Section A – Quantitative Aptitude

Q.1.) Ram invested `2,500 each in two investment schemes viz. Compound Interest Scheme,
interest being compounded annually and Simple Interest Scheme. If the difference between
the CI and SI is `100 after 2 years, what is the rate of interest per annum, if it is same for
both the schemes?
(a) 20%
(b) 18%
(c) 10%
(d) 5%

Q.2.) A family consists of father, mother, son and daughter. Ratio of the weight of the father
to the weight of the son is 3 : 2. Ratio of the weight of the son to the weight of the mother is
5 : 6. If the weight of the daughter is 35 kg, half the weight of the father, find the weight of
the mother.
(a) 42 kg
(b) 56 kg
(c) 46.6 kg
(d) Cannot be determined

Q.3.) The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 42 and 630 respectively. If one of the numbers is
210, find the other number.
(a) 126
(b) 84
(c) 105
(d) 189

Q.4.) Amit started a job alone and Bob joined him after a few days. The work got completed
in 8 days. Amit would have required 2 more days to complete the work alone whereas Bob
could have completed the work alone in 25 days. For how many days did Bob work?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 6
(d) 5

Q.5.) The first term and the common difference of an arithmetic progression are the same. If
the tenth term of the arithmetic progression is 250, then find the sum of its first 10 terms.
(a) 1250
(b) 2750
(c) 1375
(d) 625
Q.6.) A 100 litres spirit water solution contains 75% spirit. Find the amount of water to be
added to convert it into 60% spirit solution.
(a) 15 litres
(b) 25 litres
(c) 40 litres
(d) 20 litres

Q.7.) If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x2 – 3x + 4 = 0, find the sum of the roots of an
equation whose roots are reciprocal of the roots of the given equation.
(a) 3/2
(b) 3/4
(c) –3/2
(d) –3/4

Q.8.) Ajay started a firm with a capital of Rs. 28,000. After 5 months, Boman joined him and
invested Rs. 40,000 in the firm. Chirag was also added as a new partner with an individual
investment of Rs. 56,000 after 7 months of commencement. If at the end of the year, the
profit of the firm is Rs. 32,000, what is the share of Boman?
(a) Rs. 12,000
(b) Rs. 8,000
(c) Rs. 14,000
(d) Rs. 10,000

Q.9.) If the natural numbers starting from 1 are written one after the other to form a 121-
digit number, then what will be the last digit of the resultant number?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 7

Q.10.) In the following figure, if  BCA = 50° and  BGE = 95°, then what is the value of 
EDF?

(a) 45°
(b) 40°
(c) 35°
(d) 30°
Q.11.) There are 7 objective type questions in an examination. First four questions have 4
options each and the remaining 3 questions have 5 options each. How many sequences of
answers are possible?
(a) 675000
(b) 135000
(c) 32000
(d) 16000

Q.12.) The difference between the third and the first term of a geometric progression is 3. If
the first term and the common ratio are positive integers, then find the sum of the first
three terms of the progression?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 10

Q.13.) Tanu can travel 24 miles downstream in a certain river in 12hrs less than it takes him
to travel the same distance upstream. But if he could double his usual rowing rate for his 48
mile round trip, the downstream 24 miles would then take only 2hr less than the upstream
24miles. What is the speed of the current in miles per hour?
(a) 2 / 3 miles/hr
(b) 8 / 3 miles/hr
(c) 7 / 5 miles/hr
(d) 3 / 5 miles/hr

Q.14.) A boy rows to a certain place and comes back, but by mistake he covers 2/3rd more
distance while coming back. The total time for this journey is 20 hours. The ratio of speed of
boat to that of stream is 2 : 1. If the difference between upstream and downstream speed is
24km/hr, then how much time will the man take to reach to starting point from his present
position?
(a)2hr 13 mins
(b)1hr 30 mins
(c) 2hr 30mins
(d)1hr 40 mins
Q.15.) A box contains 3red, 8 blue and 5 green marker pens. If 2 marker pens are drawn at
random from the pack, not replaced and then another pen is drawn. What is the probability
of drawing 2 blue marker pens and 1 red marker pen?
(a) 3/20
(b) 1/20
(c) 7/20
(d) 9/20

Q.16.) The sum of the ages of the 4 members of Sinha family is 172 years. 8 years ago the
ages of the 4 members Nishu, Vicky, Mrs. Sinha and Mr. Sinha were in the ratio of 2:3:7:8.
After how many years would Nishu be as old as the present age of his mother?
(a) 33 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 36 years
(d) 37 years
(e) None of these

Q.17.) A bus and a truck are available to cross a jungle. The speed of the truck is thrice that
of the bus. The capacity of the truck is 60 persons and that of bus is 40 persons. The average
occupancy of the bus is twice that of the truck. The tickets for the bus and the truck cost Re
1 and Re 1.50 respectively. What is the ratio of the average rupee collection of the truck to
that of the bus in a day? Assume there is no wastage time between trips and the occupancy
of the bus/truck is defined as the ratio of the actual number of persons boarding it and its
capacity.
(a) 9:17
(b) 17:9
(c) 8:27
(d) 27:8
(e) None of these

Q.18.) The average speed of a bus in the upward journey is 50% more than that in the return
journey. The bus halts for 2 hrs on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the
complete to and from trip is 34 hrs covering a distance of 1600 km. the speed of the bus in
the upward journey is.
(a) 63.24
(b) 65.67
(c) 63.49
(d) 62.49
Q.19.) ABCDEF is a regular hexagon inscribed inside a circle. If the shortest diagonal of the
hexagon is of length 3 units, what is the area of the shaded region.

(a) 1/6(3π − (9√3)/2)

(b) 1/6(2π − (6√3)/2)
(c) 1/6(3π − (8√3)/2)
(d) 1/6(6π − (15√3)/2)

Q.20.) Triangle has perimeter of 6 + 2√3 . One of the angles in the triangle is equal to the
exterior angle of a regular hexagon another angle is equal to the exterior angle of a regular
12-sided polygon. Find area of the triangle.
(a) 2√3
(b) √3
(c) √3/2
(d) 3
 Section B – Logical Reasoning
Q.1.) In a marriage, Ram saw a girl and told his father that the girl was the granddaughter of
the father of the only child of the lady whom he addressed as grandmother. How is the girl
related to Ram?
(a) Aunt
(b) Cousin
(c) Sister
(d) Cannot be determined

Q.2.) Find the missing term in the following series. 61, 113, 181, ? , 365, 481
(a) 265
(b) 255
(c) 275
(d) 245

Q.3.) A National Highway road network has parallel and perpendicular roads running north
south or east west only. Junctions/Intersections on this road network are marked as R1, R2,
R3, R4… All roads are at exactly half a kilometre distance from each other. The following is
known about junctions R1, R2, R3, R4, R8 and R24. “R1’ is east of ‘R2’ and west of ‘R3’; ‘R8’
is southwest of ‘R3’ and southwest of R2. ‘R2’ is southeast of ‘R24’. Which junctions are the
farthest south and the farthest east?
(a) R1, R2
(b) R8, R3
(c) R3, R8
(d) R2, R8

Q.4.) In the diagram given below, the square represents politicians, the circle represents
educated people, the rectangle represents Indian population and the triangle represents
MPs.
Which region represents non-educated Indian politician MPs?
(a) c
(b) j
(c) b
(d) i

Q.5.) In a certain code language, RAMESH is coded as QBLFRI, how will VIKASH be coded in
the same language?
(a) IVAKHS
(b) HSAKIV
(c) WHLZTG
(d) UJJBRI

Q.6.) Five different juices are kept on a table in a straight row such that Mango juice is not
kept next to the Litchi juice; Orange juice and Mix fruit juice are kept next to each other;
Guava juice is kept next to the Mango juice as well as the Mix fruit juice. Which of the
following juices are kept at the extreme ends?
(a) Mango juice and Mix fruit juice
(b) Litchi juice and Mix fruit juice
(c) Mango juice and Litchi Juice
(d) Data inadequate

Q.7.) The following question has a statement, followed by two arguments I and II. Decide
which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Should judiciary be independent of the executive?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this would help curb the unlawful activities of the executive.
II. No, the executive would not be able to take bold measures.
Mark your answer as:
(a) If neither argument I nor II is strong
(b) If only argument II is strong
(c) If only argument I is strong
(d) If both arguments I and II are strong
Q.8.) A cube is painted red on all of its faces and then cut into 64 identical smaller cubes.
How many of these smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted red?

(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 24
(d) 32

Q.9.) The following is an illustration of an input and the outputs at the subsequent steps of a
rearrangement in a word arrangement machine.
Input: Danish will be appearing for the examination
Step I: will Danish be appearing for the examination
Step II: will the Danish be appearing for examination
Step III: will the for Danish be appearing examination
Step IV: will the for examination Danish be appearing
(Step IV is the last step for this input)

If the input is “Suresh and Ramesh are very funny men”, then which step will be the final
step?
(a) Step IV
(b) Step V
(c) Step VI
(d) None of these

Q.10.) In the given question some statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III
and IV are given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem at
variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the
given conclusions logically follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known
facts.
Statements:
i. All rats are cows.
ii. ii. No cow is white.
Conclusions:
I. No white is rat.
II. II. No rat is white.
III. Some whites are rats.
IV. All cows are rats.
(a) Only II and IV follow
(b) Only IV follows
(c) Only I and II follow
(d) None follows
Q.11.)
If a + b means a is sister of b,
a - b means a is brother of b,
a x b means a is daughter of b,
a ÷ b means a is mother of b
Which of the following relationship shows that p and r are wife and husband?
(a) p ÷ q x r
(b) p - q x r
(c) p + q x r
(d) p + q – r

Q.12 to Q.15: Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Seven actors Abhishek, Jhanvi, Kartik, Ranbir, Sanjay, Tamanna and Vaani from a TV show
have to visit seven different places for the promotion activity of their show. The places to be
visited are Agra, Mumbai, Indore, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Bangalore and Gandhinagar. The
order of actors and the cities may not necessarily be the same. Each one is supposed to go
by a different airline Go Air, Kingfisher, MDLR Airlines, Jet Airways, Air Deccan, Indigo
Airlines, Air India not necessarily in the same order.

 Kartik goes to Mumbai but not by MDLR Airlines or Jet Airways

 Ranbir flies to Bangalore by Air India
 The one who goes to Gandhinagar does not travel by Air Deccan or MDLR Airlines
 Sanjay travels by Air Deccan
 Abhishek does not go to Agra
 Tamanna travels by Go Air to Bhopal
 Jhanvi goes to Chandigarh by Kingfisher.
 Sanjay does not go to Agra
 Vaani does not go to Gandhinagar

Q.12.) Who travels by MDLR Airlines?

(a) Abhishek
(b) Kartik
(c) Vaani
(d) Cannot be determined

Q.13.) Who goes to Gandhinagar?

(a) Abhishek
(b) Sanjay
(c) Vaani
(d) Ranbir
Q.14.) The one who travels by Air Deccan visits which place?
(a) Agra
(b) Indore
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Bangalore

Q.15.) Which of the following actor-city-airline combination definitely true?

(a) Abhishek – Gandhinagar – Indigo
(b) Jhanvi – Chandigarh – Air India
(c) Ranbir – Bangalore – Air India
(d) Vaani – Bhopal – Indigo

Q.16 TO Q.20.
The staff of AMS Careers presently consists of three senior faculty —A, B and C and five
junior faculty—U, V, W, X and Y. Mr Arun Sharma, CEO of AMS Careers, is planning to open a
new office in another city using two senior faculty and three junior faculty of the present
staff. To do so he plans to separate certain individuals who do not function well as a team.
The following guidelines were established to set up the new office:
(i) Since U and X have been competing for promotion, they should not be a team.
(ii) Senior faculty A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should
not be sent to the new of ice as a team.
(iii) C and V function well alone but not as a team. Hence, they should be separated.
(iv) U and X have not been on speaking terms for many months. They should not be
put together.
Q.16.) If A is to be moved as one of the senior faculty, which of the following cannot be a
possible working unit?
(a) ABUVY
(b) ABVWY
(c) ABUXY
(d) ABVXY

Q.17.) If C and W are moved to the new office, how many teams are possible?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Q.18.) If C is sent to the new office, which member cannot go with C?
(a) B
(b) U
(c) V
(d) X

Q,19.) Given the conditions in the passage, which of the following must go to the new
office?
(a) B
(b) U
(c) V
(d) T

Q.20.) If U goes to the new office, which of the following is/are true?
(i) X cannot go with him
(ii) A cannot go with him
(iii) B is another faculty to go with him

(a) (i) only

(b) (iii) only
(c) Both (i) and (iii) only
(d) None of these
 Section C – Verbal Ability
Q.1.) In the following question a sentence has been written in four different ways. Choose
the sentence which corresponds to the correct usage of standard written English.
We want the trainer to be him who has the best knowledge about the subject and the most
superior communication skills.
(a) We want him to be the trainer who has the best knowledge about the subject and the
most superior communication skills.
(b) We want the trainer to be he who has the best knowledge about the subject and the
most superior communication skills.
(c) We want the trainer to be him who has the best knowledge about the subject and the
most superior communication skills.
(d) We desire that the trainer be him who has the best knowledge about the subject and the
most superior communication skills

Q.2.) There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first
blank.
It is an orgy of destruction, an _____ agony, a _____ on our species and a curse of our
predicament that we prepare for war even as we long for peace.
(a) unmitigated, smirch
(b) implied, damn
(c) unshakable, demon
(d) unforeseen, devil

Q.3.) Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.
CADENCE
(a) Languid
(b) Credit
(c) Rhythm
(d) Effluence

Q.4.) Choose the option that is most opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.
PARSIMONIOUS
(a) Lavish
(b) Successful
(c) Prudent
(d) Harmonious
Q,5.) Five sentences are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a
logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the
most appropriate one.
A. Obviously when the raging inflation is underpinned to a large extent by food prices, the
determination of procurement prices for paddy and wheat has an enormous contextual
significance. B. After the last winter crop, the government claims to have procured ample
quantities of wheat for sustaining the public distribution system.
C. The high procurement price has been an effective inducement.
D. While some of these might be revisited in the light of satisfactory harvests and
procurement, the delay in fixing the MSPs is retrograde. For paddy, the MSP, even if ad hoc,
has now been announced, but for other major crops the prices are yet to be declared.
E. The government’s other measures to contain food prices included a ban on the export of
non-basmati rice and a few other commodities.

(a) BCDEA
(b) ABEDC
(c) ABCED
(d) DCEAB

Q.6.) Which of the given figure of speech has been employed in the formation of the
following sentence?
"I am so tired that I can sleep for a year."
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Pun
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Understatement

Q.7.) Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in
bold.
The poet drew on his fancy not his knowledge of nature, when he wrote his poem on birds.
(a) Used his imagination
(b) Used his aptitude
(c) Used his understanding
(d) Used his skill
Q.8.) Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in
bold.
They made no bones about acknowledging their debt to his genius.
(a) Demanded compensation for
(b) Did not have any faith in
(c) Did not have any hesitation in
(d) Had problems in

Q.9.) There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first
blank.
He also expressed strong _____ about _____ judicial powers on an officer of the rank of
joint secretary to the government.
(a) support, conniving
(b) reserve, covering
(c) refusal, converting
(d) reservations, conferring

Q.10.) The question below has an underlined part. Choose the option that most
appropriately replaces the underlined part.
The Russian music of the nineteenth century is richer and more varied than France.
(a) is rich and more varied than France.
(b) is richer and more varied than the music of France.
(c) is more rich and varied than France.
(d) is more rich and more varied than is the music of France.

Q.11.) The sentence is divided in 3 separate parts and each part is labelled (a), (b) and (c).
Read the sentence to find out if there is any error on any part. If you think there is no error,
you can choose option d.

If she will get promoted (a)/ she will get (b)/ a higher salary (c) no error. (d)/

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q.12.) One who is extremely fond of his wife

(a) Utopia
(b) Uxorious
(c) Polygamist
(d) Recluse

Q.13.) Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that
is clear and precise.

The train is expected to arrive between 11 pm to 12 pm

(a) The train is expecting to between 11pm to 12pm

(b) The train is expected to arrive between 11pm and 12pm
(c) The train is expected to arrive between 11pm or 12pm
(d) The train is expected for arrival between 11pm to 12pm

Q.14.) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in an active voice

The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman

(a) The hardworking salesman collects the payment.

(b) The hardworking salesman was able to collect the payment.
(c) The hardworking salesman collected the payment
(d) To collect the payment, the salesman had to work hard.

Q.15.) Select the alternative that is best suitable for the phrase

‘a loud, harsh, piercing cry of a person’

(a) Howl
(b) Noise
(c) Startle
(d) Screech
Q.16.) In the question below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose
the grammatically correct way of writing the sentence.

(a) After he had missed two buses, as they were full and no one got down, Mani, who was at
the head of the queue, was determined to get into the third as it pulled up.

(b) Having missed two buses, as they were full and no one got down, Mani, who was at the
head of the queue, was determined to get into the third as it pulled off.

(c) Missing two buses, as they were full and no one got down, Mani, who was heading the
queue, was determined to get into the third as it pulled off.

(d) Missing two buses, as they were full and no one got down, Mani, who was at the head of
the queue, was determined to get into the third bus as it pulled up.

Q.17.) There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given,
choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill
the first blank.

What emerged from the conference was that language is a constantly evolving _____, and
Britain’s tongue, _____ from being destroyed, was experiencing exciting change.

(a) exercise, fresh

(b) entity, far
(c) form, weary
(d) transition, saved

Q.18.) Select the pair of words which exhibit the same relationship between each other as
the capitalized pair of words.

BEWILDERMENT : CONFUSION :

(a) Fantod : Nervousness

(b) Bewitched : Alliteration
(c) Bursa : Sack
(d) Coracle : lodestar
Q.19.) In the following question, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words.
Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original
pair.

MOSAIC : TILE ::

(a) Document : Author

(b) Portrait : Paint
(c) Fabric : Tapestry
(d) Coverlet : Cloth

Q.20.) In the following question four sentences A, B, C and D are given. You have to arrange
them in a logical order to make a sensible paragraph.

A. Still, Sophie might need open-heart surgery later in life and would be more prone to
respiratory infections.
B. But with the news that his infant daughter Sophie has a hole in her heart, he appears
quite vulnerable.
C. While the condition sounds bad, it is not life threatening, and frequently corrects itself.
D. Sylvester Stallone has made millions and built a thriving career out of looking invincible.

(a) DCAB
(b) DBAC
(c) DBCA
(d) DCBA