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Directions (1-5); Input: 32 proud girl beautiful 48 55 97 rich family 61 72
17 nice life
Step I: beautiful 17 32 proud girl 48 55 97 rich family 61
72 nice life
Step II: family 32 beautiful 17 proud girl 48 55 97 rich 61
72 nice life
Step III: girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 55 97 rich 61
72 nice life
Step IV: life 55 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 97 rich
61 72 nice
1. (e); 2. (c); 3. (c); Step V: nice 61 life 55 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud
4. (a); 5. (b); 97 rich 72
Step VI: Proud 72 nice 61 life 55 girl 48 family 32 beautiful
Directions (6-7): 17 97 rich
6. (c); Code for ‘pa’ is me. Either statement I or II is Step VII: rich 97 proud 72 nice 61 life 55 girl 48 family 32
sufficient. beautiful 17
7. (d);From both statements, relation between seema 20. (c); 21. (d); 22. (c);
and mangesh cannot be determined. 23. (a); 24. (b);
8. (c); P<N≤M≤L Direction(25-29):
FLOOR PERSON BRANDS
9. (b);K<H
9 Q MAX
Directions (10-14): 8 W VAN HEUSEN
Person Off Cuisine 7 V DIESEL
Meena Monday Mexican 6 P PENTALOONS
Maya Thursday Thai 5 U ADIDAS
Monika Wednesday Chinese 4 T PUMA
Monalisha Friday Italian 3 Z LEE
Mamta Saturday Indian 2 S WOODLAND
Meenakshi Sunday Continental 1 R LIFESTYLE
Madhuri Tuesday Spanish 25. (d); 26. (d); 27. (b);
10. (e); 11. (d); 12. (c); 28. (a); 29. (d);
13. (a); 14. (b); 30. (e);
Direction(15-19):

T is wife of S.
15. (a); 16. (a); 17. (b); Hence, From statement I and II we get our final
18. (c); 19. (d); answer.
Directions (20-24): In each step a word and a number are 31. (d);(From I.)
arranged in each step. J→R
Words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right B→T
according to the English alphabet (for ex- A-B-C-D………...X- From I and II.
Y-Z. L → P, Q, S
Numbers are arranged in increasing order from the left to Hence, statements are not sufficient to answer the
right. question.

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32. (e); Direction (36-40):
Persons Subject Hobby
A HINDI COOKING
B ENGLISH PAINTING
C MATH SHAYARI
D PHYSICS SWIMMING
E GEOLOGY/BOTANY MUSIC/RAFTING
A’s position with respect to B is third to the right
F GEOLOGY/BOTANY MUSIC/RAFTING
and second to the left.
G ZOOLOGY POETRY
33. (a); Cousin; H HISTORY RIDING
34. (b);
36. (d); 37. (d); 38. (a);
35. (d); _ _ _ Soni _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(19 girls) _ _ Ruby _ _ _ _
_ 39. (d); 40. (c);
Total = 5+19+6 = 30

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
41. (c); Let present age of A, B, C and D is a, b, c and d 44. (c); Let initially x number of truck required
respectively. Capacity of one truck =
60
Now ATQ 𝑥
𝑥
⇒b=a+6 …(i) Extra material left due to lower capacity = 2 tons
𝑏 + 9 9 𝑎 + 15 9 According to the question,
⇒ = 𝑜𝑟 = 𝑥
𝑐 8 𝑐 8 2
8 60 1 =4
𝑐 = (𝑎 + 15) … (𝑖𝑖) −2
9 𝑥
⇒ c + d = 50 ⇒ d = 50 – c 𝑥
Now ⇒ 2
120 − 𝑥 =4
Difference = b + d – (a + c) = 8 2𝑥
Put the value of b, d and c in ⇒ 𝑥 2 + 4x – 480 = 0
8 8 ⇒ x = 20
(𝑎 + 6) + (50– (𝑎 + 15)) – [𝑎 + (𝑎 + 15)]
9 9 So, 20 Trucks were initially used to transport.
=8 25 1
Solving 45. (c); Time taken by Cyclist to reach 25/3 km = 25 × 3 = 3
a = 12 hr = 20 min
b = 18 Car has taken to reach 25/3 km = 20 – 12 = 8 min
c = 24 25
Speed of Car = 3 × 60= 62.5 km/h
d = 26 8
d’s age after 5 year = 26 + 5 = 31 Now time taken by cyclist to go further 30 km =
30 6
42. (d);2𝜋𝑟ℎ ∶ 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ = 1 ∶ 7 ( where r is radius and h is 25
= 5 hr = 72 min
height) 72
2∶𝑟=1∶7 Car will go in 72 min =  62.5 = 75 km
⇒ 𝑟 = 14 60
⇒ 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 ∶ 𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ⇒ 2𝑟 ∶ ℎ = 4 ∶ 3 Now, according to question,
⇒ ℎ = 21 Distance between first meeting and second
Total surface area of cylinder= 2𝜋𝑟(𝑟 + ℎ) meeting is 30
22 So,
=2× × 14 (14 + 21) Distance between first meeting and point B will be
7 75+30
= 88 × 35 = = 52.5 km
2
= 3080
Required answer = 52.5 + 8.33 = 60.833 km
43. (a); Sum of the present age of mother, father and son
= 42 × 3 + 6 × 3 = 126 + 18 = 144 years 46. (b);Number of qualified candidates in BANK exam in
62.5
Sum of the present age of family = 36 × 5 = 180 2002 = 95000 × = 59375
100
Present age of bribe = 180 – 144 – 5 = 31 years Failed candidates in SSC exam in 2001
Age of the bribe at the time of marriage = 31 – 6 = 100000 ×
42.5
= 42500
= 25 years. 100

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 Required percentage =
59375−42500
× 100 53. (e); Difference b/w marks of A and C = 30 marks
42500
16875 marks of A, B, C = 90, 100, 120
= 425
% and D = A +10 = 100
= 39.70% A + B + C + D = 410
The question can be solved with the help of data
47. (c); Qualified candidates of BANK exam in different given in questions
year,
65 54. (d);Let there are 𝑥 no. of columns
In year, 2000  85000 = 55250 St. A – 0.625𝑥 × 𝑥 = 40, 𝑥 2 = 64
100 𝑥 = 8, no. of rows = 5
60 5
2001 90000 = 54000 decrease St. B –8 𝑥 × 𝑥 = 40, 𝑥 2 = 64, 𝑥 = 8
100 no. of rows = 5
62.5 St. C–R < C
2002  95000 = 59375 increase So either A or B is sufficient to answer the
100
following questions
67.5
2003  110000 = 74250 increase 55. (b);Let 50 paise coin = x, 1 Rs coin = y
100 St. A → 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑥, 𝑥 = 𝑦
55 0.5𝑥
2004  80000 = 44000 decrease St. B →
2
+ 𝑦 = 62.5
100 𝑥
St. C → 2 + 0.8𝑦 = 65
57.5
2005  90000 = 51750 increase So using any 2 of them we can find the value of 𝑥
100 and 𝑦
Maximum growth is recorded in 2003 i.e; 74250 -
56. (c); Total Indians in November
59375 = 14875 35 85
= × × 18000
48. (e); Total failed student in 2004 1700 100
45 27.5 = 315
= 80000 + 85000 = 59375 Total visitors in November
100 100 4
Qualified students of BANK exam in 2000 = 55250 = × 15000 = 20000
3
Required ratio = 59375 : 55250 ∴ Foreigners visiting in November
= 475 : 442 = 20000 – 315 = 19685
1 55
∴ Required difference
49. (c); Required average = [90000 × + 100000 × = 19685– 315 = 19370
6 100
57.5 60 50
100
+ 105000 × 100 + 85000 × 100 + 85000 × 57. (a); Foreigner Males visiting in September
72.5 70 3 23
+ 95000 × 100] = × × 15400
100 7 100
1
= 6 [340625] = 56771 = 1518
Females foreigner in September
50. (d);Sum of qualified student in SSC exam = 105000 × 4 23
60 50 72.5 = × × 15400
+ 85000 × 100 + 85000 × 100 = 167125 7 100
100 = 2024
Sum of qualified student in BANK exam = 90000 × 1518
60 67.5 57.5 ∴ Required percentage = 2024 × 100
+ 110000 × 100 + 90000 × 100 = 180000
100 = 75%
Required difference = 180000 – 167125 = 12875 Alternately,
3
51. (e); St. A – K : V = 1.5 : 1 Required ratio = 4 × 100 = 75%
1
St. B – R = 2 (𝐾 + 𝑉) 58. (d);Foreigner who are married
St. C – K = (340 + 𝑉) 18 1
= × 16800 × = 1008
So using any 2 of the 3 statements we can 100 3
determine the share of Vijay Indians who are married
82 1
52. (d);St. A, P + Q + R = 145 = × 16800 × = 3444
100 4
St. B, P : Q : R = 8 : 9 : 12 Remaining unmarried foreign females visitors
St. C, P + Q + R = 145 2016
= = 504
So Either A or C is sufficient 4
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 Remaining Indian unmarried females visitors SP of 900 gm = 1080
10332 1080
= 3 = 3444 SP of 1000 gm = 9 × 10 = 1200
10000
∴ Required total females 1200−
1008 3444 Profit % = 10000
11
× 100
= + + 504 + 3444 11
2 2 = 32%
= 6174
67. (c); Decrease in speed of train 𝛼
59. (c); Required ratio √𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
3 75
5
×
100
× 15000 Decrease in speed of train = K
= 1 18
× 100 × 16800 √𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
6 Where k = proportionality constant
6750
= = 375 ∶ 28 ATQ,
504 24 – 20 = 𝑘√4
15
×18000 4
60. (e); Required percentage = 100
75 × 100 =𝑘⇒𝑘=2
100
×15000 2
= 24% Number of wagons attached when speed is zero.
24
61. (b);Pattern is √𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
2
No. of wagons attached = (12)² = 144
Max. No. of wagons that can be carried by the
engine = 144 – 1 = 143
68. (d);Let original salary of person =x
ATQ,
x × 0.12 = (x + 4800) × 0.1
62. (d);Pattern is 0.12x = 0.1x + 480
0.02x = 480
480
𝑥= = 24,000
0.02
Increased salary = 24,000 + 4800 = 28,800
69. (c); Ratio of concentration of wines = 10% : 20% : 30%
63. (a); Pattern is, =1:2:3
8 × 0.25 + 2 = 4 Mixing ratio = 2 : 3 : x
4 × 0.5 + 4 = 6
6 × 1 + 8 = 14
44 × 4 + 32 = 208
⇒ 2 + 6 + 3x = 23
64. (e); Pattern is ⇒x=5
+2²+1, +3²–1, +4²+1, +5²–1, +6²+1
∴ 104 + (6² +1) = 104 + 37 = 141 70. (a); CP of 1 kg rice = Rs 10
10
CP of 800 gm rice = 1000 × 800 = 𝑅𝑠 8
65. (b);Pattern is,
SP of 1000 gm rice = 12
12−8
Profit percentage = 8 × 100
4
= × 100 = 50%
8

71. (b);I. 3x² - 35x + 100 = 0

3x² - 15x – 20x + 100 = 0
3x (x- 5) -20 (x -5) = 0
66. (c); Let CP of the 1000gm article = Rs 1000 (3x – 20) (x – 5) = 0
SP of the 1000gm article(after marking up and 20
x = 3 ,5
120 90
giving discount) = 1000 × 100 × 100 II. 5y² - 49y + 120 = 0
= 1080 5y² - 25y - 24y + 320 = 0
After cheating his supplier, CP of 1100 gm = Rs 5y (y – 5) – 24 (y – 5) = 0
1000 (5y – 24) (y – 5) = 0
10 24
⇒ CP of 1000 gm = 1000 × 11 y = 5 ,5
After cheating his buyer or customer x≥y
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72. (d);I. 2x – 15√x + 28 = 0 2x (x – 10) – 21 (x – 10) = 0
21
2x – 8√x − 7√x + 28 = 0 x = 10, 2
2√x(√x − 4) − 7(√x − 4) = 0 II. 2y² - 39y + 190 = 0
(2√x − 7)(√x − 4) = 0 2y² - 20y – 19y + 190 = 0
7
√x = , 4 2y (y – 10) – 19 (y – 10) = 0
2 19
49 y = 10,
x= , 16 2
4 x≥y
II. 3y − 26√y + 56 = 0
76. (c); Let speed of man be 𝑥 km/hr and that of current be
3y − 12√y − 14√y + 56 = 0
r kmph.
3√y (√y − 4) − 14(√y − 4) = 0 2 15
𝑥−𝑟
= 60 or, 𝑥 − 𝑟 = 8 ……..(i)
(3√y − 14)(√y − 4) = 0 2 10
14 = or, 𝑥 + 𝑟 = 12 ……(ii)
√y = 3 , 4 𝑥+𝑟 60
196 Solving (i) and (ii),
y= , 16 𝑥 = 10, 𝑟 = 2
9
2 2 1 1
y≥x Required time = = = hr. = hr = 20
10−4 6 3 3
73. (c); I. x² = 15² -19² + 280 minutes
= 225 – 361 +280 77. (a); Let speed of longer train be 𝑥 and that of shorter
= 144 train be 𝑦.
⇒ x = ± 12 𝑥+𝑦 42
Then, 𝑥−𝑦 = 21
II. y = √529 − 289 − 71 = √169
y = 13 or, 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 2𝑦
y>x or, 𝑥 = 3𝑦
𝑥 3
or, 𝑦 = 1
74. (a); I. 2x² + 9√3x + 27 = 0
2x² + 6√3x + 3√3x + 27 = 0 78. (c); No. of ways = 8c5 × 4c2 + 8c6 × 4c1 + 8c7
2x(x + 3√3) + 3√3(x + 3√3) = 0 8×7×6 4×3 8×7
= × + ×4+8
3×2 2 2
(2x + 3√3) (x + 3√3) = 0 = 456
3√3
x = −3√3, − 22 0.42
2 79. (a); Area leveled by roller = 400 × 2 × 7 × 2
×1
II. 5y + 36√3y + 192 = 0
2
= 528 𝑚2
5y² + 20√3y + 16√3y + 192 = 0 Total cost = 528 × 100 = Rs. 52800
5y (y + 4√3) + 16√3(y + 4√3) = 0
80. (e); For the biggest cube, face diagonal of cube =
(5y + 16√3)(y + 4√3) = 0 diameter of cylinder
−16√3
y = −4√3, 5
√2𝑎 = 30
x>y or, 𝑎 = 15√2 But ‘𝑎’ can’t be greater than 20cm 
𝑎 = 20𝑐𝑚
75. (b);I. 2x² - 41x + 210 = 0
Volume = 𝑎3 = 203 = 8000 𝑐𝑚3
2x² - 20x – 21x + 210 = 0

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
81. (e); Refer the last few lines of the second paragraph to occur in the social and religious thinking of early
“On the one hand, Ram Mohan bravely went nineteenth century Bengal.”
against tradition by attempting to open up Vedic
knowledge to all those who might be moved to 84. (c); Refer the second sentence of the second paragraph
seek it, irrespective of their social origin.” “Hitherto, texts considered to be the most
important in Hinduism had been zealously
82. (d);Refer the first line of the passage “The early guarded by a class of Brahmins which prevented
Orientalist movement and the rapid growth of their wider circulation.”
English as the principal medium of instruction
after the 1830s, considerably enhanced the 85. (c); Refer the first two sentences of the passage “The
educated Indian's familiarity with his tradition.” early Orientalist movement and the rapid growth
of English as the principal medium of instruction
83. (d);Refer the first few lines of the second paragraph after the 1830s, considerably enhanced the
“The success of the printing press is also tied up educated Indian's familiarity with his tradition.
with certain extremely important shifts that began But, perhaps equally importantly, it also fostered a
sense of shared culture.”
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86. (b);Refer the third last sentence of the first paragraph 98. (d);‘antiquated – almost’ is the correct use.
“Over time, the success of print-culture Antiquated - old-fashioned or outdated.
enormously increased the importance of written
99. (b);strategy – disabling’ is the correct use.
texts within a tradition that had hitherto greatly
Strategy- a plan of action designed to achieve a
relied on orality.”
long-term or overall aim.
87. (a); Fostered means encourage the development of
100. (d);‘essentially – bolster’ is the correct use.
(something, especially something desirable).
Bolster- to support or strengthen.
Hence it has the similar meaning to promoted.
101. (a); Replace ‘will be coming’ by ‘come’ as the clause
88. (b);Refer the first sentence of the second last
paragraph “When a culture is in a state of starting with “when, if, before, after, in case, as
disintegration or transition the freedom of the long as, as soon as” for future action takes Simple
artist increases-but the question of subject matter Present Tense.
becomes problematic for him: he, himself, has to e.g. When he comes, he will give me some money.
choose for society.” If you work hard, you will succeed.

89. (c); Refer the first paragraph of the passage. 102. (d);Replace ‘invitation for’ by ‘invitation to’ as
Preposition ‘to’ is used after ‘invite’ or
90. (a); Refer the first two sentences of the fifth paragraph ‘invitation’.
“Thus, for a painting to succeed it is essential that
the painter and his public agree about what is 103. (d);Remove ‘to’ before ‘help’ as ‘offer’ is a Di-
significant. The subject may have a personal Transitive verb (verb which takes two objects). So
meaning for the painter or individual spectator; object ‘help’ will be used after ‘him’ and not the
but there must also be the possibility of their infinitive ‘to help’. e.g. I offered him a job. (Here,
agreement on its general meaning.” ‘him’ is an indirect object while ‘a job’ is a direct
object.)
91. (a); Refer sixth paragraph for option (b), seventh
paragraph for option (c) and last few lines of the 104. (b);Use ‘Only’ before ‘he’ as generally ‘only’ is used
fifth paragraph for option (d). before that word which it signifies.
e.g. Only you saw him.
92. (a); Refer the second last paragraph of the passage “he, You only saw him.
himself, has to choose for society……”. You saw only him.
93. (e); Accrue means be received by someone in regular In all these sentences, ‘only’ signifies different
or increasing amounts over time. Hence it has an words.
opposite meaning to dissipate. 105. (b);Use ‘the’ in place of ‘a’ as the word ‘letter’ is
Accost means approach and address (someone) particularly specified i.e. the letter which his wife
boldly or aggressively. had written.
Callous means showing or having an insensitive e.g. He gave me the book which he had bought in
and cruel disregard for others. Delhi. [not ‘a book’]
Frost means freeze. For question (106-110): The correct sequence is
94. (e); Precede means come before in order or position. DEACB.
Hence it has the same meaning as antecedent. 106. (d); 107. (a); 108. (a);
Filiation means the fact of being descended or
derived from something. 109. (c); 110. (b); 111. (c);
95. (c); Encouraged means give support, confidence, or 112. (c); 113. (a); 114. (b);
hope to (someone). Hence it has the same meaning 115. (e);
as invigorate.
Solicit means request 116. (b);Verb ‘depends’ cannot be used since ‘is’ is there
Inundate means overwhelm (someone) with before ‘still’.
things or people to be dealt with. 117. (a); 118. (c);
Ameliorate means make better.
119. (d);‘outright’ means straight and immediate.
96. (c); ‘Since – exciting’ is the correct use. 120. (e); ‘acrimonious’ means angry and full of strong, bitter
Since is used to express reason here feelings, words, etc. ‘Risk’ is a noun, hence cannot
97. (b);‘located – havoc’ is the correct use. be used here. ‘detrimental, that means ‘harmful’ is
Havoc - widespread destruction. the right answer.

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