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Section1: Quantitative Analysis
(Maximum Marks:30 Time: 15 minutes)
1. If x/y=4 and y is not equal to '0' then what % of x is 2x-y?
(a)150%
(c)200%
(b)175%
(d)250
2. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of
(a) 30%
(c) 34%
(b) 32%
(d) 35%
3. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area increase?
(a) 100%
(c) 300%
(b) 200%
(d) 400%
4. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to
contribute towards the purchase of the gift
A. D/(M-3)
C. M/(D-3)
B. MD/3
D. 3D/(M2-3M)
5. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a
phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team
have won in a row to attain this average?
C. 24
D. 30
A. 12
B. 20
6. If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
(a) 0
(c) -1
(b) 1
(d) 4
7. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(C) b = a
(B) b > a
(D) b >= a
8. Find next number in the series…
165, 195, 255, 285, 345, ?
(a) 395
(b) 420
(c) 435
(d) 390
9. If one seventh part of a number exceeds its eleventh part by 100, then the number is?
(a) 770
(c) 1825
(b) 1925
(d) 1100
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10. A 5 digit number is such that its square root is an integer. The last two digits of the number are
equal. The last digit is such that any natural number raised to it gives the same number. The
middle number is one of the factors of 40 and 72. The first and the second number are squares of
of an even prime number. Let „x‟ be the square root of this number. If we add 1 to „x‟ and then
rearranging the digits such that 1st and last digits are the same. Find the square of the square root
of this rearranged number?
(a) 484
(c) 969
(b) 121
(d) 1089
11. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can
graze?
(a) 38.5 sq. m
(c) 144 sq. m
(b) 155 sq. m
(d) 19.25 sq. m
12. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
13. In how many ways can a team of 11 be chosen from 15 football players if team captain is always
included?
(a) 1365
(c) 804
(b) 1001
(d) 632
14. A train began its journey from a station with some passengers. Half of the passengers got down at
the first stop and 135 passengers boarded the train. At the second stop 1/3 passengers got down
and 110 persons boarded on it. Then the train moved toward its destination with 350 passengers.
How many passengers were there when the train began its journey?
(a) 1200
(c) 1650
(b) 450
(d) 1450
15. X runs 1.25 times as fast as Y. If X gives Y a start of 200 meters, how far Y has run before he I
caught by X?
(a) 1000 m
(c) 400 m
(b) 500 m
(d) 800 m
16. The rowing speed of man in still water is 20 km/h. Going downstream, he moves at the rate of 25
km/h. The speed of stream is….
(a) 12.5 km/h
(c) 5 km/h
(b) 2.5 km/h
(d) 10 km/h
17. Shrikant took a loan of Rs. 20,000 to purchase a computer from Royal Finance Co. He promised
to make the payment after three years. The company charges compound interest @ 10% p.a. for
the same. But, suddenly the company announces the rate of interest as 15% p.a. for the last one
year of the loan period. What extra amount Shrikant has to pay due to this announcement of new
rate of interest?
(a) Rs. 2110
(c) Rs. 1120
(b) Rs. 1210
(d) Rs. 1110
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18. A trader had 6 quintals of rice. He sold a part of it at 7% profit and the rest at 17% profit, so that
he made a total profit of 11%. How much rice did he sell at 17% profit?
(a) 200 kg
(c) 240 kg
(b) 220 kg
(d) 260 kg
19. A cistern has three pipes A, B and C. Pipes A and B can fill it in 4 and 5 hours respectively and C
can empty it in 2 hours. If the pipes are opened in order at 1, 2 and 3 a.m. respectively, when will
the cistern be empty?
(a) 3 p.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(d) 6 p.m.
20. Aditi and Charuta can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to
work together but Aditi leaves after „x‟ days and Charuta finished the rest of the work in (x+14)
days. After how many days did Aditi leave?
(a) 11
(c) 9
(b) 10
(d) 8
21. Two gallons of a mixture of spirit and water contains 12% of water. They are added to 3 gallons
of another mixture, containing 7% of water and half a gallon of water is then added to the whole.
The percentage of water in the resulting mixture is…
(a) 36/7
(c) 88/3
(b) 9
(d) 190/11
22. Among three numbers, the first number is thrice the second number and one-fourth of the third
number. The average of all three numbers is 64. What is the average of first and third number?
(a) 30
(c) 90
(b) 24
(d) 78
23. Find the wrong number in the series
10, 15, 24, 35, 54, 75, 100.
(a) 35
(b) 54
(c) 75
(d) 100
24. The value of 101+102+103+….+199+200 is:
(a) 15050
(b) 20200
(c) 10909
(d) 16500
25. In a division, a student took 63 as divisor instead of 36. His answer was 24. The correct answer
is…….
(a) 42
(c) 48
(b) 32
(d) 38
26. If x=0.5 and y=0.2 then {[√(0.6)]*[(3y)^x])} is equal to
(a) 1.0 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.6 (d)√(1.8)
27. Find the wrong term in the series
YE5, FL1/2, RC6, AC3, TE4
(a) Fl1/2
(b) AC3
(c) RC6
(d) TE4
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28. Two numbers are in the ratio m:n. The first number(m) is what fraction of the second number?
(a) m/(m+n) (b) m/(m-n)
(c) n/m (d) m/n
29. Mr. Paresh is going to Madrid by plane. He started his journey at 10a.m. from Mumbai whose
location is 19N70E. Due to some emergency, Plane is landed at 19N10W. If time required for the
plane from starting its journey to a point where the plane landed is 8 hours. Find the local time
where the plane landed?
(a) 12.40p.m. (b)01.40p.m. (c) 11.40 a.m (d) 12.00noon
30. A watch is set on Friday at 9 a.m. gains 45 seconds in 24 hours. What time does it show on
Monday at 3 p.m?
(a) 3hrs 2min 50sec (b) 3hrs 4min (c)3hrs 52.5sec
(d) 3hrs 4min 52.5sec
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Section 2: VERBAL ABILTY (Marks: 20 Time: 10 min)
Instructions for Que. 1 to 5: Complete the given sentences with the best suited word/s from the
given options.
1) The savage killing of tribals indicates the failure of the military _____ to check the ____ in the
country.
a) Coup – tension
d) Leader – uprising
b) Rule – discrepancy
e) Subject – revolt
c) Junta – mayhem
2) If rallies are organized by political leaders in the prohibited area, it is likely to avoid_____ a law
and order problems.
a) Evoke
d) Heave
b) Create
e) Occur
c) Submit
3) If any behavioral intervention against AIDS will work in Africa, one of its best chances will be
here, because one-in-four estimate of Zimbabweans infected with HIV in likely to be ____, based
on scanty data and wishful thinking.
a) Serious
d) Lackadaisical
b) Optimistic
e) Persuasive
c) Pessimistic
4) When something ____ a migraine, the abnormally excitable neuron suddenly fire of electrical
impulse at the back of the brain, firings that ripple across the brain‟s top and then back down to
the brainstem, where pain centers are located.
a) Expels
d) Expels
b) Triggers
e) Interrupts
c) Abandons
5) Like many of America‟s best writers, he was ____ and sentimental at the same time.
a) Dogmatic
c) Adventurous
b) Romantic
d) Boring
e) Cynical
Directions for Questions from 6 to 10: In each of the questions below, you are given a related pair
of words. Choose from the options below a pair whose relationship is similar to the one expressed
by original pair.
6) SERENDIPITY : MISFORTUNE
a) Likelihood : oracle
d) Compassion : mercy
b) Conformability : incongruity
e) Solemnity : fallibilit
c) Luminosity : triviality
7) RAKE : GARDEN
a) Ply : wood
b) scalpel : hospital
c) channel : television
8) SABOTEUR : UNDERMINE
a) Vehicle : commute
b) Trader : appoint
d) plug : amphitheater
e) hoe : forest
c) Upstart : dissemble
d) Officer : defend
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e) Mediator : lecture
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9) AQUALUNG : GILL
a) Prosthesis : leg
b) Glider : wing
c) Flipper : foot
d) Parachute : back
e) Pacemaker : heart
10) IMPISH : CRIMINAL
a) elfish : gamine
b) Sly : foxy
c) Naughty : wicked
d) Pulsatory : erratic
e) Tipsy : delusory
Directions for questions from 11 to 15 : Choose the word from the given options that is opposite in
meaning to the word capitalized.
11) GARRET
a) Pulpit
d) Porch
b) Festoon
e) Mansion
c) Basement
12) PERSIFLAGE
a) Denouement
b) Manifesto
c) Performance
d) Obeisance
e) Comrade
13) OBOLOQUY
a) Enclave
b) acceptance
c) aroma
d) commendation
e) simulation
14) ESCHEW
a) Recalcitrate
b) Befriend
c) Quaff
d) Pretermit
e) Auspicate
15) TARDY
a) Languid
b) Broad
c) Punctual
d) Insomniac
e) Cognizant
Directions for questions from 16 to 20 : Choose the word/phrase from the given options that is most
nearly similar to the one that is capitalized.
16) PINNACLE
a) Foothills
c) Taunt
b) Card game
d) Peak
17) MONETARY
a) Boring
b) Fascinating
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c) Fiscal
d) Stationary
18) REPUDIATE
a) Appropriate
b) Annoy
c) Reject
d) Avow
19) MIRAGE
a) Dessert
b) Illusion
c) Water
d) Mirror
20) MENIAL
a) Intellectual
b) Servile
c) Arrogant
d) Clairvoyant
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Section 3: PUZZLES
(Maximum Marks: 40 Time: 30 minutes)
Q.1
Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbors (two couples) for a dinner at
home. The six of them sat at a round table. Helen tells you the following:
“Victor sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna.
Ester sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the woman
who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband.
Jim sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Roger.
I did not sit beside my husband.”
What is the name of Helen‟s Husband?
(Marks: 5)
Q.2
A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 63. When twice the number is divided
by the same divisor, then the remainder is 55. Find out the least possible divisor?
(Marks: 5)
Q.3
A Swayamvara is on. There are 100 suitors. The princess has to select one person out of the 100
suitors. Say, the suitors can be ranked from 1 to 100 based on their qualities, with rank 1 as the
best person. They are standing in no particular order. The process for the Swayamvara is as
below;
The princess will move from the first person (not necessarily rank 1) to the next and so on. Once
she passes a person she cannot come back.
For selecting the best suitor, princess has adopted following strategy: She will compare the first
„N‟ peoples. But will not marry anyone in that „N‟. She will marry the next person with a better
quality than the best suitor in „N‟.
For example, assume N=10. The princess will not select in the first 10. But will note the quality
of the best person in the first 10 people. If rank 1 was in the first 10, she will not marry anyone. If
rank 40 was the best in the first 10 people, then she will marry the first person after those 10 with
a rank equal to or less than 39.
What is the optimal value of „N‟ so that she has the highest probability of getting the best person
(rank 1)?
(Marks: 6)
Q. 4
A car is travelling from Pune to Kolhapur at an uniform speed. While travelling towards
Kolhapur, the driver sees a milestone showing a 3-digit number. After travelling for an hour, the
driver sees another milestone containing two digits from the digits of previous milestone. After
travelling for an hour, the driver sees another milestone with the same digits in reverse order.
What is the average speed of the car if one of the digits on a milestone is 7?
(Marks: 5)
Q.5
In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange and a pear) have been placed in four closed
boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in
the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits
correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly and 31 people have guessed two fruits
correctly.
How many people have guessed four fruits correctly?
(Marks: 5)
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Q.6
Jennifer asked a question to five of her classmates. In what shape can one arrange 24 balls such
that there are 5 in each row? Taniya replied, „It is a pentagon‟. Pooja replied, „it is a tetrahedron‟.
Fatima replied, „It is a octagon‟. Apurva replied, „It is a hexagon‟. Ridima said, „It is impossible
to have such a combination‟
Who is correct?
(Marks: 5)
Q.7
A teacher asked her students to find out the number of custard apples (say X) that she has and
gives two clues for the students to find out the same.
Clue 1: The number satisfies the equation log 2X=√X.
Clue 2: The number lies between 5 and 500.
Student 1 says that clue 2 is redundant.
Student 2 says that clue 1 is unnecessary.
Student 3 says that he can get the answer using both the clues.
Student 4 is of the view that both the clues will not help anyone in determining an unique answer.
Who is correct?
(Marks: 5)
Q.8
A man fixed an appointment to meet the manager, Manager asked him to come two days after the
day before the day after tomorrow. Today is Friday. When will the manager expect him?
(Marks: 4)
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Section 4: READING COMPREHENSION
(MARKS: 10, TIME: 10 MIN)
Instructions: Read the passages given below and answer the relevant questions.
PASSAGE NO. 1
A basic premise of the empowered democracy is that reduction of the differences between contextpreserving routine and context-transforming conflict cannot be achieved either by throwing out the state
altogether and putting a pure system of human co-ordination in its place or by submerging fixed
institutional arrangements in personal charisma. Nor, on the other hand, can it result from solutions
imposed by a self appointed vanguard upon a recalcitrant population. Empowered democracy attempts
instead to change the relation between large scale and inclusive institutions and non-institutionalized
collective action. Unger‟s goal in a nutshell is to search for individual and collective empowerment
through the dissolution of the pre-written social script.
It is not clear therefore whether Unger‟s project is an extension of the liberal doctrine or a replacement of
it. The program of empowered democracy shares with the libertarian the aim of freeing individual
experience to the greatest possible extent from the overbearing influence of pre-determined collective
categories of class, community or gender. But the disruption of communal bonds is sought to be remedied
by the organizations intermediate between the individual and the state. Unger‟s program is centrist in that
it characteristically emphasizes the improvement of hierarchy through loyalty and self restraint rather than
through the radical subversion of hierarchical bonds. It is sometimes corporatist because the intermediate
bodies, which may be productive enterprises as well as territorial entities, are to occupy a recognized
place in the organization of the society.
Unger himself claims that his blueprint is a leftist program. Like all leftist views it holds that only by
institutional transformation can we realize in practice our ideas of freedom and community. It seeks to
undermine forms of dependence and domination. But it also differs from the main stream radical leftist
programs. Its explanatory ideas are different from traditional Marxist theory. Further, it refuses to equate,
as a leftist does the market economy and the representative democracy. On the contrary, it sees in the
development of alternative forms of democracies and markets, the best hope for the accomplishment of
the leftist as well as liberal aims. Finally it draws heavily upon a tradition of institutional thought and
experimentation to which the main current of leftist theory and practice has been hostile: the tradition of
petty bourgeois radicalism.
1. Based on the passage Unger can best be described as a
A) Liberal centrist democrat
D) Radical leftist democrat
B) Centrist bourgeois democrat
E) Radical centrist democrat
C) Liberal democrat
F)
2.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
A suitable title for this passage could be
Organization of government Practices in Unger‟s Empowering Democracy.
Unger‟s blueprint for Democratic Empowerment.
An Evaluation of Unger‟s Program for an Empowered Democracy.
The politics of transformation- The key to an empowered democracy.
An Assessment of Unger‟s Revolutionary Blueprint for an Empowered Democracy.
3. The next paragraph after the last paragraph this passage could probably lead to a discussion on
A) How Unger‟s ideas differ from the traditional Marxist theories.
B) How alternative forms of democracies could be developed to accomplish the lofty liberal and
leftist aims.
C) Why Unger‟s proposal may not actually bear fruition.
D) How Unger defends his stand on championing the petty bourgeois in an empowered democracy.
E) Cannot say.
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4. With which of the following statement would Unger be least likely to agree with?
A) It is important to free individual experience from constraints of class, caste and gender.
B) Enhancement of the best principles of hierarchical setups through loyalty and self restraint are
better than the total severance of hierarchical bonds.
C) Communal bonds may be strengthened by strengthening the hierarchies between the individual
and the state.
D) Individual as well as collective empowerments in a democracy are possible only through the
endorsement of the pre-written social script that seeks to strengthen communal bonds.
E) In order to arrive at the best solution, it is all right to borrow from disparate and conflicting
theories.
5. With which of the following statements is the author of this passage most likely to agree with?
A) Unger in his project has sought to replace the liberal doctrine with his leftist blueprint of
democratic empowerment.
B) A rejection of the idea of the “state” cannot be seen as a solution to empowering of the individual
in a democracy.
C) In order to empower the individual in a democracy it is important to subvert the organizational
hierarchical bonds.
D) Unger‟s theory is hostile to the tradition of the petty bourgeois radicalism which has been rejected
by the mainstay of leftist theories.
E) All of the above.
6.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The author‟s purpose in writing this passage is to
Critique Unger‟s program of empowered democracy.
Analyze Unger‟s theoretical premise on democratic empowerment.
Highlight the lacunae in Unger‟s leftist program on democracy and empowerment.
Summarize Unger‟s ideas on democracy and empowerment.
None of the above.
PASSAGE NO. 2
If monetary union stays on course for 1999, some observers estimate Europe‟s fixed-income market
will grow to roughly 75% the size of the US‟s. A larger, more liquid debt market would mean
companies having greater access to cheaper capital market alternatives, forcing banks to be more
creative.
There has been some securitization involving mortgage portfolios in Europe – mostly in the UK – but
the idea has yet to gain popular appeal. That‟s partly because banks have feared displeasing
customers who dislike the thoughts of strangers owning their debt. There are signs, though, that
corporate borrowers may be forced in time to yield ground.
Last year, a group of US and European commercial banks banded together to form a Loan Market
Association to encourage the development of a corporate secondary- debt market. In return for letting
lenders sell under return loan obligations to another bank outside the core syndication‟s group,
borrowers can save on pricing that‟s what UK company Imperial Chemical Industries discovered
when it was faced last year with the need to rise $8.5 billion to buy speciality chemicals business of
Unilever. Bankers say ICI saved as much as 15 basis points by giving lenders a sell-down right.
Banks, meanwhile, have the chance to earn extra fees and free up in the process. It also helps
diversify risk.
Or does it? Furash thinks otherwise. “If there is a potential systemic problem in banking,” he says,
“it‟s the syndication of loans, the way people think they have laid off risk by selling loans. This is just
socializing risk.” He thinks banks are increasingly compensating credit qualities they fight for new
customers. “The old parameters on how risk was measured are no longer being used. What used to be
a single a credit isn‟t the same as it was 30 years ago. As margins have been squeezed, risk has been
broadening out. Companies that couldn‟t get credit now can. We‟re in the middle of risk warfare.”
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That risk warfare will likely persist for some time. Most agree that US and Europe, in particular, are
still heavily over-banked and that competition is going to get a lot tougher as more non-banks pile in.
1. The central idea of the passage seems to be that
A) Banks in Europe will need to change their lending patterns in order to survive in the global
market.
B) In order to survive in a highly risky and competitive financial world, banks in Europe will have to
be more innovative, receptive & flexible.
C) Most banks in Europe prefer investment banking over retail banking as the former is more
profitable and more glamorous.
D) Despite being involved in risk warfare and despite heavy over-banking there will always be a
place for good old-fashioned commercial banks in both US and EU.
E) Survival in a highly competitive and risky market means that the weaker banks will disappear and
there will be interesting and glamorous coming together of banks and non-banks, in both the US
and in the EU.
2. Which of the following are false?
I.
A larger market with greater liquidity will benefit most businesses.
II.
A larger market with greater debt liquidity will not succeed if banks do not become more
creative and innovative in their operations.
III.
If EU markets are to grow and compete with American markets, they will need greater debt
liquidity and greater access to cheaper market alternative.
IV.
A 75% growth in EU market implies that the markets are more flexible and banks more
innovative than those in US.
a) I & II b) II & III
c) I, II, III & IV
d) I, II & III
3. The phrase “risk warfare” in line 23
A) Refers to the financial war between US & EU for monopoly in the banking industry.
B) Refers to the overhaul in the banking industry as a consequence of different criteria in the ranking
of banks.
C) Is a metaphor for banks caught in the crossfire between investment banking and retail banking.
D) Means that as more and more non-banks enter the field many traditional banks will be forced to
take greater risks and those that have ventured too deep will have to close down.
E) Means that banks that lack stringent checks before sanctioning loans will disappear from an
already over-banked industry.
4. The writer of the passage could be
A) A financial analyst in the US
C) An economist
D) A banker
B) A financial analyst in Europe
E) Cannot be determined.
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Section 5: Data Sufficiency (Time: 10min Marks: 10)
Instructions for questions from 1 to 10: Below are given questions and two
statements corresponding to it. Choose the best option according to following
instructions.
Option A: Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and
additional data is needed to answer the statements
Option B: Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but
neither statement is sufficient alone
Option C: Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to
answer the question asked.
Option D: Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to
answer the question asked
Option E: Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
1. If digit h is the hundredths‟ digit in the decimal d=0.2h6, what is the value of d, rounded to the
nearest tenth?
(1) d < 1/4
(2) h < 5
2. What is the value of
?
(1) x – y = y + 2 (2) x – y = 1/(x+y)
3. Is the perimeter of Square S greater than the perimeter of equilateral triangle T?
(1) The ratio of the length of a side of S to the length of a side of T is 4:5.
(2) The sum of the lengths of a side of S and a side of T is 18.
4. If Q is an integer between 10 and 100, what is the value of Q?
(1) One of Q‟s digits is 3 more than the other, and the sum of its digits is 9.
(2) Q < 50
5. If p and q are positive integers and p*q =24, what is the value of p?
(1) q/6 is an integer (2) p/2 is an integer
6. If * represents one of the operations +, –, and ×, is k * (l+m) = (k * l) + (k * m) for all
numbers l, k and m?
(1) k * l is not equal to l * k for some numbers k. (2) * represents subtraction.
7. From May 1, 1960 to May 1, 1975, the closing price of a share of stock X doubled. What was
the closing price of a share of stock X on May 1, 1960?
(1) From May 1, 1975, to May 1, 1984, the closing price of a share of stock X doubled.
(2) From May 1, 1975, to May 1, 1984, the closing price of a share of stock X increased by
$4.50.
8. How many of the boys in a group of 100 children have brown hair?
(1) Of the children in the group, 60 percent have brown hair.
(2) Of the children in the group, 40 are boys
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9. If d is a positive integer, is an integer?
(1) d is the square of an integer.
(2) is the square of an integer
10. If
(1) p = q
then find the value of
(2) x = 3
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Section 6: Logical Reasoning (Time: 10 min Marks: 10)
For Que. 1 to 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions below it.
Quinn: Our state is considering raising the age at which a person can get a driver's license to
eighteen. This is unfair because the age has been sixteen for many years and sixteen-year-olds
today are no less responsible than their parents and grandparents were at sixteen. Many young
people today who are fourteen and fifteen years old are preparing to receive their licenses by
driving with a learner's permit and a licensed driver, usually one of their parents. It would not be
fair to suddenly say they have to wait two more years.
Dakota: It is true that people have been allowed to receive a driver‟s license at sixteen for
generations. However, in recent years, the increase in traffic means drivers face more dangers
than ever and must be ready to respond to a variety of situations. The fact that schools can no
longer afford to teach drivers education results in too many young drivers who are not prepared
to face the traffic conditions of today.
1. What is the point at issue between Quinn and Dakota?
a. whether sixteen-year-olds should be required to take drivers education before being
issued a license
b. whether schools ought to provide drivers education to fourteen- and fifteen-year-old
students
c. whether the standards for issuing drivers licenses should become more stringent
d. whether sixteen-year-olds are prepared to drive in today's traffic conditions
e. whether parents are able to do a good job teaching their children to drive D
2. On what does Quinn rely in making her argument?
a. Statistics
b. Emotion
c. Fairness
d. Anecdotes
e. actualities
3. On what does Dakota rely in making her argument?
a. Statistics
b. Emotion
c. Fairness
d. Anecdotes
e. Actualities
4. Children are in pursuit of a dog whose leash has broken. James is directly behind the dog. Ruby is
behind James. Rachel is behind Ruby. Max is ahead of the dog walking down the street in the
opposite direction. As the children and dog pass, Max turns around and joins the pursuit. He runs
in behind Ruby. James runs faster and is alongside the dog on the left. Ruby runs faster and is
alongside the dog on the right. Which child is directly behind the dog?
a. James
c. Rachel
b. Ruby
d. Max
5. Nurse Kemp has worked more night shifts in a row than Nurse Rogers, who has worked five.
Nurse Miller has worked fifteen night shifts in a row, more than Nurses Kemp and Rogers
combined. Nurse Calvin has worked eight night shifts in a row, less than Nurse Kemp. How
many night shifts in a row has Nurse Kemp worked?
a. Eight
c. ten
b. nine
d. eleven
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6. Four friends in the sixth grade were sharing a pizza. They decided that the oldest friend would get
the extra piece. Randy is two months older than Greg, who is three months younger than Ned.
Kent is one month older than Greg. Who should get the extra piece of pizza?
a. Randy
c. Ned
b. Greg
d. Kent
7. A four-person crew from Classic Colors is painting Mr. Field's house. Michael is painting the
front of the house. Ross is in the alley behind the house painting the back. Jed is painting the
window frames on the north side, Shawn is on the south. If Michael switches places with Jed, and
Jed then switches places with Shawn, where is Shawn?
a. in the alley behind the house
b. on the north side of the house
c. in front of the house
d. on the south side of the house
Instructions for Que. 8 to 10: Find the statement that must be true according to the given
information.
8. The Pacific yew is an evergreen tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific yew has a
fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew, was
discovered to be a promising new anticancer drug.
a. Taxol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.
b. Taxol has cured people from various diseases.
c. People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew.
d. The Pacific yew was considered worthless until taxol was discovered.
9. On weekends, Mr. Sanchez spends many hours working in his vegetable and flower gardens. Mrs.
Sanchez spends her free time reading and listening to classical music. Both Mr. Sanchez and Mrs.
Sanchez like to cook.
a. Mr. Sanchez enjoys planting and growing vegetables.
b. Mr. Sanchez does not like classical music.
c. Mrs. Sanchez cooks the vegetables that Mr. Sanchez grows.
d. Mrs. Sanchez enjoys reading nineteenth century novels
10. Tim's commute never bothered him because there were always seats available on the train and he
was able to spend his 40 minutes comfortably reading the newspaper or catching up on
paperwork. Ever since the train schedule changed, the train has been extremely crowded, and by
the time the doors open at his station, there isn't a seat to be found.
a. Tim would be better off taking the bus to work.
b. Tim's commute is less comfortable since the train schedule changed.
c. Many commuters will complain about the new train schedule.
d. Tim will likely look for a new job closer to home.
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Section 7: General Knowledge
(Maximum Marks:15 Time: 10 minutes)
31. “Wake Up India” is a book written by….
(a)
R. K. Narayan
(b)
Maroof Raza
(c)
(d)
Annie Besant
M. K. Gandhi
32. Which one of the following is national flower emblem of Ireland
(a)
Pomegranate
(c)
Maple
(b)
Shamrock
(d)
Lily
33. Which is the currency of Austria?
(a)
Franc
(b)
Austrian Dollar
(c)
(d)
Euro
Pound Sterling
34. National Youth Day is celebrated on…
(a)
23rd Jan
(b)
15th Jan
(c)
(d)
20th Jan
12th Jan
35. Headquarter of South East Central Railway is…..
(a)
Secunderabad
(b)
Bilaspur
(c)
(d)
Jabalpur
Kurnool
36. “Melapatta Bird Sanctuary” is in which state?
(a)
Andhra Pradesh
(b)
Tamilnadu
(c)
(d)
Kerala
Karnataka
37. The country Laos is neighbor of which of the following country?
(a) Philippines
(c) Indonesia
(b) Myanmar
(d) Vietnam
38. The instrument used for measurement of solar radiations is…
(a) Pyrheliometer
(c) Pyrometer
(b) Spherometer
(d) Kymograph
39. Who is the CEO of “TCS”?
(a) N Chandrasekaran
(b) S Ramadorai
(c) A S Murty
(d) C P Gurnani
40. In which of the following language Mani Ratnam had not directred any film yet?
(a) Tamil,
(c) Oriya,
(b) Telagu,
(d) Malayalam
41. Who is India‟s minister for Urban Development?
(a) S. Jaipal Reddy
(b) Kamnalnath
42. 2016 Olympics games will be held in…..
(c) Virbhadra Singh
(d) Veerappa Moily
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(a) London
(b) Prague
43. What is the official name of the country BRAZIL?
a. Brazil
b. Republic of Brazil
44. Who was the founder of IBM?
(a) Thomas J. Watson
(b) Jane Watson
(c) Rio de Janeiro
(d) Vancouver
c. Federal Republic of Brazil
d. Federative Republic of Brazil
(c) Arthur Watson
(d) Helen Watson
45. A new Rupee symbol accepted by Finance ministry of India whose design is created by,
(a) Shri. Shahrukh J. Irani
(c) Shri. Shibin K. K.
(b) Shri. Hitesh Padmashali
(d) Shri. D. Udaya Kumar
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Section 8: DATA INTERPRETATION
(Maximum Marks:10 Time: 10 minutes)
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Refer following table
PROFILE OF CONGRESS IN YEAR X
(total membership: 535)
House of
Representatives
292
143
435
418
17
27
77
48
255
107
18
4
51
17
2
4
215
81
45
14
25
55
Senate
Party
Democratic
Republican
Total
Gender
Male
Female
Age
Youngest
Oldest
Average
(Arithmetic mean)
Religion
Protestant
Catholic
Jewish
Mormon
Other
Ethnic Group
Black American
Asian American
Hispanic American
Profession
Lawyer
Business Executive or Banker
Educator
Farmer or Rancher
Worker or skilled Tradesperson
Other
62
38
100
100
0
34
80
54
69
12
5
3
11
1
3
0
63
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6
3
7
1. In the Senate, if 25 male members were replaced by 25 female members, the ratio of male
members to female members would be
A. 4 to 1
C. 3 to 2
E. 1 to 1
B. 3 to 1
D. 2 to 1
2. Approximately what percent of the members of Congress are lawyers?
A. 63%
C. 56%
E. 49%
B. 58%
D. 52%
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3. If 5 senators are Catholic Democrats, how many senators are neither Catholic nor Democratic?
A. 79
C. 69
E. 21
B. 74
D. 31
4. If all lawyers and all women in the House of Representatives vote for the passage of a bill, how
many more votes will be needed for a majority?
A. 435
C. 3
B. 220
D. 0
E. It cannot be determined from the information given.
5. Which of the following can be inferred from the information given in the chart?
I.
More than 80 percent of the men in Congress are members of the House of
Representatives.
II.
The percent of members who are categorized as farmers or ranchers is greater for the
House of Representatives than for the Senate.
III.
The median age in the Senate is 57.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I and II
(e) I and III
Directions for questions 6 to 10: Use the information provided in the two pie charts provided below.
The total contribution to the GDP by the seven sectors mentioned in the pie charts in the year 1999 was
Rs.289640 crores and Rs.317000 crores in the year 2000.
Contribution to GDP by Industries in 1999
Contribution to GDP by Industries in 2000
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6. Which of the industry sectors witnessed the maximum rate of growth during the period 1999-2000?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Petroleum
Software & IT
Ad & media
Cement
Auto
7.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Which of the industry sectors witnessed a negative growth during the period 1999-2000?
Auto
Defense
Steel
Petroleum
Ad & Media
8.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
What was the rate of growth witnessed by the Software & IT sector during this period?
1%
12%
33%
18%
22%
9.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
What was the rate of growth witnessed by the Petroleum sector during this period?
1.1%
12%
7.5%
-8%
-3%
10.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
What was the rate of growth shown by the non-petroleum sectors between 1999-2000?
-4%
4%
7%
12%
17%
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