IBPS

2016

Model Paper
Set 1
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IBPS PO Model Paper 1

Reasoning Ability

Directions (Q. 1 6): Study the following information carefully and answer the question that
follows:
Five professionals A, B, C, D and E are practicing their professions in different cities viz. Bengaluru,
Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Jaipur, but not necessarily in the same order. Each has a
different profession viz. Lawyer, Counselor, Doctor, Pharmacist and Engineer but not necessarily in
the same order. Each professionals have one week off viz, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday but not necessarily in the same order.
A) One who is engineer is practicing in Bengaluru.
B) Three person among them i.e. the one whose week off is Friday and the one who is working in
Hyderabad are working in a government firm. But the other two i.e. the one whose week off is
Thursday and the one who is counselor are working in a private firm.
C) The one who is counselor not C.
D) D is lawyer and working in a private firm.
E) B is not living in Hyderabad but working in a government firm.
F) The one who has Friday off and the person who is working in Chennai are not friend but both
are practicing in a government firm.
G) The one who has Wednesday off is a counselor.
H) A has Monday off.
I) B and pharmacist professional are friend.

1. Who has Thursday off ?

1) C 2) A 3) D 4) E 5) None of these

2. Who among the following is working in Chennai ?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) Can't be determined

3. Who has Friday off ?

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1) One who is engineer 2) One who is Pharmacist 3) One who is doctor 4) Can't be determined 5)
None of these

4. One who is councelor lives in

1) Hyderabad 2) Bangalore 3) Chennai 4) Jaipur 5) Can't be determined

5. Which of the following statement is correct ?

1) A has firday week off 2) Councellor has Tuesday week off 3) D lives in Hyderabad 4) E is
pharmacist 5) None of these

6. Which of the following statement is not necessarily correct ?

1) A is a doctor 2)C has Tuesday off 3) D has Thursday week off 4) E lives in Mumbai 5) None of
these

Directions (Q. 7 11): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that
follows :
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight enclosures in the zoo. Eight animals viz. Lion, Panther, Bison,
Bear, Deer, Leopard, Tiger and
Monkey are housed in each enclosure but not necessarily in the same order. All the enclosures are
around a circular chamber but
the lock of each enclosure is in the outward direction with respect to the circular chamber.
Enclosures T and V are not in neighbor position. Bear is housed in enclosure V. There are two
enclosures between the enclosures in which Panther and Bison are housed. The enclosure in which
bison is enclosed placed second to the left of enclosure P.
There are two enclosures between V and the enclosure in which monkey is housed. W and S are
immediate neighbors of each
other. The enclosure in which leopard is housed, is on the immediate right of the enclosure in
which tiger is enclosed.
Leopard and deer are not housed in enclosure U. U is not an immediate neighbor of the enclosure
in which monkey is enclosed. The enclosure in which leopard is housed cannot placed with the
enclosure in which lion is housed.
Enclosure T is second to the left of the enclosure in which panther is housed. Neither monkey nor
panther is housed in R. S and Q are not at neighbor position. Q in which bison is not housed placed
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on the immediate left of enclosure U. There is only one enclosure placed between Q and the
enclosure in which monkey is housed and that enclosure can never be P. There is only one
enclosure placed between those two enclosures in which tiger and monkey are housed.

7. Which of the following animal is housed in enclosure U ?

1) Bear 2) Lion 3) Bison 4) Leopard 5) Can't be determined

8. Tiger is housed in which of the following enclosures ?

1) T 2) V 3) Q 4) S 5) None of these

9. Which of the following pairs of enclosures and animals is definitely true ?

1) V Tiger 2) R Leopard 3) Q Lion 4) W Panther 5) None of these

10. How many enclosures are placed between S and W when counted in clockwise direction from
W?
1) Six 2) Three 3) Four 4) Five 5) None

11. Which of the following is the position of enclosure P with respect to the enclosure in which
deerishoused ?
1) Third to the right 2) Fourth to the left 3) Third to the left 4) Second to the right 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 1216): In each questions below are given three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusion and then decide which of
the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known
facts.
Give answer :
1) If only conclusion I follows. 2) If only conclusion II follows. 3) If either conclusion I or conclusion
II follows. 4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. 5) If both conclusion I and II follow.

(12 13) :
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Statements : All rows are columns. Some columns are straight. Some straight are queue.
12. Conclusions: I.Some rows being queue is a possibility. II.All rows are straight.
13. Conclusions: I.Some columns can never be rows. II.At least some queues are columns.

(1415) :
Statements : No blue is sea. Every sea is river. Some rivers are fountains.
14. Conclusions: I.All blue are possibly fountain. II.Some sea are fountain.

15. Conclusions: I.No river is sea. II.There is a possibility that some blue are not fountain.

16. Statements: All managers are professionals. All professionals are engineers. Some engineers
are good.
Conclusions: I.All engineers being manager is a possibility. II.Some professionals are not managers.

Directions (Q. 17-21): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions :
A word and number arrangement machine when given on input line of words and numbers
rearranges themfollowing a
particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input :talent 13 to 32 draw 92 when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.
Step I :to 92 talent 13 32 draw when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.
Step II:to 92 when 85 talent 13 32 draw 32 immediate 42 arrived.
Step III:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 13 32 35 immediate arrived.
Step IV: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 13 32 immediate arrived.
Step V:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 13 immediate.
Step VI:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 immediate 13.
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out
in each of the following
questions, the appropriate steps for the input given below. Input:8 possibility 38 chocolates 72
row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.
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17. Which of the following will be the last step of the rearrangement ?
1) V 2) IV 3) VI 4) VII 5) VIII

18. Which of the following would be at sixth position from the right in step IV ?
1) chisel 2) season 3) 38 4) 64 5) None of these

19. Which step number would be the following output ? row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38
chocolates 14 chisel
1) Step IV 2) Step III 3) Step V 4) Step II 5) No such step is possible
20. If in step V 'row' is related to '72' and 'other' is related to '64', 'season' would be related to
which of the following in the same pattern ?
82 2) chisel 3) 38 4) 14 5) None of these

21. If in the last step all the words get rearranged in alphabetical order. Which of the following
wordswill remain its original position ?
possibility 2) season 3) chisel 4) other 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 22 26): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions :
In a certain code "environmental information is here" is written as 'tu fa lic li' 'here read given
important' is written as 'pi sa uic fa', 'awareness is necessarily important' is written as 'uic hi li no'
and 'necessarily given environmental questions' is written as 'xo lic pi hi'.

22. What is the code for 'information' ?

1) tu 2) fa 3) lic 4) li 5) Can't be determined

23. Which of the following is the code for 'is necessarily read' ?
1) sa hi li 2) sa fa hi 3) no hi li 4) pi hi li 5) None of these

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24. What does 'no' stand for ?

1) is 2) awareness 3) necessarily 4) important 5) Can't be determined

25. Which of the following is represented by the code 'fa pi lic' ?

1) here is given 2) information here given 3) here given environmental 4) here read information 5)
None of these

26. Which of the following may be the possible code for 'here exact awareness information' ?
1) uic no tu qa 2) no qa ja fa 3) no fa tu qa 4) no fa tu uic 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 2731) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below :
In a family of eight persons F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M there are four males and four females. There
are three married couples and two unmarried person. Each of them watching a different channel
viz. colors (HD), colors, star crick et, star plus, zee tv, discovery
national geographic channel and star cricket (HD). No couple watch both the version of the same
tv.
In the family of two generations, each female member except M has two sisters one brother. L is
thefatherinlaw of H and
the one, who watch colors. G, who watch star cricket (HD), is the soninlaw of M. J, who watch
starplus is unmarried sister of K, who does not watch discovery. No male watch star cricket or zee
tv. F does not watch zee tv. M has no daughterinlaw. K is G's brotherinlaw. I is the sisterin
law of H but she does not watch national geographic, discovery and zee tv.

27. Who among the following watch star cricket ?

1) F 2) H 3) I 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these

28. H watch which of the following channels ?

1) Colors 2) Zee tv 3) Discovery 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these

29. How F is related with K ?

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1) Brotherinlaw 2) Husband 3) Sisterinlaw 4) Sister 5) Can't be determined

30. How many soninlaw does M have ?

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these
31. Which of the following pairs of persons does not represent the couples ?
1) G and I 2) F and H 3) L and M 4) G and J 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 32-35): Each of the questions below consists of a question and three statements
numbered I, II and III given below it, you have to decide whether the data provided in the
statements are sufficient to answer the questions :

32. How is 'ru' coded in a code language ?

I) 'ru ta ab' is coded as 'clean clear home' and 'home is beautiful'' is the code of 'ta ha na'.
II) 'tu ma abo' is coded as 'flowers are white' and 'ea ta qa' is coded as 'clean sheets shades'.
III) 'ru qa mo' is coded as 'nice clear sheets' and 'abo ha qi' is coded as 'white deep light'.
1) Only I and III 2) All I, II and III 3) Only II and III 4) Only I and II 5) All I, II and III are not sufficient.

33. How many members are there in the family ?

I) S's mother T is wife of R.
II) N and O are brothers of S.
III) Out of the three children T has only one girl and there is only one married couple in the family.
1) Only III 2) Only I and II 3) Only II and III 4) All I, II and III 5) All I, II and III are not sufficient.

34. 'School' is in which direction with respect to 'park' ?

I) Market is to the east of park. Apartment is to the south of park. School is to the north of
apartment.
II) Market is to the east of park. Park is exactly in the mid of market and tower. Highway is to the
north of tower. School is to the east of highway.

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III) Shopping complex is to the north of school. Shopping complex is 10 meter from park. School is
12 meter from park.
Only I and III 2) Only I and II 3) Only II and III 4) All I, II and III 5) None of these

35. Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting on the opposite sides of rectangular table. Three
people on each side. Is R sitting at the middle position ?
I) S is not at the opposite seat of P and sits on the corner. R and T are sitting exactly opposite each
other. P is on the immediate left of Q.
II) If P and U exchange their seats, then P is beside and left of T.
III) If P and T exchange their places, then T is on the immediate left of R.
1) Only I 2) Only I and II 3) Only III 4) All I, II and III 5) Only III

Answers :-

(1 to 6)

1. (3)

2. (1)

3.(1)

4.(5)

5.(5)

6.(4)

(7 to 11)

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7.2;

8.5;

9.4;

10.1;

11.2;

12.1;

13.4;

14.1;

15.2;

16.1;

(17-21): The word and number arrangement machine rearranges words in increasing order of
their lengths and in case there is a tie, the words are arranged according to the reverse
alphabetical order. Numbers are rearranged in descending order in each step, the machine
rearranges one word and one number.
Input : 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.
Step I :row 82 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 14 other 64 chisel season.
Step II:row 82 other 72 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 64 chisel season.
Step III: row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel.
Step IV: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 8 possibility chocolates 14.
Step V: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 chocolates 14 8 possibility.
Step VI: Row 82 Other 72 Season 64 Chisel 38 Chocolates 14 Possibility 8.
17.3 ,

18.1 ,

19.2 ,

20.3 ,

21.5 ,

(22 26) :
Environmental information is here --> tu fa lic li....... (i)
Here read given important --> pi sa uic fa.......... (ii)
Awareness is necessarily important --> uic hi li no....... (iii)
Necessarily given environmental questions --> xo lic pi hi ............. (iv)
from (i) and (ii) here --> fa ........... (v)
from (ii) and (iii) important --> uic ............ (vi)
from (i) and (iii) is --> li ........... (vii)
from (iii) and (iv) necessarily --> hi ........... (viii)
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from (ii) and (iv) given --> pi ........... (ix)

from (ii), (v), (vi) and (ix) read --> sa ........... (x)
from (i) and (iv) environmental --> lic ........... (xi)
from (iv), (viii), (ix) and (xi) questions --> xo ........... (xii)
from (iii), (vi), (vii) and (viii) awareness --> no ........... (xiii)
from (i), (v), (vii) and (xi) information --> tu ........... (xiv)

22. 1; 23. 1; 24. 2;

25. 3; 26. 3

(2731):

27. 1; 28.3;

29.4;

30.2;

31.4;

32. 1; From I : ru ta ab --> clean clear home ........ (i)

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ta ha na --> home is beautiful .................. (ii)

From I and II : home --> ta
From II : tu ma abo --> flowers are white ......... (iii)
ea ta qa --> clean sheets shades ........... (iv)
From III : ru qa mo --> nice clear sheets ........ (v)
abo ha qi --> white deep light .......... (vi)
From I and III : using eq n s (i) and (v) ru --> clear

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English Language

Directions (Q. 1-10):Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with
high expectations. This was because not only did his party the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)
manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but
India was also in direneed of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of
growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling conomy. With NDA coming to
power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During
his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the
previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing
down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from
abroad, among other initiatives.
As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when
he spoke about minimum government and maximizing governance. His ministry has a clear, flat
structure he is the head and his ministers mostly below 75 years directly under him, where
he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with
the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made
efforts to bring in efficiency government officials now reach office on time and are putting in
atleast 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for
approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has
become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means
business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under
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Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development
Ministry headed by SmritiI rani has notable achievements like her initiative towards establishing
the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format,
thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20
classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms
of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been avertedto a certain extent. Also, there
are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be
too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps
undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been
busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not
without criticism.

1. Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the passage ?
1) 100 days of Modi government.
2) Present government of India.
3) Government Schemes in India.
4) The cult of the great leader.
5) Modi's government is accountable.

2. What does the author mean by 'minimum government and maximising governance' as given in
the passage ?
1) India is all set to feature a greatly dispersed council of ministers.
2) It will have a panIndian character.
3) To make a dent in formation of ministries.
4) Eventually aiming at smart governance where the top layers of government will be downsized
and there would be expansion at the grass root level.
5) None of these

3. What were the promises that the BJP made in their public declaration before election as per the
passage ?
1) Clean up the Ganga.
2) Committed to the abrogation of Article 370 on Kashmir.
3) Reviving economic growth.
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4) Checking corruption.
5) Only 1, 2 and 4

4. What does the phrase 'keeps a strict eye on' mean as used in the passage ?
1) Give personal attention to someone or something.
2) Wanting something more.
3) Keep finger crossed.
4) To retain in one's possession.
5) None of these

5. Which of the following is true as per the passage ?

1) During his entire election campaign Modi had promised better days.
2) Modi's ascendancy was a monumental shift in Indian politics as Prime Minister of India as the
head of BJP which enjoyed majority in Lok Sabha.
3) Modi has announced several steps to make India's villages self sufficiently and clean.
4) All of the above
5) None of these

Directions (6-8) :Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold
as used in the
passage.

6. Dire
1) Fortunate 2) Burning 3) Urgent 4) Fortunate 5) Crying

7. Steer
1) Follow 2) Allow 3) Yield 4) Point 5) Govern

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8. Crumbling
1) Integrating 2) Decaying 3) Connecting 4) Mending 5) Refreshing

Directions (910) : Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in
bold as used in the
passage-

9. Averted
1) Supported 2) Halted 3) Deterred 4) Precluded 5) Diverted

10. Penchant
1) Disposition 2) Tilt 3) Disinclination 4) Propensity 5) Difference

Directions (Q. 11 - 20) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it. Launching his governments first big ticket social welfare program, the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave a call for eradicating what he
termed as financial untouchability of the poor by openingat least one bank account for every
family in the country in less than six months. This essentially means opening a whopping 7.5 crore
bank accounts, the process for which was kick started on Thursday with 1.5 crore accounts 50
lakh over the intended target on inaugural day. As per government figures, around 10 crore
families do not have a bank account.If crores of Indians are outside the ambit of organized
financial services because they do not have a bank account even after 68 years of independence,
we call it financial untouchability. Gandhiji ended social untouchability, it is our mission to
eradicate this kind of untouchability now to fight poverty, While the initial aim was to include
every beneficiary in the program within one
year, the deadline was advanced as Modi, who announced the scheme in his Independence
Day speech at Red Fort, expressed his desire for the process to be concluded by the next
Republic Day.
The Jan Dhan Yojana provides for a free zero-balance bank account with a debit card, `1 lakh
accidental insurance policy and `30,000 free medical insurance cover for those who enroll before
January 26, 2015. Depending on the performance of the accounts in the first six months, banks will
later extend a `5,000 overdraft facility, thereby turning the debit card into a kind of credit card.
The debit card is being issued by RuPay of the National Payments Corporation of India. PM said a
mammoth initiative like this would go a long way in granting global acceptance to the RuPay
brand, in line with international retail credit giants like Visa and others. In the subsequent phases
of the program, the Indian postal departments network will also be roped in to provide banking
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services in the remote areas. The system will also become a channel for remitting micro pension.
Banks queue up at the houses of the rich to extend loans at cheaper rates. Nothings wrong with
that. Its business. But they do not extend the same courtesy to the poor. So the poor take loans
from rich money-lenders at five times the market rate. Many poor farmers fail to repay because
the loan is so expensive and then some of them commit suicide when all is lost. This is a vicious
cycle. This program is the first step towards breaking that cycle."

11. What was the main objective of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ?
1) Government wants to integrate the poorest of the poor with bank accounts with Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
2) The Scheme intends to accomplish the objective of housing for all.
3) It is an ambitious scheme that will provide a host of benefits.
4) All of the above
5) None of these

12. Which of the following can be said about the PMJDY ?

1) Modi pitched the Jan Dhan Yojana as a tool to freedom from the vicious cycle of indebtedness
to money lenders.
2) The Jan Dhan Yojana provides for a zerobalance bank account.
3) Every account holder will receive a Rupay debit card.
4) All of the above
5) None of these

13. Which of the following is not an adverse impacts of PMJDY ?

1) The scheme would not only help in taking the benefits of various schemes and program being
launched by the centre and state government to the people but it will also help in bringing down
corruption.
2) It will end financial untouchability.
3) It will increase billions of rupees on social spending.
4) Only 1 and 2
5) All of the above
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14. Which of the following facts is false as per the passage ?

1) The PMJDY to provide banking facilities to every household got off to a poor start in HP on
Thursday.
2) JDY opens account with 1.5 crore users.
3) Under the PMJDY, unbanked households are being encouraged to open bank accounts with the
offer offree life insurance and personal accident insurance covers.
4) All of the above 5) Only 1 and 3

15. Which of the following strengthen the statement about 'PMJDY is first step towards the poor
farmers fail to repay the laon' with respect to the passage ?
1) Under this scheme to all farmers will be provided a `5000 overdraft facility.
2) With a bank account, every farmer gains access to banking and credit facilities.
3) Zero balance account will be a source of immense satisfaction for every citizen.
4) All of the above 5) None of these

Directions (1618) : Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in
bold as used in the
passage16. Mammoth
1) Behemoth 2) Massive 3) Tiny 4) High 5) Meager

17. Remitting
1) Addressing 2) Transferring 3) Holding 4) Mailing 5) Posting

18. Vicious
1) Corrupt 2) Moral 3) Sinful 4) Iniquitous 5) Spiteful

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Directions (19 20) :Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in
bold as used in the
Passage

19. Eradicating
1) Uprooting 2) Establishing 3) Keeping 4) Planting 5) Scheduling

20. Ambit
1) Reduction 2) Contradiction 3) Incarceration 4) Sphere 5) Extreme

Directions (Q. 21-25): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or
idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part
is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, If any).

21. 1) The Principal has announced / 2) a tournament for all / 3) student who / 4) achieve their
targets. / 5) No error

22. 1) M. S. Dhoni has been assigned / 2) with that team / 3) because he is / 4) well qualified and
experienced. / 5) No error

23. 1) The nonstop bullet train's new project / 2) cannot be launched / 3) unless the approval/ 4)
of the board. / 5) No error

24. 1) Instead criticizing / 2) why don't / 3) you help / 4) with the presentation? / 5) No error

25. 1) In spite of / 2) so many hardships / 3) Niharika has managed / 4) to success. / 5) No error

Directions (Q 26-30): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

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(A) Being rejected from almost every management and banking competition I applied for, taught
me that strategy comes from planning and real world application of ideas not seat of the pants
thinking.
(B) My failure taught me to be clearer about my practice, vision, and objectives when persuading
others to get behind me.
(C) Getting dinged from 4 out of the 9 top banks taught me that accuracy matters just as much as
speed when evaluating what organization or post you should align yourself with.
(D) Getting out from second round examinations taught me that I should funnel my desire for
accuracy offstage.
(E) Failing my exam taught me that you have to be prepared, always, in order to be successful.
F) I've chosen a field that requires me to think logically about time management problems and
apply my interest in the quantitative aptitude and accuracy.

26. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) D 2) E 3) A 4) C 5) F

27. Which of the following would be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) E 3) B 4) C 5) F

28. Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) E 3) C 4) F 5) D

29. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) F 2) C 3) E 4) A 5) B

30. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) D 2) C 3) F 4) A 5) E

Answers :-

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1.1 , 2.4 , 3.3 , 4.1 , 5.2 , 6.3 , 7.5 , 8.2 ,

15.2 , 16.5 , 17.3 , 18.2 , 19. 1 , 20.4

9.1 , 10.3 , 11.1 , 12.4 , 13.4 , 14.5 ,

21. 3; Substitute students for student.

22. 2; Substitute to for with.
23. 3; Substitute without for unless.
24. 1; Insert of after instead.
25. 2; Delete so.
(26 30) : B D F E A C
26. 2 , 27. 4 , 28. 1 , 29.5 , 30. 3

Quantitative Aptitude

Directions (Q. 1-5): Each question below is followed by two statements A and B. You have to
decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the questions. Read
both the statement and give answer :
1) If the statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question but the statement B alone is not
sufficient.
2) If the statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question but the statement A alone is not
sufficient.
3) If both statements A and B together are needed to answer the question.
4) If either the statement A alone or statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question.
5) If the data even in both statements A and B together are not sufficient to answer the question.

1. What is the profit earned by selling a pen for `120 ?

A) The cost price of 5 such pens is equal to selling price of 4 such pens.
B) 25% profit is earned by selling each pen.

2. What is the salary of C, in a group of A, B, C, D and E, whose average salary is `12000 ?

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A) C's salary is 2.5 times B's salary.

B) Average salary of A and B is `4000.

3. What is the area of the circle ?

A) The breadth of a rectangle is the radius of circle.
B) The radius of the circle is equal to the side of a square of area 169 sq m.

4. What is the three digit number ?

A)

of a number is less by 90 of that number. .

B) of a number is 25% of that number. .

5. What is the speed of the car ?

A) The car covers a distance 120 km in 4 hours.
B) The car covers a distance 210 km in 7 hours.

6.

Directions (Q. 7-8): In each of these questions, two equations I and II with variable x and y are
given. You have to solve both the equations to find the value x and y and give answer:
1) If x < y 2) If x y 3) If x = y 4) If x y 5) If x > y

7. I. x2= 9 II. y2+ 8y + 16 = 0

8. I. 4x2+ 10x 6 = 0 II. y2 5y + 6 = 0

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9. The radius of a copper sphere is 6 cm. The sphere is melted and drawn into a long wire of
uniform circular cross section. If the length of the wire is 72 cm, then the radius of wire is ?
1) 4 cm 2) 4.2 cm 3) 2 cm 4) 3 cm 5) None of these

10. The ratio of length of rhombus is 3 : 4. Then, the ratio of the area of the rhombus to the square
of the shorter diagonal is?
1) 3 : 2 2) 3 : 8 3) 1 : 2 4) 4 : 3 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 10-15) : Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow : Yearly fees
(in `thousands) of five different courses in five different years :

11. If 30% of the yearly fees were reduced for B.E course in the year 2011, what was the rectified
yearly fees for B.E course in the year 2011 ?
1) `2460 2) `5740 3) `6260 4) `3230 5) None of these

12. Total yearly fees for MBA course overall the years together was what percentage of total
yearly fees of MCA course in the year 2010, 2011 and 2012 together ?
1) 70.73% 2) 104.46% 3) 87.26% 4) 141.38% 5) None of these

13. What was the percentage increase in yearly fees of B. A in the year 2009 as compared to the
previous year ?
1) 84

% 2) 45

% 3) 61

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% 5) None of these
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14. What was the difference between the total yearly fees for all the courses together in the year
2012 and the yearly fees of B.Sc course in the year 2010 ? (in `)
1) 34240 2) 28300 3) 37200 4) 25350 5) None of these

15. What was the average yearly fees of MCA course overall the years together ?
1) `7120 2) `6620 3) `5940 4) `6460 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 16-20) : The following pie-chart shows the hourly distribution (in degrees) of all the
major activities of a student :

16. What per cent does he spend in school comparison to sleeping ?

1) 81

% 2) 87 % 3) 122 % 4) 76

% 5) None of these

17. What is the difference between the time he spent in Games and in Others ?
1) 3 hrs 20 min 2) 3 hrs 33 min 3) 3 hrs 4) 3 hrs 55 min 5) None of these

18. The percentage of time, which he spends in homework is

1) 11

% 2) 13

% 3) 90 % 4) 13

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19. If he spends the time in school equal to the sleeping and remains constant in other activities,
then percentage decrease in time of games is
1) 175 2) 57

3) 61

20. If he spends

th

4) 72 5) None of these

time of homework in Physics, then the number of hours he spends in rest of

the subject in homework is

1) 3 2) 4 3) 1 4) 6 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 21 25) : Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Percentage of students in MBA class, who sought employment in the area of Finance, Marketing
and Software :

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21. In 2007, students seeking jobs in finance earned more than those opting for software (per
annum) by
1) `1.764 lakhs 2) `17.64 lakh 3) `21.168 lakh 4) `12 lakh 5) None of these

22. What is the percentage increase in the average monthly salary offered to a software student
over the given five years ?
1) 70 2) 41 3) 67 4) 43 5) None of these

23. The number of students, who get jobs in finance is less than the students getting software
Jobs, in the five years by
1) 4 2) 42 3) 9 4) 226 5) None of these

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24. What is the percentage increase in the average salary of finance from 20042008 ?
1) 26% 2) 29% 3) 36% 4) 32% 5) None of these

25. The average annual rate at which the initial salary offered in marketing increase is
1) 31.5 % 2) 22.4 % 3) 71.32 % 4)29 % 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 26 -30) : Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow : Profit (In
`lakhs) made by 3 companies over the years :

26. What is the percent increase in profit made by company A over the years ?
1) 150 2) 60 3) 120 4) 82 5) None of these

27. Profit made by company C in the year 2009 was what percent of total profit made by all the
three companies in that year?
1) 111
2) 51
3) 46
4) 42
5) None of these
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28. If the income of company B in the year 2010 was `14 lakhs, what was its expenditure in that
year ?
1) `20 lakh 2) `13 lakh 3) `16 lakh 4) `7 lakh 5) None of these

29. What is the percent increase in profit of company A in the year 2009 from the previous year ?
1) 50 2) 33

3)66

4) 42 5) None of these

30. If the expenditure of company C in the year 2013 was `14.44 lakhs, what was its income in that
year ?
1) `22.44 lakh 2) `17.5 lakh 3) `16.22 lakh 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 21 -25) : Study the piechart carefully to answer the questions that follow :
% breakup of number of children in five different cities and breakup of children attending school
from those cities :

31. What is the number of children attending school from city C ?

1) 167 2) 132 3) 231 4) 206 5) None of these

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32. What is the total number of children not attending school from cities A and B together ?
1) 504 2) 378 3) 168 4) 448 5) None of these

33. What is the respective ratio of total number of children from city E to the number of children
attending school from the same village ?
1) 103 : 36 2) 35 : 12 3) 3 : 1 4) 13 : 9 5) None of these

34. The number of children, attending school from city D is, what percent of the number of
children from that city ?
1) 77.14 2) 129.62 3) 67.25 4) 72.64 5) None of these

35. What is the total number of children from city B and E together ?
1) 1078 2) 2303 3) 1725 4) 1125 5) None of these

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34.

35. 5; Req. answer = (20 + 30) % of 2450 = 1225

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