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2010-2012
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Section A Decision Making

Answer question nos. 1 2 on the basis of the resigns his position on the Disciplinary
following letter. Committee.

To the Chairman:
Answer question nos. 3 5 on the basis of the
Dear Mr. Sailesh,
information given in the following case.
At the December 3, 2011 meeting, it was decided that
Due to increased competition, Ginger Automobiles,
no two officers would hold positions on the same
the Indian subsidiary of Pepper Automobile Company
committee. It has recently come to my attention that
(PAC) reported lower sales and profits. PAC expects
both Chaitanya Rao and Ajit Singh will be serving in
its new model Limo, developed especially for value
some capacity on the Cultural Committee, and both
conscious customers of India and China, would revive
have been nominated for officer status. As you know,
its fortunes. In order to prevent customers from
this is in direct disregard for the rules as voted by the
buying competing products, PAC announced the
Members Council last December 3, 2011. I would
launch of Limo six months before schedule. Due to
hope that sufficient action be taken by the
unrest in its Indian supplier’s plant, deliveries of
Disciplinary Committee (on which committee both of
essential components for its main plant was
the above are members) so that this problem will be
hampered, and hence it decided to launch Limo in
remedied.
China only as per the original plan. Within a short
Sincerely, span of time, Limo captured 30% market share in
Arvind Singh China, which was 200% higher than expected. Indian
customers who had looked forward to purchasing
1. Which of the following is an essential flaw that
Limo were becoming increasingly unhappy to the
the writer of the letter overlooked? (1 mark)
non-availability of Limo in India. Ginger’s dealers
(1) Rao and Ajit are already serving together on were worried about loss of business from the
the Disciplinary Committee. customers who might switch to other cars.
(2) The Chairman has no power in the matter.
3. Statement I: In the Chinese market, Baft, and
(3) The Members Council cannot pass rules
Hebe, are competing models in Limo’s target
limiting members.
market. Due to increase in sales of Limo by 200%,
(4) Rao and Ajit are yet to be confirmed as
Baft and Hebe saw their market share decline by
officers.
10%.
(5) Cultural Committee is only active during the
annual festival. Statement II: Baft and Hebe were not desired by
the customers due to their new features.
2. If both the nominations are confirmed, which of
Which of the following conclusions can be most
the following exhaustively and reasonably,
justifiably made? (1 mark)
describes actions that may occur in the near
future? (1 mark) (1) I alone (2) II alone
(3) Either I or II (4) Neither I nor II
(1) Arvind resigns his membership.
(5) I and II together
(2) Either Rao or Ajit resigns his membership.
4. Unhappy customers will not only leave the
(3) Ajit resigns his committee post on the
company, but also spread negative publicity
Cultural Committee.
about the company. The best way, among the
(4) Rao resigns his position on the Cultural
options below, to deal with customers is: (1
Committee.
mark)
(5) Either Rao or Ajit resigns his position from
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(2) suggest to customers to consider purchasing
any of the other PAC’s models available in
showrooms, with a substantial discount
along with gifts.
(3) suggest to PAC to treat Indian and Chinese
markets equally.
(4) promise the top management of PAC higher
sales/profit from Indian market compared
to Chinese market.
(5) suggest to the top management of PAC to
manufacture essential components in either
India or China.
5. Mr. Murugan from Chennai experienced the
comfort of Limo during his visit to China. He was
willing to deposit an approximate price of Limo
to buy the first available unit from Mr. Ahmed, a
dealer in Chennai, known for fair dealing. Ginger
Automobile is yet to announce the actual price,
and the process for allocation of the vehicles. In
order to maximise his cash flow, Mr. Ahmed
should (1 mark)
(1) collect the amount from Mr. Murugan. Later
when the delivery is delayed, blame it on
PAC’s problems.
(2) collect 50% as advance and the remaining
50% after the confirmation of launch date
by Ginger Automobiles.
(3) collect the amount Mr. Murugan is willing to
deposit after clarifying that delivery is
subject to the company policy.
(4) not collect the amount, but suggest to Mr.
Murugan to write to Ginger Automobiles.
(5) collect the amount and transfer it to the
account of Ginger Automobiles, instead of
keeping it in his personal account.
Answer question nos. 6 9 on the basis of the
information given in the following case.
Tina a blast furnace expert, who works as a
technology trouble-shooter stays in Jamshedpur. She
has got an important assignment in Delhi, which
requires six hours to complete. The work is so critical
that she has to start working the moment she reaches
the client’s premises.
She is considering various options for her onward
and return journey between Jamshedpur to Delhi.
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A quick search revealed that ticket from Jamshedpur
to Delhi is available in two trains. Trains 12801 and
12443 depart from Jamshedpur station at 06:45 hrs
and 15.55 hrs and reach Delhi next day at 04:50 hrs
and 10:35 hrs respectively. Trains 12444 and 12802
start from Delhi at 17:20 hrs and 22:20 hrs and reach
Jamshedpur next day at 10:35 hrs and 20:05 hrs
respectively.
Another option is to reach Ranchi by a three hour
road trip and take a flight to Delhi from Ranchi. The
distance between Ranchi and Delhi is covered in 105
minutes both-ways by any of the scheduled flights.
Air India operates two flights, AI 9810 and AI 810,
which depart Ranchi at 8:00 hrs and 15:25 hrs
respectively. Flight number IT-3348 operated by
Kingfisher Airlines departs Ranchi at 19:20 hrs.
Return flights operated by Air India, AI 9809 and AI
809, depart Delhi at 5:50 hrs and 11:00 hrs
respectively. Flight number IT-3347 operated by
Kingfisher Airlines departs Delhi at 17:10 hrs.
From Tina’s home Jamshedpur railway station is five
minutes drive, and her destination at Delhi is 90
minutes and 30 minutes drive from airport and
railway station respectively. One has to reach the
airport at least one hour before the scheduled
departure to complete the boarding procedure. At
every railway station she loses five minutes in
navigating through the crowd.
6. If Tina wants to minimize the total time out of
Jamshedpur, the best option for her, from the
options given below, is: (1.5 marks)
(1) AI 9810 and return by IT 3347.
(2) AI 9810 and return by train number 12802.
(3) IT 3348 and return by AI 9809.
(4) Train number 12443 and return by train
number 12444.
(5) AI 9810 and return by train number 12444.
7. Tina gets a message that her work has to be
completed between 9:00 hrs. and 17:00 hrs. If
she wants minimize the total time out of
Jamshedpur, the best option, from the options
given below, for her among the following is to go
by (1.5 marks)
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(1) Train 12443 and return by Train 12444.
(2) Train 12801 and return by Train 12802.
(3) AI 9810 and return by AI 9809.
(4) AI 810 and return by AI 9809.
(5) IT 3348 and return by IT 3347.
8. Tina has to appear for an exam on 8th of January
in Jamshedpur and she can start from her
residence in Jamshedpur only after 16:00 hrs of
the same day. Choose the option, from the
options given below, that will help her to
minimize the total time out of Jamshedpur. (1.5
marks)
(1) Go by Train 12443 and return by Train 12444
(2) Go by Train 12443 and return by AI 9809
(3) Go by IT 3348 and return by Train 12801
(4) Go by AI 810 and return by Train 12801
(5) Go by AI 9810 and return by AI 9809
9. If Tina decides to minimize the in-between
waiting period, the option that she should choose
from the options given below, will be: (1.5 marks)
(1) Go by Train 12801 and return by IT 3347
(2) Go by Train 12443 and return by Train 12802
(3) Go by AI 9810 and return by Train 12802
(4) Go by AI 810 and return by AI 9809
(5) Go by IT 3348 and return by AI 809
Answer question nos. 10 15 on the basis of the
information given in the following case.
e i o of i t ie had businesses in different
sectors ranging from manufacturing, construction,
fish farming and hotels. These different businesses
operated as semi-independent units managed by the
unit level managers. Teknik’s management had an
internal consultancy group called as Business
Advisory Group (known internally as BAG). The 15
experts in BAG were hired personally by Mr.
Teknikwala, the owner of Teknik, who wanted this
core group of experts to help his organization grow
fast without facing the typical growth hurdles. Most of
them were specialists in fields like law, information
technology, human resource management, and
operations management. Almost all of them had
experience spanning decades in the industry.
Whenever any of the units faced any significant
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problems, the unit level managers would put up a
request for help to BAG. The problems ranged from
installation of internal MIS systems, to financial
advice related to leasing of equipment, to handling of
employee grievances.
Over a period of 20 years, Teknik’s revenues grew
from 100 crore 10,000 crore with guidance of BAG
and due to Mr. Tekinwala’s vision. Given its
reputation in the industry, many people wanted to
start their careers in BAG. Often young MBAs fresh
out of business schools would apply. However their
applications used to be rejected by Mr. Teknikwala,
who had a preference for people with extensive
industry experience.
Things changed after the unfortunate demise of Mr.
Teknikwala. His daughter Miss. Teknikwali took up
the family business. She was an MBA from one of the
premier business schools, and was working in a
different company when Mr. Tekinwala passed away.
She preferred that BAG developed new ideas and
therefore inducted freshly graduated MBAs from
premier business schools. She personally supervised
the recruitment and selection process. Now the entire
group constituted of 50 specialists, out of which 35
were the old time members. She also changed the
reporting relationships in the BAG group with some
of the older members being made to report to the
new members. In IT team, Mr. Shiv, a newly recruited
MBA, was made in-charge.
For the older members it was a shock. However, as
most of them were on the verge of retirement, and it
would be challenging to search for new jobs while
competing with younger professionals, they decided
to play along.
After one month, all business units were caught up in
the ERP fever. This was an idea pushed by Ms.
Teknikwali who the need the need to replace the old
legacy systems with latest ERP system integrating all
the units of Teknik. This was heavily influenced by
her experience in the previous where an ERP system
was already up and running. Therefore she was not
aware of the difference between installing an ERP
system and working on an already installed one.
The ERP implementation in Teknik Group required
extensive coordination with senior level managers of
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all units and it represented an extra work for those
who were involved. This coordination was required
to understand the different work processes and the
users’ requirements. This coordination activity was
being extensively managed by the old timers as they
were familiar with internal processes and people in
the different units. An external consultant was also
hired for customization and implementation.
After two months, BAG teams had to fortnightly
present their progress to Ms. Teknikwali’s team. In
the last meeting Ms. Teknikwali was dissatisfied. She
explained her thinking that since ERP impacted every
aspect of the business, the roll out had to be done
faster. She wanted Mr. Shiv to get the implementation
completed ahead of schedule. In the meeting she
asked Mr. Shiv to get the people in IT team to be more
productive. Not willing to disagree, Mr. Shiv
committed to a roll-out schedule of complete ERP
system in 6 months instead of earlier decided 14
months.
Next day, Mr. Shiv presented the revised project
milestone to BAG members. He told them that in
order to meet the deadline, the members were
expected to work on week-ends till the completion of
the project. Along with that, they were also expected
to maintain their earlier standards of delivery time
and quality for the normal trouble-shooting and
internal advisory work. Mr. Shiv also pointed out that
anyone whose performance did not meet the
expectations would be subjected to formal
disciplinary action.
The meeting ended without any member commenting
on Shiv’s ideas, although Mr. Shiv heard a lot of
mumbling in the corridor. Over the week, Shiv
noticed that the members seemed to avoid him and
he had to make extra effort to get ideas from them.
After a fortnight Shiv reviewed the attendance
register and found the Mr. Lal, an old time member,
had not come during the week-ends and certain
decisions were held up due to lack of inputs from Mr.
Lal. Mr. Shiv issued a written reprimand to Mr. Lal. He
was speechless on receiving the reprimand but kept
silent.
It has been three days since that incident. Some of the
senior members had put in request for transfer to
other business units. It was rumoured that four
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senior legal experts had agreed to an offer from a law
firm. Other senior members would sporadically come
in late to work, citing health reasons. Almost all
senior members now wanted a weekly work-routine
to be prepared and given to them in advance so that
they could deliver as per the schedule. This insistence
on written communication was a problem as urgent
problems or ad-hoc requests could not be foreseen
and included. Also normal services to other business
units were being unattended to, and there were
complaints coming from the unit heads.
10. Which of the following could have been a better
response of Mr. Shiv to Ms. Teknikwali’s request
to re-schedule the ERP implementation? (1 mark)
(1) Look at industry best practices regarding
fast-tracking of ERP projects and then
commit to a new deadline.
(2) Consult the external consultant who was
involved with ERP customization and
implementation.
(3) Create a smaller team of all the new recruits
of BAG and present the idea to them alone.
(4) Eliminate the reliance on external
consultants as they would be slow.
(5) Present the idea to BAG members and ask
them to look at the feasibility of the entire
plan.
11. Which of the following can be identified as the
immediate cause for the problems in BAG? (1
mark)
(1) Ms. Teknikwali’s decision to appoint Mr.
Shiv as project lead for ERP implementation.
(2) The incompetence of the consultant who
was implementing the ERP project.
(3) Lack of information about what was
happening in the ERP project.
(4) Infighting between new recruits and the
older members of BAG group.
(5) Unilateral decision making by Shiv.
12. How should Mr. Shiv cope with the situation
now? Choose the best option, considering Mr.
Shiv’s career would be at stake if the ERP project
fails, and assuming that for carrying out the
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options, he has the necessary authority to do so. (2) Retire the entire team and hire a fresh team
(1.5 marks) according to her criteria and her
requirements.
(1) Resign from BAG. The project cannot be
(3) Hire an external consultant who would have
done as per the re-scheduled time-table. Get
interacted with the BAG members on her
a job in another company based on BAG’s
behalf.
brand-name.
(4) Ask the unit managers about the
(2) Inform Ms. Teknikwali about the situation
performance of the BAG group’s
and get help from her to deal with the old
performance and productivity. After that
time members. Some old members need to
have discussion with BAG members about
be fired so that others are also disciplined.
unit managers’ performance.
(3) Align the new members of the BAG group to
(5) Break down BAG into different sub-groups.
his side by promising them rewards at end
It would be easy to tackle one sub-group at a
of the project. Obtain approval from Ms.
time and do what she wanted to achieve.
Teknikwali for the same.
(4) Develop work-routines aligned to the ERP
15. It can be inferred from the above case that
project requirements. Hire extra resources
implementation of an ERP package in an
for dealing with other ad-hoc requirements
organization requires creation of a team that has:
and for the ERP project requirements.
(1 mark)
(5) Create a joint team of old members and new
(1) a mixture of experienced employees and
members within BAG to take care of ad-hoc
newly graduated employees
requirements. They would be socialized in
(2) only young people with education in top
out-bound programmes like mountaineering
schools and colleges
etc., which will be conducted during week-
(3) sufficient number of people who are
ends.
networked with powerful stakeholders in
the organization
13. Of all the problems being faced in BAG, which of
(4) right amount of problem solvers along with
the following is neither discussed nor hinted at?
those who are abreast of the latest ERP
(1 mark)
technology
(1) Ms. Teknikwali’s lack of faith on older (5) people who have been involved with
members to implement new ideas. operations for a long duration of time along
(2) The inability of the younger members to with people who are aware of the latest in
work along with the older members of BAG. ERP technology
(3) Mr. Shiv’s intention to impress Ms.
Teknikwali by agreeing to a tougher Answer question nos. 16 17 on the basis of the
deadline. information given in the following case.
(4) Ms. Teknikwali’s lack of understanding of
Vivekananda Memorial Elocution Competition
the complexity of an ERP implementation.
(VMEC) in Viswavijay Public School (VPS) has a
(5) Mr. Shiv’s lack of understanding of the
history of forty years. Apart from the founder’s day
sensitivities of the older members of BAG.
and annual day celebrations, it is the most important
event of the school.
14. After her father’s demise, the best way Ms.
Teknikwali could have gone about dealing with In recent times, due to the increased popularity of
BAG group would have been to: (1 mark) reality shows on television channels, and for various
other reasons, the elocution competition lost its
(1) Discuss with the members as to what their
appeal. Interest of both students and parents has
views were about the company and solicit
been eroding over a period of time. To ensure
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sufficient audience, Mr. Ivan, Head of English IV. Demand compensation for their work on the
Department, introduced choral recitation for junior day of VMEC.
section as a part of elocution competition. Three
Mr. Zacharia, one of the senior teachers and a
classes, each consisting of forty students, get short-
well wisher of VPS, is asked to go through the
listed for the final performance of choral singing on
action plans and make recommendations that
the day of VMEC. Most of the parents and family
benefits VPS the most. He would recommend: (1
members of these students attend the function to
mark)
encourage them. This initiative increased the number
of people attending the elocution competition. (1) Options I and II
(2) Options II and IV
Some teachers are unhappy with the emphasis given
(3) Options I and III
on the elocution competition, since they are expected
(4) Options I and IV
to be present at the school on the day of competition,
(5) Options I, II, and IV
which normally happens on a weekend to
accommodate the working parents. The teachers
Answer question nos. 18 20 on the basis of the
were not granted leave on the day of VMEC and they
information given in the following case.
used to be unhappy regarding this aspect.
Dev Anand, CEO of a construction company, recently
16. Ms Shabina, the principal of VPS, is aware that
escaped a potentially fatal accident. Dev had failed to
some of her teachers are unhappy. She wants to
notice a red light while driving his car and attending
be seen as fair and just. Which option is the best
to his phone calls. His well-wishers advised him to get
one that she should exercise? (1 mark)
a suitable replacement for the previous driver Ram
(1) introduce separate music and dance Singh, who had resigned three months back.
competitions in same format as the
Ram Singh was not just a driver, but also a trusted
elocution competition.
lieutenant for Dev Anand for the last five years. Ram
(2) appropriately compensate those teachers
used to interact with other drivers and gathered
who volunteer to come for the extra day
critical information that helped Dev in successfully
(3) appoint a committee of teachers, parents
bidding for different contracts. His inputs also helped
and management representatives to come
Dev to identify some dishonest employees, and to
up with possible suggestions within a
retain crucial employees who were considering
deadline
attractive offers from his competitors. Some of the
(4) appoint a committee of teachers to come up
senior employees did not like the informal influence
with possible suggestions, and ensure that
of Ram and made it difficult for him to continue in the
majority of committee members are staunch
firm. Dev provided him an alternative job with one of
supporters of the current practices.
his relatives.
(5) exercise the authority of the principal
because she wants to retain all traditions. During the last three months Dev has considered
different candidates for the post. The backgrounds of
17. A group of unhappy teachers have come up with the candidates are given in the table below.
a list of action plans for the consideration of their
colleagues. The action plans are listed below.

I. Exposing Mr. Ivan’s intentions behind the

inclusion of choral recitation.
II. Conduct an open house discussion to gauge
the unhappiness and to identify possible
solutions.
III. Introduce music and dance competition in
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Educational Expected Remark

Name Age Experience
Qualification Salary( )
Ex-employers are highly satisfied. Their only
Seven concern is about his tendency to switch jobs after
18,000
Post years of every six months.Enjoys the newness in every job
Sunder 32 per
graduate driving but tends to lose interest after six months. Not
month
experience willing to commit for any more than six months

Claims to have more than one year of experience,

Studied up but can't provide any certificate to substantiate it.
8,000 per
Mani 23 to Standard One year He has received a hike of 2,000 last month on
month
IX account of his good performance as a driver.

Working as a driver for the last one year after

20,000
losing his previous job of a stenographer. He has
Chintan 44 Graduate 20 years per
month been forced to take up the job of a driver.

Cousin of Ran Singh. Substituted Ram as Dev's

driver whenever Ram was on leave. Currently
15,000
Bal More than working as a driver with Dev's in-laws. Strongly
40 Litreate per
Singh 20 years recommended by Ram. His knowledge and
month
contacts in the firm is as good as Ram's.

Working as a temporary driver with Dev's major

competitor for the last three years. The competitor
has offered Chethan's service to Dev on a
12,000
temporary basis. Chethan has also expressed his
Chethan 38 Standard XII 10 years per
month willingness to work on a long term basis, provided
he is given an annual increment of 500, which is
reasonable as per the market condition.

Dev is primarily looking for a stable and
trustworthy driver, who can be a suitable
replacement for Ram. His family members do not
want Dev to appoint a young driver, as most of
them are inexperienced. Dev’s driver is an
employee of the firm and hence the appointment
has to be routed through the HR manager of the
firm. The HR manager prefers to maintain parity
among all employees of the firm. He also needs to
ensure that the selection of a new driver does not
lead to discontent among the senior employees of
the firm.
18. From his perspective, and taking into account the
family’s concerns, Mr. Dev would like to have(1
mark)
(1) Chethan (2) Chintan
(3) Bal Singh (4) Mani
(5) Sunder
19. In order to resolve the conflicting preferences,
one of Dev’s friends suggested Dev, his family
members and the HR manager to identify their
most and the least preferred candidates without
considering the concerns of other stakeholders.
I. Dev’s most and least preferred candidates:
Bal Singh and Chetan respectively
II. Family members’ most and least preferred
candidates: Bal Singh and Chintan
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III. HR manager’s most and least preferred
candidates: Chethan and Bal Singh
respectively
Which of the above three statements is/are in
conformity with the information provided in the
passage? (1.5 marks)
(1) Option I
(2) Option II
(3) Options I and II
(4) Options II and III
(5) Option I, II and III
20. Who among the following five candidates is most
likely to be rejected by the GM (HR)? (1 mark)
(1) Chethan (2) Chintan
(3) Bal Singh (4) Mani
(5) Sunder
Answer questions from. 21 to 23 based on the
case given below.
Ethical – a person is called unethical, when he
deviates from principles. The principles and their use
is often guided by two definitions:
Moral: society’s code for individual survival
Ethics: An individual’s code for society survival
Naresh was a small time civil contractor in a small
city. His major clients were the residents who wanted
ad-hoc work like painting, building extensions to be
done. His just prices had made him a preferred
contractor for most of the clients who preferred him
over other civil contractors. Always he followed the
principle that client had to be kept happy – only by
doing so it would be a win-win situation for both.
However due to the unpredictability of such orders
from residents, Naresh used to be idle for substantial
part of the year. As a consequence, he could not
expand his business.
His two children were growing up and his existing
business could not support their expenses. The
medical expense of his elderly parents was another
drain on his resources. The constant rise of prices in
medical care and medicines was another issue. For
Naresh, family’s concern was predominant. Naresh
was, therefore, under pressure to expand his
business. He was the sole earning member of his
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family, and he had to ensure their well being. He
thought that by expanding his business, not only
would he be able to care for his family in a better way,
as well as offer employment to more number of
masons and labourers. That would benefit their
families as well. Naresh drew the boundary of his
society to include himself, his family members, his
employees and their family members.
For expansion, the only option in the city was to enlist
as a contractor for government work. Before deciding,
he sought advice from another contractor, Srikumar,
who had been working on government projects for a
long period of time. Srikumar followed the principle
of always helping others, because he believed that he
would be helped back in return some day. Srikumar
had just one advice “The work is given to those who
will win the bidding process and at the same time will
give the maximum bribe. Prices quoted for work have
to include bribes, else the bills will not get cleared
and the supervisors will find multiple faults with the
execution of work. This ensures survival and
prosperity for contractors”.
When asked about other contractors, Srikumar said
“The government contractors are like a micro-society
in themselves, almost like a brotherhood. Within that,
they are highly competitive; however towards any
external threat they are united to ensure no harm
happens to any of their members”.
21. Naresh decided to work as a government
contractor. Following Srikumar’s advice, he
inflated the prices so that he could pay the bribes
out the bills received. (1.5 marks)
(1) Naresh is now totally unethical.
(2) Naresh cannot be called totally ethical.
(3) Naresh can be called ethical when it suits him.
(4) Naresh is ethical to some extent.
(5) Naresh is being totally ethical.
22. A new supervisor had joined a government
department where both Naresh and Srikumar
were bidding for work. During the bidding
process for a particular project, in an open
meeting with all contractors and officers from the
department, he produced a document which had
the rates at which Naresh had worked for private
clients for similar building related work. He
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accused Naresh and Srikumar of over-pricing for
government work and threatened to disqualify
them from the bidding process, if the rates are
not brought down. Faced with that situation,
Naresh gave a written reply that “I use materials
of inferior quality for private work, and that is the
reason for price difference”. Srikumar supported
Naresh in the meeting by saying that he had seen
Naresh’s work and he agreed. In this situation, it
can be concluded that: (1.5 marks)
(1) both Naresh and Srikumar are unethical.
(2) Naresh is unethical while Srikumar is not.
(3) both Naresh and Srikumar are ethical.
(4) Naresh is ethical to a large extent, but no
conclusion can be made about Srikumar.
(5) Srikumar is unethical, but no conclusion can
be made about Naresh.
23. Lankawala, another contractor, when faced with
the new supervisor’s demand to reduce prices for
government work, asked him to guarantee that
no bribes would be taken, and only then prices
would be reduced. This was said in front of
everyone. At this the supervisor forced
Lankawala out of the meeting and threatened to
black-list him. Lankawala did not say anything
and walked away. Blacklisting of a contractor by
one government department implied that
Lankawala would not be able to participate in any
government departments’ works.
In late evening, the city was abuzz with the news
that the supervisor’s dead body was seen on the
railway tracks. In the investigations that
followed, no one who attended the meeting
recounted the happenings in the meeting to the
police. Getting involved in murder cases could
lead to unpredictable outcomes such as becoming
the potential suspect, or an accessory to the
crime. Furthermore, cases could drag on for
years, and one would have to appear in court as
witnesses in response to court’s summons. This,
for a contractor, was a serious threat to his
business due to the disruptions created.
However, Naresh wanted to speak out but was
pressurized by Srikumar and other contractors
not to, and as a result he did not. Due to this, the
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case was closed unresolved with no one found
guilty.
In this situation, it can be concluded that: (2
marks)
(1) Srikumar is immoral, but ethical, while
Naresh is not unethical.
(2) Naresh is ethical and moral, while other
contractors are immoral and unethical.
(3) Naresh, Srikumar and other contractors are
both immoral and unethical.
(4) Other contractors are moral, and they
prevented Naresh from being immoral.
(5) Other contractors are unethical, but no
conclusion can be made about Naresh.
Answer question nos. 24 25 on the basis of the
information given in the following case.
Saral Co. is operating in seven north-eastern states of
the country. The organization has a history of
participative decision making, wherein people
deliberate openly about pros and cons of every
important decision, and a broad consensus is taken
before taking the final decision. In Saral Co. every
employee gets a salary proportional to the sales
achieved. A new General Manager (GM) joined during
the beginning of this month and challenged the
organization’s sole focus on sales to determine
salaries. He urged the top management to include two
more additional parameters in determining the
salaries of the employees, viz. collection of
information about competitors and the quality of
relationship with the retailers.
24. Manohar, the highest earning employee for the
last three years, vehemently opposes the GM’s
proposal. Which of the following could be most
likely reason for him to oppose the proposal? (1
mark)
(1) He considers the proposal as a serious
threat to his favourable position in Saral Co.
(2) He is not interested in collecting the
information regarding competitors.
(3) No clarity regarding the relative importance
of the three parameters.
(4) He is not interested in maintaining quality
relationship with retailers.
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(5) He may need to work harder to earn the

highest salary.

25. The top management of Saral Co. refused to

implement the proposal of new GM from the
beginning of next month, which of the following
could be the most justified reason for the
management’s refusal? (1 mark)

(1) To ensure that no manager will get credit for

a major change soon after joining.
(2) To avoid attracting criticism for their failure
to implement a similar scheme.
(3) His past experience is limited to seven
north-eastern states only.
(4) The GM is new to the organization and he
would require some time to implement the
new plan.
(5) The top management would need time to
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Section B English Language Ability and Logical Reasoning
26. “On a wing and a prayer the Indian team landed in
Heathrow to take on their formidable oppenents”.
From the above sentence it can be inferred that
the Indian team was (1 mark)
(1) high in spirits (2) well prepared
(3) over confident (4) under prepared
(5) buoyant
27. It _____________ not look like a great deal today, but
back then it was a coup: no man before ___________
to import tea directly into Ireland.
The option that will best fill the blanks in the
above sentences would be: (1 mark)
(1) may, has dared
(2) may, had dared
(3) might, have dared
(4) might, have ever dared
(5) may, ever dared
28. “It was AC Milan’s success in Europe in the sixties
that introduced the ‘libero’ as the Italian default
and, a quarter of a century later, it was AC Milan’s
success in Europe that killed it off.”
Which of the following was not implied in the
above sentence? (1 mark)
(1) AC Milan was successful in Europe in the
sixties with the help of a ‘libero’
(2) AC Milan was successful in Europe in the
late eighties without a ‘libero’
(3) The ‘libero’ was an Italian default for almost
a quarter of a century.
(4) AC Milan was not successful in Europe for
almost a quarter of a century.
(5) The Italians seldom used a ‘libero’ since late
eighties.
29. Choose the odd one: (1 mark)
(1) Chaos / Order (2) Fact / Fiction
(3) Virtue / Vice (4) Study / Analyse
(5) Light / Darkness
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30. The 2001 census showed a sharp fall in the
litreacy rate compared to 1991, but an increase in
the litreacy rate by 2006 suggests that between
1991 and 2006 India progressed in terms of
litreacy rate.
Which of the following statements, if true,
best refutes the above argument? (1 mark)
(1) One of the causes of more litreacy is the
increased population growth rate.
(2) Although there was no census in 2006 the
information about the litreacy rate is
reliable.
(3) Many of those who were illitreate in 2001
become litreate by 2006.
(4) The rate of fall in litreacy rate between 1991
and 2001 was more than the rate of rise in
litreacy rate between 2001 and 2006.
(5) The rise in litreacy rate between 2001 and
2006 was due to persistent campaign on
television and FM radio.
31. Ravindra Dubey was guilty of embezzlement. It
means that Ravindra Dubey(1 mark)
(1) did not pay his bills.
(2) misappropriated assets he was entrusted
with.
(3) engaged in circulating black money in the
economy.
(4) cheated on his spouse.
(5) misreported educational qualification.
32. Read the sentences and choose the option that
best arrange them in a logical order. (1 mark)
A. Some of these are tangible while others are
not.
B. The micro factors look at brand building,
product development, competition, pricing,
decision making within organizations etc.
C. Another way to classify these factors is to
distinguish which of them are macro in
nature and which of them are micro.
D. The macro factors comprise government
policies, state of the economy, changing
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Which of the following in closest to the ideas
presented in the passage? (1.5 marks)
(1) Japanese are duty bound selfless people.
(2) The sense of well-being of the Japanese
people gets consistently enhanced due to
this systematic departure from the self-
interested behavior.
(3) Had there been no enhancement of their
own well-being, the Japanese people would
have not been dutiful.
(4) Ability to achieve their country’s objectives
may have enhanced the sense of well-being
of Japanese people. However the agency of
the Japanese people in their industrial
success is probably derived from factors
beyond this sense of well-being.
(5) Japanese people’s adherence to ethos of
duty, loyalty and goodwill can well be
explained within the paradigm of self-
interested behavior.
35. Of the options presented below, which one is the
best example for the ideas propounded in the
passage? (1.5 marks)
(1) ‘Change for Equality’ was a campaign by
women of Iran to remove discrimination
against women in their country. Activities of
the movement were attacked and jailed by
the government, but the campaign
continued.
(2) In January 2011, the Egyptian people came
out against the regime to topple it. Their
grievances included police atrocities, state
emergency laws, lack of free election, and
lack of freedom of speech, corruption,
unemployment, food price inflation and low
minimum wages.
(3) A worker immolated himself to highlight
injustice being perpetrated by the
management against the employees in the
company.
(4) The factory workers carried on with the
strike in demand for increased wages, even
though they were not paid wages for the
duration they were on strike.
(5) A politician went on a hunger strike against
corruption which not only galvanized the
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state government in enacting new laws, but
also increased his image in the minds of the
voters.
36. Read the sentences given below and choose
the option that is best in accordance with the
ideas in the passage. (1 mark)
I. There is a need to distinguish between the
agency aspect and the well-being aspect of
a person.
II. A person can be conceptualized in terms of
either agency or well-being.
III. A person is important, not just
instrumentally, for the pursuit of well-
being
(1) I only (2) II only
(3) III only (4) I and III
(5) II and III
37. The idea of agency, as used in the passage, is
implied in all the options given below, except:
(1 mark)
(1) A student arguing for a grade revision
(2) A lawyer arguing the case for his rich client
(3) A politician on a ma to gain publicity
(4) A hungry child crying for food
(5) An ascetic praying for world peace
38. Which of the following sentences is
grammatically incorrect? (1 mark)
(1) Bats are able to fly in the dark.
(2) Bats can fly in the dark
(3) Bats have the ability to fly in the dark.
(4) Bats cannot fly in the dark if it rains.
(5) Bats have the ability of flying in the dark, if it
does not rain.
39. Alfredo, Diego and Lionel are discussing
Argentinean football.
Alfredo: Argentina was a football powerhouse.
Diego: Argentina is a football powerhouse.
Lionel: Argentina will be a football powerhouse.
Which of the following cannot be inferred
from the above conversation? (1 mark)
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(1) Lionel is optimistic about the future. (1) All organisms with identical genotypes and
(2) Alfredo, Diego and Lionel may disagree on identical experience sometimes respond
certain things. differently in different situations.
(3) Diego views the present positively. (2) All organisms with different genotypes and
(4) Alfredo completely disagrees with Diego. identical experience always respond
(5) Alfredo has positive feelings about the past. identically in identical situations.
(3) All organisms with similar genotypes and
40. Choose the grammatically correct sentence similar experience always respond
from the options given below. (1 mark) differently in identical situations.
(4) All organisms with identical genotypes and
(1) Surprisingly, given the recent labour
identical experience always respond
problems in the factory, the factory manager
identically in identical situations.
has enjoyed considerable support from they
(5) All organisms with identical genotypes and
who had previously challenged his
different experience always respond
leadership.
identically in identical situations.
(2) Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager
42. The benefits of psychotherapy result not only
has enjoyed considerable support from
from the advice the therapist gives but also from
them who had previously challenged his
the supportive relationship offered to the patient.
leadership.
Even though this relationship may cost large
(3) Surprisingly, given the recent labour
amounts of money over many years, most
problems in the factory, the factory manager
patients interpret the therapist’s concern for
has enjoyed considerable support from he
them as genuine and identify this caring
who had previously challenged his
relationship as the primary factor in improving
leadership.
their mental health. However, recent studies have
(4) Surprisingly, given the recent labour
found that only eight percent of therapist/patient
problems in the factory, the factory manager
relationships continue after the patient
has enjoyed considerable support from
terminates formal paid visits.
those who had previously challenged his
leadership. Which of the following is in accordance with
(5) Surprisingly, given the recent labour the ideas contained in the passage? Choose
problems in the factory, the factory manager the best option. (1 mark)
has enjoyed considerable support from that
(1) therapists are equally concerned with
who had previously challenged his
moneymaking and their patients’ well-being.
leadership.
(2) reading published articles of reputed
psychotherapists will hardly be beneficial.
41. Ethologists, people who study animal behavior,
(3) therapists can always treat mental illness
have traditionally divided an organism’s actions
without the use of prescription drugs.
into two categories: learned behavior (based on
(4) therapists who terminate relationships are
experience) and instinctive behavior (based on
likely to improve mental health of their
genotype). Some current scholars reject this
patients.
distinction, claiming that all behavior is a
(5) eight percent of patients will continue to
predictable interaction of experience and
improve after termination of therapy.
genotype.

Which of the following, if true, most 43. Most of the Asian countries have trade-deficit
strengthens the arguments made in the with China. Bangladesh’s trade deficit with China
sentence above? (1 mark) this year has increased by 35%. Despite large
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deficit with China continues to increase. So does 47. Read the sentences and choose the option that
that of South Korea, home of Samsung best arranges them in a logical order. (1 mark)
Electronics, one of the world’s largest
A. In fact, it is considered as a dumping ground
manufacturers of electronic gadgets.
for unwanted people in quite a few
Which of the following, if true, would be organizations.
with the above passage? (1 mark) B. In many parts of the country, traditional
castes such as ot a i ot a B a a i and
(1) China is the largest manufacturer of parts of
B a a a have for generations been
electronic gadgets and Samsung Electronics
dealing in procuring, stocking, distributing
imports parts for their gadgets from China.
goods and merchandise.
(2) Exports to Bangladesh are insignificant in
C. This is due to the fact that Indian traders
proportion of China’s total exports.
have been trading with many parts of the
(3) Exports to Indonesia from China decreased.
world.
(4) Indonesia’s chief exports are natural
D. However, though the concept of warehousing
resources.
has been prevalent for over 2000 years, the
(5) China has trade deficit with Iran.
warehouse has not yet obtained due
recognition in modern times.
44. All who studied commerce enjoy sports. No tax
E. The concept of warehousing or stores
consultant enjoys sports. All those who enjoy
function is not new in India.
sports love classical music.
(1) E-A-C-D-B (2) E-C-B-D-A
If the above sentences are true, which of the
(3) A-E-C-D-B (4) D-B-A-C-E
following also must be true? (1 mark)
(5) E-D-B-A-C
(1) No one who enjoys classical music is a tax
consultant by profession. 48. Concurrence means all of the following
(2) Every tax consultant enjoys classical music. except: (1 mark)
(3) No tax consultant enjoys classical music.
(1) Agreement (2) Accord
(4) No tax consultant studied commerce.
(3) Consensus (4) Coincidence
(5) No one who studied commerce enjoy
(5) Harmony
classical music.

49. Read the sentences and choose the option that

45. The head ___________ was annoyed to see a _________
best arranges them in a logical order. (1 mark)
in the soup.
i. All it has to do is to drive up the inflation
The option that would best fill the blanks in
rate-examples are the damage Lyndon
the above sentence would be: (1 mark)
Johnson’s inflationary policies did to the US
(1) chief, house fly (2) chef, housefly economy and the damage which
(3) chief, house-fly (4) chef, house fly consistently pro-inflationary policies have
(5) chef, house-fly done to the economy of Italy.
ii. It is easy, the record shows, for a
46. Which word is the opposite of the word government to do harm to its domestic
‘ ’ (1 mark) economy.
iii. Contrary to what economists confidently
(1) posit (2) propose
promised forty years ago, business cycles
(3) conjecture (4) refute
have not been abolished.
(5) speculate
iv. They still operate pretty much the way
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years.
v. But there is not the slightest evidence that
any government policy to stimulate the
economy has impact, whether that policy
be Keynesian, monetarist, supply – side or
neoclassical.
(1) (iii)-(iv)-(ii)-(i)-(v)
(2) (iii)-(v)-(ii)-(i)-(iv)
(3) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(v)-(iii)
(4) (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)-(v)
(5) (ii)-(i)-(v)-(iii)-(iv)
50. When income tax rates are reduced, there is an
increase in taxable income, and an increase in
taxable income results in increased total income
tax revenues for the government.
Which of the following is to the
argument above in terms of its logical
features? (1.5 marks)
(1) If the city municipal corporation increases
taxes on property by 1% it will raise tax
revenues, which can be used for garbage
disposal management.
(2) The Leader of the Opposition at the
Parliament argued that a restriction on the
import of Chinese manufacturing products
will increase the sales of Indian
manufacturing products.
(3) An advertisement using more than 25 words
of text will not be read, and when an
advertisement is not read, the product is not
sold. Therefore, the fewer words an
advertisement has, the more effective it will
be in promoting its product.
(4) The balance of payment of a country will
improve if the country reduces its imports
and increases exports.
(5) Citizens earning more than 15 lakh rupees
per annum pay at an increased tax rate of
40% Citizens earning less than 1 lakh
rupees per annum can be exempted from
paying income taxes without decreasing the
revenues of the Income Tax Department
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51. Not wanting to present an unwanted optimistic
picture in the board meeting, the CEO estimated
the sales growth _____________.
The option that will best fill the blank in the
above sentence would be: (1 mark)
(1) strictly (2) liberally
(3) fancifully (4) pessimistically
(5) conservatively
Read the following passage and provide
appropriate answers for the questions 52 55.
The idea of demarcating certain areas within the
country as special economic zones to promote
investment and growth is not new. A large country
unable to provide the kind of facilities and
environment that can attract foreign investment
throughout the country often finds it feasible and
attractive to carve up some of its areas where such
facilities can be provided. The laws and procedures
for setting up new industries are waived to make the
area business-friendly with developed infrastructure
and a one-window interaction with government. In
addition, huge tax benefits are promised to lure
investors. China’s experience shows that if chalked
out and implemented with care such a policy can
accelerate the flow of capital and technology from
abroad and thereby speed up growth.
However, SEZs may not be the best option in all
situations to clear the bottlenecks in growth.
India’s experience with export processing zones
(EPZs) bears this out. They have failed in India for the
simple reason that the factors that made the SEZs
successful in China have been absent here. In India, as
in China, EPZs were thought of as a way of providing
an escape route from the stranglehold of control that
prevailed over the Indian economy. But even while
promising to ease the rigours of controls, Indian
policy-makers could not give up their penchant for
micromanaging from the centre and undoing the
promised relaxations with all kinds of qualifications
and “guidelines”.
Over last two decades India has evolved into a market
economy and much of governmental control has
disappeared, but the flow of foreign direct investment
has not reached anywhere near the levels of China.
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Besides, infrastructure building has fallen far short of
what is required. Even after three years of the
enactment of the Electricity Act (2003), private
investment in electricity generation is still a trickle
with the states refusing to give up the monopoly of
their electricity boards in the matter of purchase of
the power generated. While swearing by growth,
governments at both the centre and the states cite the
fiscal responsibility laws to plead their helplessness
in making the required investments to improve
infrastructure.
Given the situation, the SEZs have apparently been
thought of as a simple way out. In its enthusiasm for
SEZs the commerce ministry forgot two critical
lessons of the Chinese experience, viz., that an SEZ
must be of an adequate size to provide opportunities
for reaping the benefits of large-scale operations and
their number should be few. Every industry or
economic activity worth its name is now seeking SEZ
status. Proposals are now being floated to invite
foreign educational institutions to come to India with
promises of SEZ treatment! The finance ministry
apprehends a loss of nearly 1,75,000 crore in direct
taxes, customs duties and excise duties over the next
five years.
52. The objective of the author in writing the above
passage seems to be to (1 mark)
(1) highlight the failure of Indian policy makers
regarding EPZs.
(2) narrate the pros and cons of SEZs.
(3) compare between the Indian EPZs and
Chinese SEZs.
(4) oppose the proliferation of SEZs in India.
(5) argue that India should imitate the Chinese
policies regarding SEZs.
53. The author’s arguments suggest the following
conclusions, except (1 mark)
(1) SEZs may be the best option for countries
unable to provide infrastructure and
business environment to attract foreign
direct investment.
(2) SEZs must be large enough to house large
scale operations.
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(3) fiscal responsibility laws actually limit the
investment on infrastructure by the
Government of India.
(4) government of India must limit the number
of SEZs.
(5) SEZs cause loss of tax revenue for the
central Government.
54. The author does not oppose (1 mark)
(1) SEZ treatment of foreign educational
institutes in India.
(2) qualifiers undoing relaxation of government
control.
(3) tax benefits to strategically promote SEZs.
(4) monopoly of state electricity boards in
power purchase.
(5) lack of Government initiative in
infrastructure development.
55. The passage was most likely written in the year:
(1 mark)
(1) 1991 (2) 2001
(3) 2003 (4) 2006
(5) 2011
Read the following passage and provide
appropriate answers for the questions 56 57.
This is one of the unanswered questions that I want
to explore. I believe that this is certainly one of the
deeper questions about technology. Why do I say so?
Without evolution technologies seem to be born
independently and improve independently. Each
must come from some unexplained mental process,
some form of creativity or thinking outside the box
that brings it into existence and separately develops
it. With evolution, new technologies would be birthed
in some precise way from previous ones, albeit with
considerable mid-wifing, and develop though some
understood process of adaptation. In other words, if
we could understand evolution, we could understand
the most precious of processes: innovation. But, let
me define evolution before I proceed further. The
word evolution has two general meanings. One is the
gradual development of something, as with the
evolution of ballet or the English madrigal. The other
is the process by which all objects of some class are
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related by ties of common descent from the collection (1) I and III (2) II and III
of earlier objects. The latter is what I mean by (3) I, III and IV (4) II, V and III
evolution. (5) IV, V and III
56. Which of the following can be inferred from the
passage? (1 mark)

I. The author’s main concern is to develop a

theory of innovation.
II. The author is interested in putting forth a
theory of technological evolution.
III. The author believes before developing a
theory of technological evolution, one needs
to investigated whether technology evolves
at all.
IV. Evolution, as the author puts it, is a sense of
common relatedness.
(1) I and II (2) I and IV
(3) II and IV (4) I, II and III
(5) All the above statements

57. In 1867, S. Colum Gilfillan, a sociologist traced the

evolution of ships from the dugout canoe to the
modern steamship of the day.
Many theories propose the existence of a
technology in many forms. From these variations,
some perform better and are selected for further
use and development.
Till date the people who have thought hardest
about the general questions of technology have
only been social scientists. They have viewed
technology from the outside as stand-alone
objects without studying earlier technologies.
Some technologies, for example, the laser, the jet
engine, the radar, the quick sort algorithm and
the locomotive just appear, or at least they seem
to just appear unlike novel biological species
which are versions of earlier objects.
Radar descends from radio but you can vary
1930s radio circuits as radically you like but you
will never get radar. Radar requires a different
principle.
Assuming the above statements are true,
which option would most strengthen the
’
identified has not been solved as yet? (2
marks)

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Section C Quantitative Ability

58. Three Vice Presidents (VP) regularly visit the plant on different days. Due to labour unrest, VP (HR) regularly
visits the plant after a gap of 2 days. VP (Operations) regularly visits the plant after a gap of 3 days. VP (Sales)
regularly visits the plant after a gap of 5 days. The VPs do not deviate from their individual schedules. CEO of the
company meets the VPs when all the three VPs come to the plant together. CEO is one leave from January 5th to
January 28th, 2012. Last time CEO met the VPs on January 3, 2012. When is the next time CEO will meet all the
VPs? (1 mark)

(1) February 6, 2012 (2) February 7, 2012 (3) February 8, 2012

(4) February 9, 2012 (5) None of the above

59. Ramesh analysed the monthly salary figures of five vice presidents of his company. All the salary figures are
integers. The mean and the median salary figures are 5 lakh, and the only mode is 8 lakh. Which of the
options below is the sum (in lakh) of the highest and the lowest salaries? (1 mark)

(1) 9 (2) 10 (3) 11 (4) 12 (5) None of the above.

Answer question nos. 60 62 based on the following information

The following graphs shows the revenue (in $ million) of three companies in their initial six years of operations, in
an economy which is characterized by a persistent inflation.

3500
3200
3000

2500 Yahoo
2000
2000
Facebook
1500
1500
1200 Google
1000 750
600
500 300 400
50 100 100 250
20 20 30 20 50 50
0
1 2 3 4 5 6

60. In 2010, which could be a valid statement about (4) Total of Yahoo and Facebook was definitely
the revenues (adjusted for inflation) of these higher than that of Google.
three companies? (1 mark) (5) None of the above.

(1) Revenues of all three companies were equal. 61. The difference in the average percentage increase
(2) Revenues of all three companies could be in revenues, from 4th to 6th year, of Yahoo and
equal. Facebook is: (1 mark)
(3) Revenue of Yahoo was definitely less than
(1) 35% (2) 40% (3) 45%
Facebook which was definitely less than
(4) 50% (5) 55%
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62. What would have been Facebook’s revenue (in $
million) in its sixth year of operation if the
company had matched Google’s percentage
growth in revenues from the fifth to the sixth
year? (1 mark)
Choose the option that is nearest to the answer.
(1) 1600 (2) 1700
(3) 1900 (4) 2100
(5) None of the above.
63. Tina, Mina, Gina, Lina and Bina are 5 sisters, aged
in that order, with Tina being the eldest. Each of
them had to carry a bucket of water from a well
to their house. Their buckets’ capacities were
proportional to their ages. While returning, equal
amount of water got splashed out of their
buckets. Who lost maximum amount of water as a
percentage of the bucket capacity? (1 mark)
(1) Tina (2) Mina
(3) Gina (4) Lina
(5) Bina
64. Ram, a farmer, managed to grow shaped-
watermelons inside glass cases of different
shapes. The shapes he used were: a perfect cube,
hemi-spherical, cuboid, cylindrical along with the
normal spherical shaped watermelons. Thickness
of the skin was same for all the shapes. Each of
the glass cases was so designed that the total
volume and the weight of the all the water-
melons would be equal irrespective of the shape.
A customer wants to but water-melons for
making juice, for which the skin of the water-
melon has to be peeled off, and therefore is a
waste. Which shape should the customer buy? (1
mark)
(1) Cube (2) Hemi-sphere
(3) Cuboid (4) Cylinder
(5) Normal spherical
65. A man borrows 6000 at 5% interest, on
reducing balance, at the start of the year. If he
repays 1200 at the end of each year, find the
amount of loan outstanding, in , at the beginning
of the third year. (1 mark)
(1) 3162.75 (2) 4125.00
(3) 4155.00 (4) 5100.00
(5) 5355.00
66. A spherical metal of radius 10 cm is molten and
made into 1000 smaller spheres of equal sizes. In
this process the surface area of the metal is
increased by: (1 mark)
(1) 1000 times (2) 100 times
(3) 10 times (4) No change
(5) None of the above
67. Gopal sells fruit juice mixture using orange juice
and pineapple juice. Gopal prepares this mixture
by drawing out a jug of orange juice from a 10
litre container filled with orange juice, and
replacing it with pineapple juice. If Gopal draws
out another jug of the resultant mixture and
replaces it with pineapple juice, the container will
have equal volumes of orange juice and pineapple
juice. The volume of the jug in litres, is (1 mark)



68. Nikhil’s mother asks him to buy 100 pieces of
sweets worth 100/-. The sweet shop has 3
kinds of sweets, a ba fi ab am and
a e . a ba fi costs 10/- per piece,
ab am costs 3/- per piece and a e
costs 50 paise per piece. If Nikhil decides to buy
at least one sweet of each type, how many
ab am should he buy? (1.5 marks)
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5
69. A potter asked his two sons to sell some pots in
the market. The amount received for each pot
was same as the number of pots sold. The two
brothers spent the entire amount on some
packets of potato chips and one packet of banana
chips. One brother had the packet of banana chips
along with some packets of potato chips, while
the other brother just had potato chips. Each
packet of potato chips costs 10/- and the packet
of banana chips costs less than 10/-. The
packets of chips were divided between the two
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of packets. How much money should one brother Shanpur, using the same route? Assume that the
give to the other to make the division financially mileage of the car remains unchanged
equitable? (2 marks) throughout the route, and she did not use her car
to travel around in Rampur. (1.5 marks)
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) 7
(1) 1714 (2) 1724
70. A city has a park shaped as a right angled (3) 1734 (4) 1744
triangle. The length of the longest side of this (5) Data insufficient to answer.
park is 80 m. The Mayor of the city wants to
construct three paths from the corner point 73. A medical practitioner has created different
opposite to the longest side such that these three potencies of a commonly used medicine by
paths divide the longest side into four equal dissolving tables in water and using the resultant
segments. Determine the sum of the squares of solution.
the lengths of the three paths. (2 marks)
ote o tio e tab et i i o e i
(1) 4000 m (2) 4800 m m t e e ti e m i e i a e t to o e o e
(3) 5600 m (4) 6400 m ote o tio e tab et a e i o e i
(5) 7200 m m t e e ti e m of t i o tio i e i ae t
to o e
Answer question 71 and 72 based on the
following information. … and so on.
This way he can give fractions of tablets based on
Ramya, based in Shanpur, took her car for a 400 km the intensity of infection and the age of the
trip to Rampur. She maintained a log of the odometer patient.
readings and the amount of petrol she purchased at
different petrol pumps at different prices (given For particular patient, he administers 10 ml of
below). Her car already had 10 litres of petrol at the potency 1, 15 ml of potency 2 and 30 ml of
start of the journey, and she first purchased petrol at potency 4. The dosage administered to the
the start of the journey, as given in table below, and patient is equivalent to (1 mark)
she had 5 litres remaining at the end of the journey. (1) > 2 and ≤ 3 tablets
Odometer Petrol Rate of (2) > 3 and ≤ 3.25 tablets
Reading purchased Petrol (3) > 3.25 and ≤ 3.5 tablets
(Km) (Litre) ( /litre) (4) > 3.5 and ≤ 3.75 tablets
400 20 30 (5) > 3.75 and ≤ 4 tablets
Start of
600 15 35
journey 74. Ram prepares solutions of alcohol in water
650 10 40
according to customers’ needs. This morning
End of
800 Ram has prepared 27 litres of a 12% alcohol
journey
solution and kept it ready in a 27 litre delivery
71. What has been the mileage (in kilometers per container to be shipped to the customer. Just
litre) of her car over the entire trip? (1 mark) before delivery, he finds out that the customer
(1) 8.00 (2) 8.50 had asked for 27 litres of 21% alcohol solution.
(3) 9.00 (4) 9.50 To prepare what the customer wants, Ram
(5) None of the above replaces a portion of 12% solution by 39%
solution. How many litres of 12% solution are
72. Her car’s tank-capacity is 35 litres. Petrol costs replaced? (1 mark)
45/- litre in Rampur. What is the minimum (1) 5 (2) 9 (3) 10 (4) 12 (5) 15
amount of money she would need for purchasing
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75. City Bus Corporation runs two buses from
terminus A to terminus B, each bus making 5
round trips in a day. There are no stops in
between. These buses ply back and forth on the
same route at different but uniform speeds. Each
morning the buses start at 7 AM from the
respective terminuses. They meet for the first
time at a distance of 7 km from terminus A. Their
next meeting is at a distance of 4 km from
terminus B, while travelling in opposite
directions. Assuming that the time taken by the
buses at the terminuses is negligibly small, and
the cost of running a bus is 20 per km, find the
daily cost of running the buses (in ). (1 mark)
(1) 3200 (2) 4000 (3) 6400
(4) 6800 (5) None of the above
76. Shyam, a fertilizer salesman, sells directly to
farmers. He visits two villages A and B. Shyam
starts from A, and travels 50 meters to the East,
then 50 meters North-East at exactly 45° to his
earlier direction, and then another 50 meters
East to reach village B. If the shortest distance
between villages A and B is in the form of
times in both Stage I and Stage II, 7 times in both
Stage II and Stage III, 4 times in both Stage I and
Stage III, and 4 times in all the three stages. How
many times the software failed in a single stage
only? (1 mark)
(1) 10 (2) 13 (3) 15 (4) 17 (5) 35
79. Suresh, who runs a bakery, uses a conical shaped
equipment to write decorative labels (e.g., Happy
Birthday etc.) using cream. The height of this
equipment is 7 cm and the diameter of the base is
5 mm. A full charge of the equipment will write
330 words on an average. How many words can
be written using three fifth of a litre of cream?
(1.5 marks)
(1) 45090 (2) 45100
(3) 46000 (4) 43200
(5) None of the above.
Answer question nos. 80 - 81 based on the
following information.
The following pie chart shows the percentage
distribution of runs scored by a batsman in a test
innings.

3.92 0
(2 marks)

(1) 52 (2) 54 (3) 58

(4) 59 (5) None of the above. 36.6

77. Three truck drivers, Amar, Akbar and Anthony

stop at a road side eating joint. Amar orders 10 43.14
oti , 4 plates of ta a, and a cup of tea. Akbar
orders 7 oti , 3 plates of ta a, and a cup of tea.
Amar pays 80 for the meal and Akbar pays 60.
Meanwhile, Anthony orders 5 oti , 5 plates of
ta a and 5 cups of tea. How much (in ) will 12.42
Anthony pay? (1.5 marks) 3.92

(1) 75 (2) 80 (3) 95

(4) 100 (5) None of the above. 1s 2s 3s 4s 6s

78. A computer program was tested 300 times before 80. If the batsman has scored a total of 306 runs, how
its release. The testing was done in three stages many 4s and 6s did he hit? (1 mark)
of 100 tests each. The software failed 15 times in
(1) 31 and 3 respectively
Stage I, 12 times in Stage II, 8 times in Stage III, 6
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(3) 32 and 3 respectively 84. Ram and Shyam form a partnership (with Shyam
(4) 33 and 1 respectively as working partner) and start a business by
(5) 33 and 2 respectively investing 4000 and 6000 respectively. The
conditions of partnership were as follows:
81. If 5 of the dot balls had been hit for 4s, and if two
 In case of profits till 200,00 per annum,
of the shots for which the batsman scored 3 runs
profits would be shared in the radio of the
each had fetched him one run instead, what
invested capital.
would have been the central angle of the sector
 Profits from 200,001 till 400,000 Shyam
corresponding to the percentage of runs scored
would take 20% out of the profit, before the
in 4s? (1 mark)
division of remaining profits, which will then
(1) 160 (2) 163 (3) 165 be based on ratio of invested capital.
(4) 167 (5) 170  Profits in excess of 400,000, Shyam would
take 35% out of the profits beyond 400,000,
82. Carpenter Rajesh has a circular piece of plywood before the division of remaining profits, which
of diameter 30 feet. He has cut out two disks of will then be based on ratio of invested capital.
diameter 20 feet and 10 feet. What is the
If Shyam’s share in a particular year was
diameter of the largest disk that can be cut out
367000, which option indicates the total business
from the remaining portion of the plywood piece?
profit (in ) for that year? (1 mark)
(2 marks)
(1) 520,000 (2) 530,000
(1) > . and ≤ 8.20 feet
(3) 540,000 (4) 550,000
(2) > .2 and ≤ 8.40 feet
(5) None of the above
(3) > . and ≤ 8.60 feet
(4) > . and ≤ 8.80 feet
85. A property dealer bought a rectangular piece of
(5) > . and ≤ 9.00 feet
land at 1000/sq. ft. The length of the plot is less
than twice its breadth. Due to its size, there were
83. Lionel and Ronaldo had a discussion on the ages
no buyers for the full plot. Hence he decided to
of Jose’s sons. Ronaldo made following
sell it in smaller sized pieces as given below.
statements about Jose’s sons:
The largest square from one end was sold at
i. o e a t ee o
1200/sq. ft. From the remaining rectangle the
ii. The sum of the ages of Jose’s sons is 13.
largest square was sold at 1150/sq. ft.
iii. e o t of t e a e of t e o i t e
ame a t e a e of Lio e Due to crash in the property prices, the dealer
iv. Jose’s el e t o i o ei io found it difficult to make profit from the sale of
v. e m of t e a e of t e o e o of the remaining part of the land. If the ratio of the
o ei perimeter of the remaining land to the perimeter
vi. o e a fat e e a t i of the original land is 3 : 8, at what price (in ) the
vii. o e i ot t e fat e of a t i et remaining part of the land is to be sold such that
viii. The LCM of the ages of Jose’s sons is more the dealer makes an overall profit of 10%? (2
t a t e m of t ei a e marks)
Which of the following combination gives (1) 500/sq. ft. (2) 550/sq. ft.
information sufficient to determine the ages of (3) 600/sq. ft. (4) 650/sq. ft.
Jose’s sons? (1 mark) (5) None of the above.
(1) i, ii, iii and iv (2) i, ii, iv and vi
(3) i, ii, iii and v (4) i, ii, v and vii
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 Answer Key

SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C

Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans.
1 4 26 4 51 5 58 3 83 5
2 5 27 2 52 4 59 1 84 4
3 4 28 4 53 3 60 5 85 2
4 2 29 4 54 3 61 1
5 3 30 4 55 4 62 1
6 2 31 2 56 1 63 5
7 5 32 1 57 5 64 5
8 5 33 1 65 3
9 1 34 4 66 5
10 5 35 5 67 4
11 5 36 4 68 1
12 4 37 5 69 2
13 2 38 5 70 3
14 1 39 4 71 1
15 4 40 4 72 4
16 2 41 4 73 2
17 2 42 1 74 2
18 3 43 3 75 4
19 1 44 4 76 5
20 3 45 2 77 4
21 5 46 4 78 2
22 4 47 2 79 5
23 1 48 5 80 5
24 5 49 5 81 5
25 5 50 3 82 3

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Question
Paper
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Answers and Explanations
1 C 21 D 41 D 61 A 81 – 101 B
2 B 22 E 42 A 62 E 82 B
3 C 23 A 43 B 63 D 83 –
4 E 24 B 44 C 64 A 84 –
5 A 25 C 45 – 65 B 85 D
6 D 26 B 46 C 66 E 86 D
7 C 27 E 47 C 67 D 87 A
8 B 28 D 48 E 68 E 88 E
9 D 29 E 49 B 69 A 89 C
10 D 30 C 50 C 70 D 90 C
11 A 31 E 51 D 71 E 91 B
12 E 32 A 52 C 72 C 92 C
13 E 33 E 53 D 73 D 93 E
14 E 34 D 54 D 74 C 94 B
15 C 35 C 55 C 75 D 95 A
16 D 36 E 56 E 76 D 96 B
17 A 37 E 57 E 77 C 97 C
18 E 38 A 58 D 78 B 98 D
19 B 39 D 59 A 79 A 99 C
20 B 40 C 60 A 80 E 100 B

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1. C Statements 1, 3 and 4 form a mandatory sequence.
Statement 2 talks about directors being appointed as
fiduciaries and not as agents. The sequence 134 goes
on to describe the role of fiduciary as directed by law.
2. B The answer to this question comes from the first line
of the poem - “ perhaps this war will pass like the
others which divided us”. We can infer that war divides
us (Humanity). The rest of the verse talks about the
repercussions of war. It does not tell us what happens
after the war. Hence we cannot infer - ‘Humanity gets
reunited afterwards in peace”. All the options except
B can be inferred.
3. C The Statement made by P states that the being is
unmoved and undisturbed. The arrow is in motion even
though it is perceived to be at rest by the fly. Hence it
cannot be called ‘being’. Statement 1 is not consistent
with the views of Paradox. Only statements 4 and 5
are consistent with the views of Paradox.
4. E Refer to the lines-“All things are in the state of perpetual
flux……….. is the underlying principle at work in the
universe .” These lines support the idea of numerous
realities as discussed in statement E.
5. A ‘Slush’ means partly melted snow that is usually dirty.
‘Slush’ should come in blank 1, which eliminates all the
options except A and C. ‘Sludge’ means thick, soft,
wet mud or a substance that looks like it. ‘Sludge’
should come in blank 2.
6. D Ingenuity means the ability to invent things or solve
problems in clever new ways. This best fits blank 2.
7. C The author of the review talks about how the novel
has developed and how the concept has been treated.
This reviewer, in order to make such a comment, must
have read the book properly.
8. B Out of the given options, only B can be objectively
validated. Rest are all opinions and cannot be validated.
9. D The reviewer in statement D does not talks about the
novel at all but eulogizes the author’s ability to write.
Rest of the options discuss the novel.
10. D f-e is a mandatory pair. This eliminates option B. b-d is
another mandatory pair. ‘d’ takes forward the argument
presented in b that states that International society is
progressively drawn closer together. This makes D
the correct answer.
11. A The argument states that a low physical fidelity system
was acceptable. Statement 1 states that the physical
stress will affect decision-making abilities, which
means that a low physical fidelity system is not a good
simulation model . Hence statement 1 weakens the
argument. This eliminates options B and E. Statement 2
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also weakens the argument as it suggests that despite
simulations, humans lack the capacity to adapt to high
levels of mental stress.
12. E All the options except E have an idiom in the first part
and an example that illustrates the meaning of the
idiom in the second half.
13. E From among all the options given, only the word ‘felicific’
would fit the last blank. Felicific means – “causing or
intended to cause happiness”. The other two words
‘feral’ (not domesticated or cultivated) and ‘febrile’
(nervous, excited and very active- generally caused
by fever or illness) do not fit the blank appropriately.
This eliminates option A, C and D. ‘Feckless’ which
means ‘having a weak character or not behaving in a
responsible way’ fits the first blank.
14. E The passage suggests the need to change the current
incentive system. Statements 4 and 5 support this
view.
15. C The argument/theories mentioned in the passage is/
are based on the assumption that there necessarily
exists an order. This need for the understanding of
this order has led to creation of these theories.
Statement 2 supports that existence of this hidden
order as it supports the view that there exists very
little randomness in the universe. Statement 5 supports
the existence of the fear that makes us propound
these theories. Statements 2, 3, and 4 tell us why
these theories may not be true and hence weaken the
idea of the passage. The correct answer choice is
option C.
16. D Statement 3 weakens the idea presented by the
passage by suggesting that the theories which are
being talked about are creations of our (novelists)
imagination and do not have any noteworthy basis.
Statement 4 presents an idea that is out of the scope
of this discussion. Statements 1, 2 and 5 strengthen
this idea by giving reasons that substantiate the idea
of higher order/sinister forces.
17. A The correct statement should be “There is much
difficulty in getting to this place and it is not possible
to reach it without the grace of the lord.”
18. E There should be an apostrophe in the word ‘persons’
in the first line and a comma after the word
development. This eliminates all the options except E.
19. B The given argument states that acknowledging
randomness is a precondition for dealing with it. The
argument is silent on weather acknowledging
randomness will ensure that it can be dealt with.
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20. B All the options except B have a relationship.
Water cleans the dirty things.
We burn wood to prepare food.
Juice ferments to give wine.
Rain is accompanied by hail and thunder.
21. D Toyota is said to have retained the character of a
learning organization. In the passage it is described
as a community of scientists carrying out several small
experiments simultaneously as workers in each
assembly line design their own operating procedure
with the help of the supervisor. Different work norms
might even exist in contiguous assembly lines, which
reflect different, customized approaches to problem
solving. The coordinating process is said to evolve
through numerous points of negotiation throughout
the organization and accordingly the higher levels of
the hierarchy do not exercise the power of the fiat in
setting work rules. There is no ‘command-control’
system despite the presence of rigid operating
procedures. So it is the ability of workers to come up
with solutions to problems they face on the shop floor
which is the key strength of the Toyota model of
production.
22. E The production model in Toyota relies on the ability of
workers to come up with solutions to problems they
face “closest to the site of action” i.e. on the shop
floor. This implies minimal management intervention in
the design of work rules. So the best pre-condition for
the Toyota type of production to work is management’s
faith in workers’ abilities to solve problems in a rigorous
manner.
23. A The passage talks about how workers in a particular
assembly line, with inputs from the supervisor, develop
and fine-tune operating procedures in the process of
coming up with best solutions for problems they face
in their daily operations. This implies that they have
significant control rights over the design of work rules
and the leeway to devise solutions and procedures
that effectively address the local micro-context of the
work.
24. B The Toyota model of production revolves around
workers in assembly lines coming up with effective
solutions and work rules, which address the problems
faced at the very site of action. So it is less a matter of
worker’s rights (as mentioned in Option C) than the
heavy reliance on workers’ problem-solving ability that
is strength of the Toyota model of production. So option
(B) is the best choice here.
25. C The rest of the options relate to mental states, or
behaviour or characteristics. Also, often and seldom
are adverbs while the rest are nouns.
26. B The author says that there has been a shift in focus
from physical reality and fitness to virtual entertainment
and labels this “fitness-faking narcissism.” This is the
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key concern raised time and again in the passage.
Extraterrestrial life is used more as a metaphor here.
So option (A) is incorrect. Technical advancement
does not necessarily lead to extinction of intelligence.
So option (D) is incorrect. While the author talks about
short-term pleasure seeking behaviour, this is used to
talk about the shift away from behaviour that increases
evolutionary fitness. So option (C) does not address
the key concern of the passage.
27. E Option (E) summarizes the author’s hypothesis that
self-centred and pleasure-seeking behaviour
compromises survival and that “Most bright alien
species probably go extinct gradually, allocating more
time and resources to their pleasures, and less to
their children.”
28. D The author is most likely to agree with option (D).
Fitness-faking gadgets and consumerism tend to wean
away humans from reality. (“People would rather play
a high-resolution virtual ape in Peter Jackson’s King
Kong than be a perfect-resolution real human”) So it is
likely that they would rather play virtual war games
than engage in actual combat.
29. E Statements I, III and V each posit a situation where the
presence of fitness-faking technologies does not
impact real-life violence, action or socialization.
Therefore these three statements contradict the
author’s opinion in the passage. The correct option is
(E).
30. C The correct choice is (C). Options (A) and (C) are
similar except for the fact that “explicable” is better fit
because of the phrase “hidden reasons” which implies
there is something in nature that humans might feel the
need to “explicate” instead of merely “understand.”
31. E “if” fits into the first blank since this addresses the
condition in the sentence (If you have a doubt you
should go and verify). “…shade of this banyan tree”
is the only possible construction here since the banyan
tree casts the shade. Only “to” fits into the third blank.
32. A The argument rests on the premise that media are not
just passive channels of information. Media here need
not necessarily mean the news media or the internet.
Note the conjunction “And” in the last sentence. The
premise is that the medium which we use influences
us. While it does not talk about the internet, Option (A)
strengthens this premise. The noticeable change in
Nietzsche’s prose after he started using a typewriter
provides evidence that the change in medium affected
him. Option (D) is incorrect because falling asleep
while reading a printed book does not mean that
concentration levels have decreased all around.
(Consider the situation where readers are more
interested in reading electronic books and can
concentrate on reading as much as before.)
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33. E Option (E) directly weakens the argument by showing
that the internet has not in the least compromised the
ability of younger judges.
34. D The given statement states that impressions result
from immediate experience while ideas result from
impressions. So statements II and III follow. Statement
IV talks about the origin of the idea of the colour of a
television set. Since ideas are always derived from
impressions, statement IV is also correct according to
the given statement. Statement I cannot, however, be
concluded from the given statement. While ideas are
always derived from impressions, it does not follow
that all impressions will give rise to ideas.
35. C The case in question presents the view of the
government that holds responsible the top executives
of the PSUs for the failure in the implementation of
plans. Statements (i), (iii) and (v) present arguments
that tell us why it is the government that is responsible
and not these executives.
36. E Since both the management and the economic situation
of LMN has undergone a change, it will be pragmatic
to look at this deal from a fresh perspective and let
bygones be bygones. Hence, statement (iv) is a wise
line of thought for the CEO of ABC. He can also consider
the present market value and economic situation of
LMN and decide to try and bid for this company at a
later time at a cheaper price. Hence, statement (v) is
also correct. This eliminates all the options except E.
37. E Since both the companies are facing similar problems
and are in the same sector, there is no visible
advantage monetarily as well as from the perspective
of portfolio diversification for the resultant entity. The
only advantage could be consolidation of assets.
Hence E is the strongest option.
38. A Any natural number from 1 to (2 n – 1) can be
represented as the sum of some powers of 2 from
20 ,21,22 K,2(n −1) .
So if Timon makes 5 parts of lengths 1”, 2”, 4”, 8” and
16”, he should be able to pay the rent to the landlady
on a daily basis by using these bars.
The process goes like this.
On the first day he will give the 1” bar to the landlady;
on the second day he will give the 2” bar and take
back the 1” bar; on the third day he will give the 1” bar;
on the fourth day he will give the 4” bar and take back
the 2” and 1” bars; and so on. This way he would not
be required to make any advance payment.
39. D The management needs to placate workers, expose
contractors and take unbiased decisions against
troublemakers. This will ensure that these workers
will continue to work without causing further trouble.
Statements 3 and 4 are possible course of actions.
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40. C Since CMMS is an association for permanent labourers,
they do not want to give membership to contract
labourers. But if they continue to alienate themselves
from contract labourers then their representative
power will diminish. In these circumstances option C
will be the best course of action.
41. D At the root of the problem lies the fact that there is no
significant legislature that is effective in the current
market situation where contract labourers are being
employed in greater numbers. Also, it seems that
contract labourers do not have any legislature
safeguarding their rights. Option D is the best choice
under the circumstances.
42. A The immediate attention is required towards the
labourers who are already disgruntled. They are also
more vulnerable to influence by criminals of the area.
Out of A and E, E is a better choice as it takes into
account the entire labour class.
43. B Let the images given below depict the structure of
Mrs. Sharma’s house.
n4 c n3
d b
n1 a n2
Ground floor
n4' c' n3'
d' b'
n1' a' n2'
First floor
Let a + b + c + d = A,
a' + b' + c' + d' = A'
n1+ n2 + n3 + n4 = N,
n1' + n2' + n3' + n4' = N'
⇒ A + N = 2(A' + N')
∴ the total number of students = 3 (A' + N')
Now, A + A' + 2(N + N') = 44.
Since each room must be occupied,
A + A' ≥ 8 and N + N' ≥ 8.
Hence, Mrs. Sharma’s house can accommodate at
most 36 students when N + N' = 8 and A + A' = 28.
If the number of students = 36, then the number of
students on first floor and ground floor are 24 and 12
respectively.
Since N' = 4, A' = 20.
But since 20 students cannot be placed in four rooms,
36 is not possible.
If N + N' = 11 and A + A' = 22, the number of students
= 33, and the number of students on first floor and
ground floor are 22 and 11 respectively.
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Even 15 students cannot be placed in four rooms. 1 3 3
Hence, 33 students is also not possible. 3 2
If the number of students is 24 then N + N' = 20 and the 3 2 3
number of students on first floor and ground floor are First Floor
16 and 8 respectively. So each room on the ground
floor has only 1 student. Case (ii)
Hence, N = 4 and N' = 16.
Hence, 24 students is not possible. 1 1 1
Hence, the two possible values for the number of 1 3
students must be 30 and 27 only. Arrangments are 1 1 1
possible for each of them without violating any of the
Ground Floor
conditions (as will see in the next two explanations).
Hence, we can say that 27 students must have turned 3 3 2
up for renting the rooms.
3 1
44. C N + N' = 17, N' = 12 and N = 5. 2 3 3
A = 9 – 5 = 4.
Hence all rooms on the ground floor, except the north- First Floor
west corner room, are occupied by exactly one student.
Since N' = 12, all the corner rooms on the first floor are Case (iii)
occupied by exactly 3 students each. 1 1 2
A' = 18 – 12 = 6.
1 1
The arrangement is shown below. 2 1 1
2 1 1 Ground Floor
1 1
2 3 2
1 1 1
3 3
Ground floor 2 3 2
3 1 3 First Floor
1 2
Hence, we can see that multiple options are correct.
3 2 3
First floor 46. C Since three out of five managers have opted for Room
No. 302, two of them will have to settle for some other
45. If 30 students had turned up for renting the rooms, room. Hence, three managers will get rooms as per
N + N' = 14 and A + A' = 16. their first preferences.
Also, N + A = 10.
As the minimum value of A is 4, the maximum value of 47. C The sum of the preference rankings is minimized in the
N is 6. Also, the minimum value of N is 4. arrangement given below. The sum will be 7.
The possible values of the four variables are given
below. M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
302 304 303 305 301
N N' A A'
4 10 6 10 48. E The sum of the preference rankings will be 9 in either
5 9 5 11 arrangement shown below.
6 8 4 12
M1 M6 M3 M4 M5
There are multiple possible arrangements some of 302 304 303 305 301
which are shown below.
1 4 1 2 1
Case (i)

1 3 1
M1 M6 M3 M4 M5
2 1 304 301 303 302 305
1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3
Ground Floor

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49. B The major restriction in case of free tickets offered
by other websites (except Cozy_travel) is that the
tickets are non-transferable. Hence the free tickets
may go waste if one does not wish to travel in the
assigned period. However, in the Cozy_travel offer,
the tickets can be gifted to a friend which increases
the chance of utilising the free tickets manifold.
50.C With the recommended change, the Cozy_travel offer
definitely becomes far superior than the Cool_yatra
offer. Though Cozy_travel were offering two free
tickets initially, the customers probably didn’t find the
offer very attractive due to the restriction in booking
dates.
51. D Easy_travel offer dates don’t match with Jagan’s
travel plans. Cozy_travel offer doesn’t suit him as it
requires him to book the free ticket at least 21 days in
advance whereas he will get a maximum of 15 days
for booking a ticket to Akashpur. Jagan should get the
flight ticket from Cool_yatra as it will give him time to
make use of the free ticket.
52. C Easy_travel’s Ek ke sath ek offer (Option A) is not
feasible because of the date restrictions. Options C
and D are effectively the same and both are better
than Options B and E in terms of saving money. Option
C is the best as along with bringing down the cost of
journey (by using one free ticket), it will give Janaki
one extra free ticket that can be gifted to somebody.
53. D Statement a is not relevant and can be eliminated. The
preface should start by statement c which says that
adverse economic conditions have resulted in all-time
highest profits for wind turbine makers worldwide.
This negates the argument of the CEO that company’s
poor performance is a result of adverse economic
conditions. It should be followed by statements b and
e which state that though the company’s sales volume
has increased in the year under consideration, it has
happened because of charging lower, unprofitable
prices.
54. D Let’s assume that there is a person X who is a member
of the club and that he has exactly two friends A1
and A2 in the club. Now, A1 and A2 cannot be friends.
There has to be one more member in the club who is
the second common friend of A1 and A2. Let’s call this
person B12. So the minimum possible number of
members in the club is 4. We have to find a similar
arrangement where the number of members in the
club is more than 4 and less than 22.
Now, let X have m friends A1, A2, A3, ..., Am.
We can say that no two of A1, A2, A3, A4, ..., Am can
be friends. There are other members B12, B13, ..., Bij
which are mC2 in number. Each member of the club
will have exactly m friends.
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m(m − 1)
So the total number of members n = 1 + m + .
2
If m = 3, n = 1 + 3 + 3 = 7 and the members will be X, A1,
A2, A3, B12, B13 and B23. Each of X, A1, A2 and A3 has
exactly three friends. However, B12, B13 and B23 have
just two friends each. We cannot assign a third friend
to any of the three without violating the conditions.
So m = 3, n = 7 is not possible.
If m = 4, n = 1 + 4 + 6 = 11 and the members will be X,
A1, A2, A3, A4, B12, B13, B14, B23, B24 and B34. Each
of X, A 1, A 2, A3 and A 4 has exactly four friends.
However, B12, B13, B14, B23, B24 and B34 have just
two friends each and should be assigned two more
friends. Let’s take the case of B12. He can be assigned
B34 as a friend but a fourth friend cannot be assigned
to him without violating the conditions.
So m = 4, n = 11 is not possible.
If m = 5, n = 1 + 5 + 10 = 16 and the members will be X,
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B12, B13, B14, B15, B23, B24, B25,
B34, B35 and B45. Each of X, A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 has
exactly five friends. Each of B13, B14, B15, B23, B24,
B25, B34, B35 and B45 has two friends by default and
needs to be assigned three more. Let’s take the case
of B12. He can be assigned B34, B35 and B45 without
violating any of the conditions. Likewise three more
friends can assigned to each of the rest nine members
of the form Bij. E.g. three assigned friends of B23 will
be B14, B15 and B45.
So m = 5 and n = 16 is a valid solution of the problem.
For values of m ≥ 6, n ≥ 22, which is not possible.
∴ There are 16 members in the club.
55. C Each person has exactly 5 friends in the club.
56. E There are 2 engineers, 3 teachers and 1 doctor in the
passengers.
From the third statement, we can say that the person
from Kolkata and the one who gets down at Mughal
Sarai are teachers. Now, passengers from Bengaluru
and Chennai are engineers, those from Kolkata and
Kochi are teachers, and the doctor is not from Mumbai.
So the doctor must be from Hyderabad and the teacher
who got down at Mughal Sarai must be from Mumbai.
From the fourth statement, we can say that the
youngest passenger, who is the doctor, gets down at
Kanpur. Now, the teacher from Kochi, who is 35 years
old, is as old as the engineer from Chennai.
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 Now among the persons from Bengaluru, Chennai, 62. E
Hyderabad and Mumbai, the person from Bengaluru is
the oldest. The conclusions can be tabulated as shown
below. x/2 25

Name A ge Prof ession Belongs to Destination 2 4– x/2 25

>35 Engineer Bengaluru Koderma
35 Engineer Chennai New Delhi
7 x
>35 Teacher Kolkata
Y 32/33 Teacher Mumbai Mughal Sarai
2
 x
 24 − 2  + (7 + x ) = 625
35 Teacher Kochi 2

Z 31 Doctor Hyderabad Kanpur  

Option E is true. x2
⇒ + x 2 − 24x + 14x = 0
4
57. E The teacher from Mumbai, the traveller from Kochi and
the younger engineer. 5x 2
⇒ = 10x
4
58. D W must be a teacher. She is from Kochi and is
⇒ x=8
35 years old.

59. A Tax up to Rs. 1,90,000 = 0 63. D a741 , a534 and a123 are divisible by 3.
Tax for the next Rs. 1,10,000 = 10% of 1,10,000 ∴ (i), (ii), and (iii) are correct.
= Rs. 11,000 We don’t need to check for a77 as the only option
Tax for the next Rs. 37,425 = 20% of 37,425 possible is (D).
= Rs. 7485
∴ Income tax = Rs. 18,485 64. A Let’s first choose the 7 houses from which the thief
Total surcharge = Rs. 18,485 × 0.03 = Rs. 554.55 will not steal. There are 8 spaces around them
∴ Total Income Tax payable = Rs. 18485 + Rs. (including the ends) from which we can pick any 3
554.55 = Rs. 19039.55 houses in which he steals. This way no two
19039.55 houses from where he steals will be adjacent to
∴ Required percentage = × 100 ≈ 5.64% each other. The three houses can be selected in
337425
8
C3 = 56 ways.
60. A Let Mr. Madan’s total income be Rs. (x + 5) lakhs.
Income tax = 0.1 × 1,40,000 + 0.2 × 2,00,000 + 0.3 × For questions nos. 65-68:
x = Rs. (54,000 + 0.3 x)
Total tax payable including total surcharge = 1.03 × The data can be tabulated as shown below.
(54000 + 0.3x)
⇒ 3,17,910 = 1.03 (54,000 + 0.3x)
⇒ x = 8,48,834.95 CSR
Year Assets Sales CSR / Assets
∴ Madam’s income = 8,48,834.95 + 5,00,000 = Rs. (Spending)
13,48,834.95 2004 100 × 107 60 × 105 100 × 103 1× 10−4

61. A Required probability = (1 – 0.418) (1 – 0.612) 2005 110 × 107 55 × 105 114.95 × 103 1.045 × 10−4
(1 – 0.355) (1 – 0.520) ≈ 0.069 2006 125 × 10 7
80 × 10 5
200 × 103
1.6 × 10−4
2007 135 × 107 90 × 105 200 × 103 1.48 × 10−4
2008 150 × 10 7
120 × 10 5
247.2 × 10 3
1.648 × 10−4
2009 160 × 107 200 × 105 316 × 103 1.975 × 10 −4

65. B The increase in spending on CSR over the previous

year was the maximum in 2006.

66. E Among the options, the ratio of CSR/Assets was the

maximum in 2008.

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67. D The maximum value of spending on CSR activities
PS + ST
was in 2009 at approximately Rs. 3.0 crore. ⇒ ≥ PS × ST
2
68. E It can be seen from the table that the spending on
Since PS ≠ ST,
CSR never declined compared to previous year.
PS + ST
> PS × ST
69. A x = (9 + 4 5)48 2

Let y = (9 − 4 5)48 PS + ST
⇒ > QS × SR
xy 2

( ) × (9 − 4 5 ) PS + ST 2 QS × SR
48 48
= (81 − 80 )
48
= 9+4 5 =1 K (i) ⇒ >
PS × ST QS × SR

( ) ( )
48 48
Also, 9 + 4 5 + 9−4 5 ⇒
1
+
1
>
2
K (ii)
PS ST QS × SR
 48
( ) ( )
2
 C0 9 + C1 9 4 5 + C2 9 4 5 +K
48 48 47 48 46
QS + SR
Again, > QS × SR
2

( ) ( )
47 48 
+ 48 C47 (9 ) 4 5 + 48 C48 4 5  2 1
⇒ <
QR QS × SR

( ) ( )K
2
+  48 C0 948 − 48C1947 4 5 + 48 C2 946 4 5 4 2
 ⇒ <
QR QS × SR

( ) ( )
47 48 
−48 C47 (9 ) 4 5 + 48 C48 4 5  1 1 2 4
⇒ + > > K From (ii)
PS ST QS × SR QR

( ) ( )
2 48 
= 2  48 C0 948 + 48 C2 946 4 5 + K48 C48 4 5 

⇒ (x + y) is an integer. L A
71. E B
6
⇒ [x] + f + y is an integer. P 30
As [x] is an integer, (f + y) is also an integer. h 30
5h -
( )
48 0
Since 0 < 9 − 4 5 < 1 , 0 < 9 − 4 5 < 1. K 30
6
⇒ 0 < y <1 K (ii) M 4 h -2 4 N 24 S
So we can say that (f + y) = 1.
Now, x(1 – f) = xy
From (i), xy = 1 LM is the light house of height h above sea level.
KN is the man, NS is his shadow and MN is south
∴ x(1 − f ) = 1 direction.
∠ KNS = ∠ LMS = 90°
70. D P Since ∆ LMS and ∆ KNS are similar,
LM 6 1
= =
MS 24 4
∴ MS = 4h and MN = 4h – 24.
S
Q Since the boat moves 300 m from N to P towards
R
east, NP = 300.
T
The man’s new position is AP.
As S is not the circumcentre, ∴ AP = 6, PB = 30.
PS ≠ ST and QS ≠ SR Since ∆APB : ∆LMB,
PS × ST = QS × SR K (i)
We know that Arithmetic mean ≥ Geometric mean

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 LM 6 1
= = 77. C The representation of Ex-Policemen is lowest in
MB 30 5 Level 3.
∴ MP = 5h – 30

Now, MN2 + 3002 = MP2 78. B {

f(x) = log 7 log3 (log5 (20x − x 2 − 91)) }
As log is defined only for positive numbers,
⇒ 16(h − 6) + 300 = 25(h − 6)
2 2 2

log 3 (log5 (20x − x 2 − 91)) > 0

⇒ h = 106 m
⇒ log 5 (20x − x 2 − 91)) > 3 0 = 1
72. C The horizontal distance of the man from the light
house in the second position
⇒ 20x − x2 − 91 > 5
= 5h − 30 = 500m
⇒ x 2 − 20x + 96 < 0
73. D In order to catch the bus, the mechanic has to leave ⇒ (x − 12)(x − 8) < 0
the factory in 12 minutes. As inspecting one
machine takes 6 minutes, he will have identified the ⇒ 8 < x < 12
two faulty machines in 12 minutes if the first two
machines he inspects are either both faulty or both
working properly. 79. A P A Q
D N B
1 1 1 1 1
Required probability = × + × =
2 3 2 3 3
M
74. C Let x, y and z be three digits between 0 and 4 (both
inclusive). S C R
The first of the two consecutive numbers will belong
to one of the four types as given below. Let O1 touch PQ, QR at points A, B; and O2 touch PS,
RS at points D, C respectively.
(i) 1xyz: 5 × 5 × 5 = 125 pairs
(ii) 1xy9: 5 × 5 = 25 pairs Using Statement I:
(iii) 1x99: 5 pairs Quadrilateral PQRS is a tangential quadrilateral.
(iv) 1999: 1 pair ⇒ PQ + SR = PS + QR
So the total number of pairs = 125 + 25 + 5 + 1 = 156 ⇒ PA + AQ + SC + CR = SD + DP + QB + BR
Since SC = SD and QA = QB,
For questions nos. 75-78: PA + CR = DP + BR
Now, PA = PM, CR = RN, DP = PN, BR = RM
The given data can be tabulated as shown below. ⇒ PM + RN = PN + RM
⇒ PN + MN + RM + MN = PN + RM
Level 1 2 3 4 5 ⇒ MN = O
Requirements 55 65 225 255 300 Hence, Statement I is sufficient to answer the question.
Total Employees 52 65 210 130 330
Using Statement II:
Ex-Defence 6 8 30 25 60 Statement II does not give any useful information about
Ex-Policemen 4 4 9 7 15 quadrilateral PQRS. Hence, Statement II alone is
% Ex-Defence 11.54 12.31 14.2 19.23 18.18 insufficient to answer.

% Ex-Policemen 7.69 6.15 4.28 5.38 4.54 80. E PQ × RQ = XXX

⇒ X is the unit's digit of Q2.
75. D The percentage of Ex-Defence Servicemen is
highest in Level 4. ⇒ X is 1, 4, 5, 6 or 9.
Let X = 111 = 3 × 37...not of the form PQ × RQ
76. D Level 4 will incur much higher reduction than the Let X = 444 = 12 × 37 ...not of the form PQ × RQ
rest four levels. Let X = 555 = 15 × 37 ...not of the form PQ × RQ
Let X = 666 = 18 × 37 ...not of the form PQ × RQ
Let X = 999 = 27 × 37, which is of the form PQ × RQ.
⇒ P + Q + R + X = 2 + 7 + 3 + 9 = 21
∴ Neither Statement I nor Statement II is necessary to
answer the question.

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81. Let’s assume that Mr. Sanyal invests Rs.100 on 1st 86. D Let f(X) = 21 sin X + 72 cos X
January and his investments in Gold, US bonds and ⇒ f’(X) = 21 cos X – 72 sin X
EU bonds are x, y and z respectively. If f’(X) = 0, 21 cos X = 72 sin X.
x + y + z = 100 K (i)
21
The value of his investment in gold on 31st August ∴ tan X =
= 20720x/20000 = 1.036x 72
The value of his investment in US bonds on 31st August The corresponding right triangle is shown below:

45  8 
= y× × 1 + 0.1×  = 1.2y
40  12 
The value of his investment in EU bonds on 31st August 212 + 7 2 2 = 7 5
21
63  8 
= z× × 1 + 0.2 ×  = 1.19z
60  12  X
72
⇒ 1.036x + 1.2y + 1.19z = 113 ... (ii)
Calculating in a similar way for September, Since f ′′(x) = –21 sin X – 72 cos X < 0, f(X) has a
1.0425x + 1.2631y + 1.2267z = 116.25 ... (iii)
maximum at f’(X) = 0.
Solving (i), (ii) and (iii),
x ≈ 40.97,y ≈ 30.96 and z ≈ 28.07 21 72
∴ Maximum value of f(X) = 21× + 72 × = 75
Hence, none of the options is correct. 75 75

82. B By selecting the highest yielding asset every month, 87. A There are 240 – 59 = 181 students who study at least
Mr Sanyal will gain approximately 46% at the end of one of Financial Derivatives (FD), Behavioral Finance
the year. (BF) and Security Analysis (SA). The Venn diagram is
given below:
83. More than one options are incorrect.

84. The question has not been framed properly. FD (48 ) B F (53 )

85. D Let there be 10 + ‘n’ teams.

The bottom 10 teams will play 10C2 = 45 matches 29
among each other and 10n matches against the top ‘n’ 20 8
teams. 4
The top ‘n’ teams will play nC2 matches among each 16 12
other and 10n matches against the bottom 10 teams.
Since each of the bottom 10 teams earned half of their 92
total points against the other 9 teams in bottom 10, the
bottom 10 teams together must have earned 45 points
against the top n teams.
Hence, the top n teams together must have earned S A (12 4)
10n – 45 points against the bottom 10 teams.
Since half of the points earned by each team were
earned in games against the bottom 10 teams, top n So the answer = 29.
teams together must have earned half of their points
against the bottom 10 teams. 88. E Since there are 20 cities connected to each other by
Hence, nC2 = 10n – 45
20 × 19
n(n + 1) direct roads, there are = 190 roads.
⇒ = 10n – 45 2
2 Let the number of candidates be ‘n’. These n candidates
⇒ (n – 6) (n – 15) = 0 will use 20n roads.
⇒ n = 6 or n = 15 Hence, 20n < 190.
If n = 6, then the average points scored by top 6 teams So the maximum possible value of n = 9.
will become less than the average points scored by
bottom 10 teams, which cannot be true.
Hence, n = 15.
So the total number of teams = 10 + n = 10 + 15 = 25

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 92. C x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 can be of the form abcdabc or
89. C P abcabcd. abc can be chosen in 103 = 1000 ways and
10 d can be chosen in 10 ways.
x1x2x3x4x5x6x7 can be formed in 2 x 1000 x 10 =
20000 ways.
Q But the ways where a = b = c = d = 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 9
8
60° have been counted twice. Also, a = b = c = d = 0 will
T R 7 S give us 20000000 which is not valid.
So the answer = 20000 – 2 – 9 = 19989

93. E We can say that the mode of these 7 numbers will

8 × 18 = TR (TR + 7), which gives TR = 9. always be 4.
If x ≤ 4, then the median of these seven numbers will
1
Area(∆PTS) = × 18 × 16 × sin 60° also be 4, which is not possible.
2 If 4 < x ≤ 8 , then the median will be x and the mean
= 72 3 sq.units 50 + x
will be .
7
90. C The sum of the first three numbers has to be divisible
by 3 for their average to be an integer. This is possible 50 + x
So 4, x and must form an A.P.
only when the first three numbers are 76, 82 and 91 in 7
any order. 50 + x
76 + 82 + 91 = 249, which is divisible by 3. ⇒ –x=x–4
7
So the fourth and fifth numbers are 71 and 80.
50 + x
91. B ⇒ + 4 = 2x
7
⇒ x = 6 is one possibility.
A P B
r If x > 8, then the median will be 8 and the mean will be
Q O 50 + x
.
7
50 + x
6 0-r So 4, 8 and must form an A.P.
60 7

50 + x
⇒8–4= –8
7

50 + x
D C ⇒ 12 =
7
⇒ x = 34 is another possibility.
AO = 60 – r
Hence, sum of all possible values of x = 6 + 34 = 40.
QO2 = AP2 = (60 – r)2 – r2 ... (i)
In ∆DQO ,
QO2 = DO2 – DQ2
DO = 60 + r and DQ = 60 – r
⇒ QO2 = (60 + r)2 – (60 – r)2 ... (ii)
⇒ (60 – r)2 + 3600 – 120r = (60 + r)2
⇒ r = 10 cm

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 95. A Skipping the digit 5 will result in two things:
94. B 1. It converts the base system from 10 to 9.
2. The actual value of each digit greater than 5 will
15 reduce by 1 e.g. 6 will be reduced to 5 and 7 to 6 etc.
15 Hence, the actual value of 3016 will be 3015 in base 9.
(3015)9 = 3 × 93 + 0 × 92 + 1 × 9 + 5 = 2201
10 10
15 10 96. B 97. C 98. D 99. C 100. B
O
101. B (PL + PN) will be minimum if P lies on LN and (PM + PO)
will be minimum if P lies on OM.
⇒ PL + PM + PN + PO will be minimum if P is the point of
intersection of the diagonals of quadrilateral LMNO.

Area available for grazing after building the shed LN = (–5 – 0)2 + (0 – 5)2 = 5 2

3 1 1 MO = (1 – (–1)2 + (–1 – 5)2 = 2 10

= × π × 252 + × π × 102 + × π × 152
4 4 4
⇒ PL + PM + PN + PO = LN + MO = 5 2 + 2 10
= 550π
Area before the shed was built = 625π
1000
The modified rent should be × 550 = Rs.880
625

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1  A  1  E  1  C  1  D 
2  D  2  E  2  D  2  B 
3  C  3  A  3  A  3  E 
4  C  4  D  4  A  4  A 
5  C  5  D  5  D  5  A 
6  C  6  C  6  E  6  B 
7  B  7  D  7  B  7  A 
8  A  8  E  8  B  8  D & E 
9  B  9  A  9  C  9  B 
10  B  10  C  10  A  10  C 
11  C  11  D  11  A  11  C 
12  D  12  A  12  C  12  D 
13  B  13  B  13  C  13  A 
14  B  14  A  14  A  14  E 
15  D  15  C  15  C  15  C 
16  C  16  D  16  E  16  D 
17  B  17  E  17  E  17  B 
18  C  18  E  18  A  18  C 
19  E  19  A  19  D  19  A 
20  E  20  D  20  E  20  B 
21  A  21  A  21  C  21  E 
22  C  22  B  22  E  22  E 
23  D  23  C  23  D  23  C 
24  A  24  D  24  D  24  D 
25  C  25  E  25  E  25  B 
26  C  26  C  26  D  26  C 
27  E  27  A  27  B  27  B 
28  C  28  B  28  A  28  B 
29  C  29  A  29  B  29  B 
30  E  30  B  30  A  30  D 
31  B  31  C  31  D  31  B 
32  E  32  A  32  E  32  B 
33  B  33  A  33  D  33  C 
34  D  34  B  34  C  34  D 
35  C  35  C  35  C  35  C 
36  E  36  D  36  E  36  D 
37  B  37  B  37  B  37  D 
38  D  38  C  38  C  38  E 
39  C  39  D  39  B  39  D 
40  B  40  B  40  E  40  E 
41  E  41  E  41  B  41  E 
42  C  42  B  42  B  42  A 
43  D  43  C  43  B  43  A 
44  C  44  A  44  C  44  E 
45  D  45  B  45  C  45  A 
46  B  46  E  46  B  46  B 
47  C  47  B  47  B  47  A 
48  B  48  B  48  A  48  B 
49  C  49  D  49  B  49  A 
50  C  50  B  50  A  50  E 
51  D  51  C  51  D  51  A 
52  A  52  C  52  C  52  C 
53  A  53  D  53  E  53  C 
54  D & E  54  A  54  B  54  C 
55  A  55  E  55  C  55  A 
56  A  56  B  56  C  56  A 
57  B  57  E  57  D  57  C 
58  B  58  C  58  C  58  D 
59  B  59  D  59  B  59  D 
60  D  60  A  60  C  60  D 
61  D  61  D & E  61  C  61  E 
62  B  62  A  62  E  62  D 
63  E  63  D  63  C  63  C 
64  B  64  C  64  C  64  A 
65  C  65  C  65  D  65  E 
66  A  66  C  66  A  66  C 
67  B  67  E  67  B  67  A 
68  E  68  C  68  D  68  C 
69  E  69  A  69  A  69  D 
70  B  70  C  70  C  70  C 
71  D  71  C  71  D  71  B 
72  D  72  D  72  B  72  C 
73  E  73  C  73  B  73  B 
74  A  74  B  74  D  74  C 
75  E  75  B  75  E  75  C 
76  A  76  C  76  C  76  B 
77  B  77  B  77  D  77  B 
78  C  78  C  78  A  78  D 
79  E  79  C  79  D & E  79  B 
80  D  80  E  80  B  80  A 
81  A  81  D  81  C  81  D 
82  C  82  B  82  C  82  B 
83  B  83  C  83  D  83  E 
84  A  84  C  84  A  84  B 
85  B  85  D  85  C  85  C 
86  B  86  E  86  D  86  C 
87  C  87  B  87  B  87  E
88  D  88  A  88  C  88  C 
89  E  89  E  89  A  89  E 
90  A  90  B  90  A  90  E 
91  C  91  B  91  B  91  A 
92  D  92  C  92  E  92  C 
93  A  93  E  93  B  93  D 
94  E  94  E  94  C  94  C 
95  A  95  B  95  A  95  B 
96  D  96  B  96  B  96  B 
97  C  97  B  97  E  97  D 
98  E  98  D  98  D  98  B 
99  C  99  A  99  B  99  C 
100  A  100  C  100  E  100  C 
101  D  101  D  101  B  101  E