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MOCK – 3 (CLAT)
Section – I: English

1. D. ii–iv–iii–i

2. A; iv–i–iii–ii

3. B; iv–ii–i–iii

4. C; iv–iii–ii–i

5. D; i–ii–iv–iii

6. B; implication

7. C; second hand

8. B; awed

9. D; despondent

10. C; shocked

11. D; pleasure at someone’s mistfortune

12. A; traveller beware

13. A; high fashion

14. B; right fit

15. B; necessary changes

16. B; are. Statements starting with here and there take the number of the verb from the noun that
follows so ‘women–are’.

17. C; replace ‘which’ by ‘that’. Restrictive clauses take ‘that’ and not ‘which’.

18. D; no error.

19. D; no error.

20. A; use ‘goes on’ as the verb instead of ‘go on’ as the subject here is ‘a man’.

21. C; signalled, behind

22. A; breaking, banks

23. C; performance, expedience

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24. D; jurisdiction, assertion

25. D; cocking a snook

26. C; Pedantic. All others start with PU.

27. D; repulsive. the others are synonyms of attraction.

28. D; corpulent. Others are related to law.

29. D; stupid. Others are related to shock.

30. B; gregarious. others are synonyms of beautiful.

31. B; no. the passage says ‘She has rightly come under criticism’. When the writer uses the word
‘rightly’ it clearly is a signal that the writer does not agree with her action.

32. B; revolutionary or a rebel.

33. C; no, it appears that the government does not want to help the Rohingyas. The first line of the
passage mentions this.

34. C; the second para mentions that there is an obligation to act to help the rohingyas.

35. A; all three are mentioned in the passage.

36. B; they are a minority citizen group

37. B; unimportant person

38. A; help

39. A; from one difficult situation to other

40. D; praise

Section – II: General Knowledge

41. B 51. C 61. A 71. D 81. B
42. A 52. D 62. D 72. B 82. A
43. D 53. D 63. B 73. D 83. A
44. B 54. D 64. A 74. B 84. D
45. C 55. C 65. C 75. A 85. D
46. D 56. C 66. A 76. C 86. C
47. A 57. C 67. D 77. B 87. B
48. C 58. B 68. A 78. B 88. B
49. B 59. A 69. A 79. C 89. D
50. A 60. C 70. B 80. B 90. D

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Section – III: Quantitative Aptitude

91. D; Total distance covered by Bhanu = 210 km
Total time taken = 4 hr 30 min
Average speed = 46.66km/hr.
Note– as travel plan of to and fro journey is same so average speed of complete journey is
same as average speed of one side.
So average speed = 105/2.25 = 46.66 km/hr

1 1 1
92. C;  0   25   x   30
3 2 6
x = 105%.
So remaining article must be sell at 105 % profit.
As CP of one apple is Rs 20, so SP must be 20 + 105% of 20 = 41.

93. A; Ratio of profit must be

Samuel Jackson
20000 × 12 50000 × 8
3 : 5
Net profit = 40000 – 18% of 40000 = 32800.
So share of Jackson = 5/8 × 32800 = 20,500

94. A; Only 30 is the number between 25 and 33, whose number of factors is 8.
30 animals die per week. So in 4 weeks of feb, 30 × 4 = 120 animals must have died.

95. D; Total length of tank including bulging is 25 m. and radius of cylinder is 3.5 m so the radius of
the hemispherical bulging must also be 3.5 m. also the length of cylindrical portion must be 25
– 7 = 18 m.
So total Volume of tank must be
Volume of cylindrical part (18 m long and 3.5 m radius) + volume of 2 hemisphere of radius 3.5
m
4
  3.53   3.52  18  872.6m3
3

  250  20   2 2
 23 
96. D; Remaining amount of chocolate  250    250     211.6ml.
 250   25 
Shortcut trick– value of chocolate must be slightly more than 210.
Hence only option is D.

97. B; 1744 = 28922 = (290 – 1)22.

When it is divided by 290, remainder will be 1.

98. B; 11 players can sit around circular table in 10! ways.

99. A; Net interest generated under SI at 5% in 3 years = 15 %.

Net interest generated under CI at 5% in 3 years = 15.7625%
Difference in interest = 0.7625% of principle = 152 .5
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Therefore P = 152.5/0.7625 × 100 = 20,000

Alternate approach – apply formula
CI – SI = PR2(300 + R)/1003

a c e 6
100. B;   
b d f 7
3 3 3
a c e 216
3
 3 3 
b d f 343
5a  3c  7e 216
3 3 3

5b3  3d3  7f 3 343
1
 5a3  3c3  7e3  3 6
 3 3 

 5b  3d  7f  7
3

101. C; 12% of CP = 360

CP = 3000.
New SP = 3000 × 1.05 = 3150

102. B; let fresh watermelon be of x kg.

It contains 90 % water, so it must contain 10 % pulp.
Dried watermelon contains 25% water so it must contain 75% (3/4th) pulp.
x 3
 2
10 4
x = 15kg

103. C; 80 + 70 – x = 98
x = 52.
So 52% of 400 = 208 student must have passed in both subjects.

104. A; 12 men = 36 women

1 man = 3 women
So, 9 women = 3 man.
M1 = 12 D1 = 40
M2 = 5 + 3 = 8 D2 = ??
M1D1 = M2D2
12 × 40 = 8 × D2 D2 = 60

105. D; combining, we get

24A = 30B = 50C = 75D
A/D = 75/24.
So when A is 75, D is 24.
24/75 × 100 = 32%

106. A; Let A can do work in x days.

So B must take 2x days
1/x + 1/2x = 1/24
x = 36 days.
So B can do work in 2 × 36 = 72 days
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107. C; P(getting a king or a red card)

= P(getting king) + P(getting red card) – P ( getting red king)
= 4/52 + 26/52 – 2/52 = 28/52 = 7/13.

108. B; a = 25% b = (–10)%

Percentage change in area = a + b + ab/100
= 25 + (–10) + 25 × (–10)/100 = 12.5%.

109. D; 2A = 3B = 5C
A : B : C= 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/5 = 15 : 10 : 6
So share of C = 6/31 × 93000 = 18000.

110. B; 240/(B + 2) + 240/(B – 2) = 50

Using options, B = 10 km/hr satisfy this.

Section – I: Legal Reasoning

111. B; As per Section 73 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the compensation for any loss or damage
arising from a breach of contract, that the suffering party can claim from the party in breach, is
an amount that “naturally arose in the usual course of things from such breach” or an amount
that the parties knew, at the time of entering into the contract, to be likely to be incurred upon
a breach of contract. Under normal circumstances, the difference between the contract price
and market price is a reasonable measure of an amount that would naturally arise in the usual
course of things from such breach.

112. D; Nominal damages are awarded in cases where there has been a breach of contract but no
actual financial loss has occurred as a result of it. This may be the case where the court wants
to assert that the plaintiff was in the right and to emphasize the guilt of the defendant.

The other options mean the following:

Statutory damages – Such damage amounts are provided for by the law/statute. In order for
statutory damages to be awarded, the plaintiff need only prove that the defendant has
violated that particular law/statute, and not necessarily the whole amount of damage that has
resulted therefrom.

Liquidated damages – These damages that are specifically stated in the contract.

Exemplary damages – These kinds of damages are awarded to set an example for others to
deter people from committing the violation. Such damages are common in environmental
cases, for instance.

113. C; Principle B. provides that “wilful breach of contract is a breach of contract liable for
compensation”. In the instant case, W has voluntarily absented herself from performing the
contract as agreed and hence, M is certainly entitled to put an end to the contract as it
constitutes a breach of contract.

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114. C; Section 25 of the Contract Act is applicable in this case. Clause (3) of Section 25 states- “An
agreement made without consideration is void unless it is a promise, made in writing and
signed by the person to be charged therewith or by his agent generally or specially authorized
in that behalf, to pay wholly or in part a debt of which the creditor might have enforced
payment but for the law for the limitation of suits.” In the instant case, the mother has given a
written promise with respect to the debt owed to the creditor (her daughter), and it is a valid
contract.

115. C; Since Y is being prevented from performing the contract, he has a valid ground for either
rescinding the contract or recovering compensation for any loss suffered by him.

116. A; As per principle A., free consent is required for a valid contract. In this case, consensus ad idem
is missing, since X and Y did not agree to the same thing in the same sense.

117. D; Principle D states that there is no liability for impossibility of performance. In the instant case,
A is taken ill and therefore, it becomes impossible for him to follow through on the contract.
As per the principle, B cannot claim damages from A.

118. D; The servant has been employed on condition that his salary will be paid on completion of one
year. Since the servant leaves the employment wrongfully after six months, he is not entitled
to any salary. Of note is the fact that had this precondition of the whole salary being paid at
the end of the year not been agreed between the parties, the servant would have been
entitled to be paid six months’ salary.

119. C; Principle C provides that there is joint and several liability with respect to a joint promise. This
means that in case of a joint promise, while the promisee can claim an amount from either one
or more of the joint promisors, the promisor(s) who pay the promisee can then claim the
amounts that the remaining promisor(s) were to pay. In the instant case, A, B and C were each
supposed to pay Rs.30,000 each to D (Rs.90,000 divided by three). Since C paid the whole
amount- Rs. 90,000- and A,B and C are all jointly and severally liable, C can claim Rs.30,000
each from A and B.

120. A; Section 56 of the Contract Act provides “A contract to do an act which, after the contract is
made, becomes impossible, or, by reason of some event which the promisor could not
prevent, unlawful, becomes void when the act becomes impossible or unlawful.” In the instant
case, the theatre being destroyed in the fire, the performance of the contract has become
impossible and thereby discharged.

121. B; The principle states, “compensation can be claimed for the personal inconvenience suffered by
a party by reason of the breach, which naturally arose in the usual course of things from such
breach” and in the instant case, the inconvenience caused to Mr. and Mrs. Shah by walking
that stretch comes under personal inconvenience naturally arising in the usual course of
things. As regards Mrs. Shah catching a cold, it cannot be clubbed under the category of a
naturally arising inconvenience and hence Rs.2,500 can only be claimed.

122. A; The principle states, “compensation can be claimed for the personal inconvenience suffered by
a party by reason of the breach, which naturally arose in the usual course of things from such

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breach” and in the instant case, in addition to the inconvenience caused to the couple by
walking, Mrs. Shah catching a cold fits that category as well because it was a “particularly chilly
night” and she suffered as a result of the act of the driver. It is to be noted that it is irrelevant
that the couple intended to visit the place to enjoy “the chilly winters.” The cold affecting Mrs.
Shah was clearly as a result of the breach on the part of the driver.

123. A; “Commercial impossibility” means not commercially viable or not commercially profitable. In
the instant case, Rakesh procured the almonds from both Indian and foreign markets, and if
Indo-Pak relations were not amenable for trade at that time, he had the option to perform the
contract with Vimlesh by procuring the almonds from elsewhere, even if they were more
expensive, since the principle clearly states that, “When due to natural disaster or war it
becomes impossible to perform a contract, non-performance of such contract shall not make
either of the parties liable for breach of contract but this does not include commercial
impossibility.”

124. C; Since Rakesh could only procure the almonds from Pakistan and the conditions were not
amenable for such trade for reasons other than commercial unviability, performance of the
contract became impossible and neither Rakesh nor Vimlesh will succeed in claiming breach of
contract.

125. C; Since Vimlesh wanted Rakesh to supply the almonds from Pakistan as they were of very high
quality but the conditions were not conducive to such trade, the performance of the contract
became impossible, and neither of the parties will succeed in claiming breach of contract.

126. A; The mother not remarrying was not a condition for the performance of the contract by the
father. The mother looking after Carol constituted good consideration for the father to
continue to perform his obligations under the contract, irrespective of whether the mother
remarried or not.

127. A; As per principle C., “if any one or two or more joint promisors make default in such
contribution, the remaining joint promisors must bear the loss arising from such default in
equal shares.” In the instant case, since A, B and C are joint promisors to D, they each owe
Rs.1,000. C pays the whole Rs.3,000. A and B owe Rs.1,000 each prima facie, however,
considering that A is insolvent and able to pay only half his debt (half of Rs.1,000 is Rs.500),
therefore, C can claim Rs.500 from A. Since the remaining joint promisors, i.e. B and C, must
bear the loss arising from such default in equal shares, i.e. Rs.500 is left from A’s share, and
will be divided equally between B and C, C can claim Rs.1, 250 from B.

128. A; The explanation to Section 43 of the Indian Contract Act states “Nothing in this section shall
prevent a surety from recovering, from his principal, payments made by the surety on behalf
of the principal, or entitle the principal to recover anything from the surety on account of
payment made by the principal.” In the instant case, even though A and B are sureties for C
(the principal), they can claim the sum from C.

129. A; In line with the principle, B made the payment to A’s account with C, as per A’s instructions.
Thus, the promise has been validly performed the moment the transfer is initiated by B.

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130. B; The facts state “A and B settle an account by setting off one item against another, and B pays A
the balance found to be due from him upon such settlement”. This is the arrangement
between A and B and since B is paying the balance due from the said arrangement, it is in
consonance with the principle, and both A and B will be considered to have settled the
account.

131. C; Vicarious liability will come into play here since A is an employee of the bank and while C may
have developed a friendly relationship with A over a period of time, they were transacting
while A was acting in the capacity of an employee of the bank, thus, in the course of
employment and hence, both A and the bank are liable.

132. B; In the instant case, vicarious liability of the bank does not arise since the transaction between
A and B took place outside of A’s actions in the course of employment. The bank had not
authorized such dealings between A and B in any case and it was a personal arrangement
between them, for which only A can be held liable and not the bank.

133. C; In this case, the dealing between A and B was in the course of employment of A with the bank,
even though it took place outside the “workplace”, and was an authorized act done in a
wrongful manner, for which both A and the bank can be held liable.

134. A; In the instant case, the doctrine of vicarious liability is applicable for the surgeon and the nurse
are acting in the course of employment of the hospital and have done an authorized act
(operating on D) in a wrongful manner due to their negligence. Thus, A will be liable in the
instant case.

135. C; A visiting surgeon falls under the category of an ‘independent contractor’ since the hospital
does not have complete control over his work and the way he performs the tasks and thus, no
master-servant relationship exists between him and the hospital. Owing to this relationship,
only B is liable and not A.

136. A; This is a straightforward question where a clear master-servant relationship exists between A
and C, since the nurse is on the rolls of the hospital as an employee. Because the patient
suffered because of C’s negligence, A can be held vicariously liable.

137. A; The answer will be affected because the master – ‘one who has supervision and control and
gives directions to his servant’ – will now be the visiting surgeon who is an independent
contractor, since he is the one who is supervising the nurse. There will not be a master-servant
relationship between the hospital and the nurse in this case.

138. A; The doctrine of injuria sine damnum applies when a legal right has been violated (injury to a
legal right) but where no actual damage has occurred in terms of monetary loss, physical
injury, etc. In the instant case, even though the candidate for whom A wanted to vote won the
election, A’s right to vote was infringed upon and an injury sans damage occurred. Hence, the
boys can be held liable. (Refer to the case of Ashby v. White 92 ER 126)

139. B; The underlying essence of the principle is liability if a legal right is infringed upon, irrespective
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infringed and the principle would be applicable. B’s win or loss is not a determinant in affixing
liability.

140. B; Both C and the boys who assisted in implementing C’s plan will be liable. In tort law, intention
is not a factor to pin liability and hence, both C and the boys who hindered A from exercising
his legal right to vote will be liable.

141. B; The doctrine of audi alteram partem means ‘hear the other side’, i.e. that the other side
should be given the opportunity to be heard. In the instant case, the court did accord that
opportunity to A several times but A chose not to present his case by appearing before the
court. Thus, the rule mentioned in the principle has not been flouted.

142. C; In the instant case, it is difficult to determine if the principle was flouted because it will depend
on the veracity of the reasons for non-appearance advanced by A, and how they should have
been treated by the court, which information is missing.

143. A; In the instant case, since A was given medication and he persisted with his callous gambling
habits, aware of the consequences, the defence of insanity is not applicable in this case and he
will be liable.

144. A; Kleptomania cannot be categorized as insanity because the former constitutes an urge to steal
but does not take away from the fact that the individual is aware of the implications of his
actions. Thus, the defence of insanity is inapplicable to A and he will still be liable.

145. A; Since A is old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong, he can be held
liable for the offence and his father is well within his right to sue him.

146. C; R is incorrect because Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with ‘acts done by
several persons in furtherance of common intention’ distinguishes between persons based on
their level of involvement in the act since active participation is a prerequisite under this
provision (Refer to Virendra Singh v. State of M.P. (2010) 8 SCC 407).

147. B; Culpable homicide is defined under Section 299 of the IPC while murder is defined under
Section 300 of the IPC. The statements given as assertion and reason are both correct but the
latter is not the rationale/explanation for the former.

148. A; Both the statements are correct, and the second statement is the correct explanation for the
first statement in the instant case. The Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution is dealt
with in Article 368 of the Constitution and is limited in that amendments are allowed so long as
they do not alter the basic structure of the Constitution. The basic structure doctrine was laid
down in the Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) 4 SCC 225 case by the Supreme
Court. Following this, the Supreme Court gave clarifications on the application of this doctrine
in the Minerva Mills v. Union of India AIR 1980 SC 1789 case.

149. A; Both statements are correct and related. Over the years, the right to life (Article 21) has been
given broad interpretation by the judiciary to encompass several other rights such as the right
to a clean environment, including the right to clean drinking water and clean air. The former

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was recognized for example, in Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India (2000) 10 SCC 664,
while the latter was recognized in Subhas Kumar v. State of Bihar 1991 AIR 420.

150. A; It is true that international law may not be very effective in controlling power states with no
respect for public opinion, partly because the sanctions for violation of international law are
not very grave. Moreover, international law is often argued to be ‘weak law’ because
international law instruments are based on consent among nations and there is no authority
that can effectively compel nations to follow these rules of international law, as has been seen
in the past as well (For example, refer to Hersch Lauterpacht’s views on this).

151. D; Legal Knowledge.

152. C; Legal Knowledge.

153. D; Legal Knowledge.

154. D; Legal Knowledge.

155. C; Legal Knowledge.

156. C; Legal Knowledge.

157. D; Legal Knowledge.

158. B; Legal Knowledge.

159. C; Legal Knowledge.

160. B; Legal Knowledge.

Section – I: Logical Reasoning

161. B;

162. D;

163. C;

164. A;

165. B;

166. A;

167. D;

168. A;

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169. C;

170. A;

171. C;

172. B;

173. C;

174. C;

175. D;

176. B;

177. A;

178. B;

179. C;

180. D;

181. A; Number of students who took the test = 17 + 19 – 1 = 35 students. Hence, (a)

182. B; The twelfth number would be the twelfth smallest multiple of 4 between 1 to 80 which is 48.
Hence, (b)

183. A; The logic of code is the digital sum of the position i.e. if position is 19 then digital sum would
be 1 + 9 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1, digital sum of 11 = 1 + 1 = 2 and so on.
Thus, WATER is coded as 51259 Hence, (a)

184. D; The series is as follows: 3 = 12 + 2, 7 = 22 + 3, 13 = 32 + 4, 21 = 42 + 5, and so on.

Next term is 52 + 6 = 31. Hence, (d)

185. C; The series is n3 + 3.

The terms are 13 + 3, 23 + 3, and so on.
Thus, next term = 73 + 3 = 346 Hence, (c)

186. B; The diagrammatic representation is as follows –

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The distance between A and B = 50 – 20 = 30 m. Hence, (b)

187. A; The diagrammatic representation is as follows –

The distance between A and B = 25 – (15 – 10) = 20 m. Hence, (a)

188. C; The diagrammatic representation is as follows –

Now, required distance = 64  36 = 10 km. Hence, (c)

189. D; If ratio of radius is given, its duplicate ratio is the ratio of areas.
Also, if ratio of circumference is given, it is equal to the ratio of radius and thus its duplicate
ratio is the ratio is the ratio of area.
Thus, either statement 1 is necessary or statement 2 is necessary. Hence, (d)

190. C; The color of sky is blue which is called as black. Hence, (c)

191. C; From Statement 1: A>.....B..

Adding Statement 2: C>....A>....B..
Adding Statement 3: D>...>C>...A>...B...
Adding Statement 4: E>D>C>A>B. Hence, (c)
192. B; First sentence, this can be the possibility – AB or BA, but not CAB or BAC
Second sentence, CD or DC is not possible.
So C has to be next to B, and D next to A.
It can be either DABC, or CBAD. Hence, (b)
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Solution for 193 – 195:

From Statement1 (S1): A (Male – Engineer) – “???” (F– Stenographer)
Statement 2: “????” (Male/Female – Judge) – “???” (Male/Female– Lawyer)
Statement 3: F (Male – Teacher) –> Son of B and brother of E
This means that: E is Doctor and son of B
By Statement 4 the following are clear: C lawyer will the wife of B judge. Moreover, D is the
stenographer.
By Statement 5: D is the grandmother of F.
So, this is the final relationship:
First Generation: A (Male – Engineer) – D (Female– Stenographer)
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Second Generation: B (Male, Judge) – C (Female, Lawyer)
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Third Generation: F (Male – Teacher) & E (Male or Female – Doctor)

193. A;

194. C;

195. B;

196. B; The two hands of a clock intersect 11 times in 12 hours, and thus, 22 times in a day. Hence, (b)

197. B; TELANGANA is coded as follows: First 3 letter as taken at a time: TEL/ANG/ANA

Now, letters in each block is reversed. LETGNAANA
Thus, TAMILNADU= TAM/ILN/ADU = MATNLIUDA
Hence, (b)

198. D; P = 4, T = 4 + 5 = 9,
So, N = 9 – 3 = 6
Hence, (d)

199. A; A + B = C + D
A>B
D=2C
A = D + 50
Clearly, A has highest.
Hence, (a)

200. D; As per the statements:

Monday = Music
Tues = Sports
Wed = Maths
Thus = History
Since, literature is not on Friday and also cannot be on Sunday. Thus, Literature is on Saturday.
This means apart from Sunday he is also free on Friday.
Hence, (d)

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