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1. and are independent witness in a case. The chance 10. If in a triangle U, the altitudes from the vertices , , U
that speaks truth is and speaks truth is . If and on opposite sides are in HP, then sin , sin , sin Uare in
agree on certain statement, the probability that the (a) HP
statement is true, is (b) Arithmetico - Geometric progression
"#
(a) "#$(%&")(%&#)
"#
(b) (%&")(%&#) (c) AP
(%&")(%&#) "$# (d) GP
(c) "#$%(%&#)(%&") (d) "#$(%&")(%&#)
11. Y, Z are the roots of an equation + K 2 cos [ * 1 , 0,
2. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4. Their then the equation having Y L and ZL is
arithmetic mean and the geometric mean ) satisfy the (a) + K (2 cos \) * 1 , 0
relation 2 * ) + , 27, then the two numbers are (b) 2 + K (2 cos \[) K 1 , 0
(a) 4 and 2 (b) 6 and 3 (c) + * (2 cos \[) * 1 , 0
(c) 5 and 7 (d) 4 and 1 (d) + * (2 cos \[) K 1 , 0

3. In an entrance test there are multiple choice questions, 12. The equation ( K ])5 * ( K ^)5 * ( K _)5 , 0 has
with four possible answers to each question of which one (a) all three real roots
is correct. The probability that a student knows the (b) one real and two imaginary roots
answer to a question is 90%. If the student gets the (c) three real roots, namely , ], , ^, ` , _
correct answer to a question, then the probability that he (d) None of the above
was guessing is
(a)
56 %
(b) 56
59
(c) 56 (d) :
% 13. Three positive numbers whose sum is 21 are in
78
arithmetic progression. If 2, 2, 14 are added to them
respectively, then resulting numbers are in geometric
4. A man is known to speak the truth 2 out of 3 times. He
progression. Then which of the following is not among
threw a dice cube with 1 to 6 on its faces and reports that
the three numbers?
it is 1. Then the probability that it is actually 1 is
% % + = (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 7
(a) + (b) 6 (c) 6 (d) 9
+c +e
14. If sin&% %$cd * sin&% %$ed , 2 tan&% \, then
5. Let and be two events such that (c&e) ce
(a) \ , (b) \ , (c&e)
@(BBBBBBB
∪ ) , 9 , @( ∩ ) , 7 and @( ̅) , 7, where ̅
% % %
(%$ce)
(c$e) (%&ce)
stands for complement of event . Then the events and (c) \ , (%&ce) (d) \ , (%$ce)
are
(a) independent but not equally likely 15. The value of that satisfies the equation a sin *
(b) mutually exclusively and independent ^ cos K _ is equal to
(c) equally likely and mutually exclusive c j
(d) equally likely but not independent (a) tan&% fe g h cos&% i l
kc d $ed
j c
(b) tan&% f g h sin&% i l
6. The mean and variance of a random variable F having e kc d $ed
binomial distribution are 4 and 2, respectively. Then c
(c) tan&% fe g h sin&% i
j
l
@(F , 1) is kc d $ed

(a)
% %
(b) %9
%
(c) G
%
(d) 7 (d) None of the above
5+
&5 5m
16. If tan , and n n 2o, then the value of sin 2 is
7. If ̅ is the mean of distribution of F, then usual notation 7 +
∑LJM% IJ ( J K ̅ ) is (a) 7/25 (b) K7/25
(a) Mean deviation about mean (c) 24/25 (d) K24/25
(b) Standard deviation
(c) 1 17. Find the principal value of cot &%qK√3s.
m m
(d) 0 (a) + (b)
9
6m =m
(c) (d)
8. If Q% and Q+ are two events associated with a random 9 9
experiment such that @(Q+ ) , 0.35, @(Q% or Q+ ) , 0.85
7 %+
and @(Q% and Q+ ) , 0.15, and @(Q% ) is 18. If cos [ , = and cos t , %5 , with [ and t both in the
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.35 (c) 0.65 (d) 0.75 5 fourth quadrant, the value of cos([ * t) is
%9 &55 55 %9
(a) K 9= (b) 9= (c) 9= (d) 9=
9. Find a matrix F such that 2 * * F , 0,
K1 2T 3 K2T
where , S and , S 19. The value of sin 36° is
3 4 1 5
1 2T K1 K2 T k%8$+√= k%8&+√=
(a) S (b) S (a) (b)
7 13 K7 K13 7 7
13 2T K13 K2T q√=$%s q√=&%s
(c) S (d) S (c) (d)
7 1 K7 K1 7 7

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20. Express (cos 5 K cos 7 ) as a product of sines or 31. Let ]⃗, ^ƒ⃗ and _⃗ be three vector having magnitudes 1, 1 and
cosines or sines and cosines. 2, respectively. If ]⃗ ‡ (]⃗ ‡ _⃗) K ^ƒ⃗ , 0, then the acute
(a) 2 cos 4 cos (b) 2 sin 4 sin angle between ]⃗ and _⃗ is
(c) 2 sin 6 sin (d) 2 cos 6 cos m m
(a) 7 (b) 9
m
21. If non-zero numbers ], ^, _ and in A.P., then the straight (c) 5 (d) None of these
" # %
line * * , 0 always passes through a fixed point,
c e j
then the point is 32. Let ]⃗, ^ƒ⃗ , _⃗ be vector such that |]⃗| , 2, „^ƒ⃗ „ , 3, |_⃗| , 5 and
(a) (1, -2)
%
(b) f1, K g ]⃗ * ^ƒ⃗ * _⃗ , 0 ƒ⃗. The value of ]⃗^ƒ⃗ * ^ƒ⃗_⃗ * _⃗]⃗ us
+
(a) 38 (b) -38 (c) 19 (d) -19
(c) (-1, 2) (d) (-1, -2)

22. If the lines * (] K 1) * 1 , 0 and 2 * ]+ K 1 , 0 33. If ]⃗ , q}̂ * 2•̂ K 3€•s and ^ƒ⃗ , q3}̂ K •̂ K 2€• s then the angle
are perpendicular, then the condition satisfied by ] is between (] * ^) and (] K ^) is
m m m +m
(a) |]| , 2 (b) 0 n ] n 1 (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) + (d) 5
(c) K1 n ] n 0 (d) ] , K1
m
34. The number of elements in the power set @(ˆ) of the set
23. In a triangle U, let ∠U , + . If zis the inradius and { is ˆ , ‰2, (1,4)Š is
circumradius of the triangle U, then 2(z * {) equals (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10
(a) ] * _ (b) ] * ^ * _ (c) ] * ^ (d) ^ * _
35. If (1 K * + )L , ]8 * ]% * ]+ + * ⋯ * ]+L +L
24. If * 3 * 2 K K 4 K 6 , 0 represents a
+ + then ]8 * ]+ * ]7 * ⋯ * ]+L is
5Œ $% 5Œ &% %&5Œ
pair of straight lines, their point of intersection is (a) + (b) + (c) +
%
(d) 3L * +
(a) (0, 0) (b) (8, 5)
(c) (8, -5) (d) (-2, 5)
36. •distinct animals of a circus have to be placed in Ž
25. The equation of the tangent line to the curve , 2 sin cages, one is each cage. There are \ small cages and •
m
at the point f + , og is small animal (\ n • n Ž). The large animals are so large
(a) , 2 * 2o (b) , 2 that they do not fit in small cage. However, small animals
(c) , K2 * 2o (d) , K2
can be put in any cage. The number of putting the
26. If the graph of , ( K 2)+ K 3 is shifted by 5 units up animals into cage is
along | Kaxis and 2 units to the right along the F Kaxis,
then the equation of the resultant graph is (a) •
(’&L)
@‘ “ •
(’&‘)
@(’&‘) “ (b)
(’&L)
U‘
(a) , + * 2 (b) , ( K 2)+ * 5 (’&L) (’&‘) (’&L)
(
(c) , * 2) * 2 +
(d) , ( K 4)+ * 2 (c) • U‘ “ • U(’&‘) “ (d) @‘

27. The direction cosines of the vector ] , (K2}̂ * •̂ K 5€•) 37. Let and two sets containing four and two elements,
are respectively. The number of subsets of the ‡ , each
(a) -2, 1, -5
% &% &=
(b) , , having at least three elements is
+ % =
5 9 9
&+ % &=
(a) 270 (b) 239 (c) 219 (d) 256
(c) , , (d) , ,
√58 √58 √58 √58 √58 √58
%
+
sin f"g , †
38. The slope of the function I( ) , ”
28. The equation of the hyperbola with centre at the origin, 0 ,0
length of the transverse axis is 6 and one focus (0, 4) is (a) 1 (b) 0
#d "d #d "d
(a) * ,1 (b) K ,1 (c) -1 (d) None of these
: 6 : 6
#d "d #d "d
(c) 6
* :
,1 (d) 6
K :
,1 39. What is the largest area of an isosceles triangle with two
edges of length 3?
29. If ]⃗, ^ƒ⃗, _⃗ are vectors such that ]⃗ * ^ƒ⃗ * _⃗ , 0 and
|]⃗| , 7, „^ƒ⃗ „ , 5, |_⃗| , 3, then the angle between the
vectors ^ƒ⃗ and _⃗ is
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

30. If ]}̂ * •̂ * €, }̂ * ^•̂ * €, … * •̂ * _€•(] † ^ † _ † 1) are 5 :

% % % (a) 3 (b) (c) 9 (d) +
coplanar, then the value of * * is +
%&c %&e %&j
% %
(a) -1 (b) K + (c) + (d) 1 40. The value of –8
m 5
sin — is
(a) o 5 K 6o (b) Ko 5 K 6o
(c) Ko 5 * 6o (d) o 5 * 6o

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41. Let I(]) be a polynomial of degree four, having extreme 52. What is the largest number of positive integers to be
value at , 1 and , 2. picked up randomly so that the sum of difference of any
™(")
If lim"→8 S1 * " d T , 3, then I(2) is two of the chosen numbers is divisible by 10?
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 10
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) -8 (d) -4
53. Five children were administered psychological tests to
42. The maximum value of
" " know their intellectual levels. In the report psychologists
4 sin+ * 3 cos+ * sin f+g * cos f+g is pointed that child A is less intelligent than child B. The
(a) 4 (b) 3 * √2 child C is less intelligent than child D. The child B is less
(c) 9 (d) 4 * √2 intelligent than child C and child A is less intelligent than
child E. Which child is most intelligent?
43. The solution of (š " * 1) — , ( * 1)š " — is (a) D only (b) E only
(a) š " , _(š " * 1)( * 1) (b) š # , š " * * 1 (c) D or E (d) Neither D nor E
(c) , (š " * 1)( * 1) (d) None of these
54. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, a committee of 5
% persons with more males than females is to be formed. In
44. Evaluate –8 (1 K )L —
&% %
how many ways can this be done?
(a) (L$%)(L$+) (b) (L$%)(L$+) (a) 564 (b) 645 (c) 735 (d) 756
(c) (\ * 1)(\ * 2) (d) (\ K 1)(\ K 2)
55. A, B, C, D, E and F are 6 friends from a club. There are two
45. The critical point and nature for the function houses wives, one lecturer, one architect, one accountant
I( , ) , + K 2 * 2 + * 4 K 2 is and one lawyer in the group. There are three married
(a) (1, 1) maximum (b) (1, -1) maximum couples. The lawyer B is married to D, who is a houses
(c) (1, 1) minimum (d) (1, -1) minimum wife. No lady is either an architect or an accountant C,
the accountant is married to F, who is lecturer. If E is not
›# a house wife, what is the profession of E?
46. If , cos+ + , find ›"
(a) Lawyer (b) Architect
(a) 4 + sin + cos + (b) K4 cos +
sin +
(c) Lecturer (d) Accountant
(c) 2 sin + cos + (d) K2 cos +
sin +

56. There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table. If

47. The derivative of ( 5 * š " * 3" * cot ) with respect to A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed
is below A and D is placed above E, then which of the
(a) 3 + * š " * 3" (log 3) K _œ•š_ + following books touches the surface of the table?
(b) 3 + * š " * 3" (log 3) * _œ•š_ + (a) C (b) B (c) A (d) E
(c) 3 + * š " * 3" (log 3) K sec +
(d) 3 + * š " * 3" (log 3) * sec + 57. The following series is obtained by considering
representations of decimal 99 in different number
48. The solution of the differential equation system. The next two numbers in the sequence are 99,
›#
, š "$# * + š # is 90, 83, 78 ……., ……..
›"
"ž "ž (a) 71, 69 (b) 69, 67 (c) 67, 59 (d) 69, 63
(a) š "&# * *U (b) š " * š &# * ,U
5 5
"ž
(c) š " K š &#
, *U (d) None of these Directions(58-60): Questions are based on the following
5

49. Differentiate K log(log ) , ¡ 1¢ with respect to . • In a family of six person A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two
&% % % married couples.
(a) (b) (c) (d) log
(" £¤¥ ") £¤¥ " " • D is the grandmother of A and mother of B
" ¦§¨ "
• C is wife of B and mother of F
50. Evaluate lim"→8 (%&©¤ª ") • F is granddaughter of E
% %
(a) (b) K (c) -2 (d) 2 58. Who is C to A?
+ +
(a) Daughter (b) Mother
REASONING (c) Father (d) Cannot be determined

51. Two persons S and M have made the following 59. Which of the following is true?
statements among themselves. (a) A is brother of F (b) A is sister of F
• S says that I am certainly not over 40 years. (c) B has two daughters (d) None of these
• M says that I am 38 years and you are at least 5 year
old than me. 60. Who among the following is one of the couples?
(a) CD (b) DE
• S says you are at least 39 years.
(c) EB (d) None of these
If all the above statements are wrong, what are the ages
of M and S? 61. The missing number in the following series
(a) 36 and 40 (b) 36 and 41 336, 210, 120, 60, ……, 6 is
(c) 37 and 40 (d) Cannot be determined (a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 34 (d) 40
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62. If the day after the day after tomorrow is three days 69. A cube is made up of 125, one cm, smaller cubes placed
before Friday, then today is on a table. How many smaller cubes are visible only on
(a) Tuesday (b) Thursday three sides?
(c) Saturday (d) Monday (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16

63. Find the missing term of the following series 70. Three thieves rob a bakery of bread, one after the other.
DOCW, HGTS, _______, POLK, TSHG Each thief takes half of what is present and half bread. If
(a) KLOP (b) LKOP (c) KLPO (d) LKPO 3 breads remain at the end, what is the number of breads
that were present initially?
64. Four passengers in a train find that they form an (a) 24 (b) 31 (c) 37 (d) 41
interesting group. Two of them are lawyers and the other
two are doctors. Two of them speak Bengali and the 71. A caterpillar crawls up a pole of 75 inches high standing
other two speak Hindi and no two of the same profession from the ground. Each day it crawls up 5 Inches and each
speak the same language. They also found that two of night it slides down 4 inches. When will it reach the top
them are Christians and two are Muslims and no two of of the pole?
the same religion speak the same languages. The Hindi (a) At the end of 70 days (b) At the end of 71 days
speaking doctor is a Christian. Then, which of the (c) At the end of 72 days (d) At the end of 73 days
following statement logically follows?
(a) The Bengali speaking lawyer is a Muslim 72. A man's investments doubles in every 5 years. If the
(b) The Christian lawyers speaks Bengali invested t Rs. 5,000 in each of the years 1990, 1995,
(c) The Bengali speaking doctor is a Christian 2000 and 2005, then what was the total amount received
(d) The Bengali speaking doctor is a Muslim Directions by him in 2010?
(a) Rs. 140000 (b) Rs. 30000
Questions (Q.65 – Q.67) are based on the following: (c) Rs. 70000 (d) Rs. 150000

In an amusement park seven friends-Feroz, Gautam, Harish, Directions (Q.73 – Q.77): Questions are based on the following
Javed, Kumar, Laxman and Mohan are deciding who will ride information
the roller coaster. There is time for only one ride before the
park closes. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table
• If Feroz rides Gautam must ride. facing the centre. Each one of them has a different profession
• If Gautam and Harish both ride, Javed cannot ride. viz, doctor, engineer, architect, teacher, clerk, shopkeeper,
• If Harish and Javed both ride, Laxman cannot ride. banker and businessman.
• If Javed rides, either Kumar or Mohan must ride. • A site third to right of teacher.
• Kumar and Laxman cannot both ride, but one of them • D sits second of left of G.
must ride. • G is not an immediate neighbor of teacher.
• Kumar and Mohan cannot both ride. • Only one person sit between B, the shopkeeper and the
• teacher.
65. Which of the following is an acceptable combination of • The one who is an architect site third to right of the
riders if only three people ride? shopkeeper.
(a) Harish, Javed and Laxman • H sits between architect and engineer.
(b) Harish, Javed and Kumar • E is not an immediate neighbour of H.
(c) Feroz, Gautam and Javed • Engineer sits third to the right of clerk.
(d) Gautam, Kumar and Laxman • Only one person sits between the businessman and F.
• E is neither a businessman nor a doctor.
66. If Javed and Mohan both ride, which of the following is
true? 73. Who amongst the following is the clerk?
(a) Gautam cannot ride (b) Harish must ride (a) C (b) D (c) E (d) G
(c) Feroz cannot ride (d) Laxman must ride
74. Which of the following is true with respect to the given
67. If Feroz and Harish both ride, what is the greatest sitting arrangement?
number of people who can ride? (a) E is an immediate neighbour of the engineer.
(b) E is an architect.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 6 (c) The clerk is an immediate neighbour of the banker.
(d) The teacher sits between H and the engineer.
68. The number of squares in the following 4 ‡ 6 grid is
75. What is the profession of H?
(a) Architect (b) Shopkeeper
(c) Banker (d) Teacher

(a) 36 (b) 44 (c) 51 (d) 54 76. Who sits exactly between the architect and
businessman?
(a) C and H (b) Clerk
(c) Banker and Shopkeeper (d) Doctor
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77. Who sits immediately right of the businessman? 86. Disregarding which is compulsory or optional subject
(a) Teacher (b) Doctor who has the same two subject combination as that of F?
(c) Clerk (d) Banker (a) B (b) E (c) D (d) A

78. Raghav left his home for office in car. He drove 15 km 87. If TRANSFER is coded as RTNAFSRE, the ELEPHANT
straight towards North and then turned Eastwards and would be coded as
covered 8 km. He then turned to left and covered 1 km. (a) LEPEHATN (b) LEPEAHTN
He again turned left and drove for 20 km and reached (c) LEEPAHTN (d) LEPEAHNT
office. How far and in which direction is his office from
the home? 88. Which two of the following numbers comes in the next in
(a) 20 km North-West (b) 15 km North-West the following sequence.
(c) 30 km North-West (d) 25 km North 61, 57, 50, 61, 43, 36, 61, ………..
(a) 29, 61 (b) 29, 20
79. John is 20 years older than Steve. In 10 years, Steve's age (c) 29, 22 (d) 31, 61
will be half that of John. What is Steve's age now?
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 20 89. How many minimum number of colours will be required
to paint all the sides of a cube without the adjacent sides
80. Pointing to a boy, Aruna said to Pushpa, "The mother of having the same colours?
his father is the wife of your maternal grand father". How (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
is Pushpa related to the boy?
(a) Sister (b) Niece 90. In the following sequence, which pair of numbers fill in
(c) Cousin sister (d) Wife the blanks?
1, 1, 3, 2, 8, 5, 21, 13
81. Which of the following pairs of numbers follow the (a) 54, 33 (b) 34, 55 (c) 55, 34 (d) 33, 54
number in the series 2, 4, 12, 24, 72, ______?
(a) 144, 432 (b) 288, 332 COMPUTER AWARENESS
(c) 332, 288 (d) 432, 144
91. Which one of the following boolean algebraic rule is
82. P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in two rows, three in each correct?
row facing each other. (a) . º , 1 (b) * , *
• R is second to the left of P. (c) * º , * (d) ( * ) ,
• Q and T are facing each other.
• S and P are diagonally opposite to each other. 92. The representation of a floating point binary number
• Q is not a neighbour of R. *1001.11 in 8-bit fraction and 6 -bit exponent format is
Which of the following are sitting in a row? (a) Fraction : 01001110 exponent: 000100
(a) P, Q, R (b) P, U, S (c) U, T, S (d) P, T, R (b) Fraction : 00001001 exponent : 000011
(c) Fraction : 10010000 exponent : 110000
Directions (Q.83 – Q.86): Questions are based on the following (d) Fraction : 00100100 exponent : 011000
information
93. Which term is redundant in the expression * º
U*
There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each U?
teacher has to teach two subjects, one compulsory and the (a) U (b) ′U
other optional. (c) (d) None of these
D's optional is History, while three other have it as
compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their 94. Let the memory access time is 10 milliseconds and cache
subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics, which is an access time is 10 microseconds. Assume the cache hit
optional subject of both C and E. ratio 15%. The effective memory access time is
History and English are A's subjects but in term of (a) 2 milliseconds (b) 1.5 milliseconds
compulsory and optional subjects, they are reverse of D's. (c) 1.85 microseconds (d) 1.85 milliseconds
Chemistry is an optional subject of one of the teachers. There
is only one female teacher, who has English as her 95. Which of the following is the representation of decimal
compulsory subject. number (-147) in 2's complement notation on a 12 bit
machine?
83. What is C's compulsory subject? (a) 111101101100 (b) 110001001101
(a) Physics (b) Chemistry (c) 111101101101 (d) 000001101101
(c) English (d) History
96. The first instruction of bootstrap loader program of an
84. Who among the following has Chemistry as a subject? operating system is stored in
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (a) RAM (b) Hard disk
(c) BIOS (d) None of these
85. Which of the following groups of teachers has History as
the compulsory subjects? 97. Consider the equation (123)= , ( 8)# with and as
(a) B, C and D (b) C and D unknown. The number of possible solutions is
(c) A, B and C (d) A, C and D (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
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98. The smallest integer that can be represented by an 104. The author implies that which of the following
8-bit number in 2's complement form is developments occurred around the time of the Bronze
(a) -256 (b) -128 (c) -127 (d) -255 Age.
(a) The establishment of written records
99. Which of the following in a functionally complete (b) A change in the styles of cave painting
set of gates? (c) An increase in human skill in the handling of tools
I. NAND (d) The prevalence of right-handedness
II. NOR
(a) I but not II (b) II but not I 105. What is the main idea conveyed through the passage?
(c) Neither I nor II (d) Both I and II (a) The purpose of ancient implements
(b) The significance of prehistoric cave paintings
100. The total number of binary function that can be defined (c) The development of right handedness and left
using \ boolean variables is handedness
(a) 2L K 1 (b) 2L (d) The pattern of chipping ancient tools
(c) 2L$% (d) None of these
106. Which of the following refers to the idiom 'under the
Sun'?
ENGLISH (a) Anything and everything
Directions (Q.101 to Q. 105) (b) A large number of things
Read the following passage and answer the questions. (c) A few things
Anthoropologists have pieced together the little they know (d) Something
about the history of left handedness and right handedness
from indirect evidence. Through early men and women, did 107. Choose a phrasal verb to replace the explanation in
not leave written records, they did leave tools, bones, and brackets:
pictures. Stone Age hand axes and hatchets were made from When we arrive at the station, we (descend from) _______
stones that were carefully chipped away to form sharp the train.
cutting edges. (a) Get down (b) Stand down
In some the pattern of chipping shows that these tools and (c) Get off (d) Stand out
weapons were made by right handed people designed to fit
comfortable into a right hand. Other Stone Age implements 108. Choose the suitable word from the following and fill in
were made by or for left handers prehistoric pictures painted the blank:
on the walls of caves provide further clues to the handedness The medal was awarded for the student's _______ conduct
of ancient people. and courage.
A right hander finds it easier to draw faces of people and (a) non-receptive (b) exemplary
animals facing toward the left whereas, a left hander finds it (c) unreliable (d) disputable
easier to draw faces facing toward the right. Both kinds of
faces have been found in ancient painting. 109. Which of the following is a correctly spelt word?
On the whole the evidence seems to indicate the prehistoric (a) Hiderence (b) Hindrence
people were either ambidextrous or about equally likely to (c) Hindarrence (d) Hindrance
be left or right handed. But in the Bronze Age, the picture
changed. the tools and weapons found from that period are 110. Which one of the following statements is grammatically
mostly made for right handed use. The predominance of right correct?
handedness among humans today had apparently already (a) The Earth revolves round the Sun
been established. (b) I have not seen him since four years
101. What is the indirect evidence through which the (c) She met an one-eyed man
preferred handedness of the Stone Age people could be (d) One of the books borrowed by the Students are
understood? famous
(a) Petrified forms of vegetation
(b) Patterns of stone chipping 111. Choose the set words from among the alternatives given.
(c) Fossilised waste material Which when inserted in the sentence best suit the
(d) Fossilised footprints meaning of the sentence?
The _________ of evidence was on the side of plaintif since
102. According to the passage, a person who is right handed is all but one witness testify his story was…. .
more likely to draw people and animals that are facing (a) paucity, accurate
(a) upward (b) downward (b) prosperity, far fetched
(c) towards the right (d) towards the left (c) prepondenerance, correct
(d) accuracy, insufficient
103. What does the world ‘the picture’ refer to which of the
following? 112. Choose the one which is nearest in meaning to the word
(a) Faces of animals and people 'TURN UP'?
(b) People's view from inside a cave (a) Show up (b) Come up
(c) People's tendency to work with either hand (c) Land up (d) Crop up
(d) The kinds of paint used on cave walls
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113. The phrase 'ready to believe' means
(a) Credulous (b) Creditable
(c) Credible (d) Ineredible

114. Choose the appropriate word from among the choice to

fill in the blank in sentence;
"If you drink to much, it will ________ your judgement."
(a) impair (b) impede (c) impose (d) impel

115. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the
meaning of the following sentence as a whole:
________ green and black tea are obtained from the same
plant, there are quite a few significant difference ________
them.
(a) Since, among (b) However, in
(c) Though, between (d) Because, across

116. Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted

for the given word/sentence.
A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of
religious devoation.
(a) Hermit (b) Pilgrim
(c) Saint (d) Medicant

117. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to
fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully
complete:
Some people ___________ themselves into believing that
they are indispensable to the organisation they work for.
(a) keep (b) fool
(c) delude (d) denigrate

118. Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrase to make the

sentence meaningfully complete.
_______ bad weather, the trip will be postponed to next
week.
(a) In case (b) In case of
(c) In case to (d) In case from

119. In the following sentence, choose the most suitable one

word for the expression:
"A book containing summarised information on all
branches of knowledge".
(a) Dictionary (b) Anthology
(c) Encyclopedia (d) Directory

120. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to
fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningful
completely:
The man was about to move his bike into the compound
of his apartment when a passes by ______ down the motor
cycle.
(a) forced (b) fell
(c) turned (d) knocked

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1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. a 7. d 8. c 9. b 10. c
11. a 12. b 13. b 14. c 15. d 16. d 17. d 18. c 19. b 20. c
21. a 22. d 23. c 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. d 28. b 29. a 30. d
31. b 32. d 33. c 34. b 35. a 36. a 37. c 38. b 39. d 40. a
41. a 42. d 43. d 44. a 45. d 46. b 47. a 48. b 49. a 50. d
51. d 52. b 53. c 54. d 55. b 56. b 57. a 58. b 59. d 60. b
61. a 62. c 63. d 64. b 65. b 66. d 67. a 68. c 69. a 70. b
71. b 72. d 73. d 74. c 75. d 76. d 77. c 78. a 79. c 80. c
81. a 82. d 83. d 84. b 85. c 86. b 87. b 88. c 89. a 90. c
91. c 92. a 93. d 94. d 95. c 96. a 97. c 98. b 99. d 100. d
101. b 102. d 103. c 104. d 105. c 106. a 107. a 108. b 109. d 110. a
111. c 112. a 113. a 114. a 115. c 116. b 117. c 118. b 119. c 120. d

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