Explanation 2068-02-04

1. The correct answer is b.

2. The correct answer is c.
(a) and (a) ; (b) and (e) are pairs; c doesn’t have pair.
3. The correct answer is c.
Carpology – study of seeds
Dendrology – study of trees
Topography – study of land forms
4. The correct answer is c.
Potato, Cabbage and Carrot.
5. The correct answer is a.
6. The correct answer is d.
12+21 = 33; 33 + 33 = 66; 66 + 66 = 132; 132 + 231 = 363; 363 + 363 = 726
7. The correct answer is b.
8. The correct answer is d.
The top pentagon is formed by taking the overlapping parts of the two pentagons just
below.
9. The correct answer is a.
Add the no. of straight lines that make up the words.
FIVE (10) + TWENTY (18) = 28
TWENTY FIVE (28)
TWELVE = 18
TWENTY = 18
The only word of the bottom that contains 10 lines (difference between 28 and 18) is
FIVE.
10. The correct answer is d.
70 + 55 + y = 180  y = 55, z = 90
x + y + z = 180
x = 180 - 55 - 90 = 35
11. The correct answer is b.
19 + 26 = 45 . Similarly 5 + 9 = 14 and 17 + 11 = 28
12. The correct answer is d.
99
? = 0.25
24.75  2 4
13. The correct answer is b.
3  2 + 9 = 15
7  4 + 6 = 34
6  9 + 8 = 62
14. The correct answer is b.
15. The correct answer is d.
LIBFRINE  extravagant; EPHEMERAL  short lived; BRIEF  short induration
PLACID  quite; IMMORTAL  never dying; PRECISE  accutate
16. The correct answer is c.
Wt = the bag of flour
weigh x kg
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x = 1+ x/2, x/2 = 1 x = 2
17. The correct answer is c.
In each column the sum increases by 1.
18. The correct answer is b.
By Pythagoras theorem,

65 2  632  2 65  63  2  128  256  16 cm

x=
19. The correct answer is c.
(a) is the direct inversion of second sentence, which is not possible. The others can be
deduced using the following diagram.

20. The correct answer is c.

The correct alphabetical order of the given words is: arthritic, arthritis, arthropod,
artichoke, articular, artificer, artillery
21. The correct answer is d.
Five persons can have (3 men and 2 women) or (4 men and 1 women) or (5 men and 0
women). So,
Required number of ways = (7C3 x 6C2) + (7C4 x 6C1) + (7C5)
 7 65 65  7 6 7  765   76 
=   ( C 3 x C1 )  ( C 2 ) = 525 +   6   
 3  2 1 2 1   3  2 1   2 1 
= (525 + 210 + 21) = 756
22. The correct answer is a.
Clearly, I directly follows from the given statement. Also, it is mentioned that old
ideas are replaced by new ones, as thinking changes with the progressing time. So,
II does not follow.
23. The correct answer is a.
The fact that Vincent and Thomas live on the same street indicates that they live
in the same neighborhood. There is no support for any of
the other choices.
24. The correct answer is a.
each number is divided by 5
25. The correct answer is a.
1 out of 5 girls and 1 out of 8 boys attended.So,2 out of 13 students attended.
26. The correct answer is b.
The numbers follow the binary number system(also as in the
Odometer/speedometer)
27. The correct answer is c.
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28. The correct answer is a.
x x
Then, 7  y  0.5  1  y(y + 0.5) = 0.5x ....(i)
x x
And, y  1  y  3  3y(y - 1) = x …….....(ii)
On dividing (i) by (ii), we get: x = 36
29. The correct answer is b.
Each word starting with consonant has a vowel and a consonant alternately.
30. The correct answer is c.
31. The correct answer is a.
A hole has nothing.
32. The correct answer is b.
l 2  b2  41
Also, lb = 20
(l + b2) = (l2 +b2) + 2lb = 41 + 40 = 81 (l + b) = 9
, Perimeter = 2(l + b) = 18
33. The correct answer is d.
Let AB be the wall and BC be the ladder.

Then, ACB = 60 and AC = 4.6 m

AC 1
 cos 60   BC = 2  AC = 2  4.6 = 9.2 m
BC 2
34. The correct answer is b.
Alternatives a, c and d are true but do not explain conductivity. Only b can explain
conductivity of graphite.
35. The correct answer is a.
A1=0.5bh and A2=0.5*0.6b*0.6h=0.18bh
% change in area={ (A1-A2)/A1}*100%=16%
36. The correct answer is d.
Fabulous means fanciful/imaginary. All other means celebrated/renowned
37. The correct answer is a.
Each no. in the outer circle is that difference of the two number immediately next
to it anticlockwise in the inner circle
i.e. 9 – 4 = 5; 7 – 5 = 2; 8 – 1 = 7 etc
38. The correct answer is c.
250 + 40% of 250 = 350
39. The correct answer is b.
2(l + b) = 70 …………………….(1)
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Solve equation (1) and (2)
40. The correct answer is d.
Looking across, the long line is moving 45° clockwise at each stage and the small
line 45° anti-clockwise. Looking down, the reverse is happening.
41. The correct answer is a.
The arcs appear in the second figure that would complete the circles in the first
figure.
42. The correct answer is d.

43. The correct answer is c.

Looking across at the three circles, the number in the middle is the product of the
two numbers in the same segment in the other two circles. Thus, 3 × 2 = 6, 7 × 3 =
21 and 4 × 4 = 16.
44. The correct answer is b.
The numbers spelled out below are the number of sides in the figures in which
they appear.

45. The correct answer is c.

5 + 2 = 7, 8 + 6 = 14  714 Similarly, 7 + 8 = 15, 2 + 5 = 7  157
46. The correct answer is a.
2 = H are BTO means two heads are better than one. As the same way 2 = S to ES
means two sides to every story.
47. The correct answer is c.
The letters in the middle convert the verb around the outside into past tense:
come/came, know/knew, send/sent.
48. The correct answer is d.
The black dot is moving round the two verticals clockwise top/bottom/
bottom/top. The white dot is moving up and down the first vertical by half its
length each time.
49. The correct answer is d.
Only single person while others are functioning bodies of certain members.