1.

Four men and three women are to be seated for a dinner such that no two women sit together
and no two men sit together. Find the number of ways in which this can be arranged.
1) 144
2) 72
3) 36
4) None of these

2. Out of 3 books on Economics, 4 books on corporate strategy and 5 books on philosophy, how
many collections consists of exactly one book on each subject?
1) 40
2) 36
3) 60
4) 120

3. The odds against a husband who is 50 years old living till he is 70 are 7 : 5 and the odds against his
wife who is now 40, living till she is 60 are 5 : 3. Find the probability that the couple will be alive 20 years
hence.
1) 21/32
2) 5/32
3) 15/32
4) 12/35

4. Two balls are drawn from a bag containing 2 white, 3 red and 4 black balls one by one without
replacement. What is the probability that atleast one ball is red?
1) 7/12
2) 5/12
3) 3/10
4) None of these

5. Factorize (1 + 12abc + 35a2 b2 c2)

1) (1 + 5abc) (1 – 7abc )
2) (1 + 5abc) (1 + 7abc)
3) (1 – 5abc) (1 + 7abc)
4) (1 – 5abc) (1 – 7abc)

6. The number of four-digit numbers strictly greater than 4321 that can be formed from the digits
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (allowing repetition of digits)
1) 310
2) 360
3) 288
4) 800

7. ‘S' is an infinite set of odd natural numbers. What percentage of the numbers of ‘S' are divisible
by both 5 and 3?
1) 1%
2) 8.25%
3) 6.67%
4) Cannot be determined

8. If x, y and z are positive real numbers, such that x + y + z = a, then

1)
2) (a – x) (a – y) (a – z) ≥ 8 xyz
3) (a – x) (a – y) (a – z) ≤ (8/27) a3
4) All of these

9. We had 1000 goats at the beginning of year 2001 and the no. of goats each year increases by
10% by giving birth (compounded annually). At the end of each year we double the no. of goats by
purchasing the same no. of goats as there is the no. of goats with us at the time. What is the no. of goats
at the beginning of 2004?
1) 10600
2) 10648
3) 8848
4) 8226

10. A company has a job to prepare certain number cans and there are three machines A, B and C
for this job. A can complete the job in 3 days, B can complete the job in 4 days and C can complete the
job in 6 days. How many days the company will take to complete the job if all the machines are used
simultaneously?
1) 4 days
2) 5 days
3) 4/3 days
4) Cannot be determined

Directions for the question: Use the following chart to answer these questions on the age-wise
distribution of personal income of a country in the year 2002.
11. In 2002, what was the approximate personal income, in billions of rupees, of the age-group 35-
44 years?
1) 500
2) 006
3) 1125
4) None of these

12. About how many degrees are there in the central angle devoted to the personal income of the
age group 35-44?
1) 20
2) 40
3) 72
4) None of these

13. What is the ratio of the personal income of the age group 25-34 to that of the age group 35-44?
1) 9:4
2) 5:6
3) 8:15
4) None of these

14. If the total income in 2002 was 20 percent greater than it was in 2000, then what was the
approximate total personal income in 2000(in billions of rupees)?
1) 2200
2) 2100
3) 2000
4) None of these

15. If the total income in the year 2007 is projected to be one-and-a-half times of its current size,
then what is the assumed annual compound rate of growth in income(in percent)?
1) 20
2) 50
3) 12
4) None of these

Directions for the question: In each question given below is given a statement followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then
consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable
doubt from the information given in the statement:
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either I or II follows.
(d) If neither I nor II follows.
(e) If both I and II follows.
16. Statement: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his collages.
Conclusions:
I. The manager did not like Sachin.
II. Sachin was not popular with his collages.
17. Statement: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusions:
I. Some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.
18. Statement: Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without sweet voice is a
good singer.
Conclusions:
I. All invited singers in the conference have sweet voice.
II. Those singers do not have sweet voice are not invited in the conference.
19. Statement: Vegetable prices are soaring in the market.
Conclusions:
I. Vegetables are becoming a rare commodity.
II. People cannot eat vegetables.
20. Statement: India’s economy is depending mainly on forests.
Conclusion:
I. Trees should be preserved to improve Indian economy.
II. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions.

Directions for the question: Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions
given below:

21. Which of the following is the third to the right of the tenth from the right end of the above
arrangement?
1) 3
2) 6
3) T
4) E

22. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately
preceded by a vowel and immediately followed by a consonant?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three

23. How many such consonants are there in the given arrangement each of which is immediately
followed by a number but not immediately preceded by a vowel?
1) None
2) One
3) Three
4) More than three

24. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group based on their
positions in the given arrangement, which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) JK4
2) PRE
3) 6NA
4) 8TU

25. What should come in the place of the underline (_) in the following series based on the given
arrangement? 2J 4H EP __
1) N9
2) NW
3) AW
4) 6A

Directions for the question: Choose the grammatically incorrect part of the sentences given below.

26. Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to find a job for me but could not succeed
in it.
1) Well, I spent six or seven years
2) after high school
3) trying to find a job for me
4) but could not succeed in it.
5) No error

27. The purpose of this book, however, is not to discuss these basic issues in its various aspects.
1) The purpose of this book
2) however, is not to discuss
3) these basic issues
4) in its various aspects
5) No error

Directions for the question: In each question below is given a statement followed by several
assumptions. Find which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

28. Statement : Radios are fast getting replaced by transistors.

Assumptions:
I. Transistors are superior to radios.
II. Government has banned manufacturing of radios
1) Only (I) is implicit
2) Only (II) is implicit
3) Either (I) or (II) is implicit
4) Neither (I) nor (II) is implicit

29. Statement : Certain routes are closed for Vehicular traffic during processions - An order from the
concerned authorities
Assumptions:
I. The procession will culminate in a public meeting.
II. The procession would be large enough to cause congestion on the road.
1) Only (I) is implicit
2) Only (II) is implicit
3) Either (I) or (II) is implicit
4) Neither (I) nor (II) is implicit

30. Statement: "Reservation of short journey can be done only three days in advance" - A note put
up by Railway authorities.
Assumptions:
I. People do not plan short journeys more than three days in advance.
II. Short journeys do not need reservations.
III. Administratively, it is not convenient for the Railways to provide the facility of reservation of short
journeys more than 3 days in advance.
1) Only (II) is implicit
2) Only (II) & (III) are implicit
3) Only (I) & (III) are implicit
4) Only (III) is implicit

31. Statement : “Do not allow any candidate to leave the examination hall until the examination is
over, except when an emergency calls for." - An instruction to the supervisor.
Assumptions:
I. The supervisor himself is not supposed to leave the examination hall unattended.
II. The supervisor has the authority to determine the extent of emergency.
III. The examination is for less than two hours.
1) Only (I) is implicit
2) None is implicit
3) Only (II) is implicit
4) (I) & (II) are implicit

32. Statement : "Watching television for a long time leads to damage of the eyesight." - A
motherinforms her daughter.
Assumptions:
I. The eyesight of mother is normal.
II. The daughter finds television programmes interesting.
III. The eyesight of daughter is normal.
1) Only (II) & (III) are implicit
2) Only (I) & (II) are implicit
3) All (I),(II) & (III) are implicit
4) Only (II) is implicit

33. Statement : It is desirable to keep common medicines with you when you go on a long journey".
A advises B.
Assumptions:
I. B's health is poor.
II. A is a medical representative.
III. One's health is likely to get affected by the changes in weather, water etc., while on a long journey.
1) Only (I) & (III) are implicit
2) Only (III) is implicit
3) Only (I) & (II) are implicit
4) Only (I) is implicit

34. Statement : "Traveller'scheques" are always to be preferred to cash, especially for a long
distance travel.
Assumptions:
I. A large amount of money is required for long-distance Journey.
II. Traveller'scheques can be encashed at many places.
III. People do not need money during their travel.
1) Only (I) & (II) are implicit
2) Only (II) is implicit
3) Only (I) & (III) are implicit
4) Only (II) & (III) are implicit

35. Statement : STD/ISD locks must be provided to the telephones in the office and the key should
be available only with a responsible officer.
Assumptions:
I. STD/ISD lock can be "built-in" in the telephone system.
II. Someone may need to make an STD/ISD call.
III. The staff may misuse the facility of STD/ISD.
1) Only (I) is implicit
2) Only (I) & (II) are implicit
3) Only (I) & (III) are implicit
4) Only (II) & (III) are implicit

36. Statement: "I did not go to the office today". A tells B.

Assumptions: I. The office was closed on account of holiday today.
II. ‘A’ has been on leave for today.
1) Only (I) is implicit
2) Only (II) is implicit
3) Either (I) or (II) is implicit
4) Neither (I) nor (II) is implicit
37. Statement: "Smoking Prohibited" - A notice at a petrol pump.
Assumptions:
I. All those who come to the petrol pump are smokers.
II. Smoking at a petrol pump is hazardous.
III. People are expected to follow such notices.
1) Only (I) & (III) are implicit
2) Only (II) & (III) are implicit
3) Only (II) is implicit
4) All (I), (II) & (III) are implicit

Directions for the question: Fill in the blanks with the correct option given in the option
38. It is no secret that prison can be rather______; grim conditions and severe treatment have been
known to ______ even the most hardened criminals.
1) cruel ... entertain
2) harsh ... dishearten
3) pleasant ... encourage
4) strange ... prevent

39. Although Kate’s report on her scientific findings was lengthy, the presentation she
held was rather ______.
1) brief
2) neutral
3) mundane
4) straightforward

40. The famous pop singer tragically died at age fifty. This was an ______ event for his ______ fans.
1) awful ... healthy
2) amazing ... dubious
3) unthinkable ... devoted
4) amicable ... strange

41. Unlike the misleading television documentary, the biography was ______.
1) interesting
2) accurate
3) fantastic
4) phony

42. The doctor takes note of any ______ blemishes on the patient’s skin; such abnormalities are
often ______ of skin cancer.
1) irregular ... symptoms
2) typical ... clues
3) interesting ... signs
4) small ... indications
43. Psychopaths ______ inflict harm on others because they lack a moral compass.
1) sympathetically
2) desperately
3) politely
4) viciously

44. It took Miranda years of substance abuse counseling to finally achieve ______; she now
leads a healthy life free from drugs and alcohol.
1) sobriety
2) assistance
3) dignity
4) addiction

45. Josh lets procrastination get the best of him; he ______ completed his project the night
before it was due, resulting in a sloppy presentation.
1) patiently
2) slowly
3) hastily
4) nervously

46. Under ordinary circumstances, the board would never ______ such behavior, but due
to the ______ status of the CEO, her wrongdoing was casually overlooked.
1) allow ... average
2) suppose ... questionable
3) suspect ... wavering
4) condone ... special

47. Most people consider torture ______ because it is an act of cruelty. However,
some assert that it is ______ and can actually help save lives.
1) offensive ... dangerous
2) amazing ... crucial
3) horrible ... irrelevant
4) wrong ... necessary

Directions for the question: Identify the grammatically incorrect sentence(s).

48. 1. Although she is foolish but people like her.

2. The accident took place as the train was crossing a bridge.
3. Moving on the grass I saw a snake.
4. However fast he may run, he cannot catch the train.
1) 1,2,3
2) 2,3
3) 4,2,1
4) 1,2
49. 1. Work hard lest you may not fail.
2. Scarcely he had entered the room, I recognized him.
3. Supposing if he misses the train, will he come back?
4. Unless you do not pay attention to what I say, you will not succeed.
1) 1,2
2) 2,3
3) 1,3,4
4) 1,2,3,4

50. 1. The teacher asked John that why he was late.

2. It is not certain that he will come.
3. No other country but India has spoken against the racist regime of South Africa.
4. He behaves as if he is mad.
1) 1,2,3
2) 1,3,4
3) 1,2
4) 3,4

51. 1. I have neither seen him nor his brother.

2. Lions are both found in Asia and Africa.
3. Do you know where he lives?
4. He did not speak loudly and clearly.
1) 1,2
2) 1,2,4
3) 2,3,4
4) 1,2,3

52. 1. He is either a fool or a scoundrel.

2. My pen is superior and more expensive than yours.
3. The world lasts, the earth will go round the sun.
4. When my father says so, I must believe it.
1) 1,3,4
2) 2,3,4
3) 2,3
4) 1,2,4

53. A. They ought to be here before now.

B. He is known for his charity.
C. The dog ran through the road.
D. He broke the cup in a hundred pieces.
1) A,D
2) B
3) C,A
4) B,D

54. A. The man labored to good results.

B. I was on bed when he telephoned me.
C. He travelled thirty kilometers in two hours.
D. The child is endowed by talents difficult to find.
1) A,B,C
2) A,D
3) B,C
4) C

55. A. This work of art is worthy for praise.

B. The political environment is not conducive for economic reforms.
C. He acceded with my proposal.
D. Which newspaper do you subscribe for?
1) A,B,C
2) B,C,D
3) A,B,D
4) All the above

Directions for the question: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Dear Katharine:
I have read the Nabokov stories, and I think they are both perfect. Not a word should be changed. From
the way you talked about “Signs and Symbols”, I had imagined something like the work of the French
naturalists at their most malodorous and ghoulish; but the details in Nabokov’s story are of the most
commonplace kind. The point is that the parents of the boy are getting “ideas of reference”, too, and
without these details the story would have no meaning. I don’t see how anybody could misunderstand
the story as you people seem to have done or could object to the details in themselves, and the fact that
any doubt should have been felt about them suggests a truly alarming condition of editor’s daze. If The
New Yorker had suggested to me that the story had been written as a parody, I should have been just as
angry as you say he was (I’m surprised that he has not challenged somebody to a duel), and as I should
be every time I get a New Yorker proof of one of my literary articles, if I thought I was obliged to take
seriously the ridiculous criticisms made in the office and did not know, having once been an editor
myself, that they were the result of having read so much copy that the editors could no longer pay
attention to what was being said.
Besides this, there is, however, the whole question of The New Yorker fiction about which I hear more
complaint than about anything else in the magazine. It is appalling that Nabokov’s little story, so gentle
and every day, should take on the aspect for The New Yorker editors of an overdone psychiatric study.
(How can you people say it is overwritten?) It could only appear so in contrast with the pointless and
inane little anecdotes that are turned out by The New Yorker’s processing mill and that the reader
forgets two minutes after he has read them — if, indeed, he has even paid attention, at the time his eye
was slipping down the column, to what he was reading about. The New Yorker has got to the age when
magazines get hardening of the arteries; it thinks it is obliged to supply something that it thinks its public
likes and is continually afraid of jarring that public, though the only thing that any public wants is to be
interested. It is also, as a humorous magazine specializing in comic newsbreaks, morbidly afraid of
printing anything that could possibly seem unintentionally funny.
I am speaking mainly of the fiction; the non-fiction side, it seems to me, has been lately a little bolder.
But I have a personal interest in the fiction side, too, stories in both my last two books that might
perfectly well have appeared in The New Yorker and that the only thing that kept them out was that they
were done from a sharp point of view, that they were not pale and empty and silly enough.
I have written this out at length so that you could show it to anybody who objected to the Nabokov story
and use it perhaps in your anti-editing campaign.
I have just read “My English Education”, and it, too, seems to me perfect for The New Yorker. I can’t
imagine what doubts you would have about it. It doesn’t get anywhere, it is just a little reminiscence, but
in this respect it doesn’t differ from Mencken’s childhood memories, of which The New Yorker printed
any number. If it’s a question of writing, as I thought you implied, I am not sure what is meant by the
word raiser in the fourth line of page 5, but otherwise I don’t see anything to which exception could
possibly be taken. And since I have become aroused, I might go on, in this connection, to protest against
The New Yorker’s idea of style. The editors are so afraid of anything that is unusual, that is not expected,
that they put a premium on insipidity and banality. I find, in the case of my own articles, that if I ever
coin a phrase or strike off a picturesque metaphor, somebody always objects. Every first-rate writer
invents and renews the language; and many of the best writers have highly idiosyncratic styles; but
almost no idiosyncratic writer ever gets into The New Yorker. Who can imagine Henry James or Bernard
Shaw – or Dos Passos of Faulkner – in The New Yorker? The object here is as far as possible to iron all the
writing out so that there will be nothing vivid or startling or original or personal in it. Sid Perelman is
almost the sole exception, and I have never understood how he got by.
Edmund Wilson

56. Edmund Wilson’s chief contention in this letter is that:

1) Nabokov deserves more than a brush-off on account of eccentricities in his writing.
2) Literary writing is beyond the scope of the ordinary in any case.
3) The New Yorker is blind to superior writing as seen in their treatment of Nabokov.
4) The art of writing and the art of editing are always at logger heads.

57. Which of the following best describes why Wilson compares Henry James, Bernard Shaw and
Dos Passos with Nabokov?
1) to outline the varied influences on Nabokov as a writer
2) to express the intractability of literary genius
3) to show the tradition of mediocrity The New Yorker has sustained
4) to imply that none of the great literary figures would want to be published in The New
Yorker

58. Which of the following best serves as a substitute for ‘malodorous’ as used in the context of the
passage?
1) morbid
2) stale and hackneyed
3) scandalous
4) offensive and indigestible

59. From the letter it appears that the editorial team at The New Yorker objected to the stories
because they found them to be too:
1) literary
2) conventional
3) humorous
4) convoluted

60. Wilson’s attitude to The New Yorker can be summed up as:

1) extremely displeased and highly critical of their judgment.
2) critical and arrogant about their bad decisions.
3) disgusted at their narrow vision.
4) pleading for a better atmosphere of literary journalism.

Directions for the question: In the following question, statements 1 and 6 are respectively the first and
the last sentences of a paragraph. Statements A, B, C and D come in between them. Rearrange A, B, C
and D in such a manner that they make a coherent paragraph together with the statements 1 and 6.
Select the correct order from the given choices and mark its number as your answer
61. 1. Time-tested remedies for physical and mental well being are back with a bang
A. contrary to this, science has been taking quantum leaps in all areas
B. And the most virulent among these is stress
C. Alternate therapies, music healing, classical dance as fitness exercise, meditation, yoga have
been culled out of ancient texts, prescribed and presented as palliatives to a plethora of problems
D. Still somewhere down the lane, human beings are not able to come to grip with mind
boggling illnesses that can virtually eat up a man
6. Unable to cope with this stress which is a direct fall-out of strenuous, nerve edge lifestyles,
man is falling a prey to several unknown symptomatic illnesses
1) ADCB
2) BCAD
3) CDAB
4) CADB

62. 1. Summer was synonymous to holidays, those days

A. Today summer is a preparation period
B. A few lucky ones in professions like teaching , accompanied them for their liberal dose of
holidays
C. Even others spent a good bit of time with their children in sightseeing and travelling
D. Children were packed to relative’s houses for extended stays
6. When education and career are conceived as warfare, summer is a probation period to
practice
1) DBCA
2) DBAC
3) CBDA
4) BCDA

63. 1. In the sciences, even questionable examples of research fraud are harshly punished
A. But no such mechanism exists in the humanities-much of what humanities researchers call
research does not lead to results that are replicable by other scholars
B. Given the importance of interpretation in historical and literary scholarship, humanities
researchers are in a position where they can explain away deliberate and even systematic distortion
C. Mere suspicion is enough for funding to be cut off; publicity guarantees that careers can be
effectively ended
D. Forgeries that take form of pastiches in which the forger intersperses fake and real parts can
be defended as mere mistakes or aberrant misreading
6. Scientists fudging data have no such defences.
1) BDCA
2) ABDC
3) CABD
4) CDBA

64. 1. A camera is a device that directs an image focused by a lens or other optical system onto a
photosensitive surface in a light-tight enclosure
A. In simple cameras the lens is generally of the fixed-focus variety
B. More complicated cameras have a system to achieve good focus that is manually or
automatically actuated in order to vary the lens-to-focal-plane distance
C. In this very basic sense, these components perform the same function today that they did
when photography was invented nearly 150 years ago
D. No provision is made in them to focus on objects at varying distances from the camera
6. The focal plane is the point behind the lens where the image comes into focus
1) CBDA
2) ABCD
3) CADB
4) DCBA

65. 1. Idealism, the philosophical view that the mind or spirit constitutes the fundamental reality,
has taken several distinct but related forms
A. Subjective idealism denies that material objects exist independently of human perception and
thus stands opposed to both realism and naturalism
B. Plato is often considered the first idealist philosopher, chiefly because of his metaphysical
doctrine of forms
C. Objective idealism accepts commonsense “realism” (the view that material objects exist) but
rejects “naturalism” (according to which the mind and spiritual values have emerged from material
things)
D. Plato considered the universal idea of form-for example redness or goodness more real than
a particular instance of the form- a real object, a good action
6. According to Plato, the world of changing experience is unreal and the idea or form-which
does not change and which can be known only by reason-constitutes true reality
1) BDAC
2) CABD
3) CBAD
4) ABCD