APTITUDE TEST
VERBAL SECTION (25 questions-25min)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Few areas of neuron behavioral research seemed more promising is the early sixties than that investigating the relationship between protein synthesis and learning. The conceptual framework for the research was derived directly from molecular biology, which had shown that genetic information is stored in nucleic acids and expressed in proteins why not acquired information as well.
The first step towards establishing a connection between protein synthesis and learning seemed to be to block memory (cause adhesion) by interrupting the production of proteins. We were fortunate in finding a non lethal dosage of puromycin that could, it first appealed, thoroughly inhibit brain protein synthesis as well as reliability produce amnesia.
Before the actual connection between protein synthesis and learning could be established however we began to have douche about whether inhibition of protein synthesis was in fact the method by which puromycin produced amnesia. First, ocher drugs, glutavimides themselves potent protein synthesis inhibitors either failed to cause amnesia in some situations where it could easily be induced by puromycin or produced an amnesia with a different time course from that of puromycin. Second, puromycin was found to inhabit protein synthesis by breaking certain amino acid chaim, and the resulting fragments were suspected of being the actual cause of amnesia is some eases. Third, puromycin was reported to cause abnormalities in the train, including seizures. Thus, not only were decreased protein synthesis and amnesia dissociated, but alternative mechanism for the amnestic action of puromycin were readily suggested.
So, puromycin turned out to be a disappointment. It came to be regarded as a poor agent for amnesia studies, although, of course, it was poor only in the context of our original paradigm of protein synthesis inhibition. In our frustration, our initial response was simply to change dregs rather than our conceptual orientation. After many such disappointments, however, it now appears unlikely, that we will make a firm connection between protein synthesis and learning merely by pursuing the approaches of the past our experience with drugs has shown that all the amnestic agents, often interfere with memory in ways that seem unrelated to their inhibition of protein synthesis. More importantly, the notion that the interruption or intensification of protein production in the train can be related in cause and affect fashion to learning non seems simplistic and unproductive. Remove the battery from a car and the car will not go Drive the car a long distance at high speed and the battery will become more highly charged. Neither of these facts proves that the battery power the car, only knowledge of the overall automotive system will reveal it mechanism of locomotion and the role of the battery with in the system.
1. The primary purpose a the passage is to show that extensive experimentation has
Mot supported the hypothesis that learning is directly dependent on protein synthesis
Cast doubt on the value of puromycin in the newer behavioral study of learning
Revealed the importance of amnesia in the neuron behavioral study of learning
Demonstrated the importance of amino acid fragmentation in the induction of amnesia.
Not yet demonstrated the applicability of molecular biology to behavioral research.
Ans : A
2. According to the passage, neuron behaviorists initially based their belief that protein synthesis was
related to learning on which of the following?
Specific research into learning on which of the following
Traditional theories about learning
Historic experiments on the effects puromycin
Previous discoveries in molecular biology
Now technique in protein synthesis.
Ans : D
3. This passage was most likely excepted from
A book review in a leading journal devoted to genetic research.
A diary kept by a practicing neuron behavioral research
An article summarizing a series of scientific investigations in neuron behavioral research.
A news paper article on recent advances in the biochemistry of learning
A technical article on experimental techniques in the field of molecular biology.
Ans : C
4. It can be inferred from the passage that after puromycin was perceived to be a disappointment,
researches did which of the following?
They continued to experiment with puromycin until a neuron anatomical framework was developed.
They continued to experiment with puromycin, but also tried other protein synthesis inhibitors
They ceased to experiment with puromycin and shifted to other promising protein synthesis inhibitors.
They ceased to experiment with puromycin and reexamined through experiments the relationship between genetic information and acquired information.
They continued to experiment with puromycin, but applied their results to other facts of memory research.
Ans : C
5. In the example of the car the battery is meant to represent which of the following elements in the
neuron behavioral research program?
glutarimides
acquired information
puromycin
amnesia
protein synthesis
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
MARK HUGHES is a master of the fine art of survival. His Los Angeles-based Herbalife International Inc. is a pyramid outfit that peddles weight-loss and nutrition concoctions of dubious value. Bad publicity and regulatory crackdowns hurt his U.S. business in the late 1980s. But Hughes, 41, continues to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle in a $20 million Beverly Hills mansion. He has been sharing the pad and a yacht with his third wife, a former Miss Petite U.S.A. He can finance this lavish lifestyle just on his salary and bonus, which last year came to $7.3 million.
He survived his troubles in the U.S. by moving overseas, where regulators are less zealous and consumers even more naive, at least initially. Today 77% of Herbalife retail sales derive from overseas. Its new prowling grounds: Asia and Russia. Last year Herbalife's net earnings doubled, to $45 million, on net sales of $632 million. Based on Herbalife's Nasdaq-traded stock, the company has a market capitalization of $790 million, making Hughes 58% worth $454 million.
There's a worm, though, in Hughes apple. Foreigners aren't stupid. In the end they know when they've been had. In France, for instance, retail sales rose to $97 million by 1993 and then plunged to $12 million last year. In Germany sales hit $159 million in 1994 and have since dropped to $54 million.
Perhaps aware that the world may not provide an infinite supply of suckers, Hughes wanted to unload some of his shares. But in March, after Herbalife's stock collapsed, he put off a plan to dump about a third of his holdings on the public.
Contributing to Hughes' woes, Herbalife's chief counsel and legal attack dog, David Addis, quit in January. Before packing up, he reportedly bellowed at Hughes, "I can't protect you anymore." Addis, who says he wants to spend more time with his family, chuckles and claims attorney-client privilege.
Trouble on the home front, too. On a recent conference call with distributors, Hughes revealed he's divorcing his wife, Suzan, whose beaming and perky image adorns much of Herbalife's literature.
Meanwhile, in a lawsuit that's been quietly moving through Arizona's Superior Court, former Herbalife distributor Daniel Fallow of Sandpoint, Idaho charges that Herbalife arbitrarily withholds payment to distributors and marks up its products over seven times the cost of manufacturing. Fallow also claims Hughes wanted to use the Russian mafia to gain entry to that nation's market.
Fallow himself is no angel, but his lawsuit, which was posted on the Internet, brought out other complaints. Randy Cox of Lewiston, Idaho says Herbalife "destroyed my business" after he and his wife complained to the company that they were being cheated out of their money by higher-ups in the pyramid organization.
Will Hughes survive again? Don't count on it this time.
Herbalife Inc is based in:
Los Angeles
Columbus
New York
Austin
Ans : A
Daniel Fallow:
Was a former attorney for Hughes
Was a former distributor of Herbalife
Co-founded Herbalife
Ran Herbalife's German unit
Ans : B
The complaint of Randy Cox of Lewiston, Idaho, against Herbalife was:
The company did not pay them their dues
The products supplied by Hughes were inferior
Their higher-ups in the pyramid cheated them
Hughes had connections with the Russian mafia
Ans : C
In the year in which Hughes' salary and bonuses came to US$ 7.3 million, what was the retail sales for Herbalife in France?
$12 million
$159 million
$54 million
$97 million
Ans :A
At the time when this article was written, if Herbalife had had a market capitalisation of $ 1 billion, what would have been Hughes' share?
A. $420 million
B. $580 million
C. $125 million
D. $500 million
Ans : B
Directions for Questions 11-15:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)
11. Modern film techniques / are far superior / than that / employed in the past /
A B C D
Ans:C
12. I believe / that respect / is more preferable than / money.
A B C D
Ans:C
13. The principals of equal justice / for all is one of / the corner stones of our / democratic way of life. / no error
A B C D E
Ans: A
14. In order to save patrol, / motorists must have to/ be very cautious/ while driving along the highways/ no error
A B C D E
Ans: B
15. Not one of the children / has ever sang/ on any occasion / in public before/ no error
A B C D E
Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.
16. A) He came in too quickly to avoid waking his father
B) He entered in quickly. so as not wake his father.
C) Having not to wake his father, he came in quickly
D) He came in very quickly so that he might avoid waking his father.
Ans : D
17 A) The teacher asked the student with a frown on his face, to leave the room B) The teacher asked with a
frown on his face the student to leave the room
Ans: C
18. A) Common people are rather impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance
B) Common people are impressed rather by the style of a speech than by its substance
C) Rather common people are impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance
D) Common people are impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance.
Ans: D
19. A) I have read such a lot about him that I am looking forward to seeing him very much
B) I am reading such a lot about him that I will be looking forward to seeing him very much
C) Having read such a lot about him that I will be looking forward to seeing him very much
D) I had read such a lot about him that I am looking forward to seeing him very much.
Ans: A
20. A) By June next year, Ajay will be twenty years working in the office.
B) Being twenty years completed, Ajay will be working in this office till June next
C) Till June next year, Ajay will work in the office for twenty years.
D) Ajay will be working in this office upon completing twenty years by next June.
Ans : D
Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives.
21. 1) her 2) she 3) to 4) cancel 5) dental 6) appointment
A) 2, 7, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
B) 2, 7, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6
C) 1, 7, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6
D) 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6
Ans: A
22. 1) all 2) I 3) the 4) keep 5) sneezing 6) time
A) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 6
B) 2, 4, 6, 5, 3, 1
C) 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6
D) 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6
Ans: D
23. 1) is 2) at 3) TV 4) film 5) midnight 6) a 7) on Cool great 9) There
A) 9, 1, 6, 8, 4, 7, 3, 5, 3
B) 9, 1, 6, 8, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5
C) 9, 6, 1, 8, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5
D) 9, 1, 6, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 5
Ans: B
24. 1) fifty 2) I 3)a 4)cheque 5) for 6)pounds 7)him 8)wrote
A) 2, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1, 6
B) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
C) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 5, 1, 6
D) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1
Ans: C
25. 1) quickly 2) hills 3) weather 4) change 5) the 6)can 7)the 8)in 9) very
A) 7, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9, 1
B) 1, 7, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9,
C) 1, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9, 7
D) 7, 3, 5, 8 2, 6, 4, 9, 1
Ans: A
ANALYTICAL section (25 Q's - 30 mins)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the following information and answer the questions given below it:
Seven students P, Q, R, S, T, U and v take a series of tests. No two students get similar marks. V always scores more than P. P always scores more than Q. Each time either R scores the highest and T gets the least or alternatively S scores the highest and U or Q scores the least.
1.If S is ranked sixth and Q is ranked fifth, which of the following can be true?
A. V is ranked first or fourth B. R is ranked second or third
C. P is ranked second or fifth D. U is ranked third or fourth
E. T is ranked fourth or fifth.
Ans: D
2. If R gets more, V should be ranked not lower than:
A. second B. third C. fourth D. fifth E. sixth
Ans: C
3. If R is ranked second and Q is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true?
A. S is ranked third B. T is ranked sixth
C. P is ranked sixth D. V is ranked fourth
E. U is ranked sixth
Ans: B
4. If S is ranked second, which of the following can be true?
A. U gets more than V B. V gets more than S
C. P gets more than R D. P gets more than V
E. T gets more than Q
Ans: A
5. If V is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true?
A S scores the highest B. R is ranked second
C. T is ranked third D. Q is ranked fourth
E. U scores the least
Ans: A
Questions 6-10 :
6. You are having 31kg of rice. You are provided with a 1kg stone for weighing. In how many weights the
31kg of rice can be weighed. ?
Ans: 5
7. A starts at 11:00AM and travels at a speed of 4km/hr. B starts at 1:00PM and travels at 1km/hr for the first 1hr
and 2km/hr for the next hr and so on. At what time they will meet each other ?
Ans: 8:45 pm
8. There are 80 coins, among them one coin weighs less compared to other. You are given a physical balance to
weigh. In how many weighing the odd coin can be found.
Ans: 5
9. Dia of the circle 4cm. The shaded part is 1/3 of the square area. What is the side of the square.
Ans: root of 3pi
10. A,B,C, can do a work in 8,14,16 days respectively. A does the work for 2 days. B continues from it and finishes
till 25% of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work. How many days would have taken to
complete the work?
Ans: 109/8
Directions for Questions 11-15 : Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as
(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(c) if the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(d) if the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question;
(e) if the data in both the statements together are needed;
11. A) The report was useless to them because there was no needed information.
B) Since the report lacked needed information it would have not been useful to them.
C) Since the report did not contain the needed information it was not real useful to them
D) Bening that the report lacked the needed information, they could not use it.
E) since the report lacked needed information it was of no use to them.
Ans: E
12. A) Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple with her lap full of newspapers, when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
B) Anitha, with her lap full of newspapers, was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
C) With her lap full of newspapers, Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
D) Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty and Bittoo came up with her
lap full of news papers.
Ans: A
13. A) Since managers can motivate people in the tasks that need to be done by getting them involved.
B) The managers can motivate people in tasks by getting them involved that needs to be done
C) The managers not only do the tasks that need to be done by getting them involved but also can motivate
people.
D) People can be motivated by getting them involved in the tasks that need to be done by the managers
E) The managers can motivate people by getting them involved in the tasks that need to be done.
Ans: E
14. A) I went yesterday to the bank to collect the pass-book.
B) I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass -book
C) Yesterday to collect the pass-book I went to the bank
D) To collect the pass-book yesterday I went to the bank
Ans: B
15. A) The early age of three or four years, would begin our first recollection of the world, for many of us.
B) Our first recollection of the world, for many of us, would be early age of three or four years.
C) For many of us, our first recollection of the world being the early age of only three or four years.
D) For many of us, our first recollection of the world has been the early age of only three or four years
E) For many of us, our first recollection of the world is from the early age of only three or four years.
Ans: A
Directions for Questions 16-20 :Convert the given binary numbers.
16. (10010100)2 = ( )8
Ans: (224)8
17. (11101111)2= ( )16
Ans: (EF) 16
18. (11010110)2= ( )10
Ans: ( 214 )10
19. (01101010)2 = ( )16
Ans: (6A) 16
20. (11000011001) 2 = (3 0C8 )16
Directions(21-25): A cube is coloured orange on one face , pink on the opposite face , brown on one face and silver on a face adjacent to the brown face. The other two faces are left uncoloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. Now, answer the following questions based on the above statements:
21. How many cubes have at least one face coloured pink ?
A. 1 B. 9 C. 16 D. 25
Ans: D
22. How many cubes have all the faces uncoloured ?
A. 24 B. 36 C. 48 D. 64
Ans: C
23. How many cubes have at least two faces coloured ?
A. 19 B. 20 C. 21 D. 23
Ans:C
24. How many cubes are coloured orange on one face and have the remaining faces uncoloured ?
A. 19 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
Ans: D
25. How many cubes one coloured pink ?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16
Ans: A
REASONING section (20 Q's - 20 mins)
Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows;
(D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow.
1. Statements : All cars are tables
Some children are tables
Conclusions : I. Some cars are children
II. Some children are cars
Ans: D
2. Statements : Some doga bark
All dogs bite
Conclusions : I. Those dogs who do not bark, also bit.
II. Those dogs who do not bark, not necessary bite.
Ans: A.
3. Statements : No magazine is cap
All caps are cameras
Conclusions : I. No camera is magazine
II. Some caps are magazines
Ans: D
4.Statements : Lawyers married only fair girls
Shobha is very fair
Conclusions : I.Shobha is married to a lawyer.
II. Shobha was not married to a lawyer.
Ans : C
Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
5. Statements : Some coolers are watches
no watch is bed
Conclusions : I. No watch is cooler
II. No cooler is watch
III. Some watches are beds
IV. Some coolers are beds
A. None follows B. Only I and IV follow
C. Only either II or III follows C. Only either III or IV follows
E. Only either II or IV follows
Ans: A
6. Statements : Some frogs are bricks.
all bricks are cakes
Conclusions : I. Some cakes are not frogs.
II. Some cakes are frogs.
III. No cake is frog
IV. All frogs are cakes
A. None follows B. Only I and II follow
C. Only either I, II andr III follow C. Only II, III or IV follows
E. Only III and IV follow
Ans: B
Directions7-15:In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group
7. A) Handle B) Cycle C) Chain D) Break
Ans: B
8. A) Butchers B) Police Station C) Newsagents D) Opticians
Ans: B
9) A) TV B) FG C) KL D) PQ
Ans : (A)
10. A) Gloves B) Sandals C) Socks D) Shoes
Ans: A
11. A) ACEG B) MOQS C) GHJL D) RTVX
Ans : (C)
12. A) Kindergarten B) Office C) College D) University
Ans: B
13. A) Cow B) Pork C) Lamb D) Chicken
Ans: A
14. A) Bus B) Lorry C) Van D) Bicycle
Ans: D
15. A) Grape B) Orange C) Potato D) Lemon
Ans: C
16. There are five different houses. A to E, in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left of C and right of A. B is
to the right of D. Which of the houses is in the middle.
A) A B) B C) D D) E
Ans: A
17. Five girls are sitting in a row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha. Anuradha is not adjacent to
Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is at the middle in the row. Then, Anuradha is
adjacent to whom out of following?
A) Rashi B) Sulekha C) Abha D) Monika E) Cannot determined
Ans: A
18. You drive to the store at 20 mph and return by the same route at 30 mph. Discounting the time spent at the
store, what was your average speed?
Ans: 24 mph
19. Two trains travel toward each other on the same track, beginning 100 miles apart. One train travels at 40
miles per hour; the other travels at 60 miles an hour. A bird starts flight at the same location as the faster train,
flying at a speed of 90 miles per hour. When it reaches the slower train, it turns around, flying the other
direction at the same speed. When it reaches the faster train again, it turns around -- and so on.
When the trains collide?
Ans: in one hour
20. There are several chickens and rabbits in a cage (with no other types of animals). There are 72 heads and
200 feet inside the cage. How many chickens are there, and how many rabbits?
Ans: 44 chickens and 28 rabbits
APTITUDE TEST
VERBAL SECTION (25 questions-25min)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Outside, the rain continued to run down the screened windows of Mrs. Sennett's little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass that composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background of the bay, where the water was almost the color of the grass. Mrs. Sennett's five charges were vigorously playing house in the dining room. (In the wintertime, Mrs. Sennett was housekeeper for a Mr. Curley, in Boston, and during the summers the Curley children boarded with her on the Cape.) My expression must have changed. " Are those children making too much noise?" Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook my head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost stone-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking. To look at Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I continued talking. She said she really didn't think she'd stay with the children another winter. Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage. The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four o'clock Mrs. Sennett's "sit down" was over and she started to get supper. At six o'clock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spice cake , still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates. A few days later I learned from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day. On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier arrived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper:. . . Tomorrow is the last day Mr. Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The Men can walk to the Pond but it is too far for the Children. I see your Friend has a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning? . . .Very sincerely yours, Carmen Sennett After the picnic, Mrs. Sennett's presents to me were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait. One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old table in the back yard to watch the sunset. "Papa came today, " she said, "and we've got to go back day after tomorrow. ""Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here? ""She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because she'd said that last year and came back, but now she means it ."I said, "Oh dear," scarcely knowing which side I was on. "It was awful at supper. I cried and cried."
"Did Theresa cry?"
"Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do."
"But don't you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?"
"Yes, but I think she'll come, though. Papa told her he'd cry every single night at supper if she didn't,
and then we all did."
The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennett was going back with them just to "help settle."
She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling
hat of black satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite a Spanishgrandee air.
"This isn't really goodbye," she said. "I'll be backas soon as I get these bad, noisy children off my hands."
But the children hung on to her skirt and tugged at her sleeves, shaking their heads frantically, silently saying,
"No! No! No!" to her with their puckered-up mouths
Following are some questions on this passage:
1. According to the narrator, Mrs. Sennett wears a hat because she:
is often outside.
wants to look like a literary figure.
has thin hair.
has unique taste in clothing.
Answer: C
2. Considering the events of the entire passage, it is most reasonable to infer that Mrs. Sennett calls the
children bad because she:
is bothered by the noise they are making.
doesn't like them hanging on her skirt.
doesn't want to reveal her affection for them.
is angry that they never do what she tells them.
Answer: C
3. What is the main insight suggested by the conversation in lines 69--83?
The Curley family cries to manipulate Mrs. Sennett into doing what they want.
The narrator regrets that she is not going to Boston and is a little jealous of Mrs. Sennett.
Mrs. Sennett is happy to leave the Curley family because they are always whining and crying.
Mrs. Sennett intends to return to the Cape soon because she has discovered that they have been manipulating and taking advantage of her.
Answer: A
4. Given the evidence provided throughout the passage, the children probably silently mouth the word "no"
because:
Mrs. Sennett has just called them bad, noisy children, and they are defending themselves.
they do not want to leave the Cape before the summer is over and are protesting.
they are letting the narrator know that Mrs. Sennett is thinking about returning to the Cape.
they are continuing their battle against Mrs. Sennett's intention to return to the Cape.
Answer: D
5. At what point does Mr. Curley cry at the supper table?
Before Mary and the narrator sit and watch the sunset
Before Mrs. Sennett tells the narrator she doubts she will stay another winter with the children
Before the children spend a rainy afternoon playing house in the dining room
After the narrator learns that Mrs. Sennett will return to Boston
Answer: A
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
From the 197 million square miles, which make up the surface of the globe, 71 per cent is covered by the interconnecting bodies of marine water; the Pacific Ocean alone covers half the Earth and averages near 14,000 feet in depth. The portions which rise above sea level are the continents-Eurasia, Africa; North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. The submerged borders of the continental masses are the continental shelves, beyond which lie the deep-sea basins.
The ocean are deepest not in the center but in some elongated furrows, or long narrow troughs, called deeps. These profound troughs have a peripheral arrangement, notably around the borders of the pacific and Indian oceans. The position of the deeps, like the highest mountains, are of recent origin, since otherwise they would have been filled with waste from the lands. This is further strengthened by the observation that the deeps are quite often, where world-shaking earthquakes occur. To cite an example, the "tidal wave" that in April, 1946, caused widespread destruction along Pacific coasts resulted from a strong earthquake on the floor of the Aleutian Deep.
The topography of the ocean floors is none too well known, since in great areas the available soundings are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. However, the floor of the Atlantic is becoming fairly well known as a result of special surveys since 1920. A broad, well-defined ridge-the Mid-Atlantic ridge-runs north and south between Africa and the two Americas and numerous other major irregularities diversify the Atlantic floor. Closely spaced soundings show that many parts of the oceanic floors are as rugged as mountainous regions of the continents. Use of the recently perfected method of submarine topography. During world war II great strides were made in mapping submarine surfaces, particularly in many parts of the vast Pacific basin.
Most of the continents stand on an average of 2870 feet above sea level. North America averages 2300 feet; Europe averages only 1150 feet; and Asia, the highest of the larger continental subdivisions, averages 3200 feet. Mount Everest, which is the highest point in the globe, is 29,000 feet above the sea; and as the greatest known depth in the sea is over 35,000 feet, the maximum relief (that is, the difference in altitude between the lowest and highest points) exceeds 64,000 feet, or exceeds 12 miles. The continental masses and the deep-sea basins are relief features of the first order; the deeps, ridges, and volcanic cones that diversify the sea floor, as well as the plains, plateaus, and mountains of the continents, are relief features of the second order. The lands are unendingly subject to a complex of activities summarized in the term erosion, which first sculptures them in great detail and then tends to reduce them ultimately to sea level. The modeling of the landscape by weather, running water, and other agents is apparent to the keenly observant eye and causes thinking people to speculate on what must be the final result of the ceaseless wearing down of the lands. Much before there was any recognizable science as geology, Shakespeare wrote "the revolution of the times makes mountains level."
6. The peripheral furrows or deeps are found
only in the pacific and Indian oceans
near earthquakes
near the shore
in the center of the ocean
to be 14,000 feet in depth in the pacific.
Ans : C
7. We may conclude from this passage that earth quakes
Occur more frequently in newly formed land or sea formations
Are caused by the weight of the water
Cause erosion
Occur in the deeps
Will ultimately "make mountains level".
Ans : A
8. The highest mountains are
oldest
in excess of 12 miles
near the deeps
relief features of the first order
of recent origin.
Ans : E
9. The highest point on North America is
2870 feet above sea level
not mentioned in the passage
higher than the highest point in Europe
2300 feet above sea level
in Mexico.
Ans : B
10. The deeps are subject to change caused by
erosion
soundings
earthquakes
waste
weathering
Ans : C
Directions for Questions 11-15:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)
11.The firm show / began / when we arrived / in the hall/no error
A B C D E
Ans:B
12. No sooner the news appeared in the paper/ than / there was a rush / in the counter/ no error
A B C D E
Ans:A
13. Unlike the other/ rich men of his community,/ he does not look/ down upon the poor/ no error
A B C D E
Ans:E
14. His supporters are / not as enthusiastic / and co-operative as / that of his opponent's/ no error
A B C D E
Ans: D
15. Our company can / no longer afford / over-manned unit as/; out profit has lower./ no error
A B C D E
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.
16. A) Without your help must try to carry out my task alone.
B) Barr
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VERBAL SECTION (25 questions-25min)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Few areas of neuron behavioral research seemed more promising is the early sixties than that investigating the relationship between protein synthesis and learning. The conceptual framework for the research was derived directly from molecular biology, which had shown that genetic information is stored in nucleic acids and expressed in proteins why not acquired information as well.
The first step towards establishing a connection between protein synthesis and learning seemed to be to block memory (cause adhesion) by interrupting the production of proteins. We were fortunate in finding a non lethal dosage of puromycin that could, it first appealed, thoroughly inhibit brain protein synthesis as well as reliability produce amnesia.
Before the actual connection between protein synthesis and learning could be established however we began to have douche about whether inhibition of protein synthesis was in fact the method by which puromycin produced amnesia. First, ocher drugs, glutavimides themselves potent protein synthesis inhibitors either failed to cause amnesia in some situations where it could easily be induced by puromycin or produced an amnesia with a different time course from that of puromycin. Second, puromycin was found to inhabit protein synthesis by breaking certain amino acid chaim, and the resulting fragments were suspected of being the actual cause of amnesia is some eases. Third, puromycin was reported to cause abnormalities in the train, including seizures. Thus, not only were decreased protein synthesis and amnesia dissociated, but alternative mechanism for the amnestic action of puromycin were readily suggested.
So, puromycin turned out to be a disappointment. It came to be regarded as a poor agent for amnesia studies, although, of course, it was poor only in the context of our original paradigm of protein synthesis inhibition. In our frustration, our initial response was simply to change dregs rather than our conceptual orientation. After many such disappointments, however, it now appears unlikely, that we will make a firm connection between protein synthesis and learning merely by pursuing the approaches of the past our experience with drugs has shown that all the amnestic agents, often interfere with memory in ways that seem unrelated to their inhibition of protein synthesis. More importantly, the notion that the interruption or intensification of protein production in the train can be related in cause and affect fashion to learning non seems simplistic and unproductive. Remove the battery from a car and the car will not go Drive the car a long distance at high speed and the battery will become more highly charged. Neither of these facts proves that the battery power the car, only knowledge of the overall automotive system will reveal it mechanism of locomotion and the role of the battery with in the system.
1. The primary purpose a the passage is to show that extensive experimentation has
Mot supported the hypothesis that learning is directly dependent on protein synthesis
Cast doubt on the value of puromycin in the newer behavioral study of learning
Revealed the importance of amnesia in the neuron behavioral study of learning
Demonstrated the importance of amino acid fragmentation in the induction of amnesia.
Not yet demonstrated the applicability of molecular biology to behavioral research.
Ans : A
2. According to the passage, neuron behaviorists initially based their belief that protein synthesis was
related to learning on which of the following?
Specific research into learning on which of the following
Traditional theories about learning
Historic experiments on the effects puromycin
Previous discoveries in molecular biology
Now technique in protein synthesis.
Ans : D
3. This passage was most likely excepted from
A book review in a leading journal devoted to genetic research.
A diary kept by a practicing neuron behavioral research
An article summarizing a series of scientific investigations in neuron behavioral research.
A news paper article on recent advances in the biochemistry of learning
A technical article on experimental techniques in the field of molecular biology.
Ans : C
4. It can be inferred from the passage that after puromycin was perceived to be a disappointment,
researches did which of the following?
They continued to experiment with puromycin until a neuron anatomical framework was developed.
They continued to experiment with puromycin, but also tried other protein synthesis inhibitors
They ceased to experiment with puromycin and shifted to other promising protein synthesis inhibitors.
They ceased to experiment with puromycin and reexamined through experiments the relationship between genetic information and acquired information.
They continued to experiment with puromycin, but applied their results to other facts of memory research.
Ans : C
5. In the example of the car the battery is meant to represent which of the following elements in the
neuron behavioral research program?
glutarimides
acquired information
puromycin
amnesia
protein synthesis
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
MARK HUGHES is a master of the fine art of survival. His Los Angeles-based Herbalife International Inc. is a pyramid outfit that peddles weight-loss and nutrition concoctions of dubious value. Bad publicity and regulatory crackdowns hurt his U.S. business in the late 1980s. But Hughes, 41, continues to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle in a $20 million Beverly Hills mansion. He has been sharing the pad and a yacht with his third wife, a former Miss Petite U.S.A. He can finance this lavish lifestyle just on his salary and bonus, which last year came to $7.3 million.
He survived his troubles in the U.S. by moving overseas, where regulators are less zealous and consumers even more naive, at least initially. Today 77% of Herbalife retail sales derive from overseas. Its new prowling grounds: Asia and Russia. Last year Herbalife's net earnings doubled, to $45 million, on net sales of $632 million. Based on Herbalife's Nasdaq-traded stock, the company has a market capitalization of $790 million, making Hughes 58% worth $454 million.
There's a worm, though, in Hughes apple. Foreigners aren't stupid. In the end they know when they've been had. In France, for instance, retail sales rose to $97 million by 1993 and then plunged to $12 million last year. In Germany sales hit $159 million in 1994 and have since dropped to $54 million.
Perhaps aware that the world may not provide an infinite supply of suckers, Hughes wanted to unload some of his shares. But in March, after Herbalife's stock collapsed, he put off a plan to dump about a third of his holdings on the public.
Contributing to Hughes' woes, Herbalife's chief counsel and legal attack dog, David Addis, quit in January. Before packing up, he reportedly bellowed at Hughes, "I can't protect you anymore." Addis, who says he wants to spend more time with his family, chuckles and claims attorney-client privilege.
Trouble on the home front, too. On a recent conference call with distributors, Hughes revealed he's divorcing his wife, Suzan, whose beaming and perky image adorns much of Herbalife's literature.
Meanwhile, in a lawsuit that's been quietly moving through Arizona's Superior Court, former Herbalife distributor Daniel Fallow of Sandpoint, Idaho charges that Herbalife arbitrarily withholds payment to distributors and marks up its products over seven times the cost of manufacturing. Fallow also claims Hughes wanted to use the Russian mafia to gain entry to that nation's market.
Fallow himself is no angel, but his lawsuit, which was posted on the Internet, brought out other complaints. Randy Cox of Lewiston, Idaho says Herbalife "destroyed my business" after he and his wife complained to the company that they were being cheated out of their money by higher-ups in the pyramid organization.
Will Hughes survive again? Don't count on it this time.
Herbalife Inc is based in:
Los Angeles
Columbus
New York
Austin
Ans : A
Daniel Fallow:
Was a former attorney for Hughes
Was a former distributor of Herbalife
Co-founded Herbalife
Ran Herbalife's German unit
Ans : B
The complaint of Randy Cox of Lewiston, Idaho, against Herbalife was:
The company did not pay them their dues
The products supplied by Hughes were inferior
Their higher-ups in the pyramid cheated them
Hughes had connections with the Russian mafia
Ans : C
In the year in which Hughes' salary and bonuses came to US$ 7.3 million, what was the retail sales for Herbalife in France?
$12 million
$159 million
$54 million
$97 million
Ans :A
At the time when this article was written, if Herbalife had had a market capitalisation of $ 1 billion, what would have been Hughes' share?
A. $420 million
B. $580 million
C. $125 million
D. $500 million
Ans : B
Directions for Questions 11-15:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)
11. Modern film techniques / are far superior / than that / employed in the past /
A B C D
Ans:C
12. I believe / that respect / is more preferable than / money.
A B C D
Ans:C
13. The principals of equal justice / for all is one of / the corner stones of our / democratic way of life. / no error
A B C D E
Ans: A
14. In order to save patrol, / motorists must have to/ be very cautious/ while driving along the highways/ no error
A B C D E
Ans: B
15. Not one of the children / has ever sang/ on any occasion / in public before/ no error
A B C D E
Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.
16. A) He came in too quickly to avoid waking his father
B) He entered in quickly. so as not wake his father.
C) Having not to wake his father, he came in quickly
D) He came in very quickly so that he might avoid waking his father.
Ans : D
17 A) The teacher asked the student with a frown on his face, to leave the room B) The teacher asked with a
frown on his face the student to leave the room
Ans: C
18. A) Common people are rather impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance
B) Common people are impressed rather by the style of a speech than by its substance
C) Rather common people are impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance
D) Common people are impressed by the style of a speech than by its substance.
Ans: D
19. A) I have read such a lot about him that I am looking forward to seeing him very much
B) I am reading such a lot about him that I will be looking forward to seeing him very much
C) Having read such a lot about him that I will be looking forward to seeing him very much
D) I had read such a lot about him that I am looking forward to seeing him very much.
Ans: A
20. A) By June next year, Ajay will be twenty years working in the office.
B) Being twenty years completed, Ajay will be working in this office till June next
C) Till June next year, Ajay will work in the office for twenty years.
D) Ajay will be working in this office upon completing twenty years by next June.
Ans : D
Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives.
21. 1) her 2) she 3) to 4) cancel 5) dental 6) appointment
A) 2, 7, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
B) 2, 7, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6
C) 1, 7, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6
D) 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6
Ans: A
22. 1) all 2) I 3) the 4) keep 5) sneezing 6) time
A) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 6
B) 2, 4, 6, 5, 3, 1
C) 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6
D) 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6
Ans: D
23. 1) is 2) at 3) TV 4) film 5) midnight 6) a 7) on Cool great 9) There
A) 9, 1, 6, 8, 4, 7, 3, 5, 3
B) 9, 1, 6, 8, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5
C) 9, 6, 1, 8, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5
D) 9, 1, 6, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 5
Ans: B
24. 1) fifty 2) I 3)a 4)cheque 5) for 6)pounds 7)him 8)wrote
A) 2, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1, 6
B) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
C) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 5, 1, 6
D) 2, 8, 7, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1
Ans: C
25. 1) quickly 2) hills 3) weather 4) change 5) the 6)can 7)the 8)in 9) very
A) 7, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9, 1
B) 1, 7, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9,
C) 1, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9, 7
D) 7, 3, 5, 8 2, 6, 4, 9, 1
Ans: A
ANALYTICAL section (25 Q's - 30 mins)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the following information and answer the questions given below it:
Seven students P, Q, R, S, T, U and v take a series of tests. No two students get similar marks. V always scores more than P. P always scores more than Q. Each time either R scores the highest and T gets the least or alternatively S scores the highest and U or Q scores the least.
1.If S is ranked sixth and Q is ranked fifth, which of the following can be true?
A. V is ranked first or fourth B. R is ranked second or third
C. P is ranked second or fifth D. U is ranked third or fourth
E. T is ranked fourth or fifth.
Ans: D
2. If R gets more, V should be ranked not lower than:
A. second B. third C. fourth D. fifth E. sixth
Ans: C
3. If R is ranked second and Q is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true?
A. S is ranked third B. T is ranked sixth
C. P is ranked sixth D. V is ranked fourth
E. U is ranked sixth
Ans: B
4. If S is ranked second, which of the following can be true?
A. U gets more than V B. V gets more than S
C. P gets more than R D. P gets more than V
E. T gets more than Q
Ans: A
5. If V is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true?
A S scores the highest B. R is ranked second
C. T is ranked third D. Q is ranked fourth
E. U scores the least
Ans: A
Questions 6-10 :
6. You are having 31kg of rice. You are provided with a 1kg stone for weighing. In how many weights the
31kg of rice can be weighed. ?
Ans: 5
7. A starts at 11:00AM and travels at a speed of 4km/hr. B starts at 1:00PM and travels at 1km/hr for the first 1hr
and 2km/hr for the next hr and so on. At what time they will meet each other ?
Ans: 8:45 pm
8. There are 80 coins, among them one coin weighs less compared to other. You are given a physical balance to
weigh. In how many weighing the odd coin can be found.
Ans: 5
9. Dia of the circle 4cm. The shaded part is 1/3 of the square area. What is the side of the square.
Ans: root of 3pi
10. A,B,C, can do a work in 8,14,16 days respectively. A does the work for 2 days. B continues from it and finishes
till 25% of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work. How many days would have taken to
complete the work?
Ans: 109/8
Directions for Questions 11-15 : Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as
(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(c) if the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(d) if the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question;
(e) if the data in both the statements together are needed;
11. A) The report was useless to them because there was no needed information.
B) Since the report lacked needed information it would have not been useful to them.
C) Since the report did not contain the needed information it was not real useful to them
D) Bening that the report lacked the needed information, they could not use it.
E) since the report lacked needed information it was of no use to them.
Ans: E
12. A) Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple with her lap full of newspapers, when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
B) Anitha, with her lap full of newspapers, was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
C) With her lap full of newspapers, Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty
and Bittoo came up.
D) Anitha was sitting with her husband on the steps of the temple when Bunty and Bittoo came up with her
lap full of news papers.
Ans: A
13. A) Since managers can motivate people in the tasks that need to be done by getting them involved.
B) The managers can motivate people in tasks by getting them involved that needs to be done
C) The managers not only do the tasks that need to be done by getting them involved but also can motivate
people.
D) People can be motivated by getting them involved in the tasks that need to be done by the managers
E) The managers can motivate people by getting them involved in the tasks that need to be done.
Ans: E
14. A) I went yesterday to the bank to collect the pass-book.
B) I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass -book
C) Yesterday to collect the pass-book I went to the bank
D) To collect the pass-book yesterday I went to the bank
Ans: B
15. A) The early age of three or four years, would begin our first recollection of the world, for many of us.
B) Our first recollection of the world, for many of us, would be early age of three or four years.
C) For many of us, our first recollection of the world being the early age of only three or four years.
D) For many of us, our first recollection of the world has been the early age of only three or four years
E) For many of us, our first recollection of the world is from the early age of only three or four years.
Ans: A
Directions for Questions 16-20 :Convert the given binary numbers.
16. (10010100)2 = ( )8
Ans: (224)8
17. (11101111)2= ( )16
Ans: (EF) 16
18. (11010110)2= ( )10
Ans: ( 214 )10
19. (01101010)2 = ( )16
Ans: (6A) 16
20. (11000011001) 2 = (3 0C8 )16
Directions(21-25): A cube is coloured orange on one face , pink on the opposite face , brown on one face and silver on a face adjacent to the brown face. The other two faces are left uncoloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. Now, answer the following questions based on the above statements:
21. How many cubes have at least one face coloured pink ?
A. 1 B. 9 C. 16 D. 25
Ans: D
22. How many cubes have all the faces uncoloured ?
A. 24 B. 36 C. 48 D. 64
Ans: C
23. How many cubes have at least two faces coloured ?
A. 19 B. 20 C. 21 D. 23
Ans:C
24. How many cubes are coloured orange on one face and have the remaining faces uncoloured ?
A. 19 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
Ans: D
25. How many cubes one coloured pink ?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16
Ans: A
REASONING section (20 Q's - 20 mins)
Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows;
(D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow.
1. Statements : All cars are tables
Some children are tables
Conclusions : I. Some cars are children
II. Some children are cars
Ans: D
2. Statements : Some doga bark
All dogs bite
Conclusions : I. Those dogs who do not bark, also bit.
II. Those dogs who do not bark, not necessary bite.
Ans: A.
3. Statements : No magazine is cap
All caps are cameras
Conclusions : I. No camera is magazine
II. Some caps are magazines
Ans: D
4.Statements : Lawyers married only fair girls
Shobha is very fair
Conclusions : I.Shobha is married to a lawyer.
II. Shobha was not married to a lawyer.
Ans : C
Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
5. Statements : Some coolers are watches
no watch is bed
Conclusions : I. No watch is cooler
II. No cooler is watch
III. Some watches are beds
IV. Some coolers are beds
A. None follows B. Only I and IV follow
C. Only either II or III follows C. Only either III or IV follows
E. Only either II or IV follows
Ans: A
6. Statements : Some frogs are bricks.
all bricks are cakes
Conclusions : I. Some cakes are not frogs.
II. Some cakes are frogs.
III. No cake is frog
IV. All frogs are cakes
A. None follows B. Only I and II follow
C. Only either I, II andr III follow C. Only II, III or IV follows
E. Only III and IV follow
Ans: B
Directions7-15:In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group
7. A) Handle B) Cycle C) Chain D) Break
Ans: B
8. A) Butchers B) Police Station C) Newsagents D) Opticians
Ans: B
9) A) TV B) FG C) KL D) PQ
Ans : (A)
10. A) Gloves B) Sandals C) Socks D) Shoes
Ans: A
11. A) ACEG B) MOQS C) GHJL D) RTVX
Ans : (C)
12. A) Kindergarten B) Office C) College D) University
Ans: B
13. A) Cow B) Pork C) Lamb D) Chicken
Ans: A
14. A) Bus B) Lorry C) Van D) Bicycle
Ans: D
15. A) Grape B) Orange C) Potato D) Lemon
Ans: C
16. There are five different houses. A to E, in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left of C and right of A. B is
to the right of D. Which of the houses is in the middle.
A) A B) B C) D D) E
Ans: A
17. Five girls are sitting in a row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha. Anuradha is not adjacent to
Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is at the middle in the row. Then, Anuradha is
adjacent to whom out of following?
A) Rashi B) Sulekha C) Abha D) Monika E) Cannot determined
Ans: A
18. You drive to the store at 20 mph and return by the same route at 30 mph. Discounting the time spent at the
store, what was your average speed?
Ans: 24 mph
19. Two trains travel toward each other on the same track, beginning 100 miles apart. One train travels at 40
miles per hour; the other travels at 60 miles an hour. A bird starts flight at the same location as the faster train,
flying at a speed of 90 miles per hour. When it reaches the slower train, it turns around, flying the other
direction at the same speed. When it reaches the faster train again, it turns around -- and so on.
When the trains collide?
Ans: in one hour
20. There are several chickens and rabbits in a cage (with no other types of animals). There are 72 heads and
200 feet inside the cage. How many chickens are there, and how many rabbits?
Ans: 44 chickens and 28 rabbits
APTITUDE TEST
VERBAL SECTION (25 questions-25min)
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Outside, the rain continued to run down the screened windows of Mrs. Sennett's little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass that composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background of the bay, where the water was almost the color of the grass. Mrs. Sennett's five charges were vigorously playing house in the dining room. (In the wintertime, Mrs. Sennett was housekeeper for a Mr. Curley, in Boston, and during the summers the Curley children boarded with her on the Cape.) My expression must have changed. " Are those children making too much noise?" Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook my head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost stone-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking. To look at Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I continued talking. She said she really didn't think she'd stay with the children another winter. Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage. The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four o'clock Mrs. Sennett's "sit down" was over and she started to get supper. At six o'clock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spice cake , still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates. A few days later I learned from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day. On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier arrived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper:. . . Tomorrow is the last day Mr. Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The Men can walk to the Pond but it is too far for the Children. I see your Friend has a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning? . . .Very sincerely yours, Carmen Sennett After the picnic, Mrs. Sennett's presents to me were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait. One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old table in the back yard to watch the sunset. "Papa came today, " she said, "and we've got to go back day after tomorrow. ""Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here? ""She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because she'd said that last year and came back, but now she means it ."I said, "Oh dear," scarcely knowing which side I was on. "It was awful at supper. I cried and cried."
"Did Theresa cry?"
"Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do."
"But don't you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?"
"Yes, but I think she'll come, though. Papa told her he'd cry every single night at supper if she didn't,
and then we all did."
The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennett was going back with them just to "help settle."
She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling
hat of black satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite a Spanishgrandee air.
"This isn't really goodbye," she said. "I'll be backas soon as I get these bad, noisy children off my hands."
But the children hung on to her skirt and tugged at her sleeves, shaking their heads frantically, silently saying,
"No! No! No!" to her with their puckered-up mouths
Following are some questions on this passage:
1. According to the narrator, Mrs. Sennett wears a hat because she:
is often outside.
wants to look like a literary figure.
has thin hair.
has unique taste in clothing.
Answer: C
2. Considering the events of the entire passage, it is most reasonable to infer that Mrs. Sennett calls the
children bad because she:
is bothered by the noise they are making.
doesn't like them hanging on her skirt.
doesn't want to reveal her affection for them.
is angry that they never do what she tells them.
Answer: C
3. What is the main insight suggested by the conversation in lines 69--83?
The Curley family cries to manipulate Mrs. Sennett into doing what they want.
The narrator regrets that she is not going to Boston and is a little jealous of Mrs. Sennett.
Mrs. Sennett is happy to leave the Curley family because they are always whining and crying.
Mrs. Sennett intends to return to the Cape soon because she has discovered that they have been manipulating and taking advantage of her.
Answer: A
4. Given the evidence provided throughout the passage, the children probably silently mouth the word "no"
because:
Mrs. Sennett has just called them bad, noisy children, and they are defending themselves.
they do not want to leave the Cape before the summer is over and are protesting.
they are letting the narrator know that Mrs. Sennett is thinking about returning to the Cape.
they are continuing their battle against Mrs. Sennett's intention to return to the Cape.
Answer: D
5. At what point does Mr. Curley cry at the supper table?
Before Mary and the narrator sit and watch the sunset
Before Mrs. Sennett tells the narrator she doubts she will stay another winter with the children
Before the children spend a rainy afternoon playing house in the dining room
After the narrator learns that Mrs. Sennett will return to Boston
Answer: A
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
From the 197 million square miles, which make up the surface of the globe, 71 per cent is covered by the interconnecting bodies of marine water; the Pacific Ocean alone covers half the Earth and averages near 14,000 feet in depth. The portions which rise above sea level are the continents-Eurasia, Africa; North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. The submerged borders of the continental masses are the continental shelves, beyond which lie the deep-sea basins.
The ocean are deepest not in the center but in some elongated furrows, or long narrow troughs, called deeps. These profound troughs have a peripheral arrangement, notably around the borders of the pacific and Indian oceans. The position of the deeps, like the highest mountains, are of recent origin, since otherwise they would have been filled with waste from the lands. This is further strengthened by the observation that the deeps are quite often, where world-shaking earthquakes occur. To cite an example, the "tidal wave" that in April, 1946, caused widespread destruction along Pacific coasts resulted from a strong earthquake on the floor of the Aleutian Deep.
The topography of the ocean floors is none too well known, since in great areas the available soundings are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. However, the floor of the Atlantic is becoming fairly well known as a result of special surveys since 1920. A broad, well-defined ridge-the Mid-Atlantic ridge-runs north and south between Africa and the two Americas and numerous other major irregularities diversify the Atlantic floor. Closely spaced soundings show that many parts of the oceanic floors are as rugged as mountainous regions of the continents. Use of the recently perfected method of submarine topography. During world war II great strides were made in mapping submarine surfaces, particularly in many parts of the vast Pacific basin.
Most of the continents stand on an average of 2870 feet above sea level. North America averages 2300 feet; Europe averages only 1150 feet; and Asia, the highest of the larger continental subdivisions, averages 3200 feet. Mount Everest, which is the highest point in the globe, is 29,000 feet above the sea; and as the greatest known depth in the sea is over 35,000 feet, the maximum relief (that is, the difference in altitude between the lowest and highest points) exceeds 64,000 feet, or exceeds 12 miles. The continental masses and the deep-sea basins are relief features of the first order; the deeps, ridges, and volcanic cones that diversify the sea floor, as well as the plains, plateaus, and mountains of the continents, are relief features of the second order. The lands are unendingly subject to a complex of activities summarized in the term erosion, which first sculptures them in great detail and then tends to reduce them ultimately to sea level. The modeling of the landscape by weather, running water, and other agents is apparent to the keenly observant eye and causes thinking people to speculate on what must be the final result of the ceaseless wearing down of the lands. Much before there was any recognizable science as geology, Shakespeare wrote "the revolution of the times makes mountains level."
6. The peripheral furrows or deeps are found
only in the pacific and Indian oceans
near earthquakes
near the shore
in the center of the ocean
to be 14,000 feet in depth in the pacific.
Ans : C
7. We may conclude from this passage that earth quakes
Occur more frequently in newly formed land or sea formations
Are caused by the weight of the water
Cause erosion
Occur in the deeps
Will ultimately "make mountains level".
Ans : A
8. The highest mountains are
oldest
in excess of 12 miles
near the deeps
relief features of the first order
of recent origin.
Ans : E
9. The highest point on North America is
2870 feet above sea level
not mentioned in the passage
higher than the highest point in Europe
2300 feet above sea level
in Mexico.
Ans : B
10. The deeps are subject to change caused by
erosion
soundings
earthquakes
waste
weathering
Ans : C
Directions for Questions 11-15:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)
11.The firm show / began / when we arrived / in the hall/no error
A B C D E
Ans:B
12. No sooner the news appeared in the paper/ than / there was a rush / in the counter/ no error
A B C D E
Ans:A
13. Unlike the other/ rich men of his community,/ he does not look/ down upon the poor/ no error
A B C D E
Ans:E
14. His supporters are / not as enthusiastic / and co-operative as / that of his opponent's/ no error
A B C D E
Ans: D
15. Our company can / no longer afford / over-manned unit as/; out profit has lower./ no error
A B C D E
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.
16. A) Without your help must try to carry out my task alone.
B) Barr
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