Mock Test- 4

English :

1. Passive is most similar to

a) woeful.
b) emotional.
c) lively.
d) inactive

2. Identify the correct sentence for subject-verb agreement:

a) The team are playing well.
b) The team is playing well.
c) The team have played well.
d) The team was playing well.

3.Select the option with the correct punctuation:

a) I can't believe it's already December
b) I can't believe it's already December.
c) I can't believe it's already December!
d) I can't believe it's already, December.

4.What is the meaning of "Sycophant"?

a) A courageous person
b) A person who seeks knowledge
c) A person who acts obsequiously to gain an advantage
d) A creative individual

5.Identify the idiom in the following sentence: "He's just a chip off the old block."
a) He's just
b) A chip off
c) The old block
d) None of the above

6.Which part of speech is the word "Nonetheless"?

a) Noun
b) Verb
c) Adjective
d) Adverb

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7. Choose the correct sentence:
a) Either the book or the movies are interesting.
b) Either the book or the movies is interesting.
c) The book or the movies is interesting.
d) The book and the movies are interesting.

8. What is the antonym of "Mellifluous"?

a) Discordant
b) Harmonious
c) Melancholic
d) Serene

9. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence: "In the library, she finds
solace."
a) Solace in the finds library, she
b) In solace she the finds library
c) She finds in solace the library
d) She finds solace in the library.
10. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: "The silence was as deep as the ocean."
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Hyperbole
11.Select the word with the correct spelling:
a) Liaisson
b) Liasion
c) Liaison
d) Liason

12.Which word is an adverb in the sentence: "She danced gracefully"?

a) She
b) Danced
c) Gracefully
d) She danced

13.Identify the tense of the following sentence: "She will have been studying for five
hours by 7 PM."
a) Present Continuous
b) Past Perfect
c) Future Perfect Continuous

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 d) Simple Present

14. You would _______ surprised to get this letter.

(a) doubtless be somewhat
(b) doubtlessly be somewhat
(c) somewhat doubtlessly be
(d) doubtlessly somewhat be

15. Choose the correct antonym for the word below from the options provided. 'Attenuate'
(a) Contract
(b) Expand
(c) Mitigate
(d) Disable

Logical Reasoning :

Instructions: Each question has four options (A, B, C, D). Choose the correct option.

1. In a hospital there were 200 diabetes, 150 hyperglycaemia and 150 gastro-enteritis
patients. Of these, 80 patients were treated for both diabetes and hyperglycemia. Sixty
patients were treated for gastroenteritis and hyperglycaemia, while 70 were treated for
diabetes and gastroenteritis. Some of these patients have all the three diseases. Dr.
Dennis treats patients with only gastro-enteritis. Dr. Paul is a generalist. Therefore, he
can treat patients with multiple diseases. Patients always prefer a specialist for their
disease. If Dr. Dennis had 80 patients, then the other three doctors can be arranged in
terms of the number of patients treated as:

A. Paul > Gerard > Hormis

B. Paul > Hormis > Gerard
C. Gerard > Paul > Hormis
D. Cannot be determined

2. Choose the set in which the statements are most logically related.
A. All candid men are persons who acknowledge merit in a rival.
B. Some learned men are very candid.
C. Some learned men are not persons who acknowledge merit in a rival.
D. Some learned men are persons who are very candid.
E. Some learned men are not candid.
F. Some persons who recognize merit in a rival are learned.

A. ABE

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 B. ACF
C. ADE
D. BAF

3. 4 boys B1, B2, B3 and B4 and 4 girls G1, G2, G3 and G4 are sitting around acircular
table facing towards the centre of the table.
i. No two boys are sitting adjacent to each other.
ii. B1, B2, B3 and B4 are sitting in the same order in a clockwise direction.
iii. G1 and G2 are sitting opposite to each other.
iv. G1 is sitting to the left of B1 and G4is sitting to the right of B1.

Who is sitting to the right of G3?

A. B1
B. B2
C. B3
D. G2

4. If in a certain code, the word ‘PROCESSOR’ is coded as ‘CEBPRFFBE’, then

how would the word ‘MONITOR’ be coded?
A. YBAVGBE
B. ZBAUGBE
C. ZBAVGBE
D. YBAGVBE

5. At what time between 6 and 7, will the hands of the clock be at right angles to
each other for the second time?
A. 50 1/22 minutes past 6
B. 49 1/11 minutes past 6
C. 16 minutes past 6
D. They are never at right angles between 6 and 7

6. How many triangles are there in the given figure?

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 A. 16
B. 18
C. 12
D. 13

7. From his house, Lokesh went 15 km to the North. Then he turned west and covered
10 km. Then he turned south and covered 5 km. Finally turning to the east, he covered
10 km. In which direction is he from his house?

A. North
B. East
C. North
D. South

8. If A @ B means A is father of B, A # B means A is brother of B and A ! B means A is

grandson of B, then what does P @ Q # R ! S mean?

A. P is the son of S
B. Q is mother of S
C. P is the grandson of S
D. P is husband R

9. Find the missing number.

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 A. 34
B. 42
C. 44
D. 45

10. One evening, Amit and Gaurav were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If
Gaurav’s shadow was exactly to the left of Amit, which direction was Amit facing?

A. East
B. West
C.North
D. South

11. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West
become?

A.North-East
B.North-West
C.South-East
D.South-West

12. Find the wrong term from the given series.

BDF, FGK, JJP, NMU, RPA

A. RPA
B. NMU
C. FGK
D. BDF

13. If FAITH is coded as IDLWK, then how will GLOBE be coded?

A. INRFH
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 B. JOSDH
C. JOREH
D. INQDG

14. A is the son of C; C and Q are sisters; Z is the mother of Q and P is the son of Z.
Which of the following statements is true?

A. P and A are cousins

B. P is the maternal uncle of A
C. Q is the maternal grandfather of A
D. C and P are sisters

15. Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the
conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).
Statement: Fruit prices are soaring in the market.
Conclusions:
I. Fruits are becoming a rare commodity.
II. People cannot eat fruits.

A. Neither I nor II follows.

B. Either I or II follows.
C. Only I follows.
D. Both I and II follow.

16. Clinical trials of the gastric pacemaker, an experimental technique f or managing

obesity, have been started in the United States and Europe. The pacemaker is
surgically placed into a pocket under the skin and its wire, or lead, is inserted into the
wall of the stomach, says principal investigator Dr. Scott Shikora of Tufts University
School of Medicine in Boston. It may be that electrical impulses from the pacemaker
induce feelings of fullness. Preliminary trials in Italy have shown promise, and now
the new trials are recruiting 100 obese patients. Shikora cautions, however, that
approval and availability of the device are still a long way away. Which of the
following products is in the same stage in its respective life-cycle as the pacemaker
is?

A. A beverage manufacturer has just launched a new health drink in the market, which
enables the consumer to attain a perfect physique without exercise.
B. A year back, a health-supplement manufacturer had launched a weight controlling
supplement, which failed miserably. Now they are re-launching the same supplement
with modifications that are likely to suit the European market better.
C. A new herb with a number of health benefits has been discovered by the
IndianAyurvedic Association researchers. Experiments and clinical trials are
scheduled for next month.

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 D. Experiments are being carried out by American doctors to check the viability and the
usability of a new technology that enables users to gain muscle weight without much
exercise.

17. Identify the next term in the following series 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 65, ?

A. 129
B. 120
C. 132
D. 145

18. Statement: Fortune favors the brave.

Conclusions:
I: Risks are necessary for success.
II: Cowards die many times before their death.

A. Either Conclusion I or II follows.

B. Only Conclusion I follows
C. Only Conclusion II follows.
D. Neither Conclusion I nor II follow

19. The late 1980s would provide many harsh lessons for corporate dinosaurs and their
leaders. At General Motors and IBM, two paragons of past success, customers were
complaining and competitors circling, but neither GM’s chief executive, Robert Stempel, nor
IBM’s CEO, John Akers, could see any reason to fix what at first seemed not to be broken,
even after market share plummeted and record profits turned into historic losses. Which of
the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. GM and IBM witnessed losses during the 1980s.

B. Mr. Stempel and Mr. Akers were not in a position to remedy the problems faced by their
companies.
C. Mr. Stempel and Mr. Akers did not remedy the problems faced by the companies as they
did not acknowledge the existence of these problems.
D. Both [a] and [c]

20. If the following numbers are rewritten by interchanging the digits in the 10’s place and
100’s place and then arranging them in the descending order. What will be the second digit of
the newly formed fifth number from your right?
479, 736, 895, 978, 389, 675

A.3
B.4
C.5
D.6

21. If the number of apples in a basket doubles every minute and if the basket is full in an
hour. When was the basket half-filled?

A.30 minutes

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B.59 minutes
C.31 minutes
D.36 minutes

22. P is 60 m South-East of Q. R is 60 m North-East of Q. Then R is in which direction of P?

A. North
B. North-East
C. South
D. South-East

Directions (23,24, and 25): In the following questions there are two words to the left of the
sign (::). Which are connected in some way. The same relationship exists between the third
word and one of the four alternatives under it. Find the correct alternative in each case.

23. Medicine: Sickness: Book?

A. Ignorance
B. Knowledge
C. Author
D. Teacher

24. River: Dam: Traffic?

A. Signal
B. Vehicle
C. Motion
D. Lane

25.Session: Concludes::?: Lapses

A. Leave
B. Permit
C. Agent
D. Policy

Quantitative Aptitude :

1.The marked price on an article is Rs. 4000. The shopkeeper gave a discount of 20% on
the marked price and earned a profit of 25% on the marked price. What will be the cost
price of the article?

a. 2560
b. 2500
c. 2400
d. 2300

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2. Ram places three identical cones of radius on a table in such a way that each cone base
touches the other two, also the altitude of the cone is perpendicular to the table. The
radius of the circle drawn through the cone vertices would be?

a. Smaller than r
b. Equal to r
c. Larger than r
d. Cannot be determined

3. Find the missing number in the series: 16, _ , 68, 88

a. 06
b. 08
c. 36
d. 46

4. Ramu has several friends and all of them are well settled in India. of Ramu's friends
went to Mumbai and of his friends went to Delhi, three times the difference of these two
went to Chennai and only one went to Pune. How many of his friends went to Mumbai?
a. 15
b. 3
c. 10
d. Cannot be determined

5. In the figure given below then x = ______________.

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 a. 30
b. 45
c. 60
d. Cannot be determined

6. Two trains of length 150 m each pass each other in 20 sec, when moving in opposite
directions. When they move in the same direction, they take 40 sec to pass each other
completely. Find the speed of the faster train.

a. 10.25 m/sec.

b. 11.25 m/sec.

c. 11.75 m/sec.

d. 12 m/sec

7. Brigadier Rastogi travels from point A to B at 40 km/hr on bike. He travels from point
B to Cat 10 km/hr on cycle. The distance from A to B is eqaul to that of B to C. Then he
travels from C to A via B at 24 km/hr by autorickshaw. Then find his average speed.

a. 12.2 km/hr
b. 12.4 km/hr
c. 19.2 km/hr
d. 19.4 km/hr

8. Rohan and Rahul, are 144 km apart on point (A) and point (B), respectively. Rohan
trvavels constantly at 8 km/hr. Rahul travels 4 km in first hour, 5 km in second hour, 6
km in third hour and so on. Find the point where they will meet.

a. 64 km from point A

b. 64 km from point B

c. Midway of A and B

d. None of the above

9. In how many ways can 10 books on Mechanics and 8 books on quantum physics be
placed in a row such that two books on quantum physics may not be together.

a. 165

b. 176

c. 187

d. 198

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10. In an institute. MBA Exam is conducted and sectional cutoff has been introduced into
it. Any candidate appearing for the exam cannot qualify unless he clears the sectional
cutoff. If there are 4 sections in the paper, then what is the number of ways an applicant
may fail in the exam?

a. 15
b. 16
c. 32
d. 64

11. A takes 16 days more and B takes 4 days more than the number of days taken by both
of them if they they work together, to complete a piece of work. How many days does A
take to complete the same piece of work, working alone

a. 24
b. 28
c. 27
d. 32

12. The mean score of ten batbatsman Chennai cricket team in a match is 60. If the top
five scores of the batsmen are removed while calculating the average, the average falls by
five. If the top six scores are distinct integers, what is the maximum possible score of any
batsmen?

a. 102
b. 87
c. 95
d. 126

13. A square ABCD is inscribed inside a circle. A circle is inscribed in the square ABCD.
This process is repeated infinitely. What is the sum of areas of all the circles, if the radius
of the first circle is 5cm?

a. 100π
b. 25π
c. 50π
d. 45π

14. The value of

is-

a. -507500
b. -681750
c. -676700
d. -504000...

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15. What is the 7330th term in the sequence 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, . . . . is ?

a. 172
b. 173
c. 174
d. 175

16. A dishonest milkman dilutes milk with water and then sells the diluted milk at 25%
more than at which he purchased the milk. If he makes a profit of 40% by implementing
this process. Find the volume of water(in ml) added to every liter of pure milk (Assume
water is free of cost)

a. 120
b. 140
c. 150
d. 130

17. A solid right circular cone of height 27 cm is cut into two pieces along a plane parallel
to its base at a height of 18 cm from the base. If the difference in volume of the two
pieces is 225 the volume, in cc, of the original cone is

a. 243
b. 232
c. 256
d. 264

18. A train travelling at 36 kmph crosses a platform in 20 seconds and a man standing on
the platform in 10 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters?

a. 240 meters
b. 100 meters
c. 200 meters
d. 300 meters

19. Four men and three women can do a job in 6 days. When 5 men and 6 women work
on the same job, the work gets completed in 4 days. How long will 2 women and 3 men
take to do the job?

a. 18
b. 10
c. 8.3
d. 12

20. A car dealer sells a SUV for $ 39,000, which represents a 25% profit over the cost.
What was the cost of the SUV to the dealer?

a. $ 29,250
b. $31,200
c. $ 32,500
d. $ 33,800

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e. $ 33,999

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