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 CONTENTS
SOLVED PAPERS..........................................................................................................................................................................
 1. Solved Paper-1 [Dated: 1 December, 2021 (Shift-I)] ..................................... S1-1—S1-9
 2. Solved Paper-2 [Dated: 30 November, 2021 (Shift-I)] .................................. S2-1—S2-9
 3. Solved Paper-3 [Dated: 29 November, 2021 (Shift-I)] .................................. S3-1—S3-9
 4. Solved Paper-4 [Dated: 26 November, 2021 (Shift-I)] .................................. S4-1—S4-9
 5. Solved Paper-5 [Dated: 24 November, 2021 (Shift-III)] ............................... S5-1—S5-9
 6. Solved Paper-6 [Dated: 11 March, 2019 (Shift-III)] ...................................... S6-1—S6-9
 7. Solved Paper-7 [Dated: 9 March, 2019 (Shift-II)] ........................................S7-1—S7-10

PRACTICE SETS ...........................................................................................................................................................................

 1. Practice Set-1 ................................................................................................P1-1—P1-7
2. Practice Set-2 ................................................................................................P2-1—P2-7
3. Practice Set-3 ................................................................................................P3-1—P3-7
4. Practice Set-4 ................................................................................................P4-1—P4-7
5. Practice Set-5 ................................................................................................P5-1—P5-7
6. Practice Set-6 ................................................................................................P6-1—P6-7
7. Practice Set-7 ................................................................................................P7-1—P7-7
8. Practice Set-8 ................................................................................................P8-1—P8-7
9. Practice Set-9 ................................................................................................P9-1—P9-7
10. Practice Set-10 ......................................................................................... P10-1—P10-7
11. Practice Set-11 ..........................................................................................P11-1—P11-7
12. Practice Set-12 ......................................................................................... P12-1—P12-7
13. Practice Set-13 ......................................................................................... P13-1—P13-7
14. Practice Set-14 ......................................................................................... P14-1—P14-7
15. Practice Set-15 ......................................................................................... P15-1—P15-7
16. Practice Set-16 ......................................................................................... P16-1—P16-7
17. Practice Set-17 ......................................................................................... P17-1—P17-7
18. Practice Set-18 ......................................................................................... P18-1—P18-7
19. Practice Set-19 ......................................................................................... P19-1—P19-7
20. Practice Set-20 ......................................................................................... P20-1—P20-7
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[Dated: 01 December, 2021 (Shift-I)]
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cylindrical tank respectively. § 100 ·
= ¨ ¸ u Selling price ª 15 º
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r = 20 m, h = 7 m © 100  loss % ¹ ¬ 8 ¼
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85 2 ¬« 5 2 ¼ 53
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2 «¬ 10
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 u =
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= u 248 = ` 271.56. 80. (c) 81. (a) 82. (c) 83. (a)
16 x 15 x 100
3 2 1 1 84. (c) 85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (a)
73. (*) Rakha’s 8 hour work = u8 = 88. (d) 89. (c) 90. (d) 91. (c)
16 x 15 x 24 3
 = 15400 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (c) 95. (d)
3 2 1 2
Then, Remaining work = 1  = 96. (d) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (c)
32x + 45x = 15400 × 6 3 3
100. (a)
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students participate in both Cricket an English dictionary.
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Kapil Dev's leadership in 1983 and the
20-over and 50-over World Cups under
MS Dhoni's captaincy in 2007 and 2011.
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novel ‘Oliver Twist’. It is the story is of
the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his
life in a workhouse and is then sold into
apprenticeship with an undertaker.
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created by the Warli Tribe of Maharashtra.
The tribe exclusively use a white pigment
water mixed with gum. It is done on the
mud walls of their houses.
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1992, 21 refers to the 21st century. Agenda
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32. (a) The Constituent Assembly of India
adopted the National Anthem- ‘Jana-
Mana- Gana’ on 24 January, 1950. It
was composed by Rabindranath Tagore
originally in Bengali, later the Hindi
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held at Faizpur, Maharashtra in 1937. It
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among its World Heritage Sites. Jaipur is a
walled city in Rajasthan. It was founded in 51. (b) Average = 30
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heritage city in India. Ÿ 60 + 3y = 150
41. (d) Dhaulagiri is a peak in Nepal Ÿ 3y = 90
Himalayas. It is known as the ‘White
? y = 30.
Mountain’ and is the seventh highest peak
in the world. 52. (c) Cost price = 6 × 21000 = ` 1,26,000
42. (a) The Golden Quadrilateral connects Selling price = ` 1,45,920
the four major cities of Delhi, Mumbai,
Ÿ 3UR¿W = ` (145920 – 126000)
Chennai and Kolkata. The Bharatmala
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of the National Corridors including the Profit
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= ¨ ¸ 43  28 of
7
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(72 y 8 u 2.5)  §¨  ·¸ of 1
4 8 1
       Total weight of 31 girls
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53. (c) Let the principal be ` P.
43  8  7 = 31 × 37 = 1147 kg
P u 10 u 2 P =
Then, S.I. = = 4
(9 u 2.5)  of
9 Then, weight of newly admitted girl
100 5 9 8
According to question, = (1147 – 1050) = 97 kg.
44 44
= = = 2. 1
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P 10 · 10
= 5000 «¨1  100 ¸  1» u 2
5 «¬© ¹ »¼ 59. (a) Volume of remaining solid 1
B’s 1 day work =
P ª§ 11 ·2 º 1 = [4 × 5 × 6 – 8 × (1)3] cm3 15
Ÿ = 5000 «¨ 10 ¸  1» u 2 3
= (120 – 8) cm = 112 cm .
3 1 1
5 ¬«© ¹ »¼ Then, B’s 5 days work = 5 u =
15 3
60. (b) Let the principal be ` P and rate be
P § 21 · u 1 R § 1· 2
Ÿ = 5000 ¨ ¸ Ÿ Remaining = ¨1  ¸ =
5 © 100 ¹ 2 © 3¹ 3
Pu Ru5 P u 35
? P = 125 × 21 = ` 2625. =
100 100 Now, (A + B)’s 1 day work
54. (d) Numbers having 1 or 9 from 1 to 40 Ÿ R  §1 1· 1
at its unit’s place = 8. = ¨  ¸ =
61. (d) 5 ÷ 10 of 10 × 4 + 4 ÷ 4 © 10 15 ¹ 6
§ 8 · of 4 × 10 + (10 – 4) ÷ 16 × 4
?Required percentage = ¨ u 100 ¸ % Ÿ Time taken by (A + B) to do
1
of the
© 40 ¹ = 5 ÷ (10 × 10) × 4 + 4 ÷ (4 × 4) 6
× 10 + 6 ÷ 16 × 4 work = 1 day
  
2
55. (a) Marked price = ` 1780 = 5 ÷ 100 × 4 + 4 ÷ 16 × 10 + × 4
3 Ÿ Time taken by (A + B) to do of the
8 3
Selling price = ` 1655.40 § 2·
=
1 1 3
u 4  u 10  u 4 work = ¨ 6 u ¸ = 4 day
Discount = ` (1780 – 1655.40) = ` 124.6 20 4 8 © 3¹

? Discount  
Discount
u 100 1 5 3 2  25  15 42 ?Total time = (4 + 5) = 9 day.
=   = =
Marked price 5 2 2 10 10 67. (a) Let the three numbers be 4x, 5x and
124.6 21 8x respectively.
= u 100   = .
1780 5
115 124 135
62. (b) Let the edge of the cube be a cm. 4x u : 5x u : 8x u
56. (d) Original speed : New speed = 4 : 1 100 100 100
Original time : New time = 1 : 4 Volume = 175616 cm3 = 23 : 31 : 54.
Let the original time and new time be x Ÿ a3 = 175616
68. (b) Cost price of almirah
and 4x respectively. Ÿ a= 3
175616 = 56 cm.
100
= u Selling price
4x – x = 60 m 100
u S.P. (100  loss%)
63. (b) C.P. =
(100  Profit %)
Ÿ 3x = 60 m Ÿ x = 20 m. =
100
u 960 =
100
u 960
100
u 8875 (100  4) 96
57. (a) Let the speed of the bus and car be 5x =
(100  25)
and 6x respectively. = ` 1000
100
1200 = u 8875 = ` 7100 Cost price of folding bed
Speed of the train = = 80 km/hr 125
15 100
Now, New selling price = ` 6937 = u S.P.
5 (100  profit%)
Now, speed of bus = × speed of train
4 Ÿ loss = ` (7100 – 6937) = ` 163
100 100
5 = u 840 = u 840
Ÿ 5x = u 80 ?loss  
Loss
u 100 (100  20) 120
4 Cost price
= ` 700
Ÿ x = 20 km/hr 163
= u 100   Then, Total C.P. = ` (1000 + 700) = ` 1700
?Speed of the car = 6x = 6 × 20 7100
= 120 km/hr 64. (b) L.C.M. (14, 28, 42) = 84 Total S.P. = ` (960 + 840) = ` 1800

?Distance covered by car 84 ) 999 (11 ? 3UR¿W = Total S.P. – Total C.P.
84
= speed × time = ` (1800 – 1700) = ` 100.
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84 69. (a) Principal = ` 12,800, Rate SD
= 120 × 7 = 840 km.
75
Time = 5 years
?Required number = (999 – 75) = 924.