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  1. Statement: You can always give me a ring whenever you need. 
    Which one of the following is the best inference from the above statement?
  2. A.
    Because I have a nice caller tune.
    B.
    Because I have a better telephone facility.
    C.
    Because a friend in need is a friend indeed.
    D.
    Because you need not pay towards the telephone bills when you give me a ring.

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  3. Complete the sentence: 
    Dare _______________ mistakes.
  4. A.
    commit
    B.
    to commit
    C.
    committed
    D.
    committing

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  5. Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:
  6. A.
    Two and two add four.
    B.
    Two and two become four.
    C.
    Two and two are four.
    D.
    Two and two make four.

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  7. They were requested not to quarrel with others. 
    Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word quarrel?
  8. A.
    make out
    B.
    call out
    C.
    dig out
    D.
    fall out

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  9. In the summer of 2012, in New Delhi, the mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 41°C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 43°C. If the temperature on Thursday was 15% higher than that of Monday, then the temperature in °C on Thursday was
  10. A.
    40
    B.
    43
    C.
    46
    D.
    49

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  11. Find the sum to n terms of the series 10+84+ 734 + .....
  12. A.
    9(9n + 1)/10 + 1
    B.
    9(9n - 1)/8 + 1
    C.
    9(9n - 1)/8 + n
    D.
    9(9n - 1)/8 + n2

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  13. The set of values of p for which the roots of the equation 3x2+2x+p(p“1) = 0 are of opposite sign is
  14. A.
    ("“∞, 0)
    B.
    (0, 1)
    C.
    (1, ∞)
    D.
    (0, ∞)

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  15. A car travels 8 km in the first quarter of an hour, 6 km in the second quarter and 16 km in the third quarter. The average speed of the car in km per hour over the entire journey is
  16. A.
    30
    B.
    36
    C.
    40
    D.
    24

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  17. What is the chance that a leap year, selected at random, will contain 53 Saturdays?
  18. A.
    2/7
    B.
    3/7
    C.
    1/7
    D.
    5/7

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  19. Statement: There were different streams of freedom movements in colonial India carried out by the moderates, liberals, radicals, socialists, and so on. 
    Which one of the following is the best inference from the above statement?
  20. A.
    The emergence of nationalism in colonial India led to our Independence.
    B.
    Nationalism in India emerged in the context of colonialism.
    C.
    Nationalism in India is homogeneous.
    D.
    Nationalism in India is heterogeneous.

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