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19 March, 2018 (Tier-I)
Dire ction s (Q.No s 7-8) In the follow ing ' 12. In the following question, a word has
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-2) In the
questions, out of the given four alternatives,
been writte n in four different ways out
following questions, some part of the , of which only one is correc tly spelt.
. Find out which select the one which is oppos ite in mean ing
senten ce mc1y have errors Select the correctly spelt word
of the given word.
part of the sentence has an error and select (a) Apeareance (b) Appearrance
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the appropriate option . If a sentence is free 7. Decimate (c) Appearence (d) Appearance
from error, select 'No Error' . (a) Preserve (b) Destroy
(c) Execute (d) Abate I Dire ctio ns (Q .Nos. 13-17) In the
L What happen (A)/at your (B)/ college
follow ing passage, some of the words have
today? (C) No error (D) 8. Adjure
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (a) Order (b) Require I been left out. Read the passage caref ully
, and select the corre ct answ er for the given
(c) Advise (d) Disclaim
2. Some girls are taking prior permission to blank out of the four altern atives .
(A)/ sport a loosely tied plait on the day 9. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in I Many a travel ogue I read nowa days are
(B)/ they had washed their hair. (C) No correct order. 1
about how the travel ler went on a road less
error (D) Cities have J travel led ...... some
off-th e-trac k trek or to
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D P. intellectual stimulus an unkno wn destin ation or simpl y into the
Q. always provided , wild. How no intern et . ..... is what you
Directions (Q.No s 3-4) In the R. and educational leadership
following questions, the sentence given : need to recon nect with yours elf! How
(a) PQR
wilh blank to be filled in with an , leavin g your watch and phon e ...... and
(b) RQP
appropriate word. Select the correc t ' going into the world of no check -ins and no
(c) QPR
updat es would bring you solitu de! These
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alternative out of the four and indica te ii by (d) PRO
selecting the appro priate option . · write- ups are laced with adjec tives
10. A sentence has been given in descr ibing the geogr aphy of the region and
3. Her trekking was met ......... obstacles. Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four
(b) from !illed with ...... detail s of the autho r' s days
(a) with given alternatives, select the one which they
(d) of ' in that remot e place . And, ironic ally,
(c) by best expresses the same sentence in I all end with a strang e advic e to travel and
4. Aryabhatta was the first astronomer to Passive/ Active Voice. tell no one. I beg to ...... .
state ......... that the Earth is round and it The watch man opened the gate.
rotates on its axis. ' 13. road less travelled ......... some
(a) The gate opened the watchman.
ofT-the-tra~k trek
(a) sympathetically (b) automatically (b) The gate is being opened by the
(a) but (b) or
(c) emphatically (d) accidentally watchman.
(c) The gate was opene d by the watch man . I (c) but also (d) also
Directions (Q.No s 5-6) In the (d) The gate is opened by the watch man .
14. How no intern et ...... is what you need to
following questions, out of the given (b) to connect
11. A sentence has been given in / (a) connectivity
four alternatives, select the one which four
Direc t/Indi rect Speec h. Out of the (c) conne cts (d) connecting
1>51 expresses the mean ing of the given
word . given altematives, select the one which watch and phone ..... .... and going into
best expresses the same sentence in I 15. (a) under (b) below
5. Barbarou, Indirect/Direct Speech.
I
(a)Refined i (c) backside (d) behind
(b) Polite He said, "I am hungr y."
(C) Crude (d) Civilised (a) He inform about his hunger. I 16. and filled with .. .. ..... details of the
8. Pejorative (b) He says he was hungry. autho r's
(a) hour (b) second
(a) Right Cb) Diacussion (c) He was feeling hungry.
(c) Derogatory (c) time (d) minute
(d) Complimentary (d) He said that he was hungry.
 . altern ative, select the
2 36. From the. given ot be forme d using the
. fi ur words are rd which cann
question, od i·s correctly wo f the given word.
25 In the following letters o
· f hich one wor word. Comp assion ate
. given out o w tl spelt (b) Moss
17 and tell no one. I beg to ..······· It Select the correc Y
· (b) different (b) annota te (a) Pass_ (d) Comply
(a) differ (d) differentiation spe . p s1on
(a) anotate ttate
(c) difference (d) ano t the (c) as . de langu age, 'RAPID' is
(Q Nos. 18-19) In the (c) annottate ER'
• • tion se 1ec 37. In a certa~ co U ' . How is 'WAT
Dire ction s. . t f the four 26. In the follow ing_ ques the iven writte n as GLSD ?
t II ing questions, ou o h. h g ·tten m· that code langu age.
related word pair from
o ow tive,
alterna thew ,c
. g oftive
. se lect the alterna wn (b) LJHWDZ
best expresses the meanm alternatives.
loth. Shirt (a) DZHKM (d) MKHDZ
idiom/phrase. Road: Asph alt::? :? ' ' '
(a) Sugarcane : Sugar (b) CM t I : Ore 1 d (c) VHKDZ
8. A bad patch (d) e a . rtain code langu age, - represents
Pencil
1 (c) Pen : . lectth ereate 38.In ace t '+ ' '+'rep resen ts '+'
th
(a)Apotholedroad In the followi ng questio n, se . x' '+ ' repres en s ,
(b) A medical ba_ndage 27 r from the given alterna tives. ~d 'X: repre sents '-'. ~ind out e answer
(c) A period of difficulty . numbe
697 : 976 : : 532 : ? to the following questi ~ns.
(d) Shoddy repair work
(a) 320 (b) 354 (c) 237 (d)
325 18 + 12 - 5 + 30 X 6 = · 14
19. A dime a dozen
ing question, selec_t the (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 41 (d)
(a) A very expens ive propos ition. In the follow
28 39. The follow ing equat ion is ~corr ect.
(b) Something which appears ?heap but . related letter/letters from the given h ld be mterc hange d
W hich will prove expensive 1n the long alternatives. Which two signs s ~u ?
RTU : SUW : : CEF : ? to correc t the equat ion·
(c) ~i~ething which appears attractive but 35 - 10 X 12 = 10
(a) FGI (b) DGH (c) EGF (d) DFH 2o + 14 +
I has zero value.
(d) Very common and of no particular value. 29. In the follow
ing question, select ~e odd (a) + and x (b) + and +
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the given alternatives. (b} - and+ (d) + a nd x
l' i In the word pair from
Dire ction s (Q.No s. 20-21)
(a) Oxygen - Gas (b) Metal· Platinum 4 0.If 16#2
=16, 12#6 =36 and 6#1 =3, then
following questions, out of the_ four . .
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fmd the value of 4#4 =?
i alternatives, select the alternative which 1s (c) Liquid - Water (d) Solid · Iron
(a) (b) 4
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question, four num~ er
the best substitute of the words/sentence. 30.In the following 2
(d) 8
pairs are given. The number of left side (d} 10
,, 20. Wrap or cover for warmth the follow ing terms follows the
of(-) is related to the number on the 41. Which of
(a) Encourage (b) Muffle . . li ?
(c) Divulge (d) Expose right side of(-) with some trend of the given ·st.
Logic/Rule/Relation . Three are simila r on
1 ABAB , ABAB CABA B ,
21.. Keen interest or enthusiasm basis of same Logic/Rule/ Relation. Se ect ABCAB
ABABABCAB, ABAB ABAB C,
(a) Lassitude (b) Le! hargy the odd one out from the
. (c) Avidity (d) Soporif ic
(a) 27-32 (b) 31-36 ACBABABAB, ........... ... ... .
(c) 33-38 (d) 23-27 (a) ABABCABAB (b) ABCABABAB
Dire ction s (Q.Nos. 22-23) In the (c) ABACBABAB (d) ABABACBAB
following questions,theout of th e four 31. In the following question, select the odd
alternatives, select alternative which will e woma n walks 2.5 km South
letter/letters from th e given ernati ves. 42. A villag
slt
improve the bracketed part of the sentence. startin g from her home is search of water.
In case no improvement is needed, select (a) SPMJ (b) XURO(c) NKHE (d) ZWSP
32.Ar range the given words in the seque nce She then turns West and walks 1.5 km,
'No improvement.' then the she turns South and walks 0.5
22. The realisation came when we noticed in which they occur in the dictionary.
1. Tinned 2. Timber km, then she turns to her left and walks
that our children (had becoming) too 1.5 km. Wher e is she now with respect 11
3. Tinkle 4. Thunderstorm
dependent on us. her home ?
(a) had become (b) has became 5. Thursday
(b) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5 (a) 2 km South (b) 3 km North
(c) has become (d) No improvement (a) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4
(c) 3 km South (d) 2 km North
23. The technical aspect ofEnglish that deals (c) 4, 5, 2, 3, 1 (d) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
43. In the quest ion two statem ents are give,
with ironies (has always intrigue) my 33. In the following question, select the
follow ed by two concl usion s, I and II.
inquisitive mind. missing number from the given series. Y h
(a) is always intrigued 17 20 23 26 29 , .
, , ,(b) 3,
? ou ave to consi der the statem ents to
(a) 31 b
(b) will always intrigued 4 (c) 30 (d) 32 e true even if it seems to be at varianc1
(c) has always intrigued from comm only know n facts. You have
34 .A series is given with one term missing.
(d) No improvement
S~lect the correct alternative from the !o decide which of the given conclusior
24. The question below consists of a set of if any, follow s from the given
labelled sentences. Out of the four ;;en ones that will complete the series.
, JX, NB, RF, ? statem ents.
options given, select the most logical statements I. All ticket s are coupons
(a) TX {b) LJ (c) VJ (d) YJ
order of the sentences to form a coherent D. All cards are tickets
35. Presen t age of Amit is twice of Bama n's
paragraph. Conc lusion s I. Some coupo ns are cards
It is ethics and presen t age. After s years Baman•
be 4 times of the Cheta n' s pre~ ~t
U. Some cards are coupans
A values that have the inherent willlf
:~e. Cheta n celebrated his sixth (a) Only conclu sion I follows
B. of motivation into inspiration (b) Only conclu sion II follows
C. potential to transform the spirit thirthday 7 years ago, then what will be
e presen t age of Amit? (c) Both conclu sions I and II follow
(a) ABC (b) ACB (c) CBA (d} CAB
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sion I nor conclusion II
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44.In
the following figure, rectangle
t•nts opticians· circle represents
rcpre...
i11usttators. triangle represents
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I A
th
56. Calculate the value of LED from e
figure show n belo w

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Photographers and square represents 50• C
faotball players. Which set oflet ters (a) (b) (c) (d) B 6 cm
resents football players who are both
' . s ?.
rtp graphers as weIJ as Op bc1an
Photo 50. A word is repre sented by only one set of E 12cm F
numbers as given in any one of the_

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alternatives. The sets of numbers given
in the alter natives are represented by
two classes of alphabets as show n in the D
given two matrices. The columns and (a) 30° (b) 40°
rows of Matrix-I are num bere d from O to 1 (c) so· (d) ao·
F 4 and that of Matrix-II are num bere d 5'7. The income of X is 60% more than Y's
from 5 to 9. A lette r from these matrices
income and the inc? ~e of Y i~ 40% more
can be represented first by its row and
(a) D (b) ED next by its column, for example 'D' can I than Z's inco me. X s mco me 1S, how
. ?
muc h perc enta ge more th an Z s mco me.
(c) OF (d) EDF be represented by 24, 41 etc. and 'Y' can (b) 224%
(a) 134%
with one term missing. be represented by 57, 98 etc. Similarly,
45. A series is given you have to identify for the word
(c) 100% (d) 124%
Select the correct alternative from the
given ones that will complete the series. 'BREW'. 58. If x : y = 1 : 3, then 2wha t 2will be the ratio
22 8x )?
Matrix-I Matrix-II of(3y + 3x ) : (2y -
KHQ, HEN, EBK, ? YVE
(a) ZWF (b) AXG ' 4 5 6 7 8 9 (a) 4 : 1 (b) 2 : 1
10 1 2 3
(d) BYH (c) 3 : 1 (d) 5 : 1
(c) CZI
o /c J HG A 5 uw y X w
46. In the following question, select the s 59. SL of hone y cont ains 80% suga r. 3 L of
missing number from the given series. 1 IG I HID C 6 z u N T
wate r is adde d to this hone y. Wha t is the
6, 9, 13, 18, 24, ? 2 /F c lH E D 7 V 0 u R p perc enta ge of suga r in the new mixt ure?
(a) 31 (b) 34 (c) 29 (d) 28 (b) 50%
0 w X 0 (a) 40%
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I (d) 75%
47. In the following question, four groups of (b) 60%
u / SO.Average of the marks of 132 students of
thrtt numbers are given. In each group / 4 j E /D I K 8 G 9 V Q s y

the second and third number are related I a college is 40. If the aver age of the
(a) 36, 68, 44, 95 (b) 43, 78, 23, 59
to the first number by a 30, 66, 42, 96 (d) 23, 68, 22, 66 mark s of the pass ed stud ents is 42 and
(c)
Logic/Rule/Relation. Three arc similar on the aver age of the mark s of the failed
basis of same Logic/Rule/Relation . Select 5L Calculate the value of x if
stud ents is 20, then wha t will be the
the odd one out from the given
~= mJ(~ )
respective ratio of the total mark s of
alternatives.
(a) (5, 16, 22) (b) (6, 19, 25)
f-l 17 · pass ed stud ents and the total mark s of
(b) 44 failed stud ents?
(b) (4, 13, 17) (d) (9, 28, 37) (a) 64
(d) 54 (a) 21 : 1 (b) 23 : 2
(c) 36
48.If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then (c) 19 : 11 (d) 9 : 2
which of the answer figures is the right 52. Find the unit place digit in the given
image of the given figure? expression . 61. A sum oH 8000 beco mes? 12500 in
Ques tion Figures (153)144 - (115)123 -(111)510 + (216)25 ~ year s at a certa in rate of com poun d
(b) 5 inter est. Wha t will be the sum after

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(a) 1 3 year s?
(c) 6 (d) 3
(a)f1 3175 (bH1 4225
53. Which of the following value of 'x' (d) f 1562 5
(c) f 1257 5 Lf
satisfies the equation 4r- .9 r- =5184?
1 2 6
Answer Figure 62. If the selling price of an artic le is -11

K$K ~1~1~ ~
(a) (b) (C) (d)
(a) 2
(c) 4
1
54. Ifs + - = 4, then find the value of
(b) 3
(d) 6
doubled, then its loss perc enta ge gets
conv erted into the equa l prof it
perc entag e. Wha t is the Joss perc enta ge?
(a) 16.66 %
49. Which of the following cube in the s2+$2!.· (b) 50%
answer figure cannot be made based on (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 24 (c) 33.33 %
(a) 14
the unfolded cube in the question figure? (d) 37.5%
Question Figure 55. The tangent at any poin t of the circle is 63. The mark ed price of a penc il is 35% mor e
......... to the radius throu gh the poin t of than its cost price. Wha t max imum
cont act
disco unt perc enta ge can be offer ed by
(a) parallel
the shop keep er to sell his penc il at no
(b) intersecting prof it or no loss?
• (c) perpendicular
(d) equal
(a) 34.24 %
(C) 25.92%
(b) 44 .44%
(d) 18.18 %
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(a) H"'. 8
. here is 89.83 (b) JK Anderson
73. The volume o~ a hem1sp (c) M suzanchuk
64 What is the lust number that should be find its diameter.
J (d) Garry Bentzone
. added to the product 11 x 12 x 13 x 14 to cm. (b) 7 cm
(a) 3 5 cm (d) 10 5 cm ; as. When was the national t'mblern of
makr it a perfect square?
(c)14cm B [fmLC:=45°, I
Bangladesh adopted?
74 WC isright anglt'd at . c A - ✓J).
(a) 1 (b) 311
(c) 5 (d) 0 ' (a) 1971 (b) 1973
. then find the value of(cose (c) 1975 (d) 1977
65. If 8 men can do a piece of work _in 14
davs. then in how much ti.me will 7 men
do· the same piece of work?
(4 - ./3)
(a) : - - -
J
(b) .fi - /3
(/6 - 1
I
,
SS. Mass number i.s alwa ys equal to
(a) number of protons
(a) 16days (b)15days (c) :_2 (d) J3 ! (b) number of neutrons
(c) 17 days (d) 18 days 2 I (c) sum of number of protons and nu~
le Q is 90•. If
66. Two buses are moving towards each
other with speed of 20 km/h respectively.
What will be thr distancr between the
75, In 6PQR measure of a.ng
, 12 d P.Q = 1 cm. then what 1.s
smP =- an
13
,
I
I
of electrons
(d) sum of number of protons and numt,,
of neutrons
two buses one second before they the length (in cm) of 5ide QR? ! 87. Which of the following sta tl"mt'nl! ar,
collide?
(a) 26 (b) 3 correct?
(a)21m (b)18m
(c) 2 4 . (d) 4 I. Ethanol u a good solvent for organic
(c)1 2 m (d) 15m
76. Brent Index is associated w1·th whi c
h of compounds.
Directions (Q.Nos. 67-70) The bar the followings? IL Botlmg and melting points of eth.tno1 t1
graph shows how many visitors low with respect to water.
participat<.>d in which adventure activity (a) crude 011 prices
during their stay in an adventure resort. (bl copper future prices rn. Ethanol i.s ust"d in tincture of 1odmt
Study the diagram and answer the (c) gold future pr,ces (a) I and II (b) I and Ill
following questions. (d) sh1pp1ng rate Index I (c) II and Ill (d) All of these
Number of Particip.ints 77. Which of the following is not correctly 1
88.AJong with 'Right to Li fe ' m Articlt-21
-400 matched? of lnd1.m Cons t1tuhon, ti also includt1
350 360 340 340 (a) First Frve Year Plan : 1951-56
300 (a) Right lo Health
nJ (b) Second Five Year Plan · 1956-61
(b ) A ghl 10 Food
250 240 (C) Third Frve Year Plan : 1961 -66
220 200 (C) R,ghl lo Wale<
200 (d) Fourth Frve Year Plan · 1966-71
(d) All of lhe above
150 78. Where is the Southern Alps mountain
1()() range located? 89. Which Comlltutio n.tJ Amendment Act
50 (a) Austral,a (b) New Zealand gan• con.st1tutionaJ recognil1on to
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A B c .o E F G I (c) South Alnca (d) Indonesia muruc1p.u1hes?
ActMty I 79. By what name i.s the combint'd watrr (a) 72nd Conshlull00c11Amendment /,/j.
o7. Which adventure activity had the second st ream of Ganga and Brahmaputra (b) 731d Constitutional Amendment Act
lowest number of participants? known? (c) 74 th Cons111u1,ona.1 Amendment Act
(a) F (b) A (CJ D (d) G (a) Padma (b) Jamona (di 751'1 Consltluhooc.11Amendment Act
68• What JS · th e ratio ··
· of part1c1pant.s of 1
(c) Meghna (d) TsangPO 90 · Wh h f h r t
.IC o t r 10 lowin~ is not a wa.stt
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activity G to participants of activity B? , o. Who was the nponrnt of Yo11:a RUtt"nd.) removt'J from blood in thr
(a) 9 · 5 (b) 12 : 7 (c) 5 9 (d) 7 : 12 I Darshana? ktJnr>•">
69. Participants of activity A were lesser
than that off by ......... ~-
I (a) Patanjali
. SL D(c) J~rmin,
(b) GaulMl
(d) Shankaracha,-ya
(a) Ammonia
(bl C..vt>oo dsoxicJe
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 35 ' unng thr Maratha ptriod w (C) Urea
70. If 30~ of participants of activily F had
,
I officer rriponlitblt-
admlni,tration·,
for th · II ho
t' Vt a,cr
was th" (d) Unc 8Ctd
I
c 1osen to part1c1pate in activity G
instead then the number of participant,
I (a) H
avalda, (b) p01,1
9 l Thr mov
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f
t'tnrnt o Wdtt"r rnolrrnlrs
ofG would havr increased by? / (C) Chaudhary ( t Uough the pldsma memhr,inr IJ c.aJlc,l
(a) 90% (b) 55% 82.Govmd Swami Pill aJ_Sclrdeshmukh (a) Osmosis (b) Sod
(cJ 45% (d) 60% J which musical in,t ll 111t>1:i11trd Wtth t (c) Precipil..thoo •mentJl>(Yl
7L . (a) M Id rumrnt? (d) Transpir.iton
The perimeter and the breadth of a j r 80Qam (b) T , 92, In Novem~
rect.uigle are 82 cm and 20 cm respectivtly. (c) Veena (d) V~ 'Bha,. 2?
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Calculale the length of its diagonal. , 83. Which count , . JOiin · much~.1 Ne-t ProJrt.·t' w as Ji&UnrhnJ H,11
law that YiiJI ~ Par-nt h a , ~ 11
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(c) 42 cm (d) 29 cm , police? t tht PGWera of ita (a) \' 5500o cro,e (b) •
72 F d (I) 1 (c) • 'lnnn.. , 10000 Cr()(8
· in thr c11cumfrr1:nce of a circle of arae, ' LVVUIJ cro,
radius 7 cm. 1 (c) Bnr8tn (b) FrfWlce , 83. NASA •uc e (d) f 34000 er ore
(a) 56 cm (b) 44 cm 1 84. Who•-- (d) China landin• c~a,fully lt"slrd supt"rson•·
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s•. third
ln .
b1~es t 'J.n.itt'al Publil' Otlermg
passes through _it on applkati?n of 12 V
A. ln 20 17, Giannis Antetokounmpo played
(lPO>' oH 11370 crott? I for the NBA team Houston Rockets.
of potential ditlerenl·e across 1t?
(I) ReltaflC8 1nduslnes Limited B. rn 2018 LPL auctions, Kings xr Punjab
(a) 4 8 (b) 60 (c) 9.6 (d) 30
1 retained Axar Patel.
(b)GIC i 97. ff the acceleration due to gravity on the C. [n 20 17, David Warner captained the IPL
(c) Coal India Limited I surface of Earth is g, then the team Royal ChaJlengers Bangalore.
(d) lnfoSY5 acceleration due to gravity on the
surfaC'C!' of a planet whose mass is half of (a) Only B (b) A and B
S. On January 5, 2018, Lok Sabha passed
9 H· h Court and Supreme <;ourt !udges that of Earth and radius is same as that (c) All of these (d) None of these
s!l.nes and Conditions of Service) of Earth is 100..... ..... provides network backbone and
~ ~ n t Bill. 2017. The Bill proposes (a) JL (b) 4g (c) 2g (d) 2. e-governance support to government
to lulte the salary of Chief Justict' of I 2 4 bodies in India.
India (CJI) to Marly 98. An e~thquake of magnitud~ .... ..... on (a) NIC
(al , 2 80 lakh per month ,1 Richter scale has thousand tunes more (b) NASSCOM
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(c) ' 2 lakh per month ,
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16 (d) 17 (a) 18 (c) 19 (dJ 20 (b)
11 (d} 12 (d) 13 (bl. 1-4 (a) 15 (d)
(a) 23 (c) 2-4 (b) 2S (b) 26 (d) 27 (d) 28 (dJ 29 (a) 30 (d)
21 (c) 22
(c) 33 (d) 3-4 (c) 3S (c) 36 (d) 37 (b) 38 (dJ 39 (a) 40 (d)
31 (d) 32
41 (c) -42 (c) -43 (c) .... (a) 45 (d) 46 (a) 47 (a) 48 (b) 49 (a) 50
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62 (d 63 (c) 64 (a) 65 (a) 66 (d) 67 (cJ 68 (c) 69 (c) 70 (c)

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(d} 72 (b) 73 (b) 74 (b) 7S (c) 76 (a) 77 (dJ 78 (b) 79 (c) 80 (a)
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11 (b) 82 (d) 83 (a) 84 (a) 8S (a) 86 (d) 87 (d) 88 (d) 89 (c) 90 (b)

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Answers & Explanations

l (a) ~ t happened' will be used in place of
'wflal happen' to make the sentence
grwrmallcally correct.
2. (a) As the sentence is In Past tense. 'Some
gtt1s had taken prior permisS1on' should be used
ro make the sentence grammatically correct.
3. (a) Use of Preposition 'with' is suitable to fill
lhegM!flblank.
4. (c) Emphatically is the correct word to fill the
gN9r1 blri. 'Emphatically' means 'without any
doubt or in a forceful way' .
5. (c) The word 'barbarous' means 'to be
UllCMlized or crude'. So, option (c) 'crude' is
&ynonymous to 'barbarous'.
8. (c) Pejo,awe means 'showing contempt or
llrong dlsappoyal·, and 'Derogatory' also means
lhe same. So. 'Derogatnn,•
'f>eiorabve•. -, is svnnnvmn,
, ..-.., .. ,_•s to
7. (a) The word 'decimate' means 'to kill, destroy
alarge runber of something' and 'preserve·
means 'to keep something in its original or
llaSlllg state'. So, 'Preser.<e• is the correct
~ of the word 'Decimate'.
a. (d) Adjwe means 'to request aorneone
~ to do aomething and 'dlSClaim' means
l1f\-. to acknowledge or deny'. So, 'disclaim' Is
lhe C0rrlCt Mtonyrn of 'adjure',
9. (c) QPR is the correct order of sentence. The
sentence will be 'Cities have always provided
intellectual stimulus and educational leadership'.
10. (c) 'The gate was opened by the watchman' is
the correct passive voice sentence of the given
sentence. The structures used here is 'object +
was/were + 3rd form of verb + by + subject'.
11. (d) 'He said that he was hungry' is correct
indirect speech of the given sentence.
12. (d) 'Appearance' is the correctly spelt word
from the given choices.
. 13. (b) 'or' will be used to fill the given blank as
I the choice between road less travelled or some
off-the-track trek is given.
14. (a) 'Connectivity' is the right word to come
after internet.
15. (d) 'Behind' is the correct preposition to fill
the given blank.
18. (d) minute' is the correct word to fill the
given blank. 'Minute' here means 'taking the
smallest points into consideration'.
17. (a) 'Differ' is the correct word to fill the given
blank. 'Differ' here means 'to disagree'.
18. (c) The idiom 'A bad patch' means 'a difficult
or troubled time'. So, option (c) 'a period of
difficuhy' is the correct choice.
e.g. My company Is going through a bad patch
these days.
19. (d) The phrase 'A dime a dozen' means
'very common and of no particular value' . So,
option (d) is the correct choice.
e.g. Low paying jobs are a dime a dozen and
anyone can get it.
20. (b) 'Muffle' is correct substitute for 'wrap or
cover for warmth'
21. (c) 'Avidity' is one word substitute for words
'Keen interest or enthusiasr1'1'.
22. (a) 'had become' is correct syntax to
improve the bracketed part. We always use past
participle verb form with had or has .
23. (c) 'has always intrigued' is correct syntax.
We use 3rd form of verb or past participle with
has or had.
24. {b) ACB is the correct order of sentences to
form a coherent paragraph.
25. {b) 'Annotate' Is correctly spelt word which
means 'add notes to, or comment on'.
28. {d) As, 'Asphalt' is related to 'Road'
Similarly 'Ore' is related to 'Metal'
27. {d) As, 6 9 7 - 9 7 6
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Similarly, 5 3 2 _ 3 2 I sj
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