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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

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In a class of 321 students 321 stationary items are distributed such that every student gets exactly 1
item. There are six different items that are distributed among these students namely Pen, Pencil,
Erase, Scale, Note and Sharpener. The following line – graph provides information about the number
of students who received Pen, Pencil, Erase, Scale, Note and Sharpener.

The students exchanged the items among themselves and after they stopped further exchanging, it was noted
that no student had the same item that he/she had earlier. Even after the exchange every students has exactly
one item.
• Among the students that originally had pen, the number of students now having Pencil, Note and Sharpener
is 7, 12 and 9 respectively.
• Among the students that originally had Pencil, the numbers of students now having Eraser and scale is 3 and
9 respectively.
• Among the students that originally had Eraser, the number of students now having Pen, Note and Sharpener
is 4, 9, and 11 respectively.
• Among the students that originally had Scale, the number of students now having Pen, Pencil, Eraser is 8, 7
and 9 respectively.
• Among the students that originally had Note, the number of students now having Pen, Pencil and Sharpener
is 7, 6and 20 respectively.
• Among the students that originally had Sharpener, the number of students now having Eraser and Note is 18
and 16 respectively.

Q1. Among the students that originally had Pen, at least how many students must now have Scale?
a) 5
b) 3
c) 2
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d) 1
e) 6

Q2. ) If out of the students that originally had Pen, the number of students now having Scale is the number
of the students that now have Sharpener and Scale 8, then find out of the students that now have Eraser?
a) 5
b) 3 Page | 2
c) 4
d) 6
e) 12

Q3. If among the students that originally had Note, the number of students now having Eraser is 1 more
than the number of students now having Scale, then find the difference between the number of the
students that now have Sharpener and Scale
a) 4
b) 3
c) 5
d) 6
e) 12

Q4. If among the students that originally had Sharpener, the number of students now having Eraser is twice
the number of students now having Pen, then find out among the students that now having Scale which is
one student more than the number of students that now having Pen?
a) 10
b) 9
c) 16
d) 15
e) 18

Q5. If among the students that originally had Pencil, the number of students now having Note is same as the
number of students now having Scale, then find among the students that originally had Sharpener, the
number of students now having pen
a) 7
b) 9
c) 8
d) 6
e) 10

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions Given graph shows the
percentage of interest in various schemes

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In graph percentage of total amount invested by Lalita in different schemes

There was four generations in a family tree Sohan, Sohan father, grandfather, great grandfather.
The great grandfather whose age was 85 years in 1862 has 50000 of property with him whom he
sold to a zamindar and invested it in the scheme A at simple interest. He died in 1870. After his
death, Sohan grandfather received total amount. He invested it in scheme B in the year 1991 at
compound interest and died after 2 years on the date of investment. After that Sohan father
received Rs. 25 less than the total amount and he invested the amount partly in scheme A at
compound interest and partly in the scheme D at simple interest. The ratio of investment done by
Sohan father in scheme A to scheme D is 3:4

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Q6. Find the amount received by Sohan if his father dies after three years of investment?
a) Rs.135870
b) Rs.148710
c) Rs.152201
d) Rs.135403
e) None of these Page | 4

Q7. Lalita invested Rs.80000 according to the investment plan. What will be the difference in
interest earned if she invests all her money in simple interest for 4 years and compound interest
for 2 years following the investment plan?
a) Rs.97104
b) Rs.31480
c) Rs.21379
d) Rs.21889
e) Rs.17699

Q8 Lalita invested all her money in scheme B at compound interest for 3 years while her sister
Babita invested all her money in scheme D at compound interest for 4 years. Total amount
received by Lalita is approximately what percent to the total amount received by Babita, if the
ratio of amount invested by Lalita to Babita is 5: 3?
a) 209%
b) 220%
c) 231%
d) 198%
e) 239%

Q9. Find the relation between the following two quantities:


Quantity I: Difference between the interests earned by Lalita on investing in scheme B at simple
interest for 3 years and in scheme C at compound interest for 2 years investing Rs. X
Quantity II: Sum of interest earned by Lalita on investing in scheme A and scheme C at simple for 2
years investing Rs. X
a) Quantity I > Quantity II
b) Quantity I < Quantity II
c) Quantity I = Quantity II (or) Relationship cannot be determined
d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
e) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II

Q10 Quantity I: Highest interest earned by Lalita investing at simple interest for 4 years investing
Rs.10000
Quantity II: Amount received by Lalita investing in scheme C at compound interest for 2 years
investing Rs.10000
a) Quantity I > Quantity II
b) Quantity I < Quantity II
c) Quantity I = Quantity II (or) Relationship cannot be determined
d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
e) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
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Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A survey was conducted in a school to find out what the students likes in their canteen for snacks.
Each student likes only one of the following snacks. Once the survey complete, the surveyor built the
Venn diagram.
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The students like one out of exactly two types of fruits – apples (represented by the orange colour
region in the fruits circle) and strawberries (represented by the yellow colour region in the fruits
circle). They like one out of the ice creams and jellies – ice creams (represented by the red colour
region in the circle) and jellies (represented by the green colour region in the circle). Some likes
apple flavoured ice creams (represented by the pink colour region in the circle). Some likes
strawberry flavoured ice creams (represented by violet colour region in the circle). Some likes apple
flavoured jellies (represented by the brown colour region in the circle). Some likes strawberry
flavoured jellies (represented by blue colour region in the circle). The following information also
known,
1). 320 students likes only fruits and 240 students likes only ice cream (no flavoured).
2). 250 students like apples (either as fruit or flavoured ice cream or flavoured jellies).
3). 180 students like only jellies (no flavoured) and students like apple flavoured ice creams is 30
more than the apple flavoured jellies.
4). Students like strawberry flavoured jellies is half of the students like apple flavoured ice cream.
5). Students like strawberry flavoured ice cream is thrice the students like strawberry flavoured
jellies.
6). Total students in the school is 1030.

Q11. Find the number of students like only strawberry?


a) 100
b) 120
c) 200
d) 300
e) 180

Q12. What is the ratio of the number of students like strawberry (either as fruits or flavoured ice
cream or flavoured jellies) to the number of students like apple flavoured ice creams?
a) 4: 5
b) 9: 2
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c) 3: 5
d) 7: 5
e) 2: 3

Q13. Number of students like Jellies is what percentage of the number of students like
strawberry? Page | 6
a) 60%
b) 50%
c) 80%
d) 75%
e) 90%

Q14. If the ratio of boys to girls like strawberry flavoured ice cream is 7: 5, then find the number of
girls like strawberry flavoured ice cream
a) 40
b) 45
c) 80
d) 60
e) None of these

Q15. What is the difference between the number of students like flavoured ice cream and the
flavoured jellies?
a) 110
b) 120
c) 130
d) 90
e) 80

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Q16. If in 2018 the total population of the seven villages together was 20% less than that of year
2019. Approximately, what will be population of village D in that year above poverty line? (note –
Population distribution percentage and Population below poverty line percentage for each Village
is same for both year)

(a) 15000

(b) 3000

(c) 8000

(d) 12000

(e) 9000

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Q17. If population of village B and E are increased by 20% and 16% respectively in year 2020 over
year 2019, then find the ratio of difference of population below poverty line in 2020 and in 2019 in
village E to that of village B. (note – % poverty is same for year 2020 as year 2019)

(a) 275/296
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(b) 296/275

(c) 285/296

(d) 296/285

(e) 217/275

Q18. What is the approximate average of population below poverty line for all 7 villages in year
2019 ?

(a) 9260

(b) 7850

(c) 8460

(d) 9020

(e) 8960

Q19. If ratio of male and female in village G is 5:3, then find the sum of male population above
poverty line and female population below poverty line in village G. Ratio of female and male
population below poverty line in village G is 7:8.

(a) 9375

(b) 8025

(c) 9075

(d) 8025

(e) 5925

Q20. In year 2020, below poverty line population increased to 25% in village A while above
poverty line population increased by 10%. What is the percentage increase/decrease in Total
Population of village A in 2020?

(a) 14%

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(b) 24%

(c) 15%

(d) 12%

(e) 16% Page | 9

Data given below shows number of persons travel in three type of vehicles (car, bus and train)
from three cities (X, Y and Z) on a particular day.

• 32% of travelers of city X travel by car. Out of remaining 25% travel by bus and remaining by
train. Number of persons who travel by car from city Y is 25% more than the persons
travelling by car from city X. Ratio of no. of persons who travel by train from city X to that
from city Y is 3 : 4. Total number of persons who travel form city Y is 40% more than that of
city X.

• Number of persons who travel by car from city Z is 24% of the person who travel by bus and
train together from city Y. Total number of persons who travel from city Z is 62.5% of
persons who travel from city X. Number of person who travel from city X by bus and train
together is 472 more than no. of person who travel from city Z by bus and train together.

Q21. What will be the minimum number of cars required so that total no. of person who travel by
car from city X can travel, if maximum 4 people can sit together in a car?
(a) 128
(b) 256
(c) 384
(d) 512
(e) 640

Q22. Find the difference between the total travelers from city Y to total travelers from city X.
(a) 520
(b) 560
(c) 600
(d) 640
(e) 680

Q23. Number of persons who travel by train from city Z is 20% more than number of person who
travel by bus from same city. Find the number of persons who travel by train from city Z.
(a) 280
(b) 336
(c) 300
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(d) 360
(e) 356

Q24. Find the average number of person who travel by car from all cities together?
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(a) 460
(b) 486
(c) 512
(d) 538
(e) 564

Find the wrong term in the given number series.

Q25. 2 3 11 38 101 227


(a)2
(b)11
(c)38
(d)101
(e)227

Directions (26 – 30): Veer left Delhi at 11:00 A.M. for Lucknow by bus. Lucknow is (P) km away from
Delhi. Speed of bus is (Q) km/hr. At 12:12 P.M. or after th of P, bus stopped due to some technical
issues. Veer starts walking at 12 km/hr in the direction of Lucknow to eat something and he stopped
at a Dhaba which is 6 kms away from the point where bus stopped. Veer finished eating in 5
minutes. After eating, Veer took the same bus which is moving at 125% of Q and he met his friend
Sameer at 5:47 P.M. when he was just 118 km away from Lucknow at a road side shop. Both talked
for 30 minutes and decided that they will have a race to find who reaches Lucknow first. Sameer is
running at a speed of (R) km/hr, while Veer is running with 400/3% of his walking speed. Sameer
reached Lucknow 88.5 minutes earlier than Veer.

After reaching Lucknow, Sameer and Veer starts working on a task, Veer alone can complete the task
in 20 hours and Sameer alone takes 20% more time than Veer to complete the same task. With the
help of Ayush (who is 100/3% less efficient than Veer), they completed the same task together
in (S) hours and they earned Rs. 21,600 as their wages on completion of the task. All three have
invested their wages in a partnership business for two years and profit share of Veer is (T) out of
total profit of Rs. 27,900.

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Q26. What is the ratio of value of Q to that of the value of P?

(a)1:8

(b) 1:9

(c) 2:15 Page | 11

(d)2:21

(e)3: 25

Q27. Value of Q is what times of value of R?

(a) 3 times

(b) 2 times

(c)8 times

(d)4 times

(e)6 times

Q28. What is the value of S?

(a)5 hours

(b) 10 hours

(c)9 hours

(d)6 hours

(e)8 hours

Q29.

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Q30. Veer invested his profit share in a scheme for two years which offers CI at 20% per annum.
Find the compound interest received in 2nd year?

(a)Rs 8490

(b) Rs 8370
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(c)Rs 8600

(d)Rs 8210

(e)Rs 8420

Study the following graphs carefully to answer the following questions.


The following table shows the total number of mouse produced by different companies in 5 different
years.
The bar graph shows the percentage of defective mouse out of total produced by each company
every year.
Note: In table some data are missing. Find them first if they are required in any question and then
proceed.

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Q31. Total number of non-defective mouse produced by HP in the years 2008 and 2011 together is
what percent more or less than that by Lenovo in 2010 and 2012 together. Total mouse produced
by Lenovo in 2010 is 21.875% less than that in 2012. (find approximate value)
(a) 12.5%
(b) 16.5%
(c) 10%
(d) 18.5%
(e) 14.5%

Q32. What is the average number of defective mouse produced by Dell in the years 2008, 2010
and 2012 together? (It is given that ratio of mouse produced by Dell in 2008 and 2010 is 4 : 5 and
total mouse produced by Dell in all the years together is 2,12,000)
(a) 4550
(b) 6440
(c) 5440

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(d) 6550
(e) None of these

Q33. If production cost of one mouse of Lenovo company in all the given years is Rs. 60 then find
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the total loss of Lenovo company in 2009, 2010 and 2011 together. Average production of mouse
by Lenovo in all the given years is 49,600 and number of mouse produced by Lenovo in 2010 is
6000 more than that produced in 2009.
(a) Rs. 8,62,800
(b) Rs. 9,63,600
(c) Rs. 12,73,600
(d) Rs. 11,73,600
(e) None of these

Q34. What is the difference between non-defective mouse produced by all companies in 2012 and
2011 ? Mouse produced by Acer in 2011 is same as that by Lenovo in the same year and mouse
produced by Acer in 2012 is same as that by Dell in 2012.
(a) 34,560
(b) 32,450
(c) 32,960
(d) 38,460
(e) 35,580

Q35. Cost of one Acer mouse in all the given years is Rs. 90 and it is sold at a profit of 33 ⅓% in all
the given years. Find the total profit earned by Acer on selling all mouse in all the given years. (use
the data found in Que. 4)
(a) Rs. 24,65,600
(b) Rs. 18,75,400
(c) Rs. 28,75,200
(d) can’t be determined
(e) None of these

LOGICAL REASONING

Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight persons were born in eight different years - 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001 and
2006 their ages are calculated in the year of 2019 but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of
them wears different colour shirt Red, Pink, Grey, White, Blue, Black, Yellow and Green but not
necessarily in the same order. F was born in even numbered year. Only one person was born
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between E and the one who wears Red, was born after E. As many persons was born before E was
born after G. The one who wears pink shirt was born after the one who wears Grey. The one who
wears yellow shirt was born immediately after G. D’s age is a square number. Two persons were
born between D and the one who wears Black. More than three persons were born between the one
who wears White and the one who wears Grey. H wears Blue and was born in odd numbered year.
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before A, who was born before C. B does not wear Grey.

Q1. What is the sum of ages of A and G (in years)?


a) 35
b) 49
c) 39
d) 40
e) None of these

Q2. Four of the following five are like in a certain way based on the above arrangement. Find which
one does not belongs to the group?
a) D-Blue
b) B-White
c) A-Green
d) E-Black
e) G-Pink

Q3. Which of the following statement is true?


a) As many persons was born before C was born after H
b) One person was born between A and the one who wears Black
c) Less than three persons were born between C and the one who wears Red
d) More than two persons were born after A
e) E is 5 years younger than G

Q4. How many persons were born between B and the one who wears Yellow?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) None of these

Q5. If D is related to Pink, G is related to Green, F is related to which of the following?


a) None
b) Red
c) Grey
d) White
e) None of these

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F,G and H are sitting in a row not necessarily in the same order. Some of
them are facing north while some of them are facing south. They buy different cars i.e. Honda, Kia,
Suzuki,Tata, Hyundai, MG, BMW, Audi but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who buy Tata sits fifth to the right of F and both of them are facing same direction. The
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corner. C buy Hyundai and faces south direction. Only one person sits to the left of F. D buy MG sits
third to the left of the one who buy Suzuki. The immediate neighbour of C faces opposite directions
(if one faces north then other faces south or vice versa). H sits at the corner and faces north
direction. G who faces south and buy Audi sits second to the right of H. A does not buy Suzuki and
Tata and faces north. B faces north direction and is not an immediate neighbour of E. F buy BMW. C
sits second to the right of D. H is not an immediate neighbor of one who buy Tata.

Q6. Who sits third to the left of A?


(a) G
(b) B
(c) The one who buy Honda
(d) The one who buy Hyundai
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following sits at the corner?


(a) D
(b) C
(c) G
(d) The one who buy Kia
(e) None of these

Q8. G buy which of the following car?


(a) Hyundai
(b) Suzuki
(c) Kia
(d) Honda
(e) None of these

Q9. How many persons face south direction?


(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based from a group, find the one that does
not belong to that group?
(a) E
(b) H
(c) C
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(d) G
(e) D

Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions.

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numbered as I to V from west to east. Each building contains different number of floors such as two
to six floors not in numerical order. All the floors are in same height and bottom floor is 1st and
above is 2nd floor and so on. Note: In each building persons lives in alternate floor remaining should
be vacant floor. No two persons live in consecutive floors in any building. Each building is painted
either with Green and Yellow colours. No same colour is painted to building immediate to each
other. M and N lives in the same building but neither M nor N lives in 1st floor. P lives above M floor
in different building. Difference between both end building floors is same as difference between 2nd
and 4th building floors. Except M and N no one lives in that building. D, L and F are lives in the same
floor but not in the 2nd floor. No one lives below or above of both L and C. Building with 5 floor is
second from one end and west of three floor building. Both O and P live in the same green colour
building. M’s building is west of III building. F lives in the IV building, in 1 st floor and neither lives
with O nor P in the building. Building with six floors is second from one of the end. Yellow colour is
painted next to the highest floor building. W lives in the top most floor of same colour building as D.
The building I does not contains odd number of floors. Both J and C lives to the east of L’s building
above 2nd floor of different buildings. M lives above J’s floor but on different building.

Q11) Which of the following is/are true regarding to the information?

a) J and O lives in the same floor.

b) W and F are in the same building

c) C lives in the yellow colour building

d) All are true

e) None of these

Q12) How many floors are between F and W?

a) One.

b) Four.

c) Three.

d) One

e) None of the above


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c) First

d) Third

e) None of these

Q14) How many building are between the building in which N and J lives?

a) One.

b) Four

c) Three.

d) Two.

e) None of these

Q15) In the given following, who does not belong to the group?

a) C.

b) M.

c) L.

d) J.

e) O

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Twelve boxes O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z are bought in the four different months i.e. January,
February, March, and April. Each month has three different dates 7, 14, and 21. Each box contains
different weight 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, and 34 but not necessarily in the same
order. Box P is bought in the month has less than 31 days. Box Z is just after the box which has 20kg.
There are three boxes between P and V, which has 20kg. Box P is bought one of the boxes before
box V. Box T is bought on 21st in any one of these months. Box U is bought just after the box has
34kg. Box T bought in the month of neither January nor March. There are two boxes between T and
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the box which has 16kg and both these boxes are bought on the same date. Box Z is neither 18kg nor
16kg. Box R just before the box has 16kg. Box u is bought in the month has not less than 31 days.
There are three boxes between Q and Y, which has 14kg. Box O has 26kg, is bought on 7th but in the
month has not less than 31 days. Box Y is bought in the month neither April nor June. Box Q does not
buy on 21st. The box which has 12kg is bought just before W. Box W is bought neither 14th nor
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has less than 30 days. There is only one box between the boxes which has 18kg and S, which has
32kg.

Q16) Which among the following boxes are bought in the month of March?

a) O, R, U

b) X, P, T

c) Z, Q, W

d) Y, S, V

e) None of these

Q17) Which one of the following box is bought just after box O?

a) The box which has 34kg

b) S

c) U

d) The box which has 28kg

e) None of these

Q18) What is the total weight of the boxes which are bought in the month of February?

a) 68kg.

b) 70kg.

c) 72kg

d) 74kg

e) None of these

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b) One.

c) Two. Page | 20

d) Three.

e) None of these

Q20) Box Q bought in which one of the following months?

a) January

b) February.

c) March.

d) April

e) None of these

Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

8 Farmers namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S grow different crops viz. Bajra, Rice, Wheat, Jute,
Sugarcane, Cotton, Maize and Pulses (Not necessarily in that order). They get water from different
rivers – Banas, Saryu, Betwa, Sindh, Hindon, Chambal, Gomti and Son. Origins of these rivers are
Aravali, Shaharanpur, Manpur, Amarkantak, Pilibhit, Karnali, Malwa and Vindhya. These rivers have
different lengths viz; 350, 400, 470, 512, 590, 784, 900 and 960 (in Kms). L and N grow wheat and
jute not necessarily in that order. River Hindon, which has a length in the multiple of 100 supports
Sugarcane cultivation. The sum of the lengths of River Hindon and the river which originates from
Malwa is 870. The sum of the lengths of the rivers originating from Aravali and Pilibhit is less than
1500 Km. Length of river Chambal is not a multiple of 100. Neither P nor R grows maize. The second
longest river supports the cultivation of Maize and originates from Pilibhit. River Son does not
originate from Karnali. Q grows Bajra which is supported by river Banas. Length of the river Banas is
not a multiple of 10 and it originates either from Vindhya or from Aravali. River Betwa which
originates from Vindhya, supports wheat cultivation. Neither River Chambal nor River Gomti is 470
Km long. The length of river originating from Manpur is a multiple of 3 but not 900 and water of the
same river is used by M. Length of River Amarkantak is more than the length of the river from
Vindhya. Rice is supported by Saryu river, which is the smallest river. River having length 400 Km,
originates from Shaharanpur. The river which is the smallest does not support the cultivation of R’s
crop. Pulses are grown by S with the water from River Son. N’s crop is dependent on the river which
originates from Malwa

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a) Bajra
b) Wheat
c) Cotton
d) Sugarcane
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Q22. Which of the following is correct in terms of the length of the river?
a) Saryu – 350 Km b) Son – 900 Km
c) Chambal – 960 Km
d) Banas – 590 Km
e) Both a) and c)

Q23. If Bajra is related to Aravali, Sugarcane is related to Shahranpur in the same way, Wheat is
related to which of the following places?
a) Karnali
b) Vindhya
c) Manpur
d) Amarkantak
e) None of the above

Q24. M and Q are supported by the water of which of the following rivers?
a) Malwa and Vindhya
b) Aravali and Amarkantak
c) Manpur and Pilibhit
d) Manpur and Aravali
e) Pilibhit and Karnali

Q25. M grows which of the following crops?


a) Bajra
b) Wheat
c) Cotton
d) Sugarcane
e) Cannot be determined

Q26. If ‘M × N’ means ‘M is the daughter of N’, ‘M + N’ means ‘M is the father of N’, ‘M ÷ N’ means
‘M is the mother of N’ and ‘M – N’ means ‘M is the brother of N’, then in the expression R ÷ Z + M
– U × X, how is R related to X?
(a) Mother
(b) Aunt
(c) Sister-in-law
(d) Daughter-in-law
(e) None of these

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a family of seven people, there are two couples and three generations. G is the grandchild of B. B
is married to A. E is the father of G.A is father in law of F. E is brother of D and C .C is uncle of G.

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Q27. How is D related to G?
(a) Father
(b) Uncle
(c) Aunt
(d) Mother
(e) can’t be determined

Q28. Which of the following symbols should replace the sign (@) and (%) respectively in the given
expression in order to make the expression B ≥ C and H > K definitely true?
B≥D≥F=E=K@C≤A%H
(a) ≤, =
(b) ≤, ≤
(c) >, ≤
(d) =, <
(e) ≥, <

In these questions, relationships between elements are shown in the statements. These
statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer-
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Q29. Statements: G≤F=L≤J; J≤K=H


Conclusions: I. H=G II. G<H

Answer the following questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
PG5OS2#A&LN1M3GBR9D6Y4%J7E

Q30. If first 13 element of the series are written in reverse order, then which of the following
element is 8th to the left of the element which is 10th from the right end in the new arrangement?
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(b) S
(c) 2
(d) O
(e) None of these
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Each of these questions is based on the following information:


(i) A & B means A is 8m west of B.
(ii) A % B means A is 9m South of B.
(iii) A * B means A is 5m North of B.
(iv) A @ B means A is 2m East of B.

Q31. If the expression ‘J*T%U@B*D&R’ is true, what is the Shortest distance between D and T?
(a) 2√5m
(b) 3m
(c) 4m
(d) 7m
(e) None of these

Q32. If the expression ‘H&Q%P&F*M@X’ is true, what is the direction of H with respect to X?
(a) West
(b) North-east
(c) South West
(d) South-East
(e) None of these

Q33. If the expression ‘A%Z*E@S%Y@I*B’ is true, what is the Shortest distance between B and A?
(a) 9m
(b) 10m
(c) 8m
(d) 7m
(e) None of these

Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.


In a certain code language:
Amazing Right Bench Judgment – MF# SR@ XV@ MN@

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Months Failure Against Stop – LG# IZ@ HT@ SL#
Resume Authority Previous Garbage- NV# GF@ FI# TZ@

Q34. What will be the code of ‘Ordered’?


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(a) VI@
(b) WI#
(c) IV#
(d) DI@
(e) None of these

Q35. What will be the code of “Comment against”?


(a) GL@ GT@
(b) ML# GT@
(c) GT# HT@
(d) HT@ ML@
(e) None of these

Q36. What will be the code of “Activism”?


(a) NZ#
(b) HZ#
(c) HX@
(d) RX#
(e) None of these

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers
rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and
rearrangement.
Input: art spotlight 43 22 issue 30 term 15 other 25 festival 35 10
Step I: 43 art 22 issue 30 term 15 other 25 festival 35 10 spotlight
Step II: 43 10 art 22 issue 30 term 15 other 25 35 festival spotlight
Step III: 43 10 35 art 22 30 term 15 other 25 issue festival spotlight
Step IV: 43 10 35 22 art 30 term 15 25 other issue festival spotlight
Step V: 43 10 35 22 25 art 30 15 term other issue festival spotlight
Step VI: 43 10 35 22 25 30 15 art term other issue festival spotlight
As per the rules followed in the steps given above, find out in each of the following questions the
appropriate step for the given input.
Input: method 22 world 7 68 after 89 national 94 cricket 51

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Q37. Which of the following element third from left in step IV?
(a) after
(b) 51
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(d) 94
(e) None of these

Q38. What is the difference between the elements which is 4th from the right end in step II and
which is 3rd from left end in step V?
(a) 35
(b) 43
(c) 40
(d) 22
(e) None of these

Q39. Which of the following element 3rd from the left of 5th element from right in step II?
(a) world
(b) 7
(c) 68
(d) method
(e) None of these

Q40. What is the difference of the digits of the number which is 4th from the left end in step V?
(a) 5
(b) 1
(c) 6
(d) 2
(e) None of these

Q41. Which of the following element is exactly between ‘51’ and ‘method’ in step III?
(a) after
(b) 68
(c) world
(d) 7
(e)None of these

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In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between
“Strong” arguments and “Weak” arguments in so far as they relate to the question. “Strong”
arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. “Weak”
arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the
question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.
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Q42.Statement: Should Former Indian players, who have played for India on International level, be
allowed to work as coach for the team of other countries?
Arguments:
I. Yes, that experience which does not harm one’s nation must be used to benefit others.
II. No, this will put the prestige of the country in danger because these coaches will reveal our
team’s weaknesses to other teams.
(a) If only argument I is strong.
(b) If only argument II is strong.
(c) If either I or II is strong.
(d) If neither I nor II is strong
(e) If both I and II are strong.

In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. 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.

Q43. Statements: Instead of burning the leaves, bury them in compost pits, by which it gets
converted to natural manure, making it beneficial for the soil. A notice issued in public interest by
Department of Environment
Assumptions:
I. Whenever leaves are burnt in the open, the air gets laden with tiny particulate matter which raises
air pollution to alarming levels, which cause severe respiratory disorders and eye infections to those
exposed to it.
II. Benefits gained from ashes of leaves burnt are not as much as the benefits gained from the
natural manure obtained from leaves by burring it.

(a) If only assumption I is implicit


(b) If only assumption II is implicit
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(c) If either I or II is implicit
(d) If neither I nor II is implicit
(e) If both I and II are implicit

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In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You
have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions
together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the
information given in the statement.

Q44. Statements: We should inform all our officers not to read newspapers during office hours -
Chief Manager tells. Chief Administrator.

Conclusions:

I. Reading newspapers during office hours is desirable.

II. Office efficiency will not increase by stopping this.

(a) Only conclusion I follows

(b) Only conclusion II follows

(c) Either I or II follows

(d) Neither I nor II follows

(e) Both I and II follow

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and
III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the three
given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Q45. Statement: In one of the worst accidents in railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus
carrying them collided on to a running train.

Courses of Action:

I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.

II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.

III. The railway authority should be asked to man all its level crossings.

(a) None follows


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(a) Only III follows

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Verbal Ability

In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may
not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct
combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically
and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the
sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.

Q1. The modest turnouts (1) in Maharashtra and Haryana could have been lethargy (2), considering
the expected (3) that had loomed over the Assembly election (4) campaigns in both States.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-1
(d) 2-4
(e) None of these

Q2. With fundamental (1) over the corporate tax cut fading (2), the government needs to address
(3) issues euphoria (4) to the economy.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-1
(d) 2-4
(e) None of these

Q3. Governments played a catalyst (1) role, ranging from (2) leader to vital (3) or supporter, in Asia’s
half-century of development (4).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-1
(d) 2-4
(e) None of these
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(3) and record (4) their memories.
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(c) 3-1
(d) 2-4
(e) None of the

Q5. In order (1) to upskill its organised (2), Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
recently employees (3) an eight-day audio-visual workshop (4).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-4
(c) 3-1
(d) 2-3
(e) None of these

There are three sentences given in each question. Find the sentence(s) which is/are grammatically
correct and mark your answer choosing the best possible alternative among the five given below
each question. If all sentences are correct, choose (e) i.e., “all are correct” as your answer choice.

Q6.
(I) The electoral process in India is becoming increasingly advance in terms of use of data.
(II) Having made bus rides free for women, the AAP government has to now make sure there is
enough buses.
(III) If the proposed institution is to make a real difference, then it must partner with educational
institutions across the country.
(a) only (I)
(b) only (II)
(c) only (III)
(d) both (II) and (III)
(e) All are correct

Q7.
(I) The present variant of strident nationalism has a new complication in the form of digital
multiplications and algorithm-driven manipulation.
(II) In a fast-changing global environment, resources need to be concentrated on a limited number of
objectives, to be achieved within a defined time-frame.
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(III) The scheme of 20,000 litres of free water to every household every month will be continued, but
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(a) only (I)
(b) only (II)
(c) only (III)
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(e) All are correct

In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts out of
which last part (E) given in bold is correct. There are errors in some parts of the sentence out of
which only one part is correct. You must choose the part as your answer.

Q8. The market condition when (A)/good and services are (B)/ not free available(C) /and thus the
prices is (D)/ relatively high in seller’s market. (E)
(a)The market condition when
(b)good and services are
(c)not free available
(d)and thus the prices is
(e)All are incorrect

Q9. The Head of Government (A)/of countries (B) /which are member (C) /of the Commonwealth
meet for the (D) /awareness on social issues.(E)
(a)The head of Government
(b)of countries
(c)which are member
(d) of the Commonwealth meet for the
(e)All are incorrect

Q10. New knowledge and new ways (A)/ for understanding the world (B)/, of good or bad(C)/, have
always been a (D)/part of every society. (E)
(a)New knowledge and new ways
(b)for understanding the world
(c)of good or bad
(d)have always been
(e)All are incorrect

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Given below the sentences each of which has been divided into four parts. Each of the questions is
then followed by the five options which give the sequence of the rearranged parts. You must
choose the option which gives the correct sequence of the parts. If the sentence is already
arranged in the correct sequence or the correct sequence doesn’t match with any of the given
sequence, mark option (e).i.e. “None of the above” as your answer.
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Q11. the Congress asked Modi government to (A)/ and incompetence of the government (B)/ as
citizens could not pay for the mistakes (C)/address debt burden in the Union Budget (D)
(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) ACDB
(d) ADCB
(e) None of the above

Q12. opposition leaders have said India’s (A)/ based on secular values, has (B)/been hit hard by
the law (C)/ image as a progressive democracy (D)
(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) ACDB
(d) ADCB
(e) None of the above

Q13. what is most striking about the current (A)/ wave of anti-CAA sentiment sweeping (B)/ of
India’s secularism have been vigorously reclaimed (C)/ India, is the way in which symbols and
slogans (D)
(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) ACDB
(d) ADCB
(e) None of the above

Q14. Over the past few days the government had intensified efforts to (A)/ by India’s Ambassador
in Brussels (B)/ reach out to Members of the European (C)/ Parliament (MEPs), with diplomats led
(D)
(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) ACDB

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(d) ADCB
(e) None of the above

Q15. Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP (A)/ raising divisive issues (B)/ promoting violence by
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(C)/government at the Centre of (D)
(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) ACDB
(d) ADCB
(e) None of the above

In the following given passage, certain words are highlighted which may or may not be fit in the
sentence either grammatically or contextually. Each word is numbered followed by four possible
replacements. If none of the possible replacements could replace the highlighted word, mark your
answer, (e); “None of the above”.
Genetically Modified (GM) pest unaffected (1) BT cotton hybrids have captured the Indian market
since their introduction in 2002. These now cover over 95% of the area under cotton, with the
seeds belittle (2) entirely by the private sector. India’s cotton production in 2019 is projected as the
highest ever: 354 lakh bales. BT cotton’s role in increasing India’s cotton production, which
GM harmful (3) have highlighted as being instrumental, has also been used to argue for extending
GM technology to increase food crop yield.

Q16.
(a) Anarchist
(b) Resistant
(c) Disorder
(d) Knowledge
(e) None of these

Q17.
(a) Produced
(b) Testimony
(c) Hatred
(d) Spiritual
(e) None of these

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(a) Accountancy
(b) Dirtiness
(c) Forthright
(d) Proponents
(e) None of these Page | 33

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow the passage. Some words are
highlighted to help you answer some of the questions.
For a few years after it opened its doors to the world in the 1970s, China was still a socialist
economy, unused to the ways of the capitalist world. My friend, Stefan Messman, a professor at
Central European University, Budapest, and an authority on socialist law, was a key member of a
Volkswagen team that finalised a deal with China. He was astonished at the kind of barters that had
to be negotiated to set up a car plant in a country that had no market economy at that time.
China has come a long way since then. Today, it is unrecognisably capitalist, albeit with a communist
face. In terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) it is the dominant economic power in the world,
directly competing with the U.S. for supremacy in science and technology. India ranks third in PPP.
Rarely do we ask ourselves how a country that was no better off than India until the mid-1980s, and
that suffered depredations under Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, has left India so far
behind. Lacking good institutional mechanisms to understand China, Indians tend to fall for simplistic
explanations such as, “We’re a democracy, China is not.” There is more to that country’s spectacular
rise than just that one factor.
For all its vaunted institutions, the West is yet to get a grip on China, but it is constantly seeking to
solve the riddle of China’s rise. For example, a recent issue of The Economist examined “How the
West Got China Wrong”, and Foreign Affairs magazine attempted to fathom “how China hid its
global ambitions” in an article titled “The Stealth Superpower”. Even as the West continues to snarl
at China, some of its best institutions and universities have collaborations with that country running
into millions of dollars. Harvard University, for instance, has several ongoing programmes with the
Chinese government as well as leading universities like Peking and Tsinghua in engineering, the
sciences, management, environment, design and the humanities.
Since science and technology are powering China’s growth, we need to make sense of those by
setting up well-funded, world-class interdisciplinary centres not just in universities like Jawaharlal
Nehru University but also in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institutes of
Technology which have the best technical and scientific minds in the country. Through these centres
we should be able to arrive at our own in-depth understanding of China.

Q19. What does the author want India to do?


(a) Indian educational institutions do collaborations with the Chinese educational institutions.
(b) India should learn from China.
(c) India should have its own in-depth understanding of China

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(d) Options (a) & (c)
(e) Options (a), (b) & (c)

Q20. What is the rank of the U.S. in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) in the world?
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(a) Third
(b) First
(c) Fourth
(d) Fifth
(e) Second

Q21. Which of the following are the correct inference from the phrase ‘even as the West continues
to snarl at China’?
(a) The nations in the West make angry remarks against China regularly.
(b) The nations in the West praise China regularly.
(c) The nations in the West ignore China.
(d) both (b) and (c)
(e) None of the above

Q22. Which of the followings are the aspects that author considers to be the reason(s) behind
China’s growth?
(I) China under the rule of Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong.
(II) Not having democracy
(III) Science and Technology
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Only (I) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q23. Which of the followings are the reason(s) for the desire of the author for India to have well-
funded, world-class interdisciplinary centres in the best technical and scientific institutes of the
nation?
(a) Such interdisciplinary centres in the mentioned institutes have the best technical and scientific
minds to understand complicated concepts.
(b) Centres in such institutes would help in arriving at in-depth understanding of China.
(c) Such initiative would stop China’s economic growth.
(d) Options (a) & (b)
(e) None of the above

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Q24. Which of the followings is an ANTONYM of ‘depredations’?


(a) Aberrations
(b) Torpors
(c) Galls Page | 35
(d) Culpabilities
(e) Goodness

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain
words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
The Guardian once cited one question that the entrance examination paper for a trainee program at
Merrill Lynch in 1972 had: “When you meet a woman, what interests you most about her?” The
correct answer was beauty. Those who thought intelligence, were given low marks. There was, of
course, no question on what interests one the most when meeting a man. This is gender
discrimination at its worst in the financial sector. Do we see this in 21st century India? There is no
gender discrimination in the Indian financial sector— whether at the organizational level or in choice
of consumers. Then why did the ex -finance Minister P. Chidambaram want to set up a bank
exclusively for women customer and run by women?
One reason could be political. Women as a gender are not a separate constituency yet in India.
There are urban women, rural women, wealthy women and poor women but women as a gender
are not a vote bank. This is a relatively low-cost experiment to create that. Beyond politics, as a
symbol of women’s empowerment, this is not a laughing matter or an idea to ridicule, but
translating this into success is no easy job. There are quite a few cooperative banks in India that give
loans to women borrowers. Then there are two cooperative organizations run exclusively by
women—the Ahmedabad-based Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank Ltd and Maharashtra based Mann
Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank Ltd— but both of them have a successful but limited geographical
presence.
Globally too there aren’t too many instances of banks run by women, for women. Tanzania has one
such example. In 1999, a group of women entrepreneurs mooted the idea of a women’s bank to
then president Benjamin William Mkapa and it took eight years for the Women’s Bank Public Ltd Co
to set up, with the government holding 97% equity stake and private entities the rest and on the day
the bank was launched, 110 women opened accounts. It focuses on low-income earners, small
businesses and small and medium enterprises and men can also open accounts in this bank based in
Dar es Salaam.
Ahead of Tanzania, Pakistan had set up First Women Bank Ltd. Late prime minister Benazir Bhutto
was instrumental in establishing this to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs. It commenced
business in December 1989, with five leading public sector banks— National Bank of Pakistan, Habib
Bank Ltd, Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd, United Bank Ltd and Allied Bank Ltd— holding 90% stake
and the government the rest. After 23 years of existence, the bank has about 60,000 women
customers, handled by 600 employees spread over 41 branches over 24 locations. The only other
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example of a special vehicle for women is Women’s World Banking, Savings and Loans Co. Ltd.
Starting operations in 1998, it has seven branches in Ghana. .
In India, the self-help groups (SHGs) and microfinance movements have been driven by women.
Such groups are an intermediary between the banking system and borrowers. Banks and
microfinance institutions are comfortable dealing with women borrowers as they are more
responsible and disciplined in their approach in paying back the money. While many men in rural Page | 36
India spend their meagre earnings drinking alcohol and gambling, women keep the hearth fires
burning and take care of children’s education.
A woman’s bank will not become successful in India if it focuses only on banking. If our government
is serious about this project, it must see that this bank goes beyond taking deposits and giving loans
and becomes a vehicle for changing attitudes about women and their money, taking care of other
things such as education, vocational training, etc and help in empowering women by educating them
about self-finance. At a parallel level, we also need to address two structural issues— women must
have right to property (otherwise they can’t offer collateral for a loan) and get adequately involved
in formal economy through jobs and entrepreneurship. Professional urban women do not need a
bank of their own but rural women, particularly in those pockets of India which are fraught with
casteism and gender discrimination, will find in it an oasis.

Q25. What is the author’s initial opinion about the announcement made by the then Finance
Minister to set up a woman’s bank in India?
(a) The author is supportive of the idea from the start and even suggests that certain changes in the
implementation which will take care of structural mistakes in the plan.
(b) The author is critical about the motive behind it but believes that it has potential of really helping
out women if certain issues are taken care of by the government.
(c) The author is critical of the idea and thinks that it was announced with an eye on the large voter
bank of women keeping in mind the forthcoming elections.
(d) The author thinks that Indian women face gender discrimination in the financial sector and thus
having a woman’s bank is a welcome change which supports their needs.
(e) Although the author believes that women are better customers than men in terms of repayment
of loans and loyalty to the bank, he finds a woman’s bank unnecessary.

Q26. Which of the following is definitely true according to the passage?


(a) Globally, microfinance initiatives are run by women.
(b) Women cooperative organizations are very successful all over India.
(c) In India, men as a gender are a vote bank.
(d) Pakistan set up its first women’s bank after Tanzania.
(e) In 1972, the organization Merrill Lynch was working in the financial sector.

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Q27. Women Bank Co. Ltd. Of Tanzania is basically focused on
(a)large enterprises and medium businesses
(b)working on financial sector
(c)high income earners and small enterprises
(d low-income earners, small businesses and small and medium enterprises.
(e)none of these. Page | 37

Q28. Why are banks and microfinance institutions more comfortable in dealing with women
borrowers rather than with men?
(a)This is due to the real gender discrimination.
(b) to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs.
(c) they are more responsible and disciplined in their approach in paying back the money.
(d)to make women adequately involved in formal economy.
(e)keeping in mind the forthcoming elections.

Q29. What are the major issues the rural women in India are loaded with due to which they need
a bank of their own?
(a)drinking alcohol and gambling
(b)unable to take care of children’s education
(c)not liable to right to property.
(d)casteism and gender discrimination.
(e)none of these.

Q30. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as
used in the passage. “Ridicule”
(a)esteem
(b)commendation
(c)adore
(d)reverence
(e)contempt

In the following questions a paragraph is given with two blanks. The paragraph is then provided
with five options which consist of the words that can fill the given blanks. Choose that option as
your answer which can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. If none of the
given options fills the given blanks then choose option (e), ‘None of these’ as your answer.

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Q31. The BJP has ___________cited military operations to score brownie points in domestic
politics always.
(a) Approach
(b) Establish
(c) Brazenly
(d) Issuance Page | 38
(e) None of these

Q32. Describing the corporate tax cut as ___________, the Prime Minister said it would give a
stimulus to the ‘Make in India’ campaign
(a) Conduct
(b) Historic
(c) Obtain
(d) Pertaining
(e) None of these

In the following questions, a word is given in bold followed by three sentences. Choose the
appropriate option mentioning the sentence(s) that uses the highlighted word in a grammatically
correct and contextually meaningful manner.

Q33. Inadequacy
(I) In the face of systemic or structural inadequacy, war cannot be avoided forever and is always just
around the corner.
(II) A single management cadre cannot make the inadequacy performed by the different
departments in the Railways to disappear.
(III) A sessions court dismissed a plea by CM Arvind Kejriwal against an order summoning them in
a inadequacy case.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c)Only (II)
(d)Both (I) and (II)
(e)None of these

Q34. Mollify
(I) Together, they were able to mollify workers and quietly implement the destruction of thousands
of jobs.
(II) Candidates have been asked, in vain, to declare their criminal mollify.
(III) Allen Hirsh draws inspiration for his mathematically transformed images from

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(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c)Only (II)
(d)Both (I) and (II)
(e)None of these Page | 39

There are two different sentences with a blank space in each sentence. Choose the word from the
given options which fits appropriately in both the blanks adding a proper and logical meaning to
the sentences.

Q35. (I) The mother was greatly concerned not to __________ her small child.
(II) The Prime Minister of Greece doesn’t want to __________ everyone by postponing the visit to
India.
(a) do
(b) drag
(c) excuse
(d) fashion
(e) disappoint

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