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1 The inability to realize that a problem can be 
solved by using familiar object in an unusual way 
is likely due to:
(a) functional fixedness 
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism 
(d) limited capacity
2 Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying 
the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting 
next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) Impossible to tell
3 Someone suddenly starts howling on you while 
boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of 
howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4 You are going to purchase medicines for your 
ailing mother. After going some distance you find 
a boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose 
driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to 
nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5 Which of the following cognitive processes occurs 
when an individual freely considers a variety of 
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or 
practical problems?
(a) Heuristic thinking (b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Divergent thinking
6 A problem solving rule or procedure that when 
followed step by step, assures that a correct 
solution will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set (b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm (d) Insight
7 Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office 
work will be affected due to his absence because he 
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave 
and try to convince him the urgent need of his 
presence.
8 Which one of the following statement is/are true 
about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing alternative from among 
various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 1
9 In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. 
Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254. 
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was 
sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is 
Ishita sitting?
(a) 255 (b) 256
(c) 251 (d) 252
10 Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow 
English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as 
Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in 
Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul 
talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and 
follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana (b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya (d) Krishna
11 If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then 
which day of the week will be 25th December in 
that year?
(a) Saturday (b) Friday
(c) Thursday (d) Sunday
Direction (12-16): Read the following passage carefully and 
answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given.
Read not the contradict and confute, nor to believe and 
take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and 
digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, 
others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to 
be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some 
books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made 
of them by others; but that would be only in the less 
important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else 
distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy 
things. Reading make a full man, conference a reading 
man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man 
write little, he had need have a good memory, if he 
confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he 
reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to 
know that he doth not.
 
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1 The inability to realize that a problem can be 
solved by using familiar object in an unusual way 
is likely due to:
(a) functional fixedness 
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism 
(d) limited capacity
2 Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying 
the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting 
next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) Impossible to tell
3 Someone suddenly starts howling on you while 
boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of 
howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4 You are going to purchase medicines for your 
ailing mother. After going some distance you find 
a boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose 
driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to 
nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5 Which of the following cognitive processes occurs 
when an individual freely considers a variety of 
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or 
practical problems?
(a) Heuristic thinking (b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Divergent thinking
6 A problem solving rule or procedure that when 
followed step by step, assures that a correct 
solution will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set (b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm (d) Insight
7 Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office 
work will be affected due to his absence because he 
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave 
and try to convince him the urgent need of his 
presence.
8 Which one of the following statement is/are true 
about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing alternative from among 
various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 1
9 In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. 
Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254. 
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was 
sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is 
Ishita sitting?
(a) 255 (b) 256
(c) 251 (d) 252
10 Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow 
English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as 
Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in 
Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul 
talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and 
follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana (b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya (d) Krishna
11 If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then 
which day of the week will be 25th December in 
that year?
(a) Saturday (b) Friday
(c) Thursday (d) Sunday
Direction (12-16): Read the following passage carefully and 
answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given.
Read not the contradict and confute, nor to believe and 
take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and 
digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, 
others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to 
be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some 
books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made 
of them by others; but that would be only in the less 
important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else 
distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy 
things. Reading make a full man, conference a reading 
man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man 
write little, he had need have a good memory, if he 
confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he 
reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to 
know that he doth not.
 
 110 OSWAAL 15-Years UPPSC Prelims Solved Paper
Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics 
subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic and 
rhetoric able to contend.
12 If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13 What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important
(b) A gathering of people
(c) A get together
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker
14 What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. 
(d) To be read only in parts.
15 How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of 
books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made 
of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and 
confute.
(c) They are to be read but only in parts.
(d) They are to read but not curiously.
16 What should be the real object of reading?
(a) Not to contradict and confute.
(b) To weigh and consider.
(c) To distil the contents.
(d) To understand the author's point of view.
17 Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing 
correct option:
 Please do not forget to submit your application 
__________ time.
(a) by (b) of
(c) in (d) with
18 Which one of the following alternatives gives 
meanings of the given idiom/phrase?
 Snake in the grass:
(a) Cowardly and brutal (b) An unreliable person
(c) A hidden enemy (d) Low and mean
19 Which of the following is correctly punctuated? 
Rama received a fountain pen hari a watch:
(a) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari a watch
(b) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(c) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(d) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari, a watch
20 Change the sentence into passive voice:
 All his friends laughed at him.
(a) He laughed at all his friends.
(b) He laughs at all his friends.
(c) He is laughed at by all his friends.
(d) He was laughed at by all his friends.
21 Which of the following is wrongly spelt?
(a) Decieve (b) Believe
(c) Relieve (d) Belief
22 "Absence of knowledge" stands for
(a) Nescience (b) Insipient
(c) Presence (d) Omniscience
23 Choose the word opposite in meaning for CHEAP .
(a) Mean (b) Expensive
(c) Expansive (d) Ordinary
24 Transform the following sentence:
 You are as big a fool as a donkey.
(a) A donkey is not as foolish as you.
(b) A donkey is not as big a fool as you.
(c) A donkey is not more foolish as you.
(d) A donkey is not a bigger fool than you.
25 Change the given sentence into indirect speech. 
Radha said, "I am well."
(a) Radha said that I am well.
(b) Radha said that she is well.
(c) Radha said that she was well.
(d) Radha said that she should be well.
26 Identify the part of speech of the underlined 
word: It will be five years before we meet again.
(a) Preposition (b) Adverb
(c) Conjunction (d) Adjective
funsZ'k (27-31): fuEufyf[kr x|ka'k dks /;ku ls if<+, rFkk ç'uksa ds 
mÙkj bl x|ka'k ds vk/kkj ij gh nhft,µ
çR;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vius ns'k] vius ns'k dh laLÏfr rFkk 
Hkk"kk ds çfr çse vkSj vfHkeku lgt gh gksrk gSA og vius jk"Vª] viuh 
tUeHkwfe vkSj jk"VªHkk"kk ds fy, çk.kksa dk mRlxZ djus dks lnSo rRij 
jgrk gSA ftl ns'k ds fuokfl;ksa ds ân; esa ;g mRlxZ Hkkouk ugha gksrh 
og jk"Vª] ijk/khu gksdj viuh lq[k&'kkfUr vkSj le`f¼ lnk ds fy, 
[kks cSBrk gSA ns'kHkfDr vkSj lkoZtfud fgr ds fcuk jk"Vªh; egÙkk dk 
vfLrRo gh ugha jg ldrkA ;g Hkkouk mls bl ckr dk ç;Ru djus 
dks çsfjr djrh gS fd og vU;k; ls nqcZyksa dh j{kk dj vuvkSfpR; 
dk fuokj.k djs] /keZ ij fLFkj jgs vkSj U;k; ds fy, yM+sA lekt 
dks gkfu igq¡pkdj vuqfpr ykHk mBkuk ,dne vLohdkj dj ns] vius 
lekt ds çfr drZO; ds eq[k eksM+dj mls /kks[kk u nsA
27 x|ka'k esa ls fdl 'kCn dk ç;ksx ugha gS%
(a) mRlxZ (b) v/keZ
(c) HkfDr (d) gkfu
28 ijk/khu jk"Vª [kks csBrk gS%
(a) viuh Le`f¼ (b) viuh Hkk"kk
(c) viuh mRlxZ Hkk"kk (d) viuh U;k; psruk
29 x|ka'k dk lgh 'kh"kZd gS%
(a) jk"Vªh; egÙo (b) jk"Vªh; vfHkeku
(c) ds çfr drZO; (d) jk"Vª dh lq[k&'kkafr
30 çfr;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vfHkeku gksrk gS%
(a) ns'k dh le`f/k ds fy, (b) ns'k dh lq[k 'kkafr ds fy,
(c) ns'k dh Hkk"kk ds fy, (d) ns'k dh egÙkk dh fy;s
31 ns'k HkfDr çsfjr djrh gS%
(a) vuksfpR; dk fuokj.k djus ds fy, 
(b) vU;k; gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(c) vuqfpr ykHk gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(d) ijk/khurk ds fy, ;q¼ djus ds fy,
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1 The inability to realize that a problem can be 
solved by using familiar object in an unusual way 
is likely due to:
(a) functional fixedness 
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism 
(d) limited capacity
2 Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying 
the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting 
next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) Impossible to tell
3 Someone suddenly starts howling on you while 
boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of 
howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4 You are going to purchase medicines for your 
ailing mother. After going some distance you find 
a boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose 
driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to 
nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5 Which of the following cognitive processes occurs 
when an individual freely considers a variety of 
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or 
practical problems?
(a) Heuristic thinking (b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Divergent thinking
6 A problem solving rule or procedure that when 
followed step by step, assures that a correct 
solution will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set (b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm (d) Insight
7 Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office 
work will be affected due to his absence because he 
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave 
and try to convince him the urgent need of his 
presence.
8 Which one of the following statement is/are true 
about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing alternative from among 
various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 1
9 In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. 
Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254. 
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was 
sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is 
Ishita sitting?
(a) 255 (b) 256
(c) 251 (d) 252
10 Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow 
English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as 
Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in 
Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul 
talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and 
follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana (b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya (d) Krishna
11 If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then 
which day of the week will be 25th December in 
that year?
(a) Saturday (b) Friday
(c) Thursday (d) Sunday
Direction (12-16): Read the following passage carefully and 
answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given.
Read not the contradict and confute, nor to believe and 
take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and 
digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, 
others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to 
be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some 
books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made 
of them by others; but that would be only in the less 
important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else 
distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy 
things. Reading make a full man, conference a reading 
man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man 
write little, he had need have a good memory, if he 
confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he 
reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to 
know that he doth not.
 
 110 OSWAAL 15-Years UPPSC Prelims Solved Paper
Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics 
subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic and 
rhetoric able to contend.
12 If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13 What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important
(b) A gathering of people
(c) A get together
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker
14 What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. 
(d) To be read only in parts.
15 How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of 
books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made 
of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and 
confute.
(c) They are to be read but only in parts.
(d) They are to read but not curiously.
16 What should be the real object of reading?
(a) Not to contradict and confute.
(b) To weigh and consider.
(c) To distil the contents.
(d) To understand the author's point of view.
17 Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing 
correct option:
 Please do not forget to submit your application 
__________ time.
(a) by (b) of
(c) in (d) with
18 Which one of the following alternatives gives 
meanings of the given idiom/phrase?
 Snake in the grass:
(a) Cowardly and brutal (b) An unreliable person
(c) A hidden enemy (d) Low and mean
19 Which of the following is correctly punctuated? 
Rama received a fountain pen hari a watch:
(a) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari a watch
(b) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(c) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(d) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari, a watch
20 Change the sentence into passive voice:
 All his friends laughed at him.
(a) He laughed at all his friends.
(b) He laughs at all his friends.
(c) He is laughed at by all his friends.
(d) He was laughed at by all his friends.
21 Which of the following is wrongly spelt?
(a) Decieve (b) Believe
(c) Relieve (d) Belief
22 "Absence of knowledge" stands for
(a) Nescience (b) Insipient
(c) Presence (d) Omniscience
23 Choose the word opposite in meaning for CHEAP .
(a) Mean (b) Expensive
(c) Expansive (d) Ordinary
24 Transform the following sentence:
 You are as big a fool as a donkey.
(a) A donkey is not as foolish as you.
(b) A donkey is not as big a fool as you.
(c) A donkey is not more foolish as you.
(d) A donkey is not a bigger fool than you.
25 Change the given sentence into indirect speech. 
Radha said, "I am well."
(a) Radha said that I am well.
(b) Radha said that she is well.
(c) Radha said that she was well.
(d) Radha said that she should be well.
26 Identify the part of speech of the underlined 
word: It will be five years before we meet again.
(a) Preposition (b) Adverb
(c) Conjunction (d) Adjective
funsZ'k (27-31): fuEufyf[kr x|ka'k dks /;ku ls if<+, rFkk ç'uksa ds 
mÙkj bl x|ka'k ds vk/kkj ij gh nhft,µ
çR;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vius ns'k] vius ns'k dh laLÏfr rFkk 
Hkk"kk ds çfr çse vkSj vfHkeku lgt gh gksrk gSA og vius jk"Vª] viuh 
tUeHkwfe vkSj jk"VªHkk"kk ds fy, çk.kksa dk mRlxZ djus dks lnSo rRij 
jgrk gSA ftl ns'k ds fuokfl;ksa ds ân; esa ;g mRlxZ Hkkouk ugha gksrh 
og jk"Vª] ijk/khu gksdj viuh lq[k&'kkfUr vkSj le`f¼ lnk ds fy, 
[kks cSBrk gSA ns'kHkfDr vkSj lkoZtfud fgr ds fcuk jk"Vªh; egÙkk dk 
vfLrRo gh ugha jg ldrkA ;g Hkkouk mls bl ckr dk ç;Ru djus 
dks çsfjr djrh gS fd og vU;k; ls nqcZyksa dh j{kk dj vuvkSfpR; 
dk fuokj.k djs] /keZ ij fLFkj jgs vkSj U;k; ds fy, yM+sA lekt 
dks gkfu igq¡pkdj vuqfpr ykHk mBkuk ,dne vLohdkj dj ns] vius 
lekt ds çfr drZO; ds eq[k eksM+dj mls /kks[kk u nsA
27 x|ka'k esa ls fdl 'kCn dk ç;ksx ugha gS%
(a) mRlxZ (b) v/keZ
(c) HkfDr (d) gkfu
28 ijk/khu jk"Vª [kks csBrk gS%
(a) viuh Le`f¼ (b) viuh Hkk"kk
(c) viuh mRlxZ Hkk"kk (d) viuh U;k; psruk
29 x|ka'k dk lgh 'kh"kZd gS%
(a) jk"Vªh; egÙo (b) jk"Vªh; vfHkeku
(c) ds çfr drZO; (d) jk"Vª dh lq[k&'kkafr
30 çfr;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vfHkeku gksrk gS%
(a) ns'k dh le`f/k ds fy, (b) ns'k dh lq[k 'kkafr ds fy,
(c) ns'k dh Hkk"kk ds fy, (d) ns'k dh egÙkk dh fy;s
31 ns'k HkfDr çsfjr djrh gS%
(a) vuksfpR; dk fuokj.k djus ds fy, 
(b) vU;k; gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(c) vuqfpr ykHk gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(d) ijk/khurk ds fy, ;q¼ djus ds fy,
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32 ,"k.kk dk vFkZ gS%
(a) ?k`.kk (b) vfuPNk
(c) vfHkyk"kk (d) mi;qDr esa ls dksbZ ugha
33 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk ;qXe fo'ks"k ugha gS%
(a) NksVk&cM+k (b) gjk&ihyk
(c) nks&rhu (d) jke&y{e.k
34 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk 'kCn rRle ugha gS%
(a) rLdj (b) /;ku
(c) Hkks/k (d) gkFk
35 ^vfuok;Z* dk foijhrkFkZd 'kCn gS%
(a) fuokj.kh; (b) ,sfPNd
(c) vuko';d (d) vko';d
36 ^çfrdwy* dk foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) leku (b) çfrn'kZ
(c) vuqdwy (d) vuqlkj
37 ßviuh <iyh viuk jkxÞ dk vFkZ gS%
(a) cUnj ck¡V djuk (b) laxBu dk vHkko
(c) viuk xhr xkuk (d) buesa ls dksbZ ugha
38 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls 'kq¼ orZuh okyk 'kCn gS%
(a) jpf;rk (b) vuqxzfgr
(c) vgkj (d) l`"Vk
39 nSoK dk vFkZ gS%
(a) nsork (b) T;ksfr"kh
(c) fdUuj (d) xa/koZ
40 ^fpjUru* dk lgh foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) u'oj (b) vfpUru
(c) vpj (d) vpsru
41 mfPN"V dk 'kq¼ laf/k foPNsn gS%
(a) mr + f'k"V (b) mr~ + f'k"V
(c) mr + fl"Vp (d) m + fPN"V
42 v/kksfyf[kr fdl okD; esa vdeZd fØ;k gS%
(a) esa iqLrd i<+rk gw¡ (b) ;s phtsa rqEgkjk th yypkrh
(c) ';ke lksrk gS (d) og viuk flj [kqtykrk gS
43 vkx dk i;kZ;okph 'kCn gS%
(a) vuy (b) ikod
(c) O;kse (d) Ï'kkuq
44 fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa esa ls fdles çsj.kkFkZd fØ;k dk ç;ksx 
ugha gS%
(a) firk mls i<+krs gS (b) jke ugha i<+rk
(c) os v/;kid ls i<+okrs gS (d) v/;kid ifjJe djrs gS
45 fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu o.kZ varLFk% ugha gS%
(a) ; (b) g
(c) j (d) o
46 lIr esa lekl gS%
(a) deZ/kkj; (b) rRiq#"k
(c) }a} (d) f}xq
47 The foremost barrier to oral communication is:
(a) Poor listening (b) Humility
(c) Interestedness (d) Concentration
48 The effectiveness of oral communication depends 
on the speaker's ability to use:
(a) Simple language (b) Long sentences
(c) Foreign words (d) Complex words
49 The best option to establish communication with 
your partners and sub-ordinates is:
(a) formal communication as required
(b) a clear and attentive communication
(c) informal inter-communication
(d) to understand everybody with concern
50 One of your senior does not like you. It affects 
your working. How will you manage this situation?
(a) By complaining to higher officer.
(b) By talking to him privately.
(c) By neglecting this and doing your work carefully.
(d) By resigning from the job.
51 In which of the following kinds of communication 
leadership roles first emerge?
(a) Intrapersonal Communication
(b) Small Group Communication
(c) Dyadic Communication
(d) Virtual Reality Communication
52 Communication over telephone is an example of:
(a) linear communication
(b) non-linear communication
(c) mechanized communication
(d) circular communication
53 In oral communication, what matters most is:
(a) What you say?
(b) How you say it?
(c) Where you say it?
(d) When you say?
54 The mode of communication that involves a 
single source transmitting information to a large 
number of receivers simultaneously, is called:
(a) In-group Communication
(b) Mass Communication
(c) Intra-personal Communication
(d) Interpersonal Communication
55 Classroom Communication is normally 
considered as:
(a) Effective (b) Cognitive
(c) Affective (d) Selective
56 In Circular Communication, the encoder becomes 
a decoder when there is:
(a) Noise (b) Audience
(c) Criticality (d) Feedback
57 Three of the following are alike in a certain way 
and form a group. Find the odd one out.
(a) Bird (b) Insect
(c) Airplane (d) Kite
58 How many meaningful words can be formed 
with the letters EAML?
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 2
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1 The inability to realize that a problem can be 
solved by using familiar object in an unusual way 
is likely due to:
(a) functional fixedness 
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism 
(d) limited capacity
2 Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying 
the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting 
next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) Impossible to tell
3 Someone suddenly starts howling on you while 
boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of 
howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4 You are going to purchase medicines for your 
ailing mother. After going some distance you find 
a boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose 
driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to 
nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5 Which of the following cognitive processes occurs 
when an individual freely considers a variety of 
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or 
practical problems?
(a) Heuristic thinking (b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Divergent thinking
6 A problem solving rule or procedure that when 
followed step by step, assures that a correct 
solution will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set (b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm (d) Insight
7 Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office 
work will be affected due to his absence because he 
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave 
and try to convince him the urgent need of his 
presence.
8 Which one of the following statement is/are true 
about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing alternative from among 
various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 1
9 In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. 
Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254. 
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was 
sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is 
Ishita sitting?
(a) 255 (b) 256
(c) 251 (d) 252
10 Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow 
English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as 
Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in 
Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul 
talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and 
follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana (b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya (d) Krishna
11 If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then 
which day of the week will be 25th December in 
that year?
(a) Saturday (b) Friday
(c) Thursday (d) Sunday
Direction (12-16): Read the following passage carefully and 
answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given.
Read not the contradict and confute, nor to believe and 
take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and 
digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, 
others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to 
be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some 
books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made 
of them by others; but that would be only in the less 
important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else 
distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy 
things. Reading make a full man, conference a reading 
man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man 
write little, he had need have a good memory, if he 
confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he 
reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to 
know that he doth not.
 
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Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics 
subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic and 
rhetoric able to contend.
12 If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13 What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important
(b) A gathering of people
(c) A get together
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker
14 What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. 
(d) To be read only in parts.
15 How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of 
books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made 
of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and 
confute.
(c) They are to be read but only in parts.
(d) They are to read but not curiously.
16 What should be the real object of reading?
(a) Not to contradict and confute.
(b) To weigh and consider.
(c) To distil the contents.
(d) To understand the author's point of view.
17 Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing 
correct option:
 Please do not forget to submit your application 
__________ time.
(a) by (b) of
(c) in (d) with
18 Which one of the following alternatives gives 
meanings of the given idiom/phrase?
 Snake in the grass:
(a) Cowardly and brutal (b) An unreliable person
(c) A hidden enemy (d) Low and mean
19 Which of the following is correctly punctuated? 
Rama received a fountain pen hari a watch:
(a) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari a watch
(b) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(c) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(d) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari, a watch
20 Change the sentence into passive voice:
 All his friends laughed at him.
(a) He laughed at all his friends.
(b) He laughs at all his friends.
(c) He is laughed at by all his friends.
(d) He was laughed at by all his friends.
21 Which of the following is wrongly spelt?
(a) Decieve (b) Believe
(c) Relieve (d) Belief
22 "Absence of knowledge" stands for
(a) Nescience (b) Insipient
(c) Presence (d) Omniscience
23 Choose the word opposite in meaning for CHEAP .
(a) Mean (b) Expensive
(c) Expansive (d) Ordinary
24 Transform the following sentence:
 You are as big a fool as a donkey.
(a) A donkey is not as foolish as you.
(b) A donkey is not as big a fool as you.
(c) A donkey is not more foolish as you.
(d) A donkey is not a bigger fool than you.
25 Change the given sentence into indirect speech. 
Radha said, "I am well."
(a) Radha said that I am well.
(b) Radha said that she is well.
(c) Radha said that she was well.
(d) Radha said that she should be well.
26 Identify the part of speech of the underlined 
word: It will be five years before we meet again.
(a) Preposition (b) Adverb
(c) Conjunction (d) Adjective
funsZ'k (27-31): fuEufyf[kr x|ka'k dks /;ku ls if<+, rFkk ç'uksa ds 
mÙkj bl x|ka'k ds vk/kkj ij gh nhft,µ
çR;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vius ns'k] vius ns'k dh laLÏfr rFkk 
Hkk"kk ds çfr çse vkSj vfHkeku lgt gh gksrk gSA og vius jk"Vª] viuh 
tUeHkwfe vkSj jk"VªHkk"kk ds fy, çk.kksa dk mRlxZ djus dks lnSo rRij 
jgrk gSA ftl ns'k ds fuokfl;ksa ds ân; esa ;g mRlxZ Hkkouk ugha gksrh 
og jk"Vª] ijk/khu gksdj viuh lq[k&'kkfUr vkSj le`f¼ lnk ds fy, 
[kks cSBrk gSA ns'kHkfDr vkSj lkoZtfud fgr ds fcuk jk"Vªh; egÙkk dk 
vfLrRo gh ugha jg ldrkA ;g Hkkouk mls bl ckr dk ç;Ru djus 
dks çsfjr djrh gS fd og vU;k; ls nqcZyksa dh j{kk dj vuvkSfpR; 
dk fuokj.k djs] /keZ ij fLFkj jgs vkSj U;k; ds fy, yM+sA lekt 
dks gkfu igq¡pkdj vuqfpr ykHk mBkuk ,dne vLohdkj dj ns] vius 
lekt ds çfr drZO; ds eq[k eksM+dj mls /kks[kk u nsA
27 x|ka'k esa ls fdl 'kCn dk ç;ksx ugha gS%
(a) mRlxZ (b) v/keZ
(c) HkfDr (d) gkfu
28 ijk/khu jk"Vª [kks csBrk gS%
(a) viuh Le`f¼ (b) viuh Hkk"kk
(c) viuh mRlxZ Hkk"kk (d) viuh U;k; psruk
29 x|ka'k dk lgh 'kh"kZd gS%
(a) jk"Vªh; egÙo (b) jk"Vªh; vfHkeku
(c) ds çfr drZO; (d) jk"Vª dh lq[k&'kkafr
30 çfr;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vfHkeku gksrk gS%
(a) ns'k dh le`f/k ds fy, (b) ns'k dh lq[k 'kkafr ds fy,
(c) ns'k dh Hkk"kk ds fy, (d) ns'k dh egÙkk dh fy;s
31 ns'k HkfDr çsfjr djrh gS%
(a) vuksfpR; dk fuokj.k djus ds fy, 
(b) vU;k; gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(c) vuqfpr ykHk gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(d) ijk/khurk ds fy, ;q¼ djus ds fy,
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32 ,"k.kk dk vFkZ gS%
(a) ?k`.kk (b) vfuPNk
(c) vfHkyk"kk (d) mi;qDr esa ls dksbZ ugha
33 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk ;qXe fo'ks"k ugha gS%
(a) NksVk&cM+k (b) gjk&ihyk
(c) nks&rhu (d) jke&y{e.k
34 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk 'kCn rRle ugha gS%
(a) rLdj (b) /;ku
(c) Hkks/k (d) gkFk
35 ^vfuok;Z* dk foijhrkFkZd 'kCn gS%
(a) fuokj.kh; (b) ,sfPNd
(c) vuko';d (d) vko';d
36 ^çfrdwy* dk foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) leku (b) çfrn'kZ
(c) vuqdwy (d) vuqlkj
37 ßviuh <iyh viuk jkxÞ dk vFkZ gS%
(a) cUnj ck¡V djuk (b) laxBu dk vHkko
(c) viuk xhr xkuk (d) buesa ls dksbZ ugha
38 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls 'kq¼ orZuh okyk 'kCn gS%
(a) jpf;rk (b) vuqxzfgr
(c) vgkj (d) l`"Vk
39 nSoK dk vFkZ gS%
(a) nsork (b) T;ksfr"kh
(c) fdUuj (d) xa/koZ
40 ^fpjUru* dk lgh foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) u'oj (b) vfpUru
(c) vpj (d) vpsru
41 mfPN"V dk 'kq¼ laf/k foPNsn gS%
(a) mr + f'k"V (b) mr~ + f'k"V
(c) mr + fl"Vp (d) m + fPN"V
42 v/kksfyf[kr fdl okD; esa vdeZd fØ;k gS%
(a) esa iqLrd i<+rk gw¡ (b) ;s phtsa rqEgkjk th yypkrh
(c) ';ke lksrk gS (d) og viuk flj [kqtykrk gS
43 vkx dk i;kZ;okph 'kCn gS%
(a) vuy (b) ikod
(c) O;kse (d) Ï'kkuq
44 fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa esa ls fdles çsj.kkFkZd fØ;k dk ç;ksx 
ugha gS%
(a) firk mls i<+krs gS (b) jke ugha i<+rk
(c) os v/;kid ls i<+okrs gS (d) v/;kid ifjJe djrs gS
45 fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu o.kZ varLFk% ugha gS%
(a) ; (b) g
(c) j (d) o
46 lIr esa lekl gS%
(a) deZ/kkj; (b) rRiq#"k
(c) }a} (d) f}xq
47 The foremost barrier to oral communication is:
(a) Poor listening (b) Humility
(c) Interestedness (d) Concentration
48 The effectiveness of oral communication depends 
on the speaker's ability to use:
(a) Simple language (b) Long sentences
(c) Foreign words (d) Complex words
49 The best option to establish communication with 
your partners and sub-ordinates is:
(a) formal communication as required
(b) a clear and attentive communication
(c) informal inter-communication
(d) to understand everybody with concern
50 One of your senior does not like you. It affects 
your working. How will you manage this situation?
(a) By complaining to higher officer.
(b) By talking to him privately.
(c) By neglecting this and doing your work carefully.
(d) By resigning from the job.
51 In which of the following kinds of communication 
leadership roles first emerge?
(a) Intrapersonal Communication
(b) Small Group Communication
(c) Dyadic Communication
(d) Virtual Reality Communication
52 Communication over telephone is an example of:
(a) linear communication
(b) non-linear communication
(c) mechanized communication
(d) circular communication
53 In oral communication, what matters most is:
(a) What you say?
(b) How you say it?
(c) Where you say it?
(d) When you say?
54 The mode of communication that involves a 
single source transmitting information to a large 
number of receivers simultaneously, is called:
(a) In-group Communication
(b) Mass Communication
(c) Intra-personal Communication
(d) Interpersonal Communication
55 Classroom Communication is normally 
considered as:
(a) Effective (b) Cognitive
(c) Affective (d) Selective
56 In Circular Communication, the encoder becomes 
a decoder when there is:
(a) Noise (b) Audience
(c) Criticality (d) Feedback
57 Three of the following are alike in a certain way 
and form a group. Find the odd one out.
(a) Bird (b) Insect
(c) Airplane (d) Kite
58 How many meaningful words can be formed 
with the letters EAML?
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 2
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59 Find the odd one out.
(a) Grams (b) Litres
(c) T onnes (d) Quintals
60 Find the odd one out.
(a) T omato (b) Onion
(c) Ladyfinger (d) Chilly
61 An officer throws his pen on his table during a 
meeting. This shows his:
(a) Anger (b) Tiredness
(c) Disinterest (d) Confusion
62 The most important interpersonal skill of a 
person to work with others is his:
(a) Availability (b) Status
(c) Power mod (d) Ability
63 Usually in your talks with co-workers, you:
(a) are grave 
(b) are smiling
(c) smile in support of their views 
(d) smile on correct time.
Directions (64 to 70): Consider Statements and Conclusions/
Inference and answer according to the codes given below them:
64 Statement:
I. Some birds are elephants.
II. Some elephants are white.
 Inferences:
A. Some birds are white.
B. Some whites are birds.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follows.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
65 Statements:
I. No bat is ball.
II. No ball is wicket.
 Inferences: 
A.  No bat is wicket.
B. All wickets are bates.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
66 Statements:
I. All fish are tortoise.
II. No tortoise is a corcodile.
 Inferences:
A. No crocodile is a fish.
B. No fish is a crocodile.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
67 Statements:
I. All players are smokers.
II. Some smokers are wine-addicts.
 Conclusions:
A. All smokers are players.
B. Some wine-addicts are smokers.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows. 
(b) Only inference B follows. 
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow. 
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows. 
68 Statements:
A. Alcoholic drinks are injurious to health.
B. All old women drink whisky.
Conclusions:
I. All old women have poor health.
II. All young women are in good health.
Codes:
(a) Only conclusion I follow.
(b) Only conclusion II follows.
(c) Neither conclusion I nor II follow.
(d) Both the conclusions I and II follow.
69 Statements:
I. All graduates are chairs.
II. All chairs are tables.
 Inferences:
A. All graduates are tables.
B. All tables are graduates.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
70 Statement:
I. Every minister is a student.
II. Every student is inexperienced.
 Inferences:
A. Every minister is inexperienced. 
B. Some inexperienced are students.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
71 Consider the following statements:
A. All artists are whimsical.
B. Some artists are drug addicts.
C. Frustrated people are prone to become drug 
addicts.
 From the above three statements it may be 
concluded that:
(a) Artists are frustrated.
(b) All frustrated people are drug addicts.
(c) Some drug addicts are whimsical. 
(d) Whimsical people are generally frustrated.
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1 The inability to realize that a problem can be 
solved by using familiar object in an unusual way 
is likely due to:
(a) functional fixedness 
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism 
(d) limited capacity
2 Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying 
the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting 
next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) Impossible to tell
3 Someone suddenly starts howling on you while 
boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of 
howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4 You are going to purchase medicines for your 
ailing mother. After going some distance you find 
a boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose 
driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to 
nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5 Which of the following cognitive processes occurs 
when an individual freely considers a variety of 
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or 
practical problems?
(a) Heuristic thinking (b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Divergent thinking
6 A problem solving rule or procedure that when 
followed step by step, assures that a correct 
solution will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set (b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm (d) Insight
7 Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office 
work will be affected due to his absence because he 
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave 
and try to convince him the urgent need of his 
presence.
8 Which one of the following statement is/are true 
about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing alternative from among 
various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 1
9 In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. 
Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254. 
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was 
sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is 
Ishita sitting?
(a) 255 (b) 256
(c) 251 (d) 252
10 Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow 
English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as 
Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in 
Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul 
talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and 
follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana (b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya (d) Krishna
11 If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then 
which day of the week will be 25th December in 
that year?
(a) Saturday (b) Friday
(c) Thursday (d) Sunday
Direction (12-16): Read the following passage carefully and 
answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given.
Read not the contradict and confute, nor to believe and 
take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and 
digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, 
others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to 
be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some 
books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made 
of them by others; but that would be only in the less 
important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else 
distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy 
things. Reading make a full man, conference a reading 
man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man 
write little, he had need have a good memory, if he 
confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he 
reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to 
know that he doth not.
 
 110 OSWAAL 15-Years UPPSC Prelims Solved Paper
Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics 
subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic and 
rhetoric able to contend.
12 If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13 What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important
(b) A gathering of people
(c) A get together
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker
14 What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. 
(d) To be read only in parts.
15 How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of 
books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made 
of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and 
confute.
(c) They are to be read but only in parts.
(d) They are to read but not curiously.
16 What should be the real object of reading?
(a) Not to contradict and confute.
(b) To weigh and consider.
(c) To distil the contents.
(d) To understand the author's point of view.
17 Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing 
correct option:
 Please do not forget to submit your application 
__________ time.
(a) by (b) of
(c) in (d) with
18 Which one of the following alternatives gives 
meanings of the given idiom/phrase?
 Snake in the grass:
(a) Cowardly and brutal (b) An unreliable person
(c) A hidden enemy (d) Low and mean
19 Which of the following is correctly punctuated? 
Rama received a fountain pen hari a watch:
(a) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari a watch
(b) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(c) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch
(d) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari, a watch
20 Change the sentence into passive voice:
 All his friends laughed at him.
(a) He laughed at all his friends.
(b) He laughs at all his friends.
(c) He is laughed at by all his friends.
(d) He was laughed at by all his friends.
21 Which of the following is wrongly spelt?
(a) Decieve (b) Believe
(c) Relieve (d) Belief
22 "Absence of knowledge" stands for
(a) Nescience (b) Insipient
(c) Presence (d) Omniscience
23 Choose the word opposite in meaning for CHEAP .
(a) Mean (b) Expensive
(c) Expansive (d) Ordinary
24 Transform the following sentence:
 You are as big a fool as a donkey.
(a) A donkey is not as foolish as you.
(b) A donkey is not as big a fool as you.
(c) A donkey is not more foolish as you.
(d) A donkey is not a bigger fool than you.
25 Change the given sentence into indirect speech. 
Radha said, "I am well."
(a) Radha said that I am well.
(b) Radha said that she is well.
(c) Radha said that she was well.
(d) Radha said that she should be well.
26 Identify the part of speech of the underlined 
word: It will be five years before we meet again.
(a) Preposition (b) Adverb
(c) Conjunction (d) Adjective
funsZ'k (27-31): fuEufyf[kr x|ka'k dks /;ku ls if<+, rFkk ç'uksa ds 
mÙkj bl x|ka'k ds vk/kkj ij gh nhft,µ
çR;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vius ns'k] vius ns'k dh laLÏfr rFkk 
Hkk"kk ds çfr çse vkSj vfHkeku lgt gh gksrk gSA og vius jk"Vª] viuh 
tUeHkwfe vkSj jk"VªHkk"kk ds fy, çk.kksa dk mRlxZ djus dks lnSo rRij 
jgrk gSA ftl ns'k ds fuokfl;ksa ds ân; esa ;g mRlxZ Hkkouk ugha gksrh 
og jk"Vª] ijk/khu gksdj viuh lq[k&'kkfUr vkSj le`f¼ lnk ds fy, 
[kks cSBrk gSA ns'kHkfDr vkSj lkoZtfud fgr ds fcuk jk"Vªh; egÙkk dk 
vfLrRo gh ugha jg ldrkA ;g Hkkouk mls bl ckr dk ç;Ru djus 
dks çsfjr djrh gS fd og vU;k; ls nqcZyksa dh j{kk dj vuvkSfpR; 
dk fuokj.k djs] /keZ ij fLFkj jgs vkSj U;k; ds fy, yM+sA lekt 
dks gkfu igq¡pkdj vuqfpr ykHk mBkuk ,dne vLohdkj dj ns] vius 
lekt ds çfr drZO; ds eq[k eksM+dj mls /kks[kk u nsA
27 x|ka'k esa ls fdl 'kCn dk ç;ksx ugha gS%
(a) mRlxZ (b) v/keZ
(c) HkfDr (d) gkfu
28 ijk/khu jk"Vª [kks csBrk gS%
(a) viuh Le`f¼ (b) viuh Hkk"kk
(c) viuh mRlxZ Hkk"kk (d) viuh U;k; psruk
29 x|ka'k dk lgh 'kh"kZd gS%
(a) jk"Vªh; egÙo (b) jk"Vªh; vfHkeku
(c) ds çfr drZO; (d) jk"Vª dh lq[k&'kkafr
30 çfr;sd jk"VªkfHkekuh ds ân; esa vfHkeku gksrk gS%
(a) ns'k dh le`f/k ds fy, (b) ns'k dh lq[k 'kkafr ds fy,
(c) ns'k dh Hkk"kk ds fy, (d) ns'k dh egÙkk dh fy;s
31 ns'k HkfDr çsfjr djrh gS%
(a) vuksfpR; dk fuokj.k djus ds fy, 
(b) vU;k; gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(c) vuqfpr ykHk gsrq yM+us ds fy,
(d) ijk/khurk ds fy, ;q¼ djus ds fy,
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32 ,"k.kk dk vFkZ gS%
(a) ?k`.kk (b) vfuPNk
(c) vfHkyk"kk (d) mi;qDr esa ls dksbZ ugha
33 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk ;qXe fo'ks"k ugha gS%
(a) NksVk&cM+k (b) gjk&ihyk
(c) nks&rhu (d) jke&y{e.k
34 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk 'kCn rRle ugha gS%
(a) rLdj (b) /;ku
(c) Hkks/k (d) gkFk
35 ^vfuok;Z* dk foijhrkFkZd 'kCn gS%
(a) fuokj.kh; (b) ,sfPNd
(c) vuko';d (d) vko';d
36 ^çfrdwy* dk foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) leku (b) çfrn'kZ
(c) vuqdwy (d) vuqlkj
37 ßviuh <iyh viuk jkxÞ dk vFkZ gS%
(a) cUnj ck¡V djuk (b) laxBu dk vHkko
(c) viuk xhr xkuk (d) buesa ls dksbZ ugha
38 v/kksfyf[kr esa ls 'kq¼ orZuh okyk 'kCn gS%
(a) jpf;rk (b) vuqxzfgr
(c) vgkj (d) l`"Vk
39 nSoK dk vFkZ gS%
(a) nsork (b) T;ksfr"kh
(c) fdUuj (d) xa/koZ
40 ^fpjUru* dk lgh foykse 'kCn gS%
(a) u'oj (b) vfpUru
(c) vpj (d) vpsru
41 mfPN"V dk 'kq¼ laf/k foPNsn gS%
(a) mr + f'k"V (b) mr~ + f'k"V
(c) mr + fl"Vp (d) m + fPN"V
42 v/kksfyf[kr fdl okD; esa vdeZd fØ;k gS%
(a) esa iqLrd i<+rk gw¡ (b) ;s phtsa rqEgkjk th yypkrh
(c) ';ke lksrk gS (d) og viuk flj [kqtykrk gS
43 vkx dk i;kZ;okph 'kCn gS%
(a) vuy (b) ikod
(c) O;kse (d) Ï'kkuq
44 fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa esa ls fdles çsj.kkFkZd fØ;k dk ç;ksx 
ugha gS%
(a) firk mls i<+krs gS (b) jke ugha i<+rk
(c) os v/;kid ls i<+okrs gS (d) v/;kid ifjJe djrs gS
45 fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu o.kZ varLFk% ugha gS%
(a) ; (b) g
(c) j (d) o
46 lIr esa lekl gS%
(a) deZ/kkj; (b) rRiq#"k
(c) }a} (d) f}xq
47 The foremost barrier to oral communication is:
(a) Poor listening (b) Humility
(c) Interestedness (d) Concentration
48 The effectiveness of oral communication depends 
on the speaker's ability to use:
(a) Simple language (b) Long sentences
(c) Foreign words (d) Complex words
49 The best option to establish communication with 
your partners and sub-ordinates is:
(a) formal communication as required
(b) a clear and attentive communication
(c) informal inter-communication
(d) to understand everybody with concern
50 One of your senior does not like you. It affects 
your working. How will you manage this situation?
(a) By complaining to higher officer.
(b) By talking to him privately.
(c) By neglecting this and doing your work carefully.
(d) By resigning from the job.
51 In which of the following kinds of communication 
leadership roles first emerge?
(a) Intrapersonal Communication
(b) Small Group Communication
(c) Dyadic Communication
(d) Virtual Reality Communication
52 Communication over telephone is an example of:
(a) linear communication
(b) non-linear communication
(c) mechanized communication
(d) circular communication
53 In oral communication, what matters most is:
(a) What you say?
(b) How you say it?
(c) Where you say it?
(d) When you say?
54 The mode of communication that involves a 
single source transmitting information to a large 
number of receivers simultaneously, is called:
(a) In-group Communication
(b) Mass Communication
(c) Intra-personal Communication
(d) Interpersonal Communication
55 Classroom Communication is normally 
considered as:
(a) Effective (b) Cognitive
(c) Affective (d) Selective
56 In Circular Communication, the encoder becomes 
a decoder when there is:
(a) Noise (b) Audience
(c) Criticality (d) Feedback
57 Three of the following are alike in a certain way 
and form a group. Find the odd one out.
(a) Bird (b) Insect
(c) Airplane (d) Kite
58 How many meaningful words can be formed 
with the letters EAML?
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 2
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59 Find the odd one out.
(a) Grams (b) Litres
(c) T onnes (d) Quintals
60 Find the odd one out.
(a) T omato (b) Onion
(c) Ladyfinger (d) Chilly
61 An officer throws his pen on his table during a 
meeting. This shows his:
(a) Anger (b) Tiredness
(c) Disinterest (d) Confusion
62 The most important interpersonal skill of a 
person to work with others is his:
(a) Availability (b) Status
(c) Power mod (d) Ability
63 Usually in your talks with co-workers, you:
(a) are grave 
(b) are smiling
(c) smile in support of their views 
(d) smile on correct time.
Directions (64 to 70): Consider Statements and Conclusions/
Inference and answer according to the codes given below them:
64 Statement:
I. Some birds are elephants.
II. Some elephants are white.
 Inferences:
A. Some birds are white.
B. Some whites are birds.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follows.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
65 Statements:
I. No bat is ball.
II. No ball is wicket.
 Inferences: 
A.  No bat is wicket.
B. All wickets are bates.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
66 Statements:
I. All fish are tortoise.
II. No tortoise is a corcodile.
 Inferences:
A. No crocodile is a fish.
B. No fish is a crocodile.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
67 Statements:
I. All players are smokers.
II. Some smokers are wine-addicts.
 Conclusions:
A. All smokers are players.
B. Some wine-addicts are smokers.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows. 
(b) Only inference B follows. 
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow. 
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows. 
68 Statements:
A. Alcoholic drinks are injurious to health.
B. All old women drink whisky.
Conclusions:
I. All old women have poor health.
II. All young women are in good health.
Codes:
(a) Only conclusion I follow.
(b) Only conclusion II follows.
(c) Neither conclusion I nor II follow.
(d) Both the conclusions I and II follow.
69 Statements:
I. All graduates are chairs.
II. All chairs are tables.
 Inferences:
A. All graduates are tables.
B. All tables are graduates.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
70 Statement:
I. Every minister is a student.
II. Every student is inexperienced.
 Inferences:
A. Every minister is inexperienced. 
B. Some inexperienced are students.
 Codes:
(a) Only inference A follows.
(b) Only inference B follows.
(c) Both the inferences A and B follow.
(d) Neither inference A nor B follows.
71 Consider the following statements:
A. All artists are whimsical.
B. Some artists are drug addicts.
C. Frustrated people are prone to become drug 
addicts.
 From the above three statements it may be 
concluded that:
(a) Artists are frustrated.
(b) All frustrated people are drug addicts.
(c) Some drug addicts are whimsical. 
(d) Whimsical people are generally frustrated.
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72 A is shorter than D but taller than C. D is shorter 
B but taller than A. E is shorter than A but taller 
than C. The two tallest are: 
(a) E and A (b) E and B
(c) B and D (d) C and B
73 Which number will come next in the following 
series?
 3 8 5 7 8 5 12
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 1
74 If code of DELHI is HIPLM, then QEHVEW is 
the code of:
(a) MUMBAI (b) MADRAS
(c) NAGPUR (d) JAIPUR
75 If 5 boys write 5 pages in 5 minutes, then 3 boys 
will write 3 pages in:
(a) 1 minute (b) 3 minutes
(c) 5 minutes (d) 9 minutes
76 25 English alphabets are listed below:
V C F U M P O X S H J Z A I E B L D K Q N W G T Y
 If all the letters were to be arranged alphabetically 
which letter would not change its position?
(a) U (b) W
(c) X (d) Y
77 The number of straight lines in the figure is:
 
(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
78 The missing number in the following table is:
5 17 9
3 21 7
7 16 8
6 10 ?
(a) 10 (b) 15
(c) 12 (d) 16
79 The missing number in the following table is:
2 3 5
17 12 8
23 ? 38
(a) 25 (b) 27
(c) 32 (d) 30
80 A and B play hockey and football, B and C play 
cricket and football, C and E play cricket and 
volleyball, D and E play tennis, A and C play 
volleyball and football, A and D play hockey and 
football. Who plays hockey, football and tennis?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
81 If the average of, a number, 50% of the number 
and 25% of the number is 280, then the number is:
(a) 280 (b) 480
(c) 360 (d) None of the above
82 Krishna walks 1 km East of his house then 1 km 
North, again 2 km East, 3 km South and 3 km West. 
To reach his house he must walk:
(a) 1 km North (b) 1 km South
(c) 2 km South (d) 2 km North
83 If 30 + 40 = 1520
 36 + 28 = 1814
 40 + 20 = 2010
 Then 50 + 22 =?
(a) 1125 (b) 1126
(c) 2511 (d) 2250
84 Arrange the following in a meaningful order:
(i) Plan (ii) Revise
(iii) Publish (iv) Think
(v) Write
(a) (v), (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
(c) (iv), (i), (v), (ii), (iii) (d) (iv), (i), (v), (iii), (ii)
85 If 
A
 = 
B
 = 
C
34 7
, then the value of
 
A+B+C
C
 
is:
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) None of the above
86 The monthly income of A and B are in the ratio of  
4 : 5, and their monthly expenditures are in the ratio 
of 7 : 9. If each saves ` 50 per month, the monthly 
income of A is:
(a) 400 (b) 500
(c) 512 (d) 530
87 Two numbers are in the ratio of 5 : 6. If 8 is 
subtracted from them, they become in the ratio of 
4 : 5. The numbers are:
(a) (40, 48) (b) (15, 16)
(c) (25, 30) (d) (15, 18)
88 If the value of 2
1
2
x
x
- = 6 , then the value of 
4
1
4
2
2
x
x
+
 
is:
(a) 38 (b) 39
(c) 40 (d) 42
89 The factorization of the expression (x + y)
3
 +  
(x – y)
3
 is:
(a) 3x ( x
2
 – 3y
2
) (b) 3x (x
2
 + 3y
2
)
(c) 2x (x
2
 – 3y
2
) (d) 2x (x
2
 + 3y
2
)
90 The ascending order of the following fractions 
3
8
3
5
2
3
1
2
,, ,
 
is:
(a)
 
3
8
1
2
3
5
2
3
,, ,
 
(b)
 
3
8
1
2
2
3
3
5
,,,
(c)
 
1
2
3
8
3
5
2
3
,,,
 
(d)
 
1
2
2
3
3
8
3
5
,, ,