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Associate Banks of SBI Clerk Exam., (Ist Shift)

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Exam., Date—1-3-2009 Based on Memory

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General Awareness

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1. Who amongst the following was the candidate 6. The Prime Minister of India recently flagged
of the Democratic party in latest election held off the first ever train in the Kashmir valley.
for the President of the USA ? The train will cover which of the following

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(A) Hillary Clinton pairs of stations on its final completion ?
(B) Michelle Robinson (A) Anantnag - Qazigund
(B) Anantnag - Katra
(C) John McCain
(C) Udhampur - Katra

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(D) Barack Hussain Obama
(D) Katra - Qazigund
(E) None of these (E) None of these
2. Who amongst the following cricketers 7. Which of the following is the correct
recently joined the Club of 300 Wicket takers description of the Capital Market ? Capital
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in test crickets ? Market comprises of—
(A) Harbhajan Singh (B) Anil Kumble (A) Stock Markets and Bond Markets
(C) Ishant Sharma (D) Rahul Dravid (B) Banks and Insurance Companies
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(E) None of these (C) RBI and Nationalized Banks


3. Which of the following reflects the (D) Stock Markets and Banks
importance of 8th November 2008 in the (E) None of these
history of India ? 8. Which of the following organizations has
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(A) Chandrayaan – 1 was launched this day provided a US $ 150 million loan to overhaul
(B) Chandrayaan – 1 was put into the orbits the Khadi & Village Industry in India ?
of the moon on this day. (A) World Bank
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(C) This was the day on which ISRO (B) International Monetary Fund
completed 50 years of its existence (C) Asian Development Bank
(D) This was the day on which Chandrayaan (D) European Union
– 1 entered the lunar orbit (E) None of these
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(E) None of these 9. Which of the following countries is NOT the


4. Who amongst the following is the author of member of IBSA ?
the novel ‘The White Tiger’ ? (A) India (B) Bangladesh
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Steve Waugh (C) South Africa (D) Brazil
(E) All are members
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(C) Aravind Adiga (D) Paul Krugman


(E) None of these 10. The election of the UN General Assembly
took place on October 17th 2008 in which
5. The Assembly Elections took place in which five countries were elected non-permanent
of the following States in November- members of the UN Security Council. Which
December 2008 ?
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of the following is NOT one of them ?


(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) West Bengal (A) Mexico (B) Turkey
(C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat (C) Austria (D) India
(E) All the above (E) Japan
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11. The Govt. of India is planning to introduce (C) Ban on nuclear tests for developing
which of the following Acts to ensure that arsenals

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foreign investment are not a threat to national (D) Ban on terrorism
security ? (E) None of these
(A) POTA
17. Who amongst the following is the first Prime
(B) National Security Exception Act
Minister of Nepal after it got the status of the

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(C) Foreign Exchange Management Act democratic republic nation recently ?

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(D) Anti Terrorism Law (A) Rambaran Yadav
(E) All these (B) Subhash Nembang
12. Kosi and some other rivers created severe (C) G. P. Koirala
problems in some parts of the country (D) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)

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recently. What is/are the major causes of (E) None of these
flood in a river ?
(a) Snowmelt 18. After a consistent persuasion for several years
India finally got success in a Free Trade
(b) High peak discharge of water

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Agreement with which of the following ?
(c) Storm Surge (The meeting for this took place in Singapore
(A) Only (a) (B) Only (b) in August 2008)
(C) Only (c) (D) All (a), (b) & (c) (A) European Union
(E) None of these (B) NATO
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13. Since Iran-India gas pipeline is yet to get final (C) SAARC
approval, the energy hungry India has decided (D) ASEAN
to join another pipeline project ‘MED- (E) None of these
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STREME’. Medstreme will transport oil/gas


from which of the following nations at one of 19. As per the agreement with Iraq. USA has now
its terminal ends ? decided to withdraw its forces from there.
This will start by—
(A) Turkey (B) Russia
(A) June 2009 (B) December 2009
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(C) France (D) Japan


(C) January 2010 (D) June 2010
(E) USA (E) 2012 end
14. Which of the following countries is NOT the 20. Russia recently signed a peace pact with
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member of the Nuclear Supplier Group which of the following nations so that it can
(NSG) ? bring an end to the war between them ?
(A) Russia (B) USA (A) Georgia (B) Iran
(C) France (D) Italy (C) China (D) Turkey
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(E) Iran (E) None of these


15. Which of the following countries won 21. Usain Bolt who was adjudged as the fastest
maximum medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ? man on the earth (Olympic 2008) is from
(A) Japan (B) India which of the following countries ?
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(C) Russia (D) USA (A) Belgium (B) South Korea


(C) Sourth Africa (D) USA
(E) China
(E) Jamaica
16. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is
associated with the ban on which of the 22. Who amongst the following is the Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India at present ?
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following ?
(A) Ban on certain organizations under UN (A) Y. V. Reddy (B) D. Subbarao
Laws (C) Rakesh Mohan (D) C. Rangarajan
(B) Ban on money laundering activities (E) None of these
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23. Which of the following knowledge can a 29. Which of the following films was India’s
farmer gain from ‘Farmer’s field school’ official entry for the Oscar Awards 2009 ?

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being run by Department of agriculture & (A) Fashion
Cooperation. Govt. of India ? (B) Taare Zameen Par
(a) Methods and practices for soil, fertilizer (C) Jodha Akbar
and crop management
(D) Dostana

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(b) How to get bank loans
(E) None of these

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(c) Understand deficiency symptoms of soil
nutrients 30. As per the figures released recently which of
(A) Only (a) the following cities has the highest per capita
income ?
(B) Only (b)
(A) Delhi (B) Mumbai

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(C) Only (c)
(C) Chandigarh (D) Bangalore
(D) Both (a) & (c) only
(E) Jaipur
(E) All (a), (b) & (c)
31. India has purchased Harpoon II Missiles from

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24. Which of the following organizations was
which of the following countries ?
specially established to operate in Gramin
areas by design itself ? (A) Italy (B) China
(A) Commercial Banks (C) France (D) Russia
(B) Central Financial Institutes (E) USA
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(C) Private Banks 32. Which of the following is NOT one of the
(D) Regional Rural Banks Millennium Goals set by U.N.O. ?
(E) None of these (A) Achieve Universal Primary Education
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(B) Improve Computer Literacy


25. Who amongst the following is the author of
the book (novel) ‘Infinite Jest’ ? (C) Combat HIV/AIDS
(A) Quentin Bryce (D) Environmental sustainability
(B) Arvind Adiga (E) Global partnership
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(C) Paul Newman 33. The Government of which of the following


(D) David Foster Wallace States has provided Rs. 100 crore for
(E) None of these promotion of Organic Farming in State ?
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(A) Tamil Nadu


26. Taro Aso whose name was in news recently is (B) Rajasthan
the Prime Minister of—
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(A) South Korea (B) North Korea (D) Punjab
(C) Japan (D) Thailand (E) Andhra Pradesh
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(E) None of these


34. Which of the following States has introduced
27. Martti Ahtisaari’s name was in news as he is ‘One kg. Rice for Rupee One’ scheme, the
the winner of Nobel Prize in the area of— first of its kind in the country ?
(A) Physics (B) Chemistry (A) West Bengal (B) Orissa
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(C) Peace (D) Literature (C) Bihar (D) Kerala


(E) Medicine (E) Tamil Nadu
28. Who amongst the following won the Fed Cup 35. Which of the following nations is facing the
championship Tennis 2008 ? neat of Darfur Humanitarian Crisis ?
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(A) Russia (B) Spain (A) Iraq (B) Sudan


(C) Italy (D) USA (C) Iran (D) Japan
(E) France (E) U.S.A.
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36. Who amongst the following Cricket Skipper (A) Double Fault (B) Half Nelson
recently announced his retirement from the (C) Cox (D) Crease

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game ? (E) Ruff
(A) Anil Kumble (B) M. S. Dhoni
39. ‘Agha Khan Cup’ is associated with the game
(C) Rahul Dravid (D) Irfan Pathan of—
(E) Sachin Tendulkar

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(A) Cricket (B) Football
37. Who amongst the following was awarded (C) Lawn Tennis (D) Golf

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Bharat Ratna recently ? (E) Hockey
(A) Asha Bhosale (B) Bhimsen Joshi 40. Who amongst the following is the author of
(C) Jagjit Singh (D) Mani Ratnam the book ‘Straight from the Heart’ ?
(E) None of these

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(A) Ravi Shastri (B) Sachin Tendulkar
38. Which of the following terms is used in the (C) Kapil Dev (D) M. S. Dhoni
game of Lawn Tennis ? (E) None of these

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General English
Directions—(Q. 41–52) Read the following Govind was worried “Winter is only for a few
passage carefully and answer the questions given months in the year. It will take me years to collect
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below it. Certain words have been printed in bold the dew.” “You can plant as many trees as you
to help you locate them while answering some of want” replied the sage. Govind went home and
the questions. after talking to his wife, began clearing the large
fields which had been lying vacant for years. He
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Govind’s father was a rich landlord, who was planted rows of banana saplings. He tended them
loved and respected by all his tenants. When he with great care. His wife helped him too. She
died, he left large tracts of land to Govind. But would take the banana crop to market and get a
Govind did not spend a single day looking after good price. Over the years the plantation grew and
his land. He had a funny idea, that there existed a
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finally after six years Govind had five litres of


magic potion which, if it was poured on any object dew. He went to the sage who smiled, uttered a
would turn it into gold. He spent all his time mantra and sprinkled a few drops of dew on a
trying to learn more about this potion. People took copper vessel. To Govind’s dismay, nothing
advantage of him and cheated him. His wife grew
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happened. “You have cheated me !” he shouted at


anxious. Given the amount of money Govind was the sage.
spending, she was sure that they would soon be
paupers. The sage however smiled. Govind’s wife then
came forward with a box. The sage opened it and
One day, a widely respected sage who had revealed stack of gold coins inside. Turning to
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been to the Himalayas came to their town. Govind


Govind he said. “You worked hard on your land
asked him about the potion. To his surprise the
sage answered. “I have learnt how to brew such a and created a planation. Your wife sold the
potion. But it is a difficult process.” “Tell me !” produce in the market. It was your hard work
insisted Govind, hardly able to believe his luck. which created this wealth, not magic. If I had told
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“You have to collect the dew which settles on the you this earlier, you would not have listened.”
leaves of a banana tree every morning during Govind understood the wisdom behind the sage’s
winter. There is a condition though. The tree words and worked even harder from that day on.
should be planted and watered regularly with your 41. Why did Govind’s father give him large plots
own hands. Store the collected dew in an earthen of land ?
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vessel and when you have five litres, bring it to


me. I will recite a sacred mantra to transform the (A) It was his way of instilling a sense of
dew into the potion. A drop of the potion will be responsibility in his son
sufficient to change any object into gold.” (B) Govind was his only son and sole heir
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(C) To provide Govind with sufficient funds (B) It was the most highly priced commodity
to pursue his interest of discovering in the region

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magic potion (C) It could be grown at any time of the year
(D) He wanted Govind to continue to including winter
lookafter the tenants (D) His wife pressurised him to do so
(E) The ingredient for the magic potion could

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(E) None of these
only be obtained from a banana tree
42. Which of the following can be said about the

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sage ? 46. What made Govind angry with the sage ?
(A) He was cunning and plotted with (A) The sage had conspired with Govind’s
Govind’s wife to cheat him wife against him

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(B) He had no magical powers as such and (B) He had forgotten the magic spell and all
used to swindle people Govind’s hard work was in vain
(C) He was a good judge of people (C) He had lost a good deal of money in
(D) He did not deserve his good reputation cultivating bananas

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(E) He was dishonest because he had cheated (D) The sage had made a fool of him in front
Govind out of his gold of other villagers
43. Why was Govind’s wife worried ? (E) None of these
(A) Govind had no knowledge of farming 47. How did Govind acquire his dream of gold
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and could not cultivate the land he had finally ?
inherited from his father
(A) The sage gave him gold as a reward for
(B) Govind had no friends because he was his hard work
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obsessed with finding a potion which


(B) His wife diligently saved the gold he had
would turn any thing into gold
received from his father
(C) Govind was only interested in studying
under different sages and neglected his (C) By selling the banana plantation
family duties (D) His wife sold bananas at a higher price
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(D) Since Govind had devoted all his time than others did
and wealth to finding a magic potion (E) None of these
they would soon be poor
48. Which of the following is TRUE in the
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(E) Govind’s experiments to find a magic


context of the passage ?
potion were dangerous
1. Govind was easily fooled by people
44. Why did Govind’s wife help him in the
fields ? 2. Govind was peresevering by nature
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1. To support her husband in his endeavour 3. The sage had never actually been to the
to find a magic potion Himalayas
2. The sage had advised her to help her (A) Only 1 (B) Both 1 and 2
husband succeed (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3
3. He needed someone to help him collect
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the dew (E) None of these


(A) None (B) Only 1 Directions—(Q. 49–50) Choose the word
(C) Both 1 and 2 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the
(E) None of these word printed in bold as used in the passage.
49. spend
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45. Why did Govind decide to cultivate a banana


crop ? (A) pay (B) bought
(A) The soil of his land was suitable only for (C) devote (D) settle
cultivating bananas (E) empty
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50. lying 56. Several of our projects have delayed because


(A) sleeping (B) dishonest the equipment we ordered was delivered late.

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(C) relaxing (D) remaining (A) have been delayed when
(E) untruthful (B) delayed because of
Directions—(Q. 51–52) Choose the word (C) are delayed since

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which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the
(D) were delayed with
word printed in bold as used in the passage.

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51. dismay (E) No Correction Required
(A) joy (B) interest 57. The committee has ruled out the possible
(C) desire (D) humour raising taxes for this financial year.

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(E) luck (A) possibly raised
52. tended (B) possible rise of
(A) negligible (B) watched (C) possibility to raise
(C) inclined (D) ignored (D) possibility of rising

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(E) spoil
(E) No Correction Required
Directions—(Q. 53–57) Which of the phrases
(A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence Directions—(Q. 58–62) In each question
should replace the phrase printed in bold in the below a sentence with four words printed in bold
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sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the type is given. These are lettered as (A), (B), (C)
sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No and (D). One of these four words printed in bold
Correction is Required mark (E) as the answer. may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in
53. Starting out my own business at this time the context of the sentence. Find out the word
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would affect the financial stability of my which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if any. The
family. letter of the words is your answer. If all the words
(A) Starting up my printed in bold are correctly spelt and also
(B) For starting with appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark
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(C) To start out mine (E) i.e., ‘All Correct’ as your answer.
(D) By starting my 58. Under existing regulations we are not
(E) No Correction Required (A)
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54. Use a tactic for mixing the inferior with good permitted to owe more than a forty per cent
quality rice is dishonest and you will lose (B) (C)
your license. share of the family business. All Correct
(A) Using tactics as (D) (E)
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(B) Using a tactic like 59. In case of any land dispute panchayat officials
(C) To use tactics (A) (B)
(D) Used to tactics like will determine how the property is to be
(E) No Correction Required (C)
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55. The company will invest more six hundred dividend. All Correct
crores in the next five years to expand its (D) (E)
operations in Britain.
60. The World Bank has consented to sanction
(A) will further invest
(A) (B)
(B) has invested more than
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the necessary finance for the project.


(C) have invested over (C) (D)
(D) will be invested above All Correct
(E) No Correction Required (E)
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61. To obtain a refund you will have to fill a 65. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(A) (B) sentence after rearrangement ?

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claim with the appropriate authority. (A) (1) (B) (2)
(C) (D) (C) (3) (D) (4)
All Correct (E) (5)

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(E) 66. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
62. Experts predict there will be shortage of sentence after rearrangement ?

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(A) (B) (A) (2) (B) (3)
investment in the infrastructure sector. (C) (4) (D) (5)
(C) (D) (E) (6)

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All Correct
67. Which of the following should be the LAST
(E) (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ?
Directions—(Q. 63–67) Rearrange the (A) (1) (B) (2)

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following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (C) (3) (D) (4)
(6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful (E) (5)
paragraph; then answer the questions given below
them— Directions—(Q. 68–72) Read each sentence
to find out whether there is any grammatical error
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(1) The hall was filled with children, teachers,
or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in
students, family members and those who were
close to him. one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is
the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).
(2) Normally such ceremonies are attended by
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(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)


important people like industrialists, politicians
and VIPs. 68. His proposal had / to be send to / the President
(3) What I saw when I stepped into the hall (A) (B) (C)
amazed me. of the company / for her approval. No error
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(4) I went home with the feeling that it was a (D) (E)
most unusual oath taking ceremony with only 69. Each Tuesday evening we visited / the farmers
those who were ‘important’ to him present.
(A) (B)
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(5) When he was elected President, he invited me in the area / and held a meeting / to discuss
to the swearing in ceremony in the Central
(C) (D)
Hall of Parliament.
the problems they faced. No error
(6) However in this case everyone who attended
(E)
the ceremony seemed to know him personally.
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70. Though our training facilities / are limited


63. Which of the following should be the FIRST (A) (B)
sentence after rearrangement ?
only a / few employees have been / selected
(A) (1) (B) (2) (C)
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(C) (3) (D) (4) for training. No error


(E) (5) (D) (E)
64. Which of the following should be the 71. During the interview / the panel asked me /
SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (B)
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(A) (2) (B) (3) several technical questions / and I answered all
(C) (D)
(C) (4) (D) (5)
of it. No error
(E) (6) (E)
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72. He decided to work for / an NGO, but most 73. (A) firstly (B) freshly
(A) (B)
(C) foremost (D) initially

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of his / classmates opted for high paid / jobs in
(C) (E) recently
multinational companies. No error 74. (A) copied (B) observed
(D) (E) (C) learned (D) understood

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Directions—(Q. 73–80) In the following (E) improving

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passage there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the 75. (A) asked (B) insisted
passage and against each, five words are sugges- (C) demanded (D) settled
ted, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find (E) lend

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out the appropriate word in each case. 76. (A) severe (B) no
When we …(73)… started thirty years ago in (C) additionally (D) variety
1977, we did not know anything about how to run (E) plenty

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a bank for the poor. We therefore looked at how
77. (A) time (B) process
others ran their operations and …(74)… from
(C) return (D) event
their mistakes. In Bangladesh, conventional banks
(E) action
and credit co-operatives always …(75)… lump
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sum repayments. This created …(76)… problems 78. (A) neglected (B) abandoned
because repaying in a lump sum was a mental (C) defaulted (D) depended
hundle for borrowers. They tended to delay (E) disappointed
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repayment and get further into debt in the 79. (A) benefit (B) easier
…(77)…. In the end they usually …(78)… totally (C) reckless (D) disorganised
on the loan, which was a loss to the bank. In
(E) secure
structuring our own loans, I decided to ask for a
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daily payment. Monitoring repayment was 80. (A) sense (B) confidence
…(79)… and it filled people with …(80)… that (C) challenge (D) doubt
they could repay their loans. (E) believe
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Quantitative Aptitude
Directions—(Q. 81 to 90) What should come 3 3
83. ⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 10648 × ⎯
√⎯⎯⎯
5832 = ?
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in place of the question mark (?) in the following


questions ? (A) 396 (B) 216
(C) 432 (D) 576
81. (84) 2 – (67) 2 + √
⎯ ? = 2588 (E) None of these
(A) 361 (B) 529 5
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84. 60% of 25% of th of ? = 630


(C) 441 (D) 625 6
(A) 5060 (B) 5200
(E) None of these
(C) 4880 (D) 4500
82. 668 ÷ 167 × 284 = ? (E) None of these
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(A) 1156 (B) 1136 85. (85410 + 36885 + 24705) ÷ 1600 = ?


(C) 1096 (D) 1116 (A) 90·25
(E) None of these (B) 94·386
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(C) 95·50 95. 31, 35, 44, 60, 85, ?


(D) 91·875 (A) 121 (B) 111

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(E) None of these (C) 109 (D) 97
86. 4·5 + 23·50 + 14·58 – 17·68 × 0·5 = ? (E) None of these
(A) 33·74 (B) 21·29 96. The average of five positive numbers is 308.

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(C) 35·06 (D) 24·48 The average of first two numbers is 482·5 and
(E) None of these the average of last two numbers is 258·5.

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What is the third number ?
87. (3675 ÷ 75) × (7480 ÷ 80) = ?
(A) 4394·5 (B) 4301 (A) 224
(C) 4581·5 (D) 4114 (B) 58

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(E) None of these (C) 121
⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 7744 × 66 (D) Cannot be determined
88. =? (E) None of these
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(A) 15 (B) 18·5 97. Sophia invests 25% of her monthly salary in
(C) 20 (D) 16·5 insurance policies. She spends 15% of her
(E) None of these monthly salary in shopping and 35% of her
89. 87146 – 66425 – 15693 = ? salary on household expenses. She saves the
remaining amount of Rs. 9,050. What is
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(A) 5038 (B) 5028
Sophia’s annual income ?
(C) 5040 (D) 5015
(A) Rs. 84,500 (B) Rs. 5,30,000
(E) None of these
(C) Rs. 3,25,200 (D) Rs. 4,34,400
90. (786 × 74) ÷ ? = 1211·75
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(E) None of these


(A) 42 (B) 36
(C) 56 (D) 54 98. The ratio of roses and lillies in a garden is
3 : 2 respectively. The average number of
(E) None of these
roses and lillies is 180. What is the number of
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Directions—(Q. 91 to 95) What should come lillies in the garden ?


in place of question mark (?) in the following (A) 144 (B) 182
number series ?
(C) 216 (D) 360
91. 36, 20, ?, 8, 6, 5
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(E) None of these


(A) 10 (B) 12
(C) 14 (D) 16 99. The number of employees in Companies A, B
and C are in a ratio of 3 : 2 : 4 respectively. If
(E) None of these
the number of employees in the three Compa-
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92. 668, 656, 632, 584, ?, 296 nies is increased by 20%, 30% and 15%
(A) 392 (B) 438 respectively, what will be the new ratio of
(C) 488 (D) 536 employees working in Companies A, B and C
respectively ?
(E) None of these
(A) 18 : 13 : 24 (B) 13 : 18 : 23
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93. 1, 121, 441, 961, 1681, ?


(A) 2701 (B) 2511 (C) 17 : 13 : 23 (D) 18 : 11 : 23
(C) 2611 (D) 2801 (E) None of these
(E) None of these 100. In how many different ways can the letters of
the word ‘HAPPY’ be arranged ?
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94. 9, 49, 201, 1009, ?, 20209, 80841


(A) 4054 (B) 4049 (A) 120 (B) 140
(C) 4050 (D) 4041 (C) 60 (D) 70
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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Directions—(Q. 101 to 105) Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given
below it.

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Total Residents and Percentage of Women out of those Living in
Various Societies Over the Years
Residents

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A B C D E

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Years % of Total % of Total % of Total % of Total % of Total
women Residents women Residents women Residents women Residents women Residents
2002 45 300 60 240 36 150 30 200 38 300
2003 30 250 75 280 40 200 60 260 40 280

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2004 40 320 50 220 40 210 45 240 45 320
2005 45 340 60 250 50 230 50 250 40 300
2006 35 320 65 260 45 240 35 220 45 340

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2007 50 350 60 300 45 260 40 240 40 330
101. What is the respective ratio of the number of (C) 680
women to the total residents in society C over (D) 742
the years ? (E) None of these
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(A) 47 : 108 (B) 91 :: 215 106. What amount of compound interest can be
(C) 93 : 215 (D) 47 : 109 obtained on an amount of Rs. 8,840 at the rate
(E) None of these of 5 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3 years ?
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(A) Rs. 1,393·405 (B) Rs. 1,326


102. What is the approximate average number of
women living in all the societies together in (C) Rs. 1,384·50 (D) Rs. 1,340
the year 2002 ? (E) None of these
(A) 98 (B) 105 107. A trader sells 150 metres of cloth for Rs.
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(C) 107 (D) 101 6,600 and he sells 300 metres of cloth for Rs.
12,750. How much concession does the trader
(E) 111 give per metre of cloth, when he sells 300
103. What is the difference between the total metres of cloth ?
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residents living in all the societies together in (A) Rs. 3 (B) Rs. 2·5
the year 2003 and the total residents living in (C) Rs. 1·5 (D) Rs. 2
all the societies together in the year 2004 ? (E) None of these
(A) 60 (B) 45 108. When 3888 is divided by the square of a
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(C) 30 (D) 50 number and the answer so obtained in


(E) None of these multiplied by 21, the final answer obtained is
252. What is the number ?
104. What is the respective ratio of men living in
(A) 324 (B) 16
Society E in the year 2006 to the year 2007 ?
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(C) 256 (D) 144


(A) 17 : 18 (B) 18 : 17
(E) None of these
(C) 16 : 17 (D) 17 : 16
(E) None of these 109. The sum of the two digits of a two digit
number is 14, the difference between the first
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105. What is the total number of men living in all digit and the second digit of the two digit
the societies together in the year 2004 ? number is 4. What is the two digit number ?
(A) 710 (A) 86
(B) 736 (B) 95
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(C) 59 total number of children pursuing painting


(D) Cannot be determined from all the State together ?

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(E) None of these (A) 20000 (B) 15000
(C) 25000 (D) 10000
110. A car runs at the speed of 40 kms per hour (E) None of these
when not serviced and runs at 65 kms/hr.

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when serviced. After servicing the car covers 114. What is the respective ratio of the number of
a certain distance in 5 hours. How much children pursuing dancing from State B to the

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approximate time will the car take to cover number of children pursuing dancing from
the same distance when not serviced ? State D ?
(A) 10 (B) 7 (A) 7 : 9 (B) 11 : 9
(C) 11 : 7 (D) 9 : 11

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(C) 12 (D) 8
(E) 6 (E) None of these
Directions—(Q. 111 to 115) Study the follow- 115. What is the average number of children
ing graph and answer the questions given below pursuing singing, dancing and painting from

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it. State C ? (Rounded off to the nearest integer)
Number of Children pursuing various Hobby (A) 28859 (B) 29167
Classes in various States (C) 291216 (D) 28765
(Number in thousands) (E) None of these
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Singing Dancing Painting Directions—(Q. 116 to 120) What approxi-
mate value should come in place of the question
35
mark (?) in the following questions ? (You are not
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30 expected to calculate the exact value)


Number of Children

25 116. [(1·3)2 × (4·2)2 ] ÷ 2·7 = ?


20 (A) 7 (B) 21
15 (C) 18 (D) 11
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10 (E) 16
5
117. 746 ÷ 32 × 15 = ?
0
A B C (A) 350
D (B) 345
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States
(C) 355 (D) 340
111. What is the average number of children (E) 335
pursuing painting classes from all the States
together ? 118. √
⎯⎯⎯
834 × ⎯
√⎯⎯
349 = ?
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(A) 19735 (B) 17395 (A) 525 (B) 556


(C) 19725 (D) 18385 (C) 534 (D) 550
(E) None of these (E) 540
112. The children pursuing singing classes in State 119. (3986 + 2416 + 3897) ÷ 754 = ?
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A are what per cent of the total number of (A) 18 (B) 14


children pursuing all the three classes from
the same State ? (C) 11 (D) 9
(A) 30 (B) 35 (E) 21
120. 41·25 + 11·085 × 2·75 = ?
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(C) 40 (D) 45
(E) None of these (A) 63 (B) 67
113. What is the difference between the total (C) 76 (D) 72
number of children pursuing dancing and the (E) 80
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Reasoning Test

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121. If ‘football’ is called ‘cricket’, ‘cricket’ is 126. How many meaningful three letter English
called ‘basketball’, ‘basketball’ is called ‘bad- words can be formed with the letter WNO,
minton’ ‘badminton’ is called ‘volleyball’, using each letter only once in each word ?

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‘volleyball’ is called ‘hockey’ and ‘hockey’ is (A) None (B) One
called ‘golf’, which of the following games is

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(C) Two (D) Three
not played using a ball ?
(E) Four
(A) Volleyball (B) Basketball
(C) Hockey (D) Cricket 127. Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way and so form a group. Which is the

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(E) None of these one that does not belong to that group ?
122. If it is possible to make only one meaningful (A) Clutch (B) Wheel
word with the First, Second, Third and Fifth (C) Break (D) Car
letters of the word TECHNOLOGY, which of

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(E) Gear
the following would be the third letter of that
word ? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ 128. How many such pairs of letters are there in
as your answer and if more than one such word SENDING, each of which has as many
word can be formed, give your answer as letters between its two letters as there are
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between them in the English alphabets ?
‘Y’—
(A) None (B) One
(A) C (B) T
(C) Two (D) Three
(C) N (D) X
(E) More than three
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(E) Y
129. Each vowel of the word GLADIOLUS is
123. If each of the digits in the number 92581473 substituted with the next letter of the English
are arranged in ascending order, what will be alphabetical series, and each consonant is
the difference between the digits which are substituted with the letter preceding it. How
an

fourth from the right and third from the left in many vowels are present in the new
the new arrangement ? arrangement ?
(A) One (B) Two (A) None (B) One
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(C) Three (D) Four (C) Two (D) Three


(E) None (E) None of these
124. In a certain code ‘ja ki mo pe’ mean ‘at a 130. In a certain code THEN is written as VFGL.
frog’s leap’, ‘mo la ki so’ means ‘take a leap How is WORD written in that code ?
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ahead’ and ‘re bo ja na’ means ‘insects are


(A) UQPF (B) YMTB
frog’s diet’. Which of the following is the
code for ‘at’ in that language ? (C) YMVB (D) VQFP
(A) ja (B) pe (E) None of these
(C) bo (D) re Directions—(Q. 131–135) In each of these
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(E) None of these questions, a group of letters is given followed by


four combinations of number/symbol lettered (A),
125. If in a certain language WEAK is coded as (B), (C) and (D). Letters are to be coded as per the
9%2$ and SKIT is coded as #$7@, then how scheme and conditions given below. You have to
will WAIT be coded in the same language ? find out the serial number of the combination,
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(A) 9267 (B) 9276 which represents the letter group. So letter of that
combination is your answer. If none of the
(C) 92@6 (D) 9@67
combinations is correct, your answer is ‘None of
(E) None of these these’.
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Letters : M B D K Q L I R J S N P A E G 137. Which of the following means S is son-in-law


Number/ of P ?

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Symbol : @3 7 % ★ 4 # 1 2 £ 8 5 9 $ 6 (A) P + R × S (B) P ÷ R × S
Conditions : (C) P + R ÷ S (D) P ÷ R + S
(i) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a (E) None of these
consonant, both are to be coded as the code

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for the consonant. 138. In the expression ‘P – Q + S’ how is S related
to P ?

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(ii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a
vowel, the codes for the first and the last are (A) Mother
to be interchanged. (B) Father
(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, (C) Brother

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the first and the last letters are be coded as ©
(D) Can’t be determined
131. GQRDBN (E) None of these
(A) ©★173© (B) 6★1738
139. How is P related to S in the expression ‘P × Q

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(C) 6★1736 (D) 8★1738 ÷ S’ ?
(E) None of these
(A) Brother (B) Wife
132. IPEBQS (C) Son (D) Sister
(A) #5$3★£ (B) #53$★# (E) None of these
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(C) £5$3★£ (D) £5$3★#
140. How is S related to P in the expression ‘P + R
(E) None of these ÷ S’ ?
133. RMAPSI (A) Son
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(A) 1@95£# (B) 1@95£1 (B) Daughter


(C) #@95£# (D) #@95£1 (C) Daughter-in-law
(E) None of these (D) Sister
134. AREMQN (E) None of these
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(A) 91$@★8 (B) 81$@★8


Directions—(Q. 141–145) Study the sets of
(C) 81$@★9 (D) 91$@★9
numbers given below and answer the questions,
(E) None of these which follow :—
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135. KJBPRD 972, 682, 189, 298, 751


(A) 923517 (B) 723517 141. If one is added to the lowest number and two
(C) %23519 (D) ©2915© is added to the highest number, what will be
(E) None of these
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the difference between the second digit of the


Directions—(Q. 136–140) Read the follow- smallest number and third digit of the highest
ing information carefully and answer the ques- number ?
tions, which follow :— (A) 5 (B) 7
‘A – B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’.
(C) 9 (D) 8
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‘A + B’ means ‘A is wife of B’.


(E) None of these
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is father of B’.
‘A × B’ means ‘A is son of B’. 142. If in each number, first and the last digits are
136. In the expression ‘P × R – S’ how is P related interchanged, which of the following will be
the third highest number ?
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to S ?
(A) Father (B) Grandfather (A) 972 (B) 682
(C) Grandson (D) Sister (C) 189 (D) 298
(E) None of these (E) 751
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143. If in each number, all the three digits are Conclusions :


arranged in descending order, which of the I. Some papers are pens.

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following will be the third highest number ? II. All bottles are pens.
(A) 972 (B) 682
147. Statements : All computers are radios.
(C) 189 (D) 298 All radios are televisions.

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(E) 751 Some televisions are

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144. If in each number, second and the third digits watches.
are interchanged, what will be the sum of first Conclusions :
digit of the smallest number and last digit of I. Some watches are computers.
highest number ? II. Some televisions are computers.

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(A) 7 (B) 6
148. Statements : Some desks are chairs.
(C) 9 (D) 8 Some chairs are doors.
(E) None of these Some doors are walls.

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145. If one is added to the smallest odd number Conclusions :
and one is subtracted from the highest odd I. Some walls are chairs.
number, which of the following will be
obtained if the second digit of the highest II. No chair is a wall.
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number is subtracted from the second digit of 149. Statements : All stars are fishes.
the lowest number so formed ?
Some fishes are moons.
(A) 6 (B) 5 All moons are birds.
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(C) – 4 (D) 3 Conclusions :


(E) 2 I. Some birds are fishes.
Directions—(Q. 146–150) In each of the II. Some stars are moons.
questions below are given three statements 150. Statements : All leaves are roots.
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followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.


All stems are roots.
You have to take the given statements to be true
All roots are flowers.
even if they seem to be at variance from
Conclusions :
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commonly known facts. Read both of the


conclusions and then decide which of the given I. Some flowers are stems.
conclusions logically follows from the given II. Some flowers are leaves.
statements disregarding commonly known facts. Directions—(Q. 151–155) Study the follow-
Read the statements and the conclusions ing information carefully to answer these ques-
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which follow it and tions—


Give answer—
A group of people has six family members
(A) if only conclusion I is true. and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and
(B) if only conclusion II is true. R and having different professions. Each one of
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(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true. them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor
(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is and pilot but not necessarily in this order. There
true. are three males and three females in the family out
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true. of which there are two married couples. M is a
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businessman and is the father of P, Q is a doctor


146. Statements : No pen is a mobile.
and grandfather of P. N is a housewie and is
Some mobiles are bottles. daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a
All bottles are papers. journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of
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P and O is not married to M. No lady is a (B) O


journalist. (C) P

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151. Which of the following groups represents the (D) Can’t be determined
three ladies in the group ?
(E) None of these
(A) N, P, L (B) P, L, N
154. Which of the following is the profession of
(C) L, N, O (D) O, P, L

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P?
(E) None of these (A) Architect

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152. Who is married to Q ? (B) Pilot
(A) N (C) Architect or pilot
(B) O (D) Journalist

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(C) L
(E) None of these
(D) Can’t be determined
(E) None of these 155. How is Q related to O ?
(A) Father (B) Mother

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153. Who among the following family members is
an architect ? (C) Mother-in-law (D) Son-in-law
(A) L (E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 156–160) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer
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figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued ?
Problem Figures Answer Figures
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156.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)


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157.
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

158.
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

159.
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)


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160.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)


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Marketing Aptitude/Computer Knowledge

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161. ……… is a set of keywords, symbols, and a 169. Where is the disk put in a computer ?
system of rules for constructing statements by (A) In the modem (B) In the hard drive
which humans can communicate the
(C) Into the CPU (D) In the disk drive

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instructions to be executed by a computer.
(A) A computer program (E) None of these

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(B) A programming language 170. A hard copy of a document is ……….
(C) An assemble (A) printed on the printer
(D) Syntax (B) stored on a floppy

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(E) None of these (C) stored on a CD
162. A printer is this kind of device ………. (D) stored in the hard disk
(A) input (B) word processing (E) None of these
(C) processing (D) output

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171. The name that the user gives to a document is
(E) None of these referred to as ……….
163. This can be another-word for program ………. (A) document-name
(A) software (B) disk (B) filename
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(C) floppy (D) hardware (C) name-given
(E) None of these (D) document-identity
164. The name of the computer’s brain is ………. (E) None of these
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(A) monitor (B) hardware 172. Restarting a computer that is already on is


(C) CPU (D) byte referred to as ……….
(E) None of these (A) shut down (B) cold booting
165. A(n) ……… is a device that electronically (C) warm booting (D) logging off
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processes data, converting it to information. (E) None of these


(A) algorithm (B) computer
173. E-mail (electronic mail) is ……….
(C) software (D) program
(A) an Internet standard that allows users to
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(E) None of these upload and download files


166. Which of the following are computers that (B) a real-time typed conversation that takes
can be carried around easily ? place on a computer
(A) Minicomputers (B) Supercomputers (C) an online area in which users conduct
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(C) PCs (D) Laptops written discussions about a particular


subject
(E) None of these
(D) the transmission of messages and files
167. The secret code that restricts entry to some via a computer network
programs ……….
(E) None of these
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(A) password (B) passport


(C) entry-code (D) access-code 174. The person who writes and tests computer
(E) None of these programs is called a ……….
(A) programmer
168. The basic goal of computer process is to
(B) computer scientist
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convert data into ……….


(A) files (B) tables (C) software engineer
(C) information (D) graphs (D) project developer
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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175. The information you put into the computer is (C) Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter
called ………. (D) Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

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(A) facts (B) data (E) None of these
(C) files (D) directory 181. Marketing is required in banks due to ……….
(E) None of these (A) globalisation

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176. The output devices make it possible to (B) computerisation
………. (C) increase in population

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(A) view or print data (D) government dictates
(B) store data (E) None of these
(C) scan data 182. Marketing is ……….

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(D) input data (A) a day to day function
(E) None of these (B) a one-off affair
177. A chat is ………. (C) a one-man show

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(A) an Internet standard that allows users to (D) a collective process
upload and download files (E) a means to earn extra income
(B) a typed conversation that takes place on a 183. Qualities needed by a good marketing staff
computer are ……….
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(C) an online area in which users conduct (A) Aggressiveness (B) Pushy
written discussions about a particular (C) Perseverance (D) Politeness
subject (E) Only (C) & (D)
(D) the transmission of messages and files
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via a computer network 184. Marketing should be resorted ……….


(E) None of these (A) only among rich persons
(B) only among the poor
178. Hardware includes ……….
(C) only in crowded areas
(A) all devices used to input data into a
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computer (D) depends on the product


(B) sets of instructions that a computer runs (E) depends on the banks
or executes 185. HNI means ……….
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(C) the computer and all the devices (A) High Income Individual
connected to it that are used to input and (B) Honest Marketing Staff
output data (C) High Networth Individual
(D) all devices involved in processing infor- (D) Honest Neutral Individual
mation including the central processing
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unit, memory and storage (E) None of these


(E) None of these 186. Marketing Strategies mean ……….
179. The most common method of entering text (A) plan for effective marketing
and numerical data into a computer system is (B) type of Marketing style
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through the use of a ………. (C) market Demands


(A) keyboard (B) scanner (D) All of these
(C) printer (D) plotter
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
187. Market Plan is ……….
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180. Which of the following groups consist of only


input devices ? (A) an action plan for day-to-day marketing
(A) Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor (B) effective Selling steps
(B) Mouse, Keyboard, Printer (C) effective Buying steps
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(D) a comprehensive document for marke- 195. Motivation means ……….


ting strateiges (A) keeping the salemen happy

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(E) All of these (B) keeping the staff happy
188. Digital marketing means ………. (C) more enthusiasm
(A) selling digital goods (D) more team-work

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(B) selling calculators (E) All of these
(C) selling through internet 196. Effective communication is ……….

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(D) All of these (A) not required if demand exceeds supply
(E) None of these (B) a sine-qua-non for marketing
189. Target group means ………. (C) good vocabulary

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(A) all employees (D) all of these
(B) short-listed group (E) None of these
(C) all the marketing staff 197. Customisation means ……….
(D) sales Representatives

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(A) products for specific customers
(E) group of people likely to buy the iden-
tified product (B) good customer service
190. The target group for Home Loans are ………. (C) bad customer service
(A) individuals (B) salaried persons (D) after-sales service
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(C) businessmen (D) professionals (E) None of these
(E) All of these 198. Marketing can be attractive if ……….
191. Customer Service ………. (A) salesmen are attractive
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(A) is an integral part of marketing (B) customers are attractive


(B) has no role in marketing (C) more customers are attracted
(C) is required only by salemen (D) All of these
(D) is not required by salesmen (E) None of these
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(E) None of these 199. Buyer Resistance means ……….


192. Public Relations is ………. (A) buyers fighting with the salesmen
(A) part of Customer Service (B) reluctant salesmen
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(B) part of Marketing (C) indifferent salesmen


(C) part of Image Building (D) hesitant buyers
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
200. Closing the Sale means ……….
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193. Bancassurance means ……….


(A) close down marketing functions
(A) assuring to repay bank loans
(B) stop selling
(B) assuring to repay credit card dues
(C) successful completion of a call
(C) assuring to repay home loan dues
(D) All of these
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(D) insurance of banks


(E) None of these
(E) All of these
194. Relationship Marketing means ………. Answers with Explanations
(A) selling to relatives 1. (D)
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(B) selling by relatives


2. (A) Harbhajan Singh became the third Indian
(C) after sales service and 22nd cricketer in the world to claim 300
(D) cross-selling wickets in test cricket on 7th November,
(E) All of these 2008.
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3. (D) 23. (E) 24. (D)


4. (C) Aravind Adiga is a Journalist and author, 25. (D) Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel written by

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who holds dual Indian and Australian David Foster Wallace. The lengthy and
citizenship. His debat novel. The white Tiger’ complex work takes place in a semi-parodic
won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. The Novel future version of North America. The Novel
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time 100 Best English language Novels from

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the first ever train from Nowgam to Budgam
11th October, 2008 in the Kashmir Valley. 1923 to 2005 list.
The train will cover Baramulla (North 26. (C) 27. (C)
Kashmir)—Qazigund (South Kashmir) pairs 28. (A) The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of
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7. (A) 8. (C) National teams in women’s tennis. 8 teams
9. (B) IBSA is a trilateral, developmental contested the world group, and 85 teams
initiative between India, Brazil and South competed in total. The final took place in
Africa to promote South. South co-operation Madrid, Spain, on 13-4 September, with
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and exchange. In the aftermath of discussions Russia defeating Spain, 4-0 to retain the title.
between the heads of state and/or Government 29. (B) 30. (C) 31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (E)
of the IBSA coutries at the G-8 meeting that 34. (E) 35. (B) 36. (A)
37. (B) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is one of India’s
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took place in Evian in 2003, and following


ongoing trilateral consultations, the foreign renowned vocalists in the Hindustani classical
ministers of the Respective countries meb in tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana
Brasilia on 6 June, 2003. At this meeting (School) he is renowned for the Khayal form
of singing as well as for his popular
between ministers N. Kosazana Dlamini
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reuditions of devotional music. He was


Zuma from South Africa, Celso Amorin from awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest
Brazil and Yashwant Sinha from India, the civilian honour.
launching of the IBSA Dialogue forum was 38. (A) 39. (E) 40. (C) 41. (B) 42. (C)
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formalized through the adoption of the


43. (D) 44. (B) 45. (E) 46. (E) 47. (C)
‘Brasiliade Claration’.
48. (B) 49. (C) 50. (D) 51. (A) 52. (D)
10. (D) The General Assembly elected Austria,
Japan, Mexico,Turkey and Uganda to serve as 53. (A) Change ‘Starting out my’, to ‘Starting up
non-permanent members of the security my’.
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council for two-year terms starting on 1 54. (B) Change ‘Use a tactic for’ to ‘Using a
January 2009. The newly elected countries tactive like’.
will replace Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, 55. (A) Change ‘will invest more’ to ‘will further
Panama and South Africa. invest’.
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56. (B) Change ‘Have delayed because’ to


16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (A) ‘delayed because of’.
21. (E) 57. (C) Possibility to raise.
22. (B) Duvvuri Subbarao is the twenty-second 58. (D) Change ‘Share’ to ‘Shares’.
Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
59. (D) Change ‘Dividend’ to ‘Divided’.
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Subbarao took over from Y. Venugopal


Reddy, the previous governor on 5th 60. (E)
September, 2008. His term as governor will 61. (B) Change ‘fill’ to ‘file’.
end in September 2011. 62. (B) Add ‘a’ before shortage.
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63. (E) 64. (B) 65. (A) 66. (E) 67. (D) 5808
=
68. (B) Change ‘send’ to ‘sent’. 352

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69. (D) Add ‘which’ after problems. = 16·5
70. (B) Delet ‘A’ because here the sense is
89. (B) ? = 87146 – 66425 – 15693
negative.
71. (D) Change ‘It’ to them. = 5028

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73. (D) 74. (C) 75. (D) 76. (A) 77. (B)
58164
78. (C) 79. (B) 80. (B) ⇒ = 1211·75
?

81. (C) (84)2 – (67) 2 + √
⎯ ? = 2588 58164

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? =
⇒ 7056 – 4489 + ⎯
√ ? = 2588 1211·75

⇒ ⎯ ? = 2588 – 7056 + 4489


√ = 48
= 21 91. (B) 36 20 12 8 6 5

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∴ ? = (21) 2 = 441 − 16 −8 −4 −2 −1

82. (B) ? = 668 ÷ 167 × 284 92. (C) 668 656 632 584 488 296
668
= × 284 − 12 − 24 − 48 − 96 − 192
167
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= 1136 93. (E) 1 121 441 961 1681 2601
3 3 ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
83. (A) ? = √
⎯⎯⎯⎯
10648 × ⎯
√⎯⎯⎯
5832 (1) 2 (11) 2 (21) 2 (31) 2 (41) 2 (51) 2
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= 22 × 18
94. (D) 9 49 201 1009 4041 20209 80841
= 396
∴ 60 25 5 ×5 + 4 ×4 + 5 ×5 + 4 ×4 + 5 ×5 + 4 ×4 + 5
84. (E) of of of ? = 630
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100 100 6 95. (A) 31 35 44 60 85 121


630 × 6 × 100 × 100
∴ ? =
5 × 25 × 60 + (2)2 + (3)2 + (4)2 + (5)2 + (6)2

= 5040
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96. (B) Third number


85. (D) ? = (85410 + 36885 + 24705) ÷ 1600 = 5 × 308 – (482·5 × 2 + 258·5 × 2)
147000 = 1540 – (965 + 517)
=
1600 = 1540 – 1482
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= 91·875 = 58
86. (A) ? = 4·5 + 23·50 + 14·58 – 17·68 × 0·5 97. (D) Total expenditure = 25 + 15 + 35
= 42·58 – 8·84 = 75%
= 33·74 ∴ Saving = 100 – 75
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87. (C) ? = (3675 ÷ 75) × (7480 ÷ 80) = 25%


= 49 × 93·5 9050 × 100
∴ Her annual income = × 12
= 4581·5 25
⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 7744 × 66 = Rs. 434400
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88. (D) ? =
(203 + 149) 180 × 2 × 2
98. (A) No. of lillies =
88 × 66 3+2
=
(203 + 149) = 144
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99. (E) A:B:C = 3:2:4 105. (B) Total no. of men in 2004
As per question, = 60% of 320 + 50% of 220 + 60% of 210

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3 × 120 + 55% of 240 + 55% of 320
A = = 3·6
100
3 1 3 11
2 × 130 = × 320 + × 220 + × 210 + × 240
B = = 2·6 5 2 5 20

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100
11
4 × 115 + × 320

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and C = = 4·6 20
100
∴ New ratio of A : B : C = 192 + 110 + 126 + 132 + 176
= 360 : 260 : 460 = 736

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= 18 : 13 : 23

100. (C) Total No. of different ways =


5 106. (A) C.I. = 8840 [(1 + 1005 ) – 1]
3

2
= 8840 ( × × – 1)
21 21 21

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= 60 20 20 20
101. (C) Reqd. ratio
= 8840 (
8000 )
9261 – 8000
36% of 150 + 40% of 200 + 40% of 210
+ 50% of 230 + 45% of 240 + 45% of 260
=
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(150 + 200 + 210 + 230 + 240 + 260) 8840 × 1261
=
54 + 80 + 84 + 115 + 108 + 117 8000
=
1290 = Rs. 1393·405

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= 558 : 1290 107. (C) Price of 150 m. of cloth


= 93 : 215
102. (D) Reqd. average = Rs. 6600
6600 × 300
1 ∴ Price of 300 m of cloth =
= [45% of 300 + 60% of 240 + 36% of 150 150
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5
+ 30% of 200 + 36% of 300] = Rs. 13200
∴ Total concession = 13200 – 12750
1
= [135 + 144 + 54 + 60 + 114] = Rs. 450
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5
450
507 ∴ Concession per metre =
= = 101·4 300
5
= Rs. 1·5
~
– 101
108. (E) Let the reqd. number be x.
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103. (E) Reqd. difference ∴ 3888


× 21 = 252
= (320 + 220 + 210 + 240 + 320) x2
3888 × 21
– (250 + 280 + 200 + 260 + 280) ⇒ x2 =
252
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= 1310 – 1270
= 324
= 40
∴ x = √ ⎯⎯⎯
324
104. (A) Reqd. ratio
= 18
= (100 – 45)% of 340 : (100 – 40)% of 330
109. (D) Digit number cannot be determined.
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= (55% of 340) : (60% of 330) 65 × 5


110. (D) Reqd. time = = 8·125
= 187 : 198 40
= 17 : 18 ~
– 8 hrs (App.)
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111. (E) Average number = 23·3125 × 15


(15000 + 12500 + 32500 + 17500) = 349·6875

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=
4 ~
– 350 (App.)
77500
=
4
= 19375 118. (D) ? = √⎯⎯⎯
834 × ⎯
√⎯⎯
349

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= 28·87 × 18·68
25000 × 100
112. (C) Reqd. % = % ~
– 29 × 19 = 551

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(25000 + 22500 + 15000)
25000 × 100 –~ 550 (App.)
= %
62500 119. (B) ? = (3986 + 2416 + 3897) ÷ 754

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= 40% 10299
= = 13·66
113. (A) Total number of children pursuing 754
dancing from all states ~
– 14 (App.)
= 22500 + 22500 + 25000 + 27500

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120. (D) ? = 41·25 + 11·085 × 2·75
= 97500 = 41·25 + 30·48 = 71·73
Total number of children pursuing painting ~
– 72 (App.)
from all states 121. (A) Badminton is not played using a ball and
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= 15000 + 12500 + 32500 + 17500 Badminton is called Volleyball. Hence, re-
quired game is Volleyball.
= 77500
122. (C) I, II, III and IV letters of the word
∴ Reqd. difference
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TECHNOLOGY are T, E, C and N and with


= 97500 – 77500 = 20000 these letters the meaningful word made is
CENT whose third letter is ‘N’.
114. (D) Reqd. ratio = 22500 : 27500
123. (B) The digits in ascending form are : 1 2 3 4
= 9 : 11
5 7 8 9.
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115. (B) Average number ∴ In new arrangement 4th from the right is 5
(30000 + 25000 + 32500) and 3rd from the left is 3. Hence, required
=
3 difference is 2.
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(87500) 124. (B) ja ki mo pe → at a frog’s leap …(1)


=
3 mo la ki so → take a leap ahead …(2)
2 and re bo ja na → insects are frog’s diet
= 29166 = 29167·667
3 …(3)
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~
– 29167 (Approx.) ∴ From (1) and (2)
mo ki ⇒ a, leap
116. (D) ? = [(1·3)2 × (4·2)2 ] ÷ 2·7
and from (1) and (3)
= [1·69 × 17·64] ÷ 2·7
ja → frog’s
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29·8116
= ∴ at → pe
2·7
125. (E) WEAK → 9%2$
= 11·04
and SKIT → #$7@
~
– 11 (App.)
∴ WAIT → 927@
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117. (A) ? = 746 ÷ 32 × 15 126. (D) Words formed are : OWN, NOW and
746 WON.
= × 15
32 127. (D) All the rest are parts of car.
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128. (D) ∴ Reqd. difference = 9 – 4


= 5

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S E N D I N G
142. (B) 972 682 189 298 751
279 286 981 892 157
129. (A) G L A D I O L U S
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ∴ The third highest number is 286.

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F K B C J P K V R 143. (A) 972 682 189 298 751

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972 862 981 982 751
130. (B) As, Similarly,
∴ Reqd. number is 972.
+2 +2
T ⎯→ V W ⎯→ Y 144. (D) 972 682 189 298 751

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–2 –2
H ⎯→ F O ⎯→ M 927 628 198 289 715
+2
E ⎯→ G +2
R ⎯→ T ∴ Reqd. sum = 1 + 7
–2 –2 = 8
N ⎯→ L D ⎯→ B

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145. (C) 189 + 1 = 190
131. (A) 132. (C) 133. (D) 134. (B) 135. (E)
and 751 – 1 = 750
136. (C) P × R → P is the son of R,
5–9 = –4
and R – S → R is the daughter of S
Son 146. (D)
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P R
Pen
Papers
Daughter Mobile

S Mobile
Or
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∴ P is the grandson of S.
137. (D) P ÷ R → P is the father of R Pen Bottles Paper Bottles
and R + S → R is the wife of S.
147. (B)
Father
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P R Radio
Radio Television Television
Wife

S Or
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∴ S is the son-in-law of P.
Watches
138. (B) P – Q → P is the daughter of R Computer
Watches
Computer
and Q + S → Q is the wife of S. 148. (A)
P Daughter Q Wife S Doors
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∴ S is the father of P. Desk


139. (A) P × Q → P is the son of Q. Desk Doors
and Q ÷ S → Q is the father of S. Or
P Son Q Father S Chairs
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∴ P is the brother of S. Chairs Walls Walls


140. (E) P + R → P is the wife of R 149. (A)
and R ÷ S → R is the father of S. Fishes Birds Fishes Birds
P Wife R Father S
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Or
∴ S is either son or daughter of P.
141. (A) 189 + 1 = 190
Stars Moons Stars Moons
972 + 2 = 974
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150. (E) Leaves Stems 158. (C) In each subsequent figure the arcs
Flower
increase by 1, 2 and 0 from top to bottom on

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the left-hand line, from bottom to top on the
Or Roots middle line and from top to bottom on the
right-hand line.
Stems
159. (D) In each subsequent figure, the elements

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Leaves change in the following manner—
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‘ ’ two times small and one time big.
For solution from question 151–155 : ‘ ’ two times big and two times small.
Members Profession Sex Relation ‘ ’ one time big and two times small.

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L Architect Female Wife of M
M Businessman Male Father of P, son ‘ ’ two times big and one time small.
of Q, Husband of So, the answer figure will be (D).
L
160. (A) In each subsequent figure, the designs

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N Housewife Female Daughter-in-law
of O
inside and outside the periphery of hexagon
shift in the following manner :
O Pilot Female Wife of Q
‘ ’ shifts 3 sides, 2 sides and 1 side of the
P Journalist Male
hexagon in the anticlockwise direction. Two
Q Doctor Male Grand father of
times it remains inside & three times it comes
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P, Father of M,
Husband of O outside the hexagon.
R Advocate ‘ ’ shifts 2 sides of the hexagon in the
anticlockwise direction. In alternate steps to
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151. (C) 152. (B) 153. (A) 154. (D) 155. (E) remains inside and outside the hexagon.
156. (B) In each subsequent figure, starting from ‘ ’ shifts 1 side, 2 sides & 3 sides of the
the lowermost element, one element remains hexagon in the anticlockwise direction. Two
constant while the other three elements times it remains inside and three times it
reverse on their respective places. remains outside the hexagon.
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157. (E) In each subsequent figure, in the following 161. (B) 162. (D) 163. (A) 164. (C) 165. (C)
manner the elements shift and a new element 166. (D) 167. (A) 168. (C) 169. (C) 170. (A)
appears in place of ‘N’. 171. (B) 172. (D) 173. (D) 174. (C) 175. (B)
4B

N G G
G G 176. (A) 177. (D) 178. (D) 179. (A) 180. (D)
G G 181. (A) 182. (D) 183. (E) 184. (D) 185. (C)
G G G NG 186. (A) 187. (E) 188. (C) 189. (E) 190. (E)
From (1) to (2) From (2) to (3)
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From (3) to (4) From (4) to (5)


191. (A) 192. (B) 193. (E) 194. (D) 195. (E)
From (5) to (6) 196. (B) 197. (A) 198. (A) 199. (D) 200. (A)
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Exam., Date—1-3-2009 Based on Memory

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General Awareness

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1. Which of the following States will soon have (D) Mutual Funds
its first Civil Airports ? (E) Indian Gold Council
(A) Jammu & Kashmir

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6. Which of the following is the objective of the
(B) Maharashtra project ‘Bhoomi Keralam’ launched by the
(C) Assam State Govt. ?
(D) Meghalaya (A) To conduct a survey of the land

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(E) Sikkim (B) To bring those people back who have left
the State and settled in other States
2. Who amongst the following made the 41st
Test Century of his career recently ? (C) To provide financial security to farmers
(A) Saurav Ganguly who are in distress
(D) To identify those tribals who need jobs
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(B) V. V. S. Laxman
or financial assistance
(C) Rahul Dravid
(E) None of these
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
(E) None of these 7. Which of the following countries adopted its
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new constitution recently ?


3. Which of the following was/were the objec- (A) Russia (B) Equadore
tive(s) of the Mission Chandrayaan 1 ?
(C) South Korea (D) North Korea
(a) Preparing dimensional atlas of the lunar (E) None of these
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surface.
8. Which of the following awards was given to
(b) Chemical Mapping of the entire lunar
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi recently (2008) ?
surface.
(A) Padma Bhushan
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(c) Locating minerals in the soil of the moon.


(B) Sangit Natak Academy Award
(A) Only (a) (B) Only (b)
(C) Maharashtra Bhushan
(C) Only (c) (D) All (a), (b) & (c)
(D) Karnataka Ratna
(E) None of these (E) Bharat Ratna
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4. Which of the following States introduced a 9. Which of the following States got its first Rail
high tech foodgrain rationing system to ensure link recently ?
timely supply of the foodgrains to people (A) Haryana (B) Arunachal Pradesh
living below poverty line ?
(C) Sikkim (D) Manipur
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu
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(E) Jammu & Kashmir


(C) Delhi (D) West Bengal
10. Barack Hussain Obama belongs to which of
(E) Karnataka
the following political parties ?
5. Which of the following is NOT a part of (A) Republican
India’s Money Market ?
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(B) Democratic
(A) Bill Markets (C) Labour
(B) Call Money Market (D) American National Congress
(C) Banks (E) None of these
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11. Which of the following is/are NOT the fea- 17. Which of the following services is NOT
tures of India’s Foreign Trade policy (2004 to provided by the post offices in India ?

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2009)? (A) Savings Bank Scheme
(a) To double India’s percentage share of (B) Retailing of Mutual Funds
global trade from present 0·7 per cent to (C) Sale of stamp Papers (Judicial)
1·5 per cent by 2009.
(D) Issuance of Demand Drafts

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(b) Simplifying the procedures and bringing
down the cost. (E) Life Insurance cover

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(c) Make SAARC countries India’s most 18. Mohammed Anni Nasheed is the newly
preferred foreign trade partners by 2009. elected President of ……….
(A) Only (a) (B) Only (b) (A) Fiji (B) Maldives

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(C) Only (c) (D) All (a), (b) & (c) (C) Iraq (D) Iran
(E) Only (a) & (c) (E) None of these
12. Stephen Harper whose name was in news 19. Who amongst the following is the winner of
recently is the ………. the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008 ?

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(A) President of Canada (A) Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio
(B) Prime Minister of Canada (B) Martti Ahtisaari
(C) President of Italy (C) Yoichiro Nambu
(D) Prime Minister of Switzerland (D) Francoise Barre Sinoussi
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(E) Foreign Minister of U.S.A. (E) None of these
13. Which of the following is NOT a fertilizer 20. A national level commission of India has
product ? asked about twenty States to set up which of
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(A) Urea the following commissions in their States as


early as possible ?
(B) Murate of Potash
(A) Farmers Commission
(C) Di Amonium Phosphate
(B) Women Commission
(D) Calcium Carbonate
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(C) Child Welfare Commission


(E) All are fertilizers
(D) Law Commission
14. A Rs. 35,000 crore JSW Steel Plant project
(E) None of these
was inaugurated in West Bengal recently. The
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project is setup / developed in ………. 21. Which of the following is/are the measure(s)
(A) Singur (B) Nandigram taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
(C) Salboni (D) Malda ease the liquidity crunch in the country ?
(E) Joynagar (a) Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory
Liquidity Ratio.
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15. Which of the following State Govts. has (b) Increase the flow of foreign direct
announced that it will provide a special investment.
package of incentives to Employment (c) Supply of additional currency notes in
Intensive Industries ? the market.
(A) Punjab (B) Karnataka (A) Only (a) (B) Only (b)
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(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh (C) Only (c) (D) All (a), (b) & (c)
(E) Bihar (E) None of these
16. Which of the following nations has decided to 22. The third India Brazil and South Africa
increase its co-operation in the field of energy (IBSA) Summit took place in which of the
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with India ? following dies recently ?


(A) Russia (B) China (A) Brazilia (B) New Delhi
(C) Bangladesh (D) Nepal (C) Suncity (D) Salvador
(E) Japan (E) Durban
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23. Which of the following States has dcided to (C) Austria (D) Israel
set up Arsenic Removal Plants in all the (E) None of these

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districts of the State to enable itself to provide
arsenic free drinking water to all the people 30. World Ozone day is observed on ……….
by 2010-11 ? (A) 16th September (B) 16th October
(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala (C) 16th November (D) 26th September

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(C) West Bengal (D) Orissa (E) 26th October

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(E) Maharashtra 31. Which of the following is NOT a Govt.
24. Who amongst the following is the author of Sponsored organization ?
the book ‘The Exile’ ? (A) Small Industries Development Bank of
(A) B. G. Verghese (B) Philip Roth India

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(C) Aravind Adiga (D) Navtej Saran (B) NABARD
(E) None of these (C) National Housing Bank
(D) ICICI Bank
25. Which of the following programmes is
(E) All are Govt. sponsored

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being implemented in all the districts of the
country ? 32. ‘Merdeka Cup’ is associated with the game of
(A) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan ……….
(B) Navodaya Vidhyalay (A) Badminton (B) Football
(C) Ultra Mega Power Project (C) Hockey (D) Golf
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(D) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikara (E) Tennis
Yojana 33. India’s Space Rocket Launching Centre is in
(E) None of these ……….
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26. The Govt. of India decided to provide a (A) Portblair (B) Hassan
bonus price of Rs. 50 per quintal on which (C) Tirupati (D) Kochi
of the following products over and above (E) Sri Harikota
its minimum support price of Rs. 850 per
34. The National Games scheduled in 2011 will
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quintal ?
be organized in ……….
(A) Wheat (B) Paddy
(A) Bengaluru (B) Goa
(C) Sugarcane (D) Cotton
(C) Kolkata (D) Kochi
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(E) None of these


(E) Jaipur
27. Who amongst the following is the author of
the book ‘The Namesake’ ? 35. Which of the followiing diseases is not
covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance
(A) Vikram Seth (B) V. S. Naipaul project ?
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(C) Arun Bhagat (D) Anita Desai (A) Cholera (B) Tuberculosis
(E) Jhumpa Lahiri (C) AIDS (D) Polio
28. Besides USA India has signed Nuclear Agree- (E) Cancer
ment with which of the following countries
and is named as ‘Co-operation Agreement for 36. Which of the following is TRUE about
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Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy’ ? ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana’ ?


(A) Italy (B) Germany (a) Scheme is for Below Poverty Line
families.
(C) France (D) Canada
(b) People are provided cooked meals under
(E) Australia
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the scheme.
29. Tzipi Livini whose name was in news recently (c) All beneficiaries of National Rural
is from which of the following countries ? Employment Guarantee Act are covered
(A) Singapore (B) South Korea in this scheme.
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(A) Only (a) (B) Only (b) (C) P. Chidambaram


(C) Only (c) (D) All (a), (b) & (c) (D) Sharad Pawar

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(E) None of these (E) None of these
37. Jelena Jankovic of Serbia won which of the 39. Banks are required to pay how much
following titles of tennis after defeating percentage of their net bank credit to Priority
Svetlana Kuznetsova ? Sector is advance ?

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(A) China Open (A) 5% (B) 7%

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(B) Japan Open (C) 10% (D) 15%
(C) New Zealand Open (E) None of these
(D) Australian Open 40. Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in

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(E) None of these ……….
38. Who amongst the following is the Minister of (A) Literacy Work
Home Affairs in Union Cabinet of India at (B) Social Service
present ? (C) Coaching in Sports

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(A) Shivraj Patil (D) Journalism
(B) Lalu Prasad Yadav (E) None of these

General English
xa
Directions—(Q. 41–52) Read the following and rushed home to get the money. He then left
passage carefully and answer the questions given the donkey in the teacher’s care.
After the six months were up, Keshava went
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below it. Certain words have been printed in bold


to help you locate them while answering some of to the teacher. The teacher had been using the
the questions. donkey for his own work. Not wanting to give it
up, he said, ‘Oh, your donkey became so clever
Keshava, the washerman had a donkey. They that it ran away. He is the headman of the next
worked together all day, and Keshava would pour
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village.’ When Keshava reached the next village


out his heart to the doneky. One day, Keshava was he found the village elders sitting under a tree,
walking home with the donkey when he felt tired. discussing serious problems. How surprised they
He tied the donkey to a tree and sat down to rest were when Keshava marched up to the headman,
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for a while, near a school. A window was open, grabbed his arm and said, ‘How dare you ? You
and through it, a teacher could be heard scolding think you are so clever that you ran away ? Come
the students. ‘Here I am, trying to turn you home at once !’
donkeys into human beings, but you just won’t The headman understood someone had played
study !’ As soon as Keshava heard these words, a trick on Keshava. ‘I am not your donkey !’ he
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his ears pricked up. A man who could actually said. ‘Go find the sage in the forest.’ Keshava
turn donkeys into humans ! This was the answer found the sage sitting under a tree with his eyes
to his prayers. Impatiently, he waited for school to closed, deep in meditation. He crept up and
be over that day. when everyone had gone home, grabbed the sage’s beard. ‘Come back home
and only the teacher remained behind to check now !’ he shouted. The startled sage somehow
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some papers, Keshava entered the classroom. calmed Keshava. When he heard what had
‘How can I help you ?’ asked the teacher. happened, he had a good laugh. Then he told the
Keshava scratched his head and said, ‘I heard washerman kindly, ‘The teacher made a fool of
what you said to the children. This donkey is my you. Your donkey must be still with him. Go and
companion. If you made it human, we could have take it back from him. Try to make some real
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such good times together.’ The teacher decided to friends, who will talk with you and share your
trick Keshava. He pretended to think for a while troubles. A donkey will never be able to do that !’
and then said, ‘Give me six months and it will cost Keshava returned home later that day with his
you a thousand rupees.’ The washerman agreed donkey, sadder and wiser.
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41. Which of the following can be said about the29 (B) He wanted to learn more prayers as he
teacher ? was devout

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(A) He had the ability to transform animals (C) He had been reliably informed that the
into human beings teacher had changed donkeys into human
(B) He took advantage of Keshava’s simple beings
nature (D) He heeded the teacher’s words of advice

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(C) He had plotted with the village headman and wanted to study
(E) None of these

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to cheat Keshava
(D) He enjoyed teaching children though he 46. Why did Keshava interrupt the discussion
was poorly paid among the village elders ?
(E) He was honest and used Keshava’s (A) He did not agree with their views on

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money to care for the donkey different issues
42. Why did Keshava talk to his donkey while (B) To confront the headman who had
working ? cheated him out of one thousand rupees
(A) He wanted to practise his communication (C) He wanted them to get justice for him

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skills because he wanted to make friends (D) He was looking for the donkey and
(B) To entertain himself because he found his wanted to ask for directions
work monotonous (E) None of these
(C) The donkey helped him to find answers 47. What made Keshava pull the sage’s beard ?
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to his problems (A) He wanted to wake up the sage who was
(D) He regarded the doneky as his friend and a sleep under the tree
confided in him (B) The headman requested him to move the
(E) He believed the donkey to be a human sage from under the tree
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being in disguise (C) He wanted the sage to explain what had


43. How did Keshava get his donkey back ? happened to the donkey
(A) He threatened to take the teacher to the (D) He misunderstood the village headman
village elders and took the sage to be his donkey
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(B) The sage forced the teacher to release the (E) None of these
donkey 48. Why did the teacher ask Keshava to leave the
(C) He asked the village headman for help donkey with him for six months ?
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(D) The teacher returned it on learning that (a) He realised that the donkey would
Keshava had learnt his lesson require a lot of training.
(E) None of these (b) To reduce Keshava’s dependence on the
44. Which of the following is NOT true in the donkey.
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context of the passage? (c) He wanted to rescue the donkey from


(a) The donkey was over burdened by the Keshava who did not know to treat the
teacher. donkey properly.
(b) The teacher was cunning by nature. (A) None (B) Only (b)
(c) The sage laughed at Keshava and treated (C) Both (a) & (b) (D) Only (c)
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him unkindly. (E) None of these


(A) Both (a) & (c) (B) Both (b) & (c) Directions—(Q. 49–50) Choose the word
(C) Only (b) (D) All (a), (b) & (c) which is MOST SIMILAR in MEANING to the
(E) None of these word printed in bold as used in the passage.
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45. Why was Keshava keen to meet the teacher 49. trick
one day ? (A) joke (B) skill
(A) Keshava wanted to ask the teacher how (C) mislead (D) technique
to make his donkey a better companion (E) lunny
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50. remained (C) will look out


(A) pending (B) waited (D) looks down on

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(C) lasted (D) survived (E) No Correction Required
(E) continued 57. I had severe doubts about if I successfully run
Directions—(Q. 51–52) Choose the word a company, but my father encouraged me.
which is MOST OPPOSITE in MEANING to (A) if I am successful in

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the word printed in bold as used in the passage. (B) how should I successfully

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51. real (C) whether I could successfully
(A) false (B) imitated (D) that I would succeed to
(C) dishonest (D) imagine (E) No Correction Required
(E) genuine

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Directions—(Q. 58–62) In each question
52. deep below a sentence with four words printed in bold
(A) low (B) distracted type is given. These are lettered as (A), (B), (C)
(C) flat (D) awake and (D). One of these four words printed in bold
(E) sleep may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in

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Directions—(Q. 53–57) Which of the phrases the context of the sentence. Find out the word
(A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if any. The
should replace the phrase printed in bold in the letter of that word is your answer. If all the words
sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the printed in bold are correctly spelt and also
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sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark
Correction is Required’, mark (E) as the answer. (E) i.e. ‘All Correct’ as your answer.
53. The company has set up a foundation which 58. RBI has attempted to spend financial
helps students who do not have the necessary (A) (B)
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funds to study ahead. awareness through this programme.


(A) further to study (B) of studying more (C) (D)
(C) to study onward (D) for higher studies All Correct
(E) No Correction Required (E)
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54. If this land is used to cultivate crops it will be 59. In order to succeed it is crucial for an orga-
additionally source of income for the (A) (B)
villagers. nisation to constantly improve. All Correct
(A) a source of additional
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(C) (D) (E)


(B) an additionally source 50. With some assistance from her son she was
(C) an additional source (A)
(D) additionally the source enable to settle her debts on time.
(E) No Correction Required (B) (C) (D) All Correct
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55. Belonged to this cadre, you are eligible for (E)


facilities such as free air travel and 61. Though the government initiated a large sum
accommodation. (A) (B)
(A) since you belong to of money in the scheme it was a failure.
(B) whoever belongs
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(C) (D)
(C) for belonging to All Correct
(D) to belong in (E)
(E) No Correction Required 62. We have prepared a detailed report giving
56. The bank has hired a consultant who will (A)
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look into any issues which arise during the various solutions to resort the problem.
merger. (B) (C) (D)
(A) is looking over All Correct
(B) will be looked after (E)
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Directions—(Q. 63–67) Rearrange the Directions—(Q. 68–72) Read each sentence


following six sentences (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) to find out whether there is any grammatical error

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in the proper sequence to form a meaningful para- or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in
graph; then answer the questions given below one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is
them. the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).
(a) I was pleased by their reaction. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

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(b) Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsure 68. He has travelled / all over the world / yet he
(A) (B) (C)

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if I could motivate the employees to donate to
those affected by the earthquake. speaks / several languages fluently. No error
(c) Instead of throwing out their unusable (D) (E)
articles, they had transferred them to my 69. A successful company is / any that makes a

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office in the name of donations. (A) (B)
(d) When a reputed company invited me to good / profit and provides / high returns to its
deliver a lecture on Corporate Social Respon- (C) (D)
sibility, I agreed. shareholders. No error

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(e) It was an affluent company and the well (E)
dressed employees who met me afterwards 70. The agreement on / which all of us have /
promised to send lots of donations to my
(A) (B)
office.
worked so hard will / be sign tomorrow.
(f) What I saw however when I opened the bags
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(C) (D)
of ‘donations’ they had sent shocked me.
No error
63. Which of the following should be the (E)
SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
71. It is necessarily to maintain / a record of all
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(A) (b) (B) (c) (A) (B)


(C) (d) (D) (e) transactions / in case the auditors / want to see
(E) (f) (C) (D)
64. Which of the following should be the THIRD it. No error
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sentence after rearrangement ? (E)


(A) (a) (B) (b) 72. Very few young trainees / willingly undertake /
(C) (c) (D) (d) (A) (B)
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(E) (e) a posting to a branch / located in a rural area.


(C) (D)
65. Which of the following should be t h e
No error
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?
(E)
(A) (a) (B) (b)
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(C) (c) (D) (d) Directions—(Q. 73–80) In the following


(E) (e) passage there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the
66. Which of the following should be the LAST passage and against each, five words are sugges-
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ? ted, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find
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(A) (b) (B) (c) out the appropriate word in each case.
(C) (d) (D) (e) Today, twenty-two years after the bank
(E) (f) …(73)…, it has over a thousand branches all over
the country and the staff …(74)… about twenty-
67. Which of the following should be the FIRST
three lakh borrowers. We decided to operate
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sentence after rearrangement ?


…(75)… from conventional banks who would ask
(A) (a) (B) (b) their clients to come to their office. Many people
(C) (c) (D) (d) in rural areas found this …(76)…. Our bank is
(E) (e) therefore based on the …(77)… that people
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should not come to the bank but that the bank 76. (A) worried (B) upset
should go to the people. Our loans are also (C) panicking (D) anxious

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…(78)… we give them for activities from candle (E) threatening
making to tyre repair. We also keep …(79)…
checks on the borrower through weekly visits. We 77. (A) principle (B) discipline
do this to make certain that the family of the (C) opportunity (D) chance
(E) advantage

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borrower is …(80)… from the loan.
73. (A) origin (B) commence 78. (A) worth (B) vary

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(C) existed (D) began (C) disburse (D) contrast
(E) inaugurated (E) diver
74. (A) assemble (B) cope 79. (A) consistently (B) regular

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(C) interact (D) deal (C) often (D) frequently
(E) handle (E) daily
75. (A) differently (B) similar 80. (A) benefiting (B) serving
(C) reverse (D) opposite (C) welfare (D) obliged

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(E) identically (E) progress

Quantitative Aptitude
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Directions—(Q. 81–90) What should come in (C) 3495
place of the question mark (?) in the following (D) 3490
questions ? (E) None of these
81. 196 × 948 ÷ 158 = ? 87. 7414 + 3698 + 1257 + 1869 = ?
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(A) 1156 (B) 1200 (A) 14328 (B) 14438


(C) 1188 (D) 1176 (C) 13428 (D) 13248
(E) None of these (E) None of these
82. (91) 2 + (41)2 – √
⎯ ? = 9858 3
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88. 60% of 20% of th of ? = 450


(A) 11236 (B) 10816 5
(C) 10404 (D) 9604 (A) 6200 (B) 6240
(E) None of these (C) 6150 (D) 6275
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83. (786 × 64) ÷ 48 = ? (E) None of these


(A) 1050 (B) 1024 3
(C) 1048 (D) 1036 89. ⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 13824 × ⎯
√ ? = 864
(E) None of these (A) 1296 (B) 1156
(C) 1600 (D) 1024
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84. 3·5 + 11·25 × 4·5 – 32·5 = ? (E) None of these


(A) 18·275 (B) 21·625
(C) 32·375 (D) 25·45 90. (98360 + 25845 – 36540) ÷ 2500 = ?
(E) None of these (A) 36·585 (B) 30·082
(C) 32·085 (D) 35·066
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⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 4096 × 56 (E) None of these
85. =?
764 – 652 Directions—(Q. 91–95) What should come in
(A) 36 (B) 48 place of the question mark (?) in the following
(C) 32 (D) 44 number series ?
(E) None of these
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91. 1, 9, 25, 49, ?, 169


86. (2640 ÷ 48) × (2240 ÷ 35) = ? (A) 100 (B) 64
(A) 3520 (C) 81 (D) 121
(B) 3515 (E) None of these
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92. 3, 23, 43, ?, 83, 103 of employees working in Companies A, B


(A) 33 (B) 53 and C respectively ?

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(C) 63 (D) 73 (A) 13 : 10 : 18
(E) None of these (B) 10 : 13 : 17
(C) 13 : 15 : 18
93. 748, 737, 715, 682, 638, ? (D) Cannot be determined

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(A) 594 (B) 572 (E) None of these
(C) 581 (D) 563

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98. The average of five positive numbers is 213.
(E) None of these The average of the first two numbers is 233·5
94. 121, 117, 108, 92, 67, ? and the average of last two numbers is 271.
(A) 31 (B) 29 What is the third number ?

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(C) 41 (D) 37 (A) 64
(E) None of these (B) 56
(C) 106
95. 50, 26, 14, ?, 5, 3·5
(D) Cannot be determined

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(A) 6 (B) 8
(E) None of these
(C) 10 (D) 12
(E) None of these 99. Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in
insurance policies. She spends 55% of her
96. The ratio of ducks and frogs in a pond is 37 : monthly salary in shopping and on household
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39 respectively. The average number of ducks expenses. She saves the remaining amount of
and frogs in the pond is 152. What is the Rs. 12,750. What is Sonali’s monthly income ?
number of frogs in the pond ?
(A) Rs. 42,500 (B) Rs. 38,800
(A) 148 (B) 152
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(C) Rs. 40,000 (D) Rs. 35,500


(C) 156 (D) 144
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
100. In how many different ways can the letters of
97. The number of employees in Companies A, B
the word ‘ARISE’ be arranged ?
and C are in a rtio of 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If
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the number of employees in the three (A) 90 (B) 60


Companies is increased by 25%, 30% and (C) 180 (D) 120
50% respectively, what will be the new ratio (E) None of these
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Directions—(Q. 101–105) Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given
below it.
Total Residents and Percentage of Women out of those Living in Various Societies
Over the Years
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Residents
A B C D E
Years % of Total % of Total % of Total % of Total % of Total
Women Resi- women Resi- women Resi- women Resi- women Resi-
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dents dents dents dents dents


2002 44 250 35 280 35 200 40 180 40 220
2003 45 260 30 270 40 250 60 170 65 240
2004 35 240 45 300 45 260 70 200 50 250
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2005 40 250 55 320 55 280 60 210 45 220


2006 50 220 50 300 55 240 65 220 50 240
2007 60 240 60 340 60 250 40 230 40 260
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101. What is the average number of men living in 108. When 3626 is divided by the square of a
all the societies together in the year 2005 ? number and the answer so obtained is

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(A) 110 (B) 125 multiplied by 32, the final answer obtained is
2368. What is the number ?
(C) 115 (D) 120
(A) 7 (B) 36
(E) None of these
(C) 49 (D) 6

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102. What is the respective ratio of the number of (E) None of these
women to the total residents in Society E over

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the years ? 109. The sum of the two digits of a two digit
number is 14. The difference between the first
(A) 69 : 143 (B) 344 : 715 digit and the second digit of the two digit
(C) 173 : 358 (D) 346 : 717 number is 2. What is the product of the two

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(E) None of these digits of the two digit number ?
(A) 56
103. What is the average number of women living (B) 48
in all the societies together in the year 2005 ?
(C) 45

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(A) 130 (B) 131 (D) Cannot be determined
(C) 125 (D) 140 (E) None of these
(E) None of these 110. A car runs at the speed of 50 kms per hour
104. What is the difference between the total when not serviced and runs at 60 kms/hr.
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residents living in all the societies together in when serviced. After servicing the car covers
the year 2006 and the total residents living in a certain distance in 6 hours. How much time
all the societies together in the year 2007 ? will the car take to cover the same distance
(A) 100 (B) 85 when not serviced ?
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(A) 8·2 hours (B) 6·5 hours


(C) 70 (D) 50
(C) 8 hours (D) 7·2 hours
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
105. What is the respective ratio of men living in Directions—(Q. 111–115) Study the follow-
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Society C in the year 2002 to the year 2003 ? ing graph and answer the questions given below it.
(A) 15 : 13 (B) 11 : 15 Number of Students from Various Faculties
(C) 15 : 11 (D) 13 : 15 Studying in Varius Colleges
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(E) None of these (Number in Thousands)

106. What approximate amount of compound


interest can be obtaied on an amount of Rs.
9650 at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3
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years ?
(A) Rs. 1737 (B) Rs. 1920
(C) Rs. 1720 (D) Rs. 1860
(E) Rs. 1843
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107. A milkman sells 120 litres of milk for Rs.


3360 and he sells 240 litres of milk for Rs.
6120. How much concession does the trader 111. The students from the faculty of Commerce
give per litre of milk, when he sells 240 litres studying in college B are approximately
of milk ?
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what per cent of the total number of students


(A) Rs. 2 (B) Rs. 3·5 studying in the same college ?
(C) Rs. 2·5 (D) Rs. 1·5 (A) 30
(E) None of these (B) 35
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(C) 43 (C) 9 : 13
(D) 48 (D) 10 : 13

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(E) 53 (E) None of these

112. What is the average number of students from Directions—(Q. 116–120) What approxi-
the faculty of Arts from all the colleges mate value should come in place of the question
mark (?) in the following questions ?

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together ?
(You are not expected to calculate
(A) 26250 (B) 27250

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the exact value.)
(C) 27000 (D) 26500 116. (4863 + 1174 + 2829) ÷ 756 = ?
(E) None of these (A) 18 (B) 16
113. What is the average number of students (C) 12 (D) 9

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studying in college A from all the faculties (E) 22
together ?
(A) 26000 (B) 28500 117. √
⎯⎯⎯
964 × ⎯√⎯⎯
348 = ?
(A) 575 (B) 570

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(C) 26500 (D) 27000
(E) None of these (C) 586 (D) 550
(E) 579
114. What is the difference between the total
number of students from the faculty of 118. 37·35 + 13·064 × 3·46 = ?
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Commerce from all the colleges together and (A) 89 (B) 83
the total number of students from the faculty (C) 76 (D) 79
of Science from all the colleges together ? (E) 85
(A) 20000 (B) 10000 119. [(1·5)2 × (3·2)2 ] ÷ 2·3 = ?
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(C) 25000 (D) 15000 (A) 6 (B) 4


(E) None of these (C) 12 (D) 10
115. What is the respective ratio of the number of (E) 16
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students from the faculty of Arts studying in


college C to the number of students from the 120. 54 × 746 ÷ 32 = ?
faculty of Arts studying in college D ? (A) 1259 (B) 1268
(A) 13 : 9 (C) 1196 (D) 1248
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(B) 13 : 10 (E) 1236

Reasoning Test
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121. If it is possible to make only one meaningful 122. Four of the following five are alike in a
word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and certain way and so form a group. Which is
Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, the one that does not belong to that group ?
which of the following would be the last (A) Stem (B) Tree
letter of that word ? If no such word can be
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(C) Root (D) Branch


made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more (E) Leaf
than one such word can be formed, give your
answer as ‘Y’. 123. How many meaningful three letter English
(A) I words can be formed with the letters AER,
using each letter only once in each word ?
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(B) B
(C) L (A) None (B) One
(D) X (C) Two (D) Three
(E) Y (E) Four
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124. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC. 130. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds
How is SLIT written in that code ? fly very high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are

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(A) UTGR (B) UTKR very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the
parrots could fly’. Which of the following is
(C) TUGR (D) RUGT the code for ‘high’ in that language ?
(E) None of these (A) na (B) ka

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125. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is (C) bo (D) so

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called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called ‘Potato’, (E) None of these
‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called Directions—(Q. 131–135) In each of the
‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, questions below are given three statements
which of the following grows underground ? followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

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(A) Potato You have to take the given statements to be true
(B) Guava even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
(C) Apple known facts. Read both the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically
(D) Banana

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follows from the given statements disregarding
(E) None of these commonly known facts.
126. If the digits in the number 86435192 are Read the statements and the conclusions
arranged in ascending order, what will be the which follow it and
difference between the digits which are
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Give answer—
second from the right and fourth from the left
in the new arrangement ? (A) if only conclusion I is true.
(A) One (B) Two (B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is
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(C) Three (D) Four


true.
(E) None
(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
127. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is is true
substituted with the next letter of the English (E) if both conclusions I and II are true.
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alphabetical series, and each consonant is


substituted with the letter preceding it. How 131. Statements : All stars are suns.
many vowels are present in the new arrange- Some suns are planets.
ment ? All planets are satellites.
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(A) None (B) One Conclusions :


(C) Two (D) Three I. Some satellites are stars.
(E) None of these
II. No star is a satellite.
128. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 132. Statements : All fishes are birds.
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8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7★3$ then how


All birds are rats.
will HAIL be coded in the same language ?
(A) 7&8★ (B) &7★8 All rats are cows.
(C) 7★&8 (D) 7&★8 Conclusions :
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(E) None of these I. All birds are cows


II. All rats are fishes
129. How many such pairs of letters are there in
word ENGLISH, each of which has as many 133. Statements : All curtains are rods.
letters between its two letters as there are Some rods are sheets.
between them in the English alphabets ? Some sheets are pillows.
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(A) None (B) One Conclusions :


(C) Two (D) Three I. Some pillows are rods.
(E) More than three II. Some rods are curtains.
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134. Statements : Some walls are windows. 140. If in each number the first and the second
Some windows are doors. digits are interchanged, which will be the

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third highest number ?
All doors are roofs.
(A) 489 (B) 541
Conclusions : (C) 654 (D) 953
I. Some doors are walls. (E) 783

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II. No roof is a window. Directions—(Q. 141–145) Read the following

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135. Statements : All switches are plugs. information carefully and answer the questions,
Some plugs are bulbs. which follow :
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
All bulbs are sockets.
‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
Conclusions :

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‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’
I. Some sockets are plugs. ‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’
II. Some plugs are switches. 141. Which of the following means P is grandson
Directions—(Q. 136–140) Study the sets of of S ?

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numbers given below and answer the questions, (A) P + Q – S
which follow :
(B) P ÷ Q × S
489 541 654 953 983
(C) P ÷ Q + S
136. If in each number, the first and the last digits
(D) P × Q ÷ S
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are interchanged, which of the following will
be the second highest number ? (E) None of these
(A) 489 (B) 541 142. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S
(C) 654 (D) 953 – T’ ?
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(E) 783 (A) Sister (B) Wife


137. If in each number, all the three digits are (C) Son (D) Daughter
arranged in ascending order, which of the (E) None of these
following will be the lowest number ?
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143. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T


(A) 489 (B) 541 related to P ?
(C) 654 (D) 953 (A) Mother (B) Father
(E) 783
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(C) Son (D) Brother


138. Which of the following numbers will be (E) None of these
obtained if the first digit of lowest number is
subtracted from the second digit of highest 144. Which of the following means T is wife of P ?
number after adding one to each of the (A) P × S ÷ T
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numbers ? (B) P ÷ S × T
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) P – S ÷ T
(C) 3 (D) 4 (D) P + T ÷ S
(E) 5 (E) None of these
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139. If five is subtracted from each of the 145. In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related
numbers, which of the following numbers to P ?
will be the difference between the second (A) Daughter
digit of second highest number and the
(B) Sister
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second digit of the highest number ?


(A) Zero (B) 3 (C) Mother
(C) 1 (D) 4 (D) Can’t be determined
(E) 2 (E) None of these
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Directions—(Q. 146–150) In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four
combinations of number/symbol lettered (A), (B), (C) & (D). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme

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and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which represents
the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct,
your answer is (E) i.e. None of these :
Letters Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E

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#
Number/ Symbol # 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 ★ 9 8 3

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Conditions : who have different specializations and work for
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the different companies. Of the group of friends, two
last a vowel, both are to be coded as the have specialization in each HR, Finance and
code of the vowel. Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is

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(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a a doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a
consonant, the codes for the first and the Marketing specialist B who does not work for
last are to be interchanged. company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works
in company Z. D is a specialist in HR working in

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(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of company X while her friend G is a finance
letters, the second and the fifth letters are specialist and works for company Z. No two
to be coded as ©. persons having the same specialization work
146. BKGQJN together. Marketing specialist F works for com-
(A) 9©$7©% (B) ©9$7%© pany Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert
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(C) 91$78% (D) %1$789 works for company X in which only two
(E) None of these specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist
or a doctor.
147. IJBRLG
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151. For which of the following companies does C


(A) #89★£$ (B) #89★£# work ?
(C) $89★£# (D) $89★£$ (A) Y (B) X
(E) None of these (C) Z (D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
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148. BARNIS
(A) 92★#%4 (B) 924#★% 152. Which of the following represents the pair
(C) 92★#%9 (D) 42★#%4 working in the same company ?
(A) D and C (B) A and B
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(E) None of these


(C) A and E (D) H and F
149. EGAKRL (E) None of these
(A) #£$21★ (B) £$21★3
153. Which of the following combination is
(C) £$21★# (D) #£$21# correct ?
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(E) None of these (A) C–Z-Engineer (B) E–X–Doctor


150. DMBNIA (C) H–X–HR (D) C–Y–Engineer
(A) 6@9%#2 (B) 2@9%#6 (E) None of these
(C) 2@9%#2 (D) 2©9%#2 154. Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?
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(E) None of these (A) H (B) E


(C) C (D) Either E or C
Directions—(Q. 151–155) Study the follow-
ing information carefully to answer these ques- (E) None of these
tions. 155. Which of the following pairs represents the
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Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H two ladies in the group ?


work for three different companies namely X, Y (A) A and D (B) B and D
and Z. Not more than three persons work for a (C) D and G (D) Data inadequate
company. There are only two ladies in the group (E) None of these
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Directions—(Q. 156–160) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer
figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued ?

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Problem Figures Answer Figures

156.

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

157.

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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158.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)


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159.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)


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160.
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

Marketing Aptitude/Computer Knowledge


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161. A keyboard is this kind of device— (C) Laptops


(A) black (B) input (D) Notebooks
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(C) output (D) word processing (E) None of these


(E) None of these 164. A collection of related information sorted and
162. IT stands for— dealt with as a unit is a—
(A) Information Technology (A) disk (B) data
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(B) Integrated Technology (C) file (D) floppy


(C) Intelligent Technology (E) None of these
(D) Interesting Technology 165. The process of a computer receiving informa-
(E) None of these tion from a server on the Internet is known
as—
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163. Which of the following refers to the fastest,


biggest and most expensive computers ? (A) pulling (B) pushing
(A) Personal Computers (C) downloading (D) transferring
(B) Supercomputers (E) None of these
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166. Which part of the computer helps to store greater than, equal to, or less than the
information ? other item

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(A) Disk drive (B) Keyboard (B) sort data items according to standard,
(C) Monitor (D) Printer predefined criteria in ascending order or
descending order
(E) None of these (C) use conditions with operators such as

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167. ………………is the process of carrying out AND, OR and NOT
commands. (D) include addition, subtraction, multi-

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(A) Fetching (B) Storing plication and division
(C) Executing (D) Decoding (E) None of these
(E) None of these 174. Sending an e-mail is similar to—

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(A) picturing an event
168. The role of a………generally is to determine
a buyer’s needs and match it to the correct (B) narrating a story
hardware and software. (C) writing a letter
(D) creating a drawing
(A) computer scientist

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(E) None of these
(B) computer sales representative
175. Promotion in Marketing means—
(C) computer consultant
(A) passing an examination
(D) corporate trainer (B) elevation from one grade to another
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(E) None of these (C) selling the products through various
169. Which of the following groups consist of means
only output devices ? (D) selling the product in specific areas
(E) None of these
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(A) Scanner, Printer, Monitor


(B) Keyboard, Printer, Monitor 176. Microsoft Word is an example of—
(C) Mouse, Printer, Monitor (A) an operating system
(D) Plotter, Printer, Monitor (B) a processing device
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(E) None of these (C) application software


(D) an input device
170. The rectangular area of the screen that
displays a program, data, and/or information (E) None of these
4B

is a— 177. Sources of Sales Leads are—


(A) title bar (B) button (A) Data Mining
(C) dialog box (D) window (B) Market Research
(E) None of these (C) Media Outlets
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171. A(n)………contains commands that can be (D) Promotional Programs


selected. (E) All of these
(A) pointer (B) menu 178. Any data or instruction entered into the
(C) icon (D) button memory of a computer is considered as—
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(E) None of these (A) storage (B) output


172. An error is also known as— (C) input (D) information
(A) bug (B) debug (E) None of these
(C) cursor (D) icon 179. Which part of the computer displays the work
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(E) None of these done ?


173. Arithmetic Operations— (A) RAM (B) printer
(A) involve matching one data item to (C) monitor (D) ROM
another to determine if the first item is (E) None of these
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180. One of the methods for Market Monitoring 187. Processing involves—
is— (A) inputting data into a computer system

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(A) to watch TV serials (B) transforming input into output
(B) to discuss with other sales persons (C) displaying output in a useful manner
(C) to monitor media outlets (D) providing relevant answers
(D) All of these

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(E) None of these
(E) None of these 188. One of the following is a target group for the

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181. Market Expansion means— marketing of Internet Banking.
(A) hiring more staff (A) All the customers
(B) firing more staff (B) All the educated customers

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(C) buying more products (C) All the computer educated customers
(D) buying more companies (D) Only creditors
(E) None of these (E) All of these
182. A series of instructions that tells a computer 189. Innovation mean—

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what to do and how to do it is called a— (A) Product Designing
(A) program (B) command (B) New ideas
(C) user response (D) processor (C) Impulse
(E) None of these (D) Both (A) and (B)
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183. Effective marketing helps in— (E) None of these
(A) developing new products 190. One of the following is a target group for the
(B) creating a competitive environment marketing of educational loan.
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(C) building demand for products (A) All the customers


(D) All of these (B) Students
(E) None of these (C) Only poor students
(D) Students having promising educational
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184. Which is the part of a computer that one can track record
touch and feel ? (E) All of these
(A) Hardware (B) Software
191. Service after sale is not the function of—
4B

(C) Programs (D) Output


(A) Marketing staff
(E) None of these (B) Seller
185. A Call in Marketing means— (C) Director of the company
(A) to phone the customers (D) Employees of the company
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(B) to visit the customers (E) All of the above are wrong
(C) to visit the marketing site 192. If done through………the rural marketing
(D) to call on prospective customers would be more effective.
(E) None of these (A) fairs
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186. Delivery Channel means— (B) village fairs


(A) maternity wards (C) door to door campaign
(B) handing over the products to the buyers (D) All of these
(C) places where products are made avail- (E) None of these
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able to the buyers 193. Market Survey means—


(D) All of these (A) Market Research
(E) None of these (B) Market Planning
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(C) Marketing Strategies 200. The networking becomes……through net-


(D) Market Monitering working.

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(E) All of these (A) very difficult
(B) dull
194. ………can be done through digital Banking ?
(C) easy
(A) Mobile phone

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(D) has no role in marketing
(B) Internet
(E) None of these

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(C) Telephone
(D) All of these
Answers with Explanations
(E) None of these
1. (E) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (E) 5. (E)

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195. A good seller should have the following
quality/qualities ? 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (E)
(A) Devotion to the work 9. (E) Jammu & Kashmir got its first Rail link in
(B) Submissive October 2008.

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(C) Sympathy 10. (B) 11. (C)
(D) All of these 12. (B) Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and
(E) None of these current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader
of the Conservative Party.
196. The rural marketing is not required because—
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(A) rural people do not understand market- 13. (E) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (D)
ing 18. (B) 19. (A)
(B) its not practical from the cost point of 20. (D) Chairman of Law Commission of India,
view
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Justice A. R. Lakshmanan has asked Chief


(C) it is sheer wastage of time Ministers of twenty states to set up State Law
(D) All are wrong Commission to review outdated laws and to
(E) All are correct update the Legal System.
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (A)
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197. Planned-cost service means—


(A) Costly products 26. (B) 27. (E) 28. (C)
(B) Extra profit on the same cost 29. (D) Tzipi Livini is an Israeli politician and
current leader of Kadima, the largest party in
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(C) Extra work by seller


the Knesset. She currently serves as the
(D) All of these country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(E) None of these 30. (A) 31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (B)
198. Internet marketing means— 35. (E) 36. (E) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (C)
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(A) Self-marketing 40. (C) 41. (B) 42. (E) 43. (E) 44. (A)
(B) Core Groups monitering 45. (A) 46. (E) 47. (D) 48. (A) 49. (C)
(C) Employees marketing 50. (D) 51. (A) 52. (B) 53. (D) 54. (C)
(D) All of these 55. (A) 56. (E) 57. (C)
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(E) None of these 58. (B) Change ‘spend’ to ‘Awaken’.


199. The aim of successful marketing is— 59. (E)
(A) to increase the sale 60. (B) Change ‘Enable’ to ‘Able’
(B) to increase the profit 61. (A) Change ‘initiated’ to ‘spent’
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(C) to increase the output of sellers 62. (D) Change ‘resort’ to ‘resolve’
(D) All of these 63. (A) 64. (E) 65. (A) 66. (B) 67. (D)
(E) None of these 68. (C) Change ‘yet’ to ‘and’
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69. (B) Change ‘any’ to ‘one’ 450 × 100 × 100 × 5


∴ ? =
70. (D) Change ‘sign’ to ‘signed’ 3 × 20 × 60

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= 6250
71. (A) Change ‘necessarily’ to ‘necessary’
∴ 3
72. (E) 73. (E) 74. (E) 75. (A) 76. (D) 89. (A) ⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 13824 × ⎯
√ ? = 864
77. (A) 78. (B) 79. (B) 80. (A)

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⇒ 24 × ⎯
√ ? = 864
81. (D) ? = 196 × 948 ÷ 158

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185808 ⇒ ⎯ ? = 864

= 24
158
= 36
= 1176
∴ ? = 1296

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82. (B) (91) 2 + (41)2 – √
⎯ ? = 9858 90. (D) ? = (98360 + 25845 – 36540) ÷ 2500
⇒ 8281 + 1681 – √
⎯ ? = 9858 =
87665
2500
⎯ ? = 8281

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⇒ = 35·066
+ 1681 – 9858 ?
= 9962 – 9858 91. (D) 1 9 25 49 121 169
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
= 104 (1) 2 (3) 2 (5) 2 (7) 2 ↓ (13) 2
xa
(11) 2
∴ ? = 10816
(all the prime numbers)
(786 × 64)
83. (C) ? = 92. (C) ?
48
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3 23 43 63 83 103
= 1048
+ 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20
84. (B) ? = 3·5 + 11·25 × 4·5 – 32·5 93. (E) 748 737 715 682 638 583
= 3·5 + 50·625 – 32·5
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− 11 − 22 − 33 − 44 − 55
= 21·625
94. (A) 121 117 108 92 67 31 ?
⎯⎯⎯⎯
√ 4096 × 56
85. (C) ? =
4B

764 – 652 − (2)2 − (3)2 − (4)2 − (5)2 − (6)2

64 × 56 95. (B) 50 26 14 8 ? 5 3.5


=
764 – 652
1 1 1 1 1
3584 × +1 × +1 × +1 × +1 × +1
2 2 2 2 2
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=
112
96. (C) Let the numbers of ducks and frogs be
= 32 37x and 39x respectively. As per question—
86. (A) ? = (2640 ÷ 48) × (2240 ÷ 35) ∴ 37x + 39x
= 152
2
= 55 × 64
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152 × 2
= 3520 ⇒ x =
76
87. (E) ? = 7414 + 3968 + 1257 + 1869 = 4
= 14508 ∴ No. of frogs = 39 × 4
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∴ 60 20 3 = 156
88. (E) of of of ?
100 100 5 97. (E) Let the numbers of employees in compa-
= 450 nies A, B and C be 4x, 5x and 6x respectively.
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After increase numbers are 106. (E) C. I.
4x × 115 5x × 130
[( ) ]
6 3

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= , = 9650 1+ –1
100 100 100
6x × 150 53 × 53 × 53 – 50 × 50 × 50
and
100 = 9650 [ 50 × 50 × 50 ]
∴ Reqd. ratio = 4 × 125 : 5 × 130 : 6 × 150

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(148877 – 125000)
= 9650 ×
= 10 : 13 : 18 125000

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9650 × 23877
98. (B) Third number = = Rs. 1843·30
125000
= 5 × 213 – 2 × 233·5 – 2 × 271
–~ Rs. 1843 (App.)
= 1065 – 467 – 542

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= 56 107. (C) Reqd. concession per litre

99. (A) Sonali’s monthly income =( 3360 6120



120 240 )
12750 × 100 = (28 – 25·50)

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=
100 – (55 + 15) = Rs. 2·50
= Rs. 42500
108. (A) Let the reqd. number be x.
100. (D) Reqd. different ways 5 P 5 = 5 ∴ 3626
× 32 = 2368
x2
xa
= 120
3626 × 32
101. (B) Average number of men in 2005 ⇒ x2 =
2368
150 + 144 + 126 + 84 + 121 = 49
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=
5 ∴ x = 7
625
= 109. (B) Let the first and second digits of the two-
5 digit number be x and y respectively.
= 125 ∴
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x + y = 14
102. (E) Total number of women in society E and x–y = 2
= 88 + 156 + 125 + 99 + 120 + 104 ∴ x = 8
= 692
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and y = 6
and total number of residents in society E ∴ Reqd. product = 8 × 6
= 220 + 240 + 250 + 220 + 240 + 260 = 48
= 1430
60 × 6
692 346 110. (D) Reqd. time =
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∴ Reqd. ratio = = 346 : 715 = 50


1430 715
= 7·2 hours
103. (B) Reqd. average number of women in 2005
32·5 × 100 1
100 + 176 + 154 + 126 + 99 111. (C) Reqd. % = % = 43 %
= (32·5 + 22·5 + 20) 3
5
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~
– 43% (App.)
655
=
5 112. (A) Reqd. average number
= 131
= ( 4 )
25 + 22·5 + 32·5 + 25
thousand
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104. (A) Reqd. difference = 1320 – 1220


= 100 105
= × 1000
105. (D) Reqd. ratio = 130 : 150 4
= 13 : 15 = 26250
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113. (E) Reqd. average number 123. (D) The words formed are : ARE, EAR and
ERA.
(
25 + 27·5 + 30
)

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= thousand 124. (E) As, Similarly,
3
82·5 +2 +2
= thousand F ⎯→ H S ⎯→ U
3 –2 –2
= 27500 I ⎯→ G L ⎯→ J

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+2 +2
114. (D) Reqd. difference N ⎯→ P I ⎯→ K

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= (27500 + 32500 + 25000 + 22500) –2 –2
– (30000 + 20000 + 12500 + 30000) E ⎯→ C T ⎯→ Q
125. (D) ‘Potato’ grows underground and ‘Potato’
= 107500 – 92500
is called ‘Banana’ Hence, ‘Banana’ grows

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= 15000 underground.
115. (B) Reqd. ratio = 32500 : 25000 126. (D)
= 13 : 10 86435192→123— 4 56— 8 9

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116. (C) ? = (4863 + 1174 + 2829) ÷ 756 In the new arrangement second from the right
8866 is 8 and fourth from the left is 4.
= = 11·727 Hence, reqd. difference = 8 – 4 = 4
756
~ 127. (C)
– 12 (App.)
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ADJECTIVE→BC— I F B S J—
U F
117. (E) ? = √
⎯⎯⎯
964 × ⎯
√⎯⎯
348 There are two vowels in the new arrangement.
= 31·04 × 18·65 128. (D) L → 8
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= 578·89 A → &
~
– 579 (App.) T → 4
118. (B) ? = 37·35 + 13·064 × 3·46 E → $
= 37·35 + 45·20 and H → 7
an

= 82·55 I → ★
~
– 83 (App.) R → 3
[(1·5)2 × (3·2)2] ÷ 2·3 E → $
4B

119. (D) ? =
Hence, H→ 7
2·25 × 10·24 A→ &
=
2·3 I → ★
23·04 L→ 8
=
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2·3 129. (E)


= 10·017
~ E N G L I S H
– 10 (App.)
746 E G, G I, L N, and E I
120. (A) ? = 54 ×
Gu

32 130. (A)
= 1258·875 na pa ka so → birds fly very high …(1)
~
– 1259 (App.) ri so la pa → birds are very beautiful …(2)
ti me ka bo → the parrots could fly …(3)
121. (B) 3rd, 7th, 8th and 10th letters of the word
∴ From (1) and (2) so pa → birds very and
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COMPATIBILITY are M, I, B and L. With


these letters the word formed is LIMB whose From (1) and (3) statements
last letter is ‘B’. ka → fly
122. (B) All the rest are parts of a trees. ∴ na → high
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131. (C) 134. (D)


Roofs

po
Satellites

Windows
Walls Doors
Planets

s
Stars
Or

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Suns
Windows
Or Walls

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Suns
Doors
Stars
Roofs

ms
135. (E)
Planets Plugs Sockets

Satellites
Switches Bulbs
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132. (A)
Cows
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Rats Or
Birds Plugs
Switches

Fishes
an
4B

Sockets Bulbs
133. (B)
136. (C) 489 541 654 953 783
984 145 456 359 387
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Curtains Pillows 137. (B) 489 541 654 953 783


Sheets
489 145 456 359 378
Rods
138. (A) 489 541 654 953 783
Or 490 542 655 954 784
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Rods 5–4 = 1
139. (B) 489 541 654 953 783
Curtains 948 778
484 536 649
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5~8 = 3
Pillows Sheets 140. (D) 489 541 654 953 783
849 451 564 593 873
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141. (C) P ÷ Q → P is the son of Q, Q + S → Q is include last changed, design of the previous
the daughter of S figure. Hence, in the series (E) will be the

po
P Q S answer figure.
Son Daughter 158. (D) In each subsequent figure, starting from
the lower line, the semi-circles shift from the
∴ P is the grandson of S. right-end to the left-end, on the middle line,
142. (A) P + S → P is the daughter of S, S – T →

s
from the left-end to the left-end, and on the
S is the father of T upper line again from the right-end to the left-

og
P S T end, simultaneously their number increases by
Daughter Father one, two and zero and they reverse on their
∴ P is the sister of T places. Hence, (D) will be the next figure in
143. (B) P + Q → P is the daughter of Q, Q × T → the series.

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Q is the wife of T 159. (A) In each subsequent figure, the designs
P Q T shift and ‘N’ is replaced by a new design in
the following manner—
Daughter Wife

ms
∴ T is the father of P.
144. (E)
145. (D) P Q T N N

Wife Father From (1) to (2) (2) to (3)


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(3) to (4) (4) to (5)
146. (A) 147. (C) 148. (E) 149. (B) 150. (C) (5) to (6)
For Solution from Question 151–155 :
160. (D) In each subsequent figure, the designs on
A X Finance Male the periphery of regular hexagon, shift in the
kE

B Z Marketing Male following manner—


C Y Engineer Male
‘Design ‘C’, in each alternate step shifts one
D X H. R. Lady
side and two sides of the hexagon, one time
E Y Doctor Male inside and one time outside the hexagon in
an

F Y Marketing Male clockwise direction.


G Z Finance Lady
Design ‘★’ shifts three sides inside the
H Z H. R. Male
hexagon and then remains unchanged in the
151. (A) 152. (E) 153. (D) 154. (B) 155. (C)
4B

clockwise direction.
156. (C) In each subsequent figure, 1 Design ‘=’ shifts one side and two sides
starting from the 2nd design, 2 outside the hexagon in clockwise direction.
three designs reverse on their 3
4 Hence, (D) will be the next figure in the series.
respective positions i.e., from
161. (B) 162. (A) 163. (B) 164. (C) 165. (C)
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figure (1) to (2), 2nd, 3rd and 4th designs


reverse from figure (2) to (3), 3rd, 4th and 1st 166. (A) 167. (C) 168. (B) 169. (D) 170. (D)
designs reverse and so on. Hence, (C) will be 171. (B) 172. (A) 173. (D) 174. (C) 175. (C)
the next figure in the series. 176. (B) 177. (E) 178. (A) 179. (C) 180. (C)
157. (E) In each subsequent figure, starting from 181. (E) 182. (A) 183. (D) 184. (A) 185. (D)
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the 3rd design from the upper-end, alter- 186. (C) 187. (B) 188. (C) 189. (D) 190. (B)
natively two designs and three designs change
their size i.e., small designs become big and 191. (A) 192. (B) 193. (A) 194. (A) 195. (D)
big designs become small. These designs also 196. (D) 197. (B) 198. (E) 199. (D) 200. (C)
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