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Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 3 ] :
Interest obtained on a sum of Rs. 5,000 for 3 years is Rs. 1,500, then the rate of interest was
The product of two rational numbers is \(-\frac{40}{3}\). If one of the two numbers is \(-\frac{5}{2}\), then the reciprocal of the other number lies between :
Rubina started her journey by car at 16:50 hours and finished at 21:15 hours on the same day. The time taken in completing the journey is :
Reasoning [ Question No: 4 To 6 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 4 To 4 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing
Statement: SkyTV is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of Action:
1. In an effort to attract talent, the SkyTV has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
2. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' arguments) and which is/are 'weak' arguments) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question
Statement: Should "literacy" be the minimum criterion for becoming a voter in India?
Arguments:
1. No. Mere literacy is no guarantee of political maturity of an individual.
2. Yes. Illiterate people are less likely to make politically wiser decisions of voting for a right candidate or party.
3. No. Voting is the constitutional right of every citizen.
Direction for [ Question No: 6 To 6 ] :
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.
Coconut : Shell : : Letter : ?
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 7 To 18 ] :
Whose famous work is 'Ramchandrika' ?
What is the ancient name of Omkareshwar ?
Functions of financial markets are:
(i) To facilitate creation and allocation of credit and liquidity
(ii) To serve as intermediaries for mobilisaton of savings
(iii) To assist the process of balanced economic growth
(iv) To provide financial convenience
Which Article is for "Protection of interests of Minorities" ?
The United Nations declared 2003 as the International Year of-
The idea of including the Emergency provisions in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from the
Electrical Drives [ Question No: 19 To 19 ] :
Match the duty with the appropriate brake.
1. Holding a load at rest 2. Long descent 3. Occasional stop
P. Dynamic braking into a resistor Q. Friction brake R. Regenerative braking
Network Analysis [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
A network is said to be linear if and only if
I. Response is proportional to excitation function
II. Principle of superposition applies
III. Principle of homogeneity applies
IV. It is reciprocal
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20
Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 3 ] :
Interest obtained on a sum of Rs. 5,000 for 3 years is Rs. 1,500, then the rate of interest was
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The rate of interest was 10% p.a.
Using \(\text{SI} = \frac{P \times R \times T}{100}\):
\[ \begin{aligned} R &= \frac{100 \times \text{SI}}{P \times T} \\ &= \frac{100 \times 1500}{5000 \times 3} = 10 \end{aligned} \]
Check: 10% of Rs. 5,000 is Rs. 500 a year, and three years give Rs. 1,500. At 8%, 9% or 11% the interest would be Rs. 1,200, Rs. 1,350 or Rs. 1,650.
The formula rearranges as \(R = \frac{100 \times \text{SI}}{P \times T}\), so the rate can be read off directly once the interest, principal and time are known.
The product of two rational numbers is \(-\frac{40}{3}\). If one of the two numbers is \(-\frac{5}{2}\), then the reciprocal of the other number lies between :
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The reciprocal lies between \(\frac{9}{50}\) and \(\frac{1}{5}\).
The other number is the product divided by the known number, and its reciprocal follows:
\[ \begin{aligned} \text{other} &= -\tfrac{40}{3} \div \left(-\tfrac{5}{2}\right) = \tfrac{40}{3} \times \tfrac{2}{5} = \tfrac{16}{3} \\ \text{reciprocal} &= \tfrac{3}{16} = 0.1875 \end{aligned} \]
Since 9/50 = 0.18 and 1/5 = 0.2, 0.1875 lies between them. 3/20 = 0.15 to 0.18 stops just short, and 1/5 to 1/4 and 1/4 to 1/3 are above it.
Rubina started her journey by car at 16:50 hours and finished at 21:15 hours on the same day. The time taken in completing the journey is :
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The journey took 4 hours 25 minutes.
Count on from the start time:
\[ \begin{aligned} 16{:}50 \to 17{:}00 &= 10\ \text{min} \\ 17{:}00 \to 21{:}00 &= 4\ \text{h} \\ 21{:}00 \to 21{:}15 &= 15\ \text{min} \end{aligned} \]
Total: 4 hours and 10 + 15 = 25 minutes. As a check, 16:50 plus 4 hours is 20:50, and 25 more minutes reaches 21:15. The other options miscount either the minutes or the hours.
Reasoning [ Question No: 4 To 6 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 4 To 4 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing
Statement: SkyTV is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of Action:
1. In an effort to attract talent, the SkyTV has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
2. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Clearly, the decision to revise its fee structure for artists is taken by SkyTV as a remedy to the challenging problem that had arisen before it. It cannot wait till other media take action. So, only course I follows.
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' arguments) and which is/are 'weak' arguments) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question
Statement: Should "literacy" be the minimum criterion for becoming a voter in India?
Arguments:
1. No. Mere literacy is no guarantee of political maturity of an individual.
2. Yes. Illiterate people are less likely to make politically wiser decisions of voting for a right candidate or party.
3. No. Voting is the constitutional right of every citizen.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : E
Clearly, illiterate people lack will power and maturity in thoughts. They may easily be misled into false convictions or lured into temptations to vote for a particular group. So, argument II holds. However, a person is literate does not mean that he is conscious of all political movements, which requires practical awareness of everyday events. Thus, I also holds strong. Besides, Constitution has extended the right to vote equally to all its citizens. Hence, III also holds.
Direction for [ Question No: 6 To 6 ] :
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.
Coconut : Shell : : Letter : ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
Correct answer: Envelope
The relation is contents : the covering that protects it. The kernel of a coconut is protected by its shell; a letter is protected by its envelope. The stamp pays for carriage and the letter box merely receives it.
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 7 To 18 ] :
Whose famous work is 'Ramchandrika' ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
'Ramchandrika' is the work of Keshavdas.
Keshavdas, a Hindi poet of the Riti tradition at the court of Orchha in Bundelkhand, wrote Ramchandrika around 1601, retelling the story of Rama with a great variety of metres. He also wrote Rasikpriya and Kavipriya on poetics.
Padmakar and Bhushan were later Riti-era poets (Bhushan is known for his heroic poems on Shivaji), and Bhavabhuti was a Sanskrit dramatist who wrote Uttararamacharita, a different work on Rama.
What is the ancient name of Omkareshwar ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The ancient name of Omkareshwar is Mandhata.
Omkareshwar, one of the twelve jyotirlingas, stands on an island in the Narmada in Khandwa district. The island and the town are traditionally called Mandhata, after the Ikshvaku king Mandhata who is said to have worshipped Shiva there.
Mahidpur is a town in Ujjain district known for the 1817 battle, and Kaknaya and Nalpur are not names of Omkareshwar or its island.
Functions of financial markets are:
(i) To facilitate creation and allocation of credit and liquidity
(ii) To serve as intermediaries for mobilisaton of savings
(iii) To assist the process of balanced economic growth
(iv) To provide financial convenience
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
All four are functions of financial markets. They help to create and allocate credit and liquidity in the economy, they serve as intermediaries by mobilising the savings of households and passing them to those who invest, they help the process of balanced economic growth by channelling funds to productive uses, and they provide financial convenience such as information and low transaction costs. As all four are listed in the key, an option with fewer items is incomplete.
Which Article is for "Protection of interests of Minorities" ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Article 29 protects the interests of minorities.
It gives any section of citizens having a distinct language, script or culture the right to conserve it, and forbids denial of admission to a state-aided educational institution on grounds of religion, race, caste or language. Article 30 is the related right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
C.K. Nayudu captained India in its first Test match, against England at Lord's in June 1932.
India lost by 158 runs, but Nayudu's own hard-hitting batting had already made him the best-known Indian cricketer of his generation.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
John McCarthy is called the father of artificial intelligence.
He coined the term for the Dartmouth conference of 1956, created the LISP language in 1958 and developed time-sharing. He received the Turing Award in 1971.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
The Jaz cartridge has the greatest capacity of these, at 1 or 2 GB.
The SuperDisk held 120 MB, the Zip disk 100 to 750 MB, and a floppy only 1.44 MB. All were removable media of the 1990s, swept away by writable CDs and USB drives.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Alessandro Volta invented the battery.
His voltaic pile of 1800 stacked discs of zinc and silver separated by brine-soaked cloth, and gave the first steady electric current. The volt is named after him.
The United Nations declared 2003 as the International Year of-
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
2003 was both the International Year of Freshwater and the European Year of People with Disabilities.
The freshwater year drew attention to the billion people without safe drinking water; the disability year, declared by the EU, pressed for equal rights and accessibility.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
All of these are literary awards.
The Saraswati Samman honours a work published in the previous ten years, the Moortidevi Award writing that reflects Indian philosophy, and the Jnanpith a lifetime's contribution - all in the languages of the Eighth Schedule.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Visakhapatnam is a landlocked harbour.
Its natural harbour lies behind the Dolphin's Nose headland, connected to the sea by a narrow channel, so the anchorage is sheltered from the open Bay of Bengal on all sides.
The idea of including the Emergency provisions in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from the
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The emergency provisions were borrowed from the Weimar Constitution of Germany.
Its Article 48 allowed the president to suspend civil rights and rule by decree, and the Indian provisions for suspending fundamental rights during a proclamation of emergency follow the same design. What that article was used for in 1933 is part of the reason the 44th Amendment tightened India's version.
Electrical Drives [ Question No: 19 To 19 ] :
Match the duty with the appropriate brake.
1. Holding a load at rest 2. Long descent 3. Occasional stop
P. Dynamic braking into a resistor Q. Friction brake R. Regenerative braking
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Correct answer: 1-Q, 2-R, 3-P
Holding requires torque at zero speed, which only a friction brake gives. A long descent releases a large energy at a steady rate, which regeneration recovers rather than wasting. An occasional stop involves a modest energy at long intervals, for which a resistor is cheap and entirely adequate. The three duties are the three cases the whole topic turns on.
Network Analysis [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
A network is said to be linear if and only if
I. Response is proportional to excitation function
II. Principle of superposition applies
III. Principle of homogeneity applies
IV. It is reciprocal
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
A network is linear if and only if the principles of superposition and homogeneity apply, so option (B) is right. Superposition means that the response to a sum of inputs is the sum of the individual responses, and homogeneity means that scaling the input scales the response by the same factor. Together they define linearity. Statement I, that the response is proportional to the excitation, is only the homogeneity part, so it is incomplete on its own, and the key does not take it. Statement IV, reciprocity, is a different property: a network can be linear without being reciprocal, as a circuit with a gyrator or a dependent source shows, so options (C) and (D) are wrong.
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Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20