Kanbay Placement Paper -: Analytical Questions And Answers

Kanbay Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. He took to (a) / reading Times (b) / for better knowledge (c) / of the facts (d)/ No error (e)
   

   a) He took to

   b) reading Times

   c) for better knowledge

   d) of the facts

   Ans: Option B
   Solution:
   "Times" should be preceded by "the" as it refers to a specific publication. Correct usage: "reading the Times."
2. Likelihood
   

   a) liken

   b) likely

   c) like

   d) likeable

   Ans: Option C
   Solution:
   "Likelihood" is a noun form derived from "like," which means probability or chance.
3. With Justine’s nature and passion for art, she would make an excellent tour guide for the museum.
   

   a) volatile

   b) congenial

   c) servile

   d) fledgling

   Ans: Option B
   Solution:
   "Congenial" means suitable or pleasant, making it the best fit to describe Justine as an excellent guide.
4. The train had left.
   

   a) past perfect

   b) past continuous

   c) past future

   d) simple present

   Ans: Option A
   Solution:
   "Had left" indicates an action completed before another past event, making it past perfect tense.
5. You will have finished this work by tomorrow.
   

   a) This work will be finished by tomorrow.

   b) This work will finished tomorrow.

   c) This work will have been finished by tomorrow.

   d) This work will have been finished tomorrow.

   Ans: Option C
   Solution:
   The sentence is in the future perfect tense, so the correct passive voice transformation is: "This work will have been finished by tomorrow."
6. He may be innocent. I do not know.
   

   a) I doubt -----------

   b) I do not -----------

   c) That he is -----------

   a) Only A

   b) Only B

   c) Only C

   d) A & B

   Ans: Option B
   Solution:
   The correct completion is: "I do not know that he is innocent."
7. CONVIVAL
   

   a) prodigal

   b) serious

   c) disloyal

   d) hostile

   e) friendly

   Ans: Option E
   Solution:
   "Convivial" means friendly or cheerful, so the correct answer is "friendly."
8. If he is averse recommending my name, he should not hesitate to admit it.
   

   a) about

   b) for

   c) to

   d) against

   Ans: Option C
   Solution:
   The correct preposition is "averse to."
9. EPITOMIZE
   

   a) disappoint

   b) distend

   c) exemplify

   d) generate

   Ans: Option C
   Solution:
   "Epitomize" means to represent or exemplify something.
10. According to pirate lore, a terrible would follow whoever opened the treasure chest.
    

    a) precursor

    b) precession

    c) rendition

    d) insurgence

    e) malediction

    Ans: Option E
    Solution:
    "Malediction" means a curse or hex, fitting the context of pirate lore.