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1 In a certain code ‘TEAMWORK’ is written as ‘NBFUJQNV’ and ‘SOME’ is written as ‘PTDL’. How is ‘PERSON’ written in that code?

(a) QDOOPT(b) QDOMNR(c) SFQMNR(d) SFQOPT(e) None of these

2. How many such pairs of letters are three in the word ‘SUBSTANCE’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as in the English alphabets?

(a) None(b) One(c) Two(d) Three(e) More than three

3. How many meaningful English words, not ending with ‘D’ can be made with the third, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth letters of the word ‘STEADFAST’ using each letter only once in each word?

(a) None (b) One(c) Two (d) Three(e) More than three

4. In a certain code ‘BASKET’ is written as ‘5$3%#1’ and ‘THIRD’ is written as ‘14*#2’. How is ‘SKIRT’ written in that code?

(a) 3%*41(b) 3/%41(c) 3%#41(d) 3#4%1(e) None of these

5. The positions of the first and the fifth digits of the number 81943275 are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and the sixth digits are interchanged and so on till the fourth and the eight digits. Which of the following will be the third digit from the right end after the rearrangement?

(a) 1(b) 9(c) 2(d) 4(e) None of these

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

M3 # R A T 1 E J $ K @ F U 5 4 V I 6©D 8 * G B 7 δ 2 W

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a  group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) T E R(b) U4 @(c) 6 D V(d) J 1 K(e) N δ *

7. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter but not immediately followed by a letter?

(a) None(b) One(c) Two(d) Three(e) More than three

8. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? R T 1 $ @ F

(a) 8 * H(b) 8 H N(c) 8 H 7(d) D * H(e) None of these

9. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter?

(a) None(b) One(c) Two(d) Three(e) More than three

10. Which of the following is the seventh to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement?

(a) V(b) @(c) δ(d) ©(e) None of these

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current affairs questions

Q1) Who has been received the Dada Saheb Phalke Ratna Award recently ?
a) Vinod Khanna       b) Rajesh Khanna    c) Amitabh Bachhan d) None of these

Q2) Who got Saraswatibhai Phalke Award recently?
a) Dilip Kumar`                      b) Saira Bano            c) a and b both          d) None of these

Q3) Which of the following is not receipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Award 2012?
a) Saira Bano b) Vinod Khanna       c) Tanuja        d) Nutan

Q4) When the World Hepatitas Day ( WHO ) is observed ?
a) July 8                      b) July 18       c) July 28        d) Aug 6

 Q5) When the World Population Day is observed ?
a) 1 July                      d) 6 July                     c) 10 July        d) 11 July

 Q6) Which Country won Junior Hockey World Cup 2012 ?
a) Pakistan     b) Malaysia    c) Bangladesh           d) None of these

 Q7) Who has won World Snooker 2012?
a) Ali Carter   b) Jimmi Carter         c) Ronnie O’Sullivan            d) Ray Reardon

 Q8) Yukti Bhambari is a famous ?
a) Squash Player       b) Cricket Player       c) Tennis Player        d) Badminton Player

 Q9) Tomislav Nikolic is newly elected president of which of the following country ?
a) Syria           b) Serbia        c) Japan         d) Holand

Q10) South Sundan recently becomes …………….. member of IMF ?
a) 186  b) 187  c) 188  d) 189

Q1)The two-day 2nd Economic Conference ” Aman Ki Asha ” Indo-…….. with which country?
a) Pakistan    b) Bangladesh          c) Nepal         d) Sri Lanka

 Q2) Who is Maldives president who was on 2 day India visit ?
a) Hussian Jamal    b) Mohammed Waheed      c) Naseed Ahmed    d) Maumoon Abdul

Q3) India has decided to write off $200 million credit to which of the following country recently?
a) Pakistan    b) Bangladesh          c) Nepal         d) Sri Lanka

Q4) Which country recently shutes off the last of their 50 reactor on may ?

a) China        b) Britain        c) Japan         d) Korea

Q5) President of france is ?
a) Nicolas Sarcozy   b) Francois Hollande          c) Bamir Topi            d) gowande feeraoisan

Q6) Who has been appointed chairman of TRAI ?
a) Rahul Khullar      b) Rishab Bajaj        c) A K Ghosh                        d) ghanshyam Das

 Q7) Who has been awarded Kalpana Chawala Excellence Award ?
a) Madhuri Dixit        b) Vidya Balan          c) Vanya Mishra       d) Priyanka Chopra

 Q8) Which of the following Indian Film director has been awarded South Asian Cinema Foundation Award ?
a) Shyam Benegal. b) Shubhash Ghai   c) karan Johar          d) Remo

 Q9) Where did the 12th SCO Summit held ?
a) Shanghai  b) Beijing       c) Sayna        d) Tokyo

Q10) Name the China’s first woman astronaut who was crew member of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft ?    a) Li Xiang         b) Liu Yang   c) lee san       d) uri Ishaan

NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

About Justice Altamas Kabir

 Justice Altamas Kabir was appointed as the Judge of Supreme Court on 9 September 2005 and is known for some of the landmark judgments related to election laws and human rights. He pursued his MA in LL.B from University of Calcutta and started his career as a practitioner in civil and criminal cases in the year 1973 at District court of Calcutta. Altamas Kabir was first time appointed as a permanent judge in the Calcutta high Court on 6 August 1990 and has served the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.

Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution and Article 124 to 147 states about the composition of Supreme Court of India. Supreme Court of India consists of one Chief Justice and 31 judges. The bench that comprises 2 or 3 judges is termed as a Division Bench and the one that bench that consists of five or more judges is termed to be a Constitutional Bench.

Tenure and qualification of Judges in Supreme Court

President appoints the judges of the Supreme Court and the retirement age of these judges is 65. For being a judge or chief justice of a Supreme Court one must fulfill the following qualifications:

1. He must be an Indian Citizen
2. Should have served the High Court as its Judge for at least 5 years 
3. He should have served the high court as its advocate for a period of 10 years

In case their occurs a vacancy in the CJI office due to any reason, the president appoints the acting Chief Justice as the Chief Justice of India from amongst the judges of the Supreme Court. The salaries and other allowances of the Judges in India are charged from the Consolidated Fund of India. At present the salary structure is:

1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court-Rs 1 Lakh
2. Other Judges of SC: Rs 90,000

Removal of Judges

The Judge can be removed from India on certain ground that includes incapacity to hold the office or proven misbehavior. They can be removed only after the resolution of both the houses of Indian Parliament that is supported by the majority of two-third of the members voting and present. The two judges against whom the proceeding was initiated:

1. V Ramaswami in 1993 was the first judge against whom the proceedings were initiated 
2. Soumitra Sen in 2011 was the second judge against whom these proceedings were initiated

 The Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia, retired on 28 September 2012 from the post after serving the Supreme Court for two and a half years. Justice Kapadia, who turned up to be 65 years in age sworn in as the thirty-eighth CJI and served the Supreme Court from 12 May 2010 and retired, on 28 September 2012. While holding the office as a judge for a period of 22 years, Justice Kapadia never took a leave.

After his retirement, Justice Altamas Kabir took over the job as the Chief Justice of India from 29 September 2012. The Chief Justice of India sworn-in to the post by the name of God by the president of India. His appointment to the position is mentioned in article 124 of the Indian Constitution.  The chief Justice of India also acts as the acting President of the nation in case the office of the President falls vacant due to any reason like his death, resignation or removal via impeachment and the Vice-President is not available to take on the charge of the acting president. 

The only Chief Justice, who has served as the acting President of India

Sir Mohammad Hidayatullah, who served the nation as eleventh CJI (17 December 1905 - 18 September 1992) has also served as the acting President of India being an ex-officio CJI from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969, after Dr. Zakir Hussain died as a president in office and the then Vice-President V.V. Giri resigned from the post of acting President to participate in the Presidential Election.

ustice Altamas Kabir on 29 September 2012 was sworn-in as the new chief justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He took over the office from Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, who retired after serving the Supreme Court for two and a half year. 64 year old Altamas Kabir will be in the office for a period of nine months, from 29 September 2012 to 18 July 2013. His oath ceremony was conducted at the ceremony held at Ashoka Hall of Rastrapati Bhawan.

At the swearing ceremony some of the dignitaries present were Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, working Chairperson of NDA L.K. Advani, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Yadav along with several Union Ministers.

REASONING FOR SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT

each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much

1.  Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next? A. (1/3) B. (1/8) C. (2/8) D. (1/16) View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 2.  Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next? A. 7 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13 3.  Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next? A. 20 B. 22 C. 23 D. 26 4.  Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next? A. 22 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26 5.  Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next? A. 12 B. 14 C. 27 D. 53

Letter and Symbol Series

n these series, you will be looking at both the letter pattern and the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

1.  SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL A. CMN B. UJI C. VIJ D. IJT 2.  B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D A. B2C2D B. BC3D C. B2C3D D. BCD7 3.  FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____ A. JAK B. HAL C. HAK D. JAI 4.  ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA A. OLPA B. KLMA C. LLMA D. KLLA 5.  CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU A. GRR B. GSS C. ISS D. ITT

Verbal Classification

hree of the words will be in the same classification, the remaining one will not be. Your answer will be the one word that does NOT belong in the same classification as the others.

1.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. parsley B. basil C. dill D. mayonnaise 2.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. inch B. ounce C. centimeter D. yard 3.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. tire B. steering wheel C. engine D. car 4.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. tulip B. rose C. bud D. daisy 5.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. rye B. sourdough C. pumpernickel D. loaf

Statement and Assumption

n each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer (A) If only assumption I is implicit (B) If only assumption II is implicit (C) If either I or II is implicit (D) If neither I nor II is implicit (E) If both I and II are implicit.

1.  Statement: "You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation." - A line in an appointment letter. Assumptions:      I.        The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.     II.        Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 2.  Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so. Assumptions:      I.        At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.     II.        The schools do not admit children after six years of age. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 3.  Statement: "In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance allowance to our employees." - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager. Assumptions:      I.        Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.     II.        Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 4.  Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age. Assumptions:      I.        There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.     II.        The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 5.  Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child. Assumptions:      I.        With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.     II.        All children are basically naughty. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit

Analogies

Directions to Solve A good way to figure out the relationship in a given question is to make up a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words. Then, try to use the same sentence to find out which of the answer choices completes the same relationship with the third word.

1.  Odometer is to mileage as compass is to A. speed B. hiking C. needle D. direction 2.  Marathon is to race as hibernation is to A. winter B. bear C. dream D. sleep 3.  Window is to pane as book is to A. novel B. glass C. cover D. page 4.  Cup is to coffee as bowl is to A. dish B. soup C. spoon D. food 5.  Yard is to inch as quart is to A. gallon B. ounce C. milk D. liquid

Artificial Language

Directions to Solve First, you will be given a list of three "nonsense" words and their English word meanings. The question(s) that follow will ask you to reverse the process and translate an English word into the artificial language.

1.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. gorblflur means fan belt pixngorbl means ceiling fan arthtusl means tile roof Which word could mean "ceiling tile"? A. gorbltusl B. flurgorbl C. arthflur D. pixnarth 2.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. hapllesh means cloudburst srenchoch means pinball resbosrench means ninepin Which word could mean "cloud nine"? A. leshsrench B. ochhapl C. haploch D. haplresbo 3.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. agnoscrenia means poisonous spider delanocrenia means poisonous snake agnosdeery means brown spider Which word could mean "black widow spider"? A. deeryclostagnos B. agnosdelano C. agnosvitriblunin D. trymuttiagnos 4.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. moolokarn means blue sky wilkospadi means bicycle race moolowilko means blue bicycle Which word could mean "racecar"? A. wilkozwet B. spadiwilko C. moolobreil D. spadivolo 5.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. migenlasan means cupboard lasanpoen means boardwalk cuopdansa means pullman Which word could mean "walkway"? A. poenmigen B. cuopeisel C. lasandansa D. poenforc

ajesh started from point A and Travelled 8kms towards the north to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 kms to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove 5 kms to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 kms to point E, and finally turned right and travelled for another 3 kms to point F. What is the distance between point F and B?

a.1km

b.2kms

c.3 kms

d. 4 kms

e. none of these

2. Among R, L, T and J each having different weights, T is heavier than only L. R is not heavy as J. who is the heaviest?

a. R

b. J

c. T

d. can’t be determined

e. none of these

3. How many meaning full English words can be formed with the letters STIF starting with F, using each letter only once in each word?

a. None

b. 1

c.2

d.3

e. more than 3

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word RELUCTANCE  each of which has many letters between them in the word(in both forward and backward) as they have  between them in the English alphabetical series?

a. none

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

e. 4

5. In a certain code FIGHT is coded as GJFIU and WRITE is coded as XSHUF. then how will JUDGE be coded in the same code?

a. KVCHF

b. HFEKV

c. KVEHF

d. VKCFH

e. KVDHF

6. Four of the following 5 are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to the group?

a. sugar

b. sand

c. stone

d. lave

5. Rock

7. which of the following will come in place of the question mark?

AC   BE     DH   ?     KQ

1.    GL

2.    FK

3.    GK

4.    HL

5.    HM

8. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the first, seventh and eighth letters of the word SPONTANEOUS, then the second letter from the left is your answer. If no such word can be formed then your answer is x and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is y

a. X

b.T

c. E

d. S

e. Y

9. if 2 is subtracted from each even digit and 1 is added to each odd digit in the  number 8567284. Which of the following will be the sum of the third digit from the left and second digit from the right of the new number thus formed?

a.10

b. 8

c. 4

d.6

e.16

10. Smita correctly remembers that last year Diwali was celebrated before November but after May. Sanjay correctly remembers that last year he had Diwali holidays after July. Mohan correctly remembers that the month in which Diwali was celebrated had only 30 days. In which month of the year was Diwali definitely celebrated?

a. July

b. August

c. September

d. October

e. November

11. directions 11-15

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below

A E C B % 7 D $ E B 5 C ? 3 D E 9 @ 2 #

11. How many digits are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol?

a.1

b. 2

c. 3

4. 4

e. 5

12. how many such pairs of alphabets are there in the series highlighted in BOLD  in the above arrangement  each of which has as many letters between them(in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

a.none

b. 1

c. 2

d.3

e. more than 3

13. If all the vowels are dropped from the above arrangements, which of the following end of the twelfth from the left end of the above arrangement?

a. 3

b. @

c.E

d.9

e.D

14. Which of the following is second to the left of fourteenth from  the left end of the above arrangement?

a. A

b.E

c. D

e.B

e.C

15.if all the digits are arranged in ascending order from left to right, while the other elements in the arrangement  remain unchanged, which of the following will be fourteenth from the left end of the arrangement?

a. 2

b.5

c.3

d.7

e. none of the above

Answers For above Questions:

2,4,2,4,1,1,1,3,1,3,3,3,5,5,2