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UPSC Prelims Training Program-2023

General Studies Paper - II
Max Marks : 200 Marks Date: 22/02/2023
Exam Name : WEEKLYTEST–2 Time: 9.30 to 11.30

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1. In the following multiplication, each of the 7. Six Professors have been assigned to take
different letters denotes a different digit. up lectures in a week, starting from
If ′B′ stands for 6 and ′E′ stands for 8, then Monday till Saturday. The six Professors
what is difference between ′F′ and ′D′? are Mandeep, Nitin, Ondrilla, Pankhuri,
Yukti and Rati. A minimum of four
ABC lectures were conducted after Nitin’s
x DE lecture. How many Professors conduct
ACFB lectures before Ondrilla?
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EAOO (1) Pankhuri conducts her lecture at least

FH FB before three people. Mandeep gave the
lecture conducted on Philosophy on
(a) 2 (b) 4 Tuesday.
(c) 6 (d) None of these (2) Yukti is given the lecture before at least
one of the other lecturers. Ondrilla
2. The number of digits of the smallest such conducted her Physics lecture
number consisting of all digits 5, which on immediately on the next day as
divided by 9 leaves remainder 8 is: Pankhuri’s lecture.
(a) 8 (b) 6 Choose the correct code:
(c) 7 (d) 5 (a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but
statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
3. What will be the next number in the (b) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but
following series? statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
8, 4, 4, 6, 12…,? (c) Both statements together are
(a) 24 (b) 30 sufficient, but neither statement alone
(c) 36 (d) None of these is sufficient.
(d) Neither of the statements (1) or (2)
4. In six hours Sita can make four more alone nor together are sufficient.
baskets than Geeta can make in four hours.
If each worked at the rate that the other 8. I drove from X to Y via Z, a distance of
did, Geeta can make two baskets less than 500 km at an average speed of 60 km/hr. If
Sita in two hours. Find the number of my average speed from X to Z was 45
baskets that Sita can make in an hour. km/hr while from Z to Y, it was 70 km/hr,
(a) 3 (b) 4 find the distance between Z and Y.
(c) 5 (d) 6 (a) 200 km (b) 300 km
(c) 350 km (d) 233.33 km
5. The missing letters that complete the
following arrangement are, Directions for the following 4 (Four) items:
a_bab_ab_ _abc_ _ Read the following passage and answer the
(a) abbacc (b) aaabab items that follow. Your answers to these
(c) bbbaac (d) accdde items should be based on the passage only:

6. Let x* denote x2-x for all values of x. Find Because of its accuracy in outlining the
the value of (4*)*. Earth‘s subsurface, the seismic-reflection
(a) 140 (b) 136 method remains the most important tool in
(c) 132 (d) 156 the search for petroleum reserves. Infield
practice, a subsurface is mapped by
arranging a series of wave-train sources,
such as small dynamite explosions, in a
grid pattern. As each source is activated, it
generates a wave train that moves
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downward at a speed determined uniquely 12. Which of the following best describes the
by the rock‘s elastic characteristics. As organization of the passage?
rock interfaces are crossed, the elastic (a) A method is criticized, and an
characteristics encountered generally alternative is suggested
change abruptly, which causes part of the (b) An illustration is examined, and some
energy to be reflected back to the surface, errors are exposed
where it is recorded by seismic (c) An assertion is made, and a procedure
instruments. The seismic records must be is outlined
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processed to correct for positional (d) A series of examples is presented, and a

differences between the source and the conclusion is drawn
receiver, for unrelated wave trains, and for
13. A told B, “Yesterday I met the only
multiple reflections from the rock
brother of the daughter of my father’s
interfaces. Then the data acquired at each
mother.“ Whom did A meet?
of the specific source locations are
(a) Father (b) Uncle
combined to generate a physical profile of
(c) Cousin (d) Cannot be determined
the subsurface, which can eventually be
used to select targets for drilling.
14. Which of the following year has the same
calendar as 1994?
9. The passage is primarily concerned
(a) 2000 (b) 2005
with….
(c) 2006 (d) 1999
(a) Describing an important technique
(b)Discussing a new method 15. A direction pole was situated on the road
(c) Investigating a controversial procedure crossing. Due to an accident, the pole
(d)Announcing significant discovery turned in such a manner that the pointer
which was showing East, started showing
10. According to the passage, in the seismic-
South. Sita, a traveler went to the wrong
reflection method all of the following have
direction thinking it to be west. In what
a significant effect on the signal detected
direction actually was she travelling?
by the seismic instruments EXCEPT the..
(a) East (b) West
(a) Presence of unrelated wave trains
(c) South (d) North
(b) Placement of the seismic instruments
(c) Reflectivity of the rock interfaces 16. In the following number sequence, which
(d) Number of sources number is immediate right to the number
which is third to the right of the number
11. It can be inferred from the passage that the
that is fourth to the left of the middle
seismic-reflection method would be likely number of the sequence?
to yield an inaccurate physical profile of 547402638568913712480
the subsurface in which of the following (a) 6 (b) 5
circumstances? (c) 8 (d) None of these
(a) If the speed at which the wave train 17. Is (x+y)*(y+z)*(x+z) even?
moved downward changed (1) x, y and z are integers.
(b) If the receiver were not positioned (2) At least one of x, y and z is even.
directly at the wave-train source Choose the correct code:
(c) If the rock on one side of a rock (a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but
interface had similar elastic statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
characteristics to those of the rock on (b)Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but
the other side statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(d) If there were no petroleum deposits (c) Each statement alone is sufficient.
beneath the area defined by the grid of (d)Both statements together are sufficient,
wave-train sources. but neither statement alone is sufficient.
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18. Statements: 22. A bought an article for Rs. X and sold it at

No trees are balls. y% profit. Which of the following
Some balls are heavy. represents the selling price of the article?
All balls are coconut.
y
Conclusion 1: All trees can never be (a) X * (b) X*(100+y)
heavy. 100
Conclusion 2: Some trees are not heavy. X * (100+y)
(c) (d) None of these
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Conclusion 3: Some coconuts are not tree. 100

Which of the above conclusions logically
23. How many numbers from 1 to 60 are
follow from the given statements?
either divisible by 2 or by 3?
(a) All Conclusions 1, 2 and 3
(a) 50 (b) 40
(b) Only Conclusion 2 and 3 (c) 30 (d) None of these
(c) Only Conclusions 1 and 2
(d) Only Conclusion 3 24. When an article is sold at 20% discount,
25% Profit is occurred. Find the gain % if
19. In a row of girls, if Madhu who is fifteenth the same article is sold at 4% discount.
from left and Veena who is ninth from the (a) 41% (b) 50%
right interchange their places, Madhu (c) 49% (d) 45%
becomes thirteenth from the left. How
25. By which least integer should 108 be
many girls are there in the row? multiplied to get a perfect square number?
(a) 22 (b) 23 (a) 12 (b) 2
(c) 21 (d) None of these (c) 4 (d) None of these

20. How many children does M have? 26. (a-p) (b-p) (c-p) (d-p).....(y-p) (z-p) =
(1) H is the only daughter of X who is wife (a) a2-z2 (b) a-z
of M. (c) 0 (d) 1
(2) K and J are the only brothers of M.
Choose the correct option: 27. a,aa,bbb is a six digit number consisting of
(a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but two distinct digits a and b. It must be
statement (2) alone is not sufficient. divisible by
(b) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but (a) 9 (b) 3
statement (1) alone is not sufficient. (c) 11 (d) None of these
(c) Both statements together are
sufficient, but neither statement alone Directions for the following 3 (Three) items:
is sufficient. Read the following passage and answer the
(d) Neither of the statements (1) or (2) items that follow. Your answers to these
alone nor together are sufficient. items should be based on the passage only.

21. Average age of twenty friends is 16. The India’s mining sector today stands at an
average age of first eight friends is 12 inflexion point, and the time is ripe to
while the average age of last eight friends realize its full potential that will not only
is 23. What is the average age of the boost the overall economic growth, but
remaining four friends? also generate huge employment
(a) 10 (b) 22 opportunities in the downstream sectors.
(c) 13 (d) None of these Development of natural resources is vital
for overall socio-economic development of
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the country. The import of natural 30. Which of the following is true as per the
resources makes up for $200 billion, or passage?
over 50%, of India’s total import bill of (a) While demand continues to create the
$400 billion. With greater development of ground for a robust mining sector, it is
India’s natural resources sector, import not supported with requisite supply.
dependency can be reduced by more than (b) India’s mining sector contribution to
50%, resulting in the savings of $100 GDP is below par.
billion that will help create more than 20 (c) Both (a) and (b)
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million jobs, alleviate poverty and save (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
precious foreign exchange. Only 10% of
area with mining potential has been Directions for the following 2 (Two) items:
explored in India, against 95% in Read the following passage and answer the
Australia. A vibrant mining sector will
items that follow. Your answers to these
create an entire eco-system of SMEs. The
contribution of India’s mining sector to its items should be based on the passage only.
GDP is just 2%, while it could contribute
as much as 10%. Given India has one of Moving forward, India has to achieve a
the best geologies in the world, it must skilful balancing act. While fiscal
increase production on a massive scale, prudence is important, development
may be up to five times from the current policies that aim at bringing the economy
production. This requires a simple and back on a higher growth trajectory and at
transparent policy, one that peels off layers the same time ensuring adequate spending
from the current stack of approvals on the social sector especially education,
needed, to attract firms to invest, explore health care, and employment generation
and produce. are equally important. Since India is
behind not only China but also Sri Lanka
28. Which of the following can be critically and many others neighboring countries in
inferred from the passage? terms of human development, any
(a) Concerns over environmental issues additional fiscal space available ought to
must be addressed with utmost be utilized for human development
priority in context of mining activities. through growth-oriented social sector
(b) The government’s intention should be programs. This will help achieve the twin
to maximize production. objectives of maintaining the growth
(c) Both (a) and (b) trajectory and achieving more inclusive
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) development. It is also high time that we
bring in effective measures to improve the
29. The passage says that: efficiency, especially in the delivery
(a) Government should take concrete mechanism, of all social-sector programs
steps to encourage private investment in the fields of education, health, and
in the mining sector. employment, while taking note of region-
(b) There exists untapped potential in the specific success and failures in the past so
Indian mining equipment sector. that these interventions yield desired
(c) Both (a) and (b) outcomes. All programs and legislations
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) have laid stress on developing planning
and implementation strategy in a bottom-
up approach which can be achieved only
by developing and strengthening
grassroots level institutions like the PRIs
and making them vibrant.

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31. According to the passage, India can Choose correct code:

achieve holistic growth by (a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but
(1) Primarily focusing on financial growth. statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(2) Following the examples of China's and (b) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but
Sri Lanka's efforts towards human statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
development. (c) Either of the statements (1) or (2)
(3) Maintaining a balance between the alone is sufficient.
growth of the financial and social sector. (d) Both statements together are
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(4) Investing more resources into sufficient, but neither statement alone
education, health care and employment is sufficient.
generation.
Select the correct answer using the codes 35. Find the remainder when X is divided by
given below: 30.
(a) 1 and 4 only (b) 3 only (1) X when divided by 90, leaves remainder 7.
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) All four (2) X when divided by 15, leaves remainder 7.
(a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but
32. What should be done to make social sector statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
programs effective? (b) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but
(1) Grassroots level institutions such as statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
PRIs should be encouraged and (c) Either of the statements (1) or (2)
strengthened. alone is sufficient.
(2) Any additional financial resources (d) Both statements together are
available should be used towards the sufficient, but neither statement alone
betterment of these programs. is sufficient.
(3) More schemes focusing on the
development of education, health care 36. What is the price of 6 pens and 15 pencils?
and employment generation must be (1) Cost of 8 pens and 20 pencils is Rs. 101.
introduced. (2) Cost of 10 pens and 20 pencils is Rs. 120.
(4) An area specific evaluation of the Choose the correct code:
performance of these programs must (a) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but
be conducted. statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
Select the correct answer using the (b) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but
codes given below: statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(a) 1 and 4 only (b) 1 only (c) Neither of the statements (1) or (2)
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (d) All four alone nor together is sufficient.
(d) Both statements together are
33. A number X is divisible by 11 and it has 7 sufficient, but neither statement alone
in all odd places and 5 in all even places. If is sufficient.
X is the smallest such number, how many
digits are there in X?
(a) 11 (b) 22
(c) 5 (d) 9
34. How is PRODUCT written in the code
Directions for the following 4 (Four) items:
language?
(1) In that code language, CLOCK is Read the following passage and answer the
written as $%^$*. items that follow. Your answers to these
(2) In that code language, GYPSY is items should be based on the passage only:
written as FXORX.

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Recently some scientists have concluded that (a) The probability is increased when
meteorites found on Earth and long believed particles are ejected from Mars in
to have a Martian origin might actually have random directions.
been blasted free of Mars’s gravity by the (b) The probability is increased by the
impact on Mars of other meteorites. This presence of large craters on the
conclusion has led to another question surface of Mars.
whether meteorite impacts on Earth have (c) The probability is decreased when
similarly driven rocks from this planet to Mars’ orbit brings the planet close to
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Mars. According to astronomer S. A. Earth.

Phinney, kicking a rock hard enough to free it (d) The probability is greater than the
from Earth’s gravity would require a probability that a rock from Earth will
meteorite capable of making a crater more hit Mars.
than 60 miles across. Moreover, even if Earth
rocks were freed by meteorite impact, Mars’s 40. Which of the following, if true, would cast
orbit is much larger than Earth, So Phinney the most doubt on Phinney’s estimate of
estimates that the probability of these rocks the probability of Earth rocks hitting
hitting Mars is about one-tenth as great as Mars?
that of Mars’s rocks hitting Earth. To (a) Rather than going in random directions,
demonstrate this estimate, Phinney used a about 50 percent of all particles ejected
computer to calculate where 1,000 from Earth go in the same direction into
hypothetical particles would go if ejected space.
from Earth in random directions. He found (b)Approximately 100 meteorites large
that 17 of the 1,000 particles would hit Mars. enough to make a noticeable crater hit
the Earth each year.
37. The Passage is primarily concerned with (c) No rocks of Earth origin have been
(a) Presenting an argument to support a detected on Mars.
particular hypothesis. (d)The velocity of rocks escaping from
(b) Suggesting an answer to a theoretical Earth’s gravity is lower than the
question. velocity of meteorites hitting the earth.
(c) Questioning the assumptions of a
research project. 41. A milk man has to deliver 5.6 litres, 4.2
(d) Criticizing experimental results. litres and 2.8 litres of milk to three
different customers. What is the size of
38. According to the passage, which of the measuring-can in litres that he has to carry
following events may have initiated the so that he has to use the can for least
process that led to the presence on Earth of number of times?
meteorites from Mars? (a) 16.8 (b) 2.8
(a) A meteorite struck the Earth with (c) 14 (d) None of these
tremendous velocity.
(b) A meteorite collided with Mars. 42. A car is driven from A to B at 20 km/hr
(c) Approximately 1,000 rocks were and from B to C at 30 km/hr. Find the
ejected from Mars. average speed of whole journey given that
(d) The orbits of Earth and Mars brought distance from B to C is half of that from A
the planets to their closest points. to B.
(a) 25 km/hr (b) 24 km/hr
39. The passage suggests that which of the (c) 22.5 km/hr (d) 180/7 km/hr
following is true concerning the
probability that a rock, if ejected from
Mars, will hit the Earth?

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43. Total number of students in class B is the year. This fall has created a positive
greater than that of class A. Out of the trade balance of over 1.3 per cent of GDP.
following, what will the combined average We do not know how long this price war
marks of both the classes per students will will continue or who will blink first. But if
be closer to? this continues for the remaining year, then
(a) Average marks per student of A the growth will see a minimum boost of
(b) Average marks per student of B 20-25 bps points which can go up to 75-
(c) Exactly between Average marks of A 100 bps and our current account deficit
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and Average marks of B will completely disappear. This benefit

(d) Data insufficient will be in addition to the inflation
reduction.
44. Which is the smallest number that on
being divided by 12, 15 and 18 leaves a Which of the following is the most logical
remainder of 3 in each case and rational inference that can be made
(a) 363 (b) 357 from the above passage?
(c) 177 (d) None of these (a) Disagreement over production cuts is
helping to boost our economy.
45. If a man reduces the selling price of a fan (b) Oil price wars are always beneficial
from Rs. 150 to Rs. 140, his loss increases for all the economies involved.
by 33.33%. The cost price of the fan is : (c) The crude prices are expected to
(a) 180 (b) 190 continue to fall during the duration of
(c) 170 (d) None of these the price war.
(d) The positive trade balance will
46. How many trailing zeroes does the product significantly boost GDP in the
67 x 25 x 64 x 77 x 125 x 87 has? economy.
(a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 6 Directions for the following 2 (Two) items:
Read the following passage and answer the
47. If 4(A’s money) : 6(B’s money) : 8(C’s
items that follow. Your answers to these
money) = 1 : 2 : 3 and if B’s money is Rs.
288, find total money. items should be based on the passage only.
(a) 828 (b) 960
(c) 1308 (d) None of these The recent defection by ambitious leaders
can be understood in two ways. First, the
48. Which of the following is an even defectors were so obsessed with the
number? question of power that they were willing to
(a) 47345 (b) 47551 completely ignore the ideology of the
party which they were joining. This is
(c) 47456 (d) None of these supported by the polar situation existing in
our country in which one side has a clear
49. Which of the following represents the stand while the other exists in an
recurring decimals, 4.232323….? ideological vacuum. Second, the ideology
(a) 4228/999 (b) 421/99 of the defectors was already under erosion,
(c) 419/99 (d) 4229/999 and the defection was the ultimate
expression of this bottling up ideological
50. The oil producers are in disagreement over conflict aided by the ministerial berth. This
the production cuts, and this has started a is less likely because we have not seen any
price war with the production increase. signs of ideological differences.
The prices of crude have dropped by
nearly 40 per cent since the beginning of
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51. Which of these is the most logical and week and putting up lengthy posts on what
rational inference that can be made from foreign governments should be doing. I am
the above passage? happy for them and happier about the fact
(a) The obsession with power always that I have been left alone to live without
discourages ideological reflections. sharing how I am living. I do not deny that
(b) The defectors were not concerned social media has changed the lives of
with ideology. millions. It has made a lot of rich people
(c) Power was one of the reasons for the richer, in much the same way that the
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defection by the defectors. opium trade once made rich smugglers

(d) Managing of ideological differences respectable.
can discourage defection.
53. Which of the following is the most logical
52. Which of the following, if true, supports corollary to the above passage?
the hypothesis made in the passage?
(a) Use of social media is a waste of time.
(a) Ninety percent of the defecting
(b) Social media allows people to share
politicians have been rewarded with
their lives.
ministerial berths within three months
(c) Everyone on social media has an
of joining.
opinion on everything.
(b) At least sixty seven percent of the
(d) The happiness of most of the people is
ministers leaving the party had publicly
dependent on their social media
opposed the party’s stand over critical
engagement.
issues in Parliament over the last year
or so.
54. With reference to the above passage, the
(c) Neither A nor B.
following assumptions have been made.
(d) Both A and B.
(1) People were only interested in how the
author lived as long as he was on social
Directions for the following 2 (Two) items: media.
Read the following passage and answer the (2) The author is lonely because he is not
items that follow. Your answers to these engaging with social media.
items should be based on the passage only. (a) Only (1)
(b) Only (2)
The number of people interested in how I (c) Both (1) & (2)
live has dwindled to one or two over the (d) Neither (1) nor (2)
past couple of years, which I believe is a
direct fallout of my refusal to engage with
social media. When I created a Facebook 55. The gender inequality in the defense forces
account a decade ago, it seemed as if is based on the principle that women are
friends and acquaintances poured out of physically, intellectually and performance-
the woodwork overnight, liking every wise unequal to men. Military hierarchy
status update, congratulating me on every has an outdated mindset that women are
major accomplishment such as checking
not at par with their male counterparts, and
into a cool restaurant or taking a morning
walk. Today, no one asks if I have as such, do not deserve equality. For
watched the irresistible Netflix show of the erasing this mindset, physical fitness
week, or if I have an opinion on what a standard for women joining the defense
foreign government is doing. They are all forces must not be lower than that of men.
busy discussing the irresistible show of the In the starting, both men and women

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pushed for lower physic standards. Men 60. If the current flows at 2 km/hr, and it
because the induction of women was takes me 3 hours to row 9 km upstream,
nothing more than a cosmetic appendage, how many hours will it take to return?
and women because they got easy in. (a) 9/5 (b) 9/7
What is the main subject of discussion (c) 2 (d) None of these
in the passage? 61. If price increases by 25% and consumption
(a) Gender equality in defense forces
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decreases by 10%, by what % does the

(b) Military hierarchy and its mindset expenses on that commodity increase?
(c) Physical fitness standards and defense (a) 15% (b) 12.5%
(d) Principles and gender equality (c) 37.5% (d) None of these
62. In a container filled with 15 liters of
56. Husband eats 3 loaves in 2 days, while the
mixture of spirit and water in the ratio of
wife eats 2 loaves in 3 days. For how
9:1, 5 liters of mixture is withdrawn and
many days will 130 loaves last?
replaced by water. If this process is again
(a) 65 (b) 130
(c) 60 (d) None of these repeated one more time, what % of
mixture is spirit now?
57. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed (a) 40% (b) 50%
using all digits 3, 5, 6 and 8 that are (c) 66.66% (d) 25%
greater than 5600?
63. Fresh melon has 99% water while dry
(a) 12 (b) 16
melon has only 20% water. How many kg
(c) 96 (d) 160
of dry melon can be made out of 40 kg of
58. In which ratio should mixture A fresh melon?
containing milk and water in the ratio of (a) 4 kg (b) 2 kg
2:3 and mixture B containing milk and (c) 0.5 kg (d) 10 kg
water in the ratio of 7:2 be mixed to get a
64. If simple interest on a certain sum for t
final mixture containing milk and water in
years at t% p.a. is 16/25 of the principal,
the ratio of 3:2?
find t.
(a) 8:9 (b) 9:8
(a) 8 (b) 5
(c) 4:1 (d) Inconsistent data
(c) 4/5 (d) None of these
59. Which of the following statements are
65. If sum of ages of A and B is 60 at present
definitely true? and after 10 years the ratio of their ages
(1) Diagonal of a square is always smaller will be 7:3 respectively, find present age
than its perimeter. of B.
(2) For a circle, the radius is always greater (a) 18 (b) 46
than one-fourth of the circumference. (c) 24 (d) None of the above
Choose the correct code: 66. A tap can fill the cistern in 6 hours and an
(a)Only (1) (b) Only (2) outlet pipe can empty the same cistern in 8
(c)Both (1) & (2) (d) None of these hours. If both are operational, how much
time will it take to fill the cistern?
(a) 24/7 hours (b) 48 hours
(c) 24 hours (d) It can never be filled

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67. A company offers three types of France where Birelle lived. This shows
successive discounts : that the painting is most likely the work of
(i) 20% and 40%, Drechen.
(ii) 30% and 30%, Which of the following is an assumption
(iii) 10% and 50%. that the argument requires?
Which offer is the best for a customer? (a) The frame was made from wood local to
(a) Offer (i) (b) Offer (ii) the region where the picture was painted.
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(c) Offer (iii) (d) All are same (b)Drechen is unlikely to have ever visited
68. If TABLE is coded as 21235, CHAIR as the home region of Birelle in France.
38199; what will be the code for (c) Sometimes a painting so resembles
DINNER? others of its era that no expert is able to
(a) 495559 (b) 496659 confidently decide who painted it.
(c) 498859 (d) 955594 (d)The carving style of the picture frame is
not typical of any specific region of
69. I have got some Billiards balls in a bag,
Europe.
labeled with exactly one number out of
‘2’, ‘3’, or ‘7’. I selected 7 balls in such a 73. Sewall’s alligator population has been
declining in recent years, primarily
manner that at least one ball of each
because of hunting. Alligators prey heavily
number is selected. How many balls on a species of freshwater fish that is
labeled with number ‘7’ would have been highly valued as food by Sewallians, who
selected if product of all 7 numbers of had hoped that the decline in the alligator
selected balls is 3528? population would lead to an increase in the
(a) One (b) Two numbers of these fish available for human
(c) Three (d) Data Insufficient consumption. Yet the population of this
fish species has also declined, even though
70. Which of the following is the greatest? the annual number caught for human
(a) 243 (b) 362 consumption has not increased.
2
(c) 48 (d) a and c
Which of the following, if true, most helps
71. In the sequence “5 9 8 1 3 2 7 4 0 6”, to explain the decline in the population of
which digit would be the immediate to the the fish species?
right of second digit to the left of fifth digit (a) The decline in the alligator population has
counting from your left? meant that fishers can work in some parts of
(a) 3 (b) 9 lakes and rivers that were formerly too
(c) 1 (d) 8 dangerous.
(b) Over the last few years, Sewall’s
72. A newly discovered painting seems to be commercial fishing enterprises have
the work of one of two seventeenth
increased the number of fishing boats they
century artists, either the northern German
Johannes Drechen or the Frenchman Louis use.
Birelle, who sometimes painted in the (c) The main predator of these fish is another
same style as Drechen. Analysis of the species of fish on which alligators also prey.
carved picture frame, which has been (d) Many Sewallians who hunt alligators do
identified as the painting’s original so because of the high market price of
seventeenth-century frame, showed that it alligator skins, not because of the threat
is made of wood found widely in northern
alligators pose to the fish population
Germany at the time, but rare in the part of
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74. The amount of time it takes for most of a (a) Aquaculture Turning Hevelia into a
worker’s occupational knowledge and full-service airport would require not
skills to become obsolete has been only substantial construction at the
declining because of the introduction of
airport itself, but also the construction
advanced manufacturing technology
(AMT). Given the rate at which AMT is of new access highways.
currently being introduced in (b) A second largely undeveloped airstrip
manufacturing, the average worker’s old close to Greentown airport would be a
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skills become obsolete and new skills are more attractive alternative than Hevelia
required within as little as five years. for many passengers who now use
Which of the following plans, if feasible, Greentown.
would allow a company to prepare most (c) If an airplane has to wait to land, the
effectively for the rapid obsolescence of extra jet fuel required adds significantly
skills described above? to the airline’s costs.
(a) The company will develop a program
(d) Several airlines use Greentown as a
to offer selected employees the
regional hub, so that most flights
opportunity to receive training six
landing at Greentown have many
years after they were originally hired..
passengers who then take different
(b) The company will increase its
flights to reach their final destinations.
investment in AMT every year for a
period of at least five years. 76. Which of the following most logically
(c) Before the introduction of AMT, the completes the argument below?
company will institute an educational A recent government study links the high
program to inform its employees of rates of respiratory ailments in Groverston
the probable consequences of the to airborne pollutants released by the
introduction of AMT. Woodco plywood manufacturing plant
(d) The company will ensure that it can there. To address the problem, the
offer its employees any training government imposed strict regulations on
necessary for meeting their job emissions which will go into effect in four
requirements. years. Although Woodco plans to cut its
emissions in half two years ahead of
75. Only a reduction of 10 percent in the
schedule, it is unlikely that the rate of
number of scheduled flights using
respiratory ailments will decline before the
Greentown’s airport will allow the delays
regulations go into effect, since_______
that are so common there to be avoided.
(a) The number of facilities capable of
Hevelia airstrip, 40 miles away, would, if
treating respiratory ailments is not
upgraded and expanded, be an attractive
likely to increase.
alternative for fully 20 percent of the
(b) It is difficult to make accurate, long-
passengers using Greentown airport.
term predictions about emissions.
Nevertheless, experts reject the claim that
(c) Not all respiratory ailments are caused
turning Hevelia into a full-service airport
by airborne pollutants.
would end the chronic delays at
(d) Three new plywood manufacturing
Greentown.
plants are about to go into production in
Which of the following, if true, most helps
Groverston.
to justify the experts’ position?
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Instructions: (Questions 77 to 80) 77. Who is sitting at the seventh place

counting from the left?
Read the following information and (a) H (b) C
answer the questions based on it. (c) D (d) Cannot be determined
Ten students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and
J are sitting in a row facing west.
(i) B and F are not sitting on either of 78. Who among the following is sitting at one
the edges. of the ends?
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(ii) G is sitting to the left of D and H is (a) E (b) H

sitting to the right of J. (c) C (d) Cannot be determined
(iii) There are four persons between E
and A. 79. Who is sitting third to the left of D?
(iv) I is to the north of B and F is to the
(a) E (b) G
south of D.
(c) A (d) None of these
(v) J is in between A and D and G is in
between E and F.
(vi) There are two persons between H 80. If G and A interchange their positions,
and C. then who become the immediate neighbors
of E?
(a) A and F (b) G only
(c) A only (d) F only

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