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PRACTICE SET
SBI Associate POTest-I: English Language
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read the passage carefully and
answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases
are given in bold to help you locate them while answering
some of the questions.
Black money or illicit money has been defined by the
Ministry of Finance in its report 'White Paper on Black
Money' as assets or resources that have neither been
reported to the public authorities at the time of their
generation nor disclosed at any point of time during their
possession. This would include money earned from crime
(such as drug trafficking, smuggling, arms trafficking, sexual
exploitation and prostitution etc), corruption and
commercial tax evasion (such as underreporting revenues
and inflating expenses). Although the focus of the black
money debate in the country has been mainly on corrupt
money, according to a report on black money by the Central
Board of Direct Taxes, “Measures to Tackle Black Money
in India and Abroad”, the main method for generation of
black money in India is through commercial tax evasion by
underreporting revenues and inflating expenses adopted
by a range of business entities.
While estimating the scale of illicit or black economy
in the country is difficult, some attempts have been madeto measure this globally. According to Global Financial
Integrity (GFI), a Washington DC-based organisation, from
2002 to 2011, developing countries lost US$ 5.9 trillion to
illicit outflows. China leads the list with a loss of US$ 1.08
trillion from 2002 to 2011. India was the fifth largest country
with cumulative outflows worth US$ 343.9 billion from 2002
to 2011, which they claim is a conservative estimate. These
estimates do not include the movement of illegal money
through the hawala system, smuggling and cross-border
cash transactions – all of which are significant in the Indian
context. GFI estimates that for every $1 that poor nations
receive in foreign aid, $10 in illicit money flows offshore.
This movement of money out of developing countries,including India, is facilitated by a network of over 60 tax
havens which enables setting up of benami trusts or
corporations ensuring that the real owners of the business
remain unknown. According to Tax Justice Network, an
international coalition of researchers, the global super-rich
have at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens at the
end of 2012. In 2011, Government of India had
commissioned three national-level institutes – National
Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). National
Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) and National
Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) – to
assess and provide estimates of the extent of black money
in India. Once the reports are published, there might be
additional clarity on the scale of this problem in the country.
While the methodology and data from different studies
can certainly be debated for their accuracy, there is no
denying the magnitude and importance of addressing the
issue. It is especially significant in developing countries
where there is a substantial need to expand public revenues
to meet the growing needs for developmental expenditure.
Adding to the complexity of this outflow of
unaccounted money is that this wealth is not simply lying inforeign bank accounts to be recovered or brought back to
the country. In reality, a large portion of this money comes
back into India by a process known as 'round tripping', ie the
money that left the country and ended up in a tax haven is
invested back into the country as 'white' money. But there is
no data or analysis on how much of the black money is round-
tripped and comes back into the country.
1. What, according to the Ministry of Finance, is black
money? Give your answer in the context of the
passage.
(A) Black money refers to funds earned in the black
market.
(B) Assets or resources that have neither beenreported to the public authorities at the time of
their generation nor disclosed at any point in time
during their possession.
(C) Black money comprises money earned from crimes
such as drug trafficking, smuggling and arms
trafficking, corruption and commercial tax evasion.
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B)
3) Only (A) and (B) 4) Only (B) and (C)
5) All (A), (B) and (C)
2. What is the main method for generation of black money
in India?
1) Drug trafficking and smuggling of gold
2) Commercial tax evasion3) Underreporting of incomes by private institutions
4) Bribe received by politicians for helping bureaucrats
5) All the above
3. Find the incorrect statement on the basis of the given
passage.
1) According to GFI, from 2002 to 2011, developing
countries lost US$ 5.9 trillion to illicit outflows.
2) During 2002 to 2011, China topped the list of losers
due to illicit outflows.
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3) During 2002 to 2011, India stood at the fifth place
in the list of losers with cumulative outflows worth
US $343.9 bn.
4) The estimate of loss excludes the movement of
illegal money through hawala system.
5) None of these
4. How does the movement of money out of developing
countries takes place? Give your answer in the context
of the passage.
1) The movement of money takes place only through
double-entry bookkeeping system.
2) The movement of money is facilitated by a network
of tax havens which enables setting up of benami
trusts or corporations.
3) The movement of money takes place in the from of
either cash or in the form of gold biscuits.
4) The movement of money takes place by means of
electronic funds transfer.
5) None of these5. What is round tripping? Answer in the context of the
passage.
1) Round tripping is a legal process of converting
black money by paying fixed amount of tax as per
the tax laws of the country where the black money
is deposited.
2) This is a process of converting money of a country
either into USD or into Euro.
3) This is a process in which the money leaving the
country and ending up in a tax haven is invested
back into the country as white money.
4) This is a process of brining back black money into
the country to which it belongs.5) All the above
Directions (Q. 6-8): Choose the word/group of words
which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group
of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
6. Evasion
1) openness 2) excavation 3) dodging
4) exchange 5) attacking
7. Offshore
1) relentlessly 2) unaccounted 3) middle east
4) outward 5) overseas
8. Facilitated
1) expedited 2) blocked 3) impeded
4) obstructed 5) poised Directions (Q. 9-10): Choose the word/group of words
which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group
of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
9. Commissioned
1) nominated 2) cancelled 3) entrusted
4) empowered 5) enabled
10. Complexity
1) perplexity 2) multiplicity 3) ramification
4) simplicity 5) intricacy
Directions (Q. 11-20): Read the passage carefully
and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/
phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
The government directive to public sector banks
(PSBs) to mandatorily offer broking services and sell
products of more than one insurance company to
customers from January 2014 is controversial, without
properly appreciating the issues and ground realities of
cross-selling at PSBs.
No one disputes the fact that PSBs can play a huge
role in enhancing insurance penetration in the country.
With over 400 million customer accounts, PSBs have barely
achieved 1% insurance penetration. They sell mostly
saving-oriented policies, turning a blind eye to low-
premium, low-commission term insurance, which is a vital
social security tool for vulnerable segments. Insurance
selling is confined to urban and city branches, with little
awareness in the rural network.On the non-life side, banks are simply unaware of the
nuances of various insurance products and their risk-
mitigation benefits, especially for the millions of SME clients.
The bulk of bancassurance business is currently
sourced by insurers with help from their sales staff deployed
at bank branches. The number of bank personnel trained
to sell insurance with the knowledge of what is good for
customers and what is not is minuscule. Despite insurers’
efforts, the persistency rate of bancassurance – a measure
of insured customers paying renewal premium – is poor, at
about 50% in some PSBs, a poor reflection of their post-
sale followup.
The key reason for the state of affairs is lack of cross-selling culture in PSBs. With years of social banking
orientation, bank managements find it tough to create a
new business culture that aims to look at the customer’s
wallet in an integrated manner. In PSBs, the internal
reporting and performance evaluation are not geared to
encourage cross-selling. As a result, they earn less than
1% of profits from distributing third-party products.
PSBs attribute the reason to shortage of staff at various
levels. True, there is a vacuum in most banks following
large-scale retirements, and there are daunting issues of
training many new recruits on banking aspects. It is,
therefore,unrealistic to expect the frontline staff to become
experts at suggesting insurance solutions for multipleinsurers in the near future.
While our extensive banking network should aid
greater insurance penetration, this cannot be achieved by
compelling all PSBs to become insurance brokers overnight.
It has to be a nuanced exercise, with a supportive policy
framework.
First, make a distinction between banks that have
consciously entered the insurance business through equity
JVs, and others that have remained plain distributors. RBI
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has allowed only large banks the equity route, relying on
their risk management and other capabilities. These banks
should set an example by offering advice-based insurance
solutions to customers for more than one insurer life –
non-life and health – through their network. This category
should include both PSBs and private banks that have set
up insurance ventures.
Second,encourage such banks to recruit staff that
would be only involved in cross-selling insurance, mutual
funds and pension products. It is difficult to change the
mindset of banking trained staff to be broking-oriented,
including on claim settlements. New recruits governed by
different service conditions and intensively trained is the
answer, and they should be allowed to switch to mainstream
banking upon a successful track record in broking. PSBs
had recruited such specialist staff in the 1980s for rural
banking operations, and many of them became capable
generalist bankers.
11. What is the purpose behind making the selling of insurance products of more than one insurance
company mandatory for public sector banks?
1) To enhance the profits of public sector banks
2) To maximise the use of extra manpower at banks
3) To enhance insurance penetration in the country
4) To make purchase of insurance products
mandatory for each bank customer
5) All the above
12. What problem do the banks face while selling non-life
insurance products?
(A) Banks are unaware of the nuances of various
insurance products.
(B) They feel it difficult to deal with millions of smalland medium enterprises clients.
(C) Very few bank personnel are trained enough to
sell appropriate insurance products to appropriate
clients.
1) Only (A) and (B) 2) Only (B) and (C)
3) Only (A) and (C) 4) Only (B)
5) All (A), (B) and (C)
13. Which of the following is not correct in the context of
the given passage?
1) The number of account holders in public sector
banks is over 400 million.
2) PSBs have hardly achieved one per cent insurance
penetration.3) There is little awareness about insurance in the
rural areas.
4) PSBs give as much importance to selling saving-
oriented policies as to low-premium term insurance.
5) Low-premium policy is a vital social security tool
for vulnerable segments.
14. Why do PSBs earn very little profit from distributing
third-party products?
1) Because bank personnel are not good at selling
insurance products.
2) Because there is a lack of cross-selling culture in
PSBs.
3) Because PSBs are not geared to encourage cross-
selling.
4) Bank management finds it difficult to create a new
business culture that aims to look at the customer’s
wallet.
5) All the above
15. What is the reason for poor performance of
bancassurance business in India?
1) Shortage of staff at various levels
2) Lack of proper training to bank personnel for selling
insurance products
3) People do not prefer to purchase insurance
products from banks.
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 2) and 3)Directions (Q. 16-18): Choose the word/group of
words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/
group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
16. Daunting
1) inciting 2) encouraging 3) pleasing
4) heartening 5) appalling
17. Vulnerable
1) susceptible 2) careful 3) watchful
4) beautiful 5) irresponsible
18. Nuances
1) upshot 2) distinction 3) effects
4) problems 5) consequences
Directions (Q. 19-20): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/
group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
19. Confined
1) open 2) restrained 3) restricted
4) held back 5) hindered
20. Minuscule
1) microscopic 2) diminutive 3) minute
4) enormous 5) small
Directions (Q. 21-25): Read each sentence to find out
whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it.
The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’,
the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)21. 1) Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal’s campaign
against crony capitalism / 2) with focus on the Reliance
group and its close relationship / 3) with the two
political parties, the Congress and the BJP, / 4)
snowballs into an election debate. / 5) No error
22. 1) In fact, his entire life was shaped / 2) by his majesty
of knowing / 3) the rules and / 4) knowing to use them.
/ 5) No error
23. 1) The FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the
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Delhi Government / 2) against Union Minister Murli
Deora and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani / 3) alleges
rigging of the price of gas / 4) to favour the corporate
giant. / 5) No error
24. 1) In order to meet rising demand of doctors / 2) in the
state, the state government / 3) has taken a major
decision to increase / 4) the number of seats in MBBS
course. / 5) No error
25. 1) President Maduro has called / 2) on the opposition
/ 3) to start talk urgently with the government / 4) to
end the violence. / 5) No error
Directions (Q. 26-30): Each question below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been
omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the
blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it
meaningfully complete.
26. Money laundering is a process ________ the origin
of funds generated by ________ means is concealed.
1) where, illicit 2) of, illegitimate 3) for, lawful4) whereby, illegal5) in, outlawed
27. Banks sometimes face difficulties in the recovery of
their loans ________ by unmarried girls after marriage
due to their ________ to a new place.
1) taken, roaming 2) availed, migrating
3) grabbed, shifting 4) enjoyed, trekking
5) received, leaving
28. Computers and communication system have found
their ________ to be quite ________ in banking and
other financial organisations.
1) operation, radical 2) function, thorough
3) utilisation, comprehensive 4) practice, hard
5) applications, extensive29. If only the Indian government had _______ the advice
given by seasoned Indian polio researchers, the
country’s war against polio ________ have been won
long ago.
1) heeded, could 2) observed, would
3) attended, must 4) followed, ought
5) considered, should
30. Frederick Henry Cooper’s description of the brutal
mass _______ of 282 unarmed “native soldiers” in
Punjab’s Ajnala town on August 1, 1857, is a chillingly
cold-blooded ________ that was designed, as the
very act of ruthlessly presided over, to smother what
India now regards as its first war of Independence.1) assassination, description
2) bloodshed, information
3) slaughter, account
4) killing, definition
5) carnage, summary
Directions (Q. 31-35): Rearrange the following seven
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer
the questions given below.
(A) Whereas Charge Card would require the card
holder’s account in the concerned bank, the dues
on the Credit Card can be paid by a cheque drawn
on any bank.
(B) The difference between the Credit and Charge
Card is that, in case of Charge Card, the amount
becomes payable immediately on the debit to the
account.
(C) The Credit Card might cause credit risk for the
card-issuing banks.
(D) Whereas no fee is levied if the full amount billed
is paid within a given due date, a service fee/
interest is charged on the payment which is
deferred.
(E) In case of Credit Cards, the card holder is sent a
bill indicating the dues and he/she has the option
to pay the entire amount as soon as the bill is
received or choose to pay only certain percentage
of the amount billed, in which case the card holder gets a credit to the extent of the balance amount
of the bill.
(F) Like other loan advances, Credit Card dues may
also be defaulted.
(G) In other words, a Credit Card holder need not
maintain an account with the card-issuing bank.
31. Which of the following would be the LAST
(SEVENTH) sentence after rearrangement?
1) G 2) B 3) A 4) F 5) C
32. Which of the following would be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
1) E 2) F 3) G 4) A 5) B
33. Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentenceafter rearrangement?
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) G 5) F
34. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?
1) D 2) B 3) E 4) C 5) A
35. Which of the following would be the SIXTH sentence
after rearrangement?
1) C 2) A 3) F 4) E 5) G
Directions (Q. 36-45): In the following passage, some
of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated
by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given
against each number and fill up the blanks with
appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.There is a school of thought that some kinds of complex
governance/policymaking functions should be insulated
from the tumult of partisan politics by (36) them to
technocrats. Giving in to the seductive appeal of this
argument to the (37) of breaking the line of accountability
of policymakers to the people altogether would undermine
democracy and run the risk of these technocratic bodies
being captured by (38) interests, instead of practising
fidelity to professionalism. The proposal of the RBI's Urjit
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Patel committee to entrust monetary policy (39) to a
committee of wise men in which even the RBI governor
would have just one vote and can be overruled (40) to this
school. This is a bad idea that (41) firmly be rejected.
At present, the RBI has reasonable autonomy but
holds consultations with the government and has begun
to testify before parliamentary committees. Both are needed
to make monetary policy and regulation of the banking
system (42) to the people. A committee does advise the
RBI governor on policy rates, but he makes the final call.
One person taking the final call seems less democratic than
a committee voting to make that call only (43) that one
person is taken out of his institutional context. The RBI
governor is not some lone ranger but the RBI's link with
the elected government of the country. Simultaneous
accountability of the RBI governor to a committee of
Parliament would (44) that the government does not make
(45) demands on the central bank as well.
36. 1) allocating 2) entrusting 3) imposing4) conferr ing 5) holding
37. 1) ambit 2) stretch 3) term
4) extent 5) length
38. 1) vested 2) endowed 3) simple
4) compound 5) any
39. 1) arranging 2) initiating 3) setting
4) building 5) beginning
40. 1) concerned 2) agrees 3) associates
4) correlates 5) belongs
41. 1) needs 2) must 3) had
4) ought 5) requires
42. 1) adapted 2) suited 3) responsible
4) accountable 5) attributed 43. 1) while 2) whereas 3) whether
4) where 5) when
44. 1) ensure 2) think 3) protect
4) pursue 5) follow
45. 1) fervent 2) obsolete 3) arbitrary
4) despotic 5) passionate
Directions (Q. 46-50): In each of the following
questions four words are given, of which two words are
most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the
two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in
meaning and indicate the number of the correct letter
combination as your answer.
46. (A) Flounder (B) Fluster
(C) Hurl (D) Struggle
1) A – C 2) A – B 3) C – D
4) B –D 5) A – D
47. (A) Abrasion (B) Collusion
(C) Attrition (D) Delusion
1) A – B 2) A – C 3) B – C
4) C –D 5) B – D
48. (A) Impound (B) Portrait
(C) Exhilarate (D) Discourage
1) B – C 2) A – D 3) B – D
4) C –D 5) A – C
49. (A) Sham (B) Quixotic
(C) Pragmatic (D) Vicious
1) B – C 2) A – C 3) A – D4) B –D 5) C – D
50. (A) Derogatory (B) Disparaging
(C) Flabby (D) Flamboyant
1) A – D 2) C – D 3) A – B
4) B – D 5) B – C
Test-II: General Awareness,
Marketing and Computers
51. India successfully test-fired its indigenously
developed Prithvi II missile recently. Which of the
following is/are true about the missile?(A) It is a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile
with a range of 350 km.
(B) It is the first missile to be developed by DRDO
under the country’s prestigious Integrated
Guided Missile Development Programme.
(C) It is thrust by liquid-propulsion twin engines and
uses advanced inertial guidance system with
manoeuvring trajectory.
1) All the above 2) Only (A)
3) Only (B) 4) Only (A) and (B)
5) Only (A) and (C)
52. The first unit of coal-based Kalisindh Super Thermal
Power Plant commenced power generation in Jhalawar district in which of the following states recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra
5) Punjab
53. The Reserve Bank of India has extended the timeline
for full implementation of the Basel III capital
regulations by a year to
1) 31 Mar 2018 2) 31 Mar 2019
3) 31 Mar 2020 4) 31 Mar 2021
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5) 31 Mar 2022
54. Which of the following states has become the first
state in the country to declare all election booths in
the Lok Sabha polls as no-smoking zones?
1) Delhi 2) Gujarat
3) Odisha 4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Kerala
55. Which of the following teams won the 4th Hockey
India men’s National Championships recently?
1) Railways
2) Air India
3) Comptroller and Auditor General of India XI
4) Punjab
5) None of these
56. Who among the following has been appointed the
chairman of the Financial Planning Standards Board
India (FPSB)? FPSB is the professional standards
setting body for financial planners.
1) Dhirendra Swarup2) BN Srikrishna
3) AR Lakshmanan
4) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud
5) None of these
57. The finance ministry has proposed significant changes
to the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill. Which of the
following is/are correct in this regard?
(A) A 35% tax on those earning more than `10 cr.
(B) A company will be liable to tax on indirect transfers
if 50% of its global assets are in India.
(C) The revised code proposes to replace the Income
Tax Act of 1961.
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B)3) Only (C) 4) Only (A) and (C)
5) All (A), (B) and (C)
58. Which of the following brands has been declared
India’s most valuable brand with a value of USD 21.1
bn in 2014?
1) Indian Oil 2) Reliance Industries
3) Airtel 4) Tata group
5) SBI
59. The present definition of wilful default was adopted
by the RBI on the recommendation of which of the
following committees?
1) KC Chakrabarty Committee
2) C Rangarajan Committee
3) SS Kohli Committee
4) HR Khan Committee
5) None of these
60. Global remittance flows to India witnessed a sharp
surge to approx $70 bn in 2013. Which of the following
states in India is the top recipient, contributing 33 per
cent to the total remittances into the country, as
revealed by the World Bank data?
1) Rajasthan 2) Karnataka 3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra 5) Gujarat
61. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
launched the second of the seven satellites planned
for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
(IRNSS) recently.
(A) Its applications include terrestrial and marinenavigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking
and fleet management.
(B) It is being developed to provide service to users
in the country as well as the region extending up
to 150 km from its boundary.
(C) Two more satellites for IRNSS would be launched
before the end of 2014 and, with four satellites in
their positions, the IRNSS could start functioning.
Which of the above statements is/are correct about
IRNSS?
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B)
3) Only (C) 4) Only (A) and (B)
5) Only (A) and (C)62. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted “in-
principle” approvals to which of the following financial
companies to start new private banks recently?
1) IDFC Ltd
2) Bandhan Financial Services
3) India Post
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
63. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the Ways
and Means Advances (WMA) limit for the Central
Govt in the first half of the new financial year 2014-15
at
1) `25,000 cr 2) `30,000 cr 3) `35,000 cr 4) `40,000 cr 5) `45,000 cr
64. According to an Asian Development Bank (ADB)
report, India’s GDP is poised to grow at what per cent
in 2014-15 on the back of improved performance in
industry and services?
1) 4 per cent 2) 4.5 per cent 3) 5 per cent
4) 5.5 per cent 5) 6 per cent
65. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announced the bi-
monthly monetary policy review on 1 Apr. Which of
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the following is NOT a highlight of the RBI monetary
policy review?
1) Short-term lending (Repo) rate unchanged at 8 pc.
2) Cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4 pc.
3) Economic growth for 2014-15 expected in the range
of 5-6 pc.
4) CAD expected to come down to 2 pc of GDP in
2013-14.
5) None of these
66. When a mutual company owned by its users/members
converts into a company owned by shareholders, it is
called:
1) Re-mutualisation 2) Demutualisation
3) Re-materialisation 4) Dematerialisation
5) None of these
67. Which of the following is NOT an intangible asset?
1) Patents 2) Trademarks 3) Copyrights
4) Goodwill 5) None of these
68. Every bank in India has to maintain, at the close of business every day, a minimum proportion of their net
demand and time liabilities as liquid assets in the form
of cash, gold and un-encumbered approved securities.
The ratio of liquid assets to demand and time liabilities
is known as
1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
3) Reverse Repo
4) Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF)
5) Excess reserves
69. Which of the following teams has won the women’s
2014 ICC World T20 recently?
1) India 2) Sri Lanka 3) England 4) Australia 5) None of these
70. IRV 2020 programme has been launched by WHO-
India, with an aim to protect and increase the
popula tion of which of the following threatened
species?
1) Vultures 2) Indian Bustard
3) Island Canary 4) One-horned Rhinoceros
5) None of these
71. Who is the author of the book 12 Years a Slave?
1) Simon Denyer 2) Solomon Northup
3) Sam Miller 4) Robert Nickelsberg
5) Hasan Suroor
72. The Indian Navy participated in the multilateral,humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR)
exercise, dubbed Komodo 2014, held from 28 Mar to 3
Apr in which of the following countries?
1) Indonesia 2) Japan
3) South Korea 4) Russia
5) China
73. Every year the World Health Day is observed on which
of the following dates?
1) 2 Apr 2) 4 Apr 3) 7 Apr
4) 8 Apr 5) 12 Apr
74. Which of the following associate banks has been
merged into State Bank of India (SBI)?
1) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) State Bank of Indore
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) State Bank of Travancore
75. SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between State
Bank of India (SBI) and which of the following
international insurance companies?
1) BNP Paribas Assurance
2) AEGON
3) Munich Re Group
4) ING
5) American International Group (AIG)
76. What does the letter ‘L’ denote in the term ALU?
1) Locator 2) Logic 3) Lock
4) Login 5) List77. Which of the following is the global address of
documents and other resources on the World Wide
Web?
1) Hyperlink 2) Anchor 3) URL
4) Header 5) Reference
78. A power management mode in which the current state
of the system is saved to the hard drive, and the
system power downs, is known as
1) switch 2) log off 3) lock
4) hibernate 5) green PC
79. Which of the following is a malicious computer
program is capable of creating a backdoor on your
computer? It neither reproduces itself nor self-replicates.
1) Trojan horse 2) Virus 3) Worm
4) Bug 5) Firewall
80. A combination of software and hardware, in which
data or programmes are pre-recorded on them, is called
1) directory 2) anti-spam programme
3) webcrawler 4) malware
5) firmware
81. Icons of the currently running programmes are
displayed at which of the following bars?
1) Status bar 2) Tools bar 3) Menu bar
4) Title bar 5) None of these
82. What would you do to save an existing documentwith a new name?
1) Use ‘Convert’ command
2) Use ‘Rename’ command
3) Use ‘Save as’ command
4) Retype the content and save it with the new name.
5) None of these
83. A special, high-speed storage area within the CPU in
which all data must be represented before it can be
processed is called
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1) Cache 2) RAM 3) BIOS
4) Register 5) None of these
84. In the Windows operating system, the Delete
command
1) deletes files permanently
2) puts files in the recycle bin
3) transfers files to a specified folder
4) transfers files from the disc drive to a removable
drive
5) None of these
85. Almost all information stored in a computer must be in
1) a programme 2) a file 3) on hard disk
4) on RAM 5) None of these
86. To use the Internet to broadcast live or pre-recorded
audio and/or video transmissions is termed as
1) authoring 2) pooling 3) hosting
4) narrowcast 5) webcast
87. What is the default view in MS Excel?
1) Normal 2) Auto 3) Work 4) Roman 5) None of these
88. In MS Excel, there is a default order in which
calculations occur on the elements of a formula, but
you can change this order by using
1) hashtags 2) parentheses 3) asterisks
4) quotes 5) None of these
89. In order to reload a web page, you need to press
_________button.
1) refresh 2) restore 3) maximise
4) home 5) search
90. The copies of messages that you have started but are
not yet ready to send, are retained in which folder?
1) Inbox 2) Sent items 3) Outbox4) Drafts 5) Spam
91. Sales lead generation can be improved by
1) Reviving recovery department
2) Emphasis on product design
3) Being passive
4) Increasing personal and professional contacts
5) None of these
92. In the context of marketing, innovation is the same as
1) daring 2) aspiration 3) creativity
4) motivation 5) None of these
93. The process of delivering wide-market goods and
services that are modified to satisfy a specific customer
need is called 1) generalisation 2) customisation
3) prioritisation 4) specialisation
5) None of these
94. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is the
__________th at an organisation follows when
interacting with its customers.
1) guideline 2) practice 3) principle
4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2)
95. Who among the following is/are prospective buyer(s)
of a bancassurance product?
1) Banks
2) Insurance companies
3) All existing and prospective bank customers
4) Insurance brokers
5) None of these
96. The process of collecting, searching through, and
analysing a large amount of data in a database, as to
discover patterns or relationships is known as
1) data mining 2) data inventory
3) data warehousing 4) database maintenance
5) None of these
97. Which of the following is required for a successful
Blue Ocean Strategy?
1) Innovation
2) Motivation
3) Effective communication
4) All the above5) Only 2) and 3)
98. Canvassing for home loan will be most fruitful when
_______are targeted.
1) building material suppliers
2) people hunting for a house
3) builders
4) land owners
5) flat owners
99. What is the sole aim of marketing?
1) Increasing employee strength
2) Diversifying the company
3) Expanding the product portfolio
4) Increasing sales5) Increasing production
100. The performance of a salesperson depends on
1) his/her aggressiveness
2) salary paid to him/her
3) his/her willingness and ability
4) incentives he/she get
5) None of these
Test-III: Data Analysis and
Interpretation
Directions (Q. 101-105): Study the following radargraph carfully to answer the questions that follow:
Number of seats won by various political parties in the
legistative assemblies of different states
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5
10
15
20
25
30Maharashtra
Bihar
MP
UP
Odisha
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Haryana
BJP Congress BSP Left part ies
101. The total number of seats won by the BSP is what per
cent more or less than that by the Left parties in all
states together?
1) 8.21% more 2) 7.69% less 3) 6.56% more
4) 9.71% less 5) 10% less
102. What is the ratio of the total number of seats won by
the BJP to the total number of seats won by the
Congress in all states together?
1) 3 : 2 2) 4 : 5 3) 5 : 6 4) 6 : 7 5) 8 : 7
103. If 30% seats of the Maharashtra legislative assembly
are won by the females and 40% seats of the Gujarat
legislative assembly are won by the females, then the
male members of the Maharashtra legislative assembly
are what per cent more or less than the male members
of the Gujarat legislative assembly?1) 2.08% more 2) 3.18% less 3) 4.28% more
4) 5.38% more 5) 6.48% less
104. 40% members of the Haryana legislative assembly and
50% members of the UP legislative assembly are
chargesheeted for involvement in crimes. Among
these, 50% and 20% are females in the Haryana and
UP legislative assembly respectively. Then the number
of male members of the Haryana legislative assembly
who are chargesheeted is what percentage more or
less than the number of female members of the UP
legislative assembly who are chargesheeted?
1) 250% more 2) 300% more 3) 142.85% more
4) 230% less 5) 220.45% less105. Which political party won the highest number of seats
in the given eight states?
1) BSP 2) Left parties 3) Congress
4) BJP 5) Either BJP or BSP
Directions (Q. 106-110): Study the following graphs
carefully to answer the questions that follow:
The line graph shows the number of students in
various departments in different cities. The pie-chart shows
the percentage of faculty members in different cities.
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
Nagpur Indore Noida Jodhpur Patna Lucknow
N u m b e r o f s t u d e n t s
History Hindi Economics Chemistry
Lucknow
24%
Jodhpur
16%Patna
22%
Nagpur 18%
Indore
12%
Noida
8%
Total number of faculty members = 10000
106. The number of students studying History in Nagpur
is what per cent less than the number of students
studying Economics in Jodhpur?
1) 34.28% 2) 44.28% 3) 54.28% 4) 64.28% 5) 74.28%
107. The number of faculty members in Noida is what per
cent of the number of students in Economics in Indore?
1) 13.33% 2) 16.66% 3) 17.77% 4) 18.88% 5) 19.99%108. What is the ratio of the total number of students in all
departments together to the number of faculty
members in Patna?
1) 18 : 5 2) 19 : 2 3) 20 : 1 4) 17 : 3 5) 16 : 7
109. In which city is the number of students per faculty
member the maximum?
1) Jodhpur 2) Noida 3) Patna
4) Lucknow 5) Nagpur
110. In which department is the number of students the
minimum?
1) Hindi 2) History
3) Either Hindi or Chemistry 4) Economics
5) Chemistry
Directions (Q. 111-115): Study the given pie-charts
carefully and answer the questions given below:
The graph shows the expenditure of School A and
School B in 2012 under various heads.
Total expenditure of School A = `10 lakh
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Sports
12%
Teacher
30% Non-
teaching
staff
15%
Lab11%
Others
14%
Tour
10%
E l e c t r i c i t y 8 %
School A
Non-
teching
Staff
20%Others
15% Teacher
25%
Lab8%
Sports
11%
Tour
12%
E l e c t r i c i t y 9 %
School B
111. If the total expenditure of School B is 95% of the total
expenditure of School A, then what is the difference
between the expenditure on teachers of School A and
that on non-teaching staff of School B?
1) `1.5 lakh 2) `1.1 lakh 3) `2 lakh
4) `2.5 lakh 5) `1.97 lakh
112. If the total expenditure of School A is 20% less thanthe expenditure of School B, then what is the ratio of
the expenditure on tour of School B to that of School
A?
1) 9 : 7 2) 7 : 5 3) 5 : 3 4) 3 : 2 5) 2 : 5
113. There are 60 teachers (including the principal) in
School A of these 30% are new teachers who get 40%
less salary than the old ones and the Principal gets
10% more salary than an old teacher. What is the salary
of a new teacher?
1) `3212.57 2) `3658.53 3) `2835.75
4) `3789.47 5) `2312.91
114. In the summer vaccation, when sports, tour, electricity
and labs are closed, the expenditure of School A
reduces by what per cent?
1) 47% 2) 35% 3) 32% 4) 40% 5) 41%
115. The total expenditure of School B is `12 lakh and the
number of non-teaching staff is 50. If 30% of the non-
teaching staff are removed, then the total expenditure
reduces by what per cent?
1) 12% 2) 4% 3) 6% 4) 8% 5) 13%
Directions (Q. 116-120): Study the following table
carefully to answer the questions given below:
Name Nature of Interest
Principal Amount Year Rate(%)
M Compound ` 10000 4
N Simple ` 29500 3
O Compound ` 20000 2 3
P Simple 4
Q Compound 5 2
116. What is the principal of N if the ratio of interest rate
of M to that of N is 2 : 3?
1) `10449 2) `20230 3) `25000
4) `17121 5) `25423
117. What is the amount of O, if the interest is compounded yearly for 2 years?
1) `19165.7 2) `20320.9 3) `21218
4) `22418 5) `25300.5
118. If the ratio of principal of O to that of P is 4 : 5 and the
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rate of interest of P is 10% more than that of O, then
what is the interest of P?
1) `3300 2) `3142 3) `3201 4) `2890 5) `2750
119. At what rate of interest the amount of N becomes five
times that of his principal?
1) 63.58% 2) 69.96% 3) 60% 4) 133.33% 5) 162.58%
120. What is the amount of Q when the principal of Q is
20% more than that of M?
1) `32321.5 2) `13248.97 3) `54974.19
4) `32863.24 5) `17952.35
Directions (Q. 121-125): Study the following pie-chart
and line graph and answer the questions given below:
The pie-chart shows the percentage of foreign
currencies present in the Indian Economy in various years.
2013
25%
2012
12%
2011
20%
2010
18%
2009
10%
2008
15%
The line graph shows the value of ` with respect to other
currencies – ¥ (yen), $ (dollar), £ (pound) and € (euro).
121. What is the difference between the value of dollar in
2013 and that of yen in 2010?
1) `25 2) `28 3) `30 4) `32 5) `39122. Which currency has the maximum average value (in
terms of `) for the given six years?
1) ¥ 2) $ 3) £
4) € 5) Either ¥ or $
123. If the total Indian Economy in 2008 was $300 billion
and that in 2013 was $700 billion, then what is the ratio
of the value of Indian currency in Indian Economy in
2008 to that in 2013?
1) 51 : 45 2) 7 : 3 3) 51 : 125 4) 4 : 5 5) 1 : 3
124. The total Indian Economy in 2011 was `9000 billion. If
the value of dollar in foreign currency was 25% and
the value of euro in foreign currency was 30% then
what is the difference between their values in that
year in terms of rupee?
1) `65.5 billion 2) `80 billion 3) `70 billion
4) `90 billion 5) `95 billion
125. What is the average value of all four currencies in
2010 in terms of rupee?
1) `30 2) `32 3) `31 4) `33 5) `25
Directions (Q. 126-130): Study the following bar-
graph carefully to answer the given questions.
The graph shows the prices of three different types of
smartphones in different years.
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
P r i c e ( i n ̀ t
h o u s a n d )
Samsung LG Lenovo
126. In which year was the average price of all three
smartphones the minimum?
1) 2009 2) 2010 3) 2011 4) 2012 5) 2013
127. A shopkeeper purchased 20 Samsung, 25 LG and 30
Lenovo smartphones in 2011 and sold all types of
smartphones at the rate of`13300. What is his percentage loss or profit?
1) 89% 2) 0.99% 3) 0.71% 4) 71% 5) 0.56%
128. The price of LG smartphones in 2012 was what per
cent of its price in 2013?
1) 104.5% 2) 107.68% 3) 110.9%
4) 113.04% 5) 115.06%
129. If the total number of sales of Lenovo was 20000 in
2010 and the total number of sales of Samsung was
18500 in that year, then what was the difference of
income of Samsung and Lenovo?
1) `10500000 2) `10700000 3) `10900000
4) `10300000 5) `10200000
130. Which smartphone has the minimum average priceduring the given five years?
1) Samsung 2) LG
3) Either Samsung or LG 4) Either LG or Lenovo
5) Lenovo
Directions (Q. 131-135): Study the following bar-
graph and pie-chart carefully to answer the following
questions.
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12
6
10
18
14
10
14
0 5 10 15 20
A
B
C
D
B o a
t
(Speed in kmph)
Speed of stream Speed of boat
Percentage of distance travelled by Shyam by the four
different boats
D
16%
C
26%
B
18%
A
40%
Total distance travelled = 1000 km
131. What is the difference of time taken by boat A and
boat B to travel 200 km upstream?1) 68 hours 2) 72 hours 3) 71 hours
4) 75 hours 5) 84 hours
132. What is the time taken by Shyam to reach his
destination upstream?
1) 272 hours 2) 245 hours 3) 240 hours
4) 232 hours 5) 268 hours
133. If the speed of boat C is increased by 40% and the
speed of stream decreases by 20% then what is the
difference between the time taken by the boat now
and that taken previously to travel 200 km? (Assume
opposite direction of stream)
1)6
28 hours23 2)4
22 hours5 3)4
20 hours5
4)5
18 hours6
5)5
35 hours6
134. If the speed of boat D increases by 10% then what is
the approximate time taken by Shyam to reach 500 km
by boat D? (Assume opposite direction of stream)
1) 88 hours 2) 92.6 hours 3) 68 hours
4) 78 hours 5) 44 hours
135. What is the ratio of the time taken by boat C to that
taken by boat D? (Assume same direction of stream)
1) 9 : 7 2) 7 : 5 3) 5 : 3
4) 4 : 3 5) 3 : 2
Directions (Q. 136-140): Study the given table
carefully to answer the following questions.
The table shows the time (in days) taken by five men
who do different types of work.
Types of
work
Name
Building
constru-
ction
Road
constructi-
on
Bridge
construct-
ion
Tower
installation
Rituraj 20 18 24 26
Amarkant 22 24 20 28
Vishwamohan 18 26 28 24
Prithusen 24 22 30 20
Laliteshwar 26 20 26 30
136. How many days would Rituraj, Amarkant and Prithusen
take to construct a building when they work together?
1)5
45 days 2)
3
14 days 3)
2
18 days
4)181
53 days 5)
3
26 days
137. How many days would Vishwamohan, Laliteshwar and
Rituraj take to instal 10 towers when they work
together?
1) 90 days 2) 88.13 days 3) 92.92 days
4) 87 days 5) 85.41 days138.The bridge construction work is initiated by Rituraj,
Prithusen and Laliteshwar together. After four days
Laliteshwar leaves the work and Amarkant joins them.
In how many days will the work be completed?
1)25
137 days 2)
143
725 days 3)
138
6810 days
4)24
465
days 5)12
1265
days
139. What would be the time taken to construct 5 buildings
and 4 different roads when Rituraj, Prithusen and
Vihwamohan work together?1) 65.61 days 2) 61.53 days 3) 64.45 days
4) 62.63 days 5) 68.32 days
140. Rituraj and Amarkant got `50000 for building
construction. What is the share of Rituraj?
1) `25000 2) `26190.47 3) `24130.5
4) `22990.7 5) `28970.5
Directions (Q. 141-145): Study the table carefully to
answer the following questions.
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Station Arrival time Departure time
Distance
travelled from
origin (in km)
Fare (` )
No. of passengers
boarding the train at
each station
No. of pasengers
deboarding the train
at each station
Adults Children Adults Children
Kanyakumari Starting 01:00 pm – 0 250 70 – –
Tirunelveli 3 : 00 pm 03 : 05 pm 100 km ` 80 320 90 100 20
Tuticorin 7 : 00 pm 07 : 10 pm 250 km ` 200 150 70 50 30
Madurai 11 : 45 pm 12 : 05 am 430 km ` 310 100 60 230 50
Tiruchirappalli 3 : 35 am 03 : 40 am 670 km ` 450 120 40 80 30
Arakkonam 6 : 30 am 06 : 35 am 820 km ` 590 80 20 90 10
Renigunta 11 : 00 am terminates 1140 km ` 740 – – – –
141. What is the speed of the train running between Kanyakumari and Madurai?
1) 40 kmph 2)19
260 kmph 3)
21
1162 kmph
4) 50 kmph 5)22
1568 kmph
142. If there is no any stop between Kanyakumari and
Renigunta, then what will be the new speed of the
train?
1)7
547 kmph 2)
9
448 kmph 3)
2
149 kmph
4)7
350 kmph 5)
17
1153 kmph
143. What is the total income of Railways from this trainfrom Kanyakumari to Madurai? (Given – fare for Child
is 40% that for an Adult)
1) `163400 2) `155980 3) `173500
4) `184000 5) `1925000
144. What is the ratio of adults to children who arrive at
Renigunta?
1) 3 : 5 2) 47 : 21 3) 39 : 41
4) 47 : 51 5) 5 : 19
145. A 10-member family, in which there are 4 children,
boards the train at Tuticorin and deboards the train at
Arakkonam. What is the fare paid by them? (Given
that the ratio of fare of Adult to Child is 5 : 2)
1) `3034 2) `2832 3) `29644) `3544 5) `3262
146. Two cards are drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52
cards. Find the probability that both of them are either
red or Kings.
1)13
72)
26
33)
221
634)
221
555)
7
5
147. Two dice are tossed. What is the probability that the
sum total is a prime number?
1)
6
12)
12
53)
2
14)
9
75)
15
8
Directions (Q. 148-150): Study the information
carefully to answer the questions given below:
There are 1200 men on an island. Two-thirds of them
are Indians. 10% of them are Americans and the remaining
belong to other countries. Forty per cent of the Indians are
females and the remaining are males. Two-thirds of the
Americans are males and the remaining are females.
148. What is the difference between the number of persons
belonging to India and the number of persons
belonging to other countries (except America)?
1) 240 2) 560 3) 360 4) 450 5) 520
149. What is the difference between the number of Indian
males and the number of American males?1) 280 2) 180 3) 80 4) 400 5) 480
150. What is the ratio of American females to Indian
females?
1) 3 : 4 2) 2 : 5 3) 1 : 5 4) 2 : 7 5) 1 : 8
Test-IV: Reasoning (High Level)
Directions (Q. 151-155): Study the following
information and answer the questions that follow.
Seven institutes P, Q, R, S, T, U and V provide coaching
for seven different competitive exams, viz Engineering,
NET, CAT, SSC, Banking, Medical and TET, but not
necessarily in the same order. There is one day weekly, off in each institute from Monday to Sunday but not
necessarily in the same order. No two institutes have the
same weekly off day.
l Institute R provides coaching for NET and is not
closed either on Friday or on Wednesday.l Institute S provides coaching for Engineering, and
Thursday is its weekly off day.
l Institute T and U do not provide coaching for Banking
and neither of these has Wednesday as weekly off
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day.
l Institute Q provides coaching for SSC and remains
closed on Sunday.
l The one which provides coaching for Medical has
Tuesday as weekly off day.l Institute V provides coaching for TET and remains
closed on Monday.
l Institute T does not provide coaching for CAT.
151. Institute R remains closed on which of the following
days?
1) Sunday 2) Monday 3) Tuesday
4) Saturday 5) None of these
152. Which of the following institutes provides coaching
for Banking?
1) P 2) T 3) U
4) T or U 5) None of these
153. Which of the following combinations is correct?
1) Wednesday – Q – SSC
2) Wednesday – Q – Banking3) Friday – U – CAT
4) Thursday – S – Medical
5) None of these
154. Which institute provides coaching for Medical?
1) P 2) U 3) T 4) S 5) None of these
155. On which of the following days does Institute U remain
closed?
1) Tuesday 2) Wednesday 3) Sunday
4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 156-160): Read each statement
carefully and answer the following questions:
156. Which of the following expressions will be true if the
expression A B > C = D E > F is definitely true?1) A D 2) B D 3) F > A
4) C > F 5) A E
157. Which of the symbols should be placed in the blank
spaces from left to right respectively to complete the
expression in such a manner that A > B, C > A and
D > F are definitely true?
D A _ X, D _ B, C = X, F _ B
1) <, >, < 2) >, >, < 3) =, <, > 4) =, <, < 5) >, =, <
158. Which of the following symbols should replace the
question mark (?) in the given expression to make the
expression J > N and K N definitely true?
J ? K L ? M ? N < O
1) <, >, = 2) >, , = 3) >, ,4) >, =, 5) None of these
159. Which of the following symbols should be placed in
the blank spaces respectively from left to right to
complete the given expression in such a manner that
the expression T > W is definitely false and the
expressions Z T and Y V are definitely true?
Z _ Y _ X W = V _ T
1) , , 2) , , 3) >, , >
4) , =, < 5) None of these
160. In which of the following expressions is ‘P > Q’ not
definitely true?
1) Q > C R < P 2) Q R < S P 3) Q < R < P S
4) P > S = T Q 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 161-163): Read the information
carefully and answer the following questions.
P + Q means P is sister of Q.
P × Q means P is mother of Q.
P – Q means P is brother of Q.
P ÷ Q means P is father of Q.
161. What will come in place of question mark (?) if ‘R is
paternal grandmother of S’?
R × G + T ? H + S
1) + 2) × 3) –
4) ÷ 5) Either ‘×’ or ‘÷’
162. Which of the following means ‘S is paternal aunt of
R’?
1) S + T + R 2) S + U ÷ R 3) S + U × R
4) S ÷ R + U 5) None of these163. Which of the following represents ‘R is cousin of S’?
1) R ÷ T + U × S 2) T ÷ R + U + S
3) T ÷ R + U × S 4) S + T × U – R
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 164-168) : Study the information
carefully and answer the following questions.
In a certain code language ‘notification of the Indian
government’ is written as ‘doo see mo nee ti’, ‘government
notification published’ is written as ‘see jo mo’, ‘published
by authority’ is written as ‘jo pi ga’, and ‘notification of
authority’ is written as ‘pi see ti’.
164. Which of the following represents the code for
‘government notification by authority’?1) see ga pi mo 2) mo pi see nee 3) ga pi mo ti
4) jo mo pi ga 5) None of these
165. Which of t he following could be a code for
‘government declares authority notification’?
1) alu pta ga see 2) alu pi ga see 3) pi qa see mo
4) ga see mo jo 5) None of these
166. Which of the following is the code for ‘Indian’?
1) nee 2) doo 3) mo
4) Can’t say 5) None of these
167. What does ‘nee’ stand for?
1) of 2) the
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3) Either ‘Indian’ or ‘the’ 4) Indian
5) None of these
168. What does ‘ga’ stand for?
1) by 2) published 3) authority
4) Can’t say 5) None of these
Direction (Q. 169-173): Study the given information
and answer the following questions:
When a word and number arrangement machine is
given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them
following a particular rule. The following is an illustration
of input and its rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-
digit numbers.)
Input : hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 89 glow 33
century 81 23 goal.
Step I: glow hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 33
century 81 23 goal 89
Step II: glow goal hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 33
century 23 81 89
Step III: glow goal xenon hearing 18 integrity 33century 23 50 81 89
Step IV: glow goal xenon century hearing 18
integrity 23 33 50 81 89
Step V: glow goal xenon century hearing integrity
18 23 33 50 81 89
Step V is the last step of the above arrangement as the
intended arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed
in the above steps, find out the appropriate steps for the
given input.
Input: 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem 25 telling
79 59 fabricate torcher
169. Which step number would be the following output?
xylem global telling torcher 19 numerology 25 fabricate48 59 79 88
1) Step III 2) Step IV 3) Step V
4) There will be no such step. 5) None of these
170. Which of the following would be the last step of the
rearrangement?
1) IV 2) V 3) VI 4) VII 5) None of these
171. If in the last step all the words get rearranged in
alphabetical order, which of the following words would
retain its original position?
1) fabricate 2) xylem 3) telling
4) global 5) None of these
172. Which of the following would be at the 7th position
from the left in Step III?1) 25 2) fabricate 3) 48
4) telling 5) None of these
173. In Step IV, if ‘xylem’ is related to ‘88’ and ‘global’ is
related to ‘79’ then ‘19’ is related to which of the
following, if the same pattern is followed?
1) 48 2) 59 3) fabricate
4) 25 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 174-178): Study the following
information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are playing a
game of musical chairs. The chairs placed around a circular
table face away from the table. Each person knows a
different language – Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi,
Bengali, Tamil, Hindi and English – but not necessarily in
the same order. When all of them are sitting in the chairs
during the game, the following conditions were fulfilled.
C is a Hindi speaker and sits third to the left of E.
The Tamil and the Punjabi speaker are immediate
neighbours of each other. Neither the Punjabi nor the
Tamil speaker is an immediate neighbour of either E or
C.
The Telugu and the English speaker are immediate
neighbours of each other.
Neither E nor D speaks English.
The one who speaks Punjabi sits to the left of B, who
speaks Kannada.
A speaks Telugu and is not an immediate neighbour
of the Hindi speaker. Only F sits between the Punjabi and the Marathi
speaker.
G sits third to the left of the person who speaks English.
174. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate
neighbours of the Marathi speaker?
1) Punjabi and Bengali 2) English and Punjabi
3) Telugu and Bengali 4) Kannada and Tamil
5) None of these
175. Who among the following speaks English?
1) G 2) H 3) F
4) E 5) None of these
176. How many persons sit between the Hindi speaker and
D when counted in clockwise direction from the Hindispeaker?
1) None 2) One 3) Two
4) Three 5) Four
177. E speaks which of the following languages?
1) Tamil 2) Bengali 3) Punjabi
4) Marathi 5) None of these
178. Who among the following sits exactly between B and
H?
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1) Telugu speaker 2) Tamil speaker
3) Punjabi speaker 4) Marathi speaker
5) Hindi speaker
Directions (Q. 179-183): In each question below are
given two/three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements
to be true even if they seem to be at variance with
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. Give answer
1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.
(179-180):
Statements: All bottles are cups.
No cup is a desk.All desks are stickers.
179. Conclusions: I. No sticker is a bottle.
II. All cups being stickers is a
possibility.
180. Conclusions: I. No bottle is a desk.
II. All bottles being stickers is a
possibility.
(181-182):
Statements: No box is a pencil.
Some pencils are buses.
All buses are toys.
181. Conclusions: I. No toy is a pencil.
II. All toys being pencils is a possibility.
182. Conclusions: I. All boxes being toys is a
possibility.
II. No box is a bus.
183. Statements: Some series are species.
All windows are species.
Conclusions: I. All series being windows is a
possibility.
II. No window is a series.
Directions (Q. 184-186): 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 given
in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.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 in statement 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.
184. If A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing the
centre, how many persons are seated between F and E
if we go anticlockwise from F to E?
I. A and C are adjacent to each other. There is only
one person between D and E. A is not seated
adjacent to E.
II. E and B are adjacent to each other. B is on the
immediate left of F.
185. How many children are there in the row of children
who face south?
I. Simon is fourth from the right end of the row and is
fourth to the right of Siya.
II. Pihu is seventh from the left end of the row and is
fourth to the left of Siya.
186. Who among A, B, C, D and E is the heaviest?I. C and D are heavier than A and E.
II. B is heavier than A but lighter than C.
Direction (Q. 187-190): Read the following
information carefully and answer the given questions.
The problem of unemployment means the problem of
providing work to those who are willing to do work. A large
number of educated and uneducated people, who are
capable of doing work and also willing to do work, roam
here and there without any job. So the problem has become
acute. There are a large number of people who are either
partly employed or wholly unemployed. The lives of such
people as well as of their families are extremely miserable.
India cannot claim to be a welfare state so long as this problem remains unsolved. Our country cannot advance
economically, politically or socially unless this problem is
solved. Many a social evil is spread through the
unemployed. Frustration, drug addiction, even suicides
are, by and large, the evil results of unemployment. Unrest
and disorder increase in society. It is, therefore, the duty of
the government to make every possible effort to solve this
problem.
187. Which of the following could be the main reason(s)
for the rise of unemployment in India?
1) Rising population in India
2) Rising unskilled population in India
3) Rising recession in the world of economy4) Lack of effective economic policy of the country
5) All the above
188. Which of the following could be a major effect(s) of
the rising unemployment in India?
I. Rise in the crime rate of the country
II. Increase in the food security problem of the
country
III. Rise of poverty in the country
IV. Rise of population in the country
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1) Only I, III and IV 2) Only I and II
3) Only II 4) Only I and III
5) Only I and IV
189. Which of the following courses of action should the
government take to reduce unemployment in India?
I. The government should promote rapid
industrialisation in the country.
II. Promoting family planning measures in India
III. The government should work for skill
development of the youth.
IV. Reducing emotional and mental stress of the
people
1) Only I 2) Only I and II
3) Only I, II and III 4) Only III
5) All of these
190. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from
the above passage?
1) Unemployment can give rise to many types of
social evils in the society.2) Unemployment is increasing in the country
because the people of India do not want to work.
3) Unemployment in India is increasing due to the
lack of effective skill development programmes in
the country.
4) In order to reduce unemployment corruption should
be stopped.
5) None of these
Direction (Q. 191-192): Read the following
information carefully and answer the given questions:
India has a huge population of over one billion and it
is increasing at a very fast rate. According to 2011 census,
the overall density of population is 382 person per sq km.This is likely to increase further in future. This has created
great demand for land. Every bit of land has been brought
under the plough. Even the hill slopes have been cut into
terraces for cultivation, which, on the other hand, has
disturbed the natural ecosystem of the country and given
rise to natural calamities. The pressure of increasing
population and the practice of dividing land equally
amongst the heirs has caused excessive sub-divisions of
farm holdings. Consequently, the holdings have become
smaller and fragmented. The small size of holdings makes
farming activity uneconomical and leads to social tension,
violence and discontentment.
191. Which of the following, according to the passagecould be the main reason(s) of the problems of
agriculture in India?
1) Small and fragmented land holding of the farmers
2) Lack of adequate irrigation facilities
3) Increase in soil erosion
4) Lack of storage of food grains
5) All of these
192. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from
the above statements?
I. Growing population in India has divided the land
into small fragments.
II. Small land holdings are impacting the farmers’
incomes.
III. Problems of environment are overlooked by the
people.
IV. Lack of effective storage facilities in the country
are increasing the problems of agriculture in India.
1) Only I and II 2) Only I, II and III
3) Only II 4) Only II, III and IV
5) All of these
Direction (Q. 193-195): Read the following
information carefully and answer the given questions.
Teenagers face real problems on a daily basis during
the most awkward growth stages of their lives – between
13 and 19 years. During this time, teens are exposed to
some overwhelming external and internal struggles. Teens
go through and are expected to cope with hormonal
changes, puberty, social and parental forces, work and school pressure, as well as encountering many conditions
and problems – physical, mental, psychological, social etc.
Teens feel overwhelmed when faced with unprecedented
stresses concerning school and college, and career
confusion situations. Those who have absentee parents
are exposed to more unfavourable states of life. The issues
that teenagers face today vary, but these issues can be
dealt with easily if parents and other guardians understand
the symptoms of their problems.
193. Which of the following is/are the major problems the
teens are facing these days?
1) Increasing stress among the teens
2) Increasing cyber addiction3) Increasing child abuse
4) Building nature due to lack of proper care from the
parents
5) All of these
194. What course(s) of action should the parents and
teachers take to reduce the problems of teenagers?
I. The parents should be aware of the problems the
children are facing in recent times.
II. The parents should behave friendly with their
children.
III. The teachers should give special time to children
for mentoring and motivating them.
IV. The parents should not interfere in the personallife of children.
1) Only I 2) Only I and II 3) Only II
4) Only I, II and III 5) Only IV
195. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from
the above passage?
I. Physical and psychological changes increase the
problems of the teenagers.
II. Teenagers should share their problems with their
parents to get rid of their problems.
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III. Lack of effective mentoring sessions by the
parents promotes bad habits in teenagers.
IV. The problems of teenagers can be solved if their
parents are aware of their problems.
1) Only I 2) Only II 3) Only II and IV
4) Only I, II and IV 5) All of these
Direction (Q. 196-200): In each of the questions given below, which of the five Answer Figures on the right should
come after the Problem Figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
Question Figures Answer Figures
196.
1 2 3 4 5
197.
1 2 3 4 5
198.
1 2 3 4 5
199.
1 2 3 4 5
200.
1 2 3 4 5
Answers1. 4 2. 2 3. 5 4. 2 5. 3
6. 3 7. 5 8. 1 9. 2 10. 4
11. 3 12. 5 13. 4 14. 5 15. 4
16. 5 17. 1 18. 2 19. 1 20. 4
21. 4; Replace ‘election’ with ‘electoral’
22. 4; Replace ‘knowing to’ with ‘knowing
how to’
23. 5
24. 1; Add ‘the’ before ‘rising’
25. 3; Replace ‘talk’ with ‘talks’
26. 4 27. 2 28. 5 29. 1 30. 3
(31-35): BEDAGCF
31. 4 32. 1 33. 4 34. 2 35. 136. 2 37. 4 38. 1 39. 3 40. 5
41. 2 42. 4 43. 5 44. 1 45. 3
46. 5 47. 2 48. 4 49. 1 50. 3
51. 1 52. 2 53. 2 54. 4 55. 2
56. 2 57. 4 58. 4 59. 3 60. 3
61. 5 62. 5 63. 3 64. 4 65. 5
66. 2 67. 5 68. 2 69. 4 70. 4
71. 2 72. 1 73. 3 74. 3 75. 1
76. 2 77. 3 78. 4 79. 1 80. 5
81. 4 82. 3 83. 4 84. 2 85. 2
86. 5 87. 1 88. 2 89. 1 90. 4
91. 4 92. 3 93. 2 94. 4 95. 3
96. 1 97. 4 98. 2 99. 4 100. 3
101. 2; Total number of seats won by BSP in
all states = 5 + 10 + 30 + 20 + 10 + 20 + 10
+ 15 = 120
Total number of seats won by Left Parties in
all states = 15 + 30 + 25 + 15 + 20 + 5 + 15
+ 5 = 130
Reqd % =130
120 – 130 × 100
= 69.7100130
10 % less
102. 5; Total number of seats won by BJP in
all states = 30 + 5 + 15 + 10 + 25 + 25 + 30
+ 20 = 160
Total number of seats won by Congress in all
states = 20 + 15 + 5 + 25 + 30 + 10 + 25 + 10
= 140
Reqd ratio = 160 : 140 = 8 : 7
103. 1; Total seats in Maharashtra assembly
= 10 + 15 + 20 + 25 = 70
Total male members of Maharashtra asembly
=70
70100
= 49
Total seats in Gujarat assembly = 30 + 25 +
15 + 10 = 80
Total male members of Gujarat assembly
=60
80100
= 48
Reqd % =49–48
10048
= 2.08% more
104. 3; The number of members in Haryana
assembly chargesheeted for involvement in
crimes =40
85100
= 34
Nu mber of mal e member s in Ha ryana
assembly chargesheeted for involvement in
crimes =50
34100
= 17
Number of female members in UP assembly
chargesheeted for involvement in crimes
= 70 ×50 20
100 100 = 7
Reqd percentage
=1 7 – 7
1007
142.85% more
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105. 4; Total number of seats won by BJP in
all states = 160
Total number of seats won by Congress in all
states = 140
Total number of seats won by BSP in all
states = 120
Total number of seats won by Left Parties in
all states = 130Hence, BJP won the highest number of seats.
106. 4; Number of History students in Nagpur
= 5000
Number of Economic students in Jodhpur
= 14000
Reqd % =14000 – 5000
10014000
= 64.28%
107. 1; Number of faculty members in Noida
=8
10000100
= 800
Number of Economics students in Indore
= 6000
Reqd % =800 100
6000
= 13.33%
108. 3; Reqd ratio = 44000 : 2200 = 20 : 1109. 2;
In Nagpur Number of students
Number of faculty members
=2000 5000 8000 12000
1810000
100
= 15
Indore6000 8000 10000 11000
1210000
100
= 29.16 29
In Noida4000 9000 13000 16000
810000
100
= 52.5 53
In Jodhpur2000 4000 12000 14000
1610000
100
= 20
In Patna6000 10000 12000 16000
2210000
10
= 20
In Lucknow2000 6000 8000 14000
2410000
100
= 12.5 13 faculty members
In Noida the number of students per teacher
is the maximum.
110. 5; Number of students in History = 5000+ 11000 + 4000 + 12000 + 12000 + 14000
= 58000
Nu mber of stu den ts in Hindi = 12 00 0 +
10000 + 13000 + 2000 + 10000 + 6000
= 53000
Number of students in Economics = 8000 +
6000 + 16000 + 14000 + 16000 + 2000
= 62000
Number of students in Chemist ry = 2000 +
8000 + 9000 + 4000 + 6000 + 8000 = 37000
In Chemistry the number of students is the
minimum.
111. 2; Total expenditure of School B
= 1000000 ×95
100 = `950000 = `9.5 lakh
Expenditure on teachers of School A
=30
1000000100
= `300000 = `3 lakh
Expenditure on non-teaching staff of
School B =20
950000100
= `190000
= `1.9 lakh
Reqd difference = (3 lakh – 1.9 lakh)
= `1.1 lakh
112. 4; Given total expenditure of School A
= `10 lakh
Total expenditure of School B
=1000000 100
80
= `1250000 = 12.5 lakh
Expenditure of School B on tour
= 1250000 ×12
100 = 150000 = 1.5 lakh
Expenditure of School A on tour
= 1000000 ×10
100 = `1 lakh
Reqd ratio = 150000 : 100000 = 3 : 2
113. 3; Salary of all the teachers in School A
=30
1000000100
= `300000
Number of new teachers = 60 ×30
100 = 18
Number of old teachers = (60 – 18) = 42
Let the salary of an old teacher be `x.
Salary of a new teacher =x 60
100
=3x
5
Now, salary of Principa l = `10
x11
So, x × 41 +10
x11 +
5
18x3
= 300000
or,10
x54x11x410
= 300000
or, 475x = 300000 × 10
x =475
10300000
= `6315.78
Salary of a new teacher
= 6315.78 × 47.37895
3
114 . 5; In summer vacation there is no
expenditure on sports, tour, electricity and
lab.
The remaining expenditure = expenditure on
teacher + non-teaching staff + others
= 30 + 15 + 14 = 59%
Expenditure reduces by (100 – 59 =) 41%
115. 3; In School B, the expenditure on non-
teaching staff = 12 ×20
100 = 2.4 lakh
Expenditure on each non-teaching staff
=240000
50 = `4800
After removing 30% the number of non-
teaching staff =70
50
100
= 35
Salary of 35 non-teaching staff = 35 × 4800
= `168000 = 1.68 lakh
Reduction in expenditure = 2.4 lakh –
1.68 lakh = 0.72 lakh = `72000
Percentage reduction in total expenditure
=72000
100 6%1200000
116. 3; Interest rate of N =4 3
6%2
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Amount = 29500. Time = 3 years
Let the principal be `x
Then, x +x 3 6
100
= 29500
or, x = `25000
117. 3; Amount =
TR
P 1 100
= 20000 × 1.03 × 1.03 = `21218
118. 1; Principal of P = 200004
5 = 25000
New rate of interest =100
1033
= 3.3
Now, interest of P =100
43.325000
= `3300
119. 4; Amount of N = `29500
Prinicipal =29500
5 = `5900
Time = 3 years
Interest = Amount – Principal= 29500 – 5900 = 23600
Reqd rate =Interest 100
Principal time
=23600 100
5900 3
=3
400 = 133.33%
120. 2; Principal of Q =120
10000100
= `12000
Amount of Q =
52
12000 1100
=12000 102 102 102 102 102
10000000000
= `13248.97
121. 1; Value of yen in 2010 = `10Value of dollar in 2013 = `35
Reqd difference = 35 – 10 = `25
122. 2; Average value of euro in the given
six years =1
6 × (15 + 25 + 30 + 5 + 25 + 25)
= `20.834
Average value of yen in given six years
=1
6 × (5 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 10 + 30) = `15
Average value of dollar in the given six years
=1
6 × (35 + 30 + 40 + 20 + 40 + 35)
= `33.34
Average value of pound in the given six years
=1
6 × (25 + 15 + 20 + 10 + 20 + 40)
= `21.67
Hence, dollar has the maximum average
value.
123. 3; Value of foreign currency in Indian
Economy in 2008 =15
300100
= $45 bn
Value of Indian currency in Indian Economy
in 2008 = $(300 – 45) bn = $255 bn
Value of Indian currency in Indian economy
in 2013 = 700 bn – 700 ×25
100 bn
= $(700 – 175)bn = $525 bn
Reqd ratio = 255 : 525 = 51 : 105
124. 4; In 2011, total Indian Economy was
`9000 bn.
Amount of foreign currency =20
9000 100
= `1800 bn
Amount of dollar =25
1800100
= `450 bn
Amount of Euro =30
1800100
= `540 bn
Difference between them = 540 – 450
= `90 bn
125. 5; Average value of four currencies in
2010 =1
4(10 + 20 + 30 + 40) = `25
126. 3; Average price of all three smartphones
in 2009 = 13
× (13500 + 11500 + 12500) =
`12500
In 2010 =1
3× (13000 + 13500 + 11500)
= `12666.7
In 2011 =1
3× (14000 + 13500 + 13000)
= `13500
In 2012 =1
3× (12500 + 13000 + 13500)
= `13000
In 2013 =1
3× (13500 + 11500 + 14000)
= `13000
Hence, in 2011 the average price is themaximum for all the three smartphones.
127. 2; Cost price of 20 Samsung, 25 LG and
30 Lenovo smartphones in 2011
= 20 × 14000 + 25 × 13500 + 30 × 13000
= `1007500
Selling price = 13300 × (20 + 25 + 30)
= `997500
% loss =1007500 – 997500
100%1007500
= 0.99%
128. 4; Price of LG smartphones in 2012
= `13000 and in 2013 = `11500
Price of LG smartphones in 2012 is
13000 100%11500
= 113.04% of its price in
2013
129. 1; Income of Lenovo in 2010
= 20000 × 11500 = `230000000 = 23 crore
Income of Samsung in 2010
= 18500 × 13000 = 240500000
= 24.05 crore
Reqd difference
= 240600000 – 230000000 = `10500000
= 1.05 cr
130. 2; Average price of Samsung =1
5 ×
(13500 + 13000 + 14000 + 12500 + 13500)
= `66500
5 = `13300
Average price of LG =1
5 × (11500 + 13500
+ 13500 + 13000 + 11500) = `63000
5
= `12600
Average price of Lenovo =1
5 × (12500 +
11500 + 13000 + 13500 + 14000) = `64500
5
= `12900
LG has the minimum average price during
the given years.
131. 4; Time taken by boat A to travel 200
km =
200
18 –10 = 25 hrs
Time taken by boat B to travel 200 km
=200
14– 12 = 100 hrs
Reqd difference = (100 – 25) = 75 hours
132. 2; Total distance travelled by Shyam
= 1000 km
Distance covered by boat A = 1000 ×40
100= 400 km
Time taken by boat A =400
18 –10 = 50 hours
Time taken by boat B =
181000 100
14–12
= 90 hours
Time taken by boat C =
261000
10010–6
= 65 hours
Time taken by boat D =
161000
10014–10
= 40 hours
Total time taken by Shyam = (50 + 90 +
65 + 40) = 245 hours
133. 1; Speed of boat C after 40% increase
in its speed =140
10100
= 14 kmph
Speed of stream after 20% decrease
= 6 ×80
100 = 4.8 kmph
Now, time taken by boat C =200
14 – 4.8
=200
9.2 =
1721
23 hours
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Time taken by boat previously =200
10–6
=4
200 = 50 hours
Difference = (50 –17
21
23) =
628
23 hours
134. 2; New speed of boat D =110
14100
= 15.4 kmph
Time taken to travel 500 km =500
15.4– 10= 92.54 92.6 km
135. 5; Time taken by boat C =x km
(10 6)
Time taken by boat D =x km
(10 14)
Reqd ratio =
x x:
16 24 = 3 : 2
136. 4; Part of building costruction by Rituraj
in one day =1
20
by Amarkant =1
22 and by Prithusen =
1
24
Work of building construction done in 1 day
by all three together
=1 1 1
20 22 24
=1320
181
ie they construct a building in
181
1320 =
181
537 days
137. 2; The part of work of tower
installation done by Vishwamohan in one day
=1
24, that by Laliteshwar in one day =
1
30
and that by Rituraj in one day =1
26
The part work of tower installation done by
all three together in one day
=1 1 1 177
24 30 26 1560
1 tower installation work is done in
177
1560
days
10 tower installation work is done in
1560 10
177
= 88.13 days
138. 4; The part of work of bridge
construction done by Rituraj, Prithusen and
Laliteshwar in 4 days =1 1 1
424 30 26
=177 4 708
1560 1560
=59
130
The part of work of bridge construction done
by Ritura j, Prithusen and Amarkant in one
day =1 1 1 5 4 6
24 30 20 120
=1
8
After 4 days the remaining work
=59 130 – 59
1– 130 130
=71
130
Now,71
130 work is done by Rituraj, Prithusen
and Amarkant in
71
71 8 568 241304 days
1 130 130 65
8
139. 4; When Rituraj, Prithusen and
Viswamohan work together, the work of
building constru ction done by them
=
1 1 1 53
20 24 18 360
per day
Work of road construction
1 1 1 359
18 22 26 2574
53
360 part of building construction is done in
1 day
5 building construction work is done in
3605
53
33.96 days
359
2574 part of road construction is done in 1
day.
4 roads are constructed in2574
4359
28.67 days
Total time taken = (33.96 + 28.67)
= 62.63 days
140. 2; Ratio of work done by Rituraj to that
by Ama rkant in one day in bu ilding
construction
or, Rituraj : Amarkant =1 1
:20 22
= 11 : 10
Total wage = 50000
Share of Rituraj = 5000 ×
11
21
= `26190.47
141. 1; Speed of train between Kanyakumari
and Madurai
=430
11.45 pm –1.00 pm =
430
10.45
=43
4430
4
310
430
= 40 kmph
142. 5; Total time taken by the train to
travel from Kanyakumari to Renigunta
= 11 am – 1 pm = 22 hours
Total halt time = 5 + 10 + 20 + 5 + 5
= 45 minutes
If there in no halt then time taken
= 22hr – 45 minutes
= 21 hours 15 minutes
Speed =1140 km
21 hrs 15 minutes =
85
41140
=1140 4 912 11
53 kmph85 17 17
143. 2; Total income of Railways from the
train from Kanyakumari to Madurai = (fare
of adult × number of adults) + (fare of child ×
number of children)
= (250 × 80) + (70 × 80 ×40
100) + {(250 +
320 – 100) (200 – 80) + (70 + 90 – 20) (200
– 80)
40
100 } + {(250 + 320 – 100 + 150 – 50)
× (310 – 200) + (70 + 90 + 70 – 20 – 30)
(310 – 200 ×40
100)}
= {(20000 + 2240) + (56400 + 6720) +
(62700 + 7920)} = `155980
144. 2; Number of adults arriving at
Renigunta = (250 + 320 + 150 + 100 + 120
+ 80) – (100 + 50 + 230 + 80 + 90) = 470
Number of children arriving at Renigunta =
(70 + 90 + 70 + 60 + 40 + 20) – (20 + 30 +
50 + 30 + 10) = 210
Reqd ratio = 470 : 210 = 47 : 21
145. 3; The fare paid by the family = fare of
6 adults + fare of 4 children
= {6 × (590 – 200) + 4(590 – 200) ×2
5}
= `2964
146. 4; n(s) = 52
2C =52 51
13262
Let E1 = event of getting both red cards and
E2 = event of getting both Kings
Then, E1 = event of getting two Kings
of red cards
n(E1) = 26
2C =26 25
3252
,
n(E2) =
4 3
62 1
n(E1 E
2) = 2
2C = 1
Now, P(E1) =
1n(E )
n(S) =
325
1326, P(E
2) =
2n(E )
n(S)
=6
1326
P(E1 E
2) =
1
1326
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P(Both red or both Kings) = P(E1 E
2) =
P(E1) + P(E
2) – P(E
1E
2)
=325 6 1
– 1376 1328 1326
=55
221147. 2; n(S) = 6 × 6 = 36
E = event that the sum is a prime number =
{(1, 1) (1, 2), (1, 4), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 3), (2,
5), (3, 1), (3, 4), (4, 1), (4, 3), (5, 2), (5, 6),
(6, 1), (6, 5)}
n(E) = 15,
P(E) =n(E) 15
n(S) 36 =
5
12
(148-150):
148. 5; Number of people from other
countries = 1200 – (800 + 120) = 280
Difference = 800 – 280 = 520
149. 4; Difference of the number of Indian
males and the number of American males
= 480 – 80 = 400
150. 5; Ratio of American females to Indian
females = 40 : 320 = 1: 8
(151-155):
InstituteCompetitive
ExaminationWeekly off
P Banking Wednesday
Q SSC Sunday
R NET Saturday
S Engineering Thursday
T Medical Tuesday
U CAT Friday
V TET Monday
151. 4 152. 1 153. 3 154. 3
155. 5; Friday
156. 4; Given expression,
A B > C = D E > F
Thus, A > D is true. But option 1) (A D)
does not follow.
Again, B > D is true and A > F is true. Hence,
option 2) (B D) and option 3) (F > A) do
not follow. But C > F is true. Hence, option
4) follows.
A > E is true. Hence, option 5) does not
follow.
157. 1; D A _ X ... (i)
D _ B ... (ii)
C = X ... (iii)
F_ B ... (iv)
Using option (1),
D A < X, D > B, C = X, F < B
Combining all these, we haveF < B < D A < X = C
Clearly A > B, C > A and D > F are definitely
true.
158. 2; Check options one by one.
From option 1) we have,
J < K L > M = N < O
We can’t compare J and N. Hence does not
follow.
From option 2) we have,
J > K L M = N < O
Clearly J > N and K N are definitely true.
Hence follows.
From option 3) we have,
J > K L M N < O. We can’t compare J
and N and K or N. Hence does not follow.
From option 4) we have,
J > K L = M N < O
We can’t compare J and N or K and N. Hence
does not follow.
159. 1; From option 1) we haveZ Y X W = V T
Clearly W T. Hence, T > W is definitely
false.
Z T and Y V are definitely true.
160. 1; Option 1)
Can’t compare
From option 2) Q R < S P.
P > Q is true. Does not follow.
From option 3) Q < R < P S.
P > Q is true. Does not follow.
From option 4) P > S = T Q.
P > Q is true. Does not follow.
161. 4;
When T is father of H and S,
R is paternal grandmother of S.
162. 2; From 1) R TS (–)(–)
S is sister of R.
From 2)
S is paternal aunt of R.
From 3)
S is maternal aunt of R.
From 4)
S is father of R.
163. 5; From 1)
R is maternal grandfather of S.
From 2)
R is sister of S.
From 3)
R is maternal aunt of S.
From 4)
S is maternal aunt of R
(164-168):
notification of the Indian government
doo see mo nee ti ... (i)
government notification published
see jo mo ... (ii)
published by authority jo pi ga ... (iii)
notification of authority pi see ti ... (iv)
From (ii) and (iii), published jo ... (v)From (iii) and (iv), authority pi ... (vi)
From (i), (ii) and (iv), notification see
... (vii)
From (i), (ii) and (vii),
government mo ... (viii)
From (iii), (v) and (vi), by ga ... (ix)
From (iv), (vi) and (vii), of ti ... (x)
From (i), (vii), (viii) and (x) the/Indian
doo/nee ... (xi)
164. 1 165. 3 166. 4 167. 3 168. 1
(169-173):
The words are rearranged in increasing order
of their length and in case of a tie, they are
arranged according to the dictionary, from
left to right. Numbers are rearranged in
descending order from right to left. Eachstep arranges a word and a number.
Input: 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem
25 telling 79 59 fabricate torcher
Step I. xylem 19 numerology 48 global 25
telling 79 59 fabricate torcher 88
Step II. xylem global 19 numerology 48 25
telling 59 fabricate torcher 79 88
Step III. xylem global telling 19 numerology
48 25 fabricate torcher 59 79 88
Step IV. xylem global telling torcher 19
numerology 25 fabricate 48 59 79 88
Step V. xylem global telling torcher fabricate
19 numerology 25 48 59 79 88
Step VI. xylem global telling torcher
fabricate numerology 19 25 48 59 79 88
169. 2 170. 3171. 4; fabricate global numerology telling
torcher xylem 19 25 48 59 79 88
172. 1
173. 3
(174-178):
174. 5; Tamil and Bengali
175. 2 176. 4 177. 2 178. 5179. 2; All bottles are cups (A) + No cup is a
desk (E) = A + E = E = No bottle is a desk.
Now, No bottle is a desk (E) + All desks a re
stickers (A) = E + A = O* = Some stickers are
not bottles. Hence, I does not follow.
Again, No cup is a desk (E) + All desks are
stickers (A) = E + A = O* = Some stickers are
not cups. But, there exists a possibility in
conclusion II. Hence conclusion II follows.
180. 5; All bottles are cups (A) + No cup is a
desk (E) = A + E = E = No bottle is a desk.
Hence conclusion I follows. No bottle is a
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desk + All desks are stickers = E + A = O* =
Some stickers are not bottles. But this does
leave the possibility in II.
181. 2; Some pencils are buses (I) + All buses
are toys (A) = I + A = I = Some pencils are
toys. Hence, conclusion I does not follow.
And there exists a possibility of all toys being
pencils.182. 1; No box is a pencil (E) + Some pencils
are buses (I) = E + I = O* = Some buses are
not boxes. So there exists a possibility that
all boxes are buses. Hence I follows but II
does not follow.
183. 1; There is no negative statement.
Hence I follows and II does not follow.
184. 2; From I.
As the positions of E and F are not confirmed
it is not sufficient to answer the question.
From II.
There are three persons between F and E.
Hence II alone is sufficient to answer.
185. 5; From I Simon = 4th from the
right and 4th to the right of Siya
Position of Siya = 4 + 4 = 8th from the right
From II Pihu = 7th from the left and 4thto the left of Siya.
Position of Siya = 7 + 4 = 11th from the left
From I & II together, total number of children
= 8 + 11 – 1 = 18
186. 4; From I C, D > A, E. Not sufficient
From II C > B > A. Not sufficient
Combining I & II, C > D > B > A > E ... (i)
or, D > C > B > E > A ... (ii)
C > D > B > E > A ... (iii)
D > C > B > A > E ... (iv)
And so on.
Hence, either D or C is the heaviest.
Therefore the data in both the statements I
and II together are not sufficient to answer
the given question.187. 5; All of these reasons are inter-linked
and are responsible for increasing
unemployment in India.
188. 4; Rise in unemployment will increase
pov erty in the cou ntry which in tu rn will
increase crime rates in the country.
189. 3; Rapid industrialisation will help in
promoti ng employment. Ski ll development
will help people work efficiently in the
industry. Family planning measures will
reduce the population in the country, which
will help in better distribution of resources
among the people.
190. 1; From the passage it is clear that
unemployment gives rise to social evils such
as mental stress, drug abuse and suicides.
191. 1; Note the words “according to the
passage “given in the quest ion.
192. 2; Conclusion I can be inferred fromthe sentence. “The pressure of increasing
population ... sub-divisions of farm holdings.”
II can be inferred from the fact that the
“small size of holdings makes farming
activity uneconomical.” III can be inferred
from the way even the hill slopes have been
cut for cultivation.
193. 1; The passage says: “... teens are
exposed to some overwhelming external and
internal struggles.”
194. 4; The due lies in the last sentence of
the passage.
195. 4; Conclusion I follows from the
sentence “Teens go through ... psychological,
social, etc. “II and IV follow from the lastsentence of the passage. But III does not
follow: “bad habits” gives a different twist to
the idea of the passage.
196. 1; It follows the pattern given below:
if we go ACW from F to E. If 1 2, 3 4
then 5 6 rule.
197. 3; It follows the following patterns
alternately.
1 2
3 4
5 6
2 3
4 5
198. 1; The four corner elements move 90°ACW and rest of the elements move 45°
CW, using if 1 2, 3 4 then 5 6 rule.
199. 2; It follows the following pattern
200. 1; All the elements move 45°, 90°, 135°,
180° and 225° CW respectively at their
pos it ions.