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NOTE: EACH OF THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW APPEAR AS MULTIPLE 
CHOICE QUESTIONS IN THE ACTUAL PAPER. 

VERBAL SECTION 

Directions for questions 1-15:Find the synonyms of the 
following words 

1. Merry 

Ans. Gay,Happy 


2. Alienate 

Ans. Estrange 


3. Solicit 

Ans. To request 


4.Heap 

Ans. To pile 


5.Cargo 

Ans. Freight 


6.Momentary 

Ans. Transient 


7. Volume 

Ans.Quantity 


8.Veer 

Ans.Diverge 


9.Dispel 

Ans.Dissipate 


10.Admonish 

Ans.Cautious 


11.Meager 

Ans.Scanty 


12.Latitude 

Ans.Scope 


13.Latent 

Ans.Potential 


14.Covet 

Ans.Crave 


15.Discretion 

Ans. Prudence 

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 QUANTITATIVE SECTION 

1. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils 
cost? 

Ans. 20 cents 


2. Some work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of 
them can do this work alone in 40 minutes. How much time 
does the second person take to do the same work ? 

Ans. 60 minutes 


3. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a 
round trip.If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 
more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount 
of fuel consumed while coming back? 

Ans.2 gallons 


4. The lowest temperature in the night in a city A is 1/3 
more than 1/2 the highest during the day. Sum of the lowest 
temperature and the highest temperature is 100 degrees. 
Then what is the low temp? 

Ans.40 degrees 


5. Javagal, who decided to go to weekened trip should not 
exceed 8 hours driving in a day. The average speed of 
forward journey is 40 miles/hr.Due to traffic on sundays, 
the return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he 
can select a picnic spot? 

a) 120 miles
b) between 120 and 140 miles
c) 160 miles 

Ans. 120 miles 


6. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the 
answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3.What is 
the answer he should have actually got? 

Ans. 3 


7. A building with height D shadow upto G. What is the 
height of a neighbouring building with a shadow of C feet. 

Ans. (C*D)/G 


8. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 
mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same 
speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was 
travelling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit. 

Ans. 15 mph 


9. A bus started from bustand at 8.00am, and after staying 
for 30 minutes at a destination, it returned back to the 
busstand. The destination is 27 miles from the busstand. 
The speed of the bus is 18mph. During the return journey 
bus travels with 50% faster speed.At what time does it 
return to the busstand? 

Ans. 11.00am 


10. In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to 
make S to 25% of the mixture, how much of R is to be added? 

Ans.One part of R 


11. Wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for travelling 80 
miles how much time does it require? 

Ans. 2 hrs 45 mins 


12. With a 4/5 full tank a vehicle can travel 12 miles, how 
far can it travel with a 1/3 full tank 

Ans. 5 miles 


13. There are two trees in a lawn. One grows at a rate 3/5 
of the other in 4 years. If the total growth of trees is 8 
ft. What is the height of the smaller tree after 2 years 

Ans. 1 1/2 feet 


14. Refer to the figure below.A ship started from P and 
moves at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship 
starts from L and moving with H miles per hour 
simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet? 

||---g---||---h---||---i---||---j---||---k---||---l---|| 

PG H I J K L are the various stops in between denoted by 
|| . The values g, h, i, j, k, l denote the distance 
between the ports. 

Ans. Between I and J, closer to J 


15. If A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is 
travelling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. 
What is the difference in their speeds in m/sec. 

Ans. 1 m/sec 

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CRITICAL REASONING SECTION 

The critical reasoning section consists of some passages 
followed by 4 to 7 questions per passage. The questions are 
such that they require ability to read fast and comprehend. 
The questions asked in this section have three choices 
TRUE, FALSE, CAN'T SAY. Some examples of questions are 
given below. Please note that these passages are not the 
exact passages asked. The passages used a good deal of 
difficult words which have been removed in this 
reproduction. Also the passages appearing in the actual 
paper are much lengthier. 

Directions: Answer the questions given below the passage or 
statement as true, false or can't say. 

PASSAGE A: My father has no brothers. He has three sisters 
who has two childs each. 

Answer 1-5 based on the passage A 

1.My grandfather has two sons . 

Ans. False    


2. Three of my aunts have two sons 

Ans. Can't say 


3. My father is only child to his father 

Ans. False 


4. I have six cousins from my mother side 

Ans. Can't say 


5. I have one uncle 

Ans. Can't say(uncle can be from the mother's side as well) 

  

PASSAGE B: Ether injected into gallablader to dissolve 
colestrol based gallstones. This type one day treatment is 
enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method 
is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are 
suffering from this disease. 

Answer questions 6-9 based on passage B 

6.Calcium stones can be cured in oneday 

Ans. False 


 7. Hundreds of people contains calcium stones 

Ans. Can't say 


8. Surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones 

Ans. True 


9. Ether will be injected into the gallbleder to cure the 
cholestrol based gall stones 

Ans. True 

  

PASSAGE C: Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. 
This happens mostly because of lack of knowledge of 
computer networking. With networks one machine can access 
to another machine.Hacking go about without knowing that 
each network is accredited to use network facility. 

Answer questions 10-12 based on passage B 

10. Hackers never break the code of the company which they 
work for 

Ans. Can't say 


11. Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for 
the usage  of the data 

Ans. False 


12.Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer 
knowledge 

Ans. False  

  

PASSAGE C: Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels.In the past 
30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for 
there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case 
of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers 
into adjacent wagons and even the live fire can be detected 
and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min. 

Answer questions 13-16 based on passage C 

13. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels 

Ans. True 


14. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min 

Ans. False 


16. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried 
by rail shutters. 

Ans.True 

  

PASSAGE D: In the past helicopters were forced to ground or 
crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and 
engines. A new electronic device has been developed which 
can detect the watercontent in the atmosphere and warns the 
pilot if the temperature is below freezing temperature 
about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings. 

Answer questions 17-20 based on passage D 

17.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on 
the wings 

Ans.False 


18. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because 
of formation of ice 

Ans.True 


19. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded 

Ans.True 


20. There is only one device that warn about the formation 
of ice 

Ans.True 

  

PASSAGE E:In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly 
married house wives not a single house wife felt that the 
husbands should take equal part in the household work as 
they felt they loose their power over their husbands. 
Inspite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work 
themselves after coming back to home. the wives get half as 
much leisure time as the husbands get at the week ends. 

Answer questions 21-23 based on passage E 

21.Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the 
household 

Ans.False 


22. Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands 
have 

Ans. False 


23. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in 
cleaning and washing 

Ans. False 

  

PASSAGE F:Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of 
copernicus the transport and technology development was 
less & it took place weeks to comunicate a message at that 
time,wherein we can send it through satellite with in no 
time.Even with this fast developments it has become 
difficult to understand each other. 

Answer questions 24-27 based on passage F 

24. People were not intelligent during Copernicus days 

Ans.False 


25. Transport facilities are very much improved in noe a 
days 

Ans.Can't say 


26. Even with the fast developments of the techonology we 
can't live happily. 

Ans. Can't say 


27. We can understand the people very much with the 
development of communication 

Ans. False. 

  

 PASSAGE G:Senior managers warned the workers that because 
of the intfoductors of japanese industry in the car market. 
There is the threat to the workers.They also said that 
there will be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of 
car in public.the interest rates of the car will be 
increased with the loss in demand. 

Answer questions 28-31 based on passage G 

28. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of indian 
industry. 

Ans.False 


29.Managers said car interests will go down after seeing 
the raise in interest rates. 

Ans.True 


30. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car 
industry. 

Ans. False 


31. People are very interested to buy the cars. 

Ans.False 

  

PASSAGE H: In the totalitariturican days, the words have 
very much devalued. In the present day, they are becoming 
domestic that is the words will be much more devalued. In 
that days, the words will be very much effected in 
political area. but at present, the words came very 
cheap .We can say they come free at cost. 

Answer questions 32-34 based on passage H 

32.Totalitarian society words are devalued. 

Ans.False 


33. Totalitarians will have to come much about words 

Ans.True 


34. The art totalitatian society the words are used for the 
political speeches. 

Ans. False 

  

PASSAGE I:There should be copyright for all arts. The reele 
has came that all the arts has come under one copy right 
society,they were use the money that come from the arts for 
the developments . There may be a lot of money will come 
from the Tagore works. We have to ask the benifiters from 
Tagore work to help for the development of his works. 

Answer questions 35-39 based on passage I 

35. Tagore works are came under this copy right rule. 

Ans. False 


36. People are free to go to the public because of the copy 
right rule. 

Ans.Can't say 


38. People gives to theater and collect the money for 
development. 

Ans.Can't say 


39. We have  ask the Tagore resedents to help for the 
developments of art. 

Ans.Can't say 

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PSYCHOMETRIC TEST 

You don't need to fret much about this test. This test 
consists of 150 questions and is just a pyshcology test 
which should be answered confidently and doesn't require 
any preparation.One must try being consistent while 
answering as the same questions are repeatedly asked in 
different forms.Also one must answer all 
questions.Questions are of yes,no or can't say kind. 

1. Will you be interested in social activities. 

2. While going upstairs do you move two steps at a time. 

3. Can you make friends with people of the same sex or with 
opposite sex also 

4. Your friends consider you as a leader in your group 

5. People think that your'e serious minded. 

6. There are times you feel dull without any reason. 

7. You host several parties 

8. When relatives come to your house do you entertain them. 

9. You can work for long hours without tireness. 

10. In your company you want to lead the organisation. 

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