Quantitative aptitude & Reasoning Ability

1. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters MASTE using each
letter only once in each word?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
2. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters IDET using each letter
only once in each word?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
3. The positions of how many alphabets will remain unchanged if each of the alphabets in
the word WALKING is arranged in alphabetical order from left to right?
(1) None 2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
4. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 106. What is product of
B and D ?
(1) 1440 (2) 11024 (3) 10608 (4) 11232 (5) None
5. A, B and C divide an amount of Rs.9861 among themselves in the ratio of 3 : 11 : 5,
respectively. What is B’s share in the amount ?
(1) Rs. 4671 (2) Rs. 5709 (3) Rs. 6228 (4) Rs. 7266 (5) None
6. As rise of 20% in the price of refined groundnuts oil a family in forced to buy 1 kg less
for Rs.180. Find the original price of refined groundnut oil per kg.
(1) Rs. 36 (2) Rs. 32 (3) Rs. 30 (4) Rs. 33 (5) None
7. In an examination it is required to get 540 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets
432 marks and is declared fail by 9% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks student
can get ?
(1) 1475 (2) 1350 (3) 1200
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None
8. By selling 45 lemons for Rs.40, a loses 20%. How many should he sell for Rs. 24 to gain
20% in the transaction ?
(1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 20 (4) 22 (5) None
9. What is the least number which when divided by 52, 78 and 117 leaves remainder 43, 69
and 108, respectively ?
(1) 456 (2) 457(3) 459 (4) 462(5) None
Directions (10-14) Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements
numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the
statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and Give answer
(1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
(2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
(3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer
the question
(4) if the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the
question
(5) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question
10. In which direction is Ravi facing?
I. Ashok is to the right of Ravi.
II. Samir is sitting opposite of Ashok facing north.
11. How M is related to K?
 I. The sister of K is the mother of N who is daughter ofM.
II. P is the sister of M.
12. Is D brother of T?
I. T is the sister of M and K.
II. K is the brother of D.
13. How many sons does P have?
I. S and T are brother of M.
II. The mother of T is P who has only one daughter.
14. Who is the tallest among P, Q, R, S and T?
I. R is taller than Q and T.
II. T is taller than S and P and S is taller than Q and R.
Directions (15-17) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions give0n
below
B, M, T, R, K, H and D are travelling in a train compartment with III tier sleeper
berth. Each of them has a different profession of Engineer Doctor, Architect, Pharmacist,
Lawyer, Journalist and Pathologist. They occupied two lower berths, three middle berths and two
upper berths. B the Engineer is not on the upper berth. The Architect is the only other person
who occupies the same type of berth as that of B, M and H are not on the middle berth and their
professions are Pathologist and Lawyer respectively. T is a Pharmacist. D is neither a Journalist
nor an Architect. K occupies same type of berth as that of the Doctor.
15. What is D’s profession?
(1) Doctor (2) Engineer (3) Lawyer
(4) Pharmacist (5) Data inadequate
16. Which of the following group occupies middle berth?
(1) DKR (2) DHT (3) HKT (4) DKT (5) None
17. Which of the following combination of person-berth profession is correct?
(1) R-Lower-Journalist (2) R-Lower-Architect
(3) D-Upper-Doctor (4) K-Upper-Lawyer (5) All correct
Directions (Q. Nos. 18 to 20) In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out
the wrong number.
18. 10 8 13 35 135 671 4007
1) 8 2) 671 3) 135 4) 13 5) 35
19. 80 42 24 13.5 8.75 6.375 5.1875
1) 8.75 2) 13.5 3) 24 4) 6.375 5) 42
20. 600 125 30 13 7.2 6.44 6.288
1) 6 2) 10 3) 15 4) 12 5) None
Directions (21-25) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three
conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding
commonly known facts
21. Statements
Some plates are spoons.
All spoons are forks.
All forks are bowls.
Some bowls are utensils.
 Conclusions
I. Some plates are bowls.
II. All spoons are bowls.
III. Some forks are utensils.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only II follows
(3) Only I and III follow (4) Only I and II follow
(5) None of the above
22. Statements
Some books are files.
All files are discs.
Some discs are boards.
All boards are keys.
Conclusions
I. Some books are keys.
II. No book is key.
III. Some discs are keys.
(1) Only III follows (2) Only I and III follow
(3) Either I or II and III follow (4) All follow (5) None of the above
23. Statements
All buses are trains.
Some trains are cars.
No car is scooter.
All scooters are jeeps.
Conclusions
I. Some care are buses.
II. All jeeps are scooters.
III. No jeep is train.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows (4) Only either I or III follows (5) None follows
24. Statements
All curtains are pillows.
No pillows is mattress.
Some mattresses are beds.
All beds are sofas.
Conclusions
I. No bed is pillow.
II. Some mattresses are sofas.
III. Some beds are pillows.
(1) Only either I or III follows (2) Only II follows
(3) Only II and either I or III follow
(4) Only I and II follow (5) All follow
25. Statements
Some pulses are grains.
Some grains are sprouts.
All sprouts are nuts.
No fruit is nut.
 Conclusions
I. Some nuts are pulses.
II. Some nuts are grains.
III. No fruit is sprout.
(1) Only II and III follow (2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only either I or II follows (4) None follows
(5) None of the above
Directions Q. Nos. 26 to 30) These questions are based on the following data.
Percentage of literate population with respect to the total population of the state for different
states over the years
Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
State
A 67 72 69 78 79 82
B 82 81 85 85 87 88
C 78 81 84 87 89 91
D 56 65 69 71 75 77
E 89 89 94 95 95 97
F 85 88 91 93 95 96
26. Populations of state ‘C in 1997 and 1998 were in the ratio 2 : 3. What was the ratio of
their literate population?
1) 51: 82 2) 15 :18 3) 9 :13 4) 26 : 27 5) None
27. In 1998, all the six states had equal population of 12 lakh. What was the average literate
population of all the states in that year ?
1) 988000 2)1056000 3)960000 4) 1028000 5) None
28. Population of state D’ in 1998 and 2001 was equal. Approximately, what was the
percentage increase in literate population from 1998 to 2001 ?
1) 17 2) 15 3) 16 4) 18 5) 19
29. Population of state ‘B’ increased every year by 10%. If its total population in 1999 was
10 lakh, what was its literate population in 2001 ?
1) 1052700 2)957000 3) 1152400 4) Can’t be determined 5) None
30. If the average population of all the states in 1999 was 12.5 lakh what was the average
literate population in that year?
1) 10.25 lakh 2) 10.75 lakh 3) 11 lakh 4) Can t be detennined 5) None
ENGLISH
Directions: Each of the sentence has an idiom as the underlined phrase. Choose the one that suits
the idiom from the options provided below.
1.His father advised him to be fair and square in his dealings lest he should fall into trouble?
1) considerate 2) upright 3) careful 4) polite
2.At Christmas, even the elderly fathers paint the town red.
1) indulge in rioting 2) paint the houses red 3) spill red wine 4) have a lively time
3.The members of the group were at odds over the selection procedure.
1) acting foolishly 2) in dispute 3) unanimous 4) behaving childishly
The young heir to his father’s huge estate made ducks and drakes of his patrimony.
1) made best sue of 2) took stock of 3) squandered 4) invested wisely
The Chief Minister had the Inspector General of Police to fill him in on the behavior of the
arrested terrorists?
1) probe into the cases against the terrorists 2) take action against the terrorists
3) inform him about the terrorists 4) none of these
Directions: Decide the best of the answer choices given after reading the theme.
Fewer than half of the jobs in the United States conform even loosely to the standard forty-hour,
nine-to-five weekday schedule, according to demographic experts. This is largely due to the
rapid increase in the number of service firms and in the proportion of the United States labor
force these firms employ, the experts say.
Which of the following, if true, best helps to explain how the growth of the service sector has
had the effect noted above?
1) In order to supplement their incomes, a small percentage of workers in other sectors of the
economy take service – sector jobs as well.
2) New service-sector firms have arisen to fill the need for daycare for children, a need that was
created by the increasing number of families in which both parents are employed.
3) More part –time than full-time jobs have been created through the application of new
technologies to traditional occupations
4) Manufacturing enterprises and other non-service firms often operate twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week
5) The largest and fastest – growing segment of the service sector caters to leisure activities
pursued outside the standard nine-to-five weekday schedule.

Directions: Decide the best of the answer choices given after reading the theme.
In March 300 colleges Students turned out in Washington to protest against proposed cuts in
student loan funds. Another 350,000 collegians flocked to Florida’s sundrenched beaches during
March for “spring break: Since the Florida sun-seekers were more numerous, they were more
representative of today’s students than those who protested in Washington, and therefore
Congress need not the appeals of the protesting students.
Which of the following assumptions does the argument above make?
1) The students who vacationed in Florida did not oppose the cutting of student loan funds by
Congress.
2) The students who vacationed in Florida were not inagreement with the opinion of the majority
of United States citizens about the proposed cut in loan funds.
3) The students who protested in Washington more seriously concerned about their education
than were the students who vacationed in Florida.
4) The students who neither protested in Washington in March nor vacationed in Florida in
March are indifferent to governmental policies on education.
5) The best way to influence congressional opinion about a political issue is to communicate
with one’s elected representative in Washington.

Directions: Decide the best of the answer choices given after reading the theme.
Some doomsayers are warning that long-range warning or cooling trends in weather patterns
will drastically reduce grain production. More optimistic reports, however, point out that, even if
such tufts in average temperature do occur, we should expect little change in grain production
because here is little evidence that changes in rainfall patterns will occur. Moreover, for most
crops, climate induced yield trends will be masked by both the rear-to-year fluctuation of yields
and by the enhancement of yields because of technological factors.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the more optimistic reports mentioned in the
passage are based?
1) Long-range changes in weather patterns cannot be accurately predicted.
2) The growing of grain is so highly dependent on technological factors that improvements in
yield are unlikely, regardless of climatic conditions
3) Trends in rainfall patterns are more difficult to isolate than are trends in temperature
4) Long –range warming or cooling trends are more damaging to grain production if they are
accompanied by changes in rainfall patterns than if they are not
5) Long –range cooling trends are potentially more destructive to grain production than are long-
range warming trends

Directions: Decide the best of the answer choices given after reading the theme
Fact 1: Television advertising is becoming less effective: the proportion of brand names
promoted on television that viewers of the advertising can recall is slowly decreasing.
Fact 2: Television viewers recall commercials aired first or last in a cluster of consecutive
commercials far better than they recall commercials aired somewhere in the middle.
Fact 2 would be most likely to contribute to an explanation of fact 1 if one of the following were
also true. Which one is it?
1) The average television viewer currently recalls fewer than half the brand names promoted in
commercials he or she saw
2) The total time allotted to the average cluster of consecutive television commercials is
decreasing
3) The average number of hours per day that people spend watching television is decreasing.
4) The average number of clusters of consecutive commercials per hour of television is
increasing
5) The average number of television commercials in a cluster of consecutive commercials is
increasing.

Directions: Decide the best of the answer choices given after reading the theme
Some who favor putting governmental enterprises into private hands suggest that conservation
objectives would in general be better served if private environmental groups were put in charge
of operating and financing the national park system, which is now run by the government.
Which of the following, assuming that it is a realistic possibility, argues most strongly against
the suggestion above?
1) Those seeking to abolish all restrictions on exploiting the natural resources of the parks might
join the private environmental groups as members and eventually take over their leadership.
2) Private environmental groups might not always agreloiting the natural resources of the parks
might join the private environmental groups as members and eventually take over their
leadership.
3) If they wished to extend the park system, the private environmental groups might have to seek
contributions from major donors and the general public.
4) There might be competition among private environmental groups for control of certain its park
areas.
5) Some endangered species, such as the California condor, might die out despite the best efforts
of the private environmental groups, even if those groups are not hampered by insufficient
resources
Directions: The passage given below is followed by questions based on its content. After reading
the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage
on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.
Archaeology as a profession faces two major problems. First, it is the poorest of the poor. Only
paltry sums are available for excavating and even less is avail-able for publishing the results and
preserving the sites once excavated. Yet archaeologists deal with priceless objects every day.
Second, there is the problem of illegal excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold
to the highest bidder.

I would like to make an outrageous suggestion that would one stroke provide funds for
archaeology and reduce the amount of illegal digging. I would propose that scientific
archaeological expeditions and governmental authorities sell excavated artifacts on the open
market. Such sales would provide substantial funds for the excavation and preservation of
archaeological sites and the publication of results. At the same time, they would break the illegal
excavator’s grip on the market, thereby decreasing the inducement to engage in illegal activities.

You might object that professionals excavate to acquire knowledge, not money. Moreover,
ancient artifacts are part of our global cultural heritage, which should be available for all to
appreciate, not sold to the highest bidder. I agree. Sell nothing that comes out of the ground has
scientific value. Here we part company. Theoretically, you may be correct in claiming that every
artifact has potential scientific value. Practically, you are wrong. I refer to the thousands of
pottery vessels and ancient lamps that are essentially duplicates of one another. In one small
excavation in Cyprus, archaeologists recently uncovered 2,000 virtually indistinguishable small
jugs in a single courtyard. Even precious royal seal impressions known as la€TM melekh handles
have been found in abundancea€” more than 4,000 examples so far.

The basements of museums are simply not large enough to store the artifacts that are likely to be
discovered in the future. There is not enough money even to catalogue the finds; as a result, they
cannot be found again and become as inaccessible as if they had never been discovered. Indeed,
with the help of a computer, sold artifacts could be more accessible than are the pieces stored in
bulging museum basements. Prior to sale, each could be photographed and the list of the
purchasers could be maintained on the computer. A purchaser could even be required to agree to
return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes. It would be unrealistic to
suggest that illegal digging would stop if artifacts were sold on the open market. But the demand
for the clandestine product would be substantially reduced. Who would want an unmarked pot
when another was available whose provenance was known, and that was dated stratigraphically
by the professional archaeologist who excavated it.
The primary purpose of the passage is to propose
1) an alternative to museum display of artifacts
2) a way to curb illegal digging while benefiting the archaeological profession
3) a way to distinguish artifacts with scientific value from those that have no such value
4) the governmental regulation of archaeological site
5) a new system for cataloguing duplicate artifacts
The author implies that all of the following statements about duplicate artifacts are true EXCEPT
1) a market for such artifacts already exists
2) such artifacts seldom have scientific value
3) there is likely to be a continuing supply of such artifacts
4) Museums are well supplied with examples of such artifacts
5) Such artifacts frequently exceed in quality those already catalogued in museum collections
Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a disadvantage of storing artifacts in
museum basements?
1) Museum officials rarely allow scholars access to such Artifacts
2) Space that could be better used for display is taken up for storage.
3) Artifacts discovered in one excavation often become separated from each other.
4) Such artifacts are often damaged by variations in temperature and humidity
5) Such artifacts often remain un-catalogued and thus cannot be located once they are put in
storage.
The author mentions the excavation in Cyprus to emphasize which of the following points.
1) Ancient lamps and pottery vessels are less valuable, although more rare, than royal seal
impressions
2) Artifacts that are very similar to each other present cataloguing difficulties to archaeologists
3) Artifacts that are not uniquely valuable, and therefore could be sold, are available in large
quantities
4) Cyprus is the most important location for unearthing large quantities of salable artifacts
5) Illegal sales of duplicate artifacts are wide-spread, particularly on the island of Cyprus
The author’s argument concerning the effect of the official sale of duplicate artifacts on illegal
excavation is based on which of the following assumptions.
1) Prospective purchasers would prefer to buy authenticated artifacts
2) The price of illegally excavated artifacts would rise.
3) Computers could be used to trace sold artifacts
4) Illegal excavators would be forced to sell only duplicate artifacts.
5) Money gained from selling authenticated artifacts could be used to investigate and prosecute
illegal excavators
The author anticipates which of the following initial objections to the adoption of his proposal.
1) Museum officials will become unwilling to store artifacts
2) An oversupply of salable artifacts will result and the demand for them fall
3) Artifacts that would have been displayed in public places will be sold to private collectors
4) Illegal excavators will have an even larger supply of artifacts for resale
5) Counterfeiting of artifacts will become more common place.
According to the passage, which of the following is a direct perceptual consequence of
interstellar dust.
1) some starts are rendered invisible to observers on Earth.
2) many visible stars are made to seem brighter than they really are
3) the presence of hydrogen and helium gas is revealed
4) the night sky appears dusty at all times to observers on the earth.
5) the dust is conspicuously visible against a background of bright stars
It can be inferred from the passage that the density of interstellar material is
1) higher where distances between the stars are shorter
2) equal to that of interstellar dust
3) unusually low in the vicinity of our Sun
4) independent of the incidence of gaseous components
5) not homogenous throughout interstellar space
It can be inferred from the passage that it is because space is so vast that
1) little of the interstellar material in it seems substantial
2) normal units of volume seem little for measurements of density.
3) stars can be far enough from Earth to be obscured even by very sparsely distributed matter
4) interstellar gases can, for all practical purposes, be regarded as transparent
5) optical astronomy would be of little use even if no interstellar dust existed
Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks. Each blank indicating that something
has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word
or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The strike will not end because both the management and the workers are _____________.
1) insipid 2) intransigent 3) inexplicable 4) saddened
Because Sherry is so ___________________, we can never predict what he will do at any
moment.
1) old 2) immature 3) capricious 4) lazy 5) dormant
Paper money is merely a representation of wealth; therefore unlike gold or any other precious
metal, it has no _______________ value.
1) financial 2) fiscal 3) inveterate 4) intrinsically 5) intrinsic
In poor and under developed countries, trucks are the only means of getting about town, the
public transportation being virtually __________________.
1) indecipherable 2) ubiquitous 3) inadequate 4) nonexistent 5) negligent
Because of its tendency to _____________, most Indian art is ________________ Japanese art,
where symbols have been minimized and meaning has been conveyed by using the method of the
mere suggestion.
1) imitate, superior to 2) understate, reminiscent of 3) overdraw, similar to
4) sentimentalize, supportive of 5) synergize, half
Irony can sometimes become a mode of escape; to laugh at the terrors of life is, in a way, to
_________________, them.
1) bolster 2) approve 3) evade 4) foster 5) avail
George Bernard Shaw said that the contemporary social values could be flippant and
__________________ at sometimes.
1) important 2) profound 3) inane 4) riveting 5) absurd
The Senate warned the Prime Minister that if he did not accept their advice, the differences
between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Government would be
___________________.
1) eliminated 2) eroded 3) exacerbated 4) exemplified 5) exasperated
The ___________________ transformation of the former Soviet Union or Russia as it was
popularly known, remains one of the biggest stories of the decade.
1) smooth 2) singular 3) tumultuous 4) prophetic 5) traumatic
A wise person is one who learns from his __________________.
1) errors 2) mistakes 3) falsities 4) lies 5) bad manners

Directions: In each of the following sentences, some part of the sentence or entire sentence is
underlined. Beneath each sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. Select
the best option from the given choices that produces the most effective sentence; which avoids
awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error.
The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize – stock breeding, with individual
bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest
whenever they were put on show.
1) excited 2) it excited 3) exciting 4) would excite 5) it had excited
Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the
company manager to give her staff a raise.
1) it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise
2) the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise
The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling
Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant
planet.
1) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
2) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit
3) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known in orbit around
4) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
5) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit
Health officials estimate that 35 million Africans are in danger of contracting trypanosomiasis, or
“African sleeping sickness,” a parasitic disease spread by the bites of tsetse flies.
1) are in danger of contracting 2) are in danger to contract
3) have a danger of contracting 4) are endangered by contraction
5) have a danger that they will contract
Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as
to care for sick or newborn children.
1) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to 2) to provide workers with unpaid leave so
as to
3) provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
4) to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can
5) provide workers with unpaid leave and
The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the
United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
1) increased by more than twice 2) increased more than two times 3) more than doubled
4) was more than doubled 5) had more than doubled
The root systems of most flowering perennials either become too crowded, which results in loss
in vigor, and spread too far outward, producing a bare center.
1) which results in loss in vigor, and spread 2) resulting in loss in vigor, or spreading
3) with the result of loss of vigor, or spreading 4) resulting in loss of vigor, or spread
5) with a resulting loss of vigor, and spread
Egyptians are credited as having pioneered embalming methods as long ago as 2650 B.C.
1) as having 2) with having 3) to have 4) as the ones who 5) for being the ones
who
Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the
branches, whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.
1) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang
2) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging
3) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
4) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
5) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung
The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian vegetables, fresh cheese,
oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely.
1) and meat rarely 2) and meat was rare 3) with meat as rare 4) meat a rarity
5) with meat as a rarity
All you really need is a mask, a tube, flippers and a spear gun.
1) you really need are 2) your real need are 3) you real need is 4) no correction required

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