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NCAT - Sample Questions PDF
NCAT - Sample Questions PDF
Directions for Questions 1 and 2: In the following statements, a situation is explained in a few
sentences, followed by a conclusion. Mark appropriate option
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c. If the conclusion definitely does not follow from statements
d. If the conclusion drawn is doubtful
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2. Statements: (i) A is taller than B
(ii) B is shorter than C
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Conclusion: C is equal to A
a.
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b.
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d.
4. When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, that day will be as far from Wednesday when the day
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a. Wednesday b. Thursday
b. Tuesday d. Friday
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5. The next term in the given sequence , , , , − is
p 5 v 11
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a.
13
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b.
z
13
c.
B
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d.
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6. The missing letters in columns from left to right in order are:
A I T M
Y G K
E P
U C N G
a. Z, U, L b. W, R, L
c. Z, R, I d. W, R, I
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Directions for Questions 7 to 9: In the following questions two statements are followed by two
conclusions. Mark appropriate option
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7. Statement 1: All Animals are dogs
Statement 2: All Cats are animals
Conclusions I: All cats are dogs.
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Conclusion II: All dogs are cats.
a. 27U24
b. 45U15
c. 47U15
d. 47V14
Directions for questions 11 to 13: Six friends A, B , C, D, E and F are sitting along the sides of a hexagonal
table for playing a game, though not necessarily in the same coder F, who is sitting exactly opposite of A,
is to the immediate right of B. D is between A and B and is exactly opposite to C.
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a. D and E b. B and E
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c. E and C d. B and F
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a. C b. F
c. A d. E
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13. Three of the following are alike in a certain way on the basis of sitting positions and so from a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
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a. B, C b. A, D
c. B, F d. E, A
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14. If ‘lead’ is called ‘stick’, ‘stick’ is called ‘nib’, ’nib is called ‘needle’, ‘needle’ is called ‘rope’ and
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‘rope’ and ‘rope’ is called ‘thread’, what will be fitted in a pen to write with it.
a. Lead b. Needle
c. Nib d. Thread
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15. Deepak is brother of Ravi. Reena is sister of Atul. Ravi is son of Reena. How is Deepak related to
Reena?
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a. Son b. Brother
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c. Nephew d. Father
16. In the following series of letters, some definite order determines which are the next two letters
in the correct order? AJKTUBILSVCHMRWDGNQEFO?
a. PY b. PZ
c. YZ d. ZA
Directions of questions 17 to 20: Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are members of a club and play a
different game of Football, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Basketball, Badminton, and Volleyball. T, who is
taller than P and S, plays Tennis. The tallest among them plays Basketball. The Shortest among them
plays Volleyball. Q and S neither play Volleyball nor Basketball. R plays Volleyball. T is between Q who
plays football and P in order of height.
a. Q b. T
c. S d. Can’t find
18. Who will be at the third place if they are arranged in descending order of their heights?
a. Q b. P
c. S d. T
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19. Who among them plays Basketball?
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a. Q b. R
c. S d. U
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20. What does S play?
a. Cricket E b. Badminton
c. Football c. Either Cricket or Badminton
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SECTION 2: DATA INTERPRETATION
Directions for Question 1 to 4: The following figure represents flow of natural gas through pipe lines
between major cities P, Q, R, S and T (in suitable units). Assume that supply equals demand. Answer the
following Questions.
Q
1500 550
300
R
P R 750 T
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250
900 700
S
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1. What is the number of units consumed in Q? E
a. 1500 b. 850
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c. 650 d. 2350
a. 900 b. 1100
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c. 1000 d. 1200
a. 2000 b. 2500
c. 1900 d. 1800
4. What is the total demand in five cities assuming demand as given in above questions?
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a. 5600 b. 6000
c. 5800 d. 6200
Directions for Questions 5 to 8: Study the following graph and the table and answer the questions given
below.
Total population of the given States = 3276000
Data of Population of States in 1998 Sex and Literacy wise Population Ratio
States Sex Literacy
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Bihar A.P. M.P 3 1 1 4
11% 25%
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Delhi 2 3 2 1
Goa
12% Goa 3 5 3 2
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Delhi M.P. Bihar 3 4 4 1
8% 20%
U.P. 3 2 7 2
E T.N. 3 4 9 4
5. What will be the percentage of total number of males in U.P., M.P. and Goa together to the total
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population of all the given states?
a. 25% b. 27.5%
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c. 28.5% d. 31.5%
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6. What was the total number of illiterate people in A.P. and M.P. in 1998?
a. 876040 b. 932170
c. 981550 d. 1161160
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7. What is the ratio of the number of females in T.N. to the number of females in Delhi?
a. 7:5 b. 9:7
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c. 13:11 d. 15:14
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a. 254650 b. 294840
c. 321470 d. 341200
Directions for the questions 9 to 12: From the following data answer the questions 9 to 12.
Roads P, Q and T run from south to north and roads R and S from North to South. The order of the roads
from left to right is P, Q, R, S and T. Road U runs from west to east and road V runs in a South-east
direction. U, V and T intersect at B. Road W run from East to West. W, V and R intersect at A.
All roads are one way roads and the traffic is allowed only in the direction of the road. In going from one
point to another no intersection is crossed more than once.
9. How many routes connect the intersection of roads U and R, and T and V?
a. 8 b. 6
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c. 4 d. None of these
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10. How many different routes can one take in going from A to B?
a. 1 b. 2
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c. 4 d. 3
11. How many routes can one take in going from the intersection of roads T and V?
a. 2 E b. 3
c. 6 d. 4
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12. On taking the longest route from B to A, What is the maximum number of intersections,
excluding B and A that one has to cross?
a. 2 b. 6
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c. 8 d. 4
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Directions for Questions 13 to 16: Study the graph representing the production of 4 different fertilizers
and answer the questions (lakh tonnes) following that
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50 45 45
40 40
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40 35 35 35 35
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30 25 25 1999
20 2000
2001
10
0
P Q R S
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13. The production of which company has changed the most between 1999 and 2001?
a. P b. Q
c. R d. S
14. What is the ratio of average production by company R in three years to the average production
by company S in three years?
a. 6:7 b. 7:8
c. 8:7 d. 7:6
15. The average of production for three years was the maximum for which of the following
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companies?
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a. P b. Q
c. R d. S
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16. For which of the following companies, the percentage rise or fall in production of fertilizers from
1999 to 2000 was the maximum?
a. P E b. Q
c. R d. S
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Directions of Questions 17 to 20: Given below is a graph representing sales, cost and number of
employees (in thousands) in a company. Answer the following Questions:
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45
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35
30
25
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20
15
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10
5
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January March May July September November
a. September b. January
c. July d. March
18. In which month the total increase in the total cost is least as compared to two months ago?
a. March b. July
c. September d. November
a. September b. July
c. January d. March
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20. Assuming that no employee left the job, what was the percentage increase in the number of the
employees in the given period?
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a. 50% b. 25%
c. 75% d. cannot be determined
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SECTION 3: VISUAL RECOGNITION
Directions for Question 1 to 11: Observer the given pattern and find the next figure in sequence
1.
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a b c d
2.
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3. a b c d
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a b c d
4.
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a b c d
5.
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E
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a b c d
6.
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a b c d
7.
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a b c d
8.
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E
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a b c d
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9.
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a b c d
10.
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a b c d
11.
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a b c d
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12. Find out the alternative figure which contains figure (X) as its part.
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a. 1 b. 2
c.3 d. 4
13. Find out the alternative figure which contains figure (X) as its part.
(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)
a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4
Direction for Questions 14 and 15: In each of the following questions, there is a set of five
figures labelled A, B, C, D or E called the problem set followed by a set of four other figures
labelled a, b, c and d called the Answer set. fig. C contains a question mark. Select a suitable
figure from the answer set which will substitute this question mark so that a series is formed by
the figures A, B, C, D and E taken in order the number of selected figure is the answer.
14.
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A B C D E
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a b c d
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15.
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A B C D E
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a b c d
16. Choose the set of figures which follows the given rule.
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17. Find the total number of squares formed in figure?
1 2 3 4
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5 7 8
9 10 11 12
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13 14 15 16
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17 18 19 20
a. 40 b. 50
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c. 60 d. 30
a. 32 b. 36
c. 40 d. 56
2 3
5
4 6
8 9
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11 15
12 14
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a. 40 b. 48
c. 30 d. 50
a. 12 b. 13
c. 15 d. 17
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SECTION 4: MATHEMATICS
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a. 𝑥𝑥 > −
7
2 1
b. − < 𝑥𝑥 <
7 3
1 2
c. 𝑥𝑥 > 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑥𝑥 <
3 7
1
d. 𝑥𝑥 >
3
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a. 𝑥𝑥 = 4𝑦𝑦
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b. 𝑥𝑥 = 2𝑦𝑦
c. 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑦𝑦
d. 4𝑥𝑥 = 𝑦𝑦
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3.
Trapezoi
E Quadrilate
Rectangle
Squar
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Rhombuse
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a. {0}
b. (0,1)
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c. {0,1}
d. {}
a. 5184
b. 1296
c. 81C4
d. 81P4
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6. If 𝛼𝛼 + 𝛽𝛽 = , 𝛽𝛽 + 𝛾𝛾 = 𝛼𝛼 then (tan 𝛼𝛼) is equal to
2
a. tan 𝛽𝛽 + tan 𝛾𝛾
b. tan 𝛽𝛽 + 2 tan 𝛾𝛾
c. 2(tan 𝛽𝛽 + tan 𝛾𝛾)
d. 2 tan 𝛽𝛽 + tan 𝛾𝛾
7. There are 5 locks and their corresponding 5 keys. The maximum number of trials one should
make to establish the correspondence between the locks and keys are:
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a. 5!
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b. 55
c. 5×2
d. 5×5
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8. Range of function 7 − 𝑥𝑥𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 −3 is
a. {1,2,3}
b. {1,2,3,4} E
c. {1,2,3,4,5}
d. {1,2,3,4,5,6}
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9. For an acute angle 𝜃𝜃 , sin 𝜃𝜃 + cos 𝜃𝜃 takes greater value when 𝜃𝜃 is
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a. 60˚
b. 90˚
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c. 45˚
d. 30˚
10. A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A
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completes a round in 252 seconds, B is 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the
same time point. After what time, will they meet again at the starting point?
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a. 46 min 18 sec
b. 12 min 38 sec
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c. 2 hours
d. 46 min 12 sec
11. A swimming pool 10m wide and 16m long is 1m deep on the shallow side and 4m deep on
the deeper side, Its volume is
a. 480m3
b. 400m3
c. 320m3
d. 196m3
1+𝑥𝑥 2𝑥𝑥
12. If 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = log � � then 𝑓𝑓 � � can be written as
1−𝑥𝑥 1+𝑥𝑥 2
a. 2𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥)
1−𝑥𝑥 2
b. log � �
1+𝑥𝑥
1+𝑥𝑥 2
c. log � �
1−𝑥𝑥 2
1−𝑥𝑥
d. 2 log � �
1+𝑥𝑥
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a.
𝑥𝑥+𝑧𝑧
2𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
b.
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𝑧𝑧−𝑥𝑥
2𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
c.
𝑧𝑧+𝑥𝑥
𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
d.
2(𝑧𝑧+𝑥𝑥)
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14. In how many ways 3 scholarships can be awarded to 5 students when each student is
eligible for any number of scholarships?
a. 15
b. 53
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c. 35
d. 5P3
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a. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑓𝑓(−𝑥𝑥)
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16. On an Argand plane, OPQ is an equilateral triangle. If polar form of point P is given as
𝑟𝑟(cos 𝜃𝜃 + 𝑖𝑖 sin 𝜃𝜃) then polar form of point Q will be
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𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋
a. 𝑟𝑟(cos( 𝜃𝜃 + ) + 𝑖𝑖 sin( 𝜃𝜃 + ))
3 3
𝜋𝜋
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17. If α and β are the roots of the equation 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏 = 0 where b≠0 then the roots of the
equation 𝑏𝑏𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 + 1 = 0 are
a. 𝛼𝛼 2 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝛽𝛽 2
1 1
b. ,
2𝛼𝛼 2𝛽𝛽
𝛼𝛼 𝛽𝛽
c. ,
𝛽𝛽 𝛼𝛼
1 1
d. ,
𝛽𝛽 𝛼𝛼
a. −5 + 38𝑖𝑖
b. −5 − 38𝑖𝑖
c. −5 − 74𝑖𝑖
d. 33𝑖𝑖
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a. A finite set
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b. {1,2}
c. An infinite set
d. A null set
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𝜋𝜋
20. If 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚(𝑧𝑧 2 ) = 4 and arg(𝑧𝑧 2 ) = then polar form of 𝑧𝑧 is
4
𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋
a. 2(cos + 𝑖𝑖 sin ) E
2 2
√𝜋𝜋 √𝜋𝜋
b. 2 (cos + 𝑖𝑖 sin )
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4 4
𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋
c. 2 (cos + 𝑖𝑖 sin )
8 8
√𝜋𝜋 √𝜋𝜋
d. 2 (cos + 𝑖𝑖 sin )
8 8
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SECTION 5: ENGLISH
Directions for questions 1-7: Read the comprehension and answer the question on the basis of the
comprehension.
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II. Sometimes, until some particular thing comes to your notice, you think something has been won
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for every working man, and then you come across, as I did the other day, a case where someone
had taken the law into his own hands and beaten up a labor organizer. I didn’t think we did
those things any more in this country, but it appears that we do. Therefore, someone must be
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always on the lookout to see that someone is ready to take up the cudgels* to defend those
who can’t defend themselves. That is the only way we are going to keep this country a law-
abiding country, where law is looked upon with respect and where it is not considered necessary
for anybody to take the law into his own hands. The minute you allow that, then you have
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acknowledged that you are no longer able to trust in your courts and in your law-enforcing
machinery, and civil liberties are not very well off when anything like that happens; so I think
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that after listening to the broadcast today, I would like to remind you that behind all those who
fight for the Constitution as it was written, for the rights of the weak and for the preservation of
civil liberties, we have a long line of courageous people, which is something to be proud of and
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something to hold on to. Its only value lies, however, in the fact that we profit by example and
continue the tradition in the future.
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III. We must not let those people break us down; we must have courage; we must not succumb to
fears of any kind; and we must live up to the things that we believe in and see that justice is
done to the people under the Constitution, whether they belong to minority groups or not. This
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country is a united country in which all people have the same rights as citizens. We are grateful
that we can trust in the youth of the nation that they are going on to uphold the real principles
of democracy and put them into action in this country. They are going to make us an even more
truly democratic nation.
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1. The relationship between succumb and overcome is the same as the relationship between
2. The repetition of the word “fight” is used to support which central theme in Roosevelt’s speech?
3. Roosevelt argues that citizens should not take the law into their own hands because
4. In the middle of paragraph 2, Roosevelt implies that “you have acknowledged that you are no
longer able to trust in your courts and in your law-enforcing machinery” when you allow
individuals
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a. to speak and assemble freely
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b. to organize as labor unions
c. to take the law into their own hands
d. to think that justice will always prevail
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5. Read these lines from the beginning of paragraph 3.
“We must not let those people in back of us down; we must have courage; we must not succumb
to fears of any kind; and we must live up to the things that we believe in and see that justice is
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done . . .”
Roosevelt’s use of repetition in phrasing and structure in these lines creates:
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a. a hostile tone that increases in anger
b. an objective tone based on facts
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c. a summary d. an accusation
7. The reader can infer from the speech that Roosevelt believes that the majority of Americans are
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a. intimidated b. law-abiding
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c. violent d. hardworking
a. Sometimes the affects of our generosity may seem minimal, but our good intentions do make
a difference
b. Sometimes our generosity effects others minimally, but our good intentions do make a
difference
c. Sometimes the effects of our generosity may seem minimal, but our good intentions do make
a difference
d. Sometimes the effects of our generosity may seem minimal, but our good intentions do
effect others
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a. She and he are always fighting
b. She and him are always fighting
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c. Her and him are always fighting
d. Him and her are always fighting
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11. Choose the correct sentence
a. She is the only professor who does what it takes to help her students learn joyfully.
b. She is the only professor who do what it takes to help her students learn joyfully.
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c. She is a professor who do what it takes to help her students learn joyfully.
d. She is one of many professors who does what it takes to help her students learn joyfully.
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12. Looking at the barren fields, I wondered why the farmer left them _____ and didn't plant
anything cool yet. Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?
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a. rigorous b. inclement
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c. coerce d. fallow
13. After I accidentally kicked her in the teeth, I decided to _____ the situation by paying for a new
set of false teeth. Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?
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a. refined b. urbane
c. redress d. exhilarate
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14. Which word MOST NEARLY MEANS: (adj.) “Filled with or motivated by devotion and eagerness
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to a cause”
a. fervent b. compatible
c. emaciated d. zealous
15. Fill in the blanks with the correct word viewing the performance of the play ‘Andha
Yug’____________ my soul.
a. exhilirated b. exhilarated
c. exhiliarated d. exihiarated
16. ‘We’re hoping our plans for the event cover all bases.’ Choose the correct explanation for the
underlined idiom
Directions for Question 17 to 20: Read the sentences to find out whether there is an error in any part.
No sentence has more than one error. If there is no error in the sentence, signify a “No error” response.
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18. a. Despite of repeated warnings / b. he did not study / c. for the exam / d. No error
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19. a. He asked me / b. if I know / c. where Mr. Roy lived / d. No error
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20. a. One of these boys / b. know where the / c. treasure is hidden / d. No error
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