Sreedhar’s CCE ESI C SSO PRELI M S - M T–28

ESI C SSO PRELI M S - M ODEL TEST - 28

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Direction (1-8): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions

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given. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
On November 16, a day marked as National Press Day, three newspapers
made a statement in that cause by publishing blank spaces on their editorial
pages. They were (a) against a notice served by the Assam Rifles to the editors of
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newspapers in Nagaland, warning them on coverage of the banned National Socialist
Council of Nagalim (Khaplang). The editors were told they could be violating the
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. This expression of defiance
draws (b) to the problems faced by the press in places described as conflict zones,

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trapped as mediapersons are between the state armed with the law to enforce
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varying degrees of censorship, and militant groups who use all methods of (c) to
have their versions published. In its defence, the Assam Rifles has drawn attention
to a clause in the UAPA, under which the press can be made accountable in the
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interests of the sovereignty and integrity of the country. The diktat begs the
larger question about both the freedom of expression and the independence of
the press. What are — or, should be — the red lines in safeguarding free speech
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and fair reportage, critical to holding power to account? The Press Council of
India (PCI), often described as a toothless tiger, has taken suo motu note of the
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case and served notices to the paramilitary force and the State government. The
PCI has the power to review any development likely to restrict the supply and
dissemination of news of public interest and importance. There needs to be a
more broad-based appraisal of other ways and means by which freedom of the
press is sought to be fettered, and what remedial measures there should be. For
instance, government advertisements are often denied to ‘unfriendly’ publications.
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putting them at an unfair material disadvantage. The Press Council, for its part,
appears to be shedding its image of an ageing tiger — from directing the
Maharashtra government to withdraw its circular on the Sedition Act, to asking
the Delhi government to do the same. On the “blank editorial” protest by Morung
Express, Nagaland Page and Eastern Mirror, the Council must expand its
investigation to the instruments of intimidation, passive and aggressive, that are
utilised by state and non-state actors alike to both censor and get a favourable
press.
1. What is the central theme of the passage?
1) Freedom of press 2) Government curbing Nationalist council of Nagalim
3) Editors printing blank editorial
4) Editors defying UAPA law 5) None of these
2. In the passage what is PCI compared to……
1) Tooth less tiger 2) Ageing tiger 3) Both 1 and 2
4) Paper tiger 5) None of these.

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3. In this passage certain words have been supressed and these blanks are denoted
by (a), (b) and (c). Below three words have been suggested those can fill in these
blanks both grammatically and contextually. Choose the option which is the correct
combination of words and blanks. (One word will fit only one blank
I. Protesting II. Intimidation III. Attention
1) a-I, b- II , c-III 2) a-I, b-III, c-II 3) a-III, b-II, c-I
4) a-II, b-I, c-III 5) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
i. Government and non-government both intimidate press.
ii. PCI plays an important role in safeguarding freedom of press.

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iii. Press gets lot of revenue from governments advertisements
iv. Press should not be served notice as it is against law.
1) Only i 2) Only i and ii3) Only iii 4) only iv 5) None of these
5. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the word ‘defiance’
1) Compliance 2) Insolence 3) Obedience 4) Submission 5) None of these
6.
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Which word used in the passage means “ instruction”
1) Sedition 2) Diktat 3) Suomotu 4) Law 5) None of these
7. What do you mean by “dissemination” used in the passage

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1) Distribution 2) Hoarding 3) Minimizing 4) alleviating
Give the antonym of the word “fettered” used in the passage.
5) None of these
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1) Constrict 2) Strong 3) Unbind 4) Restraint 5) None of these
Direction (9-13): In this question a sentence divided into four parts denoted by
(1), (2),(3) and (4) has been given. Read the sentence to find out whether there is
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any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
That part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is “No error”. Ignore the
errors of punctuation if any.
9. If he was decide (1)/to go to college, one would(2)/ recommend that (3)/he plan to
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go to IIM, Ahmedabad(4)./ No error
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10. Except for you and I,(1)/ everyone brought (2)/a present for (3)/the little birthday
boy(4). /No error
11. The Indian cricket team’s(1)/ winning it’s first game(2)/ of the 2007 World Cup
excited(3)/ the fans of the team.(4) /No error
12. The moral of the (1)/entire story (2)/is how money (3)/doesn’t make you happy(4)./
No error
13. Had he (1)/ realized how close (2)/ he was to failing, (3)/he would not have gone
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to the party (4). /No error
Direction (14-18): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been
denoted by (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18). Against each five words have been given.
Read the passage carefully and decide which of the given words will come in
place of the blank in each case.
The ____(14)____ of the American killing of a top Iranian general rippled
across the Middle East and beyond on Sunday, with Iran all but abandoning a
landmark nuclear agreement and Iraqi lawmakers voting to ____(15)____ American
forces from their country. Steeling for retaliation from Iran, an American-led
coalition in Iraq and Syria suspended the ____(16)____ it has waged against the
Islamic State for years, as hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the street to
____(17)____ the general, Qassim Suleimani. “Iran’s nuclear program will have
no limitations in production, including enrichment capacity,” the Iranian
government said in an ____(18)____ that seemed to signal the de facto collapse of
the 2015 agreement.
14. 1) eager 2) consequences 3) Decide 4) Required 5) serious

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15. 1) expel 2) secret 3) Distraction 4)Disturbance 5) comprising

16. 1) progressive 2) Working 3) campaign 4) Interest 5) deny
17. 1) proud 2) Revengeful 3) Hasty 4) Suppression 5) mourn
18. 1) agree 2) benign 3) announcement4) Declare 5) refer
Direction (19-21): The sentence has blanks which indicate something has been
omitted. Which of the following words/group of words given against the sentence
fits the blanks in the given sentence both grammatically and meaningfully ?
19. Although the whole team acted in unison, each member was ______________ for
a(n) _____________ of the production process
1) reliable, source 2) responsible, element 3) appointed, article

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4) agreeable, felony 5) agreeable, amount
20. The studies of the children were _______________ and ______________ was the
result of it.
1) neglected, ignorance 2) interrupted, incongruence
3) off tracked, alienation 4) instructed, genius 5) ignored, negligence
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21. Most young children are highly conformist and will _______________ a classmate
whose appearance or manners are ________________.
1) Ostracise, conventional 2) emulate, different 3) shun, unusual
4) deride, ordinary

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Direction (22-26): In the following questions two columns are given containing
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three sentences/phrases each. In first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and
C and in the second column the sentences/Phrases are D, E, and F. A sentence/
phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/
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phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct
sentence. Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in
which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and
contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forma a correct sentence
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after combination, mark (5) , i.e “None of these” as your answer.
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Column I Column II
A. All rounders in any cricket team,in theory, D.In actuality,however,they are normally
make a good sense; difficult to discover
B.Current economic conditions demand that E. And prices but also reduce the rate of
we not only cut jobs interest on PF deposits
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C.The smaller firms in any industry sell F.On a price or quality - of-workmanship
either basis.

1) A-D 2) B-E 3) A-D, B-E, C-F 4) A-F 5) None of these

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Column I
A.Being in the need for a variety of
clothing,he founded Azam Lucman, a Bihari
B.Reared in a village where computers and the
internet were objects
C.In the attempt to destroy them with
Completeness,the indian
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D.Team has launched a Coordinated aatack on
the opposing team
E.Tailor in patna who Could produce any type of
uniform in a couple of days
F.Ashok today hardly gives a thought to the
immense possibilities that the internet
revolution has thrown open to him

1) B-F 2) C-F 3) A-D 4) B-E 5) None of these

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Column I
A.During the oil hike of 2005 caused by the
global market conditions,
B.The world today is totally than,we
24. C.In the fall of 1996,the Indian government
dispatched samples of
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D.The cells of themilitants to those four US
scientists,who were only the Americans
authorized to test them
E.have seen in the last centuary
F.The amount of oil imported by our
country decreased markedly

1) A-E 2) A-F 3) C-D 4) A-F, C-D 5) None of these

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Column I Column II
A.In rural india,many mango trees are D.Of all rural upliftment schemes and
planted at the end programs in india
B.Some of the most gut wrenching images of E.The tsunami striking south east Asian
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the previous year 1985 were,
C.Panchayat Raj institutions are now
countries,the earthquake striking
Pakistan,and famine stalking region after
25. entrusted upon the execution region

E F.Of a village or at the border of a district, for

providing excellent shade during summer,
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and shelter during winter

1) A-E 2) A-F, C-D 3) B-F 4) C-E 5) None of these

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Column I Column II
A.Studies of the factors governing reading D.have achieved remarkable degree of
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development in young children consensus over the past two decades
26. B.Phonological skills in young children E.measured at a number of different levels
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can F.Progress more poorly

C.Children with poor phonological skills

1) A-D, B-E, C-F 2) A-F 3) C-E 4) C-D 5) None of these

Direction (27-30): In this question, words (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given in bold. If
two of these words are interchanged, the sentence will be meaningful and
grammatically correct. Identify the pair of words, if interchanged which will make
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the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. That pair is your answer. If
all the words have been given appropriately then mark ‘All Correct’ as your answer.
27. A leader needs to know about development (A), be able to good (B) a workable
vision (C) and be a articulate (D) manager.
1) A-C 2) A-D 3) B-D 4) C-D 5) All Correct
28. During the winter months, the breadth (A) of the Indian Railway system is
paralysed (B) due to the fog that prevails (C) across the whole (D) of North India.
1) All Correct 2) A-D 3) B-C 4) C-D 5) A-C
29. The Indian policy of impediment (A) a closed economy proved (B) to be an having
(C) to the growth (D) of the economy.
1) A-C 2) All Correct 3) C-D 4) B-D 5) B-C
30. The use of computers for printing (A) bills has made a tremendous negative
impact (B) on the printing industry, since (C) orders for printing cash memos
have disappeared (D).
1) A-B 2) C-B 3) D-B 4) A-C 5) All Correct

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REASONING
Direction (31-35) : Study the information carefully and answer the question.
M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table at equal distance
between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of the people
are facing the centre while some face outside (i.e, in a direction opposite to the
centre).
Note: Facing the same direction means if one faces the centre then the other
also faces the centre and vice versa. Facing opposite direction means if one
person faces the centre then the other faces outside and vice versa.
N sits second to the right of M. M faces the centre. Only two people sit

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between N and O. Both M and O face the same direction. Q sits second to the
right of O. Only three people sit between Q and R. T sits third to the right of Q. P
sits second to the right of R. P is not an immediate neighbour of T. N faces the
same direction as R. Immediate neighbours of N face opposite direction (i.e, if one
neighbour faces the centre the other neighbour faces outside and vice versa). S is
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not an immediate neighbour of R. Both S and T face the same direction as P.
31. How many people in the given arrangement face the centre ?
1) Three 2) Five 3) Two 4) Four 5) One
32. Who sits exactly between Q and O, when counted from the right of Q ?

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1) M 2) N

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What is R’s position with respect to N ?
4) T 5) P
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1) Immediate right 2) Immediate left
3) Second to the left 4) Third to the left 5) Third to the right
34. Who sits third to the right of T ?
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1) S 2) Q 3) P 4) R 5) N
35. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that
group ?
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1) Q 2) P 3) O 4) M 5) T
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Direction (36-41) : In this question three statements followed by two conclusions

numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be
true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts.
36. Statements : All profits are returns Some profits are incomes
No return is a yield
Conclusion I: No yield is a profit. II: All returns are profits.
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1) Only Conclusion I follows 2) Only Conclusion II follows
3) Either Conclusion I or II follows
4) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows 5) Both Conclusions I and II follow
37. Statements : Some plants are seeds No seed is a weed
Some weeds are trees
Conclusion I: No plant is a weed. II: All plants are weeds.
1) Only Conclusion I follows 2) Only Conclusion II follows
3) Either Conclusion I or II follows 4) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
5) Both Conclusions I and II follow
38. Statements : Some plants are seeds No seed is a weed
Some weeds are trees
Conclusion I: All trees being plants is a possibility.
II: No seed is a tree.
1) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows 2) Only Conclusion I follows
3) Either Conclusion I or II follows 4) Only Conclusion II follows
5) Both Conclusions I and II follow

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39. Statements : Only a few Hens are Cats No Rabbit is Cat

Only a few Dogs are Rabbit
Conclusion: I: Some Rabbits are not Hens.
II: Some Dogs are not Cats.
1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
3) Either conclusion I or II follows 4) Both conclusions I and II follow
5) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
40. Statements : Each Y’s is P’s All P’s are C’s
Only a few G’s are C’s
Conclusion: I: All G’s being Y’s is a possibility.

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II: All P’s are Y’s.
1) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 2) Both conclusions I and II follow
3) Only conclusion II follows 4) Only conclusion I follows
5)Either conclusion I or II follows
41. Statements : No Rose is Lotus A few Lotus are Lilly
Only a few sunflowers are Lotus
Conclusion:
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I: At least some sunflowers are not Roses.
II: All sunflowers being Lilly’s is a possibility.
1) Both conclusions I and II follow 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
3) Only conclusion II is follows 4) Only conclusion I is follows

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5) Either conclusion I or II follows
Direction (42-45) : This question consists of a question and two statements
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numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data given in
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements
and choose the most appropriate option.
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42. Among students V, W, X, Y and Z each swimming with a different speed, who
swims the second fastest ?
I. Y swims faster than only two people. W is faster than V but not the fastest.
II. W swims faster than V but slower than Z. Y swims faster than V.
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1) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question
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2) The data either in statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to

answer the question
3) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the
question
4) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer
the question
5) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
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data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question
43. What is the position of T from the right end in a straight line of 8 people (Note: All
are facing North) ?
I. M stands third from the left end of the line. Only two people stand between M
and J. Only one person stands between J and R. T stands to the immediate left of R.
II. Y stands fourth from the right end of the line. Only two people stand between R
and Y. T stands fourth to the right of M. N stands second to the left of M.
1) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question
2) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question
3) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer
the question
4) The data either in statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to
answer the question
5) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the
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44. How is M related B ?

I. T is the sister of M. T is the mother of J. L has only one daughter, J. B is the
brother of J.
II. M is the sister of T. T is married to L. J is the only daughter of T. L is the father
of B.
1) The data either in statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to
answer the question
2) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question

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3) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the
question
4) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question
5) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer
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the question
45. How is ‘future’ coded in the given code language ? (Note: All the codes are two
letter codes only)
I. In the given code language, ‘save for your future’ is coded as ‘ne jb ch sy’ and in

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the same code language, ‘your bright future ahead’ is coded as ‘sy ge ne la’.
II. In the given code language, ‘future is very bright’ is coded as ‘la sy ok hx’ and in
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the same code language, ‘future of global business’ is coded as ‘vs sy gm yr’.
1) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
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data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question

2) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the
question
3) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
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data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question
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4) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer
the question
5) The data either in statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to
answer the question
Direction (46-50) : Study the following information to answer the given question
Seven training programmes are scheduled to be conducted in France, Italy,
Britain, US, China, Spain and Australia but not necessarily in the same order
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and are to be attended by seven different people viz, A, B, C, D, E, F and G on a
different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same
week.
• B has to attend the training on Thursday. Only two people have to attend training
between B and the one attending the training in the US.
• Only one person attends the training between A and the one attending the
training in Spain. A attends the training after the one who attends training in
Spain.
• Neither B nor D attends the training in Spain. Training in Spain is neither
scheduled for Friday nor Monday.
• Only two people attend the training between G and the one having training in
Spain.
• F attends the training in Italy. F does not attend the training on Tuesday.
• Only two people attend the training between C and the one who attends the
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• Training in France is scheduled on one of the days before the training in Britain
(not necessarily immediately before).
• G does not attend the training in China.
46. How many trainings are scheduled to be conducted between training conducted
in Italy and the training attended by B ?
1) Two 2) Three 3) One 4) Four 5) None
47. On which of the following days does E attend the training ?
1) Wednesday 2) Saturday 3) Tuesday 4) Sunday 5) Monday
48. Who amongst the following attends the training on Monday ?

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1) G 2) F 3) E 4) C 5) D
49. Who among the following appeared for training in Australia ?
1) G 2) A 3) B 4) C 5) E
50. Who among the following appears for training on the day exactly between the
training in China and US are scheduled ?
1) A 2) B
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Direction (51-55) : In this question, relationship between different elements is
shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the

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conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
Statements : K = L < M ; P = O  N  L ; R  M
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Conclusion : I. O < M Conclusion : II. K  R
1) Either Conclusion I or II is true
2) Neither Conclusion I nor II is true
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3) Both Conclusions I and II are true

4) Only Conclusion II is true 5) Only Conclusion I is true
52. Statements : S > T ; V < W = X  S
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Conclusion : I. T < W Conclusion : II. V > S
1) Both Conclusions I and II are true 2) Only Conclusion II is true
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3) Either Conclusion I or II is true

4) Neither Conclusion I nor II is true 5) Only Conclusion I is true
53. Statements : Z  G > Y ; G < T = Q  U
Conclusion : I. U > Y Conclusion : II. Q = Z
1) Only Conclusion I is true 2) Only Conclusion II is true
3) Either Conclusion I or II is true 4) Neither Conclusion I nor II is true
5) Both Conclusions I and II are true
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54. Statements : A < B < C ; B = D  E < F
Conclusion : I. A < F Conclusion : II. E < C
1) Both Conclusions I and II are true 2) Only Conclusion I is true
3) Either Conclusion I or II is true 4) Only Conclusion II is true
5) Neither Conclusion I nor II is true
55. Statements : K = L < M ; P = O  N  L ; R  M
Conclusion : I. K > P Conclusion : II. K = P
1) Both Conclusions I and II are true 2) Only Conclusion I is true
3) Either Conclusion I or II is true
4) Neither Conclusion I nor II is true 5) Only Conclusion II is true
56. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 71864392 (both in forward
and backward directions), each of which has as many digits between them as in
the arithmetic series ?
1) None 2) One 3) Three 4) Two 5) More than three

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57. In a certain code language, ‘give me call’ is coded as ‘Jo kl mx’ and ‘call for me’ is
coded as ‘mx jo st’. How will ‘for’ be coded as in the given code language? (Note-
all codes are two letter codes only)
1) Either ‘mx’ or ‘jo’ 2) mx 3) Either ‘jo’ or ‘kl’
4) st 5) kl
Direction : (58-61) Study the information carefully and answer the given question.
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G are born in seven different years 1953,
1956, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1988, 1999 but not necessarily in the same order. They
are born on the same date of the same month in different years. (All the
calculations of ages are done by considering 2021 as the base year) They like

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different Flowers i.e, Rose, Sunflower, Tulip, Lilly, orchids, Lotus, Hibiscus.
The person who is 2nd eldest likes Lotus. C is younger than F. The sum of
the present ages of G and the one who likes Orchid is 103 years. The youngest
person likes Lilly. The number of persons born between the one who like Orchid
and Rose is more than the number of persons born between the one who like
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Rose and Hibiscus. Neither C nor A like Rose and Tulip. The difference between
the present ages of the one who likes orchid and the one who likes Tulip is 11
years. The number of persons born before A is the same as the number of persons

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born after the one who likes Sunflower. The sum of the present ages of D and A is
115 years. A is younger than D. The one who likes Hibiscus is older than the one
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who likes Rose. G doesn’t like Tulip and B is younger to E. The sum of ages of B
and E is 90 years.
58. In which of the following year was E born ?
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1) 1971 2) 1953 3) 1964 4) 1988 5) 1975

59. How many persons were born between A and D ?
1) Two 2) Three 3) Three 4) four 5) One
60. Which of the following flower does A like ?
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1) Rose 2) Sunflower 3) Orchid 4) Lilly 5) Lotus
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61. Who among the following likes Tulip ?

1) G 2) F 3) A 4) B 5) C
Direction : (62-65) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
A certain number of persons are sitting in a straight line facing North
direction. X is sitting in the middle of the line. B is sitting fourth to the left of X
and is sitting immediate right of S. P is sitting between B and X but not immediate.
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As many as persons sitting between X and W is one more than between X and S.
W is sitting right of S. The number of persons sitting left of S is one less than
between P and W. R is sitting second to the right of C and only three persons
sitting between R and S. A is sitting second from the extreme ends and sitting
immediate right of O, who is sitting right of W. M is three places away from X and
is sitting immediate left of U. The number of persons sitting between W and O is
equal to the sum of the number of persons sitting between BP and UW. The
position of O and R is same from extreme ends.
62. How many persons sitting to the left of P ?
1) Four 2) Five 3) Seven 4) Eight 5) Nine
63. How many of the persons sitting between R and O ?
1) Sixteen 2) Fifteen 3) Seventeen 4) Eighteen 5) Fourteen
64. How many persons information not given in the problem ?
1) Eleven 2) Twelve 3) Thirteen 4) Fifteen 5) Sixteen
65. What is the position of U with respect to B ?
1) 7th right 2) 8th right 3) 7th left 4) 8th left 5) 9th right
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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
66. The ratio between the amount of work done by a man and a woman is 3:5
respectively. If a work can be completed by 5 men in 30 days, in how many days
will 5 women complete half of that work ?
1) 15 2) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question
3) 25 4) 50 5) 9
67. The difference between two odd numbers is 38 less than the sum of these two
odd numbers. What is definitely the bigger number ?
1) 25 2) 19 3) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question

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4) 21 5) 27
68. The ratio between the area of a rectangle and a square is 5 : 4 respectively. If the
side of the square is 8 Cm., and the length of a rectangle is 10 Cm., what is the
breadth of the rectangle ?
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1) 8 Cm. 2) 7 Cm. 3) 9 Cm. 4) 6 Cm. 5) 4 Cm.
69. The monthly income of A is Rs.40,000 less than the total monthly income of B and
C together. If C’s monthly income is Rs.20,000. How much more B earns every
month than A ?
1) Rs.60,000

E 2) Rs.40,000 3) Rs.20,000
d
4) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question 5) Rs.50,000
70. Twenty five percent of forty percent of half of a number is 8. What is one-fourth of
that number ?
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1) 160 2) 80 3) 60 4) 90 5) 40
71. The ratio between the average ages of boys and girls in a class is 4 : 3 respectively.
The total age of the boys and the total age of the girls together is 400. If there are
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16 boys, how many girls are there ?
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1) 24 2) 16 3) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question

4) 20 5) 18
72. R bought 30 kgs of rice and sold the entire quantity at the rate of Rs. 54/- per kg.
and earned twenty percent profit. At what price per kg. did he buy the rice ?
1) Rs.55 2) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question
3) Rs.45 4) Rs.40 5) Rs.50
73. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 3 : 7 respectively. The ratio
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between the ages of P and Q four years ago was l : 3 respectively. What is Q’s
present age ?
1) Data provided are not adequate to answer the question
2) 20 years 3) 12 years 4) 28 years 5) 24 years
74. The cost of laying paver blocks on a rectangular plot at the rate of Rs.40 per sft. is
Rs.3,840. The ratio between the length and the breadth of the plot is 32 respectively.
What is the perimeter of the plot ?
1) 120 ft. 2) 40 ft. 3) 50 ft 4) 100 ft. 5) 80 ft
75. The total simple interest earned on a sum of money at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a. at the
end of two years is Rs.800. What would be the total compound interest on the
same sum of money at the same rate of interest at the end of two years ?
1) None of the given answers is correct
2) Rs.860 3) Rs.900 4) Rs.820 5) Rs.840

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Direction(76-80) : Read the information given in the passage and answer the
given question.
In Village A with 7500 residents, a survey was conducted for the viewership of TV
shows of different languages. It was observed that out of the total population.
25% watch Hindi TV shows only.
15% watch Marathi TV shows only.
13% watch Tamil TV shows only and
10% watch Gujarati TV shows only.
8% watch both Hindi and Tamil TV shows.

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7% watch both Hindi and Marathi TV shows.
9% watch Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati TV shows while,
8% watch Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati TV shows.
Rest of the population watches TV shows of all the languages.
76. How many people watch both Marathi as well as Gujrati TV shows ?

77.
1) 1672
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2) 1556 3) 1524
How many people in Village A watch Hindi TV shows ?
4) 1650 5) 1600

1) 3850 2) 3670 3) 3792 4) 3528 5) 3975

78.

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How many people do not watch Tamil TV shows ?
1) 4810 2) 4875 3) 4895 4) 4882 5) 4808
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79. How many households watch neither Hindi nor Gujrati TV shows ?
1) 2150 2) 2100 3) 2290 4) 2221 5) 2196
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80. What is the total number of females who watch both Gujrati as well as Tamil TV
shows, if the respective ratio between the total number of females and the number
of males who watch the same is 8 : 7.
1) 510 2) 535 3) 586 4) 527 5) 560
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Direction(81-85) : In the given question two equations are given. You have to
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solve both the equations and give answer.

81. I. x2 + 13x + 42 = 0
II. 2y2 + 29y+104 = 0
1) x  y 2) x = y or relationship cannot be decided
3) x > y 4) x < y 5) x  y
82. I. 2x2 + 21x + 55 = 0
II. 2y2 + 25y + 77 = 0
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1) x > y 2) x = y or relationship cannot be decided
3) x < y 4) x  y 5) x  y
83. I. 3x2-17x + 24 = 0
II. 3y2 - 22y + 40 = 0
1) x  y 2) x > y 3) x  y
4) x = y or relationship cannot be decided 5) x < y
2
84. I. 4x - 28x + 45 = 0
II. 2y2-15y + 28 = 0
1) x > y 2) x  y 3) x < y
4) x = y or relationship cannot be decided 5) x  y
2
85. I. 12x + 31x + 20 = 0
II. 2y2 + 7y + 6 = 0
1) x > y 2) x  y 3) x  y
4) x = y or relationship cannot be decided 5) x < y

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Direction(86-90) : Refer to the graph and answer the given question.

Data related to amounts of investment (in Rs. Hundred)
of Debajit and Vimal in 6 schemes.
Debajit Vimal

1200
Amount of Investment (In

1000
Rs. Hundred)

800

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600
400
200
0 ha
A B C D E F
Schemes
86. Vimal’s total investment in schemes B and C together is what percent of Debajit’s
total investment in the same schemes together ?
17 10

E 9 3 7
d
1) 55 19 2) 60 3) 62 4) 64 5) 58
19 19 19 19
87. Vimal invested in scheme F for four years. Scheme F offers simple interest @ 4.5
p.c.p.a. for the first two years and compound interest (compounded annually) @
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10 p.c.p.a. for the next two years. What will be the total interest accrued by Vimal
from this scheme after four years ?
1) Rs.15,200 2) Rs. 14,400 3) Rs. 14,850 4) Rs.13,800 5) Rs. 14,600
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88. If scheme A offers compound interest @ 8 p.c.p.a. (compounded annually), what
would be the difference between interest accrued by Debajit and Vimal from this
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scheme after 2 years ?

1) Rs.3,264 2) Rs.3,412 3) Rs.3,648 4) Rs.3,726 5) Rs.3,328
89. Total amount invested by Debajit in all the given schemes is approximately what
percent more than the total amount invested by Vimal in all the given schemes ?
1) 14 2) 27 3) 17 4) 21 5) 24
90. If scheme E offers simple interest @ 6.5 p.c.p.a., what will be the total interest
earned by Debajit and Vimal together from this scheme after 3 years ?
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1) Rs.26,080 2) Rs.24,320 3) Rs.23,422 4) Rs.24,960 5) Rs.21,540
Direction(91-95) : Study the table and answer the given question .
Name of Total Number of Percentage of Number of invalid
Villages registered Voters (Male Votes cast votes out of total
and Female) Votes Cast
A 36000 75 4223
B 32500 80 3556
C 40800 65 3720
D 43200 70 1942
E 35600 60 6124

91. Total number of registered voters in village D is what percent more than the total
number of registered voters in village B ?
11 9 10 5 12
1) 36 2) 34 3) 28 4) 30 5) 32
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92. In village C only two candidates (M and N) were contesting election. If M got 42%
of total valid votes cast in that particular village, how many valid votes did N get ?
1) 12,972 2) 14,118 3) 13,574 4) 13,224 5) 13,626
93. What is the difference between number of valid votes cast in village A and number
of valid votes cast in village E ?
1) 7621 2) 7453 3) 7467 4) 7293 5) 7541
94. What is the average number of invalid votes cast in all the given villages together
?
1) 3913 2) 4173 3) 3457 4) 3851 5) 3789

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95. In village E, respective ratio of registered male voters and registered female
voters is 11 : 9. If the number of registered male voters who could cast their votes
is 11320. What percent of registered female voters could cast their votes ? (Rounded
of to nearest integer) ha
1) 63 2) 60 3) 57 4) 67 5) 55
Direction(96-100) : What approximate value will come in place of the question
mark (?) in the given question ?

3 7 25

E
(You are not expected to calculate exact value)
d
96. of of of 595  ?
5 11 27
1) 210 2) 236 3) 136 4) 152 5) 298
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2 2
97. 10.82 - 5.05 + (1451.21 + 42.17)  ? = 139
1) 25 2) 45 3) 20 4) 35 5) 55
98. 215.012 x 11.98  4.01 + 41.44 = ? + 293.392
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1) 189 2) 393 3) 468 4) 526 5) 285
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99. 27.999 x 12.001 x 199.989  20.02 = ?

1) 3760 2) 3580 3) 3280 4) 3920 5) 3360
100. 350.131 + 449.457  0.03 - 219.621 x ? = 11170 34
1) 2 2) 7 3) 19 4) 10 5) 15
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14.2 15.1 16.3 17.5 18.3 19.2 20.1 21.2 22.3 23.1 24.4 25.2 26.1
27.3 28.2 29.1 30.5 31.2 32.3 33.2 34.2 35.1 36.1 37.4 38.2 39.2
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53.1 54.4 55.3 56.5 57.4 58.3 59.5 60.2 61.2 62.5 63.3 64.2 65.2
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