The Review of XAT Sample Paper 2

A. critical

B. rudimentary

C. innate

D. none of these

A. binoculars

B. Kaleidoscope

C. detergents

D. shoelace

3. Choose the word opposite in meaning to given word. infirm

A. weak

B. deft

C. potent

D. strong

4. Which of the following best completes the passage below? In a survey of job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest, because______

A. some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honest

B. some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonest

C. some people who claimed on the survey to be at least a little dishonest may be very dishonest

D. some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestly

5. Company Alpha buys free-travel coupons from people who are awarded the coupons by Bravo Airlines for flying frequently on Bravo airplanes. The coupons are sold to people who pay less for the coupons than they would pay by purchasing tickets from Bravo. This marketing of coupons results in lost revenue for Bravo. To discourage the buying and selling of free-travel coupons, it would be best for Bravo Airlines to restrict the

A. number of coupons that a person can be awarded in a particular year

B. use of the coupons to those who were awarded the coupons and members of their immediate families

C. days that the coupons can be used to Monday through Friday

D. amount of time that the coupons can be used after they are issued

6. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park on which the famous Steven Spielberg film was based?

A. Arthur C.Clarke

B. John Grisham

C. Michael Crichton

D. George Hans

A. whisky

B. beer

C. rum

D. none of these

8. ‘It takes the rough with the smooth’ is used by which of the following car models?

A. TATA Sumo

B. TATA Sierra

C. TATA Indica

D. Toyota Qualis

A. Phiroz Vandrevala

B. Pradeep Guha.

C. Arun Netravalli

D. Arun Kumar

10. Lifebuoy soap is brand of which of the following companies?

A. godrej

B. procter and gamble

C. hll

D. none of these

11. In a meeting there are five participants, A, B, C, D and E, out of which three are gents and two are ladies. How many ways can they sit such that there is at least one lady to the side of each gentleman.

A. 12

B. 36

C. 24

D. 48

12. What number should be subtracted from x^3 + 4x^2 – 7x + 12 if it is to be perfectly divisible by x + 3?

A. 42

B. 39

C. 13

D. none of these

13. A train travels at an average speed of 90 km/hr without any stoppages. However, its average speed decrease to 60km/hr on account of stoppages. On an average, how many minutes per hour does the train stop?

A. 12 mins

B. 20 mins

C. 24 mins

D. 18 mins

14. In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?

A. 300,000

B. 168,000

C. 36,000

D. 24,000

15. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less than or equal to 50 years?

A. 15

B. 20

C. 80

D. 70