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Question: 1

Answer the questions independently of each other.

A man is into a business where his profits at the end of the year are 20% of the capital invested. He adds back 40% of the profits to the

capital. If he starts his fourth year with a capital of Rs.629856, what was his initial capital (in Rs)?

Enter your response (as an integer) using the virtual keyboard in the box provided below.

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

Question: 2


Find the sum of the first n terms of a series 9 + 99 + 999 + .....

Explanation:

Quantitative Ability Score:37 Percentile:87

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension Score:64 Percentile:100

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Score:48 Percentile:95

Overall: Overall Score:149 Percentile:99

1) 500000

2) 5900000

3) 583200

4) 46296300

1)

2)

3)

4)

Login ID:00A73617/Student Name:VIKRAMKHANNA/Overall Score:149

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Question: 3


Along two perpendicular diameters of a circular disc of radius 5 cm, as many circular discs with diameters of 2 cm that can be cut are cut

off . Find the ratio of the area of the original disc to the perforated disc.

Explanation:

Question: 4


If a = 2625

and b = 2 X 4 X 6 X ... X 46 X 48 X 50, which of the following is true?

Explanation:

1) 25 : 16

2) 25 : 9

3) 5 : 3

4) 5 : 4

1) a b

2) b a

3) a = b

4) b (30)!





Question: 5

Answer the questions independently of each other.The number of ways in which one can put three balls numbered 1, 2 and 3 in three boxes labelled a, b and c such that, at the most one

box is empty, is:


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

Question: 6


Explanation:

1) 6

2) 24

3) 42

4) 98

1)

2) 4 units

3)

4) 3 units





Question: 7Answer the questions independently of each other.

Explanation:

1)

2) 1

3)

4) 3





Question: 8


Find m, if the roots of the equation x3 - 18x

2 + mx - 120 = 0 are in A.P.


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

1) 92

2) 96

3) 106

4) 120





Question: 9


During a rally of 1600 people, things got out of control and the police had to spray tear gas. For every five people who are resistant to tear

gas, there are 3 people who cry because of the gas. What is the probability that a person arrested at random will be crying due to tear

gas?

Explanation:

Question: 10

The question below is followed by two statements.

Mark [1], if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but not by the other.Mark [2], if the question can be answered by using either of the statements, either of the statement alone.

Mark [3], if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but not by either statement alone.

Mark [4], if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.

Find the area of the trapezium.

I. The lengths of the parallel sides are 30 cm and 44 cm.

II. The lengths of the non parallel sides are 15 cm and 13 cm.

Explanation:

1)

2)

3)

4)

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4







Explanation:

Question: 13


What is the relationship between 'a' and 'b', where a = log4

9 and b = log9

25?

Explanation:

Question: 14


4) -100

1)

2)

3)

4)





Let x and y be real numbers such that f(x, y) = int(x + y) where int denotes a function in which if the decimal part of x + y is less than 0.5,

then f(x, y) will take the greatest integer value less than or equal to x + y. If the decimal part is greater than or equal to 0.5, then f(x, y) will

take the least integer value greater than x + y.

F(f(x, y)) = -f(x, y). Also G(f(x, y)) = -F(f(x, y)).

Which of the following statements is true if x and y are positive?

Explanation:

Question: 15


Sanchi's purse has 25p, 50p and one rupee coins. She goes to a sweetshop and gives half of her one rupee coins there and in turn

receives the same number of 25p coins. Then, she goes to the tailor shop and gives all her 50p coins and receives 30 one rupee coins

which increases the number of one rupee coins she has by 75%. If the number of 25p coins right now is 50, then what were the original

number of one rupee and 25p coins?

Explanation:

1)

2)

3)

4)

1) (60, 10)

2) (70, 10)

3) (80, 10)

4) (90, 10)





Question: 16


A regular hexagon, whose side is 2 m, has its corners cut away so as to form a circle of maximum size. What is the radius of the circle so

formed? Specify the measure in metres.Round off your answer to the nearest one decimal place

Radius of Circle= [quizky-text] m

Explanation:

Question: 17


1) 1.7

2) 2.7

3) 3

4) None of these





Specify your answer in Rs


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

1) 1600

2) 2650

3) 2850

4) 3300





Question: 18


A tank has 2 pipes A and B, which can fill the tank in 4 hrs and 6 hrs respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 4 hrs. A man

wanted to set a timer which would open the pipe C after the tank would be half filled, but by mistake set it to open when the tank was one-

fourth empty. The man was supposed to reach the same place at the same time as the tank filled. How late was the man to reach the

spot?

Explanation:

Question: 19


Consider the set of all two or more digit natural numbers such that no digit in any number is repeated. (e.g., 133 would not be a member

because 3 is repeated).

Of all the numbers in the given set, how many numbers have at the most, five digits?

1) 24 minutes

2) 36 minutes

3) 48 minutes

4) 54 minutes

1) 27216





Explanation:

Required number = 9 x 9 + 9 x 9 x 8 + 9 x 9 x 8 x 7 + 9 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6

= 9 x 9(1 + 8 + 8 x 7 + 8 x 7 x 6)

= 9 x 9 x 401 = 401 x 81 = 32481.

Hence, [2].

Question: 20


I take 4 hours less to row down a 12 mile stream than I take to row upstream. For this 24 mile roundtrip, if I double my rowing speed, I

would take half an hour less to row downstream than to row upstream. Find the speed of the stream in miles/hr.

Explanation:

Question: 21

Answer each of these questions independently.

2) 32481

3) 31752

4) 28674

1) 6

2) 8

3) 0

4) 10





Explanation:

Question: 22


Explanation:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

1)

2)

3)

4) Data insufficient





Question: 23






Explanation:

Question: 24


1) 1 : 2

2) 2 : 1

3) 4 : 3

4) 1 : 1





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Explanation:

Question: 25

Answer each of the following questions independently.

The speed of a railway engine is 42 km per hour when no compartment is attached, and the reduction in speed of the railway engine is

directly proportional to the square root of the number of compartments attached. If the speed of the train carried by this engine is 24 kmph

when 9 compartments are attached, the maximum number of compartments that can be carried by the engine is:

1) 73

2) 60

3) 72

4) 63

1) 49

2) 48





Explanation:

Question: 26

Answer each of the following questions independently.

A box contains a certain number of green, red and blue balls. The total number of balls is equal to the factorial of the number of green

balls. Then number of red balls is two more than the number of blue balls. Which one of the following options can possibly be the ratio of

the number of green balls to the number of red balls?

Explanation:

3) 46

4) 47

1) 5 : 57

2) 5 : 56

3) 6 : 73

4) 4 : 11





Question: 27

Each question is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer each question using the following instructions:

Choose 1 if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.

Choose 2 if the question can be answered using either of the statements alone.

Choose 3 if the question can be answered using both the statements together but not using either of the statements alone.

Choose 4 if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

The students of a class contribute equally to buy a gift worth Rs.1000 for their teacher. How much did each one contribute?

A. If there had been ten fewer students, each one would have to pay an additional Rs.5

B. There were at least 25 members in the club and each one paid no more than Rs.20.

Explanation:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





Question: 28

Answer each of the questions independently.

The Vice President of an organization decided to form a committee to look into the feasibility of shifting one of the department to a new

office. There are 4 managers and 9 executives to choose from. In how many ways a committee of 6 people can be chosen such that it

consists of atleast 2 managers and manager of the department which is shifting?

Explanation:

Question: 29


The number of positive integral roots of the equation ax = a + 10x is

Explanation:

Question: 30


1)

2)

3)

4)

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4







Explanation:

1) 30

2) 20

3) 10

4) 15





Question: 33






Explanation:

Question: 34


1) 18 units

2)

3) 12 units

4)





Explanation:

Question: 35

Parts of the sentence have been left blank. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Religious militancy is a hydra-headed monster, sometimes taking the form of ________ beliefs and rabid intolerance, and at other times

__________ itself as stark terrorism.

Explanation:

Since it is a form of religious militancy, it has to be 'fanatical' or having extreme beliefs and intolerance, giving it a negative connotation.

'Pious' is used in a positive sense and would be incorrect usage in the context of religious militancy. 'Expropriating' (seizing) and

'denouncing' do not fit in the second blank. Hence, [3].

Question: 36

Parts of the sentence have been left blank. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

It is one of the supreme ________ of the novel that Werther, in his reaction against the conditions which __________ his spirit, imprisons

himself even more terribly in an ever narrowing world of his own making.

Explanation:

[4] can be ruled out as 'conditions which liberate the spirit' cannot lead to further imprisonment. [2] is not possible as 'wavering the spirit' is

not proper usage. In the given context, both 'shackle' and 'fetter' are correct, but [3] is more appropriate than [1], as the given situation is

'ironic'. Werther's reaction to conditions 'fettering' his spirit is resulting in further imprisonment. Hence, [3].

Question: 37

1) 0

2) 12

3) 36

4) 16

1) pious .... projecting

2) zealous.... expropriating

3) fanatical.... manifesting

4) universal . .... denouncing

1) characteristics .... shackle

2) milestones.... waver

3) ironies .... fetter

4) perversions .... liberate





The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the best answer to each question.

Pieces of clipped silver, punched with simple motifs, drawn from nature, or of figures, circulated as coinage as early as the 7th century

B.C. The disadvantages of barter coupled with the facility of using metal as a medium of exchange, gradually led to the issue of punch-

marked silver coins in ancient India. And as the economy became increasingly monetized, copper and gold coins were minted in the

centuries that followed.

Though foreign invaders issued the first gold coins, the reverence and value placed on the yellow metal ensured their easy acceptance. At

the mint, gold's malleability allowed maximum economy in crafting coins. Further, its use as coinage reflected the prosperity of the

treasury from trade, military campaigns or revenue; and thus directly spoke of the ruler's power. Gold coins often bore inscriptions of the

ruler's name with his idealized image, thus conveying his authority, at times with flowery titles; and occasionally with subtle allusions to his

semi-divine role. Gold was much coveted and regarded as "the" sacred metal by Indians, symbolic of the Sun God. Besides its durability

represented immortality and its value a security in adverse times. And thus, though silver and copper coins formed the bulk of currency in

circulation, striking gold coins were frequently issued by Indian rulers as a visual statement of their perfect royal virtues, presenting the

king as the ideal ruler of his subjects. The Indo-Bactrian invaders who settled in the north-west regions of India after the break up of the

empire that Alexander had briefly annexed in 326 B.C., are credited with the issue of the first gold coins on Indian soil. They issued coins

marked with the die-striking technique, with portraits of the king on the obverse and Greek gods and goddesses or symbols of worship on

the reverse of the coins. With the arrival of the Kusanas, who belonged to the Yueh-chi tribe of Central Asia, around the 1st century B.C.

there was a substantial issue of gold coins. Their coins reflect cultural influences of western empires in their depiction of images drawn

from a pantheon of Iranian, Hellenistic and Brahmanical deities.

Finds of gold Roman coins in South India, dated to the period between the beginning of the Christian era to 3rd century A.D. indicate a

balance of trade between ancient Rome and the kingdoms of South India, heavily in favour of the latter.

Meanwhile in north India, with the cementing of the Gupta rule, the period between the 4th and 6th centuries A.D. witnessed an

extravagant increase in the variety and volume of gold coins, so much so that a contemporary poet referred to it as "a rain of gold". The

obverse of most Gupta coins represents a king, while the reverse bears the image of a deity.

A new chapter in India's numismatic history was opened as Islamic rulers —Arabs, Turks and Mongols —ascended to power in territories

across the country. Though the Arabs had conquered Sind in A.D. 712, it was only in A.D. 1007 that Mahmud of Ghazni issued gold coins

bearing the Kalima and the name of the Abbasid Khalifa. Since then, Islamic rulers generally issued coins bearing inscriptions in Arabic or

Persian script, as the representation of figures is forbidden in Islam.

According to the passage, the circulation of coins in the Indian market system can be attributed to:

Explanation:

The question here is not just limited to 'gold coins'. This rules out both [1] and [3]. [4] is false because though foreign invaders introduced

gold coins, they were not solely responsible for the circulation of coins in India. The first paragraph clearly states the reason for circulation

of coins, one of which was the disadvantages of the barter system. Hence, [2].

Question: 38


Which of the following does not correspond to the author's contentions of the numerous attributes and viability of gold coins?

Explanation:

1) the reverence and value placed on gold.

2) the disadvantages of the barter system.

3) the easy availability of precious metals.

4) numerous invasions by foreign rulers.

1) The malleability of gold made crafting the metal into coins easier and more efficient.

2)They retained their static value in changing business environments, and even during shifting circumstances of the

monarchs who issued them.

3) They were visual statements of royal virtues and presented idealized versions of the monarch.

4) Their immense durability implied immortality.





Refer to the second paragraph: options [1], [3] and [4] are mentioned. Gold was precious, so issuing gold coins reflected the prosperity of

a king. Its malleability made minting it easier. That the durability of gold was associated with immortality is also given, as is the fact that

gold held a sacred position. But nowhere do we find a mention of the constancy of gold value. Hence, [2].

Question: 39

The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the best answer to each question.The discovery of Roman gold coins in India is a testimony to the fact that:

Explanation:

[3] and [4] are neither stated nor implied in the passage. The first sentence of paragraph 3 shows that 'heavily in favour of the latter' here,

refers to India. [2] contradicts this. Hence, [1].

Question: 40


The paragraph following the last paragraph of this passage could go on to:

Explanation:

[2] is too far fetched as there is nothing in the passage which hints that India would be named thus. [3] would be a misfit as the passage is

about numismatics and not numismatists. [1] becomes irrelevant because the inability of provincial rulers would lead to too much

unnecessary detailing —which would not be in keeping with the otherwise terse style of the passage. [4] naturally follows because the

passage looks at numismatics with reference to the major historical eras. Hence, [4].

Question: 41

The sentences given in the question below when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter.

Enter in the box provided below the most logical order of sentences to construct a coherent paragraph.

Note: Your answer should be a combination of letters indicating the order of the sentences .Use the virtual keyboard to enter your answer

A. Malthus saw only three ways of keeping down the population: moral restraint, vice and misery.

B. Vice i.e., birth control, he as a clergyman, viewed with abhorrence; there remained only misery.

C. (For some reason we are not allowed to say that celibacy is against nature; the only reason I can think of is that it is not new.)

D. Moral restraint, he admitted, was not likely to be practised on a large scale.

E. The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against 'nature'.

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

The EC link is present in all options, so we have to concentrate on the other three sentences. ADB follows C in a logical sequence: A has

to precede both B and D, as it introduces Malthus, whose opinions are further discussed in B and D; D comes next, then B, as they list in

the same sequence the subjects listed in A. Thus we have ECADB. Hence, [ECADB].

1) the balance of trade between Rome and South India was heavily tilted in India's favour.

2) the balance of trade between Rome and South India was heavily tilted in Rome's favour.

3) it was the accepted currency in India along with coins issued by local rulers.

4) the purity of the Roman gold was higher and therefore these coins had greater value in India.

1) discuss the implications of the inability of provincial rulers to sustain the flow of minting gold coins.

2) talk about how India was rightly called 'the Golden Sparrow' of the world.

3) talk about the travails of numismatists in India.

4) narrate the history of gold coins in the following historical era.

1) ECADB

2) ECBDA

3) ECDAB

4) ECABD





Question: 42



Note: Your answer should be a combination of letters indicating the order of the sentences .Use the virtual keyboard to enter

your answer A. In Greek times, and down to the time of Newton, planetary theory belonged to 'philosophy' because it was uncertain and speculative,

but Newton took the subject out of the realm of the free play of hypothesis, and made it one requiring a different type of skill from that

which it had required when it was still open to fundamental doubts.

B. It is often said that philosophy is unprogressive, but this is largely a verbal matter: as soon as a way is found of arriving at definite

knowledge on some ancient question, the new knowledge is counted as belonging to science, and philosophy is deprived of the credit.

C. Until the eighteenth century, science was included in what was commonly called 'philosophy'. But since that time, the word 'philosophy'

has been confined, on its theoretical side, to what is more speculative and general in topics with which science deals.

D. Let us first consider the relation to science.

E. Philosophy has been closely related to science on the one hand and to religion on the other.

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

E introduces the subject —philosophy. D elaborates on its relation with science. A cannot precede C (as in [1]), as A provides an example

of the relationship between science and philosophy mentioned in C. Thus, we choose option [4], EDCBA. Hence, [EDCBA].

Question: 43


The word 'philosophy' is one of which the meaning is by no means fixed. Like the word 'religion', it has one sense when used to describe

certain features of historical cultures, and another when used to denote a study or an attitude of mind which is considered desirable in thepresent day. Philosophy, as pursued in the universities of the Western democratic world, is, at least in intention, part of the pursuit of

knowledge aiming at the same kind of detachment as is sought in science, and not required by the authorities to arrive at conclusions

convenient to the government. Many teachers of philosophy would say that knowledge should be the sole purpose of university teaching;

virtue should be left to parents, schoolmasters and the churches.

But philosophy, in the historically usual sense, has resulted from the attempt to produce a synthesis of science and religion. Philosophy

was distinguished from religion by the fact that, nominally at least, it did not appeal to authority or tradition; it was distinguished from

science by the fact that an essential part of its purpose was to tell men how to live. Sometimes ethical motives influenced the philosopher's

views as to the nature of the universe, sometimes his views as to the universe led him to ethical conclusions. And with most philosophers,

ethical opinions involved political consequences: some valued democracy, others oligarchy; some praised liberty, others discipline. Almost

all types of philosophy were invented by the Greeks, and the controversies of our own day were already vigorous among the pre-

Socratics.

The fundamental problem of ethics and politics is that of finding some way of reconciling the needs of social life with the urgency of

individual desires. This has been achieved, in so far as it has been achieved, by means of various devices. When a government exists,

the criminal law can be used to prevent anti-social action on the part of those who do not belong to the government, and law can be

enforced by religion wherever religion teaches that disobedience is impiety. Where there is priesthood sufficiently influential to enforce its

moral code on lay rulers, even the rulers become to some extent subject to law; of this there are abundant instances in the Old Testament

and in medieval history.

Philosophers, when they have tackled the problem of preserving social coherence, have sought solutions less obviously dependent upon

dogma than those offered by official religions. Most philosophy has been a reaction against scepticism; it has arisen in ages when

authority no longer sufficed to produce the socially necessary minimum of belief, so that nominally rational arguments had to be invented

1) EDCBA

2) BEDCA

3) DEBAC

4) EDBAC





to secure the same result. This motive has led to a deep insincerity infecting most philosophy, both ancient and modern.

Which of the following has led to a deep insincerity infecting most philosophy?

Explanation:

Refer to the last paragraph. Most philosophy has been a reaction against scepticism whereby nominally rational arguments had to be

invented to secure social coherence. This has led to deep insincerity infecting most philosophy. None of the other options can be inferred

from the passage. Hence, [3].

Question: 44


Kings who believe in the Divine government of the world and in a system of rewards and punishment in the next life are likely to be which

of the following?

Explanation:

God-fearing kings will obviously not mess with the religious institutions as suggested in [3]. [4] is quite close because though the

priesthood may get a prime position in such kingdoms, this cannot be inferred for certain from the passage. However, [1] can be inferred

from the last sentence of paragraph 3, which states that even rulers are to some extent subject to law when the religion teaches that

disobedience is impiety. Therefore such rulers would not abuse their powers. So, [2] is ruled also out, and we are left with only [1] as a

suitable answer. Hence, [1].

Question: 45


Which of the following is true with regard to philosophy as it prevailed in antiquity?

Explanation:

[1] is in opposition to the central idea of the passage. [3] is not even stated by the author. Philosophy was largely sceptical of dogmas but

it didn't 'merely' concentrate on that. So, [4] is an exaggeration.Refer to paragraph 2. According to the author, in antiquity, sometimes

ethical motives influenced the philosopher's views as to the nature of the universe, sometimes his views as to the universe led him toethical conclusions. Hence, [2].

Question: 46


The author is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements?

1) Most philosophy aims at weakening the popular force of tradition and is targeted against dogma.

2) As a result of scepticism, philosophy becomes politically conservative.

3) Philosophers are forever trying to frame rational arguments to preserve social coherence.

4) There is an unconscious fear among philosophers that clear thinking would lead to anarchy.

1) They do not regard themselves as omnipotent, and are not able to sin with impunity.

2) They concentrate all powers in their own hands and gradually become dictatorial.

3) They exercise full control over religious and all other social institutions.

4) They give more importance to the priesthood.

1) Its ethical connotations had no political significance.

2) Its cosmological and ethical theories were closely connected.

3) Philosophy was not a matter in which authorities had an official opinion.

4) It taught mere scepticism and attacked existing dogmas.

1) Knowledge should be the sole purpose of university teaching.

2) Most types of philosophy were invented by the Greeks.

3) Philosophy, in the Western democratic world, is totally detached from politics.





Explanation:

[1] and [2] are categorically stated in the passage. Refer to the first two sentences of paragraph 1: [4] is clearly stated. Though the author

talks about the Western philosophy's aim at detachment from any political connotation, it is the philosophy as taught in universities and not

philosophy in general. So, it cannot be assumed that the author implies [3]. Thus, the author is least likely to agree with [3]. Hence, [3].

Question: 47

In each of the following questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to

standard English usage.

1] The centres of our most glutenous pursuits are also the centres of humane failure.

2] The centres of our most gluttonous pursuits are also the centres of humane failure.

3] The centres of our most glutenous pursuits are also the centres of human failure.

4] The centres of our most gluttonous pursuits are also the centres of human failure.

Explanation:

'Humane' and 'glutenous' are both incorrect in this context because the first means characterized by excessive kindness and the second

refers to a kind of adhesive. Therefore, only [4] is fully correct.

Hence, [4].

Question: 48

In each of the following questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to

standard English usage.

1] It is an irony that a nation that subjects its own people to a circumspected life of limited freedoms, should embark on such a glorious

enterprise.

2] It is an irony that a nation that subjugates its own people to a circumscribed life of limited freedoms, should embark on such a glorious

enterprise.

3] It is an irony that a nation that subordinates its own people to a circumspected life of limited freedoms, should embark on such a

glorious enterprise.

4] It is an irony that a nation that subrogates its own people to a circumscribed life of limited freedoms, should embark on such a glorious

enterprise.

Explanation:

The verb 'subrogates' in option [4] is incorrect in this context, as it means substitutes. The grammatically correct adjective in [1] and [3]

should be 'circumspect', not 'circumspected'. Therefore only option [2], with 'subjugates' (meaning makes subservient) and 'circumscribed'

(meaning restricted) is correct. Hence, [2].

Question: 49


Autism was first described in 1943 by Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Leo Kanner, and again in 1944 by Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger.

Kanner applied the term to children who were socially withdrawn and preoccupied with routine, who struggled to acquire spoken language

yet often possessed intellectual gifts that ruled out a diagnosis of mental retardation. Asperger applied the term to children who were

4) The word 'philosophy' is used in two different senses, just like the word 'religion'.

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





socially maladroit, developed bizarre obsessions and yet were highly verbal and seemingly quite bright. There was a striking tendency,

Asperger noted, for the disorder to run in families, sometimes passing directly from father to son. Clues that genes might be central to

autism appeared in Kanner's work as well.

But then autism research took a badly wrong turn. Asperger's keen insights languished in Europe's postwar turmoil, and Kanner's were

overrun by the Freudian juggernaut. Children were not born autistic, experts insisted, but became that way because their parents,especially mothers, were cold and unnurturing.

In 1981, however, British psychiatrist Dr. Lorna Wing published an influential paper that revived interest in Asperger's work. The disorder

Asperger identified, Wing observed, appeared in many ways to be a variant of Kanner's autism, so that the commonalities seemed as

important as the differences. As a result, researchers now believe that Asperger and Kanner were describing two faces of a highly

complicated and variable disorder, one that has its source in the kaleidoscope of traits encoded in the human genome. Researchers also

recognized that severe autism is not always accompanied by compensatory intellectual gifts and is, in fact, far likely to be characterized by

heartbreaking deficits and mental retardation.

Perhaps, the most provocative finding the scientists have made to date is that the components of autism, far more than autism itself, tend

to run in families. Which genes contribute to susceptibility to autism? Among the suspects are genes that regulate the action of three

powerful neurotransmitters and virtually all the genes that control brain development and perhaps cholesterol and immune system function

as well. Christopher Stodgell, a developmental toxicologist at New York's University of Rochester, observes that the process that sets upthe brain, resembles an amazingly intricate musical score, and there are tens of thousands of genes in the orchestra. "If these genes do

what they're supposed to do," says Stodgell, "then you have a Mozart's Concerto for Clarinet. If not, you have cacophony."

Autistic people often suffer from a bewildering array of problems —sensory disturbances, food allergies, gastrointestinal problems,

depression, obsessive compulsiveness, sub-clinical epilepsy, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. But there is, researchers believe, a

central defect, and that is the difficulty people across the autistic spectrum have in developing a theory of mind. That's psychologese for

the realization, which most children come to by the age of 4, that other people have thoughts, wishes and desires that are not mirror

images of their own. Children on the autistic spectrum, however, are "mind blind"; they appear to think that what is in their mind is identical

to what is in everyone else's mind and that's how they feel everyone else feels. The notion that other people —parents, playmates,

teachers— may take a different view of things, that they may harbour concealed motives or duplicitous thoughts, does not readily occur.

University of Washington's child psychologist Andrew Meltzoff believes that this lack can be traced to the problem that autistic children

have in imitating the adults in their lives. If an adult sits down with a normal 18-month-old and engages in some interesting behaviour

—pounding a pair of blocks on the floor, perhaps, or making faces —the child usually responds by doing the same. Young children with

autism, however, do not, as Meltzoff and his colleague Geraldine Dawson have shown in a series of playroom experiments.

The divergence in the findings of Asperger and Kanner on the behavioural patterns of children suffering from autism is related to:

Explanation:

Refer to paragraph 1: both Kanner and Asperger agree that autistic children are socially maladroit but intellectually gifted, and that genes

may have a role in causing the disease. The only difference in the findings of the two experts relates to the way in which autistic children

acquire and use verbal skills, with Kanner studying children who 'struggled to acquire spoken language', while Asperger focusing onchildren who were 'highly verbal'. Hence, [1].

Question: 50


After Kanner and Asperger, experts on autism have propounded all of the following views on it, EXCEPT that:

1) difference of opinion on the acquisition and use of language skills.

2) difference in the child's attitude and abilities relating to social maladroitness.

3) the role played by genes in getting this disease.

4) the child's level of mental agility and brightness.

1) autism is not a genetically acquired disease.

2) autism may be cured if parents of autistic children are more nurturing towards them.

3) autistic children are not always mentally gifted.





Explanation:

Option [3] is stated in the last sentence of paragraph 3 and [4] in paragraph 5. Refer to paragraph 2 Freudian experts in postwar times

insisted that autism was not a genetically acquired disease (though this view has been superseded in present times). They believed that

the disease was caused by unnurturing mothers. But we cannot infer that they believed that autism could be cured if the parents simply

became more nurturing. Hence, [2].

Question: 51


Christopher Stodgell's analogy underlines the fact that:

Explanation:

Refer to paragraph 4. Stodgell is talking specifically about autism, so we cannot infer anything about mental disorders in general. Hence,

[2] is wrong. [1] is too general, as it does not cover the element of interplay between genes that Stodgell is trying to bring out with his

musical score analogy. [3] is too extreme —we cannot tell from the passage that the malfunctioning of genes in the brain will definitely

result in autism, only that it could possibly do so. [4], which covers this point, and also emphasizes the complexity of the development of

the brain that Stodgell is trying to stress, is therefore the correct answer. Hence, [4].

Question: 52


Which of the following is NOT one of the current ideas regarding autism?

Explanation:

Option [1] is clearly stated in paragraph 3. [2] is one of the theories put forth in paragraph 4. [4] can be inferred from the last paragraph.

But [3] contradicts the last sentence of the penultimate paragraph —autistic children, in fact, do not readily think that others harbour

concealed motives. Hence, [3].

Question: 53

Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

You often hear tourists call India a 'spiritual' place. It seems as though half the Westerners here either (a) come with the intent to live in an

ashram; or (b) somehow end up at one anyway. I appreciate the drive to find deeper meaning. I honestly do. But the truth is, I'm not quitewired to surrender my will to a higher power. And, getting back to my main point, I certainly don't see why India should corner the market

on spirituality. Why do we get all mystical and fuzzy-headed the moment we hit the subcontinent?

4) autistic people have trouble developing a theory of mind.

1) autism is caused by genetic defects in the brain.

2) if all the several thousand genes function in tandem, the chances of mental disorders are far and few.

3) even the slightest malfunctioning of genes in the brain will result in autism.

4)the development of the brain is an extremely complex process, in which if any of the steps go wrong, it could result in

autism.

1) Asperger and Kanner were not describing two different diseases but were looking at variants of the same disease.

2) Genes that regulate the action of certain neurotransmitters may be responsible for causing autism.

3) Autistic children believe that other people often have concealed motives regarding them.

4) Autistic children do not learn by imitation, which is how most normal children begin their learning processes.

1) I find it baffling that India seems to be the exemplar of spirituality in the minds of many Westerners.

2)While I am not very spiritual myself, I admire this urge in others. But I fail to understand why Western tourists consider India

such a spiritual place.

3)I appreciate that Westerners are becoming more spiritual-minded, but fail to understand why they come to India for this

specific purpose.





Explanation:

[1] and [3] are incomplete summaries —they fail to mention the author's own lack of spiritual inclination. [4] is slightly misleading, as it

seems to claim that all people (and not just Westerners) see India as a spiritual place. [2] is a correct and comprehensive summary.

Hence, [2].

Question: 54

Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

Because we have by now so deeply internalized writing, made it so much a part of ourselves, we find it difficult to consider writing to be a

technology as we commonly assume printing and the computer to be. Yet writing (and especially alphabetic writing) is a technology,

calling for the use of tools and other equipment: styli or brushes or pens, carefully prepared surfaces such as paper, animal skins, strips of

wood, as well as inks or paints, and much more. Writing is, in a way, the most drastic of the three technologies. It initiated what print and

computers only continue, the reduction of dynamic sound to quiescent space, the separation of the word from the living present, where

alone spoken words can exist.

Explanation:

[1], [2] and [3] are all incomplete summaries —[1] misses the points made in the last two sentences of the passage; [2] misses the fact

that writing uses its own tools; [3] fails to mention the last sentence. Only [4] is a complete summary. Hence, [4].

Question: 55

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

The two basic classes of information systems can be described by models — the towel model and the jelly model. In the towel model a

towel is laid out flat on to a table and a small bowl of ink is placed nearby. A spoonful of ink is taken from the bowl and poured on to the

surface of the towel at a specified place. The ink represents the ‘information input’ which can be specified by reference to coordinates

taken along the edge of the towel. The information input is recorded as an ink stain. A number of different inputs are made one after

another so that the towel comes to bear a number of ink stains. The towel simply records what has happened to it, and since the ink is

immediately absorbed by the towel there is, at the end, an accurate record of the inputs.

The towel system is the sort of accurate memory system which one uses in a computer. The incoming information is recorded without

being altered in any way. A separate processor then uses this stored information according to its programmed instructions. It is the

processor that changes the information around.

In the jelly model the towel is replaced by a large shallow dish of ordinary jelly or gelatine. This time the bowl of ink is heated. When a

spoonful of hot ink is poured on to the jelly, it melts the jelly’s surface. However, as the ink cools, it stops melting the jelly. When the

cooling ink and melted jelly are poured off a shallow depression is left which marks where the ink was placed, and this depression

corresponds to the ink stain in the towel model, as a record of input.

If succeeding spoonfuls of ink are poured on to widely separated parts of the jelly surface, the final result is very much like the towel

model, but if the spoonfuls overlap then something quite different happens. Instead of staying exactly where it has been placed, the

incoming ink flows into an already existing depression and tends to make it deeper. At the end, instead of having a number of separate

depressions, one has a sort of continuous channel which is sculpted into the surface of the jelly, much as a river is sculpted into the

4)I respect spiritual people, though I am not very spiritual myself. But I don't know why they turn to India as a source of

spirituality.

1)Writing is so commonplace nowadays that we don't realize that it is a technology like printing and computers, as they all

require tools and specialized equipment.

2)Writing first turned living sound into inert space, thus initiating a drastic new technology, whose process printing and

modern computers only continue, though we normally do not realize this, as we have deeply internalized writing.

3)

Writing is a technology, just like printing and computers, as it requires the use of tools and other equipment. But because

we have internalized writing, we fail to realize that it is the most drastic of the three, as it started what the other two only

continue.

4)Because we have internalized writing, we do not realize it is a technology like printing and computers, and uses its own

tools. Writing is the most extreme of these, as it originated the changing of dynamic spoken sounds to static written words.





landscape.

The difference between the two types of recording system is considerable. With the towel model the ink stays where it is placed, so that,

at the end, there is a good record of what has happened.

In the jelly model, however, the ink flows along the channels already formed in the surface.

The jelly model is, therefore, a bad recording system since it does not record accurately but changes information around according to what

has happened before. This is information processing, and since the recording surface is now doing its own processing there is no need for

an outside processor. Thus, the jelly model acts as an information processor or ‘thinking system’, although the surface is quite passive. All

it does is to provide an opportunity for incoming information to organise itself into a pattern.

On different occasions I have asked some 5,000 scientists and mathematicians to give me a definition of pattern. Most of the definitions

contain the necessary elements of order, recognition, repetition, and predictability. All these can be included under a very simple definition

of a pattern: “a pattern exists when the probability of one specific state succeeding another specified state is greater than chance”.

The degree of predictability indicates the strength of the pattern. Thus, the jelly model is really a pattern-making system since the ink flows

in a predictable manner from one place to another with the surface organising incoming information into a pattern. In the towel model the

incoming information is simply recorded and there is nothing to indicate which ink stain comes after which.

According to the passage, all of the following can be said except that:

Explanation:

Option [2] has been mentioned in paragraph 5. Option [3] can be determined from paragraph 7. Option [4] has been mentioned in

paragraph 9. There is no information in the passage to tell us that the towel model is best suited to describe how computers work. There

may be other models that can do a better job. Hence, [1].

Question: 56Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.


















landscape.

1) the towel model is best suited to describe how computers work.

2) the towel model is a better recording system than the jelly model.

3) the towel model is not a ‘thinking system’.

4) the jelly model is a pattern-making system.


















Which of the following, if true, would seriously undermine the author’s conclusion that the towel model is like an accurate memory system?

Explanation:

The author says that the towel model is like an accurate memory system as information does not overlap. The speed at which the ink

spreads does not make a difference to how accurately it can be recorded. So, option [1] is incorrect. Option [3] is incorrect as it considers

only some cases. This does not completely weaken the argument. Option [4] is incorrect as the fact that the ink stains spread slightly does

not mean that they cannot be recorded accurately. Option [2] would undermine the author’s argument completely as, if the stains overlap,

they would not be accurately recorded, undermining the towel model. Hence, [2].

Question: 57



















1) The speed at which the ink spreads depends on the nature of the cloth.

2) Due to blotting, the ink stains do not stay in place, but actually spread and overlap.

3) In certain special cases, the jelly model and the towel model behave in an almost identical manner.

4) Ink stains tend to blot and spread slightly.





landscape.














Which one of the following statements cannot be inferred from the information given in the passage?

Explanation:

Option [1] can be inferred from the second line of the paragraph 2. Option [2] can be inferred from the last line of the passage. Option [3]

can be inferred from the first line of paragraph 7. Option [4] cannot be inferred from the passage. Hence, [4].

Question: 58

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.The two basic classes of information systems can be described by models — the towel model and the jelly model. In the towel model a

















landscape.

1) The towel system can be used to collect raw data.

2) In the towel system, all inputs are independent of each other.

3) In the jelly model, new inputs react with the previous inputs to arrive at a final outcome.

4) The jelly model is used for designing landscapes.


















Which one of the following is not necessarily true regarding the pattern making system?

Explanation:

Option [1] has been explained in the last paragraph with the example of the jelly model. Option [2] can be determined from the definition of

pattern given in paragraph 8. The jelly model that has been described as a thinking system in paragraph 7 is also a pattern making

system, according to the information given in the last paragraph. Thus option [4] is also correct. There is no information given in the

passage regarding the popularity of the pattern making system. So option [3] is not correct. Hence, [3].

Question: 59


You’re driving down the bustling main street of a picturesque little town you have never visited before. The traffic light turns red, you stop,

and an old lady steps into the crosswalk from the left. All of a sudden you are overcome with a feeling that you have been here before – in

the same car, at the same crosswalk, with the same woman stepping off the kerb in the same way. Yet by the time she reaches your front

bumper, you realize the scene no longer matches quite so well with what you thought you were recalling. And you do know you have not

been here previously. The familiarity is broken.

Various studies indicate that 50 to 90 percent of us can recall having had at least one such déjà vu incident in our lives. A few people

sense the inverse of déjà vu, called jamais vu. When they encounter a familiar person or place, they nonetheless insist they have never

seen the individual or scene before.

For much of the 20th century, psychiatrists espoused a Freudian-based explanation of déjà vu – that it is an attempt to recall suppressed

memories. This ‘paramnesia’ theory suggests that the original event was somehow linked to distress and was being suppressed from

conscious recognition, no longer accessible to memory. Therefore, a similar occurrence later could not elicit clear recall yet would

somehow ‘remind’ the ego of the original event, creating an uneasy familiarity.

Many who have experienced déjà vu share the conviction that the phenomenon must arise from some mystical power or as a sign of a

past life and reincarnation. They reason that because logical thought and clear perception reign immediately before and after an episode,

some paranormal force must be the only plausible explanation.

Scientists, unsatisfied with such conjecture, have long sought clues about the physical causes behind déjà vu, but investigation has

proved elusive, because déjà vu never announces itself in advance. Scientists have been forced to rely mostly on the recollections of test

subjects. But enough accounts have been examined to allow experts to start defining what déjà vu is and why it arises.

Cognitive psychologists have paid special attention to the unconscious process which is responsible for so-called implicit, or

nondeclarative, memories. These are artefacts that we have long forgotten and do not retrieve consciously, although they have not been

1) The pattern making system records and processes the information simultaneously.2) The pattern making system relies on the probability of events being determinable.

3) The pattern making system is a widely used information system.

4) The pattern making system is a ‘thinking system’.





erased from our neural networks. Consider seeing an old cupboard at a flea market, and suddenly it seems strangely familiar, as does the

act of viewing it. What you may have forgotten – or, rather, cannot retrieve – is that when you were a young child, your grandparents had

a cupboard just like this one in their home.

A related theory implies that we may perceive a person, place or event as familiar if at some earlier time in our lives we were exposed to

just a partial aspect of the experience, even if it was within a different context. Perhaps, when you were young, your parents stopped at a

flea market while on vacation and one vendor was selling old kitchen cupboards. Or perhaps you smell an odour that was also present at

that flea market you attended as a child. A single element, only partially registered consciously, can trigger a feeling of familiarity by

erroneously transferring itself to the present setting.

These assumptions, which are founded on the unconscious processing of information, ultimately place responsibility for déjà vu on gaps in

our attention system. Let’s say you’re driving down a hectic street and are concentrating on the flow of traffic. An old lady is standing on

the sidewalk; you see her in your peripheral vision, but you are not really consciously aware of her. A second later you have to stop at a

traffic light. Now you have the time to look around. As you glance at the old woman, stepping with difficulty off the kerb into the crosswalk,

leaning heavily on her cane, she suddenly seems familiar, even though you don’t believe you have ever seen her before and you know

you have not been at this intersection before. The first image of the woman, perceived during your distracted state, was immediately

followed by a second image when you were fully alert. Because the information was received without conscious attention only shortly

before, it is now falsely interpreted as a long-term memory.

According to the passage, which of the following experiences would definitely not count as déjà vu?

Explanation:

Options [2], [3] and [4] qualify as déjà vu. [2] is a type of situation similar to the one mentioned in paragraph 6. [3] is a typical example of

déjà vu, like the one described in paragraph 1. [4] is an example of the ‘partial aspect of the experience’ theory explained in paragraph 7.

But [1] is not an example of déjà vu, as there is no ‘vague sense of having encountered a situation before’ – you have already recognized

the woman, you have difficulty only in remembering her name. Hence, [1].

Question: 60

















1)On meeting your new neighbour, you realize that she is an old school friend of yours, but you simply cannot recall her

name.

2)On meeting a new colleague, you think that you have seen him before; later on, you find out that you met him once when

you were a very small child.

3)While exploring a town you have never been to before, you see a building that you feel you have seen already, even though

you know you have never been there till now.

4)You see a painting which looks strangely familiar; later on, you realize that a small part of it used to be featured on the

wrapper of a brand of chocolate you used to eat as a child.


























Which of the following statements with respect to déjà vu, is not true in the light of the passage?

Explanation:

Refer to paragraph 3 – since distress and suppression are the basis of the Freudian theory, option [1] is correct. [2] can be inferred from

the last two sentences of the last paragraph. Refer to the sixth paragraph where option [3] is stated. But [4] is wrong – scientists have

sought clues about the physical causes of déjà vu, but option [4] incorrectly suggests dismissal or non-importance with the word

‘discounted’. Hence, [4].

Question: 61
















1) The Freudian theory had negative emotions as its basis.

2) An alert memory when superimposed on a distracted one may cause the feeling of déjà vu.

3) Implicit memories have not been erased from our neural networks.

4) Scientists have discounted the physical causes underlying déjà vu.



























According to the passage, which of these conditions is necessary for an experience to be considered déjà vu?

Explanation:

The Freudian theory about déjà vu suggests that an incident which evokes a sensation must be rooted in a disturbing memory, but this

has not been stated as a definite characteristic of déjà vu in the passage, so [1] is wrong. Refer to paragraph 4: logical thought

characterizes the period before and after a déjà vu episode, not during. [3] is not déjà vu at all, but an incident of jamais vu, as explained

in paragraph 2. [4] is one of the defining characteristics of déjà vu: ‘We experience a vague sense of having encountered a situation

before … even though we can’t say when the first event took place.’ Hence, [4].

Question: 62














1) The incident which seems familiar must be rooted in some disturbing memory.

2) Your thoughts must remain clear and logical throughout the incident.

3) Even while seeing a familiar object, you must feel that you have never seen it before.

4) You cannot recall when the original incident took place.





























Which of the following, if true, would cast most doubt on the explanation given for the déjà vu experience in the last paragraph?

Explanation:

The déjà vu experience in the last paragraph is explained thus: a first, fleeting glance, which does not produce a conscious impression,

followed by a more detailed look, produce the déjà vu experience. So [1] would support, not contradict this explanation. According to the

last line of the passage, the impression of a long-term memory here is a false one, so [2] is not really an issue. But [3] casts some doubt

on the idea that the previous, unconscious look causes the feeling of familiarity, as the woman does not start walking until you stop at the

traffic light (which is when you look at her for the second time). [4] is irrelevant, as one’s age has not been stated to be a factor affecting

the experience either way. Hence, [3].

Question: 63




your answer

A. Its spreading array of fingers fits snugly around the contours of the bone’s underside.

B. Eiving feels for gaps between the steel and smooth bone, then removes the saddle and walks to a blowtorch nearby.

C. Made of carbon steel, the support resembles a pair of cupped hands bound together at the wrists.

D. Ahead of us, a young, jewellery designer named Leslie Eiving is working on a saddle to hold one of the fossil’s cervical vertebrae.

[quizky-text]

1) Your first glance at the woman lasted no more than a fraction of a second.

2) The time lapse between the two glances is too short to allow a long-term memory to form.

3) Your feeling of familiarity applies more to the woman’s gait than to her appearance.

4) You were really young when you had the experience.

1) DCAB





Explanation:

D begins the series as it introduces the subjects – the designer and the saddle. C follows as it elaborates on the saddle’s make. A comes

next and ‘its’ in A refers to the saddle mentioned in D and C. B adds on to the process of manufacturing the saddle. So the correct

sequence is DCAB. Hence, [DCAB].

Question: 64




your answer

A. The cluster of thatched huts with tiled roofs set amidst hibiscus bushes also looks similar.

B. The boat voyage from Kuttanad to Alleppy is a voyage of discovery to urbanites like us.

C. A group of children in black and white, chasing a school of ducks in an open dinghy poled by themselves, add a spur of effervescence

to this laid back serene landscape.

D. Village after village floats past, the water gently obliterating the boundaries.

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

A follows D as the ‘also’ in A refers to the similar view in D. ‘This laid back serene landscape’ indicates that C should follow A and not vice-

versa. Hence, [BDAC].

Question: 65

In the following questions, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the

italicized and highlighted words, identify the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. Enter the letters corresponding to

the correct option for each sentence in the correct order.

Note: Your answer should be in letters. Use the virtual keyboard to enter your answer in the box provided below

1] One of my favourite things in the world is to gouge (A) / gorge (B) on a fresh, seasonal ingredient when it’s abundant.

2] Waterfalls often cascade (A) / cavalcade (B) from the outlet of the upper valley into the drainage below.

3] He is working to stop the next global epidemic (A) / pandemic (B) , which health officials have warned could affect millions of people,

before it starts.

4] In deserted villages a few houses stand among heaps of rabble (A) / rubble (B) .

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

2) DCBA

3) CDAB

4) CADB

1) BDAC

2) BCDA

3) BACD

4) BCAD

1) BABB

2) BBBB

3) BAAB

4) AAAB





‘To gorge’ means ‘to stuff with food’. ‘To gouge’ means ‘to scoop out or to swindle’. A ‘cascade’ is a waterfall descending over a steep

surface. Its verb form indicates that something falls in or like a cascade. A ‘cavalcade’ is a procession. A disease that affects many more

people than usual in a particular area or that spreads into regions in which it does not usually occur is said to be ‘epidemic’. An epidemic

that spreads over a very wide area, such as a country or continent or the world is a called a ‘pandemic’. Due to the presence of the word

‘global’ in the sentence, ‘pandemic’ is more appropriate. Broken bits and pieces of anything can be called ‘rubble’. ‘Rabble’ is a disorderly

crowd or a mob. Thus BABB is the correct sequence. Hence, [BABB]

Question: 66

In the following questions, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the

italicized and highlighted words, identify the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. Enter the letters corresponding to

the correct option for each sentence in the correct order.

Note: Your answer should be in letters. Use the virtual keyboard to enter your answer in the box provided below

1] Her collar chafed (A) / chuffed (B) her neck.

2] The troops quailed (A) / quelled(B) the rebellion quickly.

3] If you boycotted the work of every heel, liar and philatelist (A) / philanderer (B) , you’d opt out of much of the creative output of human

history.

4] Commencing salaries will be commiserate (A) / commensurate (B) with qualifications and experience.

[quizky-text]

Explanation:

‘To chafe’ means ‘to make sore by rubbing’. A chuff is the sound made by the exhaust of a steam engine, so ‘to chuff’ means to emit or

proceed with chuffs. ‘To quail’ means ‘to shrink with fear’. ‘To quell’ means ‘to suppress or put an end to’. A ‘philatelist’ is a collector of

stamps whereas a ‘philanderer’ is a flirt. The words ‘heel’ and ‘liar’ have a negative connotation and indicate the need for another negative

word. ‘Commiserate’ means ‘to sympathize with’. ‘Commensurate’ means ‘proportionate or adequate’. Thus ABBB is the correct

sequence. Hence, [ABBB].

Question: 67

In each question, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.

1] Statistics is always my worst subject.

2] Statistics is always my bad subject.

3] Statistics is always my worst subjects.

4] Statistics are always my worst subject.

Explanation:

Some nouns always end in ‘s’ and look as if they are plural, but when used as the subject of a sentence they have a singular verb.

Statistics is such a noun. It is an academic discipline. Option [2] uses the wrong degree of the adjective, while option [3] has the plural

form of the noun ‘subject’. Hence, [1].

Question: 68

1) ABBB

2) BBAB

3) BAAA

4) AABA

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





In each question, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.

1] The bus for Bangalore is due for 4:00 in the evening.

2] The bus for Bangalore is due by 4:00 in the evening.

3] The bus for Bangalore is due on 4:00 in the evening.

4] The bus for Bangalore is due at 4:00 in the evening.

Explanation:

When the time is specified then the preposition ‘at’ is used. Hence, [4].

Question: 69

Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

The table provides the percentage of total revenues accounted for by the top 2 firms, top 4 firms and the top 10 firms in various industries.

However, one of the data points in one of the industries is incorrect which is then corrected by adding or subtracting 4 percentage pointsfrom the incorrectdata.

Which is the incorrect data point and what is the correct data?

Explanation:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

1) Top 4 firms for Oil & Gas, 76%

2) Top 4 firms for Leather, 5%

3) Top 4 firms for Texti les, 14%

4) Top 4 firms for Refrigerators, 36%





Question: 70


If the size of the largest steel firm is Rs.5000 cr, which of the following cannot be the total size of the steel industry?

Explanation:

1) Rs.10000 cr

2) Rs.12500 cr

3) Rs.15000 cr

4) Rs.17000 cr





Question: 71


How many industries definitely have at least 20 firms in all?

Explanation:

Question: 72

Answer the questions on the basis of the data given below.

.

1) 4

2) 3

3) 5

4) 6





How many persons participated only in Singing?


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

1) 6

2) 7

3) 2

4) 12





Question: 73






How many persons who participated in Table Tennis also participated in Singing?

Explanation:

1) 4

2) 2

3) 5

4) 0





Question: 74






What percentage of the total number of persons who participated in Dancing also participated in Table Tennis?

Explanation:

1) 10%

2) 41.66%

3) 9.09%

4) 0%





Question: 75

Refer to the data given below and answer the questions that follow.





How many of the digits from 0 to 9 cannot occur in any arrangement following all the given conditions?


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

Question: 76


If one of the corner digts is 0, then the digits in the middle row:

Explanation:

If one of the corner digits is 0, then the digit at the apex is 8 as the other corner digit is 3. Hence, the digits in the middle row can be any

1) 2

2) 1

3) 0

4) 3

1) must be any two out of 4, 5 and 6.

2) must be any two out of 5, 6 and 7.

3) must be 4 and 5 or 5 and 6.

4) must be any two out of 4, 5, 6 and 7.





two out of 4, 5, 6, 7. Hence, [4].

Question: 77


If one of the corner digits is 1, then all of the following could be possible except that:

Explanation:

If one of the corner digits is 1, then the digit at the apex is 7. Hence, [2].

Question: 78

Each question is followed by two statements.

Mark [1], if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but not by the other.

Mark [2], if the question can be answered by using either of the statements, either of the statement alone.



How many minimum number of socks should be taken out from the box without replacement to get a pair of same colour?

I. There are socks of different colours in the box.

II. There are n (n 5) number of socks with only 3 different colours.

Explanation:

Using statement I, we cannot answer the question.

From statement II, we can say that if we draw 4 socks, there will be atleast one pair of same colour.

Hence, statement II is sufficient to answer.

Hence, [1].

Question: 79

Each question is followed by two statements.

Mark [1], if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but not by the other.

Mark [2], if the question can be answered by using either of the statements, either of the statement alone.



Is P the grandmother of Q, if Q is the son of N?

I. M, who is the only child of her parents, is the wife of N; and R is the brother-in-law of M. R is the son of P.

II. P is the only child of her parents.

Explanation:

1) the other corner is not 0

2) the apex is not 7

3) the apex is not 8

4) the maximum possible sum of the middle row digits is 11

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





Question: 80


The graph below shows performance of the various sectors in the year 2006-2007 over the previous year.

The net profits of the Chemical sector is at least 10% of the sales and the sales last year were 100 crores. Which of the following holds

true for the chemical sector this year?

Explanation:

1)

2)

3)

4)





Question: 81


Last year the sales in Automobiles, Telecom and Tourism were 157, 205 and 106 crores respectively. Which of the following is true about

this year's sales?

Explanation:From the graph, it can be observed that sales of Automobiles 157. Sales of Telecom 205. Sales of Tourism 106. Hence, [3].

Question: 82


If, last year, the net profit and sales of Agriculture were 15 crores and 2500 crores respectively, which of the following is true about the

Agriculture sector this year?

Explanation:

The graph clearly shows that there is a decline in the sales and the net profits of the Agricultural sector this year. This clearly indicates that

sales and net profits will be 2500 and 15 crores respectively. Hence,[3].

Question: 83

Answer the questions on the basis of the bar graph given below.

1) Tourism 106 cr, Automobiles 157 cr, Telecom 205 cr

2) Automobiles 205 cr, Tourism 157 cr, Telecom 106 cr

3) Telecom 205 cr, Automobiles 157 cr, Tourism 106 cr

4) Tourism 106 cr, Telecom 205 cr, Automobiles 157 cr

1) Sales 2500 cr and profits 15 cr








Among the four families, which family spends more on electricity?

I. The total expenditure of the Dubeys is greater than that of the Mishras and Sharmas.

II. Varmas spend less on LPG than Dubeys.

Explanation:

Question: 84

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





Answer the questions on the basis of the bar graph given below.

Do the Dubeys spend the least on telephone bills among the four families?

I. All the four families spend equal amounts on LPG.

II. Among the four families, the Dubeys spend the least on electricity.

Explanation:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4





Question: 85


A delivery man delivers a minimum of 10 packages and a maximum of 15 packages in any particular week (Monday to Friday). The

number of packages he delivers on Monday is always equal to the number he delivers on Friday. On Thursday, he delivers one package

less than the number he delivered on Tuesday.

If at least 1 package is delivered every day of the week, what is the minimum and maximum number of packages he can possibly deliver

on Monday?

Explanation:

Question: 86


1) 2, 4

2) 1, 5

3) 1, 6

4) 3, 4





If 10 packages are delivered in the week and a minimum possible number of packages are delivered on Monday, what would be the

number of packages delivered on Wednesday?

Explanation:

Question: 87


If an even number of packages is delivered in the entire week, then how many could have been delivered on Wednesday?

Explanation:

Question: 88


There are twelve members in a joint family. Half of the total number are males. The eldest member (a male) of the family has three sons

1) 2 or 3

2) 4 or 3 or 7

3) 1 or 3 or 5 or 7

4) 1 or 3 or 5 or 7 or 9

1) 6

2) 1

3) 2

4) 4





and all of them stay with their wives. Gita is the daughter of one of these sons and she has 4 cousins. Given that the mother of the three

brothers is not alive, find:

How many sons are there in the family?


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

The eldest member is a male. Since 6 members are males, except the eldest member, there are five sons in the family.

Question: 89


What is the number of daughters in the family?

Enter your response (as an integer) using the virtual keyboard in the box provided below.[quizky-text]

Explanation:

There are 6 females out of which 3 are wives.

Number of daughters = 3.

Question: 90


Six players Anand, Anil, Dinesh, Hemant, Husain and Pratish participate in a chess tournament such that none of them plays against each

other. Three of them bring chess boards and the others bring chess clocks. Each of the players is accompanied by a single person i.e., a

friend or wife or son or a parent or a brother or a coach, not necessarily in that order.

The following observations hold for the first round of the tournament played by the 12 players:

– The players’ opponents are from AP, HP, UP, MP, Bihar and Bengal.

– Four players get white pieces while two get black pieces.

– Of these 6 players, 4 win while 2 lose their match.

– All the players who had brought chess boards won.

– Only one player with black pieces won.

– Players accompanied by a parent or a brother lost.

– Husain had black pieces and had brought a chess clock. – Anand was accompanied by his friend.

– Hemant was accompanied by his son. Husain was the only unmarried participant in the tournament.

– Pratish’s opponent was from HP and Anil’s was from Bihar.

– The players whose opponents were from MP or AP, won.

– The Bengali lost to a player with black pieces.

– Dinesh’s opponent from UP, lost.

– Anil had brought a chess clock.

– Anand, Dinesh and Hemant had white pieces.

Who accompanied Dinesh?

1) 5

2) 4

3) 3

4) 6

1) 2

2) 3

3) 4

4) 5





Explanation:

Question: 91


Six players Anand, Anil, Dinesh, Hemant, Husain and Pratish participate in a chess tournament such that none of them plays against eachother. Three of them bring chess boards and the others bring chess clocks. Each of the players is accompanied by a single person i.e., a

friend or wife or son or a parent or a brother or a coach, not necessarily in that order.








– Husain had black pieces and had brought a chess clock.

– Anand was accompanied by his friend.








Which state did Hemant’s opponent belong to?

1) wife

2) coach

3) parent

4) Cannot be determined

1) MP





Explanation:

Question: 92


Six players Anand, Anil, Dinesh, Hemant, Husain and Pratish participate in a chess tournament such that none of them plays against each

other. Three of them bring chess boards and the others bring chess clocks. Each of the players is accompanied by a single person i.e., afriend or wife or son or a parent or a brother or a coach, not necessarily in that order.








– Husain had black pieces and had brought a chess clock.

– Anand was accompanied by his friend.








If Anil was accompanied by his brother, then who accompanied Pratish?

2) AP

3) Bengal


1) wife

2) coach





Explanation:

Question: 93

Answer the question independently.

There are 10 books two each of English, Hindi, Maths, Physics and Biology. The books are kept in the bags of five colours, red, blue,

black, yellow and green, and each bags is alloted to one of the following students: Rajesh, Anita, Veena, Asha and Sophia. No two books

of same subject is in the same colour bag. A Hindi book is not kept with either a Biology book or a Maths book. Asha carries the book from

the subjects among Maths, Biology, Physics and Hindi only. Anita carries a English and a Hindi book. Rajesh does not like to carry books

on Biology, English or Maths. Red, blue, and black coloured bags are alloted to Anita, Rajesh and Sophia respectively. Red and green

coloured bags have one book of the same subject. Black and yellow coloured bags have the same subject books. The books that Veena

carries are of subjects:

Explanation:

3) parent


1) Physics and Maths

2) Maths and Biology

3) Physics and English

4) Physics and Hindi





Question: 94

Answer the question independently.

There is a group of five friends A, B, C, D and E. Each of them is engaged in a different profession lawyer, engineer, doctor, teacher and

journalist. Each one likes two different games from among the following: cricket, football, badminton, basketball and volleyball. C likes to

play badminton and cricket. D likes to play football. The person who is in a legal occupation does not like to play either football or cricket.

A likes to play cricket and badminton. B likes playing basketball. E is a journalist. B is a :

Explanation:

We know that E is a journalist. Also that A, C and D likes to play either cricket or football. But it is given that the lawyer doesn’t like playing

either cricket or football. Hence the option left out is B. That is, B is a lawyer. Hence, [2].

Question: 95

Answer the questions on the basis of the table given below.

1) Engineer

2) Lawyer

3) Doctor

4) Teacher





In how many states is the total forest area more than the non-forest area?


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

The total forest area is more than the non-forest area in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and A. &

N. Islands.

Question: 96


1) 7

2) 8

3) 5

4) 11





Rank the states in the descending order of the scrub area. How many states rank among the first 15 have more dense forest area than

open forest area?


[quizky-text]

Explanation:

12 out of first 15 ranked states have more dense forest area than the open forest area.

Question: 97


1) 12

2) 13

3) 15

4) 11





How many states satisfy the conditions given in the previous two questions?

Explanation:

The previous two conditions are satisfied for no state. Hence, [1].

Question: 98


1) 0

2) 1

3) 2

4) 3





Explanation:

Question: 99


1) 1998

2) 1997

3) 2001

4) 1996





Explanation:

Question: 100


Explanation:

1) 50%

2) 90%

3) 78%

4) 60%

1) No difference.

2) Profits from shares were higher by approximately Rs.22,000.

3) Profits from shares were higher by approximately Rs.36,000.

4) Profits from gold were higher by Rs.12,000.






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