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Serial: GSPII-2025AIMT2
GENERAL STUDIES - PAPER – II
CSAT
ALL INDIA MOCK TEST - II
B
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S.(1) Directions for the following 1 (One) item: S.(2) Directions for the following 1 (One) item:

Read the following passage and answer the items Read the following passage and answer the items
that follow. Your answer to the items should be
that follow. Your answer to the items should be
based on the passage only.
based on the passage only.
PASSAGE - 1
PASSAGE - 2
Social capital analysis provides valuable insights

into the evolution of renewable energy India’s economic liberalization marked a

communities, revealing that civic norms within dramatic shift from a socialist developmental

households, social trust and structural model to a market-driven paradigm. Yet this
interactions within neighbourhoods constitute
transition did not unfold evenly—it produced
the social contexts in which these communities
islands of affluence amid oceans of precarity.
develop and thrive.
Urban spectacle coexists with rural distress;
1. Which one of the following statements best
digital India with manual scavenging. Indian
reflects what is implied by the passage?
modernity thus reveals itself as uneven, hybrid,
(a) Renewable energy communities thrive

primarily when neighbourhoods are and morally conflicted—a modernity without full

structured around shared economic emancipation, development without uniform

benefits, symbiotic relationships, and dignity.”

mutual trust.
2. Which of the following best shows the
(b) The growth of renewable energy

communities is primarily driven by paradox presented in the passage?

structural changes, progressive actions, 1. Economic growth in India has

and continued participation in disproportionately benefited those

community programs and initiatives.
already positioned to capitalize on
(c) The emergence of renewable energy
liberalization, leaving marginalized
communities is shaped by everyday social
communities behind.
interactions, trust, and household civic

values. 2. India’s policy focus has always been

(d) Building strong renewable energy
rural-centric, but the liberalization model
communities requires a harmonious
has shifted attention away from the
balance of external support and internal
villages to the global economy.
neighbourhood engagement.

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 3. Urbanization and technological 3. Poor sleep caused by fear or danger in
advancement inevitably cause temporary high-crime areas can affect people's
health.
disparities that will normalize over time
4. The physical environment and social
through trickle-down effects.
environment interact to affect the sleep
4. India’s cultural diversity prevents pattern of urban populations.

uniform implementation of economic and Which of the statements given above is/are
social policies, causing uneven patterns valid?

of development. (a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 and 4 only
Choose the correct answer:
(c) 2 and 3 only
(a) Only 1 (d) 4 only

(b) Only 1 and 3

(c) Only 2 and 4 S.(4) Directions for the following 1 (One) item:
Read the following passage and answer the items
(d) All of the above
that follow. Your answer to the items should be
based on the passage only.
S.(3) Directions for the following 1 (One) item:
PASSAGE - 4
Read the following passage and answer the items
that follow. Your answer to the items should be Few human creatures would consent to be

based on the passage only. changed into any of the lower animals, for a
promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's
PASSAGE - 3
pleasures; no intelligent human being would
Developing affordable and sustainable cooling consent to be a fool, no instructed person would
solutions in urban areas could help low-income be an ignoramus, even though they should be

families mitigate the impacts of climate change persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal
is better satisfied with his lot than they are with
on sleep. Similarly, community-based initiatives
theirs. They would not resign what they possess
designed to enhance security and reduce stress
more than he for the most complete satisfaction
might alleviate safety-related sleep disruptions in
of all the desires which they have in common with
high-crime areas.
him. If they ever fancy, they would, it is only in
3. Based on the above passage, the following cases of unhappiness so extreme, that to escape
assumptions have been made: from it they would exchange their lot for almost
1. The urban heat island effect seems to any other, however undesirable in their own eyes.
create a serious health impact on the A being of higher faculties requires more to make

urban population, regardless of their him happy, is capable probably of more acute
suffering, and certainly accessible to it at more
economic background.
points, than one of an inferior type; but in spite
2. Access to reliable and affordable power
of these liabilities, he can never really wish to
seems like a perennial challenge low-
sink into what he feels to be a lower grade of
income urban family.
existence.

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4. Which of the following is emphatically 6. Consider the following statements:
conveyed by the author of the passage?
Statement 1: When all the numbers from
(a) At times, individuals may gravitate
100 to 200 (both inclusive) are multiplied, 28
toward a simpler life if its pleasures
zeros can be found after the right-most non-
outweigh the burdens of their current way
zero digit of the product
of life.

(b) In certain circumstances, humans may Statement 2: There are four numbers that

unwittingly seek a life of lesser meaning if are greater than 10, leaving a remainder 4
it serves as an escape from the depths of
when they are used to divided by 211.
intense despair.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are
(c) Even in the face of adversity, humans
incorrect?
endowed with higher mental faculties
prefer to persist along their chosen path (a) Statement I only
rather than retreat into a simpler
(b) Statement II only
existence.

(d) People with lower mental faculties might (c) Both Statements I and II

experience a greater sense of

(d) Neither Statement I nor II
contentment, unknowingly preferring a
simpler existence over a more complex
one.
7. A, B and C are three distinct natural numbers

with exactly three factors.

5. Aman can complete a work in 48 hours.
Bhuvan can complete the same work in 24 Statement 1: √𝐴 × 𝐵 × 𝐶 must be an odd

hours. Suman can complete the same work number.

in 72 hours. All three of them start working
Statement 2: √𝐴 + √𝐵 + √𝐶 must be an even
together, but Suman takes a break for 1 hour
number.
after every 3 hours. What is the total time
taken by them to complete the work? Which of the given statement(s) is/are true?
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(a) 12 hours
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(b) 13 hours (b) Only statement 2 is true
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(c) 13 hours (c) Both the statements are true
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4
(d) 14 hours (d) Neither statement is true
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Directions for Questions 8 to 11: Read the 9. Who among the following person sits tenth

following information carefully and answer the from the right end?

questions that follows: (a) B

Read the following information carefully and (b) The one who sits fifth to the right of U

answer the questions that follow. (c) The one who sits fourth to the right of Y

A certain number of people are seated in a (d) R

straight row, all facing north. The exact number

of people is not initially known, and the

10. Four of the following shares a common
individuals mentioned are not seated adjacent to
feature. Which one is the exception?
one another.
(a) RW
There are exactly five people seated between R
(b) TU
and T. U is seated four places to the right of T.
(c) UY
Exactly two people sit between R and W. The
(d) YD
count of people between W and T is one less than

the number of people between U and Y. K is

seated fifth to the right of L and is placed exactly 11. What is the position of E with respect to U?

midway between L and R. The number of people (a) Ninth to the right
between K and R is twice the number between D
(b) Tenth to the right
and E. There is one more person between Y and
(c) Twelfth to the right
D than between D and E. There are more than
(d) Eleventh to the right
five people between E and U. The number of

people between L and W is twice the number of

people seated to the right of E. H is seated second 12. The price of 3 bags is the same as that of 5
to the right of B. Exactly three people are seated boxes. Also, 4 boxes cost the same as 5
between E and B. books, and 2 books are equal in cost to 3
journals. One journal cost ₹240. What is the
8. How many persons are sitting in between L
combined cost of 2 bags, 2 boxes, 2 books,
and W in the row?
and 2 journals?
(a) 16
(a) ₹3600
(b) 15
(b) ₹2400

(c) 12
(c) ₹1800

(d) 10
(d) ₹900

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S.(13) Directions for the following 1 (One) (b) Positive stereotypes can create unrealistic

item: Read the following passage and answer the expectations or condescend, so educators

items that follow. Your answer to the items should must recognize them without guilt and

be based on the passage only. take steps to eliminate bias, ensuring

PASSAGE - 1 fairness.

Stereotypes are not always negative, but they are (c) While stereotypes are natural, teachers

often narrow and misleading as they ignore the must recognize and address their biases

variability that exists within social groups and to ensure fairness and avoid harmful

the overlap of characteristics across social assumptions.

groups. It is important to realise that even
(d) Stereotypes can be damaging, even when
positive stereotypes can be damaging, as they
positive, by setting unrealistic
have the potential to place unrealistic
expectations. Teachers should recognize
expectations on individuals or to patronise
their biases and take steps to prevent
members from specific groups. Early years
them, ensuring fairness and inclusivity.
practitioners and teachers should not feel guilty

about having stereotypes, for it is part of human

nature. However, it is imperative for them to be

S.(14) Directions for the following 1 (One)
sociologically mindful; to recognise bias and
item: Read the following passage and answer the
stereotypical assumptions and take steps to
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
eliminate them.
be based on the passage only.
13. Which of the following statements best reflect
PASSAGE - 2
the most logical and rational inferences that

can be made from the passage? The Orient was almost a European invention,

and had been since antiquity a place of romance,

(a) Stereotypes generalize social groups,
exotic beings, haunting memories and
ignoring their diversity and shared traits,
landscapes, remarkable experiences. Yet none of
leading to misleading perceptions, which
this Orient is merely imaginative. The Orient is
can be damaging even when positive.

Teachers should recognize this and work an integral part of European material civilization

to prevent it. and culture.

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14. Which of the following can be inferred from 15. Which of the following best captures the main
the passage? idea of the passage?

1. European engagement with the Orient 1. India’s identity is rooted in a dynamic

has always been romantic and pluralism that must be constantly
imaginative.
protected from the pressures of
2. The Orient has been conceptualized to majoritarianism.
serve Europe's ideological and material
2. True cultural integrity in India lies in its
interests.
ability to unify diverse identities into a
3. The Orient was historically isolated from
common national culture.
European material culture.
3. The Indian Constitution imposes liberal
4. Europe's cultural and economic identity
frameworks that struggle to contain the
is partly shaped by its constructed image
country’s deep social divisions.
of the Orient.
4. Cultural pluralism in India has
(a) 1 and 2 only
historically thrived due to its foundation
(b) 2 and 4 only
in shared religious values.
(c) 3 and 4 only
Choose the correct answer:
(d) 1 and 3 only
(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2
S.(15) Directions for the following 1 (One)
item: Read the following passage and answer the (c) Only 3

items that follow. Your answer to the items should (d) Only 4
be based on the passage only.

PASSAGE - 3
16. ABCD and PQRS are two different four-digit
The idea of India is not homogeneity, but the
numbers formed using distinct non-zero
coexistence of linguistic, religious, and ethnic
digits. The digits A, B, C, D, P, Q, R, and S
multiplicities without erasure. It is a mosaic
are all unique and non-zero. The sum of
rather than a melting pot—a federation of
ABCD and PQRS equals 9999. How many
diversities negotiating coexistence through
possible values can the number ABCD take?
constitutional liberalism and social imagination.
Yet, cultural pluralism is not a static (a) 336
achievement; it is a fragile, ongoing act of
(b) 384
democratic renewal, threatened by homogenizing
ideologies that mistake majoritarian dominance (c) 432
for cultural integrity.”
(d) 448
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17. A question is followed by two statements I 19. A, B and C are three distinct numbers such
and II. Consider the question and the that A is more than twice of B, and B is more
statements. than half of C.

What is the time taken by A and B to complete Which of the following statement(s) is/are
the work when they work together? always true?

Statement-I: Statement 1: ((200% of B) + (100% of C)) > A.

A is three times as efficient as B.
Statement 2: (25% of B) < (50% of C)
Statement-II:
To complete 25% of the work, B alone takes 4 Statement 3: (40% of A) > (35% of C)

days more than the time taken by A alone for (a) Only statement 1
the same work.
(b) Only statement 2
Which of the following is correct in respect of
(c) Only statement 3
the above Question and the Statements?
(d) All three statements
(a) The Question can be answered by using
one of the Statement alone, but cannot be
answered using the other Statement
20. The average weight of 40 men on boat P is 75
alone
kg. The average weight of 50 men on boat Q
(b) The Question can be answered by using is 75 kg. A group of 12 men from boat P, with
either statement alone a total weight of 960 kg, is selected and

(c) The Question can be answered by using marked as Group A. Another group of 12 men
both the Statements together, but cannot from boat Q, with a total weight of 840 kg, is
be answered using either Statement alone selected and marked as Group B. Group A is

(d) The Question cannot be answered even by sent to boat Q, and Group B is sent to boat P.

using both the Statements together Which of the following statement(s) is/are
incorrect?
18. Three items, X, Y, and Z, are such that the
Statement 1: The average weight of the men
price of X is 40% higher than that of Y, and Y
on boat P is less than 75 kg after the swap.
costs 50% less than Z. If the average price of
the three items is Rs. 6600, what is the Statement 2: The average weight of the men

difference in price between X and Z? on boat Q is more than 75 kg after the swap.

(a) Rs. 2700 (a) Only statement 1

(b) Rs. 2400 (b) Only statement 2

(c) Rs. 2100 (c) Both statement 1 and statement 2

(d) Rs. 1800 (d) Neither statement 1 nor statement 2

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Directions for Questions 21 to 23: Read the 21. Who lives on the 1st floor?

following information carefully and answer the (a) Emma

questions that follows: (b) Harry
(c) Ian
Nine individuals live in a nine-floor building, with
(d) Alex
floors numbered 1 to 9 from bottom to top. Each

person resides on a different floor and has a

22. Which of the following combinations of
unique profession. The set of professions
Person–Profession is correct?
includes Actor, Actress, Scientist, HR, Cricketer,
(a) George – Cricketer
and Police. Some professions are held by more
(b) Alex – Scientist
than one person, but no more than twice. (c) Ian – Actor
Specifically, the roles of Scientist, Cricketer, and (d) Charlie – HR
HR are each associated with two different

individuals. 23. What is the profession in between Scientist

and Cricketer
Further details are as follows:
(a) Police
Persons with matching professions are not
(b) HR
immediate neighbors. Only certain professions -

specifically, those that appear more than once (c) Actor

(except HR) - are found exclusively on even- (d) Cannot be determine.

numbered floors. The ground and top floors are

S.(24) Directions for the following 1 (One)
occupied by individuals from the performing arts
item: Read the following passage and answer the
industry.
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
be based on the passage only.
Three floors are between the floors of Alex and
PASSAGE - 1
Brian. Two floors are between the floors of

Charlie and David, where David lives There is a growing need to move beyond an
ideological perspective to embrace a problem-
immediately above Brian. 3 floor are in between
solving approach that presents sustainability not
Actor and police. Ian is live above Cricketer. Both
as the enemy of progress, but as its enabler. Key
HR are located just below square number floor pillars of this transformation include stakeholder
and cube number floor. Emma lives immediately engagement, behavioural nudges and
above Alex. George lives immediately above sustainable education to foster a shift in societal

Frank. There is one floor between the floors of values and communication. In this context, it is
not only the circulation of resources that is
Harry and Ian, where Ian lives above Harry.
needed, but also innovative ideas that challenge
There are 3 floors between two Scientist. Female
narratives promoting war or totalitarian
professional live above floor 5. behaviour.
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24. Which of the following statements best reflect 25. Which assumptions does the author question
the most logical and rational inferences that in this passage?
can be made from the passage?
1. Compassionate gestures always reinforce
(a) Global media should actively choose to
existing hierarchies.
challenge divisive narratives and foster a
more inclusive approach to promoting 2. Power structures can disguise themselves
sustainability in society.
through moral posturing.
(b) Lasting sustainability requires both
systemic change and a cultural shift 3. Systemic violence is often concealed by

driven by inclusive dialogue, innovation, seemingly unethical acts.

and value reorientation.
4. Structural violence can be perpetuated
(c) Sustainability can only be successfully
even through well-meaning interventions.
implemented by combining collective
endorsement, new behavioural practices, (a) 1 and 2 only
and streamlined education to drive a shift
(b) 2 and 4 only
in societal values.

(d) Progress today depends on moving past (c) 3 and 4 only

rigid ideologies and embracing

(d) 1 and 3 only
sustainability as a catalyst for growth,
driven equally by resource efficiency and
fresh ideas. S.(26) Directions for the following 1 (One)

item: Read the following passage and answer the

items that follow. Your answer to the items should

S.(25) Directions for the following 1 (One)
item: Read the following passage and answer the be based on the passage only.
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
PASSAGE - 3
be based on the passage only.
“When the rate of return on capital exceeds the
PASSAGE - 2
rate of growth of output and income, as it did in
What if, however, the very gesture of assuming
responsibility for the other’s trauma reproduces the nineteenth century and seems likely to do

the structure of power, keeping the other in the again in the twenty-first, capitalism
position of victim in need of help? What if this
automatically generates arbitrary and
gesture is part of a deeper ideological
unsustainable inequalities that radically
mechanism, masking the systemic violence of the
very social conditions that generate such trauma undermine the meritocratic values on which

in the first place? democratic societies are based.”

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26. Which of the following most logically follows 28. The average number of chocolates that a
from the argument presented in the passage group of boys has is 252, while the average
above? number of chocolates that a group of girls has

(a) If the rate of economic growth surpasses is 186. After each boy gives away 15

the return on capital, democratic chocolates to random students, the average

societies may better uphold their number of chocolates among all students

meritocratic values. becomes 210. If the ratio of boys to girls was

originally unknown, what percentage of the

(b) Capitalism is inherently incompatible
total students are boys?
with the democratic ideals of equality and
fairness, regardless of economic (a) 40%
conditions.
(b) 36.33%
(c) Reducing inequality in a capitalist society
(c) 47.06%
requires increasing the rate of return on
capital relative to income and output (d) 52%

growth.

(d) Historical evidence proves that 29. A government dairy farm is monitoring milk
democracy cannot survive when there is purity in its supply chain. A milk container
a persistent growth in capital
initially contained 50% pure milk, and the
accumulation.
rest was water. A supplier was found to have

removed some quantity from the container

27. Karthik travels daily by train from Mylapore
and replaced it with another liquid that
to Tambaram and back, with each journey
contained only 20% pure milk. As a result,
typically taking 50 minutes. One day, the
the final mixture in the container had only
train left Mylapore 16 minutes late but still
reached Tambaram on time. However, on the 25% pure milk.

return journey, it reached Mylapore 20 What fraction of the original container's

minutes late due to a problem. If the average content was replaced?
speed of the train on that day was 52 km/h,
1
(a)
what is the usual average speed of the train? 2

(a) 58.3km/h 1
(b)
3
(b) 54.08 km/h
5
(c)
6
(c) 50.67 km/h
2
(d) 48.62 km /h (d)
3

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Directions for Questions 30 to 32: Read the 32. Statement I: V age is 46. V is the Grandson
following information carefully and answer the of G
questions that follows:
Statement II: Both H and T belong to the
In every family, one parent is exactly 25 years
first generation.
older than their child. Siblings always have an
age difference of exactly 3 years, with the elder
Statement III: The age difference between H
sibling first. G is the mother of F, who is married
and F is 25.
to D. M is the daughter of D, who is the only
brother of C. The oldest person alive is 80, and Which of the following statement(s) is/are
the youngest is 27. All individuals have unique
correct?
ages—no duplicates.
(a) I only
E is the son of G, who is married to H. A is the
niece of C, and D has no brothers. (b) Either II or III

T is 5 years older than O. D is 15 years older than

(c) Neither all
F, and E is older than F.
(d) Only II
T is the father of D. V is the sister of F. The age
gap between V and M is 16 years, and V is older
than E. C is older than D, and M is the
granddaughter of O. 33. Rahul and Karan started a business by

investing certain sums of money. At the end

H is 8 years younger than T, and their ages are
in a 9:10 ratio. of one year, the total profit earned was ₹1200.

30. What is age of M? Out of this, Rahul received ₹480, which is ₹30

(a) 30 more than what he would have received had

he invested ₹2000 less and Karan invested

(b) 27
₹1000 less.
(c) 33

(b) 35 What would be Karan’s share of the profit if

Rahul had invested ₹3000 more and Karan

had invested ₹3000 less, assuming the total

31. How is A’s mother’s brother’s father related to
V? profit remains the same in all cases?

(a) Father (a) ₹582

(b) Daughter (b) ₹600

(c) Granddaughter (c) ₹617.14

(d) Mother (d) ₹625

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Directions for Question 34: Study the following S.(35) Directions for the following 1 (One)

item: Read the following passage and answer the

information given below to answer this question.
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
In the question below there are given some be based on the passage only.

statements followed by some conclusions. You PASSAGE - 1

must take the given statements to be true even if “An ideal romantic relationship starts with

they seem to be at variance with commonly friendship, reaches cafe, gets intense at candle

light dinner and sealed with a physical intimacy.”

known facts. Read all the conclusions and then
35. Which of the following assumptions underlies
decide which of the given conclusions logically
the author’s view?
follows/follow from the given statements,
(a) The success of a romantic relationship
disregarding commonly known facts.
depends on ritualistic milestones.

34. Statements: (b) Social activities like dining contribute to

emotional bonding.
All Roots are Stems
(c) Every friendship naturally culminates in
No Stem is a Vegetable romance.

All vegetables are Fruits (d) Romantic relationships are primarily

based on physical attraction.

Some fruits are Trees
S.(36) Directions for the following 1 (One)
Conclusions:
item: Read the following passage and answer the

(I) Some Vegetables are trees items that follow. Your answer to the items should

be based on the passage only.

(II) Some Fruits are not vegetables
PASSAGE - 2

(III) Some Trees are Stems Statelessness is the same as having no civil

rights. According to the neoliberal right, services

like public welfare, which should only be
(a) I and II only
managed by the state, can be managed properly
(b) II and III only without the state. The concept of state
sovereignty has always been a barrier to the rise
(c) I and III only
of the individual, whereas non-state institutions

(d) None of the above can serve and promote the public interest.

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36. Which one of the following statements best 37. What are the key ideas conveyed in this
reflects the crux of the above passage? passage?

(a) The lack of citizenship strips people of 1. Reason is incapable of evaluating moral

official identity and fundamental rights, decisions independently.

exposing them to neglect, exclusion, and 2. Emotional instincts have primacy over
lack of protection from any state logical deliberation in human behavior.
authority.
3. Moral responsibility emerges solely from
(b) Non-state actors like private firms or rational consideration.
NGOs can run welfare services more
4. There is no intrinsic contradiction in
efficiently than governments, but this irrational or selfish preferences.
often risks excluding the most vulnerable
(a) 1 and 2 only
from equal access and protection.
(b) 1 and 4 only
(c) Absence of legal status denies civil rights,
(c) 3 and 4 only
while some believe private entities can
more effectively oversee public services (d) 1 and 3 only

and enhance personal autonomy,

challenging government control.
S.(38-39) Directions for the following 2 (Two)
(d) Government control can limit personal items: Read the following passage and answer
autonomy, whereas independent the items that follow. Your answer to the items
organizations are better positioned to should be based on the passage only.
support personal growth and address
PASSAGE - 4
societal needs.
In a culture increasingly obsessed with
optimization, the concept of rest is no longer

S.(37) Directions for the following 1 (One) celebrated as rejuvenation but tolerated only

item: Read the following passage and answer the when it serves utility. Even leisure has been

items that follow. Your answer to the items should conscripted into the service of self-

be based on the passage only. improvement—books must be ‘productive,’

hobbies must ‘add value,’ and even sleep is
PASSAGE - 3
tracked to maximize output. This quiet
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the colonization of time reflects a deeper anxiety: that
passions, and can never pretend to any other worth is no longer intrinsic but tied to
office than to serve and obey them. It is not measurable performance. But what is lost when

contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the moments are lived not for their own sake, but for

whole world to the scratching of my finger. their potential to be capitalized?

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38. Which one of the following can be most 41. In a physics experiment, there are three train
reasonably inferred from the passage? models kept in such a way that it goes

(a) Modern culture prioritizes performance through two gates, the station entry and the

metrics over personal experiences. service entry. The three trains travel at the

(b) Rest has become redundant in a hyper- speed of 219 m/s, 292 m/s and 438 m/s

productive society. respectively. All the trains take same time go

from service entry to station entry. If track is
(c) The idea of productivity has been
of the length 1.752 kms, how much time the
redefined to include even unconscious
states like sleep. trains would take together to go from service

entry to service entry?

(d) People today willingly sacrifice rest due to
their love for achievement. (a) 0.4 minutes

(b) 0.6 minutes

39. The author's critique of time's "quiet
(c) 0.8 minutes
colonization" rests primarily on which of the
following assumptions? (d) 0.9 minutes

(a) Human value should not be determined

by measurable output. 42. Smriti is playing the game of "Select to Win"

(b) Utility and self-improvement are in Star Utsav with her family members. The

inherently harmful ideas. rules of the game are as follows: She must
pick a number from 1 to 6 and the game
(c) Technological interventions are driving
people to overwork. master rolls three dice. If the number she
picked appears on all three dice, the game
(d) People are unaware of how they spend
master pays her ten thousand; if it appears
their leisure time.
on two dice, she is paid 5000; and if it
appears on just one die, she is paid 3000.
40. A sports tournament is scheduled over 5
days, and the probability of a match being Only if the number she picked does not

postponed due to rain on any given day appear at all in any dice, she pays the game

is 40%. What is the probability percentage master 3000. The probability that Smriti will
that exactly 2 out of the 5 matches get win money playing in this game is:
postponed due to rain?
(a) 0.52
(a) 12%
(b) 0.753
(b) 22.43%
(c) 0.42
(c) 29%
(d) None of these
(d) 34.56%
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43. Three Drivers who knows Hindi and three 45. Statement I: A person claims to have worked
Securities who knows Marathi work for the
for ‘y’ weeks and ‘y’ days starting on a
same IAS officer. Each of them knows a secret
Monday. If the total number of days worked
not known to others. They need to exchange
these secrets over person-to-person is 64 days, Saturday is the day of the week he
WhatsApp message so that eventually each finished his work.
person knows all six secrets. None of the
Securities knows Hindi, and only one Driver Statement II: There are 25 leap years
knows Marathi, what is the minimum between 2001 and 2101.
number of WhatsApp messages needed for
the above purpose? Which of the following statement(s) is/are

(a) 5 correct?

(b) 7 (a) Only Statement I is correct.

(c) 9
(b) Only Statement II is correct.
(d) 11
(c) Both Statement I and Statement II are

correct.
44. An IT company planned to construct a big
model of Rubik’s cube in their office for an (d) Neither Statement I nor Statement II is
attractive workspace design. The manager of
correct.
the company proposed to construct a cube
model which has the dimension 15 x 15 x 15
formed using 1 x 1 x 1 cubes. The civil 46. Liam defeats Noah by 300 meters in a 900-
engineer said that this model would consume meter flat race. Later, they challenge each
a lot of space and so he removed seven layers
other on a hill, starting from opposite ends.
of 1 x 1 x 1 cubes and proposed the new
dimension. The Chairman of the company When they cross paths, Noah has covered 25

being dissatisfied in the dimension, he said meters more than Liam. Liam’s uphill speed
that he needs a bigger model only then he
reduces by 200/7% of his flat speed, while
added five layers to the model proposed by
Noah’s downhill speed increases by 25%.
Engineer. In the last, if the Engineer removed
only one layer and it was accepted as the final Calculate the total length of the hill.
model by all, what is the number of 1 x 1 x 1
(a) 300 meter
cubes in the final dimension?

(a) 1728 (b) 330 meter

(b) 1331
(c) 320 meter
(c) 729
(d) 512 (d) 325 meter

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S.(47) Directions for the following 1 (One) S.(48) Directions for the following 1 (One)
item: Read the following passage and answer the item: Read the following passage and answer the
items that follow. Your answer to the items should items that follow. Your answer to the items should
be based on the passage only. be based on the passage only.

PASSAGE - 1 PASSAGE - 2

Climate change is no longer a prognosis but a It is only by engaging with the distortions in
reality faced by all, every day. All scientific female labour force participation can we begin to
predictions show that worse is yet to come. The truly understand the complex barriers that
developed countries find the trade route easier to women face while not only entering but also
pursue for their environmental objective, as well remaining employed under the presently skewed
as, to use it as a non-tariff barrier against their labour market set-up. The attainment of

growing imports. In such circumstances, it is educational qualifications, though important, is

difficult for the developing countries to sustain not a sufficient guarantee of women’s increasing
participation in the labour market. It needs to be
their old argument that trade policy and the
accompanied by socio-cultural transformation,
environment policy should be kept in their
involving institutional interventions as well as
respective silos. It is, therefore, not surprising
societal and familial support systems in place.
that developed countries are likely to adopt
measures which will have cross-border 48. Which of the following statements is the
implications. logical corollary to the above passage?

47. Which one of the following can be most 1. A reputed national university has
logically inferred from the passage? launched a women-only leadership
program to mentor top-performing female
(a) Trade-related environmental measures by
students in science and technology.
developed nations reflect a convergence of
2. The government has collaborated with
economic and ecological priorities that
several IT industry bodies to implement
may inadvertently marginalize developing
an initiative that reserves at least 20% of
economies.
entry-level jobs for women.
(b) Developing countries will have to align
3. The Ministry of Transportation has
their trade strategies entirely with
partnered with leading private city bus
environmental protocols dictated by
operators to increase bus services for
developed nations to maintain market
women around industrial parks and IT
access.
hubs, enabling working women to reach
(c) The environmental agenda pursued by home earlier and better manage their
developed countries is a pretext to reduce work-life balance.
their import dependence on developing
4. A national campaign has been launched
nations. to celebrate successful women
(d) The assertion that trade and environment entrepreneurs in urban India, with the
are distinct domains is increasingly aim of promoting role models and
untenable, especially for countries with inspiring young women to pursue
vulnerable economies. business ventures.

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 Which of the statements given above is/are Choose the correct answer:
valid?
(a) Only 1 and 3
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) Only 1, 2, and 4
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) Only 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of the above
(d) 1 and 4 only

Directions for Question 50: Study the following

S.(49) Directions for the following 1 (One)
information given below to answer this question.
item: Read the following passage and answer the
items that follow. Your answer to the items should 50. Four person A, B, C and D are given with
be based on the passage only. certain numbers to find out LCM such as 2
pair, 3 pair, 4 pair and 5 pair but not
PASSAGE - 3
necessarily in the same order.
In the 21st century, bilateral relations are
The pair of numbers are
increasingly anchored not just in territorial
concerns or ideological proximity, but in techno- 2 pair = (43, 47)
sovereignty. Access to critical technologies—
3 pair = (18, 26, 32)
semiconductors, AI, 5G—has become a
geopolitical currency. Consequently, tech 4 pair = (3, 7, 11, 13)
diplomacy now shapes bilateral frameworks, 5 pair = (4, 6, 9 ,12, 18)
often governed by export controls, cybersecurity
compacts, and digital alliances. The contest is
I. D does not have the least pair of numbers.
not merely for control but for normative influence
over global digital architecture.” II. A does not have the second highest pair
of numbers.
49. Which of the following can be logically
inferred from the passage? III. Pair of numbers to find out LCM for B is
one less than pair of numbers for C.
1. States are competing not only for
technological access but also to define the IV. A is having a pair of numbers which
rules and values underlying the digital consists of only two-digit numbers.
world.
V. B is having the third highest pair of
2. Traditional diplomatic considerations like numbers.
ideology and geography have lost all
Who among the following is having the
relevance in modern geopolitics.
second least LCM?
3. Control over emerging technologies can
(a) C
redefine a nation’s global influence and
strategic partnerships. (b) D
4. Digital sovereignty has become more (c) B
important than military alliances in
(d) A
shaping bilateral relationships.

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Direction questions (51-52): 53. Which one will replace the question mark?

A boat starts its journey from point A at 6:00 AM

and heads toward point F, passing through
intermediate points B, C, D, and E. The boat
moves at 4 km/h in still water, and the river
current flows at 3 km/h. The direction of the
boat’s shadow changes during the journey, which
helps infer the boat's orientation at various
points. The river flows from south to north.

Journey details are as follows: (a) 8

From A to B (1 hour): The shadow appears on the

(b) 10
left side of the boat.
(c) 11
From B to C (10.5 km in 1.5 hours): After a turn,
the shadow is now at the back of the boat. (d) 12

From C to D (2 hours): Another turn occurs; the

shadow returns to the left side.
54. Sujitha does not remember her iPhone PIN
From D to E (17.5 km in 2.5 hours): After turning
and her iCloud password. In the attempt of
again, the shadow moves to the front.
remembering her iPhone PIN, she remembers
From E to F (4 hours): the boat is finally turned
to towards left. that out of the four digits, all the digits are

51. Based on the above information, in which positive integers and all of them are not same.

direction is point F located with respect to The fourth digit is the smallest and the first
point A? digit does not exceed the number 3. She
(a) North-East recalls that if she divides the second digit by
(b) North-west
the third digit, she gets the first digit. How
(c) South-East
many different combinations does Sujitha
(d) South-West
have to try for unlocking her iPhone?
52. What is the shortest distance between B to D?
(a) 2
(a) 17.5
(b) 1
(b) 16.4

(c) 14.5 (c) 4

(d) 15.3 (d) 3

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55. Amala, Bina, and Gouri invest their money in S.(57) Directions for the following 1 (One)
the ratio 3: 4: 5. They deposit their respective item: Read the following passage and answer the
amounts in schemes offering annual interest items that follow. Your answer to the items should
rates in the ratio 6: 5: 4. Amala invests her be based on the passage only.
amount for 1 year at simple interest. Bina
PASSAGE - 1
invests for 2 years at simple interest. Gouri
invests for 2 years at compound interest, “It is not what the man of science believes that

compounded annually. It is found that Bina’s distinguishes him, but how and why he believes

total interest exceeds Amala’s by Rs 2200. it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are

What is the total interest income earned by based on evidence, not on authority or intuition.

all three at the end of their respective The scientific temper requires an almost artistic

periods? sensitivity to the balance of probabilities, a habit

of weighing evidence and judging where certainty
(a) Rs 9580
ends and probability begins.”
(b) Rs 9680
57. Which of the following can be most
(c) Rs 9880
reasonably inferred from the passage above?
(d) Rs 10080
1. A true scientific mindset involves
accepting uncertainty as an integral part
56. If a, b, c, d are four positive integers such that of knowledge formation.
a and b are in the ratio 2:3, b and c are in the
2. The strength of scientific belief lies more
ratio 1:2, and c and d are in the ratio 4:6,
in its method than in the conclusion it
which of the following statement(s) is/are
reaches.
incorrect?
3. People with scientific temper must reject
Statement I: The result of applying
componendo and dividendo to this proportion all authority and intuition as entirely

is 1:1 unreliable.

Statement II: The addendo and subtrahendo 4. Artistic thinking and scientific thinking

of this proportion are equal. are similar in their openness to multiple

possibilities.
Statement III: The Geometric mean
proportion is 14.42. Choose the correct answer(s):

(a) Both Statement I and II. (a) Only 1 and 2

(b) Both statement II and III. (b) Only 1, 2, and 4

(c) Statement I only (c) Only 2 and 4

(d) Statement III only (d) All of the above

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S.(58) Directions for the following 1 (One) have actively created and reproduced all of the
item: Read the following passage and answer the conditions for financial capital to seize cities and
items that follow. Your answer to the items should the built space. So, we are not talking about
be based on the passage only. having the state in or out but about the specific
new role of the state, from a distributive role,
PASSAGE - 2
where it captures part of surplus capital so as to
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions,
deliver goods and services to citizens, to one
as truth is of systems of thought. Each person
where it is dedicated to open territories being
possesses an inviolability founded on justice that
captured by surplus capital.
even the welfare of society as a whole cannot
59. Based on the above passage, the following
override. Therefore, the rights secured by justice
assumptions have been made:
are not subject to political bargaining or to the
calculus of social interests. 1. Traditional urban housing policies fall
short in the context of globalization, and
58. What is the central argument of the passage?
introducing public-private partnerships
(a) Justice can be compromised to secure the
could help redirect surplus capital
greater good of society.
towards meaningful development.
(b) Rights rooted in justice are not to be
2. If housing shifts from state control to
negotiated for collective benefit.
market forces, under the guise of public
(c) Social welfare must be prioritized over policy, it may marginalize weaker sections
individual rights in democracies. and cause lasting structural imbalances.

(d) Institutions must evolve beyond rigid Which of the assumptions given above is/are
notions of individual justice. valid?

(a) 1 only
S.(59) Directions for the following 1 (One) (b) 2 only
item: Read the following passage and answer the (c) Both 1 and 2
items that follow. Your answer to the items should (d) Neither 1 nor 2
be based on the passage only.
S.(60) Directions for the following 1 (One)
PASSAGE - 3
item: Read the following passage and answer the
Let us examine about the rent-seeking
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
landscapes through the lenses of housing and
be based on the passage only.
urban policies, which actively create the
PASSAGE - 4
material, symbolic and normative conditions for
Mustard flowers contain both male and female
the capture of lived territories by finance. I am
organs and the crop is predominantly self-
talking about neo-liberalism, which among its
pollinating. This feature hinders the option of
discourses includes a big lie “State get out of the
crossing two distant parent lines without specific
business and let the market do what is needed!”
control mechanisms.
Yet in truth states, through their public policies,

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A cost-effective and less cumbersome option for 61. Based on the above passage, the following

hybridisation is the development of male sterility assumptions have been made:

as an effective pollination control mechanism,
1. Genetic mechanisms for inducing male
along with an inbuilt mechanism to restore
sterility and restoring fertility can be
fertility. At the same time, it is critical to maintain
universally standardized across all
seed purity while multiplying on a large scale for
mustard varieties.
farmers’ fields. Therefore, a workable

hybridisation technology needs the three 2. Maintaining seed purity is a purely

components of inducing male sterility, restoring technical challenge and does not involve

fertility again after crossing, and then regulatory, logistical, or socio-economic

maintaining seed purity. factors.

60. Which one of the following statements best Which of the assumptions given above is/are
reflects the crux of the above passage? valid?

(a) Natural self-pollination in mustard

(a) 1 only
hinders crossbreeding, so inducing male
(b) 2 only
sterility along with a fertility restoration

mechanism is essential for effective and (c) Both 1 and 2

practical hybridisation.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Scaling up mustard cultivation for

farmers requires hybridisation technology

that controls self-pollination and ensures 62. Two friends, A and B, with speeds in the

effective crossbreeding. ratio 6:2, are running on track PQ. A starts

from P towards Q. When A reaches the

(c) In hybrid mustard cultivation, the
midpoint of the track, B starts running
presence of unmatched mustard
from P towards Q. A reaches Q, turns back,
varieties, non-hybrid or wild plant seeds,

or foreign seeds (such as weeds) can and meets B at a distance of 120

negatively impact yield, quality, and meters from Q. What is the total length of the

uniformity in production. track?

(d) Effective hybridisation in large-scale (a) 220 meters

mustard cultivation requires integrating

(b) 192 meters
male sterility, fertility restoration, and
(c) 150 meters
seed purity to ensure controlled

pollination and genetic consistency. (d) 120 meters

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63. The inside perimeter of a practice running 65. A marriage hall is to be laid with square tiles
track with semi-circular ends and straight without leaving any gap. If the floor of the
parallel sides is 272 m. The length of the marriage hall is 23.87 meters wide and 32.67
straight portion of the track is 70 m. If the meters long, what is the smallest number of
track has a uniform width of 2 m throughout, identical square tiles that pave the entire floor
find its area. without breaking any tile for this purpose?

(a) 675.25m2 (a) 64999 tiles

(b) 625.48m2 (b) 66449 tiles

(c) 524.21m2 (c) 64449 tiles

(d) 556.95m2 (d) 66499 tiles

Directions for Questions 64: Study the S.(66-67) Directions for the following 2 (Two)
following information given below and answer the items: Read the following passage and answer
questions: the items that follow. Your answer to the items
should be based on the passage only.
64. Select the figure which establish the correct
relationship between Quadrilaterals, PASSAGE - 1
Trapezoid, Parallelogram, Rhombus.
The Outer Space Treaty of the United Nations
(a) states that the exploration and use of outer space
should be carried out for the benefit and in the
interests of all countries, irrespective of their
degree of economic or scientific development, and

(b) shall be the province of all mankind. This did not

stop the nations to use the knowledge gained
during these experiments for some defence-
related objectives too, like the Global Positioning
Systems (GPS). While the general population was
permitted to use the spare capacity of the GPS
(c) satellites, the move towards ‘Space Tourism’ that
started in 2021 has raised worries about the
adverse impacts of this consumerist thrust. The
excitement stemmed less from technological
achievement and more from consumerist appeal.
It might look like egalitarian gain, but one must
(d)
not overlook the fact that once a technology
enters the societal domain, it proliferates
uncontrollably, often with menacing dimensions
and directions.

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66. With reference to the above passage, the S.(68) Directions for the following 1 (One)
item: Read the following passage and answer the
following assumptions have been made.
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
Which of these assumption(s) is/are valid? be based on the passage only.

I. Commercialization of space exploration PASSAGE - 2

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
would have legal and regulatory
They perish when elites lose the capacity for
concerns. creative response, when their governing classes
cease to adapt and instead cling to static
II. Space Tourism is an inevitable formulas. The challenge–and‑response
consequence of space exploration. mechanism is not automatic: only societies that
forge new traditions in the crucible of crisis can
Select the correct answer using the codes hope to transcend the grave of cultural decay.

given below: 68. Which of the following statements best

represents a corollary to the author’s
(a) I only argument?

(b) II only (a) Civilizational renewal depends on

external conquest and historical
(c) Both I and II accidents.

(d) Neither I nor II (b) Governing elites must consistently

uphold traditional values during crisis.

(c) Societies that innovate in response to

crises are less likely to collapse.
67. The author of the passage holds the view that,
(d) Cultural continuity is guaranteed by
(a) Space Tourism is a double-edged sword avoiding all experimentation.
and must be approached with caution.
S.(69) Directions for the following 1 (One)
(b) Technology has always ended up serving item: Read the following passage and answer the
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
the consumerism fuelled by the
be based on the passage only.
financially affluent.
PASSAGE - 3

(c) When it comes to technology, there Culture is not only external, as a set of shared
practices, but internalized through
should be fine distinction between serving
enculturation, shaping cognition, affect, and
the needs of the society on the whole perception. Higher mental functions develop first
on the social plane and are then internalized,
rather than on specific sections.
making culture the very scaffold of thought. Even
(d) Space Tourism is a consequence of the perception is not universal; what one sees,
values, or remembers is filtered through cultural
widely-prevalent capitalist drive in almost
lenses, rendering the individual psyche a
all the countries. microcosm of collective meaning.
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69. Which of the following assumptions underlie Direction question 71: Study the following line

the argument presented in the passage? and table chart carefully and answer the
questions given beside.
1. The mind cannot be understood fully
The line graph given below gives the information
without reference to the cultural context
about the total sum of Funds (In Rs. thousand
it is embedded in.
crores) received to Indian States during the five

2. Internal psychological processes are consecutive years. The table given below gives the

information is about the ratio between funds

shaped by socially mediated interactions.
from Country A, B and C received during the
3. There is a universal core of cognition that respective year.
precedes cultural influence.

4. Culture plays a formative, not merely

decorative, role in structuring human

consciousness.

Choose the correct answer(s):

(a) Only 1 and 2

(b) Only 1, 2, and 4

(c) Only 2 and 3

(d) All of the above

70. Six years ago, Felicina was twice as old as

Sahana then. 7 years hence, sum of the ages

of Felicina and Sahana is 74. Which among 71. What was the total sum of funds given

the following is necessarily correct? (in Rs. thousand crore) by country B in the

year 2021, 2023, and 2025 together?

(a) Sahana is 24 years old
(a) 850
(b) Sahana is 12 years younger than Felicina
(b) 720
(c) Felicina is 16 years older than Sahana
(c) 860

(d) None of these (d) 750

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S.(72) Directions for the following 1 (One) (c) A developing nation with limited
item: Read the following passage and answer the resources cannot achieve significant GDP
items that follow. Your answer to the items should growth without adopting a market-based
be based on the passage only. economic model.

PASSAGE - 1
(d) In emerging economies, addressing the
Social protection programs are a central needs of marginalized and vulnerable
component of the citizen-state social contract communities can be hindered by
wherein the government provides economic institutional constraints and resource
protection to the citizens against daily risks and
limitations.
vulnerabilities. In mature social democracies,
such protections are fundamental constituents of
S.(73) Directions for the following 1 (One)
the economic and political life which allows a
item: Read the following passage and answer the
level playing field between competing class
items that follow. Your answer to the items should
interests of those who own capital and the ones
be based on the passage only.
which provide labour. A market-based economy
where labour class is conferred a fair share vis- PASSAGE - 2
à-vis capital investments by the entrepreneur is
The development of new educators in India is
considered a common ground where
often hindered by a lack of a strong mentoring
redistributive objectives of the state are
system. While they start their careers full of
supported by greater income growth leading to
enthusiasm, this is quickly replaced by
broad-based prosperity. In developing nations
disillusionment due to ineffective induction
however, the goals of social democracy are
affected by the lack of financial resources, processes and lack of institutional support. The

perverse political interests, and suppressed civil gap between their initial training and ongoing

liberties. professional development makes growth irregular

and often unhelpful. Organizations like District

72. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the crux of the above passage? Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and

Block Resource Centres (BRCs), which are meant

(a) Systemic imbalances in society will be
to support teaching improvement, often become
resolved once adequate social protection
programs are put in place. bureaucratic and fail to offer meaningful

pedagogy. Workshops intended to build skills

(b) A market-based economy is often
often lack focus and depth. As a result, new
favoured over welfare-driven social
teachers face the profession with little guidance,
democracy for better balancing the
interests of capital owners and labour. limiting their ability to innovate and be effective.

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73. Which one of the following statements best 74. Which of the following can be most
reflects what is implied by the passage? reasonably inferred from the passage?

(a) The present skill level of novice educators 1. The disappearance of stable institutions
may fall short in fostering meaningful has replaced structured freedom with a
learning outcomes among children and
burden of constant self-reinvention.
youth
2. The shift to fluid networks has
(b) Inadequate and outdated institutional
empowered individuals with more
mechanisms often constrain educators
freedom than ever before.
from adopting dynamic and innovative
teaching practices. 3. Contemporary anxiety stems primarily

from internal pressures rather than

(c) A well-structured induction process,
supported by seasoned mentors, can help external restrictions.

sustain early-career teachers' motivation

4. Identity formation in modern society is
and improve classroom outcomes.
increasingly shaped by instability and
(d) Addressing foundational gaps in teacher impermanence.
training and ensuring sustained
Choose the correct answer(s):
professional development are key to
nurturing innovative educators. (a) Only 1, 3, and 4

(b) Only 1 and 4

S.(74) Directions for the following 1 (One)
(c) Only 2 and 3
item: Read the following passage and answer the
(d) All of the above
items that follow. Your answer to the items should

be based on the passage only.

PASSAGE - 3 Direction for Questions 75: Study the following

information given below to answer this question.

In a world where relationships, identities, and

careers have become liquid—ever‑shifting and In the question below there are given some

ephemeral—the individual is compelled to statements followed by some conclusions. You

become a perpetual project. Freedoms once have to take the given statements to be true even

assured by stable institutions now yield only if they seem to be at variance with commonly

precarious autonomy, as the bonds that once known facts. Read all the conclusions and then

anchored life dissolve into transient networks. decide which of the given conclusions logically

Anxiety arises not from external constraint but follows/follow from the given statements,

from the endless demand to remake the self.” disregarding commonly known facts.
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75. Statements: Which of the statement(s) is\are correct?

All TV are Radio (a) Statement I only

No Radio is a Mobile (b) Statement II only

Some Radio are Camera (c) Neither statement I nor statement II

Conclusions: (d) Both statement I and statement II

(I) Some Cameras are not Mobile

(II) Some TV are not Camera 78. In a certain code, ‘QUAESTOR’ is coded as ’4’.
In the same code, ‘INCHOATE’ will be coded
(III) Some Radio are not TV
as
(IV) Some Radio are not Mobile
(a) 1

(a) Only IV follows (b) 3

(b) Only I and IV follows (c) 5

(c) Only II and III follows (d) 7

(d) Only I, II and III follows

79. Find the wrong term in the series.

76. Between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM, how many
24, 28.8, 34.56, 41.472, 48.3264
times do the hour and minute hands of a
clock form an angle that is an exact positive (a) 28.8

multiple of 30 degrees? (b) 34.56

(a) 4 times (c) 41.472

(b) 6 times (d) 48.3264

(c) 10 times

(d) 12 times 80. Let X = 4039383736…4321 be a larger

number. What will be the remainder when X
is divided by 3?
77. Consider the following statements.
(a) 0
Statement I:
(b) 1
When (1429567586)3124 is divided by 9801
then remainder is 1. (c) 3

Statement II: 2745 − 944 is divisible only by (d) 5

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