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2016 Bull CAT 15

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Test Name

2016 Bull CAT 15

Total Questions

100

Total Time

180 Mins

Section Name

No. of Questions

Time limit

Marks per Question

Negative Marking

Verbal Ability

34

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1/3

DI & Reasoning

32

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1/3

Quantitative Ability

34

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1/3

Section : Verbal Ability


DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 1
Samuel Bowles slim, fascinating, and thought-provoking book, The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for
Good Citizens starts with two assertions. The first is that policymakers have over-learned Adam Smiths lesson that people achieve
collective good when they pursue private interest. Smith noted that pursuit of self-interest often produces societal benefit. But
Smith hedged his bets. Bowles charges that economists, jurists, and policymakers often dont hedge theirs, and they have come to
rely excessively on incentives based on the proposition that peoples behaviour is entirely self-interested and amoral.

To be clear, most policymakers probably recognize that people behave from diverse motives. But standard economic analysis
indicates that policy should normally be based solely on the self-interest assumption. Bowles second assertion is that policies
based on the assumption that people are motivated primarily or entirely by selfish motives often work poorly and sometimes
backfire. Worse, such policies may actually promote selfishness and amorality.

Put more positively, public and private policies often work much better if they are designed with the recognition that people act in
part from self-interest and in part from social preferences, which include altruism, reciprocity, intrinsic pleasure in helping
others, aversion to inequity, ethical commitments, and other motives that induce people to help people more than is consistent
with maximizing their own wealth or material payoff. Furthermore, incentive-based policies may strengthen or weaken these
motivations. Simply put, public policy can promote or erode civic virtue.
The view of government as moral tutor may seem odd today, especially to those on the political right. But not to all. The belief that
government should shape and, in fact, cannot avoid shaping public character is the sum and substance of George Wills 1981
Godkin Lectures, published two years later under the title Statecraft as Soulcraft: What Government Does. Writing soon after
Ronald Reagan was sworn in as President, Will argued that government willy-nilly shapes public character by what it does. He
warned that legislators, especially conservatives, should take that duty seriously and posed what has turned out to be a question
of increasing relevance: Can conservatives come to terms with a social reality more complex than their slogans?
In the given context of the passage, what does 'Smith hedged his bets' mean?
A)Adam Smith stuck to his guns in order to promote self-interest.
B)Adam Smith did cover all his bases by introducing contrarian views to his primary assertion
C)Adam Smith did not believe in self-interest whole-heartedly, and therefore, talked about societal benefit
D)All of the above
Question No. : 2
Paraphrase the given extract from the passage: Will argued that government willy-nilly shapes public character by what it does.
A)the government does not have choice when it comes to shaping public character by its actions.

B)the government does not have an impact on public character by virtue of its actions.
C)the government does have very little impact on public character through its actions.

D)All of the above

Question No. : 3
It can be inferred from the passage that conservatives:
A)support policies that promote civic virtues. B)are not supporters of policies that promote civic virtues.
C)do not believe that the government should act as a moral tutor. D)both (2) and (3)
Question No. : 4
According to Samuel Bowles:
A)Public and private policy should keep the sentiment of unselfishness in mind.
B)Public and private policy should keep mutuality in mind. C)Public and private policy should keep self-interest in mind.
D)All of the above
Question No. : 5
It is given in the passage that:
I. policymakers, by adhering excessively on a certain approach, end up promoting something they wished to avoid in the first
place.
II. policymakers excessively adhere to a standard policy.
III. policymakers do, in part, understand basic human behaviour.
A)Only I

B)Only III

C)Only II and III

D)All of the above

Question No. : 6
According to the information provided in the passage, the views of Samuel Bowles and George Will are:
A)are fairly dichotomous

B)are almost contrarian

C)are almost the same

D)are built on similar grounds

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 7
In 1614, when the telescope was new technology, a young man in Germany published a book filled with illustrations of the
exciting new things being discovered telescopically: moons circling Jupiter, moon-like phases of Venus, spots on the Sun, the
rough and cratered lunar surface. The young man was Johann Georg Locher, and his book was Mathematical Disquisitions
Concerning Astronomical Controversies and Novelties. And while Locher heaped praise upon Galileo, he challenged ideas that
Galileo championed on scientific grounds.

You see, Locher was an anti-Copernican, a fan of the ancient astronomer Ptolemy, and a student within the Establishment (his
mentor was Christoph Scheiner, a prominent Jesuit astronomer). Locher argued that Copernicus was wrong about Earth circling
the Sun, and that Earth was fixed in place, at the centre of the Universe, like Ptolemy said. But Locher was making no religious
argument. Yes, he said, a moving Earth messes with certain Biblical passages, like Joshua telling the Sun to stand still. But it also
messes with certain astronomical terms, such as sunrise and sunset. Copernicans had work-arounds for all that, Locher said, even
though they might be convoluted. What Copernicans could not work around, though, were the scientific arguments against their
theory. Indeed, Locher even proposed a mechanism to explain how Earth could orbit the Sun (a sort of perpetual falling this
decades before Isaac Newton would explain orbits by means of perpetual falling), but he said it would not help the Copernicans,
on account of the other problems with their theory.

What were those problems? A big one was the size of stars in the Copernican universe. Copernicus proposed that certain oddities
observed in the movements of planets through the constellations were due to the fact that Earth itself was moving. Stars show no
such oddities, so Copernicus had to theorise that, rather than being just beyond the planets as astronomers had traditionally
supposed, stars were so incredibly distant that Earths motion was insignificant by comparison. But seen from Earth, stars appear
as dots of certain sizes or magnitudes. The only way stars could be so incredibly distant and have such sizes was if they were all
incredibly huge, every last one dwarfing the Sun. Tycho Brahe, the most prominent astronomer of the era and a favourite of the

Establishment, thought this was absurd, while Peter Crger, a leading Polish mathematician, wondered how the Copernican
system could ever survive in the face of the star-size problem.

Locher thought much was up in the air and ripe for study. In light of the star-size problem, he thought that the Earth clearly did not
move; the Sun circled it. But the telescope made it clear that Venus circled the Sun, and that sunspots also went around the Sun.
Brahe had theorised that all planets circled the Sun, while it circled Earth. Locher noted that Brahe might be right, but what was
clear was that the telescope supported Ptolemy.

Ptolemy had explained those oddities in planetary movement by theorising that, as planets circled the Earth, they also rode on a
smaller circle, or epicycle, creating an odd motion like a Scrambler ride at a carnival. Locher wrote that, prior to the telescope, this
was just an idea no one knew if epicycles really existed. But the telescopically discovered moons of Jupiter were proof of epicyclic
motion: the moons rode in circles around Jupiter, while those circles rode with Jupiter on its orbit. The telescope had proven
Ptolemy correct; it was just that Venus and sunspots (and maybe all the planets) had their epicycles centred on the Sun. Locher
thought the epicycle question could be probed further through telescopic observation of Saturn, and in particular of the
protrusions seen on Saturn (at the time, no one understood these to be rings). Locher argued that a long-term study of how those
protrusions change might show that Saturn rode on an epicycle.
The author of the passage adopts:
A)a subjective approach in the passage
D)a critical approach in the passage

B)a descriptive approach in the passage

C)a narrative approach in the passage

Question No. : 8
According to the information given in the passage, Georg Locher was:
I. in agreement with some of views of Ptolemy
II. supported the views of Isaac Newton
III. not a supporter of Copernicus
IV. was related to Catholicism in some way or the other.
A)I, II & III

B)I, III & IV

C)II, III & IV

D)All of the above

Question No. : 9
The meaning of the word 'epicylce' is:
A)A circle that revolves around the Sun. B)A circle that revolves around a circling planet.
C)A circle that revolves around the Sun, which is further revolving around the Earth.
D)A circle that rollsaround (inside or outside) another circle.
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 10
Some 2,400 years ago, in 399 BCE, Athens put Socrates on trial. The charge was impiety, and the trial took place in the Peoples
Court. Socrates, already 70 years old, had long been a prominent philosopher and a notorious public intellectual. Meletus, the
prosecutor, alleged that Socrates had broken Athenian law by failing to observe the state gods, by introducing new gods, and by
corrupting the youth.

Meletus, as prosecutor, and Socrates, as defendant, delivered timed speeches before a jury of 501 of their fellow citizens. There is
no dispute about the basic facts of the trial of Socrates. It is less obvious why Athenians found Socrates guilty, and what it might
mean today. People who believe in both democracy and the rule of law ought to be very interested in this trial. If the takeaway is
either that democracy, as direct self-government by the people, is fatally prone to repress dissent, or that those who dissent
against democracy must be regarded as oligarchic traitors, then we are left with a grim choice between democracy and intellectual
freedom.

But that is the wrong way to view Socrates trial. Rather, the question it answers concerns civic obligation and commitment. The
Peoples Court convicted Socrates because he refused to accept that a norm of personal responsibility for the effects of public
speech applied to his philosophical project. Socrates accepted the guilty verdict as binding, and drank the hemlock, because he

acknowledged the authority of the court and the laws under which he was tried. And he did so even though he believed that the
jury had made a fundamental mistake in interpreting the law.

The conventional wisdom maintains that the impiety charge against Socrates was a smokescreen, that politics motivated his trial.
Just four years earlier, a democratic uprising had overthrown a junta that ruled Athens for several tumultuous months. Meletus
prosecution speech at the trial likely urged the citizens of Athens to focus on Socrates long association with members of this
vicious and anti-democratic junta.

In his influential interpretation The Trial of Socrates (1988), the US journalist-turned-classicist I F Stone saw this trial as an
embattled democracy defending itself. In Stones view, Socrates had helped to justify the juntas savage programme of oligarchic
misrule and was a traitor. More commonly, Socrates is seen as a victim of an opportunistic prosecutor and a wilfully ignorant
citizenry. In truth, politics is indispensable to understanding the trial of Socrates, but in a slightly more sophisticated way. Seeing
Socrates as the paradigm of the autonomous individual, as a simple martyr to free speech, is wrong. Athenian political culture and,
specifically, the civic commitments required of Athenian citizens are essential to understanding the trial. Socrates own
commitments to his city influenced the trials course, and those commitments were core parts of Athenian political culture,
shaping the relationship between public speech and responsibility. Indeed, the actions of Socrates, Meletus and the jury must be
understood in the context of the Athenians emphasis on the role of the responsible citizen in the democratic state, on their ideal of
civic responsibility. Thus it is a story, in many ways, of civic engagement, in some respects far removed from the politics of
recognition that characterise contemporary US debates.
It is clear from the information given in the passage that:
A)Socrates was unfairly persecuted for expressing his views.
B)There is more to the trial of Socrates than the theory of his unfair persecution.
C)Socrates did not curry favour with those in power to escape his punishment. D)none of the above
Question No. : 11
The primary purpose of the author of the passage is:
A)to showcase how individuals and state are embroiled in contentious issues with one another.
B)to highlight the repercussions of taking a particular approach.
C)to elicit reaction to a new approach to problem concerning personal ethics.
D)to debunk a popular interpretation of a particular event in history.
Question No. : 12
According to Stone:
A)Socrates acted contrary to democratic principles by supporting the junta.
B)Socrates' trial was a democracy's fight against its opposition. C)Both (1) and (2)

D)Neither (1) nor (2)

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 13
It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base
and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to
do or think alone. We have broken the laws. The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so.
May we be forgiven!
But this is not the only sin upon us. We have committed a greater crime, and for this crime there is no name. What punishment
awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for
it.

It is dark here. The flame of the candle stands still in the air. Nothing moves in this tunnel save our hand on the paper. We are
alone here under the earth. It is a fearful word, alone. The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for
this is the great transgression and the root of all evil. But we have broken many laws. And now there is nothing here save our one
body, and it is strange to see only two legs stretched on the ground, and on the wall before us the shadow of our one head. The
walls are cracked and water runs upon them in thin threads without sound, black and glistening as blood. We stole the candle
from the larder of the Home of the Street Sweepers. We shall be sentenced to ten years in the Palace of Corrective Detention if it

be discovered. But this matters not. It matters only that the light is precious and we should not waste it to write when we need it
for that work which is our crime. Nothing matters save the work, our secret, our evil, our precious work. Still, we must also write,
formay the Council have mercy upon us!we wish to speak for once to no ears but our own. Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it
is written on the iron bracelet which all men wear on their left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old. We
are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders
pointed to us and frowned and said: "There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, for your body has grown beyond the bodies of
your brothers." But we cannot change our bones nor our body. We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts
which are forbidden. It has always given us wishes which men may not wish. We know that we are evil, but there is no will in us
and no power to resist it. This is our wonder and our secret fear, that we know and do not resist.
The author of the passage uses the pronoun we instead of I as:
A)he wants to showcase how his world needs change and reformation
B)he wishes to use language in a figurative way that leaves an impact on the reader
C)he wants to impress upon the reader with his distinctive narrative style
D)he wishes to showcase how individuality is not allowed to foster in the world he lives
Question No. : 14
The narrator/author of the passage clearly:
A)exhibits a feeling of strong reverence for the Council. B)exhibits a feeling of faint adoration for the Council.
C)exhibits a feeling of nonchalant indifference for the Council. D)exhibits a feeling of crippling fear for the Council.
Question No. : 15
The underlying theme of the passage can be identified as which one of the following?
A)sarcastically emblematic

B)figuratively realistic

C)whimsically inflated

D)symbolically dystopian

Question No. : 16
The author of the passage:
A)highlights a world where individual eccentricity and nuisance is ended
B)highlights a world where structure and discipline rule the roost C)highlights a world where personalities cease to exist
D)highlights a world where indiscipline is brought to an end
Question No. : 17
The author of the passage:
I. in unique with respect to his physical attributes.
II. believes he is driven to thoughts which malefic in nature.
III. thinks he was born with the scourge of independent thinking.
A)I & II

B)II & III

C)I & III

D)All of the above

Question No. : 18
From the information given in the passage, it can be said that the society mentioned:
I. does not allow individuals to write down their thoughts.
II. does not allow individuals to be alone at any given point of time.
III. does not allow individuals to be with others at any given point of time.
A)I & II

B)II & III

C)I & III

D)All of the above

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 19

The term insight refers to the action of the mind when it is freed from the blocks of accumulated knowledge and is full of high
mental energy that is generated by passion. For example, Einsteins work was the result of great passion. He did not mean to
disprove Newton. He broke new grounds.

Insight is an act of perception, permeated with intense energy and passion. It involves getting free from emotional, linguistic,
intellectual, social and other pressures which hold the mind in rigid grooves. It involves a further perception that is not contained
in the existing knowledge. This perception includes new forms of imagination and new types of reason. Imagination consists of
mental images, a kind of imitation to how things look like and feel like. These images are produced in the mind and not outside.
They bring about a conscious experience. They include sensations similar to those arising in the sensory perception, but their
origin is internal rather than external. A continuous flow of imagery is called fantasy.

Generally, imagination tends to play a primary role in arts and literature; pure reason becomes secondary here. Without insight,
imaginative thought becomes confined within the barriers which are inherent in fancy; and results in mediocrity in arts and
literature. As in scientific work, in arts too, the intense energy of insight is needed to free oneself from barriers of accumulated
knowledge. Imagination without barriers gives rise to imaginative insights.

Reason, on the other hand, is a perception of new relationships in abstract thought. In general, reason is a process in which no
definable feature can safely be assumed to be fixed forever. However, some content from this flow of reason can be abstracted,
and for the sake of convenience, it may be regarded as a given framework. Reason then gets reduced to formal logic: complete
fixing of a set of assumptions, axioms and hypothesis which provides what is called the universe of discourse. Under such
conditions, the movement from premises to conclusion could be compared to a game played within this make believe
abstraction of a universe. Formal logic is actually the intellectual counterpart of rearrangement of known images taking place in
imaginative fancy. It can be both useful and necessary. But if it is assumed that the fixed framework of formal logic is always valid,
it will become a presupposition which would determine the general disposition of the mind; producing urges, motivations and
desires resulting in blocks and barriers to new perceptions.
The primary purpose of the author of the passage is:
A)to understand reason B)to understand insights
D)to semantically probe reason and insights

C)to distinguish between reason and insights

Question No. : 20
According to the author of the passage, insights:
A)are a form of perception wherein existing knowledge is linearly explored
B)are a form of perception wherein existing knowledge is non-linearly explored
C)are a form of knowledge that go beyond the existing norms of perception
D)are a form of perception which challenge the existing realms of knowledge and go beyond them
Question No. : 21
According to the author of the passage, formal logic:
A)can only have limited use. B)can create new frameworks for discussing existing perceptive knowledge
C)can block pathways to new perceptions D)none of the above
DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.
Question No. : 22
There is one fact which should make an impression upon every person of conscience, upon all who have at heart a concern for
human dignity and justice; that is, for the liberty of each individual amid and through a setting of equality for all. That is the fact
that all of the intelligentsia, all of the great applications of science to the purpose of industry, trade and to the life of society in
general have thus far profited no one, save the privileged classes and the power of the State, that timeless champion of all political
and social iniquity. Never, not once, have they brought any benefit to the masses of the people. We need only list the machines
and every workingman and honest advocate of the emancipation of labour would accept the justice of what we say. By what
power do the privileged classes maintain themselves today, with all their insolent smugness and iniquitous pleasures, in defiance
of the all too legitimate outrage felt by the masses of the people? Is it by some power inherent in their persons? No - it is solely
through the power of the State, in whose apparatus today their offspring hold, always, every key position (and even every lower

and middle range position) excepting that of soldier and worker. And in this day and age what is it that constitutes the principle
underlying the power of the State? Why, it is science. Yes, science - Science of government, science of administration and financial
science; the science of fleecing the flocks of the people without their bleating too loudly and, when they start to bleat, the science
of urging silence, patience and obedience upon them by means of a scientifically organised force: the science of deceiving and
dividing the masses of the people and keeping them allays in a salutary ignorance lest they ever become able, by helping one
another and pooling their efforts, to conjure up a power capable of overturning States; and, above all, military science with all its
tried and tested weaponry, these formidable instruments of destruction which 'work wonders' and lastly, the science of genius
which has conjured up steamships, railways and telegraphy which, by turning every government into a hundred armed, a
thousand armed Briareos, giving it the power to be, act and arrest everywhere at once - has brought about the most formidable
political centralisation the world has ever witnessed.

Who, then, will deny that, without exception, all of the advances made by science have thus far brought nothing, save a boosting of
the wealth of the privileged classes and of the power of the State, to the detriment of the well-being and liberty of the masses of
the people, of the proletariat? But, we will hear the objection; do not the masses of the people profit by this also? Are they not
much more civilised in this society of ours than they were in the societies of bygone centuries?
The author of the passage refers to the State as a:
A)supporter of equality

B)supporter of inequality

C)supporter of justice

D)supporter of impropriety

Question No. : 23
The tone of the author of the passage can be said to be:
A)Indifferent

B)Toadying

C)Haughty

D)Cynical

Question No. : 24
According to the author of the passage, the primary cause for maintaining position of the privileged classes is:
A)science

B)military

C)government

D)the masses themselves

DIRECTIONS for the question: The four sentences (labelled 1,2,3 and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, from a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answer.
Question No. : 25
1. Suddenly, with a mechanical clatter and the hiss of an oxyacetylene lamp, a moving image appeared on the screen.
2. A white sheet hung against one wall, and in the gloaming the only light came from a wood-and-brass construction at the back
of the room.
3. Behind the drawn curtains of his home in Palo Alto, California, the railroad magnate Leland Stanford waited for his horse to be
brought to life.
4. It was little more than a silhouette, but Stanford and his astonished guests could clearly see Hawthorn, Stanfords stallion,
walking along as if it were right there in the room among them.
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B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
Question No. : 26
1. Muybridge set up as a professional photographer and, in 1872, he married Flora Shallcross Stone, a young divorcee half his age.
2. The place inspired the first of Muybridges many name changes when, at 20, he appropriated the Eadweard spelling of the
Anglo-Saxon kings that had been carved upon an ancient coronation stone near his home.
3. Muybridge was born in 1830 as Edward Muggeridge, into a merchant family that traded in corn and coal in Kingston upon
Thames in England.
4. He set off to New York as a young man, in 1850, before crossing the country to the frontier town of San Francisco.
5. Over time, for reasons he never explained, his surname evolved to Muygridge and then Muybridge.

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B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
Question No. : 27
1. By directing the Centre to constitute a Cauvery Management Board within four weeks, the Supreme Court has created space for
the water-sharing dispute to be handled in a scientific and responsible manner by a legally constituted technical body.
2. It will be a technical body consisting of irrigation engineers and agronomists, and will have independent members as well as
representatives of the basin States.
3. The board, assisted by a regulation committee, is the mechanism prescribed by the Tribunal in its final order for implementing
its award.
4. Judicial intervention often resolves questions that the executive finds too sensitive to handle.
5. It can formulate the manner in which water should be shared in a season of distress.
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B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
Question No. : 28
1. These are men, women and children who take to sport not merely to fill in their leisure hours; they are the ones who believe that
given the right breaks at the right time, they can become champions maybe even world-beaters with great wealth and fame.
2. But try to fit this perspective into the Indian context, and you run into a huge road-block.
3. In every city, town and village in most parts of the world, there is a Nobody or two who wants to become a Somebody in
sports.
4. As recently as in the late 1990s, in a cafe in Tokyo, a couple adjacent to our table turned to me and said, Rajnikanth, Tendulkar.
Getting their pronunciation right was tough enough for the ears; putting it down on paper is almost impossible.
5. For until quite recently much of the fame and recognition was reserved for one sport alone cricket.
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B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentence and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
Question No. : 29
1. The latest ruling by the European Union competition commissioner may not be the last against U.S. multinationals in what is
increasingly being viewed as harmful to tax diplomacy.
2. Notably, the Commission has not taken issue with Dublins 12.5 per cent rate of corporate taxation.
3. The hefty 13 billion in back taxes the European Commission imposed on Apple should have drawn Europe and the U.S. closer
in their common quest to crack down on corporate tax avoidance.
4. As with the Starbucks decision in 2015 and the ongoing probe into McDonalds, both concerning two different countries, the
Commission alleges that Irelands ultra-low, single-digit tax arrangements with Apple were in violation of EU state aid rules.
5. But the unprecedented penalty to hit the American tech giant has triggered angry outbursts at home and could well put paid to
hopes for transatlantic cooperation, especially on the trade and investment partnership agreement, in the immediate future.
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B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for question: Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.
Question No. : 30
1. The Cauvery water dispute is turning out to be less about water and irrigation and more about linguistic chauvinism and
regional identity.

2.On some previous occasions when Karnataka released water in a distress year the State government did so quietly so as to not
give chauvinistic elements any opportunity to inflame passions.
3. Emotions often trump reason.
4. Nothing else can explain the mindless violence in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Supreme Court order asking the former to
release water to the latter, keeping in view the distress situation in both States in a season of deficit rainfall.
A)2

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for question: Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.
Question No. : 31
1. As a result, his life was precarious there were times when he was even homeless but I would still long for the school holidays
when I could visit him.
2. My father had so much promise as a young man he was witty, academically gifted and handsome, and I can absolutely
understand why my mum had fallen for him when they met at university.
3. But he struggled to deliver on that early potential.
4. They had me young, and I think the responsibility was too great.
A)1

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for question: Four sentences related to a topic are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.
Question No. : 32
1. The Silicon Valley line has been given an academic imprimatur by theorists from universities and think tanks.
2. The virtual world, they argue, provides an escape from repressive social, corporate and governmental constraints; it frees people
to exercise their volition and creativity unfettered, whether as entrepreneurs seeking riches in the marketplace or as volunteers
engaged in social production outside the marketplace.
3. By the turn of the century, Silicon Valley was selling more than gadgets and software: it was selling an ideology.
4. Intellectuals spanning the political spectrum, from Randian right to Marxian left, have portrayed the computer network as a
technology of emancipation.
A)3

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.
Question No. : 33
1. There was a sharp increase in the incidence of chikungunya in the country in 2015 over the previous year, although official data
do not attribute any deaths to the infection.
2. The irony is that India, with its focus on rapid economic growth and prosperity, is nowhere near victory in the battle against
productivity-sapping infections spread by mosquitoes and other insects, while a nimble neighbour like Sri Lanka could declare
itself malaria-free.
3. The death of several people in Delhi linked to an outbreak of dengue, chikungunya and malaria has once again exposed the
inadequacy of national public health programmes that aim to eliminate vector-borne diseases.
4. Dengue cases have also steadily risen, from 75,808 in 2013 to 99,913 last year, with the death toll rising from 193 to 220 during
this period.
5. The footprint for malaria has grown, with over 1.1 million cases last year, although the number of people dying from the
infection has shown a recent decline, going by official statistics.
A)2

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a
meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

Question No. : 34
1. The agreement reached between Russia and the United States in Geneva on a ceasefire in Syria is perhaps the best opportunity
for a solution to the five-and-a-half-year old civil war.
2. Vladimir Putin wanted Syrian statehood to be restored and the major powers to come together in the fight against the jihadists.
3. Under it, Russia will prevent the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from bombing rebel-held areas, while the U.S. will join
hands with Russia in the fight against jihadist groups, including the Islamic State.
4. This stalemate and the fear of more bloodshed may have prompted both the U.S. and Russia to play down their differences.
5. The broad framework of the deal is the Putin Plan, made public a year ago while announcing Russias intervention in Syria.
A)4

B)

C)

D)

Section : DI & Reasoning


DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the pie chart/s given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 35
ABC Company conducts a survey. It is taken among 9000 people about their favourite junk food. Chart I shows the percentage
breakup of their favourite food. Chart II shows further breakup of their favourite chips.

What is the difference between the number of people who like chips & who like burgers? (in numerical value)
A)1800

B)

C)

D)

Question No. : 36
If the people who like FRITO were to be subtracted from people who like chips and added to those who like Manchurian, by what
% would the number of those people who like Manchurian increase? (in percentage)

A)40

B)

C)

D)

Question No. : 37
How many people are there who like Bingo chips & French fries? (in numerical value)
A)1500

B)

C)

D)

Question No. : 38
If 10% of the people who like Uncle Chips shift their choice to Flips, what is the new difference between the number of people who
like Uncle Chips & Flips? (in numerical value)
A)100

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 39
On the annual day, of people tree school, 12 squads have their stalls in the play ground. These stalls are on the either sides of the
pathway. Stalls from 1 to 6, in that order are on the left side of the path and stalls from 7 to 12, in that order are on the right side
of the path. Stall 1 is opposite to 7, 2 is opposite to 8 and so on. Also, we know following:
(i) Dhwani is in stall 1 & is diagonally opposite to Shabad.
(ii) Kalaa is opposite to Teerandazi.
(iii) Nritya is opposite to Bharatnatyam.
(iv) Bhartnatyams immediate neighbours are Shabad & Kathak.
(v) Gymnastic & Rasaa are diagonally opposite to each other.
If Kathak is opposite to Salsa and Movers & Shakers is adjacent to Rasa, then which stall is adjacent to Dhwani?
A)Quilling

B)Kalaa

C)Movers & Shakers

D)Teerandazi

Question No. : 40
If Kalaa & Bharatnatyam are on same side of the path, then which of the stall cannot be between Nritya & Teerandazi?
A)Quilling

B)Kalaa

C)Salsa

D)Movers & Shakers

Question No. : 41
If Teerandazi is exactly in between Salsa & Quilling, then in how many ways can the squads be arranged in stalls?
A)4

B)2

C)6

D)8

Question No. : 42
If Movers & Shakers is exactly in between the Kalaa & Quilling and Dhwani is interchanged with the squad in stall 12, then which
squad is opposite Kathak?
A)Teerandazi

B)Kalaa

C)Salsa

D)Quilling

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 43
In a Young old society annual programme, five people named A, B, C, D & E participated in Tambola. They all draw Tambola ticket
from a bowl. All the tickets are of different colors.
Following facts are known about them:(i) Every persons age is a multiple of 10(in years). Their ages are distinct.
(ii) Oldest & youngest persons ages are 60 years & 20 years respectively.

(iii) Colors of their tickets are Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Grey.
(iv) Ticket Red is drawn by the oldest person & yellow ticket is drawn by the youngest person.

Also, Sum of ages of A & D is equal to twice the age of B. The age of the person whos ticket color is green is more than that of the
person whose ticket color is blue but less than that of the person whose ticket color is Grey. C & E are not the eldest & youngest
respectively. Bs age is more than A. At most 3 persons are younger than D & at least one person is younger than A.
Who has drawn grey ticket?
A)A

B)D

C)C

D)A person whose age is 30

Question No. : 44
What is the color of ticket drawn by A?
A)Blue

B)Green

C)Yellow

D)Grey

Question No. : 45
What is the difference of sum of ages of (A & B) & (C & D)? (in numerical value)
A)

B)

C)

D)

Question No. : 46
What is the sum of ages of those who has drawn yellow & grey ticket? (in numerical value)
A)70

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 47
Five students named Ankit, Kashish, Karan, Vishal and Priya are given scores based on the mistakes done in the exams
corresponding to subjects English, Hindi, Maths, Science GK. The score per student per subject is calculated as per below approach.
For a given subject student with lowest number of mistake is identified. The difference of number 20 and the mistake is calculated.
The result is multiplied by 5 and the subsequent result obtained is the score for the student with the lowest number of mistake in
that subject. Likewise the student with second lowest number of mistake is identified. The result of difference of 20 and misttake is
multiplied by 4. Similarly, the result of difference (20 and mistake) for the student with third lowest mistake number is multiplied
by 3, of that with second highest mistake is multiplied by 2 and of the person with highest number of mistake is multiplied by 1.

The data for score of all these 5 students and 5 subjects is detailed below.

English

Hindi

Maths

Science

Gk

Ankit

32

18

35

Kashish

10

28

24

15

18

Karan

15

32

Vishal

50

10

35

24

45

Priya

18

10

It is also known that the exam for English was the easiest and the total score obtained by all students is 114.
The exam for Maths was difficult and total mistakes are 77.
Vishal was the topper of the class with score of 164.

Ankit ranked 4th in the class with the score of one less that of Kashish. Score of Karan in Hindi is four times the score of Priya in
GK.
How many mistakes did Karan make in Hindi? (in numerical value)

A)12

B)

C)

D)

Question No. : 48
Which among the following students did least mistakes in science?
A)Ankit

B)Vishal

C)Karan

D)Kashish

Question No. : 49
What is the total number of mistakes made by Ankit in all the subjects?
A)Cant be determined

B)73

C)27

D)76

Question No. : 50
How many more mistakes should Priya have avoided so as to get 4th rank in the class? (in numerical value)
A)9

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 51
Five Students Aamya, Bani, Carl, Dinesh and Eshwar wrote GMAT in 2015 and 2016. The increase percentages in their marks are
ranging from 10% to 50% in the year 2016 over 2015. It is also known that in 2015, marks of all students were multiple of 50.
Aamya with the least marks 300 in 2015 had the maximum increase of 50%. Dinesh with the highest marks saw the least increase
of 10%.Banis marks in 2016 was equal to that of Dinesh in 2015, while Carls 2016 marks was equal to that of Banis in 2015,
Aamyas 2016 marks was equal to that of Eshwar in 2015.
Harinder, their teacher observes that one of the students has percentage increase twice that of the other student.
Monika, another teacher corrects him and informs that this is the case in two different instances.
It was also observed that in 2015 marks of Eshwar were equal to the average of that of Aamya and Dinesh, and same is true for
the percentage increase.
Ajay said that if Carls marks had increase at the same rate as that of Aamya in 2015, it would have been the marks of Bani in
2016.
What is the average of the percentages' increase in marks of all 5 students?
A)27%

B)24.2%

C)28.5%

D)23.5%

Question No. : 52
Which student had the maximum increase in marks?
A)Aamya

B)Bani

C)Carl

D)Eshwar

Question No. : 53
What is the average of marks of all students in 2015?
A)450

B)500

C)550

D)400

Question No. : 54
What is the difference between marks of Dinesh and Eeshwar in 2016?
A)75

B)85

C)95

D)65

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 55
A publishing house based in Delhi publishes a weekly magazine. The magazine offers discounts to customers based on different
subscription schemes as shown below.

Period

No. of Issues Discount

1 year

52

17%

3 years

156

25%

5 years

260

35%

The news stand price of the magazine is Rs. 25.


A year is made up of 52 weeks.
Subscriptions can be paid for by cash, D.D. or cheque.
Subscriptions are rounded off to the nearest Rs. 50.
The publishing house charges Rs. 50 as D.D. collection charges and Rs. 100 for out station cheques.
The issues are delivered by ordinary postal mail at no extra cost. If a customer wishes the issues be delivered by courier, the
publishing house collects a one time courier charge equivalent to 10% of the news stand value of the subscription.
Mr. Rajat lives in Kolkata. His bank charges Rs. 45 as D.D. making charges for values below Rs. 5000. If Mr. Rajat pays the
subscription charges by D.D. and requests that the issues be delivered by ordinary postal mail, what is the effective discount that
he gets for a 1 year subscription to the magazine?
A)9.69%

B)11.53%

C)8.07%

D)15.84%

Question No. : 56
Nikhil and Savita stay in Mumbai. Nikhil's bank charges Rs. 100 for a D.D, if the value is up to Rs. 5000 and 5% if the value is
above Rs. 5000. Nikhil pays for a 3-year subscription by D.D. and requests that the issues be delivered by ordinary postal mail.
Savita pays for a 3-year subscription by a cheque drawn on a bank in Delhi and requests that the issues be delivered by courier.
What is the absolute difference between the effective discounts that Nikhil and Savita get?
A)3.72%

B)6.16%

C)8.72%

D)9.18%

Question No. : 57
Pankaj stays in Delhi and has a 5-year subscription to the magazine. He paid in cash and asked that the issues be delivered by
courier. Jasleen stays in Ahmedabad and has a 5-year subscription to the magazine. She paid by D.D., for which her bank charged
5% of the value as D.D. making charges. Jasleen asked that the issues be delivered by ordinary postal mail. What is the difference
between the effective discounts earned?

A)Rs. 675

B)Rs. 275

C)Rs. 435

D)Rs. 385

Question No. : 58
Navneet stays in Bangalore and is contemplating two different options for a 5-year subscription to the magazine. Under option A,
he plans to have two 1-year subscriptions followed by a 3-year subscription. Under option B, he plans to take up a 5-year
subscription. He plans on paying by DD as his bank does not charge for making a D.D. He wants the issues delivered by courier.
Which option should Navneet choose and how much would he save in, as compared to the other option?
A)Option B, Rs. 1000

B)Option A, Rs. 950

C)Option B, Rs. 200

D)Option A, Rs. 1090

DIRECTIONS for the question: Analyse the graph/s given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 59
A German food giant produces 3 varieties of food products viz. sauce, Noodles and milk powder. Below given graphs
demonstrates the production volume of the three variant of products in span of 6 years. The second graph demonstrates the
percent change in the growth for each of the variant in span of 6 years.

What is the total production in year 2013 for all the three products?
A)914.78

B)892.3

C)960.89

D)1011.98

Question No. : 60
What is the % increase in the total production of all 3 products in 2015 over 2010?
A)49.8%

B)52.6%

C)65%

D)68.8%

Question No. : 61
Which of the following experiences the minimum percent increase in growth rate?
A)Milk powder for the year 2014
D)Noodles for the year 2014

B)Sauce for the year 2013

C)Milk powder for the year 2013

Question No. : 62
Which among the following shows maximum increase in the production?
A)Sauce for the year 2014 15 B)Sauce for the year 2011 12
D)Milk powder for the year 2010 11

C)Noodle for the year 2014 15

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 63
Eight persons of a committee are sitting around a circular table. The names of these 8 persons are Aditya, Abhishek, Acharya,

Aakash, Ahilya, Aeena, Ajtak & Agastya. The persons are wearing different colors as white, brown, black, grey, blue, red, and yellow,
green.
It is seen that,
(1) Agastya, who is wearing white is as many seats away to the right of Aeena as from the right of Acharya and is looking away
from the centre.
(2) Atleast 3 persons are sitting between Aeena & Acharya
(3) Only one couple is sitting diametrically opposite to each other and are looking towards centre. They are wearing red and
yellow and are equidistant to Aditya
(4) Ahilya wearing brown can see that the person opposite to him is not wearing black or white.
(5) Abhishek wearing green is looking towards the center.
How many persons are looking towards centre?
A)4

B)3

C)6

D)5

Question No. : 64
Who is sitting opposite to Ahilya?
A)Agastya

B)Aditya

C)Abhishek

D)Aditya or Abhishek

Question No. : 65
If Ahilya is sitting adjacent left to Abhishek and adjacent left to the person wearing Blue, then how many sitting arrangements are
possible?
A)4

B)8

C)16

D)0

Question No. : 66
If person adjacent to the person wearing white is looking away centre, then how many sitting arrangements are possible?
A)4

B)8

C)16

D)None of these

Section : Quantitative Ability


DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 67
In a month of June, price per kg of brown rice and white rice is same. In July, price of brown rice increases by 1/5th & that of white
rice decreases by 2/5th. If 2 kgs of a mixture containing both qualities of rice in ratio 3 : 2 respectively costs Rs.36 in July, what is
price per kg of brown rice in July.
A)11.25 Rs.

B)18.75 Rs.

C)22.5 Rs.

D)10.8 Rs

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 68
If a shopkeeper calculates his profit to be 20% his selling price, find his actual profit % ?
A)20%

B)25%

C)16.67%

D)30%

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 69
Harinder spent a total of Rs.426 on buying groceries, home decor and flowers for his home. If Rs. 21, 22 & 23 were subtracted

from the amounts spent on groceries, home decor & flowers respectively, then the ratio of the expenditures on these heads would
have been 23 : 29 : 20. How much was spent on flowers? (in Rs.)
A)123

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 70
t1, t2,t3, .....,tn-1, tn is a sequence such that t1 =2 & tn = tn-1 +2n - 2 for n 2.Find t99. (in numerical value)
A)9704

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 71

A triangle PQR is inscribed in a circle where Q is obtuse. The altitude PS of the triangle is tangent to the circle at P. Find PS if QR
= 9m & QS = 3m.
A)3m

B)4m

C)

D)6m

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 72
Find equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points (3,6) & (5,2).
A)x-2y+4=0

B)x-3y+4=0

C)x-2y+2=0

D)x-2y+8=0

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 73
A & B run 2 kilometres race & A wins by 60 seconds. A & C run 2 kilometres race & A wins by 720 metres. B & C run 2 kilometres
and B wins by 30 seconds. Find the time taken by A to run 2 kilometres.
A)190 secs.

B)250 secs.

C)160 secs.

D)220 secs.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 74
There are two friends FAN & SULTAN. If working alone, FAN would take 12 minutes more to complete a movie than if both FAN &
SULTAN worked together on it. If SULTAN worked alone, he would take

minutes more to complete the movie than if they both

worked together on it. How long will they take to complete the movie if they worked together?

A)14 hrs

B)9 mins

C)12 mins

D)None of these

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 75

Electricity bill is directly proportional to the number of units of electricity consumed. If Rs 16100 is charged for 2300x units, how
much should be the bill for 13y units?
A)

B)

C)91 Rs.

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 76
Find maximum sum of the following sequence 40, 36.25, 32.50, 28.75,.....
A)467.5

B)223.75

C)477.5

D)233.75

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 77
A faulty clock uniformly gains between 8.30 a.m. on a Wednesday and 8.30 p.m. on the following Saturday. If at 8.30 p.m on
Saturday, the clock shows 10 p.m., how many minutes does the clock gain per hour?
A)2 mins

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 78
There are 20 students in a class. 5 of them like vanilla cake, 8 like strawberry cake & 10 like none. A student is selected at random.
What is the probability that the selected student like both types of cakes?
A)13/20

B)7/20

C)3/20

D)17/20

DIRECTIONS for the question : Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 79
Find the number of digits in (250)15 (Given that log10 2 = 0.3010). (in numerical value)
A)36

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question : Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 80
Find solution set of inequality :

Log0.2 (x2+x-2) log0.2 (x+3) >0


A)

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question : Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 81
Find number of solutions of equation :
log4 (y+2) =2-log2y. (in numerical value)

A)1

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 82
How many keystrokes are needed to type numbers from 1 to 1000? (in numerical value)
A)2893

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 83
Let g (x) = 2x7 + ax5 + bx3 + 5x + 6. If g(17)=17, then find g (-17)
A)-17

B)17

C)-5

D)Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 84
Twinkle and Purab are playing a game. They have a bowl containing 9 slips. Each slip is bearing a distinct digit from 1 to 9. Twinkle
draws a slip. After noticing its result, she puts it back in bowl. Then Purab picks a slip. Which digit is the most probable to be the
unit digit of the sum of Twinkles number & Purabs number?
A)0

B)1

C)8

D)9

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 85
In how many ways 16 blocks can be arranged in a line such that 5 are red and identical, other 6 are black & identical and
remaining 5 are pink but are of different sizes? (write the answer option)

1.

2. 16! 3.

A)3

B)

C)

4.

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 86
Lion, the boss gives his secretary Mona darling a letter to type at various time each time putting the letter on top of the pile in
Mona darlings rack. Mona darling is caught up in many works. So, whenever she gets time, she takes the top letter of the pile &
types it. If there are 5 letters in all, and lion gives them in the order 12345, which of the following not be the order in which Mona
darling types them ?
A)24351

B)32415

C)54321

D)45231

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 87
Below is a magic square where sums of numbers in each row, column & diagonal are the same.

(in numerical value)


A)65

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 88
Amika wants to buy 4 cupcakes from an infinite supply of three types of cupcakes: chocolate, vanilla & gems-laden. In how many
different ways can she buy cupcakes? (in numerical value)
A)15

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 89
A standard six faced die (sum of numbers on opposite faces is 7) is rolled. Let x be the product of the five visible numbers. What is
the largest number that surely divides x?
A)6

B)12

C)120

D)24

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 90
The two digits in Ajays age are the same as the digits in Kapoors age, but not in the same order. After 5 years, Ajay will be twice
as old as Kapoor will be then. What is the sum of their ages? (in numerical value)
A)44

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 91
Equation 4x2+(b+8)x=-9 has only one solution for x. Find sum of all possible values of b.
A)24

B)-16

C)16

D)-24

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 92
If we draw graph of (x+y)2-x2-y2 = 0, then which of the following statement is true for the graph?
A)It is an empty set

B)It contains only one point

C)It contains 2 lines

D)It represents a circle

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 93

Given is a triangle XYZ such that XY=XZ. R is any point on XY and between X & Y. Also, XR =RZ=YZ. Find X. (in degrees)
A)36

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 94

A)1/9

B)9/16

C)4/9

D)1/3

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 95
Vandana invests a certain sum of money at compound interest which becomes Rs.2880 at the end of 2 years and further it
becomes Rs.3456 at the end of 3 years. Find principal? (in numerical value)
A)2000

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 96
let (x) = greatest integer less than or equal to x. How many of the following statements are true? (write the answer option)
i. (x+1) =(x)+1 ii. (x+y)=(x) +(y) iii. (xy)= (x) (y)
1. none 2. exactly 1 3. exactly 2 4. exactly 3
A)2

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 97

A)16/9

B)4/3

C)2/3

D)0.75

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 98
Sum of two or more consecutive +ve integers is 100. How many such sets are possible? (in numerical value)
A)2

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 99

ABC is a triangle such that AB=20& BC=32. Also,ABC=1500. Find area of ABC (in sq.units)

A)160

B)

C)

D)

DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Question No. : 100
A triangle with integral sides has perimeter 19 units. How many such scalene triangles are there? (in numerical value)
A)5

B)

C)

D)

QNo:-1,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- In the given case, you need to know the meaning of the word 'hedged'. It refers to a practice where one tries to
minimize ones risk or loss. Keeping this in mind, we can see how option 2 relates best with the passage. The primary hypothesis of
the author is that Adam Smith promotes private interest. But he hedged his bets by talking about societal benefits as well. This is
not something which is done by policymakers.

QNo:-2,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- The important thing here is the meaning of the word 'willy-nilly'. It means 'without having a choice'. Considering
this, we can see that option 1 is the correct answer here.

QNo:-3,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- The first thing that you need know in order to answer this question is that political right and conservatives refer to
the same thing. This question illustrates the need of diverse reading habits and highlights how being exposed to basic political
terminology can help you with questions.
Option 2 can be derived from the lines: He warned that legislators, especially conservatives, should take that duty seriously and
posed what has turned out to be a question of increasing relevance: Can conservatives come to terms with a social reality more
complex than their slogans?
Option 3 can be derived from the lines: The view of government as moral tutor may seem odd today, especially to those on the
political right.

QNo:-4,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- The above options are derived from the lines: Put more positively, public and private policies often work much
better if they are designed with the recognition that people act in part from self-interest and in part from social preferences,
which include altruism, reciprocity, intrinsic pleasure in helping others, aversion to inequity, ethical commitments, and other
motives that induce people to help people more than is consistent with maximizing their own wealth or material payoff.
Remember, Samuel Bowles does not reject self-interest; he simply recommends that it go hand in hand with social welfare.

QNo:-5,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Statement I can be derived from the lines: Bowles second assertion is that policies based on the assumption that
people are motivated primarily or entirely by selfish motives often work poorly and sometimes backfire. Worse, such policies may
actually promote selfishness and amorality.
Statement II can be derived from the lines: Bowles charges that economists, jurists, and policymakers often dont hedge theirs, and

they have come to rely excessively on incentives based on the proposition that peoples behaviour is entirely self-interested and
amoral.
Statement III can be derived from the lines: To be clear, most policymakers probably recognize that people behave from diverse
motives.

QNo:-6,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- In the given case, option 4 is the best answer. Samuel Bowles and George Will both talk about the role of
policymakers and their arguments are based on similar grounds. Are there views the same? It is hard to say that but yes, they have
the same origin. This makes option 4 the correct answer here.

QNo:-7,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- In the given case, the author of the passage adopts a purely descriptive approach. He is clearly describing the
word of Locher, and what all he postulated. The author, in the given passage, does not comment on the validity of the work
carried out by Locher but simply highlights the same for us.

QNo:-8,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Refer to the lines: You see, Locher was an anti-Copernican, a fan of the ancient astronomer Ptolemy, and a student
within the Establishment (his mentor was Christoph Scheiner, a prominent Jesuit astronomer). Locher argued that Copernicus was
wrong about Earth circling the Sun, and that Earth was fixed in place, at the centre of the Universe, like Ptolemy said.
Statements I and III can be derictly derived from the above.
Also, Establishment here refers to the members of the Catholic Chruch. Also, the Jesuit order is a RomanCatholic order founded by
SaintIgnatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionarywork among the heathen; it
is strongly committed to education and scholarship.
Remember, Isaac Newton came after Locher and therefore, he cannot support the views of Newton.

QNo:-9,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Remember, we simply need to provide the meaning of the word (this rules out options 1, 2, & 3 which introduce
extraneous elements in the given case). The correct answer in this case is option 4.

QNo:-10,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- In the passage, the author clearly highlights that there is more to the case of Socrates than the theory that he was
unfairly persecuted. In fact, the author introduces evidence and facts that point out the shortcomings of Socrates. This makes
option 2 the best answer in the given case.

QNo:-11,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- In the given passage, the author adopts a very simple purpose: to highlight how the trial of Socrates has been
interpreted in a certain way and how this might not necessarily be the right way to go about it. This makes option 4 the correct
answer in this case.

QNo:-12,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- This is a factual question and the answer can be directly derived from the lines: In his influential interpretation The
Trial of Socrates (1988), the US journalist-turned-classicist I F Stone saw this trial as an embattled democracy defending itself. In
Stones view, Socrates had helped to justify the juntas savage programme of oligarchic misrule and was a traitor.

Remember, this is an extremely easy question and you should not have gotten this wrong at any cost.

QNo:-13,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- In the given case, the pronoun we is symbolic of the shackled existence the author and others live. His usage of
the pronoun is because of the way he has brought in a world where individual existence does not matter and there is only
collective reference to all the members of the given group. This makes option 4 the correct answer in the given case.

QNo:-14,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- The author of the passage clearly talks about the Council in a negative tone and describes the feeling of fear and
dread he feels towards it. He is, in fact, constantly feeling dread that action will be taken against him and he repeatedly mentions
the same in the passage.

QNo:-15,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- In order to answer this question, you need to know the meaning of the word dystopian. A dystopia is a state in
which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation, oppression or terror. The author of the passage talks about a
similar state in the given case and highlights how the whole society is suffering in the given case. This makes option 4 the best
answer in the given case. None of the other options match the unique sentiments expressed in the passage.

QNo:-16,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- In the given passage, the author highlights a world where individuals cease to exist and there is a common
reference for all. This sentiment is best expressed by option 3 in the given case.

QNo:-17,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- All of the statements can be derived from the given context. Refer to the lines: We are six feet tall, and this is a
burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders pointed to us and frowned and
said: "There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers." But we cannot
change our bones nor our body. We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. It has always
given us wishes which men may not wish. We know that we are evil, but there is no will in us and no power to resist it. This is our
wonder and our secret fear, that we know and do not resist.

QNo:-18,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Statement III clearly goes against what is mentioned in the passage: We are alone here under the earth. It is a
fearful word, alone. The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and
the root of all evil. But we have broken many laws.

QNo:-19,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- In the given passage, the purpose of the author is to differentiate between reason and insights. He goes on to
discuss these two forms of perceptions in details and explains how these two are different from one another.

QNo:-20,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Refer to the lines: Insight is an act of perception, permeated with intense energy and passion. It involves getting

free from emotional, linguistic, intellectual, social and other pressures which hold the mind in rigid grooves. It involves a further
perception that is not contained in the existing knowledge. This perception includes new forms of imagination and new types of
reason. Imagination consists of mental images, a kind of imitation to how things look like and feel like.
We can clearly see that insights refer to a form of perception which goes beyond existing knowledge.

QNo:-21,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- Refer to lines: But if it is assumed that the fixed framework of formal logic is always valid, it will become a
presupposition which would determine the general disposition of the mind; producing urges, motivations and desires resulting
in blocks and barriers to new perceptions.

QNo:-22,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Refer to the lines: the power of the State, that timeless champion of all political and social iniquity.
The author refers to the State as a supporter of iniquity (which means immoral or grossly unfair behaviour). This makes option 4
the correct answer in this case.

QNo:-23,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- The author of the passage clearly displays a very negative and depressing outlook in the passage. He is portraying
an extremely negative situation and exhibiting his negative perception of the same situation. This makes option 4 the best answer
in the given case.

QNo:-24,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Remember, you need to identify the primary cause in this case. The primary cause is science. Science is the tool
used by military and the State to maintain its dominance over others.

QNo:-25,Correct Answer:-3214
Explanation:- Statement 3 is the generic opening sentence for the given para-jumble. Statement 2 then describes the horse ad
statement 1 provides further detail for it (when it is lit up). Statement 4 provides a reaction to the event.

QNo:-26,Correct Answer:-32451
Explanation:- The most important aspect in this para-jumble is the time-reference. The author of the passage clearly moves in a
chronological order. This sequence can be seen in the set: 3-2-4. Also, statements 5 and 1 are linked by the common reference to
the changed surname, Muybridge.

QNo:-27,Correct Answer:-41325
Explanation:- Statement 4 is the generic opening sentence in this case. Statement 1 provides an example for statement 4.
Statement 3 then talks about the board mentioned in statement 1. Statement 2 further details the nature of the body and
statement 5 provides how the board should function. This forms a logical sequence of information in the given case.

QNo:-28,Correct Answer:-31254
Explanation:- Statement 3 forms the generic opening sentence in this case. Statement 1 then describes the people mentioned in
statement 3. Statement 2 then changes the discussion to the Indian context and statements 5 and 4 carry forward this thread of
discussion.

QNo:-29,Correct Answer:-35142
Explanation:- Statement 3 is the opening sentence in this case as it highlights the topic for discussion. Statement 5 takes this
forward and provides details about how this could trigger a wider problem. Statements 1 and 4 then take the context to other
companies. Statements 4 and 2 are linked by the common reference to Ireland.

QNo:-30,Correct Answer:-2
Explanation:- Statement 2 is the odd one out in this case. Statements 3-1-4 form the set of connected statements, in that order.
Statement 2 does not fit the generic introductory nature of the other statements, which are essentially about introducing the given
context.

QNo:-31,Correct Answer:-1
Explanation:- This is an easy question. Statement 1 is the odd one out here. Statements 2-3-4 form the set of connected
statements that talk in a generic way and introduce the subjects in this case (the author and his father). Statement 1 (and its
conclusive nature) do not fit in the given context.

QNo:-32,Correct Answer:-3
Explanation:- Statement 1 provides an introduction for the topic in the given case. Statements 4 and 2 provides the academic
approvals that have been used to describe computer networks. In this context, statement 3 is the odd one out. The aspect of Silicon
Valley sales is something which is absent in the given context.

QNo:-33,Correct Answer:-2
Explanation:- Statement 3 is the generic opening and statements 1, 4 and 5 provide factual information supporting this
statement. Statement 2 is the odd one out here as it is a concluding statement on the given situation and it does not gel with the
factual nature of the other statements.

QNo:-34,Correct Answer:-4
Explanation:- Statement 4 is the odd one out in the given case. Statement 1 is the generic opening sentence and statement 3
provides details for the given framework. Statements 5 and 2 then describe the role of Putin in the deal. Statement 4 is the odd
one out here as the reference to this stalemate does not find an antecedent in any of the other statements.

QNo:-35,Correct Answer:-1800
Explanation:- 33.33% of the 9000 surveyed like chips 13.33% of the 9000 surveyed like burgers. So, there are 33.33% - 13.33%
= 20% more people who like chips than those who like burgers. So, 20% of 9000 = 1800.

QNo:-36,Correct Answer:-40
Explanation:- No. of people who like frito = 20% of 33.33% of Total

QNo:-37,Correct Answer:-1500
Explanation:- No. of people who like Bingo chips = 20% of 33.33% of 9000 = 1/5 1/3 9000 = 600
No. of people who like French fries = 10% % 9000 = 900
So, reqd. total = 600 + 900 = 1500.

QNo:-38,Correct Answer:-100
Explanation:- No. of people who like Uncle Chips = 16.67% of 33.33% of 9000 = 500
10% of people who like Uncle Chips = 10% of 16.67% of 33.33% of 9000
Original number of people who like Flips = 16.67% of 33.33% of 9000 = 500
So, reqd. difference = (500 + 50) (500 50) = 100.

QNo:-39,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Following is a possible arrangement

Since Kathak is opposite to Salsa, means Salsa is at stall no. 4.


Movers & Shakers will be in stall 8 & Rasa will be in 7
Also, Kalaa & Teerandazi are opposite to each other. So, final arrangement becomes:

Quilling Kalaa/Teerandazi Salsa

Dhwani

Nritya Gymnastic

Rasa

Movers &
Shakers

Kalaa/Teerandazi Kathak

Bharatnatyam

Shabad

QNo:-40,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Following is a possible arrangement

As Kalaa & Bharatnatyam are on same side of the path, Kalaa can be either in stall 8 or 9 & Teerandazi can be in 2 or 3. Hence
Kalaa cannot be in between Nritya & Teerandazi.

QNo:-41,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Following is a possible arrangement

According to given condition stated in question, arrangement becomes:


Dhwani Salsa / Quilling Teerandazi Sala /Quilling Nritya Gymnastic / Rasa
Gymnastic / Rasa Movers & Shakers Kalaa Bharatnatyam Shabad
So, in total, there are 4 possible arrangements.

QNo:-42,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Following is a possible arrangement

Since Movers & Shakers is exactly between Kalaa & Quilling. So, Movers & Shakers, Kalaa, Quilling & Teerandazi will go in stall 3,
2, 4 & 8 respective stall 9 will be assigned to Salsa. So, Kathak will be opposite to Quilling.

QNo:-43,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Since ages are distinct multiples of 10. So, ages are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years. Direction (iv) says
60 years old has drawn red ticket
20 years old has drawn yellow ticket
Also, A + D = 2B.
So, possible combinations of (A, D, B) are (20, 60, 40), (30, 50, 40), (20, 40, 30), (40, 60, 50)
Since at most 3 persons are younger than D, his age can't be 60 also atleast one peron is younger than A. So his age can't be 20.
So only case left (30, 50, 40)
Also, ages wise, Grey > Green > Blue
So, Grey = 50, Green = 40, Blue = 30
Following table is possible:

Ages

Red

60

Blue

30

Green

40

Yellow

20

Grey

50

So, E is the oldest, C is the youngest. Since A is not the youngest & D is not the eldest.
So, (A, D, B) (30, 40, 50)
Red 60 E
Blue 30 A
Green 40 B

Yellow 20 C
Grey 50 D
2nd option

QNo:-44,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Since ages are distinct multiples of 10. So, ages are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years. Direction (iv) says
60 years old has drawn red ticket
20 years old has drawn yellow ticket
Also, A + D = 2B.
So, possible combinations of (A, D, B) are (20, 60, 40), (30, 50, 40), (20, 40, 30), (40, 60, 50)
Since at most 3 persons are younger than D, his age can't be 60 also atleast one peron is younger than A. So his age can't be 20.
So only case left (30, 50, 40)
Also, ages wise, Grey > Green > Blue
So, Grey = 50, Green = 40, Blue = 30
Following table is possible:

Ages

Red

60

Blue

30

Green

40

Yellow

20

Grey

50

So, E is the oldest, C is the youngest. Since A is not the youngest & D is not the eldest.
So, (A, D, B) (30, 40, 50)
Red 60 E
Blue 30 A
Green 40 B
Yellow 20 C
Grey 50 D
Colour of ticket drawn by A is Blue

QNo:-45,Correct Answer:-0
Explanation:- Since ages are distinct multiples of 10. So, ages are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years. Direction (iv) says
60 years old has drawn red ticket
20 years old has drawn yellow ticket
Also, A + D = 2B.
So, possible combinations of (A, D, B) are (20, 60, 40), (30, 50, 40), (20, 40, 30), (40, 60, 50)
Since at most 3 persons are younger than D, his age can't be 60 also atleast one peron is younger than A. So his age can't be 20.
So only case left (30, 50, 40)
Also, ages wise, Grey > Green > Blue
So, Grey = 50, Green = 40, Blue = 30
Following table is possible:

Ages

Red

60

Blue

30

Green

40

Yellow

20

Grey

50

So, E is the oldest, C is the youngest. Since A is not the youngest & D is not the eldest.
So, (A, D, B) (30, 40, 50)
Red 60 E
Blue 30 A
Green 40 B
Yellow 20 C
Grey 50 D
(A + B) (C + D) = (30 + 40) (20 + 50) = 0

QNo:-46,Correct Answer:-70
Explanation:- Since ages are distinct multiples of 10. So, ages are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years. Direction (iv) says
60 years old has drawn red ticket
20 years old has drawn yellow ticket
Also, A + D = 2B.
So, possible combinations of (A, D, B) are (20, 60, 40), (30, 50, 40), (20, 40, 30), (40, 60, 50)
Since at most 3 persons are younger than D, his age can't be 60 also atleast one peron is younger than A. So his age can't be 20.
So only case left (30, 50, 40)
Also, ages wise, Grey > Green > Blue
So, Grey = 50, Green = 40, Blue = 30
Following table is possible:

Ages

Red

60

Blue

30

Green

40

Yellow

20

Grey

50

So, E is the oldest, C is the youngest. Since A is not the youngest & D is not the eldest.
So, (A, D, B) (30, 40, 50)
Red 60 E
Blue 30 A
Green 40 B
Yellow 20 C
Grey 50 D
So required sum 20 + 50 = 70

QNo:-47,Correct Answer:-12
Explanation:- Let is consider score of English. There are two multiple of five i.e. 50 and 10.
Let is consider Vishal is a Topper with 50 marks. If he has done X number of mistakes than 5 (20 - x) = 50 x = 10.

Now 32 is a multiple of 4. So if Ankit has done Y number of mistakes than 4 (20 - x) = 32 x = 12.
If we apply the same logic, following table can be made which shows number of mistakes.

English

Hindi

Maths

Science

GK

Ankit

12

14

17

13

17

Kashish

15

13

14

15

14

Karan

16

12

15

16

12

Vishal

10

15

13

14

11

Priya

14

16

18

17

15

Therefore mistakes are 12.

QNo:-48,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Let is consider score of English. There are two multiple of five i.e. 50 and 10.
Let is consider Vishal is a Topper with 50 marks. If he has done X number of mistakes than 5 (20 - x) = 50 x = 10.
Now 32 is a multiple of 4. So if Ankit has done Y number of mistakes than 4 (20 - x) = 32 x = 12.
If we apply the same logic, following table can be made which shows number of mistakes.

English

Hindi

Maths

Science

GK

Ankit

12

14

17

13

17

Kashish

15

13

14

15

14

Karan

16

12

15

16

12

Vishal

10

15

13

14

11

Priya

14

16

18

17

15

Lowest mistakes are done by Ankit.

QNo:-49,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Let is consider score of English. There are two multiple of five i.e. 50 and 10.
Let is consider Vishal is a Topper with 50 marks. If he has done X number of mistakes than 5 (20 - x) = 50 x = 10.

Now 32 is a multiple of 4. So if Ankit has done Y number of mistakes than 4 (20 - x) = 32 x = 12.
If we apply the same logic, following table can be made which shows number of mistakes.

English

Hindi

Maths

Science

GK

Ankit

12

14

17

13

17

Kashish

15

13

14

15

14

Karan

16

12

15

16

12

Vishal

10

15

13

14

11

Priya

14

16

18

17

15

Total mistakes made by Ankit are 73

QNo:-50,Correct Answer:-9
Explanation:- Let is consider score of English. There are two multiple of five i.e. 50 and 10.
Let is consider Vishal is a Topper with 50 marks. If he has done X number of mistakes than 5 (20 - x) = 50 x = 10.
Now 32 is a multiple of 4. So if Ankit has done Y number of mistakes than 4 (20 - x) = 32 x = 12.
If we apply the same logic, following table can be made which shows number of mistakes.

English Hindi Maths Science GK

Ankit

12

14

17

13

17

Kashish 15

13

14

15

14

Karan

16

12

15

16

12

Vishal

10

15

13

14

11

Priya

14

16

18

17

15

From the analysis shown above, it is seem that the score obtained by Priya in Maths is 2 and the total mistakes made by her are
18. If she would have made 9 less mistakes than 18 (i.e 18 9) = 9 mistakes, then the score of each student would have been as
follows.
Ankit: 3 score in Maths
Kashish: 18 score in Maths
Karan: 10 score in Maths
Vishal: 28 score in Maths
Priya: 55 score in Maths
Hence, total score of each student would have been:
Ankit: 91 Vishal: 157
Priya: 90 third highest
Kashish: 89 Karan: 99

QNo:-51,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Given that Aamya has scored 300 marks in 2015 and percentage increase is given as 50 %. Let Dineshs marks in
2015 be x. Then Banis marks in 2016 should also be X. Let Banis marks in 2015 be y, this is given as equal to marks of Carl in
2016. Also, marks of Aamya in 2016 were equal to that of Eshwar in 2015. Let us make a table:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

Carl

Dinesh

10 %

Eshwar

450

It was also observed that in 2015 marks of Eshwar were equal to the average of that of Aamya and Dinesh, and same is true for
the percentage increase.

If Carls marks (say z) had increase at the same rate that of Aamya in 2015, it would have been the marks of Bani in 2016.i. e. z
So, table is as follows:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

600

Carl

400

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Now let us take the statement, Harinder, their teacher observes that one of the students has percentage increase twice that of the
other student. Monika, another teacher corrects him and informs that this is the case in two different instances.
In above table, none of the percentage is twice the other. So, it should be true for Bani and Carl. The percentage increase should be
either double or half of 50, 10, 30 i.e. 100, 20, 60 or 25, 5, 15. But percentages range between 10 and 50. So, the only possibilities
are 15, 20 and 25.

Since in 2015, marks of all students were multiple of 50. So, only one possibility is there and that is following:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

500

600

20 %

Carl

400

500

25 %

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Average = (50 + 20 + 25 + 10 + 30)/5 = 27

QNo:-52,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Given that Aamya has scored 300 marks in 2015 and percentage increase is given as 50 %. Let Dineshs marks in
2015 be x. Then Banis marks in 2016 should also be X. Let Banis marks in 2015 be y, this is given as equal to marks of Carl in
2016. Also, marks of Aamya in 2016 were equal to that of Eshwar in 2015. Let us make a table:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

Carl

Dinesh

10 %

Eshwar

450

It was also observed that in 2015 marks of Eshwar were equal to the average of that of Aamya and Dinesh, and same is true for
the percentage increase.

If Carls marks (say z) had increase at the same rate that of Aamya in 2015, it would have been the marks of Bani in 2016.i. e. z
So, table is as follows:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

600

Carl

400

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Now let us take the statement, Harinder, their teacher observes that one of the students has percentage increase twice that of the
other student. Monika, another teacher corrects him and informs that this is the case in two different instances.
In above table, none of the percentage is twice the other. So, it should be true for Bani and Carl. The percentage increase should be
either double or half of 50, 10, 30 i.e. 100, 20, 60 or 25, 5, 15. But percentages range between 10 and 50. So, the only possibilities
are 15, 20 and 25.

Since in 2015, marks of all students were multiple of 50. So, only one possibility is there and that is following:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

500

600

20 %

Carl

400

500

25 %

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Aamya had the maximum increase of 150.

QNo:-53,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Given that Aamya has scored 300 marks in 2015 and percentage increase is given as 50 %. Let Dineshs marks in
2015 be x. Then Banis marks in 2016 should also be X. Let Banis marks in 2015 be y, this is given as equal to marks of Carl in
2016. Also, marks of Aamya in 2016 were equal to that of Eshwar in 2015. Let us make a table:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

Carl

Dinesh

10 %

Eshwar

450

It was also observed that in 2015 marks of Eshwar were equal to the average of that of Aamya and Dinesh, and same is true for
the percentage increase.

If Carls marks (say z) had increase at the same rate that of Aamya in 2015, it would have been the marks of Bani in 2016.i. e. z
So, table is as follows:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

600

Carl

400

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Now let us take the statement, Harinder, their teacher observes that one of the students has percentage increase twice that of the
other student. Monika, another teacher corrects him and informs that this is the case in two different instances.
In above table, none of the percentage is twice the other. So, it should be true for Bani and Carl. The percentage increase should be
either double or half of 50, 10, 30 i.e. 100, 20, 60 or 25, 5, 15. But percentages range between 10 and 50. So, the only possibilities
are 15, 20 and 25.

Since in 2015, marks of all students were multiple of 50. So, only one possibility is there and that is following:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

500

600

20 %

Carl

400

500

25 %

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Average = (300 + 500 + 400 + 600 + 450)/5 = 450

QNo:-54,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Given that Aamya has scored 300 marks in 2015 and percentage increase is given as 50 %. Let Dineshs marks in
2015 be x. Then Banis marks in 2016 should also be X. Let Banis marks in 2015 be y, this is given as equal to marks of Carl in
2016. Also, marks of Aamya in 2016 were equal to that of Eshwar in 2015. Let us make a table:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

Carl

Dinesh

10 %

Eshwar

450

It was also observed that in 2015 marks of Eshwar were equal to the average of that of Aamya and Dinesh, and same is true for
the percentage increase.

If Carls marks (say z) had increase at the same rate that of Aamya in 2015, it would have been the marks of Bani in 2016.i. e. z
So, table is as follows:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

600

Carl

400

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Now let us take the statement, Harinder, their teacher observes that one of the students has percentage increase twice that of the
other student. Monika, another teacher corrects him and informs that this is the case in two different instances.
In above table, none of the percentage is twice the other. So, it should be true for Bani and Carl. The percentage increase should be
either double or half of 50, 10, 30 i.e. 100, 20, 60 or 25, 5, 15. But percentages range between 10 and 50. So, the only possibilities
are 15, 20 and 25.

Since in 2015, marks of all students were multiple of 50. So, only one possibility is there and that is following:

Students
name

Marks in 2015

marks in
2016

Percentage
increase

Aamya

300

450

50 %

Bani

500

600

20 %

Carl

400

500

25 %

Dinesh

600

660

10 %

Eshwar

450

585

30 %

Required difference is = 660 585 = 75.

QNo:-55,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:-
The value of a 1-year subscription is 25 52 = Rs. 1300. He gets a discount of 17% and should pay 1300 0.17 1300 = 1300
221 = Rs. 1079. This will be rounded off to Rs. 1100. In addition, he pays D.D. collection charges of Rs. 50 and D.D. making charges
of Rs. 45. So, he effectively pays 1100 + 50 + 45 = Rs. 1195 towards his subscription and gets an effective discount of 1300 1195
= Rs. 105. Thus he gets an effective discount of 105/1300 8%.

QNo:-56,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:-
The value of a 3-yr subscription is 25 156 = Rs. 3900. After a discount of 25%, the subscriber would have to pay 3900 0.25
3900 = Rs. 2925, which will be rounded off to Rs. 2950. Nikhil pays an additional Rs. 100 as D.D. making charges and Rs. 50 as
D.D. collection charges. He pays a total of 2950 + 100 + 50 = Rs. 3100 towards a 3-year subscription. Since he saves 3900 3100
= Rs. 800, he gets an effective discount of 800/3900 = 20.51%. Savita has to pay 10% of subscription value, i.e., 10% of 3900 = Rs.
390 as courier charges. She pays a total of 2950 + 390 = Rs. 3340 towards a 3-year subscription. Since she saves 3900 3340 =
Rs. 560, she gets an effective discount of 560/3900 = 14.35%. The absolute difference between these discounts is 20.51 14.35 =
6.16%.

QNo:-57,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:-
The value of a 5-year subscription is 25 260 = Rs. 6500. After a discount of 35%, a subscriber would have to pay 6500 0.35
6500 = Rs. 4225, which would be rounded off to Rs. 4250. Pankaj has to pay 10% of subscription value, i.e., 10% of 6500 = Rs. 650
as courier charges. So he pays a total of 4250 + 650 = Rs. 4900 towards his subscription. He thus gets an effective discount of
6500 4900 = Rs. 1600. Jasleen has to pay an additional Rs. 50 as D.D. collection charges. So, she would have to make a D.D. for
Rs. 4300. The D.D. making charges will be an additional 5% of 4300 = Rs. 215. So she pays a total of 4300 + 215 = Rs. 4515
towards her subscription. She thus gets an effective discount of 6500 4515 = Rs. 1985. The difference between these discounts is
1985 1600 = Rs. 385.

QNo:-58,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:-
A 1-year subscription would cost 1300 0.17 1300 = 1300 221 = 1079, which would be rounded off to Rs. 1100. In addition
to this, there will be a courier charge of 10% of 1300 = Rs. 130 and D.D. collection charges of Rs. 50. So, a 1-year subscription
would effectively cost 1100 + 130 + 50 = Rs. 1280. A 3-year subscription would cost 3900 0.25 3900 = 3900 975 = 2925,
which would be rounded off to Rs. 2950. In addition to this, there will be a courier charge of 10% of 3900 = Rs. 390 and D.D.
collection charges of Rs. 50. So, a 3-year subscription would effectively cost 2950 + 390 + 50 = Rs. 3390. Thus, option A would cost
(2 1280) + 3390 = Rs. 5950. A 5-year subscription would cost 6500 0.35 6500 = 6500 2275 = 4225, which would be
rounded off to Rs. 4250. In addition to this, there will be a courier charge of 10% of 6500 = Rs. 650 and D.D. collection charges of
Rs. 50. So, the 5-year subscription in option B would cost 4250 + 650 + 50 = Rs. 4950. Navneet should choose option B so that he
saves 5950 4950 = Rs. 1000.

QNo:-59,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Total production for sauce can be seen from the graph i.e. 292.638 units
For Noodles we can see from graph (2) that the percent change is increase of 15% in the total production. total production for

sauce in year 2013 is 278.52 + 15% (278.52) i.e. 320.3units for milk powder we can see from graph 2 that the percent change is
increase of 12% in the total production.

Total production for milk powder in year 2013 is 269.5 + 12% (269.5) i.e. 301.84 units
Total production in year 2013 is 292.638 + 320.3 + 301.84 i.e. 914.74

QNo:-60,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Total production of all 3 products in 2015 is calculated as
For sauce: 278 + 40% (278) i.e. 389.2085
For Noodles: 304.2831 + 25% (304.2831) = 380.3539
For Milk powder: 347.116 10% (347.116) = 312.4044
total production in 2015 is 1081.967

Total production in 2010 is 302 + 211 + 196 for sauce, noodles & milk powder i.e. for units

QNo:-61,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- It is clearly inferred from the graph that the slope of the graph for milk powder in 2013 is Minimum; hence it
shows minimum percent increase.
Alternate Solutions:
For year 2013, sauce shows decrease in production and for year 2014 Noodles shows decrease in production hence rejected.
In year 2014, the % increase in growth rate for milk powder is calculated as
increase in growth is calculated as (12 10)/10 100 i.e. 20%

i.e. 25% and in year 2013, the %

option C is correct as it represents minimum percent increase (Reference data plot table)

QNo:-62,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Reference table (data plot) the maximum increase is shown by sauce in 2014 15 i.e. 111.20 units
For option B the increase is 57.38 units. For option C, increase is 76.0 units. for D increase is 49units.

2010 2011

Sauce
Noodles

2012

2013

2014

2015

302

286.9 344.28 292.638 278.0

389.2

211

232.1 278.52 320.298 304.28

380.35

Milk powder 196

245

269.5

301.84

347.116 312.40

709

1081.967

The figures in Black are not given in the question these are to be desired from the given set of data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sauce

-5

20

-15

-5

40

Noodles

10

20

15

-5

25

Milk powder 0

25

10

12

15

-10

QNo:-63,Correct Answer:-D

Explanation:-
From the given condition : Abhishek is looking towards centre, the couple is looking towards the center, either of Aeena or
Acharya are looking towards center and since Ahilya can see the person opposite to him, therefore he is looking at center.

QNo:-64,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Since there is one couple that is sitting diametrically opposite to each other and is equidistant to Aditya therefore
only place for Aditya is opposite to Ahilya.

QNo:-65,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Since there is one couple that is sitting diametrically opposite to each other and is equidistant to Aditya therefore
only place for Aditya is opposite to Ahilya.

Since in the representation above, the only possible combination are between Aeena & Acharya as they can exchange their places
possible combination are 2

Also Aakash and Ajtak can change their places and clothes, therefore possible combinations are 2 2 i.e. 4. Total combinations
are 4 2 = 8

QNo:-66,Correct Answer:-D

Explanation:-
Reference above representation, there are 4 combinations possible between Aeena & Achrya i.e. they can change their places and
clothes. i.e. 2 2 = 4
Also, Aditya can move in 2 possible places i.e. both the adjacent sides of person wearing white i.e. Agastya.
Also, there are 4 possible combination possible between Aakash & Ajtak as they can change their can change their places &
clothes.
total sitting arrangement = 2 4 4 = 32

QNo:-67,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- Let price in June be x Rs. /kg.
price of brown rice in July =6/5x

& price of white rice in July = 3/5x


Now price of 2kgs mixture=36Rs.
So, price of 5 kgs mixture =90 Rs.
Also, 5 kgs of mixture contains 3 kgs brown rice & 2 kgs white rice.

x=18.75

So, price of brown rice in July= 18.75 6/5


=22.5 Rs.

QNo:-68,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Let S.P. =100 Rs.
Then Profit =20% of 100=20 Rs.
C.P. =S.P. - Profit
=100-20 =80 RS.

QNo:-69,Correct Answer:-123
Explanation:- Question says if we subtract 21, 22&23 Rs. from 426, remaining amount will be in ratio 23 : 29 : 20. So, 426-2122-23=360 Rs.
If we divide 360 in 23 : 29 : 20 expenditure on grocery would have been
Expenditure on home dcor would have been
Expenditure on flowers would have been
Original amount spent on flowers =100+23 =123 Rs.

QNo:-70,Correct Answer:-9704
Explanation:- t1=2 & tn tn-1=2(n-1) for n 2
put n=2,t2 t1 =21
n=3,t3-t2 =22
n=4,t4-t3 =23

n=99,t99-t98=298
Add all equation, t99-t1=2(1+2++98)
t99 = 2+2 ( 98) = 2 + 2 (4851)
=9704 Ans.

QNo:-71,Correct Answer:-D

Explanation:-
PS is a tangent to the circle from the point S. As SQR is a secant from S & PS is a tangent , following property holds:
SP2 = SQ SR
SP2 = 3 12 = 36
SP = 6

QNo:-72,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- Let points are A(3,6) & B(5,2).
Perpendicular bisector of AB is a line which passes through middle points of AB & is perpendicular to AB.

Slope of perpendicular bisector =1/2


So, equations of line

to AB & passing through (4,4) is y-y1=m(x-x1)

2y-8=x-4
x-2y+4=0Ans.

QNo:-73,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- A gives B a start of 60 seconds
B gives C a start of 30 seconds.
Hence A can give C as tart of 60+30=90 secs.
We know that A gives C a start of 720 metres.

A will take =250-90=160 secs to run 2 kms.

QNo:-74,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Let FAN & SULTAN take y minutes to complete the movie if they work together FAN alone takes y +12 mins. to
complete movie SULTAN y+

y=14 minutes

So, answer is None Of These

QNo:-75,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Very Simple question.
Just apply unitary method.
Electricity bill for 2300 x units =16100 Rs.
Electricity bill for 1 unit =7/x Rs.

QNo:-76,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Given sequence is an A.P. in decreasing order.
So, there will be negative terms as well. Sum will increase as long as it contains positive terms. So, well find number of +ve terms
tn =a+(n-1)d >0
40+(n-1)(-3.75) > 0
40-3.75n+3.75 >0
3.75n<43.75
n < 11.67
n=11

So,11th term will be the last positive term in the sequence.

QNo:-77,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Total time from 8.30AM (Wednesday)
To 8.30 PM (Saturday) = 24 3 +12 = 84 hrs.
Gained time in this duration =1.5 hrs.

QNo:-78,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- Out of 20 students, 10 like none. Let V & S represent set of students who like vanilla & strawberry cakes
respectively.
So, n(V) =5
n(S)=8
n(VUS)=10
Also, n(VUS)=n(V)+n(S) - n(VS)
10=5+8 -n(VS)
n(VS) =3.

So, required Probability =3/20.

QNo:-79,Correct Answer:-36
Explanation:- Taking log of (250)15, we get
=15log250 = 15[log125+log2)
=15 [log 53+log2)
=15[3log5+log2)
=15[3(log 10/2)+log2]
=15[3(log10-log2)+log 2]
=15[3log10-2log2]
=15[3-2(0.3010)]

{log10=1,log102=0.3010}
=15[3-0.6020]
=15[2.3980]=35.97
So, number of digits in (250)15 =36.

QNo:-80,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- If log ax > log ay

Then x So, log0.2 (x2+x-2) > log 0.2 (x+3) > 0

log0.2 (x2+x-2) > log0.2(x+3)


x2 + x - 2 > x + 3 (because log 0.2 is negative)
Also, by definition of log, x2+x-2>0 & x+3 >0
(x+2) (x-1) >0 &x >-3
x(-, -2) (1, ) & x (-3,)(2)
Taking intersection of (1) and (2),

QNo:-81,Correct Answer:-1
Explanation:- log4 (y+2)= 2- log2y
log4 (y+2)+log2y =2
log2 (y+2)1/2 +log2y=2
log2 (y(y+2)1/2) =2
y(y+2)1/2=22
y2 (y+2)=16
y3+2y2-16=0
(y-2) (y2+4y+8)=0

y=2 is the only real solution.

QNo:-82,Correct Answer:-2893
Explanation:- While typing numbers from 1 to 1000, you have 9 single digit numbers from 1 to 9. Each of them requires one
keystroke. That is 9 keystrokes.
There are 90 two-digit numbers, from 10 to 99. Each of these numbers requires 2 keystrokes. Therefore, one requires 180
keystrokes to type the 2 digit numbers.
There are 900 three-digit numbers, from 100 to 999. Each of these numbers requires 3 keystrokes. Therefore, one requires 2700
keystrokes to type these 3 digit numbers.
Then 1000 is a four-digit number, which requires 4 keystrokes. Totally, therefore, one requires 9 + 180 + 2700 + 4 = 2893
keystrokes.

QNo:-83,Correct Answer:-C
Explanation:- g(-x) = 2(-x)7 +a (-x)5+ b(-x)3+5(-x)+6
So, g(x) +g(-x)=12 whatever be x
So, g(17)+g(-17)=12
17+g(-17)=12
g(-17)=-5

QNo:-84,Correct Answer:-A
Explanation:- If we add any 2 numbers from 1 to 9,following table can be made:

0 appears 9 times. Every other digit appears 8 times.

QNo:-85,Correct Answer:-3

Explanation:- Simple logic!


Out of 16 blocks, 5 are identical in one way, 6 are identical in another way.
So, No. of linear arrangements

QNo:-86,Correct Answer:-D
Explanation:- Only 4th option is not possible. As if 4th is typed firstly, it means in rack, letters are placed in order 1234. After
typing 4th letter, lion has placed 5th letter. Secretary then types 5th letter remaining letters are left in 321 order. But option 4th
contain order 231 which is never possible.

QNo:-87,Correct Answer:-65
Explanation:- If we consider column row and diagonal containing ,
+24+# = +18+25 = +<+21
# =19, < =22

Now diagonal 25+ < +# =25+22+19=66 sum is known. So, +18+25=66


=23

By taking 3rd row, 25+$+21=66


$ =20

So,< +$ + =22+20+23=65

QNo:-88,Correct Answer:-15
Explanation:- Let c, v &g represents number of chocolate, vanilla and gems laden cupcakes.
c + v + g = 4

Where c, v, g 0

Number of possible solutions of above equation is 4+3-1C3-1 (i.e. n+k-1Ck-1)


=6C2 =15 Ans.

QNo:-89,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- Product of all numbers of all faces =6!=720=24.32.5
If face bearing number 1 is hidden, x =24.32.5
If face bearing number 2 is hidden, x =23.32.5
If face bearing number 3 is hidden, x =24.3.5

If face bearing number 4 is hidden, x =22.32.5

If face bearing number 5 is hidden, x =24.32

If face bearing number 6 is hidden, x =23.31.5


So, x must be divisible by =22.31=12

QNo:-90,Correct Answer:-44
Explanation:- Let Ajays age =xy =10x+y
Then Kapoors age =yx =10y+x
According to given condition
10x+y+5=2(10y+x+5)
8x=19y+5
Since x is a digit,3y+5 should be a multiple of 8. So, y=1,9,17
But only y=1 will make x a digit & x =3 So, Ajays age =31
& kapoors age =13
So, Sum of their ages =44

QNo:-91,Correct Answer:-B
Explanation:- A quadratic equation has only solution if discriminant =0
(b+8)2-449=0
(b+8)2=144
b=-20,4.

Sum of values of b=-16

QNo:-92,Correct Answer:-C

Explanation:- Given equation can be written as 2xy=0xy=0

either x=0 or y=0

So, graph contains co-ordinate axes i.e. 2 lines.

QNo:-93,Correct Answer:-36

Explanation:- Let x=ao


Since in XRZ, XR=RZ
So, RZX =ao

Also, by exterior angle theorem


YRZ =RXZ + RZX=2ao = RYZ
Also, XY = XZ, So XZY=2ao
Now, in XYZ, X+Y+Z=180o
a+2ao+2ao=180o
0

a=36

QNo:-94,Correct Answer:-A

Explanation:-

QNo:-95,Correct Answer:-2000
Explanation:- Compound interest for 3rd year =3456-2880 = 576Rs,
This was the interest on amount of Rs.2880 outstanding at the end of 2 years.
Let principle=x Rs.
Amt. after 2 years=2880

x=2000

QNo:-96,Correct Answer:-2
Explanation:- If n x

QNo:-97,Correct Answer:-B

Explanation:-

QNo:-98,Correct Answer:-2
Explanation:- Case I.
Let there be odd number of consecutive integers i.e. (2n+1) and their average be x (the middle integer) Then (2n+1)x = 100
2n+1 = 5, 25.

For 2n+1 = 5, x = 20. So, the sequence is 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
For 2n + 1 = 25, x = 4. Which is never possible. Because in that case, we have to take negative integers.

Case II.
Let there be even number of consecutive integers i.e. 2n & their average be x (which is half the integer)
Then 2nx =100
For n = 4, x = 12.5
For n = 20, x = 2.5; which is never possible. Because in that case, we have to take negative integers.
For n = 100, x = 0.5, rejected for the same reason.
Hence, there are exactly 2 set of positive integers.

QNo:-99,Correct Answer:-160

Explanation:-

QNo:-100,Correct Answer:-5
Explanation:- In a scalene triangle, sum of two sides is always greater than third side. Also, all sides should be of different
lengths.
Possible triangles are
(9,6,4);(9,7,3);(9,8,2);(8,6,5);(8,7,4);
In total there are 5 triangles.

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