Question Paper I (on the pattern of CAT/MAT)

Section A English
Directions (1-13) Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
1.Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
A. With C.On B. over D.round

2.The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
A. Avidly C.Thoughtfully B. admiringly D.earnestly

3.Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A. Chance C.Possibility B. Luck D.Occasion

4.I saw a ...... of cows in the field.

A. group C.swarm B. herd D.flock

5.The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.

A. ready C.ripe B. mature D.advanced

6.Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.

A. at C.for B. over D.on

7.My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.

A. I C.me B. mine D.myself

8.If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.
A. possessed C.confiscated B. punished D.fined

9. Man does not live by ...... alone.

A. food C.meals B. bread D.diet

10. Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.

A. about C.along

B. through D.up

11. Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......
A. unique C.likely B. different D.alike

12 To err is ...... to forgive divine.

A. beastly C.inhuman B. human D.natural

13.The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.
A. in C.to B. on D.into

Directions (14-15): In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
14.MELD
A. To soothe C.Purchase B. Merge D.Glisten

15.LYNCH
A. Hang C.Kill B. Madden D.Shoot

Directions (16-17): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
16. One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage A. Compositor B. Stoker C. Stowaway D. Shipwright 17.Clines available at a scene A. circumstantial B. derivative C. inferential D. suggestive

18.In the following question choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given word. ENORMOUS

A. Soft C.Tiny

B. Average D.Weak

19.The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.

A. ready C.ripe B. mature D.advanced

20.Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.

A. at C.for B. over D.on

Section B-Mathematics
21.A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?
A. 120 metres C.324 metres B. 180 metres D.150 metres

22.A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:
A. 45 km/hr C.54 km/hr B. 50 km/hr D.55 km/hr

23.The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:

24.Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:
A. 1 : 3 C.3 : 4 B. 3 : 2 D.None of these

25.A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?
A. 120 m C.300 m B. 240 m D.None of these

26.The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
A. Rs. 2000 C.Rs. 2400 B. Rs. 2200 D.Data inadequate

27.A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?
A. Rs. 18.20 C.Rs. 72 B. Rs. 70 D.Rs. 88.25

28.A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
A. Rs. 1090 C.Rs. 1190 B. Rs. 1160 D.Rs. 1202

29.Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?
A. 3.5 C.5.6 B. 4.5 D.6.5

30.Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:
A. 30% C.35% 1 B. 33 % 3 D.44%

31.The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
A. 8 : 9 C.21 : 22 B. 17 : 18 D.Cannot be determined

32.The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will

be the new ratio?

A. 8 : 9 C.21 : 22 B. 17 : 18 D.Cannot be determined

33.Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's salary?
A. Rs. 17,000 C. Rs. 25,500 B. Rs. 20,000 D. Rs. 38,000

34.If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:

A. 1.12 C.1.25 B. 1.2 D.1.30

35.If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to is:

A. Rs. 182 C.Rs. 196 B. Rs. 190 D.Rs. 204

, then the first part

36.Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30 and 45 respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is:
A. 173 m C.273 m B. 200 m D.300 m

37.A man standing at a point P is watching the top of a tower, which makes an angle of elevation of 30 with the man's eye. The man walks some distance towards the tower to watch its top and the angle of the elevation becomes 60. What is the distance between the base of the tower and the point P?
A. 43 units C.12 units B. 8 units D.Data inadequate

38.The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60 and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is:
A. 2.3 m C.7.8 m B. 4.6 m D.9.2 m

39.An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 away from a tower. The angle of elevation from his eye to the top of the tower is 30. The heights of the tower is:
A. 21.6 m C.24.72 m B. 23.2 m D.None of these

40.From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top tower is 30. If the tower is 100 m high, the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is:
A. 149 m C.173 m B. 156 m D.200 m

Section C Reasoning
481.Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next?
A. (1/3) C.(2/8) B. (1/8) D.(1/16)

42.Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next?
A. 7 C.12 B. 10 D.13

43.Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?
A. 20 C.23 B. 22 D.26

44.Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?
A. 22 C.25 B. 24 D.26

45.Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?
A. 12 C.27 B. 14 D.53

46.Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, ... What number should come next?
A. 14 C.21 B. 15 D.23

47.Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, ... What number should come next?
A. 26 C.30 B. 28 D.32

48.Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, ... What number should come next?
A. 7 C.14 B. 10 D.15

49.Look at this series: 8, 22, 8, 28, 8, ... What number should come next?
A. 9 C.32 B. 29 D.34

50.Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ... What number should come next?
A. 15 C.13 B. 14 D.12

(51-55)In each problem, out of the five figures marked (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), four are similar in a certain manner. However, one figure is not like the other four. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

51.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) A. 1 C.3

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) B. 2 D.4

52.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) A. 1 C.3

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) B. 2 D.4

53.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) A. 1 C.3

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) B. 2 D.4

54.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) A. 1 C.3

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) B. 2 D.4

55.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) A. 1 C.3

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) B. 2 D.4

596.One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal's shadow was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction was Udai facing?
A. East C.North B. West D.South

57.Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y, is P?
A. North C.South-East B. South D.None of these

58.If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?
A. North-East C.South-East B. North-West D.South-West

59.A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
A. West C.North-East B. South D.South-West

60.Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?
A. South-East C.North . B. South D.West

Section D Data Interpretation

(61-65) Study the following table and answer the questions based on it. Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years. Item of Expenditure Year Fuel and Interest on Salary Bonus Taxes Transport Loans 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 288 342 324 336 420 98 112 101 133 142 3.00 2.52 3.84 3.68 3.96 23.4 32.5 41.6 36.4 49.4 83 108 74 88 98

61.What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this period?
A. Rs. 32.43 lakhs C.Rs. 34.18 lakhs B. Rs. 33.72 lakhs D.Rs. 36.66 lakhs

62.The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?
A. 0.1% C.1% B. 0.5% D.1.25%

63.Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what

percent of the total expenditure in 2002?

A. 62% C.69% B. 66% D.71%

64.The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
A. Rs. 544.44 lakhs C.Rs. 446.46 lakhs B. Rs. 501.11 lakhs D.Rs. 478.87 lakhs

65.The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
A. 4:7 C.15:18 B. 10:13 D.5:8

(66-70) The bar graph given below shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001. Sales of Books (in thousand numbers) from Six Branches - B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 of a publishing Company in 2000 and 2001.

66.What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both years?
A. 2:3 C.4:5 B. 3:5 D.7:9

67.Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of branches B3 for both the years?

A. 68.54% C.73.17%

B. 71.11% D.75.55%

68.What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?
A. 75% C.82.5% B. 77.5% D.87.5%

69.What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000?
A. 73 C.83 B. 80 D.88

70.Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is?
A. 250 C.435 B. 310 D.560

(71-75)The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it. Various Expenditures (in percentage) Incurred in Publishing a Book

71.If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing cost, then what will be amount of royalty to be paid for these books?
A. Rs. 19,450 C.Rs. 22,950 B. Rs. 21,200 D.Rs. 26,150

72.What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty?
A. 15 C. 54 B. 24 D.48

73.The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the book?
A. Rs. 36 C.Rs. 42 B. Rs. 37.50 D.Rs. 44.25

74.If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to Rs. 82500, then what should be the selling price of the book so that the publisher can earn a profit of 25%?
A. Rs. 187.50 C.Rs. 175 B. Rs. 191.50 D.Rs. 180

75.Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by:

A. 5% C.20% 1 B. 33 % 5 D.25%

(76-80) Study the following line graph which gives the number of students who joined and left the school in the beginning of year for six years, from 1996 to 2001. Initial Strength of school in 1995 = 3000.

76.The number of students studying in the school during 1999 was?

A. 2950 C.3100 B. 3000 D.3150

77.For which year, the percentage rise/fall in the number of students who left the school compared to the previous year is maximum?
A. 1997 C.1999 B. 1998 D.2000

78.The strength of school approximately what percent?

A. 1.2% C.2.1%

incresed/decreased
B. 1.7% D.2.4%

from

1997

to

1998

by

79.The number of students studying in the school in 1998 was what percent of the number of students studying in the school in 2001?
A. 92.13% C.96.88% B. 93.75% D.97.25%

80.The ratio of the least number of students who joined the school to the maximum number of students who left the school in any of the years during the given period is?
A. 7:9 C.3:4 B. 4:5 D.2:3

Section-E General Awareness

81.Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's
A. largest railway station B. highest railway station C.longest railway station D.None of the above

82.Entomology is the science that studies

A. Behavior of human beings B. Insects C.The origin and history of technical and scientific terms D.The formation of rocks

83.Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of
A. Asia C.Europe B. Africa D.Australia

84.Garampani sanctuary is located at

A. Junagarh, Gujarat B. Diphu, Assam C.Kohima, Nagaland D.Gangtok, Sikkim

85.For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

8 Physics and Chemistry B. Physiology or Medicine C.Literature, Peace and Economics

D.All of the above

86.Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

A. Labour Party B. Nazi Party C.Ku-Klux-Klan D.Democratic Party

87.In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?
A. 1914 C.1916 B. 1915 D.1917

88.ICAO stands for

A. International Civil Aviation Organization B. Indian Corporation of Agriculture Organization C.Institute of Company of Accounts Organization D.None of the above

89.India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____
A. 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi B. 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed C.'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi D.'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand

90.India has largest deposits of ____ in the world.

A. gold C.mica B. Copper D.None of the above

91.How many Lok Sabha seats belong to Rajasthan?

A. 32 C.30 B. 25 D.17

92.Who is the father of Geometry?

A. Aristotle C.Pythagoras B. Euclid D.Kepler

93.What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

A. Film Direction B. Drawing Cartoons C.Instrumental Music D.Classical Dance

94.Who was known as Iron man of India?

A. Govind Ballabh Pant B. Jawaharlal Nehru C.Subhas Chandra Bose D.Sardar Vallabai Patel

95.The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

A. Ramanujam B. Rina Panigrahi C.Raja Ramanna D.Shakunthala Devi

96.Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?

A. Volleyball C.Football B. Tennis D.Hockey

97.Who among the following was an eminent painter?

A. Sarada Ukil B. Uday Shanker C.V. Shantaram D.Meherally

98.Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?

A. Biochemistry C.Economics B. Electronics D.Geology

99.Which of the following was Satyajit Ray associated with?

A. Classical music B. Commercial art C.Film Direction D.Classical dance

100.Dr. Joon Lew of korea, the recipient of international Gandhi Award is known for his service in the?
A. Eradication of leprosy B. Campaigning against AIDS C.Against Drugs D.Against child labour