Sample Questions

for
UG Programme

THE SAMPLE QUESTIONS/GUIDELINES ARE ONLY

INFORMATIVE AND INDICATIVE.

THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS MAY VARY IN

DIFFICULTY LEVEL AND CONTENT DISPERSION.

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GENERAL PROFICIENCY TEST (GPT)

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

Directions (Questions 1 – 2):Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Shopping malls, supermarkets and large format retail stores may besprouting all over the country,
but there are still a large number ofentrepreneurs who would rather not sell their wares through the
usual
retail channels. They prefer selling directly through trade exhibitions,which are attracting an
increasing number of footfalls.Scores of exhibitions are held each year in all parts of the country,
bigcities and small. Some of the largest exhibitions held in the country aretrade events held by the
CII, IT and software expositions held byNasscom, MAIT – manufacturers association show, and
expositions whichcater to interior designs and automobiles, etc. “Publications are alsostarting to
get into the exhibitions business in a big way,” says HemanshuChitnis, Director of Exhibitions and
Expositions International (BusinessIndia and Times of India exhibitions are among the
largest).Those who exhibit their goods are happy too. Says fashion and textiledesigner Bhamini
Subramaniam, who took part recently in the FeminaTrunk Show of designer wear along with
designers like Krishna Mehta,Narendra Kumar Ahmed, Naheed Merchant and Pranavi Kapoor
fromDelhi: “Large retail outlets have a fixed 40 per cent mark up on designerapparel which they
take on a consignment basis. At exhibitions the onlycost incurred is the one-time fee for the stall
and there’s no price loadsfor consumers.” Also we don’t have to deal with credit in any form
whichenables us complete monitoring over stocks, she adds. Explains PiyushGupta, Director of
GNH systems, an importer of Chinese electronicgadgets, “The whole retailing system is very
complex in India and thereare middlemen at every stage. They add their profit margin and the
extracost is borne by the customer.”

1. Exhibitions are better options than the Retail Outlets because

(1) the only cost involved in exhibitions is one-time fee for the stall.
(2) no price loads for the consumers.
(3) no middleman at any stage.
(4) All the above.

2. Arrange the sentences A, B, C & D in a proper sequence so as tomake a coherent paragraph.

A. We can never leave off wondering how that which has everbeen should cease to be.
B. As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the valueof time.
C. Nothing else, indeed, seems to be of any consequence; and webecome misers in this sense.
D. We try to arrest its few last tottering steps, and to make it lingeron the brink of the grave.
(1) ACDB (2) BCDA (3) BDCA (4) ABCD

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ABILITY

Directions:Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the
sentence.

1. Different races follow different modes of living.

(1) ways (2) standards (3) customs (4) attitudes

Directions: A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error in it.

2.(1) Within a short walk of Chandni Chowk

(2) lived a family
(3) with whom the Sharmas
(4) was particularly intimate.

Directions: Choose the option that is the plural form of the given word.

3. Mouse
(1) mice (2) mouses (3) mouse’ (4) mouse

Directions: Choose the option which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

4. Relationship by blood or birth

(1) Parentage (2) Affiliation (3) Consanguinity (4) Nepotism

Directions: Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in bold in the
sentence.

5. This place affords a bird’s eye view of the green valley below.
(1) beautiful view (2) general view (3) narrow view (4) ugly view

Directions: A word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt.
Choose the correctly spelt word.
6.(1) Comparison (2) Comparision (3) Comperison (4) Compareson

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LOGICAL REASONING

Directions: Complete the series by replacing the ‘?’.

1. 3, 7, 13, 20, ‘?’

(1) 24 (2) 35 (3) 25 (4) 28

2. A man starts from a point and moves 3 km North, then turns to West and goes 2 km. He turns
North and walks 1 km and then moves 5 km towards East. How far is he from the starting point?
(1) 11 km (2) 5 km (3) 10 km (4) 8 km

3. When Anuj saw Manish, he recalled, "He is the son of the father of my daughter's mother."Who
is Manish to Anuj?
(1) Brother-in-law (2) Brother (3) Cousin (4) Uncle

Directions: Each question given below consists of pair of words bearing a relationship between
them. From amongst the alternatives, select the pair that best illustrates a similar relationship.

4. SUNRISE : SUNSET
(1) Dawn : Twilight (2) Noon : Midnight (3) Morning : Night (4) Energetic : Lazy

5. Curd : Milk
(1) Cat : Mouse (2) Curd : Ghee (3) Curry : Vegetable (4) Sun : Moon

6. In a certain system of coding, the word STATEMENT is written as TNEMETATS. In the same
system of coding, what should be the code for the word POLITICAL?
(1) LACITILOP (2) LCATILIOP (3) OPILITACL (4) None of these

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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

1. Which of the following fractions is the greatest?

1 3 5 7
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 8 11 14

2. 7.83 – (3.79 – 2.56) = ?

(1) 4.04 (2) 1.48 (3) 6.06 (4) 6.6

3. A cask containing 425 litres lost 8% by leakage. How many litres were left in the cask?
(1) 34 litres (2) 391 litres (3) 334 litres (4) 389 litres

4. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days, C and A in 20 days. How long
would B alone take to complete the same work?
(1) 36 days (2) 20 days (3) 30 days (4) 45 days

5. A man buys 10 articles for `8 and sells them at the rate of `1.25 per article. His gain percent is
1 1
(1) 50% (2) 56 % (3) 19 % (4) 20%
4 2

6. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. When the river is flowing at 1.2 km/h, it takes him 1 hour
to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
(1) 5 km (2) 2.22 km (3) 2.88 km (4) 3.22 km

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DATA INTERPRETATION

Directions (Questions 1 – 3):Study the following graph to answer these questions.

The graph below gives the percentage expenses on various items during book production and sale.

4%
10% 15% Royalty

Advertisement
Charges
Binding and cutting
18% charges
Printing Cost

35% Paper Cost

Miscellaneous
18% Expeses

1. The central angle for the sector on Paper cost is

(1) 220 (2) 160 (3) 54.80 (4) 360

2. If the Printing cost is `17500, the Royalty paid is

(1) `8750 (2) `7500 (3) `3150 (4) `6300

3. If the Miscellaneous expenses are `6000, how much more are Binding and Cutting charges than
Royalty?
(1) `6000 (2) `5500 (3) `4500 (4) `10500

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DESIGN APTITUDE TEST (DAT)

1. Draw various stages of transformation in ONE of the following activities.

a. The process of folding paper to make an envelope with windowopening.
b. The sequence of flying a kite.

2. Design a poster discouraging child labour.

3. Design a poster on ‘Universal Brotherhood’

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