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Assistant Provident Fund Commissioners Examination
August 2002 Question Papers

PART A ? GENERAL ENGLISH
Directions (Qs 1 to 4 ) : In each of these questions, you
find a sentence, part of which is underlined. You may also
find only a group of words which is underlined. For the
underlined part, four words/phrases are listed below the
sentence. Choose the word/phrase nearest in meaning to the
underlined part.
1. I rather like the quaint little house at end of the street.
(a) Old
(b) Quiet
(c) Unusual
(d) Haunted
Ans: ( a ) Old

2. If she continues to spend her time in such a frivolous
manner, she will fail in her examinations.
(a) Frightful
(b) Leisurely
(c) Non-serious
(d) Calculated
Ans: ( c ) Non-serious

3. Sanguine as he is in his attitude to life and its
problems, he cannot but be noticed wherever he goes.
(a) Optimistic
(b) Enthusiastic
(c) Realistic
(d) Dispassionate
Ans: ( a ) Optimistic

4. One?s remonstration against social ills has to be
consistent to be fruitful.
(a) Outrage
(b) Demonstration
(c) Protest
(d) Criticism
Ans: ( c ) Protest

ANTONYMS
Directions (Qs. 5 to 7) : in this section, each item
consists of a word or a phrase which is underlined in the
sentence given. It is followed by four words or phrases.
Select the word or phrase which is closet to the opposite in
meaning of the underlined word or phrase.
5. The advice rendered to him sounded to be quite sagacious.
(a) Stupid
(b) Shallow
(c) Impracticable
(d) Insincere
Ans: ( a ) Stupid

6. The Indian cultural fair was held at Rome in a grandiose
manner.
(a) Unobtrusive
(b) Unimposing
(c) Unimpressive
(d) Simple
Ans: ( c ) Unimpressive

7. His voice sounded haughty when I spoke to him over the
telephone.
(a) Pleasant
(b) Humble
(c) Soft
(d) Cheerful
Ans: ( a ) Pleasant

COMPREHENSION
Directions (Qs. 8 to 12) : in this section, you have one
short passage. Below the passage you will find several
questions based on the passage. First, read passage to
answer these questions based on it.
PASSAGE
When you buy a car, examine carefully the important
features of the model you are considering. Many a buyer of
the latest models has got into trouble by buying a car too
broad or too long for his garage. Furthermore, a long car
is much harder to manoeuvre in traffic and much more
difficult to park. Another feature is the comfort afforded.
Are the seats nice and durably upholstered? Is there
enough glass area to give the driver a good view in all
directions, particularly to the rear? It should be
remembered that the heavier and more powerful a car is, the
more expensive it will be to operate. High powered motors
require expensive high-octane petrol. The greater weight
means greater tyre wear and enlarged brakes. The old cliché
is still true; it is not initial cost but the upkeep which
matters I!
8. According to this passage, the two factors that the buyer
of a new car should keep in mind are
(a) Its price and size
(b) Its model and upholstery
(c) Its size and the comfort it offers
(d) Its upholstery and glass area
Ans: ( c ) Its size and the comfort it offers

9. The size of the car should be in accordance with
(a) The money one can afford to pay
(b) The size of the garage the buyer has
(c) The width of the road where the buyer lives
(d) The volume of traffic on the road
Ans: ( b ) The size of the garage the buyer has

10. The writer favours a car with a wide glass area so that
the driver can
(a) enjoy the scene outside while driving
(b) have a good view of the rear
(c) roll down the glasspanes to get enough fresh air
(d) display his beautiful upholstery with pride
Ans: ( b ) have a good view of the rear

11. It is very expensive to maintain a large car because it
(a) is heavy
(b) requires more space for parking
(c) needs changing its tyres more frequently
(d) needs more durable upholstery
Ans: ( c ) needs changing its tyres more frequently

12. While buying a new car, one should specially consider its
(a) price
(b) maintenance cost
(c) upholstery
(d) brakes
Ans: ( b ) maintenance cost

Directions (Qs. 13 to 17) : Each of these questions carries
a phrase/idiom. Select the correct answer out of the four
given choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) which conveys the closest
meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
13. The world is one?s oyster
(a) One feels that nobody in the world would help him/her
(b) The feeling one gets when he lands in an unfamiliar country
(c) One is able to enjoy all the pleasures and
opportunities that life has to offer
(d) When one has an uphill task to perform
Ans: ( c ) One is able to enjoy all the pleasures and
opportunities that life has to offer

14. To go for the jugular
(a) To work very hard for the success
(b) To make a fierce destructive attack on the weakest
point in an opponent?s argument
(c) To go in for the costliest thing
(d) To go in for dishonest means
Ans: ( b ) To make a fierce destructive attack on the
weakest point in an opponent?s argument

15. To follow the primrose path
(a) To follow one?s objectives very steadfastly
(b) To go on wandering
(c) To trek to the mountains
(d) To go in for pursuit of pleasure or an easy life
Ans: ( d ) To go in for pursuit of pleasure or an easy life

16. A bee in one?s bonnet
(a) To be very enterprising
(b) To be very timid and shy
(c) To have an impractical idea
(d) To have a particular idea which occupies one?s thoughts
continually
Ans: ( d ) To have a particular idea which occupies one?s
thoughts continually

17. To take a rain-check
(a) To decline an offer but promise to accept in later
(b) To go through the weather report
(c) To proceed on sightseeing
(d) To take to farming as a source of livelihood
Ans: ( a ) To decline an offer but promise to accept in later

SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (Qs. 18 to 22 ) : In this section, in each of
these questions, a sentence has three underlined parts (a),
(b), (c) . Read each sentence to find out whether there is
an error. If you find an error in any one of the underlined
parts (a, b, c), select that part as your answer. If a
sentence has no error, then mark your answer as (d) which
stands for ?No error?. Errors may belong to grammer, usage
or idiom.
18. Choose only (a) / such friends (b) / that you can trust.
(c) / No error (d)
Ans: ( c )

19. While he was digging sand, (a) / a large mass fell (b) /
and buried him completely. (c) / No error (d)
Ans: ( d )

20. The book is well printed and attractively bound (a) /
making altogether (b) / an attractive volume. (c) / No error (d)
Ans: ( b )

21. A little younger (a) / to myself we, both were (b) /
devoted to cricket and boating. (c) / No error (d)
Ans: ( b )

22. He had no sooner (a) / arrived than (b) / he was asked a
leave again. (c) / No error (d)
Ans: ( a )

Directions (Qs. 23 to 25) : In these questions, select the
most suitable word from the choices (a), (b), (c) and (d)
given below each sentence to fill in the blanks.
23. The Rajputs always fought ?????? the last man.
(a) upto
(b) till
(c) to
(d) for
Ans: ( c ) to

24. I have been surfing internet ?????? the last two hours.
(a) since
(b) for
(c) from
(d) right from
Ans: ( b ) for

25. You should be considerate ?????? your employees and I
assure you of your success in every walk of life.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) upon
(d) on
Ans: ( b ) to

PART B ? GENERAL STUDIES
26. If X is mortal, Y is wise, if Z is not good, a will
suffer. Y is not wise, if A suffers. If B is slave, X is
immortal. If A suffers, what follows ?
(a) X is mortal
(b) B is a slave
(c) Z is good
(d) Y is wise
Ans: ( b ) B is a slave

27. Consider the following statements regarding of India :
1. Pressurised heavy water reactors have been set up at
Kaiga (Karnataka) and Rawatbhata (Rajasthan).
2. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, is one of the
five Research Centres under the Department of Science and
Technology.
3. India has a vast resource of Thorium and the third stage
of Indian Nuclear Power Programme envisages the use of
Thorium for power generation.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) A and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( d ) 1, 2 and 3

28. Consider the following statements : According to Census 2001
1. The literacy rate increase for males is more than that of
the females during last one decade.
2. Amongst the States and Union Territories, Delhi has the
highest population density while Sikkim has the lowest.
3. The correct sequence of population in descending order of
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is :
Tamil Nadu ? Madhya Pradesh ? Rajasthan ? Karnataka
which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Ans: ( d ) 3 only

29. ?Sagar Samrat? is the name of
(a) An island near Port Blair
(b) A drilling ship in Bombay High
(c) An island near Maldives
(d) Name of a 5-star hotel in Goa
Ans: ( b ) A drilling ship in Bombay High

30. Who among the following was a great protagonist of the
?Doctrine of Lapse??
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans: ( a ) Lord Dalhousie

31. Chauri Chaura is known in the history of India?s
struggle for freedom because
(a) Gandhiji launched his first Satyagraha in India from
this place
(b) Gandhiji withdrew his Satyagraha movement when an irate
mob set fire to a police station and burnt some policemen
(c) Hundreds of freedom fighters were shot dead at this
place by the police
(d) Gandhiji sat on a hunger strike
Ans: ( b ) Gandhiji withdrew his Satyagraha movement when
an irate mob set fire to a police station and burnt some
policemen

32. Who among the following is the Chairman of Planning
Commission in India ?
(a) Finance Minister of India
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) President of India
(d) Home Minister of India
Ans: ( b ) Prime Minister of India

33. The ?Grand Trunk Road? connects
(a) Kolkata and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Chennai
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana
Ans: ( c ) Kolkata and Amritsar

34. The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 culminated in
the signing of a pact in 1931 by Gandhiji and
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: ( a ) Lord Irwin

35. Who among the following wrote the book Algebra of
Infinite Justice ?
(a) Anita Desai
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Rohington Mistry
Ans: ( c ) Arundhati Roy

36. Who among the following became the President of India
without having been the Vice-president ?
(a) Shri V. V. Giri
(b) Shri Venkataraman
(c) Shri N. Sanjeeva Reddy
(d) Shri Zakir Hussain
Ans: ( c ) Shri N. Sanjeeva Reddy

37. In a group of 36 persons, a total of 16 take tea while 9
take tea but not coffee. How many persons in this group
take coffee but not tea?
(a) 27
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 11
Ans: ( b ) 20

38. Two pipes ?A? and ?B? can fill a tank in 15 minutes and
20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together
but after 4 minutes, pipe ?A? is turned off. What is the
total time required to fill the tank ?
(a) 10 mt 30 sec
(b) 14 mt 40 sec
(c) 10 mt 20 sec
(d) 11 mt 45 sec
Ans: ( b ) 14 mt 40 sec

Directions (Qs. 39 & 40) : A cube has six faces, each of a
different colour. The red face is opposite to black. The
green face is between red and black. The blue face is
adjacent to white. The brown face is adjacent to blue.
The red face is the bottom-most face.
39. The four colours adjacent to green are
(a) Red, black, blue and white
(b) Red black, brown and blue
(c) Red, black, brown and white
(d) Red, brown, blue and white
Ans: ( c ) Red, black, brown and white

40. The face opposite to the brown face is
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Green
(d) Blue
Ans: ( b ) White

41. Dhanvantari was
(a) A famous General of Chandragupta Maurya
(b) A noted physician in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) A famous dramatist who lived during the time of Harsha
(d) A musician in the Court of Ashoka
Ans: ( b ) A noted physician in the court of Chandragupta
Vikramaditya

42. A factory has three belt conveyors fitted in its loading
station. Conveyors ?A? and ?B? operating simultaneously
lift all the goods in the same time during which the goods
can be lifted by the conveyor ?C? operating alone. Conveyor
?B? lifts all the goods five hours faster than the conveyor
?C?. The durations of time required to lift all the goods,
individually by the conveyors ?A?, ?B? and ?C? are
(a) 17, 12, 8 hrs.
(b) 15, 10, 6 hrs.
(c) 16, 11, 7 hrs.
(d) 14, 9, 5 hrs.
Ans: ( b ) 15, 10, 6 hrs.

43. ?Raksha Kavach? is
(a) A new safety equipment designed for the soldiers of
Indian Army
(b) An anti-collision device to prevent collision between
trains designed by the Konkan Railway Corporation
(c) A new design for earthquake resistant buildings
(d) A new device for the Indian airports for the safe
landing of aircrafts
Ans: ( b ) An anti-collision device to prevent collision
between trains designed by the Konkan Railway Corporation

44. Consider the following statements in respect of Soccer
World Cup :
1. Prior to FIFA-2002 Cup, Brazil had won the World Cup four
times.
2. ?Indomitable Lions? is the nickname for Cameroon team.
3. ?Azzurri? is the nickname for the Italian team.
4. Senegal, Slovenia and Ecuador participating in FIFA-2002
are the only teams participating in the World Cup for the
first time.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: ( a ) 1, 2 and 3

45. Which tourist destination from amongst the following
will be developed as an international destination for
Tourism according to the Budget 2002-03 ?
(a) Port Blair
(b) Hampi
(c) Pushkar
(d) Nalanda
Ans: ( c ) Pushkar

46. Which positional value divides the series into equal parts ?
(a) Median
(b) Second quartile
(c) 5th Decile
(d) All of these
Ans: ( a ) Median

47. Consider the following statements :
1. Launching of Fourth Five-year Plan was postponed and
three Annual Plans had to be resorted to between 1966 and 1969.
2. Fifth Five-year Plan was terminated a year earlier.
3. Eighth Five-Year Plan commenced in 1992 instead of 1990.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( d ) 1, 2 and 3

48. Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology
Ans: ( b ) Community Leadership

49. Which among the following became the first woman Prime
Minister in the world?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Kim Campbell
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ans: ( d ) Sirimavo Bandaranaike

50. Consider the following statements :
1. Part ?B? of the Budget speech of the Finance Minister
includes description of the initiatives on economic front to
be taken up by the Government for the coming year in
addition to direct and indirect tax proposals.
2. The receipts on account of the partial disinvestments of
Central Government?s holdings in the equity capital of
public sector enterprises are revenue receipts.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: ( c ) Both 1 and 2

51. Carbohydrates are stored in the body as
(a) Sugars
(b) Starch
(c) Glucose
(d) Glycogen
Ans: ( c ) Glucose

52. Consider the following statements :
1. Intel?s Pentium IV is an operating system used in PCs
2. During booting period of a PC, the operating system is
first loaded.
3. Analogue computers are useful only in scientific field
while digital computers have application in scientific as
well as in business, administrative functions.
4. Micro-computer is another name for micro-processor.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: ( b ) 2 and 3

53. Bacteria and viruses cause
(a) Allergies
(b) Non-communicable diseases
(c) Degenerative diseases
(d) Infectious diseases
Ans: ( d ) Infectious diseases

54. Substances which are obtained from micro-organisms but
used to destroy micro-organisms are
(a) Antigens
(b) Antibiotics
(c) Antibodies
(d) Antiseptics
Ans: ( b ) Antibiotics

55. Consider the following statements concerning United Arab
Emirates :
1. Oman is one of the seven Emirates which form the United
Arab Emirates.
2. Dubai is the capital of United Arab Emirates.
3. Fishing and tourism are the key industries of United Arab
Emirates.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( c ) 2 and 3

56. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is
appointed by the
(a) Prime Minster
(b) President
(c) Finance Minster
(d) Home Minister
Ans: ( b ) President

57. The foreign traveler who visited India during
Vijayanagar period was
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Yuan Chwang
(c) Fa-hien
(d) Nicolo Conti
Ans: ( d ) Nicolo Conti

Directions (Qs. 58 to 65 ) : These questions consist of two
statements, one labeled the ?Assertion (A)? and the other
labeled the ?Reason (R)?. You are to examine these two
statements carefully and decide if the Assertion (A) and the
Reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the
Reason (R) is a correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
Select your answers to these items using the Codes given below :
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is Not the correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
58. Assertion (A) : Amongst the three strategies : overall
cost leadership, differentiation and market segmentation; a
company with differentiation strategy has less competition
from both its direct competitors and from potential
substitutes.
Reason (R) : Its consumers have greater brand loyalty, and,
therefore, less price sensitivity.
Ans: ( a )

59. Assertion (A) : In the organizational structure of the
modern companies, the trend is towards wider span of control.
Reason (R) : narrow span of control discourages autonomy.
Ans: ( a )

60. Assertion (A) : Unity of command cannot always be
strictly applied in practice.
Reason (R) : Workers should report to different supervisors
for different aspects or tasks ? technical, financial,
administrative, etc.
Ans: ( a )

61. Assertion (A) : Point of order is raised to criticize a
policy of the government.
Reason (R) : It is an important tool of legislative control.
Ans: ( a )

62. Assertion (A) : A bus and a car (with lower weight than
that of the bus) moving at the same velocity, are brought to
rest on a level road by applying brakes which exert same
retarding force. The car will travel lesser distance before
coming to rest.
Reason (R) : The kinetic energy to be destroyed is equal to
the work done by the retarding force.
Ans: ( a )

63. Assertion (A) : A train has come out of the platform
and is accelerating if a person sitting in the train and
facing engine, throws up a coin, it will fall ahead of him.
Reason (R) : A force acts on the coin whose magnitude is
equal to the product of the mass of the coin and
acceleration of the train.
Ans: ( d )

64. Assertion (A) : Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is
useful in a manufacturing company. It does not find
application in service industry.
Reason (R) : Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) enables a
high level of interaction and coordination along the supply
chain.
Ans: ( a )

65. Assertion (A) : Macro-economics deals with the study of
aggregates and averages.
Reason (R) : Central problem of macro economics is the
determination of income and employment.
Ans: ( d )

66. Which leader is called the ?father? of India?s social
reform movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(d) Lokmanya Tilak
Ans: ( b ) Raja Rammohan Roy

67. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of Lik Sabha and
State Legislative Assemblies from 5 years to 6 years.
(b) The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the advice
of the Prime Minister.
(c) Money Bills cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
(d) One third members of the Rajya Sabha retire on the
expiry of every third year.
Ans: ( a ) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of Lik
Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies from 5 years to 6 years.

68. Nalanda University flourished during the reign of which
of the following rules?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harsha
Ans: ( d ) Harsha

69. Recently, Cannes Film Festival was held in
(a) Switzerland
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England
Ans: ( b ) France

70. The device to convert alternating current into direct
current is
(a) Transformer
(b) Rectifier
(c) Alternator
(d) Condenser
Ans: ( b ) Rectifier

71. Shri Kiran Karnik is the
(a) President of NASSCOM
(b) Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(c) Chairman of Maharashtra State Public Service Commission
(d) Managing Director of Engineers India Ltd.
Ans: ( a ) President of NASSCOM

72. Knesset is the name of the Parliament of
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Israel
(d) Spain
Ans: ( c ) Israel

73. Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction
Ans: ( b ) Exothermic reaction

74. Which of the following is a chemical compound ?
(a) Air
(b) Oxygen
(c) Ammonia
(d) Mercury
Ans: ( c ) Ammonia

75. Consider the following statements :
1. Bermuda situated in Western Atlantic Ocean is a United
Kingdom Overseas Territory.
2. 38th Parallel divided boundary between North and South
Vietnam before unification.
3. Bahamas situated near Florida is one of the states of USA.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and 2
Ans: ( a ) 1 only

76. Consider the following statements :
1. Falkland Islands are situated in Pacific Ocean.
2. Red Sea separates Sudan from Egypt.
3. England, Norway, Denmark surround North Sea.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Ans: ( d ) 3 only

77. Which is the correct sequence of the given American
cities from West to East?
(a) Salt Lake City ? Pittsburg-San Francisco-Boston
(b) San Francisco-Salt Lake City-Pittsburg-Boston
(c) Salt Lake City-San Francisco-Boston-Pittsburg
(d) San Francisco-Pittsburg-Salt Lake City-Boston
Ans: ( b ) San Francisco-Salt Lake City-Pittsburg-Boston

78. Consider the following statements :
1. The demand for commodities having a large number of close
substitutes is less elastic than the commodities having a
smaller number of substitutes.
2. Luxury items have a highly elastic demand.
3. The commodities whose consumption cannot easily be
postponed have less elastic demand.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( b ) 2 and 3

79. A town ?P? is located in a particular district. The
town ?A? is west of ?P?. Town ?T? is east of ?P?. Town
?K? is east of ?B? but west of ?T? and ?A?. They are all in
the same district. Which town is the farthest west?
(a) P
(b) K
(c) B
(d) A
Ans: ( c ) B

80. Recently, Government disinvested stake in VSNL, IBP and
IPCL to
(a) Bharti Telesonic, Reliance and GAIL, respectively
(b) Tata Group of Industries, Indian Oil Corporation and
Reliance, respectively
(c) Bharti Telesonic, Royal Dutch Shell and Pfizer,
respectively
(d) Motorola, Kuwait petroleum and Ranbaxy, respectively
Ans: ( b ) Tata Group of Industries, Indian Oil
Corporation and Reliance, respectively

81. Stockholm Syndrome is a mental condition experienced by
(a) The young persons who take up jobs in the industry
after passing out from the Management Schools
(b) Persons who migrate from rural areas to urban cities,
during the earlier stages of their stay
(c) Drug-addicts in the rehabilitation centers
(d) Hostages and kidnap victims in which positive feelings
develop towards their captors
Ans: ( d ) Hostages and kidnap victims in which positive
feelings develop towards their captors

82. Latitude of a place is indicative of its
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Amount of rainfall
(d) Temperature
Ans: ( b ) Altitude

83. What is the maximum number of pieces 1 cm in diameter
and 20cm long that can be cut out of a cylindrical wooden
block 20cm in length and 3cm in diameter ?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
Ans: ( b ) 5

84. A group of boys decided to buy a few cassettes whose
price was between Rs. 200 and Rs. 250. But at the time of
purchase, two of the boys declined to contribute as a result
of which the remaining boys had to pay Re. 1 more than they
had originally planned. What was the price of the
cassettes if the boys contributed equally and in whole
number of rupees?
(a) Rs. 220
(b) Rs. 210
(c) Rs. 230
(d) Rs. 240
Ans: ( a ) Rs. 220

85. Consider the following statements :
1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is
capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif crops.
2. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut.
3. Rabi crops are reaped in outumn after sowing in the June.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3
Ans: ( b ) 1 and 2

Directions (Qs. 86 to 90) : Sumeet, Philips Wasim, Bishan
and Chetan are five players of the College Cricket team and
their home towns are Surat, Pune, Warangal, Bangalore and
Chandigarh but not in that order. The five specialist slots
of spinner, pace bowler, wicket-keeper, batsman and the
captain are held by them, again not in the order of their
names stated above.
(i) Their names, home towns and the specialiteis do not
start with the same letter.
(ii) Neither Philps nor Wasim is the captain and they do not
belong to either Surat or Bangalore.
(iii) Sumeet is neither a wicket-keeper nor a batsman.
(iv) Pune is not Bishan?s home town.
(v) The player who hails from Bangalore is a wicket-keeper.
(vi) The captian?s home town is Pune while the batsman does
not hail from Warangal.
86. The spinner?s home town is
(a) Pune
(b) Warangal
(c) Bangalore
(d) Chandigarh
Ans: ( b ) Warangal
87. Chandigarh is home town of
(a) Philips
(b) Wasim
(c) Bishan
(d) Sumeet
Ans: ( b ) Wasim

88. Who is the pace bowler?
(a) Bishan
(b) Sumeet
(c) Wasim
(d) Chetan
Ans: ( a ) Bishan

89. Who is the spinner?
(a) Wasim
(b) Bishan
(c) Chetan
(d) Philips
Ans: ( d ) Philips

90. Chetan?s home town is
(a) Bangalore
(b) Warangal
(c) Surat
(d) Pune
Ans: ( a ) Bangalore

91. A and B stand in a circular ring with 10 other persons.
If the arrangement of 12 persons is randomly done, the
change that there are exactly 3 persons between A and B is
(a) 3/10
(b) 2/11
(c) 2/13
(d) 3/11
Ans: ( a ) 3/10

92. Consider the following statements :
While it is 6.30 AM (Sunday) in London, it is around
1. 2.30 AM (Sunday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
2. 8.30 PM (Saturday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
3. 3.30 PM (Sunday) in Tokyo
4. 1.30 AM (Sunday) in Tokyo
which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 4 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
Ans: ( b ) 2 and 3

93. Consider the following statements :
1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 00
Longitude.
2. International Date Line on the map appears as a straight
line along 1800 Longitude.
3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west,
one gains a day.
4. Tropic of Cancer lies at23½0 Latitude S.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 3
Ans: ( b ) 1 and 2

94. 15 men can complete a work in 280 days. They started
the work and after every 10 days, 15 additional men were
employed. In how many days the work was completed?
(a) 70 days
(b) 60 days
(c) 55 days
(d) 50 days
Ans: ( a ) 70 days

95. Bag ?A? contains 5 white and 2 black balls. Bag ?B?
contains 2 white and 3 black balls. If any one bag is
chosen and a ball is taken out of it at random, what is the
probability that the ball is black?
(a) 31/70
(b) 1/2
(c) 5/12
(d) 3/5
Ans: ( a ) 31/70

96. Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3 : 4 :
5. They are full of mixtures of milk and water. The
mixtures contain milk and water in the ratio of 4 : 1, 3 :
1 and 5 : 2 respectively. The contents of all these three
containers are poured into a fourth container. The ratio of
milk and water in the fourth container is
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 157 : 53
(c) 151 : 48
(d) 4 : 1
Ans: ( b ) 157 : 53

97. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability
that the product of the two numbers on the two dice is an
even number is
(a) 1/2
(b) 3/4
(c) 5/16
(d) 3/8
Ans: ( b ) 3/4

98. Consider the following statements :
1. For the three All-India Services, there are 24 State
Cadres including three joint cadres.
2. Union Public Service Commission is the cadre controlling
authority for Indian Administrative Service.
3. Staff Selection Commission is entrusted with the task of
making recruitment to all the Group ?B? and Group ?C? posts
under the Government.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( none ) 1 and 3 are correct

99. Crop yield Formulation Unit which has developed
statistical models to forecast crop yield works under the
control of
(a) Ministry of Water Resources
(b) Department of Agriculture and Co-operation
(c) India Meteorological Department
(d) Department of Food and Public Distribution
Ans: ( c ) India Meteorological Department

100. East Timor, the latest independent nation in the world,
was ruled by
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Philippines
Ans: ( a ) Indonesia

101. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) National Aluminium Company Ltd. : Bhubaneswar
(b) Indian Bureau of Mines : Dhanbad
(c) National Film Archives of India : Pune
(d) National Archives of India : New Delhi
Ans: ( a ) National Aluminium Company Ltd. : Bhubaneswar

102. The flowers in a basket become double every minute and
the basket gets full in one hour. In how much time, the
basket was 1/32 full ?
(a) 12 minutes
(b) 32 minutes
(c) 45 minutes
(d) 55 minutes
Ans: ( d ) 55 minutes

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