Covansys Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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Price of food grains have risen by 10% and of other items of consumption by 15%. If the ratio of an employee's expenditure on food grains and other items is 2:5, by how much should his salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of consumption as before, assuming that his present salary is Rs. 3500?
(a) Rs. 300
(b) Rs. 350
(c) Rs. 375
(d) Rs. 475
Answer: (d)
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Both official and corporate India is allergic to:
(1) failure of monsoon
(2) poverty and inequality
(3) slowdown in industrial production
(4) mention of clean technology
(5) crop failure
Answer: (4)
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Which, according to the passage, is a life and death question to many Indians?
(1) Increase in respiratory diseases
(2) Use of clean technology
(3) Thick blanket of pollution over the region
(4) Failure in crops
(5) Dwindling agricultural yield
Answer: (4)
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If the rate of premature deaths increases, it will:
(1) exert added burden on our crumbling economy
(2) have adverse social and economic consequences
(3) make positive effect on our efforts to control population
(4) have less job aspirants in the society
(5) have healthy effect on our economy
Answer: (2)
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Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'profligacy' as used in the passage.
(1) wastefulness
(2) conservation
(3) upliftment
(4) criticality
(5) denouncement
Answer: (1)
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According to the passage, India cannot tolerate any further:
(1) crop failure
(2) deterioration of health care system
(3) increase in respiratory diseases
(4) proliferation of nuclear devices
(5) social and economic consequences
Answer: (1)
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According to the passage, two-wheeler industry is not adequately concerned about:
(1) passenger safety on the roads
(2) life cover insurance of the vehicle owners
(3) pollution control system in the vehicles
(4) rising cost of the two-wheelers
(5) rising cost of petrol in the country
Answer: (3)
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What could be the reason behind the timing of the haze report just before the Kyoto meet, as indicated in the passage?
(1) United Nations is working hand-in-glove with U.S.
(2) Organizers of the forthcoming meet to teach a lesson to the U.S.
(3) Drawing attention of the world towards devastating effects of environmental degradation.
(4) U.S. wants to use it as a handle against the developing countries in the forthcoming meet.
(5) The meet is a part of the political agenda of the U.N.
Answer: (4)
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Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'allergic' as used in the passage.
(1) liking
(2) passionate
(3) possessive
(4) crumbling
(5) repugnant
Answer: (5)