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1 b 2 d 3 a 4 c 5 c 6 d 7 b 8 a 9 c 10 b
11 c 12 c 13 d 14 a 15 b 16 c 17 d 18 c 19 c 20 a
21 c 22 b 23 c 24 b 25 c 26 b 27 c 28 c 29 d 30 c
31 a 32 b 33 c 34 b 35 a 36 b 37 d 38 d 39 c 40 d
41 c 42 a 43 a 44 a 45 b 46 a 47 c 48 b 49 c 50 d
51 c 52 d 53 b 54 c 55 b 56 a 57 c 58 c 59 b 60 b
61 a 62 a 63 c 64 c 65 b 66 b 67 a 68 c 69 d 70 a
71 c 72 d 73 b 74 d 75 b 76 c 77 d 78 c 79 a 80 b
81 a 82 d 83 b 84 a 85 d 86 a 87 c 88 b 89 b 90 c
91 b 92 d 93 a 94 b 95 c 96 a 97 c 98 d 99 a 100 a
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1. b Positions of persons in descending order of their
heights are shown below:
X >A >Z >Y >B
For questi ons 2 and 3:
The given information can be tabulated as below:
Person Cit y Day
Ajay Kolkata Wednesday
Bijay Delhi Thursday
Chinki Mumbai Monday
Deepak Chennai Tuesday
2. d
3. a
4. c The passage states that although the courts are well
meaning in their intention to uphold equal rights for
women, they are unable to provide equality to women
in the real sense. This is partly due to the fact that the
judgment deliverers are predominantly male and thus
the judgments carry a male hue. Option (c) states the
same and is thus, the correct answer. The society
being male dominated and judgment deliverers being
largely male are causes for the courts inability to
provide equality for women and not for the incessant
perpetuation of gender discrimination in the society.
Option (a), thus, cannot be inferred. Option (b) cannot
be inferred from the passage as there is no information
to support the case for gender based laws. Option (d)
cannot be inferred as although the passage states
that womens equality as delivered by courts can only
be an integration into a male dominated world, it does
not mean that equality for women is possible only on
paper. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
5. c There is no information in the passage from which we
can infer anything about the eligibility criteria to declare
a species extinct. Thus, option (a) is incorrect. Option
(b) is incorrect as it can be inferred from the passage
that these species have been missing from our
records during the said period. This does not imply,
that they have not been present in their natural habitat
or have not come out in the open. Option (c) can be
inferred from the line, "The search is taking place
simultaneously in 15 States, because the monsoon
season is the best time..." Thus, the search is
happening in the 15 states where monsoon has
arrived. Option (d) can't be inferred because early in
the passage the author says that the species being
located are amphibians (not necessarily only frogs).
Though it is possible that most of the 50 species be
frogs because the author has specifically talked about
locating frogs, it cannot be concluded that all the
species being tracked are of frogs. Hence, option (c)
is the correct answer.
6. d Options (a), (b) and (c) can be inferred from the
information given in the passage. Only option (d) cannot
be inferred as it states that epilepsy can be diagnosed
easily. However, there is no information in the passage
to support this claim. Thus, option (d) is the correct
answer.
7. b Option (a) can't be inferred from the passage since it
only says that in India the norms of girlhood are
incompatible with the basic principles of education.
Nothing is mentioned about other countries and the
issues there. Option (c) can't be validly inferred
because the socialization of boys and their formal
education have not been discussed. Option (d) states
that the home environment is to be blamed. The author
however indicates that tradition and customs are
responsible for their lack of empowerment. There may
be cases for e.g. where at home there is no
discrimination and neither is there discrimination at
school but in societal settings there is lack of
empowerment. Also, the first part of the sentence,
that girls and boys are imparted the same formal
teaching, cannot be inferred from the passage. Option
(b) talks about the fact that there are many restrictions
which girls have and boys don't have, like restrictions
on physical movement of girls etc. as mentioned in the
passage. We can infer that women are a suppressed
lot from the fact mentioned in the passage that they
have to "submit to male authority in all aspects of their
life." Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.
8. a The passage states that all other benefits are
diminished if water and sanitation do not exist. This
can be evidenced in even though the benefits of
those are diminished if their recipients have no clean
water or toilets. Thus, option (a) can be inferred from
the passage that water and sanitation are more
important than schooling and medical aid. Option (b) is
incorrect as the passage states that the budget for
clean water and sanitation is shrinking which doesnt
mean that it now accounts for the least proportion in
the global aid budget. Option (c) doesnt follow from
the passage as we dont know what makes the use
of development aid effective nor has anything been
mentioned in the passage regarding the effectiveness
of the use of development aid in water and sanitation.
Option (d) talks about western countries, whereas
the passage talks about rich countries. It cant be
assumed that the rich countries talked about in the
passage are western countries. Thus, option (d)
cannot be inferred. Option (a) is the correct choice
9. c Except in figure C, in each of the remaining figures
number of circle(s) inside the square is square of a
natural number.
10. b Except in figure C, in each of the remaining figures
sum of number of sides of interior figures is 10.
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11. c An elephant trumpets and a horse neighs. So, option
(c) is correct. A mosquito whines, a sheep bleats
and a cow moos.
12. c The pair in question portrays the connection between
a substance (rock) and its texture (hard). Option (c)
portrays a similar relation and is the correct answer.
Option (a) is incorrect as it talks about coal and its
colour. Option (b) is inappropriate as it states one of
the properties (sweet) of sugar. Option (d) is also
incorrect as it indicates one of the characteristics of
bees.
For questi ons 13 and 14:
The arrangement of the boxes can be shown as below:
Shelf Box
7 (Upper most) B
6 C
5 F
4 E
3 G
2 D
1 (Lower most) A
13. d
14. a
15. b 'Cape' and 'pace' are formed by the rearrangement of
the same letters in a particular order (1234 to 3214).
Similarly, 'pane' and 'nape' also use the same letters
and same rearrangement logic as above to form two
different words. Thus, option (b) is the correct
answer.
16. c Petrology is the study of rocks while ornithology is
the study of birds. Thus, option (c) is the correct
answer.
17. d The sitting arrangement can be shown as below:
Suraj Parul Binu Anuj Rekha Tanya East |
18. c In the grid, cells column-wise have been filled by the
letters corresponding to the consecutive prime
numbers starting from 2. Hence, S will come in place
of (?).
B(2) G(7) Q(17)
C(3) K(11) S(19)
E(5) M(13) W(23)
19. c Lakha must be telling a lie.
20. a The given information can be shown as below:
V
T
S/Q
P
Q/S
R
21. c
D
T
L
L
L
As shown in the Venn diagram above, all those lions
that are tigers are not dogs because according to
statement I, tigers and dogs are disjoint sets. Hence,
option (c) is correct. Options (a), (b) and (d) can all be
negated as shown in the diagram above. The dog set
can be completely inside, intersecting or completely
outside the lion set.
22. b
P
S
H
S
Some sadness is happiness and all happiness is
pervasive. Therefore, some sadness is pervasive.
Therefore, option (b) is correct.
23. c
W
D
O
D
Option (a): The Venn diagram above shows that the
set of doors may or may not intersect with the set of
windows. Hence, option (a) is incorrect.
D
W
White
White
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Option (b): All windows are doors means that
windows is a subset of doors. Also, statement vi
says that windows is a subset of white. Thus, white
may or may not include doors. Statement ii does not
follow the two statements in the given option and
thus, option (b) is incorrect.
White
D W
Option (c) is the correct choice. Since windows is a
subset of doors and doors is a subset of white,
therefore, windows is a subset of white.
White
D
Windows
D
Option (d): Both windows and doors are subsets of
white. They may be intersecting, overlapping or disjoint
sets. Hence, option (d) is incorrect.
24. b The day after 1001
st
day from today =1002
nd
day.
Number of odd days in 1002 days =1
Hence, the required day will be Monday.
25. c Let the required angle be . u
11m
30h
2
u =
(where m =minute and h =hours)
11 40
30 3
2

u = =220 90 =130.
26. b Option (a) is incorrect as the passage clearly states
that only one in 20 people who consume alcohol in
India become alcoholics. Option (b) is correct as it is
stated in the passage that those who are not heavy
drinkers (alcoholics) also run the risk of harming
themselves and others when they drink, however
small the quantity be. Option (c) is incorrect since the
passage only states that there is no medicinal cure for
alcoholism, but there may be other steps that could be
taken to help with and mitigate the problem of
alcoholism. Option (d) is incorrect as the passage
talks of five percent of people who drink becoming
alcoholics and fifty percent of people who drink
indulging in hazardous drinking. This cannot be said to
mean that alcoholics and hazardous drinkers are two
mutually exclusive categories.
27. c Last few lines of the passage clearly state that when
someone indulges in hazardous drinking, he drinks
so much that he is no longer in his senses. Hence
option (c) is correct. Statement (ii) is incorrect because
driving a car after drinking is an example of behaving
in a hazardous manner but cannot be termed as
hazardous drinking. Statement (iii) cannot be inferred
from the information given in the passage.
28. c Option (a) is an incorrect interpretation. Even though
the passage says that society sees crime against
women as an accepted practice, the concept that it is
evil is that of the author and we cannot attribute it to
society i.e. we can't say that society also views it as
evil. Option (b) cannot be inferred because all that we
can infer from the passage is that India has enacted
laws to protect women. This does not tell us whether
such laws have been successfully implemented.
Option (d) is a sweeping statement that cannot be
inferred from the passage. Whether the social condition
of women can be redeemed or it is hopeless is out of
the ambit of the information presented in the passage.
Option (c) can be clearly inferred from the line, "judicial
redress lies beyond the woman's horizon."
29. d Refer to the line If enactment of lawsare on velvet.
It can be clearly inferred from these lines that India
has enacted laws to protect women. This makes option
(d) the correct choice. Option (a) is not implied in the
given statement. Option (b) is incorrect as the author
clearly says that enough laws have been enacted to
protect women in India. Option (c) is beyond the scope
of the passage since it talks about power and rights
of women which is nowhere mentioned in the passage.
30. c The paragraph does not say anything about copper
being converted from ore into usable form; this rules
out option (a). While the paragraph does say that the
copper mining project is owned by HCL but it does not
talk about where they put this to use. We cant assume
that HCL does not export and the entire copper is for
the countrys use; thus, ruling out option (b). The last
sentence in the paragraph mentions that the tribal
residents of the surrounding villages suffer from health
problems caused by the copper mining project.
However, we cannot infer, on the basis of this, that
the waste produced in the mining which is lying around
in the open and in large quantities is causing the health
issues. Thus, option (d) is also incorrect. The
paragraph states that it is the Malanjkhand Copper
Project, located in Balaghat's Birsa block, that accounts
for 70% of the country's copper reserves. Balaghat
may have more places like the Birsa block which could
be producing copper, Birsa alone contributes 70%
and hence Balaghats contribution could be more but
is at least 70%. Thus, option (c) is the correct answer.
31. a If something falls through, it fails to materialize or
happen, like a plan, deal or an arrangement. The correct
phrasal verb here is option (a). To fall out means to
end friendly terms with someone. Fall over means to
fall on something or fall down. Fall behind means to
move slowly so that you lag behind someone.
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32. b The sentence is in present perfect tense (have known)
and needs the following verb (make) in the same
tense. Option (b), has made, fits in well in the
sentence.
33. c The key word here is urgent. The sense of urgency
goes with escape. None of the other options
appropriately fit in the first blank. In the second blank
immune, inured (to accustom to hardship, difficulty,
pain, etc) and unconvinced can all make sense but
unconvinced works best. Immune and inured mean
not to be susceptible to something or someone.
Uninitiated means not knowledgeable or skilled.

34. b Option (a) is incorrect as the word dissipate (to


exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion) can be used
with energy, smoke, clouds etc. but not with savings.
Expend means to use or spend but the sentence
requires a word that goes with useless spending
making squandered (to spend or use money or time
extravagantly or wastefully)correct. Clamouring
means loud and persistent outcry from many people.
The word aptly fits in the second blank making option
(b) the correct choice. Clinkering and vociferating
mean making a lot of noise. Trifled is to deal with
something as if it were of little value or significance.
Remonstrate means to rebuke.
35. a CB forms a mandatory pair. Your indulgence in B
refers to that of the chocolate lovers mentioned in C. D
follows B as it explains how indulgence in chocolate
would help lower the risk of stroke and heart attack. A
supports the same with facts and figures making DA a
mandatory pair as well. Hence, option (a) is the correct
choice.
36. b Only sentence B can begin the passage as it introduces
the topic i.e. the existence of methane beneath the
Antarctic ice sheet. This is followed by sentence C as
the gas in C refers to methane mentioned in B. A has
to follow D as the organic material in A refers to the
organic matter talked about in D. The correct
sequence thus would be given by option (b).
37. d D starts the passage by addressing the reader about
the possibility of an investment opportunity in an
environment friendly venture. B takes the point forward
by mentioning a possible reason for not wanting to go
in for a regular investment option. Thus, DB is a
mandatory pair. A has to come after D and B as it sums
up the earlier two statements by stating if that sounds
like you. C concludes the passage by mentioning the
name of the bank that has come up with the proposal.
Thus, option (d) is the correct choice.
38. d A 'church', 'temple' and 'synagogue' are all places of
worship. A monastery is however a community of
persons, esp. monks or nuns, living under religious
vows and/or the place of residence occupied by such
persons. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.
39. c Options (a), (b) and (d) have parallelism errors. In (a)
the two gerunds (dancing and drinking) are followed
by the infinitive to which is an incorrect construction.
The correct sentence should be, ...dancing, drinking
or going to... In (b), the infinitive to should be placed
before dance to maintain the parallel structure of the
sentence. In (d), the correct sentence should be, ...to
dance, drink or go to ... Thus option (c) is the correct
choice.
40. d There should be consistency in the use of pronoun to
keep the sentence parallel. In (a), the sentence begins
with the pronoun one, so the passive pronoun used
for referring to it should be ones and not your. Option
(d) is the correct choice. Option (b) can be eliminated
for the same reason as (a). In (c), the possessive
pronoun used should be yours and not ones.
41. c Option (a) is incorrect because saying without hardly
is redundant. It is a double negative mistake wherein
two negatives make a positive. Thus, option (c) is
correct. In (b), with hardly a warning is an incorrect
phrase and has no meaning. Option (d) is incorrect as
it is incomplete and thus is an incorrect construction.
42. a To talk turkey means to have a frank discussion,
often in a business context. Thus, option (a) is the
correct answer.
43. a Wheels within wheels implies complex interacting
processes, agents, or motives that influence a
particular situation, making it more complicated than it
at first seems. This term, which now evokes the
complex interaction of gears, may derive from a scene
in the Bible (Ezekiel 1:16): "Their appearance and their
work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel."
44. a An idealist is someone guided more by ideals than by
practical considerations. Hence, option (a) is correct.
Someone who strives for or demands the highest
standards of excellence in work is known as a
perfectionist.
45. b No sooner than means as soon as. So the given
sentence would mean, As soon as I left the house, it
started raining. Hence option (b) is the correct choice.
46. a The phrase, face that could stop a clock is used to
refer to a person who is very ugly. Hence, option (a)
i.e. pleasant and appealing is the correct choice.
47. c Adjourn (verb) means to break off (a meeting, legal
case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.
The opposite of adjourn is thus convene which
means to call people together (for a meeting) or to
assemble or cause to assemble for a common purpose.
Thus, option (c) is the correct answer.
48. b Waive (verb) means to refrain from insisting on or
using (a right or claim) or to refrain from applying or
enforcing (a rule, restriction, or fee). Thus, claim,
option (b) is the correct answer.
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49. c Compunction (noun) means a feeling of guilt or moral
scruple that follows the doing of something bad. The
correct antonym is shamelessness. Option (c) is
correct.
50. d Option (d) is the correct choice. The correct
construction has the possessive noun (his) as the
subject of the gerund (being). Option (b) is incorrect
as the subject of the gerund is missing and there is
ambiguity as to who was caught on CCTV. Options
(a) and (c) are grammatically incorrect.
51. c Total numbers from 1 to 100 divisible by 2 =
100
2
=50
and that of by 5 =
100
5
=20
Also, the total numbers from 1 to 100 divisible by both
2 and 5 =
100
10
=10
Hence, the total numbers from 1 to 100 divisible by
either 2 or 5 =50 +20 10 =60.
52. d Expenditure of Mr. Y =Income of Mr. Y Saving of
Mr. Y =20000 7500 =`12,500
Expenditure of Mr. X =60% of Expenditure of Mr. Y Y
=0.6 12500 =`7,500
Hence, the income Mr. X =Expenditure of Mr. X +
saving of Mr. X =7500 +10000 =`17,500.
53. b
9x 58 9x 40
=x +1
10 8
+
=
x =48.
54. c The ratio of amounts contributed by Sukhwinder, Ajay
and Kangkana =120 : 144 : 156 =10 : 12 : 13
The share of profit of Sukhwinder =
315 10
10 12 13

+ +
=`90
and that of Kangkana =
315 13
10 12 13

+ +
=`117
Hence, the answer =117 90 =`27.
55. b Let the cost price of the article be `100x.
The selling price
30 30 30
100x 1 1 1
100 100 100
| || || |
= + +
| | |
\ .\ .\ .
=`118.3x
Hence, the profit percentage =
118.3x 100x
100
100


=18.3.
56. a Area of the rectangular sheet =14 50 =700 cm
Area of the semi circular paper =
2
22 7
7 2
=77 cm
Hence, the required area =700 77 =623 cm.
57. c The pattern of the series is shown below:
532 4 =528
528 4 =132
132 4 =128
128 4 =32
32 4 =28
Hence, the next term of the sequence =28 4 =7.
58. c Number of Massai lions =10
Number of Congo lions =15
Let x be the average age of Congo lions.
10 19 +15 x =25 22
x =24 years.
59. b Let the five digit number be 4N.
Hence, the percentage change =
( ) 16N N
100
N
=1500%.
60. b As there is one 5 in the set of all odd prime numbers
between 1 and 1000.
Unit digit of (5 odd number) =5.
61. a 62. a 63. c 64. c 65. b
66. b 67. a 68. c 69. d 70. a
71. c 72. d 73. b 74. d 75. b
76. c 77. d 78. c 79. a 80. b
81. a 82. d 83. b 84. a 85. d
For questi ons 86 t o 90:
Year Supply (In crore barrels)
Demand (In
crore barrels)
2006 24.6
32.2
2007 26.4
36.5
2008 27.2
34.2
2009 30.5
38
2010 26.8
36.6
2011 28.2
32.6
86. a The percentage increase
=
36.6 32.2
100 13.7.
32.2

~
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87. c The percentage increase in the supply of crude oil in
India in:
2007 =
26.4 24.6
100 7.3
24.6

~
2008 =
27.2 26.4
100 3
26.4

~
2009 =
30.5 27.2
100 12.1
27.2

~
2011 =
28.2 26.8
100 5.2
26.8

~
Hence, the percentage increase was the highest in
the year 2009.
88. b The average demand (in crore barrels)
=
32.2 36.5 34.2 38 36.6 32.6
35.
6
+ + + + +
~
89. b The shortage (in crore barrels) of crude oil in India in:
2006 =32.2 24.6 =7.6
2007 =36.5 26.4 =10.1
2009 =38 30.5 =7.5
2010 =36.6 26.8 =9.8
Hence, the shortage was highest in the year 2007.
90. c The percentage =
Demand Supply
100
Supply


34.2 27.2
100 25.7.
27.2

= ~
For questi ons 91 t o 95:
The table given below shows the production of cotton (in '000 bales) by six major cotton-producing states of India individually
and together in six different years.

Gujarat 5610 5975 6080 5760 5810 5480 34715
Maharashtra 3193 3193 3050 2400 4639 2670 19145
Punjab 2700 2670 2650 2650 2750 2580 16000
Karnataka 1643 1315 1580 1675 1640 1622 9475
Andhra Pradesh 1997 1390 1543 1380 1010 980 8300
Madhya Pradesh 857 957 697 665 651 673 4500
Tot al 16000 15500 15600 14530 16500 14005 92135
2011 Tot al
Year s
States
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
91. b The approximate percentage decrease =
3050 2400
100 21.3.
3050

~
92. d
93. a The required difference (in '000 bales) =34715 19145 =15570.
94. b 20% of the total production in 2007 =
20
15500 3100
100
=
There were only two states which produced more than 20% of the total cotton produced by the six states together in
the year 2007 and these were Gujrat and Maharashtra.
95. c There were two such states which witnessed growth in two consecutive years and these were Gujarat and
Karnataka.
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96. a From st at ement I: No information is given about a.
Hence, statement (I) alone is not sufficient.
From statement II: Let the values of a and b be 5x
and 3x respectively.
The percentage =
(5x 3x)
100 66.66%
3
=
Hence, statement II alone is sufficient.
97. c Information given in either of the statements is alone
not sufficient.
Fr om st at ement s I and I I: On combining the
information given in the two statements, it can be
concluded that R is standing at extreme left position.
Hence, both the statements together are sufficient.
98. d The only thing that can be concluded on the basis of
the Information given in either of the statements is that
x is a positive real number. Even after combining the
two statements, it cannot be concluded that whether
x is an integer.
99. a Fr om st at ement I:
Let the number of boys and that of girls in the class be
x and y respectively.
17x +13y =15(x +y)
x
y
=1
Hence, statement I alone is sufficient.
From statement II: Information given in the statement
is not sufficient to answer the question.
100. a From st at ement I: Nothing can be said about the
divisibility of m by 13 on the basis of the information
given in the statement.
Hence, statement I alone is not sufficient.
From st at ement II: Since m is divisible by 1001, it
must also be divisible by 13
Hence, statement II alone is sufficient.

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