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Number of Questions: 80
1.
2.
Marks: 200
5.
Mrudhula gave birth to two twins, when
erasers is Rs.37. cost of seven pens, one
she was 20 years old. After X years, the
eraser and two pencils is Rs. 49. What is
sum of ages of Mrudhula and her twin
the cost of nine pencils and forty seven
children is 50 years. What is value of X
pens?
years?
(a) Rs. 187
(b) Rs.276
(c) Rs.284
(d) Rs.306
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20
P, Q and R had a total of Rs.1250

among them. P had three-seventh of the
total share with Q and R. Find the
3.
4.
Time : 120 Min
Cost of two pens, five pencils and seven
Directions: Read the following passages and

answer the items that follow each passage. Your
answers to these items should be based on the
passages only.
PASSAGE: -1
amount that P had (in Rs.)?
In the 16th century, an age of great marine
(a) 300
(b) 450
and
(c) 525
(d) 375
Magellan led the first expedition to sail
terrestrial
exploration,
Ferdinand
A test consists of 120 questions. Each
around the world. As a young Portuguese
correct answer, each wrong answer and
noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he
each unanswered question in the test
became involved in the quagmire of political
carry 1 mark, -1/2 mark and -1/4 mark
intrigue at court and lost the king's favor.
respectively. Find the maximum number
After he was dismissed from service by the
of questions that the candidate could
king of Portugal, he offered to serve the
have answered wrongly in the test, if he
future Emperor Charles V of Spain.
scores 50 marks in it.
A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land
(a) 40
(b) 42
in the New World west of 50 degrees W
(c) 45
(d) 46
longitude to Spain and all the land east of
Divide 1 kg weight into two parts such
that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to
that the sum of the parts is 5/4th the
prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish
difference.
authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan
(a) 550 gm, 450gm
set sail from Spain with five ships. More
(b) 200gm, 800gm
than a year later, one of these ships was
(c) 900gm, 100gm
exploring the topography of South America
(d) 400 gm, 600 gm
in search of a water route across the
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7.
Ferdinand Magellan lost the Kings
four ships searched along the southern
favor because:
peninsula of South America. Finally they
(a) He was a Portuguese Noble
found the passage they sought near 50
(b) He
became
involved
in
the
degrees S latitude. Magellan named this
quagmire of political intrigue at
passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it
court
is known as the Strait of Magellan.
(c) He offered to serve the future
One ship deserted while in this passage and
Emperor Charles V of Spain
returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were

privileged to gaze at that first panorama of
(d) None of the above.

8.
Ferdinand Magellan was killed due to:
the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained
(a) Tribal battle
crossed the meridian now known as the
(b) Starvation and disease
International Date Line in the early spring of
(c) Sinking of his Ship
1521 after 98 days on the Pacific Ocean.
(d) Heart attack
During those long days at sea, many of

Magellan's men
died
9.
of starvation and
Only a few sailors were privileged to

gaze at that first panorama of the
disease.
Pacific Ocean because:
Later, Magellan became involved in an
I.
One of the five ships sank
insular conflict in the Philippines and was
II.
After the sinking of the first ship,
killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and
one ship was deserted
17 sailors under the command of the
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
Basque
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
navigator
Elcano
survived
to
complete the westward journey to Spain and
10.
One
of
the
ships
of
Ferdinand
thus prove once and for all that the world is
Magellan sank because:
round, with no precipice at the edge
(a) There was a heavy storm in the

ocean
6.
Identify the true statements from the
(b) The ship was hit by an iceberg
below as per the passage:
(c) The ship was attacked by the
I.
16th century was an age of great

marine
and
Pirates
terrestrial
(d) Answer is not mentioned in the
exploration.
II.
passage.
The first expedition to sail around
11.
The weight of Bimal and Basu are in the
the world was led by Ferdinand
ratio 2:3 and the weight of Basu and
Magellan
Bali are in the ratio 4:3. What is Basus
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) None of the above
weight (in Kg) if the sum of the weights

of Bimal, Basu and Bali is 203 Kg?
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12.
13.
14.
(a) 84
(b) 76
(c) 49
(d) 65
PASSAGE : 2
Marie Curie was one of the most
In a ratio P/Q, what must be subtracted
accomplished scientists in history. Together
from P and added to Q so that the ratio
with her husband, Pierre, she discovered
of the resultant becomes 1:3?
radium, an element widely used for treating
(a) (P + Q) / 4
(b) (3P - Q) / 4
cancer, and studied uranium and other
(c) (P - Q) / (P + Q) (d) (Q - 3P) / 4
radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's
The distance (in meters) to which a boy
amicable
can
unlock the secrets of the atom.
throw
stone
is
inversely
later
helped
to
proportional to its weight (in Kg). He
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw,
breaks the stone in to 3 pieces whose
Poland, where her father was a professor of
weight (in Kg) is in the ratio 1:3:2. He
physics. At an early age, she displayed a
then throws the stones one by one. The
brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her
sum of the distance they cover is 22
great exuberance for learning prompted her
meters. To what distance can he throw
to continue with her studies after high
the unbroken stone?
school. She became disgruntled, however,
(a) 3 m
(b) 4 m
when she learned that the university in
(c) 6 m
(d) 2 m
Warsaw was closed to women. Determined
Ajay distributed a total of 60 sweets
to receive a higher education, she defiantly
among his sons Ram, Shyam and
left
Tarun. For every five sweets received by
Sorbonne, a French university, where she
Ram, Shyam received four sweets. For
earned her master's degree and doctorate in
every two sweets received by Shyam,
physics.
Tarun received three sweets. Find the
15.
collaboration
Poland
and
in
1891
entered
the
Marie was fortunate to have studied at
number of sweets received by Tarun.
the Sorbonne with some of the greatest
(a) 18
(b) 12
scientists of her day, one of whom was
(c) 24
(d) 30
Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married
The price of petrol increased by 2% in a
in 1895 and spent many productive years
certain week and increased by 4% in the
working together in the physics laboratory.
next week. Find the net percentage
A short time after they discovered radium,
increase in the price of petrol over these
Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in
two weeks.
1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible
(a) 6.12%
(b) 6.08%
misfortune
and
endured
heartbreaking
(c) 6.16%
(d) 6.20%
anguish. Despondently she recalled their

close relationship and the joy that they had
shared in scientific research. The fact that

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she had two young daughters to raise by
18.
herself greatly increased her distress.
Pierre curie was killed due to

(a) Radium exposure
Curie's feeling of desolation finally
(b) Horrible
began to fade when she was asked to
misfortune
and
heart
break
succeed her husband as a physics professor
(c) Anguish that he had two daughters
at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to
(d) Wagon that was drawn by horse
be given a professorship at the world-famous
19.
Which of the following statements are
university. In 1911 she received the Nobel
false about Marie curie as per the
Prize in chemistry for isolating radium.
passage?
Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a
I.
She was the first woman to be
fatal illness from her long exposure to
given
radium, she never became disillusioned
world-famous university.
about
her
work.
Regardless
of
II.
the
consequences, she had dedicated herself to
professorship
at
the
She received the Nobel prize for

the isolation of uranium.
science and to revealing the mysteries of the
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
physical world.
(c) Both I and II
16.
Marie continued her studies after
20.
finishing high school because:
distress because:
(a) Her father ordered her to do so.
I.
She had two daughters to raise.
(b) Her exuberance for learning had
II.
She couldnt share the research
made her to
(c) She
was
with her husband any more.

encouraged
by
her
professors
(d) She
was
encouraged
by
her
21.
husband
17.
After Pierres death, Marie was in
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
Prasad invests Rs. 34000, part of it in

scheme A at 20% p.a. and the rest of it
Which of the following statements are
in scheme B at 60% p.a., both at
true as per the passage?
compound interest. If, after two years,
I.
Marie and her husband have
the amount in scheme A is nine times
helped to cure cancer.
that in scheme B, how much was
II.
Marie
and
inventions
her
have
husbands
helped
invested in scheme B?
in
unlocking the secrets of atom.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
22.
(a) Rs. 16000
(b) Rs.17000
(c) Rs.4000
(d) Rs.2000
The distance between two points P and

Q is 84 Km. two persons start at the
same time but one travelling from P

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towards Q and the other travelling from

PASSAGE 3
Q towards P. If their respective speeds

are 36kmph and 27kmph. Where do
23.
they meet at each other?
between the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii
(a) 48 km from Q
(b) 24 km from P
and
(c) 36 km from P
(d) 48 km from P
attention
because
has
of
received
its
much
frequent
and
destructive eruptions. The most famous of
they will take 8 days less to complete a
these eruptions occurred in A.D. 79.
job. Instead if there are 8 men more in
The volcano had been inactive for
it, they will take 12 days less to
centuries. There was little warning of the
complete it. Find the ratio of the number
coming eruption, although
of men and the time they take(in days)
unearthed by archaeologists says that a
to complete it.
hard rain and a strong wind had disturbed
(b) 1:5
(c) 5:1
(d) 3:1
one account
the celestial calm during the preceding
A rectangular tank has dimensions
night. Early the next morning, the volcano
5m 3m 2m there are 3 inlet pipes- P.Q
poured a huge river of molten rock down
and R which have filling rates of
upon Herculaneum, completely burying the
respectively.
city and filling the harbor with coagulated
2m3 / hr , 3m3 / hr and 5m3 / hr
At 9:00 a.m when the tank was empty, P

was opened. Q was opened at 9:30 a.m
and R was opened at 10:30 a.m. the
time at which the tank would be full is?
25.
Herculaneum,
If there are 4 more men in a work force,
(a) 1:3
24.
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located
(a) 11:54 a.m
(b) 11:48 a.m
(c) 12:42 p.m
(d) 12:54 p.m
wrote a test. The average marks of the

students of X, Y and Z are 70, 81 and 90
The
average
marks
of
students of X and Y is 76. The average

marks of the students of Y and Z is 86.
Find the average marks of the students
of all the three classes to the nearest
integer.
(a) 80
(b) 81
(c) 82
(d) 83
Meanwhile, on the other side of the

mountain, cinders, stone and ash rained
down on Pompeii. Sparks from the burning
ash
ignited
destroyed
in
the
however,
was
not
destruction.
combustible
rooftops
conflagration.
the
Poisonous
only
Fire,
cause
sulfuric
of
gases
saturated the air. These heavy gases were

not
buoyant
therefore
in
sank
the
toward
atmosphere
the
and
earth
and
suffocated people.
Over the years, excavations of Pompeii
and Herculaneum have revealed a great deal
about the behavior of the volcano. By
analyzing data, much as a zoologist dissects
an
animal

the
quickly. Large portions of the city were
The students of three classes X, Y and Z
respectively.
lava.
specimen,
scientists
have
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concluded that the eruption changed large
(a) Only I
portions
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
of
the
area's
geography.
For
instance, it turned the Sarno River from its
27.
(b) Only II
How was Pompeii destroyed?
course and raised the level of the beach
(a) Sparks from burning ash
along the Bay of Naples. Meteorologists
(b) Conflagration
studying these events have also concluded
(c) Saturation of sulphuric gasses
that Vesuvius caused a huge tidal wave that
(d) All of the above

28.
affected the world's climate.

In
addition
to
making
these
What
are
excavations
investigations, archaeologists have been able
Herculaneum
to study the skeletons of victims by using
I.
distilled water to wash away the volcanic
the
revelations
at
from
Pompeii
and
Eruption changed large portions

of areas geography.
II.
ash. By strengthening the brittle bones with

acrylic paint, scientists have been able to
Vesuvius caused huge tidal wave

that affected the worlds climate
examine the skeletons and draw conclusions
(a) only I
about the diet and habits of the residents.
Finally, the excavations at both Pompeii and
29.
(b) only II
Which of the following are the warning
Herculaneum have yielded many examples
signs for eruption of volcano as per
of classical art, such as jewelry made of
the passage?
bronze, which is an alloy of copper and tin.
(a) Hard rain and strong wind
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its
(b) Inactivity of volcano
tragic consequences have provided everyone
(c) Disturbance in celestial calm
with a wealth of data about the effects that
(d) Coagulate lava
volcanoes can have on the surrounding
30.
According to the author how did the
area. Today, volcanologists can locate and
eruption of Mount Vesuvius help
predict
I.
eruptions,
saving
lives
and
It provided every one with data
preventing the destruction of other cities
about the effects that volcanoes
and cultures.
can have on the surrounding
26.
area.
Which of the following statements

II.
according to the passage are true?

I.
Mount Vesuvius is famous for

frequent
and
Mount
and
prediction
of
eruption are made possible
destructive
(a) Only I
eruptions
II.
Location
(b) Only II

Vesuvius
between
is
located
Pompeii
and
Herculaneum
31.
The alloy Cuzi contains copper and zinc

in the ratio 3:4. The alloy Zial contains
Zinc and Aluminium in the ratio 5:2.

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PASSAGE : 4
The alloy Alfie contain Alluminium and
32.
33.
iron in the ratio 1:3. Equal amounts of
What is immediately needed today is
each alloy are melted together and
the establishment of a World Government or
recast into a new alloy. What is the ratio
an International Federation of mankind. It is
of the amount of copper to the amount
the utmost necessity of the world today, and
of Alluminium in this new alloy?
all those persons who wish to see all human
(a) 1:2
beings happy and prosperous naturally feel
(c) 3:4
(d) 4:5
Six boys and six girls are to be seated
it keenly. Of course, at times we feel that
around a circular table such that no two
many of the problems of our political, social,
girls are together. In how many ways
linguistic and cultural life would come to an
can these people be arranged?
end if there were one Government all over
(a) 6! x 6!
(b) 5! x 5!
the world. Travelers, businessmen, seekers
(c) 5! x 6!
(d) 5! x 6!/2
of knowledge and teachers of righteousness
A teacher asked student to multiply a
know very well that great impediments and
number by 4/7. Instead, he multiplied
obstructions are faced by them when they
by 7/4 and obtained an answer greater
pass from one country to another, exchange
than correct answer by 99. What was
goods, get information, and make an efforts
the original number?
to spread their good gospel among their
(a) 42
34.
(b) 2:3
(b) 77
(c) 63
(d) 84
fellow-men. In the past, religious sects
A trader gives a discount of 10% on the
divided one set of people against another,
marked price and in the process still
color of skin or shape of the body set one
makes a profit of 20% on his cost price.
against the other.
By what percentage did he mark the
35.
But today when philosophical light
product over his cost price?
has exploded the darkness that was created
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
by religious differences, and when scientific
(c) 26.66%
(d) 33.33%
knowledge has falsified the superstitions,
The
average
weight
of
students
they have enabled human beings of all
increased by 2 kg if a student who
religious views and of all races and colors to
weighs 48 kg is replaced by another
come in frequent contact with one another.
student. What is the weight of new
It is the governments of various countries
student?
that keep people of one country apart from,
(a) 60 kg
(b) 50 kg
those
of another.
They
create
artificial
(c) 36 kg
(d) 46 kg
barriers, unnatural distinctions; unhealthy

isolation, unnecessary fears and dangers in
the minds of common men who by their
nature want to live in friendship with their

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fellow-men. But all these evils would cease
(b) Superior physical strength of some
to exist if there were one Government all
persons.
over the world.
(c) Colour of skin or shape of the body.
36.
(d) Some people being educated and
What divides people of a country

against another?
other illiterate.
40.
(a) Different religions

(b) Different language
(c) Different
social
falsified today by
and
political
(a) Knowledge derived from scientific
systems of different people
advances.
(d) Government of various countries

37.
(b) The ascendancy of people who were
What is the urgent Need of the world
here to fore considered of inferior
today?
racial stock.
(a) The
establishment
of
an
(c) The achievements of the so called
international economic order.

(b) The
establishment
of
backward countries in every field of

world
life.
government.
(c) The
creation
(d) The
of
cultural
precedence
given
to
the
physical powers of different races.

41.
international social order.

(d) The raising of an international
In the past religious sects

(a) United
spiritual army.
38.
The theory of racial superiority stands
the
people
with
one
another.
What will the world Government be
(b) Interfered in political affairs.
expected to do?
(c) Did a good job by way of spreading
(a) It will arrange for interplanetary
message of love and peace.
contacts
(d) Divided one set of people from
(b) It will end all wars for all time to
another.
come
(c) It
will
bring
about
moral
it is known that three brands of mobile phones
regeneration of mankind
39.
Direction for questions 42 to 45: In a colony,
(d) It will kill the evil spirit in man
are used, namely Nokia, Sony Ericsson and
What was the factor, according to the
Motorola. 70 families use only one brand, 47
passage, that set one man against
families use exactly two brands and 8 use all
another?
three brands. It is assumed that each family
(a) Material
prosperity
of
certain
people in the midst of grinding

poverty.
uses at least one of these three brands.

42.
How many families do not use all the

three brands?
(a) 125

(b) 117
(c) 0
(d) 8
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43.
44.
What is the ratio of the number of
creatures, the less we appear superior when
families which use exactly one brand to
we destroy them.
that which use at least one brand?
46.
(a) 14:25
(b) 14:11
dolphins
(c) 11:25
(d) 11:14
(a) Don't want to be with us as much
If 10 families stop using Nokia and start

using
Motorola,
then
what
is
as we want to be with them
the
(b) Are proven to be less intelligent
maximum number of families who use
than once thought
exactly two brands?

(a) 57
45.
It is clear from the passage that
(b) 37
(c) Have a reputation for being friendly

(c) 47
(d) 67
to humans
How many families use atleast two
(d) Are capable of learning a language
brands?
(a) 117
and communicating with humans

(b) 55
(c) 47
(d) 125
47.
The fact that the writer of the passage

thinks that we can kill dolphins more
PASSAGE : 5
easily than they can kill us
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest
(a) Means that they are better adapted
creatures in the sea and stories of them
to their environment than we are
helping drowning sailors have been common
(b) Shows that dolphins have a very
since Roman times. The more we learn
sophisticated form of
about dolphins, the more we realize that
communication
their society is more complex than people
(c) Proves that dolphins are not the
previously imagined. They look after other
most intelligent species at sea
dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant
(d) Does
mothers and protect the weakest in the

community, as we do. Some scientists have
suggested that dolphins have a language but
it
is
much
more
probable
communicate
with
each
that
other
they
without
not
mean
that
we
are
superior to them
48.
One can infer from the passage that

(a) Dolphins are quite abundant in
some areas of the world
(b) Communication
is
the
only
needing words. Could any of these mammals
fascinating aspect of the dolphins
be more intelligent than man? Certainly the
(c) Dolphins have skills that no other
most common argument in favor of man's
living creatures have such as the
superiority over them is that we can kill
ability to think
them more easily than they can kill us is the
(d) Dolphins have some social traits
least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more
that are similar to those of humans
we
discover
about
these
remarkable

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Direction for questions 49 to 52 : Four cars,
dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save
numbered ( C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 ) are participating in a
themselves:
car rally. They have to travel from P to Q then
scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The
to R. after the race, the following is observed
rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers
1.
2.
3.
49.
50.
51.
52.
those
who
managed
to
The digit in the car number and the
could pluck them from the cold sea. The
order in which they depart or arrive
final death toll amounted to 912 souls.
at any point is not the same.
However, there were an unpleasant number
The first car to leave P is the second
of questions about why the Estonia sank
car to reach R.
and why so many survivors were men in the
The first car to reach R is the
prime of life, while most of the dead were
second car to leave P and the car to
women, children and the elderly.
reach Q.
53.
One can understand from the passage
Which is the first car to leave P?
that
(a) C4
(b) C3
(a) The lifesaving equipment did not
(c) C2
(d) C1
work well and lifeboats could not

be lowered
Which is the second car to reach Q?

(a) C1
(b) C2
(c) C3
(d) C4
(b) Design
(c) C3
(d) Cannot be determined
(c) 139 people managed to leave the

vessel but died in freezing water
(d) Most victims were trapped inside
Which is the first car to reach R?

(c) C3
Naval architects never claim that a

ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the
surely
should
Estonia
have
the boat as they were in their
(d) C4
PASSAGE : 6
ferry
incompetent
Estonia ferry
(b) C2
passenger-and-car
and
the
(a) C1
(b) C2
faults
crew contributed to the sinking of
Which is the third car to reach R?
(a) C1
Baltic
Of
in
never
the
have
happened. It was well designed and carefully

maintained. It carried the proper number of
lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected
the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later,
the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold,
stormy night. It went down so quickly that
most of those on board, caught in their
cabins
54.
It is clear from the passage that the

survivors of the accident
(a) Helped one another to overcome
the tragedy that had affected them
all
(b) Were
young
men
but
women, children and the elderly

stood little chance?
(c) Helped save hundreds of lives
(d) Are still suffering from severe posttraumatic stress disorder

mostly
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55.
According to the passage, when the
(a) Bhavya, Divya, Shravys, Vidya
Estonia sank,
(b) Bhavya, Divya, Navya, Vidya
(a) There were only 139 passengers on
(c) Bhavya, Chitra, Divya, Navya
board
(d) Bhavya, Chitra, Divya, Vidya
(b) Few of the passengers were asleep
59.
(c) There were enough lifeboats for the
how many ways the team can be
number of people on board
selected?
(d) Faster reaction by the crew could

have
increased
the
Estonia's
If Shravya not to be selected, then in
(a) 7
60.
chances of survival
(b) 6
(c) 3 (d) 5
If Shravya and Vidya are selected, then

the other two must be
(a) Bhavya, Divya
Direction for questions 56 to 60 : A team of
(b) Divya, Navya
four out of seven girls- Bhavya, Chitra, Divya,
(c) Divya, Kavya
Kavya, Navya, Shravya and Vidya is to be
(d) Bhavya, Chitra
selected under the following constraints.

1.
PASSAGE : 7
Kavya and Shravya should not

selected together.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Erosion of America's farmland by wind
Only if Divya is selected, Bhavya
and water has been a problem since settlers
will be selected.
first put the prairies and grasslands under
At most one of Shravya and Navya
the plow in the nineteenth century. By the
must be selected.
1930s, more than 282 million acres of
At most one of Chitra and Vidya
farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40
must be selected.
years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has
At least one of Bhavya and Shravya
accelerated due to new demands placed on
must be selected.
the land by heavy crop production. In the

years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution
56.
57.
58.
Who must always be selected?
problems it causes are likely to replace
(a) Divya
(b) Kavya
petroleum scarcity as the nation's most
(c) Navya
(d) Shravya
critical natural resource problem.
If Vidya must be selected then in how
61.
As we understand from the passage,
many ways the team can be selected?
today, soil erosion in America
(a) O
(b) 1
(a) Causes
(c) 2
(d) 3
If Kavya not to be selected, then which

of the following cannot be a possible
humans
to
place
new
demands on the land

(b) Is
worse
than
it
was
in
the
nineteenth century
team?

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(c) Happens so slowly that it is hardly

noticed
association
the nation faces
second
element,
Personalism
was
developed
in
response to the belief that nations, states,
The author points out in the passage
religions, or any other corporate entity have
that erosion in America ----.
interests that transcend the interests of the
(a) Has damaged 282 million acres
individuals that comprise them. The central
ever since settlers first put the
tenet of personalism, therefore, is that
prairies and grasslands under the
institutions are good or bad insofar as they
plow
are good or bad for the individuals that are
(b) Has been so severe that it has
affected by them. Institutions are not good,
forced people to abandon their
for example, because they preserve the
settlements
nations culture or because they protect the
(c) Occurs only in
areas with
no
vegetation
(d) Can
natural world, unless preserving the nations

culture or protecting the natural world is
become
more
serious
problem in the future

63.
the
valuational solipsism.
(d) Is the most critical problem that

62.
with
good for the individual. As a philosophical

assumption, personalism is most useful in
It is pointed out in the passage that in
countering arguments for practices that
America
harm individuals in the name of "the greater
(a) Petroleum is causing heavy soil
good,"
erosion and pollution problems

meet
the
demands
and
the
"society
at
large."
The
personalist credo basically states that when
(b) Heavy crop production is necessary

to
or
to
prevent a disaster
it comes to interests, there are no interests

but human interests.
However, an excessive devotion to the
(c) Soil erosion has been hastened due

to the overuse of farming lands
theory of personalism may lead one to fall

into the trap of valuational solipsism. The
(d) Water is undoubtedly the largest

cause of erosion
word solipsism derives from the Latin for

"lone self" and the theory of valuational
solipsism takes the isolated individual as the
PASSAGE : 8
Western
has
viewpoint is obvious. By using the individual
contributed two major elements to the
as the measure of the good, valuational
theory of the political good. It is unfortunate
solipsism neglects to consider the whole
that
element,
range of social values that are part of the
personalism, has been diluted by its close
political experience. These values include
the
analytical
sole judge of value. The problem with this
value
of
philosophy
the
first
citizenship, status, and community, none of

P a g e | 13
which can exist without reference to other
(d) It provides an effective rejoinder to
individuals.
certain types of justifications
Instead, political theories are based

entirely
on
non-social
values
such
66.
as
Complete the series8, 16, 48, 96, 288, 576, _
happiness, material welfare, and utility,
(a) 1152
(b) 2880
which are not dependent on interactions
(c) 1428
(d) 1728
with
others.
Such
view
obscures
67.
In a certain code language, if the word
fundamental quality of the political good.
CIRCUMSTANCE
64.
The passage suggests that a follower
CRUSACICMTNE, then how is the word
of personalism would be most likely to
HAPPINESS coded in that language?
reject which one of the following
(a) HPIESAPNS
policies?
(b) HPIESPANS
(a) A union head decrees that all
(c) HPISEAPNS
members must strike when the
(d) HPEISAPNS
union strikes because it increases
68.
the power of the union.
(a) Cousin
(b) Uncle
the workers money back into their
(c) Brother-in-law
hands.
(d) Son-in-law
(c) A school decides to abandon its

after
69.
Statements:
Some cats are not dogs
the
All cats are rats
student body votes against them.
No rat is pig
Conclusion: (i) No cat is pig
(d) The owner of a company decides to
65.
as
How is Ravis mothers fathers son
on the middle class to put more of
standards
CODED
related to Ravis father?
(b) A politician intends to lower taxes
uniform
IS
cancel the company insurance policy
(ii) Some rats are not dogs
in order to increase his profit.
(iii) No pig is rat
According to the passage, the primary
(a) Only I follows
value of the personalist assumption is:
(b) Only I and ii follows
(a) It refutes the belief that institutions
(c) Only iii follows

(d) All follows
have interests that transcend the

70.
interests of individuals
(b) It serves as a counterbalance to the
excessive
nature
of
valuational
solipsism
(c) It demonstrates that institutions are
What is the angle between the hands of

the clock, when it shows 40 minutes
past 6?
(a) 40
(b) 70
(c) 80
(d) 90
incapable of being good or bad

P a g e | 14
PASSAGE : 9
Newtons
surprising
function. These calculations can give the

at
particles position or velocity, but not both.
developing the laws of motion, as well as the
Thus, the physicist is in possession of
development
exactly half of the information needed to
and
success
refinement
of
other
physical laws, led to the idea of scientific
satisfy
determinism. The first expression of this
Unfortunately,
principle
theories, that is far as any researcher can go
was
in
the
beginning
of
the
Laplaces
view
under
nineteenth century by Laplace, a French
in predicting the future.
scientist. Laplace argued that if one knew
71.
of
determinism.
modern
physics
The passage suggests that if scientific
the position and velocity of all the particles
determinism were true:
in the universe at a given time, the laws of
(a) Scientists would, in theory, be able
physics would be able to predict the future
to predict the future
state of the universe.
(b) All the particles in the universe
Scientific determinism held sway over
would have a measurable position
a great many scientists until the early

twentieth
century,
when
the
and velocity
quantum
(c) The theory of quantum mechanics
mechanics revolution occurred. Quantum
would be false
mechanics introduced the world to the idea
(d) Schrodingers equation could be
of the uncertainty principle, which stated
used to calculate any particles
that it was impossible to accurately measure
Position
both the position and the velocity of a
72.
According
to
the
passage,
wave
particle at one time. Because Laplaces
functions:
omniscience could never occur, even in
(a) Allow scientists to determine the
theory,
the
determinism
principle
was
thrown
of
scientific
into
position and velocity of a particle
doubt.
(b) Are determined by the Schrodinger
However, quantum mechanics does allow for
equation
a reduced form of scientific determinism.
(c) Provide
Even though physicists are unable to know
locations
precisely where a particle is and what its
particle
velocity
is,
they
can
determine
certain
probabilities
are
called
wave
and
of
possible
velocities
for
(d) Allow a scientist to calculate the
probabilities about its position and velocity.

These
range
future state of the universe

73.
Which of the following best describes
functions. By use of a formula known as the
the organization of the passage?
Schrodinger equation, a scientist with the
(a) A paradox is introduced, competing
wave function of a particle at a given time
explanations are offered, and a
can calculate the particles future wave
final resolution is reached.

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(b) Two
opposing
introduced,
theories
critiqued,
are
Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
and
Given below are five items. Each item describes

a situation and is followed by four possible
reconciled.
(c) An idea is introduced, its validity is
questioned,
and
its
application
74.
theory
is
introduced,
its
the level of appropriateness for the given
mathematical basis is examined,
situation.
and it is rejected.
Please attempt all the items. There is no penalty
Which of the following, if true, would
for wrong answers for these five items.
most
76.
strengthen
conclusion
in
the
the
authors
passages
final
You are the principle of a reputed

college. Your college has certain strict
sentence?
rules and regulations. If a student is
(a) Some physicists believe quantum
found ragging someone, he is to be
mechanics
discarded
will
in
eventually
favour
of
be
suspended for a week. However son a
new
trustee of a college is found ragging a

junior. You know if you punish this boy,
theory.
(b) Physicists still use Newtons laws of
the boys father may take some action
motion to calculate the velocities
against you. You would
and positions of planets and stars.
(a) Ignore whatever the boy does, since
(c) Even if the position and velocity of

a particle were known, predicting
you do not want to risk losing your

job.
the future would be impossible
(b) Just talk to the boy and tell him that
because there are too many other
you wish him well and hence you do
variables to calculate.
not want him to get into any trouble,
(d) There is little to no chance that the

modern
theory
of
quantum
mechanics will be overturned by

another theory.
75.
appropriate. Choose only one response to each

item. The responses will be evaluated based on
qualified.
(d) A
responses. Indicate the response you find most
since other parents may complain

against him.
(c) Suspend the boy for a week, since
the rules were clearly explained to
A starts a business with Rs.4000 and
the student at the start of academic
B joins him after 3 months with
year.
Rs.16000. find the ratio of their profits
(d) Request the father of the boy to
at the end of the year?
speak to him and stop him from
(a) 1:3
(b) 2:3
ragging other students.
(c) 1:9
(d) 1:7

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(a) Give a bride

77.
You have been posted in a rural area as
(b) Behave as if you have not understood
an administrative officer. You learn that
the feelers and persist with your
the ratio of girls to boys in that
application
particular village is very low. On probing
(c) Go to the higher officer for help
further, you are shocked to learn that
verbally complaining about feelers.
every time a girl child is born, she is

killed
by
the
family
members
(d) Send in a formal complaint.

79.
an
IFS
officer
posted
in
themselves. All this is done very secretly
Washington DC is on extremely good
and
terms with Sita, a young IFS officer.
hence
nobody
has
ever
been
caught. You would
Over a period of time he discovers the
(a) Call for a meeting with the villagers
fact that Sita is having an affair with
and explain to them the value of girl
American
child and request them to stop such
Service rules prohibit IFS officer from
a brutal act.
marrying non-Indians.
(b) Set up a team to track such activities
Intelligence(CIA)
and announce to the villagers that
most appropriate?
strict legal action will be taken
(i)
(c) Arrange
provide
the
scheme
financial
which
assistance
officer.
Which of the following decisions is/are
against any person who is caught
Mr. X should do nothing. He is on

good terms with Sita. Besides, no
will
service rule has been broken.

(ii) Mr.
to
should
disclose
this
parents of the girl child for her
information to his superiors since
upbringing so that the parents are
there is a possibility of Sita passing
encouraged to let the child live.
on vital information to Americans.
(d) Accept things as they are since the
(a) Only I
entire village supports this kind of an
(b) Only ii
act and you alone will not be able to
(c) Both I and ii
prevent such things from happening.
(d) Neither of them

80.
78.
Mr.
Raghuveer is one of many farmers who
As a citizen you have some work with a
own land in the Madhavpur district.
government
official
Recently, a retail company approached
calls you again and again; and without
him to sell his crops directly to them, at
directly asking you, sends out feelers for
a higher price instead of to the local
a bride. You want to get your work done.
village
You would.
organization
department.
The
wholesale
formed
association,
by
the
an
village
farmers.

P a g e | 17
What should Raghuveer do?
(c) He should reject the retail companys
(a) In order to break away from his
offer since he is a part of the village
hand-to-mouth existence, he should
association and thus, cannot betray
sell all his crops to the company.
his brothers.
(b) He should divide his crops and sell
(d) He should float the idea of booking
them to both agencies- this way he
higher profits by selling crops to the
does not get caught and earns a
company in the village association
higher profit.
meeting and try to convince all of

them to reach a common verdict.
*****

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In the 16th century, an age of great marine

Magellan led the first expedition to sail

A test consists of 120 questions. Each

around the world. As a young Portuguese

correct answer, each wrong answer and

noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he

each unanswered question in the test

became involved in the quagmire of political

carry 1 mark, -1/2 mark and -1/4 mark

intrigue at court and lost the king's favor.

respectively. Find the maximum number

After he was dismissed from service by the

of questions that the candidate could

king of Portugal, he offered to serve the

have answered wrongly in the test, if he

future Emperor Charles V of Spain.

scores 50 marks in it.

A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land

in the New World west of 50 degrees W

longitude to Spain and all the land east of

Divide 1 kg weight into two parts such

that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to

that the sum of the parts is 5/4th the

prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish

authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan

(a) 550 gm, 450gm

set sail from Spain with five ships. More

(b) 200gm, 800gm

than a year later, one of these ships was

(c) 900gm, 100gm

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(d) 400 gm, 600 gm

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Ferdinand Magellan lost the Kings

four ships searched along the southern

peninsula of South America. Finally they

(a) He was a Portuguese Noble

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degrees S latitude. Magellan named this

quagmire of political intrigue at

passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it

is known as the Strait of Magellan.

(c) He offered to serve the future