Practice Mock Test for SNAP - 9 - CAT
150 Questions MCQ Test SNAP Mock Test Series - Practice Mock Test for SNAP - 9
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An item is marked at Rs.200 and a discount of 25% is given on MP. The item costs Rs. 80 and another item worth Rs. x is sold with it (at cost). The overall profit made was 50%. Find x (in Rs.).
On New Year’s eve Ram walks to Shyam’s house. He walks 40% of the distance at 30% of his actual speed, 30% of the remaining distance at 50% of his speed and the remaining distance at his actual speed of 20km/hr. Find his average speed.
Aman's investment of Rs. 20,000 amounted to Rs. 35000 in a period of 8 months. In how much time, at the same rate, will Rs. 5600 amount to Rs. 9800?
The compound interest on a sum of money for 2 years is Rs. 832 and the simple interest on the same sum for the same period is Rs. 800. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest for the third year is
Three unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the three numbers on them is divisible by 4?
Distance between A and B is 100 m. If P and Q start simultaneously from A and B respectively, then they meet in 4 seconds. If P and Q start simultaneously from A to reach B, then P beats Q by 20 m. How much time will P take to cover 200 m at the same speed?
Hence, option 1.Sahil has drawn an isosceles triangle. The length of two of the sides of the triangle measure 4 cm and 10 cm. Which of the following is the semiperimeter of the triangle?
A number whose value is increased by 50% is equal to A. The same number when decreased by 22.22% is equal to B. It is given that A + B = 533/18. Find the number.
If log1227 = a and log916 = b, what is the value of log8108?
37.5% of the guests in a party were non-vegetarians. 300 males were vegetarians and 37.5% of guests were females. How many females were non-vegetarians?
If b = 4c, 2c = 9d and d= 13e, how is b expressed in terms of e?
A cylindrical wire is made using an old wire. If radius of the new wire is 2 times that of the original, what is the ratio of the length of the new wire to the length of the original wire?
Duration of a metro journey varies directly as the distance and inversely as the velocity. The velocity varies directly as the square root of the quantity of electricity used; and inversely as the number of carriages in the train. 100 units of electricity is required for the journey of 50 km in half an hour with 18 carriages. How much electricity will be consumed in a journey of 42 km in 28 minutes with 16 carriages?
I bought 30 books on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, priced at Rs.17, Rs.19, and Rs. 23 per book respectively, for distribution among poor students of Standard X of a school. The Physics books were more in number than the Mathematics books but less than the Chemistry books, the difference being more than one. The total cost amounted to Rs.620. How many books on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry could have been bought respectively?
620. Thus, this option is incorrect.An amount is divided between A and B in the ratio 4 : 3. Due to an error in calculation, A was given one-seventh of the total amount more, while B got the remaining amount. What is the new ratio of the amounts with A and B?
Neha has 10 bangles of different colours which she wants to distribute among her two sisters and herself. She intends to keep 50% of the bangles for herself and divide the remaining in such a way that Meena gets one more bangle than Kajol. In how many ways can she divide the bangles?
A, B and C work together and complete a task in 19 days. A and B together are twice as efficient as C alone while A and C together are thrice as efficient as B alone. In how many days can C alone complete the task?
From the top of a 15 m high building AB, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 60° and the angle of the depression of the foot of the tower is 30°. What is the height of the tower?
Amir and Akbar enter a circular jogging track of length 300 m. They start at the same point running in opposite directions at the speeds of 10 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. How much distance would Akbar have covered by the time they both meet for the 30th time?
In a housing society, 28 people read Times of India, 35 people read DNA and 12 people read neither. If the society has 65 people, how many people read both newspapers?
The difference between 50% of x and 40% of y is 36. The sum of 25% of x and 10% of y is 45. What will be 10% of (x + y)?
Hence, option 2.What is the highest power of 5 that can exactly divide 480!
A contractor undertakes to dig a canal 10 km long in 180 days and employs 40 men. After 60 days he finds that only 2.5 km of the canal has been completed. To complete the work on the scheduled time how many men does he have to increase?
If a, b, c are the roots of the equation x3 - 4x2 + x + 6 = 0, where a > b> c, find ab + c?
On offering a discount of 40% on the marked price, a trader suffers a loss of 25%. What should be the percentage discount offered so that the trader makes a profit of 10%?
Hence, option 2.A barrel has 100 litres of pure alcohol. 20 litres of alcohol is removed and replaced with the same amount of water. This process is repeated two more times. What is the amount of alcohol in the resultant solution?
The average height of Prakash, Qaiser, and Ronak is 154 cm. Another person Santosh joins the group and the average height now becomes 162 cm. If another person Tarun whose height is 10 cm less than that of Santosh, replaces Qaiser then the average height of the group becomes 145 cm. What is the height of Qaiser?
A rectangular park 30 m long and 20 m wide has two concrete crossroads running in the middle of the park parallel to its sides and rest of the park has been used as a lawn. If the area of the lawn is 504 sq. m, then what is the width of the road?
The average age of a family is 42 years. In the next year, one person dies and another person gets married to a 25 year old person. Initially, there are seven people in the family. What is the new average age of the family?
Raju can complete a task in 16 days while Chandu can complete it in 9 days. Mahesh joins them in the task. On day 1 only Raju works, on day 2 only Chandu works, on day 3 only Mahesh works and so on. In this manner, they complete the work in 12 days. In how many days can Mahesh complete the task alone?
Nipun mixes two varieties of rice costing Rs. 50 per kg and Rs. 80 per kg and sells the mix at Rs. 75 per kg to gain 25% in the deal. If he sells 150 kg of the mix, how much of it is the cheaper variety of rice?
Find the sum of the squares of the medians of the triangle having sides equal to 8, 8 and 14 units.
Answer the questions based on the following graph.
Six friends played seven online games each, in the same week, and their respective scores are given below. The pie chart gives the game wise breakup for Vikas.
Q.if the 2nd game’s score hadn’t been added to Vikas’ total score due to some technical error, then his rank would____. The total score of all the other players remains the same.
Six friends played seven online games each, in the same week, and their respective scores are given below. The pie chart gives the game wise breakup for Vikas.
Q.What is the combined score of Vikas in the 4th, 5th and 7th games put together?
Six friends played seven online games each, in the same week, and their respective scores are given below. The pie chart gives the game wise breakup for Vikas.
Q.If Deepu and Mayank respectively scored 10% and 15% of their total score in the 3rd game, then by what percentage was the score of Mayank in the 3rd game more than the score of Deepu in the 3rd game?
Six friends played seven online games each, in the same week, and their respective scores are given below. The pie chart gives the game wise breakup for Vikas.
Q.If all the friends got the same score in their 6th game, then how many of them scored more than 10% of their total score in the 6th game?
Six friends played seven online games each, in the same week, and their respective scores are given below. The pie chart gives the game wise breakup for Vikas.
Q.If in the 1st game, Vinod scored 10% more than what Vikas scored, then what percentage of his total score did Vinod score in his 1st game?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
The following table shows the number of boys and girls (in lakhs) pursuing higher education during the period 2007 to 2010 in country X.
Q.What is the maximum percentage increase in the number of boys pursuing higher education between any two consecutive years?
The following table shows the number of boys and girls (in lakhs) pursuing higher education during the period 2007 to 2010 in country X.
Q.What percentage of students pursuing higher education are girls (during the years 2007 to 2010)?
The following table shows the number of boys and girls (in lakhs) pursuing higher education during the period 2007 to 2010 in country X.
Q.In which year was the increase in the number of girls pursuing higher education as compared to the previous year maximum?
The following table shows the number of boys and girls (in lakhs) pursuing higher education during the period 2007 to 2010 in country X.
Q.In which year was the ratio of number of boys and girls pursuing college education the most?
Answer the question based on the passage given below.
The prevailing belief in Santa Claus should be deemed not only outdated but also harmful to children. There are still those who continue to believe that a red-robed fat old man travels around the world on a sleigh drawn by reindeer, climbs down chimneys and delivers presents to good children while they sleep. But who has chimneys in their homes these days? And the postal department does not deliver letters addressed to Santa Claus because he doesn’t exist. Worse, there is something sinister about propagating the idea to children that a stranger can enter one’s home in the middle of the night.
Q.Which of the following statements would strengthen the argument?
In a particular city, a theatre is 4 km south and 7 km east of the market. To reach the market from his house, Harshti must walk 6 km north, then turn right and walk 3 km. If Harshit wants to reach the theatre directly from his house, which of the following steps must he follow?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
In a certain mathematical code, a $ b implies a 
b, a # b means a - b, a % b means a + b and a & b means a x b.
Q.What will be the last digit of the simplified expression 34 $ 2 & 8 % 7 # 20 & 5? Assume that the rules of BODMAS apply.
In a certain mathematical code, a $ b implies a b, a # b means a - b, a % b means a + b and a & b means a x b.
Q.Assuming that the rules of BODMAS apply, the value of the expression 24 & 3 % 22 $ 11 # 7 is:
Each of the questions below has a set of sequentially ordered statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:
A. Facts, which deal with the pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘F’ )
B. Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option indicates such a statement with an T )
C. Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects, situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates such a statement w ith a ‘J’ )
Select the answer option that best describes the set of statements.
Consider the following statements:
A. Persuading voters that health and pension spending should get the same treatment would be more of a challenge.
B. But on subsidising people not to work, if anything, the Coalition is being too kind.
C. Labour has been forced to shift its ground accordingly.
D. Mr Miliband is promising a three-year cap on “structural welfare spending” in response to the coalition
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
In the figure above, rectangle represents males, circle represents Indians, triangle represents teachers and square represents science graduates.
Q.Which of the following regions represents male science graduates who are not Indians but are teachers?
In the figure above, rectangle represents males, circle represents Indians, triangle represents teachers and square represents science graduates.
Q.Which of the following regions represents Indian females who are teachers but not science graduates?
In the figure above, rectangle represents males, circle represents Indians, triangle represents teachers and square represents science graduates.
Q.Region L corresponds to which of the following?
How would ‘MACHINE’ be coded in a certain language, if ‘SWITCHES’ is coded as ‘VZLWFKHV’ in the same language?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
A family of 7 members comprises 3 males and 4 females. There are 2 married couples in this family. F is the grand-daughter of C, who has only 2 sons - A and E. B is the son of D who is married to E. G is the mother of F. A does not have a sister.
Q.How is B related to F?
A family of 7 members comprises 3 males and 4 females. There are 2 married couples in this family. F is the grand-daughter of C, who has only 2 sons - A and E. B is the son of D who is married to E. G is the mother of F. A does not have a sister.
Q.Which of these represents a valid married couple in this family?
A family of 7 members comprises 3 males and 4 females. There are 2 married couples in this family. F is the grand-daughter of C, who has only 2 sons - A and E. B is the son of D who is married to E. G is the mother of F. A does not have a sister.
Q.How many grandchildren does C have?
If x is prime, x is odd. Which of the following statements is definitely true when x = 15?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Following the recent terrorist attacks in the country, the media and a section of the populace demanded the resignation of the Home Minister, the person charged with the portfolio of internal security.
Q.The above argument finds a parallel in which of the following cases?
240 students of ABC school were asked about their favorites sport among Cricket, Soccer and Hockey. It was noted that 80 students liked more then one sport while 30 students did not like any of these sports. The number of students who liked only cricket was equal to the number of students who liked two or more sports among the three. What is the total number of students who liked only Soccer and only Hockey?
Read the following question and answer accordingly.
Students in college ABC graduate in subject ‘S’. All of them chose a post-graduate degree in a never-before-studied subject ‘D’. This decision is made as a consequence of poor grades in subject S, strict evaluation of paper S and the anticipated leniency in terms of paper evaluation in subject ‘D’.
If all the students are allowed to do their post-graduate degree in subject ‘D’, which of the statements weakens the argument?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Akram, Amit, Salman and Saif are four friends listed in a descending order according to their ages. They were all born in the same year. Year X which started with a Monday also ends with the same day. In this year X, all of them celebrated their birthdays in three different months which all started with the same day of a week, on different dates but their birthdays fell on the same day of the week. Salman and Saif have their birthdays in the same month. Akram celebrated his birthday in the first week of the month and Amit on the 10th of a month. All were born on different dates.
Q.Amit is how many months elder to Salman?
Akram, Amit, Salman and Saif are four friends listed in a descending order according to their ages. They were all born in the same year. Year X which started with a Monday also ends with the same day. In this year X, all of them celebrated their birthdays in three different months which all started with the same day of a week, on different dates but their birthdays fell on the same day of the week. Salman and Saif have their birthdays in the same month. Akram celebrated his birthday in the first week of the month and Amit on the 10th of a month. All were born on different dates.
Q.On which day of the week did all the four friends celebrate their birthday?
Akram, Amit, Salman and Saif are four friends listed in a descending order according to their ages. They were all born in the same year. Year X which started with a Monday also ends with the same day. In this year X, all of them celebrated their birthdays in three different months which all started with the same day of a week, on different dates but their birthdays fell on the same day of the week. Salman and Saif have their birthdays in the same month. Akram celebrated his birthday in the first week of the month and Amit on the 10th of a month. All were born on different dates.
Q.In which month and on which date did Akram celebrate his birthday in the year X?
Akram, Amit, Salman and Saif are four friends listed in a descending order according to their ages. They were all born in the same year. Year X which started with a Monday also ends with the same day. In this year X, all of them celebrated their birthdays in three different months which all started with the same day of a week, on different dates but their birthdays fell on the same day of the week. Salman and Saif have their birthdays in the same month. Akram celebrated his birthday in the first week of the month and Amit on the 10th of a month. All were born on different dates.
Q.In which month and on which date did Saif celebrate his birthday in the year X?
Akram, Amit, Salman and Saif are four friends listed in a descending order according to their ages. They were all born in the same year. Year X which started with a Monday also ends with the same day. In this year X, all of them celebrated their birthdays in three different months which all started with the same day of a week, on different dates but their birthdays fell on the same day of the week. Salman and Saif have their birthdays in the same month. Akram celebrated his birthday in the first week of the month and Amit on the 10th of a month. All were born on different dates.
Q.In which month and on which date did Salman celebrate his birthday in the year X?
Some cups are mups. Some tups are not mups. All tups are nups. Some mups are hups.
Q.Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the above statements?
Answer the following questions based on the information given below:
A large cube has a unique whole number, smaller than or equal to 5, written on each of its faces such that the sum of the numbers on opposite faces is equal to 5. Any face that has an odd natural number written on it is painted red, any face that has an even natural number written on it is painted green and any remaining face(s) is/are painted blue. The large cube is then cut into 125 small identical cubes.
Q.How many of the smaller cubes have at least one of their faces painted blue?
A large cube has a unique whole number, smaller than or equal to 5, written on each of its faces such that the sum of the numbers on opposite faces is equal to 5. Any face that has an odd natural number written on it is painted red, any face that has an even natural number written on it is painted green and any remaining face(s) is/are painted blue. The large cube is then cut into 125 small identical cubes.
Q.How many of the smaller cubes can have their faces painted with all three colours?
A large cube has a unique whole number, smaller than or equal to 5, written on each of its faces such that the sum of the numbers on opposite faces is equal to 5. Any face that has an odd natural number written on it is painted red, any face that has an even natural number written on it is painted green and any remaining face(s) is/are painted blue. The large cube is then cut into 125 small identical cubes.
Q.How many of the smaller cubes don’t have any of their faces painted?
Answer the question based on the passage given below.
Brainstorming is a great way for groups to generate new ideas. It is frequently used in business and all sorts of personal decisions (brainstorming to find holiday destinations, movies to see, and even new careers). Brainstorming fosters creativity and ensures that the group works together to share information and achieve the results they desire.
Q.Which of the following statements will greatly weaken the importance of brainstorming to groups?
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
The tenth inter school dance competition has eight girls participating in it.
1. Each girl likes a different colour and presents a different dance form.
2. Preeti, who is a Kathak dancer, does not like lavender and red.
3. Sonia likes blue and presents Kuchipudi.
4. Neither of Shreya or Priya like magenta and yellow. They present Manipuri and Sattriya in some order.
5. Pooja and Tania present one of Folk Dance, Western or Odissi, while Tania and Vaishali have their favourite colours among violet, magenta or cream.
6. Priyanka presents Bharatnatyam and likes pink.
7. The girl who likes cream presents Manipuri.
8. Vaishali presents Odissi.
9. Pooja doesn’t like lavender.
10. The girl who likes violet presents Western dance.
Further following information is known about their performances
1. The show had 2 halves each of 4 performances.
2. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam should be the 1st performances in two different halves of the show.
3. Shreya should dance before the girl liking Lavender.
4. Folk Dance, Western and Odissi should be in same order in 2nd half with Folk Dance being before both of them.
Q.Who likes red?
The tenth inter school dance competition has eight girls participating in it.
1. Each girl likes a different colour and presents a different dance form.
2. Preeti, who is a Kathak dancer, does not like lavender and red.
3. Sonia likes blue and presents Kuchipudi.
4. Neither of Shreya or Priya like magenta and yellow. They present Manipuri and Sattriya in some order.
5. Pooja and Tania present one of Folk Dance, Western or Odissi, while Tania and Vaishali have their favourite colours among violet, magenta or cream.
6. Priyanka presents Bharatnatyam and likes pink.
7. The girl who likes cream presents Manipuri.
8. Vaishali presents Odissi.
9. Pooja doesn’t like lavender.
10. The girl who likes violet presents Western dance.
Further following information is known about their performances
1. The show had 2 halves each of 4 performances.
2. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam should be the 1st performances in two different halves of the show.
3. Shreya should dance before the girl liking Lavender.
4. Folk Dance, Western and Odissi should be in same order in 2nd half with Folk Dance being before both of them.
Q.If Priyanka dances in 2nd half, which of the following statement is/are true?
A. Pooja dances after Tania
B. Preeti dances before Shreya
C. Vaishali dances after Priya
The tenth inter school dance competition has eight girls participating in it.
1. Each girl likes a different colour and presents a different dance form.
2. Preeti, who is a Kathak dancer, does not like lavender and red.
3. Sonia likes blue and presents Kuchipudi.
4. Neither of Shreya or Priya like magenta and yellow. They present Manipuri and Sattriya in some order.
5. Pooja and Tania present one of Folk Dance, Western or Odissi, while Tania and Vaishali have their favourite colours among violet, magenta or cream.
6. Priyanka presents Bharatnatyam and likes pink.
7. The girl who likes cream presents Manipuri.
8. Vaishali presents Odissi.
9. Pooja doesn’t like lavender.
10. The girl who likes violet presents Western dance.
Further following information is known about their performances
1. The show had 2 halves each of 4 performances.
2. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam should be the 1st performances in two different halves of the show.
3. Shreya should dance before the girl liking Lavender.
4. Folk Dance, Western and Odissi should be in same order in 2nd half with Folk Dance being before both of them
Q.If Preeti dances 2nd in a particular half, who must dance immediately after Preeti?
The tenth inter school dance competition has eight girls participating in it.
1. Each girl likes a different colour and presents a different dance form.
2. Preeti, who is a Kathak dancer, does not like lavender and red.
3. Sonia likes blue and presents Kuchipudi.
4. Neither of Shreya or Priya like magenta and yellow. They present Manipuri and Sattriya in some order.
5. Pooja and Tania present one of Folk Dance, Western or Odissi, while Tania and Vaishali have their favourite colours among violet, magenta or cream.
6. Priyanka presents Bharatnatyam and likes pink.
7. The girl who likes cream presents Manipuri.
8. Vaishali presents Odissi.
9. Pooja doesn’t like lavender.
10. The girl who likes violet presents Western dance.
Further following information is known about their performances
1. The show had 2 halves each of 4 performances.
2. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam should be the 1st performances in two different halves of the show.
3. Shreya should dance before the girl liking Lavender.
4. Folk Dance, Western and Odissi should be in same order in 2nd half with Folk Dance being before both of them
Q.The girl who likes magenta presents
The question below has a set of sequentially ordered statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:
A. Facts, which deal with the pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘F’ )
B. Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option indicates such a statement with a ‘J’)
C. Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects, situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates such a statement with a ‘J’ )
Select the answer option that best describes the set of statements.
1. She had always been an anchor.
2. Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon— the ninth of ten children borne by a Scottish laird, the Earl of Strathmore— was bom in 1900.
3. When she died she was nearly 102.
4. She was never to be the queen of England, and she did so in especially troubling circumstances.
Three people A, B and C were standing at the same point. A started his journey and walked 40 km towards the east and then 30 km towards the south. B walked 30 km towards the west, then 30 km towards the south and finally 70 km towards the east.
C walked 30 km towards the south and then 40 km towards the east. Who among the three is at the least distance from the starting point?
At least eight of the top fifteen rankholders and not more than eight of the last fifteen rankholders out of the top twenty rankholders in an entrance exam are IITians. If none of the top five rankholders are IITians, then how many candidates in the top 20 are IITians?
Find the odd word out:
A. STAILARUA
B. AREGNYM
C. KANTlSAP
D. DDINOAM
Rohit, has two candles of different thickness but of same length Thick candle last for a hours more than that of the thin candle. The thin candle last for b hours. If after a hours, length of thick candle is 33% more than the thin candle, then which of the following is possible value of a/b.
The following question consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the options.
A. Apart from their post-war singles, all their motorcycles had used this distinctive layout until the early 1980s.
B. Bayerische Motoren Werke started building motorcycle engines and then motorcycles after World War I.
C. Many Bayerische Motoren Werke Motorcycles are still produced to this pattern, which is designated the “R series”.
D. These had a “boxer twin” engine, in which an air-cooled cylinder protrudes into the air-flow from each side of the machine.
E. Their first notable motorcycle, after the failed Helios and Flink, was the “R32” in 1923.
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate pair of words.
Cuba’s __________ of Communism,___________ with the country’s proximity to the US, was a key element in the Cold War.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word for the definition.
Word or phrase in a figure of speech in which a noun is referenced by something closely associated with it, rather than explicitly by the noun itself is called_______
Identify the CORRECT sentence or sentences.
A. If we redistribute wealth from the better to worse, we can help feed the hungry people.
B. Every morning I ate the burnt breakfast, drank the foul coffee and spoke to nobody.
C. Critics claim that the Indian government unfairly favors the IITs when educational dollars are doled out.
Choose the correct option.
Q.What does the ‘green-eyed monster’ refer to?
Which punctuation is missing in each of the following sentences?
It is an outrage to bind a democratic citizen it is a crime to scourge him it is almost parricide to kill him.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word/set of words from the given options.
The directive and moral__________in life is simple and uncomplicated; you are alive, do something.
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.By formulate the author means
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.The most suitable title for this passage would be?
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.What does the author mean by the 'last word' of a question?
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.According to the author, how can one honour and respect the questioner?
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.Which of the following can be used to describe 'Several questions are all mixed into one' ?
If one gives an answer before one hears, it is one's folly and shame. It is arrogant to answer before one hears. Humility does not presume that it knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and makes you realize that the questioner is not asking what you thought he was.
Not answering a question before you hear it all, honours and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though his words really matter. It is belittling to the other person if you finish his question for him. Carefully listening to a question often reveals that the question has several layers and is really more than one question. Several questions are all mixed into one. When you see this, you can break down the question into parts and answer them one at a time. You will not see such subtleties if you are hasty with your answer and not careful in your listening.
Q.In the context of the passage, what do 'subtleties' refer to?
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate pair of words from the given options.
“Why, yes, he is actually_________over the matter - has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and_________me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
Choose the grammatically correct option from the following
Choose the correct option.
When someone refers to someone or something as “the bee’s knees” they mean that it is:
Answer the following question based on the information given below. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
Rehanika eventually managed to ___________ the temperamental customer but not before he had called the shop’s manager to the scene.
Choose the option that states all the grammatically correct sentences:
A. Take India for example; it is already planning towards emissions saving at low or even no cost by improving energy efficiency.
B. On average, a Chinese citizen now emits more energy than, for example, a Portuguese, a Swede, ora Hungarian.
C. In sum, this means that, if the EU was to take up a second Kyoto period with a few other developed economies, it might cover at most 16% of global emissions.
Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ESCHEW
Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
OBLITERATE
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word/set of words from the given options.
The economic crisis has led them to a desperate situation with the youngest son being the only one who__________________ while all the others are unemployed.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word/set of words from the given options.
Environmental groups have_________________with the locals in the tribal area to stop the dam from being built.
Choose the word that cannot be coupled with the given word to form a new word.
Back
Rearrange the following sentence fragments to make meaningful sentence.
We are at present...........members online.
A. by e-mail to the
B. exploring the possibility
C. growing number of
D. of sending these drafts
Fill in the blank with the appropriate option
_______ is used to connect parts of a compound word.
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of some other man. This applies to material goods generally and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another. If one man knows a science, that does not prevent others from knowing it; on the contrary, it helps them to acquire the knowledge. If one man is a great artist or poet that does not prevent others from painting pictures or writing poems, but helps to create the atmosphere in which such things are possible. If one man is full of good-will toward others, that does not mean that there is less good-will to be shared among the rest; the more good-will one man has, the more he is likely to create among others. In such matters there is no possession, because there is not a definite amount to be shared; any increase anywhere tends to produce an increase everywhere.
There are two kinds of impulses, corresponding to the two kinds of goods. There are possessive impulses, which aim at acquiring or retaining private goods that cannot be shared; these center in the impulse of property. And there are creative or constructive impulses, which aim at bringing into the world or making available for use the kind of goods in which there is no privacy and no possession.
The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest. This is no new discovery. The Gospel says: "Take no thought, saying, what we shall eat? Or what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" The thought we give to these things is taken away from matters of more importance. And what is worse, the habit of mind engendered by thinking of these things is a bad one; it leads to competition, envy, domination, cruelty, and almost all the moral evils that infest the world. In particular, it leads to the predatory use of force. Material possessions can be taken by force and enjoyed by the robber. Spiritual possessions cannot be taken in this way. You may kill an artist or a thinker, but you cannot acquire his art or his thought. You may put a man to death because he loves his fellow- men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness. Force is impotent in such matters; it is only as regards material goods that it is effective. For this reason the men who believe in force are the men whose thoughts and desires are preoccupied with material goods.
The possessive impulses, when they are strong, infect activities which ought to be purely creative. A man who has made some valuable discovery may be filled with jealousy of a rival discoverer. If one man has found a cure for cancer and another has found a cure for consumption, one of them may be delighted if the other man's discovery turns out a mistake, instead of regretting the suffering of patients which would otherwise have been avoided. In such cases, instead of desiring knowledge for its own sake, or for the sake of its usefulness, a man desires it as a means to reputation. Every creative impulse is shadowed by a possessive impulse; even the aspirant to saintliness may be jealous of the more successful saint.
Most affection is accompanied by some tinge of jealousy, which is a possessive impulse intruding into the creative region. Worst of all, in this direction, is the sheer envy of those who have missed everything worth having in life, and who are instinctively bent on preventing others from enjoying what they have not had. There is often much of this in the attitude of the old toward the young.
Q.Which of the following statements will the author agree upon?
We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of some other man. This applies to material goods generally and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another. If one man knows a science, that does not prevent others from knowing it; on the contrary, it helps them to acquire the knowledge. If one man is a great artist or poet that does not prevent others from painting pictures or writing poems, but helps to create the atmosphere in which such things are possible. If one man is full of good-will toward others, that does not mean that there is less good-will to be shared among the rest; the more good-will one man has, the more he is likely to create among others. In such matters there is no possession, because there is not a definite amount to be shared; any increase anywhere tends to produce an increase everywhere.
There are two kinds of impulses, corresponding to the two kinds of goods. There are possessive impulses, which aim at acquiring or retaining private goods that cannot be shared; these center in the impulse of property. And there are creative or constructive impulses, which aim at bringing into the world or making available for use the kind of goods in which there is no privacy and no possession.
The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest. This is no new discovery. The Gospel says: "Take no thought, saying, what we shall eat? Or what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" The thought we give to these things is taken away from matters of more importance. And what is worse, the habit of mind engendered by thinking of these things is a bad one; it leads to competition, envy, domination, cruelty, and almost all the moral evils that infest the world. In particular, it leads to the predatory use of force. Material possessions can be taken by force and enjoyed by the robber. Spiritual possessions cannot be taken in this way. You may kill an artist or a thinker, but you cannot acquire his art or his thought. You may put a man to death because he loves his fellow- men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness. Force is impotent in such matters; it is only as regards material goods that it is effective. For this reason the men who believe in force are the men whose thoughts and desires are preoccupied with material goods.
The possessive impulses, when they are strong, infect activities which ought to be purely creative. A man who has made some valuable discovery may be filled with jealousy of a rival discoverer. If one man has found a cure for cancer and another has found a cure for consumption, one of them may be delighted if the other man's discovery turns out a mistake, instead of regretting the suffering of patients which would otherwise have been avoided. In such cases, instead of desiring knowledge for its own sake, or for the sake of its usefulness, a man desires it as a means to reputation. Every creative impulse is shadowed by a possessive impulse; even the aspirant to saintliness may be jealous of the more successful saint.
Most affection is accompanied by some tinge of jealousy, which is a possessive impulse intruding into the creative region. Worst of all, in this direction, is the sheer envy of those who have missed everything worth having in life, and who are instinctively bent on preventing others from enjoying what they have not had. There is often much of this in the attitude of the old toward the young.
Q.Which of the following statements cannot be concluded from the passage?
A. Creative impulses still exists in this present economic life of the world.
B. Spiritual possessions can be taken and enjoyed irrespective of whether one possesses force or not.
C. Not always is a man jealous.
D. Possessive impulses always demand ‘force’
We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of some other man. This applies to material goods generally and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another. If one man knows a science, that does not prevent others from knowing it; on the contrary, it helps them to acquire the knowledge. If one man is a great artist or poet that does not prevent others from painting pictures or writing poems, but helps to create the atmosphere in which such things are possible. If one man is full of good-will toward others, that does not mean that there is less good-will to be shared among the rest; the more good-will one man has, the more he is likely to create among others. In such matters there is no possession, because there is not a definite amount to be shared; any increase anywhere tends to produce an increase everywhere.
There are two kinds of impulses, corresponding to the two kinds of goods. There are possessive impulses, which aim at acquiring or retaining private goods that cannot be shared; these center in the impulse of property. And there are creative or constructive impulses, which aim at bringing into the world or making available for use the kind of goods in which there is no privacy and no possession.
The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest. This is no new discovery. The Gospel says: "Take no thought, saying, what we shall eat? Or what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" The thought we give to these things is taken away from matters of more importance. And what is worse, the habit of mind engendered by thinking of these things is a bad one; it leads to competition, envy, domination, cruelty, and almost all the moral evils that infest the world. In particular, it leads to the predatory use of force. Material possessions can be taken by force and enjoyed by the robber. Spiritual possessions cannot be taken in this way. You may kill an artist or a thinker, but you cannot acquire his art or his thought. You may put a man to death because he loves his fellow- men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness. Force is impotent in such matters; it is only as regards material goods that it is effective. For this reason the men who believe in force are the men whose thoughts and desires are preoccupied with material goods.
The possessive impulses, when they are strong, infect activities which ought to be purely creative. A man who has made some valuable discovery may be filled with jealousy of a rival discoverer. If one man has found a cure for cancer and another has found a cure for consumption, one of them may be delighted if the other man's discovery turns out a mistake, instead of regretting the suffering of patients which would otherwise have been avoided. In such cases, instead of desiring knowledge for its own sake, or for the sake of its usefulness, a man desires it as a means to reputation. Every creative impulse is shadowed by a possessive impulse; even the aspirant to saintliness may be jealous of the more successful saint.
Most affection is accompanied by some tinge of jealousy, which is a possessive impulse intruding into the creative region. Worst of all, in this direction, is the sheer envy of those who have missed everything worth having in life, and who are instinctively bent on preventing others from enjoying what they have not had. There is often much of this in the attitude of the old toward the young.
Q.What can be correctly inferred about impulses?
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word/set of words from the given options.
Despite complaints from others in the apartment, she___a good help since the last 3 months.
Give the antonym of the word from the given options:
Obstreperous
In the given question, four different ways of presenting an idea are gjven. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.
Choose the correct option.
Q.Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?
The given pair of capitalized words is followed by four pairs of words.Select the pair that DOES NOT express a relationship similar to that expressed by the capitalized pair.
TWO: BINARY
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate pair of words from the gjven options.
The motivational speaker______for a good two hours before people actually started______the seminar hall.