APTITUDE TEST FOR PLUS ONE ADMISSION – 2018 VERSION COMMERCE STREAM D ENGLISH, ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE & GK, MATHEMATICS, MAT TIME: 2 ¼ Hrs Number of Questions:100 Max.Marks:400 NAME OF THE CANDIDATE: APPLICATION NUMBER: SIGNATURE OF CANDIDATE: PHONE NO. WITH CODE: MOB: INSTRUCTIONS 1. Please fill in the items such as Name, Signature and Application Number of the candidate in the columns given above. 2. This question booklet contains 100 questions. For each question, four answers are suggested and given against (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) of which, only one will be the Most Appropriate Answer. Mark the bubble containing the letter corresponding to the ‘Most Appropriate Answer’ in the OMR answer sheet, by using either Blue or Black ball-point pen only. 3. Negative Marking: Each correct answer will be awarded FOUR marks. ONE mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. More than one answer marked against a question will be deemed as incorrect answer and will be negatively marked. 4. Return both the Question paper and the Answer sheet to the invigilator at the end of the examination. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OPENING THIS QUESTION BOOKLET, THE CANDIDATE SHOULD VERIFY WHETHER THE QUESTION BOOKLET ISSUED CONTAINS ALL THE 100 QUESTIONS IN SERIAL ORDER. IF NOT, REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT. PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE SEAL UNTIL THE INVIGILATOR ASKS YOU TO DO SO. ENGLISH Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: With its wild stare, swift speed and secretive nature, the UK’s brown hare is the rabbit’s mysterious cousin. Even in these days of agricultural intensification, the hare is still to be seen in open countryside, but its numbers are falling. Like many herbivores, brown hares spend a relatively large amount of their time feeding. They prefer to do this in the dark, but when nights are short, their activities do spill into daylight hours. Wherever they live, hares appear to have a fondness for fields with a variety of vegetation, for example, short as well as longer clumps of grasses. Studies have demonstrated that they benefit from uncultivated land and other unploughed areas on farms, such as field margins. Therefore, if farmers provided patches of woodland in areas of pasture as well as assorted crops in arable areas, there would be year-round shelter and food, and this could be the key to turning round the current decline in hare populations. Questions 1. According to the writer, what is the ideal habitat for hare? A. Open grassland which they can run across B. Densely wooded areas to breed in C. Areas which include a range of vegetation D. Land that has been formed intensively for years. E. All of the above. 2. According to the writer, the brown hare A. Is secretive despite its speed and stare B. Is secretive despite its mallowed stare and being slow C. Is wild, swift and secretive D. Looks wild and secretive E. None of the above. 3. Brown hares A. Like all herbivores, feed all through the day B. Prefer to feed by night C. Were found only in the UK D. Are rabbits E. None of the above 4. The Brown hares A. Were seen in the open country side B. Is seen in the open country side C. Have always been seen in the open country side D. Will be seen in the open countryside E. Are falling in number because they are seen in open countryside 5. The providing of patches of woodland in areas of pasture A. Can trigger a rise in the number of Brown hares B. Can accommodate assorted crops in arable areas C. Can guarantee year-round shelter and food for hares D. Can cause decline in the number of hares E. Can cause year-round shelter and food for hares and trigger a rise in their number. Give synonyms for the following: 6. COMPRESS A. Squeeze D. Less electronic data B. Gauze pad E. All of the above C. Packing machine 7. SPACE A. Acres D. Road B. Seat E. None of the above C. Field 8. BRICKBAT A. Weapon D. Insinuation B. Insult E. Soft C. Criticism D/2 9. SOUMI A. Finland D. Igloo B. Finnish E. All of the above C. Innuit 10. SCALD A. Burn D. Singe B. Scorch E. Peaceful C. Freeze Give the antonyms for the following: 11. COMMISSIONED A. Started D. Terminated B. Closed E. Intended C. Finished 12. BELITTLE A. Criticize D. Adore B. Flatter E. Pacifying C. Exaggerate 13. CULPABLE A. Defendable D. Irresponsible B. Blameless E. Provoking C. Careless 14. RELINQUISH A. Abdicate D. Deny B. Renounce E. Enraged C. Possess 15. FEASIBLE A. Impractical D. Impracticable B. Impossible E. Unattainable C. Difficult Five alternatives are given for the following idioms. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idioms 16. To make a clean breast of A. To praise yourself D. To destroy something before it B. To defend yourself develops C. To tell the truth about E. All of the above something 17. To leave someone in the lurch A. To help someone D. To make someone B. To leave someone when they uncomfortable need you to help them E. To dislike someone C. To make someone comfortable 18. To catch a tartar A. To deal with someone who proves to be too powerful B. To face negative consequences C. To meet with disaster D. To catch a dangerous animal E. To catch a bird 19. A man of straw A. A man of substance C. A very active person B. A person or an idea that is too D. A worthy fellow weak E. A very shrewd person 20. To cry wolf A. To listen carefully D. To keep off starvation B. To raise false alarm E. To keep calm C. To get angry D/3 For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the best given alternative which most nearly expresses its meaning: 21. Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who fears crowded places? A. Arsonist D. Katsaridaphobia B. Agoraphobe E. Algophobe C. Claustrophobe 22. Bacon’s essays are full of terse, witty, pointed statements. A. Epigraphs D. Epiboly B. Epigrams E. Epigeous C. Epitaphs 23. He is in debt because of his habit of spending money wastefully. A. Spendthrift D. Thrift B. Extravagance E. Miser C. Stinginess 24. Most of the Doctors have a handwriting that cannot be read. A. Indelible D. Indent B. Illegible E. None of the above C. Inaudible 25. Bob was worried about his first speech as a head boy A. Maiden D. Mainline B. Abecedarian E. All of the above C. Debutant Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Five alternatives are suggested for each question. 26. It is a story of two men and a batch of ------------- armoured cares. A. Deceased D. Defeated B. Diseased E. Desired C. Decrepit 27. Although there is ___________gunfire, there is no stiff resistance to the revolutionary army. A. Bitter D. Sporadic B. Meagre E. None of the above C. Continuous 28. I was amazed __________her stupendous ignorance. A. With D. Of B. On E. Before C. At 29. You will have some tea,…………..? A. Will you D. Can you B. Haven’t you E. Can’t you C. Won’t you 30. He told an anecdote about the first time he met Ian by ………………..of an introduction to Ian’s speech. A. Way D. More B. Act E. With C. Little ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE & GK 31. In which year did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent country? A. 1947 D. 1952 B. 1948 E. 1952 C. 1949 D/4 32. In which country is the system of community government followed? A. India D. USA B. Sri Lanka E. Nepal C. Belgium 33. Which among the following is a ‘coming together’ Federation? A. India D. England B. Spain E. USA C. Belgium 34. Which among the following is not a subject coming under the union list of Indian constitution? A. Forest D. Communications B. Banking E. foreign affairs C. Defence 35. Which Schedule of Indian constitution deals with languages? A. Second D. Third B. Eleventh E. Seventh C. Eighth 36. Which among the following is a book written by Mahatma Gandhi? A. Rangbhoomi D. Hind Swaraj B. Sevasadan E. Swatantra Bharat C. Samachar 37. Who formed the Swaraj Party? A. C. R. Das and Jawaharlal Nehru B. C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru C. Muhammed Ali and Shaukar Ali D. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru E. Baba Ramachandra and Jawaharlal Nehru 38. In which year did Simon Commission arrive in India? A. 1928 D. 1921 B. 1938 E. 1922 C. 1920 39. Who formed FICCI in 1927? A. Motilal Nehru D. M.R Jayakar B. Dr. Ambedkar E. Purshottamdas Takurdas C. CR Das 40. Who is the founder of Depressed Classes Association? A. Alluri Sitarama Raju D. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Dr. Ambedkar E. Baba Ramachandra C. G.D. Birla 41. Who were the signatories of Poona Pact of September 1932? A. Mahatma Gandhi and M.R. Jayakar B. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi C. Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar D. Motilal Nehru and CR Das E. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi D/5 42. In which state of India is Rat hole mining practiced? A. Jharkhand D. Meghalaya B. Bihar E. Rajastan C. Karnataka 43. Which among the following is a geothermal project? A. Manikaran in Himachal C. Naharkatiya in Gujarat Pradesh D. Uran in Maharashtra B.