List of practice Questions

A. but there is some merit in it
B. as distinct from consumption
C. the bifurcation of plan and non-plan funds
D. in so far as it focuses attention on development expenses
E. in the budget is artificial
A. like the industrialised countries
B. as if they are to be suffered as relics of a backward past
C. we have specially drawn attention to the non-motorized
D. because they are completely overlooked in transport planning
E. till replaced by faster petroleum fuelled transport
Each question has a sentence that has been scrambled and the scrambled parts have been marked A, B, C,Dand E. Find the correct order of the parts to reconstruct the sentence.
A: he was highly sensitive and resentful
B: towards the country or to those
C: when there was even implied discourtesy
D: while he was extremely gentle and tolerant
E: he held in honour
Each question has a sentence that has been scrambled and the scrambled parts have been marked A, B, C,Dand E. Find the correct order of the parts to reconstruct the sentence.
For the given word at the top of each table, match the dictionary definition on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
Ground
 Meaning Usage
A.A message for belief 
action or argument		E.He was at loss to explaining what
ground he had decided to take up the case
B.FoundationF.He received a thorough grounding in the
theoretical aspects before he was allowed to
move on
C.To provide a reason 
or justification for		G.He realised he was on a shaky ground
when the principal questioned him
D.To instruct in
Fundamental principal		H.The book has provided the philosophical
ground for most of the Nazi policies
For the given word at the top of each table, match the dictionary definition on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
Mix
 Meaning Usage
A.To combine into one massE.She was unable to mix with the crowd
as she was too self conscious
B.AssociateF.The mix looked rather unappetizing
to the customer
C.ConfuseG.He was mixing the herbs in accordance
with the directions given in the book
D.A product of mixingH.He was rather mixed up about whether 
he should go to college or not
For the given word at the top of each table, match the dictionary definition on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
Steep
 Meaning Usage
A.Having a very sharp slopeE.He found the price too steep and
decided against buying it
 
B.To soak in liquidF.She had steeped the clothes in a
solution to get rid of the smell
C.Too great or too highG.He was steeped in learning but
was surprisingly inarticulate
D.SaturateH.The trekkers were used to steep
mountains but this one unnerved them
For the given word at the top of each table, match the dictionary definition on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
Last
 Meaning Usage
A.To continue is existence
of operation		E.The sole was being cut on the
last so that it would fit in well
B.To be enough for needs ofF.The car lasted much longer than
any one had expected
C.A foot shaped from on which
a shoe is required		G.Last but not the least, thanks was
due to the jury which had done
such a good job 
D.At the end: in conclusionH.The provisions would have lasted
them less than a fortnight
For the given word at the top of each table, match the dictionary definition on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
Drum
 Meaning Usage
A.A percussion instrumentE.The musician was testing the
drum before the show began
B.to beat a drumF.He had drummed it into her that the
event was the chance of a lifetime for her
C.To sound rhythemicallyG.The musicians were asked to 
drum to a faster beat
D.To drive or force by
steady effort		H.The girl was drumming her fingers
on the table nervously
The number of ways in which four letters of the word MATHEMATICS can be arranged is
A hemispherical bowl is filled to the brim with a beverage. The contents of the bowl are transferred into a cylindrical vessel whose radius is \(50\%\)more than its height. If the diameter is same for both the bowl and the cylinder, the volume of the beverage in the cylindrical vessel is
The price of copper rose by 25 per cent and then fell by 20 per cent. The price after these changes was
A right circular cone and a right circular cylinder have equal base and equal height. If the radius of the base and the height are in the ratio \(5:12\), then the ratio of the total surface area of the cylinder to that of the cone is
Tom reads at an average rate of 30 pages per hour, while Jan reads at an average rate of 40 pages per hour. If Tom start reading a novel at \(4:3\)\(0\) and Jan begins reading an identical copy of the same book at \(5:30\) , at what time will they be reading the same page
A contract is to be completed in 46 days and 117 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 33 days \(\frac{4}{7}\) of the work is completed. How many additional men may be employed so that the work may be completed in time, each man now working 9 hours a day?
The area of a field in the shape of a trapezium measures 1440 m2.The perpendicular distance between its parallel sides is 24 m. If the ratio of the parallel sides is \(5:3\), the length of the longer parallel side is

 
Ten different letters are given. Words with five letters are formed from these given letters. The number of words which have at least one letter repeated is
A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. the rate of the stream is
A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 each. He spent an amountof Rs. 2500 on transport and packaging. He fixed the labelled price of each calculator at Rs.320. However, he decided to give a discount of 5% on the labelled price. Whatis the percentage profit earned by him?
If \(log2\) = 0.30103, find number of digits in 256
A cricket club has 15 members, of whom only 5 can bowl. If the names of the 15 members are put into a box and 11 drawn at random, then the chance of obtaining an eleven containing at least 3 bowlers is
From the top of a light-house 60 m high with its base at the sea-level, the angle of depression of a boat is \(15\degree\). The distance of the boat from the foot of the light-house is
 
How many multiples of 3 are there among the integers 15 to 105 inclusive?
The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 sec., 72 sec. and 108 sec., respectively. If they all change simultaneously at hours \(8:20:00\), then at what time will they again change simultaneously ?
There are two temples, one on each bank of a river, just opposite to each other. One temple is 54 m high. From the top of this temple, the angles of depression of the top and the foot of the other temple are \(30\degree\)and \(60\degree\)respectively. Find the width of the river and the difference of heights of the temples
A hollow sphere of internal and external diameters 4 cm and 8 cm respectively is melted into a cone of base diameter 8 cm. The height of the cone is