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In the question below, there is a key word in BOLD CAPITAL letters followed by five choice words / expressions. You have to choose the alternative that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the key word.

Be careful in selecting your answer as some questions may contain answer choices requiring you to distinguish between/ among fine shades of meaning.

VIRILE1)Genteel

2)Feminine

3)Emasculated

4)Sissy

5)Touchy

Correct Answer: 3Your Answer: Not AttemptedCourse: Complete GRE Verbal Ability Course

This Question Is Correctly Answered By: 22% test takers

Answer Description Emasculated implies weak, which stands in direct contrast with Virile (meaning strong). Sissy means a girlish male character. Feminine refers to an act or trait or behavior in the manner of a woman (positive connotation). Genteel stands for a sophisticated personality. Touchy is very sentimental.

Q2)In the question below, there is a key word in BOLD CAPITAL letters followed by five choice words / expressions. You have to choose the alternative that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the key word.


AVUNCULAR1)Cavalier

2)Affectionate

3)Seditious

4)Fatherly

5)Dwarf

Correct Answer: 1Your Answer: Not Attempted

Course: Complete GRE Verbal Ability Course


Answer Description Affectionate is broadly synonymous with the key word, while Seditious implies unpatriotic, thus both are ruled out. In reality, Avuncular means uncle-like, doting and affectionate. From this viewpoint, option D is a remote choice.



DEPRECATORY1)Integrated

2)Calculative

3)Demeaning

4)Duplicitous

5)Laudatory



Answer Description A deprecatory comment is made with the intent of degrading someone, an idea which is the exact opposite of Laudatory. Among the rest, Demeaning is a synonym while Duplicitous and Integrated are totally irrelevant here.



CAPTIVATE1)Liberate

2)Entice

3)Enslave

4)Displease

5)Disenchant



Answer Description To Captivate is to fascinate someone with one’s charm, ability etc. Disenchant, the right choice, means to disappoint someone. Disenchant is certainly a shade darker than Displease in terms of connotation.

As for the rest, Enslave is a synonym while Entice is irrelevant.



INDUSTRIOUS1)Invidious

2)Assiduous

3)Unchanging

4)Lackadaisical

5)Pre-emptory



Answer Description Industrious means extremely hardworking, an idea the perfect opposite of which is conveyed by option D (meaning lazy). Option B represents a synonym while the rest are not relevant here.



ALACRITY1)Culpability

2)Promptness

3)Suppleness

4)Sloth

5)Retardation



Answer Description Alacrity implies cheerful readiness. Sloth, therefore, is the perfect choice. Regarding the rest, Culpability implies blameworthiness while Suppleness means softness.



SKEPTICAL1)Indubitable

2)Gullible

3)Creditable

4)Awry

5)Doubting



Answer Description A Skeptical person always doubts everything. Gullible is the perfect choice as such a person believes everything easily. Creditable actually means meritorious.

Q8)Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:

In October, 1973, panic gripped the United States. The crude oil-rich Middle-Eastern countries had cut off exports of petroleum to Western nations as punishment for their involvement in recent Arab-Israeli conflicts. Although the oil embargo would not ordinarily have made a tremendous impact on the US, panicking investors and oil companies caused a gigantic surge in oil prices. The situation, caused more by fear and irrationality than any firm economic basis, turned out to be one of the most memorable of the 1970s. Those

who can remember the so-called "Mideast oil crisis" also remember long lines at the gas pump due to petroleum shortages and high gasoline prices.To understand the oil crisis that gripped the world during the 1970s, we need to know a little of the history of Middle Eastern history and politics.After World War II, the Allied powers created a Zionist state known as Israel to serve as a homeland for the millions of disfranchised (property-less) Jews throughout the world. Israel was proclaimed an independent nation by its people on May 14, 1948. The land for the new country was carved out of the British-controlled territory known as "Palestine." Although the Jews agreed to the settlement, the local Arabs refused to acknowledge the Israeli state and launched frequent attacks along its borders throughout the year 1949. The attacks eventually escalated into a full-scale conflict known as the "Suez-Sinai War."The British and the French joined in on the side of the Israelis, presumably to punish Egyptian president Gomar Nasser for claiming control of the Suez canal, a manmade waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Only by decisive action on the part of the United Nations was the conflict resolved. During the fighting, Israeli forces managed to capture the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip, but relinquished the territories at the urgings of the United States and other United Nations members.

In response to their defeat at the hands of the Israelis, the Arabs began to unite with a common anti-Israel objective. An Arab attack force that gathered along Israelsinglequotes borders prompted Israeli nationals to launch another offensive in 1967 which came to be known as the "Six-Day War." Backed by Western powers (primarily France), Israel succeeded in destroying the Arab forces and claimed the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan heights, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank from the neighboring countries of Syria, Jordan, and Egypt.In 1973, Arab forces led by Egypt and Syria retaliated. Attacking on "Yom Kippur," the holiest of Jewish holidays, the Arabs were repulsed but nevertheless succeeded in impressing the Soviet Union. Backed by Soviet technology, the Arabs renewed their efforts against Israel. Furthermore, to punish the Western powers for aiding the Israelis, the Arab nations abruptly halted oil exports to countries such as the United States and the Netherlands. Although the Israelis-Arab conflict was eventually resolved with the help of the United States, the economic impact of the cutoff of Arab petroleum was extensive. Panic by western nations led oil prices to be greatly inflated. "Long lines at the gas pump" is now a phrase understood in America to describe the lack of gasoline in the United States due to rationing of limited petroleum imports during the 1970s.

There were more oil scares throughout the next two decades. When the shah of Iran was deposed during a revolution in that country, petroleum exports were diminished to virtually negligible levels, causing crude oil prices once again to be raised by an exorbitant amount. Further, Iraqsinglequotes invasion of Kuwait in the 1990s also inflated oil prices, albeit for only a short time. These disturbing trends perhaps reinforce the worldsinglequotes dependence on Middle Eastern oil and argue for the development of new energy sources not tied to any particular geographic region of the planet.

Source:http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/history/mideast.html

1.Which of the following is correct according to the passage? a.1973 oil crisis was the result of the increase in the price of crude oil by oil producing nations. b.Price of crude oil went up because of the shortage of crude oil. c.The reason behind 1973 oil crisis is not purely economic in nature.1)only b

2)only a and c

3)only b and c

4)only a and c

5)



Answer Description


In October, 1973, panic gripped the United States. The crude oil-rich Middle-Eastern countries had cut off exports of petroleum to Western nations as punishment for their involvement in recent Arab-Israeli conflicts. Although the oil embargo would not ordinarily have made a tremendous impact on the US, panicking investors and oil companies caused a gigantic surge in oil prices. The situation, caused more by fear and irrationality than any firm economic basis, turned out to be one of the most memorable of the 1970s. Those who can remember the so-called "Mideast oil crisis" also remember long lines at the gas pump due to petroleum shortages and high

gasoline prices.To understand the oil crisis that gripped the world during the 1970s, we need to know a little of the history of Middle Eastern history and politics.After World War II, the Allied powers created a Zionist state known as Israel to serve as a homeland for the millions of disfranchised (property-less) Jews throughout the world. Israel was proclaimed an independent nation by its people on May 14, 1948. The land for the new country was carved out of the British-controlled territory known as "Palestine." Although the Jews agreed to the settlement, the local Arabs refused to acknowledge the Israeli state and launched frequent attacks along its borders throughout the year 1949. The attacks eventually escalated into a full-scale conflict known as the "Suez-Sinai War."The British and the French joined in on the side of the Israelis, presumably to punish Egyptian president Gomar Nasser for claiming control of the Suez canal, a manmade waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Only by decisive action on the part of the United Nations was the conflict resolved. During the fighting, Israeli forces managed to capture the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip, but relinquished the territories at the urgings of the United States and other United Nations members.




Which of the following is the most vivid memory of 1973 oil crisis as etched in peoplesinglequotes mind?1)War between Israel and Arab nations

2)Long queue at gas stations

3)High price of gasoline

4)Attack on Israel on "Yom Kippur"

5)



Answer Description


In October, 1973, panic gripped the United States. The crude oil-rich Middle-Eastern countries had cut off exports of petroleum to Western nations as punishment for their involvement in recent Arab-Israeli conflicts. Although the oil embargo would not ordinarily have made a tremendous impact on the US, panicking investors and oil companies caused a gigantic surge in oil prices. The situation, caused more by fear and irrationality than any firm economic basis, turned out to be one of the most memorable of the 1970s. Those who can remember the so-called "Mideast oil crisis" also remember long lines at the gas pump due to petroleum shortages and high gasoline prices.To understand the oil crisis that gripped the world during the 1970s, we need to know a little of the history of Middle Eastern history and politics.After World War II, the Allied powers created a Zionist state known as Israel to serve as a homeland for the millions of disfranchised (property-less) Jews throughout the world. Israel was proclaimed an independent nation by its people on May 14, 1948.

The land for the new country was carved out of the British-controlled territory known as "Palestine." Although the Jews agreed to the settlement, the local Arabs refused to acknowledge the Israeli state and launched frequent attacks along its borders throughout the year 1949. The attacks eventually escalated into a full-scale conflict known as the "Suez-Sinai War."The British and the French joined in on the side of the Israelis, presumably to punish Egyptian president Gomar Nasser for claiming control of the Suez canal, a manmade waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Only by decisive action on the part of the United Nations was the conflict resolved. During the fighting, Israeli forces managed to capture the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip, but relinquished the territories at the urgings of the United States and other United Nations members.




Which of the following is incorrect according to the passage? a.Israel held on to Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula after Suez-Sinai War. b.Western Nation brokered peace deal between Arab Nations and Israel after Six Days War c.United Nation played a major role in resolving Arab Israel conflict in 19731)only a

2)only b

3)only c

4)all a,b and c


This Question Is Correctly Answered By: 13% test takersRead the passage below and answer the question that follows:

In October, 1973, panic gripped the United States. The crude oil-rich Middle-Eastern countries had cut off exports of petroleum to Western nations as punishment for their involvement in recent Arab-Israeli conflicts. Although the oil embargo would not ordinarily have made a tremendous impact on the US, panicking investors and oil companies caused a gigantic surge in oil prices. The situation, caused more by fear and irrationality than any firm economic basis, turned out to be one of the most memorable of the 1970s. Those who can remember the so-called "Mideast oil crisis" also remember long lines at the gas pump due to petroleum shortages and high gasoline prices.To understand the oil crisis that gripped the world during the 1970s, we need to know a little of the history of Middle Eastern history and politics.After World War II, the Allied powers created a Zionist state known as Israel to serve as a homeland for the millions of disfranchised (property-less) Jews throughout the world. Israel was proclaimed an independent nation by its people on May 14, 1948. The land for the new country was carved out of the British-controlled territory known as "Palestine." Although the Jews agreed to the settlement, the local Arabs refused to acknowledge the Israeli state and launched frequent attacks along its borders throughout the year 1949. The attacks eventually escalated into a full-scale conflict known as the "Suez-Sinai War."The British and the French joined in on the side of the Israelis, presumably to punish Egyptian president Gomar Nasser for claiming control of the Suez canal, a manmade waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Only by decisive action on the part of the United Nations was the conflict resolved. During the fighting, Israeli forces managed to capture the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip, but relinquished the territories at the urgings of the United States and other United Nations members.

In response to their defeat at the hands of the Israelis, the Arabs began to unite with a common anti-Israel objective. An Arab attack force that gathered along Israelsinglequotes borders prompted Israeli nationals to launch another offensive in 1967 which came to be known as the "Six-Day War." Backed by Western powers (primarily France), Israel succeeded in destroying the Arab forces and claimed the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan heights, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank from the neighboring countries of Syria,

Jordan, and Egypt.In 1973, Arab forces led by Egypt and Syria retaliated. Attacking on "Yom Kippur," the holiest of Jewish holidays, the Arabs were repulsed but nevertheless succeeded in impressing the Soviet Union. Backed by Soviet technology, the Arabs renewed their efforts against Israel. Furthermore, to punish the Western powers for aiding the Israelis, the Arab nations abruptly halted oil exports to countries such as the United States and the Netherlands. Although the Israelis-Arab conflict was eventually resolved with the help of the United States, the economic impact of the cutoff of Arab petroleum was extensive. Panic by western nations led oil prices to be greatly inflated. "Long lines at the gas pump" is now a phrase understood in America to describe the lack of gasoline in the United States due to rationing of limited petroleum imports during the 1970s.



Which of the following is true according to the passage above? a.World is largely dependent on middle-east for crude oil. b.To avoid a crisis like 1973 oil crisis petroleum exploration in the other part of the world should be encouraged. c.Oil Scare is a common phenomenon after world war II1)only a

2)only b

3)a and b

4)a and c



Answer Description Ask faculty if you have any doubts.

Q12)Read the passage below and answer the question that follows :The scope for patients to be treated with their own stem cells has been boosted by discovery of drug regimes that liberate specific types of stem cells from the bone marrow.The discovery could lead to simple new treatments to accelerate repair of broken bones and ligaments, or damaged cardiac tissue following heart attacks.Instead of injecting patients with stem cells from donors, embryos or stem cell banks, doctors could simply inject the drugs and the patients would produce the cells themselves. This would avoid complications of tissue rejection and sidestep ethical objections to using stem cells originating from embryos.

"It's promoting self-healing," says Sara Rankin of Imperial College London, and a member of the team that discovered the stem-cell liberating effects. "We're simply boosting what's going on naturally."It has been previously possible to promote the release of stem cells that develop into blood cells. Now, for the first time, stem cells have been liberated that regenerate other tissues, such as bone and blood vessels, widening options for treatment.Twin approach

The researchers used a two-prong approach to produce - in mice - each type of stem cell. First, they gave the mice a natural growth factor for four days or so. Finally, they administered a drug called Mozobil, which unlocks the cells so they can escape into the bloodstream from the bone marrow.To boost levels of haematopoietic stem cells, which create all blood cells, the researchers first gave the mice granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) followed by Mozobil.This procedure is already well known and has been practised extensively in trials to boost blood stem cell production in patients undergoing treatment for various forms of lymphoma. It boosts blood stem cell production so that enough can be saved and transplanted back into the patient once their cancer, which destroys blood cells, has been eradicated.

However, the real breakthrough of the work at Imperial was to show that by giving a different combination - Mozobil preceded by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) - they could boost levels of two other types of stem cell.Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) promote regeneration of bone and tissue, and so could be used for bone repair. They also damp down inflammation, and could be used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.Epithelial progenitor cells (EPCs), meanwhile, stimulate the growth and repair of blood vessels, and could prove useful in restoring blood flow to the heart or brain following heart attacks or strokes.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?a.The new drug will promote the release of stem cells which develop into blood cells,a phenomenon not known before.

b.With the new drug there might be an issue of tissue rejection in the patients.c.The new drug makes bone marrow liberate stem cells.1)only a

2)only b

3)only c

4)b and c








Which of the following is true about the new discovery with respect to Mozobil ?a.Researcher found that Mozobil when administered with granulocyte colony stimulating factor promotes creation of blood cells.b.Administering vascular endothelial growth factor after Mozobil boost levels of other types of stem cellsc.Mozobil helps cells from bone-marrow to go into the blood stream.1)only a

2)only b onl

3)only c

4)all a ,b, and c








Which of the following is true according to the passage?a.The new discovery will make it easier to inject stem cells from donors,embryos into the patient.b.The new drug regime could invite ethical objections from various religious groupsc.The new discovery will help body release more types of stem cells.1)only a

2)only b

3)only c

4)all a ,b and c




Q15)

Ratherthan expressing a reasoned opinion or a well-rounded evaluation, whichreflects the meaning of the word, they are _________ and push forarguments sake.1)Belligerent

2)Captious

3)Restless

4)Argumentative

5)



Answer Description 8Captious means faultfinding .

Q16)Their primary motivation is to impress donors, and the strategy is often to _______ against the establishment, portraying it as an _________ arrangement suffocating the rights of the masses1)conspire , useless

2)plot , evil

3)Fulminate ,irremissible

4)Plot ,repressible



Answer Description Fulminate means to utter verbal attacks against someone .irremissible means unpardonable .

Q17)They are such ________ gamblers they will bet on any possibleoutcomes under the sun.1)Avid

2)Disinterested

3)Lousy

4)Inveterate

5)



Answer Description Inveterate means habitual and is the most appropriate choice.

Q18)Hip-hop is the most _____________ of music genres, allowing for anything and everything to be part of its sound.1)Different

2)Protean

3)Rigid

4)Temperamental



Answer Description Protean means something displaying variety or diversity which is also suggested by " allowing for anything and everything to be part of its sound"

Q19)I was again stunned by the __________ and dare-devilry that the man exhibited in his allegations of assault against the Governor.1)effrontery

2)Nonchalance

3)presumptuousness

4)Foolhardy



Answer Description Effrontery means "shameless boldness" .

Q20)He looked worried, distressed, more distressed than one should look in the face of a slight _________ .1)Contretemps

2)Discomfort

3)Catastrophe

4)Vagary



Answer Description Contretemps means an inopportune or embarrassing situation .

He congratulated the team for their effort for setting the film in the __________ of a vanishing folk art.1)locale

2)milieu

3)background

4)element

5)



Answer Description Milieu means environment ,setting

Q22)According to some stealing is a ______ sin, less offensive than murder.1)Forgivable

2)Venial

3)supercilious

4)permissible



Answer Description Venial means excusable ,trifling .

Q23)ANALOGIE

Babel:babble1)squabble:fight

2)harsh:kindly

3)blithe:gloomy

4)attrition:accretion

5)tutor:tutee



Answer Description Babel means a confused noise and babbling is chattering, both are related in meaning just as the bridge in squabble and fight. Squabble means a petty quarrel. (b) has opposite bridge, (e) again has the antonym bridge..blithe means cheerful, gloomy is sad, (d) attrition means gradual wearing down and accretion means growth, (e) cannot be the answer as they mean teacher and student.

Q24)ANALOGIE

Badger: pest1)vex: annoy

2)bait:prey

3)overhaul:revision

4)frequent:rare

5)pride:esteem



Answer Description a badger is one who annoys so a pest badgers, (a) both words are synonyms, same with (c), (d) has the antonym bridge, (e) both mean the same.

Q25)ANALOGIE

Flotilla:ships1)floret:cabbage

2)codger:crone

3)baize:billiards

4)codicil:will

5)pride:lions



Answer Description collective noun bridge..we say a flotilla of ships just a pride of lions, (a) floret is each of the small flowers making up a composite flower head in a cabbage, (c) baize is the green material used as a cover for billiards board, (c) codger is ann old man while crone is an ugly old woman, (d) codicil is what is attached to a will as correction to it.

Q26)ANALOGIE

Befuddle:inebriated1)vainglorious:ostentatious

2)pride:humility

3)latent:active

4)maverick:saunter

5)invigorate:dehydrate



Answer Description a definition bridge, befuddle is to make drunk and inebriated is drunk so is the case with option (a) ostentatious is pretentious display of wealth and vainglorious is boastful or extreme vanity, (b) has an antonym bridge, (c) latent is dormant, (d) maverick is iconoclastic and saunter means a leisurely walk…no relationship at all, (e) again an antonym bridge…invigorate means to fill with energy and dehydrate is evervated.

Q27)ANALOGIE

Bale:hay1)Bolt:fabric

2)Paper:ream

3)Swill:drink

4)Play:playwright

5)Pharmacy:drugs




Answer Description we say a bake of hay just as a bolt of fabric, (b) bridge is the same but order is reversed, (c) swill means to rinse, (d) a play is written by a playwright, (e) drugs are sold in a pharmacy.

Q28)ANALOGIE

Roué:sybarite1)Misanthrope:philanthrope

2)Skunk:scent

3)Profane:perfidious

4)Debauchee:Casanova

5)Niggardly:munificent



Answer Description roué means debauchee, a sybarite lives this kind of a life, (b) a skunk is an animal that gives out a foul smell in self defense, (c) profane is blasphemous and perfidious is infidelity, (e) niggardly is miserly and munificent is generous, hence, an antonym bridge.

Q29)ANALOGIE

Swiftian:satire1)Sardonic:calumny

2)Arboreal:trees

3)Fry:onions

4)School:gamblers

5)Conflagration:campfire




Answer Description swiftian means sarcastic, comes from the name Jonathan Swift, a famous satirist, arboreal is living on trees hence related words, (a) both mean a biting remark, (c) cannot be, (d) has a collective noun bridge, (e) has a degree bridge conflagration is a wild fire.

Q30)ANALOGIE

Prueient:prudish1)Licentious:lubricious

2)Nubile:unattractive

3)Secretive:religious

4)Pious:piety

5)Loquacious:speech



Answer Description an antonym bridge..prurient means encouraging sexual curiosity whereas prudish means sexually modest, (a) lubricious is evasive, (c) doesn’t have any bridge as such, (d) both are related in meaning (e) loquacious is talkative hence related to speech, not an antonym.

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Q31)The following pie-chart gives the percentage expenses on various items during book production and sale. Study thepie-chart and answer the following questions.

The “Paper cost” is approximately what per cent of the “Printing cost”?

1)20.3%

2)28.6%

3)30%

4)25%

5)Data Insufficient

Correct Answer: 2Your Answer: Not AttemptedCourse: Complete GRE Quantitative Aptitude Course


Answer Description 7Paper cost = 10%, Printing cost = 35%Their percentage ratio = 10/35 × 100 = 28.6 (approx.). No need to calculate. Don’t you remember that 2/7=28.57%?


If the “Miscellaneous expenses” are Rs. 6,000, how much more are “Binding and cutting charges” than “Royalty”?1)Rs. 6,000

2)Rs. 5,500

3)Rs. 4,500

4)Rs. 10,500

5)Data Insufficient



Answer Description Difference between Binding and cutting charges and Royalty = 18% - 15% =3%If 4% is equivalent to Rs. 6,000 then 3% is equivalent to =Rs. 6,000/4 × 3 = Rs. 4,500.


The central angle for the sector on “Paper cost” is1)22.5º

2)16º

3)54.8º

4)36º

5)18º



Answer Description Central angle for Paper Cost (10%) = 3600 × 10/100 = 360.


If the “Printing cost” is Rs. 17,500 then how much is the royalty paid?1)Rs. 8,750

2)Rs. 7,500

3)Rs. 3,150

4)Rs. 6,300

5)Rs. 9,000



Answer Description If Printing Cost (35%) = Rs. 17,500Then Royalty paid (15%) = Rs. 17,500/35 × 15 = Rs. 7,500.


The central angle corresponding to the sector on “Printing cost” is more than that of “Advertisement charges” by1)72º

2)61.2º

3)60º

4)54.8º

5)65º



Answer Description Central angle of Printing Cost = 3600 × 35/100 = 1260

Central angle of Advertisement charges = 3600 × 18/10 = 64.80Hence, difference between their central angles = 1260 – 64.80 = 61.20.

Q36)Directions: Answer the question based on the data given in the table below. The table shows thetrends in the relative value on the market of select groups of commodities (1999-2003)

What is average difference in the relative value of the six commodities in 2003 compared to 1999?1)+8

2)-5

3)-6

4)+4

5)+3



Answer Description Relative value in 2003= (76 + 60 + 58 + 96 + 88 + 73)/6 = 75.16Relative value in 1999= (95 + 75 + 76 + 82 + 80 + 79)/6 = 81.16Required difference = 75.16 – 81.16 = -6


Which value showed the greatest amount of change in 1999 compared to 2003?1)Milk

2)Gas

3)Fats & Oils

4)Vegetables.

5)None of these

Correct Answer: 1

Your Answer: Not AttemptedCourse: Complete GRE Quantitative Aptitude Course


Answer Description


Which commodity showed the least variation in value over the period 1999-2003?1)Cereals

2)Gas

3)Vegetables

4)Fruits

5)None of these



Answer Description


For which commodities is there a clearly discernible trend of decreasing relative value between 1999-2003?1)Cereals and Gas

2)Milk, Fats & Oils

3)Milk, Gas, Fats & Oils

4)Vegetables, Fats & Oils

5)None of these



Answer Description

Q40)Directions: Answer the question based on graph given below. The graph shows the net receipts (shaded)and mortgage advances (unshaded) from December 2000 to April 2001 for a building society in Rs lakhs.

In which two months were the same amount of building society mortgage advances made?1)December & January

2)January & February

3)February & March

4)March & April

5)None of these



Answer Description


In which month was these the greatest excess of building society net receipts over mortgage advances?1)December

2)January

3)February

4)March

5)None of these



Answer Description


What was the ratio of the society mortgage advances to net receipts in April 2001?1)2 : 7

2)1 : 6

3)1 : 3

4)1 : 4

5)None of these



Answer Description Required ratio = 1000/3300 = 1:3


Assume that by the end of May 2001, the building society net receipts and mortgage advances had fallen by50% and 25% respectively, compared to the figures for April 2001. What would the building society turnover(obtained by adding net receipts to mortgage advances) have been for May 2001 in Rs lakhs?1)1800

2)2200

3)2400

4)2100

5)2000



Answer Description Net receipts in May 2001 = 50% of 3300 = 1650Mortgage advance in May 2001 = 75% of 1000 = 750Turnover in May 2001 = 1650 + 750 = 2400

Q44)I am facing south. I turn 900 in the anticlockwise direction and walk 30 m and then turning north I walk 40 m and thenturning west, I go 60 m. Then turning left I walk 80 m. How far am I from the starting point?1)30 m

2)40 m

3)50 m

4)210 m

5)20 m



Answer Description

Q45)A well has to be dug out that is to be 22.5m deep and of diameter 7 m. Find the cost of plastering the inner curved surfaceat Rs. 3 per sq. metre.1)Rs. 1465

2)Rs. 1485

3)Rs. 1475

4)Rs. 1495

5)None of these



Answer Description Cost of paint=inner curved surface areaxrate/area

=2xπx22.5x3.5 x 3 =1485

Q46)The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed from a meeting consisting of 8ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee if Mr. Y is its member, is :1)1960

2)3240

3)1540

4)None of these



Answer Description

If Mr Y is a member, you need to select 3 Gentlemen from rest of 6 and 3 ladies from 7 ( As Ms X can't be there). The various possoble selections can be 7C3x6C3=35x20=700If Mr Y is not there, you need to select 4 Gentlemen fron rest of 6 people and 3 ladies from the group of 8.The various possible selections are 6C4x8C3=15x56=840.The total possible selections are 700+840=1540

Q47)A room has 3 lamps. From a collection of 10 light bulbs of which 6 are not good, a person selects 3 at random and putsthem in a socket. The probability that he will have light, is :1)5/6

2)1/2

3)1/6

4)None of these

5)



Answer Description

The person would have light even if one bulb glows so the best way to solve this question is find the probability of total darkness i.e. all 3 bulbs are defectiveSo P( Total darkness)= Selecting 3 defective bulbs from 6 defective bulbs/ selecting 3 bulbs from 10 bulbs = 6C3/10C3

=20/120=1/6So probability of having light in room=1-P( total darkness)=1-1/6=5/6The Longer Method:You could also have taken the below approachProbability of Light in room= Probability of 1 bulb working+Probability of 2 bulbs working+ Probability of 3 bulbs workin =4C1x6C2/10C3+4C2x6C1/10C3+4C3x6C0/10C3 =4x15/120+6x6/120+4x1/120 =60/120+36/120+4/120=100/120=5/6

Q48)A plot of land in the form of a rectangle has a dimension 240 m x 180 m. A drainlet 10 m wide is dug all around it (on theoutside) and the earth dug out is evenly spread over the plot, increasing its surface level by 25 cm. The depth of thedrainlet is :

1)1.225 m

2)1.229 m

3)1.227 m

4)1.223 m

5)None of these



Answer Description The volume of earth spread in rectangular lot= 240x180x25/100= 10,800m3

This volume= Volume earth dugged= Area of drainletxdepth of drainlet = (260x200-240x180)x D 10,800=8800xD D=108/88 = 27/22 m = 1.227 m

Q49)Given below are the height in inches of some students in a class:66 , 58 , 72 , 64 , 66 , 70 , 62 , 66 , 70 , 64 , 74

A. Median of the heights.B.Mode of the heights.1)The quantity in A is bigger

2)The quantity in B is bigger

3)Quantities in A and B are equal.

4)Nothing can be said about the relationship between quantity in A and B with the data given.



Answer Description Rearranging the data in increasing order :58 , 62 , 64 , 64 , 66 , 66 , 66 , 70 , 70 , 72 , 74

Mode is the value that occurs most number of times.So Mode = 66Median is the number which is in the middle of the given data sequence arranged in increasing/decreasing order.

Median = 66 (the number at the sixth position)so Mode = Median in this case

Q50)

Triangle ABC has its vertex at A(0,0) , B(2,3) and C ( 5,6)

A : 5 x (x coordinate of centroid of triangle ABC)B: 4 x (y coordinate of centroid of triangle ABC)1)The quantity in A is bigger






Answer Description X -coordinate of centroid = ( 0 + 2 + 5)/3 = 7/3 X -coordinate of centroid = ( 0 + 3 + 6 )/3 = 3

evidently 5x (7/3) < 4 x 3A person starts from point A and walk northwards 3 KMs to reach B.He takes a right turn and walks for another 4 KMs and reaches C.From C he takes a left turn and walks for 3 KMs after which he take another left turn and walks for 8 KMs to reach point D .From D he walks southward for 3 KMs and then takes a right turn and walk for 4 KMs to reach point E.

A. Distance AEB.Distance BE 1)The quantity in A is bigger






Answer Description

AE = (32 + 82)1/2

BE = 8obviously AE > BE

Q52)"A" can do a work in 8 days ,"B" in 10 days and "C" in 12 days.

A. Number of days it takes for the work to be completed if A works alone for two days and B and C start working thereafter.B: Number of days it takes for the work to be completed if C works alone for four days and B and A start working thereafter.1)

The quantity in A is bigger






Answer Description A will complete 2/8 (= 1/4)part of the total work in two days.B and C together will complete 1/10 + 1/12 part of work in one day = 11/60 part of part.so B and C will complete the rest of the work (3/4 part) in 60/11 * 3/4 = 45/11 daysso total time taken = 45/11 + 2 = 67/11 days

in the second case C will complete 4/12 (= 1/3) part of work in four days.A and B together will complete 1/8 + 1/10 part of work in one day = 9/40 part of workSo A and B will complete the rest of the work(2/3 part) in 40/9 * 2/3 = 80/27 daysSo total time taken = 4 + 80/27 = 188/27 days

obviously time taken is more in case B

Q53)Speed of car is 100 KM/s and that of a Bicycle is 20 KM/s. A person travels a distance of 60 KM by car .,another 30 KM by Bicycle and finally 10 Km on foot.Another person travels the whole 100 KM on Bicycle.

A. Time taken by the first person to complete the journeyB.Time taken by the second person to complete the journey1)







Answer Description the speed with which the person walks on foot is not given .

Q54)

A. Area of triangle ACEB. Area of triangle BDC1)The quantity in A is bigger




5)



Answer Description Area of triangle ACE = 5/16 Area of triangle ABCArea of triangle BDC = 2/11 Area of triangle ABC

Q55)

A. Angle ACE B. 180o - Angle ACB - Angle CAB1)The quantity in A is bigger




5)



Answer Description Angle ACE = Angle ABC (Alternate segment theorem)and angle ABC = 180o - Angle ACB - Angle CAB

Q56)

In the figure A , O is the center and OA = 14 cm and Angle AOB = 30o . In figure B ,ABCD is a square with area 196 cm2 and CE:ED = 2:5

A: Area of shaded region in Figure AB:Area of shaded region in figure B

1)The quantity in A is bigger

2)

The quantity in B is bigger



5)



Answer Description Area of shaded region in figure A = 22/7 * 14 * 14 * 30/360 = 22 *2*14/12 =154/3 cm2Area of square in fig B = 196 cm2

so side of square ABCD = 14 cmArea of unshaded region in Fig B = 1/2 *14 * 14 = 98 cm2

So area of shaded region = 196 - 98 = 98 cm2

Q57)A: Number of permutations of letter APTITUDEB. 8 !

1)The quantity in A is bigger






Answer Description Number of permutation of letter APTITUDE = 8!/2 as T is being repeated twice.

Q58)A: Area of the figure enclosed by line x = 0 , y = 0 and x + y = 6B:181)





5)



Answer Description The line x + y =6 will cut x axis and y ais at (6,0) and (0,6) respectively

area of triangle = 1/2 * 6 * 6 = 18 sq. units

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