ASDC Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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This train travels from London ______ Paris.
(A) at
(B) to
(C) over
(D) below
Answer: (B)
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We stood at the back ______ the theater.
(A) of
(B) on
(C) in
(D) for
Answer: of
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I will work _________ five o'clock.
(A) until
(B) up
(C) in
(D) to
Answer: until
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Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in ITALICS from the given options.
The antidote to these problems is hard to find
(A) Cause for
(B) Result of
(C) Remedy for
(D) Consequence of
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)
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Because of a family feud, he never spoke to his wife's parents.
(A) Crisis
(B) Trouble
(C) Problem
(D) Quarrel
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)
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The article is written in a very lucid style.
(A) Elaborate
(B) Clear
(C) Intricate
(D) Noble
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)
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Choose the answer option which will correctly fill the blank.
_________ man ran into the street. A car hit ____ man.
(A) A, the
(B) An, the
(C) the, the
(D) A, the
Answer: (A)
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The interesting thing about _____ Romans is all the roads that they built in Britain.
(A) A
(B) An
(C) none of these
(D) The
Answer: (D)
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Albert Einstein was _____ famous scientist. Einstein won _______ Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. Einstein left his country and lived in ___________ States until he died in 1955.
(A) A, the, an
(B) A, the, the
(C) A, an, the
(D) An, an, the
Answer: (B)
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Are you shopping for ________ health club to join so you can get in shape? Shop wisely! You could end up choosing ___________ wrong club and losing more money than pounds.
(A) the, an
(B) the, the
(C) A, the
(D) An, the
Answer: (C)
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The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster' has
(A) no interest in teaching science
(B) thwarted attempts to enliven education
(C) aided true learning
(D) supported the humanists
(E) been a pioneer in both science and humanities
Answer: (B)
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The author’s attitude to secondary and public school education in the sciences is
(A) ambivalent
(B) neutral
(C) supportive
(D) satirical
(E) contemptuous
Answer: (E)
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The word ‘palpably’ most nearly means
(A) empirically
(B) obviously
(C) tentatively
(D) markedly
(E) ridiculously
Answer: (B)
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The author blames all of the following for the failure to impart scientific method through the education system except
(A) poor teaching
(B) examination methods
(C) lack of direct experience
(D) the social and education systems
(E) lack of interest on the part of students
Answer: (E)
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If the author were to study current education in science to see how things have changed since he wrote the piece, he would probably be most interested in the answer to which of the following questions?
(A) Do students know more about the world about them?
(B) Do students spend more time in laboratories?
(C) Can students apply their knowledge logically?
(D) Have textbooks improved?
(E) Do they respect their teachers?
Answer: (C)
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Astrology (line 31) is mentioned as an example of
(A) a science that needs to be better understood
(B) a belief which no educated people hold
(C) something unsupportable to those who have absorbed the methods of science
(D) the gravest danger to society
(E) an acknowledged failure of science
Answer: (C)