SBI Probationary Officers

Model Paper

Test I 7. What is the code for ‘thou’?

REASONING 1) 9 2) 6
3) 2 4) 5
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 5) None of these
to answer the given questions.
8. What is the code for ‘how’?
L, M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting around a circle

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facing the centre. O is sitting between L and R. Q 1) 5 2) 8
is second to the right of R and P is second to the 3) 2 4) 9
5) None of these

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right of Q. N is not an immediate neighbour of R.
1. Which of the following is not correct? 9. Which of the following may possibly be the code
for ‘thou no good’?

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1) R is second to the right of L
2) M is second to the left of N 1) 508 2) 780
3) L sits exactly between O and P 3) 507 4) 870
4) P and N are immediate neighbours 5) None of these

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5) P sits to the opposite of N 10. What is the code for ‘how good thou art’?
2. How many persons are seated between L and Q if 1) 7589 2) 8295
we count anti-clockwise from L to Q?
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3) 7183 4) 8795
1) One 2) Two 5) Cannot be determined
3) Three 4) Four Directions (Q. 11-15): Below is given a passage
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5) More than four followed by several possible inference which can

3. Who is the immediate left of P? be drawn from the facts stated in the passage.
You have to examine each inference separately in
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1) L 2) N the context of the passage and decide upon its

3) M 4) O degree of truth or falsity.
5) None of these
Mark answer (1): if the inference is “definitely
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Directions (Q. 4-5): Four of the following five are true”, i.e, it properly follows from the statement of
alike in a certain way based on their seating posi- facts given.
tions in the above arrangement and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to Mark answer (2): if the inference is “probably
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the group? true” though not “definitely true” in the light of

the facts given.
4. 1) QPN 2) MOR
Mark answer (3): if the “data is inadequate”, ie.,
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3) LRO 4) RQM
5) ROL from the facts given, you cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true or false.
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5. 1) LP 2) RM
3) MQ 4) NP Mark answer (4): if the inference is “probably
false” though not “definitely false” in the light of
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5) OR
the facts given.
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following infor-
mation to answer the given questions. Mark answer (5): if the inference is “definitely
false”, ie., it cannot possibly be drawn from the
In a certain code, ‘829’ means ‘how art thou’, ‘953’ facts given or it contradicts the given facts.
means ‘thou art good’ and ‘15873’ means ‘thy good
and thou bad’. Note: Each of the five questions has only one
distinct answer, ie., no two questions can have
6. What may be the possible code for ‘thy’? the same answer. If you get the same answer for
1) 1 or 7 2) 7 more than one question, consider both again and
3) 3 4) 5 decide which one of the two would more defi-
5) None of these nitely be that answer and in the same way review
the others also.

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 Cardiovascular disease is so prevalent that virtu- 17. How is ‘happy’ written in a code language?
ally all businesses are likely to have employees I. ‘I happy today’ is written as ‘ke ne que’ and
who suffer from, or may develop, this condition. ‘today happy day’ is written as ‘ke joi ke’.
Research shows that between 50-80% of all people
who suffer a heart attack are able to return to work. II. ‘I play’ is written as ‘qua pa’.
However, this may not be possible if they have 18. H is the mother of J. How is J related to V?
previously been involved in heavy physical work.
In such cases, it may be possible to move the I. V is the only daughter of H.
employee to lighter duties, with appropriate re- II. V is the sister of J.
training where necessary. Similarly, high pressure,
stressful work, even where it does not involve 19. What is the colour of white snow in a colour code?
physical activity, should also be avoided. Human I. ‘Green’ is called ‘Black’, ‘Black’ is called Blue,
resource managers should be aware of the impli- and ‘Blue’ is called ‘Red’.
cations of job rules for employees with a cardiac

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II. ‘Red’ is called ‘White’ and ‘White’ is called
condition.
‘Orange’.
11. Employees who suffer from cardiovascular dis-

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20. Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U are seated around a
eases are mostly unable to return to work.
circular table and are equidistant from each other.
12. Employees suffering from cardiovascular diseases Who is second to the right of T?

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are unable to handle stressful situations.
I. P is to the immediate left of Q and Q sits oppo-
13. Employees above the age of 50 are found to suf- site R.
fer from cardiovascular diseases. II. S is to the immediate left of U.
14. Physical and stressful work definitely leads to a
heart attack.
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mation to answer the given questions.
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15. Heart disease can affect employee in any type of A word and number arrangement machine when
business. given an input line of words and numbers rear-
Directions (Q. 16-20): Each of the questions be- ranges them following a particular rule. The fol-
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low consists of a question and two statements lowing is an illustration of input and rearrange-
numbered I and II given below. You have to de- ment. (Single digit numbers are proceeded by a
cide whether the data provided in the statements zero. All other numbers are two digit numbers.)
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are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both Input: when 19 will you 07 be 40 coming 62 home
the statements and 100 89
Give answer (1) if the data in statement I alone are Step I: be when 19 will you 07 40 coming 62 home
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sufficient to answer the question, while the data 100 89

in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
Step II: be 07 when 19 will you 40 coming 62 home
the question.
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Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone

Step III: be 07 coming when 19 will you 40 62 home
are sufficient to answer the question, while the
100 89
data in statement I alone are not sufficient to an-
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swer the question. Step IV: be 07 coming 19 when will you 40 62 home
100 89
Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I or
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in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the Step V: be 07 coming 19 home when will you 40 62
question. 100 89
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Give answer (4) if the data even in both state- Step VI: be 07 coming 19 home 40 when will you
ments I and II together are not sufficient to an- 62 100 89
swer the question.
Step VII: be 07 coming 19 home 40 when 62 will
Give answer (5) if the data in both statements I and you 100 89
II together are necessary to answer the question.
Step VIII: be 07 coming 19 home 40 when 62 will
16. Who is oldest among Peter Kevin, Joseph and 89 you 100
Jason?
Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the
I. Jason is older than Peter and Joseph. above input as the intended arrangement is ob-
tained.
II. Kevin is younger than Joseph.

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 As per the rules followed in the above steps, find 27. How many steps would be needed to complete
out in each of the following questions the appro- the arrangement and which would be the last step?
priate steps for the given input.
1) Step IV: and 5 just 14 time 15 value 22
Directions (Q. 21-24): Input: next 57 problem 82 2) Step V: and 5 just 14 time 15 value 22
14 trend 02 purchase growth 41 3) Step V: 22 and 15 just 14 time 5 just
4) Step VI: and 5 just 14 time 15 value 22
21. How many steps would be needed to complete
5) None of the above
the arrangement?
Directions (Q. 28-29): In these questions, rela-
1) V 2) VI
tionship between different elements is shown in
3) VIII 4) VII
the statements. These statements are followed by
5) Cannot be determined
two conclusions.
22. Which of the following would be the final arrange-
Mark answer
ment?

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1) growth 02 next 14 problem 41 purchase 57 82 1) if only conclusion I follows
trend 2) if only conclusion II follows

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2) growth next problem purchase trend 02 14 41 3) if either conclusion I or II follows
57 82

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3) growth 02 next 14 problem 41 purchase 57 trend 4) if neither conclusion I nor III follows
82 5) if both conclusion I and II follow
4) growth 82 next 57 purchase 41 problem 14 next
28. Statement: E  F  G  H  S

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5) None of the above Conclusions: I. G > S
23. Which of the following would be step I? II. FH
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1) 41 purchase 02 trend 14 82 problem 57 next
growth 29. Statement: P  Q  W  L
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2) growth 02 next 57 problem 82 14 trend pur- Conclusions: I. L > P

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II. QL
3) 41 growth next 57 problem 82 14 trend 02 pur-
chase Directions (Q. 30-36): Study the following infor-
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4) growth next 57 problem 82 14 trend 02 pur- mation to answer the given questions.
chase 41 six lectures are scheduled in a week starting from
5) growth next 57 purchase 82 14 trend 02 prob- Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week.
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lem 41 Computer Science is not on Tuesday or Saturday.

Psychology is immediately after Organizational
24. Which word/number would be the sixth position
Behaviour. Statistics is not on Friday and there is
from the left end in step III?
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one day gap between Statistics and Research

1) purchase 2) 14 Methods. One day prior to the schedule of Eco-
3) problem 4) 41 nomics there is no lecture. (as that day is the ‘off’
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5) trend day and Monday is not the off day.)

Directions (Q. 25-27): Input: just 14 and value 22 30. Which of the following is the last lecture sched-
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time 5 15 uled?
25. Which word/number would be at position 5 from 1) Statistics 2) Research Methods
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the right end in step III? 3) Psychology 4) Cannot be determined

1) and 2) 15 5) None of these
3) just 4) 14 31. If Wednesday is the ‘off day, the code would be 2
5) time – 4, if Thursday was the ‘off day, the code would
26. Which of the following would be step II of the be 3 – 3. Taking into account the ‘off’ day which
arrangement? of the following code is correct?

1) and just value 14 22 time 5 15 1) 2 – 4 2) 3 – 3

2) and just value 14 value 22 time 15 3) 4 – 2 4) Cannot be determined
3) and 5 just 14 time 15 22 value 5) None of these
4) and just value time 14 22 3 15
5) None of the above

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32. Which lecture is scheduled on Friday? 38. Statement: “Take a recruitment system, for ex-
ample, the company would make an offer to
1) Economics 2) Psychology somebody it had rejected three months ago!
3) Computer Science 4) Cannot be determined There was no recruitment database that kept
5) None of these record of that”.
33. How many lectures were scheduled between Eco- I. It is possible to devise a system which would
nomics and Psychology? indicate those applicants who were rejected
earlier.
1) One 2) Two
3) Three 4) Cannot be determined II. This company considers three months time
5) None of these too short a period to reconsider recruitment
decision about a candidate.
34. Which day is Computer Science scheduled?
39. Statement: “Everyone does not need to build a
1) Monday 2) Wednesday 100 crore or 1000 crore company. Small us Big

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3) Thursday 4) Cannot be determined Super big is a choice that an entrepreneur makes
5) None of these herself / himself depending upon the ambitions,

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values and what she/he likes doing”.
35. Which day is the ‘off’ day
I. The figures are for the turnover of the com-
1) Tuesday 2) Wednesday pany.

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3) Friday 4) Cannot be determined II. There is hardly any distinction between a small
5) None of these or a big company.
36. If someone wants to attend only two lectures out

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Directions (Q. 40-42): Read the given statements
of Psychology, Research Methods and Computer carefully and answer the questions which follow.
Science but wants the two days to be successive
(one after the other) then which lecture combina- 40. After the government announced a compensa-
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tion may be selected? tory policy for farmers in return for the acquisi-
tion of their land, the farmers demanded a written
1) Research Methods, Computer Science proof of the policy.
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2) Psychology, Computer Science

Which of the following could possibly be a cause
3) Psychology, Research Methods
for demanding the written proof?
4) Any two of the three is possible
5) With the condition of successive day it is 1) The farmers were unable to contest the inad-
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not possible equate compensation for their land in earlier

such policies
Directions (Q. 37-39): In each question below is/
2) The compensation promised in the policy
are given statement/s followed by two assump-
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was grossly inadequate

tions / inferences numbered I and II. An assump-
tion is something supposed or taken for granted. 3) The farmers were unwilling to surrender their
And an inference can be inferred from the given lands to the government
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information. You have to consider the statement/ 4) The farmers demand a certain percentage of
s and the following assumptions / inferences and share out of the revenue generated by the gov-
decide which of the assumptions / inferences is ernment off their lands
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implicit in the statement / s. 5) The only option to enforce the government

Given answer (1) if only I is implicit officials to frame a compensatory policy for
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the farmers was to demand a proof.

Given answer (2) if only II is implicit 41. The number of cases concerning a non-contagious
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Given answer (3) if either I or II is implicit chemical poisoning is on the rise among local vil-
lagers. Which of the following could possibly be
Given answer (4) if neither I nor II is implicit a cause of the statement given above?
Given answer (5) if both I and II are implicit 1) The government has ordered an immediate
enquiry into the matter
37. Statement: “Sometimes a person acting out of
conviction, pursuing a dream, represents the spirit 2) Unless timely treatment is provided to the pa-
of an entire generation? tients, the poisoning can prove to be fatal
3) Many factories surrounding the village do not
I. One gets conviction out of one’s action. dispose of their wastes appropriately
II. Expectations of different generations are not 4) The only hospital in the area is not equipped
the same. to treat chemical poisoning related ailments

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 5) A study done a couple of years ago had re- 1) A good conduct in the past and a lack of evi-
ported that a large number of farmers had dence against the players make the case
stopped using chemical fertilizers owing to against them very weak
their ill-effects on health. 2) The ministry of sports has never declined the
42. In a governmental initiative, which started a couple recommendations made by the committee earlier
of years ago, school teachers of a particular State 3) Taking the award back from the players would
were engaged in teaching the illiterate every set a good example to other players for avoid-
evening after the regular school hours. ing such actions in the future
Which of the following can be an effect of the 4) There have been past cases where the award
statement given above? had to be taken back from the players owing
to some misconduct later on
1) A report given to the State government a
couple of years ago stated a high percentage 5) The committee is constituted of some of the
most respected and esteemed members from

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of illiterate population as compared to some
other States the fields of sports politics
2) Many teachers were motivated to join the 45. Many organizations have been resorting to re-

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scheme started by the government as the re- cruitment based upon performance at graduate/
muneration provided to them was attractive post-graduate level exams rather than conduct-
ing exams for the same purpose.

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3) Lack of accessibility to schools and extreme
poverty were major causes of illiteracy in the Which of the following statements would
State. strengthen the argument given in the above state-
ment?

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4) Evening classes help individuals working as
daily wagers attend classes after work 1) A recent study shows no link of past perfor-
5) The literacy rate in the State has improved mance with the performance in recruitment
significantly this year exams
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43. Real estate builders have refused to bring down 2) The graduate / post-graduate exams are con-
the property prices as proposed by the govern- sidered to be severely deficient in training in
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ment this year. job related environment

3) Organizations which had undertaken recruit-
Which of the following arguments would
ment on the basis of graduate / post-graduate
strengthen the stance taken by the builders?
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exams report a significant drop in the quality

1) Very few people ventured into buying proper- of the recruited employees
ties this year owing to exorbitant prices set by
4) Such policies would add to unemployment
the builders
among students having below average per-
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2) With the ever increasing cost of basic materi- formance in graduation or post-graduation
als such as cement and steel, the profit of the
5) Such policies could save time, money and re-
builders has gone down by 48% this year
sources of the organization which are wasted
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3) The builders have earned huge profit in a gov- in the conduct of recruitment examinations
ernmental scheme for building low cost hous-
Directions (Q. 46-50): In each of the questions
ing societies
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given below which one of the five answer figures

4) In a report published by a national daily, the on the right should come after the problem fig-
margin of profit earned by a builder per square ures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
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foot is as much as eighty percent of its cost

price 46. Problem Figures
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5) The builders have to necessarily abide by the

decree of the government which controls the
prices of the real estate.
44. The ministry of sports has been advised by a com-
mittee to take the highest award in the field of Answer Figures
sports back from two players who were allegedly
involved in match-fixing.
Which of the following statements would weaken
the argument put forward by the committee to the
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47. Problem Figures Test II
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Directions (Q. 51-55): Study the following infor-
mation carefully and answer the questions that
Answer Figures follow.
A company produces four different product viz,
Mobile Phones, Televisions, Refrigerators and
Computers. Each of the products has two catego-
ries, viz, Category A and Category B. The total
number of all the products is 900. 25 percent of
the total number of products is Computers and
48. Problem Figures one-third of the total number of products is Tele-

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visions, 32 percent of the total products are Re-
P O P O
frigerators. 50 percent, each of the total number of

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Televisions as well as the total number of Refrig-
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erators is of Category A. 40 percent of the total
Answer Figures number of Computers is of Category B. One third

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of the total number of Mobile. Phones is of Cat-
egory B.
51. What is the total number of Televisions of Cat-

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egory A, Refrigerators of Category B and Mobile
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Phones of Category B together?
49. Problem Figures 1) 225 2) 323
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3) 325 4) 223
5) None of these
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52. Number of Computers of Category B is approxi-

mately what percent of the total number of Refrig-
Answer Figures erators?
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1) 29 2) 31
3) 37 4) 43
5) 47
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53. What is the average number of products of Cat-

egory A together?
50. Problem Figures 1) 110.25 2) 115.5
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3) 121.75 4) 102
5) 106
54. What is the respective ratio between the number
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of Televisions of Category B and the number of

Answer Figures Computers of Category A?
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1) 3 : 5 2) 5 : 3
3) 10 : 9 4) 5 : 6
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5) None of these
55. What is the difference between the number of
Mobile Phones of Category B and the total num-
ber of Computers?
1) 146 2) 176
3) 167 4) 156
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 Directions (Q. 56-60): Study the following table Number of applicants (in lakhs) who applied for
carefully to answer the questions that follow. two different banks during past size years.
Number of Soldiers (in thousands) retired Bank A Bank B

No. of candidates (in lakhs)

during six different years 10

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Academies
Year Coast 6
Air Army Navy BSF
Guard
4
2004 2.5 5.2 1.6 0.6 4.2
2
2005 3.7 6.1 1.9 1.8 5.1

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2006 2.9 6.9 2.4 1.2 3.7 0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
2007 5.4 7.2 2.8 2.7 5.2

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61. What was the approximate average number of
2008 4.2 6.4 1.5 5.4 4.4 candidates who applied for Bank A over all the
years together?

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2009 5.6 8.4 3.5 3.6 6.3
1) 4.1 lakh 2) 5 lakh
3) 3.1 lakh 4) 4.5 lakh
56. What is the difference between the total number
5) 3.8 lakh
of Soldiers retired from Air Force in the year 2006,

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2007 and 2008 and the number of Soldiers retired 62. Total number of candidates who applied for Bank
from Army in the year 2009? A over all the years together was approximately
what percentage of the total number of candidates
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1) 4700 2) 4100
who applied for Bank B over all the year together?
3) 3600 4) 36000
5) None of these 1) 79 2) 66
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3) 70 4) 75
57. The number of Soldiers retired from BSF in the
5) 60
years 2005 and 2006 together was approximately
what percent of the total number of Soldiers re- 63. In which years the total number of candidates who
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tired from Navy over all the years together? applied for both the banks together is exactly
equal?
1) 70 2) 54
3) 64 4) 75 1) 2004, 2005 and 2008
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5) 80 2) 2004, 2006 and 2007

3) 2004, 2005 and 2007
58. What was the average number of Soldiers retired
4) 2004, 2006 and 2008
together in the year 2007?
5) 2006, 2007 and 2008
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1) 4660 2) 46600
64. If 20 percent of candidates who applied for
3) 23300 4) 2330
Bank - B qualified in the year 2008, then what
5) None of these
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was the number of candidates who have been dis-

59. In which force the number of the soldiers retired qualified in the same year?
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continuously increased from the year 2004 to 2009?

1) 7.2 lakh 2) 72000
1) Air Force 2) Army and BSF only 3) 6.4 lakh 4) 64000
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3) Coast Guard 4) Navy only 5) None of these

5) None of these
65. What was the respective ratio between the total
60. What was the respective ratio between the num- number of candidates who applied for Bank A in
ber of Soldiers retired from Army in the year 2004 the year 2006 and 2008 and the total number of
and number of soldiers retired from Coast Guard candidates who applied for Bank B in the years
in the year 2006? 2005 and 2008 together?
1) 13 : 4 2) 13 : 6 1) 6 : 7 2) 4 : 9
3) 3 : 26 4) 13 : 3 3) 5 : 12 4) 12 : 5
5) None of these 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 61-65): Study the following graph Directions (Q. 66 - 70): Study the following Pie-
and answer the questions that follow. chart carefully to answer these questions.

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 Percentagewise distribution of teachers who Directions (Q. 71-75): Study the following table
teach six different subjects carefully and answer the questions given below.
Total number of teachers = 2000 Expen
diture Children's
Percentage of teachers Rent Food
Education
Clothes Travelling
People

English
7%
Biol
12% A 12.50 7.50 6.52 3.30 4.72
ogy B 16.00 8.55 8.38 2.75 5.86
C 13.80 11.40 12.60 6.30 9.30
Economics History
25% 27% D 9.65 17.80 9.95 8.40 7.85
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E 14.50 9.00 10.25 3.90 5.42

ath 4%

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Physics
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15%
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71. What is the total monthly expenditure made by D

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on rent, B on clothes and E on travelling together?
66. If five-seventh of the teachers who teach Math-
1) ` 18720 2) ` 178200
ematics are female, then number of male Math-

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ematics teachers is approximately what percent- 3) ` 17800 4) ` 184720
age of the total number of teachers who teach 5) None of these
English? 72. What is the average monthly expenditure on food

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1) 57 2) 42 by all the people together?
3) 63 4) 69
1) ` 108500 2) ` 10850
5) 51
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3) ` 54250 4) ` 52450
67. What is the difference between the total number 5) None of these
of teachers who teach English and History to-
73. Whose monthly expenditure on all the heads to-
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gether and the total number of teachers who teach

Mathematics and Biology together? gether is the lowest among them?
1) 146 2) 156 1) A 2) B
3) 180 4) 160 3) C 4) D
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5) None of these 5) E

68. If the percentage of Biology teachers is increased 74. If the monthly expenditure of C on children’s edu-
by 40 percent and percentage of History teachers cation is increased by 5%, then what will be his
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decreased by 20 percent then what will be the yearly expenditure on children’s education?
total number of Biology and History teachers to-
gether? 1) ` 158760 2) ` 1587600
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3) ` 13230 4) ` 132300
1) 634 2) 654 5) None of the above
3) 658 4) 778
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5) None of these 75. What is the respective ratio between the monthly
expenditure made by A on travelling and the
69. What is the approximate average number of teach- monthly expenditure made by D on clothes?
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ers teaching Economics, History and Biology to-

gether? 1) 57 : 105 2) 105 : 59
3) 37 : 103 4) 59 : 105
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1) 400 2) 420 5) None of these

3) 450 4) 480
5) 470 Directions (Q. 76-80): Study the following Pie-
chart carefully to answer these questions.
70. What is the respective ratio of the number of teach-
ers who teach Biology and the number of teach- Percentagewise Distribution of Players Who
ers who teach Physics? Play Five Different Sports
1) 6 : 7 2) 4 : 7 Total players are 4200 out of which Female
3) 3 : 5 4) 4 : 5 Players equal to 2000
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 Directions (Q. 84-85): Study the graph and an-
Total Players = 4200 Female players = 2000
swer the questions that follows.
13% 10% Number of Candidates (in thousands) in the
Rugby 25% Rugby 22%
Written Test of Admission of Two Different
Lawn 13% Lawn
17% Tennis Foot ball Tennis Institutions
Foot ball
10% 15%
Hockey Institution A
40% Hockey
35% Cricket Institution B
Cricket
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Percentage of players Percentage of female 6

Number of Candidates
who play different sports players who play
different sports
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(in thousands)

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76. What is the average number of players (both male
and female) who play football and rugby to- 4
gether?

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1) 620 2) 357
3) 230 4) 630 2

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5) None of these
77. What is the difference between the number of the 1
female players who play lawn tennis and the num-

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ber of male players who play rugby? 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1) 94 2) 84 Years
3) 220 4) 240
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81. What was the respective ratio between the num-
5) None of these
ber of candidates qualified in the written test in
78. What is the respective ratio of the number of fe- the year 2002 for admission in institution B and
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male players who play cricket and number of male the number of candidates qualified in the written
players who play hockey? test in the year 2006 for admission to institution
A?
1) 20 : 7 2) 4 : 21
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3) 3 : 20 4) 20 : 3 1) 8 : 5 2) 7 : 4
5) None of these 3) 7 : 8 4) 7 : 5
5) 8 : 7
79. What is the total number of male players who play
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football, cricket and lawn tennis together? 82. What was the approximate average number of
candidates qualified in the written test for admis-
1) 1724 2) 1734
sion to Institution B overall the year?
3) 1824 4) 1964
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5) None of these 1) 4555 2) 4200

3) 4160 4) 4888
80. Number of male players who play rugby is ap-
5) 4667
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proximately what percentage of the total number

of players who play lawn tennis? 83. In which year was the total number of candidates
qualified in the written test for admission to both
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1) 33 2) 39
the institutions together the second highest?
3) 26 4) 21
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5) 43 1) 2003 2) 2004
3) 2005 4) 2006
5) 2007
84. What is the difference between the total number
of candidates qualified in written test in year 2006
for admission to institution A and B together and
the number of candidates qualified in written test
in year 2003 for admission to institution A?
1) 5000 2) 3500
3) 1500 4) 5500
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85. What was the total number of candidates quali- by five different companies – M, N, O, P and Q –
fied in the written test for admission to institution has been given. The ratio of shirts and trousers
A overall the years together? has been given in the adjoining table. Read both
the data and answer the questions.
1) 27000 2) 26500
3) 26000 4) 27500 Number of Shifts and Trousers manufactured
5) None of these by five companies M, N, O, P and Q
Directions (Q. 86-90): Study the information care- 2000
fully to answer the questions that follows. 1840

Number of shifts and trousers

1800 1720
1600
There are two companies A and B. Both compa- 1600
nies produce all the four different products viz.,
1400
Computers, Phones, Pen drives and Compact
Discs (CDs). Company A produces a total of 800 1200 1120

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products. The respective ratio between the total 1000 960
products produced by Company A and Company 800
B is 4 : 5, 20% of the total products produced by

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Company B are Pen drives and 40% of them are 600
CDs. Two-fifth of the remaining products produced 400

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by Company B are Phones. The total number of 200
Computers produced by both the companies to-
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gether is 340, 20% of the total products produced M N O P Q
by Company A are CDs. Company A produces Companies

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equal number of Pen drives and Phones.
Ratio of Shirts and Trousers
86. What is the respective ratio between the number
of Pen drives produced by Company A and the Companies Shirts Trousers
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number of Computers produced by Company B?
1) 8 : 9 2) 9 : 7 M 5 3
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3) 7 : 9 4) 4 : 9
N 24 19
5) None of these
87. What is the total number of Phones produced by O 7 9
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Both the companies together?

P 3 5
1) 430 2) 420
3) 390 4) 530 Q 8 17
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5) None of these
91. What is the average of the number of shirts manu-
88. Number of Phones produced by Company A is factured by the companies M, O and Q?
what percentage of the total number of products
1) 639 2) 539
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produced by Company B?
3) 693 4) 369
1) 25 2) 29 5) None of these
3) 33 4) 37
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P is
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CDs and Computer produced by Company B? 1) 320 2) 420
3) 480 4) 460
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1) 840 2) 280 5) None of these

3) 270 4) 860
5) None of these 93. What is the total number of trousers manufac-
tured by companies N and P?
90. What is the difference between the number of CDs
produced by Company B and the number of Com- 1) 1360 2) 1260
puters produced by Company A? 3) 1460 4) 1406
5) None of these
1) 200 2) 250
3) 300 4) 350 94. The number of shirts manufactured by company
5) None of these Q is what percent of its total production?

Directions (Q. 91-95): In the following bar dia- 1) 25% 2) 28%

gram number of shirts and trousers manufactured 3) 30% 4) 32%
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95. The ratio between the number of shirts manufac- 100. Find the total number of vehicles crossing the
tured by company M and that of trousers manu- bridge during 11 am - 1 pm on Thursday and
factured by company P is Friday.
1) 9 : 7 2) 8 : 7 1) 11000 2) 19500
3) 7 : 8 4) 5 : 7 3) 17500 4) 19000
5) 6 : 7 5) 17000
Directions (Q. 96-100): In the following table,
the number of vehicles passing over a bridge dur-
ing different time intervals on different days of a Test III
week is given. Read the table carefully to answer GENERAL AWARENESS,
the following questions. Number of vehicles (In
MARKETING & COMPUTER
thousands)
101. Which new law was recently passed by the In-

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Time Intervals dian Parliament to adopt corporate structures for
carrying out business?

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Day 8 am - 11 am - 1 pm - 4 pm - 7 pm - 1) Corporate Business Bill 2011
11 am 1 pm 4 pm 7 pm 10 pm 2) Business Ethics and Corporation Bill 2012
3) Ethics and Standard Bill 2013

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Monday 12 10 8 11 6 4) Companies Bill 2012
Tuesday 15 12 10 12 5 5) None of these
102. What is the purpose of celebrating Rajiv Gandhi

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Wednesday 10 8 6 8 6
Sadbhavana Divas?
Thursday 11 7 7 7 7 1) To promote national integration
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Friday 13 10 8 10 6
2) To promote communal harmony
3) To eschew violence
Saturday 8 6 7 8 5 4) To promote goodwill among the people
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5) All of the above

96. What is the difference between the total number
103. The central bank of which country has the largest
of vehicles, crossing during 7 pm - 10 pm and the
foreign reserves in the world?
number of vehicles crossing during 11 am - 1 pm
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on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday? 1) China 2) Saudi Arabia

3) European Union 4) Switzerland
1) 8000 2) 8500
5) Japan
3) 7500 4) 7800
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97. Find the difference between the number of ve- 1) Competition Commission of India
hicles crossing on Tuesday and Saturday during 2) Securities and Exchange Board of India
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1 pm - 4 pm and the number of vehicles crossing 3) Forward Markets Commission

on Thursday during 1 pm - 4 pm.
4) Confederation of India Industry
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1) 7000 2) 10000 5) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority

3) 24000 4) 14000
105. As per the Income Tax laws in India, the maximum
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5) None of these
amount not liable to tax in case of an individual
98. What is the percentage decrease in the number of aged 60 years and above is
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vehicles crossing from time interval 8-11 am &

7 pm to 10 pm on Wednesday? 1) ` 150000 2) ` 180000
3) ` 200000 4) ` 250000
1) 45% 2) 38%
3) 40% 4) 50% 5) ` 30000
5) 46% 106. In business, disinvestment means to sell off cer-
99. Find the average number of vehicles crossing the tain assets. Which of the following can come un-
bridge during 8-11 am. der these assets?
1) 11056 2) 12500 1) A manufacturing plant
3) 11050 4) 11500 2) A division or subsidiary
5) None of these 3) A product line
4) Both (2) and (3)
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107. Which Indian move has been nominated as India’s 116. Which one is not a member nation of BRICS?
official entry to 2014 Oscars? 1) Brazil 2) Russia
1) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 3) South Africa 4) India
2) The Good Road 5) Chile
3) Celluloid 117. The 108th birthday of Indian Hockey icon
4) The Lunchbox Dhyanchand was celebrated recently as
5) English Vinglish
1) National Hockey Day
108. Which of the following rates is not controlled by 2) National Sports Day
the Reserve Bank of India? 3) National Day for Olympics
1) Cash Reserve Ratio 4) National Medals Day
2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio 5) National Icon Day
3) Cess 118. Who is the author of Fault Lines : How Hidden

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4) Marginal Standing Facility Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy?
5) Repo Rate
1) Amartya Sen 2) Raghuram Rajan

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109. With which sports is Pullela Gopichand associ- 3) Kaushik basu 4) Bimal Jalan
ated? 5) YV Reddy

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1) Golf 2) Billiards 119. Who, at present, is the chairman of the Unique
3) Tennis 4) Badminton Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
5) Squash
1) NK Singh 2) Nandan Nilekani

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110. International Standards on Combating Money 3) RS Sharma 4) SK Swamy
Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and 5) Dinesh Aggarwal
Proliferation are framed by
120. The reactor of India’s first indigeneous nuclear
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1) KYC 2) FATF submarine recently went critical. What is the name
3) TAPI 4) ICOA of this submarine?
5) SWIFT
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1) INS Arihant 2) INS Chakra

111. The State Bank of Indi (SBI) on 17 August, 2013 3) INS Sindhughosh 4) INS Aridhaman
achieved another milestone by opening its _____ 5) INS Ghatak
branch in Tamil Nadu.
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121. One of the following is not included in the 7 P’s of

1) 2000th 2) 5000th Marketing. Find the same.
3) 10000th 4) 15000th
5) 20000th 1) Product 2) Price
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3) Production 4) Promotion
112. Who at present is the Chairman of the State Bank 5) People
of India?
122. ‘SIP’ in Mutual Fund business means
1) Ashwini Kumar 2) DP Singh
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3) Seema Goyal 4) Rajeev Rishi 1) Salaried Individuals and Plans

5) Arundhati Bhattacharya 2) Systemized Insurance Plans
3) Systemized MF Plans
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1) National Development Council 5) None of the above
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2) Planning Commission 123. Mutual Fund business from existing bank cus-
3) Finance Minister tomers be mobilized by
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4) Inter-State Council
5) Finance Commission 1) Outdoor Marketing 2) Telemarketing
3) Cross-selling 4) Internal Marketing
114. In which state is Sunderbans situated? 5) All of the above
1) Odisha 2) West Bengal 124. Conversion means
3) Jharkhand 4) Assam
5) Uttarakhand 1) Grouping of prospective clients
2) Interacting with a prospective client
115. What is the name of India’s first indigenous air- 3) Converting a seller to a buyer
craft carrier which was launched recently? 4) Converting a prospect into a buyer
1) Sindhurakshak 2) Vikrant 5) Converting an employer into an employee
3) Pratap 4) Shaurya 125. Market Segmentation means
5) Vikramaditya

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 1) Territory allocation 134. An e-mail address typically consists of a user ID
2) Market space followed by the _____ sign and the name of the
3) Market place e-mail server that manages the user’s electronic
4) Dividing the target group as per their needs post office box.
5) Sales persons groups 1) @ 2) #
126. Marketing Opportunities means 3) & 4)
1) Availability of sales persons 5) None of these
2) Availability of data 135. A file extension is separated from the main file
3) Melas name with a(n) _____ but no spaces.
4) Scope for marketing
1) question mark 2) exclamation mark
5) Evaluation of performance
3) underscore 4) period
127. Market Research is useful for 5) None of these

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1) Deciding proper marketing strategies 136. A Web _____ consists of one or more Web pages
2) Deciding the sales persons located on a Web server.

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3) Choosing old products
1) hub 2) site
4) Recruitment of staff
3) story 4) template
5) Payment of bonus

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5) None of these
128. The main target group for SIP schemes are
137. The desktop contains small graphics called _____
1) All HNIs 2) All NRIs 1) windows 2) logos

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3) All salaried persons 4) All agriculturists 3) icons 4) pictures
5) All students 5) None of these
129. Innovation in marketing is same as 138. C, BASIC, COBOL and Java are examples of _____
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1) Motivation 2) Inspiration languages.
3) Aspiration 4) Creativity 1) low-level 2) computer
5) Team work
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130. ‘Buyer Resistance’ means 5) None of these
1) Buyer’s interest in the product being sold 139. _____ makes it possible for shoppers to make
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2) Buyer fighting with the seller purchases using their computers.

3) Buyer’s hesitation in buying the product 1) E-world 2) E-commerce
4) Buyer becoming a seller 3) E-spend 4) E-business
5) Buyer buying the product 5) None of these
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131. Bulk Savings Accounts can be mobilized by means 140. The human-readable version of a program is called
of _____
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2) Making cold calls 3) human code 4) system code
3) e-mail solicitation 5) None of these
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4) Contacting all employees of an institution

141. _____ is the result produced by a computer.
5) Writing letters
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1) Data 2) Memory
132. Diversification in marketing means
3) Output 4) Input
1) Marketing to different countries 5) None of these
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2) Marketing in many companies 142. Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as
3) Marketing of the same product by many, navigable windows into the Web are called _____.
diverse persons
1) Hypertext 2) Networks
4) Marketing of new, diverse product 3) Internet 4) Web browsers
5) All of the above 5) None of these
133. A _____ typically connects personal computers 143. A _____ is a device that only provides surge pro-
within a very limited geographical area, usually tection, but also furnishes your computer with
within a single building. battery backup power during a power outage.
1) LAN 2) BAN 1) surge strip 2) USB
3) TAN 4) NAN 3) UPS 4) battery strip
5) None of these 5) None of these

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144. The motherboard is the _____ part of nearly (153) major global industry. IT in-
1) circuit board that house peripheral devices dustry has become one of the most robust indus-
tries in the world. IT, more than any other indus-
2) same as the CPU chip try or economic (154), has an increased produc-
3) the first chip that is accessed when the com- tivity, particularly in the developed world, and
puter is turned on therefore is a key driver of global economic growth.
4) circuit board that contains a CPU and other Economies of scale and (155) demand from both
chips consumers and enterprises (156) this rapidly
5) None of the above growing sector. The Information Technology As-
sociation of America (ITAA) explains ‘informa-
145. A(n) _____ converts and executes one statement tion technology’ as (157) all possible aspects of
at a time. information systems based on computers. Both
1) compiler 2) interpreter software development and the hardware involved
in the IT industry include everything from com-

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3) converter 4) instructions
5) None of these puter systems, to the design, implementation,
study and development of IT and management
146. Approximately how many bytes make one Mega-

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systems. (158) toits easy accessibility and the
byte? wide range of IT products available, the demand
1) One thousand 2) Ten thousand for IT services has increased (159) over the years.

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3) One hundred 4) One million To IT sector has emerged as a major global (160)
5) None of these of both growth and employment.
147. In MICR, C stands for _____ 151. 1) use 2) amalgamation

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3) associated 4) vision
1) Code 2) Colour
5) regulated
3) Computer 4) Character
5) None of these 152. 1) integral 2) fundamental
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3) increased 4) vital
148. When writing a document, you can use the _____
5) eager
feature find yourself stuck for the right word.
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1) dictionary 2) word finder
3) every 4) few
3) encyclopedia 4) thesaurus
5) some
5) None of these
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154. 1) world 2) opinion

149. Which key is used in combination with another
3) stature 4) profit
key to perform a specific task?
5) facet
1) Function 2) Control
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155. 1) multiply 2) insatiable

3) Arrow 4) Space bar
3) decreasing 4) unquenchable
5) None of these
5) unreasonable
150. A _____ computer is a large and expensive com-
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156. 1) forage 2) thwart

puter capable of simultaneously processing data
3) motivate 4) fuelling
for hundreds or thousands of users.
5) characterise
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1) server 2) mainframe
157. 1) making 2) qualifying
3) desktop 4) tablet
3) inclusive 4) encompassing
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5) trusting
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Test IV 3) Catering 4) In order
5) Complementing
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
159. 1) regularly 2) substantially
Directions (Q. 151-160): In the following passage 3) minimally 4) exponential
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. 5) savagely
These numbers are printed below the passage and
160. 1) fortune 2) meltdown
against each, five words/phrases are suggested,
3) spring 4) source
one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out
5) economy
the appropriate word/phrase in each case.
Directions (Q. 161-165): Which of the phrases
Information technology, and the hardware and
(1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence
software (151) with the IT industry, are an (152)
should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in

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 the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If D. Buildings, both commercial and residential rep-
the sentence is correct as it is given and no cor- resent a larger source of global warming pol-
rection is required, mark (5) as the answer. lution than the said cars and trucks.
161. The actress, who was in the city for the press con- E. The major cause of global warming is the emis-
ference of her dance reality show, says she choose sion of green house gases like carbon dioxide,
the show because of her passionate for dance. methane, nitrous oxide, etc, into the atmo-
sphere.
1) being passion in dance
2) passionate for dancing F. These power plants emit large amounts of car-
3) being passionate in dancing bon dioxide produced from burning of fossil
4) passion for dance fuels for the purpose of electricity generation.
5) No correction required 166. Which of the following should be the SECOND
162. Despite of several representations and reminders, sentence after rearrangement?

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the district administration had not taken any ac- 1) E 2) D
tion to stem the systematic encroachment of wa- 3) C 4) B
ter bodies. 5) A

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1) Because of 2) Dispite 167. Which of the following should be the THIRD sen-
3) Although 4) Inspite tence after rearrangement?

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5) No correction required
1) A 2) B
163. While it is well-known that there are large-scale 3) C 4) D
leakages from the public distribution system across 5) F

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the country, there are many states which have
manage successful reform the public distribu- 168. Which of the following should be the FIRST sen-
tion system and deliver food grain to the poor. tence after rearrangement?
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1) managed to successfully reform 1) A 2) B
2) managed successful reforms 3) C 4) D
3) managing successfully to reform 5) E
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4) managing successfully reforming 169. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sen-
5) No correction required tence after rearrangement?
164. The four-day workshop is being conducted for 1) A 2) B
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gear up administration to the changes that will 3) C 4) D

follow with the implementation of the Right to 5) E
Compulsory and Free Education Act 2009.
170. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
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1) so geared up 2) to gear up sentence after rearrangement?

3) for geared up 4) to gearing up
1) E 2) D
5) No correction required
3) C 4) B
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165. The court refused to provide relieve to the peti- 5) A

tioner and stated that plying of al diesel vehicles
Directions(Q. 171-175): Each question below has
wa banned with immediate effect.
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two blanks, each blank indicating that something

1) provision of relief 2) providing of relieve has been omitted. Choose the set of words for
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3) provide any relief 4) provide relieving each blank which best fits the meaning of the sen-
5) No correction required tence as a whole.
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Directions (Q. 166-170): Rearrange the follow- 171. The protests were _____ at _____ awareness
ing six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper among the elite and the educated.
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then
1) held, generating
answer the questions given below them.
2) aimed, creating
A. Buildings of these structures required a lot of 3) targeted, awakening
fuel to be burnt which emits a large amount of 4) focused, building
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 5) concentrated, producing
B. The major source of carbon dioxide is power
172. While it is _____ possible to inflation-index cash
plants.
entitlements and food stamps, the _____ nature
C. Another twenty percent of carbon dioxide of food prices would make it a more difficult pro-
emitted in the atmosphere comes from burn- cess than envisaged.
ing of gasoline in the engines of vehicles.

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 1) theoretically, volatile ducing life expectancy in the country (3) / in an
2) absolutely, stable average of six months. (4)/ No error (5)
3) hypothetically, slow
181. Closing the doors to a foreign citizen (1) seeking
4) not, unpredictable
employment in India, the High Court on Thurs-
5) notionally, established
day ruled (2) / that it is not a foreign national’s
173. The actress is _____ that she has not only acted fundamental right (3) / to get an employment visa
opposite her childhood hero, but has also _____ in the country. (4)/ No error (5)
out a song and recited a poem on-stage with the
living legend. 182. The High Court on Thursday banned (1) / plying
of diesel-run vehicles (2) / including safari vehicles
1) overjoyed, belted 2) morose, sung in the tiger sanctuary (3) / with immediate effect.
3) ecstatic, written 4) tense, prepared (4)/ No error (5)
5) elated, made
183. A new study has shown that kids (1) / who have a

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174. _____ to popular belief that red meat makes hu- high body mass index are (2) / more likelier to have
mans _____ scientists have found that it actually high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood insu-
has a calming effect. lin levels (3) / by the time they reach adolescence.

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1) dissimilar, happy (4)/ No error (5)
2) opposite, intelligent 184. From much of the developing world, (1) / histori-

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3) contrary, aggressive cally, environmentalism was seen as a luxury (2) /
4) comparable, hostile rather than a necessity because (3) / always the
5) sticking, violent development imperatives was seen to be urgent.

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175. _____ an earlier judgment, the high court has di- (4)/ No error (5)
rected the state government to identify natural 185. The Consumer Forum directed the Power Corpo-
water resources in the state and _____ all illegal ration to (1) / compensate a complainant for the
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encroachments on them. inconvenience (2) / and mental agony who he had
1) remembering, establish to suffer (3) / because of the power officials’ irre-
2) citing, remove sponsible attitude. (4)/ No error (5)
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4) quoting, destroying sage carefully and answer the questions given
5) furthering, maintain below it. Certain words / phrases have been
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Directions(Q. 176-185): Read each sentence to printed in bold to help you locate them while an-
find out whether there is any grammatical error or swering some of the questions.
idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one The modern world requires us to repose trust in
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part of the sentence. The number of that part is manyanonymous institutions. We strap ourselves
the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). in a flying tin can with two hundred other people
(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any) not because we know thepilot but because we
believe that airline travel is safe. Our trust in these
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176. Dress in black (1)/ several students from the uni-

versity took part (2)/ in a protest march in the city institutions depends on two factors: skills and
on Thursday as part (3)/ of a campaign against ethics. We expect that the people who run these
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female infanticide. (4)/No error (5) institutions known what they are doing, that they
build and operate machines that work as they are
177. On the second day of the workshop, (1)/ partici- supposed to and that they are looking out for our
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pants does a situational analysis of the state (2)/ welfare even though we are strangers.
and spoke about their plan of action (3)/ for imple-
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menting the Act. (4)/ No error (5) When one of these factors is weak of absent, trust
breaks down and we either pay a high price in
178. The court has asked the authorities (1) / to take safety – as in the Bhopal tragedy – or a large
appropriate steps to restore natural water re- ‘welfare premium’ such as the elaborate security
sources (2) / so that the water shortage problem measures at airports. Trust - deficient environ-
(3) / in the state can be solved. (4)/ No error (5) ments work in the favour of the rich and powerful,
179. The poor experience in (1) / neighbouring coun- who can command premium treatment and afford
tries which have implemented (2) / food stamp welfare premiums. Poor people can command nei-
programmes should serve as (3) / a deterrent on ther, which is why air travel is safer than train
our country. (4)/ No error (5) travel, which in turn is safer then walking by the
road side.
180. The government has warned (1) / that air pollu-
tion from vehicles and power stations (2) / is re- Every modern society depends on the trust in the
skills and ethics of a variety of institutions such

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as schools and colleges, hospitals and markets. If everyday lying and cheating and breaking of rules
we stopped believing in the expertise of our teach- with people who are strangers?
ers, doctors and engineers, we will stop being a
Let me give you an example that many of us have
modern society.
experienced. I prefer buying my fruits and veg-
As the institution among institutions, it is the duty etables from roadside vendors rather than chain
of the state to ensure that all other institutions stores. To the vendor, I am probably an ideal cus-
meet their ethical obligations. The ‘Indian state tomer, since I do not bargain and I do not take
has failed in its regulatory role. Consequently, we hours choosing the best pieces, instead, letting
cannot trust our schools to turn out good gradu- the vendor do the selecting. The market near my
ates, we cannot ensure that our colleges turn house is quite busy; as a result, most vendors
out well trained engineers and we cannot guar- are selling their wares to stangers. It takes a while
antee that our engineers will turn out to be good before a particular vendor realises that I am a
products. repeat customer. In such a situation trust is cru-

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Last year, I was invited to speak at an undergradu- cial. I have a simple rule : if a vendor palms off a
ate research conference. Most of the participants bad piece whose defects are obvious, I never go
back to that person again. It is amazing how of-

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in this conference were students at the best engi-
neering colleges in the State. One student who ten that happens.
was driving me back and forth recounted a story In my opinion, the failure of institutional ethics is

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about the previous year’s final exam. One of his an much about these little abuses of trust as any-
papers had a question from a leading textbook to thing else. Everyday thievery is like roadside trash,
which the textbook’s answer was wrong. The stu- if you let it accumulate the whole neighbourhood

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dent was in a dilemma : should he write the (wrong) stinks.
answer as given in the textbook or should he write
186. What is the meaning of the phrase ‘palms off’ as
the right answer using his own analytical skills.
used in the passage?
He decided to do the latter and received a zero on
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that question. Clearly, as the student had sus- 1) steals from
pected, the examiners were looking at the text- 2) hides away from
book answer while correcting the examination 3) buys quickly
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5) passes on by deception
The behaviour of these examiners is a breakdown
of institutional morals, with consequences for the 187. Why, according to the author, do people repose
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skills acquired by students. I say institutional trust in institutions they do not know?
morals, for the failure of these examiners is not a 1) The marketing strategies adopted by these
personal failure. At the same conference! met a institutions make them trustworthy in the eyes
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whole range of college techers, all of whom were of the public

drafted a examiners at some time or the other. With-
out exception, they were dedicated individuals 2) Many other people before them have done the
who cared about the education and welfare of their same thing thus they feel safe
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students. However, when put in the institutional 3) People learn from the experiences of their richer
role of evaluating an anonymous individual, they counterparts who have availed of the services
of these institutions
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fail in fulfilling their responsibilities. When some

of our best colleges are run in this fashion, is it 4) They believe that these institutions have the
any wonder that we turn out unskilled engineers requisite knowledge and will act only in favour
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and scientists? If, as we are led to expect, there is of the general public
a vast increase in education at all levels and the 5) These institutions charge a very high price
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regulatory regime is as weak as it is currently, isn’t for the services they provide which leads
it likely that the trust deficit is only going to in- people to trust them
crease?
188. Why, according to the author, is the behaviour of
We are all aware of the consequences of ignoring examiners a breakdown of instituional morals?
corruption at all levels of society. While institu-
1) As the institution encourages examiners to
tional failures in governance are obvious, I think
give as little marks to students as possible
the real problem lies deeper, in the failure of ev-
eryday institutions that are quite apart from insti- 2) As the institution is responsible for not en-
tutions that impinge on our lives only on rare oc- couraging examiners to venture outside the
casions. It is true that our lives are made more rote process
miserable by government officials demanding 3) As the examiners are told to discourage stu-
bribes for all sorts of things, but what about the dents from being creative by the institution

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 4) As the institution fails to provide adequate 2) Such institutional failures are almost non-ex-
compensation to these hardworking examin- istent and do not occur often to matter to the
ers public.
5) As the institution does not have information 3) These intrude in our lives only under excep-
regarding right answers with it. tional circumstances whereas the everyday lies
contribute to much more
189. Which of the following is possibly the most ap-
propriate title for the passage? 4) These are a part of every country’s problems
and are taken with a pinch of salt by the public
1) Modifications in institutional ethics
5) These institutional failures do not hamper the
2) Little deceptions add to larger trust – Deficit
functioning of the country in any manner and
3) India – A country without ethics
are hence less important
4) Failure of the government
5) College – As an institution Directions (Q. 194-197): Choose the word/group
of words which is most similar in meaning to the

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190. Which of the following is not true in the context word / group of words printed in bold as used in
of the passage? the passage.

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A. Despite being aware of the fact that clients
194. Obligation
will not return, fruit and vegetable vendors
sell bad goods. 1) Responsibility 2) Dependability

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B. Examiners are devoted to their jobs. 3) Compulsion 4) Debt
5) Force
C. Examiners deliberately mark correct answers
as incorrect ones. 195. Expertise

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1) Only A and C 2) Only B 1) Proficiency 2) Authenticity
3) Only A 4) Only B and C 3) Inability 4) Power
5) Only C 5) Reality
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191. What, according to the author, happens when 196. Premium
there is a breakdown of truest?
1) Monetary 2) Extra
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A. Less affluent people have to compromise on 3) Biased 4) Finest

quality. 5) Demarcated
B. Our wellbeing is compromised.
197. Recounted
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C. We pay a higher price for services.

1) Distinguished 2) Recalculated
1) Only A 2) Only A and C 3) Narrated 4) Remembered
3) Only B and C 4) Only B 5) Communicated
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5) All A, B and C
Directions (Q. 198-200): Choose the word / group
192. Which of the following reasons, make/s the au- of words which is most opposite in meaning the
thor an ideal customer to a fruit and vegetable word /group of words printed in bold as used in
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vendor? the passage.

A. He/she remains a regular customer of the same
198. Repeat
vendor.
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B. He/she does not haggle for prices. 1) Copied 2) Original

3) New 4) Duplicate
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C. He/she finishes the selection of goods in a

5) Replicated
short time.
199. Unskilled
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1) Only B 2) Only B and C

3) Only C 4) Only A and B 1) Civilised 2) Enlightened
5) All A, B and C are true 3) Amateur 4) Trained
193. Why, according to the author, do institutional fail- 5) Cultured
ures in governance not matter on a larger scale? 200. Miserable
1) The general public does not care about the 1) Despondent 2) Energetic
failures of these institutions as they do not 3) Dynamic 4) Vigorous
feature in their lives at all 5) Joyous

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 SOLUTIONS 18. (1) H
Mother J

(1 - 5) Only daughter
Q V
N M
So, J may be sister or brother of V.
P
H Mother J
L R
O Sister
V
1. (5) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (5) 5. (1)
6. (5) 7. (1) 8. (3) So, J may be sister or brother of V.

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9. (5) Code of ‘thou’ = 8 or 9 and ‘good’ = 5 So, data in statement I alone are sufficient
but the code of ‘no’ is not known. to answer the question.

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19. (2) Colour of white snow is ‘white’
10. (2) how good thou art
from II ‘white’ is called ‘orange’

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  
2 5 8 or 9 So, the white snow is ‘orange’

11. (2) According to data 50-80 of all people So, data in statement II alone are

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able to return to work, however this may sufficient to answer the question.
not be possible if they have previously 20. (5)
been involved in heavy physical work.
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Mostly means at least half of the people. T
R P R
12. (1) Clear from fifth sentence.
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13. (5) Here “above the age of 50” is nowhere I. P II.

in given passage.
Q Q U
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14. (4) Here, the word ‘definitely’ makes this S

sentence probably false.
and from I, also
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So, to find answer both I and II are

16. (5) I. Jason > (Peter and Joseph) necessary.
II. Joseph > Kevin 21. (4) Input: next 57 problem 82 14 trend
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So, from both statements, Jason is oldest 02 purchase growth 41

among all. Step I: growth next 57 problem 82 14
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So, data in both statements I and II trend 02 purchase 41

together are necessary to answer the Step II: growth 02 next 57 problem 82
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question. 14 turned purchase 41

17. (4) I. I happy today = ke ne que ..... (i) Step III: growth 02 next 14 57 problem
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Today happy day = ke joi ne .... (ii) 82 trend purchase 41

From (i) and (ii), the code of ‘happy’ = Step IV: growth 02 next 14 problem 57
ke or ne 82 trend purchase 41

II. play = que pa Step V: growth 02 next 14 problem 41

57 82 trend purchase
So, from both statements, the code of
happy cannot exactly determined. So, Step VI: growth 02 next 14 problem 41
the data even in both statements I and purchase 57 82 trend
II together are not sufficient to answer Step VII: growth 02 next 14 problem 41
the question. purchase 57 trend 82

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22. (3) See 21 and its last step. Wednesday 2–4 Thursday
23. (4) See 21 and its step I. +
Mon + Tue Friday
24. (3) See 21 and its step III. +
25. (4) Input: just 14 and value 22 time 5 15 Saturday
+
Step I: and just 14 value 22 time 5 15 Sunday
Step II: and 5 just 14 value 22 time 15 Thursday 3–3
Step III: and 5 just 14 time value 22 15
Step IV: and 5 just 14 time 15 value 22 Monday Friday
+ +
26. (2) See 25 and its step II. Tuesday Saturday

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27. (1) See 25 and its step IV. + +
Wednesday Sunday

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(28 - 29):
Similarly,
28. (5) Statement: E  F  G  H  S off day Saturday 5–1

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Conclusions: 32. (5) 33. (3) 34. (3) 35. (5) 36. (1)
I. G > S  It follows because 37. (4) 38. (2) 39. (1)
G = H is greater than S.

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40. (1) Due to early bad experience, farmers
II. F  H  It follows because H is demanded a written proof of the policy.
equal to G and G  F .
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41. (3) Due to not disposing off wastes, non-
So both conclusions I and II follow. contagious chemical poisoning is on the
rise among local villatgers.
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29. (1) Statement: P  Q  W  L

42. (5) Due to evening classes, the literacy rate
Conclusions: in the state has improved significantly.
I. L > P  It follows
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43. (2) Real estate builders have refused to bring

down the property prices as proposed
II. Q  L  It does not follow
by the government this year because of
because L is equal to W and W is increasing manufacturing cost.
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only greater than Q.

44. (2) Committee can give advice but it is not
(30 - 36): compulsory and most of the committee
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recommendations are advisory only.

Days Subject
45. (5) Direct recruitment based on graduate/
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Monday Organization Behaviour post-graduate marks save time and other

resources of the organizations.
Tuesday Psychology
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46. (4) The pattern of problem figures are

Wednesday Statistics
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Thursday Computer Science

Friday Research Methods
Saturday —
Sunday Economics

30. (5) Sunday – Economics

31. (5)
47. (4) The pattern of problem figures are

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 135  150  144  58
53. (3)  121.75
4
150
54. (4) Ratio   10 : 9
135
55. (5) Required difference = 225 – 29 = 196
(56-60)
48. (5) Diagram P is moving by 1 step then O is
56. (2) Total number of soldiers retired from Air
by 3 steps then O is by 3 steps and
Force in the year 2006, 2007 and 2008
by 4 steps so, now will move by 5
steps and a new diagram takes place = 2.9 + 5.4 + 4.2 = 12.5

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(one step = 1/2 portion of a side). Number of soldiers retired from Army
in the year 2009 = 8.4
49. (5)

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Difference = 12.5 – 8.4 = 4.1 thousands
= 4100

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57. (3) Total number of soldiers retired from
BSF in the years 2005 and 2006

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50. (2) From left hand side, first and third figure = 5.1 + 3.7 = 8.8
exchanges their place reversed. Second Total number of soldiers retired from
and fourth figure exchanges their place Navy over all the years together
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only. And last figure which is at right
hand side becomes reversed only at their = 1.6 + 1.9 + 2.4 + 2.8 + 1.5 + 3.5 = 13.7
own place.
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8.8
(51-55): Required percent   100  64%
13.7
Total number of products = 900 58. (1) Total number of soldiers retired in the
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Computers year 2007

25 Cat. A  135 = (5.4 + 7.2 + 2.8 + 2.7 + 5.2)  1000
 900   225
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100 Cat. B  90 = 23300

Television 23300
 Average   4660
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1 Cat. A  150 5
 900   300
3 Cat. B  150 59. (5) None of these
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Refrigerators 5.2
60. (4) Required ratio   13 : 3
1.2
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32 Cat. A  144
 900   288 (61-65):
100 Cat. B  144
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61. (1) Required average number of candidates

Mobile = 900 – (225 + 300 + 288) = 87
2345 47
1   4.1 lakh
Cat. B  87   29 6
3
62. (2) Total number of candidates who applied
 Cat. A = 58
for Bank A
51. (2) 150 + 144 + 29 = 323
= 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 7 = 25 lakh
90 Total number of candidates who applied
52. (2) Required percent   100  31%
288 for Bank B
= 5 + 6 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 = 38 lakh

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69. (2) Required average
Required percentage   100  66%
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2000  (25  27  12)
63. (3) 2004, 2005 and 2007 both banks have  100
equal capacity i.e., 9 lakh 3
64. (1) Qualified = 20%, then disqualified = 80%
280
Number of disqualified   420
3
80
 9  7.2 lakh
100 12  2000
12
5  7 12 70. (4) Required ratio  100   4:5
65. (1) Required ratio    6:7 15  2000 15

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5  9 14 100
(66-70):

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71. (5) (9.65 + 2.75 + 5.42)  1000 = 17820
66. (1) Required percentage
72. (2)
 5  14

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2000   1   
  7  100  100  7.50  8.55  11.40  17.80  9 
7  1000  10850
2000   5 
100

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73. (1) Monthly expenditure of A
2 14
2000   = 12.5 + 7.5 + 6.52 + 3.3 + 4.72 = 34.54
7 100  100
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
140 Monthly expenditure of B
= 16 + 8.55 + 8.38 + 2.75 + 5.86 = 41.54
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  100  57% Monthly expenditure of C
140
= 13.8 + 11.4 + 12.6 + 6.3 + 9.3 = 53.4
67. (4) Total number of teachers who teach
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English and History together Monthly expenditure of D

= 9.65 + 17.8 + 9.95 + 8.4 + 7.85 = 53.65
(7  27)
 2000   680
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100 Monthly expenditure of E

= 14.5 + 9 + 10.25 + 3.9 + 5.42 = 43.07
Total number of teachers who teach
Mathematics and Biology together 74. (1) Monthly expenditure of C on children’s
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education  12.60  1000  12600

(14  12)
 2000   520
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Yearly expenditure after increased by

100
5%
Required difference = 680 – 520 = 160
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 105 
68. (5) Total number of Biology and History  12600    12  158760
100 
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teachers 

 12 100  40  4.72
  2000   75. (4)  59 :105
 8.40
 100 100 
76. (4) Average number of players who play
 27 100  20 
 2000    football and rugby together
 100 100 
17  13
12 140   27 80  4200 
 100  630
  2000      2000    
 100 100   100 100  2
= 336 + 432 = 768
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77. (1) Female players who plays lawn tennis 3500
Ratio   7:8
4000
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 2000   440 82. (5)
100
Male players who plays rugby 3500  4000  4000  5500  5000  6000
 4667
6
13 10
 4200   2000  83. (3) 2002  2000 + 3500 = 5500
100 100
2003  3500 + 4000 = 7500
= 546 – 200 = 346
2004  5000 + 4000 = 9000
Difference = 400 – 346 = 94
2005  6000 + 5500 = 11500

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78. (4) Female players who plays cricket
2006  4000 + 5000 = 9000
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 2000   800

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2007  6500 + 6000 = 12500
100
84. (4) (4000 + 5000) – 3500 = 5500
Male players who plays hockey

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85. (1) (2 + 3.5 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 6.5 )  1000
10 15
4200   2000  = 27000
100 100

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(86-90):
 420  300  120
Company A Company B
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800
Ratio   20 : 3
120 Total product = 800 (A:B = 4:5) Total product = 1000
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79. (2) Number of male players who plays Pen drive = Pen drive =
football, cricket and lawn tennis 800 – (100 + 160) 1000  20% = 200
= 270
2
17  35  25 13  40  32 CDs = 800  20% = 160 CDs = 800  40% = 400
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 4200   2000 
100 100
Phone = 270 Phone
2
= 3234 – 1500 = 1734 = (1000 – 400 – 200)
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80. (1) Male players who plays rugby =160

Computer = 340 – 240
13 10 = 100
 4200   2000 
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100 100
= 546 – 200 = 346
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270
Total number of players play lawn tennis 86. (5)  9:8
240
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25 87. (1) 270 + 160 = 430

 4200   1050
100
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270
Required percentage 88. (5)  100  27%
1000
346
  100  33% 200  400  240 840
1050 89. (2)   280
3 3
81. (3) Qualified in the written test in the year 90. (3) 400 – 100 = 300
2002 for admission in institution B = 3500
student 1 5 7 8 
91. (1)   960   1840   1600  
Qualified in the written test in the year 3 8 16 25 
2006 for admission in institution A = 4000
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 1  12  15  10  11  13  8  thousand
  600  805  512  
3  6 

1 69
  1917  639   1000  11500
3 6
92. (2) Required number of shirts 100. (5) Required answer = 17000
101. (4) 102. (5) 103. (1) 104. (3) 105. (4)
3
 1120   420 106. (5) 107. (2) 108. (3) 109. (4) 110. (2)
8
111. (4) 112. (5) 113. (2) 114. (2) 115. (2)
93. (3) Required number of trousers
116. (5) 117. (2) 118. (2) 119. (2) 120. (1)

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19 5 121. (3) 7 P’s of Marketing are as follows :
 1720   1120 
43 8

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(i) Product
= 760 + 700 = 1460
(ii) Price

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94. (4) Number of shirts manufactured by
company Q. (iii) Place
(iv) Promotion
8

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 1600   512 (v) People
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(vi) Process
Required percentage
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(vii) Physical Evidence
512 122. (4) SIP stands for Systematic Investment
  100  32%
1600
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Plan.
Second Method 123. (3) Cross-selling is the process through
Required percentage which more than one product of the
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same firm can be sold out.

8 8 124. (4) When a prospect is converted into a
  100   100  32
8  17 25 buyer then this process is termed as
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95. (5) Required ratio conversion in the marketing point of

view.
5 1120  5 125. (4) Dividing the entire market into small
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 960  :
8 8 target groups as per their needs is termed
as market segmentation.
= 96 : 112 = 6 : 7
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126. (4) Marketing opportunities are the scopes

96. (1) Required difference
for marketing.
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= [(12 + 7 + 6) – (5 + 7 + 5)] thousand

127. (1) If a proper marketing strategies has to
= (25 – 17) thousand be decided then market research tool
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= 8 thousand comes into the scene.

97. (2) Required difference 128. (3) All salaried persons can be the main
target group for the Systematic
= 10 + 7 – 7 = 10 thousand Investment Plan.
98. (3) Percentage decrease 129. (4) Innovation in marketing means to create
or generate an idea or plan in order to
10  6 have a new product or service.
  100  40%
10
130. (3) When a buyer hesitates to buy the
99. (4) Required average product then this is termed as buyer
resistance.

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131. (4) Contacting all employees of an institution 145. (3) Converter: It converts and executes
can be a means of the bulk saving one statement at a time. While an
accounts mobilization as at one point of interpreter converts one statement at a
time & place a number of customers can time only that means not executes.
be convinced by the seller. 146. (4) Megabytes: 1 Megabyte = 1000000
132. (3) When the same product is marketed by (one million bytes)
many diverse persons then it is termed
147. (4) MICR: Magnetic Ink Character
as diversification in marketing.
Recognization
133. (1) LAN: LAN stands for Local Area
148. (4) Thesaurus: It is a book that lists words
Network which is typically connects
grouped together according to similarity
personal computers within a very limited
of meaning (containing synonyms and
geographical ara.

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sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a
For example: In a single building. dictionary, which contains definitions and
pronunciations.

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134. (1) E-mail Address:
149. (2) Control Key: Which use in modifiers
Example: sanju_san@yahoo.co.in

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keys.
Example: ctrl + C, ctrl + V, ctrl + Z etc.
user ID e-mail server
150. (2) Mainframe: Largest data processing

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(at the rate of) system employed in controlling vary
complex industrial process, crunching
135. (5) File extension: extremely large numbers at extremely
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Example: Software . com high speeds, storing massive amounts of
data, generating life-like animation,
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processing millions of real-time

file name e-mail server transactions, and serving thousands of
simultaneous users.
(at the rate of)
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151. (2) 152. (1) 153. (3) 154. (1) 155. (2)
136. (2) 137. (3) 138. (2)
156. (5) 157. (4) 158. (1) 159. (2) 160. (4)
139. (4) E-business: It makes possible for
161. (4) 162. (2) 163. (1) 164. (2) 165. (3)
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shoppers to make purchases using their

computers, like as Big Bazar. 166. (2) 167. (1) 168. (5) 169. (3) 170. (4)
140. (3) Human code: Human code or human 171. (2) 172. (1) 173. (1) 174. (3) 175. (2)
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readable code is to machine code as 176. (1) Say ‘Dressed in black’.

human language is to machine language.
177. (2) Use ‘did’ in place of ‘does’.
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This context extends into computer

science as a relationship between and 178. (5) The sentence is correct.
amongst coders and the user s of
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179. (4) Use ‘to’ in place of ‘on’.

computing machines.
180. (4) Use ‘with’ in place of ‘in’.
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141. (3) 142. (4)

181. (1) Use ‘on’ in place of ‘to’.
143. (3) UPS: It is a device that only provides
surge protection but also furnishes your 182. (3) This part is superfluous.
computer with battery backup power 183. (3) Use ‘likely’ in place of ;likelier’.
during a power outage.
184. (4) Use ‘were’ in place of ‘was’.
144. (4) Motherboard: The printed circuit
185. (3) Use ‘that’ in place of ‘who’.
board in a computer that contains the
CPU, chipset, expansion slots, memory 186. (5) 187. (4) 188. (2) 189. (2) 190. (2)
and devices controllers. Sometimes 191. (5) 192. (1) 193. (3) 194. (3) 195. (1)
called the system board, main board,
planar board or logic board. 196. (4) 197. (3) 198. (3) 199. (4) 200. (5)

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