List of top Questions asked in SNAP- 2009

Dendrochronology is:
Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
He hardly cares, ?
Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence: "As proud as a peacock."

Choose the sentence where the underlined word is used appropriately.

Read the two sentences and choose the correct option:
1. Can you imagine his forgetting his own birthday?
2. Can you imagine him forgetting his own birthday?
Complete the sentence with the correct phrase:
You cannot succeed unless

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

Idli and Sambar/1 make the breakfast/2 in the South./3

I was supposed to give a speech to my English class, but I got cold feet and I didn't go.
Which two sentences convey the same idea?
1) Shouldn't they have checked your tickets?
2) I wonder if they should have checked your tickets.
3) I want to know if they checked your tickets.
4) They should have checked your tickets.
Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentence? I know that you want to learn to drive Rima but you are too young.
Select the option that is closest in meaning to the given word: Veracious
Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words.
He lives Bangaluru 115, Richmond Road.
If error is a , fault is .
Under the 'Airtel One' postpaid plan, the monthly rental is Rs. 99, and call charges are billed on top of this rent based on the distance slab and the network used. A bill of Rs. 199 in a month is definitely not possible when you make only:

There are two rows of numbers in the grid below. The upper row is complete, and in the lower row one number is missing. Find the number that keeps the same pattern as the upper row.

Although most of the fastest growing jobs in today's economy require a college degree, many of the new jobs being created, from home health aide to desktop publisher, need knowledge other than that gained from earning a degree. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communication, and mathematics play an important role in getting a job and developing a career.

42. From the information given above, it can be validly concluded that, in today's economy:

Instructions (36-40): The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North West University and the number of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. There are 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this data to answer the question below.

40. There are 34 European medical students. What percentage of the faculty does this represent?

A can build up a structure in 8 days and B can break it down in 3 days. A worked alone for 4 days, then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of the structure?
How many kgs of tea worth Rs. 25 per kg must be blended with 30 kgs of tea worth Rs. 30 per kg so that by selling the blended variety at Rs. 30 per kg there should be a gain of 10%?
300 gms of salt solution has 40% salt in it. How much salt should be added to make it 50% in the solution?
Instructions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.
The Venn diagram given below shows the estimated readership of 3 daily newspapers (X, Y & Z) in a city. The total readership and advertising cost for each of these papers is as below.

The total population of the city is estimated to be 14 million. The common readership (in lakhs) is indicated in the given Venn diagram.

The number of people (in lakhs) who read only one newspaper is
Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies. She spends 55% of her monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses. She saves the remaining amount of Rs. 12,750. What is Sonali's monthly income?
A dice is rolled three times and the sum of the three numbers on the uppermost face is 15. What is the chance that the first roll was a four?
In how many ways can the letters of the word ABACUS be rearranged such that the vowels always appear together?
The maximum length of a pencil that can be kept in a rectangular box of dimensions 8 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm is