National Employability Test – 2024

Set – 2 Full Marks - 100

Part – I (English Communication) 10 × 3 = 30
Select the most accurate answer for each question.
1. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to “obstinate”:
(a) Agreeable (b) Stubborn (c) Yielding (d) Flexible
2. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to “diligent”:
(a) Hardworking (b) Persistent (c) Lazy (d) Meticulous
3. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank:
Despite facing numerous challenges, she decided to _____ her goals with determination.
(a) ignore (b) pursue (c) renounce (d) abandon
4. Identify the correct form of the verb:
By the time we reach the station, the train ____.
(a) will leave (b) will have left (c) has left (d) is leaving
5. Choose the sentence that correctly transforms the given sentence to passive voice:
“The chef prepared a delicious meal.”
(a) A delicious meal prepared by the chef. (b) The chef was prepared by a delicious meal.
(c) A delicious meal was prepared by the chef. (d) The chef had prepared a delicious meal.
6. Identify the part of the sentence with an error:
“Neither of the brothers were willing to take up the responsibility.”
(a) Neither of (b) the brothers (c) were willing (d) to take up
7. What is the person called who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has?
(a) Recluse (b) Charlatan (c) Anarchist (d) Apotheosis
8. Select the incorrectly Spelt word-
(a) Vocifirous (b) Affliction (c) Episcopal (d) Innocuous
9. Choose the correct opposite word of the bold word in the sentence.
Soon the boys realized his peevish ways and began to avoid him.
(a) amiable (b) unpleasant (c) snappish (d) authoritative
10. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.
If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be _______ by the customs authority.
(a) confiscated (b) punished (c) possessed (d) fined
Part – II (Mathematical Aptitude) 10 × 3 = 30
11. Simplification of
0.2  0.2 + 0.02  0.02 − 0.4  0.02
0.36
(a) 2.199 (b) 0.09 (c) 2 (d) 3.195
12. What is the sum of the cubes of the first four natural numbers?
(a) 96 (b) 84 (c) 100 (d) 1000
13. The difference between the ages of Radha and Rama is 6 years and the sum of their ages is 26. Find Radha’s age, if she
is older than Rama.
(a) 26 years (b) 32 years (c) 16 years (d) 6 years
14. The mean of the first eight odd natural numbers is
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 8
15. A train covers a distance of 57.6 km in 48 minutes. What is its speed in m/s?
(a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 21 (d) None of these
16. Vikas buys an old bike for `30,000 and spends `5,000 on its repairs. If he sells the bike for `42,000, his gain percentage.
(a) 20% (b) 18% (c) 17% (d) None of these
17. If a : b = 32 : 35 and b : c = 21 : 32. Then a : c = ?
(a) 5 : 7 (b) 5 : 3 (c) 3 : 5 (d) None of these
18. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio of 5 : 4. If 9 liters of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of alcohol
to water becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the mixture.
(a) 20 liters (b) 24 liters (c) 28 liters (d) None of these
19. Which of the following numbers is divisible completely by both 9 and 11?
(a) 277218 (b) 181998 (c) 12345 (d) None of these
20. The mixes surds form of is 1350
(a) 14 6 (b) 13 6 (c) 12 6 (d) 15 6

Part – III (Reasoning) 10 × 2 = 20

21. By interchanging which two number the equation will be correct?
9 – 2 × 4 ÷ 6 = –3
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 6 and 2 (c) 4 and 9 (d) 6 and 9
22. Amit’s son was born on 10 January 2012. On what day of the week was he born?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
23. Shubham said, “I have no brother or sister. This man in the photograph is the husband of my mother’s daughter-in-law”.
Whose photograph is Shubham referring to?
(a) Son-in-law (b) Cousin (c) Son (d) Self
24. Six friends Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in a row facing north Q is seated 2nd to the right of T and 3rd to the left of S.
U is not an immediate neighbour of Q. Who is seated between R and V?
(a) T (b) Q (c) U (d) S
25. Choose the correct water image of the question figure.
Question figure

M N

Answer figures

(a) (b) (c) (d)

26. U, V, W, X, Y and Z are six students sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table for a school assignment.
X is the immediate neighbour of W. V is seated third to of Y. V is seated second to the right of X. Who is seated third
to the left of Z?
(a) V (b) W (c) Y (d) U
27. In a certain code language, CABLE is coded as 65@7# and PARKLET is coded as 85917#2. How will ELRAP be coded
in that language?
(a) #9587 (b) 9#785 (c) #7958 (d) 7#958
28. If 1 is added each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 7846314, then how many
number/numbers are repeated in the new number formed?
(a) Three (b) Four (c) One (d) Two
29. In a class of 80 boys a student rank is 48th from top. What is his rank from bottom?
(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 35 (d) None of these
30. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below.
A%DFKE8JQ1*VTU2$W#6BG@IL73H
If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be eleventh from the right end?
(a) W (b) 2 (c) U (d) T
Part – IV (General Awareness) 10 × 2 = 20
31. Which One of the following pairs is not correctly match?
(a) Gomti- Lucknow (b) Saryu-Ayodhya (c) Alaknanda-Badrinath (d) Narmada-Satna
32. Rath Yatra’ at Puri is celebrated in honour of
(a) Lord Rama (b) Lord Krishna (c) Lord Shiva (d) Lord Jagannath
33. National Women’s Day in India celebrated on which date?
(a) 14th February (b) 13th February (c) 8 March (d) 19 March
34. “Curie” is unit of :
(a) Radioactivity (b) Temperature (c) Heat (d) Energy
35. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature recently?
(a) Han Kang (b) John Hopfield (c) Geoffrey Hinton (d) Demis Hassabis
36. What is the chemical name for ‘baking soda’?
(a) Sodium carbonate (b) Sodium bicarbonate (c) Sodium nitrite (d) Sodium nitrate
37. Typhoid fever is caused by-
(a) Virus (b) Bacteria (c) Fungus (d) Allergy
38. Who from the following is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and the Bharat Ratna?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Mother Teresa (d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
39. Who is known as ‘the Father of Geometry’?
(a) Pythagoras (b) Euclid (c) Aristotle (d) Kepler
40. Summer Olympic Games-2028 will be held in–
(a) Paris, France (b) Tokyo, Japan (c) Rio De Janeiro (d) Los Angeles, USA

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