Name of the Organisation : Delhi Law Academy
Exam : DU LLB
Subject : LLB
Year : 2016
Document Type : Model & Past Question Papers
Website : http://www.delhilawacademy.com/home/du-llb-entrance-exam-past-question-papers/du-llb-entrance-2016-question-paper/
DU LLB Entrance Exam Question Paper :
Time: 2 hours
Total Marks : 700
Section I : Reading Comprehension
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Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives give.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers.
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas Edison?
(a) Inventing tin foil
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker
(c) Inventing the light bulb
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray
2. A phonograph most similar to:
(a) A record player
(b) A walkie talkie
(c) A television
(d) A microphone
3. In which state did Thomas Edison not live?
(a) Michigan
(b) New york
(c) Ohio
(d) Massachusetts
4. Which of the following describes Morse Code most appropriately?
(a) A system of clicks that stands for current
(b) A system of clicks that stand for letters
(c) A system of clicks that stands for words
(d) A system if clicks that stands for signals
5. Who is a “mucker”?
(a) Someone from Thomas Edison’s family
(b) Someone from another country
(c) Someone from another country hoping to make a fortune in America.
(d) Someone from another country hoping to find a home in America.
6. Which of the following is not included in Thomas Edison’s invention?
(a) The first phonograph.
(b) The improved stock ticker.
(c) A power system that could deliver electricity to homes.
(d) The first storage battery
7. How many patents Edison registered worldwide?
(a) 1093
(b) More than 1093
(c) 957
(d) None of the above
8. Select the word closely related to platitude:
(a) Trite remark
(b) Concerned feeling
(c) Disdainful attitude
(d) Protest
9. Select the word closely related to buttress:
(a) Negate
(b) Buttering
(c) Mock
(d) Strengthen
Direction: (Questions 10-14): Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given alternatives to fill in the gap(s):
10. My mother asked me to demonstrate a _____ of common sense to make the right decision.
(a) Modicum
(b) Fractious
(c) Disdain
(d) Culpability
11. Although leprosy is not a highly contagious disease, those who have contracted it have always been pariahs and have been ____ by others.
(a) Accepted
(b) Admonished
(c) Sheltered
(d) Ostracized
12. The film’s hero, a pearl diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they _____ to ______ him.
(a) Work…help
(b) Plan….incentives
(c) Refuse….deceive
(d) Collude….swindle
13. After hours of acrimonious arguments the negotiations reached a(n) ____: neither side was willing to compromise.
(a) Solution
(b) Resolution
(c) End
(d) Impasse
14. Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment is frequently _____.
(a) Changed
(b) Arbitrary
(c) Lenient
(d) Commuted
Section II : General Knowledge
33. Who won the T-20 Cricket World Cup for Women in 2016?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) West indies
(d) England
34. On 23rd April 2016, ____ death anniversary of William Shakespeare was celebrated.
(a) 200th
(b) 300th
(c) 350th
(d) 400th
35. In which of the following States, President’s Rule was imposed in 2016?
(a) Assam
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Tripura
36. With which of the following, the recent Panama Papers Leak controversy primarily relates?
(a) Money laundering and evasion of tax
(b) Destabilize the political parties in several countries
(c) To cheat world Bank and IMF
(d) To conduct terrorist attacks in many countries
37. When was Zika virus first isolated?
(a) 1947
(b) 1987
(c) 1996
(d) 2016
38. The term “Dirty Snowball” is related to ____
(a) Comets
(b) Meteorites
(c) Space debris primarily from space craft
(d) Asteroids
39. Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
(a) Chetan bhagat
(b) Harper Lee
(c) Paulo Coelho
(d) Agatha Christie
40. The 30th anniversary of which of the following disaster falls in 2016?
A. Cherbonyl Nuclear disaster
B. Bhopal gas Disaster
C. Delhi Oleum Gas Disaster
D. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
41. Where is the headquarter of European union?
(a) Paris
(b) Brussels
(c) Rome
(d) Strasbourg
42. Which of the following is the incorrect match?
Group A Group B
(a) The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
(b) The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
(c) Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s stone J.K. Rowling
(d) Our Impossible Love Jeff Kinney
43. Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
(a) Sardar Hukum Singh
(b) Bali Ram Bhagat
(c) G.V. Mavalankar
(d) Sir Shadi Lal
44. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(a) Telephone Graham Bell
(b) Small Pox Vaccination Eduard Jenner
(c) Diesel Engine Carnot
(d) Ball Point John J. Loud
45. “Sare /jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara” was written by _____
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Ram Prasad Bismil
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Iqbal
Section III : Logical Reasoning
140. Mohit started from his office towards East. After covering a distance of 8 km he turned towards left and covered a distance of 6 km. what is the shortest distance now from his office?
(a) 12 km
(b) 8 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 6 km
141. All the faces of a cube are painted with red colour. Then it is cut into 125 small equal cubes. How many small cubes will be formed having no face coloured?
(a) 27
(b) 16
(c) 36
(d) 25
142. ||-, |-|, -||, ?
(a) |-|
(b) -||
(c) ||-
(d) –|
143. If ‘rule’ is written as 15 18 9 2, then how would ‘evidence’ be written?
(a) 312 21 32166 78
(b) 2 19 6 12 2 11 26 2
(c) 4 4 23 22 13 25
(d) 3 45 65 23 22 100
144. If MONARCH is written as OQPCTEJ, what is represented by MKPIFQO?
(a) EMPEROR
(b) KINGDOM
(c) EMPIRE
(d) MONARCHY
145. Pick the odd one out
(a) Book
(b) Page
(c) Tissue
(d) E-book
146. Pick the odd one out
(a) Judge
(b) Advocate General
(c) Attorney General
(d) Solicitor General
147. Pick the odd one out
(a) Hovercraft
(b) Military Tank
(c) Aircraft
(d) Submarine
148. Pradeep is shorter than Anu. Viraj is shorter than Pradeep. Sanam is the same height as Pradeep. Who is the tallest?
(a) Anu
(b) Pradeep
(c) Viraj
(d) Insufficient data
149. In the above question, later another boy Gambhir joins the group. Ghambhir is 20.5 cm taller than Viraj. Now who is the tallest?
(a) Insufficient data
(b) Gambhir
(c) Anu
(d) Pradeep
150. Fill in the missing number: 17, 19,23,29, …..?
(a) 31
(b) 35
(c) 39
(d) 37
151. Fill in the missing number: 1, 1, 2, 3,5, 8, ……., 21
(a) 21
(b) 8
(c) 11
(d) 13
152. “What number will come next?
½ , ¼, 1/8, …….
(a) 1/16
(b) 1/10
(c) 1/12
(d) 1/24
153. A man walked 20 km west, then 10 km North, and then 5 km West. Which one of the following statements is true regarding his current location?
(a) It is to the North West of his original location
(b) It is 35 km to the North West of his original location.
(c) It is 25km to the West of his original location
(d) It is 10km to the North of his original location.
Directions (questions 154-156): Identify the choice that most appropriately completes the second set so that it expresses the same relationship as the first set.
154. Kettle is to tea as Battery is to _____
(a) Bulb
(b) Speed
(c) Electricity
(d) Heat
155. Tyre is to car as ______ is to foot.
(a) Shoe
(b) Toes
(c) Ankles
(d) Heel
156. Pride is to lion as school is to _____
(a) Fish
(b) Self-esteem
(c) Students
(d) Dignity
Directions (questions 157-159): Identify the essential part of the item given, that is, from the given choices, select the part without which the given item cannot exist.
157. Violin:
(a) Strings
(b) Box
(c) Teacher
(d) Music
158. Court:
(a) Files
(b) Witness
(c) Judge
(d) Gavel
159. Zoo:
(a) Cages
(b) Visitors
(c) Animals
(d) Guards
160. “A village on the Indo-Nepalese border was found to have been infiltrated by Maoists and other radicals. While the central administration acknowledged the locals’ support as the reason for the difficulty in sanitizing the region, it still sent out three teams to do a study before sending in a strike force: one was a fact- finding team of lawyers and sociologists, another a surveillance team and the third, a logistics team. The investigators found out that the locals were denied equality of law and justice, the surveillance and logistics teams found out that there were excellent and foolproof opportunities season-wise to neutralize the Maoists.
Which of the following statements do you find logical?
(a) Sending in a strike force at the earliest would solve the problem forever
(b) Ensuring equality of law and justice to the villagers was a long term and inexpensive.
(c) Educating the villagers against the dangers of supporting the radicals would be better solution.
(d) There is no need of any action, the problem would solve by itself