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Dr. T.K. Jain.
AFTERSCHOOOL
Centre for social entrepreneurship
Bikaner
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Read the passage and answer:
 There are 8 rooms and 6 friends (2 empty –
one on 1st floor & 2nd floor each) on a 4
storey building (2 rooms on each storey).
Heaviest lives on top floor. Lightest live on
ground floor. R is heavier than Q, who is
heavier than U. T is lighter than S. Q is on
top floor and R is on the floor where
lightest person live. P is neither heaviest
nor lightest. There are only 2 persons
heavier than R – P is lighter than R. who
lives where?

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Solution:
 S>T>R> P / Q>U
 Top floor: Q,S (sure)

 2nd floor: P / T (we are not sure)

 1st floor: T/ P (we are not sure)

 Ground floor: R,U (sure)

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DATA SUFFICIENCY QUESTION:
 How long Mr. Vineet take for 500 Km
journey with 10 stopovers?
1. The ith stopover lasted i^2 minutes

2. Average speed between any two

stoppage was 25 km / hour.
Solution: answer requires both the
statements.

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D.S.
 A,B,C are consecutive integers in
ascending order. What is value of A?
1. B = (a+c) /2

2. AC = -1

Solution: answer can be drawn from 2nd

statement alone. First statement is not
required. A = -1, B = 0 and C = 1

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D.S
 At afterschoool, some students study
social marketing, some study
international finance. Some study both.
What fraction of students study both the
subjects.
1. ¾ study social marketing
2. 2/3 study international finance

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Solution:
¾ +2/3 = 17/12.
 Thus 17/12 – 1 = 5/12 study both the
subjects.
 Thus both the statements are required.

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D.S. : what is the value of prime
number X?
1. x^2 +x is a 2digit number greater than
50.
2. X^3 is 3 digit number.

Solution:
From first statement alone – prime number
is 7.

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D.S. : what is price of one
Sankhla icecream of Bikaner?
1. Selling price is 25% more than cost.
2. Seller makes profit of Rs. 100 on every
25 icecreams sold.
Solution:
Answer can be drawn from both the
statements. Selling price is (100/25)
*125/25 = 20 per piece.

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A train is going from Bikaner to
Jodhpur another is coming from
Jodhpur to Bikaner. Which train is
faster?

1. First train reaches Station X

(somewhere between Bikaner and
Jodhpur) before second train.
2. Station X is closer to Bikaner than
Jodhpur.
Solution: answer cannot be determined by
both the statements.

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What is the price of one
chocolate?
1. Seller makes 20% profit on selling
price.
2. Seller earns Rs. 200 by selling 20
icecreams.
Solution:
Answer cannot be drawn from both the
statement.

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D.S. : Vivek takes train at station X
to A. there are many three stations
P,Q,R, stations (no necessarily in
this order). What is order of PQR?
1. Balmukund takes train at Q.
2. Pradeep travels for two journey
segments with (3 stations) Vivek – but at
that time Balmukund is not present. He
travels upto R.
Solution:
Order is : X,P,R,Q,A.

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WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF
BITTHAL PICKING UP TWO SHIRTS
OF DIFFERENT COLOURS FROM A
LOT?
1. THERE ARE 5 RED AND 5 BLACK
SHIRTS
2. BITTHAL PREFERS BLACK SHIRT.

SOLUTION:
FROM FIRST STATEMENT ALONE.

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 ABOUT AFTERSCHOOOL
Afterschoool conducts three year integrated PGPSE (after
class 12th along with IAS / CA / CS) and 18 month PGPSE
(Post Graduate Programme in Social Entrepreneurship)
along with preparation for CS / CFP / CFA /CMA / FRM. This
course is also available online also. It also conducts
workshops on social entrepreneurship in schools and
colleges all over India – start social entrepreneurship club in
your institution today with the help from afterschoool and help
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Why such a programme?
 To promote people to take up entrepreneurship
and help develop the society
 To enable people to take up franchising and
other such options to start a business / social
development project
 To enable people to take up social
development as their mission
 To enable people to promote spirituality and
positive thinking in the world

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Who are our supporters?
 Afterschoolians, our past beneficiaries,
entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs
are supporting us.
 You can also support us – not
necessarily by money – but by being
promotor of our concept and our ideas.

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About AFTERSCHOOOL PGPSE – the best
programme for developing great entrepreneurs

 Most flexible, adaptive but rigorous programme

 Available in distance learning mode
 Case study focused- latest cases
 Industry oriented practical curriculum
 Designed to make you entrepreneurs – not just an employee
 Option to take up part time job – so earn while you learn
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Workshops from
AFTERSCHOOOL
 IIF, Delhi
 CIPS, Jaipur
 ICSI Hyderabad Branch
 Gyan Vihar, Jaipur
 Apex Institute of Management, Jaipur
 Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur
 Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar
 Pacific Institute, Udaipur
 Engineering College, Hyderabad

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Flexible Specialisations:
 Spiritualising business and society
 Rural development and transformation
 HRD and Education, Social Development
 NGO and voluntary work
 Investment analysis,microfinance and inclusion
 Retail sector, BPO, KPO
 Accounting & Information system (with CA / CS /CMA)
 Hospital management and Health care
 Hospitality sector and culture and heritage
 Other sectors of high growth, high technology and social
relevance

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Salient features:
 The only programme of its kind (in the whole world)
 No publicity and low profile course
 For those who want to achieve success in life – not just a degree
 Indepth knowledge and expertise
 Professional approac: World class approach
 Strong intellectual and business capabilities
 Flexible – you may stay for a month and continue the rest of the
education by distance mode. / you may attend weekend classes
 Scholarships for those from poor economic background
 Latest and constantly changing curriculum – keeping pace with the
time
 Placement for those who are interested
 Admissions open throughout the year
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Components
 Pedagogy curriculum and approach based on IIM Ahmedabad and ISB
Hyderabad (the founder is alumnus from IIMA & ISB Hyderabad)
 Meditation, spiritualisation, and self development
 Essential softwares for business
 Business plan, Research projects
 Participation in conferences / seminars
 Workshops on leadership, team building etc.
 Written submissions of research projects/articles / papers
 Interview of entrepreneurs, writing biographies of entrepreneurs
 Editing of journals / newsletters
 Consultancy / research projects
 Assignments, communication skill workshops
 Participation in conferences and seminars
 Group discussions, mock interviews, self development diaryng
 Mind Power Training & writing workshop (by Dr. T.K.Jain)

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Pedagogy
 Case analysis,
 Articles from Harvard Business Review
 Quiz, seminars, workshops, games,
 Visits to entrepreneurs and industrial visits
 Presentations, Latest audio-visuals
 Group discussions and group projects
 Periodic self assessment
 Mentoring and counselling
 Study exchange programme (with institutions out of India)
 Rural development / Social welfare projects

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Branches
 AFTERSCHOOOL will shortly open its
branches in important cities in India
including Delhi, Kota, Mumbai, Gurgaon
and other important cities.
Afterschooolians will be responsible for
managing and developing these
branches – and for promoting social
entrepreneurs.

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Case Studies
 We want to write case studies on social
entrepreneurs, first generation
entrepreneurs, ethical entrepreneurs.
Please help us in this process. Help us
to be in touch with entrepreneurs, so that
we may develop entrepreneurs.

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Basic values at afterschoool
 Share to learn more
 Interact to develop yourself
 Fear is your worst enemy
 Make mistakes to learn
 Study & discuss in a group
 Criticism is the healthy route to mutual support and help
 Ask fundamental questions : why, when, how & where?
 Embrace change – and compete with yourself only

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