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1. TABLE-FILLING
DIRECTIONS for Question 1 to 4 Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below::
In a multiplex, there are four auditoriums namely A1, A2, A3 and A4 where the movies are screened and there are six digital projectors namely P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6 which are used to screen the movies. On a particular day, six movies namely Taking Lives, Bad Boys, Torque, Red Devil, Shawshank Redemption and Italian job are to be screened at the multiplex. Table 1 gives information about the digital projectors and the movies that they can screen and Table 2 gives information about the scheduling of movies on a particular day. In table 2, the partial information regarding the movies screened or the projector used is given.

Table 1
Movies Digital Projector Taking Lives P1,P2 Bad Boys P2, P3 Torque P3,P4 Red Devil P4,P5 Shawshank Redemption P5,P6 Italian Job P6, P1

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Time Slots 9 am-11am 11am-1pm 1pm-3pm 3pm -5pm 5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm A1 Taking lives P2 Torque Shawshank Redemption A2 P3 A3 A4 Italian Job P3 P2 Taking lives

P1 Taking Lives P6

P6 Red Devil P4

All movies are screened once in each of the auditorium that day. Every digital projector is used once to display the movie in each of the auditorium. A projector can screen movie in only 1 auditorium in a given time slot.

1. Which movie is screened in A4 in the 7pm-9pm time slot? 1. Shawshank Redemption 2. Taking Lives 3. Red Devil 4. Torque

2. Which projector is used in A3 in the 7pm-9pm time slot? 1. P3 2. P2 3. P1 4. P5

3. In how many time slots the same movie is screened in two or more auditorium? 1. Four 2. Three 3. Two 4. Five

4. How many projectors are used for consecutive three time slots? 1.One 2. Two 3. Zero 4. Three

DIRECTIONS for Question 5 to 8: Answer the question on the basis of the information given below.
To estimate the Point Index (PI) of each of the three sports drinks Gatorade, Red Bull and 180; their sales were studies in different months of the year 2005. For each month, PI of drink is defined as the product of the number of cans sold and the points awarded to it (based on sales) in that month.

Point System Number of Cans sold in a month Less than or equal to 5 Greater than 5 and less than or equal to 8 Greater than 8 and less than or equal to 12 Greater than 12

Point Awarded 2 3 4 5

The number of cans sold in the year 2005 is as follow.

15 15 15 15

Some additional information regarding the sales of these sports drinks in 2005 in given below (1) The number of cans of Gatorade sold in February, April and July forms an increasing Geometric progression. The sum and product of this progression is 28 and 512 respectively. (2) For Gatorade, the number of cans sold in August is equal to the total number of cans sold in the months of February and March.

(3) For the months of September, October, November and December; the number of cans sold every month for Gatorade is same and this holds true for Red Bull and 180 also. (4) The aggregate of the number of cans sold from September to December (both inclusive) is equal to the aggregate of cans sold in the remaining months. This is true for Gatorade and Red Bull only. (5) For 180, the number of cans sold in each of the first four months is same and lies between 5 and 8(both exclusive). (6) The average of P1 of 180 for all the 12 months of 2005 is 43 and the number of cans sold for each of the three drinks in each of the months is non-zero.

5. What is average of P1 of 180 from January 2005 to August 2005? (i) 46.5 (ii) 50 (iii) 10.5 (iv) 39

6. Comparison Index of a month defined as the ratio of the number of cans of 180 sold to the sum of the total number of cans of Red Bull and Gatorade sold in that particular month. For which of these months, the value of comparison index was 0.5? (i) August, 2005 (ii) July, 2005 (iii) February, 2005 (iv) April, 2005

7. Refer the question No. 6, what is the difference between the maximum and minimum values of comparison index across the 12 months in 2005? (i) 0.74 (ii) 0.64 (iii) 0.44 (iv) 0.26

8. What is the minimum percentage decrease in the sales of any one of any of the given sports drinks in a month over previous month in 2005? (i) 37.5% (ii) 25% (iii) 20% (iv) 33.33%

DIRECTIONS for Question 9 to 12 Answer the question on the basis of the information given below:
The table below had given the current points tally of various football clubs at a certain stage of the English Premier League. 3 Points are awarded for a win 1 point is awarded for a draw. No points are awarded in case of a loss.

Additional Information: I. II. West Ham United and Middlesbrough suffered equal number of losses. The number of matches played by Blackburn Rovers is three times the number of matches won by

Middlesbrough.

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Number of losses suffered by Blackburn Rovers is the same as the number of draws managed by

Sunderland. IV. Manchester City played the same number of matches as Sunderland, but the number of Wins, Losses

and draws of those of Manchester City are consecutive integers in ascending order. V. The number of wins by Tottenham is equal to its number of losses, but for New Castle, the number

of wins is twice that of its losses. P New Castle Tottenham Chelsea Blackburn Rovers Manchester City Manchester United Liverpool West Ham United Arsenal Sunderland Middlesbrough Fulham 20 18 20 7 7 9 4 20 6 7 4 19 20 19 5 6 7 5 4 35 26 25 26 20 32 5 6 5 W L D T(Total) 31 24

P Number of matches played, D - Number of draws, L- Number of losses, T - Total Points, W - Number of wins. 9. Which teams among the following had the same number of wins? 1. Sunderland, West Ham United, Manchester United 2. Tottenham, Manchester City, Sunderland 3. Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City 4. None of these 10. Which team had suffered the maximum number of losses till this stage of the competition? (i) Middlesbrough (ii) (iv) Manchester City None of these

(iii) Fulham

11. Irrespective of the number of games played, ranking is done on the basis of the number of points for each team. In the case of a clash between the teams with equal points, higher rank is given to the team with more number of wins. Assume that the team with highest number of points gets the highest number of points gets the highest rank, that is, rank 1; then which team was ranked 6 at this stage of the competition? (i) Sunderland 12. Which teams and losses? hold (ii) Fulham the distinction (iii) Manchester City of having the (iv) Tottenham highest aggregate of draws

(i) Manchester United & Blackburn Rovers (iii) Blackburn Rovers & Tottenham

2. Chelsea & Tottenham 4. West Ham United & Blackburn Rovers

2. STATEMENT / CONCLUSIONS
DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 4:information given below.
Following table shows the performance points (out of hundred) given by three board members:- Vice President, CEO and CFO in a board meeting, towards the salary increment of four employees:- Mr. Mehta, Mr. Singh, Mr. Aggarwal and Mr. Jain. In order to avoid any partiality, the names of the employee were disguised as W, X, Y and Z in no particular order. The employee who got the highest total points had maximum increment in his salary.

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Board Members Vice-President CEO CFO

Employee W 59 84 77

Employee X 92 72 71

Employee Y 71 84 85

Employee Z 87 68 70

In spite of the secrecy maintained, some information leaked out. CEO gave maximum points to Mr. Mehta. Difference between the total points given to Mr. Singh and Mr. Aggarwal is 5.

1. true?

If the person getting minimum points from CFO is not Mr. Jain, then Which of the following is definitely

1. Vice President gave minimum points to Mr. Mehta 2. CEO gave maximum points to Mr. Singh 3. CFO gave maximum points to Mr. Mehta 4. None of the above. 2. What can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement 1: Vice-President gave maximum points to Mr. Aggarwal Statement 2: CFO gave maximum points to Mr. Singh 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. If one of the statements is correct, the other is necessarily correct. If one of the statements is correct, the other is necessarily false. If statement 1 is false, statement 2 is necessarily true. None of the above What can be said regarding the following two statements?

Statement 1: CFO gave minimum points to Mr. Singh

Statement 2: Vice-President gave maximum points to Mr. Jain. 1. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is necessarily true. 2. If statement 2 is true then statement 1 is necessarily true. 3. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is necessarily false. 4. If statement 2 is false then statement 1 is necessarily true. 4. What can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement 1: CEO gave minimum points to Mr. Jain Statement 2: Vice-President gave maximum points to Mr. Mehta 1. If statement 2 is false then statement 1 is necessarily true. 2. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is necessarily false. 3. Statement 1 could be true but statement 2 is necessarily false independently. 4. Both statement 1 and statement 2 are necessarily false independently.

DIRECTION for questions 5 to 8:- Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following is the number of votes obtained by four persons-Sachin, Amitab, Murthy and Manmohan from the four metros, in a poll to find the Youth Icon of the year. These person are disguised in the table as A.B.C and D in no particular order.

City Mumbai Kolkata Chennai New Delhi

A 245 345 360 285

B 410 270 315 305

C 400 260 360 310

D 275 315 325 350

It is also known that, (i) (ii) In Chennai, Murthy had a maximum number of votes Amitab Secured 30 votes more than Sachin in all the four metros combined.

5. Among the following statements, what is the minimum number of statements that can be simultaneously true? (a) (b) (c) (d) In Mumbai, Sachin secured the highest number of votes. Manmohan secured the highest number of votes in total. Murthy secured more votes in total than Amitab. Sachin secured more votes than Manmohan in total. (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

6. At most how many of the following statements can be simultaneously true?

(a) Murthy secured the least number of votes in total. (b) In Kolkata, Amitab secured the least number of votes (c) Sachin secured more votes than Manmohan in total. (d) Amitab secured the highest number of votes in total. (1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1

7. What can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement A: Manmohan secured his least number of votes in Kolkata. Statement B: Murthy secured his highest number of votes in Chennai. If statement A is true, then statement B is necessarily true If statement A is true, then statement B is necessarily false. Both statement A and statement B are true. Both statement A and statement B are false.

(1) (2) (3) (4)

8. If Sachin received his least number of votes from Mumbai, then which of the following statements is necessarily true? (1) (2) (3) (4) Amitab received the highest number of votes in total. Manmohan received the more votes than Murthy in Kolkata. Manmohan received a maximum number of votes in total. None of the above.

DIRECTIONS for Questions 9 to 12: Answer the question on the basis of the information given below:
In a class 6 students viz, Andy, Bob, Chris, Dang, Eddy and Fenny have 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 pencils, not necessarily in that order. Further it is known that I. II. Eddy has 2 more pencils than Chris. Total number of pencils with Fenny and Andy is equal to the number of pencils with Dang.

In the following questions, a statement is given and a conclusion of drawn from that statement combined with some other information. The statement along with that information is consistent as well as sufficient to infer the stated conclusion correctly. You have to find that information from the given options. 9. STATEMENT: Dang has 3 pencils. CONCLUSION: Andy has 1 pencil. 1. Bob has 5 pencils. 2. Eddy has 6 pencils. 3. Fenny has 2 pencils. 4. Chris has 2 pencils.

10. STATEMENT: Dang has 6 pencils. CONCLUSION: Bob has 5 pencils. 1. Fenny has 4 pencils 2. Andy has more than 4 pencils. 3. Chris has less than 4 pencils 4. Total number of pencils with Andy, Chris and Fenny is 7. 11. STATEMENT: Fenny has more pencils than Bob. CONCLUSION: Among the students, Bob has least number of pencils. 1. Andy is not the one having 1 pencil. 2. Dang has more than 5 pencils 3. Eddy is not the one who has 5 pencils. 4. Fenny is the one who has more than 3 pencils.

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STATEMENT: The student having 6 pencils is not dang. CONCLUSION: Total number of pencils with Andy and Chris is 6. 1. The student who has 2 pencils in not Fenny. 2. The student who has 5 pencils in not Dang. 3. The student who has 5 pencils in not Bob. 4. The student who has 4 pencils in not Chris.

DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Wadhwa, Dhody, Ganjoo, Kokate, Johari and Lachiramka are three senior Managers and three Managers of a company not in any particular order. They are to be seated in a row, not necessarily in that order. The seats are numbered 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 from left to right in the row. No two Senior Managers sit adjacent to each other. Wadhwa does not sit adjacent to Dhody and one Manager is at position number 4.

In the following questions, a statement is given and a conclusion is drawn from that statement combined with some other information. The statement along with that information is consistent as well as sufficient to infer the stated conclusion correctly. You have to find that particular information from the given options. 13. Statement: Wadhwa sits at seat number 2 Conclusion: Dhody is a Senior Manager who sits at seat number 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 14. Lachiramka sits at seat number 3 Ganjoo is a Senior Manager who sits at seat no. 6. Ganjoo is a Senior Manager and Kokate sits at seat number 1. Both Kokate and Johari are Managers and Johari sits at seat number 6.

Statement: Kokate is a Manager who sits at seat number 5. Conclusion: Wadhwa sits either at seat number 1 or at seat number 6. 1. Both Lachiramka and Johari are Senior Manager. 2. Both Dhody and Ganjoo are Senior Manager

3. Both Dhody and Ganjoo are Managers. 4. Both Ganjoo and Johari are Manager 15. Statement: Conclusion: Johari sits at seat number 3. Kokate can not sit at seat number 4.

1. Ganjoo is a Senior Manager who sits at seat number 5. 2. Ganjoo sits at number 2 and Lachiramka sits at seat number 1. 3. Both Dhody and Wadhwa are Senior Managers. 4. Both Dhody and lachiramka are Managers. 16. Statement: Dhody sits at seat number 4. Conclusion: Wadhwa is a Senior Manager. 1. Kokate sits at seat number 6 and Johari sits at seat number 2. 2. Ganjoo sits at seat number 2 and Johari sits at seat number 1. 3. Kokate is a Senior Manager and Lachiramka sits at seat number 3. 4. Wadhwa sits at seat number 3 and Lachiramka sits at seat number 2.

DIRECTIONS for Questions 17 to 21: given below.

Answer the questions on the basis of the information

Following data is available regarding the number of units sold and revenue earned out of a single product called MiniTruck, by three major automobiles manufacturers, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and Mahindra. The data pertains to three consecutive financial years starting from 2003-04 to 2005-06. The names of respective manufacturer are not available in the table, instead they are denoted as A, B and C, not in any particular order. The question that follow the table are related to the product Mini-Trunk only. It is also known that Mini-Trunk is sold in the market by these three manufacturers only. Market Share by volume is defined by the ratio (expressed as percentage) of the units sold by one particular manufacturer to the total units sold in the market.

Units sold and revenue earned from Mini-Truck:2003-04 Unit sold (Nos.) 4458 2797 3502 2004-05 Unit sold (Nos.) 4236 3129 3339 2005-06 Unit sold (Nos.) 4983 3490 3462

Manufacturer A B C 17.

Revenue (Rs. Crore) 319 182 238

Revenue (Rs. Crore) 305 210 232

Revenue (Rs. Crore) 366 239 246

If Ashoka Leyland and Mahindra & Mahindra exchanged their No.2 and No. 3 positions in terms of marketshare by volume in the year 2005-06 compared to the previous year, what is the average price per unit that Tata Motors charged in the year 2003-04? 1. 5 Lakh 2. 6 Lakh 3. 7 Lakh 4. 8 Lakh

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If Tata Motors recorded a growth every year in terms of number of units sold, which of the following may possibly be the total revenue earned by Ashok Leyland during these three given years? 1. 2. 3. More than Rs. 1000 Crore. Between Rs. 800 Crore and Rs. 900 Crore. Between Rs. 700 Crore and Rs. 800 Crore.

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Less than Rs. 700 Crore.

If Mahindra & Mahindra experienced the sharpest percentage drop in the revenue in the year 2004-05, which manufacturer recorded the steepest percentage growth in revenue during any consecutive two of the given years? 1. Ashok Leyland in 2004-05 3. Mahindra & Mahindra in 2005-06 2.Tata Motors in 2005-06 4.Cannot be determined

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In the year 2003-04, if Tata Motors dropped its average price per unit sold to Rs. 5.2 lakh, its revenue earned in that year would have equalled that of Ashok Leyland. Which manufacturer sold the least number of units in the year 2005-06? 1. 2. 3. 4. Mahindra & Mahindra Either Tata Motors or Mahindra & Mahindra Either Mahindra & Mahindra or Ashok Leyland Tata Motors

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If Tata Motors had recorded a 50% growth in the number of units sold in the year 2005-06 over the previous year and the other manufacturers recorded the same growth as given in the table, it would have toppled Ashok Leyland from its No.1 position in the market. What would have been the market share by volume enjoyed by Mahindra in that case in the year 2005-06? 1. 26% 2. 24% 3.29% 4.Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 22 to 25: information given below:-

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Six friends are sitting on a bench for a photo-shoot in a row such that Britney is sitting to the immediate left of Emma. Famke, who is to the right of Charlize, is sitting at one of the end of the row. Angelina is sitting to the right of Drew.

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What can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement 1: Drew sits at one of the ends. Statement 2: Three people sit between Charlize and Famke 1. 2. 3. 4. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is true. If statement 2 is true then statement 1 is true Statement 1 may be true but statement 2 is false. Statement 2 may be true but statement 1 is false.

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What can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement 1 : One person sits between Angelina and Drew. Statement 2 : Charlize sits to the immediate left of Angelina. 1. 2. 3. 4. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is true. If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is false. If Statement 1 is false then statement 2 is true. If Statement 1 is false then statement 2 is false.

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Given that drew doesnt sit at either of the ends, what can be said regarding the following two statements ? Statement 1: Statement 2: 1. 2. 3. 4. Angelina sits next to Drew. Drew sits next to Britney

If statement 2 is true then statement 1 is true. If statement 2 is true then statement 1 is false. If statement 2 is false then statement 1 is true. If statement 2 is false then statement 1 is false.

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Given that one person sits between Fanke and Charlize, what can be said regarding the following two statements? Statement 1 Statement 2 : Three persons sit between Drew and Famke. : Angelina sits next to Famke.

1. Statement 1 is false but statement 2 may be false. 2. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true. 3. Statement 1 may be true but statement 2 is true. 4. None of the statements is definitely true or definitely false

3. REASONING
DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 5 : Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Saregama organised a contest Ek mein aur ek tu in which 120 participants took part. Only 12 members were able to reach the Final round. Those 12 members were divided into six teams of 2 members each having one male and one female member. Male members were : Rajeev, Vishwanath, Saplak, Irfaan, Niladree and Vishwas and female members were Raktima, Vineeta, Ujjaini, Sanchali, Sinchan and Twinkle. The team were coded as A,B,C,D,E and F After the final round, the teams were ranked from 1 to 6. Following additional information is available. (i) Saplak and Ujjaini were team members (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) The team having Twinkle did not secure the rank 6. Neither of the teams which secured rank 4 or rank 5 were coded C or E. The team coded B secured an odd rank, which was not 3. The other member of the team having Niladree is not Vineeta. The team having Irfaan secured rank 5 and the other member in his team was Sanchali. The team coded E secured an even rank. The team having Raktima was coded A and the team having Sanchali was coded F.

(ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv)

The team coded E had Vishwas as one of its members. The team having Vineeta did not rank 3. The sum of the ranks of the team having Ujjaini and Twinkle was 8. Exactly two teams had the names of both their members stating with the same alphabet. The team which secured rank 6 was coded D. The other member of the team having Vishwanath is not Sinchan.

1. What was the rank secured by the team in which one of the members was Vineeta? (i) 1 (ii) 2 (iii) 4 (iv) 5 2. Who was the other member of the team having Twinkle? (i) Vishwanath (ii) Niladree (iii) Rajeev 3. Who was the member of the team which secured the rank 4? (i) Rajeev (ii) Sanchali (iii) Raktima

(iv) Vishwas

(iv) Both (1) & (3)

4. The team which secured rank 5 was coded____. (i) A (ii) B (iii)

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5. Identify the option having correct combination of the name of a team member, the rank secured by that team and the code of the team? (i) Irfaan, 5, C (ii) Ujjaini, 1, D (iii) Rajeev, 4, A (iv) Niladree, 3, F

DIRECTION for Questions 6 to 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the Information given below:
Five friends Anurag, Vijender, Vipin, Parakram & Abhinav, nicknamed Sonu, Twinkle, Babbu, Monu and Gorkhi (not necessarily in that order) met after a long time. To celebrate their reunion each of them decided to treat all other friends at different cafeterias viz. Barista, CCD, Mocha, Mojo and Keventers. Each cafeteria serves a different drink from among. Fruit juice, Pepsi, Vodka, Milk & Cold Coffee (not necessarily in that order). Following additional information is given about them. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Anurag, who is not Sonu or Tinkle, did not treat at keventers. Parakram, who is Gorkhi, did not treat with Vodka or at CCD. Monu, who is not Abhinav or Anurag, treated at Barista. Abhinav treated with a drink whose name started with the same alphabet as of the cafeteria in which it is served. The same holds for one other friend as well, who is neither Vijender nor Gorkhi. (v) (vi) 6. Vodka was served at Mojo and Vipin treated with Pepsi. Each friend has a different nickname, treats as a different cafeteria and treats with a different drink. Who among the following can not be the person who gave a treat at CCD? (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Babbu Sonu Abhinav Vijender

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I and III

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II, III and IV

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If Anurag treats his friends with Cold Coffee, then with which drink does sonu treat his friends? (i) Vodka (ii) Milk (iii) Fruit Juice (iv) Can not be determined

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Which drink was served at Barista? (i) Pepsi (ii) Fruit Juice

(iii) Cold Coffee

(iv) Milk

9.How many of the following cafeterias could be the one in which Tinkle can give a treat? (i) Mocha (ii) Mojo (iii) CCD 1. I and II 2. I and III 3. II and III 4. I.II & III ,

DIRECTIONS for Question: 10 to 13. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Six students, addressing to the principal delivered a lecture on inclusion of extra curricular activities in the day schedule in a school. Each student emphasised on the inclusion of a different activity. The lectures were delivered on successive days starting on Monday and culminating on Saturday, one on each day. The first names of the students in no particular order are: Sameer, Dheeraj, Ranjit, Rohit, Karan and Jyoti. The last name of the students in no particular order are: Verma, Malhotra, Roy, Thapa, Sharma and Tyagi. Some information is given below. A) Sameer and the student who favoured the inclusion of singing as an extra curricular activity have been the students of the school for over 3 years. Sharma and the student who delivered the lecture on Saturday have been the students of the school for less than 3 years. B) Dheeraj Thapas lecture, which favoured dancing as an extra curricular activity, was delivered on Wednesday. C) Roy favoured the inclusion of acting as an extra curricular activity. He delivered his lecture a day before Sharmas lecture. D) E) F) Ranjit favoured inclusion of drawing as an extra curricular activity. Jyotis lecture was delivered on Thursday. Rohit, whose lecture was delivered just a day before Tyagis favoured inclusion of gardening as an extra curricular activity. G) H) 10. Karans last name is not Malhotra. The lecture delivered on Monday favoured inclusion of painting as an extra curricular activity. Which of the following students favoured the inclusion of singing as an extra curricular activity? 1. Jyoti 2. Sameer 3. Karan 4. None of these

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Which of the following combinations of the day and the lecture is correct? 1. 2. 3. 4. Friday Thursday Saturday Friday Gardening Gardening Singing Singing

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Who emphasised on the inclusion of painting as an extra curricular activity?

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2. Verma

3. Sharma

4. Tyagi

Sharma wanted to include which of the following activities? 1. Gardening 2. Singing 3. Drawing

4. Cannot be determined

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AVERAGE/ALLIGATION

DIRECTIONS for the question: 1 to 4 Answer these question on the basis of the information given below.
The following bar graph gives the details of the number of students who join class XI and pass out of class XII, in a school, for six years- from 2000 to 2005. The pass percentage of any batch which joined during the given period (i.e., from 2000 to 2005), in its scheduled year of passing out is at least 60% and at most 80%. For example, if 10x students join class XI in 2000, then the number of students in that batch who pass out in their scheduled year of passing, i.e., in 2002, would be between 6x and 8x (both included). Further, all students pass class XII in at most three years from their joining class XI. None of the students were absent for the exams during the given years. Students are admitted only into class XI.
100 80 60 40 20 20 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 55 75 65 50 42 student joining class XI student passing out of class XII 100 80 79 70 95 77

1. The number of students who joined class XI in 2003 but failed to pass out of class XII in 2005 is. (1) 27 (2) 36 (3)40 (4) Cannot be determined 2. The pass percentage in the first attempt (i.e., in the scheduled year of passing) was highest for the students joining class XI in which of the following year? 1) 2000 2) 2001 3) 2002 4) 2003 3. How many of the students who joined class XI in 2001 passed out of class XII in their first attempt (i.e., in their scheduled year of passing)? 1) 48 2) 52 3) 59 4) Cannot be determined 4. Considering, years 2004-2006, the number of students who passed out of class XII was the highest in (1) 2004 (2) 2005 (3) 2006 (4) Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for Question: 5 to 8 Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:
In a colony, there are certain numbers of boys playing marbles. They formed five groups between them, namely Panther, Extreme, Warrior, Hurricane and Lightning. The minimum or maximum numbers of marbles with any boy in a group are represented in the figure below. The figure also shows the average number of marbles per boy of the group.

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9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 Minimum Maximum Average

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What is the minimum number of boys in all the groups taken together? 1. 11 2. 13 3. 16 What is the least number of boys having 2 or 3 marbles with them? 1. 2 2. 3 3. 4

4.17

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4. More than 4

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Given that there are 20 boys in each of these groups, at most how many boys can have 4 or 5 marbles with them? 1. 58 2. 64 3. 70

4. 72

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All the boys in Hurricane and Extreme come together to form a new group named Cannibals (without re-

distributing the marbles among them). What is the Minimum number of boys in Cannibals who have more marbles than any boy in the Lightning? 1. 4 2. 3 3. 2 4. None of these

Directions for Questions 9 to 11. Answer the questions on the basis of information given below:
On 1st July 2002, there were 9,10, 21, and 15 students who take admission to the first year of Science, Art, Agriculture and Commerce streams respectively at the university. All these courses are graduation courses and are of 3 years duration. Admission can be taken in the first year only. As per the university rules, in each stream and each year , at the most 1 student can fail. All the rest of the students progress to the next year. The following figure gives the average age of the above students in these streams as on 1st July 2002, 2003 and 2004. (Age is defined as the integral number of years a person has lived so far).
20 19 18 17 17 16 15 Science Art Agriculture Commerce 17 18.25 20 19.25 18 19.5 19 18 17.4 19 18.4 2002 2003 2004

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In 2003, across all the four streams, What is the minimum number of students who progressed to the second year?