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ISRO Junior Personal Assistant 2006 Paper-I
In each of the following questions, select from amongst the four alternatives, the word most opposite in meaning of the word given in capitals:
INDADVERTENT
In each of the following sentences, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the italicized word:
Mr Khanna is held in high esteem by the residents of the colony
The last show of the concert at the Ritz Theatre was a fiasco
The gatekeeper ought to be more Vigilant these days
Each of the following questions consists of a word which is spelt in four different ways. Choose the spelling that is correct:
Select the one that is different from the rest of the three in the Following;
Four words have been written out of which three are correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word out of the four responses.
In each of the following questions you are given a related pair of words or phrases in capital letters. Each pair is followed by four pairs of words or phrases. Choose the pair which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed by the original pair:
THIEF : POLICE
BRONZE: COPPER
In questions choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word in bold.
Leap
Celibacy
In questions Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold.
Obsolete
Baleful
Base
In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four:
We are all very indignant.......... the injustice done to him
Canada does not require that US citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and .....................
In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized word:-
He was drawn to the vortex of politics at a very early age.
He was punished for shirking his official work.
The munificence of the businessman was great.
In each of the following words/sentences, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:-
A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others.
A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has.
Murder of a new-born child
In questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
And why did the police suspect you? It just does not make any...... to me.
It is not the right ...... to ask for my help; I am far too busy even to listen to you.
John .............. Tennis once or twice a week
Jim is away on holiday. He................ to Spain
Select the combination of numbers so that letters/words arranged accordingly will form a meaningful word:-
Five questions follow the given passage. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The manager of a well-known firm was interviewing applicants for the post of a night watchman he had advertised. He was very hard to please and always found something wrong with each man - one had long hair, another small eyes, a third was too thin, a fourth very fat and another too tall.
Among the applicants interviewed by the manager for the post was one Ram. He watched all this as he sat in the verandah patiently waiting for his turn to be interviewed. He resolved to be prepared for anything. Whenhis turn came, all went well. The manager found nothing wrong with his appearance, size or constitution. He was so handsome, tall and strong that the manager was really pleased to see such a well-built young man.
“Is your health sound?” asked the manager. “No Sir,” replied Ram, “not quite. | suffer from one serious complaint.”
“What’s that?” asked the manager sharply. “Sleeplessness,” came the promptreply.
The manager was so pleased: with the answer of the young man that, without questioning him further, he appointed him.
The passage is about
The manager was “hard to please” means that he was
The passage shows
“not quite” (paragraph 3) in the context means
“Sleeplessness” could be linked to
One of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong. That alternative is your answer:
Select the one option which complete the series:
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A, CD, FGH, ----
2,3,6,18,108, ----
3J, 6M, 12L, ---,48N
A round about description is given in the form of certain relationships from which direct relationship between the persons concerned is to be deciphered.
Anil introduces Rohit as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Rohit related to Anil?
A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl’s
For the following questions answer them individually
The Writ Habeas Corpus is available for:
Identify the one who does not/did not belong to the Indian Space Programme.
‘Ignited Minds’ is authored by:
India’s Light Combat Aircraft is
David Beckham’ is associated with which sports ?
IRS (Indian Remote Sensing) class of satellite is launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle:
‘Sericulture’ is a study of
Who was the Chairman, ISRO before the current Chairman Shri G Madhavan Nair?
The Salaries and Allowances payable to the Members of Parliament are decided by
Deficiency of ________________ causes scurvy
What is the currency of Japan?
The proceedings of Rajya Sabha are presided over by
Which of the following member of Rajya Sabha was recently disqualified?
There is a certain relationship between a pair of words on one side of :: and one word given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.
Water : Convection : : Space : ?
Matricide : Mother : : Homicide: ?
Demography: Population : : Etymology : ?
166:13 :: 207:
In questions 64-66, the words are written according to some codes. Using the same codes, the words given against each may be written as one of the four alternatives given for the questions. Find the correct alternative.
‘BEAT’is written as ‘GIDV’; ‘SOUP’ may be written as:
If ‘GENIUS’ is written as ‘IGPKWU’, then ‘IDIOT’ is written as
‘BEAT’ is written as ‘YVZG’, ‘SOUP’ may be written as
Four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and the fourth one is different. Choose out the odd one.
Select the pair different from the other three:
For the following questions answer them individually
Read the coded information and choose the correct answer from the given options:
If ‘cages’ are called ‘rockets’; ‘rockets’ are ‘wasps’; ‘wasps’ are called ‘planets’; ‘planets’ are called ‘aeroplanes’; ‘aeroplanes’ are called ‘cycles’; and ‘cycles’ are called ‘cars’; what is ‘earth’?
Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to:
Which of the following states in India has the largest area under forest?
Under VAT, how many slabs are there?
The leading states in the production of cotton in India are:
Which one ofthe following was the Ninth Five Year Plan Period in India?
A small slice of a semiconductor material such as silicon that contains an integrated circuit is called
Which one of the following states enjoys ideal conditions for the development of petro-chemical industries?
Insert the missing mathematical signs in the problem: 4 2 5 = 13
Author of the recent book, Argumentative Indian, is:
Write a paragraph of about 400 words on the topic “The working women in India and their Domestic life.”
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How did mobile phones change the personal communication scenario? Describe the conveniences and inconveniences of people using mobile phones and suggesttherestraints to be followed in using the same.
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