braou.ac.in ET Eligibility Test Model Question Paper : Dr.B.R Ambedkar Open University

Name of the Organisation :Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University
Name of the Exam : ET Eligibility Test
Document type :Model Question Paper
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BRAOU ET Eligibility Test Sample Paper

Time : One Hour
Max. Marks : 100
Min. Marks : 36

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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.

APRIL-2012
Code No.101/102/EGK/2012
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & APTITUDE
PAPER – I
Each question carries 2 marks

SECTION – A English Language

PART – I : (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
Read the passage given below and pick the best word to fill in the blanks by marking with a
pencil in the appropriate box in the ANSWER SHEET against the appropriate question.
The brain can be divided ________1_________ two hemispheres – the left and the right. The
left hemisphere is largely logical and _______2_______ controls functions _______3______
the learning of words, logic, numbers, analysis and lists. The right hemisphere is ______4_____
emotional. It helps ____5____ perception of rhythm, pictures, imagination, colours ____6____
dimensions. In _____7_____ people we have _____8_____ the left or the right brain more
developed. Successful people, ____9____, combine both for effective learning. ____10____
use the total brain, the left and the right.

1. (i) from (ii) into (iii) to (iv) against
2. (i) its (ii) his (iii) it (iv) her
3. (i) like (ii) like in (iii) like to (iv) like from
4. (i) most (ii) only (iii) very (iv) more
5. (i) a (ii) the (iii) an (iv) only
6. (i) and (ii) or (iii) because (iv) since
7. (i) all (ii) most (iii) no (iv) most
8. (i) neither (ii) both (iii) either (iv) together
9. (i) however (ii) notwithstanding (iii) because (iv) since
10. (i) He (ii) She (iii) They (iv) Us

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

Code No.101/102/EGK/2012

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