Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) Model Paper 10 [ Marks - 40.00 ] 3. unpleasant 4. unsuitable Section : General English Ans. disagreeable Ques 1. ACUTE Ques 10. OSTENTATION 1. Calm 2. Smart 1. Eruption 2. Exile 3. Clever<strong> 4. Sensitive </strong> 3. Outbreak 4. Exhibition Ans. Calm Ans. Exhibition Ques 2. INTENSE Ques 11. Ruler who does not rule through democratic 1. Pointed 2. Allow means 3. Calm<strong> </strong> 4. Disallow 1. President 2. Dictator Ans. Calm<strong> 3. Director 4. Governor </strong> Ans. Dictator Ques 3. prudent Ques 12. It is certain that human beings ______ latent 1. reckless 2. injudicious power of which they are only vaguely aware 3. shortsighted 4. inconsiderate 1. exhibit 2. possess Ans. reckless 3. impose 4. knowledge Ans. possess Ques 4. REALM 1. Harvest 2. Domain Ques 13. AXIOM 3. Nature 4. Sensible 1. Blunder 2. Cherish Ans. Domain 3. Maxim 4. Gentleness Ans. Maxim Ques 5. Select Correct Word 1. Recruitment 2. Recuitment Ques 14. Erudite 3. Recrruitment 4. Recruittment 1. Settle 2. Academic Ans. Recruitment 3. Expand 4. Execute Ans. Academic Ques 6. Unwitting 1. intentional 2. sensitive Ques 15. He has many friends, but _____ are good 3. intense 4. clever ones Ans. intentional 1. a few 2. few 3. the few 4. the some Ques 7. VACANT Ans. few 1. Empty 2. Allow 3. Occupied<strong> 4. Casual Ques 16. AMBIGUOUS </strong> 1. Intimate 2. Friendly Ans. Occupied<strong> </strong> 3. Explicit<strong> 4. Enmity </strong> Ques 8. The government accused the drugmaker for Ans. Explicit<strong> </strong> bribing doctors and hospital officials to increase its sales Ques 17. STERILE 1. of 2. to 1. Short 2. Wild 3. with 4. No Improvement 3. Common<strong> 4. Fertile Ans. of </strong> Ans. Fertile Ques 9. congenial 1. disagreeable 2. inconvenient Ques 18. Hit the hay 1. Go to bed 2. Go to play Ans. Stale 3. Go to bath 4. Going to school Ans. Go to bed Ques 30. EFFICACY 1. Solemnity 2. Efficiency Ques 19. The girl ran _______ the field when she saw 3. Ruthlessness 4. Delicacy her father after long time Ans. Efficiency 1. in 2. across Ques 31. MOTTLED 3. on 4. along 1. Devided 2. Dappled Ans. across 3. Positive 4. Calm Ques 20. SIEGE Ans. Dappled 1. Opportunity 2. Assist Ques 32. There are quite a few mountains in that area 3. Blockade 4. Complete Ans. Blockade that haven't been walked because they are quite out- of-the-way Ques 21. Valedictory 1. scaled 2. avoided 1. derivative 2. sad 3. victory 4. No Improvement 3. collegiate 4. salutatory Ans. scaled Ans. salutatory Ques 33. Animate Ques 22. incidental 1. Kill 2. Dead 1. permissible 2. usual 3. Energise 4. Calm 3. conventional 4. intentional Ans. Energise Ans. intentional Ques 34. Shallow body of water separated barrier Ques 23. My brother is devoted __________ religion islands 1. with 2. to 1. Bay 2. Reef 3. at 4. in 3. Island 4. Lagoon Ans. to Ans. Lagoon Ques 24. I will be very busy lately Ques 35. The speaker did not properly space out his 1. would be 2. should be speech, but went on _______ one point only 3. have been 4. No Improvement 1. stressing 2. avoiding Ans. have been 3. devoting 4. decrying Ans. stressing Ques 25. radical 1. Slow 2. Superficial Ques 36. ZENITH 3. Narrow 4. Simple 1. Peak 2. Start Ans. Superficial 3. Regular 4. Common Ans. Peak Ques 26. Lesson to be learned from a story 1. Subject 2. Heading Ques 37. Childless elderly unmarried woman 3. Information 4. Moral 1. Spinster 2. Widow Ans. Moral 3. Bachelor 4. Usher Ans. Spinster Ques 27. DESPICABLE 1. Good 2. Event Ques 38. The man was turned down by a car 3. Contemptible 4. Honour 1. brought down 2. knocked down Ans. Contemptible 3. pulled down 4. No Improvement Ans. knocked down Ques 28. No avail 1. Effortless 2. Without any result Ques 39. Select Correct Word 3. Very nervous 4. Dispose of 1. Cheqe 2. Ceque Ans. Without any result 3. Cheque 4. Chequee Ans. Cheque Ques 29. Thing which is not fresh 1. Stale 2. Niche Ques 40. ARTIFICIAL 3. Defy 4. Moist 1. Structure 2. Power 3. Unreal 4. Natural Ques 7. Two successive price increase of 10% and Ans. Unreal 10% of an article are equivalent to a single price [ Marks - 40.00 ] increase of Section : Quantitative 1. 26(2/3) 2. 25% Ques 1. 3. 21% 4. 33(1/3) Father is aged three times more than his son Ans. 21% Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a Ques 8. 4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At half times of Ronit"s age. After further 8 years, the same rate, how many mats would be woven by 8 how many times would he be of Ronit"s age? mat-weavers in 8 days? 1. 2 times 2. (5/2)times 1. 4 2. 8 3. 3 times 4. 3 times 3. 12 4. 16 Ans. 2 times Ans. 16 Ques 2. A shopkeeper marks his goods 30% above his Ques 9. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 cost price but allows a discount of 10% at the time of kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how sale. His gain is many minutes does the bus stop per hour? 1. 21% 2. 20% 1. 8 min 2. 5 min 3. 18% 4. 17% 3. 10 min 4. 14 min Ans. 17% Ans. 10 min Ques 3. A man wants to reach a window which is 40 Ques 10. 1, 5, 8, 10, 11, ? 1. 3 2. 14 feet above the ground. The distance from the foot of 3. 12 4. 11 the ladder to the wall is 9 feet. How long should the Ans. 11 ladder be ? 1. 9 feet 2. 81 feet Ques 11. 3. 41 feet 4. 49 feet 835, 734, 642, 751, 853, 981, 532 Ans. 41 feet 1. 751 2. 853 Ques 4. 3. 981 4. 532 Ans. 751 A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Ques 12. Because of a leak, it took 2 Given that 100.48&nbsp=&nbspx, &nbsphours to fill the tank. The leak can drain 100.70&nbsp=&nbspy&nbspand&nbspxz&nbs all the water of the tank in: p=&nbspy2, then the value of&nbspz&nbspis 1. 5 hours 2. 7 hours 3. 8 hours 4. 14 hours close to: Ans. 14 hours 1. 1.45 2. 1.88 3. 2.9 4. 3.7 Ques 5. A person having bought goods for Rs. 400 Ans. 2.9 sells half of it at a gain of 5%, at what gain % must he Ques 13. The cost of a car is 400% greater than the sell the remainder so as to gain 20% on the whole? cost of a bike. If there is an increase in the cost of the 1. 30% 2. 32% 3. 34% 4. 35% car is 15% and that of bike 20%. Then the total Ans. 35% increase in the cost of the 5 cars and 10 bikes is: 1. 17.50% 2. 16(3/7)% Ques 6. If the fractions 8/5, 7/2, 9/5, 5/4, 4/5 are 3. 18.50% 4. 18.25% arranged in descending order of their values, which Ans. 16(3/7)% one will be fourth? Ques 14. The marked price of a radio is 20% more 1. 5-Sep 2. 5-Apr 3. 4-May 4. 5-Aug than its cost price. If a discount of 10% is given on the Ans. 4-May marked price, the gain per cent is: 1. 15 2. 12 3. 10 4. 8 Ans. 8 3. 38 4. 42 Ans. 42 Ques 15. 32.A does 4/5 of the work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining Ques 23. What is the sum of two consecutive even work in 3 days. How long B alone take to finish the numbers, the difference of whose squares is 84? whole work? 1. 32 2. 34 1. 37 ½ days 2. 36 ½ days 3. 38 4. 42 3. 35 ½ days 4. 34 ½ days Ans. 42 Ans. 37 ½ days Ques 24. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 Ques 16. Vicky's salary is 75% more than Ashu's. km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average Vicky got a raise of 40% on his salary while Ashu got a speed for the first 320 km of the tour is raise of 25% on his salary. By what percent is Vicky's 1. 71.11 km/hr 2. 36 Km/hr salary more than Ashu's? 3. 71 Km/hr 4. 36.33 Km/hr 1. 96% 2. 51.10% Ans. 71.11 km/hr 3. 90% 4. 52.10% Ques 25. A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was Ans. 96% joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how much Ques 17. Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year goes 12 km down stream and comes back to the are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1? starting point in three hours.What is the speed of water 1. 4 months 2. 5 months in the stream? 3. 6 months 4.