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General Knowledge - 1 3 - 6








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2. Family A) 5) Father’s father or mother’s father is called grandfather. 7) Father’s brother or mother’s brother is called uncle. 8) Father’s brother’s son or daughter or mother’s sister’s son or daughter is

called Cousin. B) 1) Parents, 2) aunt, 3) nephew, 4) niece, 5) Small, 6) Grandfather, 7) grandmother.

3. Our Body A) Left side Parts : Head, Ear, Fingers, Hand, Arm, Leg, Foot. Right side Parts : Hair, Eye, Nose, Mouth, Neck, Chest, Palm, Elbow, Stomach,

Navel, Thigh, Knee, Toe. B) 1) Five, 2) Five, 3) Eyes, 4) Breathe, 5) Chest, 6) Skin, 7) Left, 8) Two,

9) Tongue, 10) Hands. C) 1) a, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b.

4. My School B) 1) Peon, 2) Clerk, 3) Principal, 4) Morning, 5) Evening.

5. Things Around Us A) 1) a, 2) b, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a, 6) b, 7) b, 8) c. B) 1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - d, 4 - e, 5 - a.

6. House and Its Rooms A) 1) c, 2) b, 3) c, 4) c.

7. Dresses 1) 3 2 1, 2) 1 3 2 , 3) 3 1 2 , 4) 1 3 2.

8. Animals We Know Wild Animals : Lion, Cheetah, Fox, Bear, Elephant, Zebra, Tiger. Domestic Animals : Goat, Horse, Cat, Cow, Sheep, Dog, She-buffalo.

9. Animals and their Homes A) 1) SHED, 2) POND, 3) STY, 4) KENNEL, 5) STABLE. B) 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - b, 4 - e, 5 - a.

10. Animals and their Young Ones 1) b, 2) c, 3) a, 4) b, 5) a.

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11. Sounds of Animals A) 1 - f, 2- c, 3 - b, 4 - a, 5 - d, 6 - e. B) 1) brays, 2) chirps, 3) grunts, 4) purrs, 5) barks, 6) hisses.

12. Birds Around Us A) 1) CROW - f, 2) PARROT - d, 3) EAGLE - a, 4) CRANE - g, 5) OWL - b, 6) DUCK - c, 7) PIGEON - e. B) PEACOCK, DUCK, COCK, SPARROW, OSTRICH, WOODPECKER.

13. Tiny Insects A) a - 9, b - 6, c - 4, d - 2, e - 3, f - 1, g - 8, h - 10, i - 7, j - 5. B) 1) Spider, 2) Bedbug, 3) Cockroach, 4) Honeybee, 5) Mosquito,

6) Grasshopper, 7) Firefly, 8) Butterfly, 9) Ant, 10) Housefly.

14. Delighting Flowers Words across : WATERLILY, JASMINE, ROSE, HIBISCUS, DAISY. Words down : LOTUS, MARIGOLD, LILY, SUNFLOWER.

15. Delicious Fruits 1) Guava, 2) Banana, 3) Jackfruit, 4) Orange, 5) Pineapple, 6) Custard Apple, 7) Lemon, 8) Apple, 9) Grapes, 10) Watermelon, 11) Pear, 12) Cherry,

13) Pomegranate, 14) Papaya, 15) Mango. Across / Top Row : 5, 2, 1, 7, 15, 4. Across / Bottom Row : 11, 6, 13, 3, 12, 8. Down : 9, 14, 10.

16. Vegetables A) 1 - f, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b, 5 - c, 6 - g, 7 - e. B) 1 - d, 2 - d, 3 - c.

17. Trees A) Left side Parts : Leaf, Fruit, Stem. Right side Parts : Flower, Branch, Root. B) 1 - b a. Neem tree, c. Palm tree. 2 - a b. Coconut tree, c. Papaya tree. 3 - c a. Lemon tree, b. Banana tree

18. Our Food A) a) Chapati (P), b) Egg (A), c) Fish (A), d) Honey (A), e) Buttermilk (A),

f) Groundnut (P), g) Vegetables (P), h) Idli (P), i) Wheat (P), j) Ghee (A), k) Meat (A), l) Leafy Vegetables (P), m) Milk (A), n) Fruits (P), o) Cheese (A).

B) 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - f, 4 - b, 5 - a, 6 - e.

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19. Occupations A) 1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c. B) 1 - b, 2 - e, 3 - a, 4 - c, 5 - d. C) 1) Doctor, 2) Barber, 3) Grocer, 4) Mason.

20. Means of Transport A) 1) BOAT, 2) LORRY, 3) BIKE, 4) BUS, 5) CAR, 6) TRAIN, 7) BICYCLE,

8) SHIP, 9) TONGA, 10) HELICOPTER, 11) VAN, 12) AEROPLANE, 13) CYCLE RICKSHAW, 14) TRACTOR, 15) BULLOCK CART.

B) Land Transport : Lorry, Bike, Bus, Car, Bicycle, Tonga, Van, Cycle Rickshaw, Tractor, Bullock Cart, Train.

Air Transport : Helicopter, Aeroplane. Water Transport : Boat, Ship. C) 1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - d, 4 - a.

21. Service Organizations A) 1) b, 2) c, 3) b. B) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - e, 5 - c.

22. Make New Words A) God, Ten, Top, But, Rats. B) BALL, LAMB, BALLOON, NEST, TABLE, ELEPHANT.

23. Mother India B) 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) b. C) 2) Peacock, 3) Hindustan / Bharat, 4) Jana Gana Mana, 5) Ashoka Wheel. E) 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - e, 5 - c.

24. Historical Monuments a) 5, b) 7, c) 3, d) 8, e) 4, f) 1, g) 9, h) 2.

25. Holy Places and Days A) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c. B) 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c.

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26. The Time A) 1) Seven days, 2) 12 months, 3) 30 days, 4) February, 5) 7 months,

6) January, 7) April. B) 1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) c. C) 1) 60, 2) 15, 3) 30, 4) December, 5) Third.

27. Opposites A) 1) Happy x Unhappy, 2) Small x Big, 3) Tall x Short, 4) Hot x Cold,

5) Slow x Fast, 6) Lean x Fat.

28. Games and Sports 1) Cricket, 2) Kabaddi, 3) Chess, 4) Swimming, 5) Table Tennis, 6) Skipping,

7) Badminton, 8) Football, 9) Carrom.

29. Colours are Many A) 1) Violet, 2) Orange, 3) Brown, 4) Yellow, 5) Green, 6) Black, 7) Red, 8) Blue. B) 1) blue, 2) green, 3) red, 4) black, 5) yellow, 6) red, 7) violet.

30. Shapes A) 1 - B, 2 - E, 3 - I, 4 - A, 5 - H, 6 - D, 7 - K, 8 - J, 9 - F, 10 - G. B) 1) Circle, 2) Cylinder, 3) Diamond, 4) Ten.

31. Useful Pairs 1) Ink bottle and nib, 2) Thread ball and needle, 3) Fork and knife, 4) Cup and saucer, 5) Shirt and trousers, 6) Toothpaste and brush.

32. Computer 1) Mouse, 2) CPU, 3) CD, 4) Printer, 5) Keyboard, 6) Monitor.

33. Indian Currency 1) 500, 2) 100, 50, 3) 50, 20, 10.

34. I.Q. Test

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - 22. Things and their Uses

1) Sharpener, 2) Syringe, 3) Cooker, 4) Umbrella, 5) Spade, 6) Suitcase, 7) Tape, 8) Thermometer, 9) Refrigerator, 10) Almirah, 11) Ladder, 12) Spoon, 13) Duster, 14) Camera, 15) Knife.

3. Animal World 1) c, 2) b, 3) c, 4) b, 5) c, 6) a, 7) b, 8) c.

4. Different Birds

A) a) 1,3,2, b) 3,2,1, c) 1,2,3, d) 3,1,2, e) 2,1,3. B) 1) Peacock, 2) Eagle, 3) Owl, 4) Crane, 5) Penguin. C) 1) Cygnet, 2) Kiwi, 3) Bee Hummingbird, 4) Ostrich, 5) Crow’s, 6) Cranes.

5. Green Beings A) 1) Paddy, 2) Cotton, 3) Maize, 4) Sugar cane, 5) Coconut, 6) Mango,

7) Neem, 8) Banyan. B) 1) Paddy, 2) Sugar cane, 3) Hilly, 4) Cash. C) 1) b, 2) b, 3) c, 4) b. D) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c.

6. Public Places

A) 1) Bank, 2) Museum, 3) Hotel, 4) Railway Station, 5) Post Office, 6) Hospital, 7) Theatre, 8) Auditorium, 9) Airport, 10) Zoo.

B) 1) b, 2) b, 3) a, 4) b, 5) b. C)1) Hospital, 2) Station Master, 3) Museum, 4) Post Office, 5) Operator, 6) Railway Station, 7) Animals, 8) Hospital, 9) Theatre, 10) Auditorium.

7. Different Professionals

1) Farmer, 2) Carpenter, 3) Chemist, 4) Conductor.

8. Who Uses Them ? A) 1) Saw, 2) Hammer, 3) Axe, 4) Sickle, 5) Crowbar, 6) Plough, 7) Broom,

8) Scissors, 9) Trowel, 10) Brush. Figures Across / Top Row: 3, 1, 2; Bottom Row: 8, 9, 7. Down / Left side: 4, 6; Right side: 5, 10. B) 1 - d, 2 - f, 3 - a, 4 - h, 5 - b, 6 - g, 7 - c, 8 - e.

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9. Means of Transport A) 1) Rails, 2) Camel, 3) Pilot, 4) Railway Station, 5) Helipad. B) 1) b, 2) a, 3) a, 4) b.

10. Traffic Signals 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c, 8) b.

11. We All Pray God A) 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b, 5 - f, 6 - e. B) 1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) c.

12. Festivals A) 1) South India, 2) North India, 3) Kerala, 4) Jesus, 5) Vijayadashami,

6) Hindus, 7) Eid ul-Fitr, 8) National. B) 1 - e, 2 - c, 3 - a, 4 - f, 5 - d, 6 - b.

13. Musical Instruments

1) Flute, 2) Xylophone, 3) Drums, 4) Tabla, 5) Piano, 6) Guitar, 7) Violin, 8) Shehnai, 9) Harmonium.

14. Mera ‘Bharat’ Mahan

A) 1) North, 2) Indian, 3) President, 4) Hindi, 5) Villages. B) 1) c, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a, 6) a, 7) c, 8) a, 9) c, 10) b. C) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c.

15. Our Great Warriors

1) Shivaji, 2) Akbar, 3) Harsha, 4) Ashoka, 5) Shah Jahan, 6) Kanishka, 7) Rani Lakshmibai, 8) Maharana Pratap, 9) Krishnadevaraya.

16. Social Reformers and Freedom Fighters 1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) c, 7) a, 8) c.

17. States and their Capitals A) 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) c, 5) c. B) 1) Calcutta, 2) Thiruvananthapuram, 3) Lucknow, 4) Maharashtra,

5) Chennai, 6) Mumbai, 7) Kannada, 8) Tamil.

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18. Famous Places of India 1) Sun Temple, Konark, 2) Victory Tower, Chittorgarh, 3) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur, 4) Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, 5) Bangalore Palace, Bengaluru, 6) Shore

Temple, Mahabalipuram, 7) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, 8) Sanchi Stupa, Sanchi, 9) Agra Fort, Agra.

19. Presidents of India A) a - 11, b - 7, c - 6, d - 13, e - 2, f - 5, g - 3, h - 12, i - 14, j - 1, k - 9, l - 4,

m - 8, n - 10. B) 1) Rajendra Prasad, 2) Zakir Husain, 3) S. Radhakrishnan.

20. Prime Ministers of India 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) a.

21. Games and Sports A) 1) Skating, 2) Wrestling, 3) Football, 4) Cricket, 5) Badminton, 6) Chess. B) 1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) a. C) 1) 22, 2) 11, 3) 32, 4) 5. D) 1 - d, 2 - e, 3 - a, 4 - b, 5 - c.

22. Can You Answer ? 1) Summer, Winter and Rainy Seasons, 2) Shah Jahan, 3) Anaconda,

4) Table Tennis, 5) Japan, 6) Rakesh Sharma, 7) Chennai, 8) Rabindranath Tagore, 9) Norway, 10) North and South.

23. All Superlatives 1) Qutub Minar, 2) June 21, 3) Dec 22, 4) Asia, 5) Pacific, 6) Everest, 7) Ganga,

8) Jama Masjid, 9) Mawsynram, 10) Gol Gumbaz, 11) Swift, 12) Giraffe, 13) Gorakhpur, 14) Blue Whale, 15) Elephant, 16) Tortoise, 17) Anaconda, 18) Vatican City.

24. Where do you See Them ? 1 - e, 2 - g, 3 - h, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - c, 7 - d, 8 - f.

25. Who Sells It ? 1) c, 2) c, 3) a, 4) b, 5) b, 6) b, 7) c, 8) c.

26. To Market 1 - m, 2 - h, 3 - j, 4 - l, 5 - o, 6 - n, 7 - d, 8 - g,

9 - i, 10 - e, 11 - c, 12 - f, 13 - k, 14 - b, 15 - a.

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27. Different Groups

1) Rivers, 2) Cash Crops, 3) Pulses, 4) Countries, 5) Religions, 6) Newspapers, 7) Currencies, 8) Months, 9) Cities, 10) Food Crops, 11) Flowers.

28. Abbreviations

1) Air Conditioner, 2) Television, 3) ante meridiem, 4) post meridiem, 5) Money Order, 6) Doordarshan, 7) Post Office, 8) Chief Minister,

9) Prime Minister, 10) Headmaster, 11) Air India, 12) Lower Kindergarten, 13) Upper Kindergarten, 14) Please Turn Over, 15) Sub-Inspector (of Police), 16) Very Important Person, 17) British Broadcasting Corporation, 18) General Knowledge, 19) United Kingdom, 20) United States of America.

29. Odd One Out

A) 1) Apple, 2) Paddy, 3) Jowar, 4) Maize, 5) Pongal, 6) Doordarshan, 7) Mint, 8) Teacher, 9) Cabbage, 10) Eagle. B) c.

30. Groups 1 - b, 2 - i, 3 - e, 4 - f, 5 - a, 6 - g, 7 - h, 8 - c, 9 - d.

31. The Space 1) Earth, 2) Compass, 3) Stars, 4) Amavasya, 5) Purnima,

6) Mercury, 7) Jupiter, 8) Sun.

32. Sides 1) Before, 2) Behind, 3) Left side, 4) Right side.

33. Directions

1) East, 2) West, 3) Back side, 4) Left side, 5) Right side, 6) Front side.

34. Find Me 1) Parrot, 2) Aeroplane, 3) Banana, 4) Elephant, 5) Hare, 6) Monkey.

35. I.Q. Test 1 - D, 2 - D, 3 - C, 4 - A, 5 - A, 6 - A.

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1. All First 1) Igloo, 2) Goat, 3) Tap, 4) Elephant, 5) Rope, 6) Tiger.

2. In Common 1) Tub, 2) Tree, 3) Tent, 4) Teapot, 5) Tortoise, 6) Tray, 7) Tomato,

8) Television, 9) Toys, 10) Teddy Bear. The starting letter of all these words is 'T'.

3. Parts of a Plant A) 1) Seed, 2) Root, 3) Stem, 4) Leaves, 5) Fruit. B) 1- c, 2 - d, 3 - e, 4 - b, 5 - a.

4. Herbs, Shrubs and Trees Herbs : Wheat, Paddy, Tomato, Brinjal. Shrubs : Jasmine, Rose, Sunflower, Hibiscus. Trees : Banyan, Neem, Mango, Tamarind.

5. Plant Extracts 1) c, 2) b, 3) c, 4) b, 5) c.

6. General Science 1 - h, 2 - g, 3 - f, 4 - e, 5 - d, 6 - c, 7 - b, 8 - a.

8. Great Inventors 1 - e, 2 - d, 3 - b, 4 - f, 5 - a, 6 - c.

9. Become a Detective ! A) Shoulder, B) A - 7times.

10. Fun with Words Box - 1 : Hair, Hail, Bail, Ball, Bald. Box - 2 : Rode, Ride, Hide, Hike, Bike. Box - 3 : Camp, Came, Tame, Time, Tine, Tint, Tent. Box - 4 : Good, Mood, Mold, Mole, Mile, Tile, Time.

11. Animal Facts 1 - j, 2 - i, 3 - h, 4 - g, 5 - f, 6 - e, 7 - d, 8 - c, 9 - b, 10 - a.


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12. Animal Groups 1) a. Monkey, b. Gorilla, c. Chimpanzee, 2) a. Cow, b. Whale, c. Kangaroo.

3) a. Starfish, b. Shark, c. Octopus. 4) a. Crocodile, b. Snake, c. Chameleon. 5) a. Honeybee, b. Mosquito, c. Grasshopper.

6) a. Ostrich, b. Penguin, c. Duck.

13. Mammals 1 - g, 2 - f, 3 - e, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - c, 7 - d.

14. The Solar System 1) c, 2) c, 3) c, 4) a, 5) a, 6) a, 7) b, 8) c, 9) b, 10) a.

15. The World A) Oceans : Arctic - 7, Indian - 12, Antarctic - 1, Pacific - 2, Atlantic - 11. Continents : Asia - 4, Antarctica - 8, Australia - 6, North America - 5,

South America - 9, Europe - 10, Africa - 3. B) 1) Pacific Ocean, 2) Antarctic Ocean, 3) Asia, 4) Australia, 5) Asia.

16. Countries and their Capitals 1 - f, 2 - g, 3 - o, 4 - a, 5 - c, 6 - h, 7 - l, 8 - b, 9 - d, 10 - i, 11 - j,

12 - e, 13 - k, 14 - n, 15 - m.

17. Nations and Nationalities 1) Indians, 2) Japanese, 3) English, 4) Chinese, 5) Americans,

6) Pakistanis, 7) Russians, 8) Swedes, 9) Nepalese, 10) French, 11) Australians, 12) Germans, 13) Canadians, 14) Italians, 15) Portuguese.

18. Countries and their Languages 1 - o, 2 - n, 3 - m, 4 - k, 5 - j, 6 - i, 7 - g, 8 - f,

9 - e, 10 - d, 11 - c, 12 - a, 13 - h, 14 - b, 15 - l.

19. Countries and their Currencies 1) Pound, 2) Dollar, 3) Taka, 4) Mark, 5) Ruble, 6) Yuan,

7) Yen, 8) Franc, 9) Rial, 10) Dinar, 11) Lira, 12) Krone.

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20. Old and New Names of Countries 1 - k, 2 - c, 3 - a, 4 - h, 5 - d, 6 - f, 7 - m, 8 - g,

9 - b, 10 - e, 11 - o, 12 - p, 13 - i, 14 - n, 15 - l, 16 - j.22. Superlatives in the World

1 - m, 2 - j, 3 - f, 4 - o, 5 - i, 6 - p, 7 - a, 8 - e, 9 - b, 10 - n, 11 - g, 12 - c, 13 - k, 14 - d, 15 - h, 16 - l.

23. Flags of Nations 1 - f, 2 - d, 3 - e, 4 - c, 5 - g, 6 - a, 7 - b, 8 - i, 9 - j, 10 - h.

26. Games and Sports 1) Gymnastics, 6) Rugby, 2) Weightlifting, 7) Rowing, 3) Golf, 8) Archery, 4) Polo, 9) Cycling. 5) Baseball,

27. Traffic Signs 1) Railway Crossing, 6) No Parking, 2) Zebra Crossing, 7) Speed Breaker, 3) School Zone, 8) Right Hand Curve, 4) Hospital, 9) No Entry. 5) Left Side Road,

29. Indian Freedom Fighters 1) Chandra Shekhar Azad, 6) Bipin Chandra Pal, 2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 7) Dadabhai Naoroji, 3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale, 8) Khudiram Bose, 4) Lala Lajpat Rai, 9) Mangal Pandey. 5) Sukhdev,

30. Indian Social Reformers 1) Dayananda Saraswati, 6) Jyotirao Phule, 2) Annie Besant, 7) Baba Amte, 3) B.R. Ambedkar, 8) Vinoba Bhave, 4) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, 9) Anna Hazare. 5) Medha Patkar,

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31. Means of Communication 1) Cellular Phone 6) Fax 2) Cordless Phone 7) Dish Antenna 3) Telephone 8) Satellite 4) Video Camera 9) Film Projector 5) Television

34. Crossword Puzzle ASH, HAT, TON, DIN, DYE, EBB, BYE, EYE, HOE,

HUB, BAT, TIT, ROT, RIP, PAM, MEW, SEW, SAP, TIP, NET, GIN, GAS, BUS, YOB, FRY, OFF, OAT, FIT, ELF, ALE, ANN, DEN, RID, FOR, FAT, ANT.

35. Our Reliable Friends 1 - c, 2 - e, 3 - d, 4 - b, 5 - a.

37. Number Games A) 3 4 5 2 2 2 1 6 7 2 1 2 3

8 7 6 5 3 9 6 2 2 1 2 2 5 2. B) 4567, 4576, 4675, 4657, 4756, 4765, 5674, 5647,

5764, 5746, 5467, 5476, 6745, 6754, 6574, 6547, 6457, 6475, 7654, 7645, 7564, 7546, 7456, 7465.

39. India - Boundaries 1) North, 2) West, 3) East, 4) North, 5) South, 6) West, 7) East, 8) East.

40. States and Union Territories A) 1 - e, 2 - d, 3 - c, 4 - b, 5 - q, 6 - a, 7 - j, 8 - i, 9 - h, 10 - g, 11 - f ,

12 - o, 13 - n, 14 - m, 15 - l, 16 - k, 17 - p, 18 - s, 19 - r, 20 - u, 21 - t, 22 - y, 23 - (iii), 24 - x, 25 - w, 26 - v, 27 - (i), 28 - (ii), 29 - z.

B) 1 - f, 2 - d, 3 - b, 4 - c, 5 - g, 6 - e, 7 - a.

41. States and Languages 1 - e, 2 - i, 3 - c, 4 - h, 5 - g, 6 - b, 7 - a, 8 - f,

9 - d, 10 - m, 11 - n, 12 - l, 13 - o, 14 - k, 15 - j.

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46. Our Colourful Festivals 1) Baisakhi, 2) Dussehra, 3) Diwali, 4) Eid-ul-Zuha, 5) Easter, 6) Pongal,

7) Onam, 8) Guru Nanak Jayanti, 9) Khordad Sal, 10) Mahavir Jayanti.

47. Made for Each Other ! 1) Giraffe, 2) Lamb, 3) Lion, 4) Snail, 5) Dog, 6) Crow, 7) Bat,

8) Fox, 9) Monkey, 10) Peacock.

48. Books and Authors 1 - n, 2 - j, 3 - k, 4 - g, 5 - d, 6 - p, 7 - e, 8 - a, 9 - l, 10 - o, 11 - b, 12 - h, 13 - f, 14 - m, 15 - c, 16 - i.

49. Trade Names 1 - j, 2 - i, 3 - h, 4 - g, 5 - f, 6 - e, 7 - d, 8 - c, 9 - b, 10 - a.

50. Puzzles I. Explanation : In each step, one arrow is added and is drawn in

opposite direction to the earlier one.

II. Exp : In each circle, the upper number is decreased by subtracting 1 from the previous number to get the next number. So, the sequence is 11,10,9,8,7. The lower number is increased by adding 1, 2, 3, 4 in order to the previous number to get the next number. So, the sequence is 22, 23, 25, 28, 32.

III. The figure is labelled as shown. The simplest triangles are AGE, GEO, GDO, DOH, OFH,

FHB, CFO, CEO, i. e. 8. The triangles having two components each,are CFE, GHO,

i.e. 2. The triangles having four components each are ADC, CDB,

i.e. 2. The triangle having eight components is ABC,i.e.1. Total number of triangles in the figure = 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 13

triangles. IV. 1) Dahlia, 2) Nose, 3) Tiger, 4) Colombo.

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51. Letter Series 1) Y. Exp : In the sequence, in between A and E, 3 letters; E and J, 4 letters;

J and P, 5 letters were left. And again, in between P and T, 3 letters were left. So, we have to take the letter as answer which is after 4 letters from T,i.e.Y.

2) K. Exp : In this sequence, one letter was left and the next letter was given. So, after I, J is left and K is written as answer.

3) U. Exp : In this, letters were left in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in between given letters and the next letter was written. So after O leaving 5 letters, we get U as answer.

4) H. Exp : In this, first 7 letters in the alphabet were taken and they were arranged in the sequence such that the first & fifth, second & sixth, third & seventh letters come side by side. So, the fourth should be joined to eighth letter, i.e.H.

5) M. Exp : In this, letters were given in reverse order leaving one letter in between them. So, after O leaving N, we get M as answer.

6) N,O. Exp : In this, letters were given in pairs leaving a pair of letters in between them. So, after J,K, leaving L, M, we get N, O as answer.

7) X. Exp : In this, letters were left in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in between given letters and the next letter was written. So, after R leaving 5 letters, we get X as answer.

8) X. Exp : In this, letters were left in order 3, 4, 5, 6 in between given letters and the next letter was written. So, after Q leaving 6 letters, we get X as answer.

9) W. Exp : In this, the first & the last, the second & the 25th, the third & the 24th letters were arranged in the sequence such that they come side by side. So, D, the 4th letter & the 23rd letter, i.e. W should come side by side.

10) R. Exp : In this, one letter was given two times, next letter was left and the next letter was given one time. And again, the next letter was given two times and so on. Here, P was given two times. So, the next letter Q should be left and the next letter R is written as answer only once.

52. Number Series 1) 5. In this, 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th numbers were increased by adding 1 to the

previous number to get the next number. In the same way 2nd, 5th, 8th and

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11th numbers were increased by adding 1 to the previous number to get the next number. Where as, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th numbers were increased by adding 2 to the previous number to get the next number.

2) 77. In this, each number is obtained by adding odd numbers 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 to the previous numbers.

3) 85. In this, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th numbers are the multiples of 5 and 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th numbers are multiples of 4 in the increasing order.

4) 25. All the numbers are multiples of 5 in the increasing order.

5) 27. Each number is obtained by adding 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to the previous numbers.

6) 33. In this, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th numbers are multiples of 3 in decreasing order and 2nd, 4th and 6th numbers are multiples of 3 in increasing order.

7) 8. In this, first two numbers are the factors of the third number, i.e. 5 x 4 = 20, 6 x 5 = 30, 7 x 6 = 42, so, 8 x 7 = 56.

8) 152. In this, each number is obtained by knowing the difference between the first two numbers and multiplying it with 2 and adding it to the previous number we get the next number, i.e. 92 - 90 = 2 x 2 = 4 + 92 = 96 and so on.

9) 120. In this, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th numbers are multiples of 2 in increasing order and 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th numbers are increased by adding 3 to the previous number.

10) 103. In this, each number is obtained by knowing the difference between the first two numbers and multiplying it with 2 and adding it to the previous number we get the next number, i.e. 13 - 10 = 3 x 2 = 6 + 13 = 19 and so on.

53. Hidden Words

1) Bomb, 2) Ear, 3) Paste, 4) Star, 5) Lean, 6) Read, 7) Key, 8) Hill, 9) Ant, 10) Table.

54. Famous Sites

a) 11, b) 12, c) 10, d) 6, e) 8, f) 7, g) 9, h) 5, i) 4, j) 3, k) 2, l) 1.

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1. Group Names 1) Litter, 2) Bouquet, 3) List, 4) Set, 5) Bunch, 6) Pack, 7) Flock, 8) Troop,

9) Shoal, 10) Clutch, 11) String, 12) Heap, 13) Flight, 14) Bundle, 15) Wardrobe.

2. Vegetable Crossword 1) Cauliflower, 2) Cabbage, 3) Turnip, 4) Carrot, 5) Pea, 6) Potato, 7) Radish.

3. Beneficial Plants 1) Wood, 2) Fruits, 3) Pulp, 4) Spices, 5) Medicines, 6) Cotton, 7) Perfumes,

8) Rubber, 9) Shelter, 10) Wheat, 11) Tomato, 12) Guava.

5. Scientific Instruments 1 - j, 2 - i, 3 - h, 4 - g, 5 - f, 6 - a, 7 - b, 8 - c, 9 - d, 10 - e.

6. Inventions 1) Fountain pen, 2) Bicycle, 3) Crescograph, 4) Penicillin, 5) Dynamite, 6) X - ray,

7) Diesel Engine, 8) Telescope, 9) Calculating Machine.

7. Reptiles A) 1) Snake, 2) Lizard, 3) Turtle, 4) Tortoise, 5) Crocodile. B) 1) Chameleon, 2) Lizard, 3) Alligator, 4) Snakes.

8. Sea Animals 1) Octopus, 2) Starfish, 3) Dolphin, 4) Goldfish, 5) Shark,

6) Pufferfish, 7) Jellyfish, 8) Whale.9. The Earth

1) 4.54 billion years, 2) 70.9%, 3) 29.1%, 4) Mount Everest, 5) Dead Sea.

10. The Oceans 1) Pacific Ocean, 2) Challenger Deep, 3) Diamantina Deep,

4) 3.5%, 5) Aluminium.

11. Sorting Out Continents : 1) Australia, 2) Antarctica, 3) Europe, 4) Africa, 5) Asia,

6) South America, 7) North America. Countries : 1) Afghanistan, 2) Australia, 3) ltaly, 4) Iraq, 5) Egypt, 6) Tajikistan, 7) China, 8) India, 9) Poland, 10) France, 11) Denmark, 12) The Netherlands, 13) Sweden.


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Oceans : 1) South Atlantic, 2) North Pacific, 3) Arctic, 4) North Atlantic, 5) South Pacific.

Rivers : 1) Mississippi, 2) Nile, 3) Ganga, 4) Indus, 5) Thames, 6) Volga, 7) Tigris, 8) Amazon.

12. Countries & their Capitals 1 - p, 2 - o, 3 - n, 4 - m, 5 - l, 6 - k, 7 - j, 8 - i, 9 - h, 10 - g,

11 - f, 12 - e, 13 - d, 14 - c, 15 - b, 16 - a.

13. Old & New Names of World Cities 1 - d, 2 - k, 3 - f, 4 - i, 5 - h, 6 - c, 7 - e, 8 - a, 9 - n, 10 - g,

11 - b, 12 - r, 13 - o, 14 - l, 15 - q, 16 - m, 17 - j, 18 - p.

14. Nicknames of Countries 1) Australia, 2) Bahrain, 3) Belgium, 4) Myanmar, 5) Canada, 6) Cuba,

7) Egypt, 8) Guinea Coast, 9) Ireland, 10) Korea, 11) Zanzibar, 12) Norway, 13) New Zealand, 14) Scotland, 15) Prairies of North America.

15. Nicknames of World Cities 1 - o, 2 - k, 3 - m, 4 - g, 5 - e, 6 - i, 7 - b, 8 - f, 9 - a, 10 - p,

11 - d, 12 - c, 13 - l, 14 - h, 15 - j, 16 - n.

19. The UNO A) 1) 24th October, 1945, 2) New York, 3) 15, 4) Fifty, 5) Veto, 6) The Hague. B) 1) WHO : World Health Organization. 2) ILO : International Labour Organization. 3) FAO : Food and Agriculture Organization. 4) UNDP : United Nations Development Programme. 5) UNICEF : United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. 6) UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

20. Our Religion & Mythology 1) 12, 2) 11, 3) 10, 4) 9, 5) 8, 6) 7, 7) 6, 8) 5, 9) 4, 10) 3, 11) 2, 12) 1.

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21. History of India

1 - r, 2 - q, 3 - p, 4 - o, 5 - n, 6 - m, 7 - l, 8 - k, 9 - j, 10 - i, 11 - h, 12 - g, 13 - f, 14 - e, 15 - d, 16 - c, 17 - b, 18 - a.

24. Signs & Symbols

1 - l, 2 - k, 3 - j, 4 - i, 5 - h, 6 - g 7 - f, 8 - a, 9 - b, 10 - c, 11 - d, 12 - e

25. Shape the Face

a) 4, b) 6, c) 8, d) 7, e) 5, f) 3, g) 1, h) 2, i) 9.

26. National Flags

1) Afghanistan 5) Malaysia 9) Myanmar

2) Cambodia 6) Thailand 10) Israel

3) Cuba 7) Indonesia 11) Kenya

4) Switzerland 8) Iran 12) Maldives

30. Famous places

1 - r, 2 - q, 3 - p, 4 - o, 5 - n, 6 - m, 7 - l, 8 - k, 9 - j, 10 - i, 11 - h, 12 - g, 13 - f, 14 - e, 15 - d, 16 - c, 17 - b, 18 - a.

31. Hill Stations in India

1 - l, 2 - f, 3 - j, 4 - d, 5 - h, 6 - b, 7 - m, 8 - a, 9 - c, 10 - i, 11 - e, 12 - g, 13 - k.

32. Various Dances

a) 9, b) 6, c) 1, d) 5, e) 3, f) 7, g) 2, h) 4, i) 8.

33. Who are they ?

1) Sculptor, 2) Mountaineer, 3) Scientist, 4) Magician, 5) Electrician, 6) Photographer, 7) Soldier, 8) Astronaut, 9) Joker.

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37. Superlatives in India 1 - r, 2 - q, 3 - k, 4 - o, 5 - n, 6 - m, 7 - l, 8 - p, 9 - j, 10 - i, 11 - h,

12 - g, 13 - f, 14 - e, 15 - d, 16 - c, 17 - b, 18 - a.38. Indian Polity

1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b, 5) b, 6) b, 7) b, 8) c, 9) c, 10) a.

40. Crossword Puzzle TOO, ODD, DEN, TEN, TIP, PIP, PAW, WAY, SKY, SAG, GUM, MAT, ANT, AIR, RED, DYE, ODE, OWL, YEL, PRY, PUP, PAT, TAT, EAT, BEE, BOB, BUS, YES, PLY, LIP, LET, YET, SLY, ROS, RAN, TEN.

41. Books & Authors A) 1 - c, 2- e, 3 - a, 4 - g, 5 - h, 6 - b, 7 - f, 8 - d. B) 1) Author, 2) Manuscript, 3) Proof reader, 4) Publisher, 5) Translator.

44. Number Puzzles

I. 1) a: Clearly, [ 7+5 ]2 = 144; [ 3+4 ]2 = 49; [ 5+1 ]2 = 36. Also, [ 2+8 ]2 = 100. So, the missing number is 100.

2) b. In this, 22 - 7 = 15; 52 - 22 = 30. 112 - 52 = 60.In the same way, 18 - 3 = 15; 48 - 18 = 30; 108 - 48 = 60. The differences in both the cases are 15, 30 and 60 respectively. So, the missing

number is 3. 3) c: Clearly, [ 14 ]2 = 196; [ 3 ]2 = 9; [ 10 ]2 = 100. Also [ 8 ]2 = 64. So, the

missing number is 8 4) c: The sum of the missing numbers in the upper two parts of each circle is

seven times the number in the third part. In the 1st fig, [ 25+17 ] = 42 = 7 x [ 6 ]. In the 2nd fig, [ 38 +18 ] = 56 = 7 x [ 8 ]. In the 3rd fig, [ 89 +16 ] = 105 = 7 x [ 15 ]. So, the missing number is 15. 5) a: The arrangement is as follows:-

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In the first column, [ 8 +7 ] – 2 = 13. In the second column, [ 3 + 6 ] – 4 = 5. Thus, in each column, the difference of the sum of the numbers of the first and

second rows and the number of the third row, is equal to the fourth number. In the third column, left the missing number be x

Then, [ 4 +1 ] – x = 4 ⇒x = 5 – 4 = 1.

II. The figure is labelled as shown :The simplest triangles are AJF, BFG, CGH, DHI and EJI, i.e. 5The triangles having three parts are A/C, ADG, EHB, EFC and DJB i.e.5 So, There are 10 triangles in the figure.

III. The Figure may be labelled as shown :

SQUARES:- The simplest squares are VRWY,YWSX, UYXT and QVYU i.e. 4. The squares composed of four components are QRST, NJOY, OYPK, MYLP

and INYM i.e. 5 The squares composed of seven components are EBFY, YFCG, HYGD and

AEYH i.e. 4. The square MNOP is composed of twelve components. The square IJKL is composed of sixteen components. The square EFGH is composed of twenty four components.

A

J FB

G

CH

D

I

E

A BE

H

D G C

F

N JI

Q V R

M U Y W O

T X S

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The square ABCD is composed of twenty eight components. Hence, there are 4 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 +1 = 17 squares in the figure.

TRIANGLES:- The simplest triangles are AHE, FEB, FGC, HDG, KGP, PGL, LMH, HMI, INE,

ENJ, JOF, MIN, MLP, PKO, OJN, QVN, NVR, RWO, SOW, PXS, PTX, TUM, QUM, i.e. 24.

The triangles having two components are HLI, LGK, KJF, IEJ, TMQ, QNR, ROS, SPT, i.e. 8.

The triangles having three components are PMY, POY, ONY, MYN, i.e. 4. The triangles having six components are HGY, GFY, FEY, HYE, i.e. 4 So, the total number of triangles in the figure = 24 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 40.

45. Relation in Circle

1) b. The intersecting area of the three circles is ‘c’. So, this area represents the set of students who play all the three games.

2) b. The intersecting area of the ‘ A ’ and ‘ C ’ circles is b. So, this area represents the set of students who play Tennis and Cricket but not Badminton.

3) a. The circle ‘ A ’ represents the set of students who play Tennis only and the area is denoted by a.

4) c. The intersecting area of the ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ circles is d. So, this area represents the set of students who play Tennis and Badminton but not Cricket.

5) b.The circle ‘ C ’ represents the set of students who play Badminton only and the area is denoted by e.

46. Logical Venn Diagrams 1) b. Deer and Rabbit are unrelated items. But, both are mammals.

2) c. All teachers and graduates are human beings. But, some teachers can graduates and some graduates can be teachers.

Mammals

RabbitDeer

HumanBeings

GraduatesTeachers

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3) a. Whales, Fishes and Crocodiles are all separate items, entirely different from each other. So, they would be represented by three disjoint circles.

4) e. All plums are fruits. But, tomatoes are entirely different.

5) c. Mountains and Forests are parts of earth. But, some mountains are forested and some forests are mountainous.

6) b. Tiger and Fox are unrelated and entirely different. But both are carnivores or flesh eating animals.

7) b. Grams and Beans are entirely different from each other. But both are legumes.

8) d. Some flowers are white. Some clothes are white. But, all white things are not flowers or clothes.

9) a. Uncles, Parents and Friends are entirely different from each other.

10) e. Rohtak is a part of Haryana. Punjab is a separate state.

11) b. Both Engineer and Doctor are people. But both of them are different from each other.

Fishes

CrocodilesWhales

Carnivores

FoxTiger

Fruits

Plums

Tomatoes

Earth

ForestsMountains

Legumes

BeansGrams

People

DoctorEngineer

FlowersWhite Clothes

Parents

FriendsUncles

Rohtak

Haryana

Punjab

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12) e. All thieves are criminals. But, lawyers are entirely different.

13) e. lsland is a part of sea. But, Mountain is entirely different.

Thieves

Criminals

Lawyers

Island

Sea

Mountain

47. Word Analogies 1) c. The layer of air above the earth’s surface is atmosphere and the water

layers below the earth’s surface is ocean. 2) a. As Mother and Daughter are feminine genders, Father and son are

masculine genders. And also they all constitute a family. 3) b. As Defy is the opposite of Obey, Rest is the opposite of Work. 4) c. Sun gives us light. Fire gives us heat. 5) b. Oil is poured in lamps. Candle is made of wax. 6) c. Parrot is kept in Cages. Man lives in Houses. 7) c. Ink is filled in a pen to write. Lead is used in a pencil to write. 8) b. Trouble and safety are opposites. Freedom and slavery are opposites. 9) c. As Bee gives us honey, cow gives us milk. 10) c. Walk is a slow movement of limbs and Run is a fast movement of

limbs. In the same way, Breeze is a slow blowing of air and wind is a fast blowing of air.

48. Blood Relations 1) a, 2) c, 3) a, 4) c, 5) c.

49. Similes 1) Owl, 2) Snow, 3) Wool, 4) Rabbit, 5) Death, 6) Clock, 7) Blood,

8) Dove, 9) Fire, 10) Blade, 11) Thunder, 12) Feather.

50. Shapes 1) Cross, 2) Crescent, 3) Convex, 4) Concave, 5) Prism, 6) Star, 7) Heart,

8) Semicircle, 9) Club, 10) Spade,11) Diamond, 12) Octagon.

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1. Our Body Organs A) 1) Heart, 2) Kidney, 3) Liver, 4) Brain, 5) Lungs. B) 1) Kidneys, 2) Heart, 3) Brain, 4) Liver, 5) Lungs.

2. Our Body Systems A) 1) Digestive System, 2) Respiratory System, 3) Reproductive System, 4) Excretory System, 5) Skeletal System, 6) Circulatory System, 7) Muscular System, 8) Nervous System. B) 1 - d, 2 - e, 3 - b, 4 - a, 5 -c.

5. Common Diseases 1 - h, 2 - f, 3 - j, 4 - c, 5 - i, 6 - b, 7 - e, 8 - a, 9 - g, 10 - d.

7. General Science 1) 206, 2) 96,000, 3) Oxygen, 4) lodine, 5) Chlorofluorohydrocarbons, 6) Lithosphere, 7) Stapes, 8) Biosphere, 9) Volcano, 10) 6.4, 11) Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 12) Hydrogen, 13) Meteor, 14) Venus, 15) Femur.

8. Computers 1) Charles Babbage, 2) Metropolitan, 3) Input, 4) Programmer, 5) Disk Operating System, 6) Bill Gates, 7) Wide, 8) Integrated Electronics,

9) Year 2000 Bug, 10) World Wide Web, 11) 1,024 bytes, 12) Instructions, 13) Local, 14) Internet, 15) Bit.

9. Important Years in World History 1 - p, 2 - m, 3 - j, 4 - l, 5 - k, 6 - r, 7 - n, 8 - g, 9 - e, 10 - c,

11 - a, 12 - d, 13 - o, 14 - b, 15 - h, 16 - i, 17 - f, 18 - q.

11. Foreign Towns on Riverbanks 1 - r, 2 - q, 3 - p, 4 - o, 5 - n, 6 - m, 7 - l, 8 - k, 9 - j, 10 - i,

11 - h, 12 - g, 13 - f, 14 - e, 15 - d, 16 - c, 17 - b, 18 - a.

13. World Famous Personalities 1 - n, 2 - k, 3 - i, 4 - l, 5 - h, 6 - c, 7 - q, 8 - e, 9 - b, 10 - f,

11 - a, 12 - d, 13 - o, 14 - m, 15 - r, 16 - g, 17 - p, 18 - j.

14. Countries and their Legislatures 1 - r, 2 - q, 3 - p, 4 - o, 5 - n, 6 - m, 7 - l, 8 - k, 9 - j, 10 - i,

11 - h, 12 - g, 13 - f, 14 - e, 15 - d, 16 - c, 17 - b, 18 - a.


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15. National Flags 1) Bhutan, 2) Zimbabwe, 3) New Zealand, 4) Singapore, 5) France, 6) Egypt,

7) Canada, 8) South Africa, 9) Japan, 10) Brazil, 11) Argentina, 12) Denmark.

17. World-Great Deserts 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) b, 7) a, 8) c, 9) b,

10) a, 11) a, 12) b.

18. World-Longest Rivers 1 - o, 2 - l, 3 - i, 4 - f, 5 - j, 6 - d, 7 - a, 8 - e, 9 - b, 10 - n,

11 - q, 12 - c, 13 - r, 14 - k, 15 - p, 16 - m, 17 - h, 18 - g.21. Cartoon Characters

1) Chhota Bheem, 2) Shinchan, 3) Scooby - Doo, 4) Motu Pattlu, 5) Tom & Jerry, 6) Doraemon, 7) Mr. Bean, 8) Bal Hanuman, 9) Pokemon.

26. Different Cars 1) i20, 2) Volvo, 3) Benz, 4) Volkswagen, 5) Land Rover, 6) Bolero, 7) Innova,

8) Audi, 9) Mahindra, 10) Micra, 11) Jaguar, 12) BMW.

27. British and American Words 1 - l, 2 - h, 3 - n, 4 - f, 5 - k, 6 - c, 7 - i, 8 - d, 9 - a, 10 - e,

11 - p, 12 - r, 13 - o, 14 - j, 15 - q, 16 - m, 17 - g, 18 - b.

28. All-Time Greats 1) Michael Jackson, 2) Abraham Lincoln, 3) George Washington, 4) Albert Einstein, 5) William Shakespeare, 6) Stephen Hawking, 7) Karl Marx, 8) Charlie Chaplin, 9) Mother Teresa, 10) Napoleon 11) Louis Pasteur, 12) Pele.

30. Railway Zones 1 - o, 2 - l, 3 - h, 4 - k, 5 - g, 6 - a, 7 - c, 8 - p, 9 - e, 10- b,

11 - q, 12 - n, 13 - i, 14 - f, 15 - j, 16 - m, 17 - d.

32. Our History & Culture 1) a, 2) b, 3) c, 4) c, 5) a, 6) a, 7) b, 8) c, 9) c, 10) a, 11) b,

12) c, 13) c, 14) a, 15) b.

33. Religion & Mythology 1) c, 2) c, 3) c, 4) a, 5) a, 6) c, 7) b, 8) a, 9) a, 10) b.

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36. Presidents & Prime Ministers A) 1 - j, 2 - f, 3 - n, 4 - g, 5 - e, 6 - m, 7 - d, 8 - k, 9 - c, 10 - i, 11 - h,

12 - l, 13 - b, 14 - a. B) 1 - m, 2 - g, 3 - k, 4 - e, 5 - i, 6 - o, 7 - p, 8 - d, 9 - n, 10 - c, 11 - l,

12 - h, 13 - j, 14 - b, 15 - f, 16 - a.37. Cartography

1 - g, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - j, 5 - b, 6 - i, 7 - h, 8 - e, 9 - c, 10 - f.38. Exciting Firsts

1) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, 2) Indira Gandhi, 3) Morarji Desai, 4) Annie Besant, 5) Karanam Malleswari, 6) Bachendri Pal, 7) Yuri Gagarin, 8) Rakesh Sharma, 9) Sushmita Sen, 10) Bengaluru, 11) Charles Lindbergh, 12) Sunil Gavaskar, 13) Tokyo, 14) Dr. Christian Barnard, 15) Devika Rani.

41. Port Towns in India 1 - p, 2 - j, 3 - n, 4 - g, 5 - l, 6 - c, 7 - r, 8 - i, 9 - e, 10 - f, 11 - a,

12 - d, 13 - o, 14 - b, 15 - t, 16 - m, 17 - s, 18 - h, 19 - q, 20 - k.44. Newspapers in India

B) 1) daily, 2) Fortnightlies, 3) Monthlies, 4) Dailies, 5) Weeklies.45. The ‘Wh’ Questions

1) Acupuncture is an ancient form of medical treatment in which small and very thin needles, usually made of stainless steel, are inserted into specific points in the body in order to relieve pain or improve health.

2) It is a machine through which voters cast their votes by pressing a buzzer. On the device, some buttons and the symbols of contesting candidates are given against them. A voter must press the button against his choice and the sound of buzzer indicates that his vote was cast. In the history of electioneering in India, it is a great progress.

3) Collection of poems, essays, stories etc. is called Anthology. 4) The legislature of a State having a single legislative chamber is called

Unicameral System of legislature. 5) The legislature of a State having two legislative chambers is called Bicameral

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6) A political theory advocating that the social system in which most property is publicly owned and each person works for the common benefit is called communism.

7) Any of several medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims is called a Crusade.

8) Our earth reflects a lot of energy back into the atmosphere. But presence of heavy carbon dioxide in the atmosphere prevents some of this heat escaping just as a glass or plastic sheet stops escaping heat from the so called “Greenhouse” used to protect growing plants. This is called “Greenhouse Effect”. The main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. This Effect leads to “Global Warming”.

9) Using more than one medium of communication is called Multimedia. It is possible through Internet.

10) Practice or state of being married to one person at a time is called Monogamy. 11) Partial sterilization of milk etc. by heating is called Pasteurization. Pasteur,

name of a Scientist. 12) Patriarchy is a male - dominated social system with descent through the male

line. 13) Writing or compiling of dictionaries is called Lexicography. 14) The Internet, or the Net has been perceived to be of several dimensions to its

users; a medium of intercommunication between remote users; a mechanism to share information, and work collaboratively; a means of publishing information globally; and a near - exhaustive repository of information.

15) Apartheid is the racial segregation or discrimination especially in South Africa.

47. Stadiums in India 1 - o, 2 - l, 3 - j, 4 - r, 5 - g, 6 - i, 7 - e, 8 - q, 9 - f, 10 - b,

11 - d, 12 - n, 13 - a, 14 - c, 15 - k, 16 - m, 17 - p, 18 - h.

48. Number Puzzles

1) c. Clearly, (5 – 4)3 = 1; (7 – 3)3 = 64; (11 – 8)3 = 27. Also, (8 – 2)3 = 63 = 216. So, the missing number is 216.

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2) a. The difference of the product of the numbers in two lower parts and the sum of the numbers in two upper parts is the number inside the smaller circle.

In 1st fig; (9 x 8) – (15 + 17) = 72 – 32 = 40. In 2nd fig ; ( 3 x 12) – (6 + 2) = 36 – 8 = 28. Similarly, in fig. 3, (13 x 4) – (23 + 28) = 52 – 51 = 1. So, the missing number is 1. 3) a. In each row, out of the letters A, B and C, each of these must appear once.

In each column, the product of first and third number is equal to the second number. So, the missing number will be (2 x 5) i.e. 10 and the letter will be C. So, the answer is 10 C.

4) c. In each column, out of the letters A, B and C, each of these must appear once. Along the diagonals, the sum of two numbers is equal to the third number. So, the missing number will be (7 + 9) i.e. 16 and the letter will be C. So, the answer is 16 C.

5) a. The arrangement is as follows : (5 x 3) + 1 = 16; (16 x 5) + 1 = 81; (81 x 5) + 1 = 406; (406 x 5) + 1 = 2031. So, the missing number is 2031.

49. Coding - Decoding 1) c. In EXPLAINING, first three letters, next two letters, again next two letters and

the last three letters were written in reverse order every time. E X P L A I N I N G P R O D U C E D P X E A L N I G N I O R P U D D E C 2) a. In GIGANTIC, first three letters, and last two letters were written in reverse

order. But, middle three letters (ANT) were written as first T, then A and lastly N. G I G A N T I C M I R A C L E G I G T A N C I R I M L A C E 3) b. In MOUNTAIN, each pair of letters in the word written in reverse. M O U N T A I N R E A D E R O M N U A T N I E R D A R E 4) c. The word INSTITUTION was written from right to left. I N S T I T U T I O N P E R F E C T I O N N O I T U T I T S N I N O I T C E F R E P

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5) b. In GOODNESS, letters coming after 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th letters and letters coming before 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th letters were given.

N C D R G O O D N E S S H N P C O D T R H P O T Q Z M R G R E A T N E S S H Q F Z U M F R T H F U F T

6) a. LI

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8) a. In LUCKY, first three letters were written as they are at the last and the last two letters were written in reverse at the first.

L U C K Y P O W E R Y K L U C R E P O W

9) c. In QXIH, leaving two letters after Q, i.e. T, after X, i.e. A, after l, i.e. L, after H, i.e. K were given as ‘TALK’.

Q X I H L K I V T A L K O N L Y

10) c. In MOUTH, letter after M, i.e. N, letter before O, i.e. N, U remains unchanged, letter before T, i.e. S and letter after H, i.e. I were given as ‘NNUSI’.

N S M O U T H N N U S I N I

K H C L A I M D K A H N D N

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50. Word Analogies 1) c. As Doctor gives Medicine, teacher gives lecture. 2) c. As Statue is known for its size, song is known for its tune. 3) b. As sorrow and joy are opposites, anger and pleasure are opposites. 4) c. As a book contains chapters, a bouquet contains flowers. 5) b. As the state of a child is childhood, the state of a teenager is adolescent. 6) c. As a rider wears a helmet while driving, a soldier wears a shield while fighting. 7) c. As a King rules his Kingdom, a disciple follows his teacher. 8) a. As hiding is the basis of magic, experiment is the basis of science. 9) b. As Sun shines at day and moon shines at night, i.e. they are quite opposite,

success and failure are also opposites and also parts of an attempt. 10) c. As a question needs an answer, problem needs a solution or it should be

solved.

51. Word Classification 1) b. Except Liver, all others are parts of Human Blood Circulatory System. 2) d. Except Lap, all others are parts of a human body. 3) d. Except Jubilant, all other words are unhappy expressions. 4) e. Except Terminate, all other words show initiation of an event. 5) e. Except Polio, all others are bacterial diseases. 6) d. Except Armpit, all others are ornamental works. 7) a. Except Fish, all others are meat of land animals. 8) a. Except Lactometer, all others are measurements of length. 9) a. Except Mountain, all others are celestial bodies. 10) d. All are mammals, but bat is the only flying mammal.

52. Logical Venn Diagrams 1) c. ‘H’ is the area covered by the circles - intelligent, honest and truthful. 2) b. ‘M’ is the area covered by the four circles. 3) c. ‘F’ is the area covered by the circles - intelligent, hard-working and truthful. 4) a. ‘D’ is the area covered by the circles - hard-working and truthful. 5) b. ‘B’ is the area covered by the circles - hard-working and intelligent.

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1. The Tiny Insects 1) Leaf Insect -n 2) Grasshopper - l 3) Housefly - j 4) Butterfly - h 5) Scorpion - f 6) Ant - d 7) Cockroach - b 8) Spider - a 9) Honeybee - c 10) Louse - e 11) Mosquito - g 12) Bedbug - i 13) Ladybird - k 14) Stick Insect - m

2. The Plant World 1) Neem - h 2) Tulasi - f 3) Blue dye plant - d 4) Rubber - b 5) Mint - a 6) Amla - c 7) Mustard - e 8) Henna - g

3. All about Plants 1) c 2) a 3) a 4) b 5) b 6) b 7) a 8) a 9) a 10) c 11) b 12) a 13) a 14) c 15) c

4. Name the Animal 1) j 2) l 3) g 4) i 5) a 6) b 7) k 8) h 9) f 10) e 11) d 12) c

5. We are Part of Flora and Fauna! 1) Giant Panda 2) Gharial 3) Porcupine 4) Horse 5) Penguin 6) Rhino 7) Kiwi 8) Zebra 9) Hummingbird 10) Monkeys 11) Parrot 12) St. Bernard 13) Mouse 14) Chameleon 15) Elephant.

7. The Body Systems Retention Test : 1) It mainly consists of brain, spinal cord and nerves. It controls

all the functions of the body. 2) It mainly consists of heart, blood, blood vessels. It carries food and oxygen to

all parts of the body, and collects waste materials. 3) Its main organs are nose and lungs. It absorbs oxygen and gives out carbon

dioxide. 4) It consists of muscles. It helps to the movement of body parts.


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8. All about Sciences 1) Numismatics 2) Chronology 3) Cosmology 4) Anthropology 5) Selenology 6) Hydrology 7) Metallurgy 8) Philately 9) Acoustics 10) Optics 11) Entomology 12) Ecology 13) Psychology 14) Geography.

9. Science 1) T 2) T 3) T 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T 8) T 9) F 10) T 11) F 12) T

10. Mystery in Chemistry - I 1) Quick silver 2) Active air 3) Catalyst 4) Hydrogen 5) Oxygen 6) Chlorine 7) Water 8) Snow 9) Increases 10) Life saving metal 11) Ice 12) Volume Retention Test : 1) Oxygen is referred to as Active air. 2) The lightest substance of all. 3) The gas that supports the combustion is oxygen. 4) Chlorine is gas in its natural state. 5) Mercury is more popularly known as Quick silver. 6) A substance that enhances the speed of a Chemical reaction is called a catalyst.

Mystery in Chemistry - II 1) d 2) a 3) b 4) d 5) d 6) d 7) b 8) c 9) b 10) b 11) a 12) a

11. Elements 1) Helium 2) Silver 3) Iodine 4) Copper 5) Bromine 6) Nitrogen 7) Calcium 8) Sulphur 9) Rhodium 10) Zinc 11) Fluorine 12) Neon Retention Test : Copper, Silver, Zinc, Rhodium, Neon, Bromine, Iodine.

12. Let's Define... 1) i 2) h 3) g 4) f 5) d 6) c 7) b 8) a 9) e 10) j

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13. India’s Research Institutes & Centres 1) Sabour 2) Dehradun 3) New Delhi 4) Dehradun 5) Ranchi 6) Hyderabad 7) Trombay 8) Jodhpur 9) Kochi 10) Shimla 11) Cuttack 12) Mysore 13) Karnal 14) Lucknow

Retention Test : 1) The National Institute of Nutrition. 2) The Central Food Technological Research Institute. 3) The Central Potato Research Institute. 4) The Central Drug Research Institute. 5) The Central Arid Zone Research Centre. 6) The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

16. The Classics of Literature - I 1) The Panchatantra 2) Malati Madhava 3) Bhatrihari 4) Jatakas, Pali 5) Natya Shastra 6) The Bhagavad Gita 7) 1,00,000 8) The Vedantas 9) The Rig Veda 10) Rama 11) 4 12) 18

The Classics of Literature - II I. 1) Brigadier John Dalvi 2) Homer 3) Epic of Gilgamesh 4) Babylonia 5) Aeneid 6) Shakespeare 7) Jane Austen 8) The Ramayana, the Mahabharata 9) Paradise Lost 10) Shahnameh 11) Somerset Maugham 12) Geet Govind 13) G.B. Shaw 14) Edwin Arnold

II. 1) c 2) b 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) c 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) a

17. Leaders and Rulers 1) Caliph 2) Sheik 3) Mikado 4) Chogyal 5) Duce 6) Dalai Lama 7) Chancellor 8) Emir 9) Khan 10) Mandarin 11) Consul 12) Ayatollah 13) Genghis Khan 14) Julius Caesar 15) Queen Victoria

18. They Wrote about Us 1) Marco Polo - Italy 2) Niccolo de Conti - Italy 3) Xuanzang - China 4) Fa - Hien - China 5) Megasthenes - Greece 6) Ibn Battuta - Morocco 7) Sulaiman - Arabia 8) Athanasius Nikitin - Russia.

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19. Geography - In & Out 1) Kerala 2) Rome 3) Mawsynram 4) Chandigarh 5) New Zealand

6) Berlin 7) Karnataka 8) Japan 9) Calcutta 10) Kumaon 11) Goa 12) Washington, D.C. 13) The Andaman Islands ( 265 islands)

14) Madhya Pradesh 15) The Andaman & Nicobar islands.20. Geo Fun

1) Maps 2) Arabia 3) Equator 4) Globe 5) North America 6) Norway 7) Season 8) Weather

21. Continents in Brief (A) Australia (B) Africa

(C) Europe

State Capital1. North Australia Darwin2. Western Australia Perth3. Tasmania Hobart4. Queensland Brisbane5. South Australia Adelaide6. New South Wales Sydney7. Victoria Melbourne

Country Capital1.Egypt Cairo2. Ghana Accra3. Nigeria Lagos4. Sudan Khartoum5. Ethiopia Addis Ababa6. Zaire Kinshasa7. Angola Luanda8. Zimbabwe Harare9. Republic of South Africa

Pretoria

10. Madagascar Anatarivo

Country Capital1. Iceland Rekjavik2. Ireland Dublin3. England London4. Sweden Stockholm5. Russia Moscow6. Germany Berlin7. France Paris8. Switzerland Berne9. Italy Rome10. Greece Athens

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22. Let's Know our 'Signs' (First row) 5, 2, 4, 11 (Second row) 1, 3, 6, 12 (Third row) 7, 9, 8, 10.

23. Holy Books 1) 24,000 2) 114 3) 39 4) 66 5) 700 6) 18 7) Samaveda, Atharvaveda,

Rig Veda and Yajur Veda 8) 9 9) 7 10) Genesis. Retention Test : 1 - f, 2 - d, 3 - g, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - e, 7 - c.

24. The Sacred Symbols of Religions 1) Hinduism 2) Christianity 3) Buddhism 4) Zoroastrianism 5) Judaism 6) Byzantium 7) Sikhism 8) Islam Retention Test : 1 - e, 2 - h, 3 - d, 4 - c, 5 - b, 6 - g, 7 - f, 8 - a.

25. Indian National Congress I. 1) Dadabhai Naoroji 2) Lala Lajpat Rai 3) S.N.Banerjee 4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 5) Bhagat Singh 6) Bipin Chandra Pal 7) Badruddin Tayyabji 8) Chandra Shekhar Azad 9) G.K.Gokhale II. Subhas Chandra Bose - Radical Bhagat Singh - Radical G.K.Gokhale - Moderate Rajguru - Radical Lala Lajpat Rai - Radical Chandra Shekhar Azad - Radical Ram Prasad Bismil - Radical Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Radical

26. The Wonderful Women 1) M.S.Subbu Lakshmi - Musician (Carnatic) 2) Lata Mangeshkar - Singer 3) Rudrama Devi - Warrior 4) Sarojini Naidu - Freedom fighter, Writer. 5) Kiran Bedi - Police Officer (I.P.S.) 6) Indira Gandhi - Politician

27. Famous Indian Cricketers 1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Mohd. Azharuddin 3) Kapil Dev 4) Ravi Shastri 5) Srinath 6) Anil Kumble 7) Saurav Ganguly 8) Rahul Dravid 9) Sachin Tendulkar 10) Virenda Sehwag 11) Yuvraj Singh 12) M.S.Dhoni

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29. Currencies

I. Rupiah - Indonesia

Rial - Iran

Rouble - Russia

Frank - France

Taka - Bangladesh

II. America (U.S.A.) - Dollar

Brazil - Cruzeiro

Bhutan - Rupee

Pakistan - Rupee

Germany - Mark

New Zealand - Dollar

Pound - Britain

Lira - Italy

Yen - Japan

Yaun - China

30. Puzzles (Above) A - 12 + 22 + 7 + 30 + 11 + 3 + 14 – B (Below ) Yellow Shade.

31. Art Beat

1 - h, 2 - i, 3 - k, 4 - f, 5 - l, 6 - j, 7 - a, 8 - b, 9 - m, 10 - d, 11 - e,

12 - g, 13 - c, 14 - o, 15 - n.

32. Books and Authors

1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - i, 4 - g, 5 - h, 6 - b, 7 - e, 8 - f, 9 - a, 10 - j, 11 - l, 12 - k, 13 - n, 14 - m, 15 - t, 16 - s, 17 - r, 18 - q, 19 - p, 20 - o.

33. The Proud Sons of the Soil

1) Guru Arjun Dev, 2) Lord Mahavira, 3) Srinivasa Ramanujan 4) Rana Sanga 5) Bhagat Singh 6) Bhaskaracharya 7) Ashoka 8) Lord Buddha 9) Guru Govind Singh 10) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 11) Bairamkhan 12) Razia Sultana 13) Porus 14) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Retention Test : (Left side Figures) Lahore Conspiracy, Theory of Numbers,

Aligarh Muslim University, Razia Sultana. (Right side Figures) Kalinga War, Three Jewels, Brahmo Samaj, Light of Asia.

34. Civics

1) People 2) Five 3) Federal 4) Citizen 5) Alien 6) Adult Franchise 7) Chief Minister 8) President 9) High 10) Supreme 11) Judiciary 12) Legislature 13) Executive 14) Judiciary 15) Democracy, Socialism and Secularism 16) Constitution.

35. Our Parliament

1) Parliament, New Delhi 2) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha 3) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha 4) Lok Sabha 5) Speaker 6) Vice President 7) 550, 250 8) bill 9) President 10) Ministers.

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36. All Interrogatives 1) Henry Dunant 2) Joey 3) Charles Babbage 4) Kolkata 5) The lower jaw

6) St. Helena 7) Greenland 8) The black pearl 9) A hexagon 10) Tetanus 11) Epidermis 12) Vitamin A 13) Tadpoles 14) Harare 15) Rhodesia.

37. Let's Quote 1) Newton 2) Archimedes 3) Lincoln 4) Winston Churchill 5) Neil Armstrong 6) Anonymous 7) John Milton 8) Bernard Shaw 9) Bernard Shaw 10) Shakespeare 11) Mahatma Gandhi 12) Lincoln 13) Bacon 14) John Keats 15) John Jewel 16) Edmund Burke 17) Byron 18) Quintillian. 38. The All Time 'Great Thinkers' 1) Moses 2) Martin Luther King 3) Aristotle 4) Abraham Lincoln 5) Confucius 6) Fredrich Froebel 7) Mother Teresa 8) Hippocrates 9) Plato 10) Dadabhai Naoroji 39. Naming the 'Honour' 1) Saraswathi Samman 2) Jnanapith 3) Dadasaheb Phalke Award 4) Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, 5) Nehru Award for International Understanding, 6) Param Vir Chakra, 7) Bharat Ratna 8) Padma Vibhushan, 9) Mahavir Chakra 10) Arjuna Award

40. Sports’ Terms 1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - a, 4 - b, 5 - g, 6 - h, 7 - f, 8 - e.

41. Sports’ Pictograms 1) Swimming 2) Weightlifting 3) Baseball 4) Football 5) Volleyball (Indoor) 6) Wrestling 7) Shooting 8) Archery 9) Athletics 10) Gymnastics 11) Rowing 12) Cycling 13) Hockey 14) Table Tennis 15) Horse race

42. I.Q. Tests(A) Analogy

1) (d) : Second is the disease caused by the first. 2) (c) : First is the process of formation of the second. 3) (c) : First is an improper form of the second. 4) (d) : Second is more intense than the first. 5) (b) : Second is the raw material used by the first.

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6) (a) : President and Governor are the nominal heads of the country and the state respectively.

7) (a) : A forest consists of trees and a lawn is made up of grass. 8) (c) : Darwin gave the theory of evolution. Likewise, Archimedes gave the

principle of Buoyancy. 9) (c) : Pigeon is a symbol of peace and white flag is a symbol of surrender. 10) (b) : The voice of harp is shrill as compared to that of drum. 11) (d) : The smallest unit of matter is atom and that of dust is particle. 12) (d) : Victory leads to encouragement and failure brings frustration.

B) Number Series I. a. 122 : The numbers are alternately multiplied by 2 and increased by 3. Thus, 5 x 2 = 10, 10 + 3= 13, 13 x 2 = 26, 26 + 3 = 29 and so on. ∴ missing number = ( 61 x 2 ) = 122. b. 53 : The sequence is + 6, + 6, + 8, + 8, + 10, ............ ∴ missing number = 43 + 10 = 53. c. 127 : Each number in the series is the preceding number multiplied by 2

and then increased by 1. Thus, ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 = 7, ( 7 x 2 ) + 1 = 15, ( 15 x 2 ) + 1 = 31 and so on. ∴ missing number = ( 63 x 2 ) + 1 = 126 + 1 = 127. d. 22 : The difference between consecutive numbers increases by 1. Thus,

the sequence is + 2, + 3, + 4, + 5, ...... ∴ missing number = 16 + 6 = 22. e. 50 : The sum of any three consecutive terms of the series gives the next

term. Thus, 1 + 3 + 4 = 8 ; 3 + 4 + 8 = 15, 4 + 8 + 15 = 27 and so on. ∴ missing number = 8 + 15 + 27 = 50 f. 29 : The sequence is + 2, + 4, + 2, + 4, + 2, ......... ∴ missing number = 25 + 4 = 29 g. 35 : The sequence is + 2, + 1, + 2, + 3, + 2, + 5, + 2, + 7, + 2, ..... ∴ missing number = 26 + 9 = 35 h. 90 : The sequence is + 7 , + 10, + 13, + 16, + 19, ..... ∴ missing number = 68 + 22 = 90 i. 41 : The sequence is + 4, + 6, + 8, + 10,....... ∴ missing number = 29 + 12 = 41

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j.65 : Alternately 5 is added and 7 is subtracted. Thus, 71 + 5 = 76, 76 – 7 = 69, 69 + 5 = 74, 74 – 7 = 67 and so on. ∴ missing number = 72 – 7 = 65. II. a. 28 : The correct sequence is 23 – 1, 33 –1, 43 –1 , 53 –1, 63 – 1, 73 – 1,

83 – 1. So 28 is wrong. b. 34 : The difference between consecutive terms of the given series are

respectively 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13. So, 34 is a wrong number. c. 48 : Each term, except 48 in the series is less than twice the preceding

term by 2. The correct term is 50. d. 132 : Alternately, the numbers are increased by four and doubled to get the

next number. Thus, 10 + 4 = 14 ; 14 x 2 = 28; 28 + 4 = 32; 32 x 2 = 64 and so on. So 132 is wrong. It must be (68 x 2) i.e. 136. e. 64 : The numbers are 12 + 1, 22 + 1, 32 + 1 and so on. So, 64 is wrong. The

correct term is ( 82 + 1) i.e. 65. f. 34 : The sequence is –1, – 3, – 5, – 7, – 9, – 11. So 34 is wrong. g. 47 : The sequence is + 5, + 8, + 11, + 14, + 17, + 20. So, the number 47 is wrong. The correct term is 46. h. 32 : The sequence is as follows : - 2nd term = ( 1st term + 1) x 1 3rd term = ( 2nd term + 1) x 2 4th term = ( 3rd term + 1) x 3 and so on. So 32 is wrong, the correct

term being 33. i. 120 : The sequence is + 2, + 4, + 6, + 8, + 10, + 12. So 120 is wrong. j. 5000 : The pattern is 1st x 2nd = 3rd , 2nd x 3rd = 4th ; 3rd x 4th = 5th. But, 4th x 5th = 50 x 500 = 25000 5000 = 6th.

(C) Blood RelationsType - 1

1) (a) : Daughter of uncle's father - uncle's sister - mother; mother's son- brother. 2) (d) : Son of Y's son - Y's grandson; brother of Y's grandson - Y's grandson. 3) (d) : Your mother's husband - your father : Your father's sister - your aunt.

So, lady's aunt is man's aunt and therefore lady is man's sister.

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4) (b) : My father's only son - my brother, Grandmother of my brother. My grandmother ; Daughter-in-law of my grandmother - my mother. So, the lady is girl's mother.

5) (d) : Only daughter of my father - myself ; So, man is woman's husband. 6) (d) : Asha's mother's mother - man's mother i.e. Asha's mother - man's sister

i.e. Asha is man's niece. 7) (d) : Only daughter of mother-in-law-wife; Girl's mother is Vipin's wife. So

Vipin is girl's father. 8) (c) : Kailash's son's uncle - Kailash's brother; old man's son is Kailash's

brother. So, old man is Kailash's father.

Type - 2 1) (d) : A is the mother and hence female. B is the son and hence male. C is

the husband and hence male. D is the daughter and hence female. E is the brother and hence male. F is the son and hence male. So there are four males.

2) (d) : Clearly, A is the mother of B. 3) (c) : A has son B, son F and daughter D.i.e. three children. 4) (d) : Clearly, from the data available, the wife of E cannot be determined. 5) (d) : Clearly, the females are only the mother A and the daughter D. 6) (c) : E is the brother of C who is the father of D. So, E is the uncle of D.

(D) Puzzle Test A) Sol : The given information can be analysed as follows :

Since A and B are not alike and because A is Industrial, B cannot be Industrial but only a Hill station. So, we put a cross for B across Industrial. 1) (b) : Clearly, A, C, E and F are Industrial centres. So, the answer is (b). 2) (c) : Clearly, C and F are Historical places. So, the answer is (c). 3) (c) : Clearly, B, C, D, E and F are Hill stations. So from the given alternatives, the answer is (c).

A B C D E FHistorical x x - x x -Industrial - x - x - -Hill stations x - - - - -

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4) (a) : E alone is a Hill station and an industrial centre but not a Historical place. So the answer is (a).

5) (d) : B and D are neither Historical place nor Industrial centre. So, the answer is (d).

B) Clearly, D must be staged on friday. A must be staged before E i.e. order AE must be followed. But E cannot be staged on last day. Also, B must be staged immediately after F i.e. order FB must be followed. But B cannot precede D. So, F and B can be staged on monday and tuesday and A and E on wednesday and thursday. C, which cannot be staged on tuesday shall be staged on saturday. Thus, the order followed will be :

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayF B A E D C

1) (a) : Clearly, A immediately follows B. 2) (b) : F will be played on monday. 3) (d) : Play D is between E and C. 4) (e) : Clearly, order of staging is as given above and none from amongst the

choices. 5) (c) : C cannot be staged on friday as well because D has to be staged on that

day. (E) Direction Sense Test 1) (d) : The movement of Gaurav is shown in the adjacent figure. Clearly, Gaurav’s distance from his initial position A = AE = (AD + DE) = (BC + DE) = 60m.

2) (d) : The movement of Varun is shown in fig. Varun’s distance from the starting point A = AD = BC = 5km.

3) (d) : Clearly, to show 4.30, the position of the minute and hour hands of the clock will be as shown. So, again as shown, if the minute hand points East, the hour hand will point in the North - east.

C B

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7m

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4) (b) : Clearly, after travelling their total distances, Sumer and Shailesh are in the same horizontal line at E & C respectively. So, distance between them is EC = EB + BC = DA + BC = 5 + 4 = 9 km.

5) (c) : Comparing (i) of with the given diagram, west will be called south - east.

6) (d) : Clearly comparing the direction of A with respect to C in the second diagram with that in the first diagram, A will be south - west of C. 7) (c) : Clearly, the arrangement according to the given directions is as shown. So, comparing with direction diagram, T is North east of P.

8) (b) : Preeti's house is north means she is walking towards south. So the park, which is to her left, will be in the east. The office, which is straight ahead will be in the south. So, the market will be in the west.

9) (b) : Abhinav starts from his house at A, moves 2km west up to B, then 4 km to the south upto C, 3km east upto D and finally 1km west upto E. Thus, his distance from the initial position A = AE = BC = 4km.

10) (a) : The movements of the girl are shown in the fig. Clearly, she is now moving in the direction DA i.e. North - east.

Sumer

D A

3 km4 km

3 km

ShaileshB C

5 km

SWWS

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NE NE

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house N

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(F) Alphabet TestLetter - word problems

1) (d) : Such letters are P and S. They have 2 letters between them in the word as well as the alphabet. Of these, P come earlier in the alphabet.

2) (d) : Such letter pairs are PR and AD. 3) (b) : Such letter pairs are RO and ON. 4) (c) : Such letter pairs are ST, RP and OP. 5) (c) : Such letter pairs are DE, QT and QL. 6) (a) : The word is CASUAL. The first letter is C.

Alphabetical Quibble 1) (b) : The new alphabet series is Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A 2) (d) : Fifteenth letter from the left is O. Eighteenth letter from the right is I. 3) (b) : The new alphabet series is Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Clearly, the eighth letter to the right of O is G. 4) (c) : Clearly, in the given series, the fourth letter to the left of I is E. The sixteenth letter to the right of E is U. Clearly, the eighth letter to the right of O is G. 5) (b) : The thirteenth letter from the left is M. The seventh letter to the right of M is T. 6) (b) : The new alphabet series is M L K J I H G F E D C B A N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Counting from the right i.e.Z, the nineteenth letter is F.

(G) I. Number Test

1) (b) : 5 2 8 5 9 2 1 9 5 6 1 6 5 4 2 1 5 9 5 8 2 7 9 5 2 1. 2) (b) : 3 1 2 9 6 4 7 6 4 6 7 2 9 7 6 4 4 6 7 3) (c) : 5 4 8 1 4 9 5 4 1 1 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 7 5 4 7 3 2 4 7. 4) (c) : 2 3 7 4 3 5 6 3 7 4 6 3 8 9 6 3 5 1 8 3 7 2 4 2 8 6 3 9.

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II. Ranking Test 1) (a) : Clearly the whole class consists of : i) 15 students who have a rank higher than Kamini ii) Kamini iii) 14 students who have rank lower than Kamini i.e. (15 + 1 + 14) = 30. So the answer is (a). 2) (e) : The change of place by Monika can be shown as under. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 M 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 20

19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 M denotes Monika's new position. Clearly, Monika's earlier position was 14th from right end. So the answer is (e) . 3) (c) : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 4) (a) : Clearly, number of students in the class = (6 + 1 + 27) = 34.

III. Time Sequence Test 1) (b) : Number of days = ( 6 + 29 + 31 + 30 + 15 = 111) 2) (d) : Clearly, the managing director came at 12.20 Thus, the chairman came at 12.40. Since the chairman was late by 30

minutes, the interviews were scheduled to be held at 12.10. 3) (b) : According to Romit, Lokesh's birthday is on one of the days among 20th

and 21st November. According to Deepti, Lokesh's birthday is on one of the days among 21st, 22nd and 23rd November. The day common to both the groups is 21st November.

Lokesh's birthday is on 21st November. 4) (b) : According to Sukhinder, the father's birthday is on one of the days among

14th and 15th June. According to his sister, the father's birthday is on one of the days among 15th, 16th and 17th June. Clearly, the father's birthday is on the day common to both the above groups. i.e.15th June. So, the answer is (b).

(H) Inserting The Missing One 1) (b) : The arrangement is as follows : In fig. (A), 272 = 729, 282 = 784, 292 = 841. And 27 + 28 + 29 = 84. Similarly, in fig. (B), (13)2 = 169, (14)2 = 196, (15)2 = 225. And, 13 + 14 + 15 = 42. So, answer is (b).

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2) (a) : In each row, out of the letters A, B and C, each of these must appear once. In each column, the product of first and third number is equal to the second number. So, the missing number will be

( 2 x 5) i.e. 10 and the letter will be C. So, the answer is 10C. 3) (c) : The arrangement is as follows. In fig. (A), (6 x 3) + (5 x 15) = 18 + 75 = 93. In fig. (C), (4 x 8) + (18 x 1) = 32 + 18 = 50. In fig. (B), (9 x 6) + (7 x 5) = 54 + 35 = 89 ∴ The missing number is 89. 4) (a) : The arrangement is as follows : In fig. (A), (16 – 6)2 + ( 5 – 2)2 = (10)2 + (3)2 = 100 + 9 = 109. In fig. (B), (22 – 15)2 + (21 – 19)2 = (7)2 + (2)2 = 49 + 4 = 53. In fig. (C), (17–13)2 + (51 – 48)2 = (4)2 + (3)2 = 16 + 9 = 25. ∴The missing number is 25. 5) (c) : Clearly, we have 15 x 2 = 30; 2 x 7 = 14 ; 7 x 9 = 63 ∴ The missing number = 9 x 15 = 135. 6) (c) : Suppose x denotes the numbers in the first row and y denotes the numbers

in the second row. Then the pattern is x2 – x = y. Clearly, 32 – 3 = 9 – 3 = 6; 82 – 8 = 64 – 8 = 56; 102 – 10 = 100 – 10 = 90; 22 – 2 = 4 – 2 = 2; 12 – 1 = 1 – 1 = 0 Similarly, 52 – 5 = 25 – 5 = 20.7) (a) : Let the missing number be x. Clearly, 14 + x + 196 = 221 x = 221 – 210 = 11. ∴ The missing number is 11.8) (d) : The missing number = 152 = 225.9) (b) : Clearly, missing number = 3 x 27 = 8110) (c) : The arrangement is as follows : 5 + 3 = 8 ; 8 + 4 = 12 ; 12 +1 = 13 So, the missing number is 12.

(I) Non - Verbal Series 1) (3) : Two, three, four,............... half leaves are sequentially removed. 2) (4) : One curved arrow is added and the direction of arrows is reversed each time. 3) (5) : The dot moves one, two, three,........... steps ACW sequentially along the

sides of the square. 4) (3) : Two, three, four, ....... lines are added sequentially to the figure. 5) (4) : The upper half of a figure gets attached to its other half in one step and the

upper half of a new figure appears in the next step. The process repeats. 6) (4) : The shading moves ACW one, two, three steps sequentially. 7) (2) : Figure rotates 900 CW in each step. So, fig(A) should repeat. 8) (4) : In one step, a pin is added and in the next step, the figure rotates 900 ACW.

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9) (3) : A line is added to the main figure in each step. The element inside the figure moves to the other side in one step and gets replaced by a new

element in the next step. This goes on alternately. 10) (5) : In each step, the fig. gets inverted and a line is added to it. 11) (4) : Similar figure appears alternately and each time fig. (A) reappears, it gets

laterally inverted while each time fig. (B) reappears, it gets inverted. 12) (2) : In first step, the arrow reverses its direction and a line segment is introduced.

In each subsequent step, all the existing arrows reverse their directions, an arrow - head appears at one end of the line segment ( in such a way that this arrow points in the direction opposite to the direction in which the arrow placed above it, points) and a line segment is introduced.

(J) Forming New Words I. BAL : BALLET, BALLOT, BALANCE, BALLOON, BALCONY, BALLAD II. AT : HAT, SAT, RAT, BAT. III. Down : 1) VATICANCITY 3) COLOSSUS, 4) GREENLAND 7) NEW YORK 9) RUSSIA 11) FLORIDA.Across : 2) TOKYO 5) KENTUCKY 6) MEXICO, 8) OLYMPUS 10) SAHARA 12) DNALSNEEUQ.

(K) Figure Matrix 1) (a) : Each row of the matrix contains one circle with two bars, one with three

bars and one circle with four bars. 2) (a) : Second figure in each row consists of arrow of the first figures as such

and the second one in an inverted position. The third figure consists of the first arrow of the first figure in an inverted position and the second arrow as such.

3) (b) : The number of squares follow the pattern + 1 in first row, +2 in second row and +3 in third row.

4) (a) : There are three types of arrows - a single arrow with a line, a double arrow and a triple arrow. There are 3 positions of arrows - upwards, downwards and side ways towards right. The arrow have 3 types of bases - plane, rectangular and circular. Each of these features is used once in each row.

5) (b) : The third figure in each row comprises of parts which are not common to the first two figures.

6) (a) : The third figure in each row comprises of the parts which are not common to the first two figures.

7) (b) : There are 3 types of faces, 3 types of body, 3 types of hands and 3 types of legs, each of which is used only once in a single row. So, the features which have not been used in the first two figures of the third row would combine to produce the missing figure.

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2. The Planets 1) (e) Jupiter 2) (h) Neptune 3) (a) Mercury 4) (c) Earth

5) (d) Venus 6) (b) Mars 7) (f) Saturn 8) (g) Uranus3. Answer The Astronomical Questions

Know through Activity : 4 , 10 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 3 , 2 , 1 , Time for Activity : 1. Sunspots, 2. 250 million years, 3. Mercury, 4. Neptune, 5. Earth, 6. Sun, 7. Johannes Keplers, 8. Wanderer.

4. A rapid round on our Solar System 1) Uranus 2) Saturn 3) Uranus 4) anticlockwise

5) Earth 6) Jupiter 7) Mercury 8) Mars 9) Venus 10) Venus 11) Neptune 12) Jupiter

5. Man on the Moon I. 1) Moon 2) 27; 3) 384,000 4) Same side 5) creatures of large, small. II. 1) That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 2) "Saare Jahan Se Achcha".

6. Think Scientific I. 1) Star, 2) Cartilage, 3) Cells, 4) Coal, 5) Comets, 6) Constellation,

7) Dynamos, 8) Oxygen, Hydrogen, 9) Hologram, 10) Gases, 11) Alloy, 12) Amoeba, 13) Troposphere, 14) Atoms, 15) Montgolfier brothers.

II. 1 - a, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - a, 7 - b, 8 - b, 9 - a, 10 - b, 11 - b, 12 - b, 13 - a, 14 - a, 15 - a, 16 - a, 17 - b, 18 - b, 19 - a, 20 - b.

7. Science Crossword Puzzle Down: 1) MARIECURIE, 3) JOULE, 6) BACTERIAL, 10) ZOONOSIS 11) LOCK JAW 12) VIRUS

Across:2) ROBERTHOOKE, 4) SATURN, 5) VENUS, 7) PLUTO, 8) ALUMINIUM 9) SKIN


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8. The Life Science I. 1) The kidneys, 2) Pain, 3) The person will become mute, 4) The joints,

5) Gangrene, 6) Skin, 7) The eye muscles, 8) The liver. II. 1) Cerebrum, 2) The blood supply vessels, 3) Lungs, Digestive System,

4) Brain, 5) Muscles, 6) A Computer, 7) Thalamus, 8) Windpipe, 9) Nerve fibres, 10) Nerves, Nerve Cells.

9. Art and Architecture in Ancient and Medieval India I. MAURYAS, CHOLAS, KUSHANS, GUPTAS, SHAH JAHAN, AKBAR,

SHER SHAH, ILTUTMISH. II. 1) Swarna Devalayam, 2) Ellora caves, 3) Meenakshi Amman Temple,

4) Konark - Sun Temple, 5) Puri - Jagannadh Temple, 6) Kanyakumari.

10. Answer Carefully ..... 1) Ashoka, the Great, 2) The Gupta Era, 3) Guptas, 4) Lord Shiva, 5) Elephanta Caves, 6) The Pallavas, 7) Lingaraja temple, 8) Akbar, 9) Shah Jahan 10) Edwin Lutyens, 11) The Pandyas, 12) 30 Caves and 5 Chaityas,

13) New Delhi, 14) Badami, 15) Lodis, 16) Bhubaneswar.

11. Our Dance FormsKnow through Activity Classical Dances : 1) Tamil Nadu, 2) North India, 3) Andhra Pradesh,

4) Manipur, 5) Kerala 6) Odisha. Folk Dances : 1) Madhya Pradesh, 2) Mizoram, 3) Rajasthan, 4) Punjab,

5) Mizoram, 6) Punjab, 7) Himachal Pradesh 8) Manipur, 9) Asom 10) Gujarat.Time for Activity : 1) Kuchipudi, 2) Odissi, 3) Kathak, 4) Bharatanatyam, 5) Bharatanatyam.

12. Answer Carefully ..... 1) Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, 2) The Yakshagana, 3) Open - air dance, 4) Ras,

5) The Pung, 6) Uday Shankar, 7) Comedy, 8) New Delhi, 9) Gopi Krishna 10) Alap, 11) Veena, 12) Bhajans, 13) Amir Khusro

14) Bharatendu Harishchandra, 15) 4 strings.

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13. Gods, Demons and OthersKnow through Activity : - 9 (Jinn), -2(Baba Yaga), - 4(Quetzalcoatl), -5(Rahu),

-7(Dhruva), -6(Mercury), -8(Apollo), -1(Phoenix), -3(Centaur).Time for Activity : I. 1 - g, 2 - f, 3 - e, 4 - a, 5 - d, 6 - c, 7 - b, 8 - i, 9 - h, 10 - j. II. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3.

14. Of Languages and Dialects 1) Iraq, 2) East Africa, 3) Lebanon, 4) China, 5) Iran, 6) Sri Lanka,

7) Israel, 8) France, 9) Holland, 10) Slovakia.

15. Geographical Terms 1 - l, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - e, 5 - d, 6 - h, 7 - i, 8 - k, 9 - j, 10 - g,

11 - f, 12 - a, 13 - p, 14 - o, 15 - u, 16 - n, 17 - s, 18 - t, 19 - m, 20 - v, 21 - q, 22 - r.

16. Geo - Crossword Puzzle Across:1) BAROMETER, 3) ALBINISM, 5) REPTILE, 6) ETHOLOGY, 8) SAFFRON,

9) CURIE, 10) GALILEO.Down: 2) BAUXITE, 4) LAZLOBIRO, 7) OSTRICH, 11) LIZARD,

12) DENGUE, 13) CORUNDUM.

17. All about Mountains I. 1 - T, 2 - F, 3 - T, 4 - T, 5 - T, 6 - F, 7 - T, 8 - F. II. 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - a, 4 - b, 5 - a, 6 - a, 7 - b, 8 - a, 9 - a, 10 - b.

18. All about RiversAcross:1) TAMASA, 3) GODAVARI, 5) PAMPA, 6) SARAYU, 7) MANDAKINI Down: 2) SARASWATI, 3) GANGA, 4) YAMUNA.

19. All about 'Lines' - 5 (Beeline), - 1 (Waterline), - 7 (Hotline), - 4 (Deadline), - 2 (Date Line),

- 8 (Baseline), - 3 (Snowline), - 9 (Plumb Line), - 6 (Party Line).

20. They go together 2) FOES, 3) PART, 4) BOLTS, 5) HEAD, 6) ALL, 7) FAIR, 8) WHITE,

9) PROS, 10) SOUL, 11) CORNER, 12) FIRST, 13) MEANS, 14) LEAPS, 15) STUFF, 16) STARTS, 17) INS, 18) BAG, 19) FORGIVE, 20) UPS.

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22. On Coins and Currencies I. 23. All about Coins (A Rapid round on Coins)

1) Numismatic, 2) Observe - reverse, 3 ) The tail side, 4) Akbar, 5) Sher Shah Suri, 6) 26th Jan, 1950, 7) Ferrite Stainless Steel, 8) Aluminium, 9) Varanasi, 10) 1st April, 1957, 11) 3, 12) Pure nickel, 13) Inscription, 14) Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad.

25. Signs and Symbols 1) Justice, 2) No smoking, 3) Peace, 4) Danger, 5) Victory, 6) Flammable,

7) Medical aid (Red Cross), 8) Truce (White flag), 9) National mourning (Flag at half-mast), 10) Olympics, 11) WWF, 12) Air India (Maharaja).

26. Monograms 1) Steel Authority of India Limited, 2) Lions Club of International, 3) Ashok Leyland, 4) National Council of Educational Research and Training,

5) Bombay Dyeing, 6) Air Lanka, 7) UNICEF 8) JK Industries, 9) Voltas Limited, 10) Woolmark, 11) Indian Petrochemical Corporation Limited, 12) Indian Telephone Industries Limited.

27. Continents in Brief (A) North America 1) Ottawa, 2) Washington D.C., 3) Mexico city, 4) Jamaica, a. Havana, b. Bridge Town, c. St.Joans, d. Kingston.

5) Guatemala a. Guatemala city b. Tegusigalpha, c. Yangus, d. San Salvador, e. Beliz city, f. Panama city, 6) Godiloob.

COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY 1) Austria 2) Brazil 3) Chile 4) Denmark 5) Egypt 6) Kenya 7) Mauritius 8) New Zealand 9) Portugal10) South Africa11) Thailand12) United Kingdom

ViennaBrasilia SantiagoCopenhagen CairoNairobi Port LouisWellingtonLisbonCape townBangkokLondon

EuroRealEscudoKronePoundShillingRupeeDollarEuroRand Thai BahtPound

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(B) South America 1) Brasilia, 2) Santiago, 3) Carcas, 4) George Town, 5) Montevideo,

6) Para Marite, 7) Quito, 8) Buenos Aires, 9) Bogota, 10) Lima, 11) Lapaz, 12) Asun Suncion, 13) Cainey.

(C) Asia 1) Beijing, 2) Tokyo, 3) New Delhi, 4) Islamabad, 5) Yangoon, 6) Ankara

7) Seoul, 8) Bangkok, 9) Jakarta, 10) Kaula Lampur, 11) Manila, 12) Dhaka, 13) Kathmandu, 14) Tehran, 15) Baghdad

29. The Waged BattlesKnow through Activity : 1) Battle of Plassey, 2) 1854, 3) Fourth Maratha War,

4) Afghan War III, 5) 1962, 6) 1971, 7) Kalinga War, 8) The Third Mysore War, 9) First battle of Tarain, 10) Battle of Haldighati, 11) 1765, 12) Mir Qasim.

Time for Activity : 1 - c, 2 - b, 3 - d, 4 - a.

30. British Acts For India

1) Pitts India Act was passed, 2) Charter Act, 3) Indian Councils Act, 4) Indian Councils Act, 5) Morley - Minto Reforms, 6) Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms.

31. The English 'Lords' for India 1) Lord Wellesley, 2) Lord Canning, 3) Lord Cornwallis, 4) Sati,

5) Lord Curzon, 6) Lord Mountbatten.

33. Mixed Bag 1) Morarji Desai 2) Jamshedpur, 3) Portuguese Viceroy of India 4) The National

flag of U.K. 5) Private Branch Exchange, 6) A person who holds a diploma, 7) Elton John, 8) James Watt, 9) Ten years, 10) 24, 11) Diners Club Card, 12) Centre for Development of Telematics, 13) Yudhishtira, 14) Elvis Presley, 15) Intel, 16) Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, 17) In 1880, 18) Herge, 19) Books, 20) U.S.A. 21) Charan Singh, 22) A.T. Ariyaratne, 23) John Logie Baird 24) Ushuaia, 25) Lion 26) Israel and Jordhan, 27) Master of Ceremonies, 28) U.S.A. 29) A man, 30) Uruguay, 31) Celine Dion 32) She loves sweets, 33) Left, 34) Russia, 35) Englishman, 36) Kolleru (A.P.), 37) Venus, 38) 32, 39) Mascots of Sydney Olympics 40) Meteorological Office, 41) State Bank of India, 42) in 1937, 43) Russia, 44) A small guitar, 45) Venezuela,

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46) both committed suicide, 47) Seven, 48) 44 B.C., 49) Leonardo davinci, 50) 500, 51) Taal (1999), 52) 'about', 53) Jijiya Bai, 54) Chartered Bank, 55) Brinjal or egg plant 56) battle, 57) an aisle, 58) Motilal Nehru, 59) Lake, 60) Finland.

34. I. Q. Tests (A) Analogy 1) (a) : A numismatist collects coins. Similarly, a philatelist collects stamps. 2) (d) : A pattern is embroidered on a cloth and chased on a metal. 3) (c) : Yawn indicates boredom. Similarly, smile indicates amusement. 4) (b) : The study of cells is called cytology. Likewise, the study of insects is called

entomology. 5) (d) : Birds belong to the class of Aves. Similarly, man belongs to the class of

Homo sapiens. 6) (b) : Dusk is the initial stage of night. Similarly, infant is the initial stage of child. 7) (d) : Shield is a defensive instrument for a soldier. Similarly, helmet is a defensive

instrument for a rider. 8) (d) : Fox is considered to be cunning. Similarly, ant is considered to be an

industrious creature. 9) (c) : Kennel is the home for a dog. Similarly, barn is the home for cow. 10) (a) : Papers are bought in reams. Similarly, eggs are bought in dozens. 11) (c) : Chisel is a tool used by a sculptor. Likewise, scalpel is a tool used by a

surgeon. 12) (b) : Teeth are examined by a dentist. Likewise, eyes are examined by an

oculist. 13) (c) : The first is the sound made by the second. 14) (a) : Menu gives a list of the items presented in restaurant. Likewise, catalogue

lists the books present in a library. 15) (b) : Flag is the symbol of nation. Similarly, insignia is the symbol of rank. 16) (c) : The flesh of sheep is called mutton. Similarly, the flesh of deer is called

venison. (B) Classification

1) (b) : Each of the numbers except 12, is a prime number. 2) (d) : Each of the numbers except 21, is an even number. 3) (c) : Each of the numbers except 23, is a perfect square. 4) (d) : Each of the numbers except 28, is divisible by 3.

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5) (a) : Sum of the digits in each other number is 10. 6) (e) : In all other numbers, the middle digit is sum of the other two. 7) (e) : In all other numbers, the last digit is two times the first. 8) (b) : In all others, the sum of second and last digits is twice the sum of first and

third digits. 9) (d) : Sum of digits in each other number is 28. 10) (c) : Each of the numbers except 109, is divisible by 9. 11) (d) : All other numbers consist of odd digits. 12) (c) : Each of the numbers except 63, is a prime number. 13) (b) : In all other numbers, the last digit is the sum of the first two. 14) (a) : In all other numbers, the sum of the first and the last digits is equal to the

sum of the other two. 15) (e) : In all other numbers, the middle digit is equal to the product of other two

digits. 16) (d) : This is the only number in which a digit has been repeated. 17) (b) : In all other numbers, the first and the last digits are the same. 18) (c) : In all other numbers, the last digit is one more than the first digit. 19) (e) : All other numbers are cubes of odd numbers. 20) (b) : Each of the numbers except 6432, is an odd number.

(C) Series Completion 1) (b) : The first and second letters of each term are skipped four steps forward

to obtain the next term. 2) (d) : The first and second letters of each term are five steps ahead of the

corresponding letters of the successive term. 3) (a) : The first letter of each term is moved three steps forward and the second

letter is moved three steps backward to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term.

4) (e) : The letters in each term are alternate. Also, each letter in a term is moved six steps forward to obtain the next term.

5) (b) : There is a gap of four letters between the first and second; and second and third letters of each term, and also between the last letter of a term and the first letter of the next term.

6) (d) : The letters in each term are moved five steps forward to obtain the letters of the next term.

7) (e) : The letters in each term are moved four steps backward to obtain the letters of the next term.

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8) (c) : The first letters of the terms are alternate, and similarly the second and the third letters.

9) (a) : The first, second and third letters of each term are moved three steps forward, four steps backward and two steps forward respectively to obtain the corresponding letters of the successive term.

10) (a) : The first letters of the terms are consecutive, and so are the second letters and third letters.

11) (a) : The letters of each term are moved backward one, two, three and four steps to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term.

12) (c) : The letters of each term are alternate and also the last. Letter of each term and the first letter of the next term are alternate.

13) (e) : Each term of the series consists of two alternate letters and there is a gap of two letters between the last letter of each term and the first letter of the next term.

14) (d) : The first letters of the terms are in alphabetical order, and so are the second and third letters.

15) (b) : All the letters of each term are moved one step backward to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term.

16) (d) : There is a gap of one letter between both the letters of first term, a gap of two letters between both the letters of second term and again a gap of one and two letters between the letters of third and fourth terms respectively. Besides, the last letter of each term and the first letter of next term are in alphabetical order.

(D) Coding - Decoding 1) (c) : The colour of the sky is 'blue' and as given, 'blue' is called 'rain'. So, the

colour of the sky is 'rain'. 2) (a) : A man sleeps on a 'bed' and as given, 'bed' is called 'window'. So the man

will sleep on the 'window'. 3) (e) : Clearly, 'soap' is used for washing the clothes. But, 'soap' is called ink. So,

ink is used for washing the clothes. 4) (b) : A woman shall draw water from a 'well' but a 'well' is called 'island'. So,

the woman will draw water from an 'island'. 5) (c) : Clearly, a 'cassette', is played in the tape recorder. But a 'cassette' is called

'table'. So, a table will be played in the tape recorder. 6) (e) : Clearly, the birds fly in the ‘air’ and ‘air’ is called ‘blue’. So, the birds fly in

the ‘blue’.

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7) (a) : Clearly, a 'bag' is used to carry the books but a 'bag' is called 'dictionary'. So, a 'dictionary' will be used to carry the books.

8) (c) : Clearly, a lizard crawls and the animals that crawl are called 'flying'. So, a 'lizard' is called 'flying'.

9) (b) : The aeroplanes fly in the 'sky' and the 'sky' is called 'sea'. So, the aeroplanes fly in the 'sea'.

10) (c) : The fruits grow on a 'tree' and 'tree' is called 'sky'. So, the fruits grow on the 'sky'.

11) (b) : The colour of the clear sky is 'blue' and as given, 'pink' means 'blue'. So the colour of the clear sky is 'pink'.

12) (c) : The furniture is made up of 'wood' and as given 'wood' is called 'straw'. So, the sky is made up of 'straw'.

13) (c) : A person will sit on the 'chair' but a 'chair' is called 'roof'. So, the person will sit on the 'roof'.

14) (a) : Cricket is played with a 'bat' and a 'bat' is called a 'racket'. So, cricket is played with a 'racket'.

15) (d) : Clearly, 'mango' is the yellow fruit but 'mango' is called 'nuts'. So, 'nuts' is the yellow fruit.

16) (b) : 'Mat' will be spread on the floor. But 'mat' is called 'bedsheet'. So, a 'bedsheet' will be spread on the floor.

(E) Blood Relations I. 1) (a) : Clearly, as per the information, P + R – Q means P is the son of R who is

the wife of Q i.e. Q is the father of P. So, the answer is (a). 2) (c) : P x R Q means P is the brother of R who is the mother of Q, i.e. P is the

uncle of Q. So, the answer is (c). 3) (b) : P = R + Q means P is the sister of R who is the son of Q, i.e. P is the

daughter of Q. So, the answer is (b). 4) (a) : P = R Q means P is the sister of R who is the mother of Q, i.e. P is the

aunt of Q. So, the answer is (a). II. 1) (b) : P x Q – S means P is the son of Q who is the wife of S, i.e. P is the son

of S or S is the father of P. 2) (c) : T - S x B – M means T is the wife of S who is the son of B who is the wife

of M. i.e. T is the wife of the son of M (father) i.e. T is the daughter - in - law of M. But as this is not given in the choices, so the fact in C derived from S x B is True.

3) (b) : Z x T – S x U means Z is the son of T who is the wife of S who is the son of U i.e. Z is the son of S who is the son of U.i.e. Z is grandson of U or U is grandmother or grandfather of U. From the choices (b) is true.

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III. 1) (a) : P + Q – R means P is the daughter of Q who is the husband of R i.e. R is P's mother.

2) (c) : P x Q + R means P is the brother of Q who is the daughter of R i.e. P is the son of R.

3) (a) : P + Q x R means P is the daughter of Q who is the brother of R i.e. P is the niece of R.

(F) Decision Making 1) (e) : Clearly, the candidate Amit Sharma fulfils conditions (1), (2) and (4)

evidently. Further, being a college Librarian for 16 years, he satisfies condition (5). So, the answer is (e).

2) (a) : Rahul Sehgal, being an M. Phil satisfies condition (7) so that condition at (1) is waived. Then, he satisfies conditions (2), (3) and (4) evidently. So he is selected and the answer is (a).

3) (b) : Candidate satisfies condition (4) evidently. Being a Deputy Librarian for last 20 years, he satisfies condition (3). But having marks less than 55%, he violates the condition (1) and so the answer is (b).

4) (a) : The candidate, being a Ph.D. satisfies condition (7) so that condition at (1) is waived. He satisfies conditions (2) and (4) evidently and being a Deputy Librarian for eleven years, he satisfies condition (3). So the answer is (a).

5) (c) : Here, informations on the candidates regarding (2) and (4) are not mentioned. So, the answer is (c).

(G) Non - Verbal Series I. 1) (1) : Two lines are added each time and this addition takes place vertically and

horizontally alternately. 2) (2) : The number of lines and the number of dots decrease by one alternately. 3) (3) : Step by step elimination of figures takes place. 4) (2) : Two steps are added in each turn. 5) (2) : The inner small figure becomes the outer large one and a new small figure

appears inside it in every subsequent step. 6) (3) : An arrow and a pin are added in such a way that all the pins are in one

direction and all the arrows are in other direction. Also the directions of all the pins and arrows reverse in each step.

7) (5) : A curve is added and the entire figure moves CW in each step. 8) (3) : The figure rotates 45o CW and also gets inverted in each step. 9) (4) : The circle moves to the diagonally opposite corner in each step and the

arrow moves stepwise upward along the other diagonal, while rotating 90o CW and 90o ACW alternately.

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10) (2) : The half shaded square gets completely shaded and another square gets left half portion shaded. This procedure goes on in an ACW direction.

II. 1) (3) : One of the convex portions of the broken circle turns concave in each step and once all are concave, these curved lines change into straight lines in a sequence. But to establish this sequence, figures (3) and (4) have to be interchanged.

2) (2) : The number of squares increases step by step and then these squares change into circles stepwise. But this series will be established only if fig. (2) and fig. (3) are interchanged.

3) (5) : In every step the outer figure is lost, inner figure becomes larger and a new small figure is introduced inside it. In order to complete this series, no figures are required to be interchanged.

4) (5) : The horizontal coincident lines gradually diverge out and finally coincide vertically and then again diverge. The sequence is established as such.

5) (3) : One part of the circle is lost in each step. By interchanging figures (3) and (4) the series will be complete.

6) (1) : One of the circles gets dark in each step and once all of them get shaded, they get replaced stepwise by white squares. So figures (1) and (2) need to be interchanged.

7) (5) : The number of sides of the outer figure increases by one, each time. Also, an extra small circle is added in every two steps. For this, no two figures need to be interchanged.

8) (4) : Inverted and erect triangles are added alternately and all the triangles move CW from side to side. For this, figures (4) and (5) have to be interchanged.

9) (1) : One of the arms of the figure changes into an arrow in each step and once all of them change into arrow they get reversed in direction stepwise. For this figures (1) and (2) need to be interchanged.

10) (3) : Straight lines and curved arrows are added alternately. Figures (3) and (4) have to be interchanged to complete this series.

III. 1) (1) : In each step, the first symbol becomes the second, the second becomes the third and the third one becomes the first. Also, all the three symbols get laterally inverted each time. In (1), S is not laterally inverted.

2) (4) : Two lines and one line are added to the figure alternately. So fig. (4) should have one line less.

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3) (2) : The arrow reverses its direction in one step and moves to the other side of the central line in the next step. In fig. (2), the direction of the arrow should be opposite.

4) (2) : The circle moves one step anticlockwise and the plus sign moves to the opposite portion every time. So in fig. (2), both the circle and the plus sign should be placed together in the lowest portion of the inner square.

5) (1) : Three lines and two lines are added alternately in a set pattern. So, fig. (1) contains one line less.

6) (1) : The number of leaves is four and five alternately. The diameters in the circles rotate through 900 in each step. The shading descends in every step and once in the lowest position it reaches to the top in the next step. In fig. (1) the occurrence of two diameters in each circle is incorrect.

7) (4) : Three lines and two lines are added alternately in a set pattern. But fig. (4) has been obtained by adding four lines to fig. (3). It should thus have two lines less.

8) (3) : The circles are replaced by signs in an anticlockwise direction. In fig. (3), the triangle should appear in place of the circle and circle should be there in place of the plus sign.

9) (2) : A side of one of the squares is lost in each step. From a square, the lower side is lost in first step, the upper side is lost in second step, the right side is lost in third step and lastly the left side is lost. In fig. (2), however, the left side is lost before the upper side.

10) (1) : The L shaped figure moves clockwise two steps and one step alternately and each time the smaller line goes to the other side of the longer line. In fig. (1), the figure should be at the upper left corner of the enclosing square.

(H) Analytical Reasoning 1) (c) : The figure is labelled as shown :

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Horizontal lines are DF and BC i.e.2; Vertical lines are DG, AH and FI i.e. 3; Slanting lines are DC, EB, AB, and AC i.e.4. Thus, there are 2 + 3 + 4 = 9 straight lines in the figure. Now, we shall count the number of triangles in the figure. The triangles composed of single components only, are AEF, AED, EFJ, EDJ, FJL, DJK, FLC, DKB, LIC and KGB. Thus there are 10 such triangles. The triangles composed of only two components are AJF, AJD, FJC, DJB, JHC, JHB, FLC, DGB, ADF and DFJ. Thus, there are 10 such triangles.

The triangles composed of three components are DFK and FDL. Thus, there are 2 such triangles. The traingles composed of four components are ABJ, ACJ, DFB, FDC, DGC, FIB and JBC i.e. 7 in number. The triangles composed of six components are AHB, AHC, DAC, FAB, DBC and FBC i.e. 6 in number. There is only one triangle composed of twelve components. This triangle is ABC. Hence, there are 10 + 10 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 1 = 36 triangles in the figure.

2) (a) : The figure may be labelled as shown.

Triangles : Simplest triangles are ABI, BIG, GIH, HIA, BCJ, CFJ, FGJ, GBJ, CDK, DEK, EFK, and FCK i.e. 12 in number. Triangles composed of two components are ABG, BGH, GHA, HAB, BCF, CFG, FGB, GBC, CDE, DEF, EFC and FCD. i.e. 12 in number. Triangles composed of four components are ACD, BFD, HBF and GCF i.e. 4 in number. Thus, there are 12 + 12 + 4 = 28 triangles in the figure.

Squares : Squares composed of two components are BIGJ and CJFK i.e. 2 in number. Squares composed of four components are ABGH, BCFG and CDEF i.e. 3 in number.

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3) (d) : The figure can be labelled as shown.

The rectangles composed of two components are JKBH, LMDB, NOFD, and PQHF i.e. 4 in number.

The rectangles composed of four components are ACDH, BCEF, DEGH and FGAB i.e. 4 in number.

The rectangles composed of six components are HLMF, BNOH, PQBD and JKDF i.e. 4 in number.

The rectangles composed of eight components are JKNO and PQLM i.e. 2 in number. Hence, the total number of rectangles in the figure = 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 14.

4) (c) : The figure is labelled as shown.

The simplest triangles are BCJ, CDK, KLQ, LMQ, FGM, GHN, NOI and IJO i.e. 8 in number.

The triangles composed of two components each are AOB, DEQ, EFQ, AOH, GIP, CIP, CLP, GLP, KLM and NIJ i.e. 10 in number. The triangles composed of four components each are ABH, DEF, ICL, CLG, LGI and GIC i.e. 6 in number.

∴ Total number of triangles in the figure = 8 + 10 + 6 = 24.

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5) (b) : We label the figure as shown :

The simplest squares are BCNM, CDON, HIRQ and SRIJ i.e. 4. The squares composed of two components are MNUT, NOPU, UPQR and

TURS i.e. 4. The squares composed of five components are CEFU, GIUF, IKLU and ACUL i.e. 4.

The squares composed of six components are BDPT and TPHJ i.e. 2. There is only one square i.e. MOQS composed of eight components. There is only one square i.e. AEGK composed of twenty components.

Hence, there are 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 16 squares in the figure. 6) (b) : We label the figure as shown : Simplest triangles are ABG, BCG, CDE, GCE, AGE and AFE i.e. 6. Triangles composed of two triangles each, are ABC, ABE, ACE and BCE, i.e.4. There are 6 + 4 = 10 Triangles in the figure.

35. The Visual Gallery 1. Mother Teresa, 2. Medha Patkar, 3. Indira Gandhi, 4. Ramana Maharshi, 5. Charlie Chaplin, 6. Kiran Bedi, 7. Soniya Gandhi, 8. Bill Gates, 9. Raj Kapoor, 10. Ravi Sankar 11. Amitabh Bachhan 12. Princess Diana 13. Abdul Kalam, 14. A.R. Rehman.

36. Know about Nuptial Knots ! 1) Amitabh Bachhan and Jayabaduri. 2) Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik. 3) Laloo Prasad Yadav and his daughter. 4) Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. 5) N.T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu.

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1. Strange Looking Flowers 1) (e) The Swaddled Babies Orchid 2) (d) White Egret Orchid 3) (c) Hooker’s Lip 4) (b) Laughing Bumblebee Orchid 5) (a) Happy Alien

2. Flowers of Vegetables 1) (c) Radish flower 2) (e) Potato flower 3) (b) Onion flower

4) (f) Carrot flower 5) (a) Tomato flower 6) (d) Sweet potato flower

3. Mysterious Desert Plants 1) Silver Torch Cactus 2) Hydnora Africana 3) Baseball Plant 4) Wollemi Pine 5) Desert Ironwood 6) Saguaro Cactus 7) Jumping Cholla 8) Barrel Cactus 9) Welwitschia Mirabilis

4. World’s Deadliest Plants a) (4) Castor Bean (Ricinus communis) b) (5) Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) c) (7) Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) d) (2) Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius) e) (1) White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) f) (6) Doll’s Eyes (Actaea pachypoda) g) (3) Oleander (Nerium oleander)

8. Extinct Animals 1) Irish Elk, 2) Quagga, 3) Japanese Honshu Wolf, 4) Great Auk, 5) Pinta Island Tortoise, 6) Steller’s Sea Cow, 7) Smilodon, 8) Woolly Mammoth, 9) Moa, 10) Tasmanian Tiger.

9. Endangered Animals 1) Sea Otter, 2) Whooping Crane, 3) Tasmanian Devil, 4) Giant Panda, 5) Orangutan, 6) Black Rhinoceros, 7) Gorilla, 8) Hawksbill Turtle, 9) Blue Whale, 10) Asian Elephant, 11) Tiger, 12) Snow Leopard.


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11. Amazing Facts about Birds 1) Australian Pelican, 2) Owl, 3) Kiwi, 4) African Gray Parrot, 5) Whistling Swan, 6) Cassowary, 7) Goose, 8) Ostrich, 9) Archaeopteryx, 10) Hooded Pitohui.

13. Branches of Biology 1) (i) Genetics, 2) (h) Biotechnology, 3) (g) Microbiology, 4) (f) Parasitology, 5) (k) Physiology, 6) (j) Radiobiology, 7) (l) Molecular biology, 8) (e) Anatomy, 9) (c) Evolution, 10) (d) Immunology, 11) (b) Cell biology, 12) (a) Biochemistry.

14. Hidden Metals in Our Things 1) d, 2) c, 3) b, 4) c, 5) a, 6) a, 7) b, 8) b, 9) d, 10) d, 11) a, 12) b.

16. Women Scientists 1) (d) Marie Curie, 2) (g) Barbara McClintock, 3) (l) Sally Ride, 4) (e) Maria Mayer, 5) (i) Elizabeth Blackburn, 6) (a) Ada E. Yonath, 7) (b) Dorothy Hodgkin, 8) (h) Rita Levi - Montalcini, 9) (j) Gertrude B. Elion, 10) (f) Rosalind Franklin, 11) (k) Melitta Bentz, 12) (c) Irene Joliot - Curie.

17. Words ending with -graphy’ 1) l, 2) e, 3) q, 4) a, 5) t, 6) n, 7) r, 8) c, 9) g, 10) s, 11) p, 12) i,

13) b, 14) h, 15) k, 16) d, 17) f, 18) j, 19) o, 20) m.

19. Disease causing Agent - Scientific Name 1) j, 2) h, 3) i, 4) s, 5) m, 6) o, 7) a, 8) r, 9) p, 10) b, 11) t, 12) c,

13) d, 14) f, 15) g, 16) k, 17) e, 18) q, 19) n, 20) l.

21. Yogasanas 1) Padmasana, 2) Bhujangasana, 3) Vrikshasana, 4) Trikonasana, 5) Savasana, 6) Badhakonasana, 7) Tadasana, 8) Dandasana.

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22. Unique Bridges in India a) (5) : Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Ganga river, Bihar. b) (9) : New Yamuna Bridge, Yamuna river, Allahabad. c) (1) : Vivekananda Setu, Hooghly river, West Bengal. d) (7) : Chenab Bridge, Chenab river, Jammu & Kashmir. e) (3) : Godavari Arch Bridge, Godavari river, Andhra Pradesh. f) (8) : Howrah Bridge, Hooghly river, West Bengal. g) (2) : Jubilee Bridge, Hooghly river, West Bengal. h) (4) : Coronation Bridge, Teesta river, West Bengal. i) (6) : Vidyasagar Setu, Ganga river, West Bengal.

23. Internal Security Forces 1) Assam Rifles (AR), 2) Border Security Force (BSF), 3) Central Industrial

Security Force (CISF), 4) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 5) Indo - Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 6) National Security Guard (NSG), 7) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

24. Comparison of Size 1) g, 2) m, 3) r, 4) o, 5) a, 6) d, 7) c, 8) t, 9) f, 10) s, 11) e, 12) i,

13) b, 14) q, 15) k, 16) j, 17) h, 18) p, 19) n, 20) l.

25. World Famous Festivals 1) The Rio de Janeiro Carnival - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2) Chinese New Year.

3) Dia de los muertos (Day of the Dead), Mexico. 4) La Tomatina - Spain. 5) Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - New Mexico, USA.

26. Dance Forms around The World 1) Brazil - Samba, 2) China - Dragon Dance, 3) Russia - Ballet, 4) Argentina - Tango, 5) Japan - Kabuki, 6) US - Contemporary Dance, 7) New York - Broadway, 8) Cuba - Salsa, 9) Austria - Waltz.

27. Official Residences of World Leaders 1) Bellevue Palace, 2) 24 Sussex Drive, 3) Kirribilli House, 4) Elysee Palace, 5) Zhongnanhai, 6) Buckingham Palace, 7) Imperial Palace, 8) Kremlin, 9) Quirinal Palace.

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30. Records of First Indians in Sports 1) Khashaba Jadhav, 2) Ramanathan Krishnan, 3) Prakash Padukone, 4) Karnam Malleswari, 5) Viswanathan Anand, 6) Anju Bobby, 7) Pankaj Advani, 8) Abhinav Bindra, 9) Saina Nehwal, 10) P.V. Sindhu, 11) Sania Mirza, 12) Mary Kom.

32. Origin of Food Items 1) Germany, 2) India, 3) China, 4) Belgium, 5) Italy, 6) Iran.

33. Idioms 1) e, 2) j, 3) f, 4) i, 5) k, 6) r, 7) l, 8) q, 9) t, 10) o, 11) b, 12) h,

13) a, 14) m, 15) s, 16) c, 17) g, 18) d, 19) n, 20) p.

37. Indian Trade Marks 1) Agriculture and Mark; Almost all categories of Agricultural Produce for sale

in the market. 2) Indian Standards Institute; Almost all categories of Industrial and personal use products. 3) Bureau of Indian Standards; Hallmarking system for gold, silver certifying purity of the metal. 4) Fruit Products Order; Processed fruit products like packed fruit beverages, fruit jams, pickles. 5) It is a mandatory certification mark required on all new vehicles. 6) Ecomark is a certification mark issued by Bureau of Indian Standards aimed at the least impact on the ecosystem. Ex.: Batteries, Plastic products, Cosmetics, Paints.

39. Computer Abbreviations 1) Analog - to - Digital Converter, 2) Basic Input / Output System, 3) Cathode

Ray Tube, 4) Digital Versatile Disc, 5) Error Correction Code, 6) File Transfer Protocol, 7) Graphics Interchange Format, 8) Hyper Text Markup Language, 9) Internet Service Provider, 10) Joint Photographic Experts Group, 11) Kilobits Per Second, 12) Liquid Crystal Display, 13) MPEG - 1 Audio Layer - 3, 14) Network Operations Center, 15) Optical Character Recognition, 16) Portable Document Format, 17) Query By Example, 18) Red Green Blue, 19) Self - Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, 20) Tagged Image File Format, 21) Uniform Resource Locator, 22) Video Graphics Array, 23) Wireless Fidelity, 24) Extensible Markup Language, 25) Year 2000, 26) Zero Insertion Force.

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41. MNCs and their Headquarters 1) n, 2) r, 3) t, 4) i, 5) b, 6) p, 7) e, 8) a, 9) d, 10) s, 11) g, 12) h,

13) j, 14) q, 15) c, 16) l, 17) k, 18) o, 19) m, 20) f.

42. Different Types of Cards’ 1) Fleet Card, 2) PAN Card, 3) ATM Card, 4) Stored - Value Card, 5) Credit Card, 6) Charge Card, 7) Smart Card, 8) Debit Card.

47. I. Q. Tests(A) Analogy

I. 1) (a) : As the working field of Lawyer is Court, similarly the working field of Chemist is Laboratory.

2) (b) : As Silence is opposite to Noise, similarly Baldness is opposite to Hair. 3) (c) : As Glove is worn in Hands similarly Socks are worn on Feet. 4) (c) : As Scales from an outer layer of Fish similarly Skin form an outer layer of

Man. 5) (d) : As Wick is a part of Candle similarly Wheel is a part of Bicycle. 6) (d) : As Kick is in the game of Football, similarly Throw is used in the game of Ring. 7) (c) : Second is the process of gradual disappearances of the first. 8) (d) : As Temperature is measured from a Thermometer in the same way Heart

rate is measured with Cardiograph. 9) (d) : As Arc is a part of Circle similarly Segment is a part of Line. 10) (b) : As Train is guided by the Track similarly Bullet is guided by the Barrel.

II. 1) (c) : In equation, alphabet positions of M and N are 13 and 14 respectively. Similarly, positions of F and R are 6 and 18.

2) (b) : As, 16:56 = (2/7) Similarly, 32:112 = (2/7). 3) (a) : As, (4)2 + 3 = 19 Similarly, (7)2 + 3 = 52. 4) (c) : As, 24:60 = (2/5) Similarly, (120/300) = (2/5).

5) (a) : As, 335 – 216 = 119 Similarly, 987 – X = 119 Therefore, X = 987 – 119 = 868. 6) (b) : As, 144 : 10 Similarly, 169 : 11, √144-2 √169-2.

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7) (b) : As, 25 = (5)2 → (5 + 1)2 + 1 = 37. As 49 = (7)2 → (7 + 1)2 + 1 = 65.

8) (a) : In equation alphabet positions of K and T are 11 and 20 respectively. Similarly positions of J and R are 10 and 18.

9) (c) : As, 68 = (4)3 + 4 130 = (5)3 + 5 and 350 = (7)3 + 7 Therefore, (6)3 + 6 = 222.

10) (a) : As, 61 = (4)3 – 3, 121 = (5)3 – 4 and 337 = (7)3 – 6 Therefore, (6)3 – 5 = 211.

(B) Logical Problems 1) (b) : Because the first two statements are true, Eric is the youngest of the three,

so the third statement must be false.

2) (a) : Because the first two statements are true, raspberries are the most expensive of the three.

3) (a) : All of the trees in the park are flowering trees, so all dogwoods in the park are flowering trees.

4) (b) : We know from the first two statements that Lily runs fastest. Therefore, the third statement must be false.

5) (a) : From the first two statements, you know that the Kingston Mall has the most stores, so the Kingston Mall would have more stores than the Four Corners Mall.

6) (c) : The first two statements give information about Zoe’s tulips and pansies. Information about any other kinds of flowers cannot be determined.

7) (a) : According to the first two statements, Fido weighs the most and Boomer weighs the least.

8) (c) : We know from the first two statements that Tuesday had the highest temperature, but we cannot know whether Monday’s temperature was higher than Tuesday’s.

9) (a) : To the extent that a toothpick is useful, it has value.

10) (b) : The first two statements indicate there are more yellow jelly beans than red and green.

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(C) Blood Relations 1) (A) : The man in the photograph is the son of the only son of Lata’s grandfather

i.e., the man is the son of Lata’s father. Hence, the man is the brother of Lata. 2) (A) : The father of the boy’s uncle → the grandfather of the boy and daughter

of the grandfather → sister of father. 3) (D) : The man in the photo is the son of the sister of Bajpai. Hence, Bajpai is

the maternal uncle of the man in the photograph. 4) (B) : Father’s wife → mother. Hence, the daughter of the mother means sister

and sister’s younger brother means brother. Therefore, the boy is the brother of Deepak.

5) (B) : 'The only daughter of the father of X’s mother' means mother of X. Hence X is the son of the lady in the photograph.

6) (D) : Ashok is the only brother of Sudeep and Veena is the sister-in-law of Ashok. Hence Veena is the wife of Sudeep. Kalyani is the mother-in-law of Veena. Kalyani is the mother of Ashok.

7) (D) : Daughter of Abhijit’s brother → niece of Abhijit. Thus the granddaughter of the woman is Abhijit’s niece. Hence, the woman is the mother of Abhijit.

8) (D) : The girl is the wife of grandson of Amit’s mother i.e., the girl is the wife of son of Amit. Hence, Amit is the father-in-law of the girl.

9) (A) : Brother of mother means maternal uncle. Hence only nephew of Aamir’s maternal uncle means Aamir himself. Therefore Sonia is the wife of Aamir.

10) (C) : Nalni is the daughter of the only son of Gopi’s grandfather. Hence, it’s clear that Nalni is the sister of Gopi.

(D) Assertion and Reason 1) (C) : Inside the earth, the high temperature and pressure keeps the metals in

molten state. The earth does not absorb the sun’s rays but reflects them. 2) (E) : When Bangladesh was created after partition of India, the areas of jute

production went to Bangladesh while the jute mills were left in India. So, India imports raw jute from Bangladesh.

3) (A) : Higher above the sea level, temperature decreases at the rate of 1°C for every 165 metres of ascent making mountain peaks colder.

4) (A) : A vaccine contains the inactivated germs of the disease. But the AIDS virus changes its genetic code and so no vaccine has been invented for it.

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5) (A) : India, being a democracy, it is a government run by the representatives elected by its people.

6) (C) : Silver is a good conductor of electricity but it is not used to make electric wires because it is expensive.

7) (E) : When the bus starts, the person inside it falls backward because the bus moves forward but due to the property of inertia, the man tends to be in the initial state of rest.

8) (A) : Haemoglobin is the blood pigment that imparts red colour to the blood. 9) (C) : River Narmada flows westward and drains into Arabian sea. 10) (B) : The Indian Constitution came into force with effect from January 26, 1950

and since then this day is celebrated as the Republic Day. 11) (C) : Iron with specific gravity less than that of mercury but more than that of

water, floats in the former but gets immersed in the second. 12) (A) : Iron expands in summer. So, gaps are left between rails to allow for

expansion. 13) (A) : Most Himalayan rivers originating in Himalayan peaks are perennial

because they are fed by melting snow throughout the year. 14) (C) : When a body is dipped in a liquid, there is a decrease in weight due to the

upward thrust exerted on it by the water. 15) (E) : Amoebiasis is a microbial disease, caused by protozoa. 16) (C) : The use of chlorofluorocarbons is banned nowadays because these cause

holes in the ozone layer through which ultraviolet rays penetrate and may cause skin cancer.

17) (C) : Leakages in household gas cylinders can be detected because of the strong smell of ethyl merceptan mixed with LPG.

18) (A) : Shimla is colder than Delhi because it is situated at a higher altitude and temperature decreases by 1°C for every 165 metres of ascent.

19) (B) : Land gets heated up quickly and also cools quicker than sea at night so that cool winds called the land breeze blow from land to sea.

20) (C) : Milk production in India is low as compared to other countries of the world because of lack of good breed and improper feed. However, R is untrue.

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(E) Verification of Truth of the Statement 1) (c) Wheels. 2) (d) Needles. 3) (d) Roots. 4) (b) Water. 5) (a) Filament. 6) (d) Composition. 7) (c) Nib. 8) (b) Exchange. 9) (c) Cause. 10) (d) Word. 11) (d) Disagreement. 12) (d) Reflects. 13) (d) Tags. 14) (b) Fats. 15) (b) Magnanimity. 16) (d) Milk. 17) (a) Difficulty. 18) (a) Hardness. 19) (c) Fear. 20) (b) Movement.

(F) Figure Matrix 1) (D) : The third figure in each row comprises of parts which are not common to

the first two figures. 2) (C) : The third figure in each row comprises of the parts common to the first

two figures. 3) (A) : The number of components in each row either increases or decreases

from left to right. In the third row, it increases. 4) (C) : The third figure in each row comprises of parts which are not common to

the first two figures. 5) (D) : In each row, there are 3 types of shadings of circles - a circle is unshaded,

another circle has its right half shaded with vertical lines and yet another circle has its upper half shaded with horizontal lines. There are three specified positions of the two triangles each of which is used only once in a row. Also, two of the figures in each row have one triangle shaded.

6) (C) : There are 3 types of shadings in the triangles, 3 types of legs, 3 positions of circles, each of which is used only once in a single row. The circle is shaded in alternate figures.

7) (B) : The third figure in each row comprises of parts which are not common to the first two figures.

8) (B) : In each row, the second figure is obtained by shading one of the four parts of the first figure and the third figure is obtained by shading two out of the four parts of the first figure.

9) (D) : There are 3 types of faces, 3 types of hands and 3 types of legs. Each type is used once in each row! So, the features not used in the first two figures of the third row would together form the missing figure.

10) (B) : There are 3 types of faces, 3 types of bodies, 3 types of hands and 3 types of legs, each of which is used only once in a single row. So, the features which have not been used in the first two figures of the third row would combine to produce the missing figure.

(G) Grouping of Images 1) (A) : 1, 3, 9 have one element placed inside a different element. 2, 5, 6 contain two mutually perpendicular lines dividing the figure into four parts. 4, 7, 8 have two similar elements (unequal in size) attached to each other.

2) (A) : 1, 2, 3 are figures composed of two straight lines. 4, 5, 6 are figures composed of three straight lines. 7, 8, 9 are figures composed of four straight lines.

3) (A) : 1, 4, 7 are all (two-dimensional) quadrilaterals. 2, 5, 8 are all three-dimensional figures. 3, 6, 9 are all (two-dimensional) triangles.

4) (B) : 1, 5, 7 have two similar elements, one inside the other. 2, 4, 8 have one element placed inside a different element. 3, 6, 9 have two similar elements, one inside the other and the area between

the two elements is shaded.

5) (C) : 1, 3, 5 are figures having partially or completely curved boundaries. 2, 6, 8 are all triangles. 4, 7, 9 are all quadrilaterals.

6) (C) : 1, 4, 8 contain similar elements (not equal in size) each divided into four parts and attached to each other.

2, 5, 6 contain three elements (two of which are similar) placed one inside the other.

3, 7, 9 contain one element inside the other, which may or may not be similar.

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8) (B) : 1, 5, 6 have two similar elements, one inside the other. 2, 3, 4 contain straight lines each dividing, the figure into two equal parts. 7, 8, 9 have one element placed inside a different element.

9) (B) : 1, 5, 8 are all open figures bisected by a line segment. 4, 6, 7 are all closed figures touching a line segment. 2, 3, 9 are all closed figures intersected by a line.

10) (C) : 3, 6, 9 are geometrical figures containing line segments (the number of these line segments is half the number of sides in the figure) parallel to the sides of the figure.

1, 5, 8 consist of a circle and a triangle intersecting it. The triangle is also divided into two equal parts by a straight line.

2, 4, 7 are all funnel shaped figures.

(H) Direction Sense Test

1) (d) P is in South-West of Y.

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It is clear from the diagrams that new name of West will become South-East.

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At 9.15 p.m., the minute hand will point towards west.

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4) (b) Required distance = AE = 2 25 12+ = 13 km.

5) (c) Required distance = 8 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 2 28 + 6 = 28 100+

= 28 + 10 = 38 m.

6) (c) Sun rises in the east. So the shadow of a man will always falls towards the west. Since the shadow of Stephen is to the right of Vimal. Hence Vimal is facing towards South.

7) (d) Row 1

Row 2 Q is in South-East of R.

Row 3

8) (b)

Hence X will face in the end towards South.

9) (b) Required distance = AE = 5 + 10

= 15 km.

10) (a) Required distance = AC = 2 28 + 6

= 64 36+

= 100 = 10 km.

6 km.

8 km.

C B

A

A

B10 km.

2 km.

2 km.

3 km.

C

D E

N

S

EW

Q

A P

R

D

5 m

5 m

3 mC

A

B

DA

BC

E

10 km.

10 km.

10 km.

5 km.

A B

D C

6 m

8 m

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(I) Missing Letter Puzzles 1) (M) : Working in rows, add together the numerical values of the left and right

hand letters to give the numerical value of the central letter. 2) (O) : In each segment of the diagram are a pair of letters, one of which is the

same distance from the start of the alphabet as the other is from the end. 3) (K) : The numerical values of the letters in opposite segments of the circle

always add up to 17. 4) (I) : Starting on the left, and moving along the diagram to the right, letters

move through the alphabet in steps of 5, then 3, then 7, repeating this sequence.

5) (G) : The numerical values of the letters in each row add up to 26 each time. 6) (Y) : Starting in the top left circle, and following a W pattern through the others,

letters in corresponding segments of the circles follow the alphabetical sequence in steps of 4 letters.

7) (K) : In each row, the product of the left and right hand numbers equals the sum of the numerical values of the three letters.

8) (N) : Starting with the A on the left hand side, move around the shape in a clockwise spiral towards the centre. Letters advance through the alphabet in steps of 4, 5 then 6, repeating this pattern all the way around.

9) (B) : In each square, the sum of the numerical values of the top and bottom letters equals the sum of the left and right hand letters.

10) (A) : Starting in the top left, and moving in rows, left to right, top to bottom, letters advance through the alphabet in steps of 6, 7 and 8.

(J) Mirror Images

1) (C), 2) (D), 3) (C), 4) (D) 5) (D)

6) (A), 7) (D), 8) (C), 9) (C) 10) (B)

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(K) Series Completion

I. 1) (b) : 1st letter W -3 T -3 Q -3 N

2nd letter F +1 G +1 H +1 I

3rd letter B +4 D +4 G +4 K

2) (b) : 1st letter A +6 G +6 M +6 S +6 Y

2nd letter Z -6 T -6 N -6 H -6 B

3) (c) : H +1 I +2 K +3 N +4 R

4) (a) : The given sequence is a combination of two series. I) Z, W, T, Q, ? and II) S, O, K, G, ?

Pattern I) Z -3 W -3 T -3 Q -3 N

Pattern II) S -4 O -4 K -4 G -4 C

5) (a) : The series may be divided into groups as shown bed / f ? h / j ? l. Clearly in the first group, the second and third letters are respectively three

and two steps ahead of the first letter. A similar pattern would follow in the second and third groups.

6) (b) : 1st letter a +6 g +6 m +6 s +6 y

2nd letter j +6 p +6 v +6 b +6 h

3rd letter s +6 y +6 e +6 k +6 q

7) (c) : 1st letter d +12 p +12 b +12 n

2nd letter h +12 t +12 f +12 r

3rd letter l +12 x +12 j +12 v

8) (c) : One letter from the beginning and one from the end of a term are removed, one by one, in alternate steps.

9) (a) : Z -6 T -6 N -6 H -6 B

Z -3 W -3 T -3 Q -3 N -3 K -3 H -3 E -3 B

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10) (d) : The series is tst / tst / tst / tst tsst

11) (d) : The series is baa / bba / baa / bba / baa / bba. Thus, pattern baa / bba is repeated. babba

12) (c) : The series is nnmm / nnmm / nnmm / nnmm. Thus, the pattern ‘nnmm’ is repeated. nnmm

13) (b) : The series is ccc bbb aaa / ccc bbb aaa / c. Thus, the pattern ccc bbb aaa is repeated. baca

14) (a) : The series is mopn / mopn / mopn / mopn. Thus, the pattern ‘mopn’ is repeated.

15) (a) : The series is abc / bca / cab / abc / bca. Thus, the letters change places in a cyclic order.

16) (c) : The number of letters in the terms of the given series increases by one at each step. The first letter of each term is two steps ahead of the last letter of the preceding term. However, each term consists of consecutive letters in order.

17) (b) : T -2 R -2 P -2 N -2 L -2 J -2 H

18) (d) : 1st letter G +3 J +4 N +5 S +6 Y +7 F

2nd letter H +4 L +5 Q +6 W +7 D +8 L

19) (b) : The series is babc / babc / babc. Thus, the pattern ‘babc’ is repeated.

20) (c) : The given sequence is a combination of two series. I) Y, T, O and II) B, G, ? I) Consists of 2nd, 7th and 12th letters from the end of the English alphabet. II) Consists of 2nd, 7th and 12th letters from the beginning of the English

alphabet. So, the missing letter in II is the 12th letter from the beginning of the English

alphabet, which is L.

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II. 1) (a) : The pattern is –21, –19, –17, –15, ......... So, the missing term = 48 – 13 = 35.

2) (d) : The digits are removed one by one from the beginning and the end in order alternately so as to obtain the subsequent terms of the series.

3) (b) : Clearly, 2 x 3 = 6, 6 x 3 = 18, 18 x 3 = 54, ...... So, the series is a G.P. in which a = 2, r = 3. Therefore 8th term = ar8-1 = ar7 = 2 x 37 = ( 2 x 2187) = 4374.

4) (a) : The pattern is –45, –35, –25, ...... So, missing term = 20 – 15 = 5.

5) (d) : The pattern is –4, –9, –16, ..... i.e. –22, –32, –42, ...... So, missing pattern = 169 – 52 = 169 – 25 = 144.

6) (b) : Clearly, the given series consists of prime numbers starting from 2. So, the missing term is the prime number after 11, which is 13.

7) (a) : The pattern is +3, +4, +5, +6, ....... So, missing term = 9 + 5 = 14.

8) (c) : The given sequence is a combination of two series: I) 13, 24, 35, 46, 57 and II) 32, 43, ?, 65, 76 The pattern in both I and II is +11. So, missing term = 43 + 11 = 54.

9) (a) : The pattern is +2, +4, +8, +16, ...... So, missing term = 28 + 8 = 36.

10) (c) : The pattern is +5, +10, +15, +20, ...... So, missing term = 56 + 25 = 81.

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