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Paper-I : Ap
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Apttit
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SECTION - A
Analytical & Quantitative Aptitude Questions

A cuboid is painted in 6 colours Green, Blue,

Yellow, Violet, Red and Orange. Two positions are
shown below :
Orange

This section contains 7 multiple choice questions numbered

1 to 7. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY
ONE is correct.
Green

Choose the correct answer :

1.

Yellow

Blue

Which two numbers come next in the sequence?

0

26

28

* Red

Green

Orange

Violet

(1) 63, 65
(2) 36, 39
(3) 36, 49

What is the colour of the zone marked with

mark?

(4) 56, 63
2.

The sides of a quadrilateral are all positive integers

and three of them are 5, 10, 20. How many possible
values are there for the fourth side?
5.

(1) 29
(2) 31

(1) Green

(2) Yellow

(3) Violet

(4) Blue

A sheet of paper is folded along the arrows and

then cut in the manner shown in the following
figures. How would it look like when unfolded?

(3) 32
(4) 34
3.

If the volume of a sphere increases by 72.8%, then

its surface area increases by
(1) 20%

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(2) 24%
(3) 40%
(4) 44%

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6.

7.

Sample Paper

Two lines BD and GD are drawn on the faces of an

imaginary cube shown below. Both lines converge at
point D. Can you calculate the angle between these
B
C
two diagonal lines?
(1) 90
A
D
(2) 120
E
(3) 60
(4) 75
G
F
Mira is eleventh from either end of a row of girls.
How many girls are there in that row?
(1) 20
(2) 21
(3) 22
(4) 23

(v) D is the father of B, the grandfather of G and is

an engineer.
(vi) No lady is either an Engineer or a Lawyer.
(vii) G, who is a student, is the grandson of E.
10. Which one of the following is a married couple?
(1) BF

(2) AC

(3) BD

(4) DE

SECTION - C
General Knowledge
This section contains 5 multiple choice questions numbered
11 to 15. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY
ONE is correct.

SECTION - B
Verbal & Reading Aptitude Questions

11. The Vice-President is elected by

This section contains 3 multiple choice questions numbered

8 to 10. Each question has 4 choices, out of which ONLY
ONE is correct.

(1) The people

(2) The electoral college which elects the President

8.

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the

following sentence :
The Kings __________ fell ill during his journey and
was unable to negotiate on his behalf when he
arrived at the economic summit.
(1) Zealot
(2) Emissary
(3) Miscreant
(4) Denizen
9. Given below are four sentences. Each has a pair of
words that are italicized and highlighted. Select the
most appropriate word (A or B) to form correct
sentences. The sentences are followed by options
that indicate the words, which may be selected to
correctly complete the set of sentences. From the
options given, choose the most appropriate one
(A) We were not successful in defusing (A) /
diffusing (B) the gurus idea
(B) The hoard (A) / horde (B) rushed into the
campus
(C) They heard the bells peeling (A) / pealing (B)
far and wide
(D) Jeans that flair (A) / flare (B) at the bottom, are
in fashion these days
(1) BBBA
(2) BBBB
(3) BBAA
(4) BBAB
Direction for Q.No. 10 : Using the following information,
answer the question that follow :
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of
the family.
(ii) Six of them have a different profession of
Accountant, Lawyer, Teacher, Manager, Doctor,
Engineer and one is a student.
(iii) There are two married couples in the family.
(iv) A and Fs professions are Accountant and
Doctor respectively.

(3) The members of both Houses of Parliament

(4) Also by the members of the State Legislatures
12. Aqua regia used by alchemists to separate silver
and gold is a mixture of
(1) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and nitric acid
(concentrated)
(2) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric
acid (concentrated)
(3) Nitric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid
(concentrated)
(4) Hydrochloric acid (dilute) and sulphuric acid
(dilute)
13. What was the motto for the 2010 Common Wealth
Games?
(1) Come out and play (2) Participate and enjoy
(3) Fight to win

(4) Jeet lo

14. Which of the following books has not been written

by Marx?
(1) The Communist Manifesto
(2) Das Capital
(3) Wealth of the Nations
(4) The Critique of Political Economy
15. As we all know Child labour is totally banned in
India. As per the Child Labour Prohibition &
Regulation Act, Child means a person who has
not completed
(1) 18 years of his/her age
(2) 16 years of his/her age
(3) 14 years of his/her age
(4) 20 years of his/her age

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Paper II : Science & Mathemat

ics
Mathematics
16. Find the equivalent resistance between C and D
R

20. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

(1) Boron rods are used as control rods in nuclear
reactors

R
B

C
R

2R

(2) Biogas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide,

hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide

2R
2R

(3) Nuclear fission is involved in making of atom

bomb

R
A

2R
R

(4) 200 keV energy is released in nuclear fission

reactions

D
R

21. Alums used for purifying water are chemically

(1) R

(2) 4R

(3) 2R

(4) R/2

(1) Double chlorides

(2) Double sulphates

17. Four wires of a cube of side a carry equal current i

in the direction shown in figure. If a uniform magnetic

field (B ) along positive y-axis exists in space, then

(3) Sulphates of aluminium

(4) Hydrated nitrates
22. Which of these reactions will not occur?

(i) The force on wire 1 is in negative x-direction

(ii) The force on wire 2 is in negative z-direction

(1) Copper rod kept in silver nitrate solution

(iii) The force on wire 3 is zero

(2) Zinc rod kept in iron sulphate solution

(iv) The force on wire 4 is in positive z-direction

z

(3) Iron rod kept in magnesium sulphate solution

(4) Zinc rod kept in copper sulphate solution

23. Which of the following acts as the reducing agent in

a thermite reaction?

2
4
1

(1) Carbon

(2) Aluminium
(3) Hydrogen sulphide

x
(1) (i) & (ii) are true

(4) Hydrogen
24. Match the following in Column-I with Column-II

(2) (iii) & (iv) are true

(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) are true but (iv) is wrong

Column- I

Column- II

(4) All are correct

(Chemical Name)

(Common Name)

18. A bar magnet is falling freely through a conducting

ring. The acceleration of the magnet is
(1) Equal to g
(2) Greater than g
(3) Less than g
(4) Net upward acceleration

a. Sodium carbonate

(i) Baking soda

b. Sodium hydrogen
carbonate

(ii) Bleaching powder

c. Calcium sulphate
hemihydrate

(iii) Soda ash

d. Calcium oxychloride (iv) Plaster of Paris

19. What is current in a gas discharge tube if 3.0 1017

electrons and 2.0 1016 positive ions pass through a
cross-section of the tube each second?

(1) a(iv), b(i), c(iii), d(ii)

(2) a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(ii)

(1) 0.0448 A

(2) 0.448 A

(3) a(iii), b(iv), c(i), d(ii)

(3) 0.51 A

(4) 0.051 A

(4) a(i), b(iii), c(iv), d(ii)

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Sample Paper

25. Arrange the following in increasing order of hydrogen

ion concentration

29. When renal artery carrying waste and excess water

from body enters kidney and forms a capillary

dil. HCl, conc. HCl, dil. NaOH, conc. NaOH, Pure water

cluster known as A which remains associated

with a cup-shaped part of nephron.

(1) dil. HCl < conc. HCl < Pure water < conc.
NaOH < dil. NaOH

Identify A in above statement

(2) conc. NaOH < dil. NaOH < Pure water < dil.
HCl < conc. HCl
(3) conc. NaOH < conc. HCl < Pure water < dil.
NaOH < dil. HCl
(4) conc. NaOH < conc. HCl < dil. NaOH < dil. HCl
< Pure water

(1)

A Tubular part of nephron

(2)

A Malpighian body

(3)

A Glomerulus

(4)

A Bowmans capsule

30. In the diagram given below, choose the correct

answer for labelling indicated by A, B and C

26. The part of human brain which controls the body

temperature and the desire for eating is
(1) Pons

(2) Cerebellum

(3) Medulla

(4) Hypothalamus
27. Identify the mismatched pairs among the following

(1) A Xylem, B Cambium, C Phloem

(i) Basic filtration unit in the kidney Nephron

(2) A Xylem, B Pericycle, C Phloem

(ii) Abnormal increase in RBCs number in blood

Polycythemia

(3) A Pith, B Phloem, C Xylem

(4) A Xylem, B Cambium, C Pericycle
31. Sides of ABC are subdivided into six equal parts as
shown in the figure below. Areas of P2Q3R4 and
ABC are in the ratio

(iii) Diaphragm dome-shaped Expiration

(iv) Oxyntic cellsPepsinogen
(v) Guard cellsOnly green epidermal cells with
thick outer wall

A
R1
R2
R3
R4

Select the correct option among the following

alternatives
(1) (i), (iii) & (v) only

R5

(2) (i), (ii) & (iv) only

(3) (i), (iv) & (v) only

(4) (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) only

28.

Manufactures
protein

P1

(3) 9 : 16

Packages and
dispatches them
to target

Q4
Q5

(1) 3 : 16

Q1
Q2
Q3

C
P2 P3 P4 P5
(2) 9 : 64
(4) 2 : 9

32. A tower PQ subtends an angle at point O on the

ground. A flagstaff QR stands on the tower and
subtends angle at the same point O. Height of the
n
tower is 3 times the flagstaff. If OP PR , then
m
tan =

Give the names of cell organelles labelled A and B

respectively in above flow chart
(1) A E.R. and B Vesicle
(2) A R.E.R. and B Golgi apparatus

4n 2 3m2

(3)

4n 2 3m2

(3) A S.E.R. and B Golgi apparatus

(4) A R.E.R. and B Lysosome

nm

(1)

4nm

nm

(2)

4m 2 3n 2

(4)

4m 2 3n 2

3mn

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37. If in ABC, BD AC, BAC = 2, BCD = ,
AB = c, AD = d and CD = e, then find the relation
between c, d and e

33. Find the greatest number of 5 digits, which is

exactly divisible by 7, 10, 15, 21 and 28
(1) 99840

(2) 99900
(3) 99960
(4) 99990
34. 1020 7 is divisible by

(1) 2
(2) 3

(1) c + d = e

(3) 9

(3) c + d = 2e

(4) Both (1) & (2)

2
D

e
2
(4) 2c + d = e

(2) c d

38. A trader professes to sell his goods at a loss of 8%

but weighs 900 g in place of 1 kg weight. His real
loss or gain percent is

35. If both 112 and 33 are the factors of the number

a 4 3 6 2 1311 , then what is the smallest
possible value of a?
(1) 121

(1) 2% loss

(2) 2.22% gain

(3) 2.22% loss

(4) 2% gain

144
times when invested
121
for two years in a scheme where interest is
compounded annually. The same sum of money
shall take X years to triple under simple interest.
X is

(2) 3267

39. A sum of money grows to

(3) 363
(4) 33
36. Rahul and Rajeev share the same birthday. Rahul is
twice as old as Rajeev was when Rahul was as old
as Rajeev is now. If Rahul is 24, how old is Rajeev
now?

(1) 9 years

(2) 18 years

(3) 22 years

(4) 33 years

40. The measure of central tendency that is most

affected by a few large or small values among
observations is

(1) 6
(2) 12
(3) 18

(1) Mean

(2) Median

(4) 24

(3) Mode

(4) Range

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(1)

9.

(2)

17.

(3)

25.

(2)

33.

(3)

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10.

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18.

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26.

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34.

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19.

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27.

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35.

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20.

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28.

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36.

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13.

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21.

(2)

29.

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37.

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6.

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14.

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22.

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30.

(1)

38.

(2)

7.

(2)

15.

(3)

23.

(2)

31.

(4)

39.

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8.

(2)

16.

(1)

24.

(2)

32.

(1)

40.

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