Practice Test

Q1) When the night fell, he slept Show Answer

Q2) He soon fell asleep because Show Answer

Q3) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
(I) He was walking through the countryside.
(II) The cottages and farmers gave him enough food so that he could sleep at night without feeling hungry.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q4) When he was going to close the bag, the idea that occurred to him was Show Answer

Q5) What makes his life miserable whenever he undertakes travelling ? Show Answer

Q6) His toothbrush is finally Show Answer

Q7) Female polar bears give birth during Show Answer

Q8) Mother bear Show Answer

Q9) In reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made :
(I) Polar bears fast as long as eight months due to non availability of prey.
(II) Polar bears always give birth to triplets.
Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid ? Show Answer

Q10) You have been asked to give an explanation for not attending an important official meeting. Your immediate boss who has not informed you about the meeting is now putting pressure on you not to place an allegation against him/her. You would Show Answer

Q11) A local thug (bad element) has started illegal construction on your vacant plot. He has refused your request to vacate and threatened you of dire consequences in case you do not sell the property at a cheap price to him. You would Show Answer

Q12) You have to accomplish a very important task for your Headquarters within the next two days. Suddenly you meet with an accident. Your office insists that you complete the task. You would Show Answer

Q13) You are an officer-in-charge for providing basic medical facilities to the survivors of an earthquake affected area. Despite your best possible effort, people put allegations against you for making money out of the funds given for relief. You would Show Answer

Q14) You have been made responsible to hire boats at a short notice to be used for an area under flood. On seeing the price mentioned by the boat owners you found that the lowest price was approximately three times more than the approved rate of the Government. You would Show Answer

Q15) You are the officer-in-charge of a village administering distribution of vaccine in an isolated epidemic hit village, and you are left with only one vaccine. There is a requirement of that vaccine from the Gram Pradhan and also a poor villager. You are being pressurised by the Gram Pradhan to issue the vaccine to him. You would Show Answer

Q16) You have taken up a project to create night-shelters for homeless people during the winter season. Within a week of establishing the shelters, you have received complaints from the residents of the area about the increase in theft cases with a demand to remove the shelters. You would Show Answer

Q17) You, as an administrative authority, have been approached, by the daughter-in-law of an influential person regarding harassment by her in-laws on account of insufficient dowry. Her parents are not able to approach you because of social pressures. You would Show Answer

Q18) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
(I) When children are denied education, adult society does not act on behalf of them.
(II) Right to Education as a law cannot be enforced in the country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q19) According to the passage, what could be the traditional obstacles to the education of girls ?
(I) Inability of parents to fight a legal battle when the Right to Education is denied to their children.
(II) The traditional way of thinking about girl's role in society.
(III) The prejudice against the intellectual potential of girls.
(IV) Improper system of education.
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Q20) On the basis of the passage, consider the following statements :
(I) Right to Education is a legal right and not a fundamental right.
(II) For realising the goal of universal education, the education system in the country must be made identical to that of developed countries.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q21) which one of the following statements conveys the key message of the passage ? Show Answer

Q22) Which one of the following statements conveys the inference of the passage ? Show Answer

Q23) According to the passage :
(I) The objective of inclusive growth was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation.
(II) Need of the hour is to have an enabling Government.
(III) The Government should engage in maximum interference in market processes.
(IV) There is a need to change the size of the Government.
Which of the statements given above are correct ? Show Answer

Q24) According to the passage, the strategy of inclusive growth can be effected by focusing on Show Answer

Q25) What constitutes an enabling Government ?
(I) A large bureaucracy.
(II) Implementation of welfare programmes through representatives.
(III) Creating an ethos that helps individual enterprise.
(IV) Providing resources to those who are underprivileged.
(V) Offering direct help to the poor regarding basic services.
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Q26) Why is the State unable to deliver "all that is needed" ?
(I) It does not have sufficient bureaucracy.
(II) It does not promote inclusive growth.
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Q27) What is the essential message being conveyed by the author of the passage ? Show Answer

Q28) What does the author imply by "creative society" ?
(I) A society where diverse art forms and literary writings seek incentive.
(II) A society where social inequalities are accepted as the norm.
(III) A society where a large number of contradictions are recognised.
(IV) A society where the exploited and the oppressed groups grow conscious of their human rights and upliftment.
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Q29) What according to the passage are the manifestations of social movements ?
(I)Aggressiveness and being incendiary.
(II) Instigation by external forces.
(III) Quest for social equality and individual freedom.
(IV) Urge for granting privileges and self-respect to disparaged sections of the society.
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Q30) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
(I) To be a creative society, it is essential to have a variety of social movements.
(II) To be a creative society, it is imperative to have potential contradictions and conflicts.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q31) Consider the following three statements :
(I) Only students can participate in the race.
(II) Some participants in the race are girls.
(III) All girl participants in the race are invited for coaching.
Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements ? Show Answer

Q32) The passage mentions that "this world is evidently not meant for them". It refers to people who
(I). Seek freedom from foreign domination
(II). Live in starvation and misery
(III). Become revolutionaries.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q33) Consider the following assumptions :
(I). A country under foreign domination cannot indulge in spiritual pursuit.
(II). Poverty is an impediment in the spiritual pursuit.
(III). Subject peoples may become other-worldly.
With reference to the passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid ? Show Answer

Q34) The passage thematically centres on Show Answer

Q35) According to the passage, the torture of the mind and spirit is caused Show Answer

Q36) What is the crux of the passage ? Show Answer

Q37) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
(I). Mussels are generally the dominant species in intertidal ecosystems.
(II). The survival of sea star is generally determined by the abundance of mussels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q38) Which of the following is/are implied by the passage ?
(I) Mussels are always hard competitors for sea stars.
(II) Sea stars of the Pacific coast have reached the climax of their evolution.
(III) Sea stars constitute an important component in the energy flow in intertidal ecosystem.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q39) Consider the following assumptions :
(I) The food chains/food web in an ecosystem are influenced by keystone species.
(II) The presence of keystone species is a specific characteristic of aquatic ecosystems.
(III) If the keystone species is completely removed from an ecosystem, it will lead to the collapse of the ecosystem. With reference to the passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid ? Show Answer

Q40) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
Expanding human population has an adverse effect on :
(I) Spiritual fulfilment
(II) Aesthetic enjoyment
(III) Potable fresh water
(IV) Production of food and fibre
(V) Biodivesity
Which of the statements given above are correct ? Show Answer

Q41) The passage mentions that "some people have actually been harmed by these changes". What does it imply ?
(I) The rapid expansion of population has adversely affected some people.
(II) Sufficient efforts have not been made to increase the production of food and fibre.
(III) In the short term some people may be harmed, but in the long term everyone will benefit from modifications in the Earth's ecosystems.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q42) With reference to the passage, consider the following statements :
(I) It is imperative to modify the Earth's ecosystems for the well being of mankind.
(II) Technology can never replace all the goods and services provided by ecosystem.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q43) Which of the following statements best describe/describes the thought of the writer ?
(I) A moral act calls for using our discretion.
(II) Man should react to a situation immediately.
(III) Man must do his duty.
(IV) Man should be able to defy convention in order to be moral.
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Q44) Which of the following statements is the nearest definition of moral action, according to the writer ? Show Answer

Q45) The passage contains a statement "lets himself be swept along like a log of wood by a current." Among the following statements, which is/are nearest in meaning to this?
(I) A person does not use his own reason.
(II) He is susceptible to influence/pressure.
(III) He cannot withstand difficulties/ challenges.
(IV) He is like a log of wood.
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Q46) How is D related to E ? Show Answer

Q47) Who are the females in the group ? Show Answer

Q48) Whose wife is the teacher ? Show Answer

Q49) How many females voted for the proposal ? Show Answer

Q50) How many males were undecided ? Show Answer

Q51) How many females were not in favour of the proposal ? Show Answer

Q52) In a queue, Mr. X is fourteenth from the front and Mr. Y is seventeenth from the end, while Mr. Z is exactly in between Mr. X and Mr. Y. If Mr. X is ahead of Mr. Y and there are 48 persons in the queue, how many persons are there between Mr. X and Mr. Z ? Show Answer

Q53) Examine the following statements :
(I) All animals are carnivorous.
(II) Some animals are not carnivorous.
(III) Animals are not carnivorous.
(IV) Some animals are carnivorous. Show Answer

Q54) Examine the following statements :
(I) All trains are run by diesel engine.
(II) Some trains are run by diesel engine.
(III) No train is run by diesel engine.
(IV) Some trains are not run by diesel engine. Show Answer

Q55) There are four routes to travel from city A to city B and six routes from city B to city C. How many routes are possible to travel from the city A to city C ? Show Answer

Q56) Consider the following statements :
" In order to be a teacher one must graduate from college. All poets are poor. Some Mathematicians are poets. No college graduate is poor."
Which one of the following is not a valid conclusion regarding the above argument ? Show Answer

Q57) The houses of A and B face each other on a road going north-south, A's being on the western side. A comes out of his house, turns left, travels 5 km, turns right, travels 5 km to the front of D's house. B does exactly the same and reaches the front of C's house. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct ? Show Answer

Q58) A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay in completion of the work beyond a certain date is as follows : Rs 200 for the first day, Rs 250 for the second day. Rs 300 for the third day etc.., the penalty for each succeeding day being Rs 50 more than that of the preceding day. How much penalty should the contractor pay if he delays the work by 10 days ? Show Answer

Q59) A student on her first 3 tests received an average score of N points. If she exceeds her previous average score by 20 points on her fourth test, then what is the average score for the first 4 tests ? Show Answer

Q60) In a group of persons, 70% of the persons are male and 30% of the persons are married. If two-sevenths of the males are married, what fraction of the females is single ? Show Answer

Q61) A village having a population of 4000 requires 150 litres of water per head per day. It has a tank, measuring 20 m x 15 m x 6 m. The water of this tank will last for Show Answer

Q62) Two glasses of equal volume are respectively half and three-fourths filled with milk. They are then filled to the brim by adding water. Their contents are then poured into another vessel. What will be the ratio of milk to water in this vessel ? Show Answer

Q63) There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% students play cricket, 30% student play football and 10% students play both the games. What is the
number of students who play neither cricket nor football ?
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Q64) If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a train travels 320 km in 5 hours at uniform speeds, then what is the ratio of the distances travelled by them in one hour ? Show Answer

Q65) Which one of the two towns has a higher number of persons with Diabetes ? Show Answer

Q66) What can we say about persons with some more than one disease from these graphs ? Show Answer

Q67) Which region / regions of the curve correspond/corresponds to incubation phase of the infection ? Show Answer

Q68) Which region of the curve indicates that the person began showing the symptoms of infection ? Show Answer

Q69) Which region of the curve indicates that the treatment yielded effective relief ? Show Answer

Q70) Consider the following distance - time graph. The graph shows three athletes A, B and C running side by side for a 30 km race.
With reference to the above graph, consider the following statements :
(I) The race was won by A.
(II) B was ahead of A up to 25 km mark
(III) C ran very slowly from the beginning.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q71) Do you think she did the right thing by going on a long leave ? Why ? Show Answer

Q72) What would you have done had you been in her place ? Show Answer

Q73) According to you, why Leela, complained about Saritha ? Show Answer

Q74) Leela's concern about Saritha is because of : Show Answer

Q75) Saritha's reaction to Sankar's enquiry shows : Show Answer

Q76) According to you, the problem with Saritha is : Show Answer

Q77) If you were Sankar, what would have done ? Show Answer

Q78) What is the next number in this sequence ?
1,3,8,19,42, 89, ? Show Answer

Q79) Which is the number that comes next in this sequence ?
5, 16, 51, 158, ? Show Answer

Q80) Which one of the numbers will complete the series ?
8, 13, 10, 15, 12, 17, 14 ? Show Answer

Q81) Find the next term of series ?
D I L Q T Y B G ? Show Answer

Q82) 3, 15, 4, 16, 5, 17, 6, ?, 7 Show Answer

Q83) Find the missing term in the following series.
240, .... 120, 40, 10, 2 Show Answer

Q84) What is the main topic of the passage ? Show Answer

Q85) Why did companies and universities develop programmes to prepare managers in large numbers ? Show Answer

Q86) Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage ? Show Answer

Q87) Management education was emphasized in the management programmes because : Show Answer

Q88) What is the historical reason for many organisations not having leadership ? Show Answer

Q89) Which of the following is similar in meaning to the underlined word 'nurtured' as used in the passage ? Show Answer

Q90) What according to the author is leadership ? Show Answer

Q91) Which of the following characteristics help organisations in their transformations efforts ? Show Answer

Q92) Why were people taught little about leadership in management programmes ? Show Answer

Q93) Which of the following statements is false according to the passage ? Show Answer