Critical Reasoning Questions & Answers Numerical Ability Questions & Answers

SYNONYMS
---------------------------admonish = usurp (reprove) merry = gay alienate = estrange (isolate) instigate = incite dispel = dissipate (dismiss) belief = conviction covet= crave (desire) belated = too late solicit = beseech (seek) brim = border subside = wane (drop) renounce= reject hover = linger (stay close) divulge = reveal heap = to pile (collect) adhesive = tenacious veer = diverge (turn) hamper = obstruct caprice = whim (impulse) to merit= to deserve stifle = suffocate (smother) inert = passive latent = potential (inactive) latitude = scope concur = acquiesce (accept) momentary = transient tranquil = serene (calm) admonish = cautious lethargy = stupor (lazy) volume = quantity furtive= stealthy (secret) meager = scanty cargo = freight(load) baffle = frustrate efface = obliterate(wipe out) misery = distress pretentious = ostentatious(affected) discretion = prudence compunction = remorse (regret) amiable = friendly cajole = coax (wheedle ? sweet talk) incentive = provocation Embrace = hug (hold-cuddle) latent = potential Confiscate = appropriate (to take charge) emancipate = liberate lament = mourn confiscate = appropriate obstinate = stubborn acumen = exactness metamorphosis = transform scrutiny = close examination

annihilate = to destroy fuse = combine whet = sharpen behest = request adage = proverb penitence = to repeat ovation = applause overt = obvious Efface = obliterate

TCS main Papers From Campus Recruitment at NIT Bhopal 003 You can refer to Barron's most frequently used words list for a close recap.

Vocabulary Section: (Time : 28 mins)

Synonyms 1.Moribund ? declining, dilapidated, waning 2.Repudiate ? reject, disclaim, renounce, deny 3.Translucent ? transparent, semi- transparent, lucid, lucent, clear, see through 4. Mitigate- alleviates, lessen, ease, alley, tune down, dull, Assuage 5. Inundate ? flood, overwhelm, swamp 6. Bilk ? deceive, trick, swindle, con 7.Nettle ? annoy, irritate, vex 8.Impugn ? hold responsible, charge, censure, accuse 9.Mulch 10.Tenacity ? stubbornness, resolve, firmness, persistence, insistence, determination 11.Sobriety ? temperance, moderation, abstemiousness, soberness 12.Degrade ? shame, disgrace, mortify, humiliate 13.Hidebound - narrow-minded, conservative, prejudiced 14.Waif ? stray, sole, thing 15.Hamper ? basket, hinder 16.Retrograde ? nostalgic, retrospective, traditional and conservative 17.Despondent ? hopeless, low, dejected 18.Debacle ? disaster, tragedy, catastrophe 19.Nebulous ? vague, hazy, unformulated, tenuous 20.Inconsistent ? conflicting, contradictory, unreliable , incompatible, inhoherent 21.Paradox ? inconsistency, irony, absurdity

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synonym
1. dwindle ? decrease, decline, fall, fall off, drop, drop off 2. efface - wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, destroy 3. inept ? incompetent, inexpert, clumsy 4. infirmity - ill-health, sickness

5. candid- open, frank 6. dangle - hang, swing, sway Antonym 1. Irksome * pleasant 2. Jaunty * sorrowful, sad 3. Nebulous * precise 4. Misapprehension * comprehension * understanding 5. Obese * thin 6. Whimsical * ordinary

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Synonym and antonym

1.Harbinger ? forerunner, portent, indication 2.Cacophony ? dissonance, disharmony 3.Divulge ? reveal, disclose 4.Clutch ? grasp, grab, clasp, hold 5.Acronym ? short form, contraction, ellipsis 6.Illustrious ? memorable, well?known, famous 7.Prolific ? productive, abundant 8.Divergent ? different, deviating, conflicting 9.Jaded ? world-weary, tired, lackluster, worn-out, exhausted, bored, fed up 10. Mien ? appearance, demeanor 11. Mitigate ? alleviate, ease, lessen, soften, allay, moderate 12. Ambitious ? determined, grand, striving 13. Aberration ? deviation, abnormality, eccentricity, oddness 14. Foray ? raid, sortie, incursion, attack, venture 15. Denounce ? condemn, accuse, criticize

Campus Recruitment in Calicut REC 1997

VERBAL SECTION: Directions for questions 1-15: Find the synonyms of the following words. Synonyms: (Ref: Barron's Synonyms and Antonyms) Ponderous ? heavy, tedious, cumbersome Mundane ? ordinary, dull, monotonous, dreary Icon ? image, idol, emblem, symbol Brackish ? salty, briny Mollify ? placate, pacify, calm, appease, soothe Depreciation ? reduction, decline Equanimity ? composure, poise, calmness, self-control Gist ? general idea, substance, essence Gaudy ? garish, flashy, extravagant, loud, showy, colorful Awry ? skewed, crooked, wrong

Repartee ? banter, joking, word play Boisterous ? energetic, animated Ungainly ? clumsy, awkward, ungraceful, miserly, mean, inelegant, gawky Whimsical ? fanciful, unusual, quirky, capricious Asperity ? roughness, severity, brusqueness Cavil ? quibble, complain, niggle, split hairs, carp Quixotic ? idealistic, romantic, dreamy, unrealistic, impracticable Profound ? deep, intense, thoughtful, reflective, philosophical, weighty, insightful Incorrigible - habitual, persistent, inveterate, hopeless Musty ? mildewed, moldy, stale, rank, fusty, stuffy Waif ? stray, thing, lose, urchin, orphan Irk ? displease, vex, annoy, trouble, bother, nag, rile Interdict ? prohibit, veto, injunction, bar, embargo Cohere - hold together Rupture - break Moribund ? dying, declining, waning D?collet? ? low necked, revealing Callow ? inexperienced, immature, youthful Balmy ? mild, clement, pleasant recalcitrant ? unruly, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn guile ? cunningness, deviousness, slyness, cleverness, wiliness, astuteness

Antonyms
1.Compose x disturb 2.Pristine x sullied 3.Turbid x limpid 4.Monetary x non-economical 5.Revere x threaten 6.Hamper x facilitate 7.Transient x permanence 8.Fascinate x mundane 9.Fickle x loyal 10.Contraband x legal goods 11.Repellent x attractive 12.Slur x grace 13.Protean x constant 14.Hidebound x broadminded 15.Precipitate x dilatory/contradictory

Sentence completion
A passage is given with multiple blanks. There was a passage abt

Artists,abt Money mgmt,abt Cleanliness??

SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS.

Censure ? fault, criticize Optimum ? best, most favorable Candid ? frank, open, blunt, upfront, forth-right Cite ? quote, name, mention, refer to, allude to Effusive ? demonstrative, fussy, talkative, overenthusiastic, vociferous, extroverted Voluble ? articulate, vociferous, talkative Banal ? commonplace, trivial, predictable, trite, hackneyed Standing ? rank, permanent, position, duration, status, reputation, eminence Nascent ? budding, emerging, blossoming, embryonic Clutch ? grasp, grab, hold Generic ? general, basic, common Empirical ? experimental, pragmatic, practical Anomaly ? irregularity, glitch, difference Circuitous ? roundabout, twisty, meandering, indirect, winding, tortuous Surveillance ? observation, watch, shadowing Objective ? aim, impartial, real, purpose, goal Raucous ? rough, wild, hoarse, guttering Voracious ? insatiable, avid, hungry, big, rapacious, greedy Pedigree ? rare-breed, full-blooded, lineage Fidelity ? loyalty, reliability Augment ? supplement, boost, add to, bump up Precarious ? unstable, shaky, risky, uncertain Derogatory ? disparaging, critical, insulting, offensive Onus ? responsibility, burden, obligation, duty Analogous - similar, akin, related Expedient ? measure, convenient, device, maneuver Compliance ? fulfillment, obedience Diffident ? shy, insecure, timid Plaintive ? mournful, sad, melancholic, nostalgic, lamenting Insinuate ? imply, suggest, make-out, ingratiate yourself Misdemeanor ? wrong, sin, crime, offense Exonerate ? clear, forgive, absolve Gregarious ? outgoing, extroverted, sociable, expressive, unreserved Benign ? kind, benevolent, compassionate Attenuate ? satisfy, calm, soothe, ease Sonorous ? loud, deep, resonant, echoing Bolster ? boost, strengthen, reinforce, encourage Heterodox ? unorthodox, dissenting, contrary to accepted belief, heretical, deviating Restiveness ? impatience, restlessness, nervousness

Effigy ? image, statue, model Retrograde ? retrospective, traditional, conservative, nostalgic,forward-looking(antonym) Sacrosanct ? sacred, holy, revered Dangle ? hang down, sway, droop, swing, suspend Cryptic ? mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling, hidden Debilitate ? incapacitate, weaken, hamper, encumber, hinder Divulge ? reveal, disclose Spendthrift ? wastrel, squanderer, compulsive shopper Indigenous ?native, original, local Erroneous ? mistaken, flawed, incorrect Minion ? follower, subordinate, underling, gofer Veracity ? reality, truth, sincerity

VERBAL REASONING SYNONYMS:

1. CIRCUMSPECT (i) CONDITION (ii) INSPECT (iii) CAUTIOUS (IV) RECKLESS 2. ABYSMAL - terrible (i) SLIGHT (ii) DEEP (iii) ILLUSTRIOUS (iv) PROLIFIC 3. DILIGENT ? hardworking, industrious, meticulous, careful (i) INTELLIGENT (ii)?..(iii)??(iv)?? 4.VEHEMENT (i) PASSIONATE (ii) CONFESY (iii) NOISY (iv) MOQULIS 5) IMPETUS (i) CONNECT (ii) CRUCIAL (iii) STIMULUS (iv) IMMEDIATE 6) ACRONYM (i) ABBREVIATION (ii) SIMILAR 7) DISSEMINATE (i) FORECAST (ii) SPREAD (iii) BRANSP 8) HARBINGER (i) NAVAL (ii) UNCOMMON (iii) FORE RUNNER (iv) GLORY ANTONYMS:

1) TRACTABLE (i) OBJECTIONABLE (ii) ENJOYABLE (iii) ADAPTABLE (iv) OBSTINATE 2) COVERT (i) MANIFEST (ii) INVISIBLE (iii) SCARED (iv) ALTER 3) PENSIVE (i) REPENTENT (ii) SAD (iii) THOUGHTLESS (iv) CARELESS 4) MITIGATE (i) AGGRAVATE (ii) RELIEVE (iii) ELEMINATE (iv) EXHUMAN 5) DIVERGENT (i) CONTRARY (ii) COMING TOGETHER (iii) CONVERSANT (iv) CONTROVERSY 6) DOGMATIC (i) SCEPTICAL (ii) RESILIENT (iii) STUBBORN (iv) SUSPICIOUS 7) CLUTCH (i) HOLD (ii) GRAB (iii) RELEASE (iv) SPREAD 8) MOTLEY (i) BULKY (ii) SPECKLED (iii) HOMOGENEOUS (iv) DIFFERENT 9) RELINQUISH (i) PURSUE (ii) VANQUISH (iii) DESTROY (iv) DEVASTATE 10) TRANSIENT (i) PERMANENT (ii) REMOVED

CRITICAL REASONING SECTION

CRITICAL REASONING : THERE WILL BE 13 PASSAGES WITH 50 QUESTIONS TIME

30 MIN. HERE I AM SENDING ONLY SOME OF THE PASSAGES (these will give only rough idea) (ANSWERS WILL BE AS YES/NO/CAN'T SAY we are giving our answers, please check.) 1. My father has no brothers. he has three sisters who has two Childs each. 1> my grandfather has two sons (f) 2> three of my aunts have two sons (can't say) 3> my father is only child to his father (f) 4> I have six cousins from my mother side (f) 5> I have one uncle (f) 2. Ether injected into gallbladder to dissolve gallstones. This type one-day treatment is enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are suffering from this disease. 1> calcium stones can be cured in one day (f) 2> hundreds of people contains calcium stones(can't say) 3> surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones(t) 4> either will be injected into the gallbladder to cure the cholesterol based gall stones(t). 3. Hacking is illegal entry into other computer. This is done mostly because of lack of knowledge of computer networking with networks one machine can access to another machine. Hacking go about without knowing that each network is accredited to use network facility. 1> Hacking people never break the code of the company which they work for (can't say). 2> Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data.(f) 3> Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge (f). (there will be some more questions in this one ) 4. Alpine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the railroad system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the living fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min. 1> no accident can occur in the closed tunnels (True)

2> fire is allowed to live for 30 min. (False) 3> All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.(t) 4> 5. In the past helicopters are forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is below freezing temp about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings. 1> the electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings (False). 2> There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice (t) 3> The helicopters are to be crashed or down (t) 4> There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice (t). 6.In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. In spite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back to home. The wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the weekends. 1> housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household (f) 2> wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have (f) 3> 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing 7. Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of Copernicus the transport and technology development was less & it took place weeks to communicate a message at that time. Where in we can send it through satellite with in no time ----------. Even with these fast developments it has become difficult to understand each other. 1> people were not intelligent during Copernicus days (f). 2> Transport facilities are very much improved in now a days (can't say) 3> Even with the fast developments of the technology we can't live happily.(can't say) 4> We can understand the people very much with the development of communication (f). Q8) senior managers warned the workers that because of the introductory of Japanese industry in the car market. There is the threat to the workers. They also said that there will be the reduction

in the purchase of the sales of car in public. The interest rates of the car will be increased with the loss in demand. 1> Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry (false) 2> managers said car interests will go down after seeing the raise in interest rates (true) 3> Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry (false) 4> people are very much interested to buy the cars (false) Q9) In the totalitarian days, the words have very much devalued. In the present day, they are becoming domestic that is the words will be much more devalued. In those days, the words will be very much affected in political area. But at present, the words came very cheap .we can say they come free at cost. 1> totalitarian society words are devalued.(false) 2> totalitarian will have to come much about words (t) 3> The art totalitarian society the words are used for the political speeches. 4> Q10) There should be copyright for all arts. The reele has came that all the arts has come under one copy right society,they were use the money that come from the arts for the developments . There may be a lot of money will come from the Tagore works. We have to ask the benifiters from Tagore work to help for the development of his works. 1> Tagore works are came under this copy right rule.(f) 2> People are free to go to the because of the copy right rule.(can't say) 3> People gives to theater and collect the money for development.(can't say) 4> We have ask the Tagore resedents to help for the developments of art.(can't say)

Here are first puzzles from the document for sample. Download complete document from attachments section below. 1.There is a escalator and 2 persons move down it.A takes 50 steps and B takes 75 steps while the escalator is moving down. Given that the time taken by A to take 1 step is equal to time taken by B to take 3 steps. Find the no. of steps in the escalator while it is staionary.

Solution (not sure): If A takes 1 step in one second, then B takes 3 steps in one second. If A takes t1 seconds to take 50 steps, then B takes 150 steps in t1 seconds. For B, to take 150 steps he requires t1 seconds, then to take 75 steps he requires t1/2 seconds. So now, s1=50, t1 = t1 & s2=75, t2=t1/2 ans= (s1*t2 ~ s2*t1) / (t1 ~ t2) which gives 100. so 100 steps is the answer

2. If 5/2 artists make 5/2 paintings using 5/2 canvases in 5/2 days then how many artists r required to make 25 paintings using 25 canvases in 25 days?

3. If the digits of my present age are reversed then i get the age of my son.If 1 year ago my age was twice as that of my son.Find my present age. ans. father-73, son-37

4. There are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy.Find the min. no. of times the balls have to be weighed for finding out the haevy ball. ans. 8

5. If i walk with 30 miles/hr i reach 1 hour before and if i walk with 20 miles/hr i reach 1 hour late.Find the distance between 2 points and the exact time of reaching destination is 11 am then find the speed with which it walks. ans. 120miles and 24 miles/hr