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Aptitud ude Gener Know eneral Paper-I : Aptitude & General Knowledge
SECTION - A
Analytical & Quantitative Aptitude Questions
This section contains 7 multiple choice questions numbered 1 to 7. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Green

4.

A cuboid is painted in 6 colours Green, Blue, Yellow, Violet, Red and Orange. Two positions are shown below :
Orange

Choose the correct answer : 1. Which two numbers come next in the sequence? 0 2 7 9 26 28 ? ?

Yellow

Blue

Green Violet

* Red
Orange

(1) 63, 65 (2) 36, 39 (3) 36, 49 (4) 56, 63 2. The sides of a quadrilateral are all positive integers and three of them are 5, 10, 20. How many possible values are there for the fourth side? (1) 29 (2) 31 (3) 32 (4) 34 3. If the volume of a sphere increases by 72.8%, then its surface area increases by (1) 20% (2) 24% (3) 40% (4) 44% (3) (1) 5.

What is the colour of the zone marked with mark?

(1) Green (3) Violet

(2) Yellow (4) Blue

A sheet of paper is folded along the arrows and then cut in the manner shown in the following figures. How would it look like when unfolded?

(2)

(4)

Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam.-2011 6. Two lines BD and GD are drawn on the faces of an imaginary cube shown below. Both lines converge at point D. Can you calculate the angle between these B C two diagonal lines? (1) 90 A D (2) 120 E (3) 60 (4) 75 G F Mira is eleventh from either end of a row of girls. How many girls are there in that row? (1) 20 (2) 21 (3) 22 (4) 23

Sample Paper (v) D is the father of B, the grandfather of G and is an engineer. (vi) No lady is either an Engineer or a Lawyer. (vii) G, who is a student, is the grandson of E. 10. Which one of the following is a married couple? (1) BF (3) BD (2) AC (4) DE

7.

SECTION - C
General Knowledge
This section contains 5 multiple choice questions numbered 11 to 15. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. 11. The Vice-President is elected by (1) The people (2) The electoral college which elects the President (3) The members of both Houses of Parliament (4) Also by the members of the State Legislatures 12. Aqua regia used by alchemists to separate silver and gold is a mixture of (1) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and nitric acid (concentrated) (2) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated) (3) Nitric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated) (4) Hydrochloric acid (dilute) and sulphuric acid (dilute) 13. What was the motto for the 2010 Common Wealth Games? (1) Come out and play (2) Participate and enjoy (3) Fight to win (4) Jeet lo 14. Which of the following books has not been written by Marx? (1) The Communist Manifesto (2) Das Capital (3) Wealth of the Nations (4) The Critique of Political Economy 15. As we all know Child labour is totally banned in India. As per the Child Labour Prohibition & Regulation Act, Child means a person who has not completed (1) 18 years of his/her age (2) 16 years of his/her age (3) 14 years of his/her age (4) 20 years of his/her age

SECTION - B
Verbal & Reading Aptitude Questions
This section contains 3 multiple choice questions numbered 8 to 10. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence : The Kings __________ fell ill during his journey and was unable to negotiate on his behalf when he arrived at the economic summit. (1) Zealot (2) Emissary (3) Miscreant (4) Denizen 9. Given below are four sentences. Each has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. Select the most appropriate word (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one (A) We were not successful in defusing (A) / diffusing (B) the gurus idea (B) The hoard (A) / horde (B) rushed into the campus (C) They heard the bells peeling (A) / pealing (B) far and wide (D) Jeans that flair (A) / flare (B) at the bottom, are in fashion these days (1) BBBA (2) BBBB (3) BBAA (4) BBAB Direction for Q.No. 10 : Using the following information, answer the question that follow : (i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of the family. (ii) Six of them have a different profession of Accountant, Lawyer, Teacher, Manager, Doctor, Engineer and one is a student. (iii) There are two married couples in the family. (iv) A and Fs professions are Accountant and Doctor respectively. 8.

Sample Paper

Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam.-2011

Mathematics Paper II : Science & Mathematics


16. Find the equivalent resistance between C and D
R C R 2R R A R 2R R D 2R R 2R R R B R

20. Which of the following statement is incorrect? (1) Boron rods are used as control rods in nuclear reactors (2) Biogas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide (3) Nuclear fission is involved in making of atom bomb (4) 200 keV energy is released in nuclear fission reactions 21. Alums used for purifying water are chemically

(1) R (3) 2R

(2) 4R (4) R/2

(1) Double chlorides (2) Double sulphates (3) Sulphates of aluminium (4) Hydrated nitrates 22. Which of these reactions will not occur? (1) Copper rod kept in silver nitrate solution (2) Zinc rod kept in iron sulphate solution (3) Iron rod kept in magnesium sulphate solution (4) Zinc rod kept in copper sulphate solution 23. Which of the following acts as the reducing agent in a thermite reaction?

17. Four wires of a cube of side a carry equal current i in the direction shown in figure. If a uniform magnetic field (B ) along positive y-axis exists in space, then (i) The force on wire 1 is in negative x-direction (ii) The force on wire 2 is in negative z-direction (iii) The force on wire 3 is zero (iv) The force on wire 4 is in positive z-direction z

3 2 4 1 y

(1) Carbon (2) Aluminium (3) Hydrogen sulphide (4) Hydrogen 24. Match the following in Column-I with Column-II Column- I (Chemical Name) a. Sodium carbonate b. Sodium hydrogen carbonate c. Calcium sulphate hemihydrate Column- II (Common Name) (i) Baking soda (ii) Bleaching powder (iii) Soda ash

x (1) (i) & (ii) are true


(2) (iii) & (iv) are true (3) (i), (ii) and (iii) are true but (iv) is wrong (4) All are correct 18. A bar magnet is falling freely through a conducting ring. The acceleration of the magnet is (1) Equal to g (2) Greater than g (3) Less than g (4) Net upward acceleration 19. What is current in a gas discharge tube if 3.0 1017 electrons and 2.0 1016 positive ions pass through a cross-section of the tube each second? (1) 0.0448 A (3) 0.51 A (2) 0.448 A (4) 0.051 A

d. Calcium oxychloride (iv) Plaster of Paris (1) a(iv), b(i), c(iii), d(ii) (2) a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(ii) (3) a(iii), b(iv), c(i), d(ii) (4) a(i), b(iii), c(iv), d(ii)

Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam.-2011 25. Arrange the following in increasing order of hydrogen ion concentration dil. HCl, conc. HCl, dil. NaOH, conc. NaOH, Pure water (1) dil. HCl < conc. HCl < Pure water < conc. NaOH < dil. NaOH (2) conc. NaOH < dil. NaOH < Pure water < dil. HCl < conc. HCl (3) conc. NaOH < conc. HCl < Pure water < dil. NaOH < dil. HCl (4) conc. NaOH < conc. HCl < dil. NaOH < dil. HCl < Pure water 26. The part of human brain which controls the body temperature and the desire for eating is (1) Pons (2) Cerebellum (3) Medulla (4) Hypothalamus 27. Identify the mismatched pairs among the following (i) Basic filtration unit in the kidney Nephron (ii) Abnormal increase in RBCs number in blood Polycythemia (iii) Diaphragm dome-shaped Expiration (iv) Oxyntic cellsPepsinogen (v) Guard cellsOnly green epidermal cells with thick outer wall Select the correct option among the following alternatives (1) (i), (iii) & (v) only (2) (i), (ii) & (iv) only (3) (i), (iv) & (v) only (4) (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) only 28.

Sample Paper 29. When renal artery carrying waste and excess water from body enters kidney and forms a capillary cluster known as A which remains associated with a cup-shaped part of nephron. Identify A in above statement (1) (2) (3) (4)
A Tubular part of nephron A Malpighian body A Glomerulus A Bowmans capsule

30. In the diagram given below, choose the correct answer for labelling indicated by A, B and C

C B A

(1) A Xylem, B Cambium, C Phloem (2) A Xylem, B Pericycle, C Phloem (3) A Pith, B Phloem, C Xylem (4) A Xylem, B Cambium, C Pericycle 31. Sides of ABC are subdivided into six equal parts as shown in the figure below. Areas of P2Q3R4 and ABC are in the ratio

A R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 B
(1) 3 : 16 (3) 9 : 16

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

O P1

C P2 P3 P4 P5 (2) 9 : 64
(4) 2 : 9

Manufactures protein

Packages and dispatches them to target

Give the names of cell organelles labelled A and B respectively in above flow chart (1) A E.R. and B Vesicle (2) A R.E.R. and B Golgi apparatus (3) A S.E.R. and B Golgi apparatus (4) A R.E.R. and B Lysosome

32. A tower PQ subtends an angle at point O on the ground. A flagstaff QR stands on the tower and subtends angle at the same point O. Height of the n tower is 3 times the flagstaff. If OP PR , then m tan = (1) (3)

nm 4n 2 3m2 4nm 4n 2 3m2

(2) (4)

nm 4m 2 3n 2 3mn 4m 2 3n 2

Sample Paper 33. Find the greatest number of 5 digits, which is exactly divisible by 7, 10, 15, 21 and 28 (1) 99840 (2) 99900 (3) 99960 (4) 99990 34. 1020 7 is divisible by (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 9 (4) Both (1) & (2) 35. If both 112 and 33 are the factors of the number a 4 3 6 2 1311 , then what is the smallest possible value of a? (1) 121 (2) 3267 (3) 363 (4) 33 36. Rahul and Rajeev share the same birthday. Rahul is twice as old as Rajeev was when Rahul was as old as Rajeev is now. If Rahul is 24, how old is Rajeev now? (1) 6 (2) 12 (3) 18 (4) 24

Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam.-2011 37. If in ABC, BD AC, BAC = 2, BCD = , AB = c, AD = d and CD = e, then find the relation between c, d and e

2 D

(2) c d

(1) c + d = e (3) c + d = 2e

e 2 (4) 2c + d = e

38. A trader professes to sell his goods at a loss of 8% but weighs 900 g in place of 1 kg weight. His real loss or gain percent is (1) 2% loss (3) 2.22% loss 39. A sum of money grows to (2) 2.22% gain (4) 2% gain

144 times when invested 121 for two years in a scheme where interest is compounded annually. The same sum of money shall take X years to triple under simple interest. X is

(1) 9 years (3) 22 years

(2) 18 years (4) 33 years

40. The measure of central tendency that is most affected by a few large or small values among observations is (1) Mean (3) Mode (2) Median (4) Range

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