G S Updates on 14/06/13

G S Updates as on 14/06/13

Tax Scrutiny of Multinational Companies to Increase in India

ECONOMY-Mineral Production during April 2013: Provisional Data Released

Government target to achieve 80 percent Literacy Rate by 2017 with Focus on Fema...

World Bank slashed its Growth Forecast for China's Economy to 7.7 Percent

Rajasthan Government Signed MoU with IRCTC for Free Pilgrimage for Elders

BSNL decided to put an end to the 160 years old Telegram Services in India

Cauvery Supervisory Committee rejected Tamil Nadu’s demand for its Share of Water

French Nuclear Reactors will be First Tested in China, then Supplied to Maharashtra

BCCI suspended Raj Kundra for betting in IPL VI

Vettel won the maiden Canadian Grand Prix for Red Bull

IPL Spot-Fixing Case: Sreesanth, Ankeet and 17 others Granted Bail by Delhi Court

G S Updates on 02/06/13

G S Updates on 02/06/13

Japan and South Korea suspended US Wheat

Indian Badminton League Launched School Programme for Badminton Talent Hunt

Rotary India offered help to Pakistan for Polio Vaccination

Foreign Investment Promotion Board Approved Eight FDI Proposals

Indian Telecom Sector Became the Second Largest Telephone Network in the World

OECD scaled down India's Growth Rate at 5.3 Percent

CSO:Economic Growth declined to a low of 5 Percent for the 2012-13 Fiscal

ISRO Navigation Centre Inaugurated by V. Narayanasamy near Bengaluru

10 Percent of UK Wildlife Is Endangered: State of Nature Report

SEBI made Registration Compulsory for Investment Advisors

G S Updates on 29/05/13

G S UPDATES ON 29/05/13

Punjab Government approved Online Lottery System to Increase Revenue

BCCI constituted 3-Man Probe Panel to probe IPL Betting

Meghalaya Plan for 2013-14 Finalised at 4151 Crore Rupees

Indian Telecom Sector Became the Second Largest Telephone Network in the World

Union Govt to roll out 43000-cr Rupees Green Corridor for Renewable Energy

TRAI Released the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2013

China commissioned Satellite Data Receiving Station

3rd National Sub-Junior Hockey: Odisha clinched Boy's Title

Sachin Tendulkar Announced Retirement from Twenty20 Cricket Format

Mumbai Indians Defeated Chennai Super Kings in Final to Lift its First IPL Trophy

Union Cabinet of India Approved the Creating 20751 Additional Posts in Income Tax Department

10 Percent of UK Wildlife Is Endangered: State of Nature Report

Chile and Argentina Issued Red Alert in Wake of Copahue Volcano Eruption

G S Updates on 20/05/13

G S Updates on 20/05/13

Australian Actress Penne Hackforth-Jones died at 64

Nunshi and Tashi Malik Became First Twins to Scale Mount Everest

Anshu Jamshenpa scaled the Mount Everest for the Third Time

Life Saving Drugs Cheaper by up to 80% under New Drug Price Control Order

North Korea Test Fired Four Missiles Off Coast in Two Days

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka to win Italian Open

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federar to win Italian Open 2013

Government cut Import Tariff Value of Gold and Silver

Unknown Number of Elephant Killing Took Place at World Heritage Site in Central African

Scientists from Switzerland created World's Smallest Droplets

Olympian Sita Sahu Honoured by Minister of State (I/C) Independent Charge for Power

World Heritage Day was observed on 18 April 2013

India’s Exports in March 2013 were valued at 30849.65 Million Dollars

G S Updates on 24 /04/13

Narasimhan Ravi Elected As the President of Editors Guild of India

G S Updates on 15/05/13

G S Updates  on 15/5/13

Siddaramaiah sworn-in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka

Retail Inflation declined to 9.39 Percent in April 2013

NRI Sunil Chopra elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough

Jharkhand decided to Impart Technical Training to Unemployed Youth

Amendments in the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 Approved

US slapped Sanctions against 4 Iranian Nuclear Supply Companies

India Bagged 2 Silver and 7 Bronze Medals in Commonwealth Championship

Air India declared Transformation by Implementation of Cost Cutting Measures

Environment Ministry of India Decided to Put a Ban on the Trade of Peacock Feathers

IISC designed a New Concept of Vaccine Delivery System

G S Updates  on 08/05/13

World Bank agreed Grant of 100mn USD to Afghanistan for Expansion of Health Serv...

3rd National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemical and Downstream Pr...

Inter-Ministerial Group Constituted to tackle Fraudulent Money Pooling Activitie...

MoU Signed Between NCW and HUDCO for Improving Living Conditions of Destitute Women

Cabinet gave approval for Women Self Help Groups to Get Low Interest Loans

Pentagon:China exported Arms worth 11 Billion US Dollars in 5 Years

Cuba launched Complaint against Australian Tobacco laws at WTO

Vikas Gowda Clinched Gold at IAAF World Challenge Meeting 2013 at Kingston

India’s Shuttler PV Sindhu won Malaysia Badminton Grand Prix Title

SEBI approved Kerala's Start-up Village Angel Fund of 10 million Dollars

India's Services Growth hit 18-month low: HSBC

iCED Inaugurated by the Vice President Hamid Ansari in Jaipur

G S Updated on 03 /05/13

G S Updated on 03/05/13

US Scientists Created World’s Smallest Flying Robot Called Robo-Fly

Sheikh Salman Elected as the New President of Asian Football Confederation

Father Ian Weathrall, the Last British Member of the Church Of Delhi Brotherhood...

CCS Approved 11000 Crore Rupees Project for Modernisation of Central Paramilitary Forces

Indian Railways Reduced the Advanced Booking Period of the Tickets to 60 Days

Serbia and Kosovo Reached Agreement on Power-Sharing

India and Saudi Arabia decided to set up a Joint Working Group to address Nitaqat Law

Haryana Clinched the 3rd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship Title

Haryana won the Third Hockey India Senior Women National Championship

Supreme Court of India upheld 51 Percent FDI in Multi-brand Retail

G S Updates on 24/04/13

G S Updates on 24 /04/13

Narasimhan Ravi Elected As the President of Editors Guild of India

Nokia Launched the Cheapest Handset, Nokia 105 in Indian Markets

DA hiked to 80 percent for Employees of Central Government by Union Cabinet of India

China hiked its Defence Budget by 10.7 Percent to 119 Billion US Dollars
Published on: 24-APR-2013

Chris Gayle hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during RCB vs.
Pune Warriors match on 23 April 2013.

Prayag Chauhan Won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships 2013

Competition Commission of India slapped fine of 8000 Crore rupees in 19 Cases

Supreme Court of India Ordered Relocation of Endangered Asiatic Lions from Gujarat to MP

Hobbit Humans Had Larger Brains Than Estimated: Research

G S updatdes on 19/04/13

G S Updates on 19 /04/13
CCEA approved 12,000 Crore Rupees Special Plan for Bihar during Current 5 Year P...

India’s Exports in March 2013 were valued at 30849.65 Million Dollars

IMF Slashed World Growth Forecast to 3.3 percent for the Year 2013

Navjot Singh on 17 April 2013 became the youngest athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred
 with  the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award.

Sania Mirza Became One of the Four Vice-Presidents of Indian Tennis Players Associatio

Wipro posts net profit of Rs 1,729 in fourth quarter

Olympian Sita Sahu Honoured by Minister of State (I/C) Independent Charge for Power

World Heritage Day was observed on 18 April 2013

India’s Exports in March 2013 were valued at 30849.65 Million Dollars

G S Updates on 16/04/13

Indian Women Cricket Team won the ODI Series against Bangladesh

Women 3-0

Adam Scott won the 77th Version of Augusta Masters Golf Tournament

Nicolas Maduro was declared the Winner of Venezuela’s Presidential

Election

Court: A Surrogate Mother and Her Husband Have No Right over Child

IMF recognized Somalia’s New Government after a 22-Year Break

Retail Inflation declined to 10.39 Percent in March 2013

Food Corporation of India (FCI) Raised 5000 Crore Rupees by Issuing

Taxable Bonds

Cooling System Power restored to Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant

UK Scientists developed Projectile to put Instruments in Antarctica

GS Updates 01/04/13 Rajan Bharti Mittal appointed President of International Chamber of Commerce (IC... America’s Serena Williams won Miami Masters open Tennis Tournament 2013 India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by 10.5 billion Dollar New Zealand Declared Worst-Ever Drought in 30 Years in North Island Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO Recovered Two Apollo Rocket Engines from Atlantic Ocean India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by 10.5 billion Dollar Russian Scientists Named a Prehistoric Fossil Called Ichthyosaurs after Vladimir... NTPC commissioned New Solar Power Project in Andaman & Nicobar

GS  Updates 01/04/13

Rajan Bharti Mittal appointed President of International Chamber of Commerce (IC...

America’s Serena Williams won Miami Masters open Tennis Tournament 2013

India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by 10.5 billion Dollar

New Zealand Declared Worst-Ever Drought in 30 Years in North Island

                                                                                                                                      

Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO Recovered Two Apollo Rocket Engines from Atlantic Ocean

India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by 10.5 billion Dollar

Russian Scientists Named a Prehistoric Fossil Called Ichthyosaurs after Vladimir...

NTPC commissioned New Solar Power Project in Andaman & Nicobar

GS Updates on 28 march

28/03/13

Tiger Woods won the third PGA Tour title 2013, Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge; Orlando, Florida on 25 March 2013.

Brazil and China signed the currency swap agreement on 26 March 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The agreement will allow central banks swap 30 billion US Dollar.

South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit from 26 to 28 March 2013 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC).

Vineet Jain of Times Group was conferred with the Contribution to News Television Award 2013 at the Sixth News Television Awards on 25 March 2013 in New Delhi.

NTPC was awarded the most Efficient Maharatna-in Manufacturing for the year 2012 award at 4th DSIJ Award in the last week of March 2013 in New Delhi.

Lok Sabha member Prahlad Joshi on 21 March 2013 appointed state ruling BJP chief by national President Rajnath Singh to lead the 5 May 2013 Assembly polls.

Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath as 6th caretaker PM of Pakistan on 25 March 2013 in Islamabad. The oath was administered by President Asif Ali Zardari.

Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 on 24 March 2013 in the grand finale of 50th edition of the beauty pageant in Mumbai.

 Union government approved a 1500 crore Rupees proposal for production of more than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons system.

 Union government approved a 1500 crore Rupees proposal for production of more than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons system.

 

GS update on 24 march

Award for 2012, awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, for scientists below 45.Union Cabinet cleared National Food Security Bill

Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 Passed in the Lok Sabha

President of Egypt Dr. Mohamed Morsy Visited India: Major Deals Signed
China became the World's Fifth-Largest Arms Exporter
Australia Won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2013 for the Seventh Time


HPCL and Government of Rajasthan Signed a MoU for Setting up Refinery

Unknown Huge Radio Galaxy Discovered by ASTRON’s International LOFAR Telescope

Three High Courts opened in Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya

U.K. company ‘Lagan Construction’ bags Maldives airport projectMarch 21st, 2013
Maldives has chosen U.K.-based Lagan Construction to develop the Addu International Airport.

Infosys to assist India Post to build Rural Systems Integration (RSI) programMarch 21st, 2013
Infosys has partnered with India Post to implement and manage a platform that will transform the latter’s rural operations.

National Bioscience Award 2012March 21st, 2013
S. Venkata Mohan of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, here has won the National Bioscience

Cabinet Secretariat Recruitment 2013

Cabinet Secretariat Recruitment 2013 – Apply online for 279 Group B & C Vacancies: Cabinet secretariat has issued notification for filling up of 279 Group B & C vacancies. Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 17-04-2013. For more details regarding age limit, educational qualifications, selection process and how to apply are mentioned below…

CS Vacancy Details:
Total No. of Vacancies: 279
Name of the post:
1. Research Officer (Economics) Group ‘B’: 07 posts
2. Deputy Field Officer (Tele) Group ‘B’: 100 posts
3. Deputy Field Officer (GD) Group ‘B’: 77 posts
4. Personal Assistant Group ‘B’: 45 posts
5. Stenographer Group ‘C’: 50 posts

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected on the basis of Prelims, Mains/ Skill Tests and Interview.

How to Apply: Candidates have to apply online through the website www.ssconline2.gov.in. Sumit it on or before 17-04-2013.

Important Dates:
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 17-04-2013.
Prelims Date for Sr. No. 1, 2, 3 posts: 17-06-2013 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
Prelims Date for Sr. No. 4 & 5 posts: 17-06-2013 from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm


SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:
The Examination will be conducted as indicated below:
RO (ECO), DFO (T) and DFO (GD) : Prelims, Mains and Interview. (Three Tier)
(Common Preliminary Test for all the three posts)
PA and Stenographer : Prelims, Skill Test & Interview. (Three Tier)
(Common Preliminary Test for both the posts)



For more details: See the notification HERE 

Quiz on Ratio-proportion

1. Amit has some 50 paise coins, some 2 rupee coins, some 1 rupee coins and some 5 rupee coins. The value of all the coins is Rs 50. Number of 2 rupee coins is 5 more than the 5 rupee coins. 50 paise coins are double in numbers than 1 rupee coins  is Rs 26. How many 2 rupee coins does he have?

(1 ) 4          (2 ) 2          ( 3 ) 7        (4 )Cannot be determined       (5 )  None of these 

2 . The respective ratio between the present ages of Megha, Rita and Tina is 3 : 4 : 5. If the average of their present  ages is 28 years then what would be the sum of the ages of Megha and Tina together after 5 years?

(1 ) 45 year      (2 ) 55year       ( 3 ) 52 year     (4 ) 59year       (5 ) None of these

3. A sum of money is to be distributed among A , B ,C,D  in the proportion of 5:2:4:3. If C gets Rs 1000 more than D what is B’s share?

 (A ) Rs            500      (B ) Rs 1500    ( C) Rs 2000   (D ) Rs 2400    (E ) None of theses

4. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 :8 . If the percentage  increase in the number of boys and girls be 20 %  and 10 %  respectively, what will be the new ratio ?

(A )8 : 9           (B ) 17 : 18      ( C)21 : 22      (D ) Can’t be determined         (E ) None of theses

5. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit’s  salary ?

(A ) Rs 17000  (B ) Rs 20000  ( C) Rs 25500 (D ) Rs 34000              (E ) None of theses

6.The salaries  A , B , C  are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 . If the increments of 15 %, 10 % and 20%  are allowed respectively in their salaries , then what will be new ratio of their salaries ?

 (A ) 3 : 3: 10               (B ) 10 : 11: 20                                                                       ( C)23 : 33 : 60                         (D ) Cannot be determined                  (E ) None of theses

7 . Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each , the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23 . The smaller number is :

(A ) 27             (B )33              ( C) 49                        (D ) 55 (E ) None of theses

8. One angle of a quadrilateral is right angle and remaining three are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Find the difference between largest and smallest?

a)80     b)60     c)90     d) None of these

9. A boy buys some pens and pencils for Rs 56 . If the pens cost Rs 5  each and pencils Rs 3 each , what is the ratio of pens to pencils , when the maximum no . of pens is purchased by the boy ?

(A ) 5:3                        (B ) 25 :3          ( C) 5 :1          (D ) 3 : 5          (E ) None of these

10.   A tub contains a mixture of two liquid P and Q in the ratio of 4 : 1. When 10 litre of the mixture is taken out and 10 litre of liquid Q is poured in the jar , the ratio becomes 2 : 3 . How many litre of liquid P was contained in the jar ?

(A ) 10 lit         (B ) 15 lit          ( C) 20 lit        (D) Can’t be determined          (E ) None of theses

LIC AAO 2013 Recruitment Notification

LIC AAO Jobs 2013:

Name of the Organization	Life Insurance Corporation of India
Post Name	Assistant Administrative Officer
No. of post	750
Educational Qualification	Bachelor/Master’s Degree
Age Limit	21-30 years
Selection Process	Online Test/Personal Interview/Medical Examination
Last Date for online application	1st April, 2013
TOTAL NO.OF VACANCIES: 750

Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes
and Physically Handicapped shall be as under:

Eligibility:
Education: Bachelor/Master’s Degree from a recognized Indian University/ Institution with a minimum of 55% marks in the aggregate in either of the Degrees.
Age: Minimum Age shall be 21 years (completed) as on 1st March, 2013. Maximum age shall not be more than 30 years( born between 02/03/1983 and 01/03/1992 only are eligible )


For more details: Click here

Important Dates
Start date for Online Registration: 5th March, 2013
Start date for Offline Payment: 7th March, 2013
Start date for Online Payment of Application Fee: 5th March, 2013
Last date for Online Registration & Online Payment: 1st April, 2013

Last Date for Offline Payment of Application Fee: 4th April, 2013

Download of Call Letter: First Week of May,2013
Date of Online Examination (Tentative):  11th and/or 12th May, 2013

SSC Test Paper

                                    SSC Test Paper

80 Questions                                                                        60 Mins

For each correct question, 1 mark is given and for each wrong question ¼ mark will be deducted.

This Paper can also be downloaded in PDF from(SSC_Test_001.pdf)

http://www.ajti.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=84

General Studies

1  . What is the name given to the smallest  unit of data space available in a spreadsheet software application ?             1)Row   2)Block          3 ) Cell        4) Pixel

2. The iron and steel plant in Chattisgharh is at .

 1)Burnpur       2)Salem     3)Bhilai      4)Bokaro

3 . Who was the Chairman of the constituent assembly ?

( 1)Dr B . R . Ambedkar          (2) Dr . Rajendra Prasad   (3 ) Jawahar Lal Nehru        ( 4) Vallabh Bhai Patel

4 . Fundamental duties were added  to the constitution by

 1) 24th  Amendment   2)39th Amendment      (3 )42nd Amendment ( 4) 44th Amendment

5 . Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river

( 1)Teesta         (2) Brahmaputra           (3 )Hooghly     ( 4) Sone

6 . Kanchenjunga is situated in

( 1)Nepal         (2) Sikkim         (3 ) West Bengal          ( 4) Himachal Pradesh

7. District Judges in a  State are appointed by the

( 1) Advocate – General of the State                              (2)Council of Ministers of the  State                                                (3 ) Governor                ( 4) Chief Justice of High Court

8 . Arrange the following Presidents  in chronological order as to who came first and who came later :

( a) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

(b )Zakir Hussain

 ( c)  Justice Hidayatullah

(d ) A. P .J . Abdul Kalam

( 1) c . b . a . d                                     (2) b . c . a . d                                    (3)  c. d . b . a                            ( 4) b . c . d . a

9. Under which article of the constitution is the President’s Rule  introduced in a state due to the failure of the constitutional machinery ?

( 1) 352                                 (2 ) 356

( 3)360                                  ( 4) 350

10. What can the President do if a State fails to comply with the Directives of the Central Government ?

( 1) He can  dissolve State legislature and order fresh election

( 2)  He can declare the breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State  and assume  responsibility for the governance of the State

( 3) He can send paramilitary forces to the State to secure  compliance

( 4) any of the above

11 . Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians ?

( 1) It did not include any Indian as a member

 ( 2)  It did not have any woman member

(3 )  It was appointed before the stipulated time

(4 ) It refused to meet prominent Indian  leaders

12. The constitution of India describes India as

( 1) A Union of States     ( 2)Quasi – fedral

 (3 ) A federation of state and union territories (4 )A Unitary State

13. How many languages are contained in the VIIIth schedule of the Indian  constitution

( 1) 18    ( 2) 22    (3 ) 16    (4 ) 12

14. Which was the 15^th language in constitution?

( 1)Santhali          ( 2)Bodo    (3 ) Nepali    (4 ) None of these

15. Citizenship is borrowed from which country?

1. Britain 2. USA  3. Germany  4. None of these

English

Directions ( 1 –5 ):  In the following questions , sentences have been given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word . Four alternatives have been suggested for each question . Choose the correct alternative out of the four .

1. When Indians from the south move  north , they find certain aspects  of life quite ------------ from their own  .

(1 ) strange        (2 ) separate    ( 3)  different  (4 )divergent

2.  Population increase ------------ with depletion of foreign reserves has led to great daily hardships.

(1 ) joined         (2 )mixed         ( 3)  added      (4 )coupled

3 . The National anthem is ------------ at every official  function .

(1 )uttered         (2 ) sung         ( 3) whispered (4 ) chanted

4.  The doctor took out his ------------ to examine the patient .

1) horoscope    2 ) microscope      3) telescope            4) stethoscope

5. Last year our company made a ------------ of several lakhs of rupees .

1) profit           2 ) gain                        3) rise                      4 )raise

Directions ( 6 – 10 ) :  In following questions , a part of the sentence is underlined . Below are given alternatives  to the underlined part at 1 , 2and 3  . which may improve  the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed , your answer is ‘4’ , Blacken the  appropriate rectangle in Answer sheet .

6 . After the letter reached me , I shall know the result . 

(1 )  After the letter reaches     (2 ) After the letter will reach  ( 3) After the letter has reached   (4 ) no improvement

7. I have returned   library books yesterday .

(1 ) had  returned         (2 ) have hard  returned                             ( 3)  returned          (4 ) no improvement

8. The officer  asked his secretary to remember him about the meeting .

1. recall             (2 )  remind     ( 3) recollect    (4 ) no improvement

9 .  To learn a language well , one must have patience and readiness to work hard

(1 ) readiness to working          (2 )  be ready to working        ( 3) ready to working      (4 ) no improvement

10. You can’t imagine that she is rude and arrogant .

(1 ) that she is rudely and arrogant        (2 )  how rude and arrogant she is       ( 3) what rudeness and arrogance she has             (4 ) no improvement

Directions ( 11 – 13 ) : In the following questions , choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word .

11 .  Meagre

( 1) Numerous             ( 2) Large          ( 3) Plentiful   (4) Enormous

12 . Professional

( 1) Amateur    ( 2) Tradesman             ( 3) Labour     (4) Customer

13 . Scarcity

( 1) Scanty       ( 2) Prosperity  ( 3) Majority   (4) Plenty

Synonyms(14-15):

14 .  Gaffe

( 1) Fresh         ( 2) Old         ( 3) Steal             (4)  blunder

15 . Nadir

( 1)Evacuate    ( 2) Bottom       ( 3) Occupy    (4) Empty

Cloze Test : 10 marks

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist , engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill . The greatest moral failure of  Indian  institutions is the tolerance of incompetence …(1 )… criminality or corruption . The tolerance of incompetence in …(2 )… is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and  … (3 )… of institutions  building is a hard work ; it requires a combination of vision , commitment and performance . Any institution involves a contract between those who  …( 4) …to the institution  and  those who support it / The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be  …( 5)… continuously . In a properly  functioning institutional system , the institutional contract  …( 6) … the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results . Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back . If doctors don’t  cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways , Let us also examine the system that  accepts  mediocrity and even lets it   …( 7)…  What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure : The contractor who bribes  an official and then builds a leaky stadium  is not just being …(8 )…  He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co – operation between government institutions , market players  and society as a whole . In the case of endemic contract failure everyone  …(9 )…  , including the contractor , for one the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will  …(10 )… out on opportunities to make money . The moral status of institution  is central to continues development and prosperity .

1.       ( 1)as     (2 )to     (3 )never             ( 4)not                 (5 ) for

2.       ( 1) turn                (2 )individual      (3 ) world        ( 4)party                (5 ) importance

3.       ( 1) destruction (2 ) justification (3 ) sustenance  ( 4) excess          (5 ) marginalization

4.       ( 1) belong          (2 ) work              (3 ) help                            ( 4)employed         (5 ) trust

5.       ( 1) returned      (2 )earned           (3 ) needed                    ( 4) discouraged (5 )asked

6.       ( 1) suggests       (2 ) akin                (3 ) twosome                 ( 4) centred            (5 ) between

7.       ( 1) question      (2 ) bolder           (3 ) thrive                    ( 4) out                           (5 ) kill

8.       ( 1) variant          (2 ) trivial             (3 ) immature   ( 4) corrupt           (5 ) generous

9.       ( 1) succeeds      (2 ) suffers          (3 ) proliferates ( 4) responsible                 (5 ) encompasses

10.   ( 1) storm            (2 ) venture        (3 ) lose  ( 4) get                                 (5 ) walk

Math

1. A trader marks his goods at 40%  above the cost price but allows a discount of 20%  on the marked price . His profit per cent is :

(1)20 %           ( 2)10 %                   (3) 8%              (4) 12 %

2 . Two numbers are respectively  20 % and 50 %  more than a third number.  These two numbers are in the ratio :

(1 )2 : 5             ( 2)4 : 5            (3 ) 6 : 7          (4) 3 : 5

3. Annual income of A and B  are in the ratio 4 : 3 and their annual expenses are in the ratio 3 : 2. If each of them saves Rs. 600 at the end of the year, what is the annual income of A ?

(1 )1200           2)2400                       3 )4800                   4) 1800

4. A cone of height 15 cm and base diameter 30 cm is carved out of a wooden sphere of radius 15 cm . The percentage of wasted wood is :

1 )75%                   2) 50 %       3 )40 %           4)25 5%

5.  The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 years . One boy , aged 20 years , left the class , but two new boys came in h is place whose ages differ by 5 years . If the average  age of all the boys  now in the class becomes 15 years , the age of the younger new comer is :

1) 20 years    2) 15 years      3) 10 years            4) 8 years

6. The base radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 2 : 3  and their heights are in the ratio 5 : 3 . The ratio of their volumes is

( 1)  27 : 20      ( 2) 20 : 27        ( 3) 9 : 4          (4) 4 : 9

7. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours ; B and C can do it in 3 hours . A and C can do it in 2 hours .  How long will  B  alone take to do it ?

 1)10 hours      2)  12 hours    3)  8 hours      4) 24  hours

8. A does    of a piece of work in 20 days ;  he then calls in B and they finish the remaining work in 3 days . How long B alone will take to do whole work ?

( 1) 37   days              ( 2) 37 days      ( 3)40 days         (4) 23 days

Q.9 The heights of two poles  are 80 m  and 62 .5 m . If  the line joining their tops makes an angle of 45⁰  with the horizontal , then the distance between the poles,  is :

( A) 17 . 5 m                ( B)  56 .4 m    ( C)12. 33 m  ( D) 44 m

10 If tan θ  =  then  is equal to ;

( 1)         ( 2)         ( 3)      (4)  

11.  If cost price is Rs 80 , over – head is Rs 20 and selling price is Rs 120 , then the profit percent is :

 1) 20 %            2) 50 %      3) 40%       4) 30 %

12 . My grandfather was 8 times older than me 16 years ago . He would be 3 times  of my age , 8 years from now eight years ago , what was the ratio of my age to that of my grandfather ?

( 1) 3 : 8           ( 2) 1 : 5           ( 3) 1 : 2                              4) None of these

13. The difference between simple and compound interest ( compounded annually )  on a sum of money for 2 years at 10 %  per annum is Rs 65  . The sum is .

( 1) Rs 65650   ( 2) Rs 65065   ( 3) Rs 6565    (4) Rs 6500

14. The next number of the  sequence , 2. 6 .12.  20 . 30 . 42.  56 --------is

(1 ) 60              (2 ) 64              ( 3)70               (4 ) 72

15 .   is equal to

(1 ) sec x + tan x          (2 ) sec² x + tan² x       ( 3) sec² x – tan² x       (4 ) sec x . tan x

16 . If x = 3 + , then  x² +   is equal to .

(1 )38                (2 ) 36             ( 3)34               (4 ) 30

17.  The ratio  of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3 :2 . if 20% of the boys and 30 % of the girls are scholarship holders , then the percentage of students , who do not get scholarship ,is .

(1 ) 50              (2 )72               ( 3)75              (4 )  76

18 . What will be the value of :     ?

( a) cosecA      (b)  sinA          ( c) cosA          (d ) tanA

19.  Three solid metallic balls of radii 3 cm , 4 cm and 5 cm are melted and moulded into a single solid ball . The radius of the new ball is :

( 1) 2cm           ( 2) 3 cm           ( 3) 4 cm         (4) 6 cm

Q20) If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer is 80% of B. What percentage of A is B?

a)30                b)40                  c)70            d)75

Reasoning

Directions(1-2): Select the related letters /word/number /figure from the given alternatives .

1.  83: 25 : : 29 : ?

(1 )44               ( 2)49              (3 ) 40             (4)63

2.  Flow :  River ::  Stagnant : ?

1) pool 2)  rain            3)  stream        4) canal

3.  48 : 122 : :  168  : ?

1) 292              2)290               3 )225             4)215

Directions(4-6)Select  the one which is different  from the other three responses

4. 1)Sweet        2) Bitter     3 )Salty         4)  Insipid               5. 1) Lion        2)Goat       3) Tortoise      4) Centaur  6. 1)Square     2)Circle     3)Rectangle      4)Triangle

Directions ( 7- 9 ) : Find the missing number / letters in the series .                                                                7.  DHL , PTX , BFJ , ?                                                    1. NRV     2 RVZ     3. CGK           4. KOS

8. 22, 24, 28 ? 52, 84 .                                                                        (1 )46               ( 2)36              (3 )38              (4)42

9. 9 ,8 ,10 ,16 ,11 ,? 12 ,64 .

(1 )28               ( 2)36              (3 ) 25             (4)32

10.  Find the wrong number in the series .  7 , 26 , 63 , 124 , 215 ,342

1)28                 2)63                 3) 124              4)342

11. In a certain code language  ‘ORAL’ is written as  ‘3196’. How will ‘ WRITTEN’  be written in that code  ?                                                                              (a ) 5529295    ( b) 5522959    ( c) 5992255    ( d) 5522995

12 Sohan  started  from point   X  and travelled forward 8 km up to point Y , then turned towards right and travelled 5 km up to point Z then turned right and travelled 7 km up to point A and then turned towards right and travelled 5 km up to B . What I s the  distance  between  point B and  X ?

1)1Km             2)2Km             3)3Km         4) 4Km

13. In a particular way of coding, the word  CENTRAL is coded as ABCDEFG  and PLANETARIUM  as  HGFCBDFEIJK .  with the same coding how can we express the word  LANTERN?                                                                      1) GFCDFEG 2) GFCDBEC                3) GFCDEFG         4) FCDBEB

14. In a family, mother’s age is twice that of daughter ‘s  age . Father is 10 years older than  mother. Brother is 20 years younger than his  mother and 5 years older than his sister . What is the age of the father ?

(1 ) 62 years    ( 2) 60 years    (3 ) 58 years     (4) 55 years

15. Which one will replace the question mark ?

(1 )2                 ( 2) 6               (3 )8                 (4)9

16. In a year 1996 , the republic day was celebrated on Friday . On which day was the independence day celebrated in the year 2000 ?

(1 ) Tuesday     ( 2)Monday     (3 ) Friday      (4) Saturday

17. A is the sister of B .B  is the brother of C , C is the son of D . How is D related to A ?

1)Mother          2)  Daughter   3) Son      4) Uncle

18 . In a certain code language ‘SAME’ is written as ‘HZNV’. How will ‘ LOVE ‘ be written in that code  ?

(a )  AJUC       ( b) MOPL      ( c) KNEV      ( d) OLEV

Q .19

                                5

 

( 1)0                       ( 2) 125                ( 3)100                 ( 4)144

20. A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a straight East – West   road . A and B s tart walking simultaneously east wards and westwards   respectively and both cover a distance of 5 km . Then   A  turns to his left and walks 10 km B turns to his right and walks 10 km at the same speed . Then both turn to their left and cover a distance of 5 km at the same speed .  What will be  the  distance between them ?

(1 )10 km          ( 2) 30 km        (3 ) 20 km       (4)25 km