VERBAL ABILITY & READING COMPREHENSION

1) The five sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of
five numbers as your answer.
1. Also known as “The New York School,” artists painting in this style never belonged to a formal
group.
2. Abstract Expression has come to be known by the large scale of the paintings produced, the
spontaneous production of artwork (in contrast with the formality and precision earlier
movements), and an emphasis on creation over the final product.
3. As indicated by the group’s moniker, “Abstraction” was also an important characteristic of the
movement; even artists painting “reality” did so in new and abstract ways.
4. Instead, artists mostly based in New York developed their own styles from the early 1940s
onwards, and critics grouped them together based on certain characteristics of the works they
created.
5. Artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko—Abstract
Expressionists—created some of the most renowned (and expensive!) paintings of the
twentieth century.

A) 5, 1, 4, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
C) 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
D) 5, 4, 1, 2, 3

2) The five sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of
five numbers as your answer.
1. While researchers have long known that dogs evolved from wolves, recent findings have
challenged established ideas about when this shift happened.
2. In contrast, previous studies had suggested that dogs had evolved much earlier—around 30,000
years ago.
3. While this might seem like a minor distinction to many of us, it is actually important for
researchers to determine in which period dogs were domesticated.
 4. 3D imaging now suggests that dogs evolved about 15,000 years ago, as humans began to
transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to forming settlements.
5. By understanding the humans who domesticated wolves, we can better understand how
interaction between the two led to the species of domesticated dogs we know today.

A) 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
B) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
C) 4, 1, 2, 5, 3
D) 4, 3, 1, 2, 5

3) The five sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of
five numbers as your answer.
1. In the 15th century, nobles in Italian Renaissance courts were known for the highly decorative
spectacles they put on, particularly for celebrations of events such as weddings.
2. The image most people hold of ballet dancers is one typical to the twentieth century: performers
on-stage.
3. The Italian Catherine de Medici brought her taste for ballet to France when she married King
Henry II, while King Louis XIV popularized the form later on.
4. The passion of these two people for the art form eventually led to the creation of professional
dancers, then the incorporation of ballet into operas, and finally the separation of ballet into the
stage-based art we now know.
5. This, however, was not the initial purpose of ballet dancing.

A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
C) 2, 5, 1, 3, 4
D) 3, 4, 1, 2, 5
4) The five sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of
five numbers as your answer.
1. Because all plants need to water to sustain life, we did not use a control group, relying instead
on the differences in average growth among the three test groups to provide information.
2. We found that plants receiving filtered water grew more than plants in either of the other
groups: on average a difference of 1cm per week.
3. Each plant was given one fluid ounce of the selected water each day, and measured once a
week.
4. During our experiment, we tested the effects of various types of water—filtered, tap, and
chemical-purified—on the growth of cholorophytum comosum (spider plants).
5. We began with twenty seedlings in each category, each of which received the same amount of
controlled sunlight in a greenhouse laboratory setting.

A) 4, 1, 5, 3, 2
B) 1, 4 ,5, 3, 2
C) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
D) 1, 4, 3, 5, 2

Directions (5-9): Read each of the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error
in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number (A, B, C or D) of this part
is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as your answer choice.

5) Siddaramaiah, who was present during the (A)/ search operation said he was not (B)/ camping at
the resort and (C)/ had come to the place to having dinner.(D)

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) No Error
6) High-speed mobile phone Internet service has been stopped. (A)/ Train services have also been
suspended. (B)/There was thin traffic on the roads. (C)/Markets, banks and petrol pumps was
closed in the morning.(D)

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) No Error

7) During his visits to the bank, he says, (A)/security personnel used to prevent him from(B)/ even
talking to the manager, as he used (C)/ to request him for more time to repay the loan.(D)/

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) No Error

8) Mr. Prabakaran, who secured the 101 rank in the (A)/ UPSC civil services examination, have been
(B)/ facing financial problems for many years, but never missed (C)/ an opportunity to invest in
books in pursuit of his goals.(D)/

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) No Error
 9) The veteran politician has sought to channel public anger (A)/ against the recent imposition of a
goods (B)/ and services tax, portraying the levy as an penalty to recover (C)/ the losses on account
of the missing funds.(D)/

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) No Error

Directions (10-20): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be
filled/completed with one of the sentences/phrases given below i.e. one of the sentences/phrases can be
fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.

10) You can test their absorption rate by seeing ............................................. in white vinegar within
30 minutes.

A) if they dissolve almost entirely

B) if they dissolved almost entirely
C) if they dissolve almost entire
D) if they dissolving almost entirely
E) None of the Above

11) I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying ....................................

A) to think of something too write.

B) to think of something to write.
C) to think of something to writing.
D) to think off something to write.
E) None of the Above
12) Because the paparazzi kept following the celebrity around town, the media coverage did not seem
...........................................
A) as it would ever abate
B) though it would ever abate
C) as though it would ever abate
D) as though it would rather abate
E) None of the Above

13) Thanks to computers, we are able to calculate millions of equations and problems in
...............................................

A) a relatively short window off time

B) a relatively short window of timely
C) a relative short window of time
D) a relatively short window of time
E) None of the Above

14) Because of the blizzard weather, my arrival to New York ........................

A) will be delayed
B) will be delay
C) will be delaying
D) will been delayed
E) None of the Above

15) Since ..............................., the police arrived to arrest the shopper.

A) he was caught steal,

B) he was caught stole,
C) he was caught stealing,
D) he was catch stealing,
E) None of the Above
16) Police ........................................ before it had a chance to drive over the Canadian border.

A) was dispatched to intercept the car

B) were dispatch to intercept the car
C) was dispatch to intercept the car
D) were dispatched to intercept the car
E) None of the Above

17) With a filthy bathroom and dirty carpet, the hotel room simply........................................ another
accommodation.

A) wasn’t bearable so I requested

B) wasn’t bearable so I had request
C) wasn’t bearable so I request
D) wasn’t bearable so I requesting
E) None of the Above

18) The investor couldn’t bear the thought of losing his fortune, so he decided
.............................................

A) to sell his sink business.

B) to sell his sinking business.
C) to sell his sinked business.
D) to selling his sinking business.
E) None of the Above

19) The hunters ........................................the forest and shooting the deer to death with their rifles.

A) kill a deer by quietly walk into

B) kill a deer by quiet walking into
C) kill a deer by quietly walking into
D) kill an deer by quietly walking into
E) None of the Above
20) The exuberant mother loves to gush about her two children, .............................................and
believing them to be incapable of wrong in any way.

A) praise them for literally everything

B) praising them for literal everything
C) praising the for literally everything
D) praising them for literally everything
E) None of the Above
 LOGICAL REASONING & DATA INTERPRETATION

The bar graph given above shows the percentage distribution of the total production of a
car manufacturing company into various models over two years.

21) What was the difference in the number of Q type cars produced in 2000 and that produced in
2001?
A. 35,500
B. 27,000
C. 22,500
D. 17,500
22) Total number of cars of models P, Q and T manufactured in 2000 is?
A. 2,45,000
B. 2,27,500
C. 2,10,000
D. 1,92,500
23) If the percentage production of P type cars in 2001 was the same as that in 2000, then the number
of P type cars produced in 2001 would have been?
A. 1,40,000
B. 1,32,000
C. 1,17,000
D. 1,05,000
24) If 85% of the S type cars produced in each year were sold by the company, how many S type cars
remain unsold?
A. 7650
B. 9350
C. 11,850
D. 12,250
25) For which model the percentage rise/fall in production from 2000 to 2001 was minimum?
A. Q
B. R
C. S
D. T
26)

A. 5
B. 4
C. 1
D. 3
Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice
president, secretary, and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard
can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are
yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and
Enid.
* The car in the first space is red.
* A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
* The car in the last space is purple.
* The secretary drives a yellow car.
* Alice's car is parked next to David's.
* Enid drives a green car.
* Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.
* David's car is parked in the last space.
27) Who is the secretary?
A. Enid
B. David
C. Cheryl
D. Bert
E. Alice
28) Who is the CEO?
A. Alice
B. Bert
C. Cheryl
D. David
E. Enid
29) What color is the vice president's car?
A. green
B. yellow
C. blue
D. purple
E. red
30)

A. L
B. G
C. M
D. A
 Eight friends –S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z - are sitting around a circular table not necessarily in the
same order. Three of them are facing outward while five are facing towards the centre. There are
equal number of males and females in the group. U is facing the centre. W is sitting third to the
right of U. x is sitting third to the left of w. Three persons are sitting between x and T. The
immediate neighbors of T are females. Y is sitting third to the right of x. V is sitting third to the
right of S. S is not an immediate neighbor of w. The immediate neighbors of w are males and are
facing the centre. The immediate neighbors of v are females and face outside. The one sitting third
to the left of T is a male. No female is an immediate neighbor of V.

31) How many persons are sitting between Z and U when counted from the left side of Z?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
32) Which of the following statements is true regarding Z?
a) The one who is second to the right of z is a female.
b) Z is facing the centre.
c) Z is a male.
d) The immediate neighbours of Z are facing outside.
33) What is V’s position with respect to Y?
a) Third to the left.
b) Third to the right.
c) Second to the left.
d) Second to the right.
34) If all the friends are asked to sit in an alphabetical order starting from S in an anti-clockwise
direction, the positions of how many will remain unchanged (excluding 5)?
a) Four
b) Three
c) Two
d) One
35) Are all the four friends viz. w, X, V and Z who are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre?
1. x sits second to the right of Z. Z faces the centre. Y sits to immediate right of both x and Z.
2. w sits to immediate left of x. V is not an immediate neighbour of w. V sits to immediate right of
Z.
 3. Z is an immediate neighbour of both w and Y. x sits to the immediate left of w. V sits to the
immediate right of x.

a) Only I and II
b) Only I and III.
c) Only II and III.
d) Either I or II or III.

36) If A+B means A is husband of B. A/B means A is the sister of B, A*B means A is the son of
B.How is M related to N in M*K+L/N?
a) Brother
b) Nephew
c) Niece
d) None of these

37) Which of the following can be inferred? (An inference is something which is not directly stated
but can be inferred from the given facts.)
a) If climatic variations are not properly assessed. Then it will create negative consequences while
making an unsustainable environment.
b) Land degradation and climatic variations are indirectly related.
c) Land sliding in hilly regions is the consequences of climatic variations.
d) Climatic variations affect horticulture farming.

38) Varsha walked towards north in the direction or KFC. When KFC was 90 metres away from her,
she turned left to pick Charu who was 50 metres away in that direction. Both of them then walked
towards the west for 100 metres and then turned right and walked further 90 metres. How many
metres away was KFC now?
a) 0
b) 90
c) 50
d) 150
In each or the following questions there are three statements, which are followed by three or four
conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.
39) Statements:
I. All plates are tables.
II. All tables are chairs.
Ill. Some cups are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some chairs are plates.
II. Some cups are tables.
Ill. All the tables are plates.

a) Only (1) and (2)

b) Only (1)
c) Only (2)
d) Only (1) and (3)

40) Statements:
I. Some erasers are rulers.
II. All the pencils are rulers
III All the pens are erasers.
Conclusion:
I. Some erasers are pencils.
II. No pen is ruler.
III Some pencils are erasers

a) Only (1)
b) Only (1) and (2)
c) Only (1)and (3)
d) None follows
 QUANTITAIVE APTITUDE
41) What is the unit digit in the product (365X659X771)?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

42) The LCM of 23X32X5X11, 24X34X52X7 and 25X33X53X72X11 is :

(a) 23X32X5 (b)25X34X53 (c)23X32X5X7X11 (d)25X34X53X72X11

0.051×0.051×0.051+0.0410.041×0.041
43) The value of (0.051×0.051−0.051×0.041+0.041×0.041 ) is :

(a) 0.00092 (b) 0.0092 (c) 0.092 (d) 0.92

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44) A boy read 8 th of a book on one day and 5 th of the remainder on another day. If there were 30
pages unread, how many pages did the book contain?

(a) 240 (b) 300 (c) 600 (d) None of these

45) The average age of 3 children in a family is 20% of the average age of the father and the eldest
child. The total age of the mother and the youngest child is 39 years. If the father’s age is 26 years,
what is the age of the second child?

(a) 15 years (b) 18 years (c) 20 years (d) Cannot be determined

46) Two numbers are such that the ratio between them is 4 : 7. If each is increased by 4, the ratio
becomes 3 : 5. The larger number is :

(a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 56 (d) 64

47) Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times
of Ronit’s age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit’s age?

1 3
(a) 2 times (b) 22 times (c) 24 times (d) 3 times

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48) 5√5 × 53 ÷ 5 2 = 5𝑎+2 , then value of a is :

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

49) A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more
than those required to pass. The pass percentage is:

(a) 33% (b) 38% (c) 43% (d) 46%

50) The profit earned by an article for Rs 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same article is
sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price for making 50% profit ?

(a) Rs. 920 (b) Rs. 960 (c) 1060 (d) 1200

51) The prices of a scooter and a T.V. are in the ratio 7 : 5. If the scooter costs Rs 8000 more than a
T.V. set, then the price of a T.V. set is :

(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs 24,000 (c) Rs 28,000 (d) Rs 32,000

52) A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how
much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1 ?

(a) 4 months (b) 5 months (c) 6 months (d) 8 months

53) If 17 labourers can dig a ditch 20 m long in 18 days, working 8 hours a day; how many labourers
should be engaged to dig a similar ditch 39 m long in 6 days, each labourer working 9 hours a day
?

(a) 34 (b) 51 (c) 68 (d) 85

54) Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio between capacity of a man and a woman ?

(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 5 : 3 (d) Data inadequate

55) A tank is filled 5 hours by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone.
The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third
pipe. The time required by the first pipe is :

(a) 6 hrs (b) 10 hrs (c) 15 hrs (d) 30 hrs

56) Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10
km/hr; he will each 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at
1p.m ?

(a) 8 kmph (b) 11 kmph (c) 12 kmph (d) 14 kmph

57) A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds
respectively. What is the speed of the train ?

(a) 69.5 km/hr (b) 70 km/hr (c) 79 km/hr (d) 79.2 km/hr
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58) A boat covers certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1 2 hours. If the speed
of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water ?

(a) 12 kmph (b) 13 kmph (c) 15 kmph (d) None of these

59) A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and rest at 18% profit. He
gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is :

(a) 400 kg (b) 560 kg (c) 600kg (d) 640 kg

60) Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. for the first three years, 9% p.a. for the next
five years and 13% p.a. for the period beyond 8 years. If the total interest paid by him at the end
of eleven years is Rs. 8160, how much money did he borrow?

(a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 10000 (c) Rs. 12000 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these