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Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.

Number of Candidates Appeared, Qualified and Selected in a Competitive Examination from Five States Delhi, H.P, U.P, Punjab and Haryana Over the Years 1994 to 1998

Year Delhi H.P U.P Punjab Haryana
AppQualSel AppQualSel AppQualSel AppQualSel AppQualSel
1997800085094780081082750072078820068085640070075
1998480050048750080065560062085680060070710065075
1999750064082740056070480040048650052565520035055
2000950085090880092086700065070780072084640054060
2001900080070720085075850095080570048560450060075

Q1: The percentage of candidates selected from U.P over those qualified from U.P is highest in the year?

A 1997

B 2001

C 1999

D 1998

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Q2: You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.

A Have a cool head

B Be uncommunicative

C Be choosy

D Be calm and not be excitable

Directions to Solve

In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

Q3: It will be no good trying to find an excuse next time.

A to try to find

B to try finding

C trying finding

D No improvement

Directions to Solve

In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III, You have to take 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 conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q4: Statements: Some uniforms are covers. All covers are papers. All papers are bags. Conclusions:
  1. All covers are bags.
  2. Some bags are covers, papers and uniforms.
  3. Some uniforms are not papers.

A None of these

B Only I follows

C All I, II and III follow

D Only I and II follow

E Only III follows

Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, five words have been given out of which four are alike in some manner, while the fifth one is different. Choose the word which is different from the rest.

Q5: Choose the word which is different from the rest.

A Joy

B Humorous

C Kindness

D Anger

E Grief

Directions to Solve

In each of the questions 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 question. Read both the statements and

Give answer

  • (A) 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
  • (B) 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
  • (C) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
  • (D) If the data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question and
  • (E) If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Q6: Question: Among Monika, Anita, Sonal, Ratna and Tanvy, who came last for the programme ? Statements:
  1. Monika came after Anita but not after Tanvy.
  2. Ratna came after Tanvy but not after Sonal.

A II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

B Neither I nor II is sufficient

C Both I and II are sufficient

D I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

E Either I or II is sufficient

Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, choose the set of figures which follows the given rule.

Q7:
Choose the set of figures which follows the given rule.Rule: Closed figures become more and more open and open figures become more and more closed.

A 3

B 4

C 2

D 1

Q8: The optimum effective temperature for human comfort is

A higher in winter than in summer

B lower in winter than in summer

C not dependent on season

D same in winter and summer

Q9: A concentrated load is one which

A spreads uniformly over the whole length of a beam

B varies uniformly over the whole length of a beam

C spreads non-uniformly over the whole length of a beam

D acts at a point on a beam

Q10: If the tearing efficiency of a riveted joint is 50%, then ratio of rivet hole diameter to the pitch of rivets is

A 0.60

B 0.30

C 0.20

D 0.50