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English Language The ECB is still buying its bonds under the
quantitative-easing programme, albeit at a reduced
Direction (1-10): In a passage given below there
rate. Short of a large and _ (8) _ [extending] risk
are 10 blanks, each followed by a word given in
premium on its bonds, Italy’s debts are serviceable.
bold. Every blank has four alternative words
Italy’s real problem is the _ (9) _
given in options (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to
[weaken] combination of chronically low growth and
choose which word will best suit to the respective
high public debt. Low growth means living standards
blank. Choose (e) as your answer if the word given
are stagnant and Italy cannot work off its debt easily;
in the bold after the blank is your answer i.e. "No
high debt means it cannot use fiscal stimulus to boost
change requires".
the economy. Though populists rail against austerity,
During the worst days of the euro-zone debt crisis, years of budgetary restraint give them a bit of room
the fear was that bond-market _ (1) _ [troubles] in to introduce their policies. A bigger problem is that
places such as Greece and Spain would spread to the populists have little idea how to deal with the
Italy. The biggest debtor in Europe would be too big myriad causes of Italy’s stagnant productivity: the
to bail out, so Grexit might lead to Italexit and the proliferation of family-owned firms that do not grow;
break-up of the euro. Now the attention is focused a banking system _ (10) _ [shuffle] by bad loans; an
directly on Italy itself. In March half of Italian underperforming education system; and, more
voters _ (2) _ [promote] for two populist parties that recently, a brain-drain.
until recently favoured leaving the euro, the maverick
Five Star Movement, which _ (3) _ [conquer] in the
poorer south and which scored well in the richer 1) ?
north. Neither had fought the election campaign on a
a) Convulsions
promise to leave the euro. And as the two tried to
form an all-populist cabinet, investors hoped that b) Turmoil
the _ (4) _ [relaxed] prospect of power, together with
c) Commotions
EU deficit rules and the behind-the-scenes influence
of the Italian president, would allow Italy to keep _ d) Aplomb
(5) _ [disturbed] along. Such hopes took a nasty jolt e) No change required
on May 27th. The populists named as finance
minister Paolo Savona, an economist who does 2) ?
indeed think that Italy should quit the euro. President a) Vindicate
Sergio Mattarella vetoed Mr. Savona. The populists
threatened for a moment to _ (6) _ [questioned] him b) Impugned
and even hinted at a march on Rome an allusion to c) Countenance
Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts in 1922. Amid talk of
a political, constitutional and economic crisis, bond d) Plumped
yields spiked and global stock markets_ (7) _ e) No change required
[shake]. In the short term such fears are overblown.
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3) ? 8) ?
a) Triumphed a) Perpetuating
b) Wrecked b) Elongating
c) Inveigle c) Prolonged
d) Procure d) Excerpted
e) No change required e) No change required
4) ? 9?
a) Modulated a) Enfeebled
b) Subdued b) Debilitating
c) Sobering c) Attenuated
d) Pestering d) Mollifying
e) No change required e) No change required
5) ? 10) ?
a) Plighted a) Hobbled
b) Muddling b) Stagger
c) Scrambled c) Espoused
d) Aligning d) Entrammel
e) No change required e) No change required
6) ?
a) Arraigned Directions (11-20): Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions given below it
b) Exculpate
Since May 2014, growth has accelerated but at a
c) Indicted
much slower rate than that it already had commenced
d) Impeach upon in 2013-14. India today is the world’s fastest
growing economy but this we owe to the fact that
e) No change required
China has slowed more than India has. India has not
7) ? exactly surged to number one position. But more
a) Shuddered importantly, the government has not so far been able
to achieve the substantial quickening of the economy.
b) Tremble The government has on occasion extolled its record
c) Palpitate in maintaining macroeconomic stability. Inflation has
declined but this only reflects a downward trend that
d) Abided had started in 2013-14. The government would also
e) No change required no doubt like to take credit for sticking to the pre-
announced fiscal consolidation path. The fiscal
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deficit has steadily declined since May 2014. The swap in certain subsidies for public capital formation
Finance Minister’s public statements suggest that he is likely to be beneficial for both growth and welfare.
treats this as a significant achievement of his The fertilizer subsidy presents the most obvious
government. The truth is that this government had instance. It has done little to stem the rise in food
inherited an economy with quite rapidly accelerating prices while continuing to take up precious fiscal
growth and steadily declining inflation. It is with space. Well-designed empirical research alone can
respect to investment that the government’s record is settle the matter of its desirability, and one hopes the
uninspiring. Far from having been able to instil government will provide this in time for its third
confidence among private investors, the government annual Budget. An object of this government’s
has been unable to stem a decline in capital formation admiration has been revealed to us in the choice of
as a share of output in progress for at least half a speaker for the first NITI Aayog Lecture on
decade. On its part the government takes recourse to Transforming India. It chose Tharman
the figures on foreign direct investment to signal the Shanmugaratnam, the Deputy Prime Minister of
effectiveness of its policies. Data from the Singapore who was earlier its Finance Minister for
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion show close to a decade.
that in the year just passed, the economy attracted
A trained economist with considerable international
increased FDI up to 29 per cent in dollar terms. In the
exposure, Mr. Shanmugaratnam typifies the
year 2014-15, FDI amounted to a mere 4 per cent of
Singapore model, which recognises the value of high
total capital formation in India. So, while FDI is to be
human capital in its leadership, something that India
encouraged, its ability to make a significant
has not seen since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru.
contribution to growth is limited. On the other hand,
There is one specific area in which our own
over 75 per cent of capital formation is undertaken by
government may learn from the Singapore
the domestic private sector.
experience. The government there had instituted a
Right now private investment is very likely being provident fund to which all workers and employees
restrained by the weak balance sheet of firms. The have had to contribute. These contributions ensured a
flip side of this is the high level of non-performing rise in the saving rate which in turn was a source of
assets of the public commercial banks. Forcing these funding for public investment. In the muddled
banks to lend would be poor policy. But it is not clear discourse on fiscal policy in India today, the reigning
whether everything that can be done to lower the argument appears to be that a fixed private saving
lending rate is being done. After all, consumer price rate sets the limit for the attainable fiscal deficit. This
index inflation, the Reserve Bank of India’s preferred overlooks the possibility of raising the private saving
inflation index, is trending downward and there is a rate, which is precisely what the Singapore
case for lowering lending rates. But the RBI has now government had done early in its history, enabling it
been put into the straitjacket of inflation targeting and to achieve a scale of public capital formation that
can no longer respond to considerations of output. truly distinguishes it from India. In the Budget for
The government, however, is reluctant to use it to 2016-17 the increase in the allocation for capital
increase aggregate demand for fear of deviating from expenditure amounted to a mere 2.3 per cent, with
its fiscal consolidation path. It is of course possible to inflation running at around 4 per cent per annum. A
step up public investment by trimming subsidies. sector that is unlikely to be well served by the
Here the National Democratic Alliance government’s philosophy than an economy left to its own devices
approach is cravenly political, and no different from will achieve its potential is agriculture. Three of the
that of its predecessor, the United Progressive past five years in India have been years of poor
Alliance. It is reluctant to be seen as cutting agricultural performance, reflected in persistent food
subsidies even when it is clear that a rupee-for-rupee price inflation. We are very likely
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witnessing creeping climate change with direct ii. To institute a provident fund to which all
consequences for production. The advisory from workers and employees have had to contribute
most funds in the financial sector is that the economic and these contributions in turn will act as a
outlook this year will depend upon the monsoon. It is source of funding for public investment.
surprising that the imperative of drought-proofing an iii. To step up public investment by trimming
increasingly vulnerable Indian agriculture hardly subsidies.
figures in the public discourse on the economy when
it is of no less importance than rolling out the Goods a) ii and iii
and Services Tax. Nothing short of a transformation b) Only i
akin to the Green Revolution can achieve this, and
the States would have to be on board. The present c) i and iii
government has had little to say on the matter so far. d) Only ii
By disbanding the Planning Commission, the Centre
has lost a long-standing conduit to the States whose e) None of these
planning boards did have at least a titular connection 13) According to the passage which of the
to the former. following statements have been mentioned correct
related to the agriculture sector?
11) According to the passage which of the i. There are high chances to perceive creeping
following statement is correct regarding the data climate change with direct consequences for
released by Department of Industrial Policy and production
Promotion? ii. Three of the past five years in India have been
years of poor agricultural performance,
i. The economy captivated increased FDI up to contemplated in constant food price inflation.
29 per cent in dollar terms. iii. The government had inherited the sector with
ii. FDI totaled to a mere 4 per cent of total capital rapidly accelerating growth and steadily
formation in the year 2014-15. declining inflation
iii. Consumer price index inflation is shifting
downward a) ii and iii
c) Only i d) Only i
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d) Trough b) Take
e) Culvert c) For
Directions (21-25): Below is a given passage. Some d) Might
sentences begin with a number (corresponding to
e) No correction required
the question number) and some words are
highlighted in bold. One of the highlighted words 22) ?
is grammatically incorrect. Choose the word from
a) Speak
the option as your answer. If all the highlighted
words are correct, mark 'All correct' as your b) Attended
answer c) Almost
21.Stating that the Indian economy has grown at a d) Has
healthy rate of 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2017-18,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that e) No correction required
the challenge now is to take this growth rate to 23) ?
double digits, for which many more important steps
have might be taken. 22.Speak at the fourth meeting a) In
on the Niti-Aayog Governing Council, attended by b) On
Chief Ministers of almost all the States, the Prime
Minister said India has no shortage of capabilities, c) Represents
capacities and resources. 23. He said that in the d) About
current financial year, States are receiving on₹11
e) No correction required
lakh crore from the Centre, which represents an
increase of about ₹6 lakh crore from the last year of 24) ?
the previous government. 24. He further assured the
a) Would
Chief Ministers from flood-affected States that the
Union Government would provide all assistance to b) Affecting
them to deal with the flood situation
c) Briefing
currently affecting parts of the
country. Briefing reporters after the meeting, d) Do
NitiAayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said, Prime e) No correction required
Minister has asked the NitiAayog to call a meeting
with all states to provide a further impetus to ease 25) ?
of do business. 25. Kumar said that the PM a) Should
suggested that there should be a coordinate policy
approach on the agricultural sector and the Mahatma b) Coordinate
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee c) Raised
Scheme (MNREGA).Some of the chief ministers
also raised the issue of environment, to which PM d) Their
urged all states to use LED bulbs in their government e) No correction required
buildings, official residences and street lights.
Directions (26-30): In each of the following
21) ? questions one phrase has been given and it has
a) Grown been followed by four sentences. You have to find
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out in which of these sentences phrase has been e) All are correct
used properly according to its meaning and mark
28) Push back
your answer from the options denoted by a), b), c)
and d). Mark e) as your answer if you find that i) The publication house decided to push back the
phrase has been applied properly in all the launch of the book due to its marketing strategy.
sentences.
ii) The start of the interview was pushed back from
26) Ramp up 11 a.m to 1 p.m and due to this I got enough time to
revising the things.
i) As a result of the advertisement the demand of the
product increased so company ramped up the iii) He tried to push back on claim that he violated the
production. rules for getting the contract from the organization.
ii) He has wonderful idea to ramp up the funds for iv)Now we cannot push back the function as all
our annual programme. arrangements have been made and suppliers have
also been paid.
iii) Authorities are planning to ramp up the price of
sugar. a) Only i & ii
i) You should get into the routine of working out in b) Only i, ii&iv
the morning for better health results.
c) Only ii&iii
ii) Although she prepared well but could not get into
d) All except iv
the National Management College of Jaipur.
e) All are correct
iii) You should not have got into an argument with
your father as he was making you understand his
problem.
iv) He got the cash into the cupboard but forgot to
lock it.
a) Only i & ii
Quantitative Aptitude
Directions (31 - 35): Study the information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The following pie-chart shows the percentage of students in a college who are interested in different competitive
exams.
31) What is the difference between the number of 32) The number of students interested in SSC
students interested in IBPS exam and the total exam is what percentage of the number of
number of students interested in TET exam, RRB students interested in RRB exam? (Calculate
exam and SSC exam together? approximate percentage)
a) 750 a) 12%
b) 650 b) 30%
c) 605 c) 21%
d) 625 d) 37%
e) 675 e) 40%
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33) What is the ratio of number of students 38) In an examination, there are three papers and
interested in SSC exam to the number of students a candidate has to get 35% of the total to pass. In
interested in TET exam? one paper, he gets 62 out of 150 and in the second
a) 5: 29 35 out of 150. How much must he get, out of 180,
b) 17: 5 in the third paper to just qualify for a pass?
c) 6: 22 a) 60.5
d) 7: 29 b) 68
e) 29: 5 c) 70
34) The number of students interested in UPSC d) 71
exam is approximately what percent of the e) None
number of students interested in TET exam? 39) At what percent above the cost price must a
a) 148% shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20%
b) 118% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked
c) 130% price?
d) 125% a) 25%
e) 138% b) 30%
35) The number of students interested in RRB c) 33 1/3%
exam is approximately what percent of the d) 37 1/2%
students interested in PSC exam, UPSC exam and e) None
TET exam together? 40) The prices of a scooter and a T.V. are in the
a) 14% ratio 7 : 5. If the scooter costs Rs. 8000 more than
b) 32% a T.V. set, then the price of a T.V. set is :
c) 22% a) Rs. 20,000
d) 10% b) Rs. 24,000
e) 28% c) Rs. 28,000
36) The average monthly salary of 20 employees in d) Rs. 32,000
an organization is Rs. 15000. If the manager’s e) None
salary is added, then the average salary increases 41) The sum of five consecutive even numbers is
by Rs. 1000. What is the manager’s monthly equal to 170. What is the sum of the second largest
salary? number amongst them and the square of the
a) Rs. 20000 smallest number together?
b) Rs. 24000 a) 940
c) Rs. 36000 b) 932
d) Rs. 48000 c) 938
e) None d) 934
37) The sum of the present ages of a father and his e) None
son is 60 years. Six years ago father’s age was five 42) The area of a square is four times area of a
times the age of the son. After 6 years, son’s age rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 25 cm and
will be what? its breadth is 1 cm less than one-fifth its length.
a) 12 years What is the perimeter of the square?
b) 14 years a) 40 cm
c) 18 years b) 80 cm
d) 20 years c) 160 cm
e) None d) Cannot be determined
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e) None c) -1
43) Sohan got 54 marks in Hindi, 65 marks in d) 3
Science, 89 marks in Maths, 69 marks in Social e) None
Science and 68 marks in English. The maximum 49) 1228, 1226, 1222, 1214, 1198, ?
marks of each subject are 100. How much overall a) 1155
percentage of marks did he get? b) 1166
a) 74% c) 1210
b) 69% d) 1170
c) 68% e) None
d) 72% 50) 9, 15, 23, 33, 45, 59, ?
e) None a) 74
44) 8 women can complete a piece of work in 15 b) 73
hours. In how many hours will 12 women c) 75
complete the same piece of work? d) 80
a) 12 hours e) None
b) 6 hours Direction (51-55): In the following questions two
c) 8 hours equations I and II are given. You have to solve
d) 10 hours both the equations and give answer:
e) None a) If p > q
45) The length of a rectangle is 24 cm which is 10 b) If p < q
cm more than the diameter of a circle. What is the c) If p <= q
area of the circle? d) If p >= q
a) 210 sq cm e) If p = q or the relationship can't be determined
b) 176 sq cm 51)
c) 132 sq cm I.10p2 + 39p - 88 = 0
d) 154 sq cm II.21q2 + 41q - 40 = 0
e) None
Directions (46 - 50): What should come in place of 52)
question mark (?) in the following number series? I.14p2 - 43p + 20 = 0
46) 5, 11, 34, 137, 686, ? II.33q2 + 72q + 12 = 0
a) 4117
b) 4281 53)
c) 4116 I.56p2 + 97p + 42 = 0
d) 4265 II.99q2 - 64q + 5 = 0
e) None
47) 125, 126, 120, 125, 115, 124, ? 54)
a) 110 I.16p2 - 40p + 25 = 0
b) 123 II.25q2 - 40q + 16 = 0
c) 120
d) 130 55)
e) None I.15p2 + 38p + 24 = 0
48) 55, 51, 42, 26, ? II.20q2 + 49q + 30 = 0
a) 0
b) 1
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Directions (56-60): What approximate value 61) What is the difference between the average
should come in the place of question mark (?) in distance covered by Car D in all the days together
the following questions? and the average distance covered by all the cars
56) 28. 948 + 37.008 + 46.998 – 195.99 + 784.01 = ? together on Saturday?
a) 700 a) 25.16
b) 740 b) 26.16
c) 840 c) 27.16
d) 860 d) 28.16
e) 785 e) None of the Above
57) (31.98)2 – (35.02)2 + (19.03)2 = ?2 + √(255) 62) If the speed of the car A on Monday was 19.2
a) ± 13 Km/hr, and the speed on Wednesday was 20
b) ± 18 Km/hr and on Friday was 30 Km/hr. What was
c) ± 9 the approximate average time taken (in hours) by
d) ± 15 it to cover the distance on given days?
e) ± 12 a) 9 hours
58) (779 + 553) ÷ 33. 3 + 528 = ?/9 b) 11 hours
a) 5012 c) 20 hours
b) 5112 d) 14 hours
c) 5462 e) 17 hours
d) 5222 63) If to travel the given distance, the time taken
e) 5812 by Car B on all the days was 8 hours then, what
59) 70.92 – 1595.7 ÷ 57 ÷ 3.75 = ? was the average speed of the Car on all the days
a) 80 together?
b) 48 a) 45.27 kmph
c) 56 b) 35.29 kmph
d) 64 c) 25.27 kmph
e) 72 d) 15.26 kmph
60) (3495.9 – 1002.113) ÷ 43 × 11.95 = 456.23 + ? e) None of the Above
a) 220 64) Total distance travelled by all the cars
b) 260 together on Friday and Saturday is what percent
c) 240 of total distance travelled by all the cars together
d) 250 on Monday and Tuesday?
e) 280 a) 95 %
Direction (61-65): Study the table carefully b) 80 %
to answer the questions that follow: c) 125 %
Distance(in Km) travelled by six cars in six d) 140 %
different days of the week. e) 110 %
65) If on Tuesday, Car C and Car E travelled at
the same speed, what was the ratio of the time
taken by Car C and that taken by Car E to cover
their respective distances?
a) 161: 173
b) 173: 159
c) 154: 159
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I. Some Truck are Bike Step I: Mark 24 Water 73 Fingers Guest 51 Mineral
II. No Bike is Truck 39 7
73) Statements: Step II: Mark Mineral Water 73 Fingers Guest 51 39
No Red is Green 76
Some Yellow is Red Step III: Mark Mineral Water 73 Fingers Guest 51 7
All Blue are Yellow 6 12
Conclusions: Step IV: Mark Mineral Water Fingers 73 Guest 7 6
I. Some Yellow are not Green 12 6
II. No Blue is Red Step V: Mark Mineral Water Fingers Guest 7 6 12 6
10
Direction (74-75): Read the following information And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of
carefully and answer the questions given below. the above input.
Six persons A, B, C, D, E, and F have earned As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out
different values of salaries and none of the two in each of the following questions the appropriate
persons earn the same value of salary. Only two step for the given input.
persons earn more than E. Only one person earns Input: Fresh 91 35 Beating Goods 27 Judge 58
between E and F. B earns less than A. C earns more Company 69
than D. Two persons have earned between F and A. B 76) Which of the following element will be fourth
does not earn the least amount. C does not earn less from the right end in Step III?
than F. The one who earns second lowest salary earns a) Company
Rs.12500. b) 69
74) Who among the following person earns the c) 13
highest salary? d) 27
a) B e) Fresh
b) E 77) How many elements are there in between
c) F ‘Beating’ and ‘91’ in Step IV?
d) C a) None
e) A b) One
75) If E earns Rs.15500, then what will be the c) Two
possible salary of B? d) Three
a) Rs.16000 e) More than three
b) Rs.14000 78) If ‘Beating’ is related to ‘58’ in Step I and ‘91’
c) Rs.11500 is related to ‘Company’ in Step III in a certain
d) Rs.17500 way. Then ‘8’ is related to which of the following
e) Rs.10000 in Step IV?
Directions (76-79): Read the following information a) 15
carefully and answer the questions given below. b) Company
A word and number arrangement machine when c) 69
given an input line of words and numbers rearranges d) Goods
them by following a particular rule in each step. The e) 13
following is an illustration of an input and 79) In which of the following steps the elements
rearrangement. ‘Goods Company 69’ are in the same order?
Input: Mark 24 Water 16 73 Fingers Guest 51 a) Step I
Mineral 39 b) Step II
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d) Y9R d) Three
e) W@4 e) Four
Directions (87-91): Read the following information 89) Four of the following five are alike in a certain
carefully and answer the questions given below. way and thus form a group. Which of the
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are following one does not belong to the group?
born in different years viz., 1967, 1972, 1979, 1983, a) F
1986, 1992, 1996, and 1999 but not necessarily in the b) C
same order. All of them like different colours namely, c) A
Violet, Blue, Black, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and d) E
White but not necessarily in the same order. The age e) G
of the persons are calculated as on 2018 and consider 90) If G is related to Green and C is related to Red
they are all born in the same month and date. in a certain way. In the same way F is related to
Not more than three persons were born between which of the following?
A and the one who likes Violet. Two persons are a) Blue
born between the one who likes Red and H, whose b) Yellow
age is a multiple of 5. There are three persons born c) Black
between A and the one who likes Black. The number d) White
of persons born between the one who likes Orange e) Violet
and C is same as the number of persons born between 91) The one who likes Green is born in which one
the one who likes Blue and G. A was born in one of of the following years?
the even numbered years and elder than the one who a) 1996
likes Black. Two persons are born between the one b) 1983
who likes Violet and B, who does not born in 1996. B c) 1972
is younger than the one who likes Black. The one d) 1999
who likes White was born immediately after F, who e) 1986
does not born in the odd numbered year. More than Directions (92-94): Read the following information
two persons are born between F and the one who carefully and answer the questions given below.
likes Yellow. The one who likes Yellow is younger Seven persons B, K, N, P, R, T and V are sitting
than the one who likes Red. H is elder than G. The in a row from east to west but not necessarily in the
one who likes Blue was born immediately after D, same order. Some of them are facing north and some
whose age is one of the odd numbers. H does not like of them are facing south direction.
Blue. The persons who are sitting at the extreme ends
87) Who among the following person likes Violet are facing opposite direction to each other. P is not an
colour? immediate neighbour of T. N sits second to the left of
a) A R, who does not face south. There are two persons
b) D sitting between T and N, None of them does not sit at
c) C any extreme ends of the row. V sits second from any
d) E of the ends. K sits second to the right of V. The
e) H immediate neighbours of R are facing the same
88) How many persons are born between B and direction and opposite direction to that of V. No one
the one who likes Violet? sits to the left of P. N does not face the same
a) None direction as R.
b) One 92) Which of the following pair sits at the extreme
c) Two ends?
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a) P, K c) Two
b) R, V d) Three
c) P, N e) More than three
d) B, P Directions (98-99): Read the following information
e) R, B carefully and answer the questions given below.
93) Who sits second to the right of K? Point B is 5m to the south of point A. Point C is
a) V 7m to the east of point B. Point C is 4m to the south
b) R of point D, which is 3m to the west of point E. Point
c) T F is 5m to the east of point G and 6m to the north of
d) B point E.
e) P 98) Point F is in which direction with respect to
94) How many persons are facing north? point A?
a) One a) South
b) Two b) Northeast
c) Three c) Southwest
d) Four d) East
e) Cannot be determined e) Southeast
Directions (95-96): Read the following information 99) What is the shortest distance between point D
carefully and answer the questions given below. and point G?
There are seven persons in a family in three different a) 4 m
generations. B is the daughter of P. N is the brother- b) 5√2 m
in-law of T, who is the wife of S. S does not have any c) 2√5 m
siblings. M is the maternal grandmother of V, who is d) 11 m
the niece of T. There are three married couples in the e) 2√10 m
family. 100) Five friends P, Q, R, S and T are in different
95) How is P related to N? heights. T is shorter than only one person. Q is
a) Son-in-law taller than R. P is taller than S. Q is shorter than
b) Father-in-law S. Who among the following is the second shortest
c) Father person?
d) Mother-in-law a) P
e) Brother-in-law b) Q
96) How many female members are there in the c) R
family? d) S
a) One e) Cannot be determined
b) Two
c) Three Answers:
d) Four
e) Five
97) How many such pairs of letters are there in the Directions (1-10):
word ‘LAUNCHING’ each of which has as many 1) Answer: B)
letters between them in the word as in the English According to the sentence turmoil will be used as it
alphabet? means a state of great disturbance
a) None
2) Answer: D)
b) One
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According to the sentence debilitating will be used as It is mentioned in para 2-The fertilizer subsidy
it means to make very weak and infirm. presents the most obvious instance. It has done little
to stem the rise in food prices while continuing to
10) Answer: A) take up precious fiscal space.
According to the sentence hobbled will be used as it 16) Answer: D)
means to hamper to prevent the progress of
It is clearly mentioned in para 1&2-The fiscal deficit
has steadily declined since May 2014, In the Budget
Directions (11-20): for 2016-17 the increase in the allocation for capital
11) Answer: A) expenditure amounted to a mere 2.3 per cent, with
It is clearly mentioned in para 1-Data from the inflation running at around 4 per cent per annum.
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion show 17) Answer: B)
that in the year just passed, the economy attracted
increased FDI up to 29 per cent in dollar terms. In the The meaning of reluctant is not in favour of or
year 2014-15, FDI amounted to a mere 4 per cent of unwilling
total capital formation in India.
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18) Answer: D) later than originally planned” and phrase has been
applied properly in all the sentences.
The meaning of extolled is to praise or express
delight over something 29) Answer: D)
19) Answer: D) The meaning of phrase “track down” is “Find
someone or something after a thorough or difficult
The meaning of creeping is to occur or develop
search” and it has been applied properly in i, ii and
gradually and almost subtle
iii.
20) Answer: B)
30) Answer: D)
The meaning of conduit is a passage or channel
The phrase “get into” has more than one meaning.
These are “to develop a particular habit /
Directions (21-25): be accepted to study at a school or chosen to play for
21) Answer: D) a team etc / to reach a particular condition or to
become involved in a bad situation” and phrase has
Replace “might” with “to”
been applied properly in i, ii and iii.
22) Answer: A)
Replace “speak” with “speaking” Directions (31- 35):
23) Answer: B) 31) Answer: B)
Required difference = 65000/100 × [30 – (14.5 + 12
Replace “on” with “over” + 2.5)]
24) Answer: D) = (65000/100) × (30 - 29)
= 650
Replace “do” with “doing” 32) Answer: C)
25) Answer: B) Number of students interested in SSC exam
= 65000 × (2.5/100)
Replace “coordinate” with “coordinated” = 1625
Number of students interested in RRB exam
Directions (26-30): = 65000 × (12/100)
26) Answer: E) = 7800
Required percentage = (1625/7800) × 100
The meaning of the phrase “ramp up” is “to make = 20.83%
something increase in amount” and it has been = 21%
applied properly in all the sentences. 33) Answer: A)
27) Answer: B) Required ratio = 2.5:14.5
= 25:145
The meaning of the phrase “breeze through” is “to do = 5: 29
something successfully and easily” and it has been
34) Answer: E)
applied properly in i, ii and iv. Number of students interested in UPSC exam
28) Answer: E) = 65000 × (20/100)
= 13000
The phrase “push back” has more than one meaning.
Number of students interested in TET exam
These are “to oppose or resist a plan, an idea or a
= 65000 × (14.5/100)
change / to make the time or date of a meeting, etc.
=9425
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II.99 q2 - 64q + 5 = 0
or, 99 q2 - 9q - 55q + 5 = 0
or, 9q (11q - 1) - 5(11q - 1) = 0
or, (9q - 5) (11q - 1) = 0
q = 5/9 or 1/11
Hence p < q
48) Answer: B) 54) Answer: A)
Difference: 22, 32, 42, 52.. I.16 p2- 40p + 25 = 0
49) Answer: B) or, 16 p2 - 20p - 20p + 25 = 0
Difference: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or, 4p(4p - 5) - 5(4p - 5) = 0
50) Answer: C) or, (4p - 5) (4p - 5) = 0
Difference of difference: 2, 2, 2, …. p = 5/4, 5/4
II.25 q2- 40q + 16 = 0
Directions (51-55): or, 25 q2 - 20q - 20q + 16 = 0
51) Answer: E) or, 5q(5q - 4) - 4(5q - 4) = 0
I.10p2 + 39p - 88 = 0 or, (5q - 4) (5q - 4) = 0
or, 10 p2- 16p + 55p - 88 = 0 q = 4/5, 4/5
or, 2p(5p - 8) + 11(5p - 8) = 0 Hence p > q
or, (2p + 11) (5p - 8) = 0 55) Answer: E)
p = -11/2 or 8/5 I.15 p2+ 38p + 24 = 0
II.21 q2 + 41q - 40 = 0 or, 15 p2 + 20p + 18p + 24 = 0
or, 21 q2+ 56q - 15q - 40 = 0 or, 5p(3p + 4) + 6(3p + 4) = 0
or, 7q(3q + 8) - 5(3q + 8) = 0 or, (5p + 6) (3p + 4) = 0
or, (7q - 5) (3q + 8) = 0 p = -6/5 or -4/3
q = 5/7 or -8/3 II.20 q2+ 49q + 30 = 0
We can't get specific relationship between p and q. or, 20 q2+ 24q + 25q + 30 = 0
52) Answer: A) or, 4q(5q + 6) + 5(5q + 6) = 0
I.14 p2 - 43p + 20 = 0 or, (4q + 5) (5q + 6) = 0
or, 14 p2- 35p - 8p + 20 = 0 q = -5/4 or -6/5
or, 7p(2p - 5) - 4(2p - 5) = 0 We can't get specific relationship between p and q.
or, (7p - 4) (2p - 5) = 0
p = 4/7 or 5/2 Directions (56-60):
II.33 q2+ 72q + 12 = 0 56) Answer: A)
or, 33 q2+ 6q + 66q + 12 = 0 29+ 37 + 47– 196+784 =?
or, 3q(11q + 2) + 6(11q + 2) = 0 ?=701 = 700
or, (3q + 6) (11q + 2) = 0 57) Answer: E)
q = -2 or -2/11 ?2 = (32)2 – (35)2 + (19)2 - √(256)
Hence p > q = 1024 – 1225 + 361 – 16
53) Answer: B) = 144
I.56 p2+ 97p + 42 = 0 ? = ± 12
56 p2+ 49p + 48p + 42 = 0 58) Answer: B)
or, 7p(8p + 7) + 6(8p + 7) = 0 (779 + 553) ÷ 33 + 528 = ?/9
or, (7p + 6) (8p + 7) = 0 ? = (40+528)*9
p = -6/7 or -7/8 ? = 5112
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72) Answer: C)
Directions (74-75):
C>A>E>B>F>D
74) Answer: D)
75) Answer: B)
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Directions (85-86):
The one who speaks Sanskrit sits to the immediate
85) Answer: D)
right of Q, who is an immediate neighbour of the one
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who speaks Telugu. R sits second to the left of the
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one who speaks Urdu. Neither V nor Q speaks Urdu.
86) Answer: B)
The one who likes Blue was born immediately after The number of persons born between the one who
D, whose age is one of the odd numbers. H does not likes Orange and C is same as the number of persons
like Blue. Two persons are born between the one who born between the one who likes Blue and G. H is
likes Violet and B, who does not born in 1996. Not elder than G.
more than three persons were born between A and the
one who likes Violet. B is younger than the one who
likes Black.
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92) Answer: D)
93) Answer: A)
94) Answer: C)
N sits second to the left of R, who does not face
south. There are two persons sitting between T and
N, None of them does not sit at any extreme ends of
the row.
Directions (95-96):
95) Answer: B)
V sits second from any of the ends. K sits second to 96) Answer: D)
the right of V. P is not an immediate neighbour of T. 97) Answer: D)
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98) Answer: B)
99) Answer: E)
100) Answer: B)
P>T>S>Q>R
Directions (98-99):
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