Tiss-net Sample Paper

TISS-NET SAMPLE PAPER 1.

The famous and fierce Swiss Guard is the last line of protection for (a) The Prime Minister of Switzerland (b) The Pope (c) The Arch Bishop of Canterbury (d) The Cardinal of Switzerland

Ans: b 2.

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Which of the following is called the Roof of Africa (a) Kilimanjaro (b) The Sahara (c) The Namib (d) The Masa Marai

Ans: a The example of fold mountains are (a) The Vindhyas (b) The Aravalis (c) The Himalayas (d) The Rockies

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Find the odd one out: 85, 79, 71, 73 (a) 85 (b) 79 (c) 71 (d) 73

Ans: c Ans: a 3.

One of the most well-known exponents of the Dhrupad singing is (a) Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (b) Tansen (c) Pandit Shiv Kumar (d) Alla Raakha

8.

If ANITA is written as ZOHUZ, how will NAVEEN be written? (a) OZWFFO (b) MBUFDO (c) OZUVDO (d) MBWFFO

Ans: a Ans: b 4.

Which of the following is a Man Booker prize winner (a) Krishna Uday Shankar (b) Amish Tripathi (c) Rajeev Menon (d) Aravinda Adiga

Ans: d 5.

The bass guitar player and singer of the fusion band Indian Ocean (a) Asheem (b) Uday Benegal (c) Zubin Balapore (d) Rahul Ram

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A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours; machine Q can print the same number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished? (a) 11:30 A.M. (b) 12 noon (c) 12:30 P.M. (d) 1:00 P.M.

Ans: d Ans: d

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10.

There are 4 beads of different colours. How many different key chains can be made using these beads if each key chain has a different arrangement of beads and all key chains have 4 beads? (a) 24 (b) 64 (c) 256 (d) 12

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Fill the blanks using the words given below to make a meaningful sentence. The author used a rhetorical question as a terminal flourish to .....the section of text. (a) disclose (b) conclude (c) simplify (d) ascertain

Ans: b Ans: a 15. 11.

One rectangular metal plate of 11 cm length, 8 cm breadth and 2 cm thickness has to be molten and recast into a solid cylinder of 8 cm diameter. What should be its height (a) 3.5 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 4.5 cm

Ans: a 12.

Out of 68 students, 26 are taking Women Studies and 41 are taking Education. If eleven students are in classes, how many students are in neither class? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16

Ans: c 13.

In the following question, select a pair of words that are similar in relationship to the pair given in capital. DRAMA : DIRECTOR :: (a) class : principal (b) movie : scenario (c) actor : playwright (d) magazine : editor

Ans: d

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Fill the blanks in the sentences given below using the pair of words given. The two sisters selfessly dedicated their lives to the nursing profession; their ...made them..., ones whose ways are worthly of imitation. (a) morality....emancipators (b) erudition....enigmas (c) devotion....egotists (d) altruism....exemplars

Ans: d 16.

For each word below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. TEMPORAL: Do not get tempted by these emporal pleasures. They do not last long. (a) Eternal (b) Immortal (c) Everlasting (d) Ephemeral

Ans: c

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Rearrange the sentences to form a logical and meaningful paragraph. a. As I learnt how to read I began enjoying the stories. b. Soon it became my favourite book. c. I was very young then. d. Initially I looked only at the pictures and could not read the stores. e. My mother bought me my first book of stories. (a) becda (b) ecdab (c) decab (d) dbace

Ans: d Though the question asks for a word that is inappropriate in the given context, there are three options that can be the answer. It seems the directions of the questions are incorrect. Given the options, the question should have asked for a word ‘appropriate’ in the given context. In that case, option (d) is the correct answer.

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