Bosch Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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What made the two young men decide to visit the fair?
(A) They thought they could get jobs and support themselves
(B) They wanted to trade their goods at the fair and earn some money
(C) To sell the produce they had grown for a handsome profit
(D) Being unemployed they thought they could entertain people at the fair
(E) Not clearly mentioned in the passage (Ans: B)
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What were Keshav and Yash quarrelling about?
(A) The cost of wool
(B) The interest on the loan Yash had taken
(C) Dividing the thieves' treasure equally
(D) The money Yash owed Keshav
(E) The wages for digging the well (Ans: D)
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Why were the two men happy despite not going to the fair?
(A) They had managed to buy whatever they needed on the way
(B) They had got a good deal in exchange for a rupee
(C) They had become fast friends and had made a lot of money in the bargain
(D) Each thought he had got the better deal and had swindled the other
(E) None of the above (Ans: D)
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Why did the villagers gather at Yash's house?
(A) Yash's wife was very upset seeing Keshav and her husband arguing
(B) To help Yash's wife carry Yash's body home as night had fallen
(C) To give Yash's wife the news of her husband's death
(D) They wanted to keep watch over Yash's wife during the night
(E) None of the above (Ans: E)
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Why did Yash request Keshav to go down into the well?
(A) He knew Keshav was smart and would clean it thoroughly
(B) He was in search of treasure that he had buried
(C) To trick Keshav into cleaning it
(D) His wife had refused to help him
(E) To make Keshav earn the extra gold coin (Ans: C)
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Which of the following cannot be said about the two young men?
(a) They were lazy and made their wives work.
(b) They were a match for each other in shrewdness.
(c) They were dishonest and tried to swindle each other.
(A) Only (a)
(B) Only (a) and (c)
(C) Only (b) and (c)
(D) All (a),(b) and (c)
(E) None of the above (Ans: A)
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Why did Keshav get an extra gold coin from the thieves' treasure?
(A) As payment for digging the well
(B) It was the amount Yash owed Keshav for protecting him from the thieves
(C) As repayment of the rupee that Yash owed him
(D) It was his idea to spend the night at the cremation ground
(E) He had proved to be cleverer than Yash (Ans: C)
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What was Keshav's reaction to Yash's presumed 'death'?
(A) He immediately sent for the villagers to comfort Yash's wife
(B) He was very upset because he realized that he would never recover his money
(C) He paid for all Yash's funeral arrangements
(D) He could not be consoled and kept a watch over Yash's body all night
(E) He knew Yash was pretending and decided to trick him too (Ans: E)
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What frightened the thieves?
(A) The sight of what they thought were the spirits of the dead
(B) The realization that the villagers would soon return
(C) Someone had discovered their hiding place
(D) Their loot had been stolen by other thieves
(E) The villagers had lit a funeral pyre for them (Ans: A)
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Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?
(A) Keshav was persevering by nature
(B) There was no treasure buried in Yash's well
(C) Keshav guarded Yash's body because he knew thieves lived there
(D) Yash's wife supported her husband in his crooked dealings
(E) Neither Keshav nor Yash could be trusted to keep his word (Ans: C)
- Directions—(Q. 11–13) Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage?
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Discover
(A) Invent
(B) Explore
(C) Locate
(D) Realize
(E) Research (Ans: D)
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Struck
(A) Reached
(B) Impacted
(C) Slapped
(D) Attacked
(E) Occurred (Ans: A)
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Top
(A) Height
(B) Lid
(C) Finest
(D) Upper
(E) Maximum (Ans: B)