M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 1 P.T.O. B. A. (Hons.)/M.A. (ENGLISH) 1. The
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B. A. (Hons.)/M.A. (ENGLISH) 1. The following are the events during India’s freedom struggle : 1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. Minto-Morley Reforms 3. Dandi March 4. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Arrange the chronological order of the events above. (A) 1-3-2-4 (B) 2-4-1-3 (C) 1-4-2-3 (D) 2-3-1-4 2. Which of the following is correctly matched ? (A) Do or die – Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Swaraj is my birthright – Mahatma Gandhi (C) Independence through non-violence must be our aim – Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Give me blood, I will give you freedom – Subhash Chandra Bose 3. The Wings of Fire : An Autobiography is written by : (A) Rajendra Prasad (B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (C) K. R. Narayanan (D) R. Venkatraman 4. Who said, “If it was proved to me that it (untouchability) is an essential part of Hinduism I for one would declare myself an open rebel against Hinduism itself” ? (A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) M. K. Gandhi (C) B. G. Tilak (D) Jyotiba Phule M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 1 P.T.O. 5. Match the following : List-I List-II 1. Rahul a. Buddha’s father 2. Alara Kalam b. Buddha’s cousin 3. Suddhodhana c. Buddha’s son 4. Devadatta d. The sage who taught mediation to Buddha 5. Siddharta e. Buddha’s original name (A) 1-a, 2-e, 3-d, 4-b, 5-c (B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-e (C) 1-e, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c (D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-e, 4-d, 5-c 6. A tissue is a : (A) kind of paper (B) medicine (C) group of similar cells (D) kind of cloth 7. The “Inquilab Zindabad” slogan was coined by : (A) Chandra Shekhar Azad (B) Subhash Chandra Bose (C) Bhagat Singh (D) Maulana Hasrat Mohani 8. Which was the first metal to be used by man ? (A) Copper (B) Iron (C) Bronze (D) Tin M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 2 9. Which of the following Vedas was the earliest composition ? (A) Rigveda (B) Samaveda (C) Yajurveda (D) Atharvaveda 10. One gets the feeling of uneasiness when the air : (A) is perfectly dry (B) contains a little amount of water vapour (C) is saturated with moisture (D) is of high density 11. Which of the following is not an epic ? (A) The Ramayana (B) The Iliad (C) Aeneid (D) War and Peace Directions (Q. Nos. 12-13) : The following base pair of words are related by logic. On the basis of it find the pair of words from alternatives given as four options, which shows the closest logically proximity to the given pair. 12. Fire : to burn (A) Student : to learn (B) Man : to earn (C) Heart : to feel (D) Balm : to heal 13. Crèche : infants (A) School : pupils (B) Bedlam : lunatics (C) Deck : sailors (D) Cottage : beggars M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 3 P.T.O. Directions (Q. Nos. 14-15) : The following question consists of a group of words labelled A to D. In each group of these words below, one word does not belong to the group. Choose the one word which does not belong to that group. 14. (A) caustic (B) acid (C) tractable (D) trenchant 15. (A) lengthy (B) unremitting (C) ceaseless (D) incessant 16. Which of the following pairs do not match ? (A) Yack : Informal Talk (B) Yak : Long Haired Tibetan Ox (C) Yoke : Cry (D) Yolk : Yellow Egg Centre 17. Which of the following pairs do not match ? (A) Boar : Wild Pig (B) Boer : A South African of Dutch Descent (C) Boor : Interesting Buffoon (D) Bore : Not Interesting 18. Which of the following pairs do not match ? (A) Aweful : Filled with Awe (B) Awful : Really Bad (C) Offal : Butchered Entrails (D) Awful : Filled with Awe M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 4 19. Taxi charges in a city comprise fixed charge together with the charge of the distance covered. For a journey of 13 km, the charges paid are Rs. 96 and for a journey of 18 km, the charges paid are Rs. 131. The amount paid by a person travelling 25 km is : (A) 231 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 140 20. All teams have 5 to 15 players. If a team has more than ten players, they can have reversible jerseys. Based on this information, which of the following must be true ? (A) Teams that have twelve players do not have reversible jerseys (B) Teams that have thirteen players have reversible jerseys (C) Teams with eight players do not have reversible jerseys (D) Teams that have less than ten players have reversible jerseys 21. Ms Wood sees that her student Julie has not come to the school and concludes that she must have fever. What missing premise would make Ms Wood’s conclusion valid ? (A) Julie comes to school even if she is sick (B) Julie stays home from school only when she has fever (C) Julie rarely misses her school (D) Julie always stays home from school when she has fever M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 5 P.T.O. 22. Imagine that your watch was correct at noon, but then it began to lose 30 minutes each hour. It now shows 4 pm, but it stopped 5 hours ago. What is the correct time now ? (A) 9.30 pm (B) 11 pm (C) 1 am (D) 1.30 pm 23. The following series of letters has some definite order; supply the next two letters adhering the same order replacing ? ? marks : A J K T U B I L S V C H M R W D G N Q X E F O ? ? (A) YZ (B) PY (C) ZA (D) PZ 24. Neha leaves office at 6.00 p.m. and catches at 6.30 p.m. local train that arrives in her town at 7.00 p.m. Her father leaves home to pick her up at 7.00 p.m. from the station as she gets off the train. Yesterday, Neha left her office early and took a 6.00 p.m. train and arrived at 6.30 p.m. As her father was not there to pick her up, she started walking towards home. Her father left home at the usual time, saw her daughter walking, turned around, picked her up and drove her home arriving 10 minutes earlier than usual. For how long did Neha walk before her father picked her up ? (A) 10 mins (B) 15 mins (C) 20 mins (D) 25 mins M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 6 25. In a one-day cricket match, Dhoni, Sharma, Sachin, Kohli and Ganguly scored on average of 39 runs. Kohli scored 7 more than Ganguly. Ganguly scored 9 fewer than Dhoni. Sharma scored as many as Kohli and Ganguly combined; and Sharma and Sachin scored 110 runs between them. How many runs did Sachin score ? (A) 47 (B) 51 (C) 53 (D) None of these 26. In a race Gurmit was not first. Jasmit came in after Harmit. Inderjeet was not ahead of Manjit. Gurmit was not in front of Jasmit. Inderjeet was not fourth of fifth. Manjit was not first. Who finished first and second in the race ? (A) Harmit followed by Manjit (B) Harmit followed by Jasmit (C) Harmit followed by Gurmit (D) Cannot be determined from the clues. 27. In Delhi, Co-operative Group Housing Society (CGHS) Building range from two storeys to eight storeys in height. According to the building bye-laws, if a CGHS building has more than four floors, it must have a lift. If the above statements are true, which of the following must be true ? (A) All six-storeyed CGHS buildings have a lift (B) Some CGHS buildings of less than five floors do not have a lift (C) Only the residents of fifth to eight floor enjoy the service of a lift (D) No two-storeyed building has a lift. M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 7 P.T.O. 28. Rampur is 100 kms from Sitapur. At 3 p.m. Bharat Express leaves Rampur for Sitapur and travels at a constant speed of 30 kmph. One hour later, Laxman Mail leaves Sitapur for Rampur and travels at a constant speed of 40 kmph. Each train makes one stop only at a station 10 kms from its starting point and remains there for 15 mins. Which train is nearer to Rampur when they meet ? (A) Bharat Express (B) Laxman Mail (C) Both are equidistant (D) Cannot be determined from the data 29. Honesty is the best policy; this statement is : (A) A fact (B) A value (C) An option which is not a value (D) None of these 30. Find the next number after 1332 in place of ? : 2743, 2198, 1729, 1332, ? (A) 1015 (B) 1001 (C) 999 (D) 317 31. In 1980, Kerala earned Rs. x in tourist revenue. In 1990, tourist revenue quadrupled and in 2000, it reached 16x. Each of the following, if true, may explain the cause of rise in tourist revenue except : (A) The number of hotel rooms has increased 16 times from 1980 to 2000 (B) Average expenditure per tourist has increased 8 times (C) Average number of tourists has doubled and average stay per tourist has doubled (D) Average price of tourist services has increased 4 times M-CL-24(Eng.)-C 8 32. If HARD means 1357 and SOFT means 2468, what does 21448 stand for ? (A) SCHOOL (B) SHOOP (C) SHOES (D) SHOOT 33. If direction South-East has to become South-West, how should the other directions change ? (A) East to West (B) East to South (C) West to South (D) North to West 34.