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Section -IMENTAL ABILITY

(Single Choice Correct Options)

Direction for (Questions 1 to 4): Each of the following question has four terms. Three terms are alike in someway. ONe termsis different from others. Find out the correct term and write its alternative number on your answer sheet against the properquestion number.

1. (A) Ancient History (B) Modern History (C) History (D) Medivial History

2. (A) 417 (B) 526 (C) 750 (D) 979

3. (A) (B) (C) (D)

4. (A) (B) (C) (D)

Directions for (Questions 5 to 8): In the following questions there are equations that have become wrong due to wrong orderof signs. Choose the correct order of signs from the four alternatives given below. So that the equations become right.

5. If in a code language MAC is written as PDF. What will be code of JBR in the same language ?

(A) OFV (B) LDU (C) NEV (D) MEU

6. In a code language FILN is written as DGJL. What will be code of JMPT in the same language ?

(A) ILNR (B) HKNR (C) HLMS (D) GLNF

7. If in a code language BHJTV is written as AGISU. What will be code of EGKMP in the same language ?

(A) DFJLO (B) FIJLN (C) IFLJN (D) JNLNR




8. If in a code language 3581 is written as DFIB. What will be code of 6247 in the same language ?

(A) IDFH (B) EGCH (C) GCEH (D) IBDL

Direction for (Questions 9 to 11): In the following questions, numbers are placed in the figure on the basis of same rules, oneplace is vacant which is indicated as(?). Find out the correct alternative to replace the question mark (?)

9. 44 74

8

932 52

6

720 3?

4

5

(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 0 (D) 4

10.

3

2

7

428

2

8

3

5?

1

6

5

711

(A) 44 (B) 34 (C) 18 (D) 4

11.

9

549

4

11711

7

89?

(A) 17 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12

Direction for (Questions 12 to 14): Questions are based on the following statement. Read the statement carefully and under-stand the relation between them as said in the statement. Choose the correct alternative from the four alternatives givenbelow each question.

Statement:

Sarita has two children. The daughter of Sarita is paternal aunt of Akanksha. The father of Akanksha is maternal uncle ofAnanya.

12. What is the relation between Sarita & Akanksha ?

(A) Mother-Daughter (B) Grandmother-grand daughter

(C) Paternal aunt-niece (D) Sister-Sister




13. What is the relation between the daughter of Sarita and Ananya ?

(A) Sister-Sister (B) Paternal aunt-niece

(C) Mother - daughter (D) Grand mother -Grand daughter

14. What is the relation between Sarita & the father of Akanksha ?

(A) Brother-Sister (B) Husband-Wife

(C) Mother in law -Son is law (D) Mother - Son

Direction For (Questions 15 to 19): In the following questions four words are written in every question. Four answer alterna-tives are given against each question. The words in the question are related to each other in same way. One word from amongthe four answer alternatives goes best with the words in the question. Find out the correct alternative.

15. Mumbai, Chennai, Patna, Raipur,

(A) Nagpur (B) Ahmedabad (C) Dispur (D) Varanasi

16. 6, 12, 20, 30,

(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 40 (D) 38

17. 7, 11, 13, 19,

(A) 37 (B) 39 (C) 35 (D) 27

18. March, May, August, December,

(A) April (B) September (C) June (D) July

19. Lady Finger, Bottle-gourd, Pumpkin,

(A) Turnip (B) Onion (C) Raddish (D) Cauliflower




Direction (Question 20 to 21): In each of the following questions, a matrix of certain characters is given. These charactersfollow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise. Find out this trend and choose the missing character from the given alterna-tives.

20. 6 6 8 5 7 5 4 3 ?120 126 320

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16

21. 5 4 2 2 4 1 8 3 1049 64 169

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 20

Direction for (Questions 22 to 26): The following questions are based on the diagram given below. In the diagram, circlerepresents women, the square represents sports person and the triangle represents scientist. Study the digits written withinthe diagram and choose the correct alternative from four alternatives.

64 2

3 5Scientist

7 Women

Sport-Person

22. How many women are scientists but not sports persons ?

(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5




23. How many scientist women are sports-persons ?

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 10

24. How many sport-persons are neither scientists nor women ?

(A) 13 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 6

25. How many scientists are sport-persons but not women ?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 9

26. How many women are neither sport-persons nor scientists ?

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 13

27. If 3 * 11 = 49, 7 * 9 = 64, what is 13 * 7 ?

(A) 100 (B) 80 (C) 92 (D) None of these

28. If 15 + 4 = 229, 11 + 4 = 125, what is 7 + 4 ?

(A) 71 (B) 121 (C) 65 (D) 53

29. If 37 = 22; 45 = 21, what 98 ?

(A) 71 (B) 72 (C) 73 (D) 74

Directions for (Questions 30): Chose the alternative which most closely resembles the mirror-image of given alphabets.

30. MALAYALAM

(A) MALAYALAM (B) (C) (D)




Section -IISCIENCE

(Single Choice Correct Options)31. The unit of force is

(A) Newton (B) Dyne (C) Kg-weight (D) All of these

32. Which of the following statement is NOT true ? (A) Friction make the things slow down

(B) Friction produces heat (C) Friction can stop the moving object

(D) Friction is not useful

33. Figure shows a container filled with water. Which of the following statement is correct about pressure of water ?

(A) Pressure at A > Pressure at B > Pressure at C (B) Pressure at A = Pressure at B = Pressure at C

(C) Pressure at A < Pressure at B > Pressure at C (D) Pressure at A < Pressure at B < Pressure at C

34. Which one of the following forces is a contact force ?

(A) Force of gravity (B) Magnetic force (C) Force of friction (D) Electrostatic force

35. Which friction of the following can be the highest ?

(A) Sliding frction (B) Rolling friction (C) Static friction (D) None of these

36. Which of the following statements is incorrect ?

(A) Friction acts on a ball rolling along the ground. (B) Friction acts on a boat moving on water.

(C) Friction acts on a bicycle moving on a smooth road. (D) Friction does not act on a ball moving through air.




37. Which of the following statements is correct ?

(A) The pitch changes with change in amplitude

(B) The frequency of vibration determines the pitch of any sound.

(C) The voice of woman has low pitch when compared to that of a man

(D) A table produce high pitch sound when compared to that of a flute.

38. The sound waves travel fastest :

(A) In solids (B) In liquids (C) In gases (D) In vacuum

39. Which of the following is a common product formed in the reaction for metals with acids and in reaction of metals withbases ?

(A) H2 gas (B) O2 gas (C) CO2 gas (D) N2 gas

40. Steel is an alloy of

(A) Zn and Cu (B) C and Fe (C) Zn and Ni (D) C and Mn

41. When a substance X is hit with a hammer, it expands in size but does not break. This is because the substance is

(A) Ductile (B) Hard (C) Elastic (D) Malleable

42. Which of these elements is used as an antiseptic in medicine

(A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Nitrogen (D) Iodine

43. The non-metal used in vulcanization of rubber is

(A) Sulphur (B) Carbon (C) Phosphorus (D) Nitrogen




44. Match the polymers in column - I with their uses in column II and select the correct answer from codes given below.

Column - I Column - II

(p) Polythene (i) Non-stick pans

(q) PVC (ii) Bags for food storage

(r) Polystyrene (iii) Raincoats, seat covers

(s) Teflon (iv) Plastic cups

(A) (p) - (ii), (q) - (iii), (r) - (iv), (s) - (i) (B) (p) - (i), (q) - (ii), (r) - (iii), (s) - (iv)

(C) (p) - (ii), (q) - (iv), (r) - (iii), (s) - (i) (D) (p) - (iii), (q) - (ii), (r) - (i), (s) - (iv)

45. Column - I Column - II

(p) Prepared by using wood pulp (i) Polyester

(q) used for making parachutes and stockings (ii) Teflon

(r) Used to make nonstick cookwares (iii) Rayon

(s) Fabrics do not wrinkle easily (iv) Nylon

(A) (p) - (i), (q) - (iii), (r) - (iv), (s) - (ii) (B) (p) - (iii), (q) - (iv), (r) - (ii), (s) - (i)

(C) (p) - (ii), (q) - (iii), (r) - (i), (s) - (iv) (D) (p) - (iii), (q) - (ii), (r) - (iv), (s) - (i)

46. Which is a biodegradable substance ?

(A) Cotton cloth (B) Thermosetting plastic (C) Thermoplastic (D) PVC pipes

47. In which of the following agricultural methods, the nutrient needs of one crop are fulfilled by the other crop ?

= Ground nut = Rice

Wheat = Soyabeans

(A) (B) (C) (D)




48. Match Column - I wiht column II and select the correct option from the codes given below.

Column - I Column - II

A. Rhizobium (i) Nitrogen fixation

B. Organic manure (ii) Separation of grain from chaff

C. Threshing (iii) Sowing of seeds

D. Seed drill (iv) Animal excreta, cow dung and plant wastes

E. Leguminous plants (v) Root nodules

(A) A - (i), B - (iv), C - (ii), D - (iii), E - (v) (B) A - (v), B - (iv), C - (iii), D - (ii), E - (i)

(C) A - (iv), B - (i), C - (iii), D - (ii), E - (v) (D) A - (i), B - (v), C - (ii), d - (iii), E - (iv)

49. Rani had an uneven plot of land in which water was scarce. What system could she adopt for irrigation ?

(A) Canal (B) Sprinkler (C) Drip (D) Hand pump

50. Given figures is a compound microscope and some parts are labelled as w, x, y and z. The main function of this part is tocollect the light rays and precisely focus them on the object. Which part does this function ?

(A) x (B) z (C) y (D) w




51. Match the items in column I with their preservation methods in column II and choose the correct option from the codesgiven below.Column - I Column - IIA. Amla (i) Sodium benzoateB. Vegetables (ii) DryingC. Squashes (iii) CoolingD. Spices (iv) Oil and vinegarE. Ketchups (v) Sugar

(vi) Salts(A) A - (i), B- (ii), C - (iii), D - (iv), E-(v) (B) A - (vi), B - (iv), C - (v), D-(ii), E - (i)(C) A-(ii), B - (i), C-(v), D -(vi), E- (iv) (D) A - (iv), B - (iii), c - (i), D- (vi), E-(ii).

52. Bacterium present in root nodules of pea is(A) Lactobacillus (B) E. coli (C) Rhizobium (D) Plasmodium

53. The “cell theory” was put forth by the scientist(A) Johnson (B) Schleiden and Schwann (C) Robert Hooke (D) Leeuwenhoek

54. Which of the following pairs are incorrectly matched ?(i) Protoplasm - Purkinje(ii) Discovery of cell - Leeuwenhoek(iii) Cell theory - Schleiden(iv) Omnis cellula -e-cellula - Virchow(v) Discovery of electron microscope - 1930(vi) Black reaction - Cajal(A) (ii), (v) and (vi) (B) (i), (v) and (vi) (C) (ii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (vi)

55. Which of the following is correct for the given figure ?(A) The part labelled ‘b’ is called thylakoid

(B) The part labelled ‘c’ is called granum

(C) The part labelled ‘a’ is the site of sugar formation.

(D) The parts labelled ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’, all possess chlorophyll containing photosynthetic pigments




Section -IIIMATHEMATICS

(Single Choice Correct Options)56. The sum of the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse of 2 is

(A)32

(B)3

2

(C)12

(D)1

2

57. The speed of car is 154 km2

per hour. What is the distance travelled in 72

hous and 352

minutes ?s ?

(A)4929

km48

(B)9972

km48

(C)9919

km48

(D) None of these

58. David’s teacher asked him to solve the problem shown below. ( 125 175) ( 125 165) 110

David’s answer is 190 which is incorrect. What is the correct answer ?

(A) 150 (B) 160 (C) 200 (D) 210

59. Solve for 2 26x 13x 4 12x 5x 2

x :2x 5 4x 3

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4

60. In an examination a student was asked to find th3

14

of certain number. By mistake, he found th3

4

of it. His answerer

was 150 more than the correct answer. The number given to him is

(A) 290 (B) 280 (C) 240 (D) 180

61. Twenty years ago, my age was one third of what is now. My present age is

(A) 66 years (B) 30 years (C) 33 years (D) 36 years

62. If x + y = 2t then x t ....

x t y t

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 2




63. If the digits of a three-digit number are reversed, then the number so obtaied is less than the original number by 297.

If the sum of the digits of the number is 8 and its hundred’s digit has the largest possible value, then the ten’s digit of

the number is

(A) 15 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

64. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (2x + 25)o and (3x – 5)o. The value of x is

(A) 28 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 42

65. If one angle of a parallelogram is 24o less tha twice the smallest angle than the largest angle of the parallelogram is

(A) 68o (B) 102o (C) 112o (D) 176o

66. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT ?

(A) All rhombuses are parallelograms (B) All squares are not parallelograms

(C) All rectangles are not squares (D) All squares are trapeziums

67. The given figure represents the top view of john’s model. What is the value of x ?

(A) 30o (B) 60o (C) 90o (D) 120o

68. The value of the following will be

10 25 108 154 225

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10




69. If x 1

1 1 ,169 13

the the value of x will be

(A) 1 (B) 13 (C) 27 (D) None of these

70. The product of the polynomials (x2 – x + 2) and (x – 1) is

(A) x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 2 (B) x3 + 3x2 – 3x + 2 (C) x3 – 2x + 4x2 – 6 (D) x3 – 2x2 + 3x + 2

71. 3 0.000064 equals

(A) 0.02 (B) 0.2 (C) 2.0 (D) 3.0

72. Expand 2

3 2x y

(A)2 2

9 4x y

(B)2 2

9 4x y

(C)2 2

9 4 3x y xy

(D) None of these

73. A pie-diagram representing the following data is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

74. Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 ace is

(A) 1/52 (B) 2/13 (C) 1/26 (D) 1/13

75. Each letter of the word “ INDEPENDENCE” is written on individual cards. The cards are placed in a box and mingledthroughly. A car with letter ‘N’ is removed from the box. NOw find the probability of picking a card with a consonant ?

(A) 7/12 (B) 7/10 (C) 3/5 (D) 1/2

ANSWER KEYSection- I (MENTAL ABILITY)

1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (C) 4 (C) 5 (D)6 (B) 7 (A) 8 (C) 9 (C) 10 (A)11 (D) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (B)16 (B) 17 (A) 18 (D) 19 (D) 20 (B)21 (A) 22 (C) 23 (B) 24 (D) 25 (A)

26 (C) 27 (A) 28 (D) 29 (C) 30 (B)

Section- II (SCIENCE)31 (D) 32 (D) 33 (D) 34 (C) 35 (C)36 (D) 37 (B) 38 (A) 39 (A) 40 (B)41 (D) 42 (D) 43 (A) 44 (A) 45 (B)46 (A) 47 (C) 48 (A) 49 (B) 50 (C)

51 (C) 52 (D) 53 (B) 54 (A) 55 (C)

Section- III (MATHEMATICS)

56 (B) 57 (D) 58 (C) 59 (C) 60 (B)61 (B) 62 (B) 63 (C) 64 (B) 65 (C)66 (B) 67 (D) 68 (A) 69 (C) 70 (A)

71 (B) 72 (C) 73 (D) 74 (C) 75 (D)

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