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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Meagre

1. Civilised

2. miserable

3. Plentiful

4. sparse

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Slender

1. Lively

2. Energetic

3. Defame

4. Frail

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To draw a blank

1. To win by chance

2. To fake something

3. To be unsuccessful at eliciting a response

4. To get revenge

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

Take and use the thoughts, inventions, etc. of another person as one’s own.

1. Copyright

2. Compose

3. Produce

4. Plagiarise

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

Kavi asked Gina if French was her mother tongue.

1. “Whether French is your mother tongue?” Kavi asked Gina.

2. “Your mother tongue is French,” Kavi enquired Gina.

3. “French is your mother tongue,” Kavi told Gina.

4. “Is French your mother tongue?” Kavi asked Gina.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to

fill in each blank.

A major ________ of modern times is that we have come to assume that all creation is ________ to the material interests of us, the

homo-sapiens inhabiting earth, which has cut the _________ relationship we otherwise enjoyed with other constituents of

creation

1. fallacy, subservient, symbiotic

2. frankness, superior, disadvantageous

3. accuracy, domineering, encumbering

4. felicity, disobedient, hindering

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to

fill in each blank. We have already said that inconsistency is not a matter of __________ education or lack of logical

______________.

1. indefinite, stupor

2. institutional, shiver

3. inadequate, rigour

4. inadvertent, snigger

Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.

Nadia had an apple and a________for breakfast.

1. pear

2. prier

3. pair

4. pare

Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

a) Though she was a woman of slim build

b) Mrs. Hima Raman used to teach us geography at school

c) she was remarkably strong and energetic

d) She had beautiful eyes and a sharp nose

1. c,d,a,b

2. a,c,d,b

3. a,b,c,d

4. b,d,a,c

Which word in the given sentence is the ANTONYM of - doubtful?

The poverty of his childhood played a decisive role in his adult life.

1. decisive

2. played

3. adult

4. poverty

Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.

I wonder if the committee members changed________plans.

1. they’re

2. their

3. dare

4. there

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Chastise

1. Discipline

2. Order

3. Sever ties

4. Chase

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

We are waiting to the arrival of our cousins from the West.

1. at

2. towards

3. since

4. for

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The news of the robbery spread faster than ________.

1. fire

2. wind

3. water

4. air

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Man of letters

1. Dancer

2. Scholar

3. Singer

4. Actor

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ignominy

1. Beneficial

2. Restorative

3. Pejorative

4. Glory

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Jump the gun

1. Start something too soon or act hastily

2. Watch a person carefully

3. There is always a cost to do something

4. Intentionally raise a false alarm

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

They propose to build a dam for irrigation purposes

1. Build a dam for irrigation purposes.

2. For the irrigation purposes a dam has been built.

3. Irrigation dam is built.

4. It is proposed to build a dam for irrigation purposes.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Bestial

1. Brutish

2. Greedy

3. High-minded

4. Noble

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

The students stopped / their chatter / as soon as them noticed / the teacher enter the classroom.

1. their chatter

2. The students stopped

3. the teacher enter the classroom

4. as soon as them noticed

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The (1)_________ of roads in the 1700s and 1800s made the (2)_________ of goods and people much easier. Many nobles and
businessmen (3)___________ their wealth in building bridges and tunnels. John Metcalfe was one of the most (4)__________ road builders
of this period. He was blind and felt the surface of the road. This was done to make sure that it met his (5)_________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. stagnation

2. recovery

3. setback

4. improvement

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The (1)_________ of roads in the 1700s and 1800s made the (2)_________ of goods and people much easier. Many nobles and
businessmen (3)___________ their wealth in building bridges and tunnels. John Metcalfe was one of the most (4)__________ road builders
of this period. He was blind and felt the surface of the road. This was done to make sure that it met his (5)_________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. traffic

2. delivery

3. shipment

4. transportation

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The (1)_________ of roads in the 1700s and 1800s made the (2)_________ of goods and people much easier. Many nobles and
businessmen (3)___________ their wealth in building bridges and tunnels. John Metcalfe was one of the most (4)__________ road builders
of this period. He was blind and felt the surface of the road. This was done to make sure that it met his (5)_________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. donated

2. upported

3. romoted

4. nvested

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The (1)_________ of roads in the 1700s and 1800s made the (2)_________ of goods and people much easier. Many nobles and
businessmen (3)___________ their wealth in building bridges and tunnels. John Metcalfe was one of the most (4)__________ road builders
of this period. He was blind and felt the surface of the road. This was done to make sure that it met his (5)_________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. credulous

2. fascinated

3. attentive

4. remarkable

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The (1)_________ of roads in the 1700s and 1800s made the (2)_________ of goods and people much easier. Many nobles and
businessmen (3)___________ their wealth in building bridges and tunnels. John Metcalfe was one of the most (4)__________ road builders
of this period. He was blind and felt the surface of the road. This was done to make sure that it met his (5)_________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. desire

2. requirements

3. wish

4. condition

Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.

Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.

A _ D K P A B _ K P A B F _ P A B _ K P

1. B P A G

2. B E K G

3. B C G D

4. B D G E

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

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

the fifth number is related to the sixth number.

15 : 105 :: ? : 196 :: 4 : 28

1. 30

2. 25

3. 28

4. 22

Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.

1.Assignment

2.Assortment

3.Asymmetric

4.Astrology

5.Astronaut

1. 1,2,3,4,5

2. 1,5,4,2,3

3. 1,2,4,5,3

4. 1,4,2,3,5

In a certain code language, “DISEASE” is written as “EKVEASE”, and “FACULTY” is written as “GCFULTY”. How will “HELPFUL”

be written in that language?

1. IGPPFUL

2. IFOPFUL

3. IGOPFUL

4. IGNPFUL

The second number in the given number pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number.

The same operation(s) are followed in all the number pairs except one. Find that odd number pair.

1. 678:42

2. 546:30

3. 283:28

4. 125:16

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

(43, 34, 387)

(13, 10, 39)

(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)

1. (18, 13, 90)

2. (16, 12, 54)

3. (19, 15, 44)

4. (17, 14, 67)

Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?

627, 636, 619, ?, 611, 652

1. 635

2. 640

3. 625

4. 644

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.

CHAISE : EHIASC :: MODULE : EOUDLM :: SLIDER : ?

1. RLDIES

2. RLISDE

3. RLIDSE

4. RLIESD

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

(78, 13, 30)

1. (56, 14, 80)

2. (280, 70, 20)

3. (360, 50, 40)

4. (350, 17, 65)

Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series?

WAVR, ZHGG, ?, FVCK, ICNZ

1. DKAV

2. CORV

3. CISL

4. DHXE

How many circles are there in the given figure?

1. 11

2. 9

3. 12

4. 10

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the sixth

term is related to the fifth term.

10 : 40 :: 17 : ? :: 14 : 112

1. 187

2. 190

3. 162

4. 156

Two different positions of the same dice are shown, the six faces of which are numbered from 6 to 11. Select the number that

will be on the face opposite to the one showing '6'.

1. 8

2. 10

3. 9

4. 7

If 12 January 2019 was on Monday, what was the day on 14 December 1917?

1. Wednesday

2. Monday

3. Tuesday

4. Sunday

The second number in the given number-pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operation(s) on the first

number. The same operation(s) are followed in all the number-pairs EXCEPT one. Find that odd number-pair.

1. 100 : 7

2. 25 : 4

3. 169 : 10

4. 64 : 5

Three Statements are given followed by Three conclusions numbered I, II and III.

Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the

conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All birds are parrots.

No parrot is a crow.

Some owls are crows.

Conclusions:

I. Some parrots are owls.

II. No crow is a bird.

III. No owl is a bird.

1. Both conclusions I and III follow.

2. Both conclusions I and II follow.

3. Only conclusion II follows.

4. Only conclusion I follows.

Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the * signs and to balance the given equation.

75 * 25 * 40 * 63 * 92 * 91

1. ÷, ×, +, −, =

2. ÷, +, −, ×, =

3. −, +, ÷, ×, =

4. −, ×, ÷, +, =

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.

MADE : JXAB :: RULE: ORIB :: GOAL:?

1. DLXI

2. ELXI

3. DLXH

4. DMXI

Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the * signs and to balance the given equation.

17*3*48*42*14

1. +, −, ×, =

2. =, +, −, ×

3. ×, −, =, ÷

4. ÷, ×, =, −

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?

In a certain code language, ‘UNDER’ is written as ‘WLFCT’ and ‘WORDS’ is written as ‘YMTBU’. How will ‘LOFTY’ be written in

that language?

1. NHMYA

2. NMHRA

3. NGTRH

4. NJKLA

If A denotes ‘+’, B denotes ‘×’, C denotes ‘−’ and D denotes ‘÷’, then what will come in place of ‘?’ in the following equation?

(17 B 4 ) A (29 B 3) C (85 D 17 ) A 26 C 13 A 52 = ?

1. 240

2. 230

3. 215

4. 225

Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at XY as shown.

The marked price of an article is 30% more than the cost price. A discount of 15% is offered on the marked price. By what

percentage is the final price more than the cost price?

1. 10.5%

2. 15.5%

3. 19.5%

4. 8.5%

The mean proportional between a number and 20 is 50. What is that number?

1. 125

2. 8

3. 100

4. 

The average run of 8 players is 6.5.The average run increases by 1 when 2 new players are included. What is the average run of

new players?

1. 10.5

2. 11.5

3. 12.5

4. 9.5

The population of a city increased by 5%, 2% and 6% in the first, second and third year, respectively. At the end of the third

year, the population became 56,763. Find the initial population of the city.

1. 53000

2. 51000

3. 52000

4. 50000

If   and   , then find the value of  

1. 19

2. 23

3. 27

4. 21

If     , then what is value of       

Rani covers a distance of 475 m in a minute. How much distance would Rani have covered in an hour if she travelled at 1.2

times of her current speed?

1. 34.4 km

2. 34.3 km

3. 34.2 km

4. 34.1 km

Find the area of a triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm.

1. 8.5 

2. 7 

3. 6 

4. 10 

The following pie chart describes the sales of a particular brand of T-shirts in 6 of their outlets P, Q, R, S, T and U. The total

sales in which two given outlets exceed the sales in the outlet S?

1. P and U

2. R and U

3. Q and U

4. P and Q

The population of a city is 225000. If the annual birth rate and death rates are 4.5% and 2.5%, respectively, calculate the

increase in the population of the city after 2 years.

1. 9099

2. 9090

3. 9909

4. 9009

 The table below gives the numbers of seats own in the local body election in a state by different political parties in the years

2019 to 2014.

Find the percentage increase in the number of seats won by AGP in 2019 over the number of seats it won in 2014.(Give your

answer correct to two decimal places.)

1. 7.45%

2. 4.45%

3. 6.45%

4. 5.45%

Raghav and Aditya can complete a work in 3 days. Aditya and Ishaan can complete the same work in 4 days. Ishaan and

Raghav can complete it in 6 days. How many days will it take for Raghav, Aditya and Ishaan, combined together, to complete

the same amount of work?

1. 64

2. 44

3. 34

4. 54

What will be the average of the odd numbers from 21 to 81?

1. 61

2. 51

3. 79

4. 29

The total surface area of a solid cylinder whose radius is r cm and height cm (in cm² ) is:   

If two successive discounts of 10% and 5%, are given, then what will be the net discount percentage?

1. 12.5%

2. 15.5%

3. 14.5%

4. 16.5%

Find the ratio in which pulses at Rs80 per kg can be mixed with pulses at Rs95 per kg to get a mixture worth Rs85 per kg.

1. 2 : 5

2. 1 : 2

3. 2 : 1

4. 3 : 2

When payment is made online, the discount offered is 20%. Additional discount of 8% is given to ABC credit card holders.

Sandeep buys a laptop of Rs35,000 by paying online and pays through his ABC credit card. How much does he need to pay?

1. Rs25,750

2. Rs25,760

3. Rs25,770

4. Rs25,740

Two triangles ΔABC and ΔDEF are similar. If AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and DE = 9 cm, find EF.

1. 12 cm

2. 9 cm

3. 10 cm

4. 8 cm

Number of puffs sold by 4 different bakeries in 3 different months.

What is the respective ratio between the number of puffs sold by bakeries A and B together in February and the total number of

puffs sold by bakeries C and D together in the same month?

1. 24 : 32

2. 49 : 88

3. 48 : 89

4. 44 : 92

If a man were to sell his home theatre system for Rs14,400, he would lose 25%. But if he wants to gain 20%, the item should be

sold for:

1. Rs 23,040

2. Rs 23,000

3. Rs 22,960

4. Rs 23,300

Which of the following numbers is NOT divisible by 150?

1. 320550

2. 333300

3. 463750

4. 201300

The surface area of a spherical balloon is 400 $\pi . What is the volume of air in it?    

 If x+y=13, then  is:

1. 2197

2. 0

3. 169

4. 13

The product of three consecutive odd numbers is 693. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

1. 9

2. 11

3. 5

4. 7

Who among the following is NOT a tabla player?

1. Swapan Chaudhuri

2. G N Balasubramaniam

3. Tanmoy Bose

4. Bickram Ghosh

What type of precipitation is common at the equatorial depression in the Congo Basin, the Amazon Basin, and the islands of

Southeast Asia?

1. Conventional precipitation

2. Monsoonal precipitation

3. Orographic precipitation

4. Frontal precipitation

In May 2021, ushering in his second term, Pinarayi Vijayan took the oath as the _____________ Chief Minister of Kerala.

1. 11^th

2. 14^th

3. 9^th

4. 13^th

Who among the following founded the ‘Shillong Chamber Choir’?

1. Neil Nongkynrih

2. Madhup Mudgal

3. Debashish Chaudhuri

4. António Fortunato de Figueiredo

To which of the following states does Ramchandraiah, a Koya tribal singer, who received Padma Shri 2022, belong?

1. Uttarakhand

2. Bihar

3. Madhya Pradesh

4. Telangana

In March 2021, _________ became the first female Indian cricketer and the second, internationally, after England's Charlotte

Edwards, to breach the 10000-run mark in international cricket.

1. Harleen Deol

2. Smriti Mandhana

3. Mithali Raj

4. Poonam Yadav

Whose memoir is titled ‘My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future’?

1. Shobhana Bhartia

2. Renuka Ramnath

3. Indra Nooyi

4. Kiran Majumdar Shaw

Arvind Adiga wrote his famous award winning novel ____________ in 2008.

1. The White Tiger

2. A Suitable Boy

3. Last Man in Tower

4. Selection Day

With whom did Camillo Golgi receive the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his work on the structure of the nervous system?

1. Lina Aletti

2. Cesare Lombroso

3. Ettore Marchiafava

4. Santiago Ramony Cajal

Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, awarded with the honour of Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, is known for his brilliant

performance and choreography in which for the following styles of Indian classical dances?

1. Kuchipudi

2. Sattriya

3. Odissi

4. Kathakali

Who among the following has written the book ‘A century is not enough: my roller coaster ride to success’?

1. Kapil Dev

2. Ravi Shastri

3. Virender Sehwag

4. Sourav Ganguly

In which year was the Pro Kabaddi League founded in India?

1. 2015

2. 2014

3. 2016

4. 2013

With which musical instrument can you associate the name of Ali Akbar Khan?

1. Sarod

2. Been

3. Sarangi

4. Rudra Veena

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements is an initiative by:

1. Ministry of Tourism

2. Ministry of Planning

3. Ministry of Education

4. Ministry of Power

Yamini Krishnamurthy, who received the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2016, is an Indian dancer in which of the following dance

forms?

1. Bharatanatyam

2. Manipuri

3. Mohiniyattam

4. Odissi

Identify the chemical structure for potassium hydroxide.

1. KOH

2. K_{2}O

3. POH_{2}

4. K_{2}H_{2}

Vidyagauri Adkar is associated with _________ classical dance form.

1. Odissi

2. Kuchipudi

3. Bharatanatyam

4. Kathak

Which element’s symbol is derived from the Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning ‘liquid silver’ - indicating its shiny surface?

1. Antimony

2. Zirconium

3. Mercury

4. Silver

The idea of a single citizenship in the Constitution of India was borrowed from:

1. United Kingdom

2. Austria

3. France

4. Germany

Padma Bhushan awardee Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh was a _________ player.

1. sarod

2. tabla

3. harmonium

4. flute

Which element of Group 13 of the periodic table liquefies just above room temperature?

1. Gallium

2. Indium

3. Thallium

4. Aluminium

What was the rank of India in AIBA World Youth Boxing Championship 2021 held in Poland?

1. 1

2. 3

3. 2

4. 4

Since 2017, the Finance Minister in India has been presenting the Union Budget for the country on which date?

1. 1 February

2. 1 August

3. 1 January

4. 1 October

Which of the following is a soft metal that ignites in air and reacts violently with water and has atomic number 37 in the

periodic table?

1. Caesium

2. Francium

3. Gallium

4. Rubidium

What type of forests, consisting of bushes and scrubs, exist in India where the regions receive less than 70 cm rainfall?

1. Tropical deciduous forests

2. Montane forests

3. Tropical thorn forests

4. Tropical evergreen forests