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Indian & Global Environment

Bollywoody is based in

(1) France

(2) Italy

(3) Russia

(4) Romania

-powered three- wheeler, HyAlfa which was showcased at Delhi Auto Expo 2012?

(1) UN Industrial Development Organization

(2) International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies

(3) Mahindra and Mahindra and IIT- Delhi

(4) All of above

(1) Microsoft

(2) LIC

(3) SOTC

(4) Bharti Airtel

it located?

(1) Siraf

(2) Bushehr

(3) Knvormuj

(4) Borazjan

5. Infocrossing was acquired by

(1) Wipro

(2) JSW Steel

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(3) Craves Software International

(4) Godrej Sana Lee

6. Boston Communications Group was acquired by

(1) Elder Pharmaceutical

(2) Megasoft

(3) NovoZymes

(4) Wipro

7. MTV Networks India was acquired by

(1) The Television 18 group

(2) Reliance Communications

(3) Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection

(4) Fashion TV

8.

(1) HP

(2) Microsoft

(3) Yahoo

(4) Google

9. Which mobile company has signed a deal with Apple to sell their iPhone in India?

(1) Vodaphone

(2) RCom

(3) Airtel

(4) Idea

10. Which one of the following is the most famous product of Harley Davidson?

(1) Cars

(2) Motorcycles


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(3) Jackets

(4) Helicopters

11. In IPL-5, Kevin Pietersen has been selected to play with which team?

(1) Delhi Daredevils

(2) Deccan Charges

(3) Rajasthan Royals

(4) Royal Challengers

12. Who partnered Leander Paes to win Chennai Open Tennis Championship in January, 2012?

(1) Janko Tipsarevic

(2) Mahesh Bhupathi

(3) Andy Ram

(4) Rohan Bopanna

13. Which 2011?

(1) Lionel Messi

(2) Xavi Hemanderz

(3) Christiano Ronaldo

(4) Carlos Tevez

14. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards Title?

(1) Geet Sethi

(2) Wilson Jones

(3) Michael Ferrira

(4) Manoj Kothari

15. Who has won the recent Africa Open Golf Title?

(1) Louis Oosthuizen

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(2) van der Walt

(3) Retief Goosen

(4) Jaco Van Zyl

16. Who is the Governor of Andhra Pradesh?

(1) ESL Narasimham

(2) Kiran Kumar Reddy

(3) YSR Reddy

(4) Jalagam Vengala Rao

17. Who has inaugurated NCC Republic Day Camp 2012?

(1) Hamid Ansari

(2) Pratibha Patil

(3) Maria Kumar

(4) Manmohan Singh

18. Who is the Chairman of SAIL?

(1) CS Verma

(2) C Rangarajan

(3) P Chidambaram

(4) Veerappa Moily

19. Kisan Ghat is the memorial ground of which political leader?

(1) Ch. Charan Singh

(2) Jagivan Ram

(3) Jayaprakash Narayan

(4) Rajendra Prasad

20. Who was the first Indian scientist to become a Member of Parliament?

(1) Vikram Sarabhai


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(2) Sir CV Raman

(3) Meghnad Saha

(4) S Chandrasekhar

21. RBIs action to reduce CRR would

(1) increase stress on money markets

(2) decrease stress on money markets

(3) warrant banks to invest more in government securities

(4) warrant increase in interest rates by banks

22. How does RBI ease liquidity in the economy?

A. By cutting frequency of open market operations.

B. By cutting cash reserve ratio.

C. By cutting the repo and reverse repo rates.

(1) A and B

(2) B and C

(3) A, B and C

(4) A and C

23. Which among the following has the Cabinet decision on small saving schemes?

(1) National Savings Certificates

(2) Kisan Vikas Patras

(3) Monthly Income Schemes

(4) Recurring Deposit Schemes

24. Which among the following organized the annual India Economic the annual India Economic Summit in India?

(1) FICCI

(2) CII

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(3) AIMA

(4) World Economic Forum

25. Interest payable on Saving Bank Accounts in India is

(1) not regulated

(2) regulated by RBI

(3) Regulated by State Governments

(4) Regulated by Central Government

(1) TCS

(2) Wipro

(3) Infosys

(4) Mahindra Satyam

27. What was the approximately pay package (equivalent to) of Apple CEO Tim Cook drew in 2011 ?

(1) 2000 crore

(2) 800 crore

(3) 100 crore

(4) 500 crore

28. Which among the following is also known as a Pacific Rim Trade Group?

(1) Marcosur

(2) ASEAN

(3) APEC

(4) OPEC

equivalent to US $ 22.90 a ton for carbon emission from mid 2012?

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(2) Canada

(3) Australia

(4) New Zealand

(1) Moon

(2) Mars

(3) Jupiter

(4) Saturn

31. Which of these political leaders won the Nobel prizes for literature?

(1) Benito Mussolini

(2) Woodrow Wilson

(3) Winston Churchill

(4) William Gladstone

32. Who was the Danish Anatomist, whose 374th birth anniversary was celebrated on 11 January and was widely regarded as the Father of Geology?

(1) Nicholas Steno

(2) Jon Hronsky

(3) Joannes Janssonius

(4) Johan Huizinga

33. What is the real name of the fictional character Winnie- the- Pooh?

(1) Edward Bear

(2) Christopher Robin

(3) AA Milen

(4) None of these

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34. What is the name of tallest bridge in the world?

(1) Baluarte, Mexico

(2) London Bridge, Arizona

(3) Golden Gate Bridge, California

(4) Brooklyn Bridge, New York

35. Who is the director of Agni-IV Missible?

(1) Tessy Thomas

(2) Avinash Chander

(3) APJ Abdul Kalam

(4) SK Sharma

Court?

(1) IRCT

(2) Cox and Kings

(3) Thomsons

(4) None of these

(1) Reliance Petroleum

(2) Indian oil

(3) Bharat Petroleum

(4) IBP

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(2) recover lost data

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39. Which company has bagged the ICS National Awards for adopting for governance practices?

(1) ONGC

(2) BEL

(3) Indian oil

(4) BHEL

40. Stephen Hawking, the famous Scientist who turned 70 recently, has been working throughout his life on the theory of the origin of the Universe. What do Scientist call this theory?

(1) The Universal Truth

(2) The Theory of Everything

(3) The Grand Unified Theory

(4) The Theory of Universe

Answer

1 (1)

21 (2) 2 (4)

22 (3)

3 (3)

23 (2) 4 (2)

24 (4)

5 (1)

25 (2) 6 (2)

26 (2)

7 (1)

27 (1) 8 (1)

28 (3)

9 (1)

29 (3) 10 (2)

30 (1)

11 (1)

31 (3) 12 (1)

32 (1)

13 (1)

33 (3) 14 (2)

34 (3)

15 (1)

35 (1) 16 (1)

36 (1)

17 (1)

37 (4) 18 (1)

38 (3)

19 (1)

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Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 25) Study the graph to answer these questions.

1. In the given duration, what percentage of total cost price has gone into raw Material?

(1) 3.4%

(2) 4.0%

(3) 2.3%

(4) 4.4%

2. The total amount spent on raw material would be how many times the total amount spent on marketing of product, if every year 6% of the cost price is spent on marketing of product for the given duration?

(1) 0.34

(2) 0.44

(3) 0.74

(4) 0.54

3. For the given period, ratio of percentage of cost price spent on raw material to that spent on raw material to that spent on labour wages is

(1) 2:3:0.7

(2) 1.1:0.8

(3) 1.8:0.7

(4) 3.2:0.7

4. In the given period, what is the average amount that has been spent on labour wages in Year?


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(1) 16625

(2)18625

(3) 19625

(4) 17625

5. Due to some circumstances if in Y-V, Rs 40000 is to be spent on labour wages, provided labour wages spending as a percentage of the cost price does not exceed 10%, then what is the least cost price in Y-V?

(1) 600000

(2) 300000

(3) 700000

(4) 400000

Direction (Q. Nos. 6 to10) Study the following pie charts giving data pertaining to 2010 published by World Fact book.

The first pie charts gives the information on proved reserves of Natural gas in cubic metres (cu m) in different countries of the world . Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from the given date forward, from known reservoir and under current economic conditions. The second pie chart gives the information on proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl) in different countries of the world. The world total proved reserves in 2010 of crude oil and natural gas was 1472 billion bbl and 189.3 trillion cubic metres (tr cu m) respectively.

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6. What are the natural gas reserves of Iran and Saudi Arabia in tr cu m?

(1) 30.29 and 7.57

(2) 26.1 and 18.7

(3) 61.2 and 41.2

(4) 34 and 17

7. What is the ratio of Crude oil reserves of Canada and UAE together compared to that of Iran?

(1) 9 : 4

(2) 4 : 9

(3) 3 : 2

(4) 2 : 3

8. What is the percentage of proved Crude oil reserves of Saudi Arabia compared to Venezuela and Kuwait together?

(1) 85. 7

(2) 58.7

(3) 108.7

(4) 42.3

9. What are the proved reserves of Crude oil and Natural gas of Saudi Arabia respectively?

(1) 264.96 billion bbl and 7.57 tr cu m

(2) 620 billion bbl and 80.7 tr cu m


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10. f them will

be selected?

(1) 5/12

(2) ½

(3) 1/12

(4) None of these

Directions (Q. Nos. 11 t0 15) Read the following passage to answer these questions.

In a huge Jewellery shop, the electric gadgets being used are 17 tubelights of 40 W each. 14 fans of 80

h respectively. However, fans are used for 11h.

Note: 1000 W = 1 unit

11. What is the total electronic energy consumed( in units) by 60 W bulbs in the whole month ?

(1) 432

(2) 576

(3) 67.2

(4) 201.6

12. Electricity consumed by all fans is what per cent of energy consumed by all the laptops ?

(1) 132.2%

(2) 136.88%

(3) 122.68

(4) 169.62%

13. Out of the following, which type of gadgets consume more electricity in the shop ?

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(1) Fans (2) Tube lights

(3)Laptops

(4) TVs

14. If one electric units costs Rs 2.70 and power (used by ACs) Unit costs Rs 3.70, then what money is paid to the electricity department for one month?

(1) Rs 27368

(2) 28683

(3) 78600

(4) 29000

15. what is the ratio of consumption of electricity in units by 60 W and 100 W bulbs in a months ?

(1) 5 : 6

(2) 4 : 5

(3) 3 : 4

(4) 2 : 3

Directions (Q. Nos 16 to 20) Study the graph to answer these questions.

There are three retail marts in a city. The revenues of Retail Marts of India are shown in the following graph.

(All figures are in US $ Million).


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16. The industry experienced the highest growth rate over the previous year during the year

(1) 2004-05

(2) 2005-06

(3) 2006-07

(4) None of these

17. What is the highest market share Mart A recorded in the industry?

(1) 21.3%

(2) 27.6%

(3) 30.9%

(4) None of these

18. During which year was the lowest market share recorded by Mart C ?

(1) 2004-05

(2) 2005-06

(3) 2006-07

(4) None of these

19. The year(s) when Mart B recorded lower percentages growth over the previous year as Compared to the industry is/are

(i) 2006-07

(ii) 2007-08

(iii) 2008-09

(1) (i) only

(2) (ii) only

(3) (ii) and (iii) only

(4) None of these

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20. The year(s) when Mart C recorded higher percentage growth over the previous year as compared to the industry is/are

(i) 2006-07

(ii) 2007-08

(iii) 2008-09

(1) (i) only

(2) (ii) only

(3) (ii) and (iii) only

(4) None of these

Directions (Q. Nos.21 to 25) Each of these has a question followed by two statements numbered as I and II.

(1) if statement I alone is sufficient but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

(2) if statement II alone is sufficient but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

(3) if both statements I and II together are required to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.

(4) if statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

21. What is the rate of the compound interest?

I. A Certain amount invested at the compound interest rate amount to Rs 1331.

II. The amount was invested for a period of three years.

22. What is the difference between the two digits in a two-digit number?

I. The sum of the two digits is 8

II. 1/5 of that number is 15 less than ½ of 44.

23. On Which day of the week did Rakesh reach Delhi?

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II. Rakesh mother reached Delhi on Thursday. Which was two days later than the arrival of his brother.


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24. What is the present age of the mother ?

13.

25. Is x+3y is integer?

I. (x+y)3 is an integer.

II. (x+y)3 is an integer.

Directions (Q. Nos. 26 to 30) Each of these questions consists of two quantities marked as A and B. Compare the two quantities. Mark answer as

(1) if the quantity in A is greater

(2) if the quantity in B is greater

(3) if the two quantities are equal

(4) if comparison cannot be made from the information given

26. A. Area of square with side 1.8m.

B. Area of a circle with diameter 1 m.

27. A Number of way to arrange 5 different books on a shelf.

B. Number of minutes in 2 h.

28. A 6% of 42

B 7% of 36

29. A (16 4 +8 x 2-8)

B (3x4+1 5-3)

30. A 0.01 divided by 0.1

B 0.01 times 0.1

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Direction (Q. Nos 31 to 35) Study the following table and answer the questions given below it.

31. In 1992, how much less than 1 kg of orange cost as against 1 kg of banana?

(1) 50%

(2) 25%

(3) 20%

(4) 33 %

32. Find the different of average cost of kg of orange and that of 1 kg of banana.

(1) Rs 1

(2) Zero

(3) Rs 1.53


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(4) Rs 2

33. If a person pays equal amounts for 1 kg of orange and 1 kg of banana, then the bought these fruits in

(1) 1994

(2) 1997

(3) Never in the given period

(4) 1998

34. If the costs were to rise at the same rate, how much would 1 kg of banana cost in the year 2004?

(1) Rs 24

(2) Rs 38

(3) Rs 23

(4) Data insufficient

35. Find the percentage increase in the cost of 1 kg of banana between 1992 and 1998.

(1) 50

(2) 33

(3) 66

(4) None of these

Directions (Q. Nos. 36 to 40) Study the graphs to answer these questions.

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The bar chart is giving the percentage cost of various components in manufacturing a machine. The percentage costs would remain the same during the given period. The volume of sales over the last four financial years in AP, UP and TN is given in the lines graph (in thousands units).

36. If the raw material cost of single units Rs 1500, then what is the total cost (approximately) towards packaging cost for the volume of sales in TN in 2010-11?

(1) Rs 15 million

(2) Rs 105 million

(3) Rs 65 million

(4) Rs 35 million

37. What is the ration of average units sold in TN to that to AP over the given period?

(1) 21 : 10

(2) 10 : 21

(3) 24 : 23

(4) 21 : 30

38. What is the average unit sold in 2007-08 in 2007-08 from all the given states ?

(1) 11666.67 million

(2) 12056.67 million

(3) 13000.5 million

(4) None of the above

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(2) 90%

(3) 85%

(4) 194%

40. If the selling price of each unit of machine is Rs 20000 and profit is Rs 2000 per unit, what is the total cost towards raw material for the volume of sales in AP in Year 2010-11?

(1) Rs 230.45 million

(2) Rs22.05 million

(3)Rs 1.22 billion

(4) Rs 0.22 billion

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22 (2)

3 (2)

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35 (1) 16 (2)

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37 (3) 18 (3)

38 (1)

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1. There are 4 candidates for the post of a lecturer in Mathematics and one is to be selected by votes of 5 men. The number of ways in which the votes can be given is1) 10482) 10723) 10244) None of these

2. The number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women can dine at a round table if no twowomen are to sit together is given by1) 6! × 5!2) 5! × 4!3) 304) 7! × 5!

3. A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he mustchoose at least 4 from the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is1) 1402) 2803) 1964) 346

4. A club consists of members whose ages are in AP, the common difference being 3months. If the youngest member of the club is just 7 years old and the sum of the agesof all the members is 250 years, then the number of members in the club are1) 152) 203) 254) 30

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3) 12 cm4) 16 cm

6. A well 22.5 deep and of diameter 7m has to be dug out. Find the cost of plastering itsinner curved surface at Rs 3 per sq metre.1) Rs 14652) Rs 14853) Rs 14754) Rs 1495

7. Water flows out through a circular pipe whose internal diameter is 2 cm, at the rate of 6metres per second into a cyclindrical tank, the radius of whose base is 60 cm. By howmuch will the level of water rise in 30 minutes?1) 2 m2) 4 m3) 3 m4) 5 m

8. A ladder 15 m long reaches a window which is 9 m above the ground on one side of astreet. Keeping its foot at the same point, the ladder is turned to the other side of the street to reach a window 12 m high. Find the width of the street.1) 19 m2) 21 m3) 20 m4) 22 m

9. The horizontal distance between two trees of different heights is 60 m. The angle ofdepression of the top of the first tree when seen from the top of the second tree is 45°.If the height of the second tree is 80 m, then find the height of the first tree.1) 20 m2) 22 m3) 18 m4) 16 m

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10. The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed from a meeting consisting of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs X refuses toserve in a committee if Mr Y is its member, is1) 19602) 32403) 15404) None of these

11. An aeroplane flying at a height of 300 metres above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45°, respectively. Then the height of the lowerplane from the ground, in metres, is1) 100√32) 503) 100/√34) 150(√3 + 1)

12. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the topof a tree on the opposite bank of the river is 60° and when he retires 40 metres awayfrom the tree, the angle of elevation becomes 30°. The breadth of the river is1) 40 m2) 20 m3) 30 m4) 60 m

13. A room has 3 lamps. From a collection of 10 light bulbs of which 6 are not good, aperson selects 3 at random and puts them in a socket. The probability that he will have light is1) 5/62) 1/23) 1/64) None of these

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15. The probability that a certain electronic component fails when first used is 0.10. If itdoes not fail immediately, then the probability that it lasts for one year is 0.99. The probability that a new component will last for one year is1) 0.8912) 0.923) 0.6924) None of these

16. A circular grassy plot of land, 42 m in diameter, has a path 3.5 m wide running around itoutside. The cost of gravelling the path at Rs 4 per square metre is1) Rs 10022) Rs 30023) Rs 20024) Rs 1802

17. A plot of land in the form of a rectangle has a dimension 240 m × 180 m. A drainlet 10m wide is dug all around it (outside) and the earth dug out is evenly spread over the plot,increasing its surface level by 25 cm. The depth of the drainlet is1) 1.225 m2) 1.229 m3) 1.227 m4) 1.223 m

18. A rectangular tank is 225 m by 162 m at the base. With what speed must water flow intoit through an aperture 60 cm by 45 cm that the level may be raised 20 cm in 5 hours?1) 5000 m/hr2) 5400 m/hr3) 5200 m/hr4) 5600 m/hr

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19. An iron pipe 20 cm long has exterior diameter equal to 25 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm, then the whole surface of the pipe is1) 3068 cm 22) 3268 cm 23) 3168 cm 24) 3368 cm 2

20. At a point on level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be suchthat its tangent is 5/12. On walking 192 metres towards the tower, the tangent of the angle of elevation is 3/4. The height of the tower is1) 160 m2) 180 m3) 170 m4) 190 m

21. A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed comingdirectly towards it. If it takes 12 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30°to 45°, then how soon, after this, will the car reach the tower?1) 14 minutes 23 seconds2) 16 minutes 23 seconds3) 15 minutes 23 seconds4) 17 minutes 23 seconds

22. A school has 4 sections of Chemistry in Class X having 40, 35, 45 and 42 students. The mean marks obtained in Chemistry test are 50, 60, 55 and 45 respectively for the 4sections. Determine the overall average of marks per student.1) 50.252) 52.253) 51.254) 53.25

23. The average score of boys in an examination of a school is 71 and that of girls is 73. The average score of the school in that examination is 71.8. Find the ratio of the number ofboys to the number of girls that appeared in the examination.1) 2 : 22) 4 : 2


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24. Company C sells a line of 25 products with an average retail price of Rs 1,200. If none ofthese products sells for less than Rs 420 and exactly 10 of the products sell for less thanRs 1,000, then what is the greatest possible selling price of the most expensive product?1) Rs 2,6002) Rs 7,8003) Rs 3,9004) Rs 11,800

25. A sink contains exactly 12 litres of water. If water is drained from the sink until it holdsexactly 6 litres of water less than the quantity drained away, then how many litres ofwater were drained away?1) 22) 63) 34) 9

26. A chemist has 10 litres of a solution that is 10 per cent nitric acid by volume. He wantsto dilute the solution to 4 per cent strength by adding water. How many litres of watermust he add?1) 52) 203) 184) 25

27. A company received two shipments of ball bearings. In the first shipment, 1 per cent ofthe ball bearings were defective. In the second shipment, which was twice as large asthe first, 4.5 per cent of the ball bearings were defective. If the company received a total of 100 defective ball bearings, then how many ball bearings were there in the firstshipment?1) 9902) 2,0003) 1,0004) 3,000

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28. In a certain laboratory, chemicals are identified by a colourcoding system. There are 20different chemicals. Each one is coded with either a single colour or a unique twocolourpair. If the order of colours in the pair doesn't matter, then what is the minimum number of different colours needed to code all the 20 chemicals with either a single colour or a unique pair of colours?1) 52) 73) 64) 20

29. Population of a district is 2,96,000 of which 1,66,000 are males. 50% of the population isliterate. If 70% males are literate, then the number of women who are literate, is1) 32,2002) 31,8003) 66,4004) 48,000

30. A train covers 180 km distance in 4 hours. Another train covers the same distance in 1hour less. What is the difference in the distances covered by these trains in one hour?1) 45 km2) 9 km3) 40 km4) None of these

31. Speed of a speedboat when moving in the direction perpendicular to the direction ofthe current is 16 km/hr. Speed of the current is 3 km per hour. So the speed of the boatagainst the current will be (in km/hr)1) 222) 9.53) 104) None of these

32. R and S start walking each other at 10 AM at the speeds of 3 km per hour and 4 km perhour respectively. They were initially 17.5 km apart. At what time do they meet?1) 2 : 30 PM


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2) 11 : 30 AM3) 1 : 30 PM4) 12 : 30 PM

33. A shopkeeper marks up his goods to gain 35%. But he allows 10% discount for cashpayment. His profit on the cash transaction therefore, in percentage, is1) 13(1/2)2) 253) 21(1/2)4) 31(1/2)

34. A can do 50% more work as B can do in the same time. B alone can do a piece of work in20 hours. A, with help of B, can finish the same work in how many hours?1) 122) 83) 13(1/2)4) 5(1/2)

35. Profits of a business are distributed among three partners A, B and C in such a way that4 times the amount received by A is equal to 6 times the amount received by B and 11times the amount received by C. The ratio in which the three received the amount is1) 4 : 6 : 112) 11 : 6 : 43) (1/4) : (1/6) : (1/11)4) 66 : 44 : 24

36. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train had been 6 km/hrfaster, then it would have taken 4 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the trainwere slower by 6 km/hr, then the train would have taken 6 hours more than the scheduled time. The length of the journey is1) 700 km2) 740 km3) 720 km4) 760 km

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37. Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in each row, thenthere would be 2 rows less. If 4 students are less in each row, then there would be 4more rows. The number of students in the class is1) 902) 943) 924) 96

38. A part of monthly expenses of a family is constant and the remaining varies with theprice of wheat. When the rate of wheat is Rs 250 a quintal, the total monthly expensesof the family are Rs 1000 and when it is Rs 240 a quintal, the total monthly expenses are Rs 980. Find the total monthly expenses of the family when the cost of wheat is Rs 350 a quintal.1) Rs 10002) Rs 14003) Rs 12004) Rs 800

39. A plane left 30 minutes later than the scheduled time and in order to reach the destination 1500 km away in time, it had to increase the speed by 250 km/hr from the usual speed. Find its usual speed.1) 720 km/hr2) 740 km/hr3) 730 km/hr4) 750 km/hr

40. A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 cm × 36 cm. From each oneof its corners, a square of 8 cm is cut off. An open box is made of the remaining sheet.Find the volume of the box.1) 5110 cm 32) 5130 cm 33) 5120 cm 34) 5140 cm 3


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Directions (Qs. 1 to 3): Study the information below to answer these questions.

India is a multi-religion, Multilanguage and multi-cultural country where people belonging to

different religions join in celebrating the festivities together. The Indian Government declares

such big occasions as public holidays to enable the citizens to enjoy and foster the feelings of

brotherhood. Five broad-minded persons belonging to different religions were asked to give their

preferences of four such festivals which they would like to enjoy with likeminded brethren. Their

options are

A: Holi, Dussehra, Diwali, Guru Nanak Birthday

B: Shivratri, Christmas, Onam, Eid

C: Holi, Shivratri, Christmas, Diwali

D: Holi, Dussehra, Guru Nanak Birthday, Eid

E: Christmas, Diwali, Onarn, Guru Nanak Birthday

1. Which pair celebrates Christmas and Onam but not Dussehra and Holi?

(1) A and C

(2) A and E

(3) B and D

(4) B and E

2. Which pair does not participate in Eid and Onam but joins in Holi?

(1) A and B

(2) A and C

(3) C and D

(4) D and E

3. Who enjoys Holi and Eid but not Diwali and Christmas?

(1) B

(2) C

(3) D

(4) E

Directions (Qs. 4 to 6) : Study the information below to answer these questions.

L, M, N, O and P are five important cities of our country out of which, three are industrial cities,

two are port cities, one is a hill station and three cities have a university each. Every hill city has

a university but has no port. 'O' is not a port city. No port city has a university. 'M' is a port city.

Two industrial cities have universities and 'N' and 'O' are not industrial cities. The industrial

cities with universities don't have ports. None of the industrial cities is a hill station. 'O' is a hill

station and 'P' has a university.


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4. Which city has industries as well as a port but does not have a university?

(1) L and O

(2) O and M

(3) M

(4) N

5. Which city has neither industries nor a university nor a hill station?

(1) M

(2) N

(3) L

(4) P

6. Which two cities have ports?

(1) Land M

(2) M and N

(3) N and O

(4) N and P

Directions (Qs. 7 to 11): In each question, two statements I & II are provided. These may have a

cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects of independent

causes. Read the statements carefully and firm up your answer as

(1) If the statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

(2) If the statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.

(3) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

(4) If both the statements are effects of some common cause.

7. Statement I: Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara justified his decision to step down from

the captaincy of the ODI and T20 teams by saying - "I will be 37 by the next World Cup and I

can't be sure of my place in the team. It is better that Sri Lanka is now led by a player who will

be at the peak of his career during that tournament.

Statement II: Remarkably, unlike most skippers whose individual performance drops after

assuming the leadership role, Sangakkara has actually batted better as captain in all three formats

of the game.

8. Statement I: India is ranked fifth most powerful country in the world, next to US, China,

Russia and Japan, in the hierarchy of top 50 nations, identified on the basis of their GDP, as per

national security index.

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Statement II: The assessment is based on defense capability, economic strength, effective

population, technological capability and energy security of top 50 countries.

9. Statement I: The prices of 'silver' have gone up from Rs. 27,000 per kg to over Rs. 50,000 per

kg in almost a year's time.

Statement II: Indian jewellers are receiving a lot of demand for the silver ornaments from

American and European clients.

10. Statement I: There is an alarming increase in the number of young unemployed MBAs this

year in comparison to the last year's figures.

Statement II: Nearly one lakh applications were received against a recruitment call given by a

private bank for only ten vacant posts.

11. Statement I: Many people visit the religious places on week days and weekends to pray to

Mother Durga in Navratras.

Statement II: Many religious people go on fasting during Navratras to seek the blessings of

Mother Durga.

Directions (Q. 12 to 16): In each of these questions, choose the missing terms out of the

given alternatives.

12.

(1) V and 9

(2) T and 3

(3) S and 6

(4) Y and 5

13.

(1) F and 75

(2) E and 65

(3) D and 60


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(4) C and 58

14.

(1) J and 80

(2) O and 83

(3) N and 74

(4) P and 85

15.

(1) U and 28 s

(2) I and 26

(3) E and 27

(4) A and 25

16.

(1) Y and 40

(2) U and 36

(3) Wand 64

(4) X and 81

17. Two men and two women are playing cards and are seated around a square table in the East,

West, and North and South directions of the table but not necessarily in this order. No woman is

facing east. Also, persons sitting opposite to each other should also be not of the same gender.

One man is facing south. Which directions are the women facing?

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(1) East and West

(2) South and East

(3) North and West

(4) North and South

18. Read the following information but to answer the question.

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of a family. Each one of them has a different

profession-doctor, teacher, lawyer, engineer, architect, CA and banker and their incomes are

different. There are two married couples in the group. C is the doctor and earns more than the

engineer and the lawyer. E is married to the CA and she earns the least. No lady is either lawyer

or engineer. B, the teacher, earns less than A, the banker. G is married to B and he earns more

than D and A. F is not the lawyer. The CA earns less than the lawyer but more than the banker.

At least how many male members are there in the family?

(1) 3

(2) 4

(3) 2

(4) 5

19. Ram starts from his house on cycle and goes 10 km towards North East. He turns to the left

and cycles 8 km, and then he turns towards South-East and cycles for another 8 km. Finally, he

turns towards his house. Using the data given in the above question, if Ram is cycling at the

speed of 16 km/hour, how much time does he take to come back home?

(1) 2 hours 15 minutes




20. Aarti, Bhoomi, Chunariya, Damyanti, Imli, Faulad and Ganeshi are seven friends sitting in a

circle, facing the centre. Imli is in the neighbourhood of Damyanti and Aarti and seated between

them. The person between Faulad and Chunariya is not Ganeshi. Faulad is to the immediate right

of Aarti. Ganeshi and Aarti are seated opposite to each other. Who are the neighbours of

Bhoomi?

(1) Ganeshi and Aarti

(2) Imli and Faulad

(3) Chunariya and Damyanti

(4) Faulad and Chunariya


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21. X and Y start moving towards each other from two places which are 240 metres apart on the

same road. After walking 60 metres, X turns left and goes 20 metres, then he turns to the right

and goes another 40 metres. He then turns right and comes back to the same road on which.he

had started walking. If X and Y start with the same speed, what would be the distance between

them now?

(1) 40 metres

(2) 60 metres

(3) zero metre

(4) 20 metres

22. Six persons namely Akanksha, Bhairvi, Chandrika, Damyanti, Imarti and Phoolan are sitt ing

on the ground in a hexagonal shape. All the sides of the hexagon so formed are equal in length.

Akanksha is not adjacent to Bhairvi or Chandrika. Damyanti is not adjacent to Chandrika or

Imarti. Bhairvi and Chandrika are adjacent. Phoolan is in the middle of Damyanti and Chandrika.

Akanksha is closest to Damyanti. If one neighbour of Akanksha is Damyanti, who is the other

neighbour?

(1) Bhairvi

(2) Phoolan

(3) Imarti

(4) Chandrika

Directions (Q. 23 to 26): Each of these questions has an assertion (A) and a reason (R).

Mark answer as

(1) If both 'N and 'R' are true and 'R' is the correct explanation of 'N.

(2) If both 'A' and 'R' are true but 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'.

(3) If 'A' is true but 'R' is false.

(4) If 'A' is false but 'R' is true.

23. Assertion (A): Too much work causes stress.

Reason (R): It disturbs the body balance between its capacity and the demand.

24. Assertion (A): Good performance at work causes satisfaction.

Reason (R): Job satisfaction results in good performance.

25. Assertion (A): Social integration at workplace is necessary.

Reason (R): There are many backward classes in society.

26. Assertion (A): An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Reason (R): Apples are very costly,

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Directions (Q. 27 to 31): The questions given below have a statement followed by two

conclusions I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of

the conclusions follows from the statement. Mark answer as

(1) If conclusion I follows

(2) If conclusion II follows

(3) If neither conclusion follows

(4) If both conclusions follow

27. Statement: According to a recent report a glass of wine daily for women with breast cancer

could boost the success rate of treatment.

Conclusions: I. Women taking a glass of wine daily will never suffer from breast cancer.

II. A glass of wine will cure the women suffering from breast cancer.

28. Statement: National integration is necessary because there are diversities in India.

Conclusions: I. India is a country of people with diverse cultures, different languages and

different social and economic set-ups.

II. Ours is a disintegrated nation.

29. Statement: A Brahmin priest is expected to be able to recite at least one of the Vedas.

Conclusions: I. Any person who can recite the Vedas is a Brahmin,

II. Reciting the Vedas is a Brahmin's obligation.

30. Statement: According to a prediction our planet would not be able to support the human

population for long, as population grows at geomeu1c rate while food supply grows at arithmetic

rate.

Conclusions: I. Unchecked growth in population is going to put strain on our food supply.

II. Earth is facing the threats of famine in future due to growing population.

31. Statement: A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Conclusions: I. A true friend stays with us through rough weather while the fair weather friends

leave us in the lurch.

II. Adversity is the test of true friendship.

Directions (Q. 32 to 34): Study the information below to answer these questions.

Five female friends namely Tulsi, Sunanda, Nalini, Arushi and Prerna and five male friends

namely Atul, Karan, Pran, Sudarshan and Tarun sat together on the two sides of a rectangular

table for a quiz competition. Females sat alternately with and opposite to male members.

Sudarshan satin a central position. Arushi sat opposite to Atul. Sunanda sat next to the right of

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Nalini sat two places from Sunanda to her left and Pran sat opposite to Sunanda. Karan was

seated three places from Prerna to her right.

32. Who sat opposite to Sudarshan?

(1) Sunanda

(2) Tulsi

(3) Nalini

(4) Prerna

33. Who sat opposite to Tarun?

(1) Nalini

(2) Arushi

(3) Tulsi

(4) Prerna

34. Which pair is occupying diagonally opposite ends?

(1) Tarun and Arushi

(2) Tarun and Prerna

(3) Tulsi and Atul

(4) Arushi and Prerna


Delhi is known for specialty hospitals, where highly specialized doctors are available with

modern technical medical gadgets aided by special computers. Patients with complicated

ailments come from far and near for treatment. Some of these hospitals have performed

extraordinary surgical operations. As the cost of treatment and surgical operations are cheaper in

India than in western countries, patients come to India for treatment. A few seriously sick

patients were asked to opt for hospitals they would like to be treated in. Their order of

preferences was as follows:

• Patient A: Gangaram, AIIMS, Apollo & Escorts• Patient B: Batra, Research and Referral (R&R), Apollo & Safdarjung • Patient C: Holy Family, Apollo, AIIMS & Batra• Patient D: R&R, Gangaram, Safdarjung & Escorts.

• Patient E: Safdarjung, Holy Family, Batra & AIIMS

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35. Who does not like to go to Gangaram and Apollo but prefers AIIMS and Safdarjung

Hospital?

(1) E

(2) D

(3) C

(4) B

36. Which pair is keen for Research and Referral (R&R) and Safdarjung but not for Holy Family

and AIIMS?

(1) A and B

(2) B and D

(3) C and E

(4) D and E

37. Which pair prefers AIIMS and Apollo but not R&R and Safdarjung?

(1) B and C

(2) C and D

(3) A and C

(4) A and E


Seven persons namely Prem, Tirkey, Madan, Jagan, Virendar, Raghubir and Waris are good

friends and are studying in MBA, Engineering and medical courses. Three are doing MBA

course, two are in engineering course and another two are in medical course. Each of them has

avery distinct and favourite colour choice ranging from Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, Pink

and Brown but not necessarily in the same order none doing. MBA likes either red or black.

Madan is doing engineering and he likes blue. Raghubir is doing medical and likes brown. Jagan

is doing MBA and likes yellow Prem who does not like red is in the same discipline of Raghubir.

Tirkey is in the same discipline of Madan. Virender does not like pink.

38. Which of the following groups is doing MBA?

(1) Jagan, Raghubir & Madan

(2) Virendar, Waris & Tirkey

(3) Jagan, Virendar & Waris

(4) Jagan, Prem & Raghubir


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39. What is the colour-combination choice of those who are in medical discipline?

(1) Brown and pink

(2) Black and white

(3) Black and brown

(4) Yellow and black

40. Which colour does Virendar like?

(1) Yellow

(3) White

(2) Pink

(4) Brown


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Answer:

1 (4) 26 (3)2 (2) 27 (3)

3 (3) 28 (1)

4 (3) 29 (2)

5 (2) 30 (4)

6 (2) 31 (4)

7 (3) 32 (2)

8 (2) 33 (4)

9 (2) 34 (1)

10 (1) 35 (1)

11 (4) 36 (2)

12 (3) 37 (3)

13 (2) 38 (3)

14 (2) 39 (3)

15 (3) 40 (3)

16 (2)

17 (3)

18 (2)

19 (1)

20 (4)

21 (3)

22 (3)

23 (2)

24 (1)

25 (2)

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