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SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 1

Directions: Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in the following sentence.

I wished only for your welfare.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 1

'For' is a word used as a preposition to indicate direction and to indicate a specific object's relationship to a verb.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 2

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

In a fierce attack, the enemies were completely wiped ___.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 2
'Wiped out' is an idiomatic usage and means 'destroyed'. It fits the context with 'enemies'. The other phrases don't fit the context.
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SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 3

Directions: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Transience

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 3

'Transience' means 'lasting only for a short time; brevity'.

  1. Slow - Not fast; taking a long time to happen or do something.
  2. Eternity - Time without end; forever.
  3. Shallow - Not deep; lacking depth or seriousness.
  4. Rest - To relax or take a break from activity; to be calm or still.

Thus, option 2 is the correct answer.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 4

Directions: In the following question, the sentence contains an underlined idiom/phrase. Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.

The way the Indian hockey team is playing, we expect them to bear the palm.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 4
'Bear the palm' means 'to be the winner' or 'to win'.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 5

Directions: Decide which of the following words can be filled most appropriately in the blank in the sentence below.

During Diwali, one is bound to see the streets _________ with shoppers.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 5
  1. Exuded - Giving off or emitting something, like a smell or an impression.
  2. Imbued - Filled with or saturated by a particular quality or feeling.
  3. Awash - Covered or flooded with something, often used metaphorically.
  4. Mobbed - To be crowded or overwhelmed by a large number of people or things.

During a festival, the streets are completely filled or flooded with shoppers. Hence, 'awash' (containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something) is the correct answer.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 6

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word/phrase.

Inter vivos

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 6
The correct answer is (1). Inter vivos is a Latin legal phrase meaning a gift that is made during a donor's lifetime. Thus, it means between the living. Thus, all the other options are incorrect as the donor and the donee both have to be alive.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 7

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word from the given options.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 7
'Circumlocution' means 'the use of more words than necessary to express an idea'.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 8

Directions: Fill in the blank with a correct conjunction or preposition from the following alternatives.

When the clouds are thin, they let a large portion of the light _______ and appear white.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 8
The preposition adverb 'through' indicates passing from one side or end of something to the other. In this context, this is correct as the light passes through the clouds.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 9

Choose the option that best replaces the phrase in underline without changing the meaning of the sentence below:

Your illogical arguments cut no ice with me.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 9
"Cut no ice with someone" means to have no impact or impression on someone, especially their opinions.

Hence, the answer is option C.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 10

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the word given below:

Pallid

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 10

’Pallid’ means to lack liveliness.

  1. Livid - Extremely angry or furiously enraged.
  2. Pale - Lacking color, usually suggesting a lighter shade than usual, often associated with sickness, fear, or shock.
  3. Jubilant - Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph; joyful and exuberant.
  4. Old - Having lived for a long time; not new; aged or elderly.

Pale is the word closest in meaning to Pallid among the given options. Therefore, option B is the right answer.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 11

Choose the option that represents the given sentence in indirect speech:

Raju said “ Oh! What a beautiful song it was”.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 11
The usage of ‘Oh!’ indicates that Raju exclaimed in a joyful mood.

The subject and the object must be interchanged. Therefore, the indirect form of the given sentence is “Raju exclaimed joyfully that it was a beautiful song”. Therefore, option A is the right answer.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 12

Choose the option which gives the meaning of the following word.

Expatriate

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 12

Expatriate refers to a person who lives outside their native country, either temporarily or permanently, often due to employment or other circumstances.

The correct option for the meaning of the word "Expatriate" is:

C: To send out of one's native country.

So, the correct choice is C.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 13

Identify the source of the word/phrase given below:

Blitzkrieg

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 13
"Blitzkrieg" refers to an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

It has its origins in the German language.

Hence, the answer is option A.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 14

Choose the correct set of words from the options that fit the given blank in a suitable manner.

We have ______ all the coffee. We should go get some more.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 14

From the context of the sentence we can see that the blank requires a word that has similar meaning to "finished".

The meanings of the group of words in the options are:

  1. Make up: To invent or create something, often a story or explanation.
  2. Own up: To admit or confess to something, especially a mistake or wrongdoing.
  3. Used up: Exhausted or depleted, having been fully utilized or consumed.
  4. Get up: To rise from a sitting or lying position, often referring to getting out of bed in the morning.

From the above we can see that only the phrasal verb used up has meaning similar to "finished" . Thus, C is the right choice.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 15

Identify the meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence:

Q. After the incident, Raju managed to keep the wolf from the door.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 15
‘To keep the wolf from the door’ means to make just enough money to eat and live. Hence, option D is the right answer.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 16

Directions: Study the following information and answer the given question.

B, D, F, J, K, M and T are seven members of a family. No member has more than one child. D is the father-in-law of K, who is the granddaughter of B. F is the son-in-law of T, who is the daughter-in-law of B. M is J's mother and is married to B.

Who among the following is D's son?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 16
According to the given information, the following diagram is obtained

Thus, F is D's son.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 17

Select the missing number from the given options.

0.05, -0.1, ?, -0.4, 0.8

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 17

The given series is a geometric progression, with common ratio r = -2.  and first term 0.05 = a.

Since third term is missing, value of third term = ar2   

So, missing term = 0.05 × (-2)2 = 0.2

Hence, answer option 4 is correct.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 18

Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

DAC, GWH, JSM, MOR, ?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 18

So, next letter-cluster = PKW

∴ The correct answer is option 1.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 19

Directions: In the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in the order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.

__ bc __ ca __ aba __ c __ ca

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 19
The given series is formed by repeating 'abc', 'bca' and 'cab'.

Thus, the series formed is abcbcacababcbca.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 20

Directions: Study the following information and answer the question given below.

M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P. R is second to the right of W, who is second to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

Who is to the immediate right of H?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 20
P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P.

R is second to the right of W, who is second to the right of M.

F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

N is to the immediate right of H.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 21

Directions: Study the following information and answer the question given below.

M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P. R is second to the right of W, who is second to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

Who is to the immediate right of P?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 21
P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P.

R is second to the right of W, who is second to the right of M.

F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

H is to the immediate right of P.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 22

Sunita walked 8 km towards east to reach a point A. Then she turned right and walked 5 km. Again she took a right turn and walked 25 km. What is the total distance covered and in which direction is Sunita now from the starting point?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 22

Total distance covered = 8 + 5 + 25 = 38 km

Sunita is in south-west direction.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 23

The minute hand of a clock crosses the hour hand x minutes past 7 in the evening. Some guests come 20 minutes later. At what time do the guests come?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 23
We know that in 60 min, the minute hand gains 55 minutes over the hour hand. At 7 o'clock, the minute hand and the hour hand are 35 min apart. To cross the latter, the min hand must gain 35 min.

Since the min hand gains 55 min in 60 min, therefore

it will gain 35 min in

So, the guests come at 7:58:11 pm.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 24

Directions: Find the missing term from the given alternatives after studying the relationship between the other terms.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 24
If we consider the numerical positions of letters in English alphabet, it can be observed that the third letter in each row is the geometric mean of first two.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 25

Directions: In the following question, a statement is followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts, and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statement, disregarding commonly known facts.

Q. Statement: The Central Government has introduced a Free Meals Scheme in all schools in rural areas.

Conclusions:

I. Less number of well-fed children in rural areas shall go to school.

II. Parents expect that their children are also fed along with getting educated.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 25
By introducing a Free Meals Scheme in all schools in rural areas, the government may encourage the rural poor but it cannot be concluded that this would discourage the well-fed children in rural areas. Statement I is wrong.

Statement II can at most be an assumption but not a conclusion.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 26

Directions: In the question below, a question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the given arguments is/are 'strong'.

Q. In India, should income tax be abolished?

Arguments:

I. Yes, because it is an unnecessary burden on the wage earners.

II. No, because it is a good source of revenue.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 26
Argument I is not strong as it doesn't tell why it is a burden.

Income-tax is no doubt a good source of revenue for the government. But, why the revenue is needed is not given in II. So, it is not a strong argument.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 27

Directions: Choose the number that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series:

5, 4, 3.5, 3.25, ?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 27
The pattern is as follows

1st term - 1, 2nd term - 0.5, 3rd term - 0.25 and 4th term - 0.125

So, the answer is

3.250 - 0.125 = 3.125

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 28

Directions: Select the term which will replace the question mark (?) in the given alphanumeric series.

Z1A, X2D, V6G, T21J, R88M, P445P, ?

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 28

Number series → 1 × 1 + 1 = 2

2 × 2 + 2 = 6

6 × 3 + 3 = 21

21 × 4 + 4 = 88

88 × 5 + 5 = 445

445 × 6 + 6 = 2676

The missing terms are P - 2 = N

445 × 6 + 6 = 2676

P + 3 = S

Therefore, required arrangement is N 2676S.

SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 29

Direction: In the question below, is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Q. Statements: This book is so designed that even a layman can easily learn science in the absence of a teacher.

Assumptions:

I. Learning science by everybody is desirable.

II. A layman generally finds it difficult to learn science on his own.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 29
Both the assumptions are implicit in the statement. The use of the word "even" means it is generally difficult for laymen to learn science. The use of the word "can" shows desirability to learn science given a choice.
SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 30

Direction: Read the statements carefully and determine if the two statements are independent causes, effects of independent causes or a common cause.

Q. Statement A: My vehicle skidded on the road and I almost hit a vehicle.

Statement B: Another vehicle lost control on the road and hit a wall.

Detailed Solution for SNAP Mock Test - 10 (New Pattern) - Question 30
A vehicle skidding on the road and losing control are effects of independent causes [like slippery roads, car malfunction, extreme weather, high speed, etc].

Hence, the answer is option D.

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