MICAT Sample Paper

MICAT
SAMPLE PAPERS
PGDM-C
MICAT SAMPLE QUESTIONS
DISCLAIMER
Please note that these are simply questions for your
reference and not indicative of the actual paper. These
questions are to give you an idea of what can be
expected.
Good luck!
Descriptive
1a) 'Environment is more important than development.' Present five arguments in support of this
statement.
(Provide about 250 words space to write)
1b)'Environment is more important than development.' Present five arguments against this
statement.
1c) Having given your arguments on both sides of the statement, ‘Environment is more
important than development.’, present your own views in about 200 words in response to a
request from a leading newspaper editor. Please note that you have to take one viewpoint for
your response, i.e., either for or against. No marks will be given for expressing your views on
both sides of the argument.
2a )'Public opinion is vital for policy making.'Present 3 arguments FOR the statement.
2b) 'Public opinion is vital for policy making'. Present 3 arguments AGAINST the statement.
2c) Having given your arguments for both sides of the statement, 'Public opinion is vital for
policy making', present your own views in about 200 words in response to a request from a
leading newspaper editor.
Please note that you have to take one viewpoint for your response, i.e., either FOR or AGAINST.
No marks will be given for expressing your views on both sides of the argument.

3) Arrange the following pictures in a sequence to write a story accordingly. Write the picture
sequence and a story of approximately 300 words in the allocated space. Ensure that all the
pictures have been utilized in the story. Please mention the sequence of images as part of your
answer.
Present four pictures as in the following manner and Label the pictures as A, B, C and D)
A B
C D
4) Arrange the following pictures in a sequence to write a story. Indicate the picture sequence,
and create a story of approximately 300 words in the allocated space. Ensure that all the pictures
have been utilized.
Psychometric
AS PER THE STANDARD PRACTICE MICA DOES
NOT SHARE PSYCHOMETRIC SECTION.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING
WHILE YOU APPEAR IN MICAT:
a. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER
IN THIS SECTION. THARE IS NO NEGATIVE
MARKING
b. YOU MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

IN THE PSYCHOMETRIC SECTION TO
ENSURE THAT YOUR TEST PAPER IS
EVALUATED
Divergent and Convergent Thinking
Q NO 1) This problem consists of four clues and against that set of four clues, five alternatives
are given.
These alternatives are associated with either one or more than one clues in some
manner.Amongst all these five alternatives, there is only one alternative that is associated with
all of the four clues in some manner.
This alternative is the right answer.
Your task is to mark the right answer from among the alternatives given.
For example, in the sample question below, alternative E “apple” is related to all the four clues
as follows:
(i) an apple cart

(ii) cider is made from apple
(iii) apple of my eye
(iv) orange and apple are fruits.
In that case, you have to select and save the alternative 5.
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round
(ii) Cider B Juice
(iii) Eye C Orchard
(iv) Orange D Village
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Stand
(ii) Support
(iii) Origin
(iv) Bottom
Base
Heart
Election
Crowd
Wisdom
Q NO 2) Each statement is followed by two assumptions which may or may not contain data that
is presupposed by the statement. Choose the most appropriate option:
Statement: Archeological excavations have to be done only by trained professionals since we

cannot afford to lose any opportunity of knowing our ancestors better.
Assumption I:In order to know our ancestors better we must identify sites where they lived and
dig those sites.
Assumption II:The objects our ancestors used, like pots and earthenware are our only means of
knowing our ancestors.
The statement presupposes either assumption I or assumption II
The statement presupposes neither assumption I nor assumption II
The statement presupposes only assumption I
The statement presupposes only assumption II
The statement presupposes both assumption I and assumption II
Q NO 3) The Question comprises two statements followed by two conclusions I and II.
Considering the two given statements to be true, identify the conclusion(s) that follow
logically beyond any reasonable doubt from the information given in the statements and choose
the most appropriate option.
Statements: 1. If I go to the market or to the mall then I will not go swimming.

2. The mall was so crowded that I did not dare to step in.
Conclusions: I. I have either done my shopping at the market or gone swimming.

II. If the market is also crowded then I will have gone swimming.
Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Either conclusion I or II Follows
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Both conclusions I and II follow

Q NO 4) The Question comprises two statements followed by two conclusions I and II.
Considering the two given statements to be true, identify the conclusion(s) that followlogically
beyond any reasonable doubt from the information given in the statements and choose the most
appropriate option.
Statements:
1. None of the big brands have an online presence yet.
2. Those brands having an online presence offer huge discounts.
Conclusions:
I. Big brands only have physical stores in which they do not offer huge discounts.
II. If a brand is offering a huge discount it must be having an online presence.
Only conclusion I follows
Either conclusion I or II follows
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Both conclusions I and II follow

General Awareness
Q NO 1) Asal Uttar’ is related to
Uttar Pradesh
1965 Indo-Pak War
1971 Indo-Pak War
Actions against Naxals
Q NO 2) Find the odd one out:
The Economic Times

The Financial Express
Business Standard
Business Line
Q NO 3) Project Vishwas was launched by ___________ in India to restore the reputation of its
flagship brand.
Cadbury’s
Pepsi
Maggi
Coke
Verbal Ability
Q NO 1) In the following sentence, parts of the sentence have been left blank. Beneath each
sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. From among the given
choices choose the best alternative.
Kerala’s writers, poets and thinkers did not inhabit solitary __________, cut off from the outside
world, or _____________ themselves from the onus of being in conversation with the public.
Silos, insulating
Shells, insulting
Homes, excusing
Islands, expressing
Q NO 2) Each question has four sentences. Arrange the four sentences in a logical sequence.
Choose the most appropriate sequence from the options given:a) millions of years separate
seahorses from other mammals, reptiles, and even live-bearing fish:b) a pregnant seahorse father
still undergoes similar bodily changes as a pregnant womanc) despite independent evolutiond)
while giving birth has evolved again and again more than 150 times in vertebrates,
c-a-b-d
b-a-d-c
a-d-c-b
d-b-c-a
Q NO 3) Which of the phrases below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in
bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?If the sentence is correct as it is given and
no correction is required, then select No Correction Required.
I cannot make it to the award ceremony.
Make it up
Make up
Make up to
No correction required
Q NO 4)Which of the phrases below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in
bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?If the sentence is correct as it is given and
no correction is required, then select No Correction Required.The consultant declined to take any
more new projects because he had a handful already
His hands were filled up
He had full hands
He filled his hands
Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation
Q NO 1) The age of the mother is 30 years more than her daughter’s age. Ten years hence, the
mother’s age will become three times the daughter’s age at that time. What is the daughter’s
present age in years?
Eight
Seven
Five
None of these
Q NO 2) In a class of 80 students, 40% of the students play cricket, 50% play football and 30%
play table tennis. If 5 students play both football and table tennis but not cricket, what is the
maximum possible number of students that play both cricket and table tennis?
11
19
21
24
Q NO 3) The average marks obtained by 130 candidates were 48, while the average marks of
those who passed were 56 and those who failed were 32. How many students passed the
examination?
60
80
70
None of these
Q NO 4) I called customer service for my broadband connection. I had two options (English or
Hindi) to choose from. Having chosen the language, there were 4 options for selecting the
service. Each of these four options had three options to choose for final service. If I call customer
service, how many options are available to choose the required service?
18
24
12
None of these
PGDM-C
DISCLAIMER
Please note that these are simply questions

for your reference and not indicative of the
actual paper. These questions are to give you
an idea of what can be expected.
Good luck!
Section QNo Question Option Correct
A- 1
Descriptive
'Environment is more important than development.'
Present five arguments in support of this statement.
A-
Descriptive 2
'Environment is more important than development.'

Present five arguments against this statement.
A- 3 Having given your arguments on both sides of the statement, ‘Environment is more important than development.’, present your own views in about 200 words in
Descriptive
response to a request from a leading newspaper editor. Please note that you have to take one viewpoint for your response, i.e., either for or against. No marks will be given
for expressing your views on both sides of the argument.
A-
Descriptive 4 A,B,C,D
A,C,B,D
A,C,D,B
A,D,B,C
A,D,C,B
B,A,C,D
B,A,D,C
B,C,A,D
B,C,D,A
B,D,A,C
B,D,C,A
C,A,B,D
C,A,D,B
C,B,A,D
C,B,D,A
C,D,A,B
C,D,B,A
D,A,B,C
D,A,C,B
D,B,A,C
D,B,C,A
D,C,A,B
D,C,B,A
A,B,D,C
This problem consists of four clues and against that set of four clues, five alternatives are given.
These alternatives are associated with either one or more than one clues in some manner.
Amongst all these five alternatives, there is only one alternative that is associated with all of the four clues in some manner.
For example in the sample question below, alternative E “ apple” is related to all the four clues as follows:
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning
1 (ii) Cider B Juice Restaurant
(iii) Eye C Orchard

(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Ship
(ii) Bar
(iii) Law
(iv) Room
Court Correct
Anchor
Alcohol
Soap
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C- (ii) Cider B Juice
2 Power
Reasoning
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Company
(ii) Strong
(iii) Rigid
(iv) Solid
Bad
Firm Correct
Man
Weak
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C- 3 (ii) Cider B Juice Base Correct
Reasoning
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Stand
(ii) Support
(iii) Origin
(iv) Bottom
Heart
Election
Crowd
Wisdom
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 4 (ii) Cider B Juice Boy
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Girl
(ii) Master
(iii) Long
(iv) Hit
Miss Correct
Servant
Short
Run
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round
C-
Reasoning 5 (ii) Cider B Juice Metal
(iii) Eye C Orchard

E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Sheet
(ii) Coat
(iii) Ban
(iv) Cover
Sheep
Blanket Correct
Bunker
Ice
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 6 (ii) Cider B Juice Leaf
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Tree
(ii) Boot
(iii) Nose
(iv) Case
Lid
Trunk Correct
Tiger
Shoe
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
C-
7
(i)
(ii) Cart
Cider A
B Round
Juice Ward Correct
Reasoning
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Evil
(ii) Hospital
(iii) Parent
(iv) Off
Mark
Vote
Child
Quack
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C- 8 (ii) Cider B Juice Win
Reasoning
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Walk
(ii) Score
(iii) Muscle
(iv) Sun
Run Correct
Finish
Pain
Gases
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning
9 (ii) Cider B Juice Leave Correct
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Alone
(ii) Absence
(iii) Deny
(iv) Stay
Presence
Participate
Allow
Disappear
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 10 (ii) Cider B Juice Book Correct
(iii) Eye C Orchard

E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Seat
(ii) Print
(iii) Prison
(iv) Document
Hall
Crime
Wall
Dress
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
C-
(i) Cart A Round
11 Call
Reasoning (ii) Cider B Juice
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Hair
(ii) Down
(iii) Up
(iv) Ball
Use
Pin Correct
Cap
Do
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 12 (ii) Cider B Juice Open
(iii) Eye C Orchard

E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Start
(ii) The
(iii) Finish
(iv) Stop
Beginning
Thing
End Correct
Deal
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 13 (ii) Cider B Juice Rose Correct
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Satin
(ii) On feet
(iii) Rebellion
(iv) Fragrance
Incense
Perfume
Revolution
Muslin
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
Reasoning 14 (ii) Cider B Juice School
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Heart
(ii) Interval
(iii) Split
(iv) Give
Take
Break Correct
Blood
Open
(i) an apple cart
Sample Question
Question Clues:
(i) Cart A Round

C-
15 (ii) Cider B Juice Appraisal
Reasoning
(iii) Eye C Orchard
E Apple
Question Clues:
(i) Potential
(ii) Container
(ii) Container
(iii) Report
(iv) Seal
submit
Ship
Can Correct
Ocean
Each statement is followed by two assumptions which may or may not contain data that is presupposed by the statement. Choose the most appropriate option:
Statement: Archeological excavations have to be done only by trained professionals since we cannot afford to lose any opportunity of knowing our ancestors better. The statement presupposes
C- 16 either assumption I or
Reasoning Assumption I : In order to know our ancestors better we must identify sites where they lived and dig those sites. assumption II
Assumption II : The objects our ancestors used, like pots and earthenware are our only means of knowing our ancestors.
The statement presupposes

neither assumption I nor
assumption II
The statement presupposes Correct

only assumption I

only assumption II

both assumption I and
assumption II
C- Statement : Interacting and working with people from diverse social backgrounds helps to foster a spirit of tolerance towards alternative points of view. The statement presupposes
Reasoning 17 either assumption I or
Assumption I : People who live in homogeneous groups are likely to be less tolerant of dissenting voices. assumption II
Assumption II : Tolerance of divergent viewpoints is a desirable value.

neither assumption I nor Correct
assumption II

only assumption I

only assumption II

assumption II
Statement : Comic books aren’t just escapist fantasy meant for entertainment, they are sophisticated social critiques that deal with serious issues of the day. The statement presupposes
C- 18 either assumption I or
Reasoning Assumption I : Comic books are entertaining. assumption II
Assumption II : Comic books criticize the people in power.

neither assumption I nor
assumption II
The statement presupposes Correct

only assumption I
only assumption II

assumption II
C- Statement : Mr Das, CEO of XCOM said at the board meeting that promotions in the company should be based purely on merit and not on the basis of length of service. The statement presupposes
Reasoning 19 either assumption I or
Assumption I : Merit is a measurable yardstick for promotion. assumption II
Assumption II : Mr Das thinks that there are employees in his organization who have been around for many years but are not meritorious.

neither assumption I nor Correct
assumption II

only assumption I

only assumption II

assumption II
The Question comprises two statements followed by two conclusions I and II. Considering the two given statements to be true, identify the conclusion(s) that follow
logically beyond any reasonable doubt from the information given in the statements and choose the most appropriate option.
Statements : 1. The asylum seekers were given entry only if they had valid identification documents and
tested negative for all infections.
C-
Reasoning 20 2. The news showed thousands of asylum seekers being turned away. Only conclusion I follows
I. All asylum seekers who had valid identification documents and tested negative for all
Conclusions :
infections were given entry.
II. All woman asylum seekers who got entry had valid identification documents.
Only conclusion II follows Correct
Either conclusion I or II
follows
Neither conclusion I nor II

follows
Both conclusions I and II

follow
C- 21
Statements : 1. If I go to the market or to the mall then I will not go swimming. Only conclusion I follows
Reasoning
2. The mall was so crowded that I did not dare to step in.
Conclusions : I. I have either done my shopping at the market or gone swimming.

II. If the market is also crowded then I will have gone swimming.
follows
Neither conclusion I nor II Correct

follows

follow
Statements : 1. Many social projects which have so far relied on a few wealthy donors are now
C-
22
increasingly being sustained through crowdfunding. Only conclusion I follows
Reasoning
2. But crowdfunding has its pitfalls too and people are not always aware of the legal
regulations it entails
I. A young documentary filmmaker, who has little legal knowledge, should approach
Conclusions :
traditional donors for funding rather than making an appeal for crowdfunding.
II. Crowdfunding is a novel method of getting social projects funded.
II. Crowdfunding is a novel method of getting social projects funded.
Only conclusion II follows Correct
follows

follows

follow
1. None of the big brands have an online presence yet.

C-
23
Statements : Only conclusion I follows
Reasoning
2. Those brands having an online presence offer huge discounts.
I. Big brands only have physical stores in which they do not offer huge discounts.
Conclusions :
II. If a brand is offering a huge discount it must be having an online presence.
follows

follows Correct

follow
Find the missing figure:
C- 24
Reasoning
Correct
Correct
C-
Reasoning 25
Correct
C-
Reasoning 26
Correct
C-
Reasoning 27
Correct
C-
Reasoning 28
Correct
C- 29
Reasoning
Correct
C- 30
Reasoning
Correct
D- General Criminal Investigation

Awareness 1 Agency
CIA stands for
Criminal Investigating
Authority
Central Investigation Agency

Central Intelligence Agency Correct
D- General 2 Uttar Pradesh

Awareness ‘Asal Uttar’ is related to
1965 Indo-Pak War Correct
1971 Indo-Pak War
Actions against Naxals
D- General 3 Manipur
Awareness ‘Bagdogra’ is a place in which of the following Indian states ?
Assam
West Bengal Correct
Sikkim
D- General 4 The Economic Times

Awareness
Find the odd one out :
The Financial Express
Business Standard
Business Line Correct
D- General
Awareness 5 1752
In which year did the Battle of Plassey take place?
1757 Correct
1832
1857
D- General 6 Cadbury’s Correct

Awareness Project Vishwas was launched by ___________ in India to restore the reputation of its flagship brand.
Pepsi
Maggi
Coke
D- General
Awareness 7 _____ was the first fortune 500 company where a woman CEO (Ursula M Burns) succeeded another woman CEO (Anne Mulcahy), launched its brand strategy with the Xerox Correct
slogan “ Work can Work Better”.
Philips
Lenovo
Dell
Token compensation,
D- General 8 generally non monetary,
Awareness "Scooby Snacks" in the business world means given as an award
Taken from the cartoon show

Scooby doo where the heroic
dog is given Scooby snacks
A brand marketed by
Sunfeast
Both option A & option B Correct
D- General
Awareness 9 Italy
Noodles originated in __________.
Spain
China Correct
Taiwan
Match the following brands and sub brands
D- General
Awareness 10 A. Facebook 1. Siri A-3; B-1; C-2 Correct
B. Apple 2. Cortana
C.Microsoft 3. M
A-1; B-3; C-2
A-2; B-1; C-3
A-1; B-2; C-3
Who acquired whom?
A. Facebook 1. Freecharge
D- General
11 A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2 Correct
Awareness B. Flipkart 2. Jabong
C. Snapdeal 3. WhatsApp
D. Amazon 4. Myntra
A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2
A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1
A-3; B-2; C-1; D-4
Match the following brand names with logos:
A Tata 1.
B Titan 2.
D- General
Awareness 12 A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2 Correct
C Jaguar 3.
D Puma 4.
A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2
A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1
A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2
Match the following companies with brand:
A. ITC 1. Knorr
D- General 13 A-4; B-2; C-1; D-3 Correct
Awareness B. Nestle 2. Kitkat
C. Unilever 3. Top Ramen
D. Nissin 4. Bingo
A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4
A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4
A-4; B-1; C-3; D-2

Match the following:
A. Dove 1. Marshmallow
D- General
Awareness
14 B. Google 2. Real Beauty A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1 Correct
C. FastTrack 3. Alphabet
D. Android 4. Tata
A-1; B-4; C-3; D-2
A-3; B-2; C-1; D-4
A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2
Match the following companies with brand:
A. HUL 1. Real
D- General
Awareness 15 B. P&G 2. Cinthol A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2 Correct
C. Dabur 3. Tide
D. Godrej 4. Rin
A-1; B-2; C-4; D-3
A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1
A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3
A. Twitter 1. Filter
Awareness B. Facebook 2. Vine
C. Instagram 3. Pulse
D. LinkedIn 4. California
A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4
A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4
A-1; B-4; C-3; D-2

A-1; B-4; C-3; D-2
D- General 17 Quora
Awareness ____________ is a website and a social media App that uses social media analytics to rank its users according to their online social influence.
Pinterest
Klout Correct
Twitter
D- General 18 Advertising Standards Correct

Awareness Council of India
ASCI stands for _____________
Association of Scientific
Committee of India
Advertising Society
Congress of India
Advertising Scholarship
Council of India
D- General 19 Singapore Airlines Correct

Awareness Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Sons and ___________________.
Virgin Airlines
Indigo Airlines
Air France
D- General
A. Britannia 1. Milo
20 A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1 Correct
Awareness B. Sunfeast 2. Jim Jam
C. Parle 3. Yippie
D. Nestle 4. Frooti
A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1
A-3; B-4; C-2; D-1
A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3
D- General
Awareness 21 Radio Mirchi Correct
Times of India group’s radio business is known as _______________ .
Radio City
Radio City
Red FM
Radio One
D- General 22 Brittania
Awareness
The white doughboy is the brand mascot of ________________.
Oreo
Monginis
Pillsbury Correct
D- General
Awareness 23 Myntra’s campaign 'Bold & Beautiful' was supported by the ethnic readywear brand called ____________. Biba
Anouk Correct
Aneri
Fabindia
D- General
24 Chat App
Awareness Zomato is a ________________ .
GPS App
Food Related App Correct
Social Network
A. Piyush Pandey 1.McCann

Awareness B. Prasoon Joshi 2.Parle
C. Naina Lal Kidwai 3.Ogilvy
D. Schauna Chauhan Saluja 4.HSBC
A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3
A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4
A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3
Read the passages and give the answer of the question:

Far from being the opposite of the secular and the modern, “ caste”-as both politicians and anthropologists have deployed the term- is a complicated and messy product of
them. Linking the everyday negotiations of caste and secularism to the languages and repertoires of state policy discourse, I examine caste within the larger horizon of secular,
democratic citizenship within India rather than posit caste as a “ traditional” practice anachronistically persisting within modern India, as much literature has done, I situate
caste as a site of contestation at the fault lines between notions of the public and private, tradition and modernity, the religious and the secular. In this sense, a critical
ethnography of caste entails attention to caste, understood as a relational identity marker, as it gets produced and contested within one important field of discourse and
practice that constitutes it, namely secularism (see Dhareshwar, 1993). A larger normative debate about limits and possibilities of secularism within India begs for an
exploration of the everyday cultural politics of secularism in the institutional spaces of Indian modernity, such as that of a college. Educational institutions are key sites for
embodying the contradictory dynamics of Indian secularism. The everyday cultural politics of caste, religion, and community within a putatively secular space illuminates
the educational processes through which modern, secular citizens are produced in globalizing India. Debates and transformations in academic theories of caste have been
entangled with the contested presence of caste within modern India. Early anthropological studies of caste in India have usually studied it as a form of “ tradition” and/or
E- Verbal “ religion”. The privatization of religion and tradition and its expulsion from the secular spaces of the state, democratic politics, and civil society is a cornerstone of All the above statements are
1 definitions of modernity. It is this understanding of the religious and the secular, the modern and nonmodern, that has underwritten the dominant understanding of the Hindu
Ability correct.
caste system as decidedly “ not modern” within the anthropology of South Asia.
(From Liberalizations of Children: Gender, Youth, and Consumer Citizenship in Globalizing India by Rittie A. Lukose)
Read the statements below and choose the most appropriate option:
1. Caste is a “ traditional” practice anachronistically persisting within modern India. (Wrong)
2. Educational institutions are key sites for embodying the contradictory dynamics of Indian secularism. (Right)
3. The privatization of religion and tradition and its expulsion from the secular spaces of the state is a cornerstone of definitions of modernity. (Right)
(1) and (2) are correct.
(1) is wrong while (3) is Correct

correct
(1) is correct while (2) and

(3) are wrong.

the educational processes through which modern, secular citizens are produced in globalizing India. Debates and transformations in academic theories of caste have been
“ religion”. The privatization of religion and tradition and its expulsion from the secular spaces of the state, democratic politics, and civil society is a cornerstone of
E- Verbal definitions of modernity. It is this understanding of the religious and the secular, the modern and nonmodern, that has underwritten the dominant understanding of the Hindu
2 caste system as decidedly “ not modern” within the anthropology of South Asia. x-1; y-3; z-2 Correct
Ability
Match the words with their closest meanings.
x. Normative 1. Deriving from a standard

y. Putative 2. Proceedings by argument or reasoning
z. Discursive 3. Generally reputed to be
x-2; y-1; z-3
x-3; y-2; z-1
x-1; y-2; z-3

x-1; y-2; z-3

E- Verbal 3 the educational processes through which modern, secular citizens are produced in globalizing India. Debates and transformations in academic theories of caste have been A rejection of caste system in
Ability entangled with the contested presence of caste within modern India. Early anthropological studies of caste in India have usually studied it as a form of “ tradition” and/or India.
definitions of modernity. It is this understanding of the religious and the secular, the modern and nonmodern, that has underwritten the dominant understanding of the Hindu
The passage can be best described as
Critical attention to caste as

a relationship identity marker Correct
in modern India.
A study of caste as a form of

tradition.
An overt debate about

secularism in India.
E- Verbal The caste is not a site of
Ability 4 the educational processes through which modern, secular citizens are produced in globalizing India. Debates and transformations in academic theories of caste have been contestation.
According to the author, what is the dominant understanding of Hindu caste system within the anthropology of South Asia?
The caste system is not

modern and deserves Correct
expulsion from the secular
spaces.
The caste system is a

complicated and messy
product of the secular and
modern.
Educational institutions are

key sites for understanding
key sites for understanding
the caste system.

exploration of the everyday cultural politics of secularism in the institutional spaces of Indian modernity, such as that of a college. Educational institutions are key sites for Colleges are key sites for
embodying the contradictory dynamics of Indian secularism. The everyday cultural politics of caste, religion, and community within a putatively secular space illuminates everyday cultural politics of
E- Verbal 5 the educational processes through which modern, secular citizens are produced in globalizing India. Debates and transformations in academic theories of caste have been Correct
Ability secularism in globalizing
entangled with the contested presence of caste within modern India. Early anthropological studies of caste in India have usually studied it as a form of “ tradition” and/or India.
Why are colleges appropriate spaces for exploring the larger debate about limits and possibilities of secularism within India?
Colleges are the sites of

modernity in a traditional
country like India.
College education is
important for eradicating
caste system in India.
India has retained its secular

nature because of college
educated population that
opposes traditions like caste
system.
In the following sentence, parts of the sentence have been left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. From among the
E- Verbal 6 given choices choose the best alternative. Silos, insulating Correct
Ability
Kerala’s writers, poets and thinkers did not inhabit solitary __________, cut off from the outside world, or _____________ themselves from the onus of being in
conversation with the public.
Shells, insulting
Homes, excusing
Islands, expressing
E- Verbal 7 given choices choose the best alternative. Silent, idiotic
Ability
Like the hungry person who orders more food at dinner than they will ultimately want, forecasters have a tendency to take something that is ___________ today, and assume
that it will play an _________ role in the future.
Salient, outsized Correct
Quiescent, entertain
Free-wheeling, inexcusable
E- Verbal 8 given choices choose the best alternative. Curious, fetishised
Ability
Understood as a __________ block of passively internalized norms transmitted by socialization and __________ by tradition, culture was normally seen as inhibiting
individuals.
Concrete, author
Meandering, augmented
Monolithic, canonized Correct
E- Verbal 9 given choices choose the best alternative. Article, Judgment
Ability
The government was forced to introduce an ______ limiting the unrestrained ______ of elected officers.
Amendment, powers Correct
Advertisement, reforms
Act, extradition
E- Verbal 10 given choices choose the best alternative. iconic ideas, improve
Ability
How do you create jobs for women in a place where their travel and employment is restricted, ______________ about their abilities severely limited, a banking system is
lacking, and getting paid in cash can ____________ their lives?
prevailing views, jeopardize Correct
various dealings, augment
mind-sets, perfection
E- Verbal Choose from among the alternatives below and provide the answer closest in meaning to the highlighted word or phrase in the given sentence.
11 Government bodies
Ability
A well functioning democracy needs a strong civil society, one that is supported by active citizens’ groups as well as by charitable institutions.
Non-governmental bodies
‘Third sector’ (distinct from Correct

governments and businesses)
Educational bodies
Ability 12 Hindrance
The role of philanthropy as a catalyst is extremely important – by providing independent private resources as seed funds, it acts as an incubator for innovation.
Director
Funder
Precipitator Correct
Choose from among the alternatives below and provide the answer closest in meaning to the highlighted word or phrase in the given sentence.
E- Verbal
Ability 13 Explanation
We can already see its effects in cities like Mumbai, where the discourse of purity and pollution around what you eat is so powerful that certain groups are denied access to
the housing market on account of their dietary preferences.
Communication Correct
Authority
Conditions
E- Verbal 14 Choose from among the alternatives below and provide the answer closest in meaning to the highlighted word or phrase in the given sentence. Clearly and obviously Correct
Ability
De Haven reconfigured not only how we think about public safety, but also how we think about public health writ large.
Meditatively
Doubtfully
Endemically
Ability 15 Freedom
A piece by Francis Fukuyama makes the argument for Western liberal democracy as a kind of endpoint of societal evolution.
Process
Apogee Correct
Opening
Each question has four sentences. Arrange the four sentences in a logical sequence. Choose the most appropriate sequence from the options given:
a) with the moral and ascetic norms of the English professional middle class.
E- Verbal 16
b) the question of sustaining the particular ethical and political commitments of a religious life was a challenge for d-b-a-c
Ability the young Sacks,
c) and given the entwining of his family’s learned German-Jewish religiosity
d) if in distinct ways at mid-century,
a-d-c-b
b-d-c-a Correct
c-a-d-b
a) developing his theories on the origins of classical Indian poetics

E- Verbal
Ability 17 b) (“A mere princeling,” he apologises, “and rather more - ling than prince”), c-b-d-a Correct
c) Professor Toby Ketu is the last maharaja of a remote northern province

d) who has spent more time on the international lecture circuit than in his ancestral lands
b-a-d-c
d-a-b-c
a-c-d-b
a) - are multiplied by the impact of increasing modern development,

E- Verbal 18 b) in developing countries, these relative cohort size effects - c-d-b-a
Ability
c) the reduction in young males' relative income and increase in their unemployment rate
d) especially the rising level of women’s education.
b-c-a-d Correct
a-b-c-d
d-a-b-c
a) millions of years separate seahorses from other mammals, reptiles, and even live-bearing fish:
E- Verbal
Ability 19 b) a pregnant seahorse father still undergoes similar bodily changes as a pregnant woman c-a-b-d
c) despite independent evolution

d) while giving birth has evolved again and again more than 150 times in vertebrates,
b-a-d-c
a-d-c-b Correct
d-b-c-a
a) - the backward look is distorted so that technologies are rendered prematurely obsolete.
a) - the backward look is distorted so that technologies are rendered prematurely obsolete.
E- Verbal 20
b) in the same way that our focus on recent innovations causes people to overemphasize their importance, b-c-d-a Correct
Ability
c) to see them as hastening a radically transformed future -
d) like Google Glass was supposed to
c-a-d-b
a-b-d-c
d-b-a-c
E- Verbal Which of the phrases below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?
Ability 21 If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, then select No Correction Required. His hands were filled up
The consultant declined to take any more new projects because he had a handful already
He had full hands
He filled his hands
No correction required Correct
Which of the phrases below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?
E- Verbal 22 If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, then select No Correction Required. Gives in to the bride
Ability
In Christian weddings traditionally the father gives the bride up.
Gives the bride away Correct
Gives the bride
E- Verbal Which of the phrases below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct?
Ability 23 If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, then select No Correction Required. Make it up
I cannot make it to the award ceremony.
Make up
Make up to
No correction required Correct
E- Verbal For each underlined words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the most appropriate word from the alternatives in the given context.
Ability 24 Holding away
The rigidity of the members of parliament was responsible for holding the decision on the amendment.
Holding in
Holding up Correct
E- Verbal For each underlined words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the most appropriate word from the alternatives in the given context.
Ability 25 Off the hook Correct
Looking at the mischief you have created the principal cannot let you off hook so easily.
Hook off
Hook up
F- Mrs. Laxmi Yadav invested a certain amount of money in Debt and Equity Funds in the ratio of 4 : 5. At the end of one year, she earned a total dividend of 30% on her
Quantitative 1 investment. After one year, she reinvested the amount including the dividend in the ratio of 6 : 7 in Debt and Equity Funds. If the amount reinvested in Equity Funds was Rs. 75,000 Correct
Ability Rs.94,500, what was the original amount invested in Equity Funds?
Rs. 81,000
Rs. 60,000
Rs. 65,000
F-
Quantitative 2 The age of the mother is 30 years more than her daughter’s age. Ten years hence, the mother’s age will become three times the daughter’s age at that time. What is the Eight
Ability daughter’s present age in years?
Seven
Five Correct
None of these
F-
Quantitative 3 In a class of 80 students, 40% of the students play cricket, 50% play football and 30% play table tennis. If 5 students play both football and table tennis but not cricket, what 11
Ability is the maximum possible number of students that play both cricket and table tennis?
19 Correct
21
24
F-
Quantitative 4 A table at a certain store normally costs Rs 5000 per unit. During a sale, the store offers one free table with the purchase of every 4 tables. Jamna wants to purchase 7 tables 2000 Correct
Ability and Kalyan wants to purchase 8 tables. During the sale, how much money will Jamna save if she purchases the tables with Kalyan instead of purchasing them alone?
3000
3000
5000
6000
F-
Quantitative 5 A mixture of 50 litres of juice contains 10% of Orange juice and the rest as Mango juice. How much Orange juice must be added so that Orange juice becomes 20% of the 5.5 litres
Ability new mixture?
5.25 litres
6.25 litres Correct
None of these
F-
Quantitative 6 The average marks obtained by 130 candidates were 48, while the average marks of those who passed were 56 and those who failed were 32. How many students passed the 60
Ability examination?
80
70
None of these Correct
F-
Quantitative 7
Ability
Correct
F-
Quantitative 8 Correct
Ability Which one of the following groups is in descending order ?
Mr. Francis, the head mechanic at a workshop, was a worried man. He had noticed that all his 18 assistants were regularly coming to the workshop late. Therefore, he
introduced a condition that, in any month, the first late entry would be pardoned. For 2, 3 or 4 late entries in a month, there would be a salary cut of 2%. For the next three
late entries, i.e., 5, 6 or 7 times, a further 2% salary would be cut, and so on. The following table gives the number of days for which each of the eighteen assistants - A
through R - came late in each of the first six months of the year 2006. The workshop is closed for four days every month, and none of the mechanics was absent for a single
day during this period.
Mechanic -> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
F-
Quantitative 9 Jan 07 05 15 09 12 05 12 13 07 06 15 01 18 14 10 09 03 05 43
Ability
Feb 13 14 12 07 11 06 11 15 06 07 07 12 09 08 11 07 07 03
Mar 08 10 07 10 11 10 11 08 05 08 13 12 08 16 08 05 02 06
Month
Apr 11 16 13 08 09 09 09 10 06 13 07 11 05 09 04 08 05 04
May 15 09 14 12 14 08 07 07 05 07 08 08 06 08 03 06 02 07
Jun 17 10 08 15 14 07 08 12 14 12 17 13 10 15 12 08 11 12
The number of days during the given period that both D and I reported to work on time is at least _______________?
51
56 Correct
59
F-
Quantitative 10 I called customer service for my broadband connection. I had two options (English or Hindi) to choose from. Having chosen the language, there were 4 options for selecting 18
Ability the service. Each of these four options had three options to choose for final service. If I call customer service, how many options are available to choose the required service?
24 Correct
12
None of these
Refer to the following diagram and answer the question that follows.
F-
Quantitative 11 Rs. 21,500
Ability
If for an edition of a book, the cost of paper is Rs. 56250, then find the promotion cost for this edition?
Rs. 22,300
Rs. 22,500 Correct
Rs. 22,700
F-
Quantitative 12 An area 1000 cm long and 450 cm wide is to be laid with rectangular stones of 10 cm × 15 cm. 1500
Ability How many stones will be needed to cover the entire area?
3000 Correct
2500
None of these
XYZ Ltd. produces component ‘P’. During January, the production of ‘P’ was 2000 units, and the rejection rate was 5%. Production increased by 20% during February, but
F- there was also a 5% increase in rejections. During March, the total number of acceptable components produced was 180 units less than during February, though there was no
Quantitative 13 2100
change in the percentage of rejections.
Ability
What was the acceptable quantity of component ‘P’ during January?
2040
1900 Correct
2160
XYZ Ltd. produces component ‘P’. During January, the production of ‘P’ was 2000 units, and the rejection rate was 5%. Production increased by 20% during February, but
F- there was also a 5% increase in rejections. During March, the total number of acceptable components produced was 180 units less than during February, though there was no
Quantitative 14 change in the percentage of rejections. March
Ability
If 50% of the rejected quantity was reworked, during which month did the company have the highest production of acceptable components?
January
February Correct
Insufficient Data
F- In their promotional campaign, Readers Digest distributed coupons with numbers 1 to 1000 to those who bought half yearly subscriptions, and coupons with numbers 1 to
Quantitative 15 500 to those who subscribed for the whole year. At the end of the campaign, it was decided to send special gifts to those who had coupon numbers divisible by both 8 and 9. 967
Ability
How many of the half yearly subscribers were not awarded the special gift?
977
977
987 Correct
897
F- In their promotional campaign, Readers Digest distributed coupons with numbers 1 to 1000 to those who bought half yearly subscriptions, and coupons with numbers 1 to
Quantitative 16 500 to those who subscribed for the whole year. At the end of the campaign, it was decided to send special gifts to those who had coupon numbers divisible by both 8 and 9. 6 Correct
Ability
How many yearly subscribers were awarded special gifts?
None of these
F-
Quantitative 17
Ability If 232 + 1 is exactly divisible by 641, which one of the following is also divisible by 641?
Correct
F-
Quantitative 18
Ability
is equal to :
Correct
F-
Quantitative 19 15
Ability Three bells are rung together. They are then rung after every 2, 3 and 4 minutes respectively. After how many minutes will they ring together again?
24
12 Correct
60
F-
Quantitative 20
Ability
Correct
F-
Quantitative 21 A private caterer Mr. Mishra had received an order for two types of cakes: Pineapple and Carrot. He had to supply the cakes in 8 hours. Each pineapple cake required 4 eggs Pineapple : 4, Carrot : 8
Ability and 40 minutes of baking time. Each carrot cake required 2 eggs and 40 minutes of baking time. If Mr. Mishra has 30 eggs then how many cakes of each type can he bake in
8 hours?
Pineapple : 3, Carrot : 9 Correct
Pineapple : 6, Carrot : 5
Pineapple : 7, Carrot : 5
F-
Quantitative 22 Considering the many complaints they received, a telecom company decided to find out the facts about dropped-calls on mobile phones. To begin with, data was analyzed for 400
Ability three cities: X, Y and Z. It was recorded that dropped-calls in city X were 50 % more compared to city Y, and 486 dropped-calls less than city Z. City Y had 8% more of
dropped-calls than city Z. Find the total number of dropped-calls in the three cities during the study.
500
600
486 Correct
Growth patterns of Indian Healthcare Industry

2006 2012
Market Size (Rs. in crores) 1,53,330 3,53,700
Category 2006 2012

Infrastructure 14% 14%
Medical Equipment 6% 6%
F-
Bed revenues
Pharmaceuticals 35%
17% 36%
15%
Quantitative 23 75%
Ability Health Insurance 2% 5%
Health Outsourcing 11% 9%
Medical Value Travel 1% 2%
Independent Path Labs 3% 3%
Clinical Trials 1% 1%
Training & education 3% 3%
Medical Textiles 1% 1%
Medical Consumables 6% 5%
What is the growth (in percentage) of the Healthcare Industry between 2006 and 2012?
159%
110%
131% Correct

2006 2012
Market Size (Rs. in crores)
1,53,330 3,53,700
Category 2006 2012
Bed revenues 35% 36%
F-
Pharmaceuticals 17% 15%
Quantitative 24 Health Insurance 2% 5% Bed Revenues Correct
Ability
Which of the following segments portrays the highest level of growth over the period?
Health Insurance
Medical Value Travel
Cannot be determined

2006 2012
2006 2012
Market Size (Rs. in crores)
1,53,330 3,53,700
Category 2006 2012
Bed revenues 35% 36%
F- Pharmaceuticals 17% 15%
Quantitative 25 Health Insurance 2% 5% Pharmaceuticals
Ability
Which of the following segments portrays the lowest level of growth over the period studied?
Health Outsourcing
Medical Consumables Correct
Cannot be determined
PGDM-C
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for your reference and not indicative of the
actual paper. These questions are to give you
an idea of what can be expected.
Good luck!
Section QNo Question Option Correct
A-
1
Descriptive
“To be happy we must not be too concerned with others”

Present five arguments in support of this statement.
A-
Descriptive 2
“To be happy we must not be too concerned with others”

Present five arguments against this statement.
A- 3 Having given your arguments on both sides of the statement, “ To be happy we must not be too concerned with others” present your own views in about 200 words in
Descriptive
response to a request from a leading newspaper editor. Please note that you have to take one viewpoint for your response, i.e., either for or against. No marks will be
given for expressing your views on both sides of the argument.
Arrange the following pictures in any sequence to create a story. Select your picture sequence and write a story of approximately 300 words in the allocated space.
Ensure that all the pictures have been utilized in your story.
(A) (B)
A-
4 A,B,C,D
Descriptive
(C) (D)
A,B,D,C
A,C,B,D
A,C,D,B
A,D,B,C
A,D,C,B
B,A,C,D
B,A,D,C
B,C,A,D
B,C,D,A
B,D,A,C
B,D,C,A
C,A,B,D
C,A,D,B
C,B,A,D
C,B,D,A
C,D,A,B
C,D,B,A
D,A,B,C
D,A,C,B
D,B,A,C
D,B,C,A
D,C,A,B
D,C,B,A
B- I am a social
Psychometric 1 person.
Given below are 30 statements describing traits. Please choose the ten traits that most characterize you and mark those statement numbers .
Note : You are required to CHOOSE the traits, and NOT RANK them.
I am committed to
the values of my
family.
I enjoy coming up
with unusual
solutions to
difficult problems.
I am good at
maintaining
friendships.
My friends count
on me whenever
they have a
problem.
I keep in touch
with different
people for obtaining
useful information.
I am careful with
the way I manage
money.
I spend a lot of
time surfing on the
There are fifteen problems in this secction. Each problem consists of four clues and against that set, five
alternatives are given. These alternatives are associated with either one or more than one clues in some manner.
Of these alternatives, there is only one option that is associated with all four clues in some way. This alternative is
the right answer. For example in the sample problem, alternative E “apple” is related to all the four clues as
follows: i) an apple cart ii) cider is made from apples iii)apple of my eye and iv) orange and apple are fruits.
Therefore alternative 'E' is the right answer.
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
1 E Apple Money
I Eyes
ii Free
iii Hair
iv Safe
Distance
Secret
Air
Lock Correct
There are fifteen problems in this section. Each problem consists of four clues and against that set, five alternatives are
given. These alternatives are associated with either one or more than one clues in some manner. Of these alternatives,
there is only one option that is associated with all four clues in some way. This alternative is the right answer. For
example in the sample problem, alternative E “apple” is related to all the four clues as follows: i) an apple cart ii) cider
is made from apples iii)apple of my eye and iv) orange and apple are fruits. Therefore alternative 'E' is the right answer.
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 2 E Apple Hit Correct
I Miss
ii Struck
iii Slap
iv Down
Repulse
Lightning
Collide
Bang
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 3 E Apple Bash Correct
I Party
ii Hit
iii Condemn
iv Hash
Crash
Criticize
Hosts
Slit
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
4 E Apple Thrill
I Careless
ii Toy
iii Cooker
iv Happy
Pressure
Whistle Correct
Sad
Child
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
5 E Apple Break
Reasoning
I Over
ii Promise
iii Blue
iv Ocean
Green
Moon Correct
Vow
Finished
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 6 E Apple Rice Correct
I Wheat
ii Flood
iii Polished
iv Cash
Card
Field
Hit
Cricket
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 7 E Apple Warm Correct
I Temperate
ii Cool
iii Tepid
iv Sun
Wave
Grassland
Care
Moon
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 8 E Apple Balloon
I Curve
ii Sail
iii Gas
iv Fall
Wind Correct
Glory
Boat
Raid
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
9 E Apple Treaty
I Draft
ii Rely
iii Border
iv Local
Army
Bank Correct
News
Force
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning 10 E Apple Rose Correct
I Satin
ii On feet
iii Rebellion
iv Fragrance
Incense
Perfume
Revolution
Invention
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
11 E Apple Help
I Extra
ii Salute
iii Unbalance
iv Advice
Tax
Tip Correct
Tank
Bend
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C- E Apple
Reasoning 12 Vegetable
I Lamb
ii Look
iii Knife
iv Joy
Sea
Kill Correct
Sheep
Run
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C- E Apple
Reasoning 13 Salvation
I Polish
ii Sin
iii Pie
iv Eye
Apple Correct
Chart
Potato
Shoe
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
14 E Apple Soft
I Cash
ii Hard
iii Type
iv Person
Word
Water
Flow
Kind Correct
Clues Alternatives
i Cart A Round
ii Cider B Juice
iii Eye C Orchard
iv Orange D Village
C-
Reasoning
15 E Apple Merchant
i Cloth
ii Window
iii Eye
iv Man
Blind Correct
Woman
Surgeon
Open
Each question consists of two statements followed by two conclusions, I and II. Considering the two given statements
to be true, identify the conclusion(s) that follow logically beyond any reasonable doubt from the information given in
the statements, and choose the most appropriate of the following options:
(A) Only conclusion I follows
(B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Either conclusion I or II follows
C- 16 (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows If only conclusion I Correct
Reasoning follows
(E) Both conclusions I and II follow
Sentence -1 Despite the scorching sun, none of the fun-loving tourists stayed back on the bus; all ventured to the beach.
Sentence -2 The group had many senior citizens, some of whom were fun-loving and some of whom were not.
Conclusion 1: There were at least some senior citizens who were at the beach.
Conclusion 2: There were at least some senior citizens who were not at the beach.
If only conclusion
II follows
If either conclusion
I or II follows
If neither
conclusion I nor II
follows
If both conclusions
I and II follow
C-
17 (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows If only conclusion I
Reasoning (E) Both conclusions I and II follow follows
Sentence -1 Conservationists have segregated bird species into ‘extinct’, ‘critically endangered’, ‘endangered’, ‘vulnerable’ and those of ‘least concern’ depending on
the population of each species and causes of threat.
Sentence -2 Each category is mutually exclusive and taken together the categories are exhaustive.
Conclusion 1: The Bengal Florican which is currently identified as a critically endangered species with only 400 birds worldwide will soon become extinct.
Conclusion 2: A species such as the Forest Owlet which is marked ‘critically endangered’ is obviously also ‘vulnerable’.
If only conclusion
II follows
I or II follows
If neither
conclusion I nor II Correct
follows
If both conclusions
I and II follow
C- If only conclusion I
Reasoning 18 (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows follows
Sentence -1 Prior to twenty-four hour news channels, we had news coming in just two or three times a day.
Sentence -2 Round-the-clock news has given us continuous access to sensational rubbish rather than meaningful analytical insights.
Conclusion 1: If we want meaningful analytical insights, we should have news coming in just once a day.
Conclusion 2: Round-the-clock news channels are responsible for poor quality of news reporting.
If only conclusion Correct

II follows
I or II follows
If neither
conclusion I nor II
follows
If both conclusions
I and II follow
C- If only conclusion I
Reasoning 19 (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows follows Correct
Sentence -1 Organic farming is time consuming and expensive

Sentence -2 However organic farming is gentle on the soil and yields produce that is far more nutritious than conventionally grown crops.
Conclusion 1: If maintaining the quality of the soil is a major concern for farmers, then they have the choice of turning to organic farming.
Conclusion 2: If farmers are poor they have no choice but to adopt conventional methods of farming.
If only conclusion
II follows
I or II follows
If neither
conclusion I nor II
follows
If both conclusions
I and II follow
Each statement is followed by two assumptions which may or may not contain data that is presupposed by the statement. Choose the most appropriate
option:
If the statement
C- As shoppers move online they opine that though it is time saving and offers heftier discounts, it lacks all the fun of bargaining and hopping from shop to shop looking presupposes either
20 assumption I or it
Reasoning for the best deal.
presupposes
Assumption 1: Offline shops do not offer hefty discounts like online stores. assumption II
Assumption 2: Online shoppers miss the fun they used to have bargain-hunting earlier.
If the statement
presupposes neither
assumption I or
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes only
assumption I
If the statement
presupposes only Correct
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes both
assumption I and
assumption II
option:
If the statement
C- presupposes either
Reasoning 21 The price of hasty decision making is time spent afterwards convincing people to come on board, getting them to agree to a half-baked plan. assumption I or it
presupposes
Assumption 1: Decisions made in haste are never fully thought through. assumption II
Assumption 2: It is better to spend time before coming to a decision than later.
If the statement
presupposes neither
assumption I or
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes only
assumption I
If the statement
presupposes only
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes both
Correct
assumption I and
assumption II
option:
If the statement
presupposes either
C- With the increasing number of accidents involving pedestrians, the government has decided to use a two-pronged approach to resolve this problem: on the one hand it
Reasoning 22 has decided to make road infrastructure pedestrian friendly, and on the other, it has decided to change people’s attitudes through continuous cultural interventions. assumption I or it
presupposes
Assumption 1: The government views its two pronged approach as necessary and sufficient to address and resolve the issue. assumption II
Assumption 2: Other strategies to resolve the problem are less effective.
If the statement
presupposes neither
assumption I or
assumption II
If the statement
assumption I
If the statement
presupposes only
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes both
assumption I and
assumption II
option:
If the statement
presupposes either
C- 23 The most common problem with new-year resolutions is that they have lofty, well-intentioned goals with little operational details. assumption I or it
Reasoning presupposes
Assumption 1: A goal which does not have an operational plan is not a good goal. assumption II
Assumption 2: A good goal is one which is not lofty and has a detailed operational strategy.
If the statement
presupposes neither
assumption I or
assumption II
If the statement
assumption I
If the statement
presupposes only
assumption II
If the statement
presupposes both
assumption I and
assumption II
C-
24
Reasoning
Correct
C-
Reasoning 25 Correct
C-
Reasoning 26
Correct
C-
Reasoning 27
Correct
C- 28
Reasoning
Correct
C-
Reasoning 29
Correct
C-
Reasoning 30
Correct
D- General 1 TaxiForSure Correct

Awareness
OlaCabs bought ___________ in March 2015 for $200million.
MeruCabs
Uber
AppleCabs
D- General
Awareness 2 Mobile phones Correct
Oppo, Obi, Digiflip, Jolla and Inco are brand names for ___________.
Accessories
Pendrives
Hard disks
Match the following three columns:
1. Foodiebay g. OYO rooms j. Deepender Goyal

D- General 1:i:j;2:g:k;
Awareness
3 2. Oravel h. Dazo k. Ritesh Agarwal 3:h:l
Correct
3. Tapcibo i. Zomato l. Shashaank Singhal
1:i:j;2:g:l;
3 : h :k
3:i:j;2:g:k;
1:h:l
3:i:j;2:g:l;
1:h:k
Match the following brands and companies:
1. Oral-B g. Nestle
D- General
4
2. Clean & Clear h. Unilever 1:i;2:j;3:g;
Correct
Awareness 4:h
3. Crunch i. P&G
4. Vaseline j. Johnson & Johnson
2:i;3:j;4:g;
1:h
3:i;4:j;1:g;
2:h
4:i;1:j;2:g;
3:h
Match brands with taglines:

1. Audi g. The relentless pursuit of perfection
D- General
2. BMW h. The ultimate driving machine 2:j;3:h;4:i;
5
Awareness 3. Cadillac i. Break through 1:g
4. Lexus j. Never follow
3:j;4:h;1:i;
2:g
4:j;1:h;2:i;
3:g
1:j;2:h;3:i;
4:g Correct
D- General
6 Disney
Awareness Which of the following companies started India operations in 2016?
Netflix Correct
Amazon
Walmart
D- General
Awareness 7 Twitter
Free Basics is an initiative of?
GOI
Facebook Correct
AAP
D- General 8 Iyenger Group

Awareness
Which of the following has ventured into the FMCG sector recently?
Patanjali Correct
Art of Living
VishwaParishad
D- General
Awareness 9 Prasoon Pandey
'Pandeymonium', the book that was recently launched, is written by ______________.
Piyush Pandey Correct
Ritu Pandey
Mony Pandey

1. Fastrack a. Dove
D- General
2. Indigo b. Gujarat Tourism
10 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b Correct
Awareness 3. Elixir c. Blue
4. Amitabh Bachchan d. Titan
2-d, 3-c, 4-a, 1-b
3-d, 4-c, 1-a, 2-b
4-d, 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
1. Walmart a. Memories
D- General 11
2. Paperboat b. Streaming 2-d, 3-c, 4-a, 1-b
Awareness
3. Periscope c. Pen
4. Mont Blanc d. Retail
3-d, 4-c, 1-a, 2-b
4-d, 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c Correct

D- General
Awareness 12 Eyes Correct
The deficiency of Vitamin A affects which organ the most?
Kidney
Liver
Pancreas
D- General 13 Rajiv Gandhi

Awareness
Who was the Prime Minister of india during the period known as the ‘Emergency’?
Narendra Modi
Indira Gandhi Correct
IK Gujral
D- General
Awareness 14 585
What is the strength of the Indian Lok Sabha?
545 Correct
510
420
D- General 15 1910
Awareness When did the Non-Cooperation Movement in India begin?
1914
1920 Correct
1925
D- General 16 Arunachal Pradesh

Awareness
Which Indian state houses the Kaziranga National Park?
Manipur
Madhya Pradesh
Assam Correct
D- General National
17
Awareness What is the full form of NIA? Intelligence Agency
National
Investigation Correct
Agency
National Interim
Advisory
National Integration
Agency
D- General 18 North America

Awareness On what continent is the mountain range known as the Andes?
Asia
Africa
South America Correct
D- General 19 2016
Awareness
In which year did the Indian Supreme Court recognise transgender people as the 'third gender'?
2014 Correct
2010
2007
D- General 20 CO
Awareness Which of the following is the chemical composition of ‘laughing gas’?
H2N3
N2O Correct
HNO3
D- General 21 Lodha Committee Correct

Awareness ________________ is the committee that most recently submitted a report on the workings of the BCCI.
Jethmalani
Committee
Dave Committee
Salve Committee
D- General Rabindranath
22
Awareness Who authored the ‘Vande Mataram’? Tagore
Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay Correct
Sarat Chandra Bose
Michael
Madhusudan Dutt
D- General
23 Macbeth
Awareness On which Shakespearean play is the film ‘Omkara’ based?
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello Correct
D- General
Awareness 24 Copenhagen
In which city was the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference held?
Paris Correct
Caracas
Durban
D- General
Awareness 25 Child labour Correct
For his work on what social issue did Kailash Satyarthi win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?
Micro-finance
Women’s self-help
groups
Urban renewal
Read the passage given and answer the questions that follow
In the 1990s, one of the most popular genres in India was the diaspora romance, which began a long and continuing representation of the Indian diaspora – or at least the
diaspora in the UK and the USA, as Indian cinema has barely glanced at the twenty-million strong Indian diaspora beyond the West. The landmark was Aditya
Chopra’s DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, 1995), which many have argued, also inaugurated the new type of Hindi cinema known as Bollywood. Henceforth, the
diaspora began to play a key role in Indian cinema both as audiences as well as characters within the films, no longer Hindi-speaking exiles waiting to return to the
motherland, but the second generation born and brought up in the West. In DDLJ, the father dreams of returning to the homeland, but the children have no such
intention. Although the daughter is taken to India for her wedding, there is no indication of a return otherwise. Yet these films do not present the characters as From the early
realistically diasporic: these are Hindi-speaking Indians whose fantasies, styling and interiors are those of Indians, or at most recent migrants, even if they display no
dreams of a ‘return’. This means that while the parents may be convincing (as first-generation migrants), the children are not…Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is one of the 20th-century
E- Verbal onwards, when
1 biggest stars of Hindi cinema since the mid-1990s, both at home and abroad, starring in eleven of the 25 top overseas grossers of all time, including five big-budget
Ability romances closely associated with Karan Johar’s Dharma productions… ‘Talkies’ began to
be made in
Karan Johar’s K3G (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, 2001) is a great family drama…(In it) overseas locations are used as part of the spectacle of wealth and glamour, and a Bombay
location for romance, placing consumerism and lifestyle at the heart of romance. London is a location for education and work but it is also a place for the new India to
win admiration for its style, dancing and being cool, as well as a place to feel a specific Indian nationalism and indulge a nostalgic view of India…Overseas is a site of
exile, a temporary place, and the brother’s quest to bring his older brother home is a clear reference to the Ramayana.
(Source: Picture Abhi Baki Hai, Rachel Dwyer)
From what moment onwards can it be said that the Indian diaspora insinuates itself into depictions of ‘Indian-ness’ in Bollywood cinema?
Post-independence,
when Indians began
to take interest in
the lives of their
counter-parts in the
West
From the late 20th

century onwards,
after the
liberalization of the
economy also
resulted in an
opening out of the
tourism sector,
allowing foreign
tourists to travel to
India.
From the late 20th

century onwards,
when Bollywood
filmmakers like
Aditya Chopra
started to capitalize Correct
on the fact that the
lives of the diaspora
were aspirational to
‘young’ Indian
cinema-goers.
intention. Although the daughter is taken to India for her wedding, there is no indication of a return otherwise. Yet these films do not present the characters as
dreams of a ‘return’. This means that while the parents may be convincing (as first-generation migrants), the children are not…Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is one of the
biggest stars of Hindi cinema since the mid-1990s, both at home and abroad, starring in eleven of the 25 top overseas grossers of all time, including five big-budget
romances closely associated with Karan Johar’s Dharma productions…
Karan Johar’s K3G (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, 2001) is a great family drama…(In it) overseas locations are used as part of the spectacle of wealth and glamour, and a
E- Verbal win admiration for its style, dancing and being cool, as well as a place to feel a specific Indian nationalism and indulge a nostalgic view of India…Overseas is a site of
Ability 2 exile, a temporary place, and the brother’s quest to bring his older brother home is a clear reference to the Ramayana. A-1, B-2, C-3
Match the words to their closest meaning:
A. Landmark 1. Commercialism
B. Genre 2. Critical point
C. Consumerism 3. Category
A-2, B-1, C-3
A-2, B-3, C-1 Correct
A-3, B-1, C-2
dreams of a ‘return’. This means that while the parents may be convincing (as first-generation migrants), the children are not…Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is one of the To show that new
E- Verbal 3 biggest stars of Hindi cinema since the mid-1990s, both at home and abroad, starring in eleven of the 25 top overseas grossers of all time, including five big-budget India has ‘arrived’
Ability
romances closely associated with Karan Johar’s Dharma productions… on the global stage.
What is the purpose of using overseas locations in a film like K3G?
To set up a vast
difference between
the perceived
shallowness of the
West and the worth
of Indian values
To speak of the
exile’s quest to set
things right, which
is not possible in
India
To highlight that
Indians are not
comfortable living Correct
and working in the
West.
intention. Although the daughter is taken to India for her wedding, there is no indication of a return otherwise. Yet these films do not present the characters as A ‘diaspora’ refers
realistically diasporic: these are Hindi-speaking Indians whose fantasies, styling and interiors are those of Indians, or at most recent migrants, even if they display no to a scattered
dreams of a ‘return’. This means that while the parents may be convincing (as first-generation migrants), the children are not…Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is one of the population whose
E- Verbal
Ability 4 biggest stars of Hindi cinema since the mid-1990s, both at home and abroad, starring in eleven of the 25 top overseas grossers of all time, including five big-budget origin lies within a Correct
romances closely associated with Karan Johar’s Dharma productions… shared (fixed)
geographic location
Karan Johar’s K3G (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, 2001) is a great family drama…(In it) overseas locations are used as part of the spectacle of wealth and glamour, and a or point of origin.
Which of the following definitions comes closest to explaining what is meant by the category ‘diaspora’?
A ‘diaspora’ is
created when a
group of people has
been forced into life
in exile.
A ‘diaspora’ refers
to a community
which can trace
back its roots at
least three
generations in a
given locale
A ‘diaspora’ is a
community which
shares a religion
dreams of a ‘return’. This means that while the parents may be convincing (as first-generation migrants), the children are not…Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is one of the The second
E- Verbal 5 biggest stars of Hindi cinema since the mid-1990s, both at home and abroad, starring in eleven of the 25 top overseas grossers of all time, including five big-budget generation doesn’t
Ability want to identify as
romances closely associated with Karan Johar’s Dharma productions… ‘Indian’ any more
How do the desires of the second generation diasporic Indians vary from the first generation?
The second
generation aspires
to the rampant
consumerism of the
West and has no
nationalistic feeling
for India
The second
generation does not
dream of a ‘return’ Correct
to the motherland
like their parents
fervently desire
The second
generation wants to
make its own
decisions and sees
no worth in
following the
diktats of their
elders
Determine appropriate contextual usage of the underlined terms:

E- Verbal
Ability 6 event
It’s a cultural touchstone on the order of Star Wars, but while it’s also had its imitators over the years—including semi-remakes in several languages—it remains a
proud franchise of one.
benchmark Correct
outcast
artefact

E- Verbal
7 tirade Correct
Ability
Fiction and films influence public opinion, not by making political statements or polemics, but by the stories they tell and the way they tell them.
assumption
involvement
urge

E- Verbal 8 lose sight of the big
Ability picture Correct
Once the data started coming in, we realized that it was easy to miss the wood for the trees.
miss the logic of
miss the deadline

for
lose objectivity

E- Verbal political decision-
Ability 9 making ability
While there will be endless debates over the quantum of pollution reduced (if any), there is hardly any argument over the fact that the Odd-Even Plan was largely obeyed
by the public, boosting the political equity of the AAP.
political
aggressiveness
political goodwill Correct
political
effectiveness

E- Verbal
10 did very little to
Ability
We went the whole nine yards to buy a house away from the city.
did everything Correct

possible to
really wished to
tried hard not to
Choose the best combination of words to complete the following sentences:

E- Verbal 11 philology, recover
Ability
The disease had weakened her _________and she could not _______ in time for the meeting.
anatomy, compose
constitution, Correct
recuperate
composition, renew

E- Verbal 12 ignored, inviolable Correct
Ability
It is often ________ that secularism is ________as a principle of governance.
forgotten,
invalidated
accepted,
enunciated
stated, engendered

E- Verbal 13 edifice, incentives Correct
Ability
An ______ constructed on badly designed ___________cannot be expected to deliver the desired outcomes.
establishment,
impetus
automaton,
foundation
empire, argument

E- Verbal 14 imposition,
Ability amended
This __________was demanded by manufacturing states who argued that they needed to be _________ for the investment they had made in improving their
manufacturing capabilities.
levy, compensated Correct
raise, reimbursed
fee, appropriated

E- Verbal 15 malfeasance, Correct
Ability leniency
Manohar, with the full extent of his _____________ exposed, decided to cooperate with the police and the law in exchange for _________ for his own misdeeds.
malevolence,
pardon
malpractice,
abrogation
guilt, benevolence
Organise the following sentences in logical order:
a) In many cases where conventional drugs were unaffordable and hard to find, traditional prescriptions, such as herbal extracts, offered a solution.
E- Verbal
Ability 16 b) This training covered traditional as well as allopathic practices. dbac
c)Though the history is complex, and contested, China’s experience in the mid-twentieth century is particularly instructive.
d)Faced with the problem of providing healthcare to millions of the rural poor who had no easy access to modern medicine, the Chinese government under Mao Zedong
instituted a system of training hundreds of thousands of people in the villages in basic healthcare.
abcd
cdba Correct
bcad
a. Dealings with strangers might provide contexts for the commoditization of things that are otherwise protected from commoditization.
b. Thus in many societies, marriage transactions might constitute the context in which women are most intensely, and most appropriately, regarded as exchange
E- Verbal 17 values. abcd
Ability
c. Auctions accentuate the commodity of objects (such as paintings) in a manner that might well be regarded as deeply inappropriate in other contexts.
d. Finally, the commodity context refers to the variety of social arenas, within or between cultural units, that help link the commodity candidacy of a thing to
the commodity phase of its career.
dbac Correct
cabd
acdb
a) We told them we had learned much of what we knew about protesting and using democracy to promote human rights from examples set by Indian leaders during their
struggle against British rule.
E- Verbal
18 bdca Correct
Ability b) Nearby a group of police officers were sitting in chairs, watching us.
c) We told them we were originally from Tibet, but were born in India and living here in exile.
d) They asked where we’d come from and why we were protesting.
cabd
adbc
bcda
a) As much as I'm allergic to domesticity as a person, I also knew that writing about my life as a wife, or my experience of marital rape would lead me to being labelled/
slotted, and even worse, not even published.
E- Verbal 19 abcd
Ability
b) Does this fear of being labelled domestic haunt us?
c) Why? Because I would become that category that everyone dreads: the housewife novelist.
d) Yes, it does, and in ways that are too many to enumerate.
bdca
bcad Correct
dcba
a) And that reader likely resides in China, where Facebook is blocked, and these Instant Articles can’t be viewed in the first place.
E- Verbal 20 b) The only real reason for a native Chinese-speaking person to read China Daily or CCTV News (rather than their Chinese versions) is to practice English dcba
Ability comprehension.
c) Facebook already has an office and staff in Beijing, and unblocking the social network in China is believed to be one of Zuckerberg’s top goals.
d) Adding CCTV and China Daily to Instant Articles likely has more to do with Zuckerberg’s ongoing charm offensive towards the Chinese government than getting
an audience for them.
acdb
cdab
bacd Correct
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the underlined word/phrase to make it grammatically correct?
E- Verbal 21
Ability a feel for Correct
Sheila really has feelings for numbers.
the feeling for
the feel to
feels for
E- Verbal
22 head or tales
Ability
I cannot seem to make heads or tails of this particular issue.
headings or tailings
heads or tales
The sentence is
correct as it is Correct
E- Verbal wrapped around her
23 Correct
Ability finger
This little kid has her mother wrapped against her finger.
wrap against her

finger
wrap around her

finger
wrapping her finger
E- Verbal
Ability 24 to speak about
I cannot claim to speak off the entire community: I represent only myself.
to speak in
to speak for Correct
to speak against
E- Verbal Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the underlined word/phrase to make it grammatically correct?
Ability 25 again all odds
The flood victims were determined to survive, even for the odds.
against all odd
against the odds Correct
again the odds
Based on the following information answer the questions that follow.

XYZ Ltd. produces component ‘P’. During January the production of ‘P’ was 2000 units and the rejection rate was 5%. Production increased by 20% during February,
F-
Quantitative 1 but there was also a 5% increase in rejections. During March, the total number of acceptable components produced was 180 units less than during February, though 16
there was no change in the percentage of rejections.
Ability
What was the quantity rejected during March?
220 Correct
198
116
Based on the following information answer the questions that follow.
F- XYZ Ltd. produces component ‘P’. During January the production of ‘P’ was 2000 units and the rejection rate was 5%. Production increased by 20% during February,
Quantitative 2 but there was also a 5% increase in rejections. During March, the total number of acceptable components produced was 180 units less than during February, though 10% increase Correct
Ability there was no change in the percentage of rejections.
What was the percentage increase/decrease in production in March, compared to January?
20% decrease
10% decrease
No change
F-
Quantitative 3 Mayur, Nayan and Bhajanlal can complete a construction task in 12,16, and 24 days respectively. If Nayan starts work, and receives help from Mayur and Bhajanlal 2 days
Ability every second day, in how many days will they complete construction?
4 days
6 days
8 days Correct
Directions: Refer to the line graph below, detailing a group of students, and answer the questions that follow.
F-
Quantitative 4 19 years Correct
Ability
17 years
What is the average age of the group?
16.5 years
18 years
F-
Quantitative 5 28
Ability
How many students are above the age of 15 years?
26
25
27 Correct
F-
Quantitative 6 25.1 years Correct
Ability
What is the average age of students above 15 years?
24.9 years
20 years
22.8 years
F-
Quantitative 7 1
Ability
If 20% of the students below the age group of 10 are girls, find the number of boys below 10 years of age.
4 Correct
F-
Quantitative 8 Rs.5127
The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 14,800 at the end of three years is Rs. 6,216. What would the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the
Ability
same rate in the same period be?
Rs.6127
Rs.7127 Correct
Rs.8127
Study the information carefully to answer the following questions:

In an organization consisting of 750 employees, the ratio of male to female employees is 8:7. Employees work in five
different departments, viz. HR, Management, PR, IT and Recruitment. 16% of the women employees work in
F-
Management. 32% of the male employees work in HR. One-fifth of the women work in the department of
Quantitative 9 Recruitment. The ratio of males to females in Management is 3:2. 20% of the total number of employees work in the 147
Ability PR Department. Women working in Recruitment equal 50% of the males working in the same department. 8% of the
men work in the IT department. The remaining males work in PR. 22% of female employees work in HR, and the
remaining women work in the IT Department.
What is the total number of female employees working in the IT and Recruitment departments together?
83 Correct
126
45

F-
Quantitative 10 Recruitment. The ratio of males to females in Management is 3:2. 20% of the total number of employees work in the 77 Correct
What is the number of females working in the HR department?
70
56
134

F-
Quantitative 11
Recruitment. The ratio of males to females in Management is 3:2. 20% of the total number of employees work in the 20
Number of males working in the HR department forms approximately what % of total number of employees in the organization?
28
32
17 Correct

F- Management. 32% of the male employees work in HR. One-fifth of the women work in the department of
Quantitative 12 22.98
Ability Recruitment. The ratio of males to females in Management is 3:2. 20% of the total number of employees work in the
PR Department. Women working in Recruitment equal 50% of the males working in the same department. 8% of the
Number of males working in the PR department forms what % of the number of females working in the same department? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
16.68
11.94 Correct
6.79

F-
Quantitative 13 Recruitment. The ratio of males to females in Management is 3:2. 20% of the total number of employees work in the 128
What is the total number of employees working in the Management department?
77
210
140 Correct
F-
Quantitative 14 In an examination, 52% of the candidates failed in Mathematics, 42% failed in Physics, and 17% failed in both subjects. Find out what percentage of students passed in 21%
Ability both subjects.
22%
23% Correct
None of these
options
F-
Quantitative 15 A person goes to a garden and runs in the following sequence: from the starting point, they go west 25 metres, then due north 80 metres, and finally due south 15 68.4
Ability metres. How far are they now from their starting point?
69.6 Correct
70.5
None of these
options
F-
Quantitative 16 15.38 km per hour Correct
Ability A cyclist rides 24 km at 16 km per hour and a further 36 km at 15 km per hour. Find her average speed for the journey.
16 km per hour
16.5 km per hour
None of these
options
Answer the following questions based on the information given below.

An athletics coach was trying to make an energy drink which is best suited for athletes. For this purpose, she took five of the best known energy drinks (A, B, C, D
and E) in the market with the idea of mixing them to get the result desired. The table below gives the composition and cost of these drinks:
Price Composition
Energy Rs.
Drink Per Litre Carbohydrates Protein Fats Minerals
F- A 150 50 30 10 10
Quantitative 17 One Correct
Ability B 050 80 20 00 00
C 200 10 30 50 10
D 500 05 50 40 05
E 100 45 50 00 05
For sprinters, the coach has to prepare a drink containing 10% minerals and at least 30% protein. In how many different ways can she prepare this drink by mixing at
least two ingredients?
Two
Three
Four

Price Composition
Energy Rs.
F- A 150 50 30 10 10
Quantitative 18 B 050 80 20 00 00 C and E Correct
Ability
C 200 10 30 50 10
D 500 05 50 40 05
E 100 45 50 00 05
Which among the following is the combination having the lowest cost per unit for a drink having 10% fat and at least 30% proteins? The drink has to be formed by
mixing two ingredients together.
B and E
B and D
D and E

Price Composition
Energy Rs.
F- A 150 50 30 10 10
Quantitative 19 2:1:3
Ability B 050 80 20 00 00
C 200 10 30 50 10
D 500 05 50 40 05
E 100 45 50 00 05
In what proportion should B, C and E be mixed to make a drink having at least 60% carbohydrates at the lowest cost per unit?
4:1:2
2:1:4
4:1:1 Correct

Price Composition
Energy Rs.
F- A 150 50 30 10 10
Quantitative 20 A and B
B 050 80 20 00 00
Ability
C 200 10 30 50 10
D 500 05 50 40 05
E 100 45 50 00 05
A drink containing 30% each of carbohydrate and protein, no more than 25% fat and at least 5% minerals is to be made. Which of the following two drinks must be
mixed in equal quantities to obtain the required drink?
D and E
C and D
A and E Correct
The bar diagram given below presents the annual percentage growth of sale of television sets over the years. Study the bar diagram carefully and answer
the following questions based on it.
F-
Quantitative 21 2005 Correct
Ability
In which of the following years was there minimum percentage growth in sales of CTVs?
2006
2007
2008
The bar diagram given below presents the annual percentage growth of sale of television sets over the years. Study the bar diagram carefully and answer
the following questions based on it.
F-
Quantitative 22 16
Ability
22
Approximately, what was the average of percentage growth in sale of black and white TVs over the period visualised here?
18
20 Correct
F- A company advertises its product twice a day on television. The first advertisement is seen by 100 viewers. Probability (p) is that they will watch the second
Quantitative 23 advertisement. There are also new first time viewers for the second advertisement, outnumbering those who watch the advertisement for the second time by 3:1. 10% of 7/9 Correct
Ability all those who view the advertisement only once buy the product, and 50% of those who view the advertisement twice buy the product, on the same day. If total sales
on a given day is 100, then 'p' should be?
8/9
2/3
None of these
options
F-
Quantitative 24 Mr. Dani has a budget of Rs.5000.00 to tend to all his domestic services. Due to inflation, service charges were hiked by 10%. To manage within the budget, what % 8.1%
Ability
of services does Mr. Dani have to reduce?
9.1% Correct
10.1%
None of these
options
F-
Quantitative 25 1600
Ability An online retailer of electronic items sold 50 units per week. After the retailer started using an app, the sale of electronic items grew by 20 units per week. How many
total no. of units will be sold at the end of 10 weeks after the app is released?
1550
1650 Correct
1450

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b. YOU MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

This alternative is the right answer.

(i) an apple cart

In that case, you have to select and save the alternative 5.

Statement: Archeological excavations have to be done only by trained professionals since we

The statement presupposes either assumption I or assumption II

The statement presupposes neither assumption I nor assumption II

The statement presupposes only assumption I

The statement presupposes only assumption II

The statement presupposes both assumption I and assumption II

Statements: 1. If I go to the market or to the mall then I will not go swimming.

Conclusions: I. I have either done my shopping at the market or gone swimming.

Only conclusion I follows

Only conclusion II follows

Either conclusion I or II Follows

Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Both conclusions I and II follow

Only conclusion I follows

Only conclusion II follows

Either conclusion I or II follows

Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Both conclusions I and II follow

Q NO 2) Find the odd one out:

The Economic Times

His hands were filled up

He had full hands

He filled his hands

MICAT SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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'Environment is more important than development.'

(i) Cart A Round

(iii) Eye C Orchard

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(i) Cart A Round

(iii) Eye C Orchard

(i) Cart A Round

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(iii) Eye C Orchard

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(iii) Eye C Orchard

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The statement presupposes

The statement presupposes Correct

The statement presupposes

The statement presupposes

Assumption II : Tolerance of divergent viewpoints is a desirable value.

The statement presupposes

The statement presupposes

The statement presupposes

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Assumption II : Comic books criticize the people in power.

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