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AIMS Test For Management Admissions
(ATMA) 2012
SECTION-I Analytical Reasoning Skills
statements and---Give answer (1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement
Directions for questions 1 – 5: Each of the questions
below consists of a question and two statements numbered
II alone are not sufficent to answer the question.
from commonly known facts and then decide which of
the given conclsions logically follows from the three
statements disergarding commonly known facts.
Given answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (3) if the data even in both statements I
and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Given answer (3) if neither conclusion I nor conclu
sion II follows.
Give answer (4) if the data in both statements I and
II together are necessary to answer the question.
Given answer (4) if both conclusion I and conclu
sion II follow.
Given answer(2) if only conclusion II follows.
6-7.Statements : Some stars are moons. All moons are
planets. No planet is universe.
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1. How will 'SOLID' be coded?
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Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone
are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
statement I alone are not sufficent to answer the question.
I. All the vowels have to be coded as the alphabet
that follows them in the English alphabetical series.
II. C, R and N are coded as B, Q and M
respectively and O, U and I are coded as P, V and
J respectively and a similar logic is followed for
other alphabets.
6. Conclusions :
I. At least some planets are stars.
II. No moon is universe.
7. Conclusions:
I. All moons being stars is a possibility.
I. R is the brother of J and N is the son of R.
II. NO universe is star.
II. J is the sister of R and N is the son of R.
8-9.Statements : All sticks are plants. All plants are
insects. All insects are amphibians.
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2. How is J related to N?
3. How many students are there between Suresh and
Mohan in a row of fifty students?
I. Suresh is twelfth from the left end and Mohan
is seventeenth from the right end.
II. Suresh is six places away from Jayesh who is
twentieth from the left end.
4. In which direction is Raj facing?
I. Raj and Rohan are facing each other.
II. Rohan is facing north-west.
5. Who among Deena, Meena, Teena and Reena is the
eldest?
I. Meena is not the eldest.
II. Teena is younger than Reena.
Directions for questions 6 – 11: In each question
below are three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take the three given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
8. Conclusions :
I. At least some amphibians are plants.
II. All sticks are insects.
9. Conclusions :
I. All amphibians are sticks.
II. All plants are amphibians.
10-11. Statements : All apartments are huts. No hut
is a building. All buildings are cottages.
10. Conclusions :
I. No apartment is a cottage.
II. Some buildings being apartments is a possibility.
11. Conclusions:
I.
Some cottages being apartments is a possibility.
II. No cottage is a hut.
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Directions for questions 12 – 16: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:
Who is third to the right of B?
(1) Q
(2) V
(3) T
(4)W
13.
Who is second to the right of Q?
(1) T
(2) M
(3) B
(4)Data inadequate
Conclusions :
I. D © E
II. R % F
III. E $ D
(1) None is true
(3) Only II is true (2) Only I is true
(4) Only III is true
18. Statements : K ★ M, M @ R, R $ J
Conclusions :
I. J © M
II. J © K
III. K % R
(1) None is true
(3) Only II is true 00
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P, M, R, T, V, W, B, and Q are sitting around
a circle facing at the center. M is second to the left of
R and third to the right of P. Q is second to the right of
T who is not an immediate neighbour of either M or R.
B is second to the left of V who is not an immediate
neighbour of M.
17. Statements : R @ E, E ★ F, F $ D
(2) Only I is true
(4) Only III is true
19. Statements : K @ D, D $ M, M % F
Conclusions :
I. F © D
II. M © K
III. K $ F
15. Who is to the immediate left of M?
(1) W
(2) Q
(3) B
(4) R
(1) Only I and II are true
16. In which of the following pairs is the second person
sitting to the immediate left of the first person?
(1) PQ
(2) TP
(3) VT
(4) RB
Directions for question 17 –21: In the following
questions, the symbols $, ★, %, @ and © are used with
the following meaning as illustrated below:
'P ★ Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
(2) Only I and III are true
(3) Only II and III are true
(4) All I, II and III are true
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14. Members of which of the following pairs are the
immediate neighbours of W?
(1) MB
(2) QP
(3) QB
(4) QM
'P $ Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal
to Q'.
'P % Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
'P @ Q' means ' P is not smaller than Q'.
'P © Q'' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal
to Q'.
Now in each of the following questions assuming
the given statements to be ture, find out which of the
three conclusion I, II and III given below them is/are
definitely true?
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20. Statements : F % R, R @ K, K $ T
Conclusions :
I.F % K
II. F $ K
III. T © F
(1) Only I and III are true
(2)Only II and III are true
(3) Only III is true
(4) Only either I or II and III are true
21. Statements : B @ N, N © K, K ★ H
Conclusions :
I. H @ N
II. H $ N
III. B $ H
(1) None is true
(3) Only II is true (2) Only I is true
(4) Only III is true
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(3) Training programmes for other professions are also
as good as teachers' training programmes
(4) Number of applicants for teachers' training programmes will improve if the salaries in other professions are reduced
29. Read the following information carefully and answer
the question which follows:
Get more involved in our real world. Food inflation
is a fantastic way to teach our children mathematics. Try
having your child plot a graph of how incomes have
grown in India for different jobs between, say, 1950 and
today (engineer, doctor, maid, driver). Have them plot
how costs have grown in the same period; it will be a
fun exercise.
By the time they finish the exercise, not only will
your children learn a lot, but likely you will realize too
that while our incomes have zoomed 300 times in this
period, salaries of maids have probably gone up only 50
times, and costs have gone up 100 times. Your maid still
has a seven-day week, with no paid vacation or casual
leaves. And realizing just how lucky we are is often the
first step towards serous philanthropy.
All the following can be inferred from the above
except for one.
(1) Real world problems are a good way to understand
other subject as well as have appreciation for the
real world problem
(2) Food inflation has affected very differently different
professionals over the years
(3) Though there are huge salary differences, for all the
jobs/professions the increase has atleast not been
less than the rate of inflation over a longer period
of time
(4) When we realize that we have been lucky, we tend
to think about philanthropy and helping those who
have not been so lucky
30. Which of the following symbols should be placed
in the blank spaces respectively (in the same order from
left to right) in order to complete the given expression
in such a manner that 'S > P' definitely holds true but 'S
= P' does not hold true?
P_Q_R_S
(1) , > (2)
, =, (3) >, <, <(4)
<, ,
Directions for questions 31 – 35: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it. Certain words are given in bold in the passage
to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
In our life there may be several occasions when we
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22. Read the following information carefully.
Which of the following is a possible cause of - 'The
housing society has decided to charge a fine to all those
who waste water'?
(1) Some members of the housing society have
been wasting a lot of water.
(2) Most members of the society are unwilling to
pay a fine.
(3) The charges for water have decreased (4)
Number of people wasting
water has gone down/reduced in the society.
Directions for questions 23 – 27: Study the following information to answer the given questions:
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In a certain code 'colours of the sky' is written
as ' ki la fa so', 'rainbow colours' is written as 'ro ki' and
' sky high rocket' is written as ' la pe jo' and ' the rocket
world' is written as ' pe so ne'.
23. Which of the following is the code for 'colours sky
high'?
(1) ro jo la
(2) fa la jo
(3) la ki so
(4) ki jo la
24. Which of the following will/may repersent 'the'?
(1) Only 'fa'
(2) Either 'fa' or 'la'
(3) Only 'so'
(4) Only 'la'
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(1)colours
(2) sky
(3)high
(4) rocket
26. How can 'bird of the rainbow sky' be written in
this code?
(1) fa la tu ki jo
(2) fa so pe la ro
(3) jo fa ro la tu
(4) so ro fa tu la
27. Which of the following is the code for 'high'?
(1) Only 'la' (2) Only 'jo'
(3) Either 'la' or 'jo' (4) Only 'ro'
28. Read the following information carefully and answer
the question which follows.
One of the main reasons a behind the lack of applicants for teachers' training/ degree programmes is
that teachers have not experienced any improvement in
working conditions and their salaries have not kept pace
with salaries in other professions.
Which of the following can be inferred from the
given paragraph?
(1) Very tough entrance exam is also one of the reasons
behind plunging number of applicants for teachers'
training programmes.
(2) In the years to come, the schools would face a crunch
in terms of availability of qualified teachers
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(1) We have to live together in this world.
(2) Democracy is the best form of government.
(3) Race and caste considerations should be ban-
ished
(4) Dictatorial attitude may yield dividends in cer
tain circumstances
35. What policy should a man follow?
(1) To satisfy his aspirations and needs.
(2) Democratic attitude of mind
(3) Avoiding regimentation and uniformity
(4) Universal love, peace and brotherhood
Direction for question 36- 40: Read the following
passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain
words in the passage are given bold so as to help you
locate them easily while answering some of the questions
Comfort is now one of the causes of its own spread. It
has now become a physical habit, a fashion, an ideal to
be pursued for its own sake. The more comfort is brought
into the world, the more it is likely to be valued. To those
who have known comfort, discomfort is a real torture.
The fashion which now decrees the worship of comfort is
quite as imperious as any other fashion. Moreover, enor
mous material interest are bound up with the supply of
the means of comfort. The manufacturers of furniture,
of heating apparatus, of plumbing fixtures cannot affort
to let the love of comfort die. In modern advertisements
they have found a means for compelling it to live and
grow. A man of means today, who builds a house is in
general concerned primarily with the comport of his
future residence. He will spend a great deal of money
on bathrooms, heating apparatus, padded furnishings,
and having spent he will regard his house as perfect. His
counterpart in an earlier age would have been primarily
concerned with the impressiveness and magnificence of
his dwelling-with beauty, in a word, rather than comfort.
The money our contemporary would spend on baths
and central heatings would have been spent on marble
staircases, frescoes, pictures and statues . I am inclined to
think that our present passion for comfort is a little exaggerated. Though I personally enjoy comfort, I have lived most
happily in houses devoid of everything that Anglo-Saxons
deem indispensable. Orientals and even South Europeans
who know not comfort and live very much as our ancestors did centuries ago seem to go on very well without
our elaborate apparatus and padded luxuries. However,
comfort for me has a justification; it facilitates mental
life. Discomfort handicaps though; it is difficult to use
the mind when the body is cold and aching.
36. Why would manufactures of various devices not
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may have differenc with others. Two human beings cannot exactly be the same in physical structure or in mental
make-up. Variety is there in all nature and it adds up to
the beauty of nature. So, variegated opinions are always
more beautiful and charming. They add taste to dull and
desolate human life. They are the essence of democratic
thinking. Regimentation, uniformity and similarity are
the attributes of a dictatorial and fascist attitude.
There have been great cruelty and persecutions in
the world in the name of religion, nation, race and caste.
Innocent people have been tortured and maimed. Even
little children and women have not been spared. Ever
since creation of the world, poor animals have borne the
brunt of human wrath. We must all realize that this world
is the only place where all of us have to live. We have no
other world where we may run away. The best course for
us is to adopt the policy of "Live and Let Live". This is what
great men like Buddha and Guru Nanak have taught us.
We should not forget the fact that God is one
creator of this universe. He has created all kinds of
creatures in this world. They are all supposed to live in
peace and harmony. Man is the crown of all creations.
He claims to be the only civilized creature. At least he
should learn and follow the policy of universal love,
peace and brotherhood. Narrow parochial, linguistic,
racial, religious and even national aspirations should
be given up. Let there be one World Government, on
World Citizenship. The policy of "Live and Let Live"
is the dire need of the time.
31. What is the central quality of democratic thinking?
(1) Beautiful and charming elements present in
the nature
(2) Similarity and oneness in thinking
(3) Peaceful and harmonious living
(4) Different opinions expressed by people
32. Which of the following is most OPPOSITE in
meaning of the word "desolate" as used in the passage?
(1) cheerful
(2) positive (3) kind (4) sensitive
33. What enhances the beauty of nature?
(1) Similarity of human beings in physical structure
(2) Positive attitude and mental make up of human
beings
(3)Individula differences and variety in human
species
(4) individual's exposure to different situations.
34. What according to the author, must we realize?
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hues, contemporary curruculum reform efforts and the
professional practices of the faculty.
Far-reaching educational initiatives of both the Left
and Right have recognized the potential power of the
faculty. In multiple experiments, they have used this
dormant force to build committed institutions and cadres
of faculties dedicated to their particular causes. In many
instances this had led to extreme politicization of the
college faculty. In others it has led to the education of a
generation of students in half-truths underpinned by the
personal beliefs, sectarian concerns and folk pedagogy of
faculties who have had little access themselves to education and training in related areas.
Over the last decade or so, educational reform has
included, apart from access, a focus on developing alternative text materials and the training of faculty to handle
these materials, without directly engaging with the issue
of curriculum revamp. At the turn of the 20th century,
a major national curriculum redesign was initiated following the change of political regime at the centre. The
subsequent development of college programme came
under wide public scrutiny and debate. Issues of equity,
inclusion and exclusion, learner medley religious identity
and communalism gained considerable importance in the
curriculum debates that followed. For instance scholars
argued that. "...the curriculum, while loud on rhetoric,
fails to address the quality of eduation that students of
underprivileged and marginalized group's experience".
Several other critics described the revised curriculum as
a retrogressive step in education that sought to impose
the religious agenda in the garb of a national identity.
The subsequent change of national government in
2004, led to the curriculum review in 2005 underlining a
new political interest in the role of education in national
development, its role in social mobilization and transformation directed specifically at questions of caste and
gender asymmetry and minority empowerment. Deeper
than these politically driven initiatives, however, the professional need for curriculum review emerges from the
long ossification of a national education system that continues to view faculty as "dispensers of information" and
students as "passive recipients" of an "education", sought
to be "delivered" in four-walled classrooms with little
scope to develop critical thinking and understanding.
41. Prior to 1990 what was NOT the agenda of the
educational reforms?
(A) An appropriate curriculum
(B) Well managed admission process
(1) Only A (2) Only B
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permit comfort to die?
(1) They want to manufacture more and more
comfort goods
(2) Manufacturers are mainly interested in creating
new things
(3) Manufacturers' emphasis is on producing beautiful things
(4) Their prosperity is closely linked with the
people's desire for comfort
37. Why does the author value comfort?
(1) It helps to project one's image
(2) It helps to protect your values
(3) It facilitates mental life
(4) It encourages a blend of materialistic and spiritual thinking
38. What is the author's prediction about comfort?
(1) The value of comfort will increase
(2) People will value more spirituality thus reducing the value of comfort
(3) People will desire simple life style
(4) The advertisements will play down the comfort
aspect of goods
39. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'indispensable' as used in the passage.
(1) unattractive (2) avoidable
(3)favourable
(4) unelegant
40. What change according to the author has taken place
in the attitude to comfort?
(1) It is taken for granted in the modern way of living
(2) It has become now an ideal to be pursued for
its won sake
(3) It is now believed that discomfort handicaps thought
(4) It is thought that comfort helps body and
mind to function effectively
Directions for question 41 – 45: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it.
Right of entry to education, an ample teachinglearning environment, a suitable curriculum and an
empowered and all-encompassing faculty are four essential prerequisites of an eduation system that seeks to
enable social transformation. While educational reform
since the 1980s was strongly focused on the first two elements, the late 1990s brought the role of the curriculum
into national focus. The critical link that binds these four
critical elements together - the activity of the faculty
continues to be cast aside, by political ideologies of most
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48. Liberalization has removed all the legal ___ and ___
flood-gates to multinational companies.
(1) hurdles ___ awarded
(2) barriers ___ opened
(3) obstacles ___ guarded
(4) manipulation ___ closed
49. His ___ contribution to the Tsunami relief fund was
___ by his staff members.
(1) meagre ___ admired
(2) spontaneous ___ nullified
(3) negligible ___ sanctioned
(4) generous ___ appreciated
50. ___ to the popular belief that every astrologer
nurtures blind faith in fate, our astrologer believes
in ___.
(1) Contrary ___ action
(2) According ___ thoughts
(3) Bowing ___ present
(4) Proving ___ forecasting
Directions for questions. 51-55. In each of the
follwoing questions an idiomatic expression and its
possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning
of the idiomatic expression and mark the number of that
meaning as your answer on the answersheet.
51. A wet blanket—
(1) A man who is always drunk
(2) A wife who is cold to her husband
(3) To wear black and white clothes
(4) A person who ends conversation
52. To catch a tartar —
(1) To deal with a person who is more than one's
match
(2) To catch a dangerous person
(3) To trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty
(4) To meet with disaster
53. To burn one's fingers —
(1) To have a burning sensation at the tips of one's
fingers.
(2) To undergo suffering heroically for one's
principles.
(3) To behave as if one is very great and important
(4) None of these
54. To end in smoke —
(1) To die of cancer caused by smoking
(2) To end without providing any practical result
(3) Die in a burning house choked with smoke
(4) None of these
55. The green eyed monster —
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(3) Both A and B
(4) Either A or B
42. Which of the following best describes the phrase
"passive recipients" as used in the passage?
(1) The users of the educational
system
(2) The political ideology of right and left parties
(3) Well framed curriculum guiding the teaching/
learning process
(4) Free access to education system
43. Revamping of the text material was the main focus
in____
(1) early eighties
(2) late nineties
(3) evolving curriculum framework
(4)21st century
44. To facilitate social transfor-mation, which of the
following has been identified by the author as one
of the factors?
(1) A committed political ideology
(2) Support of the well framed curriculum
(3) A strong administration system
(4) Carefully planned education delivery
45. What hampers the critical thinking ability of college
going students?
(1) The emphasis on rote memorization and
recalling the facts of education based on real
experience
(2) Lack of political will to develop these abilities
(3) Absence of focus while designing curriculum
framework
(4) Ignoring the active role of faculty and the
student
46-50. In each of the following sentences there are two
blank spaces. Below each sentence there are four
pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3) and
(4). Find out which pair of words can be filled up
in the blank in the sentence in the same sequence
to make the sentence grammatically correct and
meaningfully complete.
46. The ___ on some of the towns has created ___ among
the residents of the other part of the country.
(1) attack ___ ambition
(2) raid ___ awareness
(3) bombardment ___ panic
(4) spell ___ satisfaction
47. His ___ has yielded him the __ fruit.
(1) fate ___ undesirable
(2) efforts ___ unwanted
(3) action ___ viable
(4) perseverance ___ desired
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
sufficient for answering the question. You should use
the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose
between the possible answers.
The creature of the sea
An animal with green eyes
Personal jealousy
To get into trouble
Section III
Directions for questions 56 –57: Bag A contains
4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B contains 3 white and 3
black balls. One ball is drawn at random from each bag,
with replacement. Then the probability that—
(1)
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56. Both the balls are white or both the balls are black
is —
(2)
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(3)
(4)
57. One is white and the other is black is—
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
58. A problem is given to three students. The chances
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respectively. Then
of their solving are
the probability that the problem will be solved is —
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
59. A box contains 3 red, 4 green and 5 white balls. If a
ball is drawn at random, then the probability that it
is green or red or white is —
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
60. A fair die is tossed twice, then the probability that
the sum is neither 8 nor 10 is(1)
(3)
Give answer (1) i f t h e s t a t e m e n t I a l o n e i s
sufficent to answer the question, but
the statement II alone
is not sufficient
Give answer (2)if the statement II alone is
sufficent to answer the question, but
the statement I alone is
not sufficent.
Give answer (3) if you cannot get the ansewr
from the statement I and II
together, but need even
more data.
Give answer (4) if both statements I and II
together are needed to answer the question.
61. What is Rajan's present age?
(I) Ratio of present ages of Rajan and Madan is 3:4
respectively.
(II) Five years hence the ratio of ages of Rajan and
Madan will be 4:5 respectively.
(2)
(4)
Directions for questions 61 –65: Each question
below is followed by two statements I and II. You are
to determine whether the data given in the statement is
62. What is the ratio of the total number of girls to the
total number of boys in the school?
(I) The ratio of the total number of boys to the total
number of girls, last year was 4:5.
(II) There are 3500 students in the school out of
which 60% are boys.
63. How many women can complete the work in 10
days?
(I) Work done by one woman in one day is 75% of
the work done by one man in one day.
(II) Work done by one woman in one day is 150%
of the work done by one child in one day.
64. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?
(I) Simple interest accrued in 10 years is equal to
the amount.
(II) Compound interest accrued in 2 years is j 1,050/-
65. What is Nandita's share in the profit of j 20,000/- to
be distributed between her brother and her?
(I)Nandita invested j 50,000/-.
(II) Amount invested by Nandita is 40% of the
amount invested by her brother.
Directions for question. 66-69 : In each of the
following number series only one number is wrong. Find
out that wrong number.
66. 10 16 48 320 4864 154628
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kms in 2 hours. While coming back the boat takes
6 hours to cover the same distance. If the speed of
the current is half that of the boat, what is the speed
of that boat in kmph?
(1) 154628 (2)4864
(3) 320 (4)16
67.3 5 112987314
(1) 87 (2)11
(3) 29 (4)314
68.4824723410854
(1) 54 (2)34
(3) 72 (4)108
69.12132048112237
(1) 13 (2)237
(3) 20 (4)48
(1) 3
(3) 7
74. A 320 meter long train moving with an average
speed of 120 km/hr crosses a platform in 24 seconds.
A man crosses the same platform in 4 minutes.
What is the speed of man in meter/second?
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70. If 4x + 5y = 83 and
of y - x?
(1)15
(2)5
(3) 10
(4) Cannot be determined
then what is the value
(2)4
(4)11
(1) 184
(3) 190
(2)196
(4)180
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72. Smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two-third the
smallest angle of a quadrilateral. The ratio between
the angles of the quadrilateral is 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. Largest
angle of the triangle is twice its smallest angle. What
is the sum of second largest angle of the triangle
and largest angle of the quadrilateral?
(1)160°
(3) 190°
(2)180°
(4)170°
73. A boat running downstreams covers a distance of 30
(1) B
(3) E
(2)1.5
(4)2.0
75. In how many different ways can the letters of the
word LEADING be arranged in such a way that the
vowels always come together?
(1)39600
(3) 40320
(2)360
(4)720
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71. Raman scored 456 marks in an exam and Seeta got
54 percent marks in the same exam which is 24
marks less than Raman. If the minimum passing
marks in the exam is 34 percent, then how much
more marks did Raman score than the minimum
passing marks?
(1)2.4
(3) 1.6
(2)C
(4)F
76. In a College the number of students studying Arts,
Commerce and Science are in the ratio of 3 : 5 :
8 respectively. If the number of students studying
Arts, Commerce and Science is increased by 20%,
40% and 25% respectively, what will be the new
ratio of students in Arts, Commerce and Science
respectively.
(1) 18 : 35 : 50 (2) 3 : 10 : 10
(3) 4 : 8 : 5
(4) 32 : 35 : 25
Direction Qs. 77-81.Study the following graph carefully
and answer the questions given below it:
PRODUCTION OF SIX TYPES OF PASSENGER
CARS PRODUCED BY A MANUFACTURER FOR
TWO YEARS (IN THOUSANDS)
77. For which type of car was there a highest percent
decrease in production from 2005 to 2006?
78. For which type of car was there a highest percent increase in production from 2005 to 2006?
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(1) A
(3) E
(2)B
(4)F
79. The total production of which of the following types
of cars in 2006 was exactly equal to the production
of E type cars in 2005?
(1) B and A
(2) B and E
(3) E and D (4) F and C
84. A task was assigned to P, Q and R to be completed
by not more than seven days. P alone can complete
the task in ten days. Q alone can complete the task
in twelve days and R alone can complete the task
in fifteen days. All three of them worked for two
days and P and Q together worked for another two
days. What portion of the task will remain after four
days?
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80. What was the difference in the number of B type
cars produced by the manufacturers betwen 2005
and 2006?
(1) 5,000 (2)20,000
(3) 10,000 (4)2,500
(1)
j 4,000/- (2)
j 2,500/(3)
j 1,500/- (4) Data inadequate
81. The number of D type cars produced in 2005 was
approximately what percent of the number of E
type cars produced in 2006?
(1) 94 (2)90
(3) 85 (4)100
(1)
(3)
(2)
(4) None of these
85. The average age of the students in a class is 14.
The average age of half of the students in that class
and the class teacher is 16. The average age of the
remaining half of the students is 15. What is the
number of students in that calss?
(1) 30 (2)40
(3) 50 (4)Data inadequate
Direction for question 86 – 95: Read the following
passage carefully and answer the questions given below
it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold
to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
It was in the offing. With shortages mounting across
the board for water as they are for energy, it was only
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82. The difference between the simple and compund
interests on a sum of money at the end of two years
at the rate of 10% p.a. is j 100/-. What will be the
total simple interest on that sum at the end of three
years?
(1)
j 3 ,000/- (2)j 1,500/(3)
j 2,000 (4)Data inadequate
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and the price of four chairs and three tables is j
18,000/-. What is the difference between the prices
of one table and a chair?
SECTION-IV VERBAL SKILS
inevitable that the Central government would be stirred
into starting a Bureau of Water Efficiency (BWE), much
like the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) that was
launched some years ago.
Early reports suggest that the draft norms for various
sectors consuming water will be created by the BWE
soon. The alarm bells have been ringing for some years
now. Water availability per capita in India has fallen from
about 5 million liters in the 1950s to 1.3 million liters in
2010- that's a staggering 75 per cent drop in 50 years.
Nearly 60 per cent of India's aquifers have slumped to
critical levels in just the last 15 years. The rate at which
borewells are being plunged in every city with no law to
ban such extraction, groundwater tables have depleted
alarmingly.
The BEE's efforts in the last seven years have only
been cosmetic. The bureau has looked at efficiency rating
systems for white goods in the domestic sector, and has
not paid attention to the massive consumption of energy
in metals manufacture, paper, and textiles. These sectors
are very intense in both energy and water consumption.
But very little attention has been paid to the water and
energy used per tonne of steel or cement or aluminium
that we buy, and without significant changes in these
areas the overall situation is unlikely to change.
Use of water is inextricably interlinked with energy.
One does not exist without the other. The BWE should
steer clear of the early mistakes of BEE - of focusing
on the, softer targets' in the domestic sector. Nearly
80 per cent of fresh water is used by agriculture, with
industry coming a close second. The domestic sector's
consumption of fresh water is in single digits. So the
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measures exist yet to ensure that such polluters shift the
water back for reuse. If legislation can ensure that water
is treated and reused for specific purposes within industry
as well as in the domestic sector, this will make all the
difference to the crisis on fresh water.
So it the case in industry, especially in sectors like
textiles, aluminium and steel. Agriculture offers us the
amusing irony of the educated urbanites dependent on
cereals like rice and wheat that consume 4000 liters of
water for every kg, while the farmer lives on the more
nutritious millets that consume less than half the quantity.
Sugarcane consumes as much as 12,000 liters of water
for a kilo of cane that you buy!
A listing of such correlations of water used by every
product that we use in our daily lives will make much
better sense than any elaborate rating system from the
newly formed BWE. Such sensitizing with concerted
awareness campaigns that the new Bureau drives will
impact the urban consumer more than all the research
findings that experts can present. What is important for us is
to understand the life-cycle impact in a way that we see the
connect between a product that we use and the resources it
utilizes up to the point where we bring the visible connect
to destruction of natural resources of our ecosystems. .
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BWE's priority should be to look at measures that will
get farmers and industrialists to follow good practices in
water use. Water resources have to be made, by law, an
indivisible national asset. The protection and withdrawal
of this resource as well as its sustainable development are
of general importance and therefore in the public interest.
This will mean that individuals and organisations may
own land but not water or the other resources that lie
below the first 20 meters of the surface of those lands.
Drilling of borewells into such 'national assets' will have
to be banned, or at the very least they must be regulated.
What would be more sensible for the new water bureau
to do would be to look at some of the low-hanging fruits
that can be plucked, and pretty quickly, with laws that
can emanate from the Centre, without the risk of either
dilution or inaction from state administrations. The other
tactical approach that the BWE can adopt is to devise
a policy that addresses the serious water challenge
in industry segments across a swathe of companies:
this will be easier than taking on the more disparate
domestic sector which hurts the water crisis less than
industry. Implementing a law is more feasible when the
concentration is dense and identifiable. Industry offers
this advantage more than the domestic or the commercial
sector of hotels and offices.
As for agriculture, though the country's water
requirement is as high as 80 per cent, the growing of
water within the loop in agriculture de-risks the challenge
of any perceived deficit. Rice, wheat, sugarcane are crops
that need water-logging, which ensures groundwater
restoration. Surface water evaporation doesn't amount
to any more than 7-8 per cent and only strengthens
precipitation and rainfall. Agriculture and water need
is not quite as much a threat as industry and domestic
sectors that account for the rest of the 20 per cent.
The primary challenge in industry and the building
sector is that no conscious legal measures have been
enacted that stipulate 'growing your own water' with
measures that will 'put all water in a loop' in any
residential or commercial building. This involves treating
all used water to a grade that it can be 'upcycle, for use
in flush tanks and for gardens across all our cities with
the polluter owning the responsibility for treating and for
reuse.The drop in fresh water demand can be dramatic
with such upcycle, reuse and recycle of treated water.
Water by itself in industry and the domestic sector, is not
as much a challenge as pollution of water. Not enough
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86. How, according to the author, can the bureau
sensitize the urban consumer about careful utilization
of water?
(1) By encouraging them to consume more rice
instead of millets daily and thereby reduce the
amount of water consumption.
(2) By providing them more insight into the water
consumption cycle of the textile, aluminium
and steel industries.
(3) By making them aware of the linkages between
water consumption for daily activities and the
resource utilization and subsequent ecological
destruction associated with it.
(4) By publishing research findings of experts in
popular media whereby people gain awareness
on the impact of water misuse.
87. What does 'low-hanging fruits that can be
plucked, and pretty quickly' mean in the context
of the passage?
(1) The bureau should employ the cheapest
methods possible to effectively control the
current situation of improper usage of water
resources.
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(1) Proportion of water consumed for agricultural
activities is much less as compared to that consumed for domestic and industrial purposes.
(2) Most farmers are aware of the popular methods
of water conservation and hence do not allow
wastage of water.
(3) Water is fairly recycled through groundwater
restoration due to water-logging and surface
water evaporation.
(4) Farmers in India mostly cultivate crops that
require less amount of water.
(2) The bureau should target the industrial sector
as well as the domestic sector to reduce water
wastage.
(3) The bureau should target the agricultural sector
only for producing quick results in reducing
wastage of water.
(4) The bureau should start with adopting measures
which are simple to execute and produce
immediate results in reducing water wastage.
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88. The author suggests that the Bureau of Water
Efficiency devise a strategy or make laws to meet
water challenges in the industrial segments rather
than the domestic segments because_____
(1) The industrial sector is the only one that is in a
position to reduce its water consumption by a
significant margin.
(2) There is comparatively less serious water
misuse in the domestic sector.
(3) It would be easy to identify the consumption
patterns in the industrial sector because of its
density and visibility.
(4)
The industrial sector would
be capable of paying the fines levied by the
Bureau for water misuse whereas the domestic
sector would be in no such position.
92. Which of the following, according to the author, is/
are the step/s that the Bureau of Water Efficiency
can take to ensure proper utilization of water
resources?
(A) Put in place measures that ensure proper water
usage.
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appropriate title for the passage?
(1) Water Challenges in the New Millennium
(2) The Bureau of Water Efficiency Vs the Bureau
of Energy Efficiency
(3) Unchecked Urban Consumption of Water
(4) The Route to Conservation of Water Resources
90. Which of the following is true about the Bureau of
Energy Efficiency, in the context of the passage?
(A) It failed to pay adequate attention to industries
like metal, textiles, etc in terms of energy
consumption.
(B) It focused on rating systems for efficient use of
goods in the domestic sector.
(C) It mostly focused on the energy consumption
in the domestic sector.
(1) Only (A) and (C)
(2) Only (A and (B)
(3)Only (A)
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
91. Why, according to the author, is the water
consumption for agricultural activities the least
risky?
(B) Concentrate on the water consumption patterns
of the domestic sector alone.
(C) Monitor carefully the activity of digging
borewells.
(1) Only (A) and (C)
(2) Only (A) and (B)
(3) Only (A)
(4)Only (B) and (C)
93. Which of the following according to the author, is/
are the indication/s of a water crisis?
(A) Many agrarian areas in the country are facing
a drought - like situation.
(B) Almost three-fifth of the naturally available
water has been reduced to a very critical level
in a relatively short span of time.
(C) There has been a significant drop in the availablity water over the past fifty years
(1) Only (B)
(2) Only (A) and (C)
(3) Only (C)
(4) Only (B) and (C)
Direction for question 94 – 95: Choose the word/
group which is most similar in meaning to the word/
group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
94. COMETIC
(1)enhancive
(2)beauty
(3)augmentative
(4) superficial
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(1)unknown
(2)mindful
(3)self-aware
(4)awake
Direction for question 96 – 98: In each of the
given sentences select the sentence which would either
follow or precede the given sentence in grammatically
and conceptually appropriate manner. The instruction is
given at the end of every statement.
escaped the clutches of the officer.
(3) This chase continued for two hours before the
officer could grab the criminal.
(4) The police started immediate action after the
whereabouts of a noted criminal were known.
Direction for question 99 – 103: Which of the
phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement
should be placed in the blank space provided so as to
make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence?
96. However, attempts to reduce the space under
authorised parking in the area has further aggravated
the problem.
99. As the Bengaluru traffic police have started using
high tech devices,_____.
(1) many traffic rule violators are nabbed using
information stored in the database thus saving
precious lives
(2) the number of vehicles in the city has crossed
the threshold which the roads can bear
(3) same technology would be applied throughout
Karnataka if proven successful in Bengaluru
(4) many traffic policemen lack the necessary training in operating these high tech devices
Which of the following sentences would immediately
precede the above sentence?
(1) The cars which would earlier be parked in authorized parking areas are now parked on the
roadside.
(2) The residents of the area have given a written
application to the government to increase the
area allocated for parking.
(3) The number of residents of the area owning cars
has doubled since last year.
(4) Traffic congestion in the area has reached unbearable limits owing to the fact hat it contains
the city's largest authorized parking space.
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runway so that bigger planes such as Aribus A380
can land and takeoff in future.
Which of the following sentences would immediately
precede the above sentence?
(1) The airport had been facing criticism in the past
as bigger airliners like Airbus A 380 could not
land here.
(2) All other runways in the world are equipped to
handle bigger airplanes.
(3) The airport authority has proposed a plan to
close the main runway in order to carry out
urgent repair work.
(4) The main runway at the airport has not been
functioning since the last couple of months
because of some ongoing work.
98. The police officer had him up against the wall with
both arms behind his back.
Which of the following sentences would immediately
follow the above sentence?
(1) After spending two days there, he was bailed
out on the ground of lack of evidence.
(2) There was no way now in which he could have
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100.Extreme competition stressful work conditions
and a short lived professional career in the field of
fashion have sadly forced_____
(1) many professionals up the career ladder
(2) many professional models to look out for alternate career options
(3) the professionals from fashion world to become
more dedicated and hard-working
(4) many students to aspire for the glamour world
101.Although many applauded the stay order on setting
up of an automobile industry in the tribal area____.
(1) the tribes in the region aggressively opposed
this project
(2) teh government was forced to drop the project
owing to stark opposition it had to face.
(3) many other argue that this would further hamper
the growth and development of these already
neglected tribal population
(4) the tribes were not appropriately compensated
for the acquired land
102.____, better job opportunity in urban areas is no
longer a lure for them.
(1) With industrialization concentrating in the cities and the profit margin in agriculture sharply
decreasing
(2) As the profit margin of farmers in rural areas is
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(3) As high-tech equipments and farming techniques substantially improve the profit margins
of the farmers in rural areas
(4) Owing to better irrigation and financial facilities
available in urban areas
(B) in her salt
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Either A or B
(4) No correction required
Direction for question 107 – 110: In each of the
following questions four words are given of which two
words are most nerly the same or opposite in meaning.
Find the two words which are most nearly the same or
opposite in meaning and indicate the number of correct
letter combination, by darkening the appropriate oval in
your answersheet.
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103.Moving from paper based exams to computer based
testing alows faster access to scores, flexible test
schedules and inclusion of graphics in the testing
material which until now____.
(1) was a regular feature of most of the paper based
exams
(2) could not be carried out in computer based
exams
(3) was possible only in paper based exams
(4) was not possible to be carried out in paper based
exams
Direction for question 104 – 106: In each question,
a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type.
That part may contain a grammatical error. Each setence
is followed by two parts denoted by A and B. Find out
which part can correct the error, if any, in the sentence and
mark your answers accordingly. If each part can correct
the error, mark (3) i.e. either A or B as the answer. If the
sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) i.e. 'No Correction
Required' as the answer.
107.(A) Surfaced
(B) Nurtured
(D) Developed
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(1) B – A
(2) B – C
(3) C – A
(4) B – D
104.The prices have increased so much that people find
it difficult to make each end meet.
(A) to make both end meet
(B) to make both ends meet
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Either A or B
(4) No correction required
105.He is hand and glove with my boss for this new
selection project.
(A) hand on glove
(B) hand in glove
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Either A or B
(4) No correction required
108.(A) Attentiveness
(B) Dissimilarity
(D) Imprecise
(C)Distraction
(1) A – D
(2) B – C
(3) A – C
(4) C – D
109.(A) Incongruity
(B) Reiteration
(D) Reverberation
(C) Thoughts
(1) A – D
(2) B – D
(3) C – D
(4) B – C
110.(A) Expanded
(B) Outgrown
(C)Shrunk
(1) A– D
(2)
B–D
(3) C – D
(4) A – C
(D) Facilitated
106.She will not be worthy her salt if she fails in the
entrance examination.
(A) worth her salt
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SECTION-V ANALYTICAL REASONING
Mark answer (1) if the inference is "definitely true" i.e.
it properly follows from the statement
111.The Government will be able to recover its
investment in two/three years.
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of facts given.
Mark answer (2) It the inference is "probably true"
though not "definitely true" in the
light of the facts given.
Mark answer (3) if the data are inadequate i.e. from the
facts given you cannot say whether
the inference is likely to be true or
false.
The cost of building the e-platform is prohibitive,
but benefits far outweigh the costs, as it would be enhancing the efficiencies of the payment system by reducing
leakages, increasing efficiency of delivery of services and
lowering administration costs. Leakages account for about
75-80% of the losses that the Government suffers due to
the manual payment system, while share of transaction
cost is estimated at 15-20% of the losses.
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Directions for questions 111 – 114: Below is given
a passage followed by several possible inferences which
can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You
have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth
of falsity.
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though not "definitely false" in the
light of the facts given.
(Note : Each of the four questions has only one
distinct answer i.e. no two questions can have the same
answer. If you get same answer for more than one question, consider both again (in the light of the information
provided) and decide which one of the two would more
definitely be that answer and same way review otehrs
112.Such a project, once the clearance from Government
is given, can be built in 6 months to one year time
frame.
113.Within the Government there is an opposition and
doubt raised against the benefits of such a platform.
114.Considering the economic and social benefits, the
Government will be too willing to invest in such
an e-platform.
Directions for question 115 – 119: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when
given an input line of words and numbers rearranges
them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input : say dry 42 96 get 39 kite 67
Step I
:
96 say dry 42 get 39 kite 67
Step II
:
96 dry say 42 get 39 kite 67
Step III :
96 dry 39 say 42 get kite 67
build an electronic payment platform for all its trans-
Step IV :
96 dry 39 say 67 42 get kite
actions with individual households. Such a platform
Step V
96 dry 39 say 67 get 42 kite
also.)
An estimated annual savings of around
j 1,00,000
crores makes a compelling case for the Government to
make a onetime investment of j 60,000-70,000 crores to
j 71,000 crore a year,
while benefiting individual beneficiaries to the tune of j
could help the Government save
26,200 crores. Many of the beneficiaries would be from
financially excluded households as most of the transactions between the Government and households relate to
welfare schemes.
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Arrangement in Step V is the final arrangement and
Step V is the last step.
You have to answer the questions by following the
same rules as illustrated above.
115.What will be the third step if the input is "thirty days
from now 32 56 87 24"?
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
87 thirty days from now 32 56 24
87 days thirty from now 32 56 24
87 days 24 thirty from now 32 56
87 thirty 24 days 32 from now 56
121.Which movie was screened on Saturday?
(1) Finding Nemo
(2) Up
(3) The Incredibles
(4) Aladdin
122.On which day was 'Ice Age' screened?
(1) Friday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Thursday
(4) Sunday
123.Which of the following combinations is false with
respect to the given information?
(1) 'Up' was not screened on friday
(2) 'Shark Tale' was screened immediately after
'Beauty and the Beast'
(3) 'The Incredibles' was screened on Sunday
(4) 'Finding Nemo' was not screened on Friday
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116.If the second step of an input is "52 at deep follow
41 16 road 32", what will be the fifth step?
(1) 52 at 16 road 32 deep follow 41
(2) 52 at 16 road 41 deep follow 32
(3) 52 at 16 road 32 follow 41 deep
(4) There will be no such step.
(3) Shark Tale - Finding nemo
(4) Finding nemo - Aladdin
117.If the second step of an input is "76 from 48 super
itself 56 18 went", how many more steps will be
required to complete the arrangement?
(1)Five
(2) Six
(3) Four
(4) Three
124.How many movies were screened before Shark Tale? (1)6
(2) 4
(3)2
(4) 3
Directions for questions 125 – 129: In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses
of action numbered A, B and C. A course of action is a
step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given
in the statement, you have to assume everything in the
statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested
courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
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118.If the third step of an input is "65 daily 12 tie 42 23
foreign urgent" what will be definitely the input?
(1) foreign 65 tie urgent 12 42 23 daily
(2) foreign 65 urgent tie 42 daily 23 12
(3) foreign 65 12 urgent tie 42 daily 23
(4) Cannot be determined
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third step is "91 go 28 mock pet 43 lead 37"?
(1)Eighth
(2) Seventh
(3)Sixth
(4) Fifth
Directions for questions 120 – 124: Study the followin ginformation to answer the given questions:
Seven animated movies - Up, Finding Nemo, Ice
Age, Aladdin, Shark Tale, Beauty and the Beast, The
Incredibles, were screened during a children's workshop
not necessarily in the same order. The workshop started
on Monday and ended on Sunday. Only one movie was
screened on each day.
'Beauty and the Beast' was screened on Wednesday.
'The Incredibles' was screened on the fourth day after 'Up'
was screened. 'Ice Age' was screened before Thursday
but not on Monday. 'Shark Tale' and 'Aladdin' were not
screened on Saturday but 'Shark Tale' was screened
before Saturday.
120.Four of the following five are similar on the basis of
their position in the above arrangement and hence
form a group. Which of the following does not
belong to the group?
(1) Up - Beauty and the Beast
(2) The Incredibles - Aladdin
125.Statement
:
There has been a continuous
increase in the number of
dropout of students of
Govt. run primary schools
in the state.
Courses of action: (A) Govt. should immediatlly
set up a committee to
review the situation and
suggest measures to
reverse the trend.
(B) Govt. should conduct
orientation programs for
parents of the students
emphasizing on the
need for educating their
children.
(C)Govt. should close down
such state run primary
schools where dropout
rates are more than fifty
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
perecent.
Only (A) follows
Only (B) follows
Only (C) follows
Only (A) and (B) follow
:
Every year during
monsoon condition of
most of the roads in the
city deteriorates causing
immense problem to the
commuters.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Only (A) follows
Only (B) follows
Only (C) follows
None follows
128.Statement
:
Many bublic sector
undertakings have been
making losses for the
past few years and the
situation is equally bad
in the current year.
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126.Statement
should be kept in an
isolated ward.
Courses of action: (A) The civic body should
include a heavy Penalty
clause while awarding
future contracts for road
repairs.
Courses of action
: (A) These loss making public
sector companies should
immediately be closed
down.
(B) The Govt. should scout
for potential buyers in the
private sector to sell these
companies to get back
part of the investments
made by the Govt.
(C) General public shuld avoid
taking their vehicles out
during monsoon.
(1) Only (A) follows
(2) Only (B) follows
(3) Only (A) and (B) follow
(4) Only (B) and (C) follow
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of maintenance of city
roads should be asked to
explain why the condition
of the roads worsens every
year.
127.Statement
:
During the past few days
more and more number
of indoor patients of the
local Govt. hospital are
diagnosed to be suffering
from malaria.
Courses of action: (A) All such patients who are
suffering from malaria
should immediately be
discharged from the
hospital.
(B) The hospital authority
should immediately put
a ban on admitting new
patients into the hospital.
(C) All such patients who are
suffering from malaria
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(C) All the employees of these
companies should be
retrenched with adequate
compensation and the
fixed assets may be put
up for sale.
Only (B) and (C) follow
Only (B) follows
Only (C) follows
All (A), (B) and (C) follow
129.Statement
:
Many shops in the local
market have extended
their shops and occupied
most part of the footphath
in front of their shops.
Courses of action: (A) The civic authority should
immediately activate a
task force to clear all the
footpath encroached by
the shop owners.
(B) The civic authority should
charge hefty penalty to
the shop owners for
occupying footpath.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
by the big builders.
Only I and II are strong
Only either I or II is strong
Only III is strong
Only I and III are strong
132.Should there be a uniform eligibility criteria for
admission to all the engineering colleges in the
country?
Arguments : I. No, each college should be given
freedom to decide the eligibility
criteria for admissions.
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(C) The civic authority should
set up a monitoring
system so that such
encroachments do not
recur in future.
(1) None follows
(2) Only (A) and (B) follow
(3) Only (B) and (C) follow
(4) All (A), (B) and (C) follow
Directions for questions 130 – 134: In making
decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be
able to distinguish between 'strong' arguments and 'weak'
arguments. 'Strong' arguments are those which are both
important and directly related to the question. 'Weak'
arguments are those which are of minor importance and
also may not be directly related to the question or may
be related to a trivial aspect of the question.
130.Should the retirement age of teachers of all Govt.
schools be increased to 65 years?
III. Yes, many colleges admit large
number of students who are
not capable of completing their
engineering degree.
(1) All are strong
(2) Only I and II are strong
(3) Only I and III are strong
(4) Only II and III are strong
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Each question below is followed by three arguments
numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the
arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak'
argument.
II. Yes, this will largely ensure
comparability among engineers
passing out of different colleges.
Arguments : I. Yes, there is an acute shortage of
quality teachers.
133.Should at least one member from each household
in India be provided with a Govt. job?
III. Yes, Govt. can defer payment
towards retirement of these
teachers.
(1) Only I is strong
(2) Only II is strong
(3) Only III is strong
(4) None is strong
II. Yes, this will significantly
improve the economic condition
of the less privileged class.
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II. No, young educated youth will be
deprived of their job opportunity.
131.Should there be a complete ban on constructing
housing projects on farm lands?
Arguments : I. No, the demands for housing
is ever increasing and hence
construction of such projects on
farm lands should be allowed on
selective basis.
II. Yes, farm lands are to be protected
against any such encroachments
as demand for food in increasing
every year.
III. Yes, the poor farmers are exploited
Arguments : I. Yes, this is the only way to
eardicate poverty in India.
III. N o , t h e i n c o m e o f m a n y
households are otherwise quite
high and these households should
be kept out of such scheme.
(1) Only I is strong
(2) Only II is strong
(3) None is strong
(4) Only II and III are strong
134.Should the rate of income tax be much higher for
those who earn more than one crore each year?
Arguments : I. No, every tax paying citizen should
be treated on par irrespective of
their annual income.
II. No, a small percentage of tax
paying individuals earns more
than one crore and hence it will
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not have any significant impact
on Govt. earnings.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of
the above cause?
(A) Parents of the existing students will take their
wards away to other schools.
(B) No new student will take admission to this
school in this academic session.
(C) Parents of the existing students will approach
the Govt. for instructing the school to roll back
the fee hike.
(1) None
(2) Only (A)
(3) Only (B)
(4) Only (C)
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III. Yes, imposing higher rate is
justified for high earners as they
can afford to pay more tax to the
Govt. after taking care of their
own requirements.
(1) Only I and II are strong
(2) Only III is strong (3) Only II is strong
(4) None of these
session.
135.Read the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows.
138.Read the following information carefuly and answer
the question that follows.
Effect : The prices of essential commodities have
been increasing consistently for the past
few weeks.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of
the above effect?
(A) The consumer price index has jumped considerably in the last week.
(B) The consumers decided not to purchase essential commodities for the present.
(C) Govt. has issued notices to all the major suppliers to increase supply of essential commodities in the
retail market.
(1) None
(2) Only (A)
(3) Only (B)
(4) Only (C)
Cause : Many residents of most parts of the town
have been parking their vehicles on the road outside
their buildings.
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136.Read the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows.
Cause : Incessant rains have lashed the city during
the past forty eight hours.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of
the above cause?
(A) The transport systems of the city have come
to complete halt for the past
twenty four hours.
(B) Many low lying areas of the city are
submerged under water.
(C) many people living in slums are shifted to municipal schools.
(1) Only (A) and (B) (2) Only (B) and (C)
(3) Only (A) and (C) (4) All (A), (B) and (C)
Which of the following can be a possible effect of
the above cause?
(A) The local civic body has decided to charge
parking fee for all the vehicles parked on the
roads.
(B) The residents' association decided not to allow
parking vehicles inside the building compound.
(C) The police authority has decided to tow away
all the vehicles parked on the roads.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (C)
(3) Only either (A) or (C)
(4) Only (A) and (B)
139.The question below consists of a question and three
statements numbered I, II and III given below it.
You have to decide the data provided in which of
the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Choose your answer accordingly.
How is D related to R?
I. D's brother is the only son of R's father.
II. D's sister is daughter of J.
III. D and B are siblings.
(1) Only I
(2) Only I and II
(3) Only II
(4) Only II and III
137.Read the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows.
140.Read the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows.
Cause : The school authority has considerably
increased the tuition fees from the current academic
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residential area collapsed .
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Which of the following can be a probable cause of
the above effect?
(A) Most of the flats of the affected wings were
unoccupied for a long time.
(B) One flat owner carried out major repair work
and damaged a main column in the process.
(C) The residents of other wings of the complex
were asked to vacate their houses immediately.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C)
(4) Only (B) and (C)
Directions for questions 141-145. Each of these
questions consists of a question followed by information
in three statements. You have to study the question and
the statements and decide that information in which of
the statement (s) is/are necessary to answer the question.
141.What is the speed of the train?
I. The train crosses a signal pole in 18 secs.
II. The train crosses a platform of equal length
in 36 secs.
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III. Length of the train is 300 metres
(1) I and III only
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(2) II and III only
(3) I and II only
(4) III and either I or II only
142.What is the staff strength of Company 'X'?
145.What is the two digit number?
I. Number obtained by interchanging the digits
is more than the orginal number by 9
II. Sum of the digits is 7
III. Difference between the digits is 1
(1) I and III only
(2) I and II only
II. Of the officer employees 80% are males
(3) II and III only
III. Total number of officers is 132
(1) I and III only
(4) All I, II and III
Directions for questions146-150 In each of these
questions, two equations are given. You have to solve
these equations and find out the values of x and y and —
Give answer If
(1)
x<y
I. Male and female employees are in the ratio of
2:3 resepctively
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(3) All I, II and III
(4) Question cannot be answered even with the
information in all three statements
143.How many articles were sold?
I. Total profit earned was j 1596/
II. Cost-price per article was j 632/
III. Selling price per article was j 765/
(1) II and III only
(2) I and II only
(3) All I, II and III
(4) Any two of the three
144.What is the capacity of the cylindrical tank?
I. Radius of the base is half of its height
II. Area of the base is 616 square metres
III. Height of the cylinder is 28 metres
(2) x > y
(3) x < y
(4) sx > y
146.I.
II.
147.I.
II.
148.I.
II.
(1) Only I and II
(2) Only II and III
149.I.
(3) Only I and III
II.
(4) Any two of the three
150.I.
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II.
151.The ratio between the present ages of Shreya and
her sister Soumya is 8:13 respectively. Six years ago
the ratio between their ages was 1 : 2 respectively.
What will be Shreya's age 5 years from now?
On a shelf there are 4 different books on Management,
2 different books on Psychology and 3 different books
on Philosophy.
157.In how many ways can these books be arranged on
the shelf if books of only Psychology are arranged
together?
(1) 19 years
(2) 18 years
(1) 10080
(2) 80640
(3) 21 years (4) 20 years
(3) 40320
(4) 5040
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152.On a shelf three are 4 books on Economics, 3 books
on Management and 4 books on Statistics. In how
many different ways can the books be arranged so
that the books on Economics are kept together?
(1) 967680
(2) 120960
(3) 5040
(4) 40320
(1) 400 kms
(3) 350 kms
(2) 300 kms
(4) 450 kms
154.In how many different ways can the letters of the
word 'TROUBLE' be arranged?
(1) 5400
(3) 4050
(2) 4500
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155.Monica's monthly income is 80% of Karen's monthly
income. The ratio between karen's monthly income
and Rachel's montly income is 8:7 respectively and
Karen's and Rachel's average monthy income is
j 30000/-. What is Monica's annual income?
j 3,07,200/-
(1)
(2) j 3,02,700/-
(3)
j 3,07,300/-
(4) j 3,03,700/-
156.I f the following fractions are arranged in an
ascending order, which fraction will be third in the
arrangement?
,
,
,
,
(1)(2)
(3)(4)
Directions for Questions. 157&158 Study the
following information to answer the given questions:
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(1) 5760
(2) 2880
(3) 362880
(4) 11520
Direction for questions.. 159-160 Study the
following information to answer the given questions:
A basket contains 5 red, 3 green and 4 blue
marbles.
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153.A car covers 222 kms in 6 hours. The average speed
of the car and a bus is 43.5 kms/hour. How much
distance will the bus cover in 8 hours?
158.In how many ways can the books be arranged on the
shelf if books on Management are arranged together
and books on the other two subjects (i.e. 5 books)
are arranged together?
159.If four marbles are ricked at random, what is the
probability that two are red and two are green?
(1)(2)
(3) (4) None of these
160.if three marbles are picked at random, what is the
probability that at least two are blue?
(1) (2)
(3) (4) None of these
161.Study the following information to answer the given
questions:
GroupA GroupB
Mean = 10.89 Mean
=10.89
S.D
= 1.01
=4.09
Highest Score = 14
Which of the following can be inferred from the
above data?
(1) The number of cases is the same for both the
groups
(2) The spread of scores is more for GroupA
(3) The spread of scores is more or less equal for
both the groups
(4) Of the two groups together, the lowest score is
likely to be in Group B
S.D.
Highest Score=23
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Directions for questions 162-166. Study the piecharts carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Percentage of employees in different
departments of an organization out of which the
number of employees who have resigned
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
N=5000
WHO HAVE RESIGNED
Which department has the highest percentage
of employees who have resigned to the total
numberof employees in that department?
(3) PR
(2) Finance
(3) 20
(4) None of these
(1) 1095
(2) 1100
(3) 1105
(4) None of these
166.What is the percentage of employees who have
resigned from IT and Finance department together
from the total number of employees from these
two departments? (rounded off to two digits after
decimal)
(1)13.33
(2) 14.29
(4) None of these
(2) 17
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(3) 132 : 109
163.The number of employees who have resigned from
the Marketing department is what percent of total
number of employees in that department? (rounded
off to the nearest integer)
(3) 15.17
(4) None of these
Directions for questions 167-170 Study the
following information carefully and answer the questions
that follow:
A company produces four different products,
viz, Mobile phones, Televisions, Refrigerators and
Computers. Each of the products has two categories
viz., Category-A and Category-B. The total number of
all the products is 900. 25 percent of the total number
of products is Computers and one third of the total
number of products is Televisions. 32 percent of the
total products are Refrigerators. 50 percent each of the
total number of Television as well as the total number
of refrigerators is of category-A. 40 percent of the total
number of Computers is of category-B. One-third of the
total number of mobile phones is of category-B.
167.What is the respective ratio between the number
of televisions of Category B and the number of
computer of Category A?
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(1) IT
(2) 264 : 217
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OUT OF WHICH NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
(1) 17 : 14
162.
165.What is the total number of employes working in
HR department excluding employees who have
resigned?
PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES IN
not resigned from Production department to those
from Administration department?
(4) 14
164.What is the respective ratio of number of employees
(1) 3 : 5
(2) 5 : 3
(3) 10 : 9
(4) 5 : 6
168.W hat is the average number of products of
Category-A together?
(1) 110.25
(2) 115.5
(3) 121.75
(4) 102
169.N umber of Computers of Category-B is
approximately what percent of the total number
of refrigerators?
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(1)29
(2) 31
(3)37
(4) 43
(1)225
(2) 323
(3) 325
(4) 223
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170.W hat is the total number of Televisions of
Category-A,, Refrigerators of Category-B and
Mobile phones of Category-B together?
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