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1. If mn = 625, then what must be the value of 5. The following pie-chart indicates the admission
 (m + 1) (n/2 )+ 1
, where m and n are whole numbers
charges in a school. Study the pie chart carefully
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(a) 512 and answer the question that follows.

(b) 216 Admission charges in a school

(c) 289
(d) 324
Dress,
20o
2. Ram and Sunita have some money. Product of Building
Admissi
the amounts of their money is Rs. 308700, and fee, 58o
on fee,
LW¶VNQRZQWKDWSunita has less money than Ram. 146o
If HCF of their money is Rs. 105, then how Tour,
much money does Ram has? 60o
(a) Rs. 420
Tuition
(b) Rs. 735 fee, 76o
(c) Rs. 815
(d) Rs. 675
If expense on dress is Rs. 1200 less than the

3. Out of 160 sports persons in a club, 10% persons expense on building fee, then what must be the
can play hockey, cricket and basketball. There expense on tuition fee?
are 30 persons who can play only two sports. 40
(a) Rs. 7600
persons can play only hockey. What is the total
number of persons who can play cricket only or (b) Rs. 4100
basketball only? (c) Rs. 2400
(a) 92
(d) Rs. 1800
(b) 86
(c) 74
(d) 68
6. Pappu has a tank of unknown capacity. When

4. Shubhi, Krishna and Anurag can do a work in 60 there is 120 litre of water in the tank, it is 20%
days, 30 days and 20 days respectively. Anurag full. If there is 280 litre water in the tank, then
works alone but on every fourth day he took help
what fraction of the tank must be full?
of Shubhi and Krishna. In how many days will
the whole work be done? (a) 1/5
(a) 8 days (b) 7/15
(b) 4 days
(c) 2/7
(c) 16 days
(d) 15 days (d) 8/17

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7. Consider the following statements.
 S1. Sum of the first natural number and the first
whole number is always zero.
S2. If ξ͵ is an irrational number, then ξ͵ + 2
will be a rational number.
S3. Product of ξ͵ ൅ ͳ with the sum of the first
natural number and the first whole number will
be zero.
Which of the above statements is/are wrong?
(a) Only 1 and 2
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 3
(d) All 1, 2 and 3
Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
Read the following two passages and answer the items
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
should be based on the passages only.
Passage ± 1
You are what you eat, and similarly, you are what you
think, and you are totally what you want to believe. Such
is the power our minds have, on who we are, what we do,
how we behave, what choices we make, how we conduct
ourselves, what mood we choose to be in and be
consumed by, and how we allow others to see us, accept
us, define us, and celebrate or shun us.
8. According to the author, which of the following
options best explains who you are?
.
Passage ± 2
A good foreign policy must work for you all. Your
everyday needs from the world must be better met. And
since we are a collective as a country, our national
security must be assured. As that is done, the pursuit of
our aspirations must be facilitated. The foreign policy
being the link to the outside, it should enable us to draw
what we seek. This could be in terms of technology or
capital, best practices, or even work opportunities. And
obviously, we would all like to be strong; we would like
to look good and we would like to feel appreciated. Any
policy which ensures all these goals has a lot going for
it. It does not necessarily have to sound nice; it must
simply pass the smell test.
9. Which of the following best describes a good
foreign policy according to the author?
(a) The one which makes a nation and its
citizens independent.
(b) A policy that gives us better work
opportunities.
(c) The one that strives to fulfill our usual
demands from the world.
(d) A policy that connects us to the world better.
10. Consider the following:
1. Poverty reduction
2. More H-1B visas
3. Continuous supply of crude oil
4. Innovative ways of school education
5. Increased foreign indirect investment
6. A missile deal with Russia
Assuming the author is talking about Indian
context, which of the above things can be a part
of good foreign policy, as implied by the
D $SHUVRQ¶VZLOOSRZHU passage?
(a) 2, 3, 5 and 6 only
(b) What we believe.
(b) 1, 2, 4, and 5 only
(c) How we behave. (c) 3, 4 and 6 only
(d) How a person conducts himself. (d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

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11. The digits of a two-digit natural number differ 15. A tank is half filled. It is attached with two
 by 1. If the digits are reversed, and the number pumps P and Q, which can fill an empty tank in
obtained by reversing the digits is added to the 16 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. If both
original number, we get 187. What is the the pumps are opened simultaneously, then how
difference between the original number and the much time would it take to fill the tank?
number obtained by reversing the digits? (a) 80/9 min
(a) 6
(b) 70/9 min
(b) 7
(c) 40/9 min
(c) 9
(d) 76/9 min
(d) 8

16. The following pie-chart shows the percentage

12. P, Q, R and S are four numbers such that the sum
distribution of different modes of transport used
of P and Q is 4/5th of the sum of R and S, and the
by the people. Study the pie chart carefully and
ratio of R and S is 3:2. P is half of R, and Q is
5/4th of S. If sum of these four numbers is 900, answer the question that follows.

then what is the difference between Q and P?

(a) 150
Train
(b) 100 Rickshaw
12%
(c) 250 14%

(d) 300
Bicycle
Car 11%
13. If a set P has 7 elements, then the number of 23%

subsets of P that contain at least 4 elements is

(a) 32
Foot Bike
(b) 64 5% 35%
(c) 78
(d) 81

14. A, B and C together can finish a work in 4 days.

Total number of people = 28600
If A alone can finish the same work in 18 days,
Number of people who uses car and bicycle as
whereas C alone can finish it in 12 days, then
modes of transportation is what percent of the
how many days will B take to finish the same
total number of people?
work while working alone?
(a) 34%
(a) 16 days
(b) 17%
(b) 15 days
(c) 9 days (c) 43%

(d) 11 days (d) 25%

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17. The following pie-charts show the percentage of Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
 literate female, literate male and illiterates in Read the following two passages and answer the items
2001 and 2011. Study the pie charts carefully that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
and answer the question that follows. should be based on the passages only.
Passage ± 1
Total population in 2001 = 20,000 India will achieve net zero emissions latest by 2070, that
is, there will be no net carbon emissions, Prime Minister
Literate
Female Narendra Modi declared at the COP26 summit. By 2030,
11% India would also ensure that 50% of its energy will be
from renewable energy sources. However, none of this
can help the 1.5°C mark from being breached. A major
Literate
Male point of emphasis of the report, particularly for South
24% $VLD LV WKH WUHQG LQ WKH µZHW EXOE¶ WHPSHUDWXUH ² an
Illiterate index of the impact of heat and humidity combined ²
65% and its effect on health. Lucknow and Patna, according
to one of several studies cited in the report, were among
the cities predicted to reach wet-bulb temperatures of
35°C if emissions continued to rise, while
Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Mumbai, Indore, and
Total population in 2011 = 24,000 $KPHGDEDG DUH µDW ULVN¶ RI UHDFKLQJ ZHW-bulb
temperatures of 32°C-34°C with continued emissions.
This will have consequences such as a rise in heatwave-
linked deaths or reduced productivity. Global sea levels
Literate
Female Illiterate will likely rise 44cm-76cm this century if governments
31% 33% meet their current emission-cutting pledges. But with
higher emissions, and if ice sheets collapse more quickly
than expected, sea levels could rise as much as 2 metres
this century and 5m by 2150. India is one of the most
Literate vulnerable countries in terms of the population that will
Male
be affected by sea-level rise. By the middle of the
36%
century, around 35 million of its people could face
annual coastal flooding, with 45 million-50 million at
What is the difference between the number of risk by the end of the century if emissions are high.
literate females in 2001 and 2011? Experience has shown that partisan economic
(a) 6240 calculations trump climate considerations, but India
(b) 3890 must shore up its adaptation measures and urgently move
(c) 4000 to secure the futures of its many vulnerable who have the
(d) 5240 most to lose.

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18. Based on the above passage, the following Passage ± 2

assumptions have been made: ³.HHSLQJXSZLWKWKH-RQHVHV´LVDQH[SUHVVLRQWKDWLV

1. India alone achieving net zero emissions is commonly used to describe the attitude of always

meaningless as the developed countries are wanting to keep up with the neighbors in terms of

the major carbon emitters. possessions and wanting to have the things that our

2. Climate change in India will induce lesser neighbors have. Envy is another word that can be used to

precipitation. describe this frame of mind. Unfortunately, it is an

3. In the current scenario, India, alone, cannot attitude that is widespread all over the world.

mitigate the negative impact of climate Throughout our childhood and most of our adult life,

competition is the order of the day. Right from our

change.
school days we are taught that our self-worth is measured
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
in relation to other people. At school, our grading system
(a) 1 only
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that are better than you are. This carries on through

life. The rivalry does not always end when children grow
19. Based on the above passage, which of the
up. The success of one child in adulthood is measured
following are the likely impacts of climate
against the success of another.
change in India?
20. Which of the following is the most crucial and
1. Increase in deaths of people
logical inference that can be made from the
2. Decline in coastal flooding
above passage?
3. Decline in food grain production
(a) Competition is at the root of all problems.
4. Decline in labour productivity
(b) Competitive mindset is an innate
Select the correct answer from the code given
characteristic of human nature.
below:
(c) Competitive attitude may not always be
(a) 1 and 2 only
ethical.
(b) 1 and 4 only
(d) The system of competition at different
(c) 2 and 3 only stages of human life should be done away
(d) 3 and 4 only with.

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21. A sweet shop owner prepared 1760 laddoos. He 24. In a school annual function, 93% students
 participated in dance and 74% students
has a square tray in which he wants to put these
participated in drama. Find the percentage of
laddoos in such a way that the number of rows
students who participated in both.
and columns is same. After putting all the
(a) 65%
laddoos, he got to know that he needs some more (b) 67%
laddoos to completely fill the tray. What is the (c) 69%

minimum number of laddoos he needs to fill the (d) 71%

tray?
25. Rahul has some toffees with him. When his
(a) 24 friend Shyam asks him about the number of
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and then multiply the resultant by 21/2, you will
(d) 4
get 7/2 times the number of tRIIHHV , KDYH´
How many toffees does Rahul have?
22. Three numbers which are co-prime to each other (a) 4
are such that product of the first two co-prime (b) 6

numbers is 459, and product of the last two co- (c) 8

(d) 10
prime numbers is 621. What is the sum of these

three co-prime numbers?

26. 18 tractors can finish a work in 12 days and 12
(a) 57 backhoe loaders can finish the same work in 9
(b) 67 days. What is the work efficiency ratio of a

(c) 79 tractor and a backhoe loader?

(a) 2:1
(d) 81
(b) 3:4
(c) 1:2
23. Which of the following is the least possible (d) 4:3
fraction that will get divided by each one of 5/18,
27. If A = {x:1<x<6, x‫א‬N} and B = {y:2<y<9,
8/9, and 10/27?
y‫א‬N}, then what will be the value of (A‫ת‬B)?
(a) 25/9
(a) {Iሽ
(b) 40/9 (b) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
(c) 25/3 (c) {3, 4, 5}
(d) 81/4 (d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

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28. In UPSC CSE prelims examination, 60%
 students failed in GS and 50% students failed in
CSAT. If 20% of the students failed in both, then
find the percentage of those who passed in GS?
(a) 80%
(b) 40%
(c) 20%
(d) 60%
29. Two inlet pipes X and Y are used to fill a tank.
If Y fills one-fourth of tank and the remaining
part is filled by X, then total time taken to fill the
tank is 35 minutes. If X fills one-fourth of tank
and the remaining part is filled by Y, then total
time taken to fill the tank is 25 minutes. Find the
time (in minutes) taken by X and Y together to
fill the tank.
(a) 40
(b) 40/3
(c) 80/3
(d) 20
Directions for the following 4 (four) items:
Read the following four passages and answer the items
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
should be based on the passages only.
Passage ± 1
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enhanced capacity to flee from the shackles of too much
democracy to places that are well-controlled under a
strong regime, where all clearances are available at a
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environmental regulations are lax, wages are low, labour
standards are weak, and dissent is answered with an iron
fist. This was working perfectly until its ripple effects
reached the shores of western democracies. Now the
West is waking up to the challenge and the G7 move is
an acknowledgement of the crisis.
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30. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the crux of the passage?
(a) The problems created by weak regulations
now have global implications.
(b) Countries under authoritarian rules are
favoured by investors globally.
(c) G7 nations are restricting the flow of capital
and pushing for better global standards in
labour, environment and taxation.
(d) Globalisation has led to the weakening of
labour standards and reduction in wages in
developing countries.
Passage ± 2
Asian cosmopolitanism had developed in regions which
have to accommodate not just diversitLHV EXW ³UDGLFDO
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brought together in the same space. To accommodate
these differences and peculiarities in the practices of
different communities, everyday mechanisms of coping
have evolved. This has resulted in a unique form of
cosmopolitanism where differences can be
accommodated without pressuring members of one
community to be like the other based on a notion of
universal brotherhood. On the contrary, members of one
community can go to extraordinary lengths to help
members of the other community maintain their
customary practices including their separate dining and
dietary habits.
31. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the central idea of the passage?
(a) Asian cosmopolitanism teaches the people
to accept the radical differences among
themselves while promoting the
community's feelings at the same time.
(b) Asian cosmopolitanism is resulting in the
blending of diverse cultures into one
common national identity.
(c) Asian cosmopolitanism teaches the people
to divest of all prejudices so that they can
emerge as unbiased citizens of the nation-
state.
(d) Asian cosmopolitanism leads to a
superficial form of tolerance of diversity.
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Passage ± 3
 The stress caused by the pandemic has been sustained
A history of clothing can do several things: it will
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and what they signify. For one, dress codes symbolized
and affirmed power structures ± whether these were
colonial, upper caste, religious or patriarchal power
structures. By using their power and even violence,
states, religious authorities, upper castes, or even male
heads of families could insist that people conform to
prescribed ways of dressing. Societal hierarchies were
thus sustained and perpetuated.
32. Which of the following is/are the most rational
and logical Inference/Inferences that can be
made from the passage?
1. Knowledge about the history of clothing
makes a student understand society in a
meaningful manner.
2. Knowledge about the history of clothing
will help in building greater civility and
respect for differences.
3. By controlling clothing in society, the state
controlled the power structures in society.
Select the correct answer from the code given
below:
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None of the above
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over a long time and can be categorized as chronic stress.
Chronic stress has been found to kill brain cells and even
reduce the size of the brain. Chronic stress has a
shrinking effect on the prefrontal cortex, the area of the
brain responsible for memory and learning. Studies in
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good decisions under stress. They have repeatedly
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overeating is bad for us, but we still indulge in it often.
We know binging on social media takes away time from
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stop scrolling.
33. Which one of the following statements best
reflects the crux of the passage?
(a) People have stopped outdoor activities
fearing the pandemic.
(b) Memory and learning suffer due to the
chronic stress.
(c) The virus has affected the prefrontal cortex
leading to the reduction in the size of the
brain.
(d) The pandemic has made it more difficult for
people to think rationally and take correct
decisions.
34. Find the HCF of 0.24, 0.06 and 0.018.
(a) 0.6
(b) 0.0006
(c) 0.006
(d) 0.06
35. When 60 is added to a certain number, then new
number becomes 400% of the original number.
What is the original number?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 15
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36. In the following Venn diagram, determine the 38. What will be the average of a, a + 2, a + 4, a + 6,
 value of (A‫ת‬C) - (A‫ת‬B). «««DZKHUHD‫ܭ‬1"

(a) a + 6

(b) 2a + 12

(c) a + 12

(d) a + 24

39. The given diagram shows the number of people

(a) {e, b}
who have received vaccine doses I, II and III.
(b) {e, f, d}
The number of people who have received at least
(c) {f}
(d) {‫}׎‬ one dose is 214. What is the percentage of

people who have received at least two doses of

37. The following pie-chart shows the expenditure vaccine?
of a person on different items. Study the
following pie chart carefully and answer the
question that follows.

Expenditure of a person

Savings
720 Food (a) 12.33%
1080
(b) 27.57%
EMIs (c) 18.55%
540
Transport (d) 30.40%
360
Education Rent
360 540
40. If the sum of two numbers is 40 and their product

is 175, then what will be their difference?

What is the percentage of expenditure on Rent? (a) 30

(a) 30% (b) 40
(b) 15%
(c) 20
(c) 20%
(d) 60
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Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
 What do you do if you and your family have invested
Read the following two passages and answer the items
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
should be based on the passages only.
Passage ± 1
Women in uniform provide an extremely powerful
symbol of positive authority, confidence, empowerment
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regressive, both conceptually and in practice. Instead, let
us induct more women so that each police station in the
country has them in adequate numbers to attend to all
citizens, including women victims and complainants.
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police posts instead of their being sent to specific ones.
41. With reference to the above passage, the
following assumptions have been made:
1. Presently police stations in the country do
not have enough women cops.
2. If we stop applauding all-woman police
stations, then we will be perceived as
progressive.
Which of the above assumptions are valid?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 only
(c) None
(d) 2 only
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Passage ± 2
money and emotion in making you a doctor and you do
not get enough marks to qualify for a government
medical college? Many such students used to settle for a
Bachelor in Dental Surgery degree. This led to a
mushrooming of dental colleges of dubious quality and
India produced far more dental surgeons than were in
demand. Subsequently, several of these colleges shut
down. The only option then is to do MBBS in a country
that one can afford. A situation of high demand coupled
with a student-unfriendly system is designed for the
entry of middlemen. As soon as you register with a
coaching agency or the NEET results are out, you are
bombarded with offers from agencies ensuring seats in
Nepal, Mauritius, Ukraine, Russia, China and so on.
Parents are lured into spending their hard-earned savings
by middlemen who paint a rosy picture of the scenario in
these countries. Even after this, these students often fail
to clear the foreign medical graduate examination ² this
has a pass rate of 15 per cent. Caught between parental
pressure and an unfriendly system, the students have
nowhere to go.
42. Increased offers for MBBS seats in foreign
universities are due to which of the following?
1. Lack of MBBS seats in government medical
colleges the country as compared to the
demand
2. Lack of private and government medical
colleges in India
3. Mushrooming of middlemen
4. Increased aspirations of Indian parents for
their children
5. Shutting down of dental colleges in the
country
Select the correct answer using the code given
below
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) 2, 4 and 5 only
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43. Why do foreign medical university graduates 46. Ananya has some colour pencils in two boxes. If
 have a pass rate of a mere 15 per cent in the sum of the pencils in the two boxes is 112 and
foreign medical graduate examination? their HCF is 16, then what must be the difference
between the number of pencils in the two boxes?
(a) Poor quality of education in foreign
(a) 42
universities (b) 38
(b) Standards of education are different in a (c) 24
foreign and an Indian university (d) 16
(c) Parental pressure and an unfriendly system
(d) None of the above 47. What will be the remainder we get when 468 is
divided by 192?
(a) 16
44. In a country 80% of the citizens think football is (b) 49
their national game, 85 % of the citizens think (c) 64
cricket is their national game, and 70 % of the (d) 21
citizens think both cricket and football are their
national games. If 3,00,000 citizens think neither 48. If the denominator of a fraction is increased by
350% and numerator of that fraction is increased
cricket nor football is their national game, then
by 400%, then the resultant fraction is 11/45.
find the population of that country. What is the original fraction?
(a) 40,00,000 (a) 12/65
(b) 50,00,000 (b) 10/27
(c) 60,00,000 (c) 11/50
(d) 23/90
(d) 30,00,000

49. The graph given below shows the different parts

45. Dhaniram and Maniram can plough a field in 10 of the total expenditure made while constructing
days; Maniram and Sukhiram can plough the a meeting hall. Study the following graph and
same field in 15 days; and Sukhiram and answer the question that follows.
Dhaniram can plough the same field in 20 days.
They, together, plough for 6 days, after which
Dhaniram got sick and left the work. Remaining
two continued to plough the field. After 4 days
Maniram left the work citing personal reasons.
How long will Sukhiram take to plough the What fraction of the expenditure and how much
remaining field? money was spent on labour, if total expense was
(a) 14 days Rs.142400?
(b) 10 days (a) 4/9th part, Rs. 42960
(b) 2/5th part, Rs. 56960
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50. Pranjal and Anjal together can make a car in 10
 reflects the central idea of the passage given
days. Anjal and Karan together take 15 days to
make the same car. If efficiency of Pranjal is
twice that of Karan, then in how many days will
Anjal alone make that car?
(a) 30 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 25 days
(d) 40 days
Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
Read the following two passages and answer the items
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
should be based on the passages only.
Passage ± 1
It has been proven time and again that when more
women enter the workforce, economies grow faster.
When women are empowered, the battle to eradicate
poverty is more fruitful. Studies conducted in various
nations have proven that there is a direct correlation
between greater gender diversity and higher GDPs. We
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education, equal access to opportunities, and equal pay
at work. By empowering women, we increase their right
to economic resources, as well as their decision-making
powers. This, in turn, benefits their households and their
communities. Women begin investing more in their
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improves, and we as a nation reap the benefits of
economic prosperity.
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51. Which one of the following statements best
above?
(a) Empowerment of women leads to the socio-
economic development of society and
nation.
(b) By empowering women, we can reap the
benefit of higher GDP.
(c) Women empowerment is a necessary
precursor to the socio-economic
advancement of a nation.
(d) Empowerment of women helps in their
development in the social and economic
spheres.
52. According to the author, how can we reap the
benefits of economic prosperity?
1. By improving the quality of human resource
2. By increasing education penetration among
both boys and girls
Select the correct answer using the code given
below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2
(d) None
Passage ± 2
The United States Senate unanimously passed a law
making daylight saving time (DST) permanent,
scrapping the biannual practice of putting clocks forward
and back coinciding with the arrival and departure of
winter. If the legislation, Sunshine Protection Act, passes
in the House of Representatives as well, and is signed
into law by President Joe Biden, it will come into effect
in November 2023. The practice of turning clocks back
by an hour to standard time every November will stop ²
and DST, which now starts in March, will be in effect all
year round. The key argument is that DST is meant to
save energy. It involves resetting clocks ahead by an
hour in spring, and behind by an hour in autumn, and
those in favour of DST argue that it means a longer
evening daytime. Individuals will complete their daily
work routines an hour earlier, and that extra hour of
daylight means ² or is supposed to mean ² a lower
consumption of energy.
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53. Which of the following is the objective of 57. The following graph shows the percentage
 expenses of a sportsman on different items and
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his total monthly expense. Study the following
(a) Energy Conservation
pie chart carefully and answer the question that
(b) Harnessing Solar Energy follows.
(c) Promoting work from home culture Total monthly expense = Rs. 16000
(d) None of the above
Gym Diet
members expense
hip 24%
54. What will be the product of LCM and HCF of 32%
Coach fee
4/5, 8/15, 2/25? 19%
Gears
(a) 1 16% Transport
cost
(b) 8/75 9%

(c) 16/375 What is the ratio of the expenses done on diet

and gym membership?
(d) 4/25
(a) 4:1
(b) 3:4
55. Subhi got 20 more marks in Science than the (c) 1:3
(d) 2:3
average marks in Geography and English. If in

English, she got 60 marks, then what were her

58. In an exam, average marks of A, B and C are
marks in Geography? 650. If marks of B are 50 more than A, and

(a) 30 marks of C are 20 less than A, then what are the

marks of C?
(b) 40
(a) 615
(c) 60 (b) 1920
(d) Data not sufficient (c) 580
(d) 620

56. If 5x + (1/x) = 4, then find the value of f(x) = 59. In a group of 80 people, 25 drink wine but not
125x3 + 1/x3 soda, while 33 drink wine. How many people
drink soda only?
(a) 4
(a) 22
(b) -4
(b) 47
(c) 0 (c) 43

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60. 9 people distributed some wheat in a flood Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
 affected region. Their average contribution was
Read the following three passages and answer the items
450 kg. One other person, M, contributed 450 kg
more than the average of all these 10 persons that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
(i.e. 9 persons plus M). Find the total should be based on the passages only.
contribution of 10 people.
(a) 5000 kg Passage ± 1
(b) 4500 kg Translating the Constitution of India in Santhali had been
(c) 4050 kg
(d) 9000 kg RQ3URIHVVRU6ULSDWL7XGX¶VPLQGIRUDIHZ\HDUVEHIRUH
he actually got down to starting the mammoth task: that
61. Three numbers are in ratio of 41:47:53. If their
of translating the longest written constitution of any
HCF is 4, then these numbers must be:
(a) 172, 198, 224 country in the world²235 pages²in the OlChiki script.
(b) 160, 180, 200
An assistant professor in the Santhali language at the
(c) 152, 178, 204
(d) 164, 188, 212 Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University in Purulia, West Bengal,
Tudu started this initiative because he wanted the
62. The following graph shows the percentage
distribution of different age groups of the document to be more accessible and available for a wider
employees working in a company. Study the pie group that may not necessarily be familiar with
chart carefully and answer the question that
follows. languages in which a translation of the Constitution is
available. The nation runs on the basis of the
Percentage distribution of different
age groups of the employees in a Constitution. But the community has been historically
company deprived and so people in the community need to read it
to understand what their rights are, the provisions and
40-50 what is written inside it.
24% 30-40
30% 63. Which of the following best reflects the critical
message of the passage?
(a) The ambitious project of the academician
18-30
14% will soon be realised.
60+age
12% (b) The net benefit of translating the
50-60
20% Constitution is debatable.
(c) For better understanding of rights and
If the number of people in 60+ age group is 48, then
the number of people in age group 18-30 must be: duties, the Constitution requires to be
(a) 56
translated in multiple languages.
(b) 42
(c) 68 (d) Indian Constitution is available in multiple
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Passage ± 2
 Permafrost peatlands ² frozen, carbon-storing expanses
of land ² in Europe and western Siberia might be
approaching their tipping point faster than expected, a
new study warned. By 2040, northern Europe might
become too wet and warm to support permafrost
peatlands, the study published in Nature Climate Change
added. Peatlands are a class of wetlands, which are
ecosystems flooded with water. Waterlogged conditions
limit microbial decay of dead plant materials rich in
carbon dioxide. This prevents the reintroduction of the
gas into the atmosphere. Peatlands, which occupy only 3
per cent of the global land surface, store twice as much
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Nations Environment Programme. Some peatlands are
buried under frozen ground or permafrost and exist as
permafrost peatlands. They are found in the northern
parts of Alaska, Canada, Russia and parts of northern
Europe, the researchers said. Data on parts of Canada
and Siberia is still lacking, study lead author, Richard
Fewster, told Down To Earth. Frozen wetlands in Europe
and western Siberia store up to 39 billion tonnes of
carbon. This is equivalent to twice that is held by the
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have been protected for millennia by frozen conditions,
but once those conditions become unsuitable, all that
storHGFDUERQFDQEHORVWYHU\TXLFNO\´VWXG\FR-author
Paul Morris, associate professor of biogeoscience at
Leeds, said.
64. Which of the following best reflects the critical
message of the passage?
(a) Global warming will harm the carbon
storing capacity of peatlands.
(b) Carbon storing capacity of peatland is
extremely high.
(c) Peatlands prevents microbial decay of
plants.
(d) Peatlands are found all over the world.
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65. On the basis of the above passage, consider the
following statements about peatlands.
1. They are a type of water body.
2. Ice protects peatland from degradation.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2
(d) None
Passage - 3
New data and analysis in the report, New Threats to
Human Security in the Anthropocene, shows that
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every country, including the richest countries, despite
years of upwards development success. Those benefiting
from some of the highest levels of good health, wealth,
and education outcomes are reporting even greater
anxiety than 10 years ago. To tackle this disconnect
between development and perceived security, the report
calls for greater solidarity across borders and a new
approach to development; one that allows people to live
free from want, fear, anxiety and indignity. The
imperative to act now has never been more clear, as new
findings also show that global life expectancy at birth is
falling for a second year because of COVID-19, and
overall human development measures are also moving
downward. Furthermore, climate change is likely to
become a leading cause of death around the world. Even
with moderate mitigation of emissions, some 40 million
people might die because of changes in temperatures
before the end of the century. The report examines a
cluster of threats that have shifted to become more
prominent in recent years including those from digital
technologies, inequalities, conflicts, and the ability of
healthcare systems to tackle new challenges like the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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66. With reference to the above passage which of the 70. In a fleet of 20 commandos, 8 have guns, 10
 statements given below is/are correct? have knifes and 5 have neither a gun nor a knife.
1. An inverse relation exists between
How many of these commandos have both a
development and perceived sense of
security. knife and a gun?
2. Life expectancy at birth is falling due to (a) 5
pandemic in some countries only. (b) 10
Select the correct answer using the codes given
(c) 8
below.
(a) 1 only (d) 3
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 71. Abhishek and Vipul work in an interior design
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
company. Abhishek and Vipul alone can finish
the same work in 20 days and 40 days
67. Which of the following is/are the most logical/
rational inferences that can be drawn from the respectively. If both are working together, then
passage? on which day will the work get completed?
1. The sense of security is low in almost every
(a) 13th day
country.
(b) 26th day
2. Climate change will cause most number of
deaths globally by the end of the century. (c) 14th day
Select the correct answer using the codes given (d) 27th day
below.
(a) 1 only
72. 5 times the cube of a number is 15 times the
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 square of that number. The number is:
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 5
(b) 3
68. Difference between two numbers is 6, and the
(c) 4
sum of their square is 1476. If their LCM is 120,
then what will be their HCF? (d) 7
(a) 12
(b) 4 73. A number when divided by a divisor leaves a
(c) 6
remainder of 24. When twice the original
(d) 8
number is divided by the same divisor, the
69. :KHQ  LV DGGHG WR 4DVLP¶V DJH LW EHFRPHV remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?
RIKLVUHDODJH:KDWLV4DVLP¶VDJH" (a) 13
(a) 105 years
(b) 59
(b) 72 years
(c) 88 years (c) 35
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74. The sum of two numbers is 100 and their Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
 difference is 37. The difference of their squares Read the following two passages and answer the items
must be
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
(a) 37
should be based on the passages only.
(b) 370
(c) 463 Passage ± 1
(d) 3700 Interdependence theory developed as a critique of realist
theory in the 1970s. It challenged the realist idea that the
75. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?
state was the most important entity in international
య
(a) 6 ξͷ
య
relations. Interdependence theorists stressed the
(b) 8 ξʹ
య importance of non-state actors, such as multinational
(c) 2 ξͳ͵Ͳ
య corporations and their influential role in a more complex
(d) ξͻͲͲ
global society in which military power had become far
76. Let D be a recurring decimal of the form D = 0. less important or virtually irrelevant to shaping relations
a b a b a b ... where digits a and b lie between 0 between countries. Liberal institutionalist and
and 9. Further, at most one of them is zero.
interdependence approaches overlap to a considerable
Which of the following numbers necessarily
produces an integer, when multiplied by D? extent. Both have a much more optimistic view of human

(a) 18 nature and share the view that growing interdependence

(b) 108 will strengthen the institutions of regional cooperation
(c) 198
and open up greater opportunities for strengthening the
(d) 288
United Nations and developing mechanisms of world

77. In some code, letters a, b, c, d and e represent governance. It is certainly possible for the liberal

numbers 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10. We just do not know institutionalists to point to the fact that the overwhelming
which letter represents which number. majority of transactions between states are peaceful, in
Consider the following relationships:
accordance with international law, and to the mutual
I. a + c = e
benefit of the states involved. The creation and
,, EíG d
III. e + a = b development of the European Union can be seen from

Which of the following statements is true? the liberal perspective as a powerful riposte to those who
(a) b = 4, d = 2 believe international politics is based on nothing more
(b) a = 4, e = 6
than a constant pursuit of power after power and that it
(c) b = 6, e = 2
always must be a zero-sum game.
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78. With respect to above passage consider the 79. Which of the following best implies the crux of
 following statements.
1. There is a complete overlap of Liberal the passage?
Institutionalist and Interdependence
approaches. (a) Ghalib foresaw the rise of British in India.
2. Interdependence theorist are critical of
(b) Weak central authority gave the British the
multinational corporations.
3. Regional cooperation will strengthen world scope of expansion.
governance mechanisms.
Which of the statements given above is/are (c) Widespread looting was witnessed in Delhi
correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only during the mutiny of 1857.
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) Indian nationalists are not clear in their
(d) 3 only
Passage ± 2 vision.
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the decline of the Mughal Empire. His home territory,
the Indo-Gangetic plain, once ruled by a single monarch, 80. With reference to the above passage, consider
was now split between contending chiefdoms and
armies. Brother was fighting brother; unity and the following statements.
federation were being undermined. But even as he wrote,
a new (and foreign) power was asserting its influence 1. Ghalib was born in Delhi.
across the land in the form of the British, who were
steadily acquiring control of the greater part of the 2. Event of 1857 was differently interpreted by
subcontinent. Then, in 1857 large sections of the native
population rose up in what the colonialists called the different sections of people.
Sepoy Mutiny and Indian nationalists later referred to as
3. Delhi remained the capital even after the
the First War of Indian Independence. Some of the
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still nominally the capital of the Mughals and in time to
become the capital of the British Raj as well. His own Which of the statements given above is/are
sympathies were divided. He was the recipient of a
stipend from the new rulers, yet a product of Mughal correct?
culture and refinement. He saw, more clearly than the
British colonialist did then or the Indian nationalist does (a) 2 and 3 only
now, that it was impossible here to separate right from
wrong, that horrible atrocities were being committed by (b) 3 only
both sides. Marooned in his home, he wrote a
(c) 1 only
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