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English Language
Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions, a proverb has been given. Choose the correct
alternative which expresses the meaning of the idiomatic expression.
1)To take with a grain of salt.
a. To take it lightly
b. To take with some reservation
c. Not to belief anyone
d. To take it on heart
2)To talk through ones hat
a. To talk nonsense
b. To talk sensibly
c. To talk privately
d. To talk against someone
3)To be rolling money
a. Under debt
b. Going through financial loss
c. To give wrong advice
d. Very rich
4)To give up the ghost
a. To die
b. To have a bad dream
c. Encounter with a ghost
d. An impractical thinking
5)To wash ones dirty linen in public
a. To talk nonsense in front of public
b. to act in a childish way
c. To discuss dirty and scandalous matters in public
d. To face humiliation in front of strangers
Directions (6 to 10): in each of the following questions, choose the correct alternative which can be
substituted for the below given word/ sentence.
6)A senior Christian priest
a. Pastor
b. Preacher
c. Evangelist
d. Archdeacon
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7)A person who dabbles in a subject for enjoyment
a. Drake
b. Dilettante
c. Estuary
d. Erudite
8)Intended to teach or give moral instruction
A. Didactic
B. Diction
C. Dictionary
D. Instructor
9)A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices.
a. Haranguer
b. Demagogue
c. Politician
d. Agitator
10)Fear of Needles
a. Belenophobia
b. Bibliophobia
c. Chionophobia
d. Cryophobia
Directions (11 to 12): In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been
numbered. Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks appropriately.
11)Market share is 1. very important to a company, oddly sometimes more 2. than the bottom line.
There is always great competition for new customers. Many times the efforts and resources devoted
to 3. , marketing and selling to new customers are at the expense of a companys loyal customer
base. This can even be seen at the local level. Where I live heating oil companies 4. offer new
customers a deal for the first year in order to lure them in. This, of course, is done at the expense of
old, loyal customers who have to make up the slack.
The result is that many savvy oil customers these days do a lot of shopping each year to find the
best deal 5. is a thing of the past. On a national level the problem has gotten even more serious. A
recent financial story in The New Yorker last month observed that there is almost universal
recognition that customer service in this country has deteriorated. Such service is considered a
cost. Companies are looking for the customers they dont have so they are willing to spend on
marketing and advertising but are not as interested in adding to their costs of service. The article
made it sound a little like cynical dating. Companies are interested in luring you in but then once
they have you; they dont quite value you as much as the next 6. customer they want to corral.
1. a. Usually
b. Usual
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c. Actually
d. Maybe
2. a. Crucial
b. Resourceful
c. Important
d. Required
3. a. Advert
b. Advertising
c. Loyalty
d. Branding
4. a. Consistent
b. Consistently
c. Consider
d. Regularly
5. a. Loyal
b. Marketing
c. Selling
d. Loyalty
6. a. Potential
b. Wanted
c. Important
d. Potent
12)Whether in politics, professional sports, or in business, players 1. believe that because of their
importance they can ride out any issue or problem. They cant. We can all easily tick off a dozen or
so examples, but the latest is surprising. Johnson & Johnson has 2. gone through a spate of recalls of
tainted childrens Tylenol and Motrin. The Company has generally kept a low profile and even
contracted with a third party to buy up Motrin off retail shelves rather than announce an actual recall.
And for the last decade it has been settling with claimants for a variety of injuries and death
allegedly due from Ortho Evra, a contraceptive 3. made by its subsidiary, Ortho McNeil. It appears
clear that the current management of J&J has not followed in the footsteps of the management that
handled the Tylenol crisis of 1982 which is 4. cited as the quintessential example of crisis
management in modern corporate history. Back then cyanide had been found in bottles of Tylenol in
the Chicago area. J&J immediately issued public warnings, issued a product recall, created tamper-
proof packaging, and before long was back in business.The Company was up-front and willing to bite
the bullet in the best interests of the public. Unfortunately that does not 5. to be the philosophy
today. There is clearly a danger in believing ones invincibility. The trust and respect of the public is
at stake, and once lost, is very difficult to retrieve.
1. a. Yet
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b. Still
c. Will
d. want
2. a. Recently
b. Just
c Not
d. Now
3. a. Area
b. Patch
c. Now
d. When
4. a. Commonly
b. Now
c. Even
d. Often
5. a. Seem
b. Likely
c. Appear
d. Wish
Directions (13 to 15): In the following question, out of the given group of words, choose the correctly
spelt word.
13)A. Dramatize
B. Nany
C. Muzle
D. Myrle
14)A. Sady
B. Naphthalene
C. Narcism
D. Nailve
15)A. Fonde
B. Foly
C. Makish
D. Fondant
Directions (16 to 20): In the following questions, one of the four sentences given in each question is
grammatically wrong. Spot the grammatically wrong answer.
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16)A. One of the most difficult facilitation tasks is time management -- time seems to run out before
tasks are completed. Therefore, the biggest challenge is keeping momentum to keep the
process moving.
B. Develop the agendas together have key participants in the meeting.
C. Have someone designated to record important actions, assignments and due dates during the
meeting.
D. Meeting management tends to be a set of skills often overlooked by leaders and managers.
17)A. Always start on time; this respects those who showed up on time and reminds late-comers that
the scheduling is serious.
B. Always end meetings on time and attempt to end on a positive note.
C. As he has anticipated, an thundering iron gate fall nearby, barricading the entrance to the suite.
D. The curator felt a surge of adrenaline. How could he possibly know this?
18)A. An telephone was ringing in a darkness--a tinny, unfamiliar rings.
B. A collection of the world's most famous paintings seemed to smile down on him like old friends.
C. Slowly, the fog began to lift.
D. His eyes focused now on a crumpled flyer on his bedside table.
19)A. The hostess began reading choice excerpts from the inane article, and Langdon felt himself
sinking lower and lower in his chair.
B. I cannot presume the authority to stop him.
C. The hall erupted in laughter.
D. And if I find who one of you provides that article, I have the consulate deport you. "
20)A. This photo takes less than an hour ago.
B. I cannot fully express my gratitude to the exceptional team
C. The spiked cilice belt that he wore around his thigh cut into his flesh, and yet his soul sang with
satisfaction of service to the Lord.
D. A little over a year ago, Langdon had received a photograph of a corpse and a similar request for
help.
Directions (21 to 25): Choose the correct sequence of the alternatives to form a logical and
meaningful sentence.
21)A. Review the agenda at the beginning
B. And accept them.
C. of each meeting, giving participants a chance to understand all
D. proposed major topics, change them
a. ABCD
b. ABDC
c. ACDB
d. DCBA
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22)A. Organizational performance involves the
B. monitor progress toward the goals,
C. recurring activities to establish organizational goals,
D. and make adjustments to achieve those goals
a. ADCB
b. ACBD
c. DCBA
d. CBDA
23)A. it's very helpful to
B. regularly conduct assessments of the
C. Current performance of the organization.
D. When seeking to improve the performance of an organization
a. ABCD
b. DCBA
c. DABC
d. CBDA
24)A. whether explicitly or implicitly,
B. it helps to have some basis by which
C. Once you've conducted assessments of your organization,
D. To analyse the results.
a. CABD
b. DCBA
c. ADCB
d. ACBD
25)A. looking for ways to have their work make a
B. In my travels around the country providing workshops on the topic of working spiritually,
C. Difference and to feel energized in a richer way in their work.
D. Ive found consistently that people are
a. DCAB
b. CBAD
c. BDAC
d. CABD
Directions (26 to 30): In each of the following questions, Keeping 1 and 6 sentences in a fixed order.
Choose the correct alternative to decide the logical order between 1 and 6
sentences.
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26)1. Operations management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and
distribute products and services.
A. Major, overall activities often include product creation, development, production and distribution.
B. Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control, quality control, storage, logistics
and evaluations of processes.
C. A great deal of focus is on efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
D. Therefore, operations management often includes substantial measurement and analysis of
internal processes.
6. Ultimately, the nature of how operations management is carried out in an organization depends
very much on the nature of the products or services in the organization.
a. ADBC
b. CDBA
c. DCBA
d. ABCD
27)1. Waiting time is the third generic service output.
A. The lower the waiting time, the higher the level of supply chain service.
B. Waiting time is defined as the amount of time the customer must wait between ordering and
receiving products
C. In the personal computer industry, a consumer may visit an electronics or computer specialty
store, make a purchase, and carry home a computer with literally no waiting time.
D. Alternative supply chains offer consumers and end users choices in terms of the amount of waiting
time required.
6. Alternatively, the customer may order from a catalogue or via the Internet and wait for delivery to
the home or office.
a. BCDA
b. CBDA
c. DCBA
d. BADC
28)1. Supply chains provide additional service outputs to their customers.
A. The point to keep in mind is that there is no such thing as a homogeneous market where all
consumers desire the same services presented in the same way.
B. They may differ in terms of which services are most important and in terms of the level of each of
the services desired to accommodate their needs.
C. For example, some consumers may require immediate availability of a personal computer while
others feel that waiting 3 days for a computer configured to their exact requirements is preferable.
D. In addition to the four generic service outputs discussed above, other researchers have identified
services related to information, product customization, and after-sales support as
critical to selected customers.
6. Additionally, customers differ in terms of how much they are willing to pay for services.
a. DABC
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b. CBDA
c. DCBA
d. DBAC
29)1. The word hiring is sometimes used interchangeably with staffing, which does an injustice to the
broad scope of activities involved in staffing.
A. Even before a new employee is hired to do a job, the job should be clearly designed or defined.
B. Job are usually designed by conducting a job analysis, which includes examining the tasks and
sequences of tasks necessary to perform the job.
C. Hiring might be thought more specifically as screening the best job candidates, but especially
making a formal job offer to the best candidate.
D. A job is a collection of tasks and responsibilities that an employee is responsible to conduct. Jobs
have titles.
6. A task is a typically defined as a unit of work, that is, a set of activities needed to produce some
result.
a. ADBC
b. BCAD
c. CBAD
d. CADB
30)1. The decision about what approach to take to training depends on several factors.
A. These factors include the amount of funding available for training, specificity and complexity of
the knowledge and skills needed, timeliness of training needed, and capacity and
motivation of the learner.
B. Self-directed, informal learning can be very low-cost, however the learner should have the
capability and motivation to pursue their own training.
C. Other-directed, formal training is typically more expensive than other approaches, but is often the
most reliable to use for the learner to achieve the desired knowledge and skills in
a timely fashion.
D. Training may take longer than other-directed forms.
6. Highly specific and routine tasks can often be trained without complete, formal approaches.
a. ACBD
b. DCBA
c. CBDA
d. ABDC
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General Awareness
1. How many ways can a batsman lose his wickets?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
2. Corundum is a mineral of:
(a) Calcium (b) Gold (c) Iron (d) Aluminium
3. The state which is the largest producer of tea in India:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
4. Which of the following is issued by the President when the Parliament is not in session?
(a) Ordinances (b) Rules (c) Statutes (d) Proclamation
5. The strength of the council of minister is fixed by the:
(a) Governor (b) Chief Minister (c) Parliament (d) Constitution
6. Neutron was discovered by:
(a) J.J. Thompson (b) Rutherford (c) Bohr (d) Chadwick
7. Which of the following principle is made use of in the working of an atom bomb?
(a) Thermionic emission (b) Nuclear fusion (c) Nuclear fission (d) Transmutation
8. ‘Palaeontology’ is the study of:
(a) Fossils (b) Bones (c) Animals (d) Birds
9. Amylase acts upon:
(a) Lipids (b) Oils (c) Starch (d) Glucose
10. The active cell division in a plant is found in the:
(a) tips of roots and shoots (b) pith cells (c) cells cortex (d) internodal region
11. Which among the following is the antisterility vitamin?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E
12. In which year the Indian National Congress was formed?
(a) 1811 (b) 1858 (c) 1885 (d) 1895
13. The leader of Cochin who fought with Velu Thampi Dalwa aganist the British:
(a) Kunhali Maracker (b) Paliath Achan (c)Pazhassi Raja (d) Chirakkal Raja
14. Who was the author of the book “Sathyartha Prakash�
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswathi (b) Rajaram Mohan Roy (c) Swami Vivekananda (d)
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
15. The first Viceroy of British India:
(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dalhousie
16. Who was the first king presided the court of Kanauj?
(a) Samudra Gupta (b) Chandragupta (c) Harsha (d) Kanishka
17. Which is the mid layer of the earth?
(a) Sial (b) Sima (c) Core (d) Mantle
18. The Himalayan Mountain is made up of:
(a) Intrusive rocks (b) Extrusive rocks (c) Sedimentary rocks (d) Metamorphic rocks
19. The most prominent distributory of Ganga river:
(a) Yamuna (b) Ram Ganga (c) Gomati (d) Hoogly
20. The leader who is known as ‘The Grand old man of India’:
(a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (b) Dadabai Naoroji (c) Balgangadhar Tilak (d) Bipin Chandrapal
21. The southern most part of India:
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Pak Strait (c) Maladive (d) Nicobar group of Island
22. The head quarters of the Theosophical Society in India:
(a) Nagercoil (b) Adayar (c) Madura (d) Trichy
23. Which is not a port on the west coast of India?
(a) Paradeep (b) Marmagoa (c) Mangalore (d) Kandla
24. In which year the University of Travancore was established?
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(a) 1935 (b) 1937 (c)1939 (d) 1941
25. The state which is the leading producer of mica:
(a) Jharkhand (b) Orissa (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
26. Which of the following diseases are sexually transmitted?
(a) AIDS (b) Gonorrhea (c) Syphilis (d) All of these
27. On 27th May 2006 a strong earthquake was close to:
(a) Mount Kilimanjaro (b) Mount Merapi (c) Vesuvius (d) Barren Island
28. The year in which the postal stamp was introduced first:
(a) 1840 (b) 1845 (c) 1850 (d) 1855
29. Which type of lens is used in the case of “Astigmatism†to get the correct
vision?
(a) Converging lens (b) Diverging lens (c) Cylindrical lens (d) Bi-focal lens
30. What is the total number of constellation identified till now by human beings?
(a) 48 (b) 58 (c) 78 (d) 88
31. The highest railway bridge is built across the river:
(a) Jhelum (b) Chenab (c) Beas (d) Ravi
32. Which of the following is a controversial film for display?
(a) The great Escape (b) Hamlet (c) Davinchi code (d) Casino Royale
33. What is the chemical formula of bleaching powder?
(a) NaHCO3 (b) Ca3(PO4)2 (c) Na2CO3â€â€10H2O (d) CaOCI2
34. Barkhans are land forms of:
(a) wind erosion (b) wind deposition (c) glacial deposition (d) coastal erosion
35. ‘Plam pudding’ model of atom is prepared by:
(a) Albert Einstein (b) Rutherford (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Niels Bohr
36. An example for non-renewable source of energy:
(a) solar energy (b) petroleum (c) biomass (d) water power
37. In which country the G-8 summit of 2005, held?
(a) Canada (b) Iceland (c) Scotland (d) Greenland
38. In South India, Jainism was spread by:
(a) Kharavela (b) Upali (c) Rudradaman I (d) Bhadrabahu
39. The people of which country have longest life span:
(a) China (b) Japan (c) England (d) America
40. Which is not a source of Carbohydrates?
(a) Fish (b) Butter (c) Cheese (d) Potato
41. Who translated Bhagavat Gita into Persian language?
(a) Abdul Fazal (b) Dara (c) Dadu (d) Balban
42. The second highest mountain peak in the world:
(a) Kanchenjunga (b) Nangaparbad (c) Nanda devi (d) Godwin Austin
43. The author of the book ‘Gandhi Life and Thought’:
(a) V.D Savarkar (b) J.B Kripalani (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) R.K Laxman
44. The creature in which the external fertilization takes place:
(a) bird (b) dog (c) cat (d) frog
45. Which country won the gold in Men’s Hockey in Bangkok Asian Games, 1998?
(a) India (b) South Korea (c) Pakistan (d) Japan
46. The Pallivasal Hydro electric system was commissioned during the reign of:
(a) Marthanda Varma (b) Dharma Raja (c) Srimulam Thirunal (d) Sri Chitira Tirunal Balarama
Varma
47. Name the author of the novel ‘The Ambassadors’:
(a) Joyce Cary (b) E.M Foster (c) Henry James (d) Hadley Chase
48. Which element is not present in fats?
(a) Nitrogen (b) Sulphur (c) Carbon (d) Hydrogen
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49. Which is know as the father of American Football?
(a) Bob Cousy (b) Water Camp (c) James Corbett (d) Charles W Brown
50. The most densely populated country in the world:
(a) India (b) China (c) Japan (d) Pakistan
51. Be careful when you ride on a bike, ……..?
(a) won’t you (b) did you (c) didn’t you (d) aren’t you
52. The passive voice of “He made his wife do the workâ€Â:
(a) His wife was making to do the work (b) His wife was made to do the work
(c) His wife was done the work (d) His wife was made doing the work
53. The feminine gender of horse is:
(a) Cow (b) Lass (c) Hind (d) Marc
54. Find out the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Zealous (b) Committee (c) Souvenior (d) Allotted
55. That house …….. to peter:
(a) belongs (b) is belonging to (c) is belonged to (d) was belonged to
56. He is ….. going near an elephant.
(a) afraid (b) afraid of (c) feared (d) fearing
57. The older we grow:
(a) the wiser we became (b) wiser we become (c) the wisest we become (d) we grow wiser
58. The teacher asked Ravi:
(a) whether he saw the exhibition (b) whether he had seen the exhibition
(c) whether had seen the exhibition (d) whether he will see the exhibition
59. We shall wait here:
(a) until you return (b) until you will return (c) until you returned (d) until you had returned
60. Neither of the two speakers ……. eloquent
(a) were (b) had (c) was (d) being
61. It has been raining ……. last night
(a) For (b) at (c) since (d) till
62. The price of petrol is higher than
(a) diesel (b) the diesel (c) of diesel (d) that of diesel
63. No sooner had she heard the sad news ……… she burst in to tears.
(a) when (b) before (c) than (d) then
64. They discussed …… the border issue at the summit.
(a) about (b) of (c) against (d) none
65. I would resign if I …….. you
(a) am (b) was (c) were (d) had
66. Dessert means:
(a) sand covered large area if barren land (b) sweet savory confection (c) abandon (d) detailed
study
67. The opposite of the word ‘Sympathy’
(a) Apathy (b) Pride (c) Angry (d) Pity
68. The dacoits …… to the police after much resistance
(a) gave up (b) turned down (c) gave in (d) passed away
69. The president A.P.J Abdul Kalam …….. the nation to stand united in the fight against terrorism
(a) called on (b) called at (c) called off (d) called upon
70. Never look a gift horse
(a) in the mouth (b) in the park (c) in the zoo (d) in the stable
71. Carpenter is related to furniture, in the same way Goldsmith is related to:
(a) Ornaments (b) Necklace (c) Chain (d) Bangles
72. Find the related word Thunder : Rain :: ….. : Night
(a) Day (b) Dark (c) Dusk (d) Evening
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73. Find the pair which is differently related in comparison with the others:
(a) Labourer : Industry (b) Teacher : Classroom (c) Driver : Vehicle (d) Doctor : Patient
74. From the group of letters one is different from others.Find it out
(a) DgP (b) MsP (c) DiG (d) AsP
75. Which one does not follow the pattern
(a) 5/2 (b) 10/3 (c) 17/4 (d) 24/5
76. Insert the missing number: 5, 11, 21, 43, ….
(a) 85 (b) 86 (c) 87 (d) 88
77. Insert the missing letters …, ywu, qom, ige
(a) jhg (b) rpq (c) wus (d) mlj
78. If VENU is coded as E2122N then NEAT is codes as
(a) E2014A (b) E1420A (c) A1420E (d) A2014E
79. Showing a lady in the park, kumar said “She is the daughter of my grand father’s only
sonâ€Â. How is Kumar related to the lady?
(a) Father (b) Daughter (c) Brother (d) Aunt
80. Mini tore out several successive pages from a book.Number of the first page she tore out is
385. It is known that the number of the last page which she tore out is with the same digits in
some other order.How many pages did she remove from the book?
(a) 154 (b) 253 (c) 469 (d) 451
81. If September 14 is Friday, how many Saturdays and Sundays will that month have?
(a) 4, 4 (b) 5, 4 (c) 4, 5 (d) 5, 5
82. Calendar is to date as Atlas is to:
(a) Jewellery (b) Map (c) Earth (d) Globe
83. A man walks 30 meters towards South. Then turning to his right he walks 30 meters. Then
turn to his left and walks 20 meters. Again takes a turn to his left and walks 30 meters. How far is
he from his initial position?
(a) 20 meters (b) 50 meters (c) 60 meters (d) 80 meters
84. Fill in the blank as per the sequence: PLANETARIUM, LANERAUIM, ANEUAMI, ……..
(a) NEMAI (b) NEAIM (c) NEUMI (d) NEMIA
85. In a group of six person F is richer than E but not as rich as A. B is richer than C and D but not
as rich as A. E is richer than D. E and C are equally rich. Who is the poorest among them?
(a) Data inadequate (b) C (c) E (d) D
86. A metal block having sides 10 cm, 15 cm, 30 cm has cut into equal cubes. If the block is
exhausted completely what will be the least possible number of cubes?
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 36
87. If aX – bY = cZ then X : Y: Z is:
(a) be :ca : ab (b) ab : bc : ca (c) a : b : c (d) b : c : a
88. Two poles of heights 10 m and 15m stand on a plane ground. If the distance between their
feet is 12m the
distance between their top is:
(a) 5m (b) 12m (c) 12.5m (d) 13m
89. If |3x-10|>5 then:
(a) x≤5, x≥5/3 (b) x≥5, x≤5/3 (c) x≤-5, x≥5/3 (d) x≤-5, x≥-5/3
90. Find the empty set:
(a) {x:x=x} (b) {x:x≠x} (c) {x:x=x2} (d) {x:x≠x3}
91. If 3x-y –27 and 3x+y = 243 then x is:
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
92. If f(x)-5×2-3x+2 and g(x) = 2×2-2x-2 then f(2)-g(-2) is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
93. The least number which is to be added to make 7399 a perfect square is
(a) 170 (b) 151 (c)27 (d) 0
