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1 Syndicate Bank PO PGDBF TEST I : REASONING Directions (Q. 1 2): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: A, M, Q, J, K and S are six family members. There are three genera on in a family and only two male members in a family. K is daughter in law of S, who has only one daughter. M is father of J and is not from second genera on. A is grandchild of S. Q is not a male member. 1. How is A related to Q? (1) Son (2) Daughter (3) Nephew (4) Niece (5) None of these 2. Who among the following is son of M? (1) K (2) Q (3) J (4) A (5) None of these 3. In which of the following expression shows that, B Q and S < Z being definitely true? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) None of these 4. Which of the following symbols should replace the sign (?) and (*) in the given expression in order to make the expressions Z > M and Q > S definitely true? Z > Y (?) S = M (*) R Q (1), = (2), (3) >, (4) =, < (5) None of these 5. In a row of students, all are facing to the north, there are only two students sit between M and C. R sits fourth to the right of M but not at the end of the row. Not more than seven students can sit in the row. F sits fourth to the le of P. There is only one person sits between R and P. Who sits immediate le of C? (1) P (2) No one (3) R (4) F (5) None of the above Directions (Q. 6 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Eight friends i.e. R, T, X, S, M, B, D and Z are playing different games and represent their own different countries on world level. Different games are Football, Cricket, Basketball, Rugby, Hockey, Volleyball, Tennis and Badminton, but not necessarily in the same order. Different countries are India, Germany, Singapore, France, Scotland, Australia, China and South-Africa, but not necessarily in the same order. T represents Germany. D plays Basketball but does not belong to South Africa. Z does not play Badminton. X plays Cricket and the one who represents India is B. S does not represent South-Africa and China. R represents Scotland. The one who represents Germany plays Tennis. The one who represents Australia does not play Basketball and Hockey. The one who plays Badminton represents France. S plays Hockey. The one who represents South Africa plays either Rugby or Basketball. R and Z do not play football. The one who plays Hockey does not represent China. 6. Who among the following plays Rugby? (1) X (2) S (3) Z (4) B (5) D 7. Who among the following represents Australia? (1) B (2) X (3) S (4) R (5) Z 8. Who among the following plays Badminton? (1) Z (2) R (3) B (4) S (5) M 9. Who among the following represents South Africa? (1) T (2) Z (3) R (4) B (5) S 10. D represents which country? (1) Singapore (2) India (3) France (4) China (5) Scotland Directions (Q ): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Eight persons of a family i.e. E, K, T, W, J, B, S and U are si ng on a row and face towards South direc on. They were born in different years i.e. 1968, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1995 but not in same order. The one who was born in 1987 sits 2 places away from U who is brother in law of S. W is the son of T who is brother of U who sits immediate right of the one who was born in J is maternal uncle of K and born before the birth of W. There are two members sit between the one who was born in 1985 and K. K is sister of W and niece of J who is only son of B who sits at extreme end. The one who sits immediate right of the one who was born in 1972 is not male member of this family. S sits immediate right of the one who was born in The one who was born in 1987 is daughter of S. U is older than W. T sits at 2nd place from le end of this row and Son in law of E who was born in B is the oldest member of this family. The one who was born in 1985 sits right of T. S is immediate neighbor of the one who was born in 1968 and K. The one who was born in 1977 does not sit at any extreme end but the one who was born in 1988 sits at extreme end. S is the mother of K. The daughter of the one who is father of J is younger than her husband. 11. Who among the following was born in 1995? (1) K (2) T (3) J (4) S (5) B 12. Who sits 2nd place away from the one who was born in 1990? (1) T (2) W (3) U (4) B (5) S 1

2 13. Who among the following is grandson of B? (1) W (2) B (3) E (4) K (5) S 14. How many persons sit right of E? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) Five 15. Who among the following was born in 1987? (1) U (2) E (3) K (4) B (5) J Directions (Q ): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a rule in each step. The following is an illustra on of an input and its rearrangement: Input: arise 13 nose centre Ear 20 karma on 43 dog upon 51 Step I: centre nose Ear 20 karma on 43 dog upon 51 arise 13 Step II : centre dog nose karma on 43 upon 51 arise 13 Ear 20 Step III: centre dog karma nose upon 51 arise 13 Ear 20 on 43 Step IV: centre dog karma nose arise 13 Ear 20 on 43 upon 51 And step IV is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the steps which are required to rearrange the given input. Input: pressed queen book everest 17 umbrella 27 fuel kook incase 56 apple 41 hope 16. What is the addi on of last element and 3rd last element from right end in last step? (1) 58 (2) 74 (3) 80 (4) 83 (5) How many steps are needed to complete this input? (1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV (5) V 18. Which element is 4th from right end in Step 3? (1) 41 (2) Everest (3) queen (4) hope (5) apple 19. In which step kook apple comes together in the same manner? (1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV (5) V 20. Which element comes at the 3rd place from le end in step II? (1) 41 (2) Everest (3) queen (4) hope (5) pressed Directions (Q ): In each question below is given a Statement followed by two assumptions numbered I, II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the Statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the Statement. 21. Statement: Despite strong opposi on, the controversial Prohibi on of Forcible Conversion of Religion Bill was passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly with the AIDMK and the BJP outvo ng the combined opposi on of the DMK, the Congress, the Pa ali Makkal Katchi and the le par es A news. Assumption I. Conversions create resentment among several sec ons and also inflame religious passions, leading to communal clashes. II. Conversions only lead to the isola on of the converted. III. Strong opposi on puts hindrance before a bill in taking final shape. (1) II and III (2) I and II (3) I and III (4) All of these (5) None of these 22. Statement : For the third me in a row this week, the Indira Gandhi Interna onal Airport was put on a full alert today a er Air India received an anonymous message that two terrorists with explosives were aboard its Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong flight. An authority of Indira Gandhi Interna onal Airport Assumption I. Anonymous message is not likely to be hoax II. Anonymous message is likely to be a hoax call. III. Alertness might be helpful in reducing the menace. (1) I and III (2) II and III (3) Either I or II and III (4) Only III (5) None of these 23. Statement : You should be very careful so that the society does not adversely comment on the police leadership. A statement made by a CBI officer to the newly recruited young officers. Assumptions I. The society always indulge in adverse comments. II. People s trust in the police force is not up to the desired level. III. Society has the efficiency to judge accurately about the police leadership. (1) I and II (2) II and III (3) I and III (4) All of these (5) None of these 24. Statements : The High Court has ordered state X to submit the case papers of the hit-and-run accident involving actor Mr. Y and directed the police not to allow the actor or his family members and friends to meet witnesses or vic ms. Assumptions I. The kith and kin of an accused are likely to make an effort to tamper with the evidence or create a nuisance to help acquit the accused. II. The capacity of the wrongdoer cannot be a yards ck for deciding punishment for a crime. III. The court s immediate concern is the grievance of the vic ms which needs redressal. (1) Only I (2) I and II (3) I and III (4) All of these (5) None of these 25. Point X is 2m south of point Q. Point S is 5m east of point Q. Shivani starts walking from point S in north direc on and a er walking 10m she reached at point Y. Point M is 4m away from point Y. Find out the shortest distance between point X to point Y and what is the direc on of point M with respect to point X? 2

3 (1) 13m, South (2) 13m, South-west (3) 13m, North-west (4) 13m, North-east (5) None of these Directions (Q ): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Seven friends i.e. M, N, O, P, Q, R and S have done the post-gradua on in Financial Management. A er comple on of their educa on, they have invested some rupees in different financial investment i.e. SIP, Share Market, Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Etherum but not in same order. They have done these investment in different days of a week, starts from Wednesday to Tuesday. N has done the investment not before Saturday. S has invested in Etherum but not on Wednesday. R has done investment on Thursday. Q has invested in Bitcoin Cash a er Friday. The one who has done the investment in Share Market, has invested a er S s investment. There are two days gap between the one who has done the investment in Ripple and the one who has done in SIP. There are two days gap between Q and P s investment days. N has done the investment in SIP just before the days on which P has done. M has not done the investment in Ripple and Litecoin. 26. Who among the following has done the investment in Ripple? (1) M (2) N (3) Q (4) S (5) O 27. How many friends has done the investment a er the days on which the investment has done in Litecoin? (1) Four (2) Two (3) Seven (4) Five (5) One 28. N has done investment on which day? (1) Tuesday (2) Sunday (3) Thursday (4) Monday (5) Wednesday 29. Who among the following has done the investment in Share market? (1) P (2) Q (3) S (4) M (5) O 30. M has done the investment on which financial investment? (1) Ripple (2) Litecoin (3) Bitcoin (4) SIP (5) Share market Directions (Q ): These questions are based on the following information. In a certain code: Suggests terrorism account Pakistan S14 M80 R80 L18 Na onal security council - K80 X80 K14 Figh ng support expected compound - S14 C80 C80 F What will be the code for Computer? (1) S80 (2) T16 (3) T10 (4) S70 (5) None of these 32. What will be the code for Directors? (1) Q16 (2) R80 (3) Q90 (4) R18 (5) None of these 33. Which of the following will be the code for Mo va on? (1) M30 (2) N60 (3) N100 (4) M18 (5) M Which of the following can be coded as R10? (1) fees (2) shoes (3) school (4) equal (5) None of these 35. What could be the code for From? (1) L40 (2) N8 (3) S7 (4) X12 (5) None of these Directions (Q ): In each of the questions given below some statements are followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 36. Statements: Some Delhi are Pune. Some Pune are Lucknow. All Lucknow are Chennai. Conclusions: I. Some Chennai can be Delhi. II. Some Chennai are Pune. III. Some Lucknow can be Pune. (1) Only I and II (2) Only II and III (3) Only I and III (4) Only III (5) All follows 37. Statements: Some Kohli is Sachin. No Sachin is Dhoni. Some Sachin are Gambhir. Conclusions: I. Some Gambhir can be Dhoni. II. Some Kohli is not Dhoni. III. Some Sachin is Kohli. IV. All Gambhir is not Dhoni. (1) Only I and III (2) Only I and II (3) Only III and IV (4) Only III (5) All follows 38. Statements: No tree is book. Some copy are books. All pens are copy. Conclusions: I. Some copy are pens. II. No pen is book. III. Some copy are trees. IV. Some copy are not trees. (1) Only I and IV (2) Only II and III (3) Only III and IV (4) None of these (5) Only I Directions (Q ): Each of the questions given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. 39. How many daughter s U have? I. Only five members in a family. P has only one son, U has only 2 children. P is daughter-in-law of W. W is father of U. II. P has 2 children. U is husband of P. W is son of U. 3

4 (1) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the ques on, but statement II is not sufficient to answer the ques on. (2) If statement II is sufficient to answer the ques on, but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the ques on. (3) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the ques on. (4) If both the statements I and II taken together are not sufficient to answer the ques on. (5) If both the statements I and II taken together are sufficient to answer the ques on. 40. Who amongst the following is tallest? I.B is shorter than only 2 persons. A is taller than B. C is taller than E. II. Both C and E are shorter than A. C is shorter than B. (1) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the ques on, but statement II is not sufficient to answer the ques on. (2) If statement II is sufficient to answer the ques on, but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the ques on. (3) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the ques on. (4) If both the statements I and II taken together are not sufficient to answer the ques on. (5) If both the statements I and II taken together are sufficient to answer the ques on. Directions (Q ): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. In Aster Garden, Eight girls i.e. M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are living on different floors of eight storey building. Ground floor is numbered as 1st floor and top floor is numbered as 8th floor. They like different movies of These different movies are Lips ck, Bahubali, Tubelight, Kaabil, Secret superstar, Tiger, Hindi-medium and Golmaal but not in same order. There are three floors between the one who likes Tubelight and Golmaal. The one who likes Lips ck lives on even numbered floor but below from M. There are three floors between the one who likes Lips ck and O. N lives above O and likes Tubelight. O does not like Bahubali. The one who likes Hindi- medium lives just above M. There are three floors gap between P and R. Q likes Secret superstar and lives just below M. P lives below from both the girls who like Lips ck and O but does not live just below from O. There is one floor gap between the one who likes Hindi medium and S. The one who likes Kaabil lives below from the one who likes Golmaal. 41. Who among the following likes Golmaal? (1) S (2) M (3) N (4) Q (5) T 42. How many girls live between T and O? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) Five 43. On which floor R lives? (1) 1st (2) 2nd (3) 3rd (4) 4 th (5) 5th 44. Who among the following lives on lower most floor? (1) T (2) N (3) S (4) Q (5) P 45. How many girls live above from the one who likes Tiger? (1) Four (2) Two (3) Three (4) No one (5) None of these Directions (Q ): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below. There are four married couples in a family who have only one child. P, Q, R, and T are child and they are of different ages (in years) i.e. 12, 15, 17, and 9 (not necessarily in same order). (i) A is a female member of the family and is not married to D and M. (ii) D and M are male members of a family. (iii) Y is married to O, whose child is 12 years old. (iv) Z is not married to X and her child is R. (v) D s child is 9 years old but R is not D s child. (vi) B is not married to M and A. T is not youngest child. (vii) P is older than T but younger than R. (viii) T s mother is not Y. 46. What is the age of the child of A? (1) 9 years (2) 17 years (3) 12 years (4) 15 years (5) None of these 47. Who among the following is child of M? (1) B (2) Q (3) R (4) A (5) None of these 48. Y is married to whom and who is the child of O? (1) O, P (2) O, T (3) A, T (4) Z, T (5) None of these 49. Which of the following combina on is true regarding the given arrangement? (1) M-Z-R-15 (2) Y-O-R-12 (3) D-Z-R-17 (4) Y-O-T-12 (5) None of these 50. Who among the following is wife of M? (1) Z (2) B (3) T s mother (4) R s mother (5) Both (1) and (4) TEST II : QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 51. A swimming pool is fi ed three pipes. The first two pipes working simultaneously, fill the pool in the same me as the third pipe alone. The second pipe alone fills the pool 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. In what me will the second and third pipes together fill the pool? (1) 3 hours (2) 3.75 hours (3) 4 hours (4) 4.75 hours (5) None of these 52. A car driver leaves Bangalore at 8.30 A.M. and expects to reach at place 300 km from Bangalore at P.M. At he finds that he has covered only 40% of the distance. By how much he has to increase the speed of the car in order to keep up his schedule? (1) 45 km/hr (2) 40 km/hr (3) 35 km/hr (4) 30 km/hr (5) None of these 53. The perimeter of a rectangular plot is 48 m and area is 108. The dimensions of the plot are 4

5 (1) 36 m and 3 m (2) 12 m and 9 m (3) 27 m and 4 m (4) 18 m and 6 m (5) None of these 54. A reduc on in the price of apples enables a person to purchase 3 apples for Rs. 1 instead of Rs What is the % of reduc on in price? (1) 20 (2) 25 (3) 30 (4) (5) None of these 55. A sum of money lent at compound interest for 2 years at 20% per annum would fetch Rs 723 more,if the interest was payable half-yearly than if it was payable annually. The sum is? (1) Rs. 38,000 (2) Rs. 30,000 (3) Rs. 20,000 (4) Rs. 25,000 (5) None of these Directions (Q ): In each of the following questions, 3 statements are given, you have to determine that which statement/statements are necessary to answer the question. 56. A sum of money Rs 2550 is to be distributed among Krishna, Vijay and Ramaswami. What will be the share of Vijay? A. Krishna s share is 1.5 mes Vijay s share, B. Ramaswami s share is half the share of Krishna and Vijay together. C. The share of Krishna is Rs 340 more than Vijay. (1) Either A and B together or A and C together are sufficient (2) Only A and B together are sufficient (3) Only A and C together are sufficient (4) All statements are required (5) Any 2 of the 3 statements are sufficient 57. Find the average of present ages of P, Q and R. A. The average age of P, Q and R 15 years ago was years. B. The present ages of P, Q and R are in the ra o of 8 : 9 : 12. C. The average age of P, Q and R 15 years hence is years (1) A and B are sufficient (2) B and C are sufficient (3) Statement B and either statement A or statement C are sufficient (4) Either A or C is sufficient (5) All together are necessary 58. A, B and C secured 45%, 50% and 60% marks respec vely in Biology. D s marks in Biology are 10 more than A s marks and 20 less than C s marks. Find out the overall percentage of marks taking marks of the four students together. A. The biology has maximum marks 200. B. Total of D s and A s marks is 190. C. C has obtained 120 marks. (1) A and B are sufficient (2) Only A is sufficient (3) Either A and B together or C is sufficient (4) All statements together are necessary (5) The ques on can be answered even without the use of statements students sit in rows and columns. How many students are seated in each column? A. The number of rows is 62.50% of the number of columns. B. The number of rows is 5/8 of the number of columns. C. The number of rows is less than the number of columns. (1) Only A (2) C and either A or B (3) Only B (4) Either A or B (5) All the statements are required 60. What is the total number of coins in a bag containing only 50-paise and one-rupee coins? A. Total number of coins in the bag is equal to twice the number of 50-paise coins. B. If the number of 50-paise coins decreased by 50%, the bag would have Rs C. If the number of one-rupee coins is decreased by 20%, the bag will have Rs 65. (1) A and either B or C (2) Any two of the 3 statements (3) Any 1 of the 3 statements (4) Only A and B together (5) All statements are required Directions (Q ): Refer to the pie-charts and answer the given questions. 5

6 61. Number of male members in both health clubs A and D increased by equal numbers from 2008 to If the respec ve ra o between number of male members in health club A and that in D in 2009 is 17 : 11, what is the number of male members in health club D in 2009? (1) 308 (2) 352 (3) 374 (4) 396 (5) What is the average number of female members in health clubs, C, D and E? (1) 374 (2) 376 (3) 372 (4) 392 (5) Only 50% of the members (both males & females) in health club E have life me membership. If the number of females in health club E who have life me membership is 44, what percent of male members in health club E have life me membership? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 64. What is the central angle corresponding to number of members (both males & females) in health club B? (1) 80.4 (2) 88.8 (3) 86.4 (4) 98.2 (5) Number of female members in health club A is what percent less than number of male members in health club B? (1) 52 (2) 64 (3) 58 (4) 62 (5) 54 Directions (Q ): Study the following line graphs carefully to answer these questions :- 66. Total number of students of College B in years 2005, 2006 and 2003 together are what percent more/less then total number of students of College A in years 2003, 2004 and 2008 together? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 67. What is the ra o of the total number of students of College A in years 2004, 2006 and 2007 together and the total number of students of College B in years 2003, 2004 and 2008? (1) 35 : 32 (2) 33 : 37 (3) 34 : 31 (4) 32 : 35 (5) 37 : The number of students of College B in year 2008 is what percent of the total students of College B in all the years together (Round off to two digits a er decimal) (1) 20.61% (2) 23.79% (3) 21.79% (4) 17.29% (5) 15.79% 69. What is the average number of students in College A for all the years together? (1) 45,000 (2) 50,000 (3) 52,000 (4) 48,000 (5) 55, What is the approximate percentage rise in the number of students of College B from 2005 to 2006? (1) 8 (2) 12 (3) 4 (4) 15 (5) Nikhilesh invested certain amount in three different schemes A, B and C with the rate of interest 10 percent per annum 12 percent per annum and 15 percent per annum respec vely. If the total interest accrued in one year was Rs and the amount invested in scheme C was 150% of the amount invested in scheme A and 240% of the amount invested in scheme B, what was the amount invested in scheme B? (1) Rs (2) Rs (3) Rs (4) Rs (5) Rs A, B and C invest in the ra o of 3 : 4 : 5. The percentage of return on their investments are in the ra o of 6 : 5 : 4. Find the total earnings, if B earns Rs. 250 more than A : (1) Rs (2) Rs (3) Rs (4) Rs (5) Rs Rajeev earns 3/2 mes in January, April, July and October than his average earning of Rs. 600 per month in the rest of the month. So his savings in the January, April, July and October goes to 5/4 mes that of the rest months saving of Rs. 400 per month in the year. The average expenditure of per month is: (1) Rs (2) Rs. 250 (3) Rs (4) Rs (5) Rs If a man walks at the rate of 5 kmph, he misses a train by 7 minutes. However, if he walks at the rate of 6 kmph, he reaches the sta on 5 minutes before the arrival of the trair. Find the distance covered by him to reach the sta on. (1) 4 km (2) 6 km (3) 5 km (4) 7 km (5) 9 km % of the employees of department A and 16% of the employees of department B took part in a func on. Par cipants from department A were 500 in number but 252 employees of department B did not take part in the func on. Find the total no. of employees in A and B together? (1) 2200 (2) 2300 (3) 2000 (4) 2500 (5) 2400 Directions (Q ): What should come in place of the question mark (?) In the following number series? 76. 9, 17, 65, 385, 3073,? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) , 96, 161, 213, 252,? (1) 278 (2) 268 (3) 258 (4) 288 (5) 272 6

7 , 947, 922, 1022, 797, 1197,? (1) 472 (2) 702 (3) 604 (4) 572 (5) , 160, 241, 290,?, 324, 325 (1) 305 (2) 302 (3) 304 (4) 315 (5) , 32, 91, 337, 1473,?, (1) 7481 (2) 7081 (3) 7261 (4) 7381 (5) 7581 Directions (Q ): Study the following pie-charts carefully and answer the questions given below: Discipline wise breakup of number of candidates appeared in interview and Total no. of candidates selected after interview by the organization. 81. For which of the given discipline percentage of student selected over the appeared is maximum. (1) Science (2) Commerce (3) Engineering (4) Management (5) Others 82. For which of the following disciplines difference between the number of appeared and selected student is minimum (1) Science (2) Commerce (3) Engineering (4) Management (5) Others 83. If the percentage of girls appeared in Engineering and others discipline are respec vely 43% and 41% then find the ra o of girls selected from these disciplines. (1) 1 : 3 (2) 2 : 3 (3) 4 : 7 (4) 5 : 7 (5) Can t be determined 84. What is the average number of candidates not selected in interview in commerce and Others discipline together? (1) 2,200 (2) 2,800 (3) 2,500 (4) 3,000 (5) 3, The total number of candidates appeared from management and science discipline is approximate what percent of number of candidate appeared from Engineering? (1) 235% (2) 240% (3) 230% (4) 245% (5) 250% 86. A man can row a distance of 2 km upstream in 15 minutes and returns the same distance in 10 minutes. How much me will he take to row the same distance upstream if due to a de the speed of the current gets doubled? (1) 25 minutes (2) 45 minutes (3) 20 minutes (4) 30 minutes (5) 40 minutes 87. Two trains have respec ve lengths as 230 m and 190 m. They cross each other completely in 21 s if they are travelling in the opposite direc on and in 42 s if they are traveling in the same direc on. Find the ra o of the speed of the two trains. (1) 3 : 1 (2) 4 : 1 (3) 3 : 2 (4) 4 : 5 (5) 5 : A person has 12 friends of whom 8 are rela ves. In how many ways can he invite 7 friends such that at least 5 of them may be rela ves? (1) 284 (2) 384 (3) 456 (4) 512 (5) The diameter of a road-roller is 42 cm and its length is 100 cm. It takes 400 complete revolu ons moving once over to level the stretch of the road. If the cost of leveling is Rs. 100 per m 2 then the total cost of leveling works out to (1) Rs. 52,800 (2) Rs. 5,280 (3) Rs. 5,28,000 (4) Rs. 528 (5) Rs The biggest possible cube is taken out of a right solid cylinder of radius 15 cm and height 20 cm respec vely. What will be the volume (in cm 3 ) of the cube? (1) 8750 (2) (3) (4) 7500 (5) 8000 Directions (Q ): In each of these questions, two equations (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both the equations and give answer (1) if x < y (2) if x y (3) if x = y or no rela on can be established (4) if x > y (5) if x y 91. I. II. 92. I. II. 93. I x + 1 = 0 II y + 1 = I. 6-7x + 2 = 0 II y + 12 = I. II. 7

8 Directions (Q ): The two pie diagrams given below provide relative expenses of two families A and B. Family A (Total expenses = Rs. 4800) Family B (Total expenses = Rs. 7200) 96. If 60% of expenses on misc. of family A are on repair and 30% of expenses on misc. of family B were on travel then what is the ra o of expenses on educa on of family A to the sum of expenses on repair of family A and that of travel of family B? (1) 310 : 309 (2) 330 : 319 (3) 320 : 309 (4) 330 : 312 (5) 309 : If total expenses of family A are tripled, then what percentage of expenses on clothing, rent and Food together A is the expense on educa on, clothing and rent of family B? (1) 36.75% (2) 42% (3) 38.4% (4) 39.83% (5) 32.98% 98. The expenses on educa on of families A and B together is what percent more/less than the expense on rent of both the families? (1) 21.53% less (2) 22.3% less (3) 25% more (4) 23% less (5) 22.3% more 99. If the total expenses of A and B are doubled, then what is the ra o of expenditure on light of family A to that of misc. of family B? (1) 37 : 43 (2) 4 : 13 (3) 42 : 11 (4) 11 : 42 (5) 13 : The item showing the least difference in expenditure between family A and family B is (1) Light (2) Clothing (3) Misc. (4) Educa on (5) None of these TEST III : ENGLISH LANGUAGE Directions (Q ): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do ci zens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they don t mean that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental rela onship between governments and ci zens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. A er e-commerce and e-business, the next revolu on may be e-governance. Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its ci zens to renew their car registra ons, pay traffic fines, replace lost iden es cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby municipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transac on. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transac on versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people rou nely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and dras cally reduced the me taken and the number of errors and li ga on with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows ci zens to do more func ons online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore s government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more compe ve bidding, easy access to global suppliers and me saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. The most useful idea for Indian municipali es is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and u lity bills for 3600 municipali es across the United states. It is a ci zens site, which also provide informa on on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambi ous is the Bri sh government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transac ons with its ci zens to the Internet by Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work in India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Ci zens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applica ons on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly, in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to file applica ons for land transfers and follow their progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodi es in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, informa on on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway me tables. They also find voca onal guidance on jobs, applica ons for ra ons cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. Sam Pitroda's World Tel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to op c fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldtel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are ge ng linked online to the district headquarters, allowing ci zens to compare the development priori es of their villages with other villages in the state. Many are s ll skep cal of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interac ve cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight million telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream According to the passage, which country has the most ambi ous plan for e-governance? 8

9 (1) USA (2) Chile (3) Singapore (4) India (5) UK 102. Gov Works is working in which of the following countries? (1) India (2) UK (3) Chile (4) Singapore (5) None of these 103. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning of the word "dismal" as used in the passage. (1) grim (2) approve (3) pleasing (4) be er (5) enrich 104. How can India overcome low penetra on of computers for e-governance? (1) By manufacturing more computers (2) Through cable TV and internet Kiosks (3) By opening more STD/PCO booths (4) By making the internet free (5) By pu ng more services on the internet 105. Which of the following has not been one of the effects of submi ng income tax returns over the internet in Chile? (1) Reduc on of legal cases (2) Reduc on in errors (3) Increase in transparency (4) Increase in number of returns (5) Reduc on in me taken 106. Compared to across the counter, the cost of online transac on is- (1) li le less (2) substan ally less (3) more or less the same (4) li le more (5) Rs 4/- less per transac on 107. According to the author, e-governance in India- (1) is a dream and may not succeed (2) Will not successful unless more computers are owned by ci zens (3) has witnessed successful a empts and plans (4) will not worked because the model is suited for developed countries (5) though will bring transparency, will increase corrup on 108. Choose the word that is same in meaning to the word post as used in the passage. (1) deliver (2) put up (3) send (4) drop out (5) later Directions (Q ): In each of the following sentence there are three blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five options and each option consists of three words which can be filled up in the provided blanks in the sentence respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct. Choose the most appropriate set of words that makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct An assessment by the Wildlife Ins tute of India that gers in at least 26 reserves the destruc ve of roads and traffic. (1) reports, seem, concussion (2) says, address, collision (3) forms, accost, rupture (4) proclaims, greet, waves (5) states, face, impact 110. The death of Bajirao, one of India s breeding gers from the Bor reserve in Maharashtra, on a highway is a reminder that building roads through wildlife habitats has a terrible. (1) fu le, wrong, gain (2) depressed, unfit, extent (3) tragic, unsuitable, cost (4) ro en, imperfect, expense (5) harmless, unfavourable, amount 111. The recent protests which around Iran in the days of 2017 and early 2018 represented the largest public display of in Iran since the 2009 Green Movement. (1) increased, weakening, empathy (2) exhibits, sagging, disappointment (3) occur, ring, irrita on (4) spread, waning, discontent (5) applied, dwindling, an pathy 112. rural economic anxie es a poli cal voice, the expecta on is that the Budget will on agriculture. (1) With, acquiring, focus (2) Although, accepts, dissuade (3) Since, obtaining, endeavor (4) Besides, undertaking, regulate (5) As, approving, propose 113. The high MSP that the increase in food grain produc on in the four-year, 42 million metric tonnes, was more than double of what had been. (1) clinched, comple on, contempla ng (2) ensured, period, targeted (3) secured, episode, covet (4) se le, phase, caused (5) confirmed, units, strived Directions (Q ): The sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. From among the five choices given below each question, choose the most logical order of sentences that construct a coherent paragraph (A) This has come as a big setback to the principles of a par cipatory culture, disrup on and innova on that characterize the internet as we know it. (B) The level playing field that allowed start-ups to compete with established pla orms or new ideas to mushroom will cease to exist. (C) The repeal will now allow telecom operators in the US to favour certain pla orms and services over others. (D) A month a er the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) supported net neutrality and barred telecom service providers from charging differen al rates for data services in India, the Federal Communica ons Commission (FCC) in the US decided to roll back net neutrality laws. (E) While established pla orms (read internet giants) will be able to pay high charges to pass on their services/content to users, start-ups and small businesses will suffer as they would not be able to cough up money to find the highway to people s screens. (1) ABCDE (2) DBCAE (3) CDEAB (4) DACEB (5) EDACE 115. (A) The expression "social network" has become common, but those who use it to refer to social media as Facebook or Instagram o en ignore its origin and its true meaning. 9

10 (B) These include, for example, advice rela onships between employees of a company, or friendship es between students in a school. (C) These networks can be represented as points (students) united by lines (links). (D) The study of social networks precedes the advent of digital technologies. (E) Since the 1930s, sociologists have been conduc ng surveys to describe the structures of rela onships that unite individuals and groups: their "networks". (1) ADEBC (2) DEBAC (3) ACDBE (4) EABCD (5) DCBAE 116. (A) This is changing the way customers perceive and interact with organiza ons. (B) Organiza ons, too, are trying to simplify and differen ate the way they manufacture and deliver their products and services. (C) Therefore, customer experience (CX) is taking centre-stage in an era where superior products and services alone are no longer sufficient to a ract and retain customers. (D) The way consumers consume and interact with products and services is also undergoing a radical shi. (E) India is witnessing a significant digital and technology transforma on with e-commerce, ar ficial intelligence (AI), digital payments, mobile apps, etc. being adopted across different industries. (1) CDABE (2) EADBC (3) EDCAB (4) DCEBA (5) DBECA 117. (A) About half of all the cropped area in the country is rain-fed and supports almost 40 percent of the popula on. (B) Given the scale of the crisis, the role of the state in saving the lives of farmers and their families across the country cannot be understated. (C) Drought is never too far in a country like India, which has an inadequate irriga on system and low public investment in agriculture. (D) It is necessary, therefore, to examine factors that deliberately minimise this important responsibility of the state, especially towards women farmers. (E) In , over 266 districts in 11 states reported drought condi ons and sought relief. (1) BEDCA (2) ACBED (3) DABCE (4) BAECD (5) CAEBD 118. (A)The Ba le of Bhima-Koregaon is read differently. (B)It is not seen as a ba le in which the Bri sh with 834 infantry men, of which over 500 were Mahar, defeated a numerically stronger Peshwa army. (C)It marked not the con nuity of the Bri sh but the end of Peshwa rule. (D)For Mahar memory, the presence of the Bri sh shrinks and it becomes a story of Mahar courage and valour, a tes mony to Mahar mar al values in their struggle for equality against the Peshwas. (E)The Koregaon Ranstambh (victory pillar) represents a different kind of memory and a different kind of solidarity. (F)It is now part of a new genealogy, not part of a ba le between Indians and the Bri sh, but a struggle for equality. (1) DBECAF (2) BDEFCA (3) ABCDEF (4) CBAEDF (5) DEFACB Directions (Q ): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. In a poor country like India, as income rises people first concentrate on increasing their consump on of what they regard as basic or more essen al consumer goods. For the poor, these goods would primarily include cereals and for people at successive levels of higher income protec ve foods, simple non-food consumer goods, more modern, be er quality non-food consumer goods and simple consumer durables, be er quality consumer goods, and so on. When the demand for basic and more essen al consumer goods is more or less met, demand for the next higher level of consumer goods begins to impinge on consumer decision making and their consump on increases. There is thus a hierarchy of income levels and a hierarchy of consumer goods. As incomes rise and one approaches the turning point referred to, there is an upward movement along the hierarchy in the demand for consumer goods which exhibits itself in a rela ve increase in the demand for these goods. If one examines the past consump on behaviour of households in India, one finds confirma on of the proposi on just made. Un l the mid-seven es one no ces a rise in the propor on of consump on expenditure on cereals, and therea er, a steady decline reflec ng a progressive increase in the rela ve expenditure on non-cereal or protec ve foods. About the same me the rising trend in the share of food in total consump on expenditure also begins to decline, raising the propor on of expenditure on non-food consumer goods. Simultaneously one also no ces a sharper rise in the propor on of expenditure on consumer durables. Thus, what one sees is an upward movement in consumer demand along the hierarchy of consumer goods which amounts to a major change in consumer behaviour. There are two features of this change to which a en on par cularly needs to be drawn. If we examine the price behaviour of food items over the past several years, we find that the prices of protec ve foods (edible oils, pulses, sugar, meat, fish etc) have been rising more sharply than those of cereals on account of an inadequate supply response to the increase in demand. This is par cularly unfortunate because it affects the poorer segments of the popula on, whose need to increase consump on of protec ve foods is being thwarted by an excessive rise in prices. In the Approach to the Seventh Plan, importance was given to edible oils, pulses and some of the other protec ve foods but the overall impression created was that food grains s ll hold the centre of the stage. Whereas it is important to meet the demand for agricultural inputs to sustain the impetus of food grain produc on and to reduce the regional imbalance in agriculture development, the thrust of agricultural policy now must be more on increasing availability of protec ve food at reasonable prices As income rises in a poor country like India, the poor people concentrate on increasing their consump on of (1) protein foods (2) modern, non-food consumer goods (3) cereals (4) protec ve foods (5) All 120. Whenever there is a decline in the propor on of consump on expenditure on cereals (1) it reflects an increase in the expenditure on non-cereal protec ve foods. (2) it does not reflect an increase in the expenditure on non-cereal or protec ve food. (3) it reflects a further increase in the expenditure of cereal foods. (4) Both (1) and (2) (5) None of these 121. For the poor, the basic consumer goods include items like (1) edible oils and pulses (2) non-cereal protec ve food (3) meat and fish (4) cereals (5) eggs 122. Prices of protec ve food have risen because 10

11 (1) prices of cereals have come down. (2) there is no agricultural development. (3) there is inadequate supply to demand. (4) price of non-cereal food has come down (5) None of these 123. In the approach to the seventh plan, the overall impression was that priority should be given to (1) food grains (2) protec ve foods (3) non-food products (4) the iden fica on of consumer behavior (5) consumer sa sfac on Directions (Q ): In the questions given below, there are four sentences. Choose the sentence which is grammatically incorrect as your answer. If all the given sentences are grammatically correct and do not require any correction, choose (5) i.e. All are correct as your answer (1) A new set of 2 coins this year will mark the 200th anniversary of the Dr Frankenstein novels by Mary Shelley. (2) I tried to figure out where I was, and realised with a sinking heart my accommoda on was miles away. (3) Though the book is not yet available in India, previews published in this country suggest that it is a complex study of an extremely complex personality. (4) If you resist the first tempta on the next will be easier to overcome. (5) All are correct 125. (1) For a few minutes, I stood in the living room alone, but it was a welcome chance for me to gather my thoughts. (2) It is one of many downtown streets and to most people nothing special. (3) The first real people I would meet in the UK would be my two new flatmates. (4) The actor, who was playing a detec ve in the film, alleged to have pushed the director when he asked him to get into his costume as it was ge ng late. (5) All are correct 126. (1) The government needs to provide specific regula ons that create an environment where a trained scien fic personnel enjoyed space and freedom to design new products benefi ng society. (2) My friend was bruised quite badly in a recent accident. (3) Conven onally speaking, men are supposed to earn while women are supposed to sit at home, do housework and discipline the children. (4) Banking industry specialists have pointed out that lending is a commercial ac vity, which is based on an evalua on of the business decisions of borrowers and their assessment of commercial viability. (5) All are correct 127. (1) The movement, which aims to raise awareness about climate change, hopes to bring people together to think about what they can do for reducing harmful pollu on. (2) Sa sh was advised an opera on more than thirty years back, but due to his financial condi on he could not undergoes the procedure. (3) As I told you earlier, I have never been good with introduc ons, not even in my na ve language, and this experience wasn t going to change that record. (4) It cost me more than a meal for two back home, but at least I managed to get rid of the taste of Penelope s tea. (5) All are correct 128. (1) Without feedback people begin assuming the worst and the anxiety that results leads to reac ve behavior, which is actually a protec ve response. (2) If an individual works only in team efforts, they will seldom receive individual recogni on. (3) Professional suicide, a widespread but rarely studied phenomenon is cos ng companies not only dollars and cents, but the talents and skills of many bright, crea ve and commi ed key employees. (4) Workers ba ng to restore power supply to damaged reactors have successful in reaching upto the second reactor. (5) All are correct Directions (Q ): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences (1) News of detente, talks with South Korea and poten al Olympic medals have clearly focused a en on on the Korean peninsula. (2) The children of North Korean women in China, most of whom have been trafficked out of the sealed state into illegal marriages, pros tu on and slavery, live stateless on the fringes of society, unrecognized as ci zens or even refugees. (I)Although news of détente, talks (II)Notwithstanding that news of détente (III)As the children of North Korean women (1) Only (I) is correct (2) Only (III) is correct (3) Both (I) and (II) are correct (4) Both (II) and (III) are correct (5) All are correct 130. (1) We hope that the Indian family con nues to be stronger than in most countries and provides a caring environment for the elderly. (2) It can t be the basis for our ability to support the elderly. (I)While we hope that Indian family (II)Hoping that the Indian family can t be the basis (III)To support the elderly, we hope that (1) Only (I) is correct (2) Only (II) is correct (3) Only (III) is correct (4) Both (I) and (III) are correct (5) All are correct Directions (Q ): Five statements are given below, labeled (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the paragraph (1) Prospects appear, if anything, bleaker than was the case in (2) More disorder, coming with increasing signs of a breakdown in inter and intra-state rela ons, is perhaps on the horizon. (3) The Asian region is nowhere near achieving the kind of equilibrium that the Concert of Europe brought to 19th century Europe. (4) What awaits the Asia-Pacific in 2018? (5) Both the IS and al-qaeda seem to have acquired a new salience lately. 11

12 132. (1) History seems to bear this out. (2) It will not have a be er opportunity to do so. (3) But this did nothing to clean up electoral funding. (4) Faced with the prospect of losing anonymity by having to account for the dona ons in their annual reports, companies elected to persist with the black money system. (5) In 1985, the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi rolled back Indira Gandhi s 1968 ban on corporate dona ons which had entrenched black money networks in poli cs (1) Or, it could be that they were worried about China. (2) That did not happen because economic growth was slower than they expected. (3) At the beginning of 2015 and 2016, the Fed an cipated making three rate hikes each. (4) So, the oil price impact is asymmetric. (5) A er six years of zero rates and quan ta ve easing up to 2014, economic growth was s ll disappoin ng un l Directions (Q ): In the following paragraph, there is a set of four highlighted words against each number indicated in bold in the beginning of the sentences. One of the given words in each set may or may not fit into the statement. Choose the word which is not suitable in the context of the paragraph. If all the four words are correct and feasible, choose (5) i.e. No error as your answer. (134) The government s move to rethink the Floor Space Index (FSI) limita on on how high buildings could go is welcome. (135) Dense towns with mixed-land use is the way to go, to minimise commutes and conserve energy. The proper ques on is not whether to revise the FSI, but whether to do away with it altogether. (136) It is not at all preposterous to suggest that a city can manage without a maximum FSI s pula on. FSI conspiring to limit the built-up space over a given area of land, so that there is sufficient space available for common ameni es. (137) FSI is, if best, a tool that can address the availability of ameni es indirectly. (138) If, instead of an FSI limita on, the building code were to say that, for every sq. m of built-up space, so many sq m of parking, road, common area, so many schools, commercial spaces, hospitals, drudgery facili es, etc, must be available, that would make for individual building plans to dovetail into overall town planning that makes urban life far more produc ve and energy efficient (1) rethink (2) on (3) could (4) welcome (5) No error 135. (1) way (2) to (3) whether (4) with (5) No error 136. (1) preposterous (2) conspiring (3) over (4) sufficient (5) No error 137. (1) if (2) a (3) address (4) availability (5) No error 138. (1) were (2) drudgery (3) dovetail (4) efficient (5) No error Directions (Q ): Five statements are given below, labeled (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the paragraph (1) A dull, undeveloped intellect leads to confusion, loss and sorrow. (2) The intellect is most important; it needs to be developed and strengthened with independent, original thinking. (3) An intellect focussed on world welfare gives happiness. (4) The intellect discriminates between pairs of opposites. (5) A sharp, clear intellect guarantees prosperity and success (1) When you gather a huge volume of impressions, these slowly shape themselves into tendencies. (2) Vasana literally means smell. (3) Whatever you do with your body, mind, or energy, leaves a certain residue. (4) It is possible for us to choose not to be vic ms of our vasanas or puppets of our pasts. (5) These tendencies have been tradi onally described as vasanas (1) The 2016 order noted that air quality was measured in terms of the Air Quality Index (AQI), launched in India on October 17, 2014, by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. (2) Reports indicated that the AQI in Delhi was much worse than Severe, going above the AQI 500 mark on many days in November (3) The AQI considers eight substances as pollutants and based on the levels of these pollutants, six categories of AQI, ranging from Good to Severe, have been prescribed. (4) The widths of the larger par cles in the PM 2.5 size range would be about 30 mes smaller than that of a human hair. (5) It consists of a comprehensive set of parameters to monitor and assess air quality (1) The actual size and value of government-owned land resources is thus a ma er of specula on. (2) Land is a crucial and o en constraining input for produc on, not only in agriculture but also in secondary and ter ary sectors. (3) Imagine what would happen if a ci zen or a private en ty made such a claim before the taxman they would be fined and very likely end up in jail. (4) The informa on provided by the Government Land Informa on System (GLIS) is both incomplete and patchy. (5) The Centre, by its own admission, does not know exactly how much property it owns (1) That so er growth es mates have come at a me when the government s fiscal deficit has already crossed the budget es mate for the full year, and GST collec ons are underwhelming, is a par cular cause for concern. (2) Second, the key investment metric of gross fixed capital forma on, though es mated to show faster growth, is expected to shrink in terms of propor on to GDP: to 29%, from 29.5% in the provisional es mates for and 30.9% in (3) For one, gross value added, or GVA which excludes taxes that feature in the GDP number is projected to grow by 6.1%, slowing from a provisional 6.6% in , as manufacturing and the agriculture, forestry and fishing components of GVA decelerate. (4) The headwinds that had been flagged by Mr. Subramanian at that me are proving to be the crucial factors dampening momentum. 12

13 (5) Five months a er Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian predicted that economic growth was likely to be closer to 6.5% in the current fiscal year, the Central Sta s cs Office has forecast that the gross domes c product (GDP) would expand at precisely that pace in the 12 months ending in March. Directions (Q ): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. The very shape of man s body is such that makes him a restless creature. He cannot do without work. It is truly said, An idle man s brain is the devil s workshop. The whole civiliza on of man has evolved itself only through hard work. All the inven ons and discoveries of science are the result of hard work. Constant work improving upon its own findings progressively, has enabled man to tread on the moon. Even in our daily life we see that hard work pays dividends. A student who works regularly and systema cally shows be er results than the one who does not do so. Similarly, a player who prac ces regularly on the field is much be er than the other one. Work not only leads to be er results in the long run, but also increases our self- confidence. Work may be physical or intellectual. It is important in all its forms. But it must be construc ve. Great na ons of the world like Japan, Germany and China have emerged strong only through hard work put in individually and collec vely. In India we worship lord Vishwakarma, the great god of the workers but unfortunately, we are a na on of shirkers. We work li le and we work even less for our country. One can work be er and more efficiently if one is dedicated to some cause. Let us all be dedicated to the cause of our country. Then we shall be able to make great sacrifices as our freedom fighters did. Only then we can see our country great and strong. And we ourselves can be great and strong only if our country is so. There is no short-cut, no escape route. Hard work is the only way out. In whatever field we are, we must do our duty with utmost devo on and conscien ousness Which one of the following messages the author wants to convey through the passage? (1) Follow the tenets of Indian civiliza on (2) Respect all the inven ons and discoveries (3) Follow the footsteps of great na ons (4) Word hard for individual and na onal glory (5) Learn while you earn 145. What, according to the passage, is the cause of our self-confidence? (1) Our physical disposi on (2) The work that we carry out (3) The lessons we learnt from our civiliza on (4) All the inven ons and discoveries our ancestors have made (5) Our inner abili es and ac ve mind 146. What, according to the passage, is necessary for the effec ve work? (1) Following the principles of good workmanship (2) Maintaining a balance between ability and mo va on (3) Dedica on of work to some cause (4) Worship of Lord Vishwakarma with selfless devo on (5) Not allowing mind to engage in dreamy thoughts 147. Which of the following group of words is SIMILAR in meaning to the word dividend as used in the passage? (1) Produce an advantage (2) Useful in the past (3) Produce indolence (4) Mo vate hard work (5) Brings devo on and conscien ousness 148. What, according to the passage, is important with regard to the work that we get involved in? (1) It does not lead to idle brain. (2) It does not disturb the shape of our body. (3) It facilitates our evolu onary process. (4) It is construc ve. (5) It must have intellectual aspect The great na ons have become stronger as a result of (1) their great civiliza on and culture (2) their proac veness and recep vity (3) the rich physical resources they possess (4) their efforts to drive away the reac ve impulses (5) individual and collec ve hard work 150. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage? (1) The en re civiliza on has evolved through man s hard work. (2) Work increases self-confidence. (3) India is a na on of hard working people. (4) Germany has become a great na on through sheer hard work. (5) The shape of human body facilitates hard work. TEST IV : GENERAL AWARENESS 151. World s largest Ice Fes val 'Interna onal Ice and Snow Fes val' was held in. (1) Ireland (2) Iceland (3) Denmark (4) China (5) Switzerland 152. Name the financial ins tu on, which has approved a USD 30 million so loan for phase four of the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas (NERCORMP). (1) World Health Organiza on (WHO) (2) Interna onal Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) (3) Organisa on of Economic Co-opera on and Development (OECD) (4) World Trade Organiza on (WTO) (5) None of these 153. Where is the headquarter of Barclay's Bank? (1) USA (2) China (3) UK (4) Russia (5) Germany 154. Which among the following city has become first in the world to launch common card for rides on public buses and the metro? (1) Bengaluru (2) Delhi (3) Kolkata (4) Kochi (5) Jaipu 13

14 155. Maximum limit (amount) that can be invested in Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) Cer ficate is? (1) Rs.5,000 (2) Rs.10,000 (3) Rs.25,000 (4) Rs.50,000 (5) No limit 156. Which bank has collaborated with Paytm to announce an all-new ini a ve where users can get interest-free short-term digital credit? (1) YES Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) HDFC Bank (4) Kotak Mahindra Bank (5) None of these 157. The smallest paper denomina on note in India, One Rupee Note completed its 100 years on November 30,2017. Which among the following facts is true about a One Rupee Note: (I) It has Ashok Pillar in the window with Satyamev Jayte wri en on it (II) It is the only Currency Note or an asset and not a Promissory Note (III) It is signed by Finance Secretary (IV) Its Size is 9.7 x 6.3 cm (1) Only III (2) Only III & IV (3) Only II III & IV (4) All of the above (5) None of the above 158. What is the Capital of Turkmenistan? (1) Sampathan (2) Jersaklem (3) Suva (4) Baku (5) Ashgabat 159. What is the capital of Liberia? (1) Freetown (2) Monrovia (3) Conakry (4) Baku (5) Abuja 160. Who is the present chairperson of Securi es and Exchange Board of India? (1) Mohammad Mustafa (2) Ajay Tyagi (3) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (4) U K Sinha (5) S B Bhave 161. NRI Day is observed on which of the following date? (1) May 8 (2) February 24 (3) March 18 (4) April 17 (5) January account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment broker. (1) Fixed Deposit Account (2) Savings Bank Account (3) Recurring Account (4) Demat Account (5) None of these 163. The 2018 Youth Olympics will be held in. (1) Beijing, China (2) California, USA (3) New Delhi, India (4) Moscow, Russia (5) Buenos Aires, Argen na 164. Name the country that has become the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and women. (1) Switzerland (2) Denmark (3) Sweden (4) Iceland (5) Finland 165. Name the World youth champion who was named the Asian Boxing Confedera on s best youth boxer of the year (1) David Ayrapetan (2) Shiva Thapa (3) L Devendro Singh (4) Sachin Siwach (5) Mahaveer Talkar 166. What is the current Policy Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF)? (1) 6.25 percent (2) 6.50 percent (3) 6.00 percent (4) 6.75 percent (5) 6.15 percent 167. Name the state that has become the first state to endorse the Centre's dra bill that makes instant triple talaq a cognizable and non-bailable offense. (1) U ar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Rajasthan (4) Jharkhand (5) Kerala 168. Telangana Industrial Health Clinic Ltd (TIHCL) has recently got RBI clearance to register and func on as a/an. (1) Commercial Bank (2) Insurance Company (3) Payment Bank (4) NBFC (5) Re-insurer 169. Name the country that became the world's first country to shut down na onal broadcasts of its FM network by comple ng its transi on to digital radio. (1) Sweden (2) Iceland (3) Norway (4) Denmark (5) Australia 170. Who appointed as UN Environment s Goodwill Ambassador for India? (1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Sachin Tendulkar (3) Akshay Kumar (4) Dia Mirza (5) Salman Khan 171. India s first air-condi oned (AC) local train has been flagged off in which city on December 25, 2017? (1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Bengaluru (4) Chennai (5) Chandigarh 172. 'Goal' is the autobiography of which Indian sportsman? (1) Wilson Jones (2) Dhyan Chand (3) K.D. Singh Babu (4) Chunni Goswami (5) None of the above 173. Cheque which is truncated during the course of clearing cycle is called (1) Stale Cheque (2) Mu lated Cheque (3) Self Cheque (4) Truncated Cheque (5) None of these 174. In case of failed ATM transac ons, if the amount is not credited to customer s account within 7 working days from the date of receipt of the complaint. Banks have to pay compensa on at the rate of Rs. per day. (1) 150 (2) 200 (3) 100 (4) 10 (5) The World Bank is like a coopera ve, made up of member countries. These member countries, or shareholders, are represented by a Board of Governors, who are the ul mate policymakers at the World Bank. (1) 189 (2) 193 (3) 159 (4) 173 (5) The RBI has allowed ARCs to hold more than post conversion of debt into equity in companies undergoing restructuring recently. (1) 15% (2) 20% (3) 17% (4) 26% (5) 10% 177. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) instructed banks and non-bank en es to make their digital wallets/prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), interoperable through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) within how many months? (1) 3 months (2) 6 months (3) 9 months (4) 12 months (5) None of these 178. The Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary (NWS) is located in which state? (1) West Bengal (2) Sikkim (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Manipur (5) Meghalaya 179. Name the city in which Walmart India has recently launched its first fulfillment centre. 14

15 (1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata (4) Chennai (5) Ahmedabad 180. Customer is required to tear off the seal and convey the confiden al IMO number to the receiver over phone, SMS, , etc. at his means and risk. (1) 18 digits (2) 20 digits (3) 24 digits (4) 16 digits (5) 28 digits 181. The Index of Industrial Produc on (IIP) is compiled and released by (1) CII (2) ASSOCHAM (3) RBI (4) EXIM BANK (5) CSO 182. Who has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi language? (1) Ramesh Kuntal Megh (2) Ramesh Lal (3) Ramesh Singh (4) Ramesh Kumar (5) None of these 183. The Banking Ombudsman is a senior official appointed by...? (1) Government of India (2) President of India (3) Chief Jus ce of India (4) Reserve Bank of India (5) Finance Ministry 184. The World Health Organiza on has recently declared as a "polio-free country". (1) Pakistan (2) Somalia (3) Gabon (4) Afghanistan (5) Albania 185. What is the minimum ini al deposit required for opening a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)? (1) Rs 500 (2) Rs 1000 (3) Rs 100 (4) Rs 200 (5) No ini al deposit 186. The arrangement under which banks sell insurance products ac ng as the agents of the respec ve companies is called the...? (1) Insurance joint venture (2) Bancassurance Model (3) Hybrid Insurance Model (4) Insurance Broking (5) None of these 187. What is the currency of Singapore? (1) Pound (2) Dollar (3) Rial (4) Peso (5) Ringgit 188. Who among the following regulates the Indian Corporate Debt Market? (1) RBI (2) NABARD (3) SIDBI (4) SEBI (5) PFRDA 189. The Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana has been launched by Minister of Communica ons to promote Philately. In SPARSH, A stands for (1) Academic (2) Adolescent (3) Awareness (4) Applica on (5) Ap tude 190. Who is the Governor of Tripura? (1) Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya (2) Nirbhay Sharma (3) V. Shanmuganathan (4) Tathagata Roy (5) None of these 191. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world's longest railway pla orm? (1) Jabalpur (M.P.) (2) Kharagpur (W.Bengal) (3) Mughalsarai (U.P.) (4) Secunderabad (A.P.) (5) Gorakhpur (U.P.) 192. Who is the present Prime Minister of Canada? (1) Alexis Tsipras (2) Malcolm Turnbull (3) Jus n Trudeau (4) Michel Temer (5) Theresa May 193. Name the bank that has entered into an agreement with state-run Na onal e-governance Services Limited (NeSL) for u lizing the la er s Informa on U lity Services. (1) Bank of Baroda (2) Allahabad Bank (3) State Bank of India (4) Syndicate bank (5) Punjab Na onal Bank 194. The GST Council has decided to implement a new bill mechanism throughout the country a er reviewing the readiness of the IT network. Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the waybill is replaced by a/an. (1) e-pay bill (2) m-pay bill (3) m-way bill (4) e-way bill (5) None of these 195. Who is the present chief of Army staff? (1) Sunil Lanba (2) Dalbir Singh Dhanoa (3) Bipin Rawat (4) Vikram Singh (5) Rajendrasinhji Jadeja 196. The UIDAI or Unique Iden fica on Authority of India has launched a new mobile app, called, that will negate the need to carry the Aadhaar card in wallets. (1) SmartAadhaar (2) maadhaar (3) MyAadhaar (4) AadhaarWallet (5) None of these 197. Which among the following company has became the first Indian company to cross Rs 6 trillion market capitaliza on? (1) Tata Consultancy Services (2) Reliance Industries Ltd (3) Infosys (4) State Bank of India (5) Oil and Natural Gas Corpora on 198. Who is the Civil Avia on minister of India? (1) D.V. Sadananda Gowda (2) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapa (3) Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal (4) Narendra Singh Tomar (5) None of these 199. The Na onal Sugar Ins tute (NSI) is located in which state? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) U ar Pradesh (5) Jharkhand 200. The World's highest bridge has been inaugurated by Indian Railways in Jammu & Kashmir's Reasi district. The bridge has been constructed on which river? (1) Sutlej (2) Ravi (3) Shingo (4) Tawi (5) Chenab 15

16 ANSWER KEY & SOLUTIONS ANSWER KEY (4) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (4) HINTS & SOLUTIONS (3) 7. (2) 8. (5) 9. (2) 10. (4) 16

17 (4) 12. (3) 13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (3) In the rearrangement, simultaneously in each step, the words which start with consonant are arranged in alphabe cal order from le to right, and the words which start with vowel are arranged in alphabe cal order together with the number which comes just a er that word, both word and number are arranged in such a manner as they are given. Input: pressed queen book everest 17 umbrella 27 fuel kook incase 56 apple 41 hope Step I : Book pressed queen everest 17 umbrella 27 fuel kook incase 56 hope apple 41 Step II : Book fuel pressed queen umbrella 27 kook incase 56 hope apple 41 everest 17 Step III : Book fuel hope pressed queen umbrella 27 kook apple 41 everest 17 incase 56 Step IV : Book fuel hope kook pressed queen apple 41 everest 17 incase 56 umbrella (4) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (5) 21. (5) Only assump on III is implicit. Note that the statement is a piece of news. What the journalist assumes about the conversion and its impact can t be explicitly said. But the words despite strong opposi on indicate that the journalist must be assuming assump on III. 22. (3) Why was the airport was put on a full alert? The authority must be assuming assump on I. Hence, Assump on I is implicit but II is not. Again, to put the airport on a full alert indicates that the authority must be assuming assump on III also. 23. (5) Sugges on or direc on to young officers by the officer is aimed at making the new recruits aware of their responsibili es. Assump on I can t be co related with the above statement. Assump on II is an assump on; this is what leads to adverse comments. Assump on III is not implicit. 24. (1) Only assump on I is implicit. III is not implicit because the reason behind this decision is that the witnesses or vic ms can t be felt any problem regarding the case. They can be pressurized by the accused to change their witnesses. The decision is not given because of the court s immediate concern for the vic ms. 25. (4) (5) 27. (4) 28. (4) 29. (1) 30. (3) The given words are coded as per following pa ern: (i) First le er of the code represents the previous le er of the last le er of the given word according to alphabe cal series. For example. Pakistan - M (ii) If the total number of le ers in the code is even, then the number in the code represents the -(Total number of le ers in the given word) *10. For example. Pakistan total number of words = 8. 8*10=80. So, code- M80 (iii) If the total number of le ers in the given word is odd, then the number in the code represents the -(Total number of le ers in the given word) *2. For example. Council- K14 (Council = 7*2) 31. (5) 32. (4) 33. (5) 34. (2) 35. (1) 36. (4) 17

18 37. (5) 38. (2) 39. (1) From Statement- I, it is clear that U has only one son, and U has only 2 children. U and P are husband and wife. Hence U has only one daughter. From Statement II, we can t find how many daughters U has. 40. (4) We can t find that who is tallest even from both the statements taking together (2) 42. (3) 43. (5) 44. (5) 45. (2) (4) 47. (3) 48. (2) 49. (4) 50. (5) 51. (2) Let pipe second takes a hours to fill the tank alone 18

19 52. (4) 53.(4) 54. (1) 55. (2) 56. (5) 57. (4) 58. (5) 59. (4) 19

20 60. (2) 61. (2) 62. (3) 63. (4) 64. (3) 65. (5) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (3) 20

21 69. (2) 70. (1) 71. (2) 72. (2) 73. (1) 74. (2) 75. (2) 76. (2) 77. (1) 78. (4) 79. (4) 80. (5) 81. (4) 21

22 82. (4) 83. (5) We can t determine the ra o from the given data 84. (4) 85. (5) 86. (3) 87. (1) 88. (3) 89. (1) 90. (5) 91. (4) 92. (1) 93. (5) 94. (1) 22

23 95. (4) 96. (3) 97. (4) 98. (1) 99. (2) 100. (1) 101. (5) Refer the last few lines of the fourth paragraph where it has been men oned that the most ambi ous regarding e-governance is the Bri sh government (5) From the fourth paragraph of the passage, we can infer that Gov works which is a private sector-run site collects local taxes, fines and u lity bills, works in USA (3) Dismal means causing a mood of gloom or depression. Hence it has the opposite meaning to pleasing (2) Refer the second sentence of the last paragraph The answers in interac ve cable TV and in Internet Kiosks (4) Refer the second last sentence of the second paragraph In Chile, people rou nely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and dras cally reduced the me taken and the number of errors and li ga on with the tax departments (2) Refer the fourth sentence of the second paragraph It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transac on versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter (3) From fi h paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that e- governance in India has witnessed successful a empts and plans as it has been men oned in the paragraph that there are many experiments happening in India, villagers have begun to file applica ons on the Net (2) Post and put up are similar in meaning in the context of the passage that means to stay temporarily (5) states, face, impact is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful. Accost means approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively. Concussion means a violent shock as from a heavy blow (3) tragic, unsuitable, cost is the correct choice among the given op ons. Futile means incapable of producing any useful result; pointless. Tragic means causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow (4) spread, waning, discontent is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful. Empathy means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Sagging means decline to a lower level, usually temporarily. Waning means (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker (1) with, acquiring, focus is the correct choice. Dissuade means persuade (someone) not to take a par cular course of ac on. Endeavor means try hard to do or achieve something (2) ensured, period, targeted is the correct choice among others making the sentence meaningful. Coveted means yearn to possess. Clinch means confirm or se le (a contract or bargain). Strive means struggle or fight vigorously. Contemplate means look though ully for a long me at. 23