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2015 Bull CAT 09

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Question No. : 1

There is a 100% green lawn whose green area decreases as the square of number of cows in the lawn. Two cows together ate 8m2
area of lawn on the first day and everyday two new cows join them. The growth of grass on the lawn on a particular day is directly
proportional to the cube of the number of days. If at the end of the first day in 4m2 area of grass was grown, on which of the
following days the lawn will be 100% green again?

A)2nd day B)3rd day C)4th day D)5th day

Explanation:-
Let D be decrease in green area
N1 be number of cows, G be growth in area and K1, K2 be constants.
Also N2 be number of days
D = K1N12 and G = K2N23
When D = 8, N1 = 2 K1 = 2 D2 = 2(4)2 = 32
D3 = 2(6)2 = 72
D4 = 2(8)2 = 128
Also, when G = 4, N2 = 1
K2 = 4 G2 = 4(2)3 = 32
G3 = 4(3)3 = 108
G4 = 4(4)3 = 256
Hence, on third day, total lawn growth = 108+32+4 = 144 m2
The total lawn decrease till the third day = 8+32+72 = 112 m2
The total lawn growth is more than the lawn decreased until that day.
Also, the growth rate of lawn is more than the decreasing of lawn from third day onwards.
Hence, from 3rd day onwards lawn will be 100% green.
Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 2

Two circles with radius 6cm each meet each other orthogonally. A circle with maximum possible area is drawn in the common
region and the remaining area in the common region is shaded. What is the area of the shaded region?

A)8.6 cm2 B)10.5 cm2 C)12 cm2 D)None of these

Explanation:-
Since two circles are orthogonal,
= (2 1/4 62) - 62 = 18 - 36 = 56.5 - 36 = 20.5 cm2
Also, diameter of small circle = 12 - ? (SQ) = 12 - 8.5 = 3.5
Area = 1.75 1.75 10
Required Area = 20.5 - 10 = 10.5 cm2.
Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 3

On a frisbee if a square paper has to be fixed in such a way that two of its vertices are on the frisbee and the other two vertices are
outside the frisbee but the mid-point of one side is touching the circumference of the frisbee. If the diameter of frisbee is 20 cm,
find the side of the square paper.

A)4cm B)6cm C)8cm D)10cm

Explanation:-
Let side of square paper be 2x.
CD is tangent to the circle at point S and SP is radius
PSC = 900
SQA = PSC = 900 (alternate angles)
QB = x ( from centre bisects the chord)

Draw PR BC
QBRP is a rectangle QB = PR = x
Similarly PRCS is a rectangle
PS = RC = 5 ( dia = 10)
Now, BR = BC - RC 2x - 5
In BPR
PR2 + RB2 = BP2
x2 + (2x - 5)2 = 25
x2 + 4x2 - 20x + 25 = 25
5x2 - 20x = 0 i.e., 5x (x-4) = 0
x = 0 or x = 4 (side of square cannot be 0). So, x = 4 2x = 8.

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Question No. : 4

There are two drums of petrol of different prices, their volumes being 220 litres and 180 litres. Equal quantities are drawn from
the two drums, and the petrol drawn from the first drum is poured into the second, and the petrol drawn from the second is
poured into the first. Now the price of petrol per litre in both drums becomes the same. How much is drawn from each drum?

A)109 litres B)99 litres C)89 litres D)None of these

Explanation:-
Drum 1 Drum II
Contents 220 litres 180 litres
Cost/litre Rs. a Rs. b
Total Cost Rs. 220a Rs. 180b
Removed c from each drum and its cost
Rs. ca Rs. cb
will be
Cost of what is left 220a - ca 180b - cb
New contents cost 220a - ca + cb 180b - cb + ca

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Question No. : 5

The time t to go over a fixed distance is in inverse proportion to the average speed v of the vehicle. When the average speed of
the vehicle is 48 km/hr it takes 6 hours to go over a certain distance. Find the time required to cover the same distance at an
average speed of 72 km/hr.

A)3 hrs. B)4 hrs. C)4 hrs. D)5 hrs.

Explanation:-

Now T = (48 6)/72 = 4 hrs.

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Question No. : 6

Two circles are drawn with centre C1 and C2 and radius r1 and r2. The distance between the two centres is more than r1 + r2.
Another circle is drawn with centre, C3, as the intersection point of the common tangents of circles having centre C1 and C2, the
circle with centre C3 touches the other two circles. If radius of the larger circle is r3, then which of the following is true?

A)r3 r1 + r2 B)r1 = r2 C)Both (a) and (b) D)None of these

Explanation:-
Point of intersection of common tangents of circles in this case are collinear i.e., C1 - C3 - C2. C3 should be equidistant from the
centres C1 and C2 to have the circle with centre touch the other two circles. C3 will be the mid -point of C1C2 only if the smaller
circles are of the same radius.
r1 = r2. There are two possible ways in which the configuration can be drawn as shown below:

In case II we can say that r3 > r1 + r2 but it is not true in case I. Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 7

A hill is in the form of a regular cone with a vertical drop of 20m from the cliff to the bottom of the hill. A tower perpendicular to
the slope of the hill is situated midway down the slope. The tower is 40m tall and the top of the tower is 50m away from the cliff.
The area of the base of the mountain is:

A)1500 m2 B)1000 m2 C)3200 m2 D)2000 m2

Explanation:-
Since AB is to the slope
OA2 = OB2 - AB2 OA = 30m
Since A is the midpoint OY = 60m
OX = 20m

Area of the base = XY2 = 3200 = 3200 m2.


Hence, [3]

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Question No. : 8

Two numbers are selected at random without replacement from amongst the first six natural numbers. What is the probability that
the minimum of the two is less than 4?

A)1/15 B)14/15 C)2/5 D)4/5

Explanation:-
The total number of ways of selecting the two numbers is 6 5 = 30.
We want that the minimum of the two numbers is less than 4.
If the smaller number is 1, then the other number can be any of the remaining 5 numbers from 2 to 6.
If the smaller number is 2, then the other number can be any of the remaining 4 numbers from 3 to 6.
If the smaller number is 3, then the other number can be any of the remaining 3 numbers from 4 to 6.
These are 12 cases.
Since the numbers can be interchanged, the toal number of favourable outcomes is 2 12 = 24.
Thus the required probability is 24/30 = 4/5

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Question No. : 9

In ABC, Seg AD seg CB, also AE is angle bisector of CAB. Find AED.

A)60 B)70 C)80 D)None of these

Explanation:-
? ADC and ADB are right angled triangle
ACD + CAD = 900
x - y + 600 = 900
x - y = 300 ------(I)
x + y + 400 = 900 ------(II)
(? DAB + DBA = 900
x + y = 50
Solving I and II, we get,
y = 10
AED is also right angled triangle,
AED + DAE = 900
AED = 900 - 100 = 800. Hence, [3]

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Question No. : 10

In the given figure, D is midpoint of AB and ABC = 90, C = 30. Also DE is parallel to BC, and BE is angle bisector of ABC.
Find the area of ABE. (BC = cm.)

A)6.25cm2 B)12.5cm2 C)10cm2 D)Cannot be determined

Explanation:-
Also AD = BD
Now since DE || BC

ADE = ABC = 90 = 2x as shown in Figure.


DBE + DEB = 2x .......... (exterior angle = Sum of other two interior angle).
x + DEB = 2x
DEB is isosceles
Now DE = DB = AD
DAE = DEA = y 2x+y+y = 180
2y = 180-2x. So, y = 90-x
AEB = 90-x+x = 900
AEB is right angled with AEB = 900
AEB is 450 - 450 - 900

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Question No. : 11

A)1 B)0.6 C)0.78 D)0.875

Explanation:-

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Question No. : 12

If |a+3| = 8 and |b-6| = 9. What is the minimum possible value of a b? (in numerical value)

A)-165 B) C) D)
A)-165 B) C) D)

Explanation:-
|a + 3| = 8
a+3 = 8 or a+3 = -8
a = 5 or a = -11
|b - 6| = 9
b - 6 = 9 or b-6 = -3
b = 15 or b = 3
Minimum value of a b = -11 15 = -165.

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Question No. : 13

Compare a and b, if a > 0 and b > 0 and 8a2 4ab 2a + b = ba2 4ab + b2a = 0.

A)a b B)a < b C)Either b > a or b a D)Cannot be determined

Explanation:-
From first equation
8a2 - 4ab -2a + b = 0
4a(2a-b) - (2a-b) = 0
(4a-1)(2a-b) = 0

from both cases b > a.


Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 14

One person each is to be selected from teams A, B and C. Team A consists of 2 boys and 1 girl, team B consists of 2 girls and 1
boy and team C consists of 2 girls and 2 boys. Find the probability that the new team consists of 1 girl and 2 boys.

A) B) C) D)

Explanation:-
Team A Team B Team C
2B, 1G 2G,1B 2G, 2B
No. of ways of selection
Girl from 'A' = 1 1 2C1 = 2
Girl from 'B' = 2C1 2C1 2C1 = 8
Girl from 'C' = 2C1 1 2C1 = 4
Total ways = 14
Total number of ways of selecting the team = 3C1 3C1 4C1 = 3 3 4
Hence, [4]

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Question No. : 15

Chetan and Ketan decide to play a game. The arena for the game are two circular lawns with centres at C1 and C2 respectively.
Chetan says that he shall run back and forth between C1 and C2. Ketan meanwhile is to run around the circumference of circle with
centre C1. Ketan starts running from the point A where Chetan touches circle with centre C1 on his way out of circle with centre C1.
Chetan starts from point A, and Chetan finds that whenever he touches the circumference of circle with centre C1, Ketan is also
there and they have to avoid crashing against each other. Also, whenever Ketan touches point A he find Chetan there.

If Ketans speed is 5m/s, and he meets Chetan in multiple of 10 seconds only, what is Chetans approximate speed? Assume that
Chetan meets Ketan 10seconds after the start of the race.

A)1.6m/s B)5m/s C)0.8m/s D)Data insufficient

Explanation:-
Distance travelled by Chetan = speed 10
Distance travelled by Ketan = 510 = 50 metres

Hence, [1]
Note: 10 seconds because they meet for the first time when Chetan has travelled distance C1A and Ketan has completed one circle

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Question No. : 16

Chetan and Ketan decide to play a game. The arena for the game are two circular lawns with centres at C1 and C2 respectively.
Chetan says that he shall run back and forth between C1 and C2. Ketan meanwhile is to run around the circumference of circle with
centre C1. Ketan starts running from the point A where Chetan touches circle with centre C1 on his way out of circle with centre C1.
Chetan starts from point A, and Chetan finds that whenever he touches the circumference of circle with centre C1, Ketan is also
there and they have to avoid crashing against each other. Also, whenever Ketan touches point A he find Chetan there.

Ketan and Chetan are joined by another friend Vetan who moves between the two points C2 and where that Chetans line of
motion cuts circle with centre C2. If Vetan is at C2 when Chetan is at C1 and Vetan starts off in a direction opposite to Chetan
initially, then when will Vetan and Chetan have to try and avoid a crash for the first time? [Given: radius of circle C2 = 3m, Vetans
speed = 0.5m/s. Use data from previous questions if necessary.]

A)10s B)20s C)10-20s D)Data insufficient

Explanation:-
All the data except the distance between the two circles has been given. Hence, data in insufficient.
Hence, [4]

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Question No. : 17

Two circles intersect each other at C and D. Line AB is their common tangent. What is the sum of measures of ACB and ADB?
A)180 B)90 C)270 D)Indeterminate

Explanation:-
BAC = ADC (as both intercept same arc)
ABC = 1/2m (arc BC) = BDC
BAC + ABC = ADC + BDC
Add ACB to both sides,
BAC + ABC + ACB
=ADC + BDC +ACB
ADB + ACB = 1800
[ the sum of all angles of a triangle = 1800].

Hence, [1]

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Question No. : 18

Consider a quadratic equation (x + a1) (x + a2) + a3 = 0. If the roots of this equation are b1 and b2, then find the value of c1, c2 i.e.,
the roots of the quadratic equation (x + b1) (x + b2) a3 = 0?

A)1, 1 B)a1, a2 C)a2, a3 D)a1 + a3, a2 a3

Explanation:-
The quadratic equation:
(x+a1) (x+a2) + a3 = 0
x2 + a1 x + a2x + a1a2 + a3 = 0
x2 + (a1 + a2) x + (a1a2 + a3) = 0
The roots of this equation are b1, b2.
b1 + b2 = -(a1 + a2)
b1b2 = (a1a2 + a3)
The second quadratic equation is
(x+b1) (x+b2) - a3 = 0
x2 + (b1 + b2)x+ (b1b2 -a3) = 0
x2 + [-(a1+a2)x] + [(a1a2 + a3) - a3] = 0
x2 - (a1 + a2)x +a1a2 = 0
The roots of this equation are c1,c2
c1 + c2 = (a1+a2)
c1c2 = a1a2
The roots of this equation are a1,a2.
Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 19

Suppose there is a video cassette. If it is played from the beginning, the time required to complete half the cassette is 72 minutes
at a constant rate. What is the time required when the winding radius of the tape is further reduced by half of the unwinding side?
(in numerical value)

A)18 B) C) D)

Explanation:-
Let the initial winding radius be 4r i.e. when the casette is viewed from beginning to the end.
Decrease in winding area a result reduction of the radius by half i.e. when half the casette is completed = (4r)2 - (2r)2 = [16r2
- 4r2] = 12 r2
This is equal to the product of the length of wound tape ?1 and thickness d.
The length, in turn is equal to the product of the rate at which the casette is played and the time t1 required to complete half the
casette. But rate at which the casette is played is constant (given). The thickness of the tape will also be constant throughout.
= rate t1
12r2 = d
12r2 = (72d) rate ----(i)
Decrease in winding area as a result of further reduction of radius by half from 2r to r
= (2r)2 - (r)2
= [4r2 - r2] = 3r2
3r2 =
3r2 = rate t2 d
3r2 = (t2d) rate ---- (ii)
Dividing equation (i) by (ii), we get,

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Question No. : 20

The population of the planet Andromeda at any time t can be calculated by the following relation: M W + MW/1000, where M is
the number of males on the planet at time t and W is the number of females on the planet at time t. Right now the probability of a
person being a female on this planet is 0.6 and tomorrow this probability decreases by 10%. (Assume there are only male and
female on this planet.)

The number of males tomorrow will be:

A)1000 B)2500 C)2000 D)Cannot be determined

Explanation:-

x = 2000 0.54 + 0.54x x = 2348


the number females tomorrow will be = 2348
Now, all the question can be answered.

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Question No. : 21

The population of the planet Andromeda at any time t can be calculated by the following relation: M W + MW/1000, where M is
the number of males on the planet at time t and W is the number of females on the planet at time t. Right now the probability of a
person being a female on this planet is 0.6 and tomorrow this probability decreases by 10%. (Assume there are only male and
female on this planet.)

The number of females tomorrow will be:

A)1548 B)2348 C)3248 D)2148

Explanation:-

x = 2000 0.54 + 0.54x x = 2348


the number females tomorrow will be = 2348
Now, all the question can be answered.

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Question No. : 22

The population of the planet Andromeda at any time t can be calculated by the following relation: M W + MW/1000, where M is
the number of males on the planet at time t and W is the number of females on the planet at time t. Right now the probability of a
person being a female on this planet is 0.6 and tomorrow this probability decreases by 10%. (Assume there are only male and
female on this planet.)

The increase in the number of males is by:

A)25% B)33.33% C)40% D)None of these

Explanation:-

x = 2000 0.54 + 0.54x x = 2348


the number females tomorrow will be = 2348
Now, all the question can be answered.

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Question No. : 23
The figure below is a right angled prism. What is the surface area of BAED, given that area on the face ABC = x?

I. Area of EFCA = z II. Area of DBCF = y

A)if the question can be answered by using only one of the statements
B)if the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone
C)if the question can be answered by using both the statements together D)if the question cannot be answered

Explanation:-
Statement I and II alone are insufficient to answer the question,
Combining both the statement, we get,
AC.BC = x ...... (i);

BC.FC = y ....(ii)
FC.AC = z ...... (iii)

Similarly we can find, BC2 and FC2. Given that AB2 = AC2 + BC2, we know AB2
Area of DEAB = AB.EA = AB.FC ( EA = FC)
Area of DEAB can be found. Hence, [3]

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Question No. : 24

If - 5 < x < 5, what is the greatest value of (13 - x)7 (7 + x)3?

A)310 214 B)133 77 210 C)77 216 D)33 77 210

Explanation:-
The maximum value of xa yb occurs when a/x = b/y.
So, the maximum value of (13 - x)7 (7 + x)3 occurs when 7 / (13 - x) = 3 / (7 + x). Solving this equation yields x = - 1.
So the maximum value of os (13 - x)7 (7 + x)3 is 147 63 = 210 33 77

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Question No. : 25

The solution set of the inequality |x3 - 6x2 + 12x 6| (x-2)3 is

A)2 x B)-2 x 2 C)- x D)0 x

Explanation:-
Given |x3 - 6x2 + 12x 6| > (x-2)3
|x3 - 6x2 + 12x 6| > x3 - 6x2 + 12x - 8
If a = x3-6x2 + 12x - 8, then the given inequality is |a+2| > a,
Now for a < 0, as |a+2| > 0, |a+2| > a and for a > 0, as |a+2|= a + 2 and a+2 > a.
hence the inequality is true for all real values.

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Question No. : 26

C is a circle with centre C0. Let PQ be a diameter of C. C1 is the midpoint of C0Q, C2 is the midpoint of C1Q and so on. A certain
number of circles are constructed with diameters as C0Q,C1Q, C2Q, and so on. If the sum of the areas of the constructed circles is
341 cm2 and the area of the circle with centre C0 in 1024 cm2, how many circles are constructed? (in numerical value)

A)5 B) C) D)

Explanation:-

Let the radius of the circle with centre C


1 be r and let it area be A. The area of the biggest circle (with centre C0) is 4A.
The sum of the areas of n circles, each with radius half on the preceding one, beginning one, beginning with the one with centre

C1 is
S the areas form a GP with the common ratio of .
The sum of the areas of an circles is

Alternative method:
The radii of successive circles are half these of the preceding one. Therefore the areas are in a G.P with common ratio 1/4. The
areas of the first few circles that are constructed area 256, 64, 16, 4, 1. The sum of these is 341. Therefore there are 5 circles.

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Question No. : 27

The roots of the equation (x + 1) (x + 8) + 10 = 0 are given as p and q. Find the roots of (x + p) (x + q) - 4 = 0

A)-1,3 B)7, 8 C)2, 7 D)-2, 7

Explanation:-
(x + 1) (x + 8) + 10 = 0 can be expanded as x2 + 9x + 8 + 10 = 0
x2 + 9x + 18 = 0
Sum of roots p + q = -9
Product of roots pq = 18
(x + p) (x + q)-4 = 0 can be written as x2 + (p + q) x + pq - 4 = 0
x2 - 9x + 18 - 4 = 0
X2 - 9x + 14 = 0
Roots are 7 and 2
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Question No. : 28

If m > 0, n > 0 and p > 0 & m, n, p are all real, then both the roots of the equation mx2 + nx + p = 0 are

A)Real and positive B)Real and negative C)Are rational numbers D)Cannot be determined

Explanation:-
The sum of the roots given is -ve and the product is +ve, hence the roots have to be -ve only. If a and b are the roots of given
equation. i.e a + b is negative, and a b is positive, hence a and b have to be -ve.

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Question No. : 29

Ram can row a boat in still water at 10 kmph. He decides to go boating in a river. To row upstream he takes 2 hours and to row
downstream he takes 1 1/2 hours. Find the speed of the river (in kmph).

A) B) C) D)None of these

Explanation:-
Suppose the speed of the river is 'y' kmph.
While rowing upstream he takes 2 hrs and while rowing downstream he takes 1 1/2 hours. As the Distance covered is constant the
ratio of the net Speeds of the boat while going upstream and downstream will be the inverse of the ratio of the Time taken.

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Question No. : 30

Rajesh and Rohit have some money with which they go shopping. The amount with Rajesh and Rohit comprise the same two
digits but in reverse order. Each boy spends all his money on 33 apples and oranges. The number of oranges bought by Rohit is
equal to number of apples bought by Rajesh. The number of oranges purchased by Rohit is equal to the amount with Rajesh,
which is 4.5 times the number of apples, Rohit has purchased. Find the unit price of an apple and an orange.

A) B)Rs. 1.33 and Rs. 1.66 C)Rs. 2.57 and Rs. 0.43 D)Data insufficient

Explanation:-
Let x be the number of oranges purchased by Rohit and hence the number of apples purchased by him is 33 x. Also, we have, x =
4.5 (33 x).
Hence, 5.5x = 148.5 x = 27
Hence, number of oranges purchased by Rohit = 27 and apples = 6
Amount with Rajesh = 27 = number of oranges purchased by Rohit. Hence, amount with Rohit = 72
Let a be cost price of orange and b be the cost price of apple, then we have,
72 = 27a + 6b .(i)
27 = 6a + 27b
Hence, 33a + 33b = 99
a + b = 3 .(ii)
{(i) 6 (ii)} 21a = 54 a = 18/7 = 2.57
Hence, b = 3/7. Hence 3rd option

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Question No. : 31

Two person A and B, are counting number from 1 to 2000, but A is counting in ascending order i.e., 1, 2, 3, ., 2000 while B is
counting in descending order i.e., 2000, 1999, 1998 ..... 1. The counting speed of A is 3 times faster than counting speed of B. Both
start counting at the same time till they reach 2000 and 1 respectively and then repeat the cycle but in reverse order, this process
goes on till both count the same number at the same time. The process will stop at which number if counting speed of A is 30
number per minute? Both can count for maximum of 10 hrs. (in numerical value)

A)1001 B) C) D)

Explanation:-
A B Time
1 - 1500 2000 1501 50 min
1501 2000, 2000
1500 1001 50 min
1001
Thus at the end of 100 min, both A and B will count 1001.

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Question No. : 32

A ten digit number is such that all its digits are distinct. If the number is added to its reverse (ten digit number) then also we get a
ten digit number. Then the number 9 cannot be:

A)The rightmost digit B)The leftmost digit C)Both [a] and [b] D)None of these

Explanation:-
9 cannot be the leftmost or rightmost digit. (As the sum of the even digit number and its reverse will become an eleven digit
number).

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Question No. : 33

A bottler had 5 empty casks, numbered 1 to 5, and he tried the following experiment:

First he filled up cask 1 and cask 2 with beer, and found that together they held 10.5 gallons. Then he poured the beer from cask 1
into cask 3, and to fill up cask 3 he had to add another 3.5 gallons. He then poured cask 2 into cask 4, and had to add another 1.5
gallons to completely fill cask 4. Then he poured cask 3 into cask 5, and to fill cask 5 he was obliged to add another 1.5 gallons.
Then he filled cask 3 from cask 4, but as he had some left over in cask 4 he put it into cask 1. He then found that to fill 1 he had to
add another 3.5 gallons. What was the capacity of each Cask?

A)4, 6, 8, 5, 10 gallons B)6, 9, 10, 12, 5 gallons C)4, 6.5, 7.5, 8, 9 gallons D)4, 7, 7.5, 8, 6 gallons

Explanation:-
Let a, b, c, d and e represents the quantity of cask 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
a + b = 10.5; a + 3.5 = c; b + 1.5 = d;
c + 1.5 = e
d c + 3.5 = a, a + c d = 3.5
a + a + 3.5 b 1.5 = 3.5
2a b = 1.5, a + b = 10.5
3a = 12, a = 4, b = 6.5, c = 7.5, d = 8, e = 9.

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Question No. : 34

In a month, Rohan goes to market for n times, all these days are decided by a rule that he will not go on same day again unless he
covers all other days of a week. Also the difference between the days of his any two outings is never same. If 1st of July is Sunday,
then what is the maximum value of n?

A)7 B)6 C)8 D)9

Explanation:-
For n to be maximum we have to arrange days will minimum difference between them. Now total day in July are 31.
Let | denotes the days on which Rohan goes to market then | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | = 29 days.
The number between | represents the difference in days between two visits.
Hence maximum days are 8. Note since we have to follow the first rule, the difference has to be arranged in different way and we
can use 7 and 8 instead of 5 and 6 difference or any such combination as the total days are 31
One solution of this is 1, 9, 14, 17, 18, 20, 26, 29 or 30. Note multiple solutions are possible but in all case you cannot arrange
them in such way that n > 8, as then numbers of days he does not go to market + number of days he goes to market > 31.

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Question No. : 35

B.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4006 4050 3580 3650 24988 4,92,925
Wipro 1750 1843 1703 1822 39567 3,90,503
Satyam 268 283 262 274 8870 62,23,894
NIIT 210 223 206 218 887 6,69,324
HCL Tech 280 298 269 293 8223 18,71,348
N.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4018 4062 3610 3672 25138 8,96,638
Wipro 1748 1835 1710 1835 39850 6,57,782
Satyam 266 285 261 276 8935 95,20,124
NIIT 213 225 207 221 900 12,32,426
HCL Tech 278 299 270 294 8251 25,32,523

Which share traded the highest total volume in money terms (i.e., volume number closing price) on BSE and NSE combined?

A)Satyam B)HCL Tech C)Wipro D)Infosys


Explanation:-
Volume in money terms
Name BSE NSE Total ( 106 Rs.)
4,92,925
Infosys 8,96,638 3672 5091
3650
3,90,503
Wipro 6,57,782 1835 1918
1822
62,23,894
Satyam 95,20,124 276 4333
274
NIIT 6,69,324 218 12,32,426 221 418
18,71,348
HCL Tech 25,32,523 294 1293
293

From table Infosys has the maximum volume in money terms. Hence, [4]

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Question No. : 36

B.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4006 4050 3580 3650 24988 4,92,925
Wipro 1750 1843 1703 1822 39567 3,90,503
Satyam 268 283 262 274 8870 62,23,894
NIIT 210 223 206 218 887 6,69,324
HCL Tech 280 298 269 293 8223 18,71,348
N.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4018 4062 3610 3672 25138 8,96,638
Wipro 1748 1835 1710 1835 39850 6,57,782
Satyam 266 285 261 276 8935 95,20,124
NIIT 213 225 207 221 900 12,32,426
HCL Tech 278 299 270 294 8251 25,32,523

If variance is defined as difference between highest and lowest value of a scrip expressed as percentage of lowest value, then
which scrip showed the highest variance on which stock exchange?

A)Satyam on NSE B)Infosys on BSE C)HCL Tech on NSE D)Infosys on NSE

Explanation:-

Variance
Name BSE (%) NSE (%)
Infosys 13.12 12.5
Wipro 8.22 7.3
Satyam 8 9.2
NIIT 8.25 8.7
HCL Tech 10.8 10.7

From the table, it can be seen that highest variance is shown by Infosys on BSE. (In fact, you just need to calculate variance for
given 4 options). Hence. [2]

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Question No. : 37

B.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4006 4050 3580 3650 24988 4,92,925
Wipro 1750 1843 1703 1822 39567 3,90,503
Satyam 268 283 262 274 8870 62,23,894
NIIT 210 223 206 218 887 6,69,324
HCL Tech 280 298 269 293 8223 18,71,348
N.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4018 4062 3610 3672 25138 8,96,638
Wipro 1748 1835 1710 1835 39850 6,57,782
Satyam 266 285 261 276 8935 95,20,124
NIIT 213 225 207 221 900 12,32,426
HCL Tech 278 299 270 294 8251 25,32,523

Market capital of any company at a given point of time, is given by the product of number of shares of the company and the share
price at that time. The market capital given in the tables are calculated on closing price. Based on this, which of the following are
true?

I. The market capital of Infosys increased marginally during the day


II. Wipro's market capital growth was the highest during the day
III. At NSE, market capital of Satyam and NIIT grew at the same rate.
IV. NIIT's market cap growth was higher at BSE compared to that at NSE

A)I, II, IV B)II, III C)III, IV D)II, III, IV

Explanation:-
Market Capital = Number of shares share price
As, no. of shares are constant, all changes in market capital are corresponding to share price.
Market capital change during the day is equivalent to change in stock price i.e., change in closing price over the opening price
of any stock.
I. Infosys' price is coming down during the day implying a fall in market capital. Hence I is False.

Market capital growth (change of closing price over opening


Name BSE (%) NSE (%)
Infosys -8.88% -8.6%
Wipro 4.1% 4.9%
Satyam 2.2% 3.75%
NIIT 3.8% 3.75%
HCL Tech 4.6% 5.75%

From table, growth of HCL Tech at NSE is the highest. II is not true.
III. From above table, III is true
IV. From above table, NIIT's growth at BSE is higher than that at NSE. Hence, IV is true
Hence, [3]

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Question No. : 38

B.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4006 4050 3580 3650 24988 4,92,925
Wipro 1750 1843 1703 1822 39567 3,90,503
Satyam 268 283 262 274 8870 62,23,894
NIIT 210 223 206 218 887 6,69,324
HCL Tech 280 298 269 293 8223 18,71,348
N.S.E
Mkt. Cap
Name Open High Low Close Volume (number of shares traded today)
(Rs. Crores)
Infosys 4018 4062 3610 3672 25138 8,96,638
Wipro 1748 1835 1710 1835 39850 6,57,782
Satyam 266 285 261 276 8935 95,20,124
NIIT 213 225 207 221 900 12,32,426
HCL Tech 278 299 270 294 8251 25,32,523

Which company has the highest number of shares?

A)Satyam B)HCL Tech C)Wipro D)Infosys

Explanation:-
Market Capital = Number of shares Closing price

Name Number of shares


Infosys 6.846 107
Wipro 21.72 107
Satyam 32.37 107
NIIT 4 107
HCL Tech 28.1 107

From the table, Satyam has the highest number of share. Hence, [1]
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Question No. : 39

In an experiment 100 readings are taken. The average of the readings should be 76. But one reading is misread. Due to this,
average of first 50 reading and the misread reading is coming to be 74 and that of last 50 reading and misread is coming to be 75.
If the misread reading is read as 28. Then,

Find the original reading.

A)85 B) C) D)

Explanation:-

x + x2 + x3 + -----x50 + x = 3774
x1 + x2 ----- x50 = 3746

x51 + x2 + ---- x100 + x (misread) = 3825


x51 + x52 + ---- x100 = 3797
x1 +x2 + ----- x100 = 7543
x1 to x100 include the misread reading
Sum of 99 correct reading = 7543-28 = 7515
Original reading that was misread = 7600-7515 = 85.

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Question No. : 40

In an experiment 100 readings are taken. The average of the readings should be 76. But one reading is misread. Due to this,
average of first 50 reading and the misread reading is coming to be 74 and that of last 50 reading and misread is coming to be 75.
If the misread reading is read as 28. Then,

Find the approximate relative error in the average.

A)- 3.8 10-3 B)- 3.8 10-2 C)- 2.4 10-3 D)- 11.2 10-3

Explanation:-
x1+ x2 + ----- + x100 = 7515 after misread

Hence, [4]

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Question No. : 41

In an experiment 100 readings are taken. The average of the readings should be 76. But one reading is misread. Due to this,
average of first 50 reading and the misread reading is coming to be 74 and that of last 50 reading and misread is coming to be 75.
If the misread reading is read as 28. Then,

Find the approximate percentage error in the reading itself (i.e. misreading).

A)57 B)67 C)48 D)51

Explanation:-
Approximate percentage error = 100 = 67.1%. Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 42

In an experiment 100 readings are taken. The average of the readings should be 76. But one reading is misread. Due to this,
average of first 50 reading and the misread reading is coming to be 74 and that of last 50 reading and misread is coming to be 75.
If the misread reading is read as 28. Then,

In an experiment 100 reading are taken. The average of these reading should be 28. But 5 readings are misread. Due to this the
average is coming to be 26. If the relative error in the average of that 5 readings is -2, find the average of the 5 misread readings.

A)20 B)-20 C)-30 D)40

Explanation:-

- 40 = Average due to misread - 20


Average due to misread = -20.
Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 43

MnD Ltd. Is a software company that has developed three solutions viz. Edusoft, Financo and Elevate. During testing the company
found a number of bugs in these solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Financo solution alone is twice the number of bugs found in all the three solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Edusoft soluton alone is four less than three times the number ofbugs found in all the three
solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Elevate solution alone is four more than the number of bugs found in all the three solutions.
24 bugs are found in the Edusoft solution.
Some of the bugs are found in exactly 2 solutions and these numbers for the various possible combinations, are in the ratio 1: 2: 3
(in some order).
Ten bugs found in the Edusoft solution are also found in at least one more solution.

Based on the information given above, the total number of bugs found by MnD ltd. is equal to:

A)48 B)56 C)68 D)72

Explanation:-
Group solution:
Let the number of bugs developed in all the three solutions be x and the number of bugs involved in exactly two solutions be a, b
and c; then, we get the Venn diagram as follows:

Ten bugs involved in the Edusoft solution are also involved in at least one more solution.
a + x +b = 10 and 3x - 4 = 24 - 10 = 14
x = 6 and a + b = 4
As, a, b and c are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 and a + b = 4, either a = 1 and b = 3 or a = 3 and b = 1
c = 2.

Total number of bugs = 14 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 2 + (a + b) = 44 + 4 = 48.

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Question No. : 44

MnD Ltd. Is a software company that has developed three solutions viz. Edusoft, Financo and Elevate. During testing the company
found a number of bugs in these solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Financo solution alone is twice the number of bugs found in all the three solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Edusoft soluton alone is four less than three times the number ofbugs found in all the three
solutions.
The number of bugs found in the Elevate solution alone is four more than the number of bugs found in all the three solutions.
24 bugs are found in the Edusoft solution.
Some of the bugs are found in exactly 2 solutions and these numbers for the various possible combinations, are in the ratio 1: 2: 3
(in some order).
Ten bugs found in the Edusoft solution are also found in at least one more solution.

Which of the following additional information would enable us to find the exact number of bugs found in each solution?

I. Twenty-one bugs are found in the Financo solution.


II. Six bugs are found in all the three solutions.
III. Twenty-one bugs are found in the Elevate solution.

A)I or II B)I or III C)II or III D)None of these

Explanation:-
Group solution:
Let the number of bugs developed in all the three solutions be x and the number of bugs involved in exactly two solutions be a, b
and c; then, we get the Venn diagram as follows:

Ten bugs involved in the Edusoft solution are also involved in at least one more solution.
a + x +b = 10 and 3x - 4 = 24 - 10 = 14
x = 6 and a + b = 4
As, a, b and c are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 and a + b = 4, either a = 1 and b = 3 or a = 3 and b = 1
c = 2.

We need not check for statement II, as we have already deduced it. We need to calculate the values of a and b to find the exact
number of bugs involved in each solution.
12 + 6 + 2 + a = 21
a = 1 b = 3.
From statement III:
10 + 6 + 2 + b = 21
b=3
a = 1.
Thus, we can calculate the exact number of bugs involved in each solution using either statement I or statement III. Hence, 2.

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Question No. : 45
Given below are two graphs giving information about the number of rallies held by some political in India from 1995-2001 and
the money spent by them on these rallies over the period.

Which of the following indicates the most amount of money spent per rally by a party in any particular year?

A)Semata P 2001 B)PJB 2001 C)Kongress 2000 D)Kongress 2001

Explanation:-

Hence option 4
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Question No. : 46
Given below are two graphs giving information about the number of rallies held by some political in India from 1995-2001 and
the money spent by them on these rallies over the period.

If the values of Kongress is interchanged with value of PJB in the year 1998 with respect to the number of rallies organized by
them and compared with the original values of Kongress and PJB in 1997, then who would have spent more money per rally? (The
amount spend by Kongress and PJB is not interchanged in year 1998)

A)PJB 1998 B)Kongress 1998 C)Kongress 1997 D)PJB 1997

Explanation:-
Total amount spent on rallies
Number of rallies
(crs.)
Kongress 74 5
PJB 68 4.4
The above figures are the original figures before interchanging for the year 1998.
After Interchanging the figures (Amount spend is not to be interchanged)

Number of rallies Total amount Average spent on rallies


Kongress 68 5 735294
PJB 74 4.4 594595

The figures for the year 1997
Number of rallies Total amount Average spent on rallies
Kongress 59 3 508475
PJB 65 4 615385

Thus, by comparing the above figures we get the answer as Kongress 1998. Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 47
Given below are two graphs giving information about the number of rallies held by some political in India from 1995-2001 and
the money spent by them on these rallies over the period.

Assume that the money spent per rally by Semata P goes on decreasing and increasing in alternate years from the year 1997 to
2001 by 10%, keeping 1997 as the base year then the money spent by Semata P per rally in 2001 would be:

A)435600 B)40000 C)449821 D)450000

Explanation:-

The money per rally spent by Semata P in the year 1997


The money spent by Semata P in 2001. 444444 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 435600.
Hence [1]

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Question No. : 48
Given below are two graphs giving information about the number of rallies held by some political in India from 1995-2001 and
the money spent by them on these rallies over the period.

The Indian government has imposed restriction that from the year 2002 there would not be more than 650 rallies in totality by all
the parties. There are 4 parties other than Kongress, PJB and Semata P. These three have been allotted a share of maximum 63%,
based on their seniority. If, after their allotment and respective acceptance, the remaining rallies can be distributed amongst other
parties, the rallies held by each one of them in 2002 based on this distribution would be: (Assume each decides to hold -rallies
based on average growth numbers per year from 1995-2001 only.)

A)Kongress-108, PJB-100, Semata P-88 B)Kongress-110, PJB-97, Semata P-86 C)Kongress-105, PJB-100, Semata P-88
D)Kongress-114, PJB-94, Semata P-8

Explanation:-
63% share of 650 rallies 410.
Thus, 410 rallies are to be distributed amongst the three based on their average growth for the period gained by each one of
them.
Average growth of Kongress
Thus rallies held by Kongress in 2002 = 97 + 11.2 108 ..............(1)
Average growth of PJB
Thus rallies held by PJB in 2002 = 90 + 10.3 = 100 .....................(2)
Average growth of Semata Party
Thus, rallies held by Semata in 2002 = 78 + 9.7 88 ......................(3)
Thus, Kongress - 108, PJB - 100, Semata - 88.
Hence, [1].

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Question No. : 49
Given below are two graphs giving information about the number of rallies held by some political in India from 1995-2001 and
the money spent by them on these rallies over the period.

In the year 2002, 88 rallies will be held by Semata P. The party has to distribute the funds for holding these rallies in over 27 states
evenly. How much fund should be allocated per state for rallies? (Assume each state will be holding approximately the same
number of rallies and money spent on rallies was in the year 2002 was 15% more than that of the year 2000.)

A)Rs.1703675 B)Rs.1675678 C)Rs.1790167 D)Rs.1703703

Explanation:-
Amount spend on rallies in 2000 = Rs. 4 crores
Amount to be spend on rallies in 2002 = (4 1.15) crores = Rs. 4.6 crores

Amount to be allocated to each state = = Rs. 1703703. Hence [4]

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Question No. : 50
In the Trankanian presidential election, if no single candidate secures a simple majority of more than 50% in the first round, then
the top five candidates in terms of votes polled proceed to the next round. If no one still gets a simple majority, then the top three
of that round go into the next round. If the decision is still not decisive in favour of one candidate, only the top two proceed to the
(hopefully) last round. Shown below are the results of Elections '72.

How many more votes were cast in favour of candidate A in Round 2, as that compared to Round 1? (in numerical value)

A)61000 B) C) D)

Explanation:-
Votes for candidate A in Round 1 = 10% of 1850000 = 185000
Votes for candidate A in Round 2 = 12% of 2050000 = 246000
Difference = 61000.

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Question No. : 51
In the Trankanian presidential election, if no single candidate secures a simple majority of more than 50% in the first round, then
the top five candidates in terms of votes polled proceed to the next round. If no one still gets a simple majority, then the top three
of that round go into the next round. If the decision is still not decisive in favour of one candidate, only the top two proceed to the
(hopefully) last round. Shown below are the results of Elections '72.

Candidate B made gains only at the expense of 'C and 'Others'. If all the voters in favour of candidate C voted for candidate B in
Round 2, then how much percentage of the 'Others' category votes did candidate B get?

A)74% B)90% C)55% D)65%

Explanation:-
In Round 1, B got 22% votes
22% of 1850000 = 407000; C got 5% votes = 5% of 1850000 = 92500.
Others got 35% votes 35% of 1850000 = 647500.
In Round 2, B got 53% votes 53% of 2050000 = 1086500

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Question No. : 52
In the Trankanian presidential election, if no single candidate secures a simple majority of more than 50% in the first round, then
the top five candidates in terms of votes polled proceed to the next round. If no one still gets a simple majority, then the top three
of that round go into the next round. If the decision is still not decisive in favour of one candidate, only the top two proceed to the
(hopefully) last round. Shown below are the results of Elections '72.

In the second round, at some additional constituencies (total votes = 140000), the ballot-boxes were sent late to the counting
centre. If only 10000 votes were not in favour of B or F, then what minimum percentage of the new votes must go to candidate F
in order to call for a third round?

A)94% B)86.8% C)72.4% D)Data insufficient

Explanation:-
In order for Round 3 to be called, candidate B must get 50% or less of the new total of (2050000 + 140000) = 2190000.
50% of 2190000 = 1095000
B already has 1086500 votes (53%), thus if it gets more than 8500 votes out of the new ballot, it gets a simple majority. Thus, in
order to call for Round 3, F must get (140000 - 10000 - 8500) = 121500 votes.
121500/140000 @ 86.8%. Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 53
In the Trankanian presidential election, if no single candidate secures a simple majority of more than 50% in the first round, then
the top five candidates in terms of votes polled proceed to the next round. If no one still gets a simple majority, then the top three
of that round go into the next round. If the decision is still not decisive in favour of one candidate, only the top two proceed to the
(hopefully) last round. Shown below are the results of Elections '72.

Because of pending criminal cases against them, candidates E and D are disqualified in the first round of voting and all votes cast
in their favour are nullified. What is candidate C's new share of votes (in percentage)?

A)5.5% B)6% C)6.2% D)6.5%

Explanation:-
Candidates C got 5% votes = 0.05 1.85 = 0.0925 mn votes
Candidate D and E together got 10 + 6 = 16%
These were nullified 16% of 1850000 = 296000 .......................(i)

Hence, [2]

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Question No. : 54
In the Trankanian presidential election, if no single candidate secures a simple majority of more than 50% in the first round, then
the top five candidates in terms of votes polled proceed to the next round. If no one still gets a simple majority, then the top three
of that round go into the next round. If the decision is still not decisive in favour of one candidate, only the top two proceed to the
(hopefully) last round. Shown below are the results of Elections '72.

The law states that every candidate other than the top five candidates in Round 1, must pay 2.5 kroners for every vote less than
the votes of the lowest of top five. How much will the government earn through this source? [Round off the votes to the nearest
500.]

A)1.85 mn kroner B)46250 kroner C)740000 kroner D)Insufficient data

Explanation:-
While candidate C's fined amount can be calculated. We do not know how many candidate comprise the category 'Others' and
what are their number of votes, thus their individual fines cannot be computed.
Hence, [4]

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Question No. : 55

Out of 1000 teams participating in a tournament (atleast one medal is won by each team), twice as many win all gold, silver and
bronze medals as those winning only bronze and silver medals. 725 teams do not win any gold medal and 620 teams do not win
any silver medal. Number of teams winning only silver medals is 6 times the number of teams winning only gold medals. Out of
the bronze medal winners the difference between the number of teams winning gold medals and those not winning any gold
medal is 180. 50 teams win only gold and silver medals. 700 teams win at least one of the two types of medals, silver or bronze.

How many teams win only gold medal? (in numerical value)

A)5 B) C) D)

Explanation:-

725 team do not win any gold medal


1000 - 725 = 275 teams win one or more gold medals.
Similarly 1000 - 620 = 380 teams win one or more silver medals.
(z + x) - (225 - 2x - y + 2x) = 180
z = 405 - (x + y)
50 + 6y + 2x + x = 380
6y + 3x = 330
2y + x = 110
Also 50 + 6y + 2x + x + 225 - 2x - y + z = 700
275 + x + 5y + 405 - (x + y) = 700
680 + 4y = 700
y = 5 x = 110 - 2y = 100
5 teams win only gold medal.

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Question No. : 56

Out of 1000 teams participating in a tournament, twice as many win all gold, silver and bronze medals as those winning only
bronze and silver medals. 725 teams do not win any gold medal and 620 teams do not win any silver medal. Number of teams
winning only silver medals is 6 times the number of teams winning only gold medals. Out of the bronze medal winners the
difference between the number of teams winning gold medals and those not winning any gold medal is 180. 50 teams win only
gold and silver medals. 700 teams win at least one of the two types of medals, silver or bronze.

How many teams do not win any bronze medal?

A)275 B)380 C)450 D)620


A)275 B)380 C)450 D)620

Explanation:-

725 team do not win any gold medal


1000 - 725 = 275 teams win one or more gold medals.
Similarly 1000 - 620 = 380 teams win one or more silver medals.
(z + x) - (225 - 2x - y + 2x) = 180
z = 405 - (x + y)
50 + 6y + 2x + x = 380
6y + 3x = 330
2y + x = 110
Also 50 + 6y + 2x + x + 225 - 2x - y + z = 700
275 + x + 5y + 405 - (x + y) = 700
680 + 4y = 700
y = 5 x = 110 - 2y = 100
Number of teams winning bronze medals
= 225 2x y + 2x + x + z
= 225 y + x + 405 x y = 630 2y = 620
Number of teams not winning any bronze medal = 1000 620 = 380.

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Question No. : 57

Out of 1000 teams participating in a tournament, twice as many win all gold, silver and bronze medals as those winning only
bronze and silver medals. 725 teams do not win any gold medal and 620 teams do not win any silver medal. Number of teams
winning only silver medals is 6 times the number of teams winning only gold medals. Out of the bronze medal winners the
difference between the number of teams winning gold medals and those not winning any gold medal is 180. 50 teams win only
gold and silver medals. 700 teams win at least one of the two types of medals, silver or bronze.

How many teams win both gold and bronze medals?

A)20 B)80 C)180 D)220

Explanation:-

725 team do not win any gold medal
1000 - 725 = 275 teams win one or more gold medals.
Similarly 1000 - 620 = 380 teams win one or more silver medals.
(z + x) - (225 - 2x - y + 2x) = 180
z = 405 - (x + y)
50 + 6y + 2x + x = 380
6y + 3x = 330
2y + x = 110
Also 50 + 6y + 2x + x + 225 - 2x - y + z = 700
275 + x + 5y + 405 - (x + y) = 700
680 + 4y = 700
y = 5 x = 110 - 2y = 100
225 2x y + 2x = 225 y = 220 teams win both gold and bronze medals.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 58

Out of 1000 teams participating in a tournament, twice as many win all gold, silver and bronze medals as those winning only
bronze and silver medals. 725 teams do not win any gold medal and 620 teams do not win any silver medal. Number of teams
winning only silver medals is 6 times the number of teams winning only gold medals. Out of the bronze medal winners the
difference between the number of teams winning gold medals and those not winning any gold medal is 180. 50 teams win only
gold and silver medals. 700 teams win at least one of the two types of medals, silver or bronze.

How many teams win only one type of medal?

A)265 B)335 C)365 D)405

Explanation:-

725 team do not win any gold medal


1000 - 725 = 275 teams win one or more gold medals.
Similarly 1000 - 620 = 380 teams win one or more silver medals.
(z + x) - (225 - 2x - y + 2x) = 180
z = 405 - (x + y)
50 + 6y + 2x + x = 380
6y + 3x = 330
2y + x = 110
Also 50 + 6y + 2x + x + 225 - 2x - y + z = 700
275 + x + 5y + 405 - (x + y) = 700
680 + 4y = 700
y = 5 x = 110 - 2y = 100
y + 6y + z = 7y + 405 x y
= 405 x + 6y = 405 100 + 30
= 335 teams win only one type of medal.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 59

Out of 1000 teams participating in a tournament, twice as many win all gold, silver and bronze medals as those winning only
bronze and silver medals. 725 teams do not win any gold medal and 620 teams do not win any silver medal. Number of teams
winning only silver medals is 6 times the number of teams winning only gold medals. Out of the bronze medal winners the
difference between the number of teams winning gold medals and those not winning any gold medal is 180. 50 teams win only
gold and silver medals. 700 teams win at least one of the two types of medals, silver or bronze.

How many teams win bronze but not silver medals?

A)300 B)320 C)400 D)420

Explanation:-

725 team do not win any gold medal


1000 - 725 = 275 teams win one or more gold medals.
Similarly 1000 - 620 = 380 teams win one or more silver medals.
(z + x) - (225 - 2x - y + 2x) = 180
z = 405 - (x + y)
50 + 6y + 2x + x = 380
6y + 3x = 330
2y + x = 110
Also 50 + 6y + 2x + x + 225 - 2x - y + z = 700
275 + x + 5y + 405 - (x + y) = 700
680 + 4y = 700
y = 5 x = 110 - 2y = 100
225 2x y + z
= 225 2x y + 405 x y
= 630 3x 2y
= 630 300 10 = 320 teams win bronze but not silver medals.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Question No. : 60

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven students whose pet dogs are standing in a row. The pets are numbered 1 to 7 from left to right.
Neither P's pet nor U's pet are at the ends of the row.
R's pet is to the right of S's pet.
T and Q's pets are adjacent to each other.
V's pet is among the three middle pets in the row.
Q's pet is not adjacent to R's pet but it is one of the two pets between R's and V's pets.

Whose among the following can be pet no. 2?

A)T B)P C)Q D)S

Explanation:-
From (iii) we get that T's pet and Q's pet are immediately next to each other from (iv), we get V' pet is no. 3 or 4 or 5. From (V), we
know that there are two pets between R's and V's pets and that Q's pet is adjacent to V. Further, since Q's pet is adjacent to V.
Further, since Q's pet and T's pet should be together, the orders should be RTQV or VQTR, if it is RTQV, the right most position V's
pet can occupy is no. 5 and hence, R will be the second pet. From condition (ii), S's pet should be in no. 1 position, 6th pet will be
P's, which will not satisfy condition (i) So, RTQV is not possible.
We have only VQTR. Since S's pet is on the left side of R's pet, only P's and U's pet can then come to the right. But then condition (i)
will not be satisfied. So we should ensure R's pet is in the right most position which means VQTR will be in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th houses.
To satisfy conditions i) and (ii), we need to have S's pet in the first place. Thus, P's and U's pets will be in 2nd and 3rd position in
any order.
Thus the two possible arrangements are SPUVQTR or SUPVQTR.

P's or U's pet can be in position NO. 2.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 61

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven students whose pet dogs are standing in a row. The pets are numbered 1 to 7 from left to right.
Neither P's pet nor U's pet are at the ends of the row.
R's pet is to the right of S's pet.
T and Q's pets are adjacent to each other.
V's pet is among the three middle pets in the row.
Q's pet is not adjacent to R's pet but it is one of the two pets between R's and V's pets.

Which pet belongs to U?

A)No. 2 B)No. 3 C)No. 4 D)Cannot be determined

Explanation:-
From (iii) we get that T's pet and Q's pet are immediately next to each other from (iv), we get V' pet is no. 3 or 4 or 5. From (V), we
know that there are two pets between R's and V's pets and that Q's pet is adjacent to V. Further, since Q's pet is adjacent to V.
Further, since Q's pet and T's pet should be together, the orders should be RTQV or VQTR, if it is RTQV, the right most position V's
pet can occupy is no. 5 and hence, R will be the second pet. From condition (ii), S's pet should be in no. 1 position, 6th pet will be
P's, which will not satisfy condition (i) So, RTQV is not possible.
We have only VQTR. Since S's pet is on the left side of R's pet, only P's and U's pet can then come to the right. But then condition (i)
will not be satisfied. So we should ensure R's pet is in the right most position which means VQTR will be in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th houses.
To satisfy conditions i) and (ii), we need to have S's pet in the first place. Thus, P's and U's pets will be in 2nd and 3rd position in
any order.
Thus the two possible arrangements are SPUVQTR or SUPVQTR.

U's pet is either 2nd or 3rd.


DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 62

In order to repay his debt, A decides to try his luck at betting. He bets with B, C and D and doubles his money. He then repays a
quarter of his loan and bets the remaining money. In all he bets four times, each time doubling his money and paying off a quarter
of his debt. B loses half as much as D. C loses Rs. 7,000 more than 1/4th the amount lost by D. C loses Rs. 22,000 less than the
average amount lost by B, C, and D. In the end A is left with no money.

How much money does B lose?

A)Rs. 27000 B)Rs. 35000 C)Rs. 40000 D)Rs. 45000

Explanation:-
Let A's debt be Q and be started betting with money X. Therefore, after first round of winning and repaying money left with him =
2X - Q/4
Hence, after 4th round of winning and repaying money left with him is:

From question, we know that this amount is zero

Let B, C, and D lost b, c and d amount of money.

Solving these three simultaneous linear equation we have d = 80000, b = 40000 and c = 27000.
Total money won by A = 80000+40000+27000 =147000 and total loan paid by A = Q = 147000 + X
Q = 192000 X = 45000
B loses Rs. 40000. Hence, [3]

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 63

In order to repay his debt, A decides to try his luck at betting. He bets with B, C and D and doubles his money. He then repays a
quarter of his loan and bets the remaining money. In all he bets four times, each time doubling his money and paying off a quarter
of his debt. B loses half as much as D. C loses Rs. 7,000 more than 1/4th the amount lost by D. C loses Rs. 22,000 less than the
average amount lost by B, C, and D. In the end A is left with no money.

How much money does A win in round 2?

A)Rs. 42000 B)Rs. 45000 C)Rs. 84000 D)Rs. 51000

Explanation:-
Let A's debt be Q and be started betting with money X. Therefore, after first round of winning and repaying money left with him =
2X - Q/4
Hence, after 4th round of winning and repaying money left with him is:

From question, we know that this amount is zero

Let B, C, and D lost b, c and d amount of money.

Solving these three simultaneous linear equation we have d = 80000, b = 40000 and c = 27000.
Total money won by A = 80000+40000+27000 =147000 and total loan paid by A = Q = 147000 + X
Q = 192000 X = 45000

A wins Rs. (2X - ) in round 2 i.e., (90000-48000) = Rs. 42000.

Hence, [1]

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 64

In order to repay his debt, A decides to try his luck at betting. He bets with B, C and D and doubles his money. He then repays a
quarter of his loan and bets the remaining money. In all he bets four times, each time doubling his money and paying off a quarter
of his debt. B loses half as much as D. C loses Rs. 7,000 more than 1/4th the amount lost by D. C loses Rs. 22,000 less than the
average amount lost by B, C, and D. In the end A is left with no money.

How much money did A start with?

A)Rs. 42000 B)Rs. 45000 C)Rs. 48000 D)Rs. 51000

Explanation:-
Let A's debt be Q and be started betting with money X. Therefore, after first round of winning and repaying money left with him =
2X - Q/4
Hence, after 4th round of winning and repaying money left with him is:

From question, we know that this amount is zero

Let B, C, and D lost b, c and d amount of money.

Solving these three simultaneous linear equation we have d = 80000, b = 40000 and c = 27000.
Total money won by A = 80000+40000+27000 =147000 and total loan paid by A = Q = 147000 + X
Q = 192000 X = 45000
A starts with Rs. X = Rs. 45000. Hence, [2]

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 65

In order to repay his debt, A decides to try his luck at betting. He bets with B, C and D and doubles his money. He then repays a
quarter of his loan and bets the remaining money. In all he bets four times, each time doubling his money and paying off a quarter
of his debt. B loses half as much as D. C loses Rs. 7,000 more than 1/4th the amount lost by D. C loses Rs. 22,000 less than the
average amount lost by B, C, and D. In the end A is left with no money.

What is A's debt?

A)Rs. 45000 B)Rs. 48000 C)Rs. 150000 D)Rs. 192000

Explanation:-
Let A's debt be Q and be started betting with money X. Therefore, after first round of winning and repaying money left with him =
2X - Q/4
Hence, after 4th round of winning and repaying money left with him is:

From question, we know that this amount is zero


Let B, C, and D lost b, c and d amount of money.

Solving these three simultaneous linear equation we have d = 80000, b = 40000 and c = 27000.
Total money won by A = 80000+40000+27000 =147000 and total loan paid by A = Q = 147000 + X
Q = 192000 X = 45000
A's debt = Q = Rs. 192000. Hence, [4]

DIRECTIONS for the question: Go through the following graph/information and answer the question that follows.

Question No. : 66

In order to repay his debt, A decides to try his luck at betting. He bets with B, C and D and doubles his money. He then repays a
quarter of his loan and bets the remaining money. In all he bets four times, each time doubling his money and paying off a quarter
of his debt. B loses half as much as D. C loses Rs. 7,000 more than 1/4th the amount lost by D. C loses Rs. 22,000 less than the
average amount lost by B, C, and D. In the end A is left with no money.

How much money does A win in the 4th round?

A)Rs. 24000 B)Rs. 48000 C)Rs. 55000 D)Rs. 96000

Explanation:-
Let A's debt be Q and be started betting with money X. Therefore, after first round of winning and repaying money left with him =
2X - Q/4
Hence, after 4th round of winning and repaying money left with him is:

From question, we know that this amount is zero

Let B, C, and D lost b, c and d amount of money.

Solving these three simultaneous linear equation we have d = 80000, b = 40000 and c = 27000.
Total money won by A = 80000+40000+27000 =147000 and total loan paid by A = Q = 147000 + X
Q = 192000 X = 45000

DIRECTIONS for the question: In each sentence, the highlighted word is used in different ways. Choose the option/ options in
which the usage of the word is incorrect.

Question No. : 67

BREAK

A)The party finally broke up late in the night


B)The markets have finally broken out after a long spell of staying in a narrow range
C)We succeeded in breaking into their cocoon with great difficulty
D)The usually composed Tina broke off under intense pressure

Explanation:-
broke up came to an end
broken out existed a defined territory
breaking into- entering forcibly
broke off - used for ending talks/ relationships/ negotiations/ agreement
The right phrase here should be broke down, which implies an emotional collapse or crying.

DIRECTIONS for the question: In each sentence, the highlighted word is used in different ways. Choose the option/ options in
which the usage of the word is incorrect.

Question No. : 68

COME

A)We were discussing the plan when suddenly she came off with a unique proposition
B)The new proposal has come in for great public criticism C)I do not know how this whole thing came about
D)The argument comes down to whether you are ready to be subservient to his command or not

Explanation:-
come in for ..receive, get, be the object of
came about ---happen, take place
comes down ---is finally a question of
came off . take place successfully
The right phrase in this case ought to be came up with.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.

Question No. : 69

So heres a question for you: how do you tell the difference between someone whos got a bit of a drink problem and someone
who is a chronic alcoholic? Can you differentiate between the person who wakes up down the park, in piss-wet clothes with an
empty bottle of Famous Grouse as a pillow, wearing no shoes; who would literally rather die in astonishing agony from organ
failure than stop drinking and someone who is just having a bit of robust English fun? Youd think the distinction would be fairly
clear cut; but, terrifyingly, it isnt. I say that as a recovering chronic alcoholic who drank heavily nearly every single day for 23
years, despite it nearly killing me several times over. I started drinking when I was 13, was drinking every day by the time I was 15
and was, by any sane standards, a desperate alcoholic albeit relatively high-functioning before I hit my twenties. I then drank
heavily every day until I was 37. The odd thing about this condition was that not only did no one around me realise I was suffering
from it I didnt even realise myself.

A)It is extremely hard to recognize that someone has an alcohol problem


B)The distinctions in levels of alcoholism is not as clear cut as imagined
C)Alcoholism silently becomes a part of one's system D)Alcoholism is hard to detect in one's loved ones

Explanation:-
In this case, the primary context of the sentence is set-up in the first two sentences of the paragraph wherein the author introduces
the context of the paragraph. The example that follows is an illustration for the given context itself. The context of the paragraph is
that it not easy to distinguish between different types of alcoholics. Keeping this in mind, we find option 2 to be the apt answer
here.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.

Question No. : 70

It doesnt take a genius to see weve reached a tipping point in higher education. Universities in the UK are building bigger, hiking
tuition, adding administrators, and expanding student bodies at a higher rate than ever before. Most universities have simply
doubled down on a strategy of infinite expansion, rather than fundamentally rethinking their future. This masquerades as
innovation, usually by invoking misleading comparisons to gargantuan companies like Apple or Amazon. But unsurprisingly, for
universities to build, budget, and think like a corporate giant - especially given their shoestring budgets - is a recipe for disaster.
Weve given the "bigger is better" approach enough of a chance. What we havent done, in any substantial way, is try the opposite:
going smaller. Dont get me wrong. Im not talking about stop-gap austerity measures, like slashing faculty jobs and cutting
student services. What we need is a major shift in how we think about the size, shape, role, and responsibility of the university.
Lets imagine for a minute what it would look like to have a university which occupied just a couple buildings, stripped away all
but a few basic administrative costs, and offered tiny classes for little or no tuition. I want to call this the micro-university.

A)The inherent need for an organization to expand needs to be carefully balanced with the needs of education and a solution
needs to be worked out that retains the best of both worlds
B)The need for universities to transform into corporate like entities is superfluous and instead a more cost-effective and
better solution can be implemented in its place
C)The future of universities does not need to take the path of uncontrolled expansion and we need to consider alternates that
could actually be better as well as viable
D)The pros of a micro-university far outweigh the cons of traditional universities hell-bent on expansion

Explanation:-
Option 1 is ruled out as the author does not mention how the best of both worlds (traditional university types and new ones) need
to be retained.
Option 3 is ruled out as the author only offers one alternate and does not offer alternates. If you compare this option carefully
with option 2, you will see that option 2 differs from option 3 as it only mentions one solution (micro-universities). This is the best
fit in the given case.
Option 4 is incorrect as no analysis of pros and cons is made in the paragraph.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 71
Eighty-five people in the world own more wealth than half of the worlds population. This attention-grabbing figure from Oxfams
recent report Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality made headlines as a neat summary of the burgeoning problem of income
and wealth inequality across the globe. Notably, it came with a written endorsement from Andy Haldane, chief economist at the
Bank of England. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the report explains, the number of billionaires has doubled, swelling to 1,645
people. This isnt a problem restricted to affluent countries: absurd levels of wealth exist alongside desperate poverty around the
world.

The credit crunch and ensuing recession didnt level out income disparity, however the rich grew richer, while the global poor
took the hit. Oxfam argue that global inequality isnt inevitable, and that market fundamentalism and deliberate political and
economic drives from governments towards deregulation, rapid reductions in public spending, privatisation, financial and trade
liberalisation, generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and a race to the bottom to weaken labour rights have all
hastened and bolstered inequality in the current crisis.

For Oxfam, an explicitly non-political charity, coming out against extreme wealth-hoarding and rising inequality was a bold move.
The report quotes Warren Buffett, the fourth wealthiest man in the world, saying: Theres been class warfare going on for the last
20 years and my class has won. This sort of language is unheard of in charity press releases and reports. But for campaigners
fighting to eradicate poverty, its no longer possible to pretend that wealth accumulation and inequality are either benign or
inevitable.

There is only so much charities and aid can do before accepting that poverty doesnt exist in a vacuum many people have far too
little because a small number have far too much. Its a simple concept, but one thats been politically unpalatable in mainstream
discourse until relatively recently. Shortly after the publication of the report, the Charity Commission reprimanded Oxfam for not
doing enough to avoid accusations of political bias in a tweet highlighting a report on how UK government policies were
exacerbating poverty and hunger. At the same time, groups and commentators on the right were criticising the Oxfam inequality
report for its methodology in calculating wealth disparity.

Others leapt to defend the methods. What is very interesting about the Oxfam figures is how the charity was critiqued in some
quarters for producing them. There was also criticism of the methodology used, Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at
the University of Oxford tells me. In fact the methods used were identical to those which the global bank Credit Suisse use when
they produce their world wealth report each year. When the bank does this there is no criticism of their assumptions. The report
also highlights the equality instinct the deep global cultural instinct, in religion, literature and philosophy, that wide entrenched
gaps between the rich and the poor are unfair and morally wrong. Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic policies
that run counter to our preference for fairness. Grassroots campaigns calling for the redistribution of wealth, including Occupy
and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, have swelled in numbers since the crash, and even figures on the right including former chair
of the US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan now say that income inequality is dangerous.

Oxfams solutions are straightforward: living wages, limiting executive pay, redistributive taxation and promoting womens
economic equality and rights. More radical is the fact that their report heralds a sea change in attitudes towards inequality
poverty isnt inevitable, and a concerted political will can change that.

Which of the following is the most suitable question to ask the author of the passage?

A)How many billionaires were there before the 2008 financial crises?
B)How to develop political will in order to change the attitude towards poverty?
C)How to eliminate poverty across the world? D)How did Oxfam calculate the income inequality figures?

Explanation:-
Option 2 is the apt choice. Refer to the lines: Oxfams solutions are straightforward: living wages, limiting executive pay,
redistributive taxation and promoting womens economic equality and rights. More radical is the fact that their report heralds a
sea change in attitudes towards inequality poverty isnt inevitable, and a concerted political will can change that.
The question in option 2 continues the thread of thought in the last paragraph.
The question in option 1 is already answered. Refer to the lines: Since the 2008 financial crisis, the report explains, the number of
billionaires has doubled, swelling to 1,645 people.
Remember, poverty is not the subject of the passage, income inequality is. This is why option 3 is incorrect.
The answer for the option 4 is provided in an indirect manner in the passage (the method used for the same as the one used by
global bank Credit Suisse). Again, this is not a point that introduces something substantial in the passage.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 72
Eighty-five people in the world own more wealth than half of the worlds population. This attention-grabbing figure from Oxfams
recent report Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality made headlines as a neat summary of the burgeoning problem of income
and wealth inequality across the globe. Notably, it came with a written endorsement from Andy Haldane, chief economist at the
Bank of England. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the report explains, the number of billionaires has doubled, swelling to 1,645
people. This isnt a problem restricted to affluent countries: absurd levels of wealth exist alongside desperate poverty around the
world.

The credit crunch and ensuing recession didnt level out income disparity, however the rich grew richer, while the global poor
took the hit. Oxfam argue that global inequality isnt inevitable, and that market fundamentalism and deliberate political and
economic drives from governments towards deregulation, rapid reductions in public spending, privatisation, financial and trade
liberalisation, generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and a race to the bottom to weaken labour rights have all
hastened and bolstered inequality in the current crisis.

For Oxfam, an explicitly non-political charity, coming out against extreme wealth-hoarding and rising inequality was a bold move.
The report quotes Warren Buffett, the fourth wealthiest man in the world, saying: Theres been class warfare going on for the last
20 years and my class has won. This sort of language is unheard of in charity press releases and reports. But for campaigners
fighting to eradicate poverty, its no longer possible to pretend that wealth accumulation and inequality are either benign or
inevitable.

There is only so much charities and aid can do before accepting that poverty doesnt exist in a vacuum many people have far too
little because a small number have far too much. Its a simple concept, but one thats been politically unpalatable in mainstream
discourse until relatively recently. Shortly after the publication of the report, the Charity Commission reprimanded Oxfam for not
doing enough to avoid accusations of political bias in a tweet highlighting a report on how UK government policies were
exacerbating poverty and hunger. At the same time, groups and commentators on the right were criticising the Oxfam inequality
report for its methodology in calculating wealth disparity.

Others leapt to defend the methods. What is very interesting about the Oxfam figures is how the charity was critiqued in some
quarters for producing them. There was also criticism of the methodology used, Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at
the University of Oxford tells me. In fact the methods used were identical to those which the global bank Credit Suisse use when
they produce their world wealth report each year. When the bank does this there is no criticism of their assumptions. The report
also highlights the equality instinct the deep global cultural instinct, in religion, literature and philosophy, that wide, entrenched
gaps between the rich and the poor are unfair and morally wrong. Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic policies
that run counter to our preference for fairness. Grassroots campaigns calling for the redistribution of wealth, including Occupy
and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, have swelled in numbers since the crash, and even figures on the right including former chair
of the US federal reserve Alan Greenspan now say that income inequality is dangerous.
Oxfams solutions are straightforward: living wages, limiting executive pay, redistributive taxation and promoting womens
economic equality and rights. More radical is the fact that their report heralds a sea change in attitudes towards inequality
poverty isnt inevitable, and a concerted political will can change that.

It can be inferred from the passage that:

A)the global community of the rich is too brazen to accept the truth
B)the poor are too weak to come to terms with the reality and demand change
C)there is an undercurrent in the world that seeks change in status quo of global inequality
D)there is an underground movement that is transforming the global economic scenario by bringing in cultural equality

Explanation:-
Option 3 can be derived from the lines: When the bank does this there is no criticism of their assumptions. The report also
highlights the equality instinct the deep global cultural instinct, in religion, literature and philosophy, that wide, entrenched
gaps between the rich and the poor are unfair and morally wrong. Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic
policies that run counter to our preference for fairness.
Options 1 and 2 do not find mention in the passage.
Option 4 is verbose and illogical.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 73
Eighty-five people in the world own more wealth than half of the worlds population. This attention-grabbing figure from Oxfams
recent report Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality made headlines as a neat summary of the burgeoning problem of income
and wealth inequality across the globe. Notably, it came with a written endorsement from Andy Haldane, chief economist at the
Bank of England. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the report explains, the number of billionaires has doubled, swelling to 1,645
people. This isnt a problem restricted to affluent countries: absurd levels of wealth exist alongside desperate poverty around the
world.

The credit crunch and ensuing recession didnt level out income disparity, however the rich grew richer, while the global poor
took the hit. Oxfam argue that global inequality isnt inevitable, and that market fundamentalism and deliberate political and
economic drives from governments towards deregulation, rapid reductions in public spending, privatisation, financial and trade
liberalisation, generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and a race to the bottom to weaken labour rights have all
hastened and bolstered inequality in the current crisis.

For Oxfam, an explicitly non-political charity, coming out against extreme wealth-hoarding and rising inequality was a bold move.
The report quotes Warren Buffett, the fourth wealthiest man in the world, saying: Theres been class warfare going on for the last
20 years and my class has won. This sort of language is unheard of in charity press releases and reports. But for campaigners
fighting to eradicate poverty, its no longer possible to pretend that wealth accumulation and inequality are either benign or
inevitable.

There is only so much charities and aid can do before accepting that poverty doesnt exist in a vacuum many people have far too
little because a small number have far too much. Its a simple concept, but one thats been politically unpalatable in mainstream
discourse until relatively recently. Shortly after the publication of the report, the Charity Commission reprimanded Oxfam for not
doing enough to avoid accusations of political bias in a tweet highlighting a report on how UK government policies were
exacerbating poverty and hunger. At the same time, groups and commentators on the right were criticising the Oxfam inequality
report for its methodology in calculating wealth disparity.

Others leapt to defend the methods. What is very interesting about the Oxfam figures is how the charity was critiqued in some
quarters for producing them. There was also criticism of the methodology used, Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at
the University of Oxford tells me. In fact the methods used were identical to those which the global bank Credit Suisse use when
they produce their world wealth report each year. When the bank does this there is no criticism of their assumptions. The report
also highlights the equality instinct the deep global cultural instinct, in religion, literature and philosophy, that wide, entrenched
gaps between the rich and the poor are unfair and morally wrong. Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic policies
that run counter to our preference for fairness. Grassroots campaigns calling for the redistribution of wealth, including Occupy
and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, have swelled in numbers since the crash, and even figures on the right including former chair
of the US federal reserve Alan Greenspan now say that income inequality is dangerous.

Oxfams solutions are straightforward: living wages, limiting executive pay, redistributive taxation and promoting womens
economic equality and rights. More radical is the fact that their report heralds a sea change in attitudes towards inequality
poverty isnt inevitable, and a concerted political will can change that.

The author would agree with the statement:

A)Too many people have far too little in a world where the too many people have far too much
B)Too many people have far too much in a world where the only a few people have far too less
C)Too many people have far too little in a world where the only a few people have far too much
D)Too few have far too much in a world where the too few have far too less

Explanation:-
The simple idea of the passage is: far too many people have too less and very few people have too much. Combining the two, we
arrive at the correct answer: option 3.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 74
Eighty-five people in the world own more wealth than half of the worlds population. This attention-grabbing figure from Oxfams
recent report Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality made headlines as a neat summary of the burgeoning problem of income
and wealth inequality across the globe. Notably, it came with a written endorsement from Andy Haldane, chief economist at the
Bank of England. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the report explains, the number of billionaires has doubled, swelling to 1,645
people. This isnt a problem restricted to affluent countries: absurd levels of wealth exist alongside desperate poverty around the
world.

The credit crunch and ensuing recession didnt level out income disparity, however the rich grew richer, while the global poor
took the hit. Oxfam argue that global inequality isnt inevitable, and that market fundamentalism and deliberate political and
economic drives from governments towards deregulation, rapid reductions in public spending, privatisation, financial and trade
liberalisation, generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and a race to the bottom to weaken labour rights have all
hastened and bolstered inequality in the current crisis.

For Oxfam, an explicitly non-political charity, coming out against extreme wealth-hoarding and rising inequality was a bold move.
The report quotes Warren Buffett, the fourth wealthiest man in the world, saying: Theres been class warfare going on for the last
20 years and my class has won. This sort of language is unheard of in charity press releases and reports. But for campaigners
fighting to eradicate poverty, its no longer possible to pretend that wealth accumulation and inequality are either benign or
inevitable.

There is only so much charities and aid can do before accepting that poverty doesnt exist in a vacuum many people have far too
little because a small number have far too much. Its a simple concept, but one thats been politically unpalatable in mainstream
discourse until relatively recently. Shortly after the publication of the report, the Charity Commission reprimanded Oxfam for not
doing enough to avoid accusations of political bias in a tweet highlighting a report on how UK government policies were
exacerbating poverty and hunger. At the same time, groups and commentators on the right were criticising the Oxfam inequality
report for its methodology in calculating wealth disparity.

Others leapt to defend the methods. What is very interesting about the Oxfam figures is how the charity was critiqued in some
quarters for producing them. There was also criticism of the methodology used, Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at
the University of Oxford tells me. In fact the methods used were identical to those which the global bank Credit Suisse use when
they produce their world wealth report each year. When the bank does this there is no criticism of their assumptions. The report
also highlights the equality instinct the deep global cultural instinct, in religion, literature and philosophy, that wide, entrenched
gaps between the rich and the poor are unfair and morally wrong. Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic policies
that run counter to our preference for fairness. Grassroots campaigns calling for the redistribution of wealth, including Occupy
and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, have swelled in numbers since the crash, and even figures on the right including former chair
of the US federal reserve Alan Greenspan now say that income inequality is dangerous.

Oxfams solutions are straightforward: living wages, limiting executive pay, redistributive taxation and promoting womens
economic equality and rights. More radical is the fact that their report heralds a sea change in attitudes towards inequality
poverty isnt inevitable, and a concerted political will can change that.

Identify the correct statements as per the information given in the passage:

I. Charities can only work up till a limit for addressing the problem of global inequality.
II. Wealth inequality is not something that cannot be avoided.
III. Income inequality exists in poor countries also.
IV. Political and economic policies perpetuate inequality.

A)I, II and III B)II, III and IV C)I, III and IV D)All of the above

Explanation:-
Statement I can be derived from the lines: There is only so much charities and aid can do before accepting that poverty doesnt
exist in a vacuum many people have far too little because a small number have far too much.
Statement II can be derived from the lines: But for campaigners fighting to eradicate poverty, its no longer possible to pretend
that wealth accumulation and inequality are either benign or inevitable.
Statement III can be derived from the lines: This isnt a problem restricted to affluent countries: absurd levels of wealth exist
alongside desperate poverty around the world.
Statement IV can be derived from the lines: Perpetuating inequality requires political and economic policies that run counter to
our preference for fairness.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate blank/blanks from the options provided.

Question No. : 75

Despite the fact that many outstanding insights have come from anthropologists keen on innovative techniques to pursue ________
work, the more traditional research, which has given us the core of our knowledge, need not be ________.

A)unorthodox, chucked out B)convergent, neglected C)experimental, decried D)offbeat, traduced

Explanation:-
Note the word despite given in the beginning and the word innovative placed later. Between the two lines of thought described
here, the first idea speaks of the authors positive attitude towards a certain kind of research. To moderate his opinion, he talks of
paying sufficient attention to the other type of research. Thus, as a pair option 1 is the best fit in the given case.
Options 3 and 4 come real close in this case.
The word innovative demands another similar word, which conveys something untried so far. In this backdrop, unorthodox or
offbeat can be good options here. Traduce means speak unfavourably about and decried means express strong disapproval of.
Effectively, both these words talk about maligning or degrading traditional knowledge. The given context is about the usage of
knowledge and not necessarily about maligning knowledge. This makes option 1 the best answer in the given case.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate blank/blanks from the options provided.

Question No. : 76
The past weeks have laid bare a party where the top leaders, while putting up a face of ________, were actually scheming against
one another, where, rather than trust, it was power play and cynical ________ at work.

A)innocence, fraternity B)unity, surveillance C)camaraderie, manipulations D)normality, organization

Explanation:-
Take a careful note of the word actually, which clearly conveys the contrast between the leaders public face and the backroom
reality. Thus the ideas conveyed here have to be exact opposites of each other. The other hints which point to the right answer
here are scheming and cynical. While the first word in each pair does make some sense in the given context, only the third pair
contains the perfect choices.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 77
The scary truth? Theres nobody in charge

Bliss was it in that dawn to be a paranoid crackpot, Wordsworth might well have written of the summer of 2014, but to be a
full-fledged conspirazoid dingbat was very heaven. The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine on 17 July was a
cavalcade of Christmases for the tinfoil-tittered legions who insist upon believing that our lives are minutely orchestrated by
malign and hidden forces who toy with us to a soundtrack of their own triumphant cackling, perhaps gently underpinned by the
stroking of cat fur.

It was an air disaster that befell an airline which had recently suffered probably the weirdest air disaster of all time, over disputed
territory, brought about by possibly Moscow-backed perpetrators. MH17 demonstrated, like 9/11 before it, that, in the modern,
online world more than ever, conspiracy theories have become to public discourse what Japanese knotweed has to unlucky
gardeners a robust, self-replenishing pest that defies the most vigorous efforts to keep it down, and is capable of quickly
overrunning an entire plot.

Where MH17 was concerned, there was a straightforward, if undoubtedly horrifying, explanation that the bumpkin army of the
Donetsk Peoples Republic, equipped by Russia with weapons rather more sophisticated than themselves, had failed to distinguish
between an Antonov AN-26 belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force and a Boeing 777 belonging to Malaysia Airlines, and had
accidentally murdered 298 entirely blameless people. This did not stop a number of people, for a variety of reasons,
seeking/inventing alternative scenarios.

The leaders of Ukraines separatist rebellion were understandably keen to distance themselves from the crime, and swiftly blamed
their opponents, arguing that Kiev had whacked MH17 to make them look bad; Izvestia reported this immediately after the crash,
launching an episode that was shabby and mendacious even by the standards of Russian media. A few days later, Komsomolskaya
Pravda elaborated, suggesting that MH17 had been tracked by a US satellite and shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25 (it was
subsequently revealed that the SU-25s Wikipedia page was fiddled by Russian interlopers in order to lend it the necessary
capabilities). Russias absurd state-backed news channel RT floated the theory that not only had Ukraine shot down MH17, theyd
done it in the belief that it was Vladimir Putins presidential jet, which does indeed bear a not dissimilar shape and livery (except,
as RTs report buried a few paragraphs below the headline, that Putins aircraft hadnt flown over Ukraine for months). A few
outlets, splendidly, linked MH17 to the still lost MH370, reasoning that the doomed plane was in fact the same one which
disappeared in March, now filled by its CIA hijackers with pre-killed corpses and remotely flown to, and blown up over, its final
destination.

The logic behind the construction and propagation of the above is not difficult to distil. We have all told preposterous whoppers
when seeking to absolve ourselves of blame, generally for much smaller misdemeanours.

What is rather more perplexing is the energy even the weird, grim glee some apply to believing them. Its certainly true that
governments lie, and that media outlets are partial. It is far more often true that people, good and bad, acting under pressure and
with incomplete information, bugger things up. Jon Ronsons terrific study of conspiracy, fans them, was framed as a quest to find
the room. By that he meant the room, almost certainly smoke-filled, in which some insist that our overlords, almost certainly
extraterrestrial and reptilian, plan our destiny and/or doom. But there isnt a room. There are many, many rooms. And any study of
history or any off-the-record conversation with anyone who has participated in such a conclave at a time of crisis will confirm
that these rooms are populated by nervous, uncertain people, many of whom will be holding throbbing heads in sweaty hands,
muttering things to the effect of What the hell do we do now?

The widespread determination to believe otherwise is perhaps especially bewildering and tiresome to those of us of the infidel
persuasion. Because belief in conspiracies surely comes from the same place as belief in gods the human need to reassure
ourselves that the world is ordered, that things happen for a reason, that someone, somewhere is actually in charge, and that
surely 298 people cant die just because some hillbilly militiaman takes a swig of turnip vodka and asks, What does this button
do?

What does the author mean by when he says: Bliss was it in that dawn to be a paranoid crackpot, Wordsworth might well have
written of the summer of 2014, but to be a full-fledged conspirazoid dingbat was very heaven. ?

A)In the world of insanity, to be a conspiracy theorist is to be like experiencing heaven


B)People driven by conspiracy theories experience heaven like conditions whereas those only experiencing paranoia enjoy
some happiness
C)One experiences heaven if one upgrades from paranoia to silly conspiracy theories
D)For certain empty-headed people, they experience a feeling of bliss and of being in heaven when they give into paranoia
and conspiracy theories

Explanation:-
Dingbat refers to a silly empty-headed person.
In the given case, the author uses sarcasm to highlight that people we live in a world where people enjoy paranoia or conspiracy
theories. Keeping this simple sentiment in mind, we can see that option 4 is the best answer in the given case.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 78
The scary truth? Theres nobody in charge

Bliss was it in that dawn to be a paranoid crackpot, Wordsworth might well have written of the summer of 2014, but to be a
full-fledged conspirazoid dingbat was very heaven. The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine on 17 July was a
cavalcade of Christmases for the tinfoil-tittered legions who insist upon believing that our lives are minutely orchestrated by
malign and hidden forces who toy with us to a soundtrack of their own triumphant cackling, perhaps gently underpinned by the
stroking of cat fur.

It was an air disaster that befell an airline which had recently suffered probably the weirdest air disaster of all time, over disputed
territory, brought about by possibly Moscow-backed perpetrators. MH17 demonstrated, like 9/11 before it, that, in the modern,
online world more than ever, conspiracy theories have become to public discourse what Japanese knotweed has to unlucky
gardeners a robust, self-replenishing pest that defies the most vigorous efforts to keep it down, and is capable of quickly
overrunning an entire plot.

Where MH17 was concerned, there was a straightforward, if undoubtedly horrifying, explanation that the bumpkin army of the
Donetsk Peoples Republic, equipped by Russia with weapons rather more sophisticated than themselves, had failed to distinguish
between an Antonov AN-26 belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force and a Boeing 777 belonging to Malaysia Airlines, and had
accidentally murdered 298 entirely blameless people. This did not stop a number of people, for a variety of reasons,
seeking/inventing alternative scenarios.

The leaders of Ukraines separatist rebellion were understandably keen to distance themselves from the crime, and swiftly blamed
their opponents, arguing that Kiev had whacked MH17 to make them look bad; Izvestia reported this immediately after the crash,
launching an episode that was shabby and mendacious even by the standards of Russian media. A few days later, Komsomolskaya
Pravda elaborated, suggesting that MH17 had been tracked by a US satellite and shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25 (it was
subsequently revealed that the SU-25s Wikipedia page was fiddled by Russian interlopers in order to lend it the necessary
capabilities). Russias absurd state-backed news channel RT floated the theory that not only had Ukraine shot down MH17, theyd
done it in the belief that it was Vladimir Putins presidential jet, which does indeed bear a not dissimilar shape and livery (except,
as RTs report buried a few paragraphs below the headline, that Putins aircraft hadnt flown over Ukraine for months). A few
outlets, splendidly, linked MH17 to the still lost MH370, reasoning that the doomed plane was in fact the same one which
disappeared in March, now filled by its CIA hijackers with pre-killed corpses and remotely flown to, and blown up over, its final
destination.

The logic behind the construction and propagation of the above is not difficult to distil. We have all told preposterous whoppers
when seeking to absolve ourselves of blame, generally for much smaller misdemeanours.

What is rather more perplexing is the energy even the weird, grim glee some apply to believing them. Its certainly true that
governments lie, and that media outlets are partial. It is far more often true that people, good and bad, acting under pressure and
with incomplete information, bugger things up. Jon Ronsons terrific study of conspiracy fans, Them, was framed as a quest to find
the room. By that he meant the room, almost certainly smoke-filled, in which some insist that our overlords, almost certainly
extraterrestrial and reptilian, plan our destiny and/or doom. But there isnt a room. There are many, many rooms. And any study of
history or any off-the-record conversation with anyone who has participated in such a conclave at a time of crisis will confirm
that these rooms are populated by nervous, uncertain people, many of whom will be holding throbbing heads in sweaty hands,
muttering things to the effect of What the hell do we do now?

The widespread determination to believe otherwise is perhaps especially bewildering and tiresome to those of us of the infidel
persuasion. Because belief in conspiracies surely comes from the same place as belief in gods the human need to reassure
ourselves that the world is ordered, that things happen for a reason, that someone, somewhere is actually in charge, and that
surely 298 people cant die just because some hillbilly militiaman takes a swig of turnip vodka and asks, What does this button
do?

It can be deduced from the passage that:

A)conspiracy theories are hard to control and spread like wild-fire


B)conspiracy theories, once they begin, sustain their own momentum by fueling each other
C)conspiracy theories can over-run the actual reality of the situation D)all of the above

Explanation:-
Each of these statements is deduced from the passage. Refer to the lines: MH17 demonstrated, like 9/11 before it, that, in the
modern, online world more than ever, conspiracy theories have become to public discourse what Japanese knotweed has to
unlucky gardeners a robust, self-replenishing pest that defies the most vigorous efforts to keep it down, and is capable of quickly
overrunning an entire plot.
Options 1, 2 and 3 are derived from the above lines.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 79
The scary truth? Theres nobody in charge

Bliss was it in that dawn to be a paranoid crackpot, Wordsworth might well have written of the summer of 2014, but to be a
full-fledged conspirazoid dingbat was very heaven. The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine on 17 July was a
cavalcade of Christmases for the tinfoil-tittered legions who insist upon believing that our lives are minutely orchestrated by
malign and hidden forces who toy with us to a soundtrack of their own triumphant cackling, perhaps gently underpinned by the
stroking of cat fur.

It was an air disaster that befell an airline which had recently suffered probably the weirdest air disaster of all time, over disputed
territory, brought about by possibly Moscow-backed perpetrators. MH17 demonstrated, like 9/11 before it, that, in the modern,
online world more than ever, conspiracy theories have become to public discourse what Japanese knotweed has to unlucky
gardeners a robust, self-replenishing pest that defies the most vigorous efforts to keep it down, and is capable of quickly
overrunning an entire plot.

Where MH17 was concerned, there was a straightforward, if undoubtedly horrifying, explanation that the bumpkin army of the
Donetsk Peoples Republic, equipped by Russia with weapons rather more sophisticated than themselves, had failed to distinguish
between an Antonov AN-26 belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force and a Boeing 777 belonging to Malaysia Airlines, and had
accidentally murdered 298 entirely blameless people. This did not stop a number of people, for a variety of reasons,
seeking/inventing alternative scenarios.

The leaders of Ukraines separatist rebellion were understandably keen to distance themselves from the crime, and swiftly blamed
their opponents, arguing that Kiev had whacked MH17 to make them look bad; Izvestia reported this immediately after the crash,
launching an episode that was shabby and mendacious even by the standards of Russian media. A few days later, Komsomolskaya
Pravda elaborated, suggesting that MH17 had been tracked by a US satellite and shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25 (it was
subsequently revealed that the SU-25s Wikipedia page was fiddled by Russian interlopers in order to lend it the necessary
capabilities). Russias absurd state-backed news channel RT floated the theory that not only had Ukraine shot down MH17, theyd
done it in the belief that it was Vladimir Putins presidential jet, which does indeed bear a not dissimilar shape and livery (except,
as RTs report buried a few paragraphs below the headline, that Putins aircraft hadnt flown over Ukraine for months). A few
outlets, splendidly, linked MH17 to the still lost MH370, reasoning that the doomed plane was in fact the same one which
disappeared in March, now filled by its CIA hijackers with pre-killed corpses and remotely flown to, and blown up over, its final
destination.

The logic behind the construction and propagation of the above is not difficult to distil. We have all told preposterous whoppers
when seeking to absolve ourselves of blame, generally for much smaller misdemeanours.

What is rather more perplexing is the energy even the weird, grim glee some apply to believing them. Its certainly true that
governments lie, and that media outlets are partial. It is far more often true that people, good and bad, acting under pressure and
with incomplete information, bugger things up. Jon Ronsons terrific study of conspiracy fans, Them, was framed as a quest to find
the room. By that he meant the room, almost certainly smoke-filled, in which some insist that our overlords, almost certainly
extraterrestrial and reptilian, plan our destiny and/or doom. But there isnt a room. There are many, many rooms. And any study of
history or any off-the-record conversation with anyone who has participated in such a conclave at a time of crisis will confirm
that these rooms are populated by nervous, uncertain people, many of whom will be holding throbbing heads in sweaty hands,
muttering things to the effect of What the hell do we do now?

The widespread determination to believe otherwise is perhaps especially bewildering and tiresome to those of us of the infidel
persuasion. Because belief in conspiracies surely comes from the same place as belief in gods the human need to reassure
ourselves that the world is ordered, that things happen for a reason, that someone, somewhere is actually in charge, and that
surely 298 people cant die just because some hillbilly militiaman takes a swig of turnip vodka and asks, What does this button
do?

The author of the passage adopts how many of the following tones in the passage:

I. sarcastic II. critical III. analytical


IV. reminiscent V. cynical

A)2 B)3 C)4 D)5

Explanation:-
In this case, the valid tones are:
sarcastic: the first paragraph is a reflection of this tone.
critical: the author adopts a tone wherein he points the flaws of conspiracy theorists. This reveals a critical mindset.
analytical: the author highlights the reasoning behind the conspiracy theories and this reveals his analytical approach.

Reminiscent means serving to bringto mind/evocative.


Cynical means believing the worst of humannature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.
These two tones cannot be related with the content of the passage.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 80
The scary truth? Theres nobody in charge

Bliss was it in that dawn to be a paranoid crackpot, Wordsworth might well have written of the summer of 2014, but to be a
full-fledged conspirazoid dingbat was very heaven. The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine on 17 July was a
cavalcade of Christmases for the tinfoil-tittered legions who insist upon believing that our lives are minutely orchestrated by
malign and hidden forces who toy with us to a soundtrack of their own triumphant cackling, perhaps gently underpinned by the
stroking of cat fur.

It was an air disaster that befell an airline which had recently suffered probably the weirdest air disaster of all time, over disputed
territory, brought about by possibly Moscow-backed perpetrators. MH17 demonstrated, like 9/11 before it, that, in the modern,
online world more than ever, conspiracy theories have become to public discourse what Japanese knotweed has to unlucky
gardeners a robust, self-replenishing pest that defies the most vigorous efforts to keep it down, and is capable of quickly
overrunning an entire plot.

Where MH17 was concerned, there was a straightforward, if undoubtedly horrifying, explanation that the bumpkin army of the
Donetsk Peoples Republic, equipped by Russia with weapons rather more sophisticated than themselves, had failed to distinguish
between an Antonov AN-26 belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force and a Boeing 777 belonging to Malaysia Airlines, and had
accidentally murdered 298 entirely blameless people. This did not stop a number of people, for a variety of reasons,
seeking/inventing alternative scenarios.

The leaders of Ukraines separatist rebellion were understandably keen to distance themselves from the crime, and swiftly blamed
their opponents, arguing that Kiev had whacked MH17 to make them look bad; Izvestia reported this immediately after the crash,
launching an episode that was shabby and mendacious even by the standards of Russian media. A few days later, Komsomolskaya
Pravda elaborated, suggesting that MH17 had been tracked by a US satellite and shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25 (it was
subsequently revealed that the SU-25s Wikipedia page was fiddled by Russian interlopers in order to lend it the necessary
capabilities). Russias absurd state-backed news channel RT floated the theory that not only had Ukraine shot down MH17, theyd
done it in the belief that it was Vladimir Putins presidential jet, which does indeed bear a not dissimilar shape and livery (except,
as RTs report buried a few paragraphs below the headline, that Putins aircraft hadnt flown over Ukraine for months). A few
outlets, splendidly, linked MH17 to the still lost MH370, reasoning that the doomed plane was in fact the same one which
disappeared in March, now filled by its CIA hijackers with pre-killed corpses and remotely flown to, and blown up over, its final
destination.

The logic behind the construction and propagation of the above is not difficult to distil. We have all told preposterous whoppers
when seeking to absolve ourselves of blame, generally for much smaller misdemeanours.

What is rather more perplexing is the energy even the weird, grim glee some apply to believing them. Its certainly true that
governments lie, and that media outlets are partial. It is far more often true that people, good and bad, acting under pressure and
with incomplete information, bugger things up. Jon Ronsons terrific study of conspiracy fans, Them, was framed as a quest to find
the room. By that he meant the room, almost certainly smoke-filled, in which some insist that our overlords, almost certainly
extraterrestrial and reptilian, plan our destiny and/or doom. But there isnt a room. There are many, many rooms. And any study of
history or any off-the-record conversation with anyone who has participated in such a conclave at a time of crisis will confirm
that these rooms are populated by nervous, uncertain people, many of whom will be holding throbbing heads in sweaty hands,
muttering things to the effect of What the hell do we do now?

The widespread determination to believe otherwise is perhaps especially bewildering and tiresome to those of us of the infidel
persuasion. Because belief in conspiracies surely comes from the same place as belief in gods the human need to reassure
ourselves that the world is ordered, that things happen for a reason, that someone, somewhere is actually in charge, and that
surely 298 people cant die just because some hillbilly militiaman takes a swig of turnip vodka and asks, What does this button
do?

It can be inferred from the passage that:

A)More often than not, people mess things up which leads to some event but conspiracy theorists still prefer to believe that
someone must have orchestrated the given act
B)The Room, as described by Jon Ronson, is a practical reality in some cases
C)The human need for seeing the world as one driven by logic and reason is the one that drives conspiracy theories
D)Both (a) and (c)

Explanation:-
Option 1 can be derived from the lines: What is rather more perplexing is the energy even the weird, grim glee some apply to
believing them. Its certainly true that governments lie, and that media outlets are partial. It is far more often true that people,
good and bad, acting under pressure and with incomplete information, bugger things up.
Option 2 runs counter to the information provided in the passage.
Option 3 can be derived from the lines: The widespread determination to believe otherwise is perhaps especially bewildering and
tiresome to those of us of the infidel persuasion. Because belief in conspiracies surely comes from the same place as belief in gods
the human need to reassure ourselves that the world is ordered, that things happen for a reason, that someone, somewhere is
actually in charge, and that surely 298 people cant die just because some hillbilly militiaman takes a swig of turnip vodka and
asks, What does this button do?

DIRECTIONS for question The question consists of different statements one of which does not fit into the paragraph. Identify
that sentence which is a misfit and choose that option as your answer.

Question No. : 81

A. For example, professionals often advise that people open mail every day and process it immediately.
B. For a chronically disorganized person, opening and processing mail once a week may be a more realistic, meaningful, and
good enough standard.
C. Severely chronically disorganized people likely need agility coaching besides a professional therapist as part of their healing
and transformation.
D. If you are chronically disorganized, the standards for being successfully organized are different from what mainstream people
perceive as well-organized and each individual needs to design his own standards and processes.

A)Statement A B)Statement B C)Statement C D)Statement D

Explanation:-
Statements A, B and D refer to the standards of being organized in case of different categories of people while Statement C speaks
of certain disorganized people being in need of agility coaching.

DIRECTIONS for question The question consists of different statements one of which does not fit into the paragraph. Identify
that sentence which is a misfit and choose that option as your answer.

Question No. : 82

A. Domestic architecture provides shelter and security for the basic functions of life and other activities that involve the family unit
rather than the community.
B. The basic requirements of domestic architecture are simple: a place to sleep, prepare food, eat, and perhaps work; a place that
has some light and is protected from the weather.
C. A single room with sturdy walls and roof, a door, a window, and a hearth are the necessities; all else is luxury.
D. Aesthetics enter domestic architecture only once the basic Mashlowian hierarchies are crossed.

A)Statement A B)Statement B C)Statement C D)Statement D

Explanation:-
Except Statement D, which refers to aesthetic considerations in domestic architecture, the rest speak of what domestic architecture
tends to do at a basic level.

DIRECTIONS for question The question consists of different statements one of which does not fit into the paragraph. Identify
that sentence which is a misfit and choose that option as your answer.

Question No. : 83

A. The depth of experiential learning has much to do with ones current state of being, and more particularly, the perceived self-
consciousness.
B. This group has an uncommonly deep love of learning and researching and a strong drive to answer the questions of life and
find meaning in everything.
C. While having an aha experience of deep insight, insight addicts experience a rush of endorphins and euphoric well-being and
ecstasy similar to what people experience in a flow state or a runners high.
D. There is a tendency to challenge the status quo and authority, and to seem argumentative and oppositional to people.

A)Statement A B)Statement B C)Statement C D)Statement D

Explanation:-
The rest of the lines speak of the characteristics of a defined group i.e. insight addicts while Statement A is pretty general and
speaks of the depth of learning.

DIRECTIONS for question The question consists of different statements one of which does not fit into the paragraph. Identify
that sentence which is a misfit and choose that option as your answer.

Question No. : 84

A. India is planning to push up domestic defence production by roping in the private sector, especially multinational corporations.
B. The argument for allowing private participation in defence production is often cited as a major justification for the
disinvestment programme.
C. But the wisdom of letting in private players inspired by profits and reluctance to be regulated into the strategically significant
defence sector is suspect.
D. The argument that the public sector has shown itself to be incapable of meeting the country's defence needs rests on flimsy
ground.

A)Statement A B)Statement B C)Statement C D)Statement D

Explanation:-
Statement B refers to the role of privatization in defence production as a justification for the disinvestment programme. The rest of
the lines talk of the logic behind the participation of the private sector in defence.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 85
In 2007, the UN announced that, for the first time in the history of humanity, more than half the worlds population was now living
in cities. After this milestone, the expectation is that by 2050, 70 per cent of the world will be urban. This massive transition is
largely being driven by the urbanisation of China, itself described as the largest migration in human history, as many millions of
people leave their villages to seek work in giant new cities. It is expected that, after China and India, the same process will occur in
developing African nations, leaving an almost completely urbanised planet by the end of the 21st century.

But what does this mean? We all know a city when we see one, but properly defining it is difficult. Max Weber argued that the
presence of a permanent market was what set cities apart, while Lewis Mumford saw its origins in ceremonial shrines and burial
practices. What is essentially clear is that a city is a settlement with highly concentrated populations, physical infrastructure and
social organisation. But while the city is one of the defining creations of humanity, it has only existed for around 5,000 years, a
relatively recent development in the history of our world. Cities may seem immutable, timeless, but their historical development
has been rapid, awe-inspiring and often terrible. They have been the necessary condition for many of the cultures that define us as
humans, offering unprecedented forms of freedom and power, but cities have ground down and destroyed countless lives over
the course of their development.

In the years to come, the ways in which cities develop are going to be pivotal for the future of humanity on this planet. Threats
such as accumulated waste, resource scarcity, food supplies, extreme weather, water shortages, energy insecurity, mass migration
and social inequality, all inextricably linked to the dynamics of how cities function, pose grave threats to the continued existence of
human society. The city will be one of the crucial links that could make or break civilisation, and much will depend upon whether
its forces, both material and social, can be controlled and guided away from their most destructive tendencies. The question is: are
cities there to serve human life, or is the city a force in itself, subject to its own laws and eternally reproduced by the humans who
are drawn into it?

Cities are the products of immense amounts of labour, accumulated over many lifetimes, but the question of how their
development occurs, who controls it and who benefits from it, has always been a vexed one. At different times, different types of
power have existed in the city and different parts of society have been its main beneficiaries, from monarchies to priestly castes,
landowners to technocrats.

Currently, we hear much discussion of the question who is the city for? In the UK, the housing crisis has become ever more
acute, with prices rising 10 per cent in a year in the south east, while elsewhere in the country whole streets stand empty. Austerity
has been tearing down supports that kept the rich and poor closely tied together, with the prospect of greater dispersal and
segregation to come. It feels that more than ever the city is only for those who can afford to buy it.

This is a situation echoed across the world. On the one hand, there is the ascendant class of the global super-rich, collecting
property in desirable spots across the globe, treating cities as safe deposit boxes with steak restaurants attached, nomadic, mobile,
from everywhere and attached to nowhere in particular. At the other end of the scale are the global poor, frequently slum dwellers,
stitched on to the edges of metropolises in super-dense settlements that have only the barest of connections to the city whose
territory they share.

Defenders of these developments like to point to the vast improvement in the lives of those who are currently rushing into the
cities in China, and indeed, today and throughout history, the transition from rural subsistence to urban work has been one of
greatly heightened opportunity. But while the Chinese Communist Party make their gamble that the increased prosperity of their
population will guarantee their legitimacy, in the developed world what were once called the working classes are seeing the gap
between their lives and those of the rich grow ever wider apart.

A suitable title for the passage is:

A)A planet stuck in the past B)A planet run by the rich C)A planet shrinking in size D)A planet on the move

Explanation:-
In this case, option 4 represents the best title for the passage. It highlights the primary topic of the passage, that is, people shifting
from rural to urban areas, the creation of cities and the impact this has on the world.
Considering the above, we can see that option 4 is the best fit in the given case. Remember, for a title question, you need to keep
the indirect meaning of the option in mind.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 86
In 2007, the UN announced that, for the first time in the history of humanity, more than half the worlds population was now living
in cities. After this milestone, the expectation is that by 2050, 70 per cent of the world will be urban. This massive transition is
largely being driven by the urbanisation of China, itself described as the largest migration in human history, as many millions of
people leave their villages to seek work in giant new cities. It is expected that, after China and India, the same process will occur in
developing African nations, leaving an almost completely urbanised planet by the end of the 21st century.

But what does this mean? We all know a city when we see one, but properly defining it is difficult. Max Weber argued that the
presence of a permanent market was what set cities apart, while Lewis Mumford saw its origins in ceremonial shrines and burial
practices. What is essentially clear is that a city is a settlement with highly concentrated populations, physical infrastructure and
social organisation. But while the city is one of the defining creations of humanity, it has only existed for around 5,000 years, a
relatively recent development in the history of our world. Cities may seem immutable, timeless, but their historical development
has been rapid, awe-inspiring and often terrible. They have been the necessary condition for many of the cultures that define us as
humans, offering unprecedented forms of freedom and power, but cities have ground down and destroyed countless lives over
the course of their development.

In the years to come, the ways in which cities develop are going to be pivotal for the future of humanity on this planet. Threats
such as accumulated waste, resource scarcity, food supplies, extreme weather, water shortages, energy insecurity, mass migration
and social inequality, all inextricably linked to the dynamics of how cities function, pose grave threats to the continued existence of
human society. The city will be one of the crucial links that could make or break civilisation, and much will depend upon whether
its forces, both material and social, can be controlled and guided away from their most destructive tendencies. The question is: are
cities there to serve human life, or is the city a force in itself, subject to its own laws and eternally reproduced by the humans who
are drawn into it?

Cities are the products of immense amounts of labour, accumulated over many lifetimes, but the question of how their
development occurs, who controls it and who benefits from it, has always been a vexed one. At different times, different types of
power have existed in the city and different parts of society have been its main beneficiaries, from monarchies to priestly castes,
landowners to technocrats.

Currently, we hear much discussion of the question who is the city for? In the UK, the housing crisis has become ever more
acute, with prices rising 10 per cent in a year in the south east, while elsewhere in the country whole streets stand empty. Austerity
has been tearing down supports that kept the rich and poor closely tied together, with the prospect of greater dispersal and
segregation to come. It feels that more than ever the city is only for those who can afford to buy it.

This is a situation echoed across the world. On the one hand, there is the ascendant class of the global super-rich, collecting
property in desirable spots across the globe, treating cities as safe deposit boxes with steak restaurants attached, nomadic, mobile,
from everywhere and attached to nowhere in particular. At the other end of the scale are the global poor, frequently slum dwellers,
stitched on to the edges of metropolises in super-dense settlements that have only the barest of connections to the city whose
territory they share.

Defenders of these developments like to point to the vast improvement in the lives of those who are currently rushing into the
cities in China, and indeed, today and throughout history, the transition from rural subsistence to urban work has been one of
greatly heightened opportunity. But while the Chinese Communist Party make their gamble that the increased prosperity of their
population will guarantee their legitimacy, in the developed world what were once called the working classes are seeing the gap
between their lives and those of the rich grow ever wider apart.

Which of the following is true as per the information given in the passage?

I. The development of cities, ironically, has lead to a greater divide between the rich and the poor.
II. By the end of the 21st century, there will be no rural areas in the world.
III. The ways cities function and operate in the future are linked deeply with the threats posed to human society.
IV. Over the course of time, cities have been dominated by different kinds of powers and different sections of society.

A)I, II and III B)II, III and IV C)I, III and IV D)I, II and IV

Explanation:-
Statement I can be derived from the reference to slums and how cities are divided between the rich and poor.

Statement II is incorrect. Refer to these lines: It is expected that, after China and India, the same process will occur in developing
African nations, leaving an almost completely urbanised planet by the end of the 21st century.
Though these lines imply that the world will be urbanised almost completely, it does not state that there will be no rural areas.
These areas might be there with extremely sparse populations. The author wishes to imply that the majority of the population in
the world will be living in urban centers.

Statement III can be derived from the lines: Threats such as accumulated waste, resource scarcity, food supplies, extreme weather,
water shortages, energy insecurity, mass migration and social inequality, all inextricably linked to the dynamics of how cities
function, pose grave threats to the continued existence of human society.

Statement IV can be derived from the lines: At different times, different types of power have existed in the city and different parts
of society have been its main beneficiaries, from monarchies to priestly castes, landowners to technocrats.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 87
In 2007, the UN announced that, for the first time in the history of humanity, more than half the worlds population was now living
in cities. After this milestone, the expectation is that by 2050, 70 per cent of the world will be urban. This massive transition is
largely being driven by the urbanisation of China, itself described as the largest migration in human history, as many millions of
people leave their villages to seek work in giant new cities. It is expected that, after China and India, the same process will occur in
developing African nations, leaving an almost completely urbanised planet by the end of the 21st century.

But what does this mean? We all know a city when we see one, but properly defining it is difficult. Max Weber argued that the
presence of a permanent market was what set cities apart, while Lewis Mumford saw its origins in ceremonial shrines and burial
practices. What is essentially clear is that a city is a settlement with highly concentrated populations, physical infrastructure and
social organisation. But while the city is one of the defining creations of humanity, it has only existed for around 5,000 years, a
relatively recent development in the history of our world. Cities may seem immutable, timeless, but their historical development
has been rapid, awe-inspiring and often terrible. They have been the necessary condition for many of the cultures that define us as
humans, offering unprecedented forms of freedom and power, but cities have ground down and destroyed countless lives over
the course of their development.

In the years to come, the ways in which cities develop are going to be pivotal for the future of humanity on this planet. Threats
such as accumulated waste, resource scarcity, food supplies, extreme weather, water shortages, energy insecurity, mass migration
and social inequality, all inextricably linked to the dynamics of how cities function, pose grave threats to the continued existence of
human society. The city will be one of the crucial links that could make or break civilisation, and much will depend upon whether
its forces, both material and social, can be controlled and guided away from their most destructive tendencies. The question is: are
cities there to serve human life, or is the city a force in itself, subject to its own laws and eternally reproduced by the humans who
are drawn into it?

Cities are the products of immense amounts of labour, accumulated over many lifetimes, but the question of how their
development occurs, who controls it and who benefits from it, has always been a vexed one. At different times, different types of
power have existed in the city and different parts of society have been its main beneficiaries, from monarchies to priestly castes,
landowners to technocrats.

Currently, we hear much discussion of the question who is the city for? In the UK, the housing crisis has become ever more
acute, with prices rising 10 per cent in a year in the south east, while elsewhere in the country whole streets stand empty. Austerity
has been tearing down supports that kept the rich and poor closely tied together, with the prospect of greater dispersal and
segregation to come. It feels that more than ever the city is only for those who can afford to buy it.

This is a situation echoed across the world. On the one hand, there is the ascendant class of the global super-rich, collecting
property in desirable spots across the globe, treating cities as safe deposit boxes with steak restaurants attached, nomadic, mobile,
from everywhere and attached to nowhere in particular. At the other end of the scale are the global poor, frequently slum dwellers,
stitched on to the edges of metropolises in super-dense settlements that have only the barest of connections to the city whose
territory they share.

Defenders of these developments like to point to the vast improvement in the lives of those who are currently rushing into the
cities in China, and indeed, today and throughout history, the transition from rural subsistence to urban work has been one of
greatly heightened opportunity. But while the Chinese Communist Party make their gamble that the increased prosperity of their
population will guarantee their legitimacy, in the developed world what were once called the working classes are seeing the gap
between their lives and those of the rich grow ever wider apart.

It can be inferred from the passage that:

A)Measures which have essentially led to a reduction in government spending have exacerbated the gap between the rich and
the poor
B)In terms of affordability, cities are increasingly become safe-houses for the rich with the poor marginalized
C)Both (a) and (b) D)Neither (a) and (b)

Explanation:-
The measures referred to in option (a) are austerity measures. Option (a) is derived from the lines: Austerity has been tearing
down supports that kept the rich and poor closely tied together, with the prospect of greater dispersal and segregation to come. It
feels that more than ever the city is only for those who can afford to buy it.
Option b is derived from the lines: This is a situation echoed across the world. On the one hand, there is the ascendant class of the
global super-rich, collecting property in desirable spots across the globe, treating cities as safe deposit boxes with steak restaurants
attached, nomadic, mobile, from everywhere and attached to nowhere in particular.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 88
In 2007, the UN announced that, for the first time in the history of humanity, more than half the worlds population was now living
in cities. After this milestone, the expectation is that by 2050, 70 per cent of the world will be urban. This massive transition is
largely being driven by the urbanisation of China, itself described as the largest migration in human history, as many millions of
people leave their villages to seek work in giant new cities. It is expected that, after China and India, the same process will occur in
developing African nations, leaving an almost completely urbanised planet by the end of the 21st century.

But what does this mean? We all know a city when we see one, but properly defining it is difficult. Max Weber argued that the
presence of a permanent market was what set cities apart, while Lewis Mumford saw its origins in ceremonial shrines and burial
practices. What is essentially clear is that a city is a settlement with highly concentrated populations, physical infrastructure and
social organisation. But while the city is one of the defining creations of humanity, it has only existed for around 5,000 years, a
relatively recent development in the history of our world. Cities may seem immutable, timeless, but their historical development
has been rapid, awe-inspiring and often terrible. They have been the necessary condition for many of the cultures that define us as
humans, offering unprecedented forms of freedom and power, but cities have ground down and destroyed countless lives over
the course of their development.

In the years to come, the ways in which cities develop are going to be pivotal for the future of humanity on this planet. Threats
such as accumulated waste, resource scarcity, food supplies, extreme weather, water shortages, energy insecurity, mass migration
and social inequality, all inextricably linked to the dynamics of how cities function, pose grave threats to the continued existence of
human society. The city will be one of the crucial links that could make or break civilisation, and much will depend upon whether
its forces, both material and social, can be controlled and guided away from their most destructive tendencies. The question is: are
cities there to serve human life, or is the city a force in itself, subject to its own laws and eternally reproduced by the humans who
are drawn into it?

Cities are the products of immense amounts of labour, accumulated over many lifetimes, but the question of how their
development occurs, who controls it and who benefits from it, has always been a vexed one. At different times, different types of
power have existed in the city and different parts of society have been its main beneficiaries, from monarchies to priestly castes,
landowners to technocrats.

Currently, we hear much discussion of the question who is the city for? In the UK, the housing crisis has become ever more
acute, with prices rising 10 per cent in a year in the south east, while elsewhere in the country whole streets stand empty. Austerity
has been tearing down supports that kept the rich and poor closely tied together, with the prospect of greater dispersal and
segregation to come. It feels that more than ever the city is only for those who can afford to buy it.

This is a situation echoed across the world. On the one hand, there is the ascendant class of the global super-rich, collecting
property in desirable spots across the globe, treating cities as safe deposit boxes with steak restaurants attached, nomadic, mobile,
from everywhere and attached to nowhere in particular. At the other end of the scale are the global poor, frequently slum dwellers,
stitched on to the edges of metropolises in super-dense settlements that have only the barest of connections to the city whose
territory they share.

Defenders of these developments like to point to the vast improvement in the lives of those who are currently rushing into the
cities in China, and indeed, today and throughout history, the transition from rural subsistence to urban work has been one of
greatly heightened opportunity. But while the Chinese Communist Party make their gamble that the increased prosperity of their
population will guarantee their legitimacy, in the developed world what were once called the working classes are seeing the gap
between their lives and those of the rich grow ever wider apart.

The primary purpose of the passage can be said to be:

A)to extricate the possible derivatives of a tricky situation


B)to showcase the existence and possible consequences of a certain development
C)to extrapolate how a certain situation has come to bear fruit D)to highlight the historical development of a concept

Explanation:-
In the given case, the coming up of cities can be labelled as a development. This development has raised a number of questions
and there are possible consequences that the author talks about. Keeping this in mind, we can see that option 2 is the best answer
in the given case.

DIRECTIONS for the question: The question consists of five statements labelled A, B, C, D and E which when logically ordered
form a coherent passage. Choose the option that represents the most logical order.

Question No. : 89

A. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate faultlined
economies- and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown.
B. As President Barack Obama prepares to throw money at the current downturn - a stimulus package starting at about $800
billion, plus the second $ 350 billion chunk of the financial bailout -we all really do seem to be Keynesians now.
C. John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment, was the godfather of govern ment stimulus.
D. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable
depths in disused coal mines, then sit back and watch a money-mining boom create jobs and prosperity.
E. "It would, indeed, be more sensible to build houses and the like," he wrote, but doing something inferior would be better than
doing nothing."

A)ADECB B)BCADE C)CDAEB D)CADEB

Explanation:-
Logically speaking, we need to first introduce a person with his full name, followed by another mention containing his/ her
surname. From this perspective, sentence C should precede all others as it mentions the full name of the economist. Note the
words government stimulus in line C, which are picked and elaborated further in sentence A (C-A). This idea is exemplified in
sentence D while sentence E offers another similar idea (C-A-D-E).
Sentence B brings us to the present times (current downturn), an idea which should come after a discussion on what happened in
the past (CADEB).

DIRECTIONS for the question: The question consists of five statements labelled A, B, C, D and E which when logically ordered
form a coherent passage. Choose the option that represents the most logical order.

Question No. : 90

A. States that embarked on raucous spending amid tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that
they're broke.
B. As the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros creates a feeding frenzy, the lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish farmers, mall owners,
airlines, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a place of the stimulus.
C. As Obama's aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative and politically achievable, they acknowledge
the tension between his desires for speed and reform.
D. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded museums, waterslides and other pet projects for rebranding as ready
infrastructure investments.
E. Unfortunately, while 21st century Washington has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to
prove that it can spend money wisely.

A)EBADC B)ABCDE C)ECBAD D)BEADC

Explanation:-
Line E makes a generic comment, which is taken up and elaborated further in other sentences. In this light, E can be a good
opener. Line B introduces us to the whole list of all possible beneficiaries of this programme (E-B). Notice the word and in the
beginning of sentence D, which indicates that this sentences needs to follow sentence A (A-D). Sentence C sums up the entire chain
of ideas by highlighting the problems associated with the programme (EBADC).

DIRECTIONS for the question: The question consists of five statements labelled A, B, C, D and E which when logically ordered
form a coherent passage. Choose the option that represents the most logical order.
Question No. : 91

A. This is why the Minimum Support Price is necessary for all not just for a few crops, which is the case at present.
B. It will not be possible for the government to scrutinize the veracity of such private deals but steps can be taken such as giving
Smart Cards for essential inputs like seeds and fertilizers.
C. Opportunities for assured and remunerative marketing are essential if loan waiver is not to become a recurring event leading to
the destruction of the credit system.
D. This is the single most effective step to make loan waivers history but there is another urgent step which needs to be taken i.e.
the loan waivers do not cover those who borrow from moneylenders.
E. The fear of occasional misuse should not come in the way of enabling millions of poor farmers who have borrowed from
informal sources if we are to achieve the goal of four percent growth in agriculture

A)BECAD B)CADBE C)EACDB D)CDABE

Explanation:-
Given its generic idea, sentence C is a suitable opening comment, which is explained further in the rest of the lines. The single most
effective step referred to in sentence D is nothing but the idea of having a support price for all crops, which is discussed in line A
(A-D). The expression such private deals in line B implies the idea of private money lenders and borrowers given in sentence D (A-
D-B). Notice the link between the words veracity in line B and occasional misuse in line E, which indicates that E should follow B (C-
A-D-B-E).

DIRECTIONS for the question: The question consists of five statements labelled A, B, C, D and E which when logically ordered
form a coherent passage. Choose the option that represents the most logical order.

Question No. : 92

A. The horrifying thing is that the majority of people, three-quarters of all working people, are looking for places they think they
will be happier.
B. I then point them towards proprietary tests that are priced - sometimes not so modestly either - and they decide that they'd
much rather not spend anything and get a generic idea of what they should be doing.
C. Unfortunately, this is not good enough because most of such tests are very vague and do not give any strong indications about
either the ability or the penchant of the test taker so it becomes a waste of time.
D. Millions of people are looking around trying to find themselves, and especially trying desperately to discover what they should
be doing.
E. They ask me where they can find them and I almost always warn them that the tests available on the Net are generic and not
really good indicators.

A)ADEBC B)DACEB C)DEBCA D)DAEBC

Explanation:-
Sentence E contains a warning about the inadequacy of the tests on the Net while sentence B supplies a supplement to it by
suggesting other, priced tests (E-B). Sentence B is clearly linked with sentence C, which makes a sad comment about the relevance
of the generic tests most people use (E-B-C). Notice the words millions of people (D) and the majority of people (A), which are
clearly inter-connected (D-A). Besides, line D makes for a suitable opening line, given its general nature (DAEBC).

DIRECTIONS for the question: Find the Right sentence/s from among the set of four sentences given in each case and mark your answer
accordingly. While selecting the right sentence/s, pay careful attention to the rules of Standard Written English in terms of grammar, idiomatic
usage and syntax.

Question No. : 93

1. Architecture,the art of designing and building is different from the skills associated with construction.
2. Architecture is used for fulfilling both practical and expressive requirements, and because it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic
ends.
3. As the two ends may be distinguished, they cannot be separated, and the related weight given to each can vary.
4. Because every society has a spatial relationship to the natural world and other societies, their structures reveal much about their
climate, history, ceremonies, art and daily life.

A)Only 1 B)Only 4 C)1, 2, 4 D)1, 4

Explanation:-
In sentence no. 2, the correct expression should be .used to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements. Besides, the
conjunction because used here is a misfit and does not convey any sense. A suggested correction is .. and therefore it serves
both utilitarian and aesthetic ends.
In sentence no. 3, As should be replaced by though/ although. In the latter part, the relative weight needs to be used in place of the
related weight.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Find the Right sentence/s from among the set of four sentences given in each case and mark your answer
accordingly. While selecting the right sentence/s, pay careful attention to the rules of Standard Written English in terms of grammar, idiomatic
usage and syntax.

Question No. : 94

1. It was the theatrics and public relations stunts which made the IAC particularly farcical.
2. The timing was carefully chosen to fall between the end of the cricket world cup and the beginning of the IPL.
3. Unlike 1970s, the IAC did not emerge as a natural coalition of different movements grown out of local struggles.
4. It was a television-mediated event; no one heard of the IAC till March but by April, it had captured the front-page and the prime
time.

A)2, 3, 4 B)Only 2 C)1, 2 D)3, 4

Explanation:-
Sentence no. 3 should be rewritten as unlike the 1970s
In sentence no. 4, the helping verb had has been wrongly placed with an event which occurred after another one. The correct
sentence would be
no one had heard of the IAC till March but by April, it captured.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Find the Wrong sentence/s from among the set of four sentences given in each case and mark your answer
accordingly. While selecting the wrong sentence/s, pay careful attention to the rules of Standard Written English in terms of grammar, idiomatic
usage and syntax.

Question No. : 95

1. If someone is suffering from hunger, it is more appropriate to provide him nourishing food.
2. If thirsty, provide them a drink and in emotional pain, bring your love and unconditional acceptance.
3. This is often not the approach people take when others are without love and acceptance.
4. A compassionate person brings the nourishing love and acceptance to the troubled person until someone is healed completely.

A)2, 4 B)4 only C)2, 3, 4 D)3, 4

Explanation:-
Sentence no. 2 is unclear as to who is thirsty or who is in emotional pain. It lacks a proper reference, which needs to be supplied to
clarify the meaning. A suggested way would be
If they are thirsty, provide them a drink and if they are in emotional pain, bring your love and unconditional acceptance.
In sentence 4,The definite article 'the' (the nourishing love) is not required here as there is no specific reference made in the
sentence. Further, someone is inappropriate in the context. We can modify it suitably i.e.
A compassionate person brings nourishing love and acceptance to the troubled person until he is healed completely.

DIRECTIONS for the question: Find the Wrong sentence/s from among the set of four sentences given in each case and mark your answer
accordingly. While selecting the wrong sentence/s, pay careful attention to the rules of Standard Written English in terms of grammar, idiomatic
usage and syntax.

Question No. : 96

1. France is among the globes oldest nations, the product of an alliance of principalities under a single ruler in Middle Ages.
2. Today, central authority is vested in the state, even though some autonomy has been granted to 21 regions.
3. The French people look up to the state as the primary guardian of liberty, and the state, in turn, provides generous amenities for
its citizens.
4. This centralist tendency is at odds with long-standing theme of the French nation - individual supremacy.

A)1, 3, 4 B)1, 2, 3, 4 C)2, 4 D)3 only

Explanation:-
All the four sentences suffer from one problem or the other. The corrected versions are as follows:
1. ..ruler in the Middle Ages.
2. Today, the central authority is vested in ...
3. The French people look to the state as (Look up to implies to get inspired by someone or to admire someone. Look to means
turn ones attention in a direction)
4. .. tendency is at odds with a / the long-standing theme of ..

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 97
Victims are everywhere these days, whining about one thing or another. Sometimes they are still complaining about things that
happened decades ago (or even hundreds of years ago to other people with the same skin colour); sometimes they seem to be
'status-victims' who feel entitled to oppress others because of their special personal sense of oppression. Very few seem to be
complaining justifiably, or even comprehensibly, about some genuinely significant injustice being done to them right now that
others should address. This is not healthy. Much of the limited space for morality in politics is being taken over by the study and
art of victimhood at the expense of proper moral reasoning. It has a deleterious effect on public discourse and behaviour, with
people seeming to compete more about their degrees of victimhood than the rights and wrongs of their case.

In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by immediate justice. For this we employ sympathy - a forensic tool for
comprehending and assessing the situation of those who claim victimhood. It should not be mistaken for straightforward empathy
with the feelings of others. But this goes wrong when victims are automatically assumed good and right. Then victimhood itself
becomes the measure and the end of justice, and more and more people step up to claim it since it offers both a short-cut to
credibility and the chance to wallow, child-like, in the comfortable helplessness provided by misguided public empathy. Proper
moral analysis is short-circuited by shallow declarations of suffering that becomes little more than dysfunctional and pitiful
whining.

Why do we listen to victims? It is sometimes thought that they have some special epistemic authority - a finely tuned sense for
oppression (let's leave earthquakes aside and confine ourselves to the evils that humans can inflict on each other). That may be the
case for victims of genuine oppression with respect to their immediate situation - they are the relevant witnesses at the trial, etc.
However victimhood needs to fulfil certain criteria before a victim may be considered an expert on anything: truth and
understanding.

First, feeling like a victim is no guarantee that one has been properly oppressed, in part because such feelings are not a zero-sum
game: all sides in any interaction can feel persecuted e.g. many whites felt they were the victims of the US 1960's civil rights
movement (they only shut up and moved on, eventually, because most people didn't agree). Proving injustice can only be
achieved by actual arguments, not feelings.

Second, some people suffer as victims without really understanding what's going on - most obviously in cases of child abuse. Not
to belittle their real suffering, but, unless they made a particular study of the subject afterwards, what can they really say about it
that's relevant to our understanding of the problem?

Now of course there are victims of genuinely terrible oppression - such as ethnic cleansing or the persecution of homosexuals -
who might have a special sensitivity to the situational factors preceding or surrounding such oppression. A death camp survivor
who criticises the rhetoric of a populist rightwing politician for what it implies should probably be listened to since he may
recognise something others wouldn't. But he isn't necessarily right - that depends on the arguments he can give, not his feelings.

It can be inferred from the passage that:

A)victims is perpetrated by shallow political interests, which further impact the state of the society
B)victims, driven by a lack of moral reasoning, give into the deleterious effects of their own reasoning
C)victims generally suffer in society as they struggle to use moral reasoning to express their views
D)invalid claims to victimhood lead have an injurious impact on society

Explanation:-
Option 4 is the correct answer. It is derived from the lines: Much of the limited space for morality in politics is being taken over by
the study and art of victimhood at the expense of proper moral reasoning. It has a deleterious effect on public discourse and
behaviour, with people seeming to compete more about their degrees of victimhood than the rights and wrongs of their case.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 98
Victims are everywhere these days, whining about one thing or another. Sometimes they are still complaining about things that
happened decades ago (or even hundreds of years ago to other people with the same skin colour); sometimes they seem to be
'status-victims' who feel entitled to oppress others because of their special personal sense of oppression. Very few seem to be
complaining justifiably, or even comprehensibly, about some genuinely significant injustice being done to them right now that
others should address. This is not healthy. Much of the limited space for morality in politics is being taken over by the study and
art of victimhood at the expense of proper moral reasoning. It has a deleterious effect on public discourse and behaviour, with
people seeming to compete more about their degrees of victimhood than the rights and wrongs of their case.

In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by immediate justice. For this we employ sympathy - a forensic tool for
comprehending and assessing the situation of those who claim victimhood. It should not be mistaken for straightforward empathy
with the feelings of others. But this goes wrong when victims are automatically assumed good and right. Then victimhood itself
becomes the measure and the end of justice, and more and more people step up to claim it since it offers both a short-cut to
credibility and the chance to wallow, child-like, in the comfortable helplessness provided by misguided public empathy. Proper
moral analysis is short-circuited by shallow declarations of suffering that becomes little more than dysfunctional and pitiful
whining.

Why do we listen to victims? It is sometimes thought that they have some special epistemic authority - a finely tuned sense for
oppression (let's leave earthquakes aside and confine ourselves to the evils that humans can inflict on each other). That may be the
case for victims of genuine oppression with respect to their immediate situation - they are the relevant witnesses at the trial, etc.
However victimhood needs to fulfil certain criteria before a victim may be considered an expert on anything: truth and
understanding.

First, feeling like a victim is no guarantee that one has been properly oppressed, in part because such feelings are not a zero-sum
game: all sides in any interaction can feel persecuted e.g. many whites felt they were the victims of the US 1960's civil rights
movement (they only shut up and moved on, eventually, because most people didn't agree). Proving injustice can only be
achieved by actual arguments, not feelings.

Second, some people suffer as victims without really understanding what's going on - most obviously in cases of child abuse. Not
to belittle their real suffering, but, unless they made a particular study of the subject afterwards, what can they really say about it
that's relevant to our understanding of the problem?

Now of course there are victims of genuinely terrible oppression - such as ethnic cleansing or the persecution of homosexuals -
who might have a special sensitivity to the situational factors preceding or surrounding such oppression. A death camp survivor
who criticises the rhetoric of a populist rightwing politician for what it implies should probably be listened to since he may
recognise something others wouldn't. But he isn't necessarily right - that depends on the arguments he can give, not his feelings.
All of the following can be apt titles for the passage except:

A)Victims of Victims B)The cult of victimhood C)Victims can victimise D)The worship of a victimless world

Explanation:-
In the given case, the first three options are based on the central idea of the passage: that victims are not necessarily right and
they exploit the situation. Options 1, 2 and 3 highlight this and thus, can be apt titles for the passage.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 99
Victims are everywhere these days, whining about one thing or another. Sometimes they are still complaining about things that
happened decades ago (or even hundreds of years ago to other people with the same skin colour); sometimes they seem to be
'status-victims' who feel entitled to oppress others because of their special personal sense of oppression. Very few seem to be
complaining justifiably, or even comprehensibly, about some genuinely significant injustice being done to them right now that
others should address. This is not healthy. Much of the limited space for morality in politics is being taken over by the study and
art of victimhood at the expense of proper moral reasoning. It has a deleterious effect on public discourse and behaviour, with
people seeming to compete more about their degrees of victimhood than the rights and wrongs of their case.

In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by immediate justice. For this we employ sympathy - a forensic tool for
comprehending and assessing the situation of those who claim victimhood. It should not be mistaken for straightforward empathy
with the feelings of others. But this goes wrong when victims are automatically assumed good and right. Then victimhood itself
becomes the measure and the end of justice, and more and more people step up to claim it since it offers both a short-cut to
credibility and the chance to wallow, child-like, in the comfortable helplessness provided by misguided public empathy. Proper
moral analysis is short-circuited by shallow declarations of suffering that becomes little more than dysfunctional and pitiful
whining.

Why do we listen to victims? It is sometimes thought that they have some special epistemic authority - a finely tuned sense for
oppression (let's leave earthquakes aside and confine ourselves to the evils that humans can inflict on each other). That may be the
case for victims of genuine oppression with respect to their immediate situation - they are the relevant witnesses at the trial, etc.
However victimhood needs to fulfil certain criteria before a victim may be considered an expert on anything: truth and
understanding.

First, feeling like a victim is no guarantee that one has been properly oppressed, in part because such feelings are not a zero-sum
game: all sides in any interaction can feel persecuted e.g. many whites felt they were the victims of the US 1960's civil rights
movement (they only shut up and moved on, eventually, because most people didn't agree). Proving injustice can only be
achieved by actual arguments, not feelings.

Second, some people suffer as victims without really understanding what's going on - most obviously in cases of child abuse. Not
to belittle their real suffering, but, unless they made a particular study of the subject afterwards, what can they really say about it
that's relevant to our understanding of the problem?

Now of course there are victims of genuinely terrible oppression - such as ethnic cleansing or the persecution of homosexuals -
who might have a special sensitivity to the situational factors preceding or surrounding such oppression. A death camp survivor
who criticises the rhetoric of a populist rightwing politician for what it implies should probably be listened to since he may
recognise something others wouldn't. But he isn't necessarily right - that depends on the arguments he can give, not his feelings.

All of the following can be inferred from the passage except:

A)It is not necessary that only victims feel persecuted B)Arguments and not feelings need to drive claims for injustice
C)A sufferer of oppression may not necessarily provide a logical argument describing his situation
D)In most cases, victims deserve comparison followed by justice

Explanation:-
Option 1 can be derived from the lines: First, feeling like a victim is no guarantee that one has been properly oppressed, in part
because such feelings are not a zero-sum game: all sides in any interaction can feel persecuted e.g. many whites felt they were the
victims of the US 1960's civil rights movement (they only shut up and moved on, eventually, because most people didn't agree).
Options 2 and 3 can be derived from the lines: Now of course there are victims of genuinely terrible oppression - such as ethnic
cleansing or the persecution of homosexuals - who might have a special sensitivity to the situational factors preceding or
surrounding such oppression. A death camp survivor who criticises the rhetoric of a populist rightwing politician for what it implies
should probably be listened to since he may recognise something others wouldn't. But he isn't necessarily right - that depends on
the arguments he can give, not his feelings.
Option 4 is incorrect. Refer to the lines: In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by immediate justice.
The author says 'normal cases' and not 'most cases'.

DIRECTIONS for the question : Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

Question No. : 100


Victims are everywhere these days, whining about one thing or another. Sometimes they are still complaining about things that
happened decades ago (or even hundreds of years ago to other people with the same skin colour); sometimes they seem to be
'status-victims' who feel entitled to oppress others because of their special personal sense of oppression. Very few seem to be
complaining justifiably, or even comprehensibly, about some genuinely significant injustice being done to them right now that
others should address. This is not healthy. Much of the limited space for morality in politics is being taken over by the study and
art of victimhood at the expense of proper moral reasoning. It has a deleterious effect on public discourse and behaviour, with
people seeming to compete more about their degrees of victimhood than the rights and wrongs of their case.

In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by immediate justice. For this we employ sympathy - a forensic tool for
comprehending and assessing the situation of those who claim victimhood. It should not be mistaken for straightforward empathy
with the feelings of others. But this goes wrong when victims are automatically assumed good and right. Then victimhood itself
becomes the measure and the end of justice, and more and more people step up to claim it since it offers both a short-cut to
credibility and the chance to wallow, child-like, in the comfortable helplessness provided by misguided public empathy. Proper
moral analysis is short-circuited by shallow declarations of suffering that becomes little more than dysfunctional and pitiful
whining.

Why do we listen to victims? It is sometimes thought that they have some special epistemic authority - a finely tuned sense for
oppression (let's leave earthquakes aside and confine ourselves to the evils that humans can inflict on each other). That may be the
case for victims of genuine oppression with respect to their immediate situation - they are the relevant witnesses at the trial, etc.
However victimhood needs to fulfil certain criteria before a victim may be considered an expert on anything: truth and
understanding.

First, feeling like a victim is no guarantee that one has been properly oppressed, in part because such feelings are not a zero-sum
game: all sides in any interaction can feel persecuted e.g. many whites felt they were the victims of the US 1960's civil rights
movement (they only shut up and moved on, eventually, because most people didn't agree). Proving injustice can only be
achieved by actual arguments, not feelings.

Second, some people suffer as victims without really understanding what's going on - most obviously in cases of child abuse. Not
to belittle their real suffering, but, unless they made a particular study of the subject afterwards, what can they really say about it
that's relevant to our understanding of the problem?

Now of course there are victims of genuinely terrible oppression - such as ethnic cleansing or the persecution of homosexuals -
who might have a special sensitivity to the situational factors preceding or surrounding such oppression. A death camp survivor
who criticises the rhetoric of a populist rightwing politician for what it implies should probably be listened to since he may
recognise something others wouldn't. But he isn't necessarily right - that depends on the arguments he can give, not his feelings.

According to the author of the passage, one mistake that we commit with victims is:

A)we assume that things that happened to them are relevant for us
B)we assume victims deserve compassion followed by justice C)we assume victims speak from a position of authority
D)we automatically assume victims are good and right

Explanation:-
This is a direct question and the answer can be found in the lines: In the normal case victims deserve compassion followed by
immediate justice. For this we employ sympathy - a forensic tool for comprehending and assessing the situation of those who
claim victimhood. It should not be mistaken for straightforward empathy with the feelings of others. But this goes wrong when
victims are automatically assumed good and right.

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