LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - HISTORY - 15

1. What did the term niyoga, with reference to women, stand for in the vedic society ?

(a) Symbolic self-immolation of a widow at the death of her husband.
(b) Cohabitation of a childless widow with her husband’s brother until the birth of a son.
(c) The vow of celibacy taken by a women of upper class.
(d) The performance of vedic sacrifices by a women independently.

2. Which one of the following vedic texts gives a detailed description of the Upanayna Samskara ?

(a) Atharva veda
(b) Chandyoga Upanishad
(c) Satapatha Brahmana
(d) Tandyamaha Brahamana

3. Which of the following text contains the famous Gayatri Mantra, addressed to the solar deity Savitri ?

(a) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(b) Rig Veda Samhita
(c) Atharva Veda Samhita
(d) Yajur Veda Samhita

4. Which of the following was not a feature of the later vedic society ?

(a) A monetary economy
(b) Taxes were collected in kind
(c) Increase in sacrifices and rituals
(d) Kinship-based

5. Which of the following route was the stop-over of the Indo-European or Aryans before enetering India ?

(a) Bacteria and the Northern Iranian plateau
(b) Central Europe
(c) Makran
(d) None of the above

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 14

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘is’ or ‘are’.

1. The rose _____ a beautiful flower.

2. His two sons _____ still small.

3. My brother _____ doing his degree at that university.

4. Dogs _____ the most faithful animals.

5. There _____ a lot of ants on the tree.

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - REASONING ABILITY - 13

Directions: In each of the following Questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear : choose the correct alternatives.

1. Dum Dum : Kolkata : : Palam : ?

(a) Kerala
(b) Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
(e) Patna

2. Foresight : Anticipation : : Insomnia : ?

(a) Treatment
(b) Disease
(c) Sleeplessness
(d) Unrest
(e) Medicine

3. USA : Congress : : Iran : ?

(a) Althing
(b) Storting
(c) Majlis
(d) Cortes
(e) Shura

4. Karnataka : Gold : : Madhya Pradesh : ?

(a) Diamond
(b) Iron
(c) Copper
(d) Gems
(e) Manganese

5. Carbon : Diamond : : Corundum : ?

(a) Pearl
(b) Pukhraj
(c) Garnet
(d) Ruby
(e) Lapiz Lazuli

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LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA SUFFICIENCY - 12

Directions: Study the following table to answer the given questions.

Number of Students of Different Classes of a School Playing Different Games

1. Approximately what percent of VIIIth class students play Cricket out of the total students playing Cricket?

(a)  13
(b)  4
(c)  25
(d)  15
(e)  Data Inadequate

2. What is the respective ratio of XIth and Xth class students playing Foot Ball?

(a)  1 : 2
(b)  2 : 5
(c)  2 : 3
(d)  3 : 2
(e)  Data Inadequate

3. Which game is the most popular?

(a)  Badminton
(b)  Foot Ball
(c)  Carrom
(d)  Cricket
(e)  Data Inadequate

4. Approximately what percent of Xth class students play Table Tennis out of the total Xth class students playing different given games?

(a)  20
(b)  21
(c)  27
(d)  18
(e)  Data Inadequate

5. Which game has ascending number of students from class IX to XII?

(a)  Only Basket Ball
(b)  Only Badminton
(c)  Chess and Badminton
(d)  None of these
(e)  Data Inadequate

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - NUMERICAL ABILITY - 11

1. If n is odd, (11)ⁿ + 1 is divisible by:

(a) 11 + 1
(b) 11 – 1
(c) 11
(d) 10 + 1
(e) None of these

2. It is being given that (2³² + 1) is completely divisible by a whole number. Which of the following numbers is completely divisible by this number?

(a) (216 + 1)
(b) (216 - 1)
(c) (7 × 223)
(d) (296 + 1)
(e) None of these

3. Find unit digit in (515)³¹ + (515)⁹⁰:

(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) 1
(d) 4
(e) None of these

4. Find the number which when multiplied by 13 is increased by 180:

(a) 20
(b) 15
(c) 124
(d) 5
(e) None of these

5. The number 899 is:

(a) a number with 5 factors
(b) a number with 4 factors
(c) a number with more than 4 factors
(d) a perfect cube
(e) None of these

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - HISTORY - 10

1. The causes of decline of Harappan civilization is evident from which of the following ?

(a) General decline in civic standards of the culture
(b) Potttery was becoming inferior in quality
(c) Planned big houses were replaced by inferior structures
(d) All the above

2. Decimal system for the measurement of length was

(a) Not known to the Indus valley people
(b) Known to the Indus valley people because of their contact with Sumerians and Eyptians.
(c) Known to the Indus valley people Independently.
(d) Known to the Harappans because of their contact with the Iron age people.

3. The famous conversation between Uddalaka Aruni and his son Svetaketu regarding the identify of the Brahman and the Atman figures in the

(a) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(b) Chandogya Upanishad
(c) Mundaka Upanishad
(d) Mandukya Upanishad

4. During the period of the Sutras the brahmanas were allowed to marry

(a) Only Brahmana girls
(b) Brahmana and kshatriya girls
(c) Brahmana, Kshatriya and vaisya girls
(d) Brahmans, kshatriya, vaisya and sudhra girls.

5. The vedangas cosist of the

(a) Kalpa, Siksha, Nirukta, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha
(b) Kalpa, Siksha, Brahmana, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha
(c) Kalpa, Siksha, Nirutka, Aranyaka, Chandas, Jyotisha.
(d) Kalpa, Upanishad, Nirukta, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha.

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 09

1. ______ he is thin, he is strong.

(a) But
(b) As
(c) Though
(d) Because
(e) Despite

2. Sudipta ______ phoned ______ wrote after she left home.

(a) either, or
(b) neither, nor
(c) while, and
(d) though, or
(e) although, yet

3. She had an unpleasant experience ______ she was in Thailand.

(a) but
(b) and
(c) because
(d) while
(e) where

4. The committee rejected the proposal ______ they did not think it was practical.

(a) or
(b) but
(c) though
(d) because
(e) often

5. Rajiv welcomed his guests ______ offered them drinks.

(a) and
(b) while
(c) until
(d) as
(e) when

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - REASONING ABILITY - 08

Directions: In each of the following Questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear : choose the correct alternatives.

1. Influenza : Virus : : Typhoid : ?

(a) Bacillus
(b) Parasite
(c) Protozoa
(d) Bacteria
(e) Fungi

2. Haemoglobin : Iron : : Chlorophyll : ?

(a) Copper
(b) Magnesium
(c) Cobalt
(d) Calcium
(e) None of these

3. Radio : Listener : : Film : ?

(a) Producer
(b) Actor
(c) Viewer
(d) Director
(e) Visitor

4. Milk : Emulsion : : Butter : ?

(a) Aerosol
(b) Suspension
(c) Sol
(d) Gel
(e) None of these

5. Spider : Insect : : Crocodile : ?

(a) Reptile
(b) Mammal
(c) Frog
(d) Carnivore
(e) Herbivore

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA SUFFICIENCY - 07

Number of Boys and Girls in Five Streams of a College Over the Years Streams

Directions: Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

1. What is the total number of boys, for all the streams together, in the year 2004?

(a) 4148
(b) 3630
(c) 4433
(d) 3247
(e) Data Inadequate

2. The number of boys in Arts stream in the year 2004 is approximately what percent of the total number of boys for all the years together in Arts stream?

(a) 27
(b) 34
(c) 08
(d) 16
(e) Data Inadequate

3. What is the ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls, from all the streams together, for the year 2007?

(a) 2 : 3
(b) 14 : 13
(c) 52 : 49
(d) 213 : 170
(e) Data Inadequate

4. What is the ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls, in the Management stream for all the years together?

(a) 9 : 8
(b) 71 : 86
(c) 91 : 83
(d) 27 : 23
(e) Data Inadequate

5. What is the average number of Girls from Commerce stream for the given years?

(a) 681
(b) 675
(c) 618
(d) 657
(e) Data Inadequate

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - NUMERICAL ABILITY - 06

1. If 45% of a number is added to the another number, the first number becomes 135 times of the another number. What is the ratio of these two numbers?

(a)  8 : 7
(b)  3 : 2
(c)  7 : 8
(d)  5 : 8
(e)  None of these

2. A number gets reduced to its one-third when 48 is subtracted from it. What is two -third of that number?

(a)  22
(b)  76
(c)  36
(d)  48
(e)  None of these

3. One-fifth of a number is equal to 5/8th of another number. If 35 is added to the first number, it becomes four times of the second number. Find the second number.

(a)  39
(b)  70
(c)  40
(d)  25
(e)  None of these

4. Five- eighth of three-tenth of four-ninth of a number is 45. What is the number?

(a)  470
(b)  550
(c)  560
(d)  540
(e)  None of these

5. Which of the following numbers should be added to 11158 to make it exactly divisible by 77?

(a)  9
(b)  8
(c)  6
(d)  7
(e)  None of these

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - HISTORY - 05

1. Which of the following is not a site of neolithic culture of India?

(a) Nagpur
(b) Brahmagiri
(c) Burzahom
(d) None of the above

2. The Bronze age is so called because

(a) Bronze was the main metal used
(b) The metal was used for the first time
(c) The skillfulness was needed to manufacture the tools
(d) The stone and bronze were overlapping

3. Which of the given below features in not aplicable to the Indus sites ?

(a) Its separation of the city into two parts. A citadel consisting of monuments builldings an a lower town where the citizens lived.
(b) The roads were straight and intersected each other at right angles thus dividing the cities into large rectangular blocks.
(c) The commodiuous houses of the citizenry being double-storied were made of burnt bricks and stone.
(d) Artifacts of royal trappings were identified.

4. The period between 2500-1800 B.C is assigned for the Indus Valley civilization on what basis ?

(a) Recently deciphered script by K.V. Rao
(b) Marking on seals
(c) Trade comparisons with neighbouring countries
(d) On the basis of radio-carbon dating.

5. The Indus Valley Civilization was spread at

(a) Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Baluchistan.
(b) Banks of river Indus Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan.
(c) U.P., Haryana and neighbouring parts of Punjab and Rajasthan
(d) Indo-Gangetic division and the upper Gangetic plain.

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 04

1.Receptionists must be able to relay information ______ pass messages accurately.

(a) or
(b) and
(c) but
(d) because
(e) as

2. I did not go to the show ______ I had already seen it.

(a) until
(b) because
(c) so
(d) but
(e) also

3. Monica is a member of the Historical Society ______ the Literary Society.

(a) as
(b) or
(c) and
(d) but
(e) with

4. Read over your answers ______ correct all mistakes before you pass them up.

(a) or
(b) and
(c) because
(d) while
(e) along

5. Keep the food covered ______ the flies will contaminate it.

(a) or
(b) and
(c) until
(d) though
(e) yet

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - REASONING ABILITY - 03

Directions: In each of the following Questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear : choose the correct alternatives.

1. Aeroplane : Cockpit : : Train : ?

(a) Wagon
(b) Coach
(c) Compartment
(d) Engine
(e) Berth

2. Amnesia : Memory : : Paralysis : ?

(a) Movement
(b) Limbs
(c) Handicapped
(d) Legs
(e) Voice

3. Meningitis : Brain : : Cirrhosis : ?

(a) Lungs
(b) Brain
(c) Liver
(d) Heart
(e) Kidney

4. Book : Publisher : : Film : ?

(a) Producer
(b) Director
(c) Editor
(d) Writer
(e) Singer

5. Forecast : Future : : Regret : ?

(a) Present
(b) Atone
(c) Past
(d) Sins
(e) None of these

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA SUFFICIENCY - 02

Directions: Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Sale (in crores) of Number of Units by Six Different Companies over the Years.

1. Number of units sold by Company M in the year 2012 is what percent of the total number of units sold by all the Companies together in that year?
(rounded off to two digits after decimal)

(a) 14.16
(b) 21.48
(c) 16.28
(d) 26.26
(e) None of these

2. Which Company has sold the maximum number of units over the years?

(a) Q
(b) M
(c) N
(d) P
(e) None of these

3. Which year is the percentage increase/decrease in number of units sold from the previous year the lowest for Company L?

(a) 2010
(b) 2012
(c) 2011
(d) 2008
(e) None of these

4. What is the approximate average number of units sold in the year 2009?

(a) 407300000
(b) 427400000
(c) 4274000
(d) 4073000000
(e) None of these

5. What is the difference between number of units sold by company O in the year 2007 and the year 2010?

(a) 7730000000
(b) 703000000
(c) 7030000000
(d) 77300000
(e) None of these

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 LIC ADO : MODEL QUESTION PAPER - NUMERICAL ABILITY - 01

(a) 9/10
(b) –8/17
(c) –16/19
(d) 4/7
(e) None of these

2. The sum of three consecutive natural numbers each divisible by 3 is 72. What is the largest among them?

(a) 25
(b) 26
(c) 27
(d) 30
(e) None of these

3. 55% of a number is more than one-third of that number by 52. What is two-fifth of that number?

(a) 96
(b) 240
(c) 144
(d) 142
(e) None of these

4. The digits of a two-digit number are in the ratio of 2 : 3 and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is bigger than the original number by 27. What is the original number?

(a) 63
(b) 48
(c) 96
(d) 69
(e) None of these

5. What least number would be subtracted from 427398 so that the remaining number is divisible by 15?

(a) 13
(b) 3
(c) 16
(d) 11
(e) None of these

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