79.

Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) is any fund established or incorporated in India

which is a privately pooled investment vehicle collecting funds from sophisticated
investors, whether Indian or foreign, for investing it in accordance with a defined
investment policy for the benefit of its investors. In how many categories is the AIF
divided ?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

80. In context of Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which of the
following statements are correct ?
I. The Bill proposes to set up a permanent tribunal to adjudicate on all inter-state
disputes over sharing of river waters.
II. The dispute resolution committee will seek to resolve the dispute through
negotiations, within two years which can be extended by 6 months.
III. The current system of dispute resolution would give way to a new two-tier
approach with DRC and the tribunal.
(a) II only (b) II and III only
(c) I and III only (d) I and II only

81. You are shown a simple analog clock with an hour hand and a minute hand. If the
time shown in the clock is exactly 12:15, what is the angle between the hour hand and
the minute hand ?
(a) 90 (b) 75 (c) 84 (d) 825

82. Ayesha invests ₹ x for a year in a Fixed Deposit (F.D.) that gives simple interest at
the rate of 6% per annum (p.a.). She invests half the amount she gets at the end of the
first year, for another year, in an F.D. that gives 5% p.a. simple interest, spends half
of the remaining amount and lets the rest of the amount be in her Savings Bank
account which gives a simple interest of 3% p.a. With no other income or expenditure,
if she has ₹ 99,534 at the end of the second year, then x is equal to :

(a) 1,00,000 (b) 90,000

(c) 1,20,000 (d) None of the above

83. Water flowing from a tap at a constant rate of r litres/minute can fill a cylindrical tank
in 6 minutes. A hole is made at the bottom of the tank so that water flows out of the
tank at a constant rate = one-third the rate of flow of water from the tap. When the
tank gets full, the hole gets sealed automatically. If the tank (with the hole) is empty
to begin with and water starts flowing from the tap at rate r litres/minute, how long
will it take for the tank to become full ?
(a) 8 minutes (b) 9 minutes (c) 12 minutes (d) 18 minutes

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84. C is a circle with radius r > 0. Then
(a) the circumference of C can never be equal to its area
(b) the area of C is definitely greater than its circumference
(c) the area of C is definitely greater than its circumference except if r < 1
(d) the area of C is definitely greater than its circumference except if r ≤ 2

85. A company uses rosewood for making chairs. Making chairs involves cutting, finishing
and polishing. Cutting leads to 10% wastage of wood, finishing leads to a 5% wastage
of wood and a subsequent 1% increase in the weight due to nails. Polishing leads to a
2% increase in weight of the finished product. If the total weight of the polished chairs
is 528.5 kg, what is the total weight of rosewood used for making these chairs ?

(a) Approximately 600 kg (b) Approximately 6125 kg

(c) Approximately 596 kg (d) Approximately 5925 kg

86. The expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly vary with the number of
boarders. The charge is ₹ 70 per head when there are 25 boarders and ₹ 60 per head
when there are 50 boarders. What is the charge per head when there are
100 boarders ?

(a) ₹ 45 (b) ₹ 50
(c) ₹ 55 (d) None of the above

87. Suresh, a daily wage worker, was paid ₹ 1700 during a period of 30 days. During this
time period he was absent for 4 days and was fined ₹ 15 per day for absence. Suresh
was paid the full salary only for 18 days as he came late on the other days. Those who
came late were given only half the salary for that day. What was the total salary paid
per month to a worker who came on time every day and was never absent ?

(a) ₹ 2400 (b) ₹ 3000 (c) ₹ 2700 (d) ₹ 2250

88. To reproduce an old photograph, a photographer charges ₹ x to make a negative,

three-fifths of ₹ x for each of the first 10 prints, and one-fifth of ₹ x for each print in
excess of 10 prints. If ₹ 45 is the total charge to make a negative and 20 prints from
an old photograph, what is the value of x ?

(a) 3 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 5

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89. “All quiet people are harmless”. “No harmless people are easily identified”.
The premises above lead to which of the following conclusions ?
(a) Quiet people are not easily identified
(b) Most people who are easily identified are harmless
(c) All harmless people are quiet
(d) Some easily identified people are quiet

Directions : (Question Nos. 90 to 93)

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them
sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The
ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the
sides face outside. Each of them have a different profession viz. Professor, Architect,
Businessman, Doctor, Chartered accountant, Trainer, Banker and Coder. (None of the
information given is necessarily in the same order).
• The one who is a Coder does not face inside. Only two persons sit between R and W.
• The one who is a Professor sits on the immediate right of W. The one who is
Chartered accountant sits second to the right of V. V is an immediate neighbour of
neither W nor R. V does not sit third to the right of R.
• R and U does not sit diagonally. Only one person sits between P and the one who is
Chartered accountant. R sits third to the left of the one who is a Coder.
• The one who is a Chartered accountant is not an immediate neighbour of the one who
is Coder. S sits on the immediate left of the one who is a Trainer. V is not a Trainer.
• T is a Banker. T is not an immediate neighbour of P.
• Architect is an immediate neighbour of T.
• Doctor is an immediate neighbour of U.
90. Who amongst the following sits diagonally opposite to Professor ?
(a) Architect (b) S (c) P (d) Trainer

91. Who among the following represent the immediate neighbours of the Chartered
accountant ?
(a) Q, U (b) R, T (c) Q, S (d) S, U

92. Who among the following sits exactly between W and P ?

(a) R (b) Architect (c) Businessman (d) Q
93. Which of the following is true regarding Q ?
(a) Q is one of the immediate neighbours of S
(b) Coder is an immediate neighbour of Q
(c) Q sits second to the left of W
(d) Q is an immediate neighbour of the Professor

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Use the relations defined below to solve Question No. 94.

S * T means S is the sister of T.

S + T means S is the brother of T.

S − T means S is the son of T.

S / T means S is the daughter of T.

S = T means S is the father of T.

S  T means S is the mother of T.

94. Which of the following means P is the sister of Q ?

(a) Q+R–P (b) Q*R–P

(c) P=Q+R (d) P*R+Q

95. P can do a piece of work in 27 days. Q can do the same piece of work in 18 days. Q
started the work alone and P joined him later. The work was completed in 12 days.
How many days did Q work more than P ?

(a) 3 (b) 5

(c) 7 (d) 6

96. Aman runs at a speed of 50 m/min. Mohit follows him after an interval of 5 min and
runs at a speed of 60 m/min. Mohit's dog runs at a speed of 70 m/min and starts along
with Mohit. The dog reaches Aman and then comes back to Mohit and continues to do
so till Mohit reaches Aman. What is the total distance covered by the dog in metres ?

(a) 288 (b) 770

(c) 1400 (d) 1750

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Directions : (Question Nos. 97 to 99): Railways analyzed the goods transported using its
services across five different regions of a country. The total goods transported (in lakhs of
tonnes) during 2018, 2019 and 2020 are shown in the following bar graph.

Goods Transport through Railways

97. During the period 2018 – 2020, for which region was the rate of increase in goods
transported second highest ?

(a) East (b) South (c) Northeast (d) North

98. What is the approximate goods transported in North in 2018 to the goods transported
in Northeast in 2020 ?

(a) 31·16% (b) 36·02%

(c) 58·44% (d) None of the above

99. What is the ratio of average goods transported in South in given three years to the
average goods transported in West in the same period ?

(a) 41·76% (b) 52·16%

(c) 57·86% (d) 65·87%

100. A skating champion moves along the circumference of a circle of radius 21 meters in
44 seconds. How many seconds will it take her to move along the perimeter of a
hexagon of side 42 meters ?

(a) 56 (b) 84

(c) 64 (d) 58

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Directions : (Question Nos. 101 to 103) : The following pie chart shows the ice-creams
present at two different ice-cream parlors P and Q. The distribution of 6 different ice-creams
by weight is represented in table. The total quantity of ice-creams with P is 250 kg and that
with Q is 200 kg.

Ice-cream Parlor P (250 kg)

Ice-cream Parlor Q (200 kg)

101. What is the difference between the quantity of Vanilla in kg at parlor Q and that at
parlor P ?

(a) 13 (b) 10

(c) 8 (d) 21

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102. Which are the two icecreams that are less in quantity with P than that with Q ?
(a) Butterscotch, Chocolate (b) Vanilla, Strawberry
(c) Vanilla, Raspberry (d) Chocolate, Tutti frutti

103. What is the absolute difference in quantity in kg of Raspberry and Strawberry

together at parlor P and parlor Q ?
(a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 23 (d) 35

104. If all cats are dogs and some dogs are rabbits, which of the following statements must
be true ?

(a) All rabbits are cats

(b) All dogs are cats

(c) All cats are rabbits

(d) Some rabbits are dogs

105. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine houses. C is 3 km East of B. A is 2 km North of B

and H is 4 km South of A. G is 2 km West of H while D is 4 km East of G. F is 4 km
North of G, I is situated just in the middle of B and C, while E is just in the middle of
H and D. Find the distance between E and G.
(a) 5 km (b) 4 km
(c) 3 km (d) 2 km

106. In a certain code language UNIVERSITY is written as YUJTSFWJOU. How will

STRAWBERRY be written in that code language ?

(a) YSSFCXBSUS (b) YSSEBWASUS

(c) YUSBXCFSSY (d) SUSWABESSY

107. The number 311311311311311311311 is :

(a) Divisible by 3 but not by 11

(b) Divisible by 11 but not by 3

(c) Divisible by both 3 and 11

(d) Divisible neither by 3 nor by 11

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108. What was the day of the week on 15th August 1947 ?

(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday

(c) Friday (d) Thursday

109. On your travels you meet an old man on the side of the road holding three cards from
a standard deck face down. Trying to make conversation you ask him what the three
cards are. He tells you, “To the left of the queen, are one or two jacks. To the right of
the jack, are one or two jacks. To the right of the club, are one or two diamonds. To the
left of the diamond, are one or two diamonds.” What are the three cards ?

(a) The jack of clubs, jack of diamonds, and queen of diamonds.

(b) Jack of diamonds, jack of clubs, queen of diamonds

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

110. In the following series which element comes seventh to the left of number 7 ?
A, 26, B, 25, C, 24, D, 23, __________
(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S

111. Three partners N, M and O distribute the earnings they got after doing a particular
assignment. They got an amount of < 1240. N gets 3/5th of M’s share and M gets 2/3rd
of O’s share. What is N’s share ?
(a) 240 (b) 324
(c) 254 (d) 468

112. X and Y play shooting in the bulls eye. X plays 1 turns to Y’s every 5 turns, but hits
bulls eye only once in 3 turns whereas Y hits bulls eye every alternate turn. When Y
has missed 75 times, X has hit bulls eye for how many times ?
(a) 60 (b) 70
(c) 96 (d) 120

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113. How many natural numbers having at most five digits have a sum of their digits as at
most six ?
(a) 461 (b) 457
(c) 462 (d) 125

114. I sold two scooters at same price, one of them at 10% profit. I incurred total loss of
12% in overall transaction. What was the approximate profit/loss incurred on the
other scooter ?
(a) 13% loss (b) 27% loss
(c) 13% profit (d) 22% loss

115. Out of 8 students in Section Alpha, 10 students in Section Beta and 12 students in
Section Gamma, a teacher wants to create a team of three to represent the school in
inter-school quiz competition. In how many ways the team can be formed such that all
the members of the team are not from the same section ?
(a) 3664 (b) 396
(c) 4060 (d) 8120

116. Find P in the following figure :

2 4

8 6 P

3 6

(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8

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Directions : (Question Nos. 117 to 120) : In a school, results of 12th class mid-semester exam
were declared. All were disappointed with the results. The summary of the results was 52%
passed in Geography, 49% passed in History and 38% passed in Biology. Only 9% students
passed in all the three. 17% passed in Geography and History and 16% passed in Geography
and Biology and 15% passed in History and Biology. Number of students who took the exam
is 300.

117. How many students passed in Geography only ?

(a) 63
(b) 84
(c) 96
(d) 114

118. Find the ratio of students passing in Geography only to the students passing in
Biology only.
(a) 5:6
(b) 4:5
(c) 8:7
(d) 7:4

119. A student is declared pass in the exam only if he/she clears at least two subjects.
What was the number of students who were declared passed in this exam ?
(a) 30
(b) 90
(c) 64
(d) 82

120. What is the ratio of students who passed in exactly one and exactly two subjects ?
(a) 9:4
(b) 12 : 5
(c) 10 : 3
(d) 11 : 4

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