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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

In the primitive / oceans, / life begins / nearly 3.5 billion years ago.

1. nearly 3.5 billion years ago

2. life begins

3. In the primitive

4. oceans

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Fleeting

1. Passing

2. Feeble

3. Brief

4. Lasting

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ambitious

1. Lazy

2. Dynamic

3. Vigorous

4. Lively

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No

improvement required'.

We have the responsibility of finding our daughter.

1. to finding our

2. of finding us

3. finding of our

4. No improvement required

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who runs away from justice or a dangerous situation

1. Sadist

2. Fugitive

3. Insolvent

4. Altruist

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I feel so lazy and ______ after doing any strenuous work.

1. sluggish

2. lively

3. fortunate

4. bouncing

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Having or forming a hard outer layer

1. Crunched

2. Cursed

3. Crushed

4. Crusted

Select the correctly spelt word.

1. Tolerate

2. Toilerate

3. Tolrate

4. Tolreite

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit the nail on the head

1. To be exactly right about something

2. To be extremely cautious

3. To be extremely hard working

4. To injure someone fatally

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.

Try to sound more innocent than sarcastic.

1. rational

2. mild

3. caustic

4. playful

Select the correctly spelt word.

1. Amorphuous

2. Adamant

3. Contentous

4. Despottic

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No

improvement required'.

I am not gone to harm this dog.

1. is not gone

2. No improvement required

3. are not going

4. am not going

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

The study of the heart and its action and disease

1. Anthropology

2. Cardiology

3. Pharmacology

4. Microbiology

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Once in a blue moon

1. Very rarely

2. Frequently

3. Incessantly

4. Occasionally

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Propitious

1. Auspicious

2. Inimical

3. Cogent

4. Conciliatory

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Continuous heavy / rainfall may / further worse / the flood situation.

1. Continuous heavy

2. further worse

3. the flood situation

4. rainfall may

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I am ______ willing to sign this contract with your company.

1. no

2. not

3. none

4. nor

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

San Francisco is more bigger / than Boston in terms of / population density.

1. San Francisco is more bigger

2. population density

3. No error

4. than Boston in terms of

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My mother is a ______________ and forgiving person.

1. respective

2. compassionate

3. difficult

4. vital

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Ritu had gone out to drink water _______________ her examination started.

1. even

2. whether

3. before

4. now

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a
variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4)
______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

1. teachers

2. quacks

3. experts

4. relatives

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a
variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4)
______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

1. by

2. after

3. about

4. across

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a
variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4)
______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

1. include

2. includes

3. included

4. including

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a
variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4)
______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

1. so

2. than

3. like

4. as

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a
variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4)
______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

1. workers

2. migrants

3. amateurs

4. manuals

By interchanging the given two signs and two numbers (not digits), which of the following

equations will be correct?

÷ and × , 25 and 12

I.105 ÷ 10 × 75 + 25 − 12 = 3

II.75 × 12 ÷ 25 + 14 − 10 = 40

1. Neither I nor II is correct.

2. Only II is correct.

3. Only I is correct.

4. Both I and II are correct.

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the

fourth number is related to the third number.

225 : 36 :: 257 : 56 :: 358 : ?

1. 54

2. 64

3. 60

4. 44

Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first

letter-cluster.

LON : RRN :: MAD : ?

1. IDO

2. IEO

3. HDO

4. HEO

Six people, F, G, H, I, J and K, got different marks in their examination. G got more marks than F and K. F got more marks than

I, but not the highest marks. G scored more marks than H. K got more marks than J, but fewer marks than H. I got the thirdlowest marks. F got more marks than K but less than H. F got 59 marks and K got 46 marks. Who among the following got the

highest marks?

1. G

2. J

3. H

4. K

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the pattern (Rotation is not allowed).

In a certain code language, '251' means 'Water is Black', '509' means 'Black Her Eyes' and '981' means 'Eyes Like Water'. Find the

code for 'is'.

1. 1

2. 9

3. 5

4. 2

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which The folded paper has been cut is shown in the following

figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

Three males K, J and M are sitting in a row facing towards the south (not necessarily in the same order). Three females R, F

and T are sitting in a row facing towards the face of these males (not necessarily in the same order). R is the immediate

neighbour of F and T. K is second to the right of M. R is to the immediate left of F. If we arrange the females in the alphabetical

order of their names from the left end to the right end, then how many females will face the same male who they faced before

this new arrangement?

1. One

2. Two

3. Three

4. Zero

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded as its part (rotation is NOT allowed).

In a certain code language, ‘Grains contain wheat rice’ is coded as ‘8 6 # %’, and ‘Rice are hard grains’ is coded as ‘# pr % lm’.

What is the code for ‘grains rice’ in that code language?

1. % 6

2. Im 6

3. # pr

4. # %

In a certain code language, 'SWISS' is written as 'HDRHH', and 'TABOO' is written as 'GZYLL'.

How will 'REHAB' be written in that language?

1. IGASH

2. BAHRE

3. IVSZY

4. HHGAK

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

8, 18, 57, 232,?, 6996

1. 1165

2. 924

3. 888

4. 828

Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first

letter-cluster.

POK : HLM :: ORT : ?

1. QPM

2. QOL

3. QPL

4. QOM

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statements:

No apples are trees.

Some trees are dense.

Conclusions:

I. Some apples are dense.

II. No tree is an apple.

1. Only conclusion I follows.

2. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

3. Both conclusions I and II follow.

4. Only conclusion II follows.

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.

(NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits.

E.g. 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc, to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3

and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)

(4, 5, 81) (2, 5, 49)

1. (3, 5, 64)

2. (4, 6, 90)

3. (4, 7, 111)

4. (3, 5, 74)

If '-' stands for 'x','x' stands for '+', '+' stands for'÷' and '÷ ' stands for '-', then what will be

the value of 516 - 2558 + 172 + 12 ÷ 7086?

1. 500

2. 600

3. 400

4. 700

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the given pattern.

Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth

term is related to the third term.

ACADEMY : ZXZWVNB :: FINANCE : URMZMXV :: PACKAGE : ?

1. KZXQZTV

2. KZXPZTU

3. KZXPZUV

4. KZXPZTV

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statements:

All radios are electronic items.

Some speakers are electronic items.

Conclusions:

I. No radio is a speaker.

II. Some radios are speakers.

1. Only conclusion I follows.

2. Only conclusion II follows.

3. Both conclusions I and II follow.

4. Either conclusion I or II follows.

Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

TOC, SLX, RIS, QFN, ?

1. PDI

2. PEI

3. PCJ

4. PCI

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the pattern (Rotation is not allowed).

In a certain code language, 'TRAIND' is written as 'FPKBSU', and 'POKRSB' is written as

'DUTLPQ'. How will 'ANLCGH' be written in that language?

1. JIENOB

2. JIEMOB

3. JIFMOB

4. JHEMOB

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

53, 55, 58, 63, ?, 81

1. 68

2. 70

3. 71

4. 69

Six persons - Arun, Brij, Chaman, Danish, Evan and Farukh - sit around a circular table facing the centre. Farukh is second to

the right of Arun. Danish is second to the left of Chaman. Brij is to the immediate right of Farukh. Who sits third to the left of

Ehsan?

1. Arun

2. Farukh

3. Danish

4. Chaman

If a person purchases an item at Rs3,000 and he sells it at 10% profit, then find the selling price of the item.

1. Rs3,100

2. Rs3,200

3. Rs3,400

4. Rs3,300

Vijay sold a watch at a loss of 50%. If the loss is Rs2,400, then what is the selling price of the watch?

1. Rs3,600

2. Rs2,400

3. Rs4,800

4. Rs1,200

Two cubes, each having a total surface area of 150 cm², are joined together to form a cuboid. Find the total surface

area of the resulting cuboid.

1. 300 cm²

2. 225 cm²

3. 250 cm²

4. 275 cm²

The product of two numbers is 1296. If the highest common factor of the two numbers is 12, then what is the least common

multiple of the two numbers?

1. 84

2. 108

3. 120

4. 60

The following bar chart shows the number of pens (in '000s) sold by 6 different shops during a given year.

If the cost of each pen is Rs4.50, then what is the average revenue earned per shop?

1. Rs90,000

2. Rs84,000

3. Rs92,000

4. Rs96,000

What is the value of   ?          

A bag contains coins of Rs1, Rs2 and Rs5 in the ratio 5 : 10 : 6 respectively. The total amount in the bag is Rs275. How many Rs5

coins are in the bag?

1. 30

2. 35

3. 25

4. 20

The simple interest on a sum deposited at 10% p.a. for 4 years is Rs20,000. What will be the compound interest on the same

sum at half of the above rate of interest for 2 years, interest compounded yearly?

1. Rs5,125

2. Rs5,010

3. Rs5,015

4. Rs5,020

The ratio of A and B in an alloy is 2 : 5. If the alloy is made of only A and B, how much amount of B will be there in 210 kg of

that alloy?

1. 150 kg

2. 135 kg

3. 60 kg

4. 180 kg

The length of a rectangle is 4 ti.mes of its breadth. If the area of the rectangle is 576 cm², then what is the perimeter of

this rectangle?

1. 56 cm

2. 60 cm

3. 120 cm

4. 112 cm

P can do a piece of work alone in 16 days, Q can do the same work alone in 24 days, while R can do it alone in 48 days. They

work together and complete the work, and receive a total of Rs744 as payment for doing the work. What is the share of the

person who received the smallest amount?

1. Rs132

2. Rs112

3. Rs118

4. Rs124

There are two numbers such that the first number is twice the second number. If their average is 30, then what is the positive

difference between the two numbers?

1. 25

2. 15

3. 10

4. 20

There are 45 students in a class. 80% of the students passed the exam. How many students failed in the exam?

1. 9

2. 5

3. 8

4. 11

What will be the amount payable on maturity on a principal of Rs12,000, invested for 3 years, at the rate of 10% per annum,

compounded annually?

1. Rs15,972

2. Rs16,826

3. Rs18,922

4. Rs14,928

The average of 5 terms is 15. If the first 4 terms are 12, 17, 23 and 8, what will be the fifth term?

1. 30

2. 20

3. 22

4. 15

The average of 5 terms is 15. If the first 4 terms are 12, 17, 23 and 8, what will be the fifth term?

How many extra number of items did company B produce over and above the number of items demanded from it?

1. 2500

2. 2000

3. 500

4. 1500

The marked price of an article is U0,000, and while selling, the shopkeeper offers two successive discounts of 12% and d%. If

the selling price of the article is Rs16,720, then what is the value of d?

1. 8

2. 10

3. 4

4. 5

The following pie chart gives the ratio of various kinds of expenses of a particular family for a week.

If the amount spent on shopping for the week is Rs1,000, what is the total amount spent on food?

1. Rs1,650

2. Rs1,750

3. Rs1,550

4. Rs1,450

The area ofa trapezium shaped field is 1785 square feet. The distance between the two parallel sides is 35 feet and one of the

parallel sides is 42 feet long. What is the length of the other parallel side?

1. 60 feet

2. 40 feet

3. 35 feet

4. 65 feet

A 600-metre-long train is running at the speed of 45 km/h. How much time will the train take to completely cross a stationary

pole?

1. 42 s

2. 60 s

3. 54 s

4. 48 s

Samira can do a piece of work in 9 days. Sujata can do  of the same work in 3 days. If Samira worked alone for

2 days and left, then, in how many days can Sujata alone complete the remaining work?

1. 12 days

2. 9 days

3. 8 days

4. 7 days

In an examination, 85% of the students passed. If 75 students failed, then how many students appeared for the examination?

1. 480

2. 540

3. 500

4. 520

Simplify the following expression.

15 -{4 - (4 - 1)} + 27

1. 42

2. 41

3. 40

4. 38

In a classroom consisting of boys and girls, the average marks obtained by ihe boys is 90. If the average of the whole class is

92, and the ratio of the number of boys to that of girls is 3 : 2, what is the average marks scored by the girls?

1. 97

2. 95

3. 94

4. 96

Walking towards a bus stop at  of his usual speed, Rakesh missed the bus by 10 minutes. What is the usual time

that Rakesh takes to reach the bus stop just in time for the bus?

1. 30 minutes

2. 25 minutes

3. 15 minutes

4. 20 minutes

Who among the following was the first transgender Bharatanatyam dancer to receive Padma Shri in 2019?

1. Narthaki Nataraj

2. Naaz Joshi

3. Laxmi Narayan Tripathi

4. Manjamma Jogati

Which Mughal monument was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the memory of his wife, Dilras Banu Begum?

1. Taj Mahal

2. Bibi Ka Maqbara

3. Rani Ki Vav

4. Bibi Tomb

To which of the following classes do parrots belong?

1. Mammalia

2. Amphibia

3. Aves

4. Reptilia

Which of the following statements is correct regarding Simon commission?

I. In 1927, the British government in England decided to send a commission headed by Lord Simon to decide India’s Political

future.

II. The commission had no Indian representative.

1. Only II

2. Both I and II

3. Only I

4. Neither I nor II

Who among the following was NOT one of Akbar's ‘Navratna’ (nine gems)?

1. Raja Todarmal

2. Raja Man Singh

3. Abul Fazal

4. Rana Amar Singh

______ was a Sarod player.

1. Buddhadev Das Gupta

2. Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma

3. Bhajan Sopori

4. Annapurna Devi

What is the length of the side-line in field-hockey?

1. 110.0 m

2. 72.3 m

3. 91.4 m

4. 102.1 m

Manu writes about a sea which is so salty that it is very difficult to drown in it. Which sea is it?

1. Red Sea

2. Green Sea

3. Arabian Sea

4. Dead Sea

What does the R stand for in MICR?

1. Request

2. Route

3. Reader

4. Recognition

A person is said to be in marginal employment if s/he has worked for fewer than ______ months in the year preceding the

Census.

1. 9

2. 3

3. 6

4. 12

Which of the following is a traditional masked dance of West Bengal?

1. Gidda

2. Kavadi

3. Gambhira

4. Jawara

The Lai Haraoba Festival is celebrated by the _________.

1. Deoris

2. Meiteis

3. Khasis

4. Sumis

As on February 2022, who among the following was recently appointed as the UGC Chairman?

1. Rajiv Saran

2. Jagjeevan Desai

3. Ravindra Katoti

4. M Jagadesh Kumar

Which of the following novels is authored by EM Forster?

1. Beloved

2. Don Quixote

3. A passage to India

4. Invisible Man

Which of the following is the only active volcanic island in India?

1. Laccadive Island

2. Minicoy Island

3. Amindivi Island

4. Barren Island

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides protection of life and personal liberty ?

1. Article 250

2. Article 370

3. Article 57

4. Article 21

Megasthenes was an ambassador who was sent to the court of _____ by the ______ ruler.

1. Sikandar Lodhi, Chinese

2. Chandragupta Maurya, Greek

3. Babur, Greek

4. Shah Jahan, Chinese

Which of the following is NOT an example of an abiotic component of the ecosystem?

1. Wind

2. Animal

3. Rainfall

4. Soil

Which of the following is NOT a cause of unemployment in India?

1. Lack of housing facilities

2. Slow economic growth

3. Lack of infrastructure development

4. Increase in labour force

The HVJ pipeline does NOT run through the state of _____.

1. Gujarat

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Karnataka

4. Rajasthan

The Parliament of India is divided into ________ houses.

1. Five

2. Three

3. Four

4. Two

Which team did Australia defeat in the final of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final played in November 2021?

1. England

2. New Zealand

3. Pakistan

4. India

Which of the following compounds are also known as aliphatic compounds?

1. Benzenoid compounds

2. Aromatic compounds

3. Cyclic compounds

4. Acyclic compounds

In March 2022, the _______ campaign was launched by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, for

greywater management.

1. Stand Up India

2. Donate-a-Pension

3. Sujalam 2.0

4. SAMARTH

Who among the following freedom fighters of India was assassinated?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru

2. Mahatma Gandhi

3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4. Nana Sahib