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Questions = 70; time limit = 75 minutes. Sectional cut-off in each section it’s around 60% in
Logical Reasoning part and 50% in Verbal Ability. No negative marking Offline (paper & pen) test
Analytical & Logical reasoning :( 30 questions: 40 minutes)
English section: (40 questions: 35 minutes)
1. There are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy. Find the min. no. of times the balls have to be
weighed for finding out the heavy ball.
Ans. 8
2. If I walk with 30 miles/hr i reach 1 hour before and if i walk with 20 miles/hr i reach 1 hour late.
Find the distance between 2 points and the exact time of reaching destination is 11 am then find
the speed with which it walks.
Ans. 120miles and 24 miles/hr
3. When you reverse the digits of age of father u will get the age of son. One year ago the age of
father was twice that of son's age. What are the current ages of father and son?
Ans: 73 & 37
4. In a class there are less than 500 students. When it is divided by 3 it gives a whole number.
Similarly when it is divided by 4, 5 or 7 gives a whole number. Find the no. of students in the class
Ans: 420
5. A coffee seller has two types of coffee Brand A costing 5 bits per pound and Brand B costing 3
bits per pound. He mixes two brands to get a 40 pound mixture. He sold this at 6 bits per pound.
The seller gets a profit of 33 1/2 percent. How much he has used Brand A in the mixture?
Ans: 30 pounds
Ans: A
Ans: C
Ans: C
Ans: D
Ans: B
Directions 11-15: In each question below are given three Statements followed by three
Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given Statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide
which of the given Conclusions logically follows from the given Statements disregarding commonly
known facts.
11. Statements:
Some cycles are busses. All cars are buses. Some buses are trains. Conclusions:
(1) None follows (2) Only I and II follow (3) Only land III follow (4) Only II and III follow
(5) None of these
Ans: 4
12. Statements: All pencils are sticks. Some sticks are notes. All diaries are notes. Conclusions:
I. Some notes are diaries.
Ans: 5
13. Statements: Some buds are leaves. No leaf is fruit. Some fruits are buds.
Conclusions:
Ans: 2
14. Statements: Some birds are animals. All animals are rivers. Some rivers are lions.
Conclusions:
Ans: 3
15. Statements: All boxes are pans Some boxes are jugs .Some jugs are glasses.Conclusions:
(1) Only I and II follows (2) Either I or II and III follows (3) Only III follows (4) Either I or II ,
and either III or IV follow (5) None of these
Ans: B
Directions 16-20 Use the following answer choices for the questions below.
A. Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question asked.
B. Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question asked.
C. Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither
statement is sufficient alone.
D. Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E. Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is
needed to answer the statements.
16) If the average size of 3 accounts is $1 million, is the smallest account less than $500,000?
Ans: C
1. y-3=2
2. y2 = 25
Ans: A
19) What was the percent increase of Company A's stock between June 1 and June 30, 2000?
Ans: E
Ans: E
21. Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to his
right he goes 15 km. then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How
far is he from his starting point?
(A) 5 metres
(B) 10 metres
(C) 20 metres
(D) 15 metres
Ans: (B)
22. Sonalika goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards South
from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from her
starting point?
(A) 7 km East
(D) 5 km North-East
23. Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes
15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what direction is she
from her starting point?
Ans: (B)
24. Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 km after turning to her left.
Again she goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to her
right. How far is she from N?
(A) 40 m
(B) At N(C) 10 m
(D) 15 m
Ans: (D)
25. Shri Prakash walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres after
turning to his left. After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far and in what
direction is he now from his starting point?
(A) 40 m, North
(B) 50 m, West
(C) 10 m, East
(D) 10 m, West
Ans: (B)
I. Directions (Question 26 to 30): Read the following information carefully and answer the
questions given it.
There are six persons A B C D E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one
compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject was History while there
others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's
compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and
English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of
those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the
school has English as her compulsory subject.
Ans: A
A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E
Ans: D
28. Which of the following has some compulsory and optional subjects as those of F's ?
A) D B) B C) A D) C E) None of these
Ans: E
29. Disregarding which is the compulsory and which is the optional subject, who has the same two
subject combination as F?
A) A B) B C) E D) D E) None of these
Ans: C
30. Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject?
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis
of the information provided in the passage.
It all started at the beginning of fifth grade. At first, Carmen wasn’t really sure what was
happening. In class, she had to squint to see the blackboard clearly. She had to do the same thing
when she read street signs, or when she watched a movie. As the fuzziness got worse, she
became more and more worried. It was important for her to see the notes and homework
assignments the teacher put on the board.
It wasn’t long before Carmen found herself squinting all the time, but she didn’t want anyone to
know that she was having a problem seeing. In class, she asked for a desk that was closer to the
blackboard. One day, her teacher said, "Carmen, are you all right? I’ve noticed you squinting a lot.
Are you having trouble seeing the board?"
Carmen shook her head. "I’m fine, Mrs. Cruz," she said, but she knew she couldn’t pretend much
longer.
At home, she had to sit closer and closer to the television in order to see the picture. Her mother
noticed her squinting as she watched her favorite shows, and she began to get suspicious.
"Tomorrow I’m calling the eye doctor to set up an appointment for you," she said firmly. Carmen
protested, but her mother’s mind was made up.
Three days later, Carmen had new glasses and instructions from her doctor to wear them all the
time. Carmen frowned in the car the whole way home. "All of the kids at school will think I’m a
nerd," she said. Her mother smiled and shook her head. "You look just as beautiful with those
glasses on as you do without them," she said. But Carmen didn’t believe her. The next day,
Carmen kept the glasses in her pocket as she walked into the schoolyard. She avoided her friends
and stood alone, feeling miserable. Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout. Carmen ran
over to the other girls. "What’s wrong?" she asked. "My silver ring is gone!" Theresa cried. "My
sister sent it to me from California. It’s very special and I can’t lose it!"
Carmen could tell that Theresa was very upset. They all looked for the ring in the grassy area of
the playground.
Carmen realized that she could search better if she could see better. She took the glasses out of
her pocket and put them on. The objects and people around her came into sharp focus. She
caught her breath. Everything looked so different! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a
glimmer of silver caught her eye. It was the ring. "Here it is," she shouted. "I’ve found it!" She
handed it to Theresa, and Theresa slipped the ring back on her finger.
"Thanks Carmen," she said. "I never thought we'd find it." She paused. "Hey, I didn’t know you
wore glasses. They look great!" Carmen had forgotten that she was wearing the new glasses.
"Thanks," she replied shyly. As they walked back toward the school building, two more girls from
her class complimented her glasses. Carmen smiled. "Maybe wearing glasses won’t be so bad after
all," she thought.
Ans: B
2. Based on the end of the story, what do you think Carmen will do next?
A. She won’t tell her friends that she needs to wear glasses.
B. She will keep her glasses in her pocket where no one can see them.
C. She will wear her glasses all the time.
D. She will wear her glasses only when she is with her family.
Ans: C
3. Read this sentence from the story 'Her mother noticed her squinting as she watched her
favorite shows, and she began to get suspicious'.
Ans: D
5. Read this sentence from the story. 'In class, she had to squint to see the blackboard clearly'.
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the
basis of the information provided in the passage.
Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of
cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he
had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His
discovery that the firebrand, from which the torch may very well have developed, could be used
for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.
Lamps, too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a
lamp while watching a twig or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from a roasting carcass. All
he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps,
which are made of hollowed stones or sea shells, have persisted in identical from up to quite
recent times.
Ans: A
Ans: B
Ans: D
Ans: C
A) Using a reed as a wick in the fat B) letting a reed soak the fat
C) putting the fat in a shell and lighting it D) floating a reed in the sea-shell
Ans: A
Directions11-18: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to
make the sentence meaningfully complete.
11. These essays are intellectually ............... and represent various levels of complexity
Ans: C
12. It was almost impossible for him to put out of his mind the ............... words which he heard
from his clever father-in-law
Ans: B
Ans: A
14. The soldiers were instructed to.........................restraint and handle the situation peacefully.
Ans: A
15. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was one of the chief............... of women's rights
Ans; E
16. Her parents will never give their .........to such an unsuitable match.
Ans: C
Ans: A
Ans: D
Direction Questions 19-26 in each question below is given a passage followed by several
inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and
decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
A. if the inference is ' definitely true' i.e., it directly follows from the facts given in the passage
B. if the inference is ' probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts given
C. if you think the data are in adequate i.e., from the facts given you cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true or false
D. if you think the inference is ' probably false' though not definitely false in the light of the facts
given; and
E. if you think inference is ' definitely false' i.e, it contradicts the given facts.
Passage I
A recent survey shows that India has the lowest death rate for blood cancer. China, Thailand and
Myanmar (countries that have taste for spices) also have low rates. Higher rates are found in .S.A
where spices are not used. The typical American food remains chicken rolls, butter and beef.
Ans: D
Ans: C
Ans: A
Ans: C
Ans: A
Passage II
The water resources of our country are very much underutilized . The main reason of this
underutilization is the lack of capital and technology. A large portion of our water resources is
wasted due to floods and unwise use of water for irrigation as well as domestic purposes. we can
make full use of our water resources by building dams on rivers and by adopting policy of
awareness among people not to waste water.
Ans: E
26. The country does not have enough funds to develop water resources
Ans: A
Direction 27-32: In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an
error. If there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'
A B C D
Ans: B
34. Both the civilians/ and armymen / joined the First World War / today. / No error
A B C D
Ans: B
A B C D
Ans: B
29. As soon as the teacher entered / everyone fell /in a silence / no error
A B C
Ans: C
30. He took to / reading Times / for better knowledge / of the facts./ no error
A B C D E
Ans: B
31. I will put on / a note in this regard / for your consideration / and necessary decision./ no error
A B C D E
Ans: A
32. He has been working on /the problem from a long time /but is still not / able to solve it./ no
error
A B C D E
Ans: E
Directions 33-40: In each question, a part of sentence is printed in italics. Below each sentence,
some phrases are given which can substitute the italicized part of the sentence. If the sentence is
correct as it is, the answer is 'No correction required'
33. He did many mischiefs
Ans: C
Ans: C
D. No Correction required
Ans: C
A. rotating
B. encircling
C. dodging
D. No Correction required
Ans: D
Ans: C
Ans: C
Ans: B
40. A bird in hand is worth two in bush
Ans: A
Analytical reasoning
1. Joe's age, Joe's sister's age and Joe’s fathers age sums up to a century. When sox s as old as
his father, Joe's sister will be twice as old as now. When Joe is as old as his father then his father
is twice as old as when his sister was as old as her father
2. At 6'o clock clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks was 30sec. How much time
it takes at 12'o clock?
3. Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total no.of
remaining bullets is equal
to that of one has after division. Find the original number divided.
Ans: 18
4. A ship went on a voyage after 180 miles a plane started with 10 times speed that of the ship.
Find the distance when they meet from starting point.
Ans: 200
5. A man sold two cows for Rs. 210 at a total profit of 5 %. He sold one cow at a loss of 10% and
another at a profit of 10%. What is the price of each cow?
Ans: Rs. 150 and Rs. 50
Directions: 6 -10 In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on
the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
Answers 6-10
6) B 7) D 8) E 9) A 10) C
I. F and G
II. E and H
III. D
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I,II, & III
(e) I & II (or) II & III but not both
Ans. (e)
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I & II
(d) II & III
(e) I,II & III
Ans. (c)
Ans: (b)
(A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
(B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
(C) Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement
alone is sufficient
(E) Statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question
16. Is x > 0?
1. -2x < 0
2. x³ > 0
A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
E. E.
Ans: D
17. A certain straight corridor has four doors, A, B, C and D (in that order) leading off from the
same side. How far apart are doors B and C?
Ans: E
18. Given that x and y are real numbers, what is the value of x + y?
Ans: A
19. Two socks are to be picked at random from a drawer containing only black and white socks.
What is the probability that both are white?
Ans: C
20. A bucket was placed under a dripping tap which was dripping at a uniform rate. At what time
was the bucket full?
Directions (Question 21-25): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below it.
Rohit, Kunal, Ashish and John are students of a school. Three of them stay far from the school
and one near it. Two study in class IV, one in class V and one in class VI. They study Hindi,
mathematics, Social Science. One is good at all the four subjects while another weak in all of
these. Rohit stays far from the school and good at Mathematics only while Kunal is weak in
Mathematics only and stays close to the school. Neither of these two nor Ashish studies in class VI.
One who is good at all the subjects’ studies in class V.
Ans: C
Ans: D
A) Rohit and Kunal B) Kunal and Ashish C) Ashish and John D) John and Rohit
Ans: B
A) Rohit and Ashish B) Kunal and Ashish C) John and Ashish D) Rohit and John
Ans: A
25. Other than Rohit and the boy good at all the subjects, who else stays far from the school?
Ans: D
Directions 26-30: The table above shows imports for three types of steel over a six month
period. Use this information to answer the following questions
26. Which month showed the largest decrease in total imports over the previous month?
Ans. B
27. What was the total value of sheet steel (in $) imported over the 6 month period?
Ans. C
28. What was the percentage of scrap steel imported in the 6 month period?
Ans. D
29. What was the difference (in thousands of tons) between coil steel and sheet steel imports in
the first 3 months of the year?
Ans. E
30. What was the approximate ratio of sheet steel and coil steel imports in the first 3 months of
the year?
Ans. A
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the
basis of the information provided in the passage
A snow leopard roars in the high mountains of Asia. A black rhinoceros gallops across the plains
of Africa. A grizzly bear hunts for fish in a North American river. A mother blue whale and her calf
glide through the deep waters of the ocean.
All of these animals share the Earth with us. They fascinate us with their beauty, their grace, and
their speed. We love observing their behavior, and learning more about their habits. But just
loving them is not enough. All of these animals are endangered. Many of them have died, and
without special care, they may someday disappear from the Earth.
Why is it important to care for animals like these? One reason is to protect the balance of life on
Earth. Another reason is the beauty of the animals themselves. Each species of animal is special.
Once it is gone, it is gone forever.
Africa was once filled with an abundance of wild animals. But that is changing fast. One of these
animals, the black rhinoceros, lives on the plains of Africa. It has very poor eyesight and a very
bad temper! Even though the black rhino is powerful, and can be dangerous, its strength can’t
always help it to escape hunters. Some people think that the rhino’s horn has magical powers, and
many hunters kill rhinos for their valuable horns. This has caused the black rhino to be placed on
the endangered species list.
The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. It once had no natural
enemies, but is now endangered—killed for its ivory tusks.
The fastest land animal, the cheetah, also lives in Africa. It, too, is becoming extinct as people
take over more and more of the land that is the cheetah's natural habitat.
Imagine Africa without the powerful rhino, the gentle, intelligent elephant, or the lightning quick
cheetah. Once they are gone, they are gone forever.
Wherever people are careless about the land, there are endangered species.
Grizzly bears like to wander great distances. Each bears needs up to 1,500 square miles of
territory to call its homeland. Today, because forests have been cleared to make room for people,
the grizzly’s habitat is shrinking and the grizzly is disappearing. It joins other endangered North
American animals, such as the red wolf and the American crocodile.
In South America, destruction of the rain forest threatens many animals. Unusual mammals, such
as the howler monkey and the three-toed sloth, are endangered. Beautiful birds like the great
green macaw and the golden parakeet are also becoming extinct. They’re losing their homes in the
rain forest, and thousands die when they are caught and shipped off to be sold as exotic pets.
The giant panda of Asia is a fascinating and unique animal. Yet there are only about 1,000 still
living in the wild. The giant panda’s diet consists mainly of the bamboo plant, so when the bamboo
forests die, so does the panda. China is now making an effort to protect these special creatures
from becoming extinct.
Asia’s big cats are also in trouble. The exotic snow leopard lives high in the mountains. Even there,
it faces the loss of its natural habitat, and hunters who kill it for its fur. The tiger, the largest of all
the big cats, is hunted merely for sport.
Ocean-dwelling animals are in danger of extinction as well. The blue whale is the largest animal in
the world. It weighs up to 390,000 pounds. Whale hunting and pollution are this species’ greatest
enemies.
Unfortunately, it is people who cause many of the problems that animals face. We alter and pollute
their habitats. We hunt them for skins, tusks, furs, and horns. We destroy animals that get in the
way of farming or building. And we remove them from their natural habitats and take them home
as pets.
What can you do to help endangered animals? Learn as much as you can about them. The more
you know, the more you can help. Make an effort to support zoos and wildlife groups. Many zoos
breed endangered animals, helping to ensure that they will continue to live on. Contribute to
groups, such as the National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club, that work hard to protect
animals. You can also be a smart shopper and never buy a pet that has been raised in the
wilderness.
The world is made up of many living things, and each thing is dependent on the others to survive.
If we allow even one species on Earth to become extinct, it has an impact on other living things
and changes our world. When we mention any endangered wild animals, let’s hope that we never
again have to say, "Gone forever."
Ans: B
2. Read this sentence from the article. Today, because forests have been cleared to make room for
people, the grizzly’s habitat is shrinking and the grizzly is disappearing.
Ans: A
3. Which of the following does NOT support the main idea of the article?
A. Ocean-dwelling animals are in danger of extinction as well.
B. Beautiful birds like the great green macaw are also becoming extinct.
C. Wherever people are careless about the land, there are endangered species.
D. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa.
Ans: D
4. Read this sentence from the article. They fascinate us with their beauty, their grace, and their
speed.
A. thrill
B. bore
C. scare
D. humor
Ans: B
Ans: C
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the
basis of the information provided in the passage
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which
the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have turned out to
be only temporary. When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought
that freedom and prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process,
and it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone
was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of thenineteenth century as a brief
interlude between past and future barbarism.
6. The author feels and about the later part of his life because
Ans: C
Ans: B
Ans: D
C) Peace would prevail and happiness would engulf the whole world.
Ans: C
10. A brief interlude between past and future barbarism' can be interpreted as
Ans: D
Directions 11-18: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to
make the sentence meaningfully complete.
11. The petition before the Court prayed for .....................the appointment orders issued by the
management
Ans: D
Ans: D
13. The truck was.............. The traffic and the policemen asked the driver to move off.
Ans: B
14. The paternalistic attitude is so ingrained in the managements that they have
to.....................try to change it
Ans: C
15. For a few seconds, Madan was.............blinded by the powerful lights of the oncoming car
Ans: E
16. Sachin was to reach that afternoon but was ...... up at Delhi for some personal work.
Ans: A
Ans: C
18. Let us take him upon his word. I see no room for any ....... in the matter
Ans: B
Direction Questions 19 - 26: In each question below is given a passage followed by several
inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and
decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
A. if the inference is ' definitely true' i.e. , it directly follows from the facts given in the passage
B. if the inference is ' probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts given
C. if you think the data are in adequate i.e., from the facts given you cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true or false
D. if you think the inference is ' probably false' though not definitely false in the light of the facts
given; and
E. if you think inference is ' definitely false' i,e , it contradicts the given facts.
Passage I
More than a decade of erosion in budgetary support from the Union Government, has seriously
affected Indian Railway's capacity to finance its plan expenditures. The situation has come to a
pass where the railways must now think of innovative ways to get longer mileage from its
investments. Significantly the resource crunch has had grievous impact on the railways. As a
result, it will not be in a position to acquire necessary equipments and this will seriously affect the
railway's capacity to serve the needs of the economy in future.
19. Railways had so far belived in traditional ways in generating income.
Ans: A
20. Government has shifted its priority from railways to other areas.
Ans: B
21. The union government has reduced drastically the budgetary support to railways during the
last decade.
Ans: A
22. The fiscal position of railways in the earlier plan period was better than the current plan period
Ans: A
23. During the current plan period, the railways will not be able to expand its network
Ans: A
Passage II
The smaller pesticide formulation units in India operate under heavy constraints such as obsolete
technology, small scale of operation and dependence on large units for raw materials. In view of
the loss of expensive material by the smaller units it is important to either eliminate or reduce
losses to the extent possible through innovative and sustainable waste minimization techniques.
Operating profit margins of the units are very low and small adverse conditions land these
companies in trouble. Maximum losses suffered by these units are through poor house keeping,
Sub- optional operating practices, and lack of proper opportunities for recycling waste.
Ans: C
Ans: A
Ans: B
Direction 27-32: In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an
error. If there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'
27. Our is the only / country in the world / than can boast of / unity in diversity / no error
A B C D E
Ans: B
A B C D
Ans: B
29. Due to me being a newcomer / I was unable to get a house / suitable for my wife and me / No
error
Ans: A
30. This is the boy / whom I think had won / the gold medal in the dance competition / No error
A B C D
Ans: B
31. The number of vehicles /plying on this road /is more than on the main road / No error
A B C D
Ans: C
32. There has not been any rainfall / in this part of the country / since the last two years / No
error
A B C D
Ans: D
Directions 33-40: In each question, a part of sentence is printed in italics. Below each sentence,
some phrases are given which can substitute the italicized part of the sentence. If the sentence is
correct as it is, the answer is 'No correction required'
Ans: B
Ans: C
Ans: D
Ans: C
Ans: C
Ans: A
40. The enthusiastic voters were queuing up outside the polling station since morning.
Ans: B
Analytical reasoning
1. A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as
brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and
sisters are there?
Ans: 4 boys and 3 girls.
2. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts. For making one soap you
will get 1 part as scrap. At the end of the day u have 251 such scraps. From that how
many soaps can be manufactured?
Ans: 25.
3. There is a 5digit no. 3 pairs of sum is eleven each. Last digit is 3 times the first one. 3
rd digit is 3 less than the second.4 th digit is 4 more than the second one. Find the digit.
Ans: 25296.
4. Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing. The road is straight before
the crossing and both are traveling in the same direction. The cyclist travels with a speed
of 10 Kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and meets the train 5km before
the crossing. What is the speed of the train?
Ans: 60 kmph
5. Two twins have certain peculiar characteristics. One of them always lies on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. On the other days they tell the truth. You are given a conversation.
Person A-- today is Sunday my name is Anil
Person B -- today is Tuesday, my name is Bill
what day is today?
Directions 6:10 in each of the questions given below which one of the five answer
figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence
were continued?
Answers 6-10
6) E 7) C 8) B 9) E 10) D
(A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question
(B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question
(C) Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither
statement alone is sufficient
(E) Statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to
answer the question
11. If x and y are both positive integers, how much greater is x than y?
1. x + y = 20
2. x = y²
A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
E. E.
Ans: C
12. Fifty percent of the articles in a certain magazine are written by staff members.
Sixty percent of the articles are on current affairs. If 75 percent of the articles on current
affairs are written by staff members with more than 5 years experience of journalism,
how many of the articles on current affairs are written by journalists with more than 5
years experience?
Ans: A
13. Is xy > 0?
1. x/y < 0
2. x+y<0
A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
E. E.
Ans: A
Ans: E
1. 3w is an odd number.
2. 2w is an even number.
A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
E. E.
Ans: B
Directions (Question 16 to 19): Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below it.
ii) Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Vollyball, Cricket,
Hockey, Tennis and Polo
iii) Each owns a different colored car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and
red.
v) C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow colored
car
Ans: B
Ans: B
18. Which of the following combinations of colour of car and game played is not correct?
Ans: B
19. In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress
and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja
do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers.
Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also
violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and violinist?
Ans: C
20. Salay walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m turning to his
left. After this he walked 10 m turning to his left and in the end he walked 10 m turning
to his left. In what direction is he now from his starting point?
(A) South (B) North (C) East (D) West (E) None of these
Ans: (B)
21. Manish goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km turning
to West. After this he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he goes 9 km
towards East. How far is he from his house?
(A) 5 km (B) 7 km (C) 2 km (D) 14 km (E) None of these
Ans: (A)
22. Laxman went 15 kms from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then
turned east and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20kms. How far was he
from his house?
(A) 5 kms (B) 10 kms (C) 40 kms (D) 80 kms (E) None of
these
Ans: (D)
23. The door of Aditya's house faces the east. From the back side of his house, he walks
straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres, then turns towards left
and stops after walking 25 metres. Now Aditya is in which direction from the starting
point?
24. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carrom. P, R, and S, Q are partners. S is to the
right of R who is facing west. Then Q is facing?
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West (E) None of
these
Ans: (A)
25. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north-east. In
which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 p.m?
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West (E) None
of these
Ans: C
26. A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30
metres. Then turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again he turns to his left and walks
30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?
Ans: E
Directions 27-30: The table below shows the number of people who responded to a
survey about their favorite style of music. Use this information to answer the following
questions to the nearest whole percentage.
27. What percentage of respondents under 31, indicated that blues in their favorite
style?
Ans: B
28. What percentage of respondents aged 21-30 indicated that jazz is their favorite
style?
Ans: A
29. What percentage of the total sample indicated that Jazz is heir favorite style of
music?
A. 6 % B. 8% C. 22% D. 4% E. 11%
Ans: E
Ans: C
Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on
the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Much of the information we have today about chimpanzees comes from the
groundbreaking, long-term research of the great conservationist, Jane Goodall.
Jane Goodall was born in London, England, on April 3, 1934. On her second birthday, her
father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Jubilee was named after a baby chimp
in the London Zoo, and seemed to foretell the course Jane’s life would take. To this day,
Jubilee sits in a chair in Jane’s London home. From an early age, Jane was fascinated by
animals and animal stories. By the age of 10, she was talking about going to Africa to
live among the animals there. At the time, in the early 1940s, this was a radical idea
because women did not go to Africa by themselves.
As a young woman, Jane finished school in London, attended secretarial school, and then
worked for a documentary filmmaker for a while. When a school friend invited her to
visit Kenya, she worked as a waitress until she had earned the fare to travel there by
boat. She was 23 years old.
Once in Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous paleontologist and anthropologist.
He was impressed with her thorough knowledge of Africa and its wildlife, and hired her
to assist him and his wife on a fossil-hunting expedition to Olduvai Gorge. Dr. Leakey
soon realized that Jane was the perfect person to complete a study he had been planning
for some time. She expressed her interest in the idea of studying animals by living in the
wild with them, rather than studying dead animals through paleontology.
Dr. Leakey and Jane began planning a study of a group of chimpanzees who were living
on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kenya. At first, the British authorities would not
approve their plan. At the time, they thought it was too dangerous for a woman to live in
the wilds of Africa alone. But Jane’s mother, Vanne, agreed to join her so that she would
not be alone. Finally, the authorities gave Jane the clearance she needed in order to go
to Africa and begin her study
In July of 1960, Jane and her mother arrived at Gombe National Park in what was then
called Tanganyika and is now called Tanzania. Jane faced many challenges as she began
her work. The chimpanzees did not accept her right away, and it took months for them
to get used to her presence in their territory. But she was very patient and remained
focused on her goal. Little by little, she was able to enter their world.
At first, she was able to watch the chimpanzees only from a great distance, using
binoculars. As time passed, she was able to move her observation point closer to them
while still using camouflage. Eventually, she was able to sit among them, touching,
patting, and even feeding them. It was an amazing accomplishment for Jane, and a
breakthrough in the study of animals in the wild. Jane named all of the chimpanzees that
she studied; stating in her journals that she felt they each had a unique personality.
One of the first significant observations that Jane made during the study was that
chimpanzees make and use tools, much like humans do, to help them get food. It was
previously thought that humans alone used tools. Also thanks to Jane’s research, we
now know that chimps eat meat as well as plants and fruits. In many ways, she has
helped us to see how chimpanzees and humans are similar. In doing so, she has made
us more sympathetic toward these creatures, while helping us to better understand
ourselves.
The study started by Jane Goodall in 1960 is now the longest field study of any animal
species in their natural habitat. Research continues to this day in Gombe and is
conducted by a team of trained Tanzanians.
Jane’s life has included much more than just her study of the chimps in Tanzania. She
pursued a graduate degree while still conducting her study, receiving her Ph.D. from
Cambridge University in 1965. In 1984, she received the J. Paul Getty Wildlife
Conservation Prize for "helping millions of people understand the importance of wildlife
conservation to life on this planet." She has been married twice: first to a photographer
and then to the director of National Parks. She has one son.
Dr. Jane Goodall is now the world’s most renowned authority on chimpanzees, having
studied their behavior for nearly 40 years. She has published many scientific articles,
has written two books, and has won numerous awards for her groundbreaking work. The
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation was founded in
1977 in California but moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1998. Its goal is to take
the actions necessary to improve the environment for all living things.
Dr. Goodall now travels extensively, giving lectures, visiting zoos and chimp sanctuaries,
and talking to young people involved in environmental education. She is truly a great
conservationist and an amazing human being.
1. 'But she was very patient and remained focused on her goal'. What is an antonym for
the word focused?
A. bothered
B. tired
C. disinterested
D. concerned
Ans: C
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Dr. Leakey chose Jane to work with
him?
Ans: A
5. Jane Goodall is now the world’s most renowned authority on chimpanzees, having
studied their behavior for nearly forty years. What does authority mean?
A. an intelligent person
B. one who studies animals
C. a scientist
D. an expert
Ans: B
Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
There are some men who seem to be always on the lookout for trouble and, to tell the
truth, they are seldom disappointed. Listening to such men one would think that this
world is one of the stormiest and most disagreeable places. Yet, after all it is not such a
bad place and the difficulty is often in the man who is too thin- skinned. On the other
hand, the man who goes out expecting people to be like himself, kind and brotherly, will
be surprised at the kindness he meets even in the most unlike quarters. A smile is apt
to be met met with a respective smile while the sneer is just as apt to provoke a snarl.
Men living in the same neighborhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not the
neighborhood which is quarrelsome, but the man within us. And we have it in out power
to change our neighborhood into a pleasant one by simply changing our own ways.
Ans: D
7. "..............they are seldom disappointed". The statement denotes that such men
Ans: D
Ans: C
A) Insensitive
B) Intelligent
C) Awkward
D) Obstinate
Ans: A
10. "On the other hand............. unlikely quarter" The statement shows that people's
reaction to our attitude is
A) Generally indifferent
B) Surprisingly responsive
C) Often adverse
D) Mainly favorable
Ans: B
Directions 11-18: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the
blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
11. For a few seconds, Madan was.............blinded by the powerful lights of the
oncoming car
Ans: E
Ans: E
Ans: C
14. The improvement made by changes in the system was ....................and did not
warrant the large expenses.
Ans: D
15. The man who is..........................hesitating which of the two things he will do first,
will do neither.
Ans: A
Ans: E
17. The Manager gave her his ..... that the complaint would be investigated
Ans: A
A. if the inference is ' definitely true' i.e. , it directly follows from the facts given in the
passage
B. if the inference is ' probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts
given
C. if you think the data are in adequate i.e., from the facts given you cannot say
whether the inference is likely to be true or false
D. if you think the inference is ' probably false' though not definitely false in the light of
the facts given; and
E. if you think inference is ' definitely false' i.e. , it contradicts the given facts.
Passage I
Urban services have not expanded fast enough to cope with urban expansion. Low
investment allocation have tended top be under spent. Both public( e. g. water and
sewage) and private (e.g. low-income area housing) infrastructure quality has declined.
this impact of the environment in which children live and the supporting services
available to them when they fall ill, seems clear. The decline in average food availability
and the rise in absolute poverty point in the same satisfactory direction
Ans: A
Ans: C
Ans: C
Ans: B
Ans: A
Passage II
Though the states cultivate only 3.2 lakh tones of mangoes, they are of premium quality
and with mangoes becoming second most consumed fruit in the world after grapes. The
government has been trying exporting it through sea route which is cheaper. An
experiment which was done in this regard last year has proved successful.
Ans: A
Ans: C
26. The state also cultivates a large number of medium quality mangoes.
Ans: E
Direction27-32: In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence
has an error. If there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'
27. I going there / will not solve / this complicated problem / No error
A B C D
Ans: A
28. You can get /all the information you want / in this book / No error
A B C D
Ans: A
29. The bus could not / ascend the steep hill / because it was in the wrong gears / No
error
A B C D
Ans: C
A B C D
Ans: C
31. Most people would have /attended the union meeting / if they had / longer notice of
it / No error
A B C D E
Ans: D
32. And though one did not / quite believe his claim / one saw no harm / in granting
him permission / No error
A B C D E
Ans: E
Directions 33: In each question, a part of sentence is printed in italics. Below each
sentence, some phrases are given which can substitute the italicized part of the
sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, the answer is 'No correction required'
Ans: C
Ans: C
35. Education is a strong instruments for moldings the character of the young.
Ans: B
Ans: B
37. He has cooked that meal so often he can do it with his eyes closed.
Ans: D
38. The young hikers went as far as they finally got lost in the valley.
Ans: A
Ans: C
40. The fact finding committee has so far not made any advancement.
A. progress B. improvement C. stride D. No Correction required
Ans: A