BRAOU Model Question Paper : Eligibility Test ET

Name of the Organisation : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University (braou.ac.in)
Type of Announcement : Model Question Paper
Designation : Eligibility Test ET
Reference Number : Code No.101/102/EGK/2012

Home Page : http://www.braou.ac.in/

Eligibility Test-2013 Model question papers :
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & APTITUDE : https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/7032-E-1.pdf
ENGLISH LANGUAGE,GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & APTITUDE (URDU) : https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/7032-E-2.pdf
MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE-TELUGU : https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/7032-E-3.pdf
MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE-HINDI : https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/7032-E-4.pdf
MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE-URDU : https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/7032-E-5.pdf

ELIGIBILITY TEST, APRIL-2012
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & APTITUDE
Time : One Hour
Max. Marks : 100
Min. Marks : 36

Each question carries 2 marks
Instructions to the Candidates :
1. Candidates are prohibited from writing their Names and Hall Ticket Numbers anywhere on the Answer Sheet except in the column provided. Answer Sheets of candidates violating this rule will not be valued.
2. All questions are of multiple choice type. Every question has four choices. Darken the circle of the correct answer with HB Pencil like this
3. There is only one ‘Answer Sheet’ for both the question papers. The candidate should use HB Pencil for marking the correct answer for each question.
4. After marking the correct answers candidates must handover the ‘Answer Sheet’ to the invigilators.
5. Candidates can retain the question papers.
6. Candidates must verify that the hall ticket number is printed in full and correctly in the space provided on the Answer Sheet. If not please bring it to the notice of the Invigilator.
7. Candidates are advised not to overwrite on the Answer Sheet. If they want to change the answer already marked they should erase the wrong answer and mark in the appropriate box again.
8. Candidates are not allowed to bring any material except the Hall Ticket, a Ball Point Pen, HB Pencil, sharpner and eraser into the examination hall.

PART – II
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)
Pick the best option that gives the best meaning of the underlined phrase and mark in the appropriate box on the ANSWER SHEET.
11. Most of the important ventures in our country have turned out to be white elephants.
(1) very precious (2) profitable (3) expensive and useless (4) necessary
12. Till the end, the World cup was a touch and go situation.
(1) risky (2) invisible (3) free (4) delicate
13. Life is not always a bed of roses.
(1) comfortable (2) fragrant (3) artificial (4) sad
14. Sudhir is his mama’s blue eyed boy.
(1) rare (2) foreign (3) favourite (4) different
15. A lot of people in the company are in the black list.
(1) considered valuable (2) considered untrustworthy (3) unknown (4) very well known

PART – III
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)
Pick the best option to fill in the blanks in the sentences given below and mark in the appropriate box on the ANSWER SHEET.
16. The pollution in the atmosphere ____________________.
(1) rises (2) is rising (3) rose (4) was rising
17. The thief _________ when the police reached.
(1) has left (2) had left (3) was leaving (4) is leaving
18. It ____________ since morning today.
(1) is raining (2) was raining (3) has been raining (4) had been raining
19. My friends ________ since morning today. They are tired.
(1) are working (2) have been working (3) were working (4) working
20. Looks like we ___________ to win.
(1) are destined (2) have been destined (3) is destined (4) had destined

SECTION – B
General Knowledge & Aptitude
(30 x 2 = 60 marks)
This section has 30 multiple choice questions. Choose the correct one from the given four choices and mark that answer as in the appropriate box in the enclosed ANSWER SHEET. Each question carries 2 marks.
21. Who was the founder Vice-Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University?
(1) Sri Bhavanam Venkatram (2) Prof. G. Ram Reddy (3) Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao (4) Sri K. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy
22. Who is the present Minister for Higher Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh?
(1) Sri. C. Damodar Rajanarasimha (2) Sri. Botsa Satyanarayana (3) Smt. J. Geeta Reddy (4) Sri Nadendla Manohar
23. Name the social activist who started the Anticorruption Movement in India?
(1) Medha Patkar (2) Kalpana Chawla (3) Narendra Modi (4) Anna Hazare
24. Name the cricketer who scored one hundred centuries in International cricket?
(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Sunil Gavaskar (3) Ricky Ponting (4) None
25. Who is the present Governor of Tamilnadu?
(1) K. Rosaiah (2) E.S.L. Narasimhan (3) R. Bharadwaj (4) None of the above
26. oC is used to indicate the intensity of _____________.
(1) light (2) temperature (3) lightening (4) sound
27. What is given to a patient to make him unconsciousness before a major surgery?
(1) antibiotic (2) anesthesia (3) antiseptic (4) none of the above
28. What is the major cause for environmental pollution?
(1) carbonmonoxide (2) hydrogen (3) oxygen (4) none of the above
29. The disease ‘Filariasis’ is caused through
(1) rats (2) goats (3) cats (4) mosquitos
30. What is the average oral temperature of human body?
(1) 98.2oF (2) 120oF (3) 110oF (4) 90oF
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For full list of question refer the PDF file in the above link.