Mock CAT - 04

Directions of Test

Test Name Mock CAT - 04 Total Questions 100 Total Time 180 Mins

Section Name No. of Questions Time limit Marks per Question Negative Marking
Verbal Ability 34 1:0(h:m) 3 1/3
DI & Reasoning 32 1:0(h:m) 3 1/3
Quantitative Ability 34 1:0(h:m) 3 1/3

Section : Verbal Ability

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 1
Turner interpreted the solar eclipse of 1831 as a sign that God was signalling that his mission be carried out. Gathering
followers and devising a strategy, Turner launched a revolt on August 22, 1831. Starting with the Travis home, in which he now
lived, his troops attacked whites in various sections of Southampton County over the next two days. But they were overcome by
the white police forces. Those taken captive were tried and 17 were hanged. Turner managed to avoid capture for some two
months, but was finally brought in. He was tried and executed in the city of Jerusalem, the ironically named county seat of
Southampton County. When his interrogators tried to coax a confession of wrongdoing from him, his only reply was, “Was not
Jesus crucified?”
 
Turner’s revolt, in which about 60 whites were killed, struck fear in the hearts of Southerners, not to mention retaliatory anger
that resulted in the revenge killing of dozens of blacks. This was not the first major slave revolt, but it was the most extensive
and costly in white lives. It intensified the anxieties about Northerners who lived in the South, especially blacks and those
known to hold abolitionist sentiments. Civil authorities, in fact, instituted “black codes,” which were laws prohibiting or carefully
controlling black movement and activities.
 
Consequently, the black denominations that had recently formed and which saw a fertile field of evangelism in the millions of
enslaved were essentially cut off from this group. The prospects for the growth of their ministries were thus limited to the small
minority of blacks living in the North and the people they might encounter in overseas missions.
 
Northern white missionaries were similarly restricted. Southern white church leaders, on the other hand, stepped up their
outreach to blacks and did bring large numbers into church membership. This partly seems to have been to counter the
accusation from the North that the Southern churches were ignoring their Christian duty and abandoning millions of black
souls to spiritual ignorance in order to protect the economic interests of the slavery system. Energetic efforts at slave
evangelism were made, even though the gospel that was preached to them was geared to serve slavery. The typical scriptural
text used for slave sermons was Ephesians 6:5: “Servants, be obedient to your masters . . . as unto Christ.” However, the
enslaved often were able to perceive a more affirming, non-submissive message of “good news” in the gospel they heard.

According to the information given in the passage:

A) Northern Church leaders were more energetic than the Southern Church leaders in their effort to spread slave evangelism.
B) Northern Church leaders never wanted to follow the lead of Southern Church leaders in the case of slave evangelism. 
C) Southern Church leaders were limited in their understanding of the bible and exhibited in the same in their
communication with the slaves. 
D) Southern Church leaders, though assisted in the spread of slave evangelism, did follow surreptitious agenda of their own. 
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DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 2
Turner interpreted the solar eclipse of 1831 as a sign that God was signalling that his mission be carried out. Gathering
followers and devising a strategy, Turner launched a revolt on August 22, 1831. Starting with the Travis home, in which he now
lived, his troops attacked whites in various sections of Southampton County over the next two days. But they were overcome by
the white police forces. Those taken captive were tried and 17 were hanged. Turner managed to avoid capture for some two
months, but was finally brought in. He was tried and executed in the city of Jerusalem, the ironically named county seat of
Southampton County. When his interrogators tried to coax a confession of wrongdoing from him, his only reply was, “Was not
Jesus crucified?”
 
Turner’s revolt, in which about 60 whites were killed, struck fear in the hearts of Southerners, not to mention retaliatory anger
that resulted in the revenge killing of dozens of blacks. This was not the first major slave revolt, but it was the most extensive
and costly in white lives. It intensified the anxieties about Northerners who lived in the South, especially blacks and those
known to hold abolitionist sentiments. Civil authorities, in fact, instituted “black codes,” which were laws prohibiting or carefully
controlling black movement and activities.
 
Consequently, the black denominations that had recently formed and which saw a fertile field of evangelism in the millions of
enslaved were essentially cut off from this group. The prospects for the growth of their ministries were thus limited to the small
minority of blacks living in the North and the people they might encounter in overseas missions.
 
Northern white missionaries were similarly restricted. Southern white church leaders, on the other hand, stepped up their
outreach to blacks and did bring large numbers into church membership. This partly seems to have been to counter the
accusation from the North that the Southern churches were ignoring their Christian duty and abandoning millions of black
souls to spiritual ignorance in order to protect the economic interests of the slavery system. Energetic efforts at slave
evangelism were made, even though the gospel that was preached to them was geared to serve slavery. The typical scriptural
text used for slave sermons was Ephesians 6:5: “Servants, be obedient to your masters . . . as unto Christ.” However, the
enslaved often were able to perceive a more affirming, non-submissive message of “good news” in the gospel they heard.

Turner’s statement, “Was not Jesus crucified?” can be labelled as which one of the following?

A) use of sarcastic wit B) use of wretched hyperbole C) use of metaphorical irony D) use of symbolic satire
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DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 3
Turner interpreted the solar eclipse of 1831 as a sign that God was signalling that his mission be carried out. Gathering
followers and devising a strategy, Turner launched a revolt on August 22, 1831. Starting with the Travis home, in which he now
lived, his troops attacked whites in various sections of Southampton County over the next two days. But they were overcome by
the white police forces. Those taken captive were tried and 17 were hanged. Turner managed to avoid capture for some two
months, but was finally brought in. He was tried and executed in the city of Jerusalem, the ironically named county seat of
Southampton County. When his interrogators tried to coax a confession of wrongdoing from him, his only reply was, “Was not
Jesus crucified?”
 
Turner’s revolt, in which about 60 whites were killed, struck fear in the hearts of Southerners, not to mention retaliatory anger
that resulted in the revenge killing of dozens of blacks. This was not the first major slave revolt, but it was the most extensive
and costly in white lives. It intensified the anxieties about Northerners who lived in the South, especially blacks and those
known to hold abolitionist sentiments. Civil authorities, in fact, instituted “black codes,” which were laws prohibiting or carefully
controlling black movement and activities.
 
Consequently, the black denominations that had recently formed and which saw a fertile field of evangelism in the millions of
enslaved were essentially cut off from this group. The prospects for the growth of their ministries were thus limited to the small
minority of blacks living in the North and the people they might encounter in overseas missions.
 
Northern white missionaries were similarly restricted. Southern white church leaders, on the other hand, stepped up their
outreach to blacks and did bring large numbers into church membership. This partly seems to have been to counter the
accusation from the North that the Southern churches were ignoring their Christian duty and abandoning millions of black
souls to spiritual ignorance in order to protect the economic interests of the slavery system. Energetic efforts at slave
evangelism were made, even though the gospel that was preached to them was geared to serve slavery. The typical scriptural
text used for slave sermons was Ephesians 6:5: “Servants, be obedient to your masters . . . as unto Christ.” However, the
enslaved often were able to perceive a more affirming, non-submissive message of “good news” in the gospel they heard.

It can be inferred from the passage that the term “abolitionist sentiments” refers to:

A) ending of slavery B) support of slavery C) promoting evangelism D) none of the above

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DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 4
Turner interpreted the solar eclipse of 1831 as a sign that God was signalling that his mission be carried out. Gathering
followers and devising a strategy, Turner launched a revolt on August 22, 1831. Starting with the Travis home, in which he now
lived, his troops attacked whites in various sections of Southampton County over the next two days. But they were overcome by
the white police forces. Those taken captive were tried and 17 were hanged. Turner managed to avoid capture for some two
months, but was finally brought in. He was tried and executed in the city of Jerusalem, the ironically named county seat of
Southampton County. When his interrogators tried to coax a confession of wrongdoing from him, his only reply was, “Was not
Jesus crucified?”
 
Turner’s revolt, in which about 60 whites were killed, struck fear in the hearts of Southerners, not to mention retaliatory anger
that resulted in the revenge killing of dozens of blacks. This was not the first major slave revolt, but it was the most extensive
and costly in white lives. It intensified the anxieties about Northerners who lived in the South, especially blacks and those
known to hold abolitionist sentiments. Civil authorities, in fact, instituted “black codes,” which were laws prohibiting or carefully
controlling black movement and activities.
 
Consequently, the black denominations that had recently formed and which saw a fertile field of evangelism in the millions of
enslaved were essentially cut off from this group. The prospects for the growth of their ministries were thus limited to the small
minority of blacks living in the North and the people they might encounter in overseas missions.
 
Northern white missionaries were similarly restricted. Southern white church leaders, on the other hand, stepped up their
outreach to blacks and did bring large numbers into church membership. This partly seems to have been to counter the
accusation from the North that the Southern churches were ignoring their Christian duty and abandoning millions of black
souls to spiritual ignorance in order to protect the economic interests of the slavery system. Energetic efforts at slave
evangelism were made, even though the gospel that was preached to them was geared to serve slavery. The typical scriptural
text used for slave sermons was Ephesians 6:5: “Servants, be obedient to your masters . . . as unto Christ.” However, the
enslaved often were able to perceive a more affirming, non-submissive message of “good news” in the gospel they heard.

The word ‘evangelism’ means:

A) the zealous spreading of the Christian gospel. B) the passionate diffusion of pro-slavery endorsements
C) the enthusiastic spreading of anti-slavery messages D) none of the above
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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 5
Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the taboo against it. So how do we reconcile what is universally
forbidden, yet universally practiced? Throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and
supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as
adultery itself. When it comes to sex, the pressure for men is to boast and to exaggerate, but the pressure for women is to hide,
minimize and deny, which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for
straying.
 
So it's never been easier to cheat, and it's never been more difficult to keep a secret. And never has infidelity exacted such a
psychological toll. When marriage was an economic enterprise, infidelity threatened our economic security. But now that
marriage is a romantic arrangement, infidelity threatens our emotional security.
 
Because of this romantic ideal, we are relying on our partner's fidelity with a unique fervor. But we also have never been more
inclined to stray, and not because we have new desires today, but because we live in an era where we feel that we are entitled
to pursue our desires, because this is the culture where I deserve to be happy. And if we used to divorce because we were
unhappy, today we divorce because we could be happier. And if divorce carried all the shame, today, choosing to stay when
you can leave is the new shame.
 
So if we can divorce, why do we still have affairs? Now, the typical assumption is that if someone cheats, either there's
something wrong in your relationship or wrong with you. But millions of people can't all be pathological. The logic goes like
this: If you have everything you need at home, then there is no need to go looking elsewhere, assuming that there is such a
thing as a perfect marriage that will inoculate us against wanderlust. But what if passion has a finite shelf life? What if there are
things that even a good relationship can never provide? If even happy people cheat, what is it about?
 
The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply
monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict between their values and their
behavior. They often are people who have actually been faithful for decades, but one day they cross a line that they never
thought they would cross, and at the risk of losing everything. At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a
yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts
of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are
way less about sex, and a lot more about desire: desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
 
So how do we heal from an affair? The fact is, the majority of couples who have experienced affairs, stay together. But some of
them will merely survive, and others will actually be able to turn a crisis into an opportunity. I've noticed that a lot of couples, in
the immediate aftermath of an affair, because of this new disorder that may actually lead to a new order, will have depths of
conversations with honesty and openness that they haven't had in decades. And, partners who were sexually indifferent find
themselves suddenly so lustfully voracious, they don't know where it's coming from.
 
Every affair will redefine a relationship, and every couple will determine what the legacy of the affair will be. Betrayal in a
relationship comes in many forms. There are many ways that we betray our partner: with contempt, with neglect, with
indifference, with violence. Sexual betrayal is only one way to hurt a partner. In other words, the victim of an affair is not always
the victim of the marriage.
 
I look at affairs from a dual perspective: hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to
you, and what it meant for me. And so when a couple comes to me in the aftermath of an affair that has been revealed, I will
often tell them this: Today, most of us are going to have two or three relationships or marriages, and some of us are going to
do it with the same person. Your first marriage is over. Would you like to create a second one together?
 
Excerpted from TED Talk by Esther Perel

What can be construed to be the original reason for men to impose the concept of ‘fidelity’ on a woman?

A) In order to know whose children these are, and who gets the cows when I die.
B) Monogamy used to be one person for life. Today, monogamy is one person at a time.
C) Because passion has a finite shelf life D) Since they always yearned for an emotional connection

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
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Question No. : 6
Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the taboo against it. So how do we reconcile what is universally
forbidden, yet universally practiced? Throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and
supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as
adultery itself. When it comes to sex, the pressure for men is to boast and to exaggerate, but the pressure for women is to hide,
minimize and deny, which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for
straying.
 
So it's never been easier to cheat, and it's never been more difficult to keep a secret. And never has infidelity exacted such a
psychological toll. When marriage was an economic enterprise, infidelity threatened our economic security. But now that
marriage is a romantic arrangement, infidelity threatens our emotional security.
 
Because of this romantic ideal, we are relying on our partner's fidelity with a unique fervor. But we also have never been more
inclined to stray, and not because we have new desires today, but because we live in an era where we feel that we are entitled
to pursue our desires, because this is the culture where I deserve to be happy. And if we used to divorce because we were
unhappy, today we divorce because we could be happier. And if divorce carried all the shame, today, choosing to stay when
you can leave is the new shame.
 
So if we can divorce, why do we still have affairs? Now, the typical assumption is that if someone cheats, either there's
something wrong in your relationship or wrong with you. But millions of people can't all be pathological. The logic goes like
this: If you have everything you need at home, then there is no need to go looking elsewhere, assuming that there is such a
thing as a perfect marriage that will inoculate us against wanderlust. But what if passion has a finite shelf life? What if there are
things that even a good relationship can never provide? If even happy people cheat, what is it about?
 
The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply
monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict between their values and their
behavior. They often are people who have actually been faithful for decades, but one day they cross a line that they never
thought they would cross, and at the risk of losing everything. At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a
yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts
of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are
way less about sex, and a lot more about desire: desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
 
So how do we heal from an affair? The fact is, the majority of couples who have experienced affairs, stay together. But some of
them will merely survive, and others will actually be able to turn a crisis into an opportunity. I've noticed that a lot of couples, in
the immediate aftermath of an affair, because of this new disorder that may actually lead to a new order, will have depths of
conversations with honesty and openness that they haven't had in decades. And, partners who were sexually indifferent find
themselves suddenly so lustfully voracious, they don't know where it's coming from.
 
Every affair will redefine a relationship, and every couple will determine what the legacy of the affair will be. Betrayal in a
relationship comes in many forms. There are many ways that we betray our partner: with contempt, with neglect, with
indifference, with violence. Sexual betrayal is only one way to hurt a partner. In other words, the victim of an affair is not always
the victim of the marriage.
 
I look at affairs from a dual perspective: hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to
you, and what it meant for me. And so when a couple comes to me in the aftermath of an affair that has been revealed, I will
often tell them this: Today, most of us are going to have two or three relationships or marriages, and some of us are going to
do it with the same person. Your first marriage is over. Would you like to create a second one together?
 
Excerpted from TED Talk by Esther Perel

In today’s world of serial relationships, which of the following represent reason(s) for affairs to be still seen as traumatic?

A. As they are attempts to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy.
B. It shatters the concept of a romantic ideal of turning to one person for fulfilling a long list of needs – romance, friendship,
confidant, intellectual.
C. It creates a sense of doubt – and violates the trust on which relationships are founded.
D. People find themselves in a conflict between their values and their behavior.

A) A & D B) B & C C) B & D D) Only C

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 7
Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the taboo against it. So how do we reconcile what is universally
forbidden, yet universally practiced? Throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and
supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as
adultery itself. When it comes to sex, the pressure for men is to boast and to exaggerate, but the pressure for women is to hide,
minimize and deny, which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for
straying.
 
So it's never been easier to cheat, and it's never been more difficult to keep a secret. And never has infidelity exacted such a
psychological toll. When marriage was an economic enterprise, infidelity threatened our economic security. But now that
marriage is a romantic arrangement, infidelity threatens our emotional security.
 
Because of this romantic ideal, we are relying on our partner's fidelity with a unique fervor. But we also have never been more
inclined to stray, and not because we have new desires today, but because we live in an era where we feel that we are entitled
to pursue our desires, because this is the culture where I deserve to be happy. And if we used to divorce because we were
unhappy, today we divorce because we could be happier. And if divorce carried all the shame, today, choosing to stay when
you can leave is the new shame.
 
So if we can divorce, why do we still have affairs? Now, the typical assumption is that if someone cheats, either there's
something wrong in your relationship or wrong with you. But millions of people can't all be pathological. The logic goes like
this: If you have everything you need at home, then there is no need to go looking elsewhere, assuming that there is such a
thing as a perfect marriage that will inoculate us against wanderlust. But what if passion has a finite shelf life? What if there are
things that even a good relationship can never provide? If even happy people cheat, what is it about?
 
The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply
monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict between their values and their
behavior. They often are people who have actually been faithful for decades, but one day they cross a line that they never
thought they would cross, and at the risk of losing everything. At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a
yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts
of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are
way less about sex, and a lot more about desire: desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
 
So how do we heal from an affair? The fact is, the majority of couples who have experienced affairs, stay together. But some of
them will merely survive, and others will actually be able to turn a crisis into an opportunity. I've noticed that a lot of couples, in
the immediate aftermath of an affair, because of this new disorder that may actually lead to a new order, will have depths of
conversations with honesty and openness that they haven't had in decades. And, partners who were sexually indifferent find
themselves suddenly so lustfully voracious, they don't know where it's coming from.
 
Every affair will redefine a relationship, and every couple will determine what the legacy of the affair will be. Betrayal in a
relationship comes in many forms. There are many ways that we betray our partner: with contempt, with neglect, with
indifference, with violence. Sexual betrayal is only one way to hurt a partner. In other words, the victim of an affair is not always
the victim of the marriage.
 
I look at affairs from a dual perspective: hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to
you, and what it meant for me. And so when a couple comes to me in the aftermath of an affair that has been revealed, I will
often tell them this: Today, most of us are going to have two or three relationships or marriages, and some of us are going to
do it with the same person. Your first marriage is over. Would you like to create a second one together?
 
Excerpted from TED Talk by Esther Perel

When we seek the gaze of another, it isn't always our partner that we are turning away from, but the person that we have
ourselves become.
 
The above sentence –

A) Is a philosophy that applies exclusively to same-gender relationships. B) Contradicts a point mentioned in the passage.
C) Is a new perspective on the reason people have affairs. D) Would not be relevant in this passage.
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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 8
Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the taboo against it. So how do we reconcile what is universally
forbidden, yet universally practiced? Throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and
supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as
adultery itself. When it comes to sex, the pressure for men is to boast and to exaggerate, but the pressure for women is to hide,
minimize and deny, which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for
straying.
 
So it's never been easier to cheat, and it's never been more difficult to keep a secret. And never has infidelity exacted such a
psychological toll. When marriage was an economic enterprise, infidelity threatened our economic security. But now that
marriage is a romantic arrangement, infidelity threatens our emotional security.
 
Because of this romantic ideal, we are relying on our partner's fidelity with a unique fervor. But we also have never been more
inclined to stray, and not because we have new desires today, but because we live in an era where we feel that we are entitled
to pursue our desires, because this is the culture where I deserve to be happy. And if we used to divorce because we were
unhappy, today we divorce because we could be happier. And if divorce carried all the shame, today, choosing to stay when
you can leave is the new shame.
 
So if we can divorce, why do we still have affairs? Now, the typical assumption is that if someone cheats, either there's
something wrong in your relationship or wrong with you. But millions of people can't all be pathological. The logic goes like
this: If you have everything you need at home, then there is no need to go looking elsewhere, assuming that there is such a
thing as a perfect marriage that will inoculate us against wanderlust. But what if passion has a finite shelf life? What if there are
things that even a good relationship can never provide? If even happy people cheat, what is it about?
 
The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply
monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict between their values and their
behavior. They often are people who have actually been faithful for decades, but one day they cross a line that they never
thought they would cross, and at the risk of losing everything. At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a
yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts
of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are
way less about sex, and a lot more about desire: desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
 
So how do we heal from an affair? The fact is, the majority of couples who have experienced affairs, stay together. But some of
them will merely survive, and others will actually be able to turn a crisis into an opportunity. I've noticed that a lot of couples, in
the immediate aftermath of an affair, because of this new disorder that may actually lead to a new order, will have depths of
conversations with honesty and openness that they haven't had in decades. And, partners who were sexually indifferent find
themselves suddenly so lustfully voracious, they don't know where it's coming from.
 
Every affair will redefine a relationship, and every couple will determine what the legacy of the affair will be. Betrayal in a
relationship comes in many forms. There are many ways that we betray our partner: with contempt, with neglect, with
indifference, with violence. Sexual betrayal is only one way to hurt a partner. In other words, the victim of an affair is not always
the victim of the marriage.
 
I look at affairs from a dual perspective: hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to
you, and what it meant for me. And so when a couple comes to me in the aftermath of an affair that has been revealed, I will
often tell them this: Today, most of us are going to have two or three relationships or marriages, and some of us are going to
do it with the same person. Your first marriage is over. Would you like to create a second one together?
 
Excerpted from TED Talk by Esther Perel

Based on your reading of the passage, what can be construed to be a relationship between the death of a loved one and an
affair?

A) You would not call an affair as something that happens after your spouse passes away.
B) Affairs bring back the life in a relationship – so in a sense they are anti-death.
C) Some affairs are an attempt to beat back deadness, in an antidote to death.
D) Affairs make you ask a lot of questions about what you all you want to do before you die.
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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 9
When a child is born it has been subjected for some three-quarters of a year already to the influences of environment. Its race,
indeed, was fixed once for all at the moment of conception. Yet that superadded measure of plasticity, which has to be treated
as something apart from the racial factor, enables it to respond for good or for evil to the pre-natal—that is to say, maternal—
environment. Thus we may easily fall into the mistake of  supposing our race to be degenerate, when poor feeding and
exposure to unhealthy surroundings on the part of the mothers are really responsible for the crop of weaklings that we deplore.
And, in so far as it turns out to be so, social reformers ought to heave a sigh of relief. Why? Because to improve the race by way
of eugenics, though doubtless feasible within limits, remains an unrealized possibility through our want of knowledge. On the
other hand, to improve the physical environment is fairly straight-ahead work, once we can awake the public conscience to the
need of undertaking this task for the benefit of all classes of the community alike. If civilized man wishes to boast of being
clearly superior to the rest of his kind, it must be mainly in respect to his control over the physical environment. Whatever may
have been the case in the past, it seems as true now-a-days to say that man makes his physical environment as that his physical
environment makes him.
 
Even if this be granted, however, it remains the fact that our material circumstances in the widest sense of the term play a very
decisive part in the shaping of our lives. Hence, the importance of geographical studies as they bear on the subject of man.
From the moment that a child is conceived, it is subjected to what it is now the fashion to call a "geographic control." Take the
case of the child of English parents born in India. Clearly several factors will conspire to determine whether it lives or dies. For
simplicity's sake let us treat them as three. First of all, there is the fact that the child belongs to a particular cultural group; in
other words, that it has been born with a piece of paper in its mouth representing one share in the British Empire. Secondly,
there is its race, involving, let us say, blue eyes and light hair, and a corresponding constitution. Thirdly, there is the climate and
all that goes with it. Though in the first of these respects the white child is likely to be superior to the native, inasmuch as it will
be tended with more careful regard to the laws of health; yet such disharmony prevails between the other two factors of race
and climate, that it will almost certainly die, if it is not removed at a certain age from the country. Possibly the English could
acclimatize themselves in India at the price of an immense toll of infant lives; but it is a price which they show no signs of being
willing to pay.
 
What, then, are the limits of the geographical control? Where does its influence begin and end? Situation, race and culture—to
reduce it to a problem of three terms only—which of the three, if any, in the long run controls the rest? Remember that the
anthropologist is trying to be the historian of long perspective. History which counts by years, proto-history which counts by
centuries, pre-history which counts by millenniums—he seeks to embrace them all. He sees the English in India, on the one
hand, and in Australia on the other. Will the one invasion prove an incident, he asks, and the other an event, as judged by a
history of long perspective? Or, again, there are whites and blacks and redskins in the southern portion of the United States of
America, having at present little in common save a common climate. Different races, different cultures, a common geographical
situation—what net result will these yield for the historian of patient, far-seeing anthropological outlook? Clearly there is here
something worth the puzzling out. But we cannot expect to puzzle it out all at once.

It can be deduced from the passage that the author believes:

A) improvement of weaklings through improvement in the physical environment may be possible only on some occasions. 
B) man’s physical environment makes him and not the other way around.
C) exposure to unhealthy surroundings by the mothers is responsible for creating weaklings and race degeneration.
D) improvement of genes through selective breeding is not feasible.
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 10
When a child is born it has been subjected for some three-quarters of a year already to the influences of environment. Its race,
indeed, was fixed once for all at the moment of conception. Yet that superadded measure of plasticity, which has to be treated
as something apart from the racial factor, enables it to respond for good or for evil to the pre-natal—that is to say, maternal—
environment. Thus we may easily fall into the mistake of  supposing our race to be degenerate, when poor feeding and
exposure to unhealthy surroundings on the part of the mothers are really responsible for the crop of weaklings that we deplore.
And, in so far as it turns out to be so, social reformers ought to heave a sigh of relief. Why? Because to improve the race by way
of eugenics, though doubtless feasible within limits, remains an unrealized possibility through our want of knowledge. On the
other hand, to improve the physical environment is fairly straight-ahead work, once we can awake the public conscience to the
need of undertaking this task for the benefit of all classes of the community alike. If civilized man wishes to boast of being
clearly superior to the rest of his kind, it must be mainly in respect to his control over the physical environment. Whatever may
have been the case in the past, it seems as true now-a-days to say that man makes his physical environment as that his physical
environment makes him.
 
Even if this be granted, however, it remains the fact that our material circumstances in the widest sense of the term play a very
decisive part in the shaping of our lives. Hence, the importance of geographical studies as they bear on the subject of man.
From the moment that a child is conceived, it is subjected to what it is now the fashion to call a "geographic control." Take the
case of the child of English parents born in India. Clearly several factors will conspire to determine whether it lives or dies. For
simplicity's sake let us treat them as three. First of all, there is the fact that the child belongs to a particular cultural group; in
other words, that it has been born with a piece of paper in its mouth representing one share in the British Empire. Secondly,
there is its race, involving, let us say, blue eyes and light hair, and a corresponding constitution. Thirdly, there is the climate and
all that goes with it. Though in the first of these respects the white child is likely to be superior to the native, inasmuch as it will
be tended with more careful regard to the laws of health; yet such disharmony prevails between the other two factors of race
and climate, that it will almost certainly die, if it is not removed at a certain age from the country. Possibly the English could
acclimatize themselves in India at the price of an immense toll of infant lives; but it is a price which they show no signs of being
willing to pay.
 
What, then, are the limits of the geographical control? Where does its influence begin and end? Situation, race and culture—to
reduce it to a problem of three terms only—which of the three, if any, in the long run controls the rest? Remember that the
anthropologist is trying to be the historian of long perspective. History which counts by years, proto-history which counts by
centuries, pre-history which counts by millenniums—he seeks to embrace them all. He sees the English in India, on the one
hand, and in Australia on the other. Will the one invasion prove an incident, he asks, and the other an event, as judged by a
history of long perspective? Or, again, there are whites and blacks and redskins in the southern portion of the United States of
America, having at present little in common save a common climate. Different races, different cultures, a common geographical
situation—what net result will these yield for the historian of patient, far-seeing anthropological outlook? Clearly there is here
something worth the puzzling out. But we cannot expect to puzzle it out all at once.

The general purpose of the passage is:

A) to delve into the constitution of different men born across in different continents.
B) to understand the possible outcomes of geographical and anthropological conflation on different races.
C) to explore the cultural and geographical impact born out of an anthropological mixing of races.
D) to highlight the anthropological conundrums born out of geographical mixing of races.
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 11
When a child is born it has been subjected for some three-quarters of a year already to the influences of environment. Its race,
indeed, was fixed once for all at the moment of conception. Yet that superadded measure of plasticity, which has to be treated
as something apart from the racial factor, enables it to respond for good or for evil to the pre-natal—that is to say, maternal—
environment. Thus we may easily fall into the mistake of  supposing our race to be degenerate, when poor feeding and
exposure to unhealthy surroundings on the part of the mothers are really responsible for the crop of weaklings that we deplore.
And, in so far as it turns out to be so, social reformers ought to heave a sigh of relief. Why? Because to improve the race by way
of eugenics, though doubtless feasible within limits, remains an unrealized possibility through our want of knowledge. On the
other hand, to improve the physical environment is fairly straight-ahead work, once we can awake the public conscience to the
need of undertaking this task for the benefit of all classes of the community alike. If civilized man wishes to boast of being
clearly superior to the rest of his kind, it must be mainly in respect to his control over the physical environment. Whatever may
have been the case in the past, it seems as true now-a-days to say that man makes his physical environment as that his physical
environment makes him.
 
Even if this be granted, however, it remains the fact that our material circumstances in the widest sense of the term play a very
decisive part in the shaping of our lives. Hence, the importance of geographical studies as they bear on the subject of man.
From the moment that a child is conceived, it is subjected to what it is now the fashion to call a "geographic control." Take the
case of the child of English parents born in India. Clearly several factors will conspire to determine whether it lives or dies. For
simplicity's sake let us treat them as three. First of all, there is the fact that the child belongs to a particular cultural group; in
other words, that it has been born with a piece of paper in its mouth representing one share in the British Empire. Secondly,
there is its race, involving, let us say, blue eyes and light hair, and a corresponding constitution. Thirdly, there is the climate and
all that goes with it. Though in the first of these respects the white child is likely to be superior to the native, inasmuch as it will
be tended with more careful regard to the laws of health; yet such disharmony prevails between the other two factors of race
and climate, that it will almost certainly die, if it is not removed at a certain age from the country. Possibly the English could
acclimatize themselves in India at the price of an immense toll of infant lives; but it is a price which they show no signs of being
willing to pay.
 
What, then, are the limits of the geographical control? Where does its influence begin and end? Situation, race and culture—to
reduce it to a problem of three terms only—which of the three, if any, in the long run controls the rest? Remember that the
anthropologist is trying to be the historian of long perspective. History which counts by years, proto-history which counts by
centuries, pre-history which counts by millenniums—he seeks to embrace them all. He sees the English in India, on the one
hand, and in Australia on the other. Will the one invasion prove an incident, he asks, and the other an event, as judged by a
history of long perspective? Or, again, there are whites and blacks and redskins in the southern portion of the United States of
America, having at present little in common save a common climate. Different races, different cultures, a common geographical
situation—what net result will these yield for the historian of patient, far-seeing anthropological outlook? Clearly there is here
something worth the puzzling out. But we cannot expect to puzzle it out all at once.
 

The author of the passage would agree with all of the given statements except:

A) The white child is superior to the native ones.

B) White children die because of a lack of acclimatization with the Indian environments. 
C) The English do not wish to risk the lives of their children by rearing them in India. 
D) Multiplicity of factors determines whether a child can survive in a particular geographical environment.
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 12
When a child is born it has been subjected for some three-quarters of a year already to the influences of environment. Its race,
indeed, was fixed once for all at the moment of conception. Yet that superadded measure of plasticity, which has to be treated
as something apart from the racial factor, enables it to respond for good or for evil to the pre-natal—that is to say, maternal—
environment. Thus we may easily fall into the mistake of  supposing our race to be degenerate, when poor feeding and
exposure to unhealthy surroundings on the part of the mothers are really responsible for the crop of weaklings that we deplore.
And, in so far as it turns out to be so, social reformers ought to heave a sigh of relief. Why? Because to improve the race by way
of eugenics, though doubtless feasible within limits, remains an unrealized possibility through our want of knowledge. On the
other hand, to improve the physical environment is fairly straight-ahead work, once we can awake the public conscience to the
need of undertaking this task for the benefit of all classes of the community alike. If civilized man wishes to boast of being
clearly superior to the rest of his kind, it must be mainly in respect to his control over the physical environment. Whatever may
have been the case in the past, it seems as true now-a-days to say that man makes his physical environment as that his physical
environment makes him.
 
Even if this be granted, however, it remains the fact that our material circumstances in the widest sense of the term play a very
decisive part in the shaping of our lives. Hence, the importance of geographical studies as they bear on the subject of man.
From the moment that a child is conceived, it is subjected to what it is now the fashion to call a "geographic control." Take the
case of the child of English parents born in India. Clearly several factors will conspire to determine whether it lives or dies. For
simplicity's sake let us treat them as three. First of all, there is the fact that the child belongs to a particular cultural group; in
other words, that it has been born with a piece of paper in its mouth representing one share in the British Empire. Secondly,
there is its race, involving, let us say, blue eyes and light hair, and a corresponding constitution. Thirdly, there is the climate and
all that goes with it. Though in the first of these respects the white child is likely to be superior to the native, inasmuch as it will
be tended with more careful regard to the laws of health; yet such disharmony prevails between the other two factors of race
and climate, that it will almost certainly die, if it is not removed at a certain age from the country. Possibly the English could
acclimatize themselves in India at the price of an immense toll of infant lives; but it is a price which they show no signs of being
willing to pay.
 
What, then, are the limits of the geographical control? Where does its influence begin and end? Situation, race and culture—to
reduce it to a problem of three terms only—which of the three, if any, in the long run controls the rest? Remember that the
anthropologist is trying to be the historian of long perspective. History which counts by years, proto-history which counts by
centuries, pre-history which counts by millenniums—he seeks to embrace them all. He sees the English in India, on the one
hand, and in Australia on the other. Will the one invasion prove an incident, he asks, and the other an event, as judged by a
history of long perspective? Or, again, there are whites and blacks and redskins in the southern portion of the United States of
America, having at present little in common save a common climate. Different races, different cultures, a common geographical
situation—what net result will these yield for the historian of patient, far-seeing anthropological outlook? Clearly there is here
something worth the puzzling out. But we cannot expect to puzzle it out all at once.

From the context of the passage, match the word with its respective meaning. 
 
Word Meaning
The time during the development of human culture before the
1 History A
appearance of the written word
The discipline that records and interprets past events involving
2 Proto-history B
human beings
3 Pre-history C The study of humans prior to the invention of writing

A) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C B) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B C) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A D) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
 Mock CAT - 04

DIRECTIONS for the question: In each of the following paragraphs, a part of the paragraph is left unfinished. Beneath each
paragraph, five different ways of completing the paragraph are indicated. Choose the best alternative amongst the five.
Question No. : 13
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
 
As the content of a philosophical doctrine must be determined by the initial assumptions which a philosopher makes and by
the method  which he adopts in his reasonings, it is well to examine with some care certain broad differences in this respect
which characterize different philosophers, and which help to explain how it is that the results of their reflections are so
startlingly different. I shall first speak of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that the reason can
attain truths independently of observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience seems to
justify us in making from experienced fact. The definition cannot mean much to us until it is interpreted by a concrete example,
and I shall turn to such. It must, however, be borne in mind that the word "rationalism" is meant to cover a great variety of
opinions, and we have said comparatively little about him when we have called a man a rationalist in philosophy. Men may
agree in believing that the reason can go beyond experienced fact, and yet may differ regarding the particular truths which may
be thus attained.
 
Now, when Descartes found himself discontented with the philosophy that he and others had inherited from the Middle Ages,
and undertook a reconstruction, he found it necessary to throw over a vast amount of what had passed as truth, if only with a
view to building up again upon a firmer foundation. It appeared to him that much was uncritically accepted as true in
philosophy and in the sciences which a little reflection revealed to be either false or highly doubtful. Accordingly, he decided to
clear the ground by a sweeping doubt, and to begin his task quite independently. In accordance with this principle, he rejected
the testimony of the senses touching the existence of a world of external things. Do not the senses sometimes deceive us? And,
since men seem to be liable to error in their reasonings, even in a field so secure as that of mathematical demonstration, he
resolved further to repudiate all the reasonings he had heretofore accepted. He would not even assume himself to be in his
right mind and awake; might he not be the victim of a diseased fancy, or a man deluded by dreams?
 
Could anything whatever escape this all-devouring doubt? One truth seemed unshakable: his own existence, at least, emerged
from this sea of uncertainties. I may be deceived in thinking that there is an external world, and that I am awake and really
perceive things; but I surely cannot be deceived unless I exist.  Cogito, ergo sum: this truth Descartes accepted as the first
principle of the new and sounder philosophy which he sought. As we read farther in Descartes we discover that he takes back
again a great many of those things that he had at the outset rejected as uncertain. Thus, he accepts an external world of
material things. How does he establish its existence? He cannot do it as the empiricist does it, by a reference to experienced
fact, for he does not believe that the external world is directly given in our experience. He thinks we are directly conscious only
of our ideas of it, and must somehow prove that it exists over against our ideas. By his principles, Descartes is compelled to fall
back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He must first prove that God exists, and then argue
that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.
 
 
Now, when we come to examine Descartes' reasonings in detail we find what appear to us some very uncritical assumptions.
Thus, he proves the existence of God by the following argument:— I exist, and I find in me the idea of God; of this idea I cannot
be the author, for it represents something much greater than I, and its cause must be as great as the reality it represents. In
other words, nothing less than God can be the cause of the idea of God which I find in me, and, hence, I may infer that God
exists.

The author of the passage would agree with  :

A) The doctrine of rationalism essentially leads to a situation where the truth is independent of the observer
B) Descartes was highly doubtful about what was true in philosophy and in the sciences
C) Senses cannot provide one compelling proof of the existence of the external world
D) In order to remove all observational biases, Descartes went to the extent of making extreme assumptions about his own
state
 Mock CAT - 04

DIRECTIONS for the question: In each of the following paragraphs, a part of the paragraph is left unfinished. Beneath each
paragraph, five different ways of completing the paragraph are indicated. Choose the best alternative amongst the five.
Question No. : 14
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
 
As the content of a philosophical doctrine must be determined by the initial assumptions which a philosopher makes and by
the method  which he adopts in his reasonings, it is well to examine with some care certain broad differences in this respect
which characterize different philosophers, and which help to explain how it is that the results of their reflections are so
startlingly different. I shall first speak of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that the reason can
attain truths independently of observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience seems to
justify us in making from experienced fact. The definition cannot mean much to us until it is interpreted by a concrete example,
and I shall turn to such. It must, however, be borne in mind that the word "rationalism" is meant to cover a great variety of
opinions, and we have said comparatively little about him when we have called a man a rationalist in philosophy. Men may
agree in believing that the reason can go beyond experienced fact, and yet may differ regarding the particular truths which may
be thus attained.
 
Now, when Descartes found himself discontented with the philosophy that he and others had inherited from the Middle Ages,
and undertook a reconstruction, he found it necessary to throw over a vast amount of what had passed as truth, if only with a
view to building up again upon a firmer foundation. It appeared to him that much was uncritically accepted as true in
philosophy and in the sciences which a little reflection revealed to be either false or highly doubtful. Accordingly, he decided to
clear the ground by a sweeping doubt, and to begin his task quite independently. In accordance with this principle, he rejected
the testimony of the senses touching the existence of a world of external things. Do not the senses sometimes deceive us? And,
since men seem to be liable to error in their reasonings, even in a field so secure as that of mathematical demonstration, he
resolved further to repudiate all the reasonings he had heretofore accepted. He would not even assume himself to be in his
right mind and awake; might he not be the victim of a diseased fancy, or a man deluded by dreams?
 
Could anything whatever escape this all-devouring doubt? One truth seemed unshakable: his own existence, at least, emerged
from this sea of uncertainties. I may be deceived in thinking that there is an external world, and that I am awake and really
perceive things; but I surely cannot be deceived unless I exist.  Cogito, ergo sum: this truth Descartes accepted as the first
principle of the new and sounder philosophy which he sought. As we read farther in Descartes we discover that he takes back
again a great many of those things that he had at the outset rejected as uncertain. Thus, he accepts an external world of
material things. How does he establish its existence? He cannot do it as the empiricist does it, by a reference to experienced
fact, for he does not believe that the external world is directly given in our experience. He thinks we are directly conscious only
of our ideas of it, and must somehow prove that it exists over against our ideas. By his principles, Descartes is compelled to fall
back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He must first prove that God exists, and then argue
that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.
 
 
Now, when we come to examine Descartes' reasonings in detail we find what appear to us some very uncritical assumptions.
Thus, he proves the existence of God by the following argument:— I exist, and I find in me the idea of God; of this idea I cannot
be the author, for it represents something much greater than I, and its cause must be as great as the reality it represents. In
other words, nothing less than God can be the cause of the idea of God which I find in me, and, hence, I may infer that God
exists.

Based on the information in the passage, define the term “Cogito, ergo sum”.

A) I exist, hence I am B) I am, hence I think C) I exist, hence I think D) I think, hence I exist
 Mock CAT - 04

DIRECTIONS for the question: In each of the following paragraphs, a part of the paragraph is left unfinished. Beneath each
paragraph, five different ways of completing the paragraph are indicated. Choose the best alternative amongst the five.
Question No. : 15
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
 
As the content of a philosophical doctrine must be determined by the initial assumptions which a philosopher makes and by
the method  which he adopts in his reasonings, it is well to examine with some care certain broad differences in this respect
which characterize different philosophers, and which help to explain how it is that the results of their reflections are so
startlingly different. I shall first speak of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that the reason can
attain truths independently of observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience seems to
justify us in making from experienced fact. The definition cannot mean much to us until it is interpreted by a concrete example,
and I shall turn to such. It must, however, be borne in mind that the word "rationalism" is meant to cover a great variety of
opinions, and we have said comparatively little about him when we have called a man a rationalist in philosophy. Men may
agree in believing that the reason can go beyond experienced fact, and yet may differ regarding the particular truths which may
be thus attained.
 
Now, when Descartes found himself discontented with the philosophy that he and others had inherited from the Middle Ages,
and undertook a reconstruction, he found it necessary to throw over a vast amount of what had passed as truth, if only with a
view to building up again upon a firmer foundation. It appeared to him that much was uncritically accepted as true in
philosophy and in the sciences which a little reflection revealed to be either false or highly doubtful. Accordingly, he decided to
clear the ground by a sweeping doubt, and to begin his task quite independently. In accordance with this principle, he rejected
the testimony of the senses touching the existence of a world of external things. Do not the senses sometimes deceive us? And,
since men seem to be liable to error in their reasonings, even in a field so secure as that of mathematical demonstration, he
resolved further to repudiate all the reasonings he had heretofore accepted. He would not even assume himself to be in his
right mind and awake; might he not be the victim of a diseased fancy, or a man deluded by dreams?
 
Could anything whatever escape this all-devouring doubt? One truth seemed unshakable: his own existence, at least, emerged
from this sea of uncertainties. I may be deceived in thinking that there is an external world, and that I am awake and really
perceive things; but I surely cannot be deceived unless I exist.  Cogito, ergo sum: this truth Descartes accepted as the first
principle of the new and sounder philosophy which he sought. As we read farther in Descartes we discover that he takes back
again a great many of those things that he had at the outset rejected as uncertain. Thus, he accepts an external world of
material things. How does he establish its existence? He cannot do it as the empiricist does it, by a reference to experienced
fact, for he does not believe that the external world is directly given in our experience. He thinks we are directly conscious only
of our ideas of it, and must somehow prove that it exists over against our ideas. By his principles, Descartes is compelled to fall
back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He must first prove that God exists, and then argue
that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.
 
 
Now, when we come to examine Descartes' reasonings in detail we find what appear to us some very uncritical assumptions.
Thus, he proves the existence of God by the following argument:— I exist, and I find in me the idea of God; of this idea I cannot
be the author, for it represents something much greater than I, and its cause must be as great as the reality it represents. In
other words, nothing less than God can be the cause of the idea of God which I find in me, and, hence, I may infer that God
exists.
From the passage, a critical comment that can be inferred on the argument provided by Descartes for the existence of God is:

A) He uses rationalism in a predisposed manner, disregarding its inherent precepts

B) He uses rationalism in a circuitous manner, merged with certain superficial assumptions to prove the existence of God
C) He carefully constructs a close-circuited rationalistic argument to prove the existence of God
D) He uses a set of non-empirical and rational experience to bolster his exacting argument for the existence of God
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 16
As the content of a philosophical doctrine must be determined by the initial assumptions which a philosopher makes and by
the method  which he adopts in his reasonings, it is well to examine with some care certain broad differences in this respect
which characterize different philosophers, and which help to explain how it is that the results of their reflections are so
startlingly different. I shall first speak of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that the reason can
attain truths independently of observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience seems to
justify us in making from experienced fact. The definition cannot mean much to us until it is interpreted by a concrete example,
and I shall turn to such. It must, however, be borne in mind that the word "rationalism" is meant to cover a great variety of
opinions, and we have said comparatively little about him when we have called a man a rationalist in philosophy. Men may
agree in believing that the reason can go beyond experienced fact, and yet may differ regarding the particular truths which may
be thus attained.
 
Now, when Descartes found himself discontented with the philosophy that he and others had inherited from the Middle Ages,
and undertook a reconstruction, he found it necessary to throw over a vast amount of what had passed as truth, if only with a
view to building up again upon a firmer foundation. It appeared to him that much was uncritically accepted as true in
philosophy and in the sciences which a little reflection revealed to be either false or highly doubtful. Accordingly, he decided to
clear the ground by a sweeping doubt, and to begin his task quite independently. In accordance with this principle, he rejected
the testimony of the senses touching the existence of a world of external things. Do not the senses sometimes deceive us? And,
since men seem to be liable to error in their reasonings, even in a field so secure as that of mathematical demonstration, he
resolved further to repudiate all the reasonings he had heretofore accepted. He would not even assume himself to be in his
right mind and awake; might he not be the victim of a diseased fancy, or a man deluded by dreams?
 
Could anything whatever escape this all-devouring doubt? One truth seemed unshakable: his own existence, at least, emerged
from this sea of uncertainties. I may be deceived in thinking that there is an external world, and that I am awake and really
perceive things; but I surely cannot be deceived unless I exist.  Cogito, ergo sum: this truth Descartes accepted as the first
principle of the new and sounder philosophy which he sought. As we read farther in Descartes we discover that he takes back
again a great many of those things that he had at the outset rejected as uncertain. Thus, he accepts an external world of
material things. How does he establish its existence? He cannot do it as the empiricist does it, by a reference to experienced
fact, for he does not believe that the external world is directly given in our experience. He thinks we are directly conscious only
of our ideas of it, and must somehow prove that it exists over against our ideas. By his principles, Descartes is compelled to fall
back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He must first prove that God exists, and then argue
that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.
 
Now, when we come to examine Descartes' reasonings in detail we find what appear to us some very uncritical assumptions.
Thus, he proves the existence of God by the following argument:— I exist, and I find in me the idea of God; of this idea I cannot
be the author, for it represents something much greater than I, and its cause must be as great as the reality it represents. In
other words, nothing less than God can be the cause of the idea of God which I find in me, and, hence, I may infer that God
exists.

It can be deduced from the passage that:

A) Rationalism, an exercise in philosophy that believes reason can go beyond the realm of a simply experiential system of
deductions and fact-finding, is made up of singular forms of thinking, all of which may be in agreement with their final
summations
B) Rationalism, a stream in philosophy that believes reason can go beyond the realm of a simply experiential system of
deductions and fact-finding, is made up of multifarious lines of thinking, all of which may not be in agreement with their
final summations
C) Rationalism, a sub-set of philosophy that believes reason can go beyond the realm of a simply experiential system of
deductions and fact-finding, is made up of diverse modes of thinking, some of which may employ dissimilar methods
when it comes to making their final summations
D) Rationalism, a small portion in philosophy that believes reason cannot go beyond the realm of a simply experiential
system of deductions and fact-finding, is made up of diverse modes of evaluation, some of which may employ dissimilar
methods when it comes to making their final summations
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 17
In times of crisis, those who would like us to keep just one idea in our heads at any one time are quick to the megaphones. By
framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks to coral us into
crude camps. There are no dilemmas, only declarations. What some lack in complexity they make up for in polemical clarity and
the provision of a clear enemy.
 
A black man kills two policemen in their car in New York, and suddenly those who protested against the police killing unarmed
black people across the country and going unpunished have blood on their hands. Sony pulls a film about the fictional
assassination of a real foreign leader after threats of violent reprisals, and suddenly anyone who challenged the wisdom of
making such a film is channelling their inner Neville Chamberlain. Straw men are stopped and searched in case they are
carrying nuance and then locked up until the crisis is over. No charges are ever brought because a trial would require questions
and evidence. You’re either with us or against us.
 
The horrific events of the past week have provided one such crisis. From both the left and right, efforts to explain the
assassinations at Charlie Hebdo magazine, a Kosher supermarket and elsewhere inevitably become reductive. Most seek, with a
singular linear thesis, to explain what happened and what we should do about it: it’s about Islam; it has nothing to do with
Islam; it’s about foreign policy; it has nothing to do with foreign policy; it’s war; it’s criminality; it’s about freedom of speech,
integration, racism, multiculturalism. There is something to most of these. And yet not enough to any one of them to get
anywhere close. Too few, it seems, are willing to concede that while the act of shooting civilians dead where they live and work
is crude, the roots of such actions are deep and complex, and the motivations, to some extent, unknowable and incoherent. The
bolder each claim, the more likely it is to contain a qualifying or even contradictory argument at least as plausible.
 
Clearly, this was an attack on free speech. Despite the bold statements of the past week any cartoonist will now think more than
twice before drawing the kind of pictures for which Charlie Hebdo became notorious. This principle should be unequivocally
defended. It should also be honestly defined. Every country, including France, has limits on freedom of speech. In 2005 Le
Monde was found guilty of “racist defamation” against Israel and the Jewish people. In 2008 a cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo was
fired after refusing to apologise for making antisemitic remarks in a column. And two years before the Danish paper Jyllands-
Posten published the cartoons of Muhammad in 2006, it rejected ones offering a light-hearted take on the resurrection of
Christ for fear they would “provoke an outcry”.
 
Far from being “sacred”, as some have claimed, freedom of speech is always contingent. All societies draw lines, that are ill-
defined, constantly shifting and continually debated, about what constitutes acceptable standards of public discourse when it
comes to cultural, racial and religious sensitivities. The question is whether those lines count for Muslims too. The demand that
Muslims should have to answer for these killings is repugnant. Muslims can no more be held responsible for these atrocities
than Jews can for the bombings in Gaza. Muslims do not form a monolithic community; nor does their religion define their
politics – indeed they are the people most likely to be killed by Islamic extremists. The Paris killers shot a Muslim policeman; the
next day a Muslim shop assistant hid 15 people in the freezer of a kosher deli while the shooter held hostages upstairs. Nobody
elected these gunmen; they don’t represent anyone.
 
That said, it is simply untenable to claim that these attackers had nothing to do with Islam, anymore than it would be to say the
Ku Klux Klan had nothing to do with Christianity, or that India’s BJP has nothing to do with Hinduism. It is within the ranks of
that religion that this particular strain of violence has found inspiration and justification. That doesn’t make the justifications
valid or the inspirations less perverted. But it doesn’t render them irrelevant either. Those who claim that Islam is “inherently”
violent are more hateful, but no less nonsensical, than those who claim it is “inherently” peaceful. The insistence that these
hateful acts are refuted by ancient texts makes as much sense as insisting they are supported by them. Islam, like any religion,
isn’t “inherently” anything but what people make of it. A small but significant minority have decided to make it violent. There is
no need to be in denial about this.
 

It can be said that the author of the passage is issuing a warning against:

A) polarized views on contentious issues B) syncretic judgments passed on debatable issues

C) multifarious opinions providing a collage of opinions on issues D) incoherence on matters that inherently divide society
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 18
In times of crisis, those who would like us to keep just one idea in our heads at any one time are quick to the megaphones. By
framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks to coral us into
crude camps. There are no dilemmas, only declarations. What some lack in complexity they make up for in polemical clarity and
the provision of a clear enemy.
 
A black man kills two policemen in their car in New York, and suddenly those who protested against the police killing unarmed
black people across the country and going unpunished have blood on their hands. Sony pulls a film about the fictional
assassination of a real foreign leader after threats of violent reprisals, and suddenly anyone who challenged the wisdom of
making such a film is channelling their inner Neville Chamberlain. Straw men are stopped and searched in case they are
carrying nuance and then locked up until the crisis is over. No charges are ever brought because a trial would require questions
and evidence. You’re either with us or against us.
 
The horrific events of the past week have provided one such crisis. From both the left and right, efforts to explain the
assassinations at Charlie Hebdo magazine, a Kosher supermarket and elsewhere inevitably become reductive. Most seek, with a
singular linear thesis, to explain what happened and what we should do about it: it’s about Islam; it has nothing to do with
Islam; it’s about foreign policy; it has nothing to do with foreign policy; it’s war; it’s criminality; it’s about freedom of speech,
integration, racism, multiculturalism. There is something to most of these. And yet not enough to any one of them to get
anywhere close. Too few, it seems, are willing to concede that while the act of shooting civilians dead where they live and work
is crude, the roots of such actions are deep and complex, and the motivations, to some extent, unknowable and incoherent. The
bolder each claim, the more likely it is to contain a qualifying or even contradictory argument at least as plausible.
 
Clearly, this was an attack on free speech. Despite the bold statements of the past week any cartoonist will now think more than
twice before drawing the kind of pictures for which Charlie Hebdo became notorious. This principle should be unequivocally
defended. It should also be honestly defined. Every country, including France, has limits on freedom of speech. In 2005 Le
Monde was found guilty of “racist defamation” against Israel and the Jewish people. In 2008 a cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo was
fired after refusing to apologise for making antisemitic remarks in a column. And two years before the Danish paper Jyllands-
Posten published the cartoons of Muhammad in 2006, it rejected ones offering a light-hearted take on the resurrection of
Christ for fear they would “provoke an outcry”.
 
Far from being “sacred”, as some have claimed, freedom of speech is always contingent. All societies draw lines, that are ill-
defined, constantly shifting and continually debated, about what constitutes acceptable standards of public discourse when it
comes to cultural, racial and religious sensitivities. The question is whether those lines count for Muslims too. The demand that
Muslims should have to answer for these killings is repugnant. Muslims can no more be held responsible for these atrocities
than Jews can for the bombings in Gaza. Muslims do not form a monolithic community; nor does their religion define their
politics – indeed they are the people most likely to be killed by Islamic extremists. The Paris killers shot a Muslim policeman; the
next day a Muslim shop assistant hid 15 people in the freezer of a kosher deli while the shooter held hostages upstairs. Nobody
elected these gunmen; they don’t represent anyone.
 
That said, it is simply untenable to claim that these attackers had nothing to do with Islam, anymore than it would be to say the
Ku Klux Klan had nothing to do with Christianity, or that India’s BJP has nothing to do with Hinduism. It is within the ranks of
that religion that this particular strain of violence has found inspiration and justification. That doesn’t make the justifications
valid or the inspirations less perverted. But it doesn’t render them irrelevant either. Those who claim that Islam is “inherently”
violent are more hateful, but no less nonsensical, than those who claim it is “inherently” peaceful. The insistence that these
hateful acts are refuted by ancient texts makes as much sense as insisting they are supported by them. Islam, like any religion,
isn’t “inherently” anything but what people make of it. A small but significant minority have decided to make it violent. There is
no need to be in denial about this.
 

What does the author mean when he says ‘freedom of speech is always contingent’?

A) freedom of speech is free from all restrains B) freedom of speech is always observational
C) freedom of speech is always subject to the prevalent conditions
D) freedom of speech is always dependent upon the frame of reference

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 19
 Mock CAT - 04
In times of crisis, those who would like us to keep just one idea in our heads at any one time are quick to the megaphones. By
framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks to coral us into
crude camps. There are no dilemmas, only declarations. What some lack in complexity they make up for in polemical clarity and
the provision of a clear enemy.
 
A black man kills two policemen in their car in New York, and suddenly those who protested against the police killing unarmed
black people across the country and going unpunished have blood on their hands. Sony pulls a film about the fictional
assassination of a real foreign leader after threats of violent reprisals, and suddenly anyone who challenged the wisdom of
making such a film is channelling their inner Neville Chamberlain. Straw men are stopped and searched in case they are
carrying nuance and then locked up until the crisis is over. No charges are ever brought because a trial would require questions
and evidence. You’re either with us or against us.
 
The horrific events of the past week have provided one such crisis. From both the left and right, efforts to explain the
assassinations at Charlie Hebdo magazine, a Kosher supermarket and elsewhere inevitably become reductive. Most seek, with a
singular linear thesis, to explain what happened and what we should do about it: it’s about Islam; it has nothing to do with
Islam; it’s about foreign policy; it has nothing to do with foreign policy; it’s war; it’s criminality; it’s about freedom of speech,
integration, racism, multiculturalism. There is something to most of these. And yet not enough to any one of them to get
anywhere close. Too few, it seems, are willing to concede that while the act of shooting civilians dead where they live and work
is crude, the roots of such actions are deep and complex, and the motivations, to some extent, unknowable and incoherent. The
bolder each claim, the more likely it is to contain a qualifying or even contradictory argument at least as plausible.
 
Clearly, this was an attack on free speech. Despite the bold statements of the past week any cartoonist will now think more than
twice before drawing the kind of pictures for which Charlie Hebdo became notorious. This principle should be unequivocally
defended. It should also be honestly defined. Every country, including France, has limits on freedom of speech. In 2005 Le
Monde was found guilty of “racist defamation” against Israel and the Jewish people. In 2008 a cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo was
fired after refusing to apologise for making antisemitic remarks in a column. And two years before the Danish paper Jyllands-
Posten published the cartoons of Muhammad in 2006, it rejected ones offering a light-hearted take on the resurrection of
Christ for fear they would “provoke an outcry”.
 
Far from being “sacred”, as some have claimed, freedom of speech is always contingent. All societies draw lines, that are ill-
defined, constantly shifting and continually debated, about what constitutes acceptable standards of public discourse when it
comes to cultural, racial and religious sensitivities. The question is whether those lines count for Muslims too. The demand that
Muslims should have to answer for these killings is repugnant. Muslims can no more be held responsible for these atrocities
than Jews can for the bombings in Gaza. Muslims do not form a monolithic community; nor does their religion define their
politics – indeed they are the people most likely to be killed by Islamic extremists. The Paris killers shot a Muslim policeman; the
next day a Muslim shop assistant hid 15 people in the freezer of a kosher deli while the shooter held hostages upstairs. Nobody
elected these gunmen; they don’t represent anyone.
 
That said, it is simply untenable to claim that these attackers had nothing to do with Islam, anymore than it would be to say the
Ku Klux Klan had nothing to do with Christianity, or that India’s BJP has nothing to do with Hinduism. It is within the ranks of
that religion that this particular strain of violence has found inspiration and justification. That doesn’t make the justifications
valid or the inspirations less perverted. But it doesn’t render them irrelevant either. Those who claim that Islam is “inherently”
violent are more hateful, but no less nonsensical, than those who claim it is “inherently” peaceful. The insistence that these
hateful acts are refuted by ancient texts makes as much sense as insisting they are supported by them. Islam, like any religion,
isn’t “inherently” anything but what people make of it. A small but significant minority have decided to make it violent. There is
no need to be in denial about this.
 

From the given context, how many of the following can be used to refer to the meaning of ‘Manichean terms’, as implied in the
passage,:
 
I. a bi-polar classification
II. a multi-dimensional categorization
III. a dichotomous cataloging
IV. a Janus-faced classification
 
(You need to select how many of the above can refer to Manichean terms).

A) I B) II C) III D) IV

 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 20
In times of crisis, those who would like us to keep just one idea in our heads at any one time are quick to the megaphones. By
framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks to coral us into
crude camps. There are no dilemmas, only declarations. What some lack in complexity they make up for in polemical clarity and
the provision of a clear enemy.
 
A black man kills two policemen in their car in New York, and suddenly those who protested against the police killing unarmed
black people across the country and going unpunished have blood on their hands. Sony pulls a film about the fictional
assassination of a real foreign leader after threats of violent reprisals, and suddenly anyone who challenged the wisdom of
making such a film is channelling their inner Neville Chamberlain. Straw men are stopped and searched in case they are
carrying nuance and then locked up until the crisis is over. No charges are ever brought because a trial would require questions
and evidence. You’re either with us or against us.
 
The horrific events of the past week have provided one such crisis. From both the left and right, efforts to explain the
assassinations at Charlie Hebdo magazine, a Kosher supermarket and elsewhere inevitably become reductive. Most seek, with a
singular linear thesis, to explain what happened and what we should do about it: it’s about Islam; it has nothing to do with
Islam; it’s about foreign policy; it has nothing to do with foreign policy; it’s war; it’s criminality; it’s about freedom of speech,
integration, racism, multiculturalism. There is something to most of these. And yet not enough to any one of them to get
anywhere close. Too few, it seems, are willing to concede that while the act of shooting civilians dead where they live and work
is crude, the roots of such actions are deep and complex, and the motivations, to some extent, unknowable and incoherent. The
bolder each claim, the more likely it is to contain a qualifying or even contradictory argument at least as plausible.
 
Clearly, this was an attack on free speech. Despite the bold statements of the past week any cartoonist will now think more than
twice before drawing the kind of pictures for which Charlie Hebdo became notorious. This principle should be unequivocally
defended. It should also be honestly defined. Every country, including France, has limits on freedom of speech. In 2005 Le
Monde was found guilty of “racist defamation” against Israel and the Jewish people. In 2008 a cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo was
fired after refusing to apologise for making antisemitic remarks in a column. And two years before the Danish paper Jyllands-
Posten published the cartoons of Muhammad in 2006, it rejected ones offering a light-hearted take on the resurrection of
Christ for fear they would “provoke an outcry”.
 
Far from being “sacred”, as some have claimed, freedom of speech is always contingent. All societies draw lines, that are ill-
defined, constantly shifting and continually debated, about what constitutes acceptable standards of public discourse when it
comes to cultural, racial and religious sensitivities. The question is whether those lines count for Muslims too. The demand that
Muslims should have to answer for these killings is repugnant. Muslims can no more be held responsible for these atrocities
than Jews can for the bombings in Gaza. Muslims do not form a monolithic community; nor does their religion define their
politics – indeed they are the people most likely to be killed by Islamic extremists. The Paris killers shot a Muslim policeman; the
next day a Muslim shop assistant hid 15 people in the freezer of a kosher deli while the shooter held hostages upstairs. Nobody
elected these gunmen; they don’t represent anyone.
 
That said, it is simply untenable to claim that these attackers had nothing to do with Islam, anymore than it would be to say the
Ku Klux Klan had nothing to do with Christianity, or that India’s BJP has nothing to do with Hinduism. It is within the ranks of
that religion that this particular strain of violence has found inspiration and justification. That doesn’t make the justifications
valid or the inspirations less perverted. But it doesn’t render them irrelevant either. Those who claim that Islam is “inherently”
violent are more hateful, but no less nonsensical, than those who claim it is “inherently” peaceful. The insistence that these
hateful acts are refuted by ancient texts makes as much sense as insisting they are supported by them. Islam, like any religion,
isn’t “inherently” anything but what people make of it. A small but significant minority have decided to make it violent. There is
no need to be in denial about this.
 

It can be deduced from the passage:

 
I. The author of the passage is against reductive analysis of issues which are far more complex that what many are willing to
accept. 
II. The true motives of attacks such as those on Charlie Hebdo can actually not be completely ascertained
III. Effectively, people make religions. 

A) I & II B) II & III C) I & III D) All of the above
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 21
There is a homely proverb, which speaks a shrewd truth, that whoever the devil finds idle he will employ. And what but habitual
idleness can hereditary wealth and titles produce? For man is so constituted that he can only attain a proper use of his faculties
by exercising them, and will not exercise them unless necessity of some kind first set the wheels in motion. Virtue likewise can
only be acquired by the discharge of relative duties; but the importance of these sacred duties will scarcely be felt by the being
who is cajoled out of his humanity by the flattery of sycophants. There must be more equality established in society, or morality
will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one-half of mankind be
chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride.
 
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of
natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands
they will be cunning, mean, and selfish; and the men who can be gratified by the fawning fondness of spaniel-like affection
have not much delicacy, for love is not to be bought; in any sense of the words, its silken wings are instantly shrivelled up when
anything beside a return in kind is sought. Yet whilst wealth enervates men, and women live, as it were, by their personal
charms, how can we expect them to discharge those ennobling duties which equally require exertion and self-denial?
Hereditary property sophisticates the mind, and the unfortunate victims to it--if I may so express myself--swathed from their
birth, seldom exert the locomotive faculty of body or mind, and thus viewing everything through one medium, and that a false
one, they are unable to discern in what true merit and happiness consist. False, indeed, must be the light when the drapery of
situation hides the man, and makes him stalk in masquerade, dragging from one scene of dissipation to another the nerveless
limbs that hang with stupid listlessness, and rolling round the vacant eye, which plainly tells us that there is no mind at home.
 
I mean therefore to infer that the society is not properly organised which does not compel men and women to discharge their
respective duties by making it the only way to acquire that countenance from their fellow-creatures, which every human being
wishes some way to attain. The respect consequently which is paid to wealth and mere personal charms is a true north-east
blast that blights the tender blossoms of affection and virtue. Nature has wisely attached affections to duties to sweeten toil,
and to give that vigour to the exertions of reason which only the heart can give. But the affections which is put on merely
because it is the appropriated insignia of a certain character, when its duties are not fulfilled, is one of the empty compliments
which vice and folly are obliged to pay to virtue and the real nature of things.
 
Excerpted from “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraf

The author uses the proverb about idleness and devil to demonstrate that

A) idleness prevents a man from proper exercise of his faculties

B) only when a man is in tune with his faculties will he utilize them to their full potential
C) virtue and idleness are related to each other
D) women are dependent on men and hence women cannot utilize their potential to the fullest
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 22
There is a homely proverb, which speaks a shrewd truth, that whoever the devil finds idle he will employ. And what but habitual
idleness can hereditary wealth and titles produce? For man is so constituted that he can only attain a proper use of his faculties
by exercising them, and will not exercise them unless necessity of some kind first set the wheels in motion. Virtue likewise can
only be acquired by the discharge of relative duties; but the importance of these sacred duties will scarcely be felt by the being
who is cajoled out of his humanity by the flattery of sycophants. There must be more equality established in society, or morality
will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one-half of mankind be
chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride.
 
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of
natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands
they will be cunning, mean, and selfish; and the men who can be gratified by the fawning fondness of spaniel-like affection
have not much delicacy, for love is not to be bought; in any sense of the words, its silken wings are instantly shrivelled up when
anything beside a return in kind is sought. Yet whilst wealth enervates men, and women live, as it were, by their personal
charms, how can we expect them to discharge those ennobling duties which equally require exertion and self-denial?
Hereditary property sophisticates the mind, and the unfortunate victims to it--if I may so express myself--swathed from their
birth, seldom exert the locomotive faculty of body or mind, and thus viewing everything through one medium, and that a false
one, they are unable to discern in what true merit and happiness consist. False, indeed, must be the light when the drapery of
situation hides the man, and makes him stalk in masquerade, dragging from one scene of dissipation to another the nerveless
limbs that hang with stupid listlessness, and rolling round the vacant eye, which plainly tells us that there is no mind at home.
 
I mean therefore to infer that the society is not properly organised which does not compel men and women to discharge their
respective duties by making it the only way to acquire that countenance from their fellow-creatures, which every human being
wishes some way to attain. The respect consequently which is paid to wealth and mere personal charms is a true north-east
blast that blights the tender blossoms of affection and virtue. Nature has wisely attached affections to duties to sweeten toil,
and to give that vigour to the exertions of reason which only the heart can give. But the affections which is put on merely
because it is the appropriated insignia of a certain character, when its duties are not fulfilled, is one of the empty compliments
which vice and folly are obliged to pay to virtue and the real nature of things.
 
Excerpted from “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraf

It can be inferred that the author believes that living by heredity wealth or personal charm makes an individual

A) dependant on others for a candid assessment of things B) apt in discerning and evaluating people
C) win respect in his or her social circle D) isolated from the ground realities of life
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 23
There is a homely proverb, which speaks a shrewd truth, that whoever the devil finds idle he will employ. And what but habitual
idleness can hereditary wealth and titles produce? For man is so constituted that he can only attain a proper use of his faculties
by exercising them, and will not exercise them unless necessity of some kind first set the wheels in motion. Virtue likewise can
only be acquired by the discharge of relative duties; but the importance of these sacred duties will scarcely be felt by the being
who is cajoled out of his humanity by the flattery of sycophants. There must be more equality established in society, or morality
will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one-half of mankind be
chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride.
 
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of
natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands
they will be cunning, mean, and selfish; and the men who can be gratified by the fawning fondness of spaniel-like affection
have not much delicacy, for love is not to be bought; in any sense of the words, its silken wings are instantly shrivelled up when
anything beside a return in kind is sought. Yet whilst wealth enervates men, and women live, as it were, by their personal
charms, how can we expect them to discharge those ennobling duties which equally require exertion and self-denial?
Hereditary property sophisticates the mind, and the unfortunate victims to it--if I may so express myself--swathed from their
birth, seldom exert the locomotive faculty of body or mind, and thus viewing everything through one medium, and that a false
one, they are unable to discern in what true merit and happiness consist. False, indeed, must be the light when the drapery of
situation hides the man, and makes him stalk in masquerade, dragging from one scene of dissipation to another the nerveless
limbs that hang with stupid listlessness, and rolling round the vacant eye, which plainly tells us that there is no mind at home.
 
I mean therefore to infer that the society is not properly organised which does not compel men and women to discharge their
respective duties by making it the only way to acquire that countenance from their fellow-creatures, which every human being
wishes some way to attain. The respect consequently which is paid to wealth and mere personal charms is a true north-east
blast that blights the tender blossoms of affection and virtue. Nature has wisely attached affections to duties to sweeten toil,
and to give that vigour to the exertions of reason which only the heart can give. But the affections which is put on merely
because it is the appropriated insignia of a certain character, when its duties are not fulfilled, is one of the empty compliments
which vice and folly are obliged to pay to virtue and the real nature of things.
 
Excerpted from “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraf

The author believes that morality can be firmly established in society only if

A) equality is achieved B) virtues are not acquired and sacred duties are not performed.
C) 50% of the people are ignorant and haughty
D) the balance between people with inheritance and those without are not balanced
 Mock CAT - 04
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it. 

Question No. : 24
There is a homely proverb, which speaks a shrewd truth, that whoever the devil finds idle he will employ. And what but habitual
idleness can hereditary wealth and titles produce? For man is so constituted that he can only attain a proper use of his faculties
by exercising them, and will not exercise them unless necessity of some kind first set the wheels in motion. Virtue likewise can
only be acquired by the discharge of relative duties; but the importance of these sacred duties will scarcely be felt by the being
who is cajoled out of his humanity by the flattery of sycophants. There must be more equality established in society, or morality
will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one-half of mankind be
chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride.
 
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of
natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands
they will be cunning, mean, and selfish; and the men who can be gratified by the fawning fondness of spaniel-like affection
have not much delicacy, for love is not to be bought; in any sense of the words, its silken wings are instantly shrivelled up when
anything beside a return in kind is sought. Yet whilst wealth enervates men, and women live, as it were, by their personal
charms, how can we expect them to discharge those ennobling duties which equally require exertion and self-denial?
Hereditary property sophisticates the mind, and the unfortunate victims to it--if I may so express myself--swathed from their
birth, seldom exert the locomotive faculty of body or mind, and thus viewing everything through one medium, and that a false
one, they are unable to discern in what true merit and happiness consist. False, indeed, must be the light when the drapery of
situation hides the man, and makes him stalk in masquerade, dragging from one scene of dissipation to another the nerveless
limbs that hang with stupid listlessness, and rolling round the vacant eye, which plainly tells us that there is no mind at home.
 
I mean therefore to infer that the society is not properly organised which does not compel men and women to discharge their
respective duties by making it the only way to acquire that countenance from their fellow-creatures, which every human being
wishes some way to attain. The respect consequently which is paid to wealth and mere personal charms is a true north-east
blast that blights the tender blossoms of affection and virtue. Nature has wisely attached affections to duties to sweeten toil,
and to give that vigour to the exertions of reason which only the heart can give. But the affections which is put on merely
because it is the appropriated insignia of a certain character, when its duties are not fulfilled, is one of the empty compliments
which vice and folly are obliged to pay to virtue and the real nature of things.
 
Excerpted from “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraf

Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands they will be cunning, mean, and selfish; and the men who can be
gratified by the fawning fondness of spaniel-like affection have not much delicacy,
 
It can be inferred from the passage that:

A) love can only be fostered if there is underlying intense passion for the same
B) love can only be sheltered safely if it has material protection to it C) love dissolves when it is measured in material terms
D) love does not fade even in the face material challenges

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.

Question No. : 25

1.  The units will have ultra-luxurious specifications like personal swimming pools, gyms and lounge bars within individual
homes.
2.  High-end luxury properties or boutique homes are constructed in limited numbers in high-profile locations that are in high
demand among the super rich.
3.  These exclusive projects have no more than 5-10 units in each category.
4.  As per latest trends, 'luxury boutique homes' are selling a lot better today than 'volume luxury properties' since there is
scarcity in this segment.
5.  Developers with foresight are also providing the options to customers to design their homes or customize their homes,
based on the individual buyer's preferences.

A) 42315 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.

Question No. : 26

1. By directing the Centre to constitute a Cauvery Management Board within four weeks, the Supreme Court has created space
for the water-sharing dispute to be handled in a scientific and responsible manner by a legally constituted technical body.
2. It will be a technical body consisting of irrigation engineers and agronomists, and will have independent members as well as
representatives of the basin States.
3. The board, assisted by a regulation committee, is the mechanism prescribed by the Tribunal in its final order for
implementing its award.
4. Judicial intervention often resolves questions that the executive finds too sensitive to handle.
5. It can formulate the manner in which water should be shared in a season of distress.

A) 41325 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.

Question No. : 27

1. The new corporation operating the hospital or the prison or the fire department cuts costs by every means to increase
profits.
2. When possible it eliminates unions, raises prices to consumers (even charging homeowners for putting out fires), cuts
workers’ benefits, expands working hours, and lays off veteran employees who earn the most.
3. Privatization means that a public service is taken over by a for-profit business, whose highest goal is profit.
4. The consequences can be dangerous to ordinary citizens.
5. Investors expect a profit when a business moves into a new venture.

A) 35124 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4 and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, from a
coherent paragraph. Arrange them in the correct order.

Question No. : 28

1. We're in a race to preserve as much of the animal kingdom as possible with whatever resources we would like to deploy.
2. The reality is that each species, no matter how big, small, friendly or vicious, plays an important and essential role in its
ecosystem and the particular ecosystem of which it is part, would be poorer without it.
3. But our actions need to be just as swift and determined when it comes to the valley elderberry longhorn beetle or the
distinctly uncuddly, pebbly-skinned Puerto Rican crested toad or the black-footed ferret, whose fate is inextricably intertwined
with the
prairie dog's.
4. Who wouldn't want to save the sea otter, polar bear, giant panda or gorilla - the striking mammals tug at our heartstrings
and often our charitable purse strings?
5. It's important to understand that this is not just a race to save a handful of charismatic species " the animals to which we
attach human-inspired values or characteristics.

A) 54321 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph and write the key for most appropriate
option.

Question No. : 29
Sending pink chaddis to the perpetrators of the Mangalore incident marks an interesting transition in the battle against the
enforcer of morality. From the standard response that vacillated between fuming and foaming, we are now seeing a new kind
of reaction, one that uses symbols instead of words. Given the fact that the Mangalore attacks were themselves of a symbolic
nature, in that they used a single action to create a larger debate about an issue of concern to the attackers, it is interesting that
we are beginning to see more creative responses that recognize the power of symbols.

The following statement best summarizes the given passage –

1. The Mangalore incident is a rebellion against patriarchal and feudal mores prevalent in a traditional society.
2. Morality lies in the eye of the beholder.
3. A symbol is really a device that collapses a larger meaning into a representative action.
4. The Mangalore incident reflects the chasm between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in a rapidly urbanizing society.

A) 3 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph and write the key for most appropriate
option.

Question No. : 30
Can I ask you to please recall a time when you really loved something -- a movie, an album, a song or a book -- and you
recommended it wholeheartedly to someone you also really liked, and you anticipated that reaction, you waited for it, and it
came back, and the person hated it? So, by way of introduction, that is the exact same state in which I spent every working day
of the last six years. I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it, but is forced by law to buy it. I
mean, it's just a losing proposition.
 
So there's a useful stereotype about students that I see, a useful stereotype about you all. I could give you guys an algebra-two
final exam and I would expect no higher than a 25 percent pass rate. And both of these facts say less about you or my students
than they do about what we call math education in the U.S. today.

The following statement best summarizes the given passage –

1. The state of math education in the U.S. today leaves a lot to be desired.
2. High school math is not a popular subject among students in the US.
3. The writer is a Math teacher who is diplomatic about the views his students have regarding the subject.
4. The writer thinks that Math education is not relevant to his students who are forced to put up with it due the school
curriculum.

A) 1 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph and write the key for most appropriate
option.

Question No. : 31

Humans are easily bored creatures, which is why the most dangerous thing about any car is the muppet driving it " or more
accurately half driving it and half shouting at squabbling children, or changing radio stations, or worrying about work, or
applying mascara, or shaving at the wheel (and yes, one intrepid driver was caught by police doing just that last year). But none
of these distractions compare, in intensity and addictiveness, to the one increasingly sapping our attention at the wheel:
smartphones. Texting while driving kills more American teenagers than drink-driving does. That's not to downplay the sheer
selfish idiocy of drunk drivers but merely to clarify the risk from phones: the average texter takes their eye off the road for less
than five seconds but at 55mph, that's like driving the length of a football field blindfold.
1. Human beings constant attraction to smartphones is riskier than drunk driving
2. Boredom of humans, coupled with drunk-driving, leads to accidents on the road
3. Boredom of humans is more deadly than drinking when it comes to driving
4. Human ability to be easily distracted and bored leads to fatal accidents on the road

A) 4 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS  for question:  Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together   to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

Question No. : 32

1. The explanation is undoubtedly the better nutrition enjoyed by recent generations of Japanese, which is why Beijing has
made it compulsory for every schoolchild from nursery school upwards to drink a quarter-pint of milk every day.
2. Officials believe that the reason for China's physical shortfall is the fact that Japanese children drink 18 times as much milk a
year as Chinese infants.
3. The young adults in China are going to desperate lengths to add extra inches to their height in pursuit of celebrity and
wealth.
4. For centuries, the Chinese have derisively referred to the Japanese as "dwarfs", which is why the news that the average
Chinese person is now smaller than his Japanese counterpart caused such official consternation.

A) 3 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS  for question:  Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together   to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

Question No. : 33

1. Individuals may be said to be autonomous if their actions are truly their own, if they may be said to possess moral liberty.
2. The term 'autonomy', from the Greek roots 'autos' and 'nomos' [self + law] refers to the right or capacity of individuals to
govern themselves.
3. The possession of autonomy of the will is also a cornerstone of Kant's ethical theory, in which one of the necessary
conditions is that of moral agency.
4. The necessity of this moral liberty is made clear in the work of many philosophers, in that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, for
example, in whose Social Contract are discussed what Rousseau sees as the centrally important relationships between what he
terms the general will, liberty, equality and fraternity.

A) 3 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS  for question:  Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together   to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

Question No. : 34

1. Accepting that the only compulsion to buy, buy, buy is psychological, not structural, implies a depressing view of human
nature
2. More hope lies in the prospect that, purchase by purchase, we can become a less crassly consumerist society
3. Many critics of our consumer culture resist the idea that the fundamental problem is not with the system but with ourselves
4. Furthermore, it places responsibility squarely on our shoulders, when it is much more comforting to think others carry it
(write the answer key)

A) 2 B)  C)  D) 

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Section : DI & Reasoning

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 35
All Iconia computers are available with at least one pre-loaded program from each of three categories: Word Processor " F, G,
H; Databases - O, P, R; Browsers " T, U, W. When installing these programs, the company ensures that:

An equal number of programs from each category is loaded on a computer.

T and P cannot both be loaded on the same computer.
If R is loaded on a computer, then U must also be loaded on the computer.
O must be loaded on a computer if F is loaded on the computer.
If P is loaded on a computer, then R is not loaded on the computer.

How many possible combinations of programs can be loaded on to the computer if P is the only database loaded on the
computer? (write the ans key)

1. two                            2. three                     
3. four                            4. five

A) 3 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 36
All Iconia computers are available with at least one pre-loaded program from each of three categories: Word Processor " F, G,
H; Databases - O, P, R; Browsers " T, U, W. When installing these programs, the company ensures that:

An equal number of programs from each category is loaded on a computer.

T and P cannot both be loaded on the same computer.
If R is loaded on a computer, then U must also be loaded on the computer.
O must be loaded on a computer if F is loaded on the computer.
If P is loaded on a computer, then R is not loaded on the computer.

If two browsers are loaded on the computer, which of the following cannot be true? (write the ans key)

1. R and O are loaded           2. F and G are loaded

3. P and O are loaded           4. T and W are loaded

A) 4 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 37
A circular railway track going through a city has eight stations, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, at equal distances arranged in the
clockwise direction in that order. Four trains " a red train, a blue train, a green train and an orange train " ply this track at one-
hour intervals, leaving their starting points between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., both inclusive. Starting at 6:00 a.m., the red train
plies from A in the clockwise direction and takes 40 minutes to complete the track. Starting at 6:15 a.m., the blue train plies
from E in the anti-clockwise direction and takes one hour to complete the track. Starting at 6:30 a.m., the green train plies from
D in the anti-clockwise direction and takes 40 minutes to complete the track. Starting at 6:45 a.m., the orange train plies from G
in the clockwise direction and takes one hour to complete the track.

How many times during the day will the orange train meet the red train? (in numerical value)

A) 11 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 38
A circular railway track going through a city has eight stations, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, at equal distances arranged in the
clockwise direction in that order. Four trains " a red train, a blue train, a green train and an orange train " ply this track at one-
hour intervals, leaving their starting points between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., both inclusive. Starting at 6:00 a.m., the red train
plies from A in the clockwise direction and takes 40 minutes to complete the track. Starting at 6:15 a.m., the blue train plies
from E in the anti-clockwise direction and takes one hour to complete the track. Starting at 6:30 a.m., the green train plies from
D in the anti-clockwise direction and takes 40 minutes to complete the track. Starting at 6:45 a.m., the orange train plies from G
in the clockwise direction and takes one hour to complete the track.

How many times will the red train and the green train meet? (in numerical value)

A) 23 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 39
The 300 students in an Engineering College study at least one of the streams from amongst Civil Engineering, Electrical
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. 60% of the students are males and the rest are females. Of the male students, 120
studied Mechanical Engineering and 80 studied Electrical Engineering. Of the female students, 45 studied Mechanical
Engineering and 90 studied Civil Engineering. A campus survey revealed the following additional information:

The ratio of the number of male students studying Civil Engineering only to the number of female students studying Civil
Engineering only was 2 : 1.
Half as many female students studied Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering only as the number of female
students studying Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only.
As many female students studied Electrical Engineering only as the total number of female students studying Mechanical
Engineering only and Civil Engineering only.
Twice as many female students studied Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only as the number of male students
studying Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only.
Thrice as many male students studied all three streams in Engineering as the number of female students studying all three
streams in Engineering.
Twice as many male students studied all three streams in engineering as the number of male students studying Electrical
Engineering only.
Of the male students studying Mechanical Engineering, a third studied Mechanical Engineering only and a third studied
Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only.
Of the male students, 105 studied more than one stream in engineering and of the female students, 90 studied more than
one stream in engineering.

How many more male students than female students are studying exactly one stream in Engineering? (in numerical value)

A) 45 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 40
The 300 students in an Engineering College study at least one of the streams from amongst Civil Engineering, Electrical
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. 60% of the students are males and the rest are females. Of the male students, 120
studied Mechanical Engineering and 80 studied Electrical Engineering. Of the female students, 45 studied Mechanical
Engineering and 90 studied Civil Engineering. A campus survey revealed the following additional information:

The ratio of the number of male students studying Civil Engineering only to the number of female students studying Civil
Engineering only was 2 : 1.
Half as many female students studied Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering only as the number of female
students studying Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only.
As many female students studied Electrical Engineering only as the total number of female students studying Mechanical
Engineering only and Civil Engineering only.
Twice as many female students studied Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only as the number of male students
studying Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only.
Thrice as many male students studied all three streams in Engineering as the number of female students studying all three
streams in Engineering.
Twice as many male students studied all three streams in engineering as the number of male students studying Electrical
Engineering only.
Of the male students studying Mechanical Engineering, a third studied Mechanical Engineering only and a third studied
Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only.
Of the male students, 105 studied more than one stream in engineering and of the female students, 90 studied more than
one stream in engineering.

How many more female students than male students are studying exactly two streams in Engineering? (in numerical value)

A) 5 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 41
Four players " P, Q, R and S " played a game of bursting balloons by shooting at them. In this game the following terms are
defined.
 
Aim = One attempt of shooting at a balloon.
Shot = One instance of shooting down a balloon.
Miss = One wasted aim.
The rules of the game are as follows:
(i) Each person will be given a maximum of four rounds of aims, the first round comprising three aims. A person gets the
second round of aims only if he scores at least one shot in the first (i.e. the previous) round and so on.
(ii) If in any round, the number of shots by a player is 50% or more but less than 100% of the number of aims he had in that
round, then he gets one extra aim in each of the remaining rounds. If the number of shots by the player is 100% of the number
of aims he had in that round, he gets two extra aims in each of the remaining rounds.
(iii) For each shot, a player is awarded five points and for each miss, he earns two negative points.

If R scored 11 points in the second round and was given not more than 21 aims in all the four rounds together, then what is the
maximum possible points he could have scored in the third round?

A) 23 B)  C)  D) 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 42
Four players " P, Q, R and S " played a game of bursting balloons by shooting at them. In this game the following terms are
defined.
 
Aim = One attempt of shooting at a balloon.
Shot = One instance of shooting down a balloon.
Miss = One wasted aim.
The rules of the game are as follows:
(i) Each person will be given a maximum of four rounds of aims, the first round comprising three aims. A person gets the
second round of aims only if he scores at least one shot in the first (i.e. the previous) round and so on.
(ii) If in any round, the number of shots by a player is 50% or more but less than 100% of the number of aims he had in that
round, then he gets one extra aim in each of the remaining rounds. If the number of shots by the player is 100% of the number
of aims he had in that round, he gets two extra aims in each of the remaining rounds.
(iii) For each shot, a player is awarded five points and for each miss, he earns two negative points.

If the number of shots in P's first round = that in Q's third round = that in S's second round = that in R's fourth round, and P
scored eight points in the second round, then what is the maximum possible score by Q in the fourth round?

A) 35 B)  C)  D) 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 43
Four exams are to be ranked from 1 to 4 on the basis of the number of test takers - the one with the highest number of test
takers being ranked 1 and the one with the least number of test takers, being ranked 4. The exams to be ranked are MAGT.
REG, TILES and  FELTO.
 
The following data is known regarding the ranking:
 
(a) If MAGT is ranked 1. then REG is not ranked 3.
(b) If REG is not ranked 1, then FELTO is ranked 4.
(c) If TILES is ranked 3, then FELTO is not ranked 2.
(d) If TILES is not ranked 2, then FELTO is ranked 2.
(e) If FELTO is ranked 3, then MAGT is not ranked 4.

Which exam has the highest number of test takers?

A) MAGT B) REG C) TILES D) FELTO 

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 44
Four exams are to be ranked from 1 to 4 on the basis of the number of test takers - the one with the highest number of test
takers being ranked 1 and the one with the least number of test takers, being ranked 4. The exams to be ranked are MAGT.
REG, TILES and  FELTO.
 
The following data is known regarding the ranking:
 
(a) If MAGT is ranked 1. then REG is not ranked 3.
(b) If REG is not ranked 1, then FELTO is ranked 4.
(c) If TILES is ranked 3, then FELTO is not ranked 2.
(d) If TILES is not ranked 2, then FELTO is ranked 2.
(e) If FELTO is ranked 3, then MAGT is not ranked 4.

Which exam has the least number of test takers?

A) FELTO B) TILES C) REG D) Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 45
Four exams are to be ranked from 1 to 4 on the basis of the number of test takers - the one with the highest number of test
takers being ranked 1 and the one with the least number of test takers, being ranked 4. The exams to be ranked are MAGT.
REG, TILES and  FELTO.
 
The following data is known regarding the ranking:
 
(a) If MAGT is ranked 1. then REG is not ranked 3.
(b) If REG is not ranked 1, then FELTO is ranked 4.
(c) If TILES is ranked 3, then FELTO is not ranked 2.
(d) If TILES is not ranked 2, then FELTO is ranked 2.
(e) If FELTO is ranked 3, then MAGT is not ranked 4.

Which exam is ranked third?

A) FELTO B) TILES C) REG D) MAGT

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 46

Four teams - A, B, C and D - participated in a three-day cricket tournament. Each team plays exactly one match on each day, i.e.,
day 1, day 2 and day 3, and plays with a different team on each day.
 
If A did not play with C on day 1 and B did not play with A on day 2, then who played against A on day 3?
 

A) B B) C C) D D) Cannot be determined 

DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the table/s given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 47
The following table shows the exchange rates and interest rates of currency of various countries.
 
Country Currency Units Short
Term
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Per US $ Per £ Interest
Rates
On 2nd
On 2nd (in%
On 2nd March 2004 March
Mar-04 p.a.)
2003
8.28 CNY (Chinese
China 8.28 CNY 15.8 CNY 4.98
Yuan)
Hong 7.8 HKD (Hong Kong
7.79 HKD 14.9 HKD 2.1
Kong Dollar)
43.6 INR (Indian
India 45.2 INR 83.4 INR 4.82
Rupees)
9284 IDR (Indonesian 17,733
Indonesia 8563 IDR 7.56
Rupiah) IDR
Malaysia 3.8 MYR (Ringgit) 3.8 MYR 7.26 MYR 2.82
54.8 PHP (Phillipines
Phillipines 56.3 PHP 104.6 PHP 6.25
Peso)
1.63 SGD (Singapore
Singapore 1.7 SGD 3.1 SGD 1.94
Dollar)
South 1008 KRW (South
1167 KRW 1925 KRW 3.55
Korea Korean Won)
30.8 TWD (New
Taiwan 33.2 TWD 58.7 TWD 1.35
Taiwan Dollar)
38.3 THB (Thailand
Thailand 39.5 THB 73.3 THB 2.53
Baht)
2.96 ARS (Argentine
Argentina 2.89 ARS 5.65 ARS 4.44
Peso)
2.63 BRL (Brazilian
Brazil 2.91 BRL 5.02 BRL 18.74
Real)
588 CLP (Chilean
Chile 609 CLP 1123 CLP 2.88
Peso)
2328 COP (Colombian
Colombia 2650 COP 4447 COP 7.42
Peso)
11.1 MXN (Mexican
Mexico 11 MXN 21.2 MXN 9.33
Peso)
Peru 3.26 PEN (Nuevo Sol) 3.47 PEN 6.23 PEN 3.04
Venezuela 2667 VEB (Bolivar) 3449 VEB 5095 VEB 12.04
5.81 EGP (Egyptian
Egypt 6.19 EGP 11.09 EGP 9.9
Pound)
4.33NISJ (New
Israel 4.49 NIS 8.28 NIS 1
Sheqel)
South
5.92 ZAR (Rand) 6.76 ZAR 11.3 ZAR 7.6
Africa
Czech 22.6 CZK (Czech
27.2 CZK 43.1 CZK 2.18
Republic Kourna)
Hungary 184 HUF (Foring) 210 HUF 352 HUF 7.82
Poland 3PLN(Zloty) 3.87 PLN 5.74 PLN 6.3
27.7 RUR (Russian
Russia 28.5 RUR 53 RUR 13
Rouble)
Turkey 1.35 TRL (Turkish Lira) 1.33 TRL 2.58 TRL 18.7
 
CAFECAFE Ltd., takes a loan of 0.1 million BRL (Brazilian Real) on 2nd March 2003 for one year from Brazil. It then purchases the
coffee seeds from the local market at the rate of 4 BRL per kg of all the borrowed amount, spends US$ 1000 on transportation
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and refines the seeds in a plant in United States. It gets 0.8 kg of refined coffee for each kg of coffee seed. Refining costs US$ 3
per kg of coffee seed. The Company then sells the refined coffee in the market all over the world.

Which of the following conclusion/s is/are not valid with respect to the table given?
 
I.The value of one Pound is equal to 1.91 Dollars (approximately).
II.Poland has the maximum percentage change in the currency unit per $ from 2nd March 2003 to 2nd  March 2004.
 

A) Only statement I B) Both I and II C) Only statement II D) None of these

DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the table/s given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 48
The following table shows the exchange rates and interest rates of currency of various countries.
 
Currency Units Short
Per US $ Per £ Term
Interest
Country
On 2nd Rates
On 2nd
On 2nd March 2004 March (in%
Mar-04
2003 p.a.)
8.28 CNY (Chinese
China 8.28 CNY 15.8 CNY 4.98
Yuan)
Hong 7.8 HKD (Hong Kong
7.79 HKD 14.9 HKD 2.1
Kong Dollar)
43.6 INR (Indian
India 45.2 INR 83.4 INR 4.82
Rupees)
9284 IDR (Indonesian 17,733
Indonesia 8563 IDR 7.56
Rupiah) IDR
Malaysia 3.8 MYR (Ringgit) 3.8 MYR 7.26 MYR 2.82
54.8 PHP (Phillipines
Phillipines 56.3 PHP 104.6 PHP 6.25
Peso)
1.63 SGD (Singapore
Singapore 1.7 SGD 3.1 SGD 1.94
Dollar)
South 1008 KRW (South
1167 KRW 1925 KRW 3.55
Korea Korean Won)
30.8 TWD (New
Taiwan 33.2 TWD 58.7 TWD 1.35
Taiwan Dollar)
38.3 THB (Thailand
Thailand 39.5 THB 73.3 THB 2.53
Baht)
2.96 ARS (Argentine
Argentina 2.89 ARS 5.65 ARS 4.44
Peso)
2.63 BRL (Brazilian
Brazil 2.91 BRL 5.02 BRL 18.74
Real)
588 CLP (Chilean
Chile 609 CLP 1123 CLP 2.88
Peso)
2328 COP (Colombian
Colombia 2650 COP 4447 COP 7.42
Peso)
11.1 MXN (Mexican
Mexico 11 MXN 21.2 MXN 9.33
Peso)
Peru 3.26 PEN (Nuevo Sol) 3.47 PEN 6.23 PEN 3.04
Venezuela 2667 VEB (Bolivar) 3449 VEB 5095 VEB 12.04
Egypt 5.81 EGP (Egyptian 6.19 EGP 11.09 EGP 9.9
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Pound)
4.33NISJ (New
Israel 4.49 NIS 8.28 NIS 1
Sheqel)
South
5.92 ZAR (Rand) 6.76 ZAR 11.3 ZAR 7.6
Africa
Czech 22.6 CZK (Czech
27.2 CZK 43.1 CZK 2.18
Republic Kourna)
Hungary 184 HUF (Foring) 210 HUF 352 HUF 7.82
Poland 3PLN(Zloty) 3.87 PLN 5.74 PLN 6.3
27.7 RUR (Russian
Russia 28.5 RUR 53 RUR 13
Rouble)
Turkey 1.35 TRL (Turkish Lira) 1.33 TRL 2.58 TRL 18.7
 
CAFECAFE Ltd., takes a loan of 0.1 million BRL (Brazilian Real) on 2nd March 2003 for one year from Brazil. It then purchases the
coffee seeds from the local market at the rate of 4 BRL per kg of all the borrowed amount, spends US$ 1000 on transportation
and refines the seeds in a plant in United States. It gets 0.8 kg of refined coffee for each kg of coffee seed. Refining costs US$ 3
per kg of coffee seed. The Company then sells the refined coffee in the market all over the world.

If in India, China, Mexico and Egypt the rate of coffee per kg respectively is Rs 80, CNY(Chinese Yuan) 11, MXN 20 and EGP 15
and the company sells 25% of the refined coffee produced each to India, China, Mexico and Egypt, then  what will be the total
sales of the company in Mar 04?

A) US$ 41000 B) US$ 31400 C) US$ 37700 D) US$ 29900

DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the table/s given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 49
The following table shows the exchange rates and interest rates of currency of various countries.
 
Currency Units Short
Per US $ Per £ Term
Interest
Country
On 2nd Rates
On 2nd
On 2nd March 2004 March (in%
Mar-04
2003 p.a.)
8.28 CNY (Chinese
China 8.28 CNY 15.8 CNY 4.98
Yuan)
Hong 7.8 HKD (Hong Kong
7.79 HKD 14.9 HKD 2.1
Kong Dollar)
43.6 INR (Indian
India 45.2 INR 83.4 INR 4.82
Rupees)
9284 IDR (Indonesian 17,733
Indonesia 8563 IDR 7.56
Rupiah) IDR
Malaysia 3.8 MYR (Ringgit) 3.8 MYR 7.26 MYR 2.82
54.8 PHP (Phillipines
Phillipines 56.3 PHP 104.6 PHP 6.25
Peso)
1.63 SGD (Singapore
Singapore 1.7 SGD 3.1 SGD 1.94
Dollar)
South 1008 KRW (South
1167 KRW 1925 KRW 3.55
Korea Korean Won)
30.8 TWD (New
Taiwan 33.2 TWD 58.7 TWD 1.35
Taiwan Dollar)
38.3 THB (Thailand
Thailand 39.5 THB 73.3 THB 2.53
Baht)
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Argentina 2.96 ARS (Argentine 2.89 ARS 5.65 ARS 4.44
Peso)
2.63 BRL (Brazilian
Brazil 2.91 BRL 5.02 BRL 18.74
Real)
588 CLP (Chilean
Chile 609 CLP 1123 CLP 2.88
Peso)
2328 COP (Colombian
Colombia 2650 COP 4447 COP 7.42
Peso)
11.1 MXN (Mexican
Mexico 11 MXN 21.2 MXN 9.33
Peso)
Peru 3.26 PEN (Nuevo Sol) 3.47 PEN 6.23 PEN 3.04
Venezuela 2667 VEB (Bolivar) 3449 VEB 5095 VEB 12.04
5.81 EGP (Egyptian
Egypt 6.19 EGP 11.09 EGP 9.9
Pound)
4.33NISJ (New
Israel 4.49 NIS 8.28 NIS 1
Sheqel)
South
5.92 ZAR (Rand) 6.76 ZAR 11.3 ZAR 7.6
Africa
Czech 22.6 CZK (Czech
27.2 CZK 43.1 CZK 2.18
Republic Kourna)
Hungary 184 HUF (Foring) 210 HUF 352 HUF 7.82
Poland 3PLN(Zloty) 3.87 PLN 5.74 PLN 6.3
27.7 RUR (Russian
Russia 28.5 RUR 53 RUR 13
Rouble)
Turkey 1.35 TRL (Turkish Lira) 1.33 TRL 2.58 TRL 18.7
 
CAFECAFE Ltd., takes a loan of 0.1 million BRL (Brazilian Real) on 2nd March 2003 for one year from Brazil. It then purchases the
coffee seeds from the local market at the rate of 4 BRL per kg of all the borrowed amount, spends US$ 1000 on transportation
and refines the seeds in a plant in United States. It gets 0.8 kg of refined coffee for each kg of coffee seed. Refining costs US$ 3
per kg of coffee seed. The Company then sells the refined coffee in the market all over the world.

Which of the following transactions gives the maximum profit? (Use the currency rates and interest rates as on 2nd March 2004)
 
1. Take a loan of 0.05 million NIS(New Sheqel) from Israel then change half the amount to MXN(Mexican Peso)and invest it at
the rate of 5% per annum for one year in Mexico and change the  rest amount to HUF(Hungarian Forint) and invest it at the
rate of 7% per annum for one year in Hungary.
2. Take a loan of 0.05 million EGP(Egyptian Pound) from Egypt change in INR(Indian Rupees) and invest it at the rate of 19.9%
per annum for one year in India.
3. Take a loan of 0.05 million KRW(South Korean Won) and invest the amount in 5 equal parts in Indonesia, Taiwan, Venezuela,
Russia and Turkey at the rate of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% respectively.

A) Transaction 1 B) Transaction 2 C) Transaction 3 D) All three transactions have the same profit.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the table/s given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 50
The following table shows the exchange rates and interest rates of currency of various countries.
 
Currency Units Short
Per US $ Per £ Term
Interest
Country
On 2nd Rates
On 2nd
On 2nd March 2004 March (in%
Mar-04
2003 p.a.)
China 8.28 CNY (Chinese 8.28 CNY 15.8 CNY 4.98
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Yuan)
Hong 7.8 HKD (Hong Kong
7.79 HKD 14.9 HKD 2.1
Kong Dollar)
43.6 INR (Indian
India 45.2 INR 83.4 INR 4.82
Rupees)
9284 IDR (Indonesian 17,733
Indonesia 8563 IDR 7.56
Rupiah) IDR
Malaysia 3.8 MYR (Ringgit) 3.8 MYR 7.26 MYR 2.82
54.8 PHP (Phillipines
Phillipines 56.3 PHP 104.6 PHP 6.25
Peso)
1.63 SGD (Singapore
Singapore 1.7 SGD 3.1 SGD 1.94
Dollar)
South 1008 KRW (South
1167 KRW 1925 KRW 3.55
Korea Korean Won)
30.8 TWD (New
Taiwan 33.2 TWD 58.7 TWD 1.35
Taiwan Dollar)
38.3 THB (Thailand
Thailand 39.5 THB 73.3 THB 2.53
Baht)
2.96 ARS (Argentine
Argentina 2.89 ARS 5.65 ARS 4.44
Peso)
2.63 BRL (Brazilian
Brazil 2.91 BRL 5.02 BRL 18.74
Real)
588 CLP (Chilean
Chile 609 CLP 1123 CLP 2.88
Peso)
2328 COP (Colombian
Colombia 2650 COP 4447 COP 7.42
Peso)
11.1 MXN (Mexican
Mexico 11 MXN 21.2 MXN 9.33
Peso)
Peru 3.26 PEN (Nuevo Sol) 3.47 PEN 6.23 PEN 3.04
Venezuela 2667 VEB (Bolivar) 3449 VEB 5095 VEB 12.04
5.81 EGP (Egyptian
Egypt 6.19 EGP 11.09 EGP 9.9
Pound)
4.33NISJ (New
Israel 4.49 NIS 8.28 NIS 1
Sheqel)
South
5.92 ZAR (Rand) 6.76 ZAR 11.3 ZAR 7.6
Africa
Czech 22.6 CZK (Czech
27.2 CZK 43.1 CZK 2.18
Republic Kourna)
Hungary 184 HUF (Foring) 210 HUF 352 HUF 7.82
Poland 3PLN(Zloty) 3.87 PLN 5.74 PLN 6.3
27.7 RUR (Russian
Russia 28.5 RUR 53 RUR 13
Rouble)
Turkey 1.35 TRL (Turkish Lira) 1.33 TRL 2.58 TRL 18.7
 
CAFECAFE Ltd., takes a loan of 0.1 million BRL (Brazilian Real) on 2nd March 2003 for one year from Brazil. It then purchases the
coffee seeds from the local market at the rate of 4 BRL per kg of all the borrowed amount, spends US$ 1000 on transportation
and refines the seeds in a plant in United States. It gets 0.8 kg of refined coffee for each kg of coffee seed. Refining costs US$ 3
per kg of coffee seed. The Company then sells the refined coffee in the market all over the world.

What will be the combined value of 120 SGD(Singapore Dollar), 60 PLN(Zloty) and 180 ARS(Argentine Peso), in pound sterling
terms on 2nd March 2004?

A) £ 81 B) £ 75 C) £ 92 D) £ 47

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 51
Two teams of three members each should be selected from five executives - A, B, C, D, E - and four managers - P, Q, R and S.
Each of the teams should have at least one manager and at least one executive. One of the two teams has to handle the
Production and the other should handle R & D. It is also known that,
 
(i) At least one of P & S must be selected in R & D.
(ii) If both Q & E are selected, they must be in the same team.
(iii) B cannot be selected to handle R & D and C cannot be selected to handle Production.
(iv) Only A, D & Q are newly appointed and whenever any one of them is selected, there should already be one experienced
manager and one experienced executive in that team.
(v) Both R and E must be selected but they must be in different teams.
 

If four managers are selected in total and E is selected to handle Production, who among the following must be selected to handle R & D?

A) P B) S C) A D) C

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 52
Two teams of three members each should be selected from five executives - A, B, C, D, E - and four managers - P, Q, R and S.
Each of the teams should have at least one manager and at least one executive. One of the two teams has to handle the
Production and the other should handle R & D. It is also known that,
 
(i) At least one of P & S must be selected in R & D.
(ii) If both Q & E are selected, they must be in the same team.
(iii) B cannot be selected to handle R & D and C cannot be selected to handle Production.
(iv) Only A, D & Q are newly appointed and whenever any one of them is selected, there should already be one experienced
manager and one experienced executive in that team.
(v) Both R and E must be selected but they must be in different teams.
 

If both P & S are selected for R & D, who among the following must also be selected to handle R & D?

A) B B) E C) C D) D

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 53
Two teams of three members each should be selected from five executives - A, B, C, D, E - and four managers - P, Q, R and S.
Each of the teams should have at least one manager and at least one executive. One of the two teams has to handle the
Production and the other should handle R & D. It is also known that,
 
(i) At least one of P & S must be selected in R & D.
(ii) If both Q & E are selected, they must be in the same team.
(iii) B cannot be selected to handle R & D and C cannot be selected to handle Production.
(iv) Only A, D & Q are newly appointed and whenever any one of them is selected, there should already be one experienced
manager and one experienced executive in that team.
(v) Both R and E must be selected but they must be in different teams.
 

If P is selected to handle Production, which among the following statements is true?

A) B cannot be selected B) C cannot be selected C) Both A and D cannot be selected D) Both B and C cannot be selected
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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 54
In a school, there are seven classrooms, one each for classes I through VII. These classrooms were built around a circular garden
such that classes I to VII are accommodated in that order. The following table gives the sum of the number of students in any
group of three consecutively situated classes.
 
Classes Total Students
I, II, III 300
II, III, IV 280
III, IV, V 240
IV, V, VI 195
V, VI, VII 215
VI, VII, I 235
VII, I, II 260
 
The percentage of girls in different classes are 30%, 40%, 44%, 45%, 50%, 55% and 60%, not necessarily in any order.

If it is known that x classes have an equal number of girls, then what is the maximum possible value of x?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

 
DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the following information carefully and answer the given question.
 

Question No. : 55

Five persons, Amrinder, Bishamber, Chidambaram, Digamber and Inder of a family eat grapes, apples, cherries, mangoes and
pineapples not in the order as mentioned, after lunch, from Tuesday to Saturday. No member eats any fruit on Sundays and
Mondays. Each member eats only one fruit on every day and does not repeat it during the same week. No two members can
eat the same fruit on the same day. Inder does not eat cherries or grapes on Wednesday. Amrinder eats cherries on Tuesday.
Digamber eats apples on Tuesday. Inder does not take pineapples on Tuesday but takes apples on Thursday. Bishamber eats
pineapples on Friday. Chidambaram eats grapes on Saturday, cherries on Wednesday and mangoes on Thursday. Digamber
eats pineapples on Wednesday.
 
Which combination is correct ?

A) B-Tu-Pineapple B) D-Wed-Mangoes C) C-Sat-Grapes D) I-Tue-Apples

 
DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the following information carefully and answer the given question.
 

Question No. : 56

Five persons, Amrinder, Bishamber, Chidambaram, Digamber and Inder of a family eat grapes, apples, cherries, mangoes and
pineapples not in the order as mentioned, after lunch, from Tuesday to Saturday. No member eats any fruit on Sundays and
Mondays. Each member eats only one fruit on every day and does not repeat it during the same week. No two members can
eat the same fruit on the same day. Inder does not eat cherries or grapes on Wednesday. Amrinder eats cherries on Tuesday.
Digamber eats apples on Tuesday. Inder does not take pineapples on Tuesday but takes apples on Thursday. Bishamber eats
pineapples on Friday. Chidambaram eats grapes on Saturday, cherries on Wednesday and mangoes on Thursday. Digamber
eats pineapples on Wednesday.
 
On which day Bishambar eats Mango?

A) Fri B) Wed C) Thu D) Tue

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 57
S = { a, b, c, d, e}. A binary operation * is defined by the following table, which has been partially filled up.
 
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a        
b b        
c c        
d d        
 
For all x, y belonging to S, x * y = y * x. the operation * is so defined that every x belonging to S occurs exactly once in each row
and each column of the table.

if a * b = e and a * a = d, what is the value of c*d?

A) a B) b C) c D) e

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 58
S = { a, b, c, d, e}. A binary operation * is defined by the following table, which has been partially filled up.
 
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a        
b b        
c c        
d d        
 
For all x, y belonging to S, x * y = y * x. the operation * is so defined that every x belonging to S occurs exactly once in each row
and each column of the table.
 

if a * a = b and b * b = c, what is the value of c * d?

A) a B) b C) c D) e

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 59
S = { a, b, c, d, e}. A binary operation * is defined by the following table, which has been partially filled up.
 
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a        
b b        
c c        
d d        
 
For all x, y belonging to S, x * y = y * x. the operation * is so defined that every x belonging to S occurs exactly once in each row
and each column of the table.

If a*b = d and c*d = b, then d*d =

A) c B) a C) d D) b

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 60
The following tables give the information about the number of runs scored, the number of centuries made and the number of
matches played in international cricket (ICC tournaments) by 80 players of India.
   
Table A Table B Table C
Number of matches played Number of Total runs scored Number of Number of centuries scored Number of
(More than) players (less than) players (More than) players
195 56 17000 58 75 7
210 49 16000 52 68 13
225 43 15000 46 62 18
240 38 14000 41 55 24
255 33 13000 36 49 29
270 26 12000 31 42 34
285 21 11000 25 37 40
300 16 10000 18 28 47
315 10 9000 13 20 51
330 5 8000 7 11 56
 
In each table, the value in any row in the second column denotes the number of players for whom the value of the parameter
mentioned at the top of the first column is correspondingly less/ more than the corresponding value given in the first column.
For example, the first row of table A shows that there are 56 players who have played more than 195 matches.
Each of these players played a distinct number of matches and further, between any two players X and Y, if the number of
matches played by X is more than that by Y, then X should have scored more number of centuries and more total runs than Y,
and vice versa.

How many of the given players scored more than 14000 runs but scored fewer than 55 centuries?

A) 12 B) 15 C) 18 D) Cannot be determined

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 61
The HR department had fixed interviews with five candidates scheduled at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 14:00. Each of the five, including Mr. Gupta,
has a different number of years of experience i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years. The following information is also available about their names, surnames and
interview slots :
 
1. Immediately after interviewing Ajay, HR interviewed Mr. Singh, who has 2 years less experience than Ajay.
2. Rohit is not the one of the five who has 1 year experience.
3. The HR interviewed Vishal later in the day than the person having 1 year work experience.
4. The person with 3 years experience was interviewed at 11:00.
5. Mr. Kanwar isn't the one who has 5 years of experience.
6. HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder, then Jeet, who has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder.
7. The interview at 12:00 was with Sahil, who isn't the Mr. Singh or Mr. Mohinder.
8. Mr. Patial isn't the person with 1 year experience and wasn't interviewed at 10:00.

What is the surname of Sahil?

A) Mr. Gupta B) Mr. Singh C) Mr. Mohinder D) None of these

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 62
The HR department had fixed interviews with five candidates scheduled at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 14:00. Each of the five,
including Mr. Gupta, has a different number of years of experience i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years. The following information is also
available about their names, surnames and interview slots :
 
1. Immediately after interviewing Ajay, HR interviewed Mr. Singh, who has 2 years less experience than Ajay.
2. Rohit is not the one of the five who has 1 year experience.
3. The HR interviewed Vishal later in the day than the person having 1 year work experience.
4. The person with 3 years experience was interviewed at 11:00.
5. Mr. Kanwar isn't the one who has 5 years of experience.
6. HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder, then Jeet, who has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder.
7. The interview at 12:00 was with Sahil, who isn't the Mr. Singh or Mr. Mohinder.
8. Mr. Patial isn't the person with 1 year experience and wasn't interviewed at 10:00.
 

Which of the following is not correct about the candidate Vishal?

A) He is Mr. Mohinder B) He has 2 years experience C) His interview was at 14.00 D) None of these

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 63
The HR department had fixed interviews with five candidates scheduled at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 14:00. Each of the five,
including Mr. Gupta, has a different number of years of experience i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years. The following information is also
available about their names, surnames and interview slots :
 
1. Immediately after interviewing Ajay, HR interviewed Mr. Singh, who has 2 years less experience than Ajay.
2. Rohit is not the one of the five who has 1 year experience.
3. The HR interviewed Vishal later in the day than the person having 1 year work experience.
4. The person with 3 years experience was interviewed at 11:00.
5. Mr. Kanwar isn't the one who has 5 years of experience.
6. HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder, then Jeet, who has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder.
7. The interview at 12:00 was with Sahil, who isn't the Mr. Singh or Mr. Mohinder.
8. Mr. Patial isn't the person with 1 year experience and wasn't interviewed at 10:00.

Who was the last candidate to be interviewed by the HR department?

A) Jeet B) Vishal C) Sahil D) Rohit

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 64
The following table provides the profile of the batch of passing out of cadets of IMA Dehradun 2014.
 
Gender          
Male Female Total        
294 66 360        
Age (in years)      
19-22 23-25 25 Total      
230 120 10 360      
Passing degree  
Engineering Engineering
Arts Commerce Science Total  
(Non IIT) (IIT)
54 86 54 104 62 360  
NCC work credits(in months)
0 <12 12-23 24-35 36-48 >48 Total
176 46 42 66 26 4 360
 

If all the commerce and the arts graduates in the batch opt for commando course, then what percentage of the batch
comprises of cadets who opt for commando course?

A) 38.88% B) 38.5% C) 33.33% D) Can’t be determined

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 65
The following table provides the profile of the batch of passing out of cadets of IMA Dehradun 2014.
 
Gender          
Male Female Total        
294 66 360        
Age (in years)      
19-22 23-25 25 Total      
230 120 10 360      
Passing degree  
Engineering Engineering
Arts Commerce Science Total  
(Non IIT) (IIT)
54 86 54 104 62 360  
NCC work credits(in months)
0 <12 12-23 24-35 36-48 >48 Total
176 46 42 66 26 4 360
 

If all the cadets with NCC work credits of 3 years or more are engineering graduates and more than 23 years of age and all of
them except 8 are from the IITs, then what is the ratio of the number of engineering graduates who are IITians to engineering
graduates who are non IITians among the  students with less than 3 years of NCC work credits?

A) 11:4 B) 5:12 C) 11:24 D) Can’t be determined

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the graph and the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 66
The following table provides the profile of the batch of passing out of cadets of IMA Dehradun 2014.
 
Gender          
Male Female Total        
294 66 360        
Age (in years)      
19-22 23-25 25 Total      
230 120 10 360      
Passing degree  
Engineering Engineering
Arts Commerce Science Total  
(Non IIT) (IIT)
54 86 54 104 62 360  
NCC work credits(in months)
0 <12 12-23 24-35 36-48 >48 Total
176 46 42 66 26 4 360
 
 

The batch of 2015 has 21.2% more girls than the previous batch and 10% of the girls of this batch are with  an Engineering (IIT)
background, while 20% of the total girls of this batch are with an Engineering  (non IIT) background, what is the ratio of the
number of girls who are non engineers to the total strength of the batch?

A) 11:28 B) 13:47 C) 14:91 D) Can't be determined

Section : Quantitative Ability

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

Question No. : 67

PQR has PQ = 150 and PR = QR = 125, as shown. Three line segments are drawn parallel to QR, dividing PQR into four
sections of equal area. The height, h, of the bottom section is closest to
 

A) 16.7 B) 16.9 C) 16.5 D) 16.1

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DIRECTIONS for the question: Answer the following question as per the best of your ability.

Question No. : 68

Crime Master Gogo was going from Delhi to Kerala. When he started, kilometer reading was 30003 (a palindrome). Now after
11 hours when he reached Bhopal, his bike got punctured. At this time also, reading was another palindrome. If Gogo never
exceeded speed limit of 68 km/hr which of the following was his highest possible average speed?

A)  B)  C) 59 D) 78

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

Question No. : 69

A water tank is in the shape of an inverted right circular cone. The tank is standing on horizontal ground on its vertex. The axis
of the conical tank is perpendicular to the horizontal surface of ground. The height of the tank is 6 m. The tank is completely
filled with water and the volume of the water is 216 liters. There are three outlet taps, one at the bottom, second at a height of
2 m and third at a height of 4m. The rate of outflow of each of the three taps is 2 liters/minute. If all the three taps are opened
simultaneously at 2:00 pm, at what approximate time will the tank get completely empty?

A) 2:10 pm B) 2:32 pm C) 2: 44 pm D) 2: 19 pm

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

Question No. : 70

The number 376A17B386 is divisible by 6 as well as by 11. Which of the following cannot be a value of the ordered pair (A, B)?

A) (4, 9) B) (8, 2) C) (1, 6) D) None of these

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

Question No. : 71

A) x ≥ 1 B) x ≤ 1 C) - ∞ < x ≤ ∞ D) x = 1

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

Question No. : 72

5 metals Zinc, Aluminium, Iron, Copper and Lead are melted in the ratio 1 : 2 : 5 : 4 : 3 to form an alloy. The cost of 1 kg of Zinc
is Rs. 20, cost of 1 kg Lead is 25% more than Zinc, cost of 1 kg Aluminium is five times the cost of lead and cost of Copper is
four times that of Zinc. Find the cost of 1 kg Iron, if the total cost of alloy is Rs. 95 per kg? (in Rs.)

A) 152 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 73

Aman buys 20 bananas and sells 16 of them at the cost price of 20 bananas. What is his loss/profit%?

A) Profit, 25% B) Loss, 25% C) Profit 20% D) Loss, 20%

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Question No. : 74

If f(x) = x3 - (4 - √2 )x2 + (3 - 4√2) x + 3√2 ; for x < 1

         = x2 - 7x - 2                                        ; otherwise

Which of the following can be the values of x, if f(x) =0?

 
I. 1                        II. 3                            III. -8

A) I and II B) I and III C) II and III D) None of these

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Question No. : 75

A man travels 1200 km from X to Y by air, train, and ship. The distance travelled by ship is twice that travelled by train. The
average speed by aircraft is twice the overall speed and the time he was on the ship was thrice the time he was on the train. If
the man travels 10 hours by train out of the total travel time of 50 hours, find the distance covered by the ship.

A) 480 km B) 240 km C) 720 km D) 600 km

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Question No. : 76

abc denotes a 3 digit number. If a and b are interchanged, the value of the original number decreases by 90. How many
possible pairs (a, b) exist?

A) 10 B) 9 C) 8 D) None of these

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Question No. : 77

The difference between simple and compound interest (compounded annually) on a sum of money for 2 years at 10% per
annum is Rs. 65. The sum is (in Rs.)

A) 6500 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 78

Given that j is a positive number such that [j – 3/4] [j + 3/4] = prime; [j] denotes the greatest integer function.
The solution to this equation belongs to the range -

A) 1.75 ≤ j < 2.75 B) 0.25 ≤ j < 1.25 C) 1.75 ≤ j < 2.25 D) Both options 2 and 3
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Question No. : 79

What is the percentage profit on the sale of a tablet at Rs.11000, after discount?
 
(i) The margin percentage on sales price is 10%.
(ii) A discount of 20% was offered on the market price.
(iii) Mark-up percentage was 50% over the cost price.
 
Question can be answered by
 

A) Statement (i) only B) Combining statements (ii) and (iii) C) Statement (ii) only
D) Statement (i) or by combining statements (ii) and (iii)

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Question No. : 80

N is a three-digit natural number formed by using the digits from 1 to 9 such that the ten’s place of N is a perfect square. What
is the sum of all possible values of N?

A) 134,055 B) 270,540 C) 170,055 D) 149,085

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Question No. : 81

If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is twice the perimeter of a circle, then, find the ratio of  the area of  circle to the area of 
hexagon?

A)  B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 82

Consider the set X = {1, 2, 3, ..., 9, 10}. A and B are two non-empty disjoint subsets of X such that A ∪ B = X. The products of all
the elements in A and B are represented by prod(A) and prod(B) respectively. If prod(A) is a multiple of prod(B), and quotient is
the smallest possible integer, then  what is the difference between the sum of all elements in A and the sum of all elements in
B? (in numerical value)

A) 1 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 83

A tank has two taps which can fill the tank in 20 min and 25 min. There is waste pipe which can empty the tank in 30 min. If two
taps and waste pipe be opened one by one, for 5 min. interval, in order, then how much time will it take to fill the tank?

A) 31 min B) 39min C) 52 min D) 43 min

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Question No. : 84

A beggar found 23,280 lottery tickets in a dust bin. The beggar picked up all the tickets and checked the lottery results in the
newspaper. He found that about 1.8% of the tickets had won a prize of Rs. 100 each and about 0.02% of the tickets had won a
prize of Rs. 200 each. If the beggar collected the prize money, how much money did he get approximately?

A) Rs. 42,800 B) Rs. 52,500 C) Rs. 48,400 D) Rs. 45,000

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Question No. : 85

Every birthday of my life, my mother has seen to it that my cake contains my age in candles. Starting on my fourth birthday, I
have always blown out all my candles. Before that age, I averaged a 50% total blowout rate. So far, I have blown out exactly 900
candles. How old am I?

A) 45 B) 44 C) 43 D) 42

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Question No. : 86

At a call centre, the manager observes that 4 operators can answer 120 calls in three quarters of an hour. Due to excess calling
load, he has to hire more people. How many operators does he need to hire to answer 1530 calls in an hour?

A) 37 B) 38 C) 39 D) 40

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Question No. : 87

Three old friends are chatting at a Chai tapri. Two of them ask each others age. The third one observes that the difference of
their ages quadrupled is 1/3rd of his age.  Also, his age is the arithmetic mean of the other two. If the sum of ages of all three is
216, what is the age of the oldest one?

A) 69 B) 72 C) 75 D) 100

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Question No. : 88

A circular board of radius 98 cm is converted into a dart board by drawing 4 concentric circles and 4 diameters as shown below.
The 8 regions formed in each of the 4 circular areas are painted white, black, red, green, blue, yellow, orange and pink in a
sequence. A dart thrown at the board has an equal probability of landing on any of the 32 regions so formed. What is the
approximate ratio of the perimeter of the region labelled pink in the outermost circular region to the perimeter of the region
labelled red in the innermost circular region?
 

A) 4/5 B) 17/19 C) 7/8 D) 13/19

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Question No. : 89

A goldsmith has n gold coins of weights 10 gm, 20 gm, 30 gm, …, 10n gm (n = 1, 2, 3, ..). While locking up his store at night, he
locks up the gold coins in three different safes such that the first safe holds the gold coins weighing 10 gm, 40 gm, 70 gm and
so on, the second safe holds the gold coins weighing 20 gm, 50 gm, 80 gm and so on and the third safe holds the rest of the
gold coins. The goldsmith realises that the average weights of the gold coins in exactly two of the three safes were the same as
the weight of one of the gold coins in the respective safes and the average weight of the gold coins in the other safe was
different from any of the gold coins in that safe. Which of the following could be the total number of gold coins?

A) 113 B) 90 C) 82 D) 99

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Question No. : 90

A beaker contained V litres of a mixture of milk and water with milk and water ratio of 3 : 2. The volume of liquid in the mixture
was increased by 60% by adding water. Next 38.4 litres of the solution in the beaker was replaced by water. If the final ratio of
milk and water in the beaker is 3 : 7, then find the value of V. (in litres)

A) 120 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 91

Three circles with centres A, B and C and radii 1 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm respectively are drawn tangent to each other. The common
tangents through points of contact L, M and N intersect in point P. What is the difference between the circum-radius and the
in-radius of the triangle formed by joining the centres of these three circles?

A) 1.3 cm B) 1.625 cm C) 0.75 cm D) 1.5 cm

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Question No. : 92

Arun lends Rs. 20,000 to two of his friends. He gives Rs. 12,000 to the first at 8% p.a. simple interest. Arun wants to make a
profit of 10% on the whole. The simple interest rate at which he should lend the remaining sum of money to the second friend
is (in percentage)

A) 13 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 93

Find the remainder when 327 327 327 ….. upto (165 digits) is divided by 36?

A) 9 B) 27 C) 3 D) 18

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Question No. : 94

Chhavi had a collection of pencils, but did not have any pens. She exchanges 5 pencils for 3 pens with her sister Simran and
thus amasses as many pens as she can. After the exchanges are done Chhavi is left with 25 writing instruments. What is the
maximum number of pencils Chhavi could have had at the start?

A) 39 B) 40 C) 41 D) Cannot be determined

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Question No. : 95

The iPhone 5S sells without a contract between $ 560 and 640. Apple pays between $ 40 to 42 for the iPhone 5S integrated
display and touchscreen. It is estimated that 21 to 23% of the bill-of-materials is dedicated to display and touchscreen. What is
the maximum dollar price for the iPhone 5S Bill of Materials?

A) 200 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 96

Arnab and Biplab both took part in a two-day problem-solving competition. At the end of the second day, each had attempted
questions worth a total of 500 points. Arnab scored 160 points out of 300 points attempted on the first day, and scored 140 out
of 200 points attempted on the second day. Biplab, who did not attempt 300 points on the first day, had a positive integer
score on each of the two days, and Biplab's daily success ratio (points scored divided by points attempted) on each day was less
than Arnab's on that day. Arnab's two-day success ratio was 300/500 = 3/5. The largest possible two-day success ratio that
Biplab could have achieved is m/n, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. What is m + n?

A) 349 B) 529 C) 729 D) 849

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Question No. : 97

Find the number of digits in 1001101. (in numerical value)

A) 304 B)  C)  D) 

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Question No. : 98

Aman rolled 11 fair distinguishable dice. What is the probability that the product of the numbers on the top face is composite?

A)  B)  C)  D) None of these

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Question No. : 99

[A2] + [√7] + [√7] = 13, where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. What is the value of A?

A) 9.0 B) 4.18 C) 3.12 D) 3.75

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Question No. : 100

Dipankar wanted to build a 15 ft. × 25 ft. shed with a height of 10ft. Ganesh agreed to build the walls at a charge of Rs. 150 per
day or part thereof. Raman agreed to build the floor and ceiling at a charge of Rs. 200 per day or part thereof. Bala agreed to
paint the walls and the ceiling at a charge of Rs. 125 per day or part thereof. If Ganesh can build 36 sq. ft. per day, Raman can
build 45 sq. ft. per day and Bala can paint 80 sq. ft. per day, what was the total wages paid by Dipankar?

A) Rs. 9350 B) Rs. 8725 C) Rs. 8480 D) Rs. 8325

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QNo:-  1  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-   Refer to the lines: Energetic efforts at slave evangelism were made, even though the gospel that was preached to
them was geared to serve slavery. The typical scriptural text used for slave sermons was Ephesians 6:5: “Servants, be obedient to
your masters . . . as unto Christ.” However, the enslaved often were able to perceive a more affirming, non-submissive message of
“good news” in the gospel they heard.

QNo:-  2  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-   Refer to the following lines: He was tried and executed in the city of Jerusalem, the ironically named county seat
of Southampton County. When his interrogators tried to coax a confession of wrongdoing from him, his only reply was, “Was not
Jesus crucified?”
In the given case, Turner uses a metaphor to point to the irony of the situation.

QNo:-  3  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-   The meaning of the word abolitionist is: A reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
Considering this and the context of the paragraph, we can see that option 1 is the correct answer.

QNo:-  4  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-   The word evangelism refers to ‘the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.’

QNo:-  5  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-   Motherhood is certain, but Fatherhood can always be doubted. So fidelity was imposed in order to get certainty
about the sperm. Interwoven is the concept of property – and inheritance.
 
2 – is going against the concept of fidelity – or loyalty.
3 – is introducing a practical problem that will detract from fidelity
4 – the emotional connection can happen even in affairs, not just in the fidelity of a marriage.

QNo:-  6  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-   After an affair, we lose faith in our partner – Statement 3. Also we lose our idealism of having a partner who
fulfills all our needs. Clearly the partner had to go to someone else to fulfill part of those needs – Statement 2.
 
1 – is telling us the positives of an affair.
4 – may happen in the aftermath of an affair, but it is self-inflicted, hence not so traumatic.

QNo:-  7  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-   It is indeed a new perspective. To rephrase: it isn't so much that we're looking for another person, as much as we
are looking for another self.
 
1 – The passage covers relationships, without specifying whether these are heterogenous or not. The sentence is apt for any kind of
relationship.
2 – What existing idea is it contradicting?
4 – is relevant, as it mentions that people sometimes have affairs, not because of a deficiency in their partner, but because of some
shortcoming in themselves.
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QNo:-  8  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-   The idea makes sense – because death of a loved one makes us realize our own mortality – and we are looking for
something which gets us away from death.
 
1 – the interpretation of a loved one to only mean a spouse, is very narrow.
2 – the life may come back, or it may not. The ambiguity is what creates a problem with this option.
4 – It is death that causes you to ask these questions, not affairs.

QNo:-  9  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Option D
Option 1 is incorrect because the passage states that to improve the physical environment is fairly straight-ahead work.
Option 2 is incorrect because the passage states that man makes his physical environment as that his physical environment makes
him, that is both contribute to each other’s development.
Option 3 is incorrect as the passage states that is it a mistake to poor feeding and exposure to unhealthy surroundings by the
mothers are responsible for creating weaklings.
Option 4 is the correct answer in this case. Refer to the lines: Because to improve the race by way of eugenics, though doubtless
feasible within limits, remains an unrealized possibility through our want of knowledge. The meaning of eugenics is ‘the study of
methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding, especially as applied to human mating’. This clearly leads us to
option 4. 
 

QNo:-  10  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
Option B
The passage is essentially about the impact of environments (geographical surroundings) on different races and how these
merge with the genes (anthropological perspective) of that particular race. This sentiment is best expressed by option 2. 
Option 1 is ruled out as the subject is not men of different continents and what are their constitutions (their make-up, physical or
mental).
Option 3 is ruled out as there is no anthropological mixing of races mentioned in the passage.
Option 4 is ruled out as there are no anthropological conundrums born out of geographical mixing of races. The subject is the not
the mixing of races, it is the impact of geography and genes on different races in different environments.
 

QNo:-  11  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Option A
Option 1 is the incorrect deduction. Read closely: Though in the first of these respects the white child is likely to be superior to the
native, inasmuch as it will be tended with more careful regard to the laws of health; yet such disharmony prevails between
the other two factors of race and climate, that it will almost certainly die, if it is not removed at a certain age from the country. The
white child is likely to be superior to the native child, as it tended with more careful care and regard. It is not that the child is
superior, its care is what creates the chance of it being superior.
Options 2 and 3 can be deduced from the lines: Possibly the English could acclimatize themselves in India at the price of an
immense toll of infant lives; but it is a price which they show no signs of being willing to pay.
Option 4 can be deduced from the lines: From the moment that a child is conceived, it is subjected to what it is now the fashion to
call a "geographic control." Take the case of the child of English parents born in India. Clearly several factors will conspire to
determine whether it lives or dies
 
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QNo:-  12  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Option C.
The meanings are highlighted below:
Proto-history: The study humans prior to the invention of writing
Pre-history: The time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
Remember, pre-history will go back in time even further than proto-history (as mentioned in the passage) and this is our clue to
find the answer.
 

QNo:-  13  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Option 4 is the correct answer.
Option 1 can be denied from the lines: I shall first speak of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that
the reason can attain truths independently of observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience
seems to justify us in making from experienced fact. Truth is independent of observation, not the observer.
Option 2 is based on the lines: It appeared to him that much was uncritically accepted as true in philosophy and in the sciences
which a little reflection revealed to be either false or highly doubtful. Again a close inspection would reveal that these lines do not
imply the given option.
Option 3 is based on the lines: In accordance with this principle, he rejected the testimony of the senses touching the existence of a
world of external things. Option 3 is a tricky one. This option essentially highlights one of the views held by Descartes. It is a view
of the author? We cannot be certain about that.
Option 4 is based on the lines: And, since men seem to be liable to error in their reasonings, even in a field so secure as that of
mathematical demonstration, he resolved further to repudiate all the reasonings he had heretofore accepted. He would not even
assume himself to be in his right mind and awake; might he not be the victim of a diseased fancy, or a man deluded by dreams?
What is the purpose of these assumptions? To remove any observational and personal bias.

QNo:-  14  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Option 4 is the correct answer.
Refer to the lines: I may be deceived in thinking that there is an external world, and that I am awake and really perceive things; but
I surely cannot be deceived unless I exist. Cogito, ergo sum: this truth Descartes accepted as the first principle of the new and
sounder philosophy which he sought.
From the given lines, we can summarize that the central reason why we can safely assume that we exist is the very fact that we
can think this thought. If you observe closely, ‘cogito’ is the Latin root for the word ‘cognition’, an additional tool that you can
utilize here to identify option as the correct answer.

QNo:-  15  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
Option 2 is the correct answer.
The correct answer is this case can be found from the following lines: “How does he establish its existence? He cannot do it as the
empiricist does it, by a reference to experienced fact, for he does not believe that the external world is directly given in our
experience. He thinks we are directly conscious only of our ideas of it, and must somehow prove that it exists over against our
ideas. By his principles, Descartes is compelled to fall back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He
must first prove that God exists, and then argue that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.”  If you
read the above lines closely, you would be able to distinguish a negative undertone of the author and how he sees the argument
provided by Descartes as a flimsy one. This is the precise sentiment that we select as the correct answer choice in this case by
selecting option 2, which carried a very strong negative sentiment and highlights the illogical and circular nature of Descartes’
argument.
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QNo:-  16  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
Option 2 is the correct answer.
The answer to this question can be found from the parts highlighted in the following extract from the passage: I shall first speak
of Rationalism, which I may somewhat loosely define as the doctrine that the reason can attain truths independently of
observation—can go beyond experienced fact and the deductions which experience seems to justify us in making from
experienced fact. The definition cannot mean much to us until it is interpreted by a concrete example, and I shall turn to such. It
must, however, be borne in mind that the word "rationalism" is meant to cover a great variety of opinions, and we have said
comparatively little about him when we have called a man a rationalist in philosophy. Men may agree in believing that the
reason can go beyond experienced fact, and yet may differ regarding the particular truths which may be thus attained.

QNo:-  17  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Option 1 is the correct answer.
In the given case, the author of the passage is clearly against the highly charged and polarized views that divide the world into
polar extremes. He highlights during the course of the passage that adopting extreme viewpoints is not the solution and one needs
to be careful of these. This makes option 1 the best answer in the given case.

QNo:-  18  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Option 3 is the best answer.
In the given case, the meaning of the word contingent is important. It means ‘Determined by conditions or circumstances that
follow’. Now the choice is between option 3 and 4. Option 4 is incorrect as we do not know which frame of reference is being
talked about here. Option 1 goes against the given meaning and option 2 is unrelated in the given context.

QNo:-  19  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Option 3 is the best answer.
Refer to the lines: By framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks
to coral us into crude camps.
These lines clearly indicate that ‘Manichean terms’ refers to classification where a contrast is set-up. Three options match this
description:

Janus-faced means: Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts.

Bi-polar means: Having two poles
Dichotomous means: Divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

 
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QNo:-  20  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Option 1 is the best answer.
Statements I and II can be deduced from the lines:  The horrific events of the past week have provided one such crisis. From both
the left and right, efforts to explain the assassinations at Charlie Hebdo magazine, a Kosher supermarket and elsewhere inevitably
become reductive. Most seek, with a singular linear thesis, to explain what happened and what we should do about it…. Too few, it
seems, are willing to concede that while the act of shooting civilians dead where they live and work is crude, the roots of such
actions are deep and complex, and the motivations, to some extent, unknowable and incoherent.
 
For option  III is read the lines: Islam, like any religion, isn’t “inherently” anything but what people make of it. A small but
significant minority have decided to make it violent. There is no need to be in denial about this.
On close observation you will note that the passage states is religion is effectively what people make of it. Statement III reverses
this causation and hence is incorrect.
 

QNo:-  21  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Option 1. The passage states that when one inherits wealth and titles, one does not exercise one’s faculties.
Proper use of faculties and virtue are said to be related. Hence option 3 is incorrect.
Option 4 is not related to the proverb at all.
 

QNo:-  22  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Option 4. Throughout the passage the tone of the author implies that he looks with disfavour on people who inherit wealth of who
use their personal charm.
Moreover he feels that the person will not know what is true merit and true happiness. Hence option 4 is correct.
The author feels that living by hereditary wealth and personal charms makes a person stupid and lethargic.
Options 1,2 and 3 all talk of positive results and hence cannot be the answers.
 

QNo:-  23  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Option 1. Refer to the sentence “there must be more equality ………………pride”.

QNo:-  24  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Refer to the lines: for love is not to be bought; in any sense of the words, its silken wings are instantly shrivelled up when
anything beside a return in kind is sought.
These lines clearly indicate that option 3 is the correct answer.
Options 1 and 4 are not mentioned in the passage.
Option 2 goes against what is mentioned in the passage.
 
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QNo:-  25  ,Correct Answer:-  42315

Explanation:-  
The paragraph talks about the latest trends in property sales and says that luxury boutique homes are selling a lot better today
than volume luxury properties.
2 states the boutique homes are scarce and 3 continues with saying that there are no more than 5 – 10 units in each.
Then,  1 talks about the 'units' which are previously mentioned in option 3.
So, we get a 31 pair. Finally sentence 5 will conclude the sequence.

QNo:-  26  ,Correct Answer:-  41325

Explanation:-   Statement 4 is the generic opening sentence in this case. Statement 1 provides an example for statement 4.
Statement 3 then talks about the board mentioned in statement 1. Statement 2 further details the nature of the body and
statement 5 provides how the board should function. This forms a logical sequence of information in the given case.

QNo:-  27  ,Correct Answer:-  35124

Explanation:-   Statement 3 is the generic opening sentence in this case and it highlights the discussion point for us. Statement 5
then talks about the expectation of profit and statements 1 and 2 explain how this is achieved. Statement 4 then provides the
conclusion in the given context.

QNo:-  28  ,Correct Answer:-  54321

Explanation:-   Line E offers a suitable opening comment, which is further amplified by the rest of the lines given here. Lines 4
and 3 make a contrasting pair (4-3) in that line 3 talks of the equal necessity of saving the not-so-beautiful species while 4 talks of
the natural human tendency to try to save the apparently beautiful ones. Line 2 presents a summing up statement using the
reality is, which distills the ideas given earlier (4-3-2).

QNo:-  29  ,Correct Answer:-  3

Explanation:-   The incident and the sharp rebuttal it drew were expressed to symbolism. The symbolism enabled to convey the
underlying meaning in an easy manner.
1 – The incident was a symbol of feminism and freedom of expression. It didn’t resonate with patriarchal and feudal mores.
2 – While it conveys the divergence of views that exist in various sections of the society, it is still not the central theme of the
passage.
4 – The passage doesn’t focus on entitlement issues that are a typical example of the divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’.

QNo:-  30  ,Correct Answer:-  1

Explanation:-   The writer is worried about the fact that majority of the kids in the U.S. don’t enjoy Math as a subject. He is
interested in understanding the reasons that contribute to the same.
 
2 – The statement is factually correct but is not the central theme of the passage.
3 – The writer uses humor to drive across his point. But he doesn’t mince any words in suggesting that the state of affairs is
pathetic.
4 – The writer mentions this as the attitude of the students towards the subject particularly since they are not doing well with it.
However he thinks Math education is very relevant for the children and is worried about its decline.
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QNo:-  31  ,Correct Answer:-  4

Explanation:-  
Option 4 is the best answer.
Let's carry out an option-wise analysis to identify the correct answer:
Option 1: attraction to smartphones is not the subject of the paragraph; distraction caused by smartphones while driving is.
Options 2 and 3: Boredom of humans is not the main subject of the paragraph; distraction caused by smartphones while driving is.
Option 4: It is the correct answer as the primary subject is retained.
 

QNo:-  32  ,Correct Answer:-  3

Explanation:-   The paragraph is about the Chinese, height and milk. So the story begins with the Chinese ridiculing the short
Japanese only to now find themselves holding the short stick. The Chinese found that the Japanese children drank more milk and
hence want to emulate that.
Sentence 3 though of the same article is talking about the young ( which would mean young adults)  while 4 – 2 – 1 talks about
children.

QNo:-  33  ,Correct Answer:-  3

Explanation:-  
The correct order of statements is 2-1-4. Statement 2 is the opening sentence, statement 1 takes forward the subject of autonomy,
and statement 4 takes forward the subject of moral liberty.

QNo:-  34  ,Correct Answer:-  2

Explanation:-  
The correct sequence of statements in this case is 3-1-4.This group of statements illustrates the essential line of thought being
communicated in the question. Statement 2 is the misfit statement here as it does not do justice to the sentiment expressed in the
other three statements

QNo:-  35  ,Correct Answer:-  3

Explanation:-  
Since P is the only database installed on the computer, we know that 1 word processor and 1 browser must be loaded on the
computer.
We know that P and T both cannot be loaded on the same computer.
So, the browser that is loaded could be either U or W.
We now need to load 1 word processor.
If we load F, then we must load O.
Since O is not loaded, we know that F is not loaded.
So the word processor that is loaded could be either G or H.
Thus, there are 2 × 2 = 4 combinations.

QNo:-  36  ,Correct Answer:-  4

Explanation:-  
Since 2 browsers are loaded, 2 data bases must be loaded.
Since P and R both cannot be loaded on a computer, the 2 databases that can be loaded are either (O, P) or (O, R).
Case I: When (O, P) is loaded, T cannot be loaded and hence W, U are the browsers to be loaded.
Case II: When (O, R) is loaded, U should be loaded and hence either W or T is the browser to be loaded with U i.e. either (W, U) or
(T, U).
In all the above possibilities, it can be checked that we do not have the browsers T and W together.
Thus, T and W cannot be the two browsers that are loaded on the computer.
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QNo:-  37  ,Correct Answer:-  11

Explanation:-  

The eight stations are equally spaced, so each of the eight gaps is of the same length. Suppose the length of the entire track is 8x,
so that each gap is x. Since the red and the green trains cover the entire track in 40 minutes each, their speeds are 12x each so that
they cover each gap in 5 minutes. Since the blue and the orange trains cover the entire track in 1 hour each, their speeds are 8x
each so that they cover each gap in 7.5 minutes. The red trains will leave at 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave
at 5:00 p.m. The blue trains will leave at 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave at 4:15 p.m. The green trains will
leave at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave at 4:30 p.m. The orange trains will leave at 6:45 a.m., 7:45 a.m., ¦
and the last red train will leave at 4:45 p.m.
 
The red train leaves at 6:00 a.m. from station A and returns at 6:40 a.m. It then waits at station A till 7:00 a.m. Since the orange
train leaves station G at 6:45 a.m., it will have covered 2 gaps to reach station A at 7:00 a.m., where it will meet the red train. After
this, since the red train is faster, it will always be ahead of the orange train. This cycle will be repeated. So, the orange train will
meet the red train at 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and so on, till it meets the red train for the last time at 5:00 p.m. Thus the orange train
will meet the red train 11 times.

QNo:-  38  ,Correct Answer:-  23

Explanation:-  

 
The eight stations are equally spaced, so each of the eight gaps is of the same length. Suppose the length of the entire track is 8x,
so that each gap is x. Since the red and the green trains cover the entire track in 40 minutes each, their speeds are 12x each so that
they cover each gap in 5 minutes. Since the blue and the orange trains cover the entire track in 1 hour each, their speeds are 8x
each so that they cover each gap in 7.5 minutes. The red trains will leave at 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave
at 5:00 p.m. The blue trains will leave at 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave at 4:15 p.m. The green trains will
leave at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., ¦ and the last red train will leave at 4:30 p.m. The orange trains will leave at 6:45 a.m., 7:45 a.m., ¦
and the last red train will leave at 4:45 p.m.
 
At 6:30 a.m., the red train is at station G after crossing the green train at station D at 6:15 a.m. The green train will now meet the
red train at station A at 6:45 a.m. This cycle will continue so that the red and the green trains meet at 7:15 a.m., 7:45 a.m., and so
on till the last time they meet at 5:15 p.m. Thus the red and the green trains will meet 23 times.
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QNo:-  39  ,Correct Answer:-  45

Explanation:-  

We know that the number of male and female students is 180 and 120 respectively. From the seventh clue, we know that the
number of male students studying Mechanical Engineering only is 1/3 × 120 = 40 and the number of male students studying
Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only is 1/3 × 120 = 40. From this, we know that the total number of male students
studying all three streams in engineering and those studying Mechanical engineering and electrical engineering only is also 40.
 
From the fifth and sixth clues, if the number of female students studying all three streams in engineering is 2a, then the number of
male students studying all three streams in engineering is 6a and the number of male students studying Electrical Engineering
only is 3a. So, the number of male students studying Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is 40 – 6a. From the
third clue, if the number of female students studying Mechanical engineering only is b and the number of female students studying
Civil Engineering only is c, then the number of female students studying Electrical engineering only is b + c. From the fist clue, we
now know that the number of male students studying Civil Engineering only is 2c. From the fourth clue, if the number of male
students studying Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is d, then the number of female students studying Civil
Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is 2d. From the second clue, if the number of female students studying Mechanical
engineering and Electrical Engineering only is e, then the number of female students studying Mechanical Engineering and Civil
Engineering only is 2e.
 
The number of male students studying Electrical Engineering is 80 = 40 + d + 3a, which yields 3a + d = 40. Since the total number
of male students is 180, we have 120 + 40 + 2c = 180, which yields 2c = 20 or c = 10. The number of female students studying
Civil Engineering is 90. Since c = 10, we get 2a + 2d + 2e = 80 or (a + d + e) = 40. From the eighth clue, 105 = 40 + (40 – 6a) +
6a + d, which yields d = 25. So, 3a + d = 40 yields a = 5. Since a + d + e = 40, we get e = 10. The number of female students
studying Mechanical Engineering is 45 = b + 2e + 2a + e. Substituting values, we get b = 5. We can now complete the Venn
diagram as shown below.
 

 
The number of male students studying exactly one stream in engineering is 40 + 20 + 15 = 75. The number of female students
studying exactly one stream in engineering is 5 + 10 + 15 = 30. The required difference is 45.
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QNo:-  40  ,Correct Answer:-  5

Explanation:-  

We know that the number of male and female students is 180 and 120 respectively. From the seventh clue, we know that the
number of male students studying Mechanical Engineering only is 1/3 × 120 = 40 and the number of male students studying
Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering only is 1/3 × 120 = 40. From this, we know that the total number of male students
studying all three streams in engineering and those studying Mechanical engineering and electrical engineering only is also 40.
 
From the fifth and sixth clues, if the number of female students studying all three streams in engineering is 2a, then the number of
male students studying all three streams in engineering is 6a and the number of male students studying Electrical Engineering
only is 3a. So, the number of male students studying Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is 40 – 6a. From the
third clue, if the number of female students studying Mechanical engineering only is b and the number of female students studying
Civil Engineering only is c, then the number of female students studying Electrical engineering only is b + c. From the fist clue, we
now know that the number of male students studying Civil Engineering only is 2c. From the fourth clue, if the number of male
students studying Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is d, then the number of female students studying Civil
Engineering and Electrical Engineering only is 2d. From the second clue, if the number of female students studying Mechanical
engineering and Electrical Engineering only is e, then the number of female students studying Mechanical Engineering and Civil
Engineering only is 2e.
 
The number of male students studying Electrical Engineering is 80 = 40 + d + 3a, which yields 3a + d = 40. Since the total number
of male students is 180, we have 120 + 40 + 2c = 180, which yields 2c = 20 or c = 10. The number of female students studying
Civil Engineering is 90. Since c = 10, we get 2a + 2d + 2e = 80 or (a + d + e) = 40. From the eighth clue, 105 = 40 + (40 – 6a) +
6a + d, which yields d = 25. So, 3a + d = 40 yields a = 5. Since a + d + e = 40, we get e = 10. The number of female students
studying Mechanical Engineering is 45 = b + 2e + 2a + e. Substituting values, we get b = 5. We can now complete the Venn
diagram as shown below.
 

The number of male students studying exactly two streams in engineering is 40 + 25 + 10 = 75. The number of female students
studying exactly two streams in engineering is 20 + 50 + 10 = 80. The required difference is 5.

QNo:-  41  ,Correct Answer:-  23

Explanation:-  
If R scored 11 points in 2nd round, he must have had 5 aims and of these, there must have been exactly 2 misses. Hence he gets 6
aims in the third round. Now total aims so far = 3 + 5 + 6 = 14 aims. Hence he cannot have more than (21 -14) = 7 aims in the
next round. He must have had either 3, 4 or 5 shots in the third round.
He scored a maximum of 5 x 5 - 1 × 2 = 23 points in the third round.
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QNo:-  42  ,Correct Answer:-  35

Explanation:-   It says P scored 8 points in 2nd round implies P got 2 shots and 1 miss implies P had 3 aims in the 2nd round!!
Which further means that as he had 3 aims in 1st round, he got only 1shot n 2 misses!!
 
It means Q had only 1shot in the 3rd round!! Now let's analyze case of Q:: Round 1: aims - 3, shots - 3, misses - 0!! So Round 2:
aims - 5, shots - 5, misses - 0. Now let's discuss round 3, he would have 7 aims, shots - 1 and misses - 6! So in the 4th round, he
would have 7 aims and if gets all 7 shots, he can score a maximum of 35 points!!
 
Q(1st round): aims - 3, shots - 3, miss - 0
Q(2nd round): aims - 5, shots - 5, miss - 0
Q(3rd round): aims - 7, shots - 1, miss - 6

So Q would have 7 aims in the 4th round, if he gets all shots, he can score a maximum of 35 points!

QNo:-  43  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
From D, we know that either TILES or FELTO should be ranked 2.
Possibility 1:
TILES Is ranked 2: If we assume that MAGT is ranked 1, then REG gets rank 4 (from (a)), but this is contradicted by B, MAGT
cannot be ranked 1.
As per (b), in case REG is not ranked 1. then FELTO is ranked 4, which means REG is ranked 3 and MAGT is ranked 1, which
is not possible. Hence, REG has to be ranked 1. We can have FELTO as rank 3, which means that MAGT has to be ranked 4, but this
is contradicted by (e). Hence. FELTO has to be ranked 4 and MAGT has to be ranked 3.
∴The order will be
 
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG TILES MAGT FELTO
 
Possibility 2:
FELTO is ranked 2: As seen earlier, MAGT cannot get 1st rank, as it would contradict the other given conditions. Hence REG is
ranked 1. From C, we know that TILES cannot be ranked 3 as in that case FELTO cannot be ranked 2. Hence TILES has to be ranked
4. This leaves MAGT with rank 3.
∴The order will be
 
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG FELTO MAGT TILES
 
In both the cases, REG has the highest number of test takers.   
Choice (B)
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QNo:-  44  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
From D, we know that either TILES or FELTO should be ranked 2.
Possibility 1:
TILES Is ranked 2: If we assume that MAGT is ranked 1, then REG gets rank 4 (from (a)), but this is contradicted by B, MAGT
cannot be ranked 1.
As per (b), in case REG is not ranked 1. then FELTO is ranked 4, which means REG is ranked 3 and MAGT is ranked 1, which
is not possible. Hence, REG has to be ranked 1. We can have FELTO as rank 3, which means that MAGT has to be ranked 4, but this
is contradicted by (e). Hence. FELTO has to be ranked 4 and MAGT has to be ranked 3.
∴The order will be
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG TILES MAGT FELTO
Possibility 2:
FELTO is ranked 2: As seen earlier, MAGT cannot get 1SI rank, as it would contradict the other given conditions. Hence REG is
ranked 1. From C, we know that TILES cannot be ranked 3 as in that case FELTO cannot be ranked 2. Hence TILES has to be ranked
4. This leaves MAGT with rank 3.
∴The order will be
 
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG FELTO MAGT TILES
 
The exam with the least number of test takers is either FELTO or TILES. Choice (D)

QNo:-  45  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
From D, we know that either TILES or FELTO should be ranked 2.
Possibility 1:
TILES Is ranked 2: If we assume that MAGT is ranked 1, then REG gets rank 4 (from (a)), but this is contradicted by B, MAGT
cannot be ranked 1.
As per (b), in case REG is not ranked 1. then FELTO is ranked 4, which means REG is ranked 3 and MAGT is ranked 1, which
is not possible. Hence, REG has to be ranked 1. We can have FELTO as rank 3, which means that MAGT has to be ranked 4, but this
is contradicted by (e). Hence. FELTO has to be ranked 4 and MAGT has to be ranked 3.
∴The order will be
 
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG TILES MAGT FELTO
 
Possibility 2:
FELTO is ranked 2: As seen earlier, MAGT cannot get 1SI rank, as it would contradict the other given conditions. Hence REG is
ranked 1. From C, we know that TILES cannot be ranked 3 as in that case FELTO cannot be ranked 2. Hence TILES has to be ranked
4. This leaves MAGT with rank 3.
∴The order will be
 
Rank 1 2 3 4
Exam REG FELTO MAGT TILES
 
In both the cases, MAGT is ranked third. Choice (D)
 
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QNo:-  46  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
As each team plays with a different team on each day, each team plays three matches
∴Total instances = 3x4 = 12

But two teams participate in each match, total number of matches

⇒Every day two matches are held
As each team plays only one match on each day, if A plays with B on day x, C plays with D on day x.The following table represents
the days on which the matches will be held
 
  A B C
B x - -
C y z -
D z y x
On day 1 A must have played with either B or D and on day 2 A must have played with either C or D. If A plays with D on day 1
then A must have played with C on day 2 and with B on day 3. However, if A plays with B on day 1 then A can play with either C
or D day 2⇒ A can play with either D or
C on day 3.Hence, the team against which A plays on day 3 cannot be determined.Choice (D)
 

QNo:-  47  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
For all the given countries the value of £ on 2nd March 2004 is 1.91 times of the value of $ on 2nd March 2004.
Hence, conclusion I is valid. 
The maximum percentage change is for Venezuela which is -22.6% approximately.
Hence, conclusion II is not valid.
 
 

QNo:-  48  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  

 
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QNo:-  49  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  50  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  51  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Four managers i.e. P, Q, R and S are selected. The only executive in R & D must be C.
Hence 4th option is the answer.
 
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QNo:-  52  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
P & S are selected to handle R & D. R is selected to handle production.
E is selected to handle R & D.
 

QNo:-  53  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
As P is selected into Production S must be selected into R&D and R is the other manager to be selected. Hence at the most there
can be three executives. Therefore both A & D can’t be selected, as each of them must be accompanied by an experienced
executive. Hence, III is true.

QNo:-  54  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
Let a, b, c, d, e, f and g be the number of students in classes I to VII respectively.
So a + b + c = 300, b + c + d = 280, c + d + e = 240, d + e + f = 195, e + f + g = 215, f + g + a = 235, g + a + b = 260.
Adding these equations, we get
3 (a + b + c + d + e + f + g) =1725
 ⇒ a + b + c + d + e + f + g = 575.
Solving these equations further, we get their values, which are; a = 80 , b = 100, c = 120, d = 60, e = 60, f = 75 and g = 80. 
Now we will find the number of girls in each class.

The possible number of girls for I, VII – 24,32,36,40,44,48

II – 30,40, 44,45, 50, 55, 60
III – 36,48,54,60,66,72
IV, V-18, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36
VI – 30, 33, 45
Here, only 30 (or 36) can occur for 3 times,
 
(1)        for 30 girls
II- 30% of 100 = 30
IV- 50% of 60 = 30
V- 40% of 75 = 30
But 44% cannot take any other class to get an integer.
 
(2)        For 36 girls
I - 45% of 80 = 36
III - 30% of 120 = 36
IV - 60% of 60 = 36
∴It is a possible case. Hence maximum is three.
 
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QNo:-  55  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
From the given information we can make the following table.
The code to each person has been assigned as the first letter of their name , For example Amrinder is coded as A.
 
  Tu Wed Th Fr Sa
A Cherries        
B Mangoes     Pineapple  
C Pineapple Cherries Mangoes Apple Grapes
D Apple Pineapple      
I Grapes Mangoes Apple Cherries Pineapple

The only correct combination is Chidambaram eating Grapes on Saturday

Hence 3rd option is the answer.
 
 

QNo:-  56  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
From the given information we can make the following table.
The code to each person has been assigned as the first letter of their name , For example Amrinder is coded as A.
 
  Tu Wed Th Fr Sa
A Cherries        
B Mangoes     Pineapple  
C Pineapple Cherries Mangoes Apple Grapes
D Apple Pineapple      
I Grapes Mangoes Apple    
 
Clearly, on Tuesday, Bishambar eats Mangoes.
 

QNo:-  57  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
As  a * a = d and a*b = e, we can fill up the table as follows
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a d e b c
b b e c d a
c c b d a e
d d c a e b
 
Fill row ‘a’ with a, d, e, b, c and the rest of the table is determined. Now, we see that c * d = e.
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QNo:-  58  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a b d e c
b b d c a e
c c e a d b
d d c e b a
If we try to fill up the table after setting a * a = b, and b * b = c, we cannot take a * b = e (we’ll not be able to accommodate d in
the b column) ∴ a * b = d.
The rest of the table is determined. ∴c * d = b

QNo:-  59  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
If a * a = d and c * d = b we get the table as
 
* e a b c d
e e a b c d
a a b d e c
b b d c a e
c c e a d b
d d c e b a
 
Hence d * d = a.
 

QNo:-  60  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Let the person who played the highest number of matches, the player who played the second highest number of matches and so
on be denoted by T1, T2 and so on upto T80.
T1 to T39scored more than or equal to 14000 runs.
T25 to T80 made 55 centuries or less.
Thus, T26 to T80 definitely made less than 55 centuries.
Hence, depending on whether T39 scored exactly 14000 runs or more than that and whether T25 made exactly 63 centuries or less
than that, we will get different values for the required number of players. Hence, the answer cannot be determined.
 
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QNo:-  61  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
By clue 7, HR interviewed Sahil at 12:00, the middle appointment of the five. By clue 1, HR interviewed Ajay and then Mr. Singh,
while by clue 6, HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder and then Jeet. Since Ajay has 2 years more experience than Mr. Singh (1) and Jeet
has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder (6), Ajay can't be Mr. Mohinder and Jeet be Mr. Singh (the only way possible to
combine the two clues), so four different candidates are named between the two clues. Since Sahil is neither Mr. Singh nor Mr.
Mohinder (7), either HR interviewed Ajay at 10:00 and Mr. Mohinder at 13:00, or it interviewed Mr. Mohinder at 10:00 and Ajay at
13:00.
Trying the latter case, HR would have interviewed Jeet at 12:00 (6) and Mr. Singh at 14:00 (1). By clue 4, Jeet would be having 3
years experience, with Mr. Mohinder then 1 year experienced. However, neither Rohit (2) nor Vishal (3) could be Mr. Mohinder, so
this arrangement cannot work. HR's 10:00 appointment was with Ajay, with Mr. Singh at 11:00 (1); and it interviewed Mr.
Mohinder at 13:00 and Jeet at 14:00 (6). Mr. Singh has 3 years (4) and Ajay has 5 years experience (1). By clue 3, Vishal is Mr.
Mohinder and Sahil has 1 year experience. Rohit is Mr. Singh. By clue 6, Vishal Mohinder has 2 and Jeet has 4 years of work
experience. Ajay is neither Mr. Kanwar (5) nor Mr. Patial (8) and is thus Mr. Gupta. Sahil's surname is Kanwar and Jeet's Patial (8). 
Thus, HR interviewed the five candidates as follows:
• 10:00 - Ajay Gupta, 5 years
• 11:00 - Rohit Singh, 3 years
• 12:00 - Sahil Kanwar, 1 year
• 13:00 - Vishal Mohinder, 2 years
• 14:00 - Jeet Patial, 4 years
 
Thus, it can be concluded that the surname of Sahil is Kanwar.
 

QNo:-  62  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
By clue 7, HR interviewed Sahil at 12:00, the middle appointment of the five. By clue 1, HR interviewed Ajay and then Mr. Singh,
while by clue 6, HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder and then Jeet. Since Ajay has 2 years more experience than Mr. Singh (1) and Jeet
has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder (6), Ajay can't be Mr. Mohinder and Jeet be Mr. Singh (the only way possible to
combine the two clues), so four different candidates are named between the two clues. Since Sahil is neither Mr. Singh nor Mr.
Mohinder (7), either HR interviewed Ajay at 10:00 and Mr. Mohinder at 13:00, or it interviewed Mr. Mohinder at 10:00 and Ajay at
13:00.
Trying the latter case, HR would have interviewed Jeet at 12:00 (6) and Mr. Singh at 14:00 (1). By clue 4, Jeet would be having 3
years experience, with Mr. Mohinder then 1 year experienced. However, neither Rohit (2) nor Vishal (3) could be Mr. Mohinder, so
this arrangement cannot work. HR's 10:00 appointment was with Ajay, with Mr. Singh at 11:00 (1); and it interviewed Mr.
Mohinder at 13:00 and Jeet at 14:00 (6). Mr. Singh has 3 years (4) and Ajay has 5 years experience (1). By clue 3, Vishal is Mr.
Mohinder and Sahil has 1 year experience. Rohit is Mr. Singh. By clue 6, Vishal Mohinder has 2 and Jeet has 4 years of work
experience. Ajay is neither Mr. Kanwar (5) nor Mr. Patial (8) and is thus Mr. Gupta. Sahil's surname is Kanwar and Jeet's Patial (8). 
Thus, HR interviewed the five candidates as follows:
• 10:00 - Ajay Gupta, 5 years
• 11:00 - Rohit Singh, 3 years
• 12:00 - Sahil Kanwar, 1 year
• 13:00 - Vishal Mohinder, 2 years
• 14:00 - Jeet Patial, 4 years
 
Hence, from above information, we can see that candidate Vishal’s interview was at 13:00 and not at 14:00.
 
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QNo:-  63  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
By clue 7, HR interviewed Sahil at 12:00, the middle appointment of the five. By clue 1, HR interviewed Ajay and then Mr. Singh,
while by clue 6, HR interviewed Mr. Mohinder and then Jeet. Since Ajay has 2 years more experience than Mr. Singh (1) and Jeet
has 2 years more experience than Mr. Mohinder (6), Ajay can't be Mr. Mohinder and Jeet be Mr. Singh (the only way possible to
combine the two clues), so four different candidates are named between the two clues. Since Sahil is neither Mr. Singh nor Mr.
Mohinder (7), either HR interviewed Ajay at 10:00 and Mr. Mohinder at 13:00, or it interviewed Mr. Mohinder at 10:00 and Ajay at
13:00.
Trying the latter case, HR would have interviewed Jeet at 12:00 (6) and Mr. Singh at 14:00 (1). By clue 4, Jeet would be having 3
years experience, with Mr. Mohinder then 1 year experienced. However, neither Rohit (2) nor Vishal (3) could be Mr. Mohinder, so
this arrangement cannot work. HR's 10:00 appointment was with Ajay, with Mr. Singh at 11:00 (1); and it interviewed Mr.
Mohinder at 13:00 and Jeet at 14:00 (6). Mr. Singh has 3 years (4) and Ajay has 5 years experience (1). By clue 3, Vishal is Mr.
Mohinder and Sahil has 1 year experience. Rohit is Mr. Singh. By clue 6, Vishal Mohinder has 2 and Jeet has 4 years of work
experience. Ajay is neither Mr. Kanwar (5) nor Mr. Patial (8) and is thus Mr. Gupta. Sahil's surname is Kanwar and Jeet's Patial (8). 
Thus, HR interviewed the five candidates as follows:
• 10:00 - Ajay Gupta, 5 years
• 11:00 - Rohit Singh, 3 years
• 12:00 - Sahil Kanwar, 1 year
• 13:00 - Vishal Mohinder, 2 years
• 14:00 - Jeet Patial, 4 years
 
Thus, the last candidate to be interviewed by the HR department was Jeet Patial.

QNo:-  64  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
All commerce and arts graduates opt for commando course but nothing is mentioned about others opting for commando course.

QNo:-  65  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  66  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Data regarding strength of boys in the batch of 2015 missing. As a result you cannot estimate the total strength of the batch of
2015. Therefore, the answer is cannot be determined
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QNo:-  67  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  68  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  69  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
The ratio of volumes of cones up to height 2 m, 4 m and 6 m = 23 : 43 : 63 = 8 : 64 : 216
The ratio of volumes of water in the tank above 4m, between 4m and 2 m, and below 2 m.
 = (216 – 64) : (64 – 8) : 8 = 152 : 56 : 8
Since the total volume of water in the tank is 216 liters, therefore the volume of the water above 4 m, between 4 m and 2 m, and
below 2 m is 152 L, 56 L and 8 L resp.
When the water level is above 4 m height all the three taps contribute to empty the tank, but when water level is between 4 m and
2 m only two taps contribute and when the water level is below 2 m, only 1 tap will contribute to empty the tank.
 
Total time required to empty the tank = 152/6 + 56/4 + 8/2 ≈ 44 min
Thus the tank will be emptied at approx. 2:44 pm
 
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QNo:-  70  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
The given number is divisible by 2 as well as by 3.
Using the test of divisibility for 3, we know that the sum of the digits, 41 + A + B must be a multiple of 3.
Since A + B can be a maximum of 18, we can conclude that 41 + A + B = 42, 45, 48, ..., 57. So, A + B = 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 or 16.
Since the number is divisible by 11, we know that the difference between the sums of alternate digits must be a multiple of 11.
So, (23 + A) – (18 + B) = 5 + A – B = 0 or 11 => B = A + 5 or A – B = 6.
If B = A + 5, then possible values of (A, B) are (0, 5), (1, 6), (2, 7), (3, 8) or (4, 9) and the respective values of A + B will be 5, 7, 9, 11
or 13.
If A – B = 6, then possible values of (A, B) are (6, 0), (7, 1), (8, 2) or (9, 3) and the respective values of A + B will be 6, 8, 10 or 12.
Comparing these with the possible values of A + B from the divisibility test for 3, we can conclude that A + B will have 3 possible
values, 7, 10 or 13 and the corresponding values of (A, B) will be (1, 6), (8, 2) or (4, 9).
Since any of these values will ensure that the number is divisible by 6 and 11, the best answer is option 4.
 
Alternatively, you can go through options and find the answer to be fourth option.
 

QNo:-  71  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
f(x)=√(x − 1) + 2√(1− x) +√(x2+1).
For x > 1, √(1 − x) is imaginary;
For x < 1, √(x − 1) is imaginary;
For x = 1, f(x) = √2.
Hence option D

QNo:-  72  ,Correct Answer:-  152

Explanation:-  
Let the cost per kg of Iron be Rs ‘y’.
 
Metals Zinc Aluminium Iron Copper Lead
Weight x 2x 5x 4x 3x
Cost per kg 20 125 y 80 25
 
Total quantity of the alloy = x + 2x + 5x + 4x + 3x = 15x kg.
Since the cost of alloy is Rs. 95 per kg, total cost of the alloy = 15x × 95.
Also 15x × 95 = 20x + 250x + 5xy + 320x + 75x
=> 1425x = 665x + 5xy
=> 760x = 5xy
=> y = 152 Rs.
Thus the cost of 1 kg iron is Rs. 152.
Hence option 1.
 

QNo:-  73  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-   Let C.P. of each banana = 1 Re ⇒ total C.P = Rs. 20.

He sells 16 bananas for Rs. 20.
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QNo:-  74  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-   If we substitute x = 1, 3 in f(x) = x2 – 7x – 2 and x = - 8 in f(x) = x3 – (4 - √2)x2 + (3 - 4√2)x + 3√2, we get that
f(x) ≠ 0 i.e., x cannot take values 1, 3 and -8 if f(x) = 0. Alternatively,
Substituting x = 1, we get f(1) ≠ 0.
So, option [1] & [2] are not answer options.
Check for 3, f(3) ≠ 0.

QNo:-  75  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-   Let the distances covered by air, train, and ship be da, dt, ds respectively, and time in each case be ta, tt, ts
respectively. da + dt + ds = 1200, ta + tt + ts = 50

Given: ds = 2dt ;

ts= 3tt ; tt = 10 hours.  ts = 30; ta = 10

da = 2 × × 10 = 480, 2dt + dt + 480 = 1200 ⇒ 3dt = 720 ⇒ dt = 240

ds = 2 × 240 = 480.

QNo:-  76  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
100a + 10b + c – (100b + 10a + c) = 90 ⇒ 90a – 90b = 90
a – b = 1….(i).
Also, a > 0 and a and b both are less than 10.
There are 9 pairs of (a, b) satisfying equation (i).
Hence 2nd option.

QNo:-  77  ,Correct Answer:-  6500

Explanation:-  
Using the formula of difference for 2 years
P = D/(R/100)2, where D= difference between simple and compound interest
P = 65/(10/100)2
P = Rs 6500.
 

QNo:-  78  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
Since the product is a prime number, one of the numbers must be 1 and the other number must be a prime.
The prime value which can be used in is 2 or 3.
 
If [j – 3/4] = 1 and [j + 3/4] = 2, then 1 ≤ j – 3/4 < 2and 2 ≤  j + 3/4 < 3
Hence 1.75 ≤ j < 2.75 and 1.25 ≤ j < 2.25
Combining the two, we get the range as 1.75 ≤ j < 2.25
 
Similarly, if [j – 3/4] = 1 and [j + 3/4] = 3, then 1 ≤ j – 3/4 < 2and 3 ≤  j + 3/4 < 4
Hence 1.75 ≤ j < 2.75 and 2.25 ≤ j < 3.25
Combining the two, we get the range as 2.25 ≤ j < 2.75
 
Thus, from the above two ranges, we get the final range as 1.75 ≤ j < 2.75
Hence 1.
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QNo:-  79  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Statement (i):
Since we can find the cost price as 9900 or [11000-(11000x10/100)]
Percentage profit= 1100/9900 x 100 = 11.11 %
 So, Statement (i) alone is sufficient.
 
Statement (ii):
Since we cannot find the cost price, so statement (ii) alone is not sufficient.
But from this we can find MP = 11000/0.8 = 13750
 
Statement (iii):
Since we can not find the cost price, so statement (iii) alone is not sufficient.
But if we combine it with statement (ii), we get CP = 13750/1.5 = Rs. 9166.67
So Profit percentage = (11000 – 9166.67)/9166.67 × 100 = 20%
 

QNo:-  80  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
The 10’s digit can only be 1, 4 or 9.
The 100’s and the unit’s digits can be chosen in 9 ways each.
So, there are 9 × 3 × 9 = 243 different values of N.
In these 243 values, the digits 1 to 9 will appear in the 100’s and in the unit’s place 243/9 = 27 times each and the digits 1, 4 and
9 will appear in the 10’s place 243/3 = 81 times each.
So, the required sum is [100 × 27 (1 + 2 + ... + 9)] + [10 × 81 × (1 + 4 + 9)] + [27 (1 + 2 + ... + 9)]
= (2700 × 45) + (810 × 14) + (27 × 45) = 134055.
 

QNo:-  81  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  82  ,Correct Answer:-  1

Explanation:-  
The prime factors of the numbers in set {1, 2, 3, ..., 9, 10} are 2, 3, 5 and 7. Now, 7 is the only number in X which has a prime factor
7 and therefore, it cannot appear in B (otherwise the 7 in the denominator would not get canceled). So, 7 must be in A. From this,
we now know that prod(A) / prod(B) ≥ 7.
 
The numbers having prime factor 3 are 3, 6 and 9. Since we want the quotient to be as small as possible, 3 and 6 are in A and 9 is
in B. Similarly, since 5 divides 5 and 10, 5 is in A and 10 is in B. Extending this logic, we can take 1, 2 and 4 in A and 8 in B. So, the
two sets are A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and B = {8, 9, 10} so that prod(A) = 7! = 5040 and prod(B) = 720 so that prod(A) / prod(B) is a
minimum of 7. The sum of the elements in A is 28 and the sum of the elements in B is 27. Thus the requried difference is 1.
 
Note: the 1 can also be moved to set B in which case sum of elements in A is 27 and the sum of elements in B is 28. The difference
would still be 1.
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QNo:-  83  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-   After 15 min tank would be:

 [5/20 + 5/25 + 5/30] = 17/60 full
In 30 min = 34/60 full
After next 5 minutes has ended :
34/60 + 1/4 =49/60 full
Remaining 11/60 will be filled :
(11/60) / 1/25
This  gives 4 minutes and 35 seconds.
So total time that is required to fill the tank will be 39 minutes and 35 seconds. 
Hence option 2.

QNo:-  84  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  
0.018 × 23280 ≈ 419 tickets won a prize of Rs. 100 each.
0.0002 × 23280 ≈ 5 tickets won a prize of Rs. 200 each.
So, the beggar won (419 × 100) + (5 × 200) = Rs. 42,900.
From the answer choices, the best answer is option 1.
 

QNo:-  85  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-   Upto age 3, he has blown 3 out of 6 candles.

He has in all blown 900 candles.
Thus the total no. of candles placed = 903, which is the sum of a natural series starting from 1.
The sum of first 42 terms of a natural series is 903.
Therefore his age is 42.

QNo:-  86  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-   Operators                    Hours                          Calls

4                                  3/4                               120
4                                  1                                  160
x                                  1                                  1530
 
x = 1530 × 4/ 160 = 38.25 ≈ 39

QNo:-  87  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-   Let the ages of three persons are a, b and c.

Given that a + b + c = 216.

Therefore a + b = 2c.
Hence c = 72. So a + b = 144.

⇒ a - b = 6.
Solving these 2 eqns, we get a = 75, b = 69. So the oldest one is of 75 years of age.
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QNo:-  88  ,Correct Answer:-  A

Explanation:-  

Since the probabilities for any of the regions are equal, we know that the areas are equal.
Let the radii of the innermost circle to the outermost circle be R1, R2, R3 and R4 respectively.
We know that R4 = 98.
Then, πR12 =  - π - 982
R1 = 49.
In a similar fashion, we can find the values of R2 and R3.
Alternately, we can use similarity to find the values of the radii.
Since the areas of each of the circular regions are equal, we get the areas of the innermost circle to the outermost circle as A1 = 1,
A2 = 2, A3 = 3 and A4 = 4.
Since A1 : A4 = 1 : 4 R1 : R4 = 1 : 2 R4 = 98.
Since A3 : A4 = 3 : 4 R3 : R4 = 3 : 2 R3 = 49 3.
The innermost red region is a sector with central angle 45.

The required ratio is approximately 136 : 170 = 4 : 5.

 

QNo:-  89  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  90  ,Correct Answer:-  120

Explanation:-  

The ratio of milk to total volume when the volume of liquid in the beaker is increased by 60%

Next 38.4litres of solution was replaced with water resulting in ratio of milk to water as 3 : 7.

ˆ´Before addition of 60% of water, total volume = 5x = 5 x 24 =120 litres

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QNo:-  91  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  

If we join the centres of the circles, we get ABC with sides 3, 4 and 5.
This means that ABC is right-angled.
The circum-centre of ABC will be the mid-point of the hypotenuse.
So, the circum-radius, R, is 5/2 = 2.5 cm.
The area of ABC = 1/2 ×  3 × 4 = 6.
The semi-perimeter is (3 + 4 + 5) / 2 = 6.
Since r = A/s where A is the area, s is semi perimeter and r is inradius, so 6 = 6r r = 1.
Thus the required difference is R -  r = 2.5 - 1 = 1.5 cm.

QNo:-  92  ,Correct Answer:-  13

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  93  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Let N = 327327 …….. (165 digits)

Remainder of N by 9 = (3 + 2 + 7)55 = 3 × 1 = 3
N is a number which when divided by 4 & 9, remainder is 3 always.
So, by applying LCM, N will leave a remainder of 3 when divided by 36.
 
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QNo:-  94  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  

QNo:-  95  ,Correct Answer:-  200

Explanation:-   For the upper limit of BoM price, we choose the highest display price and combine it with the lowest estimate on
what it represents as a percentage of total BoM.
So we say that $ 42 is 21% of Bill of Material.
So BoM is 42/0.21 = $ 200

QNo:-  96  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-  
Suppose that Biplab attempts k points on the first day (where 1 ≤ k ≤ 499) and earns x points. Then Biplab attempts 500 – k points
on the second day, and suppose Biplab earns y points on the second day. Since Biplab's success ratio was less on each day than
Arnab's, we must have
x/k < 160/300 = 8/15 and y / (500 – k) < 140/ 200 = 7/10
We are seeking the largest possible two-day success ratio for Biplab, which occurs when the
integer x + y is as large as possible.
Now we have x + y < 8k /15 + 7(500 – k) /10 = 350 – (k /6)
Since k > 0, the largest possible integer value of x + y is 349. Thus, m = 349 and n = 500,
and we conclude that m + n = 349 + 500 = 849.

QNo:-  97  ,Correct Answer:-  304

Explanation:-  
log10 1001101 = 101
101 log10 1001
⇒101 ×  3 = 303.
So, the number of digits in 1001101 is 304 as number of digits = characteristic + 1
303 + 1 = 304

QNo:-  98  ,Correct Answer:-  D

Explanation:-   P (Product being composite) = 1 - P (Product being prime) - P(product being 1)

Exactly 1 dice must have a prime face on the top, and the other 10 must have 1's. The prime dice can show 2, 3 or 5.

So answer is None of these.

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QNo:-  99  ,Correct Answer:-  C

Explanation:-  
Since √7 lies between 2 and 3, [√7] = 2.
So, [A2] + [√7] + [√7] = [A2] + 2 + 2 = 13 ⇒ [A2] = 9.
This means that 9 ≤ A2 < 10.
From the answer choices, only option 3 satisfies the conditions.
 

QNo:-  100  ,Correct Answer:-  B

Explanation:-  
The area of the walls is 2(15 × 10 + 25 × 10) = 800 sq. ft. Ganesh will build these walls in 800/36 = 22 2/9 days. So, Ganesh will
be paid for 23 days, i.e., he is paid 23 × 150 = Rs. 3450. The area of the floor and the ceiling is 2(15 × 25) = 750 sq. ft. Raman will
build these in 750/45 = 16 2/3 days. So, Raman will be paid for 17 days, i.e., he is paid 17 × 200 = Rs. 3400. The area to be
painted is 800 + 375 = 1175 sq. ft. Bala will finish painting in 1175/80 = 14 11/16 days. So, Bala will be paid for 15 days, i.e., he
will be paid 15 × 125 = Rs. 1875. Thus the total wages are 3450 + 3400 + 1875 = Rs. 8725.