Directions (Q. 1-5): Answer these questions referring to the
symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
5 6 $ V W F? 4? M I 9 TB 8 U3 £G 2# * H E 7 N 1 Y A X
1. How many symbols are there which are immediately preceded
by a number and immediately followed by a letter?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
5) None of these
2. If all the symbols are dropped from the series, which
letter/number will the be eleventh to the left of fifteenth letter/number from
your left?
1) M
2) 1
3) 7
4) F
5) None of these
3. If the positions of the first and the sixteenth elements,
second and seventeenth elements, and so on up to eleventh and twenty-sixth
elements, are interchanged, which letter/number/symbols will be seventh to the
right of nineteenth letter/number/symbol from the right?
1) 6
2) $
3) X
4) V
5) None of these
4. If the positions of the letters in the sequence are
reoccupied by the letters themselves though after getting rearranged alphabetically
from the left, which of the following will indicate the position of M in the
new arrangement?
1) M is between * and 2
2) M is 13th from the right
3) M is 21st from the right
4) M is 15th from the left
5) None of these
5. What is the total number of 'the numbers immediately
followed by a letter' and 'the symbols immediately following the letters'
together in the above sequence?
1) 5
2) 6
3) 7
4) 8
5) None of these
Directions (Q.6-10): Study the following information to
answer the given questions.
A word arrangement machine when given an input line of
words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following
is an illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input: wearing dress tops strappy you avoid arm
Step I: strappy wearing dress tops you avoid arm
Step II: strappy wearing avoid dress tops you arm
Step III: strappy wearing avoid dress tops arm you
(Step III is the last step for this input)
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in
the given questions the appropriate step for the given input.
6. Input: threats gang careful answer agree classes more
Which of the following will be the third step for this input?
1) careful threats gang answer agree classes more
2) careful classes threats answer gang agree more
3) careful answer classes agree threats gang more
4) careful classes threats gang answer agree more
5) None of these
7. If the second step of an input is 'children teachers
bunking school canteen movie freedom' which of the following will be its fifth
step?
1) children teachers bunking canteen school movie freedom
2) bunking teachers children school canteen movie freedom
3) canteen freedom school movie children teachers bunking
4) children teachers bunking movie canteen school freedom
5) It cannot have fifth step.
8. If the input is 'pangs of worst and fears the neglect',
which of the following will be the IV step?
1) neglect fears pangs worst and of the
2) and the neglect of pangs worst fears
3) and the of neglect pangs worst fears
4) worst pangs fears neglect of and the
5) Cannot be determined
9. Input: 'her famous away sibling thing usual stay'. Which
of the following steps would be the last step for this input?
1) III
2) IV
3) V
4) VI
5) VII
10. If step V of an input is 'holding bench elbow floor bent
lie your on', what will be step II?
1) on lie holding bench floor bent elbow your
2) holding bench elbow lie your floor on bent
3) holding bench elbow floor lie your on bent
4) holding lie your elbow bench floor on bent
5) Cannot be determined
Directions (Q. 11-16): Read the given information carefully
and answer the questions given below:
A leading English daily of India, ABC News, invites
applications for the post of sub-editors in its company. The candidates are
required to fulfill, apart from (1), at least three of the following conditions
for his/her selection
1) He/she must be between 21-30 yrs.
2) He/she has first class degree in his/her graduation.
3) He/she has diploma in journalism with at least 55% marks.
4) He/she has an experience of at least 2 years in a
news-paper.
5) He/she has won prize at state level for his/her articles
published in state-level English daily.
If, however, he/she does fulfill all conditions except
(a)(5) above, but he/she has 5 yrs. Experience in a news
agency, then refer to the editor of ABC News.
(b) (2) above, but he/she has diploma in journalism with
75%, then refer to the chairman of ABC News.
(c) (3) above, but he/she has complete graduation with 75%,
then refer to the managingdirectors of ABC News.
All the information are given to you on 01-10-2000. Now, you
have to take decision in regard to each case given below. You are not to assume
any information.
Give answer
(1) if the candidate is not to be selected.
(2) if the candidate is to be selected.
(3) if the candidate is to be referred to the chairman.
(4) if the candidate is to be referred to the managing
director.
(5) if the candidate is to be referred to the editor.
11. Niharika Chawla, a 26-year-old graduate from Delhi
University with 66% marks, has also done her diploma in journalism from Jamia
with 75% marks. She has been working with The Hindu, Delhi for the last 3
years.
12. Shrya Singh, a first class graduate from Patna
University, has done diploma in journalism from the same university with 72%
marks. She has won several prizes for his articles at state level and has been
working with The Hindustan Times, Patna from 20.07.98.
13. Akanksha Mathur, who hails from Mumbai, is a graduate
from University of Mumbai with 50% marks. She also holds a degree in journalism
with 76% marks. She has been working with Mid Day, Mumbai for the last 4 years.
Her date of birth is 29-07-76.
14. Rohit Sen has won many awards for his articles at state
level and he has been working with The Telegraph,Calcutta since 1995. He did
his B.Com with 77% marks from University of Calcutta and after that he finished
his diploma in journalism from Jadavpur university with 53%. His date of birth
is 15-10-74.
15. Swatika Gupta is an English Hons. graduate from
Bangalore University with 63% marks. She also holds diploma in journalism from
the same university with 56% marks. Her date of birth is 22-09-71. She has been
working with The Economic Times, Bangalore for the last one year.
16. Amisha Patel holds B.Sc. and diploma in journalism
degree with 64% and 60% marks respectively from University of Ahmedabad. She is
working with The Tribune, Ahmedabad. for last 7 years and she has won many
prizes at state level for her articles. She is very hardworking and
professional.
Directions (Q. 17-21): In each question below is given a
statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II.
An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted.
You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide
which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
1) if only assumption I is implicit.
2) if only assumption II is implicit.
3) if either I nor II is implicit.
4) if neither I nor II is implicit.
5) if both I and II are implicit.
17. Statement: Order can be maintained only when law becomes
enforceable. Law implies the corpus of rules or injunctions that need to be
obeyed by one and all without exception.
Assumptions: I. The acceptance of a law by the people is a
must for its effectiveness.
II.There is a section of people who are law unto themselves.
18. Statement:Sanskrit is a 'dead' language and its study in
school is obsolete.
Assumptions: I. Sanskrit has no utility in our day-to-day
life.
II. Schools should teach the students only such matters as
are related to what they want to do in their lives.
19. Statement: “In India, the wheels of justice hardly move.
“ - An American newspaper
Assumptions: I. Judicial process in India is
dilatory,expensive, and beyond the reach of common people.
II. It is necessary for a civilised society to have a prompt
judiciary.
20. Statement: To India and Indians, monsoon can be a
bringer of bounty as well as harbinger of death.
Assumptions: I. The economy and the vast majority of the
people in India are still dependent on rain.
II. In India, almost every year some part or the other is
ravaged by floods.
21. Statement:So long as there is a caste-based society in
our country, there is no harm in having caste-based organizations to look after
the welfare of their castes.
Assumptions: I. There is nothing wrong in having religious
organizations to spread their ideals.
II.Political parties cannot look after the welfare of
different castes like caste-based organizations can.
22. If K means ×, H means ÷, M means + and N means -,
then what is the value of
1 K 3 H 2 M 2 N ?
1) Zero
2) 4
3) -4
4) 2
5) None of these
23. How many pairs of letters are there in the word
GOAL-KEEPER which have the same number of letters between them as in English
alphabet?
1) Five
2) Four
3) Seven
4) Six
5) None of these
24. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the
3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th letters of the word PROGESTER-ONE, using each letter
only once, third letter of the word would be your answer. If more than one such
word can be formed, your answer would be S and if no such word can be formed,
answer is M.
1) M
2) K
3) O
4) E
5) None of these
25. In the following number series how many 9's are there
which are immediately preceded by a pair of numbers whose product is more than
the product of the pair of numbers immediately following?
8 7 9 9 684 593 84 9 2 5 1 9 2 2 6 9 4 3 9 2 5 8 9 3 7
1) 4
2) 3
3) 6
4) 5
5) None of these
