TISS-NET SAMPLE PAPER

1.

The famous and fierce Swiss Guard is the

last line of protection for
(a) The Prime Minister of Switzerland
(b) The Pope
(c) The Arch Bishop of Canterbury
(d) The Cardinal of Switzerland

Ans: b
2.

6.

Which of the following is called the Roof of

Africa
(a) Kilimanjaro
(b) The Sahara
(c) The Namib
(d) The Masa Marai

Ans: a
The example of fold mountains are
(a) The Vindhyas
(b) The Aravalis
(c) The Himalayas
(d) The Rockies

7.

Find the odd one out:

85, 79, 71, 73
(a) 85
(b) 79
(c) 71
(d) 73

Ans: c
Ans: a
3.

One of the most well-known exponents of the

Dhrupad singing is
(a) Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
(b) Tansen
(c) Pandit Shiv Kumar
(d) Alla Raakha

8.

If ANITA is written as ZOHUZ, how will

NAVEEN be written?
(a) OZWFFO
(b) MBUFDO
(c) OZUVDO
(d) MBWFFO

Ans: a
Ans: b
4.

Which of the following is a Man Booker prize

winner
(a) Krishna Uday Shankar
(b) Amish Tripathi
(c) Rajeev Menon
(d) Aravinda Adiga

Ans: d
5.

The bass guitar player and singer of the fusion

band Indian Ocean
(a) Asheem
(b) Uday Benegal
(c) Zubin Balapore
(d) Rahul Ram

9.

A machine P can print one lakh books in

8 hours; machine Q can print the same
number of books in 10 hours while machine
R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines
are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is
closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two
machines complete work. Approximately at
what time will the work (to print one lakh
books) be finished?
(a) 11:30 A.M.
(b) 12 noon
(c) 12:30 P.M.
(d) 1:00 P.M.

Ans: d
Ans: d

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10.

There are 4 beads of different colours. How

many different key chains can be made using
these beads if each key chain has a different
arrangement of beads and all key chains have
4 beads?
(a) 24
(b) 64
(c) 256
(d) 12

14.

Fill the blanks using the words given below to

make a meaningful sentence.
The author used a rhetorical question as a
terminal flourish to .....the section of text.
(a) disclose
(b) conclude
(c) simplify
(d) ascertain

Ans: b
Ans: a
15.
11.

One rectangular metal plate of 11 cm length,

8 cm breadth and 2 cm thickness has to be
molten and recast into a solid cylinder of
8 cm diameter. What should be its height
(a) 3.5 cm
(b) 4 cm
(c) 5 cm
(d) 4.5 cm

Ans: a
12.

Out of 68 students, 26 are taking Women

Studies and 41 are taking Education. If eleven
students are in classes, how many students
are in neither class?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16

Ans: c
13.

In the following question, select a pair of words

that are similar in relationship to the pair given
in capital.
DRAMA : DIRECTOR ::
(a) class : principal
(b) movie : scenario
(c) actor : playwright
(d) magazine : editor

Ans: d

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Fill the blanks in the sentences given below

using the pair of words given.
The two sisters selfessly dedicated their lives
to the nursing profession; their ...made
them..., ones whose ways are worthly of
imitation.
(a) morality....emancipators
(b) erudition....enigmas
(c) devotion....egotists
(d) altruism....exemplars

Ans: d
16.

For each word below, a contextual usage is

provided. Pick the word from the alternatives
given that is most inappropriate in the given
context.
TEMPORAL: Do not get tempted by these
emporal pleasures. They do not last long.
(a) Eternal
(b) Immortal
(c) Everlasting
(d) Ephemeral

Ans: c

17.

Rearrange the sentences to form a logical

and meaningful paragraph.
a. As I learnt how to read I began enjoying
the stories.
b. Soon it became my favourite book.
c. I was very young then.
d. Initially I looked only at the pictures and
could not read the stores.
e. My mother bought me my first book of
stories.
(a) becda
(b) ecdab
(c) decab
(d) dbace

Ans: d
Though the question asks for a word that is
inappropriate in the given context, there are
three options that can be the answer. It seems
the directions of the questions are incorrect.
Given the options, the question should have
asked for a word appropriate in the given
context. In that case, option (d) is the correct
answer.

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