NICL (GIC) Administrative Officer Finance 2013 Exam Question paper

Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?

In the following question, the first and the last parts of the sentence/passage are numbered (1) and (6). The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named (P), (Q), (R) and (S). These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. The vegetable bin of my refrigerator contained an assortment of weird looking items.
(P) The carrots dropped into U shapes and I picked them up with the tips of my fingers.
(Q) To the right of the organs was a bunch of carrots that had begun to sprout points. spikes and tendrils.
(R)Near the carrots was a net bag of onions.
(S) Next to a shriveled, while coated lemon were two oranges covered with blue fuzz.
6. Each onion had sent curling shoots through the net until the whole thing resembles a mass of green spaghetti.

Below are given altermatives part at a:, b: and c: which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is ‘d:’. The finance minister said that he would work for the impartial distribution of wealth.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word : poach

Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The boy laughed at the beggar.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word : susceptible

There are four different words out of which one is wrongly. spelt. Find the wrongly spelt
word.

Find out which part of a sentence has an error and the number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
If I were Zubin, (a)/ I would not attend (b)/ wedding, come what may (c)/ No error (d)

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Very dramatic

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. to feel like a fish out of water