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1. If every alternative letter of the English 4. A joint family consists of seven
alphabet from B onwards (including members A, B, C, D, E, F and G with
B) is written in lower case (small three females. G is a widow and sister-
letters) and the remaining letters are in-law of D’s father F. B and D are
capitalized, then how is the first month siblings and A is daughter of B. C is
of the second half of the year written? cousin of B. Who is E ?
(a) JuLY 1. Wife of F

(b) jULy 2. Grandmother of A
(c) jUly 3. Aunt of C
(d) jUIY
Select the correct answer using the
code given below :
2. Sunita cuts a sheet of paper into three
pieces. Length of first piece is equal to (a) 1 and 2 only
the average of the three single digit odd (b) 2 and 3 only
prime numbers. Length of the second
(c) 1 and 3 only
piece is equal to that of the first plus
one-third the length of the third. The (d) 1, 2 and 3
third piece is as long as the other
two pieces together. The length of the 5. Each face of a cube can be painted in
original sheet of paper is black or white colours. In how many
different ways can the cube be painted
(a) 13 units
(a) 9
(b) 15 units
(c) 16 units (b) 10
(d) 30 units (c) 11
(d) 12
3. In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5,
7 how many such 5s are there which 6. How many triplets (x, y, z) satisfy the
are not immediately preceded by 3 but equation x + y + z = 6, where x, y and z
are immediately followed by 7? are natural numbers ?
(a) 1 (a) 4
(b) 2 (b) 5
(c) 3 (c) 9
(d) None (d) 10

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7. If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means 10. If B scores the least, the rank of C will
‘multiplied by’; # means ‘minus’, then be
the value of 10#5@1$5 is
(a) Second
(a) 0 (b) Third
(b) 1 (c) Fourth
(c) 2 (d) Second or third
(d) 9
11. If E is ranked third, then which one of
the following is correct ?
8. An 8-digit number 4252746B leaves
remainder ‘0 when divided by 3. How (a) E gets more marks than C
many values of B are possible ? (b) C gets more marks than E
(a) 2 (c) A is ranked fourth
(b) 3 (d) D is ranked fifth
(c) 4 Directions for the following 2 (two) items
(d) 6 Read the following statements S1 and S2
and answer the two items that follow :
S1: Twice the weight of Sohan is
Directions for the following 3 (three)
less than the weight of Mohan
items :
or that of Rohan.
Read the following information and answer
the three items that follow : S2 : Twice the weight of Rohan is
greater than the weight of Mohan
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F or that of Sohan.
appeared in several tests. Either C or F
scores the highest. Whenever C scores the 12. Which one of the following statements
highest, then E scores the least. Whenever is correct ?
F scores the highest, B scores the least.
(a) Weight of Mohan is greatest
In all the tests they got different marks; (b) Weight of Sohan is greatest
D scores higher than A, but they are close
(c) Weight of Rohan is greatest
competitors; A scores higher than B; C
scores higher than A. (d)
‘Whose weight is greatest’
cannot be determined
9. If F stands second in the ranking, then

13. Which one of the following statements
the position of B is
is correct ?
(a) Third (a) Weight of Mohan is least
(b) Fourth (b) Weight of Sohan is least
(c) Fifth (c) Weight of Rohan is least
(d) Sixth (d) ‘Whose weight is least’ cannot be
determined

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Directions for the following 7 (seven) 14. Which one of the following is the
items : most logical, rational and crucial
inference that can be derived from the
Read the following five passages and above passage ?
answer the items that follow each passage. (a) A better regulatory system will
Your answers to these items should be help India achieve the size of
economy appropriate to its
based on the passages only population.
Passage - 1 (b) In a competitive global economy,

India must use regulations
India’s economic footprint, given its strategically.
population, still remains small compared to (c) Regulations in India do not favour
its integration with today’s
the US, the European Union or China. It
hyper competitive global economy.
has much to learn from other economies,
(d)
Job creation and economic
yet must implement solutions that fit its
growth should be dominant
unique circumstances. India especially considerations in developing
needs an effective long-term regulatory India’s regulatory system.
system based on collaboration rather than
15. On the basis of the above passage,
the current top-down approach. Regulations
the following assumptions have been
seek desirable outcomes yet are repeatedly made :
used as political tools to push one agenda or
In today’s global economy,
another. Often, regulations fail to consider
impacts on jobs and economic growth — 1. regulations are not effectively
used to protect local markets.
or less restrictive alternatives. Regulations
2. social and environmental
may be used to protect local markets at the
concerns are generally ignored
expense of more widely shared prosperity by the governments across the
in the future. Additionally, regulations world while implementing the
inevitably result in numerous unintended regulations.
consequences. In today’s hyper competitive Which of the above assumptions is/

global economy, regulations need to be are valid ?
viewed as “weapons” that seek cost-justified (a) 1 only

social and environmental benefits while (b) 2 only
improving the economic well-being of most (c) Both 1 and 2
citizens. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Passage - 2 17. On the basis of the above passage,
In a study, scientists compared the made :
microbiomes of poorly nourished and well 1. Processed probiotic foods are
nourished infants and young children. a solution to treat the children
suffering from malnutrition
Gut microbes were isolated from faecal due to immature gut bacteria
samples of malnourished and healthy composition.
children. The microbiome was “immature” 2. The babies of malnourished
and less diverse in malnourished children mothers generally tend to be
compared to the better developed “mature” malnourished.
microbiome found in healthy children of Which of the above assumptions is/
the same age. According to some studies, are valid?
the chemical composition of mother’s milk (a) 1 only
has shown the presence of a modified sugar (b) 2 only
(sialylated oligosaccharides). This is not
(c) Both 1 and 2
utilized by the baby for its own nutrition.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
However, the bacteria constituting the
infant’s microbiome thrive on this sugar Passage - 3
which serves as their food. Malnourished Temperatures have risen nearly five
mothers have low levels of this sugar in times as rapidly on the Western Antarctic
their milk. Consequently, the microbiomes Peninsula than the global average, over the
past five decades. Researchers have now
of their infants fail to mature. That in turn, found that melting glaciers are causing a
leads to malnourished babies. loss of species diversity among benthos
in the coastal waters off the Antarctic
Peninsula, impacting an entire seafloor
16. Which one of the following is the most ecosystem. They believe increased levels
logical, rational and crucial inference of suspended sediment in water to be the
cause of the dwindling biodiversity in the
that can be derived from the above coastal region.
passage ?
(a)
If malnourished condition in 18. On the basis of the above passage,
children is caused by gut bacteria, made :
it cannot be treated.
1. Regions of glaciers warm faster
(b) The guts of malnourished babies than other regions due to global
should be inoculated with mature warming.
microbiomes. 2. Global warming can lead to sea
floor sedimentation in some
(c)
Babies of malnourished areas.
mothers should be fed with 3. Melting glaciers can reduce
dairy milk fortified with marine biodiversity in some areas.
sialylated oligosaccharides Which of the above assumptions is/
instead of mother’s milk. are valid?
(d) Research on benign effects of (a) 1 and 2 only
gut bacteria on nutrition has
(b) 3 only
policy implications.
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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Passage - 4 Passage - 5
A research team examined a long-term Food varieties extinction is happening

all over the world and it is happening fast.
owl roost. Owls prey on small mammals For example, of the 7,000 apple varieties
and the excreted remains of those meals that were grown during the nineteenth
that accumulated over the time, provide century, fewer than a hundred remain. In
the Philippines, thousands of varieties of
us an insight into the composition and rice once thrived; now only up to a hundred
structure of small mammals over the past are grown there. In China, 90 percent of the
millennia. The research suggested that wheat varieties cultivated just a century
ago have disappeared. Farmers in the .
when the Earth went through a period of past painstakingly bred and developed
rapid warming about 13,000 years ago, crops well suited to the peculiarities of
the small mammal community was stable their local climate and environment. In the
recent past, our heavy dependence on a
and resilient. But, from the last quarter few high yielding varieties and technology-
of the nineteenth century, human-made driven production and distribution of food
changes to the environment had caused an is causing the dwindling of diversity in
food crops. If some mutating crop disease
enormous drop in biomass and energy flow. or future climate change decimates the few
This dramatic decline in energy flow means crop plants we have come to depend on
modern ecosystems are not adapting as to feed our growing population, we might
desperately need some of those varieties we
easily as they did in the past. have let go extinct.
19. On the basis of the above passage, 20. On the basis of the above passage,
the following assumptions have been the following assumptions have been
made :
made :
1. Humans have been the main
1. Global warming is a frequently reason for the large scale
occurring natural phenomenon. extinction of plant species.
2. Consumption of food mainly from
2. The impending global warming locally cultivated crops ensures
will not adversely affect small crop diversity.
mammals. 3. The present style of production
and distribution of food will
3.
Humans are responsible for finally lead to the problem of food
the loss of the Earth’s natural scarcity in the near future.
resilience. 4. Our food security may depend on
our ability to preserve the locally
Which of the above assumptions is/ cultivated varieties of crops.
are valid ? Which of the above assumptions are
valid ?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only (a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 4

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21. What is X in the sequence 25. In a group of 15 people; 7 can read
132, 129, 124, 117, 106, 93, X ? French, 8 can read English while 3
(a) 74 of them can read neither of these two
(b) 75 languages. The number of people who

(c) 76 can read exactly one language is
(d) 77
(a) 10
22. A wall clock moves 10 minutes fast in (b) 9
every 24 hours. The clock was set right
to show the correct time at 8:00 a.m. (c) 5
on Monday. When the clock shows the
time 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, what is (d) 4
the correct time ?
(a) 5:36 p.m.
26. A printer numbers the pages of a book
(b) 5:30 p.m.
starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits
(c) 5:24 pan.
in all. How many pages does the book
(d) 5:18 p.m.
have ?
23. If the numerator and denominator of
a proper fraction are increased by the (a) 1040
same positive quantity which is greater
(b) 1048
than zero, the resulting fraction is
(a) always less than the original (c) 1049
fraction
(d) 1050
(b) always greater than the
original fraction
(c) always equal to the original 27. Consider the following sequence that
fraction
follows some arrangement :
(d) such that nothing can be claimed
definitely c_accaa_aa_bc_b
24. What is X in the sequence The letters that appear in the gaps are
4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X ?
(a) abba
(a) 48
(b) cbbb
(b) 64
(c) 125 (c) bbbb
(d) 256
(d) cccc

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28. A family has two children along with 31. Consider two statements S1 and S2
their parents. The average of the followed by a question :
weights of the children and their
mother is 50 kg. The average of the S1 : p and q both are prime numbers,
weights of the children and their father
is 52 kg. If the weight of the father is S2 : p + q is. an odd integer.
60 kg, then what is the weight of the
mother ? Question : Is pq an odd integer?
(a) 48 kg Which one of the following is correct ?

(b) 50 kg (a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer
(c) 52 kg the question
(d) 54 kg (b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer
the question
29. Suppose you have sufficient amount of
(c)
Both S1 and S2 taken together
rupee currency in three denominations
`1, `10 and `50. In how many are not sufficient to answer the
different ways can you pay a bill of question
107? (d) Both Si and S2 are necessary to
(a) 16 answer the question
(b) 17
(c) 18 32. Which year has the same calendar as
that of 2009 ?
(d) 19
(a) 2018
30. ‘A’ started from his house and walked (b) 2017
20 m towards East, where his friend ‘B’
joined him. They together walked 10 m (c) 2016
in the same direction. Then ‘A’ turned (d) 2015
left while ‘B’ turned right and travelled
2 m and 8 m respectively. Again ‘13’
turned left to travel 4 m followed by 33. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the
5 m to his right to reach his office. sum obtained is 7A3, where A and B
`A’ turned right and travelled 12 m to are integers. It is given that 7A3 is
reach his office. What is the shortest exactly divisible by 3. The only possible
distance between the two offices ? value of B is
(a) 15 m (a) 2
(b) 17 m
(b) 5
(c) 19 m
(c) 7
(d) 20 m
(d) 8

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Directions for the following 7 (seven) 34. Which one of the following is the
most logical, rational and crucial
items :
message conveyed by the above
passage ?
Read the following six passages and answer
(a) Public research institutions
the items that follow each passage. Your should take the lead in GM
technology and prioritise the
answers to these items should be based on
technology agenda.
the passages only. (b) Developing countries should raise
this issue in ‘UNTO and ensure the
Passage - 1 abolition of Intellectual Property
Rights.
What stands in the way of the (c) Private corporations should not
widespread and careful adoption of be allowed to do agribusiness
in India, particularly the seed
‘Genetic Modification (GM) technology is business.
an `Intellectual Property Rights’ regime (d) Present Indian circumstances
do not favour the cultivation of
that seeks to create private monopolies
genetically modified crops.
for such technologies. If GM technology
is largely corporate driven, it seeks to 35. On the basis of the above passage,
maximize profits and that too in the short made :
run. That is why corporations make major 1. The issue of effects of natural
calamities on agriculture is not
investments for herbicide-tolerant and
given due consideration by GM
pest-resistant crops. Such properties have technology companies.
only a short window, as soon enough, pests 2. In the long run, GM technology will
not be able to solve agricultural
and weeds will evolve to overcome such problems arising due to global
resistance. This suits the corporations. warming.
The National Farmers Commission pointed Which of the above assumptions is/
are valid ?
out that priority must be given. in genetic
(a) 1 only
modification to the incorporation of genes
(b) 2 only
that can help impart resistance to drought, (c) Both 1 and 2
salinity and other stresses. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Diarrhoeal deaths among Indian

Most invasive species are neither terribly
children are mostly due to food and water
successful nor very harmful. Britain’s contamination. Use of contaminated
groundwater and unsafe chemicals in
invasive plants are not widespread, not
agriculture, poor hygiene in storage and
spreading especially quickly, and often less handling of food items to food cooked and
distributed in unhygienic surroundings;
of a nuisance than vigorous natives such as
there are myriad factors that need
bracken. The arrival of new species almost regulation and monitoring. People need to
have awareness of adulteration and ways
always increases biological diversity in a
of complaining to the relevant authorities.
region; in many cases, a flood of newcomers Surveillance of food-borne diseases involves
a number of government agencies and
drives no native species to extinction. One
entails a good training of inspection staff.
reason is that invaders tend to colonise Considering the proportion of the urban
population that depends on street food
disturbed habitats like polluted lakes and
for its daily meals, investing in training
post-industrial wasteland, where little else and education of street vendors is of great
significance.
lives. They are nature’s opportunists.

36. Which one of the following is the most the following assumptions have been
made :
logical and rational inference that can
1. Food safety is a complex issue that
be made from the above passage ?
calls for a multipronged solution.
(a) Invasive species should be used 2. Great investments need to

be made in developing the
to rehabilitate desert areas manpower for surveillance and
and wastelands of a country. training.
3. India needs to make sufficient
(b) Laws against the introduction of legislation for governing food
foreign plants are unnecessary. processing industry.
Which of the above assumptions is/

(c) Sometimes, the campaigns against
are valid ?
foreign plants are pointless.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) Foreign plants should be used
to increase the biodiversity of (b) 3 only
a country. (c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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A vast majority of Indians are poor, with

The interests of working and poor barely 10 percent employed in the organised
people have historically been neglected sector. We are being convinced that vigorous
economic growth is generating substantial
in the planning of our cities. Our cities employment. But this is not so. When our
economy was growing at 3 percent per
are increasingly intolerant, unsafe and
year, employment in the organised sector
unlivable places for large numbers of citizens was growing at 2 percent per year. As the
economy began to grow at 7 - 8 percent per
and yet we continue to plan via the old
year, the rate of growth of employment in
ways — the static Development Plan — that the organised sector actually declined to 1
percent per year.
draws exclusively from technical expertise,
distanced from people’s live experiences and 39. The above passage seems to imply that
needs, and actively excluding large number 1. most of modern economic

growth is based on technological
of people, places, activities and practices progress.
that are an integral part of the city. 2. much of modem Indian economy
does not nurture sufficient
symbiotic relationship with
38. The passage seems to argue labour-intensive, natural
resource-based livelihoods.
(a) against the monopoly of builders
and the interests of elite groups. 3. service sector in India is not very
labour-intensive.
(b) against the need for global and
4. literate rural population is not
smart cities.
willing to enter organised sector.
(c) in favour of planning cities mainly
Which of the statements given above
for working class and poor people.
are correct ?
(d)
in favour of participation (a) 1 and 2 only
of peoples’ groups in city
(b) 3 and 4 only
planning.
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Passage — 6 41. The number of times the digit 5 will
appear while writing the integers from
India has banking correspondents,
who help bring people in the hinterland 1 to 1000 is
into the banking fold. For them to succeed,
(a) 269
banks cannot crimp on costs. They
also cannot afford to ignore investing in (b) 271
financial education and literacy. Banking (c) 300
correspondents are way too small to be
(d) 302
viewed as a systemic risk. Yet India’s
banking regulator has restricted them” to
serving only one bank, perhaps to prevent 42. A solid cube is painted yellow, blue
arbitrage. Efforts at banking outreach may and black such that opposite faces
succeed only if there are better incentives are of same colour. The cube is then
at work for such last-mile workers and also
cut into 36 cubes of two different sizes
those providers who ensure not just basic
such that 32 cubes are small and the
bank accounts but also products such
as accident and life insurance and micro other four cubes are big. None of the
pension schemes. faces of the bigger cubes is painted
blue. How many cubes have only one
40. Which one of the following is the most face painted ?
logical, rational and crucial inference
that can be derived from the above (a) 4
passage ? (b) 6
(a) Efforts to bring people in India’s (c) 8
hinterland into the banking
(d) 10
system are not successful.
(b) For meaningful financial
43. A and B are two heavy steel blocks. If
inclusion, India’s banking system
B is placed on the top of A, the weight
needs more number of banking
correspondents and other such increases by 60%.” How much weight
last-mile workers. will reduce with respect to the total
(c) Meaningful financial inclusion weight of A and B, if B is removed from
in India requires that banking the top of A ?
correspondents have diverse
skills. (a) 60%
(d) Better banking outreach would be
(b) 45.5%
impossible unless each banking
correspondent is allowed to serve (c) 40%
a number of banks (d) 37.5%

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44. Mr ‘X’ has three children. The birthday 47. In a school every student is assigned
of the first child falls on the 5th Monday a unique identification number. A
of April, that of the second one falls student is a football player if and only
on the 5th Thursday of November. On if the identification number is divisible
which day is the birthday of his third by 4, whereas a student is a cricketer
child, which falls on 20th December ? if and only if the identification number
is divisible by 6. If every number from
(a) Monday 1 to 100 is assigned to a student, then
(b) Thursday how many of them play cricket as well
as football ?
(c) Saturday
(d) Sunday (a) 4
(b) 8
45. Consider the following .StatementS (c) 10
and Conclusions :
(d) 12
Statements :
48. When a runner was crossing the 12
1. Some rats are cats. km mark, she was informed that she
had completed only 80% of the race.
2. Some cats are dogs.
How many kilometres was the runner
3. No dog is a cow. Conclusions : supposed to run in this event ?
(a) 14
I. No cow is a cat.
(b) 15
II. No dog is a rat.
(c) 16
III. Some cats are rats. (d) 16.5
Which of the above conclusions is/are

drawn from the statements ? 49. Raju has 9000 with him and he wants
to buy a mobile handset; but he finds
(a) I, II and III that he has only 75% of the amount
(b) Only I and II required to buy the handset. Therefore,
he borrows 2000 from a friend. Then
(c) Only III
(a) Raju still does not have enough
(d) Only II and III
amount to buy the handset.
(b) Raju has exactly the same amount
46. The number of parallelograms that can
as required to buy the hand a.
be formed from a set of four parallel
lines intersecting another set of four (c) Raju has enough amount to buy
parallel lines, is the handset and he will have
500 with him after buying the
(a) 18 handset.
(b) 24 (d) Raju has enough amount to buy
(c) 32 the handset and he will have
1000 with him after buying the
(d) 36
handset.

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50. In 2002, Meenu’s age was one-third Directions for the following 8 (eight)
of the age of Meera, whereas in 2010, items:
Meenu’s age was half the age of Meera. Read the following seven passages and
What is Meenu’s year of birth ? answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be
(a) 1992 based on the passages only.
(b) 1994
Passage - 1
(c) 1996
Political theorists no doubt have to
(d) 1998 take history of injustice, for example,
untouchability, seriously. The concept of
historical injustice takes note of a variety
51. Rakesh and Rajesh together bought
of historical wrongs that continue into
10 balls and 10 rackets. Rakesh the present in some form or the other and
spent 1300 and Rajesh spent 1500. tend to resist repair. Two reasons might
If each racket costs three times a ball account for resistance to repair. One,
does, then what is the price of a racket not only are the roots of injustice buried
deep in history, injustice itself constitutes
? economic structures of exploitation,
(a) `70 ideologies of discrimination and modes
of representation. Two, the category of
(b) `90 historical injustice generally extends across
a number of wrongs such as economic
(c) `210 deprivation, social discrimination and lack
(d) `240 of recognition. This category is complex,
not only because of the overlap between
a number of wrongs, but because one or
52. In a conference, out of a total 100 the other wrong, generally discrimination,
participants, 70 are Indians. If 60 of tends to acquire partial autonomy from
the total participants are vegetarian, others. This is borne out by the history of
repair in India.
then which of the following statements
is/are correct ?
53. What is the main idea that we can infer
1. At least 30 Indian participants from the passage ?
are vegetarian.
(a) Untouchability in India has not
2. At least 10 Indian participants been taken seriously by political
are non-vegetarian. theorists.
(b) Historical injustice is inevitable in
Select the correct answer using the any society and is always beyond
codes given below : repair.
(a) 1 only (c) Social discrimination and

deprivation have their roots in
(b) 2 only bad economies.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) It is difficult, if not impossible,
to repair every manifestation
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 of historical injustice.

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54. On the basis of the above passage, Passage - 3
made :
Soil, in which nearly all our food grows,
1.
Removal of economic
discrimination leads to removal is a living resource that takes years to form.
of social discrimination.
Yet it can vanish in minutes. Each year 75
2. Democratic polity is the best way
to repair historical wrongs. billion tonnes of fertile soil is lost to erosion.
Which of the above assumptions is/ That is alarming — and not just for food
are valid ?
producers. Soil can trap huge quantities
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only of carbon dioxide in the form of organic
(c) Both 1 and 2 carbon and prevent it from escaping into
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
the atmosphere.
Passage - 2
Education plays a great transformatory
role in life, particularly so in this rapidly 56. On the basis of the above passage,
changing and globalizing world. Universities the following assumptions have been
are the custodians of the intellectual capital
and promoters of culture and specialized made :
knowledge. Culture is an activity of thought,
and receptiveness to beauty and human
feelings. A merely well informed man is 1. Large scale soil erosion is a
only a bore on God’s earth. What we should
aim at is producing men who possess both major reason for widespread food
culture and expert knowledge. Their expert
knowledge will give them a firm ground to insecurity in the world.
start from and their culture will lead them
as deep as philosophy and as high as art. 2. Soil erosion is mainly
Together it will impart meaning to human
existence. anthropogenic.
3. Sustainable management of
the following assumptions have been soils helps in combating climate
made :
change.
1. A society without well educated
people cannot be transformed
into a modern society. Which of the above assumptions is/
2. Without acquiring culture, are valid ?
a person’s education is not
complete.
(a) 1 and 2 only
are valid ? (b) 3 only
(a) 1 only (c) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Inequality is visible, even statistically Climate change may actually benefit

measurable in many instances, but the some plants by lengthening growing
seasons and increasing carbon dioxide.
economic power that drives it is invisible
Yet other effects of a warmer world, such
and not measurable. Like the force of
as more pests, droughts, and flooding, will
gravity, power is the organising principle of
be less benign. How will the world adapt ?
inequality, be it of income, or wealth, gender,
Researchers project that by 2050, suitable
race, religion and region. Its effects are seen croplands for four commodities — maize,
in a pervasive manner in all spheres, but potatoes, rice and wheat — will shift, in
the ways in which economic power pulls some cases pushing farmers to plant new
and tilts visible economic variables remain crops. Some farmlands may benefit from
invisibly obscure. warming, but others won’t. Climate alone
does not dictate yields; political shifts,
global demand, and agricultural practices
will influence how farms fare in the future.
made :
58. Which one of the following is the most
1. Economic power is the only reason logical and rational inference that can
for the existence of inequality in a be made from the above passage ?
society. (a) Farmers who modernize their
methods and diversify their
2. Inequality of different kinds, fields will be in an advantageous
income, wealth, etc. reinforces position in future.
power. (b)
Climate change will adversely
affect the crop diversity.
3. Economic power can be analysed
more through its effects than by (c) Shifting major crops to new
croplands will lead to a great
direct empirical methods.
increase in the total area under
Which of the above assumptions is/ cultivation and thus an increase
are valid ? in overall agricultural production.
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) Climate change is the most

important factor affecting the
(b) 3 only
agricultural economy in the
(c) 1 and 3 only future.
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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Around 56 million years ago, the

A bat’s wings may look like sheets of Atlantic Ocean had not fully opened and
skin. But underneath, a bat has the same animals, perhaps including our primate
ancestors, could walk from Asia to North
five fingers as an orangutan or a human, America through Europe and across
as well as a wrist connected to the same Greenland. Earth was warmer than it is
today, but as the Palaeocene epoch gave
cluster of wrist bones connected to the way to Eocene, it was about to get much
warmer still—rapidly and radically. The
same long bones of the arm. What can cause was a massive geologically sudden
be more curious than that the hand of a release of carbon. During this period called
Palaeocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum
man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for or PETM, the carbon injected into the
atmosphere was roughly the amount that
digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of
would be injected today if humans burned
the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all the Earth’s reserves of coal, oil and
natural gas. The PETM lasted for about
all be constructed on the same pattern ? 1,50,000 years, until the excess carbon was
reabsorbed. It brought on drought, floods,
insect plagues and a few extinctions. Life
59. Which among the following is the on Earth survived — indeed, it prospered —
but it was drastically different.
most logical, rational and critical
inference that can be made from the
60. Based on the above passage, the
above passage? following assumptions have been made
1. Global warming has a bearing on
(a) Different species having the planet’s biological evolution,
similar structure of hands is an 2. Separation of land masses causes
the release of huge quantities of
example of biodiversity.
carbon into the atmosphere.
(b) Limbs being used by different 3. Increased warming of
Earth’s atmosphere can change
species for different kinds of work the composition of its flora and
is an example of biodiversity. fauna.
4. The present man-made global
(c)
Man and the aforementioned warming will finally lead to
conditions similar to those which
animals having similar
happened 56 million years ago.
structure of limbs is an example
Which of the assumptions given above
of coincidence in evolution. are valid ?
(a) 1 and 2
(d) Man and the aforementioned
animals have a shared (b) 3 and 4
evolutionary history (c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 4

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61. A five-storeyed building with floors Select the correct answer using the
from I to V is painted using four code given below :
different colours and only one colour
is used to paint a floor. (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
Consider the following statements :
(c) Both 1 and 2
1. The middle three floors are painted
in different colours. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. The second (II) and the fourth

(IV) floors are painted in different 64. In a school, 60% students play cricket.
colours. A student who does not play cricket,
plays football. Every football player
3. The first (I) and the fifth (V) floors has got a two-wheeler. Which of the
are painted red. following conclusions cannot be drawn
To ensure that any two consecutive from the above data ?
floors have different colours 1. 60% of the students do not have
(a) Only statement 2 is sufficient two-wheelers.
(b) Only statement 3 is sufficient 2. No cricketer has a two-wheeler.
(c) Statement 1 is not sufficient, but 3. Cricket players do not play
statement 1 along with statement football.
2 is sufficient
Select the correct answer using the
(d) Statement 3 is not sufficient, but code given below :
statement 3 along with statement
2 is sufficient (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
62. P, Q and R are three towns. The (c) 1 and 3 only
distance between P and Q is 60 km,
whereas the distance between P and R (d) 1, 2 and 3
is 80 km. Q is in the West of P and R is
in the South of P. What is the distance 65. The ratio of a two-digit natural number
between Q and R ? to a number formed by reversing its
(a) 140 km digits is 4 : 7. The number of such
pairs is
(b) 130 km
(a) 5
(c) 110 km
(b) 4
(d) 100 km
(c) 3
63. All members of a club went to Mumbai (d) 2
and stayed in a hotel. On the first day,
80% went for shopping and 50% went 66. In an examination, A has scored 20
for sightseeing, whereas 10% took rest marks more than B. If B has scored
in the hotel. Which of the following 5% less marks than A, how much has
conclusion(s) can be drawn from the B scored ?
above data ?
(a) 360
1. 40% members went for shopping
as well as sightseeing. (b) 380
2. 20% members went for only (c) 400
shopping. (d) 420

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67. Seeta and Geeta go for a swim after a 70. Ena was born 4 years after her parents’
gap of every 2 days and every 3 days marriage. Her mother is three years
respectively. If on 1St January both of younger than her father and 24 years
them went for a swim together, when older than Ena, who is 13 years old. At
will they go together next ? what age did Ena’s father get married ?
(a) 7th January (a) 22 years
(b) 8th January (b) 23 years
(c) 12th January (c) 24 years

(d) 13th January (d) 25 years
68. X, Y and Z are three contestants in a 71. Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile
race of 1000 m. Assume that all run handsets of a specific company. But
with different uniform speeds. X gives the retailer offered very good discount
Y a start of 40 m and X gives Z a start on that particular handset. Rakesh
of 64 m. If Y and Z were to compete in could buy 10 mobile handsets with
a race of 1000 m, how many metres the amount he had. What was the
start will Y give to Z ? discount the retailer offered ?
(a) 20 (a) 15%

(b) 25 (b) 20%
(c) 30 (c) 25%
(d) 35 (d) 30%
69. If x is greater than or equal to 25 and y 72. The average marks of 100 students are
is less than or equal to 40, then which given to be 40. It was found later that
one of the following is always correct ? marks of one student were 53 which
were misread as 83. The corrected
(a) x is greater than y
mean marks are
(b) (y — x) is greater than 15
(c) (y — x) is less than or equal to (a) 39
15
(b) 39.7
(d) (x + y) is greater than or equal to
(c) 40
65
(d) 40.3

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Directions for the following 8 (eight) Passage - 2
items :
With the digital phenomenon
Read the following six passages and answer restructuring most social sectors, it is little
surprise that global trade negotiations are
the terns that follow each passage. Your
now eyeing the digital area in an attempt
answers to -hese items should be based on to pre-emptively colonise it. Big Data is
the passages only. freely collected or mined from developing
countries, and converted into digital
Passage - 1 intelligence in developed countries. This
intelligence begins to control different
Low-end IoT (Internet of Things) sectors and extract monopoly rents. A large
foreign company providing cab service, for
devices are cheap commodity items :
instance, is not a network of cars and drivers;
addressing security would add to the cost. it is digital intelligence about commuting,
This class of items is proliferating with public transport, roads, traffic, city events,
new applications; many home appliances, personal behavioural characteristics of
commuters and drivers and so on.
thermostats, security and monitoring
devices and personal convenience devices
74. Which one of the following is the most
are part of the IoT. So are fitness trackers, logical and rational corollary to the
certain medical implants and computer-like above passage ?
devices in automobiles. The IoT is expected (a) Globalization is not in the interests
to expand exponentially — but new security of India as it undermines its socio-
challenges are daunting. economic structures.
(b) India should be careful to
protect its digital sovereignty
73. Which one of the following statements in global trade talks.
is the most logical and rational
(c) India should charge monopoly
inference that can be made from the rents from multinational
above passage ? companies in exchange for Big
Data.
(a) Development of enabling (d) The loss of Big Data from India is
technologies in India can be a big proportional to the degree/value
boost to its manufacturing sector. of its foreign trade.
(b) India is not yet fully ready to

75. Which of the following is most
adopt IoT in view of the imminent definitively implied by the above
security challenges. passage ?
(c) Life becomes more comfortable (a) Big Data is the key resource in
the digital space.
with the development of cheap
low-end IoT devices. (b) Big economies create Big Data.
(d) As we go digital, we must (c) Access to Big Data is the prerogative

of developed countries.
recognise the huge threat to
Internet security from some (d) Access to and possession of
IoT devices. Big Data is a characteristic of
developed countries.

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The rural poor across the world, A changing climate, and the eventual
including India, have contributed little to
human-induced climate change, yet they efforts of governments (however reluctant)
are on the frontline in coping with its effects. to deal with it, could have a big impact on
Farmers can no longer rely on historical
averages for rainfall and temperature, and investors’ returns. Companies that produce
the more frequent and extreme weather or use large amounts of fossil fuels will face
events, such as droughts and floods, can
spell disaster. And there are new threats, higher taxes and regulatory burdens. Some
such as sea level rise and the impact of energy producers may find it impossible to
melting glaciers on water supply. How
significant are small farms ? As many as exploit their known reserves, and be left
two billion people worldwide depend on with “stranded assets” — deposits of oil
them for their food and livelihood. Small-
holder farmers in India produce 41 percent and coal that have to be left in the ground.
of the country’s food grains, and other food Other industries could be affected by the
items that contribute to local and national
economic damage caused by more extreme
food security.
weather — storms, floods, heat waves and
76. What is the most logical and rational droughts.
corollary to the above passage ?
(a) Supporting small farmers is an 78. On the basis of the above passage,
important part of any agenda
regarding environmentally the following assumptions have been
sustainable development. made :
(b) Poor countries have little role to
play in the mitigation of global 1. Governments and companies
warming. need to be adequately prepared to
(c) Due to a large number of farmer face the climate change.
households, India will not have
food security problem in the 2. Extreme weather events will
foreseeable future.
reduce the economic growth of
(d) Only small-holder farmers in
India can ensure food security. governments and companies in
future.
77. The above passage implies that
3. Ignoring climate change is a huge
1. 1. There is a potential problem of risk for investors.
food insecurity in India.
2. 2. India will have to strengthen its Which of the above assumptions is/
disaster management capabilities.
are valid ?
are valid ? (a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 only (b) 3 only
(b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Access to schooling for those coming of A majority of the TB infected in India are
school age is close to universal, but access to poor and lack sufficient nutrition, suitable
quality exhibits a sharp gradient with socio-
housing and have little understanding of
economic status. Quotas for the weaker
sections in private schools is a provision prevention. TB then devastates families,
introduced by the Right of Children to Free makes the poor poorer, particularly
and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The affects women and children, and leads
quotas have imposed a debate on issues of to ostracisation and loss of employment.
social integration and equity in education
The truth is that even if TB does not kill
that private actors had escaped by and
them, hunger and poverty will. Another
large. The idea of egalitarian education
system with equality of opportunity as its truth is that deep-seated stigma, lack of
primary goal appears to be outside the counselling, expensive treatment and lack
space that private school principals inhabit. of adequate support from providers and
Therefore, the imposition of the quotas has family, coupled with torturous side-effects
led to resistance, sometimes justified.
demotivate patients to continue treatment
— with disastrous health consequences.
79. With reference to the above passage,
made : 80. Which one of the following is the most
logical, rational and crucial message
1. Making equality of opportunity a
reality is the fundamental goal of conveyed by the above passage ?
the Indian education system. (a) TB is not a curable disease in
2. The present Indian school system Indian circumstances.
is unable to provide egalitarian
(b) Curing TB requires more
education. than diagnosis and medical
3. Abolition of private schools and treatment.
establishment of more government (c) Government’s surveillance
schools is the only way to ensure
mechanism is deficient; and
egalitarian education.
poor people have no access to
Which of the above assumptions is/ treatment.
are valid ?
(d) India will be free from diseases
(a) 1 and 2 only
like TB only when its poverty
(b) 2 only
alleviation programmes are
(c) 2 and 3 only effectively and successfully
(d) 3 only implemented.


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