IPMAT 2022 Actual Question Paper

Instructions:
1. Each Section has to be attempted in 40 Minutes.
2. Marking Scheme:
+4 for correct,
-1 for wrong (no negative Marking in QA (SA) section) and
no marks for unattempted Qs
3. Solve this test with section-wise time limit (40 mins + 40 mins + 40 mins = 2 hours)
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each question.
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6. Do not watch the solution without actually solving the paper

All The Best!!

 SECTION 1

Quantitative Ability (Short Answer)

• 15 Qs, 40 Mins
• 4 marks for every Correct Answer, No negative Marking for incorrect Answers
Let P(X) denote power set of a set X. If A is the null set, then the number of elements in
P(P(P(P(A)))) is ___________.

Q1
Let 50 distinct positive integers be chosen such that the highest among them is 100, and
the average of the largest 25 integers among them exceeds the average of the remaining
integers by 50. Then the maximum possible value of the sum of all the 50 integers is
___________.

Q2
A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers (1, 2, 3, ...) by deleting
all the perfect squares. Then the 2022nd term of the new sequence is ___________.

Q3
Given that f(x) = |x| + 2|x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 4| + |x – 6| + 2|x – 10|, x  (–, ), the
minimum value of f(x) is ___________.

Q4
The 3rd, 14th and 69th terms of an arithmetic progression form three distinct and consecutive
terms of a geometric progression. If the next term of the geometric progression is the nth
term of the arithmetic progression, then n equals ___________.

Q5
The numbers –16, 2x+3 – 22x–1 – 16, 22x–1 + 16 are in an arithmetic progression. Then x equals
___________.

Q6
 1 0 0
If A = 0 0 1 , then the absolute value of the determinant of (A9 + A6 + A3 + A) is ______.
0 1 0

Q7
When Geeta increases her speed from 12 km/hr to 20 km/hr, she takes one hour less than
the usual time to cover the distance between her home and office. The distance between
her home and office is ___________ km.

Q8
The sum of the coefficients of all the terms in the expansion of (5x – 9)4 is ___________.

Q9
Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of
mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at 10% profit and all the mangoes at 20%
loss, overall she makes neither profit nor loss. Instead, if she sells all the apples at 20% loss
and all the mangoes at 10% profit, overall she makes a loss of INR 150. Then the number of
apples purchased by Aruna is ___________.

Q10
Mrs and Mr Sharma, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja along with four other persons are to be seated
at a round table for dinner. If Mrs and Mr Sharma are to be seated next to each other, and
Mrs and Mr Ahuja are not to be seated next to each other, then the total number of seating
arrangements is ___________.

Q11
 2
2 1 –
If sin  + sin  = and cos  + cos  = , then the value of 20 cos is ________.
3 3 2

Q12
The number of triangles that can be formed by choosing points from 7 points on a line and
5 points on another parallel line is ___________.

Q13
The area enclosed by 2|x| + 3|y|  6 is __________ sq. units.

Q14
If log x2 y + log y2 x = 1 and y = x2 – 30, then the value of x2 + y2 is ___________.

Q15
 SECTION 2

Quantitative Ability (MCQ)

• 30Qs, 40 Mins
• 4 marks for every Correct Answer, -1 for every incorrect Answer
 1
The set of real values of x for which the inequality log278  log3 x <9log2 3 holds
1) [2, 81)
2) [2, 81]
3) (2, 27]
4) (2, 27)

Q16
The set of all possible values of f(x) for which (81)x + (81)f(x) = 3 is
1) (–, 4)
2) (0.25, 3)
3) (3, 4)
4) (–, 0.25)

Q17
If the five-digit number abcde is divisible by 6, then which of the following numbers is not
necessarily divisible by 6?
1) eee
2) cdbae
3) bbadcacede
4) edcba

Q18
In a right-angled triangle ABC, the hypotenuse AC is of length 13 cm. A line drawn connecting
the midpoints D and E of sides AB and AC is found to be 6 cm in length. The length of BC is
1) 2 3 cm
2) 8 cm
3) 5 cm
4) 12 cm

Q19
In a room, there are n persons whose average height is 160 cm. If m more persons, whose
average height is 172 cm, enter the room, then the average height of all persons in the
room becomes 164 cm. Then m : n is
1) 1 : 3
2) 3 : 1
3) 2 : 1
4) 1 : 2

Q20
 x
A set of all possible values the function f(x) = , where x  0, takes is
|x|
1) {1, 0, –1}
2) {1, 0}
3) {1, –1}
4) {1}

Q21
If one of the factors of the number 3728173 is randomly chosen, then the probability that
the chosen factor will be a perfect square is ___________.
3
1)
40
1
2)
12
5
3)
36
5
4)
32

Q22
Let A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {a, b}. Assuming all relations from set A to set B are equally likely,
what is the probability that a relation from A to B is also a function?
1
1)
8
1
2)
2
32
3) 6
2
4) 1

Q23
If f(x2 + f(y)) = xf(x) + y for all non-negative integers x and y, then the value of [f(0)]2 + f(0)
equals ___________.
1) 2
2) 1
3) 0
4) 6

Q24
Ayesha is standing a top a vertical tower 200 m high and observes a car moving away from
the tower on a straight, horizontal road from the foot of the tower. At 11:00 AM, she
observes the angle of depression of the car to be 45°. At 11:02 AM, she observes the angle
of depression of the car to be 30°. The speed at which the car is moving is approximately
1) 10.6 km per hour
2) 4.39 km per hour
3) 6.3 km per hour
4) 8.45 km per hour

Q25
 
For 0 << , let a = ((sin )sin )(log2 cos ), b = ((cos )sin )(log2 sin ), c = ((sin )cos )(log2 cos )
4
and d = ((sin )sin )(log2 sin ). Then, the median value in the sequence a, b, c, d is
c+d
1)
2
a+d
2)
2
b+c
3)
2
a+b
4)
2

Q26
In a bowl containing 60 ml orange juice, 40 ml of water is poured. Thereafter, 100 ml of
apple juice is poured to make a fruit punch. Madhu drinks 50 ml of this fruit punch and
comments that the proportion of orange juice needs to be higher for better taste. How
much orange juice should be poured into the fruit punch that remained, in order to bring up
the level of orange juice to 50 percentage?
1) 80 ml
2) 40 ml
3) 100 ml
4) 60 ml

Q27
 a b c
Suppose a, b and c are integers such that a > b > c> 0, and A = b c a
c a b
Then the value of the determinant of A
1) is negative
2) is zero
3) is positive
4) can be positive or negative

Q28
 1 0
If A = 1 , then A2022 is
0
2
Then the value of the determinant of A
1 0
1) 1
2022 0
2
1 0
2) 1
0
2022
1 0
3)
1011 0
4) None of these

Q29
Let A and B be two sets such that the Cartesian product A × B consists of four elements.
If two elements of A × B are (1, 4) and (4, 1), then
1) A × B = B × A
2)   A × B
3) A × B  B × A
4) None of these

Q30
 x2 y2
The curve represented by the equation + = 1 is
sin 2 – sin 3 cos 2 – cos 3
1) a hyperbola with the foci on the y-axis
2) an ellipse with the foci on the x-axis
3) an hyperbola with the foci on the x-axis
4) an ellipse with the foci on the y-axis

Q31
In a 400-metre race, Ashok beats Bipin and Chandan respectively by 15 seconds and 25
seconds. If Ashok beats Bipin by 150 metres, by how many metres does Bipin beat Chandan
in the race?
1) 50
2) 80
3) 150
4) 100

Q32
The number of four-digit integers which are greater than 1000 and divisible by both 2 and 3,
but not by 5, is
1) 1200
2) 1666
3) 1500
4) 1333

Q33
The sum of the first 15 terms in an arithmetic progression is 200, while the sum of the next
15 terms is 350. Then the common difference is
7
1)
9
4
2)
9
2
3)
3
1
4)
3

Q34
The value of k for which the following lines
x–y–1=0
2x + 3y – 12 = 0
2x – 3y + k = 0
are concurrent is
1) 1
2) –1
3) 0
4) 12

Q35
In how many ways can the letters of the word MANAGEMENT be arranged such that no two
vowels appear together?
1) 25200
2) 21600
3) 37800
4) 75600

Q36
The sum of the squares of all the roots of the equation x2 + |x + 4| + |x – 4| – 35 = 0 is
1) 50
2) 74
3) 175
4) 148

Q37
The cost of a piece of jewellery is proportional to the square of its weight. A piece of
jewellery weighing 10 grams is INR 3600. The cost of a piece of jewellery of the same kind
weighing 4 grams is
1) INR 600
2) INR 576
3) INR 1440
4) INR 1220

Q38
When the square of the difference of two natural numbers is subtracted from the square of
the sum of the same two numbers and the result is divided by four, we get
1) the LCM of the two numbers
2) the square of the product of the two numbers
3) the HCF of the two numbers
4) the product of the LCM and HCF of the two numbers

Q39
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are x, 21 and 40, where x is the shortest side.
A possible value of x is
1) 20
2) 18
3) 19
4) 16

Q40
A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five
employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except
Sunday, two employees a re required while on Sunday three employee s need to work. Every
employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:
• Every employee works on two consecutive day s while the third day is not consecutive.
• Alex and Dilip work together on Tues day and Wednesday while the other working day
• differs for them.
• Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.
• Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.
Which among the following employees do not work together on any of the days?
1) Dilip and Ethan
2) Bhabha and Dilip
3) Bhabha and Ethan
4) Bhabha and Ethan

Q41
A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five
employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except
Sunday, two employees a re required while on Sunday three employee s need to work. Every
employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:
• Every employee works on two consecutive day s while the third day is not consecutive.
• Alex and Dilip work together on Tues day and Wednesday while the other working day
• differs for them.
• Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.
• Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.
One of the days Alex works on is
1) Dilip and Ethan
2) Bhabha and Dilip
3) Bhabha and Ethan
4) Bhabha and Ethan

Q42
A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five
employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except
Sunday, two employees a re required while on Sunday three employee s need to work. Every
employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:
• Every employee works on two consecutive day s while the third day is not consecutive.
• Alex and Dilip work together on Tues day and Wednesday while the other working day
• differs for them.
• Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.
• Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.
Number of days Bhabha and Cathy work together in a week is
1) 3
2) 2
3) 0
4) 1

Q43
A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five
employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except
Sunday, two employees a re required while on Sunday three employee s need to work. Every
employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:
• Every employee works on two consecutive day s while the third day is not consecutive.
• Alex and Dilip work together on Tues day and Wednesday while the other working day
• differs for them.
• Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.
• Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.
Employees who work on Sunday are
1) Bhabha, Cathy and Ethan
2) Alex, Dilip and Ethan
3) Bhabha, Cathy and Dilip
4) Cathy, Dilip and Ethan

Q44
A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five
employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except
Sunday, two employees a re required while on Sunday three employee s need to work. Every
employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:
• Every employee works on two consecutive day s while the third day is not consecutive.
• Alex and Dilip work together on Tues day and Wednesday while the other working day
• differs for them.
• Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.
• Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.
The consecutive days on which Ethan works are
1) Saturday and Sunday
2) Sunday and Monday
3) Sunday and Monday
4) Friday and Saturday

Q45
 SECTION 3

Verbal Ability
• 45Qs, 40 Mins
• 4 marks for every Correct Answer, -1 for every incorrect Answer
Bananas, apples, and avocados continue to ripen after they are picked. Cherries, blackberries,
and grapes do not. The difference between climacteric fruits (the former) and non-climacteric
fruits (the latter) matters to fruit growers and greengrocers, who must make sure their wares
are in tip-top condition when they arrive at the marketplace. But how those differences
originally came about remains unclear.
Two biologists of the University of Tokyo offer a suggestion. Fruits, they observe, exist to solve a
problem faced by all plants—how best to spread their progeny around. Wrapping their seeds in
a sugary pulp to provide a tasty meal serves as a way to get animals to do this for them. They do,
however, need to make sure that their fruits favour the animals most likely to do the distributing.
The biologists propose that climacterism, or its absence, is a way to achieve this. If ground-dwelling
animals are the main distributors, then the continuing ripening of fallen fruit (i.e., climacterism) is
beneficial. If, by contrast, those distributors are arboreal or aerial, and so can feed on unfallen fruit,
then non-climacteric fruits will do well.
To test their idea, the two researchers studied 80 varieties of fruits, and noted which animals each
depended on for its propagation. 35 of these fruits, eaten by both ground-dwelling animals and
arboreal or aerial animals, were non-climacteric. Further, 15 of the 19 varieties eaten principally by
ground-dwellers were climacteric, while 21 of the 26 fed on by arboreal or aerial animals were non-
climacteric.
That is a suggestively strong correlation. And the authors’ hypothesis is fortified by other
evidence. They point out that non-climacteric fruits tend to have vivid colours, especially reds
and purples. This may help them to stand out amid the foliage of their parent plants, advertising
their presence. Climacteric fruits are generally better camouflaged. That makes them harder to
spot until they have fallen to the ground.
The main limitation of their work is that they looked at fruits eaten by people. This has probably
contaminated the sample, for thousands of years of selective breeding for traits that human
beings find appealing may have blurred any signal optimised by natural selection. The next step,
therefore, should be the analysis of wild fruits.
According to the passage, the interest in the difference between climacteric and non-
climacteric fruits is in the
1) commercial context.
2) gastronomical context.
3) public health context.
4) environmental context.

Q46
The origins of the distinguishing characteristics between the two types of fruits, climacteric
and non-climacteric are
1) nebulous in spite of research.
2) dependent on researcher observation.
3) clear now as a result of this research.
4) clear now as a result of this research.

Q47
Which one of the following options means “arboreal” and “camouflage”?
1) tree-dwelling and disguised
2) covered and variegated
3) ground-dwelling and hidden
4) protected and fortified

Q48
The main point the writer makes is that fruit-bearing plants
1) are better protected than other plant species and can propagate easily.
2) and other plant species’ propagation cannot be studied accurately.
3) of all kinds need to be studied, not just those consumed by humans.
4) have the same problems in propagation as other plants.

Q49
The study has been based on
1) fruits available at the University of Tokyo.
2) fruits that are consumed by humans.
3) wild fruits consumed by animals.
4) fruits sourced by greengrocers.

Q50
Consider the following two Findings:
(i) Non-climacteric fruits tend to have vivid colours.
(ii) Thirty-six varieties of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits were eaten predominantly
either by ground-dwellers, or by arboreal or aerial animals respectively.
According to the passage,
1) Both Findings (i) and (ii) provide main evidence confirming the hypothesis of the
biologists.
2) Finding (i) provides supplementary evidence and Finding (ii) provides main
evidence confirming the hypothesis of the biologists.
3) Finding (i) provides main evidence and Finding (ii) provides supplementary
evidence confirming the hypothesis of the biologists.
4) Both Findings (i) and (ii) provide supplementary evidence confirming the
hypothesis of the biologists.

Q51
On the 14th of May 1796, vaccine matter was taken from the hand of a dairy maid, Sarah
Nelmes, and inserted by two superficial incisions in the arms of James Phipps, a healthy boy of
about eight years of age. The boy went through an attack of cowpox as expected. After this,
however, it was necessary to determine whether he was protected from smallpox. After waiting
two months Jenner inoculated him with material from a smallpox patient. He was delighted to
note that the boy was not affected by smallpox.
By 1798, Jenner had succeeded in demonstrating the protective quality of the cowpox virus
against smallpox, by putting on record details of 23 cases, contracted either casually or by direct
inoculation. Sixteen of these had occurred accidentally among dairy workers in the
course of occupations connected with cows and horses; the rest were done under
Jenner’s direction. Among the persons inoculated was Jenner's own little second son,
Robert Harding Jenner, an infant eleven months old. Jenner demonstrated conclusively
that the cowpox protects the human constitution from the infection of smallpox.
After Dr. Jenner had made his tests, he prepared a pamphlet for publication. He also
went to London, so that he might have the opportunity to introduce the subject
personally to friends and demonstrate the truth of his assertion to them. He remained
in London for nearly three months without being able to find anyone who would submit
to vaccination. Jenner went back to Gloucestershire, disappointed.
It happened, however, that soon after his return home, a distinguished London surgeon named
Cline resolved to make a trial of the vaccine material which Jenner had left with his friends.
On the 14th of May 1796, vaccine matter was taken from the hand of a dairy maid, Sarah
Nelmes, and inserted by two superficial incisions in the arms of James Phipps, a healthy boy of
about eight years of age. The boy went through an attack of cowpox as expected. After this,
however, it was necessary to determine whether he was protected from smallpox. After waiting
two months Jenner inoculated him with material from a smallpox patient. He was delighted to
note that the boy was not affected by smallpox.
By 1798, Jenner had succeeded in demonstrating the protective quality of the cowpox virus
against smallpox, by putting on record details of 23 cases, contracted either casually or by
direct inoculation. Sixteen of these had occurred accidentally among dairy workers in the
course of occupations connected with cows and horses; the rest were done under Jenner’s
direction. Among the persons inoculated was Jenner's own little second son, Robert Harding
Jenner, an infant eleven months old. Jenner demonstrated conclusively that the cowpox
protects the human constitution from the infection of smallpox.
After Dr. Jenner had made his tests, he prepared a pamphlet for publication. He also went to
London, so that he might have the opportunity to introduce the subject personally to friends
and demonstrate the truth of his assertion to them.
He remained in London for nearly three months without being able to find anyone who would
submit to vaccination. Jenner went back to Gloucestershire, disappointed. It happened,
however, that soon after his return home, a distinguished London surgeon named Cline resolved
to make a trial of the vaccine material which Jenner had left with his friends.
The patient was a child suffering from a form of chronic hip-joint disease. The vaccine material
was inoculated, and the vaccine vehicle ran rather a normal course and healed fully. The little
patient was afterward inoculated with smallpox virus and found to be incapable of acquiring
that disease. This case attracted considerable attention. The child was in a run-down condition,
and the vaccine material might very well have provoked a rather serious local reaction.
In a way, the fate of vaccination hung in the balance and good luck was in its favour. Mr. Cline,
however, after this, became a strong advocate of vaccination, and brought it very decidedly
before the London physicians.
It was not long before the opposition to the practice of vaccination took definite form. One of
the best-known London physicians of the time, Dr. Ingenhouz, became the leader of a strong
faction of the medical profession of London, who not only would have nothing to do with
vaccination, but proclaimed openly that it was a dangerous innovation, absolutely unjustifiable,
and communicated a disease without protecting against any other. Dr. Watt from Glasgow
blamed the vaccine for the increase in severe cases of measles and measles-related deaths
among children..
Fortunately, only a few colleagues were so illogical, and an excellent idea of how much Jenner's
discovery was appreciated by his contemporaries may be obtained from the number of honours,
diplomas, addresses and communications from public bodies and distinguished individuals
which he received. Most of the prominent medical and scientific societies of Europe elected him
a member or sent him some special token of recognition.
Twenty-three cases were put on record with the objective to explain very clearly that
1) it is beneficial to immunity if we work with cows and horses.
2) Dr. Jenner was ready to go to any extent, even testing the vaccine on his own son.
3) accidental contraction of cowpox happens among dairy workers.
4) the cowpox vaccine protected the patients from another deadly disease.

Q52
By calling the vaccine unjustifiable, Dr. Ingenhouz meant that vaccination
1) was an injustice against those on whom it was tested.
2) made people sick and failed to provide general immunity.
3) made people sick and failed to provide general immunity.
4) was being carried out without any legal basis.

Q53
Jenner received a lot of recognition from medical bodies because
1) fortunately, only a few colleagues were illogical enough to reject him.
2) Dr. Watt could not prove that vaccination caused measles.
3) most of his colleagues realised the effectiveness of his work.
4) medical societies across Europe regularly engaged in tokenism.

Q54
On returning from London, Dr. Jenner was disappointed because
1) the vaccine did not receive any recognition, rewards, or a patent.
2) his friends responded negatively to the vaccine.
3) he was unsuccessful in replicating the experiment due to lack of volunteers.
4) his friends would not agree with his findings on the vaccine.

Q55
According to the author, the main idea in the passage is
1) chance and risk play a part in the success of scientific experiments.
2) scientific breakthroughs are more likely to happen in major urban centres.
3) to explore the causes for vaccine hesitancy.
4) documentation is key for disseminating science.

Q56
‘Local reaction’ refers to
1) encouraging reaction from local doctors.
2) adverse reaction caused by injections.
3) adverse comments and protests by people from that location.
4) encouraging reaction from the people of the locality.

Q57
Complete the following sentences by choosing the most appropriate word/phrase from
the options given below.
Leela is always nasty and inconsiderate with her colleagues; now that she has a rude
superior, she is getting _____________.
1) an unpleasant medicine dose
2) a dose of bitter medicine
3) a taste of her own medicine
4) a spoon of her own medicine

Q58
Some of the best spies take the guise of innocuous secretaries or researchers and are able
to send large amounts of information to their heads of espionage, as they are ___________.
1) hiding documents very craftily
2) hiding from watchful eyes
3) hiding within everyone’s sight
4) hiding in plain sight

Q59
For the past three decades, this chain of coffee shops has been committed to building a
culture where everyone is welcome. They are an ally to the LGBTQ community, and this is
just one instance of their ________________.
1) discretionary practices
2) inclusivity and diversity
3) discriminatory practices
4) mindfulness and objectivity

Q60
She __________________ her classmates because she comes from a very rich, aristocratic
family.
1) looks up to
2) looks towards
3) looks down on
4) looks away from

Q61
Ever since Girish won the prestigious Infosys prize, he has been behaving ______________.
1) controversially
2) ambitiously
3) condescendingly
4) overly

Q62
8 Flying this simple aeroplane is a ________________ for the experienced pilot.
1) piece of cake
2) slice of cake
3) left-handed game
4) left-handed sport

Q63
I still have two more difficult exams left, but I’m trying to __________________; after these
I won’t have any more for a year!
1) look on the bright side
2) think about the sunny side
3) look forward to the bright side
4) think upon the sunny side

Q64
If I had known that you needed to go to the airport yesterday, I could drive you there.
1) would drive you there
2) should have driven you there
3) should drive you there
4) would have driven you there

Q65
In each of the following sentences, the incorrect part of the sentence is underlined.
Choose an alternative from the four given options so that the sentence is rendered
correct.
His talk on heritage sites has picked up my interest.
1) brightened
2) aroused
3) adopted
4) caught

Q66
When all the words on the page got scrambled, she quickly pressed undo, after which the
document reverted back to its original state.
1) document reverted back to original state.
2) document reverted to its original state.
3) document reverted to it’s original state.
4) document reverted back to it’s original state.

Q67
The Principal and professors are authorized to sanction leave to a student provided she will
have a good attendance record.
1) provided she has a good attendance record.
2) provided that a good attendance record is maintained by her.
3) provided she had a good attendance record.
4) provided she will have a good attendance record.

Q68
He was having a difficult time, but never once he complained.
1) not once did he give the complaint.
2) not once he complained.
3) not once any complaining happened.
4) not once did he complain.

Q69
Each of the paragraphs given below has a sentence missing which is indicated by a blank.
From the choices given below each paragraph, choose the sentence that seems most
logically appropriate to complete the paragraph.
__________________________________________. In Southeast Asia, for example, climate
and lifestyle factors mean that people spend much more time in shopping malls than
Europeans do, who might go shopping once a fortnight. Then there are gender variations in
the way we shop. As descendants of hunter-gatherers, accumulating is in our blood, but
how you go about it depends on whether you are male or female.
1) Retail stores constantly offer promotional discounts to entice shoppers.
2) By and large, people enjoy shopping and comparing brands and prices.
3) When it comes to shopping, men hunt, and women gather.
4) Culture plays an important role in shaping the shopping experience.

Q70
This winter, I wish to go to the beaches for a holiday. I think I will go to Goa, India’s most
well-known beach holiday destination. It is about 600 km away from Mumbai, so reaching
there is not a major problem. ___________________________. The major Goan beaches
are tourist attractions and have some good beach-view hotels and plenty of shops selling
touristy things such as beach robes, hats, jewellery, bags, and more.
1) A great getaway place, it offers an interesting variety of food, sightseeing options, flea
markets, and some wonderful Indo-Portuguese buildings.
2) There are buses that ply at night, there are both day and night trains, and one can
always hire a car and reach there in comfort in about 10 hours.
3) Some major beaches are Baga, Bogmalo, Candolim, Calangute, and Dona
Paula, where adventure sports activities like water skiing and scuba diving
are organized.
4) One of the great things about a holiday in Goa is that we can be as lazy as
we want, relaxing all day, sunbathing, sipping juice, and trying out different
Goan tidbits.

Q71
The people of the Indus Valley civilization wrote with a script. So far scholars have been
unable to decipher that script. Archaeologists who have been excavating newly discovered
sites in Mesopotamia hope to find a text that has scripts from both the Indus valley and
Mesopotamia, the second of which has already been deciphered. ____________________.
1) They will then be able to decode the Indus valley language.
2) They will then be able to decide which civilization was older.
3) The nature of relationships between the two will come to light.
4) They can then prove that there was trade between the two.

Q72
Nowadays, many teenagers and young adults around the world have to spend most of their
time studying in order to get top grades, a university place, and a good job. ____________.
There are several causes for this situation, one of the main ones being exams. These are
stressful experiences, and most students take a huge number of them during their school
career.
1) Therefore, it would be better to learn how to apply the knowledge gained.
2) For this reason, there is often little time left for hobbies or socializing.
3) Therefore, studying while you are exhausted is unproductive.
4) For this reason, the education system has to change for the welfare of the
students.

Q73
The sentences below have words that are missing. Choose the best option from those
given below to complete the sentence.
Visually strong, _______________ films of the 1920s are _______________ preserved and
suffer from censorship cuts, leading to the _______________ that they were primitive and
barely watchable.
1) monochrome; barely; observation
2) action-packed; badly; accusation
3) silent; poorly; misconception
4) classic; dispassionately; conclusion

Q74
The investigators have _____________ that he had leaked confidential _______________
information about the acquisition, thereby allowing associates to profit _______________
from the deal.
1) alleged; insider; illicitly
2) discovered; internal; enormously
3) announced; financial; treacherously
4) accused; important; dramatically

Q75
The beauty of ______________ is that it poses thought-provoking questions and inspires us
to think deeply about _____________ and life in general. Further, ______________ about
the ideas and perspectives outlined by different thinkers can help us to gain a better
_______________ of the world we live in.
1) orthography; writing; speaking; perspective
2) philosophy; ourselves; pondering; understanding
3) history; animals; mulling; acquaintance
4) linguistics; language; cogitating; picture

Q76
Everyday more than 1 billion promotional messages are sent that are commercial and
__________________. Although _______________ have used more technology to stop
this, ________________ find ways around it.
1) inescapable; governments; advertisers
2) educational; firewalls; hackers
3) informative; authorities; promoters
4) unsolicited; regulators; spammers

Q77
Achieving spaceflight enabled humans to begin to explore the solar system and the rest of
the ______________, to understand the many objects and ______________ that are better
observed from a space perspective, and to use for human benefit the resources and
attributes of the space environment. All of these activities – discovery, scientific
understanding, and the ______________ of that understanding to serve human purposes –
are elements of space ______________.
1) universe; phenomena; application; exploration
2) cosmos; materials; principles; identification
3) galaxy; ideologies; enormity; visualisation
4) configuration; elements; functioning; vastness

Q78
In an anthropocentric ______________, animals are no more than property to human
beings. Therefore, the concepts of ‘humane’ treatment and ‘necessary’ ______________
are economic in nature. The idea that killing animals is not a serious issue as long as animals
are not made to suffer rests ______________ on the widely accepted idea that animals do
not have a right to life.
1) construct; comfort; somewhat
2) belief; well-being; partially
3) universe; gain; entirely
4) worldview; suffering; explicitly

Q79
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) Such a spot on his career was difficult to ignore when deciding promotions.
2) She wanted to make a good impression but, at the last moment, she discovered a spot
of ink on her collar.
3) He was unsure if he could respond to the question asked; fortunately, his answer was
spot on.
4) There was a scenic spot not very far from our cottage where we used to go for picnics.

Q80
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) The mistakes of his youth are the cross that he has to bear for the rest of his life.
2) We were told that she had lived through tough times which made her cross and cranky
as she grew older.
3) Although he thinks he is the life of the party, his remarks are insensitive, and his jokes
are vulgar, cross, and crude.
4) It was a long journey by road, and they had yet to find a boat that would help them to
cross the river.

Q81
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) He was lucky enough to win the draw in the lottery, where the prize was a rare
painting.
2) The cricket match was heading for a draw, when the batsman hit a sixer and our team
won.
3) As he was very old, he didn’t have the strength to draw water from the well near his
house.
4) He used to keep all his important documents in the draw of his cupboard.

Q82
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) The orchestra decided to flout tradition and played their instruments wearing ordinary
clothes.
2) The problems caused by flouting rules are many, but some people do not care.
3) Her fault was that she flouted the dress code and refused to wear the uniform.
4) She flouted her designer wear and accessories in front of her classmates.

Q83
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) The policeman collaborated with the film makers who were shooting a crime thriller.
2) When the women were asked to join the protest, they refused to collaborate.
3) She interviewed many teens to collaborate her thesis on their mental health issues.
4) Some treacherous relatives of Indian rulers collaborated with the British Empire.

Q84
One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has
the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
1) The state of his grandfather’s health was critical, but it was difficult for him to get in
touch with all the members of the family.
2) Her admirers considered her demeanour to be of great state and refinement, and most
impressive.
3) Uttar Pradesh, being the most densely populated state in India, has the highest number
of representatives in Parliament.
4) The judicial magistrate asked the prosecuting lawyer to state the grounds
on which the defendant had been arrested.

Q85
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the
sequence of numbers in the space provided. Only numbers are to be entered in the space
provided for the answer, and no other letters or characters should be entered. For
example, a response such as 3412 or 25143 is valid, and a response such as 3412. or
25143. is invalid.
1. A sub-par monsoon cuts farm yields, output, and farm incomes, increasing the
country’s dependence on food imports.
2. A robust monsoon will help put a lid on food inflation by increasing
domestic output of a variety of goods and commodities.
3. This is because half the Indian population depends upon farm-derived
income.
4. The June-to-September rain-bearing system is often called the lifeblood
of the country’s economy.
5. Unfortunately, however, nearly 40% of India’s net sown area does not
have access to irrigation.

Q86
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the
sequence of numbers in the space provided. Only numbers are to be entered in the space
provided for the answer, and no other letters or characters should be entered. For
example, a response such as 3412 or 25143 is valid, and a response such as 3412. or
25143. is invalid.
1. This means the brain receives less input over the course of a day.
2. Youthful eyes jiggle regularly to take in new or unfamiliar stimuli.
3. As the person attached to those eyes ages, the eye muscles grow slower
and the pathways between the eye and the brain grow longer, more
complex, or, in some cases, get damaged.
4. Our eyes quickly scan the surroundings and then send the data to the brain.
5. Human eyes perform jiggles, more formally called saccades, in response to
a change in the field of vision.

Q87
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the
sequence of numbers in the space provided. Only numbers are to be entered in the space
provided for the answer, and no other letters or characters should be entered. For
example, a response such as 3412 or 25143 is valid, and a response such as 3412. or
25143. is invalid.
1. Located in the foothills of the Sion Fort, the lake is a Grade II-A heritage structure,
dating back to the 17th century.
2. Once home to several marine creatures, the lake is now surrounded by
high-rise residential buildings.
3. The Municipal Corporation is set to breathe life back into the city’s Sion
Talao (Lake) with the rejuvenation and beautification of the centuries-old
lake.
4. Over the years, the lake has lost its prominence.
5. Earlier the talao was a known natural water tank with the Sion hillock
expanding around it like an enclosing wall.

Q88
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the
sequence of numbers in the space provided. Only numbers are to be entered in the space
provided for the answer, and no other letters or characters should be entered. For
example, a response such as 3412 or 25143 is valid, and a response such as 3412. or
25143. is invalid.
1. The popularity of these creations grew along with that of the tea ceremony in the 16th
century.
2. However, savvy tourists find the best bargains for ceramics in Tokyo’s
Kitchen Town.
3. Modern shops in touristy spots display thousands of them, both hand
crafted and factory made.
4. Japanese artisans have been making ceramics, known as Yakimono since
prehistoric times.

Q89
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the
sequence of numbers in the space provided. Only numbers are to be entered in the space
provided for the answer, and no other letters or characters should be entered. For
example, a response such as 3412 or 25143 is valid, and a response such as 3412. or
25143. is invalid.
1. The Central African Republic has approved Bitcoin as an official currency.
2. Experts foresee that this will damage the environment as well as the economy.
3. Others claim that this may make money laundering easy and also use up a
lot of electricity.
4. Economists criticised this move as a potential risk to the financial stability
of the nation.

Q90
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