Clerkship – Prelim – 2009 – S1
Total No. of Questions : 65
Total Marks : 65
Time : 59 min
Negative Marks : 1/3 or (- 0.33)
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1.
The ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha is:
2.
Two explorers on the moon stood side by side and talked to each other, they
3.
Choose the right alternative to fill in the blanks :
The rise of the Mughal Empire are __ in India.
4.
Of the four, which sentence is correctly punctuated?
5.
Choose the right word from the list to complete the sentence and give it an idiomatic turn :
To be very pale in appearance is as pale as a __
7.
Replace the underlined verb with the most appropriate phrasal verb :
8.
Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition from the list
He persisted __ hoping against hope.
9.
If Ram __ helped him, he would have passed.
10.
Choose from the following, the correct indirect form of the sentence given :
They said, "we are happy"
11.
Among the following four, choose where a Dialogue is found :
12.
India's largest river lift irrigation project is located in which state?
13.
A pair of electrovalent and covalent compounds are
14.
Choose the right alternative from the options given :
Truth is stranger than __
15.
The ratio of daily wages of two workers is 4 : 3 and one gets Rs. 9 more than the other. Determine the daily wage of the first worker.
16.
On selling a cloth for Rs. 80 there is a profit of 25%. What is the cost price of the cloth?
17.
Mean proportion of ¼ and 1/36 is:
18.
In a camp, there is food for 30 students for 18 days. 6 more came and joined the camp. For how many days will the food last?
19.
The product of two numbers is 15552 and their H.C.F. is 36. Find out the L.C.M. of two numbers.
20.
Choose the word from the list which is nearest in meaning to the underlined part of the sentence :
They had suffered their share of misfortune.
21.
Price of tea has increased by 30%. At present 1 kg of tea costs Rs. 78. What was the price of 1 kg tea before?
22.
Replace the underlined verb with the most appropriate phrasal verb :
The soldiers attacked the enemy
23.
The word Dwell means :
24.
Mahua scored 81 marks in Mathematics in the annual examination, scoring 10% less than Sutapa. How much marks did Sutapa get?
25.
Choose from the following words, the word nearest in meaning to the given word :
26.
Replace the underlined verb with the most appropriate phrasal verb :
He could not check his temper.
27.
The marked price of a book is Rs 165 and it is sold at Rs 132. What is the discount in percent?
28.
One of the famous cold water springs of India is
29.
Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition for the list :
Great books deal __ persistently unsolved problems of life.
30.
The price of mango is Rs. 20 per kg and is increased to Rs. 23 per kg. What is the increased price in %?
31.
"Widow Remarriage Act" was passed in the year?
32.
Complete the sentence by choosing the right part :
Nobody has been arrested __
33.
Which quantity is measured in 'kilo watt hour'?
34.
Which one of the following is India's oldest civilization ?
35.
Who is the author of Anandamath?
36.
1083 should be divided by which smallest number so that the number becomes a whole number.
37.
Choose the word from the list which is nearest in meaning to the underlined part of the sentence :
His brother is just the opposite.
38.
1 minute 49 second is how much percent of 1 hour?
39.
By selling an article for Rs. 180 there is a loss of 10%. At what price the article should be sold in order to gain 10%?
40.
If A : B = 3 : 4 and B : C = 6 : 5, then A : C is
41.
If the average of 15, 18, X, 14, 21, 26, 8 is 16, then what is the value of X?
42.
Last year Rajni's height was 144 cm. This year his height is 148 cm. What is his change of height in percent?
43.
Mohanlal purchased a radio for Rs. 675 and sold it at a profit of 12%. What is the selling price of the radio?
44.
Find out from the given words the opposite of 'Vulgar'.
45.
Find out from the following words, the word opposite in meaning to:
46.
Canal irrigation is mostly seen in
47.
Find out the appropriate word, that befits the underlined part of the sentence :
He set aside all objections and granted the prayer.
48.
Find out the appropriate preposition to fill up the gap :
I cannot account __ his absence
49.
Adina Mosque is situated at?
50.
Nagarjuna Sagar Project is located on which river?
51.
The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 40 years. 4 years ago, the ratio of their ages was 2 : 1. The present age of the father is:
52.
Find out the right word to complete the following sentence :
53.
An atom that loses an electron becomes one of the following:
54.
Complete the idiom by choosing the right part from the alternatives given below :
55.
Which 'wh' form is applicable, to make the following assertive sentence, a proper interrogative sentences :
56.
Working together A and B can complete a work in 12 days. B alone can complete the work in 30 days. How many days will A take to complete the work alone?
57.
Fill in the blank by choosing correct preposition from below:
58.
A train 360 m long passes an electric pole in 18 seconds. Find the speed of the train?
59.
Mineral oil is the liquid form of which rock?
60.
How much can be subtracted from 72.5 to get 18.76?
61.
Complete the Idiom, choosing the right ending.
62.
Choose the right alternative from the options given :
Written notes used by a lawyer appearing in a court is
63.
Replace the underlined part of the sentence with the most appropriate phrase from the list :
Give me this instead of that
64.
Choose the word from the list which is opposite in meaning to the word given :
He was so excited that he could hardly speak.
65.
Find from the below, the word that means :
'A person who mends shoes'
