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QA and DI

1. Find the least five digit number exactly divisible by 279.

1. 10,000 2. 10044 3. 10279 4. 10329

2. When we multiply a certain two digit number by the sum of its digits, 324 is achieved. If youmultiply the number written in reverse order of the same digits by the sum of the digits, we get 567.

What is the sum of the digits?1.7 2. 6 3. 8 4. 9

Directions for Q 3: A diamond thief after stealing n diamonds had to pass through 3 doors with securityguard. At the first door, the thief had to give ½ the diamonds he was carrying plus one additionaldiamond. At the second he had to part with 1/3

rd of the diamonds he was now carrying plus two more

diamonds. At the third door he had to give 1/4th of the diamonds he has now carrying plus 3 diamonds.

At last he was left with just m (m ≠ 0) diamonds.

3. If m = 9, what is the value of n?

1. 32 2. 38 3. 44 4. 56

4. On a table are kept 10 coins, all turned head upwards. Rahul comes and makes a total of 15 flips

(either same coin flipped over 15 times or many coins flipped up few times to add up to 15 times). Now the number of coins with head turned up are

1. even 2. odd 3. sometimes even or odd 4. none of them

5. A gardener plants rose bushes in his garden, each bush having 66 roses. The total number of rosesin his garden are 49a81b, a and b being single digits. How many different numbers can represent

the possible number of rose bushes?1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

6. Of the two numbers 1011

and 1110

which is greater?1. 1110 2. 1011 3. Both are equal

7. A shepherd on the 1st of every January adds p% of the sheep that he owns to his live-stock. Also

on 31st of every December he sells off q% of the sheep that he owns. These are the only changes

that he does to his live-stock through the year. If the number of sheep that he has on 30th June of

2004 is same as the number of sheep he has on 30th June 2006 which of the following is true1. p > q 2. p < q 3. p = q

4. The relation between p and q cannot be determined.

8. Lalitaji bargains and manages to get the price of a dozen of oranges reduced by Re. 1 and thus gets1 dozen more oranges in Rs.240 than what she would have got. Find the original price of a dozenoranges.

1. 15 2. 16 3. 20 4. 24

9. Which of the following is a better deal for a customer:

i. Two successive discounts of 10% and 20%ii. A single discount of 30%

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1. I 2. ii 3. Both are same

10. If A : B : C = 2 : 3 : 4, then find the ratio of

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1. 6 : 4 : 3 2. 1 : 1 : 1 3. 8 : 9 : 24 4. 4 : 9 : 16

11. A factory employs skilled workers, unskilled workers and clerks in the proportion 8 : 5 : 1 and the

wages of a skilled worker, unskilled worker and a clerk are in the ratio 5 : 2 : 3. When 20 unskilled workers are employed, the total daily wages of all amount to Rs. 318. Find the wages paid to eachemployee of each category of workers.1. Rs. 40 , Rs. 10, Rs. 3

2. Rs. 75, Rs. 48, Rs. 103. Rs. 7.5, Rs 3, Rs 4.54. can not be determined

12. A cat takes 5 leaps for every 4 leaps of a dog, but 3 leaps of the dog are equal to 4 leaps of the cat.What is the ratio of the speed of the cat to that of the dog?

1. 5 : 4 2. 5 : 3 3. 3 : 5 4. 15 : 16

13. The expenses of a school are partly constant and partly vary as the number of boys. The expenseswere Rs.10,000 for 150 boys and Rs. 8,400 for 120 boys, what will be the expenses when there 330

boys?1. Rs.18,400 2. Rs. 19600 3. Rs. 23,100 4. Rs. 22,000

14. The average percentage scored by Amit in the six subjects in the board exams is 83%. If the highest percentage scored in any subject is 91%, what could be the lowest percentage of marks scored inany subject?

1. 43% 2. 48% 3. 66% 4. 75%

15. Consecutive natural numbers starting from 1 were written on a black board. A student comes and

erases one of the numbers. The average of the numbers now is 35

. Find the erased number.

1. 10 2. 15 3. 16 4. 20

16. A solution having milk and water in the ration 2 : 3 is mixed with another solution having milk and

water ratio 3 : 2. If the resultant solution has milk and water in the ratio 1 : 1, in what ratio were the

two solutions mixed?1. 1 : 1 2. 1 : 2 3. 2 : 1 4. 2 : 3

17. Going from office to home, I take 20 minutes if I travel at a speed of 40 kmph. If I increase my

speed to 50 kmph, how many minutes will I save?1. 2 minutes 2. 2.5 minutes 3. 5 minutes 4. 4 minutes

18. At his usual rowing speed, Rahul can travel 12 miles downstream in a certain river in six hours lessthan it takes him to travel the same distance upstream. But if he could double his usual rowing

speed for this 24 mile round trip, the downstream 12 mile would then take only one hour less than

the upstream 12 miles. Find the speed of the current in miles per hour.1. 7/3 2. 4/3 3. 5/3 4. 8/3

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19. It takes six days for three women and two men working together to complete a work. Three menwould do the same work five days sooner than nine women. How many times does the output of aman exceed that of a woman?

1. 2 times 2. 3 times 3. 5 times 4. 6 times

20. Ram and Shyam run a 2000 meter race. First Ram gives Shyam a start of 200 meters and beats him by 50 seconds. Next Ram gives Shyam a start of 2 minutes and is beaten by 100 meters. Find the

speed of Shyam.1. 5 m/s 2. 4 m/s 3. 3 m/s 4. 2 m/s

21. A man can complete a certain job in 8 days. He works at the job for a day and is then replaced by aman who could complete the whole work in 7 days. He also works for only one day and is replaced

by a man who can complete the whole work in 6 days. This process of replacing a man after oneday’s work with a man who could have done the entire work in one day less than the previous man

continues. On which day is the job completed?

1. Fourth Day 2. Fifth Day 3. Sixth Day 4. Seventh Day

22. A thief escapes from prison at 2 pm and runs at a speed of 12 kmph. The police realize the escapeat 3 pm and starts chasing the thief at a speed of 15 kmph. At what time do the policemen can thethief?1. 4 pm 2. 5 pm 3. 6 pm 4. 7 pm

23. How many three digit numbers exist that are a multiple of 8 but not of 6?1. 83 2. 82 3. 75 4. 76

24. 12 22 + 32 42 + 52 62 + …… 1002 = ?1. –5040 2. 5040 3. 5050 4. –5050

25. In the figure shown AB = AD = 130 cm and BEDC is a square. Also the area of triangle AEB =

area of square BEDC. Find the area of BEDC.1. 5 2. 10 3. 20 4. 25

26. Triangle ABC is a right angle triangle with AB = 60 cm and BC = 25 cm. Triangle BDC is also a

right angle triangle with

D = 90

and BD = 7 cm. Line AEF is parallel to BD. Find the ratioAE/EF.

1.625

172.

625

193.

625

214.

625

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Directions for Questions 33 to 36: Income of two plastic manufacturing companies A and B over theyears 1992 to 1998 are plotted as line graphs as shown below. All figures are in Rs. Lacs. Answer thequestions that follow based on the graph.

33. For which of the following combinations of company and year is the percentage increase in incomefrom the previous year the maximum?

1. B - 1994 2. B -1996 3. A - 1993 4. A - 1994 5. A - 1997

34. If company A incurred a loss of 15% in the year 1992, what approximately was its expenditure in

that year?a. 22 lakh 2. 29 lakh 3. 21 lakh 4. 28 lakh 5. 23 lakh

35. If the percentage profit earned by both the companies A and B in 1997 is equal and the expenditure

of company B in 1997 is Rs. 50 lakhs, what approximately is the amount of profit earned bycompany A in 19971. 4.5 lakhs 2. 5 lakhs 3. 6.2 lakhs 4. Data inadequate 5. 5 lakhs

36. For the period 1992 to 1998, the average income of company A per year is approximately what percentage of the average income of company B per year?1. 80% 2. 110% 3. 115% 4. 90% 5. 75%

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Directions for Questions 37 to 41: The bar graph below gives details of the Profit and Loss account of ABC Ltd. for the period 2001 – 2005. Answer the questions based on the following graph.

37. In which year did the sales show the highest growth rate?1. 2002 2. 2003 3. 2004 4. 2005

38. In which year was the OPM the highest? OPM is Operating Profit Margin and is the difference of Sales and Operating Expenses expressed as a percentage of Sales.

1. 2001 2. 2002 3. 2003 4. 2004

39. For the year 2003, Depreciation accounted to what percent of the total expenses? Total expenses is

the sum of Operating Expenses, Depreciation and Interest.1. 2001 2. 2002 3. 2004 4. 2005

40. In which year was the profit the highest? Profit is defined as the difference between the sales and

the total expenses as defined in the earlier question.1. 2001 2. 2003 3. 2004 4. 2005

41. The entire sales of the year 2001 is represented as a pie chart and the three expenses were thenmarked as sectors in this pie chart. What is the angle subtended by the sector that would be leftafter the three expenses are drawn as adjoining sectors?1. 40 2. 41.5 3. 43 4. 44.5

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GA and VA:

1. Match the explanations of the idiomatic references given on the right hand side to their respective idiomatic references given on the left hand side.

(i) Up to (a) To run away

(ii) To turn tail (b) Occupied with

(iii) Come to grips with (c) To get revenge

(iv) To get even (d) To confront squarely and attempt to deal

decisively with

1. (i) – b, (ii) – a, (iii) – d, (iv) – c

2. (i) – c, (ii) – d, (iii) – a, (iv) – b3. (i) – a, (ii) – c, (iii) – b, (iv) – d 4. (i) – c, (ii) – b, (iii) – d, (iv) – a

2. Find the maximum number of times any one of the given words fits the sets of sentences.STRIKE STRIKES STRUCK STRICKEN

(i) Most of the employees were on ------------------.

(ii) A car and a bus ----------- at an intersection.(iii) Early man --------- fire from the flints.(iv) The thought -------------------- me from out of the blue.

1. In all 4 sentences 2. In 3 sentences3. In 2 sentences 4. In 1 sentence

3. Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea? Choose from the combinations listed

below:(i) During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.

(ii) My opponent kept praising me.(iii) My opponent kept criticizing me. .(iv) My opponent kept intruding or interrupting me.

1. (i) and (iii) 2. (i) and (iv) 3. (i) and (ii) 4. None of these

4. Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word, ‘FLOW which has been

used in 4 different ways in the following sentences.(i) Ideas flowed from her pen.

(ii) The police controlled the flow of the crowd.

(iii) The crowd flowed out of the stadium.(iv) She was engrossed in watching the quiet flow of the olive-green water.

1. Verb, verb, verb, noun 2. Noun, verb, verb, noun

3. Verb, noun, verb, noun 4. Noun, verb, verb, verb.

5. The plural of the word ‘BARRACKS’ is1. Barrack 2. Barrackses 3. Barracken 4. Barracks

6. If ‘bear’ is to ‘bears’, and ‘bee’ is to ‘bees’, then ‘deer’ is to:1. Deers 2. Deer 3. Deeres 4. None of them

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7. Choose the sentence where the underlined word is used in-correctly1. Scientists predict a meteor shower in the near future.

2. The commoners showered confetti on the parade.3. They were re-united in the shower of kisses and tears.

4. The shower organized a marvelous exhibition for us.

8. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below: Neither of the two traffic lights ------- working.1. Is 2. Are 3. Were 4. Both ‘Is’ and ‘are’

9. One sentence has been written in 4 different ways. Choose the option that is grammatically themost appropriate way of writing the sentence.1. The sight of teenagers hitting each other violently upset an elderly couple.

2. The sight of teenagers, violently hitting each other, upset an elderly couple.

3. The violent sight of teenagers hitting each other upsetted elderly couple.4. Upsetting the elderly couple, by violently hitting each other, the teenagers.

10. Fill in the blank with using the most appropriate option from the options given below:The security agent ------------------ at the event was held responsible for the burglary.

1. At charge 2. On charge 3. In charge 4. With charge

11. Choose the correct meaning for the word ‘boorish’ from the options given below:1. A person who is ill-mannered and rude in behavior.

2. A person who is urbane and pleasant in manners

3. A person who is very congenial.4. A person who is very loud in talking.

12. Choose the word with the correct spelling:1. Genteel 2. Neanderthel 3. Pyree 4. Galant

13. Choose the option which represents the grammatically correct sentences out of the following given

sentences.(a) The renowned wellness guru has become a culted figure among the new generation.

(b) His powerfulness was concealed by a gentle façade.

(c) He was having his documents with him at the time of the theft.(d) Fatigue sapped all his strength.

1. (a) and (b) 2. (b) and (c) 3. (a) and (d) 4. (b) and (d)

14. If archipelago: island, then,1. Village: hamlet2. Constellation: star

3. River: sea4. Finger: hand

15. If Tragedy: drama, then,1. Farce: actor

2. Cartoon: film3. Prosody: Poem

4. Epigram: anecdote

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16. ‘Genuflect’ is closest in meaning to:1. To be elated

2. To reflect on something3. To be involved in genocide

4. To bend as in worship

17. Choose the option which is nearly opposite in meaning to ‘Conspicuous’:1. Blatant 2. Evident 3. Imperceptible 4. Apparent

18. From the words given below, find the odd one out:1. Weary 2. Blithesome 3. Nonchalant 4. Insouciant

19. Complete the sentence from the options given below: ‘The play had started -------------

1. By the time we arrived at the theater.

2. By the time we had arrived at the theatre.3. By that time we were already in the theater.

4. Already by the time we had arrived at the theater.

20. Match the several meanings of the word ‘Feel’ with their appropriate usages on the right hand side.

(i) To perceive a physical sensation (a) He feels like a million bucks after hegot his promotion

(ii) To grope or feel in search of something (b) He felt his way around the dark room

(iii) To find by testing or cautious exploration (c) He felt for his wallet

(iv) To be in excellent health and spirits; (d) He felt his flesh crawl.

1. (i) – (c), (ii) – (d), (iii) – (a), (iv) – (b)

2. (i) – (d), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (b), (iv) – (a)3. (i) – (a), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (b), (iv) – (d)

4. (i) – (c), (ii) – (b) (iii) – (d), (iv) – (a)

21. Choose the option which represents the grammatically incorrect sentences out of the following

given sentences.(a) In some remote corner of his mind, there was disquiet.(b) Rhetoric are disingenuous.

(c) The building was old and rather dilapidated.(d) The only solution for the Palestinians is the destruction of Israel, to this conundrum.

1. (b) and (d) 2. Only (c) 3. (a) and (d) 4. (a), (b) and (d)

22. Choose the option which represents the grammatically correct sentences out of the following givensentences.(a) Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

(b) Standing on the edge of the canyon, the vast beauty of the place was exhilarating.(c) He pampered the girl’s lust for self-glorification.(d) Brevity is the soul of wit.

1. (a), (b) & (c) 2. Only (c) 3. (a) and (c) 4. (a), (c) and (d)

23. Medical doctor: Sleep deprivation is the cause of many social ills, ranging from irritability to

potentially dangerous instances of impaired decision making. Most people today suffer from sleep

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deprivation to some degree. Therefore we should restructure the workday to allow peopleflexibility in scheduling their work hours. Which one of the following, if true, would moststrengthen the medical doctor’s argument?

1. The primary cause of sleep deprivation is overwork.2. Employees would get more sleep if they had greater latitude in scheduling their work hours.

3. Individuals vary widely in the amount of sleep they require.4. More people would suffer from sleep deprivation today than did in the past if the average

number of hours worked per week had not decreased.

24. a) Losers have not been excluded, but given places in government, binding them into the system to

prevent future rebellion. b) In recent times, almost all of Africa’s nastiest wars have ended in local deals.c) Only in a few cases has a rebel or deposed head of state been punished.d) Victors have showed a reluctance to punish.

1. bdac 2. bacd 3. bcad 4. bdca

25. a) The Greeks understood that comedy (the gods’ view of life) is superior to tragedy (the merelyhuman).

b) But since the Middle Ages, western culture has overvalued the tragic and undervalued the

comic.c) This is why fiction today is so full of anxiety and suffering.

d) It’s time writers got back to the serious business of making us laugh

1. abcd 2. acbd 3. cabd 4. dabc

Directions for questions 26 – 40: Read the passages given below and answer the questions with the most

appropriate choice.

Passage 1

There are two contrasted kinds of genius, the poetical and the philosophical; or, to speak yet more

generally, the artistic and the critical. The former is distinguished by a concrete, the latter by an abstract,imagination. The former sees things synthetically, in all their natural complexity; the latter pulls things to

pieces analytically and scrutinizes their relations. The former sees a tree in all its glory, where the latter

sees an exogen with a pair of cotyledons. The former sees wholes, where the latter sees aggregates.Corresponding with these two kinds of genius, there are two classes of artistic productions. When the

critical genius writes a poem or a novel, he constructs his plot and his characters in conformity to some prearranged theory, or with a view to illustrate some favourite doctrine. When he paints a picture, he first

thinks how certain persons would look under certain given circumstances, and paints them accordingly.When he writes a piece of music, he first decides that this phrase expresses joy, and that phrasedisappointment, and the other phrase disgust, and he composes accordingly. We therefore say ordinarily

that he does not create, but only constructs and combines. It is far different with the artistic genius, who,without stopping to think, sees the picture and hears the symphony with the eyes and ears of imagination,

and paints and plays merely what he has seen and heard. When Dante, in imagination, arrived at thelowest circle of hell, where traitors like Judas and Brutus are punished, he came upon a terrible frozenlake, which, he says, “Ever makes me shudder at the sight of frozen pools.” I have always considered this

line a marvellous instance of the intensity of Dante’s imagination. It shows, too, how Dante composed his poem. He did not take counsel of himself and say: “Go to, let us describe the traitors frozen up to their

necks in a dismal lake, for that will be most terrible.” But the picture of the lake, in all its iciness, with the

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haggard faces staring out from its glassy crust, came unbidden before his mind with such intense realitythat, for the rest of his life, he could not look at a frozen pool without a shudder of horror. He described itexactly as he saw it; and his description makes us shudder who read it after all the centuries that have

intervened.So Michelangelo, a kindred genius, did not keep cutting and chipping away, thinking how Moses ought to

look, and what sort of a nose he ought to have, and in what position his head might best rest upon hisshoulders. But, he looked at the rectangular block of Carrera marble, and beholding Moses grand and

lifelike within it, knocked away the environing stone, that others also might see the mighty figure. And soBeethoven, an artist of the same colossal order, wrote out for us those mysterious harmonies which his ear had for the first time heard; and which, in his mournful old age, it heard none the less plainly because of

its complete physical deafness. And in this way, Shakespeare wrote his Othello; spinning out no abstractthoughts about jealousy and its fearful effects upon a proud and ardent nature, but revealing to us theliving concrete man, as his imperial imagination had spontaneously fashioned him.

26. In line 2 of this passage, the word concrete is contrasted with the word

1. imagination 2. Wholes 3. Complexity 4. abstract

27. The author’s use of the phrase prearranged theory in 2nd para suggests that1. it is wise to plan ahead

2. a non-genius uses someone else’s theories3. a critical genius is not truly creative4. a true genius first learns from others

28. In 3rd para, the use of the word colossal to describe Beethoven implies1. no one really understands Beethoven’s music

2. Beethoven’s symphonies are often performed in coliseums

3. Beethoven was a large man4. Beethoven wrote music to his patrons’ orders

29. In the last para, the author uses the example of Beethoven’s deafness to illustrate1. Beethoven’s sadness2. Beethoven’s inherent creativity

3. Beethoven’s continuing musical relevance4. Beethoven’s genius at overcoming obstacles

30. In this passage, the author suggests that1. a good imagination is crucial to artistic genius2. a genius sees things that aren’t there

3. no one understands a genius’s thought process4. many artists are unusual people

Passage 2

It is sometimes said that a “good subject” for a short story should always be capable of being expanded into a novel.

The principle may be defendable in special cases; but it is certainly a misleading one on which to build any general theory. Every “subject” (in the novelist’s sense of the term) must necessarily contain within

itself its own dimensions; and one of the fiction-writer’s essential gifts is that of discerning whether the

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subject which presents itself to him, asking for incarnation, is suited to the proportions of a short story or of a novel. If it appears to be adapted to both the chances are that it is inadequate to either.It would be a great mistake, however, to try to base a hard-and-fast theory on the denial of the rule as on

its assertion. Instances of short stories made out of subjects that could have been expanded into a novel,and that are yet typical short stories and not mere stunted novels, will occur to everyone. General rules in

art are useful chiefly as a lamp in a mine, or a handrail down a black stairway; they are necessary for thesake of the guidance they give, but it is a mistake, once they are formulated, to be too much in awe of

them.There are at least two reasons why a subject should find expression in novel-form rather than as a tale; butneither is based on the number of what may be conveniently called incidents, or external happenings,

which the narrative contains. There are novels of action which might be condensed into short storieswithout the loss of their distinguishing qualities. The marks of the subject requiring a longer developmentare, first, the gradual unfolding of the inner life of its characters, and secondly the need of producing inthe reader’s mind the sense of the lapse of time. Outward events of the most varied and exciting nature

may without loss of probability be crowded into a few hours, but moral dramas usually have their roots

deep in the soul, their rise far back in time; and the suddenest-seeming clash in which they culminateshould be led up to step by step if it is to explain and justify itself.

There are cases, indeed, when the short story may make use of the moral drama at its culmination. If theincident dealt with be one which a single retrospective flash sufficiently lights up, it is qualified for use as

a short story; but if the subject be so complex, and its successive phases so interesting, as to justifyelaboration, the lapse of time must necessarily be suggested, and the novel-form becomes appropriate.

The effect of compactness and instantaneity sought in the short story is attained mainly by the observance

of two “unities”—the old traditional one of time, and that other, more modern and complex, which

requires that any rapidly enacted episode shall be seen through only one pair of eyes . . . .

One thing more is needful for the ultimate effect of probability; and that is, never let the character whoserves as reflector record anything not naturally within his register. It should be the storyteller’s first careto choose this reflecting mind deliberately, as one would choose a building-site, or decide upon the

orientation of one’s house, and when this is done, to live inside the mind chosen, trying to feel, see and react exactly as the latter would, no more, no less, and, above all, no otherwise. Only thus can the writer

avoid attributing incongruities of thought and metaphor to his chosen interpreter.

31. In the opening sentence (lines 1–2), the author

1. states her main idea.2. states the idea she will disprove.

3. presents an example of the point she will prove.4. presents an anecdote to capture the reader’s attention.

32. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to1. provide guidelines for choosing the narrator in a novel.

2. provide tips for making short stories and novels more realistic.3. debunk several myths about writing novels.

4. explain why some tales are better for novels than short stories.

33. The author believes that rules for writing

1. should always be strictly adhered to.2. should only be general guidelines.

3. should be revised regularly.

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4. are just good common sense.

34. In lines 4-6 of 3rd para the author uses1. analogy. 2. personification. 3. hyperbole. 4. foreshadowing.

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35. According to the author, which factor(s) determine whether a subject is suitable for a novel instead of a short story?I. the number of incidents in the story

II. the need to show the development of the character(s)III. the need to reflect the passage of time

1. I only 2. I and II only 3. II and III only 4. I and III only

Passage 3

The last decade has seen the resurgence of the disease Influenza in a variety of forms. They seem to start

somewhere in South-east Asia-China and Hong Kong in particular-and spread elsewhere. First was the pandemic of the 1957 Asian Flu. It subsided in time only to reappear as the Hong Kong flu of 1968. Wethought we were relieved of it, till it struck again in various avatars during the period 1986-97. Then wehad the virus that produced the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS. As it subsided, we had the

outbreak of the Bird flu of Thailand, which too was detected in nearby countries, including a few reports

from Pakistan. Thankfully, neither SARS nor the Bird flu hit India in any significant manner.

But we still recall the pictures of men and women in the Far East going around with face masks to protectthemselves against SARS inhalation, and the sad scene of millions of chickens being culled in Thailand torid the spread of the Bird flu. Gratifyingly, however, we too have become much more efficient in

containing it through effective screening of people at the airports and national borders and quarantiningsuspected cases, eliminating the carrier birds through large-scale culling and recommending the use of

protective masks to stop the infection. These are small but heroic steps; recall that SARS was detected ascontagion in China in mid-2002, but by mid-2003 the WHO could declare that the outbreak was over.

Why does the flu bug invariably arise from birds in the first place and how does it then jump on tohumans? A study of this riddle was undertaken by looking at samples of the pathology material of

humans, stored in hospitals since the time of the Hong Kong flu epidemic of 1918. Genetic analysis of theinfective agent present in the samples revealed it to be a virus that affects chicken and ducks. Further analysis showed that the virus had undergone genetic modifications that helped it to jump from birds to

barnyard animals and thence to humans. What made this avian-to-porcine-to-human route possible? Itappears to be the lifestyle adopted by Chinese farmers, who lived in huts and tenements, with chicken and

ducks in the yard and pigsties in the basement.The problem of transmission was solved about ten years ago at the Centre for Disease Control and

Prevention, Atlanta, USA by Nancy Cox and Kanta Subbarao. Kanta has been ‘caught by the bug’ since

her student days and concentrated her research on the flu virus. Her latest paper published in the ‘Journalof Virology’ in April 2004 gives us hope of fighting the disease. She obtained a sample of SARS virus

from CDC and developed a vaccine. She has tried her vaccine successfully on mice. Yes, mice are notmen. But we have a lead. If the vaccine works on mice, we can definitely think of clinical trials on

humans.Kanta and others realize of course that in order to survive, the wily virus continually reorganizes itsgenetic make-up and changes its face in each of its avatars. Understanding how the virus reorganizes its

genome to generate this diversity and how it interleaves its own genes with that of its ‘hosts’ in order to jump from bird to cattle to humans is a major challenge. And Kanta says she is game to help crack this

puzzle as well.

36. Which of the following is not a step taken to prevent the flu from spreading?

1. People are encouraged to wear masks.2. Carrier birds are culled on a large scale.

3. Pathology samples of humans were studied.

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4. People are screened at airports and national borders.37. What hope has been held out by Kanta as a result of her research?

1. She has been bale to do clinical tests on humans.

2. She has tried a vaccine successfully on mice.3. She has obtained a sample of the virus successfully.

4. She is hopeful that her vaccine will work on mice.

38. Which virus was studied to first understand the jumping of the virus to humans?1. The virus of the Hong Kong flu in 1918.2. The virus of the time 1986-97.

3. The SARS virus from CDC.4. The Bird flu virus.

39. What is the reason for these viruses originating in the South-east Asia?

1. The eating habits of the people there.

2. Farmers there have pigsties in the yard.3. Farmers there keep the ducks, chickens and pigs close-by, thereby enabling the opportunity for

the virus to jump from one to another.4. Farmers there have no vaccination so the virus can travel from animals to humans.

40. Which of the following is not a fear voiced by the scientists about the flu vaccine?1. The vaccine which works on mice may not work on humans.

2. It is not known how the virus changes its genome.3. It is not known how the virus interleaves its genes to jump from one species to another.

4. It is not known how the virus jumps species.

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SECTION II

41. Which of the following was the committee formed to study oil pricing reform by petroleum

ministry?1. Arjun Sengupta committee

2. Kirit Parikh committee3. Justice Wadhwa committee

4. Suresh Tendulkar Committee

42. Which of the following country won the Hopman Cup in 2010?

1. Spain 2. US 3. France 4. Switzerland

43. Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, has been executed inIraq for crimes against humanity was known for the sobriquet

1. Chemical Ali 2. Mechanical Ali 3. Allah Bakash 4. Sher-e-Iraq

44. The air forces of which of the following two countries are holding a large scale military exercise

Garuda IV that took place in July 2010?1. India & China 2. India & France 3. India & USA 4. India, France & Singapore

45. Transnationality Index is prepared and released by which of the following?1. World Trade Organization

2. World Economic Forum3. UNCTAD

4. International Monetary Fund

46. What is the number of indicators in the newly launched Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?

1. 8 2. 9 3. 10 4. 11

47. Anugraha Narayan Tiwari has recently taken over as India's new ________?

1. Solicitor General2. Chief Information Commissioner

3. Chief Vigilance Commissioner 4. Election Commissioner

48. Which of the following country hosted the Fifth East Asia Summit held in October 2010?1. Philippines 2. Singapore 3. Thailand 4. Vietnam

49. Which of the following groups has launched the Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and

Child Health in June 2010?1. G-8 2. G-20 3. G-24 4. IBSA

50. At which of the following temples in Thrissur , Kerala , recently an ASI study has found two rare paintings which are about 350 years old — a reclining Shiva and a Nataraja with 20 arms?

1. Kottekkad Temple2. Vadakkumnathan temple3. Guruvayur Temple

4. Mudapilavu Mahavishnu Temple

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51. Garima-II was recently born at National Dairy Research Institute through new technology of “Hand-guided Cloning". It is a cloned ______?1. Cow 2. Buffalo 3. Goat 4. Sheep

52. A company has been allocated a site at Jaitapur, Maharastra to build a nuclear plant. Which

country does the company belong to?1. America 2. Japan 3. France 4. Russia

53. Who among the following Political Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China haswon the Nobel Peace Prize 2010?

1. Liu Xianbin 2. Li Shouxin 3. Liu Di 4. Liu Xiaobo

54. The quality and demand for Shahtoosh shawls has led to the endangerment of which of thefollowing species of the antelopes in India?

1. Blackbuck

2. Chiru (Tibetan Antelope)3. Goa Antelope (Tibetan Gazelle)

4. Goat antelope

55. On which of the following dates, First-ever Income Tax day celebrations were held in India?

1. July 24, 2010 2. July 30, 2010 3. May 30, 2010 4. May 15, 2010

56. “ Thimphu Silver Jubilee Declaration" which was adopted at the SAARC Summit Thimpu haswhich of the following as its core philosophy?

1. Free Trade Among SAARC Members

2. Increased connectivity among SAARC Members3. Reducing dependence on high-carbon technologies for economic growth

4. Increasing cooperation in field of Education

57. Birju Maharaj is a famous exponent of which of the following dances?

1. Kathakali 2. Odissi 3. Kathak 4. Bharatnatyam

58. Who among the following is heading the committee on GST (Goods & Services tax) ?1. P. K. Banerjee

2. Asim Dasgupta

3. Rajiv Dogra4. Arun Ramanathan

59. “Divyadrishti" comes under which of the following programmers of DRDO?

1. Full Scale Engineering Development (FSED) Programme2. Interception, Monitoring, Direction and Finding and Analysis System (IMDFA)3. Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)

4. None of them

60. Which of the following states has recently appointed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the brand ambassador of the save tiger campaign in that state?1. Gujarat

2. Madhya Pradesh3. Uttarakhand

4. Uttar Pradesh

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61. “Walk the World”is an awareness campaign of which of the following UN agencies?1. United nations Environment programme2. United Nations Institute for Training and Research

3. World Food Programme4. United Nations Children's Fund

62. Which of the following country was winner of the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup?

1. Sweden 2. Argentina 3. England 4. Australia

63. Which one of the following salts causes the Blue Baby Syndrome?

1. Phosphates 2. Nitrates 3. Sulfates 4. Carbonates

64. The computer virus which attacked Iran’s Nuclear Plant Computer system was?1. Stuxnet 2. Centcom 3.Cyber Storm III 4. Myrtus

65. Which of the following is superbug, named by The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, highlighting presence of superbug in India?

1. NDM-1 2. MRSA 3. E.coli 4. None of these

66. Which of the following pair of scientist were recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?

1. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov2. Peter Main and Robert Edwards

3. Ingrid Dabechies and Andre Grim4. Peter Main and Jimena Navarrete

67. Which of the following longitudes determine the Indian Standard Time?1. 82.5 2. 84.5 3. 86.5 4. 82.5

68. For outstanding contribution to which of the following field, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards aregiven?

1. Literature 2. Fine Arts 3. Social Service 4. Science and Technology

69. Which of the following is not a football tournament?1. Irani Trophy 2. Durand Cup 3. I-League 4. Bardoloi Trophy

70. Who of the following developed the concept of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) ?\1. Norton Kaplan 2. Louis Kelso 3. Michael Porter 4. Jeffrey Pfeffer

71. Which of the following company formed a joint venture with TATA to manufacture AW-119

Helicopter?1. Areva2. Agusta Westland

3. Boeing4. Airbus

72. Which of the following was declared 38th wildlife sanctuary of India?1. Bandhavgarh National Park

2. Dudhwa National Park 3. Nandankanan Zoo

4. Parambukulam

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73. Which of the following aviation giant of India joined One World Alliance?1. Jet Airway 2. Kingfisher 3. Air India 4. Indigo .

74. Who among the following country has won Sultazn Azlan Shah Hockey tournament?

1. Japan 2. India 3. Korea 4. Both 2&3

75. Which of the following is the super heavy element created by Russian and US physicist?1. 117 2. Lead- 108 3. Berkelium-97 4. None of these

76. Which of the following company formed a joint venture with Nestle to sell its brand ‘Nestea’?1. Kraft Food 2. Dabur 3. Coca cola 4. Pepsi Co

77. Who is the author of “Songs of blood and sword”?

1. Leela Samon

2. Fatima Bhutto3. Sir Richard Hadlee

4. Deepa, K. Singh

78. Who of the following Indian player was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?

1. Sunil Gawaskar 2. Kapil Dev

3. Bishen Singh Bedi4. Ravi Prabhakar

79. ‘Prevanar-13’, a new variant of pneumonia-prevention vaccine, which of the following pharmamajor?

1. Pfizer 2. Glaxo Smithkline3. Ranbaxy

4. Taro Pharmaceutical

80. Who of the following has been recently appointed as present of International MathematicalUnion?

1. Jimena Navarrete

2. Ingrid Daubechies3. Jenista Campbell

4. Simon Lehna SIngh

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Reasoning:

1. Which number in the following arrangement is missing?

1. 12 2. 10 3. 14 4. 6

2. Which of the given numbers replaces the question mark given in the figure?

1. 3 2. 5 3. 6 4. 4

3. In each of the two letter series given, one letter is the odd one out, find those letters.

I. I, O, X, C, R, MII. X, P, J, H, D, T

1. X, X 2. R, J 3. M, D 4. M, J

4. Which number completes the following series?

1. 120 2. 100 3. 150 4. 180

5. Micky noted that his faucet is leaking and 15 drops hit the floor in 15 seconds, In how much time

will 22 drops hit the floor?1. 23.6 seconds 2. 22 seconds 3. 22.5 seconds 4. 23 seconds

Directions for questions 6 & 7:Shivku had to find the volume of a cuboid. As he multiplied the length with breadth, he interchanged the

digits of breadth, which was a two digit number and by doing so, this number increased by one fifth. He

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decreased the height by one fifth, assuming this will nullify the previous mistake but his final result was30 less than the actual volume.

6. What was the actual volume?1. 700 cc 2. 750 cc 3. 810 cc 4. 900 cc

7. What was the breadth?

1. 36 cm 2. 45 cm 3. 54 cm 4. Cannot be determined

8. In a code language ‘652’ means ‘Crack The Code’, ‘164’ means ‘The Big Program’ and ‘457’

means ‘Crack Out Big’. Then, what does the word ‘Program’ stand for in the same language?1. 4 2. 1 3. 6 4. Can’t be determined

Directions for questions from 9 to 10: From the following given 4 jumbled words, select the word

which does not use up all the letters of the jumbled word.

9.

1. M T E L B R E2. G I T K H N3. Y T L A F U

4. E V G A R O

10.1. E P S M L I

2. E R G A T B

3. O L A T B4. T E E A C R

Directions for questions 11 & 12: Identify the correct relation between the two words given in eachquestion and then choose the best pair of words from the options given below, which represent the same

relation.

11. Sedative: drowsiness1. Epidemic: Contagiousness

2. Vaccine: virus

3. Anesthetic: Numbness4. Penicillin: antibiotic

12. Evanescent: disappear

1. Transparent: penetrate2. Onerous: struggle3. Pliant: yield

4. Feckless: succeed

Directions for questions 13 to 16:The ragas have their seasons and times of day as well. Summer is regarded as the corresponding seasonfor raga Dipak , Monsoon for raga Megh, Autumn for raga Bhairav, Winter for raga Malkauns, and the

Spring for raga Hindol. In Carnatic music, however, there is no such connection of season or time,although some ragas are considered appropriate to certain hours.

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There is an All-India Classical Music concert being held at Sirifort auditorium, New Delhi. Musicians aresupposed to perform the following ragas: Dipak, Malhar, Bhairav, Malkauns and Hindol. These ragas areto be performed once and one at a time, and are performed successively. (though not necessarily in the

order given above). Each raga is performed with two musical instruments: Dipak with flute and sitar,Malhar with guitar and table, Bhairav with sarod and guitar, Malkauns with flute and sarod, and Hindol

with sitar and table.The following conditions must apply:

Each raga shares one instrument with the raga performed immediately before it or after it (or both).Either Dipak or Malkauns is performed second.

13. Which one of the following could be the order, from first to last, in which the ragas are performed?1. Dipak, Bhairav, Malhar, Hindol, Malkauns2. Bhairav, Malkauns, Malhar, Dipak Hindol3. Malkauns, Dipak, Malhar, Hindol, Bhairav

4. Malkauns, Dipak, Bhairav, Malhar, Hindol

14. Which one of the following cannot be shared by the 3rd and 4th ragas performed?

1. flute 2. sarod 3. guitar 4. Sitar

15. If each raga (except the fifth) shares one instrument with the raga performed immediately after it,

then which one of the following could be true?1. Hindol is performed first.

2. Bhairav is performed second.3. Malhar is performed third.

4. Dipak is performed fourth.

16. Each one of the following could be the raga performed first except:

1. Dipak 2. Malhar 3. Bhairav 4. Malkauns

17. If in a certain code EMIRATES is coded as VNRIZGVH, in this code DIRECTION will be written

as-1. UJJVTRLM

2. URIVXGRLM3. WRIVXGRLM

4. WJIVXGRLM

18. In a certain code language, ‘CREATION’ is coded as ‘22112112’ then what will be the code for

‘INNOVATIVE’ in the same language?1. 1222121221 2. 1222212121 3. 1221212121 4. 1212212121

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Directions for Q. No. 19 to 21 : Figure below, depicts an area where people belong to four differentcategories. The triangle depicts English Speaking people, the square depicts French Speaking, the circlestands for German Speaking and the rectangle for Russian Speaking. Each part is numbered. Your task is

to study the figure and answer the questions that follow :

19. Which number depicts the area where, the people are English Speaking, German Speaking and Russian Speaking but not French Speaking?1. 10 2. 3 3. 5 4. 6

20. Number 12 depicts1. English Speaking and French Speaking

2. Only English Speaking3. French Speaking Russian Speaking4. English Speaking Russian Speaking

21. Which number depicts English Speaking French Speaking Russian Speaking but not GermanSpeaking?1. 10 2. 9 3. 5 4. 11

Directions for questions 22 & 23:Alan was 27 years old the day before yesterday. Next year he will be 30.

22. On what date was he born?1. 30

thDecember 2. 31

stDecember 3. 1

stJanuary 4. It is impossible

23. What date is it today?

1. 2nd

January 2. 31st

December 3. 1st

January 4. Cannot be determined

24. Some unit cubes are put together to form a larger cube. Some of the larger cube's faces are painted and then it is taken apart. 45 small cubes are found to have no paint on them. How many faces of the large cube were painted?

1. 2 2. 3 3. 5 4. 4

25. There are 10 equally spaced balls on the left side of a horizontal line, each moving to the right atconstant speed S. There are also 8 equally spaced balls on the right side of the same line, each

moving to the left at constant speed S. The balls are all the same size and mass and the spacing

between the balls on the left is the same as the spacing between the balls on the right. When two

1

2

3

13

4

5 6

7

89

1011

12

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balls collide they will reverse directions, but each will maintain the same speed S. How manycollisions will occur in the described system?1. 40 2. 8 3. 18 4. 80

26. At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep. During the day it climbed up

3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches. On what day did the snail finally manageto climb out of the bucket?

1. on 9th

day 2. On 10th

day 3. On 11th

day 4. 12th

day

27. Each empty white square in the grid contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3,..., 8. Each of the

horizontal and vertical equations must be true and each number must be used exactly once.

Which number appears in the middle of above 5 cross 5 square?1. 4 2. 6 3. 2 4. 5

28. During the recent BrainBashers football competition, 5 schools were competing. Each school

played each other once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points if they lost. Here arethe final points after all of the matches:

A scored 6, B scored 5, C scored 4 and D scored 2How many points did E score?

1. 4 2. 5 3. 3 4. None of these

29. The local library decided to hand out some of its old books to its 1400 borrowers. To each of thefemale borrowers they gave 6 books and to each male borrower they gave 4 books. If only half of the females in town and three quarters of the males in town accepted the books, how many books

were given away?1. 4500 2. 4800 3. 3600 4. 4200

30. You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 24 minutes every hour.It is now showing 3:00am and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock stopped 1 hour ago, what is the correct time now?1. 6:24 am 2. 6:40 am 3. 6:00 am 4. 6: 36 am

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QA and DI: ANSWERS/EXPLANATIONS

1. 2 2. 2 3. 2 4. 2 5. 2 6. 2 7. 1 8. 2 9. 2 10. 3

11. 3 12. 4 13. 2 14. 1 15. 2 16. 1 17. 4 18. 4 19. 4 20. 221. 3 22. 4 23. 3 24. 4 25. 2 26. 3 27. 2 28. 2 29. 4 30. 3

31. 1 32. 3 33. 3 34. 2 35. 5 36. 4 37. 2 38. 1 39. 4 40. 1

41. 2

1. The least five digit number is 10,000 gives a remainder of 235. This means that another 279 235 =44 needs to be added to 10000 to make it divisible by 279. Adding this to 10000, the number weget is 10044.

Answer is (2).Using Option Choices:If you realize that 279 is a multiple of 9, so the required number also has to be a multiple of 9.Of the option choices only choice (2) is divisible by 9.

2. Let the number be 10 x + y Please note that we should not look at a solving the two equations completely before we check

what is it we have to find. Since the sum of digits is asked, i.e. (x + y) is asked, just look for (x +y)….Adding the two equations, ( x + y) × (10 x + y + 10 y + x) = 891i.e. ( x + y) × 11 × ( x + y) = 891

( x + y)2 = 81 i.e. x + y = 9.Alternately,

While we could solve the two equations in a theoretical way, it would be time consuming. A

smarter way could be for us to realize that (x + y), the quantity we need to find, has to be a factor of both 324 and 567.

324 = 4 × 81 and 567 = 9 × 63Thus from the option choices the only value which is a factor of both these numbers is 9.Answer is (2).

3. In any set of 100 natural numbers, there will be 19 numbers that have the digit 5 in them in theunit’s or the ten’s place (or both).From 100 to 999, we have 900 numbers. If we leave aside all 500s i.e. from 500 to 599 (they will

all have the digit 5 in them in the hundred’s place) there will be 8 sets of 100 consecutive numbers.In theses 8 sets there would be 8 × 19 = 152 numbers having the digit 5 in them. And of course all

the numbers from 500 to 599 would have the digit 5 in them.

So total numbers that will have the digit 5 in them = 100 + 152 = 252Answer is (2).

4. One flip will make it 9 heads and 1 tail. Now on the next flip, whether the same coin is turned back

to heads or another coin is turned from heads to tails, the number of heads will be back to even.Again, when next coin is flipped, the number of heads will either increase by 1 or decrease by 1 i.e.it would become odd. And this is valid for any flip – the number of heads will increase by 1 or

decrease by 1 as compared to the earlier number of heads. Thus the number of heads will oscillate between even and odd for every flip. If an even number of flips is done, then the number of heads

will be back to even and if odd number of flips is done, the number of heads will be odd. Since the

total number of flips are odd i.e. 15, the number of heads will be odd.Answer is (2).

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5. Each bush has 66 roses. No of bushes has to be a whole number so the total number of roses isdivisible by 66. This means it is divisible by 11, 2 and 3.For 49a81b to be divisible by 2, b should be even.

Checking divisibility by 3, a + b = 2 or 5 or 8 or 11 or 14 or 17. It cannot be more than this as a and b are single digit numbers.

Checking divisibility by 11, difference between 17 + b and 5 + a has to be 0 or 11 or 22….Difference cannot be 0, 22 or higher values for any single digit values of a and b. Thus (17 + b) –

(5 + a) = 11 a – b = 1Since a – b is odd, hence a + b should also be odd.Solving a – b = 1 and a + b = 5, we get a = 3, b = 2

Solving a – b = 1 and a + b = 11, we get a = 6, b = 5, not possible as b is not even.Solving a – b = 1 and a + b = 17, we get a = 9, b = 8So, total number of roses can be two possible values.Answer is (2).

6. Of ab and ba, if both a and b are greater than 4, then the number with the higher index is alwaysgreater. This means that is greater.

7. Note that if number of sheep in one year is same as that in the next, p and q being constant across

years, every year the number of sheep will be the same. So in June 2005, the number of sheep willalso be same as in June 2004 and also the same as in June 2006.If x is the number of sheep , p needs to be greater than q, because when we decrease x we find q%of x, but when we increase it back, we find p% of a smaller number, so p needs to be higher to

bring it back to the original value.Say the number of sheep was 100 initially. When we decrease it by say 20%, the number of sheep= 80. Now to get it back to 100, we need to increase 80 by 25% because 20 is 25% of 80.

Answer is (1).

8. Since we have to find the original price of one dozen of oranges, let it be p. Then, as per the data

given,

−

=1 ⇒

−

=

Now one need not solve this equation. Just checking which option will satisfy the equation, itshould be apparent that the prices have to be 16 and 15 because 15 × 16 = 240.Answer is (2).

9. Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% is equivalent to a single discount of 28%

– 10% – 20% +×

= – 28%

For a customer, getting a single discount of 30% is better than a discount of 28%.

Answer is (2).

10. Considering A = 2k , B = 3k and C = 4k , then the required ratio is

:

:

i.e. 8 : 9 : 24

So, answer is (3)

11. The number of skilled, unskilled and clerks employed are 32, 20 and 4. Let each skilled, unskilled and clerk get Rs. 5k , 2k and 3k respectively (as per the ratio given in the question). Thus the totalwages will be 32 × 5k + 20 × 2k + 4 × 3k i.e. 212k = 318 i.e. k = 1.5.Thus each skilled, unskilled and clerk gets Rs. 7.5, Rs. 3, Rs. 4.5.

So, answer is (3)

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12. This is a question which students find difficult and also one which is very common in entranceexams. So understand it thoroughly…

The data “cat takes 5 leaps for every 4 leaps of a dog” implies that in the same time as the dogtakes four leaps the cat will take 5 leaps. So this data is taking about the ratio of the “number of

leaps taken by the cat and dog in the same time”The data “3 leaps of the dog are equal to 4 leaps of the cat” implies that the distance covered by the

dog in 3 leaps is same as the distance covered by the cat in 5 leaps. This is as depicted in thefollowing illustration…

Thus it should be apparent that one leap of the cat is shorter than one leap of the dog and thedistance covered in 1 leap by the cat and the dog is in the ratio 3 : 4

CAT DOG Number of leaps taken in same time 5 4Distance covered in each leap 3 4

Thus, distance covered in same time 5 × 3 = 15 4 × 4 = 16Thus ratio of speed of cat and dog is in the ratio 15 : 16.So, answer is (4)

13. This is a case of direct relation and thus the difference between the costs and the difference between the number of boys would be directly proportional.

From 150 boys to 120 boys: when the number of boys decreases by 30, the cost decreases by 1600.

Thus, from 150 boys to 330 boys: when the number of boys increases by 180, the cost would increase by 1600 × 6 = 9600. Thus total expenses = 10,000 + 9,600 = 19,600.So, answer is (2)

14. The average is 83% in six subjects. If the highest in any subject is 91%, the lowest could be

obtained if 91% marks are scored in 5 subjects. So there will be an extra 5 × ( 91 – 83) = 40 marks.

Hence the sixth subject could be at 40 marks less than the average i.e. 83 – 40 = 43%Answer is (1).

15. The average of a set of consecutive numbers has to be either an integral value or an (integer + 0.5).

Further the average when one of the number is erased can only increase or decrease by a maximumof 0.5.

Based on the above two aspects, since the new average is approximately 35.3, the earlier averagecould have been only 35.5 or 35If the earlier average was 35.5, the numbers written were from 1 to 70. And if the earlier averagewas 35, the numbers written were from 1 to 69.

Further after one number is erased, the average is 35

i.e.

∗∗∗

. Thus after one number is erased, the

number of remaining numbers have to be a multiple of 17.Since 68 is a multiple of 17, we can ascertain that earlier the numbers written were 1 to 69 and their

average was 35. The new average is 35

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When the number was deleted, the average was increased by

so it means that the rest 68

numbers had given the deleted number,

each to bring it up to the average. So the number must

have been

× 68 less that the average. The erased number is 35 – 20 = 15

Answer is (2).

16. Method 1: Using AlligationThe milk concentration in the first solution is 0.4, in the second solution is 0.6 and in the resultant

solution, it is 0.5, i.e. the arithmetic mean of 0.4 and 0.6. Thus the two solutions must have beentaken in equal quantities i.e. 1 : 1.

Method 2: Using equations

Consider 5a litres of first solution was taken and 5b litres of second solution were taken. We areassuming 5a and 5b as they would be easy to divide among milk and water, as the given ratios are

3 : 2 and 2 : 3.

Thus in the mixture,

=

=

= Thus the two quantities taken, 5a and 5b are in the ratio 1 : 1.Answer is (1).

17. Ratio of Speeds is 4 : 5 and hence ratio of time taken will be 5 : 4. Since the actual timecorresponding to 5 is given as 20 minutes, the time saved, corresponding to 5 – 4 i.e. 1, will be 4minutes.

18. (4)12

− −

12

+=6 ⇒ 4 = −

12

2 − −

12

2 +=1

⇒24

=4

−

Eliminating B from the two equations we have, 8 B = 3 B2 i.e. B = 8/3

19. Let the number of days taken by a man alone to complete the work is m and by a woman alone is

w.

Then according to the question:

+

=

......(i) and

=

+5.......(ii)

Substituting w from equation (ii) into equation (i) and solving, m = 15, w = 90. We see that a man

takes

of the time taken by a woman hence his output is 6 times that of the woman.

Answer is (4).

20. (2)

Method 1:If Shyam’s speed is x m/s, then in the time Ram runs 2000 mts, Shyam runs 1800 mts – 50 x.

In the next race, in the time Ram runs 1900 mts, Shyam runs 2000 mts – 120 x.

Thus, using proportionality,

=

⇒ 34200− 950 =40000− 2400

⇒1450x = 5800 ⇒x = 4Method 2:

If Shyam’s and Ram’s speed is denoted by x and y m/s respectively, then…

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=

+50

=

+120 . Solving these we can get x = 4 m/s. But then the above

method is far more efficient than this one. Solving the equations is quite cumbersome.

21. (3)

The man who can complete the work in 8 days does 1/8 of the work everyday. The man who cancomplete the work in 7 days does 1/7of the work everyday and so on…We need to find the day when the work done in all the days would add up to 1.

+

+

+

+

=

. On the sixth day, the leftover work is less than1/3 so it will get over.

Answer is (3).

22. (4)In the one hour that the police take start the chase, the thief has run ahead of them by 12 km.

Hereafter the relative speed at which the police are catching up with the thief is 15 – 12 = 3 kmph.

Thus they will take 12/3 = 4 hours. So the thief will be caught at 3 pm + 4 = 7 pm.

23. (3)

Looking only at 3 digit numbers, the first multiple of 8 is 8 × 13 = 104 and the last multiple is 8 ×

124 (to find the last three digit multiple of 8, just divide 999 by 8 and focus only on the integer partof the quotient i.e. 124.**. Do not waste time in finding the number.) Thus there are 124 – 13 + 1 =

112 three digit numbers that are multiples of 8.

Among these 112 multiples of 8, the numbers that are multiples of 6 as well, would be numbers thatare multiples of the LCM of 8 and 6 i.e. 24.

First three digit multiple of 24 is 24 × 5 = 120 and last three digit multiple of 24 is 24 × 41 = 984 (to

find the last three digit multiple of 24, just divide 999 by 24 and focus only on the integer part of thequotient i.e. 41.**. Do not waste time in finding the number.) Thus there are 41 – 5 + 1 = 37 of them.So the required answer = 112 – 37 = 75.

24. (4)

The expression can be re-arranged as

(12 + 32 + 52 + … + 992) – (22 + 42 + 62 + … + 1002)

= (12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + 52 + … + 1002) – 2 × (22 + 42 + 62 + … + 1002)

=××

– 2 × 22 × (12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + … + 502) =

××

−8×

××

= 50 × 101 × 67 – 8 × 25 × 17 × 101 = 101 × 50 × (67 – 68) = –5050

25. 2Since area of square BEDC = area of triangle AEB, hence ratio of area of area of triangle AEB and triangle BEC will be 2 ; 1. Thus, ratio of AE : EC is also 2 : 1 (they are the base of the triangles

AEB and BEC and the heights of the triangles are equal)

If, x is the side of the square, EB = x and EC = 2 x and AE = 2 2 x .

Also since angle BEC is 45, angle AEB will be 135. Applying cosine rule in triangle AEB,

2 2

22

2

2

2 2 130 1 9 130cos135 10

2 2 2 2 4 2

x x x x

x x x

Thus area of the square = 10

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26. 3

BD = 7 and BC = 25. Hence DC 2 225 7 625 49 576 24

Since AF is parallel to BD and CD is perpendicular to BD, hence angle CFE will also be 90degrees.If BAE , BEA 90 . Angle FEC will also be 90 as it is the vertically opposite

angle.

Then angles in triangles ABE, CFE and CDB will be , 90 , 90 . Thus all three triangles will be

similar.Taking ratio of corresponding sides of triangle ABE and CDB, we have

AE AB 60 125AE 25

BC DC 24 2

Also,BE AB 60 35

BE 7DB DC 24 2

. CE = BC – BE =35 15

252 2

Since 15CE 32 i.e.CB 25 10

, hence FEBD

will also be 310

and so FE = 2110

.

Thus the required ratio,125

AE 6252 i.e.21FE 21

10

.

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GA and VA: Answer Key

1 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 2 7 3 8 1 9 2 10 3

11 1 12 1 13 4 14 2 15 2 16 4 17 3 18 1 19 1 20 2

21 1 22 4 23 2 24 1 25 1 26 4 27 2 28 4 29 2 30 1

31 2 32 4 33 2 34 1 35 3 36 3 37 2 38 1 39 3 40 4

41 2 42 1 43 1 44 4 45 4 46 2 47 3 48 2 49 4 50 1

51 2 52 2 53 3 54 4 55 2 56 1 57 3 58 3 59 2 60 2

61 3 62 3 63 2 64 2 65 1 66 1 67 1 68 4 69 1 70 2

71 2 72 2 73 4 74 2 75 4 76 1 77 3 78 1 79 2 80 1

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GA and VA: EXPLANATIONS1. 1.

‘To be up to’ something means to be occupied with something. ‘To turn tail’ is to run away; ‘to

come to grips with some situation’ is to confront squarely and attempt to deal decisively with thatsituation and, to ‘get even’ with somebody is to take revenge.

2. 2

‘Most of the employees were on strike’; a car and a bus struck at an intersection’, which means tocollide; ‘early man struck fire from the flints’, which means he made fire, and the thought struck me from out of the blue, which means that a thought suddenly entered my mind from nowhere.

3. 2To cut in’ is a phrasal verb which means to intrude in a person’s conversation or to interrupt.

4. 3

The word ‘flow’ has been used as a verb in the 1st and 3rd sentence while it is used as a noun in the2nd and 4th sentence, as the flow of the water and the flow of the crowd are expressions (abstract

ones) to denote the ‘flow’ as a rush or discharge.

5. 4

The plural of the word ‘Barracks’ remains ‘Barracks’.

6. 2The plural of ‘deer’ remains ‘deer’.

7. 3‘Showers of meteors’ is a very common usage, while the 2nd sentence employs a simple verb form

of the word shower. The 4th sentence uses the word ‘shower’ as a promoter of exhibitions or animpresario; the 3rd sentence is incorrect as it has to be ‘a shower of kisses and tears’ rather than ‘theshower of kisses and tears’.

8. 1

‘Either-or’ and ‘neither-nor’ take the verb form which is closest in proximity to the subject. So, thecorrect verb will be ‘Is’ here.

9. 2This is a typical example of a squinting modifier, in the 1st sentence, as the phrase ‘violently upset’

does not actually clear the meaning as to for what does it stand. In the 3rd

sentence, there is no ‘an’ preceding the ‘elderly couple’ and hence it is incorrect; the last sentence, does not make any sense.

The 2nd

sentence removes the error of the squinting modifier.

10. 3

To be ‘in charge’ of something is to be in a position of leadership or supervision.

11. 1‘Boorish’ means a person who is contemptible because of his lack of sophistication and manners.This person is coarse and rude and thus, the 1st option is the appropriate one.

12. 1

‘Genteel’ is spelt correctly; the rest of the corrected words are: Neanderthal, Pyre, and Gallant.

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13. 4In the 1st sentence, instead of the word ‘culted’, the word ‘cult’ should be used and in the 3 rd sentence, ‘having his documents’ suggests that he was eating his documents – the word ‘have’

cannot be used in the continuous form without implying ‘eating’, so, this meaning does not makesense here.

14. 2

An archipelago is a chain (group) of islands; a constellation is a group of stars.

15. 2

A tragedy is a type of drama; a cartoon is a type of film.

16. 4The correct meaning of the word ‘genuflect’ is to bend in a deferential manner or to be respectful

in a servile manner by bending down or bowing.

17. 3

Conspicuous’ means something which is clearly noticeable or prominent, so, the rest of the threewords are synonyms of the word, excepting the word, imperceptible, which is the exact opposite of the word.

18. 1

The 2nd

, 3rd

and 4th

words all imply the same thing, i.e. an attitude which is carefree or indifferent or showing lack of concern; while the 1st word ‘weary’ mean fatigue.

19. 1The earlier past action -- had started - is in the past perfect tense, while the later past action -

arrived - is in the simple past tense; and so the 1st sentence is absolutely correct.

20. 2

‘Feel’ as a physical sensation refers to feeling ones’ flesh; ‘feel’ in order to grope for something

would imply finding ones’ wallet; ‘feel’ with an expression of moving by careful exploration would

imply ‘to feel one’s way through a dark room’, and ‘to feel like a million bucks’ is an expressionwhich is used when one feels in excellent health and spirits.

21. 1The 2nd sentence should be re-written as ‘rhetoric is disingenuous’; because rhetoric is singular;

while, the 4th

sentence should be re-written as ‘The only solution for the Palestinians to thisconundrum, is the destruction of Israel’; because the incorrect sentence shows an error of

misplaced modifier.

22. 4

In the 2nd

sentence, the error is one of a dangling modifier, as it seems that ‘the vast beauty’ isstanding on the edge of the canyon.

23. 2Following is the structure of the medical doctor’s argument:

Premise: Sleep deprivation is the cause of many social ills, ranging from irritability to potentiallydangerous instances of impaired decision making.

Premise: Most people today suffer from sleep deprivation to some degree.

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Conclusion: Therefore we should restructure the workday to allow people flexibility inscheduling their work hours.The first premise contains a causal assertion (not a causal conclusion), and the second premise

indicates that most people suffer from the stated cause. This combination would lead to theconclusion that most people have a social ill (which could be irritability or impaired decision

making, or something in between). However, the conclusion in the argument leaps over this idea toconclude that the workday should be restructured. The missing link—or assumption—in the

argument is that restructuring the workday would alleviate the sleep deprivation. As always,whenever you see a gap in the argument, you can strengthen the argument by eliminating that gap.By relating sleep to work, answer choice (B) closes the gap in the argument.

Answer choice (A): This is a tricky answer, and the key word is “overwork.” While the author clearly believes that work schedules affect sleep, this does not mean that employees are beingoverworked. For example, a person may be sleep deprived because they have to come into work at 8 A.M. Perhaps they have children so they must get up very early to take care of their family.

The person might then work a normal eight hour day and be sleep deprived not because of

overwork but because of rising early.Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer. By indicating that employees would avoid sleep

deprivation with a revised workday, this answer affirms that the leap (or gap) made in the argumentis not an unreasonable one.Answer choice (C): This answer may hurt the argument by suggesting that some individuals cannot

be helped by the restructuring of the workday. At best, this answer has no impact on the argument because we already know that most people suffer from sleep deprivation to some degree.

Answer choice (D): This answer addresses the fact that the hours worked per week have decreased.But the argument is not about the average number of hours worked, but rather the way that those

hours affect sleep. Thus, this answer does not help the conclusion that people should be allowed

flexibility in scheduling.

24. 1Here is something that can teach you something important about para jumbles in particular and writing in general. You’ll notice that ‘c’ is opposite to the other three sentences; while ‘a’, ‘b’, and

‘d’ are talking about rebels not being punished etc. ‘c’ says that only a few have been punished.That means that ‘c’ should stand alone and in this case it should be the last. Look at the answer

choices and you have found your answer.

25. 1

‘ab’ is concomitant as ‘but’ of ‘b’ contrasts the western culture’s overvaluation of ‘the tragic’ and undervaluation of ‘the comic’ with the Greek’s in ‘a’. The ‘This is why’ of ‘c’ is an extension of

‘b’; so ‘abc’ is concomitant. ‘d’ is provided as a solution and so should end the paragraph.

26. 4The anecdote contrasts with the ensuing quote in paragraph 1 and depicts a plausible reason for theapple story—Newton wanted to make his theory understood to the general public. Speaking in

physics terminology is abstract, but using an illustration that regular people have witnessed againand again would aid in understanding. The quote gives credence to the anecdote, ruling out choice

a. Choices b and e are never mentioned, and choice c is not backed up by the passage.

27. 2

Last 3 lines of the 5th para specifically state that Newton provided an explanation of Kepler’s laws.

28. 4

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All of the other titles were bestowed on Newton during his lifetime.

29. 2

William Stukeley published Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton’s Life in 1726, after Newton’s death. Theother choices are all accomplishments of Newton in his lifetime.

30. 1

Choice a is correct because it lists the proper accolades and the proper timeframe in which he lived.Choice b is incorrect because he did not live in the Renaissance; choices c and d are incorrect

because he was not a lord, but a knight; and choice e is incorrect because it is not the best summary

of his vast accomplishments.

31. 1

In 2nd para, the author makes it clear that she will be refuting the statement in the first two lines:but it is certainly a misleading [premise] on which to build any general theory. She states that asubject is suited to a short story or a novel, and, if it appears to be adapted to both the chances are

that it is inadequate in either . This firmly refutes the opening statement.

32. 4

After making it clear that subjects are not equally suitable for short stories and novels, the author explains what makes a particular subject suitable for the novel form (paragraphs 4 and 5) and howthe elements of t ime and length are different in the short story (paragraph 6).

33. 2

In 3rd para, the author writes that rules in art are useful mainly for the sake of the guidance they

give, but it is a mistake [ . . . ] to be too much in awe of them . Thus, they should be used only as a

general guide.

34. 1The author compares general rules in art to both a lamp in a mine and a handrail down a black stairwell.

35. 3In paragraph 4, the author states the two chief reasons a subject should find expression in novel-

form: first , the gradual unfolding of the inner life of its characters and second the need of

producing in the reader’s mind the sense of the lapse of time.

36. Option 3

The answer can be found in the lines:‘Gratifyingly, however, we too have become much more

efficient in containing it through effective screening of people at the airports and national borders

and quarantining suspected cases, eliminating the carrier birds through large-scale culling and

recommending the use of protective masks to stop the infection.’

37. Option 2The answer can be found in the lines: ‘She obtained a sample of SARS virus from CDC and

developed a vaccine. She has tried her vaccine successfully on mice. Yes, mice are not men. But we

have a lead. If the vaccine works on mice, we can definitely think of clinical trials on humans.’

38. Option 1

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The answer can be found in the lines: ‘A study of this riddle was undertaken by looking at samples

of the pathology material of humans, stored in hospitals since the time of the Hong Kong flu

epidemic of 1918.’

39. Option 3

The answer can be found in the lines: ‘Genetic analysis of the infective agent present in thesamples revealed it to be a virus that affects chicken and ducks. Further analysis showed that the

virus had undergone genetic modifications that helped it to jump from birds to barnyard animals

and thence to humans. What made this avian-to-porcine-to-human route possible? It appears to be

the lifestyle adopted by Chinese farmers, who lived in huts and tenements, with chicken and ducks

in the yard and pigsties in the basement.’

40. Option 4The answer can be found in the lines: ‘She has tried her vaccine successfully on mice. Yes, mice

are not men. But we have a lead. If the vaccine works on mice, we can definitely think of clinical

trials on humans…….Kanta and others realize of course that in order to survive, the wily viruscontinually reorganizes its genetic make-up and changes its face in each of its avatars.

Understanding how the virus reorganizes its genome to generate this diversity and how it

interleaves its own genes with that of its ‘hosts’ in order to jump from bird to cattle to humans is a

major challenge. And Kanta says she is game to help crack this puzzle as well.’

41. Kirit Parikh committee was constituted by Oil Ministry to study deregulating the oil prices.

42. With the outstanding performance of Tommy Robredo, Spain managed to defeat Great Britain 2-1

to win the Hopman Cup for a third time. The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis

held in Perth, Western Australia.

43. Chemical Ali Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, has beenexecuted in Iraq for crimes against humanity. Al-Majid was first sentenced to hang in June 2007for his role in the military campaign against ethnic Kurds, which took place between February and

August1988.

44. India, France & Singapore participated in a large scale military exercise Garuda IV that took placein July 2010.

45. Transnationality Index is released by UNCTAD. UNCTAD's transnationality index (TNI)measures the global dimension of a company by a composite measures.

46. The newly launched Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is based on ten indictors, measuring

various developmental aspects.

47. Anugraha Narayan Tiwari is the next Chief Information Commissioner; he will be succeeding

Wajahat Habibullah.

48. Vietnam hosted Fifth East Asia Summit in October 2010.

49. Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health is an initiative of G-8 countries.

50. Archieological Survey of India found two rare paintings at Vadakkumnathan temple in Kerala.

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51. Garima-II a buffalo was recently born at National Dairy Research Institute through newtechnology of “Hand-guided Cloning"

52. French company Areva, has been allocated a site at Jaitapur, Maharastra to build a nuclear plant.

53. Liu Xiaobo, Political Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China has won the Nobel

Peace Prize 2010

54. Chiru (Tibetan Antelope), is about to extinct due to rise in demand of Shatoosh.

55. Income Tax Day is celebrated on July 24, every year.

56. ‘Reducing dependence on high-carbon technologies for economic growth’ was the adopted as core

philosophy at Thimpu Summit.

57. Birju Maharaj is a famous exponent of Kathak.

58. Asim Dasgupta is heading the committee on GST (Goods & Services tax) .

59. Divyadrishti Interception, Monitoring, Direction and Finding and Analysis System (IMDFA)

60. Uttarakhand appointed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the brand ambassador of the save tiger campaign,

61. “Walk the World” is an awareness campaign of World Food Programme.

62. Argentina was winner of the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup.

63. Nitrates salts cause the Blue Baby Syndrome.

64. Stuxnet, computer virus attacked Iran’s Nuclear Plant Computer system.

65. NDM-1 is superbug, named by The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, highlighting presence of superbug in India.

66. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010.

67. 82.5 longitudes, Mirzapur UP where Indian Standard Time is calculated

68. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in field of Science and Techology.

69. Irani Trophy is associated with Cricket.

70. Louis Kelso developed the concept of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

71. Tata Sons and Italian defence major Agusta Westland signed an agreement for formation of a jointventure company, which will establish a final assembly line for AW-119 helicopters for the Indian

Army and the global market. The AW-119 has been offered to India by Agusta for army’srequirement for 197 choppers to replace its ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak light helicopters.

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72. Parambukulam wildlife sanctuary, Kerala, which was declared the country’s 38thtiger

reserve. There were only nine functioning tiger reserves in the country.

73. Kingfisher Airlines has announced that it will be joining the global airline grouping one world thatwould enable it to offer passengers an enhanced choice of routes serviced by member airlines and

vice-versa. Kingfisher will become the first Indian carrier in the alliance that includes AmericanAirlines, British Airways and Finnair.

74. India and Korea were declared joint champion after the cup final was abandoned a little over sixminutes after start in the Sultazn Azlan Shah Hockey tournament. India, the defending champion,

leads the pool with a tally of 13 points. Heavy rain forced the Tournament Committee to arrive atthis unprecedented decision. This is the first time that the teams have been declared joint winners inthis tournament since its inception in 1983.

75. A collaboration of Russian and US physicists has finally created element 117 — a super-heavy

element made of atoms containing 117 protons that is roughly 40 per cent heavier than lead. Theteam produced the elusive element 117 by fusing together atoms of calcium and another rare, heavy

element known as berkelium

76. Coca-Cola along with its joint venture partner Nestle, that owns the ice tea brand Nestea, today

launched the bottled ice-tea and is all set to strengthen its products portfolio. The joint venturecompany christened Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), has launched the ready-to-drink lemon

ice tea

77. Fatima Bhutto, niece of late Benazir Bhutto, authored ‘Songs of Blood and Sword’ tells the story

of the Bhutto’s, a family of rich feudal landlords who became powerbrokers in the newly created state of Pakistan.

78. Kapil Dev was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame. TheHall of Fame, run in association with the Federation of International Cricketers Associations

(FICA), recognises some of the legends of the game from its long and illustrious history.

79. Global pharmacy major Pfizer launched a new variant of pneumonia-prevention vaccine, Prevanar-13, in the Indian market. India recorded over 3.71 lakh infant deaths due to pneumonia every year

and the vaccine had a very large opportunity as around 25 million births occurred in the country

every year.

80. Ingrid Daubechies has been recently appointed as present of International Mathematical Union. For the first time ever, a woman will lead the union for first time.

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Reasoning: ANSWER KEY

1 3 2 1 3 4 4 4 5 3 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 4 10 211 3 12 3 13 4 14 1 15 1 16 2 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 1

21 4 22 2 23 3 24 4 25 4 26 2 27 1 28 3 29 4 30 3

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EXPLANATIONS

1. Answer option 3

Double the numbers in the top left circle to give the values in the lower left circle. Double thenumbers in the top right circle to give the values in the lower right circle. The difference between

corresponding values are put in the last remaining circle.

2. Answer option 1The difference in the numbers in each segment equals the numerical value of the letter in theopposite segment.

3. Answer option 4The numerical values of Series I are divisible by 3, in Series II the numerical values of letters aredivisible by 4.

4. Answer option 48×1.5 = 12×2 = 24×2.5 = 60×3 = 180

5. Answer option 3There are 14 time intervals between 15 drops. 14 time intervals are equal to 15 seconds so one time

interval is 15/14 seconds. Now in case of 22 drops, there should be 21 time intervals and 21 timeintervals are equal to (15/14)×21 = 45/2=22.5 seconds

Solutions for questions 6 & 7:

The volume was the product of 3 numbers, one of which was increased by one fifth and the other

decreased by one fifth. So one got multiplied with 4/5 and other by 6/5. Volume got multiplied with (4/5)× (6/5) = 24/25 hence and got reduced by 1/25. So 1/25 of actual volume is 30 cc, giving us total volume

to be 30×25 = 750 cc. Also 45 is the number, for which when digits are interchanged, number increases by one fifth.

6. Answer option 2

7. Answer option 2

8. Answer option 2

In the 1st

and 2nd

sentences, ‘The’ is common, so digit code for ‘The’ must be 6, also in 2nd

and 3rd

sentence ‘Big’ is common so digit code for ‘Big’ is 4 and hence code for ‘Program’ will be 1

9. Answer option 4

The 1st

three words use all the letters and the words forms are - Tremble, Knight and Faulty; while,the 4

thjumbled word, does not use up all the words given; it only uses up five of the words; so, the

final words may be – ‘Grove’ and ‘grave’.

10. Answer option 2

The 1st

jumbled word forms the word – ‘Simple’; the 2nd

jumbled word, however, forms words like,‘Great’, Begat’ and ‘barge’, yet, all these words do not use up all the letters of the word; the 3rd

jumbled word forms the word – ‘Bloat’, and the 4th jumbled word forms the word – ‘Create’.

11. Answer option 3.

A sedative causes drowsiness; while, an anesthetic causes numbness.

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12. Answer option 3.Something evanescent is likely to disappear or vanish; while, something pliant is likely to yield.

13. Answer option 4

14. Answer option 1

15. Answer option 1

16. Answer option 2

17. Answer option 3.Coded by changing all the letters to the letters having the same position starting from Z.i.e., E (5th letter from start) is changed to V (5th letter from the End)

M(13th letter from the start ) is changed to N(13th letter from the end)…. And so on.

18. Answer option 3.

1 for vowels and 2 for consonants

19. Answer option 3

20. Answer option 1

21. Answer option 4

Solutions for questions 22 & 23:It is New Year's Day, and Alan's birthday was yesterday:

Date year Alan's age------------------------------

Dec 30 last year 27 (day before yesterday)Dec 31 last year 28 (yesterday)

Jan 1 this year 28 (today)Dec 31 this year 29

Dec 31 next year 30 ("sometime" next year)

22. Answer option 2

23. Answer option 3

24. Answer option 4.125 unit cubes must have been put together to make a 5×5×5 cube and 4 of its faces must have

been painted. The two unpainted faces must be opposite to each other. Now there must be 9unpainted cubes on each of the unpainted faces and 27 unpainted cubes inside the surface of 5×5×5

cube.

25. Answer option 4

The system is same as that of 10 balls crossing 8 balls. Each of the 10 balls will cross each of the 8 balls thus giving a total of 80 collisions.

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26. Answer option 2In 9 days, the snail would have crawled 9 inches. On 10th day, he’ll climb 3 more inches in the dayto reach the top

27. Answer option 1

The grid can be filled as follows

28. Answer option 3

there were 5 teams therefore a total of 10 games took place. Hence E’s points must take the total to

20.

29. Answer option 44200 books. Only 1/2 of the females accepted the books, and those that did accepted 6 books,

which is 3 books per female on average. Similarly, 3/4 of the males accepted 4 book each, which isagain 3 book each. So both the males and females accepted, on average, 3 books each. And 1400 *3 = 4200.

30. Answer option 36:00am: since the clock is losing 24 minutes every hour, for every real hour which has passed, theclock will only show 36 minutes. Since the clock shows 3:00am, we know that 180 clock minutes

have passed. This therefore equals 300 real minutes and hence 5 hours. The clock stopped 1 hour ago and the time must now be 6.00am.

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