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Directions for the following 6 (Six) items:

Read the following six passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers tothese items should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1

Recent reforms in the fertiliser sector, including neemcoating to prevent diversion of urea toindustrial uses, and gas-pooling to induce efficiency in production, are steps in the right direction.Fertiliser accounts for large fiscal subsidies (about 0.73 lakh crore or 0.5 percent of GDP), thesecond-highest after food. It is estimated that of this only 17,500 crores or 35 per cent of totalfertiliser subsides reaches small farmers. The urea sector is highly regulated which: creates a blackmarket that burdens small farmers disproportionately; incentives production inefficiency; and leadsto overuse, depleting soil quality and damaging human health. Reforms to increase domesticavailability via less restrictive imports (“decanalisation”) and to provide benefits directly to farmersusing JAM will address many of these problems.

1. Which of the following can be logically concluded from the above passage?A. Tight regulation of any commodity promotes creation of black market.B. More than half of the fertilizer subsidy does not reach its targeted beneficiary.C. Reforms in urea sector have ecological implications.D. Neem coating of fertilizer has stopped diversion of urea to industrial area.

Passage 2

While districts like Malda, Murshidabad, Bankura and Birbhum have high rates of child marriage, thehighest figures in the state are seen in the slums on the fringes of Calcutta. In such places the rate isas high as 53 per cent. While some of these youths are forced into matrimony by parents, otherselope. It is natural for adolescents to want to interact with the other gender but the families arehostile and allow none of it. So these teenagers do what their matinee idols do in such a situation —elope. One such incident sends ripples through the neighborhood and parents of other adolescentsget worked up. So they marry off their own children at a very early age, before they are old enoughto think of eloping.

2. Which among the following is the most logical rational and crucial message that is impliedin the passage?

A. Elopement is the prime reason behind the prevalence of child marriage in India.B. Most of the children are forced into the marriage by their parents.C. Interaction between opposite sexes has still not got social acceptanceD. Adolescents in India prefer love marriage to arrange marriage.

Passage 3

Appropriate investment in renewable energy could threaten the fossil fuel industry though they aretrying to adapt to that. But at the same time, governments that are able to use renewable sourcesare less likely to find themselves spending so many resources in critical areas (e.g. politics, military,terrorist response to Western presence in Middle East, etc.) to protect or secure access to fossilfuels.


3. Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be madefrom the above passage?

A. Increasing share of renewable energy can also reduce geopolitical tensions.B. Increasing share of renewable sources will put the fossil fuel companies in the

receiving end.C. Decreasing share of fossil fuel will eventually decrease the price of energy.D. Arab nations will be negatively affected by the increasing share of renewable energy

sources.4. In the above passage

A. The author is satisfied with the current energy consumption pattern.B. The author approves investment of resources in geopolitical warfare.C. The author is sympathetic to the fossil fuel industry.D. The author supports the investment in renewable energy sector.

Passage 4

In many parts of the world, such as India, Brazil, Thailand, and Malaysia, multinational companieshave been accused of participating in “bio-piracy” whereby biological resources used bycommunities openly for generations (decades, centuries, or even millennia in some cases) have beenpatented away, leaving the local people unable to use their own local plants and other resources.

5. Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?A. Patents laws are manipulated by developed nations for their own benefits.B. In many cases MNCs deny the local population their share of rights.C. In most cases the profits of MNCs are derived from unethical practices.D. MNCs and industries are the biggest reasons of existing global inequality.

Passage 5

The market for children’s products and food is enormous. Parents on the one hand have a hard timeraising children the way they want to, while on the other hand, kids are being increasingly influencedby commercialism that often goes against what parents are trying to do. Even in industrializedsocieties, where governments and campaigners fight for ethical child advertising standards andregulations, or improved food quality, industry fights back preferring self-regulation (which rarelyhappens, or is intentionally weak), and arguing that it is individual choices and parents that are theissue

6. Which of the following statements best sums up the above passage?A. In the light of its troubling repercussions, children food products need to be banned.B. Compared to developing nations, in developed nations children food product is

heavily commercialised.C. Commercialism is one manifestation of illegal behaviour of children food industry.D. Many parents are having problems because of unethical standards of children food

industry.


Directions for the following 7 (Seven) items:

Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers tothese items should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1

More than one third of the world’s grain harvest is used to feed livestock. Some 70 to 80% ofgrain produced in the United States is fed to livestock. A lot of rainforest in the Amazon andelsewhere are cleared for raising cattle — not so much for local consumption, but for fast foodrestaurants elsewhere.

There are enormous related costs of what is an inefficient process when considered as a whole.Subsidies in farming in the US and elsewhere end up encouraging unhealthy foods to be cheaperthan healthy foods. Just factoring in the cost of water alone, a more realistic estimate of the real costof common hamburger meat would be $35 a pound! Beef was a luxury turned into an everyday item.

7. Which one of the following is essentially discussed in the passage?A. Political bickering over the issue of beef ban.B. Comparative study of consuming vegetarian and non-veg foods.C. Environmental and Economic wastage in beef consumption.D. Manipulation of price of beef to increase its production.

8. With reference to the above passage, which of the following statements is/are true?1) The author is apprehensive about the political consequences of beef consumption.2) The author is elated by the way beef is made accessible to a common man cheaply.A. 1 onlyB. 2 onlyC. Both 1 and 2D. Neither 1 nor 2

Passage 2

The valuing of freedom has been a battleground for centuries, indeed millennia and therehave been supporters and enthusiasts as well as critics and severe detractors. The divisions are not,however, primarily geographical, as is sometimes suggested. It is not as if ‘Asian values’, to invoke aterm frequently used in contemporary debates, have all been authoritarian – and skeptical of theimportance of freedom – while traditional ‘European values’ are all pro-freedom and anti-authoritarian. It is true that many contemporary ‘categorizers’ see belief in individual liberty as asignificant classificatory device separating the ‘West’ from the ‘East’. Indeed, the advocacy of thatline of classification has come from both the jealous guardians of the uniqueness of ‘Westernculture’ and from resonant Eastern champions of what are called ‘Asian values’, allegedly givingpriority to discipline over liberty. There is, however, very little empirical basis for dividing the historyof ideas in this way.

Freedom has had its supporters as well as detractors in classical Western writings (contrast,for example, Aristotle with Augustine), and it has received similarly mixed support in non-Westernwritings as well (contrast Ashoka with Kautilya). We can, of course, try to make statisticalcomparisons of the relative frequency with which the idea of freedom is invoked in different regionsin the world in diverse periods of history, and there might indeed emerge some interesting


numerical findings, but there is little hope of capturing the ideological distinction between being‘for’or ‘against’ freedom in some large geographical dichotomy.

9. According to the author, “Asian values” in contemporary debates1) Does not reflect true nature of Asian societies2) Is used to refer to Asian societies as authoritarian and anti-freedom.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only B. 2 onlyC. Both 1 and 2 D. Neither 1 nor 2

10. With reference to the passage, consider the following statements:1) Idea of freedom has been invoked more frequently in western society than in Asian

society.2) There are little chances of ever finding evidence to prove that being “for” or

“against” freedom is contained in definite larger geographical boundaries.3) Asian values give priority to discipline over liberty.

Which of the statements given above is /are incorrect?

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

Passage 3

In remote villages sans electricity, a silent revolution is literally electrifying lives. Today morethan 300 villages and hamlets with over 200,000 villagers residing in the rice belt of India are theproud beneficiary of HPS (husk power system), a financially sustainable and environment-friendlyvillage generator.

The genesis of HPS has been more an evolution than serendipity. What started as a casualconversation between two childhood friends in 2002 – one in his office at Los Angeles and the otherin his office at Patna – took over five years to come to fruition. The duo sincerely felt the need forrural development especially in Bihar. They also saw immense opportunities throughout India. Ruralelectrification was more of a necessity than an option. The conventional technologies and grids havefailed to deliver and the pervasive energy starvation in the country is a rather known reality. Asolution that used non-conventional technology for distributed generation of electricity was a no-brainer.

What needed years was finding the right technology that fit the economic model for therural space. A hunt that dedicated efforts from nanotechnology-driven polymer solar cells tojatropha-based bio-diesel, and pretty much everything in between, only led to the realization thathow the different non-conventional technologies employing renewable resources lacked substancewhen it came to applying them to solve a broader problem.

Having run out of the more talked about and presumed promising options, a chanceencounter with a gasifier salesman proved to be a fresh ray of hope in the so far rather frustratingpursuit of the two friends. They learnt how several rice millers in the state of Bihar were using thedecades old technology of biomass gasification to power their mills using rice husk – largely a no-good by-product of their operations. Rice husk – perhaps the only bio-waste in the lives of rural folks– was the perfect source to power the dream of rural electrification. There was a catch though. All ofthe prevalent rice husk-based gasifier systems ran in what is called the ‘dual-fuel’ mode of operation


where the producer gas produced by the gasifiers was used in conjunction with 35%–50% diesel topower the diesel engines. This suited a rice miller just fine by saving him 50%–60% diesel but wasnot good enough to fit the economic model of rural electrification.

11. With reference to the passage, consider the following statements:1) Solution for pervasive energy starvation in the country was to be based on a

nonconventional technology for distributed generation of electricity.2) Two childhood friends decided to find a solution with the help of government

support.3) Rice husk was the only bio-waste in the lives of rural folk.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?


12. According to the passage, which of following fuels were found to be fit the economicmodel for rural space?

1) Nanotechnology driven polymer solar cells2) Jatropha-based bio-diesel3) Husk power system

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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

13. With reference to the passage, consider following statements:1) Before meeting the gasifier salesman, various attempts of two friends were not

satisfactory.2) Prevalent rice-husk based gasifier system were running dual-fuel mode and not good

for rural economic model.3) Husk power system has the capacity to electrify all rural villages in India.



Directions for the following 8 (eight) items:

Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your

answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1

The danger of the fighting in Afghanistan spilling across the mountainous western borders ofPakistan confronts a society that’s also in a perpetual standoff with India and roiled by simmeringdiscontent everywhere. The overwhelming sentiment, as seen in the media, official comments andcasual conversation, is the U.S. should maintain a military presence in Afghanistan lest the forces ofthe Taliban, and others, spread like wildfire.

Yet Pakistan leaders would seem to like nothing better than to negotiate with “the goodTaliban” – across the line in Afghanistan – in hopes of reaching a modus vivendi under which all sidescan live and let live. Talks may happen, but the chances of living happily ever after would not appear


bright for a number of reasons, notably whatever the Afghan Taliban, “the good Taliban,” are doingto aid and abet the Pakistan Taliban, definitely “the bad Taliban.”

Just how you tell them apart, how you can be sure that elements on the Afghan side are notproviding arms and inspiration for their Pakistani brethren, and vice versa, is a question that no onecan really answer. Built in the 1960’s as a special capital district with broad avenues and lots ofempty fields and parkland, Islamabad is a relatively safe haven surrounded by a countryside that’snever immune from terrorism and odd acts of violence.

14. It can be inferred from the passage that:A. The author describes Pakistan’s society as one which is in perpetual stand-off

against India.B. The author describes Afghanistan’s society as one which is in perpetual stand-off

against India.C. Fighting in Pakistan may spill over to Afghanistan across its mountainous western

borders.D. Fighting in Pakistan may spill over to Afghanistan across its mountainous western

borders.15. Why do Pakistan authorities wish to negotiate with “Good Taliban”?

1) Good Taliban is the one which resides in Afghanistan, while the Bad one is based inPakistan.

2) Good Taliban provides aid and abet to Bad Taliban, which Pakistan wishes to stop.

Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

A. 1 only B. 2 only C. Both 1 and 2 D. Neither 1 nor 2

Passage 2

Indians who live in slums are not very different from those who live elsewhere, in terms oftheir ownership of assets, including consumer products and houses, although they may not have thesame access to water and sanitation.

The finding, reflected in Census 2011 data that was released on Thursday, reinforces theconsumption story that continues to drive the Indian economy, a story fuelled by rising incomes thathave allowed large sections of the population to trade up.

The 2011 Census was the first one that collected data on people living in slums that havebecome commonplace in a rapidly urbanizing India. It found that around one out of every sixhouseholds in urban India (17.4%) is in a slum, and that well over one-third of all slum households inthe country (38%) are in cities with a population in excess of a million.

The first proportion is likely to be higher, said Ramesh Ramanathan , co-founder ofJanaagraha, a citizen’s movement, and technical adviser to the Jawaharlal Nehru National UrbanRenewal Mission, because one third of India’s towns have not reported any slums.

The numbers reflect both India’s rapid urbanization as well as the movement of people tocities in search ofbetter livelihoods—a migration that doesn’t always work to the advantage of cityplanners who can’t build infrastructure fast enough to meet the demands of a rising population orthe migrants themselves, many of whom end up living in shanty towns.


Yet, the slums themselves are not purely residential. The census data shows that 6.7% of thehouseholds in urban slums also double up as offices or shops. “This makes them vibrant economicclusters,” said Ramanathan.

16. With reference to the passage, consider the following statements:1) There is no difference between slum dwelling Indians and those who live elsewhere.2) Access to water and sanitation is not a matter of concern in slum areas.3) One out of every six household in the country are in cities with a population in

excess of a million.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?A. 1 and 3 B. 2 only C. 2 and 3 D. 1, 2 and 3

17. Why does the Ramesh Ramanathan state that “The first proportion is likely to behigher…”?

A. Being a co-founder of a citizen movement, he has some independent data.B. He points towards possible underreporting of slum dwelling units in census data.C. Because these numbers reflects India’s rapid urbanization.D. None of the above

18. With reference to the passage, consider the following statements:1) One-third of India’s town don’t have slums.2) Slum dwellers have similar ownership of consumer products and houses as others.3) The slums are “vibrant economic clusters”.


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

Passage 3

Fogbows are sometimes called white rainbows or ghost rainbows. They are a rainbow’scolourless cousins, made by a similar phenomenon, but with the small water droplets inside a foginstead of larger raindrops. A fogbow is formed from sunlight interacting with water dropletscontained in fog, mist or cloud rather than interacting with raindrops as it does in a classicalrainbow. Since the water droplets in fog are so small, fogbows have only weak colours or arecolourless. Rainbows happen when the air is filled with raindrops, and you always see a rainbow inthe direction opposite the sun. Fogbows are much the same, always opposite the sun. Look forfogbows in a thin fog, when the sun is bright. You might see one when the sun breaks through a fog.Or watch for fogbows over the ocean.

19. Which among the following is the most valid implicit assumption that is made in thepassage?

A. Rainbows are formed because of dispersion of sunlight by water droplets.B. All the seven constituent colours of light are visible in a normal rainbow.C. Size of water droplets in fog, mist and cloud are smaller than raindropsD. Rainbow can be seen only in rainy season in the direction opposite the sun.


Passage 4

The time for pointing fingers or playing the blame game is over. Industrial pollution, CO2emissions and depletion of biodiversity are not caused by a single country, specific industries orindividual behaviour. At the same time, responsibility is specific: individual,

local and national as well as global. Shared ethical values can make a difference. For the firsttime in human history, political responsibility and accountability needs to include citizens andtaxpayers as yet unborn as well as those outside our sovereignty. There is only one Earth, andtogether we are responsible for what we make of it.

20. Which among the following is the most logical and rational conclusion that can be madefrom the above passage?

A. Earlier governments were not ethical.B. Concerns of sustainability were not raised in the past.C. Developed countries share more responsibility for climate change.D. Tackling environmental challenges is now a collective global challenge.

Passage 5

A Gravitational Wave (GW) is a distortion of space itself, and creating even a tiny distortion of spacerequires huge amounts of energy. GWs are created by very rapid acceleration of large masses andthey travel away from its source at the speed of light, literally stretching space along one directionperpendicular to the direction of travel and squeezing space along the other direction. For the burstof GWs detected by LIGO, the degree of spatial distortion was incredibly small, 1 part in 1021 or onepart in one thousand billion billion. For two points one kilometre apart (LIGO is four kilometres long),this corresponds to a change in their separation of 10-18 metre, or about 1/1000 the diameter of anatomic nucleus.

21. Which among the following is the most rational and logical inference that can be madefrom the above passage?A. Gravitational waves are extremely weak in nature.B. The more the acceleration of a large mass, more is the intensity of GW created by it.C. The complete length of LIGO was not used in the experiment for detecting GWs.D. LIGO is sensitive enough to detect the spatial distortion created by GW.

Directions for the following 6 (Six) items:

Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Youranswers to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1

The solubility of organic molecules is often summarized by the phrase, "like dissolves like."This means that molecules with many polar groups are more soluble in polar solvents, and moleculeswith few or no polar groups (i.e., nonpolar molecules) are more soluble in nonpolar solvents. Hence,vitamins are either water-soluble or fat-soluble (soluble in lipids and nonpolar compounds),depending on their molecular structures. Water-soluble vitamins have many polar groups and are


hence soluble in polar solvents such as water. Fat-soluble vitamins are predominantly nonpolar andhence are soluble in nonpolar solvents such as the fatty (nonpolar) tissue of the body.

22. Which among the following is the most rational and logical conclusion that can be madefrom the above passage?

A. Polarity of an organic compound depends on its molecular structure.B. There is a force of attraction between solvent polar molecule and solute polar

molecule.C. Vitamins having polar molecules have similar molecular structure.D. Presence of a polar group indicates that a particular vitamin would be fat-soluble.

Passage 2

“When we say, then, that pleasure is the end and aim; we do not mean the pleasures of theprodigal or the pleasures of sensuality, as we are understood to do by some through ignorance,prejudice, or wilful misrepresentation. By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and oftrouble in the soul. It is not an unbroken succession of drinking-bouts and of revelry, not sexual lust,not the enjoyment of the fish and other delicacies of a luxurious table, which produce a pleasant life;it is sober reasoning, searching out the grounds of every choice and avoidance, and banishing thosebeliefs through which the greatest tumults take possession of the soul”.- Epicurus

23. Which of the following best sums up the above passage?A. Drinking wine and eating fishes are immoral acts.B. True pleasure lies in ascetic lifestyle and renouncement of the worldly desires.C. True pleasure is not concerned with physical body.D. None of the above.

Passage 3

One of the main reasons for limiting the operating lifetime of nuclear reactors is that metalsexposed to the strong radiation environment near the reactor core become porous and brittle,which can lead to cracking and failure. Scientists have found that adding a tiny quantity of carbonnanotubes (CNTs) to the metal can dramatically slow this breakdown process. For now, the methodhas only proved effective for aluminium, which limits its applications to the lower-temperatureenvironments found in research reactors. The scientists said the method might also be usable in thehigher-temperature alloys used in commercial reactors.

24. Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?A. All research reactors should have inner core made up of carbon nanotubes.B. The core of nuclear reactors should be replaced as they have become porous and

brittle.C. Scientists should evolve methods to add carbon nanotubes to alloys also.D. The inner core of commercial reactors should be made of aluminium so that

breakdown process is slowed by adding CNTs to it.

Passage 4

Full cream milk, also called whole milk is usually given to children, teenagers and bodybuilders. This milk is called so because it contains all the milk fat without adding or removing


anything. It is collected from the dairy herd and it undergoes various processing techniques likepasteurisation to kill potentially harmful bacteria before it reaches the general public. One glasswould generally contain 3.5% milk fat, which provides about 150 calories. Full cream milk is alsocreamier and full of flavour.

25. Which among the following is the most logical rational and crucial message that is impliedin the passage?

A. Full Cream milk has more fat content than all other variants of milk.B. Full cream milk is not advisable for adults doing fewer workouts.C. There is no need to boil the full cream milk as it is already pasteurized.D. Full cream milk has all the naturally occurring nutrients of the milk.

Passage 5

It is considered that the concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot besuitably applied in the Indian context due to various factors—e.g. level of education/illiteracy,poverty, myriad social customs and values, religious beliefs, mindset of society to treat marriage as asacrament, etc.

26. Which is the critical inference that can be made from the above passage?A. Indian concept of marriages has a “custom of rape” inherent to them.B. Marital rape is committed only by “poor” people.C. Marital rape should be made a punishable offence.D. Marital rape should not be recognized in India.

Passage 6

The Indian elephant is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant andnative to Asia. In the past 60-75 years, the population of elephants has declined by 50% which is dueto the loss of habitat and poaching.

The Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants. Indian elephants have smaller earsbut relatively broader skulls and larger trunks than African elephants. The toes are large and broad.Quite unlike their African cousins, their abdomen is proportionate with the weight of the body. TheAfrican elephant has a large abdomen as compared to the skull.

Indian elephants are found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Thailand and many otherAsian countries. They live in grasslands and forests. They consume 150 kgs of plant matter every daywhich are tall grasses, various species of plants and trees

27. Which of the following is true about Indian elephants?

1) The Indian elephants are smaller than African elephants.

2) The Indian elephants are found in many other Asian countries.

3) Grasslands and forest areas are habitats for Indian elephants.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A. 1 only B. 1 and 2 only

C. 2 and 3 only D. 1, 2 and 3


28. There were 28 students in a hostel. If the number of students is increased by 7 theexpenditure on food increases by 35 per day while the average expenditure of students isreduced by 1.5. What was the initial expenditure on food per day?

A. 420 B. 7.77 C. 350 D. 8.97

29. The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is 8,500. The average salary of 6technicians is 14,000 and the average salary of the rest is 6,500. The total number ofworkers in the workshop is?

A. 12 B. 15 C. 13 D. 1730. At present, the ratio of the age of Madhu and Charan is 6: 5 and fifteen years from now,

the ratio will get changed to 7: 6. Madhu’s age after two years is?A. 78 years B. 75 years C. 72 years D. 80 years

31. In an alloy, the ratio of copper and zinc is 7: 3. If 1.350 kg of zinc is mixed in 19 kg 500 g ofalloy, then the ratio of copper and zinc will be?

A. 48: 91 B. 91:43 C. 91: 48 D. 92: 4332. Rs.1973 are to be divided among P, Q and R in such a way that if P gets 5 then Q must get

Rs. 12 and if Q gets 4 then R must get 5.50. The share of C will exceed that of B by?A. 261 B. 265 C. 258 D. 262

33. Of the 1000 inhabitants in a town 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If of all theinhabitants, 25% are literate, then what percentage of the females of the town areliterate?

A. 32% B. 28% C. 30% D. 26%34. Ramesh bought 12 cycles for 600 each. He spent 1500 on the repair of all cycles. He sold six

of them for 680 each and the remaining for 480 each. Then the total gain or loss % is?A. Gain 18 B. Loss 18 C. Gain 20 D. Loss 20

35. A started a business with a capital of 1,20,000. One year later, B joined him with a capitalof 2,40,000. At the end of 3 years from the start of the business, the profit earned was91,000. The share of B in the profit exceeded the share of A by?

A. 13000 B. 12000 C. 10000 D. 1500036. A book seller sells a book at a profit of 9%. If he had bought it at 4% less and sold it for 7

more, he would have gained 18 ¾ %. The cost price of the book is?A. 150 B. 140 C. 125 D. 132

37. A person lends 56% of his sum of money at 12% per annum, 50% of rest at 8% per annumand the rest at 15% per annum rate of interest. What would be the annual rate of interest,if the interest is calculated on the whole sum?

A. ₹ 12.56 B. ₹ 15.78 C. ₹ 11.78 D. ₹ 9.7838. A sum of Rs. 850 amounts to Rs. 940 in 4 years at the simple interest rate.If the rate is

increased by 5% p.a, what will be the sum amount to in the same period?A. 1120 B. 1010 C. 1015 D. 1110

39. A can do a piece of work in 14 days and B can do it in 21 days. They work together for 2days and then A leaves. How long will B take to finish the remaining work?

A. 21 days B. 20 days C. 10 days D. 11 days40. 12 men can do a work in 16 days. After 8 days of work, 4 more men were engaged to finish

the work. In how many days would the remaining work be completed?A. 5 days B. 6 days C. 8 days D. 10 days


41. A car moving in the morning fog passes a man walking at 4 km/ h. in the same direction.The man can see the car for 3 minutes and visibility is up to a distance of 130 m. The speedof the car is?

A. 10 kmph B. 12 kmph C. 13 kmph D. 11 kmph42. A constable follows a thief who is 250 m ahead of the constable. If the constable and the

thief run at speed of 9 km/hour and 8 km/hour respectively, the constable would catchthe thief in?

A. 12 minutes B. 14 minutes C. 15 minutes D. 10 minutes

Directions (43-47) : The following bar diagram analyse the sale of a company from 2000 to 2005,Examine the diagram and answer the questions.

43. The ratio of the total expenditure on infrastructure and transport to the total expenditureon taxes and interest on loans is?

A. 15: 17 B. 12: 17 C. 17: 15 D. 17: 1344. If the total amount of expenditure of the company is x times the expenditure on research

and development, then the value of X is?A. 12 B. 15 C. 13.5 D. 11.5

45. The expenditure on the interest on loans is what percent more than the expenditure ontransport?

A. 26.5 B. 22.5 C. 20.6 D. 28.546. If the expenditure on advertisement is 2.10 crores, then the difference between the

expenditures on transport and taxes is?A. 25 lakhsB. 35 lakhsC. 26.25 lakhsD. 35.25 lakhs

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47. If the interest on loans amounts is 2.45 crores, then the total amount of expenditure onadvertisement, taxes and research and developments is?

A. 7.5 crores B. 5 crores C. 3.5 crores D. 4.2 crores48. The diameter of the beaker is 9 cm. Marbles of diameter 1.6 cm are dropped into a

cylindrical beaker containing some water and are fully submerged. Find how manymarbles have been dropped in it if the water rises by 6.2 cm?

A. 150.58 B. 284.38 C. 184.38 D. 158.3549. A soap cake is of size 9 cm × 6 cm × 5 cm. The number of such soap cakes that can be

packed in a box measuring 54 cm × 42 cm × 35 cm is?A. 294 B. 300 C. 288 D. 292

50. A Boy and girl together fill a cistern with water. The boy pours 5 litres of water every 4minutes and the girl pours 4 litres every 5 minutes. How much time will it take to fill 123litres of water in the cistern?

A. 45 minutes B. 40 minutes C. 55 minutes D. 60 minutes51. A pipe can empty a tank in 54 minutes. A second pipe with diameter thrice as much as that

of the first is also attached with the tank to empty it. The two together can empty the tankin?

A. 6 minutes B. 7 minutes C. 6 minutes D. 7 minutes52. From among the given alternatives select the one in which the set of numbers is most like

the set of numbers given in the question.Given number set: (7, 49, 94)

A. (6, 36, 62) B. (8, 64, 46) C. (11, 111, 84) D. (9, 81, 18)53. select the related number from the given alternatives.

11: 121: 110 : : 15 : 225 : 210 : : ?A. 16 : 255 : 239 B. 19 : 361 : 342

C. 9 : 81 : 70 D. 17 : 288 : 272

Directions (54-55): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it

A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctorand the father of T. U is the grandfather of R and is a contractor, S is grandmother of T and is ahousewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in thefamily

54. Who is the husband of P?A. S B. R C. Q D. U

55. What is the profession of U?A. Doctor B. Student C. Contractor D. Nurse

56. Who is the grandson of U?A. R B. S C. T D. Cannot be determine

Directions (57-58) :

In the following questions there are 6 check-posts P, Q,R, S, T and U. Check-post U is 16 km to theNorth of S which is 25 km to the North-East of Q. Check-post P is 6 km West of T and 16 km to the


South-West of R. Check-posts Q, P and T are in a straight line. The check-posts Q, and T are 30 kmapart from each other.

57. If a car moves from T to U via P, Q, and S, how much distance will it have to cover ?A. 71 kms B. 68 kms C. 72 kms D. 70 kms

58. Which check-post is the farthest to the South- East of S?A. P B. T C. R D. Q

59. Day after tomorrow is Kumar’s birthday. On the same day next week falls ‘Sharon’. Todayis Monday. What will be the day after ‘Sharon’?

A. Friday B. Saturday C. Thursday D. Tuesday60. Find the wrong number in the given series?

7, 15, 32 64, 136, 281A. 32 B. 64 C. 135 D. 281

61. In a certain code language, PROFESSIONAL is written as SEFORPLANOIS. Then how isORGANIZATION written in that code?

A. INARGONOTIAZ B. NAGRNOIOTAZ

C. INAGRONOITAZ D. INGARONOITAZ

Directions (Qs. 62-66): Study the following information carefully and answer the questionsthat follow

i. Seven subjects History, Geography, Political Science, Economy, Environmental Science,Mathematics and Anthropology are taught between Monday and Friday by five persons A, B,C, D and E.

ii. Each person teaches at least one subject. At least one subject is taught every day. No personteaches two subjects on the same day. B teaches History on Wednesday. Economy is taughtby E but not on Monday or Thursday. Political Science is taught on Monday by A.Environmental Science and Mathematicsare taught on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Dteaches only one subject Geography on Tuesday. Environmental Science is not taught by E orB.

62. Who teaches Geography?A. B B. A C. D D. E

63. Which subject is taught on Friday?A. Mathematics B. GeographyC. Economy D. Anthropology

64. Who teaches Mathematics?A. E B. B C. C D. Data inadequate

65. Which subject is taught on Monday?A. Mathematics B. EconomyC. Environmental Science D. History

66. Who teaches Mathematics?A. D B. C C. B D. Data inadequate


67. Heavier coins are costlier. Ram’s coin is heavier than Mohan’s and costlier than Ramesh’s.Naresh’s coin is costlier than Ram’s but lighter than Yogesh’s. Ramesh’s coin is costlierthan Mohan’s. So, who is the owner of the costliest coin?

A. Naresh B. Yogesh C. Ramesh D. Ram68. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following words?

a) ROCK B. HILL C. MOUNTAIN D. RANGE E. STONE

A. d, c, b, e, aB. e, b, c, d, aC. a, c, d, b, eD. e, a, b, c, d

69. In a cube using given arrangement, which part be opposite Fruit?

Seed

Flower StemFruit BudLeaf

A. Flower B. Seed C. Bud D. Flower70. Which diagram represents the relationship among female, mothers and doctors?

A.

B.

C.

D.

In the following question, which of the answer figures is exactly the mirror image of the questionfigure when the mirror is held at XY?

71. Question Figure:


Answer Figures:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A. (a) B. (b) C. (c) D. (d)72. Find the missing number from the given responses in each of the following questions

A. 48 B. 52 C. 28 D. 2573. In a panel of five members sitting in a circle facing inward, P is in the middle of Q and T,S is

to the right of T and left of R. Find the position of Q in the panel.A. Immediate right of P B. Immediate left of P and T

C. Immediate right of R D. Immediate left of S

74. Ravi moved to his North – West side for 3 km. From there he turned 90° clockwise andmoved 3 km. From there he turned 90° anti clock wise and travelled 3 km then he wouldbe in which direction from the original position?

A. South East Region B. North East RegionC. South West Region D. North West Region

75. Four positions of a dice are given below.

Identify the number at the bottom when top is 6.A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 1

76. Among the 60 students of Class IX, some like Cricket very much, some Tennis and someVolleyball. In the diagram, some letters are given to indicate the liking. Which oneindicates that some liked all the three games?

A. P B. N C. Q D. A

In the following question, two statements are given followed by two conclusions (I) and (II). Youhave to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonlyknown facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the givenstatements. Indicate your answer.


77. Statements:i. People who live in the big city crowd into jammed trains or buses.

ii. They cross the street in competition with high powered motor cars.

Conclusions:

i. Travelling is very difficult for city people.ii. Traffic jam is inevitable in big cities.

A. Conclusion II followsB. Conclusion I followC. Conclusions I and II followD. Neither I nor II follows

Directions (78 - 79): Some questions are solved on the basis of a certain system. On the samebasis, find out the correct answer from amongst the four alternatives for the unsolved equation ineach question.

78. 11 × 12 × 13 = 234,24 × 23 × 35 = 658,31 × 43 × 54 =?A. 497 B. 479 C. 974 D. 749

79. 16 (210) 14,14 (156) 12,12 (?) 10A. 100 B. 120 C. 110 D. 90

80. A man is engaged for painting cars for 10 hours. He paints 10 cars in an hour. He takes restfor 30 minutes after every hour. How many cars does he paints in 10 hours?

A. 70 B. 100 C. 50 D. 75

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