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Directions for the following 4 (four) items: 2. Which of the following options best summarizes
Read the following four passages and answer the main idea of the paragraph ?
the items that follow.
(a) More Indian workers can get permanent
Passage - 1
jobs and legal job security if existing labor
Bank depositors in the United States are all
laws are reformed.
financially protected against bank failure because
the government insures all individuals’ bank (b) Effective labor law reform can encourage
deposits. An economist argues that this insurance many Indian businesses to grow to more
is partly responsible for the high rate of bank than 100 workers.
failures, since it removes from depositors any
financial incentive to find out whether the bank (c) Outdated Indian labor laws need to be
that holds their money is secure against failure. simplified to provide basic protection to
If depositors were more selective, then banks workers and curb privileges.
would need to be financially stable in order to (d) The difficult politics of curbing privileges
compete for depositors’ money.
can be avoided if the changes in the labor
1. The economist’s argument makes which of
law only apply to the new hires.
the following assumptions ?
(a) Bank failures are caused when big Passage - 3
borrowers default on loan repayments. Oklahoma is not perceived as overpopulated
(b) A significant proportion of depositors because, in spite of a horrendous drought, it is
maintain accounts at several different not facing famine. Famine in Oklahoma is
banks.
inconceivable because it receives a fair price for
(c) The more a depositor has to deposit, the
its exports, it has not leased its land to foreign
more careful he or she tends to be in
selecting a bank. countries, the poorest of the poor receive a helping
(d) The difference in the interest rates paid hand from the government, and farmers and
to depositors by different banks is not a ranchers receive federal assistance in times of
significant factor in bank failures. droughts. It is a lack of these factors in Horn of
Passage - 2 Africa, plus political insecurity in Somalia, which
India’s baffling array of state and national labor explain the famine – not overpopulation.
laws date to the 1940s: one provides for the type 3. Which of the following options best summarizes
and number of spittoons in a factory. Another says the main idea of the paragraph ?
an enterprise with more than 100 workers needs
government permission to scale back or close. (a) Hunger is caused by too many people
Many Indian businesses stay small in order to pressing against finite resources.
remain beyond the reach of the laws. Big firms (b) In spite of drought and overpopulation,
use temporary workers to avoid them. Less than there is no famine in Oklahoma.
15% of Indian workers have legal job security.
The new government can sidestep the difficult (c) Overpopulation and famine are not
politics of curbing privileges by establishing a new, causally related in the Horn of Africa.
simpler labor contract that gives basic protection (d) Famine in the Horn of Africa is not only
to workers but makes lay-offs less costly to firms.
due to overpopulation but, more
It would apply only to new hires; the small
proportion of existing workers with gold-star importantly, due to the lack of government
protections would keep them. assistance and political insecurity.

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 Passage - 4 Direction for the questions 6 and 7 :
Many scientific studies have found links between Consider the following items, which consists a
genius and mental illness, particularly bipolar question and two statements, decide which one/
disorder in which patients have violent mood ones are required to answer.
swings between elation and depression. In one 6. What is the principal ?
interesting Swedish study, 700,000 Swedes had 1. The compound interest for second year
intelligence tests at age 16 and again 10 years only is Rs. 1380.
later. Those who scored well were four times more 2. Rate of interest is 15% and compounding
likely than the others to have developed bipolar is being done annually.
disorder. The US neurologist James Fallon came (a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer
up with a convincing argument based on his own the question.
findings in the field: the brain area involved in (b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer
mood swings is the same area where creativity is the question.
born. This may explain why some people can draw (c) Both statements are required to answer
previously unseen connections among ideas, the question.
images, shapes and the like. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the
question.
4. Which of the following is inferred from the
above ? 7. At what time the two trains cross each other ?
1. Train A leaves from Kanpur at 5 am and
(a) Those with bipolar disorder are likely to
reached Prayagraj at 9 am.
be highly intelligent.
2. Train B leaves from Prayagraj at 7 am
(b) Most people who excel in creativity are and reached Kanpur at 10:30 am.
likely suffering from a mental problem.
(a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer
(c) Often there is a correlation between the question.
mental illness and genius. (b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer
(d) Mental disorders give birth to genius. the question.
5. A question booklet contains 100 questions for (c) Both statements are required to answer
a test. A candidate gets 5 marks for every the question.
correct answer, loses 2 marks for every wrong (d) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the
answer, and no mark for a blank answer. question.
Consider the following statements about the 8. Consider the following statement:
marks of a candidate : All the angles (in degree) of a triangle are
1. He can score 461 marks. prime numbers.
1. Such type of triangle is not possible.
2. He can score 464 marks.
2. It can be an isosceles triangle.
3. He can score 441 marks.
3. It can be a scalene triangle.
(a) Only one statement is correct
Which of the following statements is/are
(b) Only two statements are correct correct ?
(c) All three statements are correct (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(d) None of three statements is correct (c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only

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9. How many 3-digit natural numbers N are 11. The author’s conclusion relies on which of the
there such that the sum of digits of N and following assumptions?
(N + 1) each is divisible by 8 ? For example,
(a) The cleanliness of public parks is
N = 107 doesn’t satisfy as the sum of digits of
107 = 1 + 0 + 7 = 8 is divisible by 8 but the important in terms of hygiene and the
sum of digits of 108 = 1 + 0 + 8 = 9 is not. prevention of illnesses.
(a) 0 (b) The Beegappel municipality is determined
(b) 5 to reduce the amount of exposed
(c) 7 excrement in its parks.
(d) 10 (c) The amount of other forms of garbage
10. A 2-digit number AB is inserted between its dispersed is the same in all the parks of
own digits to make it a 4-digit number AABB Beegappel.
which is 77 times the original number. What
(d) The cleanliness of public parks is equally
is the sum of the digits of the original number
i.e., A + B ? important to the residents of differing

(a) 6 (b) 7 neighborhoods.

(c) 8 (d) 9 Passage - 2

Directions for the following 4 (four) items: In a bureaucracy, all decisions are arrived at by
Read the following four passages and answer a process that involves many people. There is no
the items that follow. one person who has the authority to decide
Passage - 1 whether a project will process or not. As a
In a public park of the Beegappel metropolitan consequence, in bureaucracies, risky projects are
where biodegradable bags were provided at never undertaken.
strategic points, the amount of exposed dog
12. Which of the following is the most logical
excrement per square foot on average was lower
than the average of the same ratio of the assumption of the above passage?
metropolitan’s parks that did not supply the bags, (a) All projects in a bureaucracy require risk.
by almost 7 times. In light of this result, the
(b) Decisive individuals choose not to work
Beegappel municipality decided to install the same
in a bureaucracy.
system of provided bags in another three parks in
the neighborhood. Residents used the bags and the (c) An individual who has decision-making
results were the same as with the experiment in power will take risks.
the first park. It is clear that if the bags were
(d) The only risky projects undertaken are
supplied in parks in all neighborhoods of the
those for which a single individual has
metropolitan, then all the parks would enjoy lower
amounts of dog excrement per square foot. decision-making power.

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 Passage - 3 14. The passage best illustrates which one of the
following statements about science?
Economic considerations color every aspect of
(a) The aim of science is to define the
international dealings, and nations are just like manifold of nature within the terms of a
individuals in that the lender sets the terms of its single harmonious theory.
dealings with the borrower. That is why a nation (b) In a accepting a mathematical description
that owes money to another nation cannot be world of nature, science has become far more
accurate at identifying underlying forces.
leader.
(c) The paradox of science is that every
13. Which of the following is the most logical improvement in its measuring
assumption that can be made from the instruments seems to make adequate
passage given above? theories harder to work out.
(d) When the events a theory postulates are
(a) A nation that does not lend to any other
detected, the theory is accepted even
nation cannot be a world leader.
without an explanation of how those
(b) A nation that can set the terms of its events are brought about.
dealings with other nations is certain to 15. CSAT, CSA and CS are 4-digit, 3-digit and
be a world leader. 2-digit numbers respectively where C, S, A
and T are distinct digits such that
(c) A nation that has the terms of its dealings CSAT + CSA + CS = 2024. The value of
with another action set by that nation C + S + A + T is
cannot be a world leader. (a) 15 (b) 16

(d) A nation that is a world leader can borrow (c) 17 (d) 18

from another nation as long as that other 16. Prithu and Archi had Rs. 144 altogether.
Prithu spent 80% of his amount while Archi
nation does not set the terms of the
spent 75% of her amount. After this both had
dealings between the two nations. equal amounts. Consider the following
Passage - 4 statements.
1. The initial difference in their amounts
Early in this century, Alfred Wegener developed
was Rs. 48.
the concept of continental drift. His ideas were
2. Prithu had Rs. 48 initially.
rejected vehemently because he postulated no
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
identifiable force strong enough to make the
(a) Both 1 and 2 (b) Only 1
continents move. We have come to accept (c) Only 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Wegener’s theory, not because we have 17. A number N is formed by writing 1 for
pinpointed such a force, but because new 77 times. What is the remainder if N is
instruments have finally allowed continental divided by 77 ?

movement to be confirmed by observation. (a) 1 (b) 7

(c) 23 (d) 76

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18. Question: For two non-negative real 21. What is the most logical assumption that can
numbers a and b, is (a + b) be made from the passage given above?
greater than ab ? (a) Biotechnology should be directed toward
Statements: 1. a = b producing plants that do not require
2 2
2. a + b is greater than a + b . artificial fertilizer.
(a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer (b) Fixed nitrogen is currently the only soil
the question, but statement 2 alone is not. nutrient that must be supplied by artificial
(b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer fertilizer for growing wheat crops.
the question, but statement 1 alone is not. (c) Rhizobium bacteria living in the roots of
(c) Both statements 1 and 2 together are wheat would produce fixed nitrogen.
sufficient to answer the question, but (d) There are no naturally occurring strains
neither statement alone sufficient.
of wheat or other grasses that have
(d) Statements 1 and 2 together are not Rhizobium bacteria living in their roots.
sufficient to answer the question and
Passage - 2
additional data is needed.
Leachate is a solutions, frequently highly
19. How many 4-digit numbers which are less
contaminated, that develops when water
than 3000 can be formed using 2, 2, 3, 3, 3,
permeates a landfill site, If and only if the landfill’s
4, 4, 4, 4 ?
capacity to hold liquids is exceeded does the
(a) 27 (b) 26
leachates escape into the environment, generally
(c) 24 (d) 20 in unpredictable quantities, A method must be
20. The number of three English letter words, found for disposing of leachate. Most landfill
having at least one consonant, but not having leachate is send directly to sewage treatment
two consecutive consonants, is plants, but not all sewage plants are capable of
(a) 2205 (b) 3780 handling the highly contaminated water.
(c) 2730 (d) 3360 22. Which one of the following can be inferred
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: from the passage?
Read the following four passages and answer (a) If leachate does not escape from a landfill
the items that follow. into the environment, then the landfill’s
Passage - 1 capacity to hold liquids has not been
Rhizobium bacteria living in the roots of bean exceeded.
plants or other legumes produce fixed nitrogen (b) If any water permeates a landfill, leachate
which is one of the essential plant nutrients and will escape into the environment.
which for non-legume crops, such as wheat,
(c) No sewage treatment plants are capable
normally must be supplied by applications of
of handling leachate.
nitrogen-based fertilizer. So if biotechnology
(d) Some landfill leachate is send to sewage
succeeds in producing wheat strains whose roots
will play host to Rhizobium bacteria, the need for treatment plants that are incapable of
artificial fertilizers will be reduced. handling it.

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 Passage - 3 Passage - 4

Several of the world’s earliest cities were organised Called by some the “island that time forgot,”
Madagascar is home to a vast array of unique,
along egalitarian lines. In some regions, urban
exotic creatures. One such animal is the aye-aye.
populations governed themselves for centuries
First described by western science in 1782, it was
without any indication of the temples and palaces initially categorized as a member of the order
that would later emerge; in others, temples and Rodentia. Further research then revealed that it
palaces never emerged at all, and there is simply was more closely related to the lemur, a member
no evidence of a class of administrators or any of the primate order. Since the aye-aye is so
other sort of ruling stratum. It would seem that different from its fellow primates, however, it was
given its own family: Daubentoniidae. The aye-
the mere fact of urban life does not, necessarily,
aye has been listed as an endangered species and,
imply any particular form of political organization,
as a result, the government of Madagascar has
and never did. Far from resigning us to inequality, designated an island off the northeastern coast
the picture that is now emerging of humanity’s of Madagascar as a protected reserve for aye-ayes
past may open our eyes to egalitarian possibilities and other wildlife.
we otherwise would have never considered. Long before Western science became enthralled
23. Which of the following correctly implies the with this nocturnal denizen of Madagascar’s
jungles, the aye-aye had its own reputation with
essence of the passage?
the local people. The aye-aye is perhaps best
(a) We now have the evidence in support of known for its large, round eyes and long,
the existence of an egalitarian urban life extremely thin middle finger. These adaptations
in some ancient cities, where political and are quite sensible, allowing the aye-aye to see well
civic organisation was far less at night and retrieve grubs, which are one of its
primary food sources, from deep within hollow
hierarchical.
branches. However, the aye-aye’s striking
(b) Contrary to our assumption that urban appearance may end up causing its extinction.
settlements have always involved The people of Madagascar believe that the aye-
hierarchical political and administrative aye is a type of spirit animal, and that its
structures, ancient cities were not appearance is an omen of death. Whenever one
organised in this way. is sighted, it is immediately killed. When
combined with the loss of large swaths of jungle
(c) The lack of hierarchical administration habitat, this practice may result in the loss of a
in ancient cities can be deduced by the superb example of life’s variety.
absence of religious and regal structures 24. Based on the information given in the
such as temples and palaces. passage, the intended audience would most
(d) The emergence of a class of administrators likely be
and ruling stratum transformed the (a) visitors to a natural science museum
egalitarian urban life of ancient cities to (b) professors of evolutionary science
the hierarchical civic organisations of (c) a third-grade science class
today. (d) students of comparative religions

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Direction for the questions 25 and 26: Statements: 1. Vasudev played exactly
Consider the following items, which consists a 3 matches.
question and two statements, decide which one/ 2. Anirudh and Sankarshan
ones are required to answer. played exactly 1 and 2
25. Question: How is X related to Y ? matches respectively.
Statements: 1. Z, who has only two kids, X Which one of the following is correct in respect
and Y, is the mother-in-law of of the above Question and Statements ?
W, who is sister-in-law of Y. (a) The Question can be answered by using
2. A, the sister-in-law of X, is the one of the statements alone, but cannot be
daughter-in-law of B, who answered using the other statement alone.
has only two kids, X and Y. (b) The Question can be answered by using
(a) Only statement 1 is sufficient to answer either Statement alone.
the question. (c) The Question can be answered by using
(b) Only statement 2 is sufficient to answer both the Statements together, but cannot
the question. be answered using either Statement alone.
(c) Either statement 1 or statement 2 is (d) The Question cannot be answered even
sufficient to answer the question. by using both the Statements together.
(d) Both the statements together are not 28. Ashvath, Balaram and Charu competed in
sufficient to answer. same weight lifting tournament and one of
26. Question: How many children does A have ? them won. It is also known that weight lifted
Statements: 1. B is the only daughter of C by Charu was average of weight lifted by
Ashvath and Balaram.
who is wife of A.
2. D and E are brothers of A. Question: Who is the winner ?

(a) Only statement 1 is sufficient to answer Statements: 1. Weight lifted by Ashvath

the question. plus weight lifted by Charu
is 210 kg.
(b) Only statement 2 is sufficient to answer
the question. 2. Weight lifted by Charu is
40 kg more than weight
(c) Either statement 1 or statement 2 is
lifted by Ashvath.
sufficient to answer the question.
Which one of the following is correct in respect
(d) Both the statements together are not
of the above Question and Statements ?
sufficient to answer.
(a) The Question can be answered by using
27. Vasudev, Sankarshan, Anirudh and
one of the statements alone, but cannot be
Pradyumn were the only participants of a
answered using the other statement alone.
chess tournament. Some matches have been
played among the players. Exactly two of (b) The Question can be answered by using
them played in each of the matches. No either Statement alone.
player played with the same player in more (c) The Question can be answered by using
than one match. both the Statements together, but cannot
Question: What is the total number of be answered using either Statement alone.
matches played among the (d) The Question cannot be answered even
players ? by using both the Statements together.

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29. Consider two statements are a question in the family, rituals, governance, economy and the
the following questions, read them carefully military. These are mostly institutions that just
and choose which one/ones are necessary to grew. Perhaps in some imaginary beginning of
answer. time they spontaneously appeared. In their
Question: What will be the value of a present incarnations, however, they are very
much the product of conscious attempts to mould
3-digit number which is divisible
and plan them. We have family law, established
by 7 and has unit digit as 3 ?
and disestablished churches, constitutions and
Statements: 1. The 3-digit number is laws, including those governing the economy and
divisible by 9. the military. Institutions deriving from statute,
2. The 3-digit number is like joint-stock companies are formal by contrast
divisible by 21. with informal ones such as friendships. There are
(a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer some institutions that come in both informal and
the question. formal variants, as well as in mixed ones. Consider
the fact that the stock exchange and the black
(b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer
market are both market institutions, one formal
the question.
one not. Consider further that there are many
(c) Either statement 1 or statement 2 alone features of the work of the stock exchange that
is sufficient to answer the question. rely on informal, noncodifiable agreements, not
(d) Both statements 1 and 2 together is least the language used for communication. To
necessary to answer the question. be precise, mixtures are the norm . . . From
30. A man has 1890 candles. After burning, he constitutions at the top to by-laws near the bottom
we are always adding to, or tinkering with, earlier
can make a new candle from 9 stubs left
institutions, the grown and the designed are
behind. The maximum number of candles
intertwined.
that can be made is
It is usual in social thought to treat culture and
(a) 235 (b) 210
tradition as different from, although alongside,
(c) 236 (d) None of these institutions. The view taken here is different.
Directions for the following 4 (four) items: Culture and tradition are sub-sets of institutions
Read the following passage and answer the items analytically isolated for explanatory or expository
that follow. purposes. Some social scientists have taken all
institutions, even purely local ones, to be entities
Passage
that satisfy basic human needs – under local
We begin with the emergence of the philosophy conditions . . . Others differed and declared any
of the social sciences as an arena of thought and structure of reciprocal roles and norms an
as a set of social institutions. The two institution. Most of these differences are
characterisations overlap but are not congruent. differences of emphasis rather than
Academic disciplines are social institutions. . . . disagreements. Let us straddle all these versions
My view is that institutions are all those social and present institutions very generally . . . as
entities that organise action: they link acting structures that serve to coordinate the actions of
individuals into social structures. There are individuals. . . . Institutions themselves then have
various kinds of institutions. Hegelians and no aims or purpose other than those given to them
Marxists emphasise universal institutions such as by actors or used by actors to explain them . . .

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Language is the formative institution for social 32. Which of the following statements best
life and for science . . . Both formal and informal represents the essence of the passage?

language is involved, naturally grown or (a) The stock exchange and the black market
are both market institutions.
designed. (Language is all of these to varying
(b) It is usual in social thought to treat
degrees.) Languages are paradigms of institutions
culture and tradition as different from
or, from another perspective, nested sets of institutions.
institutions. Syntax, semantics, lexicon and (c) Institutions are structures that serve to
alphabet/character-set are all institutions within coordinate the actions of individuals.
the larger institutional framework of a written (d) Language is the fundamental formal
language. Natural languages are typical institution for social life and for science.
examples of what Ferguson called ‘the result of 33. All of the following inferences from the
passage are false, EXCEPT:
human action, but not the execution of any
(a) as concepts, “culture” and “tradition”
human design’[;] reformed natural languages and
have no analytical, explanatory or
artificial languages introduce design into their
expository power, especially when they
modifications or refinements of natural language. are treated in isolation.
Above all, languages are paradigms of (b) “natural language” refers to that stage
institutional tools that function to coordinate. of language development where no
conscious human intent is evident in the
31. Consider the fact that the stock exchange
formation of language.
and the black market are both market
(c) the institution of friendship cannot be
institutions, one formal one not.” Which one found in the institution of joint-stock
of the following statements best explains this companies because the first is an informal
quote, in the context of the passage? institution, while the second is a formal
one.
(a) Market instruments can be formally
(d) institutions like the family, rituals,
traded in the stock exchange and
governance, economy, and the military
informally traded in the black market. are natural and cannot be consciously
(b) The stock exchange and the black market modified.
are both organised to function by rules. 34. In the first paragraph of the passage, what
are the two “characterisations” that are seen
(c) The stock exchange and the black market
as overlapping but not congruent?
are examples of how, even within the
(a) “the philosophy of the social sciences” and
same domain, different kinds of “a set of social institutions”.
institutions can co-exist. (b) “individuals” and “social structures”.
(d) The stock exchange and the black market (c) “an arena of thought” and “academic
are both dependent on the market to disciplines”.
survive. (d) “academic disciplines” and “institutions”.

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35. Consider the following statements: 39.
0
Assertion (A): a = 1, a z 0.
Reason (R): a m × a n = a m + n , m, n being
integers.
(a) both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
The number of squares in the above figure is
(b) both A and R are true and R is not the
(a) 30 (b) 29
correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false. (c) 25 (d) 20

(d) A is false, but R is true. 40. Each digit of a 10-digit number is 9. It is

multiplied by itself. What is the sum of the
36. Sixty-four identical cubes are arranged in the
digits of the resulting number ?
form of a large cubical block. This block is
placed in the corner of a room so as to touch (a) 64 (b) 81
the three walls on three of its sides. How (c) 90 (d) 100
many cubes do not touch any of the wall ? Directions for the following 4 (four) items:
(a) 48 (b) 37 Read the following two passages and answer
(c) 27 (d) 8 the items that follow.
37. Govind wants to number all the doors of his Passage - 1
hotel rooms. To do this, he buys some stickers Typewriters are the epitome of a technology that
with numbers from 0 to 8, with “6” serving
has been comprehensively rendered obsolete by the
as a stand-in for “9” when flipped. He
digital age. The ink comes off the ribbon, they weigh
purchased 20 stickers of each of 9 types for a
a ton, and second thoughts are a disaster. But they
total of 180 stickers. If Govind starts
are also personal, portable and, above all, private.
numbering the doors from 1, then what will
Type a document and lock it away and more or less
be the first number that he cannot form
the only way anyone else can get it is if you give it
using his stickers ?
to them. That is why the Russians have decided to
(a) 66 (b) 67
go back to typewriters in some government offices,
(c) 68 (d) 69 and why in the US, some departments have never
38. A 3-digit number ABC is multiplied by 6 and abandoned them. Yet it is not just their resistance
the resulting number is a 3-digit number with to algorithms and secret surveillance that keeps
the same digits CCC. Consider the following typewriter production lines - well one, at least - in
statements. business (the last British one closed a year ago). Nor
1. A + B + C is a prime number. is it only the nostalgic appeal of the metal body and
2. A × B + C is a perfect square. the stout well-defined keys that make them popular
on eBay. A typewriter demands something
3. C – A × B is a perfect cube.
particular: attentiveness. By the time the paper is
(a) Only one statement is correct.
loaded, the ribbon tightened, the carriage returned,
(b) Only two statements are correct. the spacing and the margins set, there’s a big
(c) All three statements are correct. premium on hitting the right key. That means
(d) None of three statements is correct. sorting out ideas, pulling together a kind of order

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and organising details before actually striking off. Passage - 2
There can be no thinking on screen with a
The average family income in the metros has
typewriter. Nor are there any easy distractions. No
increased today as compared to earlier, as in most
online shopping. No urgent emails. No Twitter. No
need even for electricity - perfect for writing in a families these days husbands and wives both are
remote hideaway. The thinking process is working.
accompanied by the encouraging clack of keys, and 44. Which of the following inferences cannot be
the ratchet of the carriage return. Ping! drawn from the above statement?
41. Which one of the following best describes
(a) Wives earn more than their husbands
what the passage is trying to do?
today.
(a) It describes why people continue to use
typewriters even in the digital age. (b) It was less prevalent for the spouse to
work earlier than today.
(b) It argues that typewriters will continue
to be used even though they are an (c) The family income level was lower a few
obsolete technology. years ago.
(c) It highlights the personal benefits of (d) More husbands and wives are working
using typewriters. today as compared to last few years.
(d) It shows that computers offer fewer
45. 2 footballers and 5 cricketers went for an
options than typewriters.
award ceremony, where they need to sit
42. According to the passage, some governments
around a circular table. In how many ways
still use typewriters because:
they can sit, so that two footballers are never
(a) they do not want to abandon old
together ?
technologies that may be useful in the
future. (a) 720
(b) they want to ensure that typewriter (b) 360
production lines remain in business. (c) 240
(c) they like the nostalgic appeal of
(d) 480
typewriter.
46. There are eight pairs of Brown shoes and five
(d) they can control who reads the document.
pairs of Black shoes. They all are put into a
43. The writer praises typewriters for all the
following reasons except: box and shoes are drawn one at a time. To
ensure that at least one pair of Brown shoes
(a) Unlike computers, they can only be used
for typing. are taken out, what is the number of shoes

(b) You cannot revise what you have typed required to be drawn out ?
on a typewriter. (a) 12
(c) Typewriters are noisier than computers. (b) 13
(d) Typewriters are messier to use than (c) 18
computers.
(d) 19

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47. Whenever a positive integer is entered into Question: In how many days Pankaj can
a special machine, the machine adds the finish the same task working
number to its replica, but the last digit of the alone ?
replica is removed before the addition. The Statements: 1. Together all the three can
machine then outputs the sum to the user. finish the same task in 5
For example, if you enter 2024, the output is days.
2024 + 202 = 2226. Consider the following 2. Jalaj takes 5 more days to
statements. finish the task working alone
than the time taken by
1. The smallest 3-digit number that cannot
Neeraj to finish the same
be obtained as an output from machine
task working alone.
is 109.
Which one of the following is correct in respect
2. The greatest 3-digit number that cannot of the above Question and Statements ?
be obtained as an output from machine
(a) The Question can be answered by using
is 989.
one of the statements alone, but cannot be
Which of the above statements is/are correct ? answered using the other statement alone.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (b) The Question can be answered by using
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 either Statement alone.

Direction for the question 48 : (c) The Question can be answered by using
both the Statements together, but cannot
Consider the following item, which consists a
be answered using either Statement alone.
question and three statements, decide which one/
(d) The Question cannot be answered even
ones are required to answer.
by using both the Statements together.
48. Question: What is Megha’s rank from the 50. Kishori’s Piggy bank broke and all the coins
top in a class of forty students? contained in it is 73 coins of 1 rupee each,
Statements: 1. Megha is 3 ranks below Sunil 54 coins of 2 rupees each, 38 coins of 5 rupees
from the top. each, 13 coins of 10 rupees each and 9 coins
of 20 rupees each fell on the ground.
2. Sunil’s rank from the bottom
Consider the following statements.
is 23.
1. The smallest number of coins “m” that, if
3. Megha is 3 ranks above Sunil
picked randomly from the ground, must
from the bottom.
contain all the coins of at least one
(a) Only 1 and 2 denomination is 182.
(b) Only 2 and 3 2. The smallest number of coins “n” that, if
(c) All 1, 2 and 3 picked randomly from the ground, must
contain at least one coin of each of the
(d) 1 and 2 or 2 and 3
denominations is 178.
49. Jalaj takes thrice the time taken by Neeraj
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
and Pankaj to finish a task. Neeraj takes twice
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
the time taken by Jalaj and Pankaj to finish
the same task. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Directions for the following 2 (two) items: 52. Which of the following is the most logical
Read the following two passages and answer corollary to the above passage?
the items that follow. (a) With more options for food come more risks.
Passage - 1 (b) Food processing is the source of all
foodborne illnesses.
By killing transparency and competition, crony
capitalism is harmful to free enterprise, (c) We should depend on locally produced
opportunity and economic growth. Crony food only.
capitalism, where rich and the influential are (d) Globalization of food production should
alleged to have received land and natural be curtailed.
resources and various licences in return for payoffs 53. Arjun wants Bhim to guess a 4-digit code
to venal politicians, is now a major issue to be which uses all the four digits from 1 to 4. Bhim
tackled. One of the greatest dangers to growth of guesses the code as 1234, 2143 and 3124 one
developing economies like India is the middle by one. According to the responses provided
income trap where crony capitalism creates by Arjun, in each of the three attempts,
oligarchies that slow down the growth. exactly two digits were in the right position.
What are the middle two digits of the code ?
51. Which among the following is the most logical
corollary to the above passage? (a) 13 (b) 21

(a) Launching more welfare schemes and (c) 24 (d) 34

allocating more finances for the current 3
54. A does half as much work as B in th of the
schemes are urgently needed. 4
(b) Efforts should be made to push up time as B. If together they take 18 days to
economic growth by other means and complete the work. B alone can finish this
provide licences to the poor. work in
(c) Greater transparency in the functioning (a) 45 days (b) 30 days
of the government and promoting the (c) 50 days (d) 40 days
financial inclusion are needed at present. 55. It takes 5 days for a steamboat to travel from
(d) We should concentrate more on developing A to B along a river. It takes 7 days to return
manufacturing sector than service sector. from B to A. How many days will it take for a
Passage - 2 raft to drift from A to B (all speeds stay
constant)?
Many pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses
are unknown. Food contamination can occur at (a) 13 (b) 35
any stage from farm to plate. Since most cases of (c) 6 (d) 12
food poisoning go unreported, the true extent of 56. “My friend Raju has more than 1000 books”,
global foodborne illnesses is unknown. said Ram. “Oh no, he has less than 1000
Improvements in international monitoring have books”, said Shyam. “Well, Raju certainly has
led to greater public awareness, yet the rapid at least one book”, said Geeta. If only one of
globalization of food production increases these statements is true, how many books
consumers’ vulnerability by making food harder does Raju have?
to regulate and trace. “We have the world on our (a) 1 (b) 1000
plates”, says an official of WHO. (c) 999 (d) 1001

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57. Anshika is on 13th position from the starting Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
th
and on 17 position from the end in her class. Read the following two passages and answer
She is on 8th position from the starting and the items that follow.
Passage - 1
on 13 th position from the end among the
The Arctic’s vast reserves of fossil fuel, fish and
students who have passed the exam. Number
minerals are now accessible for a longer period in a
of failed students is year. But unlike Antarctica, which is protected from
(a) 7 exploitation by the Antarctic Treaty framed during
the Cold War and is not subject to territorial claims
(b) 8
by any country, there is no legal regime protecting
(c) 9 the Arctic from industrialization, especially at a time
(d) Cannot be determined when the world craves for more and more resources.
The distinct possibility of ice-free summer has
58. In a class with boys and girls, a chess prompted countries with Arctic coastline to scramble
competition was played wherein every student for great chunks of the melting ocean.
had to play one game with every other student. 61. Which one of the following is the most
It was observed that in 36 matches, both the important implication of the passage?
players were boys and in 66 matches both were (a) India can have territorial claims in the
Arctic territory and free access to its
girls. What is the number of matches in which
resources.
1 boy and 1 girl play against each other ?
(b) Melting of summer ice in the Arctic leads
(a) 108 to changes in the geopolitics.
(b) 189 (c) The Arctic region will solve the world’s
future problem of resource crunch.
(c) 210
(d) The Arctic region has more resources
(d) 54 than Antarctica.
59. How many 4-digit UPI PIN are possible where Passage - 2
at least one digit is repeated ? India is at once among the fastest growing global
economies and home to the largest number of
(a) 4960
malnourished children in world. There are regions
(b) 4536 where malnutrition is not the exception but the
norm. And across the country, malnutrition is the
(c) 5464
cause of death for roughly half the 1.3 million
(d) None of these children who die before their fifth birthday each
60. A marksman had four successes in six year. Even those children who survive suffer
permanently from the damage that has already
attempts. What is the probability that he had
been done to their bodies and minds from not
three consecutive successes ? getting enough of the right foods and nutrients.
9 12 Around 44 million children under 5 are stunted.
(a) (b) That makes it harder for them to learn in school
15 15
and subsequently earn a living as adults. Their
13 6
(c) (d) lifetime earnings potential is almost a quarter less
15 15
than of their healthy peers.

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62. With refence to the above passage, which of 64. Question: Is the average of the largest and
the following is/are the most rational and the smallest of four given
practical implication/implications? numbers greater than the
1. India’s Public Distribution System should average of the four numbers?
be monitored by the Union Government. Statements: 1. The difference between the
2. Girls should be encouraged to delay largest and the second largest
marriage and first pregnancy. numbers is greater than the
3. Mothers should be encouraged to difference between the second
breastfeed their children immediately smallest and the smallest
after birth. numbers.
4. The supply of safe drinking water and 2. The difference between the
proper sanitation facilities to all should largest and the second largest
be ensured. numbers is less than the
5. Authorities should ensure the vaccination difference between the second
should ensure the vaccination as largest and the second
prescribed. smallest numbers.
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer
below. the question, but statement 2 alone is not.
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 (b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer
(c) 1 only (d) 3 and 5 only the question, but statement 2 alone is not.
Direction for the questions 63 and 64: (c) Both statements 1 and 2 together are
Consider the following questions which consists a sufficient to answer the question, but
question and two statements, decide which one/ neither statement alone sufficient.
ones are required to answer. (d) Statements 1 and 2 together are not
63. Question: What is the circumference of the sufficient to answer the question and
circle? additional data is needed.
Statements: 1. Area of the circle is the half 65. Four persons came out of a meeting hall and
of area of a square. put on their overcoats randomly. Consider
2. The ratio of the perimeters of the following statements.
square and circle is 2:1. 1. It is possible that exactly one person has
(a) Only statement 1 is sufficient to answer put on a wrong overcoat.
the question. 2. There are exactly 8 ways when exactly
(b) Only statement 2 is sufficient to answer three persons have put on a wrong
the question. overcoat.
(c) Both the statements together are Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
sufficient to answer.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(d) Neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
sufficient to answer the question.

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66. Let ABC, BCA, CAB be 3-digit numbers such 69. How many positive integers having at least
that ABC + BCA + CAB = 1DD1 which is a 2 digits can be formed by rearranging the
4-digit number starting and ending in 1. digits 1, 2, 3, 4 such that all the digits are in
What is the value of A + B + C + D ? increasing order ?

(a) 11 (a) 6

(b) 12 (b) 10

(c) 13 (c) 11

(d) 23 (d) 12

67. Raju and Lalitha originally had marbles in 70. Three boys and three girls are walking in a
the ratio 4:9. Then, Lalitha gave some of her row to get movie ticket. Whenever any two
marbles to Raju. As a result, the ratio of the boys are together, they start fighting. To
number of marbles with Raju to that with avoid this situation, the girls have decided to
Lalitha became 5:6. What fraction of her not allow any of the boys be together. In how
original number of marbles was given by many ways can all these boys and girls walk
Lalitha to Raju ? in the row ?
7 (a) 36
(a)
33
(b) 72
6
(b) (c) 108
19
1 (d) 144
(c)
4
71. In the scheme of compound interest, a certain
1
(d) sum amounts to Rs. 7350 in 2 years and to
5
Rs. 8575 in 3 years. The given information
68. How many integers, greater than 999 but
is sufficient to find which parameters ?
not greater than 4000, can be formed with
the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, if repetition of digits 1. Rate of interest

is allowed ? 2. Principal

(a) 499 (a) 1 only

(b) 500 (b) 2 only

(c) 375 (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) 376 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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72. A positive integer N, when divided by 31, the Direction for the following 1 (one) item:
quotient and remainder are same. How Read the following passage and answer the item
that follow.
many values of N are possible ?
Passage
(a) 33
Modern physicians often employ laboratory tests,
(b) 32 in addition to physical examinations, in order to
(c) 31 diagnose diseases accurately. Insurance company
regulations that deny coverage for certain
(d) 30
laboratory tests therefore decrease the quality of
73. Consider the three relationships given below: medical care provided to patients.
1. 1331 > 3113 76. Which one of the following is an assumption
that would serve to justify the conclusion
2. 10100 < 10010
above?
3. 232 < 322 (a) Physical examinations and the uncovered
(a) None of them is correct. laboratory tests together provide a more
accurate diagnosis of many diseases than
(b) All of them are correct.
do physical examinations alone.
(c) Two of them are correct.
(b) Many physicians generally oppose
(d) Only one of them is correct. insurance company regulations that, in
3 4 order to reduce costs, limit the use of
74. If p 2, q 3 and r 4 , then which of
laboratory tests.
the relation is correct ?
(c) Many patients who might benefit from
(a) p > q > r (b) p > q = r the uncovered laboratory tests do not
(c) p = r < q (d) None of them have any form of health insurance.

75. When digits of a number are reversed, the (d) There are some illnesses that experienced
physicians can diagnose accurately from
resulting number is called reversed of the
physicians examination alone.
original number. For example, 143 and 341
77. What does the diagram below establish ?
are mutually reversed numbers. Consider the
Note: The diagram is a circle inside a square.
following statements.
1. There are 7 numbers which are 18 less
than their reversed number.
2. There are 8 numbers which are 99 less
than their reversed number. (a) S > 3
(b) S t 2 2
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
(c) S < 4
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(d) S is closer to 3 than to 4
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Directions for the following 3 (three) items: 78. It can be inferred from the passage that the

Read the following passage and answer the items “great schools of art” the author had attended

that follow. (a) effectively taught the true essence of

drawing.
Passage
(b) included trips to see the works of the old
It was not until sometime after having passed
masters.
through the course of training in two of our chief
(c) neglected to teach drawing the human
schools of art that the author got any idea of what
form.
drawing really meant. What was taught was the
(d) held drawing contests or other
faithful copying of a series of objects, beginning
assessments to judge drawings’ accuracy.
with the simplest forms, such as cubes, cones,
cylinders, &c. (an excellent system to begin with 79. The author would likely agree with the
following statements EXCEPT:
at present in danger of some neglect), after which
more complicated objects in plaster of Paris were 1. It is important to learn to draw simple

attempted, and finally copies of the human head forms such as cones and cylinders.

and figure posed in suspended animation and 2. The painters represented in the galleries
supported by blocks, &c. In so far as this was of the Continent produced works of great

accurately done, all this mechanical training of mechanical accuracy.

eye and hand was excellent; but it was not 3. Artistically accurate drawing can only be
enough. And when with an eye trained to the learned from the schools of art such as

closest mechanical accuracy the author visited the the ones attended by the author.

galleries of the Continent and studied the (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
drawings of the old masters, it soon became (c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only
apparent that either his or their ideas of drawing 80. The author would be most likely to advise a
were all wrong. Very few drawings could be found beginning art student to
sufficiently “like the model” to obtain the prize at (a) avoid copying cubes, cones, and cylinders
either of the great schools he had attended. to begin with.
Luckily there was just enough modesty left for (b) understand that the ideas of drawing of
him to realise that possibly they were in some the artists represented in the galleries of
mysterious way right and his own training in some the Continent are all wrong.
way lacking. And so he set to work to try and climb (c) develop both mechanically accurate and
the long uphill road that separates mechanically artistically accurate drawing skills.
accurate drawing from artistically accurate (d) attend at least two great schools of art.
drawing.

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