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3 12. health : illness : : government : _________________ (A) law (B) anarchy (C) theocracy (D) trouble 13. BANANA : PEEL (A) Ventricle: Heart (B) Orange: Rind (C) Door: Knob (D) Bark: Tree 14. cows : herd : : geese : _________________ (A) gaggle (B) group (C) crowd (D) pack 15. WISE : SAGE (A) Craven: Knight (B) Erudite: Leader
(C) Judicious : Mediator (D) Sensual : Voluptuary Directions (Q 16 -20): Choose the correct option for each blank to complete the sentence. 16. Some residents claim that the timing of the strike was inappropriate, considering the __________ economy. (A) flourishing (B) harmonizing (C) shivering (D) questionable 17. Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the National Institutes of Health, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which -------- treatments are unsatisfactory. (A) Similar (B) Most (C) Dangerous (D) Alternative 18. Businessmen and investors may be ________ a little easier now that the initial fears ______ by the elections of leftist presidents in neighboring countries have been muffled. (A) living released (B) working tipped off (C) breathing unleashed (D) thinking forestalled 19. The actual ---------- of Wilson's position was always ------- by his refusal to compromise after having initially agreed to negotiate a settlement. (A) Outcome.. Foreshadowed. (B) Logic.. Enhanced. (C) Rigidity.. Betrayed. (D) Uncertainty.. Alleviated. 20. Arguing that the roots of many of the region's problems are more political and institutional than economic, the lecturer claimed that the government will now stress the need to ______ corruption and ___________ bureaucracy. (A) arm unwieldy (B) forego international (C) attack exceptional (D) tackle inefficient
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25. Rs. 5887 is divided between Shyam and Ram, such that Shyams share at the end of 9 years is equal to Rams share at the end of 11 years, compounded annually at the rate of 5%. Find the share of Shyam. (A) 2088 (B) 2000 (C) 3087 (D) 4098 26. How many pieces of 72cm each can be cut from a rod of 23.76 meters? (A) 29 (B) 33 (C) 32 (D) 39 27. In a recruitment test, 70% of those passed in the written test qualified in the skill test, 65% qualified in the interview, 27% failed in both and 248 qualified in both. Therefore the total number of candidates passed in the written test is (A) 77 (B) 114 (C) 231 (D) None of these 28. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least two heads? (A) 1/8 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/3 29. A sum of money invested for a certain number of years at 8% p.a. simple interest grows to Rs.180. The same sum of money invested for the same number of years at 4% p.a. simple interest grows to Rs.120 only. For how many years was the sum invested? (A) 25 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 48
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5 30. Seven Oranges and 10 apples together cost Rs.156 whereas the cost of 7 apples and 10 oranges is Rs.150 Find cost of 5 Oranges. (A) 40 (B) 30 (C) 20 (D) 10 31. The average age of a group of 12 students is 20years. If 4 more students join the group, the average age increases by 1 year. The average age of the new students is(A) 24 (B) 26 (C) 33 (D) 25 32. If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time taken to fill the bucket completely will be _____. (A) 90 seconds (B) 70 seconds (C) 60 seconds (D) 100 seconds 33. A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number say ba for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 less than the previous one. What was the difference of the two digits a and b? (A) 5 8 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D) 4 34. The difference between 6 times and 8 times of a figure is 14. What is the figure? (A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 6 35. There are 30 socks in a drawer. 60% of the socks are red and the rest are blue. What is the minimum number of socks that must be taken from the drawer without looking in order to
be certain that at least two blue socks have been chosen? (A) 12 (B) 20 (C) 14 (D) 21 36. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30 marks. What are the maximum marks? (A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 475 (D) 450 37. The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising 15 consecutive working days Was Rs.90 per day? During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs.87/day and the Average wages during the last 7 days was Rs.92 /day. What was his wage on the 8th day? (A) 83 (B) 92 (C) 90 (D) 97 38. A number consists of 20 plus 20% of its value. The number is? (A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 25 (D) 30 39. A screwdriver and a hammer currently have the same price. If the price of a screwdriver Rises by 5% and the price of a hammer goes up by 3%, how much more will it cost to buy 3 Screwdrivers and 3 hammers? (A) 3% (B) 4% (C) 5% (D) none of these 40. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats? (A) 1 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 100 minutes (D) 1000 minutes
(C) Central Statistical Organization (D) National Sample Survey Organization 32. Which one of the following motions can the Council of Ministers in India move? (A) No Confidence Motion (B) Confidence Motion (C) Adjournment Motion (D) Censure Motion 33. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of . (A) GDP (B) Population (C) Foodgrains (D) Per capita income 34. Which one of the following is the time limit for the ratification of an emergency period by the Parliament? (A) 14 days (B) 1 month (C) 3 months (D) 6 months 35. The indicator of economic prosperity is: (A) increase in gross national product at current prices (B) increase in net national product at current prices (C) increase in gross national product at fixed prices (D) increase in net national product at fixed prices 36. Cairn Energy, which is exploring oil in Rajasthan, belongs to (A) Ireland (B) Scotland (C) Norway (D) Sweden 37. The youngest ever Indian to achieve a Grandmaster norm in Chess is: (A) Sahaj Grover (B) Saina Nehwal (C) Parimarjan Negi (D) D Harika 38. Which among the following is not a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India? (A) National Housing Bank (B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (C) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (D) Exim Bank of India 39. The December 2006 Asian Games were held in (A) Doha (B) Abu Dhabi (C) Riyadh (D) Kyoto 40. The service tax umbrella does not cover (A) Pathology labs (B) Telecom services (C) Coaching institutes (D) Catering services 41. Which company launched a premium denim line in the Indian fashion arena, co branding it with John Abraham? (A) Killer (B) Wrangler (C) Lee Copper (D) Milky Way
42. The National Stock Exchange incorporated in 1992, in terms of transactions holds: (A) fifth rank in the World. (B) third rank in the World. (C) seventh rank in the World. (D) does not figure in the top 10. 43. Which country, of the following, is the biggest contributor for Foreign Direct Investment in India between1991 and 2004? (A) Mauritius (B) USA (C) Japan (D) United Kingdom 44. SAFTA stands for (A) South Asia Free Trade Agreement (B) South African Federation for Tribal Advancement (C) South Asian Forum for Tourism Agreements (D) None of the above 45. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because (A) The light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops (B) Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light (C) The fine drops are opaque to the light (D) The drops scatter most of the light 46. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders? (A) Portuguese (B) Dutch (C) Danish (D) English 47. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for Introducing market control mechanism? (A) Iltutmish (B) Balban (C) Alauddin Khalji (D) Firoze Tughlaq 48. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India? (A) Annapurna (B) Nanda Devi (C) Mt. Kamet (D) Kanchenjunga 49. A rift valley is formed mainly due to: (A) The forces of tension in the earth s crust (B) The subsidence of the floor of a river valley (C) The valley formed after the formation of fold mountains (D) The deepening of a valley by ice action 50. Who is the author of the book? The Man Who Divided India? (A) Arun Shourie (B) Dominique Lapierre (C) Rafiq Zakaria (D) Salman Rushdie
(A) Andy and Mandy (B) Andy and Kandy (C) Sandy and Kandy (D) Mandy and Kandy 60. Mr. Banerjee has three children; Paresh, Mahesh and Subesh. Subesh married Deepa, who is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Chatterjee. The Chatterjees married their youngest daughter off to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Mukherjee having two children, namely Amit and Namit. The Chatterjees have two more children, namely Bhushan and Vidya, both of them elder than Veena. Ajay and Vijay are sons of Subesh and Deepa. Reema is the daughter of Amit. Which of the following statements is definitely true? I. The surname of Ajay is Chatterjee and that of Reema is Banerjee. II. Mrs. Chatterjee is the mother-in-law of Paresh. III. Veena is the youngest daughter of the Chatterjees. (A) I only (B) III only (C) Both I and II (D) Both I and III Each question is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer each question using the following instructions: Choose a if the question can be answered by using the statement I alone, but not by using statement II alone. Choose b if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose c if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by using either statement alone. Choose d If the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together. 61. What are the values of a and b ? I. The ratio of a and b is 3 : 5, and b is positive. II. The ratio of 2a and b is 12 : 10, and a is positive. (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d 62. Three professors A, B and C are separately given three sets of numbers to add. They were expected to find the answers to 1+1, 1+1+2, and 1+1 respectively. Their respective answers were 3, 3 and 2. How many of the professors are mathematicians ? I. A mathematician can never add two numbers correctly, but can always add three numbers correctly. II. When a mathematician makes a mistake in a sum, the error is + 1 or 1. (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) d
63. A carpenter fixes 30 nails, equidistant from each other, along each side of a wooden board. How many nails are there in the wooden board? I. The wooden board is a triangle measuring 29 inches on each side. II. The wooden board is in the shape of a regular hexagon. (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d 64. What are the values of x and y? I. 3x + 2y = 45. II. 10.5x + 7y = 130. (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d
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10 65. A cylinder of base area 10 sq. cm contains water up to a height of 10 cm. A smaller cylindrical block is dropped into this cylinder. By what height does the water rise in the cylinder? I. The volume of the block is 100 cm3. II. The smaller cylinder is completely immersed when the water rises (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d Answer the questions based on the table given below. The following table gives the time required to do the activities A to H in man-hour. Activity A B C D E F G H Time taken (in man-hour) 100 600 200 1000 750 150 250 450 The order of precedence of the activities are mentioned below. I. B cannot be started before A. II. E has to be started only after C is completed. III. F, G can be started only after D is completed. IV. H can be started only after G is completed. The remaining can be started at any point of time as long as they do not violate these precedence conditions. The job is completed only when all the activities are finished. 66. If there are 100 men working on the project, all working on the same activity at any point of time, what is the minimum time needed to finish the project? (A) 20 hr (B) 25 hr (C) 30 hr (D) 75 hr 67. If there are 100 men working on the project at any instant, what is the minimum number of days needed to complete the project? (Each worker puts in 10 hours per day). (A) 10 days (B) 3.5 days (C) 35 days (D) 12 days
68. What is the minimum number of men needed to complete the job in less than or equal to 5 days? (A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 35 (D) 32 69. Which is the last activity to be completed? (A) B (B) E (C) H (D) Data insufficient 70. If the activity D was completed by people who were 40% as efficient as the original estimates, how long would it take to finish the activity D if 50 men worked on that? (A) 50 hr (B) 20 hr (C) 70 hr (D) 25 hr Each question is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer each question using the following instructions: Choose a if the question can be answered by using the statement I alone, but not by using statement II alone. Choose b if the question can be answered by using statement II alone, but not by using statement I alone. Choose c if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
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11 Choose d If the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together. 71. A circle circumscribes a square. What is the area of the square? I. The length of each of the two tangents of the circle from an external point 5 cm away from the centre of the circle is 4 cm. II. The radius of the circle is 3 cm. (A) A (B) b (C) C (D) d 72. The average weight of students in a class is 50 kg. What is the number of students in the class? I. The heaviest and the lightest members of the class weigh 60 kg and 40 kg respectively. II. Exclusion of the heaviest and the lightest members from the class does not change the average weight of the students. (A) A (B) b (C) C (D) d 73. Is x > y ? I. The square of x is greater than the square of y. II. x/y = 9/7. (A) a (B) b
(C) c (D) d 74. P, Q, R and S are four consecutive even integers. What is the value of the largest integer among these? I. The average of the four numbers is the first prime number greater than 10. II. The ratio between the largest and smallest of the numbers is less than 10. (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d 75. What is 2 3? I. a b is not necessarily equal to b a for two integers a and b, and 1 2=3 II. a b = (a + b)/a for a 0 (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d
12 79. 464 (16 2.32) =? (A) 12.5 (B) 14.5 (C) 11.25 (D) 125 80. 78 5 0.5 =? (A) 15.6 (B) 31.2 (C) 7.8 (D) 30.5 81. A bus covers a distance of 2,924 kms in 43hours. What is the speed of the bus? (A) 72 kms/hr (B) 60 kms/hr (C) 68 kms/hr (D) 70 kms/hr 82. If (9)3 is subtracted from the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 567. What is the number? (A) 36 (B) 28 (C) 42 (D) 48 83. What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs 5,760 at the rate of 6 % p.a. after 3 years?
(A) Rs 1,036.80 (B) Rs 1,666.80 (C) Rs 1,336.80 (D) Rs 1,063.80 84. What is 333 times 131? (A) 46,323 (B) 43,623 (C) 43,293 (D) 43,323 85. The product of two successive numbers is 8556. What is the smaller number? (A) 89 (B) 94 (C) 90 (D) 92 86. The owner of an electronics shop charges his customer 22% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs 10,980 for a DVD Player, then what was the cost price of the DVD Player? (A) Rs 8,000 (B) Rs 8,800 (C) Rs 9,500 (D) Rs 9,000 87. What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs 3,000 at the rate of 8% p.a. after 2 years? (A) Rs 501.50 (B) Rs 499.20 (C) Rs 495 (D) Rs 510 88. What is the least number to be added to 4321 to make it a perfect square? (A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 36 (D) None of These 89. 45% of a number is 255.6. What is 25% of that number? (A) 162 (B) 132 (C) 152 (D) 142 90. Find the average of the following Set of Scores: 221, 231, 441, 359, 665, 525 (A) 399 (B) 428 (C) 407 (D) 415
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13 91. If (78)2 is subtracted from the square of the number, the answer so obtained is 6,460. What is the number? (A) 109 (B) 111 (C) 113 (D) None of These 92. In an examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 261 marks and is declared failed by 4% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? (A) 700 (B) 730 (C) 745 (D) None of These 93. Pinku, Rinku and Tinku divide an amount of Rs 4,200 amongst themselves in the ratio of 7:8:6
respectively. If an amount of Rs 200 is added to each of their shares, what will be the new respective ratio of their shares of amount? (A) 8 : 9 : 6 (B) 7 : 9 : 5 (C) 7 : 8 : 6 (D) 8 : 9 : 7 94. Ms Suchi deposits an amount of Rs 24,000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 14 % p.a. for 8 years. What total amount will Ms Suchi get at the end of 8 years? (A) Rs 52,080 (B) Rs 28,000 (C) Rs 50,880 (D) Rs 26,880 95. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 52. What is the product of B and E? (A) 2912 (B) 2688 (C) 3024 (D) 2800 96. The difference between 42% of a number and28% of the same number is 210. What is 59% of that number? (A) 630 (B) 885 (C) 420 (D) 900 97. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question? 4275 496 (21)2 =? (A) 3795 (B) 3800 (C) 3810 (D) 3875 98. A canteen requires 112 kgs of wheat for a week. How many kgs of wheat will it require for 69 days? (A) 1,204 kgs (B) 1,401 kgs (C) 1,104 kgs (D) 1,014 kgs 99. If an amount of Rs 41,910 is distributed equally amongst 22 persons. How much amount would each person get? (A) Rs 1,905 (B) Rs 2,000 (C) Rs 1,885 (D) Rs 2,105 100. The cost of 4 Cell-phones and 7 Digital cameras is Rs 1,25,627. What is the cost of 8 Cell phones and 14 Digital cameras? (A) Rs 2,51,254 (B) Rs 2,52,627 (C) Rs 2,25,524 (D) Cannot be determined