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Proctored Mock CAT-9 2012

Section – I1. Two articles were sold at a profit of 25% each. The ratio of the profits made on the two articles was

6 : 7. If the average selling price of the two articles was �3510, what was the absolute difference(in �) between the profits earned on the two articles?(a) 100 (b) 108 (c) 132 (d) 120

2. How many ordered pairs (a, k) are there for which the system of equations 3x + ay = k andax + 12y = 48 will have infinite solutions?(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite

Directions for questions 3 to 5: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

The bar chart given below shows the revenue (in � lakhs), the expenditure (in � lakhs) and the number ofemployees (in ‘00) of a company that produces wheels, from the year 2006 to the year 2011.

25 25 3050 40 35

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Numbers of employees Revenue Expenditure

3. In each of the given years, the number of units of wheels produced by the company was ten timesthe number of employees. In which year was the expenditure incurred per unit of wheel produced thelowest?(a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011

4. The total expenditure of the company during the given period was what percent of the total revenue?(a) 75% (b) 66.67% (c) 80% (d) 87.5%

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5. In which of the following years was the percentage increase in the revenue as compared to theprevious year the highest?(a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011

6. Rene cuts out a square of the maximum possible area from a piece of paper which is in the shape

of a quadrant of a circle of radius 10 cm. She then rolls the square sheet along one of its sides to

form a cylinder. Find the radius (in cm) of the cylinder.

(a) 5π (b) 3

2π(c)

1π (d)

52π

7. In the figure given below, BAC = DBC∠ ∠ and AC : BC = 3 : 2. If the area of the triangle ABD is20 cm2, what is the area (in cm2) of the triangle BDC?

A

D

CB

(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 16

8. Pie Chart – I shows the percentage break-up of the scoring shots played by the Indian Cricket teamduring a test innings while Pie Chart – II shows the percentage break-up of the scoring shots playedby Sachin Tendulkar during the same innings.

Pie Chart – I

10%30%

25%

20%

15%

1's 2's 3's 4's 6's

Pie Chart –II

30%

10%

10%40%

10%

1's 2's 3's 4's 6's

A total of 12 sixes were hit during the Indian innings and 3 of them were hit by Sachin Tendulkar.What was the ratio of the runs scored by the team through 4’s to the runs scored by SachinTendulkar through 2’s?(a) 4 : 1 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 2 : 1 (d) Cannot be determined


9. In the figure given below, SC is a tangent to the bigger circle. If AC is the diameter of the biggercircle, what is the measure of ∠QPR?

60 °

A

C

Q

P

RB

D

S

(a) 30° (b) 40° (c) 70° (d) 60°

10. If (24)k is a factor of 5! × 10! × 15!, what is the largest possible integer value of k?(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 4

11. The product of three natural numbers – N1, N2 and N3 – is twelve times their H.C.F. How manyordered triplets (N1, N2, N3) are possible?(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 21

12. The product of the first five terms of an increasing arithmetic progression is 4081

. If the 1st, 2nd and 4th

terms of the arithmetic progression are in geometric progression, what is the sum of the 1st term andthe 5th term of the arithmetic progression?(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8

13. A circle is inscribed in a regular hexagon and the regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle.By what percentage is the area of the bigger circle more than that of the smaller circle?(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) None of these

14. The mean, median and mode temperatures of the seven days of a particular week in a city were5.429°C (approximately), 7°C and 9°C respectively. If the temperature (in °C) on each of the sevendays was a positive integer, then which of the following could not be the temperature (in °C) on anyof the seven days? (The data set contains only one mode)(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) None of these

15. Given below is the Speed-Time graph of a car.

Speed (m /s)

50

10 25 45 50 Tim e (sec)Find the average speed of the car in the first 50 seconds.(a) 25 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 37.5 m/s (d) 50 m/s


16. Find the product of all the real roots of the quadratic equation x2 – |x| – 12 = 0.(a) 9 (b) –12 (c) – 36 (d) – 16


The table given below shows the GDP (in � crores) of five Indian states and the percentage contribution ofE-business to their GDP in FY 2011-12. The line graph shows the contributions (in � crores) of the threemajor components of E-business – ‘E-Commerce’, ‘Internet Advertising’ and ‘Freelancing’ – for each statein FY 2011-12.

Bihar 163439 3.80%Gujarat 390421 4.00%

Karnataka 297964 7.00%Rajasthan 214440 2.80%

Tamil Nadu 428109 4.20%

State GDP(in �crores)E-business

Contribution

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E-Commerce Internet Advertising Freelancing

17. For which state is the sum of the contributions made by the three major components of E-businessthird highest among the five states in FY 2011-12?(a) Bihar (b) Gujarat (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan


18. The sum of the contributions made by the three major components of E-business is expected togrow by 10% in FY 2012-2013 over the previous year in Gujarat. By what percentage should thecontribution of the rest of the components of E-business change so that the percentage contributionof E-business to the GDP in FY 2012-2013 remains the same as that in FY 2011-2012?(a) 6.31 (b) 11.11 (c) 9.09 (d) Cannot be determined

19. Freelancing contributes approximately what percent to E-business for Karnataka inFY 2011-12?(a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 23

20. What is the number of solution(s) of the equation =xx e 4? (e = 2.72)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

21. During one of the shows in ‘Jemini’ circus, four hats are picked randomly from a trunk that contains3 red hats, 5 black hats, 4 blue hats and 6 yellow hats, and are given to four dwarfs such that eachdwarf gets exactly one hat. All the dwarfs throw their hats in the air simultaneously. Then each dwarfcomes under exactly one of the hats, not necessarily the one thrown by him, such that the hat fitssnugly on his head. What is the probability that at least two dwarfs are wearing the hats of samecolour now and no dwarf has the same hat on his head that he had thrown in the air?(a) 45/136 (b) 91/136 (c) 83/272 (d) None of these

22. In how many ways can 4 boys and 5 girls be seated in a row such that no two boys sit together?(a) 3600 (b) 2880 (c) 43200 (d) 362880

23. The number of positive integer solutions of the equation 3 3

cos 1 sin 1 1n n

+ π + + π = is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) More than 4

24. Which of the following numbers cannot be expressed as the product of two prime numbers that liebetween 30 and 45?(a) 1147 (b) 1333 (c) 1779 (d) 1591

25. The diagonals of a quadrilateral ABCD intersect at O. If AO : OC = 2 : 3, BO : OD = 2 : 1,

DO : OC = 1 : 2 and AOD = 60°∠ , what is the ratio of the length of side AB to that of side CD?

(a) 63 : 76 (b) 76 : 63 (c) 8 : 7 (d) 63 : 56

26. (xp + 1)(xq + 1) is a factor of (1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 + … + x39), where x, p and q are positive integers.What is the maximum possible value of (p + q)?(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) None of these

27. [ ]5 22 x 3x 2(x 3x 2)

2 2 / 5(x 4x 4) 23log 7 log 529

− +− +

+ − =

If x is an integer, what is the value of x?(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) Either (a) or (b) (d) Cannot be determined


28. If f(n) represents the sum of the digit(s) of n for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, …, find the remainder whenf(1) + f(2) + f(3) + f(4) + … + f(100) is divided by 90.(a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 46 (d) 0

Directions for questions 29 and 30 : Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Anil, Bala, Chinmay, Devesh and Esha went to different countries for vacationing. Each person carriedsome amount (in �� with him/her to spend in the foreign country and got it converted into the currency ofhis/her destination country at the foreign exchange counter of his/her respective departure airport in India.Similarly, after coming back to India from the trip, each person got the amount left after the trip convertedback into � from the foreign currency at the arrival airport in India. Table – I shows the amount (in �) carriedby each person and the percentage of the amount left with him/her after converting the leftover money backinto �. Table – II shows the exchange rates of different currencies at which these persons bought/sold theforeign currency.

Person Amount carried (in lakhs)�

Percentage of am ount left

Country visited

A n il 5 12% S ingapore B a la 5 15% A us tra lia

C h inm ay 3 18% U S A D evesh 4 10% Japan

E sh a 4 20% U K

Table – I

Country Currency Buying rate (in )�

Selling rate (in )�

Singapore Singapore Dollar 46 44 Australia Australian Dollar 48 45

USA US Dollar 58 54 Japan Japanese Yen 0.8 0.7

UK Pound Sterling 88 85

Table – II

29. How many Australian Dollars (approximately) did Bala spend on her trip?(a) 9549 (b) 8750 (c) 8854 (d) 9444

30. What percentage of the total amount (in �� carried by the five persons together was left after theycame back from their respective destinations and converted the leftover money back into �?(a) 12.5 (b) 15 (c) 14.71 (d) 11.11


Section – II

Directions for questions 31 to 33: The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions.Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.

This week, India mortgaged its influence in Sri Lanka to a weak global organisation like the UN. Certainly,a resolution slamming Sri Lanka on human rights that is co-sponsored by Somalia has to have hugecredibility, right? It would have been much better if India had put considerable pressure on Sri Lankabilaterally to get the Rajapakse government to move towards meaningful political devolution. By itself, Indiahas ways to get Colombo to see reason. Through the UN, this gets diluted to the point of being counter-productive. If anybody thinks that a ‘shaming’ UN resolution will get the Lankans moving, think again. Nowthey are more vulnerable to criticism of acting under ‘pressure’. We’re fairly familiar with this syndrome inIndia.

So should India’s Sri Lanka policy only be seen though a Tamil prism? We don’t send the foreign secretaryor NSA to complain to Islamabad every time Gujarati fishermen are harassed by Pakistan. But a massiveoutcry erupts from TN, as if our sovereignty is threatened, whenever fishermen are victimised by Sri Lanka.We’re also afraid to say that many of these fishermen are often out of line themselves. On the Lankan side,those affected by aggressive Indian fishing are also mostly Tamils. India needs to mull these issues as welook to outgrow being a small power. Frankly, in its actions, India is remarkably even-handed with some ofits biggest projects and investments in southern Sri Lanka. It’s just that the Sri Lanka discourse is mainlya Tamil one. We could look to nuance that.

Who are the biggest gainers out of this week’s UNHRC vote? First on my list would be the eager-for-revenge Tamil diaspora, many of who miss the old regime in Jaffna. Second would be the Chinese. Thirdwould be a bunch of activist NGOs. Having said that, Rajapakse’s feet should be held to the fire to pushhim to implement political reforms. Visitors to Sri Lanka these days complain that the country is movingcloser to the style of Myanmar’s junta rather than Indian democracy. Its northern areas are even akin to asecurity state. Yet, like with the Myanmar junta, India should use everything it has to push Colombo totake political steps.

31. According to the passage, which of the following options is the author most likely to agree with?(a) To grow out of being a small power, India should learn to bypass the UN when solving regional

issues.(b) India should have sought to influence Sri Lanka through its bilateral relations with the country.(c) The Tamils in India will be the biggest gainers from the UN vote.(d) Sri Lanka is moving towards Myanmar’s style of political rule.

32. It can be inferred that the author feels that India’s bilateral relations with Sri Lanka shouldA. be tinted with aspects that move away from just looking at the Tamil issue.B. ignore unnecessary discourse and complaints on the Tamil issue.C. be removed from the petty issues of being neighbours with Sri Lanka.

(a) Only A (b) A and B (c) B and C (d) All of the above


33. According to the passage, what is the flipside of the UN resolution?(a) It has made Sri Lanka more sensitive to criticism.(b) It has brought in some major political gains for China.(c) It is more likely now that Sri Lanka will be criticised for their action.(d) It has soured relations between India and Sri Lanka and especially the Tamil diaspora.

Directions for questions 34 and 35: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Four friends – F1, F2, F3 and F4 – visited the New Delhi World Book Fair 2012. Each of them bought adifferent book among Magic Island, Fragmented Frames, Unlikely Hero and Eternal Romantic. Theyunanimously decided that each of them would read all the four books in the next four weeks such that eachperson would read exactly one book in a week, and they would meet at the end of each of the first threeweeks to redistribute the books. It is also known that:(i) F3 was the first one to read Fragmented Frames, and F1 was not the last one to read the same.(ii) The first book read by each of the four friends was not the one which he/she had bought.(iii) The 2nd and the 3rd books read by F2 were Eternal Romantic and Fragmented Frames respectively.(iv) The 3rd book read by F4 was Unlikely Hero. The last book read by F3 was Eternal Romantic.(v) The last person who read Magic Island was not F2.

34. Who among the following did certainly not buy Magic Island?(a) F1 (b) F4 (c) F2 (d) F3

35. Which was the first book read by F1?(a) Unlikely Hero (b) Magic Island (c) Eternal Romantic (d) Fragmented Frames


Confucius inspired an entire school of Chinese thinkers. Probably the most illustrious thinker in his schoolwas Mencius. Much like Confucius, Mencius traveled in different states for several years attempting topersuade rulers to adopt his philosophy with little success. He is best known for his argument that humannature is inherently good. He argues that humans are born with the capacity for distinguishing betweenright and wrong. Individuals may not know from childhood which acts are acceptable and which ones arenot, but all children are capable of feeling shame, and once they learn which acts are good or bad, theyhave a natural tendency to approve of the former and disapprove of the latter.

His argument was aimed at countering the then-current theory that human nature consists only of evilappetites, but he also sought to reinvigorate the traditional idea subscribed to Confucius that morality wasdecreed by heaven. Mencius successfully broke down the rigid intellectual barrier between human tendenciesand heavenly decrees. He argued that morality is as much a part of human nature as selfish appetites, andthe biological drives are as much a part of heavenly decree or the natural world as morality is. Another ofMencius’ noteworthy arguments is his idea that the function of a ruler is to further the good of his subjects.If a ruler abuses his power, he is no longer acting as a ruler. Instead, he is just a “fellow,” and he has lostthe mandate of heaven. The people then have the right to rebel against him. Many of Mencius’ ideas can befound in his “dialogue” concerning the transfer of rule from Yao to Shun.

In many ways, Confucian philosophy is a middle-ground between the harsh doctrines of the Legalist schoolof philosophy and Taoism. Legalist philosophy adheres strictly to rules and custom, but it emphasizes


punishment and discipline, and it lacks the Confucian emphasis on kindness and contemplation. Likewise,the Confucian emphasis on rational practicality and common sense is something that Taoism lacks.

On the other hand, Taoist philosophy is in many ways much more flexible than Confucianism. Taoistwriters seek to avoid being “boxed” by rules, definitions and empty words. They encourage a sort of intuitiveand non-logical way of seeking balance in the world by resisting the desire to interfere with normal processesof nature. Taoism emphasizes wu wei—enlightened non-action rather than needless bustle and “busy-work” for its own sake. Legalism emphasizes wu yu—active attempts to modify human behaviour for thebetter by restraining the evil impulses of humanity in a rigid hierarchy of law. Confucianism, while notcompletely incompatible with either philosophy, suggests that thoughtful contemplation is necessary inmaking decisions rather than blindly following rules (the Legalist philosophy) or letting luck and intuitiondominate human behaviour (the Taoist philosophy). Confucianism thus rejects the Taoist notion that virtueshould be an almost-instinctive and unthinking reaction in the good man. While Confucianism shares thelegalist desire to maintain tradition and behave according to appropriate ritual and precedent, Confuciusrejects the rhetoric and imagery of violent conformity so often founded in Legalist documents. 36. According to the passage, which of the following views can be ascribed to Mencius’ philosophy?

(a) Even when young, people are capable of understanding what causes social disgrace.(b) The capacity to differentiate between right and wrong is inherent in human nature.(c) People are capable of understanding what is right for them.(d) Human tendencies should be held in check according to heavenly decrees.

37. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following options is the author most likely to

agree with?(a) Wu wei and wu yu are at two opposite ends of the spectrum of the philosophies.(b) Taoist philosophy emphasises working towards enlightenment rather than being involved in

mundane activities.(c) Confucianism maintains a middle-ground, while Taoism and Legalism are incompatible with

each other.(d) Taoist philosophy places an emphasis on instinct while Legalism aims to modify human behaviour

in its set form.

38. What is the tone of the author in the passage?(a) Descriptive (b) Opinionated (c) Elucidative (d) Discursive

39. Rita has four identical boxes labelled B1, B2, B3 and B4 respectively. B1 contains ‘Peanuts’, B2

contains ‘Biscuits’, B3 contains ‘Candies’ and B4 contains ‘Chips’. One day, in Rita’s absence, herson Byju mischievously interchanges the labels of some of the boxes. She somehow gets him toconfess that he has interchanged the labels of exactly three boxes but he refuses to identify them.What is the minimum number of boxes that she will have to open in order to ascertain the contentof each of the four boxes?(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3



Marinoff’s strongest competition, in fact, comes from the American Society for Philosophy Counseling andPsychotherapy (A.S.P.C.P.), which is devoted to precisely the opposite tack — seeking bridges to theestablished professions. According to Elliot D. Cohen, one of the society’s executive directors, who has aPh.D. in philosophy from Brown University and is a certified practitioner of rational emotive behavior therapy(REBT), a common form of talk therapy, “The biggest obstacle to philosophical counseling’s growth in theU.S. is its acceptance by the established mental health fields, because we’re the newest kid on the block.And what are people in those fields saying now? With Marinoff certifying people who have no clinicaltraining? They’re saying, ‘Philosophers don’t know anything about mental health, and they’re going toserve as an endangerment to clients.’”

As in the early days of psychoanalysis, and the famous rift between Freud and Jung, philosophical counselorsdisagree on everything from the best name — philosophical practice, public philosophy — to whether theyshould be trying to cure people, empower them or guide them to self-understanding. Thus far, only Cohenand Marinoff have branded easily comprehended techniques. Cohen’s logic-based therapy builds on thework of his mentor Albert Ellis, who invented REBT. Citing the ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus, andthe insight that it is not the events in our lives that cause us suffering but the way we interpret them, Ellissees much of our unhappiness as based on irrational assumptions, like demanding perfection from yourselfand others. Cohen teaches critical-thinking skills that help us identify those irrational assumptions andcorrect them.

Marinoff and other practitioners hold that we all have a philosophy of life, whether we know it or not, and thatwe can benefit from identifying that philosophy, making sure it helps us rather than hinders us — definingsuccess, say, in a way we might actually achieve it — and then strengthening it through dialogue with thegreat thinkers. Where Marinoff departs from the others, and sets their teeth on edge, is in the way hepackages the journey of philosophical self-improvement. In “Plato, Not Prozac!’’ for example, Marinoffoutlines a five-step “PEACE process’’ that seems ready-made for daytime TV: identify the Problem, takestock of your Emotions, Analyze your options, Contemplate your entire situation and then — voilà! —reach Equilibrium.

Citing privacy concerns, Marinoff declined to give contact information for any of his clients, but in “Plato,Not Prozac!’’ he includes a case study of “Doug,’’ a late-night-radio talk-show host. Doug sees his Problemas his inability to be happy without a woman to love and the impossibility of meeting a woman while heworks the graveyard shift. Doug’s Emotion is loneliness, and his Analysis of possible options turns up onlytwo: leaving his job or being lonely forever. That’s where Marinoff comes in.

40. Which of the following is the main objection that people in the established mental health fields haveagainst philosophical counseling?(a) Philosophical counseling poses danger to the clients.(b) Philosophical counselors need more training in mental health.(c) The techniques used in philosophical counselling are different from those used in conventional

health fields.(d) Philosophical counseling holds a view opposite to that held by established institutions like the

ASPCP.


41. Which of the following philosophies would Cohen most agree with?(a) “It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.”(b) “The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable.”(c) “The miserable have no other medicine but hope.”(d) “Money can’t buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”

42. Which of the following options can be inferred as the reason why practitioners of philosophicalcounseling differ from Marinoff?(a) His solutions are mass-produced and do not benefit the individual.(b) His solutions are packaged to gain publicity.(c) His solutions to problems are either black or white.(d) He presents a simplistic solution for philosophical self-improvement.

Directions for questions 43 and 44: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Ashish, Mohit, Pranjal and Saket secured the top four positions, in no particular order, in a summer projectcompetition called “The Daunting Venture 2012”. Each of them was from a different institute among IST,IPD, IDF and IFM and had a different project among P1, P2, P3 and P4. It is also known that:(i) The project of the person who secured the 4th position was P3 and he was from IFM.(ii) The person from IST secured the 2nd position.(iii) The project of the person who secured the 3rd position was P4.(iv) Mohit’s project was P2, and he did not secure the 2nd position.(v) Ashish was from IDF.

43. Who secured the 1st position?(a) Pranjal (b) Mohit (c) Saket (d) Cannot be determined

44. If Pranjal was not from IST, then what were the projects of Ashish and Saket respectively?(a) P3 and P4 (b) P4 and P3 (c) P4 and P2 (d) P4 and P1

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

The litany of misdeeds on Wall Street is long, and didn’t start in 2011. But it has become apparentthat the recession is not going to deal an equally tough blow to the wealthiest Americans than to therest of the country. Unemployment rates have remained stubbornly high — nearly 14 million peoplein the U.S. still can’t find work. Meanwhile, CEO pay and Wall Street bonuses have reboundedspectacularly, and sales at luxury retailers are soaring again — facts that the Occupy Wall Streetprotesters, who say they represent “the 99%”, are quick to point out. It’s not clear that the financialindustry and the rich in general created the U.S.’s uneven economic playing field.(a) But it is clear they are not bothered.(b) But it is clear that they aren’t trying very hard to change it.(c) But it is clear that the mood of the people is one of anger.(d) But it is clear they welcome the uneven economic playing field.



You probably sat in a fancier conference room the last time you refinanced or heard a pitch about lifeinsurance. There’s a table, some off-brand mesh office chairs, a bookcase that looks as if it hadbeen put together with an Allen wrench and instructions in Swedish. To reach this room, you passthrough a cubicle farm lightly populated by quiet young people. Either they have just arrived or theyare just leaving, because their desks are almost bare. The place has a vaguely familiar feel to it, thisair of transient shabbiness and nondescriptness. You can’t quite put your finger on it.(a) A bare desk seems to be the ‘in’ thing with the young.(b) Insurance offices are all the same.(c) Recession has hit office décor hard.(d) “It’s like the set of The Office,” someone offers.


When I came to live in Hyderabad a decade ago, a wise man, visibly drunk, told me that the threethings that mattered in Hyderabad were politics, astrology and cinema. Having lived in Delhi formany years, I understood politics as a mixture of sleaze, boasting about your proximity to the highand mighty and an eternal quest for freebies. Hyderabad taught me that politics was still old-fashioned rhetoric and high-decibel posturing. Politics effortlessly simulates the exaggerated kitschof Telugu cinema, with few and rare exceptions in either genre. The family resemblance betweenpolitics and cinema has been the staple of politics here in the last few decades, especially with filmstars regularly joining the queue for ‘serving the people’. Over the years I have seen allianceschange, ideologies dilute and governance collapse, but the level of noise and invective has remainedunchanged.(a) Delhi politics is very different from that of Hyderabad.(b) Telugu filmstars inevitably gravitate to politics.(c) It proves the old adage right, ‘the only constant is change’.(d) Politicians have publicly questioned the biological legitimacy of their rivals, the morals and

scruples of each other’s wives, sons and daughters and physically assaulted one another.

48. Five prisoners are kept in a prison cell. Two of them always lie and three always speak the truth.One day the jailer gets the information that one of the five is planning to escape the prison. Hequestions them and records the statements made by each of them.

Ruba: Gooba is a liar.Sooba: Neither Ruba nor I am planning to escape the prison.Looba: The person who is planning to escape the prison is either Tooba or Sooba.Gooba: One of Sooba and Looba is speaking the truth and other is lying.Tooba: Both Sooba and Looba are lying.

Who is planning to escape the prison?(a) Gooba (b) Tooba (c) Looba (d) Cannot be determined


49. Given below are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s)or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose themost appropriate option.

A. They are unhappy with the yoga guru for having allowed his supporters to wave his flags at JantarMantar.

B. The crowds were an affirmation for cynics who attritioned the public participation to a particularperson.

C. There was no appeal to Hazare from the government to call off his fast.D. Law minister Salman Khurshid said the government was ready to get the Lokpal bill passed, but

it could only be done through a consensus and not agitations.E. Hazare disapproved of the defaced walls of the Prime Minister’s residence by some of his

supporters on Saturday.

(a) A only (b) B and C (c) A, C and D (d) B, D and E

50. Given below are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s)or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose themost appropriate option.

A. The committee that is conducting the proceedings said government can do anything but peoplewill come out and join the Hazare movement.

B. The government can cut the grid, cut electricity, cut metro services, bus and auto services.C. But people will join the Anna Hazare’s movement.D. Delhi went without power for about eight hours on Monday due to collapse of the Northern Grid.E. This resulted in power outages in the capital with water distribution and Metro services largely

affected.

(a) A only (b) B and E (c) C, D and E (d) A, C and D

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

Trade(a) They offer discounts to the trade.(b) He traded in his old car for a new Mercedes.(c) They trade in people’s insecurity to sell them insurance.(d) We’re going to trade up to a larger house.

52. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choosethe one that fills the gaps most appropriately.

New York Times foreign affairs columnist has made a career out of offering simple minded _________about globalization and the triumphant entrepreneurial zeal of corporate CEOs- that is when notbanging the drums for war and ___________ the United States to wage violence on people onpeople living in weaker states.

(a) clichés, misleading (b) truisms, encouraging(c) platitudes, exhorting (d) homilies, convincing


53. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choosethe one that fills the gaps most appropriately.

A mapmaker’s nightmare, it was, at best, a possible _________ and at worst a/an _______. It gavefifty seven percent of Palestine to the Jewish people despite the fact that two-thirds of its populationand more than half of its land was Arab.

(a) trade off, anathema (b) compromise, abomination(c) surrender, horror (d) conciliation, compromise

54. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logicalorder to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriateone.

A. About 4% of the American adult population report having driven under the influence of a drugother than alcohol, overwhelmingly marijuana.

B. Driving simulation studies with experienced marijuana users suggest that when people haveconsumed high doses of the drug, there’s an increased risk of accident.

C. People who drive within three hours of smoking marijuana are at nearly twice the risk of being inan accident compared with sober drivers, according to a new review of the research.

D. But that unlike with alcohol, users are aware of their impairment.E. They tend to drive more cautiously, rather than with greater recklessness.

(a) ACBDE (b) CBADE (c) BDAEC (d) CABDE


A. That controversial effort was funded in part by the White House.B. Still, pollsters found a 5-percent jump in the number of respondents who say the officers have

been acting inappropriately, a spike likely stemming from a recent string of articles from theAssociated Press that showed that the NYPD monitored ordinary Muslims, including collegestudents, both inside and outside of New York state limits.

C. A new poll out Tuesday suggests that a majority of New Yorkers approve of how the NYPD treatsthe city’s Muslims, despite recent revelations about the department’s controversialcounterterrorism program that monitors those with no known ties to terrorist groups.

D. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 58 percent of the NYC voters say that they thought theNYPD treated Muslims “fairly,” compared with 29 percent who said the police were unfair andanother 13 percent who were undecided on the matter.

E. Furthermore, more than eight in 10 respondents said they believe the NYPD’soverall counterterrorism efforts have proved effective.

(a) DECBA (b) CDEBA (c) CDBEA (d) DEBCA



A. I have a job and an apartment; I know how to read and vote; I make regular, mostly autonomousdecisions about what to eat for lunch.

B. Symptoms of XX, which affects slightly more than half of the American population, includebreasts, ovaries, a uterus, a menstrual cycle, and the potential to bear and nurse children.

C. All my adult life, I’ve been pretty sure I’m a sentient, even semi-competent human being.D. But in the past couple of months, certain powerful figures in media and politics have cracked

open that certitude.E. You see, like most women, I was born with the chromosome abnormality known as “XX”, a

deviation of the normative “XY” pattern.

(a) BCADE (b) ACDBE (c) CADEB (d) CADBE

57. Given below are a few sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicised. From theitalicised words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentencesare followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete theset of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.

The river had fretted (A)/fritted (B) an underground passage.She was a fervid (A)/febrile (B) supporter of the cause.He was not daunted (A)/vaunted (B) by the task ahead but bore up bravely.These commendable qualities conduce (A)/traduce (B) to success no matter which field you workin.We could see to the very bottom of the limpid (A)/ sapid (B) pond.

(a) BABAB (b) BBABA (c) AABAB (d) AAAAA


Motilal, Nakul, Ojal, Pankaj and Rajiv, whose hometowns are Aamgarh, Jamgarh, Ramgarh, Shangarh andWangarh, not necessarily in the same order, are standing in a queue to buy bus tickets to go to theirrespective hometowns. The ticket price (in �) for each of them is a different integer among 11, 12, 13, 14and 15. It is also known that:(i) The first person in the queue pays �14 for the ticket. He is not Pankaj.(ii) The persons who pay �11 and �15 for the tickets are from Ramgarh and Jamgarh respectively.(iii) The ticket of Ojal, who is standing between Nakul and Rajiv, is cheaper than that of exactly three

persons. Ojal is from neither Aamgarh nor Wangarh.(iv) The person standing immediately in front of Motilal is from Ramgarh and the one immediately

behind Motilal is from Wangarh.(v) Pankaj, who is not from Jamgarh, pays more for the ticket than Nakul, who is not from Aamgarh.

58. Whose hometown is Wangarh?(a) Motilal (b) Nakul (c) Pankaj (d) Rajiv


59. Which of the following is the correct order of the ticket prices (in �) for Motilal, Nakul, Ojal, Pankajand Rajiv respectively?(a) 14, 11, 12, 13 and 15 (b) 15, 11, 12, 13 and 14(c) 13, 14, 12, 11 and 15 (d) None of these

60. From the front of the queue, what are the positions of Motilal and Nakul respectively?(a) 2nd and 3rd (b) 2nd and 4th (c) 4th and 3rd (d) 3rd and 4th

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