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 1. Consider the following statements : 3. Which among the following steps is
1. The Governor of the Reserve Bank most likely to be taken at the time of
of India (RBI) is appointed by the an economic recession?
Central Government.
2. Certain provisions in the (a) Cut in tax rates accompanied by
increase in interest rate
Constitution of India give the
Central Government the right to
issue directions to the RBI in public (b) Increase in expenditure on public
interest. projects
3. The Governor of the RBI draws his
power from the RBI Act. (c) Increase in tax rates accompanied
by reduction of interest rate
Which of the above statements are
correct?
(d) Reduction of expenditure on public
(a) 1 and 2 only projects
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
4. Consider the following statements :
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Other things remaining unchanged,
2. With reference to casual workers market demand for a good might
employed in India, consider the increase if
following statements :
1. price of its substitute increases
1. All casual· workers are entitled
for Employees Provident Fund
2. price of its complement increases
coverage.
2. All casual workers are entitled 3. the good is an inferior good and
for regular working hours and income of the consumers increases
overtime payment.
4. its price falls
3. The government can by
a notification specify that an
establishment or industry shall Which of the above statements are
pay wages only through its bank correct?
account.
Which of the above statements are (a) l and 4 only
correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2, 3 and 4

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) l, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) l, 2 and 3

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 5. With reference to 'Urban Cooperative 7. Consider the following :
Banks' in India, consider the following
statements 1. Foreign currency convertible bonds

1. They are supervised and regulated 2. Foreign institutional investment

by local boards set up by the with certain conditions
State Governments. 3. Global depository receipts
2. They can issue equity shares and
4. Non-resident external deposits
preference shares.
3. They were brought under the Which of _the above can be included in
purview of the Banking Regulation Foreign Direct Investments?
Act, 194.9 through an Amendment
in 1966. (a) l , 2 and 3
Which of the statements given above (b) 3 only
is/are correct?
(c) 2 and 4
(a) l only
(d) l and 4
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) l and 3 only 8. Consider the following statements :
(d) l, 2 and 3 The effect of devaluation of a currency
is that it necessarily
6. Indian Government Bond Yields are
influenced by which of the following? 1. improves the competitiveness of
the domestic exports in the foreign
1. Actions of the United States markets
Federal Reserve
2. increases the foreign value of
2. Actions of the Reserve Bank of domestic currency
India
3. improves the trade balance
3. Inflation and short-term interest
rates
Which of the above statements is/are
Select the correct answer using the
correct?
code given below.

(a) l and 2 only (a) l only

(b) 2 only (b) l and 2

(c) 3 only (c) 3 only

(d) l, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 3

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 9. Which one of the following effects of 11. The money multiplier in an economy
creation of black money in India has increases with which one of the
been the main cause of worry to the following?
Government of India?
(a) Increase in the Cash Reserve Ratio
in the banks
(a) Diversion of resources to the
purchase of real estate and (b) Increase in the Statutory Liquidity
investment in luxury housing Ratio in the banks

(c) Increase in the banking habit of

(b) Investment in unproductive the people
activities and purchase of precious
stones, jewellery, gold, etc.
(d) Increase in the population of the
country
(c) Large donations to political parties
and growth of regionalism
12. With reference to Indian economy,
demand-pull inflation can be caused/
increased by which of the following?
(d) Loss of revenue to the State
Exchequer due to tax evasion 1. Expansionary policies

2. Fiscal stimulus

10. Which one of the following is likely to 3. Inflation-indexing wages

be the most inflationary in its effects?
4. Higher purchasing power

(a) Repayment of public debt 5. Rising interest rates

Select the correct answer using the

(b) Borrowing from the public to code given below.
finance a budget deficit
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only

(c) Borrowing from the banks to

finance a budget deficit (b) 3, 4 and 5 only

(c) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

(d) Creation of new money to finance
a budget deficit (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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 13. With reference to India, consider the 15. In India, the central bank's function
following statements as the 'lender of last resort' usually
refers to which of the following?
1. Retail investors through demat
account can invest in 'Treasury 1. Lending to trade and industry
Bills' and 'Government of India bodies when they fail to borrow
Debt Bonds' in primary market. from other sources
2. The 'Negotiated Dealing System­
2. Providing liquidity to the banks
Order Matching' is a government
securities trading platform of the having a temporary crisis
Reserve Bank of India. 3. Lending to governments to finance
3. The 'Central Depository Services budgetary deficits
Ltd.' is jointly promoted by the
Reserve Bank of India and the
Bombay Stock Exchange. Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
Which of the statements given above
is/ are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 only (c) 2 and 3

{d) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only

14. With reference to 'WaterCredit', consider

the following statements
16. 'R2 Code of Practices' constitutes a tool
1. It puts microfinance tools to work available for promoting the adoption of
in the water and sanitation sector.
2. It is a global initiative launched (a) environmentally responsible prac­
under the aegis of the World Health tices in electronics recycling
Organization and the World Bank. industry

3. It aims to enable the poor people (b) ecological management of

to meet their water needs without 'Wetlands of International
depending on subsidies. Importance' under the Ramsar
Convention
Which of the statements given above
are correct? (c) sustainable practices in the
(a) 1 and 2 only cultivation of agricultural crops in
degraded lands
{b) 2 and 3 only
(d) 'Environmental Impact Assessment'
(c) 1 and 3 only
in the exploitation of natural
{d) 1, 2 and 3 resources

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17. Why is there a concern about copper 19. What is blue carbon?
smelting plants?
1. They may release lethal (a) Carbon captured by oceans and
quantities of carbon monoxide coastal ecosystems
into environment.
2. The copper slag can cause the (b) Carbon sequestered in forest
leaching of some heavy metals biomass and agricultural soils
into environment.
3. They may release sulphur dioxide (c ) Carbon contained in petroleum and
as a pollutant. natural gas

Select the correct answer using the (d) Carbon present in atmosphere
code given below.

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only 20. In the nature, which of the following

is/are most likely to be found surviving
(c) 1 and 3 only on a surface without soil?
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1. Fern

18. With reference to furnace oil, consider 2. Lichen

the following statements
3. Moss
1. It is a product of oil refineries.
4. Mushroom
2. Some industries use it to generate
power.
3. Its use causes sulphur emissions Select the correct answer using the
into environment. code given below.

Which of the statements given above

are correct? (a) 1 and 4 only

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(c ) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4

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 21. Which one of the following is used in 24. With reference to the 'New York
preparing a natural mosquito repellent? Declaration on Forests', which of the
following statements are correct?
(a) Congress grass
1. It' was first endorsed at the United
(b) Elephant grass Nations Climate Summit in 2014.
(c) Lemongrass 2. It endorses a global timeline to end
(d) Nut grass the loss of forests.
3. It is a legally binding international
22. Consider the following kinds of declaration.
organisms : 4. It is endorsed by governments,
big companies and indigenous
1. Copepods
communities.
2. Cyanobacteria 5. India was one of the signatories
3. Diatoms at its inception.
4. Foraminifera Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
Which of the above are primary
producers in the food chains of oceans? (a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1, 3 and 5
(a) l and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 5
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4 25. Magnetite particles, suspected to
cause neurodegenerative problems, are
generated as environmental pollutants
23. Consider the following animals :
from which of the following?
1. Hedgehog 1. Brakes of motor vehicles
2. Marmot 2. Engines of motor vehicles
3. Pangolin 3. Microwave stoves within homes
To reduce the chance of being captured 4. Power plants
by predators, which of the above 5. Telephone lines
organisms rolls up/roll up and protects/
protect its/their vulnerable parts? Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
(a) 1 and 2
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(b) 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 only (c) 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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 26. Which one of the following is a filter 29. The 'Common Carbon Metric', supported
feeder? by UNEP, has been developed for

(a) Catfish (a) assessing the carbon footprint of

building operations around the
(b) Octopus
world
(c) Oyster
(b) enabling commercial farming
(d) Pelican entities around the world to enter
carbon emission trading

27. In case of which one of the following (c) enabling governments to assess the
biogeochemical cycles, the weathering overall carbon footprint caused by
of rocks is the main source of release their countries
of nutrient to enter the cycle?
(d) assessing the overall carbon foot­
(a) Carbon cycle print caused by the use of fossil
fuels by the world in a unit time
{b) Nitrogen cycle

(c) Phosphorus cycle

(d) Sulphur cycle

30. Which of the following have species that
can establish symbiotic relationship
with other organisms?
28. Which of the following are detritivores?

1. Earthworms 1. Cnidarians

2. Jellyfish 2. Fungi
3. Millipedes 3. Protozoa
4. Seahorses

5. Woodlice Select the correct answer using the

code given below.
Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 only

(c) 1, 3 and 5 only (c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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 31. With reference to Chausath Yogini 33. In the first quarter of seventeenth
Temple situated near Morena, consider century, in which of the following
the following statements was/were the factory/factories of the
English East India Company located?
1. It is a circular temple built during
the reign of Kachchhapaghata 1. Broach
Dynasty.
2. Chicacole
2. It is the only circular temple built 3. Trichinopoly
in India.
Select the correct answer using the
3. It was meant to promote the code given below.
Vaishnava cult in the region.
(a) 1 only
4. Its design has given rise to
a popular belief that it was (b) 1 and 2
the inspiration behind the Indian
Parliament building. (c) 3 only

(d) 2 and 3
Which of the statements given above
are correct?
34. From the decline of Guptas until the
rise of Harshavardhana in the early
(a) 1 and 2 seventh century, which of the following
kingdoms were holding power in
(b) 2 and 3 only Northern India?

(c) 1 and 4 1. The Guptas of Magadha

{d) 2, 3 and 4 2. The Paramaras of Malwa

3. The Pushyabhutis of Thanesar

32. Which one of the following ancient towns 4. The Maukharis of Kanauj
is well-known for its elaborate system 5. The Yadavas of Devagiri
of water harvesting and management
by building a series of dams and 6. The Maitrakas of Valabhi
channelizing water into connected
Select the correct answer using the
reservoirs?
code given below.
(a) Dholavira
(a) 1, 2 and 5
(b) Kalibangan
(b) 1, 3, 4 and 6
(c) Rakhigarhi (c) 2, 3 and 4

(d) Ropar (d) S and 6

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 35. According to Portuguese writer Nuniz, 37. Consider the following pairs :
the women in Vijayanagara Empire were
expert in which of the following areas? ( Historical place ) ( Well-known for)

1. Wrestling 1. Burzahom Rock-cut shrines

2. Chandra­
2. Astrology
ketugarh Terracotta art
3. Accounting
3. Ganeshwar Copper artefacts
4. Soothsaying
Which of the pairs given above is/ are
correctly matched?
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. (a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (c) 3 only

(d) 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only 38. Consider the following statements :

1. It was during the reign of Iltutmish
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 that Chengiz Khan reached the
Indus in pursuit of the fugitive
Khwarezm prince.
36. With reference to Madanapalle of 2. It was during the reign of
Andhra Pradesh, which one of the Muhammad bin Tughluq that
following statements is correct? Taimur occupied Multan and
crossed the Indus.
(a) Pingali Venkayya designed the
tricolour Indian National Flag here. 3. It was during the reign of Deva
Raya II of Vijayanagara Empire
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit that Vasco da Gama reached the
India Movement of Andhra region coast of Kerala.
from here. Which of the statements given above
is j are correct?
(c) Rabindranath Tagore translated
the National Anthem from Bengali (a) 1 only
to English here.
(b) 1 and 2
{d) Madame Blavatsky and Colonel
(c) 3 only
Olcott set up headquarters of
Theosophical Society first here. (d) 2 and 3

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 39. Consider the following statements : 41. With reference to the history of
1. St. Francis Xavier was one of the ancient India, Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla
founding members of the Jesuit and Kshemeshvara were famous
Order. (a)- Jain monks
2. St. Francis Xavier died in Goa and
(b) playwrights
a church is dedicated to him there.
3. The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is (c) temple architects
celebrated in Goa each year. (d) philosophers
Which of the statements given above
are correct?
42. Consider the following statements :
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only 1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
of 1919 recommended granting
(c) 1 and 3 only
voting. rights to all the women
(d) 1, 2 and 3
above the age of 21.
40. With reference to the history of 2. · The Government of India Act of
ancient India, which of the following 1935 gave women reserved seats
statements is/are correct? in legislature.
1. Mitakshara was the civil law for Which of the statements given above
upper castes and Dayabhaga was is/are correct?
the civil law for lower castes.
2. In the Mitakshara system, the sons (a) 1 only
can claim right to the property
(b) 2 only
during the lifetime of the father,
whereas in the Dayabhaga system, (c) Both 1 and 2
it is only after the death of the
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
father that the sons can claim right
to the property.
3. The Mitakshara system deals with 43. With reference to 8th August, 1942 in
the matters related to the property Indian history, which one of the
held by male members only of following statements is correct?
a family, whereas the Dayabhaga (a) The Quit India Resolution was
system deals with the matters adopted by the AICC.
related to the property held by
both male and female members of (b) The Viceroy's Executive Council
a family. was expanded to include more
Indians.
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. (c) The Congress ministries resigned
(a) 1 and 2 in seven provinces.
(b) 2 only (d) Cripps proposed an Indian Union
(c) 1 and 3 with full Dominion Status once the
(d) 3 only Second World War was over.

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 44. Who among the following is associated 48. With reference to Indian history, which
with 'Songs from Prison', a translation of the following statements is/are
of ancient Indian religious lyrics in correct?
English? 1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Hyderabad State.
{b) Jawaharlal Nehru 2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out
of Vijayanagara Empire.
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
3. Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed
(d) Sarojini Naidu out of the territories occupied by
Ahmad Shah Durrani.
45. With reference to medieval India, which Select the correct answer using the
one of the following . is the correct code given below.
sequence in ascending order in terms (a) 1 and 2
of size? (b) 2 only
(a) Paragana-Sarkar-Suba (c) 2 and 3
(b) Sarkar-Paragana-Suba (d) 3 only
(c) Suba-Sarkar-Paragana 49. Which one of the following statements
(d) Paragana-Suba-Sarkar is correct?
(a) Ajanta Caves lie in the gorge of
46. Who among the following was associated W aghora river.
as Secretary with Hindu Female School (b) Sanchi Stupa lies in the gorge of
which later came to be known as Chambal river.
Bethune Female School? (c) Pandu-lena Cave Shrines lie in the
(a) Annie Besant gorge of Narmada river.
(d) Amaravati Stupa lies in the gorge
(b) Debendranath Tagore
of Godavari river.
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
50. Coflsider the following statements
(d) Sarojini Naidu
1. 21st February is declared to be
47. In the context of Colonial India, Shah the International Mother Language
Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal Day by UNICEF.
and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are 2. The demand that Bangla has to be
remembere·d as one of the national languages was
raised in the Constituent Assembly
(a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott
of Pakistan.
Movement
Which of the above statements is/are
(b) members of the Interim correct?
Government in 1946
(a) 1 only
(c) members of the Drafting Committee (b) 2 only
in the Constituent Assembly (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) officers of the Indian National Army (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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 51. How is permaculture farming different 53. With reference to the Indus river system,
from conventional chemical farming? of the following four rivers, three of
1. Permaculture farming discourages them pour into one of them which joins
monocultural practices but in the Indus direct. Among the following,
conventional chemical farming, which one is such river that joins the
monoculture practices are pre­ Indus direct?
dominant.
(a) Chenab
2. Conventional chemical farming can
cause increase in soil salinity (b) Jhelum
but the occurrence of such
phenomenon is nQt observed in (c) Ravi
permaculture farming.
3. Conventional chemical farming is (d) Sutlej
easily possible in semi-arid regions
but permaculture farming is not so
54. With reference to India, Didwana,
easily possible in such regions.
Kuchaman, Sargol and Khatu are the
4. Practice of mulching is very names of
important in permaculture farming
but not necessarily so in (a) glaciers
conventional chemical farming.
(b) mangrove areas
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. (c) Ramsar sites
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4 (d) saline lakes
(c) 4 only
(d) 2 and 3 55. Consider the following rivers :

52. With reference to 'palm oil', consider the 1. Brahmani

following statements
2. Nagavali
1. The palm oil tree is native to
Southeast Asia. 3. S1i1barnarekha
2. The palm oil is a raw material for
some industries producing lipstick 4. Vamsadhara
and perfumes. Which of the above rise from the
3. The palm oil can be used to Eastern Ghats?
produce biodiesel.
Which of the statements given above (a) 1 and 2
are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 4
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3

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 56. Consider the following statements : 59. In the context of India's preparation for
1. The Global Ocean Commission Climate-Smart Agriculture, consider the
grants licences for seabed following statements
exploration and mining in 1. The 'Climate-Smart Village'
international waters. approach in India is a part of
2. India has received licences for a project led by the Climate
seabed mineral exploration in Change, Agriculture and Food
international waters. Security (CCAFS), an international
3. 'Rare earth minerals' are present on research programme.
seafloor in international waters. 2. The project of CCAFS is carried
Which of the statements given above out under Consultative Group on
are correct? International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) headquartered in France.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only 3. The International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(c) 1 and 3 only
(ICRISAT) in India is one of the
(d) 1, 2 and 3 CGIAR's research centres.

57. Among the following, which one is the Which of the statements given above
least water-efficient crop? are correct?

(a) Sugarcane {a) 1 and 2 only

(b) Sunflower
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) Pearl millet
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) Red gram
(d) 1, 2 and 3
58. Consider the following statements :
1. In the tropical zone, the western
60. "Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any
sections of the oceans are warmer
other biome and as a result the soil
than the eastern sections owing to
surface is often almost bare. Apart from
the influence of trade winds.
trees, the vegetation is largely composed
2. In the temperate zone, westerlies of plant forms that reach up into the
make the eastern sections of canopy vicariously, by climbing the
oceans warmer than the western trees or growing as epiphytes, rooted
sections. on the upper branches of trees." This is
Which of the statements given above the most likely description of
is/are correct?
(a) coniferous forest
(a) 1 only
(b) dry deciduous forest
{b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) mangrove forest
{d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) tropical rain forest

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 61. The vegetation of savannah consists of 63. Consider the following statements
grassland ;JVith scattered small trees,
but extensive areas have no trees. The 1. Moringa (drumstick tree) is a
forest development in such areas is leguminous evergreen tree.
generally kept in check by one or more
or a combination of some conditions. 2. Tamarind tree is endemic to
Which of the following are such South Asia.
conditions?
3. In India, most of the tamarind is
1. Burrowing animals and termites collected as minor forest produce.
2. Fire
4. India exports tamarind and seeds
3. Grazing herbivores of moringa.
4. Seasonal rainfall
5. Seeds of moringa and tamarind
5. Soil properties can be used in the production of
Select the correct answer using the biofuels.
code given below.
Which of the statements given above
(a) 1 and 2 are correct?
(b) 4 and 5
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
{d) 1, 3 and 5
(b) 3, 4 and 5
62. With reference to the water on the
planet Earth, consider the following (c) 1, 3 and 4
statements
1. The amount of water in the rivers (d) 1, 2, 3 and 5
and lakes is more than the amount
of groundwater.
2. The amount of water in polar
64. The black cotton soil of India has been
ice caps and glaciers is more than
formed due to the weathering of
the amount of groundwater.
Which of the statements given above (a) brown forest soil
is/ are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) fissure volcanic rock

(b) 2 only
(c) granite and schist
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) shale and limestone

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 65. With reference to recent developments 68. In a pressure cooker, the temperature
regarding 'Recombinant Vector at which the food is cooked depends
Vaccines', consider the following mainly upon which of the following?
statements : 1. Area of the hole in the lid
1. Genetic engineering is applied in 2. Temperature of the flame
the development of these vaccines.
3. Weight of the lid
2. Bacteria and viruses are used as
vectors. Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
69. Consider the following :
66. In the context of hereditary diseases, 1. Bacteria
consider the following statements
2. Fungi
1. Passing on mitochondrial diseases
3. Virus
from parent to child can
be prevented by mitochondrial Which of the above can be cultured in
replacement therapy either before artificial/synthetic medium?
or after in vitro fertilization of egg. (a) 1 and 2 only
2. A child inherits mitochondrial (b) 2 and 3 only
diseases entirely from mother and
not from father. (c) 1 and 3 only
Which of the statements given above (d) 1, 2 and 3
is/are correct?
70. Consider the following statements :
(a) 1 only
1. Adenoviruses have single-stranded
(b) 2 only
DNA genomes whereas retroviruses
(c) Both 1 and 2 have double-stranded DNA genomes.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. Common cold is sometime caused
by an adenovirus whereas AIDS is
67. Bollgard I and Bollgard II technologies caused by a retrovirus.
are mentioned in the context of
Which of the statements given above
(a) clonal propagation of crop plants
is/are correct?
(b) developing genetically modified
(a) 1 only
crop plants
(c) production of plant growth (b) 2 only
substances (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) production of biofertilizers (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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 71. Water can dissolve more substances than 74. Bisphenol A (BPA), a cause of concern,
any other liquid because is a structural/key component in the
manufacture of which of the following
(a) it is dipolar in nature
kinds of plastics?
(b) it is a good conductor of heat
(a) Low-density polyethylene
(c) it has high value of specific heat

(d) it is an oxide of hydrogen {b) Polycarbonate

72. With reference to street-lighting, how do (c) Polyethylene terephthalate

sodium lamps differ from LED lamps?
(d) Polyvinyl chloride
1. Sodiu� lamps produce light in

.
360 degrees but it is not so in the
case of LED lamps.
75. 'Triclosan', considered harmful when
2. As street-lights, sodium lamps have
exposed to high levels for a long time,
longer life span than LED lamps.
is most likely present in which of the
3. The spectrum of visible light following?
from sodium lamps is almost
monochromatic while LED lamps (a) Food preservatives
offer significant colour advantages
in street-lighting.
(b) Fruit-ripening substances
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. (c). Reused plastic containers

(a) 3 only (d) Toiletries

(b) 2 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

76. Which one of the following is a
(d) 1, 2 and 3 reason why astronomical distances
are measured in light-years?
73. The term 'ACE2' is talked about in th'e
context of (a) Distances among stellar bodies do
not change.
(a) genes introduced in the genetically
modified plants (b) Gravity of stellar bodies does not
(b) development of India's own satellite change.
navigation system
(c) Light always travels in straight line.
(c) radio collars for wildlife tracking

(d) spread of viral diseases (d) Speed of light is always same.

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 77. We adopted parliamentary democracy 79. 'Right to Privacy' is protected under
based on the British model, but how which Article of the Constitution of
does our model differ from that model? India?
1. As regards legislation, the British
Parliament is supreme or sovereign (a) Article 15
but in India, the power of the
(b) Article 19
Parliament to legislate is limited.
2. In India, matters related to (c) Article 21
the constitutionality of the
Amendment of an Act of the (d) Article 29
Parliament are referred to the
Constitution Bench by the
Supreme Court. 80. Consider the following statements :
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. 1. In India, there is no law restricting
the candidates from contesting in
(a) 1 only
one Lok Sabha election from three
(b) 2 only constituencies.
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. In 1991 Lok Sabha Election,
Shri Devi Lal contested from three
78. With reference to the Union Government, Lok Sabha constituencies.
consider the following statements
3. As per the existing rules, if
1. N. Gopalaswamy Iyengar a candidate contests in one Lok
Committee suggested that a Sabha election from many
minister and a secretary be constituencies, his/her party
designated solely for pursuing the should bear the cost of bye­
subject of administrative reform elections to the constituencies
and promoting it. vacated by him/her in the event
2. In 1970, the Department of him/her winning in all the
of Personnel was constituted constituencies.
on the recommendation of
the Administrative Reforms
Which of the statements given above
Commission, 1966, and this was
is/are correct?
placed under the Prime Minister's
charge.
Which of the statements given above (a) 1 only
is/are correct?
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 2 and 3

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 81. Consider the following statements : 83. With reference to India, consider the
1. 'Right to the City' is an agreed following statements
human right and the UN-Habitat 1. When a prisoner makes out
monitors the commitments made a sufficient case, parole cannot be
by each country in this regard. denied to such prisoner because
it becomes a matter of his/her
2. 'Right to the City' gives every
right.
occupant of the city the right to
reclaim public spaces and public 2. State Governments have their own
participation in the city. Prisoners Release on Parole Rules.
3. 'Right to the City' means that the Which of the statements given above
State cannot deny any public is/are correct?
service or facility to the (a) l only
unauthorized colonies in the city.
(o) 2 only
Which of the statements given above
(c) Both 1 and 2
is/are correct?
{d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) l only
(b) 3 only 84. At the national level, which ministry is
the nodal agency to ensure effective
(c) l and 2 implementation of the Scheduled Tribes
(d) 2 and 3 and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
2006?
82. With reference to India, consider the
following statements (a) Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change
1. Judicial custody means an accused
is in the custody of the concerned (b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
magistrate and such accused is (c) Ministry of Rural Development
locked up in police station, not
{d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
in jail.
2. During judicial custody, the police 85. A legislation which confers on the
officer in charge of the case is not executive or administrative authority
allowed to interrogate the suspect an unguided and uncontrolled
without the approval of the court. discretionary power in the matter of
Which of the statements given above application of law violates which one
is/are correct? of the following Articles of the
Constitution of India?
(a) 1 only (a) Article 14
(b) 2 only (b) Article 28
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Article 32
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Article 44

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 86. Which one of the following in Indian 88. With reference to Indian judiciary,
polity is an essential feature · that consider the following statements
indicates that it is federal in character? 1. Any retired judge of the Supreme
Court of India can be called back to
(a) The independence of judiciary is sit and act as a Supreme Court
safeguarded. judge by the Chief Justice of
India with prior permission of the
(b) The Union Legi.slature has elected President of India.
representatives from constituent
units. 2. A High Court in India has the
power to review its own judgement
(c) The Union Cabinet can have as the Supreme Court does.
elected representatives from Which of the statements given above
regional parties. is/ are correct?
• (a) 1 only
(d) The Fundamental Rights are (b) 2 only
enforceable by Courts of Law.
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
87. Which one of the following best defines
89. With reference to India, consider the
the term 'State'?
following statements
(a) A community of persons 1. There is only one citizenship and
permanently occupying a definite one domicile.
territory independent of external 2. A citizen by birth only can become
control and possessing an the Head of State.
organized government 3. A foreigner once granted the
citizenship cannot be deprived of
(b) A politically organized people of it under any circumstances.
a definite territory and possessing
an authority to govern them, Which of the statements given above
maintain law and order, protect is/ are correct?
their natural rights and safeguard (a) 1 only
their means of sustenance (b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3
(c) A number of persons who have (d) 2 and 3
been living in a definite territory
for a very long time with their own 90. Which one of the following factors
culture, tradition and government constitutes the best safeguard of liberty
in a liberal democracy?
(d) A society permanently living in
a definite territory with a central
(a) A committed judiciary
authority, an executive responsible (b) Centralization of powers
to the central authority and an (c) Elected government
independent judiciary (d) Separation of powers

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 91. Under the Indian Constitution, 94. Constitutional government means
concentration of wealth violates
(a) a representative government of
a nation with federal structure
(a) the Right to Equality
{b) a government whose Head enjoys
nominal powers
(b) the Directive Principles of State
Policy (c) a government whose Head enjoys
real powers
(c) the Right to Freedom (d) a government limited by the terms
of the Constitution
(d) the Concept of Welfare
95. With reference to India, the terms
'Halbi, Ho and Kui' pertain to

92. What is the position of the Right to (a) dance forms of Northwest India
·Property in India? (b) musical instruments
(c) pre-historic cave paintings
(a) Legal right available to citizens only
{d) tribal languages
(b) Legal right available to any person
96. Consider the following statements in
(c) Fundamental Right available to respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma
citizens only Awards
1. Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards
{d) Neither Fundamental Right nor are titles under the Article 18(1) of
legal right the Constitution of India.
2. Padma Awards, which were
instituted in the year 1954, were
93. What was the exact constitutional status suspended only once.
of India on 26th January, 1950? 3. The number of Bharat Ratna
Awards is restricted to a maximum
(a) A Democratic Republic of five in a particular year.
• Which of the above statements are
(b) A Sovereign Democratic Republic not correct?

(c) A Sovereign Secular Democratic (a) 1 and 2 only

Republic (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) l and 3 only
{d) A Sovereign Socialist Secular
Democratic Republic (d) l, 2 and 3

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97. Consider the following statements 99. Consider the following statements in
Statement 1 : respect of the 32nd Summer Olympics
The United Nations Capital
Development Fund UNCDF) and
( 1. The official motto for this Olympics
the Arbor Day Foundation have is 'A New World'.
recently recognized Hyderabad as
2. Sport Climbing, Surfing,
2020 Tree City of the World.
Skateboarding, Karate and
Statement 2 : Baseball are included in this
Hyderabad was selected for the Olympics.
recognition for a year following its
commitment to grow and maintain
the urban forests. Which of the above statements is/are
Which one of the following is correct in correct?
respect of the above statements?
(a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 (a) 1 only
are correct and Statement 2 is the
correct explanation for Statement 1 {b) 2 only
{b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2
are correct but Statement 2 is (c) Both 1 and 2
not the correct explanation for
Statement 1 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Statement 1 is correct but
Statement 2 is not correct
100. Consider the following statements in
{d) Statement 1 is not correct but
respect of the ICC World Test
Statement 2 is correct
Championship :
98. Consider the following statements in
1. The finalists were decided by the
respect of · the Laureus World Sports
number of matches they won.
Award which was instituted in the
year 2000 : 2. New Zealand was ranked ahead
1. American golfer Tiger Woods was of England because it won more
the first winner of this award. matches than England.
2. The award was received mostly by
'Formula One' players so far.
Which of the above statements is/are
3. Roger Federer received this award correct?
maximum number of times
compared to others.
Which of the above statements are (a) 1 only
correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
{b) 2 and 3 only (c) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 only
{d) 1, 2 and 3 {d) Neither 1 nor 2

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BXC-B-GYLI (48-A)
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Passage-2

Read the following four passages and answer the Approximately 80 percent of all flowering
items that follow. Your answers to these items �hould
plant species are pollinated by animals, including.
be based on the passages only.
birds and mammals, but the main pollinators are
Passage- I insects. Pollination is responsible for providing
us with a wide variety of food, as well as many
Researchers simulated street lighting on plant-derived medicines. At least one-third of the
artificial grassland plots containing pea-aphids, world's agricultural crops depend upon
sap-sucking insects, at night. These were exposed pollination. Bees are the most dominant taxa
to two different types of light - a white light when it comes to pollination and they are crucial
�imilar to newer commercial LED lights and an
to more than four hundred crops. Pollination is
amber light similar to sodium street lamps. The
an essential service that is the result of intricate
low intensity amber light was sho�n to inhibit,
relationships between plants and animals, and
rather than induce, flowering in a wild plant of
the reduction or loss of either affects the survival
the pea family which is a source of food for the
of both. Effective pollination requires resources,
pea-aphids in grasslands. The number of aphids
was also significantly suppressed under the light such as refuges of pristine natural vegetation.
treatment due to the limited amount of food
available. 2. On the basis of the passage given above, the
following assumptions have been made
1. Which one of the following statements best 1. Sustainable production of India's cereal
reflects the most critical inference that can food grains is impossible without the
be made from the passage given above? diversity of pollinating animals.

(a) Low intensity light has more adverse 2. Monoculture of horticultural crops
effect on the plants as compared to high hampers the survival of insects.
intensity light. 3. Pollinators become scarce in cultivated
areas devoid of natural vegetation.
(b) Light pollution can have a permanent
adverse impact on an ecosystem.
4. Diversity in insects induces diversity of
plants.
(c) White light is better for the flowering of
Which of the above assumptions is/are
plants as compared to the light of other
valid?
colours.
(a) 1 only
(d) Proper intensity of light in an ecosystem (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
is important not only for plants but for (c) 1 and 2 only
animals too. (d) 3 and 4 only
BXC-8-GYLI ( 3-A)
 Passage-3 Passage-4

A study conducted on the impacts of Researchers were able to use stem cells to
climate change over the Cauvery basin of gauge the neurotoxic effects of the environmental
Tamil Nadu using regional climate models pollutant Bisphenol A (BPA). They used a
showed an increasing trend for maximum combination of biochemical and cell-based assays
and minimum temperatures, and a decrease to examine the gene expression profile during the
in the number of rainy days. These climatic differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells
shifts will have an impact on the hydrological upon treatment with BPA, a compound known to
cycles in the region, lead to more run-off and cause heart diseases, diabetes, and
less recharge, and affect the groundwater developmental abnormalities in humans. They
tables. Further, there has been an increase in were able to detect and measure BPA toxicity
the frequency of droughts in the State. This towards the proper specification of primary germ
has driven farmers to increase dependency layers, such as endoderm and ectoderm, and the
on groundwater resources to secure their establishment of neural progenitor cells.
crops.

4. On the basis of the passage given above, the

3. Which one of the following statements best
following assumptions have been made
reflects the crux of the passage given above ?
1. BPA may alter embryonic development

(a) Development of regional climate models in vivo.

helps in choosing climate-smart 2. Biochemical and cell-based assays are

agricultural practices. useful in finding out treatments for
pollution-induced diseases.
(b) Heavy dependence on groundwater
3. Embryonic stem cells could serve as a
resources can be reduced by adopting
model to evaluate the physiological
dry-land cropping systems.
effects of environmental.pollutants.

(c) Climate changes increase the criticality

Which of the above assumptions are valid ?
of water resources while simultaneously
(a) 1 and 2 only
threatening it.
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) Climate changes cause the farmers to
(c) 1 and 3 only
adopt unsustainable livelihoods and
risky coping strategies. (d) 1, 2 and 3

BXC-8-GYLI ( 5-A)
5. If 32019 is divided by 10, then what is the 8. A biology class at high school predicted that a
remainder? local population of animals will double in size
every 12 years. The population at the
(a) 1 beginning of the year 2021 was estimated to
be 50 animals. If P represents the population
(b) 3 after n years, then which one of the following
equations represents the model of the class for
(c) 7 the population ?
(a) P = 12 + 50n
(d) 9
(b) P = 50 + 12n
(c) P = 50 (2) 12n
(d) P = 50 (2)nl12

6. The number 3798125P369 is divisible by 7. 9. In a class, 60% of students are from India and
What is the value of the digit P? 50% of the students are girls. If 30% of the
Indian students are girls, then what
(a) 1 percentage of foreign students are boys?
(a) 45%
(b) 6 (b) 40%
(c) 7 (c) 30%
(d) 20%
(d) 9
10. A Statement followed by Conclusion-I and
Conclusion-II is given below. You have to take
the Statement to be true even if it seems to be
at variance from the commonly known facts.
7. From January 1, 2021, the price of petrol Read all Conclusions and then decide which of
(in Rupees per litre) on mth day of the year is the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow
80 + O· lm, where m = 1, 2, 3, ..., 100 and from the Statement, disregarding the
thereafter remains constant. On the other commonly known facts.
hand, the price of diesel (in Rupees per litre) Statement: Some radios are mobiles. All
mobiles are computers. Some
on nth day of 2021 is 69 + 0· 15n for any n. On computers are watches.
which date in the year 2021 are the prices of
Conclusion-I: Certainly some radios are
these two fuels equal? watches.
Conclusion-II: Certainly some mobiles are
(a) 21 st May watches.
Which one of the following is correct?
(b) 20th May
(a) Only Conclusion-I
(b) Only Conclusion-II
(c) 19th May
(c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II
(d) 18th May (d) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II

BXC-B-GYLI ( 7 -A)
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Passage-2

Read the following four passages and answer the At the heart of agroecology is the idea that
items that follow. Your answers to these items should
agroecosystems should mimic the biodiversity ·
be based on the passages only.
levels and functioning of natural ecosystems.
Passage-1
Such agricultural mimics, like their natural
Fig trees (genus Ficus) are considered models, can be productive, pest-resistant,
sacred in India, East Asia and Africa and are nutrient conserving, and resilient to shocks and
common in agricultural and urban landscapes stresses. In ecosystems there is no 'waste',
where other large trees are absent. In natural
nutrients are recycled indefinitely. Agroecology
forests, fig trees provide food for wildlife when
aims at closing nutrient loops, i.e., returning all
other resources are scarce and support a high
nutrients that come out of the soil back to the soil
density and diversity of frugivores (fruit-eating
animals). If frugivorous birds and bats continue such as through application of farmyard manure.
to visit fig trees located in sites with high human It also harnesses natural processes to control
disturbance, sacred fig trees may promote pests and build soil fertility i.e., through
frugivore abundance. Under favourable intercropping. Agroecological practices include
microclimate, plenty of seedlings of other tree integrating trees with livestock and crops.
species would grow around fig trees.

12• Consider the following

11. On the basis of the passage given above, the
following assumptions have been made 1. Cover crops

1. Fig trees can often be keystone species 2. Fertigation

in natural forests.
3. Hydroponics
2. Fig trees can grow where other large
4. Mixed farming
woody species cannot grow.

3. Sacred trees can have a role in 5. Polyculture

biodiversity conservation. 6. Vertical farming

4. Fig trees have a role in the seed
Which of the above farming practices can be
dispersal of other tree species.
compatible with agroecology, as implied by the
Which of the above assumptions is/are
passage?
valid?
(a) 1, 4 and 5 only
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
(b) 3 only
2 and 4 only (c) 1, 2, 3 and 6 only
(c)
(d) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 4 and 6 only

BXC-B-GYLI ( 9-A)
 Passage-3 Passage-4

A social and physical environment riddled

Computers increasingly deal not just with poverty, inequities, unhygienic and
with abstract data like credit card details insanitary conditions generates the risk of
infectious diseases. Hygiene has different levels
and databases, but also with the real world of personal, domestic and community hygiene.
physical objects and vulnerable human There is no doubt that personal cleanliness
brings down the rate of infectious diseases. But
bodies. A modem car is a computer on the entry of the market into this domain has
wheels; an aeroplane is a computer on wings. created a false sense of security that gets
conditioned and reinforced by the onslaught of
The arrival of the "Internet of Things" will advertisements. Experience in Western Europe
see computers baked into everything from shows that along with personal hygien�, general
improvements in environmental conditions and
road signs and MRI scanners to prosthetics components like clean water, sanitation and food
and insulin pumps. There is little evidence security have brought down infant/child
death/infection rates considerably. The obsession
that these gadgets will be any more with hand hygiene also brings in the persisting
trustworthy than their desktop counterparts. influence of the market on personal health,
overriding or marginalising the negative impact
Hackers have already proved that they can on ecology and the emergence of resistant germs.
take remote control of internet connected 14. On the basis of the passage given above, the
cars and pacemakers. following assumptions have been made
1. People who are obsessed with personal
hygiene tend to ignore the community
hygiene.
13. Which one of the following statements best 2. Emergence of multi-drug resistant germs
can be prevented by personal cleanliness.
reflects the most critical inference that can
3. Entry of the market in the domain of
be made from the passage given above ? hygiene increases the risk of infectious
diseases.
4. Scientific and micro-level interventions
(a) Computers are not completely safe.
are not sufficient to bring down the
burden of infectious diseases.
(b) Companies producing the software do 5. It is community hygiene implemented
not take cyber security seriously. through public health measures that is
really effective in the battle against
infectious diseases.
(c) Stringent data security laws are needed.
Which of the above assumptions are valid ?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) The present trend of communication
(b) 3 and 4 only
technologies will affect our lives in
(c) 4 and 5 only
future. (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
BXC-B-GYLI (11-A)
15. A Statement followed by Conclusion-I and 18. A bank employee drives 10 km towards South
Conclusion-II is given below. You have to take from her house and turns to her left and
the Statement to be true even if it seems to be
drives another 20 km. She again turns left and
at variance from the commonly known facts.
drives 40 km, then she turns to her right and
Read all Conclusions and then decide which of
the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow drives for another 5 km. She again turns to
from the Statement, disregarding the her right and drives another 30 km_ to reach
commonly known facts. her bank where she works. What is the
Statement: Some cats are almirahs. Some shortest distance between her bank and her
almirahs are chairs. All house?
chairs are tables.
Conclusion-I: Certainly some almirahs are (a) 20 km
tables.
Conclusion-II: Some cats may not be chairs. (b) 25 km
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Only Conclusion-I (c) 30 km
(b) Only Conclusion-II
(c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II (d) 35 km
(d) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II

16. A boy plays with a ball and he drops it from a 19. Integers are listed from 700 to 1000. In how
height of 1 ·5 m. Every time the ball hits the many integers is the sum of the digits 10?
ground, it bounces back to attain a height
(a)
415th of the previous height. The ball does not
6

bounce further if the previous height is less (b) 7

than 50 cm. What is the number of times the
ball hits the ground before the ball stops (c) 8
bouncing?
(d) 9
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
20. A woman runs 12 km towards her North, then
(d) 7
6 km towards her South and then 8 km
towards her East. In which direction is she
17. Images of consonants of the English alphabet
(Capitals) are observed in a mirror. What is from her starting point?
the number of images of these which do not
(a) An angle less than 45° South.of East
look like their original shapes?
(a) 13 (b) An angle less than 45° North of East
(b) 14
(c) An angle more than 45° South of East
(c) 15
(d) 16 (d) An angle more than 45° North of East

BXC-8-GYLI (13-A)
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Passage-2

Read the following four passages and answer the There are reports that some of the
items that follow. Your answers to these items should
antibiotics sold in the market are fed to
be based on the passages only.
poultry and other livestock as growth
Passage-I
promoters. Overusing these substances can
India faces a challenging immediate future
in energy and climate policy-making. The create superbugs, pathogens that are

problems are multiple : sputtering fossil fuel resistant to multiple drugs and could be
production capabilities; limited access to
passed along humans. Mindful of that, some
electricity and modern cooking fuel for the
poorest; rising fuel imports in an unstable global farming companies have stopped using the
energy context; continued electricity pricing and drugs to make chickens gain weight faster.
governance challenges leading to its costly
Since Denmark banned antibiotic growth
deficits or surplus supply; and not least, growing
environmental contestation around land, water promoters in the 1990s, the major pork
,and air. But all is not bleak: growing energy
exporter says it is producing more pigs -
efficiency programmes; integrated urbanisation
and transport policy discussions; inroads to and the animals get fewer diseases.
enhancing energy access and security; and bold
renewable energy initiatives, even if not fully
conceptualised, suggest the promise of
22. Which one of the following statements b!!st
transformation.
reflects the critical message conveyed by
21. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the critical message conveyed by the passage given above ?
the passage given above ?
(a) India's energy decision-making process (a) People should avoid consuming the
is ever more complex and products of animal farming.
interconnected.
(b) India's energy and climate policy is (b) Foods of animal origin should be
heavily tuned to sustainable
replaced with foods of plant origin.
development goals.
(c) India's energy and climate actions are
(c) Using antibiotics on animals should be
not compatible with its broader social,
economic and environmental goals. banned.

(d) India's energy decision-making process

is straightforward supply-oriented and (d) Antibiotics should only be used to treat
ignores the demand side. diseases.

BXC-B-GYLI ( 15-A)
 Passage-3 Passage-4

Policy makers and media have placed the A central · message of modem
blame for skyrocketing food prices on a variety of development economics is the importance

factors, including high fuel prices, bad weather in of income .growth, by which is meant
growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
key food producing countries, and the diversion
In theory, rising GDP creates employment
of land to non-food production. Increased
and investment opportunities. As incomes
emphasis, however, has been placed on a surge in
grow in a country where the level of GDP
demand for food from the most populous
was once low, households, communities,
emerging economies. It seems highly probable and governments are increasingly able to
that mass consumption in these countries could set aside some funds for the production of
be well poised to create a food crisis. things that make for a good life. Today
GDP has assumed such a significant place
23. With reference to the above passage, the in the development lexicon, that if
someone mentions "economic growth", we
following assumptions have been made :
know they mean growth in GDP.

1. Oil producing countries are one of the

reasons for high food prices. 24. With reference to the above passage, the
following assumptions have been made :
2. If there is a food crisis in the world in
the near future, it will be in the 1. Rising GDP is essential for a country to
emerging economies. be a developed country.

Which of the above assumptions is/are 2. Rising GDP guarantees a reasonable

distribution of income to all households.
valid?

Which of the above assumptions is/are

(a) 1 only
valid?

(b) 2 only
(a) 1 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

BXC-8-GYLI ( 17 -A)
25. Seven books P, Q,R, S,T,U and V are placed 29. A person X from a place A and another person
side by side. R, Q and T have blue covers and
Y from a place B set out at the same time to
other books have red covers. Only S and U are
new books and the rest are old. P,R and S are walk towards each other. The places are
law reports; the rest are Gazetteers. Books of separated by a distance of 15 km.
old Gazetteers with blue covers are
X walks with a uniform speed of 1·5 km/hr
(a) QandR
and Y walks with a uniform speed of 1 km/hr
(b) QandU in the first hour, with a uniform speed of
(c) QandT 1·25 km/hr in the second hour and with a
(d) T andU uniform speed of 1·5 km/hr in the third hour
26. Replace the incorrect term by the correct term and so on.
in the given sequence
3,2,7,4,13,10,21,18,31,28,43,40 Which of the following is/are correct?
where odd terms and even terms follow the
same pattern. 1. They take 5 hours to meet.
(a) 0
(b) 1 2. They meet midway between A and B.
(c) 3
Select the correct answer using the code given
(d) 6
below:
27. Following is a matrix of certain entries. The
entries follow a certain trend row-wise. Choose (a) 1 only
the missing entry(?) accordingly.
(b) 2 only
7B lOA 3C
(c) Both 1 and 2
3C 9B 6A
l0A 13C ? (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) 9B
(b) 3A
(c) 3B
(d) 3C 30. A student appeared in 6 papers. The
maximum marks are the same for each paper.
28. You are given two identical sequences in two
His marks in these papers are in the
rows:
proportion of 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. Overall he
Sequence-I : 8 4 6 15 52·5 236·25 scored 60%. In how many number of papers
Sequence-II: 5 A B C D E did he score less than 60% of the maximum
What is the entry in the place of C for the marks?
Sequence-II? (a) 2
(a) 2·5
(b) 3
(b) 5
(c) 9·375 (c) 4
(d) 32·8125 (d) 5

BXC-B-GYLI ( 19-A)
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Passage-2

Read the following four passages and answer the It is certain, that seditions, wars, and
items that follow. Your answers to these items should contempt or breach of the laws are not so much
be based on the passages only.
to be imputed to the wickedness of the subjects,

as to the bad state of a dominion. For men are

Passage- I not born fit for citizenship, but must be made so.

Besides, men's natural passions are everywhere

With respect to what are called
the same; and if wickedness more prevails, and
denominations of religion, if everyone is left
more offences are committed m one
to be a judge of his own religion, there is no
commonwealth than in another, it is certain
such thing as religion that is wrong; but if
that the former has neither enough pursued the
they are to be a judge of each other's end of unity, nor framed its laws with sufficient
religion, there is no such thing as a religion forethought; and that, therefore, it has failed in

that is right, and therefore all the world is making quite good its right as a commonwealth.

right or all the world is wrong in the

matter of religion.
32. Which among the following is the most

logical and rational inference that can be

made from the passage given above ?

31. What is the most logical assumption that
can be made from the passage given above ? (a) Seditions, wars and breach of the laws
are inevitable in every dominion.
(a) No man can live without adhering to
some religious denomination. (b) It is not the people, but the sovereign
who is responsible for all the problems of
(b) It is the duty of everyone to propagate
any dominion.
one's religious denomination.
(c) That dominion is the best which pursues
(c) Religious denominations tend to ignore
the aim of unity and has laws for good
the unity of man.
citizenship.
(d) Men do not understand their own (d) It is impossible for men to establish a
religious denomination. good dominion.

BXC-B-GYLI ( 21 - A)
 Passage-3 Passage-4

Inequality violates a basic democratic norm Aristocratic government ruins itself by

the equal standing of citizens. Equality is a limiting too narrowly the circle within which
relation that obtains between persons in respect power is confined; oligarchic government ruins
of some fundamental characteri�tic that they itself by the incautious scramble for
share in common. Equality is, morally speaking, immediate wealth. But even democracy ruins
a default principle. Therefore, persons should not itself by excess of democracy. Its basic
be discriminated on grounds such as race, caste, principle is the equal right of all to hold office
gender, ethnicity; disability, or class. These and determine public policy. This is, at first
features of human condition are morally glance, a delightful arrangement; it becomes
irrelevant. The idea that one should treat disastrous because the people are not properly
persons with respect not only because some of equipped by education to select the best rulers
these persons possess some special features or and the wisest courses. The people have no
talent, for example skilled cricketers, gifted understanding and only repeat what their
musicians, or literary giants, but because persons rulers are pleased to tell them. Such a
are human beings, is by now part of democracy is tyranny or autocracy. -Plato
commonsense morality.

33. With reference to the above passage, the 34. Which one of the following statements best
following assumptions have been made reflects the crux of the passage given apove ?

1. Equality is a prerequisite for people to

participate in the multiple transactions (a) Human societies experiment with
of society from a position of confidence.
different forms of governments.
2. Occurrence of inequality is detrimental
to the survival of democracy.
(b) Any form of government tends to
' 3. Equal standing of all citizens is an idea
that cannot actually be realised even in deteriorate by excess of its basic
a democracy. principle.
4. Right to equality should be incorporated
into our values and day-to-day political (c) Education of all citizens ensures a
vocabulary. perfect, functional and sustainable
Which of the above assumptions are valid ? democracy.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (d) Having a government is a necessary evil
(c) 1 and 4 only because tyranny is inherent in any form

(d) 3 and 4 only of government.

BXC-8-GYLI ( 23-A)
35. In a group of 120 persons, 80 are Indians and 38. Consider two Statements and a Question:
rest are foreigners. Further, 70 persons in the Statement- I : Priya is 4 ranks below Seema
group can speak English. The number of and is 31st from the bottom.
Indians who can speak English is Statement-2: Ena is 2 ranks above Seema
(a) 20 and is 37th from the bottom.
(b) 30 Question: What is Seema's rank from· the
30 or less top in the class of 40 students?
(c)
Which one of the following is correct in respect
(d) 30 or more of the Statements and the Question?
36. (a) Statement-1 alone is not sufficient to
Consider all 3-digit numbers (without answer the Question
repetition of digits) obtained using three (b) Statement-2 alone is not sufficient to
non-zero digits which are multiples of 3. Let S answer the Question
be their sum. (c) Either Statement-1 alone or
Which of the following is/are correct? Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question
1. S is always divisible by 74.
(d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are
2. S is always divisible by 9. required to answer the Question
Select the correct answer using the code given 39. Consider two Statements and a Question:
below: Statement-I : Each of A and D is heavier than
(a) 1 only each of B, E and F, but none of
them is the heaviest.
(b) 2 only
Statement-2: A is heavier than D, but is
(c) Both 1 and 2 lighter than C.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Question: Who is the heaviest among
A, B, C, D and E?
37. There are two Classes A and B having 25 and Which one of the following is correct in respect
30 students respectively. In Class-A the of the Statements and the Question?
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
highest score is 21 and lowest score is 17. In
answer the Question
Class-B the highest score is 30 and lowest
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
score is 22. Four students are shifted from answer the Question
Class-A to Class-B. (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are
Consider the following statements required to answer the Question
(d) Neither Statement-1 alone nor
1. The average score of Class-B will
Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
definitely decrease. answer the Question
2. The average score of Class-A will 40. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are
definitely increase. written in opposite order; and the next
4 letters are written in opposite order and so
Which of the above statements is/are
on; and at the end Y and Z are interchanged.
correct? Which will be the fourth letter to the right of
(a) 1 only the 13th letter?
(b) 2 only (a) N
(b) T
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) H
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) I

BXC-B-GYLI ( 25-A)
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Passage-2

Read the following four passages and answer the In. the immediate future, we will see the
items that follow. Your answers to these items should increasing commodification of many new
technologies - artificial intelligence and robotics,
be based on the passages only.
3D manufacturing, custom made biological and
pharmaceutical products, lethal autonomous
Passage- I weapons and driverless cars. This will pose
conundrums. The moral question of how a
Nothing can exist in a natural state which driverless car will decide between hitting a
can be called good or bad by common assent, jaywalker and swerving and damaging the car has
often been debated. The answer is both simple -
since every man who is in a natural state
save the human life - and complex. At which
consults only his own advantage, and determines angle should the car swerve - just enough to save
what is good or bad according to his own fancy the jaywalker or more than enough ? If the
and insofar as he has regard for his own driverle.ss car is in Dublin; who would take the
decision ? The Irish Government, or the car's
advantage alone, and holds himself responsible
original code writer in California, or a software
to no one save himself by any law; and therefore programmer in Hyderabad to whom maintenance
sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but is outsourced ? If different national jurisdictions
only in a civil state, which is decreed by common have different fine print on prioritising a human
life, how will it affect insurance and investment
consent what is good or bad, and each one holds
decisions, including transnational ones?
himself responsible to the state.
42. Which of the following statements best reflect
the rational, plausible and practical
41. Which one of the following statements best
implications that can be derived from the
reflects the central idea of the passage
passage given above?
given above? 1. Too much globalization is not in the best
(a) · The conceptions of what is right or interests of any country.
2. Modem technologies are increasingly
wrong exist due to the formation of a blurring the economic borders.
state. 3. Innovation and capital have impinged
on the domain of the State.
(b) Unless a ruling authority decides as to
4. Public policy of every country should
what is right or wrong, no man would be focus on developing its own supply
chains.
morally right.
5. Geopolitics will have to reconcile to
(c) Man is inherently immoral and selfish many ambiguities and uncertainties.
in a natural state. Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
(d) The idea of what is right or wrong is (a) 1, 4 and 5 only
necessary for the survival of human (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2, .3 and 5 only
species. (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
BXC-B-GYLI ( 27 -A)
 Passage-3 Passage-4

The resolution of bankruptcy cases of Indian

banks under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code should help bring non-performing assets In India, the objective of macroeconomic

(NPA) situation under some control. Despite the policy is to enhance the economic welfare of
slow pace of resolutions by the National
Company Law Tribunal, the Code can be helpful the people, and any one wing of such macro
in cleaning up bank books in future credit cycles.
policy, monetary or fiscal, cannot
The recapitalisation of public sector banks too
can help increase the capital cushion of banks independently work without active support of
and induce them to lend more and boost
another.
economic activity. But bad debt resolution and
recapitalisation are only a part of the solution as
they, by themselves, can do very little to rein in
reckless lending that has pushed the Indian
banking system to its current sorry state. Unless
44. Which one of the following statements best
there are systemic reforms that address the
problem of unsustainable lending, future credit reflects the ·corollary to the passage given
cycles will continue to stress the banking system.
above?

43. Which one of the following statements best

reflects the most logical, rational and (a) The central bank cannot work
practical suggestion implied by the
independently of the Government.
passage given above?
(a) Lending by the banks should be closely
monitored and regulated by the Central (b) Government should regulate financial
Government.
markets and institutions closely.
(b) Interest rates should be kept low so as to
induce banks to lend more, promote
credit growth and thereby boost (c) Market economy is not compatible with
economic activity.
the socialist policies of the Government.
(c) Merger of many banks into a few large
banks alone is the long-term solution to
make them viable and prevent their bad (d) Financial sector reforms are required for
performance.
enhancing the economic welfare of the
(d) Indian banking system requires
structural reforms as a long-term people.
solution for bad loans problem.

BXC-B-GYLI ( 29-A)
45. Consider the following Table : 48. Which day is 10th October,2027?
Runs Balls Runs Balls faced (a) Sunday
scored in faced in scored in in the
Player (b) Monday
the First the First !the Second Second
Innings Innings Innings Innings
(c) Tuesday
A 61 99 14 76
B 05 12 50 85 (d) Saturday
C 15 75 20 50
D 13 55 12 50
49 Consider two Statements and four
Who is the fastest run scorer m the Test ·
Match? Conclusions given below. You have to take the
(a) A Statements to be true even if they seem to be
(b) B
at" variance from the commonly known facts.
(c) C
(d) D Read all Conclu�ions and then decide which of
46. Half of the villagers of a certain village have the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow
their own houses. One-fifth of the villagers from the Statements, disregarding the
cultivate paddy. One-third of the villagers are
literate. Four-fifth of the villagers are under commonly known facts.
25 years of age. Which one of the following Statement-1: Some greens are blues.
statements is certainly correct? Statement-2: Some blues are blacks.
(a) All the villagers who have their own
houses are literate. Conclusion-1: Some greens are blacks.
(b) Some villagers under 25 years of age are Conclusion-2: No green is black.
literate.
Only half of the villagers who cultivate Conclusion-3 : All greens are blacks.
(c)
paddy are literate. Conclusion-4 : All blacks are greens.
(d) No villager under 25 years of age has his
own house. Which one of the following is correct?
47. Consider two Statements and a Question: (a) Conclusion-1 and Conclusion-2 only
Statement-1: The last day of the month is a
Wednesday. (b) Conclusion-2 and Conclusion-3 only
Statement-2 : The third Saturday of the month (c) Conclusion-3 and Conclusion-4 only
was the seventeenth day.
Question : What day is the fourteenth of the (d) Neither Conclusion 1 nor 2 nor 3 nor 4
given month?
Which one of the following is correct in respect
of the Statements and the Question?
50. What is the value of 'X' lil the sequence
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question 2,7,22,67,202,X,1822?
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question (a) 603
(c) Both Statement-1 and S�atement-2 are
(b) 605
required to answer the Question
(d) Neither Statement-1 alone nor (c) 607
Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question (d) 608

BXC-B-GYLI ( 31 -A)
Directions for the following 2 (two) items: Passage-2

Read the following two passages and answer the Our cities are extremely vulnerable to
items that follow. Your answers to these items should
be based on the passages only. climate change because of large concentrations of
populations and poor infrastructure. Moreover,
Passage- I
population densities are increasing in them but
The best universities like Harvard and MIT, we have not yet developed the systems to address
despite having the luxury of having some truly
excellent teachers on their payroll, are climate change impacts. Our cities contribute to
increasingly embracing the "flipped classroom" 65 per cent of the GDP, but there are not enough
format, where students listen to video lectures at
facilities to cater to the needs of the people. It is
home, and spend class time applying their
knowledge, solving problems, discussing important to address the issues of air quality,
examples, etc. Professors guide that discussion transport, etc., that are vital to identifying
and fill in wherever necessary, explaining those
sustainable solutions. We need to involve citizens
bits that seem to be eluding the students and
throwing in advanced ideas that happen to be in city planning and create an ecosystem that
topical. These universities have made their video meets the needs of the people.
lectures available free for anyone in the world.
They are also encouraging colleges and
universities all over the world to integrate these
online courses into their own pedagogy, picking
52. Which among the following is the most
the pieces that are appropriate for their needs
and building a package around them. logical and rational inference that can be
made from the passage given above ?
51. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the central idea of the passage (a) Our cities need to have well-defined
given above ? administrative set-up with sufficient
(a) Efficacy of universities would be better autonomy.
in online mode of conducting classroom
tuition as compared to conventional (b) Ever increasing population densities is a
method. hindrance in our effor1;s to achieve
(b) Availability of higher education can be sustainable development.
'
made easier and cheaper without
diluting the content. (c) To maintain and develop our cities we
(c) We need not invest much in need to adopt sustainability related
infrastructure related to higher interventions.
education and yet develop better human
and social capital. (d) Public-Private PartnershiJ? mode of
(d) Private sector institutions in higher development is the viable long-term
education as well as coaching institutes solution for the infrastructure and
can take advantage of this opportunity
sustainability problems of lndi�.
and thrive well.

BXC-B-GYLI ( 33-A)
 '

53. Jay and Vijay spent an equal amount of 57. At which one of the following times, do the
money to buy some pens and special pencils of hour hand and the minute hand of the clock
the same quality from the same store. If Jay make an angle of180° with each other ?
bought 3 pens and 5 pencils, and Vijay bought (a) At 7:00 hours
2 pens and 7 pencils, then which one of the
(b) Between 7:00 hours and 7:05 hours
following is correct ?
(c) At 7:05 hours
(a) A pencil costs more than a pen
(d) Between 7:05 hours and 7:10 hours
(b) The price of a pencil is equal to that of a
pen 58. In an objective type test of 90 questions,
(c) The price of a pen is two times the price 5 marks are allotted for every correct answer
ofa pencil and 2 marks are deducted for every wrong
(d) The price of a pen is three times the answer. After attempting all the 90 questions,
price ofa pencil a student got a total of387 marks. What is the
number ofincorrect responses ?
54. P scored 40 marks more than Q in an
examination. If Q scored 10% less marks than (a) 9
P, then how much did Q score ? (b) 13
(a) 360 (c) 27
(b) 380 (d) 43
(c) 400 59. Consider the following addition problem
(d) 420 3P+4P+PP+PP= RQ2; where P, Q and R
are different digits.
55. A person P asks one of his three friends X as
to how much money he had. X replied, "If Y What is the arithmetic mean of all such
gives me � 40, then Y will have half of as possible sums ?
much as Z, but if Z gives me � 40, then three (a) 102
of us will have equal amount." What is the (b) 120
total amount ofmoney that X, Y and Z have ?
(c) 202
(a) � 420
(d) 220
(b) � 360
(c) � 300 60. Consider the following multiplication
problem:
(d) � 270
(PQ) x 3= RQQ, where P, Q and R are
56. In a code language 'MATHEMATICS' is different digits and R :;c 0.
written as 'LBSIDNZUHDR'. How is What is the value of(P+R) + Q ?
'CHEMISTRY' written in that code language ?
(a) 1
(a) DIDLHRSSX ,J
(b) 2
(b) BIDNHTSSX (c) 5
(c) BIDLHTSSX (d) Cannot be determined due to
(d) DGFLIRUQZ insufficient data

BXC-B-GYLI ( 35 -A)
Directions for the following 2 (two� items: Passage-2
Read the following two passages and answer the In our schools; we teach our children all that
items that follow. Your answers to these items should
is there to know about physics, maths and
be based on the passages only.
history and what-have-you. But do we teach
Passage-I them about the bitter caste divide that plagues
Can a democracy avoid being a welfare state the country, about the spectre of famine that
for long ? Why cannot mass welfare. be left stalks large parts of our land, about gender
entirely to the markets ? There is a built-in
sensitivity, about the possibility of atheism as a
tension between markets and democracy.
Markets do not work on a one-person-one-vote choice, etc. ? Equally important, do we teach
principle as democracies do. What one gets out of them to ask questions, or do we teach them only
the market place depends on one's endowments,
to passively receive our wisdom ? From the
skills, purchasing power and the forces of
demand and supply. Markets reward individual cocooned world of school, suddenly, the
initiative and skill, and may also lift many from adolescent finds himself/herself in the unfettered
the bottom rungs of society, but some people world of university. Here he/she is swept up in a
never get the opportunity to develop skills that
turmoil of ideas, influences and ideologies. For
markets demand; they are simply too poor and
too handicapped; or skill formation takes too someone who has been discouraged from asking
long. By creating jobs, markets may be able to questions and forming an opinion, this transition
help even unskilled people, but capitalism has
can be painful.
always witnessed bursts of unemployment.

61. With reference to the above passage, the 62• Which one of the following statements best
following assumptions have been made
reflects the central idea of the passage
1. Modem democracies rely on the market
given above?
forces to enable them to be welfare
states. (a) School curriculum is not compatible with
2. Markets ensure sufficient economic the expectations of children and parents.
growth necessary for democracies to be
(b) Emphasis on academic achievements
effective.
does give time for development of
3. Government programmes are needed for personality and skills.
those left behind in economic growth.
(c) Preparing the children to be better
Which of the above assumptions is/are
valid? citizens should be the responsibility of
the education system.
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 3 only (d) To be a better citizen, the present world

(c) 2 and 3 only order demands societal and life-coping

skills in addition to academic content.
(d) 1, 2 and 3

BXC-B-GYLI ( 37 -A)
63. There are three points P, Q and R on a 68. A cubical vessel of side 1 m is filled completely
straight line such that PQ : QR = 3 : 5. If n is with water. How many millilitres of water
the number of possible values of PQ : PR, then is contained in it (neglect thickness of the
what is n equal to? vessel)?
(a) 1
(a) 1000
(b) 2
(c) 3 (b) 10000
(d) 4 (c) 100000
64. On a chess board, in how many different ways (d) 1000000
can 6 consecutive squares be chosen on the
diagonals along a straight path?
(a) 4 69. There are 6 persons arranged in a row.
(b) 6 Another person has to shake hands with 3 of
(c) 8 them so that he should not shake hands with
(d) 12
two consecutive persons. In how many distinct
65. In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab; fill in the possible combinations can the handshakes
six blanks ( _ ) using one of the following given take place?
four choices such that the series follows a
specific order. (a) 3
(a) bababa (b) 4
(b) baabba
(c) 5
(c) bba abb
(d) ababab (d) 6

66. Using 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 as digits, how many distinct

numbers greater than 30000 can be formed?
70. An amount of money was distributed among
(a) 3
A, B and C in the ratio p: q: r.
(b) 6
(c) 9 Consider the following statements:
(d) 12 1. A gets the maximum share if p is
67. Consider the following statements: greater than (q + r).
1. The sum of 5 consecutive integers can be 2. C gets the minimum share if r is less
100. than (p + q).
2. The product of three consecutive natural Which of the above statements is/are
numbers can be equal to their sum. correct?
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? (a) 1 only
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Passage-2
Read the following two passages and answer the
items that follow. Your answers to these items should
be ba.sed on the passages only.
" most people would agree that telling

deliberate lies is wrong, except perhaps in certain

Passage-1

special situations where more harm will be done

Medieval merchants risked the hazards of
the Silk Road to reach the markets of China; by telling the truth. Even the most truthful

Portuguese caravels in the 15th century sailed people probably tell a good many more lies that
beyond the bounds of the known world, searching
might be regarded as semantic lies; their use of
less for knowledge than for gold and spices.
Historically, the driver for opening frontiers has words contains some measure of falsehood, more

always been the search for resources. Science and

or less deliberate."
curiosity are weaker drivers. The only way to
open up space, whether the space of solar system
72. The idea which the first part of the passage
or interstellar space is to create an economic
mentions is
engine and that engine is resource extraction.
(a) agreement about telling lies.

(b) disagreement about telling lies.

71. Which one of the following statements best

(c) disagreement about telling the truth.
sums up the passage given above ?
(d) disagreement about the harm in telling
(a) Wealth generation is the primary motive the truth.
for any human endeavour.

(b) Space, whether space in solar system or 73. Which one of the following habits is found
interstellar space, will govern our future more often in good people ?
economy.
(a) Mixing up the true and false
(c) Human beings are motivated to explore
(b) Intentional mixing up of truth with the
new frontiers principally by economic
false
considerations.
(c) Falsification of facts
(d) Wealth generation is based on the
risk-taking behaviour of some men. (d) Complete concealment of truth

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74. A· pie diagram shows the percentage 77. X said to Y, "At the time of your birth I was
distribution of proteins, water and other dry twice as old as you are at present." If the
elements in the human body. Given that present age ofX is 42 years, then consider the
proteins correspond to 16% and water following statements :
corresponds to 70%. If both proteins and the 1. 8 years ago, the age of X was five times
the age ofY.
other dry elements correspond to p%, then
2. After 14 years, the age ofX would be two
what is the central angle of the sector
times the age ofY.
representing p on the pie diagram?
Which of the above statements is/are
(a) 54° correct?
(b) 96° (a) 1 only
°
(c ) 108 Cb) 2 only
(d) 120 ° (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
th
75. Joseph visits the club on every 5 day, Harsh
visits on every 24 th
day, while Sumit visits on 78. If the price of an article is decreased by 20%
every 9th day. If all three of them met at the and then the new price is increased by 25%,
club on a Sunday, then on which day will all then what is the net change in the price?
three of them meet again? (a) 0%
(b) 5% increase
(a) Monday
(c) 5% decrease
(b) Wednesday
(d) Cannot be determined due to
(c) Thursday insufficient data
(d) Sunday
79. When a certain number is multiplied by 7, the
76. The difference between a 2-digit number and product entirely comprises ones only .(1111... ).
the number obtained by interchanging the What is the smallest such number?
positions of the digits is 54. (a) 15713
Consider the following statements : (b) 15723
1. The sum of the two digits of the number (c) 15783
can be determined only if the product of (d) 15873
the two digits is known.
2. The difference between the two digits of 80. A man completes 7/8 of a job .in 21 days. How
the number can be determined. many more days will it take him to finish the
Which of the above statements is/are job if quantum of work is further increased by
correct? 50%?
(a) 1 only (a) 24
(b) 2 only (b) 21
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) 18
Cd) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 15

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