Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning

Instructions

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option that follows:

Question 1

The defense proposes to show that the incident that the prosecution so _____________ rejects as __________________did
indeed take place.

A blithely, undesirable B

cavalierly, apocryphal C

vehemently, factual

D persuasively, pointless

E convincingly, inevitable
Answer: B

Question 2

Not just the absence of ____________ , but also the presence of__________________ and honesty is required to bind
up the nation’s wound.

A retribution, camaraderie

B guilt, religion C

crime, religion D

love, austerity

E recrimination, insight
Answer: E

Question 3

In many cases in physics, one has to deal simultaneously with collective and single-particle excitations of the system. The
collective excitations are usually bosonic in nature while the single-particle excitations are often fermionic. One is
therefore led to consider a system which includes bosons and fermions. Hence,
_____________ Which of the following options is most likely to follow the paragraph given above?
A inthis book, wediscuss applicationofbosonic particles andtheir consequences on physics.

B in this book, we discuss application of general algebraic theory of mixed Bose- Fermi systems to atomic nuclei.

C in this book, we discuss excitations of collective and single particles separately.

D inthis book, we prove how collectiveexcitations are bosonic andsingularexcitation are fermionic.

E in this book, we prove that collective and singular excitation cannot exist together.
Answer: B

Explanation:
The blank is preceded by the idea of systems which include both bosons and fermions. Therefore, the following sentence must talk
about mixed bosons fermions systems.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Question 4

Peter has suggested to me that the _____________ of highly systematic and ____________________ planning
techniques may have led to a substantial __________ in firms’ notions of what is likely to happen in the future,
and thus to a _______ in the incidence of mistakes, especially on the part of the ____________ modern corporations.

A progressive development, exact, decline, decrease, tiny

B progress deterioration, exact, increase, decrease, tiny

C progressive deterioration, precise, improvement, reduction, large

D progressive deterioration, precise, increase, decrease, large

E gradual growth, exact, increase, decline, large

Answer: C

Question 5

Clinical practitioners ___________ integrated mindfulness _____________ treatment of __________________ host of

emotional and behavioural disorders, ___________ borderline personality disorder, major depression, chronic
pain, or eating disorders. Number of such practitioners _______________increased substantially.

A have, in the, a, such as, has

B have, in the, the, like, have

C were,for,a, like, has

D have,for, a, like, has

E could, in the, the, such as, have

Answer: A

Question 6

Ontologies are _____________ equated with taxonomic hierarchies of classes, class definitions, and _______
subsumption relation, _____________ ontologies need not be limited to _____________________ forms.

A often, a, but, such

B often, the, yet, such

C frequently, a, yet, such

D often, a, yet,these

E often, the, but, these

Answer: E

Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 7

The MBA (1) is hardly a prerequisite for success, but it (2) certainly helps (3), and it has been getting more important (4) in
recent years. Most (5) MBA programs equip their graduates to understand how (6) to deal with many of the important
questions that their organizations will need to tackle (7) over time, and (8) that they will face in their careers.
The above italicized numbered words will be correctly represented by the following parts of speech:

A 1-Noun, 2-Pronoun, 3-Adverb, 4-Adjective, 5-Adjective, 8-Conjunction

B 1-Noun, 3-Adjective, 4-Adjective, 6-Adverb, 7-Adverb, 8-Article

C 1-Noun, 2-Pronoun, 4-Adjective, 7-Adverb, 8-Conjunction

D 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adverb, 6-Adverb, 8-Article

E 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adjective, 7-Verb, 8-Conjunction

Answer: E

Explanation:
1 - Noun
2- Pronoun
3 - Verb
4 - Adjective
5 - Adjective
6 - Adverb
7 - Verb
8 - Conjunction
Hence, option E is the correct answer.

Question 8

Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the question that follows:
It is one week since Uttarakhand’s worst disaster in living memory. Flash floods resulting from extremely intense rainfall
swept away mountainsides, villages and towns, thousands of people, animals, agriculture fields, irrigation canals,
domestic water sources, dams, roads, bridges, and buildings - anything that stood in the way.A week later, media
attention remains riveted on the efforts to rescue tens of thousands of pilgrims and
tourist visiting the shrines in the uppermost reaches of Uttarakhand’s sacred rivers. But the deluge spread far
beyond th Char Dhams - Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath - to cover the entire state. The catchments of
many smaller rivers also witnessed flash floods but the media has yet to report on the destruction there. Eyewitness
accounts being gathered by official agencies and voluntary organizations have reported devastation from more than 200
villages so far and more affected villages are being reported every day.
Which of the following would the author agree the most with?

A Char Dhams were most affected by Uttarakhand disaster.

B Entire catchment of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.

C Media attention was on Char Dham but the entire catchment area of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.

D Media cannot be trusted as it focuses only on important places and events.

E Voluntary organizations are better than media in reaching out to the affected people.
Answer: C

Question 9

Which of the following is the correct form of expression for the underlined part of the sentence
below?

Patna is not only the capital of Bihar, but it is also one of the oldest cities in the world and the largest city in the state.
A capital of Bihar, but it is also one of the oldest

B capital of Bihar, nevertheless also one of the oldest

C Bihar’s capital city, and it is also one of the older D Bihar’s capital

city, but it is also one of the older E capital of Bihar, but it is also one

of the older.
Answer: A

Instructions

Read the definitions below and select the best match between the numbered sentences and the definitions.
Premise: A proposition from which anotherstatement is inferred or follows a conclusion. Assumption: Something, which
is accepted as true.Facts: Something, which can be checked. Reason: A cause, explanation or justification for an action
or event.
Conclusion: An end, finish or summarization of process or argument.
Proposition: A statement that expresses judgment or opinion.
Question: A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit opinion.
Inductive inference: Anend,finishorsummarizationreachedfor“thewhole”,basedon“aparticular”real incidence.
Deductive Inference: Anend, finish orsummarizationreachedbased onthe combining andrecombining two or more than two assumptions

Question 10

When you look at the people who make fundamental, revolutionary breakthrough in any field, you keep noticing over
and over and over again a high preponderance of them have some sort of disability when they were younger, whether it
was a physical disability or mental disability, which leads to lower expectations from others, whom they always wanted to
prove wrong a:. And what does it do b:? What does that do to you, when you try to prove someone wrong c:? You increase
your engagement in something because you want to fight against
those expectations d:.So it seems like it actually can be a gift having what we label as a disability, or disorder, and
cause people to overcompensate and engage in things in other ways e:. A research study shows that higher number of
people with dyslexia become social entrepreneurs because they over- compensate their disability through
nonverbal communication, initiative and gift (6). And this overcompensation leads to greatness (7).The best
match would be:

A 1-Assumption, 2-Question, 3-Reason, 4-Fact

B 1-Assumption, 2-Question, 4-Reason, 7-Conclusion

C 1-Fact, 2-Question, 4-Reason, 6-Reason

D 1-Fact, 3-Question, 4-Reason, 7-Inductive Inference

E 3-Question, 4-Reason, 5-Fact, 6-Proposition
Answer: C

Question 11

The fatal consequences of having a routine mid- day meal for at least twenty two children in Bihar’s Saran district expose
the chronic neglect of school education in a large part of India a:. The governments cannot find a small piece of land for a
school and are unable to store food materials without the risk of contamination is a telling commentary on their
commitment to universal primary education b:. The Bihar horror clearly points to the absence of strong normative
procedures for the provision of infrastructure, even for a new school c:.
The best match would be:

A 1-Fact, 2-Reason, 3-DeductiveInference

B 1-Reason, 2-Reason, 3-InductiveInference

C 1-Inductive Inference, 2-Fact, 3-Inductive Inference

D 1-Inductive Inference, 2-Inductive Inference, 3-Inductive Inference,

E 1-Reason, 2-Reason, 3-Reason

Answer: D

Instructions

Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.

Question 12

Choose the best option:

1. The mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the most important issues in the present Particle
Physics.
2. They are required to give masses for all quarks and leptons and to guarantee the absence of the gauge anomaly.
3. In the standard electroweak model a fundamental Higgs doublet is introduced to cause the spontaneous symmetry
breaking.
4. Supersymmetry (SUSY), eliminating all quadratic divergences, may provide a better theoretical basis to describe a
fundamental Higgs boson with a relatively small mass to a high energy cutoff scale, say the Planck scale for example.

5. In the minimal SUSY extension of the standards electroweak model the Higgs sector consists of two chiral
superfields of Higgs doublets (H1 and H2 with opposite hypercharges).

A 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
B 1, 4, 3, 5, 2

C 3, 4, 2, 5, 1

D 1, 5, 2, 3, 4

E 5, 4, 2, 3, 1
Answer: A

Question 13

Choose the best option:

1. Shakespeare did not personally prepare his plays for publication, and no official collection of them appeared
until after his death.
2. Some were probably based on actors’ memories of plays.
3. Many of these quartos are quite unreliable.
4. A collection of his sonnets, considered by critics to be among the best ever written in English, appeared in 1609.
5. Many individual plays were published during his lifetime in unauthorized editions known as quartos.

A 1, 2, 3, 5, 4

B 1, 2, 4, 5, 3

C 3, 1, 4, 5, 2

D 3, 5, 1, 2, 4

E 1, 4, 5, 3, 2
Answer: E

Instructions

Analyze the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions that follow.
The assumption of rationality puts an economist in a position to “explain” some features of market behavior, such as the dispersion of prices of
psychophysically identical goods such as beer according to the amount spent on advertising them (no doubt, the fact that most beeris bought by
individuals ratherthan asraw material by firms, which could be expected to be more rational than individuals, is part of the explanation.) Clearly
something is wrong somewhere with the usual model of a competitive market with perfect information, for the virtually content less
advertising cannot be considered as increasing the utility of beer in an obvious way. But if one can keep the assumption of rational actors, one need
not get into the intellectual swamp of sentiment nor of preferences that depend on price. If one agrees, for example, that consumers use
advertising as an index of the effort a producer will put into protecting its reputation and so as a predictor of quality control efforts, one can combine
it with the standard mechanism and derive testable consequences from it.
Butwhy,logicallyspeaking,doesitnot matterthat anyofus,withafewyears’training,coulddisprovethe assumptions? It is forthe same reason
that thestatistical mechanics of gases is not undermined when Rutherford teaches a lot of only moderately bright physicists to use X-ray
diffraction to disprove the assumption that molecules are little hard elastic balls. The point is, departures that Rutherford teaches us to findfrom
the mechanismbuilt intostatisticalmechanics aresmalland hardlyeversystematicat level of gases. Ignorance and error about the quality of beer
is also, unlikelyto be systematic at the level of the consumers’ beer market, though it would become systematic if buyers imposed quality control
procedures on sellers in contracts of sale (as corporations very often do in their contracts with suppliers). So when we find beersthat advertisingcan
maketheignoranceanderrorsystematicatthelevelofmarkets,justaslasers with wavelengths resonant with the internal structures and sizes of
molecules can make molecular motions in gases systematic. The interesting one is that virtually content-less advertising is nevertheless information
to a rational actor.

Question 14

Which of the following statements would be the closest to the arguments in the passage?

A Individuals are more rational than firms.

B Firms are rational.

C Firms are more rational than individuals

D Firms are, most of the times, more rational than individuals.

E Market behavior of psychophysical goods would be the same as that of physical goods.
Answer: D

Question 15

Why has the author referred to Rutherford in the passage?

A To prove that molecules are elastic.

B To highlight that we should not compare apples and oranges.

C To hint that only very good students Physics taught by Rutherford.

D To equate beer with little hard elastic balls.

E To state that Mechanics is more amenable to application of statistics than gasses.

Answer: B
Question 16

Which of the following, as per author, are psychophysical goods?

1.Concrete
2.Car
3.Mobile Phone

A 1and2

B 2and3

C 1and3

D 1, 2 and 3

E None of these
Answer: E

Instructions

Analyze the following passage and provide appreciate answers for the questions that follow.

Ideas involving the theory probability play a decisive part in modern physics. Yet we will still lack a satisfactory, consistence definition of
probability; or,what amounts to much thesame, westill lack a satisfactory axiomatic system for the calculus of probability. The relations
between probability and experience are also still in need of clarification. In investigating this problem we shall discover what will at first seem an
almost insuperable objection to my methodological views. For although probability statements playsuchavitallyimportant roleinempirical
science,theyturnouttobeinprincipleimpervious tostrict falsification. Yet this very stumbling block will become a touchstone upon which to test
my theory, in order to findout whatit isworth.Thus,weareconfrontedwithtwotasks.Thefirstistoprovidenewfoundations for the calculus of
probability. This I shall try to do by developing the theory of probability as a frequency theory, along thelines followedbyRichardvon Mises, But
withoutthe use of what hecalls the‘axiom of convergence’ (or ‘limit axiom’) and with a somewhat weakened ‘axiom of randomness’ The second
task is to elucidate the relations between probability and experience. This means solving what I call the problem of decidability statements. My
hope is that the investigations will help to relieve the present unsatisfactory situation in which physicists make much use of probabilities without
being able to say, consistently, what they mean by‘probability’.

Question 17

The statement, “The relations between probability and experience are still in need of clarification” implies that:

A Probability of an event can always be checked with experience.

B Probability of an event can only be gauged historically.

C Probability is mathematical while experience is real.

D Probability statements can become difficult to disprove without experience.

E Probability is futuristic.
Answer: D

Question 18

Author has talked about the two tasks in the above passage. Choose the best option from the following statements
relevant to the tasks.

A The first task is sufficient to become the touchstone for the author to test his theory.

B The second task is sufficient to become the touchstone for the author to test his theory.

C Either of the tasks is sufficient for the author to test his theory.

D None of the tasks is sufficient for the author to test his theory.

E Both the tasks would be important for the author to test his theory.
Answer: E

Question 19

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A Physics is the only subject than borrows form the theory

B Physics is the only subject where the theory of probability is inaccurately applied.

C The theory of probability may be inaccurately applied in other subjects.

D Physics is highly mathematical.

E Experience relates to physical objects only.

Answer: D

Instructions

Analyze the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions that follow.

Thewaysbywhichyoumaygetmoneyalmostexceptionleaddownwards.Tohavedoneanythingbywhich you earned money merely is to have

been trulyidle or worse. If the laborer gets no more than the wages which
hisemployerpays him,heischeated,hecheatshimself.Ifyouwouldgetmoneyasawriterorlecturer,you must be popular, which is to go down
perpendicularly. Those services which the community will most readily payfor,it ismost disagreeabletorender.Youarepaidforbeingsomething
lessthanaman.TheStatedoes not commonly reward a genius any more wisely. Even the poet laureate would rather not have to celebrate the
accidents of royalty. He must be bribed with a pipe of wine; and perhaps another poet is called away from his muse to gaugethat very pipe.The aim
of the laborershould be, not to get hisliving, to get “agood job.” buttoperformwellacertainwork; andeveninapecuniarysense,it wouldbe
economyforatowntopayits laborers sowellthattheywouldnot feelthattheywereworkingforlowends,foralivelihoodmerely,butfor scientific,
orevenmoralends.Donot hirea manwhodoesyourworkformoney, but himwhodoesitforlove of it.

Thecommunityhasnobribethat willtempt awiseman.Youmayraisemoneyenoughtotunnelamountain, but you cannot raise money enough to

hire a man who is minding his own business. An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pays him for it or not. The
inefficient offer their inefficiency to the highest bidder, and are forever expecting to be put into office. One would suppose that they were rarely
disappointed. God gave the righteous man a certificate entitling him to food and raiment, but the unrighteous manfoundafacsimileofthesamein
God’scoffers,andappropriatedit,andobtainedfoodandraimentlike theformer.Itisoneofthemostextensivesystems ofcounterfeitingthatthe
worldhasseen.Ididnot know that mankindwas sufferingfor wantofgold.Ihaveseen alittleofit.Iknowthat itisvery malleable, but not so
malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

Question 20

Which of the following would the author disagree most with?

A Setting up a factory in a rural area

B Advertising for tooth paste

C Studying in a business school

D Betting in a casino

E Working for an investment bank

Answer: D

Question 21

Which of the following could be a good title for the above passage?

A Money and Work

B God Rush

C Work is Worship

D In Search forGod
E God is Gold
Answer: A

Question 22

The author of the passage went on to say: “We are provincial, because we do not find at home our standards;
because we do not worship truth, but the reflection of truth; because we are warped and narrowed by an exclusive
devotion to trade and commerce and manufactures and agriculture and the like, which are but means, and not the end.”
Which of the following, as per author, could have been the end (last words in the lines above)?

A Economic growth ofsociety

B Realization of self

C Happy family life

D Strong and powerful nation

E Distribution of wealth
Answer: B

Instructions
I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe--“That government is best which governs not at all”; and when men are prepared
for it, that will be the kind of governments which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most government are usually, and all
governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objection which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and
deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The
government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the
people can act through it.

After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and fora longperiod continue,to
ruleisnot becausetheyare most likelytobeintheright,nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the
strongest. But a government inwhichthe majority rulesin allcases cannot bebasedonjustice, even as faras men understandit. Can there not be a
government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience? -- inwhichmajorities decideonlythose questions to
whichtherule ofexpediencyis applicable? Mustthe citizeneverfora moment orintheleast degree,resignhisconsciencetolegislator? Whyhas
everyman a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect forthelaw,somuch
asfortherightTheonlyobligationwhichIhavearighttoassumeistodoat any time what I think right. It istrulyenoughsaidthat a corporationhas no
conscience; but a corporation of
conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-
disposed are daily made the agents on injustice.

Question 23

According to the author of the paragraph, army is__________________ ?

A required

B fallible

C must

D necessary evil

E not required
Answer: E

Question 24

In general, when would government of majority be good for minorities?

A when it is fair.

B when it is right.

C when it abides by the law.

D when it is conscientious.

E such a government cannot exits.

Answer: D

Question 25

Which of the following statements would the author agree the most with?

A Men are bigger than the governments.

B Business houses are best for the growth of a society.

C Governments and armies are not required.

D Concept of nations is redundant.

E Democracy is best for citizens.

Answer: A
Instructions

Analyze the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions that follow.

Eitherexplicitlyorimplicitly,ourinformantssuggestthattheobjectsthattransfixthemarehopedtobe conduitsto, ratherthansurrogatesfor,

love, respect, recognition, status, security, escape, or attractiveness. These are the social relations we desire, consciously or subconsciously,
beneath the objects that we find so compelling. The value of the objects that we focus our longing upon inheres less in the object or in a Lacanian
searchforchildhoodlovethanintheculture.Thehopeforthehopethatanalteredstateofbeing may result keeps the cycle of desire moving.
Desires are nurtured by self-embellished fantasies of a wholly different self, and they may be stimulated by external sources, including advertising,
retail displays, films, television programs, stories told by other people, and the consumption behavior of real or imaginary others. But wefindthat
thepersonwhofeelsstrongdesirehasalmost always activelystimulatedthisdesireby attending, seeking out, entertaining, and embellishing
such images. The desires that occupy us are vivid and riveting fantasies that we participate in nurturing, growing, and pursuing, throughself-
seduction.

The social nature of desire implies that preferences of consumers arefarfrom being independent.Yet, choice models assumethat preferences
of consumers act asindividuals. The mimetic aspect of desire creates difficulties for using individual attitude or intention measures to predict
adoption of new products whose use will be visible. The notion of desire we have derived suggests that the appeal of the desired object is not
inherent in the object itself. Models that begin with preferences for product attributes or benefits are therefore problematic. The consumer,
individually and jointly, has a role in constructing the object of desire, within a social context. What makes consumer desire attach to a particular
object is not so much the object’s particular characteristics as the consumer’s own hopes for an altered state of being,involving an altered set of
social relationships.

Question 26

Consider the statement given below as true:

“The failure of men to transition from being shoppers and consumers to producers and creators has implications
about their manliness.”
Which of the following statements would concur with the above idea and the theme of the main paragraph?

A Manliness is no longer socially desirable.

B Boys will be boys and will always consume more.

C Men will be men and will always create and produce.

D Products that fulfil the desire will sell more.

E Consumers would like to buy more do-it-yourself kits.

Answer: E

Explanation:
The paragraph states that the man wants to portray himself better than what he actually is. Option E is in accordance with this.
Hence, option E is the correct answer.

Question 27

Consider the statement given below as true:

“Men use the plasticity of consumer identity construction to forge atavistic masculine identities based upon
an imagined life of self-reliant, pre-modern men who lived outside the confines of
cities, families, and work bureaucracies.” Which of the following statements would concur with the above idea and the
theme of the main paragraph?

A Pre-modern man was anti-social.

B Products that fulfil the desire of anti-social behaviour will sell more.

C Modern men are always anti-social.

D Consumer willsatisfytheir desireofmasculineidentitythroughsociallyvisibleconsumption.

E Men will fulfil their desires for maintaining their identity.

Answer: D

Question 28

Consider the statement given below as true:

“By appropriating fashion discourse, consumers generate personalized fashion narratives and metaphoric and metonymic
references that negotiate key existential tensions and that often express resistance to dominant fashion norms in their
social milieu or consumer culture at large.”
Which of the following statements would concur with the above idea and the theme of the main paragraph?

A Females in human society are creating personalized fashion narratives.

B It is socially desirable to resist all dominant norms.

C Feminists consider it socially desirable to resist dominant fashion norms that typify females in human society.

D Consumers often resist dominant fashion norms.

E Attractiveness increases if one is unique.

Answer: D
 Decision Making
Instructions

Answer questions based on information that is provided.

Question 29

The main issues of interpretation arising from the work of professionally trained anthropologists are that they are late in
colonial/post - colonial trajectories, because professional training shapes their interpretations. However, within field of
interest and training, their works are most thorough and systematic The best conclusion drawn from the above paragraph
is analogous to:

Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which states that speed and position cannot be determined simultaneously.
A
Cultural relativism, whichstates that two or morethan twocultures cannot becompared.
B
Personal relativism, which states that one should not study anthropological phenomenon for personal gains.
C
Conclusiverelativism, whichstatesthat anthropologists should not knowingly colortheir findings.
D
Communicative relativism, which states that anthropologists should not be selective in communicating their findings.
E
Answer: A

Question 30

Consider merit pay for teachers. Schools face constant pressure to change their management approaches to improve
performance, which is usually assessed by standardized reading, math, and science scores. In most school teacher’s pay is
determined by seniority, years of total teaching experience, and credentials. Pay is rarely based on performance, which is
contrary to the belief among parents and private sector.
Parents and business leaders lament that there are no carrots/sticks used to motivate teachers.
Consequently, there has been greater push to implement some form of merit pay to improve
the motivation. Which of the following statements will disapprove the claim of the parents and business leaders?

A A recent study suggested that teachers are self - motivated.

B Teachers are largely motivated, by financial incentives; so pay for performance will induce greater and more effective effort.

C Learning cannot be measured reliably and accurately by a test given once a year.
 Teaching is a solo - activity, there is a little interdependence with other co - curricular and extra - curricular
D activities in the school.

E To err is human. And hence stick should be used to reduce errors.

Answer: A

Question 31

Read the following newspaper report: In a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), researchers explored
how caffeine can serve as a “mild anti - depressant”. They concluded that “drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to
reduce the risk of suicide”. Data pulled in from three large studies in the US showed that the suicide risk of those who
drank two to four cups of caffeinated coffee a day was about half of those who drank decaffeinated coffee or very little
or no coffee. In the studies, a respondent’s caffeine consumption was assessed every four years through a questionnaire.
The respondents were all adults, and the study was published online. The authors, however, cautioned the public from
increasing coffee intake as it could result in “unpleasant side effects”. “Overall, our results suggest that there is
little further benefit for consumption above two to three cups/day or 400 mg of caffeine/day,” wrote the researchers.
The authors observed that there` was no major difference in suicide risk for adults who drank two to three cups a day
from those who drank four cups or more.
Which of the following shaped graph would best capture the above paragraph(x - axis represents “coffee intake” and “Y
- axis represents “suicidal tendency”)?

A A straight line

B Saw tooth curve C

Sshapedcurve D

Ushapedcurve E

Lshaped curve
Answer: E

Question 32

A group of nine runners will finish the 400 meters race in a certain order. The runners are:
Ashok, Benjamin, Chetan, Divya, Eshant, Girish, Himani, and Irravaty. They all finish at different times, and their finishing
order is as follow:
1. Faneesh finishes before Ashok
2. Divya finishes before Benjamin and Eshant
3.Irravaty finishes after Chetan
4.Girish finishes after Ashok
Which is the best position Girish can finish?

A First

B Second
C Third

D Fourth

E Fifth
Answer: C

Explanation:
Girish finishes after Ashok who finishes after Faneesh. No information about anybody else finishing before Girish can be deduced from the given
clues. So, the best positon at which Girish can finish the race is third. Hence, option C is the correct answer.

Instructions

Read the following case – let and answer the that follow

Ms.Banerjee,classteacherfor12thstandard,wantstosendteams(basedonpastperformance)ofthree studentseachto district, state,national,

andinternational competitioninmathematics.Till now, everystudent oftheclasshasappearedin100schoolleveltests.Thestudents hadfollowing
distributionofmarksinthe tests, in terms of “average” and “number of times a student scored cent per cent marks”.

Ms. Banerjee has carefully studied chances of her school winning each of the competitions. Based on in - depth calculations, she realized that
her school is quite likely to win district level competition but has low
chances of winning the international competition. She listed down the following probabilities of wins for differentcompetitions.Prizewas
highestforinternationalcompetitionandlowest fordistrictlevel competition (in that order).
All the students are studying in the school for last twelve years. She wanted to select the best team for all four competitions (Ms. Banerjee had
no other information to select students).

Question 33

Which of three members should form the team for the International competition?

A 4, 11, 14

B 2,8,14

C 1,6,12

D 13, 14, 15

E 1, 3, 4
Answer: B

Explanation:
The probability of winning an international competition is the lowest. So, most consistent scorers must be chosenwhohavescoredthehighest
most number oftimes.Thus, 2, 8 and 14is an appropriatechoice.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Question 34

Which of the following members should constitute the team for the district level competition?

A 4, 11, 14

B 1, 4, 11

C 4, 5, 6

D 4, 11, 13

E Any team can win the competition

Answer: D
 Explanation:
Since the probability of winning is highest at the district level, the students who have the highest average and scored 100 least number of times
must be selected. So, she must select 4, 11 and 13.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Question 35

Ms. Banerjee has to select the team for national competition after she has selected the team for international
competition. A student selected for international competition cannot be a part of national competition. Which is the
best team for the national competition?

A 1,7,4

B 8,9,10

C 2,8,14

D 3,6,1

E Any of remaining students, as it would not matter

Answer: D

Explanation:
EndGroup:

Instructions
Read the following case – let and answer the question that follow

Krishna Reddy was the head of a pharmaceutical company that was trying to develop a new product. Reddy, along with hisfriend Prabhakar Rao,
assessedthat such products had mixedsuccess. Reddy andRao realizedthatifanewproduct(adrug) was asuccess,itmayresult insales of
100crores butifitis unsuccessful, the sales may be only 20 crores.They further assessed that a new drug was likelyto be successful 50% of
times. Cost of launching the new drug was likely to be 50 crores.

Now, Reddy and Rao were in a quandary whether the company should go ahead and market the drug. They contacted Raj Adduri, a common
friend for advice. Adduri was of the opinion that given the risky nature of launch,it maybeabetter ideatotestthe market.Rao andReddy
realizedtest marketing wouldcost 10 crores. Adduri told them the previous test marketing results have been favorable 70% of times and success
rateofproducts favorablytestedwas80%.Further,whentestmarketingresultswereunfavorable;the products have been successful 30%
of the times.

Question 36

How much profit can the company expect to earn if it launches the new drug(suppose there are no additional
costs)?
A 12 crores

B 10 crores

C 10.5 crores

D 11 crores

E 11.5 crores
Answer: D

Question 37

How much profit can the company expect to make if the product is launched after favorable test marketing
results.(assume there are no additional costs)?

A 11.5 crores

B 10 crores#

C 8.5 crores

D 13.8 crores

E 6 crores
Answer: E

Question 38

What is the probability of product failure if Reddy and Rao decides to test market it?

A 0.21

B 0.35

C 0.14

D 0.28

E Cannot be computed
Answer: B
 Question 39

If Rao and Reddy decides to launch the product despite unfavourable test marketing, how much profit can the company
expect to earn?

A 13.2 crores

B 36.8 crores

C 46.8 crores

D 16 crores

E 10 crores
Answer: D

Instructions

Please read the three reports (newspaper articles) on ranking of different players and products in smart phones industry and answer the
questions that follow.

Report 1: (Feb, 2013)

Apple nabs crown as current top US mobile phone vendor

Apple’sreignmaynot belong,asSamsungispoisedtoovertakeAppleinApril,2013.Forthefirsttimesince Appleenteredthemobilephone market

in2007,it hasbeenrankedthetop mobilephonevendorintheUS. For the latter quarter of 2012, sales of its iPhone accounted for 34 percent of all
mobile phone sales in the US
- including feature phones - according to the latest data from Strategy Analytics.

While the iPhone has consistently been ranked the top smartphone sold in the US, market research firm NPD noted that feature phone sales have
fallen off a cliff recently,tothe point where 8 out of every 10 mobile phones sold in the US are now smartphones. That ratio is up considerably
from the end of 2011, when smartphones had just cracked the 50 percent mark. Given this fact it’s no surprise that Apple, which only sells
smartphones, has been able to reach the top of the overall mobile phone market domestically. For the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple ranked
number onewith 34 percent oftheUS mobile market, up from25.6 percent yearoveryear.Samsunggrewsimilarly,upto32.3percent from26.9
percent -butnot enoughtokeepfrom slipping to second place. LG dropped to 9 percent from 13.7 percent, holding its third place spot. It should be
noted that Samsung and LG both sell a variety of feature phones in addition to smartphones. Looking only at smartphones,therankingisalittle
different accordingtoNPD.Appleholdsthetopspotwith39percentof the US smartphone market, while Samsung again sits at number two with 30
percent. Motorola manages to rank third with 7 percent, while HTC dropped to fourth with 6 percent. In the US smartphone market, LG is fifth with 6
percent. Note how the percentages aren’t all that different from overall mobile phone market share - for allintentsandpurposes,thesmartphone
market isthemobilephonemarketintheUS goingforward.Still, Samsung was the top mobile phone vendor overall for 2012, and Strategy Analytics
expects Samsung to be backontopsoon.“Samsunghad beenthenumberonemobilephonevendorintheUSsince2008,anditwill surely be keen to
recapture that title in 2013 by launching improved new models such as the rumored Galaxy S4”. And while Apple is thetop vendor overall among
smartphones, itsiOS platform is still secondtothe Android platform overall. Samsung is the largest vendor selling Android-based smartphones, but
Motorola,
HTC, LG, and others also sell Android devices, giving the platform a clear advantage over iOS both domestically and globally.

Report 2: Reader’s Response (2013, Feb)

I don’t actually believe the numbers for Samsung. Ever since the debacle in early 2011, when Lenovo called intoquestionthenumbersSamsungwas
toutingfortabletshipments,statingthatSamsunghadonlysold 20,000 ofthe 1.5 million tablets they shipped into the US the last quarter of 2010,
Samsung (who had no responsetoLenovo)has refusedtosupply quarterlysales numbersforsmartphones ortablets.That’san indication that
their sales aren’t what analysts are saying. We can look to several things to help understand why. Inthe lawsuit between Apple and Samsung here
last year,both were required to supplyreal sales numbers for devices under contention. The phones listed turned out to have sales between one
third and one half of what hadbeenguessedbyIDCandothers.Tabletsaleswereevenworse.Ofthe1.5 milliontablets supposedlyshippedtothe
US duringthat time,only 38,000weresold.Thenwehavetheusagenumbers.
Samsungtabletshaveonlya1.5%usagerate,wheretheiPadhasover90%.Notasmuchadifferencewith thephonesbutit’sstilloverwhelminglyin
favorofiPhone.Theproblemisthatwith Apple’ssales,wehave actual numbers to go by. The companies who estimate can calibrate what they do
after those numbers come out. But with Samsung and many others, they can’t ever calibrate their methods, as there are no confirming numbers
released from the firms. A few quarters ago, as a result, we saw iSupply estimate Samsung’s smartphone sales for the quarter at 32 million, with
estimates from others all over the place up to 50 million. Each time some other company reported a higher number for that same quarter, the press
dutifully used that higher number as THE ONE. But none of them was the one. Without accurate self-reporting of actual sales to the end users,
none of these market share charts are worth a damn!

Report 3: Contradictory survey (Feb, 2013)

iPhone5Ranks Fifth InU.S. CustomerSatisfactionSurvey inShare.TheiPhone5ranks fifth in customer satisfaction according to the results of a
recent survey from OnDevice Research, a mobile device research group. In the poll, they asked 320,000 smartphone and tablet users from six
different countries, how satisfied they were with their devices. According to 93,825 people from the US, Motorola Atrix HD is the most satisfying
and Motorola’sDroid Razrtooksecondspot. HTC Corp (TPE : 2498)’s Rezound 4GandSamsung GalaxyNote2tookthirdandfourthspots,while
Apple’siPhone5landed infifthspot.Itappearsthat Apple may be lagging in consumer interest. OnDevice Research, Sarah Quinn explained,
“Although Apple created oneofthemost revolutionarydevicesofthepastdecade,othermanufactureshavecaught up,withsome Android
powered devices now commanding higher levels of user satisfaction.” Despite the lower rankings, things aren’t looking too bad for Apple Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL) elsewhere. In the United Kingdom, they ranked secondplace,right afterHTCOneX.Interestingenough,Appledidtaketopspotfor
overallsatisfactionof mobile device,whereas Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)rankedsecond. Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:NOK) took
third, fourth, and fifth places respectively, while Sony Ericsson trailed behind at sixth place. The survey sampled mobile device users in the following
countries: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany,Japan,andIndonesia. AlthoughOnDevice didn’tsharethefulllist ofdevices
mentionedinthe survey, it does show some insight to what customers want. Unfortunately, there were still many questions regarding the survey
that were left unanswered. Everyone wants to know why Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) wasonthelistwhentheyarenotanactualsmartphone
makerandwhywasSamsungElectronics Co.,Ltd. (LON:BC94) on the bottom of the satisfaction list when the brand is leading elsewhere.
Source: 92.825 US mobile users, July 2012 - January 2013
Fortunately, those questions were answered by OnDevice Research’s representative. He explained that the survey was conducted on mobile web
where the survey software could detect the taker’s device and since user’s rate their satisfaction levels on a 1 to 10 scale, thanks to the Nexus
device, Google was included.

Question 40

If you analyze the three reports above, which of the following statements would be the best inference?

A Newspapers publish completely wrong data.

B All three reports have been bought by the companies.

C Newspapers may report selectively.

D Apple is leading but its dominance in Korean market is definitely under threat.

E Customer’s response, in report 2, is neutral and objective.

Answer: C

Question 41

Assume report1 and report3 are both correct, which of the following can be a reason for seemingly
divergent ranks of different companies and their products?

A iPhone4, another product from Apple, could have been the best seller in the U.S.
B HTC-One was the most preferred device in Japan.
C OnDevice included Google in the list because it is an important player in Android market.

D Customer satisfaction never leads to higher customer loyalty.

E None of the above.

Answer: A

Question 42

If report1 and report3 are both correct, which of the following can be a reason for seemingly divergent
ranks reported for different companies and their products?

A OnDevice has been paid by Motorola to publish.

B Customers in France, in report3, have voted Samsung as the favorite company. C Customers in Japan, in

report3, have voted Samsung as the favorite company. D Sales and satisfaction may not be perfectly

related witheach other.

E None of theabove.
Answer: D

Question 43

Which of the following is more likely to be a correct conclusion about the respondent/reader in report2?

A The reader is an Apple user.

B If the reader is an Apple user, his usage rate is higher.

C The reader is a frequent user of HTC One.

D The reader does not like Android platform.

E The reader wants more objective data to be released by the companies.

Answer: E

Instructions

Read the following case-let and choose the best alternative for the questions that follow.

Ajay was thinking deeply about a problem that his organization, a business consulting company, faced. Globalization had affected his
company like many other companies. Despite the downturn, the current
revenues remained healthy. However, Ajay knew it was inevitable that the company could not do business the sameway.Thecomplexity of
managingthe business hadincreased withtime. Consultants wereunder pressureto delivergoodandinnovativesolutions.The organization
had consultants from different age groups havingagoodmixofdomainandindustryexpertise.Itwasaflat organizationwiththreelevels.The
biggestchallengeforAjaywastohaveconsultantswithlatestknowledgewhowouldalsoearnrevenues.
Getting additional business was a challenge as all the consultants were busy and it was very difficult to hire new consultants.

Question 44

Some of the consultants were adept at applying old solutions to new problems. Ajay was not very sure if this
would work for long. Some of the clients had complained about the performance of
old and reputed consultants. Ajay was mulling over the following five solutions to tackle this problem.

1.Decrease time spent on client interaction and increase time spent for generating solutions. 2.Increase
support staff to help consultants to remain updated.
3. Decrease the number of simultaneous projects handled by consultants.
4. Make it compulsory for consultants to work on inter-industry and inter-domain problems. 5.Recruit
more consultants.
Which of the following would be the best sequence of decisions taken by Ajay (starting from immediate to distant)?

A 3, 2, 1, 5, 4

B 4, 3, 2, 1, 5

C 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

D 2, 4, 5, 1, 3

E 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
Answer: B

Question 45

After Ajay implemented some of the steps mentioned above, consultants wanted to renegotiate their contract with the
organization. It seems that the organization had never mentioned that consultants have to work across industries and
domains. Some of the old consultants were reluctant to change their ways, while many of the younger consultants were
willing to follow Ajay’s advice. Which of the following decision can be taken by Ajay to handle this situation?

A Retrench old consultants and recruit young consultants.

B Pressurize non-conformists by giving preferential treatment to the conformists.

 Negotiate with the old consultants and communicate that the new rules would apply to the new
C consultants only.

D Do nothing and wait for a rightsolution to emerge, as with timeresistance would die down.

E Discuss the issue in an open house and let solutions emerge democratically.
Answer: E

Question 46

Ajay was to retire in five years and he wanted to leave behind a legacy. Order the following
activities, from the most important to the least important, that Ajay should undertake in next five year: 1.Do
nothing.
2.Set a future direction for the organization in these challenging times. 3.Benchmark
performance with respect to the best consulting company in industry.
4. Empower senior consultants and at the same time seek opinion of all others for handling future challenges.
5. Infuse fresh thinking by hiring outsiders.
Choose the best option from the following sequences

A 1, 2, 3, 4

B 2, 3, 4, 5

C 3, 4, 2, 1

D 2, 5, 3, 1

E 2, 5, 4, 3
Answer: B

Instructions

Read the following case – let and answer the questions that follow

Intercontinental Business Manufacturing (IBM) was doing a roaring business. Demand of the products was high and supply of raw – material was
abundant. IBM was manufacturingthree different products Some customers bought two types of products and some bought only one. The
three products were “quickie– quick”, “run – of – the – mill”, and “maxi – max”. Customers were not complaining loudly. Ram,the product
manager,wasconfused!Demandfor“quickie–quick“wasincreasing.Rawmaterialsupplierswantedto supplylowerqualityat cheaperprice.It
was profitableforthecompanyto increaseproduction.Quality department was not happy with the product. Ram met Rahim, the CEO, who, as
always, wanted higher profits. He said that IBM will set up a committee for improving the quality.

Question 47

What must not be done by Ram?

A Only produce “quickie - quick” as it gives highest profits.

B Increase the production for “quickie - quick” and ask the supplier for better quality raw material.

C Maintainthelevelofproductionfor“quickie-quick”andaskthesupplierforbetterqualityraw material.

D Reduce the production of “quickie - quick” till committee submits its report.

E Stop production of “quickie - quick” till committee submits its report.

Answer: A

Question 48

Rahim set up a “brand” committee comprising of a few selected managers, headed by Robert. The committee
proposed that IBM should continue to manufacture the three differently branded products. It also proposed to recruit a
new brand manager for improving brand image of the products. It agreed with Rahim that the company should increase
the price. Rocket Singh, head of sales, was confused because he realized that customers were miffed with “run - of - the -
mill” and “maxi - max”.
What should Rocket Singh do?

A Launch one more product to increase sales.

B Stop production of quickie - quick.

C Launch a campaign on social media to increase awareness about company’s products. D Send an anonymous email

to all the employees highlighting customer dissatisfaction. E Conduct a research study to find out the reason for

customer’s dissatisfaction.
Answer: E

Question 49

Some of the managers in production department were discussing the problems faced in shipping products in
time. They complained that they had to undertake responsibility of creating financial and marketing plans in
addition to responsibility of production planning. At the same time, finance
and marketing managers were to be involved in preparing production plans. It was expected that
this will reduce customer complaints. It was rumored that these changes were initiated by the managers educated in
the U.S.
Which of the following is the best possible course of action available to the affected managers?

A Create a union to safeguard their rights.

B File a law suit against the company.

C Create a forum for discussion and resolution of issues.

D Register a complaint with the human rights body.

E Go for further education to the U.S.

Answer: C

Instructions

Read the following case-let and answer the questions that follow

Rajinder Singh was 32 years old from the small town of Bhathinda, Punjab. Most of the families living there had middle class incomes, with about
10% of the population living below the poverty level. The population consistedof10percentsmalltraders,30percent farmers,besidesothers.
Rajinderlikedgrowingupin Bhathinda, where people knew and cared about each other.

Even as a youngster it was clearthat Rajinder was smart and ambitious. Neighbors would oftensay, “Someday you’re going to make us proud!”
He always had a job growing up at Singh’s General Store - Uncle Balwant’sstore.Balwantwasawell-intentionedperson.Rajinderlovedbeingat
thestoreandnotjust because Balwant paid him well. He liked helping customers, most of who were known by the nicknames.
Setting up displays and changing the merchandise for different seasons and holidays was always exciting. UncleBalwanthadonechildandofflate,
hisinterestinbusiness haddeclined.ButhehadtaughtRajinder ‘the ins and outs of retailing’. He had taught Rajinder everything, including ordering
merchandise, putting on a sale, customer relations, and keeping the books.

The best part about working at the store was Balwant himself. Balwant loved the store as much as Rajinder did. Balwant had set up the store with a
mission to make sure his neighbors got everything they needed at a fairprice. Hecarried a wide variety ofgoods, basedonthe needs ofthe
community.If you needed a snow shovel or piece ofjewelry for your wife,it was no problem- Singh’s had it all. Rajinder was impressed by
Balwant’s way of handling and caring for customers. If somebody was going through “hard times”, Balwant somehow knew it. Whenthey came
intothestore,Balwant would makethemfeelcomfortable, andsay something like, “you know Jaswant, let’s put everything on credit today”. This
kind of generosity made it easy to understand why Balwant was loved and respected throughout the community.

Rajindergrew up and went to school and college inBhathinda. Later on, he made it to an MBA program in Delhi. Rajinder did well in the MBA
course and was goal oriented. After first year of his MBA, the career advisor and Balwant advised Rajinder for an internship at Bigmart. That
summer, Rajinder was amazed by the breadth and comprehensiveness of the internship experience. Rajinder got inspired by the life story of the
founder of Bigmart, and the value the founder held. Bigmart was one ofthe best companies in the world.

The people that Rajinder worked for at Bigmart during the internship noticed Rajinder’s work ethic, knowledge, and enthusiasm for the
business. Before the summer ended, Rajinder had been offered a job as a Management Trainee by Bigmart, to start upon graduation. Balwant was
happy to see Rajinder succeed. Even forRajinder,thiswasadreamjob-holdingtheopportunitytomoveuptheranks inabigcompany.Rajinder did
indeed move up the ranks quickly, from management trainee, to assistant store manager, to supervising manager of three stores, to the present
position - Real Estate Manager, North India. This job involved locating
new sites within targeted locations and community relations.

One day Rajinder was eagerly looking forward to the next assignment. When he received email for the same, his world came crashing down. He was
asked to identify next site in Bhathinda. It was not that Rajinder didn’t believe in Bigmart’s explanation. What was printed in the popular
press,especially the business press, only reinforcedRajinder’s beliefinBigmart.Anexecutiveviewedasoneofthewisest business personsinthe
worldwasquotedassaying,“Bigmarthadbeenamajorforceinimprovingthequalityoflifefortheaverage consumer around the world offering
great prices on good, giving them one stop solution for almost everything.” Many big farmers also benefitted through low prices, as
middlemen were removed. At the same time, Rajinder knew that opening a new Bigmart could disrupt small business in Bhathinda. Some local stores
in small towns went out of business within a year of the Bigmart’s opening.

In Bhathinda, one of the local stores Singh’s,now run by Balwant’s son, although Balwant still came in every day to “straighten out the
merchandise.” As Rajinder thought about this assignment, depression set in, and the nightmares followed. Rajinder was frozen in time and space.
Rajinder’s nightmares involved Balwant screaming something- although Rajinder could not make out what Balwant was saying. This
especially troubled Rajinder, since Balwant never raised his voice.

Rajinderdidn’t knowwhattodo-whomight behelpful?Rajinder’s spouse,whowas ahousewife? Maybe talking it through could lead to some
positive course of action. Rajinder’s boss?Would Bigmart understand? Could Rajinder really disclose the conflict without fear? Uncle Balwant?
Should Rajinder really disclose the situation andaskfor advise? He wantedasolutionthat would make allsatkeholders happy.

Question 50

Who is the best person for Rajinder to talk to?

A Wife

B Boss

C Let time take its own course

D Balwant

E His colleagues in the office

Answer: D

Question 51

After delibertation with many people and a lot of research, Rajinder came across a study published
in leading journal, which stated that most local farmers benefited because Bigmart bought agricultural produce
directly from the farmers.
Which of the following actions would you prefer Rajinder to take, after he got this fresh information?
 Since farmers benefit from Bigmart’s presence, Rajinder should be happy with Bigmart’s presence in Bhatinda
A
Rajinder should undertake a new study to find out influence of Bigmart on local farmers
B
Rajindershouldsee this as an opportunitytotake concerns of localtraderstothetop management of
Bigmart in India. It may help Bigmart to develop new solutions that can benefit Bigmart, retailers, farmers and consumers.
C
Quit job at Bigmart and start another big retail chain to compete with Bigmart
D
Request his bossto transfer himto new location, which has a low percentage of mom and pop stores.
E This would reduce Rajinder’s discomfort.
Answer: C

Question 52

Which is the right ascending order, in terms of proportion of population, benefitting from Bigmart, in and around
Bhathinda?

A Consumers, farmers, retailers B

Farmers, consumers, retailers C Retailers,

farmers, consumers D Farmers, retailers,

consumers E Consumers,retailers,,farmers

Answer: C

Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 53

x,17,3x − y2 − 2, and 3x + y2 − 30, are four consecutive terms of an increasing arithmetic sequence. The sum of the four
number is divisible by:

A 2

B 5

C 7

D 11
 Answer: A

Explanation:
The terms x, 17, 3x − y2 − 2 and 3x + y2 − 30 are in A.P.
=> Common difference = d = 17 − x -------------------- Eqn(I)
d = 3x − y2 − 19 ------------- Eqn(II)
d = 2y2 − 28------------ Eqn(III)
From eqn(I) & (II), => 17 − x = 3x − y2 − 19
=> 4x − y2 = 36 ----------- Eqn(IV)
From eqn(II) & (III), => 3x − y2 − 19 = 2y2 − 28
=> x − y2 = −3 -------------Eqn(V)
Solving eqn(IV) & (V), we get :
x = 13, y2 = 16
=> Terms are = 13, 17, 21, 25
∴ Sum = 13 + 17 + 21 + 25 = 76, which is divided by 2. (among the given options)

Question 54

In quadrilateral PQRS, PQ = 5 units, QR = 17 units, RS = 5 units, and PS = 9 units. The length of the diagonal QS can be:

A >10and<12

B >12and<14

C >14and<16

D >16and<18

E cannot be determined
Answer: B
Explanation:

Inatriangle,sumoftwosidesisgreaterthanthethirdsideanddifferenceoftwosidesislessthanthird side.
In △ PQS
=> QS < 9 + 5 => QS < 14 ------------- Eqn(I)
In △ QRS
=> QS > 17 − 5 => QS > 12 -------------- Eqn(II)
From eqn(I) & (II)
=> 12 < QS < 14

Question 55

The sum of the possible values of X in the equation |X + 7| + |X - 8| = 16 is:

A 0

B 1

C 2

D 3

E None of the above

Answer: B

Explanation:
Expression : ∣x + 7∣ + ∣x − 8∣ = 16
Case 1 : x <−7
=> −(x + 7) − (x − 8) = 16
=> −2x + 1 = 16
=> x = −15 = −7.5
2
 Case 2 : −7 ≤ x < 8
=> (x + 7) − (x − 8) = 16
=>15= 16,whichisnot possible. Case 3 : x
≥8
=> (x + 7) + (x − 8) = 16
=> 2x − 1 = 16
=> x = 17 = 8.5
2
∴ Sum of all possible values of x = 8.5 − 7.5 = 1
Question 56

There are two windows on the wall of a building that need repairs. A ladder 30 m long is placed against a
wall such that it just reaches the first window which is 26 m high. The foot of the ladder is at point A.
After the first window is fixed, the foot of the ladder is pushed backwards
to point B so that the ladder can reach the second window. The angle made by the ladder with the ground is
reduced by half, as a result of pushing the ladder. The distance between points A and B is

A < 9m

B ≥ 9 m and < 9.5 m

C ≥ 9.5 m and < 10 m D ≥10

mand < 10.5m E ≥ 10.5 m

Answer: E

Explanation:

Given : Length of ladder = PA = P'B = 30 m and PQ = 26 m

∠ PAQ = 2 ∠ P'BQ
To find : AB = ?
Solution : In △ PAQ
=> (QA)2 = (PA)2 − (PQ)2
=> (QA)2 = 302 − 262 = 900 −676
=> QA = 224 ≈15
Also, cos2θ = QA
PA
=> 2θ = cos−1(15)
30
=> 2θ = 60 => θ = 60 = 30
2
In △P'QB
=> cos30 = QB
P ′B

=> QB = 3 × 30
2
=> QB = 15 × 1.732 = 25.98
∴ AB = QB - QA = 25.98 - 15 = 10.98 m

Question 57

Amitabh picks a random integer between 1 and 999, doubles it and gives the result to Sashi. Each
time Sashi gets a number from Amitabh, he adds 50 to the number, and gives the result back to Amitabh, who doubles the
number again. The first person, whose result is more than 1000, loses the game. Let ‘x’ be the smallest initial number that
results in a win for Amitabh. The sum of the digits of ‘x’ is:

A 3

B 5

C 7

D 9

E None of these
Answer: C

Question 58

Consider four natural numbers: x, y, x + y, and x - y. Two statements are provided below:
I. All four numbers are prime numbers.
II. The arithmetic mean of the numbers is greater than 4.
Which of the following statements would be sufficient to determine the sum of the four numbers?
A Statement I.

B Statement II.

C Statement I and Statement II.

D Neither Statement I nor Statement II.

E Either Statement I or Statement II.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Natural numbers = x, y, (x + y), (x − y)
Statement I : As all the numbers are prime, therefore, either x or y has to be 2 because otherwise (x+y) cannot be prime.
Case 1 : If x = 2, then (x-y) cannot be prime
Case 2 : If y = 2, numbers = (x − 2), x, (x + 2)
These numbers are prime, hence all possibility = 3,5,7
∴ Sum = 2+3+5+7 = 17
Using statement II, we cannot find the required sum, as no specific value of mean is given.

Thus, statement I alone is sufficient.

Question 59

Triangle ABC is a right angled triangle. D and E are mid points of AB and BC respectively. Read the following
statements.
I. AE = 19
II. CD = 22
III. Angle B is a right angle.
Which of the following statements would be sufficient to determine the length of AC?

A Statement I and Statement II. B

Statement I and Statement III. C

Statement II and III.

D Statement III alone.

E All three statements.

Answer: E

Explanation:
 ABC is right angled triangle. D and E are mid points of AB and BC respectively.
As it is not given that which angle is 90°. So we need statement (III) to find the value of AC.

Whereas usingstatement (I) & (II) alone, wecannot findthe value of AC. Butusingallthethreestatements. Wecanfindvalueof(AB)2 +(BC)2.
Hence,thevalueofAC = (AB)2 + (BC)2 using PythagorasTheorem.
=> Ans - (E) : All statements are required.

Question 60

There are two circles C1 and C2 of radii 3 and 8 units respectively. The common internal tangent, T, touches the circles at
points P1 and P2 respectively. The line joining the centers of the circles intersects T
at X. The distance of X from the center of the smaller circle is 5 units. What is the length of the line segment
P 1P 2 ?

A ≤ 13

B >13and≤14

C >14and≤15

D >15and≤16

E > 16
Answer: C

Explanation:
Given:OP1 = 3,O ′P 2 = 8,OX = 5 units To find : P1P2 =?
Solution : In △OP1X
=> (P1X)2 = (OP1)2 − (OX)2
=> (P1X)2 = 52 −32 = 25 −9
=> P1X = 16 = 4
In △OP1X and △O′P2X
∠OXP1 = O′XP2 (Vertically opposite angles)
′
∠OP1X = O P2X = 90
=> △OP1X ∼ △O′P2X
XP1 OP1 O′
=> XP2 = P2
=> XP2 = 4 × 8 = 10.66
3
∴ P1P2 = P1X + XP2 = 4 + 10.66 = 14.66 units
Question 61
Consider the formula, S = α×ω
positive integers. If ⍵ is increased and ⍺, τ and ρ are kept constant, then
τ +ρ×ω
S:

A increases

B decreases

C increases and then decreases

D decreases and then increases

E cannot be determined
Answer: A

Explanation:
Expression:S = α×ω τ
+ρ×ω
1
= τ +ρ×ω α×ω
=>
S
= +ω
τ ρ
=> 1 αω
S
Since, τ , ρ and α are constant,

= ω1 + k2
k
=> 1
S
Thus, S ∝ ω
∴ When ω increases, S increases.
Question 62

Prof. Suman takes a number of quizzes for a course. All the quizzes are out of 100. A student
can get an A grade in the course if the average of her scores is more than or equal to 90.Grade B is awarded to a student if
the average of her scores is between 87 and 89 (both included). If the average is below 87, the student gets a C grade.
Ramesh is preparing for the last quiz and he realizes that he will score a minimum of 97 to get an A grade. After the quiz,
he realizes that he will score 70, and he will just manage a
B. How many quizzes did Prof. Suman take?

A 6

B 7

C 8

D 9

E None of these
Answer: D

Explanation:
Grade A ≥ 90 and Grade B = 87 to 89
If Ramesh scores 70 instead of 97, => Change of marks = 97 - 70 = 27
It creates a change from grade A to B, this means an overall change in average by
= Minimum marks for grade A - Minimum marks for Grade B = 90 - 87 = 3
∴Numberofsubjects= 27 = 9 3

Question 63

A polynomial ax3 + bx2 + cx + d intersects x-axis at 1 and -1, and y-axis at 2. The value of b is: A - 2
 B 0

C 1

D 2

E Cannot be determined
Answer: A

Explanation:
Expression : ax3 + bx2 + cx + d
When it intersects x-axis at x = 1, => Point = (1,0)
=> a(1)3 + b(1)2 + c(1) + d = 0
=> a + b + c + d = 0 -------------Eqn(I)
Similarly at (-1,0)
=> a(−1)3 + b(−1)2 + c(−1) + d = 0
=> −a + b − c + d = 0 => (a + c) = (b + d)
Substituting it in eqn(I), we get :
=> 2(b + d) = 0 => b + d = 0 ---------------- Eqn(II)
When it intersects y-axis at = 2, => Point = (0,2)
=> a(0)3 + b(0)2 + c(0) + d = 2
=> d = 2
Substituting it in Eqn(II), => b = −2
Question 64
The probability that a randomly chosen positive divisor of 1029 is an integer multiple of 1023 is: a2/b2, then ‘b - a’ would be:

A 8

B 15

C 21

D 23

E 45
Answer: D

Explanation:
Number of factors of 1029 = 229 × 529
= 30 × 30 = 900
Factors of 1029 which are multiple of 1023
= 106 = 26 × 56
= 7 × 7 = 49
=> Required probability = 49
900
= a2
b2

=> ab= 7 30
∴ b − a = 30 − 7 = 23
Question 65

Circle C1 has a radius of 3 units. The line segment PQ is the only diameter of the circle which is parallel to the X axis. P and
Q are points on curves given by the equations y = axandy = 2ax respectively, where a
< 1. The value of a is:

1
A 6
2

1
B 6
3

1
C 3
6

1
D
6

E None of the above

Answer: A

Explanation:

Radius = 3 units, => Diameter = PQ = 6 units

y-coordinatesofPandQaresameasPQisparalleltox-axis x-coordinates of P and
Q will have a difference of 6 units.
Equating y-coordinate of P and Q
=>ax = 2ax+6
ax+6
=> 1 =
2 ax
x+6−x 1
=> a = 2
=> a = 1 6
2

Question 66

Consider a rectangle ABCD of area 90 units. The points P and Q trisect AB, and R bisects CD. The diagonal AC
intersects the line segments PR and QR at M and N respectively. What is the area of the quadrilateral PQNM?

A > 9.5 and ≤ 10

B > 10 and ≤ 10.5

C > 10.5 and ≤ 11

D > 11 and ≤ 11.5

E > 11.5
Answer: D

Explanation:
Let us draw the figure according to the available information,

In △ AMP and △ CMR

∠ MAP = ∠ MCR
∠ AMP = ∠CMR
Therefore, we can say that △ AMP ∼ △ CMR
 AP MP
Hence, we can say that =
CR MR
AB/3
⇒ = MP MR
AB/2
3 ∗ MP
⇒ MR =
2
3
Therefore,wecansaythat⇒MR = ∗RP ... (1)
5
Similarly, in △ ANQ and △ CNR
∠NAQ= ∠NCR
∠ANQ= ∠CNR
Therefore, we can say that △ ANQ ∼ △ CNR
AQ NQ
Hence, we can say that =
CR NR
2AB/3 NQ
⇒ =
AB/2 NR
3
⇒ NR = ∗ NQ
4
3
Therefore, we can say that ⇒ NR = ∗RQ ... (2)
7
In △ RMN and △ RPQ
Area of triangle RMN Area 0.5 ∗ RM ∗ RN ∗sinMRN
=
of triangle RPQ 0.5 ∗ RP ∗ RQ ∗ sinPRQ
3 3
Area of triangle RMN = ∗ ∗ Area of triangle RPQ
5 7
We know that, Area of triangle RPQ = 1/6*Area of rectangle ABCD = 1/6*90 = 15 sq. units
3 3 ∗ 15 = 27 sq. units
⇒ Area of triangle RMN = ∗
5 7 7
27 78 1
Hence, the area of the quadrilateral PQNM = 15 - = = 11 sq. units. Therefore, option D is the
7 7 7
correct answer.

Question 67
Two numbers, 297B and 792B , belong to base B number system. If the first number is a factor of the second number then
the value of B is:

A 11

B 12

C 15
D 17

E 19
Answer: E

Explanation:
In Base B, 297B = 2B2 + 9B +7
and 792B = 7B2 + 9B + 2
It is given that 297B is a factor of 792B
2
=> 7B +9B+2 must be an integer
2 B +9B+7
2

(2B2+9B+7)+(5B2−5) 2B2
=> +9B+7
5B2 −5
=> +1=k
2B 2 +9B+7
=> 5B2 − 5 = (2B2 + 9B + 7)k (where k is factor)
Put k = 1
=> 5B2 − 5 = 2B2 + 9B + 7
=> B2 − 3B − 4 = 0
=> (B − 4)(B + 1) = 0
=> B = 4,−1

Since,Bisabase,soBmust begreaterthan9.Hence,itisnotpossible Put k = 2

=> 5B2 − 5 = 4B2 + 18B + 14

=> B2 − 18B − 19 = 0
=> (B − 19)(B + 1) = 0
=> B = 19, −1
∴ B =19
Question 68

A teacher noticed a strange distribution of marks in the exam. There were only three distinct
scores: 6, 8 and 20. The mode of the distribution was 8. The sum of the scores of all the students was 504. The number of
students in the in most populated category was equal to the sum of the number of students with lowest score and twice
the number of students with the highest score. The total number of students in the class was:

A 50

B 51
C 53

D 56

E 57
Answer: E

Explanation:
Let x, y,z be the number of students getting 6, 8 and 20 marks respectively.
=> 6x + 8y + 20z = 504 ------------------- Eqn(I)

Since, the mode is 8, => Most populated category = y

=> y = x + 2z
=> x = y − 2z -------------- Eqn(II)
Substituting it in eqn(I), we get :
=> (6y − 12z) + 8y + 20z = 504
=> 14y + 8z = 504
By hit and trial, since x, y, z are integers, we get : y = 32 and z = 7
Putting it in Eqn(II), => x = 32 − 2 × 7 = 18
∴ Total students = x + y + z = 18 + 32 + 7 = 57

Question 69

Read the following instruction carefully and answer the question that follows:
Expression ∑13 1 can also be written as x What would be the remainder if x is divided by 11?
n=1 n 13!

A 2

B 4

C 7

D 9

E None of the above

Answer: D

Explanation:
1
Expression : ∑13 =x
n=1 n 13!
 1
=> + 1 + 1 + ...... + 1 = x
1 2 3 13 13!
=> x = 13! + 13! + 13! + ......... + 13!
1 2 3 13
Now, if x is divided by 11
13!+ 13! + 13! +.........+ 13!
=> 2 3
11
13

All terms are divisible by 11 except 13! 11

∴ Remainder if x is divided by 11 = Remainder of 13! 11×11
= (10! × 12 × 13)%11
= (10 × 1 × 2)%11 = 20%11 = 9
Question 70

A rectangular swimming pool is 48 m long and 20 m wide. The shallow edge of the pool is 1 m deep.
For every 2.6 m that one walks up the inclined base of the swimming pool, one gains an elevation of 1 m. What is the
volume of water (in cubic meters), in the swimming pool? Assume that the pool is filled up to the brim.v

A 528

B 960

C 6790

D 10560

E 12960
Answer: D

Explanation:
For every 2.6 m that one walks along the slanting part of the pool, there is a height of 1 m that is gained.

=>
AC
BC
= 2.6
1
=> AC = 2.6 × BC
Also, dimensions of cuboidal part = 48 × 20 × 1
In △ ABC
=> (AC)2 = (AB)2 + (BC)2
=> (2.6 × BC) 2 = (48)2 + (BC)2
=> 6.76(BC)2 − (BC)2 = 2304
=> (BC)2 = 2304 = 400
5.76
=> BC = 400 = 20 m
∴ Volume of water in the pool = Volume of cuboid + Volume of triangle
= (l × b × h) + ( 1 × AB × BC) × height
2
= (48 × 20 × 1) + ( 1 × 48 × 20 × 20)
2
= 960 + 9600 = 10560m3
Question 71

The value of the expression: ∑100 1

i=2 logi 100! is:

A 0.01

B 0.1

C 1
D 10

E 100
Answer: C

Explanation:
1
Expression : ∑100 i=2 logi 100!
1 1 1 1
= + + + ..... +
log 2100! log 3100! log 4100! log100 100!
1
We know that = logab
logb a
=log100!2+log100!3+log100!4+ .................. +log100!100
Also, logab + logac = loga(b × c)
= log100!(2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × ..................× 100)
= log100!100! = 1

Question 72

There are two squares S 1 and S 2 with areas 8 and 9 units, respectively. S 1 is inscribed within S 2 , with one corner of S
1 on each side of S 2 . The corners of the smaller square divides the sides of
the bigger square into two segments, one of length ‘a’ and the other of length ‘b’, where, b > a. A possible value of ‘b/a’,
is:

A ≥ 5 and < 8

B ≥ 8 and < 11

C ≥11and<14

D ≥14and<17

E > 17
Answer: D

Explanation:
Area of S1 = 8sq. units
=>SideofS1 = PS = 8=2 2 units
Similarly, Side of S2 = CD = 9 = 3 units
=> a + b = 3
In △PDS
=> b2 + a2 = 8
=> b2 + (3 − b)2 = 8
=> b2 + 9 + b2 − 6b = 8
=> 2b2 − 6b + 1 = 0
=
=>b = 6± 36−8 6± 28
4 4
3+ 7
=>b = 2 (∵ b > a)
=> a = 3 − 3+ 7
2
= 3− 7
2
3+ 7

∴
b
a = 2
3− 7
2

= 3+ 7 ≈ 15.9
3− 7

Question 73

Diameter of the base of a water - filled inverted right circular cone is 26 cm. A cylindrical pipe, 5 mm in radius, is
attached to the surface of the cone at a point. The perpendicular distance
between the point and the base (the top) is 15 cm. The distance from the edge of the base to the point is 17
cm, along the surface. If water flows at the rate of 10 meters per minute through the pipe, how much time
would elapse before water stops coming out of the pipe?

A < 4.5 minutes

B ≥ 4.5 minutes but < 4.8 minutes

C ≥ 4.8 minutes but < 5 minutes

D ≥ 5 minutes but < 5.2 minutes

E ≥ 5.2 minutes
Answer: D

Explanation:

Radius of cone = BP = 13cm In △ ABC

=> (AB)2 = (BC)2 −(AC)2
=> (AB)2 = 172 −152 = 289 −225
=> AB = 64 = 8 cm
=> AP = OC = BP − AB = 13 − 8 = 5 cm
Lettimeelapsed before waterstops coming out ofthepipe= T min Volume of frustum =

Volume discharged
1
=>
3
πh(R2 + r2 + Rr) = πh(0.5)2 × T
=> 1 × 15 × (132 + 52 + 13 ∗ 5) = 0.25 × 1000 × T
3
=> 5 × 259 = 250 × T
=> T = 259 = 5.18 min
50
Question 74

Aditya has a total of 18 red and blue marbles in two bags (each bag has marbles of both colors). A marble is
randomly drawn from the first bag followed by another randomly drawn from the
second bag, the probability of both being red is 5/16. What is the probability of both marbles being blue?

A 1/16
B 2/16

C 3/16

D 4/16

E 5/16
Answer: C

Explanation:
Probability of both marbles being red = Probability of red from 1st * probability of red from 2nd
5
=
16
∵ Each bag has marbles of both colors and probability cannot be greater than 1
=> 5 = 5 × 1
16 8 2
5
where, probability of red marbles from 1st bag = 8
=> Probability of blue marbles from 1st bag = 1 − 5 = 3
8 8
1
Similarly, Probability of red marbles from 1st bag =
2
=> Probability of blue marbles from 2nd bag = 1 − 1 = 1
2 2
∴ Probability of both blue marbles = 3 × 1
8 2
3
=
16

Instructions

Answer the questions based on the given data on the tourism sector in India.
 Question 75

In which of the following years the percentage increase in the number of Indians going abroad was greater than the
percentage increase in the number of domestic tourists?

A 2004and2005

B 2005and2006

C 2005and2007

D 2006and2008

E 2004, 2005 and2006

Answer: C

Question 76

In which of the following years was the rupee cheapest with respect to the dollar?

A 2001

B 2002

C 2007

D 2010

E 2011
 Answer: B

Question 77

Let ‘R’ be the ratio of Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism in India (in US $ million) to Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India
(in million). Assume that R increases linearly over the years. If we draw a pie chart of R for all the years, the angle
subtended by the biggest sector in the pie chart would be approximately:

A 24

B 30

C 36

D 42

E 48
Answer: C

Instructions

Answer the questions based on the following information given below.

The exhibit given below compares the countries (first column) on different economic indicators (first row), from2000-2010.Abarrepresents
datafor oneyearand amissing barindicates missingdata.Within an indicator, all countries have same scale.
GRAPH:

Table given below contains data of GDP in constant 2000 US Dollar (in billions).

Question 78

Which of the following countries, after United States, has the highest spending on military as % of GDP, in the period
2000-2010?

A Vietnam
B China

C India

D Brazil

E Thailand
Answer: C

Question 79

Which country (and which year) has witnessed maximum year-to-year decline in “industry as percentage of GDP”? Given
that the maximum value of industry as percentage of GDP is 49.7% and the minimum value of industry as percentage of
GDP is 20.02%, in the chart above.

A United States in2002-3

B Brazil in 2006-7

C India in 2009-10

D Malaysia in 2008-9

E China in 2008-9
Answer: D

Question 80

Which of the following countries has shown maximum increase in the “services, value added as % of GDP” from year 2000
to year 2010?

A Brazil

B India

C United States

D Philippines

E None of the above

Answer: B

Instructions
Answer the questions based on the trends lines from the following graphs.
Note: Left side of X axis represents countries that are “poor” and right side of X axis represents countries that are “rich”, for each region. GDP is
based on purchasing power parity (PPP).
These are World Bank (WB) estimates. GRAPH

Question 81

Which of the following could be the correct ascending order of democratic regions for poor?

A North America, C and E Europe, South America, Middle East, Asia Pacific

B Scandinavia, Western Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East

C Scandinavia, Western Europe, North America, C and E Europe, Middle East

D C and E Europe, Africa, South America, Western Europe, Scandinavia

E Africa, South America, Western Europe, North America, Scandinavia

Answer: D

Question 82

Which region has the highest disparity, of democratic participation, between rich and poor?

A North America B C

and E Europe C Africa

D South America

E Western Europe
Answer: B

Question 83

The maximum GDP of African region is higher than the maximum GDP of South American region by factor of:

A 10

B 100

C 2

D 4
E None of these
Answer: E

Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 84

The G-7 is a group consisting of:

A the heads of the states of US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan

B the finance ministers of US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan

C the heads of the states of US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, Canada, and Japan

D the finance ministers of US, UK, France,Germany, Russia, Canada, and Japan

E the heads of the states of US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Japan
Answer: B

Question 85

The correct match between countries and their official languages is:

A Brazil - Spanish, Barbados - English, Haiti - Portuguese, Chile - French B Brazil - Spanish,

Barbados - Portuguese, Haiti - French, Chile - Spanish C Brazil - Portuguese, Barbados - English,

Haiti - French, Chile - Spanish D Brazil - Portuguese, Barbados - French, Haiti - Spanish, Chile -

French

E Brazil - Portuguese, Barbados - French, Haiti - Portuguese, Chile - Spanish

Answer: C

Question 86

The correct match between the following mountain ranges and their highest peaks is:
A Alps : Mont Blanc, Rockies - Mount Albert, Andes - Mount Aconcagua, Karakoram - K2

B Alps : Mount Albert, Rockies - Aconcagua, Andes - Mont Blanc, Karakoram - K2 C Alps : Mount Albert,

Rockies - Aconcagua, Andes - K2, Karakoram - Mont Blanc D Alps : Mont Blanc, Rockies - Aconcagua, Andes -

Mount Albert,Karakoram-K2 E Alps:Aconcagua,Rockies-MountAlbert,Andes-MontBlanc,Karakoram-K2

Answer: A

Question 87

The acronym “YAHOO” stands for:

A A song sung by Shammi Kapoor

B Yet Another Hierarchical Object Orientation

C Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

D Young American Hi-tech Organization in Ohio

E None of these
Answer: C

Question 88

The list of persons not containing an RBI governor is:

A Raghuram Rajan, D. Subbarao, I.G Patel, R.N Malhotra B Y.V Reddy, Bimal

Jalan, C. Rangarjari, S. Venkitaraman C Manamohan Singh, A. Ghosh, D.

Subbarao, K.R Puri

D Raghuram Rajan, D. Subbarao, Y.V Reddy, James Taylor

E None of the above

Answer: E
Question 89

The factor that least influences exchange rate fluctuations:

A IndustrialProduction B

Investor sentiments C

Interest Rates

D Consumer Price Index

E Goods and ServiceTax

Answer: B

Question 90

The sequence that contains a wrong match between car manufacturers and their country of origin

A Bugatti - France, Opel- Germany, Ferrari - Italy, Jaguar - England

B Cherry Automoblie - U.K, Rolls-Royce - U.K, Austin - U.K, Kia - Korea

C First Automobile Works - China, The First Cars - Japan, Lancia - Italy, Saab - Sweden

D Volvo - Sweden, Audi - Germany, Skoda - Czech Republic, Tatra - Australia

E Volkswagen - Germany, Audi-Germany, Opel - Germany, Mercedes Benz - Germany

Answer: D

Question 91

As per the Constitution, which among the following is not a fundamental right granted to the citizens of India ?

A Right to Equality

B Right to Freedom

C Right Against Exploitation

D Right to Property

E Right to Freedom of Religion

 Answer: D

Question 92

Jawaharlal Nehru declared ‘Poorna Swaraj’ at:

A Surat (1907)

B Belgaum (1924)

C Lahore (1929)

D Tripuri (1939)

E Calcutta (1938)
Answer: C

Question 93

Who among the following was known as the ‘Saint of the Gutters’?

A Baba Amte

B Mother Teresa C

C.F. Andrews D

Jyotirao Phule

E Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak

Answer: B

Explanation:
Mother Teresa was known as the ‘Saint of the Gutters’. Hence, option B is
the correct answer.

Question 94

‘Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of the following Bharat Ratna recipient

A Jawaharlal Nehru

B S. Radhakrishnan
C Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

D Nelson Mandela

E C. Rajgopalachari
Answer: D

Question 95

Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat ‘zero’ as a number and show its
mathematical operations ?

A Aryabhatta

B Medhatithi

C Brahmagupta

D Bhaskaracharya

E Panini
Answer: A

Question 96

Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

A Tokyo (Japan)

B Vienna (Austria)

C Geneva (Switzerland)

D New York (U.S.A)

E Brussels (Belgium)
Answer: B

Question 97

Which Indian region is the only place in the world where the Asiatic Wild Ass is Found ?

A Sunderban
B Leh and Ladakh

C Coromandel

D Rann of Kutch

E Andaman and NicobarIslands

Answer: D

Question 98

The number of officially recognized lnguges according to the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution is

A 22

B 15

C 19

D 25

E 12
Answer: A

Question 99

The ancient civilization of Sumer flourished in a region, which is a part of the following country in the modern world

A Iraq

B Syria

C Sumeria

D Egypt

E None of the above

Answer: A

Question 100

The following women have been honoured with The Nobel Peace Prize, except:
A Mother Teresa

B Wangari Mutta Maathai

C Aung San SuuKyi

D Doris Lessing

E Shirin Ebadi
Answer: B

Question 101

The correct ascending prder of the countries based on the latest Gross Domestic Product data (Purchasing Power Parity)
from IMF is:

A Brazil, Japan, India, China, USA

B Germany, Japan, India, China, USA

C Brazil, India, Japan, China, USA

D Germany, Russia, Japan, China, USA

E Russia, India, Japan, China, USA

Answer: A

Question 102

The distance covered in half marathon is approximately:

A 21 km

B 42 km

C 11 km

D 7.5 km

E 5 km
Answer: A
Question 103

The newest country in the world is:

A Palau

B Kosovo

C Eritrea

D East Timor

E South Sudan
Answer: E