MAT Sample Paper
MAT Sample Paper
MAT Sample Paper
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This booklet contains 32 pages including the blank ones. Immediately after opening the booklet,
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The Test Paper contains 200 questions. Each question is worth 4 marks.
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A man while talking to another said, The mother-in-law of your wife is also the only daughter of my
fathers father-in-law. How is the latter related to the former man?
(a) Brother
(b) Father
(c) Son
(d) Grandfather
2.
A man while looking at the photograph of a woman said, She is the paternal grandmother of children
of my wifes brother. How is the man related to the woman?
(a) Brother-in-law
(b) Son
(c) Father
(d) Son-in-law
3.
The letters of the word MACHINE may be coded as NDHOORG; if you follow the same code, what
will happen to PLANETS?
(a) QOFULXU
(b) QOFVKXU
(c) QOFUKXU
(d) OMGSIWS
4.
Each of the following three figures shows three adjacent faces of a particular die.
How many dots are present on the face of the die, which is opposite the face containing 6 dots?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 3
5.
Rahims house is in the East of his office, which is in the North of Pushpaks office. If Pushpaks
office is in the South of his house, then in which direction of Rahims house, is Pushpaks house?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) West
(d) None of these
(b) 105
(c) 96
(d) 100
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(b) 227
(c) 231
(d) 247
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(b) 63
(c) 67
(d) 69
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(b) 294
(c) 300
(d) 324
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(c) 76
(d) 70
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Directions for questions 11 to 15: The following questions consist of two statements; one labeled as the
'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and
decide if '(A)' and '(R)' are individually true, and if so, whether '(R)' is the correct explanation of '(A)'. The
options for you to choose from are:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) A is true but (R) is false
(d) A is false but (R) is true
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A: India is a Democracy.
R: India was colonized by Britain.
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"Minister Patil says that we should not fund the attack submarine program. I disagree entirely. I
can't understand why he wants to leave us defenseless like that."
What is the assumption made by the author in the above argument?
(a) Not funding the attack submarine program will leave the country defenseless.
(b) Funding the attack submarine program is necessary for defense of the country.
(c) Attack submarine program is very expensive.
(d) India should fund the attack submarine program.
17.
"Your Score in MOCK Tests is not good. You should read more."
Which one of the following is not an assumption taken by the author in the above argument?
(a) Reading more will help in increasing MOCK Test score.
(b) Reading more is possible.
(c) A better score in MOCK Tests is desirable.
(d) Reading is essential in order to appear for MOCK Tests.
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Aman: "Juhi says that she is a feminist, but that can't be true. Over the summer, I saw feminists
appear on several talk shows and news shows and I read about them in the papers. The women
were really bitter and said that women were victims of men and needed to be given special
compensation. Juhi is always talking about equal rights and forging her own place in the world. So,
she can't be a feminist."
What is the flaw in Aman's argument?
(a) He assumes that there is only one category of feminists.
(b) Juhi is lying about being a feminist.
(c) Television shows are not good sources of information.
(d) Demand for equal rights is very different from being a feminist.
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"The U.S.A shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few
troops, it will then send in a thousand more to die."
What is the flaw in the above argument?
(a) Author has assumed the sequence of events that will lead to the result mentioned in the argument.
(b) Premise and Conclusion are inter-convertible.
(c) Author's conclusion undercuts an assumption in the argument.
(d) Author fails to mention that the U.S.A is already involved militarily in Korea and Vietnam.
Directions for questions 20 to 22: Answer the questions on the basis of the given information.
Seven objects A, B, C, D, E, F and G were distributed among three boxes such that the number of
objects in each box was found to be different. No two among A, B and C are in the same box. E and G are
in the same box. Exactly one between C and D is in the same box as F.
20.
What is the maximum possible value of the difference between the numbers of objects in any two
boxes?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of these
21.
If both B and D are in the same box, then which pair among the following is not in the same box?
(a) A and F
(b) C and F
(c) F and G
(d) C and E
22.
If both F and C are in the same box then which object is placed alone in one of the boxes?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) Either A or B
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Directions for questions 23 to 25: Answer the questions on the basis of the given information.
There are five friends Amit, Binay, Chetan, Dheeru, and Emran who live in different cities among
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune and Bangalore, in no particular order. Age of no two friends among the five is
the same. It is also know that:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Both Amit and Chetan are older than the friend who lives in Bangalore.
The friend who lives in Mumbai is the oldest and the one who lives in Kolkata is the youngest among
the five friends.
Binay is older than Chetan.
Chetan is younger than the friend who lives in Pune.
Dheeru is not the youngest among the five friends.
Sum of the ages of Emran and Binay is the same as the sum of the ages of Chetan and Amit.
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24.
How many friends are younger than the one who lives in Pune?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
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(d) dheeru
(c) Amit
(c) Binay
(d) Chetan
Directions for questions 26 to 28: Answer the questions on the basis of the given information.
Each of the six people Ram, Mohan, Jatin, Vijay, Kripal and Santosh has a different surname among
Singh, Vats, Rehman, Joshi, Kohli and Tyagi, not necessarily in the same order. These six people are
standing in a row such that each of them is facing East. It is also known that:
(i)
There are exactly two people standing between Kirpal and Ram.
(ii)
Tyagi is the only person standing between Jatin and Rehman.
(iii)
Singh is standing to the right of Joshi.
(iv)
Ram is standing to the right of Vijay who is standing to the immediate left of Vats.
(v)
Kirpals surname is neither Joshi nor Rehman.
(vi)
Mohan is standing to the immediate left of Santosh, who is standing at one of the ends of the row.
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What is the surname of the person who is standing to the immediate right of Ram?
(a) Rehman
(b) Joshi
(c) Vats
(d) Kohli
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(c) Singh
(d) Vats
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Directions for questions 29 to 31: Answer the questions on the basis of the given information.
Eight people Salim, Sanjay, Sajid, Hasan , Shilpa, Reeta, Sujata and Sunil are sitting at a circular table.
Among these eight people Shilpa, Reeta and Sujata are females and remaining five are males. No two
females are sitting next to each other. Sanjay is sitting to the immediate left of Sajid. Hasan is sitting
opposite Reeta. Sunil is sitting next to Shilpa. Sujata is sitting opposite Salim. The person sitting opposite
Shilpa is not Sanjay. Sunil is not sitting next to Hasan.
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30.
(d) Hasan
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(d) Sunil
(c) Sujata
(c) Sujata
(d) Sajid
Directions for questions 32 to 34: Answer the questions on the basis of the given information.
There are four buses A, B, C and D each of which starts in the morning from a different station among
P, Q, R and S, not necessarily in the same order. In the evening, each bus reaches its destination, which
is also one among P, Q, R and S (in no particular order) and is not the same as the station from which it
left in the morning. No two buses reached the same station in the evening. It is also known that:
(i)
A did not come across station P in the whole day.
(ii)
B started from station Q while the destination of C was station R.
(iii)
The destination of D was station S.
(iv)
D started from the station which was Bs destination.
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(c) S
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(c) S
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(c) S
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Directions for question 35 to 39: In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follow from the given statements.
Select:
(a) If only conclusion I follows
(b) If only conclusion II follows
(c) Both conclusions I and II follow
(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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36.
Statements: All trees are not big. All pines are big.
Conclusions:
I. Some pines are tree.
II. No pine is tree.
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Five people Aman, Baman, Chaman, Daman and Elan are standing in a row such that each of
them is facing North. Aman is to the right of Baman and Daman. Elan is to the left of Chaman.
Daman is to the right of Chaman. Who among the five is standing at the rightmost end of the row?
(a) Aman
(b) Baman
(c) Daman
(d) Elan
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Darsh is 6 years older than Esha and Eshas age is now twice the age of Charu. If the present age
of Charu is 12 years, then what was the Darshs age 8 years ago?
(a) 18 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 22 years
(d) 24 years
42.
Inside a rectangular park of dimension 35 m 25 m, there is a linear path along the perimeter of the
park. If the width of the path is uniform and is equal to 2.5 m, then find the area of the path.
(a) 175 m2
(b) 275 m2
(c) 265 m2
(d) 295 m2
43.
A, B and C alone can complete a piece of work in 15 days, 20 days and 30 days respectively. They
worked together for 4 days, after which the remaining work was completed by A and C working alone
on alternate days with C working on the 5th day. In how many days the work was completed?
(a) 8 days
(b) 12 days
(c) 16 days
(d) 20 days
44.
In a bag, the ratio of 2 rupees coins, 1 rupee coins and 50 paise coins is 3 : 5 : 8 respectively. If the
total value of the coins in the bag is Rs.675, then the number of 2 rupees, 1 rupee and 50 paise
coins in the bag are:
(a) 135, 225 and 370 (b) 140, 230 and 360 (c) 125, 235 and 340 (d) 135, 225 and 360
45.
A shopkeeper buys 16 kg of sugar at Rs.384 and mixes it with another quality of sugar in the ratio
of 3 : 4. The price of the resulting mixture is Rs.32 per kg. What is the price (in Rs. per kg) of this
other quality of sugar?
(a) 40
(b) 42
(c) 36
(d) 38
46.
A basket contains 5 blue, 4 red and 3 yellow balls. Three balls are picked out of it simultaneously.
What is the probability that all the three balls are of the same colour?
(a)
2
11
(b)
3
44
(c)
7
110
47.
The length of the side of a square field is 8 m. Poles are required to be fixed all along the perimeter
of the square field at a distance 2 m apart. The number of poles required will be:
(a) 18
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 15
48.
Two inlet pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 18 minutes respectively and a outlet pipe
R can empty the tank in 30 minutes. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened
simultaneously then after how much time the tank will be filled?
(a) 12 minutes
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(b) 12
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minutes
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(c) 11 minutes
(d) 11
1
minutes
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A sphere whose diameter is 8 cm, is melted and converted into a cylinder of height 16 cm. The
diameter of the base of the cylinder is:
(a) 8 3 cm
(b)
cm
(c)
cm
(d)
32
cm
3
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The ratio in which 25% alcohol solution should be mixed with 40% alcohol solution to get a
30% alcohol solution, is:
(a) 3 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 3 : 1
(d) None of these
51.
The ratio of the number of men to the number of women in a village of 728 persons is 7 : 6. If the
number of men increases by 8, then what must be the increase in the number of women to make the
new ratio of men to women equals to 20 : 17?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 12
52.
If 24 men can dig a tank of dimension 30 m 6 m 3 m in 10 days working 9 hours a day, then how
many men, working 6 hours a day will dig a tank of dimension 20 m 4 m 1.5 m in 8 days?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) None of these
53.
Find the total number of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 0 to 6 without repetition,
such that the number is divisible by 9.
(a) 54
(b) 60
(c) 78
(d) 102
54.
Twelve men and eighteen women can sow a field of 6 hectares in time x. How many hectares will
14 men and 6 women can sow in the time x, given 2 men can sow as much as 3 women do?
(a) 4.5 hectares
(b) 5 hectares
(c) 5.5 hectares
(d) 6.5 hectares
55.
If Rs.3,367 is divided among X, Y and Z such that one third of Xs part, one fourth of Ys part and one
sixth of Zs part are equal, then what is Zs part?
(a) Rs.1,554
(b) Rs.1,036
(c) Rs.777
(d) Rs.1,664
56.
Out of first ten natural numbers, two numbers are chosen at random. The probability that their sum
is a prime number, is:
(a)
11
45
(b)
2
9
(c)
1
5
57.
A tap T1 can fill a tank in 20 minutes and tap T2 can empty the tank in 12 minutes. If the tank is
already full and both the taps are opened simultaneously, then the tank will be half empty in:
(a) 12 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 18 minutes
(d) 30 minutes
58.
A solution contains milk and water in the ratio 8 : 5. If 6 litre of water is added to the solution, the
ratio of milk and water becomes 3 : 2, then find the quantity of milk in the solution.
(a) 126 litres
(b) 90 litres
(c) 144 litres
(d) None of these
59.
Monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and their monthly expenditures are in the ratio
3 : 2. If each one of them saves Rs.600 per month, then their respective monthly incomes are:
(a) Rs. 2,450, Rs. 1,850
(b) Rs. 2,400, Rs. 1,800
(c) Rs. 2,600, Rs. 2,000
(d) None of these
60.
The ratio of the length to breadth of a rectangular playground is 4 : 3. If the cost of laveling the
playground came to be Rs.3,456 at Rs.8 per m2, then length and breadth are:
(a) 28 m, 21 m
(b) 24 m, 18 m
(c) 20 m, 15 m
(d) None of these
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Yogesh and Manoj entered into a partnership with Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 60,000 respectively. After
4 months Yogesh invested Rs. 15,000 more while Manoj withdraws Rs. 10,000. Find the share
(in Rs.) of Yogesh in the annual profit of Rs. 3,10,000.
(a) 1,50,000
(b) 1,70,000
(c) 1,80,000
(d) None of these
62.
In a 400 m race, A can give B a head start of 25 m and C a head start of 50 m. What head start can
B give to C in the same race?
(a) 32 m
(b) 36 m
(c) 26.67 m
(d) 55 m
63.
Two pillars of equal height are on either side of the roadway which are separated by a distance of
150 m. Form a point on the ground, the angle of elevations to the top of the pillars are 60 degree and
30 degree. Find the height (in metres) of the pillars.
(a)
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75 3
2
(b) 35
(c)
85 3
2
2
th of his trip. One-third of his whole trip is by
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car and the rest by train. The distance (in km) traveled by him by train is:
(a) 500
(b) 700
(c) 800
(d) 600
65.
When a student weighing 48 kg left a class, the average weight of the remaining 49 students is
increased by 0.4 kg. What is the average weight of the remaining 49 students?
(a) 68 kg
(b) 60 kg
(c) 52 kg
(d) 58 kg
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67.
A thief is stopped by a policeman from a distance of 400 m. When the policeman starts the chase,
the thief also starts running. The speed of the thief is 10 km/hr and speed of the policeman is
15 km/hr. How far the policeman will have to run in order to catch the thief?
(a) 400 m
(b) 800 m
(c) 1200 m
(d) 600 m
68.
A vessel contains 40 litres mixture of alcohol and water comprising 70% of alcohol. If x litres of
alcohol is added to the mixture, the new mixture comprises of 80% alcohol. What is the value of x?
(a) 20 litres
(b) 50 litres
(c) 30 litres
(d) 48 litres
69.
A vendor sells 40 percent of oranges he had and throws away 10 percent of the remainder. Next day
he sells 50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of the oranges were
sold by the vendor?
(a) 52%
(b) 63%
(c) 67%
(d) 55%
70.
A super fast train leaves the station 2 hrs. after a passenger train left the same station. The passenger
train is traveling at speed 40 km/hr slower than that of super fast train. Find the speed (in km/hr) of
each train, if the super fast train overtakes the passenger train in 3 hrs.
(a) 100, 60
(b) 80, 40
(c) 60, 20
(d) 120, 80
(d) 52.38
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71.
Vipul and Dheeraj entered into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 4 : 5 resepcetively. After
1
1
th of his capital and Dheeraj withdrew th of his capital. If the profit at
5
4
the end of a year was Rs. 46,000, then what was Dheerajs share from the profit?
(a) Rs. 28,000
(b) Rs. 30,000
(c) Rs. 26,000
(d) Rs. 24,000
72.
73.
74.
In a class, 60% of the students are boys and 18% of the students play football. If 15% of boys play
football, then what percentage of the football players are boys?
(a) 40%
(b) 50%
(c) 55%
(d) 60%
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A man can row three quarters of a km against the current in 11 minutes and can return at the
4
1
same point in 7 minutes. Find the speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water.
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(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) None of these
A straight tree breaks due to a heavy storm and the broken part of the tree bends in such a way that
it touches the ground making an angle of 30 with the ground. The distance from the foot of the tree
to the point where the top touches the ground is 10 m. The original height of the tree (in metre) is:
(a)
10
(b) 30
(c) 20
75.
If a discount of 20% is given on the retail price, the profit obtained is 60%. Find the profit percentage
when the discount is increased by 5 percentage points on the retail price.
(a) 50%
(b) 40%
(c) 25%
(d) 45%
76.
Rajat, Sharad and Appurv start at the same time from the same point, in the same direction to walk
around a circular track of length 12 km. They walk at the rate of 3 km/hr, 7 km/hr and 13 km/hr
respectively. In what time (in hours) will they meet together again for the first time?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
77.
If a shopkeeper offers a discount of 40% on the marked price of a dishwasher, then he makes a profit
of 20%. What is the profit/loss percentage, if he sells at a discount of 45% on the marked price?
(a) 9%
(b) 20%
(c) 10%
(d) 25%
78.
A sum of money compounded annually becomes Rs. 765 in 2 years and Rs. 815 in 3 years. The
approximate rate of interest per annum is:
(a) 3.2%
(b) 5.6%
(c) 6.5%
(d) 4.5%
79.
The speed of a motorboat of length 20 m in still water is 40 km/hr. If the motor boat sailing against
the river current of 4 km/hr crosses a temple on the bank in 10 sec, find the length of the temple on
the bank of the river.
(a) 50 m
(b) 80 m
(c) 70 m
(d) 60 m
80.
Three partners P, Q and R shared the profit in a business in the ratio 3 : 5 : 6. If they had partnered
for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively, then what is the ratio of their investment?
(a) 12 : 35 : 48
(b) 35 : 12 : 48
(c) 12 : 31 : 45
(d) 21 : 35 : 40
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What is the respective ratio of male voters voting for SP to that of those voting for Congress?
(a) 4 : 3
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 5 : 6
(d) 3 : 4
82.
The number of male voters voting for BJP is what percent of the total number of voters?
(a) 2%
(b) 5%
(c) 4%
(d) 6%
83.
The number of female voters voting for BSP is what percent of the total number of voters?
(a) 11.25%
(b) 11.75%
(c) 10.75%
(d) 10.25%
84.
(d) 475
85.
(d) 740
Directions for questions 86 to 90: In the following questions, a question is followed by two statements.
Mark your answer as:
(a) if only one of the two statement is sufficient to answer the question.
(b) if either of the two statements is sufficient to answer the question.
(c) if both the statements are required to answer the question.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.
86.
87.
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88.
The total marks scored by Himanshu, Tushar and Apurv was 255. What were their individual marks?
I. Himanshu and Tushar together scored 170 marks which were two third of the total marks scored
by all three of them.
II. Himanshu scored 13 marks more than Apurv and Tushar scored 26 marks less than
Himanshu.
89.
How many people, out of a total of 550 people, have citizenship of both India and U.S.A?
I. 300 have citizenship of India, 325 have citizenship of U.S.A and 70 do not have citizenship of any
of the two countries.
II. 300 have citizenship of India, 325 have citizenship of U.S.A and 70 have citizenship of both U.S.A
and U.K. Also, each person has citizenship of at least one of these countries.
90.
Directions for questions 91 to 95: Study the given instructions carefully to answer the following questions.
Each question consists of two quantities, one in column A and one in column B. Compare the quantities
given in the two columns.
Mark your answer as:
(a) if the quantity in Column B is greater than quantity in Column A.
(b) if the quantity in Column A is greater than quantity in Column B.
(c) if the two quantities in Column A and Column B are equal.
(d) if the relationship cannot be determined from the given information.
Column A
Column B
2a + 3b
3a + 4b
3a + 5b
4a + 6b
91.
If a : b = 3:4, value of
92.
93.
94.
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Directions for questions 96 to 100: Study the following graph and pie chart carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Following bar graph represents monthly distribution of sales of cars of Naruti Fuzuki in the year 2006 and
the pie chart represents the overall percentage break up of sales of the different models of its cars in the
whole year.
7000
6000
Sales in units
6000
5000
5000
4000
4000
3000
2000
2000
3300
2600
2400
5200
3500
2700
1500
1800
1000
0
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Month
Z-star
19%
Cruise
7%
Spark
3%
Drift
23%
Omni
14%
Zolto
21%
Kitz
13%
96.
If the profit earned by the company on the sale of one Naruti Fuzuki Kitz is Rs.50,000. What is the
total profit earned by the company from the sale of Naruti Fuzuki Kitz in the year 2006?
(a) Rs.26 lakhs
(b) Rs.26 crores
(c) Rs.24 crores
(d) Rs.24 lakhs
97.
If the total sales of Naruti Fuzuki Zolto is equally divided across the twelve months in the year 2006,
what is the percentage sales of Zolto in the month of December over the total cars sold in December?
(a) 25%
(b) 22%
(c) 20%
(d) 16.66%
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98.
In which month, the company experienced the maximum percentage increase in sales over the
previous month?
(a) March
(b) May
(c) November
(d) October
99.
If the manufacturing cost of a Naruti Fuzuki Cruise car is two times that of a Spark, then what will be
the approximate percentage change in the total manufacturing cost of the two models if the percentage
contribution of the sales of the two models are interchanged?
(a) 25%
(b) 24.54%
(c) 23.53%
(d) 25.62%
100.
If the sales of Naruti Fuzuki Drift was distributed equally across the four quarters of the year 2006,
then what is the difference between the sales (in units) of the other six models in the fourth and the
first quarter of the year?
(a) 6300
(b) 4300
(c) 6100
(d) 8400
Directions for questions 101 to 105: Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given
below it.
The line graph given below shows the percentage change in the number of candidates appeared for TAT
from 2004 to 2010. The table given below shows the ratio of the number of female candidates to the number
of male candidate who appeared for TAT from 2004 to 2010. The number of candidates appeared for TAT in
2003 is 1,20,000.
33.33
30
25
20
10
0
-10
16.67
10
2004
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
-20
-30
-40
-50
-28.57
-40
Year
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2005
2006
2007
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3:8
2:3
5:6
5:7
2:5
5:9
4:7
101.
Number of candidates appeared in 2008 and 2009 together is what percentage more/less than the
number of candidates appeared in 2005 and 2006 together?
(a) 16.67%
(b) 20%
(c) 33.33%
(d) 40%
102.
In both 2005 and 2010, 20% of the candidates were called for interview such that the number of male
candidates called is equal to the number of female candidates called. What is the difference between
the number of male candidates not called for interview in 2005 and 2010?
(a) 13,500
(b) 18,000
(c) 23,500
(d) 26,000
103.
Number of female candidates appeared in 2005 and 2008 together is what percentage more/less
than the number of males candidates appeared in 2009?
(a) 9.09%
(b) 10%
(c) 11.11%
(d) 12%
104.
Increase in the number of male candidates from 2005 to 2008 is the same as that from 2010 to 2011.
What is the ratio of the number of male candidates appeared in 2011 to those appeared in 2004?
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 32 : 33
(c) 11 : 10
(d) 27 : 32
105.
For how many of the given years is the number of female candidates appeared more than 50,000?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
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Directions for questions 106 to 110: Study the following pie charts carefully and answer the questions
given below it.
The first two pie charts show the percentage breakup of the amount spent by two companies Trifolla and
Unileader in manufacturing different products under the Manufacturing Sector. The third pie chart shows
the percentage break up of the combined amount spent by the two companies in different sectors.
Other Items
20%
Food products
18%
Electronic
Products
8%
Consumer
Goods
6%
Other Item s
14%
Food Products
15%
Electronic
Products
15%
Consum er
Goods
18%
Fashion
Products
33%
Automobile
Products
15%
I - Trifolla
Fashion
Products
26%
Autom obile
Products
12%
II - Unileader
Entertainment
Sector
8%
Consultation
Sector
15%
Manufacturing
Sector
48%
Education
Sector
9%
Telecommunication
Sector
20%
106.
III
If both the companies spent Rs. 12,00,000 each on Fashion Products, then what is the ratio of the
total amount spent by Trifolla to that of Unileader in the given sectors?
(a) 1:1
(b) 2:3
(c) 1:3
(d) Cannot be determined
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107.
If the amount spent by both the companies on Consumer goods is equal, then the combined
amount spent in Education Sector is what percentage more than the amount spent by Trifolla on
Automobile Products?
(a) 33.33%
(b) 50%
(c) 66.67%
(d) 75%
108.
If Trifolla spent an equal amount in each sector and its total expenses in the given sectors are equal
to the amount spent by Unileader in Manufacturing Sector, then find the respective ratio of the
amount spent on Food Products by Trifolla and Unileader?
(a) 6 : 25
(b) 1 : 4
(c) 1 : 5
(d) 2 : 9
109.
If the total amount spent by the two companies on Other Items is the same as the combined
amount spent in Entertainment Sector, then find the respective ratio of the amount spent by Trifolla
and Unileader in Manufacturing Sector.
(a) 4 : 5
(b) 5 : 4
(c) 2 : 3
(d) 3 : 2
110.
If the total amount spent by the two companies in the given sectors is the same, then for which of
the following products are the expenses of Trifolla more than that of Unileader?
(a) Electronics Products
(b) food Products
(c) Automobile Products
(d) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 111 to 115: Study the following line chart carefully and answer the questions
given below it.
The line chart given below shows the number of units (in lakhs) of three different products A, B and
C produced by company XYZ ltd. from January to July in the year 2010. The company produces only
these three types of products.
90
80
80
70
70
60
60
55
50
40
40
30
20
10
0
20
12.5
Jan
40
25
Feb
65
55
45
40
60
45
55
40
30
20
March
April
Products A
Products B
Products C
20
May
June
July
Month
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111.
In which of the following months is the average number of units produced per product is the same
as the average number of units of product A produced during the given months?
(a) March
(b) April
(c) May
(d) June
112.
In which of the following months is the percentage change in the number of units produced over the
previous month the same for atleast two products?
(a) February
(b) March
(c) January and June (d) February and June
113.
What is the maximum percentage change in the total number of units of the three products produced
in any month over the previous month?
(a) 35%
(b) 40%
(c) 45%
(d) 50%
114.
During the given period, in which of the following months is the percentage change in the number of
units of any product produced in a month over the previous month the maximum?
(a) February
(b) March
(c) April
(d) May
115.
In which of the following months is the number of units of product C produced the same as the
average number of units of the three products produced in that month?
(a) March
(b) April
(c) May
(d) June
Directions for questions 116 to 120: Study the following Bar graph carefully and answer the questions
given below it.
The bar graph given below shows the population (in lakhs) of two countries Somania and Urgania for six
years from 1991 to 1996.
844
900
800
700
550525
600
500
400
632
592
341359
740
675
720
Somania
400420
Urgania
300
200
100
0
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Year
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116. For which of the following two years is the percentage increase in the population of Urgania over the
previous year the same?
(a) 1993 and 1995
(b) 1994 and 1996
(c) 1992 and 1994
(d) None of these
117.
What is the difference between the average populations of the two countries over the given period?
(a) 25 lakhs
(b) 270 lakhs
(c) 250 lakhs
(d) 27 lakhs
118.
For which of the following years is the percentage increase in the total population of the two countries
over the previous year the maximum?
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995
119.
If the percentage increase in the respective populations of the two countries in 1997 over 1996 is the
same as that in 1993 over 1992, then what is the total population of the two countries in 1997?
(a) 2050 lakhs
(b) 2040 lakhs
(c) 2045 lakhs
(d) None of these
120.
For which of the following years is the percentage change in the absolute difference in the populations
of the two countries over the previous year the minimum?
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995
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122.
Ministry of Women and Child Development came into existence in which of the following year?
(a) 2006
(b) 2007
(c) 2008
(d) 2009
123.
124.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) came into existence in which of the following year?
(a) 1947
(b) 1956
(c) 1967
(d) 1976
125.
(d) Kanpur
126.
(d) Football
127.
Which of the following amendment included the Ninth Schedule in Indian constitution?
(a) 42nd Amendment (b) 44th Amendment
(c) 1st Amendment
(d) 9th Amendment
128.
129.
Which among the following committee(s) was/were established to assess the situation of the
socially and educationally backward class in India?
(a) Kalelkar
(b) Mandal
(c) (a) and (b) Both
(d) None
130.
Which among the following countries wants to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022 in a rush after the
Fukushima disaster in Japan?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) U.K
(d) South Korea
131.
Which among the following state government recently has decided to raise the minimum age for
consumption of hard liquor from 21 to 25 years?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan
132.
133.
G. K. Industrial Park recently has become operational at which of the following place?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Bhubaneswar
(c) Chennai
(d) Mangalore
134.
Petronet LNG is in the process of building an LNG Terminal at which of the following places?
(a) Kochi
(b) Mangalore
(c) Middle Andaman Island
(d) Kavaratti
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135.
The GAAR report was submitted on 1 September 2012 to the finance minister of India by:
(a) Shome Committee
(b) Dharmadhikari Committee
(c) Phukan Committee
(d) B K Chaturvedi Committee
136.
Suzlon Energy is a global wind power company. It is based in which of the following country?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Japan
(d) India
137.
Who among the following was/were the Judge of Supreme Court of India?
(a) Ruma Pal
(b) Fathima Beevi
(c) Sujata Manohar
(d) All of the above
138.
139.
According to a latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report, highlighting that mobile phone users
may be at increased risk from which of the following disease?
(a) Skin Cancer
(b) Brain cancer
(c) Brain Tumor
(d) Cardiac troubles
140.
Who among the following has recently been appointed as Chairman of Rubber board of India?
(a) Anthony Fernanadis
(b) Sheela Thomas
(c) Anil George
(d) Biswas Kamal
141.
142.
143.
144.
Union government had appointed a Committee on black money to seek comments from public
under the Chairmanship of
(a) Suresh Chandra
(b) Prakash Chandra (c) Anil Rastogi
(d) Dileep Kapoor
145.
146.
British setup their first factory at Surat with the approval of(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
147.
(d) 1 year
148.
Recently, Supreme Court refused to Review the petitions challenging Right to Education Act, 2009.
The right to education is included:
(a) to the right to honour in Article 19
(b) to the right to dignity in Article 21
(c) to the right to life in Article 21
(d) to the right to knowledge in Article 20
(b) Mascot
(c) 5000 km
(c) Tripoli
(d) 1500 km
(d) Al jijyah
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149.
150.
The individual develops through the head, the heart, and the hand, this was the educational
philosophy of:
(a) Herbart
(b) Comenius
(c) Pestalozzi
(d) Froebel
151.
Which of the following state/UTs has more than 50% tribal population of the total population?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Daman and Diu
152.
153.
154.
(d) Hockey
155.
(d) Vitamin E
156.
Which of the following car manufacturing company has set up its unit for first time in Gujarat?
(a) Maruti Suzuki (b) Hyundai
(c) Ford
(d) Renault Nissan
157.
In Drought Prone Area Programme, what is the ratio of contribution of Union and States?
(a) 90 : 10
(b) 80 : 20
(c) 70 : 30
(d) 75 : 25
158.
Centralized Planning for the first time was adopted in which of the following country?
(a) France
(b) India
(c) Former Soviet Union
(d) China
159.
160.
Who among the following personalities from India has been appointed as a director of Bank of
America?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Anand Mahindra
(c) Parmeshwar Godrej (d) Mukesh Ambani.
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162.
(d) BAEDC
(c) CDEBA
(d) CDEAB
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is brief and concise and makes no attempt at eloquence, which is extremely fortunate.
Under these circumstances we strongly recommend Dinners and Dishes to every one.
For even on ortolans who could endure oratory?
The subject of a work of art has, of course, nothing to do with its beauty, but still there is always
something depressing about the colored lithograph of a leg of mutton.
E. It also has the advantage of not being illustrated.
(a) ABCDE
164.
(c) ABCED
A.
B.
C.
D.
(a) ABCDE
163.
(b) BCDAE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
(b) ABCED
(c) BACED
(d) CEDAB
(a) ABCDE
(b) CADBE
(c) ADCBE
(d) ACDBE
165. A. When Roland Barthes died in 1980 at the age of 65, he was a professor at the Collge de
France.
B. He had become famous for incisive and irreverent analyses of French culture but was now
himself a cultural institution.
C. It was the highest position in the French academic system.
D. His reflections on aspects of daily life were featured in newspapers.
E. His lectures attracted huge, diverse crowds, from foreign tourists and retired school teachers to
eminent academics.
(a) ACBED
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(b) ABCDE
(c) AEDCB
(d) AECBD
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Directions for questions 166 to 168: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been divided into
four parts . Pick the part of the sentence which is grammatically incorrect.
166.
In reality there is (a) / no kind of evidence or argument (b) / which one can show that Shakespeare,
(c) / or any other writer, is good. (d)
167.
Miss Ogden married (a) / a Hungarian diplomat, (b) / Count Zattiany, and (c) / never been heard of
since. (d)
168.
As a democracy, (a) / America came in being (b) / at the same time as the(c ) / rise of the novel. (d)
Directions for questions 169 to 171: In each of the following questions, mark the antonym of the given
word.
169.
Equanimous
(a) Jittery
(b) Morose
(c) Rough
(d) Frivolous
170.
Abstemious
(a) Holy
(b) Selfish
(c) Austere
(d) Indulgent
171.
Magnanimity
(a) Selfishness
(b) Generous
(c) Jovial
(d) Happy
Directions for questions 172 to 174: In each of the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined.
Among the given options choose the one that explains the meaning of the underlined portion of the sentence
most appropriately.
172.
As he is transferred to another city for his new project, he wants somewhere to hang up his hat.
(a) Wants to make friends and acquaintances
(b) Wants a place to live
(c) Wants to settle well in the new city
(d) Wants to contact his acquaintances in the new city
173.
Instead of coming for the football practice regularly, he comes only on Sundays. We expect him
to drop the other shoe and quit the practice altogether any day now.
(a) To do the deed that completes something.
(b) To come up with a formal notice.
(c) To start an activity.
(d) To resume a habit.
174.
This is a fine kettle of fish. I have lost my wallet on the railway station in this alien city and I cant
even make a call as the battery of my mobile phone has completely discharged.
(a) A kettle of very bad quality.
(b) A troublesome situation.
(c) A kettle of good quality.
(d) An interesting situation.
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Directions for questions 175 to 177: Identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the
correct usage of standard written English .
175. (a) The Greek poetry of Homer was at first transmitted orally, stored in the memory, as were the
Vedas, the Sanskrit hymns of the ancient Hindus, which were unwritten for centuries.
(b) The Greek poetry of Homer were at first transmitted orally, stored in the memory, as were the
Vedas, the Sanskrit hymns of the ancient Hindus, which were unwritten for centuries.
(c) The Greek poetry of Homer was first transmitted orally, stored in the memory, as were the
Vedas, the Sanskrit hymns of the ancient Hindus, which were unwritten for centuries.
(d) The Greek poetry of Homer was at first transmitted orally, stored in memory, as were the Vedas,
the Sanskrit hymns of the ancient Hindus, that were unwritten for centuries.
176.
(a) Even as this goes to press, number of lives lost to the Asian tsunami and its aftermath appears
literally countless.
(b) Even as this goes to press, the number of lives lost to the Asian tsunami and its aftermath
appears literally countless.
(c ) Even as this goes to press, the number of lives lost to the Asian tsunami and its aftermath
appears literally countless.
(d) Even as this goes to press, the number of lives lost to the Asian tsunami and its aftermath
appears countless literally.
177. (a) Under this tightly oligarchic constitution two consuls most powerful officials in the state were
elected each year.
(b) Under this tightly oligarchic constitution two consuls the most powerful officials in the state
was elected each year.
(c ) Under this tightly oligarchic constitution two consuls the most powerful officials in the state
were elected each year.
(d) Under this tightly oligarchic constitution two consuls the most powerful officials in the state
were each year elected.
Directions for questions 178 to 180: Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks .
178.
A cut of that magnitude would _____ major reductions in spending that are likely to spur protests
across many fronts, and Republican leaders have refused to ________any major targets before
Election Day.
(a) cause, set
(b) impact, establish
(c) necessitate, specify
(d) allow, regulate
179.
The current round of reforms, which allow pension funds to invest more in equities, will help _______
market growth, as will the continued __________of state-owned enterprises.
(a) abet , protection
(b) stimulate, polarization
(c) encourage, disinvestment
(d) spur, privatization
180.
Customized products that _______ on data and better risk analysis could provide new _______ for
growth-boosting innovations.
(a) postulate, conduits
(b) gamble, routes
(c) rely, avenues.
(d) lean, expectations
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Directions for questions 181 to 184: The passage given below is followed by a set of four questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Little does the subject interest me! Can we not do without the society of our gossips a little while under
these circumstances have our own thoughts to cheer us? Confucius says truly, Virtue does not remain
as an abandoned orphan; it must of necessity have neighbors.
Regarding thinking, we may be beside ourselves in a sane sense. By conscious effort of the mind, we can
stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent. We
are not wholly involved in Nature. I may be affected by a theatrical exhibition; on the other hand, I may not
be affected by an actual event, which appears to concern me much more. I only know myself as a human
entity; the scene, so to speak, of thoughts and affections; and am sensible of a certain doubleness by
which I can stand as remote from myself as from another. However intense my experience, I am conscious
of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is not a part of me, but spectator, sharing
no experience, but taking note of it, and that is no more I than it is you. When the play, it may be the
tragedy, of life is over, the spectator goes his way. It was a kind of fiction, a work of the imagination only, so
far as he was concerned. This double ness may easily make us poor neighbors and friends sometimes.
For the greater part of the time, I find it wholesome to be alone. To be in company, even with the best, is
soon wearisome and dissipating. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. A
man thinking or working is always alone; let him be where he will. Solitude is not measured by the miles of
space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives
of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert. The farmer can work alone in the field or the
woods all day, hoeing or chopping, and not feel lonesome, because he is employed; but when he comes
home at night, he cannot sit down in a room alone, at the mercy of his thoughts, but must be where he can
see the folks and recreate and, as he thinks, remunerate himself for his days solitude.
Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new
value for each other. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to
make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office
and about the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each others way and stumble over one another,
and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another. Certainly less frequency would suffice for all
important and hearty communications. It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile,
as where I live. The value of a man is not in his skin, that we should touch him!
I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. Let me suggest
a few comparisons, that someone may convey an idea of my situation. What company has that lonely
lake, I pray? And yet it has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure tint of its waters. The
sun is alone, except in thick weather, when there sometimes appear to be two, but one is a mock sun. God
is alone but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. I am no
lonelier than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a
bumblebee. I am no lonelier than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the North Star, or the south wind, or
an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
181.
As per the authors perception, people interact the way they do because they
(a) tend to harbor a belief that no man is an island.
(b) try to adhere to the accepted societal dos and donts.
(c) do not want to become cheap in the eyes of their acquaintances.
(d) usually meet one another only for a short time.
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182.
183.
According to the author, what makes us poor neighbors and friends sometimes?
(a) Our thought that we have as much right to criticize as to participate.
(b) We split ourselves, psychologically, into a doer and a spectator.
(c) Our partial detachment to the things we are given to behold.
(d) Our lack of willingness to participate in the activities of life.
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Indias Vision 2020 with its physical and social infrastructure development goals presents the way out of
the conundrum. Education for all, increased employment, financial inclusion are some key goals. But
implementation of the vision is itself a challenge, primarily in terms of capital investment at a time when
credit availability worldwide has shrunk. Several infrastructure projects have already fallen behind schedule
because of paucity of credit and 2008 saw a net outflow of capital by foreign institutional investors.
But India has vast requisite capital. It has one of the highest rates of savings at more than 34 per cent.
Funds from corporate sources are also available but lie unutilised. In the telecom sector, for example,
infrastructure growth especially in rural areas is lagging, partly for lack of funds. Significant amounts
remain unused with the Universal Service Obligation Fund, funds contributed by industry for telecom
infrastructure development.
India needs to release its wealth of entrepreneurial talent. Around 52 per cent of Indians are self-employed,
about 55 per cent in rural communities and 41 per cent in urban areas. Many of these (about 20 per cent,
according to the International Labour Organisation) are at the bottom of the pyramid, alternating between
wage labour, self-employment by selling skills and engaging in minor business such as vegetable vending.
About 15 per cent of self-employed are believed to be entirely dependent on such activities. Boosting such
entrepreneurship would grow employment, lift income levels, strengthen the domestic market and reduce
dependence on exports. It would encourage innovation and productive services.
185.
186.
According to the passage which of the following has been mentioned as factors that protect the
Indian economy
1. Rural market potential
2. Conservative banking system
3. Large numbers of unskilled labour
4. High savings rate
(a) 1 and 3
187.
(b) Only 2
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
According to the passage, how has the telecom revolution helped the Indian economy?
(a) The resultant connectivity has helped improve governance and led to the empowerment of the
farmer and the rural household.
(b) It has brought technology to farmers doorsteps, providing information on market prices, transport and marketing opportunities.
(c) It has enhanced infrastructure development in the country by empowering the rural households
(d) It has opened up space for the growth of entrepreneurial talent.
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Directions for questions 189 to 194: The passage given below is followed by a set of six questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
It is a matter of life or death: thats a concept that gets our attention, whether chuckling over it in a B-grade
film, or engrossed by it in an A-grade medical book such as this years Pulitzer Prize winner for nonfiction,
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
It isnt hyperbole to call Emperor a literary masterpiece. The Pulitzer citation describes it as, an elegant
inquiry, at once clinical and personal, into the long history of an insidious disease that, despite treatment
breakthroughs, still bedevils medical science.
Elegant is an apposite description of the New York-based oncologists prose, whether he is rephrasing
Tolstoy: Normal cells are identically normal; malignant cells become unhappily malignant in unique ways;
or explaining the books provocative title: This book is a biography in the truest sense of the word an
attempt to enter the mind of this immortal illness, to understand its personality, to demystify its behaviour;
or extrapolating, from cancers ability to mutate, into the realm of philosophy: If we, as a species, are the
ultimate product of Darwinian selection, then so, too, is this incredible disease that lurks inside us.
Mukherjee weaves together multiple stories about medical advances, doctors and scientists, and the
patients who teach us something in the living or dying. Emperor is a historical account of cancer; we
understand how cancer rose to prominence as a leading cause of death as a direct result of human
beings living longer now, and more likely to develop cancer. A greater understanding of the disease however
comes with the caveat, the more you know, the more aware you are of how much you dont know.
Tales related to surgery, with its inherent drama, has the edge on our medical reading lists. Some medical
books fall into the Self Help category one of the most successful genres in the publishing world today.
While the genre can attract those looking to make a quick buck by peddling to peoples insecurities, there
are some useful tomes too. Author Tim Parks in Teach Us to Sit Still shares how reading a famous self-help
book, A Headache in the Pelvis helped with his chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
Medical books deal with a subject close to our hearts us, we, ourselves. Perhaps the ones we are most
drawn to thrillers aside are those that give us a deeper insight into how the mind-body machine works,
why we are sick, how we can get better and, unhappily, sometimes, why we cant.
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190.
Which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with?
(a) Books related to surgery are less popular than self-help books in medical reading lists.
(b) There is a large demand for self-help books today.
(c) Self-help books are never useful.
(d) All self-help books play with peoples insecurities.
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Directions for questions 195 to 200: The passage given below is followed by a set of six questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
One of the most urgent conceptual, normative and political tasks of our day is to think anew about how
polities that aspire to be democracies can accommodate great sociocultural, even multinational, diversity
within one state. The old wisdom holds that the territorial boundaries of a state must coincide with the
perceived cultural boundaries of a nation. More starkly stated, the assertion is that every state must
contain within itself one and not more than one culturally homogeneous nation, that every state should be
a nation, and that every nation should be a state.
Unlike what such a proposition might suggest, not only do most states incorporate a large degree of
diversity cultural, religious, linguistic but that most states have not been created by a coherent nation
actualizing itself. Rather, they are the result of rulers successfully imposing themselves, often by wars or
international settlements following wars. A nation-state without a prior state helping construct it, is today
inconceivable. The authors of this dense, and often provocative, monograph instead suggest an alternative
category of state-nation as an overarching umbrella concept to more successfully manage diversities.
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While the promotion of the category is in itself not new (Rammanohar Lohia too, for instance, preferred it
over nation-state; similarly, historian Ravinder Kumar advanced the notion of a civilization-state), what is far
more valuable are their policy suggestions which are supportive of the crafting of state-nations policies,
they argue, which better fit and help manage the complexities of culturally diverse modern democracies.
Of course, both nation-states and state-nations have to be working states. Also, to be a viable state-nation,
even if the state recognizes and supports different languages, cultures, even nations within its policy, the
citizens should have a high degree of identification with the state, be comfortable with multiple but complimentary political identities, show a high level of trust in the states institutions, and demonstrate a high
degree of positive support for democracy among the diverse groups of citizens in the country. Interestingly,
a comparison between countries closer to the state-nation and the nation-state pole (Switzerland, India,
Canada, Belgium, Spain as examples of state-nations and Germany, Austria, the U.S., Australia, Argentina and Brazil as examples of nation-states) shows that countries closer to the state-nation pole actually
score higher on the degree of trust in six key political institutions of the state. In short, they argue that
multiple but complimentary identities and democratic state-nation loyalties are possible to craft even in a
polity with robust multinational dimensions and a plethora of intense linguistic and religious differences.
India is a case in point because in addition to cultural diversity, it also has territorially based linguistic/
cultural cleavages which need to be creatively managed if the country is to hold together.
Clearly context matters. Crafting a nation-state (unitary or federal) is easier if only one significant, territorially concentrated, politically activated sociocultural identity exists, as in France or Japan. If the society is
characterized by more than one significant mobilized socio-cultural identity, as in India, crafting a nationstate will be far more conflictual than a state-nation. And, if we have a situation of unbounded plurality, a
pure multinational context, as in the erstwhile USSR or Yugoslavia, then crafting a democratic, federal
polity in one territory becomes extremely difficult. Such states are usually held together by force and are
likely to fall apart when the context changes. States can be multinational societies but not multinational
states.
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197.
The fourth sentence of the second paragraph states promotion of the category Which category
is being referred to here?
(a) Nation-states
(b) State-nations
(c) Civilization-states
(d) None of these
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198.
Which of the following situations in a country will best facilitate the creation of a state-nation?
(a) Multiple political identities exist within the state.
(b) The citizens completely trust state institutions.
(c) The states are held together by force.
(d) There are several socio-cultural identities at work within the country.
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2. d
3. c
M+1=N
A+3=D
C+5=H
H+7=O
I+6=O
N+4=R
E+2=G
Hence MACHINE = NDHOORG.
Similarly,
PLANETS = QOFUKXU
4. c
5. d
It is clear from the first two figures that the four faces
adjacent to the face containing 1 dot contain 2, 3, 5
and 4 dots respectively. The face of the die, which is
opposite the face containing 6 dots must contain
1 dot.
Let,
RH = Rahims house and PH = Pushpaks House
RO = Rahims office and PO = Pushpaks office
N
RO
RH
E
PH
8. c
9. b
7. a
15 = 35
35 = 57
77 = 711
143 = 11 13
? = 13 17 = 221
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12
31
? (67 )
15
46
11 3
4 = 1 22
18 = 2 32
48 = 3 42
100 = 4 52
180 = 5 62
? = 6 72 = 294
11. a
12. a
13. b
14. b
15. d
16. b
17. d
18. a
19. a
S o uth-W e st
10. a
PO
6. d
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Box 3
CASE 1
B, D
C, E, F, G
CASE 2
A, D
C, E, F, G
CASE 3
F, C
B, E, D, G
CASE 4
F, C
A, E, D, G
S h ilpa
S a njay
S u nil
S a jid
S a lim
R e eta
29. b
30. d
31. a
20. b
21. a
22. d
Dheeru
Delhi
Start station
Destination
32. c
Pune Mumbai
Chetan Amit
Binay
33. a
34. b
23. b
24. c
35. d
25. b
M1
left to right
NAME
M2
Mohan Santosh
Singh
Hence answer is (d).
26. a
27. b
28. a
36. b
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43. b
44. d
M AT
I
C1
C2
Then, 3x 2 + 5x +
15x = 675 x = 45
Hence, the number of coins are 135, 225 and 360.
G oo d
45. d
B a d2
B a d1
384
= Rs.24
16
Let Rs.x per kg be the price of the other quality of
sugar.
Price per kg of sugar =
Using Alligation:
24
41. c
42. b
32
46. b
25 m
P a th
35 m
F
B
x 32
3
=
x = Rs.38 per kg.
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2.5 m
E
A
x 32
C
H
8x
= 675
2
47. c
12
C3
10 + 4 + 1
15
3
=
i.e.
.
220
220
44
48. d
C 3 + 4 C3 + 3 C 3
32
= 16.
2
1
1
1
6+53
8
+
=
=
15 18
30
90
90
Hence, total time taken to fill the tank
=
90
1
minutes or 11 minutes.
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49. c
4
8
= r 2 16
3
2
56. d
8
cm.
3
Using Alligation:
2 5%
4 0%
57. b
7
= 392 and number of
13
58. c
54. a
18 2
= .
45 5
30
= 15 minutes.
2
59. b
60. b
n = 10.
53. c
C2
8x
3
=
x = 18
5x+ 6
2
Hence, the quantity of milk in the solution = 8 18
= 144 litre.
24 10 9
n86
=
30 6 3
20 4 1.5
18
10
392 + 8
20
=
x = 4.
336 + x
17
52. b
6
= Rs.1,554.
13
30
10
X
Y
Z
=
=
=k
3
4
6
4
cm
3
Hence, the diameter of the base of the cylinder
50. b
Let
X = 3k, Y = 4k and Z = 6k
So X : Y : Z = 3k : 4k : 6k i.e. 3 : 4 : 6
42
= r2
3
r=
55. a
Total cost
Cost per m
3456
= 432 m2
8
6
18 = 4.5 hectares.
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62. c
whole trip.
i.e.
63. a
65. a
h
6 0
B
1 50 x
66. d
In ABO ,
is
(i)
In CDO ,
h
tan30 =
150 x
150 x
(ii)
3
Solving equations (i) and (ii) for x, we get
h=
75
m.
2
Now substituting the value of x in equation (i), we get
x=
h=
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40% of 80 = 32.
30% of 70 = 21.
Difference between the two values i.e. 32 21 = 11
Therefore, percentage by which 32 is greater than 21
11
100 = 52.38%
21
Hence, the value of x is 52.38%.
h
x
h=x 3
49x + 48
= x 0.4
50
49x + 48 = 50x 20
x = 68.
tan60 =
3 0
O
1
rd of his trip was by car, which means,
3
1
3000 = 1000 km.
3
Distance traveled by air and car = 1200 + 1000
= 2200 km.
Therefore, distance traveled by train = 3000 2200
= 800 km.
350 400
375
2
th part of his
5
2
x = 1200 x = 3000 km.
5
Now,
= 373.33 m.
Thus, B can give C a head start of 26.67 m.
15
3,10,000 = Rs. 1,50,000.
31
75 3
m.
2
67. c
25
m/sec
18
Dis tance
400 18
=
= 288 sec.
Relative speed
25
15 5
288
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80
(40 + x)
100
Solving for x, we get
x = 20 litres.
72. b
9
100
100 = 50% .
of football players who are boys =
18
100
73. d
10
60 = 6.
100
Remaining oranges 60 6 = 54.
The next day he sells 50% of the remaining oranges
= 7
71. c
= ( 4x 4 + 3x 8 ) : (5x 4 + 4x 8 )
13
46000
23
1
15
1
min =
min =
hr.
2
2
8
Distance traveled =
50
54 = 27.
100
Therefore, percentage of oranges sold
= 40 + 27 = 67%.
i.e.
1
45
3
min =
hr.
= 11 min =
4
4
16
Time taken to row with the current
i.e.
70. a
60 15
100 = 9%
100 100
Therefore, 28 + x =
69. c
3
3
3
km
= (x y)
(i)
4
4
16
3
1
= (x + y)
(ii)
4
8
Solving equations (i) and (ii) for x, we get
x=5
Therefore, speed of the man in still water = 5 km/hr.
74. d
3 0
B
10 m
tan30 =
h
10
h =
10
3
(i)
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20
x =
(ii)
x
3
From equations (i) and (ii), we get
10 20
30
+
=
= 10 3 m.
h+x =
3
3
3
cos30 =
75. a
76. b
12
same point =
= 3 hrs.
4
Similarly, Sharad and Appurv will come together at the
same point in every 2 hrs.
Therefore, all of them will be together at the same
point after every 6 hrs (L.C.M of 2 and 3).
77. c
Now,
14x 3
35x
= y=
8y 5
12
7z 6
= z = 4x
14x 3
Therefore, their investment will be in ratio x : y : z i.e.
And
x:
35x
: 4x 12 : 35 : 48.
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Political Parties
Total
BJP
Congress
BSP
SP
Male voters
2000
160
600
740
500
Female voters
1200
240
200
360
400
82. b
Required percentage =
160
100 = 5%.
3200
83. a
Required percentage =
45
= 200 90 = Rs. 110
100
Hence, there will be a profit of 10%.
360
100 = 11.25%.
3200
84. b
85. d.
40
= 120
100
79. b
81. c
78. c
80. a
50
100 = 6.5%.
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5
100
=
18
9
5
10
=
m/sec.
18
9
100 10
= 10 m/sec.
9
9
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2
255 = 85 , but cannot get the
3
individual marks of Himanshu and Tushar.
From statement (II), we get the individual marks of
Himanshu, Apurv and Tushar as (x + (x 13) +
(x 26)) i.e. 98, 85 and 72 respectively, where x is the
marks received by Himanshu.
Thus, statement (II) alone is sufficient.
Apurv as 255
89. b
90. b
of length 42 22
1/ 2
92. c
4 5
Value of column B = 60 60 = 40.
3 4
Value of column A = Value of column B
So, answer is option 'c'.
93. b
256 = 16 16 = 28
Value of column A = Number of factors of 256 = 9.
289 = 17 17 = 172
Value of column B = Number of factors of 289 = 3.
Value of A > Value of B
So, answer is option 'b'.
94. a
95. a
Value of column A:
Let the common difference be d
= 2 3 cm .
n
(2a + (n 1) d) where Sn
2
is the sum of the first n terms, a is the first number of
the series, value of d = 3.
Similarly Value of column B = 4.
Value of B > Value of A
So, answer is option 'a'.
2
6 cm. Therefore the radius of the circle is 6
3
= 4 cm. Hence, the area of the circle can be calculated
using statement (II) alone.
For questions 91 to 95:
91. a
2
+5
21
3
=
Value of column B =
.
2
26
4
+6
3
3
97. c
3
2
+3
18
4
=
.
Value of column A =
3
25
3
+4
4
5 4
Value of column A = 60 60 = 40.
4 3
13 40,000
50,000 = Rs.26 crores.
100
21 40,000
= 8400.
100
Number of Zolto sold in the month of December
=
8400
= 700.
12
Percentage sales of Zolto over all the cars sold in
=
December =
700 100
= 20%
3500
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99. c
6000 1800
= 233.33%
1800
6800x 5200x
100 = 23.53%.
6800x
Number of
candidates
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
1,32,000
1,65,000
99,000
1,32,000
1,54,000
1,54,000
1,10,000
Number of
female
candidates
36,000
66,000
45,000
55,000
44,000
55,000
40,000
Number of
male
candidates
96,000
99,000
54,000
77,000
1,10,000
99,000
70,000
3,08,000 2,64,000
100
2,64,000
44
100 = 16.67%.
264
20
1,65,000 = 33,000
100
Number of candidates called for interview in 2010
=
1,10,000 99,000
100 = 11.11% .
99,000
3
48z = 36z
4
Amount spent by Trifolla on Automobile Products
=
15
36z = 5.4z
100
Combined amount spent in Education Sector = 9z
=
Required percentage =
9z 5.4z
100 = 66.67%.
5.4z
20
1,10,000 = 22,000
100
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108. a Let the combined amount spent (in Rs.) by the two
companies in the given sectors be 100z and the amount
spent (in Rs.) by Trifolla in each sector be x.
5x = 48z x and x = 8z
Thus, the ratio of the amount spent by Trifolla and
Unileader in Manufacturing Sector is 1 : 5.
18
15
x:
5x = 6 : 25.
Required ratio =
100 100
109. a Let the amount spent (in Rs.) by Trifolla and Unileader
in Manufacturing Sector be 100x and 100y
respectively. Let the combined amount (in Rs.) spent
by the two companies in the given sectors be 100z.
100x + 100y = 48z
(i)
20x + 14y = 8z
(ii)
From (i) and (ii), we get
x 4
= i.e. 4 : 5.
y 5
110. d As the break up of the amount spent by the two
companies in the Manufacturing Sector is not given,
the answer cannot be determined.
111. b
1995 =
148
100 = 25%.
592
3480
= 580
6
Average population (in lakhs) of Somania
=
3318
= 553
6
Required difference = 27 lakhs.
=
255
100 31.09%.
820
150
100 = 37.5%
400
Urgania =
350
= 50
7
Total number of units (in lakhs) of the three products
produced in April = 150
Average number of units (in lakhs) of the three
137.5
= 990
100
Population (in lakhs) of Urgania in 1997
produced =
150
= 50.
products produced in April =
3
112. a Percentage change in the number of units of products
B and C produced is the same in February.
113. b Percentage change in the total number of units of the
three products produced in any month over the
previous month is the maximum in July and is equal to
50
100 = 40%.
125
114. d Percentage change in the number of units of product
C produced from April to May is the maximum and is
equal to 175%.
115. c Average number of units (in lakhs) of the three
165
= 55 and number of
3
units (in lakhs) of product C produced in May = 55.
products produced in May =
105
100 = 25%
420
105
100 = 25%
420
Population (in lakhs) of Somania in 1997
= 720
125
= 1055
100
Total population (in lakhs) of the two countries in 1997
= 2045.
= 844
20 18
100 = 11.11%.
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123. c
124. b
125. a
126. b 127. c
128. a
129. c
130.b
131. c 132. c
133. c
134. a
135. a
136. d 137. d
138. c
139. b
140. b
141. c 142. d
143. a
144. b
145. b
146. c 147. c
148. c
149. d
150. c
151. c 152. b
153. b
154. b
155. c
156. a 157. d
158. c
159. c
160. d
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171. a Magnanimity means the quality of being generous in
forgiving an insult or injury; nobleness; generosity.
172. b The idiom somewhere to hang up ones hat means a
place to live or a place to call ones home. In the given
sentence, as the person has been transferred to
another city he is looking for a dwelling.
173. a The idiom to drop the other shoe figuratively means to
do the deed that completes something or to do the
expected remaining part of something.
174. b The idiom a fine kettle of fish figuratively refers to a
troublesome situation; a vexing problem. It usually
appears in the expression, This is a fine kettle of
fish!.
175. a at first is the correct expression. The Greek poetry
of Homer was is the correct expression according to
the subject verb agreement rule. which is correct in
this case.
176. b There must be a definite article (the) before number.
its is a contraction of it is. its is correct in this case.
literally countless is correct.
177. c were elected each year is correct according to the
subject verb agreement rule.
178. c Necessitate means to make necessary or unavoidable.
The sentence indicates a budget cut and so the context
would be a forced reduction. Option c fits in best in
this context.
179. d Abet means to encourage or support usually in
wrongdoing. Spur and stimulate both mean to urge
to action or achievement. Polarization means to
divide into sharply opposing factions. Disinvestment
is the withdrawal of invested fund and privatization
is to transfer from the public sector of an economy
into private ownership. The reforms mentioned at the
beginning of the sentence indicate a positive move
and so privatization fits in best in the context of the
sentence. The answer is (d).
180. c Postulate means to demand or claim, even to assert.
Gamble on is to take a risk. Conduits are a pipe or
tube for conveying water or other fluid. Avenues are
a means of access or attainment and this fits the
second blank best. The answer is (c).
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187. a The last sentence of the third paragraph sheds most
light on how the telecom revolution has helped the
Indian economy. The previous line also states how the
farmer has benefited. It is clear that connectivity and
its impact are a major contribution of this sector.
Options (c) and (d) can be clearly ruled out based on
this. Option (b) does indirectly discuss connectivity
but it is incomplete with reference to option (a).
188. d The fifth paragraph presents the answer to this
question. The author mentions that implementation
itself is a challenge to Vision 2020. However, he
particularly mentions the challenge is primarily in terms
of capital investment at a time when credit availability
worldwide has shrunk. This can be restated as the
credit requirements of the Vision. Options (a) and (b)
are incorrect as they present challenges that the
author has not mentioned. Option (c) cannot be
considered as it incorrectly discusses credit
investment requirements of the Vision.
189. c It follows from the passage that medical books engage
our attention primarily because they deal with matters
of life and death which we can associate with.
190. b Option (b) follows directly from the passage-the Self
Help category one of the most successful genres
in the publishing world today.
191. c Option (c) follows from: This book is a biography in
the truest sense of the word an attempt to enter the
mind of this immortal illness, to understand its
personality, to demystify its behaviour.
192. b Option (b) follows from If we, as a species, are the
ultimate product of Darwinian selection, then so, too,
is this incredible disease that lurks inside us.
193. b Option (b) follows from the passage. In his book Tim
Parks writes how the famous self-help book, A
Headache in the Pelvis, helped him manage his own
chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
194. c According to the passage, cancer has only recently
become the leading cause of death-we understand
how cancer rose to prominence as a leading cause of
death as a direct result of human beings living longer
now, and more likely to develop cancer.
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199. c It is clearly stated in the second paragraph historian
Ravinder Kumar advanced the notion of a civilizationstate.
200. c The tone of the author is analytical. The passage
examines the best how best to accommodate greater
diversity within a country. To this end, it discusses
several formulations of polity and analyses what
backgrounds are suitable for them to flourish. While
the passage starts with a quote One of the most
urgent conceptual, normative and political tasks of our
day is to think anew about how polities that aspire to
be the tone of the author is not impassioned
(characterized by intense emotion) in any way but
employs a thoroughly analytical approach throughout.
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