BSNL JAO Exam 2017 : Papers with Answer Keys (06 NOV 2017)

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1. Meaning of "Elbow grease"

(A) "Hard, energetic manual work"
(B) Lazy worker
(C) Automobile worker
(D) None of these
ANS(A)

2. Meaning of "See eye to eye"

(A) To agree fully
(B) Not agreeing fully
(C) In a battle field
(D) Angry
ANS(A)

 3. Synonym of Adept

(A) Expert at
(B) Alter
(C) Follow
(D) Supply
ANS(A)

4 Antonym of Achieve

(A) Fail
(B) Gain
(C) Give
(D) Get
ANS(A)

5. Antonym of Freeze

(A) Boil
(B) Stay
(C) Still
(D) Static
ANS (A)

 6.  Synonym of Imbecile

(A) Stupid
(B) Clever
(C) Arrogance
(D) Patient
ANS(A)

7.Antonym of Optimist

(A) Pessimist
(B) Positive
(C) Eye specialist
(D) None of these
ANS(A)

 8. His father______a long time ago

(A) died
(B) saw
(C) brought
(D) bought
ANS(A)

 9 .Nisha______ Albert in a Church

(A) married
(B) skipped
(C) skipped
(D) None of these
ANS(A)

 10. The orchestra______ a symphony in Beethoven

(A) played
(B) run
(C) saw
(D) arranged
ANS(A)

11.  He______a very good grade in the examination

(A) received
(B) earned
(C) given
(D) None of these
ANS(A)

 12. We______at the party late

(A) arrived
(B) went
(C) played
(D) saw
ANS(A)

 13. The patient ______in his sleep
(A) died
(B) woke up
(C) cried off
(D) None of these
ANS(A)

4. Choose the word spelt correctly
(A) Satisfy
(B) Satesfy
(C) Satestfy
(D) Satasfy
ANS(A)

15. Choose the word spelt correctly
(A) Dubbing
(B) Dubing
(C) Dubbeing
(D) Dubinng
ANS(A)

16. Synonym of Contiguous
(A) Adjacent touching upon
(B) Disconnect
(C) Distance
(D) Shorter
ANS (A)

 17.  Synonym of Din
(A) Continued loud noise
(B) Low noise
(C) Eat
(D) Swallow
ANS (A)

18. Synonym of Endow
(A) Giving a large gift
(B) Take back
(C) Interest
(D) Entertain
ANS (A)

19. Synonym of Espy
(A) To glimpse
(B) To close eyes
(C) To envy
(D) To borrow
ANS(A)

 20. Synonym of Farce
(A) Mockery
(B) Truth
(C) Collective wisdom
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 21. Synonym of Heyday
(A) Time for great success
(B) Bad day
(C) Normal day
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 22.  Synonym of Imbue
(A) To inspire
(B) To discourage
(C) To run
(D) To borrow
ANS (A)

 23. Synonym of Obese
(A) Fat
(B) Slim
(C) Heavy headed
(D) Observe
ANS (A)

24. Synonym of Novice
(A) Beginner
(B) Old timer
(C) Dump
(D) None of these
ANS  (A)

25. Synonym of Tender
(A) Offer
(B) Buy
(C) Big
(D) Old
ANS (A)

 26. Antonym of Zeal
(A) Apathy
(B) Eager
(C) Anger
(D) Closing
ANS (A)

27. Antonym of Wrench
(A) Push
(B) Strain
(C) Pull
(D) Twist
ANS (A)

28. Antonym of Unbridled
(A) Checked
(B) Abandoned
(C) Intemperate
(D) Raw
ANS (A)

 29. Antonym of Quality
(A) Inferiority
(B) Positive
(C) Good
(D) Rarity
ANS(A)

 30. Antonym of Remiss
(A) Mindful
(B) Negligent
(C) Careless
(D) lazy
ANS (A)

 31. Antonym of Maverick
(A) Moderate
(B) Rebel
(C) Dissenter
(D) Bohemian
ANS (A)

 32. Antonym of Conglomerate
(A) Similar
(B) Varied
(C) Mixed
(D) Assorted
ANS (A)

 33 Antonym of Censor
(A) Add
(B) Delete
(C) Edit
(D) Control
ANS (A)

 34. Antonym of Churl
(A) Soft person
(B) Boor
(C) Rough
(D) Rustic
ANS (A)

 35. Antonym of Bask
(A) Cover
(B) Laze
(C) Loll
(D) Lounge
ANS (A)

 36. Antonym of Abrasive
(A) Mild
(B) Nasty
(C) Sharp
(D) Hurtful
ANS (A)

 37. Hi aims______passing this test
(A) at
(B) on
(C) with
(D) upon
ANS (A)

 38. It came______his head to appear for the examination
(A) into
(B) for
(C) on
(D) with
ANS (A)

 39. He fell______the horse _____a canal
(A) off, into
(B) off, to
(C) of, into
(D) into, off
ANS (A)

 40. He was leaning______the post
(A) against
(B) with
(C) to
(D) about
ANS (A)

 41. Her thinking leans_________democracy
(A) towards
(B) with
(C) for
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 42. He got too tired________over work
(A) because of
(B) because off
(C) on
(D) for
ANS (A)

 43. _________his principles, he has to be very careful
(A) with regard to
(B) with regard of
(C) with regard on
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 44. Building has been built _________the new plan
(A) in accordance with
(B) accordance to
(C) for
(D) about
ANS  (A)

 45. He crossed the broken bridge_________warning
(A) in spite of
(B) in spite off
(C) on
(D) about
(A)

 46. The train _________as fast as the bus
(A) moves
(B) went
(C) running
(D) going
ANS (A)

 47. He was seen_________to the school
(A) going
(B) went
(C) gone
(D) go
ANS (A)

 48. She_________in the sun for 1 hour
(A) has been sitting
(B) sitting
(C) has been sit
(D) has sit
ANS (A)

 49 _________it help you in your studies
(A) will
(B) was
(C) Is
(D) are
ANS (A)

 50. I _________never seen such a picture before
(A) have
(B) did
(C) was
(D) has
ANS (A)

51. Words of same sound is
(A) Homonyms
(B) Soundnyms
(C) Antonyms
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

52. Sounding the same but spelt differently=
(A) Homophonous
(B) Symphonious
(C) Synonymous
(D) Saminymous
ANS (A)

 53. Choose the correct sentence
(A) My friend has got a new job
(B) My friend has got a new work
(C) My friend is got a new job
(D) My friend did got a new job
ANS (A)

 54. Choose the correct sentence
(A) Would you like a glass of water?
(B) Do you like a glass of water?
(C) Would you like the glass of water?
(D) Do you like the glass of water?
ANS (A)

 55.. Antonym of Ad-lib
(A) Deliberate
(B) Improvise
(C) Extemporized
(D) spontaneous
ANS (A)

 56. Antonym of Imperil
(A) Safeguard
(B) Endanger
(C) Hazard
(D) Jeopradise
ANS (A)

57. Antonym of inscrutable
(A) Obvious
(B) Baffling
(C) Confuse
(D) Reduce
ANS (A)

 58. Antonym of licentious
(A) Continent
(B) Confused talk
(C) Clear
(D) Close
ANS (A)

 59. Antonym of rabid
(A) Sober
(B) Frantic
(C) Chaos
(D) Vulgar
ANS (A)

60 Antonym of ravenous
(A) Assuaged
(B) Greedy
(C) Very Hungry
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 61. Antonym of supernal
(A) Earthy
(B) Divine
(C) Celestial
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 62. Antonym of torpor
(A) Dullness
(B) Lack of Energy
(C) Inactive
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 63. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Monotonous
(B) Monotonuous
(C) Monotonauos
(D) Monatonous
ANS (A)

 64. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Scissors
(B) Scisors
(C) Scissars
(D) Secissors
ANS  (A)

 65. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Offence
(B) Ofense
(C) Affence
(D) Offience
ANS  (A)

 66. Choose the correctly spelt word (A)
(A) Humorous
(B) Humarous
(C) Humurous
(D) Humerous
ANS  (A)

 67. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Crocodile
(B) Crocadile
(C) Crocadele
(D) Crocadeli
ANS  (A)

68.Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Ramification
(B) Ramnification
(C) Ramefication
(D) Ramaification
ANS  (A)

 69. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Cooption
(B) Coption
(C) Copetion
(D) None of these
ANS  (A)

 70. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Wallet
(B) Walet
(C) Walleat
(D) Wellet
ANS  (A)

 71. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Horizontal
(B) Horezontal
(C) Horizontel
(D) Horezontel
ANS (A)

 72. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Hurricane
(B) Huricanne
(C) Huricane
(D) Huricene
ANS  (A)

73. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Quotation
(B) Quotetion
(C) Quottation
(D) Quotatetion
ANS  (A)

74. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Violence
(B) Violance
(C) Violense
(D) None of these
ANS  (A)

 75. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Alibi
(B) Alebi
(C) Allibi
(D) Alibe
ANS  (A)

 76. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Character
(B) Charecter
(C) Charactar
(D) Chartter
ANS  (A)

 77. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Actionable
(B) Actioneble
(C) Auctioneble
(D) None of these
ANS  (A)

 78. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Maliciously
(B) Maleciously
(C) Maleciously
(D) Maliceously
ANS  (A)

 79. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Counterfeiter
(B) Counterfeiiter
(C) Counterffeiter
(D) None of these
ANS  (A)

 80. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Vacuum
(B) Vaccum
(C) Vacum
(D) Vaccuum
ANS  (A)

 81. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Response
(B) Respanse
(C) Respoonse
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 82. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Eventual
(B) Evantual
(C) Evental
(D) Eventaul
ANS (A)

 83. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Obdurate
(B) Obduarute
(C) Obdarute
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 84. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Consensus
(B) Concensus
(C) Consencus
(D) Consansus
ANS (A)

 85. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Worrisome
(B) Worisome
(C) Worrisom
(D) Worresome
ANS (A)

 86. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Reluctance
(B) Reluctence
(C) Reluctanse
(D) Relactance
ANS (A)

87. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Harassment
(B) Harasment
(C) Harrasmant
(D) Harresment
ANS (A)

88. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Involvement
(B) Involment
(C) Involvemant
(D) Involmant
ANS (A)

89. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Bureaucracy
(B) Bureaucrecy
(C) Bureaucrasy
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 90. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Cliffhanger
(B) Clifhanger
(C) Cliffhenger
(D) Cliffhangar
ANS (A)

 91. Synonym of Atypical
(A) Not normal
(B) Normal
(C) Fast
(D) Typewriter
ANS (A)

 92. Synonym of Begrudge
(A) To envy another’s possession
(B) Slow
(C) Sorrow
(D) Recover
ANS (A)

93 Synonym of Biennial
(A) Every two years
(B) Twice in a year
(C) Quickly
(D) Slow
ANS (A)

 94. Synonym of Circumvent
(A) Outwit
(B) Straight
(C) Benefit
(D) Lawfully
ANS (A)

 95. Synonym of Raucous
(A) Harsh-Sounding
(B) Mild-Sounding
(C) Confusion
(D) Clean
ANS (A)

 96. Choose the correct sentence
(A) Although it was raining, we had the picnic
(B) Although it was raining, but we had the picnic
(C) Although it was raining, since we had the picnic
(D) Although it was raining, though we had the picnic
ANS (A)

 97. Extrasensory perception
(A) Telepathy
(B) Antipathy
(C) Apathy
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 98 Choose the correct sentence
(A) You are very nice, like your mother.
(B) You are very nice, as your mother.
(C) You are very nice, alike your mother.
(D) You are very nice, same your mother.
ANS (A)

 99. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Catalog
(B) Catelog
(C) Cataleg
(D) Cataleg
ANS (A)

100. Choose the correctly spelt word
(A) Departure
(B) Deperture
(C) Departere
(D) Depertare
ANS (A)

101. Who was the top scorer in the ODI series between India and Australia held in Sept-Oct 2017
(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) David Warner
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Hardik Pandya
ANS (A)

102. When BSNL discontinued telegraph services?
(A) 15th Jul 2013
(B) 31st Jul 2013
(C) 15th Jul 2012
(D) 31st Jul 2012
ANS (A)

 103. Price of CNG for vehicles has been raised by 4 : 5. It was Rs.20 per unit before the raise. The new price will be:
(A) Rs. 22
(B) Rs. 25
(C) Rs. 21
(D) Rs. 24
ANS (B)

 104. 2 : 3 = 6 : ? missing number is:
(A) 4
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
ANS (D)

 105. 1 ft= ?.  1 ft= ?
(A) 12 inch
(B) 10 inch
(C) 15 inch
(D) 16 inch
ANS (A)

 106. The First Indian to receive the Magasaysay Award
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mother Terasa
(C) Dara Khurody
(D) Varghese Kurian
ANS (A)

107. Chairman of 21st Law Commission of India is
(A) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
(B) Justice Ravi R Tripathi
(C) Justice Sanjay Singh
(D) Justice Suresh Chandra
ANS (A)

108. Value of Electoral college for election of President of India is determined by

(A) 1971 Census of India
(B) 1981 Census of India
(C) 1991 Census of India
(D) 2011 Census of India
ANS (A)

109 . Who won the Presidential Election of France (A)
(A) Emmanual Macron
(B) Marine Le Pen
(C) Mary Le Pun
(D) None of these

 110. Coal Linkage Policy approved by Cabinet on 17 May 2017 is
(A) SHAKTI
(B) CLP
(C) COLINK
(D) SHAKI
ANS (A)

 111. NATGRID=
(A) Counter Terrorism Programme using Technology
(B) National Grid for power production
(C) National Grid for power distribution
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 112. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic Silver Medal is
(A) PusarlaVenkata Sindhu
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) P T Usha
(D) Mytili Raj
ANS (A)

 113. The brand that received clearance recently for establishing Single brand retail in India is
(A) Reebok
(B) Idea
(C) PSG
(D) L&T
ANS (A)

 114. FIFA U-17 World Cup final was won by
(A) England
(B) Brazil
(C) China
(D) Spain
ANS(A)

115. Author of book "Building of Universities That Matter"
(A) Pankaj Chandra
(B) R S Sharma
(C) Mattis Bostorm
(D) ClarieTomalin
ANS (A)

 116. India's rank in 2017 Ease of Doing Business Index is
(A) 130
(B) 160
(C) 190
(D) 183
ANS (A)

117. ________ has been honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2017
(A) Javed Akhtar
(B) A R Rahman
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

118 . RTI Act was enacted in the year
(A) 2005
(B) 2004
(C) 2006
(D) 2007
ANS (A)

 119. NSG
(A) National Security Guard
(B) National Security Group
(C) National Secured Guard
(D) National Secured Group
ANS (A)

 120 . Date for filing of ITR & Audit Report under Sec 44AB and 115JB of IT Act, is
(A) 31st October
(B) 31st December
(C) 31st July
(D) 31st August
ANS  (A)

 121. Railways is going for 100% electrification of its network by:
(A) 2021
(B) 2022
(C) 2023
(D) 2024
ANS  (A)

 122. 100% electrification of its network will save Rs. ______ crore a year for Railways
(A) 10500
(B) 15000
(C) 7500
(D) 8500
ANS  (A)

 123. SIP
(A) Systematic Investment Plan
(B) Strategic Investment Plan
(C) Scientific Investment Plan
(D) Systematic Investigation Plan
ANS  (A)

 124. A melallic block of 44 x 27 x 7 was melted to make a right circular cone with base radius of 21 cms. What will be the height of the cone if no metal was lost?
(A) 20 cms.
(B) 18 cms.
(C) 16 cms.
(D) 14 cms.
ANS  (B)

125. The manufacturer makes a profit of 20%, the wholesaler 25% and the retailer 25%. The article is sold at Rs. 54. What is cost of manufacturing?
(A) Rs. 28.80
(B) Rs. 23.50
(C) Rs. 34.30
(D) Rs. 26.68
ANS  (A)

 126. Newspapers, magazines, radio, television are all sources of:
(A) Primary data
(B) authentic information
(C) propaganda of vested interests
(D) secondary information
ANS  (D)

 127. A compound bar diagram can present information of:
(A) any table
(B) complex classification
(C) simple classification
(D) raw information
ANS  (B)

128. Arithmatic mean of first 10 natural numbers is:
(A) 5.5
(B) 5
(C) 4.8
(D) 4.5
ANS (A)

129. Consider the following data: 4, 12, 7, 9, 14. Its median will be:
(A) 7
(B) 9
(C) 8
(D) None of these
ANS (B)

 130. The average height of 40 students of a class is 150 cm. The average height of 25 of the, is 145 cm. Find average. height of remaining 15 students?
(A) 158.33 cm.
(B) 142 cm.
(C) 140 cm.
(D) 132.43 cm.
ANS (A)

131. What is GRI?
(A) Global Reporting Initiative
(B) Global Research Institute
(C) Government Reporting Initiative
(D) Government Research Initiative
ANS (A)

 132. ISS=
(A) Interest Subvention Scheme
(B) Interest Subsidy Scheme
(C) Inter-State Scheme
(D) Intra-State Scheme
ANS (A)

 133 Quorum of GST Council is
(A) 1/2 of the total number of Members
(B) 1/3 of the total number of Members
(C) 1/4 of the total number of Members
(D) 3/4 of the total number of Members
ANS (A)

134. The first Minister of a State Cabinet who went on to become Supreme Court Judge is
(A) Justice V R Krishna Iyer
(B) Justice Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(C) Justice Ramaswamy
(D) Justice Soumitra Sen
ANS (A)

 135. NAD=
(A) National Academic Depository
(B) National Academic Density
(C) National Accounting Department
(D) National Aeronautics Department
ANS (A)

 136. What is KRAT?
(A) Key Result Areas Techniques
(B) Key Responsible Areas Techniques
(C) Known Result Areas Techniques
(D) Known Responsible Areas Techniques
ANS (A)

 137. PURA=
(A) Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
(B) Provincial Urban & Rural Areas
(C) Panel for Up gradation of Rural Areas
(D) None of these
ANS (A)

 138. "Teaser Rates" =
(A) low, adjustable introductory interest rate advertised for a loan
(B) A very high rate but very temporary
(C) A very low rate but very permanent
(D) A very high rate but very permanent
ANS (A)

 139. Coffee is grown mainly in
(A) Karnataka
(B) Assam
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu
ANS (A)

140. The new Indian Currency Symbol was designed by
(A) D Udaya Kumar
(B) UdayaBhaskar
(C) Viswanath
(D) Anand Kumar
ANS (A)

 141. HQrs of ADB is in
(A) Philippines
(B) Japan
(C) Kathmandu
(D) South Korea
ANS(A)

 142.  If 15 men earn Rs.500 for 10 ten days’ work, then 14 days’ work will earn an amount of Rs. _______ for 12 men.
(A) 480
(B) 600
(C) 560
(D) 540
ANS (C)

143. The ratio of present age of mother to her daughter is 5 : 3. Ten years later, the ratio will be 3 : 2. Find their present ages:
(A) 50, 30
(B) 45, 25
(C) 30, 10
(D) 29, 9
ANS (A)

 144. Modulus of quotient of two complex numbers is equal to:
(A) ratio of those numbers
(B) ratio of negative square roots of those numbers
(C) ratio of positive square roots of these numbers
(D) ratio of squares of those two numbers
ANS (C)

 145. Find modulus of (3 + 4i) (15+ 12i):
(A) 65
(B) 60
(C) 55
(D) 70
ANS (A)

 146. In how many ways 7 out of 12 questions can be selected?
(A) 792
(B) 760
(C) 840
(D) 4368
ANS (A)

 147.  Solve simultaneously: x + y – 3 = 0 and 4x – 5y + 6 = 0
(A) 3, 6
(B) 4, 1
(C) 1, –5
(D) 1, 2
ANS (D)

 148. We have a group of 8 men and 7 women. We are asked to form a subcommittee of 3 men and 4 women out of them. In how many ways this sub-committee can be formed?
(A) 56
(B) 672
(C) 1267
(D) 1960
ANS (D)

 149. A park is shaped like an equilateral triangle and its perimeter is 90 meters. The grass planter has quoted a rate of Rs.17 per square meter. What will be the cost of planting grass in this park?
(A) Rs.1530
(B) Rs.6617
(C) Rs.7161
(D) Rs.6716
ANS (B)

150. A rectangular block has length, breadth and height equal to 6, 4 and 2 feet respectively. Its diagonal will be:
(A) 7 feet
(B) 7.483 feet
(C) 7.51 feet
(D) 7.47 feet
ANS (B)

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