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VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 & 2: Read the arguments and answer the questions that follow.

1. Housing property rentals in city A should go up even more. This will attract more landlords to rent

out their houses, which in turn will improve the availability of houses in city A. Thus, bringing

down the housing property rentals in the long run.

Of the following, which is the assumption made in the above paragraph?

(1) Rents are low at present.

(2) Landlords are interested only in rents.

(3) Tenants are willing to pay more.

(4) In the long run, the number of houses available for rent will exceed the number of people

looking for houses.

(5) Managing property rentals is an organized activity in city A.

2. Children who consistently learn music or painting at an early age demonstrate a deeper

understanding of their environment and are able to cope with their peers and seniors more amicably.

Due to this, educators believe that getting children to learn music or painting at an early age will

increase and hone their social skills.

Which of the following statements shows a flaw in the reasoning presented above?

(1) A child’s social skills usually develop at an early stage and remain fixed into his personality.

(2) Development of social skills depends on the exposure that a child receives through interacting

and conversing with his parents, siblings, relatives and friends.

(3) Social skills are essential for any child as they are also responsible for shaping the personality of

the child.

(4) Peers and seniors can also help students who feel shy or uncomfortable while interacting with

other at school or outside of it.

(5) Children, who possess good social skills go for learning music and painting.

DIRECTIONS for Questions 3 & 4: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the

first sentence has been deleted. From the given options choose the one that begins the paragraph in the

most appropriate way.

3. It was the impact of personal events that forced me to translate everything on paper. It was anger,

jealousy and bitterness that shaped my narration and sketched extremely complex characters. I

shared my pain with them. As my real life situation became more complex, the suffering and




bitterness of my characters increased. Some of them became real monsters, while others showed

fewer signs of sanity. I was amazed at the powerful creations that my emotions had unleashed. Not

only had my emotions helped to create a world of my own; they had made me a writer as well.

(1) Earlier when I wrote, I undermined the power of emotions and preferred to be inspired by facts.

(2) When I was disgusted or hurt, I wrote.

(3) Writing style truly represents the source of a writer’s inspiration and ideas.

(4) My negative experiences translated into vicious characters on paper.

(5) I am a victim of my emotions.

4. Owned by the Wrigleys, this magnificent piece of art had walls made from Portland stone. The open

lobby was about 40 feet by 32 feet with four pillars that supported the first floor. Fifteen bedrooms

containing unique mahogany wood work, five splendid dining areas and a picturesque lawn adorned

this property. It was an unknown architect’s brilliant creation that displayed a refined taste and

superior technical knowledge.

(1) For centuries, the Wrigley family had bought numerous properties all over the world.

(2) The Wrigley’s mansion was one of the best properties in this area.

(3) The mansion was not too different from any others in this part of the country.

(4) Its architectural beauty had drawn many admirers from all over the world.

(5) The house was , if it could be called one, was magnificient.

DIRECTIONS for Questions 5 to 7: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that

follow.

“A boy is not happy owing to his age; boys who are called happy are being congratulated by reason of

the hopes we have for them. For there is required not only complete virtue, but also a complete life,

since many changes occur in life, and all manner of chances, and the most prosperous may fall into

great misfortunes in old age.”

In other words, what Aristotle is saying is that what is required for happiness is “a complete life” which

obviously no young person has while he is still young. He makes the same point in another way. He

refers to the story of Croesus and Solon, as told by the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus. Croesus was

King of Lydia, and one of the richest and most powerful rulers of his day. Solon was one of the wisest

men of Greece. Here is the story of their conversation.

“Solon set out upon his travels, in the course of which he came on a visit to Croesus at Sardis. Croesus

received him as his guest, and lodged him in the royal palace, and had his servants conduct him over his

treasures, and show him all their greatness and magnificence. And when Solon had seen them all.

Croesus said, ‘Stranger of Athens, I have heard much of your wisdom and of your travels through many

lands. I am curious therefore to ask you, whom of all the men that you have seen, you consider the most

happy?’ This he asked because he thought himself the happiest of mortals: but Solon answered him

without flattery: ‘Tell us of Athens, sire.’ Astonished at what he heard, Croesus demanded sharply,

‘And why do you consider Tell us the happiest of men?’ To which the other replied, ‘First because his

country was flourishing in his days, and he himself had sons both beautiful and good, and he lived to

see children born to each of them, and these children all grew up; and further because, after a life spent

in what our people look upon as comfort his end was glorious. In a battle between tie Athenians and

their neighbors near Eleusis, he died gallantly upon the field. And the Athenians gave him a public

funeral and paid him the highest honors.” Thus, Solon admonished Croesus by the example of Tell us.




When he had ended, Croesus asked angrily, ‘Is my happiness, then, so little to you that you do not even

put me on a level with private men?’

5. It can be inferred from the passage that according to Aristotle

(1) Young people cannot be happy.

(2) Young people lack complete virtue.

(3) Young people can be happy if they have children.

(4) There are many factors which need to be fulfilled for a young person to be happy.

(5) Young people can be happy if they have high hopes.

6. Which of the following is most likely to follow the passage as Solon’s answer to Croesus?

(1) ‘I see that You are wonderfully rich and are the lord of many nations, and as for your question, I

would like to hear of the wealth that you have amassed’.

(2) ‘I see that You are wonderfully rich and are the lord of many nations, but as for your question, I

have no answer to give until I hear that you have closed your life happily’


have no answer to give until I hear about your children and grandchildren’


have no answer to give until I hear that you have led a virtuous life’.


have no answer to give until I hear how you have faced misfortune’.

7. A tone /emotion which is not part of the passage would be?

(1) Rebuke (2) Rhetorical (3) Narration 4) Didactic (5) Pity

DIRECTIONS for Questions 8 to 10: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence

between sentences 1 and 6.

8. 1. Meeting people after nine to ten years, almost to the day, is a very weird experience.

A. It genuinely felt awkward to meet people, some married and some with children, others married

but who forgot to send out 200 cards to school friends, others, divorced.

B. I did find out that the marriage was unhappy for all the wrong reasons, none because of the

obnoxious twit that he is.

C. I actually felt sorry for one of those guys, because, and if you knew equation with him in the

school bus where we almost killed each other a few times, I would not have wished a divorce on

him -though, I would not have wished any woman on him either.

D. I am in close touch with a couple of school friends - Doc, for example is an ass I can still call

my best friend after twenty years - but my god, did he (or rather his overheating BMW) push my

patience on Saturday night.

6. Everybody was fatter/ balder and in some cases both.

(1) DCBA (2) CBDA (3) DACB (4) BCDA (5) ABCD

9. 1. Even though dance starts a bit later than school does during the week, Saturday morning is still

pretty chaotic around here.




A. More so if John is leaving for an auction that day, because it means I have to truck Kristen and

Alex with me and get them ready too.

B. This is one of those mornings where John was rushing to leave too.

C. There are buns to be done, bodysuits to find, tights to mend (because they’re always ripped

somewhere) and a good breakfast to be had.

D. His work van has been giving him some problems, so he was nervous about travelling with it

(not to mention what it’s costing us to fix it).

6. He couldn’t find his cell and even though he had woken up in a general good mood, I could see

it going downhill from there.

(1) ACBD (2) ABCD (3) ADCB (4) BCDA (5) BDCA

10. 1. Climate change will trigger a chain of events that is likely to prompt an increase in HIV rates

world wide, an expert has warned.

A. Daniel Tarantola of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said the disadvantage in

developing countries must be addressed if the world is to prevent a dramatic escalation of the

HIV epidemic as well as other health problems.

B. "It was clear soon after the emergence of the HIV epidemic that discrimination, gender

inequality and lack of access to essential services have made some populations more vulnerable

than others, "Tarantola said on Wednesday.

C. "Today, additional threats are lurking on the horizon as the global economic situation

deteriorates, food scarcity worsens and climate change begins to affect those who were already

dependent on survival economies," Tarantola said.

D. David Cooper, also of UNSW, said: “Science has achieved great strides towards shaping a more

effective response to HIV.

6. Yet research has not succeeded in producing the hoped-for 'magic bullets' of either a cure or a

vaccine.”

(1) BACD (2) DCBA (3) CDBA (4) ABCD (5) ADCB

DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 14: Fill in the blanks with the correct option given below:

11. Rich in local color, the undercurrents that run beneath the seemingly ………… surroundings of the

sleepy village are explored in fluid prose.

(1) pristine (2) idyllic (3) clarity (4) liquid (5) lazy

12. With models and beauty queens becoming ……..for the youth, fashion is a …… sector.

(1) icons; thriving (2) idols; recommended (3) ideals; booming (4) None of these (5)

mentors; slowing

13. Leaving the country of one's ……… for a new land is a major decision but globalization has taken

away the fear and lessened the anxiety.

(1) growth (2) death (3) birth (4) progress (5) family




14. As the second generation of the post 1965 Indian immigrants come of age in America, we are

beginning to see a wealth of literature as well as critical essays in which they …………… and

…………. their experiences.

(1) chronicle; analyse (2) extend; elaborate (3) list; expunge (4) sort; practice (5)

decry ;dissuade

DIRECTIONS for questions 15 to 17: Read the passage and answer whether the statements that

follow are:

(A) a logical conclusion to the passage.

(B) a contradiction to the intent of the passage.

(C) a far-fetched conclusion.

(D) Irrelevant to the passage.

Passage

Ramesh Melwani joined a leading leather company. An entrepreneur-driven, fast growing, exporter of

leather accessories, the company had been doubling its turnover every year for the last six years.

Melwani joined with a 2.5-fold jump in salary. Within a week he was back in his old company. Reason:

he couldn't survive the ruthless, 16-hour-a-day regimen, where the individual was given no respect.

Today he's a lot poorer, a lot happier.

15. High salaries do not necessarily motivate or help retain talent in an organisation.

16. The entrepreneur alone can make or break an organisation.

17. The irrevocable bottom line in the new age organisations is human resource development.

DIRECTIONS for question 18 Relate to the following passage and answer the question:

An important question remains: Why has atheism and skepticism toward religion suddenly emerged as

a question of great current interest, at least among the literate, in the past few years? Clearly something

has happened to break atheists of their tendency to nurture their disbelief privately and to keep their

opinions to themselves.

It seems obvious that politics has a lot to do with this, specifically the cultivation of the religious right

as a phalanx of conservative storm-troopers who are rewarded by conservative politicians by having

their singular dogmas incorporated, as much as possible, into public policy. The increasing pressure on

women’s reproductive rights, the suppression of stem cell research and, most egregiously, the fresh

intrusion of creationism into public schools are primary instances of this. Beyond these concrete

horrors, there is no escaping the fact that the miasma of compulsory religiosity has thickened and

diffused throughout society. For instance, one notes, rather queasily, the success of the Evangelicals in

turning the Air Force Academy into a virtual fundamentalist seminary where cadets from all sorts of

backgrounds are relentlessly pressured by officers and upperclassmen into declaring for the Born-

Agains.




Atheists, who, despite polls, have never been all that rare, have come to mistrust the notion that they

can believe as they will, undisturbed, provided they remain discreet about it. The mood fostered by the

religious right seems to tend toward the inquisitorial. Scientists, in particular, representing the one

vocation in which non-belief is the norm, rather than the outlier, have sensibly concluded that the

culture in which they have quietly lived is being attacked at its foundations. It’s one thing to send your

kids to a public school where “under god” is formulaically recited as part of the daily Pledge of

Allegiance. It’s quite another to have your kid’s elementary biology class interrupted by harangues

against ‘Darwinism’, or to see the Bible, taught as literal truth, surreptitiously introduced into the

curriculum. When matter shave come to that pass, scientists, among others, see little point in not

fighting back openly. Thus, one now sees a torrent of books, largely by scientists and sympathetic

philosophers, striking back not only at the enemies of stem-cell research and the proponents of

Intelligent Design Theory, but at the very roots of the cultural tic that provides these miscreants such

fertile ground: supernatural religion predicated upon a supreme being.

Then, too, one must consider the possibility that, as the ostensible religious uniformity of the nation

begins to dissolve, the sort of person who habitually responds to questionnaires about faith by listing

himself as ‘unaffiliated, but a believer’ has, at long last, become more honest with himself and with the

rest of us, frankly acknowledging the deep vein of skepticism underlying his disinclination to become a

churchgoer. I suspect that many of the readers of the New Atheists’ books fall into this category, and

are more willing to let their doubts see the light of day.

18. In the light of your reading of the passage above, identify the option that contains the set of words

CLOSEST in the meaning to the words in CAPITALS:

EGREGIOUS: SKEPTICISM: INQUISITORIAL

(A) blatant: suspicion : intolerant (B) intolerant : certitude : keen

(C) balanced: confident : inane (D) mean : interrogation : impatient

(E) unsure: bored: crazy

DIRECTIONS for Question 19: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last

sentence has been deleted.

From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

19. The difference between the revolutionary and the terrorist lies in the reason for which each fights.

For whoever stands by a just cause and fights for the freedom and liberation of his land from the

invaders, the settlers and the colonialists cannot possibly be called terrorist, otherwise the American

people in their struggle for liberation from the British colonialists would have been terrorists the

European resistance against the Nazis would be terrorism, the struggle of the Asian, African and

Latin American peoples would also be terrorism, and many of you who are in this Assembly hall

were considered terrorists. This is actually a just and proper struggle consecrated by the United

Nations Charter and by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As to those who fight against

the just causes, those who wage war to occupy, colonize and oppress other people, those are the

terrorists.

(1) They are the ones who invade everywhere; they are the ones with no clear goal.

(2) Because the justice of the cause determines the right to struggle.

(3) The end is as important as the means.




(4) I urge everyone present here to resound this with me that the people of Palestine are not terrorist

s.

(5) Not the Asians, not the Africans and not the Latin Americans for sure.

DIRECTIONS for Question 20 to 22: Each of the following passages are followed by an inference or

inferences. Examine each inference separately in the context of the passage. Each inference is denoted

by:

1 if the inference is definitely true, i.e. it directly follows from the statement of facts given.

2 if the inference is probably true, though not directly true, in the light of the statement of facts

given.

3 if the inference is uncertain, i.e. data is insufficient to decide whether the inference is true or

false.

4 if the inference is probably false, though not definitely false, in the light of the statement of

facts given.

5 if the inference is definitely false, i.e. it cannot possibly be inferred from the statement of facts

given.

Choose the option that gives the most appropriate set of conclusions about the inference or inferences.

20. Native Chinese geography begins in the Warring States period (5th century BC). It expands its

scope beyond the Chinese homeland with the growth of the Chinese Empire under the Han Dynasty.

It enters its golden age with the invention of the compass in the 11th century (Song Dynasty) and

peaks with 15th century (Ming Dynasty) Chinese exploration of the Pacific under admiral Zheng

He.

Inference: China was ruled by the Han dynasty at some point of time in its history.

(1) Option 1 (2) Option 2 (3) Option 3 (4) Option 4 (5) Option 5

21. Pop music is an ample and imprecise category of modern music not defined by artistic

considerations but by its potential audience or prospective market. Pop is music composed with

deliberate intent to appeal to the majority of its contemporaries.

Inference: Pop music is more commercial in nature than all other forms of music.


22. A compass (or mariner compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the Earth. It

consists of a magnetized pointer free to align itself accurately with Earth's magnetic field, which is

of great assistance in navigation.

Inference: Most modern ships use a compass to navigate their way around oceans.


DIRECTIONS for Question 23 to 25:Each of the questions below has a set of sequentially

ordered statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:




A. Facts, which deal with the pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which

are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an

‘F’)

B. Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the

answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘I’)

C. Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects,

situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates

such a statement with a ‘J’)

Select the answer option that best describes the set of statements.

23. A. Community is our stickiest glue, and nothing bonds us as willingly as our clan food.

B. So, even if Bhajji now bats for Mumbai, nothing will ever make us stop rooting for the kind

of roti we ate in our childhood kitchens.

C. The handi that rocked our cradle will always rule our world.

D. Cities also have a culinary DNA, and it is not easy to auction them off to the highest pizza

franchise.

E. It is worse for cities which stagger under the burden of their legendary cuisines.

(1) IJIJI (2) JIJIJ (3) IIJJI (4) JJJJJ (5) JJIIJ

24. A. No one needs to be reminded of the ferment which is moving in the world of social affairs, of

the obscure but powerful tendencies which are forcing society out of its grooves and leaving

it, aspiring but dubious, in new and uncharted regions.

B. This may affect different minds in different ways.

C. Time- honoured political and economic formulae are become "old clothes" for an awakened

and ardent generation, and before the new garments are quite ready the old one’s are shed.

D. The blessed word "reconstruction" is often mentioned.

(1) JIJF (2) JFFF (3) JFJI (4) IIJI (5) JIJI

25. A. It seems that men are not satisfied that society has really developed so successfully as it

might have done; many believe that it finds itself in a cul-de-sac.

B. The experienced can see that many of the offered reforms are but the repetition of old

mistakes which will involve us in the same unhappy cycle of disillusion and failure.

C. It is not to be wondered, if men everywhere are seeking for a sign, a glimpse of a scheme of

life, a view of reality, a hint of human destiny and the true outcome of human effort, to be an

inspiration and a guide to them in their pathetic struggle out of the morass.

D. If Philosophy has anything to say which is to the point, then let Philosophy by all means say

it.

E. The people may indeed expect too much from it, as those who best grasp the measure of

Philosophy's task are the first to urge an outcome.

(1) IFJJF (2) FFIJJ (3) IFJJI (4) JFJJJ (5) FFJJJ

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING.




26. If it is true that ‘Neither sham is true nor it is practical’, then which one of the following

statements is true?

(1) Sham is true; however, it is not practical.

(2) Sham is true and it is practical.

(3) Sham is practical and untrue.

(4) Sham is not practical and it is not true.

(5) None of the above.

27. Identify the statement which is False, if it is true that ‘no people other than the members of the

club are allowed inside the club premises’.

(1) Some people are members of the club.

(2) All members of the club may be allowed inside the club premises.

(3) All people are allowed inside the club premises.

(4) All those who are allowed inside the club premises are members of the club.

(5) None of the above.

DIRECTIONS for Questions 28 and 31:

In this caselet whole numbers (not fractions of numbers) from 1 to 26 have been replaced by different

letters of the alphabet. The sums below will enable you to crack the code. NB - The only arithmetical

signs used in this puzzle are ‘+’ (plus), ‘–’ (minus) and ‘× ’ (times).

1. A + B = C 9. R + J = S

2. D = E + F 10. S + T = U

3. F × F = G 11. W = N + Q

4. H = I + J 12. V + V = W

5. K = L + M 13. X × Y = K

6. M × M = N 14. Y + B = Z

7. N + F = O 15. Z = P + S

8. P× Q = R

28. If 62G20 ≤≤ then G = ?

1. 21 2. 27 3. 25 4. 36 5. 40

29. If K = 24 and X is prime then Y = ?

1. 8 2. 6 3. 12 4. 24 5. 36

30. If S = 13 then R = ?

1.10 2.12 3. 9 4. 8 5. 6

31. If N is a square of a number which is the square of a prime number then N = ?

1. 81 2. 16 3. 625 4. 256 5. 125

DIRECTIONS for Questions 32 to 35: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given

below.

Devendra has 15 different locks viz. L1, L2 through L15 The locks were classified into three categories

based upon their number of levers. L1, L15, L13 and L4 were of 8 levers each. L6, L2, L7, L9 and L14

were of6 levers each and the remaining locks were of 10 levers each. He selects five out of these fifteen




locks on each of the eight consecutive days viz. Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 and

Day 8. On each day he tries to unlock the selected locks but is successful in unlocking only one of the

selected locks. If he unlocks any lock on a particular day, that lock is not selected by him on the

subsequent days. It is also known that out of the locks unlocked by him, the number of locks of 6 levers

is less than the number of locks of 8 levers. The following table gives details about the locks selected

by him on the given six days.

Day 1 L1 L7 L8 L4 L11

Day 2 L3 L15 L14 L12 L8

Day 3 L2 L7 L15 L9 L10

Day 4 L15 L13 L10 L3 L6

Day 5 L2 L15 L9 L10 L5

Day 6 L13 L6 L1 L8 L10

Day 7 L14 L11 L8 L2 L13

Day 8 L5 L6 L10 L14 L11

32. On how many days it is possible to uniquely determine which lock was unlocked by Devendra?

(1) Three (2) Four (3) Five (4) Six (5) Seven

33. If after day 8 Devendra found that aggregate levers of all the locks that he has unlocked is

minimum then the lever of the lock unlocked on day 7 is

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 10 (4) Either (1) or (2) (5) Either (1) or (3)

Additional Information for questions 34 & 35: After Day 8 Devendra found that aggregate levers of

all the locks that he has unlocked is more than 64 but not more than 68.

34. Which of the following locks is definitely unlocked by Devendra?

(1) L15 (2) L13 (3) L10 (4) L11 (5)

Cannot be determined

35. If L9 is not unlocked and L8 is unlocked by Devendra, then which of the following can be the

lock that is unlocked by him?

(1) L2 (2) L5 (3) L11 (4) L14 (5) L10

DIRECTIONS for Questions 36 to 39 : Refer to the following data :

In the Institute of Physical Education in Moskwa, grades are awarded according to the following

arrangement :

If percentage score is upto 10 – Grade I

If percentage score is more than 10 and upto 25 – Grade H

If percentage score is more than 25 and upto 37 – Grade G

If percentage score is more than 37 and upto 50 – Grade F

If percentage score is more than 50 and upto 60 – Grade E

If percentage score is more than 60 and upto 70 – Grade D




If percentage score is more than 70 and upto 80 – Grade C

If percentage score is more than 80 and upto 90 – Grade B

If percentage score is more than 90 and upto 100 – Grade A

Following table gives raw scores for four students of the institute, stored in a computer. Scores of

Evanova, however, have been lost due to an error.

1st Semester 2nd

Semester

3rd

Semester

4th

Semester

Anne 38 89 93 0

Bette 51 71 65 21

Cynthia 71 28 70 10

Debora 80 25 83 90

Evanova

It is known that a grade each (out of the four) of Evanova is common with (same as) another student’s

grade (though not necessarily of the same semester). However, one of Cynthia’s grades is the same as

Evanova’s in the same semester. Bette’s two of the grades are same as Evanova’s but in different

semesters. Similarly, Debora’s two of the grades are also same as Evanova’s but in different semesters.

Anne has only one grade common with Evanova (that too in a different semester).

Except as mentioned above, the students have no common grades.

36. What is the minimum marks that Evanova could have received in any one semester ?

1. 0 2. 11 3. 26 4. 38 5. 40

37. Evanova’s grades are same as Cynthia’s in which of the following semesters ?

1. 1st 2. 2nd 3. 3rd 4. 4th

5. None

38. If grade F and lower grades are termed ‘fail grades’, how many ‘fail grades’ were awarded to the

five students during the four semesters ?

1. 6 2. 7 3. 8 4. 9 5. 10

39. If it is assumed for want of availability of actual marks that Evanova’s score for any semester is

mid-value of the class corresponding to the grade, her cumulative score for the four semesters was

nearest to which other student’s score ?

1. Anne 2. Bette 3. Cynthia 4. Debora 5. Anne & Bette both

DIRECTIONS for 40 to 43: Answer each of these questions independently:

40. From a bag containing 100 balls, one ball weighs 9 grams and all the other weigh 10 grams

each. Using a simple balance where balls can be kept on either pan, what is the minimum

weighs required to identify the defective ball?

(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 7 (5) Cannot be determined




41. Blue ties go only with yellow or brown jackets. Red ties go only with brown or blue

jackets. White shoes go only with blue ties or brown jackets. Which of the following is a valid

dressing combination?

(1) White shoes, Brown jackets and Blue ties.

(2) Brown jacket, Red tie and White shoes.

(3) White shoes, Blue jacket and Red ties.

(4) Blue Jacket, White Tie, Red Shoes

(5) All of the above.

42. 4 books were distributed among 3 friends, such that each received atleast 1 book. X

received Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead. Y did not receive any Ayn Rand book. Z did not receive

Stephen Covey’s 7 habits or Shiv Khera’s Born to win. If the fourth book was Ayn Rand’s

Night of January 16th, who received the 7 habits?

(1) X (2) Y (3) Z (4) Indeterminate (5) None

43. There are 100 statements written on the board. Statement 1 is “only 1 statement among

the 100 is false”. Statement 2 is “ only 2 statements among the 100 are false”. Hence each nth

statement reads “Only n statements among the 100 are false”. How many statements on the

board are true if the last statement is “Only 100 statements among the 100 are false”?

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 50 (4) Indeterminate (5) 99

DIRECTIONS for questions 44 & 45: Refer to the data below.

Vibha has a choice of the following fruits for dinner - oranges, mangoes, bananas, pineapple, peaches,

apples, guavas, and sweet lime. Given below is some additional information: Oranges and sweet lime

are citrous fruits. Vibha has four fruits for dinner on any given day. Vibha does not have citrous fruits

along with mangoes. Vibha eats peaches only if she eats sweet lime. Vibha has at least one of the three

fruits - bananas, guavas, apples - everyday. Only one unit of any fruit can be eaten.

44. If Vibha eats peaches, which of the following fruits can she not eat on the same day?

(1) Banana (2) Guava (3) Mango (4) Orange (5) Apples

45. Vibha eats sweet lime and guavas, then the number of possible combinations is

(1) 10 (2) 14 (3) 20 (4) 16 (5) 24

PROBLEM SOLVING

Q46. Bhuvanesh alone can build a wall in 15 days while Kalpesh can demolish the same by himself in

25 days. If Bhuvanesh starts working on odd date, Gurneet helps him. Ivneet helps Kalpesh only if

Gurneet helps Bhuvanesh. In a day, Gurneet does half as much work as Kalpesh and Ivneet does half as

much work as Bhuvanesh. Find the minimum number of days required to build the wall if Bhuvanesh

abd Kalpesh work on alternate days?

1) 150 2) 75 3) 151 4) 201 5) None of these

Q47. The hundred’s place digit of (251)^148 is

1) 0 2) 1 3) 5 4) 4




Q48. In a cricket match between India and Pakistan, 5 batsmen scored centuries. If 11 batsmen from

each team batted, how many different sets of batsmen could have scored centuries?

1) 25132 2) 26434 3) 26334 4) 29262 5) None of these

Q49. Of all the dresses she has, Kiza wears only the Red one, the green one and the Blue one to office.

She dresses up in the following manner: She does not wear Red dress on any 2 consecutive days. She

wears Green dress only if she has worn the blue dress on the previous day. In how many ways can she

dress up for office on the 5 working days Monday to Friday, if she wants to wear the red dress at least

once?

1) 36 2) 33 3) 45 4) 21 5) None of these

Q50. 6 countries send their Prime ministers and Presidents for a UN conclave. In a round of 6

discussions, held at the conclave, each discussion was between a Prime minister and a President both

from different countries. Find the total number of ways in which this conclave could have been

conducted?

1) 984 2) 265 3) 1412 4) 1628 4) None of these.

Q51. Ankit and Arpit started a cycle race from A to reach B. Arpit cycled at ¾th of Ankit’s speed.

Ankit broke some rules and as a penalty had to go back to A after covering half the distance and then

resumed the race. How long did Arpit take to finish the race if he won by 10 minutes?

1) 20 min 2) 25 min 3) 45 min 4) 80 min

Directions for Ques 7 and 8. In a survey conducted on a group of 366 women over what they like about

men, it was found that out of the total women who liked men for their sense of humour, 30% liked men

with a good bank balance. A total of 90 women liked men for their bank balance only and the number

of women liking men for their sense of humour and good looks was same as the number of women

liking men for their good looks and bank balance. The ratio of the number of women liking men for

their sense of humour and for their good looks was 2:3. No women liked men for all the 3 qualities.

Q52. If the number of women liking men for their bank balance and sense of humour was 1.5 times the

number of women liking men for their sense of humour and good looks, what was the number of

women who liked men for their good looks only?

1) 86 2) 100 3) 120 4) 132 5) None of these.

Q53. If the number of women who liked men only for their sense of humour was 24, what was the

number of women who liked men for their good looks and bank balance?

1) 73 2) 74 3) 265 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these.

Q54. (100)! Is written in base 21. How many Zeroes will it have on the right of 1st non-zero digit from

the right?

1) 24 2) 48 3) 12 3) 14 5) 16

Q55. Zion Education, a CAT coaching institute, has a weird teacher, who teaches Maths through

games. He writes two different linear expressions on 2 chits, namely (7 – x) and ( 3 + x). Everyday he

asks 2 students to chose one chit each and asks a third one to assign an integral value to the variable x.

The student who gets the maximum value for the expression on his chit, for this value of ‘x’, gets a

number of chocolates equal to the value of the expression. What is the minimum number of chocolates

the teacher would have to give away at the end of 7 days, if the 3rd

student assigns a different value to x

everyday?

1) 35 2) 47 3) 56 4) 21 5) None of these




Q56. 3 friends Magnum, Maggi and Maggu rolled a dice 3 times each. The outcomes were such that:

i) For each of them, the 3 outcomes were distinct.

ii) For all of them, the sum of the outcomes was the same and was more than 10.

iii) Only one outcome was the same between any two of the 3 friends.

Which of the following cannot be the common outcome between any 2 of the 3 friends?

1) 4 2) 2 3) 6 4) 3 5) None of these.

Q57. Rituanjay marks up his goods by x% and then gives a discount of y% and thus makes a profit of

53%. If he had marked his goods up by y% and then given a discount of x%, then he would have

suffered a loss of 77%. What is the value of x? The cost price of goods is Rs.100

1) 45 2) 15 3) 80 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these.

Q58. 2 sqaures are selected at random on a 8 x 8 chess board. What is the probability that they have a

side in common.

1) 1/6 2) 1/12 3) 1/18 4) 1/9 5) It’s not possible

Q59. A merchant navy ship with 9 different holes vertically aligned in its hull springs a leak in any of

it’s 3 consecutive holes if 3 consecutive holes are closed. Find the number of ways in which it can

spring a leak.

1) 10 2) 18 3) 17 4) 20 5) None of these

Q60. Kiza and Fiza are twins. They are going for their CAT classes at Zion Education, which is 20

kms away from their home. They have 1 bicycle but they hate travelling with each other as people

misunderstand Kiza for Fiza and Fiza for Kiza. They decide that Kiza will walk first and Fiza will go

by bicycle and will leave at Delhi University Metro Station, where from Kiza will pick the bicycle and

will go to Zion. Kiza walks at 5 k/h and cycles at 12 k/h while Fiza walks at 4 k/h and cycles at 10 k/h.

They started from their house at the same time. How far should be Delhi University Metro Station from

their house given that Kiza and Fiza reach Zion at the same time.

1) 7.5 km 2) 10 km 3) 12.5 km 4) 14.5 km 5) Data Insufficient

Q61. 2 cards are drawn at random from a standard pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that 1 of the

cards is King and another Hearts?

1) 1/13 2) C(4, 1) * C(13, 1) / C(52, 2) 3) 1/26 4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

Q62. Given that LogX (LogY (Logz p))) = 0, where each of x, y and z can assume values among 3, 27

and 81 only. If the product of all possible values of ‘p’ is represented in the form of 3^n, then what is

the value of ‘n’?

1) 400 2) 480 3) 520 4) 360 4) 380

Q63. In a regular hexagon having a diagonal of length 56 cm, how many equilateral triangles of side 4

cm can one fit provided no triangle will overlap or intersect with each other?




1) 294 2) 60 3) 90 4) 45 5) None of these

Q64. 2^100 – 1 is written in base 2. How many 1’s will it have?

1) 95 2) 100 3) 101 4) 105 5) None of these

Q65. D, E and F are the points on sides BC, CA and AB of triangle ABC such that BD = DC; CE = 2

EA; AF = 3 FB. A(Tri DEF) =

1) ½ A( ABC) 2) ¾ A( ABC) 3) 7/24 A( ABC) 4) ½ A( ABC)

Q66. Kripa singh uses a faulty weighing machine. The left pan of his beam balance is 200 gms heavier

then the right pan. He uses the same beam balance while buying as well as selling. Assuming that he

uses the beam balance logically, what is his overall profit percent.

1) 16.66% 2) 20% 3) 44.44% 4) 50% 5) cannot be determined

67. If N = (2012 + 201) – (199

2 + 199), then what is the remainder when N is divided by 399?

1. 0 2. 2 3. 4 4. 399 5. None of these

68. What is the remainder when ( )[ ]232 3857+ is divided by 17?

1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3 5. 4

69. If any 4 whole numbers are chosen randomly and multiplied to each other, then what is the

probability that the last digit of the product thus obtained is 1, 3, 7 or 9?

1.

4

5

2

2.

4

2

1

3.

4

2

15

4.

5

5

2

5

1

5. None of these

70. Let {an} be strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that a2 = 2, amn = am an for m, n

co prime. What is the value of a100=?

1. 99 2. 100 3. 101 4. Indeterminable 5. None of these

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