Category: Miscellaneous

Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiom¬atic 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 ‘No error’, the answer is 5) . (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)…

1. From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 15% is spent on children’s education and 10% on clothes. After this expenditure he is left with Rs. 13000. His salary is              (1) (1) Rs. 20000 (2) Rs. 20400 (3) Rs. 21000 (4) Rs. 22000 (5)…

1. Sobriquet Meaning: a person’s nickname. Synonym: alias, byname, cognomen, epithet Sentence: “she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’” 2.Skulduggery Meaning: underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities. Synonym: trickery, swindling, fraudulence Sentence: “a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery” 3. Sinister Meaning: giving the impression that something harmful or…

Directions (Q. 1-5) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: K   7   %   5   A    B   1   S    G    D   9    4    U       E^    C    6     H     @      8   #     I     J     M 1.…

1. Who amongst the following is a Novel Laureate in Economics?                         (3) (l) Kaushik Basu (2) Subir Gokam (3) Dr Amartya Sen (4) M S Ahluwalia (5) None of these 2. Outlook-com is a new e-mail service recently launched by         …

Directions (Q. 1-3): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word / group of words printed in BOLD as used in the passage. 1. Emulate                                              (5) (1) neglect …

1. The breadth of a rectangular hall is 2/3 of its length. If the area of the hall is 2400 square metres, what is its length?                                           (3) (1) 120m (2) 80m (3) 60m (4) 40m…

1. Ecstatic: Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement; involving an experience of mystic  self-transcendence. Synonyms: Enraptured, Elated, Transported Example Sentence: Ecstatic fans filled the stadium. 2. Ricochet: A shot or hit that rebounds off a surface. Synonyms: Bounce back,Recoil Example Sentence: She was hit by a ricochet in the leg. 3. Protracted: Lasting…

Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Eight persons, viz L, M, N, O, P, Q, Rand S, are sitting around a circular table facing outside the circle. Each of them likes a different colour, viz Pink, Yellow, Green, White, Black, Violet, Red and Blue, but not necessarily in…

1. Which district in India has highest number of e-toiletsin its schools?             (1) (1) Nellore (2) Khammam (3) Guntur (4) Srikakulam (5) Krishna 2. The campaign “Start-up India, stand up India” is associated with which field?             (2) (1) Food Industry (2) Entrepreneurship (3) Swacch Bharat…

Directions (1-5): Pick out most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 1. It is the ……. of selfishness for men, who fully …… education, to deny these advantages to women.    (2) (1) parody- demand (2) height- appreciate (3) height – assimilate (4) degree-…

Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number. 1. 2        11          38          197       1172          8227            65806           (4) (1) 11 (2)38…