Time : 60 Minutes Max.

Marks 300
General Instructions :
There are total 75 Multiple choice questions.
1. Each question carries Five marks.
2 This paper consists of Five Sections.
3. Each Section has 15 Questions. Candidates have to attempt 12 questions from each Section.
4. There will be negative Mark of one per incorrect attempt.

Section–A
General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1. Which of the following is one of the three 'Domestic Systemically Important Banks' in India?
(a) RBL Bank (b) Federal Bank
(c) AXIS Bank (d) State Bank of India (SBI)
2. The great Nightingale of India Singer Smt. Lata Mangeshkar passed away on
(a) 6 February 2022. (b) 4 March 2022. (c) 7 April 2021 (d) 7 January 2022
3. Which country has its richest man as the head of the Government?
(a) The USA (b) Italy (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Russia
4. With which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi not associated?
(a) Hind Swara (b) Young India (c) Indian Opinion (d) Yugantar
5. What is the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for 2022-23, as per RBI's Monetary
Policy April 2022?
(a) 9.5 per cent (b) 8.1 per cent (c) 7.2 per cent (d) 6.9 per cent
6. Under the continuous threat of Russian-Ukraine War in February-March 2022, Indian Embassy in the
Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, has been shifted in which city ?
(a) Poland (b) Slovakia (c) Hungary (d) Romania
7. Which city of India is famous as Cottonopolis?
(a) Rajkot (b) Surat (c) Nagpur (d) Mumbai
8. In October 2020, the world's longest highway tunnel was inaugurated in the state of-
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
9. Who has been appointed new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aavog (in April 2022)?
(a) Jayati Ghosh (b) Abhijeet Banerjee (c) Suman K Bery (d) Ramesh Chand
10. Hedge fund is a fund:
(a) Used for absorbing inflation
(b) Used for cushioning health risks

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 (c) Applied to minimise the risk of financial market transactions
(d) Applied for absorbing the risk in commodity trading
11. What does strong Rupee as against the dollar mean to India?
(a) There is a Balance of Payments surplus (b) Indian economy is globally respected
(c) It is a sign of economic buoyancy (d) Income from exports is falling
12. Which of the following is the highest mountain peak of European continent ?
(a) Mount Blanc (b) Vinamala (c) Mount Elbrus (d) Mount Perdu
13. As per WTO, what is the estimated global trade growth in the 2022-23 fiscal year?
(a) 2.5% (b) 3% (c) 4% (d) 5.5%
14. Which river is the longest river in India?
(a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Kaveri
15. Which of the following Festivals is related to State of Sikkim?
(a) Holi (b) Pang Lhabsol (c) Bonalu (d) Chovoth

Section–B
General Ability

16. Akbar will turn 50 when his son Jahangir turns 18. What will be Akbar's age when it will be exactly 5
times that of Jahangir?
(a) 36 (b) 44 (c) 40 (d) 48
17. Arun can climb a coconut tree by 1.5 feet by each lift; however he slips 0.5 feet every time he makes the
next lift. How-many individual lifts he will have to reach the top of the coconut tree of 18.5 feet?
(a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d) 17
18. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5. But, if each number is increased by 20, the ratio becomes 6;7. The sum
of such numbers is:
(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 95 (d) 60
19. During the academic session. 2020-21, in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, the number of students
studying Arts,Law and Commerce was in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 7. If during the academic session 2021-22 the
number of students studying Arts, Law and Commerce increased by 20%, 30% and 40% respectively,
what will be new ratio?
(a) 26 : 42 : 63 (b) 26 : 39 : 49 (c) 36 : 44 : 73 (d) 30 : 39 : 49
20. A customised jewellery was sold at ` 1,000 with 90% discount on the 'making charges'. If the payment
made for making charges was ` 100, what is the approximate rate of discount on the product
(a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 47 (d) 90
21. A man walks from his house to the Railway station to catch a train, which is running as per schedule.
If he walks at 6 km/hr, he misses the train by 9 minutes. However, if he walks at 7 km/hr, he reaches
the station 6 minutes before the departure of train. The distance of his home to the Railway Station is:
(a) 2 km (b) 10.5 km (c) 1.05 km (d) 1.25 km
22. Difference between two numbers is 9 and difference between their squares is 981. Lowest of the two
numbers is:
(a) 40 (b) 55 (c) 50 (d) 59
23. Ms. Jhulan Goswami scores 102 runs in the 18th inning of her career and thus increases her average by
5. After the 18th inning, her average is:
(a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 26 (d) 28

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24. In a staff room of 25 teachers, 13 drink black coffee, 7 milk coffee, 9 drink both tea and either type of
coffee, and everyone drinks either of the beverages. How many teachers drink only tea?
(a) Insufficient information (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 9
25. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at the most one head is:
(a) ¼ (b) ½ (c) ¾ (d) 1
26. A flag pole 18 m high casts a shadow 9.6 m long. What is the distance of the top of the pole from the far
end of the shadow?
(a) 20 meters (b) 20.04 metres (c) 20.4 meters (d) 24 meters
27. The 10th term of the series 5, 8, 11, 14,
(a) 32 (b) 35 (c) 38 (d) 185
28. A cylindrical tennis ball container can contain maximum three balls stacked on one another. The top
and bottom balls also touch the lid and the base of the base of the container respectively. If the volume
of a tennis ball is 240 cm cube, then what is the volume of the container?
(a) 1080 cm cube (b) 840 cm cube (c) 1440 cm cube (d) 720 cm cube
29. Rajneetha walks around the circular park in 15 minutes. If she walks at the rate of 5 km/hr, how much
distance would she have to travel, at the minimum, to reach the centre ofthe park from any point on its
perimeter?
(a) 100 meter (b) 200 meter (c) 250 meter (d) 300 meter
30. If (9/7)3 × (49/81)2x–6 = (7/9)9 then the value of x is:
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 6

Section–C
Numerical Ability

31. Francis has 18 eggs out of which 12 eggs were sold at 10% loss than the cost price. At what mark up
should he sell the remaining eggs to cover his losses?
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 15% (d) 20%
32. If the length and height of a brick increases by 10% each respectively, and the breadth reduces by 20%,
what is the percentage change in the volume of the brick?
(a) 2.8 (b) 30 (c) 3.2 (d) 3
33. One-third of one fourth of a number is 12. Then the number is:
(a) 96 (b) 108 (c) 144 (d) 36
34. The number series 4, 10, 23, 50, 104, 216, 439 the wrong number is:
(a) 10 (b) 23 (c) 104 (d) 50
35. The price of 2 trousers and 4 shirts is ` 1,600. With the same amount one can buy 1 trouser and 6 shirts.
If one wants to buy 12 shirts, he has to pay:
(a) ` 2,400 (b) ` 4,800 (c) ` 1200 (d) ` 3,700
36. The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5% of one number is equal to 8.5% of the other, the numbers are:
(a) 1411 and 1079 (b) 1412 and 1080 (c) 1141 and 1709 (d) 1214 and 180
37. 120 men had food provision for 200 days. After 5 days, 30 men died of an epidemic. The food will last for
further:
(a) 280 days (b) 260 days (c) 290 days (d) 252 days

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38. Out of the total income, X spends 20% on house rent and 70% of the remaining amount on household
expenditure. If X saves ` 1,800, the total income is:
(a) ` 8000 (b) ` 9500 (c) ` 7500 (d) ` 8500
39. In a factory, the Production of scooters rose to 48400 from 40000 in 2 years. The rate of growth per annum
is
(a) 20% (b) 10% (c) 30% (d) 8%
40. If X = (3/2) (2/3) , the value of x–2 is:
2 –4

(a) (2/3)12 (b) (3/2)12 (c) (6/5)12 (d) (5/6)12

41. 4 men and 6 women working together can complete the work within 10 days. 3 men and 7 women
working together will complete the same work within 8 days. In how many days 10 women will
complete this work?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
42. In Triangle ABC, D and E are the points on sides AB and AC, respectively and DE || BC, BC = 8 cm and
DE = 5 cm. If the area of  ADE = 45 cm2, then what is the area (in cm2) of Triangle ABC?
(a) 115.2 (b) 105.2 (c) 125 (d) 64
43. In a triangle ABC, a point D lies on AB and points E and F lie on BC such that DF is parallel to AC and
DE is parallel to AF. If BE 4 = cm, EF = 6 cm, then find the length (in cm) of BC.
(a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 15
44. A certain sum becomes ` 13,650 at 15% p.a. simple interest after 2 years. What will be the amount (in `)
of the same sum after 1 Year at the same rate of interest, if the interest Is compounded half yearly?
(nearest to a rupee)
(a) 12,134 (b) 10,500 (c) 13,625 (d) 11,000
45. The average-of 8 consecutive even numbers written in ascending order is 17. What is the average of the
last three numbers, 36 and 53?
(a) 31 (b) 32–2 (c) 31–6 (d) 29.8

Section–D
Quantitative Reasoning

46. If you start running from a point towards North and after covering 4 km you turn to your left and run
5 km and then again turn to your left and run 5 km and then turn to left again and run another 6 km
and before finishing you take another left turn and run 1 km, then answer the following question
based on this information. From the finishing point, if you have to reach the point from where you
started, then in which direction will you have to run?
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
47. The table shows the daily income (in `) of 50 persons.Study the table and answer the question.
Income (`) No. of persons
Less then 200 12
Less then 250 26
Less then 300 34
Less then 350 40
Less then 400 50
How many persons are earning ` 200 or more but less than ` 300?
(a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 38 (d) 8

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48. Select the options in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers or the following
set. (541, 14, 737)
(a) (697, 13, 866) (b) (635, 18, 924) (c) (432, 25, 1108) (d) (832, 8, 895)
49. What should come in place of the question mark ? In the following number series. 6, 21, 55, 176,?
(a) 715 (b) 539 (c) 537 (d) 713
Directions (Q. 50-53) : In each of the following questions a number series is given. Only one number is wrong
in each series. Find out that wrong number, and taking this wrong number as the first term of the second series
formed following the same logic, find out the third term of the second series.
50. 1, 2, 8, 21, 88, 445
(a) 24.5 (b) 25 (c) 25.5 (d) 25
51. 6, 7, 18, 63, 265, 1365
(a) 530 (b) 534 (c) 526 (d) 562
52. 7, 23, 58, 127, 269, 555
(a) 263 (b) 261 (c) 299 (d) 286
53. 5, 4, 9, 18, 66, 195
(a) 12 (b) 25 (c) 20 (d) 18
Directions (54-57) : In each of these questions a number series is given. Only one number is wrong in each
series. You have to find out the wrong number.
54. 10, 15, 24, 35, 54, 75, 100
(a) 35 (b) 75 (c) 24 (d) 15
55. 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 27, 47
(a) 4 (b) 11 (c) 18 (d) 27
56. 3, 2, 3, 6, 12, 37.5, 115.5
(a) 37.5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12
57. 2, 8, 32, 148, 765, 4626, 32431
(a) 765 (b) 148 (c) 32 (d) 46
58. 2, 3, 11, 38, 102, 229, 443
(a) 111 (b) 229 (c) 120 (d) 38
59. In a cylindrical vessel of diameter 24m filled up with sufficient quantity of water, a solid spherical ball
of radius 6 km is completely immersed. Then the increases in height of water level is:-
(a) 10 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 2 cm (d) none of these
60. The day on 2nd October 2056 will be
(a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday

Section–E
Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Directions : The following six questions comprise of one or more statements. Please answer the questions on
the basis of the given statement(s). Please make the factual assumptions required by the question even if you
believe the statement is false.
61. Where there is smoke, there is fire'. Which of the following statements, if true. would show that the
above statement is false?
(a) There is sometimes smoke where there is no fire
(b) There is sometimes fire where there is no smoke

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 (c) There is no fire where there is no Smoke
(d) None of the above
62. Where there is poverty, there are always thieves Which of the following statements, if true ,would
show that the above statement is false?
(a) America is a rich country and there are thieves inAmerica
(b) Bhutan is a poor country and there are no thieves inBhutan
(c) Bangladesh is a poor country and there are many thieves in Bangladesh
(d) Nepal is a rich country and there are no thieves in Nepal.
63. Statements:
I. Sugar is bad for people with diabetes.
II. Leela does not eat sugar.
Assuming that Statements I and Il are true, which of the following statements follows?
(a) Leela has diabetes (b) Sugar is bad for Leela
(c) People with diabetes do not eat sugar (d) None of the above
64. Statements :
I. People who read fashion magazines do not like to read fiction.
II. Tenzin does not read fashion magazines.
Assuming that Statements I and Il are true, which of the following conclusions might be said to follow?
(a) Tenzin likes to read fiction
(b) Tenzin may or may not like to read fiction
(c) Tenzin does not like to read fiction
(d) Tenzin does not like fashion magazines.
65. Suleiman : All Communists are atheists. Sheeba: That is not true.
Which of the following, if true, would make Sheeba's reply the most convincing?
(a) My uncle is an atheist but he is not a Communist.
(b) My uncle is a Communist but he is not an atheist.
(c) My uncle is a Communist and an atheist.
(d) My uncle is neither a Communist nor an atheist.
66. Statements :
I. All pingos are Byronic.
II. Shalisto is byronic.
III. Therefore__________
Fill in the Blank
(a) Shalisto is a pingo (b) Shalisto is not a pingo
(c) Shalisto is not byronic (d) None of the above
Directions : For the following eight questions, study the sequence of letters, numbers or words carefully to
work out the pattern on which it is based, and therefore what the next item in the sequence must be. For
example, the sequence *A, C, E, G,_____’ has Odd numbered letters of the alphabet; therefore, the next item
must be I The meaning of the words are irrelevant
67. A, B, D, G, K, P, What is the last alphabet in this sequence?
(a) Z (b) Y (c) V (d) W
68. B, C, E, G, K, M. Q. What is the next alphabet in this sequence?
(a) T (b) U (c) V (d) W

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69. Z, X, T, N, What is the next alphabet in this sequence?
(a) E (b) F (c) G (d) H
70. 'Apple, Application, ____________, Approval, Apricot, April' Which of the following best fills in the
blank?
(a) Arrogant (b) April (c) Appropriate (d) Apiary
71. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday,Monday, Sunday,_______ Which of the following
best fits in the blank?
(a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
72. *387924,________, 3724,423,32,2 is missing?
(a) 42978 (b) 42983 (c) 42683 (d) 42783
73. Gym, hymn, lynx, pygmy, rhythm'. Which of the following words does not belong to the above set?
(a) Myrrh (b) Mythic (c) Flyby (d) Syzygy
74. Aadvark, Eerie, liwi, Oolong, ___________ following words follows the pattern of this series?
(a) Uvula (b) Uulium (c) Uranium (d) Uranus
75. All the surfaces of the dice contain different numbers in the form of dots. Consider both the figures of
dice and tell

How many dots are there on the face opposite to the face that contains four dots?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6

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