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English Quiz - Passage Reading (R.C.)

Directions (Q. 1 -10) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Civil Services offer an attractive and challenging career to the ambitious, the aspiring and the talented. Indian civil services pave the way for becoming an IAS, IPS or IFS officer. The Indian civil services is considered as one of the premier services which paves the way for becoming an IAS, IPS or IFS officer. Civil Services offer an attractive and challenging career to the ambitious, the aspiring and the talented. The wide variety of jobs within the fold of the Civil Services have relatively greater sphere of authority and power than any other services in India.

The services encompass all one can aspire for: prestige, job security, salary package, opportunity of foreign tour, job satisfaction, etc. Civil servants in one way decide the fate of the nation as the implementation of all developmental and other government policy rest with them. If we talk of prestige and respect this is the most prestigious and respectful job of India as it is a job which provides an opportunity to satisfy personal ambition as well as indulge in social welfare. The selection as civil servants is rigorous and only a handful is selected out of hundreds and thousands of aspirants every year. There is diversity of work- a wide variety of work is associated with civil services, like maintenance of law and order, developmental work, disaster management, representing India on international forum, administration, upliftment and empowerment of marginalized sections of society etc. There is a deep sense of job security as a civil servant cannot be fired easily. Once selected, a civil servant works till the age of 60 and is possible for him to get an extension. As far as salary package is concerned, the 6th pay commission has brought the salaries of the Civil Servants at par with those in the corporate sector.

The facilities and amenities provided to an officer are excellent. A remarkable thing about civil services is that it provides opportunity to contribute effectively in the decision making process of country. The talented ones also get to represent the nation at world forums. A person who wants to participate closely in the process of building society and wants to bring about positive social change should definitely try to crack the IAS examination. The aspirants of Civil Services favor the top three services namely- IAS, IPS and IFS as these services hold within their fold the vast scope to use bestowed power to bring about societal development. Also, these services are much sought after as they are symbols of great power, social recognition and affluence.

1. Which of the following can be said about the Civil Services?

1) The Indian Civil Services serve as the backbone of India and carries great respect and responsibilities.

2) There is too much political interference in the IAS and the IPS.

3) There is no limitation for people who want to appear for the Civil Services examination.

4) Both 1 and 2

5) None of these

2. Which of the following is the main reason to join Civil Services?

1) Civil Services is by far the toughest examination to clear, not just in India but the whole world.

2) Because aspirant's parents have a dream.

3) Aspirants have social pressure to join it.

4) All of the above

5) None of these

3. Which of the following is the central theme of the passage?

1) Career in Civil Services in India.

2) Civil Services is the dream career for the talented aspirant.

3) Wings of the Civil Services.

4) The Indian way of career.

5) In common parlance, only the Civil servant i.e. IAS, IPS, IFS officers are included in the prestigious category.

4. Which of the following is not true as per the passage?

1) Civil services offer an attractive and challenging career to the ambitious.

2) In civil services duties come along with benefits.

3) The Indian Civil Services is considered as one of the premier services.

4) All of the above

5) None of these

5. What is/are the area(s) of work of civil servant i.e. IAS, IPS or IFS officer?

(A) In the areas of general administration.

(B) Actually act as the pillars of governance.

(C) To maintain law.

(D) In the ministry of external affairs.

1) Only A and C

2) Only B and C

3) All A, C and D

4) All B, C and D

5) All A, B, C and D

Directions (Q. 6-7) : Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

6. Rigorous

1) Scrupulous

2) Dainty

3) Precise

4) Strict

5) Brutal

7. Aspirants

1) Pessimistic

2) Wannabe

3) Apathetic

4) Pointless

5) Despondent

Directions (Q. 8-10) : Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

8. Premier

1) Leading

2) Chief

3) Subordinate

4) Trivial

5) Auxiliary

9. Bestowed

1) Grant

2) Gift

3) Withhold

4) Favor

5) Lavish

10. Encompass

1) Ring

2) Exclude

3) Contain

4) Hem in

5) Free

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Answers:

1. 1

2. 5

3. 2

4. 5

5. 5

6. 1

7. 2

8. 4

9. 3

10. 2

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Quant Data Interpretation Quiz

Directions (1-5): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions that follow. A few data are assigned alphabetically:

(Sales of shirts and jeans sold by Co. X in various years, Rs. Crores)

Year	Shirt (X)	Jeans (Y)	y/x
2000	56	70	1.25
2001	60	A	1.2
2002	B	160	C
2003	100	140	D
2004	E	160	1.33
2005	200	F	G

1. The per cent increase in the shirts’ sale between years2002 and 2004 is:

(1) 40%

(2) 50%

(3) 45%

(4) 60%

(5) can’t say

2. The per cent increase in the jeans’ sale between 2001 and 2005 is:

(1) 75%

(2) 37.5%

(3) 375%

(4) 750%

(5) Can’t be determined

3. If G = 1.5, what per cent is sales of jeans in 2005 of sales of jeans in 2002?

(1) 150

(2) 175

(3) 187.5

(4) 160

(5) 190.5

4. If C : D = 1 : 2 then 7B = ?

(1) 1500

(2) 1250

(3) 1600

(4) 1800

(5) None of these

5. The value of A : E is:

(1) 0.6

(2) 0.8

(3) 1.0

(4) 1.2

(5) 1.5

Directions (76 – 80): Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions :

A cosmetic company provides five different products. The sales of these five products (in thousand number of packs) during 2006 and 2011 are shown in the following bar graph.

6. The sales of lipsticks in 2011 was by what percent more than the sales of nail enamels in 2011? (rounded off to nearest integer)

(1) 33%

(2) 31%

(3) 28%

(4) 22%

(5) 19%

7. During the period 2006-2011, the minimum rate of increase in sales is in the case of?

(1) Shampoos

(2) Nail enamels

(3) Talcum powders

(4) Lipsticks

(5) Conditioners

8. What is the approximate ratio of the sales of nail enamels in 2011 to the sales of Talcum powders in 2006?

(1) 7:2

(2) 5:2

(3) 4:3

(4) 2:1

(5) 3:2

9. The sales have increased by nearly 55% from 2006 to 2011 in the case of?

(1) Lipsticks

(2) Nail enamels

(3) Talcum powders

(4) Shampoos

(5) Conditioners

10. The sales of conditioners in 2006 was by what percent less than the sales of shampoos in 2006? (rounded off to nearest integer).

(1) 57%

(2) 36%

(3) 29%

(4) 25%

(5) 43%

ANSWERS

1. (5)
Since B cannot be found from given data.

2. (5)
Since F cannot be found from given data.

3. (3)
F/200 = 1.5
F = 300
Required percentage = = 187.5

4. (3)
C/D =1/2
C = 0.7
160/B = 0.7
B = 1600/7
7B = 1600

5. (1)
A/E = 72/120 = 0.6

6. (3)

7.(1)

8.(2)

9.(4)

10.(2)

Explanation (6-10) ▼

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English Quiz - Cloze Test

Direction:- In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

The interviewer at a company is looking for very specific details ...(1)... my situation. Actually, they may not even be interested in my ...(2)... situation at all. What they are interested in is what I did in that situation. They don’t care if a conflict happened at work, in the college, or in family. What they want to know is what I ...(3)... and said in that situation and how I ...(4)... change to get to these answers, they will interrupt me and ask very specific questions. If I am circum locating the things, I will likely be interrupted before I even get to what I did in a situation.

The best way to make sure I get the ...(5)... of my story in the interviewer’s head .Then take my ...(6)... and try to make it strong sentences that describe the situation, what I did, and how it made a difference. The interviewer will then ...(7)... ...(8)... into one aspect of what I mentioned and I can give them as much detail as they ask for at that point. This technique ensures that I get the highlights ...(9)... and also shows some ...(10)... thinking.

1) regarding

2) referring

3) relating

4) touching

5) adverse

1) general

2) normal

3) imprecise

4) particular

5) regular

1) neglect

2) thought

3) disdain

4) belief

5) lead

1) kept

2) allured

3) influenced

4) convinced

5) stabilize

1) abstract

2) top

3) structure

4) support

5) key points

1) rambling

2) sprawling

3) diffuse

4) narrative

5) prolix

1) probe

2) reply

3) answer

4) survey

5) audit

1) narrow

2) deeper

3) restricted

4) quiet

5) trivial

1) above

2) across

3) ahead

4) after

5) before

10.

1) illogical

2) cursory

3) structured

4) synthetically

5) chaotic

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1. 1

2. 4

3. 2

4. 3

5. 5

6. 4

7. 1

8. 2

9. 2

10. 3

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Computer Quiz

1.A circuit with about 100 transistors fabricated on a single chip is called _____

a)MCR

b)MSI

c)MIS

d)RJE

e)None of these

2.When sending an e-mail, the …….. line describes the contents of the message.

a)to

b)subject

c)contents

d)CC

e)None of these

3.Is a method in which multiple communication devices are connected to one another efficiently.

a)Switching

b)Redundancy

c)Capacity

d)Detecting

e)None of these

4............ is a collection of web – pages?

a)Home page

b)Website

c)Web page

d)All of the above

e)None of these

5.Which term identifies main page of the entire site?

a)URL

b)Web site address

c)Hyperlink

d)Domain name

e)None of these

6.This is not a function category in Excel ________

a)Logical

b)Data Series

c)Financial

d)Text

e)None of these

7.On-line real time systems become popular in..........Generation.

a)First Generation

b)Second Generation

c)Third Generation

d)Fourth Generation

e)None of these

8.Is the combination of keys to switch between the last four places that you have edited.

a)ALT + CTRL + Z

b)ALT + CTRL + Y

c)ALT + TAB + Z

d)ALT + SHIFT + Z

e)None of these

9.Is the functional key to display save-as box.

a)F5

b)F6

c)F9

d)F12

e)None of these

10.If you begin typing an entry into a cell and then realize that you don't want your entry placed into a cell, you……

a)Press the Erase key

b)Press esc

c)Press the Enter button

d)Press the Edit Formula button

e)none of these

Answers:

1)b
2)b
3)a
4)b
5)a
6)a
7)c
8)a
9)d
10)b

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Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1– 6) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below :

Eight friends Heena, Chandan, Nita, Gaurav, Bhavesh, Pranav, Dinesh and Isha are sitting in a row facing north. All of them like different colours, viz Red, Pink, Orange, Green, yellow, Black, Violet and Blue.

• There is only one person between Nita and the one who likes Violet.

• Dinesh is neither an immediate neighbour of Nita nor he likes Green.

• Heena sits fourth to the left of the one who likes Violet but she does not like Pink.

• The person who likes Black is third to the right of the one who likes Green and sits on the immediate right of Heena.

• The one who likes Green sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. Chandan does not like Green.

• Pranav is an immediate neighbour of both Dinesh and Nita.

• Isha sits at one of the extreme ends of the row but she does not like Green.

• The one who likes Blue sits second to the right of the one who likes Orange.

• The ones who like Black and Pink are immediate neighbours.

• Bhavesh sits third to the left of Nita and likes Yellow.

• There is only one person between the persons who like Yellow and Black.

1. How many persons are there between Gaurav and Chandan?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(d) F

(e) None of these

2. Who among the following is an immediate neighbour of the persons who like Black and Yellow?

(a) Dinesh

(b) Gaurav

(d) Chandan

(e) None of these

3. Who among the following likes Orange?

(a) Nita

(b) Pranav

(d) Bhavesh

(e) None of these

4. Who among the following sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Blue?

(a) The one who likes Orange

(b) Either Pranav or Nita

(d) The one who likes Black

(e) None of these

5. Who among the following sits third to the right of the person who likes Red?

(a) Nita

(b) Gaurav

(d) Pranav

(e) None of these

6. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Bhavesh is on the immediate right of Gaurav and likes Green.

(b) Heena sits second to the right of Nita.

(d) Only (a) and (c) are true

(e) None is true

Directions (7 – 11): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends Prince, Queen, Ricky, Smith, Tim, Unholy, Vivian and Watson are sitting around a circular table. Some are not facing the centre while some are facing the centre.

Vivian sits third to the right of Queen, Tim sits third to the right of Smith. The immediate neighbors of Prince are facing the centre. Watson sits second to the left of Smith and Prince sits second to the left of Unholy, who is facing the centre. Prince is an immediate neighbor of neither Queen nor Vivian. Unholy is not an immediate neighbor of Vivian. Tim and the one who sits opposite Tim are not facing the centre. The one who is on the immediate left of Tim is not facing the centre while the immediate neighbor of Watson is facing outward.

7. How many persons are not facing the centre?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(d) Four

(e) None of these

8. Who among the following sits on the immediate left of Tim?

(a) Ricky

(b) Queen

(d) Prince

(e) None of these

9. Who among the following are immediate neighbors of Queen?

(a) Unholy, Smith

(b) Unholy, Tim

(d) Watson, Vivian

(e) None of these

10. Who among the following sits second to the left of Vivian?

(a) Tim

(b) Watson

(d) Unholy

(e) None of these

11. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) Vivian, Ricky

(b) Tim, Prince

(d) Smith, Prince

(e) Ricky, Prince

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Quant Quiz

Directions (1-3): Study the information carefully to answer the following questions:

An urn contains 5 red, 3 green, 2 blue and 4 yellow marbles.

1. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that both are blue?

(a) 1/7

(b) 1/14

(d) 1/28

(e) None of these

2. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that one is green and two are yellow?

(a) 3/14

(b) 2/91

(d) 7/545

(e) None of these

3.If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are red or both are green?

(a) 5/7

(b) 5/14

(d) 1/14

(e) None of these

Directions (4-8): In each of these questions, one question is given followed by data in three statements I, II and III. You have to study the question and the data in statements and decide the question can be answered with data in which of the statements and mark your answer accordingly.

4. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?

Statements:

I. Difference between the compound interest and simple interest earned in two years on the amount invested is Rs. 100/-

II. The amount becomes Rs. 19,500/- in three years on simple interest.

III. Simple interest accrued in two years on the same amount at the same rate of interest is Rs. 3,000/-

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only I and III

(d) Only I and either II or III

(e) None of these

5. What is the speed of the train in km/hr?

Statements:

I. The train crosses an ‘x’ m long platform in ‘n’ seconds.

II. Length of the train is ‘y’ m.

III. The train crosses a signal pole in ‘m’ seconds.

(a) Any two of the three

(b) Only II and III

(d) All I, II and III

(e) Question cannot be answered even with information in all three statements

6. How many students passed in first class?

Statements:

I. 85% of the students who appeared in examination have passed either in first class or in seconds class or in pass class.

II. 750 students have passed in second class.

III. Number of students passed in pass class is 28% of those passed in second class.

(a) All I, II and III

(b) Only I and III

(d) Question cannot be answered even with information in all three statements.

(e) None of these

7. What is the amount invested in Scheme ‘B’?

Statements:

I. The amounts invested in Schemes ‘A’ and ‘B’ are in the ratio of 2 : 3 respectively.

II. Amount invested in Scheme ‘A’ is 40% of the total amount invested.

III. Amount invested in Scheme ‘A’ is Rs. 45,000/-

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only I and III

(d) All I, II and III

(e)Only III and either I or II

8. What is the cost of flooring the rectangular hall?

Statements:

I. Length of the rectangle is 6 m.

II. Breadth of the rectangle is two-third of its length.

III. Cost of flooring the area of 100 cm^2 is RS. 45/-

(a) Only I and III

(b) Only II and III

(d) Question cannot be answered with data in all three statements.

(e) None of these

Direction (9-10):Two equations I and II are given in each question. On the basis of these equations you have to decide the relation between p and q and Give answer:

(a) p = q or If no relation can be decide between p and q.

(b) if p>q

(d) if p≥q

(e) if p ≤ q

I. p^2+13p+40=0

II. q^2+7q+12=0

10.

I. p=(10)^2

II. q^2+q-9900=0

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