IFTK 2021 Question Paper General Ability Test

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2021 – for ADMISSION TO B.DES FASHION DESIGN at
Institute of Fashion Technology Kerala, Vellimon West P.O, Kollam

GENERAL ABILITY TEST

[General Knowledge and Current Affairs] – Questions 1 to 20

1. What name has been given to “HRD Ministry” in the new Education Policy 2020?
A. Development Ministry
B. Human Resource Ministry
C. Education Ministry
D. New Education Ministry
2. What is the new pattern in New Education Policy 2020?
A. 5+3+4+3
B. 5+3+3+4
C. 5+4+3+4
D. 4+3+4+5
3. Who has partnered with IIT Delhi to set up Design & Innovation lab for rural entrepreneurs?
A. Digital Innovation Lab
B. Common Services Center
C. Kolab Collaboration Center
D. The Home Depot Innovation Center
4. Which country has signed MOU with India for Design, manufacture & launch of satellites b
students?
A. Russia
B. USA
C. Bangladesh
D. China
5. Which film won the Best Motion Pictures –Drama Award at the Golden Globe Award 2021?
A. Promising Young Women
B. Mank
C. The Trial of the Chicago 7
D. Nomadland
6. When was first case of COVID -19 seen in India?
A. 20 January 2020
B. 25 January 2020
C. 30 January 2020
D. 1 February 2020
7. Which Indian institution developed an affordable rapid antigen test kit for Covid-19 priced
Rs.50/-?
A. AIIMS New Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Bangalore
8. Which film won Best Film at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards 2021?

A. Chapaak
B. Dil Bechara
C. Bahubali 2
D. Tanhaji

9. World Theater Day is observed on? (Theater, Cinema & Culture of Peace)
A. 27 March
B. 28 March
C. 26 March
D. 25 march

10. World Art Day is observed on?
A. 8 April
B. 12 April
C. 14 April
D. 15 April
11. Who is Minister of Textiles
A. Smriti Zubin Irani
B. Nitin Gadkari
C. Piyush Goyal
D. Rajnath Singh
12. Which Indian State is leading Cotton producers?
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Hariyana
13. Which city is called the White City of India?
A. Jaisalmer
B. Jaipur
C. Udaipur
D. Jodhpur
14. Pick the Italian Brand.
A. Burberry
B. Gucci
C. Jimmy Choo
D. Chanel
15. Which Designer won L’Oreal Paris Femina Award for Emerging Designer of India in 2012?
A. Masaba Gupta
B. Neha Agarwal
C. Payal Singhal
D. Ritu Beri
16. When Bibu Mohapatra launched his own Label ?
A. 2000

B. 2007
C. 2008
D. 2010
17. First Indian Fashion Designer to showcase at Milan Fashion week?
A. Rahul Mishra
B. Tarun Tahiliani
C. Manish Arora
D. Suket Dhir

18. Which Indian Fashion Designer won 2012’s Mercedes Benz Asia Fashion Week?
A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee
B. Rohit Bal
C. Rocky S
D. Manish Malhotra
19. One among the Designer who was responsible for making Paris the “Fashion Capital” of the
world?
A. Karl Lagerfeld
B. Christian Dior
C. Alexander Mcqueen
D. Gucci
20. Who is called as Patron Saint of Italian fashion industry?
A. Giorgio Armani
B. Issey Miyake
C. Michael Adam
D. John Galliano

[Quantitative Ability] – Questions 21 to 30

21) a:b=3:5
b:c=2:7
Find a:b:c
A) 3:6:35
B) 6:10:35
C) 6:5:25
D) 2:3:15

22) ½ ÷ ½ of ½

A) ½
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4

23) Find the value of 125 2/3
A) 25
B) 50
C) 75
D) 5

24) Find the number of multiples of 8 in between 1 and 500
A) 30
B) 56
C) 72
D) 62

25) Find the interest of Rs. 3000 at 5% per month for 2 years
A) 2600
B) 3600
C) 4000
D) 3000

26) Hari and Deepak together can do a piece of work in 12 days and Hari alone can do it in 15 days .
How many days Deepak alone can do the work?
A) 60
B) 30
C) 75
D) 50

27) Find the least number which leaves the reminder as 3 when divided by 5,9 and 12.
A) 180
B) 160
C) 172
D) 183

28) Find the biggest number
A) 2 √5
B) 5 √2
C) 3 √4
D) 4 √3

29) Today is Monday. After 6o days, it will be
A) Friday
B) Saturday
C) Sunday

D) Monday

30) The maximum gap between two successive leap year is
A) 4
B) 2
C) 8
D) 10

[Analytical Ability] – Questions 31 to 40

31. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

A. 27 C. 23
B. 25 D. 21

32. Choose the alternative which is closely resembles the water-image of the given combination.

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
33. Find out from amongst the four alternatives as to how the pattern (X) would appear when the
transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
34. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative figures which when fitted
into each other would form a complete square.

A. 134 C. 234
B. 345 D. 135

35. Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives that would complete the figure matrix.

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

36. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the question mark (?).

Problem Figures: Answer Figures:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

37. Three positions of a dice are given. Based on them find out which number is found opposite the
number 2 in the given cube.

A. 6 C. 3
B. 5 D. 1

38. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).

A. 1 only C. 2 and 3 only
B. 1, 2 and 3 only D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

39. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the four alternatives.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

40.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

[Communication Ability] – Questions 41 to 50

41. From the following sentence, choose the synonym for the word underlined.

1. The early monsoon has brought respite to the people
a) Inspite of
b) Despite
c) Rest
d) Interval of relief

42. Select the antonym of the word “subvert

a) Strength
b) Create
c) Conquer
d) Escalate

43. Give the one word of “Mania of stealing articles”

a) Hypomania
b) Kleptomania
c) Logomania
d) Stelomania

44. Idioms & Phrases: choose the correct one for “Lions share”

a) Look angrily
b) Minor share
c) Major share
d) Heart of the prey

45. Choose the plural of the word “echo”

a) Echoes
b) Echoess
c) Echoos
d) None of these

Read the following passage and answer the following questions

Many doctors flatly refused to believe Jenner when he announced that he had found a preventive
against smallpox. They declared vaccination to be a dangerous practice. But the dread of
smallpox was in everybody’s heart, and people locked to Jenner to be vaccinated.

The Latin word for cow is ‘Vacca’, it is the root from which the word vaccination was formed.
Some of the ‘vacca’ used by Jenner were not pure and some harms were done; but when supplies
of pure vaccine were available, the practice of vaccinating spread all over England and from
England to other countries. We hardly hear of outbreaks of smallpox now

46. The passage describes–

a) how smallpox may be treated
b) how vaccines were manufactured in England
c) the dangers of vaccination especially for children
d) the gradual acceptance of vaccination as a preventive against smallpox

47. Vaccination sometimes proved harmful because–

a) vaccination was a dangerous practice
b) some of the vaccines used were of a poor hygienic standard
c) there are physiological differences between cows and human beings
d) vaccination is given at a very early age

48. People hastened to get themselves vaccinated because–
a) many doctors supported Jenner’s claims
b) fear of the terrible disease drove them to take the risk of vaccination
c) supplies of pure vaccine had now become available
d) the practice of vaccinating had spread all over the world

49. Vaccination was intended by Jenner to–

a) cure people suffering from smallpox
b) delay the death of smallpox victims
c) build up a defence against smallpox germs
d) prevent cows from spreading the disease

50. With reference to the passage, consider the following statements–
1. Many doctors did not believe that Jenner was a doctor.
2. There are no outbreaks of smallpox nowadays.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2