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Directions for questions 1 to 4: The passage given below is followed by a set of four questions. Choosethe most appropriate answer to each question.

The man with passive aggressive behavior needs someone to be the object of his hidden hostility. Heneeds an adversary whose expectations and demands he can resist as he plays out the dance he learnedfrom his parents. He chooses a woman who will agree to be on the receiving end of his disowned anger. Heresists her in small ways setting up a pattern of frustration so that she gets to express the anger that hecannot.

The biggest irritant in being with a passive aggressive man is that he doesnt follow through on his agreementsand promises. He dodges responsibility while insisting hes pulling his weight. He procrastinates, takes onbig projects but doesnt finish them then feels put upon or hostile if someone else tries to finish them. Heoften ignores reality as to his irresponsibility and withdrawal. He denies evidence, distorts, minimalizes orlies to make his version of reality seem logical.

He uses vague language to sandbag the partner. Inconsistency and ambiguity are his tools of choice. Heoften gives double messages and expects his partner to read his mind and meet his needs saying Sheshould have known how it is. He withholds information and has a hidden agenda. He cant take criticismand makes excuses to get himself off the hook. He sulks and uses silence when confronted about hisinability to live up to his promises, obligations or responsibilities. When he doesnt follow through, he putsthe blame on his partner so he doesnt have to take it and accuses her of having the problem.

He may have multiple relationships with women as a way of keeping distant from one fully committedrelationship. He is confused about which woman he wants and stays caught between the two women in hislife not being able to commit fully to either. He is confused and cant understand why the women get soangry with him. He feels others demand too much of him so resists in overt and subtle ways and feelsdeprived if he must give in to others. The man who copes with conflict by not being there has strong conflictover dependency. He desperately wants attention but fears being swallowed up by the partner. He cant bealone and live without a woman in his life, but cant be with the partner emotionally. Hes caught in a Catch22wanting affection but avoiding it because he fears it as his destruction. He resents feeling dependenton the woman so must keep her off guard. He makes his partner feel like a nothing through his neglect orirritability but he keeps her around because he needs her. His script is Be here for me, but dont come tooclose and dont burden me with your needs or expectations.

He has such strong fears of intimacy deep in his unconscious mind so he must set up barriers to preventa deep emotional connection. He is clever at derailing intimacy when it comes up by tuning out his partnerand changing the subject. He must withhold part of himself to feel safe and may withdraw. Closeness andintimacy may make him feel vulnerable and panicked bringing forth his deepest fears of dependency upona woman. The passive aggressive man lives an internal loneliness; he wants to be with the woman butstays confused whether she is the right partner for him or not. He is scared and insecure causing him toseek contact with a partner but too scared and insecure to fully commit.

1. Which of the following would be an apt theme for the passage?(a) The behavioral tendencies of a passive aggressive man.(b) The way in which the passive aggressive man treats a partner.(c) The reasons for a mans passive aggressive behavior with a partner.(d) The object of the affection of a passive aggressive man.

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2. Which of the following cannot be inferred as a characteristic of the passive aggressive man?(a) An unrealistic assessment of his own capabilities.(b) A feeling of anger, which is not openly displayed.(c) A tendency to send out mixed signals to a partner.(d) A need for attention along with a fear of intimacy.

3. The tone of the passage is:(a) Narrative (b) Analytical (c) Derogatory (d) Descriptive

4. According to the passage, which of the following can be inferred as a cause of passive aggressivebehaviour?(a) The lack of responsibility, along with the desire to frustrate others and create anger in them.(b) The deep-rooted fears about intimacy with a woman, which would later cause pain.(c) The fear arising from the belief that intimacy and emotional connection can lead to dependency

and destruction of self.(d) Lack of intimacy with parents, which results in fears of intimacy with others.

5. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the optioncorresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Give(a) We were afraid that the rickety bed would give under the weight of ten people.(b) These leather trousers may be fashionable but they have no give.(c) The politician promised to give the ground on the issue of reforms after his discussion with the

party chief.(d) During cross-examination the lawyers forced Mani to give himself away.

6. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the optioncorresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Bring(a) Bolivar ultimately failed to bring off a military coup.(b) The cab was expected to bring in a lot of money as rent every month.(c) In lackluster form, the team was expected to bring out the rear in the competition.(d) To bring about a revolution, the mindset of the entire nation needs to be changed.

7. A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

For a start, Soma is a very one-dimensional euphoriant. It gives rise to only a shallow, unempatheticand intellectually uninteresting well-being. It doesnt catalyse any mystical epiphanies, intellectualbreakthroughs or life-defining insights. It doesnt in any way promote personal growth. Instead,Soma provides a mindless, inauthentic imbecile happiness - a vacuous escapism, which makespeople comfortable with their lack of freedom.

(a) As a drug Soma, is quite unique in the sense that, it induces a stupor that insulates one fromthe otherwise inescapable miseries of life.

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(b) Soma is a narcotic that raises a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and theusers minds.

(c) In short, Soma, as a perfect pleasure drug, overwhelms ones senses and induces bouts ofenergy.

(d) Like all other narcotics, it is likely to induce hallucinations and cause more harm than good.

8. A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

The goal of Linden Lab is to create a user-defined Metaverse-like Virtual World in which users orresidents can interact, play and participate in other activities. However, Second Life is much morethan a 3D virtual world for entertainment. Linden Lab sees itself as being in the business of hostingand facilitating consumer experience innovation. Second Life offers diverse types of experiencesto its residents.

(a) There are a number of in-world business and user-groups founded specifically for the virtualworld.

(b) In short, Second Life is a massive experiment in collaborative experience innovation.(c) These experiences are not created by Linden Lab; they are created collaboratively by the residents

through individual creativity and interactions.(d) The role of Linden Labs is to provide the context and the tools for residents to create those

experiences.


Why are we here? Where did we come from? The answer generally given was that humans were ofcomparatively recent origin, because it must have been obvious, even at early times, that the human racewas improving in knowledge and technology. So it cant have been around that long, or it would haveprogressed even more. For example, according to Bishop Usher, the Book of Genesis placed the creationof the world at 9 in the morning on October the 27th, 4,004 BC. On the other hand, the physical surroundings,like mountains and rivers, change very little in a human lifetime. They were therefore thought to be aconstant background, and either to have existed forever as an empty landscape, or to have been created atthe same time as the humans. Not everyone, however, was happy with the idea that the universe had abeginning.

For example, Aristotle, the most famous of the Greek philosophers, believed the universe had existedforever. Something eternal is more perfect than something created. He suggested the reason we seeprogress was that floods, or other natural disasters, had repeatedly set civilization back to the beginning.The motivation for believing in an eternal universe was the desire to avoid invoking divine intervention tocreate the universe and set it going. Conversely, those who believed the universe had a beginning, used itas an argument for the existence of God as the first cause, or prime mover, of the universe.

If one believed that the universe had a beginning, the obvious question was what happened before thebeginning? What was God doing before He made the world? Was He preparing Hell for people who askedsuch questions? The problem of whether or not the universe had a beginning was a great concern to theGerman philosopher, Immanuel Kant. He felt there were logical contradictions, or antimonies, either way.If the universe had a beginning, why did it wait an infinite time before it began? He called that the thesis. On

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the other hand, if the universe had existed forever, why did it take an infinite time to reach the presentstage? He called that the antithesis. Both the thesis and the antithesis depended on Kants assumption,along with almost everyone else, that time was Absolute. That is to say, it went from the infinite past to theinfinite future, independently of any universe that might or might not exist in this background. This is stillthe picture in the mind of many scientists today.

However in 1915, Einstein introduced his revolutionary General Theory of Relativity. In this, space and timewere no longer Absolute, no longer a fixed background to events. Instead, they were dynamical quantitiesthat were shaped by the matter and energy in the universe. They were defined only within the universe, soit made no sense to talk of a time before the universe began. It would be like asking for a point south of theSouth Pole. It is not defined. If the universe was essentially unchanging in time, as was generally assumedbefore the 1920s, there would be no reason that time should not be defined arbitrarily far back. Any so-called beginning of the universe would be artificial, in the sense that one could extend the history back toearlier times. Thus it might be that the universe was created last year, but with all the memories andphysical evidence, to look like it was much older. This raises deep philosophical questions about themeaning of existence.

9. Which of the following can be concluded on the basis of the passage?A. Einsteins General Theory of Relativity implied that time before the beginning of the universe

cannot be defined.B. Aristotle conceived the idea that the universe did not have a beginning.C. Einsteins General Theory of Relativity implied that time cannot be measured.(a) Only A (b) B and C (c) A and B (d) Only C

10. How did the beliefs of Immanuel Kant and Aristotle, regarding the beginning of the universe, differ?(a) Kant found logical contradictions in Aristotles ideas.(b) Both Kant and Aristotle were mistaken as they had assumed time to be Absolute.(c) Aristotle believed the creation of the universe could not be attributed to God whereas Kant

disagreed.(d) Kant rejected Aristotles beliefs as erroneous.

11. Which of the following best captures the impact of Einsteins General Theory of Relativity on thedebate regarding the beginning of the universe?(a) It proved that all existing theories were incorrect.(b) It resolved the debate beyond any question.(c) It proved that the universe could have been created at any time.(d) It took away a central assumption and rendered the debate pointless.

12. Which one of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?(a) The extent of progress that weve achieved suggests that human beings came into existence

recently.(b) Religious texts are frequently inaccurate regarding the time of the beginning of the universe.(c) Many in the scientific community still believe in the absolute nature of time.(d) If the universe has existed forever its creation cannot be attributed to a prime mover or creator.

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13. Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.

News Reporter: There are rumours that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reshuffle his cabinet inthe next few days. But, all the previous reshuffles took place only after a high level meeting betweenPrime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. No such meeting hasoccurred or is planned. Therefore, the rumours are false.

Which of the following most clearly states the logical flaw in the argument?(a) The news reporter has mistakenly considered the mandatory condition as a sufficient condition

and has based his/her conclusion on that.(b) The news reporter, instead of providing adequate support to his conclusion, concludes on the

basis of popular perception.(c) The news reporter assumes if one event leads to another, then if the first does not take place it

would mean that the second event would also not happen.(d) The news reporter takes for granted that a high level meeting between the PM and the UPA

chairperson is a desirable precursor of any cabinet reshuffle.

14. Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.

Our moral system holds that speaking the truth is praise worthy only when a person chooses tospeak the truth despite there being significant incentives for telling lies. However, our moral systemalso holds that speaking the truth is praiseworthy even if it is done out of habit.

Which of the following, if true, does the most to reconcile the apparent conflict in the moral systemmentioned above?(a) People who speak the truth withstand the temptation of speaking the lie because of the praise

they are likely to receive.(b) People who habitually speak the truth have acquired this habit by resisting the temptation to tell

lies for years.(c) The moral system gives direct and indirect incentives to train people to speak the truth.(d) People prefer to speak the truth because they want to portray themselves as moral individuals.

15. Four sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C and D. They need to be arranged in a logical orderto form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.

A. Even to suggest, in the recent climate, that an artwork might be good because it is pleasurable,as opposed to cognitively, morally or politically beneficial, is to court derision.

B. Much of the discourse about beauty since the Eighteenth century had deployed a notion of theaesthetic, and so that notion in particular came in for criticism.

C. The twentieth century has not been kind to the notions of beauty or the aesthetic.D. This disdain for the aesthetic may have roots in a broader cultural Puritanism, which fears the

connection between the aesthetic and pleasure.(a) BCAD (b) BDAC (c) BDCA (d) ABCD

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16. Four sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C and D. They need to be arranged in a logical orderto form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.A. Race laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-

whites and whites, and the sanctioning of white-only jobs.B. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified

into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed descent).C. The colored category included major subgroups of Indians and Asians.D. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized.(a) DBCA (b) ADBC (c) DABC (d) BCDA


But is it really possible for a personeven a Goreacleto transform himself so radically? Theres no doubtthat some things have changed about Al Gore since 2000. He has demonstrated inner strength, rising froman excruciating defeat that would have crushed many men. Beyond that, what has changed is that he nowspeaks directly to the public; he has neither the patience nor the need to go through the media.

Eight years ago, in the bastions of the liberal media that were supposed to love GoreThe New YorkTimes, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CNNhe was variously described as repellent,delusional, a vote-rigger, a man who lies like a rug, Pinocchio. Eric Pooley, who covered him for Timemagazine, says, He brought out the creative-writing student in so many reporters. Everybody kind of letloose on the guy.

How did this happen? Was the right-wing attack machine so effective that it overwhelmed all competingmessages? Was Gores communications team outrageously inept? Were the liberal elite bending overbackward to prove they werent so liberal?

Eight years later, journalists, at the prompting of Vanity Fair, are engaging in some self-examination overhow they treated Gore. As for Gore himself, for the first time, in this article, he talks about the 2000campaign and the effect the press had on him and the election. (In the interest of full disclosure, I shouldsay that my father, Martin Peretz, was his teacher at Harvard and is an ardent, vocal Gore backer. Icontributed to his campaign in February 1999.)

How does he feel about it all? I feel fine, he says, but, when I say that, Im reminded of a story that CousinMinnie Pearl used to tell about a farmer who was involved in an accident and sued for damages. Toparaphrase, at the trial the lawyer for the driver of the other car cross-examined the farmer, saying, Isnt ittrue that right after the accident, you said, I feel fine? The farmer said, Well, its not that simple, beforegoing on to explain that the other car rammed into his car throwing both him and his cow from the vehicle.When a highway patrolman came by and saw the cow struggling, he shot him between the eyes. Thefarmer continued, The patrolman then came to my side and said, How do you feel? so I said, I feelfine.The media began the coverage of the 2000 election with an inclination not so different from that demonstratedin other recent electionsthey were eager for simple, character-driven narratives that would sell papersand get ratings. Particularly in presidential elections we in the press tend to deal in caricatures, saysDan Rather, who was then anchoring for CBS. Someone draws a caricature, and its funny and at leastwhimsical. And at first you sort of say, Aw shucks, thats too simple. In the course of the campaign, thatbecomes accepted wisdom. He notes, I do not except myself from this criticism.

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In 2000, the media seemed to focus on a personality contest between Bush, the folksy Texas rogue, and,as The New York Times referred to Gore, Eddie Haskell, the insincere brownnoser from Leave It toBeaver. ABC anchor Claire Shipman, who covered the 2000 campaign for NBC, says, It was almost adrama that was cast before anyone even took a good look at who the candidates were.

17. Which of the following can be most conclusively inferred from the passage regarding the behaviourof the media in presidential elections?(a) The media wants quick simple caricatures of the presidential candidates which creates an

effective tussle between the two candidates running for elections.(b) The media often jumps to simplistic and superficial character based profiles of presidential

candidates without bringing out their indepth qualities.(c) The media wants simple caricatures of presidental candidates as these simple caricatures get

easily digested by common people and become key selling points for the candidates.(d) The media wants funny and whimsical caricatures of the presidential candidates for the sole

reason that these create a dramatic effect in the elections.

18. Which one of the following best captures the purpose of Gore mentioning the farmers story in thepassage?(a) To explain that Gore has not completely recovered from his debacle in the 2000 presidential

election.(b) To show that Gore went through a lot of trouble like the farmer before he said that he was fine.(c) To explain that it is important to understand the whole series of events that transpired before

Gore said that he was fine.(d) To show that Gore went through a lot of mistreatment by the media and now he has forgiven the

media for that.

19. Which of the following best describes the central theme of the passage?(a) To critically examine Al Gores representation in the media in the 2000 election.(b) To update the readers on what has happened to Al Gore since the 2000 US presidential election.(c) To discuss the role that the media plays in shaping our perception of important events like

presidential elections.(d) To explain how the medias portrayal of a personality can influence that persons life.

20. What can be inferred as a reason for the author to quote Dan Rather?A. To give an example of a person who vilified Al Gore.B. To explain why the press acted as it did in the 2000 election.C. To cite an example of the medias self examination of its portrayal of Al Gore.(a) A and B (b) Only B (c) B and C (d) A and C

21. Given below is a pair of capitalized words followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair of wordswhich best describes the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.

PAEAN : PRAISE(a) Lullaby : Sleep (b) Mercenary : Money(c) Dirge : Mourning (d) Injunction : Compliment

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22. Given below is a pair of capitalized words followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair of wordswhich best describes the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.

PIQUE : RESENTMENT(a) Pedant : Learning (b) Approbation : Approval(c) Cheat : Sophistry (d) Tedium : Boorish

23. Given below is a sentence, part or all of which, is underlined. Beneath the sentence are four ways ofphrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other three are different.

Choose the option that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear andexact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error. The question testscorrectness and effectiveness of expression.

At the top of the game, Federer was appealing because he was an artist, Nadal was a magnetic,brilliant, glowering presence; Djokovic was going to be the guy who made the jokes.

(a) Federer was appealing because he was an artist, Nadal was a magnetic, brilliant, gloweringpresence; Djokovic was going to be the guy who made the jokes.

(b) Federer was appealing because he was an artist; Nadal, a magnetic, brilliant, glowering presence;and Djokovic, very humourous.

(c) Federer was appealing because he was an artist, Nadal was a magnetic, brilliant, gloweringpresence and Djokovic was going to be the guy who made the jokes.

(d) Federer was appealing because he was an artist; Nadal was a magnetic, brilliant, gloweringpresence; Djokovic was going to be the guy who made the jokes.



I have no doubt that Sri Lankan Tamils including many with no connections whatever to the Tigers continue to suffer repression by Sri Lankan officials, despite of the deadly civil war between thetwo sides having ended last year.

(a) continue to suffer repression by Sri Lankan officials, despite of the deadly civil war between thetwo sides having ended last year.

(b) continue to suffer repression by Sri Lankan officials, even though the deadly civil war betweenthe two sides ended last year.

(c) continue to suffer repression through Sri Lankan officials, although the deadly civil war betweenthe two sides ended last year.

(d) continue to suffer repression by Sri Lankan officials, inspite of the deadly civil war between thetwo sides ended last year.

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In depicting himself in such a melodramatic fashion, Bayard not only became the first photographerto take a self-portrait, but a pioneer of the kind of obsessive self-dramatisation that has come todefine conceptual photography in recent times.

(a) Bayard not only became the first photographer to take a self-portrait, but a pioneer of the kind ofobsessive self-dramatisation

(b) Bayard became not only the first photographer to take a self-portrait, but a pioneer of the kind ofobsessive self-dramatisation

(c) Bayard not only became the first photographer to take a self-portrait, but also a pioneer of thekind of obsessive self-dramatisation

(d) Bayard became not only the first photographer to take a self-portrait, but also a pioneer of thekind of obsessive self-dramatisation

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Directions for questions 26 to 29:!Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.The table given below shows the marks scored by five students in the four sections of an exam. The sumof the maximum marks in the four sections is 250.

Physics Chemistry Maths Biology Titu 42 35 29 29Tappu 18 30 46 35Tina 27 42 32 29Tappan 25 49 28 37Taklu 31 33 40 26

Additional Information: Maximum marks in each section are in multiples of 10 only. A student passes in the exam only if he/she scores at least 40% marks in each of the sections. If a student scores less than 40% but more than or equal to 35% marks in one section of the test,

then he/she is considered passed provided he/she has scored at least 70% marks in some othersection.

26. If each student passes in the exam, then what percentage of marks is scored by Tappan in Biology?(a) 61.67 (b) 52.86 (c) 74.00 (d) Cannot be determined

27. What is the maximum number of students who can fail in the exam simultaneously?(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

28. Tappu gets less than 40% marks in exactly 2 sections. The rest of the students score more than orequal to 40% marks in all the sections. What percentage of marks does Tappu get in Chemistry?(a) 42.84 (b) 50.00 (c) 37.50 (d) Cannot be determined

29. Tappu passes in the test with the "35 70 rule". Taklu gets less than 40% in just one section butfails in the exam. The rest of the students score more than or equal to 40% marks in all thesections. What are the maximum marks in Maths?(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70


Directions for questions 30 to 33: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.Fifty four employees of a company called MJF are spread across four different offices, with each employeeworking in exactly one office. The table given below shows the office-wise distribution of employees, theiraverage age, their average salary and their average login hours.

Office Number of EmployeesAverage

Age (Years)Average Salary

(Rs.' 000)Average

Login HoursA 13 40 100B 42 46C 30 36 80D 28 42 60

Additional Information: The average age of the employees working in Office B and Office D is 29. The average salary of the fifty four employees is Rs. 39200. At least 2 employees work in each office of the company. The average age of the employees working in each office is an integer.30. Out of the totaI employees in Office A, x are transferred to Office B and the remaining to Office D.

The average age of the employees working in Office B and Office D increases by 3 and 10 respectively.What is the average age of the employees working in Office A?(a) 58 (b) 59 (c) 60 (d) Data Insufficient

31. What is the average salary of the employees working in Office B ?(a) Rs 44600 (b) Rs 30200 (c) Rs.18400 (d) Rs. 24400

32. How many employees work in Office C?(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) Cannot be determined

33. Exactly one year after the given data was collected, two employees retire from Office C at the ageof 60 years. At the same time a new employee joins Office C. The average age of the employeesworking in Office C still remains an integer. Which of the following cannot be the age (in years) of thenew employee at the time of joining?(a) 25 (b) 36 (c) 22 (d) None of these

34. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using thefollowing instructions:Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using Statement A alone, but cannot be answered byusing Statement B alone.Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using Statement B alone, but cannot be answered byusing Statement A alone.Mark (c) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.Mark (d) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.

Q. Sunil, Samir, Sourav, Shekhar and Sashi are standing in a row. The oldest among them isstanding at the extreme left and the youngest at the extreme right. Who is the youngest of the fivepeople?A. Samir and Shekhar are not standing next to each other. The same is true for Sourav and Sashi.B. Shekhar is fourth from the left, and he is not standing next to Sourav.


35. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using thefollowing instructions:Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot beanswered by using the other statement alone.Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot beanswered by using either statement alone.Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.Mark (d) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.Q. Asha, Bimla, Chetna, Dipti and Esha each has a distinct number of flowers according to thetable given below.

Name Number of flowersAsha 5Bimla 6 or 8Chetna 7, 8 or 9Dipti 9 or 10Esha 8, 9 or 10

Who among the five girls has the maximum number of flowers?A. The total number of flowers with the five girls is 38.B. The sum of the number of flowers with Bimla and Dipti is twice the number of flowers with

Chetna.Directions for questions 36 to 38: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.The table given below shows the observations of Shivku about the fuel consumption of his car when hedrives from Bangalore to Chennai via A, B, C, D and E.

Bangalore 354 Km Fuel filled hereA 320 Km 17 340B 252 Km 18C 165 Km 18 Fuel filled hereD 90 Km 17E 66 Km 16.5 231

CommentsRangeKm/LPlace Distance to Chennai

Additional Information :(1) Whenever the fuel is filled the trip-meter is reset to zero.(2) Km/L is the fuel efficiency of the car for the distance covered from the time the trip-meter was reset.(3) Range is the distance that the fuel will last, at the current fuel efficiency.

36. What is the fuel efficiency (in Km/L) of Shivkus car between A and B?(a) 17.55 (b) 18.55 (c) 19.55 (d) 20.55

37. How much fuel (in litres) was filled in the car at C?(a) 6.5 (b) 8 (c) 8.5 (d) Data Insufficient

38. How much fuel (in litres) was consumed in the entire trip from Bangalore to Chennai?(a) 16.5 (b) 17.5 (c) 18.5 (d) Data Insufficient


39. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using thefollowing instructions:Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot beanswered by using the other statement alone.Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot beanswered by using either statement alone.Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.Mark (d) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

Q. If x, y, z are positive integers, then is 11x + 7y + 8z divisible by 5?A. 6x + y + 3z is divisible by 5.B. x + 2y + 3z is divisible by 10.

40. The question given below is followed by two statements, A and B. Mark the answer using thefollowing instructions:Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot beanswered by using the other statement alone.Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.Mark (c) if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.Mark (d) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot beanswered by using either statement alone.

Q. Appu, Gappu and Pappu went to a zoo which housed only Zebras, Deer and Foxes. Appu saw 2Zebras, 2 Foxes and all the Deer in the zoo. Who among the three saw the maximum number ofanimals in the zoo?A. Gappu saw only Deer while Pappu saw 3 Deer, 2 Zebras and all the Foxes in the zoo.B. There are 10 Foxes and 12 Deer in the Zoo.

Directions for questions 41 and 43: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.An excavation squad recently found an unusual 8-faced die. The shape of the die was that of a hexagonalprism with 6 rectangular faces and 2 hexagonal faces (See figure). On each face a distinct digit from 1 to8 was written. Two digits are said to be adjacent or opposite each other if the faces containing the twodigits are adjacent or opposite respectively.

Additional Information:1. Each of 3, 6 and 7 had the same number of digits adjacent to them. Also, no two of 3, 6 and 7 were

adjacent to each other.2. The total sum of all the digits adjacent to 4 was 31.3. The digits opposite each other were added and their sum was noted. All such possible sums were

found to be different.


41. Which digit was present on one of the hexagonal faces?(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) Cannot be determined

42. Which digit was opposite 7?(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) Cannot be determined

43. If the sum of the digits on any three consecutive rectangular faces was unique, then which digit wasopposite 3?(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) 2

Directions for questions 44 to 46: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.Salim, Sajid, Sunil and Sanjay visited Feroz one at a time in the following manner.I. At least one person visited Feroz between Salim and Sajid.II. At least one of Sunil and Sanjay visited Feroz before Salim.III. Sunil did not visit Feroz between Sajid and Sanjay.

44. If Sajid was the last person to visit Feroz, then who visited Feroz first?(a) Salim (b) Sanjay (c) Sunil (d) Cannot be determined

45. Who could not be the last person to visit Feroz?(a) Salim (b) Sajid (c) Sunil (d) Sanjay

46. In how many ways could the four people visit Feroz?(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Directions for questions 47 to 50: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.ABC Ltd. is a courier company that uses three modes of transport for its services Air, Rail and Road. Thefollowing pie charts show the distribution of the total number of couriers (Chart-1), Revenue Generated(Chart-2) and Total Cost (Chart-3) for the different modes of transport for the year 2006. Assume that theonly cost involved was that incurred on transport.

Road 150

Rail 120

Air 90

Rail 108

Road 72

Air 180

Rail 90

Road 72

Air 198

Chart - 1 Chart - 2 Chart - 347. If ABC Ltd. makes a total profit of 20% in the year 2006, what is the profit percentage on the couriers

sent by Air transport?(a) 9.09% (b) 10% (c) 32% (d) 33.2%


48. Through which mode of transport does ABC Ltd. generate maximum profit in the year 2006?(a) Rail (b) Road (c) Air (d) Data Insufficient

49. Which mode of transport has the least Cost of Transport per courier in the year 2006 for ABC Ltd.?(a) Rail (b) Road (c) Air (d) Data Insufficient

50. If the Cost of Transport per courier for Air transport is Rs.200 and the Revenue Generated per courierfor Road transport is Rs.300 in the year 2006, then what is the ratio of Revenue Generated to TotalCost for Rail transport in 2006 for ABC Ltd.?(a) 33 : 4 (b) 4 : 31 (c) 4 : 33 (d) 31 : 4


51. If x and y are positive integers, then the last digit of which of the following is same as the last digitof the sum of x and y?(a) x7 + y7 (b) x13 + y13 (c) x20 + y20 (d) None of these

52. Which of the following has the maximum value?(a) 170! . 130! (b) 150! . 150! (c) 240! . 60! (d) 300!

53. How many integer values of n satisfy 5 n 143 n 4 3<


61. In a sequence of 100 positive integers, the sum of any six consecutive terms is the same. If thevalues of the 11th, 22nd, 33rd, 44th and 55th terms are 11, 22, 33, 44 and 55 respectively, then whichof the following is definitely true about the sum of the 19th and the 99th terms of the sequence?(a) It is less than 60. (b) It is greater than 59 and less than 76.(c) It is greater than 75 and less than 90. (d) None of the above is true.

62. A person drew x triangles on a board such that no two of them touched or intersected each other.His friend counted the various types of triangles on the board and came up with the following data. Exactly 20 triangles were there in which all the sides were equal. At least 32 triangles were there in which at least two sides were equal. Exactly 12 triangles were there in which all the sides were of different lengths. Exactly 24 triangles were there in which one interior angle was obtuse. Exactly 28 triangles were there in which all the interior angles were acute.What is the least possible value of x?(a) 52 (b) 44 (c) 96 (d) None of these

63. Two circles, touching each other, are drawn inside a square of side 10 cm. Each circle also touchesexactly two sides of the square. What is the maximum possible value (in cm) of the sum of theirradii?(a) ( )10 2 2 (b) ( )10 2 2+ (c) 10 2 (d) 10

64. How many 3 digit numbers are there in the decimal system which have exactly 3 digits whenexpressed in both Base 7 and Base 13?(a) 169 (b) 243 (c) 173 (d) 174

65. All the three roots of the cubic equation x3 10x2 + 31x K = 0 are prime numbers. What is thevalue of K?(a) 42 (b) 30 (c) 30 (d) None of these

66. A group of 10 men can do a job in 15 days. The group starts working and after every three days theyare joined by two more men. On which day does the job get completed?(a) 10th (b) 11th (c) 12th (d) 13th

67. If n is a natural number, then what is the sum of all the possible distinct remainders when8n + 7n + 3n + 2n is divided by 10?(a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 0

68. [ ] [ ]log(1) log(1 3) log(1 3 5) ...log(1 3 5 ... 19) 2 log1 log2 ...log7 m nx ay+ + + + + + + + + + + + = + +If log2 = x and log3 = y, then which of the following is the ordered triplet (m, n, a)? [Note: UseBase 10 for all the logarithmic functions.](a) (2, 6, 4) (b) (2, 7, 4) (c) (2, 4, 7) (d) (2, 4, 6)

69. An equilateral triangle ABC of side 40 cm is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is anequilateral triangle containing the vertex A and the second piece is a trapezium. Two such trapeziumsare placed beside each other to form a parallelogram. What is the perimeter (in cm) of theparallelogram?(a) 120 (b) 160 (c) 200 (d) 240


70. ABCD is a rectangle. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at point E. A perpendicular EF is drawn on ADfrom E. F and B are joined. FB and AE intersect at point G and a perpendicular GH is drawn on AD.H and B are joined. HB and AE intersect at I and a perpendicular IJ is drawn on AD. If AB = 10 cm,then what is the length of IJ (in cm)?

A

B C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

(a) 45 (b)52 (c)

54 (d) Cannot be determined

71. Ram takes 9 days and Gopal takes D days to complete a job working alone. Ram and Gopal workon the job on alternate days. If they take exactly the same time irrespective of who starts the job,how many positive integer values are possible for D?(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

72. Bhola starts walking towards the temple from his house. After covering one-fourth of the total distanceto the temple he doubles his original speed. When he has walked half the total distance he increaseshis speed to three times his original speed and walks for another one-fourth of the total distance atthis speed. For the remaining distance he increases his speed to four times his original speed.While coming back to his house he covers the entire distance at his original speed. If Bhola walksfor 2 hours and 26 minutes in all, then for how much time does he walk at thrice his original speed?(a) 24 min (b) 8 min (c) 6 min (d) Cannot be determined

73. How many negative integer solutions exist for x2 y2 = 400?(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 3

74. f(x) is a function defined for all the natural numbers such that:

f(x) = x4 , if x is even.

f(x) = x + 1, if x is odd.If f(f(f(x))) = 3, then what is the sum of all the possible values of x?(a) 236 (b) 283 (c) 239 (d) 336

75. Let x, y, z be positive real numbers such that xyz = 1. What would be the maximum value of1 1 1x 1 y 1 z 1y z x

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(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3