1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third,

Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the

following would be the last letter of that word ? If no such word can be

made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed,

give your answer as ‘Y’.

(A) I

(B) B

(C) L

(D) X

(E) Y

Ans : (B)

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a

group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

(A) Stem

(B) Tree

(C) Root

(D) Branch
(E) Leaf

Ans : (B)

3. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the

letters AER, using each letter only once in each word ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) Four

Ans : (D)

4. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC.

How is SLIT written in that code ?

(A) UTGR

(B) UTKR

(C) TUGR

(D) RUGT

(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

5. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is

called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’

and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ?

(A) Potato

(B) Guava

(C) Apple

(D) Banana

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

6. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order,

what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the

right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement ?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four
(E) None

Ans : (D)

7. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of

the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the

letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

8. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7***3$

then how will HAIL be coded in the same language ?

(A) 7&8***

(B) &7***8
(C) 7***&8

(D) 7&***8

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

9. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which

has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the

English alphabets ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

Ans : (E)

10. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la

pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots
could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language ?

(A) na

(B) ka

(C) bo

(D) so

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

*Directions*—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given three

statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take

the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from

commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the

given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding

commonly known facts.

Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and

*Give answer—*

(A) if only conclusion I is true.

(B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.

(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

11. *Statements :* All stars are suns.

Some suns are planets.

All planets are satellites.

*Conclusions :*

I. Some satellites are stars.

II. No star is a satellite.

Ans : (C)

12. *Statements :* All fishes are birds.

All birds are rats.

All rats are cows.

*Conclusions :*

I. All birds are cows

II. All rats are fishes

Ans : (A)

13. *Statements :* All curtains are rods.

Some rods are sheets.

Some sheets are pillows.

*Conclusions :

*I. Some pillows are rods.

II. Some rods are curtains.

Ans : (B)

14. *Statements :* Some walls are windows.

Some windows are doors.

All doors are roofs.

*Conclusions :

*I. Some doors are walls.

II. No roof is a window.

Ans : (D)

15. *Statements :* All switches are plugs.

Some plugs are bulbs.

All bulbs are sockets.
*Conclusions :*

I. Some sockets are plugs.

II. Some plugs are switches.

Ans : (E)

*Directions*—(Q. 16–20) Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the

questions, which follow :

489 – 541 – 654 – 953 – 983

16. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which

of the following will be the second highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(C) 654

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (C)

17. If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order,

which of the following will be the lowest number ?
(A) 489

(B) 541

(C) 654

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (B)

18. Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of

lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of highest number after

adding one to each of the numbers ?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

(E) 5

Ans : (A)

19. If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following

numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest
number and the second digit of the highest number ?

(A) Zero

(B) 3

(C) 1

(D) 4

(E) 2

Ans : (B)

20. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged,

which will be the third highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(C) 654

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (D)

*Directions*—(Q. 21–25) Read the following information carefully and answer

the questions, which follow :
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’

‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’

‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’

‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’

21. Which of the following means P is grandson of S ?

(A) P + Q – S

(B) P ÷ Q × S

(C) P ÷ Q + S

(D) P × Q ÷ S

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

22. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’ ?

(A) Sister

(B) Wife

(C) Son

(D) Daughter

(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

23. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P ?

(A) Mother

(B) Father

(C) Son

(D) Brother

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

24. Which of the following means T is wife of P ?

(A) P × S ÷ T

(B) P ÷ S × T

(C) P – S ÷ T

(D) P + T ÷ S

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

25. In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related to P ?

(A) Daughter
(B) Sister

(C) Mother

(D) Can’t be determined

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

*Directions*—(Q. 26–30) In each of these questions a group of letters is

given followed by four combinations of number/symbol *lettered *(A), (B),

(C) & (D). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given

below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which

represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your

answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. None

of these :

*Letters* *#* Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E

*Number/ Symbol* *#* 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 * 9 8 3

*Conditions :*
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be

coded as the code of the vowel.

(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for

the first and the last are to be interchanged.

(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the

fifth letters are to be coded as ©.

26. BKGQJN

(A) 9©$7©%

(B) ©9$7%©

(C) 91$78%

(D) %1$789

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

27. IJBRLG

(A) #89*£$

(B) #89*£#

(C) $89*£#
(D) $89*£$

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

28. BARNIS

(A) 92*#%4

(B) 924#*%

(C) 92*#%9

(D) 42*#%4

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

29. EGAKRL

(A) #£$21*

(B) £$21*3

(C) £$21*#

(D) #£$21#

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

30. DMBNIA

(A) 6@9%#2

(B) 2@9%#6

(C) 2@9%#2

(D) 2©9%#2

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

*Directions*—(Q. 31–35) Study the following information carefully to answer

these questions.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three different companies

namely X, Y and Z. Not more than three persons work for a company. There are

only two ladies in the group who have different specializations and work for

different companies. Of the group of friends, two have specialization in

each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is a

doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing specialist B who

does not work for company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in

company Z. D is a specialist in HR working in company X while her friend G
is a finance specialist and works for company Z. No two persons having the

same specialization work together. Marketing specialist F works for company

Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in which only

two specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.

31. For which of the following companies does C work ?

(A) Y

(B) X

(C) Z

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

32. Which of the following represents the pair working in the same company ?

(A) D and C

(B) A and B

(C) A and E

(D) H and F

(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

33. Which of the following combination is correct ?

(A) C–Z-Engineer

(B) E–X–Doctor

(C) H–X–HR

(D) C–Y–Engineer

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

34. Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?

(A) H

(B) E

(C) C

(D) Either E or C

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

35. Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies in the group ?

(A) A and D
(B) B and D

(C) D and G

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

Directions (Q 1–5): In each of the letter series, find the missing letters.

1. a – c c a b c – a b – c – b c c

1. b a c c

2. b c c a

3. c b c a

4. c c b a

5. c a b c

2. b b c – b – c a b b – a – b c a

1. b c a b

2. a c b b

3. a b c b

4. c a b b

5. a d b c

3. x x – y – x x x x y – x x x x y – x

1. y x y y

2. y x x x

3. x y x x

4. x y y y

5. x x x y

4. a a – c – a b c a – b c a a b –

1. c a a b

2. a a c b

3. b a a c

4. b a c a
5. None of these

5. c c b – c – b a c c – a – c b a

1. b c a c

2. a b c c

3. c c b a

4. a c b c

5. None of these

6. A is B’s sister, C is B’s mother, D is C’s father and E is D’s mother. What is the relationship of A with E?

1. Daughter

2. Grand daughter

3. Grandson

4. Grandmother

5. Sister

7. If yesterday’s tomorrow was Wednesday, then yesterday’s day-after-tomorrow will be

1. Wednesday

2. Thursday

3. Friday

4. Saturday

5. Sunday

8. Which of the following groups of letters is different from the other groups of letters?

1. FETE

2. GAME

3. HUGE

4. LOVE

5. SMALL

9. Which of the following series is without any law/pattern?

1. FHKOT

2. CEHLP

3. IKNRW

4. LNQUZ

5. INTKR

10. In a row of the six members sitting, P is sitting to the left of Q but to the right of Y. R is sitting to the right of X but to the left of Q who is to the left of Z. The members sitting in the middle are

1. PR

2. RQ

3. XQ

4. PS

5. None of these

11. Select an item from those given in alternatives that has the same property as the one in question

697, 888, 945

1. 146

2. 934

3. 879

4. 555

5. 584

12. Find the missing term in the series BYAZ, ? , DWCX, EVDW

1. AXBY

2. CXBY

3. AZDW

4. CYBX

5. CDBY

13. Find the missing term in the series CEHLQ, FHKOT, ?, LNQUZ

1. GILPU

2. JLOSX

3. IKMQV

4. IKNRW

5. LKMST

14. A boat is going against the stream in a river and it first turns to exact right and then again a second time exactly to the right to its direction of motion. Assuming that the boat is propelled at constant velocity from the start, how will the speed be effected now?

1. Will increase or decrease

2. Will remain the same

3. Will increase

4. Will decrease

5. None of these

15. Select an item from those given as alternatives that has the same property as the one in question. 914, 703, 813

1. 611

2. 789

3. 870

4. 120

5. 154

Directions (Q 16–23): Find out the next term in the given series:

16. 9, 12, 21, 48, ?

1. 69

2. 84

3. 102

4. 129

5. 125

17. 95, 115.5, 138, ?

1. 162.5

2. 163.5

3. 164.5

4. 167.5

5. 125.5

18. 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ?

1. 21

2. 23

3. 25

4. 29

5. 24

19. 563, 647, 479, 815, ?

1. 143

2. 279

3. 386

4. 672

5. 786

20. 79, 68, 57, 46, ?

1. 17

2. 27

3. 35

4. 66

5. 65

21. 5, 1/5, 17, 1/17, 29, 1/29, ?

1. 34

2. 39

3. 41

4. 49

5. 40

22. 18, 27, 6, 9, 2, 3, ?

1. 1

2. 1/3

3. 2/3

4. 1/2

5. 1/4

23. 4, 2, 8, 4, 24, 12, 96, ?

1. 24

2. 36

3. 40

4. 48

5. 50

Directions (Q 24–30): Which one is different from others?

24. Calf, Colt, Puppy, Cat, Cub

1. Calf

2. Colt

3. Puppy

4. Cat

5. Cub

25. Ox, Peacock, Lion, Hen, Tiger

1. Lion

2. Ox

3. Peacock

4. Hen

5. Tiger

26. Copper, Diamond, Silver, Gold, Platinum

1. Diamond

2. Gold

3. Silver

4. Copper

5. Platinum

27. Diet, Died, Tied, Tide, Fried

1. Tide

2. Diet

3. Tied

4. Died

5. Fried

28. 16, 22, 30, 45, 52, 66

1. 30

2. 45

3. 52

4. 66

5. 16

29. 8754, 9786, 7986, 3243, 1245

1. 8754

2. 9786

3. 7986a

4. 3243

5. 1245

30. 1622, 2540, 3840, 5786, 5453

1. 5786

2. 3840

3. 2540

4. 1622

5. 5453

Answers

1. 2, 2. 3, 3. 4, 4. 3, 5. 4, 6. 2, 7. 2, 8. 1, 9. 2, 10. 4

11. 2, 12. 2, 13. 4, 14. 3, 15. 1, 16. 4, 17. 1, 18. 2, 19. 1, 20. 3

21. 3, 22. 3, 23. 4, 24. 4, 25. 4, 26. 1, 27. 1, 28. 2, 29. 3, 30. 1

Numerical test

1. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

Answer is: 17 1/7 mins

2. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

Answer is: 12

3. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?

Answer is: 7 1/2 hrs

4. If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

Answer is: 8

5. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?

Answer is: AE = 10.

6. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length of the chord BC?

Answer is: BC = 4 cm

7. Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.

Answer is: 64/2210

8. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?

Answer is: 991

9. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze?

Answer is: 38.5 sq.m

10. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?

Answer is: 7/12 kmph

11. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?

Answer is: 46 steps

12. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728

Answer is: 8

13. A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?

Answer is: 18 hours

14. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member ?

Answer is: 40 years

15. Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?

Answers is:  45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins, and 1 twenty-five paise coins

Gk practise paper
1. On 7th May 2008, agni-I was test-fired. It was—

(A) Ballistic Missile

(B) Surface to air missile

(C) Land to sea missile

(D) Air to air missile

2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC—

(A) Bhopal High Court

(B) Rajasthan High Court

(C) Madras High Court

(D) Guwahati High Court

3. Recently the Acronym START came into News. START stands for—

(A) Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade

(B) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

(C) System Tracking and Reprocessing Team

(D) None of the above
4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33•01% in elections held in—

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(C) Zimbabwe

(D) Italy

5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is—

(A) 247 plant species

(B) 250 plant species

(C) 275 plant species

(D) 255 plant species

6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state—

(A) Kerala

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Goa

(D) Maharashtra

7. The renowned scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from—

(A) Australia

(B) U.S.A.

(C) Finland

(D) Britain

8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007—

(A) Bill Gates

(B) Nelson Mandela

(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

(D) Arthur C. Clarke

9. The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to —

(A) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro

(B) Anna Politkovskaya

(C) May Chidiac

(D) U Win Tin

10. Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket—

(A) Rahul Dravid

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) Sunil Gavaskar

(D) Virendra Sehwag

11. On March 26, 2008, NASA’s space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was—

(A) Discovery

(B) Endeavour
11. (B) 12. (C)
(C) Columbia

(D) None of the above

12. Jules Verne is Europe’s—

(A) Space shuttle

(B) Missile shield system

(C) Biggest spacecraft

(D) Mission to Antarctica

13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first—

(A) Dirrohoea map

(B) Malarial map

(C) Bird flu map

(D) Cancer map

14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of—

(A) V. S. Naipal

(B) Khushwant Singh

(C) Amrita Preetam

(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth—

(A) $ 30 billion

(B) $ 35 billion

(C) $ 25 billion

(D) $ 27 billion

16. The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in—

(A) Romania

(B) Morocco

(C) Pakistan

(D) Indonesia

17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is—

(A) 2•2 million
(B) 1•9 million

(C) 1•5 million

(D) 1•7 million

18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from—

(A) Hyundai

(B) Maruti Suzuki

(C) Ford Motor

(D) None of the above

19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is—

(A) U.S.A.

(B) China

(C) Japan

(D) Germany

20. Which country has won the Women’s Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the monthe of May 2008 ?

(A) Brisbane

(B) Melbourne

(C) Sydney

(D) Perth

21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at—

(A) 8%

(B) 8•5%

(C) 9%

(D) 8•9%

22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by—

(A) Bill Gates Foundation

(B) William Harvey

(C) Jea Nouvel

(D) None of the above

23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating the player’s code of conduct by PCB ?

(A) Danish Kaneria

(B) Shoaib Malik

(C) Mohammad Yousuf

(D) Shoaib Akhtar

24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of—

(A) 18000 crore

(B) 16000 crore

(C) 15000 crore

(D) 14000 crore

25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by—

(A) Consumer Price Index

(B) Retail Price Index

(C) Whole Sale Price Index

(D) Industrial Price Index

26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is—

(A) Lewis Hamilton

(B) Kartikeyan

(C) Felipe Massa

(D) Robert Kubica

27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is—

(A) Tanvi Vyas

(B) Suman Kaur

(C) Rashmi Sehgal

(D) Rani Sharma

28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is—

(A) 10 million tonnes

(B) 7 million tonnes

(C) 6 million tonnes

(D) 5 million tonnes

29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes—

(A) The New York Times

(B) The Times Magazine

(C) The Washington Post

(D) The Guardian

30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by—

(A) S. R. Chaudhuri

(B) K. Kanwar

(C) R. Nagaswamy

(D) Sudipto Chatterjee

31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip—

(A) Argentina

(B) Chile

(C) Mexico

(D) Brazil

32. GJM stands for—

(A) General Justice Movement

(B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

(C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha

(D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha

33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy—

(A) Italy

(B) Spain

(C) Zimbabwe

(D) Nepal

34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to—

(A) SCs

(B) STs

(C) OBC

(D) Minorities OBC

35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation—

(A) Chittorgarh

(B) Bhavnagar

(C) Kolkata

(D) Karaikal

36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is—

(A) Terrorist organization

(B) A branch of naxalite

(C) Name of a police force

(D) An anti naxalite movement

37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation—

(A) in 2005

(B) in 2007

(C) in 2008

(D) in 2006

38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of present is—

(A) Jacques Diouf

(B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella

(C) Jammel Al Hiyilan

(D) Michael Griffin

39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat—

(A) Alzhumer

(B) Schizophrenia

(C) Parkinson’s disease

(D) None of the above

40. When did the Olympic torch relay begin ?

(A) in 1950

(B) in 1952

(C) in 1953

(D) in 1963

Answers with Hints

1. (A) 2. (C)

3. (B) The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START-II) is a treaty between Russia and U.S.A. for reducing their nuclear arsenals. The treaty is due to expire in 2009.

4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)

13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.

14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C)

19. (B) 20. (A) India won fourth consecutive times in Women’s Asia Cup Cricket 21. (B)

22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative experimentation in architecture.

23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)

29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public service award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans.

30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)

34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.

35. (C)

36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).

37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

Chittagong, Jan 17 (IANS) India’s vaunted batting line-up crumbled in the face of some disciplined bowling by Bangladesh on the first day of the first cricket Test here Sunday.

An ‘ordinary’ Test side is how stand-in-skipper Virender Sehwag chose to describe Bangladesh on the eve of the match. A day later, at stumps Sunday, India’s batting lay in tatters. The same bunch of boys had reduced the world’s best Test side to 213 for eight. Sachin Tendulkar was guiding the Indian innings, batting on 76, and giving him company was Ishant Sharma (1) at the other end.

Bangladesh looked an inspired bunch. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan led from the front, taking four for 52 while paceman Shahadat Hossain (4-51) used the overcast conditions well to scythe through the top order.

After a delayed 90-minute start due to dense fog, Shakib put India in to bat after winning the toss. Sehwag (52) and Gambhir (23) betted steadily in the first session as India reached 63 for no loss.

It was after lunch that Bangladesh bowlers turned on the heat and ran through the Indian batting. The visitors lost six wickets in the second session, scoring only 97 runs.

Sehwag looked in fine touch as he stroked three fours off Shahadat in the first over after lunch to reach his half-century off 45 balls, the fastest fifty by an Indian against Bangladesh.

But in the next over Sehwag, who stroked nine fours in his 51-ball innings, was caught by Tamim Iqbal at short extra cover off Shakib. It triggered a collapse. Two balls later, Gambhir edged a Shahadat delivery and Mushfiqur Rahim made no mistake behind the stumps.

Rahul Dravid (4) followed soon after and India were left struggling at 85 for three.

VVS Laxman (7) and Tendulkar added a painstaking 22 runs off 67 balls before the former was stumped by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur off Shakib.

Tendulkar was lucky to survive a dropped chance on 16 on a Shafiul Islam delivery as Imrul Kayes couldn’t hold on to the catch at first slip.

Tendulkar reached his 55th half-century in Tests to keep India’s hopes alive. When on 30, Tendulkar surpassed 13,000 Test runs.

Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh (12) added 42 runs before the latter hit a full-toss straight to Rubel Hossain at mid-on off Shakib.

Shahadat then dismissed Dinesh Karthik, who was out without opening his account. India were at 160 for six at tea.

Tendulkar batted around Mishra (14) and Zaheer Khan (11) to take India past 200. Only 18 overs were possible after tea as umpires offered the light to Indian batsmen and play was called off 27 overs short for the day.