(Sample Papers) LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam Test - 4
(Sample Papers) LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam Test - 4
:: Reasoning ::
Directions (Q. 1–5): In each question given below three statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to take all the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from all the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:
1) If only conclusion I follows.
2) If only conclusion II follows.
3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) If both conclusion I and II follow.
(1–2): Statements: No paper is pact. All pacts are press. Some press is printer.
1. Conclusions:
I. Some printers may be pact.
II. No pact is paper.
2. Conclusions:
I. All press being paper is not a possibility.
II. All press is not printer.
(3–4): Statements: All months are weeks. Some weeks are years. All years are days.
3. Conclusions:
I. All year being month is a possibility.
II. Some days are not week is a possibility.
4. Conclusions:
I. All months being day is a possibility.
II. Some year is not week.
5. Statements: A few statements are inference. No inference is
conclusion.
Each conclusion is assumption.
Conclusions:
I. Some statements are not conclusion.
II. All statements being assumption is a possibility.
Directions (Q. 6–10): In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer:
1) If only conclusion I is true
2) If only conclusion II is true
3) If either conclusion I or II is true
4) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) If both conclusion I and II are true
Directions (Q. 11– 15) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
In a certain code language 'farmers play important role' is written as 'nt lj pt kn', 'farmer’s role is important' is written as 'kd pt kn lt', 'government understands farmer’s role' is written as 'nj kn lt vp', and 'farmers must teach government' is written as 'zee lj vp ki'.
11. Which of the following is the code for 'role'?
1) lj
2) pt
3) kd
4) kn
5) ln
12. Which of the following may be the code for 'farmer’s teaching'?
1) lt ki
2) ln zee
3) lt vp
4) kd lg
5) lt mk
13. What does the code 'zee' stand for?
1) must
2) teach
3) Either 1) or 2)
4) nj
5) vp
14. What is the code for 'play'?
1) nt
2) vp
3) nj
4) kn
5) pt
15. If 'to teach role' is written as 'zi kn ki' in a certain code language then what is the code for 'to do must'?
1) zee zi nt
2) zi zee pv
3) zee ki nt
4) Cannot be determined
5) ki ni zi
Directions (Q. 16 -20) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are six footballers namely, Messi, Ronaldo, Beckham, Pele, Kaka and Revaldo. Among them two are mid fielder, while others are goalkeeper, defence player, striker and forward player. But not necessarily in the same order, also each of these footballers belongs to a different country viz; England, America, Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Portugal, but not necessarily in the same order. Beckham, is a defence player neither from Argentina nor from Portugal. Messi is a striker and is from Portugal. The one who is from Germany is a forward player. Neither Messi nor Pele is from Germany. Beckham is not from Brazil while Revaldo is not from Argentina. Pele the goalkeeper is from America. Neither Ronaldo nor Revaldo is from Brazil.
16. Who among the following is from England?
1) Beckham
2) Pele
3) Kaka
4) Messi
5) Revaldo
17. Ronaldo is from which of the following country?
1) Brazil
2) England
3) Argentina
4) America
5) Germany
18. Which of the following pair match correctly?
1) Beckham – Argentina
2) Pele – Brazil
3) Kaka – Brazil
4) Revaldo – America
5) Ronaldo – Portugal
19. Which of the following pair is the pair of Midfielder?
1) Kaka – Pele
2) Messi – Kaka
3) Revaldo – Ronaldo
4) Messi – Beckham
5) Kaka – Ronaldo
20. Who among the following is from Brazil?
1) Messi
2) Ronaldo
3) Pele
4) Kaka
5) Revaldo
Directions (Q. 21–25) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are nine persons namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting in a row. Four of them are facing south while rests are facing north. They use four mobiles of different companies viz. Vodafone, Airtel, BSNL and Reliance, at least two persons use the mobile of same company, but not necessarily in the same order. The one who sits exactly in the middle of the row uses Reliance mobile and their neighbours are Airtel users.
Persons who sit at extreme ends facing in different direction (i.e. if one person faces north than other faces south and vice versa). B uses Airtel but is not the neighbour of D, who is facing north and uses Reliance. C sits immediate right to E and uses Reliance. A, who uses BSNL is immediate left of both H and C. J is facing north and sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. H is not facing north. D is fourth to the right of one who uses BSNL at the right end. H and J don't use BSNL. There is only one person between two BSNL users. A is not at the extreme end. Only Vodafone user is between two Airtel users. K is immediate left of F, who is second to the right of J. J doesn't use Airtel. K and F are facing same direction.
21. How many persons are between K and E?
1) One
2) Three
3) Four
4) Two
5) None
22. Which of the following pair use Vodafone?
1) F K
2) J F
3) J K
4) K H
5) J E
23. H uses mobile of which company?
1) Airtel
2) BSNL
3) Reliance
4) Vodafone
5) Cannot be determined
24. Which of the following does match correctly?
1) D – Airtel
2) B – Airtel
3) K – Vodafone
4) C – BSNL
5) E – Reliance
25. Who among the following is fifth to the left of K?
1) C
2) D
3) H
4) A
5) E
Directions (Q. 26 – 28): In the following questions, the symbols +, ×, – and ÷ are used with following meaning as illustrated below:
If 'A + B' means 'A is brother of B'
If 'A × B' means 'A is father of B'
If 'A – B' means 'A is sister of B'
If 'A÷ B' means 'A is mother of B'
26. What will come in place of (?) question mark, if P is paternal grandmother of T?
P ÷ J – K ? N + T
1) ÷
2) ×
3) –
4) +
5) Either 1 or 2
27. How is K related to D in the given expression?
D – N + S ÷ R + K
1) Maternal Aunt
2) Brother
3) Grandson
4) Granddaughter
5) Cannot be determined
28. How is F related to E in the given expression?
F ÷ H ÷ R + K – E
1) Mother
2) Paternal grandmother
3) Maternal grandmother
4) Cannot be determined
5) Other than given options
29. Statements: Central government has scrapped interview for the job grade B and grade C in central job with effect from January 2016.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above statement?
1) Now standard of exam will go down.
2) It will become difficult to get job by wrong means.
3) This will be helpful for the governing party to woo youth voters.
4) Other than given options
5) Only 2) and 3)
30. Statement: Government of India approves new crop insurance scheme that would ensure that farmers pay less premium and get early claims for the full sum insured.
Which of the following has been assumed in the above statement?
1) Earlier insurance scheme was not pro–farmer scheme.
2) Farmers will get all the compensation on the time.
3) Now all the farmers will connect themselves in the Yojana automatically.
4) All of the above
5) Other than given options
:: Quantitative Aptitude ::
Directions (Q. 31– 35): Study the following pie–chart and table carefully and answer the questions given below:
Distribution of total number of commuters (males and females) who travel on 6 different lines of Delhi Metro in a day.
The table given below represents the respective ratio of male to female commuters who travels on 6 different metro lines in a day.
| Lines | M : F |
| Yellow line | 5 : 6 |
| Blue line | 9 : 7 |
| Violet line | 5 : 3 |
| Red line | 5 : 7 |
| Green line | 2 : 1 |
| Airport Express | 3 : 2 |
31. The number of female commuters travelling in Violet line is what percent of the number of male commuters travelling in Airport Express?
1) Other than given options
2) 128%
3) 132%
4) 120%
5) 125%
32. 25% of male commuters who travels in Yellow line and Airport express together are less than 30 years of age and 30% of female commuters who travels on the same lines together are less than 30 years of age. What is the respective ratio between the two?
1) 185: 228
2) 187 : 228
3) Other than given options
4) 191 : 268
5) 189 : 248
33. What is the difference between the total number of male commuters who travel on Blue and Violet line together and the total number of female commuters who travel on Red and Green line together?
1) 2980
2) 2780
3) 2880
4) 2180
5) Other than given options
34. The number of male commuters travelling in Red line and Green line together is approximately by what percent more or less than the number of female commuters travelling in Blue line?
1) 42.5% more
2) 47.6% more
3) 42.5% less
4) 34.6% less
5) Other than given options
35. What is the central angle corresponding to the total number of commuters travelling in Blue line?
1) 86.4°
2) 93.6°
3) Other than given options
4) 88.6°
5) 98.4°
Directions (Q. 36–40): What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following number series?
36. 9360, 1560, 312, 78, 26, ?
1) 12
2) 14
3) 13
4) 11
5) 15
37. 14, 18, ?, 66, 174, 498
1) 32
2) 30
3) 28
4) 40
5) 36
38. ?, 501, 478, 450, 417, 379\
1) 538
2) 539
3) 528
4) 548
5) 519
39. 15, 30, 75, 225, ?, 3150
1) 727
2) 787
3) 747
4) 787.5
5) 757
40. 8, ?, 240, 1200, 7200, 36000
1) 60
2) 80
3) 120
4) 40
5) 16
Directions (Q. 41– 45): What approximate value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following questions?
41. 119.97% of 1500.23 + 42.10% of 2849.98 = 23.99% of ? + 2420.15
1) 1206
2) 1208
3) 1404
4) 2908
5) 2404
1) 234. 65
2) Other than given options
3) 132.25
4) 296.45
5) 259.5
43. 25.96 2 ÷ (34.95 + 17.01) + 69.95 + 189.11 = ?
1) 424
2) 124
3) 172
4) 272
5) 382
44. 42.99 2 – 18.85 2 – ? = 11.9 2 + 158.95
1) 1185
2) 1585
3) 858
4) 2058
5) 1985
45. 8.98% of 7835 + 4884 ÷ 120.01 – ? = 189.95
1) 556
2) 856
3) 756
4) 356
5) 236
46. Shakshi invested two–third of the total money she had in scheme A for 6 years and invested the rest of money she had in scheme B for 2 years. Scheme A and Scheme B offers simple interest at a rate of 10% p.a and compound interest (compounded annually) at a rate of 10% p.a. respectively. If the total sum obtained from both the schemes is ` 39690, what was the total amount invested by Shakshi?
1) ` 21000
2) ` 27000
3) ` 24000
4) ` 33000
5) ` 30000
47. The ratio of the present ages of a son and his mother is 3 : 8. The ratio of the age of son after 2 years and the age of mother 4 years ago is 1 : 2. Find the age of son after 6 years.
1) 17 years
2) 16 years
3) 12 years
4) 19 years
5) 18 years
48. A cone, a cylinder and a hemisphere stand on the same base. Find the ratio of their volume if they have equal heights.
1) 1 : 4 : 3
2) 1 : 2 : 3
3) Other than given options
4) 1 : 3 : 2
5) 1 : 3 : 4
49. An item was bought at ` A and sold at ` B, thereby earning a profit of 20%. Had the value of A been 18% less and the value of B been ` 837 less, a profit of 35% would have been earned. What was the value of A?
1) ` 8500
2) ` 8000
3) ` 8750
4) ` 9000
5) ` 9250
50. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 hours and 8 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank?
1) 6 hr
2) 8 hr
3) Other than given options
4) 13/2 hr
5) 7 hr
Directions (Q. 51– 55): Study the following line graph carefully and answer the following questions:
Data related to the number of chairs purchased for two libraries (L1 and L2) during 6 years
51. Number of chairs purchased for library L2 in 2012 is approximately what percent of the number of chairs purchased for Library L1 in 2013?
1) Other than given options
2) 72%
3) 79%
4) 74%
5) 77%
52. In which of the following years, the percentage increase or decrease in the number of chairs purchased for Library L1 is maximum?
1) 2013
2) 2014
3) 2012
4) 2011
5) 2015
53. What is the approximate average number of chairs purchased for library L2 taking all years together?
1) 606
2) 612
3) 614
4) 608
5) Other than given options
54. Out of the total number of chairs purchased for Library L1 and L2 together in 2015; only 40% are not used. What is the total number of chairs purchased for both the Library are used?
1) 906
2) 916
3) 896
4) 996
5) Other than given options
55. Number of chairs purchased for library L2 in 2015 is approximately by what percent more than the number of chairs purchased for same library in 2010?
1) 192%
2) 185%
3) 190%
4) Other than given options
5) 188%
Directions (Q. 56 – 60): Each of the questions given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statements and give answer:
1) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
3) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question.
4) If the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to
answer the question.
5) If the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer
the question.
56. What is the marked price of the article?
I. The difference between the CP and the SP of the article is `160.
II. The article is marked 25% above the cost price. There is profit of 20% on
selling the article.
57. What is the ratio of the wages of Ansh and Charita?
I. Ansh can alone complete the work in 6 days.
II. Ansh and Charita, working together can complete the work in 4 days.
58. How many marks did Preeti scored in Mathematics?
I. In a question paper of 200 marks, Arunima scored 80% marks in Mathematics
which was double the marks scored by Preeti.
II. In English, Preeti scored 120 marks which is 3/2 times of the marks scored
by Preeti in Mathematics.
59. What is the total number of students in the class?
I. Ratio of the number of girls to that of boys is 2 : 3.
II. Out of the total number of students, there are 60% boys.
60. What will Anamika's age after 6 years from now?
I. Anamika's present age is twice of Tarishi's present age.
II. Tarishi, who is half of Anamika's present age, was 18 years old four years
ago.
:: General Awareness and Current Affairs ::
61. The minimum deposit at any one time shall be _____ grams of raw gold, under Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015.
1) 5
2) 10
3) 20
4) 30
5) 50
62. What does 'N' stand for in 'TIN'?
1) Net
2) Note
3) Network
4) National
5) Name
63. 'Irani Trophy' is related to which game?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Golf
4) Rowing
5) Cricket
64. Which of the following is/are the public sector Insurance Companies?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) Oriental Insurance Company Limited
3) United India Insurance Company Limited
4) All of the above
5) Both 2) and 3)
65. Which day is observed as "World Cancer Day"?
1) 30th January
2) 4th February
3) 8th February
4) 8th March
5) 14th February
66. Who among the following is the Current Labour and Employment Minister of India?
1) DV Sadananda Gowda
2) Bandaru Dattatreya
3) JP Nadda
4) Jual Oram
5) Radha Mohan Singh
67. Recently which of the following Banks launched 'LIME', India's first Mobile App integrating wallet, shopping, payments and banking?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) Axis Bank
5) Canara Bank
68. _____ is the amount, the policy holder will get from the insurance company if he decides to exit the policy before maturity.
1) Paid up value
2) Lapse value
3) Surrender value
4) Maturity claim
5) Terminal bonus
69. A cheque presented for payment after 3 months from the date of the cheque, is called–
1) Crossed Cheque
2) Ante–Dated Cheque
3) Post–Dated Cheque
4) Order Cheque
5) Stale Cheque
70. Which state Government launched APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojana, for pregnant and lactating women in the tribal areas of the state?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Jharkhand
71. According to 7th Central Pay Commission increase in Pension will be _____.
1) 16%
2) 63%
3) 28%
4) 24%
5) 18%
72. Where is the Headquarter of "United India Insurance Company Limited"?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Bangaluru
73. What is the currency of "Laos"?
1) Yen
2) Tenge
3) Som
4) Kip
5) Pound
74. Recently National Tribal Advisory Council was set up for real time monitoring of various tribal development programmes and schemes in the country, under chairmanship of _____.\
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Narendra Modi
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Ram Vilas Paswan
5) Other than given options
75. Who is the Author of the Book "India on My Platter"?
1) Shrabani Basu
2) Jai Arjun Singh
3) Piyush Pandey
4) Saransh Goila
5) Megha Rao
76. _______ is a part of salary that is received by an employee from his/her employer in gratitude for the services offered by the employee in the company.
1) Claim
2) Gratuity
3) Bonus
4) Annuity
5) Encumbrance
77. Who among the following was the Former West Bengal assembly speaker, who died recently?
1) Hashim Abdul Halim
2) Afzal Khan Lala
3) Saeed Jaffrey
4) V. N. Misra
5) Dr. T S Papola
78. What is the Rank of India in Environmental Democracy Index 2015?
1) 71
2) 143
3) 85
4) 24
5) 117
79. Where is the capital of "Latvia"?
1) Zagreb
2) Riga
3) Sofia
4) Helsinki
5) Tirana
80. What is the tagline of "Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited"?
1) Sar Utha Ke Jiyo
2) Jiyo Befiqar
3) Muskurate Raho
4) Zimmedari Ka Humsafar
5) Kal Par Control
81. The 7th India–Russia Joint Military Exercise 'Indra–2015' held in ____.
1) Kalyani, West Bengal
2) Mumbai, Maharashtra
3) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
4) Bikaner, Rajasthan
5) Vadodara, Gujarat
82. The winner of 2015 Formula one Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is–
1) Sebestian Vettal
2) Nico Rosberg
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Jean Behra
5) Marcel Balsa
83. Which state represents the lowest sex ratio according to census 2011?
1) Puducherry
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Bihar
5) Meghalaya
84. ______ replaced google as the publicly traded company that will house google's search and web advertising business, maps, Youtube and its "moonshot" ventures such as driverless cars.
1) Apple
2) Alphabet
3) Yahoo
4) Twitter
5) Facebook
85. A commercial bank needs to maintain ______ in the form of cash, or gold or government approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers.
1) CRR
2) MSF
3) RRR
4) SLR
5) Other than given options
86. ____ has rolled out its 'Ek kadam unnati ki Aur' programme towards rural digitisation in from a village in Telangana.
1) Intel
2) DELL
3) HP
4) Acer
5) Lenovo
87. 'Uday scheme' is related to–
1) Financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies.
2) Ensure 24 × 7 power supply to every house.
3) Welfare of people affected by mining related operations.
4) Allocating over 5000 crore rupees for the mission to develop 300 clusters for
the rural banks over next three years across the country.
5) Transfer of blood from one blood bank to another in case of shortage.
88. The 'BRICS' Nations are–
1) Brazil, Russia, India, Canada and Saint Lucia
2) Belgium, Rwanda, Iceland, Cambodia and Samoa
3) Bhutan, Romania, Iran, Chile and Singapore
4) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
5) Brunei, Reunion, Iraq, Cuba and South Africa
89. Prime minister Naraendra Modi on 16 November 2015 returned to India after his two–nation tour of the _____ and _____.
1) United Kingdom, Taiwan
2) United States, Turkey
3) United Kingdom, Turkey
4) United States, Taiwan
5) United States, Tajikistan
90. In which country India is going to set up computer Labs in 37 schools?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Turkmenistan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Turkey
5) Tajikistan
:: Computer Knowledge ::
91. What does the EDP stand for?
1) Erasable Data Program
2) Extranet Data Program
3) Electronic Data Processing
4) Electric Data Processing 5) Other than given options
92. _______is a tool name that Rotates the selected object to any degree.
1) Auto shapes
2) Free Rotate
3) Auto Rotate
4) Free Shapes
5) Other than given options
93. Which of the following is a link that is created between two tables and enables us to access data from both tables simultaneously?
1) Data directory
2) Relationship
3) Hyperlink
4) Weblink
5) Other than given options
94. Which of the following is not a use of power point?
1) Creating business application presentation slide
2) To provide training in business world
3) Creating graphical objects with animations
4) Create artistic slides for general use using art gallery
5) Other than given options
95. Which of the following shortcut keys is used to insert hyperlink and displays the destination object, document or page?
1) Ctrl + K
2) Ctrl + D
3) Ctrl + Shift + K
4) Alt + D
5) Ctrl + Alt + P
96. _______ byte is equivalent to one kilobyte.
1) 10000
2) 1000
3) 1024
4) 1204
5) 1100
97. Memory capacity of computer is measured in –
1) Gigabyte
2) Terabyte
3) Kilobyte
4) Megabyte
5) All of the above
98. ISDN is a type of connection. What does the acronym ISDN stand for?
1) Integrated Services Digital Network
2) Internet Services Digital Network
3) Internet Services Direct Network
4) Integrated Services Direct Network
5) Intranet Services Digital Network
99. Domain name for Business organisation is:
1) .org
2) .com
3) .biz
4) .bus
5) Other than given options
100. Broadband service is based on which of the following technology?
1) ISP
2) DSL
3) MSN
4) WBC
5) Other than given options
101. Which of the following best describes a hardware component designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network and enables our computer to connect to other computers?
1) Wireless local loop
2) Network Interface Card
3) Digital Subscriber line
4) Leased line
5) Other than given options
102. Which of the following is a network, through which voice, video, images and data are transmitted noise free and in digital form?
1) Extranet
2) Intranet
3) All of the above
4) ISD network
5) Wide area network
103. _______is the time in which a single instruction is retrieved from memory, decoded and executed.
1) Seek time
2) Instruction cycle
3) Fetch-execute cycle
4) Both 2 and 3
5) Other than given options
104. In which generation of computer was vacuum tubes Introduced?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Other than given options
105. Which of the following is not an output device?
1) Screen Image Projector
2) Touch Screen
3) Plotter
4) Speaker
5) Printer
106.Which of the following is a fast speed printer?
1) Daisy- wheel printer
2) Laser printer
3) Thermal printer
4) Inkjet printer
5) Dot matrix printer
107. Flash memory is also called ______.
1) Flash ROM
2) Flash PROM
3) Flash EPROM
4) Flash RAM
5) Other than given options
108. ______ is not a type of CPU chips.
1) Pentium AMD
2) Cyrix
3) Athlon
4) Intel Celeron
5) Other than given options
109. Which hardware is used to read disks?
1) Disk drive
2) Hard disk
3) Floppy disk
4) CPU
5) Other than given options
110. In 'SQL', 'S' stands for–
1) Scientific
2) Structured
3) Special
4) Symbol
5) Other than given options
111. Which of the following computer languages is appropriate for business, finance and administrative systems for companies and governments?
1) C++
2) PASCAL
3) COBOL
4) FORTRAN
5) Other than given options
112. Binary digits 1000 is equivalent to Hexadecimal digit _____.
1) 6
2) 7
3) 9
4) 8
5) 3
113. ______ is an operating system that is capable of allowing multiple software processes to run at the same time.
1) Multitasking Operating System
2) Multi Processing Operating System
3) Multi Access Operating System
4) Multi Programming Operating System
5) Other than given options
114. ______ is a program that translates the user source program written in high level language to an object code.
1) Compiler
2) Interpreter
3) Both 1) and 2)
4) Assembler
5) Both 1) and 3)
115. Which software offered free of charge, downloadable from the internet?
1) Free Application
2) Freeware
3) Firmware
4) Free network
5) Other than given options
116. ______ is a set of rules and standards which is used by computers to exchange information or data with each other across a network.
1) Server
2) Gateways
3) Shareware
4) Protocol
5) Other than given options
117. What is the full form of CDMA?
1) Code Division Multiple Access
2) Code Data Multiple Access
3) Character Database Management Access
4) Code Division Management Access
5) Other than given options
118. _______ is a type of networking wherein each node in the network may act as an independent router, regardless of whether it is connected to other network or not.
1) Star topology
2) Mesh topology
3) Ring topology
4) Bus topology
5) Other than given options
119. Which of the following component is not required for a video conferencing?
1) Microphones
2) Speaker
3) Internet
4) Webcam
5) Mouse
120. What is called a unsolicited e-mail?
1) News Hunt
2) Spyware
3) Creeper
4) Spam
5) Flask
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Directions (Q. 121–130): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Inequality is one of the key challenges of our time. Income inequality specifically is one of the most visible aspects of a broader and more complex issue, one that entails inequality of opportunity and extends to gender, ethnicity, disability, and age, among others. Ranking second in last year’s Outlook, it was identified as the most significant trend of 2015 by our Network’s experts.
The inherent dangers of neglecting inequality are obvious. People, especially young people, excluded from the mainstream end up feeling disenfranchised and become easy fodder of conflict. This, in turn, reduces the sustainability of economic growth, weakens social cohesion and security, encourages inequitable access to and use of global commons, undermines our democracies, and cripples our hopes for sustainable development and peaceful societies.
A report by Oxfam shows that wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small group of billionaires: just 62 people, 53 of them men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the entire world population, and the richest 1% own more than the other 99% put together. Rising inequality is potentially damaging for society.
Policies aimed at reducing inequalities, particularly of the structural kind that transmit inequality across generations, are called for. However, there are two redeeming features to the process of growth that has produced such inequality. Those amassing wealth in the developed world are also voluntarily spending fortunes on philanthropy in areas once considered the domain exclusively of governments, such as healthcare and primary education.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced investing $45 billion for a better world. Philanthropists such as Bill Gates are among the largest spenders in public health. Other high-net-worth individuals must emulate them, even if philanthropy is often seen as a smart way to save on taxes.
Rapid globalisation and technological changes, which widens inequality in rich countries, also narrows the income gap between developed countries such as the US and developing countries such as India. Middle-class office jobs are being outsourced to India, and blue-collar ones traded away to China. This adds to the profits of the owners of capital.
Entrepreneurship is ever easier with capital and infrastructure available on tap in rich countries. The combined effect is for entrepreneurs and high-end professionals to grow even more prosperous, even as incomes of the rest of society stagnate. But let us not ignore the improvement in absolute living standards such growth induces.
121. Suggest a suitable title for the given passage.
1) Growth of Inequality
2) Inequality With A Brighter Side
3) Deepening Income Inequality
4) Inequality among Different Countries
5) Need of Globalisation
122. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'Redeem' as used in the passage?
1) Vindicate
2) Possess
3) Assertion
4) Affirm
5) Convert
123. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'Cripple' as used in the passage?
1) Undermine
2) Debilitate
3) Enfeeble
4) Strengthen
5) Repair
124. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'Stagnate' as used in the passage?
1) Deteriorate
2) Flourish
3) Boom
4) Flourish
5) Burgeon
125. What, according to the author, is the reason for the increasing inequality in the world?
A. Global inequality in education
B. Rising entrepreneurship
C. Rapid globalisation and technological changes
1) Only A
2) Only C
3) Both A and C
4) All the above
5) Other than the given options
126. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
I. Richest half of the world population owns as much wealth
as the poorest half.
II. Global income gap between developed and developing countries is narrowing.
III. Rising inequality has a negative impact on society.
1) Both I and III
2) Both II and III
3) Only I
4) Only II
5) Only I and II
127. The author in the passage can be seen as being
1) happy about the technological advancements
2) worried about the plight of poor
3) excited about increasing entrepreneurship
4) angry with billionaires
5) None of the above
128. According to the author, why is entrepreneurship easy in rich countries?
1) Because of capital and infrastructure availability in rich
countries
2) Because in rich countries the society is stagnated.
3) Because of the high-end professionalism in rich countries
4) All of the above
5) Other than the given options
129. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'Emulate' as used in the passage?
1) Imitate
2) Criticize
3) Regard
4) Praise
5) Watch
130. According to the passage, how is philanthropy often seen?
1) One of the best ways to lower tax bill.
2) A smart way to generate income
3) It's mere a publicity stunt.
4) A method for rapid globalisation and technological changes
5) Other than the given options
Directions (Q. 131 – 140): In the following passage some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Iran is (131) free of crippling sanctions, (132) a few remain, and is open (133) business. India should make use of the opportunity. The US (134) sanctions after the overthrow of America’s puppet Shah, by the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the hostage crisis that followed. In 2006, the UN imposed sanctions (135) Iran’s nuclear programme. (136) that Tehran has convinced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it is complying with the terms of the (137) it struck with major powers last year to satisfy the world Iran has no nuclear weapons ambition, the sanctions (138) lifted and Iran’s economy will (139). The biggest beneficiary, of course, (140) Iran. But India, too, has much to gain.
131.
1) hardly
2) purely
3) surely
4) likely
5) finally
132.
1) although
2) even
3) when
4) so
5) yet
133.
1) for
2) to
3) on
4) with
5) they
134.
1) resolved
2) imposed
3) suppose
4) disposed
5) permited
135.
1) on
2) to
3) for
4) against
5) with
136.
1) right
2) now
3) present
4) nowhere
5) never
137.
1) information
2) deal
3) hope
4) examination
5) text
138.
1) has been
2) have being
3) being
4) has being
5) have been
139.
1) mashup
2) reduce up
3) open up
4) slow up
5) high up
140.
1) must be
2) been
3) never be
4) will be
5) could be
Directions (Q. 141–145): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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)
141. Teachers have been 1)/legally oblige 2)/to report any 3)/suspected extremist behaviour. 4)/ No error 5)
142. The boy’s family 1)/ said that 2)/they were left shocked 3)/for the incident. 4)/ No error 5)
143. Before a meaningful comparison 1)/ can be made, 2)/the data 3)/needs to be normalised. 4)/ No error 5)
144. He immediately quit the job 1)/in which 2)/neither the skill 3)/ nor knowledge were required. 4)/ No error 5)
145. The latest attack 1)/adds a dangerous 2)/new complication 3)/with local journalists. 4)/ No error 5)
Directions (Q. 146–150): In each sentence below, a word/ group of words has been printed in bold. From the five answer choices given below each sentence, pick out the one which can substitute the bold word/group of words correctly, without changing the meaning of the sentence.
146. Every now and than, a small news item appears about the death of workers engaged in cleaning sewer lines.
1) every than and that
2) every time and then
3) every then and now
4) every now and then
5) No correction required
147. A bill to bring four institutes of information technology in the ambit of a single authority and help students get degrees was today passed by Parliament.
1) to the ambit
2) under the ambit
3) from this ambit
4) the ambit
5) No correction required
148. In the first time at international cricket, an on-field umpire was seen wearing a helmet, while officiating in a match.
1) For the first time in
2) On the first time of
3) in the first time of
4) On the first time in
5) No correction required
149. She shook hand with her after receiving the reward.
1) shook her hand
2) meet her
3) shook hands with her
4) shake hands with her
5) No correction required
150. In a matter of few minutes, we come with what will be the result of the match.
1) came to know
2) come to be known
3) come to be know
4) were coming to know
5) No correction required
Directions (Q. 151–155): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
151. The defence ministry will now ______ the recommendations made by the committee to ______ which ones should be accepted.
1) prove, believe
2) answer, vision
3) preview, watch
4) review, see
5) view, feel
152. A laser wall is a mechanism ______ objects passing the line of sight _______ the laser source and the detector.
1) to protect, among
2) to detect, between
3) to measure, along
4) to assess, behind
5) to guess, in
153. A global ______, sparked by worries ______ a slowdown in China, spooked investors.
1) sell off, over
2) sell off, above
3) turn off, below
4) turn of, over
5) peak off, high
154. The investigating agency cannot seize documents______ not in any way________ to the case.
1) for what, important
2) which is, attached
3) that is, involved
4) for it, confirmed
5) which are, related
155. It’s not very _____ that you have a significant _____ of spectators coming over to watch a match.
1) even, quantity
2) easy, bunch
3) often, number
4) common, audience
5) possible, crowd
5) increase, awareness
Directions (Q. 156–160) : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
( A) The combination of a smartphone’s intuitive interface
and thousands of apps for iPhones and Androids aimed at young children has fast
made it a child’s favorite plaything.
(B) Today, our computers are both linked and, in many cases, mobile.
(C) Fifteen years ago, most home computers weren’t even linked to the Internet.
(D) And as the smartphone market continues to explode, more parents are passing
their phones to their offspring as tools to educate or gadgets to pacify.
(E) With more than five billion mobile users worldwide and a massive global
network, small mobile devices with significant computing power have become a
routine part of day-to-day life for people of all ages.
156.Which of the following would be the 'SECOND' sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) C
3) D
4) B
5) E
157.Which of the following would be the 'LAST (FIFTH)' sentence after rearrangement?
1) D
2) E
3) A
4) B
5) C
158.Which of the following would be the 'FOURTH' sentence after rearrangement?
1) C
2) E
3) A
4) D
5) B
159.Which of the following would be the 'THIRD' sentence after rearrangement?
1) E
2) B
3) A
4) D
5) C
160.Which of the following would be the 'FIRST' sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) A
