CSAT 5 Forum IAS Prelims 2021 Test Series

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PTS 2021 | CSAT Test 5 | ForumIAS
Read the following 3 (three) items: individual samurai nor the shogun
Read the following three passages and himself found it easy to recover.
answer the items that follow. Your answer
to these items should be based on the Q.1) Which of the following financial
passages only. situations is most analogous to the

financial situation in which Japan's
PASSAGE 1 ( Q.1 – Q.3 ) Tokugawa shoguns found themselves in
In the eighteenth century, Japan's feudal the eighteenth century?
overlords, from the shogun to the a) A small business borrows heavily to
humblest samurai, found themselves invest in new equipment but is able to
under financial stress. In part, this stress pay off its debt early when it is
can be attributed to the overlord's failure awarded a lucrative government
to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, contract.
but the stress was also due to factors b) Fire destroys a small business, but
beyond the overlord's control. The insurance covers the cost of rebuilding.
concentration of the samurai in castle- c) A small business is turned down for a
towns had acted as a stimulus to trade. loan at a local bank because the
Commercial efficiency, in turn, had put owners have no credit history.
temptations in the way of buyers. Since d) A small business has to struggle to
most samurai had been reduced to meet operating expenses when its
idleness by years of peace, encouraged to profits decrease.
engage in scholarship and martial

Q.2) According to the passage, the major
exercises, or to perform administrative
reason for the financial problems
tasks that took little time, it is not
experienced by Japan's feudal overlords
surprising that their tastes and habits
in the eighteenth century was that
grew expensive. Overlord's income,
a) Spending had outdistanced income
despite the increase in rice production
b) Trade had fallen off
among their tenant farmers, failed to keep
c) Profits from mining had declined
pace with their expenses. Although
d) The coinage had been sharply debased
shortfalls in overlord's income resulted
almost as much from laxity among their
Q.3) The passage suggests that, in
tax collectors (the nearly inevitable
eighteenth-century Japan, the office of the
outcome of hereditary office-holding) as
tax collector.
from their higher standards of living, a
a) Was a source of personal profit to the
misfortune like a fire or a flood, bringing
office-holder
an increase in expenses or a drop in
b) Was regarded with derision by many
revenue, could put a domain in debt to
Japanese
the city rice-brokers who handled its
c) Remained within families
finances. Once in debt, neither the
d) Existed only in castle-towns
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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.4 – Q.6 ) Q.4) According to the passage, all of the

(This passage was excerpted from following are elements of the shifting
material written in 1990.) world economy EXCEPT
As the economic role of multinational, a) An alteration in the role played by
global corporations expands, the inter- governments
national economic environment will be b) An increase in interaction between
shaped increasingly not by governments national governments and
or international institutions, but by the international regulatory institutions
interaction between governments and c) An increase in the formation of
global corporations, especially in the multinational trading alliances
United States, Europe, and Japan. A d) An increase in integration in the two
significant factor in this shifting world richest markets of the world
economy is the trend toward regional
trading blocs of nations, which has a Q.5) The passage suggests which of the
potentially large effect on the evolution of following about global corporations?
the world trading system. Two examples a) Their continued growth depends on the
of this trend are the United States- existence of a fully integrated
Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and international market.
Europe 1992, the move by the European b) They will have to assume quasi-
Community (EC) to dismantle impede- governmental functions if current
ments to the free flow of goods, services, economic trends continue.
capital, and labor among member states c) Their influence on the world economy
by the end of 1992. However, although will continue to increase.
numerous political and economic factors d) They have provided a model of econo-
were operative in launching the move to mic success for regional trading blocs.
integrate the EC‘s markets, concern about

Q.6) Which of the following can be
protectionism within the EC does not
inferred from the passage about the
appear to have been a major consider-
European Community prior to the
ation. This is in sharp contrast to the
adoption of the Europe 1992 program?
FTA; the overwhelming reason for that
a) There were restrictions on commerce
bilateral initiative was fear of increasing
between the member nations.
United States protectionism. Nonetheless,
b) The economic policies of the member
although markedly different in origin and
nations focused on global trading
nature, both regional developments are
issues.
highly significant in that they will foster
c) There were few impediments to trade
integration in the two largest and richest
between the member nations and the
markets of the world, as well as provoke
United States.
questions about the future direction of the
d) The flow of goods between the member
world trading system.
nations and Canada was insignificant.

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PASSAGE 3 ( Q.7 – Q.8 ) b) Do not pay enough attention to the

The extended debate concerning the exact features of a folktale that best reveal
point of origin of individual folktales told an African influence
by Afro-American slaves has c) Overestimate the number of folktales
unfortunately taken precedence over- brought from Africa by the slaves
analysis of the tales’ meaning and d) Do not consider the fact that a folktale
function. Cultural continuities with Africa can be changed as it is retold many
were not dependent on the importation times
and perpetuation of specific folktales in
their pristine form. It is in the place that Q.9) Two shops A and B marked the same
tales occupied in the lives of the slaves brand of bottles for Rs.900. Shop A offers
and the meaning slaves derived from successive discounts of 15% and 15%
them that the clearest resemblances to While shop B offers successive discounts
African tradition can be found. Afro- of 20% and 10%. Then the difference in
American slaves did not borrow tales the selling price of bottles is?
indiscriminately from the Whites among a) Rs. 10
whom they lived. Black people were most b) Rs. 4.5
influenced by those Euro-American tales c) Rs. 2.25
whose functional meaning and aesthetic d) Zero
appeal had the greatest similarity to the
tales with deep roots in their ancestral Q.10) Amit and Rohini started a business
homeland. Regardless of where slave tales by investing Rs 2000 and Rs 2800
came from, the essential point is that, respectively. After 8 months, Amit added
with respect to language, delivery, details Rs 600 and Rohini added Rs 400. At the
of characterization, and plot, slaves same time, Tabish joined them with Rs
quickly made them their own. 4200. Find the share of Tabish if they get
a profit of Rs 34,300 after a year.
Q.7) The author’s main purpose is to a) 11550
a) Create a new field of study b) 7350
b) Discredit an existing field of study c) 15400
c) Change the focus of a field of study d) Data insufficient
d) Transplant scholarly techniques from
one field of study to another
Q.8) The author claims that most studies

of folktales told by Afro-American slaves
are inadequate because the studies
a) Fail to recognize any possible Euro-
American influence on the folktales

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Q.11) The circumference of a circle having Q.14) Ram has 400 ml solution contains
a radius equal to 35 cm is equal to the liquids wine and water in the ratio 3: 5.
perimeter of a rectangle. If the area of the Doctor advised Ram to drink alcohol with
rectangle is 2400 cm2, find the length of at least 75% of water due to his health
the rectangle. condition. How much amount of water is
a) 5 or 7 to be added so that solution is
b) 80 or 30 consumable by Ram?
c) 60 or 15 a) 200 ml
d) 50 or 20 b) 150 ml
c) 100 ml
Q.12) James distributed his assets to his d) 50 ml
wife, four sons, two daughters, and six
grandchildren in such a way that each Q.15) A, B, and C divide Rs 4000 among
grandchild got one-sixteenth of each son them in the ratio 5: 7: 8 respectively. Now
and one-tenth of each daughter. His wife if C gives 200 to A, what will be the
got 60% of the total share of his sons and respective new ratio of dividing the total
daughter together. If each daughter money among them?
receives assets worth Rs.1.25 lakh, what a) 5: 5: 6
is the share of his wife? b) 7: 7: 6
a) 500000 c) 6: 7: 7
b) 630000 d) 6: 5: 5
c) 720000
d) 490000 Q.16) The average age of Raman and
Shyam is 40 years. If Suraj replaces
Q.13) In a club every member is assigned Raman, the average age is 28.5 years, if
a unique identification number. A Suraj replaces Shyam average age is 30.5
member is a dancer if and only if the years. If the average age of Abraham and
identification number is divisible by 3, Aman is half of the average age of Raman,
whereas a member is a singer if and only Shyam and Suraj then the average age of
if the identification number is divisible by all five people is
7. If every number from 1 to 140 is a) 28
assigned to a member, then how many of b) 26.4
them either sing or dance? c) 32
a) 60 c) 31.5
b) 40
c) 54
d) 20

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Q.17) Tailor cuts a cloth into three pieces c) 17 : 39

to make a three-piece suit. The length of d) 39 : 17
the first piece is equal to the average of
the length of three pieces. The length of Read the following 2 (two) items:
the second piece is equal to that of the Read the following two passages and
first plus one-fourth the length of the first answer the items that follow. Your answer
piece. The third piece is 0.5m less than to these items should be based on the
the first piece. The length of the original passages only.
cloth is
a) 14 m PASSAGE 1 ( Q.21 – Q.24 )
b) 10 m Maps made by non-Native Americans to
c) 6 m depict Native American land tenure,
d) 4 m resources, and population distributions
appeared almost as early as European's
Q.18) An 8-digit number 5432746B leaves first encounters with Native Americans
the remainder 0 when divided by 6. How and took many forms: missionaries’ field
many values of B are possible? sketches, explorer’s drawings, and
a) 3 surveyors ‘maps, as well as maps
b) 2 rendered in connection with treaties
c) 1 involving land transfers. Most existing
d) 0 maps of Native American lands are
reconstructions that are based largely on
Q.19) A bought a certain quantity of dry archaeology, oral reports, and evidence
fruits at a total cost of Rs. 2500. He sold gathered from observer's accounts in
1/5 of these dry fruits at 10% loss. If he letters, diaries, and official reports;
earns an overall profit of 20%, at what accordingly, the accuracy of these maps is
percentage of profit did A sell the rest of especially dependent on the mapmaker's
the dry fruits? own interpretive abilities.
a) 20% Many existing maps also reflect the 150-
b) 25% year role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
c) 32.5% (BIA) in administering tribal lands.
d) 27.5% Though these maps incorporate some
information gleaned directly from Native
Q.20) The curved surface area of a Americans, rarely has Native American
cylindrical pillar is 1760 m2 and its cartography contributed to this official
volume is 7040 m 3. Find the ratio of its record, which has been compiled,
diameter to its height. surveyed, and authenticated by non-
a) 8 : 35 Native Americans. Thus our current
b) 16 : 35 cartographic record relating to Native

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American tribes and their migrations and a) They do not record the migrations of
cultural features, as well as territoriality Native American tribes.
and contemporary trust lands, reflects the b) They have been preserved primarily
origins of the data, the mixed purposes for because of their connection with
which the maps have been prepared, and treaties involving land transfers.
changes both in United States c) They tend to reflect archaeological
government policy and in non-Native evidence that has become outdated.
American's attitudes toward an d) They are not based primarily on the
understanding of Native Americans. mapmakers’ firsthand observations of
Native American lands.
Q.21) Which of the following best
describes the content of the passage? Q.24) All of the following are examples of
a) An argument concerning the nature of the type of evidence used in creating
the information contained in maps of “Most existing maps” EXCEPT
Native American lands a) A nineteenth-century government
b) A chronology of the development of report on the population distribution of
different methods for mapping Native a particular tribe
Americans b) Taped conversations with people who
c) A discussion of how the mapmaking lived on Native American tribal lands in
techniques of Native Americans differed the early twentieth century
from those of Europeans c) Aerial photographs of geological
d) An argument concerning the present- features of lands inhabited by Native
day uses to which historical maps of Americans
Native American lands are put d) Findings from a recently excavated site
once inhabited by a certain Native
Q.22) The passage mentions each of the American people
following as a factor affecting current
maps of Native American lands EXCEPT PASSAGE 2 ( Q.25 – Q.28 )
a) United States government policy Although scientists observe that an
b) Changes in ways that tribal lands are organism‘s behavior falls into rhythmic
used patterns, they disagree about how these
c) Non-Native Americans’ perspective on patterns are affected when the organism
Native Americans is transported to a new environment. One
d) Origins of the information utilized to experimenter, Brown, brought oysters
produce the maps from Connecticut waters to Illinois waters.
She noted that the oysters initially opened
Q.23) The passage suggests which of the their shells widest when it was high tide
following about most existing maps of in Connecticut, but that after fourteen
Native American lands? days their rhythms had adapted to the

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tide schedule in Illinois. Although she d) Endogenous influences have no effect

could not posit an unequivocal causal on an oyster's rhythms.
relationship between behavior and
environmental change, Brown concluded Q.27) The passage suggests that Brown's
that a change in tide schedule is one of study was similar to Hamner's in which of
several possible exogenous influences the following ways?
(those outside the organism) on the 1. Both experimenters discovered that a
oysters’ rhythms. Another experimenter, new environment had a significant
Hamner, however, discovered that effect on an organism's behavior
hamsters from California maintain their rhythms.
original rhythms even at the South Pole. 2. Both experimenters observed an
He concluded that endogenous influences organism's behavioral rhythms after
(those inside the organism) seem to affect the organism had been transported to
an organism‘s rhythmic behavior. a new environment.
3. Both experimenters knew an
Q.25) All of the following could be organism's rhythmic patterns in its
considered examples of exogenous original environment.
influences on an organism EXCEPT the a) 1 only
influence of the b) 2 only
a) Level of a hormone on a field mouse's c) 1 and 2 only
readiness for mating d) 2 and 3 only
b) Temperature of a region on a bear's
hibernation Q.28) Which of the following, if true,
c) Salt level of a river on a fish's migration would most weaken Brown's conclusion?
d) Humidity of an area on a cat's a) The oyster gradually closed their shells
shedding of its fur after high tide in Illinois had passed.
b) The oysters' behavioral rhythms
Q.26) Which of the following statements maintained their adaptation to the tide
best describes the conclusion drawn by schedule in Illinois throughout thirty
Brown days of observation.
a) A change in tide schedule is the c) Sixteen days after they were moved to
primary influence on an oyster's Illinois, the oysters opened their shells
rhythms. widest when it was high tide in
b) A change in tide schedule may be an Connecticut.
important exogenous influence on an d) A scientist who brought Maryland
oyster's rhythms. oysters to Maine found that the oysters
c) Exogenous influences, such as a opened their shells widest when it was
change in tide schedule, seldom affect high tide in Maine.
an oyster's rhythms.

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were preserved in the Rancho La Brea tar b) Had a similar frequency of tooth
pits in Los Angeles. The breakage fractures
frequencies in the extinct species were c) Populated the La Brea more densely
strikingly higher than those in the d) Consumed their preys more thoroughly
present-day species.
In considering possible explanations for Q.42) According to the passage, the
this finding, the researchers dismissed researchers believes that the high
demographic bias because older frequency of tooth breakage in carnivores
individuals were not overrepresented in found at La Brea was caused primarily by
the fossil samples. They rejected a) The aging process in individual
preservational bias because a total carnivores
absence of breakage in two extinct species b) Contact between the fossils in the pits
demonstrated that the fractures were not c) Poor preservation of the fossils after
the result of abrasion within the pits. they were removed from the pits
They ruled out local bias because d) The impact of carnivores' teeth against
breakage data obtained from other the bones of their prey
Pleistocene sites were similar to the La
Brea data. The explanation they consider Q.43) The researchers’ conclusion
most plausible is behavioral differences concerning the absence of demographic
between extinct and present-day bias would be most seriously undermined
carnivores—in particular, more contact if it were found that
between the teeth of predators and the a) The older an individual carnivore is,
bones of prey due to more thorough the more likely it is to have a large
consumption of carcasses by the extinct number of tooth fractures
species. Such thorough carcass b) The average age at death of a present-
consumption implies to the researchers day carnivore is greater than was the
either that prey availability was low, at average age at death of a Pleistocene
least seasonally, or that there was an carnivore
intense competition overkills and a high c) In Pleistocene carnivore species, older
rate of carcass theft due to relatively high individuals consumed carcasses as
predator densities. thoroughly as did younger individuals
d) The methods used to determine
Q.41) The passage suggests that, animals’ ages in fossil samples tend to
compared with Pleistocene carnivores in misidentify many older individuals as
other areas, Pleistocene carnivores in the younger individuals
La Brea area
a) Included the same species, in
approximately the same proportions

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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.44 – Q.46 ) Q.44) The passage suggests that combing

In the seventeenth-century Florentine and carding differ from weaving in that
textile industry, women were employed combing and carding are
primarily in low-paying, low-skill jobs. To a) low-skill jobs performed primarily by
explain this segregation of labor by women employees
gender, economists have relied on the b) low-skill jobs that were not performed
useful theory of human capital. According in the home
to this theory, investment in human c) low-skill jobs performed by both male
capital—the acquisition of difficult job- and female employees
related skills—generally benefits d) high-skill jobs performed outside the
individuals by making them eligible to home
engage in well-paid occupations. Women's
role as child bearers, however, results in Q.45) Which of the following, if true,
interruptions in their participation in the would most weaken the explanation
job market (as compared with men's) and provided by the human capital theory for
thus reduces their opportunities to women’s concentration in certain
acquire training for highly skilled work. occupations in seventeenth-century
Also, the human capital theory explains Florence?
why there was a high concentration of a) Women were unlikely to work outside
women workers in certain low-skill jobs, the home even in occupations whose
such as weaving, but not in others, such houses were flexible enough to allow
as combing or carding, by positing that women to accommodate domestic
because of their primary responsibility in tasks as well as paid labor.
child-rearing women took occupations b) Parents were less likely to teach
that could be carried out in the home. occupational skills to their daughters
There were, however, differences in pay than they were to their sons.
scales that cannot be explained by the c) Women’s participation in the
human capital theory. For example, male Florentine paid labor force grew
construction workers were paid a steadily throughout the sixteenth and
significantly higher wage than female seventeenth centuries.
taffeta weavers. The wage difference d) The vast majority of female weavers in
between these two low-skill occupations the Florentine wool industry had
stems from the segregation of labor by children.
gender: because a limited number of
occupations were open to women, there
was a large supply of workers in their
fields, and this "overcrowding” resulted in
women receiving lower wages and men
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Q.46) The author of the passage would be Q.47) It can be inferred from the passage
most likely to describe the explanation that the author considers poetry to be
provided by the human capital theory for which of the following?
the high concentration of women in a) A means of diversion in which suffering
certain occupations in the seventeenth- is transformed into joy
century Florence textile industry as b) An art form that sometimes stifles
a) Well-founded though incomplete creative energy
b) Difficult to articulate c) A bridge between the mundane and the
c) Plausible but poorly substantiated unreal
d) Seriously flawed d) A medium for conveying important
information
PASSAGE 3 ( Q.47 – Q.48 )
The black experience, one might Q.48) The author refers to Henry James
automatically assume, is known to every primarily in order to
Black author. Henry James was a) Support his own perception of the
pondering a similar assumption when he “longest bridge”
said: “You were to suffer your fate. That b) Illustrate a coherent “combination of
was not necessarily to know it.” This fact and meaning”
disparity between an experience and c) Provide an example of “dynamic
knowledge of that experience is the interchange of the spirit”
longest bridge an artist must cross. Don d) Establish the pervasiveness of lack of
L. Lee, in his picture of the Black poet, self-knowledge
“studying his own poetry and the poetry of
other Black poets,” touches on the crucial Q.49) The ratio of the monthly salaries of
point. In order to transform his own Param and Qalam is in the ratio 10: 13
sufferings—or joys—as a Black person and that of Qalam and Roushan is in the
into usable knowledge for his readers, the ratio 3: 4. Find the monthly income (in
author must first order his experiences in Rupees) of Roushan if the total of their
his mind. Only then can he create monthly salary is Rs 8,47,000.
feelingly and coherently the combination a) 2,70,000
of fact and meaning that Black audiences b) 3,81,000
require for the re-exploration of their lives. c) 3,64,000
A cultural community of Black authors d) 1,60,000
studying one another‘s best works
systematically would represent a dynamic
interchange of the spirit—corrective and
instructive and increasingly beautiful in
its recorded expression.

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Q.50) The price of a car is Rs. 15,00,000. is the father of R who does not love
It was insured for 80% of its price. The volleyball and is married to a woman who
car got completely damaged and the loves hockey, S is the sister of J who loves
insurance company paid 90% of the cricket. D, the only daughter of A, and her
insured amount. What is the price of the maternal Aunt J's husband is I who loves
difference between the price of the car and kabaddi.
the amount of insurance received?
a) Rs2,20,000 Q.53) How S related to D?
b) Rs3,40,000 a) Mother
c) Rs8,40,000 b) Sister
d) Rs4,20,000 c) Daughter
d) Data inadequate
Q.51) A cyclist, cycling on a road, passes
a man who was walking at the rate of 6 Q.54) which sport R loves?
km/h in the same direction. The man a) Volleyball
could see the cycle for 12 min and it was b) Tennis
visible to him up to a distance of 2.4 km. c) Tennis or Volleyball
What was the speed of the cycle? d) Data inadequate
a) 8 km/h
b) 12 km/h Q.55) a, b, c, d, and e are five consecutive
c) 18 km/h integers in increasing order of size. Which
d) 14 km/h one of the following expressions is not
odd?
Q.52) Present ages of Rajesh and Amit are a) ab + c
in the ratio of 7: 10 respectively. Five b) ab + d
years hence, the ratio of their ages will c) ac + d
become 8: 11 respectively. If the Sum of d) ac + e
the present age of Rajesh and Amit is ab.
then, find what the unit digit of (𝒂𝒃 ) is? Q.56) The H.C.F of two numbers, each
a) 2 having three digits, is 19 and their L.C.M.
b) 6 is 3553. The sum of the numbers will be:
c) 5 a) 209
d) 8 b) 323
c) 532
Direction for ( Q.53 - Q.54 ): A, R, D, S, d) 435
J and I are 6 members of a family. There
are two couples. Each loves a sport
namely soccer, cricket, volleyball, tennis,
hockey, and kabaddi. A who loves soccer

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Q.57) What is the remainder when 55 is ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than

divided by 8? nor greater than Q’.
a) 1 ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
b) 4 Three statements showing relationships
c) 5 have been given, which are followed by
d) 3 two conclusions (1) and (2). Assuming
that the given statements are true, find
Q.58) A, B and C have 30, x, and y toys out which conclusions(s) is/are definitely
with them respectively. If B gives 15 toys true.
to A, he is left with half as many toys as
C. If together they had 90 more toys, each Q.60) Statements: W @ V, V # X, Y © V.
of them would have had 80 toys on Conclusions:
average. What is the ratio of x to y? 1. X % Y
a) 4 : 7 2. X $ W
b) 5 : 2 a) If only conclusion (1) follows
c) 5 : 7 b) If only conclusion (2) follows,
d) 2 : 5 c) If either (1) or (2) follows,
d) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
Q.59) A Student obtained equal marks in
Maths and Science. The ratio of marks in Read the following 3 (three) items:
Science and Social is 2:3 and the ratio of Read the following three passages and
marks in Maths and English is 1: 2. If he answer the items that follow. Your answer
has scored an aggregate of 55% marks. to these items should be based on the
The maximum mark in each subject is the passages only.
same. In how many subjects did he score
greater than 50% marks? PASSAGE 1 ( Q.61 – Q.63 )
a) 1 (The following is based on material
b) 2 written in 1996.)
c) 3 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that
d) 4 Deplete the Ozone Layer, signed in 1987
by more than 150 nations, has attained
Directions ( Q.60 ): Symbols @, %, #, $, its short-term goals: it has decreased the
© are used with different meanings as rate of increase in amounts of most
explained below: ozone-depleting chemicals reaching the
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. atmosphere and has even reduced the
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than atmospheric levels of some of them. The
nor equal to Q’. projection that the ozone layer will
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than substantially recover from ozone depletion
nor equal to Q’. by 2050 is based on the assumption that

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the protocol's regulations will be strictly amounts that reached the atmosphere
followed. Yet there is considerable had decreased.
evidence of violations, particularly in the d) The rate of increase in amounts of
form of the release of ozone-depleting such chemicals reaching the
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are atmosphere had decreased.
commonly used in the refrigeration,
heating, and air conditioning industries. Q.62) The author of the passage
These violations reflect industry attitudes; compares the smuggling of CFCs to the
for example, in the United States, 48 illicit drug trade most likely for which of
percent of respondents in a recent survey the following reasons?
of subscribers to Air Conditioning, a) To qualify a previous claim
Heating, and Refrigeration News, an b) To emphasize the extent of a problem
industry trade journal, said that they did c) To provide an explanation for an earlier
not believe that CFC's damage the ozone assertion
layer. Moreover, some in the industry d) To suggest that the illicit CFC trade,
apparently do not want to pay for CFC likely the illicit drug trade, will
substitutes, which can run five times the continue to increase
cost of CFCs. Consequently, a black
market in imported illicit CFCs has Q.63) The passage suggests which of the
grown. Estimates of the contraband CFC following about the illicit trade in CFCs?
trade range from 10,000 to 22,000 tons a a) It would cease if manufacturers in
year, with most of the CFCs originating in India and China stopped producing
India and China, whose agreements CFCs.
under the Protocol still allow them to b) Most people who participate in such
produce CFCs. In fact, the United States trade do not believe that CFCs ‟s
Customs Service reports that CFC-12 is a deplete the ozone layer.
contraband problem second only to illicit c) It will probably surpass illicit drugs as
drugs. the largest contraband problem faced
by the United States Customs Services.
Q.61) According to the passage, which of d) It is fostered by people who do not
the following best describes most ozone- want to pay the price of CFC
depleting chemicals in 1996 as compared substitutes.
to those in 1987?
a) The levels of such chemicals in the
atmosphere had decreased.
b) The number of such chemicals that
reached the atmosphere had declined.
c) The amounts of such chemicals
released had increased but the

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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.64 – Q.66 ) a) 1 only

The whole biosphere, like the individual b) 2 only
organisms that live inside it, exists in a c) 1 and 3 only
chemically dynamic state. In this home- d) 1 and 2 only
ostatic system, a great number of organic
compounds are synthesized, transformed, Q.65) The author implies that which of
and decomposed continuously; together, the following is the primary reason that
these processes constitute the major parts degradation is as important as synthesis
of the carbon cycle. For the smooth to the smooth operation of the carbon
operation of this cycle, degradation is just cycle?
as important as a synthesis: the green a) Most of the polymers and organic
plants produce great quantities of poly- compounds found in the plant
mers, such as cellulose, and innumerable kingdom are chemically unstable.
other compounds like alkaloids, terpenes, b) The synthesis of some organic material
and flavonoids, that green plants cannot deprives life processes of an energy
use as sources of energy during source.
respiration. The release of the carbon in c) Decomposition permits the recycling of
these compounds for recycling depends carbon that would otherwise be fixed in
almost entirely on the action of both certain substances.
aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and d) Many organisms cannot use plants as
certain types of fungi. Some bacteria and a source of food but can feed on
fungi possess the unique and extremely bacteria and fungi.
important biochemical asset of being able

Q.66) The author's contention about the
to catalyze the oxidation of numerous
importance of bacteria and fungi in the
inert products, thereby initiating reaction
production of energy for life processes
sequences that produce carbon dioxide
would be most clearly strengthened if
and so return much carbon to a form that
which of the following were found to be
actively enters into life cycles once again.
true?
a) Both aerobes and anaerobes provide
Q.64) The passage contains information
sources of energy through the
that would answer which of the following
decomposition of organic material.
questions about the carbon cycle?
b) Most compounds containing carbon
1. What are some of the compounds that
are unavailable as energy sources
are broken down in the carbon cycle?
except to some bacteria and fungi.
2. Why are some compounds that are
c) Bacteria and fungi break down inert
involved in the carbon cycle less
material in ways that do not involve
reactive than others?
oxidation.
3. What role do bacteria and fungi play in
d) Many compounds remain inert, even in
the carbon cycle?
the presence of bacteria and fungi.

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PASSAGE 3 ( Q.67 – Q.68 ) Q.68) It can be deduced from the passage

The hypothesis of an expanding Earth has that the gravitational force at a point on
never attracted notable support, and if it the Earth’s surface is
were not for the historical example of a) Representative of the geologic age of
continental drift, such indifference might the Earth
be a legitimate response to an apparently b) Analogous to the movement of
improbable concept. It should be landmasses
remembered, however, that drift too was c) Similar to optical phenomena such as
once regarded as illusory, but the idea mirages
was kept alive until evidence from d) Proportional to the size of the Earth
physicists compelled geologists to
reinterpret their data. Q.69) The average temperature for
Of course, it would be as dangerous to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was
overreact to history by concluding that 16°C. The average for Thursday, Friday,
the majority must now be wrong about and Saturday was 20°C. If the
expansion as it would be to reenact the temperature on Saturday was 24°C, what
response that greeted the suggestion that was the temperature on Wednesday?
the continents had drifted. The cases are a) 12°C
not precisely analogous. There were b) 13°C
serious problems with the pre-drift world c) 18°C
view that a drift theory could help to d) 16°C
resolve, whereas Earth expansion appears
to offer no comparable advantages. If, Q.70) A Salesman charges sales tax of x%
however, physicists could show that the up to Rs.3,000 and above it he charges
Earth‘s gravitational force has decreased y%. A customer pays a total tax of Rs 180,
with time, expansion would have to be when he purchases goods worth Rs. 7,000
reconsidered and accommodated. and he pays the total tax of Rs. 420 for
the goods worth Rs. 15,000. The value of
Q.67) The passage indicates that one x and y is:
reason why the expansion hypothesis has a) 4, 6
attracted little support is that it will not b) 2, 3
a) Overcome deficiencies in current c) 1, 4
geologic hypotheses d) 2, 4
b) Clarify theories concerning the Earth’s
gravitational forces
c) Complement the theory of continental
drift
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Q.71) Find % change in the breadth of a women as the weaker and more
rectangle if the length of a rectangle is dependent sex have led to earlier
doubled and the area remains fixed. intervention and longer periods of
2
a) 66 % misdirected supervision for female
3
delinquents than for males.
b) 50%
c) 100%
Q.72) Which of the following statements
d) 200%
best expresses the irony pointed out by
the authors in the passage?
Read the following 4 (four) items:
a) Female delinquents tend to commit
Read the following three passages and
victimless crimes more frequently than
answer the items that follow. Your answer
their male counterparts.
to these items should be based on the
b) The predicament of male delinquents
passages only.
receives more attention than that of
females because males are accused of
PASSAGE 1 ( Q.72 – Q.74 )
more serious crimes.
Even as the number of females processed
c) Adults are frequently punished less
through juvenile courts climbs steadily,
severely than adolescents for
an implicit consensus remains among
committing more serious crimes.
scholars in criminal justice that male
d) The juvenile justice system cannot
adolescents define the delinquency
correct its biases because it does not
problem in the United States. We suggest
even recognize them.
two reasons why this view persists. First,
female adolescents are accused primarily
Q.73) The passage suggests that scholars
of victimless crimes, such as truancy, that
in criminal justice could be criticized for
do not involve clear-cut damage to
which of the following?
persons or property. If committed by
a) Underestimating the seriousness of the
adults, these actions are not even
juvenile crime
considered prosecutable; if committed by
b) Rationalizing the distinction made
juvenile males, they have traditionally
between juveniles and adults in the
been looked on leniently by the courts.
legal system
Thus, ironically, the plight of female
c) Concerning themselves too little with
delinquents receives little scrutiny
the prevention of juvenile delinquency
because they are accused of committing
d) Focusing on those whose crimes have
relatively minor offenses. Second, the
involved damage to persons or property
courts have long justified so-called
preventive intervention into the lives of
young females viewed as antisocial with
the rationale that women are especially
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Q.74) It can be inferred from the passage Q.75) According to the passage,
that the authors believe traditional Frankenstein differs from Wuthering
stereotypes of women to be Heights in its
a) Frequently challenged a) Use of multiple narrators
b) Persistently inexplicable b) Method of disguising the author’s real
c) Potentially harmful purposes
d) Rapidly changing c) Portrayal of men as determiners of the
novel’s action
PASSAGE 2 ( Q.75 – Q.76 ) d) Creation of a realistic story
Notable as important nineteenth-century
novels by women, Mary Shelley‘s Q.76) Which of the following narrative
Frankenstein and Emily Bronte‘s strategies best exemplifies the “evidentiary
Wuthering Heights treat women very narrative technique” mentioned in line
differently. Shelley produced a 24?
"masculine" text in which the fates of a) Telling a story in such a way that the
subordinate female characters seem author’s real intentions are discernible
entirely dependent on the actions of male only through interpretations of
heroes or anti-heroes. Bronte produced a allusions to a world outside that of the
more realistic narrative, portraying a story
world where men battle for the favors of b) Telling a story in such a way that the
apparently high-spirited, independent reader is aware as events unfold of the
women. Nevertheless, these two novels author’s underlying purposes and the
are alike in several crucial ways. Many ways these purposes conflict with the
readers are convinced that the compelling drama of the plot
mysteries of each plot conceal elaborate c) Telling a story in a way that both
structures of allusion and fierce, though directs attention to the incongruities
shadowy, moral ambitions that seem to among the points of view of several
indicate metaphysical intentions, though characters and hints that the plot has
efforts by critics to articulate these a significance other than that
intentions have generated much suggested by its mere events
controversy. Both novelists use a d) Telling a story as a mystery in which
storytelling method that emphasizes the reader must deduce, from the
ironic disjunctions between different conflicting evidence presented by
perspectives on the same events as well several narrators, the moral and
as ironic tensions that inhere in the philosophical significance of character
relationship between surface drama and and event
concealed authorial intention, a method I
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PASSAGE 3 ( Q.77 – Q.78 ) Q.78) It can be inferred from the passage

The Food and Drug Administration has that the author believes that those in
recently proposed severe restrictions on favor of stiffening the restrictions on gene
the use of antibiotics to promote the transplant research should logically also
health and growth of meat animals. a) Encourage experiments with any
Medications added to feeds kill many plasmids except those bearing genes
microorganisms but also encourage the for antibiotic resistance
appearance of bacterial strains that are b) Question the addition of anti-infective
resistant to anti-infective drugs. Already, drugs to livestock feeds
for example, penicillin and tetracycline c) Resist the use of penicillin and
are not as effective therapeutically as they tetracycline to kill microorganisms
once were. The drug resistance is chiefly d) Agree to the development of meatier
conferred by tiny circlets of genes, called livestock through the use of antibiotics
plasmids, that can be exchanged between
different strains and even different species PASSAGE 4 ( Q.79 – Q.80 )
of bacteria. Plasmids are also one of the The primary method previously used by
two kinds of vehicles (the other being paleontologists to estimate climatic
viruses) that molecular biologists depend changes that occurred during Pleistocene
on when performing gene transplant glacial cycles was the determination of
experiments. Even present guidelines 18O/16O ratios in calcareous fossils.
forbid the laboratory use of plasmids However, because this ratio is influenced
bearing genes for resistance to antibiotics. by a number of factors, the absolute
Yet, while the congressional debate rages magnitude of the temperature difference
over whether or not to toughen these between Pleistocene glacial and
restrictions on scientists in their interglacial cycles could not be
laboratories, little congressional attention unequivocally ascertained. For example,
has been focused on an ill-advised both temperature fluctuations and
agricultural practice that produces known isotopic changes in seawater affect the
deleterious effects. 18O/16O ratio. And, since both factors
influence the ratio in the same direction,
Q.77) According to the passage, the the contribution of each to the 18O/16O
exchange of plasmids between different cannot be determined.

bacteria can result in which of the Fortunately, recent studies indicate that
following? the racemization reaction of amino acids
a) Microorganisms resistant to drugs can be used to determine more accurately
b) Therapeutically useful circlets of genes temperatures that occurred during
c) Anti-infective drugs like penicillin Pleistocene glacial cycles. Only L-amino
d) Viruses for use by molecular biologists acids are usually found in the proteins of
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geological time, these acids undergo

racemization, producing D-amino acids,
which are not found in proteins. This
reaction depends on both time and
temperature; thus, if one variable is
known, the reaction can be used to
calculate the other.
Q.79) It can be inferred from the passage

that determination of the temperatures
through 18O/16O ratios and determination
through racemization reactions both
require which of the following?
a) Calcium deposits are known to be from
the Pleistocene seas
b) Proteins containing both L-amino acids
and D-amino acids
c) Glacial debris from both before and
after the Pleistocene period
d) Fossil material from organisms living
during the Pleistocene period
Q.80) The passage suggests that the

18O/16O ratio could be used more
successfully as a means of measurement
if scientists were able to
a) Determine the 18O/16O ratio in living
animals as well as in fossil remains
b) Locate a greater number of calcareous
fossils from the Pleistocene glacial and
Interglacial cycles
c) Arrive at more exact determinations of
which amino acids are found in the
proteins of living organisms
d) Isolate the relative effects of
temperature fluctuations and isotopic
changes in seawater on 18O/16O ratios

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PTS 2021 | CSAT Test 5 – Solutions

Q.1)
Ans) d
Exp) From the passage, the financial situation is most analogous to the financial situation in
which Japan's Tokugawa shoguns that a small business has to struggle to meet operating
expenses when its profit decrease.
Q.2)
Ans) a
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that Japan's feudal lord's spending had outdistanced
income.
Q.3)
Ans) c
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "the nearly inevitable outcome of hereditary office-
holding." Implies that in eighteenth-century Japan, the office of tax collector remained within
families.
Q.4)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "the international economic environment will be
shaped increasingly not by governments or international institutions" implies that an increase
in interaction between national governments and international regulatory institutions is not
one of the elements of the shifting world economy
Q.5)
Ans) c
Exp) According to the passage influence of global corporations on the world, the economy will
continue to increase.
Q.6)
Ans) a
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "the move by the European Community (EC) to
dismantle impediments to the free flow of goods, services, capital, and labor among member
states by the end of 1992" implies that prior to the 1992 program there were restrictions on
commerce between the member nations.
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Q.7)
Ans) c
Exp) From the passage, it seems the author tries to change the focus of a field of study.
Q.8)
Ans) b
Exp) According to the author that most studies of folktales told by Afro-American slaves are
inadequate because the studies do not pay enough attention to the features of a folktale that
best reveal an African influence.
Q.9)
Ans) c
Exp) Final selling price of bottles in shop A = (900- 900×0.15)- (900-900×0.15)×0.15 = Rs.
650.25
Final selling price of bottles in shop B = (900-900×0.20)- (900-900×0.20)×0.10= Rs.648
Difference = Rs.2.25
Q.10)
Ans) b
Exp) Share of Amit : Share of Rohini : Share of Tabish is
2000×8 + 2600×4 : 2800×8 + 3200×4 : 4200×4
33 : 44 : 21
So, Tabish’s share in profit = 21/(33+44+21) × 34300 = Rs 7350
Q.11)
Ans) b
Exp) 2 × 22/7 × 35 = 2 (l + b)
so (l + b) = 110
also given, lb = 2400
So (l + 2400/l) = 110
So l2 – 110 l + 2400 = 0
So, l = 80 or 30.
Q.12)
Ans) b
Exp) “Share of 1 grandchild = 1 /10×1.25lakh=0.125 lakhs
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Share of 1 son = 16 × 0.125 lakh = 2 lakhs
Share of 4 sons= 4× 2lakhs= 8 lakhs
Share of 2 daughters = 2×1.25 lakhs = 2.5 lakhs
Total share of sons and daughters = (8+2.5) lakhs=10.5 lakhs
6/10 × 10.5 lakhs = Rs.630000.
Q.13)
Ans) c
Exp) The number of members who can dance is multiple of 3 in 140 = 140/3 = 46 members
The number of members who can sing is multiples of 7 in 140 = 140/7 = 20 members
Number of members who can sing as well as dance is multiples of 3×7= 21 in 140 = 140/21 = 6
So, 6 members can sing as well as dance,
For the member who can either sing or dance is = 46 + 20 – 6 – 6 = 54.
Q.14)
Ans) a
Exp) Wine present in solution = 3/8 * 400 = 150 ml
Water present in solution = 5/8 * 400 = 250 ml
Let x ml of water to be added
Water is to be 75% of the new solution, so wine is to be 25% of the new solution.
So 25/100 of new solution = Wine present in new solution
25/100 * (400 + x) = 150 ml
So, x = 200 ml
OR 75/100 of new solution = Water present in new solution
75/100 * (400 + x) = 250 + x
So, x = 200 ml
Q.15)
Ans) c
Exp) A got = [5/(5 + 7 + 8)] * 4000 = 1000,
B got = [7/(5 + 7 + 8)] * 4000 = 1400,
C got = [8/(5 + 7 + 8)] * 4000 = 1600
When if C gives 200 to A, A gets=1000 + 200 = 1200, B = 1400, C =1600 – 200 = 1400
So new ratio is 1200 : 1400 : 1400 = 6 : 7 : 7
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Q.16)
Ans) b
Exp) Raman, Shyam, Suraj, Abraham, Aman – X, Y, Z, P, Q
X + Y = 40.5 * 2 = 81 –(1)
Z + Y = 28 * 2 = 56 –(2)
X + Z = 30 * 2 = 60 –(3)
From (1), (2), and (3)
X = 42 ; y =38; Z = 19
Average age of P and Q =1/2 * [( X + Y + Z)/3] = 99/6 = 16.5
Sum of the age of P and Q = 33
Average age of all the five people = (33 + 99)/5 = 26.4
Q.17)
Ans) c
1
Exp) Let the length of three pieces is 𝑥, (𝑥 + 𝑥) , (𝑥 − 0.5𝑚) respectively.
4
1
[𝑥,(𝑥+4𝑥),(𝑥−0.5𝑚)] (4𝑥+4𝑥+𝑥+4𝑥−2)
Now, the length of first piece = x => =>
3 12
=> x = 2m
Length of first piece = 2m
Length of second piece = 2 + [(1/4)* 2] = 2.5 m
Length of third piece = 2 – 0.5 = 1.5 m
So, the length of the original cloth is = (2 + 2.5 + 1.5) = 6m
Q.18)
Ans) c
Exp) zero remainder implies that the number is completely divisible by 6.
For divisibility of 6, the number must be divisible by both 2 and 3.
So, for divisibility by 2 B has 5 options i.e. (0, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Now for divisibility by 3, the sum of all digits must be divisible by 3
Sum of digits of given number = 31 + B
For divisibility by 3 B has 3 options i.e. (2, 5, 8)
So, there is only one common value 8.
The number is divisible by 6 if and only if B has the value 8.
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Q.19)
Ans) d
Exp) Total CP = 2500
Total SP = 2500 + 20% of 2500 = 2500 + 500 = 3000
CP of 1/5 of dry fruits = 2500/5 = Rs.500
SP of 1/5 of dry fruits at 10% loss
= 500 – [ (500 x 10/100)] = 500 - 50 = 450
SP of the rest of dry fruits = 3000 - 450 = 2550
Now, CP of the rest of dry fruits = 2500 - 500 = 2000
Profit on the rest of dry fruits = 2550 -2000 = 550
% of profit on the rest of dry fruits = (550/2000) × 100 = 27.5%
Q.20)
Ans) b
Exp) πr2h/2πrh = 7040/1760
So, radius, r = 8 m
2 × 22/7 × 8 × h = 1760
So, height h = 35
Ratio: 2r/h = 16/35 = 16 : 35
Q.21)
Ans) a
Exp) The content of the passage is an argument concerning the nature of the information
contained in maps of Native American lands.
Q.22)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage there is nothing mentioned about changes in ways that tribal lands are
used therefore that factor doesn't affect the current maps of Native American lands
Q.23)
Ans) d
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "Most existing maps of Native American lands are
reconstructions that are based largely on archaeology, oral reports, and evidence gathered from
observer's accounts in letters, diaries, and official reports; accordingly, the accuracy of these
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maps is especially dependent on the mapmaker's own interpretive abilities." Implies that they
are not based primarily on the mapmakers’ firsthand observations of Native American lands.
Q.24)
Ans) c
Exp) In the passage, nothing is mentioned about aerial photographs of geological features of
lands inhabited by Native Americans.
Q.25)
Ans) a
Exp) All the options except (a) are due to the surrounding.
Q.26)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned: "Brown concluded that a change in tide schedule is one of
several possible exogenous influences (those outside the organism) on the oysters’ rhythms.”
Implies that the change in tide schedule may be an important exogenous influence on an
oyster's rhythms best describes the conclusion drawn by Brown.
Q.27)
Ans) d
Exp) From the passage, we can conclude that both experimenters observed an organism's
behavioral rhythms after the organism had been transported to a new environment and both of
them knew an organism's rhythmic patterns in its original environment.
Q.28)
Ans) c
Exp) If oysters opened their shells widest when it was high tide in Connecticut then Brown’s
conclusion that a change in tide schedule is one of several possible exogenous influences would
be weakened.
Q.29)
Ans) d
Exp) From S1, 𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 > 2𝑆𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 < 𝑅𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
From S2, 𝑆𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 < 2𝑅𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 > 𝑀𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
So, either Mickey or Ramesh has the greatest score. So, can’t determine.
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Q.30)
Ans) b
Exp) From S1, 𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 > 2𝑆𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 < 𝑅𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
From S2, 𝑆𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 < 2𝑅𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 > 𝑀𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
From these statements, we conclude Shubham scored the least.
Q.31)
Ans) a
Exp) Let us assume Anant buys n cups.
Total CP = 30n
Total SP = 5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + ….. n terms
5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + …. N terms ≥ 1.6 × 30n
5(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ….. n terms) ≥ 48n
5/2[n(n+1)] ≥ 48n
n ≥ 19.2
Anant should sell a minimum of 20 cups.
Q.32)
Ans) d
Exp) Let the sum be borrowed = Rs.100
Then total interest = 6 × 3 + 12 × 4 + 16 × 4
= 18 + 48 + 64 = 130
Difference = 130 – 100 = 30
100
Therefore, Principal = × 14040 = 36800
30
Q.33)
Ans) a
Exp) Let, maximum marks = x
(53-23)% of x = (31 + 59)
30% of x = 90
Solving we get, x= 300
Q.34)
Ans) b
Exp) Let, length of first train = x
(x + 150)/5 = (x + 150 + 300)/10
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Solving, we get x = 150
Speed = 300/5 or 600/10 = 60m/s
Convert this speed into km/h, 60*18/5 = 216km/h
Q.35)
Ans) c
Exp) According to question,
33.34 1 4
27000 after 1st year = 27000 (1 + ) => 27000 (1 + ) => 27000 × = 36000
100 3 3
4 4
27000 after 2nd year = 27000 × × = 48000
3 3
4 4 4
27000 after 3rd year = 27000 × × × = 64000
3 3 3
Total amount after 3 years = 36000 + 48000 + 64000 = 148000
Q.36)
Ans) c
Exp) Given, the age of the son is "x"
So, the age of the father's and mother's be 6x and 5x respectively.
So, according to the question,
= 5𝑥 + 6𝑥 = [(𝑥 − 1)2 − 1]
=> 11𝑥 = 𝑥 2 + 1 − 2𝑥 − 1
=> 𝑥 2 = 13𝑥
=> 𝑥 = 13
So, the age of the son is 13 years.
Q.37)
Ans) d
Exp)
Student Subject Accommodation
A Data Science PG
B Economics/Finance Home
C Fine Arts Home
D Criminal Justice Hostel
E Music PG
F Economics/Finance Hostel
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Q.38)
Ans) a
Exp)
A Data Science PG
C Fine Arts Home
E Music PG
Q.39)
Ans) b
Exp)
A Data Science PG
C Fine Arts Home
E Music PG
Q.40)
Ans) c
Exp)
A Data Science PG
C Fine Arts Home
E Music PG
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Q.41)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "They ruled out local bias because breakage data
obtained from other Pleistocene sites were similar to the La Brea data" implies that Pleistocene
carnivores in other areas, Pleistocene carnivores in the La Brea area had a similar frequency of
tooth fractures.
Q.42)
Ans) d
Exp) It can be inferred from the passage that the researchers believe that the high frequency of
tooth breakage in carnivores found at La Brea was caused primarily by the impact of
carnivores' teeth against the bones of their prey.
Q.43)
Ans) d
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "the researchers dismissed demographic bias because
older individuals were not overrepresented in the fossil samples." Implies that the absence of
demographic bias would be most seriously undermined if it were found that the methods used
to determine animals’ ages in fossil samples tend to misidentify many older individuals as
younger individuals.
Q.44)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that "high concentration of women workers in certain low-
skill jobs, such as weaving, but not in others, such as combing or carding, by positing that
because of their primary responsibility in child-rearing women took occupations that could be
carried out in the home" implies that the combing and carding are low-skill jobs that were not
performed in the home.
Q.45)
Ans) a
Exp) The explanation provided by the human capital theory for women’s concentration in
certain occupations in seventeenth-century Florence would most weaken if women were
unlikely to work outside the home even in occupations whose houses were flexible enough to
allow women to accommodate domestic tasks as well as paid labor.
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Q.46)
Ans) a
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that according to the author the explanation
provided by the human capital theory is well-founded though incomplete.
Q.47)
Ans) d
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that the author considers poetry as a medium for
conveying important information.
Q.48)
Ans) a
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned "Henry James was pondering a similar assumption when
he said: “You were to suffer your fate. That was not necessarily to know it.” This disparity
between an experience and knowledge of that experience is the longest bridge an artist must
cross." From that, we can conclude that author refers to Henry James to support his own
perception of the “longest bridge”.
Q.49)
Ans) c
Exp) Param: Qalam = 10: 13 and Qalam: Roushan = 3: 4
So Param: Qalam: Roushan = 30: 39: 52
Total (30+ 39 + 52) is 121
So, Roushan’s salary (52/121) × 847000 = 364000.
Q.50)
Ans) d
Exp) Total value = 100%
Car was insured to 80% of its price
The insurance company paid 90% of the insurance.
80 90
Then × × 100 = 72%
100 100
Difference% is 100 – 72 = 28%

(15,00,000 × 28)/100=4,20,000.
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Q.51)
Ans) c
Exp) Let the speed of the cycle be x km/h.
Speed of man = 6 km/h
Relative speed = (x - 6) km/h
Therefore, (x - 6) × 12/60= 2.4
x – 6 = 12
x = 18 km/h
Q.52)
Ans) d
Exp) Let the present ages of Rajesh and Amit be 7x and 10x years respectively.
7𝑥+5 8
Then, =
10𝑥+5 11
=> 77𝑥 + 55 = 80𝑥 + 40

=> 3𝑥 = 15
=> 𝑥 = 5
So, the present ages of Rajesh and Amit are (7 × 5)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (10 × 5) respectively.
The sum of their ages = (35 + 50) = 85
Hence, 𝑎 = 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 5
Then, 𝑎𝑏 = 85
We know unit digit of 8 repeated after 4 powers. So, 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 85 = 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 81 => 8
Q.53)
Ans) a
Exp) Using statement, we conclude that
A is the father of R as well as D and J and I are his sister-in-law and brother-in-law
respectively. So, S must be his wife. Now, tabulate the concluded information,
Relation Sport (loves)
A Father of R and D Soccer
R Son of A
D Daughter of A
S Wife of A Hockey
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J Aunt of D Cricket
I Husband of J Kabaddi
R does not love volleyball then he must love tennis; D loves Volleyball.
A Father of R and D Soccer
R Son of A Tennis
D Daughter of A Volleyball
S Wife of A Hockey
J Aunt of D Cricket
Q.54)
Ans) b
Exp) Using statement, we conclude that
A is the father of R as well as D and J and I are his sister-in-law and brother-in-law
respectively. So, S must be his wife. Now, tabulate the concluded information,
A Father of R and Soccer

D
R Son of A
D Daughter of A
S Wife of A Hockey
J Aunt of D Cricket
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R does not love volleyball then he must love tennis; D loves Volleyball.
A Father of R and Soccer

D
R Son of A Tennis
D Daughter of A Volleyball
S Wife of A Hockey
J Aunt of D Cricket
Q.55)
Ans) d
Exp) Choice (A): ab+c
At least one of every two consecutive positive integers a and b must be even.
Hence, the product ab is an even number.
Now, if c is odd (which happens when a is odd), ab+c must be odd.
For example,
If a=3, b=4, and c=5, then ab+c must equal 12 + 5 = 17, an odd number. Reject.
Choice (B): ab+d

We know that ab being the product of two consecutive numbers must be even. Hence, if d
happens to be an odd number (it happens when b is odd), then the sum ab+d is also odd.
For example,
If a=4, then b=5, c=6 and d=7, then ab+d =3×5+7=15+7=23, an odd number. Reject.
Choice (C): ac+d

Suppose a is odd. Then c must also be odd, being a number 2 more than a.
Hence, ac is the product of two odd numbers and must therefore be odd.
Now, d is the integer following c and must be even.

Hence, ac+d = odd + even = odd.
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For example,
If a=3, then b=3+1=4, c=4+1=5 (odd) and d=5+1=6 (even) and ac+d =3 × 5 + 6 = 21, an odd
number. Reject.
Choice (D): ac+e

Suppose a is an odd number.
Then both c and e must also be odd.
Now, ac is the product of two odd numbers and therefore must be odd.
Summing this with another odd number e yields an even number.
For example, if a=1, then c must equal 3, and e must equal 5 and ac+e must equal 1 × 3 + 5 =
8, an even number.
Now, suppose a is an even number.
Then both c and e must also be even.
Hence, ac+e = (product of two even numbers) + (an even number) =(even number) + (even
number) =an even number
For example,
If a=2, then c must equal 4, and e must equal 6 and the expression ac+e equals 14, an even
number. Hence, in any case, ac + e is even. Correct.
Q.56)
Ans) c
Exp) Let two numbers be 19x and 19y respectively, as 19 is the HCF of these numbers.
Now, LCM of 19x and 19y is 19xy and, according to the question LCM of these two numbers,
=3553
⇒19xy =3553
3553
⇒xy =
19
⇒ xy =187=17×11
Now we have two possible scenarios,
Either, x=17 and y=11 ---- (1)
Or, x=11 and y=17 ---- (2)
In the first scenario, where x=17 and y=11, numbers will be,
19x=19 × 17=323
19y=19 × 11=209.
Or, in the second case where x=11 and y=17, numbers will be 209 and 323.
Required sum would be =209+323 =532.
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Q.57)
Ans) c
Exp) We know that 55 = 5 × 52 × 52
The number immediately before 25 that is divisible by 8 is 24.
Hence, replace 25 with 24+1.
Then we have:
= 55 = 5(252 ) = 5(24 + 1)2 = 5(242 + 2 × 24 × 1 + 12 )
= 5 × 242 + 5 × 2 × 24 + 5 × 1
Now,
55 5×242+5×2×24+5
= =
8 8
242 24 5
= 5× +5×2× +
8 8 8
5
= Integer + Integer +
8
Hence, the remainder is 5.
Q.58)
Ans) c
Exp) Given, (30 + x + y + 90)/3 = 80
x + y = 120 ………….(1)
x – 15 = y/2
2x – y = 30 …………..(2)
Solving 1 and 2, we get x = 50, y = 70.
Ratio of x: y = 5: 7
Q.59)
Exp) M: S=1:1, S: So= 2:3, M: E=1:2
Then M: S: So: E = 2: 2: 3: 4
Now (2x + 2x + 3x + 4x)/4 = 11x/4 = 55%
x = 20.
So Marks, M=40, S=40, So=60, E=80.
The student scored more than 50 marks is in 2 subjects.
Q.60)
Ans) a
Exp) W @ V = W ≤ V
V # X = V >X,
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Q.70)
Ans) b
3000×𝑥 4000×𝑦
Exp) + = 180 => 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 18 … … … (1)
100 100
3000×𝑥 12000×𝑦
. + = 420 => 3𝑥 + 12𝑦 = 42 … … … … . (2)
100 100
Solving (1) and (2) we get x = 2, y = 3
Q.71)
Ans) b
Exp) Area of rectangle = 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ × 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑡ℎ (fixed)
% 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 100
% change in breadth = × 100 = × 100 = 50%
100+% 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 200
Q.72)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage irony expressed by the author is that the predicament of male delinquents
receives more attention than that of females because males are accused of more serious
crimes.
Q.73)
Ans) d
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that scholars in criminal justice could be criticized
for focusing on those whose crimes have involved damage to persons or property.
Q.74)
Ans) c
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that the author believes traditional stereotypes of
women is potentially harmful.
Q.75)
Ans) c
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned “Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein and Emily Bronte‘s
Wuthering Heights treat women very differently. Shelley produced a "masculine" text in which
the fates of subordinate female characters seem entirely dependent on the actions of male
heroes or anti-heroes.” Implies that Frankenstein Portrays men as determiners of the novel’s
action while that’s not the case in Wuthering Heights.
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Q.76)
Ans) c
Exp) Telling a story in a way that both directs attention to the incongruities among the points
of view of several characters and hints that the plot has a significance other than that
suggested by its mere events best exemplifies the evidentiary narrative technique
Q.77)
Ans) a
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that “Medications added to feeds kill many
microorganisms but also encourage the appearance of bacterial strains that are resistant to
anti-infective drugs.” Implies that exchange of plasmids between different bacteria can result in
microorganisms resistant to drugs
Q.78)
Ans) b
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that “Yet, while the congressional debate rages over
whether or not to toughen these restrictions on scientists in their laboratories, little
congressional attention has been focused on an ill-advised agricultural practice that produces
known deleterious effects.” Implies that the author believes that those in favor of stiffening the
restrictions on gene transplant research should logically also question the addition of anti-
infective drugs to livestock feeds.
Q.79)
Ans) d
Exp) From the passage, it can be inferred that determination of the temperature through
18O/16O and determination through racemization reactions both require fossil material from
organisms living during the Pleistocene period
Q.80)
Ans) d
Exp) In the passage, it is mentioned that “temperature fluctuations and isotopic changes in
seawater affect the 18O/16O ratio. And, since both factors influence the ratio in the same
direction, the contribution of each to the 18O/16O cannot be determined.” Implies that the
18O/16O ratio could be used more successfully as a means of measurement if scientists were
able to isolate the relative effects of temperature fluctuations and isotopic changes in seawater
on 18O/16O ratios.
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passages only. situations is most analogous to the

PASSAGE 1 ( Q.1 – Q.3 ) Tokugawa shoguns found themselves in

In the eighteenth century, Japan's feudal the eighteenth century?

overlords, from the shogun to the a) A small business borrows heavily to

humblest samurai, found themselves invest in new equipment but is able to

can be attributed to the overlord's failure awarded a lucrative government

to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, contract.

concentration of the samurai in castle- c) A small business is turned down for a

Commercial efficiency, in turn, had put owners have no credit history.

temptations in the way of buyers. Since d) A small business has to struggle to

idleness by years of peace, encouraged to profits decrease.

engage in scholarship and martial

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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.4 – Q.6 ) Q.4) According to the passage, all of the

potentially large effect on the evolution of following about global corporations?

of this trend are the United States- existence of a fully integrated

Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and international market.

Community (EC) to dismantle impede- governmental functions if current

ments to the free flow of goods, services, economic trends continue.

by the end of 1992. However, although will continue to increase.

integrate the EC‘s markets, concern about

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PASSAGE 3 ( Q.7 – Q.8 ) b) Do not pay enough attention to the

Q.8) The author claims that most studies

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Q.17) Tailor cuts a cloth into three pieces c) 17 : 39

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tide schedule in Illinois. Although she d) Endogenous influences have no effect

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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.44 – Q.46 ) Q.44) The passage suggests that combing

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Q.57) What is the remainder when 55 is ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than

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PASSAGE 2 ( Q.64 – Q.66 ) a) 1 only

these processes constitute the major parts degradation is as important as synthesis

operation of this cycle, degradation is just cycle?

as important as a synthesis: the green a) Most of the polymers and organic

plants produce great quantities of poly- compounds found in the plant

mers, such as cellulose, and innumerable kingdom are chemically unstable.

use as sources of energy during source.

respiration. The release of the carbon in c) Decomposition permits the recycling of

almost entirely on the action of both certain substances.

fungi possess the unique and extremely bacteria and fungi.