1. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the usage of the article?
(1) Eight-year-old Roxy Getter is the youngest girl who climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro in 2017.
(2) Raj : Have you got a cold ? Raghu : No, I've got the flu.
(3) What a lovely dress !
(4) Dr. Kalam was elected President in 2002.
2. Fill in the blanks using the correct preposition:
Where did you come ________ ?
3. Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb form given below:
Raghu ________ cricket when his friend went home yesterday.
4. Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
I ________ French too well.
5. Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below:
6. Which of the following sentences has a subject that does not agree with the verb?
7. Pick the one word that gives the meaning of the following:
A large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together.
8. Identify the correct passive form of the following sentence from the options given below:
'We would have painted the walls green.'
9. Pick the option that gives the correct indirect form of the following sentence:
Direct : The politician said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning."
10. The following sentence is in Direct Speech. Choose the correct option which expresses the same sentence in Indirect Speech:
The spectators said, "Bravo! Well played, Sachin".
11. In the following question, there are six sentences of a paragraph marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose the most logical sequence of the sentences that form the paragraph:
S1: Proverbs contain homely but universal truths.
P: Some of them point out the incongruities of situations in life.
Q: Naturally, they are translatable from one language to another.
R: Therefore, their appeal is direct to anyone.
S: Many of them had their birth in folk literature.
S6: They are everyman's philosophy.
12. Choose the correct option which expresses the following sentence in passive voice:
Do you imitate others?
13. In the following question, there are six sentences of a paragraph marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose the most logical sequence of the sentences that form the paragraph:
S1: There are divergent theories of education.
P: There is still another which holds that education has to be considered rather in relation to community than to the other.
Q: Yet, again some believe that a right proportion of all the theories should go into every system.
R: The other holds that the purpose of education is to impart culture.
S: The first considers that the sole purpose of education is to provide opportunities for growth.
S6: No actual education proceeds wholly and completely on any one of the theories.
14. The author mentions the work of Darwin and Fabre in order to
15. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
16. The primary purpose of the passage is to ________.
17. Which of the following is the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence 'I made some success, and the students had a predilection for me.'?
18. Which of the following words is correctly spelt?
19. What is the best explanation of the expression "It's raining cats and dogs"?
It means that ________.
20. Choose the correct option that conveys the same meaning as the underlined word in the following sentence:
Many cities were incinerated during the war.
21. Consider the following statements:
(A) The number of ordered pairs of positive integers (m, n) such that m + n = 648 and g.c.d. of (m, n) = 27 is 8.
(B) If the number x is of the form x = 48m + 39 for some positive integer m, then the remainder when x is divided by 8 is 1.
Select the correct option among the following:
22. The radius 'r' of a circle and the side 'a' of a square are such that r : a = 3 : 2√π. If s is the area of the square then the area of the circle is
23. If 3x = 2y + 5z and 3y = 4x + z then x : y : z =
24. If 8% of 7% of 5% of x is 105 then the value of x in lakhs is
25. 2 + √2 + 1/(2 + √2) + 1/(√2 - 2) + ∛(4 * 12/125) =
26. The average age of a group of x students is 16 years. If m students each of age 15 years is added to this group then the new average is 15.8 years. Then what percent of x is m ?
27. The average height of 25 students out of 40 students in a class is 163 cm and the average height of the remaining students is 169 cm. Then the average height of the students in that class, in cm, is
28. If a person purchases pens at the rate of 16 pens for ₹ 200 and sells them at the rate of 12 pens for ₹ 160, then the profit/loss percent is
29. The rate of income tax is reduced to 14½% from 19%. If a person's taxable income is ₹ 3,20,000, then the tax benefit, in rupees, is
30. 10 men and 15 women can complete a work in 6 days. 12 men and 27 women can complete the same work in 4 days. Then the number of days required for 2 men and 12 women to complete the same work is
31. 4 men and 5 women in 6 days can earn ₹ 10,650 while 6 men and 4 women in 4 days can earn ₹ 8,200. Then the amount (in rupees) earned by 5 men and 10 women in 3 days is
32. Suppose some principal amount P is given at r % simple interest per annum for a period of 12 years to get an amount A. Match the following:
List-I (Amount A):
i. 2P
ii. 5P/4
iii. 3P/2
iv. 7P/4
List-II (Rate of Interest r):
a. 2⅛
b. 6¼
c. 8⅓
d. 4⅖
33. The graph given below shows the production of wheat in different years in millions of tons. The percentage increase of production of wheat in the year 2017 over the year 2015 is
34. If the number 6653A321 is divisible by 11 then A =
35. P and Q started a business together with an initial investment in the ratio 3 : 2. P invested for 8 months but Q for less time. They shared their profits in the ratio 2 : 1. Then for how many months did Q invest ?
36. 5 trains A, B, C, D, E respectively running with speeds 50 kmph, 45 kmph, 40 kmph, 35 kmph, 30 kmph have to travel 120 km, 105 km, 100 km, 85 km, 80 km to reach their destinations respectively. Then the train that takes least time to reach its destination is
37. If 25% of x is equal to 15% of y as well as 10% of z then x : y : z =
38. By selling an article for ₹ 1,403, a trader gets a profit of 15%. The cost price of the article, in rupees, is
39. If the cost price of 24 pens is equal to the selling price of 20 pens of the same kind, then the outcome of this transaction is
40. A person A can complete a piece of work in x days and another person B requires 2x days to finish the same work. If both work together they can finish the work in 14 days, then x =
41. The following table gives the number of students who appeared and qualified in the Mathematics Olympiad in the southern states:
Appeared vs Qualified:
Telangana: 740 appeared, 60 qualified
Andhra Pradesh: 800 appeared, 65 qualified
Karnataka: 840 appeared, 70 qualified
Kerala: 700 appeared, 55 qualified
Tamil Nadu: 775 appeared, 62 qualified
Then the state with the highest percentage of qualified candidates is
42. Two numbers when divided by d leave respective remainders 4 and 3. If their sum is divided by d the remainder is 1, then d =
43. In the decimal representation of 121/185, the digit in 1000ᵗʰ decimal place is
44. If a = 5/4, b = 3/8, then match the following:
List-I:
A. 1/a + 1/b =
B. a² + b² =
C. 1/a² + 1/b² =
D. a/b + b/a =
List-II:
P. 1744/225
Q. 52/15
R. 109/30
S. 109/64
45. If 397246 is divided by K, the quotient is 865 and the remainder is 211, then K =
46. Read the following statements:
a. Biofertilizers synthesize nutrients from environment and soil.
b. Deep litter is an example of concentrated organic manure.
c. Application of potassium to crops enhances resistance towards disease causing pests.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
47. Match the following food materials with the predominant organic acids they contain:
List-I (Food Material):
a. Apple fruit
b. Spinach leaves
c. Tamarind fruit
d. Amla fruit
List-II (Predominant carboxylic acid):
i. Tartaric acid
ii. Ascorbic acid
iii. Malic acid
iv. Oxalic acid
48. Indicate the alkaloid employed to control high blood pressure:
49. Light regulates the pattern of growth in plants. If a potted plant is placed in a window after a few days, it exhibits a bending towards the direction where sunlight is present during day. This pattern of growth is called as:
50. Name the acid present in vinegar which is widely used as preservative in pickles:
51. Kidney transplantation is the best solution for acute renal failure. The first kidney transplantation was done in India at which of the following hospitals ?
52. Match the following:
List-I:
a. Shrillness of Sound
b. Audible limit
c. Amplitude
d. Unit of sound energy
List-II:
i. Intensity
ii. Decibel
iii. 20 Hz - 20000 Hz
iv. Pitch
53. Assertion (A): When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out.
Reason (R): Inertia is a property of matter that resists changes in its state of motion or rest.
The correct answer is:
54. The energy possessed by a body by virtue of motion is
55. The mirror used by a dentist is
56. Biodegradable polymer among the following is
57. Mirage is the best example for which of the following phenomenon ?
58. Which one of the following is used predominantly in making aeroplanes ?
59. The bulbs used in green houses are made of
60. The property of metals by which they can be beaten into thin sheets is called
61. The gas used as fire extinguisher is
62. Due to its very low solubility in blood, which one of the following is mixed with 20% oxygen and supplied to deep sea divers :
