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:: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE :: 2014 1. A Vessel contains 60 litres of milk, 6 litres of milk is taken out and 6 litres of water is added to the vessel. Again 6 litres of milk from the vessel is withdrawn and 6 litres of water is added to the vessel.

The ratio of milk and water in the resulting mixture in the vessel is 1) 81 : 19 2) 71 : 29 3) 61 : 39 4) 61 : 29 5) None of these 2. The present age of Rakshak is twice the present age of Sonal. Five years hence, Sonal’s age will be twice the present age of Arati. Five years ago, the ratio of the ages of Arati and Kiran was 2 : 3 respectively. Kiran’s present age is 20 years. Find Rakshak’s present age.

1) 45 years 2) 50 years 3) 35 years 4) 40 years 5) None of these 3. Simple interest on a certain sum at a certain rate for 2 years in Rs.160 and compound interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same period is Rs.170. The rate of interest per annum is: 1) 12% 2) 12.5% 3) 8% 4) 9% 5) None of these 4. Neha Chaudhary bought some goods for Rs.10000. She sold half of the goods at a loss of 25%. At what percent of profit should she sell the remaining goods so that she gets a gain of 38% on the whole transaction?

1) 75% 2) 85% 3) 101% 4) 105% 5) None of these 5. The cost price of 8 chairs in same as that of 5 tables. The total cost of 6 chairs and 2 tables is Rs.3680. Find the cost of 6 tables.

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1) Rs.3840 2) Rs.3850 3) Rs.3860 4) Rs.3845 5) None of these Directions (6 – 15): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in each of the following questions?

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1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 6 5) 8 7.

8. 11/51 of 13/15 of 17/19 of ? = 286/3 1) 560 2) 570 3) 580 4) 590 5) None of these 9. √1600 + √576 = ?

1) 3969 2) 3096 3) 2096 4) 4096 5) None of these [Type here]

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10. 878.34 – ? + 345.43 = 579.39 1) 644.38 2) 654.38 3) 649.38 4) 654.49 5) None of these 11. 1.64 + 0.64 + 0.064 – 0.8 – 0.08 = ?

1) 1.644 2) 1.464 3) 2.464 4) 1.466 5) None of these 12. 285.5 × 2.4 + 24.6 × 36.4 = ? × 0.8 1) 1875.5 2) 1795.8 3) 1975.8 4) 1888.6 5) None of these 13. 592 = 492 = 2? × 33 × 5 1) 4 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3 5) None of these 14. 13.5 × 5 + 245 × 0.5 + 677.5 = 59.1 × ?

1) 14.7 2) 15.8 3) 16.5 4) 21.7 5) None of these 15. 40% of 1476 + 25% of ? = 12933 ÷ 20 1) 215 2) 225 3) 235 4) 216 5) None of these

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16. A boatman rows downstream a distance of 30 km in 6 hours and upstream a distance of 24 km in 6 hours. The ratio of speed of boat in still water and speed of current is 1) 9 : 1 2) 8 : 1 3) 9 : 2 4) 8 : 3 5) None of these 17. The part of work done by A in 1 day is 1/5 th of the part of work done by B in 1 Day. A’s 1 day’s work in 3/4 th of C’s 1 day’s work. C alone can complete the work in 24 days. In how many days will B alone do the same work?

1) 42/5 days 2) 32/5 days 3) 22/5 days 4) 17 days 5) None of these 18. A, B and C together start a business. The ratio of investment of A and B is 7 : 8 and that of B and C is 4 : 9. B gets a share of Rs. 7104 in annual profit. What is C’s share in the profit?

1) Rs.16984 2) Rs.16894 3) Rs.15894 4) Rs.14894 5) None of these 19. The present population of a city P is thrice the present population of city Q. Two years hence, the population of city Q will be 18513. If the rate of growth of population of city Q is 10% per annum, what is the present population of city P 1) 48500 2) 45500 3) 49500 4) 45900 5) None of these 20. Vishal invested 2/11 th part of his monthly income in stocks share and that of 1/4th part in mutual fund. He spent the remaining amount on domestic needs and apparel in the ratio 5 : 3 respectively.

The expenditure on domestic needs was Rs.2100. What is his annual income?

1) Rs.84480 2) Rs.85480 3) Rs.86480 4) Rs.83480 5) None of these

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21. The distance between Shaurya’s house and Pratyusha’s house in 18 km. Shaurya’s speed is 3/4 th of that Pratyusha. Shaurya takes on hour in going to Pratyusha’s house. What is the speed of Pratyusha?

1) 18 kmph 2) 24 kmph 3) 30 kmph 4) 32 kmph 5) None of these 22. In a piggy bank there are 1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins. The respective ratio of their numbers is 10 : 8 : 5. In piggy bank there is a total sum of Rs. 976. How many 25 paise coins are there in the piggy bank?

1) 256 2) 360 3) 320 4) 640 5) None of these 23. The salary of Sarthak is 40% of that of Sarvagya. Harish’s salary is 60% of that of Sarthak. By what per cent is Sarvagya’s salary more than that of Harish?

1) 317 2) 217 3) 228 4) 281 5) None of these 24. The perimeter of a square plot is equal to the perimeter of a rectangular plot which is 23 metre long and 19 metre broad. What will be the diagonal of the square plot?

1) 17√2 m 2) 21√2 m 3) 22√2 m 4) 23√2 m 5) None of these 25. A tank is fitted with two inlet pipes A and B and an outlet pipe C. Pipe A can fill the empty tank in 12 minutes. While pipe B alone can fill it in 18 minutes. Pipe C can empty the full tank in 45/4 minutes. If all three pipes are opened simultaneously, in what time will the empty tank be filled?

1) 16 minutes 2) 18 minutes 3) 20 minutes 4) 22 minutes 5) None of these

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26. The sum of 68 numbers is 3474. The average of first 22 numbers is 61 and that of last 19 numbers is 44. What will be the average of remaining numbers?

1) 44 2) 48 3) 46 4) 50 5) 52 Directions (27 – 31): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

27. 5 12.5 32.5 105 427.5 ?

1) 2145 2) 2045 3) 2245 4) 2005 5) None of these 28. 20 38 74 146 290 ?

1) 576 2) 578 3) 580 4) 574 5) None of these 29. 12 13 21 85 597 ?

1) 4683 2) 4663 3) 4693 4) 4863 5) None of these 30. 400 800 880 896 899.2 ?

1) 889.48 2) 898.48 3) 899.64 4) 899.84 5) None of these 31. 40 20 30 75 262.5 ?

1) 1181.25 2) 1182.25 3) 1281.25 [Type here]

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4) 1161.25 5) 1811.25 32. If (7x/12) – 12 = 23 + (3x/8) , find the value of x.

1) 164 2) 168 3) 165 4) 180 5) 140 33. The diameter of a wheel is 42 cm. How many revolutions will be made by the wheel in covering a distance of 4092 metre?

1) 3600 2) 3200 3) 3100 4) 3300 5) None of these 34. Ankur invested a sum of Rs.16800 for four years in a scheme A. The rate of interest in scheme A is 8% per annum compounded yearly for the first two years and 10% for the third and fourth years compounded yearly. What will be the compound interest at the end of 4 years?

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Rs.6810 Rs.6910 Rs.6540 Rs.6210 Rs.6740

Directions (35 – 40): Read the following table carefully and answer the questions given below it.

35. What is the respective ratio between the total number of sun glasses old by store M in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 and that sold by store P in the same years?

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1) 401 : 406 2) 201 : 203 3) 131 : 139 4) 411 : 406 5) None of these 36. By what per cent is the number of sun glasses sold by store N in the year 2005 less than that sold by store R in the year 2003?

1) 10% 2) 12% 3) 14% 4) 15% 5) 20% 37. What is the respective ratio between the average number of sun glasses sold by store P and store Q during all the give years?

1) 271 : 276 2) 217 : 216 3) 227 : 216 4) 113 : 115 5) None of these 38. By what per cent approximately is the total number of sun glasses sold by store P in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 more than that sold by store Q in the same years?

1) 14% 2) 16% 3) 18% 4) 12% 5) 17% 39. What is the average number of sun glasses sold by store R ?

1) 760 2) 790 3) 810 4) 820 5) 829 40. How many sun glasses were sold by all the stores in the year 2003?

1) 5190 2) 4190 3) 4290 4) 5290 5) None of these [Type here]

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:: ENGLISH LANGUAGE :: Directions (41 – 45): In the following questions, each sentence has two blanks; each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

41. An analysis of booking data ……….. by online travel portal has shown 40 per cent of city residents ………… for hill stations for weekend breaks.

1) conduct, opted 2) conducted, opt 3) given, opted 4) collected, opted 5) conducted, chose 42. Mobile operators are allowed to ……….. network infrastructure like cellphone towers, which has ……….. them reduce cost, but not air waves.

1) sharing, helping 2) shared, helped 3) share, help 4) collect, helped 5) collect, helped 43. I ……….. a friend named Ankur who ……….. a horse ranch in the city.

1) have, owns 2) got, sells 3) need, holds 4) possess, runs 5) has, buys 44. Traffic was ……….. on the express way on Saturday as local residents ……….. the road.

1) disturbed, blocked 2) disrupted, blocked 3) blocked, stopped 4) jammed, block 5) disrupting, blockage 45. The incident ……….. place when the victim asked a ……….. of youths for money.

1) had, group 2) take, group 3) took, group 4) took, herd 5) was taken, group [Type here]

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Directions (46 – 50): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’ the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any) 46. Earlier this year (1)/ some foreign nations (2)/ was caught (3)/ bringing in drugs in shoe cavity. (4)/ No Error (5).

47. Our country looks all set to throw open (1)/ its door to foreign investors in infrastructure, (2)/ as the nation seeks to help (3)/ improved the creaky transportation facility. (4)/ No Error (5).

48. The company holds (1)/ the patent of the technology (2)/ which enable them to extract (3)/ precious metals from e-waste. (4)/ No Error (5).

49. It was strange (1)/ when people started (2)/ congratulate me (3)/ on completion of my dissertation.

(4)/ No Error (5).

50. Business confidence is by the upswing (1)/ as companies are betting (2)/ on a turnaround in the economy (3)/ and improvement in the investment. (4)/ No Error (5).

Directions (51 – 55): In the following questions, a sentence/ apart of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (5).

51. Traders and Mandi Market Committees are not threatening by the Government’s move to override the APMC laws.

1) scared 2) afraid 3) over powered 4) threatened 5) No Correction required 52. Indian firms are benefit strongly from the surge in mergers and acquisitions and amid heightened activity thanks to the business optimism generated by new government.

1) benefiting weakly 2) benefiting strongly 3) benefited weakly 4) feeling strongly 5) No correction required 53. Inspire scoring very high in the examination, Suresh failed to secure admission in the college of his choice.

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54. The commerce aircraft manufacturing business is a rarefied zone.

1) commercial 2) trade 3) businesses 4) trading 5) No Correction required 55. Signs that the Indican Economy is readying to became research basis are every where, and come from both the government and the private sector.

1) became researches basis 2) to became research basis 3) for becoming research basis 4) to become research based 5) No correction required Directions (56 – 60): Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A) All the labourers and the soldiers turned around and saw a hut just a few steps away from the palace gate.

B) Then suddenly his eyes fell on something and he shouted, “What is that? I did not see that before”.

C) Before inviting the King to see the palace, the minister decided to take a final look. “Splended!” the minister exclaimed, looking at the palace.

D) Many labourers were put to work and in a few days the palace was ready.

E) Once, Veer decided to build a apace on a river bank and ordered his ministers to survey the site and start the construction.

F) King Veer was known for his justice and kindness in whose kingdom, everyone was leading a happy and content life and his people loved him and were proud of him.

56. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F 57. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 58. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

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1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 59. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 57. Which of the following sentences should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Directions (61 – 70): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The assessment of humanity’s …(61) … in the next 100 years, which has taken 21 months to complete, argues strongly that to achieve long and healthy lives for all 9 billion people …(62) … to be living in 2050, the twin issues of population and …(63) … must be pushed to the top of political and economic agenda.

Both issues have been largely …(64) …by politicians and played down by environment and development for 20 years. “The number of people living on the planet has never been higher, their levels of consumption are …(65) …and vast changes are taking place in the environment. We …(66) … choose to rebalance the use of resources …(67) … a more egalitarian pattern of consumption… or we can choose to do nothing and to …(68) … into a downward spiral of economic and environmental ills …(69) …to a more unequal and in hospitable future.

At today’s rate of population increase developing countries will have to build the equivalent of a city of a million people every five days from now to 2050, says the report. “Global population growth is …(70) …for the next few decades. By 2050, it is projected that today’s population of 7 billion will have grown by 2.3 billion, the equivalent of new China and an India”.

61. 1) prospective 2) perception 3) prospects 4) aims 5) prospecting 62. 1) expect 2) expecting 3) expectation 4) expected 5) aspirations 63. 1) consumption 2) resumption 3) revamp 4) reconstruction 5) expenditure 64. 1) ignoring 2) ignored 3) cared 4) attended 5) attention

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65. 1) unprecedented 2) limited 3) useful 4) surprised 5) amazed 66. 1) would have 2) should be 3) can 4) are 5) have 67. 1) to 2) by 3) for 4) with 5) walk 68. 1) drifted 2) drift 3) flew 4) flowing 5) walk 69. 1) led 2) held 3) leading 4) going 5) doing 70. 1) evitable 2) inevitable 3) inevitably 4) viable 5) dispensable Directions (71 – 80): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

During the last few years, a lot of hype has been heaped on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). With their large populations and rapidgrowth, these countries, so the argument goes, will soon become some of the largest economies in the world and, in the case of China, the largest of all by as early as 2020. But the BRICS, as well as many other emerging-market economies-have recently experienced a sharp economic slowdown. So, is the honeymoon over?

Brazil’s GDP grew by only 1% last year, and may not grow by more than 2% this year, with its potential growth barely above 3%. Russia’s economy may grow by barely 2% this year, with potential growth also at around 3%, despite oil prices being around $ 100 a barrel. India had a couple of years of strong growth recently (11.2% in 2010 and 7.7% in 2011) but slowed to 4% in 2013. China’s economy grew by 10% a year for the last year and risks a hard landing. And South Africa grew by only 2.5% also year and may not grow faster than 2% this year.

Many other previously fast growing emerging market economies for example. Turkey, Argentina, Poland, Hungary and many in Central and Eastern Europe – are experiencing a similar slow down. So, what is ailing the BRICS and other emerging markets?

First, most emerging-market economies were overheating in 2010-11, with growth above potential and inflation rising and exceeding targets. Many of them thus tightened monetary policy in 2011, with consequences for growth in 2012 that have carried over into this year.

Second, the idea that emerging-market economies could fully decouple from economic weakness in advanced economies was farfetched: recession in the eurozone, near-recession in the United Kingdom and Japan in 2011-2012, and show economic growth in the United States were always likely to affect emerging-market performance negatively -via trade, financial links, and investor confidence. For example, the ongoing eurozone downturn has hurt Turkey and emerging-market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, owing to trade links.

Third, most BRICS and a few other emerging markets have moved toward a variant of state capitalism. This implies a slowdown in reforms that increase the private sectors productivity and economic share, together with a greater economic role for state-owned enterprises (and for state-owned banks in the allocation of credit and savings), as well as resource nationalism, trade protectionism, import substitution industrialisation polices, and imposition of capital controls.

This approach may have worked at earlier stages of development and when the global financial crisis caused private spending to fall; but it is now distorting economic activity and depressing potential growth. Indeed, ************************ Page 14

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China’s slowdown reflects an economic model that is, as former Premier Wen Jiabao put it, “unstable, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable”, and that now is adversely affecting growth in emerging Asia and in commodity-exporting emerging markets from Asia to Latin America and Africa. The risk that China will experience a hard landing in the next two years may further hurt many emerging economies.

Fourth, the commodity super-cycle that helped Brazil, Russia, South Africa and many other commodityexporting emerging markets may be over. Indeed, a boom would be difficult to sustain, given China’s slowdown, higher investment in energy-saving technologies, less emphasis on capital and resource-oriented growth models around the world, and the delayed increase in supply that high prices induced. The fifth, and most recent, factor is the US Federal Reserve’s signals that it might end its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected, and its hints of an eventual exit from zero interest rates, both of which have caused turbulence in emerging economies’ financial markets. Even before the Fed’s signals, emerging-market equities and commodities had underperformed this year, owing to China’s slowdown. Since then, emerging-market currencies and fixed-income securities (government and corporate bonds) have taken a hit. The era of cheap or zero-interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets – equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities – in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

Finally, while many emerging market economies tend to run current-account surpluses, a growing number of them – including Turkey, South Africa, Brazil and India are running deficits. And these deficits are now being financed in risker ways: more debt than equity: more short-term debt that long-term debt; more foreigncurrency debt than local-currency debt; and more financing from fickle cross-border interbank flows.

These countries share other weaknesses as well: excessive fiscal deficits, above-target inflation, and stability risk (reflected not only in the recent political turmoil in Brazil and Turkey, but also in South Africa’s labour strife and India’s political and electrocal uncertainties). The need to finance the external deficit and to avoid excessive depreciation (and even higher inflation) calls for raising policy rates or keeping them on hold at high levels. But monetary tightening would weaken already-slow growth. Thus, emerging economies with large twin deficits and other macroeconomic fragilities may experience further downward pressure on their financial markets and growth rates.

These factors explain why growth in most BRICS and many other emerging markets has slowed sharply.

Some factors are cyclical, but others -state capitalism, the risk of a hard landing in China, the end of the commodity super-cycle are more structural. Thus, many emerging markets’ growth rates in the next decade may be lower than in the last – as may the outsize returns that investors realised from these economies’ financial assets (currencies, equities, bonds and commodities). Of course, some of the better managed emerging-market economies will continue to experience rapid growth and asset outperformance. But many of the BRICS, along with some other emerging economies, may hit a thick wall, with growth and financial markets taking a serious beating.

71. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true as per the given information in the passage?

A) Brazil’s GDP grew by only 1% last year, and is expected to grow by approximately 2% this year.

B) China’s economy grew by 10% a year for the last three decades but slowed to 7.8% last year.

C) BRICS is a group of nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

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5) All A, B and C 72. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of the given information in the passage?

1) Russia’s economy may grow barely 2% this year, with potential growth also at around 4%.

2) The ongoing eurozone downturn has hurt Turkey and emerging market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, owing to trade links.

3) Most emerging-market economies were overheating in 2010-11, with growth above potential and inflation rising and exceeding targets.

4) Most BRICS and a few other emerging markets have moved toward a variant of state capitalism.

5) None of these 73. What should be the most appropriate title of the passage in your opinion?

1) Flourishing BRICS and Ailing Emerging Markets 2) Ailing BRICS and other Emerging Markets 3) Slowdown of Global Economy 4) China and World Economy 5) None of these 74. Which of the following is not a factor responsible for economic slowdown in BRICS and others emerging-market economies as cited by the writer of the passage?

1) Slow economic growth in the United States, recession in the eurozone, near recession in the United Kingdom and Japan in 2011-2012.

2) The commodity super cycle that helped Brazil, Russia, South Africa etc. may be over.

3) The US Federal Reserve’s signal that it might and its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected.

4) A growing number of emerging-market economies are running deficits are being financed in risker ways.

5) Stable,balanced, co-ordinated and sustainable growth.

75. The need to finance the external deficit and to avoid excessive depreciation in emerging markets calls for 1) raising policy rates 2) keeping policy rates on hold at high levels 3) Either (1) or (2) 4) Tightening monetary policy 5) None of them Directions (76 – 78): Choose the word/ group of words which is most similar in meaning to the world group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

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5) distant 77. Take a serious beating 1) to be difficult to do 2) to be easy to do 3) a very heavy defeat 4) to be better 5) to take lead 78. Turbulence 1) sudden changes 2) turf war 3) tumulus 4) confusion 5) turmoil Directions (79 – 80): Choose the word/ group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/ group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

79. Fickle 1) unstable 2) stable 3) often changing 4) meagre 5) voluminous 80. Depressing 1) very sad 2) unenthusiastic 3) enthusiastic 4) discouraging 5) hollow

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:: REASONING ABILITY :: Directions (81 – 85): In these questions, relationship between different elements in shown in the statements.

The statements are followed by two conclusions Given answer (1) if only Conclusion I is true Given answer (2) if only Conclusion II is true Given answer (3) if either Conclusion I or II is true Given answer (4) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true Given answer (5) if both Conclusions I and II are true 81. Statements: A ≥ B = C ≤ D Conclusions: I. A ≥ C II. D > A 82. Statements: P < Q = M ≥ N < O Conclusions: I. Q > O II. P < M 83. Statements: T > R < S = U > V; U ≥ M Conclusions: I. M ≥ R II. T ≤ M 84. Statements: Q ≤ P ≥ M ≤ N = T, N ≤ O Conclusions: I. O ≥ T II. O ≤ Q 85. Statements: D > E = F ≤ C ≥ P < Q Conclusions: I. E < Q II. F ≥ P Directions (86 – 90): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

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In a certain code language, bank for my conductor is written as ‘ya ri vi pa’. ‘for conductor is my’ is written as ‘ri vi pa da’ ‘my computer is yours is written as ‘da vi pi du’ ‘it yours tablet’ is written as ‘yu du ca’ 86. Which of the following is the code for ‘conductor’?

1) da 2) ri 3) ya 4) pa 5) ri or pa 87. Which of the following may represent ‘ya pi du’?

1) my computer tablet 2) yours computer bank 3) yours tablet bank 4) computer for bank 5) my tablet conductor 88. What is the code for ‘my’?

1) ri 2) pa 3) du 4) vi 5) da 89. What does the code ‘pa’ stand for?

1) for 2) conductor 3) my 4) bank 5) Cannot be determined 90. In the code language ‘my computer’ can be coded as: 1) pi vi 2) pi da 3) vi ri 4) pi ya 5) du pi Directions (91 – 95): In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even it they seem to be at variance form commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts. **************** Page 19

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Give answer Give answer Give answer Give answer Give answer

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

if only conclusion I follows if only conclusion II follows if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows if both conclusion I and conclusion II follows

91. Statements: Some apples are oranges Some oranges are potatoes Conclusions: I. No orange is apple II. At least some potatoes are oranges 92. Statements: No pen is pencil No pencil is ink Conclusions: I. Some ink are pens II. Some pens being ink is a possibility 93. Statements: No elephant is horse All bulls are horses.

Conclusions: I. No bull is elephant II. Some bulls being elephant is a possibility 94. Statements: Some books are papers No appear is bottle Conclusions: I. No bottle is book II. Some bottles being book is a possibility 95. Statements: Some mobiles are tablets No tablet is personal computer Conclusions: I. No personal computer is mobile II. Some personal computers are mobiles Directions (96 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

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Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent people. In Row -1, V, W, X, Y and Z are seated and all of them are facing south.

In Row -2, H, I, J, K and L are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Y is sitting to the immediate left of W. H is to the immediate left of person who faces V. L is sitting third to the right of J. Z is at the extreme end of the line. X faces L. W is sitting second to the right of the person who faces K. J is at the extreme end of the line.

96. Who amongst the following is sitting second to the left of V? 1) Y 2) X 3) W 4) Z 5) None of these 97. Who amongst the following sit at the extreme ends of the two rows?

1) I, J, W, Z 2) X, Z, J, L 3) W, X, K, J 4) Z, Y, J, H 5) W, Z, J, L 98. Which of the following statements is true regarding K? 1) K sits third to the right of J 2) K is not an immediate neighbour of H 3) K sits second to the left of I 4) K faces Y 5) There are three persons to the left of K. 99. Which of the following statements is true regarding J? 1) J is at extreme right position 2) J is sitting between H and L 3) J faces V 4) K is an immediate neighbour of J 5) None is true 100. Who among the following sits exactly between X and Y? 1) W 2) V 3) Z 4) Cannot be determined 5) There is no person between X and Y Directions (101 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 105): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

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Seven friends – A, B, C, D, E, F and G – joined different languages courses viz, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam on the seven different days of the same week from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.

Only three friends joined courses after D. Only two friends joined courses between D and the one who joined Bengali language. Only three friends joined language courses between the persons who joined Bengali and Odiya languages. Only one friend joined between G and the person who joined Telugu language. G joined courses neither on Tuesday nor on Wednesday. Neither G nor E joined Odiya language. Only three friends joined language courses between G and C. A joined language course on the day immediately before the one who joined Malayalam language. Neither D nor E joined Malayalam language. B joined Hindi language. A did not join Gujarati language.

101. On which of the following days of the week A did join the language course?

1) Tuesday 2) Monday 3) Friday 4) Wednesday 5) Thursday 102. Who among the following did join the Bengali language course?

1) A 2) D 3) F 4) G 5) E 103. Who among the following joined the Odiya language course?

1) C 2) D 3) F 4) A 5) Either A or F 104. Which of the following combinations of Day-Person-Course is not correct?

1) Wednesday – F – Odiya 2) Saturday – G – Gujarati 3) Thursday – D – Telugu 4) Monday – C – Bengali 5) Friday – B – Hindi 105. Who among the following joined the language course on the last day of the week, i.e., Sunday?

1) E 2) F 3) C

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4) G 5) B Directions (106 – 108): Study the following information and answer the questions given below: A and B are husband and wife. C is son of B. D is son of C. C is married to P. P is mother of M. R is daughter of M. M is mother of T. 106. Who among the following is the grandson of A? 1) C 2) D 3) M 4) T 5) P 107. Who among the following is the grand daughter of C? 1) R 2) T 3) D 4) M 5) None of these 108. Who among the following is mother-in-law of P? 1) A 2) B 3) M 4) Either A or B 5) None of these Directions (109 – 111): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Among five persons – M, N, O, P and Q – each having different height. N is taller than O but shorter than M. Q is taller than only P. The second tallest person is 165 cm tall while the second shortest in 155 cm tall.

109. Who among the following is the tallest?

1) Q 2) O 3) M 4) N 5) None of these 110. Who among the following may be 160 cm tall?

1) O 2) N

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3) Q 4) P 5) None of these 111. Who among the following is shorter than N but taller than Q? 1) P 2) M or O 3) M 4) O 5) None of these Directions (112 – 115): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: M, V, K, D, T, J and R are seven friends studying in different classes – IIIrd, IVth, Vth, VIth, VIIth, VIIIth, and IXth standards. Each of them has different favourite colours yeloow, blue, red, white, black, green and violet. J likes red and studies in class Vth, R likes violet and studies in Class IIIrd. M studies in class VIIIth and does not like either green or yellow. K likes white and does not study either in VIIth or in IVth. D studies in VIth and likes black. T does not study in IVth. V does not like green.

112. In which standard does K study?

1) IIIrd 2) Vth 3) IVth 4) VIIth 5) None of these 113. What is M’s favourite colour?

1) Red 2) Yellow 3) Green 4) Blue 5) None of these.

114. In which standard does ‘V’ study?

1) IVth 2) IXth 3) VIIth 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these.

115. What is V’s favourite colour?

1) Green 2) Red 3) Yellow

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4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 116. Statement: The Government is working on a proposal to double the investment threshold that defines micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Which of the following cannot be a possible effect of the above proposal if it is accepted?

1) The MSMEs would grow at rapid pace as many small entities prefer to be small for the fear of losing out the tax benefits.

2) If the sizes of companies are bigger then they are less vulnerable and their issues can be addressed in a better way.

3) The MSMEs would discard its basic structure and these would come in direct competition with the bigger companies.

4) The step would enable more companies to get tax benefits currently available to MSMEs. 5) Technological upgradation and more R & D would be available to MSMEs. 117. Effect: The Reserve Bank of India has increased the priority sector housing loans to Rs.40 lakh per unit. Which of the following can be a possible cause of the above statement?

1) The Government is facing great challenge to provide affordable housing to the needy people.

2) The definition of affordability in most of the cities has changed and more funds are needed to purchase a dwelling unit.

3) Real estate developers are focusing on high-end luxury segment and ignoring the lower segment.

4) The costs of building materials have surpassed the prices of land for housing.

5) Banking industry has sought permission to finance land purchase also.

118. Statement: The Income Tax authorities carried out raids at three different business houses in the city last week.

Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above statement?

1) The three business houses are regular defaulters in payment of their income tax.

2) The Income Tax department had received a tip off about the illegal activities going on in the three business houses.

3) The Government decided to look into the matter and has appointed and inquiry committee.

4) Other business houses took immediate action to clear off all their income tax dues in order to avoid a raid on their establishments.

5) The authorities intend to conduct raids in several other business houses in the vicinity.\ Directions (119 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 120): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Point B is 4 meters towards the North of point A Point E is 8 meters towards the East of point B. Point C is 5 meters towards the East of Point A. Point D is 9 meters towards the West of point C. 119. How far should one walk from point A in order to reach point D?

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1) 4 meters 2) 9 meters 3) 5 meters 4) 14 meters 5) 8 meters.

120. If a person walks 4 meters towards the South from point E and then walks after taking a right turn, which of the following points would he reach first?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) None of these

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SBI Clerk Exam Paper - 20 12 :: General Awareness :: 1. Which of the following countries has agreed to accept the payment of export of oil and petroleum products to India, in rupee terms instead of dollar or any other currency? (a) Kuwait (b) UAE (c) Iran (d) Iraq (e) Libya 2. As per the news paper reports Govt. of India has finally agreed to purchase advanced MRMRs for its naval forces. What are these MRMRs? (a) Aircrafts (b) Warships (c) Submarines (d) Radar Systems (e) Rocket Launchers 3. Which of the following agencies/organizations decided to cancel 122 Licenses of 2G Spectrum issued by the Govt. of India to various companies and asked the Govt. to do the process afresh? (a) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) (b) Supreme Court of India (c) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) (d) Conference of Indian Industry (CII) (e) Reserve Bank of India 4. Who among the following is the Prime Minister of a country at present and has also won the Presidential Elections held in March 2012? (He had been president of the country twice in the past.

This will be his third term as president. He will join office in July 2012). (a) Mohammed Waheed Hassan (Maldives) (b) Add â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rabba Mansour Hadi (Yeman) (c) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) (d) Vladimir Putin (Russia) (e) None of these 5. Which of the following countries approved a new constitution of the country in a referendum through secret voting held in February 2012? (a) Libya (b) Iraq (c) Iran (d) UAE (e) Syria

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6. Which of the following has signed a ‘Non-Aggression Pact’ with Sudan? (a) Uganda (b) Kenya (c) Ethiopia (d) South Africa (e) South Sudan 7. General Clients of various banks in India can made a complaint to which of the following offices, on the issues related to deficiency in services which do not get resolved at banks’ level? (a) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (b) Attorney General of India (c) Ombudsman (d) Indian Audit Bureau (e) Indian Bank’s Association 8. The sensitive index of National Stock Exchange of India is popularly known as (a) SENSEX (b) CRIS (c) CSE (d) MCX (e) Nifty

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9. Which of the following Indians was conferred the prestigious “National Medal of Arts and Humanities”, awarded by US President in February 2012? (a) Syria (b) Sudan (c) Iran (d) Libya (e) Egypt 10. Who among the following Indian was conferred the prestigious “National Medal of Arts and Humanities”, awarded by US President in February 2012? (a) Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia (b) Ms. Meria Kumar (c) Dr. Amariyan Sen (d) Dr. D Subbarao (e) Shri N.R. Narayan Murthy 11. The proceeds from disinvestment of various public sector undertakings are channelized into (a) Technology Upgradation Fund (b) Venture Capital Fund (NABARD) (c) Rural Innovation Fund (NABARD) (d) Portfolio Risk Fund (SIDBI) (e) National Investment Fund

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(d) 22nd March (e) 22nd April 13. As per new data released recently what was GDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real growth rate? (approximately) (a) 7% (b) 8% (c) 9% (d) 10% (e) 15% 14. Meryl Streep who was awarded one of the Oscar Awards 2012, is a famous (a) Film Director (b) Actress (c) Song writer (d) Screen play writer (e) Costume Designer 15. Which of the following counties has announced to freeze its Nuclear Programme so that it can avail food aid from US and other countries? (a) North Korea (b) South Korea (c) Iran (d) India (e) Pakistan 16. Which of the following organizations has agreed to give a financial and of US $ 4.3 billion to India to help it in eliminating poverty? (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF) (b) World Bank (c) Bank of Tokyo & HSBC Jointly (d) Asian Development Bank (ADB) (e) IMF & ADB Jointly 17. What is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) at present? (a) 20% (b) 22% (c) 25% (d) 24% (e) None of these 18. Which of the following is one of the major functions of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)? (a) Provide loans to State Govt. for developing rural infrastructure (b) Preparing Monetary & Credit Policy of India (c) Deciding Bank Rate (d) Providing Credit to Small Industrial Units (e) Monitoring and Controlling functions of the Stock exchanges in India

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19. India conducted a joint naval coast guard exercise Sahyog-Kaijin-XI with _ (a) China (b) Myanmar (c) Thailand (d) Japan (e) Bangladesh 20. Which of the following teams won the Africa Cup Football Championship Final held in February 2012? (a) Kenya (b) Zambia (c) South Africa (d) Ivory Coast (e) Ghana 21. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland recently won an international sports/games Championship. She is a famous _ (a) Chess player (b) Golf player (c) Lawn Tennis player (d) Table Tennis player (e) Badminton player 22. Which of the following films was adjudged ‘Best picture’ in 84th “Oscar Award” function held in February 2012? (a) The Help (b) The Iron Lady (c) The Artist (d) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (e) Midnight in Paris 23. What does the letter S denote in the abbreviation ‘SEBI’ which is the same of a regular in financial sector in India? (a) Small (b) State (c) Special (d) Statutory (e) Securities 24. Mr. Sauli Niinisto is the present President of (a) Yemen (b) Maldives (c) China (d) Finland (e) S. Korea 25. A tax levied on the values that eh added to goods and services by the producers at various stages of production and distribution is called _ _ (a) Excise duty

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(b) Value Added Tax (c) Goods & Service Tax (d) Surcharge (e) Income Tax 26. Which of the following combinations of authors and the books written by her/him is NOT correct? (a) A tale of Two Gardens – Octavio Paz (b) A suitable Boy – Vikram Seth (c) Area of Darkness – V. S. Naipaul (d) Malguid Days – R. K. Narayan (e) A house for Mr. Biswas - Kiran Desai 27. Which of the following terms is used in the game of cricket? (a) Punch (b) Deuce (c) Trump (d) Leg Bye (e) Dribble 28. Which of the following cups/trophies is NOT associated with the game of Lawn Tennis? (a) Davis Cup (b) Merdeka Cup (c) Wimbledon (d) ATP Open (e) Dubai open 29. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Banking & Finance? (a) Double Fault (b) Hit Wicket (c) Atomic Number (d) Dividend (e) Grand Slam 30. Which of the following is the currency used in South Korea? (a) Euro (b) Krone (c) Dinar (d) Pound (e) Won 31. Which of the following awards by the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh for excellence in the field of classical Music? (a) Tansen Award (b) Saraswati Samman (c) Mangla Prasad Paritoshik (d) Arjun Awards (e) Dronacharya Award

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32. Who among the following is a famous Cricket player and represent his country in international matches? (a) Kane Williamson (b) Jbe Kruger (c) Marcel Siem (d) Saurav Ghosal (e) Rahul Aware 33. Which of the following is NOT a name of a newspaper published in India? (a) Danik Jagran (b) The Statesman (c) The Tribune (d) Rajasthan Patrika (e) South Zone 34. Which of the following cities in India is known as Electronic city of India? (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Bangalore (d) Hyderabad (e) New Delhi 35. Mr. Yang Jiechi who was on a visit to India in March 2012 is the (a) Home Minister of Japan (b) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (c) Kalinga Award (d) Sarswati Samman (e) Kabeer Samman 36. Which of the following awards is given by the Govt. of India? (a) Kalidas Samman (b) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (c) Kalinga Award (d) Sarswati Samman (e) Kabeer Samman 37. Which of the following terms is NOT used in the field of Biology? (a) DNA (b) RNA (c) GST (d) Osmosis (e) Homeostatis 38. Which of the following places in India is famous for its woolen carpets? (a) Satara (b) Bhadohi (c) Nagpur (d) Ambala (e) Bhagalpur ************************** Page 32

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39. The second Green Revolution planned for North Eastern states is based on production of which of the following crops? (a) Paddy (b) Wheat (c) Banana (d) Pulses (e) Vegetables 40. Which of the following schemes was launched by the Govt. of India of school Children? (a) Mid Day Meal (b) MGNREGA (c) RAY (d) Look East (e) Swavlamban

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:: General English :: 1-15. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Certain words/phrase have been in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the question.

The men of Suvarnanagari were very lazy. The only liked to gossip and tell each other tall tales. As soon as the sun rose, the men would tuck into a hearty breakfast and then gather in groups for their daily session of gossiping. They should spend the rest of the day telling each other impossible stories. They came back home only at lunch and dinner time. The farmlands of Suvarnanagari were very fertile. If the men had spend even a little time at the fields, they would have reaped wonderful crops. But as they did nothing, all the responsibilities ended up on the shoulders of the women. They had to work hard the whole day. The cooked, cleaned, sent the children to school, worked in the fields, took that the men needed to be taught a lesson. One of them suggested that they write to the king about their problem, as he was known to be a just a kind person. So the letter was written and sent to the king. The women went back to their daily routines hoping that the king would soon take some action. Many would the king of such a vast empire be concerned about the plight of the women of such a tiny village?’ they thought. A month passed by and it was a full moon night. The men ate their dinners and because it was so beautiful and well lit outside, they gathered again to chat and boast. That night they Soon a tall and handsome stranger joined them. Seeing his noble features and intelligent eyes, each one wanted to prove himself better than the others and impress him. One said, “I knew the map of this trouble bringing me back home! Everyone was impressed by this story. Soon another man said, “So all the way to the king’s places. He received me with a lot of love and we had the most delicious meal together.” This was even more impressive so everyone applauded. Now a third man said, “Huh ! That is nothing. I sat on an elephant when I was a week old and had lunch with the king in his palace.” Before the admiring numbers could die down, a fourth man said, “When I was a month old, I flew like a bird and landed in the king’s garden. The king picked me up and even let me sit on his throne with him”. While everyone was in awe of these stories, the stranger spoke up, “Do all four of you know the king very well” “Of course we do !” they replied together. “Our king knows and loves us. In fact he is proud “That makes my task so much easier. You see, I work in the king’s court. Some days ago the king had summoned four supermen to the city in order to repair a large hole in the city wall. As you know, we use only the largest and the toughest stones for building these walls, and they could be lifted and put in place only be these supermen. The four supermen asked to be paid in gold bars and the king complied. But the night they received their fee, they disappeared from the place. I have been wandering around ever since looking for them. The king has ordered me to find the four men and bring them back to the capital to finish the work. They will also have to return the gold bars they ran away with. It looks like the search has finally ended. I will take the four of you to the king along with the gold bars. The king will be very pleased with me and will surely reward me, “said the stranger. By the time the stranger finished his story the four men realized that their lies had landed them into a huge trouble. Their faces turned ashen and they divided at the stranger’s feet. “Save us !” they pleaded. “Those were all lies. We are all just a bunch of lazy men. But if you forgive us and forget our stories we promise to do some honest work and stop telling such lies,” they wailed. The stranger smaller and said, “Alright, I will tell the king that there are no supreme in this village, just honest and hardworking men and women.” That night the stranger left the village. The women were sure that it was none other than the king himself.

1. How did the men of Suvarnanagari spend their days? (a) They helped in repairing the kingdom’s walls (b) They worked in the fields and at the market (c) They only ate, gossiped and told each other tall tales (d) They searched for the supermen (e) They spoke about their experience ********************* Page 34

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2. What did the women of Suvarnanagari decide? (a) That they would complain to the king about the lazy men (b) That they would write a letter to the village headman (c) That they would stop working in the fields (d) That they would stop sending the children to school (e) That they would start gossiping like the men 3. Why did the women of Suvarnanagari start losing hope? (a) Because there was no improvement in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavior despite the kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intervention (b) Because many days had passed and the king had not acted on their complaint (c) Because they could not earn much despite working hard all day in the field (d) Because the king always favoured the men of Suvarnanagari (e) Because they were losing their importance after the men had started working 4. What did the second man boast about? (a) That he knew the way to the palace even before being born (b) That he was stronger than all the other supermen in that village (c) That the flew to the kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s palace a week after he was born (d) That he rode an elephant after he was born and had lunch with the king (e) That he rode a horse a day after he was born and had a meal with the king 5. Why were the four supermen summoned by the king as told by the stranger? (a) To make sure that the men of Suvarnanagari were working in the fields (b) To rob the gold bars from Suvarnanagari (c) To help the women of Suvarnanagari in their daily chores (d) To make sure that the children of Suvarnanagari went to school (e) To fix the hole in the city wall with strong and big stones 6. Why did the four men start waiting? (a) They realized that there were other supermen in the kingdom (b) They realized that the king was upset about their laziness (c) They realized that they were being unfair to the women (d) They realized that their lies had landed them in trouble (e) They realized that the stranger was the king 7. What did the four men promise to do? (a) They promised that they would stop lying and start working hard (b) They promised that they would repair the city wall (c) They promised that they would return the gold bars, the king gave them (d) They promised that they would help the stranger look for the four supermen (e) They promised that they would gossip only about true stories 8. Arrange the following incidents in a chronological order as they occurred in the passage.

(1) The second man was boasting about his powers (2) The women of Suvarnanagari were unhappy (3) The stranger left the village (4) The stranger said that he would take the four men to the king

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(a) 1432 (b) 2413 (c) 1243 (d) 2134 (e) 2143 9. Which of the following is true according to the passage? (a) The women of Suvarnanagari gossiped (b) The women thought that the stranger was the king himself (c) The second man said that he could fly when he was a week old (d) The stranger said that the city wall was destroyed by the four supermen (e) None is true 10. Which of the following may be an appropriate title to the passage? (a) The fertile farms of Suvarnanagari (b) The man who could fly (c) The lazy men of Suvarnanagari (d) The foolish women of Suvarnanagari (e) The city walls of Suvarnanagari 11-13. Choose the word/groups of words which is most similar in the meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

11. Tuck into (a) Eat (b) Fit into (c) Sleep (d) Wear (e) Place on 12. Plight (a) Troubles (b) Lives (c) Routine (d) Fights (e) Arguments 13. Received (a) Obtained (b) Welcomed (c) Collected (d) Found (e) Got

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14-15. Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

14. Die down (a) Stop

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(b) Decrease (c) Kill (d) Start (e) Create 15. Compiled (a) Accepted (b) Agreed (c) Declined (d) Decided (e) Disobeyed 16-20. Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.

Chosen the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

16. They changed a few criterion in (a) has – our (b) have – their (c) can – a (d) had – an (e) may – company

recruitment process.

17. They had _ _ the venue for the party a month _ (a) found – soon (b) saw – earlier (c) looked – later (d) selected – easily (e) booked – in advance 18 She is one of the _ (a) best – in (b) most – of (c) better – for (d) good – by (e) more – on 19. Please _ (a) be – also (b) in – but (c) so – only (d) as – just (e) make – and

interior decorators _

the city.

_ sure that you attach the photocopies

20. _ his parents moved to another city, he (a) Despite - still (b) Though – continues (c) Inspire of – wants (d) No sooner – waits (e) Later – remains

_ not the original documents

_ to stay in this city.

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21-25. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No Error’ the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any).

21. She informed that (1) / she will visiting her (2) / aunt at the (3) / hospital the next day. (4) / No Error (5) 22. Each participant are (1) / expected to be present (2) / at least an hour (3) / before the competition. (4) / No error (5) 23. The king praised (1) / the minister and (2) / rewarded him with (3) / a thousand gold coins. (4) No error (5) 24. She had request (1) / me to looked (2) / her garden while (3) / she was away. (4) / No error 25. The farmer was (1) / in need of money (2) / so he went (3) / at the money-lender. (4) / No error (5) 26-30. Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful land correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (5) as the answer.

26. Barring the few, all the customers are defaulters. (a) Barred a few (b) Leave a few (c) Barring a less (d) Barring a few (e) No correction required 27. The cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation. (a) cooked in a story (b) cooked up a story (c) cooked up a stories (d) cooked on the story (e) No correction required 28. She likes to be in all goods books of others. (a) one the good books (b) in the books (c) in the goo books (d) in the good bookings (e) No correction required 29. The actor has been keeping lower profile for some time now. (a) lowering the profile (b) profile low (c) a lowest profile (d) a low profile (e) No correction required

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30. Thought everyone was tired, Rahul was hell bend on playing another game. (a) bending hell on (b) hell bent in (c) hell bent on (d) hell bent for (e) No correction required 31-40. In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The ‘Fool of the Year’ contest was (31) to all the countries of king Krishnadeva Raya. All of them looked forward to the event as the winner would (32) a handsome prize of 5000 gold coins. The trouble was that Raman (33) won the contest. One year the other courtiers decided that he must be kept out of it and (34) his servant to lock him in his room to prevent him from reaching the palace in time for the event. Consequently, Raman reached the place (35) the contest was over. Just as the (36) of the winner was about to be announced the king noticed Raman. Seeing him come in, the king asked him why he was so late. Raman told him he was in need of a hundred gold coins and had been engaged in trying (37) to the amount.

“If you had participated in the contest you might have won the prize money and your problem would have been solved,” said the king. “You’ve behaved very foolishly, Raman.” Sir that means I am a fool,” said Raman.

“You’re the greatest fool I’ve ever seen !” said the king. “In that case all the other here are (38) than me. That means I have won the contest !” said Raman. The king realized that he had (39) a slip but he was too proud to acknowledge it. To the chagrin of the other countries, the king (40) Raman the winner of the ‘Fool of the Year’ contest!

31. (a) closed (b) easy (c) open (d) lost (e) winning 32. (a) find (b) give (c) see (d) receive (e) show 33. (a) never (b) tried (c) totally (d) easy (e) always 34. (a) bribed (b) ask (c) complained (d) raised (e) confessed

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35. (a) later (b) soon (c) after (d) completely (e) not 36. (a) face (b) contest (c) contestant (d) name (e) age 37. (a) look (b) collects (c) finding (d) counting (e) raise 38. (a) foolish (b) happier (c) wiser (d) sad (e) taller 39. (a) fallen (b) showed (c) found (d) made (e) created 40. (a) declared (b) announce (c) said (d) told (e) called

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:: Quantitative Aptitude :: 1-5. What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. (47)2 – (15)2 = ? (a) 1894 (b) 1849 (c) 1949 (d) 1984 (e) None of these 2. 81% of 4915 = ? (a) 3819.15 (b) 3871.15 (c) 3981.15 (d) 3918.15 (e) None of these 3. 25 × 43 ÷ 5 = ? (a) 215 (b) 220 (c) 205 (d) 251 (e) None of these 4. 93 + 26 × 3 – 51 = ? (a) 201 (b) 102 (c) 120 (d) 210 (e) None of these 5. 1682 ÷ 45 × ? = 377 (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 14 (e) None of these 6. 2.8 + 28.8 + 2.88 + 0.2 + 0.28 = ? (a) 44.96 (b) 33.96 (c) 43.96 (d) 34.96 (e) None of these 7. 63 × 9 × 14 ÷ ? = 98 (a) 83 ********************* Page 41

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(b) 86 (c) 88 (d) 91 (e) None of these 8. 11.7 × 4.1 – 5.97 = ? (a) 48 (b) 42 (c) 46 (d) 39 (e) None of these 9. (a) 758 (b) 763 (c) 741 (d) 751 (e) None of these 10.

(e) None of these 11. (a) 89 (b) 97 (c) 93 (d) 91 (e) 99 12. 24% of 6730 = ? (a) 1615.2 (b) 1619.4 (c) 1613.8 (d) 1617.2 (e) None of these

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13.

14.

(a) 3199 (b) 3168 (c) 3189 (d) 3188 (e) None of these 15. 2850 รท ? = 75 (a) 31 (b) 34 (c) 39 (d) 37 (e) None of these 16-20. Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions that follow: The graph represent the total number of tickets sold of five plays P, Q, R, S and T, across two auditoriums A and B on a particular day

16. The number of tickets sold of play T at auditorium A is what percent of the number of tickets of play P sold at auditorium A?

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********************** (a) 220 (b) 200 (c) 210 (d) 190 (e) 180 17. What is the total number tickets of plays Q and R together at both the auditoriums A and B together? (a) 1050 (b) 1200 (c) 1250 (d) 1350 (e) 1300 18. What is the respective ratio of the number of tickets sold of play P at auditorium B to the number of tickets sold of play Q at auditorium B? (a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 5 (e) 4 : 5 19. What is the difference between the total number of tickets sold of all plays together at auditorium A and the total number of tickets sold for all plays together at auditorium B? (a) 180 (b) 170 (c) 150 (d) 160 (e) 140 20. What is the average number of tickets sold at auditorium B for play T and S together? (a) 360 (b) 320 (c) 300 (d) 340 (e) 350 21. If the area of a rectangle is 1248 square meters and its breadth is 32 meters how much is its perimeter? (a) 142 meters (b) 128 meters (c) 148 meters (d) 124 meters (e) None of these 22. The cost price of an article is Rs. 7950/-. If it is to be sold at a profit of 18%, how much would be its selling price? (a) Rs. 9431/(b) Rs. 9183/********************* Page 44

********************** (c) Rs. 9218/(d) Rs. 9381/(e) None of these 23. 24 articles were bought for Rs. 14880 and sold for Rs. 18480. How much was the approximate profit percentage per article? (a) 32% (b) 29% (c) 17% (d) 20% (e) 24% 24. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 7200/- at 5 p.c.p.a. in 2 years? (a) Rs. 841 (b) Rs. 738 (c) Rs. 793 (d) Rs. 812 (e) Rs. 694 25. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 4 : 3 respectively. The ratio of their ages eight years from now will be 6 : 5 respectively. How old was A, when B was 7 years old? (a) 16 years (b) 11 years (c) 9 years (d) 12 years (e) None of these 26. What will be the average of the following set of scores?

48, 47, 64, 91, 72, 68, 93 (a) 65 (b) 69 (c) 72 (d) 61 (e) 75 27. In how many different ways can the letters of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PARTYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; be arranged? (a) 120 (b) 2005 (c) 2400 (d) 720 (e) None of these 28. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 1434. What is the largest number? (a) 488 (b) 484 (c) 476 (d) 472 (e) None of these

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********************** 29. The circumference of a circle is 748 meters. What will be its radius? (a) 113 meters (b) 107 meters (c) 116 meters (d) 109 meters (e) None of these 30. Cost of 68 pens and 96 pencils is Rs. 788/-. What is the cost of 17 pens and 24 pencils? (a) Rs. 193/(b) Rs. 189/(c) Rs. 197/(d) Rs. 183/(e) None of these 31-33. Study the information given below and answer the question that follow: An article was bought for Rs. 5200/-. It price was marked up by 15%. Thereafter it was sold at a discount of 9% on the marked price.

31. What was the amount of discount given? (a) Rs. 528.20 (b) Rs. 519.20 (c) Rs. 533.20 (d) Rs. 538.20 (e) Rs. 529.20 32. What was the marked price of the article? (a) Rs. 5480/(b) Rs. 5880/(c) Rs. 5990/(d) Rs. 5790/(e) Rs. 5980/33. What was the percent profit earned on the transaction? (a) 4.85% (b) 4.65% (c) 4.35% (d) 4.45% (e) 4.25% 34. A and B together can complete a particular task in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same task in 12 days, how many days will B take to complete the task if he works alone? (a) 9 days (b) 7 days (c) 5 days (d) 3 days (e) None of these 35-39. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

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********************** 35. ? 7800 1560 390 130 65 (a) 47120 (b) 49900 (c) 46800 (d) 48350 (e) None of these 36. 7 11 19 ? 67 131 (a) 35 (b) 23 (c) 46 (d) 51 (e) None of these 37. 5 10 25 70 205 ? (a) 650 (b) 370 (c) 550 (d) 610 (e) None of these 38. 7 35 210 ? 6300 31500 (a) 1040 (b) 1360 (c) 1080 (d) 1030 (e) None of these 39. 513 495 ? 462 447 433 (a) 460 (b) 491 (c) 488 (d) 478 (e) None of these 40. In how many years will Rs. 4400 amount to Rs. 5984 at 4 p.c.p.a. simple interest? (a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 7 (e) None of these

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:: Reasoning Ability :: 121-125. Each of the questions given below is based on the given diagram. The diagram shows three figures each representing Scientists, Government employees and employees of Company X.

121. Which of the following represent all such Scientists who are Government employees but are not employed in Company X? (a) Only C (b) C and G (c) G, C and F (d) C and F (e) Only F 122. Which of the following represents such employees of company X who are also Government employees but are not Scientists? (a) D and G (b) Only D (c) G and F (d) Only A (e) None of these 123. Which of the following groups represents all such Government employees who are not Scientists? (a) A, B and D (b) B and F (c) Only A (d) B and D (e) A and C 124. Which of the following does the group C represent in the above diagram? (a) All such employees of Company X who are also Scientists as well as Government employees (b) All such Government employees who are Scientists as well as employees of Company X (c) All such employees of Company X who are Scientists but are not Government employees (d) All such Scientists who are neither Government employees nor employed with Company X [Type here]

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