SECTION A: Reasoning Ability

(Q1.-5.) Complete the series:

1. 28, 33, 31, 36, ?, 39

a. 32 b. 34 c. 38 d. 40

2. 4, 12, 36, 108, ?

a. 144 b. 216 c. 304 d. 324

3. Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C, ?

a. Y44B b. Y66B c. Y88B d. Z88B

4. _ a_ b _ abaa _ bab _ abb

a. aaabb b. ababb c. babab d. babba

5. Mango : Fruit : : Potato : ?

a. Root b. Fruit c. Stem d. Flower

6. Dog : Bark : : Goat : ?

a. Bleat b. Howl c. Grunt d. Bray

7. Point to a lady in the photograph, Shaloo said, “Her son’s father is the son in law of my mother.” How is
Shaloo related to that lady?
a. Aunt b. Sister c. Mother d. Cousin

8. Ravi and Kunal are good in Hockey and Volleyball. Sachin and Ravi are good in Hockey and Baseball. Gaurav
and Kunal are good in Cricket and Volleyball. Sachin, Gaurav and Michael are good in Football and Baseball.
Who is good in Hockey, Cricket and Volleyball?
a. Sachin b. Kunal c. Ravi d. Gaurav

9. A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also, B cannot be at the third place. If
A and B are together, which of the following must be definitely true?
a. C is not at the first place.
b. D is at the first place.
c. C is not at the first place.
d. A is at the third place.

10. Kunal walks 10km towards North. From there he walks 6km towards South. Then, he walks 3km towards East.
How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
a. 5km West b. 7Km West c. 7KmEast d. 5kmNorth-East

11. How many pairs of letters are there in the word REPURCUSSION which have as many letters between them in
the word as also in the alphabet?
a. Nil b. one c. Two d. Three

12. If Table is called Room, Room is called Chair, Chair is called Door, & Door is called Table, then a person sits
on?
a. Room b. Chair c. Door d. Table

13. R E 5 D A P $ 3 T I Q 7 9 B # 2 K % U 1 M W 4 * J 8 N
 Which of the following is seventh to the left of the sixteenth from the left in the above given arrangement?

a. A b. U c. 4 d. T
14. Atmosphere always has
a. Oxygen b. Air c. Germs d. Moisture

15. STATEMENTS: Some doctors are fools. Some fools are rich.
CONCLUSIONS: I. Some doctors are rich. II. Some rich are doctors.
a. Only I follows b. Only II follows. c. Both Follow. D. None follows.

SECTION B: Quantitative Aptitude

16. The smallest number to be added to 1000, so that 45 divides the sum exactly is:
a. 35 b. 80 c. 20 d. 10

17. A student was asked to multiply a number by 3/2 but he divided it by 3/2. His result was 10 less than the
correct answer. The number was:
a. 10 b. 12 c. 15 d. 20

18. When a number is divided by 56, the remainder is 29. What will be the remainder when the same number is
divided by 8?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 7

19. If 17200is divided by 18, the reminder is

a. 17 b. 18 c. 1 d. 2

20. How many 3-digit numbers are divisible by 6?

a. 140 b. 150 c. 160 d. 170

21. Given that 3.718 = ___1_____, then ______1_______ is equal to

0.2689 0.0003718

a. 2689 b. 2.689 c. 26890 d. 0.2689

22. A man ate 100 grapes in 5 days. Each day, he ate 6 more grapes than those he ate on the earlier day. How
many grapes did he eat on the first day?
a. 8 b. 12 c. 54 d. 76

23. 0.06 x 0.06 x 0.06 – 0.05 x 0.05 x 0.05 =

0.06 x 0.06 + 0.06 x 0.05 + 0.05 x 0.05

a. 1 b. 0.11 c. 0.01 d. 0.1

24. By what least number should 4320 be multiplied so that the new number is a perfect cube?
a. 40 b. 50 c. 50 d. 80

25. The traffic lights at three different crossings change after 24 seconds, 36 seconds, and 54 seconds respectively.
If they all change simultaneously at 10:15:00 then at what time will they again change simultaneously?
a. 10:16:54
b. 10:18:36
c. 10:17:02
d. 10:22:12
 26. In an examination, 70% of the candidates passed in English, 80% passed in Mathematics. 10% failed in both
subjects. If 144 candidates passed in both, the total number of students was:
a. 125 b. 200 c. 240 d. 375
27. The population of a village has increased annually at the rate of 25%. If at the end of 3 years it is 10,000, the
population in the beginning of the first year was:
a. 5120 b. 5000 c. 4900 d. 4500

28. Ram’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio 5 : 3. If his income increases by 12% and expenditure by 15%
then by how much percent does his savings increase?
a. 12% b. 7% c. 8% d. 13%

29. A reduction in the price of apples enables a person to purchase 3 apples for Re.1 instead of Rs. 1.25. What is
the % reduction in price?
a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 33.33

30. X sells two horses for Rs.4,000 each for no gain and no loss in the transaction. If one was sold at a gain of 25%,
the other is sold at a loss of
a. 25% b. 18 1/9% c. 16.66% d. 20%

31. Oranges are bought at the rate of 10 for Rs.25 and sold at the rate of 9 for Rs.25. The profit is
a. 9.09% b. 10% c. 11.11% d. 12.5%

32. A bicycle, marked at Rs.2,000 is sold with two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. An additional discount of
5% is offered for cash payment. The selling price of the bicycle at cash payment is
a. 1,368 b. 1,468 c. 1,568 d. 1,668

33. A borrows Rs.800 at 12% per annum S.I. and B borrows Rs.910 at the rate of 10% per annum S.I. In how many
years will their amounts of debt be equal?
a. 18 b. 20 c. 22 d. 24

34. A can do a piece of work in 12 days while B alone can do it in 15 days. With the help of C, they can finish it in 5
days. If they are paid Rs. 960 for the whole work, how much does A get?
a. 480 b. 240 c. 320 d. 400

35. One third of a certain journey is covered at 25kmph, one fourth at 30kmph, and the rest at 50kmph. The
average speed of the entire journey is:
a. 35kmph b. 33.33kmph c. 30kmph d. 37kmph

SECTION C: English Language & Comprehension

PASSAGE-1

The fairness exercise, thus structured, is aimed at identifying appropriate principles that would determine the
choice of just institutions needed for the basic structure of a society. Rawls identifies some very specific principles of
justice (to be discussed presently), and makes the strong claim that these principles would be unanimous choice that
would emerge from the political conception of justice as fairness. He argues that since these principles would be
chosen by all in the original position, with its primordial equality, they constitute the appropriate ‘political conception’
of justice, and the people growing up in a well-ordered society governed by these principles would have good reason
to affirm a sense of justice based on them (irrespective of each person’s particular conception of a ‘good life’ and
personal ‘comprehensive’ priorities). So the unanimous choice of these principles of justice does quite a but of work in
the Rawlsian system, which includes the choice of institutions for the basic structure of the society, as well as the
determination of a political conception of justice, which Rawls presumes will correspondingly influence individual
behaviours in conformity with that shared conception.
The choice of basic principles of justice is the first act in Rawl’s multi0staged unfolding of social justice. This first stage
leads to the next, ‘constitutional’, stage in which actual institutions are selected in line with the chosen principle of
justice, taking note of the conditions of each particular society. The working of these institutions, in turn, leads to
further social decisions at later stages in the Rawlsian system, for example through appropriate legislation (in what
Rawls calls ‘the legislative stage’). The imagined sequence moves forward step by step on firmly specified lines, with an
elaborately characterized unfolding of completely just societal arrangements.

The whole process of this unfolding is based on the emergence of what he describes as ‘two principles of justice’ in the
first stage that influence everything else that happens in the Rawlsian sequence. I have to express considerable
scepticism about Rawls’ highly specific claim about the unique choice, in the original position, of one particular set of
principles for just institutions, needed for a fully just society. There are genuinely plural, and sometimes conflicting,
general concerns that bear on our understanding of justice. They need not differ in the convenient way – convenient
for choice that is – that only one such set of principles really incorporates impartiality and fairness, while the others do
not. Many of them share features of being unbiased and dispassionate, and represent maxims that their proponents
can ‘will to be a universal law’ (to use Immanuel Kant’s famous requirement).

Indeed, plurality of unbiased principles can, I would argue, reflect the fact that impartiality can take many different
forms and have quite distinct manifestations. For examples, in the illustration with the competing claims of three
children over a flute, considered in the introduction, underlying each child’s claim there is a general theory of how to
treat people in an unbiased and impartial way, focussing, respectively, on effective use and utility, economic equity and
distributional fairness, and the entitlement to the fruits of one’s unaided efforts. Their arguments are perfectly general,
and their respective reasoning about the nature of a just society reflects different basic ideas that can each be
defended impartially (rather than being parasitic on vested interests). And if there is no unique emergence of a given
set of principles of justice that together identify the institutions needed for the basis structure of the society, then the
entire procedure of ‘justice as fairness’, as developed in Rawls’ classic theory, would be hard to use.

As was discussed in the introduction, Rawls’ basic claim of the emergence of a unique set of principles of justice in the
original position (discussed and defended in his A Theory of Justice) is considerably softened and qualified in his later
writings. Indeed, in his Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, Rawls’ notes that ‘there are indefinitely many considerations
that may be appealed to in the original position and each alternative conception of justice is favoured by some
consideration and disfavoured by others’, and also that ‘the balance of reasons itself rests on judgement, though
judgement informed and guided by reasoning’. When Rawls foes on to concede that ‘the ideal cannot be fully
attained’, his reference is to his ideal theory of justice as fairness. However, there need not be anything particularly
‘non-ideal’ in a theory of justice that makes room for surviving disagreement and dissent on some issues, while
focussing on many solid conclusions that would forcefully emerge from reasoned agreement on demands of justice.

What is clear, however, is that if Rawls’ second thoughts are really saying what they seem to be saying, then his earlier
stage-by-stage theory of justice as fairness would have to be abandoned. If institutions have to be set up on the basis
of unique set of principles of justice emanating from the exercise of fairness, through the original position, then the
absence of such a unique emergence cannot but hit at the very root of the theory. There is a real tension here within
Rawl’s own reasoning over the years. He does not abandon, at least explicitly, his theory of justice as fairness, and yet
he seems to accept that there are incurable problems in getting a unanimous agreement on one set of principles of
justice in the original position, which cannot but have devastating implications for his theory of ‘justice as fairness’. My
own inclination is to think that Rawls’ original theory played a huge part in making us understand various aspects of
the idea of justice, and even if that theory has to be abandoned – for which there is, I would argue, a strong case – a
great deal of the enlightenment from Rawls’ pioneering contribution would remain and continue to enrich political
philosophy. It is possible to be at once deeply appreciated and seriously critical of a theory, and nothing would make
me happier than having Rawls’ own company, if that were to come, in this dual assessment of the theory of justice as
fairness.

36. According to Rawls,

a. Principles of justice are the unanimous choice of a just society
b. Principles of justice are politically derived
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

37. Which of the following best fits the title of the passage?
a. The idea of justice
b. Unbiased principles
c. Justice as fairness
d. The basic structure of society

38. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

a. Suitable principles need to be identified to determine the choice of just institutions
b. Just institutions are required for the basic structure of society
c. Rawls has identified specific principles of justice
d. The author of the passage is in agreement with the principles of justice identified by Rawls

39. Which of the following is a correct statement?

a. Rawls argues that citizens of a society governed by principles of justice would affirm a sense of justice based
on them
b. The author of the passage argues that citizens of justice would affirm a sense of justice based on them
c. Both Rawls and the author of the passage argue that citizens of a society governed by principles of justice
would affirm a sense of justice based on them
d. Neither Rawls nor the author of the passage argues that citizens of a society governed by principles of justice
would affirm a sense of justice based on them

40. Which of the following is a correct statement?

a. The author of the passage argues that principles of justice are chosen by all in the original position
b. Rawls argues that principles of justice are chosen by all in the original position
c. Both the author of the passage and Rawls argue that principles of justice are chosen by all in the original
position
d. Neither the author of the passage nor Rawls argue that principles of justice are chosen by all in the original
position

41. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

a. The author of the passage believes that principles of justice constitute the political concept of justice
b. Rawls believes that principles of justice constitute the political concept of justice
c. Both the author of the passage and Rawls believe that principles of justice constitute the political concept of
justice
d. Neither the author of the passage nor Rawls believe that principles of justice constitute the political concept of
justice.

42. Which of the following is a correct statement?

a. Rawls rejects the theory of justice as fairness
b. The author of the passage rejects the theory of justice as fairness
c. Neither the author nor Rawls rejects the theory of justice as fairness
d. All of the above

43. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

a. The author of ‘Justice as Fairness: A Restatement’ is not the author of the passage.
b. Rawls is the author of ‘Justice as Fairness” A Restatement’
c. Rawls has not changed or modified his original position on the principles of justice.
d. None of the above

44. According to the passage,

a. Rawls’ multistage theory of justice as fairness is not tenable
b. Rawls’ multistage theory of justice as fairness is very sound
c. The author of the passage reinforces Rawls’ multistage theory of justice as fairness
d. None of the above

45. According to the passage,

a. The basic principles of justice is the first stage of a multistaged process of social justice developed by Rawls
b. The basic principles of justice is the first stage of a multistaged process of social justice developed by the
author of the passage
c. Rawls’ concept of social justice is confined to the basic principles of justice
d. Rawls’ concept of social justice developed as a two-stage process

46. Which of the following is a correct statement?

a. The author of the passage does not agree that impartiality can take many different forms
b. Rawls thinks that impartiality can take many different forms
c. The author of the passage believes that impartiality can take many different forms
d. None of the above

47. According to the passage,

a. The author of the passage is in agreement with Rawls’ claim that there exists one particular set of principles
for just institutions
b. The author of the passage is not in agreement with Rawls’ claim that there exists one particular set of
principles for just institutions
c. Neither of the above
d. Both a and b.

48. According to the passage,

a. Rawls believes that there are several concerns that may lead to an understanding of justice
b. The author of the passage believes that there are several concerns that may lead to an understanding of
justice
c. The author of the passage believes that one set of principles lead to our understanding of justice
d. Rawls believes that there are conflicting concerns that may lead to an understanding of justice

49. According to the passage,

a. There is no theory of how to ensure justice in an unbiased and impartial way
b. One cannot treat people with economic equity and distributional fairness
c. There is a general theory of economic equity and distributional fairness
d. None of the above

50. Which of the following is a correct statement?

a. Rawls suggests the theory ‘Justice as fairness’
b. The author of the passage suggests the theory ‘justice as fairness’
c. Both Rawls and the author of the passage suggest the theory ‘justice as fairness’
d. None of the above

Passage – 2

After Appy Thomas’s unhappy marriage and separation, he was baptized in the Anglican Church, and his poetry
became more orthodox. Eventually, he could no longer summon the intense concentration of heart, mind and
imagination necessary to produce significant poetry, and he subsidised into the versifier of old Possum’s Book of
Practical Cats – ironically, the work by which he is now widely known in the U.S., thanks to its popularization in the
musical cats.
51. As Thomas aged, his poetry became
a. Better
b. Worse
c. The same
d. Some better, some worse.
52. Orthodox poetry is that
a. Is Jewish in style
b. Is Greek in style
c. Has backbone
d. Adheres to what is commonly accepted
53. Thomas is best known for
a. His best poetry
b. His weakest poetry
c. His joining Anglican Church
d. His unhappy marriage
54. The word origin of subsidised means
a. Settled downwards
b. Retreated
c. Changed sides
d. Grew dim

PASSAGE – 3

As anyone who has ever suffered through a brutal summer can tell you, if it weren’t for Willis Carrier, the father of
air conditioning, the rates of drunkenness, divorce, brutality, and murder would be Lord knows how much higher.
Productivity rates would plunge 40% over the world; the deep-sea fishing industry would be deep-sexed;
Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel would deteriorate; rare books and manuscripts would fall apart; deep
mining for gold, silver and other would be impossible; the world’s largest telescope wouldn’t work; many of our
children wouldn’t be able to learn; and in Silicon Valley, the computer industry would crash.

55. The author of the article gives Carrier credit for

a. Keeping things cool
b. The deterioration of manuscripts
c. High productivity rates
d. Making telescopes

56. Without air conditioning, we could expect more

a. Frescoes
b. Deep mining
c. Health of the computer industry
d. Divorce

57. A fresco is
a. A portrait
b. A religious painting
c. A water-colour
d. A painting onto wet plaster

58. The author’s truth is mixed with

a. Fear
b. Humorous exaggeration
c. Daring
d. Self-Congratulation
CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH BEST EXPRESSES THE MEANING:

59. I would like to see Ramu do his work for a change instead of always back-sear driving.
a. Driving a car from the back
b. Being critical of work being done by others
c. Offering advice
d. Annoying

60. He proved to be quite a wet blanket at the party for he spoke to no one and morosely sat by himself.
a. He was crying
b. Discouraged the rest from having fun
c. He wet the blanket
d. He had covered himself with a wet blanket

61. The ship was about to weigh anchor when the storm came.
a. Weigh the anchor
b. Leave the docking berth
c. Raise the anchor
d. Drop the anchor

62. Debu has a chequered career since I first knew him as a clerk in the local blank.
a. Had a variety of jobs and experiences
b. A career which helped him make lots of money
c. A career where he signed a lot of cheques
d. Did odd jobs

63. The two women are so jealous that at the drop of hat they starting insulting each other.
a. On every occasion.
b. For no reason at all
c. When a hat is dropped
d. Very rarely

CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRIATE OPTION.

64. The judge, after ruling that the news report has unjustly …………….. the reputation of the Physician, ordered the
newspaper to …………………….. its libellous statements in print.
a. Injured – retract
b. Sullied – publicize
c. Damaged – disseminate
d. Tarnished – cover up
65. Psychologists agree that human beings have a strong need to ……………. Their time; having too much idle time
can be as stressful as having none at all.
a. Compartmentalise
b. Structure
c. Functionalise
d. Remand
66. …………………………. Several generations, Alex Haley wrote Roots, a novel explaining both his family history and
the history of American bigotry.
a. Focusing on
b. Centering around
c. With an eye on
d. Living through
67. Perhaps because something in us indistinctively distrusts such displays of natural fluency, some renders
approach John Updike’s fiction with ………………………
a. Bewilderment
b. Suspicion
c. Veneration
d. Recklessness

68. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the inevitable ……………. When weight loss …………. If not stops.
a. Moods – accelerates
b. Feasts – halts
c. Meals – ceases
d. Plateaus – slows

IDENTIFY THE PART IN EACH OF THE SENTENCES WHICH CONTAINS ERROR.

69. a. Her acceptance of speech

b. was well received
c. eliciting thunderous applause
d. in several points

70. An oppressive solemnity

b. and not the festive mood
c. one might have expected
d. characterised the mood by the gathering

71. a. All aspiring artists must

b. struggle by the conflict
c. between faith in their own talent
d. and knowledge that very few are great enough to succeed

72. a. His both hands

b. have been injured
c. so he
d. cannot work

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM

73. ACQUIESCENCE
a. Quiet Submission
b. Great Diligence
c. Intense Confrontation
d. Subtle Variation

74. IMMISERATION
a. Immigration
b. Immersion
c. Impoverishment
d. Discrimination

75. BEATITUDE
a. Accursed
b. Cleansed
c. Retreated
d. Blessed
76. BEDIZEN
a. Nomadic Arab
b. Gaudily Dressed
c. Honest Citizen
d. Tumultuous Event

77. CACCHINNATE
a. Sing Aloud
b. Speak Aloud
c. Laugh Aloud
d. Cry Aloud

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM

78. EMBLAZON
a. Extol
b. Cinder
c. Embalm
d. Subtle

79. INVEIGH
a. Harangue
b. Celebrate
c. Endorse
d. Neglect

80. LEAVEN
a. Static
b. Transform
c. Coherent
d. Diffuse

81. OPPROBRIUM
a. Ignominy
b. Opportunity
c. Obituary
d. Honour

82. INSIDIOUS
a. Deceitful
b. Apparent
c. Insincere
d. Tepid

83. RAPACIOUS
a. Avaricious
b. Satiated
c. Decorated
d. Subconscious

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD.

84. A. liesure b. leisure c. leasure d. lesure

85. a. satellite b. satelite c. sattellite d. sattelite
GENERAL AWARENESS

86. Halter top is a well known female dress which has

a. Full sleeves b. half sleeves c. no sleeves d. none of these

87. Emerald is a shade of

a. Blue b. Green c. Red d. Yellow

88. Batik Printing involves use of

a. Wax b. Beads c. mirrors d. Shells

89. Which of the following is the largest producer of Jute?

a. Bangladesh b. India c. China d. Myanmar

90. Right to privacy is a part of

a. Article 14 b. Article 19 c. Article 21 d. None of these

91. RIL has partnered with ___________ to co-brand denim collection.

a. Amazon b. Myntra c. Flipkart d. Levi’s

92. PUMA is based out of

a. Spain b. USA c. Germany d. China

93. Who among the following is a brand ambassador of ‘TANISHQ’?

a. Sonam Kapoor b. Aishwarya Rai c. Deepika Padukone d. None of these

94. ‘Kalyan Krishnamurthy’ is the CEO of

a. Flipkart b. Amazon India c. Myntra d. Firstcry

95. ‘Innisfree’, the famous cosmetic brand, belongs to

a. India b. UK c. South Korea d. USA

96. The parent company of ‘FLYING MACHINE’ in India is

a. Arvind Group b. Aditya Birla c. Reliance d. Landmark

97. ‘The Best Or Nothing’ is a tagline of

a. Audi b. BMW c. Mercedes d. Volvo

98. AUCENT is an online jewellery portal by

a. P.C Jewellers b. Kalyan Jewellers c. Nirav Modi d. Gitanjali Gems

99. ‘VERSACE’ is based in

a. Italy b. USA c. UK d. India

100. VATSALA mela is annually organised in

a. Delhi b. Mumbai c. Ahmedabad d. Surat
ANSWERS

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. D
11. D
12. C
13. D
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. C
24. B OR C
25. B
26. C
27. A
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. C
32. A
33. –
34. D
35. B
36. C
37. C
38. D
39. A
40. A
41. D
42. C
43. C
44. A
45. A
46. C
47. B
48. B
49. C
50. A
51. B
52. D
53. B
54. A
55. A
56. D
57. D
58. B
59. B
60. B
61. C
62. A
63. A
64. A
65. B
66. A
67. B
68. D
69. A
70. D
71. B
72. A
73. A
74. C
75. D
76. B
77. C
78. D
79. C
80. A
81. D
82. B
83. B
84. B
85. A
86. C
87. B
88. A
89. B
90. C
91. B
92. C
93. C
94. A
95. C
96. A
97. C
98. A
99. A
100. A