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SSC-CGL TIER - 1PREVIOUS YEAR SOLVED PAPER

(16 August, 2015)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Directions (Q.Nos. 1-3) From the given alternative words, select the words which cannot beformed using the letters of the given word.

1. DISTRIBUTION

(A) TRUST (B) SITUATION

(C) TUTION (D) DISTURB

2. INCONVENIENCE

(A) CONCEIVE (B) CONSCIENCE

(C) CONVINCE (D) CONVENE

3. SUPERINTENDENT

(A) NURSE (B) INTENSE

(C) DOCTOR (D) DENTIST

Directions (Q.Nos. 4-8) Select the missing number from the given responses.

4.

1 216 343

8 125 512

27 64 ?

35 401 1575

(A) 615 (B) 729

(C) 575 (D) 340

5.

2 3 8

4 5 10

6 7 1232 50 ?

(A) 92 (B) 128

(C) 200 (D) 30

6.

4 3 2 8 32

5 3 1 9 24

7 3 3 7 70

2 9 4 12 ?

(A) 120 (B) 27

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(C) 84 (D) 60

7.78

1211

6 9

?

1014

7 8

(A) 84 (B) 104

(C) 94 (D) 74

8.

5122 10

?50

(A) 25 (B) 27

(C) 23 (D) 26

9. If a paper is folded as shown in figure to form a cube, then the pairs of opposite faces are

(A)

AND

AND

AND(B)

AND

AND

AND

(C)

AND

AND

AND(D)

AND

AND

AND

10. In a certain language FASHION is coded as FOIHSAN. How is PROBLEM coded in that code?

(A) PELBORM (B) ROBLEMP

(C) PRBOELM (D) RPBOELM

Directions (Q.Nos. 11 and 12) One or tow statements is given followed by two Conclusions/Assumptions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be atvariance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement. Indicate your answer.

11. Statements : Some politicians are social workers. All doctors are social workers.

Conclusions :

I. Some doctors are politicians.





II. Some social workers are doctors as well as politicians.

(A) Only Conclusion I follow (B) Both Conclusions I and II follow

(C) Only Conclusion II follow (D) Neither Conclusion I nor II follow

12. Statement : The crop condition continues to be critical even after the rains.

Conclusions :

I. The crop condition was not critical before rains.

II. The crop conditions was expected to improve after the rains.

(A) Only Conclusion II follow (B) Both Conclusions I and II follow

(C) Neither Conclusion I nor II follow (D) Only Conclusion I follow

Directions (Q.Nos. 13 and 14) Among the four answer figures which can be formed from thecut out pieces given in question figure.

13. Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

14. Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)





(C) (D)

15. Ann, Bill and Ken shared some stamps in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. After a game the ratio become 5: 2 : 2. If Ann won 21 stamps how many did Ken lose?

(A) 21 (B) 7

(C) 28 (D) 14

16. In a certain code GARNISH is written as RGAINHS. How will GENIOUS be written in that code?

(A) 21 (B) 7

(C) 28 (D) 14

Directions (Q.Nos. 17-22) Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

17. Kidneys : Nephron :: Central Nervous System : ?

(A) Cerebrum (B) Brain

(C) Neurons (D) Spinal cord

18. 4 : 17 : : 7 : ?

(A) 48 (B) 50

(C) 51 (D) 49

19. DFHJ : WUSQ : : HJLN : ?

(A) RTVX (B) TWYZ

(C) PRTW (D) SQOM

20. Insects : Entomology : : Snakes : ?

(A) Agrology (B) Cetology

(C) Mycology (D) Ophiology

21. Y2 : 4 : : V2 : ?

(A) 49 (B) 25

(C) 16 (D) 9

22. JOKE : GLHB : : RISK : ?

(A) QHRJ (B) SJTL

(C) ULVN (D) OFPH

23. If a paper is folded in a particular manner and a punch is made, when unfolded this paper appearsas given below in the question figure. Find out the manner in which the paper is folded and thepunch is made from the answer figures given.





Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

24. Select the answer figure in which the question figure is hidden.

Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Directions (Q.Nos. 25-27) Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship amongclasses given below.





25. Professors, Researchers, Scientists

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

26. Languages, English, Kannada

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

27. Tigers, Lions, Animals

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

28. Six members of a family namely A, B, C, D, E, F are travelling together, B is the son of C butC is not the mother of B. A and C are married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughterof A. F is the brother of B. How many male members are there in the family?

(A) 2 (B) 3

(C) 1 (D) 4





Directions (Q.Nos. 29 and 30) Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the questionfigure?

29. Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

30. Question Figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Directions (Q.Nos. 31-35) Find the odd number/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

31. (A) 25 - 21 (B) 61 - 12

(C) 44 - 31 (D) 34 - 30





32. (A) 339 (B) 326

(C) 428 (D) 338

33. (A) STR (B) ONP

(C) IHJ (D) LKM

34. (A) Berene (B) Bristol

(C) Zurich (D) Geneva

35. (A) Assassinate (B) Kill

(C) Murder (D) Kidnap

Directions (Q.Nos. 36-38) A series is given, with one/two term missing. Choose the correctalternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

36. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ?

(A) 20 (B) 23

(C) 22 (D) 26

37. 3, 5, 35, 10, 12, 35, ___, ___

(A) 19, 35 (B) 17, 19

(C) 19, 24 (D) 22, 35

38. FAK IEM LIO ?

(A) OMQ (B) OPQ

(C) MNO (D) NOP

39. Select from the alternatives an appropriate term that is identical to the term given.

A C E G

(A) G H J N (B) B D E F

(C) I J L M (D) O Q S U

40. After interchanging + and �, 8 and 7, which one of the following becomes correct?

(A) 8 � 7 + 3 × 5 = 35 (B) 8 × 2 + 7 � 6 = 9

(C) 7 × 8 + 6 � 9 = 25 (D) 6 + 8 × 2 � 7 = 0

41. Kailash walks 3 km to East and turns South and walks 4 km. Again turns West and walks 6 km.How far is he from the starting point?

(A) 7 km (B) 5 km

(C) 6 km (D) 3 km

42. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shallcomplete it?

BR _ _ NB _ 0 _ NB





(A) WNWN (B) OWRW

(C) OWOW (d) RORO

43. If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of thegiven figure?

Question Figure

NM

?

! ,

Answer Figure

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Directions (Q.Nos. 44 and 45) Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.

44. 1. Consume 2. Consciousness

3. Conscience 4. Conservation

(A) 3, 2, 1, 5, 4 (B) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4

(C) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1 (D) 3, 2, 5, 4, 1

45. 1. Convince 2. Converge

3. Convenience 4. Convalesce

5. Converse

(A) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 (B) 1, 4, 3, 2, 5

(C) 4, 2, 5, 3, 1 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1, 5

46. Raju drives 25 km North and turns left and travels 5 km and reaches point �0�. He, then turns right

and covers another 5 km. Afterwards turns to East and drives 5 km. How much distance he hasto travel to go back to the starting point?

(A) 30 km (B) 20 km

(C) 25 km (D) 35 km

47. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in anyone of the alternatives. The setsof numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two





matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that ofMatrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by itsrow and next by its column, e.g., A can be represented by 03, 10 etc. and D can be representedby 58, 65 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word. BEAK

Matrix I Matrix II

0 1 2 3 4

0 C B O A T

1 A C T B O

2 B O A T C

3 T C B O A

4 O A T C B

5 6 7 8 9

5 R E K D L

6 D L R E K

7 E K D L R

8 L R E K D

9 K D L R E

(A) 20 10 87 57 (B) 32 76 75 22

(C) 44 75 22 88 (D) 44 88 10 75

48. Which combination will give you the value of 42*4*12*20*9 = 3

(A) × ÷ � + (B) � ÷ × +

(C) ÷ + � × (D) + � ÷ ×

49. If ROME is written as MORE, then DARE is written as

(A) RDAE (B) RDEA

(C) RAED (D) RADE

50. There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting heads they are 80. The number of their legsis 200. How many peacocks are there?

(A) 20 (B) 60

(C) 50 (D) 30

General Awareness

51. Man Booker Prize for 2014 is awarded to

(A) Amrita Pritam (B) Richard Flanagan

(C) Lech Walesa (D) Shashi Tharoor

52. The Indian Constitution provides the country with three categories of Civil Services, namely

(A) administrative, police and revenue services

(B) administrative, police and foreign services

(C) all India, central and state services

(D) administrative, railway and police services

53. A person can jump higher on the Moon�s surface than on the Earth because

(A) the acceleration due to gravity in Moon is smaller than that on the Earth

(B) the Moon has no atmosphere





(C) the Moon�s surface is rough

(D) the Moon is cooler the Earth

54. The purpose of choke in a fluorescent lamp is

(A) to decrease the current flow (B) to decrease the voltage momentarily

(C) to decrease the resistance (D) to increase the current flow

55. Who of the following became a member of the �Din-i-Ilahi�?

(A) Raja Man Singh (B) Todarmal

(C) Tansen (D) Raja Birbal

56. When income increases, consumption also increases

(A) in the same proportion (B) in a lower proportion

(C) in a higher proportion (D) None of these

57. The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than the real weight when

(A) the lift is going up with uniform speed

(B) the lift is going down with an acceleration

(C) the lift is going down with uniform speed

(D) the lift is going up with an acceleration

58. The National Police Academy is located at

(A) Abu Road (B) Hyderabad

(C) Bengaluru (D) Dehradun

59. The Thirteenth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held on 8th and 9th Jan, 2015 at

(A) New Delhi (B) Gandhinagar

(C) Bengaluru (D) Indore

60. Which of the following is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) Gandhi believed in the sanctity of means

(B) Gandhi believed in non-violence

(C) Gandhi advocated complete separation of politics from religion

(D) Gandhi supported close relation between religion and politics

61. Catalytic converters are generally made from

(A) carbon (B) alkaline metals

(C) transition metals (D) hydrogen

62. In the case of deadlock between the two houses of the Parliament, the joint sitting is resided overby the

(A) senior most member of Lok Sabha

(B) Vice-President





(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(D) President

63. What is Amnesty International?

(A) A Peace Movement (B) An Environment Protection Organization

(C) A Human Rights Organization (D) An Animal Rights Protection Organization

64. In a Database Management System (DBMS), the content and the location of the data is definedby the ...... .

(A) subdata (B) multi dimensional data

(C) meta data (D) sequence data

65. Which of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the SupremeCourt?

(A) Disputes between the States

(B) Protection of Fundamental Rights

(C) Disputes between Centre and the States

(D) Protection against the violation of the Constitution

66. Rotation of crops is essential

(A) for getting different kinds of crops

(B) for increasing fertility of the soil

(C) for increasing the quantity of minerals

(D) for decreasing the quantity of proteins

67. In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks is often

(A) road repairs and construction (B) traffic congestion

(C) land slides (D) tree felling

68. The difference in the value of visible exports and visible imports is called

(A) balance of account (B) balance of payments

(C) balance of trade (D) balance sheet of items

69. Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situated in

(A) Brussels (Belgium) (B) Milan (Italy)

(C) Munich (Germany) (D) Pairs (France)

70. Addition of excessive amounts of heat to a lake is referred to as

(A) green house effect (B) refrigeration effect

(C) heat bloom (D) thermal pollution

71. Which of the following country has the longest overland tunnel?

(A) France (B) Switzerland





(C) Germany (D) Spain

72. What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?

(A) Surplus value (B) Private property

(C) Capitalist class (D) Religion

73. The soft silvery metallic element which ionizes easily when heated or exposed to light and ispresent in atomic clocks is

(A) Calcium (B) Cesium

(C) Cerium (D) Califonrium

74. The author of the book �Zest for Life� is

(A) Emile Zola (B) Virginia Wolf

(C) HG Walls (D) None of these

75. Which one of the following is an indigenously built light combat aircraft of India?

(A) Vikrant (B) Arjun

(C) Akash (D) Tejas

76. Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as

(A) inter-state migration (B) intra-state migration

(C) stepwise migration (D) forced migration

77. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at

(A) Lahore (B) Calcutta

(C) Madras (D) Belgaum

78. Which one of the following is not a feature of indifference curve?

(A) They do not intersect each other (B) They slope downwards to the right

(C) They are concave to each other (D) They are parallel to each other

79. The substrate of photorespiration is

(A) pyruvic acid (B) glucose

(C) fructose (D) glycolate

80. Which one of the following is the infective stage of the Malarial Parasite?

(A) Trophozoite (B) Sporozoite

(C) Schigozoite (D) Sporoblast

81. Match the following.

List-I (Crops) List-II (First in the World)

A. Rice 1. Brazil

B. Maize 2. Malaysia





C. Rubber 3. China

D. Sugarcane 4. USA

A B C D A B C D

(A) 2 1 3 4 (B) 3 4 2 1

(C) 1 3 4 2 (D) 4 2 1 3

82. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during �Battle of Plassey�?

(A) Siraj-ud-duala (B) Mir Qasim

(C) Mir Jafar (D) None of these

83. Match the following

List-I List-II

A. Chlorophyll 1. Plant disease

B. Nostoc 2. Photosynthetic pigment

C. Transpiration 3. Diazotroph

D. Rust of wheat 4. Loss of water from plant surface

A B C D A B C D

(A) 4 3 1 2 (B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 2 3 4 1 (D) 3 4 2 1

84. �Wall Street� is the name of the

(A) Stock Exchange of New York (B) Stock Exchange of Kolkata

(C) Super Market in Mumbai (D) Indian Township in Washington

85. Which one of these animals is jawless?

(A) Shark (B) Myxine

(C) Trygon (D) Sphyrna

86. Which of the following refers to the white salt which covers the land in some areas during dryseason?

(A) Reg (B) Reh

(C) Erg (D) Usar

87. Jaspal Rana is the name associated with which of the following games?

(A) Weight lifting (B) Boxing

(C) Shooting (D) Archery

88. The mercury and sodium street lamps light up because of

(A) atomic absorption (B) atomic emission

(C) electron absorption (D) electron emission





89. From the national point of view which of the following indicates Micro Approach?

(A) Inflation in India (B) Educated Unemployment in India

(C) Study of sales of TISCO (D) Per capita Income in India

90. Competition for food, light and space is most severe in

(A) closely related species growing in the same area or niche

(B) distantly related species growing in different habitats

(C) distantly related species growing in the same habitats

(D) closely related species growing in different habitats

91. The green colour seen in firework displays in due to the chloride salt of

(A) strontium (B) barium

(C) sodium (D) calcium

92. The remedies to soil erosion are

I. Contour bunding II. Regulation of land use

III. Cutting of trees IV. Allowing grazing of animals

(A) I, III (B) I, II

(C) III, IV (D) II, III

93. Kautilya�s �Arthashastra� mainly deals with ...... .

(A) economic doctrines (B) social aspects

(C) political state craft (D) miltary aspects

94. Ecosystem consists of

(A) a biotic community and its non-living elements

(B) a population and its non-living elements

(C) population

(D) a biotic community

95. Afla toxins are produced by

(A) bacteria (B) fungi

(C) viruses (D) algae

96. Rainbows are produced when sunlight

(A) incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering refraction

(B) incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering reflection

(C) incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering refractionand internal reflection

(D) None of the given statement is correct

97. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empirewas





(A) Balban (B) Alam Shah

(C) Qutbuddin Aibak (D) Iltutmish

98. What is the speciality of WINDOWS-NT?

(A) Supports LAN and WAN (B) Supports real-time processing

(C) Supports batch processing (D) Supports multi-processing

99. One of the regions that receives rainfall from the North-Easterly monsoon is

(A) Kerala (B) Paschim Banga

(C) Asom (D) Tamil Nadu

100. B-diversity is also known as

(A) ecosystem diversity (B) between habitat diversity

(C) within habitat diversity (D) global diversity

Quantitative Aptitude

101. It x = 5 3

5 3

and y =

5 3

5 3

, then the value of

2 2

2 2

x xy yx xy y

= ?

(A)6765

(B)6967

(C)6563

(D)6361

102. O is the circumcentre of ABC. If BAC = 85°, BCA = 75°, then OAC is equal to

(A) 60° (B) 50°

(C) 40° (D) 70°

103. If the discount of 10% is given on the marked price of a radio, the gain is 20%. If the discountis increased to 20%, the gain is

(A) 758

% (B) 5%

(C) 614

% (D) 623

%





Directions (Q.Nos. 104-106) Study the chart and answer the questions.

The Income of a State Under Different Heads is Given in the Following Pie-chart

4%

Custom Duty

Market Tax

33%

Income Tax

35%

Property Tax

18%Excise Tax10%

104. If the total income in a year be ` 733 crore, then the income (in ` crore) from �Income tax� and

�Excise duty� is

(A) 331.45 (B) 329.85

(C) 331.50 (D) 329.80

105. The central angle of the sector representing income tax is

(A) 126° (B) 135°

(C) 150° (D) 119°

106. If the income from the market tax in a year be ` 165 crore, then the total income from othersources is (in ` crore)

(A) 345 (B) 365

(C) 335 (D) 325

107. The value of the following is

cos 24° + cos 55° + cos 125° + cos 204° + cos 300°

(A) 2 (B)12

(C) 1 (D) �12

108. If sec tansec tan

= 2

5179

, then the value of sin is

(A)3972

(B)3572

(C)65

144(D)

99144





109. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. B and C together can do it in 20 days. Astarts the work and works on it for 5 days, then B takes up and works for 15 days. Finally Cfinishes the work in 18 days. The number of days in which C alone can do the work when doingit separately is

(A) 40 (B) 120

(C) 60 (D) 24

110. If the area of the base, height and volume of a right prism be (3 3 / 2) P2 cm2, 100 3 cm and

7200 cm3 respectively, then the value of P will be

(A)32

(B) 4

(C) 3 (D)2

3

111. A circular swimming pool is surrounded by a concrete wall 4m wide. If the area of the concrete

wall surrounding the pool is 1125

that of the pool, then the radius (in m) of the pool is

(A) 20 (B) 30

(C) 16 (D) 8

112. O is the incentre of POR and QPR = 50°, then the measure of QOR is

(A) 125° (B) 100°

(C) 130° (D) 115°

113. A train leaves station A at 5:00 am and reaches station B at 9:30 am on the same day. Anothertrain leaves station B at 7:00 am and reaches station A at 10:30 am on the same day. The timeat which the two trains cross one another is

(A) 8:00 am (B) 8:26 am

(C) 7:56 am (D) 7:36 am

114. Ram deposited a certain sum of money in a company at 12% per annum simple interest for 4yr and deposited equal amount in fixed deposit in a bank for 5 yr at 15% per annum simpleinterest. If the difference in the interest from two sources is ` 1350, then the sum deposited ineach case is

(A) ` 4000 (B) ` 5000

(C) ` 6500 (D) ` 3000

115. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/h. A man rowsto a place at a distance of 22.5 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken





by him is

(A) 10 h (B) 4 h 10 min

(C) 6 h 10 min (D) 8 h

116. If 1 + cos2 = 3 sin cos , then the integral value of cot is 02

(A) 1 (B) 2

(C) 0 (D) 3

117. The value of the following is

3(sin4 + cos4 ) + 2(sin6 + cos6 ) + 12 sin2 cos2

(A) 2 (B) 5

(C) 3 (D) 0

118. A dealer sold a bicycle at a profit of 10%. Had he brought the bicycle at 10% less price and soldit at a price ` 60 more, he would have gained 25%. The cost price of the bicycle was

(A) ` 2200 (B) ` 2000

(C) ` 2400 (D) ` 2600

119. If sec + tan + 2 + 5 , then the value of sin is (0° 90°)

(A)3

2(B)

1

5

(C)2

5(D)

45

120. A conical iron piece having diameter 28 cm and height 30 cm is totally immersed into the waterof a cylindrical vessel, resulting in the rise of water level by 6.4 cm. The diameter (in cm) of thevessel is

(A) 3.5 (B)352

(C) 35 (D) 32

121. If two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 and the ratio becomes 3 : 4 when 8 is added to both thenumbers, then the sum of the two numbers is

(A) 40 (B) 10

(C) 100 (D) 80

122. A librarian purchased 50 story-books for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 more booksby spending ` 76 more and the average price per book would be reduced by ` 1. The averageprice (in `) of each book he bought, was

(A) 20 (B) 25





(C) 15 (D) 10

123. If x2 + x = 5, then the value of (x + 3)3 + 3

1(x 3)

(A) 110 (B) 120

(C) 140 (D) 130

Directions (Q.Nos. 124-127) Study the following bar diagram and answer the questions.

Electricity units consumed by a family in two consecutive years during July to November.

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

July August September October November

Un

its

Co

nsu

med

Months of 2012

Months of 2013

Months124. The maximum difference in the units consumption between these two years has been found in

the month of

(A) August (B) July

(C) November (D) October

125. In how many months in 2012, the consumption of electric units was more than the average unitsconsumption in that year?

(A) 2 (B) 4

(C) 5 (D) 3

126. The average electric consumption by the family during these 5 months in 2013 is

(A) 460 units (B) 450 units

(C) 400 units (D) 470 units

127. The total units consumption in the year 2013 during these 5 months, in respect of the same inthe previous year has been

(A) decreased by 2.27% (B) increased by 2.22%

(C) increased by 2.27% (D) None of these

128. If a + b � c = 14, then the value of 2b2c2 + 2c2a2 + 2a2b2 � a4 � b4 � c4

(A) 14 (B) 7

(C) 0 (D) 28





129. The percentage of metals in a mine of lead ore is 60%. Now, the percentage of silver is34

% of

metals and the rest is lead. If the mass of ore extracted from this mine is 8000 kg, the mass (inkg) of lead is

(A) 4763 (B) 4764

(C) 4762 (D) 4761

130. If 4a �4a

+ 3 = 0, then the value of a3 � 3

1a

+ 3

(A)3

16(B)

2164

(C)2116

(D)7

16

131. Average weight of 3 men A, B, C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average nowbecomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3kg more than that of D replaces A, then theaverage weight of B,C,D and E becomes 79 kg. The weight of A (in kg) is

(A) 80 (B) 70

(C) 72 (D) 75

132. The simplified value

1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 110 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10

(A) 2 (B)20101

(C)100101

(D) None of these

133. If x = z = 225 and y = 226, then the value of x3 + y3 + z3 � 3xyz

(A) 765 (B) 576

(C) 674 (D) 676

134. If tan A + cot A = 2, then the value of tan10 + cot10 A is

(A) 1 (B) 4

(C) 210 (D) 2

135. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Diagonals AC and BD meets at P. If APB = 110° and CBD =





30°, then ADB measures

(A) 80° (B) 70°

(C) 30° (D) 55°

136. The area of the triangle formed by the graphs of the equations x = 4, y = 3 and 3x + 4y = 12is

(A) 4 sq units (B) 12 sq units

(C) 6 sq units (D) 3 sq units

137. If x2 + y2 + z2 = 2(x + z � 1), then the value of x3 + y3 + z3

(A) 2 (B) 0

(C) �1 (D) 1

138. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank with water in 30 min and 45 min, respectively. The water pipeC can empty the tank in 36 min. First A and B are opened. After 12 min, C is opened. Total time(in min) in which the tank will be filled up, is

(A) 30 (B) 24

(C) 36 (D) 12

139. Two towers A and B have lengths 45 m and 15 m, respectively. The angle of elevation from thebottom of the B tower to the top of the A tower is 60°. If the angle of elevation from the bottom

of the A tower to the top of the B tower is , then value of sin , is

(A)1

2(B)

32

(C)2

3(D)

12

140. A dealer buys an article listed at ` 100 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 20%. Hespends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earna profit of 15%?

(A) ` 91.08 (B) ` 92.00

(C) ` 90.80 (D) ` 91.20

141. Two alloys contain tin and iron in the ratio of 1 : 2 and 2 : 3. If the two alloys are mixed in theproportion of 3 : 4 respectively (by weight), the ratio of tin and iron in the newly formed alloy is

(A) 13 : 22 (B) 14 : 25

(C) 10 : 21 (D) 12 : 23

142. The internal bisectors of the B and C of the ABC, intersect at O. If A = 100° then the

measure of BOC is

(A) 110° (B) 140°

(C) 120° (D) 130°





143. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the market price of a camera. Market price of thecamera, which cost him ` 600, to make a profit of 20% should be

(A) ` 800 (B) ` 700

(C) ` 650 (D) ` 750

144. If x +1x

= 1, then the value of 2

2x x 2

(A) 4 (B) 1

(C)23

(D) 2

145. AC is transverse common tangent to two circles with centres P and Q and radii 6 cm and 3 cmat the point A and C, respectively. If AC cuts PQ at the point B and AB = 8 cm, then the lengthof PQ is

(A) 10 cm (B) 12 cm

(C) 13 cm (D) 15 cm

146. The value of 0.324 0.081 4.624

1.5625 0.0289 72.9 64

(A) 0.024 (B) 0.24

(C) 2.4 (D) 24

147. Given that, ABC ~ DPQR. If area ( PQR) 256area ( ABC) 441

and PR = 12 cm, then AC is equal to

(A) 15.5 cm (B) 16 cm

(C) 12 2 cm (D) 15.75 cm

148. In ABC, D and E are two mid-points of sides AB and CD, respectively. If BAC = 40° and ABC= 65°, then CED is

(A) 75° (B) 130°

(C) 125° (D) 105°

149. AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle lying on the opposite side of the centre and thedistance between them is 17cm. The length of AB and CD are 10 cm and 24 cm, respectively.The radius (in cm) of the circle is

(A) 13 (B) 9

(C) 18 (D) 15

150. If A, B and C can complete a work in 6 days. If A can work twice faster than B and thrice fasterthan C, then the number of days C alone can complete the work is





(A) 33 (B) 11

(C) 44 (D) 22

English Comprehension

Directions (Q.Nos. 151-155) Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct.Find out which part of a sentence has an error and corresponding to the appropriate correctoption. If a sentence is free from error, corresponding to �No error� option.

151. We have finished our work three hours ago and have been waiting for you since then.

(A) three units ago and have been waiting

(B) We have finished our work

(C) for you since, then

(D) No error

152. Several guests noticed Mr. Sharma falling back in his chair and gasping for breath

(A) falling back in his chair (B) Several guests noticed Mr. Sharma

(C) and gasping for breath (D) No error

153. Many a man want to be rich quickly

(A) want to be (B) Many a man

(C) rich quickly (D) No error

154. A study is going underway to determine the exact concentration of lead in the water supply.

(A) to determine the exact concentration

(B) A study is going underway

(C) of lead in the water supply

(D) No error

155. The Russian ambassador�s whereabouts is not known to anyone

(A) whereabouts is (B) not known to anyone

(C) The Russian ambassador�s (D) No error

Directions (Q.Nos. 156-160) You have a passage with 5 questions following. Read the passagecarefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage

In September 2011, The Hindustan Time did a study in Delhi and reported that the number ofmalaria (and dengue) cases at the time were actually thrice as many as revealed by the cityauthorities. Earlier, in Mumbai, a municipal claim that 145 people died due to malaria in 2010 wasexposed a lie after Praja, a city NGO, extracted figures from the municipality itself. Following anRTI petition, Praja revealed 1190 deaths. This seems to be a habit. A paper in the leading UKmedical journal The Lancet, published following nationwide interviews undertaken by an internationalteam, reveals that the number of material deaths all over India every year may be as high as205000, which is many times the World Health Organization�s figure of about 15000, if the

National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme�s figure of just around 1000. While the Lancet

paper has been disputed, it is clear that there must be gross under-reporting of malarial deaths.





Wouldn�t that be one of the big reasons why malaria, which is easily cured if properly treated after

timely diagnosis, continues to kill, so many Indians?

156. The findings of the Lancet were published after

(A) nationwide interviews were carried out

(B) international reviews of the findings were done

(C) proper verifications of the findings were done

(D) the international team left India

157. One of the big reasons for malarial death is

(A) untimely diagnosis (B) under-reporting of malarial deaths

(C) over-reporting of malarial deaths (D) lack of proper treatment

158. The Hindustan Times found that the number of malaria cases in 2011 was

(A) exactly as the numbers revealed by the authorities

(B) three times the numbers revealed by the authorities

(C) half the numbers revealed by the authorities

(D) twice than the numbers revealed by the authorities

159. What is �the habit� mentioned in the passage?

(A) Filing RTIs

(B) Hiding the real figures of malaria cases

(C) Conducting studies and surveys in towns and cities

(D) Exposing the authority�s incompetence

160. The Lancet is a

(A) journal (B) magazine

(C) newspaper (D) medical book

Directions (Q.Nos. 161-163) Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and markit.

161. Arrogant

(A) Proud (B) Modest

(C) Selfish (D) Haughty

162. Eccentric

(A) Carefree (B) Peculiar

(C) Unusual (D) Normal

163. Zenith

(A) Nadir (B) Shallow

(C) Low (D) Bottom

Directions (Q.Nos. 164-173) A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given





alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.In case no improvement is needed choose �No improvement�.

164. We have been retracing our steps to the log cabin ten minutes ago.

(A) will be retracing (B) have to retrace

(C) had to retrace (D) No improvement

165. I was struck by his singular appearance.

(A) struck by how he singularly appears

(B) struck by his single appearance

(C) had stricken his single appearance

(D) No improvement

166. John decided to go the Advocate General to clear his name of the accusation.

(A) to wash his name (B) to clean his name

(C) to cleared his name (D) No improvement

167. They were being commanded to wait till the signal was given.

(A) commanded (B) given command

(C) command (D) No improvement

168. He could not be able to think logically because of his illness.

(A) cannot be able (B) can be unable

(C) was not able (D) No improvement

169. River Damodar in West Bengal carry the effluents from the Durgapur Industrial complex for miles.

(A) carried the effluents (B) carries the effluents

(C) carries the effluence (D) No improvement

170. He bowed down at the alter.

(A) next to the altar (B) infront of the altar

(C) before the altar (D) No improvement

171. I hope you will be able to steer ahead of the anti-social elements.

(A) steer free (B) steer clear

(C) steer out (D) No improvement

172. The climate of Shillong is somewhat like Kohima.

(A) like Kohima�s (B) as Kohima�s

(C) as Kohima (D) No improvement

173. The blue whale was thriving in all of the world�s oceans until the turn of the century, at which timethey become hunted to the point of extinction.

(A) At the turn of the century, blue whales were thriving in all of the world�s oceans





(B) Blue whales were thriving in all of the world�s oceans until the turn of the century

(C) The blue whale was thriving in all of the world�s oceans up unit the turn of the century

(D) No improvement

Directions (Q.Nos. 174-178) Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriateword(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out ofthe four and indicate it.

174. He will impart no information .......... anyone.

(A) from (B) for

(C) with (D) to

175. Jyoti refused to be .......... by her long illness.

(A) dispatched (B) dispirited

(C) dispersed (D) dispensed

176. He was .......... by nature and so avoided all company.

(A) cordial (B) anti-social

(C) gregarious (D) timid

177. Jim suffered a .......... of fortune.

(A) regress (B) revert

(C) reversal (D) reverse

178. The United Kingdom .......... England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(A) comprises (B) comprises of

(C) combines (D) consists

Directions (Q.Nos. 179-183) You have a passage with 5 questions following. Read the passagecarefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage

The capitalist system does not foster healthy relations among human beings. A few people ownall the means of production and others have to sell their labour under conditions imposed uponthem. The emphasis of capitalism being on the supreme importance of material wealth, theintensity of its appeal is to the acquisitive tendency. It promotes worship of economic power withlittle regard to the means employed for its acquisition and the end that it serves. By its exploitationof human beings to the limits of endurance its concentration is on the largest profit rather thanmaximum production. Thus, the division of human society is done on the basis of profit motive.All this is injurious to human dignity and when the harrowed poor turn to the founders of religionfor succour, they rather offer a subtle defense for the established order. They promise futurehappiness for present suffering. They conjure up visions of paradise to soothe the sufferingmajority and censure the revolt of the tortured men. The system imposes injustice, the religionjustifies it.

179. In a capitalist system of society each man wishes

(A) to have visions of paradise (B) to produce maximum wealth

(C) to acquire maximum wealth (D) to soothe the sufferings of other





180. The established order is supported by religion to

(A) balance the suffering of the poor with hopes of future reward

(B) perpetuate the injustice imposed by the capitalist system

(C) help the tortured men to seek redress

(D) alleviate the suffering of the poor in the capitalist system

181. The passage indicates that the capitalist system is

(A) dehumanizing (B) prosperous

(C) ambitious (D) fair

182. Capitalism divides society into the two categories of ......... .

(A) working and non-working people (B) buyers and sellers

(C) religions and irreligious people (D) exploiters and exploited people

183. In a capitalist system

(A) means which lead to exploitation are strictly prohibited

(B) the ends justify the means

(C) the mean endorsed by religion are strictly followed

(D) the means justify the ends

Directions (Q.Nos. 184-190) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substitutedfor the given words/sentences and indicate it.

184. To die without making a will

(A) Inane (B) Indigent

(C) Inure (D) Intestate

185. One who is concerned with the welfare of others.

(A) Altruist (B) Egoist

(C) Hedonist (D) Ascetic

186. That which cannot be avoided.

(A) Unvarying (B) Unrestrained

(C) Inevitable (D) Integral

187. Opinion contrary to accepted doctrines.

(A) Controversy (B) Convention

(C) Advocacy (D) Heresy

188. A person who agrees to work for somebody in order to learn a skill.

(A) Apprentice (B) Assistant

(C) Pupil (D) Lackey





189. Make pale by excluding light.

(A) Etiolate (B) Foliate

(C) Percolate (D) Procreate

190. Someone who is designated to hear both sides of a dispute and make a judgment.

(A) Arbitrator (B) Manager

(C) Magistrate (D) Counsellor

Directions (Q.Nos. 191-193) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expressesthe meaning of the given word.

191. Ingenuous

(A) Careless (B) Crafty

(C) Candid (D) Creative

192. Damp

(A) Complicated (B) Clear

(C) Light (D) Wet

193. Resurgence

(A) Repletion (B) Reluctance

(C) Renewal (D) Relocation

Directions (Q.Nos. 194-198) Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in thesentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

194. Everybody thought Asha and Ashok were a happy couple, but it was all just make believe.

(A) hatred (B) teachery

(C) reality (D) pretence

195. Even in the middle of the fire he kept a level head.

(A) was impulsive (B) was sensible

(C) was crazy (D) was self centered

196. The winning team decided to go for the jugular in the last quarter of the match.

(A) give reserve players a chance

(B) attack all out

(C) give easy opportunities to the opposite team

(D) forfeit the match

197. He and his neighbour are always at logger heads.

(A) agree on everything (B) abusing each other

(C) disagreeing on everything (D) aloof from each other





198. I am going to stay at home because I am feeling under the weather today.

(A) depressed (B) sick

(C) unhappy (D) irritated

Directions (Q.Nos. 199 and 200) Four words are given in each question, out of which only oneword is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

199. (A) Merth (B) Connoisseur

(C) Gruesom (D) Appretiate

200. (A) Resurgense (B) Haphazzard

(C) Comissioned (D) Furtuitous





Answer Key


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10B B C B C C A D C A11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20D A D D D C C B D D21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30B D B D C C C D C A31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40C D A D D C B A D D41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50B B B D A A C A D B

General Awareness

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60B C A D D D C B B C61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70C C C C B B C C A D71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80B D B D D C D D A B81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90B A C A B B C D C A91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100B B C A C C D D D C


101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110D D D B A C B C D D

111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120A D C B D A B C C C

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130A D A C A A D C B B

131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140D D D D A C A B D A

141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150A B A B D A D D A D






151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160B D A B D A B B B A

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170B D A C D D A C B C

171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180B A B D B D C A C D

181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190A D B D A C D A A A

191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200C D C D B B C B B D






1. (B) Letter A is not available in given word. So, SITUATION cannot be formed using the lettersof the given word.

2. (B) Letter S is not available in given word. So, answer option (b) is correct.

3. (C) Letter O is available in option (C). So, it cannot be formed.

4. (B)

3 3 3

3 3 3

3 3 3

2 2 21 2 3

1 216 343 1 6 7

8 125 512 2 5 8

27 64 ? 3 4 9 ?

35 401 1575 T 1 T 2 T 3

Here, T1 = 1 + 8 + 27 = 36

T1 � 12 = 36 � 1 = 35

T2 = 216 + 125 + 64 = 405

T2 � 22 = 405 � 4 = 401

T3 = 343 + 512 + 729 = 1584

T3 � 33 = 1584 � 9 = 5175

5. (C)

2 3 8

4 5 10

6 7 1232 50 ?

Here, 2 × 4 + 4 × 6 = 32, 3 × 5 + 5 × 7 = 50

8 × 10 + 10 × 12 = 200 ?

6. (C)

4 3 2 8 32

5 3 1 9 24

7 3 3 7 70

2 9 4 12 ?

4 3 2 8 32

5 3 1 9 24

7 3 3 7 70

2 9 4 12 84

7. (A) Here, 11 × 12 � 6 × 9 = 132 � 54 = 78

Similarly, 14 × 10 � 7 × 8 = 140 � 56 = 84

? = 84

8. (D) Prime Numbers

5 10 26 ? 50 122

2 + 13 3 + 12 5 + 12 7 + 12 11 + 12

? = 26

9. (C) According to the question,

So, answer figure (C) is correct.





10. (A) As F A S H I O N

F O I H S A N

Similarly, P R O B L E M

P E L B O R M

So, word PELBORM is correct.

11. (D) C SR

Conclusions

I. II.

12. (A)

13. (D)

14. (D)

15. (D) Number of ticket of Ann = 2x, Number of ticket of Bill = 3x

Number of ticket of Ken = 4x

Ratio of ticket after a game Ann = 5x, Bill = 2x, Ken = 2x

Ticket won by Ann = 5x � 2x = 3x

Ticket lose by Bill = 2x � 3x = �1x

Ticket lose by Ken = 2x � 4x = �2x

Number of ticket lose by Ken = �2x = � 2 × 7 = 14 Ticket

16. (C) As, G A R

R G A

N I

I N

S H

H S

Similarly, G E N

N G E

I O

I

SU

SO U

So, correct word is NGEOISU.

17. (C) As, Nephron is a functional unit of level (Kedney). Similarly, Neurons is a functional unitof central nervous system.

18. (B) As, (4)2 + 1 = 17 Similarly, (7)2 + 1 = 50

19. (D)A B C D E F G H I J K L M

Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N





As, D F H J

W U S Q

Similarly, H J L N

S Q O M

20. (D) As, we study of Insects in Entomology same as, we study of Snakes in Ophiology.

21. (B) (Y)2 = (2)2 = 4, (V)2 = (5)2 = 25

22. (D) As, G L H B

H M I C

Similarly, O F P H

P G Q I

I N J D

J O K E Q H R J

R I S K

So, RISK OFPH

23. (B)

24. (D)

25. (C)

Professors Scientists

Researchers


English Kannada

Languages

English and Kannada are the languages.


Animals

Tiger Lion

Tiger and lion are animals.

28. (D) According to the question,





B

F

Brother

+

+C

+

A

D

Husband

Daughter

Son

BrotherSister

�

�

( ) (�)

B A

C D

E

F

4 2

Male Female

29. (C) According to the question, the given pattern is as answer figure (C).

30. (A)

31. (C) 25 � 21 = 4 = 22, 61 � 12 = 49 = 72

44 � 31 = 13 = Not square of any number

34 � 30 = 4 = 22

So, option (C) is correct.

32. (D) 339 = 3 × 3 = 9, 326 = 3 × 2 = 6, 428 = 4 × 2 = 8

338 = 3 × 3 8

So, number 338 is odd number.

33. (A) According to the question,

RST = STR ()

NOP = ONP ()

HIJ = IHJ ()

KLM = LKM ()

34. (D)

35. (D) All words are related to death.

36. (C) According to the given series

36 34 30 28 24 ? = 22

�6�6 �6

�6

Hence, required term is 22.

37. (B) According to the question

+2 +5 +2 +5 +2

3 5 35 10 12 35 17 19 35

Hence, the missing terms are 17 and 19.

38. (A)F A K I E M L I O O M Q

+GH +JK +MN

+BCD +FGH +JKL

+L +N +P





or

F A K

+3 +4 +2

I E M

+3 +4 +2

L I O

+3 +4 +2

O M Q

39. (D)

( )A C E G

( )O Q S U

( )G H J N

( )B D E F

( )I J L M

.Hence option (D) is correct

40. (D) Consider option (A),

8 � 7 + 3 × 5 = 35 (Given)

7 + 8 � 3 × 5 35

Consider option (B),

8 × 2 + 7 � 6 = 9 (Given)

7 × 2 � 8 + 6 9

Consider option (C),

7 × 8 + 6 � 9 = 25 (Given)

8 × 7 � 6 + 9 25

Consider option (D),

6 + 8 × 2 � 7 = 0 (Given)

6 � 7 × 2 + 8 = 0

Hence, (D) is correct answer option.

41. (B) The diagram of distance-direction of Kailash.

3 kmA B

CED

4 km 4 km

3 km6 km

North

South

EastWest

Required distance = (AD)2 = (DE)2 + (AE)2

= (3)2 + (4)2 = 9 + 16

AD = 25 , AD = 5 km





42. (B) BR _ _ NB _ 0 _ NB

BROWN/BROWN/BROWN

Hence, the blanks are OWRW.

43. (B) Answer figure with (B) is correct option.

44. (D) 1. Consume 5 2. Conscious 2

3. Conscie 1 4. Conserv 4

5. Conseqe 3

So, the correct sequence is 3, 2, 5, 4, 1.

45. (A) 1. Convince 5 2. Converge 3

3. Convenience 2 4. Convalesce 1

5. Converse 4

The correct sequence is 4, 3, 2, 5, 1


C 5 km D

O D

A

5 km

5 km

25 km

North

South

EastWest

Required distance, AB = 25 + (BD = OD) = 25 + 5 = 30 km

47. (C) For the word BEAK.

B = 01 13 20 32 44

E = 56 68 75 87 99

A = 03 10 22 34 41

K = 57 69 76 88 95

So, the code for BEAK is 44, 75, 22 and 88.

48. (A) 42 × 4 ÷ 12 � 20 + 9 = 3

42 × 4

12 � 20 + 9 = 3

423

� 20 + 9 = 3

12 � 20 + 9 = 3

23 � 20 = 3

49. (D) As, R O M E

M O R E

Similarly, D A R E

R A D E

Hence, the correct word is RADE.





50. (B) The number of deer and peacock is x and y, respectively,

x + y = 80 ...(i)

4x + 2y = 200

2x + y = 100 ...(ii)

Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii),

2x y 100

x y 80

x 20

Subtract the Eq. (i) from Eq.(iii), we get

y = 80 � 20 = 60 (Putting the value of x)

Hence, the number of peacock = 60

General Awareness

51. (B) Australian novelist Richard Flanagan was awarded for Man Booker Prize for 2014 for hisnovel. �The Narrow Road to the Deep North�.

52. (C) The Constitution under Article 312 provides for all India Civil Services branch to be set up

by giving the power to the Rajya Sabha to resolve by 23

majority to established new all

India services. The Indian Constitution provides the country with the following threecategories of Civil Services.

1. All India (IAS, IPS, IRS etc.)

2. Central (for Indian Postal Services, Central Trade Services.)

3. State Services (Provincial Civil Services, Provincial Police Services etc.)

53. (A) The mass and radius of Moon is lesser than the Earth. So, the force of gravity at the Moonis also lesser than that of Earth. It�s value on Moon�s surface in g/6. As, a result, the force

you exert to jump on Earth would give a higher net upward acceleration on the Moon andallow you jump higher.

54. (D) The chock connected in the series with the fluorescent lamp serve two purpose firstproduction of high voltage needed to help ionized the gas in the tube and the chokesupports the rest of the supply voltage.

55. (D) The Din-i-llahi �The Religion of God� was founded by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1582

AD. It was adopted by only 18 people. Raja Birbal was one of them.

56. (D) According to the consumption function. When income is increased, then consumption isalso increased but by a lesser amount. This law of consumption is given by Keen.

57. (C) When a lift is moving downward with downward acceleration or ascending with an upwarddecleration the body or a man experience that his weight is decreased.

58. (B) National Police Academy (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Police Academy) is located ofHyderabad. It was established on 15 September, 1948.

59. (B) The 13th �Pravasi Bhartiya Divas� was held, during 7-9 January, 2015 at Gandhinagar

Gujarat. The theme for this was �Apna Bharat Apna Gaurav�. The 14th �Pravasi Bhartiya

Divas� will be held at Agra (UP) during 7-9 January, 2016.

60. (C) Gandhiji always consider the politics and religion as the two face of a same coin. So, he





supported close relation between religion and politics.

61. (C)

62. (C) According to the Article 108 of Constitution in the case of deadlock between the two Houseof the Parliament, the joint sitting is presided over by the �Speaker of Lok Sabha�.

63. (C) Amnesty International was founded in London in 1961. It is NGO (Non-governmentalOrganization) and focused on Human Rights with largest members and supporters aroundthe world.

64. (C) In a database management system, the content and the location of the data is defined bythe meta data.

65. (B) The Protection of Fundamental Rights is comes under the jurisdiction of both High Court(Art. 226) and the Supreme Court (Art. 32).

66. (B) For increasing fertility of the soil the rotation of crops is essential.

67. (C) The land slides is natural cause for road blocks in mountainous areas.

68. (C) The commercial balance or balance of trade is the difference in the value of visible exportand visible imports.

69. (A) Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situated in Brussels (Belgium). It was establishedin 1951. It is a politico-economic union with 28 members.

70. (D) Addition of excessive amount of heat to a lake is called thermal pollution.

71. (B) Switzerland has the longest overland tunnel. The length of this tunnel is 34.57 cm and itjoints Frutigen Berne and Raron.

72. (D) According to communism the cheif enemy of the society is religion.

73. (B)

74. (D) In the question, all the given answer are wrong. �Zest for Life� is anti-cancer nutrition guide

and cook by Conner Middelmann Whitny.

75. (D) Tejas is an indigenously built light combat aircraft of India.

Tejas is light weight supersonic fighter aircraft its speed in 1.8 Mac.

76. (C) Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as stepwisemigration.

77. (D) The only AICC (Congress) session Gandhiji presided was held at Belgaum (Karnataka)in 1924. It was 44th session of congress.

78. (D) The indifference curve need not to be parallel to each other because the marginal rate ofsubstitution may not be the same in all the indifference curves. Hence, it is not a necessarycondition that all the indifference curve should parallel to each other.

79. (A) Pyruvic acid is known as the substrate of photorespiration of plant. Photorespiration isalso known as the oxidative photosynthetic carbon cycle or C2 photosynthesis.

80. (B) Sporozoite is the infections form of the malaria parasite, which is injected into people bya female Anopheles mosquito.

81. (B)

82. (A) The Battle of Plassey was faught between the East India Company�s forces under Robert

Clive and Siraj-ud-duala the Nawab of Bengal in 1757. The English won this Battle.

83. (C)

84. (A) Stock Exchange of New York is also known as �Wall Street.�

85. (B) Myxine fish does not have jaws.

86. (B) Saline and alkaline soil in many parts of the arid and semi-arid areas of Rajasthan,Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh etc. This soil effervescences of sodium, calcium and





magnesium. These soil are called Reh or Kallar. The salt are usually confined to the upperlayers during the dry season.

87. (C) Jaspal Rana is associated with shooting. He contested mainly in the 85m centre fire pistolcategory. He was the gold medallist at the 1994 Asian games and 1998 Commonwealthgames.

88. (D) The mercury and sodium street lamps light up because of emission of electrons.

89. (C) Due to the national point of view inflation in India. Educational Unemployment in India andPer capita income in India are indicates Major Approach but the study of sales of TISCOis indicates Micro Approach.

90. (A) Competition for food, light and space is most severe in closely related species growingin the same area or niche.

91. (B) The green colour seen in fireworks displays is due to the barium chloride salt.

92. (B) The main remedies to soil erosion are counter bunding and regulation of land use.

93. (C) �Arthashastra of Kautilya� mainly deals with political state craft.

94. (A) Eco system consists of a biotic community and its non-living elements.

95. (C) Afla toxins are produced by viruses.

96. (C) The rainbows are produced when the sunlight incident on rain drops hanging in theatmosphere is dispersed after suffering refraction and internal reflection.

97. (D) Iltutmish was the first Sultan of Delhi. Who issue regular currency and declared Delhi asthe capital of his empire.

98. (D)

99. (D) Tamil Nadu is the region which receives rainfall from the North-Easterly monsoon.

100. (C) Bio diversity is also known as within habitat diversity. Bio diversity means the variabilityamong living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquaticecosystem and the ecological of which they are part. So, bio diversity is essentially asynonym of life on Earth.


101. (D) x = 5 3 5 3

, y5 3 5 3

2 2 2

2 2 2

x y xy (x y) xyx y xy (x y) xy

Here, xy = 5 3 5 3

5 3 5 3

= 1

Then, xy = 1

Now, given expression is 2

2

(x y) 1(x y) 1

...(i)

x + y = 5 3 5 3

5 3 5 3

= 2 2( 5 3) ( 5 3)5 3





= 5 3 2 15 5 3 2 15 16

2 2

= 8

(x + y)2 = (8)2 = 64 ...(ii)

Now, x � y = 2 25 3 5 3 ( 5 3) ( 5 3)5 35 3 5 3

= 5 3 2 15 5 3 2 15 4 15

2 152 2

(x � y)2 = 2( 2 15) = 4 × 15 = 60 ...(iii)

Putting the above value is Eq. (i)

2

2

(x y) 1 64 1 6360 1 61(x y) 1

102. (D)

20°

O

75°85°

A C

B

We know that,

A + B + C = 180°

85° + B + 75° = 180°

B = 180° � 85° + 75° = 180° � 160° = 20°

B = 20°

AOC = 20° × 2 = 40°

Here, OA = OC = Radius of a circle

Then, OAC + OCA + AOC = 180°

OAC + OCA + 40° = 180°

OAC + OCA = 140°

OAC = OCA =140

2

= 70° [ OA = OC]

OAC = 70°

103. (D) Let CP of ratio = ` 100 and marked price be ` x.

(100 � 10)% × x = 120, 90% of x = 120

x = 120 100 400

x90 3

Here, MP = `4003





Now, discount = 20%

SP = 4003

× (100 � 20)% = 400 80100 3

= `

3203

Profit = 320 320 300 20 2

100 6 %3 3 3 3

Sol. (Q.Nos.104-106)

Income from custom duty = 4%

Income from market tax = 33%

Income from income tax = 35%

Income from excise duty = 10%

Income from property tax = 18%

Sum of per cent income = 100%

104. (B) Total income = ` 733 crore

Income from (Income tax + Excise duty) = 35% + 10% = 45%

733 × 45% = ` 329.85 crore.

105. (A) 360° = 100% or 100% = 360°

1% = 360 18100 5

Income tax angle = 35 × 185

= 7 × 18 = 126°

106. (C) Income from market tax = ` 165 crore, 33% = ` 165 crore

Then, income from other sources = (100 � 33)% = 67%

If 33% = 165

67% = 165 67

33

= ` 335 crore

107. (B) cos24° + cos55° + cos125° + cos204° + cos300°

= cos24° + cos204° + cos55° + cos125° + cos300°

= cos24° + cos(180° + 24°) + cos55° + cos(180° � 55°) + cos(270° + 30°)

= cos24° � cos24° + cos55° � cos55° + sin30° = sin30° = 12

108. (C)2

2 2

sin tan 51 (sec tan ) 2092 ,

sec tan 79 79sec tan

(sec + tan)2 = 20979

sec2 + tan2 + 2sec ·tan = 20979





1 + tan2 + tan2 + 2 sec ·tan = 20979

1 + 2 tan2 + 2 sec ·tan = 20979

1 + 2 (tan2 + sec ·tan) = 20979

1 + 22 2

2 2 2

sin sin 209 sin sin 2092 1

79 79cos cos cos

2 sin2 + 2 sin =209 79

79

(1 � sin2 )

79 (sin2 + sin) = 65 � 65 sin2

79 sin2 + 79 sin = 65 � 65 sin2

79 sin2 + 65 sin2 + 79 sin = 65

144 sin2 + 79 sin � 65 = 0

144 sin2 + 144sin � 65 sin � 65 = 0

144 sin (sin + 1) � 65 (sin + 1) = 0

(sin + 1) (144 sin � 65) = 0

If sin + 1 = 0 sin = �1

144 sin � 65 = 0

144 sin = 65

sin = 65

144or �1

109. (D) Let A, B and C and do this work in x days, y days and z days, respectively.

According to the question,

1 1 1 1 1 1,

x y 30 y z 20 and

5 15 181

x y z

5 5 10 10 8

1x y y z z

1 1 1 1 85 10 1

x y y z z

5 ×1

30+ 10 ×

1 820 z

= 1, 1 1 8

16 2 z

8 2 8 11 ,

z 3 z 3 , z = 24 days





110. (B) Base of prism = 3 3

2P2 cm2, Height of prism = 100 3 cm

Volume of prism = 7200 cm3

We know that, Volume = Base × Height

7200 = 23 3P 100 3

2

7200 × 2 = 3 × 100 × 3 × P2, P2 = 7200 2

900

P2 = 16, P = 4 cm

111. (A) r

4

4 m

Area of pool = A

Area of wall = 11A25

Area of (pool + wall) = (r + 4)2, Area of pool = r2

Area of wall = Area of (pool + wall) � Area of pool

211 r

25

= (r + 4)2 � r2

1125

× r2 = (r2 + 16 + 8r) � r2 = r2 + 16 + 8r � r2

1125

r2 = 8(2 + r)

211r

25= 8(2 + r) 11r2 = 200 × 2 + 200r

11r2 � 200r � 400 = 0 11r2 � 220r + 20r � 400 = 0

11r (r � 20) + 20(r + 20) = 0

(r � 20) (11r + 20) = 0 r = 20 = 0 r = 20 m





112. (D)

50°

O

Q R

P

QOR = 90° + QPR2

= 90° +

502

= 90° + 25° = 115°

113. (C) Taken time by first train from station A to B = 4 h

And taken time by second train from station B to A = 313

h

Speed of first train = D4

, Speed of second train = 2D7

Let train first and second meet after t h.

Distance = Speed × Time taken to meet each other

D = Dy × t +

2D7

× (t � 2) = Dt 2Dt 4D4 7

[ Second train start after 2 h.]

D = Dt 2Dt 4D4 7 7

D = D7t 8t 16

28

28 = 15t � 16

44 = 15t, t = 4415

= 2 h and 56 min

Required time = (5 + 2) + 56 min = 7:56 am

114. (B) r1 = 12%, t1 = 4, t2 = 5, r2 = 15

Let the principal amount is ` P. According to the question,

2 2 1 1Pt r Pt r~

100 100= 1350

P(5 15 4 12)

100

= 1350

P =1350 100

75 48

=

1350 10027

= ` 5000

115. (D) Speed of boat in still water = 6 km/h

Speed of stream = 1.5 km/h

Speed of stream-direction = 6 + 1.5 = 7.5 km/h





Speed of opposite side = 6 � 1.5 = 4.5 km/h

T1 = 22.57.5

and T2 = 22.54.5

T1 + T2 = 22.5 22.5 225 2257.5 4.5 75 45

= 3 + 5 = 8 h

116. (A)2

2 2

1 cos 3sin cossin sin

[Divide by sin2 both sides]

2

1sin

+ cot2 = 3cot2 , cosec2 + cot2 = 3cot

2 cot2 � 3cot + 1 = 0

2 cot2 � 2cot � cot = 0

2 cot (cot � 1) � 1(cot � 1)= 0

(2 cot � 1)(cot � 1) = 0

If 2 cot � 1= 0

cot= 12

If cot � 1 = 0 cot = 1

Required answer is 1.

117. (B) 3(sin4 + cos4) + 2(sin6 + cos6) + 12 sin2 ·cos2

= 3[(sin2 )2 +(cos2 )2] + 6 sin2 ·cos2 + 2[(sin2)3 + (cos2 )3] + 6sin2 ·cos2

= 3[(sin2 )2 + (cos2 )2 + 2sin2 ·cos2 ] + 2[(sin2 + cos2 )

(sin4 + cos4 � sin2 ·cos2 )] + [6sin2 ·cos2 ]

= 3[(sin2 + cos2 )2] + 2[1 × (sin4 + cos4 � sin2 ·cos2 ] + [6 sin2 ·cos2 ]

= 3 × 1 + 2(sin4 + cos4 ) � 2 sin2 ·cos2 + 6 sin2 ·cos2

= 3 + 2 [sin4 + cos4 + 2 sin2 ·cos2 ]

= 3 + 2 [(sin2 + cos2 )2] = 3 + 2 [(1)2]

= 3 + 2 × 1 = 5

118. (C) Let the CP of bicycle = ` x

Old SP of bicycle = x × 110% ...(i)

Now, new CP = x × 90%

and new SP = x × 90% × 125% ...(ii)

Difference between new SP and old SP = ` 60

x × 90% × 125% � x × 110% = 60

x 11250 x 110 1125 110060, x 60

10000 100 1000

x = 60000

25, x = ` 2400

119. (C) sec + tan = 2 + 5 ...(i)





2 2sec tan 12 5 2 5

sec tan sec tan

sec � tan = 1 (2 5)

(2 5)(2 5)

sec � tan = � (2 5) ...(ii)

Adding Eqs. (i) and (ii),

2 sec = 2 5 sec = 5

cos = 1

52[ cos 1 sin ]

sin = 2

5

120. (C) Let the diameter is 2r cm.


2 21 28 2r

30 6.43 2 2

10 × 14 × 14 = r2 × 6.4 r2 = 10 14 14 10

64

r = 10 14 5 7

8 2

cm

Diameter = 2 × 5 7

2

= 35 cm

121. (A) Let the required number be 2x and 3x.

2x 8 33x 8 4

, 8x + 32 = 9x + 24 x = 32 � 24 = 8

Then, 2x + 3x = 2 × 8 + 3 × 8 = 16 + 24 = 40

122. (D) Let CP of 50 story-books = ` x

According to the question, 50x 7650 14

= x � 1

50x + 76 = 64x � 64 64x � 50x = 76 + 64

14x = 140

x = ` 10

123. (A) Let a = x + 3, b = 1

x 3, then a × b = 1 and

a + b = (x + 3) +2 21 (x 3) 1 x 9 6x 1

(x 3) (x 3) x 3





= 2x 10 6x

x 3

[ x2 = 5 � x]

= 5 x 10 6x 15 5x 5(3 x)

5x 3 x 3 (x 3)

(a + b)3 = a3 + b3 + 3ab (a + b)

a3 + b3 = (a + b)3 � 3ab (a + b)

(x + 3)3 + 3

1(x 3)

= (5)3 � 3 × 1 × 5 = 125 � 15 = 110

124. (C) It is clear from bar diagram.

125. (A) Average consumption of units in 2012

= 600 700 400 300 200 2200

5 5

= 550

Required months = 2 (July and August)

126. (A) Required average consumption

= 500 500 400 350 500 2300

5 5

= 460 units

127. (D) Total consumption of family in 5 months of 2012 = 2200

and consumption in 2013 = 2300

Required per cent = 2300 2200

2200

× 100 = 4.54%

128. (C)

129. (B) Quantity of metal in ore = 8000 60

100

= 4800 kg

Quantity of silver in metal = 4800 ×3

400= 12 × 3 = 36 kg

Quantity of lead in ore = 4800 � 36 = 4764 kg

130. (B) 4a �4a

+ 3 = 0

1 1 34 a 3, a

a a 4

Cubing both sides, we get

3 31 3

aa 4

a3 � 3

1a� 3a·

1 1 27· a

a a 64





a3 � 3

1 ( 3) 273 3 3

4 64a

a3 � 3

1 27 93 3

64 4a

a3 � 3

1 192 27 1443

64a

a3 � 3

1 213

64a


A + B + C = 84 × 3 = 252 kg ...(i)

A + B + C + D = 80 × 4 = 320 kg ...(ii)

and B + C + D + E = 79 × 4 = 316

B + C + D + D + 3 = 316

B + C + 2D = 313

B + C = 313 � 2 × 68

B + C = 313 � 136, B + C = 177 kg

From Eqs.(i) and (ii), A = 252 � 177 = 75 kg

132. (D)1 10 111

1 11 101 10110

10

and 1 10 91

1 11 101 10110

10

1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 110 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10

2 2

2 2111 91

111 91101 101111 91 111 91101 101

111 91 111 91 202 20111 91 111 91

=

404010101

133. (D) x3 + y3 + z3 � 3xyz = 12

(x + y + z) [(x � y)2 + (y � z)2 + (z � x)2]

= 12

[225 + 226 + 225) [(225 � 226)2 + (226 � 225)2 + (225 � 225)2]

= 12

× 676 [(�1)2 + (1)2 + 0] = 12

× 676 × 2 = 676

134. (D) tan A + cot A = 2





tan A +1

tan A= 2 tan2 A + 1 = 2 tan AA

tan2 A + 1 � 2 tan A = 0 (tan A � 1)2 = 0

tan A = 1 tan A = tan 45°

A = 45°

Than, tan10 45° + cot10 45° = 1 + 1 = 2


110°

D C

BA

30°

BPC = 180° � 110° = 70° = APD DBC = CAD = 30°

ADB = 180° � (70° + 30°) = 180° � 100° = 80°

136. (C)

O

4

3

2

1

1 2 3 B

A

Required area of AOB = 12

× 3 × 4 = 6 sq unitss

137. (A) x2 + y2 + z2 = 2(x + z � 1) x2 + y2 + z2 = 2x + 2z � 2

x2 � 2x = 1 + y2 + z2 � 2z + 1 = 0

(x � 1)2 + (y � 0)2 + (z � 1)2 = 0, x = 1, y = 0, z = 1

x3 + y3 + z3 = (1)3 + (0)3 + (1)3 = 2

138. (B) Let required time is x min to fill the tank.

x x (x 12)1

30 45 36

6x 4x 5(x 12)

1180

Solving the Equation,

5x = 120

x = 24 min


In ROP, tan 60° = 45 45

3RO RO





RO = 45 3 45

3 15 333 3

m

Now, in QOR, tan = 15 1

tan15 3 3

tan = tan30° = 30°

Then sin 30°= 12

140. (A) CP of article = 10 × (100 � 10)% × (100 � 20)% × (100 + 10)%

= 100 × 90 80 110

100 100 100 = ` 79.2

SP on 15% profit = 79.2 115

100

= ` 91.08

141. (A) Quantity of tin and iron in mixed metal (in ratio)

1 2 2 3 3 8 6 123 4 : 3 4 :

3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5

8 12 13 221 : 2 : 13 : 22

5 5 5 5

142. (B) According to the question,

100°

C

O

B

A

B C 180 A 180 100 8040

2 2 2 2 2

BOC = 180° �B C

2 2

= 180° � 40° = 140°

143. (A) Let marked price will be ` x.

Then,

x × (100 � 10)% = 600 120 x 90

100 100

= 720

x = ` 800

144. (B) x +1x

= 1

x2 + 1 = 2x x2 + 1 � 2x = 0

(x � 1)2 = 0 x � 1 = 0





x = 1

2 2

2 2 21 1 2x x 2 (1) 1 2

= 1


BQ

3cm

6cm

P

A

C

In PAB,

PB = 2 26 8 36 64 100 100 cm

DPAQ and DBCQ are similar.

BC AB BC 8QC PA 3 6

BC = 4 cm

Now, in BCQ,

BQ = 2 24 3 16 9 25 = 5 cm

PQ = 10 + 5 = 15 cm


0.324 0.081 4.624 324 81 46241.5625 0.0289 72.9 64 15625 289 729 64

18 9 690.024

125 17 27 8

147. (D)

2PR PQR (Area)AC ABC (Area)

212 256AC 441

12 16AC 21

AC = 12 21

16

= 15.75 cm


DE || BC, then ADE = ABC

and AED = ACB

40°

A

ED

B CACB = AEB = 180° � (40° + 65°) = 75°

CED = 180° � 75° = 105°

149. (A) Let the radius of circle be r cm.





O

DMC

A BN

AB = 10 cm and CD = 24 cm

In ONA, (OA)2 = (ON)2 + (AN)2

r2 = (ON)2 + (5)2 ...(i)

In OMC, (OC)2 = (OM)2 + (12)2

r2 = (17 � ON)2 + (12)2 ...(ii)

Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii),

O = (17 � ON)2 � (ON)2 + (12)2 � (5)2

289 + (ON)2 � 34(ON) � (ON)2 + 44 � 24 = 0

289 + 144 � 25 = 34 × ON

ON = 40834

= 12 cm

From Eq. (i), r2 = (12)2 + (5)2 = 144 + 25 = 169

r = 13 cm

150. (D) A B C

6x 3x 2x Efficiency

2x 3x 6x Work


1 1 1

2x 3x 6x 6

1 1 1 18x 18x 18x

2x 9x 6 2x 9x 6

9 + 2 = 3x

11 = 3x

x = 113

The time taken by C = 6 × 113

= 22 days


151. (B) Remove �have�. This part of the sentence should be in Past Indefinite tense.

152. (D) The sentence is correct.

153. (A) Use �wants� in place of �want�.





154. (B) Remove �going. Its use is superfluous.

155. (D) The sentence is correct.

156. (A) The sentence �The Lancet, published following nationwide interviews .........� gives the

answer.

157. (B) The answer can be inferred from the last few lines of the passage.

158. (B) The answer can be inferred from the first sentence of the passage.

159. (B) The answer is clear after reading the passage.

160. (A) Clearly mentioned in the passage.

161. (B) Arrogant means �behaving in a proud and unpleasant way�.

162. (D) Eccentric means �strange, unusual�.

163. (A) Zenith means �the time when something is the strongest and the most successful�. Nadir

means �the worst moment in a particular situation.

164. (C) The use of ago indicates that Past tense is required here.

165. (D) Use of �singular� is correct here. It means �outstanding; strange or unusual�.

166. (D) �to clear his name� is an appropriate phrase.

167. (A) Use �commanded� in place of �being commanded�.

168. (C) Use �was not able� in place of �could not be able�.

169. (B) The sentence is in Present Indefinite tense and the subject is singular. Effluent means�liquid waste�.

170. (C) Bow down to/before somebody/something is used.

171. (B) Steer clear of somebody/something means �to avoid a person or thing because it may

cause problems�.

172. (A) The comparison is between the climate of Shillong and the climate of Kohima.

173. (B) �Blue whales were thriving ................� is the appropriate phrase.

174. (D) Impart something to somebody is used.

175. (B) Dispirited means �having no hope or enthusiasm�.

176. (D) Timid means �shy and nervous�.

177. (C) Reversal of something is used. It means �a change of something, so that it is the opposite

of what it was�.

178. (A) Comprise means �to have somebody/something as parts or members�.

179. (C) The answer is quite clear after reading the passage.

180. (D) The answer can be inferred from the second last sentence of the passage.

181. (A) The answer can be inferred from the first sentence of the passage.

182. (D) The answer can be inferred from the lines. �By its exploitation of ................... . Thus, the

division of human society .................. and when the harrowed poor ..................�.

183. (B) The answer can be inferred from the lines. �It promotes ................ with little regard to the

means ...........�

184. (D) Intestate means �to die without making a will�.

185. (A) One who is concerned with the welfare of others is called an altruist.

186. (C) Inevitable means �that which cannot be avoided�.

187. (D) Heresy means �a belief or an opinion which disagrees strongly with what most people

believe�.

188. (A) A person who agrees to work for somebody in order to learn a skill is called an apprentice.

189. (A) Etiolate means �to make pole by excluding light�.





190. (A) Someone who is designated to hear both sides of a dispute and make a judgment iscalled an arbitrator.

191. (C) Ingenuous means �honest and innocent�. Candid means �saying openly and honestly�.

192. (D) Damp means �slightly wet�.

193. (C) Resurgence means �the return and growth of an activity that had stopped�.

194. (D) Make believe means �imagining or pretending things to be different or more exciting than

they really are�.

195. (B) Level headed means �calm and sensible�.

196. (B) Go for the jugular means �to attack somebody�s weakest point in an aggressive way�.

197. (C) At loggerheads means �to be in strong disagreement�.

198. (B) Under the weather means �to be ill/sick�.

199. (B) The correctly spelt word is �connoisseur�.

200. (D) The correctly spelt word is �fortuitous�.



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