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IBPS Unsolved Sample Paper
Questions on General knowledge/ Computer awareness1) Ellora caves in Maharashtra were built during the rule of which of the
following dynasties?
(A) Rashtrakoot
(B) Pallav
(C) Pala
(D) Chola
2) The first division of Congress took place in—
(A) Surat
(B) Kolkata
(C) Allahabad
(D) Chennai
3) Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the following places?
(A) Udaigiri
(B) Dhauli
(C) Balasore
(D) Barabaki
4) MIG aircraft manufacturing plant is located at which of the following
places of Orissa?
(A) Beharampur
(B) Sunabeda
(C) Koraput
(D) Sambalpur
5) Hillary Clinton who was in India recently is the U.S. Secretary of _____
(A) Commerce
(B) State
(C) Treasury
(D) Defence
6) If Indian Banking industry had demonstrated its resilience to external
shocks in 2008-09, the credit goes to _______
(1) Policies of the RBI and the Govt. of India
(2) Strength of Indian Business Houses
(3) Foreign aid/investments to Indian companies
(A) Only (1)
(B) Only (2)
(C) Only (3)
(D) All (1), (2) and (3)
7) Tembhli village which was in news is in _____
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Maharashtra
8) Rohan Bopanna who represented Indian in an international event is a
_____
(A) Golf Player
(B) Chess Player
(C) Table Tennis Player
(D) Lawn Tennis Player
9) AIBA Women's World Boxing championship was organized in
September 2010 in ___
(A) New Delhi
(B) London
(C) Vienna
(D) Barbados
10) Mr. A. K. Antony a Union Minister in the Indian Cabinet recently
signed an agreement with South Korea. This mean the agreement is for the
Cooperation in the field of ______
(A) Agriculture
(B) Rural Development
(C) Defence
(D) Steel & Iron
11) What is financial inclusion?
(A) To provide a permanent employment to the unemployed
(B) To Provide a 100 days job to all those who are in need of a job
(C) To provide banking services to all those loving in remote areas
(D) To ensure that all financial transactions amounting Rs. 5,000/- and above
are done through banks.
12) Recently the term 3G was very much in news and even a conference on
it was organized in India. What is the letter 'G' denotes in 3G?
(A) Group
(B) Global
(C) Guild
(D) Generation
13) Some major banks and financial institutions in various Western
countries were to wind up their business and/or declare themselves in
financial problems during last few years. This trend is technically known as
(A) Devaluation
(B) Deformation
(C) Global Slowdown
(D) Political backdrop
14) Which of the following International sports events was organized in
Delhi in October 2012 in which several countries participated?
(A) Asian Games
(B) World Cup Cricket Tournament
(C) Asian Hockey Tournament
(D) Commonwealth Games
15) Exporters in India get insurance cover and risk cover from which of the
following organizations?
(A) SIDBI
(B) NABARD
(C) ECGC
(D) RBI
16) Which of the following place in India does not have a Stock Exchange?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Delhi
(D) Udaipur
17) Sir Mota Singh who was knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II earlier this
year is _______
(A) First Sikh Judge in UK
(B) First Sikh Minister in UK
(C) First Indian to become Vice Chancellor in Cambridge
(D) First Indian to become Governor of a State in USA
18) 'Ajodhya' which was in news recently is a place in _____
(A) Bihar
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Uttar Pradesh
19) Which of the following is the name of a private sector Bank in India?
(A) IDBI Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) Corporation Bank
(D) UCO Bank
20) The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to
which of the following schemes?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment guarantee scheme
(B) Rural Health Mission
(C) Indira Aawas Yojana
(D) Jeevan Sathi Yojana
21) What does the letter 'S' denotes in 'AFSPA' an abbreviation we very
often see in newspapers?
(A) Slow
(B) Special
(C) State
(D) Solid
22) Which of the following terms is used in banking and finance?
(1) Abiotic
(2) Demand Deposit
(3) Fat scales
(4) A diabetic
23) Which of the following is a food crop?
(A) Maize
(B Cotton
(C) Palm
(D) Jute
24) Vedanta Alurnina is a company operating in the area of _______
(A) Shipping
(B) Mining
(C) Cement
(D) Textiles
25) Name of which of the following rates/ratios cannot be seen in financial
newspapers?
(A) Bank Rate
(B) Repo Rate
(C) Cash Reserve Ratio
(D) Pulse Rate
26) An individual visiting UAE will have to make hi/her payments in which
of the following currencies?
(A) Dirham
(B) Taka
(C) Baht
(D) Peso
27) Who amongst the following is NOT a famous writer?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) V. S. Naipaul
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Khushwant Singh
28) Which of the following is the Chemical name of the salt we use in our
kitchen?
(A) Calcium Carbonate
(B) Calcium Chloride
(C) Sodium Carbonate
(D) Sodium Chloride
29) The judges of the Supreme Court of India now retire at the age of ____
(A) 58 years
(B) 60 years
(C) 62 years
(D) 65 years
30) Operation New Dawn is the beginning of stability in____
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Iran
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Iraq
31) Which of the following books is written by Kiran Desai?
(A) A house for Mr. Biswas
(B) 3 Mistakes of My Life
(C) A Tale of Two Sisters
(D) The Inheritance of Loss
32) Jimena Navarrete who was crowned Miss Universe 2010 is from ___
(A) Mexico
(B) Venezuela
(C) Brazil
(D) New Zealand
33) India has an agreement with USA for producing energy in the form
of___
(A) Hydraulic
(B) Thermal
(C) Nuclear
(D) Solar
34) Which of the following is an economic term?
(A) Plaintiff
(B) Bunker Blaster
(C) Deflation
(D) Lampoon
35) Which of the following awards is given to sports persons in India?
(A) Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Awards
(B) Arjuna Award
(C) Kalidas Samman
(D) Saraswati Samman
36) which of the following is the trophy/cup associated with the game of
cricket?
(A) Derby
(B) Merdeka Cup
(C) Santhosh Trophy
(D) Duleep Trophy
37) Who amongst the following can take benefit of the Social Security Fund
established by the Govt. of India for unorganized workers?
(A) Primary school teacher
(B) Employee of Sugar Factory
(C) Textile Mazdoor
(D) Rickshaw Puller
38) Shushil Kumar who won a Gold Medal at an international event is a
famous____
(A) Wrestling champion
(B) Golf player
(C) Table Tennis Player
(D) Weight lifter
39) In case a major war breaks out between two nations, which of the
following organizations/ agencies will be see in the battle field, in addition
to the armies of the fighting parties?
(A) WTO
(B) Red Cross
(C) CARE
(D) OPEC
40) Which of the following is the abbreviated name associated with food
security?
(A) ASHA
(B) PDS
(C) WTO
(D) OPEC
41) Who amongst the following Indian Prime Ministers was honored
posthumously by the Govt. of Bangladesh for his/her contributions to the
independence of the nation?
(A) Rajeev Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
42) Assembly language is–
(A) Low-level programming language
(B) High level programming language
(C)Machine language
(D) All of the above
43) The following computer’s memory is characterized by low cost per bit
stored–
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Hard disk
(D) All of the above
44) The following is true for Auxiliary Storage–
(A) It has an operating speed far slower than that of the primary storage.
(B) It has an operating speed faster than that of the primary storage.
(C) It has an operating speed equivalent than that of the primary storage.
(D) All of the above
45) Following is true for Bandwidth–
(A) The narrow the bandwidth of a communications system the less data it can
transmit in a given period of time.
(B) The narrow then bandwidth of a communications system the more data it
can transmit in a given period of time.
(C) The wider the bandwidth of a communications system the less data it can
transmit in a given period of time.
(D) All of the above
46) Acknowledgement from a computer that a packet of data has been
received and verified is known as–
(A) ACK
(B) BCK
(C) ECK
(D) None of the above
47) ALGOL is the
(A) High-level language
(B) Low level language
(C) Machine language
(D) None of these
48) A high level programming language named after Ada Augusta, coworker with Charles Babbage–
(A) Augustan
(B) Babbage
(C) Ada
(D) Charlie
49) Following is a logic circuit capable of forming the sum of two or more
quantities–
(A) Adder
(B) Multiplier
(C) Address
(D) Access
50) To identification particular location in storage area one have a–
(A) Address
(B) Password
(C) Logic
(D) Mouse
Aptitude and Reasoning Questions51) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GUARDIAN each
of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English
alphabet?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
52) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) 19
b) 27
c) 17
d) 32
53) How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters
TEBI using each letter only once in each word?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three
54) In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as
3748. How is LANE written in that code?
a) 5427
b) 5847
c) 5237
d) None
55) ‘BD’ is related to ‘EG’ and ‘MO’ is related to ‘PR’ in the same way as
‘FH’ is related to ……….
a) Jm
b) Jl
c) Il
d) Ik
56) In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as BFSCJMVNC. How is
ORGANISED written in that code?
a) PSHBMCDRH
b) BHSPMCDRH
c) BHSPOCDRH
d) BHSPNHRDC
57) How many such digits are there in the number 58674139 each of which
is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits within
the number are rearranged in descending order?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
58) In a certain code language ‘pik da pa’ means ‘where are you’; ‘da na
ja’ means ‘you may come’ and ‘na ka sa’ means ‘he may go’, which of the
following means ‘come’ in that code language ?
a) Da
b) Ja
c) Na
d) Cannot be determined
59) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) BDF
b) VXZ
c) FIK
d) MOQ
60) What should come next in the following number series?
9 8 9 8 7 98 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 53
a) 4
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
61) Which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest among
the following five numbers?
254 319 963 842 6975
a) 1
b) 6
c) 4
d) 9
62) Meeta correctly remembers that her father’s birthday is after 8th July
but before 12th July. Her brother correctly remembers that their father’s
birthday is after 10th July but before 15th July. On which day of July was
definitely their father’s birthday?
a) 10th
b) 11th
c) 10th or 11th
d) None of these
63) In a class of 50 students M is eighth from top. H is 20th from bottom.
How many students are there between M and H?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) Cannot be determined
64) Among A, B, C, D and F each scoring different marks in the annual
examination, D scored less than only F among them. B scored more than A
and C but less than D.
Who among them scored least marks among them?
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) None of these
65) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) Iron
b) Aluminium
c) Zinc
d) Steel
Directions (Q66-70): In each question below are three statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements
to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three
statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answers :
(A) If only conclusion I follows.(B) If only conclusion II follows.(C) If either
conclusion I or II follows.(D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.(E) If both
conclusions I and II follow.
66) Statements: This world is neither good nor evil; each man
manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusions: I. some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.
67) Statements: The eligibility for admission to the course is minimum second
class Master's degree. However, the candidates who have appeared for the final
year examination of Master's degree can also apply.
Conclusions: I. all candidates who have yet to get their Master's degree will be
there in the list of selected candidates.
II. All candidates having obtained second class Master's degree will be there in
the list of selected candidates
68) Statements: Any student who does not behave properly while in the school
brings bad name to himself and also for the school.
Conclusions: I. Such student should be removed from the school.
II. Stricter discipline does not improve behavior of the students.
69)Statements: A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either
submit their resignations by the next day or face termination orders from
service. Three of them had submitted their resignations by that evening.
Conclusions: I. the next day, the remaining manager would also resign.
II. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.
70) Statement: Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without
sweet voice is a good singer.
Conclusions: I. All invited singers in the conference have sweet voice.
II. Those singers who do not have sweet voice are not invited in the conference.
Directions (Q71-75): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer
the questions given belowB#AR58E%MF4J1U@H2©9TI6*W3P#K7$Y
71) Which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the
left end of the above arrangement?
a) %
b) W
c) M
d) 4
72) How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of
which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately
followed by a symbol?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these
73) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of
which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by
a number?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three
74) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of
which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately
followed by a number?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these
75) If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the
following will be the eleventh from the right end?
a) U
b) T
c) F
d) H
Directions (76-80): In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols
followed by four combinations of letters lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have
to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of
digits/symbols based on the following letter coding system and mark the letter of
that combination as the answer. If none of the letter combinations correctly
represents the group of digits/ symbols, mark (E) i.e.”˜None of these’ as the
answer.
76) Digit/Symbol: 4 % 3 9 $ 1 8 @ © 2 # 5 6 * 7 d
Letter Code: P M I T R Q J F H A E U N B G L
Conditions : (i) If the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element
is a digit, the codes are to be interchanged. (ii) If the first element in the group is
a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to be coded as the code for the
digit.(iii) If both the first and the last elements are even digits both are to be
coded as ”˜X’.(iv) If both the first and the last elements are odd digits, both are
to be coded as ”˜Y’. 4%@93* PMFTIB
a)
b)
c)
d)
PMFTIP
BMFTIB
XMFTIX
None of these
77) $1896©
a) RQJTNH
b) HQJTNR
c) RQJTNR
d) YQJTNY
78) 8732@9
a) TGIAFJ
b) YGIAFY
c) JGIAFT
d) XGIAFX
79) 7#$%35
a) GERMIU
b) UERMIG
c) GERMIG
d) XERMIX
80) 2*#836
a) YBEJIY
b) ABEJIN
c) NBEJIA
d) XBEJIX
Directions (81-85): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and
d are used with the following meanings illustrated.
'P % Q' means 'P is greater than Q'.'
P d Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
'P @ Q' means 'P is smaller than Q'.
'P © Q' means 'P is either smaller than or equal to Q'.
'P $ Q' means 'P is either greater than or equal to Q'.
In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find
out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely
true.
Give answers :( A) If only conclusion I is true.
(B) If only conclusion II is true.
(C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.
81) Statements: M @ J, J © R, R d K
Conclusions: I. K d J II. K % J
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
82) Statements : N $ T, T d H, N @ W
Conclusions :I. W % TII. H © N
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
83) Statements : F @ R, R © V, V $ T
Conclusions :I. V % FII. F @ T
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
84) Statements : W © D, D $ B, B @ H
Conclusions :I. H % DII. W @ B
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
85) Statements : F d T, T $ M, M © R
Conclusions :I. R $ FII. M © F
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
Directions (86-90): Study the following information and answer the questions
given belowM, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre.
P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of
P.
R is second to the right of W who is second to the right of M. F is not an
immediate neighbor of P.
86) Who is to the immediate right of P?
a) H
b) F
c) R
d) Data inadequate
87) Who is to the immediate right of H?
a) R
b) F
c) M
d) None
88) Who is to the immediate left of R?
a) P
b) H
c) W
d) T
89) Who is third to the right of H?
a) T
b) W
c) R
d) F
90) Who is second to the right of F?
a) M
b) R
c) T
d) Data inadequate
91) 92.5% of 550 =?
a) 506.45
b) 521.65
c) 518.55
d) 508.75
92) 38% of 4500 - 25% of? = 1640
a) 260
b) 270
c) 280
d) 290
93) (?)2 + 152 - 332 = 97
a) 32
b) 34
c) 30
d) None of these
94) 3 (7921 + 178) - 5.5 = √?
a) 1512
b) 1521
c) 1251
d) 1531
95) Which no replaces the question mark?
1 5 13 29 ? 125 253
a) 83
b) 69
c) 61
d) 65
96) In a row of children facing North, Bharat is eleventh from the right end
and is third to the right of Samir who is fifteenth from the left end. Total
how many children are there in the row ?
a) 29
b) 28
c) 30
d) 27
97) Which number is missing?
45389, ?, 453, 34
a) 34780
b) 8354
c) 4892
d) 3478
98) If in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in the English alphabet
replaces each consonant and each vowel is replaced by the next letter and
then the order of letters is reversed, which letter will be third from the
right end?
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) K
99) How many such digits are there in the number 57683421, each of which
is as far away from the beginning of the number, as they will be when
arranged in descending order within the number?
a) One
b) Two
C) Three
d) More than three
100. Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is older than Chhama;
Ravindra is not as old as Shreshtha but is older than Janaki. Chhama is not
as old as Janaki. Who is the youngest?
a) Praduman
b) Janaki
c) Shreshtha
d) Chhama
Questions on English LanguageEnglish Language Directions (101-110):
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering
some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room was packed with silk
fabrics. gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of
sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The
mother was sending out gifts to everyone. The eldest son, a government servant,
lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home
at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons
had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own.
The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The
youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the
door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited,
loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colorful kerchiefs,
and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbors looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.
The child came back into the house and dejectedly said to his mother, 'Maa,
you gave a present to everyone, but you didn't give me anything!'
His mother laughed, 'I have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see what's
left for you.' She kissed him on the forehead.
The child said in a tearful voice, 'Don't I get a gift?'
'You'll get it when you go far away.'
'But when I am close to you, don't I get something from your own hands?'
His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. 'This is all I have in my
own hands. It is the most precious of all.'
101) Why did the woman's second son travel?
a) He was restless by nature
b) He did not want to stay at home
c) He was rich and could afford to travel
d) His job was such that he had to travel
e) None of these
102) Why did the woman's eldest son not attend the festival?
He was not on good terms with his youngest brother who lived at home
He had quarreled with his mother
His wife did not allow him to return home
His job prevented him from taking leave
None of these
103) How did the woman prepare for the festival?
1. She bought expensive gifts for her children and neighbours.
2. She ordered her servants to prepare sweets and food well in advance.
3. She made sure that her youngest child was looked after so that he wouldn't be
bored.
None
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
All 1, 2 and 3
104) What did the youngest child do while his mother was busy?
1. He waited for a chance to steal some sweetmeats.
2. He pestered his mother to give him a present.
3. He stood at the door with servants.
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 3
Only 3
None of these
105) Which of the following can be said about the woman?
She was a widow who had brought up her children single handily
She was not a good mother since her children had left home at an early age
She enjoyed sending her family gifts at festival time
She gave expensive presents to show that she was wealthy
She rarely visited her grand-children because they all lived abroad
106) What did the boy receive from his mother?
She taught him the value of patience
She encouraged him to grow up and live independently like his brothers
She showed him the importance of giving expensive gifts
She gave him a hug to express her love
None of these
107) Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?
The woman usually ignored her youngest son
The woman's eldest son lived abroad
The members of the woman's family did not care about her
The woman made all the preparations herself since she did not want to burden
the servants
The woman sent gifts to her children to ensure that they visited her
Directions (Q108-109): Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in
meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
108) Left
Gone
Quit
Remaining
Disappeared
Forgot
109) Packed
Filled
Squeezed
Crowd
Collected
Untidy
110) Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word
dejectedly as used in the passage.
Calmly
Happily
Willingly
Fortunately
Softly
Directions(61-65): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in
it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is
the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation,
if any)
(111) Many multinational companies (A) / have not been as (B) /successful
in India (C) /than we expected. (D) No error (E)
A
B
C
D
112) He has ruined (A) /his eyesight (B) /by not using (C) /his spectacles
regularly. (D) No error (E)
A
B
C
D
E
113) Mostly of the (A) /newly recruited officers (B) /have no experience (C)
/in the banking sector (D) No error (E)
114) The resignation of (A) /one of our directors (B) /have caused the price
(C) / of shares to fall. (D) No error (E)
A
B
C
Answer:C
Explanation:Change ‘have’ to ‘has’.
D
E
(115) There are many (A) /ways of which (B) /inflation can (C) /be
measured. (D) No error (E)
A
B
Answer:B
Explanation:Replace ‘of’ with ‘in’
C
D
E
Directions(Q116-120): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below
should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the
sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is
and 'No correction is required.' mark (E) as the answer.
(116) Each of the loan must be approved by the Branch ManagerEvery loan
Each one of the loan
Any of the loan
All of the loan
No correction required
(117) The issue was taken before the Municipal Corporation meeting last
weekTaking place at
Taken after
Being taken in
Taken up at
No correction required
(118) He has asked for the names of those employees involved in the project.
had asked
having asked about
was asked that
is asking
no correction required
(119) Considerate the traffic, it is better to leave for the airport an hour earlyWhile considering
Consideration of
Considering
Being considerate to
No correction required
(120) He is a good leader, knowing that to motivate his employees to achieve””
That known when
Who knows how
Which knows how
Knowing what
No correction required
Directions(121-125): Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then
answer the questions given below them.
(1) The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the
mountain.
(2) As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
(3) One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the valley.
(4) 'We couldn't climb the mountain. How could you?-, they asked, 'It wasn't
your baby !' she replied.
(5) There were two tribes in the Andes' one lived in the valley and the other
high up in the mountains.
(6) Two days later they noticed the child's mother coming down the mountain
that they hadn't yet figured out how to climb.
(121) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
1
2
3
4
5
(122) Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after
rearrangement ?
6
5
4
3
2
(123) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement ?
1
2
3
4
5
(124) Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after
rearrangement ?
1
2
3
4
5
(125) Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement ?
1
2
3
4
5
Directions(Q126-130): In each question below a sentence with four words
printed in bold type is given. These are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of
these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in
the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or
inappropriate, if any. The letter of that word is your answer. If all the words
printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the
sentence mark (E) i.e., all correct as your answer.
(126) The income (A) of many people in rural (B) India is not adequate (C)
to satisfy (D) their basic needs. All correct (E)
A
B
C
D
E
(127) He is always (A) prompt (B) in caring (C) out instructions. (D) All
correct (E)
A
B
C
D
E
(128) The revized (A) rates (B) of interest will be effective (C) immediately.
(D) All correct (E)
A
B
C
D
E
(129) Such transactions (A) are quiet (B) expensive (C) and
time consuming (D) for customers. All correct (E)
A
B
C
D
E
(130) The guidelines (A) of the new scheme (B) are expected (C) to be finally
(D) soon. All correct (E)
A
B
C
D
E
Directions(131-140): In the following passage there are blanks each of which
has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against
each five words/ phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
(131) I used to look …(81)… to the holidays. I was usually …(82)… to my
uncle’s house where I …(83)… his children. I did not get paid a salary for
…(84)… What I received in return however, was far more …(85)… My uncle
was an avid reader. During the time I spent with his family I had an …(86)… to
read the vast amount of books and magazines that he possessed. This improved
my English to some …(87)… Reading became my new …(88–89)… spending
my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to …(90)… books. This has
benefited me greatly.
forward
towards
backward
up
around
(132) I was usually …(82)… to my uncle’s house
went
sent
visited
travelled
gone
(133) where I …(83)… his children.
cared
occupy
guarded
taught
played
(134) I did not get paid a salary for …(84)….
them
whom
this
now
which
(135) What I received in return however, was far more …(85)….
expensive
deserving
helping
demanding
valuable
(136) During the time I spent with his family I had an …(86)….......
opportunity
ability
use
encouragement
achievement
(137) This improved my English to some …(87)….
distance
extent
time
limits
degrees
(138) Reading became my new …(88)…
activity
hope
hobby
duty
worship
(139) Reading became my new …(88–89)…
despite
though
by
instead of
while
(140) I began to …(90)… books. This has benefited me greatly.
sell
read
exchange
invest
buy
Directions(Q141-150): In the following passage there are blanks each of which
has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against
each five words/ phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
(141) Each year Middle class Indian children ...(91)... hundred of crores of
rupees in pocket money and ...(92)... a heavy burden parental ...(93)... like
adults, these kids have ...(94)... connected with budgeting and saving money.
unfortunately, basic money ...(95)... is ...(96)... taught in schools. At home, very
few parents ...(97)... money matters with their children. Kids who ...(98)... about
money ...(99)... have been found to be way ahead of their peers. Indeed,
learning to ...(100)... with money properly fosters discipline, good work habits
and self respect.
spend
steal
save
give
invest
(142) ...(92)... a heavy burden parental
move
take
risk
put
lift
(143) a heavy burden parental ...(93)... like adults,
promises
payments
demands
attitudes
incomes
(144) these kids have ...(94)... connected with budgeting and saving money.
expenses
experience
problems
guidance
necessities
(145) basic money ...(95)... is ...(96)... taught in schools.
availability
inflation
economics
problem
management
(146) unfortunately, basic money ...(95)... is ...(96)... taught in schools.
carefully
rarely
generally
always
thoroughly
(147) very few parents ...(97)... money matters with their children.
discuss
understand
teach
reveal
advise
(148) Kids who ...(98)... about money
quarrel
ask
learn
waste
spend
(149) ...(99)... have been found to be way ahead of their peers.
slowly
early
timely
lately
regularly
(150) Indeed, learning to ...(100)... with money properly fosters discipline, good
work habits and self-respect.
decide
earn
control
deal
pay