PRACTICE PAPER 7
Maximum Marks: 200
Time: 2 Hours
ENGLISH
Directions: The following passage is followed by
questions based on its contents. Choose the best
answer and encircle it.
Studies of the factors governing reading devel-
opment in young children have achieved remark-
able degree of consensus over the past two decades.
This consensus concerns the casual role of phono-
logical skills in young children’s reading progress.
Children, who have good phonological skills, or
good ‘phonological awareness’, become good read-
ers and good spellers. Children with poor phono-
logical skills progress more poorly. In particular,
those who have a specific phonological deficit are
likely to be classified as dyslexic by the time that
they are 9 or 10 years old.
Phonological skills in young children can be
measured at a number of different levels. The term
phonological awareness is a global one, and refers
to a deficit in recognizing smaller units of sound
within spoken words. Development work has shown
that this deficit can be at the level of syllables, of
onsets and rimes, or of phonemes. For example, a
4-year old child might have difficulty in recogniz-
ing that a word like valentine has three syllables,
suggesting a lack of syllabic awareness. A 5-year
old might have difficulty in recognizing that the odd
word out in the set of words fan, cat, hat, mat is fan.
This task requires an awareness of the sub-syllabic
units of the onset and the rime. The onset corre-
sponds to any initial consonants in a syllable, and
the rime corresponds to the vowel and to any fol-
lowing consonants. Rimes correspond to rhyme in
single-syllable words, and so the rime in fan differs
from the rime in cat, hat and mat. In longer words,
rime and rhyme may differ. The onsets in val: en:
tine are /v/and/t/, and the rimes correspond to the
spelling patterns ‘al’, ‘en’, and ‘ine’.
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Marks 161–180: Excellent
Marks 141–160: Intelligent
Marks 121–140: Good
Marks 101–120: Average
Marks Less than 100: Poor
A 6-year old might have difficulty in
recognizing that plea and pray begin with the
same initial sound. This is a phonemic judgement.
Although the initial phoneme /P/ is shared between
the two words, in plea it is part of the onset ‘pl’,
and in pray it is part of the onset ‘pr’. Until children
can segment the onset (or the rime), such phonemic
judgements are difficult for them to make. In fact,
a recent survey of different developmental studies
has shown that the different levels of phonological
awareness appear to emerge sequentially. The
awareness of syllables, onsets, and rimes appears
to emerge at around the ages of 3 and 4, long
before most children go to school. The awareness
of phonemes, on the other hand, usually emerges
at around the age of 5 or 6, when children have
been taught to read for about a year. An awareness
of onsets and rimes thus appears to be a precursor
of reading, whereas an awareness of phonemes
at every serial position in a word, only appears
to develop as reading is taught. The onset-rime
and phonemic levels of phonological structure,
however, are not distinct. Many onsets in English
are single phonemes, and so are some rimes (e.g,
sea, go, zoo).
The early availability of onsets and rimes
is supported by studies that have compared
the development of phonological awareness of
onsets, rimes and phonemes in the same subjects
using the same phonological awareness tasks.
For example, a study by Treiman and Zudowski
used a same/different judgment task based on
the beginning or the end sound of words. In the
beginning sound task, the words either began
with the same onset, as in plea and plank, or
shared only the initial phoneme, as in plea and
pray. In the end sound task, the words either
shared the entire rime, as in spit and wit, or
shared only the final phoneme, as in rat and wit.
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Treiman and Zudowski showed that 4 and 5 year SYNONYMS

old children found the onset-rime version of the
same/different task significantly easier than the Directions: Every word is followed by four options.
version based on phonemes. Only the 6-year old, You have to find out the word which is meant in
who had been learning to read for about a year, meaning to the given word.
were able to perform both versions of the tasks 6. Sagacity
with equal levels of success. (a) Morality (b) Knowledge
(c) Wisdom (d) Sanctity
1. From the following statements, pick out the 7. Salacious
true statement according to the passage. (a) briny (b) Purchasable
(a) A mono-syllabic word can have only one (c) obscene (d) Flavored
onset. 8. Knack
(b) A mono-syllabic word can have only one (a) Own (b) Skill
rhyme but more than one rime. (c) Job (d) Quality
(c) A mono-syllabic word can have only one 9. Extravaganza
phoneme. (a) Profligacy
(d) All of the above. (b) Spectacular show
2. Which one of the following is likely to (c) Over reaching
emerge last in the cognitive development of (d) Falsification
a child? 10. Bemused
(a) Rhyme (b) Rime (a) Enchanted (b) Entertained
(c) Onset (d) Phoneme (c) Lost in thought (d) Ridiculous
3. A phonological deficit in which of the follow-
ing is likely to be classified as dyslexia? ANTONYMS
(a) Phonemic judgement
(b) Onset judgement Directions: Every word is followed by four options.
(c) Rime judgement You have to find out the word exactly opposite in
(d) Any one or more of the above meaning to the given word.
4. The Treiman and Zudowski experiment 11. Acquittal
found evidence to support the following: (a) Warrant (b) Condemnation
(a) At age 6, reading instruction helps chil- (c) Punishment (d) Castigation
dren perform both, the same-different 12. Dormant
judgment task. (a) Active (b) Modern
(b) The development of onset-rime aware- (c) Permanent (d) Transient
ness precedes the development of an 13. Kindle
awareness of phonemes. (a) Ignite (b) Encourage
(c) At age 4-5, children find the onset-rime (c) Ignore (d) Merciless
version of the same/different task signifi- 14. Transparent
cantly easier. (a) Coloured (b) Childlike
(d) The development of onset-time aware- (c) Opaque (d) Imminent
ness is a necessary and sufficient condi- 15. Wicked
tion for the development of an awareness (a) Sober (b) Helpful
of phonemes. (c) Conscientious (d) Faithful
5. The single-syllable words Rhyme and Rime
are constituted by the exact same set of IDIOMS
I. rime(s) II. onset(s)
III. rhyme(s) IV. phoneme(s) Directions: Given idiom/phrase word is followed by
(a) I, II (b) I, III four options. You have to find out the exact option
(c) I, II, III (d) II, III, IV from the given options.

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16. He is temporarily in charge of the company ARTICLES

and is trying to feather his nest.
(a) Act for his own future benefits. Directions: Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.
(b) Raise the image of the company. 26. _______ old horse stumbles and nods.
(c) Practice his own brand of management (a) an (b) a
philosophy. (c) the (d) none of these
(d) Bring order and discipline in the company. 27. Here I am _______ old man being read to by
17. It has been raining cats and dogs. _______ boy.
(a) Endlessly (b) Incessantly (a) an, the (b) the, an
(c) Continuously (d) Heavily (c) an, a (d) a, an
18. It requires unparalleled courage to set the 28. If _______ rich grow richer and _______
thames on fire. poor poorer, the country will go to _______
(a) Do something extraordinary or brilliant dogs.
(b) Do a heroic deed (a) the, the, the (b) a, an, the
(c) Wreak evil on something (c) the, a, an (d) the, an, a
(d) Destroy with fire 29. _______ ship has come to _______ port
19. Some people now wonder whether we just _______ port has been recently repaired.
pay lip service or genuinely subscribe to (a) a, an, the, the
democracy (b) the, the, a, a
(a) Remain indifferent (c) a, an, the, the
(b) Pay oral tribute (d) a, the, the
(c) Show only outward respect 30. _______ water of _______ Caspian Sea is
(d) Attach no value blackish.
20. Seema is a little hard of hearing (a) the, a (b) a, the
(a) Deaf (b) Inaudible (c) a, a (d) the, the
(c) Insensitive (d) Disinterested

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION PREPOSITIONS

Directions: Every sentence is followed by four Directions: Fill in the blanks with appropriate
options. You have to find out the one word substitu- prepositions from the options given against each
tion for given sentences. sentence.
21. Something that becomes outdated 31. He slept soundly _______ three hours
(a) Old (b) Ancient running.
(c) Obsolete (d) Useless (a) in (b) for
22. To send an unwanted person out of the (c) to (d) at
country 32. I am going to put the tin _______ the oven.
(a) Deport (b) Exclude (a) in (b) at
(c) Expatriate (d) Ostracise (c) to (d) by
23. The act of violating the sanctity of church 33. They are moving _______ side to side.
(a) Blasphemy (b) Heresy (a) with (b) from
(c) Sacrilege (d) Desecration (c) by (d) on
24. Virus is a biological entity which lives on 34. I have been looking _______ you.
another organism. (a) by (b) in
(a) Symbiotic (b) Dependant (c) to (d) for
(c) Plebiscite (d) Parasite 35. Our newspaper aims _______ having million
25. A man of odd habits readers by next year.
(a) Cynical (b) Eccentric (a) with (b) in
(c) Moody (d) Introvert (c) at (d) for

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SPELLING OF WORDS 45. Which one among the following stock exchanges
recorded highest turnover during 2000–01?
Directions: Given below are the words. Every MCQ (a) Bombay Stock Exchange
has four variants in terms of its spelling. You have to (b) National Stock Exchange
find the word with correct spellings. (c) Bangalore Stock Exchange
36. (a) Simultaneus (b) Simultaneous (d) Calculation Stock Exchange
(c) Simultaneos (d) Simulteneous 46. Busan, a town in South Korea, was very much
37. (a) Erroneos (b) Erroneus in news because
(c) Erroneous (d) Erronious (a) North and South Korean talks for the unifi-
38. (a) Constetution (b) Constitution cation of Korea took place there.
(c) Constitusion (d) Constitucion (b) it has become the new capital of South
39. (a) Frustrasion (b) Frustration Korea.
(c) Frustracion (d) Frusteration (c) Fourteenth Asian Games took place there.
40. (a) Threadbare (b) Threadbere (d) there was a plane crash in that place kill-
(c) Thraedbare (d) Threadebare ing important personalities.
47. Which of the following issues, pertaining to
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Gujarat was referred to the Supreme Court by
the President for advisory opinion?
41. Which one of the following events, detected (a) Validity of the visit of Election Commission
in the last decade, is associated with occa- to Gujarat.
sional weak monsoon rains in the Indian (b) The critical reference regarding the com-
subcontinent? munal situation by the Chief Election
(a) Greenhoue effect Commissioner.
(b) La Nina (c) Holding of Assembly elections within the
(c) El Nino stipulated time period.
(d) Movement of Jet Streams (d) Conduct of Modi Government during the
42. The World Development Report is an annual communal conflict.
publication of 48. The World Conference on sustainable
(a) the United Nations Development Development was organized at
Programme. (a) New York. (b) Johannesburg.
(b) the World Bank. (c) Sao Paulo. (d) Sun City.
(c) the World Trade Organization. 49. The Rolling Plan concept was introduced in
(d) International Monetary Fund. India when _______ was prime Minister
43. The members of the Constituent Assembly (a) Morarji Desai (b) Chandra Shekher
which drafted Indian Constitution were (c) Charan Singh (d) V.P. Singh
(a) nominated by British Parliament. 50. Internationally well known ‘Human
(b) elected by the Legislative Assemblies Development Report’ deals with
under the Government of India Act, (a) status of human rights in various states.
1935. (b) status of human development in various
(c) elected by the Legislative Assemblies countries.
under Monteque Chelmsford Reforms, (c) the role of state in ensuring human rights.
1919. (d) human welfare generally.
(d) nominated by the Governor-General of 51. A Brief History of Time was authored by
India. (a) Cari Sagan. (b) Stephen Hawkins.
44. Five Year Plans in India are finally approved by (c) John Schwarg. (d) Michael Green.
(a) Parliament. 52. The author of the book Globalization and its
(b) The President. Discontents is
(c) Planning Commission. (a) Amartya Sen. (b) Joseph Stiglitz.
(d) National Development Council. (c) Anne Krueger. (d) Paul Harris.

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53. The Constitutional Amendment which made 64. The recent UN Conference against Racism
right to education a fundamental right is was held at
(a) 86th (b) 93rd (a) Geneva. (b) Durban.
(c) 90th (d) 95th (c) Rome. (d) Caracas.
54. The first Indian state which used electronic 65. The economist, who was awarded Padma
voting machine for the entire Assembly elec- Vibhushana by the Government of India was
tion is (a) Amartya Sen.
(a) Sikkim. (b) Manipur. (b) Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
(c) Goa. (d) Kerala. (c) J.K. Galbaraith.
55. India’s first ever woman foreign secretary was (d) Robert Merton.
(a) Muthamma. 66. Schedule Nine of Indian Constitution deals
(b) Renuka Chowdhury. with
(c) Chokila Iyer. (a) national languages.
(d) Ramadev. (b) land reform legislators.
56. The first country to make euthanasia legal is (c) the legislations protected from attacks
(a) Sweden. (b) The Netherlands. under the Constitution.
(c) Finland. (d) Missouri. (d) tribunals.
57. Which of the following is considered as the 67. The tax revenue as a percentage of the Gross
second largest economic activity after agri- Tax Revenue is highest from
culture India? (a) Income Tax (b) Customs Duty
(a) Handlooms (b) Carpentry (c) Corporate Tax (d) Excise Duty
(c) Poultry (d) Fishing 68. The jurist who headed the National
58. To which country does Osama bin Laden Commission on working of the Constitution is
originally belong? (a) Soli Sorabjee.
(a) Iraq (b) Saudi Arabia (b) Justice Verma.
(c) Iran (d) Afghanistan (c) Justice A.R. Ahmedi.
59. What is meant by genocide? (d) Justice Venkatachaliah.
(a) Killing of a large number of people. 69. The well known ‘Doha Declaration’ was
(b) Murdering one’s own kith and kin. issued at the end of
(c) Mass suicide. (a) World Bank Annual Conference.
(d) Exterminating a race. (b) a special meeting convened by the World
60. Who is the author of the Harry Potter? Bank.
(a) J.K. Rowling (c) the bi-annual meeting of the W.T.O.
(b) Vikram Seth (d) the regular meeting of the W.T.O.
(c) Salman Rushdie 70. Devaluation of currency is expected to lead to
(d) Erid Blyton (a) floating exchange rate system.
61. Who is the first woman to receive Bharat (b) rise in exports.
Ratna award? (c) rise in imports.
(a) M.S. Subbalakshmi (d) dirty float.
(b) Lata Mangeshkar 71. Which of the following rights is a Constitutional
(c) Mother Teresa right, but not fundamental right?
(d) Indira Gandhi (a) Right to freedom of expression.
62. At what intervals is National Census (b) Right to freedom of religion.
undertaken? (c) Right to property.
(a) 5 years (b) 10 years (d) Right to move freely.
(c) 7 years (d) 8 years 72. Which is the Strait separating India from Sri
63. The river Ganga is known in Bangladesh as Lanka?
(a) Bangla. (b) Padma. (a) Malacca (b) Palk
(c) Chambal. (d) Sonar. (c) Mandel (d) Magellan

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73. Baul singers are associated with 83. Which is the largest constellation in the
(a) Karnataka. (b) U.P. galaxy?
(c) West Bengal. (d) Kashmir. (a) Hydra (b) Andromeda
74. Who was the Indian woman, named as (c) Akash Ganga (d) Great Bear
‘Woman of the Millennium’ in a BBC poll? 84. Which of the following is not correctly
(a) Mother Teresa (b) Indira Gandhi matched?
(c) Rukmini Devi (d) Arundhati Roy (a) First Plan 1951–1956
75. The first person to be awarded Bharat Ratna (b) Seventh Plan 1985–1990
posthumously (c) Eighth Plan 1992–1997
(a) M.G. Ramachandra (d) Ninth Plan 1998–2003
(b) K. Kamraj 85. The main pollutants emitted from the exhaust
(c) Lai Bahadur Shastri of a petrol engine are
(d) B.R. Ambedkar (i) carbon monoxide.
76. Tansen sang in the Court of (ii) nitrogen monoxide.
(a) Ashoka. (iii) unburnt hydrocarbon codes.
(b) Chandra Gupta Maurya. (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iii) only
(c) Akbar. (c) (i) only (d) (i) and (ii) only
(d) Jahangir. 86. A blue chip company denotes
77. The great lawyer who has initiated most of (a) producing computer hardware.
the environmental litigation in India (b) manufacturing designer jewellery.
(c) with high returns, high capital apprecia-
(a) H.M. Seervai (b) M.C. Mehta
tion and low risk.
(c) Soli Sorabjee (d) Fali Nariman
(d) which produces goods primarily for
78. The case which heralded the privatization of
exports.
education in India
87. Uranium-238 is
(a) Unnikrishann v. Union of India
(a) enriched uranium (b) natural uranium
(b) T.M.A. Pai foundation v. State of
(c) atom bomb (d) useless uranium
Karnataka
88. Noble prizes are awarded for greatest contri-
(c) Indira Sawhney v. Union of India
bution in the fields of
(d) Keshavanda Bharathi v. Union of India
(a) Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature,
79. The country which became 191st member of
World peace and Economics.
the UNO.
(b) Physics, Chemistry, Literature, World
(a) Eritrea (b) Nauru peace and preserving environment.
(c) East Timor (d) Solomon island (c) Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Literature
80. The author of the great poetic work and World Peace.
‘Madhushala’ (d) Physics, Astronomy, Medicine, Literature
(a) Mahadevi Verma and World peace.
(b) Mythili Sharana Gupta 89. What is biopsy?
(c) Harivansha Rai Bachchan (a) Painless method of diagnosing disease.
(d) Gulzar (b) Separation of dissolved substance using
81. If cheetah (leopard) is the fastest animal on semi-permeable membrane.
four legs, which is the fastest creature on two (c) Method to correct the inherited disorder.
legs? (d) Procedure of obtaining tissues from
(a) Penguin (b) Ostrich affected parts.
(c) Humming Bird (d) Kangaroo 90. Who is called as Frontier Gandhi?
82. Which element, after oxygen is most abun- (a) Mahatma Gandhi
dant on earth’s crust? (b) Abul Kalam Azad
(a) Nickel (b) Aluminium (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Iron (d) Silicon (d) Abdul Gaffar Khan

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LEGAL AWARENESS/LEGAL
REASONING
91. Principle: Contractual liability is completely
irrelevant to the existence of liability in tort
(civil wrong).
Facts: X purchased a bottle of ginger beer
from a retailer. As she consumed more than
3/4 of the contents of the bottle, she found a
decomposed remains of a snail in the bottle.
After seeing the remains of a snail, she fell
sick on the thought of what she consumed.
She sued the manufacturer of the beer for
negligence, though there is no contractual
duty on the part of the manufacturer.
(a) X cannot sue the manufacturer
for negligence in the absence of a
contract.
(b) X cannot sue the retailer.
(c) X can sue the manufacturer as he had
duty to take care to see that bottles did not
contain any other substance than the beer
and hence liable to have broken that duty.
(d) None of the above.
92. Principle: A master will be liable for the
negligent acts of his servant in the course of
employment.
Situation: Samuel was a driver employed
by Kohinoor Company to drive their luxury
buses during the night. Mohammed has
been assistant over a period of time. One
night, when he was driving he felt terribly
sleepy and he handed over the steering wheel
to Mohammed and dozed off. The bus hit
against a car coming from the opposite side
due to the inexperience of Mohammed. The
owner of the car filed a suit against Kohinoor.
(a) Kohinoor will be liable, because it was
improper on the part of Samuel to ask
Mohammed to drive.
(b) Kohinoor will not be liable to pay,
because Samuel was not supposed to ask
Mohammed to drive.
(c) Kohinoor will be liable, because
Mohammed was also an employee of
Kohinoor.
(d) Kohinoor will not be liable because
Mohammed was not acting in the course
of his employment.
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93. Principle: The standard to determine whether
a person has been guilty of negligence is
the standard of care which, in the given cir-
cumstances, a reasonable man could have
foreseen.
Facts: An agricultural university constructed
200 houses for its employees in its premises.
Two huge bore wells were sunk and motors
were installed. They did not cover the pump
rooms properly. A child, six years old, from
one of the quarters was playing near the
pumphouse. On hearing the noise of the
pump, she was curious to see the motor.
She touched the motor that was not covered
properly and three of her fingers were cut.
(a) The parents of the child cannot sue the
university on any grounds.
(b) In spite of the child’s act, her parents
can successfully sue the university for
damages.
(c) The university can be made liable only to
the extent of the cost of treatment as the
child also contributed to the incident.
(d) None of the above.
94. Principles:
1. A master is liable for the act of his
servants/employees.
2. The husband or wife is not responsible
for any compensation of wrong on each
other.
Situation: H is a manager of a hotel belong-
ing to X. Because of the negligence of H, a
folding chair fell from the first floor to the
ground floor injuring the receptionist of the
hotel, named W who is the wife of H. W asks
for compensation from X and H.
(a) Both X and H are responsible to compen-
sate W.
(b) X is only responsible to compensate W.
(c) H is only responsible to compensate W.
(d) No one is responsible to compensate W.
95. Principle: A person is liable for all the injuri-
ous consequences of his careless act.
Facts: Ram, a snake charmer, was exhibiting
his talents to a group of people. One of the
snakes escaped and bit a child who had to be
hospitalized for two days for treatment.
(a) Ram is liable to compensate the child’s
family for his careless act.
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(b) Ram is not liable to anything as such
things keep happening.
(c) Ram is not in a position to compensate as
he is poor.
(d) None of the above.
96. Principle: A person is entitled to protect his
property by using lawful means.
Facts: Ramlal is growing valuable vegetables
and fruits in his farm and he has fenced the
farm to prevent the cattle from entering into it.
In addition he has kept a ferocious dog to chase
away intruding urchins and cattles. Some chil-
dren were playing in a nearby playground and
the ball slipped into the farm. A boy running
after the ball came near the fence and shouted
for the ball. When there was no response, he
managed to creep into the farm to get the ball.
The dog which was surreptitiously waiting
attacked the boy and badly mauled him. The
boy’s parents filed a suit against Ramlal.
(a) Ramlal is not liable, since the fence and
the dog are lawful means of protecting
the property.
(b) Ramlal is not liable for the boy trespassing
and getting badly injured in that process.
(c) Ramlal is liable, since an ordinary barking
dog would have sufficed for the purpose.
(d) None of the above.
97. Legal Principle: Whoever uses force without
any lawful justification is deemed to commit
battery.
Factual Situation: Mary and Maya have an
argument over an issue in the classroom. In
order to take revenge over this, Mary tries to
humiliate Maya in front of the other class-
mates by pulling the chair the moment she is
about to sit on the chair. Though Maya falls,
she is not hurt. However, she files a case
against Mary for battery.
Question: Is Mary liable?
(a) Mary is not liable because Maya was not
hurt.
(b) Mary is not liable because their argument
justified her action.
(c) Mary is not liable because it did not
require any force to pull the chair out
before Maya sat.
(d) Mary is liable because her action is not
justified.
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98. Legal Principle: ‘Qui facit per alium facit per
se’, which means, ‘he who does an act through
another is deemed in law to do it himself’.
Factual Situation: A gave some amount and
cheques to his friend B, who was an employee
of the State Bank of India, to deposit the same
in the account of his wife C. The employee
misappropriated the amount. C files a suit
against the State Bank of India. Choose the
correct option.
(a) The State Bank of India would be vicari-
ously liable to C.
(b) The State Bank of India would be vicari-
ously liable to B.
(c) B would be liable to A.
(d) Neither State Bank of India nor B would
be liable.
99. Legal Principle: A violation of a legal right,
with or without damage, gives rise to a tort.
Factual Situation: ‘A’ establishes a coaching
class and charges ` 5,000 per year as fees.
‘A’s neighbour ‘B’ establishes another coach-
ing class thereby creating a competition; this
forces ‘A’ to reduce his fees to ` 3,000 per
year.
Question: Can ‘A’ claim damages from ‘B’
for the loss caused to him?
(a) Yes, he can as ‘B’ has violated his legal
right.
(b) No, ‘A’ has reduced the fees on his own.
(c) No, because though there was damage
there was no legal injury.
(d) None of the above.
100. Principle: A master shall be liable for the
fraudulent acts committed by his servants in
the course of employment.
Situation: Shaila Devi opened a SB account
with Oriental Bank, and a cousin of her by
name Mohan, who was a clerk in that bank,
helped her to complete the formalities.
Subsequently, she used to entrust whatever
money she was getting to Mohan along with
her passbook and Mohan used to return the
passbook with relevant entries. One day, Shaila
Devi discovered that Mohan, instead of credit-
ing the money to her account, had misappro-
priating it and the entries in the passbook were
without the authorization from the bank. Shaila
Devi seeks compensation from Oriental Bank.
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Answer:
(a) Oriental bank shall be liable because
Mohan was acting in the course of his
employment.
(b) Oriental bank shall not be liable, because
Mohan was not acting in the course of
employment.
(c) Oriental bank was not liable, because
Shaila Devi was negligent.
Legal Principles
(For questions 101 to 105)
Rules:
A. A minor is a person who is below the
age of 18. However, where a guardian
administers the minor’s property the age
of majority is 21.
B. A minor is not permitted by law to enter
into a contract. Hence, where a minor
enters into a contract with a major per-
son, the contract is not enforceable. This
effectively means that neither the minor
nor the other party can make any claim
on the basis of the contract.
C. In a contract with a minor, if the other
party hands over any money or confers
any other benefit on the minor, the same
shall not be recoverable from the minor
unless the other party was deceived by
the minor to hand over money or any
other benefit. The other party will have to
show that the minor misrepresented her
age, he was ignorant about the age of the
minor and that he handed over the benefit
on the basis of such representation.
Facts: Ajay convinces Bandita, a girl aged 18
that she should sell her land to him. Bandita’s
mother Chaaru is her guardian. Nonetheless,
Bandita, without the permission of Chaaru,
sells the land to Ajay for a total sum of rupees
50 lakh, paid in full and final settlement of
the price. Chaaru challenges this transaction
claiming that Bandita is a minor and hence
the possession of the land shall not be given
to Ajay. Thus, Ajay is in a difficult situation
and has no idea how to recover his money
from Bandita.
101. Chaaru is justified in challenging the sale
transaction because
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(a) Bandita is of unsound mind and is not in
a position to make rational decisions.
(b) though Bandita is an 18-years old, she
will be treated as a minor, as Chaaru is
her guardian.
(c) though Bandita is an 18-year old, she
cannot sell the land without the permis-
sion of her mother.
(d) though Bandita is an 18-year old she
should not be treated like a person who has
attained the age of majority.
102. Ajay can be allowed to recover the money
only if he can show that
(a) he was deceived by Bandita who misrep-
resented her age.
(b) he honestly believed that Bandita was
empowered under the law to sell the
land.
(c) he was an honest person who had paid the
full price, of the land to Bandita.
(d) both (a) and (b).
103. In order to defend the sale, Bandita will need
to show that
(a) Bandita has attained the age of majority.
(b) Bandita is mature enough to make ratio-
nal decisions regarding her own affairs.
(c) the sale transaction was beneficial to her
interest and will enhance her financial
status.
(d) none of the above.
104. Which of the following is correct?
(a) Ajay should be allowed to recover the
money because even though there is no
contract, Bandita and Chaaru should not
be allowed to unjustly benefit from Ajay’s
money.
(b) Ajay should be allowed the possession
of the land because Chaaru can always
decide to approve the transaction between
Ajay and Bandita.
(c) Ajay should not be allowed to recover
because he induced Bandita, a minor, to
sell the land.
(d) None of the above.
105. Which of the following is correct?
(a) If Ajay is allowed to recover the money,
that will defeat the law framed for pro-
tecting the minors against fraudulent
persons.
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(b) If Ajay is not allowed to recover that will
cause him injustice as he has not paid the
entire sale price.
(c) If Ajay is not allowed to recover, Chaaru
will benefit from both the money and the
land.
(d) None of the above.
106. Legal Principle: Where both parties to an
agreement are under a mistake as to matter of
fact essential to the agreement, the agreement
is void.
Factual Situation: A agrees to buy certain
horse from B for ` 10,000 and pays ` 5,000
as an advance. It turns out that the horse was
dead at the time of bargain, though neither
party knew this fact.
Issue: Can A recover the advance money
given?
Decision:
(a) No, A cannot get the money back because
money advanced is not returnable.
(b) A cannot get the money back because the
rule of caveat emptor applies on him.
(c) Yes, A can get the money paid in advance
because in this case there is bilateral mis-
take as to the subject matter.
107. Legal Principle: Display of the article is only
invitation to offer and not an offer.
Factual Situation: An article is on display in
a showroom with price tag of, ` 100’. Mr A
offers ` 100 to the shopkeeper for the article,
but the shopkeeper refuses to sell it.
Issue: Can Mr A sue B for not selling the
article?
Decision:
(a) A can sue B because display of article
is an offer and B has accepted it for the
price tagged on it.
(b) Mr A cannot force the shopkeeper to sell
the article, because display of the article
is only invitation to offer and not an offer.
(c) Neither (a) nor (b).
108. Principle: When the parties to an agree-
ment agree on the same thing in the same
sense, there arises legally binding obligations
between them.
Facts: Zaverilal’s antique shop was a well-
known shop of the locality. Taradevi, a
socialite of the locality, went to the shop
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and she was attracted by an earthern jar on
display. Zaverilal explained to her that the jar
belonged to the Hoysala period; and despite
its earthern composition, it was very strong
and almost unbreakable. Taradevi replied to
him that she was so captivated by the jar that
it was immaterial to her as to which period it
belonged. She bought the jar and came home.
She placed the jar in a prominent place in her
drawing room. One of her friends, an art cri-
tique, who happened to visit her, told her that
the jar was not at all an antique, but Taradevi
did not bother about it. One day, it acciden-
tally fell down and broke into pieces. Taradevi
took up the matter with Zaverilal that his both
statements were wrong and, therefore, he
should pay damages to her.
(a) Zaverilal must compensate her, since his
both the statements concerning jar were
wrong.
(b) Zaverilal need not compensate, since,
Taradevi was not concerned with its
antique value at all.
(c) Zaverilal must compensate, because he
carelessly made the statements.
(d) None of the above.
109. Legal Principle: Where both parties to an
agreement are under a mistake as to matter of
fact essential to the agreement, the agreement
is void.
Factual Situation: A, contracts with B to buy
a necklace, believing it to be made of very
costly rare pearls, while in reality, the pearls
are only an imitation having very little value.
B knows that A is mistaken but does not
disclose the facts.
Issue: Is A bound by the contract?
Decision:
(a) No, A is not bound by the contract
because it is not a unilateral mistake.
(b) Yes, because the rule of caveat emptor
will apply.
(c) No, A is not bound by the contract
because the rule of caveat venditor
applies on B.
110. Principle: Law does not take notice of trifles.
Facts: A proposes to his neighbour B that they
both should go together for a morning walk.
B agrees to the proposal and it was decided
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that both of them would meet at a particular
point at 6 a.m. from where they would set off
for the morning walk. In spite of the agree-
ment, B did not turn up. A waits for him at
6 a.m. every day for a continuous period of
seven days. Thereafter, he files a suit against
B claiming damages for the agony and mental
torture suffered by him.
Decide:
(a) B is guilty of breach of contract and is
liable to pay damages.
(b) There is no intention to enter into legal
relations.
(c) The matter is too small and the court will
refuse to go into it.
(d) None of the above.
111. Legal Principle: Willful rash driving is an
offense.
Facts: Mr Tiwari was driving his car after
drinking alcohol. Police books him for will-
ful negligent driving. Is the act of the police
lawful?
(a) No, because Mr Tiwari was not driving
rashly; he was drunk while driving.
(b) No, this is not a negligent act.
(c) Yes, because Mr Tiwari was driving
rashly.
(d) Yes, because the police has the power to
arrest a person driving rashly.
112. X, the servant of Y, takes a hundred rupee
note from Y’s pocket and hides it under the
carpet in the house of Y. X tells Z another ser-
vant of Y, about the currency note and both
agree to share the money when the currency
note is taken by X from the hiding place.
Before X could recover the note, it was found
by Y. Decide if an offence was committed and
if so who committed the offence?
(a) No offence was committed.
(b) Only X committed the offence.
(c) Both X and Z committed the offence.
(d) Only Z committed the offence
113. Legal Principle: Nothing is an offence which is
done by a person who, at the time of doing it by
reason of unsound state of mind, is incapable of
knowing the nature of the act or something that
he is doing is either wrong or contrary to law.
Fact: X takes his son Y who is three years
old, for bathing to the well. He throws his son
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inside the well so that the son can have a good
bath. After 10 minutes, he also jumps into the
well to take bath and get his son out of the
well. Both were rescued by the villagers but
his son was found dead.
(a) X has committed culpable homicide
amounting to murder.
(b) X has committed murder.
(c) X has done no offence as he can plead the
defense of unsound state of mind.
(d) X’s family should be held responsible for
allowing him to take the child to the well.
114. Read the following situation and choose the
correct option from the given below.
Situation: Mr A has stolen Mr B’s bicycle,
which he had parked at the college common
parking. Mr B wants to sue Mr A, what would
be the liability of Mr A?
(a) A is liable to B for the tort of conversion,
only.
(b) A is guilty of offence of theft, only.
(c) A could be tried for both, the tort of con-
version and offence of theft, concurrently.
(d) A could be tried for both (civil and crimi-
nal), alternatively
Legal Principle
(For questions 115–119)
Rules:
A. Whoever intending to take any movable
property out of the possession of any per-
son without that person’s consent, moves
that property out of his or her possession,
is said to commit theft.
B. A person who, without lawful excuse,
damages any property belonging to
another intending to damage any such
property shall be guilty of causing crimi-
nal damage.
C. Damage means any impairment of the
value of a property.
Facts: Veena, an old lady of 78 years, used
to live with her grand-daughter Indira. Veena
was ill and bed-ridden for several months. In
those months, she could not tolerate any noise
and it became quite difficult to clean her room.
After she died, Indira hired a cleaner, Lucky,
to clean the room and throwaway any rub-
bish that may be there. There was a pile of
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old newspapers which Veena had stacked in a
corner of her room. Lucky asked Indira if he
should clear away the pile of old newspapers,
to which she said yes. Lucky took the pile to
a municipality rubbish dump. While Lucky
was sorting and throwing away the newspa-
pers, he was very surprised to find a beautiful
painting in between two sheets of paper. He
thought that Indira probably would not want
this old painting back, especially because it
was torn in several places and the colour was
fading. He took the painting home, mounted
it on a wooden frame and hung it on the wall
of his bedroom. Unknown to him, the painting
was an old masterpiece, and worth ` 20,000.
Before mounting the painting, Lucky pasted it
on a plain sheet of paper so that it does not
tear any more. By doing so, he made its pro-
fessional restoration very difficult and thereby
reduced its value by half. Lucky’s neighbour
Kamala discovered that the painting belonged
to Indira. With the motive of returning the
painting to Indira, Kamala climbed through an
open window into Lucky’s room when he was
away one afternoon and removed the painting
from his house.
115. Has Lucky committed theft?
(a) Yes, Lucky has committed theft of the
newspapers and the painting.
(b) No, Lucky has not committed theft
because he had Veena’s consent.
(c) Yes, Lucky has committed theft of the
painting, but not of the newspapers.
(d) No, Lucky has not committed theft
because he has not moved the painting
out of Veena’s possession.
116. Is Lucky guilty of criminal damage?
(a) No, Lucky is not guilty of criminal dam-
age as he did not intentionally impair the
value of the painting.
(b) Yes, Lucky is guilty of criminal damage
as he intentionally stuck the paper on to
the painting.
(c) No, Lucky is not guilty of criminal dam-
age as he does not have the painting in his
possession anymore.
(d) No, Lucky is not guilty of the crimi-
nal damage as he has not destroyed the
painting.
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117. If Lucky had discovered the painting before
leaving Indira’s house rather than at the rub-
bish dump, would he have been guilty of theft
in this case?
(a) Yes, he would be guilty of theft of the
newspapers and the paintings.
(b) No, he would not be guilty of theft.
(c) Yes, he would be guilty of theft of the
painting.
(d) None of the above.
118. Is Kamala guilty of theft?
(a) No, Kamala is not guilty of theft since
the person she took the painting from
(Lucky) was not its lawful owner.
(b) No, Kamala is not guilty of theft since she
took the painting only with the motive of
returning it to Indira.
(c) Yes, Kamala is guilty of theft as she took
the painting out of Lucky’s possession
without his consent.
(d) None of the above.
119. Which of the following propositions could be
inferred from the facts and the rules specified?
(a) Kamala is guilty of criminal damage as
the person she took the painting from
(Lucky) was not its lawful owner.
(b) Kamala is guilty of criminal damage as she
took the painting without Lucky’s consent.
(c) Kamala is not guilty of criminal damage
as the painting has not been completely
destroyed.
(d) None of the above.
120. Principle: Anticipatory bail could be granted
to any person who apprehends arrest for a
non-bailable offence.
Facts: Z publishes a defamatory statement
against a state minister in a local daily. Police
registers a case of defamation, a bailable
offence against Z. He files an application in the
Supreme Court seeking an anticipatory bail.
(a) His application shall be rejected by the
Supreme Court for want of jurisdiction.
(b) His application shall be rejected due to
limited circulation of the newspaper.
(c) His application shall be entertained by
the court as it involves denial of personal
liberty of Z.
(d) His application shall be returned as not
maintainable.
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121. On which date did India become a sovereign 128. The Chief Justice and other judges of high
democratic republic? court are appointed by
(a) 15 August 1947 (a) the President.
(b) 26 January 1950 (b) the President in consultation with the
(c) 30 January 1952 Chief Justice of India.
(d) 26 January 1947 (c) the President in consultation with the
122. A minister should become the member of Governor of the state concerned.
either house of Parliament within (d) the President in consultation with the
(a) 6 months. (b) 2 months. Chief Justice of India and the Governor
(c) 4 months. (d) 12 months. of the state concerned
123. Which one of the following statements 129. Match schedule one and two and choose the
regarding the Preamble is correct? appropriate answer:
(a) It is not enforceable in a court of law.
Schedule I Schedule II
(b) The Supreme Court has recently ruled
A. Concurrent list 1. Constitution of
that it is not a part of Constitution.
Japan
(c) It has been amended twice.
B. Rule of Law 2. Constitution of
(d) All of the above
Ireland
124. In a particular case, advice tendered by coun-
C. Directive Principle 3. British of
cil of ministers is sent back by the president
State Policy
for reconsideration. If the council of ministers
Constitution
adhere to their earlier advice, the president
D. Procedure 4. Constitution
(a) can ask for reconsideration of the advice
of established
once more.
Australia by law
(b) can ask for reconsideration of the advice
any number of times. A B C D
(c) has no option but to accept such advice. (a) 1 2 3 4
(d) must seek the advice of the Supreme (b) 2 4 3 1
Court before rejecting the advice. (c) 1 3 4 2
125. When the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha act as (d) 4 3 2 1
a President, the duties of Chairman are per- 130. The council of ministers is collectively
formed by responsible to
(a) any member of the Rajya Sabha. (a) the Parliament. (b) the Lok Sabha.
(b) himself. (c) the Rajya Sabha. (d) the Prime Minister
(c) a newly elected Chairman. 131. The concept of judicial review has been
(d) the Deputy Chairman borrowed from the Constitution of
126. The President of India can be removed from (a) USSR.
his office by the (b) the United Kingdom.
(a) Prime Minister. (c) the United States.
(b) Lok Sabha. (d) Switzerland
(c) Chief Justice of India. 132. Legal Principle: All minorities, whether
(d) Parliament. based on religion or language shall have the
127. ‘India is a secular state’ it means the Indian rights to establish and administer educational
state institution of their choice.
(a) favours irreligious citizens. Factual Situation: Md. Yusuf wants to establish
(b) favours the religions of the majority an educational institution to help the poor people
community. of his community and to educate the children of
(c) favours the religions of the minority the community. Yusuf being a very rich man has
community. no problem regarding finance for the institution.
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grant him permission to establish and adminis- A B C D

ter the institution. The state government rejects (a) 4 3 1 2
his plea on ground that the said institution will (b) 3 4 2 1
create communal tension in the proposed area. (c) 2 1 4 3
Yusuf has the following remedies: (d) 3 1 2 4
(a) He should file a civil suit in the District 138. Who among the following was the first Chief
Court. Information Commissioner of India?
(b) He should file a special leave petition (a) Wajahat Habibullah
before the Supreme Court. (b) Irfan Habib
(c) He has no remedy under the law. (c) Tahir Mahmood
(d) He could file a writ petition either before (d) Najma Heptullah
the High Court or the Supreme Court. 139. Crime is a
133. How many fundamental duties are there? (a) public wrong.
(a) 9 (b) 10 (b) private wrong.
(c) 11 (d) 12 (c) public as well as private wrong.
134. The Constitution of independent India came (d) neither public nor private wrong.
into force on 140. Which of the following Constitutions when
(a) 26 January 1950. (b) 26 August 1947. framed did not provide for judicial review?
(c) 26 August 1949. (d) 26 January 1949. (a) Indian (b) Pakistani
135. The Constitution has vested the executive (c) The United States (d) Australian
power of the Union government in
(a) the President. MATHEMATICAL ABILITY
(b) the Prime Minister.
(c) the Council of Ministers. 141. If the simple interest on a sum of money for
(d) all of the above three 2 years at 8% per annum is ` 120, what will
136. An official working in an organization or a be the CI on the same sum at the same rate for
government department, especially one who the same time?
follows the rules of the department too strictly (a) ` 124.80 (b) ` 110.20
is called a (c) ` 145.15 (d) ` 136.25
(a) bureaucrate. (b) bureaucrat. 142. A sum is invested at compound interest pay-
(c) buraeucrate. (d) buraeucrat. able annually. The interest in two successive
137. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct year was ` 600 and ` 660. The sum is
answer using the code given below the lists: (a) ` 7,800. (b) ` 7,200.
List-I List-II (c) ` 6,800. (d) ` 6,000.
A. Set-off 1. Amount paid by the 143. The sum on which the compound interest for
decree-holder for second year at 10% per annum is ` 154, is
detention of the judg- given by
ment-debtor in civil (a) ` 1,360. (b) ` 1,250.
prison. (c) ` 1,400. (d) ` 1,520.
B. Mesne profit 2. Person allowed to file 144. A sum of ` 3,90,200 is to be paid back in
suit or appeal without three equal annual instalments. How much is
court fee. each instalment, if the rate of interest charged
C. Indigent 3. Adjustment of defen- is 4% per annum compounded annually?
dant’s claim with the (a) ` 1,40,608 (b) ` 1,20,560
plaintiffs claim. (c) ` 10,000 (d) ` 18,000
D. Subsistence 4. Gains from property 145. A sum of ` 2,400 deposited at CI, doubled
allowance by a per- after 5 years. After 20 years it will become
son having wrongful (a) ` 24,000.
possession. (b) ` 38,400.

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(c) ` 19,200. After 3 months A left from the business, at

(d) Cannot be determined the same time C joins with ` 30,000. At the
146. The ratio of number of males to number of end of 9 months they got ` 7,800 as profit.
females in a club is 7 : 4. If there are 84 males Find the share of B.
in the club, then the total number of members (a) ` 4,800 (b) ` 600
in the club are (c) ` 2,400 (d) ` 1,200
(a) 126. (b) 132. 156. A started a business with a capital of
(c) 136. (d) 148. ` 10,000 and 4 months later, B joined him
147. Find the duplicate ratio of 3x : 5 y . with a capital of ` 5,000. What is the share
of A in the total profit of ` 2,000 at the end
2 2
(a) 3x : 5y (b) 3x : 5y of the year?
(c) 3x : 5 y (d) 3 x : 5 y (a) ` 800 (b) ` 1,000
(c) ` 1,500 (d) ` 1,800
148. If 20% of x = 35% of y, then x : y is 157. A, B and C enter into a partnership. A con-
(a) 4 : 5. (b) 3 : 4. tributes ` 320 for 4 months, B contributes
(c) 7 : 3. (d) 7 : 4. ` 510 for 3 months, and C contributes ` 270
149. If all the members of a team are juniors or for 5 months. If the total profit is ` 208, find
seniors and if the ratio of juniors to seniors the profit share of the partner A.
on the team is 3 : 5, what per cent of the team (a) ` 76.50 (b) ` 64
members are seniors? (c) ` 67.50 (d) ` 46
(a) 37.5% (b) 62.5% 158. Radhika and Renuka enter into a partnership
(c) 65.2% (d) 35.7% with investment of ` 50,000 and ` 70,000
150. What number should be subtracted from each respectively. Renuka gets 10% of the total
of the numbers 75, 85, 89 and 101, so that the profit for maintaining the business and the
remainders may be proportional? remaining profit is distributed between them
(a) 5 (b) 2 in the ratio of their investments. If the total
(c) 6 (d) 4 profit at the end of the years is ` 30,000, find
151. A club consists of 24 members. The ratio of the total share of Renuka.
men to women can be (a) ` 16,575 (b) ` 21,500
(a) 2 : 3. (b) 3 : 4. (c) ` 18,750 (d) ` 11,250
(c) 1 : 3. (d) None of these
1
152. Ratio between sum and difference of two 159. In a partnership, A invests of the capital
numbers is 3 : 1. Find the ratio between the 6
1 1
numbers. for of the time, B invests of the capi-
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 6 3
(c) 4 : 2 (d) 3 : 2 tal for 1 of the time and C, the rest of the
153. ` 750 is distributed in A, B and C such that A : 3
B = 5 : 2, B : C = 7 : 13, then what is A’s part? capital for whole time. Find A’s share of the
(a) ` 140 (b) ` 250 total profit of ` 2,300.
(c) ` 260 (d) ` 350 (a) ` 100 (b) ` 500
154. A and B started a business with investment (c) ` 800 (d) ` 900
of ` 42,000 and ` 63,000 respectively. After 160. Two pipes A and B fill a tank in 15 h and 20
4 months B withdraws from the business. h respectively while a third pipe C can empty
At the end of a year they got ` 9,600 as total the full tank in 25 h. All the three pipes are
profit. Find the share of B. opened in the beginning. After 10 h, C is
(a) ` 5,600 (b) ` 2,800 closed. In how much time will the tank be
(c) ` 3,200 (d) ` 6,400 full?
155. A and B entered into a partnership with invest- (a) 10 h (b) 11 h
ments of ` 15,000 and ` 40,000 respectively. (c) 11.5 h (d) 12 h

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LOGICAL REASONING ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor

less than B’;
Directions (Questions 161 to 163): In each of the ‘A % B’ means ‘A is less than B’;
following questions, four numbers are given, out of ‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither less than nor
which three are alike in some matter while one is equal to B’.
different. Choose the one which is different from the Now, in each of the following questions,
rest three. assuming the given statements to be true, find
161. (a) 1236 (b) 2346 which of the three conclusions I, II and III
(c) 4566 (d) 5686 given below them is/are definite true.
167. Statements: K @ L, L % N, E # N
162. (a) 369 (b) 462 Conclusions: I. K % E II. E * L
(c) 761 (d) 862 III. N * K
(a) Only I and II are true
163. (a) 21 (b) 69
(b) Only II and III are true
(c) 81 (d) 83
(c) Only I and III are true
164. A man leaves for his office from his house. He
(d) All are true
walks towards East. After moving a distance
(e) None of these
of 20 m, he turns South and walks 10 m. Then
168. Statements: D $ T, T * P, M @ P
he walks 35 towards the West and further
Conclusions: I. D * M II. M % T
5 m towards the North. He then turns towards
III. D # P
East and walks 15 m. What is the straight dis-
(a) Only I is true
tance (in metres) between his initial and final
(b) Only I and II are true
positions?
(c) All are true
(a) 0
(d) Only I and III are true
(b) 5
(e) None of these
(c) 10
169. Statements: T # R, R % L, L * K
(d) Cannot be determined
Conclusions: I. T % L II. K * R
(e) None of these
III. T # K
165. Going 50 m to South of her house, Radhika
(a) Only I is true.
turns left and goes another 20 m. Then, turn-
(b) Only I and II are true.
ing to the North, she goes 30 m and then
(c) All are true.
starts walking to her house. In which direc-
(d) Only II and III are true.
tion is she walking now?
(e) None of these.
(a) North-West (b) North
170. Statements: N % S, S # U, U * M
(c) South-East (d) East
Conclusions: I. M % S II. N % U
166. Of the five villages P, Q, R, S and T situated
III. N * M
close to each other, P is to the West of Q, R is
(a) Only I is true.
to the South of P, T is to the North of Q and S is
(b) Only II is true.
to the East of T. Then, R is in which direction
(c) All are true.
with respect to S?
(d) Only I and III are true.
(a) North-West (b) South-East
(e) None is true.
(c) South-West (d) Data inadequate
171. Statements: C $ J, J % V, E @ V
(e) None of these
Conclusions: I. E % J II. C * V
Directions: In the following questions, the symbols III. C * E
@, #, $, %, * are used with the following meanings (a) None is true.
as illustrated below: (b) Only II is true.
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’; (c) Only III is true.
‘A # B’ means ‘A is greater than or equal (d) Only II and III are true.
to B’; (e) All are true.

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Directions: In each of the following questions, 179. Arrange the following items from general to
arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence particular:
and then choose the most appropriate sequence 1. Animal 2. Feline
from amongst the alternative provided below each 3. Leopard 4. Mammal
question. 5. Vertebrate 6. Cat
172. 1. Book 2. Pulp (a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (b) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 6
3. Timber 4. Jungle (c) 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6 (d) 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6
5. Paper 180. P, Q, R, S, T and U are 6 members of a family.
(a) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 (b) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4 P is the father of Q.
(c) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 (d) 5, 4, 3, 1, 2 R is the sister of T’s husband.
173. 1. Travel S is P’s son and R’s brother.
2. Destination U is T’s daughter.
3. Payment How can Q and U be related?
4. Berth/ Seat Number (a) Q is U’s aunt.
5. Reservation (b) U is Q’s niece.
6. Availability of berth/seat for reservation (c) Q is U’s uncle.
(a) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6 (d) Either a and b are true or b and c are true.
(b) 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1 181. Following are some information about a
(c) 5, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2 family consisting of 4 members P, Q, R and
(d) 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1 S. P is an adult male and has 2 children. Q is
174. 1. Heel 2. Shoulder the son-in-law of P. R is Q’s brother-in-law.
3. Skull 4. Neck There is just one couple in the family. Who is
5. Knee 6. Chest the daughter of P?
7. Thigh 8. Stomach (a) P (b) R
9. Face 10. Hand (c) Q (d) S
(a) 2, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5, 8, 9, 6, 3 182. In a family, P and Q are brothers. Q’s mother
(b) 3, 4, 7, 9, 2, 5, 8, 10, 6, 1 is the grandmother of R’s brother’s grand-
(c) 4, 7, 10, 1, 9, 6, 3, 2, 5, 8 daughter. Who is P’s father?
(d) 3, 9, 4, 2, 10, 6, 8, 7, 5, 1 (a) R
175. 1. Study 2. Job (b) R’s brother
3. Examination 4. Earn (c) Q
5. Apply (d) None of these
(a) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 183. P and Q meet each other in a room. P says to
(c) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4 (d) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 Q, ‘Although your wife is my mother and your
176. 1. Table 2. Tree father is the husband of my grandmother, yet
3. Wood 4. Seed I am not your son’.
5. Plant What is the relationship between P and Q?
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 (a) P is Q’s daughter
(c) 4, 5, 2, 3, 1 (d) 4, 5, 3, 2, 1 (b) P’s father is Q’s brother
177. 1. Patient 2. Diagnosis (c) Q’s father is P’s grandfather
3. Bill 4. Doctor (d) Both a and c are true
5. Treatment 184. In a family of 5, P is the father of R. S is Q’s
(a) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5 (b) 1, 4, 3, 2, 5 son. S has R as sister. Therefore, if U has P as
(c) 1, 4, 2, 5, 3 (d) 4, 1, 2, 3, 5 brother, then the relationship between Q and
178. 1. Probation 2. Interview U is as follows:
3. Selection 4. Appointment (a) Q is U’s daughter
5. Advertisement 6. Application (b) U is Q’s wife
(a) 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 1 (b) 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1 (c) Q is the sister-in-law of U
(c) 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 1 (d) 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 (d) Q is U’s brother-in-law

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Directions: Based on the following information back to P, how much distance will he have
about a family, answer the 4 questions (Questions covered?
185–188) that follow: (a) 110 ft (b) 200 ft
P and Q are the daughter and son, respec- (c) 220 ft (d) 250 ft
tively of R and S. R is a male who is married 192. Bimal was scribbling on a piece of paper
to S. Q married U, who is the daughter of with a pencil. After a while, he realized that
V. W is V’s husband. V’s son married X and he has drawn a number of straight lines,
had 2 children Y and Z. U conceived M and which are either parallel or perpendicular
N as her daughters 5 years after her marriage to each other. Each line had a distinct char-
to Q. acteristic and he numbered the lines I, II,
185. How are N and P related? III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI and
(a) N is P’s aunt wondered which direction a line is vis-à-vis
(b) P is N’s aunt another. These are the information he saw at
(c) N is P’s daughter a glance.
(d) P is N’s mother-in-law I, II, III, IV and V will not intersect each
186. What is the relationship between W and Y? other no matter how far they are extended
(a) W is Y’s grandfather in either direction, while the same can be
(b) Y is W’s son said of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI.
(c) Y is W’s son-in-law II is 10 cm to the west of I.
(d) None of these V is 10 cm to the east of IV.
187. How are U and P related? III is 5 cm to the east of II.
(a) P is U’s mother-in-law VI is 5 cm to the south of VII.
(b) U is P’s sister-in-law V lies midway between II and III.
(c) P is U’s aunt VII is 5 cm to the south of VI.
(d) U is P’s granddaughter VIII is 10 cm to the south of VI.
188. What is the relationship between V and Z? IX lies midway between VI and VIII.
(a) V is Z’s grandmother XI lies 15 cm to the south of IX, while X
(b) Z is V’s niece lies midway between VIII and XI.
(c) Z is V’s son-in-law Based on the aforesaid information, answer
(d) None of these the following questions.
189. In a banquet hall, a few waiters have been The distance between lines V and I is
ordered to assume standing positions. X is (a) 10 cm (b) 5 cm
30 ft to the left of Y, who is 40 ft to the south (c) 7.5 cm (d) 2.5 cm
of Z. P is 20 ft to the north of X, while Q 193. Line IV lies to the
is standing 20 ft to the east of Z. Thus, the (a) East of line I. (b) North of line I.
person who is standing to the north-east of (c) South of line I. (d) West of line I.
the person, to whom X is standing to the west 194. The distance between lines V and I is the
of, is same as that between V and
(a) P. (b) Q. (a) II. (b) IV.
(c) Y. (d) Z. (c) III. (d) None of these
190. In the above situation, the distance between P 195. In the set of lines from I to V, the two set lie
and Q is on the extreme east and extreme west, respec-
(a) between 50 and 60 ft. tively are
(b) more than 60 ft. (a) I and IV. (b) I and III.
(c) less than 50 ft. (c) II and IV. (d) IV and I.
(d) none of the above. 196. Which of the following pairs of lines are 5 cm
191. In the problem 189, if a person goes to each apart from each other?
waiter in the order P, X, Y, Z and Q and then (a) III and IV (b) I and II
retraces his steps following the same route (c) IX and X (d) None of these

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197. Which of the following lines lies to the south 199. Which of the following lines would have
of VIII? coincided with each other had IX been shifted
(a) II (b) X 10 cm to the south?
(c) VI (d) VII (a) IX and VIII (b) VII and IX
198. The distance between VII and IX is the same (c) IX and X (d) XI and IX
as that between 200. Which of the following is true?
(a) VIII and XI. (a) II lies to the east of V.
(b) VI and VIII. (b) X lies to the north of XI.
(c) III and IV. (c) VI lies to the west of III.
(d) All of the above. (d) VIII lies to the north of IX.

ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (b)
51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (a)
71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (a) 79. (b) 80. (c)
81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (d) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (d)
91. (c) 92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (a) 96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (c) 99. (c) 100. (b)
101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (a) 104. (a) 105. (b) 106. (c) 107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (b) 110. (c)
111. (a) 112. (b) 113. (a) 114. (b) 115. (b) 116. (a) 117. (c) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d)
121. (b) 122. (a) 123. (a) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (d) 127. (d) 128. (d) 129. (d) 130. (b)
131. (c) 132. (d) 133. (c) 134. (a) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. (a) 139. (a) 140. (c)
141. (a) 142. (d) 143. (c) 144. (a) 145. (b) 146. (b) 147. (a) 148. (d) 149. (b) 150. (a)
151. (c) 152. (a) 153. (d) 154. (c) 155. (a) 156. (c) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (a) 160. (d)
161. (d) 162. (c) 163. (d) 164. (b) 165. (a) 166. (c) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (e) 170. (a)
171. (a) 172. (c) 173. (b) 174. (d) 175. (c) 176. (c) 177. (c) 178. (a) 179. (d) 180. (d)
181. (d) 182. (b) 183. (d) 184. (c) 185. (b) 186. (a) 187. (b) 188. (a) 189. (b) 190. (a)
191. (c) 192. (c) 193. (d) 194. (b) 195. (a) 196. (d) 197. (b) 198. (d) 199. (c) 200. (b)

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