MODEL QUESTION PAPER FOR PA/SA

SA GENERAL ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER

1. I had just finished lunch when the phone …………
a)Rang
b)Had rung
c)Is ringing
d)Will ring
Ans. Rang

2. If my brother had not grabbed my arm I …………..
a)Might have slipped
b)May have slipped
c)Will have slipped
d)Shall have slipped
Ans. Might have slipped

3. We …………. a trip to Delhi last summer.

a)Have had
b)Had
c)Was
d)Were
Ans. Had

4. I ………….. home since last Christmas.
a)Haven’t gone
b)Hadn’t gone
c)Wouldn’t go
d)Shouldn’t go
Ans. Haven’t gone

5. We usually …………. Early and go for a walk.
a)Get up
b)Got up
c)Had got up
d)Getting up
Ans. Get up

6. Last Saturday we ………….. to visit our ancestral home.
a)Went
b)Will go
c)Have gone
d)Go
Ans. Went

7. Even though it was hard at first, I came ………….. the work in the factory.
a)To enjoy
b)Enjoyed
c)Enjoying
d)Enjoys
Ans. To enjoy

8. …………….. one of us should tell them the sad news?
a)Which
b)What
c)Who
d)Where
Ans. Which

9. The novel on …………… the film is based was written by an Indian.
a)Which
b)Whom
c)What
d)Who
Ans. Which

10. Agriculture has ………….. most prominent place in Indian economy.
a)A
b)An
c)The
d)No article
Ans. The

11. Compliment means ……………..
a)What completes
b)Good wishes
c)Complaint
d)Request
Ans. What completes

12. Ingenious means ……………
a)Foolish
b)Mismanaged
c)Clever
d)Cowardly
Ans. Clever

13. Diffident is the antonym of ……………..
a)Defeat
b)Clever
c)Confident
d)Disastrous
Ans. Confident

14. Exotic is the antonym of ……………….
a)Indigenous
b)Chaotic
c)Neurotic
d)Myopic
Ans. Indigenous

15. The synonym of avaricious is …………….
a)Greedy
b)Ready
c)Capricious
d)Audacious
Ans. Greedy

16. Which of the following words is spelt correctly ?
a)Embarrassment
b)Embarassment
c)Embarasment
d)Embarrasment
Ans. Embarrassment

17. We thought ………….. the matter.
a)In
b)About
c)Upon
d)On
Ans. About

18. The train is always ………….
a)Panctually
b)Panctuality
c)Panctual
d)Be punctual
Ans. Panctual

19. If you go to the doctor, he ………….. you some medicine.
a)Give
b)Would give
c)Will give
d)Would have given
Ans. Will give

20. The story of this book is based ………….. truth.
a)On
b)With
c)To
d)For
Ans. On

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TO  Download   Please  click  --------   DOWNLOAD/VIEW  Q1 Which  is  the  biggest planet Jupiter

Q2    Who  found Pluto’s   moon   Jim Christy  from USA   in 1978

Q3   The minor planets  are called as ---------------- Asteroids

Q4    What is  the  full  form  of  INSAT  Indian National  Satellite

Q5  Name the  first  ever  robot spacecraft  to  probe  planet Venus  Magellan

Q6   When did the first liquid –fuel rocket fly  In 1926

Q7  Who  was the  first man  in space Yuri  Gagarin

Q8  Who  first  drove on the moon David  Scott and  James  Irwin   (They  drove  the battery  powered  buggy )

Q9  Who  first  set  foot  on  the  moon  Neil  Armstrong  in  1969

Q10 Which  was the  first  space  station The  first  manned  space  station was  Salyut  1  launched  in 1971

Q11   Which  was  the  first  satellite  in  space  Sputnik  1  was  the first  satellite  to orbit  the Earth

Q12   What  are  stars made  of  Stars are mostly  made of  two  gases   Hydrogen and  helium

Q13   who  made  the  first  telescope  Hans  Lippershey   made  the  first  telescope  in  1608

Q14  Who  said  the planets go  round the  Sun  ? Nicolaus  Copernicus

Q15  Who  made  the  first  radio  telescope Grote  Reber made  the  first  radio  telescope   in  1930

Q16  ------------  is  one  of the   basic  forces  in  the  universe  Gravity

Q17 ` When did Indian  space   research  begin 1961

Q18  What  is meant  by  ISRO  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation

Q19  Name   India’s  first  satellite  Aryabhatta

Q20  Neil  Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin launched in 1969  ib  which  part  of  the  moon   Sea  of  Tranquillity

Q21 Which  planet   is  known  as  the  red planet Mars

Q22 At what  speed  does  the  moon  circle  the earth? 3680 KM  per hour

Q23 Name the  planet  that  has  only  one  satellite  Earth

Q24  Which  planet  takes  almost  30  earth  years to  orbit  the  sun  Saturn

Q25  When  did  Luna -9  land  on  the  moon 1966

Q26   Name the  planet  which  has  the  largest  number  of  satellites  Jupiter

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QUESTION	ANSWER
A PERSON WITH A LONG EXPERIENCE IN A PROFESSION	VETERAN
WORDS WRITTEN ON A TOMB	EPITAPH
SOMTHING NO LONGER IN USE	OBSOLETE
BEST SYNONYM OF "ZEALOT" IS	FANATIC
BEST SYNONYM OF "WORTHLESS"	CHEAP
BEST SYNONYM OF "WITHER" IS	DECAY
BEST SYNONYM OF "MAMMOTH" IS	HUGE
BEST SYNONYM OF "HOMILY" IS	SERMON
BEST SYNONYM OF "ROBUST" IS	STRONG
BEST ANTONYM OF "AUGMENT" IS	DECREASE
BEST ANTONYM OF "RIDICLE" IS	REASONABLE
BEST ANTONYM OF "SANCTITY" IS	UNHOLY
SCHOOL BOY WHO CUTS CLASSES FREQUENTLY	Truant
A PLACE WHERE BEES ARE KEPT	Apiary
ANIMALS THAT CAN LIVE BOTH ON LAND AND WATER	Amphibians

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the remainder is 46, the dividend is:
(1) 4236 (2) 4306
(3) 4336 (4) 5336

2. If 1.5 x= 0.04 y, then the value of (y-x) (y+x) is:
(1) 730/77 (2) 73/77
(3) 7.3/77 (4) 703/77

3. An employee may claim Rs. 7.00 for each km when he travels by taxi and Rs. 6.00 for each km if he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed Rs. 595 for traveling km. How many kms did he travel by taxi?
(1) 55 (2) 65
(3) 62 (4) 70

4. The square root of 3 + 5 is :
(1) “3 /2 + 1/”2 (2) “3 /2 – 1/”2
(3) “5 /2 – 1/”2 (4) “(5/2) + “(1/2)

5. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 370C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 340C, if the temperature on Thursday was 4/5th that of Monday, then what was the temperature on Thursday?
(1) 36.50C (2) 360C
(3) 35.50C (4) 340C

6. A certain number of two digits is three times the sum of its digits. If 45 be added to it, the digits are reversed. The number is:
(1) 72 (2) 32
(3) 27 (4) 23

7. Three years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years. While C joining them now, the average becomes 22 years. How old (in years) is C now?
(1) 24 (2) 27
(3) 28 (4) 30

8. If 2^(2x-1) = 8^(3-x), then the value of x is:
(1) -1 (2) -2
(3) 2 (4) 3

9. A man’s basic pay for a 40 hours’ week is Rs. 200. Overtimes is paid at 25% above the basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total was Rs. 300. He therefore, worked for a total of (in hours):
(1) 52 (2) 56
(3) 58 (4) 62

10. On a Rs. 10, 000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of 10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better one he can save (in Rupees):
(1) 200 (2) 255
(3) 400 (4) 433

11. Rs. 600 are divided among A, B, C so that Rs. 40 more than 2/5 th of A’s share, Rs. 20 more that 2/7 th of B’s share and Rs. 10 more than 9/17 th of C’s may all be equal. What is A’s share (in Rupees)?
(1) 150 (2) 170
(3) 200 (4) 280

12. A, B, C started a business with their investment in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4 months, A invested the same amount as before and B as well as C withdrew half of their investments. The ratio of their profits at the end of the year was:
(1) 5 : 6 : 10 (2) 6 : 5 :10
(3) 10 : 5 : 6 (4) 4 : 3 : 5

13. If 9 men working 71/2 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 20 days, then how many days will be taken by 12 men, working 6 hours a day to finish the work? It is being given that 2 men of latter type work as much as 3 men of the former type?
(1) 91/2 (2) 11
(3) 121/2 (4) 13

14. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the cistern is:
(1) 12 (2) 14
(3) 16 (4) 18

15. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C running in the same direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed (in kmph) of the train C?
(1) 111 (2) 123
(3) 127 (4) 129

16. River is running at 2 kmph. It took a man twice as long to row up as to row down the river. The rate (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:
(1) 8 (2) 10
(3) 4 (4) 6

17. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg.) sold at 18% profit is:
(1) 560 (2) 600
(3) 400 (4) 640

18. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13, 380 after 3 years and Rs. 20, 070 after 6 years on compound interest. The sum (in Rupees) is:
(1) 8800 (2) 8890
(3) 8920 (4) 9040

19. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug 10 m deep. Earth taken out of it, has been evenly spread all around it to a width of 21m to form an embankment. The height (in metres) of the embankment is:
(1) 1/2 (2) 2/3
(3) 3/4 (4) 3/5

20. A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq metres and a perimeter of 46 metres. The length of its diagonal (in metres) is:
(1) 11 (2) 13
(3) 15 (4) 17

ANSWERS
1. (4), 2. (2), 3. (1), 4. (4), 5. (2) 6. (3), 7. (1), 8. (3), 9. (2), 10. (2) 11. (1), 12. (1), 13. (3), 14. (2), 15. (1) 16. (4), 17. (2), 18. (3), 19. (2), 20. (4)