List of top Questions asked in SNAP- 2009

Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence: "Death lays his icy hand on kings."
I racked my brains to solve this difficult problem.
Choose the best construction:

Choose the segment with the error. If there is no error, choose option 4.

Your account should/1 have been credited/2 with three months' interest./3

Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words.
'Aurally challenged' is a for the .
The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is
Cars are safer than planes. Fifty percent of plane accidents result in death, while only one percent of car accidents result in death. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentence? Part of Australia is known to the natives as The Outback.
Wheat is now being sold at Rs. 27 per kg. During last month, its cost was Rs. 24 per kg. Find by how much per cent a family should reduce its consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed.
Match the items in the column I with those in column II. Choose the correct answer combination given below.
III
1. As deaf as5. gall
2. As bitter as 6. an eel
3. As unpredictable as7. a post
4. As slippery as8. the weather
Choose the word spelt correctly.
Who invented the 'computer laptop'?
One barrel of oil is approximately equivalent to how many litres?
Which one of the following is not a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
Many a time we read in the newspapers about the Southern Cone of South America, which includes Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru. Which is the most spoken language of this geographical area?
Five year plans in India are finally approved by the :
Which one of the following planets lost its planet status recently?
Which country makes Panama hats?
Who was the Prime Minister of India when the 42nd Amendment Bill bringing in the changes in the Constitution was passed?
Who won the women's singles title at the 2009 French Open tennis tournament?
Which country has the largest rail network in the world?
Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Who invented the microchip?
This well-known Indian business leader was born on 28 December 1937 in Surat. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in the USA. He turned down a job offer from IBM to join his family business, and today he is one of the top business leaders in India. Name this business tycoon.
As a rule, all major state capitals in India have offices of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with only one exception. Which city has an RBI office despite not being a state capital?