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Square Number
Tips 1: 2 Digit Number which ends in 5
Step1: Multiply the first digit of number, with the next to its number. Ex: 35 is the
number you want to square. 3 x 4 = 12
Step2: Finally add 25 at the end of the result.

Answer: 1225
Tips 2: Any 2 Digit Number
Ex: 47
Step1: Look for the nearest 10 boundary.
3 from 47 to 50
Step2: Since we went up 3 to 50, now go down 3 from 47 to 44.
Step3: Now mentally multiply 44 x 50 = 2200 - 1st answer.
Step4: 47 is 3 away from the 10 boundary 50, Square 3 as 9 - 2nd answer.
Step5: Add the first and second answer, 2200 + 9

Answer: 2209
Day of the Date
Day of the Week:
January has 31 days. It means that every date in February will be 3 days later than
the same date in January(28 is 4 weeks exactly). The below table is calculated in
such a way. Remember this table which will help you to calculate.
January 0
February 3
March 3
April 6
May 1
June 4
July 6
August 2
September 5
October 0
November 3
December 5

Step1: Ask for the Date. Ex: 23rd June 1986

Step2: Number of the month on the list, June is 4.
Step3: Take the date of the month, that is 23
Step4: Take the last 2 digits of the year, that is 86.
Step5: Find out the number of leap years. Divide the last 2 digits of the year by 4,
86 divide by 4 is 21.
Step6: Now add all the 4 numbers: 4 + 23 + 86 + 21 = 134.
Step7: Divide 134 by 7 = 19 remainder 1.
The reminder tells you the day.
Sunday 0
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6

Answer: Monday
This is the reasoning ability part of the probationary officer exam which is very easy if time
permits.And this should be the third section to attempt in the exam after general awareness and
english ability respectively.You should be able to complete 50 reasoning questions in about 40-45 mins
with atleast 75% correct answers to be able to rank higher in the exam.

1. ‘Captain’ is related to a ‘Team’ in the same way as ‘Director’ is related to

(1) Supervisor (2) Employee

(3) Organization (4) Union

(5) Customer

2. Find the odd one out of the following options

(1) Aunt (2) Child

(3) Father (4) Niece

(5) Relation

3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh, Ram said. “The father of his sister is the husband of my wife’s
mother”. How is Ram related to Mahesh?

(1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law

(3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient

(5) None of these

4. If ‘fork’ is called ‘plate’, ‘plate’ is called ‘knife’, ‘knife’ is called ‘jug’, ‘jug’ is called ‘glass’, ‘glass’ is
called ‘cup’ and ‘cup’ is called ‘fork’, by what do we cut fruit?
(1) Spoon (2) jug

(3) Glass (4) saucer

(5) None of these

5. If ‘a’ is substituted by 26,’B’ by 25 and so on up to ‘Z’ which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum
of the numbers substituted for the word ‘XRAY’?

(1) 33 (2) 40

(3) 37 (4) 73

(5) None of these

6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code?

(1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD

(3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD

(5) None of these

7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa. Gayatri is younger than Deepa. No one is elder to Fatima.
Who is youngest of them all?

(1) Seeta (2) Geeta

(3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient

(5) None of these

8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry but not next to Kamal. Mahesh is sitting to the right
of Kamal. If the four friends are sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry?

(1) Mahesh (2) Kamal

(3) Raman (4) Harry

(5) Cannot be determined

9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning
with ‘T’ and without repeating any letter?

(1) Three (2) One

(3) Two (4) None

(5) None of these

Directions (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15 based on the following sequence:

A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ? J

11. How many elements in the above arrangement are both immediately preceded and immediately
followed by a number?

(1) One (2) Two

(3) Three (4) Five

(5) None of these

12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element from the left end if all the numbers are
arranged in descending order from left to right, keeping the position of the other elements in
arrangement un-changed?

(1) 5 (2) 4

(3) 7 (4) 8

(5) None of these

13. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol?

(1) Two (2) Five

(3) Four (4) Three

(5) None of these

14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?

(1) # (2) 7

(3) U (4) 9

(5) None of these

15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) G$M (2) K9Q

(3) ?D7 (4) 2MU

(5) PCI

16. In a certain code language’ In ba pe’ means ‘he has won’,'le ki ba’ means ‘she has lost’ and ‘in se pe’
means ‘he always won’. Which word in that language means ‘he’?

(1) in (2) pe

(3) se (4) Data not sufficient

(5) None of these

17. X is Y’s brother. S is T’s mother and X’s aunt. How is T related to X?

(1) Sister (2) Cousin

(3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged, such that the first becomes ninth, second
becomes eighth, and so on, and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the
new arrangement of letters?

(1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO

(3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO

(5) None of these

19. If 1 is coded as ?, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded as «, 3 is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ?

What will be the correct form of the number 435671?

(1) ? + % « # ? (2) ? + % ? # «

(3) ? + « % # ? (4) ? # « % + ?

(5) None of these

20. Which of the following have the same relationship as BREAD:DBARE?

(1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN

(3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO

(5) None of these

Directions (21-25): Read the following information and attempt the given questions:

Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap,
watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in
pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more than two
executives can advertise on a channel.

(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but advertise different products.

(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go’ advertises neither soap nor computers.

(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.

(iv) No girl advertises soap.

(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice

(vi)

21. Who advertises watches?

(1) Deepa (2) Kamal

(3) Aman (4) Priyanka

(5) None of these

22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect?

(1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer

(3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap

(5) Come-watch

23. Which channel does Kamal visit?

(1) Go (2) Fun

(3) Come (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true?

(1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches

(3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun

(5) None of these

25. What will Jitu advertise?

(1) Chocolates (2) Watches

(3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple
cannot leave till after her lunch break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting
which ends at noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?

(1) 3 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours

(3) 4 ½ hours (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER each of which has as many letters
between them in the word as there are in the English language?

(1) One (2) Two

(3) Four (4) Three

(5) None of these

28. Find the odd one out

(1) 2 (2) 7

(3) 11 (4) 13

(5) 9

29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged in alphabetical order and substituted by the
alphabet preceding them in the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
(1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT

(3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT

(5) None of these

30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both
Hindi and Marathi newspapers. Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.

(1) 9 (2) 21

(3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and their numeric codes. Below that are given some
conditions to be followed while codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find
out the correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none of the coded
forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these’

Letters M Q I N E Y U G R
Numeric 2 5 3 7 1 8 4 6 9
Codes
Conditions:
(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as ?.
(ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is a consonant a single code is to be used and both
are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded as?
31. ENIMY
(1) 1%28 (2) ?732?
(3) 17328 (4) ?7328
(5) None of these
32. GENIR
(1) ?173? (2) 6%39
(3) 6%79 (4) 61739
(5) None of these
33. QUERI
(1) 5%93 (2) ?413?
(3) ?4139 (4) ?419?
(5) None of these
34. EINUM
(1) 1%72 (2) 0%42
(3) 1374? (4) 1%43
(5) None of these
35. UNGRE
(1) ?769 ? (2) 4769 ?
(3) 47691 (4) ?7691
(5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered
I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two
statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow.
36. Statements: Some pencils are lead. All lead are ink
Conclusions:
I. Some ink are pencils.
II. All ink are lead.
37. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:
I. Some ACs are ovens.
II. No. AC is oven.
38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:
I. Some planes are clouds.
II. Some clouds are birds.
39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:
I.. Some sweets are spice.
II. No spice is salt.
40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are clothes.
Conclusions:
I. Some plastics are clothes.
II. Some plastics are papers.
Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below consists a question and two statements
numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide if the data provided in the statements are
sufficient to answer the question. Read both statements and:
Give answer (1) if the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer the question while the data in
statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer
the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the
question.
41. How is ‘cricket’ written in a code language?
I. ‘Dinesh play cricket’ is written as ‘do si ha’.
II. ‘play cricket now’ is written as ‘ha si ma’.
42. Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O,P?
I. P is older than M and N but not O.
II. L is older than O.
43. When is Rahul’s birthday?
I. Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year.
44. What is the strength of the class?
I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh who stood 5 ranks below him stood last.
II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the top.
45. How far does Shruti live from the school?
I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina’s house which is 4 kms. From thee school.
II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shruti’s house.
Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below:
972 526 487 359 251
46. If the positions of the firs and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if
they are arranged in ascending order?
(1) 359 (2) 972
(3) 526 (4) 487
(5) 251
47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be multiples of 5?
(1) None (2) One
(3) Two (4) Three
(5) None of these
48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the above numbers the sum of the digits of how many
of them are prime numbers?
(1) None (2) Two
(3) One (4) Three
(5) All five
49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the second
highest number?
(1) 251 (2) 359
(3) 487 (4) 526
(5) 972
50. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers are interchanged such that the first becomes
second, second becomes third and third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest?
(1) 972 (2) 526
(3) 487 (4) 251
(5) 359
Answers:
1. (3) 2. (5) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (2)
6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (1)
11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (5)
16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (5) 19. (1) 20. (5)
21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (3)
26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (5) 29. (2) 30. (5)
31. (3) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (5) 35. (1)
36. (1) 37. (3) 38. (5) 39. (2) 40. (5)
41. (4) 42. (5) 43. (2) 44. (1) 45. (3)
46. (1) 47. (4) 48. (3) 49. (3) 50. (5)
1. The 11 Times Trick

We all know the trick when multiplying by ten – add 0 to the end of the number, but did you
know there is an equally easy trick for multiplying a two digit number by 11? This is it:

Take the original number and imagine a space between the two digits (in this example we will use
52:

5_2

Now add the two numbers together and put them in the middle:

5_(5+2)_2

That is it – you have the answer: 572.

If the numbers in the middle add up to a 2 digit number, just insert the second number and add 1
to the first:

9_(9+9)_9

(9+1)_8_9

10_8_9

1089 – It works every time.

2. Quick Square

If you need to square a 2 digit number ending in 5, you can do so very easily with this trick.
Mulitply the first digit by itself + 1, and put 25 on the end. That is all!

252 = (2x(2+1)) & 25

2x3=6

625

3. Multiply by 5

Most people memorize the 5 times tables very easily, but when you get in to larger numbers it gets
more complex – or does it? This trick is super easy.

Take any number, then divide it by 2 (in other words, halve the number). If the result is whole,
add a 0 at the end. If it is not, ignore the remainder and add a 5 at the end. It works everytime:
2682 x 5 = (2682 / 2) & 5 or 0

2682 / 2 = 1341 (whole number so add 0)

13410

Let’s try another:

5887 x 5

2943.5 (fractional number (ignore remainder, add 5)

29435

4. Multiply by 9

This one is simple – to multiple any number between 1 and 9 by 9 hold both hands in front of
your face – drop the finger that corresponds to the number you are multiplying (for example 9×3
– drop your third finger) – count the fingers before the dropped finger (in the case of 9×3 it is 2)
then count the numbers after (in this case 7) – the answer is 27.

5. Multiply by 4

This is a very simple trick which may appear obvious to some, but to others it is not. The trick is to
simply multiply by two, then multiply by two again:

58 x 4 = (58 x 2) + (58 x 2) = (116) + (116) = 232

6. Calculate a Tip
If you need to leave a 15% tip, here is the easy way to do it. Work out 10% (divide the number by
10) – then add that number to half its value and you have your answer:

15% of $25 = (10% of 25) + ((10% of 25) / 2)

$2.50 + $1.25 = $3.75

7. Tough Multiplication

If you have a large number to multiply and one of the numbers is even, you can easily subdivide to
get to the answer:

32 x 125, is the same as:

16 x 250 is the same as:
8 x 500 is the same as:
4 x 1000 = 4,000

8. Dividing by 5

Dividing a large number by five is actually very simple. All you do is multiply by 2 and move the
decimal point:

195 / 5

Step1: 195 * 2 = 390

Step2: Move the decimal: 39.0 or just 39

2978 / 5

step 1: 2978 * 2 = 5956

Step2: 595.6
9. Subtracting from 1,000

To subtract a large number from 1,000 you can use this basic rule: subtract all but the last
number from 9, then subtract the last number from 10:

1000
-648

step1: subtract 6 from 9 = 3

step2: subtract 4 from 9 = 5
step3: subtract 8 from 10 = 2

answer: 352

10. Assorted Multiplication Rules

Multiply by 5: Multiply by 10 and divide by 2.

Multiply by 6: Sometimes multiplying by 3 and then 2 is easy.
Multiply by 9: Multiply by 10 and subtract the original number.
Multiply by 12: Multiply by 10 and add twice the original number.
Multiply by 13: Multiply by 3 and add 10 times original number.
Multiply by 14: Multiply by 7 and then multiply by 2
Multiply by 15: Multiply by 10 and add 5 times the original number, as above.
Multiply by 16: You can double four times, if you want to. Or you can multiply by 8 and then by 2.
Multiply by 17: Multiply by 7 and add 10 times original number.
Multiply by 18: Multiply by 20 and subtract twice the original number (which is obvious from the
first step).
Multiply by 19: Multiply by 20 and subtract the original number.
Multiply by 24: Multiply by 8 and then multiply by 3.
Multiply by 27: Multiply by 30 and subtract 3 times the original number (which is obvious from
the first step).
Multiply by 45: Multiply by 50 and subtract 5 times the original number (which is obvious from
the first step).
Multiply by 90: Multiply by 9 (as above) and put a zero on the right.
Multiply by 98: Multiply by 100 and subtract twice the original number.
Multiply by 99: Multiply by 100 and subtract the original number.

Bonus: Percentages

Yanni in comment 23 gave an excellent tip for working out percentages, so I have taken the liberty
of duplicating it here:

Find 7 % of 300. Sound Difficult?

Percents: First of all you need to understand the word “Percent.” The first part is PER , as in 10
tricks per listverse page. PER = FOR EACH. The second part of the word is CENT, as in 100. Like
Century = 100 years. 100 CENTS in 1 dollar… etc. Ok… so PERCENT = For Each 100.

So, it follows that 7 PERCENT of 100, is 7. (7 for each hundred, of only 1 hundred).
8 % of 100 = 8. 35.73% of 100 = 35.73
But how is that useful??

Back to the 7% of 300 question. 7% of the first hundred is 7. 7% of 2nd hundred is also 7, and yep,
7% of the 3rd hundred is also 7. So 7+7+7 = 21.

If 8 % of 100 is 8, it follows that 8% of 50 is half of 8 , or 4.

Break down every number that’s asked into questions of 100, if the number is less then 100, then
move the decimal point accordingly.

EXAMPLES:
8%200 = ? 8 + 8 = 16.
8%250 = ? 8 + 8 + 4 = 20.
8%25 = 2.0 (Moving the decimal back).
15%300 = 15+15+15 =45.
15%350 = 15+15+15+7.5 = 52.5

Also it’s usefull to know that you can always flip percents, like 3% of 100 is the same as 100% of 3.

35% of 8 is the same as 8% of 35.

Bank Clerical Exams

Test I : Reasoning ability and Numerical Aptitude

1. Suresh is taller than Prabhu but shorter than Ram,
Prabhu is as tall as Neeraj but taller than Nilesh. Which
of the following statements is definitely true for Neeraj?
(a) Neeraj is shorter than Nilesh
(b) Neeraj is the tallest
(c) Neeraj is the shortest
(d) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh

2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the

word STAINLESS each of which has as many letters between
them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in
the same sequence?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

3. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in

the following sequence?
ARRANGEMENTS, RRANGEMENT, RANGEMEN, ?, NGEM
(a) RANGEME
(b) ANGEME
(c) ANGEMENT
(d) NGEMEN
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) ANGEME

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not
belong to that group?
(a) Baking
(b) Steaming
(c) Cooking
(d) Frying
(e) Boiling
Ans: ( c ) Cooking

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and so form a group which is the one that does not
belong to that group?
(a) Radish
(b) Orange
(c) Pear
(d) Mango
(e) Apple
Ans: ( a ) Radish

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not
belong to that group?
 (a) Earth
(b) Moon
(c) Saturn
(d) Pluto
(e) Venus
Ans: ( b ) Moon

7. If water is called food, food is called drink,

drink is called blue, blue is called red, red is called
white and white is called brown, then what is the colour
of ?blood? ?
(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Brown
(d) White
(e) Drink
Ans: ( d ) White

8. In a certain code language, the word ENQUIRY is

written as YRIUQNE. How will the word REQUIRE be written
in the code language ?
(a) QERUERI
(b) REQUERI
(c) ERIUQER
(d) IREUQER
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) ERIUQER

9. In a certain code language DESERT is written

RTSEDE. How will the word FAULTS the written in that code
language?
(a) TSULFA
(b) AFLUST
(c) LUAFST
(d) UAFSTL
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) TSULFA

10. How many meaningful English word can be formed by

using the second, the fifth, the seventh and the tenth
letters of the word APPROPRIATION, each only once, but in
different sequence ?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None of these
(e) More than three
Ans: ( a ) One

Directions (Qs. 11?15) : What will come in place of

the question mark (?) in the following questions?
11. 7589 ? ? = 3434
(a) 3721
(b) 4155
(c) 3246
(d) 11023
(e) None of these
 Ans: ( b ) 4155

12. 300 + (10)2 x 2 = ?

(a) 450
(b) 800
(c) 500
(d) 550
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 500

13. 12.05 x 5.4 ÷ 0.6 = ?

(a) 105.55
(b) 108.45
(c) 118.45
(d) 118.55
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 108.45

14. 2435 ÷ 24 = 24?

(a) 2.5
(b) 3.5
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 2.5

15. 78 x 14 + 7645 ? ? = 8247

(a) 580
(b) 590
(c) 490
(d) 480
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 490

Directions (Qs. 16?17) :

I. ?P + Q? means P is the brother of Q
II. ?P x Q? means P is the mother of Q
III. ?P ÷ Q? means P is the sister of Q
IV. ?P ? Q? means Q is the father of P
16. Which of the following represents ?B is the
material uncle of C??
(a) B + A x C
(b) B x C + A
(c) B ÷ C + A
(d) B x A + c
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) B + A x C

17. Which of the following statements is not necessary

to answer the above question?
(a) Only I and II
(b) Only III
(c) Only III and IV
(d) Either II or III
(e) All are necessary
Ans: ( c ) Only III and IV
18. Pointing towards a woman a boy said, ?she is the
only daughter of my mother?s brother?s only brother-in-
law?. How the woman is related to the boy?
(a) Mother
(b) Aunt
(c) Sister-in-law
(d) Sister
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Sister

19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and hence form a group. Which one of the following
does not belong to that group?
(a) 63
(b) 64
(c) 39
(d) 48
(e) 79
Ans: ( e ) 79

20. Ina certain code language DOWNBEAT is written as

TABEWNDO. How will the word PROSPECT be written in that
code language?
(a) RPSOEPTC
(b) TCPEOSPR
(c) ORPSPTCE
(d) TCPREPOS
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) TCPEOSPR

Directions (Qs. 21?26) : What will come in place of

the question mark (?) in the following questions?
21. 37.5 ÷ (27)1.5 x 92 = 3?
(a) 5
(b) 4.5
(c) 7
(d) 6.5
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 7

22. 28% of 450 + 45% of 280 = ?

(a) 126
(b) 252
(c) 324
(d) 212
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 252

23. 1027.05 ? 314.005 + 112.25 = ?

(a) 825.395
(b) 825.095
(c) 825.305
(d) 825.295
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) 825.295

24. (103.7 x 101.3)2 = 10?

 (a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) 3
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 10

25. 40.83 x 1.02 x 1.2 = ?

(a) 49.97592
(b) 41.64660
(c) 58.7952
(d) 42.479532
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 49.97592

26. 3978 + 112 x 2 = ? ÷ 2

(a) 8180
(b) 2101
(c) 4090
(d) 8404
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) 8404

27. Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and hence form a group. Which one of the following
does not belong to that group?
(a) 21
(b) 35
(c) 49
(d) 63
(e) 56
Ans: ( c ) 49

28. P is heavier than Q but lighter than R. Q is

heavier than T. S is heavier than P but lighter than V.
Who among them is the lightest?
(a) V
(b) S
(c) T
(d) R
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) T

29. In a certain code language TRANSPORT is written as

RTASNPORT. How will the word GATEHOUSE be written in that
code language ?
(a) ETGAHOESU
(b) ETAGHESUO
(c) AGTHEOUSE
(d) AGETHUOES
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) AGTHEOUSE

30. In a certain code language ?si re ga? MEANS ?Shyam

is smart? and ?pa si ga? means? Animesh is smart?. What is
the code for ?smart? in that code language?
(a) si
 (b) re
(c) ga
(d) pa
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

Directions (Qs. 31?34) : What will come in place of

the question-mark (?) in the following questions ?
31. 12.05 x 5.4 ÷ 0.3 = ?
(a) 108.55
(b) 216.90
(c) 118.45
(d) 118.55
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 216.90

32. 99 ÷ 11 + 7 x 16 = (?)2
(a) 11
(b) 121
(c) 12
(d) 144
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 11

33. 8400 ÷ 120 x 15 + 150 = ?

(a) 1050
(b) 1200
(c) 1100
(d) 1514
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 1200

34. 45% of 1500 + 35% of 1700 = ?% of 3175

(a) 40
(b) 55
(c) 45
(d) 35
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 40

Directions (Qs. 35?39) : Study the following

information carefully and answer the questions given below:
The number 0 to 9 are coded in the following manner
considering the exception given below:

3 6 9 7 0 2 8 1
5 4
H P V S G D J K
M R
.
Exception 1: If a number starts and ends with non-zero
odd number then the first and the last digits should be
coded as X and Z.
Exception 2: If a number starts and ends with non-zero
even number then the first and the last digits should be
coded as A and B respectively.
35. What is the code for 5 2 1 8 6 3 ?
 (a) MDKJPH
(b) ZDKJPX
(c) XDKJPZ
(d) ADKJPB
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) XDKJPZ

36. What is the code for 492310 ?

(a) RVDHKG
(b) AVDHKB
(c) VRDKHG
(d) BVDHKA
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) RVDHKG

37. Which of the following numbers is represented by

ASGHKB?
I. 670312 II. 470313 III. 270318
(a) Only I and III
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only Ii and III
(d) Only I
(e) Only III
Ans: ( a ) Only I and III

38. What is the code for 3186452 ?

(a) HKJDMRP
(b) KHPJMRD
(c) DMRPHKJ
(d) HKJPRMD
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) HKJPRMD

39. Which of the following numbers is represented by

DPJRSV ?
(a) 628794
(b) 268479
(c) 246793
(d) 168359
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 268479

40. Animesh and Anand together got a profit of Rs.

9,600 and they distributed between themselves in the ratio
of 5 : 7. What is the share of Animesh?
(a) Rs. 4,000
(b) Rs. 5,600
(c) Rs. 4,800
(d) Rs. 5,200
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Rs. 4,000

41. A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for Rs.

24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for Rs. 18. What is the
profit per cent?
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
 (c) 40%
(d) 25%
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 50%

42. A cow is tethered in the middle of a field with a

14 feet long rope. If the cow grazes 100 sq feet per day
approximately. What time will be taken by the cow to graze
the grazeable area of the field?
(a) 2 days
(b) 18 days
(c) 24 days
(d) 6 days
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) 6 days

43. 7/8 of 3/7 of a number is equal to 25% of 45% of

another number. What is the ratio of the first and the
second numbers respectively?
(a) 3 : 7
(b) 9: 10
(c) 3 : 10
(d) 3 : 2
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 3 : 10

44. Mr. Rahul spends 30% of his monthly salary on

domestic expenses. He spends respectively 20% and 10% of
the remaining salary on education of children and
conveyance. Of the remaining amounts now he spends
respectively 20% and 30% on entertainment and maintenance
of house. He saves Rs. 5512.50. what is the monthly
salary of Mr. Rahul?
(a) Rs. 22,500
(b) Rs. 20,000
(c) Rs. 25,000
(d) Rs. 24,500
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Rs. 22,500

45. The ratio of the present ages of Suman and Renu is

5 : 7 respectively. Four years hence the ratio will become
3 : 4 respectively. What is the present age of Renu in
years?
(a) 28
(b) 24
(c) 20
(d) 21
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 28

46. If instead of multiplying a number by 7 the number

was divided by 7. What should be the percentage error?
(a) 100%
(b) 96.8%
(c) 92.70%
(d) 97.9%
 (e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) 97.9%

47. A car covers a certain distance taking 7 hours in

forward journey. During the return journey, speed was
increased by 12 kmph and it takes 5 hours. What is total
distance covered?
(a) 210 km
(b) 70 km
(c) 440 km
(d) 220 km
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 210 km

48. The LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their HCF is

27. If one of the numbers is 189, find the other number.
(a) 248
(b) 128
(c) 297
(d) 336
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 297

49. The average between a two digit number and the

number obtained by interchanging the digits is 9. What is
the difference between the two digits of the number?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Cannot be determined

50. A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter.

The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm and 26 cm. What will
be the area of the circle?
(a) 88 cm2
(b) 1250 cm2
(c) 154 cm2
(d) 128 cm2
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

51. The difference between a number and its three-fifth

is 50. What is the number?
(a) 75
(b) 100
(c) 125
(d) 80
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 125

52. Some persons decide to raise Rs. 3 lakhs by equal

contribution from each of them. If they contributed Rs. 50
extra each, the contribution increased to Rs. 3.25 lakhs.
How many persons were there ?
(a) 400
 (b) 500
(c) 600
(d) 700
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 500

53. A sample of milk contains 5% water. What quantity

of pure milk should be added to 10 litres of milk to reduce
the water content to 2%?
(a) 5 litres
(b) 7 litres
(c) 15 litres
(d) 12 litres
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 15 litres

54. The difference between the compound interest and

the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 5% per
annum for 2 years is Rs. 1.50. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 800
(b) Rs. 1200
(c) Rs. 400
(d) Rs. 600
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Rs. 600

55. A, B and C contract a work for Rs. 550. Together A

and B are supposed to do 7/11th of the work. How much does
C get?
(a) Rs. 270
(b) Rs. 200
(c) Rs. 310
(d) Rs. 175
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Rs. 200

Directions (Qs. 56?60) : Study the following

information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There is a five storey building including the
ground floor and each floor has only one flat. All these
flats have been occupied by the five Bank Probationary
Officers. Each officer owns a different car. The cars
are : Indica, Ikon, Indigo, Elentra and Santro. The five
officers?A, B, X, Y and Z ? are employed in the different
banks, viz., State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National
Bank (PNB), UCO Bank, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank but not
necessarily in the same order. Mr. X works in HDFC Bank
and lives on the ground floor. The officer who lives on
fourth (top) floor does not own Elentra or Santro. Mr. B
works in PNB and owns Elentra car. The officer who works
in UCO Bank and lives on second floor owns Indica car. Mr.
Y lives on third floor and owns Indigo. Mr. Z works in
ICICI Bank and Mr. Y works in State Bank of India.
56. Who among the following does own Santro car ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) X
 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) X

57. Who lives on the second floor ?

(a) X
(b) Y
(c) Z
(d) A
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) A

58. On which floor does B live ?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) First

59. Who among the following owns Indica car ?

(a) X
(b) A
(c) Y
(d) B
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) A

60. Which of the following combinations of the officer

and car is correct ?
(a) Mr. X : Elentra
(b) Mr. Y : Ikon
(c) Mr. A : Santro
(d) Mr. Z : Ikon
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Mr. Z : Ikon

61. For which of the following values of x the

inequality x (x + 3) < 10 is satisfied ?
(a) X > 2, x < -5
(b) -3 < x < 0
(c) -2 < x < 5
(d) X < -2, x > 5
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) -3 < x < 0

62. There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When

the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be filled in 3
½ hours. It now takes half an hour longer. If the cistern
is full, how long will the leak take to empty the cistern?
(a) 24 hours
(b) 28 hours
(c) 21 hours
(d) 27 hours
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) 24 hours
63. If the diagonals of a rhombus are 8 cm and 10 cm
respectively what will be the area of the rhombus?
(a) 35 sq cm
(b) 40 sq cm
(c) 30 sq cm
(d) 20 sq cm
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 40 sq cm

64. Some toys were distributed equally among 18

children in such a way that the number of toys each child
gets is equal to the total number of children and after
distribution 6 toys are left out. What was the total
number of toys?
(a) 324
(b) 330
(c) 336
(d) 320
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 330

65. A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the price of an

article and sells it for Rs. 7,600. What is the market
price of the article ?
(a) Rs. 8,250
(b) Rs. 8,500
(c) Rs. 8,540
(d) Rs. 8,415
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

Directions (Qs. 66?70) : Below in each question five

words are given. Which of them will come in the middle
place if all of them are arranged alphabetically? Serial
number of that word is the answer.

66. (a) Encounter

(b) Enormous
(c) Engineer
(d) Enlarge
(e) Encroach
Ans: ( c ) Engineer

67. (a) Network

(b) Nepotism
(c) Neutral
(d) Neighbour
(e) Nervous
Ans: ( e ) Nervous

68. (a) Granular

(b) Gratuity
(c) Gravitate
(d) Greatness
(e) Grateful
Ans: ( b ) Gratuity
69. (a) Residential
(b) Reputation
(c) Resistant
(d) Residence
(e) Reschedule
Ans: ( d ) Residence

70. (a) Bracelet

(b) Boutique
(c) Bourgeois
(d) Brackish
(e) Bramble
Ans: ( a ) Bracelet

Directions (Qs. 71?75) : the number group in each

question is to be codified in the following codes :

Number 3 8 7 0 1 9 6
4 2 5
Codes N L D M H B V
R G P
.
You have to find out which of the answers (A), (B), (C) and
(D) has the correct coded form of the given number group.
If none of the coded form is correct, mark (E) as the
answer.
71. 6182734
(a) HBGPLDM
(b) VBLGRNH
(c) VHLGDNR
(d) BHNDGHR
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) VHLGDNR

72. 349805
(a) NRBLMP
(b) BRNLPM
(c) LRDGMP
(d) PMLHBR
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) NRBLMP

73. 57920642
(a) DPBGMVRH
(b) PDBRLNGH
(c) MVRGHLDP
(d) PDBGMVRG
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) PDBGMVRG

74. 7561024
(a) DPVGMRH
(b) DPVHMGR
(c) HMRLDVP
(d) VHDPGRL
(e) None of these
Ans: ( b ) DPVHMGR
75. 48236017
(a) RLGDLMHV
(b) BNDPGMRH
(c) VHMGDMRL
(d) HNPGBMHV
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

Directions (Qs. 76?80) : the news item given in each

question below is to be classified into one of the
following five areas.
(a) Political and Social, (b) sports and Culture, (c)
Science and Health
(d) Economics and Commerce, and (e) Miscellaneous
76. International Film Festival of India was organized
in Chennai recently.
Ans: ( b ) sports and Culture

77. India will host 2010 Commonwealth Games

Ans: ( b ) sports and Culture

78. Sustained efforts are needed to secure the release

of hotages.
Ans: ( e ) Miscellaneous

79. India and Japan are considering to have dialogue on

defence issue.
Ans: ( a ) Political and Social

80. New vaccine MMR has been developed for children.

Ans: ( c ) Science and Health

TEST ?III :: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Directions (Qs. 81?90) : In the following
passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and against
each, five words are suggested, one of which fills the
blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each
case.
Fourteen centuries ago when the world was
much younger, the ruler of all India, Rajah Balhait, was
??..(151) about his people. A new game of dice, called
hard, had ???(152) the imagination of his subjects,
teaching them that chance alone-a-roll of the dice guided
the ???(153) of men. All who played this game of fortune
lost their ???(155) in the virtues of courage, prudence,
wisdom and hope. It bred a fatalism that was ???(155) the
spirit of the kingdom.
Raja Balhait commissioned Sissa, an
intelligent courter at his court to find an answer to this
???(156) After much ???(157) the clever Sissa invented
another game. Chaturanga, the exact ???(158) of hard, in
which the four elements of the Indian army were the key
pleces. In the game these pieces-chariots, horses,
elephants and foot soldiers-joined with a royal counselor
to defend their king and defeat the enemy. Forceful ???
(159) was demanded of the players?not luck. Chaturanga
soon became more popular than hard, and the ???(160) to
the Kingdom was over.

81. (a) concerned

(b) confident
(c) ignorant
(d) indifferent
(e) partisan
Ans: ( a ) concerned

82. (a) propelled

(b) enshrined
(c) captured
(d) activated
(e) enhanced
Ans: ( c ) captured

83. (a) communities

(b) ways
(c) abnormalities
(d) destiny
(e) groups
Ans: ( d ) destiny

84. (a) bravado

(b) interest
(c) peace
(d) wealth
(e) faith
Ans: ( b ) interest

85. (a) appalling

(b) crushing
(c) moistening
(d) promoting
(e) overwhelming
Ans: ( e ) overwhelming

86. (a) apprehension

(b) risk
(c) problem
(d) game
(e) destiny
Ans: ( e ) destiny

87. (a) deliberation

(b) absorption
(c) insight
(d) hesitation
(e) reluctance
Ans: ( a ) deliberation

88. (a) nature

(b) equivalent
(c) picture
(d) opposite
 (e) replica
Ans: ( d ) opposite

89. (a) prediction

(b) concentration
(c) manipulation
(d) attack
(e) fortune
Ans: ( b ) concentration

90. (a) devastation

(b) anxiety
(c) impeachment
(d) nuisance
(e) threat
Ans: ( e ) threat

Directions (Qs. 91?95) : Read each sentence

to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it.
The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part is the answer. If there is not
error, the answer is ?E?. (Ignore errors of punctuation,
if any)
91. If your don?t (a) / understand any of these words
(b) / you could (c) / always refer a dictionary. (d) / No
error (e)
Ans: ( e )

92. Tea is so hot (a) / that she (b) / can (c) / take
it. (d) / No error (e)
Ans: ( a )

93. The teacher said (a) / that the earth (b) / moves
round (c) / the sun. (d) / No error (e)
Ans: ( e )

94. He told to me (a) / that he (b) / was going away

(c) / the next day. (d) / No error (e)
Ans: ( b )

95. The lecturer says (a) / that Solomon won the

respect (b) / of all races and (c) / classes by his
justice. (d) / No error (e)
Ans: ( e )

Directions (Qs. 96?100) : In each of the

following questions, select the most appropriate word from
among the five words given below the sentence to fill in
the blanks in the sentence so as to complete it
meaningfully.
96. Sunil was ???asleep and could not be easily
awakened.
(a) high
(b) fast
(c) severe
(d) total
(e) has
 Ans: ( b ) fast

97. The vehicle did not come to a sudden halt since he

braked ???
(a) immediately
(b) silently
(c) gently
(d) completely
(e) detected
Ans: ( c ) gently

98. I saw him going escorted ??? two policemen.

(a) with
(b) against
(c) by
(d) on
(e) for
Ans: ( c ) by

99. Madhav is a sick man and has to be taken to the

doctor ???
(a) usually
(b) timely
(c) seldom
(d) frequently
(e) avoided
Ans: ( d ) frequently

100. The child was left in the servants ???

(a) care
(b) duty
(c) work
(d) help
(e) innocence
Ans: ( a ) care

Directions (Qs. 101?105) : Rearrange the

following six sentences I, II, III, IV, V and VI in proper
sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph. Then answer
the questions given below them.
I. We were interested by contrast in
understanding what lessons actual teams and non-teams had
for others to choose to struggle with change and
performance.
II. Still, we suspected that most of these focused on
persuading readers that ?terms are important?.
III. After all we thought teams are a well-known subject
and there must be a thousand books on the subject already.
IV. By going down this path we hope to discover
something to say that was different from most books on the
subject.
V. We approached the idea of a book on teams
cautiously.
VI. Alternatively they focused on providing you to
advise on building teams as an objective in it self.
101. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence?
(a) I
 (b) II
(c) VI
(d) III
(e) IV
Ans: ( d ) III

102. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence ?

(a) V
(b) I
(c) II
(d) III
(e) IV
Ans: ( a ) V

103. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence ?

(a) V
(b) III
(c) II
(d) VI
(e) IV
Ans: ( c ) II

104. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence ?

(a) III
(b) IV
(c) II
(d) VI
(e) I
Ans: ( e ) I

105. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence ?

(a) III
(b) IV
(c) V
(d) VI
(e) II
Ans: ( b ) IV

Directions (Qs. 106?110) : In each sentence

below four words have been printed in bold type, which are
numbered (A), (B), (C), (D). One of these words may be
either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the
sentence. The number of that word is the answer. If all
the four words are spelt correctly, the answer is (E),
i.e., all correct.
106. He had experienced (a) / a purposefully (b) /
discussion (c) / on topics of our interest. (d) / All
correct (e)
Ans: ( b )

107. To solve a (a) / problem, one needs to have (b) /

intelligent and firm (c) / determination. (d) / All correct
(e)
Ans: ( c )

108. Many legends (a) / superstions endow the moon with

(b) / a beauty and mistery which will (c) / linger for
countless years. (d) / All correct (e)
Ans: ( c )

109. People in our country are distressed (a) / by the

spate of strikes, an almost (b) / perpetual go-slow and
(c) / increadibly low productivity. (d) / All correct (e)
Ans: ( d )

110. The faces of the (a) / twins were so (b) /

identical that we could not (c) / differentiate between
them. (d) / All correct (e)
Ans: ( c )

Directions (Qs. 111?115) : In each of the following

questions five words are given, which are numbered I, II,
III, IV and V. By using all the five words, each only
once, you have to frame a meaningful and grammatically
correct sentence. The correct order of the words is the
answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having
the correct order of words and mark it as your answer on
the answer sheet.
111. I. interested II. in III.
children
IV. are V. games
(a) III, IV, I, II, V
(b) V, IV, I, II, III
(c) III, IV, V, I, II
(d) III, V, IV, I, II
(e) III, IV, II, V, I
Ans: ( a ) III, IV, I, II, V

112. I. was II. to III. he

VI. go V. ready
(a) III, I, II, IV, V
(b) I, III, IV, II, V
(c) III, IV, II, V, I
(d) I, II, IV, III, V
(e) III, I, V, II, IV
Ans: ( e ) III, I, V, II, IV

113. I. found II. lost III. his

IV. book V. we
(a) V, II, III, I, IV
(b) III, IV, II, V, I
(c) V, I, III, II, IV
(d) V, II, III, IV, I
(e) III, IV, V, II, I
Ans: ( c ) V, I, III, II, IV

114. I. of II. he III. proud

IV. me V. was
(a) V, II, IV, I, III
(b) II, V, IV, I, III
(c) IV, V, III, I, II
(d) II, V, III, I, IV
(e) II, III, V, I, IV
Ans: ( d ) II, III, V, I, IV
115. I. decision II. happy III. made
IV. your V. me
(a) IV, III, V, II, I
(b) IV, I, III, V, II
(c) II, I, III, V, IV
(d) IV, I, V, III, II
(e) II, III, V, IV, I
Ans: ( b ) IV, I, III, V, II

Directions (Qs. 116?120) : In the following

questions, five words are given out of which only one is
mis-spelt. Find that mis-spelt word and indicate it in the
Answer Sheet.
116. (a) combination
(b) exageration
(c) hallucination
(d) admonition
(e) clinical
Ans: ( b ) exageration

117. (a) sacrosanct

(b) sacrelege
(c) sacred
(d) sacrament
(e) segment
Ans: ( b ) sacrelege

118. (a) allitration

(b) allowance
(c) almighty
(d) almanac
(e) illicit
Ans: ( a ) allitration

119. (a) idiosyncrasy

(b) idealise
(c) idiosy
(d) ideology
(e) ieonoclass
Ans: ( c ) idiosy

120. (a) jaundise

(b) jasmine
(c) jevelin
(d) jarving
(e) judgement
Ans: ( a ) jaundise

Directions (Qs. 121?130) : Read the following

passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words/phrases in the passage are printed in bold to
help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Nature is an infinite source of beauty. Sunrise
and sunset, mountains and rivers, lakes and glaciers,
forests and fields provide joy and bliss to the human mind
and heart for hours together. Everything in nature is
splendid and divine. Everyday and every season of the year
has a peculiar beauty to unfold. Only one should have
eyes to behold it and a heart to feel it like the English
poet William Wordsworth who after seeing daffodils
said: ?And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances
with the daffodils?.
Nature is a great teacher. The early man was
thrilled with beauty and wonders of nature. The Aryans
worshipped nature. One can learn the lessons in the vast
school of nature. Unfortunately the strife, the stress
and the tension of modern life have made people immune to
beauties of nature. Their life is so full of care that
they have no time to stand and stare. They cannot enjoy
the beauty of lowing rivers, swinging trees, flying birds
and majestic mountains and hills. There is however, a cry
to go back to village from the concrete and artificial
jungle of cities. Hence the town planners of today pay
special attention to provide enough number of natural
scenic spots in town planning. To develop a balanced
personality, one needs to have a healthy attitude which can
make us appreciate and enjoy the beauty of nature.
There is other balm to soothe our tired soul and
listless mind than the infinite nature all around us. We
should enjoy it fully to lead a balanced and harmonious
life, full of peace and tranquility.
121. Which of the following words has the SAME meaning
as the word care as used in the passage ?
(a) grief
(b) want
(c) needs
(d) pleasure
(e) prejudices
Ans: ( a ) grief

122. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning

of the word unfold as used in the passage.
(a) declare
(b) conceal
(c) describe
(d) perpetuate
(e) evolve
Ans: ( b ) conceal

123. Which of the following statements is not made in

the passage about Nature?
(a) Nature is an infinite source of beauty
(b) Everything in nature is splendid and divine
(c) Nature is a great teacher
(d) The Aryans worshipped Nature
(e) The early man was scared of Nature
Ans: ( e ) The early man was scared of Nature

124. What is needed to develop balanced personality?

(a) interpersonal skills
(b) reading poetry
(c) healthy attitude
(d) going back to villages
 (e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) healthy attitude

125. Why do people not enjoy the beauty of Nature ?

(a) They are running after material pleasures
(b) They do not consider nature as balm to
soothe their fired minds
(c) Their life is full of worries and tensions
(d) They are afraid of nature
(e) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Their life is full of worries and
tensions

126. What should we do to enjoy tranquil life ?

(a) Get totally immersed in our daily routine
(b) Believe that nature is infinite source of
beauty
(c) Lead a disciplined and dedicated life
(d) Enjoy the nature around us
(e) Form a habit of daily physical exercise
Ans: ( d ) Enjoy the nature around us

127. What are the town planners doing today?

(a) Providing facilities for enjoying nature
(b) Establishing balance between concrete and
artificial jungle of cities
(c) Supporting the cry to go back to villages
(d) Making efforts to inculcate healthy
attitude among people
(e) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Providing facilities for enjoying
nature

128. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning

of the word listless as used in the passage
(a) active
(b) progressive
(c) backward
(d) hidden
(e) impure
Ans: ( a ) active

129. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning

of the word soothe as used in the passage ?
(a) stabilize
(b) excite
(c) propagate
(d) nature
(e) strengthen
Ans: ( b ) excite

130. According to the author of the passage, Nature

(a) is the ultimate salvation of man
(b) is the creator of this universe
(c) brings uniformity in all seasons
(d) maintains homeostasis in human beings
(e) is abundantly glorious and divine
Ans: ( e ) is abundantly glorious and divine