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UPSC CSAT
2023 Expected
Questions

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1. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 20 and 120, respectively. When the first
number is divided by 2, the quotient is 20. The other number is
Sol: [Answer: 20  120= 40  n. Hence, n = 60.]

2. P is the product of the positive integers from 1to 9. Q, R, S and T are positive
integers such that
P = 2Q 3R 5 S 7T . Q + R + S + T =
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 13
Sol: (d)
P = 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9 = 2.3.22.5.( 2.3) .7.23.32 = 27.34.5.7 = 2Q.3R.5S.7T

3. P, Q and R are positive integers. P is a multiple of Q and a factor fo R. Which of

the following is Not necessarily an integer?
P+Q P+R PR
R+Q
(a) Q (B) Q (c) Q (d)
P
Sol:(d)
Take values, Q = 3, P =6 and R = 12 (P is a multiple of Q and a factor for R)

4. P and Q are two positive three-digit integers having the same digits but in the
reverse order. Which of the following CANNOT be the different between the
following integers?
(a) 198 (b) 297 (c) 495 (d) 729
Sol: (d)
Let the three-digit numbers denoted by P and Q be ‘abc’ and ‘cba’ respectively
abc = 100a + 10b + c and cba = 100c + 10b + a
 abc – cba = (100a + 10b + c) – (100c + 10b + a) = 99 (a- c)
Similarly, cba – abc = 99(c – a)
Clearly the different between the values of P and Q will always be a multiple of
99 and it will be 0, when a = c
Except for choice (d), all the other choices satisfy the required condition

5. If the LCM of 1, 2, 3, … 120 is n, find the LCM of 1, 2, 3, …. 125.

(a) n (b) 5n (c) 11n (d) 55n
Sol: Going forward from 121 to 125, the number 121 being 112 would alter the LCM
to 11  n (since, the LCM is got by multiplying all the prime factors using their
highest powers.). Also, 125 being 53, would necessitate a multiplication by 5 for
the LCM. Thus, the correct LCM would be 11  5  n = 55  n. Hence, option (d)
is correct.

6. Find the sum of all 3 digit numbers that leave a remainder of 3 when divided
by 7?
(a) 70821 (b) 60821 (c) 50521 (d) 80821
Sol: In order to solve this question, you need to visualize the series of numbers,
which satisfy this condition of the remainder 3 when divided by 7.

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The first number in 3 digits for this condition is 101 and the next will be 108,
followed by 155, 122….
This series would have its highest value in 3 digits as 997. The number of terms
in this series would be 129 (using the logic that for any A.P., the number of
D
terms is given by + 1 ).
d
Also the average value of this series is the average of the first and the last term
i.e. the average of 101 and 997. Hence, the required sum = 549  129 = 70821.
Hence, the correct option is (a).

7. Raju went to a shop to buy a certain number of pens and pencils. Raju
calculated the amount payable to the shopkeeper and offered that amount to
him. Raju was surprised when the shopkeeper returned him Rs. 24 as balance.
When he came back home, he realized that the shopkeeper had actually
transposed the number of pens with the number of pencils. Which of the
following is certainly an invalid statement?
(a) The number of pencils that Raju wanted to buy was 8 more than the number
of pens.
(b) The number of pens that Raju wanted to buy was 6 less than the number of
pencils.
(c) A pen cost  Rs. 4 more than a pencil.
(d) None of these

8. Let S be the set of integers x such that:

(i) 100  x  200
(ii) x is odd
(iii) x is divisible by 3 but not by 7
How many elements does S contain?
(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 13
Sol: We first need to find odd numbers between 100 and 200 such that they are
divisible by 3. This is given by the set: 105, 111, 117, ..., 195 ( a total of 16 such
numbers). However, we do not have to count all these numbers as some of
these would be divisible by 7 and we need to remove those before we can
conclude our count. From the above list 105, 147 and 189 are three such
numbers which are divisible by 7. Hence, the required answer is 16-3 = 13.

9. At a bookstore, “MODERN BOOK STORE” is flashed using neon lights. The

words are individually flashed at intervals of 2(1/2), 4(1/4), 5(1/8) seconds
respectively and each word is put off after a second. The least time after which
the full name of the bookstore can be read again is?
(a) 49.5 seconds (b) 73.5 seconds (c) 1744.5 seconds (d) 855 seconds
Sol: To solve this question, you would need to find the LCM of 7/2, 21/4, 49/8.
LCM of Numerators/ HCF of denominators = 147/2 = 73.5.

10. Shyam visited Ram on vacation. In the mornings, they both would go for yoga.
In the evenings they both would go for yoga. In the evenings they would play

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tennis. To have more fun, they indulge, only in one activity per day, i.e., either
they went for yoga or played tennis each day. There were days when they were
lazy and stayed home all day long. There were 24 mornings when they did
nothing, 14 evening when they stayed at home, and a total of 22 day when they
did yoga or played tennis. For how many days did Shyam stay with Ram?
(a) 32 (b) 24(c) 30 (d) None
Sol: The answer would be given by 22 + 8 and is quite easy to work out. We need
to understand that since there are 22 days when they play tennis or do yoga, in
each of these 22 days there would be either a free morning or evening. This
would account for a total of 22 free mornings/evenings. Also, the total number
of free morning/evenings is 24 + 14 = 38. This means that 16 free
mornings/evenings are still available-- which would mean 8 days when they
did nothing.

11. The owner of a local jewellery store hired three watchmen to guard his
diamonds, but a thief still got in and stole some diamonds. On the way out, the
thief met each watchman, one at a time. To each he gave half of the diamonds
he had then, and two more besides that. He escaped with one diamond. How
many did he steal originally?
(a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 25 (d) None
Sol: Since he is left with one diamond at the end, to the third watchman he must
have reached with six diamonds, given him half (3) and two more (total 5) and
be left with one diamond. With the same thought pattern you can solve the
remaining part of the question. The thought process would go as this:
1 → 6 → 16 → 36.

12. An intelligence agency forms a cod of two distinct digits selected from 0, 1, 2,
…9, such that the first digit of the code is not zero. The code, handwritten on a
slip, can however potentially create confusion when read upside down – for
example, the code 91 may appear as 16. How many codes are there for which
no such confusion can arise?
(a) 80 (b) 78 (c) 71 (d) 69
Sol: The codes which will create a confusion would be: 16 and 91, 18 and 81, 19 and
61, 66 and 99, 68 and 89, 86 and 98: A total of 12 codes which will have
confusion. Hence out of 90 two-digit codes, 78 would have no confusion.

13. If a, a + 2, and a + 4 are prime numbers, then the number of possible solutions
for a is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)more than 3
Sol: The only possible solution is for the set of numbers 3, 5, 7. Option (a) is correct

14. The digits of a three-digit number A are written in the reverse order to form
another three-digit number B. If B > A and B – A is perfectly divisible by 7, then
which of the following is necessarily true?
(a) 100 < A < 299 (b) 106 < A < 305 (c) 112 < A < 311 (d) 118 < A < 317

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Sol: When we reverse a three digit number, the new number formed differs from
the original number by a multiple of 99. Also, the value of the multiple of 99
that we have, is decided by the difference between the hundred digit and the
units digit. This would be easier to understand and explain using an example-
321 becomes 123, and the difference of 198 is arrived at by 99 × 2 (where 2 comes
out of the difference between 3 and 1-the hundreds digit and the units digit).
Thus, in this question, when we see that the difference between B and A is
given as a multiple of 7, we realise that the units digit of A must be 7 more than
the hundreds digit. Thus, the first number possible is 108 (reversed 801) and
the last number possible would be 299 (reversed 992). Only option (b) contains
both of these values.

15. Let S be a set of positive integers such that every element n of S satisfies the
conditions
A. 1000  n  1200
B. Every digit in n is odd
Then, how many elements of S are divisible by 3?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12
Sol: The numbers 1113, 1119, 1131, 1137, 1155, 1173, 1179, 1191 and 1197 would
satisfy the given conditions. Option (a) is correct.

16. How many two-digit numbers, with a non-zero digit in the units place, are
there, which are more than thrice the number formed by inter-changing the
positions of its digits?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 5
Sol: Let the number be ‘ab' where b is not equal to 0. According to the question:
(10a + b)> 3(10b + a)
7a > 29b
The above condition is possible when a = 5 and b = 1. a = 6 and b = 1. a = 7 and
b = 1. a = 8, b= 1, a = 9 and b = 1, 2. Hence, six such numbers are possible. Option
(a) is correct.

17. In a row of 40 girls, when Ankitha was shifted to her left by four places, her
number from the leftend of the row becomes 10. What was the number of
Kanchana from the right end of the row if Kanchana was three places to the
right of Ankitha’s original position?
(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 22 (d) 23
Sol: A
40 – 4 – 10 – 3 + 1 = 24

18. Ramesh said to his daughter, “I am four times as old as you now. Five years
now, I will be thrice as old as you”. His daughter asked him, “Ten years from
now, how many times my age would you be?” What would Ramesh’s answer
be?
(a) 2 times (b) 1.5 times
(c) 2.5 times (d) None of the above

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Sol: C
4x + 5 3
=
x+5 1
x = 10
40 10
10 10
50 20
= 2.5 times

19. In a badminton tournament between schools A and B, school A won 50% of the
matches played in the first three weeks. At the end of the tournament, its
success rate was 75%. If 6 matches were played in the first three weeks and
school A won all its matches played after that, how many matches did the
tournament have?
(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 15 (d) 12
Sol: D
50% 100%
\ /
75%
/ \
25% − 25%
| |
() ()6
6
40 + 6 = 12

20. There are two different ways of going from city A to city B. There are 3 different
ways of going from city B to city C. There are two different ways of going from
city C that are not passing through city B.How many different ways of going
from city A to city C are there
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
Sol: A
A(2)B(3)C  2 3 = 6

21. 124 chocolates were left when the total chocolates in a box were divided equally
among 403 students. How many chocolates would remain if the chocolates
from the same box are distributed equally among 31 students?
(a) 0 (b) 123 (c) 124 (d) 23
Sol: A
403 – 124
4  31 → ?
124/31 = remainder is zero

22. If in a participated non-leap year, the month of June had 5 Mondays, then that
year must have started with which one of the following days
(a) Thursday or Friday

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(b) Friday or Wednesday

(c) Thursday or Saturday
(d) None of the above
Sol: D
Thursday (or) Wednesday

23. The total number of integers between 400 and 600, each of which, either begins
with 5 or ends with 5 but not both, is?
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 120
Sol: B
400 – 500
405, 415, ----495} 10
500, 502, ---599→ 100
505, 515,525, ---595}→10
100 + 10 – 10 = 100

24. Ajeet and Sujeet go for shopping in a mall. They use an escalator to move
between various floors. Then escalator moves at a constant speed. Ajeet takes
nine steps for every five of Sujeet’s steps. Ajeet takes 30 steps to reach the top
of the escalator, while Sujeet takes 20 steps to reach the top. If the escalator was
turned off, how many steps would they have to take to walk up?
(a) 40 steps (b) 50 steps (c) 60 steps (d) 80 steps
Sol: D
20 30
 20 + E = 30 + E
5 9
10
4E − E = 10
3
E = 15
20
20 +  15 = 80
5

25. In a certain code language

(i) ‘pit nasa’ means ‘you are welcome’
(ii) ‘naho pa la’ means ‘they are very good’
(iii) ‘ka da la’ means ‘who is good’
(iv) ‘od ho pit la’ means ‘they welcome good people’
Which of the following means ‘people’ in that code language
(a) od (b) la (c) ho (d) pit
Sol: A

26. Identify the venn diagram which best represent the relation between triangles,
equilateral triangles, right angled triangles, isosceles triangles.

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Sol: B
All equilateral triangles are part of isosceles triangles, and few right angle
triangles are isosceles too.

27. In a class of 40 persons, Aniketh secured 20th rank, if the maximum scorer of
the class was given 1st Rank. If the 1st rank is given to the minimum scorer of
the class, Advaith secures 15th rank. Ankith’s rank is exactly in the middle of
these two. What will be the rank of Ankith, if the 1st rank is given to the
maximum scorer of the class?
(a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 22 (d) 25
Sol: Aniketh
( 26 )
→ (20) 21 22 (23) 24 25 Advaith

28. A clock loses 5 minutes per day. If that clock is set to start on Monday at 12
noon, then on day after how many days it shows 11 A.M
(a) Friday, 12th day
(b) Tuesday, 15th day
(c) Wednesday, 15th day
(d) Saturday, 12th day
Sol: (d) 12 noon to 11 am = 1 hr = 60 min / 5 min => 12 days
Monday + 12 = Saturday

29. If a man is celebrating his 100th birthday on Thursday, the 15th September 2022,
then the day of the week on which he was born was
(a) Saturday (b) Thursday
(c) Friday (d) Wednesday
Sol: (a) 100 years ------ 5 odd days
Thursday – 5 = Saturday

30. An examination is conducted in a class and ranks are allotted to the students
according to their marks obtained in the examination. It is observed that the
rank of a student A is 20th from the top and 23rd from the bottom. The rank of
another student B among the passed students is 10th from the top and 19th from
the bottom. Then the total number of students who passed in the examination
is?
(a) Equal to the total number of students who failed in the examination
(b) Thrice the total number of students who failed in the examination
(c) Half times the total number of students who failed in the examination
(d) Twice the total number of students who failed in the examination

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Sol: (d) Total students = 20 + 23 -1 = 42

Passed candidates = 10+19-1 = 28
Failed candidates = 42-28 = 14

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Civil Services (Prelim) Exam - 2022
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T.B.C.: BXC-B-GYLI

Serial: SPOORTHYCSAT-02 TEST BOOKLET

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER - II
A
Time Allowed: Two Hours Maximum Marks: 200
INSTRUCTIONS
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THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES
OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET.
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Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropriate
places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for
rejection.
3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the
Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside.
DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet.
4. This Test Booklet contains 80 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English. Each
item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the
Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which
you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item.
5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the
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6. All items carry equal marks
7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test Booklet, you
have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you with your Admission
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8. After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination has
concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet. You are permitted to take
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9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end.
10. Penalty for wrong answers:
THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY THE CANDIDATE.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question which has a
penalty for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks
assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one
of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that
question, if it has a penalty.
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Read the following four passages and answer Jaya- My father needs to learn about
the items that follow. Your answers to these relationship meanings. Whenever I call
items should be based on the passages only. home, he asks me if anything's wrong.
Then he asks what the news is. If I don't
Passage – 01
have news to report, he can't understand
Unlike other endangered endemic why I am calling. Then he gets mom on
bird species in the Nilgiris such as the phone, and we talk for a while about
Nilgiri Laughing Thrush (Montecincla stuff nothing important, just stuff. I don't
cachinnans), which seems to have a degree call to tell them big news I just want to
of adaptability and tolerance for feel connected.
anthropogenic changes to its environment,
the Sholakili (Nilgiri Blue Robin) seems to 2. From the above statement, we can
be highly restricted to only Shola Forest conclude that:
habitats, making it more susceptible to
changes in its environment, said an (a) communication is affected by time
independent researcher and wildlife
and space
biologist. He said the habitats of the
Sholakili were shrinking due to expanding
(b) daughter and mother share a bond
plantations, settlements and other
which is absent in father and daughter
construction activities.
relationship
1. Which of the following is the most
crucial and logical inference that can be (c) Father's don't relate with their
made from the above passage? daughter's

(a) Restrict all tourist visits to the

(d) there is a communication gap
Nilgiris.
between father and daughter
(b) Study how Nilgiri Laughing Thrust Passage – 03
is more tolerant to anthropogenic
changes and apply lessons learnt for Mitigation of greenhouse gas
Sholakili. emissions is not a mere technological fix,
and clearly requires changes in lifestyles
(c) Cease forthwith further expansion and transformation of a country’s
of plantations, settlements and other economic structure, whereby effective
construction activities. reduction in emissions is brought about,
such as through the consumption of much
(d) Support research of Sholakili on lower quantities of animal protein. The
priority so that policies can be Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
formulated to ensure their survival. has determined that the emissions from the
livestock sector amount to 18% of the total.
The reduction of emissions from this
source is entirely in the hands of human
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impacts that their dietary habits of Everyone has some inclinations, such as to
consuming more and more animal protein preserve one's life, or to preserve honour.
are bringing about. Mitigation overall has These are also duties that have worth in
huge co-benefits, such as lower air their own sake. But acting according to the
pollution and health benefits, higher maxim that these inclinations might suggest
energy security and greater employment. such as taking care of one's own health lacks
for Kant true moral worth. For example, a
3. What is the most logical and rational
charitable person who donates some goods
inference which can be drawn from the
to poor people might do it following her
above passage?
inclination to help the others - that is,
because she enjoys helping the others. Kant
(a) Mitigation of the greenhouse gas is
does not consider it as moral motivation,
imperative.
even if the action is in conformity with duty.
The person acting from duty would in fact
(b) We must invest in research and
donate to the other because she recognises
development.
that helping the others is her moral
obligation. Final type of motivation
(c) People’s dietary habits, if changed
suggested by Kant include actions that can
can bring about reduction in emissions.
be done in conformity with duty, yet are not
done from duty, but rather as a mean to
(d) People must change their lifestyle so
some further end. In order to illustrate this
that greenhouse gases can be mitigation.
type of motivation, Kant provides the
Passage – 04 following example. A shopkeeper who does
not overcharge the inexperienced customer
One key element of Kantian
and treats all customers in the same way
ethics is the idea that the moral worth of any
certainly is doing the right thing that is, acts
action relies entirely on the motivation of
in conformity with - duty - but we cannot
the agent: Human behaviour cannot be said
say for sure that he is acting in this way
good or bad in light of the consequences it
because he is moved by the basic principles
generates, but only with regard to what
of honesty: 'It is his advantage that requires
moved the agent to act in that particular
it'. Moreover, we cannot say that he is
way. Kant introduces the key concept of
moved by an immediate inclination towards
duty to clarify the rationale underpinning of
his customers, since he gives no preference
his moral theory, by analysing different
to one with respect to another. Therefore,
types of motivation. First of all individuals
concludes Kant, his action was done neither
commit actions that are really undertaken
from duty nor from immediate inclination
for the sake of duty itself, which is done
but merely for purposes of self-interest',
because the agent thinks they are the right
thing to do. No consideration of purpose of 4. Consider the following examples:
the action matters, but only whether the
action respects a universal moral law. (i) Red Cross volunteer who donates
Another form of action (motivation) blood every year to thank an anonymous

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 donor who saved the life of his mother (c) Option II only
some time back.
(d) Option III only

(ii) A voluntary organisation which 6. Pointing to a photograph, a woman

conducts regular blood donation camps says, "This man's son's sister is my
to improve its legitimacy. mother-in-law." How is the woman's
husband related to the man in the
As per the passage, correct statement(s) photograph?
(a) Grandson (b) Son
related to the above examples would be:
(c) Son in law (d) Nephew
I. The source of motivation for both
7. Choose the correct water image of
examples is same. the question figure, from the given
answer figures (assume that water
II. Individuals may commit actions is along XY)
for reasons beyond duty.

III. Both examples illustrate the

concept of moral worth.

(a) Option I only

(b) Option II only

(c) Options II and III

(d) Options III only (a) 3 (b) 2

(c) 1 (d) 4

5. Which of the following inferences

8. When 60% of a number A is added to
would be against the ideas in the
another number B, B becomes 175% of
passage?
its previous value. Then which of the
I. Kantian ethics considers the following is true regarding the values
moral worth of an inclination on of A and B?
the basis of its consequence. (a) A > B (b) B > A
(c) B ≥ A
II. Actions motivated by the (d) Either (a) or (b) can be true
inclination of an individual lack depending upon the values of A and B
moral worth.
9. The last digit in the expansions of the
III. Elements of moral obligation three-digit number (34x)43 and (34x)44
reduce the moral worth of a duty, are 7 and 1 respectively. What can be
which has some worth in itself. said about the value of x?
(a) x = 5 (b) x = 3
(a) Option I only
(c) x = 6 (d) x = 2
(b) Options I and II

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10. In what ratio should two qualities of Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
coffee powder having the rates of Rs.47
Read the following three passages and answer
per kg and Rs.32 per kg be mixed in
order to get a mixture that would have the items that follow. Your answers to these
a rate of Rs. 37 per kg? items should be based on the passages only.
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 Passage - 1
(c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 1
Those who hoped that Narendra
Modi would prove a busy liberal reformer
11. In row of 35 people facing the North, R
as prime minister have so far been
is 10th from the right end and there are
disappointed. But that, says Gurcharan Das,
10 people between R and P. What is P’s
a writer and former businessman who now
position from the left end of the row?
(a) 12th (b) 10th advises the government, is to judge the man
(c) 13th (d) 15th by the wrong measure. Rather than being
mad about markets, he says, Mr Modi is a
12. Juhi and Bhagyashree were playing strong-willed moderniser, a man who
simple mathematical puzzles. Juhi thinks a capable bureaucracy can fix much
wrote a two digit number and asked of what ails India. It is the lesson of Mr
Bhayashree to guess it. Juhi also Modi's running of Gujarat, where he relied
indicated that the number is exactly heavily on his civil servants and got public-
thrice the product of its digits. What sector firms to flourish.
was the number that Juhi wrote?
(a) 36 (b) 24 14. Which of the following, if true, most
(c) 12 (d) 48 seriously undermines Mr Das's
argument?
13. Decide which of the conclusions
logically follows from the information (a) India struggles to implement even
given in the statement. well-founded policy.

Statements:
(b) Lant Pritchett of Harvard University
During the rainy season many train
accidents occur in hilly regions due to has described India as a flailing state
landslides. thanks to its rotten administration.

Conclusions : (c) Gujarat government under Modi

i. Trains should not run during the rainy gave PSU several bail out packages,
season. which in fact helped them recover and
grow rapidly.
ii. More precautions should be taken by
the government to avoid landslides. (d) Mr Modi spends a lot of time with
civil servants and these meetings are
(a) if only conclusion i follows
said to have a corporate air.
(b) if only conclusion ii follows
(c) both i & ii follow Passage - 2
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If central bankers want to spur economic society indicates the emergence of a creative
activity, they cut interest rates. If they want society in a country.
to dampen it, they raise them.
16. What does the author imply by
15. Which of the following is an 'creative society'?
assumption made in the argument
above? 1. A society where diverse art forms and
literary writings seek incentive.
(a) Interest rates do not affect
investment. 2. A society where social inequalities as
the norm. are accepted
(b) Interest rates play some role in how
much firms invest, but not much. 3. A society where a large number of
contradictions are recognised.
(c) As it becomes cheaper or more
expensive for businesses and 4. A society where the exploited and the
households to borrow, they will adjust oppressed groups grow conscious of
their spending accordingly. their human rights and upliftment.

(d) A government that wants to pep up Select the correct answer using the codes
the economy would have more luck with given below:
measures such as lowering taxes or less (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 4 only
onerous regulation. (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
Passage - 3
17. What according to the passage are the
The concept of 'creative society' manifestations of social movements?
refers to a phase of development of a society 1. Aggressiveness and being incendiary.
in which a large number of potential 2. Instigation by external forces.
contradictions become articulate and active. 3. Quest for social equality and
This is most evident when oppressed social individual freedom.
groups get politically mobilised and 4. Urge for granting privileges and self-
demand their rights. The upsurge of the respect to disparaged sections of the
peasants and tribals, the movements for society.
regional autonomy and self-determination,
Select the correct answer using the codes
the environmental movements and the
given below:
women's movements in the developing
countries are signs of emergence of creative (a) 1 and 3 only
society in the contemporary times. The
(b) 2 and 4 only
forms of social movements and their
intensity may vary from country to country (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
and place to place within a country. But the
18. With reference to the passage, consider
very presence of movements for social
the following statements:
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 1. To be a creative society, it is essential is 14(2/7)% per annum. Find the value
to have a variety of social movements. of the van after two years.
(a) Rs.1,40,000 (b) Rs.1,44,000
2. To be a creative society, it is imperative (c) Rs.1,50,000 (d) Rs.1,60,000
to have potential contradictions and
23. Statements:
conflicts.
No watch is cycle.
No cycle is Motorbike.
Which of the statements given above
Some auto are motorbike
is/are correct? Conclusions:
(a) 1 only (b) 2 Only I. No Motorbike is watch
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 II. No motor bike is cycle
III. Some cycles are watches
IV. All Motorbikes are watches
19. Which of the following are correct?
(a) None follows
(i) Of n consecutive whole
(b) Only I follows
numbers, a, a + 1…a + n – 1, one
(c) Only I and III follow
and only one is divisible by n
(d) None of these
(ii) The square of an odd number
when divided by 8 will always
24. Question: Is T the grandmother of Q?
leave a remainder of 1.
Statements:
(iii) All numbers not divisible by 3 I. P is the mother of Q. Q is the son of
have the property that their R. R is the son of T.
square will have a remainder of
2 when divided by 3. II. L is the father of N and N is the
(a) I & III (b) I & II daughter of T.
(c) II & III (a) If the data in statement II alone is
(d) None of the above sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in Statement I alone is
20. Decompose the number 20 into two not sufficient to answer the question.
(b) If the data either in statement I alone
terms such that their product is the
or in statement II alone is sufficient to
greatest.
answer the question
(a) x1 = x2 = 10 (c) If the data in both statement I and II
(b) x1 = 5 & x2 = 15 together are necessary to answer the
(c) x1 = 16 & x2= 4 question
(d) x1 = 8 & x2 = 12 (d) If the data in both the statements I and
II together are not sufficient to answer
21. After allowing a discount of 12.5 % a the question.
trader still makes a gain of 40%. At
what per cent above the cost price Directions (Q.no 25 to 26): Five persons
does he mark on his goods? - A, B, C, D and E are being compared
(a) 45% (b) 60% in weight and height. The second
(c) 25% (d) None of these heaviest person, D, is the shortest. A is
the 2nd tallest and shorter than E. The
22. Ranjan purchased a Maruti van for heaviest person is the third tallest
Rs.1,96,000 and the rate of depreciation
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 shorter than B, who is lighter than E (d) this has made them visible to search
and A respectively. engines which trawls the internet looking
for devices that have been connected to it
25. Who is the heaviest person?
Passage - 2
(a) A (b) D
(c) B (d) C You can judge the quality of
any neighbourhood by checking the
26. What is the position of A in height and strength of fences, whether they are absent,
weight respectively? notional or virulent. India, Nepal and
(a) 2nd, 4th (b) 5th, 3rd Bhutan have few fences, either in a physical
(c) 4th, 3rd (d) 4th, 2nd or regulatory sense. This is the confidence of
nations not only at peace with one another
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: but also at peace with themselves. Nor
Read the following four passages and answer should one imagine that the story from
the items that follow. Your answers to these Bangladesh is very grim. The Indian mission
items should be based on the passages only. in Dhaka issues the largest number of visas.
Peace does not mean absence of disputes.
Passage - 1
There were, if you recall, one or two
27. Which among the given options best problems even in paradise.
completes the passage below?
28. Which of the following can properly be
As more control systems are inferred from the passage above?
connected to the web, more vulnerabilities
(a) As relations with neighbours improve,
will inevitably appear. Already security
South Asia is poised for economic harmony.
researchers are discovering flaws in things
such as communications protocols that (b) Burma has become a distant neighbour
govern the flow of data between utilities' despite the fact that there is minimal
supervisory control and data acquisition acrimony over border claims.
systems and the remote substations they
(c) Stable instability on national borders is
control. Hence talk about defence-in-depth
not ideal, but better than any other
strategies, which ensure that vital areas are
alternative.
covered by a number of back-up systems.
Multiple bulwarks greatly increase the cost (d) Peace means that differences can be
of security, but resolved discourse

(a) that may be a price the company has to Passage - 3

pay For the Sangh Parivar, the
(b) one cannot protect critical infrastructure Dravidian land of Tamil Nadu remains
from cyber-attacks elusive. The Hindutva group is yet to
penetrate into the southern State where
(c) there are not many places in the world social justice and self-respect movements
where you can crash a power system have facilitated a spirit of tolerance of all
without incident faiths and spawned a host of parties based
on the ideals of a casteless and secular
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society. History suggests that Tamil Nadu 30. Which of the following conclusions can
has never been tolerant to the script of most properly be drawn from the
Hindutva majoritarianism which threatens information above?
to tear apart the pluralistic fabric of Indian
I. Potential plagues such as AIDS and Ebola
society by creating a single religious
must be tackled early.
identity.
II. The whole infrastructure of health must
29. Which of the following conclusions can
be promoted.
most properly be drawn from the
information above? III. In epidemics, prevention is far, far better
than cure.
(a) The Dravidian parties have been
resisting the Sangh Parivar at the cultural (a) Only I (b) Only II
level.
(c) Only III (d) All I, II, III
(b) The Dravidian parties ally with the
31. One evening A and B are sitting in a
Sangh Parivar only for short-term political
park. A’s shadow is falling on B, then
gains.
which direction is A facing?
(c) The Dravidian parties have not hesitated (a) South
to condemn the Sangh Parivar on several (b) East
issues. (c) North
(d) Cannot be determined
(d) The Sangh Parivar has angered the
Dravidian parties with their social agenda. 32. In a certain code language, the letters in
Passage - 4 the English alphabet are coded as
follows, based on their place values.
Though its pathology, symptoms
Each letter with a multiple of 2 as place
and means of transmission are different,
Ebola has certain similarities to AIDS. Both value are given 1 as code, and the ones
are new diseases that came out of African with a multiple of 3 as place value are
jungles. Both took hold in countries without given 2 as code, in case of a clash, 1
decent health infrastructure. Had AIDS prevails and the rest of the letters are
been spotted in 1959, the year when the given 3 as code. Then what is the code
earliest blood sample known to contain HIV for the word ALPHABET?
was taken from a man living in the Belgian (a) 31313113 (b) 31131131
Congo, the chances are that the epidemic (c) 31113131 (d) 13113313
which began to ravage the world two
decades later would have been nipped in the 33. A, B, C, D, E and F are six cities which
bud. Some 39m lives - not to mention the are collinear in the same order. The
countless dollars spent fighting the disease, distance between any two adjacent
and the countless more forgone by the
cities is equal. A bus starts at A for city
decimation of many African countries'
F. It takes 25 minutes for the bus to
workforces - would have been saved.
travel from one city to another and
stops for 5 minutes at each place. If the

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 bus reaches E at 8:55, then at what time
did it reach station B? 38. A factory cut its labor force by 16
(a) 7:25 (b) 7:40 percent, but then increased it by 25
(c) 7:30 (d) 7:45 percent of the new amount. What was
the net percent change in the size of the
34. A school has 378 girl students and 675 workforce?
boy students. The school is divided into (a) a 5% decrease
strictly boys or strictly girls sections. (b) no net change
All sections in the school have the same
(c) a 5% increase
number of students. Given this
information, what are the minimum (d) a 9% increase
number of sections in the school.
(a) 27 (b) 24 39. If 10 millimetres equal 1 centimetre,
(c) 39 (d) 38 how many square centimetres does 1
square millimetre equal?
35. Which of the following is true: (a) 0.01 (b) 0.1
(i) Hour hand move 7.50 degrees in (c) 1 (d) 10
one quarter of an hour
(ii) When the time is 10.30, if minute Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
hand points towards south then Read the following four passages and answer
hour hand will point towards the items that follow. Your answers to these
North – east items should be based on the passages only.
(a) i only
Passage - 1
(b) ii only
(c) both i & ii There is an urgent need for reforms
(d) neither i or nor ii in the Indian Rail ways and these reforms
should start with the modernisation of
36. The difference between the squares of budgetary practices and corporate
the ages (in complete years) of a father accounting for keeping a better tab on
and his son is 1519. The age of the father
finances. At present, the railways do not
when his son was born?
accurately calculate the social costs of their
(a) Cannot be ascertained due to
operations. This causes problem with the
inadequate data
(b) is 27 years subsidy sharing between the Centre and the
(c) is 29 years State. Then, the present practice of
(d) is 31 years underinvestment in the railways cannot
continue anymore. There should be an
37. A leading chocolate manufacturing independent authority for regulating fares
company produces ‘xy’ chocolates per and freight tariffs. Further, there is a need
hour (xy is a two-digit positive for increasing competition and inviting
number). In how many hours it will private sector participation will bring
produce ‘xyxy’ chocolates? qualitative improvement in rail services. In
(a) xy (b) 101 all of this, a separate rail budget serves no
(c) 1001 (d) 100
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 40. Which of the following assumptions "There has been high incidence of
can be made on the basis of the passage traffic accident-related deaths last year."
above? Hence, the chairman of the CBDT suggested
that excise taxes on cars and automobiles
(a) The Centre is bearing a higher should not be reduced as planned by the
burden of railway subsidies. government.

42. Which of the above statements

(b) The railway fares are higher than
weakens the argument above?
freight traffic.
(a) Although there was a high incidence of
(c) Government is not going to present traffic accident-related deaths last year, it
a separate rail budget. was not significantly higher than the
previous years.
(d) There is a lack of competition in
(b) Compulsory insurance covered most
railways.
physical damage to automobiles and
Passage - 2 property.
The main monetary policy (c) A Government of India report has shown
objective is to reduce substantially, the that the demand for automobiles was highly
import surplus of the coming years while inelastic.
resuming economic growth. Realisation of
(d) It was found in a study that an
this goal entails a marked structural change
inadequate road network accounted for 30%
of the economy, which can be brought about
of the accidents last year.
by freezing the standard of living (per capita
private consumption plus public services) Passage - 4
and restricting investments that do not
In elections in a democratic
further exports.
set up, the proper role of the press is to cover
41. The writer of the above policy assumes only those factors in the campaign which
that: bear on the eventual outcome. Since the
outcome is invariably a victory for the
(a) Economic growth will lead to structural
candidate of one of two major parties, the
changes in the economy.
press should not cover the campaigns of
(b) If people consume less, the economy candidates of minor parties.
grows.
43. The argument above relies on which of
(d) In order to reduce import surplus the following assumption?
investment needs to be restricted.
(a) It is unlikely that there will be more than
(d) People should be persuaded to give up three candidates in any given race.
consumption in order to achieve the
(b) Candidates of minor parties will never
national good.
win elections.
Passage - 3
(c) The number of votes cast for a candidate
of a minor party is not likely to affect the
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outcome of the contest between the (d) A = 1, B = 8, C = 5
candidates of the two major parties.
49. If the average (arithmetic mean) of a, b
(d) Both (b) and (c).
and 7 is 13, what is the average of (a +
3), (b – 5) and 6?
44. Red car always beats white car in a race, (a) 7 (b) 9
but loses to black car. Green car usually
(c) 10 (d) 12
beats white car & sometimes red car,
but cannot win against black car. The
worst player can be:
50. Find the missing terms in the given
(a) Black car (b) White car
figure?
(c) Red car (d) Can’t say DG IF ?B

45. There are 8 stations on a railway route. 28 54 ?

The number of different journey tickets
that are required by the authorities is?
(a) 64 (b) 56 (a) R62
(c) 80 (d) 35 (b) S38
(c) R38
(d) P32
46. The angle between the hands of a clock
is maximum at
(a) 6 o’clock (b) 4 o’clock 51. A tree shed half of its leaves in the
(c) 5 o’clock (d) 12 o’clock beginning of autumn season. Then one
third of its remaining leaves were shed
47. There are m baskets and n balls. The during the rest of the autumn. The
balls are put into the baskets randomly. leaves remaining in the tree is?
If m < n; (a) 1/3 of the original
(a) There is no empty basket (b) 2/3 of the original
(b) There are exactly (n – m) baskets (c) 3/4 of the original
with at least one ball (d) 1/6 of the original
(c) There are (n – m) baskets with
exactly two balls 52. The figure consists of 36 squares each with
(d) There is at least one basket with two a side of 1. What is the area of ABC?
or more balls

48. A, B and C are three distinct digits. If

they are added as below,
A B C
+ A B C
+ A B C
C C C
Find out the value of A, B and C
(a) A = 3, B = 4, C = 5 (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
(b) A = 2, B = 3, C = 1
(c) A = 5, B = 1, C = 3

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Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Simply put, a diet that revolves
around meat and dairy, a way of eating
Read the following four passages and answer
that is on the rise throughout the
the items that follow. Your answers to these
developing world, will take a greater toll
items should be based on the passages only
on the world’s resources than one that
revolves around unrefined grains, nuts,
Passage – 1 fruits and vegetables.

The global financial stability report finds 54. Which one of the following is the most
that the share of portfolio investments logical, rational and crucial inference
from advanced economies in the total debt that can be made from the passage?
and equity investments in emerging (a) A diet based on grains, nuts, fruits and
economies has doubled in the past decade vegetables is best suited for health in
to 12%. The phenomenon has implications developing countries.
for Indian policy-makers as foreign
portfolio investments in the debt and (b) Human beings change their food habits
equity markets have been on the rise. The from time to time irrespective of the health
phenomenon is also flagged as a threat that concerns.
could compromise global financial (c) From a global perspective, we still do
stability in a chain reaction, in the event of not know which type of diet is best for us.
United States Federal Reserve’s imminent
reversal of its ‘Quantitative Easing’ policy. (d) Our increasing demand for foods
sourced from animals put a greater burden
53. Which among the following is the most on our natural resources.
rational and critical inference that can
be made from the above passage? Passage – 3

(a) Foreign portfolio investments are not Solar energy, a clear renewable
good for emerging economies resource with zero emission, has got
tremendous potential of energy which can
(b) Advanced economics undermine the be harnessed using a variety of devices.
global financial stability The national solar mission is a major
(c) Indian should desist from accepting initiative of the government of India and
foreign investments in the future state governments to promote ecologically
sustainable growth while addressing
(d) Emerging economics are at a risk of Indian energy security challenge. It will
shock from advanced economics also constitute a major contribution by
Passage – 2 India to the global effort to meet the
challenges of climate change. The objective
As we look to 2050, when we will need to of the National Solar Mission is to establish
feed two billion more people, the question India has global leader in solar energy by
of which diet is best has taken on new creating the policy conditions for its
urgency. The foods we choose to eat in the diffusion across the country as quickly as
coming decades will have dramatic possible.
ramifications for the planet.

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55. With reference to the above passage, (c) As gas prices plummet, green-car
which of the following statements has sales are bound to flag.
been discussed?
(d) As gas prices soar, green-car sales
1. National Solar Mission is a major
are bound to flag.
initiative by the government of India to
promote ecologically sustainable growth. Directions for Questions 57 to 59:

2. India will contribute in a major way to (i) Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting
the global effort to meet the challenges along the sides of a hexagonal table
posed by climate change.
For playing a game, though not necessarily
3. India has a great potential to generate in the same order.
electricity from solar energy.
(ii) F, who is sitting exactly opposite to A,
Select the correct answer using the codes is to the immediate right of B.
given below.
(iii) D is between A and B and is exactly
(a) Only 1 opposite to C.

(b) Only 3 57. Who are the people sitting next to A?

(a) D & E (b) D & F
(c) 1 and 2 (c) C & E (d) B & D

(d) All of these 58. Three of the following are alike in a

certain way based on sitting positions
Passage – 4 and so form a group. Which is the does
Automakers sold about 90,000 not belong to the group?
(a) B, C (b) A, D
hybrid electrics, plug-in hybrid electrics
(c) B, F (d) E, A
and battery-powered electrics through
September, a 30% increase over 2013 in
what will likely be a record year. Sales of 59. Question: How is ‘also’ written in a
plugins. which can be recharged code language?
overnight-are up nearly 85%, according to Statements:
the Electric Drive Transportation I. ‘he also show data’ is written as
Association. But sales are sensitive to the ‘sx fa mn ca’ and ‘now many
price of gas. person also’ is written as ‘zb ct
sx ya’ in that code language.
56. If the statements above are true, which
of the following must be true? II. ‘she visit the also’ is written as
‘sx lm nc ty’ and she visit th
(a) As gas prices plummet, green-car always’ is written as ‘Im kc ty
sales are bound to soar cn’ in that code language.

(b) As gas prices soar, green-car sales (a) If the data in statement II alone is
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 while the data in Statement I alone is
not sufficient to answer the question.
(b) If the data either in statement I alone
or in statement II alone is sufficient
to answer the question
(c) If the data in both statement I and II
together are necessary to answer the
question (a) I (b) II
(d) If the data in both the statements I (c) III (d) IV
and II together are not sufficient to
answer the question. 63. An integer I is randomly selected from
the set of consecutive integers from 41
to 60, (both inclusive). What is the
60. If x, y and z are all positive and 0.04x =
probability that it has at least one
5y = 2z, then which of the following is
divisor (other than 1) in common with
true? the divisors of 91?
(a) x < y < z (b) x < z < y (a) 1/20 (b) 1/10
(c) y < x < z (d) y < z < x (c) 3/20 (d) 1/5

61. If the product of two integers is an even 64. The rate of a certain chemical reaction
number and the sum of the same two is directly proportional to the cube of
integers is an odd number, which of the the concentration of chemical A present
and inversely proportional to the
following must be true?
concentration of chemical B present. If
(a) The two integers are both odd the concentration of chemical B is
(b) The two integers are both even increased by 700%, then what is the
(c) One of the two integers is odd and percentage change in the concentration
the other is prime number. of chemical A required to keep the rate
(d) The two integers are consecutive. of reaction unchanged?
(a) 60% (b) 100%
(c) 150% (d) 200%
62. A paper is folded and then figures are
cut (shown in dark). Which image
65. Raju has a certain number (less than
resembles most closely to the unfolded
1000) of chocolates with him. If he
paper.
distributed them equally among a
group of 12 or 15 or 18 children, he
would be left with 1 chocolate in each
case. If he distributes the chocolates
equally among 19 children he would be
left with no chocolates. How many
chocolates does Raju have?
(a) 52 (b) 181
(c) 551 (d) 361

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items that follow. Your answers to these items inequalities related to the divisions of class
should be based on the passages only and caste... Last but not least, learning and
studying can be immensely enjoyable....
Passage – 1
quite apart from the long run benefits
"The role of basic education in the people receive from it..."
process of development and social
86th Amendment to the
progress is very wide and critically
Constitution has introduced Article 21A
important. First, the capability to read and
with effect from 12.12.2002 which reads
write and count has powerful effects on
"The State shall provide free and
our quality of life; education leads to an
compulsory education to all children of the
informed life, to communicate with others,
age of six to fourteen years in such manner
and to be generally in touch with what is
as the State may, by law, determine." This
going on. In a society, particularly in the
provision is strengthened by adding clause
modern world, where so much depends on
(k) to Article 51A which enacts that it is a
the written medium, being illiterate is like
duty of a parent or guardian to provide
being imprisoned, and school education
opportunities for education to his/her
opens a door through which people can
child or ward between the age of six &
escape incarceration. Second, our
fourteen years; the importance of these
economic opportunities and employment
new provisions can be understood by the
prospects depend greatly on our
observations of the Apex Court to the
educational achievements... Third,
effect that without Article 21A, the other
illiteracy muffles the political voice of
fundamental rights are rendered
people and thus contributes directly to
meaningless; without education, a citizen
their insecurity ...Fourth, basic education
may never come to know of his other
can play a major role in tackling public
rights; since there is no corresponding
health problems in general and public
constitutional right to higher education,
health in particular...Fifth, educational
the fundamental stress has to be on
development has often been the prime
primary and elementary education, so that
mover in bringing about changes in public
a proper foundation for higher education
perceptions of the range and reach of what
can be effectively laid.
can be called human rights ... Sixth,
education can also ake a difference to the 66. What kind of a obligation is enshrined
understanding and use of legal rights... under article 51 A (K)
When people are illiterate, their ability to (a) Fundamental duty
understand, invoke and use their legal (b) Fundamental right
rights can be very limited....Lack of (c) Both
schooling can directly lead to (d) None
insecurities...Seventh....the schooling of
young women can substantially enhance
67. Can article 21 (A) of the constitution be
the voice and power of women in family
suspended?
decisions...Eighth, even though education
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suspended to C.
(b) Yes, it can be suspended (a) 35 km (b) 36 km
(c) May be suspended depending upon (c) 28 km (d) 32 km
the case
(d) Suspension of article 21A depends 71. Every time a man hits the target he gets
on the region of existence one rupee and every time he misses the
target he has to pay the rupee. He is
68. Consider the following statement and allowed to try 100 times and gets an
courses of action: amount of Rs. 30. How many times did
Statement: Nuclear power cannot make he hit the target?
a country secure. (a) 60 (b) 65
(c) 70 (d) 75
Courses of Action:
1. We should stop further increasing our 72. A runs at a speed on 40 meter/minute.
nuclear power. B follows him after an interval of 5
2. We should destroy out nuclear minutes and runs at a speed of 50
capability.
meter/minute. B’s dog runs at a speed
3. We should focus on improving
of 60 meter/minute and starts along
diplomatic relations.
with B. The dog reaches A and then
Which of the above courses of action comes back to B, and continues to do so
logically follows the statement? till B reaches A. What is the total
(a) Only 1 follows distance covered by the dog?
(a) 600 meters (b) 750 meters
(b) Only 2 follows
(c) 980 meters (d) 1200 meters
(c) Only 3 follows 73. The difference between the sum of the
first 2n natural numbers and the sum of
(d) 1 and 2 follow
the first n odd natural numbers is
69. From a leaking tap ‘a’ drop comes out _____?
in ‘b’ minutes. If there are ‘c’ drops in a (a) 2n 2 − n (b) n 2 − n
litre, then in how many hours 1 L of (c) 2n 2 + n (d) n 2 + n
water will be wasted?
(a)
60a
(b)
a 74. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to
bc bc line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is
bc bc
(c) (d) perpendicular to both lines V and W;
60a a
line X is perpendicular to line V. Which
one of the following statements is
70. Two friends ‘X’ and ‘Y’ walk from ‘A’
correct?
to ‘B’, a distance of 39 km, at 3 km/hour
(a) Z, U and W are parallel
and 3(½) km/hour, respectively. Y
(b) X, V and Y are parallel
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W
(d) Y, V and W are parallel

75. 29th February of the year 2000 was

Tuesday. After this date how many
(a) 5 (b) 12
times 29th February falls on Tuesday in
the whole century? (c) 9 (d) 10
(a) 3 (b) 4
79. A Maths teacher conducted an oral test
(c) 5 (d) 6 in which every student had to add the
natural numbers starting from 1 in the
76. The data given in the following table given time. One of the students came
summarizes the monthly budget of an up with the sum as 680. The teacher
average household. told the student that the sum was
wrong. The student had missed one
Category Amount
number in the sequence during
Food 4000
addition. The number he missed was?
Clothing 1200
(a) 14 (b) less than 14
Rent 2000
Savings 1500
(c) 20 (d) more than 20
Others 1800
The approximate percentage of the
80. Find the missing letter
monthly budget NOT spent on C F I L O
saving is? A C E G I
(a) 10% (b) 14% D E F G H
(c) 81% (d) 86% Z X V T R
W T Q N ?
77. Which of the following are correct (a) J (b) K
statements about a cube. (c) L (d) M
(i) In a cube number of invisible
edge are 9
(ii) Each face of cube has 3 adjacent
faces
(iii) Cube has three pairs of opposite
faces in it
(a) I & II
(b) II & III
(c) I & III
(d) All the above

78. How many triangles are there in the

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1. D

2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. (A) 60%A + B = 175%B
60%A = 175%B – 100%B
60%A = 75%B
A/B = 75/60
So, A > B
9. (B) x 43 and x 44 apply cyclicity rule
43 44
 R = 3;  R = 0
4 4
x = 7 , x = 1 ; x must be 3
3 4

33 = 27, 34 = 81
10. (A) 47 32
\ /
37
/ \
5 10 = 1 : 2
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. Sol: The above argument is based on the assumption that civil servants helped
the public sector firms to grow. If we can negate this, the argument weakens.
Of the given, choices, only (C) can negate the above assumption as it gives
another reason for the growth of public sector firms in Gujarat. Hence, it is the
right answer. Since options (A) and (B) talk about Indian and not PSUs in
Gujarat, they are ruled out. Choice (D) actually strengthens the author's
argument. So, it is also ruled out.
15. Sol: (A) contrasts the argument. (B) sits on the fence, whereas the argument is
very clear cut. (C) is the assumption that interest rates determine spending. (D)
is out of scope. Choice (C)

16. C
17. C
18. B
19. (B) i) Say n = 10
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ii) 52 = R=1
8
49
72 = R=1
8
81
92 = R=1
8
25
iii) 52 = R = not 2
3
So i & ii correct (b)
20. A
1 2
21. (B) 12.5% =  , 40% = 
8 5
 1  2
 1 −  MP =  1 +  CP
 8  5
8 7 8
MP =  CP = CP
7 5 5
3
5 → 8  = 60%
5
2 1
22. (B) 14   = 14.28% = 
7 7
 6  6 
So 196000    = 144000
 7  7 
23. D
24. (C) From Statement I,

From Statement II,

From Statement I, it is clear that T is either the grandmother of grandfather of Q.

And, from Statement II, it is clear that T is female. So, T is the grandmother of Q.
Hence, both the statements together are necessary.

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26. A

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27. Sol: (A) "price" relates best to the "cost of security" argument. (B) undermines
the defence-in-depth strategies mentioned in the passage. (C) mentions power
systems, which fall out of scope. (D) cannot possibly refer to the security
systems "Multiple bulwarks" mentioned in the passage. Choice (A)
28. Sol: (A) goes overboard. It mentions 'economic harmony'. (B) is out of the
immediate scope of the passage. (C) cannot be inferred from the passage. (D)
relates to the passage which implies that disputes can be settled peacefully. It
also keeps to the optimistic and positive tone of the passage Choice (D)
29. Sol: (C) is an extrapolation which is not stated in the passage. (D) is hyperbole.
(B) is not stated in the passage. (A) is an accurate summary of the passage.
Choice (A)
30. Sol: (B) can be derived from the fact that the said countries were without decent
health infrastructure. (A) can be derived from the regret that AIDS was not
spotted in 1859. (C) can be inferred from the unfortunate observation in the last
sentence. Choice (D)

31. D
32. C
33. A
34. (C) Equal no. of students means common factor, minimum no. of sections
required means, we have to accommodate maximum no. of students so find
HCF  675 – 378 = 297
HCF must be factor of 297  27  11
HCF = 27
378 675
So, + = 14 + 25 = 39
27 27
35. A
36. D
37. (B) Ex: 23  101 = 2323
So 101 have required
 ab 
38. (C) -16 + 25 – 4 = 5  a + b + 
 100 
39. (A)10 mm = 1 cm
10 2 mm = 12 cm
1
1mn 2 = cm2 = 0.01cm2
100
40. D
41. B
42. C
43. D
44. B
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47. D
48. (D) go with options
49. (D) What is added nearly = a + b + 7 → mean = 13
−3
(a + 3) + (b – 5) + (7- 1)  +3 − 5 − 1 = = −1
3
So new average = 13 – 1 = 12
50. B
51. A
52. D
53. D
54. D
55. C
56. Sol: C "But" indicates amply that the sales of green cars or electric cars are
bound to be checked by the price of gas, i.e. cheap gas, as given in (C). Choice
(C)
57. A
58. A
59. B
From Statement I,

 also = sx
From Statement II,

 also = sx
Hence, the data in either Statement I or II in Statement II alone is sufficient to answer
the question.

60. D
61. D
62. B
63. C
A3 A3
64. (D)  
B ( 100% + 7000%) B
A3 A3
 
800%B 8B
So A must be  2A
8 A3 A3
So total ( 2 A) =
3
=
8B B
Means no change. So A is increased by 100%
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65. (D) go with options.
Number is divided by 12/15/18 hen remainder is 1, if it is divided by 19 then
remainder is 0.
66. A
67. A
68. C
69. (C) a drops → b min
b
1 drop =
a
cb
C drops = min.
a
cb
Intern of hours =
60 a
70. (B)

Say both are started at same time, both are travelled for same time to reach C.
d1 s 1
So = ; Actual distance = k; BC = 39 – k
d2 s2
k 3
 =
( 39 + ( 39 − k ) ) 3  1 
2
71. B
72. D
2 x ( 2 x + 1)
73. (D) − 112
2
 2n2 + n − n 2  x 2 + n
74. D
75. A
76. (D) total = 10500
Without savings = 9000
9000 90 6
 = = = 85% = 86%
10500 105 7
77. C
78. D
n ( n + 1)
79. (D)  680
2
n(n + 1) > 1360, go with the value fo n  37  38 = 1406
x = 37, sum = 1406 – 1360 = 46
So, 46/2 = 23 (we missed)
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TEST BOOKLET
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comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In
case, you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any
case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item.
5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the Answer
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Directions for the following 7 (seven) 2. Which of the following, if true, most
items: invalidates the author's observation
about review sites above?
Read the following four passages and answer
the items that follow. Your answers to these
items should be based on the passages only. (a) The shift online makes any
business look more and more like a
Passage – 01 normal service industry.
The union government has now
formed a three-member Commission of (b) Shills sometimes post overly-
Inquiry headed by former Chief Justice of positive reviews as a result of an
India, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, to undeclared personal or professional
examine whether the Scheduled Caste relationship with the business.
(SC) status can be accorded to Dalits who
have over the years converted to religions (c) The ability to post anonymous
other than Sikhism or Buddhism. feedback online creates highly
unreliable information
1. Based on the above passage following
assumptions have been made. (d) Petty reviewers view every minor
I. Religion as a criteria to accord shortcoming in service as an
Schedule Caste status to Dalits opportunity to vilify or destroy the
may be removed. reputation of a business.
II. Inclusion of Dalit Christians and
Muslims as Schedule Caste may Passage – 03
be considered. Dr Narayan Sharma, a
Which of the above assumptions are/is research associate with wildlife NGO
valid. Nature Conservation Foundation,
blames the decimation of gibbons in
(a) I only India's northeast states on large scale
(b) II only habitat loss caused by shifting
(c) Both I and II cultivation and the clearance of lowland
(d) Neither I nor II tropical rainforests for the expansion of
Passage – 02 tea gardens, agricultural fields and
human settlements. The consequence of
Much of the buying and selling of habitat loss (primarily due to
goods and services is being done online. deforestation) is the fragmentation of the
Corporate websites mean businesses can gibbon habitats. The second-most
market themselves and build their important threat comes from tribals who
brands. Review sites bring customer depend on the forest for subsistence. A
feedback to the world of commerce for penchant for hunting among the tribes
the first time. severely affects the gibbon population.
Though they are hunted for meat, in
some places the apes are also hunted for
medicinal purposes. Women in Ngopa
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village adjacent to the Lengteng Wildlife when it comes to the number of women
Sanctuary in Mizoram, for instance, who are murdered, harassed in the name
wear gibbon bones on their feet. They of Dowry, Honour, and Domestic
believe the bone of the gibbon can cure violence. Various legislations provide
gout and other inflammatory problems. protection to the women like 498
A(Cruelty), 304- B(Dowry Death) of
3. Consider the word apes in the Indian Penal Code, 113-B of Indian
passage. Which of the following Evidence Act, Dowry Prohibition Act,
statements are true for them? Protection of Women against Domestic
violence.
I. Women in Ngopa village wear their
bones on their feet. Still, Dowry-related violence
increased more than three-fold between
II. They are losing their habitat in 1990 and 2000. Dowry deaths rose by 38%
India's north eastern states due to during that same time period and since
deforestation. then about 6,000 to 7,000 women have
been murdered each year. The most
III. They are hunted for meat. important thing nowadays is tor
harassment and the act was committed by
(a) I and II (b) II and III the husband or his family members. One
(c) III and I (d) None of these must also satisfy the definition of Cruelty.
Cruelty. "any wilful conduct which is of
Passage – 04
such a nature as is likely to drive the
Dowry means any valuable woman to commit suicide or to cause
security given at or before the marriage by grave injury or danger to life, limb or
one party to a marriage to the other party health (whether mental or physical) of the
to a marriage. Dowry demand is not only woman; or harassment of the woman
limited to money demanded the purpose where such harassment is with a view to
of marriage but it may also include money coercing her or any person related to her
demanded any purpose, condition being, to meet any unlawful demand for any
that the demand must be in connection property or valuable security or is on
with the marriage. account of failure by her or any person
related to her to meet such demand."
In legal parlance, the death Cruelty comprises of series of the act and
and violence due to dowry demands every act of cruelty give rise to the fresh
constitute domestic violence. Similar to act of action.
the acts of domestic violence, the acts
committed in dowry-related offences 4. The father of the bride transferred
generally incorporates mental, physical, some shares worth of 10,000 to the
economic violence as well as harassment groom at the time of the marriage. Can
in order to punish the victim or to compel this transfer of shares be considered as
her to meet those demands. The State of dowry?
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(a) Yes, it is dowry since it is valuable (c) Illicit affair of husband can cause
security mental suffering and hence mental
cruelty
(b) No, it is not a dowry as the transfer (d) To constitute cruelty, there needs
of shares is not a valuable security to be an overt act by the husband

(c) No, the transfer of shares is a 7. Despite so many legislations that

business transaction provide protection to women, dowry
relating violence is increasing day by
(d) No, it cannot be considered dowry day. Why?
since there is no demand by groom (a) Women take advantage of these
legislations
5. The bride, after marriage complains of
the illicit affair of his husband with (b) Inefficiency in the implementation
another woman and thereby, she has of these laws
been depressed for a very long time.
She tells his father that she is not (c) Lack of awareness in women about
happy with the marriage as there is no their rights
love in the marriage. Does this
constitute cruelty? (d) Societal pressure to adjust in
marriage
(a) Absence of love cannot constitute
cruelty 8. Two numbers are in the ratio X : Y.
When 1 is added to both the
(b) Absence of love can cause numerator and the denominator, the
depression ratio gets changed to A/B. Again,
when 1 is added to both the numerator
and the denominator, it becomes 4/5.
(c) Illicit affair of husband can cause
Find the sum of X and Y.
mental in to suffering and hence
(a) 3 (b) 4
mental cruelty (c) 5 (d) 6

(d) To constitute cruelty, there needs 9. If three taps are open together, a tank
to be an overt act by the husband is filled in 10 h. One of the taps can fill
in 5 h and another in 10 h. At what
6. Suppose in the above case, the bride rate does the 3rd pipe work?
gets to know of the illicit affair before (a) Waste pipe emptying the tank is 10
the marriage and now she wants to file h
a complaint of mental cruelty. Can she (b) Waste pipe emptying the tank is 20
do so? h
(c) Waste pipe emptying the tank is 5 h
(a) No, there is no mental cruelty
(d) Fills the tank in 10 h
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10. There are four bus mates between A (c) i & ii both
and B and thrice bus routes between B (d) None of the above
and C. A man can travel round-trip in
number of ways by bus from A to C 13. A particular year is beginning and
via B. If he does not want to use a bus
ending with same day, if 17th January
route more than once, in how many
ways can he make round trip? is Monday, then what is the day on
(a) 72 (b) 144 19th June of the same year?
(c) 14 (d) 19 (a) Sunday
(b) Monday
11. For two natural numbers a & b, which (c) Tuesday
of the following results are correct? (d) Wednesday

i. Arithmetic mean of a & b always 14. In a state legislature election, between

greater than Geometric mean two candidates, then people’s Party
candidate polled one-third less votes
ii. a2 + b2  2ab than the winner. Had the winner
polled 60000 votes more, the people’s
iii. (a/b) + (b/a)  2 party candidate would have got zero
votes. How many votes did the winner
(a) i only get?
(b) ii & iii (a) 0.36 million (b) 0.27 million
(c) All the above (c) 0.18 million (d) 0.09 million
(d) None of the above
15. Which of the number will come in the
12. Which of the following are correct? place of X?

7 5 3 90
i) There are 25 boys in a horizontal
row. Rahul was shifted by three 6 4 1 13
places towards his right side 8 6 2 X
and he occupies the middle
position in the row. His (a) 96 (b) 92
Original position from the left
(c) 80 (d) 76
end of the row was 10th.
16. How many times does the digit 6
ii) In a row of trees, one tree is fifth appear when you count from 11 to
from either end of the row. 100?
Then there are 9 trees in the (a) 9 (b) 10
row. (c) 19 (d) 20
(a) i only
17. The relationship between different
(b) ii only
elements is shown in the statements.
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These statements are followed by two 18. Which of the following must be true
conclusions. Mark your answer as on the basis of the statements in the
passage above?
(A) if only I follow.

(B) if only II follows. (a) Older people may be putting

pressure on wages
(C) if both I and II follow.

(D) if neither I nor II follows. (b) Aging societies create many

employment challenges.
Statements:
Z = W ≤ Y, Y≤V = L, M = V ≤ N (c) It is hard to determine if older
workers are less productive.
Conclusions:
I. Z ≤ N (d) Aging people need to keep
working, whatever the official
II. Y > M
retirement age may be.
Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
Passage – 02
Read the following four passages and answer
the items that follow. Your answers to these A country under foreign
items should be based on the passages only. domination seeks escape from the present
in dreams of a vanished age and
Passage – 01 consolation in visions of past greatness.
Whether, and how fast, That is a and dangerous pastime in which
workers' productivity declines with age many of us equally questionable practice
must depend on what they do; what is for us in India is to imagine that we are
true for manual labor may not be for still spiritually great though we have
consultancy. Economists assume that come down in the world in other respects.
wages move in tandem with productivity, Spiritual other greatness cannot be
as employers reward workers for the founded on lack of freedom and
value of their output (minus a profit opportunity, or on starvation and misery.
margin). In practice, however, wages are Many western writers have encouraged
set by a more complex process that is that notion that Indians are other worldly.
partly a matter of custom. Most workers I suppose the poor and unfortunate
are not paid "piece rates" for every item in every country become to some extent
they produce, even in those industries other-worldly, unless they become
where such things can be measured; few revolutionaries, for this world is evidently
workers ever suffer a pay cut in the same not meant for them So also subject
job, unless they opt to go part-time. Many peoples. As a man grows to maturity he is
companies have pay scales that reward not entirely engrossed in, or satisfied
seniority. with, the external objective world. He
seeks satisfaction. So also, with people
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meaning, some mature and grow adult. Passage – 03

Every civilisation and every people
When economies are doing
exhibit these parallel streams of an
well there are powerful political pressures
external life and an internal life. Where
not to rock the boat. With inflation at bay
they meet or keep close to each other,
central bankers cannot appeal to their
there is an equilibrium and stability.
usual rationale for spoiling the party. The
When they diverge conflict arises and the
long period of economic and price
crises that torture the mind and spirit
stability over which they preside
19. The passage mentions that 'this world encourage risk-taking. And as so often in
is evidently not meant for them'. It the history of financial crashes, humble
refers to people who consumers also join in the collective
delusion that lasting prosperity could be
1. Seek freedom from foreign built on
domination.
21. Which of the following most logically
completes the argument?
2. Live in starvation and misery.
(a) ever-bigger piles of debt
(b) making misjudgements
3. Become revolutionaries.
(c) moves of misguided politicians
(d) regulatory reforms
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct? Passage – 04
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only
Over the past few years one of the
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only
biggest questions in climate science has
been why, since the turn of the century,
20. Consider the following assumptions:
average surface-air temperatures on Earth
1. A country under foreign
have not risen, even though the
domination cannot indulge in
concentration in the atmosphere of heat-
spiritual pursuit.
trapping carbon dioxide has continued to
go up. This "pause" in global warming has
2. Poverty is an impediment in the
been seized on by those sceptical that
spiritual pursuit.
humanity needs to act to curb
greenhouse-gas emissions. People with a
3. Subject peoples may become other-
grasp of the law of conservation of energy
worldly. With reference to the
are, however, sceptical in their turn of
passage, which of the above
these positions and doubt that the pause
assumptions is/are valid?
is such good news. They would rather
(a) 1 and 2
understand where the missing heat has
(b) 2 only
gone, and why-and thus whether the
(c) 2 and 3
pause can be expected to continue. The
(d) 3 only
most likely explanation is that it is hiding
in the oceans, which store nine times as

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much of the sun's heat as do the 25. A and B move clockwise around a
atmosphere and land combined. circle, starting from a common point
O. A takes 9 minutes to complete a
22. The argument depends on which of round but restarts after a delay of 1
the following assumptions? minute. B takes 13 minutes to
complete the round but restarts after a
(a) The mystery of the pause in global
delay of 2 minutes. How many
heat lies at the bottom of the sea.
minutes after they began would they
meet again at O?
(b) If the sun's heat had not been
(a) 30 (b) 29
sequestered, there would have been no
(c) 31 (d) 28
pause in warming at the surface.

26. A man fills basket with eggs in such a

(c) If heat sinks in the oceans did not
exist, there would have been no pause way that the number of eggs added on
in warming at the Earth's surface. each successive day is the same as the
number already present in the basket.
(d) Ocean depths would end up hotter This way the basket gets completely
than the surface. filled in 20 days. After how many days
the basket was 1/512 full.
23. "All professors are researchers. Some (a) 10
scientists are professors." Which of the (b) 12
given conclusions is logically valid (c) Can’t be determined
and is inferred from the above (d) None of the above
arguments?
27. If 1  x  5 and 0  y < 12, then
(a) All scientists are researchers
(1) Minimum value of xy is zero
(b) All professors are scientists
(2) Maximum value of xy is 60
(c) Some researchers are scientists Which of the above statements are/is
(d) No conclusion follows. correct?
(a) Only 1
24. Nikhil is taller than Jeswin. Jeswin is (b) Only 2
shorter than Bintu but taller than (c) Both 1 & 2
Shameer. Nikhil is not shorter than (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Bintu. Bintu and Jeswin are not fat.
Everyone are of different heights. 28. Two dealers X and Y selling the same
model of refrigerator mark them under
Right arrangement in order of
the same selling prices. X gives
increasing height is: successive discounts of 25% and 5%
(a) Jeswin, Shameer, Bintu, Nikhil and Y gives successive discounts of
(b) Shameer, Jeswin, Bintu, Nikhil 16% and 12%. From whom is it more
(c) Shameer, Bintu, Jeswin, Nikhil profitable to purchase the refrigerator?
(d) Shameer, Jeswin, Nikhil, Bintu (a) From Y
(b) From X
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(c) Indifferent between the two that law tends, in its public-moral
(d) Cannot be determined capacity, to censor putatively offensive
objects in a contrary, undifferentiated way
29. Under simple interest a sum of money which sometimes results in the art's
doubles itself in 16 years. Find the rate cultural autonomy being ignored, even
percentage per annum. though its independence of characteristics
(a) 12.5% (b) 8.33%
and operations is socially and culturally
(c) 10% (d) 6.25%
acknowledged.

33. If the statements above are true, which

30. What will be the difference between
the largest and smallest four-digit of the following must be true?
number made by using distinct single
digit prime numbers? (a) Artists are denied financial benefits
(a) 1800 (b) 4499 commensurate with their achievement
(c) 4495 (d) 5175 of popular acclaim.

(b) Artists are usually oblivious to the

31. What is the volume of soil in open pit
law and their rights.
of size 4 m x 4m x 10 cm
(a) 16 m3 (b) 0.16
(c) The law should not enforce
(c) 0.4 (d) 0 society's notions of morality on artistic
expression.

32. Find the fourth term, based on (d) To express oneself artistically is
relationship between first two terms part of an individual's right to
2E3: 4I5 :: 7O8: personal fulfilment.
(a) 10U11 (b) 11W12 Passage - 02
(c) 13A14 (d) 9U12
The International Monetary Fund
(IMF) is the most powerful financial
Directions for the following 6 (six) items: institution on the planet, capable of
dictating economic policy to governments,
Read the following four passages and answer Liaquat Ahamed is the author of a
the items that follow. Your answers to these bestselling portrait of central banking in the
items should be based on the passages only. Great Depression, "Lords of Finance".
Passage - 01 Putting the two together ought to be a
match made in heaven. Sadly, the result is a
Art has its own distinctive
rather bland book replete with
ontology and, because of this, should be
photographs that are about as exciting as
respected as an autonomous
one would expect pictures of IMF officials
phenomenon, as evidenced by its own
and meetings to be.
rules, within its own canons, however
much these might mutate over time. A
difficulty faced by the art-law relation is
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34. Which of the following is an Passage - 04

assumption made in drawing the
The pandemic has forced schooling
conclusion above?
to move online, but the burden of digital
(a) Ahamed possesses a thorough
inequality has fallen on the great majority
knowledge of economic history.
of children who do not have access to
(b) The IMF gave Ahamed permission
smartphones, let alone laptops, or the
to follow them around since he was
internet. But is there no alternative to
unlikely to be a troublemaker.
virtual classrooms? Several creative
teacher-led initiatives on the ground,
(c) IMF meetings do not make for good
reported in this newspaper, demonstrate
photographic backdrops.
that it is not just desirable but also possible
for governments and communities to
(d) Those who want a general idea of
design solutions that take the last child
the IMF's activities will find Ahamed's
along.
book a useful primer.
In Karnataka, for instance, the
Passage - 03 vatara shaale model of community
schooling using open community spaces
Jaya- My father needs to learn
like temples, courtyards and prayer halls to
about relationship mean ings. Whenever I
teach children in small groups, with social
call home, he asks me if anything's wrong.
distancing norms in place - began when a
Then he asks what the news is. If I don't
group of government school teachers
have news to report, he can't understand
sought to create a pandemic classroom that
why I am calling. Then he gets mom on
was inclusive. Like in many other states,
phone, and we talk for a while about stuff
only about 30 per cent of children in the
nothing important, just stuff. I don't call to
state have digital access. Spliced for other
tell them big news I just want to feel
factors like caste and gender, it throws up a
connected.
grim picture as well as the possibility that
children, especially in the more
35. From the above statement, we can
impoverished parts, would be sucked into
conclude that:
wage labour or child marriage. Similarly, in
(a) communication is affected by time
Sikkim, a maths teacher's concern for the
and space
students of her village led her to visit them
at their home for short lessons that ensure
(b) daughter and mother share a bond
they do not fall off the learning grid. The
which is absent in father and daughter
local administration of a village in Bastar,
relationship
Chhattisgarh, has allowed teachers to
broadcast English lessons through
(c) Father's don't relate with their
loudspeakers. Both the Sikkim and
daughter's
Karnataka state governments have
responded by absorbing elements of these
(d) there is a communication gap
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devised to adapt to the COVID-19 "The pandemic has forced schooling to

challenge. move online"?

Few they might be, but these (a) The students need to stay at home
examples are a glimmer of hope in an during the pandemic and study online.
education system that stifles creativity in
both teachers and students. They also show (b) The students have the choice to opt
up the generalisation of the commitment- between the virtual and face-to-face
less, undertrained government school mode of classes during the pandemic.
teacher as a lazy stereotype. The fact is that
schools and teachers exist in a continuum (c) Parents do not have any choice
with local communities, and are more except to help their children study at
responsive to their needs than they are home during the pandemic.
given credit for. Many teachers used the
disruption of the pandemic to come up (d) All of the above
with solutions that adapted to their
environments and local needs and placed 38. As per the Author, what will happen if
the concerns of children who might be left the children are not educated during
behind at the centre, without being told to this pandemic in the remote and poor
by government circulars. areas?

36. Which of the following can be inferred (a) The children would force their
from the passage? parents to purchase smartphones for
virtual education.
(a) The government teachers are lazy
and undertrained and are unable to (b) The children might be forced into
cope with COVID-19 situation. daily wage jobs.

(b) Many teachers working in remote (c) The children would become lazy
areas are using the disruption of the and weak.
pandemic to come up with solutions
that adapted to their environments (d) The children would become less
and local needs. efficient and less techno savvy.

(c) Most of the students during the 39. The sides of a pentagonal field (not
pandemic have good digital access. regular) are 1737 metres, 2160 metres,
2358 metres, 1422 metres and
(d) Most of the teachers do not have 2214 metres respectively. Find the
access to smartphones so they cannot greatest length of the tape by which
the five sides may be measured
teach students.
completely.
(a) 7 (b) 13
37. Which of the following statements (c) 11 (d) 9
weakens the author's statement that
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40. A boy was trying to find 5/8th of a (c) 5 (d) 6

number. Unfortunately, he found out
8/5th of the number and realized 44. A said to B “The boy in blue shirt is
that the difference between the answer younger of the two brothers of the
he got and the correct answer is 39.
daughter of my father’s wife”. How is
What was the number?
(a) 38 (b) 39 the boy in blue shirt related to A?
(c) 40 (d) 52 (a) Father (b) Uncle
(c) Brother (d) Nephew

41. A float is drifting in a river, 10 m

45. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are seated
downstream of a boat that can be
around a circular table.
rowed at a speed of 10 m/minute in
(i) S is seated opposite to W.
still water. If the boat is rowed
(ii) U is seated at the second place
downstream, the time taken to catch
to the right of R.
up with the float
(iii) T is seated at the third place to
(a) will be 1 minute
the left of R.
(b) will be more than 1 min
(iv) V is a neighbor of S.
(c) will be less than 1 min
(d) can be determined only if the speed Which of the following must be
of the river is known true?

42. Mr. Ram lived his entire life during the (a) P is not seated opposite to Q
1800s. In the last year of his life, Ram (b) R is the left neighbour of S
stated: Once I was x years old in the
year x2. He was born in the year (c) Q is a neighbour of R
(a) 1822 (b) 1851
(d) P is a neighbour of R
(c) 1853 (d) 1806

43. How many dots are there on the dice 46. Fill in the missing value
face opposite the one with three dots?

(a) 3 (b) 7
(c) 5 (d) None

(a) 2 (b) 4
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47. If a 4 digit year is chosen randomly, Passage - 02

what is the probability that it is a leap
All televisions emit sounds. And all
year? radios emit sounds. Therefore, I conclude
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/4 that all televisions are radios.
(c) <1/4 (d) >3/4
49. The argument above is invalid because
Directions for the following 6 (six) items: (a) the writer bases his argument on
another argument that contains
Read the following four passages and answer
circular reasoning.
the items that follow. Your answers to these
items should be based on the passages only.
(b) the writer has illogically classified
Passage - 01 two disparate groups together when
there is no relationship between them,
The main monetary policy
except that they both have the same
objective is to reduce substantially, the
attribute.
import surplus of the coming years while
resuming economic growth. Realisation of
(c) the writer has made a mistaken
this goal entails a marked structural
analogy between two dissimilar
change of the economy, which can be
objects.
brought about by freezing the standard of
living (per capita private consumption
(d) the writer has failed to express his
plus public services) and restricting
reasoning fully.
investments that do not further exports.
Passage - 3
48. The writer of the above policy assumes
Malnutrition most commonly
that:
occurs between the ages of six months
and two years. This happens despite the
(a) Economic growth will lead to
child’s food requirements being less than
structural changes in the economy.
that of an older child. Malnutrition is
often attributed to poverty, but it has been
(b) If people consume less, the
found that even in households where
economy grows.
adults eat adequate quantities of food,
more than 50% of children-under-five do
(c) In order to reduce import surplus
not consume enough food.
investment needs to be restricted.
The child’s dependents on
(d) People should be persuaded to someone else to feed him/her is primarily
give up consumption in order to responsible for the malnutrition. Very
achieve the national good. often, the mother is working and the
responsibility of feeding they young child
is left to an older sibling. It is therefore
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the child’s food needs and how to satisfy stars is a small, dense, white dwarf’s star.
them. If the companion start ranges too close to
the white dwarf that it is orbiting, the
50. On the basis of the passage, following
white dwarf’s gravitational pull will draw
assumptions have been made reading
matter from the other star. When the
malnutrition
white dwarf acquires enough matter to
become at least 1.4 times as big as the sun,
1. Malnutrition is often attributed to
it collapses and explodes in a supernova.
poverty
Type Ⅱ supernovas occur when a star,
2. Malnutrition is often caused due to a much more massive than the sun, ends its
child’s dependence on others to feed life. When such a star-beings burning out,
him/her while the mother is away on the core of the star quickly collapses
her work. releasing amazing energy in the form of
neutrinos, a kind of particle smaller than
3. Increasing awareness about child’s even an atom. Electromagnetic radiation –
food need can result in reducing energy that is electric and magnetic,
malnutrition. causes the star to explode in a supernova.
Whereas, type Ⅰ supernovas typically
Which of these assumption(s) is/are
destroy their parent stars, type Ⅱ
valid?
explosions usually leave behind the stellar
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2 core.

(c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 2 The classification scheme regarding

the mechanism for supernova explosions
Passage - 4
helps to more succinctly answer the
Supernovas are among the most question: Is the sun in danger of becoming
energetic events in the universe and result a supernova? Neither does our sun have a
in the complete disruption of stars at the companion star orbiting it not does our
end of their lives. Originally, the sun have the mass necessary to become a
distinction between Type Ⅰ and Type Ⅱ supernova. Furthermore, it will be
supernovas was based solely on the another billion years until the sun runs
presence or absence of hydrogen atoms. out of fuel and swells into a red giant star
Supernovas without hydrogen lines were before going into a white dwarf form.
called Type Ⅰ, while those with hydrogen
51. What is the primary theme of the
lines were type Ⅱ. Subsequent analysis of
passage?
many of these events revealed that this
empirical classification scheme instead
(a) Two different classification systems
reflected two different mechanisms for the
are outlined and a question posed to
supernova explosion.
help
Type Ⅰ supernovas happen in
binary stars – two stars that orbit closely
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(b) A new classification scheme is physical size required to become a red

described and an example of how it giant
works is provided
(c) The sun is not a white dwarf with a
(c) An original theory is mentioned companion start orbiting it, nor does it
before being overturned because of have the size to qualify as type Ⅱ
new findings supernova

(d) A single phenomenon is (d) Without a white dwarf orbiting the

introduced and two overlapping sun, the sun has no obvious way to
classification schemes are contrasted increase its size to become a type Ⅱ
supernova
52. Which of the following statement(s)
is/are true? 54. What is the average age of the six
1. The sun is not a binary star. members A, B, C, D, E and F in the
2. The energy created from a type Ⅱ family?
explosion is greater than the energy I. Total age of D and E is 28 years.
created by a type Ⅰ explosion. II. Average age of A, B, C and F is 50
3. Both type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ supernovas
years.
resulted in the complete
III. Average age of A, B, D and E is
destruction of the exploding star.
40 years.
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below. (a) I and II

(a) Only 1 (b) I and III

(c) II and III

(b) Only 2
(d) All I, II and III
(c) 1 and 2
55. Following table provides figures (in
(d) All of these rupees) on annual expenditure of a
firm for two years 2020 and 2021
53. Which of the following best
summarises the author’s answer to the Category 2020 2021
statement – ‘Is the sun in danger of Raw material 5200 6240
becoming a supernova? Power & fuel 7000 9450
Salary & wages 9000 12600
(a) The sun will inevitably become a Plant & 20000 25000
supernova once it passes from a red machinery
giant to white dwarf, but not for at Advertising 15000 19500
least a billion years Research & 22000 26400
Development
(b) The sun is too large to have a white
dwarf as a partner and lacks the
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In 2021, which of the following two speed is increased in return journey to

categories have registered increase by reach A at 8 am?
same percentage? (a) 10% (b) 16.66%
(c) 25% (d) 20%
(a) Raw material and salary and
wages
Directions for questions (59 to 60):
(b) Salary and wages and
advertising These questions are based on the
(c) Power and fuel and advertising following information.
(d) Raw material and research and
development In a certain code language, some
statements are coded as follow:
56. N is a non – negative integer. The
(i) 'graphic designer shots perfect' is
remainder of 4N divided by 9 equals R.
Which of the following can be true? coded as 'Z43 R32 L26 P57'

(ii) 'make graphic more realistic' is coded

I. when R is divided by 4, the as 'B19 Y84 R32 J46'.
remainder is 2.
(iii) 'perfect comedy picture' is coded as
II. When R2
is divided by 9, the 'L26 D97 S65'.
remainder is 4
(iv) 'best picture decades later' is coded as
III. When R3 is divided by 8, the 'F47 N53 D97 X49'.
remainder is 5 59. Which among the following options
can be used for getting the code of
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Both I and II 'shot'?
(A) Z43 R32 P57 S65
(B) N53 X49 P57 L26
57. The square of a two-digit number is (C) F47 J46 Z43 Y84
equal to that of a three-digit number. (D) Either (B) or (C)
The tens digit and the hundreds digit
of the three-digit number are equal.
The units digit of the two-digit and the 60. If 'later is coded as 'X49', then which
three-digit numbers are equal. If the among the following options cannot be
three-digit number exceeds 250, find used for getting the code of 'best'?
its units digit. (A) L26 D97 Y84 R32
(a) 0 (b) 4 (B) N53 J46 B19 Z43
(c) 5 (d) 1 (C) F47 P57 R32 B19
(D) X49 D97 F47 B19
58. There are two cities A and B are
separated by 480 kms. If one vehicle
starts from A at 10 am and reached at 61. Read the statements and Question.
10 pm. Immediately that vehicle is A bag contains a total of 1000 apples,
started from B to A, and reached A at mangoes and oranges.
8am. How much percent of actual
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Which fruit is present in the highest 63. In which direction is T4 with respect to
quantity in the bag? T5?
i. The number of apples is 2/3rd (A). East
of the total number of (B) North-east
mangoes and oranges. (C) South-east
ii. The number of mangoes is (D) North
3/7th of the total number of
apples and oranges 64. If the seconds hand moves by 240°,
(a) If the question can be answered then by how many degrees does the
using I alone but not using II minute hand move in the same time?
alone (A) 1° (B) 2°
(b) If the question can be answered
(C) 3⁰ (D) 4°
using II alone but not using I
alone.
(c) If the question can be answered Directions for the following 3 (three)
using either statement alone. items:

(d) If the question can be answered Read the following three passages and answer
using I and II together but not using I the items that follow. Your answers to these
or II alone. items should be based on the passages only.
Passage - 01
Directions for questions (62 to 63):
The Central Government
These questions are based on the has directed the state government to
following information. reduce government expenditure in view
Eight cities T₁, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7 and of the serious resources crunch and it may
T8 in a state are in different directions as not be able to sanction any additional
given below. grant to the states for the next six months.

T6 is towards the South of T4, which is 65. Which of the following may be as
towards the South west of T3. T8 is assumption implicit in the above
towards the North of T2 and is West of statement?
T5. T₁ is towards the West of T2. T7 is
towards the West of T6 and is towards the (a) The state governments are totally
South of T5. dependent on central government for
its expenditure.
62. If the distance between the cities (T8,
T2), (T8, T5) and (T5, T7) are equal, (b) The central government has
then in which direction is T2 with reviewed the expenditure account of
respect to T7? the state governments.
(A) East
(B) West (c) The state government would ignore
(C) North-east such directives as these have majority
(D) South-west government.
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(d) The central government should (d) Subsidy culture in India should
allocate more funds to the states. come to an end for the betterment of
people
Passage - 02
Passage - 03
The subsidy culture in India has
gone to extremes. Government looking for A decade or so ago pundits said
easy popularity has frequently been the internet would mean the death of
tempted to announce free electricity, free distance and make the world flat, ie,
water, subsidised food, cloth at half price, eliminate geographical differences.
and so on. A study reveals that subsidies Amazon and Infosys built global empires
in the Indian economy total as much as in bookselling and IT services
14.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). respectively. But now it is harder to agree
And today’s level that would work out to with Marc Andreessen, a venture
be about Rs 150000 crore. And who pays capitalist, who once said that by 2020,
the bill? Political fiction on the basis of retail guys are going to go out of business
which it is sold to unsuspecting voters is and e-commerce will become the place
that, subsidies go to the poor and are paid everyone buys.
by the rich. However, the truth is that,
67. All of the following, if true, seriously
most of the subsidies go to the rich
weakens Andreessen's argument
(defined in the Indian context) and much
EXCEPT:
of the tab indirectly to the poor. Because
the hefty subsidy bill results in fiscal
(a) The list of e-commerce firms
deficits, which in turn, pushes up rates of
opening shops is getting longer by the
inflation which is known to everyone, hits
day.
the poor the most.

66. Which among the following is the (b) E-commerce companies are
most critical inference that can be increasingly treating the physical and
made from the above passage? virtual worlds as complements rather
than alternatives.
(a) Indian government provides
subsidies, so that the poor get (c) Americans are more likely to visit
benefitted Canadian based e-commerce sites than
British ones.
(b) In India, subsidy culture has
become the vote-puller. Any party (d) People will use their smartphones
fighting elections tries to woo voters to look for local bargains and to show
by announcing a number of subsidies friends the latest products they have
found online.
(c) It is only a fiction that the poor are
68. Statement: If he is an intelligent, he
benefitted by the subsidies provided
will pass in the examination.
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1. It is required to be an intelligent 72. A girl counted in the following way on

to pass in the examination. the fingers of her left hand: She started
2. He will pass the examination. by calling the thumb 1, the index
(A) Only 1 is inherited
finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4,
(B) Only 2 is inherited
(C) 1 & 2 – both are inherited little finger 5 and then reversed
(D) None is inherited direction calling the ring finger 6,
middle finger 7 and so on. She counted
69. If 1 candle in box number 1 is placed upto 1994. She ended counting on
in box -2 number, box-2 has twice the which finger?
number of candles that box 1 has. If 1 (a) Ring finger
candle from box-2 is placed in box-1, (b) Middle finger
the box-2 and I have the same number (c) Thumb
of candles. How many candles were (d) Index finger
there in box 1 and box-2?
(A) 4 & 8 (B) 2 & 5 73. Which of the following is necessarily
(C) 5 & 7 (D) 4 & 7 true regarding prime and composite
numbers?
(a) Sum of a prime number and a
70. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to
composite number cannot be an
cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each even integer.
roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He (b) Product of prime number and a
cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. composite number cannot be an
How many rolls would be cut in 24 even integer
minutes? (c) If a is a composite number and b
is a prime number, then (a+b)/b
(a) 32 rolls (b) 54 rolls
cannot be an even integer.
(c) 108 rolls (d) 120 rolls
(d) None of the above statements are
true.
71. Statements:
I. Some men are educated. 74. If a right cone is inscribed in a hollow
II. Educated persons prefer small cylinder, then what fraction of the
families. cylinder is not covered by the right
cone? Ignore the thickness of the
Conclusions: cylinder.
(a) 1/3rd (b) 2/3rd
I. All small families are educated.
(c) 1/6th (d) 1/2nd
II. Some men prefer small
families.
75.
(A) If only conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows (1) Numbers between 10 and 10,000
(C) If either I or II follows
(2) Use digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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In above situations, if (no digit is NP N

(a) (b)
R RP
repeated in any number), how many
N+P
(c) (d) PR/N
different numbers can be formed? R

(a) 156 79. Find out which is different from others

(b) 144 (a) ABB
(b) BCC
(c) 200 (c) CCCDDDD
(d) 775 (d) DDDEEEEE

76. In ABC below, which of the 80. 105 students take an examination of
following must be true? whom 80 students pass in English. 75
students pass in Mathematics and 60
students pass in both subjects.
Then,
(1) 15 students fail in both subjects.
(2) 20 students passed in English only

Which of the above statements are/is

I. X > 50 correct?
II. AC < 10 (a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
III. AB > 10
(c) Both 1 & 2
(a) I only (b) III only (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(c) I and II only (d) I, II and III

77. Seeds when soaked in water gain

about 20% by weight and 10% by
volume. By what factor does the
density increase?
(a) 1.20 (b) 1.10
(c) 1.11 (d) 1.09

78. Anand buys R kgs of cheese to feed N

people at a party. If N + P people come
to the party, how many more kgs of
cheese must Anand buy in order to
feed everyone at the original rate?

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1. Sol: (C)
2. Sol: (A) is neither here nor there. (B) is farfetched. (C) is not substantiated. (D)
weakens the case by claiming that people who are very difficult to please can settle
scores online and damage the reputation of a firm. Choice (D)
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. C
A+1 4 A 3
8. (C) = So, =
B+1 5 B 4
X +1 3 x 3−1 2
= , = =
Y +1 4 y 4−1 3
X+y=2+3=5
9. C
10. (a)
In the following figure:

There are 4 bus routes from A to B and 3 routes from B to C. Therefore, there are 4 × 3 = 12
ways to go from A to C. It is round trip so the man will travel back from C to A via B. It is
restricted that man can not use same bus routes from C to B and B to A more than once. Thus,
there are 2 × 3 = 6 routes for return journey. Therefore, the required number of ways = 12 ×
6 = 72.

a+b
11. (B) i)    ab
 2 
ii) a 2 + b 2  2 ab
a b
iii) +  2
b a
a+b
Take value for a, b above all are true. But 1s one  ab is false
2
12. C
13. A (Given year is normal year, feb = 28 days)
14. D
Let the votes polled by the winner be x. then the votes polled by people’s party candidate
will be 2x/3.
Given 2x/3 – 60000 = 0  x = 90000

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15. C
16. C
17. A
18. Sol: The passage discusses productivity and not wages, so (A) is ruled out. (D) is a
sweeping statement. (B) is also out of focus. (C) can be deduced from the complexities
involved in setting wages that undermine the assumption that wages move in
tandem with productivity. Choice C)
19. B
20. D
21. Sol: (D) is not correct as reforms are suspect when regulators want to maintain status
quo (not to rock the boat). (B) is not defined. (C) mentions 'politicians' which is way
off the mark and thus an easy elimination. (A) follows logically from 'encourage risk-
taking', implying that finally 'we all fall down'. Choice (A)
22. Sol: (B) mentions the sun's heat, but the passage has global warming as its central
issue. (A) and (D) jump to conclusions. (C) is the assumption that without the pause,
average surface-air temperatures on Earth would have risen. Choice (C)
23. C
24. B
25. (B) manual country  29
26. (a) 1 → 100% on 20th day
So 1/2 on 19th day
1/4 on 18th day
1/8 on 17th …..
27. A
1  x  5 and 0  y < 12
 0  xy < 60
 xy < 60
Minimum is Zero but maximum value is less than 60

25  5
28. (A) −25 − 5 + = −30 + 125 = −28.75
100
16  12
-16 - 12 + = −28 + 1.92 = −26.08
100
More discount from (b)
29. (D) 100 → 200
 100 is interest in 16 years
100
1 year = = 6.25
16
30. D
31. D
32. A

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33. Sol: (D) is correct, but it does not talk shop as (C) does. (A) is out of scope. (B) is
beside the point. Choice (C)
34. Sol: The paragraph is unflattering, so is (C) when contextualized. (A) un fortunately
does not pertain to the book in question. (D) is explicitly denied by the passage. (B)
is beside the point. Choice (C)
35. B
36. B
37. B
38. B
39. (D) Smallest possible difference between any two no.s = 2214 – 2160 = 54
HCF is difference or diff’s factor. 54 factor = 9
8 5 64 − 25
40. (C) − = = 39
5 8 40
40
N  39  = 40
39
41. A
42. D
43. C
44. C
45. C
46. D
47. C
48. B
49. B
50. Sol: (c) Malnutrition can occur even there is adequate food in the house. When
mother is away for work, the young child is at mercy of older sibling to feed them.
51. D
52. .
53. A
54. A
55. D
56. .
57. C
58. (D) actual journey = 10 am to 10 pm = 12 hrs.
In return journey  10 pm to 8 am = 10 hours.
Reduced by 2 hours
2 1 1
=   in spend (d) = 20%
12 6 5
59. D
60. A
61. d
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A = 2/5 x 1000 = 400
Similarly, from second statement, M = 3/10 x 1000=300
Oranges = 1000-400-300=300
Apples count is highest
62. B
63. A
64. D
65. B
66. D
67. Sol: Andreessen's argument is that as e-commerce becomes the place for purchase of
products, retail shops will have to close down. Hence, the arguments that weaken
this are those that support the relevance of retail shops, in spite of the presence of e-
commerce. While option (A) suggests a demand for retail shops amid e-commerce,
option (B) makes it clear that both e-commerce and retail stores are favoured. Hence,
both the options are ruled out. Since option (C) supports the fact that people are
preferring online sources, it strengthen the author's argument. So, it is the right
answer. Choice (D) also weakens the argument as it suggests customer preference
for both the sources. Choice is C
68. A
69. C
70. D
71. B
72. D
73. D
1
74. (B) with same dimensions cylindrical cone vol. =  r 2 h
3
1 2
1− = remainig
3 3
75. C
The numbers between 10 and 10,000 can be either two digit, three digit or four digit numbers.
We consider each of these cases and try to find the number of possibilities using 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5. Finally, we add them up to get the desired result.
Number of two digit numbers = 5 × 4 = 20
Number of three digit numbers = 5 × 4 × 3 = 60
Number of four digit numbers = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 = 120
Total number of numbers = 20 + 60 + 120 = 200
76. C
120
77. (D) = 1.09
110
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R
One person 
N
PR
For p. people =
N
PR
more kgs required.
N
None of the above. Correct answer is PR/N
79. B
80. (b)
Let X = the set of students who take the examination.

A = the set of students who pass in English

B = the set of students who pass in Mathematics

We are given that n(X) = 105, n(A) = 80, n(B) = 75, n(A⌒B) = 60

Since, n(A⋃B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A⋃B)

Therefore, n(A⋃B) = 80 + 75 – 60 =95

The required number = n(X) –n(A⋃B) = 105 – 95 = 10

Thus, 10 students fail in both subjects.

80-60 = 20 Passed in English only

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DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO
T.B.C.: BXC-B-GYLI
Serial: SPOORTHYCSAT-4 TEST BOOKLET A
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER - II
Time Allowed: Two Hours Maximum Marks: 200
INSTRUCTIONS
1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD
CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR
MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST
BOOKLET.
2. Please note that it is the candidate's responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number
and Test Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or
discrepancy at the appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy
will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection.
3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the
Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside.
DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet.
4. This Test Booklet contains 80 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and
English. Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you
want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there is more than one correct
response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE
response for each item.
5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See
directions in the Answer Sheet.
6. All items carry equal marks
7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test
Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you
with your Admission Certificate.
8. After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the
examination has concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet.
You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet.
9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end.
10. Penalty for wrong answers:
THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY THE CANDIDATE.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question which has a
penalty for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks
assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one
of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that
question, if it has a penalty.
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1. The following question contains six four persons in between Rohan and
statements followed by four sets of Mukesh, then
combinations of three. Choose the 1. Maximum number of persons in
set in which the third statement is a the row = 27
logical conclusion of the first two. 2. Minimum number of persons in
1. Men are batsmen. the row = 17
2. Boys are fielders.
Which of the above statements are/is
3. Boys are not batsmen.
correct?
4. Some batsmen are bowlers.
5. Boys are not bowlers. (a) Only 1
6. Some men are bowlers. (b) Both 1 & 2
(a) 123 (b) 143 (c) Only 2
(c) 231 (d) 164 (d) None of the above

2. The question given below consist of a 4. Find the missing term of the given
series 0, 19, 45, 85, 153, 277, ?
question followed by two statements
(a) 433 (b) 513
labelled as I and II. We have to decide
(c) 497 (d) 555
whether these statements given enough
information required to answer the 5. Given below are two statements and
question or not. four conclusions drawn from those
Give Answer statements. Select the code that
expresses conclusion drawn validly
(a) If Statement I alone is sufficient to from the statements (separately or
answer the question jointly).
(b) If Statement II alone is sufficient
to answer the question Statements:
(c) If Statements I and II together are 1. All dogs are mammals.
needed to answer the question 2. No cats are dogs.
(d) If statement I or II alone is
sufficient to answer the question Conclusions:
I. No cats are mammals.
Question: What is the sum of first two II. Some cats are mammals.
even natural numbers out of a group of III. No dogs are cats.
five even natural numbers? IV. No dogs are non-mammals.
(a) Only I (b) I and II
I. The second number is double of
(c) III and IV (d) II and III
the first number.
6. In below figure choose the correct
II. All the five numbers are
consecutive even numbers. mirror image from the alternatives
(a), (b), (c) and (d), when mirror is
3. If in a row, Rohan is 10th from left and placed on the line AB.
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square root n but less than n, then
(a) Both A and B are false
7. After three successive equal (b) Both A and B are true
percentage rise in the salary the sum of (c) A is false but B is true
100 rupees turned into 140 rupees and (d) A is true and B is false
49 paise. Find the percentage rise in
the salary. 12. Three fishermen caught fishes and
(a) 20% (b) 12% went to sleep. One of them woke up,
(c) 10% (d) 25% took one fish and 1/3rd of the
remainder as his share, without others'
8. A water tank that is 40% empty holds knowledge. Later, the three of them
40 L more water than when it is 40% divided the remainder equally. How
full. How much water does it hold many fishes were caught?
when it is full? (a) 58 (b) 19
(a) 100 L (b) 75 L (c) 76 (d) 88
(c) 120 L (d) 200L
Directions for the following 4 (four)
items:
9. How many times would the digit 6 be Read the following four passages and answer
used in numbering a book of 639 the items that follow. Your answers to these
pages? items should be based on the passages only.
(a) 100 (b) 124
Passage – 1
(c) 150 (d) 164
The central government has come
10. A river is 4.1 km wide. A bridge built
up with a scheme of borrowing money
across it has 1/7 of its length on one from the EPFO for financing some of its
bank and 1/8 of its length on the other schemes. This is a very dangerous idea
bank. What is the total length of the and it cannot be redeemed no matter how
bridge? nobly the money is utilised. There are two
(a) 5.1 km (b) 4.9 km problems with this scheme: On the one
(c) 5.6 km (d) 5.4 km hand, it will increase the fiscal deficit and
on the other, it will lower the return for
11. Let n (>1) be a composite natural the PF. Using this unclaimed money
without returning will amount to robbing
number such that the square root of n
the poor.
is not an integer.
Consider the following statements: 13. What is the most rational and critical
assumption of the above passage?
A: n has a factor which is greater than
1 and less than square root n (a) There is a substantial unclaimed
amount lying with the EPFO.
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(b) The EPFO is a public trust. capital (power plants take years to build
and last for decades), how much of the
(c) The government should increase time a plant operates, and whether it
the returns of PF balances. generates power at times of peak demand.
To take account of all this, economists use
(d) The management of EPFO should "levelized costs" the net present value of
be privatised. all costs (capital and operating) of a
generating unit over its life cycle, divided
Passage – 2 by the number of megawatt-hours of
Ukraine has been massively assisted electricity it is expected to supply. The
by NATO weaponry, training, trouble is that levelized costs do not take
communications, satellite and human account of the costs of intermittency.
intelligence, reconnaissance, information Wind power is not generated on a calm
processing systems and total control over day, nor solar power at night, so
the global media. While the World Bank is conventional power plants must be kept
slow to help devastated war-torn nations on standby - but are not included in the
such as Yemen and Afghanistan, it rushed levelized cost of renewables. Electricity
$4.5 billion to Ukraine, while the demand also varies during the day in
International Monetary Fund came up ways that the supply from wind and solar
with $1.4 billion. The West fails to generation may not match, so even if
understand how hypocritical its sanctions renewable forms of energy have the same
appear. For example, the United States levelized cost as conventional ones, the
exerted much effort persuading India and value of the power they produce may be
others to boycott Iranian and Venezuelan lower.
oil, only to try to get those shipments back
on the market after its opposition shifted 15. If the statements above are true, which
to Russia. of the following conclusions is most
14. From the above passage following strongly supported by them?
assumptions have been drawn:
I. Era of war is coming to an end (A) Wind and solar power are even more
II. Geopolitics and Geoeconomics go hand expensive than is commonly thought.
in hand.
(B) Subsidies for renewable energy are
Which of the above assumptions are/is one of the most congested areas of public
valid: policy.
(a) Both I and II
(b) I only (C) Wind and solar power can look far
(c) II only more expensive than they appear on the
(d) Neither I nor II basis of levelized costs.

Passage - 3 (D) Levelized costs are poor at comparing

different forms of power generation.
Whereas the cost of a solar panel is
easy to calculate, the cost of electricity is Passage – 4
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 We don't often talk about men you". The other replies, "If you give me
being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, ten, I shall be six times as rich as you".
but I can see that they are, and that when Tell me what is the amount of their
they are free, things will change for
(respective) capital?
women as a natural consequence. If men
don't have to be aggressive in order to be (a) 40, 170 (b) 30, 170
accepted, women won't feel compelled to (c) 50, 175 (d) 50, 180
be submissive. If men don't have to
control, women won't have to be 19. A, B, C enter into a partnership. A
controlled. contributes one-third of the whole
capital while B contributes as much as
16. Which of the following, if true, A and C together contribute. If the
provides the most support for the
profit at the end of the year is Rs.
argument above?
84,000, how much would each receive?
(A) Masculinity and gendered violence (a) 24,000, 20,000, 40,000
are connected. (b) 28,000, 42,000, 14,000
(c) 28,000, 42,000, 10,000
(B) Violence against women and girls (d) 28,000, 14,000, 42,000
are not crimes of passion, but of
power. 20. In a fort there was sufficient food for
200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days
(C) Street harassment and verbal abuse
of women are meant to elicit 120 soldiers left the fort. For how
submission and subservience from many extra days will the rest of the
those targeted. food last for the remaining soldiers?
(a) 12 days (b) 10 days
(D) All of the above (c) 8 days (d) 6 days

17. 5 roses of different colours are planted

21. The chance of India winning a cricket
in a garden. Red coloured was planted match against England is 1/6. What is
9 meter toward the northern direction the minimum number of matches
of yellow coloured. Orange coloured India should pay against England so
was 12 meter east to yellow coloured. that there is a fair chance of winning at
In between red and orange rose plants, least one match?
(a) 3 (b) 4
the remaining plants are to be planted
(c) 5 (d) 6
on a straight line. What should be the
gap between each of them if they are 22. Let X be a four-digit positive integer
at equal distances? such that the unit digit of X is prime
(a) 3 m (b) 5m and the product of all digits of X is
(c) 15 m (d) 7.5 m also prime. How many such integers
are possible?
18. One says, "Give me a hundred, friend! (a) 4 (b) 8
I shall then become twice as rich as (b) 12 (d) 24

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 (b) if only Assumption II is implicit
23. In a certain code language, '+' means
(c) if either Assumption I or II is
'x', 'x' means '-', '-' means '÷' and ''
implicit
means '+'.
Simplify the following expressions (d) if both Assumptions I and II are
using the above directions, in which implicit
the mathematical operators are written
according to the code language, 9 + 4 - Directions (Q.Nos 27 to 28): The
following figure represents a group of
6x6÷8
persons. The triangle represents educated
(a) 8.5 (b) 8
persons, the rectangle represents the
(c) 5.25 (d) 10 administrative persons, the square
represents the businessmen and the circle
24. If a year starts on Saturday but does represents income tax payers.
not end on Saturday, then what is the
day of the week on 13th June in that
year?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Saturday

25. If ACE is coded as 0-78-620, then what 27. From the above figure, it can be
will be the code for BAD? concluded that
(a) All businessmen pay income tax
(a) 14 – 0 - 252 (b) 62 -0- 4100
(b) Some administrative person are
(c) 16 -0 - 248 (d) 16 -0- 4096
income tax payers
(c) All income tax payers are
26. Statement: The Government has
educated
decided to hold the employers (d) Educated person which are not in
responsible for deducting tax at source administrative service do not pay
for all its employees. income tax
Assumptions:
28. According to the given figure, it can
I. The employee may still not
be inferred that
arrange to deduct tax at
(a) None of the income tax payer is
source for its employees. educated
II. The employees may not allow (b) All the administrative persons
are income tax payers
the employers to deduct tax at
(c) None of the income tax payer is
source.
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 (d) Some of the persons who are adults and with one another, creating a
neither businessmen nor income sense of community and belonging.
tax payer are educated person
30. Which among the following is the
most logical corollary of the above
Directions for the following 4 (four) passage?
items:
Read the following four passages and answer (a) Adolescents get an opportunity to
the items that follow. Your answers to these express themselves through sports.
items should be based on the passages only.
Passage – 1 (b) Adolescents benefit from sports and
physical activities physically, socially and
Big, rich cities are magnets for
mentally.
immigrants of all professions. As these
workers integrate and get used to the
(c) Adolescents establish a bond with
local cost-of-living, their wages tend to adults through participating in sports.
rise. But where the inward flow is
unceasing, or where the market was
(d) Adolescents develop a sense of
previously very closed.
belongingness to society through sports.
29. Which of the following most logically Passage - 3
completes the passage below?
About 40 percent of urban Indian
(A) even immigrants working in places husbands think it is a good idea for wives
that escaped the worst effects have been with school age children to work outside
hit the home. Only about ten percent of rural
(B) immigrants can push prices down. Indian husbands ap prove of the same.
Every second urban Indian wife, and one
(C) immigrants are cutting back on in four rural Indian wives with school age
luxuries with the price of necessities rising children has a job outside her home.

(D) workers of every sort have poured 31. If the information above is correct,
into their richer neighbours which of the following can be
inferred?
Passage – 2
(A) Rural Indian families have more
Organized sport and physical
children than urban Indian families.
recreation provide adolescents
opportunities for self-expression, critical (B) Employment opportunities for urban
to this discovery process. They help
Indian wives are greater than for rural
adolescents to develop skills in Indian wives.
communication, negotiation and
leadership and to test and improve their
(C) Urban Indian husbands have a less
abilities, which increase confidence. They
conservative attitude than rural Indian
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(D) Rural Indian husbands would seem to 33. Choose the correct alternative, which
be less satisfied about working wives who represent the same relationship as
have school age children than urban second two bears.
Indian husbands. Triangle: 3600 :: Hexagon:
(a) 9600 (b) 4800
(c) 3600 (d) 7800
Passage – 4
34. Questions: Village T is in direction
Modern capitalism can be broken with respect to village R?
down into two major eras. The first, Statements:
managerial capitalism, began in 1931 and I. T is to the North of W which is
was defined by the radical notion that to the West of S.
firms ought to have professional
management. The second, shareholder- II. T is to the North-West of S.
value capital ism, began in 1976. Its
governing premise is that the purpose of III. W is to the North-West of R.
every corporation should be to maximize
the shareholders' wealth. If firms pursue (a) Any two of the three
this goal, the thinking goes, both the (b) Only I and II
shareholders and society will benefit. This
(c) Only II and III
is a tragically flawed premise and it is
time we abandon it and make the shift to (d) Only I and III
a third era known as customer-driven
capitalism. 35. A party consists of grand mother,
father, mother, four sons and their
32. The passage above assumes that: wives and one son and two daughters
of each of the sons. How many females
(a) It's an unsaid rule that the firms today are?
have to cultivate professionalism amongst (a) 14 (b) 16
its employees from it's very inception, and (c) 18 (d) 24
thus, it would be unfruitful to make it as
the eventual goal of the firm. 36. Two sisters go up 40-step escalators.
The older sister rides the up escalator,
(b) Managerial capitalism, shareholder but can only take 10 steps up during
value capitalism and customer-driven the ride since it is quite crowded. The
capitalism cannot possibly coexist. younger sister runs up the empty
down escalator, arriving at the top at
(c) The managerial capitalism began the same time as her sister. How many
owing to the les sons learnt from 'The steps does the younger sister take?
Great Depression'. (a) 50 (b) 60
(c) 80 (d) 70
(d) The shareholder value capitalism has
proven to be unethically inclined towards Directions: (Q.no. 37 to 39): The
shareholders, at the cost of the general following five questions are to be
society. answered on the basis of the following
table:

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Weight Distribution in the Average Adult 42. If a and b are positive integers, which
Organs Weight (in grams) following cannot be greatest common
Muscles 30,000 divisor of 30x and 18y?
Skeleton 10,000 (a) 6 (b) 6x
Blood 5,000 (c) 30x (d) 18y
Gastrointestinal Tract 2,000
Lungs 1,000 43. What is the difference between
Liver 1,700 compound interest and simple interest
Brain 1,500 for the sum of Rs. 20,000 over a 2 year
period if the compound interest is
37. The total body weight of the average calculated at 20% and simple interest
adult is? is calculated at 23%?
(a) 70,000 grams (a) 400 (b) 460
(b) More than 51 kg (c) 440 (d) 450
(c) 50,000 grams
(d) Less than 50 kg Directions for the following 4 (four)
items:
Read the following four passages and answer
38. If the weight of the skeleton is
the items that follow. Your answers to these
represented as S, then the weight of
items should be based on the passages only.
the liver can be represented as?
(a) 1.7 S (b) 0.17 S
Passage – 1
(c) 17 S (d) 71 S
The trouble with self-help books is
39. The ratio expressed in decimals of the that they make you feel that you need to
weight of the blood to the weight of change a lot about yourself, your habits,
the gastrointestinal tract is? appearance, etc. However, a man cannot
(a) 0.4 (b) 4.0 revamp himself and can make only small
(c) 2.5 (d) 0.25 changes to his lifestyle. Thus, no one
should read self-help books.
40. The average (arithmetic mean) of 6
consecutive integers is 18(1/2). What 44. The argument is based on the (central)
is the average of the first 5 of these assumption that:
integers?
(a) Self-help books aren't a good
(a) 12.5 (b) 18.25
source of knowledge which might
(c) 16 (d) 18
otherwise be practically beneficial for
its readers.
41. p, q, r and s are consecutive integers
and p < q < r < s. If the product qrs is (b) Making small changes to your
four times the product pqr then the lifestyle daily might not lead to big
product qr is? changes to your lifestyle in the long
(a) 5 (b) 6 run.
(c) 12 (d) 13 (c) Self-help books are widely
available and can be read by people of
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 (d) Competing trade blocs adopt
(d) Both (a) and (b) protectionist policies.

Passage - 2 Passage - 4

45. It ain't over till the fat lady sings. It Fiscal deficit has long term
can be inferred that implications that are not often understood
by the general public. The deficit
(a) It's always over when the fat lady has represents shortfall or implied debt which
sung. the government will have to eventually
repay. For repaying this the government
(b) The fat lady sings primarily to get it can increase indirect taxes which means
done with. that the inflation will increase further as
things will get costlier. The government
(c) It's always on until the fat lady has can also borrow money for dealing with
sung. this deficit. But then the borrowing plus
interest on it will also have to be repaid
(d) It's always on until the fat lady has not through the taxes. In the end, the
sung. government has only one main source of
Passage – 3 income, taxes which are going to be paid
by us.
A possible problem is that
competing trade blocs will adopt 47. What is the most logical and rational
protectionist policies and slow worldwide implication of the above passage?
economic growth by restricting trade
among groups of nations. However, the (a) Fiscal deficits ultimately help the
rapid proliferation of trade blocs and free- citizens of the country.
trade zones has occurred because many
countries want the benefits of increased (b) Rise in fiscal deficit is not good for
trade that accompany lower trade the people.
barriers.
(c) Borrowing funds is better than
46. Which one of the following statements resorting to fiscal deficit.
main idea of the above passage?
(d) Government should seek to
(a) Trade barriers are good for the increase non-taxes income for
proliferation of trade controlling fiscal deficit.

(b) Most countries do not like trade 48. A pet shop purchased four pug
barriers as these restrict trade puppies for Rs.1 lakh. They spent total
opportunities. 2 lakhs for the food and nurturing.
What is the average sale price of the
(c) Policies of protectionism accelerate
rest three pugs to get 50% total profit if
the economic process.
they have already sold one of them at
Rs.1.2 lakh?
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 (a) 1.5 lakh (b) 1.1 lakh (ii) If a and b are positive numbers
where a > b then a1/n < b1/n for
(c) 1.2 lakh (d) 1.65 lakh any natural n ≥ 2.

49. In two alloys, the ratios of nickel to tin (a) Only I

are 5: 2 and 3: 4 (by weight). How (b) only II
many kilograms of the first alloy and (c) Both I & II
of the second alloy should be alloyed (d) neither I nor II
together to obtain 28 kg of a new alloy
with equal contents of nickel and tin? 53. Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions
(a) 9 kg of the first alloy and 22 kg of
that follow:
the second Six friends- Alok, Bheem, Chandar,
(b) 17 kg of the first alloy and 11 kg of Devdas, Earl and Ferguson are sitting on a
the second bench facing north, Chandar is sitting
(c) 7 kg of the first alloy and 21 kg of between Alok and Earl. Devdas is not at
the second the end. Bheem is sitting to the immediate
right of earl. Ferguson is not at the right
(d) 8 kg and 20 kg respectively
end.

50. A and B are two hexadecimal digits From the above arrangement, which of
and the numbers X, Y and Z are the statements are correct
defined by the relation 1. Devda is immediate right of
BBBB BBB BB ferguson
X= ,Y = ,Z = . Then
AAAA AAA AA 2. There are four persons to left of
(a) X = Y = Z (b) X > Y > Z Chandar
(c) X < Y < Z (d) X > Y > Z 3. From left end Bheem is fourth
person
51. X and Y are two cylinders of the same (a) Only 1 & 2
height. The base of X has diameter that (b) Only 1 & 3
is half the diameter of the base of Y. If (c) Only 2 & 3
the height of X is doubled, the volume (d) Only 1
of X becomes:
(a) Equal to the volume of Y Directions (Q.Nos. 54-55): In these
(b) Double the volume of Y questions, four statements are given
(c) Half the volume of Y followed by four conclusions. One of
(d) Greater than the volume of Y which definitely does not logically follow
(or is not a possibility of occurrence) from
52. Which of the following statements are the given statements. That conclusion is
correct? your answer.
(i) If a and b are positive numbers
where a > b, then an > bn for any 54. Statements:
natural n. No toy is a doll.
All guns are toys.
All houses are dolls.
All dolls are baskets.
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 Conclusions: 58. Four usual dice are thrown on the
(a) All baskets are toys ground. The total of numbers on the
(b) No gun is a house top faces of these four dice is 13 as the
(c) All guns being baskets is a top faces showed 4, 3, 1 and 5
possibility respectively. What is the total of the
(d) All houses are baskets faces touching the ground?
(a) 12 (b) 15
55. Statements: (c) 13 (d) Can not be determined
All references are mails.
All mentions are references. 59. In a family, there are husband-wife,
All comments are mentions. two sons and two daughters. All the
No mail is a declaration. ladies were invited to a dinner. Both
Conclusions: sons went out to play. Husband did
(a) No reference is a declaration not return from the office. Who was at
(b) All comments are mails home?
(c) No mention is a declaration (a) Only wife was at home
(d) All declaration being comments (b) Nobody was at home
is a possibility (c) Only sons were at home
(d) All ladies were at home
56. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, a
number of 4 different digits is formed Directions for the following 4 (four)
(Without repetition). items: Read the following four passages and
answer the items that follow. Your answers to
1. Total number of numbers = 840 these items should be based on the passages
only.
2. Number of numbers which are Passage – 1
divisible by 2 = 390
Hydrogen is an adaptable flexible
3. Number of numbers which are element. It has a wide chemical range of
divisible by 25 = 40 uses and applications It can be used as a
feedstock in industries, it can act as a fuel
Which of the above results are correct? for transportation needs, it can be used as
(a) Only 1 & 2 an energy carrier and storage options for
(b) Only 1 & 3 power and building sectors. At the same
(c) All the above time, hydrogen is the single most
(d) None of the above abundant element in the universe.
According to estimates by scientists, at
57. Kebin earns Rs. 30 on the first day and least 90 per cent of the visible universe is
spends Rs. 20 on the next day. He made up of hydrogen. As an added
again earns Rs. 30 on the third day and advantage, hydrogen can replace the
spends Rs. 20 on the fourth day. If he requirement of solid and liquid fossil fuels
continues to save like this, how soon and protect the environmental
will he have Rs. 100 in hand on? destruction. All of these has led to an
(a) 8th day (b) 10th day exponential rise in its demand.
(c) 15 day
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60. What is the most logical and rational 1. The global environment is conducive
implication of the above passage? for India to gain leadership in the
multilateral trade forums.
(a) Use of solid and liquid fossil fuels
damages the environment. 2. All the global leaders in the multilateral
trade forums have been flexible in their
(b) Hydrogen is the most abundant positions.
element on earth.
3. Adoption of the digital economy and
(c) The most significant use of hydrogen is encouraging e-commerce will help Indian
as a fuel and energy carrier. position in multilateral trade forums.
(d) The price of hydrogen will show a
significant increase due to demand Which of the above are correct?
pressures. (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) All of these
Passage – 2
Passage - 3
Since liberalisation, the Indian
economy has slowly grown to become the Entrepreneurship is about getting
fifth-largest economy in the world. But it up whenever the business fails and
failed to emerge as one of the leaders in learning from that failure. An
multilateral trade forums due to its entrepreneur believes that failure is part
inflexibility in light of the fast changing of the entrepreneurial process, and often
global environment. The recent without it, success would not be possible.
weakening of traditional economies and further, he is able to make mistakes, learn
shops by digital economies and e- from them, and quickly recovers and
commerce has opened up a new changes his direction and moves into the
opportunity for India to exploit. future.

India can encourage open 62. Which among the following is the
discussions on these new aspects and most logical corollary of the above
bring its concerns related to agriculture passage?
and fishery subsidies to the forefront. The
new General Secretary of Global Trade (a) Entrepreneurs always fail before
and Tariff Regulation Authority has succeeding.
included India along with the other global
powers (USA, China, Europe, etc.) for (b) Entrepreneurs change their direction
taking the multilateral trade forums after failures.
forward. India should not lose hope, it can
once again try to attain the position which (c) Entrepreneurship involves learning
its inflexibility denied it in the past. from mistakes and failures.

61. Following assumptions have been (d) Entrepreneurship means failure.

made from the above passage.
Passage - 4

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 Climate change, in particular, is 66. Car A started from town P towards
expected to impact forest biodiversity and town Q at 30 kmph at 9 am. Car B
the ability of forests to provide soil and started from P towards Q at 40 kmph
water protection, habitat for species and at 10 am. Cat C started from P towards
other ecosystem services. Forest Q at 50 kmph. Both B and C overtook
ecosystems identified as being A simultaneously. Find the time that C
particularly vulnerable to the impacts of started from P?
climate change include mangroves, boreal (a) 10:24 a.m. (b) 10:36 a.m.
forests, tropical forests, cloud forests and (c) 10:42 a.m. (d) 10:48 a.m.
dry forests.
67. The product of any 10 even numbers is
63. Which one of the following statements always divisible by
best sums up the above passage? (a) 210
(b) 3(29)
(a) Many types of forest biodiversity and (c) 210  10!
ecosystems will be affected by climate (d) None
change.
68. The marked price of a table is Rs. 1200,
(b) Habitat and other ecosystem services which is 20% above the cost price. It is
depend on for best biodiversity. sold at a discount of 10% on the
marked price. find the profit per cent.
(c) Mangroves, boreal forests tropical (a) 10% (b) 8%
forests, etc. are types of ecosystems. (c) 7.5% (d) 6%

(d) Soil and water protection are provided 69. If p = 4359 and q = 5889, what is the
by forests. units digit of (pq + 1)?
(a) 1 (b) 3
64. Three planets that revolve around the (c) 5 (d) 7
sun take 200, 300 and 365 days,
respectively. If they are in a line on Directions for questions: These questions
are based on the following information.
one side of the sun on a certain day,
after how many days will they come
1. & means either hour hand or minute
again in the same position? hand is at 9.
(a) 43,800 days (b) 43,500 days
(c) 42,500 days (d) 44,500 days 2. @means either hour hand or minute
hand is at 8.
65. A marathon runner improves his
speed after every practice. If he 3. % means either hour hand or minute
hand is at 6.
improves his timing by 8 min by
running at a speed of 5/4th of his prior 4. # means either hour hand or minute
speed. Find his improved timing? hand is at 4.
(a) 40 min (b) 38 min
(c) 31.5 min (d) 32 min 5. $ means either hour hand or minute
hand is at 3.
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 to develop new technologies. New tools
Note: If two symbols are given, then by and products developed by
default, the first symbol refers to the hour biotechnologists are useful in research,
hand and second symbol refers to the agriculture, industry and the clinic.
minute hand.
73. Which one of the following statements
70. A person takes 3 hours and 20 minutes best sums up the above passage?
of time to reach resort and he needs to
reach the resort at &@. If he reaches (a) Biotechnologists aim to develop
the resort late by 10 minutes, when did products useful in agriculture, industry
he leave from his place? and clinic.
(a) @% (b) %#
(c) @# (d) %% (b) Biotechnology is a separate branch of
science.
71. Akul wants to attend a training
session, which is conducted in a (c) New tools and technologies are
nearby city which takes 3 hours and 30 produced through biotechnology.
minutes of time for him to reach that (d) Cellular components of organisms are
place. He started late and reached the used to develop new tools.
training session after 25 minutes. If he
reached the training session at @@, Passage – 2
then at what time is he supposed to
leave his place to reach the training Currently, the number of cyber-
session on time? attacks against indian companies is
(a) #% (b) #@ increasing but india has yet to take strong
(c) #& (d) &# actions against it. in this context, israel has
emerged as a leader in developing cyber
72. A person started from his home at security tools. india has a more qualified
%## to the airport. It takes two hours more tech-savvy population yet it has
and ten minutes to reach the airport. been till now unable to enter the field.
So at what time will the person reach there is no reason why indian youngsters
the airport? cannot develop indigenous capability in
(a) @% (b) %@ cyber defence and attack. instead of
(c) @S (d) $@ chasing some form of e-commerce or the
other, start-ups can be incentivised to take
Directions for the following 8 (eight) up well-defined defence-sponsored
items: projects to find solutions to known and
Read the following six passages and answer unknown problems.
the items that follow. Your answers to these
items should be based on the passages only. 74. which of the following assumptions
has been made in the passage above?
Passage – 1
(a) the indian cyber security tools sector is
Biotechnology is a broad discipline undeveloped due to the lack of incentives.
in which biological processes, organisms,
cells or cellular components are exploited
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(b) the indian cyber security tools sector is In a recent move, the Reserve Bank
undeveloped due to the lack of human of India (RBI) has for introduced the
resources. concept of 'limited liability for customers
who become victims of fraud. Customers
(c) it will take years for india to catch up will have zero liability for a fraudulent
with israel. transaction if the bank is found to have
been negligent. Customers will also not be
(d) compared to israel india has the liable if there is a third party breach, even
capability of producing better cyber without the bank's involvement, if the
security tools fraud is reported to the bank within three
working days of the customer receiving
Passage – 3 communication regarding an
unauthorized transaction.
In Indian election reforms, the
issue of campaign financing is one the 76. In which of the following cases will the
most serious unaddressed issue. This customer not benefit from the RBI's
deeply rooted problem does not have any limited liability concept?
easy solution especially because it affects I. The customer did not report the fraud
all the regions and the parties in India. within the specified time period, the bank
The problem lies with the fact that India was not negligent
lacks a legal framework for the same. One
suggestion is to us allow partial state II. The fraud was committed by the bank
funding of election expenses combined employee, the bank Was not negligent, the
with the crowd-funding model of customer reported the fraud within the
transparent, verifiable small donations Specified time
through the Internet.
III. The fraud was committed by another
75. Which of the following is the most customer of the bank, the bank was
logical, rational and critical inference negligent, the customer reported the fraud
of the above passage? within the specified time period.

(a) Crowd funding is impossible without (a) Only I (b) I and II

the internet. (C) I and III (d) 1, II and III

(b) No party in India is using crowd Passage – 5

funding.
The brain is contained within the e
(c) At present state funding is not cranium and be and constitutes the upper
provided for election expenses. greatly expanded part of the central
nervous system. In mesencephalon, and
(d) Indian election reforms are the the forebrain or prosencephalon. The
responsibility of the Election Commission. parts derived from each of these can be
recognized in the adult. Thus, in the
Passage - 4 process of developing the wall of the
hindbrain under goes modification to
form the medulla oblongata, the pons and
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expanded to form the fourth ventricle. developed from forebrain?
The midbrain forms only a small part of (a) Lateral ventricles
the adult brain. Its cavity becomes the
cerebral aqueduct (aqueduct of Sylvius), (b) Cerebral hemispheres
which serves as a tubular communication
between the third and fourth ventricles (c) Third ventricle
while its walls are thickened to form the
corpora quadrigemina and cerebral (d) Anterior
peduncles. The forebrain undergoes great
modification. Its anterior part or Passage - 6
telencephalon expands laterally in the
form of two hollow vesicles, the cavities Many cultural services depend
of which become the lateral ventricles primarily on species diversity, and tend to
while the surrounding walls from the concentrate on the large-bodied,
cerebral hemispheres and their charismatic plants, birds and mammals.
Commissures. The cavity of the posterior The relationships between the service and
part or diencephalon forms the greater biodiversity in these cases are very
part of the third ventricle, and from its strongly dominated by diversity measures
walls are developed most of the structures that never saturate. In fact, the values
that bound this cavity. increase with the addition of more, rare
forms. For these purposes, the global
77. Which of the following statement does conservation species datasets are useful
not hold true mesencephalon? and highly relevant. How ever, the
relationships do not scale down simply
(a) It develops to form a medulla. within countries or local areas.

(b) The part developed from it can be 80. Which among the following is the
recognized in adults. most rational and critical inference
that can be made from the above
(c) It develops into a cerebral passage?
aqueduct.
(a) The vastness of the diversity of
(d) When developed, it takes species impacts the cultural services in
many communities.
78. Cerebral aqueduct serves as a tabular
communication between parts (b) More and rare forms of species are
developed From very important for cultural services.

(a) Hindbrain and midbrain (c) More and rare forms of species
make the cultural services more
(b) Midbrain and forebrain complex.

(c) Forebrain and hindbrain (d) Cultural services concentrate on

large-bodied plants and animals.
(d) none of these
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1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C

From above figure, we can say that the conclusions III and IV are valid.
6. C
7. B
Overall change is around 40
On average 40/3 = 13.33
Go with options select B
8. (D) 60% - 40% = 20% → 40
100% → 200
9. D
In order to solve this question, you should count the digit 6 appearing in units
digit, separately from the instances of the digit 6 appearing in the tens place and
appearing in the hundreds place. When you want to find out the number of times
6 appears in the unit digit, you will have to make a series as follows: 6, 16, 26, 36...
636.
It should be evident to you that the above series has 64 terms because it starts
from 06, 16, 26... and continues till 636. The digit 6 will appear once in the unit
digit for each of these 64 numbers.
Next you need to look at how many times the digit 6 appears in the ten's place.
In order to do this, we will need to look at instances when 6 appears in the tens
place. These will be in 6 different ranges 60s, 160s, 260s, 360s, 460s, 560s and in
each of these ranges there are 10 numbers each with exactly one instance of the
digit 6 in the tens place, a total of 60 times.
Lastly, we need to look at the number of instances where 6 appears in the
hundreds place. For this, we need to form the series 600, 601, 602, 603 ... 639. This
series will have 40 numbers each with exactly one instance of the digit 6
appearing in the hundreds place.
Therefore, the required answer would be 64 + 60 + 40 = 164.

10. (c) 7, 8 LCM = 56

1 1 15 41
1− − = 1− =
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Bridge length = 56
River length (wide) = 41
11. (B) Take one example x = 20
Both are true.
12. (A) go with options. 1st one took one fish and 1/3rd of remainder then
remainder is divided equally for 3
(a) 58  58 − 1 = 57
57 19
= 19 remaining = 57 −
3 38
38 is not divided by 3.
1
(b) 19 – 1 = 18  ( 18 ) = 6
3
12
18 − 6 = =4
3
So (b) is right answer.
13. A
14. Choice (C)
15. (A) is not substantiated with reasons.(B) mentions subsidies, which is out of
scope. (D) is stated unequivocally in the passage anyway. (C) is a fair
conclusion from the data given in the passage. Choice (C)
16. (A) and (B) support the argument that masculinity requires that boys and
men control girls and women. (C) argues that women are cast as tempting,
dangerous, in need of control, and as having "asked for it" when they are
harassed on the streets, which is in agreement with the paragraph. Thus, (D)
is the answer. Choice (D)
17. B
18. A
19. (B) A gets 1/3rd = 1/3(64000) = 28000
B gets as much as A, C together, now go with options
20. (D) 200  31 − 200  27
= 200  4 = 800
800 = d  ( 200 − 120 )
800
d= = 10
80
21. D
22. (A) unit digit cn be = 3, 7, 2, 5
If you taken other 3 digits as 111
(1) 1112 = 1  1  1  2 = 2
(2) 1113 ⎯⎯⎯
profit
→3
(3) 1115 → 5
(4) 1117 → 7
23. B

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24. B
25. A
Logic is: ACE = 14 – 1 = 0; 34 - 3 = 78; 54 - 5 = 620
BAD =24 – 2 = 14; 14 - 1 = 0; 44 - 4 = 252

26. D
27. B
28. D
29. The passage mentions rich cities, so both (A) "worst effects" and (C) "the
price of necessities rising" are suspect. (D) simply repeats the phenomenon
of immigration. But (B) cautions that the opposite of "their wages tend to
rise" car occur in adverse situations. Choice (B)

30. B
31. D
32. B
33. C
Sum of external angles in n – sided polygon = 3600
34. D
35. A
36. D
37. (B) Total = 51200
1700
38. (B) = 0.173
10000
5000 5
39. (C) = = 2.5
7000 2
40. (D) First no = n, last no = n + 5
n + n + 5 37
So mean =
2 2
2n = 37 − 5 = 32, n = 16
1st no. = 16, fifth no. = 20
16 + 20 35
So  = = 18
2 2
Short cut: When you add one no (consultive) normally Average is increased by 0.5  it is
18.5-0.5 = 18
41. (B) 1 < 2 < 3 < 4
qrs = 4(pqr)
s = 4p; p = 1, s = 4
qr = 2.3 = 6
42. (A) 30x, 18y common factor = 6
20  20
43. (A) Total CI in 2 years = 20 + 20 + = 44
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Total SI in 2 years = 23 + 23 = 46
Difference = 46 – 44 = 2%
 2% ( 20000 ) = 400
44. Sol: (A) The only assumption that connects the evidence (trouble with self
help books... changes to his lifestyle) to conclusion (no one should read self
help books) is (a). Had self help books been a good source of practical
knowledge, the author could not have come to this conclusion just on the
basis of the evidence he presents.
45. Sol: (C) It's only given that it's not over till the fat lady has sung. It's nowhere
given (or can be implied) that it's always over once the lady has sung, which
rules out (a). (b) is trivial. (c) and (d) are primarily grammatical variations,
of which (c) is the correct answer.
46. (B) Since, the passage suggests that competing trade blocs adopt
protectionist policies, thus (a) contradicts this aspect. Also, it is absurd that
policies of protection. ism accelerate the economic process, so (c) is also not
correct as per the passage. Now, we know (d) is correct, but this does not
sum up the entire passage and presents only one aspect. So, the most suitable
option among the given options is (b) which suggests that most countries do
not like trade barriers as these restrict trade opportunities.
47. Sol: (b) Fiscal deficit is not good for people because they are the ones who
have to ultimately pay this deficit by paying taxes.
48. (B) Total investment = 1 + 2 = 3L
Expectatoins = 3 + 50% 3 = 4.5 L
1.2 + 3(x) = 4.5
3x = 3.3
x = 1.1
49. (C) go with options
 5 : 2 → so 7 multiple
 3 : 4 → so 7 multiple
(c) 7kg and 21 kg
5 3
Nickel = ( 7 ) = 5 ,  21 = 9
7 7
Total = 5 + 9 = 14
2 4
Tin → ( 7 ) = 2;  21 = 12
7 7
Total = 2 + 12 = 14
Same questions
50. A
51. (C) cylinder volume =  r 2 h
x y
  (r 2 )( h)
2
r
    2h
2
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 r2h
   r2h
2
52. A
53. A
54. (A) According to the statements venn diagram is as,

Conclusions:
(a) False (b) True
(c) True (d) True

55. (D) According to the statements venn diagram is as,

Conclusions:
(a) True (b) True (c) True (d) False
Hence, conclusion (D) does not follow from the given statements.

56. B
1. Total numbers = 4 x 5 x 6 x 7
2. Two Multiples (Last digit must be even) = available even digits are 2/4/6
= Only 3 options are for last digit => 4 x 5 x 6 x 3
3. 25 multiples (Last two digits must be 25 or 50 or 75 or 00)
= from digits 2, 5, 7 available
= last digit must be 5 only one option
= tens digit must be 2 or 7 => two options
= 4 x 5 x 2 x 1 = 40

57. (C) Tow days  30 − 20 = 10 spends 30 on first day

So  100 − 30 = 70
To get 70  need 7  2 = 14 days
On 15th day = 30  70 + 30 = 100
58. B

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59. B
60. Sol: (a) The passage states that replacement of the solid and liquid fossil fuels
with hydrogen can reduce environ mental damage. This implies that these
fuels damage environment in some way.
61. Sol: (A) Digital economies and e-commerce are weakening the traditional
economies and shops. India can encourage open discussion on these and
bring its concerns to the forefront. The new General Secretary of Global
Trade and Tariff Regulation Authority has placed India along with the other
global powers. All of these global happenings have given India one more
opportunity to attain the position in the multilateral trade forums.
62. C
63. Sol: (a). Options (b) , (c) and (d) are true but are incomplete.
64. (A) lcm OF 200, 300, 365
5 4
65. (D) Speed be com = , so time be com =
4 5
, T = 40
Improved by 8 min so = 40 – 8 = 32
66. B
B starts one late after A, at 10 am A travelled 30 km already.
B over takes A, t = 30/(40-30) = 3 hrs from 10 am. So, it is 1pm.
At same 1 pm C should over take A,
9am to 1pm, A travelled 30 x 4 = 120 km.
With speed 50km/hr and distance 120 km, C takes = 120/50 = 2 + 2/5 hrs
= 2 hrs 24 mins so C starts at 10.36 am
67. D
20  10
68. (B) 20 − 10 − =8
100
69. (D) Apply cyclicity  359  889  33  81
 59 89 
 4 R = 3, 4 R = 1
 
= 7  8 + 1 = ...6 + 1 = 7
70. D
71. C
72. A
73. A
74. Sol: (A) The passage is telling us that the incentives will help india is
developing cybersecurity tools. Therefore it is assuming that the lack of
incentives is keeping the sector undeveloped as such option (a) is the correct
option.
75. Sol: (C) The passage is suggesting crowdfunding it is not claimimg that it
is not used by any party .Similarly the passage is talking about using the
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funding without the internet. The passage does not make any mention of
the election commission as such option (d) is also incorrect The passage is
suggesting state funding for the issue and as such we can safely infer that
at present sate funding is not provide.
76. Sol: (A) Correct.
The customer is liable if he does not report the fraud within the specified
period in case the bank is not negligent.
II. Incorrect. A bank employee is a third party, i.e., he/she is different from
the bank. III. Incorrect. Another customer is a third party.
77. Sol: (a) The walls of the hindbrain or rhomb encephalon develop into the
medulla.
78. Sol: (c) The cerebral aqueduct act serves as a tabular communication between
the third and fourth ventricles. The third ventricles develop from the
forebrain and the fourth ventricles develop from the hindbrain.
79. Sol: (d) Anterior is an adjective meaning nearer the front, especially in the
front of the body, or nearer to the head or forepart.
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