Directions for the following 5 (five)
The bureaucrats are thus
items:
Read the following four passages and
answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be
based on the passages only
PASSAGE – 1
The challenges associated with preventing,
managing and resolving natural
resource-induced conflicts may well come to
define global peace and security in the 21st
century. Global trends such as demographic
changes, increasing consumption,
environmental degradation and climate
change, are placing significant and
potentially unsustainable pressures on the
availability and usability of natural resources
such as land, water and ecosystems.
1. What does the above passage imply?
(a) Today, there is abundance of
natural resources in the countries
of the world
(b) Environmental damage leading to
marginalization of local
populations is a pressing issue
today
(c) There is a need to enhance
understanding of the link between
resources and conflict
(d) Global peace and security will be
threatened by availability and
access to natural resources
PASSAGE – 2
Hundreds of toilet scams are left unexposed
all over India. Allegedly, local officials are
siphoning off the funds sent by the
government for the construction of toilets.
These bureaucrats then cook up their own
records to show that every house has a
toilet. As a result, on paper toilets are being
built, whereas in reality people still defecate
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in the open.
"fulfilling" the targets set by the government
by falsifying records and pocketing the
government funds meant for this purpose.
2. Which among the following is the
most crucial message conveyed by
the above passage?
(a) In India, corrupt administrators are
mostly responsible for people
defecating in the open
(b) Poor government policies are
preventing the abolition of open
defecation in India
(c) Toilet scams in India are
restricting its economic progress
(d) If open defecation continues in the
country, it will result in life-
threatening diseases
PASSAGE – 3
The pen is indeed mightier than the sword,
which is why writers are facing the ire of
powerful autocratic leaders. Gone are the
days when mass media was celebrated as
the fourth pillar of the society. Of late, the
world has witnessed several incidents of an
unprecedented onslaught on journalism by
conniving politicians and governments in
quick succession.
3. Which among the following is the
most logical inference of the above
passage?
(a) Publishing the truth is
predominantly the prerogative of
writers.
(b) Journalism is paying a heavy price
for its own power.
(c) Politicians and governments do
not intend to muzzle the
independent media.
(d) Journalists create a negative news
bias to gain public sympathy.
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Indian women’s labour force participation, at
just 27 per cent, is ranked 170 out of the
world’s 188 economies. Not only is Indian
women’s labour-force participation among
the lowest in the world, research suggests it
may be declining. This is despite rising
education levels and declining fertility.
There are many reasons why this matters:
For one, women cannot contribute to India’s
economic growth if they are not fully
participating in the workforce. Also, working
women tend to have greater bargaining
power in their households, which could
translate to better outcomes both for their
children and themselves. Explanations for
low women’s participation in the labour
force have proliferated. Research mentions
social norms in passing, but this explanation
merits deeper consideration.
What exactly is the problem with a woman
working outside the home? For women in
exploitative jobs, poor working conditions
are clearly problematic. But more generally,
the widespread belief that women should
not work outside the home is based on a
conservative view that elevates a man’s
status if the women in his household are
“able” to stay at home.
4. Which of the following statements
is/are correct regarding Indian
women?
(1) Women in India do not
participate in the workforce
chiefly due to the exploitative
jobs offered to them.
(2) Women with lower fertility are
expected to join India’s labour
force.
(3) An increase in female
unemployment rate is likely to
affect the balance of power in
Indian households.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
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(d) 1, 2 and 3
5. Which of the following can be critically
inferred from the passage?
(a) The Indian government needs to
determine policies which expand
work opportunities for women
(b) India’s economic progress and
development remains affected by
a consistent rise in the level of
gender inequality.
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
6. Amar, Akbar, Anthony, Karan and
Arjun are five brothers aged in that
order with Amar being the eldest.
Each of them had to carry a bucket of
water from a well to their house. Their
bucket capacities were proportional to
their ages. While returning, equal
amount of water got splashed out of
their buckets. Who lost the maximum
amount of water as a percentage of
the bucket capacity?
(a) Amar
(b) Anthony
(c) Karan
(d) Arjun
7. Popular juice corner sells fruit juice
mixture using orange juice and
pineapple juice. The owner prepares
this mixture by drawing out a jug of
orange juice from a 10 litres container
filled with orange juice, and replacing
it with pineapple juice. If he draws out
another jug of resultant mixture and
replaces it with pineapple juice, the
container will have equal amount of
orange juice and pineapple juice. The
volume of the jug (used for
replacement) in litres is:
(a) > 2 and ≤ 2.5
(b) 2.5
(c) > 2.5 and ≤ 3
(d) ≥ 3
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Directions for questions No. 8 and 9: Raj, 10. Three friends Abhishek, Amit and
who stays in Sultanpur, took his SUV for a Ashish went to Murthal for eating
400 km trip to Agra. He maintained a log of parathas. Abhishek ordered 10
the odometer readings and the amount of parathas, 4 bowls of curd and a
petrol he purchased at different petrol quarter butter. Amit ordered 7
pumps at different prices (given below). His parathas, 3 bowls of curd and a
SUV already had 10 l of petrol at the start of quarter butter. Abhishek paid Rs. 80
the journey as given in table below and he for the meal and Amit paid Rs. 60.
had 5 l petrol remaining at the end of the Meanwhile, Ashish ordered 5
journey. parathas, 5 bowls of curd and 5
quarter butter. How much did Ashish
Odometer Petrol Rate pay (in Rs.)?
Reading purch of (a) Rs. 80
(km) ased Petr (b) Rs. 100
(litre) ol (c) Rs. 90
(Rs./ (d) Rs. 120
litre)
Start of journey (A) 400 20 30 11. A mobile app was tested 600 times
(B) 600 15 35 before its release. The testing was
(C) 650 10 40 done in 3 stages of 200 tests each.
End of journey (D) 800 The app failed 30 times in Stage I, 24
times in Stage II, 16 times in Stage III,
12 times in both Stage I and Stage II,
8. What has been the mileage (in km per
14 times in both Stage II and Stage III,
litre) of his SUV over the entire trip?
8 times in both Stage I and Stage III,
(a) 9.00 and 8 times in all the three stages.
(b) 8.00 How many times the app failed in a
(c) 9.50 single stage only?
(d) 10.00 (a) 24
(b) 70
9. If Raj’s SUV tank capacity is 35 l and (c) 26
petrol costs Rs. 45/l in Agra, what is (d) 52
the minimum approximate amount of
money he would need for purchasing
12. Sumit’s mother asks him to buy
petrol for the return trip from Agra to
exactly 100 pieces of sweets in
Sultanpur using the same route?
exactly in Rs. 100. The sweet shop
Assume that the mileage of the SUV
remains unchanged throughout the has 3 kinds of sweets. “Rasmalai”,
“Gulabjamun” and “Peda”. Rasmalai
route, and he did not use his SUV to
costs Rs. 10 per piece, Gulabjamun
travel around in Agra, and he gets
costs Rs. 3 per piece and Peda costs
petrol as soon as he enters in different
50 paise per piece. If Sumit decides to
places.
buy at least one sweet of each type,
(a) Rs. 1744 then how many Rasmalai’s should he
(b) Rs. 1872 buy?
(c) Rs. 1812 (a) 1
(d) Rs. 1900 (b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 5
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13. A watch which loses time uniformly is
5 minutes fast at 7 am Monday and
becomes 7 minutes slow at 7 pm
Friday. When was this watch 2
minutes slow?
(a) 10 pm, Wednesday
(b) 7 am, Wednesday
(c) 4 am, Wednesday
(d) 10 am, Thursday
14. While preparing for CSAT paper,
Akshay attempted to solve 3 papers,
namely Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal
Ability and Logical Reasoning, each of
which have the full marks of 100. It is
found that 1/3rd of the marks obtained
by Akshay in Logical Reasoning is 5
more than ½ of his marks obtained in
Verbal Ability. He has scored a total of
210 marks in the test and 70 marks in
Quantitative Aptitude. What is the
difference between the marks
obtained by him in Quantitative
Aptitude and Verbal Ability?
(a) 40
(b) 10
(c) 25
(d) 20
15. The ratio of metal ‘P’ and metal ‘Q’ in
Alloy ‘A’ is 3:4 and in Alloy ‘B’ is 5:8. If
39 kg of Alloy ‘B’ and 21 kg of Alloy ‘A’
is mixed, then find out the ratio of
metal ‘P’ and metal ‘Q’ in the new
Alloy:
(a) 3 : 2
(b) 2 : 3
(c) 4 : 3
(d) 3 : 4
DIRECTIONS for the following 7 (seven)
items:
Read the following three passages and
answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be
based on the passages only.
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PASSAGE – 1
The controversial concept of terraforming,
or changing a planet’s atmosphere to make
it more habitable for humans, is still no more
than a theoretical debate. However, the
most recent data from the Mars Rover
suggests that the terraforming of Mars may
be more feasible than previously thought.
The rover has found evidence of
stratification patterns and cross-bedding
(indicating a history of sediment deposited
by water) in rocks on the edges of craters,
as well as chlorine and bromine, suggestive
of a large body of salt water. If Mars once
held water, it is possible that its atmosphere
was at one time similar to Earth’s. Even if
this theory were true, however, scientists
would have to prevent a desiccation of the
Martian atmosphere once it is made
habitable, as well as endeavour to preserve
any extant life. Of course, until a reliable
method of transporting humans to Mars is
developed, any possibility of terraforming is
mere conjecture.
16. It can be inferred from the passage
that the author would be most likely to
agree with which of the following
statements?
(1) Whether conditions on Mars are
conducive to human habitation
is not the only issue that limits
realistic consideration of
terraforming
(2) If we terraform Mars, it will be
important to think about the
long-term effects of changing a
planet’s climate
(3) It is highly likely, according to
recent data, that there is, or was
at one time, life on Mars
Select the correct answer using the
code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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17. Which of the following statements, if that unrestricted access to details of over
true, would most likely make one billion Aadhaar numbers can be
terraforming Mars more feasible? purchased at as little as Rs 500.
(a) Scientists have devised a
technique to provide a layer of 18. With reference to the above passage,
carbon dioxide in the Martian following assumptions have been
atmosphere, which would trap made:
solar radiation and thus modify
temperature (1) Aadhaar has become a popular
payment system used widely in
(b) Mars has stronger solar winds the country
than does Earth, thus, making it
difficult to retain atmospheric (2) Financial inclusion has been
gases one of the motives behind the
introduction of Aadhaar
(c) Mars’ core has cooled faster
than Earth’s, and its (3) Aadhaar is gaining popularity
temperature is much lower than since it was first issued in the
Earth’s year 2010
(d) Terraforming Mars is likely to Which of the assumptions given
have a galvanizing effect on above is/are correct?
Earth’s governments. (a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
PASSAGE – 2 (c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Aadhaar is becoming central to India’s
public policy with increasing number of
programmes being linked to it. And its 19. With reference to the above passage,
scope is constantly increasing. In the seven consider the following statements:
years following its introduction, 1.12 billion (1) Aadhaar is likely to pose a
Indians or 88.2 percent of the population serious security threat to India in
have enrolled for Aadhaar, IndiaSpend the long-term.
reported in March, 2017. (2) The benefits of Aadhaar far
Established by the Unique Identification outweigh the privacy risks.
Authority of India under Aadhaar (UIDAI) (3) The Aadhaar Act allows the
Act, 2016, Aadhaar is now used for direct government to establish the
benefit transfers as well as distribution of citizen’s morality as a condition
food grains and essential commodities– for the delivery of subsidies,
under the public distribution system(PDS)– benefits or services
by the state. It includes various payments
linked through Aadhaar-enabled payment Which of the statements given above
system. is/are correct?
Ever since its inception, Aadhaar has been (a) 1 only
caught in various debates, especially over (b) 1 and 2 only
the issue of the citizen’s right to privacy and
(c) 1 and 3 only
threat of information leak. The latest of
these controversies is an investigative story (d) 2 only
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 PASSAGE – 3 capacity to adjust themselves to changes in
their environment. This is one of the most
As in the case of so many words used by remarkable characteristics of living
the biologist and physiologist, the organisms, a characteristic for which it is
word acclimatization is hard to define. With extremely difficult to find explanations.
increase in knowledge and understanding,
meanings of words change. Originally the 20. According to the passage, all animals
term acclimatization was taken to mean only and plants
the ability of human beings or animals or (a) have an ability for
plants to accustom themselves to new and acclimatization
strange climatic conditions, primarily altered (b) can adjust to only one change in
temperature. A person or a wolf moves to a the environment at a time
hot climate and is uncomfortable there, but
(c) are successful in adjusting
after a time is better able to withstand the
themselves to changes in their
heat. But aside from temperature, there are
environments
other aspects of climate. A person or an
animal may become adjusted to living at (d) can adjust to natural changes in
higher altitudes than those it was originally the environment but not to
accustomed to. At really high altitudes, such artificially induced changes
as aviators maybe exposed to, the low
atmospheric pressure becomes a factor of 21. According to the passage,
primary importance. In changing to a new acclimatization
environment, a person may, therefore, meet (1) is similar to adaptation
new conditions of temperature or pressure, (2) may be involved with a part of
and in addition may have to contend with an organism but not with the
different chemical surroundings. Thus, in whole organism
the case of humans, animals, and even Which of the statements given above
plants, the concept of acclimatization is/are correct?
includes the phenomena of increased
toleration of high or low temperature, of (a) 1 only
altered pressure, and of changes in the (b) 2 only
chemical environment. (c) Both 1 and 2
Let us define acclimatization, therefore, as (d) Neither 1 nor 2
the process in which an organism or a part
of an organism becomes inured to an 22. According to the passage, a major
environment which is normally unsuitable to distinction between acclimatization
it or lethal for it. By and large, and adaptation is that acclimatization
acclimatization is a relatively slow process. (a) is more important than
The term should not be taken to include adaptation
relatively rapid adjustments such as our
(b) is relatively slow and adaptation
sense organs are constantly making. This
is relatively rapid
type of adjustment is commonly referred to
by physiologists as "adaptation." Thus our (c) applies to adjustments while
touch sense soon becomes accustomed to adaptation does not apply to
the pressure of our clothes and we do not adjustments
feel them; we soon fail to hear the ticking of (d) applies to terrestrial animals and
a clock; our eyes in strong light rapidly adaptation to aquatic animals
become insensitive.
The fundamental fact about acclimatization
is that all animals and plants have some
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23. Consider the following statement: 26. The monthly incomes of A and B are
The accused will be hanged only if the in the ratio 4:3. Each of them saves
President rejects his plea for Rs. 550. If the ratio of their
clemency. expenditure is 3:2, then what is the
Which of the following conclusions is monthly income of A?
logically valid? (a) Rs. 2,000
(a) The President rejected his plea (b) Rs. 2,400
for clemency and so, the (c) Rs. 2,200
accused was hanged (d) Rs. 2,500
(b) The President did not reject his
plea for clemency and so, the 27. The present age of Ram is 150% of
accused was not hanged his age 10 years ago. What is the
(c) The accused was not hanged present age of Ram?
and so, the President must not (a) 10 years
have rejected his plea for (b) 15 years
clemency (c) 30 years
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above

Directions for the next 2 (two) items: 28. Nine numbers are written in
Each of the following two items consists of ascending order. The middle number
four statements. Of these four statements, is the average of the nine numbers.
two cannot both be true, but both can be The average of the five largest
false. Study the statements carefully and numbers is 68 and that of five
identify the two that satisfy the above smallest numbers is 44. What is the
condition. Select the correct answer using sum of all nine numbers?
the codes given below each set of (a) 450
statements: (b) 501
(c) 504
24. Examine the following statements: (d) 540
(1) All fruits are healthy
(2) Some fruits are not healthy 29. A wire of length 44 cm is bent in the
(3) Fruits are not healthy form of a circle. What is the diameter
(4) Some fruits are healthy of the circle?
Codes: (a) 14 cm
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 5 cm
(b) 1 and 2 (c) 7 cm
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 8 cm
(d) 3 and 4
30. There are some benches in a class
25. Examine the following statements: room having the number of rows 4
(1) No traitors are patriots. more than the number of columns. If
(2) All traitors are patriots. each bench is seated with 5 students,
(3) Some traitors are patriots. there are two seats vacant in a class
(4) Some traitors are not patriots. of 158 students. The number of rows
Codes: is:
(a) 1 and 3 (a) 4
(b) 1 and 2 (b) 8
(c) 2 and 3 (c) 6
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31. A train running at the speed of 72 (b) D
km/h goes past a pole in 15 sec. What (c) A
is the length of the train? (d) None of the above
(a) 150 m
(b) 200 m 35. How F is related to E?
(c) 300 m (a) Daughter
(d) 350 m (b) Brother
(c) Son
(d) Cannot be determined
32. The sum of two numbers is 80. If the
larger number exceeds four times the 36. Which of the following is one of the
smaller by 5, what is smaller number? married couples?
(a) 5 (a) D – B
(b) 15 (b) D – E
(c) 20 (c) B – F
(d) 25 (d) None of the above

33. If every side of an equilateral triangle 37. Which of the following newspaper is
is doubled, then the area of new read by “A”?
triangle becomes k times the area of (a) The Times of India
the old one. What is ‘k’ equal to? (b) Navbharat Times
(a) √3 (c) Financial Times
(b) 2 (d) None of the above
(c) 4
(d) 8 38. How many sons does E have?
(a) One
(b) Three
Directions for the next 5 (five) items: (c) Two
Read the following information carefully and (d) None of the above
answer the questions given below:
(a) In a family of six persons – A, B, C, D, E
and F, there are three males and three 39. In a College there are total 2300
females. There are two married couples students. The percentage of gender of
and two persons are unmarried. Each students (male-female) and their
one of them reads different newspapers, education level (Post Graduate or
viz. The Times of India, Indian Express, Graduate) is given as under:
Hindustan Times, Financial Times,
Navbharat Times and Business
Standard.
(b) E who reads Indian Express is mother-
in-law of ‘A’ who is wife of C. D is the
father of F and does not read the Times
of India or Business Standard. B reads
Navbharat Times and she is the sister of
F who reads Hindustan Times. C does Total how many post-graduates are
not read Business Standard. there in the college?
(a) 805
34. Who among the following reads the (b) 713
Times of India? (c) 815
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40. A person bought 5 tickets from a
station P to a station Q and 10 tickets
from the station P to a station R. He
paid Rs. 350. If the sum total of ticket
prices from P to Q and a ticket from P
to R is Rs. 42, then what is the fare
from P to Q?
(a) Rs. 12
(b) Rs. 14
(c) Rs. 16
(d) Rs. 18
Directions for following 8 (eight) items:
Read the following four passages and
answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be
based on the passages only.
PASSAGE – 1
The Government of India has multiplied its
efforts to address the needs and rights of
exploited children. The basic objective of
Government child labour policy is “suitably
rehabilitating the children withdrawn from
employment thereby, reducing the incidence
of child labour in areas of known
concentration”. The largest and most
structured intervention in the area of child
labour in India is the National Child Labour
Projects (NCLP). The NCLP Scheme
targets children below 14 years of age
working in specific areas of hazardous work.
Under the scheme, a survey of child labour
engaged in hazardous
occupations/processes is conducted,
following which the children are withdrawn
from work and admitted to special schools
in order to enable them to be mainstreamed
into the formal schooling system. These
schools are often referred to as bridge
centres.
It is well known that it is not only access to
education, but also ensuring their retention
in school is important to empower them.
The economic challenges faced by many
families in keeping children released from
work in school, as well as the lack of
perception of education as a valuable
investment for their future, can easily lead
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former child labourers to drop out from
rehabilitation programmes shortly after
enrolment. Regular monitoring of children,
both in bridge schools and after
mainstreaming is crucial. Moreover,
collecting information on the child after
withdrawal from work is essential not only to
follow up on his or her educational progress,
but also to better understand the multiple
vulnerabilities surrounding the phenomenon
of child labour and to adjust the exiting
rehabilitation mechanisms accordingly to
ensure the programme’s efficiency and
maximum benefit for the child.
41. According to the passage, “bridge
centres” are essential because
(1) they help bring in the required
change.
(2) they help rehabilitate the children
withdrawn from employment.
(3) they facilitate the integration of
child labourers into the formal
schooling system.
(4) they are required to put an end
to the practice of child labour.
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
42. With reference to the passage, the
following assumptions have been
made:
(1) Education empowers children
not only by providing them
literacy but also the knowledge
of their rights.
(2) Bridge centres focused on free,
compulsory and quality
education can lead to poverty
reduction.
Which of the above is/are valid
assumption/assumptions?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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43. Which of the following can prevent PASSAGE – 3
children from returning to the
workforce? Moving forward, India has to achieve a skilful
(1) Establishment of rehabilitation balancing act. While fiscal prudence is
mechanisms to suit individual important, development policies that aim at
cases. bringing the economy back on a higher growth
(2) Retaining children in bridge trajectory and at the same time ensuring
centres and schools. adequate spending on the social sector
(3) Addressing the insecurities especially education, health care, and
pertaining to child labour. employment generation are equally important.
Select the correct answer from the Since India is behind not only China but also
codes given below: Sri Lanka and many others neighbouring
(a) 2 and 3 only countries in terms of human development, any
(b) 2 only additional fiscal space available ought to be
(c) 1 and 3 only utilized for human development through
(d) 1, 2 and 3 growth-oriented social sector programmes.
This will help achieve the twin objectives of
PASSAGE – 2 maintaining the growth trajectory and
achieving more inclusive development.
When comparing political philosophies, two It is also high time that we bring in effective
types of government which are often at odds measures to improve the efficiency, especially
with one another are democracy and in the delivery mechanism, of all social-sector
dictatorship. Why would these two terms programmes in the fields of education, health,
come up together so often? It is because they and employment, while taking note of region-
are exact opposites of one another, in every specific successes and failures in the past so
conceivable sense. Where a democracy is that these interventions yield desired
based upon allowing the people to govern the outcomes. All programmes and legislations
land via majority rules voting, a dictatorship have laid stress on developing planning and
takes any and all influence away of the implementation strategy in a bottom-up
general population, and instead places it all in approach which can be achieved only by
the hands of a single, absolute ruler. developing and strengthening grassroots level
institutions like the PRIs and making them
44. Which of the following statements is/are vibrant.
correct as per the above passage?
(1) In dictatorship, the people being 45. According to the passage, India can
governed have no say in the way achieve holistic growth by
they are governed (1) primarily focusing on financial
(2) The main principle behind growth.
democracy is that of (2) following the examples of China's
representation and Sri Lanka's efforts towards
(3) Democracy and dictatorship are human development.
rationally same but politically (3) maintaining a balance between
different the growth of the financial and
Select the correct answer using the social sector.
code given below: (4) investing more resources into
(a) 1 only education, health care and
(b) 1 and 2 only employment generation.
(c) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the
(d) 1, 2 and 3 codes given below:
(a) 2 and 4 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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46. According to the passage, which of
these is least likely to make social
sector programmes more effective?
(a) Grassroots level institutions
such as PRIs should be
encouraged and strengthened.
(b) Targeted financial resources
available should be used
towards the betterment of these
programmes.
(c) More schemes focusing on the
development of education,
health care and employment
generation must be introduced.
(d) An area specific evaluation of
the performance of these
programmes must be
conducted.
47. With reference to the passage the
following assumptions have been
made:
(1) The Indian economy is doing
very well.
(2) The social sector contributes
towards the development of the
country.
Which of the above is/are valid
assumption/assumptions?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
PASSAGE – 4
India is a disaster prone area, with the
statistics of 27 out of 35 states being
disaster prone, with floods being the most
frequent disasters. The process of global
warming has led to an increase in the
frequency and intensity of these climatic
disasters. According to surveys, in the year
2007-2008, India ranked the third highest in
the world regarding the number of
significant disasters, with 18 such events in
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one year, resulting in the death of 1103
people due to these catastrophes. The
anticipated increase in precipitation, the
melting of glaciers and expanding seas
have the power to influence the Indian
climate negatively, with an increase in
incidence of floods, hurricanes, and storms.
48. Which among the following is the
most crucial message of the
passage?
(a) India exhibits a wide diversity of
temperatures.
(b) India is plagued by climatic
disasters that continue to wreak
havoc on its economy.
(c) The effect of global warming on
the climate of India has led to
climatic disasters.
(d) With respect to climate
disasters, India is the most
distressed state in the world.
49. Four statements followed by three
conclusions numbered I, II and III are
given.
Read all the conclusions and then
decide which of the conclusions
logically follows from the given
statements.
Statements:
(1) Some notebooks are flowers.
(2) All flowers are leaves.
(3) Some leaves are tables.
(4) All tables are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some chairs are leaves
II. Some tables are notebooks
III. Some flowers are tables
Select the correct answer using the
code given below:
(a) Only conclusions I and II follow
(b) Only conclusion I follows
(c) Only conclusion II follows
(d) None of the conclusions follow
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50. Consider the following statement: (a) P is to the immediate right of Q
Not only are bureaucrats diligent but (b) R is between T and U
it is only bureaucrats who are diligent (c) Q is to the immediate left of W
who are efficient. (d) U is between W and S
Based upon this statement, which of
the following conclusions is/are true?
54. In the figure given below, what is the
(1) Iqbal is a bureaucrat and so, he value of xº?
is diligent and efficient
(2) Iqbal is a bureaucrat and so, he
is certainly diligent but may not
be efficient
(3) Iqbal is efficient and so, he is a
diligent bureaucrat
(4) Iqbal is diligent and so, he is an
efficient bureaucrat (a) 45º
Codes: (b) 60º
(a) 1 and 2 only (c) 70º
(b) 2 and 3 only (d) 80º
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 4 only 55. Consider the following statements:
If two straight lines intersect, then
Directions for Questions 51 to 53: (i) Vertically opposite angles are
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting round equal
the Circle and are facing the Centre. (ii) Vertically opposite angles are
(i) P is second to the right of T, who supplementary
is the neighbour of R & V. (iii) Adjacent angle are
(ii) S is not the neighbour of P. complementary
(iii) V is the neighbour of U. Which of the statement given above
(iv) Q is not between S and W and is/are correct?
W is not between U and S. (a) 3 only
(b) 1 only
51. What is the position of S? (c) 1 and 3 only
(a) Between U and V (d) 2 and 3 only
(b) Second to the right of P
(c) To the immediate right of W 56. A train covers a distance of 1500 km
(d) None of these at a constant speed. If the speed of
the train would have been 20 km/hr
52. Which two of the following are not more, then it would have taken 20
neighbours? hours less to cover the same
distance. What is the original speed of
(a) RV
the train?
(b) UV
(a) 45 km/hr.
(c) RP
(b) 50 km/hr
(d) QW
(c) 30 km/hr
(d) 65 km/hr
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57. Consider the diagram given below in Directions for the following 5 (five)
which the numbers bear certain items:
relationship among themselves. Read the following five passages and
Which one of the following numbers is answer the items that follow each passage.
the missing number indicated below Your answers to these items should be
by x? based on the passages only.
1 217 6
PASSAGE – 1
2 72 4
x 152 5 The Indian handicrafts industry is highly
(a) 2 labour intensive and decentralized, being
(b) 3 spread all across the country in rural and
(c) 8 urban areas. The sector is considered as
the second largest employment-generating
(d) 1
sector after agriculture with numerous
artisans engaged in craft work on a part-
58. Rs. 3636 is divided among 4 men, 3 time basis. The industry offers employment
women and 2 boys. The ratio of share to over 6 million artisans, including a large
of a man, a woman and a boy is 6 : 4 : number of women and people from the
6. What is the share of a woman? weaker sections of society.
(a) Rs. 336 The present day handicraft tradition of India
(b) Rs. 303 is a perfect example of assimilation between
(c) Rs. 366 the traditional designs and modern
(d) Rs. 353 techniques. The fast growing demand for
Indian handicraft and gifts products have
made this sector a full-fledged large scale
59. An alphabet series is given with one organized industry that is growing day by
term missing. Choose the missing day.
terms out of the given alternative in
the following sequence.
61. Which among the following is the
NT_ CN_ P_ _ TP_ N_ P_
most logical corollary to the passage?
(a) PTCNCTC
(a) Unlike in the past when the
(b) PCTCNTC industry was battling to carve a
(c) PTCNCTT niche in the market, there is a
(d) PTTCNCT great demand for Indian
handicrafts today.
(b) The Indian handicrafts market is
60. Rashmi can walk to her college and developing due to the huge
return by her college bus in 14 hours. demand of its products in terms of
She can also walk both ways in 18 utility, cost and aesthetics.
hours. How much time will she take to (c) Today, the crafts and craftspeople
travel in college bus both ways? have a vital role to play in modern
(a) Ten hours India - not just as part of its culture
(b) Twelve hours and tradition, but as part of its
economic future.
(c) Five hours
(d) The present status of the Indian
(d) Nine hours
handicrafts owes much to the rich
crafts history and tradition of the
past
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 PASSAGE – 2
India has introduced a National Skills
Council to oversee worker education and
vocational training. There is a measurable
link between innovation and worker
productivity, and recognition of individual
innovation is not entirely absent in India.
National cultures of innovation and
entrepreneurship may be regarded as
complementary, and in some emergent
ways Indian firms are embracing innovation
as an operational strategy and
institutionalizing innovation in the workplace
through dedicated corporate roles.
However, such initiatives may not be
enough to stimulate a pro-innovation
cultural shock-change. What distinguishes
companies in innovation-rich countries is a
tolerance for failure that is fundamental to
the creative process. Nevertheless, this
mindset is antithetical to that of aspiring
entrepreneurs in developing countries.
62. Which among the following is the most
logical, rational and critical inference
that can be made from the passage?
(a) India's economic woes would
bewilder even the most seasoned
policymaker.
(b) Without cultural innovation India
won't see gains and institutional
changes.
(c) India's efforts to boost innovation
should include expanding
infrastructure and fostering a
culture of experimentation.
(d) The performances of China and
India in the field of innovation have
been consistently poor.
PASSAGE – 3
We are not as educated as we think. We
are but beginning the great experiment of
universal
schooling and it has not had time to affect
profoundly our ways of thinking and our
public life. We are building the equipment,
but we are still primitive in methods and
technique.
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We think of education as the transmission of
a certain body of settled knowledge when it
should be rather the development of a
scientific habit of mind. The distinctive
feature of the unintelligent man is the
hastiness and absoluteness of his opinions.
The intellectual is slow to believe and never
speaks without modification. The larger use
of science and of scientific method in
education would give to us a measure of
that intellectual conscience which believes
only up to the evidence in hand and is
always ready to concede that it may be
wrong. With such methods, education may
prove the great solvent of our ills. It may
even make of our children's children the
new men and women who must come
before the new society can appear.
63. Consider the following statements
(1) Universal schooling will
significantly improve our manner
of thinking
(2) We think we are more educated
than we actually are
(3) An intellectual is less likely to be
dogmatic in his views
With reference to the passage, which
of the statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
64. What, according to the passage,
should education encourage?
(1) A scientific temper
(2) An ability to take quick decisions
(3) An ability to be fixed in our
beliefs
(4) An ability to restrict our beliefs
to the extent of available
information
Select the correct answer using the
code given below:
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 4 only
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 PASSAGE – 4 by 6 but not immediately followed by
4?
Mathematics allows us to expand our 76795697687678694677
consciousness. Mathematics tells us about 69576387698
economic trends, patterns of disease, and (a) One
the growth of populations. Math is good at (b) Two
exposing the truth, but it can also (c) Three
perpetuate misunderstandings and untruths. (d) Four
Figures have the power to mislead people.
69. A person travels from Pune to
65. This paragraph supports the Mumbai at a speed of 50 km/hr and
statement that returns by increasing his speed by
(a) the study of mathematics is 40%. What is his average speed for
dangerous both the trips?
(b) words are more truthful than (a) 60 kmph
figures (b) 45 kmph
(c) figures are sometimes used to (c) 58.33 kmph
deceive people (d) 53.333 kmph
(d) the power of numbers is that they
cannot lie 70. Four persons fire bullets at a target at
an interval of 7, 8, 9 and 11 seconds
66. Five friends P, Q, R, S and T respectively. The number of times
distribute some marbles among they would fire the bullets together at
themselves in such a manner that P the target in 297 minutes is
gets one less than Q, R gets 5 more (a) 6
than S, S gets 3 more than Q and T (b) 7
gets 2 less than P. Who gets the
(c) 8
highest marbles?
(d) 4
(a) P
(b) Q
71. A number series is given with one
(c) R
term missing. Choose the missing
(d) S terms out of the given alternative in
the following sequence.
67. Reena who is a manager at 11 12 15 21 31 46 ?
Haldirams, Saket announces a sale of (a) 65
products made under her supervision.
(b) 66
During the sale an article was sold for
(c) 67
Rs. 119, and the profit was such that
the percent profit equalled the cost (d) 56
price of the article. Find the cost price
of the article. 72. Sushil is taller than Pawan but not as
(a) Rs. 80 tall as Manav. Suresh is taller than
(b) Rs. 72 Arjun but not as tall as Pawan. Who
among them is the tallest?
(c) Rs. 70
(a) Manav
(d) None of the above
(b) Pawan
(c) Arjun
68. A random sequence is given. How
many 9's are there in the following (d) Sushil
series of numbers which are preceded
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three times the age of his son. The
total of the ages of the father and the
son after four years, will be 64 years.
What is the father's age at present?
(a) 32 years
(b) 36 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 12 years
74. Six squares are coloured front and
back, violet (V), blue (B), yellow (Y),
green (G), purple (P) and orange (O)
and are hinged together as shown in
the figure given below. If they are
folded to form a cube, what would be
the face opposite to violet face?
B V
Y G O decision. In the majority of jurisdictions
P sentencing options from which to choose.
(a) B
(b) G
(c) P
(d) O
75. Three persons A, B and C wore shirts
of black, blue and orange colours (not
necessarily in that order) and pants of
green, yellow and orange (not
necessarily in that order). No person
wore shirt and pant of the same
colour. Further it is given that
(1) A did not wear shirt of black
colour
(2) B did not wear shirt of blue
colour
(3) C did not wear shirt of orange
colour
(4) A did not wear pants of green
colour
(5) B wore pants of orange colour
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What were the colours of pants and
shirt worn by C, respectively?
(a) Orange and black
(b) Green and blue
(c) Yellow and blue
(d) Yellow and black
Directions for the following 3 (three)
items:
Read the following two passages and
answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be
based on the passages only.
PASSAGE – 1
For most judges, sentencing a person who
has been convicted of a crime is a difficult
throughout the country, judges have few
Generally, their options are confined to a
fine, probation, or incarceration. Crimes,
however, cover a wide spectrum of criminal
behaviour and motivation, and a wide
variety of sanctions should be available.
76. The main idea of the paragraph is that
(a) there should be specific laws that
dictate which sentence a judge
should hand down
(b) someone other than a judge
should be allowed to sentence a
criminal
(c) judges should be given more
sentencing options from which to
choose
(d) more money should be spent on
the criminal justice system
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Employment is a global problem, with more
than 73 million youth unemployed
worldwide. In India, the unemployment rate
in this section is almost 13% (compared to
4.9% overall). Underemployment is even
higher. Given the kind of opportunities
available in the country, it is disheartening
to note these dismal figures. The missing
link here is skill development which is the
key ingredient to robust economic growth.
Young people desperately search for entry-
level jobs while employers, ironically, are
unable to find people with the right skills.
They face regular attrition and a monthly
turnover sometimes as high as a fifth of
their workforce. At the same time, 40
percent of employers blame skill shortage
for entry-level vacancies. The imperative for
skilling young people is well-recognised and
has been flagged as a national priority for
almost a decade, with significant initiatives
being launched by the government.
Programmes have reported high dropout
rates, low employment percentages and
continued attrition post-placement, leading
to dissatisfied employers as well as
disillusioned youth. Providing ‘skill-training
and certification’ alone cannot be a solution
to the problem. There is clearly a case for
going back to the drawing board.
77. With reference to the above passage,
following assumptions have been
made:
(1) There exists a lack of job
opportunities for young people
searching for entry-level jobs
(2) Indian employers tend to avoid
investing time, money and effort
in on-the-job training.
(3) The Indian education system
puts maximum emphasis on
theoretical knowledge.
Which of the assumptions given
above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
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(d) 1, 2 and 3
78. Which of the following can be
concluded from the above passage?
(a) Skill development will remain a
dream if carried out in isolation
through centres alone.
(b) Traditionally, India is a culture
focused on academic learning and
professional qualifications.
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
79. Consider the following statements
(1) All bricks are mortars
(2) Mortars are either black or not
white
(3) No mortars are sandstones
Based on these statements, which of
the following conclusions is correct?
(a) If a brick is not black, it cannot
be white
(b) If a brick is black, it cannot be
white
(c) Some sandstones are bricks
(d) No sandstones are black
80. Consider the following statements
(1) No mountaineers are Sherpas
(2) All Sherpas are brave
(3) If you are brave, you can face
dangers
Based on these statements, which of
the following conclusions is correct?
(a) Ram is a mountaineer, so he
can face dangers
(b) Ram is not a mountaineer, so
he cannot face dangers
(c) Ram can face dangers, so he is
brave
(d) Ram cannot face dangers, so
he is not a Sherpa
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