not to be given. 201. RL Kurera has had an outstanding career and has got at least 72 per cent marks from SSC to MBBS. He got 86.5 per cent marks in MAT. He wants to complete his MD. He has worked for three years for a government hospital after completion of his MBBS course. He is 24 years old. 202. After completing his MBBS with 67% marks, Dr Srikant Choudhary obtained an MD. Since he is a social person, he was very desirous to practise in a government hospital in a rural area. The date of his birth is Jan 2,1985. He has 9 5 % marks in MAT. 203. Dr Chandidas Mukherjee is a dedicated doctor. He was born in 1986. On Dec 29, he celebrated his birthday. On this occasion he invited his friend Birendra, with whom he had done a diploma course in gynaecology. He got 59% marks in MBBS while the digits showing the % marks in MBBS interchanged to show % marks in MAT. After completion of MBBS course he practised in a government hospital for four years with another friend Dr Ramjeevan. 204. Ashish Mohan Shukla got 91.6% Marks in MAT. He has a diploma in paediatrics. He got 6 3 % marks in MBBS. He practised for three years in a government hospital after completion of his MBBS course. He celebrated his birthday on 18 February. He was born in the year 1985. 205. Dr Basuki Apte is a dedicated doctor and has worked in Fajeliganj government hospital for two years after completion of his MBBS course. The date of his birth is Jan 26, 1984. He got 9 9 % marks in MAT and 6 3 % marks in MBBS. 206. Damodar T Balani is known both for his academic excellence and hard work. He has got 86%, 92%, 90% and 9 0 . 0 1 % marks in SSC, HSC, MBBS and MAT respectively. He has been working with a government hospital for the last three years. He is 24 years old. 207. Anita Singh has got an MBBS degree from Delhi. She has also received the award for best medical student. She looks satisfied whi le practising in a government hospital for the last three years. She has got 7 5 % and 85% marks in MBBS and MAT respectively. She is 25 years old. Directions (Q. 208-210): In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Give answer 1) if only conclusion I follows; 2) if only conclusion II follows; 3) if either I or II follows; 4) if neither I nor II follows; and 5)ifbothIandIIfollow. 208. Statement: Governor of Reserve Bank of India has slashed the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by a massive 200

basis points from 7.50 per cent to 5.50 per cent; Conclusions: 1. This measure will kickstart the sluggish economy. II. The lendable resources of the banking sector will increase to some extent. 209. Statement: In order to bring about a major growth in commercial transactions with India and encourage bilateral trade relations, Thaksin Shinwatra, the PM of Thailand, has announced a bilateral treaty related to the multi-purpose projects. Conclusions: 1. The volume of trade between India and Thailand is likely to increase next year. 11. It is the need of every country to sign an MoU with another country to boost bilateral trade. 210. Statements: PM of country X has sought to contain rising fears of a war with a neighbouring country by warning the hawks in his party not to make irresponsible statements. Conclusions: 1. There has been an international pressure on country X to rein in its hawks. II. The neighbouring country has a stronger military capability than that of country X. Directions (Q. 211 -215): In each question below is given a statement followed by twocourses of action numbered I and II. Acourse of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to a s s u m e e v e r y t h i n g in the statement to be t r u e , then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing. Give answer (1) if only course of action I follows. Give answer (2) if only course of action 11 follows. Give answer (3) if either course of action I or II follows. Give answer(4) if neither course of action I nor II follows. Give answer (5) it both courses of action I and II follow. 211. Statement: People in the locality were agitated as more than thirty people died in a building collapse. Courses of Action: I. Government should immediately

announce compensation for the affected families. II. The authorities should take a stringent action against builders tending to compromise over quality of material used. 212. Statement : More number of students passing SSC examination has resulted into frustration among children of not getting admissions into colleges of their choice. Courses of Action: I. Government should permit the colleges to increase the number of seats. II. Children and their parents should be counselled for being flexible on the choice of college. 213. Statement : With the onset of the monsoons, all the hospitals are getting an increased number of patients due to various epidemics. Courses of Action: I. Civic authorities should educate the public about the need for observing a minimum required hygiene. II. Civic authorities should make arrangements to equip the hospitals with required medicines and other facilities. 214. S t a t e m e n t : Expensive clothes and accessories are becoming a growing need among college-going teenage children of middle-income group. Courses of Action: I. Colleges should introduce a dress code. II. Children should be counselled emphasising the importance of many other things. 215. Statement: Misuse of subsidies offered to the farmers was observed and brought to the notice of the authorities concerned. Courses of Action: I. Government should issue orders to the officials concerned to be stricter and more careful while verifying the required documents while granting subsidy. II. Government should take stringent action against those making false claim of subsidy.

Directions (Q. 216-220): Each of the following series consists of seven figures, two of which at the ends are unnumbered. One of the five numbered figures does not fit into the series. Find out the figure.

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