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Directions(Q. 1–12) Read the following passage & answer the questions given below.

Keshava, the washerman had a donkey. They worked together all day, and Keshava would pour out his heart to the doneky. One day, Keshava was walking home with the donkey when he felt tired. He tied the donkey to a tree and sat down to rest for a while, near a school. A window was open, and through it, a teacher could be heard scolding the students. ‘Here I am, trying to turn you donkeys into human beings, but you just won’t study !’ As soon as Keshava heard these words, his ears pricked up. A man who could actually turn donkeys into humans ! This was the answer to his prayers. Impatiently, he waited for school to be over that day. when everyone had gone home, and only the teacher remained behind to check some papers, Keshava entered the classroom.

‘How can I help you ?’ asked the teacher. Keshava scratched his head and said, ‘I heard what you said to the children. This donkey is my companion. If you made it human, we could have such good times together.’ The teacher decided to trick Keshava. He pretended to think for a while and then said, ‘Give me six months and it will cost you a thousand rupees.’ The washerman agreed and rushed home to get the money. He then left the donkey in the teacher’s care.

After the six months were up, Keshava went to the teacher. The teacher had been using the donkey for his own work. Not wanting to give it up, he said, ‘Oh, your donkey became so clever that it ran away. He is the headman of the next village.’ When Keshava reached the next village he found the village elders sitting under a tree, discussing serious problems. How surprised they were when Keshava marched up to the headman, grabbed his arm and said, ‘How dare you? You think you are so clever that you ran away?Come home at once!’ The headman understood someone had played a trick on Keshava. ‘I am not your donkey !’ he said. ‘Go find the sage in the forest.’ Keshava found the sage sitting under a tree with his eyes closed, deep in meditation. He crept up and grabbed the sage’s beard. ‘Come back home now !’ he shouted. The startled sage somehow calmed Keshava. When he heard what had happened, he had a good laugh. Then he told the washerman kindly, ‘The teacher made a fool of you. Your donkey must be still with him. Go and take it back from him. Try to make some real friends, who will talk with you and share your troubles. A donkey will never be able to do that !’ Keshava returned home later that day with his donkey, sadder and wiser.

1. What can be said about the teacher?

(A) He had the ability to transform animals into human beings

(B) He took advantage of Keshava’s simple nature

(D) He enjoyed teaching children though he was poorly paid

2. Why did Keshava talk to his donkey while working?

(A) He wanted to practise his communication skills because he wanted to make friends

(B) To entertain himself because he found his work monotonous

(D) He regarded donkey as his friend and confided in him

3. How did Keshava get his donkey back?

(A) He threatened to take teacher to elders

(B) Sage forced the teacher to release donkey

(D) The teacher returned it on learning that Keshava had learnt his lesson

4. Which of the following is NOT true in the context of the passage?

(a) Donkey was over burdened by the teacher.

(b) The teacher was cunning by nature.

(A) Both (a) & (c) (B) Both (b) & (c)

5. Why was Keshava keen to meet the teacher one day?

(A) Keshava wanted to ask the teacher how to make his donkey a better companion

(B) He wanted to learn more prayers as he was devout

(D) None of these

6. Why did Keshava interrupt the discussion among the village elders?

(A) He did not agree with their views on different issues

(B) To confront the headman who had cheated him out of one thousand rupees

(D) None of these

7. What made Keshava pull the sage’s beard?

(A) He wanted to wake up the sage who was a sleep under the tree

(B) The headman requested him to move the sage from under the tree

(D) He misunderstood the village headman and took the sage to be his donkey

8. Why did the teacher ask Keshava to leave the donkey with him for six months?

(A) He realised that the donkey would require a lot of training.

(B) To reduce Keshava’s dependence on donkey.

(A) None (B) Only (b)

Directions—(Q. 9–10) Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in MEANING to the word used in the passage.

9. trick

(A) joke (B) skill

10. remained

(A) pending (B) waited

Directions—(Q. 11–12) Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in MEANING to the word used in the passage.

11. real

(A) false (B) imitated

12. deep

(A) low (B) distracted

Directions—(Q. 13–17) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?

13. The company has set up a foundation which helps students who do not have the necessary funds to study ahead.

(A) further to study (B) of studying more

(D) for higher studies

14. If this land is used to cultivate crops it will be additionally source of income for villagers.

(A) a source of additional

(B) an additionally source

(D) additionally the source

15. Belonged to this cadre, you are eligible for facilities, like free air travel & accommodation.

(A) since you belong to

(B) whoever belongs to

(D) to belong in

16. The bank has hired a consultant who will look into any issues which arise during the merger.

(A) is looking over

(B) will be looked after

(D) No correction required

17. I had severe doubts about if I successfully run a company, but my father encouraged me.

(A) if I am successful in

(B) how should I successfully

(D) that I would succeed to

Directions (Qs. 18 & 19) :

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

18. Which of the following represents B is the maternal uncle of C?

(A) B + A x C (B) B x C + A

19. Which of the following statements is not necessary to answer the above question?

(A) Only I and II (B) Only III

20. Five students are sitting in row. T is on right of Z. M is on the left of Z but is on the right of L. T is on the left of Q. Who is sitting first from the left? Here students are represented by the letters T, Z, M, L and Q

(A) Z (B) T

21. ANGER : 37219 : : NEAR:

(A) 7219 (B) 9132

22. What is the letter immediately to the right of the letter which is seven letters to the right of ‘W’, considering all the letters of the alphabet written in reverse order from left to right starting from ‘Z’

(A) R (B) O (C) M (D) Q

Directions—(Q. 23–27) Rearrange the following six sentences (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) in the proper sequence to form meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(a) I was pleased by their reaction.

(b) Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsure if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.

(d) When a reputed company invited me to deliver a lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility, I agreed.

(E) It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who met me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.

(F) What I saw however when I opened the bags of ‘donations’ they had shocked me.

23. Which of the following should be SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?

(A) (b) (B) (c)

24. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?

(A) (a) (B) (b)

25. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?

(A) (a) (B) (b)

26. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ?

(A) (b) (B) (c)

27. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?

(A) (a) (B) (b)

Directions—(Q. 28–32) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

28. He has travelled (A) / all over the world (B) / yet he speaks (C) / several languages fluently. (D) No error (E)

29. A successful company is (A)/ any that makes a good (B)/ profit and provides (C)/ high returns to its shareholders.(D) No error (E)

30. The agreement on (A) / which all of us have (B) / worked so hard will (C) / be sign tomorrow. (D) No error (E)

31. It is necessarily to maintain (A) / a record of all transactions (B) / in case the auditors (C) / want to see it. (D) No error (E)

32. Very few young trainees (A) / willingly undertake (B) / a posting to a branch (C) / located in a rural area. (D) No error (E)

Directions—(Q. 33–40) 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 fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Today, twenty-two years after the bank …(33)…, it has over a thousand branches all over the country and the staff …(34)… about twenty three lakh borrowers. We decided to operate …(35)… from conventional banks who would ask their clients to come to their office. Many people in rural areas found this …(36)…. Our bank is therefore based on the …(37)… that people should not come to the bank but that the bank should go to the people. Our loans are also …(38)… we give them for activities from candle making to tyre repair. We also keep …(39)… checks on borrower through weekly visits. We do this to make certain that the family of borrower is …(40)… from loan.

33. (A) origin (B) commence

34. (A) assemble (B) cope

35. (A) differently (B) similar

36. (A) worried (B) upset

37. (A) principle (B) discipline

38. (A) worth (B) vary

39. (A) consistently (B) regular

40. (A) benefiting (B) serving

41.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

(D) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh

42. 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

43. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following sequence?

ARRANGEMENTS, RRANGEMENT, RANGEMEN, ?, NGEM

(A) RANGEME (B) ANGEME

44. 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

45. Ashish leaves his house at 20min to 7 in the morning, reaches Kunal’s house in 25min, they finish their breakfast in another 15min and leave for their office which takes another 35min. At what time do they leave Kunal’s house to reach their office?

(A) 7.20 am (B) 7.40 am

46. Complete the series, 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?

(A) 51 (B) 81 (C) 91 (D) 42

47. 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

48. 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

49. In a certain code language DESERT is written RTSEDE. How will the word FAULTS the written in that code language?

(A) TSULFA (B) AFLUST

50. How many meaningful english word/s can be formed by using the 2nd, the 5th, the 7th and 10th letters of word APPROPRIATION, each only once, but in different sequence?

(A) One (B) Two

51. The average expenditure of a man for the first five months is Rs. 120 and for the next seven months is Rs. 130. Find his monthly average income if he saves Rs. 290 during the year.

(A) Rs. 100 (B) Rs. 150

52. By how many degrees the minute hand moves in the same time in which the hour hand moves by 280?

(A) 330 degrees (B) 286 degrees

53. A and B runs a km race and A wins by 60sec. A and C run a km and A wins by 375m. B and C run a km and B wins by 30sec. Find the time that C take to run a km.

(A) 6 min (B) 4 min

54. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 40days, but if there were 8 men more, it would be finished 10 days earlier. How many men were there?

(A) 24 (B) 3.5 (C) 2 (D) 3

55. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will it amount to 8 itself?

(A) 8 years (B) 9 years

56. Pointing towards a woman, a boy said, “she is the only daughter of my mother’s brother”. How the woman is related to the boy?

(A) Mother (B) Aunt

57. M is to the east of D, F is to the south of D and K is to the east of F. M is in which direction with respect to K?

(A) south-west (B) north

(D) data inadequate

58. In a certain code language DOWNBEAT is written as TABEWNDO. How will the word PROSPECT be written in that code language?

(A) RPSOEPTC (B) TCPEOSPR

59. If sky is called water, water is called green, green is called air, air is called blue, blue is called cloud, then where does the fish live?

(A) water (B) air

60. 28% of 450 + 45% of 280 = ?

(A) 126 (B) 252

61. If an article whose cost price is Rs. 840, is sold for a profit of 10% and then it is sold again for a loss of 5%. Find the last selling price?

(A) 876.35 (B) 878.95

62. Dda : aDD :: Rrb : ?

(A) BBr (B) RPR

63. 40.83 x 1.02 x 1.2 = ?

(A) 49.97592 (B) 41.64660

64.(i) ‘P + Q’ means ‘P’ is father of ‘Q’.

(ii) ‘P × Q’ means ‘P’ is sister of ‘Q’.

(iii) ‘P – Q’ means ‘P’ is mother of ‘Q’.

Which of the following definitely means S is the aunt of T?

(A) T X M + S (B) S + T X M

65. The least number which when divided by 12, 15, 20 or 54 will leave a remainder 4 in each case?

(A) 454 (B) 544

66. A train passes a 50m long platform in 14sec and a man standing on a platform in 10sec. The speed of the train is...

(A) 45 km/hr (B) 40 km/hr

67. There is a circular path around the circular field. Difference of circumference of external & internal circle is 66m. What is width of road?

(A) 10.5 m (B) 10 m

68. If a man gains 20% when he sells 20 articles for Rs.60.How many articles did he bought for Rs.60?

(A) 30 (B) 26 (C) 35 (D) 24

69. 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) Crow (B) Vulture

70. Volume of cone and hemisphere of same base is same. Then height of cone is how many times of radius of hemisphere?

(A) twice (B) equal

71. If 6440 soldiers were asked to stand in rows to form a perfect square, it was found that 40 soldiers were left out. What was the number soldiers in each row?

(A) 40 (B) 85 (C) 64 (D) 80

72. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second, the sixth and the ninth letters of the word PERMEABILITY, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If no such word can be formed give ‘N’ as the answer. If only two such words can be formed give ‘D’ as the answer and if more than two such words can be formed give ‘Z’ as the answer.

(A) D (B) Z

73. In a certain code language BEAM is written as 5%*K and COME is written as $7K%. How is ‘BOMB’ written in that code?

(A) 5%K5 (B) 57K5

74. Which year has the same calender as 1700?

(A) 1706 (B) 1705

75. Which of the following numbers will come in place of blank in the series?

1, 8, 27, 64,___

(A) 125 (B) 100

76. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back he was four times as old as his son. What is the age of the son now?

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20

77. How many times between 4 a.m and 4 p.m will the hands of a clock cross?

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 11

78. March 1st is Wednesday. Which month of the same year starts with the same day?

(A) November (B) July

79. If “good and bad” is coded as 123, “bad is ugly” is coded as 245 and “good is fair” is coded as 436, then what is the code for “fair”?

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 5

80. Choose the one from the following which is different from others?

(A) pen and pencil (B) tailor and shirt

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