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1. The Govt of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a National River?

(1) Brahmaputra

(2) Yamuna

(3) Ganga

(4) Kaveri

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

2. Satanic Verses is a book by

(1) Amitav Ghosh

(2) Arundhati Roy

(3) VS Naipaul

(4) Kiran Desai

(5) Aravind Adiga

Ans: (5)

3. Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt of India provides a guaranted 100 days employment to rural employment-seekers in India?

(1) Bharat Nirman

(2) Swarnjayanti Grameen Rozgar Yojana

(3) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

(4) National Food for Working programme

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

4. Which of the following is the duration of the present Five-Year Plan?

(1) 2008-12

(2) 2009-13

(3) 2007-12

(4) 2006-11

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

5. Union government raised the ad valorem duty (export duty) on iron ore exportsto what per cent from 20 per cent?


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(1) 30%

(2) 33%

(3) 41%

(4) 43%

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

6. Union government on 3 January 2012 approved Reliance Industries' (RIL) investment plan for developing four satellite fields in the flagging KG-D6 block. Whatwas the proposed sum to be invested for developing the satellites?

(1) $1.500 billion

(2) $1.692 billion

(3) $1.529 billion

(4) $1.375 billion

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

7. India approved the acquisition of French advanced missile systems to arm theMirage-2000 fighter jets. Consider the following statements:

(i) The cabinet committee on Security cleared the contract for the fire and forget MICA with French company MBDA.

(ii) MICA are interception and aerial combat missiles.

Choose the right option:

(1) Both i and ii are correct.

(2) Only i is correct.

(3) Only ii is correct.

(4) Neither i nor ii is correct.

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

8. Which PSU announced on 2 January 2012 that its board approved in a meeting held on 30 December 2011 the switching over to internationally-accepted Gross Caloric Value-based pricing mechanism?

(1) BHEL

(2) ISPAT

(3) CIL


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(4) IOC

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

9. Which world renowned architect was bestowed with Goa's highest civilian honour, the Gomant Vibhushan, on the eve of the Golden Jubiliee of Goa's Liberation on 18 December 2011?

(1) Michael Hopkins

(2) Kengo Kuma

(3) Charles Correa

(4) Kevin Kennon

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

10. The Union cabinet of India on 22 December 2011 approved __ percent share for

minorities within the 27% OBC quota in jobs and university seats.

(1) 4.5

(2) 5.6

(3) 3.4

(4) 5

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

General EnglishDirections (Q. 11-13): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

Long ago, the Kingdom ofGandhara was ruled by ajust and good King. His subjectswere very content, but as the King grew older, everyone wondered anxiously whatwould happen to the Kingdom After all the King did not have any children who could take over the reins of the Kingdom.Now, the King was an avid gardener and put lots oftime and effort into tending his garden and planting the finest flowers, fruits and vegetables. One day, he proclaimed, "Tomorrow, I shall distribute seeds to the children of the Kingdom. The one who is able to grow the biggest, healthiest plant within three months will

be the prince or the princess." The next day, there was a long line of parentsand children outside the palace. 'Everyone was eager. to get a seed and have theopportunity to be the next King. A poor farmer's son was among these children.Like the King, he too was fond of gardening. His backyard was full of beautifulplants. He took the seed from the King and planted it in a pot with great care.The weeks passed and he plied it with water and manure, but no plant appeared. He tried changing the soil and even transferred the seed to another pot, but at the end of three months, nothing had grown.At last, the day came when the children had to go to the King to show him theirplants. They started walking to the palace, dressed in their best, holding beaut


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iful plants in their hands. The farmer's son stood sadly, watching them go by. His father had watched him working hard with the seed and felt sorry for him. "Why don't you go to the King with the empty pot?" he suggested. "At least he willknow you tried your best." So the farmer's. son too wore his best clothes and joined the others outside the. palace, holding his empty pot in his hand and ignoring the laughter of those who saw him.Soon the King arrived and began his inspection. "Ihave watered this beautiful flower with the water from the sacred river," said one. "I have kept my plant in abeautiful glass house to protect it from bad weather," said another. "I have spent all my spare time caring for this plant," said a third. Thus the children came forward one by one holding flowers of different shades, which were both beautiful and healthy. The King however did not' look h~ppy. At the end of the line stood the farmer's son, and when the King reached him, he stopped in surprise. "Child, why have you come with an empty pot? Could you not grow anything?"

The boy looked down and said, "Forgive me, Your Highness. I tried my best, I gave it the best soil and manure I ' had, but the plant would not grow." The King'sface broke into a smile. He enveloped the farmer's son in his arms and announced, "Here is the crown prince! I had given everyone . roasted seeds, which wouldnever grow. I wanted to see which child would admit he or she had not been ,ableto grow anything, Only this boy told the truth I am sure he will rule our Kingdom with integrity," And that was what happened. When the King grew old and diedmany years later, the farmer's son, who had learnt everything from him, came tothe throne and ruled Gandhara justly.

11. Which of the following can be said about the King's subjects?

(A) They were all prosperous and could afford fine clothes.

(B) They had lost confidence in the King's ability to rule because he had grownold.

(C) They often requested the King to marry and start a family.

(1) Only(A)

(2) Both (A) & B)

(3) Only(C)

(4) All (A), (B) & (C)

(5) None of these

Ans: (5)

12. When the seed did not germinate after weeks' efforts why did the farmer's son change the soil?

(1) He was persevering by nature

(2) He spent his spare time gardening instead of playing

(3) He loved gardening but was no good at it

(4) He wasted his opportunity to be King

(5) He was the King's favourite subject.

Ans: (1)


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Ans: (5)

Directions (Q. 17-18): Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to theword printed in bold as used in the passage.

17. BEST

(1) Damaged

(2) Inferior

(3) Spoiled

(4) Defective

(5) Cheap

Ans: (2)

18. UNUSED

(1) Accustomed

(2) Routine

(3) Often

(4) Normal

(5) Repeated

Ans: (1)

Directions (Q. 19-20): Which of the phrases 1),2); 3) and 4) given below shouldreplace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentencegrammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and nocorrection is required, mark 5) as the answer.

19. Once the manager approves the plans, it was easy convinced the rest of the team.

(1) was easily convinced

(2) will be easy to convince

(3) has easily convinced

(4) being easy to convince

(5) No correction required

Ans: (2)

20. During the meeting he discussed each of the suggestions and how they are could be implemented.

(1) that they are

(2) why they could


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(3) how it could'

(4) when there can

(5) No correction required

Ans: (3)Quantitative AptitudeDirections (Q. 21-23): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in thefollowing questions?

21. 47.7 x 12.4 x 8.6 = ?

(1) 5708.423

(2) 52 1 8.665

(3) 6180.656

(4)5086.728

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

22. 1193.85 (42 1.5) =?

(1) 18.95

(2) 16.25

(3) 19.18

(4) 14.64

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

23. 7719 + 8725 + 9124=?

(1) 21911

(2) 28388

(3) 20578

(4) 24964

(5) None of these

Ans: (5)

24. 18 children can do a piece of work in 12 days. How many children would be required to do the same work in 8 days?

(1) 12

(2) 18


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(3) 24

(4) 27

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

25. The product of two successive numbers is 9506. Which is the smaller of the two numbers?

(1) 96

(2) 97

(3) 98

(4) 99

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

26. What is 35% of 42% of 6/7 of 500?

(1) 36

(2) 44

(3) 52

(4) 60

(5) None of these

Ans: (5)

Directions (Q. 27-28): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in thefollowing questions?

27. 64 % of 460 =?

(1) 288

(2) 300.8

(3) 276

(4) 294.4

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

28. 16I5 + (50 x O.85) =?

(1) 36

(2) 38


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(3) 40

(4) 42

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

Directions (Q. 29-30): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

29. 15 % of 15 =?

(1) 2.25

(2) 22.5

(3) 0.15

(4) 0.25

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

30. 15 + 150 x 12 =?

(1) 165

(2) 1980

(3) 27000

(4) 1815

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)Reasoning Ability31. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

(1) 99

(2) 143

(3) 132

(4) 88

(5) 126

Ans: (1)

32. In a row of children facing North Samir is 17th from the left end of the rowand second to the right of Jyoti who is fifteenth from the right end of the row. How many children are there in the row'?

(1) 30


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(2) 29

(3) 31

(4) 34

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

33. Pole H is to the East of pole R and to the North of pole D, Pole D is in which direction with respect to poleR?

(1) North-East

(2) South-West

(3) North-West

(4) South-East

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

(1) Sand

(2) Cement

(3) Building

(4) Wood

(5) Bricks

Ans: (3)

35. In a certain code SOLDIER is written as JFSCRNK. How is GENIOUS written in that code?

(1) PVTHHFO

(2) PVTHFDM

(3) PVTHMDF

(4) TVPHFDM

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

36. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ELEVATION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in theEnglish alphabet?

(1) None


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(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Ans: (5)

37. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word MEASURE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Ans: (3)

38. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) 39

(2) 63

(3) 78

(4) 37

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

39. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) Blue

(2) Red

(3) Yellow

(4) Violet

(5) Grey

Ans: (5)

40. How many such digits are there in the number 5314679 each of which is as faraway from the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in descending order within the number?


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(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Ans: (1)Computer Knowledge41. A is a unique name that you give to a file of information.

(1) folder

(2) filename

(3) filename extension

(4) device letter

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

42. For seeing the output, you use

(1) Monitor

(2) Keyboard

(3) Mouse

(4) Scanner

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

43. CDs are of which shape?

(1) Square

(2) Rectangular

(3) Round

(4) Hexagonal

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

44. This type of hardware consists of devices that translate data into a form the computer can process

(1) application

(2) input


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(3) system

(4) AII of these

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

45. Which key is used in combination with another key to perform aspecific task?

(1) function

(2) arrow

(3) space bar

(4) control

(5) None of these

Ans: (4)

46. Which of the following will translate images of text, drawings, and photos into digital form?

(1) digitizer

(2) modem

(3) scanner

(4) keyboard

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

47. Which part is the "brain" of the Computer?

(1) CPU

(2) Monitor

(3) RAM

(4) ROM

(5) None of these

Ans: (1)

48. Something which has easily-understood instructions is said to be

(1) information

(2) word processing

(3) user friendly


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(4) icon

(5) None of these

Ans: (3)

49. Information on a computer is stored as

(1) analog data

(2) digital data

(3) modem data

(4) watts data

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)

50. For creating a document, you use _______ command at File Menu.

(1) New

(2) Open

(3) Document

(4) Type

(5 ) None of these

Ans: (1)

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