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AP ICET| Arithmetic ability| Probability

 Probability Q1: In a throw of a coin, the probability of getting a head is? A) 1            B) 1/2                 C) 1/4                    D) 2   Q2: Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most one head? A) 2/3       B) 1/2             C) 3/4             D) 4/3   Q3: An unbiased die is tossed. Find the probability of getting a multiple of 3. A) 1/4            B) 1/3               C) 1/2           D) 1   Q4: In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice, find the probability of getting a total more than 7. A) 3/2           B) 4/7            C) 5/12...

AP ICET| Arithmetic ability| Percentages

  Percentages Q1: 88% of 370 + 24% of 210 – ____ = 118.                       [Bank PO 2003] A)       256    B)        258    C)         268      D)         358   Q2: 860% of 50 + 50% of 860 = ____?       [RBI 2003] A)       430      B)        516    C)       860      D)        960   Q3: 45% of 750 – 25% of 480 = ?            [Bank PO 2002] A)       216 B)       217.50 C)       236.50 D)       245   Q4: It costs Rs. 1 to photocopy ...

AP ICET| Verbal ability| Reading Comprehension

 Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension Hard cases, it is said, make bad law. The adage is widely considered true for the Supreme Court of India which held in the height of the Emergency, in ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla that detenus under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) could not approach the judiciary if their fundamental rights were violated. Not only was the law laid down unconscionable, but it also smacked of a Court more “executive-minded than the executive”, complicit in its own independence being shattered by an all-powerful government. So deep has been the impact of this judgment that the Supreme Court’s current activist avatar is widely viewed as having its genesis in a continuing need to atone. Expressions of such atonement have created another Court made to measure — this time not to the measure of the government but rather the aggrandised self-image of some of its judges. Let us look back to the ADM Jabalpur case. As a court of law, the Supre...

AP ICET| Verbal ability|Tenses

 Tenses Q.1.  How many pegs of Vodka _____ yesterday? Did you drink Do you drink You have drank You were drinking   Q.2.  She shall _____ your ice-cream parlour soon because she ____ ice-cream. Be visiting, like Visit, likes Have been visiting, is liking Visiting, like   Q.3 . Shakespeare ____ dramas that are appealing to the people of all ages.  Wrote Had written Had been writing Has written   Q.4.  The barber ___ his finger while he ____ off my hair. Had cut, was chopping  Cut, chop Cut, was chopping Cuts, had been chopping   Q.5.  Prasoon ___ for Bangalore early and he must ___ by this time. Leave, have been reaching Left, have reached Had left, be reaching Left, have been reached   Q.6.  No, Rama is not at home, He ___ just ____ for shopping had, ...

AP ICET| Verbal ability| Sentence correction

 Sentence correction Q.1  The employees of this company demand higher salaries for a very long period of time. The employee of this company demand higher salary for a long time. The employees of this company demands higher salary for a very long time. The employees of this company are demanding higher salaries for a long time. The employees of this company have been demanding higher salaries for a very long time. Answer (4)   Q.2 . The train is expected to arrive between 11 pm to 12 pm. The train is expecting to between by 11pm to 12pm. The train is expected to arrive between 11pm and 12pm. The train is expected to arrive between 11pm or 12pm. The train is expected for arrival between 11pm to 12pm. Answer(2)   Q.3.  If the cab would have started on time, she would have reached office on time. If the cab would have started on time, she had reached office on time. If the...