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to service all types of passengers who might travel

Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning by Steel Express ?
Directions (1 - 4) : The plan given below, shows (a) 49 (b) 42
office for six officers namely A, B, C, D, E and F. (c) 21 (d) 7
Both B and C occupy offices to the right of the
corridor (as one enters the office block) and A 6. Rita, an accomplished pastry chef who is well
occupies the office to the left to the corridor. E known for her artistic and exquisite wedding
and F occupy offices on opposite sides of the cakes, opened a bakery one year ago and is
corridor but their offices do not face each other. surprised that business has been so slow. A
The offices of C and D face each other. E does not consultant she hired to conduct market research
have a corner office. F’s office is further down the has reported that the local population doesn’t
corridor than A’s, but on the same side. think of her shop as one they would visit on a
daily basis but rather a place they’d visit if they
were celebrating a special occasion. Which of the
following strategies should Rita employ to
increase her daily business ?
(a) making coupons available that entitle the
coupon holder to receive a 25% discount on
wedding, aniversary, or birthday cakes.
(b) exhibiting at the next Bridal Expo and having
pieces of one of her wedding cakes available
for tasting.
(c) placing a series of ads in the local newspaper
that advertise the wide array of breads,
muffins, and cookies offered at her shop.
(d) moving the bakery to the other side of town.
7. Which should be the next two numbers in the
1. If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose series : 28 25 5 21 18 5 14
office is to his left ? (a) 11, 5 (b) 10, 7
(a) A (b) B (c) 11, 8 (d) 5, 10
(c) C (d) D Directions (8-10) : 220 guests are to be
2. Whose office faces A’s office ? transported from A to B. Any number of buses of
(a) B (b) C the following passenger carrying capacities are
(c) D (d) E available.
Type P : 60, Type Q : 50, Type R : 40, Type S : 30
3. Who is/are F’s neighbour(s) ?
The cost per trip for a bus of each of these types is
(a) A only (b) A and D
given as follows :
(C) C only (d) B and C
Type P : Rs. 200, Type Q : Rs. 140,
4. D was heard telling someone to go further down Type R : Rs. 125, Type S : Rs. 95
the corridor to the last office on the right. To
No buses can be overloaded and prefer no vacant
whose room was he trying to direct that person ?
seats in each trips.
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) F 8. What is the minimum possible cost for the trip ?
5. Steel Express runs between Tatanagar and (a) Rs. 690 (b) Rs. 615
Howrah and has five stoppages in between. Find (c) Rs. 640 (d) Rs. 695
the number of different kinds of one-way second 9. How many buses are needed for the above
class ticket that Indian Railways will have to print (Minimum cost trip)
(a) 5 (b) 4

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(c) 7 (d) 6 (a) 12 (b) 9
10. The second cheapest trip arrangement would (c) 8 (d) 15
involve;
Directions (18 - 20) : The following sketch
(a) Rs. 630 (b) Rs. 680
shows the pipeline carrying material from one
(c) Rs. 710 (d) Rs. 655
location to another. The capacity of each pipeline
11. In the following square, number have been filled is 2000. The demand for the material at B is 800,
according to some rule. One space has been left at C is 800, at D is 1400 and at E is 400. The
blank. Find the correct number out of those given arrow indicates the direction of material flow
below for the blank space. through pipeline. The flow through pipelines
meets exactly the demand at each location. Flow
from B to C is 600.

(a) 14 (b) 44 18. The quantity moved from A to E is :

(c) 62 (d) 51
(a) 400 (b) 1600
12. An elevator has a capacity of 12 adults or 20 (c) 1400 (d) 2000
children. How many adults can board the elevator 19. The free capacity available in the A–B pipeline is;
with 15 children ?
(a) 0 (b) 200
(A) 4 (b) 5 (c) 400 (d) 600
(c) 3 (d) 6
20. What is the free capacity available in the E-C
Directions (13-15) : In each of the following pipeline ?
three questions, four numbers are given. Out of (a) 600 (b) 400
these, three are alike in a certain way but the rest (c) 200 (d) 0
one is different. Choose the one which is different
from the rest three. 21. In a certain code+ language, ‘617’ means ‘sweet
13. (a) 2384 (b) 3629 and hot’; ‘735’ means ‘coffee is sweet’ and ‘263’
(c) 3756 (d) 4298 means ‘tea is hot’. Which of the following would
mean ‘coffee is hot’ ?
14. (a) 325 (b) 236 (a) 731 (b) 536
(c) 178 (d) 639 (c) 367 (d) 753
15. (a) 5698 (b) 4321
(c) 7963 (d) 4232 22. A child can do a piece of work 15 hours slower
than woman. The child works, for 18 hours on the
16. If finger is called toe, toe is called foot, foot is job and then the women takes charge for 6 hours.
called thumb, thumb is called ankle, ankle is In this manner, 3/5 of the work can be completed.
called palm and palm is called knee, which one To complete the job now, how much time the
finger has a different name ? women take ?
(a) Thumb (b) Ankle (a) 24 hours (b) 18 hours
(c) Knee (d) Palm (c) 12 hours (d) 30 hours
17. There are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy. Find 23. Which two months in a year have the same
the minimum number of times the balls have to calendar ?
be weighed for finding out the heavy ball. (a) June-October (b) April-November

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(c) April-July (d) October-December
Directions (24 - 25) : Find the missing number
in each of the following questions.
24.

27. What will be the code for S;

(a) 01011 (b) 01110
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 01111 (d) none of these
(c) 20 (d) 21
28. Which letter is represented by 11001 ?
25. (a) G (b) L
(c) U (d) none of these
29. What is the value of C + R in binary notation ?
(a) 11101 (b) 1101
(c) 1001 (d) none of these
30. If all the codes are converted into decimal
notation, then how many letters have their values
(a) 10 (b) 11
greater than L ?
(c) 12 (d) 13
(a) 1 (b) 2
26. Find the word that names a necessary part of the (c) 3 (d) none
underlined word.
31. Find the missing number in the following series:
Gala
4, 6, 3, 5, 2, ?
(a) Celebration (b) Tuxedo
(a) 8 (b) 4
(c) Appetizer (d) Orator
(c) 3 (d) 6
32. A, B, C, D and E are five integers. When written in
the ascending order of values, the difference
between any two adjacent integers is 4. D is the
greatest and A is the least. B is greater than E but
less than C. The sum of the integers is equal to E.
What is the product of integers ?
(a) –945 (b) 945
(c) 315 (d) 0
33. How many numbers between 1 to 1000 (both
excluded) are both squares and cubes ?
(a) none (b) 1
Directions (27 - 30) : Given below is a binary (c) 2 (d) 3
tree, where every letter has been coded with a 34. If the direction North-East becomes South-East,
string of digits 0 and 1. At any node going left is how will other directions change ?
denoted by 1; at any node going right is denoted (a) West to North (b) South to South-West
by 0. Thus N is denoted as : 10000. All the codes (c) North-West to East (d) East to South-West
are in binary notation.
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35. A culprit was spotted by the police from a distance third statement is implied by the first two
of 250 m. When the police men started running statements.
towards the culprit at a speed of 10 km/h, the
41. (a) All elephants are wild. All lions are wild. So all
culprit also fled. If his speed was 8 km/h, find out
lions are elephants.
how far the culprit had run before he was
(b) All mangoes are red. Some apples are
overpowered.
mangoes. So all apples are red.
(a) 2 km (b) 1 km
(c) All roads are boxes. All foxes are roads. So all
(c) 1.5 km (d) 0.8 km
boxes are foxes.
Directions (36 - 38) : Read the following (d) All XYZ can run. All ABC are XYZ. So all ABC
information carefully and answer the questions can run.
that follow :
42. (a) All dogs are mad. All sick persons are mad. So
(i) There is group of five persons - P, Q, R, S and
all sick persons are dogs.
T.
(b) All oranges are black. All figs are oranges. So
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a
all figs are black.
physicist, one is a journalist, one is an
(c) All windows are dogs. Some doors are dogs. So
industrialist and one is an advocate.
all windos are doors.
(iii) Three of them - P, R and advocate prefer tea
(d) No man can fly. No kite can fly. So all men are
to coffee and two of them - Q and the
kites.
journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv) The industrialist, S and P are friends to one 43. How many numbers from 1 to 100 are such each
another but two of these prefer coffee to tea. of which is divisible by 8 and whose at least one
(v) The horticulturist is R’s brother. digit is 8 ?
(a) Four (b) Zero
36. Who is a horticulturist
(c) Eight (d) Six
(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S 44. A cyclist goes 30 km to North and then turning of
East he goes 40 km. Again he turns to his right
37. Who is an industrialist ?
and goes 20 km. After this he turns to his right
(a) T (b) R
and goes 40 km. How far is he from his straight
(c) Q (d) S
point?
38. Which of the following groups include a person (a) 0 km (b) 10 km
who likes tea but is not an advocate ? (c) 25 km (d) 40 km
(a) PRT (b) ST
45. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIEVED as 7,
(c) QRT (d) none of these
what is the code number for GOVERNMENT ?
39. If UNDERSTAND is coded as 1234567823 how (a) 6 (b) 8
will START be coded ? (c) 9 (d) 10
(a) 56781 (b) 83243
Directions (46 - 47) : In each of the following
(c) 73652 (d) 67857
questions, a number series is given with one term
40. There are 6 tasks and 6 persons. Task 1 cannot be missing. Choose the correct alternative that will
assigned either to person 1 or to person 2; task 2 continue the same pattern and fill in the blank
must be assigned to either person 3 or person 4. spaces.
Every person is to be assigned one task. In how
46. 3, 8, 13, 24, 41, .........
many ways can the assignment be done ?
(a) 70 (b) 75
(a) 144 (b) 180
(c) 80 (d) 85
(c) 192 (d) 360
47. 4, 23, 60, 121, .........
Directions (41 - 42) : In the following
(a) 212 (b) 221
questions, select one alternative in which the
(c) 241 (d) 242

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48. If r is the radius of the circle given below, what is 55. Q is shorter than P, but taller than R, R is shorter
the area of the shaded region ? than P but taller than A. If they stand in ascending
order of their height the sequence is :
(a) ARQP (b) AQPR
(c) QPAR (d) RPQA

MATHEMATICS
(a) 4r2 (b) r2 56. The angle between the asymptotes of the
(c) (4/3) r2 (d) 4r hyperbola 27x2 × 9y2 = 24 is;
49. If 3/4 of a number is equal to 2/3 of another (a) 600 (b) 1200
number, what is the ratio between these two (c) 300 (d) 1500
numbers;
x 2 y2
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 5 : 6 57. If any tangent to the ellipse  1
(c) 8 : 9 (d) 9 : 10 a 2 b2
intercepts equal length l on the axes, then l =
50. A one rupee coin is placed on a plain paper. How
many coins of the same size can be placed round (a) a2 + b2 (b) a 2  b 2
it so that each one touches the central and (c) ( 2  b 2 ) (d) none of these
adjacent coins ?
58. How many proper subset of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
(a) 9 (b) 8
contain the numbers 1 and 7 ?
(c) 4 (d) 6
(a) 7 (b) 31
51. Persons X, Y, Z and Q live in red, green, yellow or (c) 32 (d) 62
blue coloured houses placed in a sequence on a
59. The distance between the parallel lines y=2x + 4
street. Z lives in a yellow house. The green house
and 6x = 3y + 5;
is adjacent to the blue house. X does not live
adjacent to Z. The yellow house is in between the (a) 17 / 3 (b) 1
green and red house. The color of the house X (c) 3 / 5 (d) 17 5 / 15
lives in is;
(a) Green (b) Blue 60. The angle of intersection of the cardioids
(c) Red (d) can’t be determined r  a(1  cos ), r  a(1  cos ) is;
(a)  / 2 (b) 0
52. A man starts walking towards south. After
walking 5 km he again turns left at right angles in (c)  / 4 (d) 
what direction is he finally walking in ? 61. The circle x2 + y2 = 9 is contained in the circle
(a) North (b) South
x 2  y 2  6x  8y  25  c 2 if-
(c) East (d) West
(a) c = 2 (b) c= 3
53. A, B, C, D and E distribute some cards among (c) c=5 (d) c=10
themselves in a manner that A gets one less than
B; C gets 5 more than D; E gets 3 more than B 62. Identify the wrong statement from the following-
while D gets as many as B who gets the least (a) If A and B are two sets then A  B  A  B.
cards? (b) If A, B and C are sets, then
(a) A (b) C (A – B) – C  (A – C) – (B – C).
(c) D (d) E
(c) If A & B are two sets, then A  B  A  B.
54. What are X and Y ? (d) If A, B & C are sets, then A  B  C  A  B.
S 8 W 16 A 5 C X A 4
20 J 25 T 4 K 7 L Y N 63. A person stands at a point A due south of a tower
(a) X is 6, Y is 7 (b) X is 5, Y is 5 and observes its elevation is 600. He then walks
(c) X is 4, Y is 6 (d) X is 16, Y is 23 westwards towards B, where the elevation is 450.
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At a point C on AB produced, he finds it to be 300. position of the point is given by the
Then AB/BC is equal to; coordinates.
(a) 1/2 (b) 1  1 7   1 7 
(c) 2 (d) 5/2 (a)  ,  (b)  , 
 2 2  2 2
 x sin(1 / x) for x  0 (c) (2, 7 2) (d) ( 2, 7 2)
64. If f(x)   then;
 0 for x  0
70. Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements.
(a) f is continuous function.
The number of injection that can be defined from
(b) f'(0 )exists but f'(0 ) does not exist. A to B is ;
(c) f'(0 )  f'(0 ) (a) 144 (b) 12
(d) f'(0 ) and f'(0 ) do not exist. (c) 24 (d) 64
71. In a triangle ABC, R is circumradius and
65. If the two pairs of lines X2  2mXY  Y2  0 and 8R2 = a2 + b2 + c2. The triangle ABC is;
X2  2nXY  Y2  0 are such that one of them (a) Acute angled (b) Obtuse angled
represent the bisector of the angles between the (c) Right angled (d) none of these
other, then; 6
x
(a) mn + 1 = 0 (b) mn  1  0 72. The value of the integral  dx is;
1 1 1 1 3 9 x  x
(c)  0 (d)  0 (a) 1 (b) 1/2
m n m n
(c) 3/2 (d) 2
66. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like
cheese where as 76% like apples. If x% of the 73. Let   1 be a cube root of unity and i  1 . The
Americans like both cheese and apples, then we value of the determinant
have; 1 1  i  2 2
(a) x  39 (b) x  63 1i 1 2  1
(c) 39  x  63 (d) none of these
i i    1 3
67. The rate of increase of length of the shadow of a
is;
man 2 meters height, due to a lamp at 10 meters
(a) 0 (b) 
height, when he is moving away from it at the rate
of 2 m/sec is; (c) 2 (d) 1  2
(a) 1/2 m/sec (b) 2/5 m/sec
74. If (1  x)n  a 0  a 1 x  a 2 x 2  ...  a n x n , then
(c) 1/3 m/sec (d) 5 m/se
 a1   a2  a3   an 
68. If the tangents at the extremities of a focal chord  1   1   1    ....   1   is
of the parabola x2 = 4ay meet the tangent at the  a 0   a 1  a2   a n 1 
vertex at points whose abscissa are x1 and x2 then equal to;
x1x2 = nn (n  1)n
(a) a2 (b) a2 – 1 (a) (b)
2 n! n!
(c) a  1 (d) a 2
n n 1 (n  1)n
69. The point (4, 1) undergoes the following three (c) (d)
(n  1)! n!
transformations successively :
(i) reflection about the line y = x. 2a 1 1  b
2
2x
(ii) transformation through a distance 2 unit 75. If sin 1  cos  tan 1 then ‘’x is
along the positive directions of x-axis. 1  a2 1  b2 1  x2
equal to;
(iii) rotation through an angle of  / 4 about the
(a) a (b) b
origin in the anticlockwise direction. The final

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ab a b 82. A coin is tossed three times. The probabilities of
(c) (d) getting head and tail alternatively is;
a  ab 1  ab
(a) 1/11 (b) 2/3
/ 4
sin x  cos x (c) 3/4 (d) 1/4
76. The value of the integral  dx is;
0 2  sin 2x 83. If C is the middle point AB and P is any point
(a) log 2 (b) log 3 outside
 AB,
 then;
   
1 1 (a) PA  PB  PC (b) PA  PB  2PC
(c) log 3 (d) log 3       
4 8 (c) PA  PB  PC (d) PA  PB  2PC  O
1 1 2
p b c  84. If I1   2x 2 dx, I2   2x 3 dx, I3   2x 2 dx and
77. If a  p, b  q, c  r and  a q c   0 then the 0 0 1
1
 a b r 
I4   2x 2 then;
p q r 2
value of   is;
pa q b rc (a) I3  I4 (b) I3  I4
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) I2  I1 (d) I1  I2
(c) –1 (d) 2
85. If y  a log x  bx 2  x has its extremum value at
78. India plays two matches each with West Indies
and Australia. In any match the probabilities of x  1 and x  2 then;
India getting points 0, 1 and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and (a) a  2, b  1 (b) a  2, b  1 / 2
0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are (c) a  2, b  1 / 2 (d) a  1, b  1 / 2
independent, the probability o India getting at
least 7 points is; 86. One hundred identical coins, each with
(a) 0.8750 (b) 0.0875 probability p of showing up a head, are tossed. If
(c) 0.0625 (d) 0.0250 0 < p < 1 and if the probability of heads on exactly
50 coins is equal to that of heads on exactly 51
79. The value of 3 cot 20 0  4 cos 20 0 is; coins then the value of p, is;
(a) 1 (b) –1 (a) 1/2 (b) 49/101
(c) 0 (d) none of these (c) 50/101 (d) 51/101
  
87. Let a, b and c be three non zero vectors, no two
 
80.  log xdx is; of which are coillinear and the vector a  b is
10
   
x collinear with c while b  c is collinear with a
(a) (x  1)log e x  c (b) log e 10.x log e    c   
e then a  b  c is equal to; 

x
  1 (a) a (b) b
(c) log e 10 e.x log e    c (d)  c 
e x (c) c (d) none of these

81. If a, b, c are in A.P., p, q, r are in H.P. and ap, bq, 88. The area between the curves y=2 – x2 and y = x2
is;
p r
cr are in G.P., then  is equal to; (a) 8/3 (b) 4/3
r p (c) 2/3 (d) 5/3
a c a c
(a)  (b)  89. The value of X4  9X3  35X2  X  4 for
c a c a
X  5  2 4 is;
b a b a
(c)  (d)  (a) 0 (b) –160
q p q p (c) 160 (d) –164

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1 Directions (96 - 97) : Select the pair of words
90. In a Poisson distribution if P(x  3]  P[X  4] which are related in the some way as the
4
then P[X  5]  kP[X  7] where ‘k’ is equal to; capitalized words are related to each then.
(a) 1/7 (b) 21/128 96. MOTH : CLOTHING : :
(c) 128/21 (d) 21/256 (a) egg : larva (b) hole : repair
(c) suit : dress (d) stigma : reputation
91. The position vector of A, B, C and D are
ˆ 2iˆ  5ˆj, 3iˆ  2ˆj  3k
ˆi  ˆj  k, ˆ then
ˆ and ˆi  6ˆj  k, 97. ASCETIC : LUXURY : :
  (a) philosopher : knowledge
the angle between AB and CD is; (b) general : victory
(a) 0 (b)  / 4 (c) misogynist : women
(c)  / 2 (d)  (d) teacher : blackboard
 98. In the question, the word “BUNDLE” is used in
92. A vector a a has components 2p and 1 with
four different ways, numbered A to D. Choose the
respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This
option in which the usage of the word is
system is rotated through a certain angle about
INAPPROPRIATE.
the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If, with
 (a) The newborn baby was a bundle of joy for the
respect to the new system, a a has components p
family
+ 1 and 1, then;
(a) p = 0 (b) p = 1 or p = 1/3 (b) Mobile operators are offering a bundle of
(c) p = –1 or p = 1/3 (d) p = 1 or p = –1 additional benefits
(c) He made a bundle in the share market
93. The value of ‘a’ for which the system of equations (d) It was sheer luck that brought a bundle of boy-
a 3 x  (a  1)3 y  (a  2)3 z  0 scouts to where I was lying wounded
ax  (a  1)y  (a  2)z  0
xyz0
has a non zero solutions, is;
(a) 1 (b) 0 99. Fill in the blank :
(c) –1 (d) none of these The sugar dissolved in water ...........; finally all
   that remained was an almost ...........residue on
94. The vectors a, b and c are equal in length and the bottom of the glass.
taken pairwise make equal angles. If (a) Quickly .......lumpy
 
ˆ and c make an obtuse angle
a  ˆi  ˆj, b  ˆj  k, (b) Immediately...fragrant
 (c) Gradually......imperceptible
with the base vector ‘I’ then c is equal to; (d) Subsequently .........glassy
(a) ˆi  kˆ (b) ˆi  4ˆj  kˆ
100. Following sentence has one or two blanks, each
1 4 1 1 4 1 blank indicating that something has been omitted.
(c)  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (d) ˆi  ˆj  kˆ
3 3 3 3 3 3 Beneath the sentence are given four words or sets
95. The average marks per student in a class of 30 of words. Choose the word or set of words for
students were 45. On rechecking it was found that each blank that best fits meaning of the sentence
marks had been entered wrongly in two cases. as a whole. His presentation was so lengthy and
After correction these marks were increased by 24 .......... that it was difficult for us to find out the
and 34 in the two cases. The correct average real ........ in it.
marks per student are; (a) verbose, content (b) tedious, skill
(a) 75 (b) 60 (c) laborious, coverage (d) simple, meaning
(c) 56 (d) 47
Directions (101 - 102) : Read the passage and
select the most suitable answer to questions from
ENGLISH the given choices. Observe the dilemma of the
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fungus: it is a plant, but it possesses no Q. How can then one characterize a conflict to be
chlorophyll. While all other plants put the sun’s waged against a phenomenon as war ?
energy to work for them combining the nutrients R. The phrase ‘war against terror’, which has
of ground and air into the body structure, the passed into the common lexicon, is a huge
chlorophylless must look elsewhere for energy misnomer.
supply. It finds it in those other plants which, S. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in
having received their energy free from the sun, international law, which has confided the laws of
relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
animals (like us humans) or to the fungi. T. Terror is phenomenon, not an entity-either
In this search for energy the fungus has become State or non-State.
the arth’s major source of rot and decay.
(a) TRSQP (b) QTRSP
Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of
bread, or a pile of leaves turning to compost, or a (c) TQRPS (d) RTQSP
blown-down tree becoming pulp on the ground, 104. Find the synonym that is most nearly similar in
you are watching a fungus eating. Without fungus meaning to the word CLANDESTINE
action the earth would be piled high with the dead (a) abortive (b) secret
plant life of past centuries. In fact, certain plants
(c) tangible (d) doomed
which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will
last indefinitely; specimens of the redwood, for 105. There are four statements, of which one is
instance, can still be found resting on the forest incorrect. Choose the incorrect one.
floor centuries after having been blown down. (a) A hater of the institution of marriage is
misogamist
(b) The violation of sacred things is sacrilege
(c) To prevaricate is to make evasive or
misleading statements
(d) A torpid person is generally hyperactive
101. The passage states all the following about fungi
Directions (106-107) : In each of the following
EXCEPT :
sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined.
(a) They are responsible for the decomposition of
Beneath each sentence, four different ways of
much plant life
phrasing the underlined part are indicated.
(b) They cannot live completely apart from other
Choose the best alternative from among the four.
plants
(c) They are vastly different from other plants 106. It was us who had left before he arrived.
(d) They are poisonous to resin-producing plants (a) We who had left before time he had arrived
102. The passage is primarily concerned with; (b) Us who has went before he arrived
(a) Warning people of the dangers of Fungi (c) Us who had went before he had arrived
(b) Rot and decay of plants in nature (d) We who had left before he arrived
(c) Describing the action of fungi 107. Many of these enviornmentalists proclaim to save
(d) Relating how most plants use solar energy nothing less than the planet itself.
103. The sentences given below, when properly (a) to save nothing lesser than
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each (b) that they are saving nothing less than
sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most (c) that they save nothing less than
logical order to sentences from among the given (d) to have saved nothing less than
choices to construct a coherent paragraph. P. 108. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which
Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be best expresses the meaning of the given word :
incarcerated in razor wire cages; this ‘war’ has a CLEMENCY
dubious legality
(a) Empathy (b) Kindness

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(c) Sympathy (d) Forgiveness (c) Bootstrap (d) none of the above
109. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to 118. A CPU has a 12 bit address for memory
the word COMPOSE addressing. If the memory has a total capacity of
(a) disturb (b) reveal 16 KB, what is the word length of the memory ?
(c) strengthen (d) isolate (a) 2 bytes (b) 4 bytes
110. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given (c) 8 bytes (d) 16 bytes
word : FLAMBOYANT
(a) Quiet (b) Excited 119. Which of the following places the common data
elements in order from smallest to largest ?
(c) Disturbed (d) Distressed
(a) Field, record, character, database
(b) Character, record, field, database
COMPUTER AWARENESS
(c) Character, field, record, database
111. Which of the following is NOT one of the four
major data processing functions of a computer ? (d) Bit, byte, character, record, field, database
(a) gathering data 120. A main memory has an access time of 45 ns. A 5
ns time gap is necessary for the completion of one
(b) processing data into information access to beginning of next access. The bandwidth
(c) analyzing the data or information of the memory
(d) storing the data or information (a) 25 MHz (b) 20 MHz
112. If (12x)3 = (123)x then the value of x is : (c) 40 MHz (d) 50 MHz
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) none of above

113. For a microprocessor using I/O mapped I/O

(a) Memory and I/O addresses are distinct
(b) Not all data transfer instructions are available
for I/O
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) none of above
114. Which gate is equivalent to (NOR) OR (XOR) ?
(a) NAND gate (b) OR gate
(c) AND gate (d) XOR gate
115. Which one of the following is a stored program
machine ?
(a) Micro-processor (b) Caluculator
(c) Analog computer (d) Micro computer
116. Simplified form of a Boolean function
F(X, Y, Z) =  (0, 2, 4, 5, 6) is :
(a) ZX  Y (b) Z  XY
(c) YZ  XY (d) none of these
117. Execution of an operating system is initiated by a
program called the
(a) Window manager (b) Scheduler

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