The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order.Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. It is not uncommon for close synonyms to be understood to share the same memory.
P. The difference between words like 'hard' and 'difficult' goes unnoticed
Q. One may employ one or other with complete indifference
R. In general this is well and good
S. Most people lack the linguistic sense to quibble over such trifles.
6. But for most of us, it is of no less significance

Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
      Rajan is a salesman. He goes from door to door .................... vacuum cleaners. On his first day of work, the decided to sell his goods by knocking on the doors of a private housing estate. "My first customer ." he thought as he pressed the doorbell of the first house. Amiddle-aged woman with curlers in her hair opened the door. Rajan began to explain who he was and the product he was selling. The next minute, the door was slammed shut. "Not interested I" John heard her shout behind the closed door.

Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from error.

Identify the positive degree

choose the type of sentence
She is beautiful and so she is arrogant.

Choose the correct plural form
Ovum

Find out the adjective
Absurdity

Select the correct sentence

Select the correct answer given under passage
Kautilys's Arthasastra is concerned with the political problems of the government. it describes its machinery and functions both in times of peace and war
Asthasastra is concerned with the..........of the government.

Fill up the blanks with correct homophones
Please_____for a while

Identify the sentence pattern
She wrote a letter

Choose the correct participles
I want the book........in a week

Choose the appropriate active or passive verb form.
I________him ten thousand pounds last year.

Choose the suitable past tense verb
I ____________ (read) the book when the light went off.

Select the Correct Question Tag
The tourists rarely prefer spicy food.

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions

Sheela is dressed.............bright colours.

Fill in the blanks with suitable Articles

He is..............honour to his profession.

Select the correct PREFIX famous

Find out the MOST OPPOSITE for the underlined words

With an irreverent attitude towards life is general.

Find out the MOST SIMILAR MEANING for the underlined word
Students with their generous mind and unsophisticated hearts naturally fall an easy prey to stirring up emotion.  

 Match the following words/phrases given column

Sum from the arithmetic book was dictated to Swaminathan by...

The story "The Selfish Gaint" belongs to

Migrating birds fly

"It is behaviour alone that creates friends and foes" -quotation given by

Therukoothu usually performed in

Wordsworth in 1798 - 99 started an auto-bigraphical poem, which he never named but called as

Meaning of Netaji is

Match the following:

'Bower' means

Saruli gathered a large bundle, on her way back, she passed Diwan Singh's house. The old man was seated outside. Whenever she heard the thunder she clung to her mother. What will be the Saruli's reaction whenever she heard the thunder?

Paulnack's regular recital partner Jorja Fleezanis is

The little boy's eyes were full of

Portia married

Who was the Lakshmibai's Childhood friend, Who had arrived with Peswa Nana Sahib's army to help?

"Now drops that floated on the pool like pears, and now a silver blade" These lines taken from the poem.

"The barren boughs without the leaves without the birds,without the breeze"
Why were the boughs without birds?

"Alone she cuts and binds the grain"
Mention the figure of speech in this line

Who is the father of computer science?

The main interest of shielding in nuclear reactor is protection against

Which of the following signed a five-year agreement with a European Energy Trading House, RWE Supply and Trading (RWEST)?

Consider the following statements

1. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Mini-Ratna company, was incorporated in the year 1970 and it is a pioneer in the manufacture of Anti-Tank Guided Missiles.

2. MIDHANI, a Mini Ratna company, was established in November, 1973 to achieve self-reliance in the manufacture of a wide range of super alloys, special purpose steels etc primary for defence and strategic sectors.

The complete digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats occurs in

What does the term ' Worm-like chain ' signify?

In the production of bread, a very specific variety of wheat is used. This is called an emmer wheat from the following is a main ingredient of this wheat variety?

Which one of the following is responsible for the stimulating effect of tea?

Which of the following is the X-Linked genetic disease?

Vegetative propagation by stem cutting is generally applies to

Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the order of decreasing length of the structural parts given below of small intestine in the human body?

Consider the following statements.
1.Frogs can breathe by lungs as well as skin
2. Gills are presented in certain stages of life span of frogs.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

Consider the following statements
1. Parenchyma tissue provides support to plant and also stores food.
2. The flexibility in plants is due to collenchyma.
3. Sclerenchyma makes the plant hard and stiff.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements
1. Desmosomes attaches cytoskeleton of one cell to the cytoskeleton of other cells.
2. Gap junction allow the passage of small molecules and ions requires for rapid communication but do not allow the passage of larger molecules like proteins.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct about cell junctions?

Study of disease like cancer is

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consists of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids. Yet, it is used as a low-calories sweetening agent in food items.What is the basis of this use?

Which one of the following statements regarding starch and cellulose is not correct?

Iodized salt is a

The wine is prepared by the process of 

Which gas is used in aerated water?

Which alloy contains Cu,Sn and Zn?

Match Column I with Column II.

The depolarization in a primary cell is used for the purpose of 

Match Column I with  Column II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Match Column I with  Column II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below the  Columns

Consider the following

At constant pressure, boiling point of a solution id greater than the boiling point of its pure liquid solvent because

1. solute is non-electrolyte.

2. solute is non-volatile.

3. chemical potential of solvent in solution is less than the chemical potential of solvent in its pure state at constant pressure.

Which of the above are correct?

Assertion (A) An ionic bond is formed when metal atom transfer one or more electrons to a non-metal atom.

Reason (R) The metal atom becomes cation and the non-metal the anion.

Match the column I and Column II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

Rutherford's model of atom is considered unsuitable because

According to which one of the following laws it is indicated that when two or more gases react with one another, their volumes bear a simple ratio?

A pure semiconductor as

What is the difference between a CLF and an LED lamp?

1. To produce light, a CLF uses mercury vapour and phosphor while an LED lamp uses semiconductor material.

2. The average life span of a CFL is much longer than of and LED lamp.

3. A CFL is less energy-efficient as compared to an LED lamp.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Lambert's law is related to

Consider the following statements

1. Heat can be reflected by mirror.

2. Heat is a form of energy.

3. Heat cannot pass through vaccum.

4. Heat is an electromagnetic radiation.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Match List-I (Electromagnetic Wave) with List-II (Discoverer) and select the correct answer using the codes given below

An application of Bernoulli's equation for fluid flows is found in

The kinetic energy of a particle continuously increases with time 

In which year was the ozone hole first discovered?

How is censure motion different from no-confidence motion?

Which of the following is the correct definition of the term'Commercial Paper'?

Salinisation occurs when the irrigation water accumulated in the soil evaporates, leaving behind salts and minerals. What are the effects of salinization on the irrigated land?

Two great religious conferences were held by king Harshavardhana at

How much percentage of FDI is allowed in multi-brand retail?

Which of the following was a writer at the time of the Renaissance in Italy?

Transpiration through leaves in called as

A record that follows a group of related records and contains data relevant to those record is called as---- 

The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred upon Mrs. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields?

India first won the Olympic football at ___

Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. MODEM : Modulator demodulator
2. MP : Member of Parliament
3. MPEG : Motion Picture Experts Group
4. MRCP : Member of the Royal College of Physicians 

When is Data Protection Day observed?

The G-8 was founded as a G-7 in 1975. Which one of the following countries is not the member of the G-7?

Global Risk Report is given by

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) aims at ensuring adequate supply of

Who is the author of the book 'New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy'?

Consider the following statements about Preah Vihear temple

1. It is located in Laos.

2. It is a temple for Lord Shiva.

3. It is a UN World Heritage site.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Who is author of one Night @ the Call Centre?

Consider the following statements

1.Mohammed Dilawar is the 'Sparrow Man of India'.

2.Preet Bharara is the Indo-American US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

Who among the following is the last Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?

Choose the best alternative as the answer

A chocolate always has

Select the most appropriate alternative as the answer.

Your colleague is not performing his duties up to the mark. You will

Following are the conditions for drawing a list of suitable candidates to be called for interview after a written test for recruitment is conducted for supervisory-level persons for a reputed company providing software and services. The candidate must -
(A) be holding a degree in basic science with 60% or above or engineering degree with 45% and above marks.
(B) have passed the written examination with 65% or above marks.
(C) be in the age group of 24 years to 30 years as on 1.4.2007.
(D) have experience in computer company for a minimum period of 3 years after having obtained diploma in computer with 60% or above marks.
(E) be presently drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 8000 and above.
In case of the applicant who satisfies all other criteria expect - 
(I) at (A) above, be referred to the Manager (Recruitment).
(II) at (B) above, but has obtained more than 75% marks in M.Sc. or Engineering degree, be referred to the Assistant General Manager (A.G.M).
(III) at (C) above, be referred to the General Manager (G.M.).
Based on these criteria and the information provided below, decide the course of action in each case. You are no to assume anything. If the data provided is not adequate to decide the given course of action, your answer will be 'Data inadequate'. These cases are given to you as on 1.4.2007.

Tanisha Chatterjee, aged 27 years, is a graduate in Science with diploma in Computers and has been working for the last three and a half years in a computer firm. Her present monthly salary 10,500. She has passed her graduation, diploma and written examination with 55%, 70% and 68% marks respectively.

You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.
Read both the statements and give answer

What is the code for 'sky' in the code language?

I. In the code language, 'sky is clear' is written as 'de ra fa'.

II. In the same code language, 'make it clear' is written as 'de ga jo'.

The following question, a set of figures carrying certain characters, is given.Assuming that the characters in each set follow a similar pattern, find the missing character in each case.

A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempeted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ?

Which would be the proper order of the following (in ascending order) ?.

1.Trillion  2.Thousand  3.Billion  4.Hundred  5.Million

If Q means 'add to' , J means 'multiply by' ,T means' subtracted from' and K means 'divide by' then 30 K 2 Q 3 J 6 T 5 = ?

Reaching the place of meeting 20 minutes before 8.50 hrs Sumit found himself thirty minutes earlier than the man who came 40 minutes late. What was the scheduled time of the meeting?

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:

8 C M @ N £ T 2 Y 6 S \(\alpha\) Q $ 7 \(\bigstar\) W # Z 3 U E % A 4

If each symbol is first converted into a numeral and then all the numerals are converted into English letters, how many converted English letters will be there in the above arrangement of elements?

One of which cannot be formed by using the letters of the given word.Find that word

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If animals that live on land and the animals that live in water are represented by a small big circle, the combination of these three can be best represented as

Ramakant walks northwards. After a white, he turns to his right and a little further to his left.Finally, after walking a distance of one kilometre, he turns to his left again.In which direction is he moving now?

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password which is changed after every clock hour based on set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

If Batch II has the password - 'came along net or else key lot', What could be the password for Batch IV i.e., 12 noon to 1 p.m.?

Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised immediately after F.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day) just before that day D will be organised.
(V) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be Followed by D.
On which day there is no lecture?

(i)'A$B'means 'A is the mother of B';
'(ii)'A#B'means 'A is the father of B';
(iii)'A@B'means 'A is the husband of B';
(iv)'A%B'means 'A is the daughter of B'.

Which of the following expressions indicates 'R is the sister of H'?

If 'cinto baoli tsi nzro' means 'her village is Sarurpur', 'mhi cinto keepi tsi oind' means 'her first love is literature' and 'oind geit tsi cinto pki' means 'literature collection is her hobby', which word would mean 'literature'?

Choose out the odd one.

There is some relationship between the two terms to the left of : : and the same relationship holds between the two terms to its right. Also, in each question, one term either to the right of : : or to the left of its is missing. This term is given as one of the alternatives given below each question. Find out this term.

AG : IO : : EK : ?

2,9,28,?,126,217,344

The following graph shows the quarterly price index of a textile company during 1984-85.Examine it carefully and answer questions

During which of the following quarters, did the price index remain the same throughout

3,8,18,46,100,210,432

A man is watching from the top of a tower a boat speeding away from the tower. The boat makes an angle of depression of \(45°\) with the man's eye when at a distance of 60 metres from the tower. After 5 seconds, the angle of depression becomes \(30°\). What is the approximate speed of the boat, assuming that it is running in still water ?

The banker's discount on a bill due 4 months hence at 15% is Rs. 420. The true discount is :

The true discount on Rs. 2562 due 4 months hence is Rs. 122. The rate percent is :

A box contains 10 black and 10 white balls. The probability of drawing two balls of the same colour, is :

How many 3-digit numbers can be formed the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated ?

How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?

On what dates of April,2001 id Wednesday fall?

In  a game of 100 points, A can give B 20 points and C 28 points. Then, B can give C :

The surface area of the sphere is same as the curved surface area of a right circular cylinder whose height and diameter are 12 cm each. The radius of the sphere is :

If s square and a rhombus stand on the same base, then the ratio of the areas of the square and the rhombus is:

If log₁₀7 =a, then log₁₀(\(1 \over 70\)) is equal to:

The questions given below consists of a question followed by three statements. You have to study the question and the statements and decide which of the statement(s) is/are necessary to answer the question:

What will be the compound interest earned on an amount of Rs.5000 in 2 years?

I. The simple interest on the same amount at the same rate of interest in 5 years in Rs. 2000.

II. The compound interest and the simple interest earned in one year is the same 

III. The amount becomes more than double on compound interest in 10 years.

A man borrowed a total sum of Rs. 24000 from two moneylenders.  For one loan, he paid interest @ 7\(1\over2\)% p.a. and for the other 9% p.a. How many did he borrow at each rate ?

I. The sum of the interests after one year was Rs. 2025.

II. The interest on one sum was twice that on the other.

Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.

A man takes twice twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream.The ratio of the speed of the boat(in still water) and the stream is:

Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length of each train be120 metres, in what time (in  seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite direction ?

A person travels from P to Q at speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both trips ?

A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half ?

A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is \(1\frac 3{4}\)  times as efficient as B. The same job can be done by A alone in:

Aman started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an amount of Rs. 1,05,000 and sagar joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months. The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and sagar respectively, 3 years after Aman started the business ?

If 5x² - 13xy + 6y² = 0, then x : y is :

If by selling 110 mangoes, the C.P. of 120 mangoes is realised.the gain percent is:

The different between a number and its two-fifth is 510.  What is 10% of the number?

In 10 years,A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago.If A is now 9 years older than B,the present age of B is :

\({ (\frac { { x }^{ a } }{ { x }^{ b } } ) }^{ \frac { 1 }{ ab } }.{ (\frac { { x }^{ b } }{ { x }^{ c } } ) }^{ \frac { 1 }{ bc } }.{ (\frac { { x }^{ c } }{ { x }^{ a } } ) }^{ \frac { 1 }{ ca } }=?\quad \)

36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days.In how many days will 27 men complete the same work?

What will be the sum of two numbers?

I.Among the two numbers ,the bigger number is greater than the smaller number by 6.
II.40% of the smaller number is equal to 30% of the bigger number.
III.The ratio between the half of the bigger number and one-third of the smaller number is 2 : 1.

What is the average weight of the three new team members who are recently included in the team ?

I. The average which of the team increases by 20 kg.

II. The three new men substitute earlier members whose weight are 64 kg, 75 kg and 66 kg.

The least perfect square, which is divisible by each of 21,36 and 66 is:

\(5-[\frac { 3 }{ 4 } +\{ 2\frac { 1 }{ 2 } -(0.5+\overline { \frac { 1 }{ 6 } -\frac { 1 }{ 7 } } )\} ]\)is equal to

The value of  is \(\left( \frac { 0.051\times 0.051\times 0.051+0.041\times 0.041\times 0.041 }{ 0.051\times 0.051-0.051\times 0.041+0.041\times 0.041 } \right) \)is:

Find the greatest number that will divide 43,91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.

What is the unit digit in the product \(\left( { 3 }^{ 65 }\times { 6 }^{ 59 }\times { 7 }^{ 71 } \right) \)?

There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements.These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes.These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship.Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer as

I.The local co-operative credit society has decided to stop giving loans to farmers with immediate effect.

II.A large number of credit society members have withdrawn major part of their deposits from the credit society.

Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it:

One of the important humanitarian by products of technology is the greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour.In a highly industrialised society, there is no essential difference between Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they are equally useful and hence equally valuable, for in the industrial society individual productivity fixes the size of the pay cheque and this fixes social status.

This passage best supports the statement that:

Self-medication has evolved rapidly over the years to provide symptomatic relief for minor ailments. One can safely define responsible self-medication, as the informed and rationale choice of consumers, to treat themselves and their family members with appropriate, affordable drugs of acceptable quality. Responsible self-medication can help prevent and treat symptoms and ailments that do no require medical consultation. Moreover, it also reduces the increasing pressure of medical services for the relief of minor ailment, especially when financial and human resources are limited. Worldwide, more and more governments are accepting the self-medication concept. Self-medication is a fact of life. With its broad use and social acceptance, no health policy should ignore self-medication. Rather, health policy should ask how this momentum can be leveraged to help achieve its objective.

Only knowledgeable consumers should be encouraged to practice self-medication.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Statement : The T.V. programmes, telecast specially for women are packed with a variety of recipies and household hints. A major portion of magazines for women also contains the items mentioned above.
Conclusions : I.Women are not interested in other things.
                    II.An average women's primary interest lies in home and specially in the kitchen.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Statement: In the city, over 75 percent of the people are living in slums and sub standard houses which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government.

Courses of action:  I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development.

                              II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed.

                              III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.

You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement: The integrated steel plants in India would no longer have to depend on imports for continuous casting refractories.
Assumptions: I. Continous casting refractories are needed by India.
                      II. Continous casting refractories are in demand.

You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' argument(s) and which is/are 'weak' argument(s) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question.
Statement: Should there be complete ban on Indian professionals seeking jobs elsewhere after getting their education in india?
Arguments :
I.  Yes.  This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in india.
II.  No.  The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitues a significant part of foreign exchange reserve. 
III.  No.  The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help india develop its economy.

You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs. No dogs is cow.
Conclusions:  I. No cow is cat.   II. No dog is rat.  III. Some cats are rats.

The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order.Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 
1.It is expected that every Burmese boy will become novice at a pagoda for a short time
P.My parents used to bring me breakfast in the morning
Q.My head was shaved and I put on the yellow robe
R.Every day I got up at five thirty
S.When I was eleven I went to a monastery near my home
6.That was a special privilege the notice had. 

In the following passage. some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

A man can be physically confined within stone walls and iron bars. His freedom of movement and action may thus be _____. But his mind and spirit will still remain free. His hopes and attributes. ideals and ambitions will still remain with him. no tyranny or oppression can intimidate the lover of liberty. The cruelty of the British, only. increased the zeal and determination of the freedom fighters. No prison. no oppression can ever lower the invincible spirit of man.

Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer.If there is no error,

Identify the positive degree

Choose the type of sentence
Neither Sheela nor Mala was present here.

Choose the correct plural form
Deer

Find out the verb.

Select the correct sentence

Select the correct answer to given passage.
The leopard is a large African and South Asian animals. It belongs to the cat's family with a yellowish coat and dark spots. It is not a man-eater.
Leopards eat...........only

Fill up the blanks with correct homophones
The.....in the east.

Identify the sentence pattern
They made her my secretary.

Choose the correct participles
She is ............in music

Select the correct tense form.
Hari would have reached Delhi by this time.

Choose the suitable past tense verb
The pain ___________ (grow) worse.

Select the correct Question Tag

Sheela has received a letter

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions

We looked.............him, but he seemed to be thinking of something for away.

Fill in the blanks with suitable Articles

He returned after............hour.

Select the correct SUFFIX long

Find out the MOST OPPOSITE for the underlined words

His eyes were filled with tears of helpless, for the patience was exhausted even though he had still faith

Find out the MOST SIMILAR MEANING for the underlined word
With its stupendous proportions and grandeur, the temple was world fame.

 Match the following words/phrases given column

Who quarrelled with Kesavan Nair?

'Unity co-existence between man and animal' the theme observed in the Literary work of

The willow warbler covers as many km.to reach us every winter. The size of willow warbler is

"God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man" quoted by

"Work with a vision is victory" - quoted by

In ancient days--------were used to announce important messages and order of the great Tamil kings.

The poem "I Wondered Lovely as a cloud" also known as __

An autobiography of "My Life" is about 

The story "our Winged friends" is written by

"You always take your time you always take such care"... These lines are taken from the poem

The rain of 1997 caused a lot of damage to terrain and no one ventured beyond the snout at the glacier that year.In which year rain caused a lot of damage to terrain?

Paulnack is a

Laura's father was a

Whose ships had been lost at sea?

At the Presidency college, S.C. Bose was ........... by the behaviour of one of his professors.

"We ran as if to meet the moon
That slowly dawned behind the trees,"
These lines are taken from the poem,

"Let me not the marriage of true minds Admit impediments.Love is not"
Admit Impediments refers to the

"You ripened into nectar in fruit Jars That hung like clustered stars". Mention the figure of speech used here

Consider the following statements 

1. Speech recognition, which employs artificial intelligence, is employed in the certain fighter aircraft.

2. Hidden Markov Model is generally employed in the modern general-purpose speech recognition system.

Which of the statements(s) given above is/are correct?

Ideally the neutron flux in reactor should be

Consider the following statements
1. IKAROS is a solar sail which gathers sunlight as propulsion by means of a large sail.
2. Flyable without fuel, IKAROS takes energy more than saving, as it requires no energy.
Which of the above statements is/are true?

Scorpion submarines are built by the Mazagaon Dock Limited. This is expected to be available to the Indian Navy in 2015. India got the Scorpion submarines from

Withering away of cerebrum caused by a genetic disorder usually of middle ages is

Researchers are manufacturing Genetically Modified (GM) fungi to produce

The White spots or white patched appear on the upper and lower surfaces of leaf. What does this indiacte?

The correct match for the families is

In the context of the genetic disorder, consider the following:

A woman suffers from color blindness, while her husband does not suffer from it. They have a son and a daughter. In this context, which one of the following statement is most probably correct?

Which of the following parts of insectivorous plants such as Nepenthes darlingtonia, etc., have modified to capture insect?

Consider the following statements
1. Minerals come next to vitamins under the category of protective under the category of protective foods.
2. Minerals can be categorized to major or macro elements.
which of the statement(s) given above is/are true about minerals?

Consider the following statements
1. Cyanobacteria have chlorophyll-a similar to green plants.
2. Cyanobacteria often form blooms in polluted water bodies.
3. Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria oxides various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrates and ammonia and use the released energy for their ATP production.
Which of the above is/are correct?

Early atmosphere contained methane and other hydrocarbons they have been now replaced by

Consider the following statements
1. Food prepared by plant is transported to different part of plant through phloem.
2. Water and mineral in plant is transported through xylem.
3. The cell wall of xylem cell is rich in lignin.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about cell (Animal Cell)
1. Reserve food is glycogen.
2. Centriole and centrosome present.
3. Phragmoplast formed during cytokinesis.

Consider the following statements 
1. Study of a vestigial organ is called Dysteleology.
2. The word 'Histology' is related with tissue.
3. Ornithology is the study of birds.
4. Study of the butterfly is Lepidopterology.
4.  Study of bone is called Orology.

Consider the following statements
1. On hydrolysis proteins give amino acids.
2. The coagulation of protein is called denaturing.
3. A protein is best described as a polypeptide.
Which of the statements give above is/are true?

Solution in test tubes containing H₂O and aqueous NaOH can be differentiated with the help of

Which of the following acid is utilised in the photography?

Pure water can be obtained from sea water by

Aluminium is more reactive than iron but aluminium is less corroded than iron, because

Which one among the following is the correct order of reactivity of the elements?

Assertion (A) For a galvanic cell, oxidation takes place at anode and reduction at the cathode.
Reason (R) Electrons in the external circuit move from the anode to the cathode.

A fan produces a feeling of comfort during hot weather, because

Which among the following is a chemical change?

The solubility of a gas in liquid increases with

Electrovalent bond formation depends on

Match the column I and Column II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

The absolute value of charge on electron was determined by

At very low temperature, oxygen O_2,  freezes and forms a crystalline solid.

Which term best describe the solids?

Consider the following statements

1. Plutonium-239 can be made artificially.

2. Boron is used in a nuclear reactor to absorbs unwanted neutrons.

3. In nature, the availability of uranium-238 is much more than that of uranium-235.

Which of these statements(s) is/are correct?

In step-down transformer, the AC output gives the

Assertion (A) A stick is dipped in water in a starting position. If observed side ways, the stick appears short and bent at the surface of water.

Reason (R) A light coming from the stick under goes scattering from water molecules giving the stick as hart and bent appearance.

What is the principle by which a cooling system (Radiator) in a motor car works?

Assertion (A) The velocity of sound in air increase due to the presence of moisture in it.
Reason (R) The presence of moisture in air lowers the density of air.

The pressure in a liquid at a given depth below the surface

The weight of the body at the centre of the earth is

Consider the following statements:
1. Cigarette smoking exposes a person to benzene
2. Benzene is known carcinogen
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Right to Vote in india is given to all the people on the basis of 

Which one of the following coin the term 'Stagflation' in the economy?

What does happens when water is condensed into ice?

Five separate Sultanates arose in the Deccan, one after another, on the break-up of the Bahmani kingdom.Which of the following was the first to succeed?

Who appointed new united state defence secretary in January 2013 ?

Which one of the following is the first season of the year according to Indian convention?

The cells which are closely associated and intercating with guard cells are

Who is responsible for developing the intranet strategy and monitoring its policies?

Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of 

A hockey player is supposed to know the meaning of the term

Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated?
1. NCCR : National Council for Civil Right
2. NIMHANS : National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Science
3. NITIE : National Institute for Traning in Industrial Engineering

The United Nations declared 4th week of September as the

Which one of the following countries is headquarters of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)?

Match the following

Consider the following statements.

1.The Government of India, Ministry of Women & Child Development has formulated a new Centrally Sponsored  Scheme - 'Integrated Child Protection Scheme'.

2.Its objective is to provide juvenile justice.

Which of the statements given above is/are true?

Consider the following statements
1. Mekong-Ganga Co-operation (MGC) was established in 2000 at Vietnam.
2. MGC comprises of India, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
3. The MGC basically emphasized on four areas of co-operation which are tourism, culture, education and transport.
Which of the statements is/are correct?

Flamingo festival is held annually in

In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?

Justice Dalveer Bhandari was associated with

Consider the following statements
1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards was instituted in the year 1991-92 to supply the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports.
2. Viswanathan Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Choose the best alternative as the answer

A scenery always has

Select the most appropriate alternative as the answer.

If wrongly accused of something, you would

There are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:

Assertion (A) : A ship rises as it enters the sea from a river.

Reason (R)   : The density of sea water is higher as compared to river water.

A company has following Gratuity (G) and Provident Fund (PF) rules :
(1) An employee must have completed one year's service to be eligible for either G or PF.
(2) An employee resigning or retiring or retrenched after ten year's service gets both G and PF.
(3) An employee retrenched or retiring after 5 years but before 10 year's service gets both G and PF, but that resigning during this period gets either G or PF.
(4) An employee retrenched or retiring before 5 years' service gets PF but not G; but that resigning during this period gets neither G nor PF.
However,
(5) in case an employee dies after 2 years' service, his family gets both G and PF.
(6) in case an employee was on leave without pay, such period is deducted from his total years of service and then the above rules are applied.
(7) in the case of a lady employee, if she has completed 2 years' service, two years are added to her actual service before applying the above rules, as a special consideration.
Apply the above rules to the cases described in the following question and decide whether the employee is eligible for G and/or PF.

Mr. Dixit resigned from the company after 4 year of service.

You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.
Read both the statements and give answer

On which date of the month was Anjali born in February 2004?

I. Anjali was born on an even date of the month.

II. Anjali's birth date was a prime number.

Find the missing character in the following :

Data on 450 candidates, who took an examination is Social Science, Mathematics and Science is given below :

    Passed in all the subjects               167
    Failed in all the subjects                   60
    Failed in Social Sciences                175
    Failed in Mathematics                     199
    Failed in Science                                191
    Passed in Social Sciences only        62
    Passed in Mathematics only            48
    Passed in Science only                       52

How many failed in Social Science only?

The following question, arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from amongst the alternative provided below each question.

1.Sea  2.Rivulet  3.Ocean  4.River  5.Glacier

The following questions, different letters stand for various symbols as indicated below :

R :Addition  U : Division  X : Less than  S : Subtraction  V : Equal to  W : Greater than 

Out of the four alternatives given in these questions, only one is correct according to the above letter symbols. Identify the correct one. 

How many numbers from 11 to 50 are there which are exactly divisible by 7 but not by 3?

Study the following arrangement carefully to answer these questions:

M 1 E $ R B 3 A K 7 £ # 9 $ U D I N 4 6 % F H 2 @ 8 W

How many such consonants are there in the above sequence each of which is immediately followed by a number and immediately preceded by a vowel?

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word FRAGMENT, using each letter only once, then which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be formed, then give 'X' as the answer and if more than one such words can be formed, then give 'Y' as the answer.

Of the four alternatives in each of the following questions, three alternatives are such that the three words in each are related among themselves in one of the five ways represented by (a), (b), (c) (d) and (e) below while none of these relationships is applicable to the remaining alternative. That is your answer.

120. (a) Metal, Sodium, Copper     (b) Mammal, Nurse, Woman

       (c) Cereal, Wheat, Rice         (d) Males, Cousins, Nephews

A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the East before turning to his right.He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 metres from this point.His father was not there.From here he went 100 metres to the North before meeting his father in a street.How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Given an input, a coding machine generates pass codes for six batches everyday, as follows:

The first batch timing is 10.00 a.m. and each batch is of one hour's duration. There is a rest period of one hour after the work for the fourth batch is over.

On a day, the pass code for the first batch was 'nobody can help us in solving our problems'. Write the input of the day in the reverse order of its words.

Read the following statements carefully to answer the question:

I. X is older than L.

II. M and N are of equal age.

III. Z is the youngest.

IV. Y is younger than N.

V. Y is older than X.

Which statement(s) is/are not required to prove that L is younger than M?

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:

All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E, and F are travelling together. B is the son of but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.
Who is the Wife of E?

According to a code language, words in column I are given in column II.Decode the language and choose the correct code for each of the words given in the following questions.The letters in column II need not appear in the same order as they do in column I.

JUNIOR

Choose out the odd one.

Boat is related to Sails in the same way as Ballon is related to ......

The following question various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?).Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.

Z,?,T,?,N,?,H,?,B

Study the following table carefully and answer the given questions below it.

During the year 1994-1999, the number of presented and passed candidate from six states

 Which one of the following years has least percentage of passed candidates to the presented candidates from the state 'F' ?

105,85,60,30,0,-45,-90

The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is \(\sqrt3\) times the height of the tree is :

The banker's discount on a sum of money for \(1{1\over 2}\) years is Rs. 558 and the true discount on the same sum for 2 years is Rs. 600. The rate percent is :

The simple interest and the true discount on a certain sum for a given time and at a given rate are Rs. 85 and Rs. 80 respectively. The sum is :

One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is either a red card or a king ?

In how many ways can a group of  5 men and 2 women  be made out of  7 men and 3 women ?

How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?

It was Sunday on Jan 1,2006.What was the day of the week on jan1,2010?

At a game of billiards, A can give B 15 point in 60 and A can give C 20 points in 60. How many points can B give C in a game of 90 ?

Half cubic metre of gold sheet is extended by hammering so as to cover an area of 1 hectare. The thickness of the sheet is :

The three sides of a triangle are 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm respectively. Then, its area is:

If log 2 = x, log 3 = y and log 7 = z, then the value of log \((4.\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 63 } )\) is :

What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @ 10% per annum on a sum of Rs.1000 after 4 years?

Divide Rs. 2379 into 3 parts so that their amounts after 2, 3 and 4 years respectively may be equal, the rate of interest being 5% per annum at simple interest.  The first part is :

A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup ?

The question give below consists of a statements and / or a queastion and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the ststement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the ststements and

What is the speed of the boat in still water?

I. The boat covers a distance of 48 kms in 6 hrs while running upstream.

II. The boat covers the same distance in 4 hours while running downstream.

In what time will a train 100 metres long cross an electric pole, if its speed be 144 km/hr ?

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours.To cover the same distance \(1\frac{2}3\)hours,it must travel at a speed of :

Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open for one hours each alternately, the tank will be full in :

X can do \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) of work in 10 days, Y can do 40%  of the work in 40 days and Z can do \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) of the work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?

If 18 binders bind 900 books in 10 days ,how many binders will be required to bind 660 books in 12 days?

How much did Rohit get as profit at the year end in the business done by Nitin,Rohit and Kunal ?

I. Kunal invested Rs. 8000 for nine months,his profit was \(\frac { 3 }{ 2 } \)times that of Rohit's and his investment was four times that of Nitin.

II. Nitin and Rohit invested for one year in the proportion 1 : 2 respectively.

III.The three together got Rs.1000 as profit at the year end.

If 10% of x = 20% of y, then x : y is equal to :

A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee.How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

The ratio 5:4 expressed as a percent equals:

Number of prime factors in:\(\frac { { 6 }^{ 12 }\times { (35) }^{ 28 }\times { (15) }^{ 16 } }{ { (14) }^{ 12 }\times { (21) }^{ 11 } } \)is :

Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T.If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,what is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?

If the sum of one-half and one-fifth of a number exceeds one-third of that number by \(7{1\over3}\),the number is:

How many candidates were interviewed everyday by the panel A out of three panels A, B and C ?

I. The three panels on an average interview 15 candidate everyday.

II. Out of a total of 45 candidates interview everyday by the three panels, the number of candidates interviewed by panel A is more by 2 than the candidates interviewed by panel C and more by 1 than the candidates interviewed by panel B.

Evaluate:\(\sqrt { 41-\sqrt { 21+\sqrt { 19-\sqrt { 9 } } } } \)

On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column, then 16 columns could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a column, then how many columns could be formed ?

0.002\(\times \)0.5=?

The L.C.M of \(2^{3}\times3^{2}\times5\times11\),\(2^{4}\times3^{4}\times5^{2}\times7\)and \(​​{ 2 }^{ 5 }\times { 3 }^{ 4 }\times { 5 }^{ 3 }\times { 7 }^{ 2 }\times 11\) is.

If n is a natural number,then(6n² + 6n) is always divisible by :

There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements.These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes.These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship.Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer as

I.India has surpassed the value of tea exports this year over all the earlier years due to an increase in demand for quality tea in the European market.

II.There is an increase in demand of coffee in the domestic market during the last two years.

Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it:

One of the important humanitarian by products of technology is the greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour.In a highly industrialised society, there is no essential difference between Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they are equally useful and hence equally valuable, for in the industrial society individual productivity fixes the size of the pay cheque and this fixes social status.

This passage best supports the statement that:

Economic liberalization and globalization have put pressure on Indian industry, particularly on the service sector, to offer quality products and service at low costs and with high speed. Organizations have to compete with unequal partners from abroad. It is well recognized that developing countries like India are already behind other countries technologically, in many areas, although some of them, particularly India boast of huge scientific and technical manpower. In addition to this if an entrepreneur or industrialist has to spend a lot of his time, money and energy in dealing with unpredictable services and in negotiating with the local bureaucracy, it can have a significant dampening effect on business.

Official formalities are less cumbersome in almost all the countries except India.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.

Statement : The serious accident in which a person was run down by a car yesterday had again focused attention on the most unsatisfactory state of roads.

Conclusions : I.The accident that occurred was fatal.

                    II.Several accidents have so far taken place because of unsatisfactory state of roads.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Statement: The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.

Courses of action: I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.

                             II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.

You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement:"I have not received telephone bills for 9 months in spite of several complaints".-A telephone customer's letter to the edit of a daily
Assumptions: I.Every customers has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
                    II.The customer complaint part point to defect in the services which is expected to be corrected.

You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' argument(s) and which is/are 'weak' argument(s) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question.
Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?
Arguments:
I.  No.  The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.
II.  Yes.  This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.
III.  Yes.  Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.
IV.  Yes.  Now salary of these teachers is reasonable.

You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: All trains are buses. No room is bus. All boats are rooms.
Conclusions: I. No boat is train.  II. No bus is boat.    III. No train is room.