UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA-2

By

JAIN & KISHORE

2016

Objective Type Questions

Revised & Enlarged Edition

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Contents

● Previous Years’ Solved Papers

Section-IGeneral English……………………………………………………………….… 1–88

1. Common Errors………………………………………………………...…… 2

2. Antonyms…………………………………………………………………… 35

3. Synonyms…………………………………………………………………… 41

4. Sentence Completion……………………………………………………..… 48

5. One Word Substitution……………………………………………………… 58

6. Comprehension…………………………………………………………….. 62

7. Passage Completion………………………………………………………… 77

8. Completion of Paragraphs and Sentences…………………………...……… 81

Section-II

General Knowledge…………………………………………………………..… ⎩⎨⎧1–481–32

Section-IIIElementary Mathematics………………………………………………..…… 1–168

1. Numbers………………………………………………………………..… 3–9

2. Square Root………………………………………………………….…… 10–12

3. Unitary Method…………………………………………………………... 13–17

4. Work and Time…………………………………………………………... 18–22

5. Time and Distance……………………………………………………….. 23–30

6. Percentage………………………………………………………………… 31–34

7. Simple Interest…………………………………………………………… 35–39

8. Compound Interest……………………………………………………..… 40–45

9. Profit and Loss…………………………………………………………… 46–54

10. Ratio and Proportion……………………………………………………… 55–61

11. Variation………………………………………………………….……… 62–65

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12. Partnership……………………………………………………...………… 66–68

13. Average…………………………………………………………………… 69–72

14. H. C. F. and L. C. M.……………………………………………...……… 73–76

15. Logarithms and their Use………………………………………...……… 77–80

16. Area……………………………………………………………….……… 81–84

17. Cuboid and Cube………………………………………………………… 85–87

18. Cylinder…………………………………………………………………… 88–90

19. Cone…………………………………………………………………….… 91–94

20. Sphere……………………………………………………………..……… 95–97

21. Factorisation and Remainder Theorem ………………………………..… 98–100

22. H. C. F. and L. C. M. of Polynomials…………………………….……… 101–102

23. Equations…………………………………………………………….…… 103–106

24. Roots of a Quadratic Equation…………………………………………… 107–110

25. Set Language and Notations……………………………………………… 111–113

26. Laws of Indices…………………………………………………………… 114–116

27. Lines and Angles……………………………………………………….… 117–120

28. Triangles…………………………………………………………..……… 121–126

29. Quadrilaterals…………………………………………………………..… 127–131

30. Circle……………………………………………………………………… 132–136

31. Loci…………………………………………………………………..…… 137–139

32. Trigonometry…………………………………………………………...… 140–146

33. Simple Identities………………………………………………………..… 147–151

34. Use of Trigonometric Table……………………………………………… 152–153

35. Height and Distance……………………………………………………… 154–159

36. Collection and Tabulation……………………………………………...… 160–161

37. Graphical Representation………………………………………………… 162–162

38. Calculation of Mean……………………………………………………… 163–168

General Information

● CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

(a) Nationality : A candidate must either be :(i) a Citizen of India, or(ii) a subject of Bhutan, or(iii) a subject of Nepal, or(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to

India before the 1st January, 1962 withthe intentiobia, n of permanently settlingin India, or

(v) a person of Indian origin who hasmigrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, SriLanka and East African Countries ofKenya, Uganda, the United Republic ofTanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire andEthiopia and Vietnam with the intentionof permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging tocategories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall bea person in whose favour a certificate ofeligibility has been issued by the Governmentof India.

Certificate of eligibility will, however,not be necessary in the case of candidateswho are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

A candidate in whose case a certificate ofeligibility is necessary, may be admitted tothe examination provisionally subject to thenecessary certificate being given to him bythe Govt. before declaration of result byUPSC.

(b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status :

(i) For IMA—Unmarried male candidatesborn not earlier than 2nd July, 1992 andnot later than 1st July, 1997 only areeligible.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy—Unmar-ried male candidates born not earlier

than 2nd July, 1992 and not later than1st July, 1997 only are eligible.

(iii) For Air Force Academy—Age : 20 to 24 years as on 1st July, 2016i.e., born not earlier than 02 July, 1992and not later than 01 July, 1996 (Upperage limit for candidates holding validand current Commercial Pilot Licenceissued by DGCA (India) is relaxableupto 26 years i.e., born not earlier than02 July, 1990 and not later than 01 July,1996) only are eligible.

Note : Candidate below 25 years of agemust be unmarried. Marriage is notpermitted during training. Marriedcandidates above 25 years of age areeligible to apply but during trainingperiod they will neither be providedmarried accommodation nor can theylive out with family.

(iv) For Officers’ Training Academy (SSCCourse for Men)—Male candidates(married or unmarried) born not earlierthan 2nd July, 1991 and not later than1st July, 1997 only are eligible.

(v) For Officers’ Training Academy (SSCWomen Non-Technical Course)—Unmarried women, issueless widowswho have not remarried and issuelessdivorcees (in possession of divorcedocuments) who have not remarried areeligible. They should have been bornnot earlier than 2nd July, 1991 and notlater than 1st July, 1997.

(c) Educational Qualifications :(i) For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training

Academy—Degree of a recognisedUniversity or equivalent.

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(ii) For Indian Naval Academy—Degreein Engineering from a recognizedUniversity/Institution.

(iii) For Air Force Academy—Degree of arecognised University (with Physics andMathematics at 10 + 2 level) or Bachelorof Engineering.

Graduates with first choice as Army/Navy/Air Force are to submit proof ofgraduation provisional certificates on the dateof commencement of the SSB Interview at theSSB.

Candidates who are studying in the finalyear/semester Degree course and have yet topass the final year degree examination canalso apply provided candidate should nothave any present backlog upto the lastsemester/ year for which results have beendeclared upto the time of submission ofapplication and they will be required tosubmit proof of passing the degreeexamination at the time of SSB.

(d) Physical Standards :Candidates must be physically fit

according to physical standards for admissionto Combined Defence Services Examinationas per guidelines.

● SCHEME OF THE EXAMINATION1. The competitive examination comprises—

(a) Written examination as shown in para 2below :

(b) Interview for intelligence and personality testof such candidates as may be called forinterview at one of the Services SelectionCentres.2. The subjects of the written examination,

the time allowed and the maximum marks allottedto each subject will be as follows :

(a) For Admission to Indian MilitaryAcademy

Subject Duration Maximum Marks

1. English 2 Hours 1002. General Knowledge 2 Hours 1003. Elementary Mathematics 2 Hours 100

(b) For Admission to Indian Naval AcademySubject Time Maximum

Allowed Marks1. English 2 Hrs. 1002. General Knowledge 2 Hrs. 1003. Elementary Mathematics 2 Hrs. 100

(c) For Admission to Air Force Academy

Subject Duration MaximumMarks

1. English 2 Hours 1002. General Knowledge 2 Hours 1003. Elementary Mathematics 2 Hours 100

(d) For Admission to Officers’ TrainingAcademy

Subject Time MaximumAllowed Marks

1. English 2 Hours 100

2. General Knowledge 2 Hours 100

The maximum marks allotted to the writtenexamination and to the interviews will be equalfor each course, i.e., the maximum marks allottedto the written examination and to the interviewswill be 300, 300, 300 and 200 each for admissionto the Indian Military Academy, Indian NavalAcademy, Air Force Academy and Officers’Training Academy respectively.

3. THE PAPERS IN ALL THE SUBJECTSWILL CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE TYPEQUESTIONS ONLY. The question papers (TestBooklets) of General Knowledge and ElementaryMathematics will be set bilingually in Hindi aswell as English.

4. In the question papers, wherever necessary,questions involving the metric system of Weightsand Measures only will be set.

5. Candidates must write the papers in theirown hand. In no circumstances will they beallowed the help of a scribe to write answers forthem.

6. The Commission have discretion to fixqualifying marks in any or all the subjects of theexamination.

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7. The candidates are not permitted to usecalculator for answering objective type papers(Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bringthe same inside the Examination Hall.

● STANDARD AND SYLLABUS OFTHE EXAMINATION

STANDARDThe standard of the papers in Elementary

Mathematics will be of Matriculation level.The standard of papers in other subjects will

approximately be such as may be expected of agraduate of an Indian University.

SYLLABUS

ENGLISH (Code No. 01)The question paper will be designed to test

the candidates’ understanding of English andworkman-like use of words.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (Code No. 02)General Knowledge including knowledge of

current events and of such matters of everydayobservation and experience in their scientificaspects as may be expected of an educated personwho has not made a special study of any scientificsubject. The paper will also include questions onHistory of India and Geography of a nature whichcandidates should be able to answer withoutspecial study.

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS(Code No. 03)

ArithmeticNumber System—Natural numbers, Integers,

Rational and Real numbers. Fundamental opera-tions—addition, subtraction, multiplication, divi-sion, Square roots, Decimal fractions.

Unitary Method—Time and distance, timeand work, percentages—applications to simple andcompound interest, profit and loss, ratio andproportion variation.

Elementary Number Theory—Divisionalgorithm. Prime and composite numbers. Tests ofdivisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11 Multiples andfactors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M.Euclidean Algorithm. Logarithms to base 10 lawsof logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.

Algebra

Basic Operations, Simple factors, RemainderTheorem, H.C.F., L.C.M. Theory of polynomials,solutions of quadratic equations, relation betweenits roots and coefficient (Only real roots to beconsidered). Simultaneous linear equations in twounknowns—analytical and graphical solutions.Simultaneous linear inequations in two variablesand their solutions. Practical problems leading totwo simultaneous linear equations or inequationsin two variables or quadratic equations in onevariable and their solutions. Set language and setnotation, Rational expressions and conditionalidentities Laws of indices.

Trigonometry

Sine x, Cosine x, Tangent x when 0° ≤ x ≤90°.

Values of sin x, cos x and tan x, for x = 0°,30°, 45°, 60° and 90°.

Simple trigonometric identities.

Use of trigonometric tables.

Simple cases of heights and distances.

GeometryLines and angles, Plane and plane figures,

Theorems on (i) Properties of angles at a point, (ii)Parallel lines, (iii) Sides and angles of a triangle,(iv) Congruency of triangles, (v) Similar triangles,(vi) Concurrence of medians and altitudes, (vii)Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of aparallelogram rectangle and square, (viii) Circlesand its properties including tangents and normals,(ix) Loci.

Mensuration

Areas of squares rectangles, parallelograms,triangle and circle. Areas of figures which can besplit up into these figures (Field Book), Surfacearea and volume of cuboids, lateral surface andvolume of right circular cones and cylinders,surface area and volume of spheres.

Statistics

Collection and tabulation of statistical data,Graphical representation, frequency polygons,histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc. Measures ofcentral tendency.

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INTELLIGENCE & PERSONALITYTEST

The SSB procedure consists of two stageSelection process-stage-I and stage-II. Only thosecandidates who clear the stage-I are permitted toappear for stage II. The details are :

(a) Stage-I comprises of Officer IntelligenceRating (OIR) tests are Picture Perception*Description Test (PP & DT). The candidateswill be shortlisted based on combination ofperformance in QIR Test and PP and DT.

(b) Stage-II comprises of Interview, GroupTesting Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests andthe Conference. These tests are conductedover 4 days. The details of these tests aregiven on the website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.

The personality of candidate is assessed bythree different assessors viz. the InterviewingOfficer (IO), Group Testing Officer (GTO) andthe Psychologist. There are no separate weightagefor each test. The mks are allotted by assessorsonly after taking into consideration the perfor-mance of the candidate holistically in all the test.In addition, marks for Conference are also allottedbased on the initial performance of the Candidate

in the three techniques and decision of the Board.All these have equal weightage.

The various tests of IO, GTO and Psych aredesigned to bring out the presence/absence ofOfficer Like Qualities and their trainability in acandidate. Accordingly candidates are Recom-mended or Not Recommended at the SSB.

● CENTRES OF EXAMINATIONThe Examination will be held at the following

Centres :

Agartala Gangtok Panaji (Goa)Ahmedabad Hyderabad PatnaAizwal Imphal Port BlairAllahabad Itanagar RaipurBangalore Jaipur RanchiBareilly Jammu SambalpurBhopal Jorhat ShillongChandigarh Kochi ShimlaChennai Kohima Srinagar

Cuttack Kolkata Thiruvananthapuram

Dehradun Lucknow Tirupati

Delhi Madurai Udaipur

Dharwar Mumbai Vishakhapatnam

Dispur Nagpur

Combined Defence ServicesExam. Solved Paper

2014(Held on 26 October, 2014)

EnglishANTONYMS

Directions—Each item in this sectionconsists of a word in capital letters followed byfour words as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Select theword which is nearly opposite to the meaning ofthe original word and mark the correct response as(A), (B), (C) or (D) as the case may be, in yourAnswer Sheet.

1. FRESH(A) Laden (B) Soft(C) Sour (D) Stale

2. DENY

(A) Accept (B) Accuse

(C) Curse (D) Except

3. CHEERFUL

(A) Sad (B) Happy

(C) Expensive (D) Careless

4. AFFLUENCE

(A) Continuance (B) Poverty

(C) Diffidence (D) Insurance

5. TIMID

(A) Bold (B) Bashful

(C) Nervous (D) Soft

6. CREATE

(A) Destroy (B) Envy

(C) Satisfy (D) Begin

7. FORBID

(A) Defy (B) Dislike

(C) Permit (D) Understand

8. MASTER

(A) Companion (B) Follower

(C) Slave (D) Boss

COMPREHENSION

Directions—In this section, there are fourshort passages. After each passage, you will find afew questions each based on what is stated orimplied in the passage. First read a passage andthen answer the questions following that passage.

PASSAGE – I

During the summer I was introduced to thegame of cricket, and I felt my inherent foreignnessfor the first time. The ball is far too hard for mytaste. Even during my last games at the school,angry spectators would shout, “Butter fingers !”But I smiled. Everyone knew in their hearts that Iwas going to drop the ball anyway, and nobodyexpected me to be able to play the game.

9. The author first played cricket—(A) as a child in his own country(B) when he was a school boy(C) when he was a tourist(D) when he returned home after his studies

10. “felt my inherent foreignness” means—

(A) felt very strange

(B) felt very interested and excited

(C) enjoyed learning new games

(D) felt my superiority over others

11. Spectators would shout “Butter fingers” whenthe author was playing because—

(A) he liked butter

(B) his fingers were like those of a lady

(C) he often dropped the ball

(D) he was very good at the game

12. ‘Spectator’ means—

(A) glasses (B) onlooker

(C) watchman (D) player

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PASSAGE – II

How can you improve your reading speed ?By taking off the brakes. You wouldn’t think ofdriving a car with the brake on. Yet as a readeryou probably have several brakes slowing youdown.

One very common brake is regressing—looking back every now and then at somethingalready read. It is like stepping backwards everyfew metres as you walk—hardly the way to moveahead quickly. Regression may arise from a lackof confidence, vocabulary deficiency, or actuallymissing a word or phrase. It makes a longsentence seem even more complex as the eyesfrequently regress. Eye movement photographs of12,000 readers in America showed that universitystudents regress an average of 15 times in readingonly 100 words. The average student of class fourwas found to look back 20 times. In short,regression consumes one-sixth of your preciousreading time. Release this brake and enjoy a spurtin reading speed.

13. In the context of the passage, what does‘regression’ mean ?(A) Lack of desire to improve the reading

speed(B) Looking back at what is already read(C) Lack of proper understanding of what

one reads(D) Comparing the reading speed of school

and university students

14. In order to be a good reader you should—(A) regress whenever necessary(B) be like a careful driver(C) not look back frequently while reading(D) test your vocabulary frequently

15. According to the author reading withregression is like—(A) driving with poor quality brakes(B) stepping backwards while walking(C) using several brakes in order to slow

down(D) making sudden spurts in reading speed

PASSAGE – III

Even in the most primitive societies the greatmajority of people satisfy a large part of theirmaterial needs by exchanging goods and services.

Very few people indeed can make for themselveseverything they need—all their food, their clothes,their housing, their tools. Ever since men startedliving in communities, they have been satisfyingtheir needs by means of specialization andexchange; increasingly each individual hasconcentrated on what he can do best, and hasproduced more of the special goods or services inwhich he has concentrated, than he can consumehimself. The surplus he has exchanged with othermembers of the community, acquiring, inexchange the things he needs that others haveproduced.

16. Very few people can satisfy their needs todayby—(A) providing things for themselves(B) exchanging goods and services(C) concentrating on what they can do best(D) individual specialization

17. Exchange of goods becomes possible onlywhen—(A) there is no specialization(B) goods are produced in surplus(C) primitive societies become modern(D) individuals make things for themselves

18. Specialization and exchange began when menstarted—

(A) big industries

(B) concentrating on their work(C) producing things for individual use(D) living in communities

19. Exchange of goods and services becomesnecessary because—(A) man is a social being(B) reciprocity is the law of life(C) trade and commerce are means of

progress(D) we cannot produce everything we need

ourselves

PASSAGE – IV

Soil scientists have shown that the soil teemswith millions of living things, many of themuseful, others harmful. The living things which areuseful include earthworms and various kinds ofbacteria. Earthworms loosen the soil and so enableair and water to enter it. Bacteria, which are

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microscopic living things break down dead plantsand animals and make humus, or take nitrogenfrom the air and change it into substances thatplants use. The living things that do harm includeother bacteria and fungi which cause diseases.Other harmful things are pests such as wire wormswhich feed on the roots of grass and other plants.While the farmer can usually keep weeds in checkby careful cultivation, this alone may not protecthis crops from insects, pests and diseases. Now-a-days, however, he is much better able to controlthese enemies. He may plant specially resistanttypes of seeds or he may keep the pests anddiseases in check with chemicals. With betterseeds farmers have been able to increase their cropyields. They can grow crops that ripen morequickly and have a stronger resistance to disease,frost or drought.

20. Scientists who study soil believe that—

(A) all insects and bacteria are harmful

(B) only microscopic living things are useful

(C) only earthworms are useful

(D) not all worms and bacteria are harmful

21. The living things that do harm—(A) break down plants and animals(B) use up the nitrogen from the air(C) cause diseases in the plants(D) loosen up the soil from air and water

22. Farmers are always careful—(A) to control insects and fungi that attack

plants(B) to encourage pests in the soil(C) to eliminate all bacteria from the soil(D) to foster all kinds of worms in the earth

23. Now-a-days it is possible to reduce the losscaused by pests and harmful bacteria—(A) with the use of chemical fertilizers(B) through the development of resistant

seeds(C) by using weeds as killers(D) by controlling earthworms

24. The farmers today can also select seeds—(A) of slow ripening variety(B) resistant to frost and drought(C) for economy in costs(D) of lower resistance to disease

ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE

Directions—In each of the items there is asentence of which some parts have been jumbledup. You are required to rearrange these partswhich are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce thecorrect sentence. Choose the correct sequence andmark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

25. The soldiersdecided to hold out / in the fort / was killed /

P Q Rtill the last man among them.

S(A) QPSR (B) PQSR(C) QRSP (D) SRPQ

26. Her friendwhen she was / very ill last year / on Sheila /

P Q Rcould not attend.

S(A) PQRS (B) SRPQ(C) RSPQ (D) RPQS

27. The poems and storieshave been taken / for this book / from a variety

P Q Rof sources / that have been selected.

S(A) SQPR (B) RPQS(C) QPSR (D) PQRS

28. The beliefthat the moon has great influence / still

Pexists with great force / over the weather /

Q Ramong many people.

S(A) PRQS (B) QPRS(C) PQSR (D) QSPR

29. There is an old saying in our countrythat soldiers / not only cover themselves with

P Qglory on the earth / who die for their mother-

Rland / but attain heaven.

S(A) PSQR (B) SPRQ(C) QPSR (D) PRQS

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30. Boys are

on their parents / invariably dependent / untilP Q

they can earn / money to support themselves.

R S

(A) RSQP (B) QRSP

(C) RPQS (D) QPRS

31. The principal said that

those students / would not be permitted toP Q

enter / who do not produce / identity cards.

R S

(A) RSPQ (B) RPSQ

(C) PRSQ (D) SRPQ

32. The doctor remarked that

lying in bed / if students are / fond of reading /P Q R

it will be bad for the eyes.

S

(A) PQRS (B) QRSP

(C) SQRP (D) QRPS

33. We saw

while playing / with the boys / that Ram fellP Q R

down / and hurt his leg.

S

(A) RSPQ (B) PQRS

(C) RPQS (D) RPSQ

34. For an hour / because it had to wait / due toP Q

dense fog / the plane couldn’t take off.

R S

(A) PQRS (B) RQPS

(C) QPRS (D) SPQR

35. She complained that

that it took a month / to clean it / the house /P Q R

was so dirty.

S

(A) PQRS (B) SPQR

(C) PSQR (D) RSPQ

ORDERING OF SENTENCES

Directions—(Q. 36 to 43) In this sectioneach item consists of six sentences of a passage.The first and sixth sentences are given in thebeginning as S1 and S6. The middle foursentences in each have been jumbled up andlabelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to findthe proper sequence of the four sentences andmark your response accordingly on the AnswerSheet.

36. S1 : There have been many stories ofporpoises saving human lives.

S6 : Marine scientists point out that theporpoise’s spirit of play is responsiblefor such incidents.

P : ‘When I got to my feet no one wasnear, but in the water about 18 feet outa porpoise was leaping about.’

Q : One woman was wading waist deep offthe Florida coast when an undertowpulled her down.

R : ‘I felt something give me a terrificshove up on to the beach’, she says.

S : ‘A man standing nearby said that theporpoise had shoved me ashore.’

The proper sequence should be—

(A) PRSQ (B) QPRS

(C) QRPS (D) QPSR

37. S1 : Rome, the greatest city of the ancientworld, did not achieve its glory all of asudden.

S6 : Achievement of great moment cannotbe accomplished without patientperseverance and a considerableinterval of time.

P : The same is true of every greatachievement.

Q : We should carry on our work withpatience and perseverance.

R : It took several years to build Rome andbring it to the state of pomp andsplendor.

S : When we wish to do a great thing, wecannot expect success in a moment.

The proper sequence should be—(A) RPSQ (B) PQSR(C) QSPR (D) SRPQ

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38. S1 : The bus stopped.S6 : Then his eyes rested with cold malice

on the dog.P : The conductor came in and took the

fares.Q : A woman and a man got in together.R : The young woman was carrying a pet

dog.S : They took their seats.The proper sequence should be—(A) PQRS (B) QSRP(C) QPSR (D) QSPR

39. S1 : James Watt used the power of steam todrive machines.

S6 : The jet engine is relatively morerecent.

P : With petrol engines people were ableto build motor cars and aeroplanes.

Q : Then many years later, the petrolengine was invented.

R : These provided quicker means oftraveling.

S : His invention was used later by otherclever men to give us the railwayengine.

The proper sequence should be—(A) SQPR (B) PQRS(C) PSRQ (D) QSRP

40. S1 : A man handed a pair of trousers to thedepartmental store clerk and said, “I’dlike these altered, please.”

S6 : Triumphantly he put the trousers andthe receipts on the counter and said“I’d like to have these altered, please.”

P : He said that free alteration is notpossible without a receipt.

Q : The man said, “Okay, I’d like to returnthe trousers.” The clerk took them backand returned the money.

R : The man pushed the money and said,“Now I want to buy them.” The clerkput the trousers in a bag, issued areceipt and handed him both.

S : The clerk asked for the sales receiptbut after searching his pockets the manreplied that he had lost it.

The proper sequence should be—(A) QRPS (B) SPQR(C) PSRQ (D) PSQR

41. S1 : It is generally assumed by the admirersof democracy that the right to vote alsoconfers a right for power which threa-ten the very existence of democracy.

S6 : As a result, the political scene witnessesendless dogfights for power whichthreaten the very existence ofdemocracy.

P : These qualities are very rare andcannot be had for the wishing.

Q : For the right for power must, if it is tobe useful, be accompanied by theability to exercise it with competence,wisdom, foresight and broadminded-ness.

R : Yet all those who have the right to votebelieve that they have them and try byhook or crook to capture power.

S : The former has much to commend itbut one cannot be so sure about thelatter.

The proper sequence should be—(A) PQRS (B) SQPR(C) PRQS (D) RQPS

42. S1 : There are several tribes in East Africa.S6 : All the other tribes were afraid of them

because of their skill in war.P : The Masais were famous fighters.Q : They used to raid the neighbouring

tribes and carry away their cattle.R : They lived on the wide plains in

Southern Kenya and NorthernTanzania.

S : But the most famous among them isthe Masai tribe.

The proper sequence should be—(A) SPRQ (B) PRQS(C) RQSP (D) QRPS

43. S1 : I had my eye especially on the longjump.

S6 : He turned out to be a German namedLuz Long.

P : Everyone expected me to win thatOlympic event hands down.

Q : I was in for a surprise.R : When the time came for the long jump

trials, I was startled to see a tall boyhitting the pit at almost 26 feet on hispractice leaps.

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