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Class
1 to 10
JEE (Main & Advanced) | AIPMT | BOARDS | OLYMPIAD | NTSE
FOUNDATION COURSE For Classes 7, 8, 9 & 10 Class 7
Class 8
Class 9
Class 10
Class 9 10th
Year 2010
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
A father tells his son, "I was of your present age when you were born". If the father is 36 now, how old was the boy 5 years back? (A) 13
2.
(B) 15
(C) 17
(D) 20
Study the following number sequence. 5 1 4 7 3 9 8 5 7 2 6 3 1 5 8 6 3 8 5 2 2 4 3 4 9 6 How many odd numbers are there in the sequence which are immediately followed by an odd number ? (A) 5
3.
4.
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 6
If '× ' stands for –, '¸' stands for +, '+' stands for ¸ and '–' stands for × , which one of the following equations is correct ? (A) 15 – 5 ¸ 5 × 20 + 10 = 6
(B) 8 ¸ 10 – 3 + 5 × 6 = 8
(C) 6 × 2 + 3 ¸ 12 – 3 = 15
(D) 3 ¸ 7 – 5 × 10 + 3 = 10
Which of these statement best describes a polynomial ? (A) A decimal that is nonterminating or nonrepeating (B) An algebraic expression containing one or more terms (C) A closedplane figure formed by three or more line segments (D) A number greater than one that has exactly different factors
5.
Farah drew the picture shown here on a piece of poster board. Farah plans to colour the interiors of the circle and the triangle. What is the approximate area of the parts of the picture that she will colour ?
8 cm
8 cm
2
(A) 57 cm
(B) 82 cm 2
10 cm
(C) 114 cm 2 (D) 233 cm 2 6.
Which point lies on the yaxis on a coordinate plane ? (A) (0, 12)
7.
8.
8 cm
(B) (1, 12)
(C) (12, 0)
(D) (12, 12)
If the circumference of a circle is doubled, how does the diameter of the circle change ? (A) The diameter stays the same
(B) The diameter becomes half as long
(C) The diameter becomes twice as long
(D) The diameter becomes four times as long
A triangle is plotted on the coordinate plane as shown in the figure. Which of the following coordinates represent, in order, the locations of point R, point S, and point T ? (A) (3, 2), (7, 5) and (5, 8) (B) (2, 3), (7, 5) and (8, 5) (C) (2, 3), (5, 7) and (8, 5) (D) (3, 2), (5, 7) and (5, 8)
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3 Top Row
Bricks were stacked in the pattern shown in the figure. If the pattern continued and there were 49 bricks in all, how many bricks would be in the bottom row ? (A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
10. One card is drawn from a wellshuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability of drawing an ace is ____. (A)
1 13
(B)
4 13
(C)
2 13
(D)
9 13
Face Diagonal
11. A vertical cut is made through the cube along the diagonal of the top face as shown in figure. Which two identical solids will be produced ? (A) Rectangular pyramids
(B) Rectangular prisms
(C) Triangular pyramids
(D) Triangular prisms
12. The following represent Binny's algebra scores : 74, 76, 83, 90 If the highest and lowest scores are removed, which measure of data will change ? (A) Median
(B) Mode
(C) Range
(D) None of these
13. In the repeating decimal equivalent to 15/111, there is a pattern. The first 6 digits after the decimal point are shown below. 0.135135 ..... Based on this information, which digit is in the 12 th position after the decimal point ? (A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 5
14. In this figure, the area of shaded portion is ____ . (A) 98 cm 2
(D) 0 P
12 c m 16 c
m
(B) 480 cm 2 2
(C) 384 cm
(D) 380 cm 2
52 cm R
S 48 cm
Q
15. Mrs. Asha is ordering tiles to cover a wall. • Each tile is in the shape of square of side 40 cm. • The tiles cost Rs. 2.25 each. • The wall is 20 m long. What additional information does Mrs. Asha need to determine how many tiles to order ? (A) The size of the tiles she will use
(B) The height of the wall
(C) The colour of the tiles
(D) The material used to manufacture the tiles
LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 16. From the original position, D and B move one and a half length of sides, clockwise and anticlockwise respectively. Which one of the following
A S
statements is true ? (A) B and D are both at the midpoint between A and C .
D W E
N
C
B
(B) D is at the midpoint between A and C, and B is at the corner originally occupied by C. (C) B is at the midpoint between original position of A and D, and D is at the midpoint between original positions of B and C. (D) B is at the midpoint between A and C, and D is at the midpoint between original positions of B and C.
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17. 246 is related to (36, 16, 04) in the same way as 357 is related to (A) (09, 49, 25)
(B) (49, 16, 04)
(C) (49, 25, 09)
(D) (36, 16, 04)
18. According to given diagram which one of the following statements is true ? (A) All historians are magicians
Magicians
(B) Some magicians are philosophers as well as historians (C) All historians are either philosophers or magicians Philosophers
Historians
(D) Some historians are philosophers
19. Five persons are sitting, facing centre of a circle. Pramod is sitting to the right of Rajan. Raju is sitting between Brejesh and Naveen. Raju is to the left of Brejesh, and Rajan is to right of Brejesh. Who is sitting to the left of Naveen ? (A) Pramod
(B) Raju
(C) Brejesh
(D) Rajan
20. What should come in place of (?) in the following sequence ? BZA, DYE, GXI, KWM, __?_____ (A) OVT
(B) NUQ
(C) PVQ
(D) QVR
21. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then choose the correct sequence. 1. Pestle 2. Pestilence 3. Pester 4. Pest 5. Pessimist (A) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(B) 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
(C) 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
(D) 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
22. If 'rose' is called 'poppy', 'poppy' is called 'lily', 'lily' is called 'lotus' and 'lotus' is called 'gladiola', which is the king of flowers ? (A) Gladiola
(B) Lotus
(C) Poppy
23. Complete the series
(D) Lily
_____? ____
+
(A)
+
(B)
(C)
(D)
24. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIEVED as 7, what is the code number for GOVERNMENT ? (A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
25. Which answer figure will complete the given figure ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
26. How many triangles are there in the given figure ? (A) 16
(B) 20
(C) 12
(D) 22
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27. This net is folded to produce a threedimensional object. Which object will this net produce ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
28. A man is facing South. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then 180º in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now? (A) Northeast
(B) Northwest
(C) Southeast
(D) Southwest
29. A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing the centre. D is between F and B. A is second to the left of D and second to right of E. B is to the left of E. Who is facing A ? (A) B
(B) C
(C) D
(D) E
30. A set of figures carrying certain characters, is given. Assuming that the characters in each set follow a similar pattern, find the missing character. 25 17 6
38 18 8
1 (A) 13
2
89 16 ?
3 (B) 15
(C) 17
(D) 19
COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. A kilobyte has ___ . (A) 8000 bits
(B) 10000 bits
(C) 8192 bits
(D) 10240 bits
32. The button on the status bar that you would select in order to see the slides of a presentation in small size on the screen, is ____. (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33. Which of the following is not an example of system software ? (A) Windows
(B) Compilers
(C) Device drivers
(D) School management software
34. Identify the following component of word processor.
File
Edit
(A) Title bar
View
Insert Format Tools Table Window H elp (B) Menu bar
(C) Tool bar
35. Identify the cell with border in the image. (A) Status Bar
(B) Active cell
(C) Print area
(D) Name box
A 1 2
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36. Shortcut key to centre the text in MSWord is ___ . (A) Ctrl+C
(B) Ctrl+N
(C) Ctrl+E
(D) Ctrl+R
37. Which of the following is an example of nonvolatile memory ? (A) SDRAM
(B) ROM
(C) DRAM
(D) SRAM
38. Which of the following is not a transmission medium ? (A) Telephone lines
(B) Broadband cable
(C) Modem
(D) Fibre optics
39. Identify the following component of word processor. (A) Scale
(B) Vertical ruler
(C) Horizontal ruler
(D) Scroll bar
40. When you perform cut on a selected text it will be placed into an area in memory called ____ . (A) Whiteboard
(B) Blackboard
(C) Clipboard
(D) Display board
(C) Pound sign
(D) Dollar sign
41. A formula in MSExcel starts with ____ . (A) ( ) brackets
(B) Equal sign
42. Identify the following view in a presentation graphics software. (A) Normal view
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(B) Slide sorter view (C) Slide show (D) Notes layout 43. IP is an abbreviation for which of the following ? (A) Internet Printer
(B) Internet Ping
(C) Internet Person
(D) Internet Protocol
44. Which of these does not have the ability to allow a user to communicate with another computer ? (A) Network Card
(B) Serial Port
(C) VGA Port
(D) Modem
45. A file format designed to enable printing and viewing of documents with all their formatting appearing regardless of the operating system used is ______ . (A) Word
(B) PDF
(C) PFD
(D) DFP
(C) 3 GLs
(D) 0 GLs
46. High level languages may be classified as ___ . (A) 1 GLs
(B) 2 GLs
47. To insert linked data from MSExcel to MSWord (A) MSExcel, copy the selected cells ® go to MSWord ® place mouse pointer at desired location ® edit ® paste special ® Ok (B) MSExcel, copy the selected cells ® go to MSWord ® place mouse pointer at desired location ® paste ® edit option ® Ok (C) Select data in Excel ® Ctrl + C ® go to MSWord ® Ctrl + V (D) All of the above
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48. Which of the below HTML tags is correct for inserting an image ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
49. URL stands for ____ . (A) Unique Research Location (C) Uniform Resource Locator
(B) Unique Research Locator (D) Uniform Research Locator
50. WWW is ____ . (A) (World Wide Web) Usually means the universe of hypertext servers (HTTP servers) which allows text, graphics, sound files, etc. to be mixed together. (B) (Internet Relay Chat) Basically a huge multiuser live chat facility. (C) Refers to the fact that Black widow spiders are found in all parts of the world and therefore have a world wide web. (D) Browser SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
Sandy has the following scores on her science tests. 88, 91, 89, 85, 92 If she wants to increase her current test mean by at least 1 point, what is the minimum score she must make on her next test ? (A) 89
2.
3.
(B) 90
Look at this number line. If point P represents closest to the value of x ?
(B) Point B
(C) Point C
(D) Point D
P A 0
B 5
C
D
10
15
Pia is a sales representative for a printer company. She sells two models of printers Model P and Model Q. Last month she sold a total of 120 printers. The ratio of Model P printers sold to Model Q printers sold was 3:5. If Pia is paid a ` 25 commission for every Model P printer sold and a ` 20 commission for every Model Q printer sold, what was her total commission last month ? (B) ` 2475
3
1
2
(1 / 2) – (1 / 3)
(C) ` 2625 1
(D) ` 2760
5
Simplify : 4 ÷ 2 4 of 3 - (1 / 2) + (1 / 3) × 3 3 + 6 = ? (A)
5.
(D) 95
x , which point is
(A) Point A
(A) ` 1480 4.
(C) 92
7 18
(B)
49 54
(C)
2 3
(D)
1 6
243 ft
The dimensions of 3 connected stores are shown in the figure. How many square feet of floor space are used by the 3 stores ?
Video Arcade
215 ft
(A) 9,600 ft 2 275 ft
128 ft Galore 188 ft
(C) 21,141 ft 2
75 ft
2
(D) 42021 ft 6.
(B) LK
(C) LJ
J K H
L (D) HJ
An article was sold for ` 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the cost of the article was ______. (A) ` 72
8.
60 ft
The given cube is constructed so that the sphere shown would fit inside it, touching the centre of each face of the cube at exactly one point. Which of the following lengths best represents the diameter of the sphere ? (A) HK
7.
Sports
(B) 11,280 ft 2
(B) ` 80
(C) ` 90
(D) ` 100
What is the order of these numbers from least to greatest? 11 3.3, 3.3, 10 , 3 11 11 11 11 < 10 < 3.3 < 3.3 < 10 (D) 3.3 < 3.3 < 10 < (A) 10 < 3.3 < 3.3 < (B) 3.3 < 3.3 < (C) 3 3 3 3
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3 y 6 5 4 3 2 1
Look at the given figure. What will be the new coordinates of the figure when it is reflected across the yaxis ? (A) (1, 1), (3, 4), (5, 2)
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 –1 –2 –3 –4 –5 –6
(B) (1, 1), (4, 3), (2, 5) (C) (–1, –1), (–3, –4), (–5, –2) (D) (–1, –1), (–4, –3), (–2, –5)
x
10. A cuboidal tank of base dimensions 220 cm × 20 cm is full of water. If 11 litres of water is drawn out, the water level in the tank will drop by _____. 1 cm 2
(A) 2 11.
3 (B) 11 cm 2
(C) 12
1 cm 2
(D) 14 cm
2 2 a 3 + 27 b 3 + 125c 3 - 45 2 abc is expressed as a product of a linear factor and a quadratic factor. . The linear factor is ______.
(A)
(B)
2a - 3b + 5 c
(C) - 2a + 3b + 5 c
2a + 3b + 5 c
(D) None of these
12. Which of the following could be the graph of ax + by = c where c ¹ 0 ? y y y (A) x¢
x
(B) x¢
(C) x¢
x
y¢
x
y¢
(D) None of these
y¢
A
13. Which of the following is correct ? (A) AB = AC
(B) AC > AB
(C) BC < AB
(D) None of these
108° C
122° B
14. Given a circle with centre O. A chord AB is drawn and C is its midpoint. Then ÐACO will be ____ . (A) More than 90°
(B) Less than 90°
(C) 90°
(D) None of these
O A
C
B
15. The length of the longest pole that can be kept in a room of dimensions 10 m ´ 10 m ´ 5 m is ____. (A) 12 m
(B) 12.5 m
(C) 25 m
(D) 15 m
LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 16. Out of the five figures, four are similar in a certain way. Find out the odd figure.
J F MA T 1
(A)
J
(B)
F
2
3
4
(C)
5
M
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T
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17. The given question contains problem figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Select a figure from the options which will continue the same series as given in the problem figures. Problem Figures
?
? 1
(A)
(B)
2
3
4
5
(C)
(D)
?
18. How many triangles are there in the given figure ? (A) 10 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 11 19. A part of the figure (x) is missing. Find out from the given options the right figure to fit in the missing part. (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
? Fig. (x)
20. Four positions of the same dice have been shown. Which number will come opposite to 3 ? (A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 1
(D) 6
3 1 (i)
3 5
5 (ii)
2
4 6
3 (iii)
6
6
5
(iv)
21. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then choose the correct sequence. 1. Brook 2. Bandit 3. Boisterous 4. Baffle 5. Bright (A) 2, 4, 3, 1, 5 (B) 2, 4, 3, 5, 1 (C) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5 (D) 4, 2, 3, 5, 1 22. In the given question, a set of five figures (a, b, c, d and e) are followed by four alternatives (A, B, C and D). Select the alternative which represents the combination of figures which if fitted together, will form a complete square ? (A) cda (B) bcd (C) acd (e) (d) (a) (b) (D) bce 23. Choose the correct mirror image of figure (X) if a mirror is placed along PQ. (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
P
Fig. (X)
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24. In the given q uestion , a figu re marked o n a transparent sh eet is g iven , followed by four answer figures. One out of these four options resembles the figure which is obtained by folding the transparent sheet along the dotted line.
Transparent Sheet
Which option shows the correct response ? (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
25. If by following certain rearrangement code, 'When And Why Did You Take Dip In The Lake' gets decoded as 'Did And Take Why Lake The When In Dip You.' Which of the following would be decoded as 'Came They Frightened If Wish Here And Out There Through'? (A) And They If Came Through There Frightened Out Here Wish (B) And They Came If Through Frightened There Out Here Wish (C) Out They If Came Through Frightened And There Here Wish (D) And They If Came Through Frightened There Out Here Wish 26. Ms. Ridhima goes for her morning walk at 6 O'clock in the direction of the rising sun for 2 km. Then she turns to her right and walks 3 km. She again turns to her left and walks 2 km. Finally she turns to her left to walk another 6 km. In which direction is she moving and at what distance from the last turn, she is standing ? (A) 6 km, East
(B) 9 km, East
(C) 6 km, North
(D) 9 km, North
27. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a line facing the east. C is to the immediate right of D. B is at one of the extreme ends and has E as his neighbour. G is between E and F. D is sitting third from the south end. Who are the persons sitting at the extreme ends ? (A) A and E
(B) A and B
(C) F and B
(D) C and D
28. Dilip's position from the left in a row of students is 10 th and Jagdish's position is 20 th from the right. Both of them interchange their positions and Jagdish becomes 23 rd from the right. How many students are there in the row ? (A) 33
(B) 44
(C) 42
(D) 32
29. Observe the following notations : A ¢¢ B means 'add B to A' A ¢ B means 'subtract B from A' A @ B means 'divide A by B' A * B means 'multiply A by B' The time taken by two running trains for crossing each other is calculated by dividing the sum of the lengths of two trains by the total speed of the two trains. If the length of first train is L 1 , the length of second train is L 2, the speed of first train is V 1 , and the speed of the second train is V 2 , which of the following expressions would represent the time taken ? (A) [(L 1 ¢¢ L 2 ) @ (V 1 ¢¢ V 2 )] * 60
(B) [(L 1 ¢¢ L 2 ) * (V 1 ¢ V 2 )]
(C) [(L 1 ¢¢ L 2 ) @ (V 1 ¢¢ V 2 )]
(D) None of these
30. Find the missing number. (A) 34 (B) 42 (C) 44 (D) 45
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5 3 4 6
3 4 4 5
2 4 5 5
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COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. For a social studies report, Farhan needs to illustrate the products of Big Bazaar with pictures and comparison graphs. He would most likely use which software programs ? (A) Spreadsheet and statistical
(B) Spreadsheet and database
(C) Graphing and clip art
(D) Clip art and drawing
32. This spreadsheet is used to record the rental fee for each student in the middle school band. How would the total cost per year for all the instruments be calculated?
A
B
C
D
E
1
Name
2
Debbie
Fee Per Number of Total Cost Month Months ` 450.00 Saxophone ` 45.00 10
3
Kia
Clarinet
` 35.00
10
` 350.00
4
Samrat
Trumpet
` 60.00
5
` 300.00
5
Rohan
Drums
` 55.00
0.00
(C) By adding cells E2 through E6
6
Ben
Flute
` 42.00
0.00
(D) By adding cells D2 through D6
7
Instrument
(A) By adding cells C7 through E7 (B) By adding cells C2 through C6
` 1100.00
Total Rental Fee
33. Which term refers to the speed at which information is telecomputed ? (A) Megabyte load
(B) Interface speed
(C) Cycles per second
(D) Baud rate
34. In order to use an online database service, Sasha would need which of the following ? (A) Computer, phone line, printer, CDROM drive (B) Phone line, telecomputing software, modem, computer (C) Computer, telecomputing software, printer (D) Telecomputing software, phone line, modem 35. Which of the following is NOT an attribute of BASEFONT tag ? (A) SIZE
(B) PRE
(C) FACE
(D) COLOUR
(C) Duke Nukem
(D) Douglas Engelbart
36. The computer's mouse was invented by _____ . (A) JeanDaniel Nicoud
(B) Andre Guignard
37. What function is used to make sure that all conditions are true before showing a TRUE answer ? (A) = AND( )
(B) = OR( )
(C) = Vlookup( )
(D) = If ( )
38. This type of port is used to connect to graphic card that provides highspeed video performance typically required in games and other multimedia applications. (A) Serial port
(B) Parallel port
(C) USB port
(D) AGP port
39. You've got a bunch of digital holiday photos you want to put into a slide show. In PowerPoint 2007, what's the quickest method ? (A) Apply a multiplepicture layout to several slides, and use Clip Art icon on the slides to import your pictures. (B) On the Insert menu, point to Picture, click from file, and select your pictures in a group for each slide. (C) On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and click New Photo Album. (D) None of these.
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40. ______ are usually emails that contain bogus warnings intended to frighten or mislead people. (A) Spams
(B) Hoaxes
(C) Junk
(D) None of these
41. Vani has been using her computer for several years and is facing slower performance of her computer. She should use _____. (A) Disk Defragmenter
(B) Scan Disk
(C) Control Panel
(D) Delete files from removable drive
42. USENET is ____. (A) A set of tools reserved exclusively for Internet administrators. (B) Short of United States Electronic Network. (C) A bulletin board system that allows for posting and responding to messages on the Internet. (D) A precursor to the internet that is now obsolete. 43. In a flowchart, what is a parallelogram used for? (A) Denotes a decision to be made (B) To show input or output (C) The beginning or end of a program (D) Denotes stored data 44. An algorithm is ____. (A) A flowchart (C) Solving problems that cannot be solved
(B) Any problem solving method (D) Artificial intelligence
45. Word wrap is ____. (A) When a word is deleted because it is too long to fit on a file. (B) When MSWord hyphenates a word at the end of a line. (C) When MSWord determines if there is room for a word at the end of a line or if it must go on the next line. (D) When the typist determines if there is room for a word at the end of a line or if it must go on the next line. 46. Pentium III/500 MHz is a ______ . (A) Pentium computer having 500 MB memory (B) Pentium computer running at a speed of 500 MHz (C) Computer which has a speed 500 times that of Pentium III Processor (D) None of these 47. Which of these are not the advantages of using Flash ? (A) Flash loads much faster than animated images. (B) Flash does not require programming skills, java applets do. (C) Flash allows interactivity, animated images do not. (D) Flash is a free software. 48. In Flash, buttons have four states : up, over, down and ____ . (A) Vertical (B) Horizontal (C) Hit
(D) Footer
49. In Flash, you can add layers, delete layers, and change the _____ of the layers. (A) Position
(B) Animation
(C) Ruler Units
(D) Action
50. The command to insert a GIF image called "mypic.gif," saved in the same directory as the HTML document is _____ . (A) (B) < IMG SRC = "mypic.gif"> (C) (D) < I MG SRC = "mypic.gif" >
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Set A Year 2012
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
Which of the following is equal to x ? 9
3
(B)
(A) x 16 − x 4
3 12
1
(x 4 )3
2
2 ( x 3 ) 3
(C)
(D)
2
(x
12 7
×
)
7 4 12 x
2.
Let P and Q are the remainders when the polynomial y3 + 2y2 – 5ay – 7 and y3 + ay2 – 12y + 6 are
divided by y + 1 and y – 2 respectively. If 2P + Q = 6, then the value of a is _____. (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1
3.
Priya is of same age as Megha. Chinu is also of same age as Megha. Which of the following
statements correctly illustrates the relative age of Priya and Chinu ? (A) If equals be subtracted, remainders are equal. (B) If equals are added, remainders are equal. (C) If things are equal to the same thing they are equal. (D) Things which coincide are equal to each other.
4.
One of the elephants in the zoo is on a special diet and eats every day a portion of carrots which is equal to what one of the rabbits eats in one year (365 days). Together, in one day, the elephant and the rabbit eat 111 kilograms of carrots. How many kilograms of carrots does the rabbit eat in
5.
one day? 1 (A) 2
(B)
111 165
(C)
37 122
(D)
19 61
In the pattern of circles shown the largest circle has radius r. The area of the shaded part is ______.
1 2 2 πr (B) (p – 2)r 2
(C) 2r 2
(D) (4 – p)r 2
6.
1 The sides of a triangle have lengths, in centimetres, of 7 , 11 and x, where x is a whole number. 2 What is the smallest possible value of x? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 2
7.
The diagram represents a circular cylinder of circumference 6 cm and height 4 cm. Point P on the
(A)
top rim is diametrically opposite to point Q on the bottom rim. What is the shortest distance, in centimetres, from P to Q along the surface of the cylinder ? 52 6 4+ π 5 7
(A)
(B)
8.
Solve for x : 8 6 + x 3 =
(A) 2 2
(C) (D)
1
1
7 . 3− 2 (B) 4
(C) 8
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9.
In the given diagram there is a linear relationship between the two integers occupying opposite
sectors. The value of the missing integer is ____. (A) 23 (B) 27 (C) 35 (D) 41
10. At a party there is an equal number of boys and girls. One quarter of the boys have part-time jobs. Twice as many of the girls have part-time jobs. Altogether 30 of those present are without
part-time jobs. The number of people at the party is in the range _____. (A) 100 – 124 (B) 60 – 72 (C) 34 – 38
(D) None of these
Logical and Analytical Reasoning 11. Mr. and Mrs. Aggarwal were married in November and their children Sahil and Sonia are November born too. Sahil's birthday is celebrated 10 days before Sonia's birthday and 7 days after the marriage anniversary of parents. The marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Aggarwal was celebrated on second Sunday of the November month and last day of the month also happened to be Sunday.
On which day and date of month Sonia celebrated her birthday ? (A) 2 Nov, Sunday (B) 6 Nov, Thursday (C) 9 Nov, Sunday
(D) 26 Nov, Wednesday
12. Out of the given five figures, four are similar in a certain way. However, one figure is not like the other four. Find that odd figure.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
13. According to a certain code, 'min fin bin gin' means 'trains are always late'; 'gin din cin hin' means 'drivers were always punished'; 'bin cin vin rin' means 'drivers stopped all trains'; and 'din kin fin
vin' means 'all passengers were late'. Then now 'Drivers were late' would be written as _____. (A) min cin din (B) fin cin din (C) fin din gin (D) gin hin min
14. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight friends sitting around a circle facing towards the centre.
W is on the immediate left of P but is not the neighbour of T or S. U is on the immediate right of Q and V is the neighbour of T and R is between T and U.
Which of the following statements is true ? (A) T is between U and Q. (B) U is the neighbour of V. (C) V is between W and T. (D) W is between P and S.
15. If a stands for 'equal to'; b for 'greater than'; g for 'less than' and d for 'not equal to' and abxyac2z,
bxbay & b2aac are ture then which of the following is true? (B) a2x2bcz (C) b2xbc2z (A) ax2bcz
(D) bx2bc2z
16. There is a letter leaving two letters of the alphabet in order, after the letters placed at odd-numbered positions and leaving one letter of the alphabet in order after the letters placed at even-numbered
positions. Find that arrangement of letters from the given options. (A) ADFIKN (B) BEGJLN (C) CFHKLO
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17. Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as 'connected with 6' if it is divisible by 6 or if the sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits of the number. Other numbers are all 'not connected with 6'. As per this definition, the number of integers from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is ______.
(A) 18
(B) 24
(C) 42
(D) 43
18. Nitin was counting down from 32. Sumit was counting upwards the numbers starting from 1 and he was calling out only the odd numbers. What common number will they call out at the same time if they were calling out at the same speed?
(A) 19
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) They will not call out the same number
19. There are five men A, B, C, D and E reading a newspaper. The one who reads first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken from A. E was not the first or last to read. There were two readers between B and A. Then B passed the newspaper to whom?
(A) A
(B) C
(C) D
(D) E
20. The matrix of certain characters is given. These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column-wise. Find out this trend and choose the missing
character from the given options. (A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
Computers and information technology 21. Which of the following can hold the most amount of data ? (A) DVD (B) CD-ROM (C) CD-R
(D) Floppy Disk
22. In Visual Basic 6.0, the hot key to display the Properties Window is _______.
(A)
F2
(B)
F4
(C)
F5
(D)
F7
23. Match the following MS-Excel 2007 operations with the corresponding key strokes.
Column-I
I.
Insert the current time
a.
Shift
+
II.
Insert the current date
b.
Shift
+
III. To move from bottom to top within the
Column-II
c.
Ctrl
Ctrl
Enter F11
Shift
+
current column cell by cell : ;
IV. Insert a new worksheet
d.
(A) I – c, II – d, III – b, IV – a
(B) I – d, II – c, III – b, IV – a
(C) I – c, II – d, III – a, IV – b
(D) I – d, II – b, III – a, IV – c
+
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24. Match the following.
Column-I
Column-II
I.
Forms
a.
Forms and controls collectively
II.
Controls
b.
Values associated with VB objects
III. Objects
c.
Windows that you create for user interface
IV. Properties d. Graphical features drawn to allow user interaction (A) I – d, II – c, III – a, IV – b (B) I – c, II – d, III – a, IV – b (C) I – d, II – a, III – c, IV – b (D) I – d, II – c, III – b, IV – a
25. Match the component with the corresponding type and usage.
Component
Type and Usage
a.
It processes the data or instructions in the specified way
b.
It is used for storing data and instructions
c.
It prints quality documents
d.
It is a pointing device used for moving a cursor on the screen
I.
II.
III.
IV.
(A) I – c, II – d, III – a, IV – b (C) I – d, II – b, III – c, IV – a
(B) I – c, II – a, III – d, IV – b (D) I – d, II – c, III – b, IV – a
26. In MS-Excel 2007, the given image shows some values entered in an MS-Excel worksheet. What result will be displayed in A5 when the formula shown is applied ?
(A) (B) (C) (D)
21 3 4 1
27. Match the following.
Column-I
Column-II
I.
Indent
a.
The general arrangement of text in the document
II.
Word Wrap
b.
The distance between text boundaries and page margins
III. Formatting
c.
A temporary storage area used generally for cut/copy text or
graphics
IV. Clipboard
Placing text going past the right margin to the next line
(A) I – a, II – b, III – d, IV – c
(B) I – a, II – d, III – b, IV – c
(C) I – b, II – a, III – d, IV – c
(D) I – b, II – d, III – a, IV – c
d.
28. In MS-Word 2007, the alignment buttons are available in the Paragraph group in _____. (A) Insert Tab (B) Formatting Tab (C) View Tab (D) Home Tab
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(D) MS-Excel
30. Match the following.
Column-I
Column-II
I.
cps
a.
Denotes the density or quality of printing
II.
dpi
b.
Small blocks of coloured light on the monitor
III. Pixel
c.
Can be programmed to store information
IV. PROM
d.
Denotes the speed of the early printers
(A) I – d, II – a, III – c, IV – b
(B) I – a, II – d, III – b, IV – c
(C) I – a, II – b, III – d, IV – c
(D) I – d, II – a, III – b, IV – c
31. In this type of mouse, the movement of the mouse pointer is relative to the movement of the ball
at the bottom. Identify the mouse. (A) Mechanical mouse (B) Optical mouse
(C) Laser mouse
(D) Scanner mouse
32. A Universal Product Code can be read by which of the following I/O devices?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33. In the given MS-Excel 2007 worksheet, what will be displayed in the cell A6 when the Enter key is pressed?
(A) +77+A2
(B) Error message
(C) 104
(D) 50
34. The following body tag is used to :
(A) Only set the text color to blue (B) Only set the page background to blue (C) Set the text color to blue and the page background to CCFFCC (D) Set the page background to blue, and text color to CCFFCC
35. Which of the following is not a type of symbol available in Adobe Flash CS3? (A) Movie clip (B) Template (C) Graphic (D) Button 36. You have scanned three pages as 3 different .png file. This scanned document you want to include in a project report you are preparing using MS-Word 2007. Which feature of MS-Word 2007 will
you (A) (C) (D)
use to enter each .png file into your project report? In the Insert Tab, click ‘clip Art’ (B) In the Insert Tab, click ‘Picture’ In the View Tab, click ‘Two Pages’ In the Mailings Tab, click ‘Start Mail Merge’ and follow the procedure.
37. Of the given flowchart symbols, which type of box should be used to feed in the following statement?
SUM = SUM + 1 (A)
(B)
(C)
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38. Ethernet, Wireless 802.11b, HomePNA 2.0 are the _________. (A) Popular networks (B) Web browsers (C) Operating systems
(D) ISPs
used?
39. In MS-Excel 2007, why is Print Area
(A) To print the whole worksheet. (B) To select / unselect a part of the worksheet. (C) Mark a specific area of a sheet for printing, or clear such marked areas. (D) To set the page-settings for printing.
40. In Visual Basic 6.0, _______________ is used to display some text. (A) Label (B) Toolbox (C) Properties 41.
(D) IDE
Identify the given type of Transmission channel. (A) Coaxial cable (B) Twisted pair cable (C) Fiber Optics cable (D) Wi-Fi
42. Which of the following is not a mode to draw lines in Adobe Flash CS3 using the Pencil Tool? (A) Curve (B) Straighten (C) Smooth (D) Ink 43. Match the following:
Column-I
Column-II
Password
Detects and removes viruses and other malicious software from the
I.
a.
computer
II.
Obscuring important data in a database to prevent unauthorized
Antivirus software b.
access.
III. Firewall
Protects information by converting it into unreadable code that cannot
c.
be deciphered easily by unauthorized people.
IV. Disk Encryption
Secret sequence of characters that enable a user to control
d.
access to a computer, program or file.
V.
Data Masking
e.
A security system designed to protect a computer from hacker
attacks. (A) I – d, II – a, III – c, IV – b , V – e (C) I – d, II – c, III – a, IV – b , V – e
44. Which of the following is not a search engine? (A) Hotbot (www.hotbot.com)
(C) Gmail (www.gmail.com)
(B) I – d, II – a, III – e, IV – c , V – b (D) I – c, II – d, III – a, IV – e , V – b (B) Lycos (www.lycos.in) (D) Google (www.google.co.in)
45. Arrange the following in the ascending order of their data storage capacity:
Blu Ray Disc, CD-R, DVD, 2GB Pen Drive (A) Blu Ray Disc, DVD, 2GB Pen Drive, CD-R (B) DVD, Blu Ray Disc, 2GB Pen Drive, CD-R (C) CD-R, DVD, 2GB Pen Drive, Blu Ray Disc (D) CD-R, 2GB Pen Drive, DVD, Blu Ray Disc
46.
Which of the following is not true for the MARK I computer? (A) It was an electro-mechanical computer. (B) Built at IBM, it was also called the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. (C) It was manufactured in the 1980s. (D) It was devised by Howard H. Aiken.
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(A) (B) (C) (D)
I I I I
– – – –
I II III Normal View, II – Slide Sorter View, III – Slide Show, Normal View, II – Slide Show, III – Slide Sorter View, Slide Show, II – Normal View, III – Slide Sorter View, Slide Show, II – Slide Sorter View, III – Normal View,
IV IV IV IV
– – – –
IV Fit slide to current window Reading View Zoom Out Reading View
48. By which of following file extension virus can be sent as an e-mail attachment? (A) .exe, .com (B) .pif, .scr (C) .vbs, .bat (D) All of these 49. In Adobe Flash CS3, which of the following acts as a Symbol Store House? (A) Library (B) Key frame (C) Animation (D) Movie 50. In Visual Basic 6.0, Second (Now) function returns _________. (A) Same value as Second(Now()) (B) A number between 0 and 59 (C) The second of the day (D) Both (A) and (B) SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK
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Set B Year 2012
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MENTAL ABILITY 1.
In a game Kamini scored 199 and this raised her average over a number of games from 177 to
178. To raise her average to 179 with the next game she must score _______. (A) 179 (B) 180 (C) 199 (D) 201
2.
A bag contains 20 marbles coloured red, white, blue, green. There is one more red than white, 4
more white than blue and one more blue than green. The number of red marbles is ___. (A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 10
3.
OPQ is a quadrant of a circle and semi-circles are drawn on OP and OQ.
Areas a and b are shaded. Then a/b is _____. 1 (A) 12
1 2 π (D) 3 (B)
(C) 1
4.
A deck of 16 cards contains the four aces, four kings, four queens and four jacks. The 16 cards are thoroughly shuffled and my opponent draws two cards simultaneously and at random from the deck. The chance that he holds two aces in his hand is ______. 1 5
(B)
3 16
(C)
1 6
(A)
5.
When this 16 units by 9 units rectangle is cut in the manner shown, the
(D)
1 20
pieces, when rearranged, form a square of perimeter ______.
(A) 32 units
(B) 36 units
(C) 40 units
(D) 48 units
6.
The triangle PQR, right-angled at Q,
has semi-circles drawn with its
sides as diameters. The sides of the square STUV touches the semicircles and are parallel to PQ or QR, as shown in the figure. If PQ = 6 cm and QR = 8 cm then the area of STUV, in square centimetres, is ______.
(A) 121
(B) 132
(C) 144
(D) 156
7.
Which is equivalent to
(A)
8.
What is the ratio of the area of the larger equilateral triangle PQR
a+b 9
(a + b )2 2 + ? 18 (a + b)2 (B)
(a + b )2 9
(C)
(a + b )5 36
to that of the smaller equilateral triangle LMN if ratio of their sides
is 8 : 5? (A) 36 : 25
(B) 12 : 5
(C) 64 : 25 (D) 12 : 7
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There are two coins, one is double-headed and the other is normal. Shilpi tosses both coins. How many possible outcomes are there?
(A) 2
(B) 1
10. Value of x if 9x – 2x2 =
(A)
1 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
5 . 2 (B) 1
(C)
1 3
(D) 0
Logical and Analytical Reasoning 11. Prashant Jain has three children – Gauri, Vaibhav and Arun. Arun married Kanika, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mittal. The Mittal's married their youngest daughter to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma and they had two children named Akash and Shreya. The Mittal’s have two more children, Shan and Rinki, both elder to Vanshika. Sameer and Ajay are sons of Arun and Kanika. Rashmi is the daughter of Akash.
What is the surname of Rashmi ________ .
(A) Sharma
(B) Mittal
(C) Jain
(D) None of these
12. Six children B, D, C, M, J and K are split into two groups of three each and are made to stand in two rows in such a way that a child in one row is exactly facing a child in the other row. M is not at the ends of any row and is to the right of J, who is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is facing M. Which of the following groups of children is in the same row?
(A) BDC
(B) BMD
(C) MJK
(D) BMJ
13. Komal faces towards north. Turning to her right, she walks 25 metres. She then turns to her left and walks 30 metres. Next, she moves 25 metres to her right. She then turns to her right again and walks 55 metres. Finally, she turns to the right and moves 40 metres. In which direction is she now from her starting point?
(A) South-west
(B) South
(C) North-west
(D) South-east
14. In a row of girls, Rita and Monika occupy the ninth place from the right end and tenth place from the left end, respectively. If they interchange their places, then Rita and Monika occupy seventeenth place from the right and eighteenth place from the left respectively. How many girls are there in the row?
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) Data inadequate
15. If 'X $ Y' means 'X is not greater than Y'; 'X % Y' means 'X is not smaller than Y'; 'X * Y' means 'X is neither smaller than nor equal to Y'; 'X @ Y' means 'X is neither greater than nor equal to Y'; then which of the following are the best conclusions for statements below ? Statements : D $ K, H * B, K @ H Conclusions : I. B % K
II.
B @ K
(A) Only I and II are true
(B) Either I or II is true
(C) Only I and III are true
(D) None of these
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16. Figure given in which of the following options will continue the same series as established by the five problem figures.
Problem Figures
?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17. Select the figure from the options which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dot as in figure (X).
Figure (X)
(B)
(A)
18.
Find the number of triangles in the given figure. (A) 22 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) None of these
(C)
(D)
19. Following are the eligibility criteria for applying for the post of officer in a bank : I. The candidate should be a graduate with at least 65 % marks. II. The candidate should have at least 60% marks in graduation if he has post-graduate with at least 65% marks III. The candidate should have at least 55% marks in graduation and at least 60% marks in postgraduation if he holds a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) IV. The candidate should have at least 55% marks in both graduation and in post-graduation if he has at least five years work experience after post-graduation. V. The candidate should have at least 60% marks in graduation if he has at least ten years work experience after graduation. Mansi Roy has secured 65% marks in graduation and 50% marks in post-graduation. She has been working for ten years after completing her Ph.D. Which of the given above eligibility criteria is match with Mansi's eligibility for Bank. (A) I only (B) I and II only (C) I and III only (D) I and V only 20. A bowl of sweets was placed on a table to be distributed among three brothers – Rohan, Sahil and Keshav. Rohan arrived first and ate what he thought was his share of sweets and left. Then, Sahil arrived. He thought that he was the first one to arrive and ate the number of sweets, he thought was his share and left. Lastly, Keshav arrived. He again thought he was the first one to arrive and he took what he thought was his share. If 16 sweets are left in the bowl finally, how many sweets did the bowl contain initially? (A) 27 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 54
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Computers and information technology 21. Which of the following is not an MS-Excel 2007 Function?
(A) AVERAGE
(B) MAX
(C) COUNT
(D) ADD
22. A fully qualified URL that specifies the exact location of a resource residing on the internet is
called ____ URL. (A) Relative
(B) Absolute
(C) Resource Location
(D) Service Provider
23. The given HTML tag indicates that ________ .
(A) The table has no border
(B) The table has a border of default thickness
(C) There is no table
(D) The table has zero rows and zero columns
24. The special effect in animation that changes one shape into another shape through seamless transitions is called ________ .
(A) Tweening
(B) Morphing
(C) Selecting
(D) Transitioning
25. This software not only interrupts the normal working of a computer but also steals important data from the computer. Identify this software.
(A) Antivirus software
(B) Operating System
(C) Boot Virus
(D) Malware
26. Given below is a price list and quantity of items sold at a grocery store.
Which one MS-Excel 2007 function can be used to find the value of total sales as shown in cell D7?
(A) = SUM(C2:D6)
(B) = PRODUCT(C2:D6)
(C) = SUMPRODUCT(C2:C6, D2:D6)
(D) It cannot be calculated using a single function
27. What is the output of the following HTML code?
Fruits
- Apple
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Water Melon
(A)
(B)
(C)
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6 Direction(28-31) : A picture of the Layer Window in Adobe FLASH CS3 is shown here. Answer the questions based on the picture : 28. Which button is being shown by ‘V’?
(A) Insert layer
(B) Delete Layer
(C) Lock Layer
(D) Add Guide Layer
29. Which is the Show/Hide layer Button?
(A) I
(B) II
30. What item in the layer is being shown by ‘I’? (A) Add Guide Layer (B) Layer Name
(C) III
(D) IV
(C) Layer Lock
(D) New Layer
31. The Pencil icon in the layer window is for ________ .
(A) Indicating that the layer is locked (C) Modifying the name of the active layer
(B) Indicating that it is an inspector layer (D) Indicating that the current layer is the active layer
32.
Which of the following is the procedure to add organization charts in a Ms-Word 2007 document? (A) View Tab → click ‘Smart Art’ → click list – select type (B) View Tab → click ‘Picture’ → click ‘Hierarchy’ – select type (C) Insert Tab → click ‘Picture’ → click ‘Hierarchy’ – select type (D) Insert Tab → click ‘Smart Art’ → click ‘Hierarchy’ – select type
33. Match the following MS-Word 2007 icons with their utility.
Column A
Column B
I.
a.
Colours the background behind the selected text or paragraph.
II.
b.
Changes the set of styles, colours, and fonts used in a document.
III.
c. Inserts symbols that are not available on the keyboard like the copyright symbols, trademark symbols, paragraph marks and Unicode characters.
IV.
d.
Replaces the text in the document.
V.
e. Inserts common mathematical equations or build your own equations using a library of math symbols.
(A) I – e, II – c, III – a, IV – b, V – d (C) I – c, II – e, III – d, IV – b, V – a
(B) I – e, II – c, III – d, IV – a, V – b (D) I – c, II – e, III – a, IV – b, V – d
34. Which feature of MS-Excel 2007 allows you to view multiple distant parts of your worksheet at once?
(A) Cascade Windows
(B) Split
(C) Hide Window
(D) Switch Window
35. Which of the following is NOT a mode of a Visual Basic program?
(A) Intermediate Mode
(B) Design Mode
(C) Run Mode
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(D) Break Mode
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36. Match the following:
A
Data bus
I.
B
a. Carries instructions between the CPU and other parts of the computer.
II.
Address bus
b.
Carries data from the memory to the CPU and vice versa.
III. Control bus
c.
Carries addresses from the CPU to the memory.
(A) I – c, II – b, III – a
(B) I – b, II – a, III – c
(C) I – c, II – a, III – b
(D) I – b, II – c, III – a
37. In Adobe FLASH CS3, which function key is used to convert an Object into a Symbol?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
38. In Visual Basic, a ________ is used to receive input (text and numbers) from the user.
(A) Code Window
(B) Command Button
(C) Text Box
(D) Toolbox
39. Which computer port is used to connect devices such as web-cameras, scanners, digital cameras, etc to a computer?
(A) USB port
(B) Serial Port
(C) LPT Port
(D) RJ 45
40. In a flowchart, the given symbol is called the ________ symbol.
(A) Decision
(B) Input or Output
(C) Start/Stop
(D) Connector
41. ________ provide additional information about an HTML element.
(A) Tags
(B) Attributes
(C) Containers
(D) Tables
42. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, the ‘Rehearse Timings’ option is found in the ________ tab.
(A) File
(B) Tools
(C) Insert
(D) Slide Show
43. This device is used to print vector graphics. It were used in CAD. Identify it.
(A) Laser Printer
(B) Dot matrix Printer
(C) Plotter
(D) Digitizer
44. The