NAC TECH Mock1 LSM4021813.doc

NAC-TECH Model Test

Verbal Ability

I. Choose the synonym of the given word.

1. DIVULGE(1) Indulge (2) invoke (3) reveal (4) obstruct

2. PLUMMET(1) Increase (2) dampen (3) plunge (4) appreciate

3. LOATHE(1) Love (2) wish (3) reject (4) hate

4. MONOTONOUS(1) gigantic (2) boring (3) invigorating (4) massive

5. SUAVE(1) Charming (2) grave (3) alert (4) intelligent

II. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

6. GOAD(1) Deter (2) Defer (3) Deride (4) Desert

7. EXTRAVAGANT(1) Spartan (2) Fair (3) Judicious (4) Compulsory

8. ALTRUISTIC(1) Selfish (2) Sacred (3) Dishonest (4) Grievous

9. INGENUOUS(1) Prodigious (2) Alarming (3) Genuine (4) Wily

10. VOLUBLE(1) Sparse (2) Vilifying (3) Reticent (4) Reluctant

III. For each question below, determine the relationship between the pair of words and select from the options a pair having a similar relationship.

11. DYNAMICS : PHYSICS(1) Peninsula: geography 2) Geometry: mathematics(3) Metallurgy: chemistry 4) poetry: literature

12. REMOVAL: OBLITERATION (1) Affectation: artificiality (2) frenzy: turpitude

(3) Thrill: sensation (4) plight: suffering

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13. CRISIS: CRISES(1) Rich: money (2) calf: calves

(3) Dog: bitch (4) poet: poetess

14. RUSTIC: URBAN(1) Civil: urbane (2) diligent: industrious (3) Intelligent: foolish (4) timid: pusillanimous

15. FARMER: PLOUGH

(1) Dramatist: play (2) musician: album(3) Carpenter: sickle (4) woodcutter: axe

IV. Choose the correct option to replace the underlined part of the sentence to make it meaningful and correct.

16. Freud saw the ability to love and the willingness to work to be hallmarks of full maturity.

(1) Love and the willingness to work to be (2) Love and the willingness to work for(3) Love and the willingness to work as (4) Love, as he did the willingness to work, to be(5) Love, as he did the willingness to work, as being

17. Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

(1)So extraordinary fees of the kind they do today (2) So extraordinary fees as they are today(3)Such extraordinary fees as they do today (4) Such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have(5)So extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today

18. Economists generally agree that any sustained change in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies takes between twelve to eighteen months to affect the balance of trade.

(1)Between twelve to eighteen months to affect the balance of trade (2)Between twelve to eighteen months for the balance of trade to be affected

(3)From twelve to eighteen months before the balance of trade will be affected(4)From twelve to eighteen months to affect the balance of trade(5)From twelve to eighteen months for it to affect the balance of trade

ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES LOGICALLY INTO A COHERENT PARAGRAPH

19. (A) It is very sad that reading habit is slowly losing ground nowadays. (B) With the advent of television and internet, it is no more prevalent among the youngsters. (C) They do not seem to have the time and patience for reading books. (D) This has also led to the slow decline of publication of new books.

(1) ABCD (2) BACD (3) CBAD (4) DACB

20. (A) In their mindless pursuit of development they have contributed more towards polluting the world than others. (B) Hence they should do something immediately to control pollution. (C) All the countries are responsible for environmental degradation. (D) The developed countries are more responsible.

(1) CDAB (2) ABCD (3) BACD (4) CBAD


Reading Comprehension

That large animals require a luxuriant vegetation has been a general assumption which has passed from one work to another; but I do not hesitate to say that it is completely false, and that it has vitiated the reasoning of geologists on some points of great interest in the ancient history of the world. The prejudice has probably been derived from India, and the Indian islands, where troops of elephants, noble forests, and impenetrable jungles, are associated together in every one's mind. If, however, we refer to any work of travels through the southern parts of Africa, we shall find allusions in almost every page either to the desert character of the country, or to the numbers of large animals inhabiting it. The same thing is rendered evident by the many engravings which have been published of various parts of the interior. Dr. Andrew Smith, who has lately succeeded in passing the Tropic of Capricorn, informs me that, taking into consideration the whole of the southern part of Africa, there can be no doubt of its being a sterile country. On the southern coasts there are some fine forests, but with these exceptions, the traveller may pass for days together through open plains, covered by a poor and scanty vegetation. Now, if we look to the animals inhabiting these wide plains, we shall find their numbers extraordinarily great, and their bulk immense. We must enumerate the elephant, three species of rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, the giraffe, the bos caffer, two zebras, two gnus, and several antelopes even larger than these latter animals. It may be supposed that although the species are numerous, the individuals of each kind are few. By the kindness of Dr. Smith, I am enabled to show that the case is very different. He informs me, that in lat. 24', in one day's march with the bullock-wagons, he saw, without wandering to any great distance on either side, between one hundred and one hundred and fifty rhinoceroses - the same day he saw several herds of giraffes, amounting together to nearly a hundred. At the distance of a little more than one hour's march from their place of encampment on the previous night, his party actually killed at one spot eight hippopotamuses, and saw many more. In this same river there were likewise crocodiles. Of course it was a case quite extraordinary, to see so many great animals crowded together, but it evidently proves that they must exist in great numbers. Dr. Smith describes the country passed through that day, as 'being thinly covered with grass, and bushes about four feet high and still more thinly with mimosa-trees.' Besides these large animals, everyone the least acquainted with the natural history of the Cape has read of the herds of antelopes, which can be compared only with the flocks of migratory birds. The numbers indeed of the lion, panther, and hyena, and the multitude of birds of prey, plainly speak of the abundance of the smaller quadrupeds: one evening seven lions were counted at the same time prowling round Dr. Smith's encampment. As this able naturalist remarked to me, the carnage each day in Southern Africa must indeed he terrific! I confess it is truly surprising how such a number of animals can find support in a country producing so little food. The larger quadrupeds no doubt roam over wide tracts in search of it; and their food chiefly consists of underwood, which probably contains much nutriment in a small bulk. Dr. Smith also informs me that the vegetation has a rapid growth; no sooner is a part 70 consumed, than its place is supplied by a fresh stock. here can be no doubt, however, that our ideas respecting the apparent amount of food necessary for the support of large quadrupeds are much exaggerated. The belief that where large quadrupeds exist, the vegetation must necessarily be luxuriant is the more remarkable, because the converse is far from true. Mr.Burchell observed to me that when entering Brazil, nothing struck him more forcibly than the splendour of the South American vegetation contrasted with that of South Africa, together with the absence of all large quadrupeds. In his Travels, he has suggested that the comparison of the respective weights (if there were sufficient data) of an equal number of the largest herbivorous quadrupeds of each country would be extremely curious. If we take on the one side, the elephants hippopotamus, giraffe, boscaffer, elan,five species of rhinoceros; and on the Americanside,two tapirs, the guanaco, three deer, the vicuna, peccari,capybara (after which we must choose from the monkeys to complete the number), and then place these two groups alongside each other it is not easy to conceive ranks more disproportionate in size. After the above facts, we are compelled to conclude, against anterior probability that among the mammalia there exists no close relation between the bulk of the species, and the quantity of the vegetation, in the countries which they inhabit.

21. The author is primarily concerned with


(1) discussing the relationship between the size of mammals and the nature of vegetation in their habitats (2)contrasting ecological conditions in India and Africa (3) proving the large animals do not require much food (4) describing the size of animals in various parts of the world (5) explaining that the reasoning of some geologists is completely false

22. The word ‘vitiated’ (line 4) most nearly means(1) infiltrated (2) occupied (3) impaired (4) invigorated (5) strengthened

23. According to the author, the ‘prejudice’ (line 7) has lead to (1) errors in the reasoning of biologists (2) false ideas about animals in Africa

(3) incorrect assumptions on the part of geologists (4) doubt in the mind of the author (5) confusion in natural history

24. The author uses information provided by Dr. Smith to

I supply information on quality and quantity of plant life in South Africa II indicate the presence of large numbers of animals III give evidence of numbers of carnivorous animals

(1) I only (2) II only (3) III only (4) I and II only (5) I, II and III

25. The flocks of migratory birds (line 55)are mentioned to(1) describe an aspect of the fauna of South Africa (2) illustrate a possible source of food for large carnivores

(3) contrast with the habits of the antelope (4) suggest the size of antelope herds

(5) indicate the abundance of wildlife

26. The ‘carnage’ (line 61) refers to the(1) number of animals killed by hunters (2) number of prey animals killed by

predators (3) number of people killed by lions (4) amount of food eaten by all species (5) damage caused by large animals

27. To account for the ‘surprising’ (line 63) number of animals in a ‘country producing so little food’ (line 64), Darwin suggests all of the following as partial explanations except

(1) food which is a concentrated source of nutrients (2) rapid re growth of plant material (3) large area for animals to forage in (4) mainly carnivorous animals (5) food requirements have been overestimated

28. The author makes his point by reference to all of the following except (1) travel books (2) published illustrations (3) private

communications (4) recorded observations (5) historical documents

29. Darwin quotes Burchell’s observations in order to(1) counter a popular misconception (2) describe a region of great splendor

(3) prove a hypothesis (4) illustrate a well-known phenomenon (5) account for a curious situation


30. Darwin apparently regards Dr. Smith as(1) reliable and imaginative (2) intrepid and competent (3) observant and excitable (4) foolhardy and tiresome

(5) incontrovertible and peerless

ANALYTICAL REASONING

31. Ramesh said to Suresh, “When I was half of your age, you were one-third of my age”. If sum of the ages of Ramesh and Suresh is 51 then what is Suresh’s age?

(1) 26 (2) 24 (3) 28 (4) 30

32. In an industry and academic meet, the number of handshakes among industry personnel is 55 and a total handshake among the delegates is 300. How many academic personnel attended the meet? Every person shook hands with every other person in the meet.

(1)14 (2) 25 (3) 15 (4) 10

33. Sunil purchased 2 dozen imported DVDs in the grey market. Later, he noticed that some DVDs are defective. Which one of the following could not be the ratio of good DVDs to defective DVDs?

(1) 2 : 3 (2) 7 : 5 (3) 5 : 1 (4) 19 : 5

34. Rahim attended two interviews. The probability of Rahim getting selected in company A is 3/7 and probability of him getting selected in company B is 7/9. What is the probability that Rahim gets selected in at least one of the companies?

(1) 2/9 (2) 55/63 (3) 4/7 (4) 1/3

35. A 6 inch cube is painted on all its faces with red colour. After painting, the cube is cut into 64 pieces. How many of these 64 pieces will have two of its faces painted?

(1) 48 (2) 36 (3) 24 (4) 12

36. Height of a triangle increases by 70% and the breadth decreases by 40%. What will be the effect on the area of the triangle?

(1) Increase by 2% (2) Decrease by 2% (3) Increase by 5% (4) Decrease by 4%

37. A alone can complete a job in 12 days. B alone can do the same job in 8 days. With the help of C, they finish the job in 3 days. If the total payment for the job is Rs. 4000 then what will be the share of C?

(1) 1000 (2) 1500 (3) 2000 (4) 2500

38. The average of six consecutive odd numbers is 60. What is the product of the least and greatest number?(1) 3570 (2) 3575 (3) 3749 (4) 3819

39. A person is running from city A to city B. He took 25% less time to reach B compared to his normal time when he runs at normal speed. What is the percentage increase in his speed?

(1) 25% (2) 50% (3) 33% (4) 20%

40. Vimal takes 4 seconds to cut a piece from a long bar. If he has to make 150 pieces from the bar then how much time in seconds will Vimal take?

(1) 600 (2) 596 (3) 604 (4) 592

41. A triangle of dimension 13, 18 and 19 is made from the same rope. What will be the area of the square?(1) 625 (2) 312.5 (3) 156.25 (4) None of these


42. The price of a microwave owen is increased by 30% and then decreased by 10%. If the present price of the microwave owen is Rs 8190 then what was its original price?

(1) 9000 (2) 7000 (3) 8500 (4) 7500

43. The average age of 4 employees in a group was 42 years, 3 years ago. A new employee has joined the group now. With this, the average of the group increased to 48. What is the age of the new employee?

(1) 60 (2) 58 (3) 48 (4) 42

44. A 60 litre milk solution contains 80% milk. How much water should be added to get a milk solution with 60% concentration?

(1) 80 (2) 20 (3) 25 (4) 40

45. A shuttle service is operated from station A to station D, passing through stations B and C. ‘x’ number of persons boarded the train at station A. At station B, 25% of the passengers left and 300 got in the compartment. At the next station 1/3rd of the total passengers moved out and 15 board in the shuttle. In the last station D, all 275 passengers alighted from the shuttle. What is the value of x?

(1) 590 (2) 200 (3) 180 (4) 120

46. A worker is paid Rs. 150 per day for each day of working and penalized with a deduction of Rs. 50 per day for each date of absence. If the worker earned Rs. 2700 in a particular month then how many days was he absent? (Take the number of days in the month as 30)

(1) 21 (2) 9 (3) 7 (4) 14

47. A vegetable vendor claims to sell the vegetables at cost price but cheats both his supplier and customer. He takes 10% more while buying and gives 10% less while selling. What is his profit percentage?

(1) 22.22% (2) 20% (3) 10% (4) 15%

48. How many 3 digits hexadecimal numbers exist?(1) 163 (2) 163 - 162 (3) 162 (4) 162 - 152

49. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5 hours, the hour hand has turned through how many degrees?

(1) 145 (2) 150 (3) 155 (4) 160 50. Madonna starts from her office and walks 10km towards west. She turns left and walks a further distance of 8km. She again turns to her left and walks for 4km. Approximately how far is she from office?

(1)18km (2)8km (3)10km (4)14km 51. There are 800 tennis players in a tennis academy. 5% of these players wear wrist band on one wrist and of the remaining players, 20% wear wrist band on both the wrists. How many of the players do not wear a wrist band?

(1)640 (2)608 (3)600 (4)740

Directions for Qs52 – Qs54: Each question given below has two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements is sufficient for answering the question. Indicate your answer as (1) If the data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question; (2) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question; (3) If the data given in both the statements together are needed to answer the question; (4) If the data in both the statements together are not sufficient to arrive at an answer.

52. Amar, Akbar, Anthony and Aditya are of different height and weight. Who is the tallest?(1)Anthony and Aditya are taller than both Amar and Akbar.

(2)Akbar is the heaviest but Aditya is not the tallest.


53. What is the present age of Ramesh?(1) Ramesh is 6years elder to Suresh.

(2) 7years hence the ratio of Ramesh to Suresh will be 5:4.

54. Is Amar an MBA? (1) Amar is working in Investments Incorporated.

(2) Investments Incorporated employs only MBA’s as manager.

55. What is the next figure?

?

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

Attention to detail: Directions for Question: 56 & 57 In a special number system zero “0” is represented as “z” and 1 as” u” . Any number greater than 1 is to be written only by using these two symbols. Some examples are indicated below for you to understand the number system.

“0” is written as z “1” is written as u “2” is written as uz “3” is written as uu “4” is written as uzz Answer the following question based on the above.

56. How decimal number “9” is represented in this system? (1)zuuu (2)uzzu (3)uzzz (4)zuzu

57. Which of the following will represent the value of the expression 84/21*3? (1)zuzu (2)zzuu (3)uuzz (4)uzuz

58. How many triangles can be seen in the given figure?


14 9

8

14

9

18 20

(1)9 (2)10 (3)11 (4)12

Directions for Question: 59&60

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59. How many symbols are there in the above series which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately followed by a number?

(1)6 (2)4 (3)5 (4)3

60. What is the seventh element from the right of fourteenth element from right?(1) % (2) p (3) r (4)*


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