MPPSC State Service 2021: State Service Preliminary Examination, Paper - II
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Directions(Question Nos.1-4): Given are 5. You are a school teacher. A new student
joins the class and is struggling to follow
brief phrases containing word in()brackets. what you are teaching because he has
Select the word which is closest definition to joined the session late. He asks several
the word in()brackets. questions in every class which are
already clear to the rest ofthe students.
If you answer all his questions, you w^
not be able to complete the syllabus in
1. A (baffling) problem time. What will you do ?
(A) Difficult (A) Ignore the questions ofthis student,
since it is important to complete the
(B) Simple syllabus in time
(C) Puzzlmg
(B) As questions should be encouraged,
answer all the questions of the
(D) New student in class
(0) As questions should be encouraged,
ask the student to come to the
staff room during school time and
2. (Prevalent) disease answer his questions
(A) Dangerous (D) As questions should be encouraged,
ask the student to come after school
(B) Contagious time to your home for detailed
(C) Fatal private tuitions
(D) Widespread
You are the Manager of a cinema hall
and receive a phone call. The caller
3. An (incredible) story says that he has planted a bomb in the
hall, but many fake threats have been
(A) True received before. What will you do ?
(B) Interesting (A) Immediately inform the-Police,
ask them for instructions on how
(C) Unbelievable to handle the situation and act
accordingly
(D) Unknown (B) Immediately call the Police, enter
the hall and announce to the
audience about the bomb threat,
and ask them to leave the hall
4. (Disheveled) appearance immediately
(A) Untidy (C) Enter the hall and announce that
there is an emergency, and ask the
(B) Fierce audience to leave the hall without
panicking
(C) Foolish (D) Do nothing as fake threats have
(D) Peculiar been received in the past ■
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7. You are a Chartered Accountant, A
9. Though plastic bags have been banned,
businessman asks you to help with your vegetable vendor continues to give
saving taxes payable to the Government. them to customers. What will you do ?
What will you do ? (A) Threaten him to stop their use,
(A) Advise the client that you can help and if that fails, report to the
authorities
him to save the taxes payable, but
only through legal means (B) Ignore the problem,since he is poor
(B) Take some additional money and and needs to earn a hvelihood
help to save tsixes by all means (C) Fight with him for spoiling the
(C) Refuse to help, since taxes are environment
required by the Governmentfor the (D) Try to convince him to switch to
development of the country, and paper bags or other eco-friendly
report him to the tax authorities alternatives,and if that fails,report
(D) Refuse to help, since taxes are to the authorities
required by the Governmentfor the
development of the country
10. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank
in 6 hours. After working at it together
for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can
8. Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The
several toilets have been constructed number of hours taken by C alone to fill
in your village. However, several of the tank is
the villagers are not using the toilets. (A) 10
What will you do ? (B) 12
(A) Not do anything, since it is their (C) 14 ^
right to decide whether to use or (D) 16
not use the toilets
(B) Ask to their families and 11. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6,435,
neighbours to force them to Rs. 6,927, Rs. 6,855, Rs. 7,230 and
change their habits Rs. 6,562 for 5 consecutive months.
How much sale must he have in the
(C) Complain to the local sanitation sixth month so that he gets an average
authorities sale of Rs, 6,500 ?
(D) Discuss with those people why they (A) 4991
do not use the toilets, and try to (B) 5467
convince them about the benefits (C) 5987
of using it to the village (D) 6453
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12. The average of five consecutive odd 15. Theimage of'TRANSPARENT in water
numbers is 61. What is the difference will be
between the highest number and lowest (A) lhVM2bVhEMl
number ? (B) TRANSPARENT
(C) TW3RAq2VlART
(A) 4
(D) TMHAT2MAHT
(B) 8
(C) 12 16. If second Saturday and all Sundays are
(D) 16 holidays in a 29 days month beginning
with Saturday,then how many days are
working in the month ?
13, Ajay is twelve years old boy. He wanted (A) 22
a pet dog to play with. But his parents (B) 23
told him that a dog would not be happy
(C) 24
in their flat, but they allowed him to
have a pet bird. This definitely implies (D) 25
that
(A) The parents like birds better than 17. Complete the series.
dogs EHJ. GJI,ILH, KNG,
(B) Ajay does not like birds (A) MPF
(B) LOH
(C) Ajay and his parents live in a flat
(C) ILF
(D) The parents like dogs better than (D) MPI
birds
18. Fill in the blank.
14. Some people are smart. Some smart
people are hardworking. These Z2 X19 V66
statements imply that
A3 CIS ?
(A) All hardworking people are smart
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(B) Some people are smart and
hardworking
(A) E6
(0) All smart people are hardworking (B) F69
(C) E67
(D) Smart people are generally
hardworking (D) E56
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19. Fill in the blank.
23. In the following series, find the
missing number.
8 10 15 13
0, 2,?, 12, 20, 30
6 5 7 . 4
(A) 4
4 6 8 8 (B) 6
11 16 ? (C) 8
6
(D) 10
(A) 17
(B) 19
(C) 21
(D) 23 24. In the following series, find the missing
number.
0, 6,?, 20, 20, 42
20. If "ARMY" is coded as 2-20-16-29 in
(A) 4
certain code language, then the word
"BATTER" will be coded in the same (B) 6
language as (C) 8
(A) 3-3-23-23-9-21 (D) 12
(B) 3-3-24-23-9-21
(C) 3-3-23-24-10-24
(D) 3-3-24-24-10-24 25. You are in-charge ofadmission ofpatients
in a private hospital. Your hospital is
21. If "TRAIN" is coded as "SPXEI" in required by the Government to provide
certain code language, then the word free treatment to poor patients. One
"PEOPLE" will be coded in the same such poor patient comes to the hospital
language as in an emergency. However, he has
(A) OCLLGY forgotten his Aadhaar card, which is
(B) OCLMMC necessary for availing the facility offree
(C) OCLMMY treatment. What will you do ?
(D) QCLMMC
(A) Admit him provisionally, on the
condition that he should produce
the Aadhaar Card at the time of
22. In the following analogy,find the missing
discharge
number.
(B) Send the patient away
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(A) 80 (C) Ask the patient to first produce the
Aadhaar Card
(B) 110
(C) 120 (D) Admit him only if he agrees,to pay
(D) 140 the fees for the treatment
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26. You happen to hear an announcement on 29. You are working in a research lab. One of
the Pubhc Address(P.A.) at the railway your sub-ordinates has done some good
station. Whatinformation is most hkely work on her own and the work is worthy
to be announced ?
of publication in a prestigious journal.
(A) Lost and found information What do you do ?
(B) Departure/arrival of next train (A) Take all the data and publish in
(C) Information about the help desk on your name
the railway station
(D) Reservation status of your train
(B) Ask the sub-ordinate to add your
name as one of the authors
(0) Tell your sub-ordinate that unless
27. Your neighbour is an extremely you are made a co-author, you will
influential person and you happen to not allow her to publish the paper
witness atrocities on a child employed as
labour at your neighbour's house. What (D) Encourage the sub-ordinate to
do you do ? pubhsh the paper on her own
(A) You keep quiet due to fear of your
neighbour
(B) Do nothing 30. A tailor has 37.5 metres of cloth and he
(C) Tell your neighbours not to commit
has to make 8 pieces out of a metre of
atrocities on the child as it is a cloth. How many pieces can he make out
crime of this cloth ?
(D) Inform the Pohce and Child Welfare (A) 300
Organizations to help in rescue the (B) 360
child
(C) 400
(D) 450
28. You are asked to prepare a report on
some issue. You do not have the time to
prepare the report. What do you do ? 31. In a regular week, there are 5 working
(A) Ask your sub-ordinate to prepare days and for each day, the working
the report, put your name and hours are 8. A man gets Rs. 2.40 per
submit it hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per
(B) Refuse to prepare the report hours for overtime. If he earns Rs. 432
(C) Explain to your superior that you will in 4 weeks, then how many hours does
take the help ofyour sub-ordinate and he work for ?
submit the report with your name as
(A) 160
well as that of your sub-ordinate
(B) 175
(D) Prepare a report by putting together
some material even if they are (C) 180
irrelevant (D) 195
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32. If a * b = 2a- 3b + ab, then 3*5+ 5*3 of industrial workshops, an administrative
is equal to center, a number of massive religious edifices,
(A) 22 and a regular grid pattern of streets and
(B) 23 buildings. Clearly, much planning and central
(C) 24 control were involved in the expansion and
(D) 25 ordering of this great metropolis. Moreover,
the city had economic and perhaps religious
contacts with most parts of Mesoamerica
33. The sum of the present ages of a father (Modern Central America and Mexico).
and his son is 60 years. Five years ago, The main factors for development were its
father's age was four times the age of geographic location on a natural trade route
the son, so now the son's age will be
to the south and east of the Valley of Mexico,
(A) 5
the obsidian resources in the Teotihuacan
(B) 10
(C) 15 Valley itself and the valley's potential for
(D) 20 extensive irrigation. The exact role of other
factors is much more difficult to pinpoint—for
instance, Teotihuacan's religious significance
34. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. as a shrine, the historical situation in and
If the ratio of their ages is 7:9,find the around the Valley of Mexico toward the end
age of Sachin.
of the first millennium B.C., the ingenuity
(A) 24.5
(B) 25.5
and foresightedness of Teotihuacan's elite
(C) 26.5
and finally, the impact of natural disasters,
(D) 27.5 such as the volcanic eruptions ofthe late first
millennium B.C. This last factor is at least
circumstantially implicated in Teotihuacan's
rise. Prior to 200 B.C., a number of relatively
Directions (Question Nos. 35 - 39) :
small centers coexisted in and near the Valley
Read the following excerpt and answer the
of Mexico. Around this time, the largest
questions asked at the end. The answers
of these centers, Cuicuilco, was seriously
to the questions should be based on the
affected by a volcanic eruption, with much
excerpt.
ofits agricultural land covered by lava. With
The city of Teotihuacan, which lay about Cuicuilco eliminated as a potential rival, any
50 kilometers north-east of modem-day Mexico one of a number of relatively modest towns
City, began its growth by 200 — 100 B.C. At might have emerged as a leading economic
its height, between about A.D. 150 and 700, and political power in Central Mexico. The
it probably had a population of more than archaeological evidence clearly indicates,
1,25,000 people and covered atleast 20 square though,that Teotihuacan was the center that
kilometers. It had over 2,000 apartment did arise as the predominant force in the area
complexes, a great market, a large number by the first century A.D.
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35. The word "edifices" in the passage
38. The word "predominant"in the passage
implies
implies
(A) Most aggressive
(A) Buildings (B) Principal
(C) Earliest
(B) Palaces
(D) Most productive
(C) Ponds
(D) Beliefs 39. The word "ingenuity" in the passage
implies
(A) Ambition
36. Each of the following is mentioned as (B) Sincerity
a feature of the city of Teotihuacan
(C) Cleverness
between AD 150 and 700 except
(D) Faith
(A) Regularly arranged streets
(B) Large number of manufacturing Directions(Question Nos.40-43): Choose
workshops the most suitable word from the options
given.
(C) Apartment complexes
(D) Several administrative centres 40. An illusion of the appearance of,water
caused by atmospheric conditions is
called a
37. What can be inferred about Cuicuilco (A) Mirage
prior to 200 BC ? (B) Oasis
(A) It was a fairly small city until that (C) Delusion
date
(D) None of the above
(B) It was located outside the valley of 41. People who grow only enough food for
Mexico their own consumption and not for sale
in the market are known as
(C) It emerged rapidly as an economical
(A) Subsistence farmers
and political center
(B) Tribes
(D) Its economy relied heavily on (C) Organic farmers
agriculture (D) None of the above
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42. Which word best describes the traditional
45. Statement : Every IIT offers B.Tech.
knowledge ofcommunities accumulated andM.Tech. courses.
over several generations ?
Assumption I : B.Tech. and M.Tech.
L.(A) Folk wisdom
courses are offered only in HTs.
(B) Experience
(C) Farsightedness Assumption II : HTs are meant for
(D) Intelligence B.Tech. and M.Tech. courses only.
(A) Only Assumption I is strong
43.1- If you are trying to help two parties
resolve their differences, you would be (B) Only Assumption 11 is strong
called a/an
(A) Observer (0) Both assumptions are strong
^ (B) Mediator
(D) Neither assumption I nor His strong
(C) Advocate
(D) None of the above
46. Statement ; Mobile gaming has
Dire^ions(Question Nos.44-53);In each increased these days because of readily
of the questions below is given a statement available data over mobile phone
and followed by two arguments/assumptions services.
numbered I and 11. Consider the arguments/
assumptions and decide which is correct. Assumption I:People have got a craze
about mobile games.
44. Statement ; Government has made Assumption II : It is easier to obtain
home loans cheaper.
many games on mobiles than from a
Assumption I: More people are likely
to take home loans. personal computer.
Assumption II : Price of houses will (A) Only Assumption I is strong
come down.
(A) Only assumption I is implicit (B) Only Assumption II is strong
(B) Only assumption II is implicit (C) Both assumptions are strong
(C) Both assumptions are implicit
(D) Neither assumption I nor II is (D) Neither assumption I nor H is strong
implicit
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55^ is considered as an aggressive
52. Statement : Our country should
enhance exports even when there is a behaviour and will most likely bring
shortage for internal consvimption. negative response from the speaks.
Argument I: Yes, we need foreign (A) Nodding
exchange to import things like oil. (B) Staring
Argument II ; No, it will harm the (C) Shouting
internal consumers.
(D) To show thumb
(A) Argument I is strong
(B) Argument II is strong
(C) Arguments I and II are strong
Directions(Question Nos.56-60):Read the
(D) Neither argumentI nor 11 is strong
following excerpt and answer the questions
asked at the end.The answers to the questions
53. Statement : In crowded public places
should be based on the excerpt.
like market, buses, trains, one should
cover his/her mouth while coughing and
sneezing. Stray dogs known in scientific literature
Argument 11 Germs of deadly diseases as free ranging urban dogs are unconfined
such as tuberculosis spread through dogs living in streets. India is home to one of
droplets of cough/sneeze. largest population of stray dogs in the world
Argument II : Chances of getting with approximately 30 million stray dogs on
infected from deadly diseases such as
tuberculosis is high if you visit crowded streets. These free roaming dogs on streets
public places frequently. evoke different emotions such as affection,
(A) Argument I is strong sympathy, intolerance and fear amongst
(B) Argument II is strong human beings.The culling of non-rabid stray
(C) Arguments I and II are strong
dogs is now forbidden in India. This change
(D) Neither argument I nor 11 is strong
in the thought of the country's judiciary and
lack of implementation of effective animal
Direction (Q. No. 54 and 55): Fill in the birth control measures have resulted in
blanks with the most suitable choice. increasing population. As the stray dog
population increases, so do the problems
54. When writing a letter to apply for a job, associated with it - dog bites, rabies, noise
your description of your qualifications pollution to name a few. Sadly, this has also
should be
forced these countless stray dogs to survive
(A) Accurate
in squalid conditions. For many people,these
(B) Exaggerated
issues have transformed dogs, who were
(C) Modest
once considered their beloved companions
(D) Simple
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to their worst enemies. A mill owner killed 58. Current animal welfare laws and
60 stray dogs but later felt remorse and inefficient implementation of animal
went to Gandhiji, who approved of his deeds. birth control measures have resulted
This created a controversy, as violence was in which one of the following ?
justified by an epitome of'Ahimsa\ Respect (A) Resulted in unhygienic living
for all living beings and that all life forms conditions of stray dogs
should be protected and not meted out with (B) Reduced animal-human conflict
violence,forms the foundation ofthe concept (C) Decline in stray dog population
of 'Ahimsa'. Gandhiji's endorsement of the
(D) Prevention of culling of all stray
mill owner's act could be understood in
dogs
light of true interpretation of'Ahimsa'. He
thought that the act prevented the dogs firom
undergoing cruel state of neglect.
59. Which one of the statement is true in
reference to the above excerpt ?
56. Which one of the following statement (A) Gandhiji considered the act of mill
may be inferred from the above excerpt? owner as an act of ahimsa
(A) The stray dogs should be killed (B) Dogs are our enemies
indiscriminately
(C) Animal birth control measures are
(B) Culling of all stray dogs is illegal
useless
(C) Killing is the only respite to confine
dog population (D) Culling is the only humane method
(D) Culling of rabid dogs can be to control dog population
allowed
60. The dog populationin India hasincreased
57. Which one of the following could be a because of the following
possible outcome of implementation of
(A) Intolerance of humans to stray
Gandhian thought on stray dogs ?
dogs
(A) Indiscriminate killing of all stray
dogs (B) Feeding of stray dogs by animal
lovers
(B) Indiscriminate killing of all rabid
stray dogs (C) Restriction on indiscriminate
(C) Increase in animal-human culling of stray dogs
conflicts
(D) Inefficient management of dog
(D) Exploration of efficient strategies popiRation
for management of stray dogs
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