PAPER 1--GENERAL
APTITUDE
Directions: Each question given below
consists of a word, followed by four words or phrases. Choose the
lettered word or phrase that is most nearly
opposite in meaning to the word in
the question.
ANTONYMS
1. Disregarded (a) heed (b) hopeful (c) evade (d)
dense
Ans. (a)
2. Obviate (a) becloud (b) necessitate (c)
rationalize (d) execute
Ans. (b)
3. Superficial (a) profound (b)
exaggerated (c) subjective (d) spirited
Ans. (a)
4. Abide (a) retract an offer (b) refuse
to endure (c) shield from harm (d) exonerate
Ans.
(b)
6. A Brown female could have had I. a
grandfather born Red II. a grandmother born Red III. two
grandfathers born Brown
(a) I only (b) II only (c) I and II
only (d) II and III only (e) I,II and III
Ans. (c)
7. A male born into the Brown group may
have
(a) an uncle in either group (b) a Brown
daughter (c) a Brown son (d) a son-in-law born into the Red
group (e) a daughter-in-law in the Red group
Ans. (a)
8. Which of the following is not permitted under
the rules stated?
(a) A Brown male marrying his father's
sister (b) A Red female marrying her mother's brother (c) A
man born Red, who is now a widower, marrying his brother's
widow (d) A widower marrying his wife's sister (e) A widow
marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband
Ans. (b)
9. If widowers and divorced males retained the
group they had upon marrying, which of the following would have been
permissible? (Assume no previous marriages occurred)
(a) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(b) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband. (c)
A widower marrying his brother's daughter (d) A woman marrying
her mother's brother, who is a widower (e) A divorced male
marrying his ex-wife's divorced sister
Ans. (d)
Questions
10-13
Tom wishes to enroll in Latin AA, Sanskrit A,
Armenian Literature 221, and Celtic Literature 701. Latin AA
meets five days a week, either from 9 to 11 A.M or from 2 to 4
P.M. Sanskrit A meets either Tuesday and Thursday from 12 noon to
3 P.M., or Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 A.M to 12
noon. Armenian Literature 221 meets either Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday from 12:30 to 2 P.M., or Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30
A.M to 12:30 P.M Celtic Literature 701 meets by arrangement with
the instructor, the only requirement being that it meet for one
four-hour session or two two-hour sessions per week, between 9A.M
and 4 P.M from Monday to Friday, beginning on the hour.
10. Which combination is impossible for
Tom?
(a) Latin in the morning, Sanskrit on Tuesday and
Thursday, and Armenian Literature on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday (b) Latin in the afternoon and Sanskrit and Armenian
Literature on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (c) Latin in the
afternoon, Sanskrit on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,and Armenian
Literature on Tuesday and Thursday (d) Latin in the morning and
Sanskrit and Armenian Literature on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday (e) Latin in the afternoon, Armenian Literature on Monday,
Wednesda and Friday, and Celtic Literature on
Tuesday
Ans. (d)
11. Which of the following gives the greatest number of
alternatives for scheduling Celtic Literature, assuming that all
other courses
(a) Latin in the afternoon and Armenian Literature Monday,
Wednesday and Friday (b) Sanskrit on Tuesday and Thursday and
Armenian Literature on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (c) Latin in
the afternoon and Armenian Literature Tuesday and Thursday (d)
Latin in the morning and Sanskrit on Tuesday and Thursday (e)
Sanskrit on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. and Armenian Literature
on Tuesday and Thursday
Ans. (a)
12. If the Celtic instructor insists on holding at least one
session on Friday, in which of the following can Tom enroll? (I)
Armenian Literature on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (II)
Sanskrit on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
(a) I only (b) II only (c) both I and II (d) I or II but
not both (e) neither I nor II
Ans. (d)
13. Which of the following additional courses, meeting as
indicated, can Tom take?
(a) Maths--Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10A.M to 12
noon (b) French--Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11A.M to
12:30 P.M (c) English--Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 4
P.M (d) Japenese--Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 3 P.M (e) Old
Norse-Icelandic--Monday only from 12 to 3 P.M
Ans. (b)
Questions 14-18
(1) Ashland is north of East Liverpool and west of Coshocton
(2) Bowling Green is north of Ashland and west of
Fredericktown (3) Dover is south and east of Ashland (4) East
Liverpool is north of Fredricktown and east of Dover (5)
Fredricktown is north of Dover and west of Ashland (6) Coshocton
is south of Fredricktown and west of Dover
14. Which of the towns mentioned is furthest to the northwest
?
(a) Ashland (b) Bowling Green (c) Coshocton (d) East
Liverpool (e) Fredericktown
Ans. (b)
15. Which of the following must be both north and east of
Fredricktown? (I) Ashland (II) Coshocton (III) East
Liverpool
(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I and II (e)
I and III
Ans. (e)
16. Which of the following towns must be situated both south
and west of at least one other town?
(a) Ashland only (b) Ashland and Fredricktown (c) Dover and
Fredricktown (d) Dover,Coshocton and Fredricktown (e)
Dover,Coshocton and East Liverpool
Ans. (d)
17. Which of the following statements, if true, would make
the information in the numbered statements more specific?
(a) Coshocton is north of Dover (b) East Liverpool is north of
Dover (c) Ashland is east of Bowling Green (d) Coshocton is
east of Fredericktown (e) Bowling Green is north of
Fredericktown
Ans. (a)
18. Which of the numbered statements gives information that
can be deduced from one or more of the other statement?
(a) (1) (b) (2) (c) (3) (d) (4) (e)
(6)
Ans. (c)
Questions
19-22
Spelunkers International offers exploring tours in eight caves:
Abbott, Benny, Caeser, Dangerfield, Ewell, Fields, Guinness, and
Hope (1) Class 1 spelunkers may not attempt cave Ewell, Fields or
Hope (2) Class 2 spelunkers may not attempt Hope (3) Class 3
spelunkers may attempt any cave (4) Cave Caesar may be attempted
only by spelunkers who have previously explored cave Benny (5)
Cave Fields may be attempted only by spelunkers who have previously
explored cave Ewell (6) Only two of caves Benny, Caeser, Ewell,
Fields, and Hope may be attempted by any explorer in a single
tour
19. A class 2 spelunker who has previously explored cave
Ewell may be restricted in choosing a tour by which rule(s)? (I)
Rule(4) (II) Rule(5) (III) Rule(6)
(a) I only (b) II only (c) I and III only (d) II and III
only (e) I, II and III
Ans. (c)
20. In how many different ways may a class 1 spelunker who has
never explored any of the eightcaves before set up a tour of three
caves, if she wishes to explore caves Abbott and Caesar?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (e) 6
Ans. (b)
21. What is the maximum number of caves that a class 3 spelunker
who has previously explored only cave Benny may include in a
single tour?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7 (e) 8
Ans. (b)
22. If x + y = 3 and y/x= 2 then y = ?
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 3/2 (e) 2
Ans. (e)
23. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover
a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide
(a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266
24. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/
(a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% (e)
4/3
Ans. (b)
25. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single
discount of
(a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e)
36
Ans. (b)
26. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a
liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full
tank was removed?
(a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e)
(g-a)/g
Ans. (c)
27.If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is
2x-y
(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250%
Ans.
(b)
28.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15 (b)12 (c)18 (d)10
Ans.
(b)
29.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of
x?
(a)12 (b)8 (c)16 (d)6
Ans.
(b)
30. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020 (b) 99/10 (c) 0.9 (d) none of
these
Ans. (a)
31. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe
C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find
the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of
these
Ans. (a)
32. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a
day.How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the
job?
(a) 8 hrs (b) 7 1/2 hrs (c) 7 hrs (d) 9
hrs
Ans. (b)
33. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product
1728
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) none of
these
Ans. (c)
34. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream
in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of
the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph (b) 7/12 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) none of
these
Ans. (b)
35. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by
a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25
sq.m
Ans. (a)
SOME QUESTIONS WHEREIN TWO STATEMENTS ARE GIVEN
ARE ALSO THERE WHERE YOU HAVE TO TELL WHICH STATEMENT IS
CORRECT SOME QUESTIONS ALSO APPEARED FROM THE BARRON'S GMAT
GUIDE. PAGE NO. 439 PASSAGE AND QUESTIONS 1 TO 9 PAGE NO.
440-441 PAGE 442 PASSAGE 2 ALSO REFER TO BARRON'S GRE BOOK
FOR ADDITIONAL ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS.
PAPER 2--GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Who is the father of computers 2. Expand
HTML,DMA,FAT,LAN,WAN,FDDetc 3. Which was intel's first
microprocessor 4. Convert 1024 (in decimal) to octa and
hexadecimal form 5. First microprocessor was (a) 8085 (b)
8088 (c) 8086 (d) 80487
6. Give the name of a processor
produced by mortorola? 7. What is the full form of WindowsNT ?
8. What is the difference between 8087 and 8086
BESIDES THIS QUESTIONS WERE ALSO BASED ON IBM PC CLONES, BASIC
QUESTIONS ON GUI SIMPLE PROGRAMS LIKE FINDING FACTORIALS, LARGEST
OF THREE NUMBERS ETC. HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED IN THE
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