(Paper) SSC CAPFs, SI in Delhi Police, ASI in CISF Exam Paper - 2016 (held on: 6June2016 "Morning Shift")
(Paper) SSC CAPFs, SI in Delhi Police, ASI in CISF Exam Paper - 2016 (held on: 6June2016 "Evening Shift")
Question 1. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) Genuine
b) Legitimate
c) Sham
d) Statutory
Correct Answer: Sham
Question 2. Select the missing number from the given responses.
4 3 1
12 3 2
? 6 3
Options:
a) 36
b) 9
c) 6
d) 4
Correct Answer: 36
Question 3. Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the classes given.
Car, Motorcycles, Automobiles Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 4. If GOPAL is coded as MIVUR, then how will RADHA be coded as:
Options:
a) XVJBG
b) XUJBG
c) XTJBG
d) XUJCG
Correct Answer: XUJBG
Question 5. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) 18
b) 40
c) 82
d) 180
Correct Answer: 82
Question 6. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
ABSTRACTIONISTS
Options:
a) ATTRACTION
b) INSTRUCTIONS
c) RATION
d) RACIAB
Correct Answer: INSTRUCTIONS
Question 7. If P is sitting second to the left of S and Q is sitting second to the right of R. T sits immediate right of S, Q is not on immediate right or left of S. Who is sitting on the immediate right of R?
Options:
a) T
b) S
c) P
d) Q
Correct Answer: S
Question 8. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
HAPPY : ibqqz :: FRESH : ?
Options:
a) gsfti
b) gsdti
c) gsftj
d) esftg
Correct Answer: gsfti
Question 9. In the following question, which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 10. A girl walks 100 m straight from her home, to go to the market during her morning walk. Then she turns left for 85 m and then again turns left for 60 m, she can see her shadow now. Therefore, in which direction is the entry gate of her house facing and what is the shortest distance from her current location to her home?
Options:
a) South, 185 meter
b) North, 185 meter
c) East, 160 meter
d) North, 160 meter
Correct Answer: South, 185 meter
Question 11. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
22, 22, 23, 20, 16, 17, 17, ?, ?, 8
Options:
a) 18, 9
b) 12, 13
c) 10, 9
d) 13, 10
Correct Answer: 13, 10
Question 12. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
? , 5 , 30, 186, 1309, 10680
Options:
a) 0.25
b) 0.75
c) 1.00
d) 0
Correct Answer: 0.25
Question 13. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
I. Management
II. Manufacture
III. Maintain
IV. Manner
Options:
a) I, II, III, IV
b) III, II, IV, I
c) IV, III, II, I
d) III, I, IV, II
Correct Answer: III, I, IV, II
Question 14. In the following question, some statements are given, followed by some conclusions. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
Statements:
All roses are yellow.
Some roses are flowers.
Conclusions:
I. Some roses are yellow.
II. All roses are flowers. Options:
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
d) Both conclusion I and II follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Question 15. Shalu walks 30 m north, then she turns right and walks 30 m then she turns right and walks 55m. Then she turns left and walks 20 m. Then she again turns left and walks 25m. How many metres away and in which direction is she from her original position?
Options:
a) 20 m, South
b) 10 m, North
c) 30 m, North
d) 50 m, South
Correct Answer: 50 m, South
Question 16. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) Baleful
b) Pestilent
c) Deathly
d) Wholesome
Correct Answer: Wholesome
Question 17. In the following question, some statements are given, followed by some conclusions. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
Statement:
The successful test of Hydrogen bomb of North Korea is a threat to the United States and its ally countries.
Conclusions:
I. North Korea will declare a state of war against the US and its ally countries in the near future.
II. The US and it ally countries should not worry about North Korea's successful test of Hydrogen bomb as it has only increased its nuclear arsenal. कवल Options:
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Neither I nor II follows
d) Both I and II follows
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Question 18. Select the missing number from the given responses.
121 81 49
100 64 36
6 16 25
? 31 41
Options:
a) 11
b) 21
c) 24
d) 15
Correct Answer: 21
Question 19. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
16 : 256 :: ? : 104
Options:
a) 23
b) 33
c) 13
d) 27
Correct Answer: 13
Question 20. In the following question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The set of numbers given in the alternatives is represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below.The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 7 to 10 and that of Matrix II from 2 to 6. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and then by its column, example, D can be written as 23 and 32.
Identify the set for the word RISE.
Options:
a) 1010, 25, 35, 24
b) 26, 79, 87, 69
c) 26, 79, 99, 36
d) 66, 89, 32, 64
Correct Answer: 1010, 25, 35, 24
Question 21. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
EDCB , JHFD ,OLI?
Options:
a) R
b) A
c) E
d) F
Correct Answer: F
Question 22. Five friends A, B, C, D and E are standing in a row facing south but not necessarily in the same order. Only B is between A and E. C is immediate right to
E and D is immediate left to A. On the basis of this information which of the following statements is definitely true?
Options:
a) B is to the right of E
b) A is second to the left of C
c) D is third to the left of E
d) B is to the left of A
Correct Answer: D is third to the left of E
Question 23. Observe the figures and find a mirror image of the same from the alternatives given. Imagine that MN is a mirror.
Options:
a)
Correct Answer:
Question 24. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
BE, DH, ? ?, HN, JQ
Options:
a) FI
b) FK
c) GI
d) GK
Correct Answer: FK
Question 25. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
Happy : Dismal :: Proud : ?
Options:
a) Eminent
b) Humble
c) Fiery
d) Gratified
Correct Answer: Humble
Question 26. In the following question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The set of numbers given in the alternatives is represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below.The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 7 to 10 and that of Matrix II from 2 to 6. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and then by its column, example, D can be written as 23 and 32.
Identify the set for the word DOSSIER.
Options:
a) 23, 54, 710, 25, 66, 26, 36
b) 32, 35, 56, 44, 25, 78, 52
c) 23, 43, 66, 26, 54, 35, 56
d) 32, 54, 710, 87, 25, 24, 66
Correct Answer: 32, 54, 710, 87, 25, 24, 66
Question 27. Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the classes given.
Whales, Fishes, Crocodiles
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 28. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 29. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
p p _ _ q p _ p q q _ p q q _ _ q q _q
Options:
a) q q p q p q p
b) p p p p q p q
c) q q p q p q p
d) q q q p p p q
Correct Answer: q q p q p q p
Question 30. In a class, Ena ranked eighteen from the top and thirtyninth from the bottom among those who passed an examination. Ten students did not appear in the examination and four failed. What is the total number of students in the class?
Options:
a) 40
b) 60
c) 56
d) 70
Correct Answer: 70
Question 31. Select the missing number from the given responses.
Options:
a) 333
b) 222
c) 666
d) 999
Correct Answer: 222
Question 32. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
RAPPROCHEMENT
Options:
a) MACHETE
b) APPROCH
c) RAPID
d) TEAM
Correct Answer: RAPID
Question 33. Which of the following cubes can be created by folding the given figure?
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 34. Observe the figures and find a mirror image of the same from the alternatives given. Imagine that MN is a mirror.
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 35. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) QRTY
b) BCEK
c) FGIO
d) TUWC
Correct Answer: QRTY
Question 36. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 37. If MZQBL is decoded as NYUWO, then decode the series OJXMT. Options:
a) XJAGO
b) PIAGQ
c) QJBHS
d) VJBGQ
Correct Answer: VJBGQ
Question 38. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
11 : 110 :: 15 :: ?
Options:
a) 149
b) 210
c) 151
d) 200
Correct Answer: 210
Question 39. In the following question, some statements are given, followed by some conclusions. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
Statement:
German engineering is considered best in the world.
Conclusions:
I. No other countries have best engineers.
II. Engineer from other countries are catching up with German engineers now a days.
Options:
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Both I and II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Question 40. Find out the correct alternative figure which contains the given question figure.
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 41. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) OMNLM
b) TOQOP
c) WUVTU
d) RPQOP
Correct Answer: TOQOP
Question 42. In the following question, some statements are given, followed by some conclusions. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
Statements:
Some cats are dogs. All dogs are black.
Conclusions:
I. Some cats are black.
II. Some dogs are black. Options:
a) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
b) Both conclusions I and II follow
c) Only conclusion I follows
d) Only conclusion II follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Question 43. Select the odd words/numbers/letters from the given alternatives.
Options:
a) 18981
b) 64354
c) 93892
d) 56138
Correct Answer: 18981
Question 44. Babita is Ajay's wife and Chiranjiv is Divya's father. If Ajay's motherinlaw is wife of Divya's grandfather, then what is the relation of Babita with Chiranjiv's wife?
Options:
a) Sisterinlaw
b) Sister
c) Cousin
d) Nephew
Correct Answer: Sisterinlaw
Question 45. Select the missing number from the given responses.
2 3 4
8 6 9
6 3 5
12 ? 29
Options:
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 9
Correct Answer: 9
Question 46. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
Powerful : Weak :: Victory : ? Options:
a) Winning
b) Strong
c) Defeat
d) Peace
Correct Answer: Defeat
Question 47. Select the related letters/words/numbers from the given alternatives.
GAYATRI : AAR :: PALLAVI : ?
Options:
a) ALI
b) AAL
c) ALA
d) ALV
Correct Answer: ALV
Question 48. In the following question, which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 49. In the following questions, a series is given with one or more number(s) / alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
Options:
a) XZYZ
b) ZYXY
c) YZXZ
d) YYZZ
Correct Answer: YZXZ
Question 50. Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the classes given.
Nitrogen, Air, Ice Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 51. In which year did the movie 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' won the Oscar awards for the best movie with a clean sweep?
Options:
a) 2004
b) 2003
c) 2002
d) 2005
Correct Answer: 2004
Question 52. The study of earthquake is called:
Options:
a) Topology
b) Hydrology
c) Limnology
d) Seismology
Correct Answer: Seismology
Question 53. In which year was the MorleyMinto reform passed?
Options:
a) 1917
b) 1902
c) 1909
d) 1912
Correct Answer: 1909
Question 54. Which of the following substance's smell is similar to Ethanoic acid?
Options:
a) Tomato juice
b) Kerosene
c) Vinegar
d) Lemon
Correct Answer: Vinegar
Question 55. How do you calculate the poverty line?
Options:
a) Income of an individual under a threshold value published by government of India
b) Income of any individual less than 50 INR in a day
c) Average income of all the individuals in a country
d) Income of a family less than 100 INR in a day
Correct Answer: Income of an individual under a threshold value published by government of India
Question 56. The Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri connects:
Options:
a) Agra Punjab
b) Punjab East Bengal
c) Lahore East Bengal
d) Multan Agra
Correct Answer: Punjab East Bengal
Question 57. Article 324329 of the Indian Constitution deals with which of the following?
Options:
a) Tribunals
b) Elections
c) Cast System
d) Panchayti system
Correct Answer: Elections
Question 58. Which of the following was the first theory of super conductivity?
Options:
a) GinzburgLandau theory
b) London theory
c) Resonatingvalencebond theory
d) Quantum field theory
Correct Answer: London theory
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Question 59. The name of the longest muscle in human body is
Options:
a) Sartorius muscle
b) Massete muscle
c) Stapedius muscle
d) Gluteus Maximus muscle
Correct Answer: Sartorius muscle
Candidate Answer: Gluteus Maximus muscle
Question 60. Which of the following is not a natural source of hydrocarbon?
Options:
a) Natural Gas
b) Coal
c) Petroleum
d) Mica
Correct Answer: Mica
Question 61. The cooling by a desert Cooler is based on:
Options:
a) Hot air replacement
b) Air dehydration
c) Evaporative Cooling
d) Air Rehydration
Correct Answer: Evaporative Cooling
Question 62. Who prepares National Income in India?
Options:
a) Planning commission
b) Central Statistical Organization
c) Reserve Bank of India
d) National Income Committee
Correct Answer: Central Statistical Organization
Question 63. In which year the constituent assembly of India started functioning?
Options:
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1948
Correct Answer: 1946
Question 64. Which amendment to the Indian Constitution added the words Secular and Socialist in the Preamble?
Options:
a) Fortieth
b) Forty
c) Fortysecond
d) Fortythird
Correct Answer: Fortysecond
Question 65. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution?
Options:
a) 8
b) 10
c) 11
d) 12
Correct Answer: 12
Question 66. Which of the following is an example of simple harmonic motion?
Options:
a) Earth spinning on its axis
b) Simple pendulum motion
c) Ball bouncing on floor
d) Motion of a ceiling fan
Correct Answer: Motion of a ceiling fan
Question 67. Which of the following Indian states' police department launched "Operation Milan" to recover abducted youths?
Options:
a) Haryana
b) Gujarat
c) Uttrakhand
d) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Question 68. ___________ is the thinnest layer of Earth.
Options:
a) Mantle
b) Outer Core
c) Crust
d) Inner Core
Correct Answer: Crust
Question 69. Which of the following are used to calculate economic freedom of a country?
Options:
a) Rule of Law, Regulatory Efficiency, Market Openness, Government Size
b) Gross domestic product, Regulatory Efficiency, Market Openness, Foreign Direct Investment
c) Rule of Law, Inflation, Gross domestic product growth rate, Government Size
d) Rule of Law, Regulatory Efficiency, Inflation, Foreign Direct Investment
Correct Answer: Rule of Law, Regulatory Efficiency, Market Openness, Government Size
Question 70. Which of the following is the unit of Astronomical Distance?
Options:
a) Meter/sec
b) Sec
c) Para/sec
d) Parsec
Correct Answer: Parsec
Question 71. Which Indian language is also spoken in Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa?
Options:
a) Bhojpuri
b) Punjabi
c) Tamil
d) Telugu
Correct Answer: Bhojpuri
Question 72. Which of the following range of Air Pollutant Index is considered as hazardous?
Options:
a) 301500
b) 201300
c) 101200
d) 401500
Correct Answer: 301500
Question 73. Which of the following is used to make light weight, but strong plastic?
Options:
a) Nylon
b) Polythene
c) Polyvinyl Chloride
d) Methyl Methacrylate
Correct Answer: Polyvinyl Chloride
Question 74. Which of the following acids serves as an electrolyte in a lead storage battery?
Options:
a) Sulphuric acid
b) Lactic acid
c) Hydrochloric acid
d) Nitric acid
Correct Answer: Sulphuric acid
Question 75. World No tobacco day observed on:
Options:
a) 31st May
b) 21st May
c) 1st May
d) 5th June
Correct Answer: 31st May
Question 76. DNA shows hyperchromicity on:
Options:
a) heating
b) cooling
c) crystallizing
d) replication
Correct Answer: heating
Question 77. __________ was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi.
Options:
a) Akbar
b) Shahjahan
c) QutubuddinAibak
d) Alauddin Khilji
Correct Answer: QutubuddinAibak
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Question 78. When was the Mumbai Stock Exchange set up?
Options:
a) 1947
b) 1900
c) 1857
d) 1875
Correct Answer: 1875
Question 79. What is Myrmecology?
Options:
a) Study of flies
b) Study of ants
c) Study of bees
d) Study of spiders
Correct Answer: Study of ants
Question 80. Which of the following are valid phases of a computer virus?
Options:
a) Only Triggering, Executing
b) Only Propagation, Executing
c) Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering, Executing
d) Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering
Correct Answer: Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering, Executing
Question 81. Who was the founder of Kolkata's first "Atmiya Sabha" (philosophical discussion circle) held in 1815?
Options:
a) Ram Mohan Roy
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answer: Ram Mohan Roy
Question 82. In NorthEast India___________is known to be the largest freshwater lake.
Options:
a) Dal Lake
b) Chilika Lake
c) Loktak Lake
d) Tsomoriri Lake
Correct Answer: Loktak Lake
Question 83. In which of the following layer of atmosphere the absorption and scattering of the solar ultraviolet radiation takes place?
Options:
a) Troposphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere
Correct Answer: Stratosphere
Question 84. Which part of human body is affected by the ALZHEIMER'S disease?
Options:
a) Heart
b) Kidney
c) immune system
d) brain
Correct Answer: brain
Question 85. Which is the only car in India named after Mr. Sumant Moolgaokar?
Options:
a) Tata Sumo
b) Hyundai Santa Fe
c) Tata Safari
d) Hyundai Santro
Correct Answer: Tata Sumo
Question 86. Which among the following is the name given to the cursor for the computer language 'LOGO'?
Options:
a) Robot
b) Frog
c) Spider
d) Turtle
Correct Answer: Turtle
Question 87. What do you call the study of fungi?
Options:
a) Mycology
b) Parasitology
d) Ecology
Correct Answer: Mycology
Question 88. Article 60 of the Indian Constitution refers to:
Options:
a) Election of the President of India
b) Oath of the President
c) Impeachment of the President
d) Vicepresident of India
Correct Answer: Oath of the President
Question 89. Which of the following attribute in the Preamble states that 'No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior'?
Options:
a) Justice
b) Liberty
c) Equality
d) Fraternity
Correct Answer: Fraternity
Question 90. Who applied the concept of guerrilla warfare in India in 17th Century?
Options:
a) Shivaji
b) Sher Shah Suri
c) Genghis Khan
d) Maharana Pratap
Correct Answer: Shivaji
Question 91. Who is the 'father' of White Revolution?
Options:
a) J.P. Narayan
b) Verghese Kurien
c) Baba Amte
d) M.S. Swaminathan
Correct Answer: Verghese Kurien
Question 92. Which of the following is the correct sequence of countries in terms of maximum carbon dioxide emission?
Options:
a) China, USA, European Union, India
b) USA, India, China, European union
c) China, India, European Union, USA
d) European union, China, USA, India
Correct Answer: China, USA, European Union, India
Question 93. Which among the following foreign countries was the first one to trade with India?
Options:
a) England
b) Netherlands
c) France
d) Portugal
Correct Answer: Portugal
Question 94. Which of the following is true for photoperiodic?
Options:
a) It occurs only in plants
b) It is related to flowering in plants
c) It is related to feathers of animals
d) It is the reaction of organisms to the length of day or night
Correct Answer: It is the reaction of organisms to the length of day or night
Question 95. Which of the following are methods of heat transfer?
Options:
a) Convection
b) Evaporation
c) Revolution
d) Thermal Expansion
Correct Answer: Convection
Question 96. What happens when there is a demand deficiency in an economy?
Options:
a) Poverty
b) Stagnation
c) Recession
d) Inflation
Correct Answer: Stagnation
Question 97. Which among the following books was an autobiography written by Jawaharlal Nehru in prison?
Options:
a) Glimpses of World History
b) Discovery of India
c) Nehru Benakaab
d) Toward Freedom
Correct Answer: Toward Freedom
Question 98. Which of the following is the study of soil?
Options:
a) Myrmecology
b) Pedology
c) Glaciology
d) Cosmology
Correct Answer: Pedology
Question 99. If the product of three consecutive numbers is 210 then sum of the smaller numbers is:
Options:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 11
Correct Answer: 11
Question 100. If sin θ = a cos ∅ and cos θ = b sin ∅, then the value of (a21) cot2∅ + (1b2) cot2θ is equal to:
Options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correct Answer:
Question 101. If A earns 25% more than B then how much percent does B earns less than A:
Options:
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 30%
Correct Answer: 20%
Question 102. The table given below shows the statistics of top 10 scorers in IPL 2016. Few entries are missing in the table. Here INN, AVG, and SR stands for innings played, batting average, and batting strike rate respectively. Based on the table answer the following question:
(Strike rate= Runs/ balls faced x 100) (AVG= Runs/ INN NOT OUT)
How many times was Shikhar Dhawan not out?
Options:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Correct Answer: 4
Question 103. Last year, 5 companies had an average of 16 non working days each. This year, 3 companies had 10 more non working days each, and 2 companies had 5 fewer non working days each. What was the average number of non working days given by the same companies this year?
Options:
a) 12
b) 18
c) 20
d) 22
Correct Answer: 20
Question 104. Numbers of different colleges in India in different years is given in the graph below. Percent distribution of different colleges in year 1980 and 1990 is show in pie chart
What is the difference in number of engineering colleges in 80's and 90's.
Options:
a) 13000
b) 10000
c) 15000
d) none of these
Correct Answer: 13000
Question 105. The number 334 x 545 x 7p is divisible by 3340 if p is at least.
Options:
a) 2
b) 4
c) 3
d) 1
Correct Answer: 4
Question 106. A certain amount grows at an annual interest rate of 12%, compounded monthly. Which of the following equations can be solved to find the number of years, y, that it would take for the investment to increase by a factor of 64?
Options:
a) 64 = (1.01)12y
b) 1/64 = (1.04)12y
c) 64 = (1.04)12y
d) 8 = (1.01)6y
Correct Answer: 64 = (1.01)12y
Question 107. Instead of dividing 391 cookies among 3 children A, B, C in the ratio 1/5:1/4:1/8, it was divided in to the ratio 5:4:8. Who gains the most and how many?
Options:
a) A, 21 cookies
b) B, 78 cookies
c) C, 99 cookies
d) C, 78 cookies
Correct Answer: C, 99 cookies
Question 108. Numbers of different colleges in India in different years is given in the graph below. Percent distribution of different colleges in year 1980 and 1990 is show in pie chart
Determine the increment % of number of medical colleges in 1960 to 2000
Options:
a) data insufficient
b) 12
c) 10
d) none of these
Correct Answer: data insufficient
Question 109. Rama mixes 20% of kerosene to his petrol and then he sells the whole mixture at the price of petrol. If the cost price of the kerosene is 40% of the CP of petrol. What is the net profit %?
Options:
a) 11.11%
b) 11.5%
c) 12.5%
d) 9.5%
Correct Answer: 11.11%
Question 110:
Options:
a) 0.25
b) 6.25
c) 2.5
d) 53
Correct Answer: 0.25
Question 111. ABC is an equilateral triangle. Points D, E, F are taken in sides AB, BC, CA respectively, so that AD = BE = CF. then AE, BF, CD enclosed a triangle which is:
Options:
a) equilateral triangle
b) isosceles triangle
c) right angle triangle
d) none of these
Correct Answer: equilateral triangle
Question 112. 8 litres of water is added to 32 litres of a solution containing 20% of alcohol in water. What is the approximate concentration of alcohol in the solution now?
Options:
a) 24%
b) 16%
c) 8%
d) 12%
Correct Answer: 16%
Question 113. A rectangular lawn is surrounded by a path of width 5m on all sides. Now if length of the lawn is reduced by 5m, the lawn becomes a square lawn and the area of path becomes 13/12 of the previous area of the path. What is the length and breadth of the original lawn?
Options:
a) 10.75 cm, 3.75 cm
b) 8.75 cm, 3.75 cm
c) 8.75 cm, 5.75 cm
d) 10. 75 cm, 5.75 cm
Correct Answer: 8.75 cm, 3.75 cm
Question 114. What is the area of the triangle formed by points (0,0), (3,4), (4,3)?
Options:
a) 4 unit2
b) 7/2 unit2
c) 5/2 unit2
d) 5/3 unit2
Correct Answer: 7/2 unit2
Question 115. If 42 persons consume 144 kg of wheat in 15 days, then in how many days will 30 persons consume 48 kg of wheat? य द 42 यि
Options:
a) 8 days
b) 7 days
c) 12 days
d) 6 days
Correct Answer: 7 days
Question 116. Numbers of different colleges in India in different years is given in the graph below. Percent distribution of different colleges in year 1980 and 1990 is show in pie chart
The difference in number of management colleges in 1980 to 1990 is:
Options:
a) 3600
b) 3000
c) 5600
d) 1500
Correct Answer: 5600
Question 117. What is the value of m in the quadratic equation x2 + mx + 24 = 0 if one of its roots is 3/2?
Options:
a) 45/2
b) 16
c) 21/2
d) 35/2
Correct Answer: 35/2
Question 118.
Options:
a)
b) (x + y)3(y + z)3(z + x)3
c) (x + y)(y + z)(z + x)
d) (x + y)(y + z)
Correct Answer: (x + y)(y + z)(z + x)
Question 119. The perimeter of a certain isosceles right triangle is 10+10√2 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle?
Options:
a) 5 cm
b) 10 cm
c) 5√2 cm
d) 10√2 cm
Correct Answer: 10 cm
Question 120. The angle of elevation of the sun when the length of the shadow of a pole is equal to its height is:
Options:
a) 30°
b) 45°
c) 60°
d) 90°
Correct Answer: 45°
Question 121. What is x, if x3 = 1.53 0.93 2.43
Options:
a) 0.5
b) 0.6
c) 0.7
d) 1.6
Correct Answer: 0.6
Question 122.
Options:
a) 7/6
b) 5/6
c) 5/1
d) 7/1
Correct Answer: 5/1
Question 123. The table given below shows the statistics of top 10 scorers in IPL 2016. Few entries are missing in the table. Here INN, AVG, and SR stands for innings played, batting average, and batting strike rate respectively. Based on the table answer the following question:
(Strike rate= Runs/ balls faced x 100) (AVG= Runs/ INN NOT OUT)
What is the batting average of Virat Kohli?
Options:
a) 89.21
b) 72.98
c) 83.56
d) 78.21
Correct Answer: 83.56
Question 124. Chord PQ is the perpendicular bisector of radius OA of a circle with center O (A is a point on the edge of the circle). If the length of Arc PAQ = 2π/3. What is the length of chord PQ?
Options:
a) 2
b) √3
c) 2√3
d) 1
Correct Answer: √3
Question 125. The table given below shows the statistics of top 10 scorers in IPL 2016. Few entries are missing in the table. Here INN, AVG, and SR stands for innings played, batting average, and batting strike rate respectively. Based on the table answer the following question:
(Strike rate= Runs/ balls faced x 100) (AVG= Runs/ INN NOT OUT)
Approximately by what percent strike rate of Rahane is greater/lower than strike rate of Kock?
Options:
a) 12% greater
b) 12% lower
c) 10% greater
d) 10% lower
Correct Answer: 12% lower
Question 126. Dhiru can dig 1/a of a field in 20 hours. What fraction of the same field can Kaku dig in 20 hours if the two of them can dig the field in 60 hours, working together at their respective rates?
Options:
a) (a3)/a
b) 1/3a
c) 3a/(a3)
d) (a3)/3a
Correct Answer: (a3)/3a
Question 127. 50 successive discounts of 2%, 4%, 8%, 10%...and so on respectively are applied on an amount of Rs. 1,50,000. What will be the final amount left?
Options:
a) Rs. 19.76
b) Rs. 29.8
c) Rs. 15.675
d) None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
Question 128. A Set A consists of integers 27, 28, 30, 32, and 33. If integer k is included in the set, the average of set A will increase by 30%. What is the value of integer K?
Options:
a) 68
b) 79
c) 84
d) 92
Correct Answer: 84
Question 129. Which of the following fractions does not lie between 5/6 and 8/15?
Options:
a) 2/3
b) 3/4
c) 4/5
d) 6/7
Correct Answer: 6/7
Question 130. Durga walks 5 km from her home to school in 60 minutes, then bicycles back to home along the same route at 15 km per hour. Her sister Smriti makes the same round trip, but does so at half of Durga's average speed. How much time does Smriti spend on her round trip?
Options:
a) 120 minutes
b) 40 minutes
c) 160 minutes
d) 80 minutes
Correct Answer: 160 minutes
Question 131. A balance of a trader weighs 20% less than it should be. Still the trader markup his goods to get the overall profit of 35%. What is markup on the cost price?
Options:
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 8.5
Correct Answer: 8
Question 132. Sandeep sells an article at a loss of 10%. Had he bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 55 more, he could have gained 40%. What is the cost price of the article?
Options:
a) Rs. 200
b) Rs. 225
c) Rs. 250
d) Rs. 275
Correct Answer: Rs. 250
Question 133. For how many integral values of 'x', sin ∅ = (3x 2)/4, where 0°≤ ∅ ≤ 90°
Options:
a) 2
b) 3
c) 0
d) 1
Correct Answer: 2
Question 134. Three numbers are such that their sum is 50, product is 3750 and the sum of their reciprocals is 31/150. Find the sum of the squares of the three numbers.
Options:
a) 2500
b) 1250
c) 950
d) 122
Correct Answer: 950
Question 135.
Options:
a) 287 π
b) 547 π
c) 574 π
d) 278 π
Correct Answer: 574 π
Question 136. Numbers of different colleges in India in different years is given in the graph below. Percent distribution of different colleges in year 1980 and 1990 is show in pie chart
If the projected increase in the number of colleges in 2000 over 1990 is to be same in all categories of colleges, the % of engineering college in 2000 will be?
Options:
a) 32.5%
b) 30%
c) 25%
d) none of these
Correct Answer: 32.5%
Question 137. The altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 2/√3 cm is:
Options:
a) 4/3 m
b) 4/√3 cm
c) 4/3 cm
d) 1 cm
Correct Answer: 1 cm
Question 138. The table given below shows the statistics of top 10 scorers in IPL 2016. Few entries are missing in the table. Here INN, AVG, and SR stands for innings played, batting average, and batting strike rate respectively. Based on the table answer the following question:
(Strike rate= Runs/ balls faced x 100) (AVG= Runs/ INN NOT OUT)
How many total balls were faced by Warner?
Options:
a) 331
b) 364
c) 423
d) 286
Correct Answer: 364
Question 139. A vertical pole AB is standing at the center B of a square PQRS. If PR subtends an angle of 90° at the top, A of the pole, then the angle subtended by a side of the square at A is:
Options:
a) 30°
b) 45°
c) 60°
d) None of these
Correct Answer: 60°
Question 140. If 25 is added to a number it becomes 3 less than thrice of the number. Then number is:
Options:
a) 15
b) 14
c) 19
d) 20
Correct Answer: 14
Question 141. A right circular cylindrical tunnel of diameter 5m and length 10m is to be constructed from a sheet of iron. The area of iron sheet required will be:
Options:
a) 52Π
b) 50Π
c) 51Π
d) 49Π
Correct Answer: 50Π
Question 142. Numbers of different colleges in India in different years is given in the graph below. Percent distribution of different colleges in year 1980 and 1990 is show in pie chart
What is the % increment in the number of colleges from 1960 to 1980?
Options:
a) 300%
b) 700%
c) 750%
d) 800%
Correct Answer: 300%
Question 143. Walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 20 minutes late. Then his usual time for walking to his office is:
Options:
a) 1 hour
b) 30 minutes
c) 45 minutes
d) 40 minutes
Correct Answer: 1 hour
Question 144. The difference between C I and S I for 2 years at 10% rate of interest is Rs. 4. Find the sum of money.
Options:
a) Rs. 400
b) Rs. 200
c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 800
Correct Answer: Rs. 400
Question 145. The radius of a wheel moving on a road, is 8¾ cm. How many rounds it will take to complete 55 metre distance.
Options:
a) 10
b) 11
c) 100
d) 55
Correct Answer: 100
Question 146. The measures of three angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1: 2: 3. If the sum of these three measures is equal to the measure of the fourth angle, find the smallest angle.
Options:
a) 30°
b) 40°
c) 60°
d) 50°
Correct Answer: 30°
Question 147. Find the value of cot π/32 tan π/32 2 tan π/16 cot π/32 tan π/32 2 tan π/16 का मान ात कर:
Options:
a) 4 cot π/8
b) 0
c) 2 cot π/8
d) cot π/8
Correct Answer: 4 cot π/8
Question 148. A factory's yearly budget for the purchase of employees' protection shoes increased by 60% this year over last year. If the price of the shoes increased by 20% this year, then the number of shoes it can purchase this year is what percent greater than the number of shoes it purchased last year?
Options:
a) 40%
b) 33⅓%
c) 42%
d) 48%
Correct Answer: 33⅓%
Question 149. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Exasperate
Options:
a) Tranquilize
b) Alleviate
c) Infuriate
d) Appease
Correct Answer: Infuriate
Question 150. In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out of which part of a sentence has an error and choose corresponding to the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error choose corresponding to 'No Error'.
The lawyer deduced from the existing evidences that the accused was involved in the heinous crime.
Options:
a) In the heinous crime
b) Deduced from the
c) Accused was involved
d) No error
Correct Answer: No error
Question 151. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Precarious
Options:
a) Perilous
b) Salubrious
c) Innocuous
d) Inoffensive
Correct Answer: Perilous
Question 152. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. Penurious
Options:
a) Destitute
b) Impoverished
c) Impecunious
d) Opulent
Correct Answer: Opulent
Question 153. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Achieve
Options:
a) Accomplish
b) Destroy
c) Abdicate
d) Bifurcate
Correct Answer: Accomplish
Question 154. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. A person who thinks he is ill all the time
Options:
a) Hypochondriac
b) Neophyte
c) Maniac
d) Misanthrope
Correct Answer: Hypochondriac
Question 155. In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out of which part of a sentence has an error and choose corresponding to the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error choose corresponding to 'No Error'.
The travellers were pacified when to hear that the plane had landed on the runway much before the official announcement.
Options:
a) Landed on the runway
b) Much before the
c) Were pacified when
d) No error
Correct Answer: Were pacified when
Question 156. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
Her new shoes ensure her that she does not fall while running.
Options:
a) ensures to her that
b) ensures her that
c) ensure that
d) No improvement
Correct Answer: ensure that
Question 157. In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out of which part of a sentence has an error and choose corresponding to the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error choose corresponding to 'No Error'.
Since my mother was angry so I did not utter a word.
Options:
a) Was angry so
b) Utter a word
c) Since my mother
d) No error
Correct Answer: Was angry so
Question 158. Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. The mother looked as her child began to walk much before the month prescribed by the doctors.
Options:
a) astonishingly
b) predictably
c) irately
d) menacingly
Correct Answer: astonishingly
Question 159. In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out of which part of a sentence has an error and choose corresponding to the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error choose corresponding to 'No Error'.
Neither the chips, which were cheaper, nor the pizza interested the kid.
Options:
a) No error
b) Were cheaper
c) Nor the pizza
d) The chips which
Correct Answer: The chips which
Question 160. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. Apparition
Options:
a) Realness
b) Perceptible
c) Illusion
d) Undetectable
Correct Answer: Realness
Question 161. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Taciturn
Options:
a) Reticent
b) Gregarious
c) Communicative
d) Garrulous
Correct Answer: Reticent
Question 162. Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. Going against the grain
Options:
a) Doing things differently from what you usually do
b) Doing things against the wishes of your close relations
c) Doing things which you never heard of
d) Doing things which no one else has ever done till now
Correct Answer: Doing things differently from what you usually do
Question 163. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Acquiescent
Options:
a) Tractable
b) Insurgent
c) Obstreperous
d) Recalcitrant
Correct Answer: Tractable
Question 164. Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. Pull a rabbit out of a hat
Options:
a) To let something happen and you have no control over it.
b) To do something unexpected c) To be someone worth having d) To make a special effort
Correct Answer: To do something unexpected
Question 165. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
As much as I tried to reduce my weight, I ended up nowhere.
Options:
a) ended up to somewhere
b) ended in less weight
c) ended in lesser weight
d) No improvement
Correct Answer: No improvement
Question 166. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
It is a myth that drinking within limits helps to improves the health.
Options:
a) No improvement
b) help improves
c) helps improving
d) helps improve
Correct Answer: helps improve
Question 167. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. A place where coins are made
Options:
a) Mint
b) Factory
c) Connery
d) Monetary
Correct Answer: Mint
Question 168. In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out of which part of a sentence has an error and choose corresponding to the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error choose corresponding to 'No Error'.
She exercised discretion in investigating whether her husband eloped with his exgirlfriend.
Options:
a) Discretion in
b) Investigating whether
c) Eloped with
d) No error
Correct Answer: No error
Question 169. Four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Options:
a) Flaterred
b) Voilations
c) Cuttlery
d) Detainees
Correct Answer: Detainees
Question 170. Four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Options:
a) Combersome
b) Cumbersome
c) Combbersom
d) Coombersome
Correct Answer: Cumbersome
Question 171. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. Accentuate
Options:
a) Disparage
b) Enunciate
c) Aggrandize
d) Exacerbate
Correct Answer: Disparage
Question 172. Four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Options:
a) Promiscuous
b) Promisscuous
c) Promiscous
d) Promiscuuous
Correct Answer: Promiscuous
Question 173. Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. Rahul was surprised to see a---------------------smile on Tarun's face.
Options:
a) Ugly
b) Symbolic
c) Opaque
d) Genuine
Correct Answer: Genuine
Question 174. Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. She was so-------------in her manner that he was mesmerised by her.
Options:
a) deferential
b) disputatious
c) impertinent
d) insolent
Correct Answer: deferential
Question 175. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. The act of showing disrespect towards sacred things
Options:
a) Congregation
b) Etymology
c) Panjandrum
d) Blasphemy
Correct Answer: Blasphemy
Question 176. Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. Let the chips fall where they may
Options:
a) Let your sacrifices in life be known to everyone
b) Let the difficult situations in life come to an end regardless of the results
c) Let the joys of life take precedence over your sorrows
d) Let something happen without bothering about the consequences
Correct Answer: Let something happen without bothering about the consequences
Question 177. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. Art of designing or writing on wax
Options:
a) Cartography
b) Cerography
c) Psephology
d) Etymology
Correct Answer: Cerography
Question 178. Four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Options:
a) Sattalite
b) Satellite
c) Satallite
d) Satalight
Correct Answer: Satellite
Question 179. Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. He had wonderful gifts of , and spoke to the birds.
Options:
a) uptight
b) folly
c) insight
d) dullness
Correct Answer: insight
Question 180. Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. Whole bag of tricks
Options:
a) Make use of the best resources from the ones that are available
b) Make use of all the possibilities or techniques to achieve something
c) Make use of all opportunities that cross your path
d) Make use of all tricks to win the hearts of people
Correct Answer: Make use of all the possibilities or techniques to achieve something
Question 181. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
Rosa's hatred to work under the landlord resulted in animosity.
Options:
a) disgust
b) distaste
c) resentment
d) annoyance
Correct Answer: resentment
Question 182. Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. He completed all projects on time except for two of them, which he found too difficult to .
Options:
a) embrace
b) comprehend
c) acknowledge
d) discern
Correct Answer: comprehend
Question 183. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation
Options:
a) Spoonerism
b) Malapropism
c) Blooper
d) Corpsing
Correct Answer: Malapropism
Question 184. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. Debauched
Options:
a) Dissipated
b) Depraved
c) Honourable
d) Unrestrained
Correct Answer: Honourable
Question 185. Four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Options:
a) Dosile
b) Docile
c) Dusile
d) Dosiel
Correct Answer: Docile
Question 186. Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase. Turn a blind eye.
Options:
a) To take on a task that is way too big
b) To work late into the night
c) To present a counter argument
d) To ignore situation, facts or reality
Correct Answer: To ignore situation, facts or reality
Question 187. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. Devout
Options:
a) Pious
b) Pure
c) Treacherous
d) Ardent
Correct Answer: Treacherous
Question 188. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
The celebration was abandoned due to heavy rains.
Options:
a) adjourned
b) postponed
c) inoperative
d) No improvement
Correct Answer: postponed
Question 189. According to the author, what can be defined as 'failure'?
Options:
a) Failing on an epic scale
b) Not truly knowing yourself
c) Living your life so cautiously that you do not fail
d) A situation where all your fears come to pass
Correct Answer: Failing on an epic scale
Question 190. Which of the following is a major benefit of failure according to the passage?
Options:
a) Failure helps in stripping away the inessential.
b) Failure teaches you things which you could not have learnt in any other way.
c) Failure gives you an inner security which cannot be otherwise attained.
d) Failure helps you in finding the determination to succeed.
Correct Answer: Failure helps you in finding the determination to succeed.
Question 191. Why does the author say that failure is 'inevitable' in life?
Options:
a) Because nothing can prevent the caprice of fate.
b) Because not all of us are wellacquainted with failure.
c) Because life is difficult and too complicated.
d) Because the fear of failure takes precedence over the desire for success.
Correct Answer: Because nothing can prevent the caprice of fate.
Question 192. Which of the following is a suitable title for this passage?
Options:
a) What constitutes failure?
b) Failure is inevitable in life
c) Failure has its benefits
d) A hope rather than a reality
Correct Answer: Failure has its benefits
Question 193. According to the author, what is the impact of failure on a person?
Options:
a) A person emerges wiser and stronger implying that he is secure in his ability to survive.
b) A person realises that happiness in life does not depend on the achievements or acquisitions.
c) A person realises that his qualifications and CV are not his life.
d) A person realises the strength of his relationships by identifying his true friends.
Correct Answer: A person emerges wiser and stronger implying that he is secure in his ability to survive.
Question 194. What is the greatest challenge that India faces today as per the passage?
Options:
a) It is a challenge to end poverty, ignorance, disease and inequality of opportunity.
b) It is a challenge to wipe off tears from every eye and thus eradicating suffering.
c) It is a challenge to build a noble mansion of free India
d) It is a challenge to fulfil the pledges that we have so often taken
Correct Answer: It is a challenge to end poverty, ignorance, disease and inequality of opportunity.
Question 195. How can we fulfil our pledges that we have taken in the past and the present?
Options:
a) The people of India need to set a hope that can never be betrayed.
b) The people of India need to provide a service to millions of people who suffer in their country.
c) The people of India need to do labour and hard work to give reality to their dreams.
d) The people of India need to work with more responsibility now which has been brought by power and freedom.
Correct Answer: The people of India need to do labour and hard work to give reality to their dreams.
Question 196. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
Options:
a) A star of hope rises
b) A fateful moment for India
c) The success and failures of India
d) Challenges facing the Indian economy
Correct Answer: A fateful moment for India
Question 197. Which of the following statements best describes the message of the passage?
Options:
a) India's future is filled with incessant striving and providing services to millions of sufferers.
b) India needs to wake up to the call of future and end her sorrows of the past.
c) The independence of India is being celebrated as it has opened the door to the triumphs and achievements that have long awaited us.
d) The birth of freedom has brought in its wake more responsibility of fulfilling our pledges and creating a new history.
Correct Answer: The birth of freedom has brought in its wake more responsibility of fulfilling our pledges and creating a new history.
Question 198. As per the passage, which of the following statements best compares India's preindependence (past) period to the postindependence (future) period?
Options:
a) India's past was a period of poverty and ignorance while its future will be a period of adventure.
b) India's past was a period of slumber while its future will be a period of triumphs.
c) India's past was a period of struggle while its future will be a period of hope, triumphs and achievements.
d) India's past was a period of criticism while its future will be a period of peace.
Correct Answer: India's past was a period of struggle while its future will be a period of hope, triumphs and achievements.
