Directions for Questions 1 to 3: The passage given below is followed by a set of three
questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
The age of the Antonines is an age little understood amongst the present generation. The
documents relating thereto are few in number, and for the most part the work of very second
rate scandalmongers. Like the Senate of the time, these writers had so far lost their sense of
personal responsibility that they were quite willing to record anything that their "God and
Master" ordered. The pleasures and vices of the age were lurid and extravagant. The menace
of official Christianity, with its destruction of literature and philosophy, was almost at the gates
of the city. All such facts serve to render this most magnificent period of Roman history unreal
and fantastic to men of our more practical and rationalistic age.
The reign of Elagabalus is not a record of great deeds. It shows no advance in science or in
military conquest. Save in the realm of jurisprudence, it is not an age of great men, because
these are born in the struggles of nations. It is not an age of poverty or distress. It is rather a
record of enormous wealth and excessive prodigality, luxury and aestheticism, carried to their
ultimate extreme, and sensuality in all the refinements of its Eastern habit. Such were the
forces that swayed the minds of these eager, living men, made idle by force of circumstances.
It was a wonderful and a beautiful age, full of color, full of the joy of living ; and yet, as we look
back upon its enervating excitements, who can wonder at the greatness of the decline which
followed the triumph of so much magnificence ? Rome was at the apex of her power ; the
Empire was consolidated ; the temple of Janus was closed ; the Pax Romana reigned
supreme, and with it order and government in the remotest corner of that vast dominion. What
matters the extravagances of a foolish boy to the merchants of Lyons or to the traders of
Alexandria, so long as they were undisturbed and taxation was at a minimum? What matters
the blatant outburst of a Semitic monotheism, when men's minds — amongst the superstitious
— were already attuned to the kindred mysteries of Mithra and the spiritual chicanery of Isis?
The harm had been done both to reason and to ancient belief by the secret dissemination of
other superstitions, whose effete neuroticism, whose enervating and softening influences had
done almost more to ruin the glorious fighting strength of the Empire than all the luxury and
effeminacy of the bygone world.
It was a pitiful exhibition, the powers of ignorance and mystery undermining the strength of
knowledge and virility, till the barbarians, whom the very name of Rome had conquered and
held entranced, overthrew a greatness which, in the age of reason, the world had found
irresistible. It is pitiful, but it is true, and the record of merely a part will be found in the
Augustan Histories.
The difficulties presented to the student of the Scriptores Historiae Augustae are manifold and
ever increasing. Not the least of them lies in the variation of standard by which this collection
has been judged, and in the diametrically opposing theories which eminent scholars have
drawn from the same passages.
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The Biographies which have survived are nominally the work of six authors, to wit, Aelius
Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Vulcacius Gallicanus, Aelius Lampridius, Trebellius Pollio, and
Flavius Vopiscus. The author of the Life of Elagabalus in this series is Aelius Lampridius, of
whom personally nothing is known. Peter postulates that he was not a plebeian, as he wrote at
Constantine's bidding, and presumably, from the virulence of his attacks, with some ulterior
object in view. This was probably an attack on the Imperial author of that species of Mithraic
worship which Constantine desired to extirpate, as the most formidable opponent of his own
new religion.
1. What do you infer by ‘such were the forces……made idle by force of circumstances’?
(Q. code 102219001)
(1) Minds of men at that time were influenced by excessive wealth, luxury and lack of
purpose due to idleness.
(2) Men were forced to surrender all reasons and lived a life of excessive indulgence
in luxury, wealth and aestheticism.
(3) People in that age were free as there was no struggle between nations and they
enjoyed their life in luxury.
(4) Excessive luxury and wealth affected the minds of people in that age.
(5) Abundance of wealth had a bad effect on the minds of people of that age as they
had no work.
2. All of the following is true in context of the age of reign of Elagabalus except:
(Q. code 102219002)
(1) It shows no progress in science or military.
(2) It was not an age of great men, poverty or distress.
(3) It was not an age of progress in science, military and jurisprudence.
(4) It was an age of enormous wealth, luxury, extreme aestheticism.
(5) It was a beautiful age full of color and the joy of living.
3. What according to the author is the cause of difficulties faced by the student?
(Q. code 102219003)
(1) They are ever increasing and don’t lie in the variation of standard used to judge
these works.
(2) They are ever increasing and lie in the variation of standard used to judge these
works.
(3) Confusions created by the series of lives covering a period of 167 years.
(4) There are several stories about the same history which creates confusion.
(5) Confusions due to a long period of history and work by several writers.
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Directions for Questions 4 to 7: In the following paragraph, a part of a sentence or the entire
sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined
part are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the five. Check grammar, usage,
semantics, mechanics, redundancy, punctuation, spelling and style elements.
Arpit went to the Music Store for the exchanging of his old records for new ones that were in
vogue. The reason for the exchange was that he preferred Deep Purple over Beatles, who are
regarded as to be the finest music composers. Later, on analyzing the reports on the fan
following of different bands , he recognized that an even greater amount of people followed Iron
Maiden. As a reaction he said " Compared with the time period of Deep Purple the
contemporary hit songs would be a big flop then".
4. for the exchanging of his old records for new ones that were in vogue.
(Q. code 102219004)
(1) for the exchanging of his old records for new ones that were in vogue.
(2) for the exchanging of old records with new ones that were in vogue.
(3) to exchange his old records with new ones that would be new and in vogue.
(4) to exchange his old records for new ones, that were in vogue.
(5) to exchanging his old records for new ones, that were in vogue.
5. preferred Deep Purple over Beatles, who are regarded as to be
(Q. code 102219005)
(1) preferred Deep Purple over Beatles, who are regarded as to be
(2) preferred Deep Purple to Beatles, who are regarded as to be
(3) preferred Deep Purple over Beatles, who are regarded as
(4) preferred Deep Purple to Beatles, who are regarded as
(5) preferred Deep Purple to Beatles, who are regarded to be
6. an even greater amount of people followed Iron Maiden.
(Q. code 102219006)
(1) an even greater amount of people followed Iron Maiden.
(2) an even larger amount of people followed Iron Maiden.
(3) an amount of people even greater followed Iron Maiden.
(4) a number of people even larger followed Iron Maiden.
(5) an even greater number of people followed Iron Maiden.
7. Compared with the time period of Deep Purple
(Q. code 102219007)
(1) Compared with the time period of Deep Purple
(2) Compared with the time period during which Deep Purple played their music
(3) Compared to the songs of Deep Purple
(4) In comparison to the time when Deep Purple played their music
(5) In comparison with Deep Purple's songs
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Directions for Questions 8 to 11: In each of the following questions there are sentences that
form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms
of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose
the most appropriate option.
8.
(A) The situation, as people like Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri will tell you,
(B) has turned so critical that mere citizen's movements will no longer do.
(C) It is high time that environment becomes part of the political agenda
(D) and become a sustained election issue,
(E) which no Government can afford to ignore, much like price rise.
(Q. code 102219008)
(1) A, D and E (2) A, C and E
(3) B and D (4) B, C and E
(5) All of above.
9.
(A) Everyone is confused as to whether
(B) the rains would be sufficient to overcome the draught.
(C) The head of the meteorological department said that,
(D) he is doubtful whether
(E) the rains would be adequate.
(Q. code 102219009)
(1) All the above (2) B and E
(3) A and C (4) B, C and E
(5) A, C and D
10.
(A) Now, in this rapidly expanding market,
(B) a major network is about to adapt a range
(C) of kiddiephones designed for children as young as 4,
(D) which claims that its handsets are safer and smarter.
(E) But can there be any sense in texting toddlers.
(Q. code 102219010)
(1) A, C and E (2) A, C and D
(3) A only (4) B and D
(5) All the above
11.
(A) Wild swimming is an adventure,
(B) far from noise, chlorine, and
(C) bacteria of a leisurecentre pool.
(D) Thankfully our rivers are cleaner and more accessible
(E) then at any time in living memory.
(Q. code 102219011)
(1) All of the above (2) A, B, and C
(3) A,C and E (4) A and C
(5) A only
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Directions for Questions 12 to 14: The passage given below is followed by a set of three
questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
In his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore admits that during the 2000 presidential
election campaign his advisors told him not to campaign on environmental issues, even though
he clearly believed passionately in the subject, because it would not have brought him votes.
This recommendation was based upon nationwide opinion polls. Naturally, today, the situation
would be a lot different, as the environmental crisis strongly resonates among millions of
people. Increasingly, in the marketstate, politicians must perform a task that has nothing to do
with traditional politics and all to do with single issues. Instead of putting forward a vision for the
future, they essentially tell people what they want to hear.
Opinion polls have become vox populi and politics no longer represents a battleground of ideas,
but is a confrontation of marketing strategies between successful pollsters. Among the best
known is American Mark Penn, who perfected the art of political polling by applying to it
commercial principles such as data mining. The British supermarket chain Tesco has pioneered
this new technique, described as “gathering of valuable data about customers,” by using club
cards. These cards are essentially the DNA of shoppers; they contain all the information
required to assess their commercial behavior, from social status to tastes in food. Marketing
teams work with this information, and focus on customers who change their habits, not on those
who always buy the same products. The rationale is that changes in commercial behavior
patterns can be translated into concrete commercial opportunities. Elections revolve around
swing voters because they determine the outcome of any successful campaign. It follows that
polling of swing voters is to politicians what club cards are to Tesco; it offers a snapshot of key
voters’ opinions. Modern political pollsters are essentially data miners and analysts: they collect
and study information about swing voters to find important patterns. The controversial New
Labour election slogan for the 2005 campaign, “Forward not Back,” for example, sprang from
this novel type of polling. Ahead of the British election, Penn’s company conducted thousands
of interviews in the United Kingdom to understand what people wanted to hear from New
Labour. That message was passed on to Tony Blair and summarized in the above slogan.
Sociologists have written endlessly about the “undecided” middle class, but only with the advent
of the marketstate did swing voters become a key factor in politics. Today, issues dear to these
minorities, not political parties’ ideologies, shape the politics of modern democracies. Stripped
of their own intellectual and ideological attributes, politicians are nothing more than political
“performers.” Their act plays out in a series of great illusions through which they make the
masses believe that these policies reflect what the nation needs.
In the marketstate, understanding what makes people swing from one party to another is a
powerful tool, and whoever masters it can make political propaganda work marvels. Swing
voters’ fascination with celebrities, for example, plays a critical role in the latter’s involvement in
politics. This situation has emerged as a new phenomenon. Imagine the allstar cast of Fellini’s
La Dolce Vita campaigning for the Italian Christian Democratic Party! If anything, in the past, the
political involvement of distinguished artists proved strictly antiestablishment, as was the case
of Charlie Chaplin during the rise of Nazism and later on during McCarthyism. Today, politicians
encourage famous people to be part of their team, because their image translates into votes.
Celebrities are, by definition, performers, and therefore they have high visibility. For this reason
Bob Geldof was appointed a consultant to the British Conservative Party’s policy review on
global poverty.
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UNICEF’s celebrity supporters include David Beckham, Ricky Martin, and Robbie Williams. Five
former Miss Universes are goodwill ambassadors for the United Nations Population Fund.
Status, not knowledge, has become the key factor in celebrities’ involvement in world politics.
Globalization, of course, tremendously inflated their role, making their faces familiar to the far
corners of the earth. But the transition from the nationstate to the marketstate then facilitates
their entry into mainstream politics. Celebrities belong to the establishment because they owe
their stardom and wealth to the obsessive selling of their image. Their loyalty to the market is
unshakable since their existence and continued success depends upon it.
12. What is known about the marketstate from the passage? (Q. code 102219012)
(1) It has democratized politics and led to better services.
(2) It has transformed the statecraft to a completely higher level.
(3) It has changed the political party into a corporate house.
(4) It has widened the market of the staterun parties.
(5) It has earned a reputation of thinktank to the ruling party.
13. What is untrue according to the passage? (Q. code 102219013)
(1) Products are introduced on changing buying patterns.
(2) Modern democracies have issuebased politics.
(3) Political campaigns are based on voter reviews.
(4) A Charisma is created to allure the people.
(5) Ideologies are lesser important for politicians of modern era.
14. According to the passage, what is the similarity between a Celebrity and a Politician?
(Q. code 102219014)
(1) Both are concerned with the public welfare.
(2) Both enjoy widespread popularity.
(3) Both are crucial to marketstate.
(4) Both create mass hysteria.
(5) Both thrive on marketization.
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Directions for Questions 15 to 17: Match the definition of the given word with their usage and
choose the most appropriate option.
15. Catch
Meaning Usage
(a) to catch a person at a time of (1) The match caught every one up in
carelessness excitement.
(b) to find out about something (2) The solution seems good at first
sight. However, there's a catch to it. It
introduces another problem.
(c) to engross someone (3) Rakesh caught Rajesh off guard and
frightened him.
(d) a hidden problem associated with it (4) I caught sight of Sachin Tendulkar
just before he left hotel.
(e) to see someone or something briefly (5) Most of the people stop here for a
drink while they catch up on the day's
news.
(Q. code 102219015)
(1) a4, b3, c5, d2, e1
(2) a3, b1, c5, d2, e4
(3) a3, b4, c1, d2, e5
(4) a3, b1, c2, d5, e4
(5) a3, b5, c1, d2, e4
16. Arms
Meaning Usage
(a) to carry weapons (1) Jack has no idea how to drive. In that
sense, he is a babe in arms.
(b) to be willing to give something of (2) The bank robber was armed to the
great value for someone or something. teeth when he was caught.
(c) to be very expensive (3) The Car will cost me am arm and a
leg.
(d) an innocent or naive person (4) You can not bear arms without a
license.
(e) heavily armed with deadly weapons (5) I would give my right arm for a cup of
coffee.
(Q. code 102219016)
(1) a4, b5, c3, d1, e2
(2) a4,b3,c5, d1, e2
(3) a4,b5,c3,d2,e1
(4) a2,b5,c1,d3,e4
(5) a2,b3,c5,d1,e4
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17. Mind
Meaning Usage
(a) if you really want to do something. (1) Suresh will not listen to what you say.
He has a mind of his own.
(b) to worry about something for a long (2) If you have a mind to become a race
time driver , you will have to work hard.
(c) to be very independent (3) Bill has chocolate on his mind.
(d) to be obsessed with someone or (4) I lost my temper with her the other
something. day and it's been preying on my mind
ever since.
(e) to decide (5) Please make your mind up on the
issue.
(Q. code 102219017)
(1) a4,b1,c2,d3,e5
(2) a2,b4,c1,d3,e5
(3) a2,b1,c3,d4,e5
(4) a2,b4,c1,d5,e3
(5) a5,b4,c1,d3,e2
Directions for Questions 18 to 21: Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a
missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically [(....)]. From the five options
available, choose the one that best fits into the sequence.
18. Physicians are not agreed about the Causes of Digestion, but are divided into two
Opinions, each of which is supported by the Writings of very eminent Authors; convinced
of my own Inability to decide the Controversy, which also requires a large Field to
expatiate in, I shall not undertake to defend either Fermentation or Trituration: (…) It
perhaps will not be difficult to make a sort of an Alliance or Agreement between them, by
uniting whatever is plain and evident in the two Systems, and rejecting what is otherwise;
and from hence form a third, which will be nothing but the Union of the uncontested
Parts of the other two. (Q. code 102219018)
(1) And it is enough to say that these opinions are not incompatible.
(2) But it will be sufficient to say, in two words, that these opinions are absolutely
incompatible.
(3) But it will be sufficient to say, in two Words, that these Opinions are not absolutely
incompatible.
(4) Also, in my opinion, they can be merged.
(5) The solution lies in taking the two together in order to experiment with them.
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19. I was pulled in the door and hugged by the crew. I thought I would be the happiest man
in the world, but the crew of Harry Walker’s HH3E were happier than I was. The whole
crew was laughing like mad, so I asked what was funny and was told that Harry had just
said,” (…).” I had problems standing and the Paramedic (PJ) sat me down and started to
check me out. The first thing he did was to strap a parachute on me. He asked if I was
hurt and I told him I had some small problems. He then put me on a stretcher and gave
me a good once over. It was noisy as hell in the Jolly and since I didn’t have a headset I
had real problems hearing. He pulled out a Morphine Styrete case and I said NO. He
grinned and showed me a miniature of Jack Daniel’s Black Label that was in the tube. It
was exactly what the doctor ordered. (Q. code 102219019)
(1) “Tell the SOB not to die until we get him to a hospital. We need a live one for a
change.”
(2) “Oh! Did he die?”
(3) “I want him alive.”
(4) “Tell him to hold on. We need him alive.”
(5) “Tell the SOB to die. We’ve had enough of him!”
20. I shall be strictly professional, I assured myself. If it be an ordeal, it is familiar to my sex
at this time; other women have suffered it in acute reality. Surely I have as much nerve
as my English sisters? Then, I held myself steady. (…) It was quite white; and I was
swallowing convulsively. (Q. code 102219020)
(1) I readied myself.
(2) I thought so, and I caught sight of my face in the glass.
(3) I gathered all my courage.
(4) I felt faint.
(5) I looked up.
21. The same loan officer who is a loving mother and generous friend outside her role can
be an agent of economic oppression within it. (…) Many activists of all stripes, social,
political, or environmental, observe that they are complicit by their very membership in
society in precisely those collective behaviors they denounce. (Q. code 102219021)
(1) A corporate executive who loves nature feels compelled to make business
decisions that harm the environment; or more likely, does not even associate
those decisions with their environmental effects.
(2) A corporate executive who love nature feels compelled to make business
decisions which will harm the environment; or more likely, does not even
associate those decisions with their environmental effects.
(3) A corporate executive who loves nature feels compelled to make business
decisions that harm the environment; and then more likely, does not even
associates those decisions with their environmental effects.
(4) A corporate executive who will love nature feels compelled to make business
decisions that harm the environment; or more likely, does not even associate
those decisions with there environmental effects.
(5) A corporate executive which loves nature feel compelled to make business
decisions that harm the environment; or more likely, does not even associate
those decisions with their environmental effects.
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Directions for Questions 22 and 23: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from
which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that
completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
22. None of the intellectual values described here need be unique to the irreligious, the
godless, or atheists; indeed, there are any number of irreligious atheists who fail to
appreciate them or who simply ignore them, while there are religious theists who try to
emphasize them in their lives. It’s also a fact, though, that you don’t often find religious
organizations or religious leaders making a point to emphasize these, whereas atheist
and skeptical organizations promote them all the time. This is unfortunate because these
intellectual values should be important to everyone. (Q. code 102219022)
(1) These values are followed be both Atheists and Theists.
(2) They are, in the end, vital foundations for our modern world.
(3) Religious values are cornerstone of Atheists.
(4) Religious theist failing to emphasize these values is actually Atheist.
(5) Failing to follow these values makes you an irreligious atheist.
23. The flood of spending on imports creates a need for compensating export earnings. This
quest for export earnings turns the U.S. into a traitor to principles that this nation
supposedly fought for in several recent wars, and generates an eagerness to embrace
potential export markets, no matter what the human rights or environmental records of
these countries may be, or how much damage this does to American workers. Another
part of this attempted juggling act of trade balances is to justify the further stripmining of
our own natural heritage in order to gain further export earnings, i.e. Redwood logs from
our ancient cathedral forests are sent to Mexico to be milled on machinery that once was
tended by well paid Americans in the U.S. or Alaskan oil drilled in wildlife refuges is sent
to Japan. (Q. code 102219023)
(1) Export oriented economy of U.S. demands this.
(2) Focus on export is inherently U.S. policy.
(3) This outsourcing is dangerous to environment and human Rights.
(4) Export of logs or Alaskan oil helps uplifting the human rights.
(5) The boots and uniforms worn by US soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq were made
in China.
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Directions for Questions 24 & 25: Each question has a set of four sequentially ordered
statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:
Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which
are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with
an ‘F’),
Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known
(the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘I’).
Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects,
situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option
indicates such a statement with a ‘J’)
Select the answer option that best describes the set of four statements.
24.
1. There have always been less critiques written for Stage Fright than a number of other
Hitchcock films.
2. Certainly, from the time of the film's release it has been recognized that there is in Stage
Fright some clever play on the role of acting both in the theater and in real life.
3. Gene Phillips, for example, typifies the general response to the film when he notes that
the film's opening scene (wherein a stage curtain lifts to reveal a busy street in
downtown London) "reminds us that, as Shakespeare puts it, all the world is a stage and
anyone can for his own private purposes get caught up in role playing in daily life as
much as an actor in a play".
4. The trouble is that critics have tended to state this idea and then quickly move on to the
next film in the Hitchcock filmography, one they are usually more anxious to get to and
more voluble in analyzing: Strangers on a Train.
(Q. code 102219024)
(1) IFFJ (2) FFFJ
(3) FIII (4) IIFF
(5) FIFJ
25.
1. Vertigo, or dizziness, is a symptom, not a disease.
2. The term vertigo refers to the sensation of spinning or whirling that occurs as a result of
a disturbance in balance (equilibrium).
3. It also may be used to describe feelings of dizziness, lightheadedness, faintness, and
unsteadiness.
4. The sensation of movement is called subjective vertigo and the perception of movement
in surrounding objects is called objective vertigo.
(Q. code 102219025)
(1) IFJF (2) FFFF
(3) IFII (4) FIFI
(5) IIFF
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SECTION II
Directions for Questions 26 to 27: Each question is followed by two statements, 1 and 2.
Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1) if the question can be answered by using the statement 1 alone but not by using
the statement 2 alone.
Mark (2) if the question can be answered by using the statement 2 alone but not by using
the statement 1 alone.
Mark (3) if the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone.
Mark (4) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together but not
by either of the statements alone.
Mark (5) if the question cannot be answered on the basis of the two statements.
26. What is the average of the 30 students in a class? (Q. code 102219026)
(1) The average age of 15 girls in the class is 26 years.
(2) The sum of the ages of 15 students is less than 600 years
27. What should be the marked price of the books? (Q. code 102219027)
(1) After giving a discount of 15% on market price, the shopkeeper earns a profit of
10%
(2) The shopkeeper gets book from the market outlet for Rs. 900
Directions for Questions 28 to 45: For the following questions five options are given, choose
the correct option.
30. Ram and Shyam are competing in 2000 m race. Ram gives Shyam a lead of 200m.
Initially Ram runs at 4 times Shyam’s speed, but after crossing the 1200 m mark, he
slows down to 1/8 th of this initial speed, while Shyam continues to run at his original
speed. If Ram and Shyam meet for the second time at distance ‘a’ m from the finishing
line then find ‘a’. (Q. code 102219030)
(1) 150 m (2) 200 m
(3) 100 m (4) 250 m
(5) 300 m
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31. One express train has been stopped at an unscheduled station for 10/3 minutes then the
speed of the train is increased by 8km/hr. In the next 40 km it covers the time. Find the
initial speed of the train (in km/hr). (Q. code 102219031)
(1) 54 (2) 72
(3) 64 (4) 80
(5) 45
32. Ram collects around 900 one rupee coins and he makes stacks of 5, he is left with 3
coins and when he makes stack of 13 he is left with 3 coins and how many coins will be
left when he makes stack of 11 coins each? (Q. code 102219032)
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
(2) None of these.
æ 1 ö
33. If 3f(x) - f ç ÷ = loga x 4 for x > 0. Find f (a x ). (where a>1) (Q. code 102219033)
èxø
(1) a x (2) 1
(3) a –x (4) x
(5) Cannot be determined
35. Find the number of ordered pairs (x, y), where both x and y are nonnegative integers
such that, x – 1/y = x/y + 1 (Q. code 102219035)
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
(2) 5
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36.
What is the ratio of the radius of the smaller circle to the larger one if the hexagon is regular?
(Q. code 102219036)
(1) (2/Ö3 – 1) / (1+ 2/Ö3)
(2) (2/Ö3 + 1) / (1 2/Ö3)
(3) (2Ö3 – 1) / (1+ 2Ö3)
(4) (Ö3 – 1) / (1+ Ö3)
(5) (Ö3 + 1) / (1 Ö3)
38. The weight of the cylinder varies as the cube of its height when the circumference
remains the same; it also varies as the square of its radius when the height remains
constant. If the radius of two cylinders is in the ratio 3:4 and first one is onethird times in
weight as compared to the second, then the ratio of their heights is
(Q. code 102219038)
(1) 2 1/3 / 3 (2) 2 2/3 / 3
2/3 1/3
(3) 2 / 3 (4) 2 / 3 1/3
(5) None of these.
1 1
40. If f(x) = and g(x) = x + , then which of the following is true? (Q. code 102219040)
x x
(1) f(g(x))+g(f(x))=1 (2) f(g(x)) x g(f(x))=1
f(g(x)) f(g(x))
(3) =1 (4) = 2
g(f(x)) g(f(x))
(5) None of these
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41. From a sheet of paper a triangle is cut as given below, how many triangles would be cut
from the paper so that a regular polygon is formed?(Given that AB = AC)
A
70°
B C
(Q. code 102219041)
(1) 5 (2) 6
(3) 7 (4) 9
(5) No regular polygon can be made
43. In a temple, there are 12 pair of shoes. A boy steals 4 shoes. What is the probability that
at least one leftright matching pair of shoes was stolen? (Q. code 102219043)
(1) 4818/5313 (2) 3856/5313
(3) 4686/10626 (4) 4568/10626
(5) 6058/10626
44. Find the number of nonnegative integral solutions to the following system of equations
x + y + z + w + r=16
x + y + z=6
(Q. code 102219044)
(1) 142 (2) 500
(3) 420 (4) 300
(5) 308
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Section III
Directions for Q. 46 to 48:
Four people A, B ,C and D live in a locality and have their houses built in a row. The
color of the houses is red, green, blue and white, not necessarily in the same order.
They read four different books, namely, Harry potter, Lord of the rings, Spiderman and
Batman, again, not necessarily in the same order.
F1: The person who reads lord of the rings lives between the white and green house.
F2: The person who reads Spiderman lives in the red house which is at the corner.
F3: The house whose resident reads batman is also at the corner.
F4: D's house is adjacent only to A's house. A does not read Harry potter.
F5: B's house and the house in which Harry potter is read are adjacent to each other and
neither of them is white or blue.
46. What is the color of A's house? (Q. code 102219046)
(1) green (2) red
(3) blue (4) white
(5) cannot be determined
47. Who reads Harry potter? (Q. code 102219047)
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
(5) cannot be determined
48. Who lives in the white house? (Q. code 102219048)
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
(5) cannot be determined
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Directions for Q. 49 to 52:
A professional juggler juggles 10 balls of different colors, 1 yellow, 5 black, 2 red and 2
green, but in a specific order, a part of which is [B, B, _ , _ , _ , G, _ , _ , _ , R ]. The
blanks denote that it is not known which ball is juggled in that place. He juggles the first
ball (black) at time t=1 second, the second ball (black) at time t= 2 second, and so on
until the tenth ball (red) at time t=10 second, after which he again throws the first (black)
ball at t=11 second. This cycle goes on for a very long time. He throws the balls from his
right hand and catches them in his left hand. A ball is airborne for exactly 9 seconds.
Some additional facts are given:
F1: He throws the green ball at t=23 second.
F2: He throws the black ball at t= 47 second.
F3: He catches the black ball at t= 87 second.
F4: No 3 black balls are thrown consecutively.
F5: No 2 red balls are thrown consecutively.
49. At what time (in seconds) does he throw the yellow ball for the first time?
(Q. code 102219049)
(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 7 (4) 8
(5) 9
50. At what time (in seconds) does he catch the green ball for the seventh time?
(Q. code 102219050)
(1) 32 (2) 33
(3) 42 (4) 43
(5) cannot be determined
51. Which ball does he throw at t=5 seconds? (Q. code 102219051)
(1) black (2) red
(3) green (4) yellow
(5) cannot be determined
52. Which ball does he catch at t= 98 seconds? (Q. code 102219052)
(1) black (2) red
(3) green (4) yellow
(5) cannot be determined
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Directions for Q. 53 to 55:
Read the Information and answer the following question on the basis of the information
given below:
The table shows the Internet usage details by User ID 340981650453 of Glance Internet
Services of 8 days.
Login Date
Start Time (hh:mm:ss) Duration (mm:ss) Session Speed (kbps)
(ddmm)
1512 20:00:51 51:32 75
1612 10:04:47 13:38 100
1712 10:31:41 98:26 125
1712 10:20:11 86:26 75
1812 9:29:09 95:24 125
1912 13:08:33 79:52 75
1912 18:03:10 88:53 75
2112 23:10:50 30:53 100
2212 9:46:31 204:53 75
2212 20:06:37 214:01 125
2312 9:07:29 62:16 75
The Company charges Re 0.50 per minute to the consumer if the speed is less than 100
kbps but the charges per minute are 10% more if the speed is equal or more than 100
kbps. Also, a minimum rental charge for these 8 days is Rs.90. For calculating the
charges, the company takes the time duration(in minutes) as the least integer greater
than or equal to the actual time duration.
53. What is the difference between the charges incurred on 1512 and the charges incurred
(Approx.) on 2212 if the minimum charges are zero? (Q. code 102219053)
(1) 195 (2) 190
(3) 198 (4) 201
(5) 187
54. What is the total charge approximately of all 8 days? (Q. code 102219054)
(1) 528 (2) 538
(3) 628 (4) 638
(5) 578
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55. The table of Taxes is given below:
Service Tax 10% of the total Amount charged
Educational Cess On Service Tax 3%
SHE Cess on Service Tax 2%
The company decided to charge the three kinds of taxes on the consumer on the bill of
given 8 days. Then what is the total approx amount to be paid? (Q. code 102219055)
(1) 595 (2) 885
(3) 895 (4) 695
(5) 795
Directions for Q. 56 to 59:
J. K. Rowling, the famous author, writes a book and wants to publish it. So she went to a
publishing house. There are 10 publishers as P1 to P9. Some of them receive the
original copy of the book and some of them receive the copy which is edited before by
someone. The original copy which does not have any error is with J.K. Rowling
F1: All editors receive a copy of book from one or two people who already posses the
same.
F2: If the person edits a copy by receiving it from two editors, then he first compares the
copies received from the two editors. If a chapter of the book from both editors is
identical then it is copied. Otherwise that chapter is deleted from the book.
F3: If the person receives the book from only one editor, then he copies all the chapters
present in that book.
F4: In the end, each publisher replaces one of the chapters (not a deleted one) with an
IRREGULAR CHAPTER.
F5: The original book contained 100 chapters.
No two of them publish the same irregular chapters. J. K. Rowling makes out a table for
the number of chapters deleted and number of Irregular chapters by different editors.
This table is given below:
Publisher P1 P5 P2 P6 P7 P4 P8 P9 P3 P10
Deleted
15, 21 26, 35 48 21, 26
Chapter No.
Irregular
15 38 21 1 15, 2 35 21, 5 18 26 15, 48
Chapter No.
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56. Which one of the following does not receive the original copy? (Q. code 102219056)
(1) P1 (2) P2
(3) P3 (4) P4
(5) P5
57. Both P1 and P2 provided their copy to (Q. code 102219057)
(1) P10 (2) P7
(3) P5 (4) P8
(5) P9
58. How many persons need to make their copies before P7 could make his copy?
(Q. code 102219058)
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
(5) 6
59. Which of the following is true?
I: P7 introduced the irregular chapter no. 2.
II: P10 introduced the irregular chapter no. 15.
III: P6 introduced the irregular chapter no. 1.
(Q. code 102219059)
(1) Only I (2) Only II
(3) Only II and III (4) Only I and II
(5) Only I and III
Directions for Questions 60 to 62:
The leading retail store ‘Small Bazaar’ attracts customers by providing discount on
various sections of store throughout the week from Monday to Saturday (Sunday is
happy day – discount on all sections of store). The store has six sections – Kids,
Women, Men, Household, Lootmart and Grocery. Discount is provided in a different
section each day throughout the week. To avoid confusion store manager has devised
following rules to be followed while providing discounts to customers:
R1: Discount in Kids section must be provided earlier in the week than discount in
Women section.
R2: Discount in Lootmart section must be provided on Tuesday.
R3: Discount in Household section must be provided on the day immediately before
or immediately after the day on which discount in Grocery section is provided.
60. If discount in Grocery section is to be provided on Thursday, then the earliest day on
which discount in Women section can be provided is (Q. code 102219060)
(1) Monday (2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday (4) Friday
(5) Saturday
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61. If discount in Men section is to be provided on Friday, then discount in Kids section must
be provided on which day of week? (Q. code 102219061)
(1) Saturday (2) Thursday
(3) Wednesday (4) Tuesday
(5) Monday
62. If the discount in Household section is provided on Thursday, then the latest day on
which discount in Kids section can be provided is? (Q. code 102219062)
(1) Monday (2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday (4) Friday
(5) Saturday
Directions for Questions 63 to 65:
The table below shows the Income tax slab for the present assessment year.
Taxable income slab (Rs.) Rate (%)
Up to 1,50,000 NIL
Up to 1,80,000 (for women) NIL
Up to 2,25,000 (for resident individual of 65 years or
above) NIL
10% of amount exceeding
1,50,001 – 3,00,000 1,50,000
15000 + 20% of amount
3,00,001 – 5,00,000 exceeding 3,00,000
55000 + 30% of amount
5,00,001 upwards exceeding 5,00,000
*A surcharge is applicable @ 10 per cent on the applicable tax where the total income
exceeds Rs.10, 00,000.
Note:
(1) Education cess is applicable @ 10 per cent on applicable tax (exclusive of surcharge
if there is any)
(2) Agricultural income is exempted from incometax.
Total Income tax = Applicable tax + Education Cess + Surcharge (If any)
63. What is the total income tax to be paid by the person whose annual income is
Rs.3,50,000? (Q. code 102219063)
(1) 30,000 (2) 27,000
(3) 25,000 (4) 27,500
(5) 35,000
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64. If a person pays 30% of his income as income tax then his income is at least?
(Q. code 102219064)
(1) 18, 00,000 (2) 15, 00,000
(3) 16, 00,000 (4) 20, 00,000
(5) 19, 00,000
65. If a person has paid Rs.49500 as total taxes, then his annual salary could be?
(Q. code 102219065)
(1) 4, 45,000 (2) 4, 65,000
(3) 4, 55,000 (4) 4, 50,000
(5) 3, 27,270
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