Ibps It-Officer Model Test Paper-1
Ibps It-Officer Model Test Paper-1
Ibps It-Officer Model Test Paper-1
No. of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Reasoning
50
50
Quantitative Aptitude
50
50
Professional Knowledge
50
75
English Language
50
25
Total
200
200
Total
Time
120
Minutes
REASONING
Q. 1-5. Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing outside the centre. F is third to the
right of C and second to the left of H. D is not an immediate neighbour of C and H. E is to the
immediate right of A, who is second to the right of G.
Q.1. Who is second to the left of C?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(4) H
(2) F
(3) E
(2) FH
(3) AF
(4) EH
Q.4. How many persons are sitting between C to H if we counted anticlockwise direction?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(2) Only b
(3) Only c
(4) b and c
Q. 6-10. Each of the question below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II
are given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient
to answer the question. Read both the statements and
Give answer (1) if the data in statement 1 alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement 2 alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (2) if the data in statement 2 alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement 1 alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (3) if the data in statement 1 alone or in statement 2 alone are sufficient to answer
the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the statement 1 and 2 alone are not sufficient to answer the
question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the statement 1 and 2 together are necessary to answer the
question.
Q.6. Who reached the station first among P, T, Q, R & D if no two persons reached together?
I. T reached only after Q & R.
II. P reached before D.
Q.7. Tower P is in which direction with respect to Tower Q?
I. P is to the East of H, which is to the north of Q.
II. F is to the East of Q and south of P.
Q.8. What is Smitas rank from top in the class?
I.
II.
I.
II.
II.
F is the husband of K.
9 + 2 + 4 = 18 36 62
8 + 6 + 3 = 48 24 66
Based on the above rule, find out the answer of the following question
7 + 2 +5 =?
(1) 14 35 24
(5) None of these
(2) 14 10 35
(3) 14 35 42
(4) 14 35 04
Q. 12-16. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G are here. They belong to seven different cities Lucknow,
Lakhimpur, Ahmedabad, Patna, Kanpur, Pune and Delhi and they like different colours Red, Green,
Blue, Yellow, White, Orange and Black not necessarily in the same order.
A belongs to Delhi and does not like Orange or Green. G likes blue. One who likes Yellow
belongs to Kanpur. F belongs to either Kanpur or Ahmedabad and likes Yellow. One who belongs to
Lakhimpur likes blue. D neither belongs to Pune nor Lucknow and likes Green. E likes Black and
belongs to Patna. B neither likes Red nor Orange. The one who likes Orange belong to Lucknow.
Q.12. Who among the following belongs to Patna?
(1) A
(2) C
(3) B
(4) G
(2) C-Pune-Red
(4) G-Lakhimpur-White
(3) F-Kanpur-Orange
(2) Green
(3) White
(4) Orange
(1) Patna
(2) Lucknow
(3) Kanpur
(4) Ahmedabad
Q.17. R is the grandfather of T, who is the brother of D. Q has two sons A and B. A is the father of
D, whose mother is O. How B is related to D?
(1) Father
(3) Son
(4) Brother
(2) NMCDET
(3) TNFMDC
(4) NMCTFD
(3) SQBDNU
(4) QNDBSU
(3) SRNFQM
(4) NRSRMQ
(5) NDMFCT
Q.19. MATTER is related to
(1) SDQNBU
(2) UBNQDS
(5) SUDBQN
Q.20 PERSON is related to
(1) RNFSQM
(2) RQNFMS
(5) RNMQFS
Q. 21-27. Study the following information to answer the below questions.
Six games are played in a year starting from January and ending to July of the same year.
Basketball is not played in February and June. Football is immediately played after Hockey. In the
month of May, Cricket is not played and there is one month gap between Cricket and Tennis game.
One month prior to the schedule of Polo, there is no game (as that month is the off month and
January is not the off month).
Q.21. Which of the following is the last game scheduled?
(1) Cricket
(2) Tennis
(3) Football
(2) 5-1
(3) 3-3
(4) 4-2
(2) Football
(3) Basketball
Q.24. How many games were scheduled between Polo and Football?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(2) March
(3) April
(2) March
(3) May
Q.27. If somebody wants to attend only two games out of Football, Tennis and Basketball but
wants the two months to be successive (only after the other) then which game combination may
be selected?
(1) Tennis, Basketball
(2) Football, Basketball
(3) Football, Tennis
(4) Any two of the tree is possible
(5) With the combination of successive months, it is not possible.
Q. 28-34. In each question given below three statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows
from the two given statements disregarding commonly known facts:
(1) If only conclusion I follows
No Tuesday is Wednesday.
Q. 30-31. Statement:
Q.31. Conclusion:
Q.33 Conclusion:
Q.34. Conclusion:
(2) Re
(3) Ka
(4) Se
(5) Ta
(2) Ta Se Re
(3) Ta Se Ta
(4) Ta Ha Re
(3) them
(4) these
(2) books
(5) are
Q.39. Early morning after sunrise Rajesh was standing in front of his house in such a way that his
shadow was falling exactly behind him. He starts walking straight and walks 5 meters He turns to
his left and walks 3 meters and again turning to his left walks 2 meters. Now in which direction is
he from his starting point?
(1) South
(2) West
(3) South-East
(4) South-West
(5) North-East
Q.40. In a certain code TORCH is coded as IDSNS and PISTA is coded as BUTHO. How will
BLINK be coded in the same code?
(1)LOJKA
(2) LKJOA
(3) AOJKL
(4) LOKJA
(5) AKJOL
Q.41. What should come next in the following letter series
ACFHKMPRUW?
(1) Z
(2) Y
(3) U
(4) V
(5) T
Q.42. M is the brother of K. P is the sister of K. R is the father of P. How is K related to R?
(1) Son
(2) daughter
information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically
follow(s) for pursuing.
Give answer
(1) If only I follows
(2) If only II follows
(3) If either I or II follows
(4) If neither I nor II follows
(5) If both I and II follow.
Q.43. Statement: A large number of people in ward X of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from
a fatal malaria type.
Courses of Action:
I. The city municipal authority should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward
X.
II. The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites.
Q.44. Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of Action:
I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those
affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and
cattle.
Q.45. Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve
Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at
international rates from January this year.
Courses of Action:
Courses of Action:
I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its
citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
Q.47. Statement: The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project
to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.
Courses of Action:
I. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop
such ports in other places.
II. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.
Q.48. Vishnu ranks 16th from the top and 49th from the bottom in a class. How many students are
there in the class?
(1) 66
(2) 65
(3) 64
(4) 63
(3) 1
(4) 0
(3) UFO
(4) FOU
(5) 67
Q.49. Find out the next term in the given series
34, 18, 10, 6, 4, ...
(1) 3
(2) 2
(5) -1
Q.50. DWH:WDS :: FUL: .........
(1) ELV
(2) OFU
Quantitative Aptitude
Q.51. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is
110.The difference between the digits is 4.What is the number?
(1)73
(2)37
(4)Cant be determined
(5)None of these
(3)65
(2)61
(4)70
(5)62
(3)67
Q 53. The area of a rectangle is 15 times of the sum of its length and breadth.If length is 40m,
What is the perimeter of the rectangle ?
(1)64m
(2)256m
(4)128m
(3)126m
Q 54. Anshul purchased a chair at three-fourth of its cost price and sold it at 20% more than its
purchasing price.What is the profit percen of Anshul ?
(1)45
(2)60
(4)20
(5)None of these
(3)75
Q 55. Manish is 15 years elder to Nikunj and after 5 years, the Nikunjs age will be 10 years. What
is the present age of Manish?
(1)20 years
(2)25 years
(4)12 years
(5)None of these
(3)15 years
(2)20
(4)30
(5)None of these
(3)60
(2)693
(4)1384
(5)None of these
(3)1268
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Q 58. The population of a city at present is 80000. If it increase by 5% per year, What will be the
population after 3 years?
(1)88200
(2)84000
(4)86610
(5)None of these
(3)92610
Q.59-63. What value will come in place of question mark (?) in number-series given belowQ.59. 276, ? , 414,1242,621,1863
(1)552
(2)138
(4)107
(5)None of these
(3)828
Q.60. 204,196,223,159,284,?
(1)126
(2)68
(4)142
(5)None of these
(3)272
(2)197
(4)199
(5)None of these
(3)196
Q.62. 16,15,26,69,260,?
(1)520
(2)1300
(4)1275
(5)None of these
(3)1040
(2)14.225
(4)15.125
(5)None of these
(3)12.725
Q.64-68. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below1000 students appeared in an examination. Out of which 275 students passed in physics, 320
students passed in chemistry and 350 students passed in mathematics. 84 students passed in both
chemistry and mathematics, 60 students passed in both physics and mathematics, 50 students
passed in both physics and chemistry and 34 students passed in all the subjects.
Q. 64. What is the percentage of students who did not pass?
(1)28.3
(2)21.5
(4)34.2
(5)None of these
(3)28.28
Q. 65. What is the percentage of students who passed in only one subject?
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(1)52
(2)66
(4)65.9
(5)None of these
(3)69.3
Q. 66. What is the number of students who passed in at least two subjects?
(1)126
(2)127
(4)129
(5)None of these
(3)128
Q. 67. The number of students passed in all the three subjects is what percent of the number of
students passed only in two subjects?
(1)36.95
(2)26.98
(4)34.26
(5)None of these
(3)32.14
Q. 68. What is the ratio of students passed in physics and mathematics to the number of students
passed in physics and chemistry?
(1)5:6
(2)2:3
(4)3:2
(5)None of these
(3)6:5
Q.69. An article was purchased for Rs. 78,350/-. Its price was marked up by 30%. It was sold at a
discount of 20% on the marked up price. What was the profit percent on the cost price?
(1) 4
(2) 7
(4) 3
(5) 6
(3) 5
Q.70. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is
the probability that it is neither red nor green?
(1)2/3
(2)3/4
(4)7/21
(5)None of these
(3)7/19
Q.71. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the
probability taht the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
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(1)9/20
(2)2/5
(4)1/2
(5)None of these
(3)8/15
Q.72. 2500 students appeared in an examination in which 1/5 of the total students are girls and
remaining are boys. 15% boys and 40% girls are failed.What is the percentage of passed students?
(1)85
(2)86
(3)88
(4)80
(5)None of these
Q.73-77. Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.
Year
Item of Expenditure
Salary
Bonus
Interest on Loans
Taxes
1998
288
98
3.00
23.4
83
1999
342
112
2.52
32.5
108
2000
324
101
3.84
41.6
74
2001
336
133
3.68
36.4
88
2002
420
142
3.96
49.4
98
Q.73.What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during
this period?
(1)Rs. 32.43 lakhs
(5)None of these
Q.74. 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?
(1)0.1%
(2)0.5%
(4)1.25%
(5)None of these
(3)1%
Q.75. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the
total expenditure in 2002?
(1)62%
(2)66%
(4)71%
(5)None of these
(3)69%
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Q.76. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
(1)Rs. 544.44 lakhs
(5)None of these
Q.77. 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?
(1)4:7
(2)10:13
(4)5:8
(5)None of these
(3)15:18
Q.78. In how many different ways can the letters of the word FLEECED be arranged ?
(1)840
(2)2520
(4)49
(5)None of these
(3)1680
Q.79. 4 men, 5 women and 3 children together can complete a piece of work in 16 days. In how
many days can 10 women alone can complete the piece of work if 10 men alone complete the
work in 24 days ?
(1)18
(2)15
(4)Cannot be determined
(5)None of these
(3)12
Q.80. The cost of 8 kg of almonds is equal to the cost of 50 kg of apples. The cost of 19 kg of
mangoes is Rs. 456. The cost of 1 kg of apples is twice the cost of 2 kg of mangoes. What is the
total cost of 3 kg of almonds and 4 kg of apples together?
(1) Rs. 2,168
(4) Rs. 2,264
(2) 1,5,2
(4) 11,2,5
(5)None of these
(c) 5,2,11
Q.82. What is the least number which should be subtracted from 0.000326 to make it a perfect
square?
(1)0.000002
(2)0.000004
(3)0.02
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(4)0.04
(5)None of these
Q.83. The average of 3 children in a family is 20% of the average age of the father and the eldest
child. The total age of the mother and the youngest child is 39 years.If the fathers age is 26 years,
what is the age of second child ?
(1)15 years
(2)18 years
(4)Cannot be determined
(5)None of these
(3) 20 years
Q.84. Rajan got married 8 years ago.His present age is 6/5 times his age at the time of his
marriage. Rajans sister was 10 years younger to him at the time of his marriage. The age of
Rajans sister is:
(1)32 years
(2)36 years
(4)40 years
(5)None of these
(3)38 years
Q.85. In an election between two candidates,one got 55% of the total valid votes,20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500,the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got,was:
(1)2700
(2)2900
(4)3100
(5)None of these
(3)3000
Q.86. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at
the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the rest at a discount
of 40% on the marked price. His total gain is :
(1)2%
(2)4.5%
(4)15%
(5)None of these
(3)13.5%
Q.87. Two friends P and Q started a business investing in the ratio of 5:6.R joined them after six
months investing an amount equal to that of Qs.At the end of the year,20% profit was earned
which was equal to Rs. 98,000.What was the amount invested by R ?
(1)Rs. 1,05,000
(2)Rs. 1,75,000
(4)Data inadequate
(5)None of these
(3)Rs. 2,10,000
Q.88. 10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one
man alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to
complete the same work ?
15
(1)90
(2)125
(3)145
(4)150
(5)None of these
Q.89. A train X starts from Meerut at 4 p.m. and reaches Ghaziabad at 5 p.m. While another train Y
starts from Ghaziabad at 4.p.m and reaches Meerut at 5.30 p.m. The two trains will cross each
other at :
(1)4.36p.m.
(4)4.50p.m.
(2)4.42p.m.
(3)4.48p.m.
(5)None of these
Q.90. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same
rate of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is :
(1)5%
(2)8%
(3)12%
(4)15%
(5)None of these
Q.91.A man saves Rs. 200 at the end of each year and lends the money at 5% compound interest.
How much will it become at the end of 3 years ?
(1)Rs. 565.25
(2)Rs. 635
(3)Rs. 662.02
(4)Rs. 666.50
(5)None of these
Q.92. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If they are opened on
alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first,in how many hours,the tank shall be full ?
(1)4
(2)9/2
(3)5
(4)11/2
(5)None of these
Q.93. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. If it can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km
upstream at the same time, the speed of the stream is :
(1)2 km/hr
(4)4 km/hr
(2)2.5 km/hr
(3)3 km/hr
(5)None of these
Q.94. The greatest number that exactly divides 105,1001 and 2436 is :
(1)3
(2)7
(3)11
(4)21
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Q.95. Kamya purchased an item of Rs. 46,000 and sold it at loss of 12 per cent. With that amount
she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12 per cent. What was her overall gain/loss?
(1)Loss of Rs. 662.40
Q.96. Call rate of a sim company-A is 1 paisa for every 3 seconds. Another sim company-B charges
45 paisa per minute. A man talked 591 seconds from Sim Company-A and 780 seconds from sim
company-B. What would be the total amount he spent?
(1)Rs. 7.80
(2)Rs. 7.40
(4)Rs. 7.82
(5)Rs. 8.46
(3)Rs. 7.46
Q.97. The length of a rectangle is three-fifths of the side of a square. The radius of a circle is equal
to side of the square. The circumference of the circle is 132 cm. What is the area of the rectangle if
the breadth of the rectangle is8 cm?
(1)112.4 sq. cm
(2)104.2 sq. cm
(4)Cannot be determined
(3)100.8 sq. cm
Q.98. Dinesh's monthly income is four times Suresh's monthly income. Suresh's monthly income is
Twenty per cent more than Jyoti's monthly income. Jyoti's monthly income is Rs. 22,000. What is
Dinesh's monthly income?
(1)Rs. 1, 06, 500
(5)None of these
Q.99. Raju runs 1250 metre on Monday and Friday. Another days he runs 1500 metre except for
Sunday (He does not run on Sunday). How many kilometres will he run in 3 weeks (first day
starting from Monday)?
1)12.5km
2)20.5km
4)25.5km
5)None of these
3)8.5km
Q.100. The sum of nine consecutive odd numbers of Set A is 621. What is the sum of a different set
of six consecutive even numbers whose lowest number is 15 more than the lowest number of Set
A?
(1)498
(2)468
(4)488
(C)478
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Professional Knowledge
(2) Multi-Computer
(4) Network
(3) LAN
(2) fork
(4) open
(3) icot1
Q. 105. Thrashing
(1) is set when the page fault occur
(2) is reset when the page is accessed by a program
(3) is set when the page is accessed by a program
(4) is never set
(5) None of these
Q. 106. The smallest element of an arrays index is called its
(1) smallest bound
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(3) Plotter
Q. 108. A communication device is that combines transmissions from several I/O devices into one
line is called
(1) Concentrator
(2) Modifier
(3) Multiplexer
Q.110. DES
(1) Data Encryption Standard was widely adopted by the industry for use in security products
(2) It is no longer secure in its original form, but in a modified form it is still useful.
(3) Plain text is encrypted in blocks of 64 bits
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q. 111. How many transistors has a LSI?
(1) more than 100
(3) Array
(2) Information
(4) Node
(3) Data
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(2) parallel
(4) symmetrical
(3) direct
(2) 192.0.0.0
(4) 224.0.0.0
(3) 255.0.0.1
(2) Authentication
(4) Either 1 or 2
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(3) Both 1 and 2
(2) Rotating
(4) Reflection
(3) Scaling
(3) int*new=*p
(2) Protected
(4) Friend
(3) Public
(2) PUSH
(3) POP
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(1) Euler
(2) Hamiltonian
(4) Path
(3) Tree
(2) Module
(4) Algorithm
(3) Class
(2) LIVES
(4) LVS
(3) VSL
Q. 131. A large computer information system maintains many different computer files. Which
amongst them is called as a perpetual file?
(1) Specialized file
(2) ROLLBACK
(4) LOCK
(3) SAVEPOINT
Q. 134. Microprogramming is
(1) assembly language programming
(2) SMTP
(4) NNTP
(3) FTP
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(2) Relational
(4) Chain
(3) Network
Q. 139. An assembler is a
(1) program
(3) symbol
(4) language
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(2) LINUX
(3) DOS
(3) C shell
(2) Multiplexing
(4) Trunks
(3) Signalling
(2) An operator
(4) A method
(2) EDI
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(2) Model
(4) Either 1 or 2
English Language
Read the passage and answer the following questions
The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that its introduction into education would remove
the conventionality, artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were characteristic; of classical
studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So, too, in their time had the humanists thought that
the study of the classical authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and
superstition of mediaeval scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of
them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull and as
dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid.
The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something about the
actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with the results of scientific discovery,
and at the same time teaches him how to think logically and inductively by studying scientific
method. A certain limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at
all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary
or public school education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and
chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick
up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours.
As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably a farce. Actually, for the
convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system, it is necessary that the
pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe
exactly what they are told and to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or
not. The way in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not
to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of
education in the method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever.
The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience,
and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the best we can expect
is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire some of the techniques of science
and a still smaller minority who are able to use and develop them.
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152. The authors attitude to secondary and public school education in the sciences is
A. ambivalent
B. neutral
C. supportive
D. satirical
E. contemptuous
154. If the author were to study current education in science to see how things have changed since
he wrote the piece, he would probably be most interested in the answer to which of the following
questions?
A. Do students know more about the world about them?
B. Do students spend more time in laboratories?
C. Can students apply their knowledge logically?
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Directions (156 -170): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below
it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering
some of the questions.
As the price of gasoline spiked to record highs in 2007 and 2008, interest in alternatives to fossil
fuels, and electric transportation in particular, also spiked. It raised however, many questions about
the true environmental impact of electric cars. The electric car is being upheld as an ethical, green,
nifty and cheap alternative to the carbon dioxide-emitting automobiles clogging city roads around
the world today. Though electric cars are not a popular choice, the industrys future plans are riding
high on the hope that on improving certain factors, (which are currently deficient) such, as, effective
marketing, a growing public awareness of the need for clean air and the increase in demand, the
prices would eventually be driven down.
However, battery powered vehicles may still fail to completely replace liquid fuel-fed ones but with
more electric and hybrid vehicles on the road, there is greater scope for makeover in the way
environment is impacted by the automobiles. However, if the power to charge the battery-operated
vehicle is to be sourced from grids using conventional coal-fired power plants, the electric car
wouldnt really be all that green. These would actually cause an increase in demand on the power
plants energy production causing them to produce more power and thus more pollution, unless
greener ways of energy production are used. But as of now the bulk of the electricity used to charge
the batteries of electric vehicles is generated by fossil fuel burning power stations and only 12% by
the clean methods. Also the amount of energy used by coal fired power stations to create the
electricity to recharge electric vehicles makes them half as efficient as diesel cars. Recent studies
indicate that carbon emissions may reduce only by an insignificant level even if there is a sudden
Surge in demand for electric cars.
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Other factors making the rechargeable cars less include the amount of electricity lost in the journey
between the coal fired power stations which generate it and the point where it recharges the car,
and the energy lost by the faulty first-generation batteries and motors. The researchers calculated
that of the energy burned in a power station, only a quarter reaches an electric car after leakages
and losses along the supply chain, giving the vehicle an energy efficiency score of 24%. These
amounts to more than 75% energy loss much before the car is even put on ignition: A modern diesel
engine, by contrast, achieves 45% efficiency. This suggests that if fossil fuels are to be burned, it is
much more efficient to do it within the engine of a vehicle rather than at a power station and then
try to send it via the National Grid, where a lot of energy is wasted, and finally to store it in a battery
which in itself might leak power.
Electric cars may still survive since the cars emissions would be far less polluting than those that run
on fossil fuels. With very minor emissions of sulfur caused when the batteries charge and discharge,
when compared to current emissions standards, electric cars are zero emissions.
The gasoline engine by comparison does not fare as well. Gasoline and diesel fuel burned in internal
combustion engines for transportation-account for 54 percent of nitrites of oxygen, 89 percent of
carbon monoxide and 28 percent of carbon dioxide pollution produced. Switching to electric vehicles
drops those percentages to zero, and only slightly increases sulfur emissions. So even when the
power plants burn dirty fuel, the amount of pollution is less than an oil burning car would create.
And this picture is improving all the time, as clean energy sources are added to the grid.
The goal should be to make more electric cars with greater incentives for consumers and producers,
as well as feeding grids with more power from renewable resources as per the objectives stated in
the numerous plans on Climate Change. And till this goal is achieved, the debate whether controlling
emission at a few power plants is more convenient than controlling emission at millions of tailpipes
is, would continue.
156. Why does the author fear that the electric cars may eventually not be very Eco-friendly?
a) The exhausts of these cars emit as much pollutions as the oil fueled cars.
b) Electric cars though have lesser quantity of other emissions, the sulfur emissions will rise
substantially, thus harming the environment.
c) The electricity for charging the batteries of these cars comes from power plants using pollution
causing fossil fuels.
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d) Only a) and c)
e) None of these
157. What according to the author, needs to be done in order to make the electric cars more Eco
friendly?
158. Which of the following suggestions does the author make in order to popularize the electric
cars?
159. Why, according to the author, are electric cars not a popular option among the people?
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c) Only A and B
d) All A, B and C
e) None of these
160. Why, according to the author, may the electric cars survive despite all their current
deficiencies?
(A) Electric cars will by subsidized and this world prove to be cost efficient
(B) An increasing number of grids are shifting to alternate forms of energy production.
(C) In the future, incentives would be provided to those driving electric cars.
(D) Pollution caused by the electric cars is far less as compared to the fossil fuel driven cars.
a) Only A
b) Only C and D
c) Only B and D
d) Only A and 8
e) None of these
161. Which of the following can be the most appropriate title for the given passage?
a) Electric cars may completely replace the fossil fuel powered cars one day.
b) Electric cars have brought about a drastic improvement in the pollution levels at present.
c) Electric cars have universally been accepted as the environment friendly cars.
d) All a), b) and c) are true.
e) None of these
163. Which of the following is NOT TRUE in context of the given passage?
a) Nearly three-fourth of the total energy generated for powering electric cars is wasted.
b) The interest in electric cars increased during the last year when most of the power grids shifted to
clean sources of fuel.
c) Electric car engines do not produce any carbon emissions.
d) There would not be any noticeable improvement in the pollution level if the oil burning cars are
shifted to electric cars at present.
e) None of these
164. Why, according to the author, is the efficiency of the electric cars low even to the buyers
before they actually hit the roads?
(A) A lot of energy is lost during the transit of electricity from the grid to the recharge point.
(B) The manufacturing cost of the electric cars is much higher than that of the other cars.
(C) The batteries and the motors of the electric cars are still relatively new and waste a lot of power.
a) Only A and C
b) Only B and C
c) Only B
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d) Only A and B
e) None of these
Directions (165-167): Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the
word printed in bold as used in the passage.
165. PICTURE
a) Situation
b) Photograph
c) Representation
d) Art work
e) Idea
166. FEEDING
a) Eating
b) Supplying
c) Consuming
d) Encouraging
e) Nourishing
167. SURGE
a) Alteration
b) Modification
c) Intensification
d) Increase
e) Evolution
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Directions (168-170): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the
word printed in bold as used in the passage.
168. SLIGHTLY
a) Adequately
b) Miserly
c) Certainly
d) Remotely
e) Substantially
169. SWITCHING
a) Prolonging
b) Withdrawing
c) Continuing
d) Exchanging
e) Alternating
170. INCENTIVES
a) Deterrents
b) Preventions
c) Disadvantages
d) Prohibitions
e) Liability
Q. 171-178. Fill up to blanks in the following Questions from 11 to 18 picking out from the choices.
Q. 171. Mahesh _____ me coming to his table, he smiled and ___ me a chair.
(a) looked, gave
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their demands.
(a) have, press
sentence, four choices numbered (a), (b), (c), (d) are given which can substitute the part of the
sentence printed with underline. Find out the choice which can correctly substitute that part of
the sentence. The number of that choice is the answer. If No correction needed is your answer, the
choice is (e).
Q.179. He has received no other message than an urgent telegram asking him to rush village soon.
(a) asked him to rush his village
(b) asking him to have to his village
(c) asking him to rush to his village
(d) asking him rushing at his village
(e) No correction required
Q. 180. We must take it granted that Anju will not come for todays function.
(a) take it for granted
(b) taking it granted
(c) took it as granted
(d) have it granted
(e) Non correction required
Q. 181. I earnestly believes that you will visit our relatives during your trip to Mumbai.
(a) had hardly believe that
(b) sincerely believe
(c) certainly believing that
(d) could not believe
(e) No correction required
Q. 182. The train will leave at 8.30 pm, we have been ready by 7.30 pm so that we can reach the
station in time.
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(a) were
(b) must be
(c) are
(d) should have
(e) No correction required
Q. 183. Binita unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Sanjay and left the party.
(a) has picked up
(b) picked on
(c) picked
(d) picking up
(e) No correction required
Q. 184. Raja has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successfully.
(a) in rising from
(b) to raise with
(c) to rise against
(d) to rise to
(e) No correction required
Q. 185. I need not offer any explanation, my behaviour is speaking itself.
(a) will speak to itself
(b) speaks for itself
(c) has been speaking
(d) speaks about itself
(e) No correction required
Q. 186- 190. In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence
are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up.
These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.
Q. 186. S1: There is only one monkey we can thoroughly recommend as an indoor pet.
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P:
They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs.
Q:
R:
The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the
The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than a Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they
Finally let me say that no other monkey has a better temper or winning ways.
(b) QRPS
(d) RPSQ
(c) QSPR
Q. 187. S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P:
When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away
Q:
With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at
No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional
comet or asteroid.
S:
When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
S6:
When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.
(b) SQRP
(d) QPRS
(c) PSQR
Q. 188. S1: A gentleman who lived alone always had two plates placed on the table at dinner
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time.
P: One day just as he sat down to dine, the cat rushed in to the room.
Q: One plate was for himself and other was for his cat.
R: She drooped a mouse into her own plate and another into her master plate.
S: He used to give the cat a piece of meat from his own plate.
S6: In this way the cat showed her gratitude to her master.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) QSPR
(b) PSRQ
(d) RPQS
(c) QRSP
Q. 189. S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P: During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were
ruined.
Q: Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate
forecast.
R: Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
S: In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man
looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) PRQS
(b) QPRS
(d) SPQR
(c) QRPS
Q.190. S1: A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the
sunny
morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
P: Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
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S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear
with
the news that the baby had been stolen.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) SRPQ
(b) RQPS
(d) PQSR
(c) SPQR
Q. 191-195. Rearrange the following six sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph, then answer the questions given below.
1. Chandrakanth was shocked when he realised that the leg had lost sensation.
2. when he tried to get up, he felt his leg was very heavy.
3. He had to lie down hopelessly, till he saw a flash light
4. It was an odd night time and hence nobody heard his voice.
5. Due to sudden sprain chandrakanth fell down.
6. Nervous with this realisation, he called out for help.
Q. 191. Which of the following should be the third sentence ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(d) 4
(e) 5
(c) 3
(b) 2
(d )4
(e) 5
(c) 3
(b)2
(d) 4
(e) 5
(c) 3
(b) 5
(d) 3
(e) 2
(c) 4
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(a) 1
(b) 2
(d) 4
(e) 5
(c) 6
Q. 196-200. Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make
the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q. 196. The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.
(a) in
(b) on
(d) into
(e) for
(c) to
Q. 197. If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but
there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side.
(a) faith
(b) belief
(d) certainty
(c) substance
Q. 198. Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.
(a) inaccessible
(b) impossible
(d) impenetrable
(c) impermeable
Q. 199. He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance.
(a) with
(b) of
(d) in
(c) by
Q.200. Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours.
(a) spread
(b) plunged
(d) deep
(c) merged
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