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N.D. A.Geam 2 IE , 2012, , DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO, , , , T.B.C. : P-OEBB-M-HBU Test Booklet Series, , ———, , , , TEST BOOKLET, GENERAL ABILITY TEST, , , , , , , , , , Time Allowed : Two Hours and Thirty Minutes Maximum Marks : 600, INSTRUCTIONS, 1, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD, , 2., , 3., , 4., , 8., , 10., , CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR, MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST, BOOKLET., , Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll number and, Test Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at, the appropriate places in the OMR answer sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the, answer sheet liable for rejection., , You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test, Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT, write anything else on the Test Booklet., , This Test Booklet contains 150 items (questions) in two parts : PART — A and PART - B. Each item, in PART ~ B is printed both in Hindi and English. Each item comprises four responses (answers)., You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there, is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case,, choose ONLY ONE response for each item., , You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions, in the Answer Sheet., , All items carry equal marks., , Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test Booklet,, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you with your, Admission Certificate., , After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination has, concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet. You are permitted to take, away with you the Test Booklet., , Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end., , Penalty for wrong Answers : ., THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE, OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS., , (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a, wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0-33) of the marks assigned to that, question will be deducted as penalty., , (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one, of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that, question., , Gii) If a question is left blank i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will: be no penalty, for that question., , DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO, cara & s argent ar fet ware ga yfecat & free ges x wa 2 |
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PART —A, , Directions (For the 10 items which follow) :, , 4,, , 6., , 7., , 8., , 10., , (i) In this section, a number of sentences are given. The sentences are underlined in three, separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c). Read each sentence to find out, whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error., When you find an error in any one of the underlined parts (a), (b) or (c), indicate your, responses on the Answer Sheet at the appropriate space. You may feel that there is no, error in a sentence. In that case, (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response., , (ii) Errors may be in grammar, word usage or idioms. There may be a word missing or, there may be a word which should be removed., , (iii) You are not required to correct the error. You are required only to indicate your, , response on the answer sheet., , None of the applicants have turned up forthe interview ontime. No error., , , , , , , , , , @ (b) © @, Her mother did not reply when asked her why was she weeping. No error., (a) () () (d), The oxygen content of Mars is not sufficient enough to support life as we know it., (a) () (c), , No error., , (da), He told his friends that each ofthem should be able to carry out the orders oneself., , @ (b) ©), , No error., , (d), , If the police would have worked intime the riot would not have occurred. No error., , , , (a) ®) () (d), , The flag is risen in the morning and taken down at night by the guards. No error., , , , (a) (b) (©) (d), , Ihave seenhim going to the theatre with his friends yesterday evening. _No error., , , , (a) (b) (©) (d@), , He was charged of murder _ though the evidence did every thing, , , , @ - (b), , to convince the judge of his innocence. _No error., , , , (c) (d), , Neither he nor his brother is a good student but both are good players. No error., , , , (a) (b) () (d), , He has taken charge as principal of our college three years ago. No error., , , , (a) () ©) @, , P-OEBB-M-HBU - A 2
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Directions (For the 10 items which follow) :, , 11., , 12., , 13., , 14,, , 15., , Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words., , Select the synonym of the word or words (occurrin, , the context., , MOMENTOUS changes are taking place, in the social and economic life of India., , (a) notorious, (b) momentary, (c) official, , (d) enormous, , His condition DETERIORATED day by, day., , (a) went bad, (b) grew worse, (c) went down, (d) grew bad, , She is pretty INSIPID young lady., (a) clever, , (b) lazy, , (c) dull, , (d) lean, , It is the difficulty or SCARCITY of a, thing that it makes it precious., , (a) poverty, , (b) absence, , (c) insufficiency, , (d) disappearance, , We should not allow ADVERSITY to, discourage us., , (a) poverty, , (b) darkness, , (c) time of trouble, , (d) unfriendly criticism, , 16., , 17., , 18., , 19,, , 20., , ig in the sentence in capital letters) as per, , He is very OBLIGING by nature., , (a) helpful, , (b) nice, , (c) thankful, , (d) compelling, , She thought that RUNNING INTO her, old friend was a stroke of fate., , (a) meeting by chance, , (b) colliding, , (c) travelling with, , (d) quarrelling with, , He was a CHARISMATIC leader., (a) exceptionally fascinating, , (b) particularly popular, , (c) compulsively pleasant, , (d) strangely haunting, , She was completely ENGROSSED in, her work,, , (a) disturbed, , (b) absorbed, , (c) fatigued, , (d) successful, , He is an INDEFATIGABLE worker., (a) tired, , (b) tireless, , (c) brave, , (d)_ skilful, , A — P-OEBB-M-HBU
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Directions (For the 10 items which follow) :, , 21., , 22., , 23., , 25., , Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words., Select the antonym of the word or words (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per, , the context., , A small ALTERCATION between the, children started off a riot., , (a) quarrel, , (b) friendly discussion, (c) contest, , (d) race, , He agreed reluctantly to sign the form, but looked ILL AT EASE., , (a) embarrassed, , (b) comfortable, , (c) welcome, , (d) easy, , My mother has been working hard for, , the last two weeks and she feels RUN, DOWN., , (a) energetic, (b) cold, , (c) emotional, (d) morbid, , . The three states signed a pact to have, , COLLECTIVE economy., (a) distributive, , (b) disintegrative, , (c) individual, , (d) divided, , He was deeply hurt by her CURT reply., (a) abrupt, , (b) short, , (c) expansive, , (d) rude, , P-OEBB-M-HBU - A, , 26., , 27., , 28., , 29., , 30., , He was asked to ACCELERATE the, pace of work., , (a) check, , (b) control, (c) slacken, (d) supervise, , The child was ABDUCTED when he, was going to school., , (a) seized, , (b) set free, (c) kidnapped, (d) ransomed, , The baby has a very DELICATE body., (a) crude, , (b) strong, , (c) hard, , (d)_ bony, , The government has ENHANCED the, tuition fees in schools and colleges., , (a) magnified, , (b) aggravated, , (c) decreased, , (d) augmented, , He aims at PERFECTION in whatever, job he undertakes., , (a) deficiency, , (b) immaturity, , (c) badness, , (d) completeness
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Directions (For the 12 items which follow) :, , 31., , 32., , 33., , In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are, required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence., Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly., , he had ‘no’ tohim sucha winning smile _ that I could not say, , , , BE Q R Ss, The correct sequence should be, (a) QPRS, (b) RPQS, (c) SPQR, (@) PRSQ, , he nodded he understood as though everything, P Q R s, , The correct sequence should be, , (@) PRQS, , (b) PSQR, , () QRSP, , (d) SPRQ, , , , the child burned down the house by playing with matches, P Q R s, , The correct sequence should be, , (@) RSPQ, , () QSPR, , (c) RPSQ, , (dd) QPSR, , , , inhisinnocence Ibelieved of the charge and aquittal, P Q R s, , The correct sequence should be, , (a) SQRP, , () QPSR, , (ce) PRSQ, , qd) RPQS, , A - P-OEBB-M-HBU