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CAT Solved Paper 2016

Quantitative Ability
Directions for questions 1 to 7: Answer the questions independently of each other.
Q: 1. The total cost of 2 pencils, 5 erasers, and 7 sharpeners is Rs.30, while 3 pencils and 5
sharpeners cost Rs. 15 more than 6 erasers. By what amount (in Rs.) does the cost of 39 erasers
and 1 sharpener exceed the cost of 6 pencils?
(1) 20
(2) 30
(3) It does not exceed
(4) Cannot be determined
Answer: (1)
Q: 2. If the roots of the equation (x + 1) (x + 9) + 8 = 0 are a and b, then the roots of the
equation (x + a) (x + b) -8 = 0 are
(1) 1 and 9
(2) -4 and -6
(3) 4 and 6
Answer: (1)
Q: 3. What is the remainder when is divided by 100?
(1) 1
(2) 61
(3) 41
(4) 21
Answer: (1)
Q: 4. Balram, the local shoe shop owner, sells four types of footwear – Slippers (S), Canvas
Shoes (C), Leather Shoes (L) and Joggers (J). The following information is known regarding the
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cost prices and selling prices of these four types of footwear:
(i) L sells for Rs. 500 less than J, which costs Rs. 300 more than S, Which, in turn, sells for
Rs.200 more than L.
(ii) L costs Rs. 300 less than C, which sells for Rs. 100 more than S, which, in turn, costs Rs. less
than C.
If it is known that Balram never sells any item at a loss, then which of the following is true
regarding the profit percentages earned by Balram on the items L, S, C and J represented by l, s,
c and j
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Answer: (3)
Q: 5 In the figure below, P, Q and R are points on a circle with centre O. The tangent to the circle
at R intersects secant PQ at T. If QTR =25° , find ▭POQ.
Q 5 Image of Tangent Circle Find the POQ
(1) 110°
(2) 100°
(3)90°
(4)50°
Answer: (3)
Q: 6. A sequence of 4 digits, when considered as a number in base 10 is four times the number it
represents in base 6. What is the sum of the digits of the sequence?
(1) 7
(2) 6
(3) 9
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(4) 8
Answer: (4)
Q: 7. Some friends planned to contribute equally to jointly buy a CD player. However, two of
them decided to withdraw at the last minute. As a result, each of the others had to shell out one
rupee more than what they had planned for. If the price (in Rs.) of the CD player is an integer
between 1000 and 1100, find the number of friends who actually contributed?
(1) 21
(2) 23
(3) 44
(4) 46
Answer: (3)
DIRECTIONS for questions 8 and 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
A robot is designed to move in a peculiar way and it can be set in motion by a microprocessor
program. The program can be initiated by assigning a positive rational value to its variable n.
The program directs the robot to move in the following way. As soon as the program is started,
the robot starts from the point O, moves 2n metres northward and changes its direction by n° to
the right. It then moves 2n metres forward and again changes its direction by n° to the right and
continues in this manner till it reaches the starting point O, or till it covers a total distance of
100 m, whichever happens first, and then it stop.
Q: 8. I assigned a value for n and started the program. If the robot finally came back to O and
stopped, what is the total distance that it has covered
(1) 180 m
(2) 360 m
(3) 720 m
Answer: (3)
Q: 9 For how many value of n in the intervals [1, 60] does the robot cover less than 1000 m,
before it stops?
(1) 19
(2) 60
(3) 355
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(4) Infinite
Answer: (3)
DIRECTIONS for questions 10 to 20: Answer the questions independently of each other.
Q: 10. If N = 888…up to 100 digits, what is the remainder when N is divided by 625?
(1) 128
(2) 138
(3) 338
(4) 388
Answer: (2)
Q: 11. If where [x] denotes the

greatest integer less than or equal to x, then
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Answer: (3)
Q: 12 In the figure below, BD = 8 cm and DC = 6 cm. AE : ED = 3 : 4. If AF =12 cm, find AC (in

cm).
Q 12 Find the AC in Cm
(1) 28
(2) 38
(3) 44
(4) 40
Answer: (4)
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Q: 13. A regular polygon has an even number of sides. If the product of the length of its side and
the distance between two opposite sides is ¼ th of its area, find number of sides it has
(1) 6
(2) 8
(3) 20
(4) 16
Answer: (4)
Q: 14. There are three cities A, B and C, not on the same straight road. Two buses P and Q start
simultaneously from A and B respectively towards C. By the time Q reaches C, P is exactly
halfway to C. Immediately after Q reaches C, it starts travelling towards A and it crosses P at a
point 165 km from A. The ratio of the speeds of P and Q is 3 : 5 Assume that the roads joining A
to C, B to C and B to A are all straight roads. If B is twice as far from A as it is from C and P
would take to cover the distance from A to B, how much time would Q take to cover the distance
from C to A?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) 4 hours
Answer: (1)
Q: 15. Two positive real numbers, a and b, are expressed as the sum of m positive real numbers
and n positive real numbers respectively as follows:
If
Where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, what is the minimum possible
value of m +n?
(1) 6
(2) 10
(3) 8
(4) 9
Answer: (4)
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Q: 16. Consider two figures A and D that are defined in the co-ordinate plane. Each figure
represents the graph the graph of a certain function, as defined below:
A:
D: |y| = d
If the area enclosed by A and D is 0, which of the following is a possible value of (a,d)?
(1) (2,1)
(2) (-2, 1)
(3) (-2, 3)
(4) (2,3)
Answer: (2)
Q: 17. A natural number n is such that 120 n≤240. If HCF of n and 240 is 1, how many values of
n are possible?
(1) 24
(2) 32
(3) 36
(4) 40
Answer: (2)
Q: 18. If
(1) 24/90
(2) 242/900
(3) 245/900
(4) 200/729
Answer: (4)
Q: 19 If the sum to infinity of the series 2 +(2-d) 2/3+ (2 + d) 4/9 + (2 + 3d) 8/27 + ……▭ is 5/2,
what is the value of d?
(1) 7/12
(2) -7/12
(3) -5/12
(4) 5/12
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Answer: (2)
Q: 20. The first n natural numbers, 1 to n, have to be arranged in a row from left to right. The n
numbers are arranged such that there are an odd number of numbers between any two even
numbers as well as between any two odd numbers. If the number of ways in which this can be
done is 72, then find the value of n.
(1) 6
(2) 7
(3) 8
(4) More than 8
Answer: (1)
Logical & Data Interpretation
DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 23: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
After facing yet another World Cup debacle, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is in
search of a new coach for the team. It shortlisted five persons – Anshuman, Buchanen, John,
Whatmore and Chappel. Each of them is from a different country among Australia, India,
Japan, Pakistan and Canada, not necessarily in that order. At present, each of them is coaching
the team of a different country among Australia, Bangladesh, china, Wales and Bermuda, not
necessarily in that order. The following details were also observed about their particulars:
(i) For any person, each of his three particulars – his name, the name of the country from which
he is and the name of the country that he is coaching at present, starts with a different letter.
(ii) Whatmore is coaching Australia and John is from neither Australia nor Pakistan.
(iii) Buchanen is not coaching China and the person who is coaching Bermuda is from Canada.
(iv) Anshuman is neither from Canada nor from Pakistan and also the person from Pakistan is
coaching Bangladesh.
Q: 21. Whatmore is from which country?
(1) India
(2) Japan
(3) Canada
Answer: (4)
Q: 22. Who is the person from Australia?

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(1) Buchanen
(2) John
(3) Whatmore
Answer: (1)
Q: 23. The person from Japan is definitely not coaching
(1) China
(2) Wales
(3) Australia
(4) More than one of the above
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for questions 24 to 27: Answer the questions on the basis os the information
given below.
Mr. Suzuki, a car dealer, sold cars of only two brands, A and B, in the previous year. This year,
he introduced a new brand, C. The number of cars of cars of brand A and brand B sold in the
previous year were in the ratio 3 :2, and the ratio of the number of cars sold in the previous year
to that sold in this year is 2 : 3 for brand A and 2 : 5 for brand B. Further, the number of cars of
brand C sold this year forms 81 % of the total number of cars sold this year.
Q: 24. Find the number of cars of brand C sold this year, given that a total of 24 cars of brand A
were sold in the previous year.
(1) 324
(2) 648
(3) 162
(4) 243
Answer: (1)
Q: 25. What is the percentage increase in the total number of cars sold this year when compared
to the total number of cars sold in the previous year?
(1) 400%
(2) 600%
(3) 900%
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(4) 1000%
Answer: (3)
Q: 26. In the next year, Mr. Suzuki wants to increase the total sales by 80%, compared to the
total sales this year, by keeping the sales of each of A, B and C at the same level as that in this
year and introducing a new brand D. By what percent will the number of cars of brand D (to be
sold next year) be more than the total number of cars sold last year?
(1) 400%
(2) 600%
(3) 900%
(4) 700%
Answer: (4)
Q: 27. If total of 380 cars were sold this year, and the sales of C this year were nil, instead of 81%
of total sales, then how many cars of brand A were sold in the previous year?
(1) 140
(2) 120
(3) 100
(4) 160
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for questions 28 and 29: The question given below is followed by two statements,
I and II. Study the information given in the two statements and assess whether the statements
are sufficient to answer the question and choose the appropriate option from among the choices
given below:
Q: 28. Two of the three cricketers Pavan, Rajan and Tarun are selected to the national team.
Each of these three persons scored a different number of centuries and a different number of
runs. Further, among these three, Tarun scored the highest number of centuries. Who among
Pavan, Rajan and Tarun is not selected to the national team?
I. the person with the higher number of runs between Tarun and Pavan, is the person who
scored the lesser number of centuries between the two persons selected.
II. The person with the least number of runs between Rajan and Tarun, is the person who
scored the higher number of centuries between the two persons selected.
(1) The question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered
using the other statement alone.
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(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone
(3) The question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot be answered
using either statement alone
(4) the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.
Answer: (4)
Q: 29. Triangle ABC is right angled at B. What is the value of AB + BC?
I. Diameter of the circle inscribed in the triangle ABC is 10 cm.
II. Diameter of the circle circumscribing the triangle ABC is 27 cm.
(1) The question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered
using the other statement alone.
(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone.
(3) the question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot be answered
using either statement alone.
(4) The question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.
Answer: (3)
DIRECTIONS for questions 30 and 31: Answer the questions on the basis of the information
given below.
Each point in the graph below shows the sales and expenses of a company. Each company
belongs to one of the three sectors among manufacturing, automobiles, and software.
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Q 30and31 Image of Graph
Q: 30. For how many of the companies, is the profit more than 40% of the sales (Profit = Sales -
Expenses)?
(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 6
(4) 7
Answer: (3)
Q: 31. For how many software companies are the sales more than Rs.2500 crore but the
expenses less than Rs. 2100 crore?
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 6
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for questions 32 to 35: answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
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A team must be selected from ten probable – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Of these, A C, E and
are forwards, B, G and H are point guards and D, F and I are defenders.
Further, the following conditions need to be observed:
The team must have at least one forward, one point guard and one defender.
If the team includes J, it must also include F.
The team must include E or B, but not both.
If the team includes G, it must also include F.
The team must include exactly one among C, G and I.
C and F cannot be members of the same team
D and H cannot be members of the same team
The team must include both A and D or neither of them.
There is no restriction on the number of members in the team.
Q: 32. What could be the size of the team that includes G?
(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 6
Answer: (4)
Q: 33. What would be the size of the largest possible team?
(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 6
(4) 7
Answer: (3)
Q: 34. Who cannot be included in a team of size 6?
(1) A
(2) H
(3) J
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(4) E
Answer: (2)
Q: 35. What can be the size of the team that includes C?
(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 5
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for question 36 and 37: The question given below is followed by two statements, I
and II. Study the information given in the two statements and assess whether the statements are
sufficient to answer the question and choose the appropriate option from among the choices
given below:
Q: 36. What percentage of the questions were attempted by Ramya in the exam?
I. 30% of the questions are attempted by both Ramya and Swathi.
II. The number of questions attempted by Ramya but not by Swathi is (5/8)th of the total
number of questions attempted by Ramya.
(1) The Question can be answered by using one of the statements alone but not by the other.
(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone
(3) The question can be answered by using both the statement together, but cannot be answered
by using either statement alone.
(4) The question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together
Answer: (3)
Q: 37. Each of Ankit and Bhanu belong to one of the tribes between truth tellers i.e., those who
always speak the truth, and liars i.e., those who always lie. Do both of them belong to the same
tribe?
I. Ankit: I am a liar, only if Bhunu is truth teller.
II. Bhanu: I am a truth teller, only if Ankit is a liar.
(1) The question can be answered by using one of the statements alone but not by the other.
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(4) The question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.
Answer: (4)
DIRECTIONS for questions 38 to 40: Answer the questions on the basis of the information
given below.
Pie chart – 1 givens the percentage shares of all the five cement companies –A, B, C, D and E –
in the total quantity of cement sold in country XYZ. Pie Chart -2 givens the percentage shares of
all the eleven states – P through Z – in the total quantity of cement sold in the country.
Q 38 to 40 Image of Pie Chart 1and 2
The market share of any company in a state is the total quantity of cement sold by the company
in that state as a percentage of the total quantity of cement sold in that state.
Q: 38. In any state, if no company had more than 50% market share, then in at least how many
states did company A sell cement?
(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 6
(4) 3
Answer: (2)
Q: 39. If in all the states in which company E was present, it had a market share of at least 25%,
in at most how many states did company E sell cement?
(1) 9
(2) 8
(3) 7
(4) 6
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Answer: (3)
40. The number of companies which had sales in more than two states, is at least
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
Answer: (1)
DIRECTIONS for question 41: The following question has a set of five sequentially ordered
statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following.
-Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are
open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘F’).
-Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the
answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘I’).
-Judgments, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects,
situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates
such a statement with a ‘J’).
Select the answer option that best describes the set of statements.
Q: 41. (A) The renewed corporate interest in power is welcome, given the huge investment
backlog in the vexed sector and the routine revenue leakages.
(B) Reportedly, industrial houses like Reliance Industries and the Aditya Birla Group are keen
to foray into power equipment manufacture.
(C) In tandem, we need proactive policy to wipe out continuing losses of state power utilities,
and regular disclosure of SEB finances.
(D) Of late, the tendency has been to clamp up on the huge annual losses of power utilizes – the
latest Economic Survey like the previous one is mum on losses, subsidies and plain theft of
power; instead we have some pious intentions to gather ‘baseline data’ and use information
technology application for accounting and auditing power distribution.
(E) We do need to step up IT for meter reading, billing and collections, of course, but in parallel,
what is essential indeed vital, is improved governance in power delivery and follow through.
(1) JFIFJ
(2) IJFJJ
(3) FJJIF
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(4) JFJIJ
Answer: (4)
DIRECTIONS for questions 42 and 43: In each question, four different ways of presenting an
idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage
Q: 42. (A) The inflexibility of the laws, which prevent them from being adapted for emergencies,
may in certain cases render them
Pernicious and thereby cause the ruin of the state in a time of crisis.
(B) The inflexibility of the laws, which prevents them from being adapted for emergencies may
in certain cases render them
Pernicious, thereby cause the ruin of the state in a time of crisis.
(C) The inflexibility of the laws, which prevents them from being adapted for emergencies may
Pernicious, and thereby cause the ruin of the state in a time of crisis.
(D) The inflexibility of the laws, which prevents them from being adapted for emergencies may
Pernicious and thereby causing the ruin of the state in a time of crisis.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(D) D
Answer: (3)
Q: 43. (A) Human talents vary considerably, within a fixed framework that is characteristic of
the species, and that permits ample scope for creative work, including the creative work of
appreciating the achievements of others.
(B) Human talents vary considerably, within a fixed framework that is characteristic of the
species, and which permits ample scope for creative work, including the creative work of
appreciating the achievements of others.
(C) Human talents vary considerably, within a fixed framework that is characteristic of the
species, and that permits ample scope for creative work, including the creative work of
appreciating achievements of others.
(D) Human talents vary considerably, within a fixed framework that is characteristic of the
species, and which permits ample scope for creative work, including the creative work of
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appreciating achievements of others.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
Answer: (1)
DIRECTIONS for questions 44: In the following question, there are five sentences/paragraphs.
The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled B, C,
D and E, and need to be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph/ passage.
From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.
Q: 44. (A) The driving force of the ‘nuclear renaissance’ is a claim that nuclear power, once up
and running, is a carbon- free energy source. The assertion is that a functioning nuclear reactor
creates no greenhouse gases and thus contributes nothing to global warming or chaotic weather.
(B) The frequently repeated notion that nuclear power is a carbon-free energy source is simply
untrue.
(C) At every stage of the cycle greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere from burning
diesel, manufacturing steel and cement and, in the circumpolar regions of the planet, by
disturbance of the tundra, which releases large amounts of methane, a particularly potent
greenhouse gas.
(D) That part is almost true, but the claim ignores the total environmental impact of nuclear
energy, which includes a long and complicated chain of events known in the industry as the
‘nuclear cycle’ which begins with finding, mining, milling and enriching uranium, then spans
through plant construction and power generation to the reprocessing and eventual storage of
nuclear waste, all of which creates tons of .
(E) Even the claim that a functioning nuclear power facility is co2 – free challenged by the face
that operating plant requires an external power source to run, and that electricity is almost
certain to come from a fossil-fuelled plant.
(1) DCEB
(2) EBCD
(3) DEBC
(4) EDCB
Answer: (1)
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DIRECTIONS for questions 45 and 46: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from
which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes
the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Q: 45. Jawaharlal Nehru seemed an unlikely candidate to lead India towards its vision. Under
the cotton Khadi he wore in deference to the dictates of Congress, he remained the
quintessential English gentleman. In a land of mysteries, he was a cool rationalist. The mind
that had exulted in the discovery of science at Cambridge never ceased to be appalled by his
fellow Indians who refused to stir from their homes on days proclaimed inauspicious by their
favourite astrologers. He was a publicly declared agnostic in the most intensely spiritual area in
the world, and he never ceased to proclaim the horror the word ‘religion’ inspired in him. Nehru
despised India’s priests, her sadhus, her chanting monks and pious ‘skerkhs’.
(1) And yet, the India of those sadhus and the superstition-haunted masses had accepted Nehru.
(2) They had only served, he felt, to impede her progress.
(3) The Mahatma had made it clear that it was on his shoulders that he wished his mantle to fall.
(4) Nehru’s heart told him to follow the Mahatma and his heart, he would later admit, had beed
right.
Answer: (2)
Q: 46 Birth rates have fallen dramatically – and voluntarily. Coercive birth control, including
paying people not to have babies, was discredited and abandoned decades ago. Nearly two –
thirds of the couples in poor countries now use birth control, and not because some patriarchal
westerner told them to. In the 1970s, the government of Bangladesh offered people in the
Matlals region low-cost contraceptive supplies and advice. Birth rates promptly fell well below
those of neighbouring regions. So Bangladesh extended the service nationally and its birth rate
plummeted from six children per woman to three.
(1) The ‘population bomb’ has already gone off.
(2) Given the choice, people want fewer children
(3) Governments want fewer children since their own life expectancy falls with rising numbers.
(4) Even when birth rates fall, there is a lag which means population keeps growing far decades
until birth and death rates even out.
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for questions 47 and 48: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence
has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and
highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase (s) to from correct
sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
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Q: 47. (i) The municipal councilor (A) / counselor (B) promised to improve civic amenities in
the suburbs.
(ii) Jean’s adopted (A) / adoptive (B) patents dote on her and cater to her every whim.
(iii) The venal (A) / venial (B) official was caught red – handed accepting bribe.
(iv)We have now shifted our residence farther (A) / further (B) away from the main city.
(v) She claims to be of aristocratic dissent (A) / descent (B).
(1) AAABB
(2) BBABB
(3) ABBAB
(4) ABAAB
Answer: (4)
Q: 48. (i) While evacuating people from the flood ravaged areas precedence (A) / precedent (B)
was given to women and children.
(ii) The best was to reach the summit is by trekking up the hill, alternately (A) / alternatively (B)
you can go on horse back
(iii) His impeccable manners perfectly complimented (A) / complemented (B) his polished looks
and fashionable attire.
(iv) There has been a noticeable (A) / notable (B) improvement in Tarun’s academic
performance lately.
(v) You must be discreet (A) / discrete (B) about your plans
(1) AABAB
(2) ABBBB
(3) BABAA
(4) ABBAA
Answer: (4)
DIRECTIONS for questions 49 and 50: In each of the following questions, the word at the top is
used in four different ways, numbered 1 to 4. Choose the option in which the usage of the word
is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
Q: 49. PULL
(1) Pill aside the curtains and let in some fresh air.
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(2) I decided to pull away from the venture due to differences of opinion with my partners.
(3) Being a charismatic leader that he is, he can certainly pull the crowds.
(4) The municipal corporation has decided to pull down all illegal
Answer: (2)
Q: 50. SHADE
(1) Nina’s bedroom was painted in a soft shade of pink
(2) Abdul is a dubious character who is suspected of being involved in several shady deals.
(3) The weary traveler rested for a while in the shade of a tree.
(4) The people in the strife torn region have been living in the shade of fear for several years.
Answer: (4)
DIRECTIONS for questions 51 to 54: Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow it.
Organic food is a two-billion pound industry grown fat on the back of celebrity endorsement
and a well-heeled middle class seduced by claims that it is good for health. Prince Charles is one
of its most enthusiastic and pro-active promoters. Not content with simply consuming it, he has
his own lucrative line in overpriced organic products including biscuits which taste more like
chalk.
But now questions are being raised about some of the basic assumptions that have contributed
to the popularity of organic food and the phenomenal growth of this sector in the past decade.
People are asking: is organic food really worth the price which is often three times more than
that of normal food?
This follows new research by a group of British scientists who found that organic food offered no
extra benefit over the ordinary cheaper foodstuff. In a controversial report, experts from the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say there is no evidence that organic food is
more nutritional or healthier than food produced using fertilizers. For example, the expensive
free-range chicken (sold as a "premium" product) has the same nutritional value as the factory-
farmed chicken; and similarly, there is no difference between organic and non-organic
vegetables or dairy produce.
The research, based on data published over the past 50 years and said to be the most
comprehensive review ever of the relative benefits of organic food, strikes at the very heart of
what has been portrayed by campaigners as its USP - that it is healthier than conventional food
and therefore worth paying a "bit "extra.
Dr. Alan Dangour, who led the study, was unambiguous in rejecting claims made for organic
food. "Looking at all of the studies published in the last 50 years, we have concluded that there's
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no good evidence that consumption of organic food is beneficial to health based on the nutrient
content," he said.
The report, commissioned by the government's Food Standards Agency and published in the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that "organically and conventionally
produced crops and livestock products are broadly comparable in their nutrient content." A
"small number of differences" were noted but these were "unlikely to be of any public health
relevance."
In a pointed reference to the hype over the supposed benefits of organic food, the FSA said the
research was aimed at helping people make "informed choices" about what they ate. In other
words, it was concerned that the high-profile campaign for organic food, dressed up as an
ethical issue, was preventing people from making "informed choices" and they were being sold
things on false premises.
"Ensuring people have accurate information is absolutely essential in allowing us all to more
informed choices about the food we eat. This study does not mean that people should not eat
organic food. What it shows is that there is little, if any, nutritional difference between organic
and conventionally produced food and that there is no evidence of additional health benefits
from eating organic food," said Gill Fine, FSA's Director of Consumer Choice and Dietary Health
In the organic food circles, the report has caused fury with campaigners alleging that it is all
part of a "cancerous conspiracy" to defame the organic food movement. Newspapers have been
full of angry letters denouncing the report as "selective," "misleading" and "limited."
The Soil Association, which campaigns for "planet-friendly organic food and farming," is furious
that the research crucially ignored the presence of higher pesticide residues in conventional
food. Some have defended organic food arguing that it is not about health alone but also
involves wider environmental and social issues.
However, even those who agree that the report may be "flawed" in some respects believe that it
is an important contribution to the debate on organic food.
"Yet the report - for all its alleged flaws - is an important one. For a start, it is certainly not the
work of dogmatic and intractably hostile opponents of the causeD In fact, it raises key global
issuesD After all, if organic food is no more beneficial in terms of nutrition than other, standard
foodstuffs, why should we pay excessive price to eat the stuff? Why devote more land to its
production," asked Robin McKie, Science Editor of The Observer.
There is also a view that the fad for organic food is a bit of a class thing - something to do with
the idea that if something is expensive it is also good. So, a Marks & Spencer cheese sandwich is
supposed to taste better than a similar sandwich at Subway next door; everything at Harrods is
out of this world; and similarly you don't know what you are missing if organic food is not your
preferred choice. There is said to be a whiff of snobbery about buying into an expensive lifestyle
choice. Will science bring them down to earth?
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Q: 51. All of the following are the author’s views on organic food EXCEPT
(1) It is insipid
(2) It is very costly
(4) It is not more nutritious than conventional food
(4) It is patronized by the rich
Answer: (3)
Q: 52. Which of the following factors/aspects, related to organic food, has the result of the FSA
study primarily called into question?
(1) The nutritional value
(2) The health benefits
(3) The celebrity endorsement
(4) The presence of pesticides
Answer: (2)
Q: 53. According to the passage, defenders of organic food are of the opinion that the FSA study
(1) Is not representative and scientific
(2) Has been promoted by those who have vested interest in conventional food.
(3) Is flawed and has been projected as ethical issue
(4) Is not balanced and has not taken a comprehensive view of the issue
Answer: (4)
Q: 54. In this passage, the author essentially
(1) Analyses the pros and cons of promoting organic food
(2) Debunks the findings of a study on organic food
(3) Reports the findings of a research on organic food and checks the veracity of its claim
(4) Discusses the debate, which has followed the findings of a study on organic food.
Answer: (4)
DIRECTIONS for questions 55 to 57: Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow it.
Some artists go out in a blaze of glory. Pierre- Auguste Renoir went out in a blaze of kitsch. At
least, that's the received opinion about the work of his final decades: all those pillowy nudes,
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sunning their abundant selves in dappled glades; all those peachy girls, strumming guitars and
idling in bourgeois parlors; all that pink. In the long twilight of his career, the old man found his
way to a kissable classicism that modern eyes can find awfully hard to take.
All the same, the Renoir of this period - the three very productive decades before his death in
1919 at the age of 78 - fascinated some of the chief figures of modernism. Picasso was on board;
his thick -limbed 'neoclassical' women from the 1920 are indebted to Renoir. So was Matisse,
who had one eye on Renoir's Orientalist dress-up fantasies like the Concert, with its flattened
space and overall patterning, when he produced his odalisques. Given that so much of late
Renoir seems saccharine and semi comical to us, is it still possible to see what made it modern
to them?
Yes and no. To understand the Renoir in the 20th Century you have to remember that before he
became a semi classicist, he was a consummate Impressionist. You need to picture him in 1874,
33 years old, painting side by side with Monet in Argenteuil, teasing out the new possibilities of
sketchy brushwork to capture fleeting light as it fell across people and things in an indisputably
modern world.
But in the decade that followed, Renoir became one of the movement's first apostates.
Impressionism affected many people in the 19th century in much the way the internet does now.
It both charmed and unnerved them. It brought to painting a novel immediacy, but it also gave
back a world that felt weightless and unstable. What we now call post - Impressionism was the
inevitable by-product of that anxiety. Artists like Seurat and Gauguin searched for an art that
owed nothing to the stale models of academicism but possessed the substance and authority
that Impressionism had let fall away.
For Renoir, a turning point came during his honeymoon to Rome and Naples in 1881. Face to
face with the firm outlines of Raphael and the musculature of Michelangelo, he lost faith in his
flickering sunbeams. He returned to France determined to find his way to lucid, distinct forms
in an art that reached for the eternal, not the momentary. By the later years of that decade,
Renoir had lost his taste for the modern world anyway. As for modern women, in 1888 he could
write, "I consider that women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters". ("The
woman who is an artist," he added graciously, "is merely ridiculous.")
Ah, but the woman who is a goddess - or at least harks back to one - that is different matter. It
would be Renoir's aim to reconfigure the female nude in a way that would convey the spirit of
the classical world without classical trappings. Set in "timeless" outdoor settings, these women
by their weight and scale and serenity alone - along with their often recognizably classical poses
- would point back to antiquity.
For a time, Renoir worked with figures so strongly outlined that they could have been put down
by Ingres with a jackhammer. By 1892, he had drifted back toward a fluctuating impressionist
brushstroke. Firmly contoured or flickering, his softly scalped women are as full-bodied as Doric
columns. This was one of the qualities that caught Picasso's eye, especially after his first trip to
Italy, in 1917. He would assimilate Renoir along-side his own sources in Iberian sculpture and
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elsewhere to come up with a frankly more powerful, even haunting, amalgam of the antique and
the modern in paintings like Woman in a White Hat.
Renoir was most valuable as a stepping - stone for artists making more potent use of the ideas
he was developing. The heart of the problem is the challenge. Renoir set for himself: to reconcile
classical and Renaissance models with the 18th century French painters he loved. To synthesize
the force and clarity of classicism with the intimacy and charm of the Rococo is a nearly
impossible trick. How do you cross the power of Phidias with the delicacy of Fragonard? The
answer: at your own risk - especially the risk of admitting into your work the weaknesses of the
Rococo. It's fine line between charming and insipid, and 18th century French painters crossed it
all the time. So did Renoir.
Q: 55. All of the following are true in light of the passage EXCEPT.
(1) Fragonard is an 18th century artist
(2) Picasso combined classicism and modernism in ‘Woman in a white Hat”.
(3) Renoir was a semi – Classicist, who became an Impressionist
(4) Gauguin suffered from post – Impressionism anxiety
Answer: (3)
Q: 56. We can infer from the passage that the word ‘odalisques’ means
(1) Pillars
(2) Landscapes
(3) Figures
(4) Women
Answer: (4)
Q: 57. The passage suggests that
(1) Renoir was greatly misunderstood in his lifetime
(2) Classicism and modernism don’t go together
(3) Renoir’s later work appealed to modern tastes
(4) Renoir’s artistic appeal waned in the twilight of his career
Answer: (2)
DIRECTIONS for questions 58 to 60: Read the following passage and answer the questions the
follow it.
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Humans have a basic need to perceive themselves as part of a grand scheme, of a natural order
that has a deeper significance and greater endurance than the petty affairs of daily life. The
incongruous mismatch between the futility of the human condition and the brooding majesty of
the cosmos compels people to seek a transcendent meaning to underpin their fragile existence.
For thousands of years this broader context was provided by tribal mythology and storytelling.
The transporting qualities of those narratives gave human beings a crucial spiritual anchor. All
cultures lay claim to haunting myths of other-worldliness: from the dreaming of the Australian
Aborigines or the Chronicles of Narnia, from the Nirvana of Buddhism to the Christian
Kingdom of Heaven. Over time, the humble campfire stories morphed into the splendour and
ritual of organized religion and the great works of drama and literature.
Even in our secular age, where many societies have evolved to a post-religious phase, people still
have unfulfilled spiritual yearnings. A project with the scope and profundity of SETI (search for
extraterrestrial intelligence) cannot be divorced from this wider cultural context, for it too offers
us the compelling promise that this could happen any day soon. As writer David Brin has
pointed out, 'contact with advanced alien civilizations may carry much the same transcendental
or hopeful significance as any more traditional notion of "salvation from above". I have argued
that if we did make contact with an advanced extraterrestrial community, the entities with
which we would be dealing would approach godlike status in our eyes. Certainly they would be
more godlike than humanlike; indeed, their powers would be greater than those attributed to
most gods in human history.'
So is SETI itself in danger of becoming a latter day religion? Science fiction writer Michael
Crichton thought so. He said: "Faith is defined as the firm belief in something for which there is
no proof," he explained. "The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of
faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of
searching, none has been discovered." Writer Margaret Wertheim has studied how the concept
of space and its inhabitants has evolved over several centuries. She traces the modern notion of
aliens to Renaissance writers such as the Roman Catholic Cardinal Nichols of Cusa, who
considered the status of man in the universe in relation to celestial beings such as angels.
With the arrival of the scientific age, speculations about alien beings passed from theologians to
science fiction writers, but the spiritual dimension remained just below the surface.
Occasionally it is made explicit, as in Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker, David Lindsay's A Voyage to
Arcturus, or Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which is strongly
reminiscent of John Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress. These are iconic images that resonate deeply
with the human psyche, and shadow the scientific quest to discover intelligent life beyond Earth
Q: 58. It can be inferred from the passage that, ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
(1) Is a modern, scientific version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
(2) Explores the spiritual unknown in the scientific quest to discover the extraterrestrial
(3) Is the work of a theologian – turned science fictionist

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(4) Speculates on intelligent life in outer space and reflects vivid spiritual overtones
Answer: (4)
Q: 59. Which of the following statements reflects or captures the author’s view on the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence?
(1) It is a vain attempt by man to underpin his fragile existence
(2) It is in danger of becoming a latter day religion
(3) Were the search to yield positive results, man would accord those creatures super god status
(4) The belief that there are aliens in the universe springs from enormous faith and the pursuit
reflects man’s spiritual urge.
Answer: (3)
Q: 60. Great literary works, according to the passage
(1) Had their origins in the spiritual age
(2) Evolved from tribal tales
(3) Were a product of the Renaissance
(4) Dwelt on the spiritual
Answer: (2)
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Directions for questions 1 to 7: Answer the questions independently of each other.

(3) It does not exceed

(4) Cannot be determined

(4) Cannot be determined

Q: 3. What is the remainder when is divided by 100?

Q 5 Image of Tangent Circle Find the POQ

(4) Cannot be determined

Q: 11. If where [x] denotes the

Q: 12 In the figure below, BD = 8 cm and DC = 6 cm. AE : ED = 3 : 4. If AF =12 cm, find AC (in

(4) More than 8

Logical & Data Interpretation

Q: 21. Whatmore is from which country?

(4) Cannot be determined

Q: 22. Who is the person from Australia?

(4) Cannot be determined

Q: 23. The person from Japan is definitely not coaching

(4) More than one of the above

Q: 29. Triangle ABC is right angled at B. What is the value of AB + BC?

I. Diameter of the circle inscribed in the triangle ABC is 10 cm.

II. Diameter of the circle circumscribing the triangle ABC is 27 cm.

(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone.

Q 30and31 Image of Graph

Further, the following conditions need to be observed:

If the team includes J, it must also include F.

The team must include E or B, but not both.

If the team includes G, it must also include F.

The team must include exactly one among C, G and I.

C and F cannot be members of the same team

D and H cannot be members of the same team

The team must include both A and D or neither of them.

There is no restriction on the number of members in the team.

Q: 32. What could be the size of the team that includes G?

(4) More than one of the above

Q: 33. What would be the size of the largest possible team?

Q: 34. Who cannot be included in a team of size 6?

Q: 35. What can be the size of the team that includes C?

(4) More than one of the above

I. 30% of the questions are attempted by both Ramya and Swathi.

(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone

I. Ankit: I am a liar, only if Bhunu is truth teller.

II. Bhanu: I am a truth teller, only if Ankit is a liar.

(2) The question can be answered by using either statement alone.

(3) The question can be answered by using either statement alone.

Q 38 to 40 Image of Pie Chart 1and 2

Pernicious, thereby cause the ruin of the state in a time of crisis.

(2) They had only served, he felt, to impede her progress.

(1) The ‘population bomb’ has already gone off.

(2) Given the choice, people want fewer children

(v) She claims to be of aristocratic dissent (A) / descent (B).

(1) Nina’s bedroom was painted in a soft shade of pink

(2) It is very costly

(4) It is not more nutritious than conventional food

(4) It is patronized by the rich

(1) The nutritional value

(2) The health benefits

(3) The celebrity endorsement