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A health-drink company’s R&D department is trying to make various diet formulations,
which can be used for certain specific purposes. It is considering a choice of 5

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alternative ingredients (O, P, Q, R, and S), which can be used in different proportions in
the formulations. The table below gives the composition of these ingredients. The cost

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per unit of each of these ingredients is O: 150, P: 50. Q: 200, R: 500, S: 100.
Ingredient Composition

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Carbohydrate% Protein% Fat% Minerals%

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P 80 20 0 0
Q 10 30 50 10
R 5 50 40 5
S 45 50 0 5

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For a recuperating patient, the doctor recommended a diet containing 10% minerals

at least two ingredients?

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and at least 30% protein. In how many different ways can we prepare this diet by mixing

(1) One
(4) Four
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Carbohydrate% Protein% Fat% Minerals%
O 50 30 10 10
P 80 20 0 0
Q 10 30 50 10
R 5 50 40 5
S 45 50 0 5

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Which among the following is the formulation having the lowest cost per unit for a diet

ingredients).
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having 10% fat and at least 30% protein? (The diet has to be formed by mixing two

(1) P and Q
(4) Q and S
(2) P and S
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(3) P and R

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Carbohydrate% Protein% Fat% Minerals%
O 50 30 10 10
P 80 20 0 0
Q 10 30 50 10
R 5 50 40 5
S 45 50 0 5

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In what proportion P, Q and S should be mixed to make a diet having at least 60%
carbohydrate at the lowest cost per unit?
(1) 2:1:3 (2) 4:1:2 (3) 2:1:4
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(4) 3:1:2 (5) 4:1:1

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O 50 30 10 10
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Question – 3
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The company is planning to launch a balanced diet required for growth needs of

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adolescent children. This diet must contain at least 30% each of carbohydrate and
protein, no more than 25% fat and at least 5% minerals. Which one of the following

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combinations of equally mixed ingredients is feasible?
(1) O and P (2) R and S (3) P and S
(4) Q and R (5) O and S

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Composition
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O 50 30 10 10
P 80 20 0 0
Q 10 30 50 10
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S 45 50 0 5

Question – 4
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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A student preparing for IAS exam has to study ten subjects – A, B, C, … J. The
student has prepared the following table in which he has mentioned the time (in days)

completed before starting any new subject.

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required for finishing each subject and the necessary subjects that should be

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He can study for maximum of 8 hours in a day, but cannot study for more than 4 hours
on the same subject per day. So, It is possible that the student studies more than one

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subject simultaneously. The student started implementing the above table on 1st of

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January 2017. The student will complete his preparation for the exam when he
finishes all the ten subjects.

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At least how many days are required by the student to finish the preparation for the
exam?
(1) 62 (2) 67 (3) 70
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On which date can the student start the preparation for subject H (as early as possible)?
(1) March 13th
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(2) January 11th (3) February 10th (4) February 9th
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Additional information for questions 25 and 26: After the student has completed his

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preparation, he donated his study materials of all the subjects to two poor students X
and Y. These two students cannot afford to purchase any books, therefore, they had to

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study using the only set they have. A person if started his preparation for a subject gives
the material to the other person once he finished his preparation for that subject. Both

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the persons started their preparation by following the same table as mentioned above.

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What is the least number of days required, from the starting of their preparation, by
these two students to finish the preparation of subject G?
(1) 29 (2) 40 (3) 52
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(4) 80

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If another person Z joined the preparation, then what is the minimum number of days

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required for the three to study subject E?
(1) 55 (3) 80 (4) 90
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There are 100 employees in an organization across five departments. The following
table gives the department- wise distribution of average age, average basic pay and

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allowances. The gross pay of an employee is the sum of his/her basic pay and
allowances.
Department
Number of Average Age
Employees (Years)

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HR 5 45 5000 70

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Marketing 30 35 6000 80

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Finance 20 30 6500 60
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35 42 7500 75
Development
Maintenance 10 35 5500 50
There are limited numbers of employees considered for transfer/promotion across
departments. Whenever a person is transferred/promoted from a department of lower
average age to a department of higher average age, he/she will get an additional
allowance of 10% of basic pay over and above his/her current allowance.
There will not be any change in pay structure if a person is transferred/promoted from a
department with higher average age to a department with lower average age.
Questions below are independent of each other.

For questions 9 to 11
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What is the approximate percentage change in the average gross of the HR department

department?
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due to transfer of a 40-year old person with basic pay of Rs. 8000 from the Marketing

(1) 9%
(4) 15%
(2) 11%
(5) 17%
(3) 13%

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Question – 9
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There was a mutual transfer of an employee between Marketing and Finance

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departments and transfer of one employee from Marketing to HR. As a result, the
average age of Finance department increased by one year and that of Marketing

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department remained the same. What is the new average age of HR department?
(1) 30 (2) 35 (3) 40
(4) 45 (5) cannot be determined

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Question – 10
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If two employees (each with a basic pay of Rs. 6000) are transferred from Maintenance

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department to HR department and one person (with a basic pay of Rs. 8000) was
transferred from Marketing department to HR department, what will be the percentage

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change in average basic pay of HR department?
(1) 10.5% (2) 12.5% (3) 15%
(4) 30% (5) 40%

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Question – 11
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The year is 2089. Beijing, London, New York, and Paris are in contention to host the
2096 Olympics. The eventual winner is determined through several rounds of voting by

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members of the IOC with each member representing a different city. All the four cities in
contention are also represented in IOC.

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(a) In any round of voting, the city receiving the lowest number of votes in that round
gets eliminated. The survivor after the last round of voting gets to host the event.

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(b) A member is allowed to cast votes for at most two different cities in all rounds of
voting combined. (Hence, a member becomes ineligible to cast a vote in a given

round of voting.)

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round if both the cities (s)he voted for in earlier rounds are out of contention in that

(c) A member is also ineligible to cast a vote in a round if the city (s)he represents is in
contention in that round of voting.
(d) As long as the member is eligible, (s)he must vote and vote for only one candidate
city in any round of voting.

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For question 12 to 15
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The following incomplete table shows the information on cities that received the

favour, and the total votes that were cast in those rounds.
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maximum and minimum votes in different rounds, the number of votes cast in their

Round Total votes cast Maximum votes cast

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London
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• All those who voted for London and Paris in round, 1 continued to vote for the same
cities in subsequent rounds as long as these cities were in contention. 75% of those
who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Beijing in round 2 as well.
• Those who voted for New York in round 1, voted either for Beijing or for Paris in
round 2.
• The difference in votes cast for the two contending cities in the last round was 1.
• 50% of those who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Paris in round 3.

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• All those who voted for London and Paris in round, 1 continued to vote for the same
cities in subsequent rounds as long as these cities were in contention. 75% of those
who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Beijing in round 2 as well.
• Those who voted for New York in round 1, voted either for Beijing or for Paris in
round 2.
• The difference in votes cast for the two contending cities in the last round was 1.
• 50% of those who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Paris in round 3.
For question 12 to 15
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Q.12 What percentage of members from among those who voted for New York in round 1,
voted for Beijing in round 2?
(1) 33.33 (2) 50 (3) 66.67
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Q.13 What is the number of votes cast for Paris in round 1?
(1) 16 (2) 18
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Q.14 What percentage of members from among those who voted for Beijing in round 2 and
were eligible to vote in round 3, voted for London?
(1) 33.33 (2) 38.10 (3) 50
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I. IOC member from New York must have voted for Paris in round 2.
II. IOC member from Beijing voted for London in round 3.
(1) Only I (2) Only II (3) Both I and II (4) Neither I nor II
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Mathematicians are assigned a number called Erdös number (named after the famous

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mathematician, Paul Erdös). Only Paul Erdös himself has an Erdös number of zero.
Any mathematician who has written a research paper with Erdös has an Erdös number

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of 1. For other mathematicians, the calculation of his/her Erdös number is illustrated
below:

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Suppose that a mathematician X has co-authored papers with several other
mathematicians. From among them, mathematician Y has the smallest Erdös number.

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Let the Erdös number of Y be y. Then X has an Erdös number of y+1 . Hence any
mathematician with no co-authorship chain connected to Erdös has an Erdös number of
infinity.

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In a seven day long mini-conference organized in memory of Paul Erdös, a close group

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of eight mathematicians, call them A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, discussed some research
problems. At the beginning of the conference, A was the only participant who had an

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infinite Erdös number. Nobody had an Erdös number less than that of F.
1. On the third day of the conference F co-authored a paper jointly with A and C. This

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reduced the average Erdös number of the group of eight mathematicians to 3. The
Erdös numbers of B, D, E, G and H remained unchanged with the writing of this
paper. Further, no other co-authorship among any three members would have

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At the end of the third day, five members of this group had identical Erdös
numbers while the other three had Erdös numbers distinct from each other.

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On the fifth day, E co-authored a paper with F which reduced the group's average
Erdös number by 0.5. The Erdös numbers of the remaining six were unchanged
with the writing of this paper.
4. No other paper was written during the conference.

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Q.16 How many participants in the conference did not change their Erdös number during the
conference?

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(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5

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Q.17 The person having the largest Erdös number at the end of the conference must have
had Erdös number (at that time):

(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) 14

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Q.18 How many participants had the same Erdös number at the beginning of the
conference?

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(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5

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Q.19 The Erdös number of C at the end of the conference was:
(1) 1 (2) 2

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Q.20 The Erdös number of E at the beginning of the conference was:

(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7
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In a city, elections are conducted in a peculiar manner. There are three rounds of
elections, each round separated by a gap of 4 months. So the candidate is voted for

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thrice in the election year. If the president of the current term wishes to be re-elected,
he can stand only in the first round. If he secures the first place, the others bow out of

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the race. If he does not, then he bows out and the election process progresses with

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the other candidates into the second round and then the third. Each candidate is
awarded points in every round equal to his position in the round. Finally the grand

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total of points is made and the candidate with the least total is declared the new
elected president.

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This year the current term president lost the elections. Of the five other candidates,
the winner secured the first position only in the last round with a grand total of 7
points. Three candidates had equal total points and the highest scorer had 4, 5, 2
points in the first, second and third round respectively. There were no tie for any
position in any round. In the entire election process, the same person never stood in
the same position more than once.

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and the third round respectively?
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(1) 1, 3, 5 (2) 3, 1, 5
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Q.23 What is the score of the candidate with the lowest grand total of points in the first,
second and the third round?
(1) 2, 4, 1 (2) 4, 2, 1 (3) 1, 2, 4 (4) None
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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The table below provides certain demographic details of 30 respondents who were part
of a survey. The demographic characteristics are: gender, number of children and age

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of respondents. The first number in each cell is the number of respondents in that
group. The minimum and maximum age of respondents in each group is given in

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bracket. For example, among the five female respondents with no children, the
youngest is 34 years old, while the oldest is 49.

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1 (38, 38)
1 (32, 32)
8 (21, 65)
5 (34, 49)
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Total 12 18 30

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Q.24 The percentage of respondents aged less than 40 years is at least
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(1) 30% (2) 73.33%

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(3) 76.67% (4) 90%

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Q.26 The percentage of respondents that fall into the 35 to 40 years age group (both
inclusive) is at least
(1) 6.67% (2) 10% (3) 13.33% (4) 26.67%