Q1. Name the mobile maker company that has become the first brand ever to sponsor front jerseys of two IPL teams in the same edition and its logo feature on the front jersey of both the teams.
Q2. Which among the following states, the famous Berhampur Thakurani Yatra festival has celebrated (in April 2017)?
Q3. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas officially has launched the low emission Bharat stage (BS)-IV Grade fuel in Odisha, recently. The foundation Day of Odisha is commonly known as __________
Q4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced to lay the foundation stone of a multi-modal terminal on River Ganga at Sahebganj in which of the following State?
Q5. __________ An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non performing when it ceases to generate income for the bank.
Directions (6-10): Study the given information and answer the questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and rearrangement.
Input: 18 was his 27 first 36 input 33 still 49 clear 42
Step I: was 50 18 his 27 first 36 input 33 still clear 42
Step II: still 41 was 50 18 his 27 first 36 input 33 clear
Step III: input 35 still 41 was 50 18 his 27 first 33 clear
Step IV: his 34 input 35 still 41 was 50 18 27 first clear
Step V: first 28 his 34 input 35 still 41 was 50 18 clear
Step VI: clear 17 first 28 his 34 input 35 still 41 was 50
And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 59 with broad 48 smile 35 then 24 hold 76 firmly 19
Q6. In which step the elements ‘75 broad 24’ found in the same order?
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see the each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
1) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to descending order given in English dictionary. In first step the words which comes last according to English dictionary arranged first to extreme left. And in second step next word are arranged to left.And this process is continued in further step.
2) For number arrangement- Number are arranged according to descending order. In first step greatest number arranged in left. And in second step next number is arranged. And this process is continued in further step( Each odd number is added by one(+1) while they are arranged and one is subtracted by each even number(-1) while they are arranged).
Input: 59 with broad 48 smile 35 then 24 hold 76 firmly 19
Step I: with 75 59 broad 48 smile 35 then 24 hold firmly 19
Step II: then 60 with 75 broad 48 smile 35 24 hold firmly 19
Step III: smile 47 then 60 with 75 broad 35 24 hold firmly 19
Step IV: hold 36 smile 47 then 60 with 75 broad 24 firmly 19
Step V: firmly 23 hold 36 smile 47 then 60 with 75 broad 19
Step VI: broad 20 firmly 23 hold 36 smile 47 then 60 with 75
Q7. In step V, which of the following words would be at 3rd to the left of 6th from the right end?
Q8. How many step required completing the above arrangement?
Q9. Which of the following would be the step IV after arrangement?
Q10. In step III, ‘smile’ is related to ‘60’ and ‘with’ is related to ‘35’. In the same way ‘then’ is related to?
Direction (11 – 15): Find out the odd number in the given series.
Q11. -1 5 23 59 122 209
Q12. 0 15 52 105 192 315
(2×3×4)-(2+3+4)=15
(3×4×5)-(3+4+5)=48& So on
∴ Replace 52 by 48.
Q13. 12 33 72 135 221 357
(2×3×4)+(2+3+4)=33
(3×4×5)+(3+4+5)=72&So on
∴ Replace 221 by 228
Q14. 101 137 -79 -30 -378 -309
Q15. 206 226 194 230 178 248
∴ Replace 226 → 216
Directions (16-20): In the following questions a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. five options are given for each question, you need to find the grammatically correct replacement from the given options.
Q16. Menlo University‘s range of graduate programmes have been developed to fulfil your needs whether you intend to pursue a career in industry, business, government, NGOs or academia, and whatever your background.
B - the usage of if‘ is incorrect since if‘ should be used only while making a conditional
statement and whether‘ should be used to evaluate alternatives. The usage of or‘ is also
incorrect since the two events are mutually exclusive, hence we need and‘ to make the
meaning clear.
C - Singular Range‘ will take singular has‘ and not plural have‘. For fulfilling‘ is unidiomatic
E - your‘ needs is not parallel with one‘ intends. The usage of or‘ is also incorrect.
Q17. Nutritionists suggest that we should replace chips and sweetened soft drinks with healthier raw veggies, fruits, whole-grain biscuits and low-fat cheese.
A - The use of suggest‘ and should‘ in the same sentence is an error of redundancy.
B – Replaces‘ is incorrect since we need replace‘. Also you replace one thing with‘ another
and not for‘ another.
D – The use of us‘ is incorrect since the sentence needs the subject form we‘ and not the
object form us‘
E – Unnecessarily wordy
Q18. Watching the TV or working on the computer leads to overeating.
B - Since the connector is or‘ the subject is either watching‘ or working‘ , hence the verb should be singular leads‘ and not plural lead‘.
C & D are incorrect because the connector is and‘ so the subject is both watching‘ and
working‘, hence the verb should be the plural lead‘ and not the singular leads‘.
E - watching‘ is not parallel with to work‘.
Q19. Trend Global is a company that will give its staff a 10 per cent pay hike, allows scooter rides in campus and even a massage facility.
In this sentence, three things need to be made parallel – pay hike, scooter rides and
massage facility. B gets it right.
A – ‘give‘ is not parallel with allows‘
C – Too wordy. is giving‘ is not needed since it is not an action that is ongoing at the
moment.
D – gives‘ is not parallel with allow‘
E – give‘ and allow‘ are not parallel with offers‘
Q20. Upset over the high-handedness of the security agencies, the Police Chief expressed his displeasure to the government.
B – The modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence refers to the police chief and not
to his displeasure‘
C – Being‘ is redundant and awkward
D – Upset from‘ is unidiomatic, the correct idiom is upset over‘.
E – The phrase at the beginning of the sentence has a very awkward construction
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