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Company Name: Wipro Year : Wipro 2011

Placement Paper | Verbal section

Company Profile: Wipro Limited (formerly Western India Products Limited(Amalner)) (BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO, NYSE: WIT) is an Indian global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2012, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India, employing about 120,000 people worldwide as of December 2011.It provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services. The company operates in three segments: IT Services, IT Products, Consumer Care and Lighting. It is 9th most valuable brand in India according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010.
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For questions 1-3, select among the given choices the word or phrase for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1. The development problems of developing countries have preoccupied and --------economists and policy makers for more than six decades a. b. c. d. pretended bewildered annoyed dismayed

2. Neo-liberal economic policy prescriptions have ------- many economies, protracted socio-economic crisis and widened the gap between rich and poor nations. a. b. c. d. stifled strangled throttled thwarted

3. very few I know are aware of the fact that carnatic music in all its glorious rhythms and modes was ------- on the banks of Cauvery a. b. c. d. flourished fostered rampant widespread

For questions 4-6, select among the given choices the correct phrase to replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence. 4. Each group having their own ideology which it is bound to abide by. a. b. c. d. every group have their own ideology every group has its own ideology each group has their own ideologies each group has ideologies

5. The red cross organization appealed to the people to come forward to help the drought victims and said that each may contribute what they can.

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a. b. c. d.

each may contribute what each once can each may contribute what they can each should contribute what they could each may contribute what he can

6. The arguments against sebis choice are serious, its contract might not succeed as it should and a new contract will be developed soon. a. b. c. d. its contract may not succeed their contract may not succeed their contract might not succeed its contract does not succeed

For questions 7-9, choose the lettered pair that expresses a relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the capitalized pair. 7. NEBULOUSUESS: DEFINITION a. b. c. d. apathy: zeal impetuosity: intuition rectitude: somberness rigidity: homogeneity

8. SAP: VITALITY a. b. c. d. persevere : fortitude bore : tedium drain : resolve enhance : allure

9. CLOY: PALATE a. b. c. d. sniff: nose slit: tongue surfeit : appetite cling: touch

For questions 10 & 11 select the option that gives correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phrase. Freshersplane.com

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10. A snake in the grass a. b. c. d. a secret or hidden enemy an unreliable person unforeseen happening unrecognizable danger

11. A hard nut to crack a. b. c. d. a tough person an adamant person a difficult job a strong person

Given below are sentences which when arranged logically from a coherent passage. For questions 1214 choose the option which gives the correct sequence. 12. choose the correct option P. Of the most cherished moments Q. of our freedom struggle and the history of modern india R. In fact, has been a witness to some S. the Indian railways a. b. c. d. SRQP SRPQ PRSQ PSRQ

13. choose the correct option P. there is no doubt at all that the US will never tolerate access by radical Islamists to pakistans nuclear and conventional missiles. Q. once it has achieved its immediate war objectives, it is certain that Washington will ensure the removal of such Islamists in Pakistan in the shorted possible time. R.patient diplomacy is only way to go this time S That will put an end to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India. Freshersplane.com

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a. b. c. d.

PQRS RQSP PRQS RPQS

14. choose the correct option P. run out of fuel and engine will simply stop running Q. It is essentially oil that keeps an engine going R. dirty oil too can cause considerable damage and reduce the life of an engine S. Run out of oil and you have a seized engine a. b. c. d. QPSR QSRP SPQR RPQS

For questions 15-17 select the option that can be substituted for the given sentence
15. a person who gives written testimony for use in a law court a. b. c. d. deponent appellant litigant witness

16. A person who specializes in the study of birds a. b. c. d. biologist naturalist zoologist ornithologist

17. A person who pretends to be somebody he is not a. imposter b. liar Freshersplane.com

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c. rogue d. magician

For questions 18-20 select the word among the given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word.
18. CAPRICIOUS a. b. c. d. impulsive impetuous predictable hasty

19. REBUKE A. B. C. D. praise scorn slander scold

20. STUPENDOUS a. b. c. d. mammoth simple costly far-tetched

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