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8/2/2019 GEC Question Paper

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Graviton Employability Contest 201201

Contest Question Paper

Instructions:

Attempt all questions honestly. Any attempt to cheat, copy or google will make our

diagnosis incorrect. This test is like the x ray test. Your attempt at giving someone

elses x ray report or tampering will only delay your chances of recovery and thedoctor might prescribe you wrong medicines!! Dangerous!

All the best- Enjoy!

All questions are compulsory:

Section A- Life and Business Skills

Question 1- Write about your two strengths and how that can help you in having a great

career. Also, why do you say that these two are your strengths?

Answer to be written in 200 words maximum

Question 2- What do you think your mother thinks about you?


Question 3- What do you think about your college?


Question 4- If your dream company visits your college, why should they select you out of all

the eligible students? Consider the fact that they are not interested in your percentage of

marks.


Question 5- Write about any failure of your life


Question 6- Do you think democracy is good for India?


Question 7- Take up business news of any company whose turnover is more than 2 billion

dollars from last week and analyze it. (Reason of it happening and what do you think will

happen in near future-can pick from Economic Times-please provide source of news)


Question 8- If you could change 3 things in your college, what would it be and how will that

help the college 10 years from now?


Question 9- What is one thing which has changed in you in last 5 years? What was the

reason and is this good for your career?


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Question 10- Do you have any habit which will make your dream career path tough for you?

If yes, have you tried overcoming it?


Section B- Quantative Aptitude and Puzzle Solving:

All problems are to be attempted and explanation/logic of the answer is to be given.

Only writing the correct option or the value will not yield marks.

Question 11-Two stations, named "Heaven" and "Hell", are connected by railroad. Trains

start every hour from each station to the other, at the same time. A Train takes 5 hours to

reach the other station. How many trains will a train meet during its journey (i.e. after

leaving one station and before arriving at another station)?

Question 12-A group of four people has to cross a bridge. It is dark, and they have to light

the path with a flashlight. No more than two people can cross the bridge simultaneously,and the group has only one flashlight. It takes different time for the people in the group to

cross the bridge. When two people together go through the bridge, the time taken by them

to cross the bridge is the time taken by the person with highest crossing time:

A crosses the bridge in 1 minute,

B crosses the bridge in 2 minutes,

C the bridge in 5 minutes,

D crosses the bridge in 10 minutes.

What is the minimum time in which they can cross the bridge?

Question 13-A man drives along a main road at a constant speed, every 3 minutes he meets

a bus and every 6 minutes a bus overtakes him. How often does a bus leave any of theterminals?

Question 14-One marksman can fire 5 shots in 5 seconds while another can fire 10 shots in

10 seconds. Which of them can fire 12 shots in a short time? (Timing starts when the first

shot is fired and ends with the last shot but the shots themselves are assumed to take no

time)

Question 15- A 5 digit number has 2 prime numbers (excluding 1), 2nd digit is smallestamong the 5, 3 rd is largest, first is greater than sum of 4th & 5th digits, last digit is half of

the 4th one. What is the first digit of the number?

Question 16- 97 fighters participate in a friendly tournament. The champion is chosen for

this tournament by the usual elimination scheme. That is, the 97 fighters are divided into

pairs, and the two fighters of each pair play against each other. The loser of each pair is

eliminated, and the remaining fighters are paired up again, etc. How many games must be

played to determine a champion?

Question 17- Complete the series: 5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8,? (Give at least two terms).


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(Instructions for Q-24 & 25) Read the given Idiom (inn bold letters) and tick the correct

answer out of given choices:

Question 24- clean as a whistleThe school thought their new teachers record was as clean as a whistle because he hadnt

told them about

a. his arrest for drunk drivingb. his dirty bathroomc. his cheating at cards

Question 25- add insult to injury

After saying Beverly made too many mistakes, Bob added insult to injury by sayinga. they were small mistakes

b. she worked very slowlyc. her work was excellent

(Instructions for Q 26 - 28) Read the comprehension below to answer the Q 26, 27, & 28:

It is not luck but labor that makes man. Luck, says an American Writer, is ever waiting forsomething to turn up; labor with keen eyes and strong will always turns up something. Luck

lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of legacy; labor turns out at sixand with busy pen ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence. Luck whines, labor

watches. Luck slips downwards to self-indulgence; labor strides upwards and aspires to

independence. The conviction therefore, is extending that diligence is the mother of goodluck. In other words that a man's success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his

industry, to his attention to small things.

Question 26- Which one of the following statements sumps up the meaning of the passage?a) Luck waits without exertion, but labor exerts without waiting.

b) Luck is self-indulgent but labor is selfless.c) Luck waits and complains without working while labor achieves although it complains

d) Luck often ends in defeat, but labor produces luck.

Question 27- Which one of the following words in the passage indicates that the writer doesnot ultimately reject the element of luck?

a) ' Luck ......is ever waiting'.b) ' Luck whines'

c) Diligence is the mother of good luckd) Luck ... wishes the postman would bring him news.

Question 28- Which one of the following statements is true about the following passage?

a) Luck is necessary for success.b) Success depends only on hard luck.

c) Expectation of good luck always meets with disappointment.d) Success is exactly proportionate to hard work.

Question 29- It is not unusual to see the ball fall into a black slot on a roulette wheel four

times in a row. But for it to fall five or six times in a row into the same color is very unusual.

Therefore you can win money by waiting for a run of five of the same color and then betting

against that color. If the roulette wheel in question is a fair wheel, which of the following

observations or facts, if it were true, would best reveal a fallacy in the logic?


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A. If there were a reliable way to win at roulette it would be well-known by now.

B. It is hard for a player to keep track of what went before for the time required.

C. The probability of getting a particular color decreases with the number of times the color

has appeared.

D. The probability of getting a particular color is always the same no matter what has gone

before.

E. A person who makes money this way once or twice, will carry on to lose that money after

a few more times.

Question 30- On the basis of the Big Bang theory scientists predicted levels of Helium-3

in the universe that are ten times greater than the levels actually observed. According

to the original model, Helium-3 is produced when low-mass stars burn up hydrogen and

become red giants, as well as being produced in the Big Bang itself. Researchers have now

produced a new model in which the Helium-3 produced by a red giant is pushed to the stars

interior and burnt up. Hence the Big Bang theory is no longer undermined by Helium-3

data.

The two portions in bold-face are related to each other in which of the following ways?

A. The first highlights an observation that tends to undermine a particular theory. The

second is that theory.

B. The first is a fact that undermines a theory. The second is context for accepting that

theory.

C. The first points to an inconsistency in a particular model; the second is the authors main

conclusion.

D. The first is a challenge to a classic theory; the second resolves that challenge.

E. The first is a position that the author does not accept; the second is the authors position.

(Instructions for Q. 31 & 32) Find the odd man out:

Question 31- A. Abominable B. Tempestuous C. Abhorrent D. Detestable

Question 32- A. Accrue B. Exuberate C. Numerous D. Pullulate

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