TCS 1998

PATR 1_A : VERBAL COMPREHENSION
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1.) Merry = c) Gay
2.) To Heap = a) to pile
3.) Cargo = d) Froight
4.) Misery = e) Distress
5.) Volume = b) Quantity
6.) To Hamper = b) to obstruct
7.) To Merit = c)
8.) BR!... = a) Border
9.) Tranquil = d) Serene
10.) To Renounce = b) to reject
11.) To Baffle = e) to frustrate
12.) Meager = c) scant
13.) Obstinate = c) Stubbern
14.) To Instigate = d)
15.) To Emancipate = a) to liberate
16.) To Hover = a) to linger
17.) Belief = d) Conviction
18.) To Stifle = e) to smother
19.) Discretion = a) Prudence
20.) To Alienate = b)to estrange
21.) To solicit = e)
22.) Potential = a) Talent
23.) To Veer = e) to diverge
24.) To Subside = d) to wane
25.) tTo Confiscate = d) to appropriate
26.) Caprise = c)Whim
27.) Adhesive = e) Tenacious
28.) Latitude = a) Scope
29.) Inert = b) Passive
30.) To Covet = a) to crave
31.) To Efface = b)
32.) To Concur = a) to acquis...
33.) Furtive = c) Stealthy
34.) Incentive = d) Provocation
35.) Tolerant =
36.) Lethargy = e)Stupor
37.) To Admonish = b) to usurp
38.) Momentary = c) Transient
39.) Pretentious = b)
40.) To Dispel = a) to disspate.



PART 1_B : GENERAL REASONING
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.) If 2 articles cost 8 cents, how much would five articles cost
d) 20 cents.
2.) A man was arrested for exceeding the spped limit of 10 miles an hour.A second man was charged with exceedind the same limit by twice as much.The second man was driving with 35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit.
b) 15 miles per hour
3.) A book keeper multiplied a number by 3 when it should have been divided by 3.The answer she got was 3. What should the answer have been.
a) 1/3
4.) A man on motorcylcle rides 110 miles in 330 minutes .What is his averagen speed in miles per hour.
a)20
5.) A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full. How long will it run when it is 1/3 full.
e) 5 hours.
6.) The center of a storm shifts 45 miles in 2 hrs. At the same rate how long would it take to move 60 miles.
c) 2 2/3 hrs.
7.) A 3 galon mix. contains 1 part S and 2 parts R. In order to change it to a mix containing 25% S.How much R should be added.
d) i gallon
8.) A bus left the station at 8.00 AM on an outgoing trip that covers 27 miles.After a 30 Min. stopover it returned. On the outgoing trip it averaged 50% faster. What time did it return to the station.
b) 11.00 am
9.) A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined growth of the 2 trees is 8 feet.How much does the shorter tree grow in 2 years.
a) less than 2 feet.
10.) For a round tap, a car used 4 1/2 gallons of gasoline. If it used 1/4 more. gasoline going than coming back how much gasoline was used coming back.
d) 2 gallons.
11.) A ocean liner L miles from port steams forward port at H miles per hour. another leaves the same port and steams towards the ocean liner at 1 mile per hour. How many miles away from the port will thay meet.
c) Between I J. Closer to J.
12.) The lowest temp. during outgoing the night was 1/3 more than 1/2 high as the highest temp. during the day. The two temp. added together totalled 100 deg.What was the lowest tem.
b) 40 deg.
14.) Two workers load a truck in 24 min. One of the men alone can load it in 40 min. How long will it take the other man to do the job alone.
c) 60 minutes.
15.) A bulding D feet tall casts a snadow G feet long. How tall is a neighbouring bulding casts a shadow C feet long
b) B feet
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