SNAP Past Year Papers - 2013 - CAT

What is the number to be added to 1/4 of 30% of 120 so that it is 50% more than 25% of 40?  

10 years ago the average age of all 25 teachers of a school was 45 years. 4 years ago one teacher retired from her post at the age of 58. After one year a new teacher whose age was 54 years was recruited from outside. The present average age of all the teachers is: 

X can complete a task in 15 days and Y can complete the same task in 20 days. X started the task alone and after 5 days Y joins X. After working together for three days, X had to leave the work. How long does it take for Y to complete the remaining work? 

Find out the value of [(2.093+0.089)² - (2.093-0.089)²] / [(2.093)(0.089)] 

In a triangle ABC the measure of angle A is 50° and the external bisectors of angle B and angle C meet at O. The measure of angle BOC is  

The average salary of all the 60 employees in an office is Rs. 12000/- per month. If the number of executives is twice the number of non-executive employees, then the average salary of all the nonexecutive employee is:  

Two pots A and B contain syrup and water in the ratio 3:7 and 5:2 respectively. Find the ratio in which these mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture containing syrup and water in the ratio of 2:3?  

A truck carrying goods has travelled for 3 days. The 1^st day it travelled for 12 hours at an average speed of 40 km/hour, the 2^nd day it travelled for 10 hours at an average speed of 50 km/hour, the third day it completed 360 kilometres travelling for 8 hours. The average speed of the truck in km/hour for all the three days is: 

The H.C.F of two numbers is 8 and their L.C.M is 96. If one of the numbers is 32, then the other is  

The ratio between present age of A and B is 3:4. The present age of B is 10 years more than the age of A 5 years ago. Find out the present age of B.

The circumference of the front wheels of a vehicle is 3.5 metres, and that of the back wheels is 3.0 metres. If the vehicle is moving at a speed of 54 km/hr, the shortest time in which both the wheels will make a whole number of turns is

If p is 81 % of q, what percentage of p is q? 

The length of a rectangular plot is 15 metres more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot is Rs. 2700 at the rate of Rs. 30 per metre, what is the length of the plot in metres?  

In a class, 70% of the students opted for History, 45% of the students opted for Geography, and 20 % opted for neither History nor Geography. What percentage of the class opted for both the subjects?  

A boy lying on the ground 1000 ft away from a multistoried building, can see the top of the building exactly in line with the top of a 10 ft tall flag post. If the flag post is 20 ft away from the boy, what is the height of the building?  

21 boys turn out for an NCC parade. Of these 19 are wearing NCC caps and 11 are wearing NCC shoes. There are no boys without one or the other. How many boys are wearing the full uniform?  

A number is increased by 20% and then is reduced by 20%. The number  

In a class of 42, there are 22 boys and 20 girls. The class teacher has to appoint a girl monitor and a boy monitor. In how many ways can the selection be made?  

Arvind and Mohan are 20 km apart. If they travel in opposite directions, they meet each other after half an hour. If they travel in the same direction, they meet after 2 hours. If Arvind travels faster than Mohan, his speed is  

Let A = {1,2,3,4,5,6}  

How many subsets of A can be formed with just two elements, one even and one odd?  

A grocer sells a soap marked Rs 30/- at 15% discount and gives a shampoo sachet costing Rs 1.5 free with each soap. He then makes 20% profit. His cost price per soap is 

Which one of the following is correct?  

The sum of two numbers is 15; their product is 30. The sum of their reciprocals is  

Three persons Amar, Akbar and Anthony agree to pay their hotel bills in the ratio of 3:4:5. Amar pays the first day's bill which amounts to Rs.26.85/-. Akbar pays the second day's bill which amounts to Rs.42.75/- and Anthony pays the third day's bill which amounts to Rs.53/-. When they settle their accounts, which of the following happens? 

Inspired by the 'Golden quadrilateral project', the UP Government recently accomplished a diamond triangular project. Under this project the State Government laid down 6 lane roads connecting three cities Ayodhya, Banaras and Chitrakoot, which are equally separated from each other i.e. in terms of geometry they form   an equilateral triangle. Angad and Bajrang start simultaneously from Ayodhya and Banaras respectively, towards Chitrakoot. When Angad covers 100 kms, Bajrang covers such a distance that the distance between Angad and Bajrang makes 90° angle with the road joining Banaras to Chitrakoot. When Bajrang reaches Chitrakoot, Angad is still 150 km away from Chitrakoot.  

What is the distance between Ayodhya and Chitrakoot? 

(1 - 1/2)(l-1/3)(l-l/4)(l-l/5) …………….(1-1/40) = X/40  

What is the value of X? 

The smallest number which when divided by 12,16,18 gives 7 as remainder in each case, is  

f (a/b )^2x-3 = (b/a)^x-9, then x is equal to 

The population of vultures in a locality decreases by a certain rate (compounded annually). If the current population of vultures 29160 and the ratio of the decrease in population for the first and second year and second and third year be 10:9, what was the population of vultures 3 years ago?  

Anna sold his car to Boney at a profit of 20% and Boney sold it to Chakori at a profit of 10%. Chakori sold it to a mechanic at a loss of 9.09%. The mechanic spent 10% of his purchase price on repairs and then sold it at a profit of 8.33% to Anna’s profit/ loss as %age of initial CP is- 

A circle and a square have the same perimeter. Then  

Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours and 10 hours respectively. Tap C can empty full cistern in 30 hours. All the three taps were opened for 2 hours, when it was remembered that the emptying tap had been left open, it was then closed.  

How many hours more would it take for the cistern to be filled?  

At Atharva Prakashan every book goes through 3 phases – typing, composing and binding. There are 16 typists, 10 composers and 15 binders. A typist can type 8 books in each hour, a composer can compose 12 books in each hour and a binder can bind 12 books in each hour. All the people at Atharva Prakashan work for 10 hours a day and each person is trained to do only one type of job.  

How many books can be prepared in each day? 

A contractor employed a certain number of workers to finish constructing a road in a certain scheduled time. Sometime later, when a part of work had been completed, he realized that the work would delayed by three-fourth of the scheduled time. So, he at once doubled the number of workers and thus he managed to finish the road on the scheduled time. How much work had been completed before increasing the number of workers?

A train enters into a tunnel AB at A and exits at B. A jackal is sitting at O in another by pass tunnel AOB, which is connected to AB at A and B, where OA is perpendicular to OB. A cat is sitting at P inside the tunnel AB making the shortest possible distance between O and P, such that AO: PB = 30:32. A train before entering into the tunnel AB blows the whistle (or siren) somewhere before A. On hearing the whistle, if the jackal and the cat run towards A, they would meet with an accident with the train exactly at A, the entrance to the tunnel. Further if the jackal moves towards B instead of A (on hearing the whistle) it would again meet with an accident exactly at B, the exit of the tunnel, with the same train coming from the same direction. 

Q. What is the ratio of speeds of the Jackal and the Cat? 

A train enters into a tunnel AB at A and exits at B. A jackal is sitting at O in another by pass tunnel AOB, which is connected to AB at A and B, where OA is perpendicular to OB. A cat is sitting at P inside the tunnel AB making the shortest possible distance between O and P, such that AO: PB = 30:32. A train before entering into the tunnel AB blows the whistle (or siren) somewhere before A. On hearing the whistle, if the jackal and the cat run towards A, they would meet with an accident with the train exactly at A, the entrance to the tunnel. Further if the jackal moves towards B instead of A (on hearing the whistle) it would again meet with an accident exactly at B, the exit of the tunnel, with the same train coming from the same direction. 

Q. The ratio of speeds of the Jackal to the train is: 

A train enters into a tunnel AB at A and exits at B. A jackal is sitting at O in another by pass tunnel AOB, which is connected to AB at A and B, where OA is perpendicular to OB. A cat is sitting at P inside the tunnel AB making the shortest possible distance between O and P, such that AO: PB = 30:32. A train before entering into the tunnel AB blows the whistle (or siren) somewhere before A. On hearing the whistle, if the jackal and the cat run towards A, they would meet with an accident with the train exactly at A, the entrance to the tunnel. Further if the jackal moves towards B instead of A (on hearing the whistle) it would again meet with an accident exactly at B, the exit of the tunnel, with the same train coming from the same direction. 

Q. If the tunnels were to be connected from O to P and the Jackal moves from O to A through P, it will meet with train at M. Then AM is: 

Choose the correct synonym of the word in capital letters from the four options given below.

ENTRENCHED

Choose the correct synonym of the word in capital letters from the four options given below.

RECTITUDE

Choose the correct synonym of the word in capital letters from the four options given below.

INVIDIOUS

Choose the correct synonym of the word in capital letters from the four options given below.

AFICIONADO

Choose the correct alternative for the following sentence.

Q. Despite immense development in almost all the fields, humans still cannot control nature and to do so.

DIRECTION : The sentence given below is jumbled and each underlined part is numbered. You are required to arrange it in the most logical and grammatically acceptable sequence.

Choose the correct spelling:

Disgraphia is a deficiency in the ability to write, spell or put down thoughts on paper. The underlined word is spelled incorrectly. Which of the following is the correct spelling?

Choose the correct spelling:

PANGERYRIC means "to pay tribute to". The underlined word is spelt incorrectly. Mark the correct spelling

Identify two most appropriate options from those given below that can complete the sentence without changing the meaning

Q. I _______________ scorpions, they are diabolic.

i. Hate
ii. Scare
iii. Loathe
iv. Wary
v. Cagey

Identify two most appropriate options from those given below that can complete the sentence without changing the meaning

To fully understand (A) ____________ work such as George Orwell's Animal Farm, one must be able to differentiate (B) _____________ events of the plot from the abundant extended metaphors.

Find out the two words that are nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the correct combination provided in the four options.

I. attenuate
II. repent
III. Make thin
IV. Force

Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

A rapier is a

Choose the correct alternatives for the following idioms.

Raise Cain

Choose the correct alternatives for the following idioms.

Go to seed

(DIRECTIONS for questions 55 to 58:) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The next ingredient is a very remarkable one: Good Temper. "Love is not easily provoked". Nothing could be more striking than to find this here. We are inclined to look upon bad temper as a very harmless weakness. We speak of it as a mere infirmity of nature, a family failing, a matter of temperament, not a thing to take into very serious account in estimating a man's character. And yet here, right in the heart of this analysis of love, it finds a place; and the Bible again and again returns to condemn it as one of the most destructive elements in human nature. The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. It is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled quick-temper or "touchy" disposition. This compatibility of ill temper with high moral character is one of the strongest and saddest problems of ethics. The truth is there are two great classes of sins—sins of the Body, and sins of disposition. The prodigal son may be taken as a type of the first, the Elder Brother of the second. Now society has no doubt whatever as to which of these is the worse. Its brand falls, without a challenge, upon the Prodigal. But are we right? We have no balance to weigh one another's sins, and coarser and finer are but human words; but faults in the higher nature may be less venial than those in the lower, and to the eye of Him who is love, a sin against love may seem a hundred times more base. No form of vice, not worldliness, not greed of gold , not drunkenness itself does more to un-christianise society than evil temper. For embittering life, for breaking up communities, for destroying the most sacred relationships, for devasting homes, for withering up men and women, for taking the bloom off childhood; in short for sheer gratuituos misery-producing power, this influence stands alone. Jealousy, anger, pride, uncharity, cruelty, selfrighteousness, touchiness, doggedness, sullenness-in varying properties these are the ingredients of all ill temper. Judge if such sins of disposition are not worse to live in, and for others to live with than sins of the body. There is really no place in Heaven for a disposition like this. A man with such a mood could only make Heaven miserable for all the people in it.

Q. What is the popular notion about bad temper?

The next ingredient is a very remarkable one: Good Temper. "Love is not easily provoked". Nothing could be more striking than to find this here. We are inclined to look upon bad temper as a very harmless weakness. We speak of it as a mere infirmity of nature, a family failing, a matter of temperament, not a thing to take into very serious account in estimating a man's character. And yet here, right in the heart of this analysis of love, it finds a place; and the Bible again and again returns to condemn it as one of the most destructive elements in human nature. The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. It is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled quick-temper or "touchy" disposition. This compatibility of ill temper with high moral character is one of the strongest and saddest problems of ethics. The truth is there are two great classes of sins—sins of the Body, and sins of disposition. The prodigal son may be taken as a type of the first, the Elder Brother of the second. Now society has no doubt whatever as to which of these is the worse. Its brand falls, without a challenge, upon the Prodigal. But are we right? We have no balance to weigh one another's sins, and coarser and finer are but human words; but faults in the higher nature may be less venial than those in the lower, and to the eye of Him who is love, a sin against love may seem a hundred times more base. No form of vice, not worldliness, not greed of gold , not drunkenness itself does more to un-christianise society than evil temper. For embittering life, for breaking up communities, for destroying the most sacred relationships, for devasting homes, for withering up men and women, for taking the bloom off childhood; in short for sheer gratuituos misery-producing power, this influence stands alone. Jealousy, anger, pride, uncharity, cruelty, selfrighteousness, touchiness, doggedness, sullenness-in varying properties these are the ingredients of all ill temper. Judge if such sins of disposition are not worse to live in, and for others to live with than sins of the body. There is really no place in Heaven for a disposition like this. A man with such a mood could only make Heaven miserable for all the people in it.

Q. What does the word "venial" mean?

The next ingredient is a very remarkable one: Good Temper. "Love is not easily provoked". Nothing could be more striking than to find this here. We are inclined to look upon bad temper as a very harmless weakness. We speak of it as a mere infirmity of nature, a family failing, a matter of temperament, not a thing to take into very serious account in estimating a man's character. And yet here, right in the heart of this analysis of love, it finds a place; and the Bible again and again returns to condemn it as one of the most destructive elements in human nature. The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. It is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled quick-temper or "touchy" disposition. This compatibility of ill temper with high moral character is one of the strongest and saddest problems of ethics. The truth is there are two great classes of sins—sins of the Body, and sins of disposition. The prodigal son may be taken as a type of the first, the Elder Brother of the second. Now society has no doubt whatever as to which of these is the worse. Its brand falls, without a challenge, upon the Prodigal. But are we right? We have no balance to weigh one another's sins, and coarser and finer are but human words; but faults in the higher nature may be less venial than those in the lower, and to the eye of Him who is love, a sin against love may seem a hundred times more base. No form of vice, not worldliness, not greed of gold , not drunkenness itself does more to un-christianise society than evil temper. For embittering life, for breaking up communities, for destroying the most sacred relationships, for devasting homes, for withering up men and women, for taking the bloom off childhood; in short for sheer gratuituos misery-producing power, this influence stands alone. Jealousy, anger, pride, uncharity, cruelty, selfrighteousness, touchiness, doggedness, sullenness-in varying properties these are the ingredients of all ill temper. Judge if such sins of disposition are not worse to live in, and for others to live with than sins of the body. There is really no place in Heaven for a disposition like this. A man with such a mood could only make Heaven miserable for all the people in it.

Q. The Bible condemns which of the following as one of the most destructive elements in human nature?

The next ingredient is a very remarkable one: Good Temper. "Love is not easily provoked". Nothing could be more striking than to find this here. We are inclined to look upon bad temper as a very harmless weakness. We speak of it as a mere infirmity of nature, a family failing, a matter of temperament, not a thing to take into very serious account in estimating a man's character. And yet here, right in the heart of this analysis of love, it finds a place; and the Bible again and again returns to condemn it as one of the most destructive elements in human nature. The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. It is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled quick-temper or "touchy" disposition. This compatibility of ill temper with high moral character is one of the strongest and saddest problems of ethics. The truth is there are two great classes of sins—sins of the Body, and sins of disposition. The prodigal son may be taken as a type of the first, the Elder Brother of the second. Now society has no doubt whatever as to which of these is the worse. Its brand falls, without a challenge, upon the Prodigal. But are we right? We have no balance to weigh one another's sins, and coarser and finer are but human words; but faults in the higher nature may be less venial than those in the lower, and to the eye of Him who is love, a sin against love may seem a hundred times more base. No form of vice, not worldliness, not greed of gold , not drunkenness itself does more to un-christianise society than evil temper. For embittering life, for breaking up communities, for destroying the most sacred relationships, for devasting homes, for withering up men and women, for taking the bloom off childhood; in short for sheer gratuituos misery-producing power, this influence stands alone. Jealousy, anger, pride, uncharity, cruelty, selfrighteousness, touchiness, doggedness, sullenness-in varying properties these are the ingredients of all ill temper. Judge if such sins of disposition are not worse to live in, and for others to live with than sins of the body. There is really no place in Heaven for a disposition like this. A man with such a mood could only make Heaven miserable for all the people in it.

Q. Find the exact word in the passage which means easily or quickly offended.

Fill in the blank with the correct option.

"If you are morose." you feel ______________

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentences.

Q. We scored as many goals as them.

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentences.

Q. There is more evidence yet to be offered

Identify a synonym to replace the underlined word (s).

Q. The baby is in the carrying basket.

Which of the following does not denote the underlined word(s)?

Q. The festival of Christmas.

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank with the correct grammatical usage.

He has his finger ____________ the pulse of the nation.

Identify the error in the following sentence by choosing from the given alternatives "Where do you live" asked the stranger?

In each of the following questions, the part of the sentence which is in capitals and has been underlined may have an error. Correct the error.

Q. Unless he DOES NOT GIVE UP smoking, we cannot be sure of any improvement in his health

A recently carried out meta-analysis of two decades of published research DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COFFEE DRINKING AND CORONARY AILMENTS.

In the following sentences, the order of the sentences has been jumbled up. Make the best choice to find out the correct sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph

A. The following represents a condensed statement of what we think we now know about the relationship between education and employment
B. Although the linkages between education and employment are complex, and in the past, often analysed with simplistic notions of causality, recent research results have yielded new insights about the nature of these linkages.
C. In the interests of brevity, the argument is put forward as a series of major propositions and derivatives strategies relating to the education employment nexus.
D. Intensive research efforts are currently being supported through the developing world both by national governments and international donor agencies in the hope of improving, understanding of the nature and causes of rising unemployment.
E. The massive problems of widespread and chronic unemployment and underemployment in less developed nations will remain among the most serious challenges to the development policy during the next several decades.

Given below are four sentences, each of which may or may not have an error. Following them are four options. Select the option indicating the error free statement (s).

A. Fruits from Madhavs' garden were stolen.
B. Fruit's are sold here
C. All the students of the students' council agreed to raise funds.
D. The dress's texture was coarse.

Choose the odd word out

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

The rebels sought to overcome the _____________ strength of the police forces by engaging in ____________ tactics

(DIRECTIONS for questions 72 to 74:) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door- a woman of the kindest heart and feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver, and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the lighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness. I scarcely knew how to behave towards her. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her. Her favor was not gained by it; she seemed to be disturbed by it. She did not deem it to be impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look in the face. The meanest slave was put fully at ease in her presence, and none left without feeling better for having seen her. But alas! This kind heart had but a short time to remain such. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its internal work.

Very soon I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld; she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C. After I had learnt this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three and four letters. Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on , and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. Further he said, "If you give a slave an inch, he will take a mile. A slave should know nothing but to obey his master - to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best slave in this world. "Now," said he, "If you teach that boy (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to him, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy. "These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new train of thought. I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty - the white man's power to enslave the black man. From that moment, I understood that pathway from slavery to freedom. Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read. The very decided manner with which my master spoke, and strove to impress his wife with the evil consequences of giving me instruction, served to convince me that he was deeply sensible of the truths he was uttering. It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read. What he most dreaded, that I most desired. What he most loved, that I most hated. That which to him was great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my master, as to the kindly aid of my mistress. I acknowledge the benefit of both.

Q. The author's main purpose in this passage is to

My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door- a woman of the kindest heart and feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver, and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the lighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness. I scarcely knew how to behave towards her. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her. Her favor was not gained by it; she seemed to be disturbed by it. She did not deem it to be impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look in the face. The meanest slave was put fully at ease in her presence, and none left without feeling better for having seen her. But alas! This kind heart had but a short time to remain such. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its internal work.

Very soon I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld; she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C. After I had learnt this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three and four letters. Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on , and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. Further he said, "If you give a slave an inch, he will take a mile. A slave should know nothing but to obey his master - to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best slave in this world. "Now," said he, "If you teach that boy (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to him, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy. "These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new train of thought. I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty - the white man's power to enslave the black man. From that moment, I understood that pathway from slavery to freedom. Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read. The very decided manner with which my master spoke, and strove to impress his wife with the evil consequences of giving me instruction, served to convince me that he was deeply sensible of the truths he was uttering. It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read. What he most dreaded, that I most desired. What he most loved, that I most hated. That which to him was great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my master, as to the kindly aid of my mistress. I acknowledge the benefit of both.

Q. For which of the following reasons does Mr. Auld forbid his wife to educate the slave?

A. Providing slaves with an education violates the law
B. He believes slaves lack the capacity for education
C. He fears education would leave the slave less submissive

My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door- a woman of the kindest heart and feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver, and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the lighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness. I scarcely knew how to behave towards her. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her. Her favor was not gained by it; she seemed to be disturbed by it. She did not deem it to be impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look in the face. The meanest slave was put fully at ease in her presence, and none left without feeling better for having seen her. But alas! This kind heart had but a short time to remain such. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its internal work.

Very soon I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld; she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C. After I had learnt this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three and four letters. Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on , and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. Further he said, "If you give a slave an inch, he will take a mile. A slave should know nothing but to obey his master - to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best slave in this world. "Now," said he, "If you teach that boy (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to him, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy. "These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new train of thought. I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty - the white man's power to enslave the black man. From that moment, I understood that pathway from slavery to freedom. Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read. The very decided manner with which my master spoke, and strove to impress his wife with the evil consequences of giving me instruction, served to convince me that he was deeply sensible of the truths he was uttering. It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read. What he most dreaded, that I most desired. What he most loved, that I most hated. That which to him was great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my master, as to the kindly aid of my mistress. I acknowledge the benefit of both.

Q. The tone of author in acknowledging his debt to his master can be best described as

Replace the underlined phrase with the one which is closest to it in meaning.

I DROPPED A CLANGER when I mentioned her ex- husband.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate choices.

I should not have ____________ to talk in such a ____________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate choices.

The ______________ of Agatha Christie's argument is that human nature remains the same, wherever you are.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate choices.

The _____________ play caused me to squirm in my seat, but she began to ______________ her eyes in a way that irritated me.

There they stood on the top shelf, all 20 volumes, their red binding and gold lettering undoubtedly making them the most attractive between all the books on the bookshelf

Everything in the world decays, it comes to an end and also dies inevitably.

What will be the measurement of the angle made by the hands of a clock when the time is 8.35? 

Find the odd man out. 

Raghu is at point A. He walks 3 km to the north and then turns to his left. He walks 4 km in this direction. He turns left again and walks 6 km. If he wishes to reach point A again, in which direction should he be walking and what distance will he have to cover? 

(DIRECTIONS for questions 84 and 85:) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F participated in a dancing competition wherein they won prizes 12000, 10000, 8000, 6000, 4000, 2000 according to the position secured. The following information is known to us: 1. A won less money than B 2. The differences between the winning of C and F was Rs. 2000 3. The differences between the winning of D and F was at least Rs. 4000 4. E won the Rs. 8000 prize. 

Q. Which of the following could be the ranking from first place to sixth places of students?  

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F participated in a dancing competition wherein they won prizes 12000, 10000, 8000, 6000, 4000, 2000 according to the position secured. The following information is known to us: 1. A won less money than B 2. The differences between the winning of C and F was Rs. 2000 3. The differences between the winning of D and F was at least Rs. 4000 4. E won the Rs. 8000 prize. 

Q. If A won Rs. 4000, how much in total did C and F win?

Where should the number 17 be placed to fit into the sequence?  

18, 11, 15, 14, 19, 16, 20, 12 

There are three facts and you are given three more statements. You have to determine which of these, if any is also a fact.  
Fact 1. All kids like to play.  
Fact 2. Some kids like ice cream.  
Fact 3. Some kids look like their mothers. 

Statement 1. All kids who like ice cream look like their mothers.  
Statement 2. Kids who like ice cream also like to play.  
Statement 3. Kids who like to play do not look like their mothers. 

Insert the mis sing letter

Six statements are followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument, that is, the third argument is a conclusion drawn from the earlier two statements.

A. Amar is unhappy
B. Amar is honest
C. Some magicians are honest
D. No honest man is a magician
E. No magician is happy
F. Amar is not a magician

DIRECTIONS for questions 90 and 91: Read the information given below and answer the question.

The table below presents data on Gross National Product (GNP) and Net National Product (NNP) for India for six years. Answer questions based on these data. 

Gross National Product and Net National Product 

Q. The year during which both GNP and NNP have shown almost equal rate of growth:

The table below presents data on Gross National Product (GNP) and Net National Product (NNP) for India for six years. Answer questions based on these data. 

Gross National Product and Net National Product 

Q. Which of the following statements could be stated to be true: 

If PEACE is coded as RGCEG then how is MICKY coded in that code? 

A set of symbols is given indicating the terms for which they will be used in the questions following them. 

Θ = equal to, φ = not equal to, Δ = greater than, x= less than, + = not greater than, $ = not less than A Δ B Δ C does not imply which of the following options?

Given below are 4 pictures of a cube 

Which number is on the face opposite to 3? 

DIRECTIONS for questions 95 and 96: Read the information given below and answer the questions.

Rectangle indicates Faculty members, Square indicates Research scholars, Circle indicates Indians and Triangle indicates Americans. 

Q. In the given figure show the area which indicates faculty members who are research scholars but are neither Americans nor Indians 

Rectangle indicates Faculty members, Square indicates Research scholars, Circle indicates Indians and Triangle indicates Americans. 

Q. In the given figure show the area which indicates Indian Americans who are faculty members but not research scholars. 

While facing East you turn to your left and walk 10 yards. Then turn to your left and walk 10 yards, and now turn 45 ° to your right and go straight to cover 50 yards. Now in what direction are you with respect to the starting point?  

If P - Q means Q is son of P, P × Q means P is brother of Q, P ÷ Q means Q is sister of P and P + Q means P is mother of Q , which of the following is definitely true about N×K-M÷L? 

DIRECTIONS for questions 99 and 100: Read the information given below and answer the question.

Five girls Rama, Sudha, Tara, Uma and Veena share an apartment and have distributed the task as one girl making breakfast per day, Monday through Friday, one of the five dishes upama, dosa, idli, uttapa and paratha.

Veena does not make uttapa and does not cook on Tuesday.
Sudha makes parathas but not on Monday or Friday.
Upama is made on Thursday.
Tara makes her dish which is not uttapa on Wednesday.
Idli is made on Friday but not by Uma.
Rama cooks on Monday

Q. What does Tara cook on Wednesday? 

Five girls Rama, Sudha, Tara, Uma and Veena share an apartment and have distributed the task as one girl making breakfast per day, Monday through Friday, one of the five dishes upama, dosa, idli, uttapa and paratha.

Veena does not make uttapa and does not cook on Tuesday.
Sudha makes parathas but not on Monday or Friday.
Upama is made on Thursday.
Tara makes her dish which is not uttapa on Wednesday.
Idli is made on Friday but not by Uma.
Rama cooks on Monday

Q. What day does Uma prepare her dish? 

Answer the following question on the basis of the following data. 

Kunal, Rahul, Mohit and Charan are constables on duty in Delhi, and they are trying to recollect who amongst them has been working the most number of days without leave. Here are the facts: Kunal has put in more days of consecutive duty than has Rahul, who has got in five days of consecutive duty. Mohit has gone fifteen days straight without leave, more than Kunal and Rahul combined. Charan has put in eight consecutive days of duty, which is less than what Kunal has done. 

Q. How many days has Kunal gone without leave? 

DIRECTIONS for questions 102 to 104: Read the information given below and answer the questions.

Five hundred school children were asked about cricketers they liked. 80 said they like Sachin Tendulkar, 60 said they liked Sourav Ganguly, 90 said they liked Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 10 said they liked all three. 40 said they liked Sachin and Sourav, 50 liked Sachin and Dhoni, while 30 said they liked Sourav and Dhoni.

Q. How many, out of the 500, didn't choose Sachin, Sourav or Dhoni? 

Five hundred school children were asked about cricketers they liked. 80 said they like Sachin Tendulkar, 60 said they liked Sourav Ganguly, 90 said they liked Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 10 said they liked all three. 40 said they liked Sachin and Sourav, 50 liked Sachin and Dhoni, while 30 said they liked Sourav and Dhoni.

Q. How many like Sourav but not Tendulkar? 

Five hundred school children were asked about cricketers they liked. 80 said they like Sachin Tendulkar, 60 said they liked Sourav Ganguly, 90 said they liked Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 10 said they liked all three. 40 said they liked Sachin and Sourav, 50 liked Sachin and Dhoni, while 30 said they liked Sourav and Dhoni.

Q. How many like fewer than two cricketers? 

If 7 is coded as CBRT343, then 9 is 

If HELLO is coded as 15|12|12|5|8, then WHERE is 

Complete the following series 3 10 59 

If WOOD is coded as 23|225|4 then MEET is 

DIRECTIONS for questions 109 and 110: The following table gives data on Sectoral Investment during the Eight plan. Read the data and answer the questions.

Q. Which of the following sectors has shown a steady increase in investments during last three plan periods? 

The following table gives data on Sectoral Investment during the Eight plan. Read the data and answer the questions.

Q. During the eight plan period, in which sector the percentage share of Public Sector investment has been the highest? 

The economically diverse region of MENA nations refers to the countries in  

Open market operations refers to the sale and purchase by the RBI of  

The agency that estimates national income in India is  

Panchatantra was written by  

IRDA is the Indian regulator for the  

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by:  

The Finance Minister's Budget speech presented to the Indian parliament every year usually has two parts. What does the Part A relate to: 

Which two institutions are popularly referred to as the 'Bretton Woods Twins? 

Based on the statements given below, Special Drawing Rights is best described to include which of the following statements

i. It is a basket of currencies reviewed every 5 years  
ii. It was created to reduce the dependencies on gold and US dollar  
iii. It is a supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets maintained by IMF 

Which NATO country's parliament was the first to vote in favour of the move to make military service compulsory for women  

The market for government securities is also referred to as 

From April 2010 the savings bank interest is calculated  

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an Inter-governmental Body established in 1989. It is concerned with  

Which of the following sectors in India was not nationalised by the government at any point of time  

Which of the following is not a Palindrome  

The movie 'Life of Pi' is based on an award winning novel written by  

LIDL, Walgreen, ASDA and Kroger are  

Which bank was the first to introduce the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in India  

The Three Gorges Dam, is the world's largest hydropower project and is located in  

India signed the Kyoto Protocol in the year:  

Given below are the creators of some well-known cartoon characters. Identify the creator - cartoon pair that does not match