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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
y
Rehaan is using a computer program to design parts for a new car. He has outlined onehalf of a part on a coordinate grid. Rather than draw the second half, he plans to have the computer reflect this shape over the yaxis ? Which of the following represents the 5 vertices of the reflected shape ?
5 4 3 2 1 –5 –4 –3 –2 –10 1 2 3 4 5 –1 –2 –3 –4 –5
(A) (0, 0); (0, 2); (–1, 3); (–2, 3); (–2, 0) (B) (0, 0); (0, 3); (–1, 3); (–2, 2); (–2, 0) (C) (0, 0); (0, –3); (1, –3); (2, –2); (2, 0)
x
(D) (0, 0); (0, –3); (–1, –3); (–2, –2); (–2, 0) 2.
3.
In the diagram shown here, one segment AT is a diameter of the circle with centre O. What is the area of the shaded part of the circle ? (A) 18.3 cm 2
(B) 42.3 cm 2
(C) 145.6 cm 2
(D) 194.1 cm 2
A
T O 30° cm 16
Ayush was born two years after his father's marriage. His mother is five years younger than his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10 years old. At what age did the father get married ? (A) 23 years
(B) 25 years
(C) 33 years
(D) 35 years
DIRECTION (45) : Read the following information to answer the following questions : A bag contains coins of four different denominations, viz. 1 Rupee, 50paise, 25paise and 10paise. There are as many 50paise coins as the value of 25paise coins in rupees. The value of 1rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50paise coins. The ratio of the number of 10paise coins to that of 1rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total number of coins in the bag is 325. 4.
How many 10paise coins are there ? (A) 25
5.
(D) 100
(B) Rs. 15
(C) Rs. 20
(D) Rs. 30
Given : A vehicle can travel across the desert at 20 m/hr. Its road speed is 50 m/hr. The distance from Q to P is x metres. The distance from P to R is y metres. Which expression represents the time (in hours) it would take to travel from Q to R through P ? (A) 20x + 50y
7.
(C) 75
What is the value of 50paise coins ? (A) Rs. 10
6.
(B) 50
(B) 50x + 20y
(C)
Q
de s x ert
R
P y road
x y + 20 50
(D)
Look at the given rectangles. The rectangles have the same width. The length of rectangle M is 4 units less than the length of rectangle N. Which of the following statement about these rectangles must be true ? (A) The perimeter of rectangle M is 8 units less than the perimeter of rectangle N. (B) The area of rectangle M is 16 square units less than the area of rectangle N. (C) The perimeter of rectangle M is 16 units less than the perimeter of rectangle N. (D) The area of rectangle M is 16 square units more than the area of rectangle N.
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Ashish leaves his house at 20 minutes to seven in the morning, reaches Kunal's house in 25 minutes, they finish their breakfast in another 15 minutes and leave for their office which takes another 35 minutes. At what time do they leave Kunal's house to reach their office ? (A) 7:40 a.m.
(B) 7:20 a.m.
(C) 7:45 a.m.
(D) 8:15 a.m.
DIRECTION : In an imaginary language, the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are substituted by a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i and j. And 10 is written as ba. 9.
dc × f – (bf – d) × d is equal to ______ (A) abb
(B) abe
(C) bce
(D) bcf
31 5 , 7 , 50, 7.82 4 8 Which series shows these numbers ordered from least to greatest ?
10. Four numbers are shown.
5 31 (A) 7 , , 7.82, 50 8 4
(B)
50, 7.82,
31 5 , 7 4 8
7 + 4 3 , then x 2 (x – 14) 2 = _________ 7-4 3 (A) 1 (B) –1
(C)
5 31 50, 7 , , 7.82 8 4
(D)
31 5 , 50, 7 , 7.82 4 8
11. If x =
(C) 12
12. A missing helicopter is reported to have crashed
(D) –12 6 km
somewhere in the rectangular region shown in Lake
the figure. What is the probability that it crashed 4.5 km
inside the lake shown in the figure ? 5 27 9 (C) 28
5 28 2 (D) 27
2 km
(B)
(A)
9 km
13. Weekly salaries of the employees at a Weekly Salaries at Video Store
local video store are shown in the table. What is the mean weekly salary at this
Weekly Salaries (Rs.)
Number of Employees at this Salary
1,000 500 350
1
video store (in Rs.) ? (A) 230.48 (B) 242.00
2 4 8
120 80
(C) 322.67 (D) 350.00
6 y
14. The graph of the function f (x) is shown here. Which of the following is not a zero of f (x) ? (A) –4 (B) –3 (C) 2
4 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
(D) 6
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15. Mohit and Tarun disagreed about the answer to a problem. Mohit said that the equation they were working on satisfies more than one value. If Mohit is correct, on which of these equations could they have been working ? (A) 2x + 4 = 3x + 4
(B) 2x + 4 = 3x + 5
(C) 2x + 4 = 2(x + 2)
(D) 2x + 4 = 2(x + 3)
LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING DIRECTION : The following problem contains four Problem figures marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 and four Answer figures marked A, B, C, and D. Select a figure from amongst the Answer figures which will continue the same series as given in the Problem figures. Problem figures
16. 1
2
3
4
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17. Read the information given below. (i) There is a group of five girls. (ii) Kamini is second in height but younger than Rupa. (iii) Pooja is taller than Monika but younger in age. (iv) Rupa and Monika are of same age but Rupa is taller between them. (v) Neelam is taller than Pooja and elder to Rupa. If they are arranged in the ascending order of height, who will be in the third position ? (A) Monika
(B) Monika or Rupa
(C) Rupa
(D) Neelam
18. Which of the following diagram correctly shows relationship between "Car, Train and Automobile" ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
19. Pradeep correctly remembers that he visited Chennai before twelfth of July but after eighth of July. His friend correctly remembers that Pradeep visited Chennai after tenth of July but before fourteenth of July. On which day of July, Pradeep Visited Chennai ? (A) Eleventh
(B) Twelfth
(C) Tenth
(D) Either tenth or eleventh
20. Complete the series
?
× (A)
= ×
(B)
= ×
× =
= × (C)
= ×
= × (D)
= ×
21. Statement : Should the parents in India in future be forced to opt for only one child as against two or many at present ? Arguments : (i). Yes. This is the only way to check the everincreasing population of India. (ii). No. This type of pressure tactic is not adopted by any other country in the world. (A) Only argument (i) is strong (B) Only argument (ii) is strong (C) Either (i) or (ii) is strong (D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is strong
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22. Three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements : All buildings are rains. All papers are buildings. All dogs are papers. Conclusions : (i) All dogs are rains (iii) Some rains are buildings
(ii) Some papers are rains (iv) Some rains are papers
(A) Only (i) and (ii) follow
(B) Only (ii) and (iii) follow
(C) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) follow
(D) None of these
23. How many squares are there in the following figure ? (A) 19
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 20
24. A statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Choose ____ Statement : Sealed tenders are invited from competent contractors experienced in executing construction jobs. Conclusions : I. Tenders are invited only from experienced contractors. II. It is difficult to find competent tenderers in construction jobs. (A) If conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
25. If 'A' stands for +, 'B' stands for –, 'C' stands for '×', then what is the value of (10 C 4) A(4 C 4) B 6 ? (A) 60
(B) 56
(C) 50
(D) 46
26. A man is facing North West. He turns 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ? (A) East
(B) West
(C) North
(D) South
27. A and B are a married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is brother of A. How is Y related to B? (A) Brotherinlaw
(B) Brother
(C) Cousin
(D) Soninlaw
28. If in a certain language A is coded as 1, B is coded as 2, and so on. How is BIDDIC coded in that code ? (A) 294493
(B) 284563
(C) 375582
29. Find the wrong number in the series : (A) 15
(B) 24
(D) 394492
3, 8, 15, 24, 34, 48, 63 (C) 34
(D) 48
30. Complete the Fig (X).
?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. While sending a file or message on internet, it is first divided into very small parts known as ___ . (A) Point
(B) Packet
(C) Particle
(D) Byte
32. In email address the phrase following '@' character represents ______ . (A) User name
(B) email recipient
(C) Domain name
(D) email client
(C) Google chrome
(D) Google talk
33. Which of the following is not a browser ? (A) Firefox
(B) Opera
34. In the HTML code, additional behaviour can be given to elements by adding ____ . (A) Attributes
(B) Tags
(C) Styles
(D) Commands
35. The value of #000000 is (according to Hex code for colours) ______ . (A) Black
(B) White
(C) Red
(D) Blue
(C) align
(D) type
(C) 500 MB
(D) 200 MB
(C) Justify
(D) Centred
36. Which attribute is used with
tag ? (A) href
(B) src
37. How much disk space does a standard CD have ? (A) 700 MB
(B) 600 MB
38. Which alignment is not present in following set ?
(A) Right align
(B) Left align
39. Which of the following is not a function of CPU ? (A) Control functions
(B) Arithmetic operations
(C) Memory management (D) File management
40. Identify the following component of a spreadsheet.
(A) Row heading
(B) Column heading
(C) Cells
(D) Sheets tabs
41. Which of the following is not a language processor ? (A) Assembler
(B) Interpreter
(C) Compiler
(D) Multiplexer
42. Ecommerce is another name for doing _______ on internet. (A) Study
(B) Logging
(C) Research
(D) Business
43. Consider the statement given below. To and fro movement of instructions and data continuously takes place between the main memory and the central processing unit through an input device. The above statement is _____ (A) True
(B) False
(C) Can't say
(D) Incomplete
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44. Match the following Boolean expressions with their propositional forms. Where, X ® has multimedia, Y ® has internet (1) Y (a) Has either multimedia or internet (2) X + Y (b) Does not have multimedia and internet (3) (X l Y)¢ (c) Has internet (A) 1c, 2a, 3b
(B) 1a, 2b, 3c
(C) 1c, 2b, 3a
(D) 1b, 2a, 3c
45. A modem is a hardware device that interfaces ______ . (A) CPO and CRT
(B) Printer and main memory
(C) Telephone lines and computer equipment
(D) Main memory and auxiliary memory
46. Which of the following shows the status bar in the picture ?
P
Q S
R
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
47. A program that is capable of selfreplicating to other computers via networks, but does not cause much damage to the computer itself is ______ . (A) Worm
(B) Virus
(C) Trojan horse
(D) Malicious code
48. The part of a website name, which needs to be registered is _____ . (A) Domain name
(B) Identity
(C) Host name
(D) Link
49. Process of duplication of data to help us out if the hard disk crashes is known as ______ . (A) Data inconsistency
(B) Data repentance
(C) Data Redundancy
(D) Data interdependence
50. USB stands for ______ . (A) Universal Serial Bus (B) University Service Bus (C) Universal Service Bus (D) None of these SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
If a + b + c = 0, then x a (A) x a
2.
2 2 2
b c
2 –1 –1
b
c
–1 2 –1 –1 –1 2 x a b c x a b c = _______ .
(B) x 1/a
2 2 2
b c
(C)
( x + y ) cannot be an even integer x
(B) xy cannot be an even integer (D) None of these
One of the factor of 12(a 2 + 7a) 2 – 8(a 2 + 7a)(2a – 1) – 15(2a – 1) 2 is _______ (A) 2a 2 + 8a + 3
4.
3 (D) x
Let x and y be positive integers such that x is prime and y is composite, then _______ (A) y – x cannot be an even integer
3.
(C) x 1/2
(B) 2a 2 – 8a + 3
(C) 2a 2 – 8a – 3
(D) 2a 2 + 8a – 3
In the given DABC, AZ = ZC; BM = 2MC and if area of DABC = 8 m 2 , find the area of DBZM. (A) 1.56 m 2
A
(B) 2.67 m 2
Z
(C) 1.67 m 2 B
(D) 1.65 m 2 5.
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) 1
A coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of getting heads on first two tosses. (A) 1/2
7.
C
If P n = cos n x + sin n x, then 2P 6 – 3P 4 + 1 = (A) 2
6.
M
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/8
(D) 1/3
If the G.C.D. of the polynomials x 3 – 3x 2 + px + 24 and x 2 – 7x + q is (x – 2), then the value of (p + q) is _____. (A) 0
8.
(B) 20
(C) –20
(D) 40
In a rectangle ABCD, P and Q are the midpoints of BC and AD respectively and R is any point on PQ, then area (DARB) equals _____. (A)
9.
X ABCD )
1 ( 2
(B)
X ABCD )
1 ( 3
(C)
X ABCD )
1 ( 4
(D) None of these
If x = (4 + 15 )1/3 + (4 - 15 ) 1/3 , then the value of x 3 – 3x – 8 is _____ .
(A) 9
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 0
10. Consider the volumes of the following: 1.
A parallelopiped of length 5 cm, breadth 3 cm and height 4 cm.
2.
A cube of each side 4 cm.
3.
A cylinder of radius 3 cm and length 3 cm.
4.
A sphere of radius 3 cm.
The volumes of these in the decreasing order is ______. (A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 1, 3, 2, 4
(C) 4, 2, 3, 1
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
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1ö æ 1 ö æ çè p + q ÷ø çè p - q ÷ø
3 q x
æ p ö If = , then x = ____. p q çè q ÷ø 1ö æ 1 ö æ çè q + p ÷ø çè q - p ÷ø
(A) p – q
(B) p + q
(C) q – p
(D) pq
12. The common quantity that must be added to each term of a 2 : b 2 to make it equal to a : b is (A) ab
(B) a + b
(C) a – b
(D) a/b
13. Find the points at which the graph of the equation –4y = 15 – 5x crosses the xaxis and the yaxis. (A) (0, – 3.75) and (3, 0) (B) (0, 3) and (0, –3.75)
(C) (– 3.75, 0) and (0, 3) (D) (3, 0) and (–3.75, 0) P
14. DLOM is similar to DPON. What is the ratio of the lengths of the sides of DLOM to the lengths of the corresponding sides of DPON ? 2 5 2 (C) 3
3 5 3 (D) 2
15. If 2tanq = 3, then (A)
1 2
L
(B)
(A)
O
10 M 15
N
4sinθ + 5cosθ = 6sinθ + 2cosθ
(B) 1
(C)
11 7
(D)
11 13
LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 16. How many triangles are there in the adjoining figure? (A) 10
(B) 13
(C) 4
(D) 16
17. If A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row, but C and D cannot be together. Also, B cannot be at the third place, then which of the following must be false ? (A) A is at the first place (B) A is at the second place (C) A is at the third place (D) A is at the fourth place 18. Rima is taller than Sarika but not taller than Reena. Reena and Tanya are of the same height. Rima is shorter than Anu. Amongst all the girls, who is the shortest ? (A) Anu
(B) Reena and Tanya
(C) Rima
(D) Sarika
19. A part of the figure is missing. Find out from the given options the right figure to fit in the missing figure.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
?
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20. Which letter will come in place of * ? E
A
(A) C (B) A
B
(C) D
D
A
(i)
(ii)
* F
A
B
(iii)
(D) E 21. Some of the cricket players are tennis players, some tennis players are hockey players and no cricket player is a hockey player. Which of the following diagrams correctly represents the statements?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
22. Letters of the word given below have been jumbled up. You are required to construct the words. Each letter has been numbered is followed by four options. Choose the option which gives the correct order of the letters as indicated by the numbers to form words. V A R S T E 1 2 3 4 5 6 (A) 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5
(B) 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1
(C) 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6
(D) 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 1
23. Choose the correct mirror image of the figure (X) if mirror is placed along PQ. (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
P
Fig. (X)
Q
24. A figure marked as transparent sheet is given. One out of these four options resembles the figure which is obtained by folding transparent sheet along the dotted line.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Transparent Sheet
25. Read the following information and select the best answer choice. In a study of five brands of pain relieving tablets P, Q, R, S and T, the brands were tested and ranked against each other as more or less effective per dose. The following results were obtained. (i) P was more effective than Q. (ii) The effectiveness of R was less than that of S. (iii) T was the least effective brand tested. (iv) Q and R were equally effective. (v) The effectiveness of S was greater than that of Q. If the above statements are true, which of the following must also be true? (A) R was less effective than P
(B) P was the most effective.
(C) S was the most effective.
(D) T was most effective.
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26. A policeman left his police post and proceeded south 4 km on hearing a loud sound from point A. On reaching the place, he heard another sound and proceeded 4 km to his left to the point B. From B he proceeded left to reach another place C, 4 km away. In which direction, he has to go to reach his police post ? (A) North
(B) South
(C) SouthEast
(D) West
27. In a row of children facing North, Shweta is fifteenth from the left and Jyoti is third to the left of Shweta. Ram who is seventh to the right of Jyoti is fifth from the right end of the row. What is Shweta's position from the right end? (A) 12 th
(B) 10 th
(C) 8 th
(D) 9 th
28. Samant remembers that his brother's birthday is after 15 th but before 18 th of February, while his sister remembers that her brother's birthday is after 16 th but before 19 th of February. On which date in February is Samant's brother's birthday ? (A) 16 th
(B) 18 th
(C) 19 th
(D) 17 th
29. If p means 'division', t means 'addition', m means 'subtraction' and d means 'multiplication' then what will be the value of the expression 12 m 12 d 28 p 7 t 15? (A) –30
(B) –15
(C) 15
(D) –21
30. Find the missing character.
? 2
(A) 10
9
(B) 11
7
(C) 12
3 4 5
5
(D) 13
COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. All computers must have _____ . (A) Word processing software
(B) An operating system
(C) A printer attached
(D) A virus checking program
32. The resolution of a printer is measured in ____ . (A) Megabits
(B) Hz
(C) Dots per inch (DPI)
(D) Inches
33. A computer port is used to ____ . (A) Communicate with other computer peripherals
(B) Communicate with all hard drives
(C) Connect computers together
(D) All of these.
34. Which of the following is not a container element ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D) None of these
35. What tool is used to split the window into different parts of the same worksheet ? (A) The title bar
(B) The scroll bar
(C) The toolbar
(D) The split box
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36. Which of these statements on Vlookup() is false ? (A) The Vlookup function can be used to compare a value that's between two values or for an exact value. (B) When this function is used to find a value between, you must always place the smallest possible value first in the first column. (C) The values of the first column must be in descending order. (D) With this function, the comparison table is always read vertically. 37. To make one section of slides in your presentation use a different design template from the other slides, what do you do? (A) Select the slide thumbnails in that section, and apply a different colour scheme. (B) Select the slide thumbnails in that section, and apply a different design template. (C) Select one of the slides in the section you want to change, customize the fonts and colors, and use the Format Painter to apply those styles to the other slides in the section. (D) None of these. 38. You're giving your presentation, and you need to click to a slide that's a few slides back. How do you get there ? (A) Press ESC to get back into normal view; click the correct slide thumbnail in normal view; then click the Resume Slide Show button. (B) Press BACKSPACE until you hit the slide you're looking for. (C) Rightclick, point to Go on the shortcut menu, point to By Title, and click the slide you want to go to. (D) None of these 39. Using a custom animation effect, how do you make text appear on a slide in fly mode? (A) Apply the animation scheme Fade in one by one. (B) Apply an entrance effect, and then set it to By letter in the Effect Options dialog box. (C) Apply the Fly mode option in entrance effect to the text. (D) None of these 40. What is a spider ? (A) It is an operating system (B) A program that catalogs Websites (C) A hacker who breaks into corporate computer systems (D) An application for viewing Websites 41. A word processor is _____ . (A) An application (B) A powerful tool for editing documents (C) A powerful tool for modifying the look of a document (D) All of these 42. The Standard Toolbar (A) Provides a list of pulldown menu names. (B) Displays information about commands being selected. (C) Is used to execute commonly performed actions. (D) Is used to bring hidden parts of a document into view.
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43. If you accidentally deleted some text from a document, and you want it back, you should _____ (A) Select "Redo" or press Ctrl + Y
(B) Immediately close the document and reopen it
(C) Restart the computer
(D) Select "Undo" or press Ctrl + Z.
44. With reference to multimedia elements, pick the oddone out of the following. (A) Graphics
(B) Animation
(C) Audio
(D) Voice Script
45. Every network interface card (NIC) comes with its own _______ address. (A) Internet Protocol (IP)
(B) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
(C) Media Access Control (MAC)
(D) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
46. To create a bulleted list use? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
47. ______ refers to any type of application or presentation that involves more than one type of media, such as text, graphics, video, animation, and sound. (A) An executable file
(B) Desktop publishing
(C) Multimedia
(D) Hypertext
48. Which is not valid HTML ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
49. Auxiliary storage is ________ . (A) Used to store work while it's being processed
(B) For hard copy only, like a filing cabinet
(C) Another name for primary storage
(D) Used for work that is not being processed
50. Magnetic tape storage is primarily used for _______ . (A) Backups
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
An intelligence agency forms a code of two distinct digits selected from 0, 1, 2, ...., 9 such that the first digit of the code is non-zero. The code, handwritten on a slip, can however potentially create confusion when read upside down – for example, the code 91 may appears as 16. How
many codes are there for which no such confusion can arise? (A) 80 (B) 78 (C) 71
2.
The polynomial f(x) has roots of equations 3, –3, –k. Given that the coefficient of x3 is 2, and that
(D) 69
f(x) has a remainder of 8 when divided by x + 1, find the value of k.
(A) 1
(B) 0
(C) –1
3.
If a and b are the roots of x2 – p(x + 1) – c = 0, then find (a + 1)(b + 1) and respectively. (B) c – 1, 0
(C) 1 – c, –1
(D) Can't be determined α 2 + 2α + 1 α 2 + 2α + c
+
β2 + 2β + 1 β2 + 2β + c
(A) 1 – c, 1
(D) c – 1, 2
4.
A die is thrown two times. What is the probability of getting sum less than to a fifth multiple of 2?
(A) 5/6
(B) 1/6
(C) 2/3
(D) 1/3
5.
With the vertices of a DABC as centres, three circles are described each touching the other two externally. If the sides of the triangle are 4, 6 and 8 cm respectively, then the sum of the radii of the three circles equals _______.
(A) 10
(B) 14
(C) 12
(D) 9
6.
If the straight lines y = 4 – 3x; ay = x + 10; 2y + bx + 9 = 0 represent the three consecutive sides
of a rectangle & if a is half of b, then ab = _______. (A) 18 (B) –3 (C) 1/2
7.
In given figure, S and T trisect the side QR of a right triangle
(D) –1/3
PQR, then 3PR2 + 5PS2 =
(A) 4PT2
(B) 8PT2
(C) 8PT
(D) None of these
8.
Column-II gives value of x and y for pair of equations given in Column-I, match them correctly.
Column-I
(i)
2x + y = 8, x + 6y = 15
(ii) 5x + 3y = 35, 2x + 4y = 28
(iii)
Column-II
a.
(3, 4)
b.
(1/14, 1/6)
1 1 1 1 + = 3, − = 5 7 x 6y 2 x 3y
c.
(4, 5)
(iv) 15x + 4y = 61, 4x + 15y = 72
d.
(3, 2)
(A) (i) → (c); (ii) → (d); (iii) → (a); (iv) → (b)
(B) (i) → (b); (ii) → (c); (iii) → (d); (iv) → (a)
(C) (i) → (d); (ii) → (c); (iii) → (b); (iv) → (a)
(D) (i) → (d); (ii) → (b); (iii) → (a); (iv) → (c)
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x sin φ y sin θ x and tan φ = , then = ____. 1 − x cos φ 1 − y cos θ y sin θ sin θ sin φ (B) (C) (A) sin φ 1 − cos θ sin θ If tan θ =
(D)
sin θ 1 − cos φ
10. An object is observed from three points A, B, C in the same horizontal line passing through the base of the object. The angle of elevation at B is twice and at C thrice that at A. If AB = a, BC = b prove that the height of the object is ____.
(A) 2a sinq cosq
(B) 2a sinq
(C) 2a cosq
(D) None of these
LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 11. There is a series begins with unmarked figure on the extreme left. One and only one of the four marked figures does not fit into the series. The two unmarked figures, one each on the extreme left and extreme right fit into the series. You have to take as many aspects into account as possible of the figures in the series and find out the one and only one of the four marked figures which does not fit into the series.
Problem Figures
0
= = = P
(A) P
Q
(B) Q
R
S
(C) R
(D) S
12. Kirti is taller than Kanika who is shorter than Kajal. Komal is taller than Kanchan but shorter than
Kanika. Who among the following is the shortest? (A) Kirti (B) Kajal (C) Kanchan
(D) Kanika
13. Nimish wants to go to school from his house. First of all he goes to the crossing; from here he turns to right and reaches the bus-stand. Bus-stand is opposite to the library. In which direction is school located?
(A) North (C) West
(B) East (D) Cannot be determined
14. The number of squares and triangles in the following figure are ______.
(A) 7 squares, 18 triangles
(B) 7 squares, 19 triangles
(C) 8 squares, 17 triangles (D) None of these
15. In the following question, one set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it. Identify that set.
(A) baaa
ab _ ab _ ab abb _ b _ ab (B) abbb (C) aaab
(D) baab
16. In the following number series, one number does not follow the pattern of the series. Find the wrong number.
(A) 117
297, 272, 245, 216, 185, 153, 117 (B) 153 (C) 185
(D) 216
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17. Ravi's brother is 3 years senior to him. His father was 28 years of age when his sister born, while his mother was 26 years of age when he born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his brother
was born, what was the age of Ravi's father and mother respectively when his brother was born ? (A) 32 years, 29 years (B) 32 years, 30 years (C) 32 years, 23 years (D) 35 years, 33 years
18. By following certain logic, ‘Take Bath And Do worship of The Goddess’ is decoded as ‘And Bath Do Goddess of Take The worship.’ How will ‘Then Why Did You Not Do Your Study’ be decoded
using that logic ? (A) Did Do Not Then Study Why You Your (C) Did Do Not Study Then Why You Your
(B) Do Did Not Study Then You Your Why (D) Do Did Not Study Then Your You Why
19. There is a set of three figures X, Y and Z have been given, showing a sequence in which a paper is folded and finally cut from a particular section. You have to select the answer figure which most closely resembles the unfolded piece of paper.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
20. Choose the correct mirror image from the options of the Fig. (X) if the mirror is placed vertically left.
(A)
(B)
(C)
Fig. (X)
(D)
Computers and information technology 21. _________ are programs that automatically scan websites and create indexes of URLs, keywords
and links. (A) Crawlers
(B) MetaTags
(C) Browsers
(D) Search Engines
22. What pages would be listed when you enter the following search term in www.google.co.in? President AND (Patil OR Kalam) (A) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ and ‘President Kalam’. (B) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil Kalam’. (C) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ and not ‘President Kalam’. (D) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ or ‘President Kalam’. 23. Choose the correct HTML syntax to left-align the content inside a table cell. (A) (B) (C) (D) 24. In the given example of a section of MS-Excel worksheet how do you change the column width to fit the contents ?
(A) Double-click the boundary to the right of the column heading.
(B) Press ALT and single-click anywhere in the column.
(C) Single-click the boundary to the left of the column heading. (D) Double-click the boundary to the left of the column heading.
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25. Which one of the following is INCORRECT while selecting multiple cells in MS Excel? (A) (A1:G50) (B) (A1, B3:C9) (C) (A1:B5:C5) (D) (A1:B5#C5) 26. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, the picture cropping tool allows you to ________.
(A) Reset a picture to its default settings
(B) Change the contrast of a picture
(C) Recolour a picture
(D) Remove a portion of a picture
27. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, on the ribbon of which tab would you find Slide Background styles ? (A) Insert (B) Design (C) Slide Show (D) Home 28. In MS-Word 2007, setting up page margins is done through ____ tab. (A) Home (B) Page Layout (C) View
(D) Review
29. Which of the following is not a version of the Windows operating system? (A) Windows 90 (B) Windows 98 (C) Windows Vista (D) Windows Me 30. Identify this Semi-Automatic Calculating Device.
(A) Pascaline
(B) Staffelwalze
(C) Jaquard’s loom
(D) Difference Engine
31. Match the following (as in MS-PowerPoint 2007).
Column-I
Column-II Click to add text
I.
Slide Show
a.
Click to add text
II.
Slide Master
b.
III. Notes Page View
c.
IV. Slide Sorter View
d.
V.
e.
(A) I – d, II – e, III – c, IV – b, V – a (C) I – c, II – d, III – e, IV – b, V – a
Click to add text Click to add text Click to add text
Click to add text Click to add text
Click to add text
Click to add text Click to add text
Click to add title
Normal View
Click to add text Click to add text
(B) I – d, II – e, III – b, IV – a, V – c (D) I – c, II – e, III – d, IV – a, V – b
32. Which feature of MS-Excel 2007, allows you to monitor cells in other worksheets whilst making
changes in the current worksheet? (A) Data Validation (B) Trace Precedents
(C) Watch Window
(D) Trace Error
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Column-I
Column-II
I.
Newsgroups
a.
Buying and selling products on the internet.
II. E-mail
b.
A tool allowing your PC to connect to another network and log in
as if you were a user on that system
III. Telnet
Discussions on the internet on a range of topics – recreational to
c.
research
IV. E-commerce
Sending and receiving messages in electronic form over the
(A) I – c, II – a, III – d, IV – b (C) I – c, II – a, III – b, IV – d
d.
internet (B) I – c, II – d, III – b, IV – a (D) I – a, II – c, III – d, IV – b
34. What is the output of the following HTML code ?
FIRST STATEMENT
SECOND STATEMENT
THIRD STATEMENT
(A) FIRST STATEMENT SECOND STATEMENT THIRD STATEMENT
(B) FIRST STATEMENT SECOND STATEMENT THIRD STATEMENT
(C) FIRST STATEMENT
(D) FIRST STATEMENT
SECOND STATEMENT THIRD STATEMENT
SECOND STATEMENT THIRD STATEMENT
35. In MS-Excel 2007, which of the following function returns the current date? (A) TODAY (B) DATE (C) DATEVALUE (D) TODAYSDATE 36. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, which of the following statements about deleting slides is NOT correct?
(A) Slides can be deleted during a slide show.
(B) A slide can be deleted by selecting the slide in left panel in normal view and clicking the Delete button on the Home tab.
(C) A slide can be deleted by selecting the slide in Slide Sorter view and pressing
(D) A slide must be selected before it can be deleted.
.
37. In MS-Excel 2007, the procedure to select a range of cells is ____.
(A) Click on first desired cell + press shift + click on last desired cell
(B) Click on first desired cell + press ctrl + click on last desired cell
(C) Click on first desired cell + press tab + click on last desired cell (D) All of these
38. Reel, Cartridge, Streamer and DAT are types of which storage device? (A) RAM (B) EPROM (C) Magnetic Tape
(D) Floppy Disk
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39. Which MS-Word 2007 menu is shown here?
(A) Number List Menu
(B) Bullet List Menu
(C) Multilevel List Menu (D) Clip Art Menu
40. Match the following Indent names with the Indent types: (in MS-Word 2007)
Column-I
Column-II
I. Left
a.
Indents just the first line of a paragraph from the left margin.
II.
Right
b.
Indents all but the first line of text from the left margin.
III. First line
c.
Indents text from the right margin.
IV. Hanging
d.
Indents text from the left margin.
(A) I – d, II – c, III – a, IV – b (C) I – b, II – d, III – c, IV – a
(B) I – a, II – d, III – c, IV – b (D) I – a, II – d, III – b, IV – c
41. Which device should be installed in a multimedia PC such that television signals can be received
by it? (A) TV tuner card
(B) PC tuner card
(C) HDMI cable
(D) PCI express card
42. Identify this device from the description given below:
o o o
Allows user to create digital drawings by hand-drawing images. It usually has a flat surface. Commonly used for CAD terminals and engineering workstations.
o A special pen called stylus is used to write on it. (A) Joystick (B) Digitizer tablet (C) Touch Screen
43. Find the odd one out: (A) AVG
(B) VLC Player
(C) Winamp
(D) Optical Mark Reader (D) Media Jukebox
44. Which of the following should be used to uninstall software from a computer in Windows 7 ?
(A)
Add Hardware
(B)
Programs and Features
(C)
Date and Time
(D)
Administrative tools
45. Which tab and function in MS-Word 2007 should be used to create a fully-formatted cover page for your document?
(A) Review → Cover Page
(B) Page Layout → Cover Page
(C) Layout → Cover Page
(D) Insert → Cover Page
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(A) Star
(B) Bus
(C) Ring
(D) Tree
47. Which part of the CPU performs the (+,–,*,/) and (>, >=, <=, <=, = and <>) operations? (A) MU (B) CU (C) ALU (D) SU 48. Which of the following statements is correct for Gmail contacts manager.
(A) You can search by phone numbers, if entered (C) You can search by domain or user name
(B) You can search by a person's first and/or last name. (D) All of these
49. In HTML, the links to sections within the same page are called _____. (A) Interwiki link (B) Internal link (C) External link
(D) Anchors
50. You can search the e-mail with the following attachments. (A) .docx, .pptx, .xlsx files (B) .bmp, .jpg, .tif, .png files (C) .zip, .rar files
(D) All of these
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
If one root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to nth power of the other, then (acn)1/(n
______. (A) 1
2.
(B) –1
(C) b
+ 1)
+ (anc)1/(n
+ 1)
=
(D) –b
Find the distance of a perpendicular from the centre of a circle to the chord if the diameter of the circle is (n + 5) cm and its chord is (n – 1) cm where n is the sum of an A.P. whose first term is
1 and second term is 2 more than first term and number of terms is five. (A) 6 cm (B) 7 cm (C) 9 cm (D) 10 cm
3.
If y = ax2 + 7x – 15 makes an intercept of
(A) 7
4.
In the given figure, ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. AD and CE
units on x-axis, then the value of 'a' is _____.
(B) –15
(C) 2
(D) – 8 A
are the two medians drawn from A and C respectively. If AC = 5 cm and E
then the length of CE is _______.
3 5 cm 2
(A)
25 cm
(B)
30 cm
(C)
20 cm
(D)
35 cm
5.
If one of the roots of the equation 3x3 + 11x2 + 12x + 4 = 0 is –1, then the other two roots are
________. (A) –2, 2/3
6.
Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting two prime numbers on both
dice. (A) 5/2
7.
Column-II consists of solution values of problem given in Column-I, match them correctly.
(B) 2, –2/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 5/12
Column-I whose length is 4 m more than its width,
is 36 m, then dimensions of rectangle is _____.
(ii) The difference between two numbers is 26
(iii) (iv)
and one number is three times the other, then two numbers are _____. Five year hence, the age of Jyoti's will be three times that of her daughter. Five years ago, Jyoti's age was seven times that of her daughter, then the age of Jyoti and her daughter is _____. If 1 is added to each of the given two numbers, then their ratio is 1 : 2. If 5 is subtracted from each of the numbers, then their ratio is 5 : 11, find the two numbers.
D
C
(D) –2, –2/3
(D) 1/4
Column-II
(i) Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, (a) (39, 13)
(C) 2, 2/3
B
(b) (40, 10)
(c) (35, 71)
(d) (20, 16)
(A) (i) – d, (ii) – b, (iii) – c, (iv) – c
(B) (i) – d, (ii) – a, (iii) – c, (iv) – b
(C) (i) – d, (ii) – b, (iii) – a, (iv) – a
(D) (i) – d, (ii) – a, (iii) – b, (iv) – c
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Which of the following is possible ?
(A) tanq = 1, cosq = 2 (C) tanq = 5, cosq = 1
9.
The cubic polynomial f (x) is such that (x + 1), (x – 2), (x + k) are factors of f(x) and the coefficient
(B) tanq = 1/ 3 , cosq = 3 /2 (D) tanq = 100, cosq = 3/5
of x3 is –2. Given that f(x) has a remainder of 20 when divided by x – 4, then the value of k is
_____. (A) 2
(B) –5
(C) 5
(D) –1
10. AB is a vertical pole. The end A is on the level ground, C is the middle point of AB and P is a point on the level ground. The portion CB subtends an angle b at P. If AP = nAB, then tanb equal
______. Using tan( A − B) = tan A − tan B 1 + tan A ⋅ tan B n n (A) (B) 2 2n 2 + 1 n −1
(C)
n n2
+1
(D) None of these
Logical and Analytical Reasoning 11. A bird shooter was asked number of birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows
but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in all ? (A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 15
12. In the following number series how many such 7's are there which are preceeded by an odd number and followed by an even number?
2 4 5 3 7 6 3 2 5 7 3 5 4 2 3 4 5 3 6 7 3 5 7 3 9 3 (B) 3 (C) 1
(A) 2
(D) 4
13. Anand is taller than Vijay, Sanjay is taller than Vipul but not as tall as Vijay, Dhananjay is taller than Anand. Who among the following is the shortest ?
(A) Vipul (C) Dhananjay
(B) Sanjay (D) Anand
14. Find out a part from the given options that would complete the figure (X).
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
15. There is a set of three figures X, Y and Z have been given, showing a sequence in which a paper (P) is folded and finally cut from a particular section. Select the answer figure which most closely resembles the unfolded piece of paper.
P
(A)
(B)
X
Y
Z
(C)
(D)
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16. Saurav starts from a definite point and moves towards East travelling a distance of 2 m. Then, he turns to right and travels 5 m. From here he turns to right and travels 8 m. Finally, he turns to
right and moves 13 m. How far is he now from his starting point ? (A) 8 m (B) 26 m (C) 14 m
(D) 10 m
17. A woman walking with a dog meets another woman and on being asked about her relationship with the boy, she says, "My maternal uncle and his maternal uncle's maternal uncle are brothers."
How is the boy related to the woman? (A) Nephew (B) Son
(C) Brother-in-law
(D) Grandson
18. Three desk drawers I, II and III are being stocked with seven types of articles. Hand computer, Inkpens, Labels, Markers, Rulers, Stationery, and Tapes are to be placed in the drawers so that the articles belonging to any given type are all in one drawer and no drawer contains more than three types of articles. The arrangement of the types of articles is subject to the following constraints :
(i) Hand computers and Rulers must be in a drawer together.
(ii) Neither Ink-pens nor Markers can be in the same drawer as Labels.
(iii) Neither Ink-pens nor Markers can be in the same drawer as Stationery.
(iv) The Stationery must be either in drawer I or drawer II.
Which of the following is an acceptable arrangement?
Drawer I (A) Ink-pens (B) Ink-pens, Labels (C) Labels, Stationery (D) Labels, Tapes
Drawer II Drawer III Markers, Stationery, Tapes Hand Computers, Labels, Rulers Markers, Tapes Hand Computers, Rulers Tapes, Ink-pens, Hand Computers, Rulers Markers Ink-pens, Markers Hand computers, Rulers, Stationery
19. In the given question, one set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it. Identify that set.
(A) baaa
(B) abbb
ab – ab – ab abb – b – ab (C) aaab
(D) baab
20. If by following certain rearrangement code, 'When And Why Did You Take Dip In The Lake' gets decoded as 'And Did Dip In Lake Take The When Why You'. Which of the following would be
decoded as 'Came They Frightened If Wish Here And Out There Through'? (A) And They If Came Through Frightened There Out Here Wish (B) And They Came If Through Frightened There out Here Wish (C) Out They If Came Through Frightended And There Here Wish (D) And Came Frightened Here If Out There They Through Wish
Computers and information technology 21. What is the preferred way for setting the document background color to yellow in HTML?
(A) (C)
(B) yellow (D)
22. In MS-Excel 2007, who am I?
1.
I can be found on the Data tab.
2.
I total data at changes in specified records.
3.
I provide outline symbols so the data can be viewed at different levels.
4. I can use various functions including Sum, Average and Count. (A) Advanced Filter (B) Text to Columns (C) Subtotal
(D) Consolidate
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23. Identify Ms-Word 2007 icon.
(A) Start Mail Merge (C) Envelopes
(B) Greeting Line (D) Finish & Merge
24. The process of conversion of Digital signals to Analog signals is called ________. (A) Modulation (B) Demodulation (C) Decryption (D) Encryption 25. Online communities of people who share interests or activities are called ________.
(A) E-mail (C) Web Servers
(B) E-Commerce (D) Social Networks
26. What is the HTML syntax to set the font of the text to ARIAL?
(A) (C)
(B) (D)
27. In MS-Excel 2007, what is a quick way to extend these numbers to
a longer sequence, for instance 1 – 50?
(A) Select both cells, and then drag the fill handle over the range you want,
for instance 48 more rows.
(B) Select the range you want, including both cells. Point to Fill on the Home Tab, and then click Down.
(C) Copy the second cell, click in the cell below it, on the Quick access toolbar click the down arrow on the Paste button, and then click Paste Special. (D) Select both cells and drag and drop in the next 48 cells.
DIRECTION (28-30) : Given below is an image of the back side of a computer system where some I/O ports have been appropriately labeled: Answer the questions based on the image:
28. Which I/O port is used to connect the monitor to the computer system? (A) Serial (B) USB (C) Parallel
(D) VGA
29. I have a desktop printer which is to be connected to a LPT port on this computer. Which port
should I connect it to? (A) Parallel (B) Serial
(C) PS/2
(D) VGA
30. On which port should the cables shown in this image be connected?
(A) Network (C) PS/2
(B) USB (D) VGA
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31. Which of the following ways CANNOT be used to create a table in MS-PowerPoint 2007?
(A) On the Insert tab, click the Table button then choose the Insert Table option to select the number of columns and rows needed.
(B) On the Insert tab, click the Table button then select the number of columns and rows needed.
(C) Draw a table using the Rectangle tool from the Drawing group on the Home tab.
(D) Insert a new slide, choose Title and Content layout, click the Table button and Insert Table.
DIRECTION (32-33) : Answer the following questions based on the given scenario: I am travelling to a different city for a Computer Science Exhibition. I have to carry data around 10 GB with me for the exhibition. Since, I would not be allowed to use my own laptop, I should carry that data in a portable storage device. 32. Which portable storage device should I use?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33. I have not been able to find a suitable device to carry the data. My friend suggested that I should compress the data. I tried and it was fitting in a Pen Drive.
Can you tell which of the following applications might have been used by me to compress the data?
(A) Adobe Acrobat Reader (B) (C) McAfee Secure (D) Disk Defragmenter
WinRAR
34. Which of the following is not a function of the operating system?
(A) Process Management (C) Website Management
(B) File Management (D) Device Management
35. These are high-speed temporary storage areas found in most modern CPUs. They work under the directions of the control unit – storing data and instructions immediately required for performing an operation.
(A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit (C) Memory Unit
(B) Bootstrap loader (D) Registers
36. In MS-Excel 2007, if a cell contains =ROUND(3.4567,2), what value would be displayed as the result
in that cell? (A) 3.45
(B) 3.46
(C) 3.457
(D) 3.4567
37. In MS-Excel 2007, what statement describes the following function?
=SUMIF(D7:D14, ">1")
(A) It adds the values in cells D7:D14 if the value is greater than 1.
(B) It adds all the negative values in cells D7:D14.
(C) If the value in a cell is greater than 1, it counts the number of values.
(D) If the value in a cell is greater than 1, the range D7:D14 is placed on a summary sheet.
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38. In an MS-PowerPoint presentation, which of the following can be applied to objects so that the
colors in the object blend with one another? (A) Color fill (B) Gradient fill
(C) Pattern
(D) Texture
39. Which MS-PowerPoint 2007 icon inserts an embedded object?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
40. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, Master Slides can be used to ________.
(A) Display content on all slides of a presentation
(B) Set the formatting for all slides of a presentation
(C) Change the layout of the slides in a presentation (D) All of the above
41. This MS-Word 2007 icon makes the text look like it was marked with a highlighter pen.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
42. Ram bought a new floppy disk and is about to format it. However, he is unable to do so. What might be the reason?
(A) A floppy disk cannot be formatted. (C) The floppy disk may already be full.
(B) The floppy disk may be write protected. (D) All of these
43. ________ is also known as a working storage to store data and results temporarily. (A) Secondary Storage (B) Primary Storage (C) Tertiary Storage (D) Auxiliary Storage 44. Memory management technique in which memory is divided into variable sized chunks which can
be allocated to processes is called ________. (A) Paging (B) Segmentation
(C) GDT
(D) Realmode
45. Consider the two statements given below.
Statement 1 : Normal speed of hard disk is 3600 revolutions per second.
Statement 2 : Hard disk is fixed inside the cabinet of CPU.
(A) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false. (C) Both statements are true.
(B) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true. (D) Both Statements are false.
46. Identify the icon in MS-Excel 2007.
(A) Data Validation
(B) Text to Columns
(C) What-If-Analysis (D) Consolidate
47. The alphabet ‘V’ in Vlink stands for ________. (A) Vision (B) Visited
(C) Version
(D) None of these
48. ________ tablets operates by a very small digital camera in the stylus and then doing pattern
matching on the image of paper. (A) Optical (B) Active
(C) Acoustic
(D) Capacitive
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49. Here is some information given below :
1. It is a Finnish Multinational Communications and information technology corporation headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
2. Its founders are Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin.
3. It is involved in mobile phones, smartphones and mobile computers.
Identify the corporation. (A) Samsung (B) Reliance
(C) HTC
50. Which of the following is NOT an MS-Excel Version? (A) Excel 2007 (B) Excel 2000 (C) Excel 96
(D) Nokia (D) Excel 97
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
Find the greatest number that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4, 5 and 6
respectively. (A) 64
2.
In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. If PC : PA = 1:3 and ar(DBPC) = 16 cm2, then find
(B) 63
(C) 44
(D) 21
ar(DADP). C
D P
A
B
(A) 64 cm
(B) 16 cm
3.
The measures of a rectangular field are 20 m by 15 m. A cubical ditch of edge 4 m is dug at each
2
(C) 48 cm2
2
(D) 24 cm2
of the four corners of the field and the removed soil is spread uniformly over the remaining field.
By what height does the field get raised? (B) 1 4 m (A) 1 5 m 59 59
4.
Find the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x3 – 5x2 – 16x + 80, if its two zeros are equal in magnitude
but opposite in sign. (A) 4, – 4, 5
5. 6.
(C) 1 3 m 59
(B) 5, –5, 4
(D) 1 2 m 59
(C) 3, –3, 4
(D) 4, –4, 3
Find the value of 4 tan2 30° + sin2 60° − 3 cos2 60° + 3 tan2 60° − 2 tan2 45°. 3 4 36 36 25 − (A) (B) (C) − 29 29 36
(D)
25 36
In the figure, AB, EF and CD are parallel lines. Given that AB = 15 cm, EG = 5 cm, GC = 10 cm and DC = 18 cm. Find EF and AC respectively.
(A) 9, 25
(B) 25, 9
(C) 16, 25
(D) 25, 16
7.
A wizard having supernatural powers seeing a cock, fight going on, spoke privately to both the owners of cocks. To one he said; if your bird wins, then you give me your stake-money, but if you do not win, I shall give you two third of that’. Going to the other, he promised in the same way to give three fourths. From both of them his gain would be only 12 gold coins. Find the stake of
money each of the cock-owners have. (A) 40, 42 (B) 30, 32
8.
The following table shows the age distribution of cases of a certain disease admitted during a
(C) 50, 52
(D) 60, 62
year in a particular hospital. Find the average age for which maximum cases occurred.
(A) 36
Age (in years)
5-14
15-24
Number of cases (B) 36.31
6
11
25-34
21 (C) 24
35-44
45-54
23
14
55-64 5 (D) 26.31
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In the given figure, AE is the bisector of the exterior ∠CAD meeting BC produced in E. If AB = 10 cm, AC = 6 cm and BC = 12 cm, find CE.
(A) 18 cm
(B) 6 cm
(C) 12 cm
(D) 16 cm
5 sin2 θ − cos2 θ 1 , then find the value of × . 13 2 sin θ cos θ tan2 θ (A) 595 (B) 595 (C) 595 3546 3564 3456
10. If cos θ =
(D)
595 3465
Logical and analytical reasoning 11. Select a figure which will continue the series as established by the five Problem Figures.
1
(A)
(B)
2
3
4
(C)
5
(D)
12. Select a combination which forms the correct mirror image of the given combination of letters and numbers.
(A)
(B) 25hsf69
96fsh52 (C)
(D)
13. Two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the rows of numbers is to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from the left to right.
(i) If an odd number is followed by another composite odd number, they are to be added. (ii) If an even number is followed by a number which is the perfect square, then even number is to be subtracted from the perfect square. (iii) If an odd number is followed by a prime odd number, then the first number is to be divided by the second number. (iv) If an odd number is followed by an even number, then the second one is to be subtracted from the first number. (v) If an even number is followed by an odd number, then they are to be added. 28 49 15 h 3 12
If h is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row? (A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 19 (D) 27
14. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight friends sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A sits second to the left of D, who is third to the left of E. C sits third to the right of G, who is not an immediate neighbour of E. H sits third to the right of B, who sits second to the right of G. Who sits between D and C? (A) Only B (B) Only C and A (C) Only G (D) Only E
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15. There is a definite relationship between figures P and Q. Establish a similar relationship between figures R and S by selecting a suitable figure from the option that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (S)? ?
P
(A)
(B)
Q
R
S (C)
(D)
16. In which of the following option the fig. (X) is embedded?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17. Select the one option which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dot as in fig. (X).
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Fig. (X)
18. In a row of thirty boys, R is fourth from the right end and W is tenth from the left end. How many
boys are there between R and W? (A) 15 (B) 16
(C) 17
(D) Can't be determined
19. How many such digits are there in the number 7346285, which are as far away from the beginning
of the number, as they will be when arranged in ascending order within the number? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
20. In the given figure, triangle represents the old, square represents the jobless and circle represents the men. Find out the area of the figure which represents the men who are jobless but not old?
(A) 1
(B) 5
(C) 3
(D) 7
1 4
2
7 3 5
6
Computers AND information technology 21. In MS Excel 2010, you are working on a large worksheet. Due to the large size of the worksheet, as Excel performs the calculations in real time, it is taking time for every cursor movement. As a result you disable the automatic calculations feature for the time being. Which key would you press to update the calculations after you have input all data in the worksheet?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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22. Given below is a list of terms a few of which refer to sparklines. Select the option which does not refer to a sparkline data point in MS-Excel 2010.
I.
High Point and Low Point
III. First Point and Last Point (A) Only I refers to sparkline data points (C) I and III refer to sparkline data points
II.
Negative Points
IV. Markers (B) Only II refers to sparkline data points (D) All of these refer to sparkline data points
23. Identify the following.
-An internet search engine for searching blogs.
-It was founded by Dave Sifry.
-It looks at tags that authors have placed on their websites. (A) Google (B) LJseek (C) Technorati
(D) Ice rocket
24. In MS-Word 2010, you have created a list which is not in a table. You want to sort this list
alphabetically most efficiently. How do you do that? (A) Select the list. Click Home→Paragraph→Sort (as desired) (B) Copy the list. Paste the list in MS-Excel. (C) Put the list in a table cell. Then sort using the table sort tool. (D) Put the list in separate cells on a table. Then sort using the table sort tool.
25. Which of the following HTML code will align the content of the paragraph in the center of a
page? (A) (C)
(B) (D)
26. Match the following. Column-I
Column-II
(i)
This format began the trend of downloading online songs.
(a) .M4A
(ii)
Developed by Apple Computer, this format contains two channels
(b) .TTF
of uncompressed stereo audio. (iii) This is an audio file created in the MPEG-4 format.
(c) TIFF
(iv) A font format created by Apple which can be used on both
(d) MP3
Macintosh and Windows platforms, it can be resized to any size without losing quality. (v)
A graphics container that can store both raster and vector images.
(e) AIFF
(A) (i)–(e), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b), (v)–(c)
(B) (i)–(d), (ii)–(e), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(c), (v)–(b)
(C) (i)–(e), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(d), (v)–(c)
(D) (i)–(d), (ii)–(e), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b), (v)–(c)
27. Given below is a list of ATX case compatible motherboards with different form factors. Which of
the following would have the maximum number of PCI/AGP/PCI-e slots? (A) FlexATX (B) ATX (C) MicroATX
(D) HPTX
28. _____________ is a category of RAM which retains stored data even after power is switched off.
_________ is a type of an EEPROM.
_________ is a type of RAM which does not need to be refreshed.
(A) NVRAM, Flash Drive, SRAM
(B) SDRAM, ROM, DRAM
(C) NVRAM, BIOS, DIMM
(D) SDRAM, ROM, NVRAM
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29. Which of the following is not a multi-touch function pairs used in touch based devices? (A) Tap and Double Tap (B) Two Finger Scroll, Two Finger Tap (C) Poke and UnPoke (D) Pinch Close and Pinch Open 30. Which of the following is a secure cryptographic protocol developed for sending information
securely over the internet? (A) RSVP (B) SSL
(C) PPP
(D) IMAP
31. Which of the following is not a type of a sparkline used in MS-Excel 2010? (A) Line (B) Doughnut (C) Column (D) Win/Loss 32. Which of the following connector type is used by a parallel port interface used to connect external devices like printers and
scanners to the computer? (A) DE - 15 (C) Molex
(B) DE - 9 (D) DB - 25
33. Which of the following input devices is actually an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
34. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is marketed as _______ technology. (A) 2G (B) 3G (C) 4G
(D) None of these
35. A network computer without a hard disk drive which acts as a simple terminal to the server is
known as ______. (A) Thick client
(B) Thin client
(C) Dumb terminal
(D) Workstation
36. Which of the following attributes can be used within the
tag in HTML?
A. align (A) A,B,C,D
B. colspan C. width (B) A,B,C,D,E
D. height E. valign (C) A,E
F. cellspacing (D) A,C,D
37. Which of the following is used for indicating extended quotations (i.e. quotations that span multiple
lines) in HTML? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
38. Which of the following is a cloud-based service of Amazon? (A) Elastic Compute Cloud (B) OpenAir (C) Dropbox (D) VMware 39. The act of registering a popular Internet address or domain name with the intent of selling it to
its rightful owner is known as ______. (A) Cyber Fraud (B) CyberBullying
(C) CyberSquatting
(D) CyberRebel
(C)
(D)
40. Pick the odd one out.
(A)
(B)
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41. Google Now was first included in ______. (A) Android 4.1 (B) Android 4.2
(C) iOS 5
(D) iOS 6
42. Write a formula that counts the number of cells in the range B2:B7 that contain numbers greater
than 9000 in MS-Excel 2010. (A) =COUNTIF(B2:B7,>9000) (C) =COUNT(B2:B7,"greater than 9000")
43. The given icon
(B) =COUNTIF(B2:B7,">9000") (D) =COUNTIF(B2:B7," greater than 9000")
in MS-Word 2010 is used to ______.
(A) Add encryption to increase security (C) Add a digital signature
(B) Make the document read only (D) Restrict the ability to edit, copy and print
44. A music player will send music to the sound card by means of the sound card’s ___________. (A) Device manager (B) Device driver (C) Utility manager (D) Kernel 45. Berkley software distribution (BSD) is a ______ operating system. (A) Unix (B) Windows (C) Apple
(D) Mobile
Achievers' section 46. It is a computing industry standard for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from
a digital camera to a printer without having to connect the camera to the printer. (A) OpenDocument (B) Universal Disk Format (C) POSIX (D) PictBridge
47. Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar created the first successful, mass-produced mechanical calculator,
the __________ that could add, subtract, multiply and divide. (A) Arithmocalculator (B) Arithmometer (C) Calculator
(D) AdderSubstractor
48. In MS-Excel 2010, Scenario Manager, Data Table, Goal Seek are part of _____.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
49. Match the following icons with their keyboard shortcuts in MS-Word 2010. Column-I
Column-II
(a)
(i)
Ctrl+W
(b)
(ii)
Ctrl+F12
(c)
(iii)
Alt+Shift+Backspace
(d)
(iv)
Alt+Backspace
(A) (a)–(i), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(ii)
(B) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iv), (c)–(iii), (d)–(i)
(C) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(i)
(D) (a)–(iv), (b)–(iii), (c)–(i), (d)–(ii)
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50. In graphics software, the _________ command is used in graphics to increase or decrease the size
and/or resolution of a bitmap-based image. (A) Resample (B) Quantize
(C) Interpolate
(D) Rasterize
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MENTAL ABILITY 1. 2.
The expression x3 + ax2 + bx – 3, where a and b are constants, has a factor of x – 3 and leaves a remainder of 15 when divided by x + 2. Find the value of a and b respectively. 21 21 , 1 (B) –1, 11 (C) (D) 1, –11 (A) − , − 8 5 5 At a certain time of the day, a man, 6 feet tall, casts his shadow 8 feet long. Find the length of the shadow cast by a building 45 feet high, at the same time.
(A) 45 feet
(B) 60 feet
(C) 120 feet
(D) 80 feet
3.
Find the largest number which divides 280 and 1245 leaving remainders 4 and 3, respectively. (A) 4 (B) 138 (C) 142 (D) 152
4.
In the given figure, ABCD is a rectangle. If the area of shaded part is 48 cm2 and AB : BC = 3 : 2, find the perimeter of the rectangle.
(A) 40 cm
(B) 36 cm
(C) 50 cm
(D) 28 cm
5.
2 tables and 3 chairs together cost ` 2000 whereas 3 tables and 2 chairs together cost ` 2500.
Find the total cost of 1 table and 5 chairs. (A) ` 1500 (B) ` 1700
6.
If p = 180°, find the value of sin2
(A) 2
7.
The mean of the given frequency table is 50. But the frequencies f1 and f2 in class 20-40 and 60-80
(C) ` 900
(D) ` 2000
π π π + tan2 − cos2 . 3 6 2
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D)
13 12
is missing. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2 respectively. Class
0-20
Frequency
(A) 30, 22
8.
x −1y 2 If 3 −2 x y
(A) 1
1/ 3
17 (B) 22, 30
x 6 y −3 ÷ −2 3 x y
20-40
40-60
60-80
f1
32
f2
(C) 26, 26
80-100
Total
19
120 (D) 28, 24
1/ 2
= x p ⋅ y q , find (p + q ) if x ≠ y . (B) –1
(C) 13/3
(D) 0
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The edge of a cubical block of wood measures 30 cm. A straight cylindrical hole of diameter 10 cm is drilled through the cube. Find the volume of the wood left in the block. 30 cm
30 cm
30 cm
30 cm
(A) 18248.7 cm3 3
(B) 10500 cm3
10. If tanA = 1 and tanB =
(A)
1− 3 2 2
(C)
30 cm
172500 cm3 7
(D)
8562.3 cm3 7
3, evaluate cosA cosB – sinA sinB. (B) 1
10 cm
(D) 1 − 3
(C) 0
Logical and analytical reasoning 11. In the given matrix find the values of A, B and C, if the matrix follows certain rule row-wise or column-wise.
9
A
12
B
10
7
8
C
11
(A) A = 13, B = 11, C = 9 (C) A = 9, B = 11, C = 13
(B) A = 13, B = 9, C = 11 (D) A = 9, B = 13, C = 11
12. Select a figure from amongst the options which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.
Problem Figure
2
1
(A)
(B)
3
4
5
(C)
(D)
13. How many meaningful English words can be formed from the letters AIPR using each letter only
once? (A) Four
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
14. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the question mark (?) in figure (4).
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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15. Find out the wrong term in the given series. (A) 27
5, 27, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509 (B) 61 (C) 122
(D) 509
16. select a combination from the options which most closely resembles the water image of the given combination. D6Z7F4 6Z7 4 6 7F4 6Z7F4 6Z 4 (B) D (C) D (D) D (A) D Z F
F7
17. If the given sequence is reversed, what will be the 6 th character to the left of 5th to the right of 10th character from the right end? (A) @
X q - L j k s d F 4 @ z t A E m 8 + P M 1 * Z D O 7 (B) z (C) F (D) A
18. Select a figure from the options which contains fig. (X) as its part.
Fig. (X)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
19. In a certain code language meanings of some words are as follows : (i) ‘pit na sa’ means ‘you are welcome’. (ii) ‘na ho pa la’ means ‘they are very good’. (iii) ‘ka da la’ means ‘who is good’. (iv) ‘od ho pit la’ means ‘they welcome good people’. Which of the following means ‘people’ in that code language? (A) ho (B) pit (C) la
(D) od
20. ‘1’ is subtracted from each odd digit and ‘1’ is added to each even digit in the number 5249836. Which of the following will be the difference between the third digit from the left and the third digit from the right of the new number thus formed? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3
(D) 2
COMPuTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOlOgy 21. You are entering data in a large spreadsheet from left to right in a row in Ms-Excel 2010. As soon as you finish entering data in a row, and press the
Enter
key on the keyboard, the cell
below the cell you edited is selected. However, you wanted to go to the cell to the right of the current cell. How can you set the cell selection after the above operation to the right instead of below? (A) Choose Data → Selection (B) Choose Review → Selection Select “After pressing enter move selection” Select “After pressing enter move selection” Then change the direction in the drop down list. Then change the direction in the drop down list. (C) Choose File → Options → Advanced Select “After pressing enter move selection” Then change the direction in the drop down list. (D) You cannot change the cell selection order after the above operation in MS Excel 2010.
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22. In MS-PowerPoint 2010, which of the following will select the full slide including it’s content in the
Outline pane? (A) Right click on the outline of the slide (C) Click on the slide title
(B) Click anywhere on the outline of the slide (D) Click on the slide icon to the left of the slide title
23. Which of the following SD card is the smallest and has the maximum capacity? (A) microSDHC (B) miniSDHC (C) microSDXC (D) standardSDXC 24. A stylesheet provides web designers the ability to improve the appearance of web pages and make page layouts consistent among all pages of a web project. Which of the following code helps a
web designer link an external style sheet named sheet1.css to a webpage in HTML? (A) (B) (C) (D)
25. Which of the following will you use to create a hyperlink using an image named NCOimage.gif in
HTML? (A) (B) (C) (D)
26. Identify the following.
It is a special database in a Windows Operating System.
It contains special information about the users of a particular computer.
It contains details of all programs installed on it.
It contains information about the various hardware devices connected to a computer. (A) MSDN (B) Dynamic Link Library (C) Pagefile.sys (D) Windows Registry
27. Fill in the blanks:
A _________ occurs when a referenced memory frame is not loaded in memory. ________ is a memory management scheme in which the pages of a process are loaded as and when they are needed. ________ is a memory that combines primary and secondary memory to create an illusion of a very large contiguous memory.
(A) Page Fault, Demand Paging, Virtual Memory
(B) Deadlock, Virtual Paging, Page Memory
(C) Semaphore, Demand Paging, Page Memory
(D) Page fault, Fragmentation, Virtual Memory
28. Which of the following statements is FALSE in case of a SATA interface used to install a hard-disk
to your PC? (A) SATA drives may sometimes require specific drivers when installing an Operating system. (B) A SATA cable allows only one SATA hard drive to be connected at a time. (C) SATA drives do not use jumpers and connect directly to the motherboard. (D) SATA cables are wide ribbon like and can be only 18 inches long.
29. This is a pointing device commonly used by teachers to project handwritten notes and to allow students to do the same. This device is also used for providing feedback on student work submitted electronically. Online teachers may also use such devices for marking student work, or for live tutorials or lessons, especially where complex visual information or mathematical equations are
required. Identify it. (A) Light pen
(B) Digitizer
(C) Pointing stick
(D) Image Scanner
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30. Given here is a machine readable symbol system suitable for tracking and managing shipment of packages. It uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid. What is this system called?
(A) MaxiCode
(B) Shotcode
(C) UPC-A
(D) QR code
31. Identify the following.
It is a hardware frame.
It has a set of electrical connections.
The frame and the connections help run a notebook computer as an effective desktop computer. (A) Docking station (B) Virtual PC (C) Notebook Server (D) PC Accelerator
32. Which of the following will you use to enable the Watch Window to monitor the value of some
cells in your worksheet in MS-Excel 2010? (A) Window → Watch Window (C) Data → Data Tools → Watch Window
(B) View → Show/Hide → Watch Window (D) Formulas → Formula Auditing → Watch Window
33. Video input devices are used to digitize images or videos from the outside world into a computer, with the information being stored in several formats as per the user’s requirement. Which of the
following is not a video input device? (A) Paddle (B) Barcode reader
(C) Image scanner
(D) Laser range finder
34. Which of the following terms literally means “users choose their primary desire features without
considering the security of their computers”? (A) Cute Cats (B) Dancing Pigs
(C) Trojan Horse
(D) Arab Spring
35. All communications technology is subject to regulation by government agencies like _____ in
United States. (A) FCC
(B) ANSI
(C) ISO
(D) IEEE
36. Network Interface Card (NIC) provides the station a physical address that is normally written
in_______ notation. (A) Binary
(B) Decimal
(C) Hexadecimal
(D) Octal
37. It is the oldest surviving first-generation electronic computer and was the first in the world to play
digital music. (A) ENIAC
(B) EDSAC
(C) UNIVAC
(D) CSIRAC
38. Which of the following tags is used to add Media files in your HTML document? (A) and (B) and (C) and (D) and 39. An attack that attempts to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users by flooding
a network or server with requests and data is ______. (A) IP Spoofing (B) Data diddling (C) Denial of service
(D) Phishing
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40. A text navigation method in which a blinking cursor appears over the text on-screen. The user can then move throughout the text by using the arrow navigation keys, and perform various actions
to manipulate it. This method is known as ________. (A) Spatial navigation (B) Caret navigation (C) Tabbing navigation
(D) Cursor navigation
41. The given logo is of a social networking site ________. (A) Tagged (B) Pinterest (C) Ning (D) devianArt 42. “If the value of a cell is > 1000, color the cell red”.
Which feature of MS-Excel 2010 is used to perform such operations on cells?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
43. Round dot is a type of _______ style applied to the outlines and borders in MS-PowerPoint
2010. (A) Frame
(B) Weight
(C) 3-D
(D) Dash
44. In MS-Excel 2010, this function converts the first letter in each word in uppercase and all other
letters to lowercase? (A) UPPER
(B) LOWER
(C) TRIP
(D) PROPER
45. Which of the following panes will you use to search audio files in MS-PowerPoint 2010? (A) Animation pane (B) Audio and Video pane (C) Clipart (D) Slide Transition pane
Achievers' section 46. _________ deletes the word to the left of insertion point while _______ deletes the word to the
right of insertion point in MS-Word 2010. (A) Ctrl+Delete, Ctrl+Backspace (C) Backspace, Delete
47. LZW is a/an ______. (A) Image file format (C) Image compression technique
(B) Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Delete (D) Delete, Backspace (B) Video file format (D) Audio file format
48. Observe the given HTML code.
(A) (2,3,2) and (2,3,2)
(B) (2,3,3) and (2,3,2)
(C) (2,2,3) and (2,3,3)
(D) (2,2,3) and (2,3,2)
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surrounding pixels is _______. (A) Sampling (B) Quantization
(C) Interpolation
(D) Rasterization
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LOGICAL REASONING 1.
Select a figure which will continue the series as established by the five Problem Figures.
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
A word and number arrangement machine when given a particular input, rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement. Input : 95 is 11 my are Step I : is 95 11 my are Step II : is 11 95 my are Step III : is 11 my 95 are Step III is the last step for this input. Now study the logic given above and answer the questions that follow : If step III of an input is 'mare 1665 meat 1885 saves 20171 19199', then which of the following will definitely be the input?
A.
meat saves 20171 1885 mare 1665 19199
B.
19199 saves mare meat 1885 1665 20171
C.
mare 1885 saves meat 1665 19199 20171
D.
Can't be determined
3.
Study the following information to answer the given question. In a certain code 'had to look' is written as ti re zi, 'look for me' is written as di re ha and 'for help' is written as di na. Which of the following is the code for 'help'?
A.
di
B.
na
C. D.
ti re
4.
There is a definite relationship between figures P and Q. Establish a similar relationship between figures R and S by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (S).
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
Select a Venn diagram from the options which best illustrates the relation amongst "Boys, Athletes, Singers"?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
Find the missing character in given figure.
D15 F9
C18 B21 ?
H3
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A.
E31
B.
E12
C.
F12
D.
H8
7.
'A @ B' means 'A is added to B'.
'A * B' means 'A is multiplied by B'.
'A # B' means 'A is divided by B'.
'A $ B' means 'B is subtracted from A'. In the question, some information is given. You have to find out which expression correctly represents the given below statement. Salary of Mr. X (S1) is more than 40% of Mr. Y's salary (S2) by ` 8,000.
A.
S1 = [S2 * (40 @ 100)] #8,000
B.
S1 = [S2 * (40 # 100)] @8,000
C.
S2 = [S1 * (40 # 100)] @8,000
D.
S2 = [S1 * (40 @ 100)] #8,000
8.
In the given question, two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the row of numbers is to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.
9.
Find the number of triangles in the given figure.
A.
28
B.
32
C.
36
D.
40
10. Q, R, S, T, U and V are seated in a straight line facing North. S is second to the right of T and T is second to the right of Q. R is to the left of Q and second to the left of V. What is Q's position with respect to S?
A.
Third to left
B.
Fourth to left
C.
Second to left
D.
Fifth to left
11. In which of the following options, Fig. (X) is embedded as one of its part?
Rules:
(i)
If an odd number is followed by another odd number which is a perfect square then they are to be added.
A.
(ii) If an even number is followed by an odd number or an odd number is followed by an even number, they are to be multiplied.
B.
C.
D.
(iii) If an even number is followed by another even number, the first number is to be divided by the second number. (iv) If an even number which is a multiple of 5 is followed by an odd number which is also a multiple of 5, then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number. 248 8 25 3 x 28 If x is the resultant of the first row, what is the resultant of the second row?
12. If ‘×’ means ‘is father of’, ‘+’ means ‘is sister of’, ‘–’ means ‘is brother of’, and ‘÷’ means ‘is mother of’ then which of the following statements means ‘S is granddaughter of P’?
A.
12
B.
6
A.
P×T+R÷S
C.
18
B.
P ÷ Q – R ÷ S – T
D.
16
C.
P×R–T×S
D.
P÷Q–R×S+T
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13. Raman starts from point P and walks towards South and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5 km before taking each turn, towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?
A.
North
B.
South
C.
West
D.
East
Fig. (X)
14. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below : 1 H # U J 9 B $ R 2 K • E L 8 G P A % T 3CMV@7DOS=6Z How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately followed by a symbol?
A.
None
B.
One
C. D.
Two Three
15. From amongst the figures marked (A), (B), (C) and (D), select a figure which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots as in fig. (X).
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computers and information technology 16. What is a Dual Core Processor?
A.
OEM
A CPU with two distinct processors that work simultaneously in the same integrated circuit.
B.
Counter
C.
Manufacturer
D.
Adhoc
A.
B.
A CPU with one processor that can do a minimum of two jobs simultaneously.
C.
It is just a CPU model name.
D.
A CPU with one processor that can start a minimum of two or more threads to do the different parts of the same job.
17. In the Windows operating system, the _________ is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options. It also provides a means to access counters for profiling system performance.
A.
Dynamic Link Library
B.
Windows Registry
C.
Windows Help Module
D.
Windows Initialization File
18. The third-party software that comes with your digital camera, graphics tablet, printer or scanner is an example of _____ software.
19. Asha was entering data into MS-Excel 2010 worksheet and in the cell A3 she entered the formula, = A1+A2 +A3. What would be the result after pressing the enter key?
A.
Sum of A1, A2 and A3
B.
Name Error
C.
####
D.
Circular Reference Warning
20. Which of the following is NOT a category of frames in temporal compression of videos?
A.
I-frame
B.
P-frame
C.
S-frame
D.
B-frame
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21. On-line storage devices do not need any human intervention. It is directly accessed by the processing unit of the computer. Which of the following storage devices are oftenly used for on-line storage?
A. B. C. D.
Hard disk Redundant array of inexpensive disks Flash drive Both A and B
22. Which of the following statements is incorrect in context of OCR devices?
A.
B.
C. D.
OCR devices can read text from paper and translates the images into a form that the computer can manipulate. OCR software uses standard type of fonts like OCR-A and OCR-B to recognize the text. OCR does not allow to edit the converted text. All of these
23. Identify the following.
–
–
A. B. C. D.
It is a graphics tablet produced by U.S. company Koala Technologies. It is developed for several early 8-bit home computers including Apple-II family as well as for the IBM PC. KoalaPad KokoPad KoloPad KokaPad
24. Match the viruses given in Column-I with their caused behaviour given in Column-II. Column-I Column-II (a) Brain (i) It destroyed data by overwriting a random sector of the disk at every 16th run of an infected program. (b) Bomber (ii) First computer virus for MSDOS. It infects boot sector of storage media formatted with FAT file system (c) Dark Avenger (iii) Polymorphic virus known for its technique of patchy infection. A. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii) B. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii) C. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i) D. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i) 25. Which of the following statements is incorrect about newsgroup service of the internet?
A.
B.
It is an internet-based discussion about a particular topic. Users post messages to a news server which then sends them to a bunch of other participating servers.
C.
D.
To participate in a newsgroup, it is not compulsory to subscribe to it. Nearly all newsgroups are found on Usenet, which is a collection of servers around the world.
26. Select the INCORRECT match of 4xx Client Error codes with their names.
A. B. C. D.
401 402 403 404
-
Unauthorized Payment Required Bad request Not found
27. Dolphin is a mobile browser for the Android and iOS, developed by Mobotap. Which of the following features of this browser allows users to search, share and navigate by their voice, without typing a word? A. Dolphin Sonar B. Dolphin Gesture C. Dolphin Voice D. Dolphin Speak 28. _______ is a device specially designed for the education purpose which is having the flexibility and mobility of tablets as well as the performance and productivity of laptops launched by Intel on June 25, 2014.
A. B. C. D.
Ultrabook 2 in 1 Laptop Tablet 2 in 1 Study 2 in 1 Education 2 in 1
29. In HTML, the ____ element enables you to specify that you are introducing a special term. A. B. C. D. 30. What does the error #DIV/0! represents in MS-Excel 2010? A. When the formula attempts to divide by what's in a cell that is empty. B. When the cell used in the formula is not having correct reference. C. When the cell used in the formula is not formatted. D. All of these 31. ____ is a computer bus used by CPU for communicating with other devices connected to the computer. It carries commands from the CPU and returns status signals from the devices. A. Data bus B. Cache bus C. Address bus D. Control bus
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32. The _____ element defines a table row in HTML.
37. LynxOS is an example of ____ operating system.
A.
Fastest
B.
Real-time
C.
Single user
D.
Single tasking
A. B. C. D.
33. Which of the following is a tiny postage stamp size brain-like chip, unveiled by IBM, that delivers the performance of a supercomputer using a process that mimics the human brain?
A.
TrueNorth
B.
TrueBrain
C.
Neural Chip
D.
Brain Chip
34. Which of the following views of MS-Word 2010, represents the document as it would look as a web page?
A.
B.
C. D.
35. _______ is the term given to software that routinely issues a pop-up window or other form of visual interface asking the user to register a product, purchase an application or take another form of action.
A.
Troubelware
B.
Popware
C. D.
Adware Nagware
36. Which of the following operations in MS-PowerPoint 2010 will change the shape from image-I to image-II?
Image I
A. B. C. D.
Crop Crop to Shape Fit Picture Effects
Image II
38. The given image occurs in _____ tab of MS-PowerPoint 2010.
A.
Home
B.
Design
C.
Insert
D.
Slide show
39. Which of the following smartphones has been launched by Lenovo in August 2014, that runs on Android 4.4 KitKat operating system and supports dual-sim functionality?
A.
OPPO Find 7
B.
Vibe Z2 Pro
C.
Lenovo L60
D.
Lenovo Z
40. Which of the following type of operating systems manages a group of independent computers and makes them appear to be a single computer?
A.
Real-time
B.
Multiuser
C.
Multiprogramming
D.
Distributed
41. Which of the following formulas is CORRECT to see if an error condition exists in cell B2? If so, the IF function returns the message "An error occurred." If no error exists, the IF function performs the calculation B2*3 + B3 *2?
A.
=IF(ISERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)
B.
=IF(ERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)
C.
=IF(CELL(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)
D.
=IF(ISERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", “B2*3 + B3 *2”)
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42. A video that becomes popular through video sharing websites, social media and e-mail is called ____ video.
A. B. C. D.
Popular Shared Viral All of these
43. _______ is a type of RAM, that contains its data even if power is turned OFF.
A. B. C. D.
DRAM SRAM DDR NVRAM
44. In video quality requirements, the range of light and dark values in a picture or the ratio between the maximum and the minimum brightness values is known as ______.
A. B. C. D.
Dithering Pixel Contrast Graphics
45. Which of the following types of values gives a numeric spin box in browser in the HTML?
A. B. C. D.
Week Data Number Range
Achievers Section 46. Which of the following is the CORRECT formula, to determine whether a particular year is leap year or not, if the value of cell A1 is 8/8/2014 in MS-Excel 2010?
A.
IF (MONTH (DATE (YEAR (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)
B.
= IF (YEAR (MONTH (DATE (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)
C.
= IF (MONTH (DATE (YEAR (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)
D.
= IF (YEAR (MONTH (DATE (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, FALSE, TRUE)
47. Which of the following statements is incorrect about Sparklines in MS-Excel 2010?
A.
They are alternatives to charts.
B.
A chart cannot be placed in a cell while sparkline can be placed in a cell.
C.
You can create a single sparkline and then use the fill handle to automatically create sparklines for the remaining rows.
D.
There are four types of sparklines named Line, Column, Win/Loss and Area.
48. Which of the following statements is incorrect in context of UDP, TCP and IP protocols of the internet?
A.
IP is not designed to be reliable and is a best effort delivery protocol.
B.
C.
D.
TCP provides both data integrity and delivery guarantee by re-transmitting until the receiver acknowledges the reception of the packet. UDP provides data integrity via a checksum but does not guarantee delivery. IP is designed to be reliable and is a best effort delivery protocol.
49. What would be the output of the given HTML code?
A.
B.
C.
D.
I have a bike I have a car I have a bike I have a car I have a bike I have a car I have a bike I have a car
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50. W h a t i s t h e f u n c t i o n o f g i v e n i c o n o f MS-Word 2010?
A.
Require a password to open the document.
B.
C.
D.
Let readers know the document is final and make it read-only. Grant people access while removing their ability to edit, copy or print. Add a digital signature.
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LOGICAL REASONING 1.
There is a definite relationship between figures (i) and (ii). Establish a similar relationship between figures (iii) and (iv) by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (iii).
5.
Select a figure from the options which will continue the pattern established by the Problem Figures. Problem Figures ?
? (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
Which of the following options represents the correct relationship as indicated in the given Venn diagram?
A. B. C. D.
7.
There are certain common characteristics/properties between the two Problem Figures. Select a figure from the options which shows similar characteristics/ properties as shown by the Problem Figures. Problem Figures
A.
B.
C.
D.
A. B. C.
D.
2.
Following question is based on five words given below : AND FOR THE BIG SUM If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed?
A. B. C. D.
None One Two Three
3.
Nihal is taller than Sumit, who is shorter than Rohit. Vipin is taller than Akash. Anshu is shorter than Vivek. Neither Vipin nor Vivek is the tallest. If Rohit is standing second in decreasing order of height, who will stand in the middle in the group of these seven persons?
A. B. C. D.
4.
In a row of thirty boys, R is fourth from the right end and W is tenth from the left end. How many boys are there between R and W?
A. B. C. D.
Vipin Vipin or Vivek Anshu Can’t be determined
15 16 17 None of these
Vegetables, Apples, Fruits Gears, Tyres, Cars Cone, Cylinder, Sphere Planets, Solar system, Galaxy
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A cube has six different symbols drawn over its six faces. Three positions of cube are shown below.
Which symbol is opposite to the symbol ( A. B. C. D.
)?
9.
Study the following information to answer the given question : In a certain code if 'it is rush hour traffic' is written as sa le do mi ru, 'go to school' is written as be no pa, 'one hour to go' is written as mi fi pa be, 'rush to one' is written as fi be sa and 'traffic is fine' is written as ga ru do, then mi fi le would best mean ____.
A. B. C. D.
it one to to rush one rush hour it it one hour
to the right of V, who is not an immediate neighbour of T. W sits third to the right of Q, who sits second to the right of V.
What is the position of P with respect to W? A. Third to the left B. Third to the right C. Second to the left D. Second to the right
13. If 'M × N' means 'M is the daughter of N', 'M + N' means 'M is the father of N', 'M ÷ N' means 'M is the mother of N' and 'M – N' means 'M is the brother of N', then in the expression 'P ÷ Q + R – T × K' how is P related to K ?
A. B. C. D.
Mother-in-law Sister-in-law Aunt Daughter-in-law
14. Study the Venn diagram given below. 3 12
10. Select a option which most closely resembles the water-image of the given combination.
9
A. B. C. D.
3W5M4Q19SU US91Q4M5W3
11. Arun and Amit started walking from two different points ‘P’ and ‘Q’ respectively. Arun walks 2 kms North and turns to the East and walks 3 kms and again turns to North walks 4 kms and finally turns to East and walks 5 kms to reach point ‘R’. Similarly, Amit walks 2 kms North and turns to West and walks 3 kms and finally turns to North, walks 4 kms and meets Arun at point ‘R’. The distance between P and Q is _______.
A. B. C. D.
11 km 10 km 8 km 9 km
12. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight friends sitting around a circular table facing the centre. P sits second to the left of S, who is third to the left of T. R sits third
6
7 13
5
US91Q4M5W3
4 11
10
(1) Rectangle represents males. (2) Triangle represents educated. (3) Circle represents urban. (4) Square represents civil servants. Who among the following is neither a civil servant nor educated but is urban and not a male? A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 10
15. If all the odd numbers are dropped from the given arrangement, which of the following elements would be seventh to the right of twelfth element from the right end?
J K P D F G H 6 9 2 8 Q E M 7 4 3 Z Y B T 5 4 2 3
A. B. C. D.
B Z Y 4
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Computers and information technology 16. Identify the following :
–
–
– A. B. C. D.
These printers use CIJ and Drop-on-demand printing method. Its cartridges dry out if left unused for a long period of time. It is a type of non-impact printer. Inkjet Printer Laser Printer Dot-Matrix printer Daisy Wheel Printer
17. Mouse chording is the capability of performing actions when multiple mouse buttons are held down. Which of the following applications support Mouse chording?
A. B. C. D.
Rocker Navigation Minesweeper CATIA-CAM/CAD/CAE software All of these
18. Oompa-Loompa malware, also called OSX/Oomp-A or Leap.A, is an application - infecting, LAN-spreading ____ for Mac OS X, discovered by the Apple security firm Intego on February 14, 2006. A. iChat files
B. C. D.
Worm Bonjur Spyware
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A. B. C. D.
Review References Insert Page Layout
22. Identify the following.
–
–
A. B. C. D.
It is a multimedia software which is used to add animation and interactivity to web pages. It was initially developed by Macromedia and acquired by Adobe systems in 2005.
Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe
Pagemaker Director Flash Player Shockwave
A. B. C. D.
IAB IBA InterNIC IMTF
24. Which of the following formulas in MS-Excel 2010 rounds a number to a specified number of decimals and returns the result as text with or without commas?
20. Which of the following options is used to show the comments and other annotations in the slides in MS-PowerPoint 2010?
23. _______ is a volunteer organisation that governs the internet. It is responsible for providing registration services to Internet Community.
19. Which of the following options allows you to quickly format a cell by choosing predefined cell styles in MS-Excel 2010?
21. In which of the following tabs given set of options are present in MS-Word 2010?
A. B. C. D.
Find Fixed Round Lower
25. Which of the following statements is NOT correct about optical disk?
A. B. C.
D.
It is a direct access storage device. It has several concentric tracks. It uses laser beam technology to read or write data. Its storage capacity is calculated as = Number of sectors × number of bytes per sector.
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26. Select the INCORRECT match.
A.
B.
C. D.
Domain suffix – h elps to identify the type of website URL – address of the documents and other resources on the world wide web URI – subset of URL DNS – translates domain names to IP address
27. Identify it.
–
– –
A. B. C. D.
It is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display. It is developed by Google X. Camera, display and touchpad are some of its features. Google Play Google Glass Google Wear 3D Google Path
28. What would be the output if a user types the following formula = Power(4, new) in cell A1 in MS-Excel 2010?
A. B. C. D.
It will display # NULL It will display #NAME? New 4 New4
29. Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Line Numbers in MS-Word 2010?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is present under Page Setup group of Page Layout tab. It adds line number alongside of each line of the document. Line numbers appears in the right margin of the document. You can set the line numbers to restart at each page in the document.
30. Identify it.
–
–
– A. B. C. D.
It is a screenshot editing and sharing utility for Mac OS X which was originally developed by Plasq. It permits users to add shapes and text to an image and then share it online. It was acquired by Evernote on 18 Aug 2011. Doozla Skitch Conic Touch Comic Life
31. Geetika has inserted an image in a slide and she wants to add a caption to the image. Which of the following options will help her to do so in MS-PowerPoint 2010?
A. B. C. D.
Picture Layout Picture Effects Corrections Artistic Effects
32. Which of the following is a not a valid value for type attribute for Unordered list in HTML?
A. B. C. D.
Disc Square Heart Circle
33. _____ are digital media files produced in a series which is delivered via RSS feed.
A. B. C. D.
Podcast Broadcast Mediacast Digicast
34. LPFK is a type of keyboard designed by IBM. What does LPFK stand for?
A. B. C. D.
Low Price Functional Keyboard Lighted Program Function Keyboard Light Programmable Functional Keyboard Logical Program Function Keyboard
35. The file management system in an Operating System does not ___________.
A. B. C. D.
Keep track of files Provide strict file protection Keep track of I/O devices and channels Allocate a file for use and close the file
36. What is Stop Motion Animation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Using moving clay figures, puppets and miniatures to create an animation. Moving a static object in increments while filming a frame with each increment. Animating objects while playing a video on the screen with a special start/stop button. All of these
37. _______ is the free web browser for Linux. It offers support for FTP. You can login to FTP sites with a username and password like you type the URL of a website, but the prototype 'http:' should be replaced with 'ftp:'.
A. B. C. D.
gFTP Zilla File Konqueror Linux Zilla
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38. Which of the following is a use of a proxy server?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It provides internal security system and an ability to scan viruses and malware. To bypass special controls, such as parental or security controls. To apply access policies for tracking organizational internet use. All of these
39. Which of the following is NOT a physical tag in HTML?
A. B. C. D.
. . . . . . . . . . . .
40. Which of the following is NOT an antivirus software?
A. B. C. D.
Vipre Norton Commodore AVG
41. Look at the given table regarding networking. P Guided
A.
B.
C.
D.
43. ______ animation technique which combines handdrawn characters into live action shots. This technique was used in Space Jam and Osmosis Jones.
Twisted-pair Coaxial R Free space Cable cable P, Q and R respectively are ____. A. Multimode Fiber, Unguided, Unshielded optic B. Transmission Media, Unguided, Fiber optic C. Unshielded Media, Insulator, RJ45 D. Metallic Media, Unguided, Fiber-optic
42. What is the function of device management module of an operating system?
A. B. C. D.
Rotoscoping Live-action Limited All of these
44. Features like Windows Aero, Multitouch and Windows Media Center is NOT available in _____ edition of Windows 7.
Q
It provides a set of commands which users use to give instructions to a computer for execution of their jobs. It bridges the gap between functionality of an operating system and needs of users for frequently used programs. It deals with protecting various resources such as access control, authentication and cryptography with the help of I/O devices. It takes care of controlling all I/O devices of a computer system and provides a simple and easy to use interface to these devices.
A. B. C. D.
Home Basic Starter Professional Ultimate
45. ____ is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a group, or an organization. It is often accompanied by realtime of offline stalking and is a criminal offense under various state anti-stalking, slander, and harassment laws.
A. B. C. D.
Cybernet Cyberlibel Cyberstalking Cyberpolicing
Achievers Section
Statement-1 : Windows Essentials was formerly known as Windows Live Essentials and Windows Live Installer.
Statement-2 : Windows Essentials 2012 includes an application Family Safety which is available in Windows 7 only.
A. B. C. D.
Only statement-1 Only statement-2 Both statement-1 and statement-2 Neither statement-1 nor statement-2
47. Which of the following process management technique has been illustrated in the given diagram? Main memory Operating system Execution in progress
46. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. B. C. D.
User program (Job A) CPU
Multiprogramming Uniprogramming Multithreading Double Threading
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48. What would be the output of the given HTML code?
ADMISSION NO
NAME
F NAME
DOB
1234
MOHIT
RAKESH
20-JAN-1995
A.
ADMISSION NO NAME F NAME 1234 MOHIT RAKESH
DOB 20-JAN-1995
B.
ADMISSION NO NAME NAME 1234567 MOHIT RAKESH
DOB 20-JAN-1995
C.
ADMISSiON NO F NAME 1234 RAKESH
D.
ADMISSION NO NAME F NAME 1234 MOHIT RAKESH
49. Which of the following shows the INCORRECT difference between SRAM (Static RAM) and DRAM (Dynamic RAM)? SRAM DRAM A. A bit of data is stored A bit of data stored using the state of flip- using a transistor and flop. capacitor pair. B. It is more expensive to It is less expensive to produce. produce. C. S R A M s t a n d s f o r D R A M s t a n d s f o r static random access dynamic random access memory memory D. It needs to be refreshed It does not need to be with a burst of power refreshed periodically. every few milliseconds. 50. Given below is the FTP service diagram. Identify the area marked as P and Q respectively.
NAME DOB MOHIT 20-JAN-1995 DOB 20-JAN-1995
GUI Protocol Interpreter Client Data Transfer Processor User File System
A. B. C. D.
P
Q
Protocol Interpreter Server Data Transfer Processor Server File System
P-Control channel, Q-Data channel P-Data channel, Q-Control channel P-Response channel, Q-Data channel P-Command channel, Q-Response channel
SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK
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ANSWER KEYS 10TH NCO 1. (B) 11. (A) 21. (A) 31. (B) 41. (D)
2. (C) 12. (A) 22. (D) 32. (C) 42. (D)
3. (A) 13. (A) 23. (A) 33. (D) 43. (A)
4. (D) 14. (A) 24. (A) 34. (A) 44. (A)
5. (B) 15. (C) 25. (C) 35. (A) 45. (C)
6. (C) 16. (C) 26. (B) 36. (B) 46. (C)
7. (A) 17. (C) 27. (A) 37. (A) 47. (A)
8. (B) 18. (C) 28. (A) 38. (C) 48. (A)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(C) (A) (C) (D) (C)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(C) (A) (A) (D) (A)
7. (A) 17. (A) 27. (D) 37. (B) 47. (C)
8. (C) 18. (D) 28. (D) 38. (C) 48. (A)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(D) (C) (D) (C) (D)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(D) (C) (B) (B) (A)
(A) (B) (D) (A) (A)
7. 17. 27. 37. 47.
(B) (C) (B) (A) (C)
8. 18. 28. 38. 48.
(C) (C) (B) (C) (D)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(B) (B) (A) (C) (D)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(A) (D) (C) (A) (D)
(D) (D) (C) (B) (D)
7. 17. 27. 37. 47.
(D) (A) (A) (A) (B)
8. 18. 28. 38. 48.
(B) (C) (D) (B) (A)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(B) (A) (A) (C) (D)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(A) (D) (A) (D) (C)
11TH NCO 1. (D) 11. (B) 21. (C) 31. (B) 41. (D)
2. (D) 12. (A) 22. (C) 32. (C) 42. (C)
3. (A) 13. (A) 23. (A) 33. (D) 43. (D)
4. (B) 14. (A) 24. (C) 34. (C) 44. (D)
5. (C) 15. (B) 25. (A) 35. (D) 45. (C)
6. (B) 16. (B) 26. (D) 36. (C) 46. (D)
12TH NCO SET A 1. 11. 21. 31. 41.
(C) (D) (A) (B) (A)
2. 12. 22. 32. 42.
(A) (C) (D) (C) (B)
3. 13. 23. 33. 43.
(A) (D) (B) (B) (A)
4. 14. 24. 34. 44.
(A) (D) (A) (A) (B)
5. 15. 25. 35. 45.
(D) (A) (D) (A) (D)
6. 16. 26. 36. 46.
SET B 1. 11. 21. 31. 41.
(D) None (A) (C) (A)
2. 12. 22. 32. 42.
(C) (C) (C) (C) (B)
3. 13. 23. 33. 43.
(C) (A) (A) (B) (B)
4. 14. 24. 34. 44.
None (B) (A) (C) (B)
5. 15. 25. 35. 45.
(D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
6. 16. 26. 36. 46.
13TH NCO SET A 1. 11. 21. 31. 41.
(B) (C) (C) (B) (A)
2. 12. 22. 32. 42.
(C) (B) (D) (D) (B)
3. 13. 23. 33. 43.
(A) (D) (C) (A) (C)
4. 14. 24. 34. 44.
(A) (A) (A) (C) (B)
5. 15. 25. 35. 45.
(D) (C) (A) (B) (A)
6. 16. 26. 36. 46.
(A) (B) (D) (C) (D)
7. 17. 27. 37. 47.
(A) (A) (D) (A) (B)
8. 18. 28. 38. 48.
(B) (B) (A) (A) (D)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(A) (D) (C) (C) (C)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(C) (B) (B) (D) (A)
1. 11. 21. 31. 41.
(D) (D) (C) (A) (D)
2. 12. 22. 32. 42.
(B) (B) (D) (D) (B)
3. 13. 23. 33. 43.
(B) (D) (C) (A) (D)
4. 14. 24. 34. 44.
(A) (D) (B) (B) (D)
5. 15. 25. 35. 45.
SET B (B) 6. (A) 16. (A) 26. (A) 36. (B) 46.
(D) (C) (D) (C) (B)
7. 17. 27. 37. 47.
(D) (A) (A) (D) (C)
8. 18. 28. 38. 48.
(B) (D) (D) (A) (A)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(C) (D) (B) (C) (C)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(A) (A) (A) (B) (C)
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1. (C) 11. (A) 21. (D) 31. (D) 41. (A)
2. (D) 12. (D) 22. (C) 32. (B) 42. (C)
3. (B) 13. (A) 23. (A) 33. (A) 43. (D)
4. (C) 14. (A) 24. (D) 34. (C) 44. (C)
SET A 5. (C) 6. (B) 15. (C) 16. (A) 25. (C) 26. (C) 35. (D) 36. (B) 45. (C) 46. (C)
7. (B) 17. (B) 27. (A) 37. (B) 47. (D)
8. (B) 18. (A) 28. (D) 38. (C) 48. (D)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(C) (D) (B) (B) (B)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(B) (C) (A) (D) (B)
1. (B) 11. (A) 21. (B) 31. (A) 41. (B)
2. (C) 12. (D) 22. (D) 32. (C) 42. (D)
3. (D) 13. (A) 23. (C) 33. (A) 43. (B)
4. (B) 14. (B) 24. (B) 34. (B) 44. (B)
SET B 5. (C) 6. (A) 15. (C) 16. (A) 25. (B) 26. (C) 35. (C) 36. (B) 45. (C) 46. (C)
7. (C) 17. (D) 27. (B) 37. (C) 47. (B)
8. (A) 18. (B) 28. (B) 38. (D) 48. (A)
9. 19. 29. 39. 49.
(D) (C) (C) (D) (D)
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.
(B) (A) (B) (C) (A)
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