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Section I
1. N = 2
2
3
3
5
2
10
2
If k is a whole number, then how many factors of N are of the form 2k + 1?
(a) 36 (b) 20 (c) 48 (d) 19
2. The average age of a group of 30 people is 40 years. Kay, whose present age is 11 years, had joined
the group two years ago. What was the average age (in years) of the remaining 29 people (excluding
Kay) two years ago?
(a) 37 (b) 38 (c) 40 (d) 39
3. A point P (a, b) lies on the line 3x = 2y, where a and b are integers. What is the value of a
2
+ b
2
+ ab
if the distance between P and another point Q (7, 5) is minimum possible?
(a) 0 (b) 171 (c) 76 (d) 19
4. A bus covers a journey at an average speed of 90 km/h. If the time for which the bus stops during the
journey is excluded, then the average speed for the journey becomes 108 km/h. For how much
time, on an average, does the bus stop every hour?
(a) 12 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 7.5 minutes
5. The circle
n
C , where n is a natural number, is the incircle of triangle
n
T and the circumcircle of
triangle
n 1
T
+
. The sides of each triangle
n
T are in the ratio 24 : 45 : 51. What is the (approximate)
ratio of the area of
1
C to the area of
2
T ?
(a) 3.2 : 1 (b) 3.5 : 1 (c) 3.8 : 1 (d) 4.1 : 1
6. What is the value of
3 3 3 3 + + + + K
?
(a)
1 13
2
+
(b)
1 13
2

(c) 3 (d) Either (a) or (b)

7. Two litres of a solution having water and milk in the ratio 3 : 5 is mixed with three litres of another
solution having water and milk in the ratio 5 : 3. What is the ratio of water and milk in the resultant
mixture?
(a) 18 : 23 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 19 : 21 (d) 21 : 19
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8. A function f(x) is defined, for all natural numbers x, as f(x) = 2f(x 1) + 5.
If f(1) = 1, then what is the value of f(40) f(39)?
(a) 6 2
41
(b) 6 2
40
(c) 6 2
39
(d) 6 2
38
9. Sixty equally spaced line segments are drawn on a circular clock such that each line segment is a
radius of the circle. If the minute hand and the hour hand of the clock overlap with one of these line
segments at 12 Noon, then at what time during the next 12 hours will the minute hand overlap with
the line segment which is immediately prior to the line segment with which the hour hand overlaps?
(a) 4 : 24 P.M. (b) 2 : 12 P.M. (c) 9 : 48 P.M. (d) Cannot be detemined
10. Saral and Himanshu can do a work in 6 days and 8 days respectively. If Saral, Himanshu and
Abhishek together can complete the work in 2 days, then what is the ratio of the earnings of Saral,
Himanshu and Abhishek, if they are paid in the ratio of the work done by them?
(a) 5 : 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 : 5 (c) 4 : 3 : 5 (d) 4 : 5 : 3
11. A triangle is called a p-triangle if the length of each of its side (in units) and its area (in sq. units) are
integers. How many of the triangles with the sides (in units) given below are p-triangles?
(i) 4, 5 and 6
(ii) 3, 4 and 5
(iii) 5, 8 and 9
(iv) 5, 6 and 8
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
12. In how many ways can eight people comprising four married couples sit at a circular table such that
no two men sit together and no husband sits beside his wife?
(a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 12
13. What is the number of digits in 5
20
? (Given log
10
2 = 0.3010)
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
14. Each of the four parties A, B, C and D contested in all the seats in an election. Each seat was
won by exactly one of the four parties. Party A lost on 19 seats, Party B lost on 12 seats, Party C
lost on 10 seats and Party D lost on 16 seats. What was the total number of seats being contested
in the election?
(a) 57 (b) 38 (c) 19 (d) 26
15. There are two fixed poles on the opposite sides of a road at points A and B. The height of one of the
poles is 70% of AB and the height of the other pole is 40% of AB. A point on AB is equidistant from
the top of the two poles. What is the distance of this point from the foot of the shorter pole?
(a) 66.5% of AB (b) 65.5% of AB (c) 68.0% of AB (d) 67.5% of AB
16. A tank has four inlet pipes such that each inlet pipe while working independently can fill the tank in
4 hours. The tank also has two outlet pipes such that each outlet pipe while working independently
can empty the tank in 3 hours. If all the six pipes are opened simultaneously, then in how much time
will the tank get filled completely?
(a) 2.0 hours (b) 3.0 hours (c) 2.5 hours (d) 7.0 hours
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17. In a triangle ABC (see the figure given below), ACB 60 , BAC 40 , AD = AB and
CED ABC. What is the measure of angle DBE?

C
D
B A
E
(a) 10
o
(b) 15
o
(c) 20
o
(d) 30
o
18. A box contains five red and five blue balls. A ball is picked from the box and is replaced by a ball of
the other colour. For instance, if a blue ball is picked then it is replaced by a red ball and vice-versa.
The process is repeated ten times and then a ball is picked from the box. What is the probability
that this ball is red?
(a)
2 3 10
1 1 1 1
1 ...
2 2 2 2

_ _ _
+ + + +
' ;

, , ,


(b)
2 3 4 10
1 1 1 1 1
1 ...
2 2 2 2 2

_ _ _ _
+ +
' ;

, , , ,


(c)
2 3 4 10
1 1 1 1 1
...
2 2 2 2 2
_ _ _ _
+ +

, , , ,
(d) None of these
19. An ant is at one of the corners of a square prism with base 5 m 5 m and height 10 m. What is the
minimum distance (in metres) that the ant has to crawl to reach the farthest corner on the prism?
(a)
150
(b)
125
(c)
200
(d)
250
20. If ( ) ( ) ( )
1 1 1
p q r 7 49 2401 , then p, q and r are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) Cannot be determined
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Section II
21. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. This may mean breaking up old relationships to create more positive and productive ones.
B. Relationships can be developed from and determined by politics.
C. Any assessment performed to change an organizations environment should include possible
political ramifications of transformation.
D. Individual and organizational performance can be affected by myriad political influences, which
can come from both internal and external sources.
E. Changing an organizations environment should coincide with changing problematic political
practices.
(a) EABDC (b) DBEAC (c) BADCE (d) BEACD
22. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. Earth has experienced climate change in the past without help from humanity.
B. The chemical make-up of the ice provides clues to the average global temperature.
C. For example, bubbles of air in glacial ice trap tiny samples of Earths atmosphere, giving scientists
a history of greenhouse gases that stretches back more than 800,000 years.
D. Using this ancient evidence, scientists have built a record of Earths past climates, or
paleoclimates.
E. We know about past climates because of evidence left in tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers,
ocean sediments, coral reefs, and layers of sedimentary rocks.
(a) ACDEB (b) EACBD (c) BDCEA (d) AECBD
23. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. Thus, employee and manager alike may resist attempts to uproot established company traditions
or fiddle with untried, risky procedures.
B. The truth is if you want to learn to do it better, youve got to try a lot of things, many of which wont
work.
C. Their responses to creativity initiatives may in fact take shape vigorously, adamantly and fearfully.
D. With society officially downgrading the idea of creativity so strongly, it becomes problematic for
businesses to get their managers and other employees thinking truly freely and out of the box.
E. Also, genuine creativity, by definition, subverts the status quo by facing down long-held assumptions
and uncorking new ways of approaching things.
(a) DEBAC (b) DEACB (c) DBEAC (d) ACBED
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24. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
GET
(a) The talk show fell flat- the anchor did not get his jokes across to his audience.
(b) I dont know how the news of his resigning got around.
(c) She is always getting at her husband because he doesnt clean the yard.
(d) With that innocent face, he could get off with murder.
25. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
HANG
(a) The detective spent several months hanging around the club making friends with the suspects.
(b) He is a loner and hangs back from group activities.
(c) Some of the students hung back after the lecture to have a word with the teacher.
(d) She hung on to the shares hoping to make a huge profit.
26. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Herodotus celebrates the glory of human ___________ with a vigor that ________ parochial Plutarch.
(a) diversity, infuriates
(b) bigotry, incenses
(c) creativity, flails
(d) ingenuity, flays
27. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
A Beethoven quartet does not represent sorrow, but ________ it in hearer and player alike;and yet
it is emphatically not a ______ experience. Like tragedy it brings intense pleasure and insight.
(a) incites, tragic
(b) elicits, sad
(c) invokes, pleasurable
(d) imbues, memorable
28. Given below are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized. From the
italicized words, select the most appropriate words (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.
The doctor advised that a glass of brandy at night may affect (A)/effect (B) his recovery.
He was actuated (A)/activated (B) by ambition.
My father is not averse (A)/adverse (B) to the idea of my studying abroad.
The witness was asked to indite (A)/indict (B) the reasons for his support of the plaintiff.
(a) ABAB (b) BBBA (c) BAAA (d) AAAB
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29. Given below are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized. From the
italicized words, select the most appropriate words (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.
The statement is usually ascribed (A)/ prescribed (B) to Winston Churchill.
All aspirants (A)/ aspirators (B) to the title had to report by 9 a.m.
The novelist amended (A)/emended (B) the manuscript before sending it to his publisher.
The carpet will complement (A)/ compliment (B) my furniture.
(a) ABAB (b) AAAA (c) AABB (d) AABA
30. A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,
choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
The quality of theatrically released films has been dropping so precipitously in recent years that the
Academy Awards are no longer a fair gauge of audiovisual entertainment. Several decades ago
audiences could expect a film such as The Social Network every week; now we are lucky to have
one or two a year. Add to this the fact that serious dramas have more or less migrated to television,
and its clear that the Oscars have become progressively less relevant.
(a) All long-form audiovisual entertainment, released on any distribution platform, should be eligible
for consideration, which of course would be a logistical nightmare for The Academy.
(b) Grown-up films and creative projects are over in the new era, and many are turning to long-form
television.
(c) Last year arguably the best male performance of the year (Al Pacino in You Dont Know Jack)
was not eligible for the Oscars because it was Made for TV.
(d) Besides, Made for TV movies would not in any way downgrade the specialness of theatrical
movies, if anything they would come as a wakeup call for all the movie studios.
31. Given below are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s)
or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the
most appropriate option.
1. Thanks to the coalition, we now have PCTs and hospitals that are confused, low in morale and
have no clear idea of their future.
2. What may seem good political win for anti-Tory forces at Westminster feels like mayhem on the
ground.
3. No responsible politician can afford to feel happy about the pause and the giant question mark
hanging around the structural future of the NHS.
4. Labour has to have their own plan, which advances their own thinking post-government.
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 2 and 4 (d) Only 4
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Directions for questions 32 to 34: The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Marx maintains that the ruling ideology is always the ideology of the ruling class and that the set of ideas
and thought patterns existing in any epoch will in the final instance closely follow the material and
social relations of production. As soon as the surplus product emerges and class develops which has
control over that surplus, then that class will require that those who do the producing learn to accept the
rules of production and distribution.
Thus, in feudal society, for example, we will have feudal ideologies that emphasise hierarchy, God-given
positions in society, stability and the divine right of kings to rule and a religious form that bolsters those
requirements
The order that prevails will always be seen for extended periods of time as the natural law in which the
way things are is the way they should be. In bourgeois society the rules change. Stasis and hierarchy are
overthrown in the name of dynamism and innovation and a breaking down of restrictive practices and you
become a self-made man off to seek your fortune.
Where once the divine right of kings was seen as the natural law, it now becomes unnatural because it is
surplus to requirements and is superceded by the human right to remove the head of the king if necessary.
So, the rules may change, but they still have to be learned. However, this learning of the rules is not done
merely by repression but by the gradual inculcation of values.
Althusser, for example, describes these two functions as repressive and ideological state apparatuses.
The former is clear, but the latter is far more insidious. It is the way in which the prevailing rules of the game
become second nature to you and your obligations are turned into your desires.
Perhaps an unusual way of understanding this is through Kafkas Metamorphosis, perhaps the most
famous account ever written of a man who has turned into a beetle overnight. But the real strangeness of
the story is not the fact of the physical transformation but of what it represents. At one point Gregor Samsa
says of his family and his work life:
The fruits of his labour were transformed into the provision of money ... and he earned enough to meet the
expenses of the entire family and actually did so. They had just become used to it, the family as well as
Gregor, the money was received with thanks and given with pleasure, but that special warmth was missing.
If this isnt Kafkas spin on Marxs line from the Communist Manifesto that The bourgeoisie has torn away
from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation into a mere money relation then I
dont know what is. Gregors metamorphosis into a bug is the outward and inward transformation of the
need to earn money into his own picture of himself. This is alienation theory in a beetleshell. It is not that
he was poor and therefore suffering and needed to be kept down by a police state, but that the necessity
of having to work for others at a job he hates for an amorphous output which doesnt belong to him alienates
him from himself and from his labour power.
32. The authors tone can be best described as
(a) Analytical (b) Descriptive (c) Critical (d) Unbiased
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33. As per the content of the passage, which of the following statements is the author most likely to
agree with?
(a) The character (Gregor) has some idea of what is being done to him.
(b) The character (Gregor) gets alienated from himself and has no idea of what is being done to him.
(c) Alienation has brought a drastic change in the mindset of the character.
(d) Alienation is the normal psychological response of the character under the given conditions.
34. The author is most likely to agree with which of the following?
(a) We get to learn a lot of new things with time and this leads to our growth as a human being.
(b) The ideas we have about society are not actually our own but are put there by a set of institutions
that have convinced us there is no other way to think about the world.
(c) We are not forced by anyone and gradually become more disciplined.
(d) Society plays a pivotal role in imparting good values.
Directions for questions 35 to 37: The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
If you read only one book about the causes of the recent financial crisis, let it be Michael Lewis, The Big
Short.
Thats not because Lewis has put together the most comprehensive or authoritative analysis of all the
misdeeds and misjudgements and missed signals that led to the biggest credit bubble the world has
known. What makes his account so accessible is that he tells it through the eyes of the managers of three
small hedge funds and a Deutsche Bank bond salesman, none of whom youve ever heard of. All, however,
were among the first to see the folly and fraud behind the subprime fiasco, and to find ways to bet against
it when everyone else thought them crazy.
Nor would anyone including Lewis, Im sure claim this is an even-handed history that reflects the
differing views of investment bankers, rating-agency analysts and industry analysts, all of whom he holds
up to ridicule for their arrogance, their cynicism and their relentless incompetence.
Whats so delightful about Lewiss writing is how deftly he explains and demystifies how things really work
on Wall Street, even while creating a compelling narrative and introducing us to a cast of fascinating, all-
too-human characters. From their tales, we learn that Wall Street banks think nothing of stealing the
trading strategies of their clients and peddling them to other customers. We learn that the investment
bankers knew as early as 2006 about the rising default rate on subprime mortgages but engaged in
elaborate ruses to hide that reality from ratings agencies and investors. We learn that when investor
demand for subprime mortgages outstripped the supply, Wall Street filled the gap by creating synthetic
mortgage-backed securities whose performance would mirror that of the real thing.
For me, the most memorable chapter in Lewiss tale involves Michael Burrys struggle to keep his fund
alive in 2007 and early 2008 as long-time investors lost faith in his strategy to short the housing market
and began demanding their money back. Although home prices had begun to fall and mortgage defaults
were rising quickly, Wall Streets securitization machine had managed to prop up the price of mortgage
securities while forcing down the value of the bets Burry had placed against them. And even after the
market crashed and Burrys strategy was vindicated with a $720 million profit, not a single investor called
to say thanks.
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There is nothing subtle about the dark portrait Lewis creates of the financial community. Through his lens,
all bond salesmen are out to cheat their customers, all top executives are clueless and all ratings analysts
are second-raters who could not get jobs in investment banks.
Even discounting for its generalizations and exaggeration and limited frame of reference, however, The Big
Short manages to give us the truest picture yet of what went wrong on Wall Street and why. At times,
it reads like a morality play, at other times like a modern-day farce. But as with any good play, its value lies
in the way it reveals character and motive and explores the cultural context in which the plot unfolds.
35. What is the primary concern of the author of this passage?
(a) To highlight the merits and demerits of the book The Big Short.
(b) To make the reader understand the subprime fiasco through the medium of the book.
(c) To present a comprehensive analysis of the book.
(d) To highlight the role of the financial community in the genesis of the subprime crisis.
36. Why does the author feel that The Big Short is a book that a reader can connect with?
(a) It is a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the recent economic crisis.
(b) It is a skillful analysis of the financial intricacies and the workings of the Wall Street.
(c) The book brings together a comprehensive perspective of bankers and analysts.
(d) The story is told through the accounts of characters that were able to see the crisis much before
others.
37. According to the passage, which of the following is the main cause of the current economic crisis?
(a) Investment bankers knew about the rising default rate on subprime mortgages yet they overlooked
it and even hid this from ratings agencies and investors.
(b) The financial community is weak with clueless executives, bond salesmen who want to cheat
their customers, and incompetent ratings analysts.
(c) The overly aggressive lending practices of banks helped put millions of dollars into the home
mortgage business. When the real estate business collapsed, it snowballed and led to the economic
crisis.
(d) None of the above
Directions for questions 38 to 40: The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions.
Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Since Biafra, humanitarianism has become the idea, and the practice, that dominates Western response
to other peoples wars and natural disasters; of late, it has even become a dominant justification for
Western war-making. It is remembered as it was lived, as a cause clbreJohn Lennon and Jean-Paul
Sartre both raised their fists for the Biafransand the food the West sent certainly did save lives. Yet a
moral assessment of the Biafra operation is far from clear-cut.
After the secessionist government was finally forced to surrender and rejoin Nigeria, in 1970, the predicted
genocidal massacres never materialized. Had it not been for the Wests charity, the Nigerian civil war
surely would have ended much sooner. Against the lives that the airlifted aid saved must be weighed all
those livestens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousandsthat were lost to the extra year and a half
of destruction. But the newborn humanitarian international hardly stopped to reflect on this fact. New crises
beckoned. The crisis caravan rolled on. Its mood was triumphalist, and to a large degree it remains so.
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Michael Maren stumbled into the aid industry in the nineteen-seventies by way of the Peace Corps. In the
post-Vietnam world, the Peace Corps offered us an opportunity to forge a different kind of relationship with
the Third World, one based on respect, he writes. But he soon began to wonder how respectful it is to
send Western kids to tell the elders of ancient agrarian cultures how to feed themselves better. As he
watched professional humanitarians chasing contracts to implement policies whose harm they plainly
saw, he came to regard his colleagues as a new breed of mercenaries: soldiers of misfortune. Yet, David
Rieff notes, for better or worse, by the late 1980s humanitarianism had become the last coherent saving
ideal.
How is it that humanitarians so readily deflect accountability for the negative consequences of their actions?
Humanitarianism flourishes as an ethical response to emergencies not just because bad things happen in
the world, but also because many people have lost faith in both economic development and political
struggle as ways of trying to improve the human lot, the social scientist Craig Calhoun observes.
Humanitarianism appeals to many who seek morally pure and immediately good ways of responding to
suffering in the world. Or, as the Harvard law professor David Kennedy writes in The Dark Sides of Virtue
(2004), Humanitarianism tempts us to hubris, to an idolatry about our intentions and routines, to the
conviction that we know more than we do about what justice can be.
Maren, who came to regard humanitarianism as every bit as damaging to its subjects as colonialism, and
vastly more dishonest, takes a dimmer view: that we do not really care about those to whom we send aid,
that our focus is our own virtue. He quotes these lines of the Somali poet Ali Dhux: A man tries hard to help
you find your lost camels. He works more tirelessly than even you, but in truth he does not want you to find
them, ever.
38. From the passage, what cant be inferred about Biafra?
(a) It is a justification for the West to wage war.
(b) The food sent by the West to Biafra helped save lives.
(c) The Wests charity only prolonged the civil war in Nigeria.
(d) A moral assessment of the Biafra operation is ambiguous.
39. Michael Maren call his colleagues Soldiers of misfortune because
(a) their philanthropic acts are rescue attempts directed at their own morality.
(b) they are only concerned with allegiances formed with the third world.
(c) they fight against human misery despite the harm involved in the process.
(d) they primarily work for their self benefit.
40. Why does Maren quote the lines of Somali poet Ali Dhux?
(a) To draw an analogy between the humanitarians and the man who provides help in finding lost
camels.
(b) To highlight the hidden motive behind humanitarianism.
(c) To show humanitarians in poor light by comparing them with someone who does philanthropy
with an ulterior motive.
(d) To show that humanitarians are not concerned with the acts of their kindness.
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Section III
Directions for questions 41 and 42: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A jeweller has 8 beads which he wants to use in making a necklace. There are 3 different beads of Red
colour Striped Red, Matt Red and Sparkling Red. Similarly, there are 3 different beads of Blue colour
Striped Blue, Matt Blue and Sparkling Blue. The other two beads are Green and Yellow in colour respectively.
The conditions given below must be followed while making the necklace.
(i) Striped Red and Striped Blue beads must always be put adjacent to each other.
(ii) Green and Yellow beads must always be put adjacent to each other.
(iii) No two beads of same colour should be put adjacent to each other.
41. If none of the other two Red beads is to be put opposite the Striped Red bead then which of the
following statements can be true?
(a) The Green bead is put opposite the Matt Red bead.
(b) The Yellow bead is put opposite the Matt Red bead.
(c) The Yellow bead is put opposite the Striped Blue bead.
(d) The Yellow bead is put adjacent to the Striped Blue bead.
42. If one of the other two Red beads is to be put opposite the Striped Red bead then which of the
following statements can never be true?
(a) The Green bead is put opposite the Matt Red bead and the Yellow bead is put opposite the Matt
Blue bead.
(b) The Yellow bead is put opposite the Matt Red bead and the Green bead is put opposite the Matt
Blue bead.
(c) The Yellow bead is put opposite the Striped Blue bead and the Green bead is put opposite the
Sparkling Red bead.
(d) The Yellow bead is put opposite the Striped Blue bead and the Sparkling Red bead is put
opposite the Sparkling Blue bead.
43. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using the
following instructions:
Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be
answered by using the other statement alone.
Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be
answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (d) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.
Q. In a planet there are only three continents Amerika, Acia and Afrika. Each continent has
exactly one of the countries among UJA, Bakistan and SB. Each country is ruled by a different
President among Lafen, Gadazzi and Caspro. The country in Afrika is not ruled by Gadazzi. SB is
in Amerika. Is Lafen the President of the country which falls in Acia?
A. Bakistans President is a friend of President Lafen.
B. UJA is in Afrika.
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Directions for questions 44 and 45: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A traveller spent some money in six different nations. The pie charts given below show the money spent in
each of the nations as a percentage of the total money spent in that year. The money spent in China in the
year 2007 was 75% less than the money spent in China in the year 2006. The money spent in India was
same for the two years.
2006
India,
12%
China,
16%
Africa,
22%
America,
24%
Britain,
14%
Australia,
12%

2007
Australia,
?
Britain,
32%
India,
15%
China,
?
America,
22%
Africa,
16%
44. In the year 2007, what percentage of the total money spent by the traveller was spent in China?
(a) 8% (b) 6% (c) 4% (d) 5%
45. If the money spent by the traveller in Britain, America and Africa together was 32 dollars more in
2006 than in 2007, then how much money (in dollars) was spent by the traveller in Australia in the
year 2007?
(a) 64 (b) 120 (c) 96 (d) 80
Directions for questions 46 to 48: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Each of the four students Aman, Binay, Chaman and Dipin uses a distinct website among the four social
networking websites Basebook, Libibo, Dorkut and Bitter, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them
has some friends in his Friend List and no two of them have any common friend in their Friend Lists. None
of them is present in the Friend List of the other three. It is also known that:
(i) The number of friends in the Friend List of each of the four students is less than 30.
(ii) Aman uses Dorkut.
(iii) The number of friends in the Friend List of Aman and Dipin are prime numbers. The sum of these two
prime numbers is 30.
(iv) The number of friends in Chamans Friend List is a prefect square.
(v) The student who uses Basebook has the least number of friends in his Friend List.
(vi) Binay has 13 friends in his Friend List and he uses Libibo.
(vii) Chaman has the highest number of friends in his Friend List.
(viii) No two students have the same number of friends in their Friend Lists.
46. What is the sum of the number of friends in the Friend Lists of Chaman and Aman?
(a) 44 (b) 32 (c) 48 (d) Cannot be determined
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47. For how many students can the exact number of friends and the social networking website used by
them be determined?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
48. What is the sum of the number of friends in the Friend Lists of the four students?
(a) 59 (b) 52 (c) 68 (d) Cannot be determined
49. The table given below shows partial information about the number of users of various mobile handsets
in the city of Tringpur, where nobody uses more than one handset.
Mobile Handset Number of users Number of users as a percentage of the
total population of the city
Jokia B 56 11860 2.19
DTC 883 ? 1.01
Samjung Rock 22366 4.13
Millimax Bong 14568 ?
What is the total number of people (approximately) in Tringpur who do not use any of the above
mentioned handsets?
(a) 546200 (b) 487300 (c) 398900 (d) 426500
50. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using the
following instructions:
Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be
answered by using the other statement alone.
Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be
answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (d) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.
Q. In a triangle ABC, there is a point D on the line BC, such that the circle drawn with AD as a
diameter is found to be touching BC. The length (in units) of each side of the triangle ABC is an
integer. The perimeter of the triangle ABC is 60 units. What is the circumference of the circle?
A. The length (in units) of the three sides of ABC are consecutive multiples of 5.
B.
ABC
is a right angled triangle with BC = 25 units.
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Directions for questions 51 and 52: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Four friends Vikrant, Vikram, Jasneet and Saurabh were born in four different months January, March,
July and December of the same year, not necessarily in the same order. Each friend has a distinct
surname among Joshi, Singh, Gupta and Agarwal, not necessarily in the same order. It is also known that:
(i) Vikrant is younger than Gupta.
(ii) Jasneet was not born in December.
(iii) Saurabh, who is not the youngest, was not born in March.
(iv) Joshi is not the youngest and was also not born in January.
(v) Vikram was born before Vikrant but after Agarwal.
(vi) Agarwal was not born in January.
51. Who among the four friends is the youngest?
(a) Vikrant Singh (b) Vikram Gupta (c) Vikrant Joshi (d) Cannot be determined
52. Who among the four friends was born in March?
(a) Saurabh Gupta (b) Vikram Gupta (c) Jasneet Agarwal (d) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 53 to 55: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
In a country called XYZ, the number of patients changes every year. The graph given below shows the
percentage change in the number of patients w.r.t. the previous year. The table given below shows the
number of hospitals available in XYZ. The number of patients in 1999 were 2,00,000.
Percentage change in the number of patients
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year Number of Hospitals
2000 4700
2001 4850
2002 5100
2003 5200
2004 5350
2005 5500
2006 5700
The Unhealthiness Index of XYZ for a year is defined as the number of patients per hospital in the country.
53. Find the year for which the Unhealthiness Index of XYZ was the maximum.
(a) 2000 (b) 2003 (c) 2004 (d) 2006
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54. In 2006, WHO launched a massive health improvement program in XYZ. As a result there was 30%
reduction in the number of patients per year for the next two years and the number of hospitals in the
country was also increased by 10% per year during the same period. Find the Unhealthiness Index
of XYZ for the year 2008.
(a) 15.4 (b) 19.8 (c) 13.9 (d) 21.3
55. The Government of XYZ targets an Unhealthiness Index of 15 for the year 2007. By approximately
what percent should the number of hospitals be increased in 2007 over the previous year if the
number of patients in 2007 is expected to decrease by 40% over the previous year?
(a) 27% (b) 34% (c) 47% (d) 37%
56. There are three balls one Red, one Yellow and one Blue. Each ball is to be placed in a box among
Box1, Box2 and Box3 such that there is exactly one ball in each of the three boxes. It is also known
that:
(i) If the Red ball is placed in Box1 then the Blue ball cannot be placed in Box3.
(ii) If the Yellow ball is placed in Box3 then the Blue ball cannot be placed in Box2.
(iii) If the Red ball is placed in Box3 then the Yellow ball cannot be placed in Box2.
(iv) If the Blue ball is placed in Box1 then the Yellow ball cannot be placed in Box3.
(v) If the Yellow ball is placed in Box1 then the Blue ball cannot be placed in Box3.
The Blue ball is placed in which box?
(a) Box1 (b) Box2 (c) Box3 (d) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 57 and 58: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
In a five-star hotel there are 100 employees of which some are chefs. Each chef can make cuisine of at
least one type among Chinese, Indian and Continental. For each cuisine, the number of chefs who can
make only that cuisine is two and a half times the number of chefs who can make exactly one more cuisine
apart from that cuisine. The number of chefs who can make only Indian and Chinese cuisine is equal to the
number of chefs who can make only Chinese and Continental cuisine and is also equal to the number of
chefs who can make only Continental and Indian cuisine.

57. There are 40 employees who are not chefs and 6 chefs who can make all the three cuisines in the
hotel. How many chefs cant make Continental cuisine?
(a) 18 (b) 33 (c) 30 (d) 15

58. The number of employees who are not chefs is greater than the number of chefs who can make only
Indian cuisine. What is the maximum possible number of chefs who can make exactly one cuisine?
(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 75
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59. Vinod is about to start his preparation for BAT 2011. He has to study three subjects QA, LR and
VA. He has three books for QA (QA1, QA2 and QA3), three books for LR (LR1, LR2 and LR3) and
five books for VA (VA1, VA2, VA3, VA4 and VA5). He wants to arrange these books in a three-shelf
rack. The shelves are arranged vertically one on top of the other. The first and the second shelves of
the rack can accommodate 3 books each while the third shelf can accommodate 5 books. Vinod
wants to follow the conditions given below while arranging the books in the rack:
(i) The QA book(s) is/are always kept to the left of the book(s) of the other two subjects if they are
on the same shelf.
(ii) The LR book(s) is/are always kept to the right of the VA book(s) if they are on the same shelf.
(iii) There is exactly one shelf that does not contain any LR book.
(iv) The sum of book numbers in Shelf 1 is more than the sum of book numbers in Shelf 2 which in
turn is more than the sum of book numbers in Shelf 3.
Note: Book number refers to the number after the subject name. e.g. book number of both QA2 and
LR2 is 2, VA4 is 4 and VA5 is 5.
Which of the following conditions if satisfied would give Vinod a possible arrangement for his books?
(a) All the books of a number are kept on the same shelf.
(b) No two books on the same shelf have the same number.
(c) On a shelf, a book with higher number is always kept to the right of a book with lower number.
(d) QA1 is placed on Shelf 1 and VA3 is placed on Shelf 2.
60. Aman, Bharat, Chandu and Dev are four friends; no two among them have the same age. Aman is
older than Dev while Chandu is older than Aman. If Bharat is older than Dev, then who is the oldest
among the four?
(a) Chandu (b) Bharat
(c) Either Aman or Chandu (d) Either Bharat or Chandu