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Copyright © 2015 Science Olympiad Foundation. Printed with the permission of Science Olympiad Foundation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Ownership of an ebook does not give the possessor the ebook copyright. All disputes subject to Delhi jurisdiction only.

Disclaimer : The information in this book is to give you the path to success but it does not guarantee 100% success as the strategy is completely dependent on its execution. And it is based on last years papers of NCO exam.

Published by : MTG Learning Media (P) Ltd.Corporate Office : Plot 99, 2nd Floor, Sector 44 Institutional Area, Gurgaon, Haryana. Phone : 0124 - 4951200Web: mtg.in Email: [email protected]

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10ªª th NCO 2010

11ªª th NCO 2011

12ªª th NCO 2012 - SET A

12ªª th NCO 2012 - SET B

13ªª th NCO 2013 - SET A

13ªª th NCO 2013 - SET B

14ªª th NCO 2014 - SET A

14ªª th NCO 2014 - SET B

Contents

CLASS 10

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International Mathematics

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

MTG CSS

Series

MTG CSS

Series

MTG CSS

Series

MTG Work-Books / olyMpiad Books

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

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International Mathematics

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

MTG CSS

Series

MTG CSS

Series

MTG CSS

Series

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

MTG Work-Books / olyMpiad Books

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International Mathematics

Olympiad

Math IQChallenge

Math IQChallenge

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

Science IQChallenge

Science IQChallenge

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

Psychology ofSuccess

NationalCyber

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

The Secrets ofSUCCESS

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

MTG CSS

Series

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

MTG CSS

Series

MTG Work-Books / olyMpiad Books

CLASS 7

CLASS 8

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International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

MTG Work-Books / olyMpiad Books

CLASS 10

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

NationalCyber

Olympiad

InternationalEnglish

Olympiad

CLASS 9

Math IQChallenge

Science IQChallenge

Psychology ofSuccess

The Secrets ofSUCCESS

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

Math IQChallenge

Science IQChallenge

Psychology ofSuccess

The Secrets ofSUCCESS

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

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NationalCyber

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

MTG Work-Books / olyMpiad Books

CLASS 12

NationalCyber

Olympiad

International Mathematics

Olympiad

NationalScience

Olympiad

CLASS 11

Math IQChallenge

Science IQChallenge

Psychology ofSuccess

The Secrets ofSUCCESS

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

Math IQChallenge

Science IQChallenge

Psychology ofSuccess

The Secrets ofSUCCESS

Master MentalAbility in 30 Days

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FoUNdaTioN CoUrsEFor Classes 7, 8, 9 & 10

JEE (Main & Advanced) | AIPMT | BOARDS | OLYMPIAD | NTSE

Class 7

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Class 10

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MENTAL ABILITY

1. Rehaan is using a computer program to design parts for a new car. He 5 4 3 2 1

–1 –2 –3 –4 –5

1 2 3 4 5 –5 –4 –3 –2 –10 x

y

has outlined one­half of a part on a coordinate grid. Rather than draw the second half, he plans to have the computer reflect this shape over the y­axis ? Which of the following represents the 5 vertices of the reflected shape ? (A) (0, 0); (0, 2); (–1, 3); (–2, 3); (–2, 0) (B) (0, 0); (0, 3); (–1, 3); (–2, 2); (–2, 0) (C) (0, 0); (0, –3); (1, –3); (2, –2); (2, 0) (D) (0, 0); (0, –3); (–1, –3); (–2, –2); (–2, 0)

2. In the diagram shown here, one segment AT is a diameter of the circle with centre O. What is the area of the shaded part of the circle ? O

T

A

30° 16

cm

(A) 18.3 cm 2 (B) 42.3 cm 2

(C) 145.6 cm 2 (D) 194.1 cm 2

3. Ayush was born two years after his father's marriage. His mother is five years younger than his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10 years old. At what age did the father get married ? (A) 23 years (B) 25 years (C) 33 years (D) 35 years

DIRECTION (4­5) : Read the following information to answer the following questions : A bag contains coins of four different denominations, viz. 1 Rupee, 50­paise, 25­paise and 10­paise. There are as many 50­paise coins as the value of 25­paise coins in rupees. The value of 1­rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50­paise coins. The ratio of the number of 10­paise coins to that of 1­rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total number of coins in the bag is 325.

4. How many 10­paise coins are there ? (A) 25 (B) 50 (C) 75 (D) 100

5. What is the value of 50­paise coins ? (A) Rs. 10 (B) Rs. 15 (C) Rs. 20 (D) Rs. 30

6. Given : A vehicle can travel across the desert at 20 m/hr. Its road speed is 50 m/hr. The distance from Q to P is x metres.

road

desert P

Q

R x

y The distance from P to R is y metres. Which expression represents the time (in hours) it would take to travel from Q to R through P ?

(A) 20x + 50y (B) 50x + 20y (C) 20 50 x y

+ (D) ( ) (20 50) x y +

+

7. Look at the given rectangles. M N The rectangles have the same width. The length of rectangle M is 4 units less than the length of rectangle N. Which of the following statement about these rectangles must be true ? (A) The perimeter of rectangle M is 8 units less than the perimeter of rectangle N. (B) The area of rectangle M is 16 square units less than the area of rectangle N. (C) The perimeter of rectangle M is 16 units less than the perimeter of rectangle N. (D) The area of rectangle M is 16 square units more than the area of rectangle N.

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8. Ashish leaves his house at 20 minutes to seven in the morning, reaches Kunal's house in 25 minutes, they finish their breakfast in another 15 minutes and leave for their office which takes another 35 minutes. At what time do they leave Kunal's house to reach their office ? (A) 7:40 a.m. (B) 7:20 a.m. (C) 7:45 a.m. (D) 8:15 a.m.

DIRECTION : In an imaginary language, the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are substituted by a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i and j. And 10 is written as ba.

9. dc × f – (bf – d) × d is equal to ______ (A) abb (B) abe (C) bce (D) bcf

10. Four numbers are shown. 31 5 , 7 , 50, 7.82 4 8

Which series shows these numbers ordered from least to greatest ?

(A) 5 31

7 , , 7.82, 50 8 4 (B)

31 5 50, 7.82, , 7

4 8 (C) 5 31

50, 7 , , 7.82 8 4 (D)

31 5 , 50, 7 , 7.82

4 8

11. If 7 4 3 , 7 4 3

x +

= −

then x 2 (x – 14) 2 = _________

(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 12 (D) –12

12. A missing helicopter is reported to have crashed somewhere in the rectangular region shown in the figure. What is the probability that it crashed inside the lake shown in the figure ?

(A) 5 27 (B) 5

28 2 km

4.5 km

6 km

9 km

Lake

(C) 9 28 (D) 2

27

13. Weekly salaries of the employees at a local video store are shown in the table. What is the mean weekly salary at this video store (in Rs.) ? (A) 230.48

Weekly Salaries at Video Store

Weekly Salaries (Rs.) 1,000 500 350 120 80

Number of Employees at this Salary 1 2 4 8 6

(B) 242.00 (C) 322.67 (D) 350.00

14. The graph of the function f (x) is shown here. y

y f x = ( ) x

4 3 2 1

­1 ­2 ­3 ­4

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ­3 ­2 ­1

Which of the following is not a zero of f (x) ?

(A) –4

(B) –3

(C) 2

(D) 6

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15. Mohit and Tarun disagreed about the answer to a problem. Mohit said that the equation they were working on satisfies more than one value. If Mohit is correct, on which of these equations could they have been working ? (A) 2x + 4 = 3x + 4 (B) 2x + 4 = 3x + 5 (C) 2x + 4 = 2(x + 2) (D) 2x + 4 = 2(x + 3)

LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING

DIRECTION : The following problem contains four Problem figures marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 and four Answer figures marked A, B, C, and D. Select a figure from amongst the Answer figures which will continue the same series as given in the Problem figures.

16. 1 2 3 4

Problem figures

(A) (B) (C) (D)

17. Read the information given below. (i) There is a group of five girls. (ii) Kamini is second in height but younger than Rupa. (iii) Pooja is taller than Monika but younger in age. (iv) Rupa and Monika are of same age but Rupa is taller between them. (v) Neelam is taller than Pooja and elder to Rupa. If they are arranged in the ascending order of height, who will be in the third position ?

(A) Monika (B) Monika or Rupa (C) Rupa (D) Neelam

18. Which of the following diagram correctly shows relationship between "Car, Train and Automobile"?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

19. Pradeep correctly remembers that he visited Chennai before twelfth of July but after eighth of July. His friend correctly remembers that Pradeep visited Chennai after tenth of July but before fourteenth of July. On which day of July, Pradeep Visited Chennai ? (A) Eleventh (B) Twelfth (C) Tenth (D) Either tenth or eleventh

20. Complete the series

× = × = × = × ?

(A) = ×

(B) = × (C)

= × (D)

= × 21. Statement : Should the parents in India in future be forced to opt for only one child as against two

or many at present ? Arguments : (i). Yes. This is the only way to check the ever­increasing population of India.

(ii). No. This type of pressure tactic is not adopted by any other country in the world. (A) Only argument (i) is strong (B) Only argument (ii) is strong (C) Either (i) or (ii) is strong (D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is strong

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22. Three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements : All buildings are rains. All papers are buildings. All dogs are papers. Conclusions : (i) All dogs are rains (ii) Some papers are rains

(iii) Some rains are buildings (iv) Some rains are papers (A) Only (i) and (ii) follow (B) Only (ii) and (iii) follow (C) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) follow (D) None of these

23. How many squares are there in the following figure ?

(A) 19 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20

24. A statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Choose ____ Statement : Sealed tenders are invited from competent contractors experienced in executing construction jobs. Conclusions : I. Tenders are invited only from experienced contractors.

II. It is difficult to find competent tenderers in construction jobs.

(A) If conclusion I follows (B) If only conclusion II follows (C) If either I or II follows (D) If neither I nor II follows

25. If 'A' stands for +, 'B' stands for –, 'C' stands for '×', then what is the value of (10 C 4) A(4 C 4) B 6 ?

(A) 60 (B) 56 (C) 50 (D) 46

26. A man is facing North West. He turns 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the anti­clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ?

(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South

27. A and B are a married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is brother of A. How is Y related to B?

(A) Brother­in­law (B) Brother (C) Cousin (D) Son­in­law

28. If in a certain language A is coded as 1, B is coded as 2, and so on. How is BIDDIC coded in that code ?

(A) 294493 (B) 284563 (C) 375582 (D) 394492

29. Find the wrong number in the series : 3, 8, 15, 24, 34, 48, 63

(A) 15 (B) 24 (C) 34 (D) 48

30. Complete the Fig (X). ?

Fig. (X)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

31. While sending a file or message on internet, it is first divided into very small parts known as ___ . (A) Point (B) Packet (C) Particle (D) Byte

32. In email address the phrase following '@' character represents ______ .

(A) User name (B) e­mail recipient (C) Domain name (D) e­mail client

33. Which of the following is not a browser ? (A) Firefox (B) Opera (C) Google chrome (D) Google talk

34. In the HTML code, additional behaviour can be given to elements by adding ____ . (A) Attributes (B) Tags (C) Styles (D) Commands

35. The value of #000000 is (according to Hex code for colours) ______ .

(A) Black (B) White (C) Red (D) Blue

36. Which attribute is used with <img> tag ? (A) href (B) src (C) align (D) type

37. How much disk space does a standard CD have ? (A) 700 MB (B) 600 MB (C) 500 MB (D) 200 MB

38. Which alignment is not present in following set ?

(A) Right align (B) Left align (C) Justify (D) Centred

39. Which of the following is not a function of CPU ? (A) Control functions (B) Arithmetic operations (C) Memory management (D) File management

40. Identify the following component of a spreadsheet.

(A) Row heading (B) Column heading (C) Cells (D) Sheets tabs

41. Which of the following is not a language processor ? (A) Assembler (B) Interpreter (C) Compiler (D) Multiplexer

42. E­commerce is another name for doing _______ on internet. (A) Study (B) Logging (C) Research (D) Business

43. Consider the statement given below. To and fro movement of instructions and data continuously takes place between the main memory and the central processing unit through an input device. The above statement is _____ (A) True (B) False (C) Can't say (D) Incomplete

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44. Match the following Boolean expressions with their propositional forms. Where, X → has multimedia, Y → has internet (1) Y (a) Has either multimedia or internet (2) X + Y (b) Does not have multimedia and internet (3) (X l Y)′ (c) Has internet (A) 1c, 2a, 3b (B) 1a, 2b, 3c (C) 1c, 2b, 3a (D) 1b, 2a, 3c

45. A modem is a hardware device that interfaces ______ . (A) CPO and CRT (B) Printer and main memory (C) Telephone lines and computer equipment (D) Main memory and auxiliary memory

46. Which of the following shows the status bar in the picture ?

R

P Q S

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

47. A program that is capable of self­replicating to other computers via networks, but does not cause much damage to the computer itself is ______ . (A) Worm (B) Virus (C) Trojan horse (D) Malicious code

48. The part of a website name, which needs to be registered is _____ .

(A) Domain name (B) Identity (C) Host name (D) Link

49. Process of duplication of data to help us out if the hard disk crashes is known as ______ .

(A) Data inconsistency (B) Data repentance (C) Data Redundancy (D) Data interdependence

50. USB stands for ______ .

(A) Universal Serial Bus (B) University Service Bus (C) Universal Service Bus (D) None of these

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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MENTAL ABILITY

1. If a + b + c = 0, then 2 –1 –1 –1 2 –1 –1 –1 2 a b c a b c a b c x x x = _______ .

(A) 2 2 2 a b c x (B)

2 2 2 1/a b c x (C) 1/2 x (D) 3 x

2. Let x and y be positive integers such that x is prime and y is composite, then _______

(A) y – x cannot be an even integer (B) xy cannot be an even integer

(C) ( ) x y

x +

cannot be an even integer (D) None of these

3. One of the factor of 12(a 2 + 7a) 2 – 8(a 2 + 7a)(2a – 1) – 15(2a – 1) 2 is _______

(A) 2a 2 + 8a + 3 (B) 2a 2 – 8a + 3 (C) 2a 2 – 8a – 3 (D) 2a 2 + 8a – 3

4. In the given ∆ABC, AZ = ZC; BM = 2MC and if area of ∆ABC = 8 m 2 , find the area of ∆BZM.

(A) 1.56 m 2 A

B C M

Z (B) 2.67 m 2

(C) 1.67 m 2

(D) 1.65 m 2

5. If P n = cos n x + sin n x, then 2P 6 – 3P 4 + 1 =

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 1

6. A coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of getting heads on first two tosses.

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/3

7. If the G.C.D. of the polynomials x 3 – 3x 2 + px + 24 and x 2 – 7x + q is (x – 2), then the value of (p + q) is _____.

(A) 0 (B) 20 (C) –20 (D) 40

8. In a rectangle ABCD, P and Q are the mid­points of BC and AD respectively and R is any point on PQ, then area (∆ARB) equals _____.

(A) 1 ( )

2 ABCD X (B)

1 ( )

3 ABCD X (C)

1 ( )

4 ABCD X (D) None of these

9. 1/3 1/3 If = (4 + 15) + (4 15) x − , then the value of x 3 – 3x – 8 is _____ .

(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 0

10. Consider the volumes of the following: 1. A parallelopiped of length 5 cm, breadth 3 cm and height 4 cm. 2. A cube of each side 4 cm. 3. A cylinder of radius 3 cm and length 3 cm. 4. A sphere of radius 3 cm. The volumes of these in the decreasing order is ______.

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 1, 3, 2, 4 (C) 4, 2, 3, 1 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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11.

− −

1 1 + If = , then = ____.

1 1 +

p q

x

p q

p p q q p

x q

q q p p

(A) p – q (B) p + q (C) q – p (D) pq

12. The common quantity that must be added to each term of a 2 : b 2 to make it equal to a : b is

(A) ab (B) a + b (C) a – b (D) a/b

13. Find the points at which the graph of the equation –4y = 15 – 5x crosses the x­axis and the y­axis.

(A) (0, – 3.75) and (3, 0) (B) (0, 3) and (0, –3.75) (C) (– 3.75, 0) and (0, 3) (D) (3, 0) and (–3.75, 0)

14. ∆LOM is similar to ∆PON. What is the ratio of the lengths of the sides of ∆LOM to the lengths of the corresponding sides of ∆PON ?

(A) 2 5 (B)

3 5

P

L

O M N 10 15 (C) 2 3 (D)

3 2

15. If 2tanθ = 3, then 4sinθ + 5cosθ = 6sinθ + 2cosθ

(A) 1 2 (B) 1 (C)

117 (D)

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LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING

16. How many triangles are there in the adjoining figure?

(A) 10 (B) 13

(C) 4 (D) 16

17. If A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row, but C and D cannot be together. Also, B cannot be at the third place, then which of the following must be false ?

(A) A is at the first place (B) A is at the second place (C) A is at the third place (D) A is at the fourth place

18. Rima is taller than Sarika but not taller than Reena. Reena and Tanya are of the same height. Rima is shorter than Anu. Amongst all the girls, who is the shortest ?

(A) Anu (B) Reena and Tanya (C) Rima (D) Sarika

19. A part of the figure is missing. Find out from the given options the right figure to fit in the missing figure.

(A) (B)

? (C) (D)

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20. Which letter will come in place of * ?

(A) C (B) A

(i) (iii) (ii)

A

B D

E F A A

B *

(C) D

(D) E

21. Some of the cricket players are tennis players, some tennis players are hockey players and no cricket player is a hockey player. Which of the following diagrams correctly represents the statements?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

22. Letters of the word given below have been jumbled up. You are required to construct the words. Each letter has been numbered is followed by four options. Choose the option which gives the correct order of the letters as indicated by the numbers to form words.

V A R S T E 1 2 3 4 5 6

(A) 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5 (B) 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1 (C) 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6 (D) 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 1

23. Choose the correct mirror image of the figure (X) if mirror is placed along PQ.

(A) (B)

Fig. (X)

P

Q (C) (D)

24. A figure marked as transparent sheet is given. One out of these four options resembles the figure which is obtained by folding transparent sheet along the dotted line.

(A) (B)

Transparent Sheet (C) (D)

25. Read the following information and select the best answer choice. In a study of five brands of pain relieving tablets P, Q, R, S and T, the brands were tested and ranked against each other as more or less effective per dose. The following results were obtained. (i) P was more effective than Q. (ii) The effectiveness of R was less than that of S. (iii) T was the least effective brand tested. (iv) Q and R were equally effective. (v) The effectiveness of S was greater than that of Q. If the above statements are true, which of the following must also be true? (A) R was less effective than P (B) P was the most effective. (C) S was the most effective. (D) T was most effective.

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26. A policeman left his police post and proceeded south 4 km on hearing a loud sound from point A. On reaching the place, he heard another sound and proceeded 4 km to his left to the point B. From B he proceeded left to reach another place C, 4 km away. In which direction, he has to go to reach his police post ?

(A) North (B) South (C) South­East (D) West

27. In a row of children facing North, Shweta is fifteenth from the left and Jyoti is third to the left of Shweta. Ram who is seventh to the right of Jyoti is fifth from the right end of the row. What is Shweta's position from the right end?

(A) 12 th (B) 10 th (C) 8 th (D) 9 th

28. Samant remembers that his brother's birthday is after 15 th but before 18 th of February, while his sister remembers that her brother's birthday is after 16 th but before 19 th of February. On which date in February is Samant's brother's birthday ?

(A) 16 th (B) 18 th (C) 19 th (D) 17 th

29. If p means 'division', t means 'addition', m means 'subtraction' and d means 'multiplication' then what will be the value of the expression 12 m 12 d 28 p 7 t 15?

(A) –30 (B) –15 (C) 15 (D) –21

30. Find the missing character. 2 3

4 5

7

9 ?

5

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

31. All computers must have _____ .

(A) Word processing software (B) An operating system

(C) A printer attached (D) A virus checking program

32. The resolution of a printer is measured in ____ .

(A) Megabits (B) Hz (C) Dots per inch (DPI) (D) Inches

33. A computer port is used to ____ .

(A) Communicate with other computer peripherals (B) Communicate with all hard drives

(C) Connect computers together (D) All of these.

34. Which of the following is not a container element ?

(A) <UL> (B) <OL> (C) <DT> (D) None of these

35. What tool is used to split the window into different parts of the same worksheet ?

(A) The title bar (B) The scroll bar (C) The toolbar (D) The split box

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36. Which of these statements on Vlookup() is false ? (A) The Vlookup function can be used to compare a value that's between two values or for an exact value. (B) When this function is used to find a value between, you must always place the smallest possible value first

in the first column. (C) The values of the first column must be in descending order. (D) With this function, the comparison table is always read vertically.

37. To make one section of slides in your presentation use a different design template from the other slides, what do you do? (A) Select the slide thumbnails in that section, and apply a different colour scheme. (B) Select the slide thumbnails in that section, and apply a different design template. (C) Select one of the slides in the section you want to change, customize the fonts and colors, and use the Format

Painter to apply those styles to the other slides in the section. (D) None of these.

38. You're giving your presentation, and you need to click to a slide that's a few slides back. How do you get there ? (A) Press ESC to get back into normal view; click the correct slide thumbnail in normal view; then click the Resume

Slide Show button. (B) Press BACKSPACE until you hit the slide you're looking for. (C) Right­click, point to Go on the shortcut menu, point to By Title, and click the slide you want to go to. (D) None of these

39. Using a custom animation effect, how do you make text appear on a slide in fly mode? (A) Apply the animation scheme Fade in one by one. (B) Apply an entrance effect, and then set it to By letter in the Effect Options dialog box. (C) Apply the Fly mode option in entrance effect to the text. (D) None of these

40. What is a spider ? (A) It is an operating system (B) A program that catalogs Websites (C) A hacker who breaks into corporate computer systems (D) An application for viewing Websites

41. A word processor is _____ . (A) An application (B) A powerful tool for editing documents (C) A powerful tool for modifying the look of a document (D) All of these

42. The Standard Toolbar (A) Provides a list of pull­down menu names. (B) Displays information about commands being selected. (C) Is used to execute commonly performed actions. (D) Is used to bring hidden parts of a document into view.

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43. If you accidentally deleted some text from a document, and you want it back, you should _____ (A) Select "Redo" or press Ctrl + Y (B) Immediately close the document and reopen it (C) Restart the computer (D) Select "Undo" or press Ctrl + Z.

44. With reference to multimedia elements, pick the odd­one out of the following. (A) Graphics (B) Animation (C) Audio (D) Voice Script

45. Every network interface card (NIC) comes with its own _______ address. (A) Internet Protocol (IP) (B) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (C) Media Access Control (MAC) (D) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)

46. To create a bulleted list use? (A) <ol> (B) <il> (C) <bullet> (D) <ul>

47. ______ refers to any type of application or presentation that involves more than one type of media, such as text, graphics, video, animation, and sound. (A) An executable file (B) Desktop publishing (C) Multimedia (D) Hypertext

48. Which is not valid HTML ? (A) <frameset columns = "16%, 84%"> (B) <frameset rows = "16%, 84%"> (C) <frameset table = "100, 100"> (D) <frameset cols = "100%, 150%">

49. Auxiliary storage is ________ . (A) Used to store work while it's being processed (B) For hard copy only, like a filing cabinet (C) Another name for primary storage (D) Used for work that is not being processed

50. Magnetic tape storage is primarily used for _______ . (A) Backups (B) Installing new programs (C) Rarely used software (D) None of these

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MENTAL ABILITY

1. An intelligence agency forms a code of two distinct digits selected from 0, 1, 2, ...., 9 such that the first digit of the code is non-zero. The code, handwritten on a slip, can however potentially create confusion when read upside down – for example, the code 91 may appears as 16. How many codes are there for which no such confusion can arise?

(A) 80 (B) 78 (C) 71 (D) 69

2. The polynomial f(x) has roots of equations 3, –3, –k. Given that the coefficient of x3 is 2, and that f(x) has a remainder of 8 when divided by x + 1, find the value of k.

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) Can't be determined

3. If a and b are the roots of x2 – p(x + 1) – c = 0, then find (a + 1)(b + 1) and α αα α

β ββ β

2

2

2

22 1

2

2 1

2

+ ++ +

++ ++ +

=c c

respectively. (A) 1 – c, 1 (B) c – 1, 0 (C) 1 – c, –1 (D) c – 1, 2

4. A die is thrown two times. What is the probability of getting sum less than to a fifth multiple of 2?

(A) 5/6 (B) 1/6 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/3

5. With the vertices of a DABC as centres, three circles are described each touching the other two externally. If the sides of the triangle are 4, 6 and 8 cm respectively, then the sum of the radii of the three circles equals _______.

(A) 10 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 9

6. If the straight lines y = 4 – 3x; ay = x + 10; 2y + bx + 9 = 0 represent the three consecutive sides of a rectangle & if a is half of b, then ab = _______.

(A) 18 (B) –3 (C) 1/2 (D) –1/3

7. In given figure, S and T trisect the side QR of a right triangle PQR, then 3PR2 + 5PS2 =

(A) 4PT2

(B) 8PT2

(C) 8PT

(D) None of these

8. Column-II gives value of x and y for pair of equations given in Column-I, match them correctly. Column-I Column-II

(i) 2x + y = 8, x + 6y = 15 a. (3, 4)

(ii) 5x + 3y = 35, 2x + 4y = 28 b. (1/14, 1/6)

(iii) 17

16

31

21

35

x y x y+ = − =, c. (4, 5)

(iv) 15x + 4y = 61, 4x + 15y = 72 d. (3, 2) (A) (i) → (c); (ii) → (d); (iii) → (a); (iv) → (b) (B) (i) → (b); (ii) → (c); (iii) → (d); (iv) → (a)

(C) (i) → (d); (ii) → (c); (iii) → (b); (iv) → (a) (D) (i) → (d); (ii) → (b); (iii) → (a); (iv) → (c)

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9. If and thentansin

costan

sincos

,θφ

φφ

θθ

=−

=−

=x

xy

yxy1 1

____.

(A) sinsin

φθ

(B) sinsin

θφ

(C) sincos

θθ1 −

(D) sin

cosθ

φ1 −

10. An object is observed from three points A, B, C in the same horizontal line passing through the base of the object. The angle of elevation at B is twice and at C thrice that at A. If AB = a, BC = b prove that the height of the object is ____.

(A) 2a sinq cosq (B) 2a sinq (C) 2a cosq (D) None of these

LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING

11. There is a series begins with unmarked figure on the extreme left. One and only one of the four marked figures does not fit into the series. The two unmarked figures, one each on the extreme left and extreme right fit into the series. You have to take as many aspects into account as possible of the figures in the series and find out the one and only one of the four marked figures which does not fit into the series.

P Q R S=

== 0

Problem Figures

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

12. Kirti is taller than Kanika who is shorter than Kajal. Komal is taller than Kanchan but shorter than Kanika. Who among the following is the shortest?

(A) Kirti (B) Kajal (C) Kanchan (D) Kanika

13. Nimish wants to go to school from his house. First of all he goes to the crossing; from here he turns to right and reaches the bus-stand. Bus-stand is opposite to the library. In which direction is school located?

(A) North (B) East (C) West (D) Cannot be determined

14. The number of squares and triangles in the following figure are ______. (A) 7 squares, 18 triangles

(B) 7 squares, 19 triangles

(C) 8 squares, 17 triangles (D) None of these

15. In the following question, one set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it. Identify that set.

ab _ ab _ ab abb _ b _ ab (A) baaa (B) abbb (C) aaab (D) baab

16. In the following number series, one number does not follow the pattern of the series. Find the wrong number.

297, 272, 245, 216, 185, 153, 117 (A) 117 (B) 153 (C) 185 (D) 216

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17. Ravi's brother is 3 years senior to him. His father was 28 years of age when his sister born, while his mother was 26 years of age when he born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his brother was born, what was the age of Ravi's father and mother respectively when his brother was born ?

(A) 32 years, 29 years (B) 32 years, 30 years (C) 32 years, 23 years (D) 35 years, 33 years

18. By following certain logic, ‘Take Bath And Do worship of The Goddess’ is decoded as ‘And Bath Do Goddess of Take The worship.’ How will ‘Then Why Did You Not Do Your Study’ be decoded using that logic ?

(A) Did Do Not Then Study Why You Your (B) Do Did Not Study Then You Your Why (C) Did Do Not Study Then Why You Your (D) Do Did Not Study Then Your You Why

19. There is a set of three figures X, Y and Z have been given, showing a sequence in which a paper is folded and finally cut from a particular section. You have to select the answer figure which most closely resembles the unfolded piece of paper.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

20. Choose the correct mirror image from the options of the Fig. (X) if the mirror is placed vertically left.

(A) (B) (C) (D) Fig. (X)

COmpuTeRS AND INFORmATION TeCHNOlOGY

21. _________ are programs that automatically scan websites and create indexes of uRls, keywords and links.

(A) Crawlers (B) MetaTags (C) Browsers (D) Search Engines

22. What pages would be listed when you enter the following search term in www.google.co.in?President AND (Patil OR Kalam)

(A) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ AND ‘President Kalam’. (B) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil Kalam’. (C) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ and not ‘President Kalam’. (D) It will list all pages containing ‘President Patil’ Or ‘President Kalam’.

23. Choose the correct HTml syntax to left-align the content inside a table cell. (A) <td valign="left"> (B) <td align="left"> (C) <td leftalign> (D) <tdleft>

24. In the given example of a section of mS-excel worksheet how do you change the column width to fit the contents ?

(A) Double-click the boundary to the right of the column heading. 1234

UKUKUSAUSA

BuchanSuyamaPeacocLeverlin

A B

(B) Press ALT and single-click anywhere in the column.

(C) Single-click the boundary to the left of the column heading. (D) Double-click the boundary to the left of the column heading.

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25. Which one of the following is INCORReCT while selecting multiple cells in mS excel? (A) (A1:G50) (B) (A1, B3:C9) (C) (A1:B5:C5) (D) (A1:B5#C5)

26. In mS-powerpoint 2007, the picture cropping tool allows you to ________.

(A) reset a picture to its default settings (B) Change the contrast of a picture

(C) recolour a picture (D) remove a portion of a picture

27. In mS-powerpoint 2007, on the ribbon of which tab would you find Slide Background styles ? (A) Insert (B) Design (C) Slide Show (D) Home

28. In mS-Word 2007, setting up page margins is done through ____ tab. (A) Home (B) Page Layout (C) View (D) review

29. Which of the following is NOT a version of the Windows operating system? (A) Windows 90 (B) Windows 98 (C) Windows Vista (D) Windows Me

30. Identify this Semi-Automatic Calculating Device.

(A) Pascaline

(B) Staffelwalze

(C) Jaquard’s loom

(D) Difference Engine

31. match the following (as in mS-powerpoint 2007). Column-I Column-II

I. Slide Show a. Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add textClick to add text

Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add text

II. Slide master b.

III. Notes Page View c. Click to add text

Click to add text

Click to add title

IV. Slide Sorter View d.

V. Normal View e.

(A) I – d, II – e, III – c, IV – b, V – a (B) I – d, II – e, III – b, IV – a, V – c (C) I – c, II – d, III – e, IV – b, V – a (D) I – c, II – e, III – d, IV – a, V – b

32. Which feature of mS-excel 2007, allows you to monitor cells in other worksheets whilst making changes in the current worksheet?

(A) Data Validation (B) Trace Precedents (C) Watch Window (D) Trace Error

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33. Match the following: Column-I Column-II I. Newsgroups a. Buying and selling products on the internet. II. e-mail b. A tool allowing your pC to connect to another network and log in

as if you were a user on that system III. Telnet c. Discussions on the internet on a range of topics – recreational to

research IV. e-commerce d. Sending and receiving messages in electronic form over the

internet (A) I – c, II – a, III – d, IV – b (B) I – c, II – d, III – b, IV – a (C) I – c, II – a, III – b, IV – d (D) I – a, II – c, III – d, IV – b

34. What is the output of the following HTml code ? <html> <body> FIRST STATEMENT <BR> SECOND STATEMENT <BR> THIRD STATemeNT <BR> </body> </html> (A) FIrST STATEMENT SECOND STATEMENT THIrD STATEMENT

(B) FIrST STATEMENT SECOND STATEMENT THIrD STATEMENT

(C) FIrST STATEMENT (D) FIRST STATEMENT

SECOND STATEMENT SECOND STATEMENT THIrD STATEMENT THIRD STATemeNT

35. In mS-excel 2007, which of the following function returns the current date? (A) TODAY (B) DATE (C) DATEVALUE (D) TODAYSDATE

36. In mS-powerpoint 2007, which of the following statements about deleting slides is NOT correct? (A) Slides can be deleted during a slide show.

(B) A slide can be deleted by selecting the slide in left panel in normal view and clicking the Delete button on the Home tab.

(C) A slide can be deleted by selecting the slide in Slide Sorter view and pressing .

(D) A slide must be selected before it can be deleted.

37. In mS-excel 2007, the procedure to select a range of cells is ____. (A) Clickonfirstdesiredcell+pressshift+clickonlastdesiredcell

(B) Clickonfirstdesiredcell+pressctrl+clickonlastdesiredcell

(C) Clickonfirstdesiredcell+presstab+clickonlastdesiredcell (D) All of these

38. Reel, Cartridge, Streamer and DAT are types of which storage device? (A) rAM (B) EPrOM (C) Magnetic Tape (D) Floppy Disk

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39. Which mS-Word 2007 menu is shown here?

(A) Number List Menu (B) Bullet List Menu (C) Multilevel List Menu (D) Clip Art Menu

40. match the following Indent names with the Indent types: (in mS-Word 2007) Column-I Column-II I. left a. Indents just the first line of a paragraph from the left margin. II. Right b. Indents all but the first line of text from the left margin. III. First line c. Indents text from the right margin. IV. Hanging d. Indents text from the left margin. (A) I – d, II – c, III – a, IV – b (B) I – a, II – d, III – c, IV – b (C) I – b, II – d, III – c, IV – a (D) I – a, II – d, III – b, IV – c

41. Which device should be installed in a multimedia pC such that television signals can be received by it?

(A) TV tuner card (B) PC tuner card (C) HDMI cable (D) PCI express card

42. Identify this device from the description given below: o Allows user to create digital drawings by hand-drawing images. o It usually has a flat surface. o Commonly used for CAD terminals and engineering workstations. o A special pen called stylus is used to write on it. (A) Joystick (B) Digitizer tablet (C) Touch Screen (D) Optical Mark reader

43. Find the odd one out: (A) AVG (B) VLC Player (C) Winamp (D) Media Jukebox

44. Which of the following should be used to uninstall software from a computer in Windows 7 ?

(A) Add Hardware (B) Programs and Features

(C) Date and Time (D) Administrative tools

45. Which tab and function in mS-Word 2007 should be used to create a fully-formatted cover page for your document?

(A) review → Cover Page (B) Page Layout → Cover Page

(C) Layout → Cover Page (D) Insert → Cover Page

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46. Identify the kind of network shown in this figure.

(A) Star

(B) Bus

(C) ring

(D) Tree

47. Which part of the Cpu performs the (+,–,*,/) and (>, >=, <=, <=, = and <>) operations? (A) MU (B) CU (C) ALU (D) SU

48. Which of the following statements is correct for Gmail contacts manager. (A) You can search by phone numbers, if entered (B) Youcansearchbyaperson'sfirstand/orlastname. (C) You can search by domain or user name (D) All of these

49. In HTml, the links to sections within the same page are called _____. (A) Interwiki link (B) Internal link (C) External link (D) Anchors

50. You can search the e-mail with the following attachments. (A) .docx,.pptx,.xlsxfiles (B) .bmp,.jpg,.tif,.pngfiles (C) .zip,.rarfiles (D) All of these

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1. If one root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to nth power of the other, then (acn)1/(n + 1) + (anc)1/(n + 1) = ______.

(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) b (D) –b

2. Find the distance of a perpendicular from the centre of a circle to the chord if the diameter of the circle is (n + 5) cm and its chord is (n – 1) cm where n is the sum of an A.P. whose first term is 1 and second term is 2 more than first term and number of terms is five.

(A) 6 cm (B) 7 cm (C) 9 cm (D) 10 cm

3. If y = ax2 + 7x – 15 makes an intercept of units on x-axis, then the value of 'a' is _____.

(A) 7 (B) –15 (C) 2 (D) – 8

4. In the given figure, ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. AD and CE are the two medians drawn from A and C respectively. If AC = 5 cm and

then the length of CE is _______.

(A) 25 cm (B) 30 cm

A

B CD

E3 52 cm

(C) 20 cm (D) 35 cm

5. If one of the roots of the equation 3x3 + 11x2 + 12x + 4 = 0 is –1, then the other two roots are ________.

(A) –2, 2/3 (B) 2, –2/3 (C) 2, 2/3 (D) –2, –2/3

6. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting two prime numbers on both dice.

(A) 5/2 (B) 1/2 (C) 5/12 (D) 1/4

7. Column-II consists of solution values of problem given in Column-I, match them correctly. Column-I Column-II (i) Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, (a) (39, 13) whose length is 4 m more than its width, is 36 m, then dimensions of rectangle is _____. (ii) The difference between two numbers is 26 (b) (40, 10) and one number is three times the other, then two numbers are _____. (iii) Five year hence, the age of Jyoti's will be (c) (35, 71) three times that of her daughter. Five years ago, Jyoti's age was seven times that of her daughter, then the age of Jyoti and her daughter is _____. (iv) If 1 is added to each of the given two (d) (20, 16) numbers, then their ratio is 1 : 2. If 5 is subtracted from each of the numbers, then their ratio is 5 : 11, find the two numbers. (A) (i) – d, (ii) – b, (iii) – c, (iv) – c (B) (i) – d, (ii) – a, (iii) – c, (iv) – b

(C) (i) – d, (ii) – b, (iii) – a, (iv) – a (D) (i) – d, (ii) – a, (iii) – b, (iv) – c

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8. Which of the following is possible ? (A) tanq = 1, cosq = 2 (B) tanq = 1/ 3 , cosq = 3 /2 (C) tanq = 5, cosq = 1 (D) tanq = 100, cosq = 3/5

9. The cubic polynomial f (x) is such that (x + 1), (x – 2), (x + k) are factors of f(x) and the coefficient of x3 is –2. Given that f(x) has a remainder of 20 when divided by x – 4, then the value of k is _____.

(A) 2 (B) –5 (C) 5 (D) –1

10. AB is a vertical pole. The end A is on the level ground, C is the middle point of AB and P is a point on the level ground. The portion CB subtends an angle b at P. If AP = nAB, then tanb equal

______. Using tan( )tan tan

tan tanA B

A BA B

− =−

+ ⋅

1

(A) n

n2 12 + (B)

n

n2 1− (C)

n

n2 1+ (D) None of these

LoGICAL AnD AnALyTICAL ReAsonInG

11. A bird shooter was asked number of birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in all ?

(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 15

12. In the following number series how many such 7's are there which are preceeded by an odd number and followed by an even number?

2 4 5 3 7 6 3 2 5 7 3 5 4 2 3 4 5 3 6 7 3 5 7 3 9 3 (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4

13. Anand is taller than Vijay, sanjay is taller than Vipul but not as tall as Vijay, Dhananjay is taller than Anand. Who among the following is the shortest ?

(A) Vipul (B) Sanjay (C) Dhananjay (D) Anand

14. Find out a part from the given options that would complete the figure (X).

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

15. There is a set of three figures X, Y and Z have been given, showing a sequence in which a paper (P) is folded and finally cut from a particular section. Select the answer figure which most closely resembles the unfolded piece of paper.

P X y Z

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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16. Saurav starts from a definite point and moves towards East travelling a distance of 2 m. Then, he turns to right and travels 5 m. From here he turns to right and travels 8 m. Finally, he turns to right and moves 13 m. How far is he now from his starting point ?

(A) 8 m (B) 26 m (C) 14 m (D) 10 m

17. A woman walking with a dog meets another woman and on being asked about her relationship with the boy, she says, "My maternal uncle and his maternal uncle's maternal uncle are brothers." How is the boy related to the woman?

(A) Nephew (B) Son (C) Brother-in-law (D) Grandson

18. Three desk drawers I, II and III are being stocked with seven types of articles. Hand computer, Ink- pens, Labels, Markers, Rulers, Stationery, and Tapes are to be placed in the drawers so that the articles belonging to any given type are all in one drawer and no drawer contains more than three types of articles. The arrangement of the types of articles is subject to the following constraints :

(i) Hand computers and Rulers must be in a drawer together. (ii) Neither Ink-pens nor Markers can be in the same drawer as Labels. (iii) Neither Ink-pens nor Markers can be in the same drawer as Stationery. (iv) The Stationery must be either in drawer I or drawer II. Which of the following is an acceptable arrangement? Drawer I Drawer II Drawer III (A) Ink-pens Markers, Stationery, Tapes Hand Computers, Labels, Rulers (B) Ink-pens, Labels Markers, Tapes Hand Computers, Rulers (C) Labels, Stationery Tapes, Ink-pens, Hand Computers, Rulers Markers (D) Labels, Tapes Ink-pens, Markers Hand computers, Rulers, Stationery

19. In the given question, one set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it. Identify that set.

ab – ab – ab abb – b – ab (A) baaa (B) abbb (C) aaab (D) baab

20. If by following certain rearrangement code, 'When And Why Did You Take Dip In The Lake' gets decoded as 'And Did Dip In Lake Take The When Why You'. Which of the following would be decoded as 'Came They Frightened If Wish Here And Out There Through'?

(A) And They If Came Through Frightened There Out Here Wish (B) And They Came If Through Frightened There out Here Wish (C) Out They If Came Through Frightended And There Here Wish (D) And Came Frightened Here If Out There They Through Wish

CoMPuTERs AND INFoRMATIoN TECHNoLogY

21. What is the preferred way for setting the document background color to yellow in HTML? (A) <body bgcolour = yellow> (B) <background>yellow</background> (C) <body background="yellow"> (D) <body background-color:yellow>

22. In MS-Excel 2007, who am I? 1. I can be found on the Data tab. 2. I total data at changes in specified records. 3. I provide outline symbols so the data can be viewed at different levels. 4. I can use various functions including Sum, Average and Count. (A) Advanced Filter (B) Text to Columns (C) Subtotal (D) Consolidate

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23. Identify Ms-Word 2007 icon. (A) Start Mail Merge (B) Greeting Line (C) Envelopes (D) Finish & Merge

24. The process of conversion of Digital signals to Analog signals is called ________. (A) Modulation (B) Demodulation (C) Decryption (D) Encryption

25. Online communities of people who share interests or activities are called ________. (A) E-mail (B) E-Commerce (C) Web Servers (D) Social Networks

26. What is the HTML syntax to set the font of the text to ARIAL? (A) <FONT COLOR=ARIAL> (B) <FONT =’’ARIAL’’> (C) <FONT FACE=‘‘ARIAL’’> (D) <FONT TYPE=”ARIAL’’>

27. In MS-Excel 2007, what is a quick way to extend these numbers to a longer sequence, for instance 1 – 50? (A) Selectbothcells,andthendragthefillhandleovertherangeyouwant,

for instance 48 more rows.

(B) Select the range you want, including both cells. Point to Fill on the Home Tab, and then click Down.

(C) Copy the second cell, click in the cell below it, on the Quick access toolbar click the down arrow on the Paste button, and then click Paste Special.

(D) Select both cells and drag and drop in the next 48 cells.

DIRECTION (28-30) : Given below is an image of the back side of a computer system where some I/O ports have been appropriately labeled: Answer the questions based on the image:

28. Which I/O port is used to connect the monitor to the computer system? (A) Serial (B) USB (C) Parallel (D) VGA

29. I have a desktop printer which is to be connected to a LPT port on this computer. Which port should I connect it to?

(A) Parallel (B) Serial (C) PS/2 (D) VGA

30. On which port should the cables shown in this image be connected?

(A) Network (B) USB (C) PS/2 (D) VGA

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31. Which of the following ways CANNOT be used to create a table in MS-PowerPoint 2007? (A) On the Insert tab, click the Table button then choose the Insert Table option to select the number of columns

and rows needed.

(B) On the Insert tab, click the Table button then select the number of columns and rows needed.

(C) Draw a table using the Rectangle tool from the Drawing group on the Home tab.

(D) Insert a new slide, choose Title and Content layout, click the Table button and Insert Table.

DIRECTION (32-33) : Answer the following questions based on the given scenario:I am travelling to a different city for a Computer Science Exhibition. I have to carry data around 10 GB with me for the exhibition. Since, I would not be allowed to use my own laptop, I should carry that data in a portable storage device.

32. Which portable storage device should I use?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

33. I have not been able to find a suitable device to carry the data. My friend suggested that I should compress the data. I tried and it was fitting in a Pen Drive.

Can you tell which of the following applications might have been used by me to compress the data?

(A) Adobe Acrobat Reader (B) WinRAR (C) McAfee Secure (D) Disk Defragmenter

34. Which of the following is NoT a function of the operating system? (A) Process Management (B) File Management (C) Website Management (D) Device Management

35. These are high-speed temporary storage areas found in most modern CPUs. They work under the directions of the control unit – storing data and instructions immediately required for performing an operation.

(A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit (B) Bootstrap loader (C) Memory Unit (D) Registers

36. In MS-Excel 2007, if a cell contains =ROUND(3.4567,2), what value would be displayed as the result in that cell?

(A) 3.45 (B) 3.46 (C) 3.457 (D) 3.4567

37. In MS-Excel 2007, what statement describes the following function?

=SUMIF(D7:D14, ">1")

(A) It adds the values in cells D7:D14 if the value is greater than 1.

(B) It adds all the negative values in cells D7:D14.

(C) If the value in a cell is greater than 1, it counts the number of values.

(D) If the value in a cell is greater than 1, the range D7:D14 is placed on a summary sheet.

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38. In an MS-PowerPoint presentation, which of the following can be applied to objects so that the colors in the object blend with one another?

(A) Colorfill (B) Gradientfill (C) Pattern (D) Texture

39. Which MS-PowerPoint 2007 icon inserts an embedded object?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

40. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, Master Slides can be used to ________. (A) Display content on all slides of a presentation

(B) Set the formatting for all slides of a presentation

(C) Change the layout of the slides in a presentation (D) All of the above

41. This Ms-Word 2007 icon makes the text look like it was marked with a highlighter pen.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

42. Ram bought a new floppy disk and is about to format it. However, he is unable to do so. What might be the reason?

(A) Afloppydiskcannotbeformatted. (B) Thefloppydiskmaybewriteprotected. (C) Thefloppydiskmayalreadybefull. (D) All of these

43. ________ is also known as a working storage to store data and results temporarily. (A) Secondary Storage (B) Primary Storage (C) Tertiary Storage (D) Auxiliary Storage

44. Memory management technique in which memory is divided into variable sized chunks which can be allocated to processes is called ________.

(A) Paging (B) Segmentation (C) GDT (D) Realmode

45. Consider the two statements given below. Statement 1 : Normal speed of hard disk is 3600 revolutions per second. Statement 2 : Hard disk is fixed inside the cabinet of CPU. (A) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false. (B) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true. (C) Both statements are true. (D) Both Statements are false.

46. Identify the icon in MS-Excel 2007. (A) Data Validation

(B) Text to Columns

(C) What-If-Analysis (D) Consolidate

47. The alphabet ‘V’ in Vlink stands for ________. (A) Vision (B) Visited (C) Version (D) None of these

48. ________ tablets operates by a very small digital camera in the stylus and then doing pattern matching on the image of paper.

(A) Optical (B) Active (C) Acoustic (D) Capacitive

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49. Here is some information given below : 1. It is a Finnish Multinational Communications and information technology corporation headquartered

in Espoo, Finland. 2. Its founders are Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin. 3. It is involved in mobile phones, smartphones and mobile computers. Identify the corporation. (A) Samsung (B) Reliance (C) HTC (D) Nokia

50. Which of the following is NOT an MS-Excel Version? (A) Excel 2007 (B) Excel 2000 (C) Excel 96 (D) Excel 97

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MENTAL ABILITY

1. Find the greatest number that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4, 5 and 6 respectively.

(A) 64 (B) 63 (C) 44 (D) 21

2. In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. If PC : PA = 1:3 and ar(DBPC) = 16 cm2, then find ar(DADP).

B

C

A

D

P

(A) 64 cm2 (B) 16 cm2 (C) 48 cm2 (D) 24 cm2

3. Themeasuresofa rectangularfieldare20mby15m.Acubicalditchofedge4m isdugateachof the fourcornersof thefieldand the removedsoil is spreaduniformlyover the remainingfield.Bywhat height does the field get raised?

(A) 15

59m (B) 1

459

m (C) 13

59m (D) 1

259

m

4. Find the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x3 – 5x2 – 16x+80, if its twozerosareequal inmagnitudebut opposite in sign.

(A) 4, – 4, 5 (B) 5, –5, 4 (C) 3, –3, 4 (D) 4, –4, 3

5. Find the value of 43

30 60 3 6034

60 2 452 2 2 2 2tan sin cos tan tan .° + ° − ° + ° − °

(A) −3629

(B) 3629

(C) −2536

(D) 2536

6. In the figure,AB, EF and CD are parallel lines. Given that AB = 15 cm, EG = 5 cm, GC = 10 cmand DC = 18 cm. Find EF and AC respectively.

(A) 9, 25 (B) 25, 9 (C) 16, 25 (D) 25, 16

7. A wizard having supernatural powers seeing a cock, fight going on, spoke privately to both theowners of cocks. To one he said; if your bird wins, then you give me your stake-money, but if you do not win, I shall give you two third of that’. Going to the other, he promised in the same way to give three fourths. From both of them his gain would be only 12 gold coins. Find the stake of money each of the cock-owners have.

(A) 40, 42 (B) 30, 32 (C) 50, 52 (D) 60, 62

8. The following table shows the age distribution of cases of a certain disease admitted during a year in a particular hospital. Find the average age for which maximum cases occurred.

Age (in years) 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64Number of cases 6 11 21 23 14 5

(A) 36 (B) 36.31 (C) 24 (D) 26.31

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9. Inthegivenfigure,AE is the bisector of the exterior ∠CAD meeting BC produced in E. If AB=10cm, AC = 6 cm and BC = 12 cm, findCE.

(A) 18 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 16 cm

10. If then find the value ofcos ,sin cos

sin cos tanθ

θ θθ θ θ

=−

×5

13 212 2

2 .

(A) 5953546

(B) 5953564

(C) 5953456

(D) 5953465

LoGICAL AND ANALYTICAL rEAsoNING

11. Select a figurewhichwill continue the series as established by the five ProblemFigures.

1 2 3 54

(A) (B) (C) (D)

12. select a combination which forms the correct mirror image of the given combination of letters and numbers.

96Fsh52 (A) (B) 96fSh52 (C) (D)

13. Two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately basedon the following rulesand thequestionbelow the rowsofnumbers is tobeanswered.Theoperations of numbers progress from the left to right.

(i) If an odd number is followed by another composite odd number, they are to be added. (ii) If anevennumber is followedbyanumberwhich is theperfect square, thenevennumber is

to be subtracted from the perfect square. (iii) If an odd number is followed by a prime odd number, then the first number is to be divided

by the second number. (iv) If an odd number is followed by an even number, then the second one is to be subtracted

from the first number. (v) If an even number is followed by an odd number, then they are to be added. 28 49 15 h 3 12 If h is the resultant of the first row,whatwill be the resultant of the second row? (A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 19 (D) 27

14. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and h are eight friends sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A sits second to the left of D, who is third to the left of E. C sits third to the right of G, who is not an immediate neighbour of E. h sits third to the right of B, who sits second to the right of G.

Who sits betweenD andC? (A) Only B (B) Only C and A (C) Only G (D) Only E

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15. There is a definite relationship between figuresP andQ. Establish a similar relationship betweenfigures R and S by selecting a suitable figure from the option that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (S)?

?

P Q R S

(A) (B) (C) (D)

16. Inwhich of the following option the fig. (X) is embedded?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

17. Selecttheoneoptionwhichsatisfiesthesameconditionsofplacementofthedotas in fig. (X).

(A) (B) (C) (D) Fig. (X)

18. In a row of thirty boys, r is fourth from the right end and W is tenth from the left end. how many boys are there betweenR andW?

(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) Can't be determined

19. how many such digits are there in the number 7346285, which are as far away from the beginning of the number, as theywill bewhen arranged in ascending orderwithin the number?

(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three

20. Inthegivenfigure,trianglerepresentstheold,squarerepresentsthejoblessandcirclerepresentsthemen.Findouttheareaofthefigurewhichrepresentsthemenwho are jobless but not old?

(A) 1 (B) 5

1 234 5

6

7

(C) 3 (D) 7

ComPuTERSAND INFoRmATIoNTEChNology

21. InmSExcel 2010, you areworking on a largeworksheet. Due to the large size of theworksheet,as Excel performs the calculations in real time, it is taking time for every cursor movement. As a result you disable the automatic calculations feature for the time being. Which key would you press to update the calculations after you have input all data in theworksheet?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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22. Given below is a list of terms a few of which refer to sparklines. select the option which does not refer to a sparkline data point inmS-Excel 2010.

I. highPoint and lowPoint II. Negative Points III. First Point and last Point IV. markers (A) Only I refers to sparkline data points (B) Only II refers to sparkline data points (C) I and III refer to sparkline data points (D) All of these refer to sparkline data points

23. Identify the following. -An internet search engine for searching blogs. -It was founded by Dave sifry. -It looks at tags that authors have placed on their websites. (A) Google (B) LJseek (C) Technorati (D) Ice rocket

24. In mS-Word 2010, you have created a list which is not in a table. you want to sort this listalphabeticallymost efficiently. howdo you do that?

(A) Select the list. Click home→Paragraph→Sort (as desired) (B) Copy the list. Paste the list in MS-Excel. (C) Put the list in a table cell. Then sort using the table sort tool. (D) Put the list in separate cells on a table. Then sort using the table sort tool.

25. Which of the following hTML code will align the content of the paragraph in the center of a page?

(A) <P ALIGN=“CENTER”> (B) <PAGE ALIGN=“CENTER”> (C) <P SPAN=“CENTER”> (D) <DIV ALIGN=“MIDDLE”>

26. Match the following.

Column-I Column-II

(i) This format began the trend of downloading online songs. (a) .M4A

(ii) Developed by Apple Computer, this format contains two channels of uncompressed stereo audio.

(b) .TTF

(iii) This is an audio file created in themPEg-4 format. (c) TIFF

(iv) A font format created by Apple which can be used on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, it can be resized to any size without losing quality.

(d) mP3

(v) A graphics container that can store both raster and vector images. (e) AIFF

(A) (i)–(e), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b), (v)–(c) (B) (i)–(d), (ii)–(e), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(c), (v)–(b)

(C) (i)–(e), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(d), (v)–(c) (D) (i)–(d), (ii)–(e), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b), (v)–(c)

27. given below is a list ofATX case compatiblemotherboards with different form factors.Which ofthe followingwould have themaximumnumber of PCI/AgP/PCI-e slots?

(A) flexATX (B) ATX (C) MicroATX (D) hPTX

28. _____________ is a category of rAM which retains stored data even after power is switched off. _________ is a type of an EEPRom. _________ is a type of rAM which does not need to be refreshed. (A) NVRAM, flash Drive, SRAM (B) SDRAM, ROM, DRAM

(C) NVRAM, BIOS, DIMM (D) SDRAM, ROM, NVRAM

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29. Which of the following is NoT amulti-touch function pairs used in touch based devices? (A) Tap and Double Tap (B) Two finger Scroll, Two finger Tap (C) Poke and UnPoke (D) Pinch Close and Pinch Open

30. Which of the following is a secure cryptographic protocol developed for sending informationsecurely over the internet?

(A) RSVP (B) SSL (C) PPP (D) IMAP

31. Which of the following is NoT a type of a sparkline used inmS-Excel 2010? (A) Line (B) Doughnut (C) Column (D) Win/Loss

32. Which of the following connector type is used by a parallel port interface used to connect external devices like printers and scanners to the computer?

(A) DE - 15 (B) DE - 9 (C) Molex (D) DB - 25

33. Which of the following input devices is actually an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

34. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is marketed as _______ technology. (A) 2G (B) 3G (C) 4G (D) None of these

35. A network computer without a hard disk drive which acts as a simple terminal to the server is known as ______.

(A) Thick client (B) Thin client (C) Dumb terminal (D) Workstation

36. Which of the following attributes can be usedwithin the <tr> tag inhTml? A. align B. colspan C. width D. height E. valign F. cellspacing (A) A,B,C,D (B) A,B,C,D,E (C) A,E (D) A,C,D

37. Whichofthefollowingisusedforindicatingextendedquotations(i.e.quotationsthatspanmultiplelines) inhTml?

(A) <blockquote> (B) <q> (C) <quotation> (D) <quote>

38. Which of the following is a cloud-based service ofAmazon? (A) Elastic Compute Cloud (B) OpenAir (C) Dropbox (D) VMware

39. The act of registering a popular Internet address or domain name with the intent of selling it to its rightful owner is known as ______.

(A) Cyber fraud (B) CyberBullying (C) CyberSquatting (D) CyberRebel

40. Pick the odd one out.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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41. googleNowwasfirst included in______. (A) Android 4.1 (B) Android 4.2 (C) iOS 5 (D) iOS 6

42. Write a formula that counts the number of cells in the range B2:B7 that contain numbers greater than 9000 inmS-Excel 2010.

(A) =COUNTIf(B2:B7,>9000) (B) =COUNTIf(B2:B7,">9000") (C) =COUNT(B2:B7,"greater than 9000") (D) =COUNTIf(B2:B7," greater than 9000")

43. The given icon inmS-Word 2010 is used to ______.

(A) Add encryption to increase security (B) Make the document read only (C) Add a digital signature (D) Restrict the ability to edit, copy and print

44. A music player will send music to the sound card by means of the sound card’s ___________. (A) Device manager (B) Device driver (C) Utility manager (D) Kernel

45. Berkley software distribution (BsD) is a ______ operating system. (A) Unix (B) Windows (C) Apple (D) Mobile

AChIEVERS' SECTIoN

46. It is a computing industry standard for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from a digital camera to a printer without having to connect the camera to the printer.

(A) OpenDocument (B) Universal Disk format (C) POSIX (D) PictBridge

47. CharlesXavierThomasdeColmarcreatedthefirstsuccessful,mass-producedmechanicalcalculator,the __________ that could add, subtract, multiply and divide.

(A) Arithmocalculator (B) Arithmometer (C) Calculator (D) AdderSubstractor

48. InmS-Excel 2010, Scenariomanager, Data Table,goal Seek are part of _____.

(A) (B) (C) (D) ?49. match the following iconswith their keyboard shortcuts inmS-Word 2010.

Column-I Column-II

(a) (i) Ctrl+W

(b) (ii) Ctrl+F12

(c) (iii) Alt+shift+Backspace

(d) (iv) Alt+Backspace

(A) (a)–(i), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(ii) (B) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iv), (c)–(iii), (d)–(i)

(C) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(i) (D) (a)–(iv), (b)–(iii), (c)–(i), (d)–(ii)

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50. Ingraphicssoftware,the_________commandisusedingraphicstoincreaseordecreasethesizeand/or resolution of a bitmap-based image.

(A) Resample (B) Quantize (C) Interpolate (D) Rasterize

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MENTAL ABILITY

1. The expression x3 + ax2 + bx – 3, where a and b are constants, has a factor of x – 3 and leaves a remainder of 15 when divided by x + 2. Find the value of a and b respectively.

(A) − −215

8, (B) –1, 11 (C) 215

1, (D) 1, –11

2. At a certain time of the day, a man, 6 feet tall, casts his shadow 8 feet long. Find the length of the shadow cast by a building 45 feet high, at the same time.

(A) 45 feet (B) 60 feet (C) 120 feet (D) 80 feet

3. Find the largest number which divides 280 and 1245 leaving remainders 4 and 3, respectively. (A) 4 (B) 138 (C) 142 (D) 152

4. In the given figure,ABCD is a rectangle. If the area of shaded part is 48 cm2 and AB : BC = 3 : 2, find the perimeter of the rectangle.

(A) 40 cm (B) 36 cm (C) 50 cm (D) 28 cm

5. 2 tables and 3 chairs together cost ` 2000 whereas 3 tables and 2 chairs together cost ` 2500. Find the total cost of 1 table and 5 chairs.

(A) ` 1500 (B) ` 1700 (C) ` 900 (D) ` 2000

6. If p = 180°, find the value of sin tan cos2 2 23 6 2π π π

+ − .

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 1312

7. The mean of the given frequency table is 50. But the frequencies f1 and f2 in class 20-40 and 60-80 is missing. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2 respectively.

Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total

Frequency 17 f1 32 f2 19 120

(A) 30, 22 (B) 22, 30 (C) 26, 26 (D) 28, 24

8. If find ix y

x y

x y

x yx y p qp q

÷

= ⋅ +

1 2

3 2

1 3 6 3

2 3

1 2/ /

, ( ) ff x y≠ .

(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 13/3 (D) 0

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9. The edge of a cubical block of wood measures 30 cm. A straight cylindrical hole of diameter 10 cm is drilled through the cube. Find the volume of the wood left in the block.

10 cm 30 cm

30 cm

30 cm

30 cm30 cm

(A) 18248 73

3.cm (B) 10500 cm3 (C) 172500

73cm (D)

8562 37

3.cm

10. If tanA = 1 and tanB = 3, evaluate cosA cosB – sinA sinB.

(A) 1 3

2 2

− (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 1 3−

LogICAL AND ANALYTICAL rEAsoNINg

11. In the given matrix find the values of A, B and C, if the matrix follows certain rule row-wise or column-wise.

9 A 12B 10 78 C 11

(A) A = 13, B = 11, C = 9 (B) A = 13, B = 9, C = 11 (C) A = 9, B = 11, C = 13 (D) A = 9, B = 13, C = 11

12. Select a figure from amongst the options which will continue the same series as established bythe five ProblemFigures.

Problem Figure

1 2 3 4 5

(A) (B) (C) (D)

13. Howmanymeaningful English words can be formed from the lettersAIPR using each letter onlyonce?

(A) Four (B) One (C) Two (D) Three

14. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship betweenfigures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the questionmark (?) in figure (4).

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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15. Find out the wrong term in the given series.5, 27, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509

(A) 27 (B) 61 (C) 122 (D) 509

16. select a combination from the options which most closely resembles the water image of the given combination.

D6Z7F4(A) D

6Z

7F4(B) D

6Z7 F4(C) D

6Z7F4(D) D

6Z 7F4

17. If the given sequence is reversed, what will be the 6th character to the left of 5th to the right of 10th character from the right end?

X q - L j k s d F 4 @ z t A E m 8 + P M 1 * Z D O 7(A) @ (B) z (C) F (D) A

18. Select a figure from the optionswhich contains fig. (X) as its part.

Fig. (X)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

19. In a certain code language meanings of some words are as follows : (i) ‘pit na sa’ means ‘you are welcome’. (ii) ‘na ho pa la’ means ‘they are very good’. (iii) ‘ka da la’ means ‘who is good’. (iv) ‘od ho pit la’ means ‘they welcome good people’. Which of the following means ‘people’ in that code language?

(A) ho (B) pit (C) la (D) od

20. ‘1’ is subtracted from each odd digit and ‘1’ is added to each even digit in the number 5249836. Which of the following will be the difference between the third digit from the left and the third digit from the right of the new number thus formed?(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2

COMPuTERSAND INFORMATIONTECHNOlOgy

21. You are entering data in a large spreadsheet from left to right in a row in Ms-Excel 2010. As soon

as you finish entering data in a row, and press the Enter key on the keyboard, the cell

below the cell you edited is selected. However, you wanted to go to the cell to the right of the current cell. How can you set the cell selection after the above operation to the right instead of below?(A) Choose Data → Selection (B) Choose Review → Selection

Select “After pressing enter move selection” Select “After pressing enter move selection” Then change the direction in the drop down list. Then change the direction in the drop down list.

(C) Choose File → Options → Advanced Select “After pressing enter move selection” Then change the direction in the drop down list.

(D) You cannot change the cell selection order after the above operation in MS Excel 2010.

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22. InMS-PowerPoint2010,whichofthefollowingwillselectthefullslide includingit’scontent intheoutline pane?

(A) Right click on the outline of the slide (B) Click anywhere on the outline of the slide (C) Click on the slide title (D) Click on the slide icon to the left of the slide title

23. Which of the following sD card is the smallest and has the maximum capacity? (A) microSDHC (B) miniSDHC (C) microSDXC (D) standardSDXC

24. A stylesheet provides web designers the ability to improve the appearance of web pages and make page layouts consistent among all pages of a web project. Which of the following code helps a web designer link an external style sheet named sheet1.css to a webpage in HTML?

(A) <link="sheet1.css"> (B) <link rel= stylesheet href="sheet1.css"> (C) <link href="sheet1.css"> (D) <a rel= stylesheet href="sheet1.css"></a>

25. Which of the following will you use to create a hyperlink using an image named NCoimage.gif in HTML?

(A) <a href="NCOpage.html"><img src="NCOimage.gif"></a> (B) <a href="NCOpage.html" img src="NCOimage.gif”> (C) <a href="NCOimage.gif"></a> (D) <href="NCOpage.html><img src=NCOimage.gif></href>

26. Identify the following. It is a special database in a Windows operating system. It contains special information about the users of a particular computer. It contains details of all programs installed on it. It contains information about the various hardware devices connected to a computer. (A) MSDN (B) Dynamic Link Library (C) Pagefile.sys (D) Windows Registry

27. Fill in the blanks: A _________ occurs when a referenced memory frame is not loaded in memory. ________ is a

memory management scheme in which the pages of a process are loaded as and when they are needed. ________ is a memory that combines primary and secondary memory to create an illusion of a very large contiguous memory.

(A) Page Fault, Demand Paging, Virtual Memory (B) Deadlock, Virtual Paging, Page Memory

(C) Semaphore, Demand Paging, Page Memory (D) Page fault, Fragmentation, Virtual Memory

28. Which of the following statements is FALsE in case of a sATA interface used to install a hard-disk to your PC?

(A) SATAdrivesmaysometimesrequirespecificdriverswheninstallinganOperatingsystem. (B) A SATA cable allows only one SATA hard drive to be connected at a time. (C) SATA drives do not use jumpers and connect directly to the motherboard. (D) SATA cables are wide ribbon like and can be only 18 inches long.

29. This is a pointing device commonly used by teachers to project handwritten notes and to allow students to do the same. This device is also used for providing feedback on student work submitted electronically. online teachers may also use such devices for marking student work, or for live tutorials or lessons, especially where complex visual information or mathematical equations are required. Identify it.

(A) Light pen (B) Digitizer (C) Pointing stick (D) Image Scanner

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30. given here is a machine readable symbol system suitable for tracking and managing shipment of packages. It uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid. What is this system called?

(A) MaxiCode (B) Shotcode (C) UPC-A (D) QR code

31. Identify the following. It is a hardware frame. It has a set of electrical connections. The frame and the connections help run a notebook computer as an effective desktop

computer. (A) Docking station (B) Virtual PC (C) Notebook Server (D) PC Accelerator

32. Which of the following will you use to enable the Watch Window to monitor the value of some cells in your worksheet in Ms-Excel 2010?

(A) Window → Watch Window (B) View → Show/Hide → Watch Window (C) Data → Data Tools → Watch Window (D) Formulas → Formula Auditing → Watch Window

33. Video input devices are used to digitize images or videos from the outside world into a computer, with the information being stored in several formats as per the user’s requirement. Which of the following is NoT a video input device?

(A) Paddle (B) Barcode reader (C) Image scanner (D) Laserrangefinder

34. Which of the following terms literally means “users choose their primary desire features without considering the security of their computers”?

(A) Cute Cats (B) Dancing Pigs (C) Trojan Horse (D) Arab Spring

35. All communications technology is subject to regulation by government agencies like _____ in united States.

(A) FCC (B) ANSI (C) ISO (D) IEEE

36. Network Interface Card (NIC) provides the station a physical address that is normally written in_______ notation.

(A) Binary (B) Decimal (C) Hexadecimal (D) Octal

37. It istheoldestsurvivingfirst-generationelectroniccomputerandwasthefirst intheworldtoplaydigital music.

(A) ENIAC (B) EDSAC (C) UNIVAC (D) CSIRAC

38. Which of the following tags is used to addMedia files in yourHTMl document? (A) <embed> and <object> (B) <embed> and <link> (C) <object> and <a> (D) <object> and <link>

39. Anattackthatattemptstomakeacomputerresourceunavailabletoitsintendedusersbyfloodinga network or server with requests and data is ______.

(A) IPSpoofing (B) Data diddling (C) Denial of service (D) Phishing

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40. A text navigation method in which a blinking cursor appears over the text on-screen. The user can then move throughout the text by using the arrow navigation keys, and perform various actions to manipulate it. This method is known as ________.

(A) Spatial navigation (B) Caret navigation (C) Tabbing navigation (D) Cursor navigation

41. The given logo is of a social networking site ________. (A) Tagged (B) Pinterest (C) Ning (D) devianArt

42. “If the value of a cell is > 1000, color the cell red”. Which feature of Ms-Excel 2010 is used to perform such operations on cells?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

43. Round dot is a type of _______ style applied to the outlines and borders in MS-PowerPoint2010.

(A) Frame (B) Weight (C) 3-D (D) Dash

44. In MS-Excel 2010, this function converts the first letter in each word in uppercase and all otherletters to lowercase?

(A) UPPER (B) LOWER (C) TRIP (D) PROPER

45. Which of the following paneswill you use to search audio files inMS-PowerPoint 2010? (A) Animation pane (B) Audio and Video pane (C) Clipart (D) Slide Transition pane

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46. _________ deletes the word to the left of insertion point while _______ deletes the word to the right of insertion point in Ms-Word 2010.

(A) Ctrl+Delete, Ctrl+Backspace (B) Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Delete (C) Backspace, Delete (D) Delete, Backspace

47. LZW is a/an ______. (A) Imagefileformat (B) Videofileformat (C) Image compression technique (D) Audiofileformat

48. observe the given HTML code.

(A) (2,3,2) and (2,3,2) (B) (2,3,3) and (2,3,2) (C) (2,2,3) and (2,3,3) (D) (2,2,3) and (2,3,2)

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49. What is the keyboard shortcut for opening the Visual Basic editor in Ms-Excel 2010? (A) Alt+F3 (B) Alt+F7 (C) Alt+F11 (D) Alt+F1

50. A process where the software adds new pixels to an image based on the color values of the surrounding pixels is _______.

(A) Sampling (B) Quantization (C) Interpolation (D) Rasterization

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1. Select a figure which will continue the series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A.

B.

C.

D.

2. A word and number a r rangement mach ine when given a particular input, rearranges them fo l lowing a par t icu lar ru le . The fo l lowing is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement.

Input : 95 is 11 my areStep I : is 95 11 my areStep II : is 11 95 my areStep III : is 11 my 95 areStep III is the last step for this input.Now study the logic given above and answer the questions that follow :

If step III of an input is 'mare 1665 meat 1885 saves 20171 19199', then which of the following will definitely be the input?

A. meat saves 20171 1885 mare 1665 19199 B. 19199 saves mare meat 1885 1665 20171 C. mare 1885 saves meat 1665 19199 20171 D. Can't be determined

3. Study the following information to answer the given question.In a certain code 'had to look' is written as ti re zi, 'look for me' is written as di re ha and 'for help' is written as di na.Which of the following is the code for 'help'?

A. di B. na C. ti D. re

4. There is a definite relationship between figures P and Q. Establish a similar relationship between figures R and S by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (S).

A.

B.

C.

D.

5. Select a Venn diagram from the options which best illustrates the relation amongst "Boys, Athletes, Singers"?

A.

B.

C.

D.

6. Find the missing character in given figure.

D15

C18 B21 A24

F9

? H3 G6

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A. E31 B. E12 C. F12 D. H8

7. 'A @ B' means 'A is added to B'. 'A * B' means 'A is multiplied by B'. 'A # B' means 'A is divided by B'. 'A $ B' means 'B is subtracted from A'. In the question, some information is given. You have

to find out which expression correctly represents the given below statement.

Salary of Mr. X (S1) is more than 40% of Mr. Y's salary (S2) by ` 8,000.

A. S1 = [S2 * (40 @ 100)] #8,000 B. S1 = [S2 * (40 # 100)] @8,000 C. S2 = [S1 * (40 # 100)] @8,000 D. S2 = [S1 * (40 @ 100)] #8,000

8. In the given question, two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below the row of numbers is to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.

Rules:

(i) If an odd number is followed by another odd number which is a perfect square then they are to be added.

(ii) If an even number is followed by an odd number or an odd number is followed by an even number, they are to be multiplied.

(iii) If an even number is followed by another even number, the first number is to be divided by the second number.

(iv) If an even number which is a multiple of 5 is followed by an odd number which is also a multiple of 5, then the second number is to be subtracted from the first number.

248 8 25 3 x 28If x is the resultant of the first row, what is the resultant of the second row?

A. 12 B. 6 C. 18 D. 16

9. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

A. 28 B. 32 C. 36 D. 40

10. Q, R, S, T, U and V are seated in a straight line facing North. S is second to the right of T and T is second to the right of Q. R is to the left of Q and second to the left of V.

What is Q's position with respect to S? A. Third to left B. Fourth to left C. Second to left D. Fifth to left

11. In which of the following options, Fig. (X) is embedded as one of its part?

A.

B.

C.

D.

12. If ‘×’ means ‘is father of’, ‘+’ means ‘is sister of’, ‘–’ means ‘is brother of’, and ‘÷’ means ‘is mother of’ then which of the following statements means ‘S is granddaughter of P’?

A. P × T + R ÷ S B. P ÷ Q – R ÷ S – T C. P × R – T × S D. P ÷ Q – R × S + T

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13. Raman starts from point P and walks towards South and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5 km before taking each turn, towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?

A. North B. South C. West D. East

14. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below :

1 H # U J 9 B $ R 2 K • E L 8 G P A % T 3 C M V @ 7 D O S = 6 Z

How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately followed by a symbol?

A. None B. One C. Two D. Three

15. From amongst the figures marked (A), (B), (C) and (D), select a figure which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots as in fig. (X).

Fig. (X)

A.

B.

C.

D.

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16. What is a Dual Core Processor?

A. A CPU with two distinct processors that work simultaneously in the same integrated circuit.

B. A CPU with one processor that can do a minimum of two jobs simultaneously.

C. It is just a CPU model name. D. A CPU with one processor that can start a minimum

of two or more threads to do the different parts of the same job.

17. In the Windows operating system, the _________ is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options. It also provides a means to access counters for profiling system performance.

A. Dynamic Link Library B. Windows Registry C. Windows Help Module D. Windows Initialization File

18. The third-party software that comes with your digital camera, graphics tablet, printer or scanner is an example of _____ software.

A. OEM B. Counter C. Manufacturer D. Adhoc

19. Asha was entering data into MS-Excel 2010 worksheet and in the cell A3 she entered the formula, = A1+A2 +A3. What would be the result after pressing the enter key?

A. Sum of A1, A2 and A3 B. Name Error C. #### D. Circular Reference Warning

20. Which of the following is NOT a category of frames in temporal compression of videos?

A. I-frame B. P-frame C. S-frame D. B-frame

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21. On-line storage devices do not need any human intervention. It is directly accessed by the processing unit of the computer. Which of the following storage devices are oftenly used for on-line storage?

A. Hard disk B. Redundant array of inexpensive disks C. Flash drive D. Both A and B

22. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in context of OCR devices?

A. OCR devices can read text from paper and translates the images into a form that the computer can manipulate.

B. OCR software uses standard type of fonts like OCR-A and OCR-B to recognize the text.

C. OCR does not allow to edit the converted text. D. All of these

23. Identify the following. – It is a graphics tablet produced by U.S. company

Koala Technologies. – It is developed for several early 8-bit home

computers including Apple-II family as well as for the IBM PC.

A. KoalaPad B. KokoPad C. KoloPad D. KokaPad

24. Match the viruses given in Column-I with their caused behaviour given in Column-II.

Column-I Column-II (a) Brain (i) It destroyed data by overwriting

a random sector of the disk at every 16th run of an infected program.

(b) Bomber (ii) First computer virus for MS-DOS. It infects boot sector of storage media formatted with FAT file system

(c) Dark Avenger (iii) Polymorphic virus known for its technique of patchy infection.

A. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii) B. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii) C. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i) D. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i)

25. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about newsgroup service of the Internet?

A. It is an internet-based discussion about a particular topic.

B. Users post messages to a news server which then sends them to a bunch of other participating servers.

C. To participate in a newsgroup, it is not compulsory to subscribe to it.

D. Nearly all newsgroups are found on Usenet, which is a collection of servers around the world.

26. Select the INCORRECT match of 4xx Client Error codes with their names.

A. 401 - Unauthorized B. 402 - Payment Required C. 403 - Bad request D. 404 - Not found

27. Dolphin is a mobile browser for the Android and iOS, developed by Mobotap. Which of the following features of this browser allows users to search, share and navigate by their voice, without typing a word?

A. Dolphin Sonar B. Dolphin Gesture C. Dolphin Voice D. Dolphin Speak

28. _______ is a device specially designed for the education purpose which is having the flexibility and mobility of tablets as well as the performance and productivity of laptops launched by Intel on June 25, 2014.

A. Ultrabook 2 in 1 B. Laptop Tablet 2 in 1 C. Study 2 in 1 D. Education 2 in 1

29. In HTML, the ____ element enables you to specify that you are introducing a special term.

A. <abbr> B. <dfn> C. <q> D. <dd>

30. What does the error #DIV/0! represents in MS-Excel 2010?

A. When the formula attempts to divide by what's in a cell that is empty.

B. When the cell used in the formula is not having correct reference.

C. When the cell used in the formula is not formatted.

D. All of these

31. ____ is a computer bus used by CPU for communicating with other devices connected to the computer. It carries commands from the CPU and returns status signals from the devices.

A. Data bus B. Cache bus C. Address bus D. Control bus

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32. The _____ element defines a table row in HTML.

A. <th> B. <tr> C. <td> D. <rt>

33. Which of the following is a tiny postage stamp size brain-like chip, unveiled by IBM, that delivers the performance of a supercomputer using a process that mimics the human brain?

A. TrueNorth B. TrueBrain C. Neural Chip D. Brain Chip

34. Which of the following views of MS-Word 2010, represents the document as it would look as a web page?

A.

B.

C.

D.

35. _______ is the term given to software that routinely issues a pop-up window or other form of visual interface asking the user to register a product, purchase an application or take another form of action.

A. Troubelware B. Popware C. Adware D. Nagware

36. Which of the following operations in MS-PowerPoint 2010 will change the shape from image-I to image-II?

Image I Image II A. Crop B. Crop to Shape C. Fit D. Picture Effects

37. LynxOS is an example of ____ operating system.

A. Fastest B. Real-time C. Single user D. Single tasking

38. The given image occurs in _____ tab of MS-PowerPoint 2010.

A. Home B. Design C. Insert D. Slide show

39. Which of the following smartphones has been launched by Lenovo in August 2014, that runs on Android 4.4 KitKat operating system and supports dual-SIM functionality?

A. OPPO Find 7 B. Vibe Z2 Pro C. Lenovo L60 D. Lenovo Z

40. Which of the following type of operating systems manages a group of independent computers and makes them appear to be a single computer?

A. Real-time B. Multiuser C. Multiprogramming D. Distributed

41. Which of the following formulas is CORRECT to see if an error condition exists in cell B2? If so, the IF function returns the message "An error occurred." If no error exists, the IF function performs the calculation B2*3 + B3 *2?

A. =IF(ISERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)

B. =IF(ERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)

C. =IF(CELL(B2), "An error occurred.", B2*3 + B3 *2)

D. =IF(ISERROR(B2), "An error occurred.", “B2*3 + B3 *2”)

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42. A video that becomes popular through video sharing websites, social media and e-mail is called ____ video.

A. Popular B. Shared C. Viral D. All of these

43. _______ is a type of RAM, that contains its data even if power is turned OFF.

A. DRAM B. SRAM C. DDR D. NVRAM

44. In video quality requirements, the range of light and dark values in a picture or the ratio between the maximum and the minimum brightness values is known as ______.

A. Dithering B. Pixel C. Contrast D. Graphics

45. Which of the following types of values gives a numeric spin box in browser in the HTML?

A. Week B. Data C. Number D. Range

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46. Which of the following is the CORRECT formula, to determine whether a particular year is leap year or not, if the value of cell A1 is 8/8/2014 in MS-Excel 2010?

A. IF (MONTH (DATE (YEAR (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)

B. = IF (YEAR (MONTH (DATE (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)

C. = IF (MONTH (DATE (YEAR (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, TRUE, FALSE)

D. = IF (YEAR (MONTH (DATE (A1), 2, 29)) = 2, FALSE, TRUE)

47. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Sparklines in MS-Excel 2010?

A. They are alternatives to charts. B. A chart cannot be placed in a cell while sparkline

can be placed in a cell. C. You can create a single sparkline and then use the

fill handle to automatically create sparklines for the remaining rows.

D. There are four types of sparklines named Line, Column, Win/Loss and Area.

48. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in context of UDP, TCP and IP protocols of the internet?

A. IP is not designed to be reliable and is a best effort delivery protocol.

B. TCP provides both data integrity and delivery guarantee by re-transmitting until the receiver acknowledges the reception of the packet.

C. UDP provides data integrity via a checksum but does not guarantee delivery.

D. IP is designed to be reliable and is a best effort delivery protocol.

49. What would be the output of the given HTML code?

<html> <body> <form> <input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Bike">I

have a bike<br> <input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Car">I

have a car </form> </body> </html>

A. I have a bike

I have a car

B. I have a bike

I have a car

C. I have a bike

I have a car

D. I have a bike

I have a car

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50. W h a t i s t h e f u n c t i o n o f g i v e n i c o n o f MS-Word 2010?

A. Require a password to open the document.

B. Let readers know the document is final and make it read-only.

C. Grant people access while removing their ability to edit, copy or print.

D. Add a digital signature.

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1. Thereisadefiniterelationshipbetweenfigures(i)and(ii).Establishasimilarrelationshipbetweenfigures(iii)and(iv)byselectingasuitablefigurefromtheoptionsthatwouldreplacethequestionmark(?)infig.(iii).

?

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

A.

B.

C.

D.

2. Following question is based on five words givenbelow:

AND FOR THE BIG SUM Ifsecondalphabetineachofthewordsischangedto

nextalphabetintheEnglishalphabeticalorder,howmanywords having two vowels (same or differentvowels)willbeformed?

A. None B. One C. Two D. Three

3. NihalistallerthanSumit,whoisshorterthanRohit.Vipin is taller thanAkash.Anshu is shorter thanVivek.NeitherVipinnorVivekisthetallest.IfRohitisstandingsecondindecreasingorderofheight,whowillstandinthemiddleinthegroupofthesesevenpersons?

A. Vipin B. VipinorVivek C. Anshu D. Can’tbedetermined

4. Inarowofthirtyboys,RisfourthfromtherightendandWistenthfromtheleftend.HowmanyboysaretherebetweenRandW?

A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. Noneofthese

5. SelectafigurefromtheoptionswhichwillcontinuethepatternestablishedbytheProblemFigures.

ProblemFigures

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

6. Which of the following options represents thecorrect relationship as indicated in the givenVenndiagram?

A. Vegetables,Apples,Fruits B. Gears,Tyres,Cars C. Cone,Cylinder,Sphere D. Planets,Solarsystem,Galaxy

7. Therearecertaincommoncharacteristics/propertiesbetween the two Problem Figures. Select a figurefromtheoptionswhichshowssimilarcharacteristics/propertiesasshownbytheProblemFigures.

ProblemFigures

A.

B.

C.

D.

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8. Acubehassixdifferentsymbolsdrawnover itssixfaces.Threepositionsofcubeareshownbelow.

Whichsymbolisoppositetothesymbol( )? A. B. C. D.

9. Studythefollowinginformationtoanswerthegivenquestion:

Inacertaincodeif 'it isrushhourtraffic' iswrittenas sa le do mi ru, 'go to school' iswrittenasbe no pa,'onehourtogo'iswrittenasmi fi pa be,'rushtoone'iswrittenasfi be saand'trafficisfine'iswrittenas ga ru do, thenmi fi lewouldbestmean____.

A. itoneto B. torushone C. rushhourit D. itonehour

10. Select a optionwhichmost closely resembles thewater-imageofthegivencombination.

US91Q4M5W3

A. US91Q4M5W3 B.

US91Q4M5W3

C. D.

11. Arun andAmit startedwalking from two differentpoints ‘P’ and ‘Q’ respectively.Arunwalks 2 kmsNorth and turns to the East andwalks 3 kms andagainturnstoNorthwalks4kmsandfinallyturnstoEastandwalks5kms to reachpoint ‘R’.Similarly,Amitwalks2kmsNorthandturnstoWestandwalks3 kms and finally turns toNorth,walks 4 kms andmeetsArunatpoint‘R’.ThedistancebetweenPandQis_______.

A. 11km B. 10km C. 8km D. 9km

12. P,Q,R, S,T,U,V andW are eight friends sittingaroundacirculartablefacingthecentre.PsitssecondtotheleftofS,whoisthirdtotheleftofT.Rsitsthird

totherightofV,whoisnotanimmediateneighbourofT.Wsits thirdtotherightofQ,whositssecondtotherightofV.

WhatisthepositionofPwithrespecttoW? A. Thirdtotheleft B. Thirdtotheright C. Secondtotheleft D. Secondtotheright

13. If 'M×N'means 'M is thedaughterofN', 'M+N'means'MisthefatherofN','M÷N'means'MisthemotherofN'and'M–N'means'MisthebrotherofN', thenin theexpression 'P÷Q+R–T×K'howisPrelatedtoK?

A. Mother-in-law B. Sister-in-law C. Aunt D. Daughter-in-law

14. StudytheVenndiagramgivenbelow.

3

4

5

7

610

13

119

12

(1) Rectanglerepresentsmales. (2) Trianglerepresentseducated. (3) Circlerepresentsurban. (4) Squarerepresentscivilservants. Whoamong the following is neither a civil servant

noreducatedbutisurbanandnotamale? A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 10

15. If all the odd numbers are dropped from the givenarrangement,whichofthefollowingelementswouldbe seventh to the right of twelfth element from therightend?

J K P D F G H 6 9 2 8 Q E M 7 4 3 Z YB T 5 4 2 3

A. B B. Z C. Y D. 4

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16. Identify the following : – These printers use CIJ andDrop-on-demand

printingmethod. – Its cartridges dry out if left unused for a long

periodoftime. – Itisatypeofnon-impactprinter. A. InkjetPrinter B. LaserPrinter C. Dot-Matrixprinter D. DaisyWheelPrinter

17. Mouse chording is the capability of performingactionswhenmultiplemousebuttonsarehelddown.Whichof the followingapplicationssupportMousechording?

A. RockerNavigation B. Minesweeper C. CATIA-CAM/CAD/CAEsoftware D. Allofthese

18. Oompa-Loompamalware,alsocalledOSX/Oomp-AorLeap.A,isanapplication-infecting,LAN-spreading____forMacOSX,discoveredbytheApplesecurityfirm Intego on February 14, 2006. A. iChat files

B. Worm C. Bonjur D. Spyware

19. Whichofthefollowingoptionsallowsyoutoquicklyformat a cell by choosing predefined cell styles inMS-Excel 2010?

A.

B.

C.

D.

20. Which of the following options is used to showthecommentsandotherannotations in theslides inMS-PowerPoint 2010?

A.

B.

C.

D.

21. Inwhichof the following tabsgiven set of optionsarepresentinMS-Word2010?

A. Review B. References C. Insert D. PageLayout

22. Identifythefollowing.

– Itisamultimediasoftwarewhichisusedtoaddanimationandinteractivitytowebpages.

– Itwas initially developed byMacromedia andacquiredbyAdobesystemsin2005.

A. AdobePagemaker B. AdobeDirector C. AdobeFlashPlayer D. AdobeShockwave

23. _______isavolunteerorganisationthatgovernstheinternet. It is responsible for providing registrationservicestoInternetCommunity.

A. IAB B. IBA C. InterNIC D. IMTF

24. WhichofthefollowingformulasinMS-Excel2010roundsanumbertoaspecifiednumberofdecimalsandreturnstheresultastextwithorwithoutcommas?

A. FIND B. FIXED C. ROUND D. LOWER

25. Which of the following statements isNOT correctaboutopticaldisk?

A. Itisadirectaccessstoragedevice. B. Ithasseveralconcentrictracks. C. It uses laser beam technology to read orwrite

data. D. Itsstoragecapacityiscalculatedas=Numberof

sectors×numberofbytespersector.

Computers and information teChnology

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26. SelecttheINCORRECTmatch.

A. Domainsuffix–helps to identify the type ofwebsite

B. URL–addressofthedocumentsandotherresourcesontheworldwideweb

C. URI–subsetofURL D. DNS–translatesdomainnamestoIPaddress

27. Identifyit.

– Itisatypeofwearabletechnologywithanopticalhead-mounteddisplay.

– ItisdevelopedbyGoogleX. – Camera, display and touchpad are some of its

features. A. GooglePlay B. GoogleGlass C. GoogleWear3D D. GooglePath

28. Whatwouldbetheoutputifausertypesthefollowingformula

=POWER(4,new)incellA1inMS-Excel2010?

A. Itwilldisplay#NULL B. Itwilldisplay#NAME? C. New4

D. New4

29. Which of the following statements isNOT correctaboutLineNumbersinMS-Word2010?

A. ItispresentunderPageSetupgroupofPageLayouttab.

B. Itaddslinenumberalongsideofeachlineofthedocument.

C. Linenumbersappears in therightmarginof thedocument.

D. You can set the line numbers to restart at eachpageinthedocument.

30. Identifyit.

– It is a screenshot editing and sharing utility forMacOSXwhichwas originally developed byPlasq.

– Itpermitsuserstoaddshapesandtexttoanimageandthenshareitonline.

– ItwasacquiredbyEvernoteon18Aug2011. A. Doozla B. Skitch C. ConicTouch D. ComicLife

31. Geetika has inserted an image in a slide and shewants to add a caption to the image.Which ofthe following options will help her to do so in MS-PowerPoint2010?

A. PictureLayout B. PictureEffects C. Corrections D. ArtisticEffects

32. WhichofthefollowingisanotavalidvaluefortypeattributeforUnorderedlistinHTML?

A. Disc B. Square C. Heart D. Circle

33. _____ are digitalmedia files produced in a serieswhichisdeliveredviaRSSfeed.

A. Podcast B. Broadcast C. Mediacast D. Digicast

34. LPFKisatypeofkeyboarddesignedbyIBM.WhatdoesLPFKstandfor?

A. LowPriceFunctionalKeyboard B. LightedProgramFunctionKeyboard C. LightProgrammableFunctionalKeyboard D. LogicalProgramFunctionKeyboard

35. ThefilemanagementsysteminanOperatingSystemdoesnot___________.

A. Keeptrackoffiles B. Providestrictfileprotection C. KeeptrackofI/Odevicesandchannels D. Allocateafileforuseandclosethefile

36. WhatisStopMotionAnimation? A. Usingmovingclayfigures,puppetsandminiatures

tocreateananimation. B. Movingastaticobjectinincrementswhilefilming

aframewitheachincrement. C. Animatingobjectswhile playing a videoon the

screenwithaspecialstart/stopbutton. D. Allofthese

37. _______isthefreewebbrowserforLinux.Itofferssupport for FTP.You can login to FTP siteswith ausernameandpassword likeyou type theURLofawebsite,but theprototype 'http:'shouldbereplacedwith 'ftp:'.

A. gFTP B. ZillaFile C. Konqueror D. LinuxZilla

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38. Whichofthefollowingisauseofaproxyserver? A. Itprovidesinternalsecuritysystemandanability

toscanvirusesandmalware. B. To bypass special controls, such as parental or

securitycontrols. C. Toapplyaccesspoliciesfortrackingorganizational

internetuse. D. Allofthese

39. Which of the following is NOT a physical tag inHTML?

A. <b>...</b> B. <i>...</i> C. <sup>...</sup> D. <defn>...</defn>

40. Which of the following is NOT an antivirussoftware?

A. Vipre B. Norton C. Commodore D. AVG

41. Lookatthegiventableregardingnetworking.P

Guided

FreespaceCoaxialCable

Twisted-paircable

Q

R

P,QandRrespectivelyare____. A. MultimodeFiber,Unguided,Unshieldedoptic B. TransmissionMedia,Unguided,Fiberoptic C. UnshieldedMedia,Insulator,RJ45 D. MetallicMedia,Unguided,Fiber-optic

42. What is thefunctionofdevicemanagementmoduleofanoperatingsystem?

A. Itprovidesasetofcommandswhichusersusetogive instructions to a computer for executionoftheirjobs.

B. It bridges the gap between functionality of anoperatingsystemandneedsofusersforfrequentlyusedprograms.

C. Itdealswithprotectingvariousresourcessuchasaccess control, authentication and cryptographywiththehelpofI/Odevices.

D. It takes care of controlling all I/O devices of acomputersystemandprovidesasimpleandeasytouseinterfacetothesedevices.

43. ______ animation techniquewhich combineshand-drawncharactersintoliveactionshots.ThistechniquewasusedinSpaceJamandOsmosisJones.

A. Rotoscoping B. Live-action C. Limited D. Allofthese

44. FeatureslikeWindowsAero,MultitouchandWindowsMediaCenter isNOTavailable in_____editionofWindows7.

A. HomeBasic B. Starter C. Professional D. Ultimate

45. ____ is the use of the Internet or other electronicmeanstostalkorharassanindividual,agroup,oranorganization. It isoftenaccompaniedbyrealtimeofofflinestalkingandisacriminaloffenseundervariousstateanti-stalking,slander,andharassmentlaws.

A. Cybernet B. Cyberlibel C. Cyberstalking D. Cyberpolicing

AChIEvERS SECtION

46. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECT?

Statement-1:WindowsEssentialswasformerlyknownasWindowsLiveEssentialsandWindowsLiveInstaller.

Statement-2 :Windows Essentials 2012 includesan application Family Safetywhich is available in Windows7only.

A. Onlystatement-1 B. Onlystatement-2 C. Bothstatement-1andstatement-2 D. Neitherstatement-1norstatement-2

47. Whichofthefollowingprocessmanagementtechniquehas been illustrated in the given diagram?

MainmemoryOperatingsystemUserprogram

(JobA)

Execution

inprogress

CPU

A. Multiprogramming B. Uniprogramming C. Multithreading D. DoubleThreading

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48. What would be the output of the given HTMLcode?

<HTML> <BODY> <TABLEBORDER="1"> <TRALIGN=CENTERVALIGN=MIDDLE> <TH>ADMISSIONNO</TH> <TH>NAME</TH> <TH>FNAME</TH> <TH>DOB</TH> </TR> <TRALIGN=LEFTVALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD>1234</TD> <TDVALIGN=TOP>MOHIT</TD> <TDALIGN=RIGHT>RAKESH</TD> <TDVALIGN=TOP>20-JAN-1995</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>

A. ADMISSION NO NAME F NAME DOB1234 MOHIT RAKESH 20-JAN-1995

B. ADMISSION NO NAME NAME DOB1234567 MOHIT RAKESH 20-JAN-1995

C. ADMISSION NO F NAME NAME DOB1234 RAKESH MOHIT 20-JAN-1995

D. ADMISSION NO NAME F NAME DOB1234 MOHIT RAKESH 20-JAN-1995

49. Which of the following shows the INCORRECTdifferencebetweenSRAM(StaticRAM)andDRAM(DynamicRAM)?

SRAM DRAMA. Abitofdataisstored

usingthestateofflip-flop.

A bit of data storedusing a transistor andcapacitorpair.

B. Itismoreexpensivetoproduce.

It is less expensive toproduce.

C. SRAM s tands fo rstatic random accessmemory

DRAM s t ands fo rdynamicrandomaccessmemory

D. Itneedstoberefreshedwithaburstofpowerevery few millisec-onds.

It does not need to berefreshedperiodically.

50. Given below is the FTP service diagram. Identifythe areamarked as P andQ respectively.

GUIProtocolInterpreterClient

DataTransferProcessorUser

ProtocolInterpreterServer

DataTransferProcessorServer

P

Q

FileSystem FileSystem

A. P-Controlchannel,Q-Datachannel B. P-Datachannel,Q-Controlchannel C. P-Responsechannel,Q-Datachannel D. P-Commandchannel,Q-Responsechannel

SPACE FOR ROUGh WORK

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ANSWER KEYS

10TH NCO

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (A) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (D) 34. (A) 35. (A) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (D) 40. (D) 41. (D) 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (A) 45. (C) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (A) 49. (C) 50. (A)

11TH NCO

1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (D) 29. (D) 30. (B) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (B) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (B) 41. (D) 42. (C) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (C) 46. (D) 47. (C) 48. (A) 49. (D) 50. (A)

12TH NCO

SET A

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (D) 21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (C) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (B) 34. (A) 35. (A) 36. (A) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (A) 41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (A) 47. (C) 48. (D) 49. (D) 50. (D)

SET B

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. None 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. None 12. (C) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (D) 21. (A) 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (A) 31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (C) 40. (D) 41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (A) 49. (D) 50. (C)

13TH NCO

SET A

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (D) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (B) 31. (B) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (C) 35. (B) 36. (C) 37. (A) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (D) 41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (C) 44. (B) 45. (A) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (D) 49. (C) 50. (A)

SET B 1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (D) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (B) 30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (B) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B) 41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (C) 48. (A) 49. (C) 50. (C)

14TH NCO

SET A 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (C) 21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (B) 30. (A) 31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (A) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (B) 37. (B) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (D) 41. (A) 42. (C) 43. (D) 44. (C) 45. (C) 46. (C) 47. (D) 48. (D) 49. (B) 50. (B)

SET B 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (B) 31. (A) 32. (C) 33. (A) 34. (B) 35. (C) 36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (D) 39. (D) 40. (C) 41. (B) 42. (D) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (C) 46. (C) 47. (B) 48. (A) 49. (D) 50. (A)

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