Here I am giving you question paper for management trainee examination organized by HAL company .

Direction (1 – 5) : In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group one word is
wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Q.1)
(1) Preposterous (2) Disasterous
(3) Murderous (4) Onerous
Q.2)
(1) Severity (2) Cruelity
(3) Sincerity (4) Superiority
Q.3)
(1) Begining (2) Winning
(3) Mining (4) Running
Q.4)
(1) Complement (2) Compliment
(3) Supplement (4) Requirement
Q.5)
(1) Amelirate (2) Zealot
(3) Penetrate (4) Stain

Direction (6 – 15) : In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given
alternatives to the bold part as 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In
case no improvement is needed, you answer is ‘4’. Blacken the appropriate rectangle in the answer sheet.
Q.6) She teaches us grammar, isn’t it?
(1) isn’t she? (2) doesn’t she?
(3) doesn’t it? (4) no improvement
Q.7) The struggle for independent is gaining movement every day.
(1) motion (2) movement
(3) momentum (4) no improvement
Q.8) She is quite without affection and has no false pride.
(1) admiration (2) affliction
(3) affectation (4) no improvement
Q.9) I complimented Raju for his promotion.
(1) with (2) on
(3) about (4) no improvement
Q.10) The food tastes deliciously.
(1) delicacy (2) delicious
(3) badly (4) no improvement
Q.11) I have seen much of the plays of Shakespeare acted.
(1) a few (2) many
(3) most (4) no improvement
Q.12) I have bought this house in 1970 for Rs. Two lakhs.
(1) had bought (2) bought

(3) have been bought (4) no improvement
Q.13) To child died from jaundice.
(1) with (2) of
(3) by (4) no improvement
Q.14) I will phone you after I shall arrive.
(1) after I shall have arrived
(2) after I arrive
(3) after I arrived
(4) no improvement
Q.15) It’s high time you come to a decision.
(1) came (2) had come
(3) have come (4) no improvement

Direction (16 – 20) : In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the
four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive / Active
Voice.
Q.16) You surprise me.
(1) I am to be surprised (2) You are surprised
(3) I am surprised (4) Me is surprised
Q.17) The boys killed the snake with a stick.
(1) The snake was killed by the boys with a stick.
(2) A stick was killed by the boys with a snake.
(3) A snake with a stick was killed by the boys.
(4) A snake is killed by the boys with a stick.
Q.18) Let me do this.
(1) Let us do this. (2) This be done by me.
(3) Let this be done by me. (4) Let do this.
Q.19) The tiger caught a fox.
(1) A fox has been caught by the tiger.
(2) A fox was caught by the tiger.
(3) A fox is caught by the tiger.
(4) A fox had been caught by the tiger.
Q.20) Someone has lit the fire.
(1) The fire was lit by someone.
(2) You are requested to light the fire by someone.
(3) The firs has been lit by someone.
(4) The fire had been lit by someone.

Direction (21 – 25) : In the following passage, the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6.
The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named, P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their
proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct
answer and blacken the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.
Q.21) 1. Once a week Deesa led Moti Guj, the elephant, down to the river.
P. After inspection the two would stand up.
Q. Then Deesa looked at his feet and examined his whole body for sores.
R. The animal knew it was time to return.
S. The elephant lay down on his side, while Deesa rubbed him with a coir scrubber.

6. Both the elephant and the trainer would return home.
(1) SQPR (2) QSRP
(3) QPRS (4) RQSP
Q.22) 1. Anna had longed to see her son.
P. “He will arrive at the station at 10 O’clock, she said to herself.
Q. She prepared herself for it.
R. She looked at the clock.
S. There were only five minutes left.
6. She rushed out of her house and hailed a taxi to reach the station in time.
(1) QPRS (2) SPRQ
(3) PRQS (4) QSRP
Q.23) 1. Mr. Ramaswamy is a very strict man.
P. He earns nearly three thousand rupees a month.
Q. He also believes that it is foolish to waste one’s time or money.
R. He is not a poor man.
S. He believes that life means work only.
6. But he wants his children to lead a simple life.
(1) PSQR (2) SQRP
(3) RQPS (4) SRQP
Q.24) 1. It will be better.
P. to a few than enrol.
Q. to provide quality education.
R. them out as graduates.
S. en masse and churn.
6. after perfunctory teaching.
(1) QRSP (2) RSPQ
(3) QPSR (4) SRQP
Q.25) 1. ‘I was born here in the old city’ the girl told us.
P. her answer suggested that her family has roots.
Q. when we inquired.
R. as opposed to the modern towns that consist mostly of hotels.
S. and belongs to the traditional part where the temple are.
6. Some day people here are more ethnically pure.
(1) QPSR (2) SRPQ
(3) PSRQ (4) SRQP

ANSWERS
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3. (1)
4. (4)
5. (1)
6. (2)
7. (3)
8. (3)
9. (2)
10. (4)
11. (2)
12. (2)
13. (2)
14. (2)
15. (1)
16. (3)
17. (1)
18. (3)
19. (2)
20. (3)
21. (1)
22. (1)
23. (2)
24. (3)
25. (1)

1. Which country's senate voted to remove President Fernando Lugo from office in an
impeachment trial in June 2012? (He was replaced by Federico Franco)
1) Chile 2) Paraguay 3) Uruguay 4) Peru 5) Suriname
2. Fatou Bensouda became the first woman and the first African to head the team of
prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague on June 15, 2012. She
is a former Minister of Justice of which of the following countries?
1) Rwanda 2) Kenya 3) Gambia 4) Uganda 5) Nigeria
3. Didier Drogba played a part in an exhibition football match in India in June 2012. To
which country does this footballer belong?
1) England 2) Argentina 3) Ghana 4) Ivory Coast 5) Egypt
4. Dr. Shanta Sinha was presented the Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award
in June 2012 by the Upendra Nath Brahma Trust in Guwahati. Shanta Sinha is the
Chairperson of the?
1) National Commission for Women (NCW)
2) Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
3) Children's Film Society India (CFSI)
4) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) 5) None of these
5. DEPB is an export incentive scheme of the Indian Govern-ment provided to exporters
in India. What is its full form?
1) Duty Enforcement and Promotion Board
2) Development, Export and Procurement Board
3) Duty Entitlement Pass Book
4) Development, Export and Procurement Bureau 5) None of these
6. What does the letter 'M' denote in the abbreviation MRTP, an act that has been
repealed?
1) Market 2) Money 3) Minimum 4) Monopolies 5) Maximum

7. Which of the following does not come under secondary sector?
1) Manufacturing 2) Construction
3) Automotive Industry 4) Tourism 5) Textile Industry
8. Shivarama Karanth (1977), Girish Karnad (1998) and Chandrasekhar Kambar (2010)
have received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, for writings in which
of the following Indian languages?
1) Malayalam 2) Kannada 3) Tamil 4) Hindi 5) Sanskrit
9. More than 20 years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which of the following
leaders delivered Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway in June 2012?
1) Nelson Mandela 2) Dalai Lama 3) Shirin Ebadi
4) Aung San Suu Kyi 5) Alva Myrdal
10. Daniel Hillel won the World Food Prize for 2012. He belongs to which of the
following countries?
1) USA 2) UK 3) Israel 4) Norway 5) Sweden
11. The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed India from its list of Polioendemic
countries. Which three countries are now left on the endemic list?
1) Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan 2) Algeria, Rwanda and Kenya
3) Sudan, Afghanistan and Australia 4) Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria
5) None of these
12. According to the Asia-Pacific Regional Millennium Develop-ment Goals (MDG)
report 2011-12, India has not done well in which of the following areas?
1) Improving the primary education enrolment rate
2) Promoting gender equality
3) Increasing forest cover
4) Bringing infant mortality down
5)Bringing down the tuberculo-sis prevalence rate

13. Which city hosted the India- European Union (EU) annual summit in February 2012?
1) Brussels (Belgium) 2) London (U.K.) 3) New Delhi (India)
4) Paris (France) 5) None of these
14. The Supreme Court declared the allocation of 2G spectrum by the UPA Government
"illegal" and cancelled how many telecom licenses allotted on or after January 10,
2008? (The licenses had been allotted to 11 companies during the tenure of former
Telecom Minister A. Raja)
1) 113 2) 122 3) 132 4) 112 5) 116
15. Which country has agreed to put a freeze on its nuclear progra-mme in exchange for
food assis-tance from the United States of America?
1) Iran 2) Syria 3) Venezuela 4) North Korea 5) Libya
16. Which two countries signed a non-aggression pact in February 2012? (The two sides
had agreed to respect each other's soverei-gnty and territorial integrity?
1) Iran and Iraq
2) North Korea and South Korea
3) Sudan and South Sudan
4) Afghanistan and Pakistan
5) Argentina and Great Britain
17. Waheed Hassan became the President of which of the following countries in February
2012?
1) Iran 2) Syria 3) Afghanistan 4) Egypt 5) Maldives
18. Who replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh as the President of Yemen in February 2012?
1) Ali Muhammad Mujawar
2) Mohammed Basindawa
3) Ali Salim Al-Beidh
4) Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Al-Hadi
5) Haidar Abu Bakr al- Attas

19. India's largest electricity producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will
supply 250 MW power to which of the following countries? (NTPC entered into the
deal with this country through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of NTPC, on February 28, 2012)
1) Myanmar 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Sri Lanka 5) Nepal
20. Sauli Niinisto assumed office as the 12th President of which of the following countries
on March 1, 2012?
1) Denmark 2) Finland 3) Sweden 4) Norway 5) Netherlands
21.Who took over as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati in
February 2012?
1) B.S.Lalli 2) Rajiv Takru 3) Jawhar Sircar
4) Uday Kumar Varma 5) None of these
22. "In the Name of the People" is a collection of articles written and speeches delivered
by which of the following former Presidents of India?
1) R.Venkatraman 2) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
3) Shankar Dayal Sharma 4) K.R.Narayanan 5) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
23. India has recently inducted Mi-17 V5 armed helicopters from which of the following
countries to enhance its operational capabilities including carrying troops and cargo to
high altitude areas?
1) France 2) Russia 3) UK 4) Italy 5) USA
24. The coveted G.D.Birla award for scientific research for 2011 was given to which of
the following scientists? ( G.D.Birla Award was instituted in 1991 by the K.K.Birla
Foundation and given for Indian scientists who are below the age of 50 years.)
1) R.A.Mashelkar 2) Ashok Sen
3) Goverdhan Mehta 4) Tapas Kumar Kundu
5) Biman Bagchi

25. The 84th Academy Awards (Osc-ars) were presented in Los Ang-eles, USA on
February 26, 2012. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Best Picture-The Artist 2) Best Actor- Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
3) Best Actress- Octavia Spencer (The Help)
4) Best Director- Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
5) Best Supporting Actor-Chris-topher Plummer (Beginners)
26. Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th
Academy Awards in 2012?
1) A Separation (Iran) 2) Bullhead (Belgium) 3) Footnote (Israel)
4) In Darkness (Poland) 5) None of these
27. Agnieszka Radwanska won the Dubai Tennis Championship and Sony Ericsson Open
tennis title in 2012. She belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Russia 2) Belarus 3) Poland 4) Slovakia 5)Czech Republic
28. Which of the following cricket teams won the Duleep Trophy for the first time in
Indore in 2012?
1) East Zone 2) Central Zone 3) South Zone 4) West Zone 5) North Zone
29. Which of the following batsmen hit a record 45-ball century, the fastest ever in
Twenty20 Internationals recently?
1) Chris Gayle (West Indies) 2) Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
3) Tilakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 4) Richard Levi (South Africa)
5) Suresh Raina (India)
30. Indian hockey team has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics by defeating which
of the following countries in the final of the qualifying tournament in New Delhi?
1) Pakistan 2) Germany 3) Chile 4) France 5) South Africa
31. Which of the following countries is a member of G8?
1) Australia 2) China 3) Spain 4) Brazil 5) Canada

32. Federal Reserve is the central bank of which of the following countries?
1) UK 2) Canada 3) Mexico 4) Russia 5) None of these
33. Which of the following banks was merged with the State Bank of India on August 26,
2010?
1) State Bank of Saurashtra 2) State Bank of Indore 3) State Bank of Patiala
4) State Bank of Mysore 5) State Bank of Travancore
34. Banking falls under which of the following sectors?
1) Primary 2) Manufacturing 3) Industrial 4) Service 5) None of these
35. A savings bank account with zero or minimum balance is known as?
1) Current Account 2) No Frills Account 3) Term Deposit Account
4) Savings Bank Ordinary Account 5) Student Savings Bank Account
36. Which of the following Acts controls banking activities in India?
1) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 2) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
3) State Bank of India Act, 1955 4) NABARD Act, 1981 5) None of these
37. Which of the following banks has reappointed Shikha Sharma as Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer for a further period of three years with effect from June 1,
2012 to May 31, 2015?
1) ICICI 2) IndusInd 3) Axis 4) ING Vysya 5) Karur Vysya

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