SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER I Section 1 - Verbal Ability

No. of Questions: 10 Duration in Minutes: 10

Directions for Questions 1-2: Choose the option which will CORRECTLY fill the blank. 1) Please pin __ this notice __ the Notice Board. A) No preposition required, by C) On, at 2) Are you any good ____ chess? A) In B) At C) On D) With B) Up, on D) No preposition required, in

Directions for Questions 3-4: Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in ITALICS from the given options. 3) Kiran is bright enough to solve a difficult problem. A) Hardworking B) Studious C) Patient D) Intelligent

4) This movie shows vivid details of gruesome brutality and violence. A) Terrific B) Terrible C) Horrid D) Horrible

Directions for Question 5: Choose the answer option which will CORRECTLY fill the blank. 5) When I last saw my grandfather, he was fit as _______ fiddle. A) A B) An C) The D) No article required

Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. OS/2 OS/2 is an operating system created by Microsoft and IBM and later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2", because it was introduced as the preferred operating system for IBM's "Personal System/2 (PS/2)" line of second-generation Personal Computers. OS/2 was intended as a protected-mode successor of MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Notably, basic system calls were modeled after MS-DOS calls; their names even started with "DOS" and it was possible to link text mode applications in such a way that they could work on both systems ("bound" programs). Because of this heritage, in terms of look, feel and features, OS/2 is not unlike Windows in many ways; but it also shares similarities with Unix and XENIX. IBM and Microsoft signed the Joint Development Agreement in August 1985. OS/2 1.0 was announced in April 1987 and released in December, as a text-mode only OS. It however featured a rich API for controlling the video display (VIO) and getting keyboard and mouse events: a sort of a protected-mode BIOS. Not surprisingly, the video and keyboard APIs were also available to "bound" programs on MS-DOS. The promised GUI, Presentation Manager, was introduced with OS/2 1.1 in November 1988. Version 1.2 introduced the HPFS file system.

OS/2 and Windows-related books of the late 1980s acknowledged the existence of both systems and promoted OS/2 as the system for the future. OS/2 2.0, released in 1992, was touted by IBM as "a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows". Indeed, because of the limitations of the Intel 80286 processor, OS/2 1.x could only run one "DOS box" at a time, and did this in an insecure way by ping-ponging the entire processor between real and protected modes, using the undocumented LOADALL machine instruction. A problem in DOS mode would crash the entire computer. In contrast, OS/2 2.0 could benefit from the virtual 8086 mode of the Intel 80386 processor in order to create a potentially totally secure virtual machine for DOS to run inside. However, such a secure VM incurs a significant performance hit compared to original hardware, and unsecuring some parts of the VM (OS/2 was very configurable in this area to make it more usable again allowed DOS programs to crash the computer. Just like Windows, OS/2 could not run protected-mode DOS programs using the older VCPI interface; it only supported programs written according to DPMI. Compatibility with Windows was achieved by adapting the Windows GUI code to run inside a 16-bit OS/2 process, rather than above the original Windows kernel. 6) Which of the following is FALSE? A) OS/2 stands for Operating System. B) OS/2 was developed separately by Microsoft and IBM. C) OS/2 was developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft. D) OS/2 was the preferred system for PS/2. 7) What do you understand by bound systems? A) Any file that works on both DOS and OS/2. B) Any file that works only on DOS. C) Any file that works only on OS2. D) None of the options 8) Which of the following is the name of the operating system that does NOT appear in the passage above? A) Xenix B) Unix C) Linux D) MS-DOS

9) What is the difference between OS2 1.x and OS/2 2.0? A) OS/2 2.0 was a more advanced version. B) OS/2 2.0 was better than DOS and Windows. C) OS/2 2.0 allowed DOS to run inside OS without crashing. D) OS/2 2.0 was the Apple version of the original OS2. 10) Select the FALSE statement: A) OS/2 1.0 was a text mode-only OS. B) OS/2 1.0 featured a rich API for VIO. C) The GUI Presentation Manager, was introduced with OS/2 1.1. D) Version 2.0 introduced the HPFS file system.

Section 2 - Analytical Ability

No of Questions: 10 Duration in Minutes: 10

Directions for Questions 11-13: In the following questions mark: 1, if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone. 2, if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone. 3, if the question can be answered with the help of both I and II. 4, if the question cannot be answered at all. 11) Is a+b > a-b? Statement I: a is positive Statement II: b is positive A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

12) A box of oranges costs Rs.50. What percentage of the cost of an orange is the selling price of an orange? Statement I: A box can hold 20 oranges. Statement II: Each orange is to be sold at Rs.5. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

13) There are 21 children playing in a playground, out of whom nine are boys and 12 are girls. If one of the children is randomly selected, then what is the probability that the child is a boy and a student? Statement I: Four of the boys are students. Statement II: Five of the girls are students. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

14) On basis of the Statements given, which of the conclusions follow. Statements I: All dogs are cats Statement II: Some cats are blacks Conclusion I: Some dogs are blacks Conclusion II: Some cats are blacks A) I & II both follows B) Only II follows C) Only I follows D) Neither I nor II follows

15) If CRICKET is coded as DYIDPIY then how will be HOCKEY be coded as? A) IPDPDY B) IPDPIY C) PDIPYI D) IDPPDI

16) On basis of the Statements given, which of the conclusions follow. Statement I: All dogs are cats Statement II: All cats are tigers Conclusion I: All dogs are tigers Conclusion II: Some dogs are tigers A) Only conclusion I follows on the basis of the two statements B) Only conclusion II follows on the basis of the two statements C) Both conclusion I and II follows on the basis of the two statements D) None of the conclusions follow

17) In a class of 39, Ravi is seven ranks ahead of Sumit. If Sumits rank is 17 from the last, what is Ravis rank from the first? A) 10 B) 12 C) 14 D) 16

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18) Mahim is ranked 16th from the first and 29th from the last among those who passed an exam. 6 boys did not appear for the exam and 5 failed. How many boys are there in the class? A) 40 B) 44 C) 50 D) 55

19) From the four logical diagrams, select one which best illustrates the relationship among three given classes in the question Asia, India, Europe

A) a

B) b

C) c

D) d

20) 70 students are asked to watch movies. 52 saw Hindi movie and some students saw English movie, 38 students saw both the movies. How many students saw English movie? A) 40 B) 46 C) 50 D) 56

Section 3 - Attention To Detail

No. of Questions: 10 Duration in Minutes: 10

21) If * stands for +, / stands for * and + stands for /, then which of the following equations is TRUE? A) 7*14/7+35-14=-4.2 C) 14*5/7+35-14=-10.1 B) 5+7*7-5/14=24 D) 5/7*7+35-14=4

22) If ~ represents addition, ! represents multiplication, & represents subtraction, @ represents division, then (3.5 ! 3.5 ~ 0.25 & 2.5) @ 2 = ? A) 8 B) 0 C) 5 D) -5

23) If * stands for +, / stands for *, + stands for - and - stands for /, then which of the following is TRUE? A) 14*12/4+30-12 = 51.5 C) 36/14*4+30-12 = 505.5 Directions for Questions 24-26: Follow the directions given below to answer the questions that follow. Your answer for each question below would be: A, if ALL THREE items given in the question are exactly ALIKE. B, if only the FIRST and SECOND items are exactly ALIKE. C, if only the FIRST and THIRD items are exactly ALIKE. D, if None of the above. 24) 65985621 A) A 25) Gizmomak Service A) A 26) 4896.1794376 A) A B) B B) B 4896.1794376 C) C B) B 65985621 C) C Gizmomack Service C) C 65985721 D) D Gizmomark Service D) D 4896.1794276 D) D B) 36*4/14+36-12 = 36 D) 12*36/4+30-12 = 12

Directions for Questions 27-30: The eligibility criteria for admission to Sophia Medical College are as follows: a) The candidate should be of at least 17 years of age as on 1 June 2003. b) The candidate should have an aggregate of 60% in all the subjects in Class X and XII. c) The candidate should have Biology as one of the subjects in class XII. d) The candidate should secure a percentage of 90 or above in the entrance examination. However, If a candidate satisfies all the above mentioned conditions, EXCEPT: Condition (b), but has scored above 95 percentage in the entrance test, he is admitted if he pays a non-refundable deposit of Rs.80,000 (apart from the admission charges) at the time of admission. Condition (c), but is among the top 10 rank-holders, he is to be interviewed by the Principal.

27) Maneesh has been a consistent performer with above 72% and 85% in class X and XII exams respectively. He scored 89% in the entrance test. He can pay extra to get an admission. His certificates show his date of birth as 01/07/1985. He is: A) Granted admission B) Interviewed by the Principal C) Granted admission on payment of Rs.80,000 extra D) Rejected 28) Sonya is the 13 rank-holder in the entrance test, with 87% in the entrance test. Biology was her favourite subject in Class X and XII. She scored 58% and 89% in Class X and XII respectively. Sonyas twin sister Tanya turned 18 last year. Sonya is: A) Granted admission on payment of Rs.80,000 extra B) Interviewed by the Principal C) Granted admission and has to pay only the admission fees D) Denied admission 29) Ram scored 78% and 63% in Class X and XII respectively. He is the second- rank holder in the entrance test securing 95%. He is ready to pay Rs.80,000 for the admission. He scored 93% in Biology in Class XII. He turned 17 in December 2002. He is: A) Granted admission B) Granted admission on payment of Rs.80,000 extra C) Interviewed by the Principal D) Denied admission 30) Ramaswamy was born on 18 April 1986. He secured first division (60%) in Class X but missed the first division in Class XII by 4% as he did not perform well in Biology and English. He secured 34th rank in the entrance test and scored 96.3%. He belongs to a Brahmin family in Chennai. He is: A) Denied admission B) To be interviewed by the Principal C) Granted admission on payment of Rs.80,000 extra D) Granted admission and has to pay only the normal admission fee
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Answer Key Set 3

1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. A 30. C