PART I

For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the
answers, the word that is closest in meaning:

(1) AWRY

(A) recommended (B)commiserating (C) startled (D)crooked

(E)psychological

(2) BALEFUL

(A) doubtful (B)virtual (C)deadly (D)conventional (E)virtuous

(3) BALMY

(A) venturesome (B)dedicated (C)mild (D)fanatic (E)memorable

(4) BANAL

(A) philosophical (B)trite (C)dramatic (D)heedless (E)discussed

(5) BANEFUL

(A) intellectual (B)thankful (C) decisive (D)poisonous (E)remorseful

(6) BOISTEROUS

(A) conflicting (B)noisy (C)testimonial (D)grateful (E)adolescent

(7) BOMBASTIC

(A) sensitive (B)pompous (C)rapid (D)sufficient (E)expensive

(8) BOORISH

(A) brave (B)oafish (C)romantic (D)speedy (E)dry

(9) BOUILLON

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(A) insight (B)chowder (C)gold (D)clear soup (E)stew

(10) BRACKISH

(A) careful (B)salty (C)chosen (D)tough (E)wet

For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the
answers, the closest word that has the opposite meaning:

(11) PERIPHERY

(A) authority (B)distance (C)velocity (D)center (E)sequence

(12) ENIGMATIC

(A) frenetic (B)genuine (C)unambiguous (D)vulnerable (E)antagonistic

(13) REPUDIATE

(A) mislead (B)minimize (C)ascertain (D)isolate (E)accept

(14) ALOOFNESS

(A) exaggeration (B)simplicity (C)concern (D)complacency

(E)disingenuousness

(15) EXHUME

(A) decay (B) inhale (C) fertilize (D) restrain (E)inter

(16) DESPOTIC

(A) erratic (B)impertinent (C)reflective (D)insouciant (E)humble

(17) OBFUSCATE

(A) insinuate (B)exacerbate (C)protract (D)clarify (E)placate

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(18) PAEAN

(A) dirge (B)prologue (C)chorale (D)anthem (E)coda

(19) CONCATENATE

(A) disclaim (B)impede (C)unlink (D)derail (E)vacillate

(20) RECOLLECT

(A) comprise (B)misplace (C)settle (D)forget (E)administer

Read the following text. The passage contains some blank spaces.
Choose the sentence from the list A – I, that best fits in each of the blank
spaces. The numbers in brackets refer to Question numbers.

Observe the dilemma of the fungus; it is a plant, but it is a plant, but is

possesses no chlorophyll. While all other plants put the sun’s energy to work
for them combining the nutrients of ground and air into the body structure
the chlorophyll ___D_____ . It finds it in those other plants which, having
received their energy free from the sun, relinquish it ____G____.

In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth’s major source
of rot and decay. Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread, or a
pile of leaves turning to compost, or a bloom down tree becoming pulp on
the ground, ----A-----. With the fungus action the earth would be poled high
with ____F_____.

In fact, certain plants which contain resigns that are ___I____ specimen
of the redwood, for the instance, can still be found ___B____

A. You are watching a fungus eating.

B. Resting on the forest floor centuries after having been brown down,
C. Responsible for the decomposition of much plant life.
D. Fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.
E. Cannot produce their own store of energy.
F. The dead plant life of past centuries.
G. At some point in their cycle either to animal or to fungi.

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I. Toxic to fungi will last indefinitely.

In the summer of 999, Leif Erikson voyaged to Norway and spent the
following winter with King Olaf Tryggvason. Substantially the same
account is given by both the Saga of Erica and Red and the Flat Island Book.
The latter says nothing about Leif’s return voyage to Greenland, but
according to the former it was during this return voyage that Lief discovered
America. The Flat Island Book, however, tells of another and earlier landfall
by Biarni, that some prominent man named Heriulf makes the voyage to the
new land by Lief. In brief, like Biarni and his companions who sight three
countries in succession before reaching Greenland, come upon each new
until Biarni comes to land directly in front of his father’s house in the last-
mentioned country.

This narrative had been rejected by later writers, and they may be
justified. Possibly Biarni was a companion of Lief when he voyaged from
Norway to Greenland via America, or it may be that the entire tale is but a
garbled account of that voyage Brainy another name for Life. It should be
noted, however, that the stories of Lief’s visit to King Olaf and Biarni’s to
that king’s predecessor, are in the same narrative in the Flat Island Book, so
there is less likelihood of duplication then if they were from different
sources. Also, Brainy landed on none of the lands he passed, but Lief
apparently landed on one, for he brought back specimens of wheat, vines,
and timber. Nor is there any good reason to believe that the first land visited
by Biarni was Wine land. The first land was “level and covered with
woods”, and “there were small hillocks upon it.” Of forests, later writers do
not emphasize them particularly in connection with Wine land, though they
are often noted incidentally; and of bills, the Saga says of Wine land only
“wherever there was hilly ground, there were vines”.

Additionally, if the two narratives were taken from the same source
we should expect closer resemblance of Hell land. The Saga says of it:
“They found there hellus (large flat stones).” According to the Biarni
narrative, however, “this land was high and mountaineous.” The intervals of
1,2,3 and 4 “doer” in both narratives are suggestive, but mythic formulas of

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this kind may be introduced into narratives without altogether destroying
their historicity. It is also held against the Biarni narrative that its hero is
made to come upon the coast of Greenland exactly in front of his father’s
home. But it should be recalled that Heriulfsness lay below two high
mountains, which served as landmarks for navigators.

I would give up Biarni more readily were it not that the story of Leif’s
voyage contained in the supposedly more reliable Saga is almost as amazing.
But Leif’s voyage across the entire width of the North Atlantic is said to be
“probable” because it is incorporated into the narrative of preferred
authority, while Biarni’s is “improbable” or even “impossible” because the
document containing it has been condemned.

(27) The author’s primary concern is to demonstrate that

A. Leif Erikson did not visit America

B. Biarni might have visited America before Leif Erikson
C. Biarni did not visited Wine land
D. Leif Erikson visited Wine land
E. Leif Erikson was the same person as Biarni

(28) The passage provides information that that defines which of the
following terms

I. Doer
II. Hellus
III. Heriulfsness

A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.I an II only
E.II and III only

(29) According to the passage, Wine land was characterized by which of the
following geographical features

I. Woods
II. Flat rocs
III. Hills

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 A.I only
B.III only
C.I and III only
D.II an III only
E.I., II and III

(30) It can be inferred from the passage that scholars who doubt the
authenticity of the Biarni narrative make all of the following objections
BUT

A. Biarni might have accompanied Leif Erikson on the voyage to

America, and that is why a separate, erroneous narrative was
invented
B. The similarity of the voyages described in the Sage and in the Flat
Island Book indicates that there was but one voyage, not two
voyages.
C. It seems very improbable that a ship, having sailed from America
to Greenland, could have found its way to precise point on the
coast of Greenland
D. The historicity of the Saga of Eric the Red is well documented,
while the historicity of the Flat Island Book is very doubtful.
E. Both the Saga Eric and Red and the Flat Island Book make use of
mythical formulas, so it is probable that they were written by the
same person

(31) The author mentions the two high mountains in order to show that it
is

A. Reasonable for Biarni to land precisely at this fathers home.

B. Possible to sail from Norway to Greenland without modern
navigational
equipment.
C. Likely the Boarni landed on America at least 100 years before Leif
Erikson
D. Probable that Leif Erikson followed the same course as Birani
E. Questionable whether Birani required the same length of time to
complete this
voyage as Lief Erikson

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(32) All of the following are mentioned as similarities between Leif
Erikson voyage and Biarni’s voyage EXCEPT

A. Both visited Norway

B. On the return voyage, both visited three different lands
C. Both returned to Greenland
D. Both visited Wine land
E. Both visited Helluland
PART II

Q1. Fill in the missing number in the sequence

7 8 9 11 13 ?? 19 26

(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 19 (e) 15

Q2. In the following series, how many Us are there such that each U is
followed by an F next to it if the F is not followed by a R next to it.

U F U R Q M U F R M F U F F U Q M
U

U F Q U F R F U A M F U F M

(a)3 (b)5 (c)6 (d) 4 (e)7

Q3. If FROSXWHU is coded as COMPUTER how will GLVSODB be

coded?
(a) PROCESS (b) CENTRAL (c) PLEASE (d) DISPLAY
(e) SURMISE

Q4. Suppose the first and second letters in the word SUPERSTITION
were interchanged, also the third and fourth letters, the fifth and sixth
etc. Print the letter that would then be the twelfth letter counting from
the right.
(a) S (b) I (c) N (d) O
(e) U

Q5. In which number system would 1432 represent the decimal number
380?
(a) (b) (c) Base - 6 (d) (e)

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Q6. What is the largest prime number that can be stored in a 7-bit word
computer?
(a) 123 (b) 129 (c) 121 (d) 127 (e)
119

Q7. If n = 15 x 28 x 26, which of the following is NOT an integer?

a. n / 70 b. n / 42 c. n / 128
d. n / 15 e. n / 39

Q8. Which of the following is a power of 2?

a. 4148 b. 4096 c. 4198

d. 4244 e. 4048

Pick the odd one out

Q9. (a) ORACLE (b) HTTP (c) INGRESS

(d) DB2 (e) SYBASE

Q10. (a) C++ (b) WINDOWS NT (c) UNIX

(d) MVS (e) LINUX

Q11. The three numbers in brackets represent the angles of a triangle.

Which of these does not represent a proper triangle?
(a) (90º, 40º, 50º) (b) (60º, 90º, 30º) (c) (6º, 87º, 87º)
(d) (70º, 60º, 50º) (e) (80º, 60º, 60º)

Q12. The three numbers in brackets in each of the following options

represents the number of edges, the number of vertices and the
number of faces respectively. Find out which of these represents a
solid planar cube?
(a) (4,8,6) (b) (12,8,6) (c) (8,4,6) (d) (4,4,4) (e) (6,12,8)

Q13. Which set of data exhibits a higher Standard Deviation?

(a) -4, -4, -4, -4, -4, -4 (b) 4, -4, 4, -4, 4, -4 (c) 4, 0, -4, 4, 0,
-4 (d) 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 (e) 4, 4, 4, 0, 4, 4

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 The three circles below represent the number of people speaking
French, German and English. Answer the next three questions based
on the diagram

14
45 49
German English
12
16 13

51
French

Q14. How many more (or less) people speak English than people who
speak German?
(a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)5 (e) 1

Q15. What percentage of people speaking French can also speak German
but not English?
(a) 13.6 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 17.4 (e)18

Q16. What percentage of total people can speak all three languages?

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c)4 (d)3 (e)2

The figure
140 on the left represents number of members in a Club and the
figure on the right depicts profession wise distribution for 1998
120 Executives
12%
100
Others
80 8%
Businessmen
60
55%
40 Doctors
25%
20
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0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Members (in "00s)

Q17. Which year has registered the maximum percentage growth in

members?
(a) 1998 (b) 1886 (c) 1994 (d) 1686 (e) 1996

Q18. What are the average members for 1995-1999?

(a) 7700 (b) 6800 (c) 7800 (d) 4800 (e) 8800

Q19. If 10% of members in 1998 left the Club, how many fresh members
were made in 1999?
(a) 4500 (b) 4600 (c) 4400 (d) 4900 (e) 5400

Q20. A hypothetical physical quantity is defined as

(Momentum X Velocity) / (Acceleration X Distance)

In what fundamental units would this quantity be expressed?

(a)Time (b) Power (c) Mass (d) Distance (e) None

Q21. A can do a piece of work in 24 days while B alone can do it in 16

days. With the
Help of C, they finish the work in 8 days. In how many days can alone
do the work?
(a) 48 (b) 46 (c) 54 (d) 36 (e) 24

Q22. Which of these matrices is singular

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 24 20 -1 7 3 2 0
3
A= B= C= D=
6 5 0 6 5 9 3
0

(a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D (e) None

Q23. Match the following relationships:

(i) Animal – Lion (1) Not a type of

(ii) Mushroom – Vegetable (2) Part of
(iii) Snake – Reptile (3) A type of
(iv) Sentence – Paragraph (4) Superset of
(a) i-3,ii-1,iii-4,iv-2 (b) i-4,ii-1,iii-3,iv-2 (c)i-4,ii-1,iii-2,iv-3
(d) i-3,ii-2,iii-1,iv-4 (e) i-1,ii-4,iii-3,iv-2

Q24. If @ stands for squaring and + stands for square root what is the value
of
@ @ + (9) - + + @ (25)?
(a)79 (b)67 (c) 76 (d)56 (e)45

Q25. A sequence is defined recursively as

f(0) = 1; f(1) = -1
f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2)
What will be the value of f(6)?
(a)3 (b)-3 (c)4 (d)5 (e)8

Q26. What curve best suits the following data:

X Y
0.99 0.00001
10.04 1.02
99.98 1.997
1000 3.0
9990 4.004

(a) y = logn x (b) y = log10 x (c) y = ex (d) y = -log10 x (e) y =

- ex

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Q27. A Two-dimensional array X (7,9) is stored linearly Row-wise in a
computer's memory. Each element requires 4 bytes for storage of the
value. If the first byte address of X (1,1) is 1258, what would be the
last byte address of X (5, 8)?
(a) 1342 (b) 1543 (c) 1433 (d) 1653 (e) 1764

Q28. Of the four vectors A, B, C, D find out which pair forms an

orthogonal set

A = 5i-3j, B = -7i+j, C = 3i+5j, D = i+j

(a)AC(b) AD (c) AB (d) BD (e) BC

Q29. Evaluate the expression

M (373,9) + R (3.4) + T (7.7) - R (5.8) where

M stands for Modulo arithmetic, R stands for Round-off operation and
T stands for Truncation Operation
(a)7 (b)6 (c) 8 (d)9 (e)4

Q30. Three independent strategies A, B and C have been initiated for cost
cutting in a company producing respectively 30%, 20% and 25%
savings. Assuming that they operate independently, what is the net
saving achieved?
(a)45% (b) 64% (c) 58% (d) 56% (e) 54%

Q31. The log values of two numbers to the base 10 are given as below:

X log10X
3.141 Y
0.4970612341
3.142 0.4972061807
Find log103.143. 7
6
(a) 0. 49734 (b) 0.59720 (c) 0.49110 (d) 0.49420 (e) 0.49440
5
Q32. What equation best describes the curve shown below:
4
3
2
1
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0 2
-2
 (a)y = tan x (b) y + 3 = x(c)y + x = 0 (d) y = Cos x (e) y = ex

Q33. The temperature at Kochi is given by the function: -t2/6+4t+12 where t

is the elapsed time since noon. What is the percentage rise (or fall) in
temperature between 6.00 PM and 9.00 PM?
(a) 25% (b) 32% (c) 12% (d) 15% (e) 18%

Q34. An aircraft takes off from A (72o N Lat, 45o E Long) at 2.00 AM local
time to B (32o N Lat, 45o W Long). If the flying time is 10 hours what
is the local time of landing at B?
(a) 5.40 AM (b) 4.00 AM (c) 6.00 AM (d) 7.00AM (e) 8.00AM

Q35. Fill in the last row of the following Truth Table:

A 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
B 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
C 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
(A ∩ B ) ∩
C

Interpret the resulting bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer and

write the decimal value.

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 (a)3 (b)4 (c)5 (d)1 (e)2

Q36. A file is transferred from one location to another in 'buckets'. The size
of the bucket is 10 kilobytes. The bucket gets filled at the rate of
0.0001 kilobytes per millisecond. The transmission time from sender
to receiver is 10 milliseconds per bucket. After the receipt of the
bucket the receiver sends an acknowledgement that reaches sender in
100 milliseconds. Assuming no error during transmission, write a
formula to calculate the time taken in seconds to successfully
complete the transfer of a file of size N kilobytes.
(a) 10.11 N (b) 10.011 N(c) 11.01 N (d) 11.011 N(e) 10.101 N

Q37. The electricity used in a device is given by the function P(N) = 4000
√N, where N is the time for which device is used. Find the percentage
change in electricity usage if the time used by the device is increased
by 1%.
(a) 0.5% (b) 0.25% (c) 0.75% (d) 1% (e) 2%

Q38. A power cable is to be run from a power plant on the bank of a river 900
meters wide to a factory that is located 3000 meters downstream on the
opposite bank. If the cost of laying cable under water is Rs. 5 per meter
and that of laying overhead on land is Rs. 4 per meter, find the point
downstream where the cable is to cut across the river.
(a) 450 (b) 3900 (c) 2100 (d) 1800 (e) 2700

END OF PART II
PART III

Read the following passages and answer questions under each passage

(1) For motorists there are 3 ways of going from City A to City C. By way of
a bridge the distance is 20 miles and the toll is 70 cents. A tunnel between the
2 cities is a distance of 10 miles and the toll is $ 1.00 for the vehicle and the
driver and 10cents for the passenger.
A tow-lane highway without tolls goes east for 30 miles to City B and then
20m miles in a northwest direction to city C.

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 1. Which of the following is the shortest route from City B to City C?

A. Directly on the toll-free highway to city C

B. The bridge
C. The tunnel
D. The tunnel or the bridge
E. The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll free highway

2. The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms of tolls
and distance, is to use the:

A. Tunnel
B. Bridge
C. Bridge or tunnel
D. Toll free highway
E. Bridge and highway.

3. Martin usually drives form City C to City A every working day. His firm
deducts a percentage of employee pay for lateness. Which factor would most
probably influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel?

A. Whether his wife goes with him

B. Scenic interest of each route
C. Traffic conditions on the bridge, road and tunnel
D. Savings of 25 cents in tolls
E. Price of gasoline consumed in covering the 10 additional miles on the
bridge.

4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the tunnel, the chief factor(s)
would be :

I. Traffic and road conditions

II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one’s home in the center or outskirts of one of the cities.
IV. Desire to save 25 cents

A. I only
B. II only
C. II and III only
D. III and IV only

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(2) A project to consolidate the programs of a large university and a small

college is set up. It is agreed that the representatives work in small committees
of three, with 2 representatives of the large university. It was also agreed that
no committee be represented by faculty members of the same subject area.

The large university was represented by the following professors: J, who

teaches English literature, K, who is chairman of the Mathematics Department
and L who is in the Department of Natural Sciences. The small college
appointed the following: M, who teaches mathematics, N, who is a Latin
teacher, and O and P who teach English literature.

1. Which of the following represents a committee well composed?

A. K, L, N
B. K, L, M
C. J, K, L
D. J, O, N
E. J, K, M

2. Which of the following may serve with P?

A. K and M
B. K and L
C. K and O
D. J and K
E. M and N

3. Which of the following must be true?

I. If J serves on a committee, P must be assigned to that committee.

II. If J cannot serve on a committee, then M cannot be assigned to that
committee.
III. If J cannot serve on a committee, then L must serve on that committee.

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only

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4. If L is not available for service, which of the following must be on that

committee?

A. M and J
B. O and J
C. N and J
D. N and O
E. P and J

(3) In a certain society, there are 2 marriage groups, Red and Brown. No
marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their
wife’s group; women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same
group as their parents.

Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to
more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are
forbidden.

1. 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. III only
A. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III only

2. A male born into the Brown group may have:

A. an uncle in either group

B. a Brown daughter

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D. a son-in-law born into the Red group
E. a daughter-in-law in the Red group.

3. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules as 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.

4 If widower’s and divorced males retained the group they had upon
marrying, which of the following would be permissible?

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

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