Directions: The table below shows the marks (out of 90) of students of class 11 in Maths.

85 4 16 3 45 4 66
5 9 6
81 4 12 3 60 1 55
5 6 3
75 4 75 8 43 4 42
5 1 5
80 4 46 5 39 4 35
5 4 1
65 5 54 5 49 7 31
8 6 2

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the given data?
1. More than half of the students scored more than 45 marks in Maths.
2. The student scoring highest marks scored less than 94% in Maths.
3. More than 5 students scored more than 80 marks in Maths.
4. The student scoring highest marks scored more than 95% in Maths.
5. None of the above

Question No. 2
Directions: The bar graph below shows the number of students who have secured more than 1,400 score (out of
1,600) in SAT exam among institutes A, B and C. The number of SAT students in each institute is 150.

If a SAT student is selected at random from an institute, then what is the probability that the student did not get
more than 1,400 marks in SAT (up to 2 places of decimal)?
1. 2.32 2. 1.12 3. 0.12
4. 0.62 5. 1.16

Question No. 3
Directions: Answer the question based on the following data.
 The pie-chart above gives information about the number of students who enrolled for
different courses in a university. If there are 460 Arts students, then what is the
number of Engineering students in the college?

1. 180 2. 220 3.250

4. 270 5. 320

Question No. 4

Question No. 5
There are four distinct natural numbers such that their product and sum, both are even integers.
What isthe maximum number of these natural numbers that could be odd?
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

Question 6:
Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follows:
In a village of Bastar district in Madhya Pradesh, only two types of people live who belong to a tribal class. The
first type is known as class A, while the other is known as class B. In that village, there is no other type of
person except these two. The activities of both types of people are governed by perfectly patterned norms of
social behaviour. Each person of the tribe has to strictly obey the norms.

As far as marriage is concerned, the following norms are to be followed:

(A) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they can marry members
of class B and vice versa.
(B) After being married, each male member ceases to be member of that class in which he was born, but he
automatically becomes the member of the other class to which his wife belongs.
(C) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after getting married.
(D) On his birth, the child automatically becomes the member of his mother's class.
(E) When any male member becomes widower or divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was
born.
 (F) Nobody can marry more than one person according to social laws.One boy, who was born in class B
(boy and his wife both can have married and unmarried brothers),
1. can have his daughter in class B
2. can have a son-in-law born in class A
3. can have his uncle from any class
4. can have a divorced son in class B

Question No. 7
A, B and C started a joint venture at the beginning of the year 2011. The share of the investment
of A was 50% more than that of B, which, in turn, was 40% less than that of C. If the total profit
made by the venture at the end of the year was 10000, then what was the share (in ) of B in the
profit?
a. 2400 b. 3600 c. 4000 d. 2800

Question No. 8
A car of length 4m wants to overtake a trailer truck of length 20m travelling at 36km/hr within 10 seconds.
At what speed should the car travel?
A) 12 m/s B) 14.8 m/s
C) 12.4 m/s D) 7.6 m/s

Question No. 9
Three of the five students allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden. Given the floor plan
of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will accommodate all their requests.
Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want to avoid a wing next to the garden.
Request by Y: I want to live as far from the washrooms as possible, since I am very sensitive to smell.
Request by Z: I believe in Vaastu and so want to stay in the South-west wing.

The shaded rooms are already occupied. WR is washroom.

1.
Question No. 15

A trader gave a discount of 20% to a customer on a product and made a profit of 60%. Had the trader
sold the product without any discount, what would have been the profit percentage?
a 200% b 150%
c 100% d 50%

Question No. 16
Every week I buy 12 cans of lemonade. The shop that I always buy them from sells individual cans for
80p each and packs of 4 cans for £2.60, so I buy three packs of cans. Last week the shop had a special
offer, as follows:
Individual cans – buy one, get another half price
Pack of 4 cans – buy one pack, get a 5th can free
I didn’t want more than 12 cans, and I managed to get 12 cans for the lowest possible total price. How
much less than usual did I pay for my 12 cans last week?
A £0.20p B £0.60 C £2.80
D £1.00 E £1.40

Question No. 17

A vendor travels from his city to another city to sell the fruits. One day, after travelling half the
distance, he gets stuck in the traffic. After 30 minutes, he manages to catch an auto and reaches his
destination on time. Had he gotten stuck in the traffic 3 km back, he would have had 37.5 minutes to
catch the auto and reach the destination on time. If the speed of the auto is 2 km/hr more than that of
the man, then find the speed of the man in km/hr.

1. 3.5 2. 4.5 3. 5
4. 6 5.7.5

Question No. 18

Two friends, Aman and Raman, are going to Ahmedabad from Delhi via Jaipur. Aman starts at 8 am
from Delhi and maintains a speed of 50 kmph up to Jaipur and 60 kmph from Jaipur to Ahmedabad,
whereas Raman leaves Delhi at 9:45, maintaining a speed of 60 kmph from Delhi to Jaipur and 80
kmph from Jaipur to Ahmedabad. Both Aman and Raman reach Ahmedabad at 4 pm.

At what time does Raman reach Jaipur?

1. 12:00 pm 2. 12:15 pm 3. 1:00 pm

4. 1:45 pm 5. 2:00 pm

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The roads are all straight. Roads A, B,
C, D and E are parallel to one another. Roads G, H, I, J, K, L and M are parallel to one another.

(i) Road A is 1 km east of road B.

(ii) Road B is km west of road C.

(iii) Road D is 1 km west of road E.

(iv) Road G is km south of road H.

(v) Road I is 1 km north of road J.

(vi) Road K is km north of road L.

(vii) Road K is 1 km south of road M.

Question No. 19

Which of the following is necessarily true?

1. E and B intersect each other. 2. D is 2 km west of B.

3. D is at least 2 km west of A. 4. M is 1.5 km north of L.
5.None of these

Question No. 20
There are books of five subjects i.e. History, Geography, Biology, English and Hindi in a library. There are
432 books of History, 336 books of Geography, 240 books of Biology, 192 books of English and 144 books
of Hindi and these books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored subject wise and
height of each stack is the same. Find the total numbers of stacks.

1. 18 2. 20 3. 24
4. 28 5. 32

Question No. 21

In India, the funding of the space and agriculture research programs by the major industrial houses remained
steady during 1980-1990. These were the years when Indian economy was going through a very lean patch.
So it would be wrong to say that total funding in scientific research programs is in direct proportion with the
growth rate of the economy.

Which of the following, if true for India most weakens the argument above?

1. Government funds, which constituted a significant portion of the support for scientific research from 1980
to 1990, fell annually and substantially during that period.
2. The inflation that occurred between 1980 and 1990 was more severe than leading economists had
expected.
3. Industrial executives generally favour investing an appreciably larger portion of government funds in
short-term development than in basic research.
4. The scientists and engineers who worked in space and agriculture research programs from 1980 to 1990
were, as a group, more experienced in their jobs than were those who worked in space and agriculture
 research programs during the previous ten-year period.
5. India's economic growth in the 1980s was not as low as it was in the 1970s or 1990s.

Question No. 22

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Residents argue that the recent effort to reduce crime by clamping a curfew on movement in groups of 6 or
more persons after 5:00 pm is insufficient and unproductive especially as students usually move late in
groups of 4 or 5. They claim that simply having all movements in groups of even two persons restricted after
8:00 pm could be a greater deterrent to crime.

Which of the following does the argument NOT assume?

1. Elements indulging in illegal or criminals acts are not likely to consider logistics of distance and time
when planning or preparing for any crime.
2. Student groups don't often move well after 8:00 pm for tutorials and recreation.
3. The deployment of police force is sparse after 8:00 pm.
4. Most criminal acts are committed after 8:00 pm.
5. Law enforcement agencies are unable to garner sufficient evidence to identify potential miscreants.

Question No. 23

Laptops have replaced desktop computers across the world and it has been predicted that by the year 2020,
there would be no desktops left. The major laptop manufacturers have reported a sharp increase in the units
they produce annually. The sales of desktop computers have dropped significantly. This heralds the end of
the desktop computer industry in near future.

Which of the following is a necessary assumption for the above conclusion?

1. The laptops will not ultimately be phased out in favor of hand-held electronic diaries.
2. The risk of hardware failure is considerably low in case of laptops than in case of desktops.
3. The levies on laptops are not likely to increase at all in the coming years.
4. Laptops are more suitable even where systems are not required to be mobile, as in a local network.
5. Desktop computers are likely to lose their utility altogether.

Question No. 24
The top management will implement new safety measures in the office if majority of the employees feel that
there is a need to do so. But majority of the employees feel that the measures are adequate, therefore the
management will not implement new safety measures.

Which of the following resembles the reasoning most closely as stated in the above argument?

1. Banks will implement new interest rates if the government comes out with a new monetary policy. But the
government has not made any announcement yet, therefore the banks have decided not to implement new
rates.
2. The hospital administration despite getting a below average rating from the pollution control board, has
decided not to implement new measures to tackle bio waste.
 3. Most of the members of the parents council feel that the course curriculum for primary school students
must change. The school has decided to change the syllabi, therefore only partially agreeing with the parents.
4. The editors' association has decided not to implement stricter rules for curating content for newspapers, as
a poll has suggested that readers are happy with the quality of the content.
5. People of this town feel that there is a need to curb racial intolerance growing in this region; however, the
local administration has decided not do much to address it, thus neglecting people's views.

Question No. 25
In the early 2000s, the abundance of low-priced domestic natural gas in South Asia was an engine to
industrialize and build export-orientated economies. As domestic production of natural gas started
dwindling, the government in those countries implemented gas allocation policies, with priority given to
residential, fertilizer, and power users. But the allocation mechanism was not enough to guarantee the natural
gas supplies to those priority users (in particular, the power sector), resulting in load shedding and extensive
use of backup diesel generators.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?

1. In late 2000s, many countries in South Asia had no infrastructure in place to import liquefied natural gas
or alternative fuels to fire power plants, one of its three priority users.
2. In 2000s, governments in South Asia increasingly used coal as an alternative to gas to fire their power
plants in event of shortage of domestic gas.
3. Majority South Asian countries limited the supply of low-priced natural gas to their power plants in
conformance with the World Bank's directive to ban fossil-fuel based projects.
4. Imports of natural gas, if any, by countries in South Asia, in mid to late 2000s, were inadequate to
compensate for deficiency in domestic gas allocation to their priority users.
5. In the early 2000s, the exports of natural gas from majority South Asian countries far exceeded their
imports that over the years led to a deficiency of natural gas for their priority users in late 2000s.

Question No. 26

The medical association spends more each year on cancer research projects than it spends on TB research
projects. But each year many more people die from TB than people who die from cancer. So the association
would save lives by shifting funds from cancer research programs to TB research programs.

Which of the following arguments most closely resembles the logical reasoning stated in the above
argument?

1. A recent survey states that Chinese cuisine has become the new hot favorite for the locals. As a result, you
can see an increase in the new Chinese diners.
2. John, the famous musician, has announced that he would spend more time playing the saxophone than the
guitar, since an online poll has claimed that his fans have a relatively less liking for his playing the guitar
than for his playing the saxophone.

3. Parents would witness a definite improvement in the school performance of their kids, if they
supplemented school learning with outdoor practical experiences, as supplemented learning leads to better
academic performance as revealed by a child study expert.
4. The local newspaper gives more space to local news rather than to national news. A recent survey
revealed that people in this town are more interested in national political matters; therefore the local
newspaper has decided to improve the quality of its news.
 5. A study shows that less number of people buy high interest rate loans than low interest rate loans;
therefore banks have decided to bundle lucrative schemes with high interest rate loan offerings.

Question No. 27
Anyone can participate in the SCUBA diving camp being organized by the local adventure club provided he
knows how to swim and has genuine interest in SCUBA diving. Since most of the residents who have shown
interest do not know how to swim, therefore they will not be eligible to participate.

Which of the following options best resembles the reasoning stated in the above argument?

1. To create a successful music album, an artist needs soulful lyrics and music that will have a mass appeal.
Since most of the debutant artists lack both of these, not many debutant music albums become successful.
2. Any old house needs repair if it is not maintained properly. Today many houses are a few years old, but
they do not need any repair. Therefore they must have been regularly maintained.
3. All the new adventure parks will prove successful ventures if they offer both child-safety measures and
competitive pricing. However, most of them are not having adequate safety measures; therefore few of them
will be successful.
4.For a racing car to be able to compete in F1, it must have good aerodynamics and DRS installed. Since
most cars that have DRS installed lack good aerodynamics, they are not fit for F1 racing.
5. To be a successful teacher one needs deep understanding of the subject and should also be persuasive.
Since most of the teachers lack both, there is a shortage of teachers at primary education level.

Question No. 28
Today, IP infringement and IP theft coexist as two terms that describe different behaviors and often demand
different remedies. The terms overlap but also conflate approaches to enforcing intellectual property. IP
infringement covers all forms of intellectual property misappropriation. IP theft implicitly focuses on
criminal remedies but also covers other actions such as hacking of computer systems and state-directed
forced technology transfer. An effective IP-enforcement regime needs a robust set of remedies appropriate to
the type of right and the infringing conduct. A lack of balance created by an excessive focus on criminal
remedies can manifest itself as a bias that disadvantages the leading role played by civil remedies in actual
enforcement. This appears to be the current situation in the United States.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?

1. Availability and use of only civil remedies in deciding whether to prosecute an infringer criminally need
to be a priority in the US today.
2. A balance between civil and criminal remedies was at one time inherent in the US policy.
3. The bias in the civil and criminal remedies has resulted from the confusion arising from labeling a conduct
as one of IP infringement or of IP theft.
4. Hacking of computer systems and state-directed forced technology transfer should be dealt under civil
remedies to restore balance between United States' focus on civil and criminal remedies.
5. According a primacy to civil remedies in the US justice system today will automatically promote IP
enforcement.

Question No. 29
Drug A is used as a painkiller and has been found to be very effective. But it also causes some nausea.
Obviously, a patient would not expect to relieve pain at the expense of feeling nauseated. Therefore, one
cannot take drug A at all.
 Which of the following is similar in reasoning as the above stated argument?

1. A student wants to score good marks in the test and wants to see the latest batman movie as well. He can
do so if he can manage his time well.
2. A researcher, who wants to make a breakthrough in eugenics, should avoid wasting time taking trials as by
doing so he might not get favorable results.
3. A project manager who wastes time, especially when he has to meet project timelines, usually fails to
complete a project on time.
4. A runner, who runs large distances, might win a city marathon as he has already built the stamina for long
races.
5. A student, who wants to get good grades but is not willing to study, cannot achieve good grades.

Question No. 30

Goodhealth Insurance, in its yearly review, has found that it has been paying out more on health insurance
claims than it had expected. Insurance holders who regularly get their health check-ups done are less likely
to fall ill as they become increasingly aware of possible health risks and take pre-emptive action to avoid
them. They are, therefore, less likely to claim insurance. Goodhealth Insurance, as part of an effort to reduce
its annual payouts, has now decided to offer discounts to holders of health policies who submit their annual
health check-up report once from the Premier Academy of Medicine.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest indication that the plan is likely to achieve its goal?

1. In one or two years, the discount that the insurance holders will receive will be more than the cost of the
annual health check-up from the Premier Academy of Medicine.
2. Currently, Goodhealth Insurance cannot legally raise the premium it charges for a given amount of
insurance against health risk.
3. The number of policyholders who filed claims last year is higher for Goodhealth Insurance than for other
health insurance companies.
4. The decrease in the number of people falling sick after taking an annual health check-up is greatest when
only a few people take it.
5. The amount Goodhealth Insurance has been paying out on sickness related claims has been greater for
elderly than for others.

Question No. 31

Directions: Read the lines given below and answer the question that follows.

The increase in the number of subscribers for internet radio indicates end of the old-school radio sets.
Although these radios are costlier to subscribe, they have greater variety of channels and also better sound
quality. All you need is to log on to internet on your computer and access a never-ending collection of radio
channels. Therefore, goodbye FM and welcome internet radio.

Which of the following would most strengthen the given argument?

1. Internet is going mobile these days and these radios can replace car radios too.
 2. The low speed internet in countryside and suburban parts may result in lower sound quality.
3. Internet radio channels are different from FM channels and are not deficient of variety.
4. A little more than 30 percent of the households in the state own computers and 42 percent are mobile
internet subscribers.
5. The hitherto complex nature of accessing channels on internet radio is getting less cumbersome by the
day.

Question No. 32

Next Era Energy Resources delivers clean energy across much of North America, helping provide
sustainable solutions to meet evolving energy needs. While it offers a variety of energy-related products and
services to customers across the country, it also prides itself in being the best rated public utilities companies
in the US in terms of customer satisfaction. The residents of Luxville purchase their electricity directly from
NextEra Energy Resources. The residents have recently written to the NextEra Energy Greivance Tribunal
(NEGT) to restore normalcy in the power supply immediately, as the current supply was just not adequate.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the above?

1. More families have moved recently to Luxville.

2. Luxville residents correspond regularly with the officials of the NEGT.
3. NextEra Energy Resources has suffered a loss in production recently.
4. The electricity supply to Luxville was adequate in the past.
5. The power plants under NextEra Energy Resources generate sufficient electricity to meet demand.

Tastes of people for travel destinations have changed manifold over the last few years. A recent survey revealed
that sixty percent of people preferred going to mountains for vacations which is more than twice the preference
in last year's survey. Happy Home group of hotels has decided to shut down the operation of three of its resorts
in coastal part of the country. Other hotels, operational in tourist spots in adjacent areas, will also suffer in the
coming years.

Question No. 33

The author of the text assumes which of the following in order to reach the conclusion?

1. The popularity graph of mountains as a tourist destination will continue to rise.

2. The mountains will pull the tourists away from coastal or other areas in peak season.
3. The trend towards mountainous destinations is at the cost of other tourist destinations.
4. Tourist traffic to other destinations will be sufficient only during vacations.
5. Both the surveys covered the same or similar sample populace.

Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage.

In a research study conducted to assess the efficacy of a Health Sweet (H–sweet), 50 diabetics were studied
over a period of 6 months. During this period each person consumed one helping of sweet instead of sugar.
They continued to follow their normal diet and fitness regimen for the rest of the day. At the end of the 6 month
period, each person's sugar level had dropped significantly. This clearly demonstrates that any person, who uses
H–sweet instead of sugar daily, will have lower sugar levels and will feel healthier and fitter.
Question No. 34

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

1. H-sweet is effective provided it is taken for 6 months.

2. Diabetics are likely to experience higher sugar levels if they discontinue H-sweet.
3. No other alternative to H-sweet will have the same effect.
4. The fitness regimen was not responsible for drop in sugar levels
5. The calorific value of each sweet helping was less than that of sugar avoided.

Question No. 35

The sudden and remarkable growth in the business sector has introduced more opportunities for business.
This demand has resulted in greater employment opportunity and higher incomes for senior executives and
thus increased air travel. Airline fares too have increased by almost 100%. This clearly shows that the
proportion of personal incomes that is spent on air fare has increased dramatically.

The argument will fall flat if it is not assumed that

1. bonus points allowed to frequent fliers will bring down the revenue generated
2. business houses will start using their own planes for the travel of senior executives
3. the hike in the price of aviation fuel will dampen the airline profitability
4. airline travel on longer routes is as expensive as travel on shorter routes
5. commercial airlines are typically used by private individuals and the costs are met out of their own
pockets

Question No. 36

The police arrested 6 teenagers from the Olive Apartment Complex yesterday. More than 25 lbs of opium
has been confiscated from them. A month ago, 3 more people arrested from adjacent areas were found in
possession of illegal drugs. As a precautionary measure, the police have issued an advisory to the residents
of the town to keep their children away from Olive Apartment Complex.

Which of the following measures would strengthen the need for issuance of the advisory?

1. Some of the people arrested were residents of the apartment complex.

2. The teenagers arrested were trying to find a hideout in the complex.
3. The complex has since been thoroughly sanitized.
4. Drugs are peddled fast through unsuspecting modes, the best being using children.
5. The teenagers arrested had earlier been framed into other culpable offences.
Question No. 37

Calcified bones marked with scratches other than tooth marks were discovered in Harrapa excavations, near
some stone tools. This was used as evidence that the residents used stone tools because when bones were
scratched using similar tools, the resulting scratches resembled the scratches found on the fossils. Therefore,
stone tools had probably been used on the animal bones that became calcified.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument?

1. The calcified bones with scratches are not as old as nearby found calcified bones found to have tooth
marks.
2. Periodic earth movements can produce scratches on buried bones that are similar to those on the fossils.
3. Stone tools have been found in areas where nearby calcified bones were not scratched.
4. The stone tools were too hard to be scratched by animal bones.
5. Stone tools found in the same area were determined to be from a different time period than the calcified
bones.

Question No. 38

Social scientists contend that affirmative action is a good way to improve the socio-economic status of
disadvantaged groups in the society. Based on their recommendation, the Arizona Governor has decided to
put in place a system whereby every public and private organization would be mandated to recruit a
minimum of 10% of all new recruits from these segments of society.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the social scientists' contention?

1. The workforce participation rate of these disadvantaged groups has consistently fallen over the past 50
years.

2. The disposable incomes of disadvantaged groups have not shown any rise over the past 50 years.
3. Ever since the launch of this policy in Arizona, there has been a marked improvement in the legally
declared incomes of such people.
4. The public and private organizations across Arizona believe that the policy will achieve its goals.
5. There is an inverse relationship between one's urge for betterment in life and ease of getting a job.

Question No. 39

The new laws require Agra's steel smelting and re-rolling mills to move their operations outside the Agra
city limits, as they are a major source of air pollutants. The laws require that each manufacturer present a
detailed plan explaining the steps he plans to take in future to reduce pollutants in the city. Clearly, the
regulations will not result in significant pollution reduction, however, since the regulations do not force
manufacturers to implement their plans.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?

1. Agra's steel smelting and re-rolling mills are not the only source of pollution there.
2. Detailed plans would reveal that measures to reduce released pollutants would also reduce manufacturers'
costs for materials, waste disposal, and legal services.
 3. Pollutants that manufacturing processes create but that are not released directly into the environment must
nonetheless be collected and prepared for disposal.
4. Any reductions in pollutants released from Agra's manufacturing plants would not be noticeable for at
least five years.
5. The city government is planning to set up air purifiers throughout the city to help reduce pollution levels.

Question No. 40

Rockford area is known to have the largest number of sedans in the city, as most people who live there own
a sedan. Richard does not live in Rockford area, therefore he does not own a sedan.

Which of the following matches in its pattern of reasoning to that in the above mentioned argument?

1. Silverstone has the highest number of high-scoring students in the area, as most students there have access
to better facilities. Robin does not have access to good facilities; therefore Robin cannot score well in
studies.

2. Richardson has the highest number of rooms for emergency patients, as they receive more funds than
other hospitals in the area. Robinson on the other hand has less number of emergency rooms, as it is
comparatively small in size.
3. Rhine river is rich in aquatic life, as it abounds in plankton which supports the aquatic ecosystem. Amery,
is not a tributary of Rhine, therefore, Amery is not rich in aquatic life.
4. Fantom university has more number of students in chemistry department as they receive more funding.
Other universities do not receive that much funding; therefore they must be having more students in other
departments.
5. 'The Herald' has a better quality in terms of news content, as it receives more number of ads. 'The
Standard' does not receive as many ads and therefore is low in terms of its quality of news content.