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4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

Test-I: Reasoning (High Level) 10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word
1. In a certain code language 'how many goals scored' is SEARCHES each of which has as many letters between
written as '5 3 9 7'; 'many more matches' is written as '9 them in the word as in the English alphabet?
8 2'; and 'he scored five' is written as '1 6 3 ' . How is 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
'goals' written in that code language? Directions (Q. 11-15): In each of the questions below
1)5 2)7 3)5or7 are given four statements followed by four conclusions
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these numbered I, II, III & IV. You have to take the given statements
2. In a certain code TEMPORAL is written as OLDSMBSP. to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly
How is CONSIDER written in that code? known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which
1)RMNBSFEJ 2) BNMRSFEJ 3)RMNBJEFS of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
4) TOPDQDCH 5) None of these statements disregarding commonly known facts.
3. How many meaningful English words can be made with 11. Statements: All cups are bottles. Some bottles are jugs..
the letters DLEI using each letter only once in each word? No jug is plate. Some plates are tables.
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three Conclusions: I. Some tables are bottles.
4. Among A, B, C, D and E, each having different weight, D II. Some plates are cups.
is heavier than only A and C is lighter than B and E. Who III. No table is bottle.
among them is the heaviest? IV. Some jugs are cups.
1)B 2)E 3)C r
1) Only I follows 2) Only II follows 3) Only III follows
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 4) Only IV follows 5) Only either 1 or III follows
5. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the 12. Statements: Some chairs are handlts.
next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the All handles are pots. All pots are mats.
previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are Some mats are buses.
rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will Conclusions: I. Some buses are handles.
be the third digit from the left end after the rearrangement? II. Some mats are chairs.
1)2 2)4 3)5 4)6 5) None of these III. No bus is a handle.
6. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother's birthday is IV. Some mats are handles.
before twentythird April but after nineteenth April, 1) Only I, II and IV follow
whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother's 2) Only II, III and IV follow
birthday is not on or after twentysecond April. On which 3) Only either I or III and II follow
day in April is definitely their mother's birthday? 4) Only either I or III and IV follow
1) Twentieth 2) Twenty first 5) Only either I or III, II and IV follow
3) Twentieth or twentyfirst 13. Statements: All birds are horses. All horses are tigers.
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Some tigers are lions. Some lions are monkeys.
7. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 Conclusions: I. Some tigers are horses.
metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then II. Some monkeys are birds.
took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a III. Some tigers are birds.
right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and IV. Some monkeys are horses.
in which direction was he from the starting point? 1) Only I and III follow 2) Only I, II and III follow
1) 50 metres South 2) 150 metres North 3) Only II, III and IV follow 4) All I, II, III and IV follow
3) 180 metres East 4) 50 metres North 5) None of these 5) None of these
8. If'+-' means '+'*'-' means ' x ' ; ' ' m e a n s a n d ' + ' means
x 14. Statements: Some benches are walls.
'-'; then All walls are houses.
15-8*6-12 + 4 = ? Some houses are jungles. All jungles are roads.
1)20 2)28 3)8 4)2 5) None of these Conclusions: I. Some roads are benches.
9. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards II. Some jungles are walls.
North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. III. Some houses are benches.
Towards which direction is town H from town F? IV. Some roads are houses.
1) East 2) South-East 3) North-East 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only I and III follow
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3) Only III and IV follow 4) Only II, III and IV follow conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely
5) None of these true and give your answer accordingly.
15, Statements: Some sticks are lamps. Some flowers are lamps. 21. Statements: H @ T, T # F , F 8 E, E⋆V
Some lamps are dresses. All dresses are shirts. Conclusions: I. V $ F II.E@T
Conclusions: I. Some shirts are sticks. III. H @ V IV.T#V '
II. Some shirts are flowers. 1) Only I, II and III are true
II I. Some flowers are sticks. 2) Only I, II and IV are true
IV. Some dresses are sticks. 3) Only II. Ill and IV are true
1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows 4) Only I, III and IV are true
4) Only 111 follows 5) Only IV follows 5) All I, II, III and IV are true
Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following information 22. Statements: D # R, R • K, K @ F, F$J
carefully and answer the questions given below: Conclusions: I. J #R I1.J#K
A, B. C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an III. R # F IV.Kfa)D
organization working in three departments, viz Personnel, 1) Only 1,11 and III are true
Administration and Marketing with not more than three of 2) Only II, III and IV are true
them in any department. Each of them has a different choice 3) Only I, III and IV are true
of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn 4) All I, II, 111 and IV are true
tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis, not necessarily 5) None of these
in the same order. 23. Statements: N 8 B. B $ W, W#H, H⋆ M
D works in Administration and does not like either Conclusions: I. M @ W II.H@N
football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A, who III. W S N IV. W # N
likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department 1) Only I is true 2) Only III is true 3) Only IV is true
as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Marketing. G does 4) Only either III or IV is true
not work in Administration and does not like either cricket or 5) Only either III or IV and I are true
badminton. One of those who work in Administration likes 24. Statements: R ⋆ D , D $ J , J#M, M@K
football. The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel. Conclusions: I. K # J II. D @ M
None of those who work in Administration likes either III. R# M IV.D@K
badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket. 1) None is true 2) Only I is true 3) Only II is true
16. Which of the following groups of employees work in 4) Only III is true 5) Only IV is true
Administration department? 25. Statements: M $ K. K @ N , N ⋆ R, R# W
1)EGH 2SAF 3)BCD 4)BCD 5) Data inadequate Conclusions: I. W @ K II.MSR
17 In which department does E work? III. K @ W IV.M.@N
1) Personnel 2) Marketing 3) Administration 1) Only I and II are true 2) Only I. II and III are true
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 3) Only III and IV are true
18. Which of the following combinations of employee- 4)Only II, III and IV are true 5) None of these
department-favourite sport is correct? Directions (Q. 26-30): Study the following information
1 i E - Administration - Cricket carefully and answer the questions given below.
2) F - Personnel - Lawn Tennis Following are the conditions for selecting Senior
3) H - Marketing - Lawn Tennis Manager-Credit in a bank. The candidate must
4) B - Administration - Table Tennis 5) None of these (0 be a graduate in any discipline with at least 60 per
19. What is E's favourite sport? cent marks.
1) Cricket 2) Badminton 3) Basketball (ii) have post-qualification work experience of at least
4) Lawn Tennis 5) None of these ten years in the Advances Section of a bank,
20. What is G's favourite sport? (iii) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as
l)Cricket 2)Badminton 3)Basketball on 1.4.2010.
4) Lawn Tennis 5) None of these (iv) have secured at least 40 per cent marks in the Group
Directions (Q. 21-25): In the following questions, the Discussion.
symbols @, $ , ⋆ # and 8 are used w ith the following meaning (v) have secured at least 50 per cent marks in the
as illustrated below: Interview.
P $ 0' means 'P is not smaller than Q'. In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions
' P % Q' means ' P i s neither smal ler than nor equal to Q'. EXCEPT
" P # Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'. (A) at (i) above, but has secured at least 50 per cent
' P 8 Q' means' P is neither greater than nor smal ler than Q\ marks in graduation and at least 60 percent marks in
P ⋆ Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'. post-graduation in any discipline, the case is to be
Now in each of the following questions assuming the referred to the General Manager-Advances.
given statements to be true, find which of the four (B) at (ii) above, but has total post-qualification work
 experience of at least seven years, out of which at 31. Statement: A heavy unseasonal downpour during the
least three years as Manager-Credit m a bank, the last two days has paralysed the normal life in the
case is to be referred to the Executive Director. state in which five persons were killed but this has
In each question below details of one candidate are given. provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water
You have to take one of the following courses of action based crisis in the state
on the information provided and the conditions and sub- Courses of action:
conditions given above and mark the number of that course (A) The state government should set up a committee to.
of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything review the alarming situation.
other than the information provided in each question. All (B) The state government should immediately remove
these cases are given to you as on 01 - 04- 2010. all the restrictions on use of potable water in all the
Give answer 1) if the case is to be referred to the Executive major cities in the state.
Director. (C) The state government should send relief supplies
Give answer 2) if the case is to be referred to the Genera! to all the affected areas in the state.
Manager-Advances. l)None 2) Only (A) 3) Only (B) and (C)
Give answer 3) if the data are inadequate to take a 4) Only (C) 5)A1I(A),(B),(C)
decision. 32. Statement: A large private bank has decided to retrench
Give answer 4) if the candidate is not to be selected. one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses
Give answer 5) if the candidate is to be selected. incurred by it during the past three quarters.
26. Shobha Gupta has secured 50 per cent marks in the Courses of action:
Interview and 40 percent marks in the Group Discussion. (A) The Govt should issue a notification to general public
She has been working for the past eight years, out of to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.
which four years as Manager-Credit in a bank, after (B) The Govt should direct the bank to refrain from
completing her BA degree with 60 per cent marks. She retrenching its employees.
was born on 12th September 1978. (C) The Govt should ask the central bank of the country
27. Rohan Maskare was born on 8th March 1974. He has to initiate an enquiry into the bank's activities and
been working in a bank for the past twelve years after submit its report.
completing his B Com degree with 70 per cent marks. He l)None 2) Only (A) 3) Only (B)
has secured 50 per cent marks in both the Group 4) Only (C) 5) Only (A) and (C)
Discussion and the Interview. 33. Statement: Many political activists have decided to stage
28. Prakash Gokhale was born on 4th August 1977. He has demonstrations and block traffic movement in the
secured 65 per cent marks in postgraduation and 58 per city during peak hours to protest against the steep
cent marks in graduation. He has been working for the rise in prices of essential commodities.
past ten years in the Advances Department of a bank Courses of action:
after completing his postgraduation. He has secured 45 (A) The Govt should immediately ban all forms of
percent marks in the Group Discussion and 50 per cent agitations in the country.
marks in the Interview. (B) The police authority of the city should deploy
29. Sudha Mehrotra has been working in the Advances additional forces all over.the city to help traffic
Department of a bank for the past twelve .years after movement in the city.
completing her B Com Degree with 60 per cent marks. (C) The state administration should carry out preventive
She has secured 50 per cent marks in the Group arrests of the known criminals staying in the city.
Discussion and 40 per cent marks in the Interview. She 1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C)
was born on 15th February 1972. 4) Only (A) and (B) 5) None of these
30. Amit Narayan was born on 28th May 1974. He has been 34. Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in
working in the Advances department of a bank for the past the state has increased sharply during the last few
eleven years after completing his B Sc Degree with 65 per years as the parents of these children make them
cent marks. He has secured 55 percent marks in the Group work in the fields owned by others to earn enough
discussion and 50 per cent marks in the interview. for them to get at least one meal a day.
Directions (Q. 31-35): In each question below is given a Courses of action:
statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (A) The Govt should put up a mechanism to provide
(B) and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative foodgrains to the poor people in these districts
decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further through public distribution system to encourage
action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On (he basis of the the parents to send their wards to school.
information given in the s t a t e m e n t , you have to assume (B) The Govt should close down some of these schools
every thing in the statement to be true, then decide which of the in the district and deploy the teachers of these
suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing. schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining
students to join these schools.
 (C) Govt should issue arrest warrants for all the parents petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent.
who force their children to work in fields instead of 2) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of
attending classes. petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent.
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C) 3) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of
4) Only (A) and (B) 5) None of these petrol and diesel by about 5 per cent.
35. Statement: One aspirant was killed due to stampede 4) The petrol pumps will stop selling petrol and diesel till
while participating in a recruitment drive of police the taxes are rolled back by the Govt.
constables. 5) None of these
Courses of action: 39. Statement: The Govt has decided to instruct the banks to
(A) The officials in charge of the recruitment process open new branches in such a way that there is one
should immediately be suspended. branch of any of the banks in every village of
(B) A team of officials should be asked to find out the population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages
circumstances which led to the death of the with population less than 1000 to provide banking
aspirant and submit its report within a week. services to all the citizens.
(C) The Govt should ask the home department to Which of the following will weaken the step taken by the
stagger the number of aspirants over more number Govt?
of days to avoid such incidents in future. 1) The private sector banks in India have stepped up their
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C) branch expansion activities in rural India.
4) Only (B) and (C) 5) None of these 2) Many Govt-owned banks have surplus manpower in
36. Effect: Majority of the employees of the ailing its urban branches.
organisation opted for voluntary retirement scheme 3) All the banks, including those in private sector, will
and left the organisation with all their retirement follow the Govt directive.
benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme. 4) Large number of branches of many Govt-owned banks
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the in the rural areas are making huge losses every year
above effect ? due to lack of adequate business activities.
1) The company has been making huge losses for the 5) None of these
past five years and is unable to pay salary to its Directions (Q. 40-42): Study the following information
employees in time. carefully and answer the questions given below:
2) The m a n a g e m e n t of ttfe c o m p a n y made huge The Centre reportedly wants to continue providing subsidy
personal gains through unlawful activities. to consumers for cooking gas and kerosene for five more years.
3) One of the competitors of the company went This is not good news from the point of view of reining in the fiscal
bankrupt last year. deficit. Mounting subventions for subsidies means diversion of
4) The company owns large tracts of land in the state savings by the government from investment to consumption,
which will fetch huge sum to its owners. raising the cost of capital in the process. The government must cut
5) None of these expenditure on subsidies to create more fiscal space for
37. Statement: Most of the companies in IT and ITES sectors investments in both physical and social infrastructure. It should
in India have started hiring from engineering college outline a plan for comprehensive reform in major subsidies
campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more including petroleum, food and fertilizers and set goal posts.
than yearly recruitment of the earlier years. 40. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn
Which of the following substantiates the facts stated in from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
the above statement? 1) Subsidy provided by the government under various
1) IT and ITES are the only sectors in India which are heads to the citizen increases the cost of capital.
hiring from engineering college campuses. 2) Govt is unable to withdraw subsidies provided to
2) Govt has stepped up recruitment activities after a various items.
gap of five years. 3) Govt subsidy on kerosene is purely a political decision.
3) The IT and ITES companies have now decided to 4) Govt does not have enough resources to continue
visit the engineering college campuses for tier-II providing subsidy on petroleum products.
cities in India as well. 5) None of these
4) The a v a i l a b i l i t y of q u a l i f i e d e n g i n e e r s will 41. Which of the following is an inference which can be made
substantially increase in the near future. from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
5) None of these 1) India's fiscal deficit is negligible in comparison to other
38. Cause: The Govt has recently increased its taxes on merging economies in the world.
petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent. 2) Subsidy on food and fertilizers are essential for the
Which of the following can be a possible effect of the growth of Indian economy.
aoove cause? 3) Reform in financial sector will weaken India's position
1) The petroleum companies will reduce the prices of in the international arena.
 4) Gradual withdrawal of subsidy is essential for 43. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be
effectively managing fiscal deficit in India. drawn from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
5) None of these 1) Accurate estimates of number of people living below
42. Which of the following is an assumption which is implicit poverty line in India is possible to be made.
in the facts stated in the above paragraph? 2) Many expert groups in India are not interested to
1) People in India may not be able to pay more for measure poverty objectively.
petroleum products. 3) Process of poverty measurement needs to take into
2) Many people in India are rich enough to buy petroleum account various factors to tackle its dynamic nature.
products at market cost. 4) People living below poverty line remain in that position
3) Govt may not be able to create more infrastructural for a very long time.
facilities if the present level of subsidy continues for 5) None of these
a longer time. 44. Which of the following is an assumption which is implicit
4) Govt of India has sought assistance from international in the facts stated in the above paragraph?
financial organisations for its infrastructural projects. 1) It may not be possible to have an accurate poverty
5) None of these measurement in India.
Directions (Q. 43-45): Study the following information 2) Level of poverty in India is static over the years.
carefully and answer the questions given below: 3) Researchers avoid making conclusions on poverty
Poverty m e a s u r e m e n t is an unsettled issue, both measurement data in India.
conceptually and methodologically. Since poverty is a process 4) Govt of India has a mechanism to measure level of
as well as an outcome, many come out of it while others may poverty effectively and accurately.
be falling into it. The net effect of these two parallel processes 5) None of these
is a proportion commonly identified as the 'head count ratio', 45. Which of the following is an inference which can be
but these ratios hide the fundamental dynamism that made from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
characterises poverty in practice. The most recent poverty 1) Poverty measurement tools in India are outdated.
re-estimates by an expert group has also missed the crucial 2) Increase in number of persons falling into poverty
dynamism. In a study conducted on 13,000 households which varies considerably across the country over a period
represented the entire country in 1993-94 and again in 2004- of time.
05, it was found that in the ten-year period 18.2% rural 3) Govt of India has stopped measuring poverty-related
population moved out of poverty whereas another 22.1 % fell studies.
into it over this period. This net increase of about four 4) People living in rural areas are more susceptible to fall
percentage points was seen to have a considerable variation into poverty over a time.
across states and regions. 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 46-50): 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 ?
Problem Figu res Answer Figu res
 An urn contains 6 red, 4 blue, 2 green and 3 yellow marbles.
Test-II: Data Analysis And 56. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the
probability that at least one is blue?
Interpretation
Directions (Q. 51-55): Study the following table carefully
to answer the questions that follow:
57. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability
Number (N) of candidates (in lakhs) appearing for an en-
that both are red?
trance examination from six different states and the per-
centage (P) of candidates clearing the same over the years

State -» A B C D E F
58. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the
Year *b
N P N P N P N P N P' N P probability that two are blue and one is yellow?
2004 1.23 42 1.04 51 111 32 1.32 24 1.23 36 1.33 31

2005 1.05 43 1.12 62 1.07 47 1.15 49 1.18 55 1.24 24

59. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the
2006 2.04 38 1.48 32 1.08 28 1.96 35 1.42 49 1.58 26
probability that one is green, two are blue and one is red?
2007 1.98 41 2.07 43 1.19 30 1.88 46 1.36 47 1.79 29

2008 1.66 53 i.81 50 1.56 42 1.83 60 1.73 57 1.86 34

2009 1.57 39 1.73 36 1.64 52 2.01 56 1.69 55 1.95 37

60. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability
that either both are green or both are yellow?
51. What is the ratio of the total number of candidates clearing
the entrance exam from State B in the year 2004 to that of
those clearing the entrance exam from State C in the same
year? Directions (Q. 61-65): Study the given pie-charts
1)221:148 2)218:143 3)148:221 carefully to answer the questions that follow:
4) 143:218 5) None of these Break-up of n u m b e r of employees working in different
52. In which year did the highest number of candidates clear departments of an organisation, the number of males and the
the entrance exam from State D? n u m b e r of employees who recently go* promoted in each
1)2008 2)2006 3)2009 4)2007 5) None of these department
53. What is the number of candidates not clearing the Break-up of the employees working in different
entrance exam from State A in the year 2007? departments Total number of employees =3,600
1)186820 2)11682 < 3)1868200 Employees working in different departments
4)116820 5) None of these
54. What is the total number of candidates clearing the entrance
exam from States E and F together in the year 2006?
1)16160 2)110660 3)1.1066
4)1106600 5) None of these
55. What is the average number of candidates appearing for
the entrance exam from State D in the years 2007, 2008
and 2009 together?

Directions (Q. 56-60): Study the given information

carefully and answer the questions that follow:
 Break-up of the number of males in each department 1)36.18 2)30.56 3)47.22 4)28.16 5) None of these
Total number of males in the organisation =2.040 Directions (Q. 66-70): Study the graph carefully to
Break-up of the number of males working in each answer the questions that follow.
department Per cent rise in profit of two companies over the years

Break-up of the number of employees who recently got

promoted in each department
Total number of employees who got promoted = 1,200 66. If the profit earned by Company L in the year 2005 was'
Number of employees who recently got promoted from Rs 1.84 lakh, what was the profit earned by the company
each department in the year 2006?
l)Rs2.121akh 2)Rs2.3 lakh 3)Rs2.041akh
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
67. If the profit earned by Company M in the year 2008 was
Rs 3.63 lakh, what was the amount of profit earned by it
in the year 2006?
l ) R s 2.16 lakh 2) Rs 1.98 lakh 3) Rs 2.42 lakh
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
68. What is the average per cent rise in the profit of Company
L over all the years together?

61. If half of the number of employees who got promoted

from the IT department were males, what was the 69. Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect
approximate percentage of males who got promoted from to the above graph?
the IT department? 1) Company M made the highest profit in the year 2009.
1)61 2)29 3)54 4)42 5)38 2) Company L made the least profit in the year 2005.
3) The respective ratio of the profit earned by Company
62. What is the total number of females working in the
L to that by company M in the year 2006 was 6 : 5.
Production and Marketing departments together?
4) Company L made the highest profit in the year 2008
1)468 2)812 3)582 4)972 5) None of these
5) All are true
63. How many females work in the Accounts department ?
70. What is the percentage increase in per cent rise in profit
1)618 2)592 3)566 4)624 5) None of these of Company M in the year 2009 from the previous year?
64. The total number of employees who got promoted from 1)25 2)15 3)50 4)75 5) None of these
all the departments together was what per cent of the Directions (Q. 71 -75): Study the information carefully
total number of employees working in all the departments to answer the questions that follow:
together? (Rounded off to the nearest integer) A school consisting of a total of 1560 students has boys
1)56 2)21 3)45 4)33 5)51 and girls in the ratio of 7 : 5. All the students are enrolled in
65. The number of employees who got promoted from the different types of hobby classes, viz Singing, Dancing and
HR department was what per cent of the total number of Painting. One-fifth of the boys are enrolled in only Dancing
employees working in that department? (rounded off to classes. Twenty per cent of the girls are enrolled in only
two digits after decimal) Painting classes. Ten per cent of the boys are enrolled in
only Singing classes. Twenty four per cent of the girls are Directions (Q. 76­80): Study the table carefully to
enrolled in both Singing and Dancing classes together. answer the questions that follow:
The number of girls enrolled in only Singing classes is two PROFIT (IN Rs '000) MADE BY SIX DIFFERENT SHOP­
hundred per cent of the boys enrolled in the same. One­ KEEPERS OVERTHE MONTHS
thirteenth of the boys are enrolled in all the three classes
together. The ratio of boys enrolled in Dancing and Painting Month → October November December January February March
classes together to the girls enrolled in the same is 2 : 1. Ten Shopkeeper ↓ 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010
per cent of the girls are enrolled in only Dancing classes
P 5.25 6.04 5.84 6.10 5.95 6.02
whereas eight per cent of the girls are enrolled in both Dancing
Q 4.84 4.28 4.97 4.88 5.04 5.12
and Painting classes together. The remaining girls are enrolled
in all the three classes together. The number of boys enrolled R 4.99 5.82 5.48 5.45 5.68 5.36

in Singing and Dancing classes together is fifty per cent of S 5.06 5.11 5.28 5.38 5.44 5.59

the number of girls enrolled in the same. The remaining boys T 5.28 4.96 5.31 5.69 4.93 5.72
are enrolled in only Painting classes. U 5.94 6.23 5.87 6.07 6.19 6.23
71. What is the total number of boys who are enrolled in 76. What is the ratio of the profit earned by shopkeeper U'in
Dancing? the months February 2010 and M arch 2010 together to
1)318 2)364 3)292 that earned by shopkeeper Q in the same months?
4)434 5) None of these 1)637:512 2)621:508 3)512:637
72. Total number of girls enrolled in Singing is approximately 4)508:621 5) None of these
what per cent of the total number of students in the 77. What is the per cent increase in the profit of shopkeeper
school? S in the month of December 2009 over the previous
1)37 2)19 3)32 month? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
4)14 5)26 1)3.15 2)2.67 3)2.18 4)3.33 5) None of these
73. What is the total number of students enrolled in all the 78. Which shopkeeper's profit kept increasing continuously
three classes together? over the given months?
1)135 2)164 3)187 1)R 2)Q 3)T 4)U 5) None of these
4) 142 5) None ofthese 79. What is the difference in profit earned by shopkeeper T
74. Number of girls enrolled in only Dancing classes is what in January 2010 from the previous month?
percent of the boys enrolled in the same? (rounded off l)Rs640 2)Rs420 3)Rs380
to two digits after decimal) 4)Rs760 5) None of these
1)38.67 2)35.71 3)41.83 80. What was the average profit earned by shopkeeper R in the
4)28.62 5) None ofthese months of October 2009 and November 2009 together?
75. What is the ratio of the number of girls enrolled in only 1)5405 2)5040 3)4825 4)4950 5) None of these
Painting classes to the number of boys enrolled in the Directions (Q. 81­83): Study the given graph carefully
to answer the questions that follow:
same?
Number of days taken by three carpenters to finish
1)77:26 2)21:73 3)26:77
making one piece each of four different items of furniture
4)73:21 5) None ofthese

81. If Carpenter X and Carpenter Y were to make a chair

together how many days would they take?
1)1 day 2) 4 days 3) 3 days
4) 2 days 5) None of these
82. If Carpenter X, Y and Z were to make a table together 92. The ratio of the present ages of a mother and daughter is
how many days would they take? 7 : 1 . Four years ago the ratio of their ages was 1 9 : 1 .
1)4 days 2) 3 days 3) 1 day What will be the mother's age four years from now?
4) 2 days 5) None of these 1) 42 years 2 ) 3 8 years 3)46 years
83. What is the total number of days that Carpenter Z will 4) 36 years 5) None of these
take to make one piece each of all the four items together? 93. Three friends J, K and L jog around a circular stadium
and complete one round in 12, 18 and 20 seconds
respectively. In how many minutes will all the three meet
again at the starting point?
1)5 2)8 3)12 4)3 5) None of these
84. The radius of a circular field is equal to the side of a 94. 4 men can complete a piece of work in 2 days. 4 women ­
square field whose perimeter is 784 feet. What is the area can complete the same piece of work in 4 days whereas
of the circular field? 5 children can complete the same piece of work in 4 days.
1) 107914 sq ft 2) 120736 sq ft 3) 107362 sq ft If 2 men, 4 women and 10 children work together, in how
4) 127306 sq ft 5) None of these many days can the work be completed?
85. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 1)1 day 2) 3 days 3) 2 days
'STRESS' be arranged? 4) 4 days 5) None of these
1)360 2)240 3)720 4)120 5) None of these 95. The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is 32
Directions (Q. 86­90): Study the given table carefully km/hr, whereas when travelling upstream it is 28 km/hr.
to answer the questions that follow: What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Number of people staying in five different localities and the l)27km/hr 2)29km/hr 3)31 km/hr
percentage break­up of men, women and children in them 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 96­100): Study the following tables
Total No. Percentage
Locality carefully and answer the questions given below:
of People Men Women Children Number & Percentage of Candidates Qualified in a
F 5640 55 35 10 Competitive Examination
G 4850 34 44 22 Number of Candidates appeared in a Competitive Examina­
tion from Five Centres over the Years
H 5200 48 39 13 Number
I 6020 65 25 10 Centre →
M umbai Delhi Kolkata Hyderabad Chennai
J 4900 42 41 17 Year ↓
86. Total number of people staying in locality J forms 2001 35145 65139 45192 51124 37346
approximately what per cent of the total number of people 2002 17264 58248 52314 50248 48932
staying in locality F?
2003 24800 63309 56469 52368 51406
1)81 2)72 3)78 4)93 5)87
87. What is the total number of children staying in localities 2004 28316 70316 71253 54196 52315
H and I together? 2005 36503 69294 69632 58360 55492
1)1287 2)1278 3)1827 4)1728 5) None of these 2006 29129 59216 64178 48230 57365
88. The number of women staying in which locality is the 2007 32438 61345 56304 49178 58492
highest?
1)H 2) J 3 ) F 4)G 5) None of these Approximate Percentages of Candidates Qualified to
89. What is the total number of men and children staying in Appeared in the Competitive Examination from Five
locality I together ? Centres over the Years
1)4115 2)4551 3)4515 4)4155 5) None of these Percentage
90. What is the ratio of the number of men staying in locality M umbai Delhi Kolkata Hyderabad Chennai
F to the number of men staying in locality H?
1)517:416 2)403:522 3)416:517 12 24 18 17 9
4) 522:403 5) None of these 10 28 12 21 12
91. The compound interest earned by Suresh on a certain 15 21 23 25 10
amount at the end of two years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. 11 27 19 24 8
wasRs 1,414.40. What was the total amount that Suresh
got back at the end of two years in the form of principal 13 23 16 23 13
plus interest earned? 14 20 21 19 11
l)Rs9,414.40 2)Rs9,914.40 3)Rs9,014.40 16 19 24 20 14
4)Rs8,914.40 5) None of these
96. In which of the following years was the difference in 4)A11A,B&C 5) None of these
number of candidates appeared from Mumbai over the 105. As per the news published in major financial newspapers,
previous year the minimum? the Union Govt is planning to divest 2 0 % stake in the
1)2004 2)2006 3)2007 4)2002 5) None of these state-owned Hindustan Copper Ltd. What does it really|
97. In which of the following years was the number of mean?
candidates qualified from Chennai the maximum among 1) The Govt will bring 2 0 % more capital into the!
the given years? company.
1)2007 2)2006 3)2005 4)2003 5) None of these 2) The Govt will sell 2 0 % of its total share to the public
98. Approximately what was the total number of candidates 3) The Govt is planning to purchase 20% shares in the
qualified from Delhi in 2002 and 2006 together? state-owned company.
1)27250 2)25230 3)30150 4)28150 5)26250 4) 2 0 % of the total shares in Hindustan Copper Ltd. will
99. Approximately how many candidates appearing from be sold to its employees
Kolkata in 2004 qualified in the competitive examination? 5) None of these
1)13230 2)13540 3)15130 4)15400 5)19240 106. As per the newspaper reports, the Govt of India made an
100. Approximately what was the difference between the auction of the Third Generation Spectrum (3G) recently.
number of candidates qualified from Hyderabad in 2001 Which of the following ministries was actively involved
in the process?
and that in 2002?
1) Ministry of Heavy Industries
1)1680 2)2440 3)1450 4)2060 5)1860
2) Ministry of Science & Technology
3) Ministry of Commerce
Test-Ill: General Awareness 4) Ministiy of Foreign Affairs 5) None of these i
107. As per a recent announcement, the Govt of India will
101. What is the full form o f ' N B F C as used in the Financial provide an amount of Rs 48,000 cr to develop Rural
Sector? Infrastructure in the country. This planned development
1) New Banking Finance Company is being undertaken under which of the following
2) National Banking & Finance Corporation schemes?
3) New Business Finance & Credit 1) BharatNirman 2) Indira Aawas Yojana
4) Non Business Fund Company 5) None of these 3) Backward Region Grant Fund
102. As per the n e w s p u b l i s h e d in v a r i o u s financial 4) Drought Mitigation Fund 5) None of these
newspapers, the RBI is reworking the roadmap on Capital 108. As per the current practice, the maximum part of the Global
Account Convertibility. If this is done, who amongst the Foreign Exchange Reserves (more than 6( %) and Foreign
following would be able to invest in foreign projects or Exchange Transactions (more than 90%) take place in only
acquire assets outside India without any restrictions? one currency all over the world. Which is that currency?
(A) Public Sector Banks l)Euro 2) Pound Sterling 3) US Dollar
(B) Companies which are registered in India 4) Yen 5) None of these
(C) Govt of India 109. The RBI Governor, in one of his speeches, made a mention
(E>) Any Individual of Inflation Index and said "the problem in India is that
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C which inflation index to target as there are several such
4)A11A,B,C&D 5) None of these i n d i c e s " . Which of the f o l l o w i n g statements is
103. Many a time we read about Special Drawing Right (SDR) CORRECT in this regard?
in newspapers. As per its definition, SDR is a monetary 1) There is one WPI index and four CPI indices.
unit of the reserve assets of which of the following 2) There are four WPI indices and one CPI index.
organisations/agencies? 3) There are two WPI indices and two CPI indices.
1) World Bank 4) There is one WPI index and one CPI index.
2) International Monetary Fund (IMF) 5) There are ten different types of WPI and CPI indices.
3) Asian Development Bank 110. Which of the following agencies/organisations has
4) Reserve Bank of India 5) None of these recently decided that all the Stock Exchanges should
104. Which of the following is/are the highlights of the Union introduce physical settlement of equity derivatives?
Budget 2010-11? 1) Reserve Bank of India 2) Bombay Stock Exchange
(A) A number of new steps taken to simplify the Foreign 3) Registrar of Companies
Direct Investment (FD1) regime 4) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(B) Rs 16,500 cr provided to ensure that the Public 5) All of these
Sector Banks are able to attain a minimum 8% capital 111. Recently, India took part in "Nuclear New Build 2010
(Tier I) by Mar 2011 Conference" organised in
(C) More than Rs 1,74,000 cr p r o v i d e d for the 1) New Delhi 2) London 3) Paris
development of the infrastructure in the country. 4) Hong Kong 5) None of these
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 112. Which of the fol lowing schemes announced in the Union
 Budget 2010-11 will have a direct impact on the pricing 1) Only A is true 2) Only B is true
pattern of fertilizers? 3)OnlyA&Baretrue 4) All are true
1) Minimum support price for foodgrains 5) None of these
2) Instant credit for purchase of fertilizers and seeds 117. North Korea and USA decided to resume their peace
3) Nutrient-based subsidy for fertilizers talks after a gap of several months. Both the countries
4) Special incentives to small and marginal farmers have a dispute over which of the following issues?
5) None of these 1) Bailout package offered by USA
113. As we know, with the launch of Nano by Tatas, India 2) Membership of ASEAN to North Korea
has become favourite Small Car Destination of the world. 3) Nuclear programme of North Korea
Other than India, which of the following countries is 4) Soaring relations of China with North Korea
also a popular destination of small cars? 5) None of these
1) Britain 2) France 3) Germany 118. Who amongst the following was the Chairperson of the
4) Thailand 5) None of these 13th Finance Commission, which submitted its report to
114. Many economists and financial analysts are of the opinion the President of India recently?
that India could withstand the recent global economic crisis 1) Mr MV Kamath 2) Dr C Rangarajan
comfortably because of a good fiscal consolidation and 3)DrDSubbarao 4) Dr Rakesh Mohan
Govts adherence to the targets fixed by the 5)DrVijayKelkar
1) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 119. As per the news published in various newspapers, the RBI
2) Banking Regulation Act 3) Finance Bill Act is considering the grant of licence to some new companies,
4) Foreign Exchange Management Act particularly NBFCs, to act as full-fledged banks. Which of
5) All of these the following will be considered an NBFC?
115. As per the decision taken by the competent authorities, 1)NABARD
the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) are required to 2) Life Insurance Corporation of India
pay 100% application money to make them eligible to 3) Reliance Capital 4)SEBI 5) None of these
bid for public issues. How much amount were the QIBs 120. As per the newspaper reports, China is likely to drop its
paying as application or margin money prior to this special 'Yuan' policy soon. What is this special Yuan
decision? policy being followed by China at present?
1)5% 2 ) 1 % 3)10% 4)50% 5) None of these (A) China had initiated the policy of Yuan's exchange
116. The Finance Minister of India, in one of his speeches, rate with dollar to Yuan since 2008 at a specified rate
said that "the current high inflation is not because of decided by it and not by the market forces.
monetary expansion but due to supply-side bottlenecks (B) China has initiated a policy which says that all
in certain essential commodities". This means that the payments in China should be done in Yuan only. No
Finance Minister is of the view that other currency is acceptable.
(A) the liquidity position in market is quite comfortable (C) China has a policy of accepting all payments for its'
these days., exports in dollar while all imports are paid in Yuan only.
(B) inflation being experienced these days is not cost- US and some other nations do not agree with this.
push inflation. 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C
(C) markets are flooded with luxury goods but essential : 4)OnlyA&B 5) None of these
commodities are definitely in short supply. . . 121. What is an'intranet'?
1) Internal internet used to transfer information internally
2) Internal internet used to transfer, information to the
. outside company .
.3) Internal network designed to serve the internal
informational needs of a single organization
4) Internal network designed to transfer the information
between two organizations
5) None of these
122. Which of the following groups of cricket teams was
declared joint winner of the Col. C K Naidu Trophy for
2009?
1) Tamil Nadu & Gujarat 2) Maharashtra & Kerala
3) Punjab & Delhi 4) West Bengal & Maharashtra
5) None of these
123. Kaiane Aldorino, who was crowned Miss World 2009, is
from which of the following countries?
1) Germany 2) Russia 3) Austria
4) Belgium 5) Gibraltar
124. Which of the following teams won the Davis Cup tennis 3) Batch processing is still used today in older systems
finals 2009? or in some s y s t e m s with massive volumes of
1) Germany 2) Spain 3) Russia transactions.
4) France 5) None of these 4) Information in batch systems will always be up-to-
125. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the "CNN- date.
IBN Indian of the Year" Award for 2009? 5) None of these
1) Ratan Tata 2) AR Rahman 3) Manmohan Singh 133. A set of inter-related components that collect, process,
4) Sachin Tendulkar 5) None of these store and distribute information to support decision
126. The deficit reduction plan of which of the following making and control in an organization best defines
countries was reviewed recently in the meeting of the 1) communications technology
Finance Ministers of the European Union? 2) a network 3) an information system
1) Germany 2) Romania 3)Brazil 4) hardware 5) None of these
4) Hungary 5) Greece 134. A is a computer connected to two network's.
127. The database administrator's function in an organization 1) link 2) server 3) gateway
is 4) bridge way 5) None of these
1) To be responsible for the more technical aspects of 135. When you save a presentation, .
managing the information contained in organizational 1) all slides in a presentation are saved in the same file
databases 2) two files are created; one for graphics and one for
2) To be responsible for the executive-level aspects of content
decisions regarding information management 3) a file is created for each slide
3) To show the relationship among entity classes in a 4) a file is created for each animation or graphic
data warehouse 5) None of these
4) To define which data mining tools must be used to 136. In a customer database, a customer's surname would be
extract data keyed into a
5) None of these l)row 2) text field 3) record
128. Every device on the Internet has a unique _ _ _ _ _ 4) computed field 5) None of these
address (also called an "Internet address") that identifies 137. Find the correct statement.
it in the same way that a street address identifies the 1) Marketing is redundant in monopolistic companies.
location of a house. 2) The performance of a salesperson depends on the
1)DH 2)DA 3)IP 4)IA 5) None of these amount of incentives paid.
129. To send another station a message, the main thing a 3) Marketing is influenced by peer performance.
user has to know is . 4) An increase in market share indicates fall in business
1) how the network works volume.
2) the other station's address 5) A Mission statement is part of the Company's
3) whether the network is packet-switched or circuit- Prospectus.
switched 138. Storing same data in many places is called .
4) whether this is a voice or data network 1) iteration 2) concurrency 3) redundancy
5) None of these 4) enumeration 5) None of these
130. In a client/server model, a client program 139. Which of the following is the first step in the 'transaction
1) asks for information processing cycle', which captures business data through
2) provides information and files various m o d e s such as optical scanning or at an
3) serves software files to other computers electronic commerce website?
4) distributes data files to other computers 1) Document and report generation
5) None of these 2) Database maintenance 3) Transaction processing
131. Control in design of an information system is used to 4) Data Entry 5) None of these
1) inspect the system and check that it is built as per 140. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is
specifications 1) A pre-sales activity 2) A tool for lead generation
2) ensure that the system processes data as it was 3) An ongoing daily activity
designed to and that the results are reliable 4) The task of a DSA 5) All of the above
3) ensure privacy of data processed by it 141. Bancassurance can be sold to
4) protect data from accidental or intentional loss 1) All banks 2) All insurance companies
5) None of these 3) Insurance Agents
132. Each of the following is a true statement except: 4) All existing and prospective bank customers
1) Online systems continually update the master file 5) All of the above
2) In online processing, the user enters transactions into 142. Cross-selling is not effective for which one of the
a device that is directly connected to the computer following products?
system 1) Debit cards 2) Savings accounts
 3) Internet banking 4) Pension loans Revolution and food production exploded.
5) Personal loans But the Green Revolution became a victim of its own
143. Which of the following is not involved in the Growth success. Food prices plunged by some 6 0 % by the late 1980s
Strategies of a Company? from their peak in the mid-1970s. Policy-makers and aid work-
1) Horizontal integration 2) Vertical integration ers turned their attention to the poor's other pressing needs,
3) Diversification 4) Intensification such as health care and education. Farming got starved,of
5) None of these resources and investment. By 2004, aid directed at agricul-
144. A successful "Blue Ocean Strategy" requires ture sank to 3.5% and "Agriculture lost its glitter." Also, as
1) Effective communication consumers in high-growth giants such as China and India
2) Innovative skills 3) Motivation became wealthier, they began eating more meat, so grain once
4) All of the above 5) None of these used for human consumption got diverted to beef up live-
145. Cross-selling is the basic function of stock. By early 2008, panicked buying by importing coun-
1) All employers 2) All employees 3) All salespersons tries and restrictions slapped on grain exports by some big
4) Planning Department 5) All of the above producers helped drive prices upto heights not seen for three
146. Data mining means analysing the data stored with decades. Making matters worse, land and resources got real-
1) The DSA 2) The front-office staff located to produce cash crops such as biofuels and the re-
3) The back-office staff 4) The customers sult was that voluminous reserves of grain evaporated. Pro-
5) None of these tests broke out across the emerging world and fierce food
147. SME means riots toppled governments.
1) Selling and Marketing Establishment This spurred global leaders into action. This made them
2) Selling and Managing Employee aware that food security is one of the fundamental issues in
3) Sales and Marketing Entity the world that has to be dealt with in order to maintain admin-
4) Small and Medium Enterprises 5) None of these istrative and political stability. This also spurred the US, which
148. One of the following is not included in the 7 P's of traditionally provisioned food aid from American grain sur-
Marketing. Find the same , pluses to help needy nations, to move towards investingin
1) Product 2) Price 3) Production farm sectors around the globe to boost productivity. This
4) Promotion 5) None of these move helped countries become more productive for them-
149. The target group for SME loans is selves and be in a better position to feed their own people.
1) All Businessmen ?1 All Professionals Africa, which missed out on the first Green Revolution
3)AllSSIs 4) All of the above 5) None of these due to poor policy and limited resources, also witnessed a
150. Home Loans can be best canvassed among 'change'. Swayed by the success of East Asia, the primary
1) Builders 2) Flat owners poverty-fighting method favoured by many policy-makers in
3) Land developers 4) Agriculturists Africa was to get farmers off their farms and into modern jobs
5) Individuals wanting to buy a flat or house in factories and urban centres. But that strategy proved to be
highly insufficient. Income levels in the countryside badly
trailed those in cities while the FAO estimated that the num-
Test-IV: English Language ber of poor going hungry in 2009 reached an all-time high at
more than one billion.
Directions (Q. 151-165): Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain In India, on the other hand, with only 4 0 % of its farm-
words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate land irrigated, entire economic boom currently underway is
them while answering some of the questions. held hostage by the unpredictable monsoon. With much of
Governments have traditionally equated economic India's farming areas suffering from drought this year, the
progress with steel mills and cement factories. While urban government will have a tough time meeting its economic
centers thrive and city dwellers get rich, hundreds of millions of growth targets. In a report, Goldman Sachs predicted that if
farmers remain mired in poverty. However, fears of food short- this year too receives weak rains, it could cause agriculture
ages, a rethinking of anti-poverty priorities and the crushing to contract by 2% this fiscal year, making the government's
recession in 2008 are causing a dramatic shift in world economic 7% GDP-growth target look "a bit rich". Another green revo-
policy in favour of greater support for agriculture. lution is the need of the hour and to make it a reality, the
global community still has much backbreaking farm work to
The last time when the world's farmers felt such love
do.
was in the 1970s. At that time, as food prices spiked, there
was real concern that the world was facing a crisis in which 151. What is the author's main obj ecti ve in writing the passage?
the planet was simply unable to produce enough grain and 1) Criticising developed countries for not bolstering
meat for an expanding population. Governments across the economic growth in poor nations
developing world and international aid organisations plowed 2) Analysing the disadvantages of the Green Revolution
investment into agriculture in the early 1970s, while techno- 3) Persuading experts that a strong economy depends
logical breakthroughs, like high-yield strains of important on industrialisation and not on agriculture
food crops, boosted production. The result was the Green 4) Making a case for the international society to engineer
 a second Green Revolution 3) To make those countries more self-sufficient to whom
5) Rationalising the faulty agriculture policies of it previously provided food
emerging countries 4) To establish itself in the market before the high-growth
152. Which of the following is an adverse impact of the Green giants such as India and China could establish
Revolution? themselves
1) Unchecked crop yields resulted in large tracts of land 5) None of these
becoming barren. 157. What impact did the economic recession of2008 have
2) Withdrawal of fiscal impetus from agriculture to other on agriculture?
sectors 1) G o v e r n m e n t s equated e c o n o m i c stability with
3) Farmers began soliciting government subsidies for industrial development and shifted away from
their produce. agriculture.
4) Farmers rioted as food prices fell so low that they 2) Lack of implementation of several innovative
could not make ends meet. agriculture programmes owing to shortage of funds
5) None of these 3) It prompted increased investment and interest in
153. What is the author trying to convey through the phrase agriculture.
"making the government's 7% GDP growth target look 4) The GDP as targeted by India was never achieved
'a bit rich'? because of losses in agriculture.
1) India is unlikely to achieve the targeted growth rate. 5) None of these
2) Allocation of funds to agriculture has raised India's 158. What encouraged African policy-makers to focus pn
chances of having a high GDR urban jobs?
3) Agricultural growth has artificially inflated India's 1) Misapprehension that it would alleviate poverty as it
GDP and such growth is not real. did in other countries
4) India is likely to have one of the highest GDP growth 2) Rural development outstripped urban development
rates. in many parts of Africa.
5) A large portion of India's GDP is contributed by 3) Breaking out of protests in the country and the fear
agriculture. that the government would topple
154. Which of the following factors" was/were responsible 4) Blind imitation of western models of development
for the neglect of the farming sector after the Green 5) None of these
Revolution? 159. Which of the following had contributed to exorbitant
A. Steel and cement sectors generated more revenue food prices in 2008?
for the government as compared to agriculture. (A) Hoarding of food stocks by local wholesalers, which
B. Large-scale protests against favouring agriculture inadvertently created a food shortage
at the cost of other important sectors such as (B) E x p o r t of f o o d g r a i n s was r e d u c e d by large
education and health care producers.
C. Attention of policy-makers and aid organisations (C) Diverting, resources from cultivation of foodgrains
was diverted from agriculture to other sectors! • to that of more profitable crops.
1) None 2) Only C 3) Only B & C l)None 2) Only C 3) Only B
4)OnlyA&B 5)A11A,B&C 4)A11A,B&C 5)OnlyB&C
155. What prompted leaders throughout the world to take
action to boost the agriculture sector in 2008?
1) Coercive tactics by the US which restricted food aid
to poor nations
2) The realisation of the link between food security and
political stability '
3) Awareness that p e r f o r m a n c e in agriculture is
necessary in order to achieve the targeted GDP
4) Reports that high-growth countries like China and
India were boosting their agriculture sectors to capture
the international markets
5) Their desire to influence developing nations to slow
down their industrial development.
156. What motivated the US to focus on investing in
agriculture across the globe?
1) To make developing countries become more reliant
on US aid
2) To ensure grain surpluses so that the US had no need
to import food
160. Which of the following is true about the state of 5) None of these
agriculture in India at present? 168. He has lost most of his life's earning in the stock market
(A) Of all the sectors, agriculture needs the highest but .
allocation of funds. 1) he still seems to be leading his life luxuriously and
(B) Contribution of agriculture to India's GDP this year extravagantly
would depend greatly upon the monsoon rains. 2) he could not save enough to repay his enormous
(C) As India is one of the high-growth countries, it has debts
surplus food reserves export to other nations. 3) stock market is not a safe option to invest money
1) Only A and C 2) Only C 3) Only B unless done with caution
4) Only B and C 5) None of these 4) experts have been suggesting to avoid investments
Directions (Q. 161-163): Choose the word/group of in stock market because of its unpredictable nature
words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed 5) None of these
in bold as used in the passage. 169. Achieving equality for women is not only a laudable
161. STARVED goal, .
1) Deprived 2) Disadvantaged 3) Hungry 1) political reforms are also neglected preventing women
4) Fasting 5) Emaciated from entering legislatures and positions of power
162. SLAPPED 2) the problem is also deep-rooted in the society and
1) Beaten 2) Imposed 3) Withdrawn supported by it
4) Avoided 5) Persuaded 3) their empowerment is purposefully hampered by
163. PLOWED people with vested interests in all sections of the
1) Cultivated 2) Bulldozed 3) Recovered society
4) Instilled 5) Withdrew 4) it is also equally difficult to achieve and maintain for
Directions (Q. 164-165): Choose the word/phrase which a long term
is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as 5) None of these
used in the passage. 170. or else they would not keep electing him year
164. PRESSING after year.
1) Unpopular 2) Undemanding 3) Unobtrusive 1) The party leader gave a strong message to the mayor
4) Unsuitable 5) Unimportant r for improving his political style
165. EVAPORATED 2) Owing to numerous scandals against the mayor, he
1) Absorbed 2) Accelerated 3) Grew was told to resign from the post immediately
4) Plunged 5) Mismanaged 3) The mayor threatened the residents against filing a
Directions (Q. 166-170): Which of the phrases 1), 2), complaint against him
3) and 4) given below each statement should be placed in the 4) The residents must really be impressed with the
blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and political style of their mayor
grammatically correct sentence? If none of the sentences is 5) None of these
appropriate, mark 5), ie 'None of these', as the answer. Directions (Q. 171-175): Each question below has two
166. Refuting the rationale behind frequent agitations for blanks, each blank indicating that something has been
formation of separate States, a recent report . omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits
1) p r o v e d that s u c h a g i t a t i o n s r e s u l t in loss of the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
governmental property 171. Drawing attention to the pitfalls of solely on
2) indicated that the formation of small states does not Uranium as a fuel for nuclear reactors, Indian scientists
necessarily improve the economy warned that Uranium will not last for long and thus
3) suggested that only large-scale agitations have been research on Thorium as its must be revived.
effective in bringing out desired change in the past 1) using, substitute 2) believing, replacement
4) recommended dividing large States into smaller ones 3) depending, reserve 4) reckoning, option
to improve governance 5) relying, alternative
5) None of these 172. In an effort to provide for higher education to
167. Overlooking the fact that water scarcity intensifies during all, most of the universities have been providing
summer, . e d u c a t i o n w i t h o u t a d e q u a t e infrastructure, thus
1) the government issued guidelines to all builders to churning out graduates every year.
limit their consumption to acceptable limits 1) chances, fresh 2) platform, capable
2) provision for rainwater harvesting has been made to 3) opportunities, unemployable
aid irrigation in drought-prone areas 4) prospects, eligible 5) policy, incompetent
3) the water table did not improve even after receiving 173. The move to allow dumping of mercury an
normal monsoon in the current year outcry from residents of the area who that high
4) many residential areas continue to use swimming levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy
pools, wasting large quantities of water ecologically sensitive forest area.
 1) resulted, insist 2) provoked, fear 1)A 2)C 3)D 4)E 5)F
3) incited, determined 4) activated, accept 180. Which of the following sentences should be the
5) angered, believe SECOND after rearrangement?
174. has been taken against some wholesale drug 1)A 2)B 3)D 4)E 5)F
dealers for dealing in surgical items without a valid licence Directions (Q. 181-185): Which of the phrases 1), 2),
and maintaining a stock of drugs. 3) and 4) given below each statement should replace the
1) Note, overwhelming 2) Step, impressive p h r a s e p r i n t e d in bold in t h e s e n t e n c e to make- it
3) Execution, outdated 4) Action, expired grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is
5) Lawsuit, invalid given and 'No correction is required', mark 5) as the answer.
175. Even as the elsewhere in the world are 181. Soon after the Tsunami had killed thousands of people
struggling to come out of recession, Indian consumers along the coasts of southern India, parliament passes a
are splurging on consumer goods and to this bill t h a t proposed to set up an institutional mechanism
growth, companies are investing heavily in various to respond promptly to natural disasters.
sectors. 1) passed a bill that proposed
1) economies, meet 2) countries, inhibit 2) passes a bill with purpose 3) pass a bill proposing
3) governments, measure 4) nations, inflict 4) passed a bill which propose 5) No correction required
5) companies, counter 182. Denial of wages forced scientists and teachers at the
Directions (Q. 176-180): Rearrange the following agriculture universities throughout the country to go on
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful strike, crippling crucial research that could help the state
paragraph and then answer the questions which follow: of agriculture in the country.
(A) While these disadvantages of biofuels are serious, 1) from going on strike 2) which went on strike
they are the only alternate energy source of the
3) on going for a strike 4) for going to strike
future and the sooner we find solutions to these
5) No correction required
problems the faster we will be able to solve the
183. In an attempt to boost their profits, many edible oil-
problems we are now facing with gasoline.
producing companies have been engaging themselves
(B) This fuel can also help to stimulate j obs locally since
in p r o p a g a n d a against c o m m o n l y used oils and
they are also much safer to handle than gasoline
promoting exotic and expensive varieties of oils as more
and can thus have the potential to turn around a
healthier options.
global economy.
1) as most healthiest options
(C) These include dependence on fossil fuels for the
machinery required to produce biofuel which ends 2) as less healthy option
up polluting as much as the burning of fossil fuels 3) as a healthier option
on roads and exorbitant cost of biofuels which 4) as much healthiest option
makes it very difficult for the common man to switch 5) No correction required
to this option. 184. Thanks to numerous government initiatives, rural
(D) This turnaround can potentially help to bring world masses which was earlier u n a w a r e of the luxuries of
peace and end the need to depend on foreign urban ways of living are now connected to the same
countries for energy requirements. lifestyle.
(E) Biofuels are made from plant sources and since these 1) who was earlier unaware
sources are available in abundance and can be 2) which were earlier aware
reproduced on a massive scale, they form an energy 3) who were earlier conversant
source that is potentially unlimited. 4) who were earlier unaware
• (F) However everything is not as green with the biofuels 5) No correction required
as it seems as there are numerous disadvantages 185. Over the last few months, while most industries are
involved, which at times overshadow their positive busy in restructuring operations, cutting costs and firing,
impact. the Indian pharmaceutical and healthcare industry was
176. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH adding manpower and giving salary hikes.
after rearrangement? 1) as many industries are
1)A 2)B 3)C 4)E 5)F 2) while most industries were
177. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD 3) while many industries is
after rearrangement?
4) where many industries were
1)A 2)B 3)C 4)D 5)E
5) No correction required
178. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST
Directions (Q. 186-195): In the following passage there
after rearrangement?
are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers
1)A 2)B 3)C 4)D 5)E
are printed below the passage and against each, five words/
179. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH
p h r a s e s a r e s u g g e s t e d , o n e o f w h i c h fits t h e b l a n k
(LAST) after rearrangement?
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each 192. 1) blessed 2) enjoys 3) endows
case. 4) prevails 5) occurs
There is a considerable amount of research about the 193. l)aid 2) jeopardise 3) promotes
factors that make a company innovate. So is it possible to
4) endure 5) cater
create an environm e n t (186) to innovation? This is a
particularly pertinent (187) for India today. Massive problems 194. 1) acute 2) utilising 3) restricting
in health, education, etc (188) be solved using a conventional 4) inspiring 5)increased
approach but (189) creative and innovative solutions that 195. l ) b o t h 2) besides 3) combining
can ensure radical change and (190). There are several factors
4) participating 5) also
in India's (191). Few countries have the rich diversity that
India or its large, young population (192). While these (193) Directions (Q. 196-200): In each of the following
innovation policy interventions, certain additional steps are questions four words are given, of which two words are most
also required. These include (194) investment in research nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words
and development by (195) the government and the private which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and
sector, easy transfer of technology from the academic world indicate the number of the correct letter combination, by
etc. To fulfil its promise of being prosperous and to be at the darkening the appropriate oval in your answer sheet.
forefront, India must be innovative. 196. (A) consent (B) nascent (C) emerging (D) insecure
186. 1) stimuli 2) conducive 3) incentive 1)A-C 2)B-D 3)B-C 4)A-D 5)A-B
4) facilitated 5) impetus 197. (A) elated (B) eccentric (C) explicit (D) abnormal
187.1) objective 2) controversy 3) doubt 1)A-B 2)B-D 3)A-C 4)A-D 5)D-C
4) question 5) inference 198. (A) abundance (B) incomparable
188. 1) cannot 2) possibly 3) should (C) projection (D) plethora
4) never 5) must 1)A-C 2)A-B 3)C-D 4)B-D 5)A-D
189.1) necessary 2) apply 3)p.eed 199. (A) purposefully (B) inaccurately
4) consider 5) requires (C) inadvertently (D) unchangeably
190. 1) quantity 2) advantages 3) increase 1)A-C 2)A-B 3)B-C 4)B-D 5)A-D
4) chaos 5) growth 200. (A) germane (B) generate (C) reliable (D) irrelevant
191.1) challenges 2) praises 3) favour 1)B-D 2)B-C 3)A-B 4)C-D 5)A-D
4) leverage 5) esteem