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 E-Mock Paper 08 : SBI Clerk Prelims

REASONING ABILITY
Directions (1-5): Each question consists of three Directions (6-10): Study the following information
statements followed by two conclusions I and II. Consider carefully and answer the questions which follow—
the statements to be true even if they are in variance with Five movies – Go Goa, Chandni-Chowk to China, London
the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and Dreams, Chennai Express and Mumbai Metro are played in
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow 5 halls – Golden, Diamond, Platinum, Deluxe, and Galaxy in
from the given statements using all the three statements a PVR. These movies are rated by different stars one, two,
together. Mark your answer as – three, four and five. The show timing is also different for
(a) If only conclusion I follows. each movie, 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm.
(b) If only conclusion II follows. • Chandni-Chowk to China is not played in Diamond and
(c) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows. Galaxy hall. One star rated movie is played in Platinum
(d) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. hall.
(e) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow. • The show timing of Go Goa is not 6 pm and 9 pm while
show timing of Chennai Express is 12 noon.
1. Statements: All village are town.
• Mumbai Metro is not four star movie but played in
Some state are village. Diamond hall.
Some country are town. • London Dreams and Chennai Express are neither played
Conclusions: I. No country is a state is a possibility. in Golden & Platinum hall nor two- & four-star movie.
Five star rated movie is played at 9 pm.
II. Some village which are country they
• Three star rated movie is played in Galaxy. Five star
must be a part of state.
rated movie is played in Deluxe hall.
2. Statements: All sonakshi are sonam.
• Four star rated movie is played immediate after
All katrina are sonakshi. Mumbai Metro.
All sonam are deepika.
Conclusions: I. All deepika are katrina is a 6. Movie ‘Go Goa’ is rated as
possibility. (a) One star (b) Two star (c) Three star
(d) Four star (e) five star
II. Some deepika which are sonakshi also
a part of katrina. 7. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) Two star rated movie is played in Deluxe hall
3. Statements: All nokia are samsung. (b) Mumbai Metro is played at 3 pm.
Some samsung are motorola. (c) Chennai Express is five star rated movie
All motorola are sony. (d) Chandni-Chowk to China is played in Platinum hall
Conclusions: I. Some sony which are samsung are (e) None of the above
also a part of nokia.
8. Which of the following matching is correct?
II. No motorola is nokia is a possibility.
(a) London Dream – Four star
For (4-5): (b) Go Goa – Five star
Statements: All yami are arjun. (c) Mumbai Metro – 6 pm
Some arjun are salman. (d) Chennai Express – Galaxy hall
No salman is a parineeti. (e) More than one of the above
9. What is the timing of the movie which is played in
4. Conclusions: I. All yami being salman is a
Deluxe hall?
possibility.
(a) 9 am (b) 12 noon (c) 3 pm
II. No parineeti is a arjun. (d) 6 pm (e) 9 pm
5. Conclusions: I. All parineeti being yami is a 10. Movie “Chandni-Chowk” is rated as:-
possibility. (a) One star (b) Two star (c) Three star
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Directions (11-15): Study the following information and 20. Who is 3rd right of Payal if Lalit and Sanjeev are
answer the question given. opposite to each other?
In a certain code language: (a) Sanjeev (b) Tanisha (c) Isha
‘monday tuesday wednesday thursday’ is written as ‘zo pi ab to’, (d) Lalit (e) Can’t be determined
‘friday wednesday thursday saturday’ is written as ‘vo to je pi’,
‘sunday monday saturday january’ is written as ‘su je zo ka’, Directions (21-25): Study the following arrangement of
‘january february thursday march’ is written as ‘do pi yo su’. combinations for English letters, numerals and symbols
11. Which of the following does ‘vo’ stand for? carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(a) saturday (b) wednesday (c) Friday 8 C M@ N&T2Y 6S&Q$7*WZ3U E%A 4
(d) thursday (e) either wednesday or saturday
21. If each symbol is first converted into a numeral and all
12. What is the code for ‘sunday’?
the numerals are converted into English letters, then
(a) ka (b) su (c) je
(d) zo (e) cannot be determined how many such converted numbers and symbols will
be there in the above arrangement of element?
13. Which of the following is the code for ‘march’? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 12
(a) su (b) pi (c) yo (d) 13 (e) None of these
(d) do (e) either yo or do
22. How many such symbols are there in the above series
14. Which of the following can be the code for ‘february
monday you friday’? each of which is immediately preceded and also
(a) do yo zo vo (b) vo wiz zo do (c) vo zo wi bu immediately followed by vowel?
(d) yo jo vo pi (e) None of These (a) One (b) Two (c) Three
(d) None (e) None of these
15. ‘to ka pi ab’ is a code for which of the following?
(a) friday monday wednesday thursday 23. What should come in place of the questions mark (?) in
(b) january friday monday march the following series based on the above arrangement?
(c) february march wednesday thursday CMA N&E 2Y3 (?) $77
(d) february march wednesday saturday (a) S6& (b) S&Z (c) S&W
(e) None of These
(d) &Q# (e) None of these
Directions (16-20): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below. 24. If all the vowels are dropped from the above series,
which of the following would be the 8th element to the
In a summer camp of a school, there were eight friends Raj, right of the 13th element from the left end?
Isha, Sanjeev, Payal, Lalit, Pooja, Anu and Tanisha, who (a) 4 (b) % (c) 8
have taken dinner at a circular table. The arrangement of (d) C (e) None of these
these eight friends is in the following manner-
25. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way with
Raj is 2nd left of Pooja, who is not near to Sanjeev and respect to their position in the above arrangement.
Tanisha. Anu is facing Payal, who is 3rd right of Isha. Which is one that is different from the other four?
Pooja and Isha are opposite to each other. (a) E3W (b) QSY (c) &62
16. Who is 3rd right of Raj? (d) TM@ (e) 4% U
(a) Sanjeev (b) Tanisha (c) Lalit Directions (26-30): In these questions, relationship
(d) Anu (e) None of these between different elements is. shown in the statements.
17. Who is sitting on the 2nd left of Isha? The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the
(a) Sanjeev (b) Lalit (c) Tanisha conclusions based on the given statements and select the
(d) Pooja (e) Can’t be determined appropriate answer.
18. If Payal is 2nd right of Tanisha then who is opposite to 26. Statement: P<L≤A>M=K≥E
Tanisha? Conclusions: I. K ≤ L II. P < E
(a) Lalit (b) Raj (c) Payal
(a) Only conclusion II is true
(d) Sanjeev (e) Pooja
(b) Either conclusion I or II is true
19. Who is definitely near to Raj? (c) Both conclusions I and II are true
(a) Anu (b) Lalit (c) Sanjeev (d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
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27. Statements: P > R = A < Y; D< A facing the center of the circle. Sharma is sitting to the third
Conclusions: I. P > D II. D < Y right of Verma. Dubey is not near to Srivastav. Tiwari is
(a) Both conclusions I and II are true sitting to the third left of Dubey, who sits second right of
(b) Only conclusion I is true Singh and among these three Politicians one is facing
(c) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
outside to the center of the circle. Two Politicians are
(d) Either conclusion I or II is true
(e) Only conclusion II is true sitting between Srivastav and Rana and two are sitting
between Verma and Rana. Tiwari is sitting to the second
28. Statements: P>R= A<Y; D<A left of Yadav, who is facing the center of the circle. Rana is
Conclusions: I. P < Y II. R ≤ D
not opposite to Verma and Tiwari. Sharma is facing to the
(a) Both conclusions I and II are true
(b) Neither conclusion I nor II is true centre of the circle.
(c) Only conclusion I is true 31. Which of the following Politicians is facing to the
(d) Only conclusion II is true
opposite of the center?
(e) Either conclusion I or II is true
(a) Verma (b) Dubey (c) Rana
29. Statements: C ≥ R>A=S≤ H; R< P< Q (d) Sharma (e) Yadav
Conclusions: I. C > S II. P < C
(a) Either conclusion I or II is true 32. Who is sitting third to the left of Rana?
(b) Both conclusions I and II are true (a) Dubey (b) Verma (c) Sharma
(c) Only conclusion II is true (d) Srivastav (e) None of these
(d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
(e) Only conclusion I is true 33. If all the people change their positions with the person
sitting opposite to them then who is now sitting second
30. Statements: C ≥ R >A=S≤H; R<P<Q
Conclusions: I. H ≥ R II. R < Q to the left of Dubey?
(a) Both conclusions I and II are true (a) Rana (b) Singh (c) Verma
(b) Only conclusion II is true (d) Srivastav (e) None of these
(c) Only conclusion I is true
34. Who is second right to Yadav?
(d) Either conclusion I or II is true
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II is true (a) Verma (b) Srivastav (c) Tiwari
(d) Dubey or Sharma
Directions (31-35): Study the given information and (e) Srivastav or Dubey
answer the following questions:
35. How many people are sitting between Srivastav and
Eight Politicians – Singh, Sharma, Tiwari, Dubey, Rana, Dubey, when counting in anticlockwise direction from
Verma, Yadav and Srivastav are sitting in a circle in a Dubey?
meeting at equal distances. Three Politicians on the circle (a) Three (b) None (c) One
are facing outside of the circle and other five are sitting (d) Two (e) None of these

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Directions (36-40): Table given below shows the

36. Total number of girls from institute A and C together
percentage distribution of students who have appeared in
are what percent of total students from institute A ?
AIIMS entrance exam from five different institutes and 6 4
number of girls out of each institute. Read the information (a) 75% (b) 77 % (c) 78 %
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1 2
carefully and answer the following questions. (Note→ all (d) 77 % (e) 78 %
7 7
students appeared in this exam are from these institutes
only) 37. Find difference of boys from institute D and boys from
Students → Boys + Girls. institute E ?
Institutes Students Girls (a) 126 (b) 121 (c) 117
A 24% 360 (d) 130 (e) 119
B 22% 50% 38. Find ratio of number of girls from institute B to number
C 490 60% of boys from institute D ?
D 18% 280 (a) 11 : 10 (b) 6 : 5 (c) 4 : 3
E 22% 70% (d) 8 : 7 (e) 15 : 14

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39. Find average number of students who have appeared 48. Rajat invested Rs 6,000 at rate of interest 20% per
from institute A and D. annum. The interest was compounded yearly for the
(a) 755 (b) 685 (c) 735 first year and in the second year it was compounded
(d) 705 (e) 715 half yearly. What will be the total interest earned at the
40. Total number of girls from B and C together are how end of the second year?
much more or less than total number of girls from D (a) Rs 2924 (b) Rs 2784 (c) Rs 2824
and E together. (d) Rs 2624 (e) Rs 2712
(a) 200 (b) 120 (c) 160 1
(d) 140 (e) 180 49. A shopkeeper sold an article at a profit of th of its SP
8
to a person. If shopkeeper sold it at 25% more than
41. P, Q and R together can do a work in 27 days. They
previous selling price it will have Rs 68 more as profit.
together work for 17 days and after that R left the work
and the remaining work is done by P and Q together in Find its selling price.
16 ⅔ days. Work done by P in 4 days is equal to work (a) Rs. 280 (b) Rs. 272 (c) Rs. 290
done by R in 3 days. Then, Find time taken by P alone (d) Rs. 300 (e) Rs. 264
to do this work ? 50. Two vessels contain liquid A and liquid B in the ratio
(a) 90 days (b) 80 days (c) 100 days 3:7 and 3:2 respectively. In what ratio should the
(d) 95 days (e) 105 days
contents of these two vessels be mixed such that the
42. Trains X and Y having length in the ratio of 3:4 are final ratio of liquid B and liquid A in the resultant
running at speed (a + 12) m/sec and ‘a’ m/sec solution becomes 23:17.
respectively. Time taken by both trains to cross each (a) 5 : 3 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 6 : 5
1
other while running in opposite direction is 11 % of (d) 7 : 5 (e) 7 : 4
9
time taken by them to cross each other while running 51. If the present population of a city is 55,566, which was
in same direction. Find sum of speed of both the 35000 2 years ago, then find the rate of increase of
trains.
population per year.
(a) 116 m/sec (b) 96 m/sec (c) 108 m/sec
(a) 24% (b) 25% (c) 23%
(d) 86 m/sec (e) 85 m/sec
(d) 26% (e) 22%
Direction (43-47): In the following questions, two
equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve 52. Roni purchased a cycle for Rs. 12000 and sold it at a
both the equations and give answers among the following loss of 20% with that amount he purchased another
options. cycle and sold it at 30% profit. What was his overall
(a) if 𝑥 > 𝑦 gain/loss ?
(b) if 𝑥 ≥ 𝑦 (a) 720 loss (b) 480 loss (c) 480 profit
(c) if 𝑥 < 𝑦 (d) 720 profit (e) No profit no loss
(d) if 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦
53. On a sum Sima earn a interest of Rs. 1519 at S.I. in 7
(e) if 𝑥 = 𝑦 or the relationship cannot be established.
years at 7% p.a. Find the sum.
43. I. 16x – 15y = 22 II. 4x – 10y = 8 (a) 3100 Rs. (b) 3000 Rs. (c) 2800 Rs.
(a) b (b) d (c) a (d) 3200 Rs. (e) 3500 Rs.
(d) e (e) c
54. A certain amount was to be distribute between X, Y and
44. I. 4x² – 7x =15 II. -33y = (9y² + 18) Z in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 respectively. At the time of
(a) c (b) e (c) a
distribution amount distributed wrong in the ratio of 5
(d) b (e) d
: 4 : 6 due to which X got 305 Rs. more. Find the actual
3 5 3
45. I. 𝑥 + 2𝑥 = 2 II. √𝑦 – =0 amount get by Z.
√𝑦
(a) b (b) a (c) e (a) 915 Rs. (b) 477 Rs. (c) 610 Rs.
(d) d (e) c (d) 183 Rs. (e) 732 Rs.

46. I. 𝑥 = √289 II. 𝑦 2 – 34𝑦 + 137 =– 152 55. Mahendra is 12 year younger than Niraj. Niraj’s age 3
(a) e (b) c (c) d years ago was three times the present age of Bhavya.
(d) a (e) b At present Mahendra’s age is twice the age of Bhavya.
What is the present age of Niraj.
47. I. 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 =– 25 II. 𝑦 2 = 25 (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) 27
(a) d (b) e (c) a (d) 9 (e) 15
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Directions (56-65): Simplify and find the value of 2
65. 21
𝑜𝑓 2268 ÷ 12+? = √3025
question marks (?) in following questions?
(a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 27
2 4 3
56 𝑜𝑓 5 𝑜𝑓 7 𝑜𝑓 2205 = ? (d) 57 (e) 45
3
(a) 494 (b) 504 (c) 484 66. To make a 100 litre solution of acid 40% from 50%.
(d) 514 (e) 524 How much water must added ?
3 1
57. 2 7 − 3 4 + 4 8 − 1 56 =?
3 1 (a) 50 litre (b) 75 litre (c) 15 litre
15 31 1 (d) 10 litre (e) 25 litre
(a) 2 28 (b) 2 56 (c) 2 2
(d) 2 56
25 4
(e) 2 7 67. 5 men can do a work in 16 days and 8 women can do
the same work in 15 days. In how many days 2 man and
58. −119 + 34 − 67 + 259−? = 88 3 women can do the work together ?
(a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 39 (a) 22 days (b) 20 days (c) 21 days
(d) 29 (e) 19
(d) 18 days (e) 24 days
59. √122 × 32 ÷ 48 + 174 + 9 × 6 = (? )2
68. A car can cover a distance in 9 hour at the speed of 70
(a) 2√3 (b) 3√2 (c) 3
(d) 6 (e) 9 km/hr at what percent should the speed of car increase
so distance can covered in 6 hr.
60. 53 × 48−? = 29 × 70
(a) 25% (b) 40% (c) 35%
(a) 504 (b) 524 (c) 514
(d) 512 (e) 518 (d) 50% (e) 60%

61. 85% of ? of 6755 = 3281 69. The number obtained by interchanging the two digits
4 2 1 of a two digit number is lesser than the original
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 1 7
6 3 number by 54. If the sum of the two digits of number is
(d) 7 (e) 1 7
12, then what is the original number ?
3 3
62. √?× √2197 = √(8281)2
4
(a) 28 (b) 39 (c) 82
(a) 512 (b) 216 (c) 125 (d) 89 (e) 93
(d) 343 (e) 729
70. What is the speed of car (in km/hr), which overtakes a
63. √9409 − √1156 = 3339 ÷ ? running train in 20 second. Length of train is 180 meter
(a) 43 (b) 63 (c) 53 and its speed is 33⅓% less than speed of car. (Car’s
(d) 47 (e) 57
length is negligible)
64. (320% 𝑜𝑓 825) ÷ ? = 48 (a) 100 km/hr (b) 81 km/hr (c) 105 km/hr
(a) 55 (b) 45 (c) 65 (d) 90 km/hr (e) 97.2 km/hr
(d) 58 (e) 75

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Directions (71- 80): 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 Chinese were among the first foreigners to do trade
with the island of Sumatra. Six hundred years ago, villages
would have been but infinitesimal specks in an
inconceivably vast and sublime rain forest. In 1416, a
Chinese report on Sumatra noted that “There are in the
forests immense quantities of wild rhinoceroses, which the
king lets catch by men.” The rhinos, the author goes on to
explain, would be sent to China as “tribute” to the emperor.
Later, in the midst of compiling a list of agricultural
products and minerals to be found in Sumatra, the author’s
mind drifts back to something even more valuable, and he
abruptly ends his list by reminding his Chinese reader:
“Besides, there are rhinoceroses.”
There are still rhinoceroses in Sumatra today, perhaps as
few as 30, and they are still hunted. According to that 15th
century Chinese account, as well as the testimony of early
European visitors and explorers, rhinoceroses once
swarmed on the island. Yet their population has all been
but wiped out. What happened? The answer is pretty
straightforward: They were hunted and slaughtered for
their horns. Many of those horns were sent to China, where
they were used in so-called traditional medicine. The trend
continues to this day, and it will continue until the last
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A similar story can be told about another species of Asian
megafauna: Tigers. In the 19th century vast swaths of
Sumatra and Java were “infested” with tigers, which would
pick off mailmen and laborers wandering around the
backroads and the edges of plantations and carry them off
into the jungle for dinner. Natives built high spiked
palisades around their dwellings to keep tigers out. During
the clearing of the forests and swamps of what is now
Singapore, it is said that a person would be carried off daily
by tigers. In the 1930s, French Captain Henry Baudesson,
overseeing the construction of a railway in southern
Vietnam, wrote that the tiger’s “supremacy has hardly yet
been seriously challenged” in the hinterlands, adding, “In
Indo-China the tiger is the hunter and man the hunted. It is
estimated that there were 100,000 tigers in the wild in
1900; today their numbers are down to about 3,200. The
Javan tiger was declared extinct in the 1980s; the last tiger
of China’s Yunnan province was snared and eaten by a
poacher in 2009.
Asian elephants have been ruthlessly slaughtered for their
ivory across Asia for years, and their numbers are
declining. Habitat destruction is probably the key driver
for this megafauna’s demise, and their African cousins
have it worse due to the fact that their tusks are much
bigger and therefore more valuable, but Asian elephants
have it bad too. There is thought to be just one or two wild
herds remaining in Vietnam, numbering no more than 60
individuals, and several elephants across the border in
Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province have been found dead
with their tusks sawed off in what might be a troubling new
trend in the Kingdom. In the eastern Thai provinces of
Rayong and Changseao, local media report almost daily on
human-elephant conflicts, and in Myanmar wild elephants
are being killed for their skin, which is used to make
clothing, jewelry, and, of course, traditional medicine.
These products are sold in the border town of Mong La and
virtually all of the customers are from China. Elephants
were once found as far north as the outskirts of Beijing, but
Chinese farmers and elephants don’t get along, and the
pachyderms were pushed south or simply killed. In Mark
Elvin’s brilliant The Retreat of the Elephants, mention is
made of Chinese recipes for barbecued elephant trunk.
71. Why does the author drifted reader’s mind by
mentioning the phrase “Besides, there are
rhinoceroses.”?
(a) The author wanted to end his report abruptly.
(b) The author wanted to give the description of island
of Sumatra.
(c) The author wanted to divert the reader’s mind
towards the condition of rhinoceros.
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) All are correct.
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72. What causes the increase in level of poaching of
rhinoceros on the island of Sumatra?
(a) The poaching of the Rhinoceros is the latest trend
in the North Eastern countries.
(b) The decorative material used by the rhino’s horns
is the cause of their hunting and poaching.
(c) The horns of Rhino, which is a keratin material is
used as medicine in China
(d) The parts of the rhino are imported and exported
for reasonably high price.
(e) All of the above.
73. What does the term ‘infested’ suggests in reference to
the passage?
(a) Hunting and poaching of tigers for their skin,
whiskers, fur.
(b) The danger for tigers of being extinct
(c) Area of Sumatra and Java covered with Tigers
(d) The damage caused by the Tigers of the Sumatra
and Java
(e) All of the above
74. Which of the following is the appropriate title of the
passage?
(a) Imbalance of ecosystem
(b) Clearing of forests
(c) The continuing trend: Hunting
(d) China Decimating the Wildlife
(e) Endangered Species
75. How it can be inferred that African Elephants’
condition was worse than Asian elephants’?
(I) African elephants are more poached for they are
more dangerous
(II) The clothing, jewelry and medicines made of
African elephants’ skin are more valuable.
(III) The tusk of African elephants are more valuable
and bigger than those of Asian elephants.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (II)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All are correct
76. Which of the following sentence(s) cannot be inferred
from the passage?
(a) The slaughtering of elephants is done through
destroying their habitats.
(b) Myanmar elephants are killed for skin while
African elephants for tusks.
(c) In the 20th century, the number of Javan tigers got
extinct.
(d) China is the top importer of clothes, jewelry made
of elephant’s skin.
(e) All are correct
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Direction (77-88): Choose the word which is MOST 82. The desires for political stability (I)/has become
SIMILAR in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in important (II)/precisely because of the perpetual
the passage. political instability (III)/that Nepal has undergoing
77. Snared (IV)/from more than half a century. (V)
(a) perplexed (b) relinquished (c) hunkered (I)The desire for political stability
(d) rant (e) entrap (IV)that Nepal has been undergoing
78. Demise (V)for more than half a century
(a) admirable (b) enticing (c) callous (a)Only (I)
(d) decease (e) unsparing (b)Both (I) and (IV)
(c)Both (I) and (V)
Direction (79- 80): Choose the word which is most (d)All (I), (IV) and (V)
opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in (e)No correction required
the passage.
83. Political stability also depends (I)/on the state of
79. Swarmed mind of the people (II)/residing in a certain
(a) enthralled (b) refined (c) scattered geographical location, (III)/and its capacity to resist
(d) tempted (e) exalted (IV)/various internal and external shocks. (V)
80. Ruthlessly (I) Political stability also depend
(a) concurrently (b) inseparably (c) abundantly (III) who resides in a certain geographical location
(d) collectively (e) compassionately (IV) and their capacity to resist
(a) Only (I)
Directions (81-85): The following question consists of a
(b) Only (IV)
sentence which is divided into five parts which contain
(c) Both (I) and (III)
grammatical errors in one or more than one parts of the
(d) Both (III) and (IV)
sentence. The portions specified in bold suggest that they
(e) No correction required
are grammatically correct and do not require any
correction or replacement. If there is an error in any rest 84. The endless chatter of GDP growth (I)/misses the
parts of the sentence, find the correct alternatives to cardinal aspect (II)/of the country’s cherished
replace those parts from the three options given below idealism and vision, (III)/societal values of civility,
each question to make the sentence grammatically correct. gentleness (IV)/and concern for each other. (V)
If the given sentence is grammatically correct or does not (I) The endless chattering on GDP growth
require any correction, choose (e), i.e., “No correction (II) miss the cardinal aspects
required” as your answer. (III) of the country’s cherished ideal and vision
81. The recent decision of the J and K government (a) Only (II)
(I)/to condone stone throwers, many of whom were (b) Only (III)
habitual offenders, (II)/while charging army personnel (c) Both (II) and (III)
who were victims of stone throwing (III)/and opened (d) All (I), (II) and (III)
fire in self-defence in an FIR (IV)/was the latest (e) No correction required
confused news emanates from the valley. (V) 85. The myth of an American military triumph (I)/in
(II) condoned stone throwers, many of who were Tet distract us (II)/from the raw fact where no victory
habitual offenders (III)/in Vietnam was possible short (IV)/of
(III) but charging army personnel were victims of extermination of the populace. (V)
stone throwing (II) at Tet distracts us
(V) is the latest confused news emanating from the (III) from the raw fact that no victory
valley (IV) on Vietnam would have possible short
(a)Only (III) (a) Only (II)
(b)Only (V) (b) Only (IV)
(c)Both (II) and (III) (c) Both (II) and (III)
(d)All (II), (III) and (V) (d) All (II), (III) and (IV)
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Directions (86-88): In each of the questions given below 90. (i) The way the project evolved was a __________ of
three sentences are given which may or may not be organic reality.
grammatically or contextually correct. Find the sentences (ii) This _____________ of democracy has shaken the
which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. If all loyalty of people who've been in the party for a
the sentences are grammatically incorrect choose option long time.
(e) as your choice. (a) Tragedy (b) misfortune (c) Paradigm
(d) travesty (e) Version
86. (i) If I was told earlier I would have certainly helped
you. Direction (91-95): In the following passage there are
(ii) Leaning on tradition and culture to justify the blanks each of which has been numbered and one word has
practice does not carry any conviction. been suggested alongside the blank. These numbers are
(iii) No sooner did the teacher enter the class when the printed below the passage and against each four options
students stood up. are given. Find out the appropriate word which fits the
(a) Only (i) blank meaningfully. If the word written alongside the blank
(b) Both (i) and (iii) fits the passage, choose option ‘e’ (No correction required)
(c) Both (i) and (ii) as the correct choice.
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
A designated PMLA authority has said 41 properties worth
(e) All are incorrect.
about Rs 1,210 crore, which were
87. (i) The company is negotiating new store launches at discovered______________(91) by the Enforcement
nearly half the rent. Directorate (ED) in the name of absconding diamond
(ii) Intense fear blocks both to the generation and jeweller Mehul Choksi and his associated firms, are money
expression. properties___________(92) assets and ordered that their
(iii) The challenge of decentralization and distributed attachment should continue.
management is affecting other utilities as well. These recovery__________(93) include 15 flats and 17 office
(a) Only (i) premises in Mumbai, a mall in Kolkata, a four-acre farm
(b) Both (i) and (iii) house in Alibaug and 231 acres of land in Nashik, Nagpur
(c) Only (ii) and Panvel in Maharashtra and Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
(d) Both (ii) and (iii) The attached assets also included a 170-acre park in
(e) All are incorrect Hyderabad’s Ranga Reddy district valued at over Rs 500
crore.
88. (i) Since we are living in Bangalore for five years, we
are reluctant to move to another city. ED had attached these properties in February this year
(ii) No sooner has she agreed to marry him than she under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in
started having terrible doubts. connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank
(iii) The increasing mechanization of life have led us (PNB) fraud case involving____________(94) a Mumbai-
farther away from daily contact with nature and based branch.
the crafts of the farm.
In a recent order, Member (Law) of the Adjudicating
(a) Only (i)
Authority of the PMLA, Tushar V Shah, said: “Considering
(b) Both (i) and (iii)
the material in the original complaint (by the ED). I find
(c) Only (ii)
that pious_____________(95) properties provisionally
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
attached are all involved in money laundering.
(e) All are incorrect
91. (a) released (b) investigated (c) attached
Directions (89-90): In each of the questions given below
(d) closed (e) no correction required
two sentences are given with a blank which must be filled
with one of the options given below. Choose the option 92. (a) looting (b) laundering (c) illegal
which fits both the blanks appropriately. (d) legal (e) no correction required
89. (i) A former soldier, Jim is not ______________ to picking 93. (a) properties (b) terms (c) wealth
up a weapon to defend himself and his family.
(d) places (e) no correction required
(ii) Because we all know Betty is ________________ to
heights, we were shocked when she took up 94. (a) besides (b) on (c) among
skydiving. (d) belonging (e) no correction required
(a) Hostile (b) Averse (c) Detrimental 95. (a) movable (b) legal (c) confiscated
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Directions (96-100): In the following questions eight (8) 96. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence
sentences are given which may or may not be in sequence. after rearrangement?
Read the sentence and rearrange themselves to make a (a) H (b) A (c) C
coherent paragraph.
(d) E (e) D
A. Suicide victims like painters Vincent Van Gogh and
Mark Rothko, novelists Virginia Woolf and Ernest 97. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence
Hemingway, and poets Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath all after rearrangement?
offer prime examples. (a) H (b) A (c) C
B. Indeed, the notion that creative genius might have (d) E (e) D
some touch of madness goes back to Plato and
Aristotle. 98. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence
C. Even ignoring those great creators who did not kill after rearrangement?
themselves in a fit of deep depression, it remains easy
(a) A (b) C (c) E
to list persons who endured well-documented
psychopathology. (d) D (e) B
D. Instances such as these have led many to suppose that
99. Which of the following would be the SEVENTH
creativity and psychopathology are intimately related.
E. Creative geniuses who have succumbed to alcoholism sentence after rearrangement?
or other addictions are also legion. (a) E (b) D (c) B
F. But some recent psychologists argue that the whole (d) F (e) G
idea is a pure hoax.
G. After all, it is certainly no problem to come up with the 100. Which of the following would be the LAST (EIGHTH)
names of creative geniuses who seem to have sentence after rearrangement?
displayed no signs or symptoms of mental illness. (a) E (b) D (c) B
H. Nash is hardly the only so-called mad genius in history. (d) F (e)

Solutions

REASONING ABILITY

Directions (1-5): For (4-5):

1. (a);

4. (a);
5. (e);
2. (a);
Directions (6-10):

3. (b);

6. (a); 7. (b); 8. (d);

9. (e); 10. (d);

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Directions (11-15): 24. (a) R=8th
wednesday – to L=13th
thursday – pi → L=21th = 4
aturday – je
25. (d);
friday – vo
Monday – zo Direction (26-30)
tuesday – ab 26. (d); I. K=M<A≥ L(False)
january – su II. P<L≤ A > M = K ≥ E(False)
unday – ka
27. (a); I. P > R = A > D(True) II. D < A < Y(True)
february/march – do/yo
11. (c); 12. (a); 13. (e); 28. (b); I. P > R = A < Y(False) II. R = A > D(False)
14. (b); 15. (e); 29. (e); I. C ≥ R > A = S(True) II. P > R ≤ C(False)
Directions (16-20) 30. (b) I. H ≥ S = A < R(False) II. R < P < Q(True)
Direction (31-35):

16. (c); 17. (e); 18. (a);

19. (d); 20. (b);
Direction (21-25)
21. (c); (8, @, &,2,6,&, $,7, *, 3,%, 4)= 12
22. (a); There is only such symbol (E%A)
31. (c); 32. (b); 33. (a);
23. (c); The series is ---
34. (a); 35. (d);
CMA, N&E, 2Y3, S&W......

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

36. (b); Total number of girls students from A & C 40. (d); Total number of girls from B and C together
together = 22 ×
490 1
× + 490 ×
60
60 14 2 100
= 360 + 490 × 100 = 654.
= 385 + 294 = 679
Total number of students from A Total number of girls from D and E together
490
= 14
× 24 = 840 = 280 + 22 ×
490
×
70
= 819.
654 545 6 14 100
Required % = 840 × 100 = 7
% = 77 7 % Required difference = 819 – 679 = 140.
490
37. (e); Boys from institute D = × 18 – 280 = 350
14 41. (a); Let efficiency of P, Q and R be p units/day, q
490 30
Boys from institute E = 14
× 22 × 100 = 231 units/day and r units /day respectively.
Required difference = 350 – 231 = 119. ATQ
38. (a); Number of girls from institute B (𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟) × 10 = (𝑝 + 𝑞) ×
50
490 1 3
= 14
× 22 × 2 = 385. 3𝑟 = 2𝑝 + 2𝑞 … … … . . (𝑖)
Number of boys from institute D 4𝑝 = 3𝑟 … … … . . (𝑖𝑖)
490
= 14
× 18 – 280 = 350 From (i) and (ii)
385 4𝑝
Required ratio = = 11 : 10 𝑝 = 𝑞 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 =
350 3
39. (c); Required average Required days= 3 𝑝 ×
10 27
= 90 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠
1 490 490 1 𝑝
= 2 [24 × 14
+ 18 × 14
] = 2 × [1470] = 735.

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42. (c); Let length of train X and Y be 3p and 4p meters 49. (b); Let SP of article be Rs 8x
7
respectively CP = 8𝑥 × 8 = Rs. 7x.
ATQ New SP=8𝑥 × 1.25 = 𝑅𝑠 10𝑥
3𝑝+4𝑝 7𝑝 1
= × ATQ
2𝑎+12 12 9
𝑎 = 48 m/sec 3𝑥 − 𝑥 = 68
Sum of speed of both trains=2a+12=108 m/s 𝑥 = 34
43. (c); From (i) and (ii) SP= 8 × 34 = 𝑅𝑠 272
⇒x=1 50. (d); By using alligation,
2
⇒y=−
5
𝑖. 𝑒. x > y
44. (b); I. 4x2–7x–15=0
⇒ 4x2–12x+5x-15=0
⇒ 4x (x-3)+5(x-3)=0
⇒ (4x+5)(x-3)=0
5 51. (d); Let increase per year is 𝑥%
x=–4 ; x=3 So,
II. -33y =(9y2+18) (100+𝑥) (100+𝑥)
35000 × × = 55566
⇒9y2+18+33y=0 100 100
⇒ 9y2+27y+6y+18=0 𝑥 = 26%
⇒ (y+3)(9y+6)=0 52. (c); 1st C.P. → 12000 Rs.
−6 −2 12000×80
Y=–3 ; y= = 1st S.P. → = 9600 Rs.
9 3 100
Relationship can’t be established Now,
3 5 2nd C.P. → 9600 Rs.
45. (e); I. x+ = 9600×130
2𝑥 2
2𝑥 2 +3 5
2nd S.P. → 100 = 12480 Rs.
2𝑥
=2 Profit ⇒ 480 Rs.
4x2+6=10x
53. (a); Let sum = P
4x2–10x+6=0
Now,
4x2–4x–6x+6=0 𝑃×7×7
(4x-6) (x-1)=0 100
= 1519
⇓ ⇓ 1519×7×7
P=
+3 100
x= x=1 P = 3100 Rs.
2
3
II. √𝑦 – =0 54. (e); Let amount = 30x
√𝑦
So,
⇒y=3
X, Y and Z was to get ⇒ 5x, 10x, 15x respectively
𝑖. 𝑒. y > x
But
46. (a); I. x = √289 X, Y and Z actually get ⇒ 10x, 8x, 12x respectively
⇒ x = 17 X got ⇒ 10x – 5x = 305 ⇒ x = 61
II. y2 – 34y + 137 = –152 So Z get ⇒ 61 × 12 = 732 Rs.
⇒ y2 – 34y + 289 = 0
⇒ (y – 17)2 ⇒ y = 17 55. (b); Let age of Mahendra = 𝑥
i.e. x = y So age of Niraj = x + 12
(𝑥+12–3) 𝑥+9
47. (a); I. x2 + 10x + 25 = 0 Present age of Bhavya = = 3
3
⇒ (x + 5)2 = 0 𝑥 2
Now, 𝑥+9 =1
⇒ x = -5 3
II. y2 = 25 𝑥 = 18
y=+5 Niraj’s age ⇒ 18 + 12 = 30
i. e. x < y 2 4 3
20 1 56. (b); × 5 × 7 × 2205 = ?
48. (e); Interest in first year = 6000 [1 + 100] − 6000 3
⇒ ? = 504
= Rs. 1200
3 1 3 1
Interest earned in second year 57. (a); ? = 2 − 3 + 4 − 1 + (7 − 4 + 8 − 56)
10 2
24−14+21−1 30 15
= Rs 7200 × (1 + ) − 7200 = Rs 1512 ?= 2 + ( ) = 2 56 = 2 28
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58. (e); −119 + 34 − 67 + 259−? = 88 67. (b); Let efficiency of 1 man and 1 women is m and w
⇒ ? = 19 respectively.
So, total work
59. (b); √144 × 32 ÷ 48 + 174 + 54 = (? )2
5m × 16 = 8w × 15
⇒ (? )2 = √324 m 3
=
⇒ (? )2 = 18 ⇒ ? = 3√2 w 2
3×5×16
Work done in = = 20 days
60. (c); 53 × 48−? = 29 × 70 6+6
⇒ ? = 53 × 48 − 29 × 70 68. (d); Total distance = 9 × 70 = 630
?= 514 630
New speed = 6 = 105 km/hr
85 105–70
61. (a); 100
×?× 6755 = 3281 Increase in speed = × 100 = 50%
3281×100 4 70
⇒? = =
85×6755 7 69. (e); Let the two digits be 𝑥 & 𝑦 with 𝑥 on tens place.
3
62. (d); √?× 13 = 91 ATQ, 10𝑥 + 𝑦 − (10𝑦 + 𝑥) = 54
⇒? = (7)3 = 343 or, 9𝑥 − 9𝑦 = 54 or 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 6
and, 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 12
63. (c); √9409 − √1156 = 3339 ÷ ? ∴ 𝑥 = 9 and 𝑦 = 3
⇒ 3339 ÷? = 97– 34 = 63 So number is 93
3339
⇒? = = 53
63 70. (e); Distance = 180 meter
320 Time = 20 second
64. (a); (100 × 825) ÷ ? = 48
Relative speed of train and car
2640
⇒ =? ⇒? = 55 180
= 20 = 9 m/s
48

65. (b); 216 ÷ 12+? = 55 Let speed of car = 𝑥 m/s

2
⇒ ? = 37 So speed of train = 𝑥 m/s
3
66. (e); Present acid = 50 × 100 = 50 litre 2
𝑥– 𝑥 = 9 m/s
Amount of water in final solution 3
50 𝑥 = 27 m/s
= 40 × 60 = 75 litre 27×18
Speed of car in km/hr = = 97.2 km/hr
Extra water add ⇒ 75 – 50 = 25 litre 5

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

71. (c); Option I is invalid becomes the passage talks
about the “supply of capital” not “external
capital” (first sentence of the passage). Option II
can be inferred from the ninth sentence of the
first paragraph.
71. (c); With respect to the first paragraph of the
passage, the author wanted to emphasize on the
condition of rhinoceros which is here termed as
‘valuable’ end.
72. (c); Referring the second paragraph of the passage,
we can infer that option (c) is correct. As China
is using the horns of the Rhino for traditional
medicine.
73. (d); In reference with the passage, the word
‘infested’ refers to damage caused by Tigers by
killing the people wandering around the
backroads and the edges of plantations. Hence
only option (d) is correct.
74. (d); The whole passage revolves around the theme of
China’s involvement in trading with the island of
Sumatra and Java. Hence option (d) is the correct
choice.
75. (b); Sentence (III) is the correct choice. Refer the first
few lines of last paragraph “Habitat destruction
is probably the key driver for this megafauna’s
demise, and their African cousins have it worse
due to the fact that their tusks are much bigger
and therefore more valuable, but Asian
elephants have it bad too.”
76. (e); All of the given sentences can be inferred from
the passage.
77. (e); Snared means catch or trap. Hence it has a
similar meaning as ‘entrap’.
78. (d); Demise means death or destruction, which is
similar in meaning to decease.
79. (c); Swarmed means move somewhere in large
numbers. Hence it has opposite meaning as
scattered.
80. (e); Ruthlessly means without pity or compassion for
others, which is opposite in meaning to
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81. (b); Apart from the first and the fourth parts of the
sentence, the second and the third parts of the
sentence are also correct. These two parts do not
require any correction as they are in the context
of the correct grammar structure and thus
following the syntax and adding proper meaning
to the sentence. However, in the fifth part of the
sentence, the expression “was the latest
confused news emanates from the valley”
should be replaced by “is the latest confused
news emanating from the valley” to make the
sentence grammatically and meaningfully
feasible. The phrase “latest confused news”
indicates that the expression would take the
present form of the verb. Moreover, in terms of
the sentence structure, the word “emanating” is
the correct usage instead of “emanates”. Hence
option (b) is the correct choice.
82. (d); All the three parts of the sentence require the
correction. In the first part, the word “desires”
should be replaced by its singular “desire” as the
singular verb “has” in the next part indicates that
the subject it is referring to should be in the same
form. In the fourth part, the verb “has
undergoing” is incorrect which should be
replaced by “has been undergoing” to make the
sentence grammatically coherent. In the fifth
part, the word “from” should be replaced by
“for” as We use “For” when we measure the
duration-when we say how long something lasts.
Hence option (d) is the correct choice.
83. (b); Apart from the second and the fifth parts of the
sentence, the first and the third parts of the
sentence are also correct and they follow the
correct grammar structure adding meaning to
the sentence. Thus, they do not require any
correction or replacement. However, in the case
of the fourth part of the sentence, there is a
minor error of determiner; the singular
determiner “its” should be replaced by its plural
“their” as the subject they are referring is in the
plural form [people]. Hence option (b) is the
correct choice.
84. (e); The given sentence is grammatically correct as
none of the parts requires any correction or
replacement. Hence option (e) is the correct
choice.
85. (c); There are errors in both the second and the third
parts of the sentence which can be rectified by
replacing them by the given expressions. The
expression, “in Tet distract us” should be
replaced by “at Tet distracts us” as the subject
is in singular form [The myth]; it should be
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followed by the singular verb “distracts”.
Similarly, in the case of the part (III), the word
“where” should be replaced by “that” to make
the sentence grammatically viable. The other
parts of the sentence are grammatically correct
and do not require any correction. Hence option
(c) is the correct choice.
86. (b); (i) – Use ‘had been told’ in place of ‘was told’
because the use of ‘earlier’ represents past time
and for unreal situation of past clause we use
this:
IF + SUBJECT + HAD +V3
(iii) Use ‘than’ in place of ‘when’ as after ‘No
sooner’ the conjunction we use is ‘than’.
87. (c); Only (ii) is grammatically incorrect.
(ii)- ‘to’ will not be used after ‘both’ as block is a
‘transitive verb’ which directly takes the object.
88. (e); (i) Use ‘since we have been living’ instead of
‘Since we are living’ because of the use of ‘for five
years’ as ‘for/since+ time’ is generally used in
present continuous tense.
(ii)- Generally following structure is used:
‘No sooner+ did+ subject+ verb’
Or
‘No sooner+ had + subject+ verb’
Therefore ‘No sooner had she agreed’ will be
used in place of ‘No sooner has she agreed’
(iii)- Use ‘has’ in place of ‘have’ as the subject of
the sentence “The increasing mechanization” is
singular and therefore singular verb is required.
89. (b); Adverse and averse are not similar in meaning.
Adverse means harmful or unfavorable.
Averse refers to feelings of dislike or opposition.
90. (d); There may be some confusion in the actual
meaning of travesty.
Incorrect meaning: A tragedy or something
unfortunate.
What it really means: A mockery or parody.
You’ve heard people call 9/11 a travesty. Truth
be told 9/11 was a tragedy. A travesty is actually
a mockery or a parody.
91. (c); The tone of the first sentence suggests that the
blank would be filled by a verb. An action is
performed by the ED in the name of absconding
diamond jeweler Mehul Choksi… The action
seems to be a technical term relevant for the
ED. The hint for the blank can be derived from
the clause ‘ordered that their attachment should
continue’. Among the given options, the verb
‘attached’ is the most relevant word. So, option
(c) is the correct answer.
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92. (b); The phrase ‘money __________ assets’ seems to be
a ‘compound noun’, where ‘money __________’
appears to be an adjective of the noun ‘assets’.
The phrase ‘absconding Mehul Choksi’, appearing
before the blank (97), suggests that Mr. Choksi
committed a financial crime. Among the given
options, ‘laundering’, which would form the
term ‘money laundering’ seems to be a more
relevant and appropriate term. Hence, option (b)
is the correct answer.
93. (a); ‘These __________ include 15 flats and 17 offices’.
The blank would be filled by something which
would include 15 flats and 17 offices. Among the
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given options, ‘properties’ is the most relevant
term. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.
94. (e); The given blank doesn’t require any correction.
Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.
95. (d); The blank seems to be filled by an adjective.
Among the given options, ‘immovable’ is the
most appropriate adjective which could qualify
the noun ‘properties’.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.
For questions (96-100): The correct sequence is
HACEDBFG
96. (c); 97. (a); 98. (c);
99. (d); 100. (e);
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