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SB I / I B PS CLERK PRELI M S & K DCC CLERK -M ODEL TEST-18

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Direction(1-7): In this question a sentence divided into four parts denoted by (1),
(2),(3) and (4) has been given. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any
grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. That
part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is “No error”. Ignore the errors
of punctuation if any.
1. Appliance makers believe (1)/more and better chimes, (2)/ alerts, and jingles
(3)/ make for happier clients. (4)/ No error.
2. Despite what everyone (1)/ tells about the power of modern devices,(2)/ they’re
nowhere near as capable as (3)/the landmark early NASA system. (4) /No error.
3. While radar detects the formation (1)/of a tornado, a network of in-person (2)/
tornado spotters also (3)/confirm its existence. (4)/ No error.
4. Women who suffer (1)/with the chronic-pain condition(2)/ vulvodynia often feel
(3) isolated from their partners. (4) No error.
5. To protect a population’s health,(1)/ governments might(2)/ have to think(3) behind
access to care.(4)/ No error.
6. Production companies’ threats to (1)/abandon the state in protest of (2)/a new
abortion law put (3)/ its own workers at risk. (4) / No error.
7. Researchers are turned to (1)/ a rare genetic condition to (2)/explore the
mysterious (3)/ origins of human cooperation. (4)/ No error.
Direction(8-14): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
given. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
Srinivas Aiyangar and his wife Kamalamma were very happy. Reason ? Birth
of a son who was named Ramanujan. When Ramanujan was only one year old,
his mother took him to Kumbakonam where his father was clerk in a cloth
merchant’s shop. Ramanujan attended different schools. Then he entered the
Town High School in 1898. Ramanujan never went closer to his class fellows. He
never participated in sports. He used to do well in all his subjects but he had a
special love for mathematics.
In 1900, at the age of 13, Ramanujan began to work on mathematics, including
geometric-arithmetic series. In 1902 a turning point came in his life when he
borrowed from a friend a book entitled Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure
and Applied Mathematics, written by George Shobbidge Carr. This book which
contained nearly 6000 theorems, formulae and mathematical proofs had awakened
the mathematician in Ramanujan. By 1904, he started taking deep interest in
the subject. Ramanujan got first division in mathematics in his matriculation
examination and was awarded the Subramaniyan Scholarship. In 1904, he got
admission in Kumbakonam Government College. Here he spent most of his time
in studying mathematics, at the cost of other subjects. Eventually, he had to lose
the scholarship. He began to feel the pinch of poverty and left college. Now he
was much depressed. Ultimately, he decided o work on mathematics developing
his own ideas without any help and guidance. His source of inspiration continued
to be Carr’s book. Ramanjuan had become so obsessed with mathematics that he
needed 2000 sheets of paper to do his calculations. To earn money for this,
unkempt and unimpressive, he would visit offices showing everybody his frayed
notebooks and telling them that he knew mathematics and could do clerical jobs,
but of no avail. Now he began to pose problems and solve problems in the journal
of the Indian Mathematical Society. After publication of brilliant research paper
on Bernoulli numbers in 1911, he gained recognition for his work.
8. The word ‘frayed’ means the same as
1)Tired 2) worn-out 3) disfigured 4) properly arranged 5)None
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9. Why did Ramanujan have to lose his college scholarship?

1)He could not cope with the burden of studies
2) he neglected all subjects but mathematics
3) he failed in mathematics 4) he failed in all subjects 5) None of these
10. What is the meaning of ‘unkempt’ used in passage?
1)Shabby 2) vulgar 3)clean 4) crude 5) None of these
11. Which word can replace the word ‘avail’ used in the passage?
1)Harm 2) loss 3) use 4) purpose 5) None of these
12. Who/ what has inspired Ramanujan to take interest in mathematics
1) Dr. George Shobbidge Carr 2) Mathematics book written by Dr. Carr
3) Kumabakonam Government College
4) Subramaniyan Scholarship 5) None of these
13. What is the meaning of the phrase “feel the pinch”
1) Experience hardship 2) despise 3) do not want
4) crave 5) None of these
14. What was the turning point in Ramanujan’s life?
1) Getting the Subramaniyan Scholarship
2) Getting hold of Dr. Carr’s book
3) Getting recognition to his publications in Journal of Indian Mathematical society
4) Publication of research paper on Bernoulli numbers 5) None of these
Direction(15-19): In this question, words (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given in bold. If
two of these words are interchanged, the sentence will be meaningful and
grammatically correct. Identify the pair of words, if interchanged which will make
the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. That pair is your answer. If
all the words have been given appropriately then mark ‘All Correct’ as your answer:
15. The greatest economy(A)of our time is automation(B), and by 2030 we’ll be
experiencing(C)its full effects on our challenge(D)and society.
1)CA 2) AD 3) CB 4)BA 5) All Correct
16. Forecasts population(A)the world’s population could reach a staggering (B) 9
billion people by 2030 — triple(C) the suggest(D) of the early 1960s.
1) All correct 2) AD 3) All Correct 4) BA 5) CD
17. Brazil’s backsliding on corruption (A)may be the most dramatic (B)and
consequential in the region, given how much (C) prosecutors accomplished (D)in
a few years.
1)CA 2) All correct 3) CB 4) BA 5) CD
18. The citizenship act link(A) from the conscious(B)decision of India’s founders not
to breaks(C)citizenship to religion,(D) language or ethnicity.
1) CA 2) DA 3) CB 4) BA 5) All correct
19. Sardar Patel, India’s solely(A)home minister, asserted(B) that a citizenship
predicated first(C) on connection to territory was “enlightened, modern and
civilized,” and the mark of all progressive (D)nations.
1) BC 2) DA 3) CA 4) All correct 5) CD
Direction(20-25): In this question, four words denoted by (A), (B), (C) and (D) are
given in bold. One of these words given in bold may either be wrongly spelt or
inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out which amongst (A), (B), (C)
and (D) is inappropriate in the context or wrongly spelt, if any. That option is your
answer. If all (A), (B), (C) and (D) are correctly spelt or appropriate in the context
of the sentence, then mark’ All Correct’ as your answer:
20. No one’s pay(A) much attention(B) to one chunk of the electorate(C) that could
prove(D) decisive in 2020. /All Correct
21. A radio host’s tweets have resurrected (A) a danger (B) myth to disparage(C) a
celebrated (D) novelist. /All Correct
22. The kick off to awards season was an evening that oscilated(A) wildly between
jovial(B)bonhomie(C) and current crisis.(D) /All Correct
23. He’s too polarizing (A) and commends(B) too little respect from critics(C) to lead
such an effort effectively.(D) /All Correct
24. The embasy(A) attackers got far more attention(B) than a broad-based Iraqi reform
movement,(C) which is now imperiled by U.S.-Iranian tensions.(D) /All Correct
25. The president fix ates(A) on America’s sovereignty (B) but refuses to
acknowledgement (C) that Iraqis and Iranians have their own aspirations.(D) /
All Correct

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Directions (26-30) Which of the phrases (l), (2), (3) and (4) given below each
sentence should replace the phrases printed in bold type to make the sentence
grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (5) i.e., ‘No correction
required as the answer.
26. She had created problems even when she was on training while she was still
waiting to take full charge of her duties.
(1) she has been waiting (2) she had been still
(3) she would have still (4) she has still to wait
(5) No correction required
27. The director insisted on his orders being carried out with the letter.
(1) for the letter (2) to the letter (3) by the letter
(4) into the letter (5) No correction required
28. He admired the speed with which Koti completed the work and appreciating the
method adopted by him.
(1) appreciate the method being adopted
(2) appreciated the method adopted
(3) appreciate the method of adoption
(4) appreciate the adopting method
(5) No correction required
29. Unless I get some break, I should not be able to do any more work.
(1) shall not be able (2) should be unable
(3) shall not be unable (4) should not be unable
(5) No correction required
30. Some people have a habit of wearing their heart on their sleeves.
(1) bearing their heart on their sleeves
(2) wearing heart on their sleeves
(3) wearing their heart on sleeves
(4) bearing their heart on their sleeve (5) No correction required
NUMERICAL ABILITY
Direction(31-45): What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given question ?
31. 152 - 72 + 42 = ?
1) 194 2) 188 3) 152 4) 192 5) 165
32. 4 x 7 + 9 x 5 = 150 - ?
1) 45 2) 67 3) 63 4) 77 5) 84
33. 122 x 3 - 102 x 4 + (3 5 )2 = ?
1) 81 2)57 3) 77 4) 65 5) 89
34. 52 x 4 + 112 x 3 - 134 = ?
1) 296 2) 329 3) 150 4) 198 5) 359
3 2
35. 8 + 5 = 23 + ?
5 5
1) l7 2) 4 3) 7 4) 9 5) 6
2 2
36. 4 + 18 + 36- 70 =?- 144
1) 188 2) 318 3) 421 4) 364 5) 244
37. 165 + 13 x 3 - 48 = ?
1) 154 2) 156 3) 144 4) 152 5) 126
38. (6 6 )2 + 52 = ? + 65
1) 84 2) 271 3) 136 4) 169 5) 176
39. 52 + 3 x 4 - 5 x 3 + 15  25 = ? x 16
1) 23 2) 18 3) 13 4) 12 5) 15
40. 96  6 + 196  7 - 28 = ?
1) 16 2) 45 3) 53 4) 26 5) 49

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41. 25% of 420 + 4% of 110 + 225 = ?

1) 133.8 2) 143.6 3) 124.4 4) 131.4 5) 141.6
2
42. 125 + 24  16 +3 = ?
1) 130 2) 100 3) l44 4) l40 5) 128
43. 1296 + 576 = 15 x ?2
1) 4 2) 5 3) 3 4) 2 5) 6
44. 15 x 4 + 5 x 7 - 34 = ?
1) 61 2) 41 3) 44 4) 77 5) 89
45. 15 + 26 x 2 - 54 = ?
1) 7 2) 19 3) 21 4) 53 5) 13
46. A jar was containing 80 litres of juice. 8 litres of juice was taken out and 12 litres
of water was added After this 7 litres of the new mixture (of juice and water) was
taken out and 25 litres of water was added What is the respective ratio of juice
and water in the jar now ?
1) 11 : 9 2) 17 : 12 3) 22 : 15 4) 11 : 6 5) 22 : 17
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47. The length of a rectangle is 3 of its breadth. If its length is decreased by 2 cm and

breadth is increased by 3 cm. the area of the rectangle is increased by 24 cm sq.

What is the length of the rectangle ?
1) 18 cm 2) 24 cm 3) 22 cm 4) 16 cm 5) 20 cm
48. Naresh and Kamesh starting from the same place at the same time, are at a
distance of 234.5 kms after driving their cars for 3.5 hours in the opposite direction
If the speed of Naresh’s car is 32 km/h. What is the speed (in km/h) of Kamesh’s
car ?
1) 45 km/h 2) 28 km/h 3) 30 km/h 4) 35 km/h 5) 32 km/h
49. Sahil invested Rs. 2400 in a scheme which offers simple interest at 12% p.a for
two years. He invested the amount that he received after 2 years in another
scheme that offers simple interest at a rate of 30% p.a. for two years. What is the
simple interest that he got from the second scheme ?
1) Rs. 1662.40 2) Rs. 1785.60 3) Rs. 1635.50 4) Rs. 1774 5) Rs. 1738
50. The total cost of 21 chairs and 16 tables is Rs. 16,510. If the cost of one chair is
3
equal to 4 th of the cost of each table, what is the total cost of 8 chairs ?

1) Rs. 3,040 2) Rs. 3,240 3) Rs. 3,120 4) Rs. 2,980 5) Rs. 3,280
51. Simran got three and a half times as many marks in English as in History. If her
total marks in the two subjects are 450, what are the marks obtained by her in
English ?
1) 200 2) 350 3) 300 4) 275 5) 250
52. Puneet invests 15% of his monthly salary in stocks and 12% in gold. Also, he
invests 20% of the remaining salary in Mutual Funds. If after making all these
investments, he is left with Rs. 25,696. How much is his monthly salary ?
1) Rs. 44,000 2) Rs. 48,000 3) Rs. 46,000 4) Rs. 53,000 5) Rs. 50,000
53. A boat can travel 7.2 km upstream in 18 minutes and its speed in still water is 27
kmph. How much distance it can travel downstream in 15 minutes ? (in km)
1) 7.5 2) 7.2 3) 7 4) 8.5 5) 8
54. A and B together complete a piece of work in 36 days. If A takes three times the
number of days taken by B to complete the same piece of work, in how many days
B alone completes the work ?
1 1 3
1) 42 days 2) 42 days 3) 43 days 4) 46 11 days 5) 48 days
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55. A 2.5 m path is to be constructed outside a rectangular plot. The perimeter of the
rectangular plot is 150 m. If the rate of construction is Rs. 20.50 per square
metre, find the total cost of the construction ?
1) Rs. 8184 2) Rs. 8368 3) Rs. 8624 4) Rs. 8096 5) Rs. 8200
Direction (56-60): Read the given information carefully and answer the following
questions.
The following bar graph shows the artillerys produced by four different
indian companies in 2020.

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330

320
312

300
284
280

260
248
240
M N O P
Artillerys

56. Find the difference between sum of artillerys produced by M and N together and
that of P and O together?
1) 120 2) 130 3) 110 4) 140 5) 125
57. Find the ratio of sum of artillerys produced by companies N and P together to that
of O?
1) 288: 165 2) 85: 52 3) 57: 38 4) 298 : 165 5) 15: 8
58. If the artillerys produced by O is increased by 30% in 2021 with respect to that of
in 2020 then find the increased artillerys of O in 2021?
1) 89 2) 99 3) 95 4) 105 5) 85
59. Sum of artillerys produced by M and P together is approximately what percent of
N?
1) 160% 2) 180% 3) 225% 4) 250% 5) 200%
60. Average artillerys produced by companies N and O is how much more or less than
the Average artillerys produced by companies M and P?
1) 20 2) 27 3) 25 4) 35 5) 22
Directions (61– 65): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following
series questions?
61. 3, 13, 53, 213, 853, ?
1) 644 2) 3413 3) 2560 4) 1257 5) 5651
62. ?, 77, 69, 96, 32, 157
1) 62 2) 71 3) 79 4) 76 5) 65
63. 16, 18, 22, 29, 41, ?
1) 60 2) 95 3) 75 4) 70 5) 50
64. 677, 728, 785, 840, ?, 960
1) 880 2) 920 3) 901 4) 861 5) 903
65. 6.25, 7.5, 9.25, 11.5, ?, 17.5
1) 12.75 2) 15.25 3) 14.5 4) 16.75 5) 14.25

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REASONING
Direction (66-70) : This question is based on the given 3-digit numbers :
695 291 578 423 846
66. The difference of the first and the second digits in how many of the given numbers
is greater than the third digit of the same number ?
1) One 2) None 3) More than three 4) Two 5) Three
67. The product of the second and the third digit in which of the following numbers is
the highest ?
1) 578 2) 423 3) 846 4) 695 5) 291
68. If the first and the third digits of all the given numbers are interchanged, which
of the following will become the second highest number after performing the said
operation ?
1) 578 2) 695 3) 846 4) 291 5) 423
69. If ‘4’ is added to the third digit of all odd numbers and ‘3’ is subtracted from the
third digit of all even numbers, in how many numbers thus formed will a digit
appear twice ?
1) More than three 2) Three 3) One 4) None 5) Two
70. If all the digits of the given numbers are arranged in descending order within the
number, what will be the sum of the second and third digits of the second lowest
number thus formed ?
1) 10 2) 11 3) 12 4) 3 5) 7
71. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘WANTS’, each of which has
as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward
directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series ?
1) Two 2) None 3) More than Three 4) Three 5) One
Direction(72-76) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the
question :
UFR8VD*TN3CSH%W L9QQK4XP# 5 Z @ M 6 J B G
72. How many such numbers are there in the given arrangement each of which is
immediately preceded by a symbol as well as immediately followed by an alphabet
?
1) More than three 2) Two 3) Three
4) One 5) None
73. Which one of the following will come next in the given sequence ?
F8R *NT HW% KX4 ?
1) 6BJ 2) @6M 3) 6JG 4) M6B 5) MJ6
74. How many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the
third element from the left end and the fifth element from the left end of the
given arrangement ?
1) Three 2) Two 3) More than three 4) One 5) None
75. If all the symbols are deleted from the given arrangement then which of the
following will be the twelfth element from the right end ?
1) K 2) 9 3) Q 4) 4 5) L
76. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the
given arrangement and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to that
group ?
1) #XZ 2) JMG 3) 3TS 4) V8* 5) L%Q
Direction(77-80) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given
question
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre
but not necessarily in the same order.
• Only three people sit between P and S. Only one person sits between P and M.
• N sits third to the right of M.
• Q sits second to the left of N.
• Only three people sit between Q and L.
• O is neither an immediate neighbour of L nor S.
77. Who among the following sits second to the right of L ?
1) N 2) O 3) P 4) R 5) S

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78. What is the position of N with respect to O ?

1) Third to the left 2) Second to the left
3) Third to the right 4) Second to the right 5) Fourth to the right
79. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in clockwise direction,
starting from L, the positions of how many, excluding L, would remain unchanged
?
1) One 2) Four 3) Three 4) Two 5) None
80. Which amongst the following statements is true regarding R, as per the given
arrangement ?
1) Q sits third to the right of R
2) R sits second to the right of S.
3) R is one of the immediate neighbours of P
4) None of the given statements is true
5) Only three people sit between R and O
Directions: (81-85) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a triangular table, three
persons are sitting at three corners facing outside while others are sitting at
middle of the side facing inside. C sits third to the right of F.F is not an immediate
neighbor of D.Only two persons are sitting between A and B, who faces away from
the table. D sits on the immediate right of A.
81. Who among the following sits second to the right of E?
1) F 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) A
82. How many persons sit between D and B, when counted from the right of D?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) None 5) Either one or two
83. Four of the following pairs are alike in a certain way to form a group, which one is
different to that group?
1) B, F 2) C, D 3) A, D 4) F, E 5) B, E
84. Which of the following is not true as per the given arrangement?
1) C sits second to the left of E
2) Two persons sit between D and E
3) B, D and F are facing away from the table
4) Both (1) and (3)
5) None
85. What is the position of person F with respect to E?
1) Second to the right 2) Immediate left
3) Second to the left 4) Immediate right 5) Third to the left
Directions: (86-90) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
P, Q, R, S, T and V live on six different floors in the same building (the
ground floor is numbered as 1 and so on to topmost floor 6).
Q lives on an even-numbered floor. Only two people live between the floors
on which Q and V live. S lives on a floor immediately above the floor on which R
lives. S does not live on an odd-numbered floor. P does not live on a floor which is
immediately above or immediately below the floor on which T lives. P does not live
on the lowermost floor.
86. How many persons live in between V and Q?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) Four
87. Who amongst the following lives on floor 6?
1) T 2) S 3) Q 4) P 5) R
88. Which of the following is true?
1) Q lives on a floor immediately above T
2) Four persons live in between P and T 3) S lives below P
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89. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order from bottom to top then the
position of how many persons remains unchanged?
1) One 2) None 3) Two 4) Four 5) Three
90. If P is related to S and R is related to T, which of the following is related to Q?
1) S 2) R 3) V 4) T 5) P
Direction(91-95) : Study the information and answer the given questions :
In a certain code language
‘capital cities are crowded’ is written as ‘ju sh pi be’
‘crowded cities create chaos’ is written as ‘sh be nt ro’
‘huge industries create capital’ is written as ‘db ju nt Ka’
‘industries are huge chaos’ is written as ‘Ka pi ro db’
(All the codes are two letter codes)
91. What is the code for ‘create’ in the given code language ?
1) ro 2) db 3) pi 4) sh 5) nt
92. What does ‘ro’ stand for in the given code language ?
1) capital 2) are 3) chaos 4) huge 5) create
93. What is the code for ‘capital’ in the given code language ?
1) sh 2) pi 3) be 4) db 5) ju
94. What does ‘ka’ stand for in the given code language ?
1) either ‘huge’ or ‘industries’ 2) either cities’ or ‘crowded’
3) create 4) chaos 5) cities
95. Which of the following possibly means ‘crowded metro cities’ in the given code
language ?
1) sh un be 2) ka nt pi 3) sh be ka 4) sh ka nt 5) sh be ju
Directions (96-98) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions below.
‘P x Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’.
‘P - Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’.
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.
‘P  Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.
96. Which of the following means ‘M is niece of N’?
(1) M x R - N (2) N  J + M  D (3) N  J + M
(4) N x J - M 5) N  J + M x D
97. Which of the following means ‘B is grandfather of F’?
(1) B + J - F (2) B - J + F (3) B x T - F (4) B  T + F (5) B x J - F
98. How is M related to K in the expression ‘B + K  T x M’ ?
(1) Son (2) Daughter (3) Uncle
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of the above
99. In a certain code language, ‘pit ne’ means ‘come here’, ‘ne ta ja’ means ‘come and
go’ and ‘ja sa re’ means ‘you and me’. What does ‘ta’ means in that code language?
(1) come (2) and (3) here (4) go (5) Can’t be determined
100. RT is related to VX and BD is related to FH in the same way as KM is related to
(1)NP (2) OR (3)OQ (4) PR (5) NQ

KEY
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14.2 15.2 16.2 17.2 18.1 19.3 20.1 21.2 22.1 23.2 24.1 25.3 26.2
27.2 28.2 29.1 30.5 31.4 32.4 33.3 34.2 35.5 36.2 37.2 38.5 39.3
40.1 41.3 42.4 43.4 44.1 45.5 46.4 47.5 48.4 49.2 50.3 51.2 52.1
53.1 54.5 55.5 56.3 57.4 58.2 59.5 60.2 61.2 62.4 63.1 64.3 65.5
66.1 67.1 68.3 69.5 70.1 71.4 72.4 73.5 74.1 75.3 76.4 77.2 78.5
79.1 80.2 81.5 82.3 83.1 84.5 85.4 86.3 87.4 88.5 89.5 90.1 91.5
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