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Directions(Q.) In the following questions, the symbols

$, %, @, © and •* are used with the following meaning as illustrated below-
’P % Q means ’P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. ’P $ Q’ means ’P is neither smaller
than nor equal to Q’. ’P © Q means ’P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
’P * Q’ means ’l” is not greater than Q
’P @ Q’ means ’P is not smaller than Q

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the
three conclusions I, II and III given below them is / are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

1. Statements : _N@D, D*K, K $A

Conclusions : I. K @ N
2. II. A © D
III. N $ A
(A) None is true (B) Only I is hue (C) Only II is true (D) Only III is true
(E) Only II and IH are true

Answer.A

2. Statements :
K @ T, T $ N, N © R
Conclusions : I. R $ K
II. N ir K
III. K $ N
(A) None is true (B) Only I is true (C) Only II is true (D) Only III is true
(E) Only II and III are true

Answer.D

3. Statements :
W % K, K © F, D $ F
Conclusions : I. D $ K
II. D $ W
III. F @ W

(A) Only I and III are true

(B) Only I and II are true
(C) Only II and III are true
(D) All I, H and III are true
(E) None of these

Answer.B

4. Statements :
B at K, K © F, F % R
Conclusions : I. R $ K
” ‘ II. R $ B
III. F $ B
(A) Only I and II are true
(B) Only I and III are true
(C) Only II and III are true
(D) All I, II and III are true
(E) None of these

Answer.D

5. Statements :
H $ M, M % D, D @ K
Conclusions : I. H $ D
II. K * M
III. K © H
(A) Only II is true
(B) Only II and III are true
(C) Only I and III are true
(D) Only I and II are true
(E) All I, H and III are true

Answer.E

Directions— Study the

following information carefully and
answer the questions given below-
A, M, D, P, R, T, B and H are
sitting around a circle facing at the
center. M is third to the left of A who
is second to the left of T. D is second
to the right of H who is second to the
right of T. R is second to the right of B
who is not an immediate neighbor of T.

6. Which of the following combinations represents the first and the

second to the left of B respectively ?
(A) MD (B) DH
(C) AM (D) AR
(E) DM

Answer.E

7. Who is third to the right of T ?

(A) D (B) B
(C) H (D) M
(E) None of these

Answer.D

8 Who is to the immediate left of

H
(A) P (B) M
(C) T (D) R
(E) Data inadequate

Answer.A

9. Who is second to the left of B ?

(A) D
(B) H
(C) M
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these

Answer.C

10. In which of the following combinations the third person is

second to the left of the second person
(A) BAR (B) DBM
(C) TPH (D) PMH
(E) None of these

Answer.B

Directions—Study the
following information carefully and
answer the questions given below—
Following are the conditions for
selecting Manger-Finance in an organization—
The candidate must— —
(i) be at least 30 years and not
more than 35 years as on
1.11,2009.
(ii) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 55 per
cent marks.
(iii) be a post graduate degree /
diploma holder in Management with Finance
specialization with at least
60 per cent marks.
(iv) have post qualification
work experience of at least
six years in the Finance
department of an organisation.
(v) have secured at least 50 per
cent marks in the preliminary interview.
(vi) have secured at least 40 per
cent marks in the final inter-
view.
In the case of a candidate who
satisfies all the above conditions
except-
(a) at (iv) above, but has post
qualification work experience of at least three years as
Deputy Finance Manager in
an oganisation, his/ her case
is to be referred to VP-
Finance.
(b) at (vi) above, but has
obtained at least 60 per cent
marks in the preliminary
interview, his / her candidature is to be considered
under ’wait list’.

ln each question below, details of

one candidate are given. You have to
take one of the following courses of
actions based on the information
provided and the conditions and sub-
conditions given above and mark the
number of that course of action as
your answer. You are not to assume
anything else other than the information provided in each question, All
these cases are given to you as on
1.11.2009. Mark answer ;
(A) lf the candidate is to be
selected.
(B) If the candidate is not to be
selected.
(C) lf the candidate is to be kept
on waiting list.
(D) If the cse is to be referred to
VP-Finance.
(E) If die data provided are not
adequate to take a decision.

11. Neelam lohri has secured 38 per

cent marks in the final inter-
view. She has also secured 65 per `
cent marks in both B, Com. and
post-graduate degree in Finance
Management, She has been
working in the finance department of an organisation for the
past six years after completing
her post-graduate degree. She
was born on 16th August, 1978.
She has secured 63 per cent
marks in the preliminary inter-
views.

Answer.C

12. Anirban Chowdhury was born

on 8th March 1978. He has
secured 65 per cent marks in
B.Sc. and 62 per cent marks in
post-graduate degree in Finance
Management, He has been working in the finance department of
a company for the past seven
years after completing his post
graduation. He has secured 50
percent marks in the final inter-
view and 40 per cent marks in
the preliminary interview.

Answer.B

13. Vaibhav Ioshi has secured 60 per

cent marks in both graduation
and post-graduate diploma in
finance management. He has
been working as deputy finance
manager in an organisation for
the past four years after completing his post-graduate diploma. He has secured 53 per cent
marks in the preliminary interview and 43 per cent marks in
the final interview He was born
on 3rd July 1977.

Answer.D

14. Sudha Motwani was born on

24th March 1977. She has secured
58 per cent marks in BA. and 68
per cent marks in post-graduate
diploma in Finance Management. She has been working in
the finance department of an
organisation for the past eight
years after completing her post
graduation. She has secured 50
per cent marks in both preliminary and final interviews,

Answer.A

15. Ashok Chandra has been working in the finance department of

an organization for the past
seven years after completing his
post-graduate diploma in management with finance specialization with 65 per cent marks. He
has secured 55 per cent marks in
the preliminary interview and
45 per cent marks in the final
interview. He was born on 12th
April, 1976.

Answer.E

16. Suparna Desai has secured 58

per cent marks in graduation
and 68 per cent marks in post-
graduate diploma in finance
management, She has been
working as deputy finance
manager in an organization for
the past four years after completing her post-graduate diploma, She has secured 50 per cent
marks in preliminary interview
and 45 per cent marks in the final
interview. She was born on 26th
August 1977.

Answer.D

17. Balwant Singh was born on 18th

November 1979. He has secured
60 per cent marks in B, Com. and
55 per cent marks in post-
graduate degree in Finance
Management. He has been
working as deputy finance manager in an organisation for the
past five years after completing
his post-graduate degree. He has
secured 54 per cent marks in
preliminary interview and 44 percent marks in final interview.
Answer.B

18. Abhishek Saha was born on Sth

October 1978. He has been working in the finance department of
an organisation for the past six
years after completing his post-
graduate diploma in management with 68 per cent marks. He
has secured 63 per cent marks in
B. Sc. He has also secured 60 per
cent marks in both preliminary
and final interviews.

Answer.A

19. Shikha Rastogi was born on 11di

April 1976. She has secured 68
per cent marks in graduation
and 62 per cent marks in post-
graduate degree in Finance
Management. She has secured 65
per cent marks in preliminary
interview and 35 per cent marks
in final interview. She has been
working in the finance department of an organisation for the
past seven years after completing
her post graduate degree.

Answer.C

20. Navin Shukla has secured 60 per

cent marks in graduation and 64
per cent marks in post graduate
diploma in finance management.
He has been working in the
finance department of a company for the past six years after
completing his post-gaduate
diploma. He has secured 56 per
cent marks in the preliminary
interview and 45 percent marks
in the final interview. He was
born on 28th May 1976.

Answer.A

Directions— Below is
given a passage followed by several
possible inferences which can be
drawn from the facts stated in the
passage. You have to examine each
inference separately in the context
of the passage and decide upon its
degree of truth or falsity. Mark
answer-
(A) lf the inference is ‘definitely
true’, i.e. it properly follows
from the statement of facts
given.
(B) If the inference is ‘probably
true’ though not ‘definitely
true’ in the light of the facts
given.
(C) lf the ’data are inadequate’,
i.e. from the facts given you
cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true
or false.
(D) if the inference is ’pr0bably
false’, though not ‘definitely
false’ in the light of the facts
given.
(E) If the inference is ’definite1y
false’, i.e. it cannot possibly
be drawn from the facts
given or it contradicts the
given facts.
In its most ambitious bid ever to
house 6—crore slum dwellers and
realize the vision of a slum free India,
the government is rolling out a massive plan to build 50 lakh dwelling
units in five years across 400 towns
and cities. The program could free
up thousands of acres of valuable
government land across the country
and generate crores worth of business
for real estate developers. Proliferation of slums has had an adverse
impact on the GDP growth for years.
Slum dwellers are characterized by
low productivity and susceptible to
poor health conditions. The govern-
ment believes that better housing
facilities will address social issues
and also have a multiplier effect and
serve as an economic stimulus.

21. Health and sanitary conditions in

slums are far below the accept-
able norm of human habitat in
Indian cities and towns.

Answer.A

22. Cities and towns of developed

countries are free from slums.

Answer.C

23. Per capita income of slum

dwellers is significantly lower
than those living in better
housing facilities.

Answer.B
24. Majority of the slums in cities
and towns in India are on prime
private properties.

Answer.E

25. Development of land occupied

by slums in cities of India will
not have any effect on the common public.

Answer.D

Directi0ns— In each
question below is given a statement
followed by two courses of action
numbered I and II. A course of action
is a step or administrative decision to
be taken for improvement, follow-up
or further action in regard to the
problem policy, etc. On the basis of
the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything
in the statement to be true, then
decide which of the suggested courses
of action logically follow(s) for pursuing. Give answer-
(A) If only I follows.
(B) It only II follows.
(C) If either I or II follows.
(D) If neither I nor II follows.
(E) If both I and H follow.

26. Statement : A very large number

of people gathered outside the
local police station to submit a
memorandum on behalf of the
residents highlighting police in
action in curbing incidents of
theft and burglary in the neighborhood for the past few months.
Courses of action:
l. The police authority should
form a team of officers to talk
to the representatives of the
residents and assure them
that proper steps will be
taken to stop the menace.
ll. The police authority should
advise the people gathered
outside the police station to
disburse and promise them
quick action.

Answer.A

27. Statement : At least five students

were killed due to a stampede in
one city school as the students
tried to leave the school building
fearing short circuit.
Courses of action :
l. The principal of the school
should immediately be
arrested.
H. The Govt. should immediately order closure of the
school permanently.

Answer.A

28. Statement z Two local passenger

trains collided while running in
opposite directions on the same
track as the signaling system
failed for a brief period.
Courses of action z
I. The services of the motormen
of the trains should immediately be terminated.
Il. The Govt. should immediately constitute a task force to
review the functioning of the signaling system.

Answer.D

29. Statement: Almost ninety per

cent of the flights of one of the
private airline companies were
cancelled for the fourth consecutive day as the pilots refused to
join their duties in protest against
sacking of two of their colleagues
by the airline management.
Courses of action z
l. The management of the
airline company should be
ordered by the Govt. to
immediately reinstate the
sacked pilots to end the crisis.

H. The Govt. should immediately take steps to end the

impasse between the management and the pilots to help
the hapless passengers.

Answer.B

30. Statement: A major part of the

local market in the city was
gutted due to a short circuit
causing extensive damage to
goods and property.
Courses of action:
l. The Govt. should issue strict
guidelines for all establishments regarding installation
and maintenance of electrical
fittings.
H. The Government should relocate all the markets to the
outskirts of the city.

Answer.B
31. Statement : The Govt. has decided to construct an eight-lane
super highway across the state to
facilitate fast movement of
vehicles.
Which of the following can be an
assumption which is implicit in
the above statement ?
(A) The Govt. has adequate
resources to construct the pro-
posed super highway
(B) The people of the state may
protest against the Govt.’s
decision as their farm land will
be taken over by the Govt. for
constructing the highway
(C) The Govt. may find it difficult to enroll a suitable contractor
for constructing the highway
(D) There is no other highway
which can be used for transportation of goods across the state
(E) None of these

Answer.A

32. Statement : It has been reported

in a recent research report that
taller people are found to be
happier than those who are
relatively shorter.
Which of the following contradicts the above finding
(A) People are generally truthful
when they respond to the questions of such research studies
(B) Those people who have a
comfortable lifestyle are found to
be happier than those who lead a
strenuous lifestyle irrespective of
their height

(C) Shorter people suffer from

inferiority complex throughout
their life.
(D) Taller people are found to
be more positive in approach to
daily chores of lives
(E) None of these

Answer.B

33. Statement : There was a slow

decline in number of patients
with flu like symptoms visiting
various health facilities in the
city during the last fortnight.
Which of the following substantiates the facts mentioned in the
above statement ?
(A) Majority of the people
suffering from flu visit the health
facilities in the city
(B) There has been a continuous
increase in the sale of medicines
for curing flu in the city limits
(C) People have started visiting
the crowded places like malls &
cinema halls during the last`
fortnight after a cautioned gap of
one month
(D) There is a sudden increase
in the number of deaths caused
by flu like symptoms followed
by respiratory complications
(E) None of these

Answer.C

34. Cause 1 A severe cyclonic storm

swept away most part of the
state during the last two days.
Which of the following cannot be
a possible effect of the above
cause ?

(A) Heavy rainfall was reported

in most part of the state during
the last two days
(B) Many people were rendered
homeless as their houses were
flown away
(C) The communication system
of the state was severely affected
and continues to be out of gear
(D) Govt. has ordered that all
the offices and schools should be
kept open V
(E) All are possible effects

Answer.D

35. Effect: The prices of petroleum

products have increased by
about twenty per cent in the past
two months.
Which of the following can be a
probable cause of the above
effect
(A) The prices of food grains and
vegetables have shot up by more
than thirty per cent
(B) The truck owners’ association has decided to increase their
rent by about 20 per cent with
immediate effect
(C) The prices of crude oil in the
international market have
increased considerably during
the past few weeks
(D) People have decided to
demonstrate against the Govt’s
apathy towards rise in prices of
essential commodities
(E) None of these

Answer.C

Directions- Study the

following information carefully and
answer the questions that follow-
An office consists of 520 employees working in different departments, viz., HR, IT, Production and
Marketing. The ratio of men to
women in the organization is 5 : 3
respectively. 20 per cent of the men
work in the IT department. 40 per
cent of the women work in the HR
department. The total number of
employees in the Production department is 135. Two-fifth of the women
work in the IT department and the
remaining work in the Marketing
department. 40 per cent of the men
work in the Production department.
Four per cent of the men work in the
HR department and the remaining
work in the Marketing department.

36. Number of men working in the

Marketing department forms
what per cent of the total number
of employees in the organization
(A) 22-5 (B) 34.5
(C) 19•5 (D) 38•5
(E) None of these

Answer.A

37. What is the respective ratio of the

number of men working in the
HR department to the women
working in the same ?
(A) 1:5 (B) 2:3
(C) 4:7 (D)9:11
(E) None of these

Answer.E

38. What is the number of women

working in the Marketing—department ?
(A) 41 (B) 34
(C) 46 (D) 39
(E) None of these

Answer.B
39. Total number of employees working in the Production department
forms approximately what per
cent of the total number of
employees working in the organization ?
(A) 12 (B) 17
(C) 21 (D) 26
(E) 38

Answer.D

40, What is the total number of

employees working in the IT
department ?
(A) 130 (B) 124
(C) 143 (D) 101
(E) None of these
Directions— Study the

Answer.C

following table carefully to answer

the questions that follow

Number of Executives Recruited by Six Different Organizations Over the Years

Year Organisation
PQRSTU
2004 458 512 418 502 476 492
2005 522 536 472 500 482 523
2006 480 495 464 508 488 518
2007 506 505 428 444 490 534
2008 427 485 422 512 510 498
2009 492 488 444 499 512 510

41. What is the total number of

Executives recruited by all the
organizations together in the
year 2006 ?
(A) 2927 (B) 3042
(C) 2864 (D) 3143
(E) None of these

Answer.E

42. what is the respective ratio of

total number of Executives
recruited by organization U in
the years 2007 and 2009 together
to the total number of Executives recruited by organization P From the same years ?
(A) 436:517
(B) 499:522
(C) 517:436
(D) 522:499
(E) None of these

Answer.D
43. What is the average number of
Executives recruited by organization S over all the years together ?
(Rounded off to the nearest
integer)
(A) 494 (B) 482
(C) 514 (D) 506
(E) 478

Answer.A

44. What is the per cent increase in

the number of Executives recruited by organization R in 2005
from the previous year
(Rounded off to two digits after
decimal)
(A) 18-67 (B) 12-92
(C) 1648 (D) 13•21
(E) None of these

Answer.B

45. Number of Executives recruited

by organization T in the year
2008 forms approximately what
per cent of the total number of
Executives recruited by all the
organizations together in that
year ?
(A) 11 (B) 31
(C) 18 (D) 26
(E) 23

Answer.C

Directions. Total Number Of People In Different Villages And (of these)

Percentage Of Men, Women and Children

Village Total No. of People % of Men % of Women % of Children

L 1240 35 45 20
M 2140 45 30 25
N 1450 50 30 20
O 1680 65 20 15
P 2060 40 40 20
Q 1990 40 50 10

46. Which village has the least number of children

(A) L (B) N
(C) Q (D) O
(E) None of these

Answer.C

47. What is the respective ratio of the

number of women in Villages L
and P together to the number
of men in the same villages
together ?
(A) 617:664
(B) 629:691
(C) 664 : 617
(D) 691 :629
(E) None of these

Answer.D

48. What is the total number of

women and children together in
Village Q ?
(A) 995
(B) 1184
(C) 1086
` (D) 988
(E) None of these

Answer.E

49. The total number of people from

Village O is approximately what
per cent of the total number of
people from all the Villages
together ?
(A) 16 (B) 21
(C) 11 (D) 25
(E) 9

Answer.A

50. What is the total number of

children from Villages M and N
together ?
(A) 785
(B) 825
(C) 855
(D) 795
(E) None of these

Answer.B