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1. The famous and fierce Swiss Guard is thelast line of protection for(a) The Prime Minister of Switzerland(b) The Pope(c) The Arch Bishop of Canterbury(d) The Cardinal of Switzerland

Ans: b

2. The example of fold mountains are(a) The Vindhyas(b) The Aravalis(c) The Himalayas(d) The Rockies

Ans: c

3. One of the most well-known exponents of theDhrupad singing is(a) Nasir Aminuddin Dagar(b) Tansen(c) Pandit Shiv Kumar(d) Alla Raakha

Ans: a

4. Which of the following is a Man Booker prizewinner(a) Krishna Uday Shankar(b) Amish Tripathi(c) Rajeev Menon(d) Aravinda Adiga

Ans: d

5. The bass guitar player and singer of the fusionband Indian Ocean(a) Asheem(b) Uday Benegal(c) Zubin Balapore(d) Rahul Ram

Ans: d

6. Which of the following is called the Roof ofAfrica(a) Kilimanjaro(b) The Sahara(c) The Namib(d) The Masa Marai

Ans: a

7. Find the odd one out:85, 79, 71, 73(a) 85(b) 79(c) 71(d) 73

Ans: a

8. If ANITA is written as ZOHUZ, how willNAVEEN be written?(a) OZWFFO(b) MBUFDO(c) OZUVDO(d) MBWFFO

Ans: b

9. A machine P can print one lakh books in8 hours; machine Q can print the samenumber of books in 10 hours while machineR can print them in 12 hours. All the machinesare started at 9 A.M. while machine P isclosed at 11 A.M. and the remaining twomachines complete work. Approximately atwhat time will the work (to print one lakhbooks) be finished?(a) 11:30 A.M.(b) 12 noon(c) 12:30 P.M.(d) 1:00 P.M.

Ans: d

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10. There are 4 beads of different colours. Howmany different key chains can be made usingthese beads if each key chain has a differentarrangement of beads and all key chains have4 beads?(a) 24(b) 64(c) 256(d) 12

Ans: a

11. One rectangular metal plate of 11 cm length,8 cm breadth and 2 cm thickness has to bemolten and recast into a solid cylinder of8 cm diameter. What should be its height(a) 3.5 cm(b) 4 cm(c) 5 cm(d) 4.5 cm

Ans: a

12. Out of 68 students, 26 are taking WomenStudies and 41 are taking Education. If elevenstudents are in classes, how many studentsare in neither class?(a) 4(b) 8(c) 12(d) 16

Ans: c

13. In the following question, select a pair of wordsthat are similar in relationship to the pair givenin capital.DRAMA : DIRECTOR ::(a) class : principal(b) movie : scenario(c) actor : playwright(d) magazine : editor

Ans: d

14. Fill the blanks using the words given below tomake a meaningful sentence.The author used a rhetorical question as aterminal flourish to .....the section of text.(a) disclose(b) conclude(c) simplify(d) ascertain

Ans: b

15. Fill the blanks in the sentences given belowusing the pair of words given.The two sisters selfessly dedicated their livesto the nursing profession; their ...madethem..., ones whose ways are worthly ofimitation.(a) morality....emancipators(b) erudition....enigmas(c) devotion....egotists(d) altruism....exemplars

Ans: d

16. For each word below, a contextual usage isprovided. Pick the word from the alternativesgiven that is most inappropriate in the givencontext.TEMPORAL: Do not get tempted by theseemporal pleasures. They do not last long.(a) Eternal(b) Immortal(c) Everlasting(d) Ephemeral

Ans: c

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17. Rearrange the sentences to form a logicaland meaningful paragraph.

a. As I learnt how to read I began enjoyingthe stories.

b. Soon it became my favourite book.c. I was very young then.d. Initially I looked only at the pictures and

could not read the stores.e. My mother bought me my first book of

stories.(a) becda(b) ecdab(c) decab(d) dbace

Ans: dThough the question asks for a word that isinappropriate in the given context, there arethree options that can be the answer. It seemsthe directions of the questions are incorrect.Given the options, the question should haveasked for a word appropriate in the givencontext. In that case, option (d) is the correctanswer.