M. C. A.

ENTRANCE NIMCET - 2010

ANALYTICL ABILITY AND LOGICAL REASONING

Directions: Questions 1 to 4.
The plan given below, shows office for six officers namely A, B, C, D, E, and F. Both B and C occupy offices to the right
of the corridor (as one enters the office block) and A occupies the office to the left of the corridor. E and F occupy offices
on opposite sides of the corridor but their offices do not face each other. The offices of C and D face each other. E does
not have corner office. Fs office is further down the corridor than As, but on the same side.





















1. If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose office is to his left?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
2. Whose office faces As office?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E
3. Who is/are Fs neighbour(s)?
(a) A only (b) A and D (c) C only (d) B and C
4. D was heard telling someone to go further down the corridor to the last office on the right. To whose room was he
trying to direct that person?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F
5. Steel Express runs between Tatanagar and Howrah and has five stoppages in between. Find the number of different
kinds of one-way second class ticket that Indian Railways will have to print to service all types of passengers who
might travel by Steel Express?
(a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 21 (d) 7
6. Rita, an accomplished pastry chef who is well known for her artistic and exquisite wedding cakes, opened a bakery
one year ago and is surprised that business has been so slow. A consultant she hired to conduct market research has
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reported that the local population doesnt think of her shop as one they would visit on a daily basis but rather a place
theyd visit if they were celebrating a special occasion. Which of the following strategies should Rita employ to
increase her daily business
(a) making coupons a available that entitle the coupon holder to receive a 25% discount on wedding, anniversary, or
birthday cakes
(b) exhibiting at the next Bridal Expo and having pieces of one of her wedding cakes available for tasting
(c) placing a series of ads in the local newspaper that advertise the wide array of breads, muffins, and cookies
offered at her shop
(d) moving the bakery to the other side of town
7. Which should be the next numbers in the series
28 25 5 21 18 5 14
(a) 11, 5 (b) 10, 7 (c) 11, 8 (d) 5, 10

Directions : Questions 8 to 10,
220 guests are to be transported from A to B. Any number of buses of the following passenger carrying capacities
are available.
Type P: 60, Type Q: 50, Type R: 40, Type S: 30
The cost per trip for a bus of each of these types is given as follows :
Type P: Rs.200, Type Q: Rs.140, Type R: Rs.125, Type S: Rs.95
No buses can be overloaded and prefer no vacant seats in each trips.

8. What is the minimum possible cost for the trip?
(a) Rs.690 (b) Rs.615 (c) Rs.640 (d) Rs.695
9. How many buses are needed for the above (Minimum cost trip)
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 6
10. The second cheapest trip arrangement would involve
(a) Rs.630 (b) Rs.680 (c) Rs.710 (d) Rs.655
11. In the following square, numbers have been filled according to some rule. One space has been left blank. Find the
correct number out of those given below for the blank space.

56 65 78
12 30
44 14 48

(a) 14 (b) 44 (c) 62 (d) 51
12. An elevator has a capacity of 12 adults or 20 children. How many adults can board the elevator with 15 children?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 6

Directions : Questions 13 to 15.

In each of the following three questions, four numbers are given. Out of these, three are alike in a certain way but the
rest on is different. Choose the one which is different from the rest three.
13. (a) 2384 (b) 3629 (c) 3756 (d) 4298
14. (a) 325 (b) 236 (c) 178 (d) 639
15. (a) 5698 (b) 4321 (c) 7963 (d) 4232
16. If finger is called toe, toe is called foot, foot is called thumb, thumb is called ankle, ankle is called palm and palm is
called knee, which one finger has different name?
(a) Thumb (b) Ankle (c) Knee (d) Palm
17. Three are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy. Find the minimum number of times the balls have to be weighed for
finding out the heavy ball.
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 15



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Directions: Questions 18 to 20.

The following sketch shows the pipeline carrying material from one location to another. The capacity of each pipeline is
2000. The demand for the material at B is 800, at C is 800, at D is 1400 and at E is 400. The arrow indicates the direction
of material flow through pipeline. The flow through pipelines meets exactly the demand at each location. Flow from B to
C is 600.










18. The quantity moved from A to E is
(a) 400 (b) 1600 (c) 1400 (d) 2000
19. The free capacity available in the A-B pipeline is
(a) 0 (b) 200 (c) 400 (d) 600
20. What is the free capacity available in the E-C pipeline
(a) 600 (b) 400 (c) 200 (d) 0
21. In a certain code language 617 means sweet and hot; 735 means coffee is sweet and 263 means tea is hot.
Which of the following would mean coffee is hot?
(a) 731 (b) 536 (c) 367 (d) 753
22. A child can do a piece of work 15 hours slower than woman. The child works, for 18 hours on the job and then the
women takes charge for 6 hours. In this manner, 3/5 of he work can be completed. To complete the job now, how
much time the women take>
(a) 24 hours (b) 18 hours (c) 12 hours (d) 30 hours
23. Which two months in a year have the same calendar?
(a) June - October (b) April - November (c) April - July (d) October December

Directions : Questions 24 and 25.

Find the missing number in each of the following question:
24.


(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 21

25.








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(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
26. Find the word that names a necessary part of the underlined word.
Gala
(a) Celebration (b) Tuxedo (c) Appetizer (d) Orator

Direction : Questions 27 to 30.
Given below is a binary tree, where every letter has been coded with a string of digits 0 and 1. At any node going left
is denoted by 1; at any node going right is denoted by 0. Thus N is denoted as: 10000. All the codes are in binary
notation.
















27. What will be the code for S:
(a) 01011 (b) 01110 (c) 01111 (d) None of these
28. Which letter is represented by 11001?
(a) G (b) L (c) U (d) None of these
29. What is the value of C + R in binary notation?
(a) 11101 (b) 1101 (c) 1001 (d) None of these
30. If all the codes are converted into decimal notation, them how many letters have their values greater than L?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
31. Find the missing number in the following series:
4, 6, 3, 5, 2, ?
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 6
32. A, B, C, D and E are five integers. When written in the ascending order of values, the difference between any two
adjacent integers is 4. D is the greatest and A is the least. B is greater than E but less than C. The sum of the integers
is equal to E. What is the product of integers?
(a) -945 (b) 945 (c) 315 (d) 0
33. How many numbers between 1 to 1000 (both excluded) are both squares and cubes?
(a) none (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
34. If the direction North-East becomes South-East, how will other directions change?
(a) West to North (b) South to South-West (c) North-West to East (d) East to South-West
35. A culprit was spotted by the police from a distance of 250 m. When the police men stared running towards the
culprit at a speed of 10 km/h, the culprit also fled. If his speed was 8 km/h, find out how far the culprit had run
before he was overpowered.
(a) 2 km (b) 1 km (c) 1.5 km (d) 0.8 km

Direction : Questions 36 to 38.

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
(i) There is group of five person P, Q, R, S and T.
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an Industrialist and one is an
advocate.
(iii) Three of them P, R and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them Q and the journalist prefer coffee to
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tea.
(iv) The industrialist, S and p are friends to one another but two f these prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is Rs brother.

36. Who is a horticulturist?
(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S
37. Who is an industrialist?
(a) T (b) R (c) Q (d) S
38. Which of the following groups include a person who likes tea but is not an advocate?
(a) PRT (b) ST (c) QRT (d) None of these
39. If UNDERSTAND is coded as 1234567823 how will START be coded?
(a) 56781 (b) 83243 (c) 73652 (d) 67857
40. There are 6 tasks and 6 persons. Task 1 cannot be assigned either to person 1 or to person 2; task 2 must be assigned
to either person 3 or person 4. Every person is to be assigned one task. In how many ways can the assignment be
done?
(a) 144 (b) 180 (c) 192 (d) 360

Direction : Question 41 and 42.
In the following questions, select one alternative in which the third statement is implied by the first two statements.

41. (a) All elephants are wild. All lions are wild. So all lions are elephants.
(b) All mangoes are red. Some apples are mangoes. So all apples are red.
(c) All roads are boxes. All foxed are roads. So all boxes are foxes.
(d) All XYZ can run. All ABC are XYZ. So all ABC can run.
42. (a) All dogs are mad. All sick persons are mad. So all sick person are dogs.
(b) All oranges are black. All figs are oranges. So all figs are black.
(c) All windows are dogs. Some doors are dogs. So all windows are doors.
(d) No man can fly. No kite can fly. So all men are kites.
43. How many numbers from 1 to 100 are such each of which is divisible by 8 and whose at least one digit is 8?
(a) Four (b) Zero (c) Eight (d) Six
44. A cyclist goes 30 km to North and then turning of East he goes 40 km. Again he turns to his right and goes 20 km.
After this he turns to his right and goes 40 km. How far is the form his straight point?
(a) 0 km (b) 10 km (c) 25 km (d) 40 km
45. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIVED as 7, what is the code number for GOVERNMENT?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10

Directions : Question 46 and 47.

In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative
that will continue the same pattern and fill in the blank spaces.

46. 3, 8, 13, 24, 41, (..)
(a) 70 (b) 75 (c) 80 (d) 85
47. 4, 23, 60, 121, (..)
(a) 212 (b) 221 (c) 241 (d) 242
48. If r is the radius of the circle given below, what is the area of the shaded region?











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(a)
2
4r (b)
2
r (c)
2
4
3
r (d) 4r
49. If
4
3
of a number is equal to
2
3
of another number, what is the ratio between these two numbers
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 5 : 6 (c) 8 : 9 (d) 9 : 10
50. A one rupee coin is placed on a plain paper. How many coins of the same size can be placed round it so that each
one touches the central and adjacent coins?
(a) none (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
51. Persons X, Y, Z and Q live in red, green, yellow or blue colored houses placed in a sequence on a street. Z lives in a
yellow house. The green house is adjacent to the blue house. X does not live adjacent to Z. The yellow house is in
between the green and red house. The color of the house X lives in is
(a) Green (b) Blue (c) Red (d) cannot be determined
52. A man starts walking towards south. After walking 5 km he again turns left at right angles in what direction is he
finally walking in?
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West
53. A, B, C, D and E distribute some cards among themselves in a manner that A gets one less then B: C gets 5 more
than D; E gets 3 more than B while D gets as many as B. Who gets the least cards?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E
54. What are X and Y?



(a) X is 6, Y is (b) X is 5, Y is 5 (c) X is 4, Y is 6 (d) X is 16, Y is 23

55. Q is shorter than P, but taller than R, R is shorter than P but taller than A. If they stand in ascending order of their
height the sequence is
(a) ARQP (b) AQPR (c) QPAR (d) RPQA

Mathematics

56. The angle between the asymptotes of the hyperbola
2 2
27 9 24 x y = is
(a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 30 (d) 150
57. If any tangent to the ellipse
2 2
2 2
1
X Y
a b
+ = intercepts equals length l on the axes, then l =
(a)
2 2
a b + (b)
2 2
a b + (c)
( )
2
2 2
a b + (d) None of these
58. How many proper subset of { } 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 contain the numbers 1 and 7?
(a) 7 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 62
59. The distance between the parallel lines 2 4 y x = + and 6 3 5 x y = +
(a)
17
3
(b) 1 (c)
3
5
(d)
17 5
15

60. The angles of intersection of the cardioids ( ) ( ) 1 cos , 1 cos r a r a = + = is
(a)
2

(b) 0 (c)
4

(d)
61. The circle
2 2
9 x y + = is contained in the circle
2 2 2
6 8 25 x y x y c + + = if
(a) 2 c = (b) 3 c = (c) 5 c = (d) 10 c =
62. Identify the wrong statement from the following
(a) If A and B are two sets, then A B A B =
(b) If A, B and C are sets, then ( ) ( ) ( ) A B C A C B C =
S 8 W 16 A 5 C X A 4
20 J 25 T 4 K 7 L Y N
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(c) If A and B are two sets, then A B A B =
(d) If A, B and C are sets, then A B C A B
63. A person stands at a point A due south of a tower and observes that its elevation is 60 . He then walks westwards
towards B, where the elevation is 45.At a point C on AB produced, he finds it to be 30 . Then / AB BC is equal to
(a)
1
2
(b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
5
2

64. If ( )
1
sin for 0
0 for 0
x x
f x x
x
| |

|
=
\ .

then
(a) f is a continuous function (b) ( ) ' 0 f + exists but ( ) ' 0 f does not exist
(c) ( ) ( ) ' 0 ' 0 f f + (d) ( ) ( ) ' 0 and ' 0 f f + do not exist
65. If the two pairs of lines
2 2
2 0 X mXY Y = and
2 2
2 0 X nXY Y = are such that one of them represents the
bisector of the angles between the other, then
(a) 1 0 mn + = (b) 1 0 mn = (c)
1 1
0
m n
+ = (d)
1 1
0
m n
=
66. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese where as 76% like apples. If % x of the Americans like
both cheese and apples, then we have
(a) 39 x (b) 63 x (c) 39 63 x (d) None of these
67. The rate of increase of length of the shadow of a man 2 meters height, due to a lamp at 10 meters height, when he is
moving away from it at the rate of 2 m/sec is
(a)
1
m/sec
2
(b)
2
m/sec
5
(c)
1
m/sec
3
(d) 5m/sec
68. If the tangents at the extremities of a focal chord of the parabola
2
4 x ay = meet the tangent at the vertex at points
whose abscissa are
1 2
and x x then
1 2
x x =
(a)
2
a (b)
2
1 a (c)
2
1 a + (d)
2
a

69. The point (4,1) undergoes the following three transformations successively:
(i) reflection about the line y x =
(ii) transformation through a distance 2 unit along the positive direction of x-axis
(iii) rotation through an angle of
4

about the origin in the anticlockwise direction. The final positive of the point is
given by the coordinates
(a)
1 7
,
2 2
| |
|
\ .
(b)
1 7
,
2 2
| |
|
\ .
(c)
( )
2, 7 2 (d)
( )
2, 7 2
70. Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements. The number of injection that can be defined from A to B is
(a) 144 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 64
71. In a triangle ABC, R is circumradius and
2 2 2 2
8 . R a b c = + + The triangle ABC is
(a) Acute angled (b) Obtuse angled (c) Right angled (d) None of these
72. The value of the integral
6
3
9
x
dx
x x +

is
(a) 1 (b)
1
2
(c)
3
2
(d) 2
73. Let 1 be a cube root of unity and 1 i = . The value of the determinant
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2 2
2
3
1 1
1 1 1
1
i
i
i i

+ +

+
is
(a) 0 (b) (c)
2
(d)
2
1 +
74. If ( )
2
0 1 2
1 ...... ,
n
n
n
x a a x a x a x + = + + + + then
3 1 2
0 1 2 1
1 1 1 ..... 1
n
n
a a a a
a a a a

| | | | | || |
+ + + + +
| | | |
\ .\ . \ . \ .
is equal to
(a)
!
n
n
n
(b)
( ) 1
!
n
n
n
+
(c)
( )
1
1 !
n
n
n
+
+
(d)
( ) 1
!
n
n
n

75. If
2
1 1 1
2 2 2
2 1 2
sin cos tan
1 1 1
b x
a b x

=
+ +
then x is equal to
(a) a (b) b (c)
1
a b
ab
+

(d)
1
a b
ab

+

76. The value of the integral
4
0
sin cos
3 sin 2
x x
dx
x

+
+

is
(a) log 2 (b) log 3 (c)
1
log3
4
(d)
1
log3
8

77. If , , a p b q c r and 0,
p b c
a q c
a b r
(
(
=
(
(

then the value of
p q r
p a q b r c
+ +

is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 2
78. India plays two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of India getting points
0, 1 and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independent, the probability of India
getting at least 7 points is
(a) 0.8750 (b) 0.0875 (c) 0.0625 (d) 0.0250
79. The value of 3 cot 20 4cos 20 is
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
80.
10
log x dx

is
(a) ( ) 1 log
e
x x c + (b) log 10. log
e e
x
x c
e
| |
+
|
\ .
(c)
10
log . log
e
x
e x c
e
| |
+
|
\ .
(d)
1
c
x
+
81. If a, b, c are in A.P.,p,q,r are in H.P. and ap, bq, cr are in G.P., then
p r
r p
+ is equal to
(a)
a c
c a
(b)
a c
c a
+ (c)
b a
q p
(d)
b a
q p
+
82. A coin is tossed three times. The probabilities of getting head and tail alternatively is
(a)
1
11
(b)
2
3
(c)
3
4
(d)
1
4

83. If C is the middle point of AB and P is any point outside AB, then
(a) PA PB PC + =
ur ur ur
(b) 2 PA PB PC + =
ur ur ur
(c) PA PB PC O + + =
ur ur ur ur
(d) 2 PA PB PC O + + =
ur ur ur ur

84. If
2 3 2
1 1 2
1 2 3
0 0 1
2 , 2 , 2
x x x
I dx I dx I dx = = =

and
3
1
4
1
2
x
I dx =

then
(a)
3 4
I I = (b)
3 4
I I > (c)
2 1
I I > (d)
1 2
I I >
85. If
2
log y a x bx x = + + has its extremum value at 1 x = and 2, x = them
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(a) 2, 1 a b = = (b)
1
2,
2
a b = = (c)
1
2,
2
a b = = (d)
1
1,
2
a b = =
86. One hundred identical coins, each with probability p of showing up a head, are tossed. If 0 1 p < < and if the
probability of heads on exactly 50 coins is equal to that of heads on exactly 51 coins then the value of p, is
(a)
1
2
(b)
49
101
(c)
50
101
(d)
51
101

87. Let , a b
r r
and c
r
be three non zero vectors, no two of which are collinear and the vector a b +
r r
is collinear with c
r

b c +
r r
is collinear with , a
r
then a b c + +
r r r
is equal to
(a) a
r
(b) b
r
(c) c
r
(d) None of these
88. The area between the curves
2
2 y x = and
2
y x = is
(a)
8
3
(b)
4
3
(c)
2
3
(d)
5
3

89. The value of
4 3 2
9 35 4 X X X X + + + for 5 2 4 X = + is
(a) 0 (b) -160 (c) 160 (d) -164
90. In a Poisson distribution if | | | |
1
3 4
4
P X P X = = = then
| | | |
5 7 P X kP X = = = where k equal to
(a)
1
7
(b)
21
128
(c)
128
21
(d)
21
256

91. The position vector of A,B,C and D are
$ $ $ $ $
, 2 5 , 3 2 3 i j k i j i j k + + + +
$ $ $
and
$ $
6 , i j k
$
then the angle between AB
uuur

and CD
uuur
is
(a) 0 (b)
4

(c)
2

(d)
92. A vector a
r
has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This system is rotated through
a certain angle about the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If , with respect to the new system, a
r
has components
1 p + and 1, then
(a) 0 p = (b)
1
1or
3
p p = = (c)
1
1or
3
p p = = (d) 1or 1 p p = =
93. The value of a for which the system of equations
( ) ( )
3 3
3
1 2 0 a x a y a z + + + + =
( ) ( ) 1 2 0 ax a y a z + + + + =
0 x y z + + =
has a non zero solution, is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of these
94. The vectors , a b
r r
and c
r
are equal in length and taken pairwise make equal angles. If
$ $ $
, a i j b j k = + = +
r r
$
and c
$

make an obtuse angle with the base vector i, then c
r
is equal to
(a)
$
i k +
$
(b)
$ $
4 i j k +
$
(c)
$ $
1 4 1
3 3 3
i j k +
$
(d)
$ $
1 4 1
3 3 3
i j k +
$

95. The average marks per student in a class of 30 students were 45. On rechecking it was found that marks had been
entered wrongly in two cases. After correction these marks were increased by 24 and 34 in the two cases. The
corrected average marks per student are
(a) 75 (b) 60 (c) 56 (d) 47





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Direction : Questions 96 and 97.
Select the pair of words which are related in the some way as the capitalized words are related to each then
96. MOTH : CLOTHING ::
(a) egg : larva (b) hole : repair (c) suit : dress (d) stigma : reputation
97. ASCETIC : LUXURY ::
(a) philosopher : knowledge (b) general : victory (c) misogynist : women (d) teacher : blackboard
98. In the question, the word BUNDLE is used in four different ways, numbered A to D. Choose the option in which
the usage of word is INAPPROPRIATE.
(a) The newborn baby was a bundle of joy for the family.
(b) Mobile operators are offering a bundle of additional benefits.
(c) He made a bundle in the share market.
(d) It was sheer luck brought a bundle 3
99. Fill in the blank :
The sugar dissolved in water ______________; finally all that remained was an almost ______________ residue on
the bottom of the glass.
(a) Quickly lumpy (b) Immediately .. fragrant (c) Gradually . Imperceptible (d) Subsequently glassy
100. Following sentence has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the
sentence are given four words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits meaning
of the sentence as a whole.
His presentation was so lengthy and _____________ that it was difficult for us to find out the real ______________
in it.
(a) verbose, content (b) tedious, skill (c) laborious, coverage (d) simple, meaning

Directions : Question 101 and 102.
Read the passage and select the most suitable answer to question from the given choices.

Observe the dilemma of the fungus: it is a plant, but it possesses no chlorophyll. While all other plants put the suns
energy to work for them combining the nutrients of ground and air into the body structure, the chlorophylless must
look elsewhere for energy supply. It finds it in those other plants which, having received their energy free from the
sun, relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to animals (like us humans) or to the fungi-

In this search for energy the fungus has become the earths major source of rot and decay. Whereever you see mold
forming on a piece of bread, or a pile of leaves turning to compost, or a blown-down tree becoming pulp on the
ground, you are watching a fungus eating. Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with the dead plant
life of past centuries. In fact, certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely;
specimens of the redwood, for instance, can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been
blown down.
101. The passage states all the following about fungi EXCEPT:
(a) They are responsible for the decomposition of much plant life
(b) They cannot live completely apart from other plants
(c) They are vastly different from other plants
(d) They are poisonous to resin-producing plants
102. The passage is primarily concerned with
(a) Warning people of the dangers of fungi (b) Red and decay of plants in nature
(c) Describing the action of fungi (d) Relating how most plants use solar energy
103. The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, from a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a
letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
P. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality.
Q. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
R. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
S. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with
a humanitarian content.
T. Terror is phenomenon, not an entity either State or non-State.
(a) TRSQP (b) QTRSP (c) TQRPS (d) RTQSP
104. Find the synonym that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word CLANDESTINE
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(a) abortive (b) secret (c) tangible (d) doomed
105. There are four statements, of which one is incorrect. Choose the incorrect one.
(a) A hater of the institution of marriage is misogamist.
(b) The violation of sacred things is sacrilege.
(c) To prevaricate is to make evasive or misleading statements.
(d) A torpid person is generally hyperactive.

Directions : Question 106 and 107.

In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four
different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated.
Choose the best alternative from among the four.

106. It was us who had left before he arrived.
(a) We who had left before time he had arrived
(b) Us who has went before he arrived
(c) Us who had went before he had arrived
(d) We who had left before he arrived
107. Many of these environmentalists proclaim to save nothing less than the planet itself.
(a) to save nothing lesser than (b) that they are saving nothing less than
(c) that they save nothing less than (d) to have saved nothing less than
108. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word : CLEMENCY
(a) Empathy (b) Kindness (c) Sympathy (d) Forgiveness
109. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word COMPOSE
(a) disturb (b) reveal (c) strengthen (d) isolate
110. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word : FLAMBOYANT
(a) Quiet (b) Excited (c) Disturbed (d) Distressed

Computer Awareness

111. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
(a) gathering data (b) processing data into information
(c) analyzing the data or information (d) storing the data or information
112. If ( ) ( )
3
12 123
x
x = then the value of x is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) Both (A) and (B) (d) None of above
113. For a microprocessor using I/O mapped I/O
(a) Memory and I/O addresses are distinct (b) Not all data transfer instructions are available for I/O
(c) Both (A) and (B) (d) None of above
114. Which gate is equivalent to (NOR) OR (XOR)?
(a) NAND gate (b) OR gate (c) AND gate (d) XOR gate
115. Which one of he following is a stored program machine?
(a) Micro-processor (b) Calculator (c) Analog-computer (d) Micro-computer
116. Simplified form of a Boolean function ( ) ( ) , , 0, 2, 4, 5, 6 F X Y Z =

is
(a) ZX XY + (b) Z XY + (c) YZ XY + (d) None of these
117. Execution of an operating system is initiated by a program called the
(a)Window manager (b) Scheduler (c) Bootstrap (d) None of the above
118. A CPU has a 12 bit address for memory addressing. If the memory has a total capacity of 16 KB, what is the word
length of the memory?
(a) 2 bytes (b) 4 bytes (c) 8 bytes (d) 16 bytes
119. Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?
(a) Field, record, character, database (b) Character, record, field, database
(c) Character, field, record, database (d) Bit, byte, character, record, field, database
120. A main memory has an access time of 45 ns. A 5 ns time gap is necessary for the completion of one access to
beginning of next access. The bandwidth of the memory
(a) 25 MHz (b) 20 MHz (c) 40 MHz (d) 50 MHz