Directions for questions 1 to 6:

The Humanities department of a college is planning to organize eight seminars, one for each of the eight
doctoral students - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. Four of them are from Economics, three from Sociology and
one from Anthropology department. Each student is guided by one among P, Q, R, S and T. Two
students are guided by each of P, R and T, while one student is guided by each of Q and S. Each student
is guided by a guide belonging to their department.

Each seminar is to be scheduled in one of four consecutive 30-minute slots starting at 9:00 am, 9:30 am,
10:00 am and 10:30 am on the same day. More than one seminar can be scheduled in a slot, provided
the guide is free. Only three rooms are available and hence at the most three seminars can be
scheduled in a slot. Students who are guided by the same guide must be scheduled in consecutive slots.

The following additional facts are also known.

1. Seminars by students from Economics are scheduled in each of the four slots.
2. A’s is the only seminar that is scheduled at 10:00 am. A is guided by R.
3. F is an Anthropology student whose seminar is scheduled at 10:30 am.
4. The seminar of a Sociology student is scheduled at 9:00 am.
5. B and G are both Sociology students, whose seminars are scheduled in the same slot. The seminar of
an Economics student, who is guided by T, is also scheduled in the same slot.
6. P, who is guiding both B and C, has students scheduled in the first two slots.
7. A and G are scheduled in two consecutive slots.

1. Which one of the following statements is true?

(1) Only one seminar is scheduled in the second slot.
(2) Three seminars are scheduled in the last slot.
(3) Three seminars are scheduled in the first slot.
(4) Two seminars are scheduled in the first slot.
2. Who all are NOT guiding any Economics students?
(1) P, R and S
(2) P, Q and R
(3) P, Q and S
(4) Q, R and S

3. Which of the following statements is necessarily true?

(1) Q is guiding G.
(2) H is an Economics student.
(3) B is scheduled in the first slot.
(4) S is guiding F.
4. If D is scheduled in a slot later than Q's, then which of the following two statement(s) is(are) true?
(i) E and H are guided by T.
(ii) G is guided by Q.
(1) Neither (i) nor (ii)
 (2) Both (i) and (ii)
(3) Only (ii)
(4) Only (i)

5. If E and Q are both scheduled in the same slot, then which of the following statements BEST
describes the relationship between D, H, and T?
(1) At least one of D and H is guided by T.
(2) Both D and H are guided by T.
(3) Neither D nor H is guided by T.
(4) Exactly one of D and H is guided by T.

6. If D is scheduled in the slot immediately before Q’s, then which of the following is NOT
necessarily true?
(1) G is guided by Q.
(2) D is guided by T.
(3) F is guided by S.
(4) E is guided by R.

Directions for questions 7 to 10:

Twenty five coloured beads are to be arranged in a grid comprising of five rows and five columns. Each
cell in the grid must contain exactly one bead. Each bead is coloured either Red, Blue or Green.

While arranging the beads along any of the five rows or along any of the five columns, the rules given
below are to be followed:

1. Two adjacent beads along the same row or column are always of different colours.
2. There is at least one Green bead between any two Blue beads along the same row or column.
3. There is at least one Blue and at least one Green bead between any two Red beads along the same
row or column.

Every unique, complete arrangement of twenty five beads is called a configuration.

7. The total number of possible configurations using beads of only two colours is:
8. What is the maximum possible number of Red beads that can appear in any configuration?
9. What is the minimum number of Blue beads in any configuration?
10. Two Red beads have been placed in ‘second row, third column’ and ‘third row, second column’.
How many more Red beads can be placed so as to maximise the number of Red beads used in
the configuration?
Directions for questions 11 to 16:

In an election several candidates contested for a constituency. In any constituency, the winning candidate
was the one who polled the highest number of votes, the first runner up was the one who polled the
second highest number of votes; the second runner up was the one who polled the third highest number
of votes, and so on. There were no ties (in terms of number of votes polled by the candidates) in any of
the constituencies in this election.

In an electoral system, a security deposit is the sum of money that a candidate is required to pay to the
election commission before he or she is permitted to contest. Only the defeated candidates (i.e., one who
is not the winning candidate) who fail to secure more than one sixth of the valid votes polled in the
constituency, lose their security deposits.

The following table provides some incomplete information about votes polled in four constituencies: A, B,
C and D, in this election.

The following additional facts are known:

1. The first runner up polled 10,000 more votes than the second runner up in constituency A.
2. None of the candidates who contested in constituency C lost their security deposit. The difference in
votes polled by any pair of candidates in this constituency was at least 10,000.
3. The winning candidate in constituency D polled 5% of valid votes more than that of the first runner up.
All the candidates who lost their security deposits while contesting for this constituency, put together,
polled 35% of the valid votes.

11. What is the percentage of votes polled in total by all the candidates who lost their security
deposits while contesting for constituency A?
12. How many candidates who contested in constituency B lost their security deposit?
13. What BEST can be concluded about the number of votes polled by the winning candidate in
constituency C?
(1) between 1,40,005 and 1,40,010
(2) 1,40,006
(3) less than 2,00,010
(4) 1,40,010
14. What was the number of valid votes polled in constituency D?
(1) 1,75,000
(2) 62,500
(3) 1,25,000
(4) 1,50,000
15. The winning margin of a constituency is defined as the difference of votes polled by the winner
and that of the first runner up. Which of the following CANNOT be the list of constituencies, in
increasing order of winning margin?
(1) B, D, C, A
(2) D, B, C, A
(3) D, C, B, A
(4) B, C, D, A
16. For all the four constituencies taken together, what was the approximate number of votes polled
by all the candidates who lost their security deposit expressed as a percentage of the total valid
votes from these four constituencies?
(1) 32.00%
(2) 38.25%
(3) 23.54%
(4) 23.91%

Directions for questions 17 to 20:

A shopping mall has a large basement parking lot with parking slots painted in it along a single row.
These slots are quite narrow; a compact car can fit in a single slot but an SUV requires two slots. When a
car arrives, the parking attendant guides the car to the first available slot from the beginning of the row
into which the car can fit.

For our purpose, cars are numbered according to the order in which they arrive at the lot. For example,
the first car to arrive is given a number 1, the second a number 2, and so on. This numbering does not
indicate whether a car is a compact or an SUV. The configuration of a parking lot is a sequence of the car
numbers in each slot. Each single vacant slot is represented by letter V.

For instance, suppose cars numbered 1 through 5 arrive and park, where cars 1, 3 and 5 are compact
cars and 2 and 4 are SUVs. At this point, the parking lot would be described by the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
If cars 2 and 5 now vacate their slots, the parking lot would now be described as 1, V, V, 3, 4. If a
compact car (numbered 6) arrives subsequently followed by an SUV (numbered 7), the parking lot would
be described by the sequence 1, 6, V, 3, 4, 7.

Answer the following questions INDEPENDENTLY of each other.

17. Initially cars numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 arrive among which 1 and 4 are SUVs while 2 and 3 are
compact cars. Car 1 then leaves, followed by the arrivals of car 5 (a compact car) and car 6 (an
SUV). Car 4 then leaves. Then car 7 (an SUV) and car 8 (a compact car) arrive. At this moment,
which among the following numbered car is parked next to car 3?
(1) 6
(2) 5
(3) 8
(4) 7

18. Suppose eight cars have arrived, of which two have left. Also suppose that car 4 is a compact
and car 7 is an SUV. Which of the following is a POSSIBLE current configuration of the parking
lot?
(1) 8, 2, 3, V, 5, 7, 6
(2) 8, 2, 3, V, 6, 5, 7
(3) 8, 2, 3, V, 5, 6, 7
(4) V, 2, 3, 7, 5, 6, 8

19. Suppose the sequence at some point of time is 4, 5, 6, V, 3. Which of the following is NOT
necessarily true?
(1) Car 5 is a compact.
(2) Car 1 is an SUV.
(3) Car 3 is an SUV.
(4) Car 4 is a compact.

20. Suppose that car 4 is not the first car to leave and that the sequence at a time between the arrival
of the car 7 and car 8 is V, 7, 3, 6, 5. Then which of the following statements MUST be false?
(1) Car 6 is a compact.
(2) Car 2 is a compact.
(3) Car 7 is a compact.
(4) Car 4 is an SUV.
Directions for questions 21 to 24:

A chain of departmental stores has outlets in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. The sales are
categorized by its three departments – ‘Apparel’, ‘Electronics’, and ‘HomeDecor’. An Accountant has
been asked to prepare a summary of the 2018 and 2019 sales amounts for an internal report. He has
collated partial information and prepared the following table.

Sales Amount (Crore Rupees)

Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru Kolkata
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Apparels - - - - - - - 54
Electronics 78 98 82 102 90 70 80 100
HomeDecor - 100 - 72 - 80 - 54

The following additional information is known.

1. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments were the same for Delhi and Kolkata in 2018.
2. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments were the same for Mumbai and Bengaluru in 2018. This
sales amount matched the sales amount in the Apparel department for Delhi in 2019.
3. The sales amounts in the HomeDecor departments were the same for Mumbai and Kolkata in 2018.
4. The sum of the sales amounts of four Electronics departments increased by the same amount as the
sum of the sales amounts of four Apparel departments from 2018 to 2019.
5. The total sales amounts of the four HomeDecor departments increased by Rs 70 Crores from 2018 to
2019.
6. The sales amounts in the HomeDecor departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by Rs 20
Crores from 2018 to 2019.
7. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by the same
amount in 2019 from 2018. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Mumbai and Kolkata also
each increased by the same amount in 2019 from 2018.
8. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru in 2019 followed an
Arithmetic Progression.

21. In HomeDecor departments of which cities were the sales amounts the highest in 2018 and 2019,
respectively?
(1) Delhi and Delhi
(2) Mumbai and Delhi
(3) Mumbai and Mumbai
(4) Bengaluru and Delhi
22. What was the increase in sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in the Apparel department of Mumbai from
2018 to 2019?
(1) 12
(2) 10
(3) 5
(4) 8
23. Among all the 12 departments (i.e., the 3 departments in each of the 4 cities), what was the maximum
percentage increase in sales amount from 2018 to 2019?
(1) 75
(2) 50
(3) 25
(4) 28

24. What was the total sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in 2019 for the chain of departmental stores?
(1) 900
(2) 150
(3) 750
(4) 600
Solutions for questions 1 to 6:
P, who is guiding both B and C, has students scheduled in the first two slots. It means at least two
seminars (Economics and Sociology) are scheduled in first two slots.
Seminars by B, G and the student who is guided by T are scheduled in same slot. The only three
students of Sociology department are B, G and C.
Seminars of students A and G are scheduled in two consecutive slots. Only A is scheduled in 3rd slot.
Now G cannot be scheduled in 4th slot because F is already scheduled in 4th slot and B, G and the
student who is guided by T are scheduled in same slot. So there cannot be more than 3 seminars in one
slot. Hence G and B are scheduled in 2nd slot and C is scheduled in 1st slot.
Room-1 Room-2 Room-3
Student D/E/H C
Guide T P 
Slot-1

Subject Economics Sociology

Student D/E/H B G
Guide T P Q/S
Slot-2

Subject Economics Sociology Sociology

Student A
Guide R  
Slot-3

Subject Economics
Student D/E/H F
Guide R S/Q 
Slot-4

Subject Economics Anthropology

1. Choice (4) is the correct answer.

Choice (1) is false because three seminars are schedules in 2 nd slot. Choice (2) is false because
two seminars are schedules in last slot. Choice (3) is false because two seminars are schedules
in 1st slot.
2. Choice (3) is the correct answer.
Guide T and R are guiding the Economics students.
3. Choice (2) is the correct answer.
The seminar of H can be scheduled in slot 1,2 or 4 but this is confirm that H is an Economics
student.
4. Choice (2) is the correct answer.
D is scheduled in a slot later than Q's. It means D is scheduled in slot-4 and student guided by Q
is scheduled in slot-2 and student guided by S is scheduled in slot-4.
5. Choice (1) is the correct answer.
If E and Q are both scheduled in the same slot, then it has to be either slot-2 or slot-4. In both the
cases at least one of the D and H is guided by T.
6. Choice (4) is the correct answer.
D is scheduled in the slot immediately before Q’s. It means D is scheduled in slot-1 and Q’s slot is
second. In this case E may be guided by T or R.
Solutions for questions 7 to 10:
In this set of questions it is given that two adjacent beads along the same row or column are always of
different colours. So we must place beads of same colour at diagonal.
7. Correct answer is 2.
We are to use only two colours then any one of these two colours has to be in three cells and the
other has to be in two cells in any row or column. Two Red cells must have at least 1 Green and
1 Blue cell in between. So these two colours have to be Blue and Green only. Now there can be 2
Blue and 3 Green cells or 3 Blue and 2 Green cells in a row or column. Hence the total number of
possible configurations using beads of only two colours can be 2 only.

8. Correct answer is 9.
There is at least one Blue and at least one Green bead between any two Red beads along the
same row or column so maximum 2 Red beads can be there in one row or column. To maximize
the Red beads there must be only 1 Green and 1 Blue bead should be there. Maximum 9 Red
beads can be arranged in this grid and the arrangement can be in the following manner.

9. Correct answer is 6.
To minimize the Blue beads we must maximize the Red and Green colour beads. Hence
minimum 6 Blue beads can be arranged in the following manner.
10. Correct answer is 6.
Two Red beads have been placed in ‘second row, third column’ and ‘third row, second column’.

Now to maximize the Red beads we there must be only 2 beads between two Red beads. If a
Red bead is in the center of any row or column then there will be only 1 Red bead in that row or
column. These way maximum 8 Red beads can be there. Hence 6 more Red beads can be
placed in this arrangement.

Solutions for questions 11 to 16:

The defeated candidates, who fail to secure more than one sixth of the valid votes polled in the
constituency, lose their security deposits. It means a candidate must get at least 83334, 54167 and
100006 numbers of votes in constituency A, B and C respectively to save his security amount.
11. Correct answer is 9.
In constituency A total 5,00,000 votes were polled. The winning candidate polled 2,75,000 votes.
The first runner up polled 95,000 votes and the second runner up polled 85,000 votes. So the
remaining all candidates polled 45,000 votes put together. In this constituency at least 83,334
votes are required to save the security amount. It means only first three candidates out of 10
candidates could save their security amount. Hence 45,000 votes polled in total by all the
candidates who lost their security deposits. Required percentage is
45,000
× 100 = 9%
5,00,000

12. Correct answer is 11.

In constituency B at least 54,167 votes are required to save the security deposits. Hence all
candidates except the winning candidate lose their security deposits. Total 11 candidates lose
their security deposits.
13. Choice (2) is the correct answer.
In constituency C, none of the candidates who contested lost their security deposit. In this
constituency at least 1,00,006 votes are required to save the security deposits. The difference in
votes polled by any pair of candidates in this constituency was at least 10,000. So the 5th rank
candidate polled 1,00,006 votes, 4th rank candidate polled 1,10,006 votes, 3rd rank candidate
 polled 1,20,006 votes, 2nd rank candidate polled 1,30,006 votes and the winning candidate polled
1,40,006 votes.
14. Choice (1) is the correct answer.
Let the total number of valid votes polled in constituency D is N. The winning candidate in
constituency D polled 5% of valid votes more than that of the first runner up. It means the winning
candidate polled 37,500 + 0.05 N. A candidate must poll more than 16.66% (one sixth) of total
valid votes polled to save the security deposits. The 3rd runner up got only 10% of votes that
means he lost his security deposits. All the candidates who lost their security deposits while
contesting for this constituency, put together, polled 35% of the valid votes.
Now suppose 2nd runner up also lost his security deposit but 1st runner up was able to save his
security deposits. It means
(37,500 + 0.05 N) + 37,500 + 0.35N = N or N = 1,25,000.
Now one sixth of 1,25,000 is 20,833. Second runner up polled 30,000 votes, so he should not
lose his security deposits. So there is a discrepancy in this case.
Hence 2nd runner up was also able to save his security deposits. It means
(37,500 + 0.05 N) + 37,500 + 30,000 + 0.35N = N or N = 1,75,000.
Total 1,75,000 valid votes were polled in constituency D.
15. Choice (4) is the correct answer.
The winning margin of a constituencies A, C and D were 1,85,000, 10,000 and 8750 respectively.
We do not know the winning margin of constituency B but constituency D must come before
constituency C and constituency C should come before constituency A.
16. Choice (4) is the correct answer.
Total number of valid votes polled including all the four constituencies together were 16,00,030
and the number of votes polled by all the candidates who lost their security deposit were
45,000 + 2,76,250 + 0 + 61,250 = 3,82,500.
So the required percentage is

3,82,500
× 100 ≈ 23.91%
16,00,030

Solutions for questions 17 to 20:

17. Correct answer is Choice (4).
Initially cars numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 arrive among which 1 and 4 are SUVs while 2 and 3 are
compact cars.
1 2 3 4

Car 1 then leaves, followed by the arrivals of car 5 (a compact car) and car 6 (an SUV).
5 V 2 3 4 6

Car 4 then leaves. Then car 7 (an SUV) and car 8 (a compact car) arrive.
5 8 2 3 7 6

It is clear that car number 2 and 7 are parked next to car 3.

18. Correct answer is Choice (3).
From the given options it is clear that car number 4 (compact) and car number 1 (compact/SUV)
left. Car number 2 and 3 are consecutive and there is a gap of 1 slot between car number 3 and
car number 5. Hence, no car left before car number 5 arrived. Car number 7 is an SUV but car
number 8 may be compact or SUV.
Choice (1) is not possible because car 7 cannot be parked before car 6.
Choice (2) is not possible because car 4 is a compact car so V and car 6 cannot be before car 5.
Choice (4) is not possible because car 7 (SUV) can be parked in place of car 4 (compact).
Choice (3) is possible in many ways but one thing is clear that car 1 and car 8 are of same type.
(I) After car number 1 to 6 are parked car number 1 (compact) and 4 left. Then after car number 7
(SUV) is parked near car 6 and car 8 (compact) is parked in place of car 1.

1 2 3 4 5 6

V 2 3 V 5 6 7

8 2 3 V 5 6 7

(II) After car number 1 to 6 are parked car number 4 left and car 7 (SUV) is parked near car 6.
Now car 1 (SUV/compact) left and car 8 (SUV/compact) is parked in place of it.
1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 V 5 6 7

8 2 3 V 5 6 7

19. Correct answer is Choice (3).

If the sequence at some point of time is 4, 5, 6, V, 3 then it is clear that car 1 and car 2 were SUV
while car 4, car 5 and car 6 are compact. We are not sure about car 3. It may be an SUV or a
compact car.
1 2 3

4 5 6 V 3

20. Correct answer is Choice (1).

The sequence at a time between the arrival of the car 7 and car 8 is V, 7, 3, 6, 5. Car 6 is before
car 5 It means car 4 left before car 6 is parked but car 4 is not the 1 st car to leave that means
either car 1 or car 2 have already left before car 4 but car 7 is parked in place of car 2 that means
car 1 left after car 7 is parked. So when car 6 arrived car 2 and car 4 slots are empty but car 6 is
parked in place of car 4 that means both car 4 and car 6 are SUV and car 2 is a compact. Car 7 is
parked in place car 2, hence car 7 is also compact car.
 The sequence is: First car number 1 to 5 are parked then car 2 (compact) left then after car 4
(SUV) left. Now car 6 (SUV) is parked in place of car 4 and car 7 (compact) is parked in place of
car 2. At last car 1 also left before car 8 is parked.
So car 6 cannot be a compact car.

Solutions for questions 21 to 24:

Let the sales amounts in the Apparel departments for Delhi and Kolkata in 2018 be x and the sales
amounts in the Apparel departments for Mumbai and Kolkata in 2018 and Delhi 2019 be y. Similarly the
sales amounts in the Home Decor departments for Mumbai and Kolkata be z. The sales amounts in the
HomeDecor departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by Rs 20 Crores from 2018 to 2019. It
means The sales amount in the homeDecor department for Delhi and Bengaluru in 2018 is 80 and 60
respectively.
The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by the same
amount in 2019 from 2018 so the sales of Bengaluru in 2019 will be 2y – x. Similarly the sales amounts in
the Apparel departments of Mumbai and Kolkata also each increased by the same amount in 2019 from
2018 so the sales of Mumbai in 2019 will be 54 + y – x.
Sales Amount (Crore Rupees)
Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru Kolkata
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Apparels x y Y 54 + y – x y 2y – x x 54
Electronics 78 98 82 102 90 70 80 100
HomeDecor 80 100 Z 72 60 80 z 54

The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru in 2019 followed
an Arithmetic Progression that means the sales of Delhi + Bengaluru = 2 times of Kolkata.
3y – x = 108 …….(1)
The sum of the sales amounts of four Electronics departments increased by 40 from 2018 to
2019. So the sum of the sales amounts of four Apparel departments will also increase by 40 from
2018 to 2019.
(y + 54 + y – x + 2y – x + 54) – (x + y + y + x) = 40
4x – 2y = 68
2x – y = 34 ………….(2)
Solving equations (1) and (2) we can say that x = 42 and y = 50.

Sales Amount (Crore Rupees)

Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru Kolkata
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Apparels 42 50 50 62 50 58 42 54
Electronics 78 98 82 102 90 70 80 100
HomeDecor 80 100 48 72 60 80 48 54
21. Choice (1) is the correct answer.
The sales amounts Delhi is the highest in both 2018 and 2019 in HomeDecor departments.
22. Choice (1) is the correct answer.
The sales in Apparels department of Mumbai in 2018 and 2019 were 50 and 62 crores
respectively. So there is an increase of 12 crores.
23. Choice (2) is the correct answer.
Among all the 12 departments the maximum percentage increase in sales amount from 2018 to
2019 was 50% in HomeDecor department of Mumbai.
24. Choice (1) is the correct answer.
The total sales amount in 2019 for the chain of departmental stores was 900 crores.