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Direction (8 – 10) : Study the following 11. What is the distance between D & T?
data carefully and answer the questions A. 57 m
accordingly. B. 65 m
The following words are coded in this C. 45 m
manner: D. 49 m
‘Words make sentences meaningful’ is E. None of these
coded as 8 $ A, 2!R, 6#C, 14 $ F
‘Rain stops every week’ is coded as 2^E, 12. What is the direction of H with respect
2#O, 8+A, 8!E to M?
‘Eagerly receives ___(a)___’ is coded as A. South
12%R, 4^R, 12+V B. North
‘Rarely prepares tasty food’ is coded as C. South-East
12%R, 2~S, __(b)__, 8 @ O D. South-West
E. Can’t be determined
8. What is the code for ‘every motivated’?
A. 5#F 6 @ R Direction (13 – 15) : Study the
B. 2^E 6 $ T following data carefully and answer the
C. 6#F 8 $ D questions accordingly.
D. 5 $ F 7 @ E There are 8 people standing in 2
E. 7 @ R 5%R concentric square grounds. Four of them
are standing in the outer ground facing
9. What will come in the blank ‘(a)’? inwards and four of them are standing in
A. Prepares the inner ground facing outwards. All are
B. Rarely standing in the middle of the side of the
C. Tasty square. There are 4 couples.
D. Food Q is to the immediate right of T. Q faces
E. Eagerly V. There is only one person between V
and R’s husband. W faces the immediate
10. What will come in the blank ‘(b)’? neighbour of R. W is not the spouse of T.
A. 5 $ F P neither faces W nor R. S is the
B. 8*D immediate neighbour of P. P faces the
C. 10+E center.
D. 7#D
E. 9^Y 13. Who is the spouse of U?
A. W
Direction (11 – 12) : Study the B. V
following data carefully and answer the C. S
questions accordingly. D. P
The following codes are used: E. Can’t be determined
clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥)
and spades (♠) 14. Who among the following are the
A♥B means A is to the North of B. immediate neighbours?
A♣B means A is to the South of B. A. QR
B. PW
A♠B means A is to the East of B.
C. VW
A♦B means A is to the West of B.
D. SV
There are 3 buses travelling from Z to Y.
E. None of these
Bus 1: K 16♦ Z, J 10♣ K, M 9♦ J, D
18♥ M, C 29♠ D, P 9♥ C, Y 4♦ P 15. Who sits second to the right of T?
Bus 2: E 35♣ Z, F 6♦ E, G 13♥ F, H A. U
19♦ G, K 39♥ H, Y 25♠ L B. R
Bus 3: N 32♠ Z, Q 4♥ N, S 8♦ Q, T C. Q
4♥ S, C 20♦ T D. V
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a citizens’ forum which surveyed 9,000 Two boxes are kept between the box
early-stage startups and small which contains orange and Box A. The
businesses, said hiring women who will box which contains orange is kept at
avail of maternity benefits, which either 8th or 10th position in the stack. Box
includes six months’ paid leave, has R is kept above Box P but below Box S.
turned into a significant economic burden Total number of boxes which contain
for startups that typically run on fruits below and above the box which
shoestring budgets. In the survey, 46% contains kiwi is the same. Box A is above
of the respondents said they hired mostly Box T but not immediately above. The
male employees in the last 18 months. number of boxes kept between box A and
Courses of action: Box T is same as the number of boxes
I. While the government late last year kept between box T and Box D. The box
said it will refund employers for seven which contains pear is kept above the box
weeks of pay given to an employee on which contains litchi. Box C is kept
maternity leave, startups and SMEs said immediately above Box Q. Only three
it isn’t enough to cover the cost. As per boxes are kept between box E and Box D
the survey, 65% of the respondents said where Box E is kept above box D. Box D
that even 19 weeks of pay would be too doesn’t contain Kiwi. The box which
much for them to absorb. contains apple is kept below Box T but not
II. According to the latest Monster Salary immediately below. Neither box R nor box
Index report, women still earn 19% less Q contains Pear. Box B contains apple.
than their male counterparts in India. The box which contains orange is not kept
This gap has decreased by 1% from last immediately above Box E.
year. Further, the report adds that
women-led businesses received only 65% 19. How many boxes are kept between
of the funding secured by male-led ones. Box C and the box which is kept at fourth
III. However, not all small startups agree from the bottom?
that maternity benefits need to be A. Three
scrapped. Rohan Shravan, founder of AI B. Four
startup Inkers Technology said that C. More than four
among his team of nine employees, three D. Two
are women, and unlike many firms of its E. None of these
size, they even offer extended paternity
leave benefit to employees. 20. Which fruit is contained by T?
A. All follow A. Litchi
B. Neither I nor III follows B. Kiwi
C. Only I follows C. Apple
D. None follows D. Orange
E. Only III follows E. None
Direction (19 – 22) : Study the given 21. What is the position of Box S from the
information carefully and answer the top of the stack?
questions given below. A. First
Ten boxes P, Q, R, S, T, A, B, C, D and E B. Second
are arranged in a stack from top to C. Fourth
bottom (where the one at the bottom is D. Third
numbered as 1 and the one at the top is E. Sixth
numbered as 10 ) but not necessarily in
the same order. Boxes which are kept at 22. Which of the following can be said for
even-numbered position contain different the box R?
fruits such as apple, pear, orange, litchi I. Box R contains Kiwi.
and kiwi. II. Box R is kept immediate above E.
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III. Box R is kept exactly between Box A 4) H is standing in row-1 and speaks
and Box T. English. Also, he is at the right end.
A. Only I 5) G speaks neither Hindi nor English and
B. Only II speaks only that language which is not
C. Only III spoken by any other student.
D. Both I and II 6) One who speaks Tamil is in Row-2 and
E. None of the above is diagonally opposite to the one who
speaks Hindi and Telugu in Row-3.
Direction: The question consists of a 7) One who Speaks Telugu in row-2 is in
question and three statements numbered parallel to the students who speak
I, II and III given below. You have to Gujarati in row-1 and Hindi in row-3.
decide whether the data provided in 8) B is the only one who speaks Gujarati
which of the statements are sufficient to and is diagonally opposite to A. I is in the
answer the question. Choose your answer second row and D cannot speak English.
from the options based on this. 9) In Row-3 F is on the extreme right end.
And He finds no difficulty to talk to E.
23. Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and
H are staying on an eight-storey building. 24. Who is standing in the middle of row-
Lowermost floor is numbered 1 and the 3?
topmost floor is numbered 8. Who among A. B
the following lives on the bottom floor? B. D
I. B lives 3 floors above F. G lives just C. C
above B. One person lives between B and D. A
A. E. H
II. A lives on an odd-numbered floor. C
lives two floors below A. 25. Who is immediate neighbour of the
III. E lives just above D. Two persons live one who speaks English in Row-2?
between D and H. A. E
A. I and II B. A
B. II and III C. I
C. Either I and III or II and III D. F
D. Any of two E. C
E. All of them
26. Who is not standing in row-2?
Direction (24 – 27) : Study the A. A
information given below and answer the B. C
questions based on it. C. I
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine people D. E
standing in 3 parallel rows facing north, E. None of these
in such a way that there is an equal
distance between adjacent persons. Each 27. Who does not speak English?
row contains three positions. They speak A. H
different language Hindi, Marathi, B. A
Gujarati, English, Tamil, and Telugu. C. D
1) I, D and G are standing in 3 different D. C
rows and they all speak a different E. None of these
language.
2) One who speaks Gujarati is immediate Direction (28 – 29) : Read the given
left of the one who speaks Marathi in passage below and answer the questions.
Row-1. Amid a changing environment, with
3) There are 3 students who can speak natural homes of birds getting depleted
English and all are standing in different as natural forests make way for
rows. plantations and other such modified
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terrains, comes the good news of how the B. The team also highlighted the potential
great Indian hornbill adapts to such of rainforest fragments and coffee
change. A group of researchers from plantation for conservation of hornbills
NCBS-TIFR in Bengaluru and Nature outside of protected areas.
Conservation Foundation in Mysuru C. In addition, it is necessary to have a
observed eight hornbill nests, three diversity of native tree species,
located in contiguous forests and five particularly figs, laurels and other food
located in modified habitats such as plants.
coffee plantations. They found that the D. Along with other threats such as
birds followed similar nesting behaviour hunting, modified land use, ensuing
but adapted to the changing forest fragmentation, felling of large trees
environment. The team chose to study with the potential for nesting, the loss of
the great Indian hornbills nesting in the fruit bearing trees could also affect
Anamalai hills. For comparison, the hornbill nesting habits.
researchers located the study in the E. Considering that hornbills use same
modified habitat in the Valparai plateau nest over years, protection of these
and the contiguous forests in the known nest trees and retention of large
Anamalai Tiger Reserve and the trees that can be potential nests is
Vazhachal Reserve forests. The modified absolutely essential.
habitat included tea, coffee and
cardamom plantations, and tribal 30. Direction: Study the information
settlements. given below and answer the questions
based on it.
28. Which of the following is not an apt Revenue growth at mid-tier IT services
conclusion on the basis of the information firms such as Hexaware, Zensar, Mphasis
provided? and L&T Infotech is set to pick up,
A. Some of the nests were discovered boosted by strong deal wins as they see
during the study with the help of local customers keen to invest more in
tribal assistants. technology projects. While they are
B. Great hornbills may adapt to habitat projected to outpace large rivals such as
modification provided that their key Infosys and Wipro in growth, the pressure
requirements for food and nesting are on their margins is likely to be higher.
fulfilled in the habitats like coffee and Which of the following can be logically
forest fragments. inferred from the above information?
C. Considering that hornbills use same A. All indicators show that these mid-tier
nest over years, protection of these IT service firms will again grow better
known nest trees and retention of large than industry average in FY2020. Their
trees that can be potential nests is pipeline is better than last year. They are
absolutely essential. growing both existing accounts and
D. None of the above. getting new logos and deals especially in
E. All of the above. the last quarter.
B. It is broad-based growth, across
29. Which of the following is/are a geographies, verticals and service lines,
suitable course of action in lieu of the unlike their large peers where we see
information provided? softness in a few geographies and
A. Hornbills are secondary cavity nesters verticals.
and choose cavities formed in large trees C. Mid-tier companies are sharpening
for nesting. Also, they are monogamous, their overall strategy, by increasing focus
and the female, after copulation, seals on certain markets and businesses than
herself in the hole until the initial spread thin.
breeding period of two-four months is D. While these firms are growing fast,
over. their margins continue to be under
pressure. The pricing pressure in the
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traditional segment can erode their Find the one that does not belong to the
margins further. group.
E. All can be inferred. A. O
B. Q
Direction (31 – 34) : Study the C. R
following information carefully and D. N
answer the given questions. E. P
Six persons i.e. M, N, O, P, Q and R who
all are sitting around a hexagonal table 34. Who among the following is the
facing towards the center. They all are of shortest person in this group?
different height and weight such that the A. O
one who is the tallest is not the lightest B. R
among all. They all are of different age C. P
i.e. 14, 22, 28, 30, 35 and 60 but not D. N
necessarily in the same order. E. Q
The one who is the heaviest among all sits
third to the right of N, who is 60 years of Direction: The question below consists
age. The one who is twice the age of Q is of a question and two statements
the third lightest among all. The one who numbered I and II given below it. You
is 35 years of age is the second tallest, have to decide whether the data provided
who sits second to the right of Q, who is in the statements are sufficient to answer
not the immediate neighbour of N. Only the question.
one person sits between N and the one
who is the third heaviest among all, who 35. Among M, N, O, P, Q and R, who got
is 14 years of age. The one who is the highest salary?
younger than Q is not the lightest. Q is I. O got more salary than only two
shorter than only two people. O's age is persons. N got more salary than M but not
half the age of M. M sits third to the right the highest. Q got more salary than only
of the one who is the shortest in height R.
among all. The one who is older than P is II. M got less salary than only two
taller than Q. The one who is 30 years old persons. Q got a higher salary than R but
is the heaviest among all. The one who less than O. O got less salary than M. N
sits opposite to R is the second heaviest got less salary than P.
among all. R sits second to the right P. M A. The data in statement II alone are
is taller than the one who is 14 years old. sufficient to answer the question, while
31. Who among the following faces P? the data in statement I alone is not
A. M sufficient to answer the question
B. O B. The data even in both statements I and
C. N II together is not sufficient to answer the
D. Q question
E. R C. The data either in statement I alone or
in statement II alone is sufficient to
32. Who among the following is the third answer the question
lightest person? D. The data in statement I alone are
A. M sufficient to answer the question, while
B. R the data in statement II alone is not
C. N sufficient to answer the question
D. O E. The data in both statements I and II
E. Q together is necessary to answer the
question
33. Four of the following five are alike in
a certain way and hence form a group.
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military ties between the two strategic substantial excess spread and the
partners to the next level. possibility to extend the life of the loans
II. However, the project has been stuck and hence the life of the transactions.
for the last 11 years as there have been E. None can be inferred.
serious differences between the two sides
on sharing the cost of developing the jet, Direction: Two statements are followed
technologies to be used in it and number by three conclusions I, II and III. You
of aircraft to be produced. have to consider the statements to be
III. The government is adopting a layered true, even if they seem to be at variance
approach to achieve the final goal of from commonly known facts. You have to
theatre command and that the thrust was decide which of the given conclusions can
on a bottom-up approach. definitely be drawn from the given
A. None is strong. statements and indicate your answer
B. Only III and II are strong. accordingly.
C. Only III is strong.
D. All except III and I are strong. 42. Statements:
E. All are strong. I. The world’s largest bee — a giant insect
roughly the size of a human thumb — has
41. After GST and demonetisation, rising been rediscovered in a remote part of
interest rates are set to hurt SMEs. Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40
Interest rates for loans against property years, researchers said.
(LAP) extended to small and medium II. Despite its conspicuous size, no one
sized enterprises (SMEs) are set to rise in had observed Wallace’s giant bee —
the coming months of 2018 ‘ Rising discovered in the 19th century by British
interest rates, in addition to the muted naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
operating environment for small Conclusions:
businesses in India, will lead to an I. Several previous expeditions to the
increase in delinquencies on LAP region where the bee lives failed to spot
extended to SMEs’. The introduction of it.
the goods and services tax (GST) in July II. Indonesia is home to an abundant
2017 and the government's variety of flora and fauna but there are
demonetization policy have placed stress fears for some animal and insect
on the SME sector, which rising interest communities as forests being cut down
rates will exacerbate. for agriculture threaten many species’
Which of the following can be logically natural habitat.
inferred from the statement above? III. The bee which lives in the Indonesian
A. In addition to rising delinquencies over island region of North Moluccas, makes
the last few years would force lenders to its nest in termite mounds, using its large
be more cautious while underwriting fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin
loans. This would limit refinancing to protect its home from the termites.
options, adversely affecting existing A. Only conclusion I follows
borrowers. B. Both conclusions II and III follow
B. But losses will be limited because these C. Only conclusion III follows
loans are secured and have relatively low D. Only conclusion II follows
loan-to-value ratios. E. Both conclusions I and II follow
C. Rising interest rates will limit
refinancing options and increase Direction: Study the following
repayment amounts, increasing risks for information carefully and answer the
asset backed securities (ABS) backed by questions given below:
LAP to SMEs. Six people i.e. L, M, N, P, R and S are
D. The ABS (asset backed securities) sitting around a triangular table but not
backed by LAP extended to SMEs have necessarily in the same order. Three of
non-amortizing cash reserves, them sit at the corner of the table and
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Direction (59 – 61) : Study the 62. If ratio of number of red balls and
following information carefully and white balls is 7 : 5, then what is the
answer the given questions. probability of drawing 2 balls such that
Data below represent number of people one is red and other is white?
required for various project to be A. 5/29
completed in various days: B. 14/87
C. 15/58
D. 28/87
E. None of these
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E. None of these ceiling and floor of the black box and floor
and ceiling of the white box respectively.
70. Average number of short questions The high and low price of the share of the
answered by A, B, C and D is 11.75, then company XYZ are represented by ceiling
the total marks scored by C in the English and floor of the line respectively.
exam is For example: On Monday, opening price
A. 70 = 60, closing price = 52, high price = 66
B. 75 and low price = 40
C. 86
D. 93
E. None of these
72. A student E, scored 30 marks more 74. What is the ratio of average high price
than that by C, whose total marks is more and average low price of the share of the
than that by A but less than that by D. If company XYZ on Monday, Tuesday,
the number of spelling errors made by E Wednesday and Friday?
are 10 more than that by C, then the total A. 4 : 3
marks scored by C is what percent less B. 5 : 4
than that by E? C. 5 : 3
A. 37.5% D. 10 : 3
E. None of these
B. 33 %
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the shares is Rs. 100 for sales amount Statement I: Maximum marks of the
upto Rs. 3000 and 10% above that examination are 600.
amount. If on Friday he gets Rs. 5240 for Statement II: Difference between the
selling shares after deduction of marks obtained by Ravi and Ram is 180.
commission, then the value of x is A. The data in Statement I alone are
A. 240 sufficient to answer the question, while
B. 270 the data in Statement II alone are not
C. 300 sufficient to answer the question.
D. 360 B. The data in Statement II alone are
E. None of these sufficient to answer the question, while
the data in Statement I alone are not
77. A trader, bought 250 shares of the sufficient to answer the question.
company XYZ on Monday. Commission C. The data either in Statement I or in
while buying shares per lot (each time) Statement II alone are sufficient to
up to Rs. 5000 is flat Rs. 250 and above answer the question.
that 5% of the difference amount. He sold D. The data in both Statements I and II
3/5th of shares on Tuesday closing price together are necessary to answer the
and remaining at high price of question.
Wednesday. Commission while selling E. The data even in both Statements I
shares per lot (each time) up to Rs. 4000 and II together are not sufficient to
is flat Rs. 100 and above that 8% of the answer the question.
difference amount. In this transaction he
made profit of Rs. 130, then at what price Direction: Each question below is
he bought the shares? followed by two statements I and II. You
A. Rs. 52 have to determine whether the data given
B. Rs. 65 in the statement is sufficient for
C. Rs. 54 answering the question. You should use
D. Rs. 56 the data and your knowledge of
E. None of these Mathematics to choose the best possible
answer.
78. Average closing price of shares of the 80. Find the length of Train A.
company XYZ is what percent more than Statement I: Train A of length (x + 50) m
the average opening price for the given 5 can cross a man moving at the speed of
days? 5 m/s in the opposite direction of that of
A. 5% train A in 10 seconds. It can cross the
B. 20% same man in 15 seconds if he is moving
C. 10% in the same direction.
D. 8% Statement II: Train A of length (x + 50)
E. None of these m can cross another train B of length (x
+ 150) m moving in the opposite
Direction: Each question below is direction at a speed of 10 m/s in 20
followed by two statements I and II. You seconds. It can cross train B in 28
have to determine whether the data given seconds if train B is standing on the
in the statement is sufficient for platform.
answering the question. You should use A. The data in Statement I alone are
the data and your knowledge of sufficient to answer the question, while
Mathematics to choose the best possible the data in Statement II alone are not
answer. sufficient to answer the question.
79. In an examination, Ravi scored ‘x’% B. The data in Statement II alone are
marks but failed by 102 marks. In the sufficient to answer the question, while
same examination Ram scored (3x – 4) the data in Statement I alone are not
% marks, thus scored 78 marks above sufficient to answer the question.
passing marks. Find the value of ‘x’.
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playing field” upon which players can rise 121. What ideas does the author refer to
to the position that fits their merit. when he/she says, “While these ideas are
Conceptually and morally, meritocracy is most pronounced in these two countries,
presented as the opposite of systems they are popular across the globe.”?
such as hereditary aristocracy, in which A. Skills and efforts alone can lead to
one’s social position is determined by the success.
lottery of birth. Under meritocracy, B. Luck and inheritance grant merit and
wealth and advantage are merit’s rightful favourable conditions leading to success.
compensation, not the fortuitous windfall C. Merit can lead to success only if you
of external events. are a resident of UK or America.
Most people don’t just think the world D. External efforts like inheritance and
should be run meritocratically, they think luck do not affect the chance of being
it is meritocratic. In the United Kingdom, rich.
84% of respondents to the 2009 British E. Both A & D
Social Attitudes survey stated that hard
work is either “essential” or “very 122. Which of the following statements
important” when it comes to getting can be correctly inferred from the
ahead, and in 2016 the Brookings passage?
Institute found that 69% of Americans A. The idea behind 'even playing field' is
believe that people are rewarded for to bring everyone to their lowest possible
intelligence and skill. Respondents in both level.
countries believe that external factors, B. Even though meritocracy is popular all
such as luck and coming from a wealthy over the world, only UK and America have
family, are much less important. While successfully implemented it.
these ideas are most pronounced in these C. It is a common fallacy that hard work
two countries, they are popular across and skill alone can bring success.
the globe. D. In hereditary aristocracy, a lottery is
Although widely held, the belief that merit drawn at the birth to determine his/her
rather than luck determines success or career.
failure in the world is demonstrably false. E. None of the above
This is not least because merit itself is, in
large part, the result of luck. Talent and 123. Which of the following correctly
the capacity for determined effort, describes the tone of the last paragraph?
sometimes called “grit”, depend a great A. Fictitious
deal on one’s genetic endowments and B. Factual
upbringing. C. Fallacious
This is to say nothing of the fortuitous D. Flippant
circumstances that figure into every E. Forceful
success story. In his 2016 book Success
and Luck, the US economist Robert Frank Direction )124 – 127) : Which of the
recounts the long-shots and coincidences following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given
that led to Bill Gates’s stellar rise as below each sentence should replace the
Microsoft’s founder, as well as to Frank’s phrase printed in bold letters to make the
own success as an academic. Luck sentence grammatically correct? Choose
intervenes by granting people merit, and the best option among the five given
again by furnishing circumstances in alternatives that reflect the correct use of
which merit can translate into success. phrase in the context of the
Source: grammatically correct sentence. If the
https://scroll.in/article/956459/the- sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e.,
myth-of-meritocracy-leads-the-rich-and- "No correction required" as the answer.
powerful-to-see-themselves-as-
productive-geniuses 124. The strategy of human lockdown is
being unprecedented in human
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history and the World Health i. Was to be shortlisted for a Booker Prize
Organisation has called it the most ii. To be shortlisted for a Booker Prize
“aggressive disease containment effort in iii. To be shortlisted within a Booker Prize
history”. A. Only i
i. Was unprecedented in human history B. Only ii
ii. Was unprecedented during human C. Only iii
history D. Both ii and iii
iii. Was unprecedented in the history of E. No correction needed.
human beings
A. Only i Direction (128 – 130) : Read the given
B. Only ii passage carefully and answer the
C. Only iii questions that follow. Certain words are
D. Both i and iii printed in bold to help you locate them
E. No correction required while answering some of these.
When it comes to English books, it is
125. The Netherlands became a world authors like Kavita Kané, Utkarsh Patel,
power in the 17th century, thanks to and, more recently, Saiswaroopa Iyer,
enormous wealth generates by its who seem to have passionately taken up
East and West India Companies which the cause of feminist revisionist
propelled it to the forefront of scientific mythology.
discovery and artistic endeavor. Kané has written a string of books over
i. enormous wealth generated by its East the years that are determinedly feminist
and West India Companies in nature. She picks the most unusual
ii. enormous wealth being generated by characters (sometimes even creates
its East and West Companies them!) to tell her readers what-may-
iii. enormous wealth had generated by its have-been. Her first was titled Karna’s
East and West Companies Wife: The Outcast’s Queen (2014), which
A. Only i told the story of Karna through his
B. Only ii (fictional) wife, Uruvi.
C. Only iii It is interesting that Kané chose to
D. Both i and ii introduce an entirely new character to tell
E. No correction required Karna’s story in the space of mythological
fiction. The Mahabharata speaks of no
126. The announcement by the king of one called Uruvi. Karna is married to
England was met with scorn, anger Vrushali, Duryodhana’s charioteer’s
and ridicule on social media. sister, and to another woman named
i. Had met on scorn, anger and ridicule in Supriya. Both are blink-and-miss
ii. Was meeting of scorn, anger and characters, with little to say or do in the
ridicule on epic. But in Kané’s re-imagined world,
iii. Had been meet with scorn, anger and Karna’s second wife is Uruvi. She is a
ridicule on woman passionately in love with her
A. Only i husband and plays an active role in his
B. Only ii unfolding narrative.
C. Only iii Here, we deal with not one but two
D. Both ii and iii subaltern voices – of the woman and of
E. No correction required the low caste. Kane’s inspiration for this
name seems to have come from some
127. Dutch author Marieke Lucas references in later Tamil literature, where
Rijneveld has become one of the Karna’s wife is named Ponnaruvi.
youngest writers because shortlisted However, it is conjectured that Ponnaruvi
for a Booker prize, after their debut was an epithet for either Vrushali or
novel made the final line-up for the Supriya or both.
International Booker.
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Kané’s next was Sita’s Sister (2014), C) According to Kavita Kané only people
where she constructed the life and belonging to the low caste were second
character of the little-known wife of class citizens.
Lakshmana, Urmila. The Ramayana takes A. Only A
scant notice of her, and when it does, B. Both A & B
consigns her to what is essentially a 14- C. Both B & C
year long coma. But Kané imagined her D. Only C
as a living, breathing heroine who holds E. None are correct
the fort when everything is crumbling and
everyone important has left. Direction (131 – 135) : The following
Source: question carries four statements, each of
https://scroll.in/article/828515/indian- which have been jumbled. You have to
mythology-is-a-new-medium-of-choice- unjumble these parts and answer the
for-feminist-narratives-and-its-working) questions that follow.
1) A force within a field (A)/ moulds a
128. Given below is a possible inference young, naive person into (B) / the word
that can be drawn from the facts stated mentor is usually (C)/ applied to the one
in the last paragraph. You have to who (D)
examine the inference in the context of 2) Careers and not just at the start as
the passage and decide upon its degree (A)/ it is important throughout our (B)/ a
of truth or falsity. good mentor can help one to (C)/
'The Ramayana hardly takes any notice of navigate one’s career successfully (D)
Lakshmana's wife Urmila who held the 3) May not be when we meet them the
fort during an attack and was heavily most (A)/ a common perception when
injured by the falling rubble.' seeking (B)/ a mentor in that area is that
A. Definitely false we should (C)/ do it when we are new to
B. Probably false a profession but that (D)
C. The data are inadequate 4) In reality, that’s not always the (A)/
D. Probably true dynamic or the demographic, of the
E. Definitely true mentor-mentee relationship, (B)/
guidance too, especially at the workplace
129. Which of the following is true about (C)/ as capable grownups need (D)
'Uruvi' with reference to the passage?
A. The author, through Uruvi, shows 131. What should be the correct
casteism in the Mahabharata, which was sequence of statement 1?
not present in the original version. A. CDBA
B. The author created Uruvi all by herself B. ABCD
without any historical reference. C. BDCA
C. The author feels that the Mahabharata D. CADB
had done injustice to Uruvi by telling her E. DBCA
story from Karna's point of view.
D. In the original version of the 132. What should be the correct
Mahabharata, Uruvi is completely ignored sequence of statement 2?
in Karna's story. A. CDAB
E. None of the above. B. ACDB
C. BACD
130. Which of the following statements is D. BDAC
NOT true with respect to the passage? E. CBAD
A) Kavita Kané, Utkarsh Patel, and
Saiswaroopa Iyer are writing the 133. What should be the correct
mythology from a female perspective. sequence of statement 3?
B) Uruvi is not completely fictional. A. DBAC
B. ACDB
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descended (and possibly still do) on the words mentioned in column I will the first
academy on an annual basis to stalk blank. Similarly, one or more than one of
young trainees in the hope of finding an the three words mentioned in column II
“IAS match”. will the second blank. You have to identify
A. Parents prefer educational the correct pair(s) of words that would fill
qualifications of the groom rather than the blanks to make the sentence
their personality traits. grammatically correct and meaningful.
B. Very little is known about the Them mark the relevant option as your
daughters' opinion on their marriages answer.
with the 'IAS match'.
C. Parents have resorted to desperate 140. The recent ___ I____ regarding
measures to find the ideal groom. language use and learning _____II_____
D. Parents with to fulfil their daughters' on the primacy of communicative
ambition of getting an IAS husband. activities in the classroom.
E. None of the above.
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Family Tree,
8. Ans. B.
The logic behind the coding is:
Every word is coded by number, symbol
& letter.
Logic behind Number:
If Number of letters is even: Add 4 to the
total number of letters
If Number of letters is odd: Subtract 3
from the total number of letters
Logic behind symbol:
6. Ans. B.
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18. Ans. D.
The correct answer is option D, i.e.
None follows.
A course of action is something that
needs to be done considering the present
scenario in mind.
From the statement, it is evident that it’s
about Maternity leave granted to the
women employees as per the law and
how the companies have been avoiding
hiring female staff in order to avoid Number of boxes kept between box A and
maternity leaves to them. Thus, a Box T is same as the number of boxes
suitable course of action must be in the kept between box T and Box D.
sense to avoid this injustice being done to Box A is above Box T but not immediately
women. above.
Course of action (I) can be rejected as it The box which contains orange is not kept
presents a course of action that is already immediately above Box E.
stated by the government (past tensE.. Case 1 (A)
Moreover, it further presents the problem
and does not present the solution to it
and is thus rejected.
Course of action (II) is rejected as it
simply presents facts and does not
suggest any course of action.
Based on similar grounds, course of
action (III) is also rejected. Course of
action (III) also shows the views of the
startups and the stats but it fails to
provide a solution to the problem.
Thus, all the courses of actions are Case 1 (B)
irrelevant and can be rejected.
19. Ans. C.
The box which contains orange is kept at
either 8th or 10th position in the stack.
Two boxes are kept between the box
which contains orange and Box A.
Number of boxes which contain fruits is
same below and above the box which
contains kiwi.
Case 1
Case 2
Case 2
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Only three boxes are kept between box E Number of boxes kept between box A and
and Box D where Box E is kept above box Box T is same as the number of boxes
D. kept between box T and Box D.
(Hence, Case 1(A) and Case2 will get Box A is above Box T but not immediately
eliminated) above.
The box which contains apple is kept The box which contains orange is not kept
below Box T but not immediately below. immediately above Box E.
Box B contains apple. Case 1 (A)
The box which contains pear is kept
above the box which contains litchi.
Box C is kept immediately above Box Q.
Neither box R nor box Q contains Pear.
Box R is kept above Box P but below Box
S.
Case 1 (B)
20. Ans. A.
The box which contains orange is kept at
either 8th or 10th position in the stack.
Two boxes are kept between the box
which contains orange and Box A.
Number of boxes which contain fruits is
same below and above the box which
contains kiwi.
Case 1 Case 2
Case 2
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Box C is kept immediately above Box Q. The box which contains orange is not kept
Neither box R nor box Q contains Pear. immediately above Box E.
Box R is kept above Box P but below Box Case 1 (A)
S.
Case 1 (B)
21. Ans. D.
The box which contains orange is kept at
either 8th or 10th position in the stack.
Two boxes are kept between the box
which contains orange and Box A.
Number of boxes which contain fruits is
same below and above the box which
contains kiwi.
Case 1
Case 2
Case 2
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Case 2
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ROW 1- ___Gujrati_____,
_______Marathi____, ______ (H)
English____.
Since in statement 9 it is mention that B
is the only one who speaks Gujarati and
is diagonally opposite to A. This can be
valid only when A is at the right end of
the Row-2. Thus A is the right end in the
row-2...
Row-1 ___(B) Gujrati___,
______Marathi_____,_____(H)
23. Ans. E. English_____.
As we can see that if we use any two Row-2______________, ____________
there are so possibilities so we take all of , ________(A)___________.
them. The one who speaks Tamil in a row -2 is
From I, II and III, diagonally opposite to the one who
speaks Telugu and Hindi in Row-3.
This raises 2 cases
Case-1
Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
Row-2 _____________,
__Tamil________, ________ (A)
______.
Row-3 ______Telgu____, _________,
_____Hindi_____
Case-2
So C lives on 1st floor.
Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
So all of them are necessary.
___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
Hence, option E.
Row-2 _____________,
24. Ans. C.
__Tamil________, ________ (A)
C is standing in the middle of row-3
______.
Detail Explanation:
Row-3 ______Hindi ___, _________,
As given that I, D and G are in three
_____Telgu _____
different rows. And the one who speaks
According to statement 8 Case -2 is valid
Gujarati is in immediate left of the one
and Case-1 is invalid.
who speaks Marathi. This raises two
Thus
cases for row-1
Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
Case-1 The one who speaks Marathi is in
___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
extreme right end.
Row-2 ___Telgu__________,
__________, ______Gujrati______,
__Tamil________, ________ (A)
________Marathi_____
______.
Row-3 ______Hindi ___, _________,
Case-2 The one who speaks Marathi is in
_____Telgu _____
the middle of the Row.
Since there are 3 students who speak
_____Gujrati______,
English and they are standing in different
_____Marathi_______,
rows. Thus it implies A speaks English and
_______________
the one who is in the center of Row-3 also
Since H is standing in Row- at the right
speaks English.
end and speaks a foreign language (i.e.
Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
English). Thus it eliminates the Case-1.
___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
Case 2 is the only valid case.
Row-2 ___Telgu__________,
__Tamil_____, ___English (A) ______.
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G speaks the language that is not spoken the Row-2. Thus A is the right end in the
by any other student it implies he speaks row-2...
Marathi. Row-1 ___(B) Gujrati___,
I is in Row-2 and D is in Row-3 and ______Marathi_____,_____(H)
speaks English. Thus, again two cases English_____.
rise Either D speaks Hindi or Telugu. It is Row-2______________, ____________
also stated That F is the right end of Row , ________(A)___________.
-3 Thus it is known that F speaks Telugu The one who speaks Tamil in a row -2 is
and he finds no difficulty while speaking diagonally opposite to the one who
to E, Implies both speak the same speaks Telugu and Hindi in Row-3.
language. I am in row-2 and he speaks This raises 2 cases
Tamil. Case-1
While the only left student is C who is the Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
middle of the Row-3 and speaks English. ___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
Final Arrangement - Row-2 _____________,
__Tamil________, ________ (A)
______.
Row-3 ______Telgu____, _________,
_____Hindi_____
Case-2
Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
26. Ans. B. ___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
C is the one is standing in Row-3, not in Row-2 _____________,
Row-2. Hence Option (b) C is the correct __Tamil________, ________ (A)
answer. ______.
Detail Explanation: Row-3 ______Hindi ___, _________,
As given that I, D and G are in three _____Telgu _____
different rows. And the one who speaks According to statement 8 Case -2 is valid
Gujarati is in immediate left of the one and Case-1 is invalid.
who speaks Marathi. This raises two Thus
cases for row-1 Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
Case-1 The one who speaks Marathi is in ___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
extreme right end. Row-2 ___Telgu__________,
__________, ______Gujrati______, __Tamil________, ________ (A)
________Marathi_____ ______.
Row-3 ______Hindi ___, _________,
Case-2 The one who speaks Marathi is in _____Telgu _____
the middle of the Row. Since there are 3 students who speak
_____Gujrati______, English and they are standing in different
_____Marathi_______, rows. Thus it implies A speaks English and
_______________ the one who is in the center of Row-3 also
Since H is standing in Row- at the right speaks English.
end and speaks a foreign language (i.e. Row-1 __ (B) Gujrati___,
English). Thus it eliminates the Case-1. ___Marathi___, ____ (H) English___.
Case 2 is the only valid case. Row-2 ___Telgu__________,
ROW 1- ___Gujrati_____, __Tamil_____, ___English (A) ______.
_______Marathi____, ______ (H) Row-3 ______Hindi ___,
English____. __English_______, _____Telgu _____
Since in statement 9 it is mention that B G speaks the language that is not spoken
is the only one who speaks Gujarati and by any other student it implies he speaks
is diagonally opposite to A. This can be Marathi.
valid only when A is at the right end of I is in Row-2 and D is in Row-3 and
speaks English. Thus, again two cases
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age of Q is third lightest among all. So, Q step, the one who is older than P is the
is 30 years of age. taller than Q. The one who is twice the
age of Q is third lightest among all. So, Q
is 30 years of age.
33. Ans. E.
All persons age are even number
except option E person. 34. Ans. B.
The one who is heaviest among all sits The one who is heaviest among all sits
third to the right of N, who is 60 years of third to the right of N, who is 60 years of
age. The one who is 30yrs is the heaviest age. The one who is 30yrs is the heaviest
among all. Only one person sits between among all. Only one person sits between
N and the one who is second heaviest N and the one who is second heaviest
among all, who is 14 years of age. Q is among all, who is 14 years of age. Q is
shorter than only two person. So, there shorter than only two person. So, there
will two possible case of sitting will two possible case of sitting
arrangement. arrangement.
The one who is 35 years of age is second The one who is 35 years of age is second
tallest, who sits second to the right of Q, tallest, who sits second to the right of Q,
who is not the immediate neighbour of N. who is not the immediate neighbour of N.
O who is half the age of M. So M is 28 O who is half the age of M. So M is 28
years of age and O is 14 years of age. years of age and O is 14 years of age.
The one who sits opposite to R is the The one who sits opposite to R is the
second heaviest among all. R sits second second heaviest among all. R sits second
to the right P. So, case 1 will be to the right P. So, case 1 will be
eliminated. Continuing with remaining eliminated. Continuing with remaining
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38. Ans. B.
As the total time is 11 hours on adding all
M sits third to the right of the one who given times we will get bike serviced for
shortest in height among all. That means 1 and half hour and Truck for 2 and half
R is shortest of them all. M is taller than hours.
the one who is 14 years old. Jeep has to be serviced after Van and as
per the given condition the first vehicle
will be Bus followed by Bike,Truck,Van
and Jeep and accordingly the following
time is obtained
35. Ans. C.
From statement I:
O got more salary than only two persons.
N > M but N did not get the highest
salary. Q got highest salary than only R.
P>N>M>O>Q>R 39. Ans. D.
From statement II: As the total time is 11 hours on adding all
M got less salary than only two persons. given times we will get bike serviced for
Q > R, O > Q. M > O. P > N 1 and half hour and Truck for 2 and half
P>N>M>O>Q>R hours.
Hence, the data in statement I or in Jeep has to be serviced after Van and as
statement II alone is sufficient to answer per the given condition the first vehicle
the question. will be Bus followed by Bike,Truck,Van
36. Ans. C. and Jeep and accordingly the following
From this information their positions are time is obtained
in decreasing order-
A(400)>B>C>D>E>F(60)
It is given D, E and F have average marks
= 95
So total marks=95 x 3= 285
F got 60 marks so-
D+E=285-60= 225 marks
37. Ans. D.
As the total time is 11 hours on adding all
40. Ans. C.
given times we will get bike serviced for
The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Only
1 and half hour and Truck for 2 and half
III is strong.
hours.
We first make sure to read the statement
Jeep has to be serviced after Van and as
carefully and then see what immediate
per the given condition the first vehicle
inferences can be drawn based on our
will be Bus followed by Bike,Truck,Van
first reading. The next step is to look at
and Jeep and accordingly the following
the arguments given in the options,
time is obtained
analyze them and see if they seem
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4) Only one person sits between N and S 4) Only one person sits between N and S
who does not sit at corner of the table. who does not sit at corner of the table.
Here, our case 1 and 3 get eliminated and Here, our case 1 and 3 get eliminated and
we further proceed with case 2 and 4. we further proceed with case 2 and 4.
5) L faces opposite direction to R. 5) L faces opposite direction to R.
6) M sits 2nd to the left of L. 6) M sits 2nd to the left of L.
7) M and N faces same direction as P and 7) M and N faces same direction as P and
not more than two persons sit adjacent to not more than two persons sit adjacent to
each other who are facing same direction. each other who are facing same direction.
Here, Case 4 gets eliminated. Here, Case 4 gets eliminated.
So, S faces outside and our final So, S faces outside and our final
arrangement will be: arrangement will be:
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So, b = 761
Pattern of the series III:
23 × 1 + 1 = 24
24 × 2 + 2 = 50
50 × 3 + 3 = 153
153 × 4 + 4 = 616
616 × 5 + 5 = 3085
So, c = 616
Hence, a = b > c
47. Ans. A.
Pattern of the series I (double
4) Only one person sits between N and S difference):
who does not sit at corner of the table. 107 – 5 = 102
Here, our case 1 and 3 get eliminated and 117 – (5 + 5) = 107
we further proceed with case 2 and 4. 134 – (5 + 5 + 7) = 117
5) L faces opposite direction to R. 134 – (5 + 5 + 7 + 9) = 160
6) M sits 2nd to the left of L. So, a = 160
Pattern of the series II:
130 – 15 = 115
115 + 20 = 135
135 – 25 = 110
110 + 30 = 140
7) M and N faces same direction as P and So, b = 140
not more than two persons sit adjacent to Pattern of the series II:
each other who are facing same direction. 160 × 0.5 = 80
Here, Case 4 gets eliminated. 80 × 1.5 = 120
So, S faces outside and our final 120 × 2.5 = 300
arrangement will be: 300 × 3.5 = 1050
So, c = 160
Hence, b < a = c.
48. Ans. C.
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=
⇒ x = 14,400
54. Ans. E.
Total number of people eligible for loan =
Population of village D = 9600
20% of 37.5% of 9600
Male population of village D = 9600 –
4000 = 5600
or, × × 9600 = 720
Loan of 40% of the people did not
Gender ratio of village D = × 100 =
disbursed who were eligible for a loan =
140
40% of 720
50. Ans. A.
Population density of village B in 2001 =
400 or, = 288
Then, population density of village E in Total number of people whose loan
2001 = 1600 (since, ratio of population disbursed = 720 – 288 = 432
density of a village B to that of village E
is 1 : 4) Hence, required ratio = =
Population density of village E in 2010 = 55. Ans. E.
800 (50% of 1600) Total number of people eligible for loan =
Population of village E in 2010 = 800 × 4 20% of 37.5% of 9600
= 3200
51. Ans. D. or, × × 9600 = 720
Total number of people shown interest for Total number of people who shown
a loan = 9600 interest but did not apply for loan =
Total number of people who have applied 62.5% of 9600
for loan = 37.5% of 9600
or, × 9600 = 6000
= × 9600 = 3600 Now, 9% of 6000 = 540 = whose loans
Since, 2880 were not eligible for a loan, were not disbursed
So, total no. of people eligible for loan = So, people whose loans were disbursed =
3600 – 2880 = 720 720 – 540 = 180
52. Ans. E. Hence, value of y = 180
Total number of people shown interest for 56. Ans. C.
a loan = 9600 Total area of pie = (X × 0.77) cm2
Total number of people visited for a loan 50% was rotten, therefore, the area of
fair = 9600 + 6000 = 15,600 remaining 50% = (X – 3) × 0.616 cm2
Total number of people contacted for a So, (X – 3) × 0.616 cm2 × 2 = (X × 0.77)
loan fair = 15,600 + 7400 = 23,000. cm2
53. Ans. C. ⇒ (1.232 – 0.77)X = 3.696
Total number of people contacted for loan
fair = z ⇒X= =8
Here, z is given as 19200 57. Ans. E.
Total number of people visited for the Area of original pie = 8 × 0.77 cm2
loan fair = x pr2 = 8 × 0.77 cm2
Total number of people who have shown
interest for the loan fair = 9600
Total number of people who did not visit ⇒r= = 1.4 cm
for the loan fair = z – x or, 19200 – x hence, the circumference of the original
Total number of people who visited but pie = 2pr = 2 × 3.14 × 1.4 = 8.792 cm
did shown interest loan = x – 9600 58. Ans. B.
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⇒ =
⇒x=2 – =
So, number of red balls = r = 7x = 14,
number of white balls = w = 5x = 10 and ⇒ =
number of green balls = g = 3x = 6 ⇒x=2
Hence, the required probability = So, number of red balls = 7x = 14 and
number of white balls = 5x = 10
= = . Hence, the required number of balls = 14
65. Ans. B. + 10 = 24.
Let the number of white balls = w, the 67. Ans. E.
number of green balls = g and the Given, (Son’s present age – 3 years) +
number of red balls = r, then g + w = 16 (Daughter’s present age – 3 years) + 4
years = (Amit's present age – 3 years)
⇒Son’s present age + Daughter’s present
Given =
age = (Amit's present age – 1 year)
From statement III: (Son’s present age
⇒w= + 2 years) + (Daughter’s present age +
2 years) – 1 year = (Amit's present age
⇒ g = 16 – w = 16 – = + 2 years)
According to question ⇒Son’s present age + Daughter’s present
age = (Amit's present age – 1 year)
⇒ – = This information is already given in
question, so we cannot answer the
question from statement III.
⇒ = ⇒
From statement I: Wife's present age =
⇒ = Amit’s present age – 7 years
⇒ r2 + 98r – 2272 = 0 Wife's present age = 2 × Amit’s son
⇒ r2 + 112r – 14r – 2272 = 0 present age
⇒ r = 14 or –112 Also, Amit's present age = Wife’s present
age + 7 years = 2 × Son’s present age +
7
So, g = = = 6 and w =
⇒Son’s present age + Daughter’s present
16 – g = 10
age = (2 × Son's present age + 6 years)
⇒Daughter’s present age = (Son's
Hence, the required probability = + present age + 6 years)
From statement II: Let 4 years hence
the age of Amit’s daughter = 6x years,
+ = + + then
4 years hence the age of Amit’s son = 5x
= = . years
66. Ans. C. 3 years ago, the age of Amit = (6x – 4 –
Let the total number of balls in the bag = 3) + (5x – 4 – 3) + 4 = (11x – 10) years
(3 × 5)x = 15x, then Present age of Amit = (11x – 10) + 3 =
(11x – 7) years
Number of white balls = 15x × = 5x and From statements I and II together:
sum of the number of white and red balls 6x – 4 = 5x – 4 + 6
⇒x = 6
= 15x × = 12x, then Hence, statements I and II together
Number of red balls = 12x – 5x = 7x and sufficient to answer the question.
number of green balls = 15x – 12x = 3x 68. Ans. D.
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Total profit at the end of the year = 40% ∴ The number of question short and long
of (60000 + 45000) = Rs. 42000 questions answered, number of spelling
Hence, the share of A in the total profit = errors and total marks scored will be as
follow
× 42000 = Rs.
26880.
69. Ans. C.
Let the number of long questions
answered by B and C be y and z Required difference = 102 – 67 = 35.
respectively, then 70. Ans. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A.
the number of short questions answered 71. Ans. C.
by B = 5y Let the number of long questions
Number of spelling errors made by A = answered by B and C be y and z
(2x + 10), then respectively, then
Number of spelling errors made by B = the number of short questions answered
by B = 5y
= Number of spelling errors made by A =
For C, number of short questions (2x + 10), then
answered = (Number of long questions Number of spelling errors made by B =
answered by B × 10 + 35)/5
= (2z + 7) =
Number of short questions answered by For C, number of short questions
D is average of that answered by A and B answered = (Number of long questions
answered by B × 10 + 35)/5
= = = (2z + 7)
Number of short questions answered by
D is average of that answered by A and B
=
= =
⇒Number of long questions answered by
D = =
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–( – 200) = 5240
Required sum = 3 + 3 + 3 = 9.
74. Ans. C. ⇒ = 5040
X = 360
77. Ans. A.
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proofing measures, including protection International awards 2019.
and rejuvenation of waterbodies. • Jasprit Bumrah adjudged as
• It will deploy scientific approaches for International Bowler of the Year.
water budgeting, water harvesting and • Cheteshwar Pujara adjudged as
water conservation through the use of International Test Cricketer of the Year.
geospatial data, satellite imagery, • Rohit Sharma adjudged as
topographical and geological data. International ODI Cricketer of the Year.
• Under this scheme water conservation 92. Ans. C.
strategy comprises four components of A unique strategy adopted by Northeast
water literacy, rejuvenation of water Frontier Railway (NFR) called ‘Plan Bee’ to
bodies, creation of new water bodies as keep wild elephants away from train
well as development of watersheds and tracks has won the ‘Best Innovation
afforestation activities. Award’ in Indian Railways for the 2018-
• This will operate on a four-tier 19 fiscal. The prize is awarded by Indian
institutional structure with planning and Railways and comprises of a citation and
execution committees being set up at a cash award of Rs.3 lakh.
village, taluk, district and State levels. • Plan Bee- It is an amplifying system that
• Karnataka Government has decided to imitates the buzz of a swarm of honey
declare 2019 as the ‘Year of Water’ to bees to keep wild elephants away from
emphasise the importance of water railway tracks.
becoming a scarce commodity and the • As per NFR officials, a mix of Plan Bee
need to conserve it. and other measures have helped them
89. Ans. C. save 1,014 elephants from 2014 to June
• Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has 2019.
partnered with M1Xchange Trade 93. Ans. D.
Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board
platform for MSME bill discounting. has finalised a three- year roadmap
• TReDS is a digital platform to support named “Utkarsh 2022” to improve
micro, small and medium enterprises regulation and supervision and various
(MSMEs) to get their bills financed at a other functions of the central bank.
competitive rate through an auction To identify issues that needed to be
where multiple registered financiers can addressed over the next three years, an
participate. internal committee was formed.
• In addition to TReDS platform of It was headed by outgoing Deputy
Receivables Exchange of India Ltd (RXIL) Governor Viral Acharya.
& Invoicemart (A.TREDS Ltd), the bank 94. Ans. D.
has now on-boarded as financier on the • The International Day of Happiness
TReDS platform of M1Xchange of Mynd 2019 was celebrated on March 20 with
Solutions the theme Happier Together, focusing on
90. Ans. A. what we have in common, rather than
• National record holder Dutee Chand what divides us.
became the first Indian woman track and • International Day of Happiness
field athlete to clinch a gold medal at the recognises the importance of happiness
30th Summer University Games in in the lives of people around the world.
Napoli, Italy. • The concept of International Day of
• She won the 100m dash event here. Happiness was conceptualised and
• The 23-year-old Dutee clocked 11.32 materialised by UN special advisor Jayme
seconds to win the gold as she led the Illien to inspire and spread a happiness
race from start to finish. movement globally and the first ever
91. Ans. D. international day of happiness was
• Virat Kohli won the International observed on March 20, 2013.
Cricketer and Batsman of the Year award 95. Ans. C.
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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) distributed ledger shows the “vast
constituted a committee under Harsh potential” of the technology, and marks
Vardhan, to review existing state of the first bond to have both issuance and
mortgage securitisation in India and trading recorded on a blockchain
suggest measures to develop market platform.
further. Bond-i was first issued last August by the
• The committee constitutes a six- World Bank, with the CommBank being a
member panel that is headed by Harsh sole arranger. The experiment helped the
Vardhan, Senior Advisor in Bain & World Bank raise $81 million at the time.
Company (a Management consulting 107. Ans. C.
company). ICICI Bank has entered into an
• It shall submit its report to RBI by the agreement with the BSE to buy a stake in
end of August 2019. its subsidiary INX - located at GIFT City
Objective: Gujarat - for nearly Rs 31 crore.
• To review existing state of mortgage India International Exchange (INX) - a
backed securitisation in India and also wholly-owned subsidiary of the BSE - is
suggests measure to deepen housing India's first international exchange at
finance securitisation market. International Financial Services Centre
• To assess role of various counterparties (IFSC) in GIFT City.
in securitisation process which includes The investment is subject to regulatory
servicers, rating agencies, trustees, and approvals and comes at a cash
also suggest steps to address key risks. consideration of up to Rs 305 million in
104. Ans. B. tranches to acquire up to 9.9 per cent
• The full form of NCLT is National shareholding in INX, ICICI Bank said in a
Company Law Appellate Tribunal. regulatory filing.
• It is a quasi-judicial body in India that 108. Ans. C.
adjudicates issues relating to Indian The Indian Space Research
companies. Organisation’s (ISRO) new commercial
105. Ans. E. arm called NewSpace India Limited
• The Global Gender Gap Report ranks (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in
144 countries on the progress they have Bengaluru, Karnataka.
made towards gender parity in four areas NSIL will be responsible for
– health, education, economics and manufacturing the and production of
politics. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and
• The report’s Gender Gap Index ranks Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
countries according to calculated gender through technology transfer mechanisms.
gap between women and men in four key 109. Ans. D.
areas: health, education, economy and • On 3rd March 2019, central government
politics to gauge the state of gender approved the proposal for setting up of a
equality in a country. Centre for Disability Sports at Gwalior.
• The report measures women's • TThis centre at Gwalior will be set up
disadvantage compared to men, and is with an estimated cost of Rs 170.99
not strictly a measure of equality. crores over a period of 5 years.
106. Ans. E. • Improved sports infrastructure will
The World Bank and the Commonwealth ensure effective participation of Persons
Bank of Australia (CommBank) have with Disabilities (PwDs) in sports
teamed up to enable recording of activities and also enable them to
secondary market bond trading using compete at national and international
blockchain tech. levels.
The institutions announced that their • Setting up of this Centre will develop a
successful recording of a secondary sense of belonging in Divyangjan to
transaction for bond-i, a blockchain- facilitate their integration in society.
operated debt instrument, on a 110. Ans. C.
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concludes the role of the mentor. Option statement. Thus, option C, D and E gets
A, CDBA, is the correct answer. invalid. Now, in option A and B, we see
Thus, the correct sentence is: “The word statement AB as a pair.
mentor is usually applied to the one who Statement DC makes a pair as it talks
moulds a young, naive person into a force about capable grownups needs guidance
within a field” at the workplace. The pair makes perfect
132. Ans. C. sense as well.
In English grammar, we can use ‘it’ as an Statements AB thus needs to be followed
‘empty’ subject. It is ‘empty’ because it by DC to make a complete sense. The
doesn’t refer to anything. In this case, B correct sequence is this ABDC. Option B
is the beginning of the sentence as the is the correct answer.
word ‘it’ work as the dummy subject The correct sentence is: “In reality, that’s
which introduces the sentence. ‘Our’ is a not always the dynamic or the
determiner which is preceded by noun. demographic, of the mentor-mentee
So, A follows statement B as it is the only relationship, as capable grownups need
part which begins with the noun. Thus, BA guidance too, especially at the
becomes a pair. workplace”
Now, CD makes a pair as it talks about 135. Ans. D.
how a good mentor can help one to The four sentences are:
navigate one’ career successfully. Now 1. The word mentor is usually applied to
CD follows BA as it concludes the the one who moulds a young, naive
statement in a meaningful manner. Thus, person into a force within a field.
BACD is the correct sequence. Option C is 2. It is important throughout our careers
the correct answer. and not just at the start as a good mentor
The correct sentence is: “It is important can help one to navigate one’s career
throughout our careers and not just at the successfully.
start as a good mentor can help one to 3. A common perception when seeking a
navigate one’s career successfully” mentor in that area is that we should do
133. Ans. D. it when we are new to a profession but
Out of the given of options, Option A is that may not be when we meet them the
invalid as ‘do’ does not introduces the most.
sentence. Similarly, may is a modal verb. 4. In reality, that’s not always the
Introducing the sentence in the following dynamic or the demographic, of the
scenario does not make any sense. Thus, mentor-mentee relationship, as capable
option B and E becomes invalid. grownups need guidance too, especially
Out of option C and D, statements BC at the workplace.
makes a pair. Statements C ends with the Sentence 1, 2 and 3 talks about role and
modal ‘should’. Now ‘should’ is used to function of a mentor in an individual’s
give emphasis. It cannot be followed with career. It also mentions where can or
modal verb ‘may’ as it provides cannot find a mentor.
possibility. Thus, the C must be followed However, statement 4 is a comment of
by statement D. The correct sequence is the mentor-mentee relationship. Thus, it
BCDA. Thus, option D is the correct deviates from the functions of the mentor
answer. to the relationship shared between
The correct sentence is: “A common mentor and mentee and how even
perception when seeking a mentor in that grownups need guidance. Thus, option D
area is that we should do it when we are is the correct answer.
new to a profession but that may not be 136. Ans. A.
when we meet them the most”
134. Ans. B. Wretched when used as an adjective,
Statement A introduces the premise of means to be in a very unhappy or
the statement. It talks about the scenario unfortunate state.
in reality. Thus, A is the first part of the
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Troubled, as an adjective, means beset compatible with them. Ashoke "...had not
by problems or difficulties. exactly hit it off with his boss..." which
Injured as an adjective, means harmed, means that Ashok and his boss didn't get
damaged, or impaired. along very well. So, option I is correct.
Downtrodden as an adjective, means Since it is not specified who followed
oppressed or treated badly by people in Ashok, option II is wrong. The passage
power. only states Jyoti's wish to do journalism.
Elated as an adjective, means very happy So, option III is also wrong.
and excited because of something good Hence, the correct answer is A.
that has happened, or will happen. 140. Ans. C.
The last sentence in the stanza says that The word ‘recent’ is an adjective. It needs
men are miserable, and women should be a noun to modify. Thus, the first blank
too. This means that women were needs a noun. Thus, the possibility comes
expected to be miserable or unhappy. down to option a and c. In the second
Hence, the correct answer is A. blank, a verb is needed as it talks about
137. Ans. D. an idea or theory which depends on
“IAS match” indicates that parents are primacy of communicative activities in
ready to have a groom based on the fact the classroom.
that the men have qualified IAS. So, Thus, the word ‘rests’ fits in perfectly as
option A is correct. it means ‘be based on; depend on.’ Out
The statement talks about the 'ambition' of all the combination of options given,
of the parents. It doesn’t specify what the option C is the correct one. In the first
groom or the bride think about the blank the word ‘theory’ fits and in the
marriage. So, option B is correct. second blank the word ‘rests’ fits.
To descend means to make a sudden Option C is the correct answer.
attack on. The movement of the parents 141. Ans. A.
being compared to an attack, shows how The word ‘huge’ is an adjective. It needs
desperate the parents were.so, option C a noun to modify. Thus, the first blank
is correct. needs a noun. Thus, the possibility comes
The adjective "ambitious" is used for the down word ‘a’ or word ‘c’.
parents. The daughters' opinion is not Option B won’t fit in the blank as word ‘b’
known. So, option D is wrong. is not appropriate for blank 1. In case of
Hence, the answer is D. option C, word ‘f’ will not fit in second
138. Ans. E. blank because it does not make any
"It was in Delhi that he had met Jyoti...". sense. Thus, only other option with word
Here, he refers to Ashok. Ashok had met ‘c’ is option A. Both the words ‘c’ and ‘d’
Jyoti and most likely was introduced to fit perfectly in the blanks respectively,
her father by Jyoti herself. So, option A is and it is the correct answer.
wrong. The passage never goes out of the 142. Ans. B.
way to say that Jyoti doesn't like Ashoke. The sentence talks about what French
Given that she is the one who introduced revolutionaries thought about guillotine
Ashok to her father, it is very likely the as a method of the death. Thus, word ‘b’
she likes Ashok. So, option B is also fits perfectly as it means ‘having been
wrong. "Every alternate weekend, he thought about carefully’. In the second
would head to Shakti Nagar in Delhi to blank, words d, e and f fit perfectly. Thus,
meet her, before hightailing it back to option B is the correct.
Narnaul". Clearly Ashok and Jyoti did not 143. Ans. C.
live together. So, option C is wrong. The sentence talks about results of
Hence, the answer is E. repayment of loan. The word b won’t fit
139. Ans. A. in the first blank as the sentence is in
To hit it off means to be friendly with each simple present tense. So out of the given
other immediately. When you get along options, the one with word b gets invalid.
with someone, you're friendly or Now let’s look at option E. Even though
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statement incorrect. Thus, option B is the necessary pre requisites for poverty
correct answer. reduction and social upliftment. So,
151. Ans. D. option B is the correct answer.
The given sentence means that in order 154. Ans. E.
to better protect our wilds and our All given statements are grammatically
environment, we first need to appreciate correct. But option E is contextually
the offering in the form of a diverse incorrect. The passage clearly states that
variety of nutritious food that nature it is financial ‘exclusion’ that is one of the
offers. This has been conveyed in option main reasons behind the growth of
D making it the correct answer. poverty in the country. ‘Inclusion’ as
152. Ans. D. mentioned in option E implies a
The author is describing facts about the completely opposite school of thought
old caves discovered in France, without making option E contextually incorrect.
passing off any judgements. Hence the 155. Ans. C.
correct option is D. The passage states – ‘One of the main
153. Ans. B. reasons why mass poverty is persisting in
The first paragraph of the passage states India is that the problem of financing the
clearly that one of the biggest reasons poor still remains unresolved (RBI,
behind poverty is the financial exclusion 2011a), …’. This indicates that the reason
of the poor and under privileged groups behind mass poverty is the problem of
in India. The groups lack financial access to proper financial sources. It is
education which leads to lack of further aggravated by the financial
opportunities for the groups to become illiteracy of the poor in the country.
financially stable. Thus, not only financial Hence, option C is the correct inference
inclusion is necessary, but also, the regarding mass poverty as per the
groups need to financially educated. passage.
Thus, both statements I and III are
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