Q1-3) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:-

Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practice it. It is a medicine that is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.

Q1. Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that an “ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains”?
(a) Wisdom can only be attained by practicing patience.
(b) Patience comes first, wisdom next.
(c) Patience is essential for every achievement in life.
(d) Without patience, wisdom cannot be used properly.

Correct Answer: “d”

Q2. Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following, of the author’s metaphorical statement that “it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with”?

(a) Patience is a must for solving all our problems in life.
(b) Patience is a rare herb that cures all diseases.
(c) Patience is the virtue of the highest order.
(d) It is only a small number of people that are found observing patience in life.

Correct Answer: “b”

Q3. The writer’s remarks, “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be as heavy as lead” is very significant. It means

(a) They are always worried and dejected.
(b) They consider their own problems to be difficult to solve as compared with the problems of other people.
(c) They feel that they alone face serious problems while others have a nice time.
(d) They remain very much worried about their own problem.

Correct Answer: “d”

Q4-9) Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:-

Life is an (4)____ series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5)____ the right opportunities. Planned (6)____ rather than a hasty decision is (7)___ as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8)___ what occupational groups, (9)___ and type of organizations are suitable for you.

Q4) (a) enticing (b) exciting (c) encharming (d) enhancing

Correct Answer: “b”

Q5) (a) catching (b) offsetting (c) grabbing (d) conceiving

Correct Answer: “a”

Q6) (a) delay (b) hindrance (c) application (d) execution

Correct Answer: “d”

Q7) (a) desirable (b) deciphered (c) inevitable (d) acceptable

Correct Answer: “c”

Q8) (a) check (b) classify (c) divide (d) analyse

Correct Answer: “a”

Q9) (a) specifications (b) limitations (c) qualifications (d) identification

Correct Answer: “d”

Q10-13) Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Q10) Nebulous
(a) Tiny (b) Vague (c) Insignificant (d) Inadequate

Correct Answer: “d”

Q11) Debilitate
(a) Weaken (b) Attack (c) Surmount (d) Destroy

Correct Answer: “c”

Q12) Anathema
(a) Religious Chant (b) Pun (c) Musical Subject (d) Curse

Correct Answer: “c”

Q13) Penchant
(a) Liking (b) Eagerness (c) Disability (d) Keenness

Correct Answer: “b”

Q14) A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/h and the speed of the current is 3 Km/h, the distance between A and B is
(a) 9 km
(b) 10 km
(c) 11 km
(d) 12 km

Correct Answer: “c”

Q15) A steamer moves with a speed of 4.5 km/h in still water to a certain upstream point and comes back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 km/h. The average speed of steamer for the total journey is
(a) 12 km/h
(b) 9 km/h
(c) 6 km/h
(d) 4 km/h

Correct Answer: “d”

Q16) A can do 1/2 of a piece of work in 8 days while B can do 1/3 of the same work in 8 days. In how many days can both do it together?
(a) 9.6 days
(b) 10.5 days
(c) 11.2 days
(d) 16 days

Correct Answer: “c”

Q17) A does 1/2 as much work as B and C does 1/2 as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the work in
(a) 30 days
(b) 13(1/3) days
(c) 15 days
(d) 20 days

Correct Answer: “c”

Q18) A train 150 m long is running with a speed of 68 km/h. At what time will it pass a man who is running at 8 km/ h in the same direction in which the train is going?
(a) 8 sec
(b) 8.5 sec
(c) 9 sec
(d) 9.5 sec

Correct Answer: “c”

Q19) A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 min. If it takes 6 sec to pass a telegraph post, the length of the train is
(a) 90 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 120 m
(d) 140 m

Correct Answer: “d”

Q20) A’s salary is 50% more than B’s. How much percent is B’s salary less than A’s?
(a) 63 1/4 %
(b) 43 1/4 %
(c) 53 1/3 %
(d) 33 1/3 %

Correct Answer: “d”