CCQT Model Questions Paper

CCQT Model Questions paper – Quants

Ques 1. Amina sells a TV at a profit of 25%. Had she sold it at a profit of 25% of the selling price, her profit would have increased by 5% of the cost price plus Rs. 150. What is the cost price of the TV?

1. 13000
2. 12480
3. 12000
4. 10800

Ans: Let CP= x Profit in 1st care = x*25/100 = (¼)x

(¼)x = x* (s/100) + 150 = 12000

Ques 2. Amina marks the price of an article 40% above the cost price. If she changes the discount from 5% to 10%, the profit would decrease by Rs. 14. How much profit would she earn, if she gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?

1. 32
2. 34
3. 30
4. 24

Ans: Let CP = 100, MP=140

Diff. between profit sold at 5% and 10% = (140*5/100) = 7

When diff = 7, then CP = 100

14———–100*14/7 = 200 =MP

Discount = 20%

SP = (280*80/100) = 24

Profit = 24

Ques 3. From a Vessel containing 25L of pure milk, 5L are taken out and some quantity of water is added. This activity is done one more time. What quantity of milk is the final solution?

1. 21L
2. 16L
3. 15L
4. 19L

Ans: milk-25

1st operation: 20-5(water)

2nd operation: (20/25)*5 = 4

20-4 = 16L

Ques 4. From a number, when the quotient obtained on dividing it by 19 is subtracted, then 360 is obtained. What is the number?

1. 380
2. 361
3. 342
4. 6840

Ans: x-(x/19) = 360

x=380

Ques 5. A and B enter into a partnership, with A putting in three times what B has put in. However B is the working partner and entitled to a salary of Rs 50,000 per month to be paid from the gross profit, in addition to his share of the profit. If the gross profit at the end of the year is Rs 30 lakh, what is A’s profit?

1. 24 lakh
2. 12 lakh
3. 18 lakh
4. 6 lakh

Ans: A:3x, B = x

Ratio of profit = 3:1

Gross profit = Rs 30,00,000

share of B working part new = 12*50000 = 600000

Remaining profit = 24,00,000

A’s share = 18 lakhs

Ques 6. The difference in squares of 2 consecutive numbers is 121. What is the smaller of two numbers?

1. 60
2. 62
3. 63
4. 61

Ans: x & x+1 be two consecutive numbers

2x = 121

x= 60

Ques 7. The quadratic equation (2k+1)x^2 – (7k+2)x + (7k-3) = 0 has equal roots, when k= _______

1. -4/7 or -4
2. 4/7 or 4
3. -4/7 or 4
4. 4/7 or -4

Ans: (7k+2)^2 – 4(7k-3)(2k+1) = 0

-7k^2 +24k+16 = 0

k= -4/7 , 4

Ques 8.  If a discount of 20% is given on the marked price of an article, Harish makes a loss of 12%. What will be the loss/ profit percentage if a discount of 4% is given on the marked price of the article?

1. Profit of 6.5%
2. Profit of 5.6%
3. Loss of 5.6%
4. Loss of 6.5%

Ans: Let MP = 100, SP1 = 80, CP =(80*100/88) = 1000/11

SP2 = 96, Profit% = 5.6

Ques 9. Let x be the least number which, when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, leaves in each case the remainder 1, but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder. What is the sum of digits of x?

1. 7
2. 3
3. 5
4. 4

Ans: LCM of (2,3,4,5,6) = 60

So, the no. will of the form 60k+1

When k= 5, 60*5+1 = 301 divisible by 7

Sum of digit = 3+0+1 = 4

Ques 10. If α and β are the roots of the equation 2x^2 – 3x +1 = 0, then the quadratic equation with roots α/β and β/α is :

• 2x^2 – 5x + 2 = 0

• 2x^2 – 5x – 2 = 0

• 2x^2 + 5x – 2 = 0

• 2x^2 + 5x + 2 = 0

Ans:

Ques 11. Two types of rice costing Rs 90 per kg and Rs 140 per kg are mixed in a certain ratio so that the resulting mixture sold at Rs 120 per kg gives a profit of 20%. What is the ratio in which the types of rice are mixed?

1. 5:3
2. 4:1
3. 3:1
4. 3:2

Ans: None

Ques 12.  What is the ratio of the amount spent on Welcome Kit and DJ & Videography together to the total expenditure excluding the balance?

1. 2:7
2. 1:3
3. 2:9
4. 1:4

Ans: Reqd ratio : welcome kit +d5 and videograph  

45+45 = (90/360) * 720000

180000 : 630000

2:7

Ques 13. Approximately what percent of the total funds was spent on the Conference Hall Rent?

1. 60%
2. Cannot be determined
3. 33.3%
4. 16.6%

Ans:

Ques 14. What was amount paid towards snacks and Dinner?

1. 1,20,000
2. 2,40,000
3. 3,60,000
4. 2,00,000

Ans: Amt paid for (snacks + dinner) = (120/360) * 720000  = 240000

Ques  15. How much money was left (balance) after all the expenses were paid?

1. 72,000
2. 90,000
3. 1,05,000
4. 60,000

Ans: Balance : (45/360) * 720000 = 90,000

Ques 16. If 50% of the amount under Miscellaneous was spent on conveyance, calculate the amount spent on coveyance.

1. 45,000
2. 15,000
3. 30,000
4. 12,000

Ans: Amt of misc = (15/360) * 720000 = 30000

50% of misc = 15000

Ques 17. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of first three is 715 and that of the last three is 2431. What is the largest number?

1. 13
2. 19
3. 17
4. 23

Ans: 715= 5*11*13

2431 = 11*13*17

5,11,13,17 is largest

Ques 18. A farmer has 50 sheep, 125 cows and 200 horses. He keeps only one kind of animal in a flock and keeps the same number of animals in any flock. If these slocks are as large as possible, how many flocks does he have?

1. 1000
2. 25
3. 15
4. 40

Ans: HCF(50,125& 200) = 25

(20+125+200) / 25 = 15

Ques 19. The LCM of 2 numbers is 40 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 1476. If the numbers are 180 and x, then what is the sum of the digits of x?

1. 18
2. 14
3. 17
4. 13

Ans: LCM = 40* HCF, LCM + HCF = 1476

HCF = 36

LCM = 40* 36

X =(40*36) * 36 /180 = 288

Sum of digits = 18

Ques 20. A TV set is available for Rs 14750 cash payment or for Rs 3200 cash down payment and two equal annual installments. If the interest is charged at the rate of 10% per annum, compounded annually, then how much is each installment for?

1. 6650
2. 6655
3. 6665
4. 6560

Ans: Balance = 11550. Let each installment be Rs x

x[10/11 + (10/11)^2 ] = 115500

x= 6655

Ques 21. The highest score in an inning was 3/11 of the total score and the next highest 3/11 of the remainder. If the scores differed by 9. Find the total score.

1. 141
2. 121
3. 114
4. 118

Ans: Let total score = x

(3/11)x- 3/11[x- (3/11)x] = 9

x=121

Ques 22.

1. 32
2. 36
3. 38
4. 22

Ans:

Ques 23. A solid metalic sphere of radius under root 6 cm is converted into a solid right circular cylinder of radius r cm. If the height of the cylinder is twice the radius of the sphere, then what is the value of r (in cm) ?

1. 2
2. 6
3. 4
4. 3

Ans:

Ques 24. 

1. 4
2. 2
3. 1
4. 3

Ans:

Ques 25. How many 5-digit numbers can you make from the digits 0,2,4,6 and 8, if you can use any digit any number of times?

1. 96
2. 625
3. 2500
4. 480

Ans: 4*5*5*5*5 = 2500

Ques. 26 By selling a toy for Rs 810, Renu suffers as much loss as she could have gained by selling it at 10% profit, If she now sells it for Rs 1044, then what is her profit percent?

1. 12
2. 18
3. 15
4. 16

Ans:

Ques 27 A train passes a man standing on a platform in 8 seconds and also crosses the platform whose length is 264m, in 20s. What is the length of the train?

1. 98m
2. 198m
3. 180m
4. 176m

Ans: Let the length of the train = l m

Speed of train where passes a man = l/8 (m/sec)

Speed of l m long train when passes 264m long platform = (l+264) / 20

l/8 = (l+264) / 20

L =176

Ques 28. At an examination in which the total marks were 500, A got % more than B, B got % more than C, and C got % less than D. If A got 400 marks, what percent of total marks was obtained by D?

1. 50
2. 55
3. 60
4. 65

Ans: A=200

B = 160

C= 100

D = 125

If A got 400, D got 250

% marks of D = (250/500)*100 = 50

Ques 29. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of first three is 429 and that of the last three is 2717. What is the largest number?

1. 23
2. 19
3. 13
4. 17

Ans: 429 = 3*11*13

2717= 11*13*19

Prime nos 3,11,13,19

Ques 30. A vessel can be filled by a tap in 8 minutes, and by another tap B in 10 min, A third tap C can empty vessel in min. If all taps are opened simultaneously when the vessel is half full, then which of the following is true?

1. The vessel will be emptied in 40 minutes.
2. The vessel will be filled in 20 minutes.
3. The vessel will be filled in 40 minutes.
4. The vessel will be emptied in 20 minutes.

Ans: A+B+C = ⅛ + 1/10 – ¼ = 1/40 part of tank

When it is half full, it will be emptied in 20 minutes.

SET – 2

Ques. 1 An express train starts from City X at 4 p.m. and reaches City Y at 8 p.m. A mail train starts from City Y at 4 p.m. as well and reaches City X at 10 p.m. At what time do they pass each other?

1. 6:12 p.m.
2. 6:24 p.m.
3. 6:36 p.m.
4. 6:00 p.m.

Answer:-

Ques. 2 A volleyball team has 6 people. In how many different ways can teams be made from a class of 12 people?

1. 18
2. 2
3. 72
4. 924

Answer:-

Ques. 3 A boat coven a distance of 60 km in the direction of flow of water in 4 hours. If the speed of boat in still water is double the speed of flow of water, then how much distance will it cover in 2 hours opposite the flow?

1. 8 km
2. 12 km
3. 10 km
4. 16 km

Answer:-let speed of boat = 2x, speed of water flow = x

speed downstream = 3x, speed upstream = x

60/3x = 4

X = 60/12 = 5

speed of boat =10

Distance covered in 2 hrs opposite the flow : 5 x 2 = 10

Ques. 4 ‘p’ litres of water was poured into a tank and it was still ‘c’% empty. How much water (in litres) must be poured into the tank, in order to fill it to the brim?

1. p + c /100 — c
2. pc / 100 + c
3. pc / 100 — c
4. 100p / 100 + c

Answer:-let speed of boat = 2x,speed of water flow =x

Speed downstream  = 3x, speed upstream = x

60/3x=4

X=60/12=5, speed of boat =10

Distance cover in 2 hrs opposite in flow :5*2=10

Ques. 5 One of the roots of the equation

1/x+1 + 1/x+2 = 4 / x+4

1. 1 + √3
2. 1 + 2√3
3. 2 + 2√3
4. 2 + √3

Answer:-=>x=2+-=2√3

Our of the roots = 2+-2√3

Ques. 6 Amit borrows a sum of 13120 and pays back in two equal yearly instalments. If the compound interest is reckoned annually at 5%, what is the value of each instalment?

1. 7054
2. 7056
3. 7065
4. 7045

Answer:-

Ques. 7 In what proportion should fine tea costing Rs. 2000 per kg be mixed with coarse tea costing Rs. 500 per kg, so that the cost of the mixture is Rs. 1000?

1. 1:3
2. 1:5
3. 1:4
4. 1:2

Answer:-

Ques. 8 If a discount of 12% is given on the marked price of an article, Harish makes a loss of 20%. What will be loss/profit percentage if a discount of 1% is given on the marked price of the article?

1. Loss of 10 %
2. Loss of 9 %
3. Profit of 9 %
4. profit of 10 %

Answer:-Let mp=100 ➔sp,8B, cp=(88*100)/80==110

If discount is 10%

Then sp2 =99, Loss ((110-99)/110)=10%

Ques. 9 A sum of money is divided amongst three people A, B and C in the ratio 4 : 5: 6. If B gets 1500, how much did C get?

1. 3000
2. 1800
3. 4500
4. 2000

Answer:-

Ques. 10 A boatman can row to a place 48 km away and return in 14 hours. He also finds that the time he requires to row 4 km with the river is the same as the time required to row 3 km against the river. What is the speed at which the boatman can row in still water?

1. 4 km/hr
2. 7 km/hr
3. 6 km/hr
4. 5 km/hr

Answer:-((48/(u+v))+ ((48)u-v)=14

4/(u+v)==3/(u-v)

(48+36)/(u-v)==14➔(8-4)/(u-v)=14➔u-v similarly u+v=8

U=7

Ques. 11 If 4.8 = x + 1 / y + (1/z+1)  wherex,y and z are positive integers, then Y+ Z the value of 2x — 3y + 4z is:

1. 15
2. 19
3. 17
4. 13

Answer:-

Ques. 12 A and B working together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. If A working alone can finish it in 6 days, how long will B take to finish the same work?

1. 24 days
2. 12 days
3. 2 days
4. 10 days

Ques. 13 Let α, β, ϒand δ be non-zero numbers. If α, β are the roots of x^2 + ϒ x + δ= 0 and ϒ, δare the roots of x^2 + α x +β = 0, then what is the value of (α + β –ϒ +δ)?

1. -4
2. 2
3. 3
4. -2

Ques. 14 A shopkeeper allows 25% discount on the marked price of an article and still makes a profit of 20%. If he gains 240 over the sale of one article, then what is the cost price of the article?

1. 1600
2. 800
3. 600
4. 1200

Answer:-Let Cp=100 ,profit =20%, Sp = 120

If profit is Rs.20, CP=100

(240*100)/20==1200

Let CP = 100, profit = 20%, SP = 120

If profit is Rs. 20, CP = 100

240 *100 / 20 = 1200

Ques. 15 If a discount of 12% is given on the marked price of an article, Harish makes a loss of 20%. What will be loss/profit percentage if a discount of 1% is given on the marked price of the article?

1. Loss of 10 %
2. Loss of 9 %
3. Profit of 9 %
4. profit of 10 %

Answer:-Let mp=100 ➔sp,8B, cp=(88*100)/80==110

If discount is 10%

Then sp2 =99, Loss ((110-99)/110)=10%

Answer:-

61408-56789=4619 = 31 x 149

61408 ÷ 149 à remainder =20

Ques. 16 There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of first three is 715 and that of the last three is 2431. What is the largest number?

1. 13
2. 19
3. 17
4. 23

Answer:-

715 = 5 x 11 x 13

2431 = 11 x 13 x 17

5, 11, 13, 17 largest

Ques. 17 A student was asked to divide a number by 6 and add 12 to the quotient. He, however, first added 12 to the number and thendivided by 6, getting 112 as the answer. What was the sum of digits of the correct answer?

1. 9
2. 12
3. 7
4. 5

Answer:-what he did (x+12)/6==112 x+12=112*6=678

X=660

Correct ans=(660/6)+12=110+12=122

Sum of digts = 5

Ques. 18 Even after reducing the marked price of an article by 68, a trader still makes a profit of 20% on it. If the cost price is 360, what approximate percentage of profit would he have made if he had sold it at the marked price?

1. 40%
2. 41%
3. 38%
4. 39%

Answer:-Cp=360        sp=(360*120)/100==432

MP-68=432➔432+68=500

New % profit==((500-360)/360)*100==((140*100)/360)=39%

Ques. 19 Let x be the greatest number of four digits which,when divided by 15,20, and 28.leaves a remainder 2in each case.What is the sum of digts of X?

1. 23
2. 20
3. 21
4. 25

Explantions: LCM 15,20,28==420

420*23=9660+2==9662

Sum of digts =9+6+6+2==23

Ques. 20 If the average profit earned by the company on selling each car is rs.2500,calculate the profit earn by company in the year 2002.

1. 332500000
2. 275000000
3. 312500000
4. 300000000

Exp: car sold in 2002==12500 * 2500

=312500000

Ques. 21 How many cars were sold in all during the given 5year period?

1. 60000
2. 80000
3. 55000
4. 70000

Exp: no of car sold(15+12.5+17.5+10+15)*1000

70*1000=70000

CCQT Sample Question and answers -English

Ques. 1 Choose the most appropriate synonym for the underline word.

The committee condemned the suspended players.

1. Criticized
2. Sentenced
3. Surprised
4. Praised

Sol: condemned to say somebody has done something wrong i,e,to criticized.

Ques. 2 The museum will be closed until ___________ notice.

Which word is suited to fill in the blank.

1. Further
2. Near
3. Nearest
4. Father

Sol : Closed until further notice

Ques. 3 Two Nigerian scientists have found that jatropha, a semi-green poisonous shrub, can be used as a very effective pain killer.

Options:

P: As such, doctors advise patients to use pain killer with care and us minimally as possible.

Q: Scientists have therefore lately turned to nature to explore traditional medicines for a drug with minimal side effect.

R: These can be anything from lethargy and constipation to dysfunctions of the liver or kidney.

1. Qp
2. PQ
3. QR
4. RQ

Sol: the two sentences are these can be anything from lethargy and constipation to dysfunction of the liver or the kidney.scientist have therefore turned to nature explore traditionally take the drug with minimal side effects.

Paragraph(Questions 3 – 8): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:-

The junk and snack food industry washed its hands of any responsibility for rising obesity among children and adults yesterday. rejecting calls for tobacco-style health warning or a ban on advertising food to youngsters. Giving evidence to a committee of MPs, four of the most powerful food industry figures blamed uninformed parents, low fat yoghurts, fish and chip shops and Indian restaurants for obesity.

Offering “super-sized” McDonald”s meals requiring children to eat 173 packets of Walkers crisps to earn a school book and promoting king-size dairy milk bars to sedentary motorists were all about select committee.

Andrew Cosslett, managing director of Cadbury Schweppes in Europe, said health warning detailing how much exercise was needed to burn off a meal were unnecessary and could be damaging.

David Hinchcliffe, the committee chairman said a Mcdonald”s cheeseburger with fries and a milkshake, for example, would equate to nine-mile walk.

Mr Cosslett retorted: “ I think health warning are a dangerous thing and while we understand the problem. I don”t think a curly wurly is dangerous, ”The executives from McDonald”s. Schweppes, PepsiCo and Kellogg”s said the nutritional and calorific content of their product was well-known, but it was food items that were not in precise portion sizes and were sold without calorie information that the real obesity threat.

Ques. 3 What issue is being debated in the passage?

1. The calorie content in junk food
2. The rise of obesity in children and adults
3. Junk food and children
4. The responsibility of junk food for rising obesity.

Sol: the passage is about junk food and how it causes obesity.

Ques. 5 Which would be the best title for the passage.

1. Ban the junk food, say critics
2. Junk food industry accepts full responsibility for rising obesity
3. Portion awareness, not the junk food is the problem, say food giants.
4. Junk food is healthy say food giants

Sol: The passage is about having an awareness of how much we eat, the portions that eateries offer us.

Ques. 6 As per the food industry representative, what was the purpose behind offering super-sized meals and king-sized chocolate bars?

1. Attracting overseas customers
2. Promoting healthy living
3. Encouraging children to continue education
4. Providing more choice to public

Sol: super/king sized are ways of giving more choices to consumers.

Ques. 7  What does “sedentary” mean?

1. Doing no work
2. Driving rather slowly
3. Idling away time
4. Spending most of the time seated

Sol: sedentary means being motionless, lazy, inactive, spending most of the time seated.

Ques. 8 The health warning that Andrew Cosslett is talking about are :

1. The amount of exercise to burn the calories
2. The effects on children”s health
3. The calorie content of the product
4. The nutritional value of the product

Sol: Andrew Cosslett is concerned about burning calories through exercise.

Ques. 9 My friend is ________________ a hard time.Her mother is sick and she herself is jobless?

1. Going into
2. Going through
3. Going for
4. Going with

Sol: to go through is to experience

Ques. 10 One part of the sentence below may contain an error. identify the part. If there is  no error, “No error”

Kiran and his friend/are quite tired/by each other

1. No error
2. Are quite tired
3. Kiran and his friend
4. By each other

Sol: tired of is the standard expression.

Ques. 11 One part of the sentence below may contain an error. identify the part. If there is  no error, “No error”

Suma told to me/she would answer/all the calls thereafter

1. No error
2. All the calls thereafter
3. Suma told to me
4.  She would answer

Sol: told as a transitive verb does not take to with (after it)

Ques 12: Arrange the following parts to make a meaningful sentence:

S: are never stated

P: that universal truths

Q: in the past tense

R: the teacher said

1. QPSR
2. RQSP
3. RPSQ
4. SQRP

Sol: The sentence derived by arranging the parts is: the teacher said that universal truth are never stated in the past tense.

Ques. 13  ___________ you start at once,you will be late for the movie.

1. Whether
2. Suppose
3. If
4. Unless

Sol: unless a piece of actions is carried out now,the predicted consequence is bound to happen.

Ques. 14:- “see for yourself what a mess you have ____________ in the living room,” the mother scolded her kids”.

1.  Creation
2.  Created
3.  Create
4.  Creating

Sol: they have demanded a past participle to complete the verb phrase.

Ques. 15 Choose the option that expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.

“Do you have the will to fight this system?” my father asked me, when I was agitated on looking at the conditions of the roads.

1. Disturbed
2. Satisfied
3. Nervous
4. Afraid

Sol: to be agitated is to to be disturbed

Ques. 16 The researchers distributed ___________ to the college students.

1. Questiaire
2. Questionnaire
3. Questionnaier
4. Questionair

Sol: you distribute a questionnaire as part of a research or a study.

Ques. 17  “Can we go through this _________ one last time before we send it to the clients?” I asked my team.

1. Propose
2. Purpose
3. Property
4. Proposal

Sol: the proposal is the right word here.

Ques. 18: I am of the opinion that you must apologise _______for your misconnect.

1. Heartily
2. Impressively
3. Suspiciously
4. Politely

Sol: Politely is the only right options

Ques. 19:  One part of the sentence below may contain an error. identify the part. if there is any error, choose “No error”.

We invited a MP/to be hief guest/at the inaugural functions.

1. At the inaugural function
2. We invited a MP
3. No error
4. To be chief guest

Ques. 20  In the following sentences, four words/phrases have been underlined. One of them is incorrect.C hoose the incorrect word/phrase from the given options.

The Law Minister is of the opinion that those who does not respect woman must be dealt with sternly.

1. Must
2. Sternly
3. Of the opinion
4. Does not

Sol: those who_ require a plural verb, so those who does not respect woman.

Ques. 21 Choose the best synonym of the given word.

Fathom

1. Comprehend
2. Trust
3. Endure
4. Respect

Sol: To fathom is to gauge or comprehend

Ques. 22  Make the meaningful sentences from the following:

O: you see with

Q: you dream with

N: the eyes but what

P: vision is not what

M: the mind

1. PONQM
2. ONPMQ
3. MNQOP
4. NPOQM

Sol: the words/phrase rearranged would be as follows: vision is not what you see with the eyes but you dream with the mind.

Ques. 23 Choose the most appropriate options to fill in the blanks.

He ____________ to save the situation but he did not get any support from rest of the staff.

1. Try
2. Tried
3. Is trying
4. tries

Sol: use of simple past tence

Ques. 24:-  For the four sentences (S1—S4) paragraph below, sentences S1 and S4 are given.From the options P,Q and R, choose appropriate sentences for S2 and S3 respectively.

S1: Can we imagine carrying object that are ten times heavier that our own body weight?

S2: _________

S3: ___________

S4: This is because of their small body size, it enables them to use fewer muscles to carry own body and more to carry bigger loads.

1. PR
2. RQ
3. QR
4. RP

Ques. 25 Life is  an _________ of joy and sorrow.

1. Alternation
2. Admission
3. Alteration
4. altercation

Sol: Life is an ALTERNATION of joy and sorrow.

Ques. 26 Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence.

She was not eligible for a subsidized pass ________ she was a full-time student.

1. Unless
2. Although
3. Therefore
4. Provided

Sol: use of conjunctions “although” to denote contras.

Ques. 27 One part of the sentence  may contain an error. Identify the part .if there is no error, choose “No error”.

I don”t know why/is she talking/so loudly in class.

1. Is she talking
2. I don”t know why
3. So loudly in a class
4. No error

Sol: is taking employee as wrong inverted word order, the

Ques. 28 I ___________ very hard to get into a good business school but have not been successful so far.

1. have been tried
2. try
3. had trying
4. have been trying

Sol: have been trying is the right options here, have not been successfull demands and goven choice.

Ques. 29 Rearranging  the given sentences in the most appropriate sequence to form a meaningful paragraph.

P – isn”t it unhealthy to allow the past to choke our future?

W – Most of the news reports are unpleasant compared to the past.

M – Hence, we need to move ahead and leave the past behind.

S – This gives room for nostalgia and we sit back over past glories.

1. MWPS
2. MPWS
3. SWMP
4. WSPM

Ques. 30 Any doubt as ______ the interpretations of law should be cleared then and there.

1. To
2. About
3. For
4. regarding

the correct option is AS To.

Set 2

Ques. 1 Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

Before we had gone very far, we realized that we ________ a wrong turn.

1. 1. Have taken
   2. Are taking
   3. Had taken
   4. Took

Answer:- use of past perfect tense to refer to the earlier of two action.

Ques. 2 The soft-hearted lady cannot ________the sight of other people’s suffering.

1.  Bear
2. Accept
3. Outstand
4. Withstand

Answer:- cannot bear [tolerate] is the right option.

Ques. 3 Before leaving for kochi, dravya was living a life of _________.

1. 1. Plenty
   2. Boredom
   3. Frustration
   4. Hardships

Answer:- Before leaving for kochi, dravya was living a life of plenty (the other options are incorrect in the light of the information.

Ques. 4 Dravya was given some money, which he could use only_______.

1. 1. 1.  To pay for his meals
      2.  To buy a new mobile phone
      3.  For one mouth in kochi
      4. When he was in extreme hardship

Answer:-Dravya was given some money, which he could use only when he was in extreme hardship. [The other options are false]

Ques. 5 Kochi was chosen for the experience because in kochidravys______.

1. Had no acquaintances
2. Knew many people
3. Had his father’s friends
4. Could get a job easily

Answer:-  Kochi was chosen as dravya had no acquaintance there [ and he didn’t know Malayalam and not all people there did not speak hindi] The other reasons were are false or not tenable.

Ques. 6 Father believed that_________.

1. His son was pampered and spoilt
2. His son should take up a job
3. Experience is the best teacher
4. Universities don’t teach anything

Answer:- father believed that experience is the best teacher [ he did not pamper his son; nor did he distrust university education; or, he didn’t want ‘his son to take up a job’.]

In the passage the word ‘incognito’ means ______.

1. Disguise
2. Incapable
3. Forcibly
4. Alone

Answers:- ICOGNITO means not recognizable, possibly someone is in disguise.

Ques. 8 Which part of the sentence has errors?

Every teacher / wants their / students / to achieve success.

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B

Answer:- with ‘every’ singular pronoun is to be used. It should be ‘his’ or ‘her’ in place of their.

Ques. 9 Spot the error in the following sentence:

Either(P) Raja or Peter(Q) have to(R) do the job(S).

1. P
2. Q
3. R
4. S

Answer:- since ‘either …..or’ is used with singular nouns here, it has to be ‘HAS TO DO THE JOB’

Ques. 10 The children ran to their mother and asked her whether she_______ them some popcorns.

1. Would buy
2. Will buy
3. Buys
4. Has bought

Answer:- the correct option is would buy which with its connotations of uncertainty is the right option.

Ques. 11 Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

My son is weak in English _____ he is very good in mathematics.

1. Because
2. But
3. Despite
4. Therefore

Answer:- use of ‘but’ to express contrast

Ques. 12 Make a meaningful sentence from the following

O: hatred but

K: the opposite

T: indifference

G: of love

Q: is not

1. TQGOK
2. OQKTG
3. KGQOT
4. GKOQT

Answer:- the meaningful sentence that can come out of these parts is: The opposite of love is not hatred but indifference.

Ques. 13 Life is an _______of joy and sorrow.

1. Altercation
2. Admission
3. Alteration
4. alternation

Answer:- life is an ALTERNATION of joy and sorrow.

Ques. 14 Rearrange the word / phrases to make a meaningful sentence:

In ancient times / sandal and turmeric / blemish-free skin / for a / was used / a paste of / by

         A                                 B                                   C     D               E                  F          

Women.

     G

1. A/G/E/F/B/D/C
2. F/B/E/G/A/D/C
3. B/E/G/F/B/D/C
4. A/E/G/F/B/D/C

Answer:-  a paste has to be identified as the subject. ‘sandal and turmeric’ is the object of ‘of’; the predicate begins with ‘was used’ and it is followed by ‘when’ and ‘for what’

Ques. 15 Choose the correct synonym for the given word.

LAVISH

1. Free
2. Huge
3. Elegant
4. Expensive

Answer:- Lavish means ‘expensive’

Ques. 16 One part of the sentence below may contain an error. Identify the part. If there is no error ‘No error’.

The trousers / I bought recently / is very expensive.

1. Is very expensive
2. Is bought recently
3. No error
4. The trousers

Answer:- trousers carry a plural verb ‘is’ is the wrong verb here.

Ques. 17 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Many workers from the factory were______ during the recession.

1. Put off
2. Cut off
3. Laid off
4. Backed off

Answer:- to lay off is to dismiss

Ques. 18 The events manager is very experienced. He handles the arrangements for the meeting quite _________.

1. Deftly
2. Sloppily
3. Poorly
4. Cleverly

Answer:- skilfully/ Adroitly or its synonym DEFTLY is the appropriate word to fill in the blanks in the sentence.

Ques. 19 Prosperity gains friends, but ______tests them.

What word which is the antonym of the underlined word will complete the statement?

1. Adversity
2. Generosity
3. Diversity
4. Curiosity

Answer:-from the reading of the passage it can be inferred that the boys were from different backgrounds. One lived in a camp under the supervision of soldiers and was hungry most of the time. The other lived outside the fence and could give food to the other boy.

Ques. 20 In the following question, A and F are the first and the last sentences of a passage. The rest of the sentences namely B. C. D and E are jumbled. Choose the correct order of these sentences from the given options.

1. At a time when several parts of the country are facing drought, the dry and arid region of Jaisalmer has doubled its annual crop production.
2. Areas that benefit the most are Mohangarh and Ramgarh, where damages due to extreme weather were also minimum.
3. The Canal is one of the longest starting from Punjab and terminating in the Thar Desert.
4. It is all due to a continuous flow of water through the Indira Gandhi Canal.
5. Jaisalmer’s crops this yea’ are worth 300 crore, up from 150 crore last year.
6. Crops have started arriving in mandis and Mohangarh Mandi has the maximum buzz

1. EDCB
2.  DECB
3. EDBC
4. DCBE

Answer:-The correct order of the sentence is Subject-predicate

Ques. 21 Choose the synonym of the given word

Abandon

1. Patronize
2. Help
3. Discover
4. Forsake

Answer: – to ABANDON[verb] is to FORESAKE

Ques. 22 The minister wanted to go ______ the speech once more before leaving.

1. Over
2. About
3. Around
4. Into

Answer:- to go over is to revise

Ques. 23 ________Sheela, everyone in the family went on the trip to Ladakh.

1. Include
2. Accept
3. Exceed
4. Except

Answer:-Except. in the sense of excluding. is the right option

Ques. 24 Choose the best SYNONYM of the given word.

Fathom

1. Comprehend
2. Respect
3. Trust
4. Endure

Answer:-To fathom is to gauge or comprehend

Ques. 25 In the following item, the sentences B to E are in jumbled order. Choose the correct order in which they should be placed.

1. Dr. Christian Barnard was the world’s first South African heart surgeon.
2. But with the transplant a new medical era started.
3. His first patient survived only a few days.
4. He performed a human to human heart transplant on 3 Dec. 1967.
5. He believed that a good doctor should give promise of life to his patients.
6. Therefore, when other surgeons gave up he persisted in carrying on.

1. DEBC
2. EBCD
3. EDCB
4. DCBE

Answer:-The reordered sentences would go as follows: He performed a human to human heart transplant on 3 Dec. 1967. His first patient survived only a few days. But with the transplant a new medical era started. He believed that a good doctor should give promise of life to his patients.

Ques. 26 Which of the following words can be used to fill the blank?

Tourists are _______ to enter beyond this point.

1. Refused
2. Cleared
3. Forbidden
4. Prosecuted

Answer:-forbidden is the only right option; the others would render the sentence ungrammatical.

Ques. 27 In the following sentence four words/phrases have been underlined. One of them is incorrect. Choose the incorrect word/phrase from the given options.

By the time I realisedthat I had taken the wrong route it was to late.

1. By the time
2. That
3. To
4. the Wrong route

Answer:-The last phrase should be TOO LATE and not to late as given

Ques. 28 One part of the sentence below may contain an error. Identify the part. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.

Sara prefers singing / to dancing / at birthday parties.

1. Sara prefers singing
2. No error
3. to dancing
4. at birthday parties

Answer:-The sentence contains no error

Ques. 29 Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

Science has not been able to ascertain _______ there are living beings like us on other planets.

1. Since
2. Whether
3. How
4. As

Answer:-Use of conjunction ‘whether to denote possibility

Ques. 30 Arrange the following phrases in sequence to form a meaningful sentence.

R : such a dilemma is that

T : to step in to resolve

K : the reason why

J : we expect somebody

P: we are in

1. TKPRJ
2. JKTPR
3. RPJTK
4. KPRJT

Answer:-The reason why we are in such a dilemma is that we expect somebody to step in to resolve — This is the sentence that will be the outcome when the phrases are reordered